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 » Ancient earthquakes prove that Otisburg is a potential reality [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Christian school principal suspends 12-year-old girl for selling kids' toys in class because the principal mistook them for sex toys. "In your wildest imaginations, no adult could possibly view this as a sex toy, this is a water-filled bag
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Fark.com RSS » How about a Liter selfie thread? C'mon, Mods, make it happen [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » "1984" is returning to movie theaters for one night only for those of you who think the current real-life version lacks any substance [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 9 Cases That Do More Than Protect Your iPhone
Expect more from your phone case. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Rising polonium prices and a stagnant economy force Russians to use gravity poisoning to save rubles [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » The Sheriff is looking for a needle in a crate of needles [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Crusader-Era Shipwreck Discovered on Israeli Coast
The ship may have been helmed by soldiers fleeing the historic Siege of Acre. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's now a crime to harass livestock with a drone in Utah, so change up those bachelor party plans [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Watch Hilariously Awkward Robots Rap About Their Machine-Learning Skills
"I got 99 problems / But learning by imitation from human-human interactions ain't one." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Five-year-old accidentally packs her school lunchbox with a frozen vodak sorbet pouch after her mum told her to get a 'juice pouch' from the freezer. An 'accident' yeah, that's the ticket [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Tomb of Jesus Re-Opens Following a $4 Million Restoration Project
The shrine hadn’t been restored since 1810, after nearly being destroyed by a fire. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Do people keep telling you how much you look like Alexander the Great? No? Well, upload your head shot here and you may find your historic match, if it exists amongst the world's great statues [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 7 Tips for Eliminating Toxic People From Your Life
We all know how important it is to give our bodies a break from “toxic” food and alcohol, but what about giving ourselves a break from toxic attitudes? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Now that we've reached the point where a degree in law has about as much value as one in art history, law schools are starting to rethink the LSAT [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this peaceful morning on the lake [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » This Sticker Book Rewards You for Washing Dishes and Going to the Gym
Because sometimes, putting on big-boy pants really is an accomplishment. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How Alabama locks people up for life over nonviolent marijuana possession [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » High school anatomy teacher arrested for fulfilling job requirements [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Is 'Hangry' Real?
If you've noticed you get growly when your stomach is rumbling, you're not alone. [Link]
Mental Floss » This Smartphone Attachment Can Test Male Fertility
The device can identify abnormalities with 98 percent accuracy. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Florida House of Representatives considers banning red-light cameras statewide, in a rare display of sanity and reason that makes up for at least three Florida headlines [Florida]
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Mental Floss » New Study Explains Why Some Flu Vaccines Work Better Than Others
Scientists say some flu-shot formulations activate our dendritic cells, encouraging our immune systems to fight harder against the virus. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Opium-dependent parrots begin razing entire poppy plantations, stealing money to fuel the addiction, beating their wives and talking all sorts of shiat [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 'Dr. Fraud' Sting Nabs Dozens of Phony Scientific Journals
Researcher Anna O. Szust (“Anna, a fraud” in Polish) was offered an editorial position at 48 publications despite her flimsy credentials—and the fact that she doesn’t exist. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 People Who Were Suspected of Being Jack the Ripper
Modern research still hasn't solved the case, but these are some intriguing possibilities. [Link]
Futility Closet » Please Help!
I spend hundreds of 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 on Patreon to receive bonus posts … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark ready headline: Maine man trying to kill ants accidentally sets house on fire, officials say [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Air Force man AWOL for forty years finally found living under a false name. On the bright side, think of all the back pay he's owed [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » American farmers are hacking their tractors with Ukrainian firmware because John Deere and other manufacturers have made it impossible to perform "unauthorized" repair on farm equipment [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Time to play Sherlock Holmes. 2 teens killed. They were unloading and loading a semi-automatic handgun. FTA: both teens were holding the gun, it accidentally discharged hitting one teen. It then accidentally discharged again and hit the other teen [S
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Fark.com RSS » You're a serious parking violator when your tickets total 17 times the value of your car [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » "There is activity at your front door. It appears to be the apocalypse" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Why Women Couldn’t Wear Pants on the Senate Floor Until 1993
Two political pioneers staged a "Pantsuit Revolution." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Trump Tower…you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Australia to remove 'gay panic' defense from criminal code. Now, a murderer can't claim they were simply scared because someone gay grabbed them down under [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » It's time to Mac America Saucy Again. McDonald's is selling Big Mac sauce as well as Filet-O-Fish, and McChicken sauces in grocery stores There's just one catch. Only in Canada [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Inmate who beat up Jared Fogle now receiving tons of fan mail. "I am writing this letter to thank you for your service," said one little boy, who also sent $2 [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 12 Surprising Facts About ‘Party of Five’
In the pantheon of '90s coming-of-age dramas, this beacon for angsty teens and disjointed families often gets overlooked. [Link]
Mental Floss » Amazon's Running Some Amazing Wednesday Deals
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trump tries to shame Seattle and King County by putting them on his 'naughty' list, apparently forgetting that a city of people who worship the Seahawks probably can't be shamed by anything [Murica]
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Mental Floss » Unwind With These 7 Quirky Crochet Projects
Let the crochet lovers of the internet help you try some of these projects. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dateline: March 22. You are feverishly trying to spit out a competent story for Heart of Farkness 2 when suddenly, your cat walks across your keyboard and submits the story. What do you do? You come here. THIS is your Fark Writers Thread [CSB]
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Fark.com RSS » Hooray for cheese: Scientists say eating it all day long won't kill you after all [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Police officer stabbed inside UK Parliament. Alleged assailant shot by armed police [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » After 32 years, Arkansas finally realizes it's a bit weird to celebrate Martin Luther King on the same day as a southern Civil War general [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Vatican reports brazen daylight theft of Pope's hat by… daaaaaw [Amusing]
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Overheard In The Office » Is That, Like, a New Requirement?
HR employee to another: Does she look like she's been hanging out with Bob Dylan? Dunmore, Pennsylvania Overheard by: Can't imagine what this could entail [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Zoo handlers chainsaw off the horns on 21 rhinos to keep poachers from chainsawing off the horns from 21 rhinos [Fail]
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Weird Universe » Reverse Tolerance
I had never heard of "reverse tolerance" before, but apparently it's a real thing. It describes a condition in which some habitual users of a drug will, over time, require less of the drug (instead of more) to achieve the same effect. It's most often discussed with reference to marijuana, but sometimes alcohol also.
One theory is that marijuana accumulates … [Link]
Mental Floss » Donut Shop Puts a Tasty Spin on Nostalgic Snacks
Cosmic Brownie, Fruity Pebbles, and Dunkaroo donuts are on the menu. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis now going after blasphemous Fark headlines. No level of Hell declared yet for the Politics tab [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop the crater rim of the Kilauea caldera [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 12 Old Words for the Huge, Mammoth, and Gargantuan
When something—say, a canyon or mistake—is truly enormous, the same old small time words like colossal and massive don’t always get the job done. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Donald Trump invokes David Chappelle's "If George Bush Were Black" strategy [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » "Well, they are called MISSiles not HITTiles, amirite, Dear Leader?" [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » 'Doctor Who' Meets Roger Hargreaves in New Book Series
A different kind of children's book. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There is no better way to scream for attention than to ride your horse through the aisles of a Walmart and then post video of it to your Facebook page [Silly]
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Weird Universe » The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish
Lately I have been listening to a lot of Martin Denny, the inventor of exotica music. I think he certainly qualifies as weird. As do Exotik-A-GoGo, modern interpreters of his work.
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Hiding from Nuclear Fallout
A round of great links for everyone! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Supermarket manager offers "plentiful pizza" in lieu of overtime pay. It goes over as well as you would expect [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Birds Use Baby Talk, Just Like Humans
"Goo-goo ga-ga" may not be in their vernacular, but zebra finches "speak" to their young differently than they communicate with adults—just like we do. [Link]
Mental Floss » A Swiss Restaurant Now Offers Bug-Based Cooking Classes
Insects are a sustainable and healthy food source, Bern's Löscher restaurant explains. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's spring at Warm Springs Ranch, time for some new Clydesdale foals..Daaawwww [Sappy]
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GraphJam » How Different Animals Are Spending the Weekends
Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: animals , FRIDAY , Pie Chart , TGIF , weekend Share on Facebook
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Futility Closet » “A Remarkable Newspaper”
In British Columbia there is a little newspaper, the Kamloops Wawa, circulating among several tribes of North American Indians. The unique feature of this journal is that it is printed in shorthand. Its story is a remarkable one. Some years ago the Rev J.M. Le Jeune, a Breton missionary, arrived in British Columbia to take charge of a territory some … [Link]
Mental Floss » Study Finds Male Tennis Players Are More Likely to Choke Under Pressure
In the pressure cooker that is Grand Slam tennis, men are more likely to choke than women. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What do you call a Russian lawyer injured in a freak bathtub hoisting accident? [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » If you live in Seattle, Cincinnati, or Columbus, Alexa will now bring you a beer [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Mars Volcano died at same time as dinosaurs. In other news, Mars apparently had dinosaurs [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Where to go if a nuke falls in your city, you know just in case you're not blind and still have all your skin after the apocalypse starts [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » When you try to force a dairy to label its real milk as "imitation" milk, you might be a Florida [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » The forbidden love of Tad and Elizabeth continues to be misunderstood. Next, on the Bold and the Beautiful and the Illegal [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Japanese funeral home offers elderly drivers a 15% discount if they stop endangering society [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » India declares the River Ganges is now legally a human being; they insist it's not because all the garbage and pollution has caused it to mutate and become self-aware [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Insulin pump saves woman's life–when she uses it to escape trunk of car she's been kidnapped in [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » The kid who crashed his mom's Charger near Mar-a-Lago is same kid who called CNN, pretended to be refugee [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Let's celebrate Yahoo's long life as Internet pioneer by remembering its longest-lasting contribution to society [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: "And here we have an excellent specimen of Florida man, in his natural environment of the glare of television cameras, police sirens, and handcuffs" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop our future Gastropoda overlords [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 50 Years Ago, McDonald's Was a Very Different Place
Here's a glance into the history of the Golden Arches. [Link]
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