Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[RDJ]

World population: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

[200bhp]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

The door to hell;
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darvasa_gas_cr...



The Door to Hell is a natural gas field in Derweze (also spelled Darvaza, meaning "gate"), Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. The Door to Hell is noted for its natural gas fire which has been burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet petrochemical scientists in 1971, fed by the rich natural gas deposits in the area. The pungent smell of burning sulfur pervades the area for some distance.

Probably a repost but they had a picture of it in the times today. Apparently the ruskies were drilling for oil before they realised it was rich in gas. Te oil drilling rig collapsed & believing the gas that escaped was methane, thought the best idea to get rid of it was to set fire to it

Edited by LaurasOtherHalf on Thursday 21st November 15:14

I'm guessing that makes all efforts to reduce car based pollution pale into insignificance!

[mrtwisty]

The bear that went to war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)

[Magog]

This is strange.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill

[bazza white]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Dis...

Imagine having to clean out the bodies

[Getragdogleg]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_kroc

Ray Kroc, the person who took McDonalds from family owned burger joint to huge multi-national.

[Andehh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Catacombs

More info...

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/zsdn3/girl_go...


2500kms of unmapped catacombs/tunnels stretching over multiple levels down to 60m with over 1000 entrances/exists, all under the Ukraine city of Odessa. Reddit link is of a case study of a girl who went in with friends drunk, and got left behind/lost within the tunnels. Reddit link is NSFW due to pictures of her body an dvery disturbing content. Her body was eventually found 5km from where they went in - very very somber & creepy reading.


edit: PLEASE post short descriptions along with links!

[northwest monkey]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(jou...

Journalist investigating the US military dies in potentially mysterious circumstances....

[Benbay001]

Andehh said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Catacombs

More info...

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/zsdn3/girl_go...


2500kms of unmapped catacombs/tunnels stretching over multiple levels down to 60m with over 1000 entrances/exists, all under the Ukraine city of Odessa. Reddit link is of a case study of a girl who went in with friends drunk, and got left behind/lost within the tunnels. Reddit link is NSFW due to pictures of her body an dvery disturbing content. Her body was eventually found 5km from where they went in - very very somber & creepy reading.


edit: PLEASE post short descriptions along with links!

Ergh, not a nice read!

[Lefty]

northwest monkey said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(jou...

Journalist investigating the US military dies in potentially mysterious circumstances....

Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke said that what is known about the crash is "consistent with a car cyber attack." He was quoted as saying "There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers -- including the United States -- know how to remotely seize control of a car.

WTF?

[Craigyp79]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini

The master escape artist!

[Urban Sports]

Andehh said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Catacombs

More info...

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/zsdn3/girl_go...


2500kms of unmapped catacombs/tunnels stretching over multiple levels down to 60m with over 1000 entrances/exists, all under the Ukraine city of Odessa. Reddit link is of a case study of a girl who went in with friends drunk, and got left behind/lost within the tunnels. Reddit link is NSFW due to pictures of her body an dvery disturbing content. Her body was eventually found 5km from where they went in - very very somber & creepy reading.


edit: PLEASE post short descriptions along with links!

Yea and no more re posts either

[wst]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latawnya,_the_Naughty...

"Due to its absurd writing, illustrations and comments from the author, this book sells out almost anytime a copy becomes available on Amazon.com"

I saw this on Reddit the other day and when I saw this thread I was reminded of it. The author just seems mentally deficient with amazing drawing skill.

[glazbagun]

Lefty said:

northwest monkey said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(jou...

Journalist investigating the US military dies in potentially mysterious circumstances....

Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke said that what is known about the crash is "consistent with a car cyber attack." He was quoted as saying "There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers -- including the United States -- know how to remotely seize control of a car.

WTF?

Anything can be hacked- Check out what these guys did, it's terrifying!
http://www.ted.com/talks/avi_rubin_all_your_device...

Read a good quote by a dude called Cory Doctrow: "There are no airplanes, only computers that fly. There are no cars, only computers we sit in. There are no hearing aids, only computers we put in our ears." And the common man knows nothing about how any of them work.

Edited by glazbagun on Sunday 15th December 13:19

[Hugo a Gogo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_million_yen_robbe...

On the morning of December 10, 1968, four Kokubunji branch employees of the Nihon Shintaku Ginko (bank) transported 294,307,500 yen (about $817,520 US Dollars at 1968 exchange rates) in the trunk of a company car. The metal boxes contained bonuses for the employees of Toshiba's Fuchu factory. They were stopped in the street next to Tokyo Fuchu prison by a young uniformed officer on a police motorcycle. The policeman informed them that their branch manager's house had been blown up, and they had received a warning that dynamite had been planted in the transport car. The four employees exited the vehicle while the officer crawled under the car to locate the bomb. Moments later, the employees noticed smoke and flames under the car as the officer rolled out, shouting that it was about to explode. When the employees retreated to the prison walls, the policeman got into the car and drove away.

[Silent1]

Lefty said:

northwest monkey said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(jou...

Journalist investigating the US military dies in potentially mysterious circumstances....

Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke said that what is known about the crash is "consistent with a car cyber attack." He was quoted as saying "There is reason to believe that intelligence agencies for major powers -- including the United States -- know how to remotely seize control of a car.

WTF?

Except they had nothing to gain from his death.

[arsenalmorris]

Just found this article, I couldnt belive what i was reading, This is fantastic

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

[Brother D]

arsenalmorris said:

Just found this article, I couldnt belive what i was reading, This is fantastic

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

You are kidding right Vo zaborav?

[Asterix]

huh?

[arsenalmorris]

Brother D said:

You are kidding right Vo zaborav?

sorry i posted the wrong link, i posted the one i was looking at for my project on Macedonian pop music

The link i meant to post was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauschild%27s_Hall

can you believe it is 30 years since this place was listed on the National register of historic places, Im sure it was about 15 - 20 years max, Time certainly flies by

Edited by arsenalmorris on Tuesday 17th December 06:11