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Breakdown (2018) (futilitycloset.com)
26 points by mmastrac 11 months ago | past | 3 comments
Lewis Carroll – computing the day of the week for any given date (1887) (futilitycloset.com)
199 points by beardyw 11 months ago | past | 101 comments
The Times refused to print 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (futilitycloset.com)
3 points by munhitsu on April 19, 2024 | past | 1 comment
[flagged] New Mexico: Psychologists to dress up as wizards when providing expert testimony (futilitycloset.com)
115 points by beardyw on April 19, 2024 | past | 118 comments
A novel written without the letter A (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by beardyw on Feb 21, 2024 | past
A Fuss Budget (1885) (futilitycloset.com)
54 points by beardyw on Feb 14, 2024 | past | 14 comments
Thinking Big (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by baruchel on Jan 23, 2024 | past
Lexicon – Words that don't exist but ought to (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by beardyw on Jan 22, 2024 | past | 2 comments
Automatic hair-cutting machine 1996 (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by beardyw on Dec 28, 2023 | past | 1 comment
Do Ethicists Steal More Books? (futilitycloset.com)
3 points by beardyw on Nov 15, 2023 | past
Enterprise (futilitycloset.com)
3 points by warrenm on Nov 10, 2023 | past | 1 comment
Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people of AD 6939 (futilitycloset.com)
292 points by beardyw on Nov 10, 2023 | past | 301 comments
On a calculator keypad a 4 digit number in a rectangle shape is divisible by 11 (futilitycloset.com)
5 points by beardyw on Sept 26, 2023 | past
Futility Closet Returns from Hiatus (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by hprotagonist on Sept 21, 2023 | past
Focus Group (Tolkien) (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by beardyw on Sept 12, 2023 | past
“The Correct Way to Speak Bristol” (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by warrenm on Sept 6, 2023 | past
Pyrrho's Pig – Futility Closet (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by beardyw on Sept 2, 2023 | past | 1 comment
Futility Closet is going on haitus (futilitycloset.com)
10 points by hprotagonist on Aug 29, 2022 | past | 2 comments
Mind Games (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by beardyw on Aug 5, 2022 | past
Early Times (Multiplication) (futilitycloset.com)
33 points by beardyw on July 1, 2022 | past | 4 comments
Left or Right? (futilitycloset.com)
3 points by sohkamyung on May 11, 2022 | past
The Martians (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by JKCalhoun on April 28, 2022 | past
The “Dicta Boelcke” (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by warrenm on Feb 16, 2022 | past | 1 comment
The Lamppost Trick (futilitycloset.com)
2 points by zimpenfish on Feb 2, 2022 | past | 1 comment
Pieces of Pi (futilitycloset.com)
9 points by leephillips on Jan 30, 2022 | past
Reverse Angle (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by beardyw on Jan 24, 2022 | past
Blissymbols (futilitycloset.com)
2 points by beardyw on Nov 11, 2021 | past | 1 comment
Youth and Genius (futilitycloset.com)
1 point by beardyw on Nov 1, 2021 | past
A Cool Customer (futilitycloset.com)
43 points by beardyw on Oct 12, 2021 | past | 27 comments
A Cool Customer (futilitycloset.com)
2 points by beardyw on Oct 7, 2021 | past

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