Re: Post an Interesting Wikipedia Article

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:31 pm

I've just tried it.

It hurt my head. bawl

by Guest Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:35 am

Wikipedia wrote:
In a few episodes Mr. Humphries claims to have served briefly in the Royal Navy. But given his young age, this is impossible."

Why is it impossible?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Humphries

by cosmictanya Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:50 pm

High on the horror list. I don't understand why it isn't mandatory for all seagoing vessels to have a bullet and/or cyanide capsule for each person. Surely a better way to go than being trapped inside a sinking submarine/ferry whatever? Or plunged into a heaving ocean in the middle of the night.

Why isn't this mandatory? Does anybody know? Don't give me all that old pony about lifeboat capacity - in cases of capsize, half of them are suddenly uphill and therefore unreachable, let alone launchable. It's a mystery to me why anyone goes out to sea at all. My fear and horror has only increased having done so, so I don't buy all that 'expose yourself to the source' boll**ks.

The last time I did so, I was on my third gin before the thing had left Tangier, and was almost unable to see or walk by Algeciras. I woke up the next morning in a very stuffy hotel room above a kebab shop, with an elderly Canadian man, wearing tinsel round my neck.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster

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by cosmictanya Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:04 pm

The climate of Ancient Rome

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_ancient_Rome

by Nightjar Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:09 pm

What is that weird version of Wikipedia? Sly

by Guest Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:14 pm

Mobile version?

by cosmictanya Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:29 pm

Nightjar wrote:What is that weird version of Wikipedia?

What? What's weird about it? Looks fine to me.

by Nightjar Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:42 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Mobile version?

You're right.

Phew!

I was getting scared there for a second.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_ancient_Rome

by Guest Sun Sep 15, 2019 3:05 pm

From the Rednex 'Pedia page:

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by Guest Thu Oct 03, 2019 8:53 pm

So I was just checking out what it was ~~Alan~~ Andy Partridge said about J*wish conspiracies, and I saw this doozy:

"Although he is an atheist, he believes that heaven and hell exist metaphorically"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Partridge

by cosmictanya Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:58 pm

Decent overview of a sad event.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Istanbul_nightclub_shooting

Don't look wider than Wikipedia - the pictures are horrifying.

by Butterfield Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:47 pm

Thanks to today's "Did you know..." on the main Wikipedia page:

Apple maggot

The apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella), also known as a railroad worm (not to be confused with the Phrixothrix beetle larvae also called that), is a species of fruit fly, and a pest of several types of fruits, mainly apples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_maggot

by Butterfield Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:49 pm

Can the apple maggot be the official species of fruit fly for HotW?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:29 pm

by cosmictanya Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:11 pm

Lucia Zarate - the worlds smallest woman. I wish I'd met her. What a curious little lady...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc%C3%ADa_Zárate

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This is her colleague Francis Flynn with his wife Millie...

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by Guest Mon Dec 02, 2019 3:13 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_gaps_between_studio_albums

Blimey, was it really long for Roger Waters.

Hang on, didn't he do that opera album?

by Guest Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:10 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens_Hall,_Leeds

I like the picture to really ram the point home.

by Nightjar Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:22 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_gaps_between_studio_albums

Parallelograms is really good.

Especially the opening track.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelograms_(album)

by Guest Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:52 pm

I was just researching my answer for the This or That Game, I don't just throw my answers together you know...

And:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_(county_subdivision)

by Nightjar Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:59 pm

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https://www.discogs.com/Various-23-Drifts-To-Guestling/release/103402

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guestling

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