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.”
Mental Floss » The One Thing You Will Never See While Driving in Vermont
The scenery has little to compete with. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mall shooter who killed 5 dies "mysteriously" while awaiting trial [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » "Tune-in" at 8PM EDT for this week's Paul's Memory Bank. Geez, we're up to "J" already? At the end there will be a quickie tribute to J. Geils. Well, it's his band since he doesn't do vocals. But at least it starts
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Mental Floss » The Deepest Shipwreck Ever Found
We are only just beginning to find ways to explore the deepest trenches. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you live in Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana or Michigan, you get to join the good people of Ohio in playing Lunatic on the Loose as the police have no idea where he went. Stay safe [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Zoning commish: "Your bar is too close to the road" Bar owner: *pound* *saw* *pound* *pound* *saw* *nail* *screw* *pound* *saw* *pound* *pound* *saw* *nail* *screw* "How about now?" Zoning commish: "Well alrighty then" [Strang
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Mental Floss » The Unsung Army of Women Who Fed America and Its Allies During World War II
The forgotten story of 3 million women who dropped everything to help out on American farms. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » President to visit dildo factory [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » Is Being Double-Jointed Bad for You?
Joint hypermobility can be a natural, if weird, phenomenon, but it can also be a sign of an underlying medical condition. [Link]
Mental Floss » 9 Signs You've Been in Your Job for Too Long
Don't waste any more time in a boring, draining, or dead-end position. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The AI has analyzed your life and attitudes and determined you are at high risk for futurecrime, so I sentence you to an additional 15 years in prison. Is this A) a scene from a Gibson novel B) a nightmare future? C) happening right now? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » United announces that it will no longer permit its crews to displace already-seated passengers, will have to find other reasons to beat them instead [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Which Country has More Protestants (P) or Catholics (C)?
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Mental Floss » Which Country has More Protestants (P) or Catholics (C)?
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Mental Floss » Name These Geographical Areas
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this ascent [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The University of Utah is Offering Scholarships to Video Gamers
And they said games were a waste of time. [Link]
Weird Universe » 7 Clicks (April 17, 2017)
7 Clicks
A Weird Universe News Service
April 17, 2017
Sounds Like a Too-Easy Joke: Researchers in Germany, flummoxed by female patients bodies rejecting ovarian cancer medications, are trying . . as delivery vehicles . . umm . . sperm cells. [Phys.org]
Want! Now! If you have hopelessly noisy apartment neighbors, there's a simple device in China called a "building … [Link]
Futility Closet » A Poet’s Arsenal
Noted in passing: In the May 2004 issue of Word Ways, Max Maven notes that “English words containing ‘ag’ almost invariably have negative meanings, usually rather harsh.” He cites BRAG, DRAG, FLAG, GAG, HAG, LAG, NAG, RAG, SAG, SLAG, SNAG, and SWAG, among others. In May 1984 Bruce Price pointed out that words rhyming with ash tend to be “words … [Link]
Mental Floss » The Most Common Second Languages Spoken Around the World
English is extremely popular as a second language, but some of the other commonly spoken second languages might surprise you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » General Sherman calls upon the power of Thor to continue his siege on Atlanta [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Amazon's Best Monday Deals
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Mental Floss » Match the Disney Character to its Movie
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Fark.com RSS » Moron puts racist sign in yard but discovers his racism is incorrect. Hilarious racism ensues [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » A pastor and a geneticist team up to find Jesus' DNA, offering hope for those of us holding out for a new sequel to Jurassic Park [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Because nothing says "Happy Easter" like sitting down as a family and watching that timeless classic "Watership Down" with all the cute little bunnies… OHMYGOD [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » Frank Lloyd Wright Home in Minnesota Goes on Sale for the First Time Ever
It was one of the last houses Wright designed in his lifetime. [Link]
Mental Floss » Selfie-Takers Are Damaging California’s Super Bloom
Tourists looking for the perfect Instagram shot can leave damage that lasts for years. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Campfires banned at Walt Disney World. Man, the waiting lines must be intense this time of year [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 12 Ways to Use Leftover Eggshells
Don't throw out all those extra eggshells! [Link]
Mental Floss » Street Signs Reimagined for the Digital Age
The traffic light hasn't gotten a design update in nearly a century. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dylan Roof's sentencing, the last meal on the Titanic, and the fate of Uber in Italy. These are YOUR Headlines Of The Week for Sun 2017-04-09 to Sat 2017-04-15 [FarkBlog]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Bunnies
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Mental Floss » Tiny Prehistoric Beetle Was First to Mooch off Termites
The horseshoe-crab-shaped bugs have been hanging out in a drop of amber for the last 99 million years. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The latest fitness trend? "Powwow sweat," where traditional Indian dances are turned into exercise moves. Nobody could possibly have a problem with this [Amusing]
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Overheard In The Office » Mind the Generation Gap
Boss, in response to employees discussing Project Runway: Oh, what is that? A show about airports? Washington, DC [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 TV Shows That Were Creatively Altered by a Writers Strike
What a difference a writers room makes. [Link]
Mental Floss » Society6 is Offering 20% Off Everything, Plus Free Shipping
A real crowd-pleasing deal! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sad: Teenager battling cancer is unable to go to her prom. Awesome: So the other students bring the prom to her [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » 'Exorcists' attempt to cast government demons out of the AT&T building in lower Manhattan thinking it's a NSA spy building [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this self-centered surfer [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Vexations by Erik Satie
Eccentric composer Erik Satie wrote "Vexations," a four-line piece of music, around 1893, though that date is a guess because it remained undiscovered until his death in 1925. It was an unexceptional piece of music (by design), except for the instructions he attached that seemed to indicate that it should be played "840 times in succession" by a pianist who … [Link]
Weird Universe » Mystery Gadget 47
What is going on here? Find out at this link.
Or after the jump. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NYC Pizza Rat gets tired of pizza slices, now has a hankering for human flesh [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Hate buffet of conspiracy theories Alex Jones is just "playing a character," claims his attorney, who tried to defend his client's bigotry in a custody hearing over his three children [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » 11 Fast Facts About the Boston Marathon
Heartbreak Hill isn't actually *that* high. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nursery lets the kids go clambering over trees, rolling around in the mud, sawing wood, chopping vegetables and cooking lunch on an open fire. This should go well [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Addressing loneliness in children can prevent a lifetime of loneliness in adults [PSA]
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Mental Floss » Bunnies
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Fark.com RSS » This is certainly going to calm down tensions on the Korean Peninsula [PSA]
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Mental Floss » Let This Triceratops Feed You Tacos
Sure, it was designed for kids, but we see no problem with adults enjoying it as well. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Yellowstone Vandalism
Awesome links to start your work week right! [Link]
Mental Floss » What Those Symbols on Your Dashboard are Trying to Tell You
The answers are rather illuminating. [Link]
Mental Floss » Who Took the Photo of the First Man on the Moon?
Who took the photo of the first man on the Moon? C. Stuart Hardwick: If you mean this: This is a frame from the slow-scan, low resolution TV camera mounted in the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA). The MESA folded down out of a small equipment bay clockwise from the ladder (as you look down on the LEM) when Neil … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not satisfied with the tension surrounding North Korea? Awesome. Here come Russian and Chinese surveillance ships to follow U.S.S. Carl Vinson's every move [Scary]
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GraphJam » Candy Package Sizes v.s. How Fun They Are
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: bar , candy , cool , fun , normal , packages , size , Travel , WoW Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Video Games Are Very Constructive
I'm learning valuable skills for the apocalypse Graph by: satanstolemysocks Tagged: lazy , planning , useful , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » They'll Never Suspect Anything
Graph by: thelolbringer Tagged: lunch , Pie Chart , school , unsuspecting Share on Facebook [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Do you seek to engage in or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities, espionage, sabotage, or genocide? ☑ If this box is checked, did your parent fill out this form for you? ☑ [Fail]
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 150: The Prince of Nowhere
In 1821, Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor undertook one of the most brazen scams in history: He invented a fictional Central American republic and convinced hundreds of his countrymen to invest in its development. Worse, he persuaded 250 people to set sail for this imagined utopia with dreams of starting a new life. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet … [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch This Very Important Video of Goats in Sweaters Learning to Jump
Baby. Goats. In. Sweaters. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Did you catch the deplorable punching of a girl in the face at the Berkeley demonstration? You can now [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » An elderly man has died while receiving a lap dance at a strip club in Texas. Fark: The dancer initially thought he could have been faking to get out of paying his bill [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » What Was the Flaw in the Enigma Machine?
Alan Turing broke the Enigma code. What was broken in the Enigma system itself? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this bubble blower [Photoshop]
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