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The thread for Wikipedia Articles so Cool They Belong in This Thread
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Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again! Last edited by Airhog : 03-31-2010 at 11:12 AM. |
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03-31-2010, 11:03 AM
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The thread for Wikipedia articles so cool that they belong in this thread
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03-31-2010, 11:15 AM
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Two of my favorites. Killer Molasses and Killer Lake.
Boston Molasses Disaster Boston Molasses Disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lake Nyos Lake Nyos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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03-31-2010, 11:19 AM
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Another great one, the story of the Mary Celeste. You may know the story, but the wikipedia article is very good and worth reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste |
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03-31-2010, 11:26 AM
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I've always been fascinated with the Oak Island treasure story
Oak Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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03-31-2010, 11:30 AM
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03-31-2010, 11:38 AM
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this has the potential to be an epic "time-waster" thread!
i knew about the mary celeste of course, but the rundown of the different theories was informative. oak island i also knew about and is one of my favorite "mystery" things. i'll have to post some links of my own later
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03-31-2010, 11:52 AM
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03-31-2010, 11:57 AM
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03-31-2010, 11:57 AM
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so much for getting any work done this afternoon
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03-31-2010, 12:17 PM
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03-31-2010, 12:20 PM
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03-31-2010, 12:43 PM
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Thanks for the good read. I was thinking it would make a great movie, apparently, unfortunately, Keanu thought it would be as well as its slated for a 2012 release per IMDB. Whoa. |
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03-31-2010, 12:49 PM
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A set of logical proofs that motion is actually impossible and does not exist:
Zeno's paradoxes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis |
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03-31-2010, 12:52 PM
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By the way, there was a blog post that went around recently on a similar theme:
The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia « Copybot I think I read all of them... some favorites were: Wow! signal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Person from Porlock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As Slow As Possible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis |
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03-31-2010, 12:55 PM
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glad you liked it. Got to that page after reading a comic adaptation of the story titled Ronin hood of the 47 Samurai which had a pretty good one page introduction to the story explaining how this was based off a real story. Quick googling led me to the Wiki page which I found to be pretty complete. FM
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03-31-2010, 01:06 PM
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03-31-2010, 01:10 PM
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03-31-2010, 01:31 PM
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03-31-2010, 02:07 PM
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Action Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A favorite around here in the office since many of us end up going to Vernon Valley to do on-site support. /tk
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03-31-2010, 02:37 PM
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Maguindanao massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heard about this a few weeks back on metafilter. Insane. |
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03-31-2010, 02:59 PM
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The famous ethical thought experiment The Trolley Problem, and several variations:
Trolley problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis |
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03-31-2010, 03:09 PM
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Wow, never heard about this until now. |
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03-31-2010, 11:06 PM
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03-31-2010, 11:16 PM
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03-31-2010, 11:27 PM
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I always loved these and arguing both sides. I'm fairly utilitarian and these thought exercises all end up being the same in the end, sort of. However, after a discussion about them you can always see who belongs in the "I didn't do it" crowd. SI
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03-31-2010, 11:30 PM
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There have been countless film and TV series versions of this story. It's Japan's Gone With the Wind. The best version (IMO) is: Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia One of the highlights of my Japan trip back in '07 was visiting the graves of the ronin at Sengakuji temple, Tokyo.
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03-31-2010, 11:32 PM
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I'm going to pretend the Keanu Reeves version does not, and will not, ever exist.
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03-31-2010, 11:33 PM
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03-31-2010, 11:38 PM
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Some of my favorites (I cheated and included a wiki travel guide for Iraq. Anyone up for a road trip? Those guides are fun to read for places like North Korea, Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian territories, etc.)
List of unusual deaths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of last occurrences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iraq travel guide - Wikitravel Attacks on North America during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of NFL on CBS commentator pairings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of television series canceled after one episode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dancing Plague of 1518 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mojave phone booth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Last edited by molson : 03-31-2010 at 11:42 PM. |
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04-01-2010, 10:31 AM
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04-01-2010, 10:53 AM
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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04-01-2010, 01:41 PM
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I got the book on her by Rebecca Skloot in the mail a couple weeks back. It's on my massive to-read pile, but I am definitely looking forward to it. Rebecca Skloot Last edited by Scoobz0202 : 04-01-2010 at 01:42 PM. |
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04-01-2010, 02:05 PM
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04-01-2010, 02:18 PM
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I wasn't aware of the micronation movement. It's like this whole thing. |
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04-01-2010, 02:28 PM
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It's batshit crazy. There are distinctions too. The ones that have land, the ones that don't, internet-only ones and of course, just fake internet-based micronation games. It's a weird subculture. |
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04-01-2010, 02:48 PM
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Yeah what's with this micronation thing... I wouldn't mind having an FOFC internet-based one. I think we'd be a pretty damn good one lol.
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04-01-2010, 05:47 PM
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For those who may have forgotten:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_way which is a pivotal event in this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Revolution
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04-02-2010, 12:49 PM
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04-02-2010, 01:00 PM
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04-02-2010, 01:51 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_from_laughter
I ended up here from one of Molson's links, but it's worth a link of its own. |
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04-02-2010, 07:42 PM
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1993 Football League First Division play-off Final - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The key section here is "Kevin Poole was alleged to have brought down Steve White in the area". I've just watched it again for the first time in years and it's even worse than I remember!!!  Steve Thommo's equaliser was the best I have ever felt at a football game, and the cheating b******s' winner is the worst I've ever felt at a football game. The only time I've ever cried over sport. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHCOMe8J7Ew No, I will not let it go! PS - Kevin Poole was our GK who when we got relgated from the Prem (after we finally won a playoff final) won the club's player of the year. He received his trophy: a crystal glass bowl, and dropped it! True story.
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'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports! Last edited by AlexB : 04-02-2010 at 07:49 PM. |
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04-02-2010, 07:47 PM
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Oh man I remember those 2 Leicester games especially the one you are referring to. The curse of David Ellery. Funnily enough I forgot just how shite a ref he was until this morning stumbled across an account of Cardiff - Cambridge from around 98/99 when he sent off 3 Cardiff players for very little just for the hell of it.
Nice to see a Steve White reference who played for Cardiff for a couple of years when he was pushing 38 and was still a good lower leagues striker even then. Some good memories. At least you can console yourself with the knowledge you eventually made it to the promised land a few years later (and had a pretty good run at it IIRC) Last edited by bhlloy : 04-02-2010 at 07:48 PM. |
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04-02-2010, 07:51 PM
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Without the lows, you don't appreciate the (relative) highs...
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04-02-2010, 07:51 PM
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04-09-2010, 09:03 AM
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beauty of Football Manager making you read up on stuff about a football club thousands of miles away. I'd been playing with Luton Town and never knew about that event...
1985 Kenilworth Road riot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia FM
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Someone just sent me the link for this today. How did THIS not end up in my history classes? /tk
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06-17-2010, 02:11 AM
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06-17-2010, 02:17 AM
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06-17-2010, 02:29 AM
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