Odds and sods I look at regularly, just because they amuse me. I hope they do the same for you. Incidentally, I found this page’s title on Greg Ross’s Futility Closet (it’s somewhere on this page) in a mini-article which also includes the delightful sentence in Icelandic: Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabbabara. Ross points out that this, “besides being fun to say, is spelled with only three letters. It means “Barbara, daughter of Ari, brought only rhubarb to Ari the Arab.”
Fark.com RSS » Firefighters forced to rain garbage down onto sidewalk as they wade through apartment of a hoarder to tackle blaze [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » New school in Maine teaches adults how to 'adult', Costs about the same as your drinking problem, without the hangovers [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Playing with a loaded gun after having a couple shots of Jack Daniels and smoking 3 or 4 bowls of marijuana. What could go wrong [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Man passes driving test one day, miraculously survives overturn/flip on A25 the next, his first full day of driving. Climbing out the window wasn't even in the study guide [Awkward]
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Futility Closet » Command Performance
Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” played with Glock pistols by Vitaly Kryuchin, president of the Russian Federation of Practical Shooting, from the 1979 Soviet TV miniseries The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed. He also plays “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” and the traditional Russian song “Murka.” It’s probably safest not to make requests. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is EXACTLY why I don't answer my door [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » This Florida man salutes a cardboard cutout of Trump every morning because he's a normal guy. Totally normal. Nothing to see here [Followup]
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Mental Floss » New Image Translation Tool Turns Any Drawing Into a Terrifying Cat Monstrosity
Eek! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Vandals deface the Washington Monument, Lincoln and WWII Memorials with bizarre conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination, 9/11, and HIV blood tests. Secret Service officials say they are "pretty sure" Trump was asleep in his bed at the
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Mental Floss » The T-Shirt Deals Keep Coming: Tee Fury is 30% Off
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Mental Floss » Peeps Oreos Have Arrived, Just in Time for Easter
Skipping over St. Patrick's Day entirely, Nabisco has debuted a new Oreo flavor that features golden vanilla sandwich cookies packed with sparkling Peeps creme. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dick appointed as first female head of London Metropolitan Police [Ironic]
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Mental Floss » What's the Difference Between "Jr." and "II"?
Robert Downey Jr. and Sammy Davis Jr. are arguably two of the biggest celebrities ever to rock nominal suffixes—but why aren't they Robert Downey II and Sammy Davis II? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cat ownership not linked to mental health problems, according to the voices in researchers' heads [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these green chairs [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » David Bowie's Birthplace May Soon Be Home to a Giant Lightning Bolt Sculpture
The sculpture would resemble the one painted across Bowie's face on the cover of 1973's 'Aladdin Sane.' [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Astronomers announce discovery of 7 Earth-like planets orbiting nearby star. "Trappist-1 will live for one thousand billion years. If life is going to emerge in the system, it has all the time it needs" [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 5 Tips for Grocery Shopping on a Budget
On average, Americans spend $151 a week on food. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Giving a lap dance to a 100 year man with dementia is a crime? Well…. you can just kill me now [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » Astronomers Find Seven 'Earth-Like' Planets Orbiting a Cool Star
“It’s the first time we have seven planets in this temperate zone … that can be called terrestrial,” lead author Michaël Gillon said in a press briefing. [Link]
Mental Floss » Average Life Expectancy Set to Break 90 in Parts of the World by 2030
But the U.S. continues to lag behind the rest of the globe. [Link]
Mental Floss » How Pixar Changes Movies for International Audiences
Having a baby reject broccoli doesn't fly in Japan. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Baltimore killers have the best aim of all big-city killers [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Daawwwwwwwww Tiny Frog [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey ya fuggin' Southie, ya lucky this bah switched ta plastic. I'd a busted ya head [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » After having him murdered, Kim Jong-Un orders his half-brother's body be stolen from the morgue. Presumably so he can have sexy time with it [Followup]
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Futility Closet » Please Help!
I spend many hours each month researching and writing Futility Closet, and that effort is supported entirely by the readers. If you value this site, please consider making a contribution to help keep it going. You can make a one-time donation on our Support Us page, or you can pledge a monthly contribution to get bonus posts and other rewards. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There once was a man from Tibet, who chased the cat 'round the jet, it started to claw, and scratched up his jaw, 'til he fell out and started to fret. Oh shiat, it's time. THIS is your weekly Fark Writer's Thread [CSB]
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Fark.com RSS » Fake viagra found in children's hospital, which is just wrong on so many levels [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 10 Towering Facts About Giant Sequoias
Get to know America's largest living residents. [Link]
Mental Floss » Frank Gehry Is Teaching an Online Course in Architecture
Aspiring architects can now learn from the master without leaving home. [Link]
Mental Floss » Locate the NHL Teams
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Fark.com RSS » Sea snails could help end opioid epidemic, once you figure out how to snort them [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Today's item spilled all over the highway: 50 pounds of roofing glue [Silly]
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Mental Floss » Losing Their Grip: An Oral History of Nintendo's Power Glove
How Michael Jackson, Mattel, and the Japanese mafia influenced the ahead-of-its-time NES accessory. [Link]
Mental Floss » Brain Scans Show 4 Different Types of Depression
Knowing a patient’s subtype could help their doctor choose the best treatment. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Vice Presidents
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Mental Floss » Pick the Television Groups of Five
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Mental Floss » Pick the Almost Famous Movie Line
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Fark.com RSS » Unlicensed Rifle Manufacturer: "Hey, I found a loophole" DoJ: "Hey, you found a jail cell" [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Take $8.62 Off Any $50 Amazon Order with This Code
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Port Authority police told to let suicide jumpers take the plunge and die instead of intervening to rescue them as they normally would [Murica]
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Mental Floss » Miss Belvedere: The World's Most Disappointing Time Capsule?
The Tulsans of 1957 might have been a little too confident. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sorry, Norway. At $9 a beer, you can keep your world-class democracy, large social net, low economic inequality, high happiness index, hot women, and politicians that actually work together to better their country [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Manure Glass
1973 saw the debut of Envirite (aka Glass-Dung, Manure Glass, or Pasture Glass), a promised-to-be revolutionary building material made out of glass and cow manure.
It actually seems like it was a pretty good idea. The concept was that you could take old glass bottles, combine them with cow manure, heat both together in a furnace, and the manure would … [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch a Supercut of Every Oscar Winner for Best Visual Effects
From "Wings" to "Ex Machina." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Huge seed deposit made to the Doomsday Vault in the Arctic Circle. I'm sure everything is fine though [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Retro or sad? Urban Outfitters is selling a $45 AOL T-shirt [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » While the rest of the world is wringing their hands over terrorist threats, nuclear proliferation and global climate change, Texas is bracing itself for the looming "hog apocalypse" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Oroville, California wants to make money from disaster tourism. Post your ad slogans in the thread [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this kneeling woman [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The 10 Most Interesting Comics of February
Each month, we round up the most interesting comics, graphic novels, webcomics, digital comics and comic-related Kickstarters that we recommend you check out. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » February 22nd is National Margarita Day, so break out the sponge cake but don't blow out your flip flop or step on a pop top [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Initial response to Philadelphia's soda tax. Soda sales down 30 to 50 percent and major grocery chain to cut over 300 jobs [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » California storms are forcing Big Sur visitors to get to da choppa [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Vice Presidents
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Mental Floss » Trendy Keyboards Bring Back the Nostalgic Feel of Typewriters
Clack, clack, clack… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sixty-six year old breeds another kid. She is also rumored to bring tremendous bad luck when killed and tied around someone's neck. I'm sure the kid will grow up perfectly normal though, right? [Sappy]
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Weird Universe » Chicago Bar Association Annual Musical Revue
Who knew that Chicago lawyers and judges and other legal folks have been doing a theatrical production for nearly 100 years?
Their home page.
The origin story is told in the 1954 review below.
The videos reveal that none of these folks should leave their day jobs.
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The 17th Century Professional Eater
Great links to start your work day! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Thanks to climate change, water shortages, and political instability, you can kiss your favorite supermarket goodbye [Sad]
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Mental Floss » That Time a Chimp Almost Strangled Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan's 1951 comedy may have been called Bedtime for Bonzo, but it was the future president who almost got his lights put out. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » American Airlines now offering a "go fark yourself" fare class [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Keep Your Online Accounts Safe by Using a Password Manager
They help you remember—and manage—multiple codes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ♫ Our lips are sealed ♫ [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Iceland’s President Would Ban Pineapple Pizza if He Could
He has a firm stance on the fruit-on-pizza debate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » As spring-like temperatures increase, police remind you there are better ways than driving your four wheeler across it to check if the ice level is safe [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Goodbye to Romance
In his 1916 book The Science of Musical Sounds, Dayton Clarence Miller uses harmonic analysis to convert the line of a woman’s profile (left) into an equation of 18 terms. Then he uses this equation to reproduce the profile synthetically (right). “If mentality, beauty, and other characteristics can be considered as represented in a profile portrait,” he writes, “then it … [Link]
Mental Floss » How These 7 Money Moves Can Affect You Down the Road
Presented by Prudential. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » College student receives a care package from his mom. Instead of snacks, the box contains garbage that he forgot to take out when he was home earlier [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Living the American dream: through diligent effort, man advances from State House majority leader to meth dealer [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Worried that all these warm days in February means summer will be unbearable? Worry no more. Unless you live in Columbia SC where it is just miserable regardless [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't mind them, they are batshait crazy [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Parents of disabled children fight beer distributor over horse therapy in today's mad lib Florida headline [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman born without arms breaks world record for most candles lit by feet. So……yeah [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » "Hey everyone let's go take selfies on the frozen ice in Central Park ..but let's break some of the ice first" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » If breaking into a home, and in the middle of burglarizing it, taking a shower and wearing the homeowner's Betty Boop pajama pants is wrong, I don't wanna be right [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Grad student keeps finding lost Whitmans, presumably at the end of the greeting card aisle at Walgreens [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Cops: "We did not locate the dildo allegedly used by Pritsch to strike Favuzza" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Everything you need to know about Faschingskrapfen in one helpful article. So if anyone ask if you give a krapfen, you can say yes [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple caught having sex on a moving motorcycle without helmets. So that's what they're calling them now [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Guy arrested after smashing his car onto the patio of KISS's newest restaurant in Cucamonga. Yes, cops suspect cold gin: "most nights the patio is filled with people sitting around the fire pits" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Italian authorities arrest 33 for olive oil fraud. Popeye inconsolable [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » District Attorneys sued over wife swapping scheme [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: An upgrade to spring [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember the university that had the "freshman girl dropoff" signs a couple years back? They're in the news again and oh lawd [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Critically endangered Okapi produces an even rarer Ocopy [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » 1. Steal gnomes 2. ??? 3. Profit [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Inside Mar-a-Lago – Why Fark needs to combine the 'Politics' tab with the 'Florida' topic…'Floritics'? [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Man on 'trip of a lifetime' dies in plane crash. Well, he got that part right [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 5 of the Most Expensive Pizzas Ever Made
There’s a big difference between a $40 gourmet pie—and a $12,000 one. [Link]
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