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 » Actual headline: 'Gothy mommy with 4 eyes': Craigslist Mardi Gras missed connections don't disappoint [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida man learns why Coloradans don't ride their motorcycles this time of year [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Postcoital Cheer May Pump Up Satisfaction at Work
Survey respondents reported more enjoyment of and engagement with their jobs the day after they’d had sex. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Northeast US is a ticking lyme bomb [Sick]
[link] [78 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Chicago Is Getting Musical, Light-Up Seesaws
The art installation, called "Impulse," will be at Navy Pier until May. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Showa Era licensed brothels and red-light districts fondly recalled in Japan as symbol of bygone era when Japanese had time for sex [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Best Korea fires four missiles into the sea off of Japan, will next declare Obama wiretapped them too if they still aren't getting attention [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 10 Facts About America's Most Popular Breakfast Cereals
The 10 legacy brands are consistently at the top of the sales charts. [Link]
Mental Floss » 4 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Feed the Birds (Or Any Animals)
Step away from the bread. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know that's some serious toxic waste when it starts killing robots [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these walkers [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » People who buy luxury items associate prestige and respectability with certain brands, which may explain why no one wants this high-rise in downtown Toronto [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Why Don't UPS Drivers Turn Left?
More than 90 percent of a UPS driver's turns are to the right. Why? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Khazir Khan, American citizen, Trump critic, and father of the fallen soldier Trump accused of being a traitor, has been informed that ICE is "reviewing" his traveling privileges for some reason [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Just when you think you've seen the creepiest mugshot of the week something like this comes along [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » A model of the National Archives is found in the basement of the National Archives. No word if it was found in the preservation room with delicious jams and jellies [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » You Can Now Experience 'Walden' as a Video Game
Channel Henry David Thoreau without isolating yourself in the woods. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Utah Legislature finally addresses critical issue of harassment of livestock [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Kids these days – too busy snapchatting and dabbing to become violent criminals [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » No-Needle Migraine Treatment Relieves Kids’ Pain Fast, Study Finds
A sphenopalatine ganglion block involves a small catheter inserted into a patient’s nostril and is already commonly used for adults. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » U.S. Military: "Huh, maybe it's not cost-effective to use stealth fighters to hunt camels" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Things are afoot [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » "Listen up. Our fugitive has been on the run for 90 minutes. Average foot speed with a wheel of cheddar is 4 miles an hour which gives us a radius of 6 miles. What I want is a hard search of every cheese shop, grocery store and dairy in that area
[link] [42 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Cursive Is Regaining Popularity in U.S. Schools
Traditional script isn't disappearing anytime soon. [Link]
Weird Universe » 7 Clicks (March 6, 2017)
7 Clicks
A Weird Universe News Service
March 6, 2017
Water $100 a bottle (but it's "perfect"–from a Norwegian fjord 800 mi from the North Pole) [Fox Business]
Russian proposal to deal with hooligan violence at 2018 World Cup: 20-hooligan teams, England v. Russia, fight it out in a stadium in front of ticket-buyers [The Guardian]
Toilet paper shortage in … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Handed out with a photo of him signing it, Trump doubles down on Muslim ban [News]
[link] [516 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » What Do Those Numbers on the Bottom of Plastic Bottles Mean?
The single-digit stamp helps determine the ultimate fate of your trash. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Excessive selfies, McDonald's delivery, and what you can store on DNA. These are YOUR Headlines Of The Week for Sun 2017-02-26 to Sat 2017-03-04 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » If you can't pull someone's teeth, pull a gun. That's the psychotic dentist way [Scary]
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Mental Floss » How to Score a Free Breakfast at IHOP on National Pancake Day
Dig in! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Now you, too can make a peanut butter and Hitler sandwich [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Charles Darwin letter missing from Smithsonian turns up in former presidential candidate John Anderson's house [Weird]
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Mental Floss » See What Goes on Inside the Robot Animals That Spy on Wildlife
'Spy in the Wild' wouldn’t be possible without its animatronic creatures. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Day of the Dude
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Mental Floss » Get Monday's Top Amazon Deals Now
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Classic Films in the Public Domain
It's only natural that a few films would fall through the copyright cracks—even some classic ones. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New video emerges that has people fascinated with seeing Trump's hair blowing in the wind [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Things people in Heaven do for fun [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Man busted in marijuana grow operation hasn't blinked in weeks [Dumbass]
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Weird Universe » Ears instead of eyes
People with ears where their eyes should be is a creepy recurring theme in print ads for radio and music.
98.0 FM Radio, 2009 – via Ads of the World
Steinhof Music Production, 2004 – via Joe La Pompe
7 Secrets of Creative Radio Advertising, 2013 – via Amazon [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chicago managed to make it six days without a homicide, a new record [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 12 Words For The Insufferably Vain
Please use these words next time you have to describe a self-obsessed huff-snuff. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Let's see what Russia Today has to say about Trump's wiretapping claims [Video]
[link] [113 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Day of the Dude
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Mental Floss » The Wonderfully Weird Shoes of Anna Vasof
They give whole new meaning to the phrase "practical footwear." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oorah hoo-ha [Sick]
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Weird Universe » Mystery Gadget 44
This machine is packing something. What?
The answer is here.
And after the jump. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Key West Epitaphs
Starting your week with some fantastic links! [Link]
GraphJam » Revision
Graph by: (via I Love Charts) Tagged: Bar Graph , erasing , mistakes , revision Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Republicans to announce full support for decriminalization of recreational marijuana [Awkward]
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 144: The Murder Castle
When detectives explored the Chicago hotel owned by insurance fraudster H.H. Holmes in 1894, they found a nightmarish warren of blind passageways, trapdoors, hidden chutes, and asphyxiation chambers in which Holmes had killed dozens or perhaps even hundreds of victims. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll follow the career of America’s first documented serial killer, who … [Link]
Mental Floss » The Secret Message Hiding in Lincoln's Pocket Watch
A watchmaker left a secret message inside of Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch when the Civil War started. It wasn't discovered for a century and a half. [Link]
Mental Floss » A New Food Delivery Service Caters to People With Digestive Disorders
Epicured's offerings are 100 percent low FODMAP and gluten-free. [Link]
Mental Floss » See the Weird, Wonderful Deep Sea Creatures NOAA Discovered in Samoa
Get an up-close look at a newly discovered ocean dandelion, a Venus flytrap anemone, and more. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is why your dad constantly warned you about touching the thermostat [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Exclusive — Winston Churchill's 1939 essay on alien life found in a box. Okay, it was never lost nor unpublished … but, ALIENS [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Forget anchovies, pineapples, ranch dressing and eating utensils. Milk dipping is now the worst food crime you can inflict on a pizza [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Watch 'The Snow Guardian,' About a Reclusive Data Collector
He's been measuring snow levels for 40 years. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this plane peruser [Photoshop]
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