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.”
Weird Universe » 7 Clicks (April 21, 2017)
7 Clicks
A Weird Universe News Service
April 21, 2017
The Russell 2000 small-stock index does very well (since mid-2014 up, oh, around 18%), but not as well as one of the 2,000–the mysterious Chinese loan company called Wins Financial Holdings, which bafflingly gained 4,555 percent at one point before falling back. [Business Week (4-3-2017)] (paywall!)
Nor can anyone figure … [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Deep Facts About ‘Valley of the Dolls’
The campy, so-bad-it's-good classic is turning 50 years old this year. [Link]
Mental Floss » These New Earplugs Are Like a Volume Button for the World Around You
Hear what you want, when you want. [Link]
Mental Floss » How Thomas Edison Jr. Shamed the Family Name
Asked to evaluate his son's abilities as an intellectual, the elder Edison said that he was, "absolutely illiterate, scientifically and otherwise.” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Great day for Trump III, bagging a buffalo, a cheetah, dozens of flamingos [Satire]
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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 » "What's that guy in the car behind me doing honking and waving? Go around, dude. Jeez" [Scary]
[link] [115 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Social Media Can Push Runners to Improve Their Performance
Sometimes peer pressure works in our favor. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bay Area Fark Party – Oakland Beer Trail. Saturday, June 24, starting at Noon PT (probably ending with Sunday Brunch) [FarkParty]
[link] [77 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Nintendo May Release an SNES Classic
Nintendo may soon have you refreshing Amazon sales pages again. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Are Dairy Queen Blizzards Served Upside Down?
You can thank a cranky custard store owner and an annoying 14-year-old for this "tradition." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this mysterious train scene [Photoshop]
[link] [28 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Hurry to Check Out Friday's Best Amazon Deals
From the Smart Shopping team… [Link]
Mental Floss » The University of Tennessee Offers a Dolly Parton-Themed History Class
“Dolly’s America” uses Parton's personal journey as a lens through which to examine modern Appalachian culture. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Churches don't normally get upset about anonymous donations. Normally [Weird]
[link] [49 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » North Korea's Western spokesman: 'No we definitely don't have any concentration camps, nope, not at all. This is a peaceful country.' What about prison camps? 'Oh yeah sure we got, like, a tonna those' [Dumbass]
[link] [103 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A Blood Test May Help Pinpoint the Right Antidepressant for You
A new study provides additional diagnostic information that could change the way depression is treated. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apple has developed fake human sweat. Don't you idiots know that's the only way we could spot first generation terminators? [Scary]
[link] [42 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Touchscreen-Controlled Chair Lets Disabled Toddlers Get Around
The chair uses technology many kids are already familiar with. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » District of Columbia drivers' licenses are being revised to read "Washington, D.C.," instead of "District of Columbia" on news that the average Arby's reject who works for TSA doesn't know what "District of Columbia
[link] [156 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A Founder of Earth Day Looks Back on How It Began
On April 22, 1970, Denis Hayes stood on a stage in Central Park, stunned by the number of people who'd come to honor the planet. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tuck Frump? Jice nacket, umb dass [Dumbass]
[link] [167 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man who doesn't use social media because "it gets people in trouble" surprised to learn a wanted fugitive has started a new life and posed as him on Facebook [Ironic]
[link] [25 comments] [Link]
Futility Closet » Edifice Wrecks
Between the 1950s and the 2000s, the Sicilian town of Giarre started a series of ambitious building projects as its politicians competed to create jobs and secure funds from the regional government. Unfortunately, there was no need for the buildings — Giarre’s population is only 27,000 — and today the seaside town hosts 25 half-built and abandoned constructions, including an … [Link]
Mental Floss » Look Up Tonight! The Lyrids Meteor Shower Is Set to Stun
You can expect to see 10 meteors an hour tonight. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is why you don't watch porn while emailing out class assignments and copy/pasting links from your browser, Professor [Facepalm]
[link] [125 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » All National Parks Are Offering Free Admission This Weekend
Celebrate National Park Week! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Scientists may have found a "wonder-drug" that will stop all neurodegenerative brain diseases, including duh [Interesting]
[link] [96 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's totally not a Mad Lib headline: "South Korean man dies after eating toads" [Sad]
[link] [42 comments] [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Yahoo!
Older coworker: Lemme put it in your Google. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana Overheard by: Mine? [Link]
Weird Universe » Longest Sermon Ever
Back in 1937, Rev. A. Earl Lee set a record for preaching the longest sermon ever, preaching continuously for 21 hours. "He ate regular meals, preaching between bites, changed his clothes, and even took a bath while continuing the sermon by talking into a portable microphone."
Bradford Evening Star – June 29, 1937
However, it seems that world's longest sermon has … [Link]
Weird Universe » Billie Carleton’s Death and the Birth of a Genre
Original article here.
How did the hedonistic death of one minor actress lead to Fu Manchu and the Yellow Menace?
Read the whole story here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Beat me, Whip me, Make me write checks [Scary]
[link] [75 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Why let the dog out, it only leads to being wrapped in a cable, hanging upside down, naked in a tree [Awkward]
[link] [27 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "It has been 50 years since we buried a time capsule, now we want to open it. Anyone know where the heck it is?" [Facepalm]
[link] [55 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this spring bouquet [Photoshop]
[link] [34 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This could very well be the ugliest city flag that nobody knows about [Florida]
[link] [179 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California considers bill that would make it illegal for schools to start before 8:30 a.m. Apparently kids are getting up too early [Amusing]
[link] [182 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: A Good "Egg"
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Fark.com RSS » Having a drink? Make it a shot, it's the healthier alternative [Interesting]
[link] [50 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 'Encyclopedia of Rainbows' Is the Perfect Book for Color Organizing Enthusiasts
Each page offers readers a different selection of eye candy. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Supreme Court allows Arkansas to at least execute the black guys before lethal injection drug expires [Followup]
[link] [99 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Latest attorney tactic when defending client accused of rape: Women are good liars [Dumbass]
[link] [205 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » China has put their bombers on high alert and the rest of their military aircraft are being brought up to full readiness for what I'm sure is no reason whatsoever [Scary]
[link] [124 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Lucky Chimney Sweeps
Links to last you all weekend long! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trump: "Luciano Pavarotti's a friend of mine, great friend of mine". Fark; Pavarotti died in 2007 [Dumbass]
[link] [231 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » These Marble-Glazed Cakes Are Mesmerizing
Watch and drool. [Link]
Mental Floss » What Makes Peregrine Falcons the Fastest Animals on Earth?
Cruising at rates between 40 and 60 miles per hour, one might say that the predatory bird is the cheetah of the sky. [Link]
Mental Floss » You Can Chat With Albert Einstein’s Facebook Bot Alter-Ego
Just prepare yourself for some physics puns. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Looks like the Dortmund bomb attack may have been less "True Lies" and more "Trading Places" [Followup]
[link] [34 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » All those sweeping generalizations you had about millennials are most likely true [Obvious]
[link] [160 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » SeaWorld Texas celebrates the birth of what might be the last captive killer whale [Interesting]
[link] [41 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pigeons can build and pass on wisdom across generations. Which explains why they keep doing what they do to statues of politicians [Spiffy]
[link] [25 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Because Hans Delbrück's brain was unavailable [Weird]
[link] [30 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » *picks 3 random words from bag* … "California weed nuns" [Giggity]
[link] [39 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » No quiero que los patitos [Amusing]
[link] [26 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bridge is closed. Moose out front shoulda toldya [Amusing]
[link] [47 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 150 years later, slavery is still killing the South [Sad]
[link] [124 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Looking at this guy's mugshot, we could have figured out the first part of the headline [Followup]
[link] [54 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Things We Learned About the Dictionary From Kory Stamper’s AMA
She loves "grief bacon" too. [Link]
Mental Floss » Here's How British and American Spelling Parted Ways
A colourful tale of dictionaries, politics, and national identity. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How bad do you have to drive before people start a Facebook page warning other drivers of your whereabouts? [Dumbass]
[link] [69 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Solar-powered "Mr. Trash-Wheel" has now removed 1.1 million lbs of rubbish from Baltimore's Inner Harbor, including 8.9 million cigarette butts and half a million polystyrene containers. No word on how many condoms or dead bodies it's
[link] [77 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this scary ceiling [Photoshop]
[link] [18 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Futuristic New Mastercard Includes a Built-In Fingerprint Scanner
This new credit card eliminates the need for a PIN or signature. [Link]
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