Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[omgus]

^^^


This is easily one of the best time waster threads, closely followed by the secret room thread.

[m3jappa]

Must admit i wasted a few hours last night reading these.

Came across this too which was surprisingly interesting

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

[MentalSarcasm]

One of the ones currently on the front page.

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

[OldJohnnyYen]

MentalSarcasm said:

One of the ones currently on the front page.

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

[anonymous-user]

Korea or Iran could do with on of these.

Natural nuclear fission reactor

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

[ZOLLAR]

OldJohnnyYen said:

I feel so bad for laughing

[Urban Sports]

There aren't any

[Comfortably Dumb]

Urban Sports said:

There aren't any

One word: Cache

[Urban Sports]

Comfortably Dumb said:

One word: Cache

Here's another one: mobile

[Morningside]

Urban Sports said:

Comfortably Dumb said:

One word: Cache

Here's another one: mobile

Another: Disable Javascript.

[RobCrezz]

If you press stop fast enough on chrome you can still read the page

[MX7]

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/how-to-access-wikipedia...

[davepoth]

Or, you know, stop and think about what the blocking page means.

[Robbie B]

davepoth said:

Or, you know, stop and think about what the blocking page means.

I have to agree. The point of the self imposed shutting down of the site for the day is for a very good reason.

[MX7]

davepoth said:

Or, you know, stop and think about what the blocking page means.

And after you've done that?

[Don1]

Find the information not using Wiki, and help trend peoples disapproval of the acts the Americans are considering.

HTH

[MX7]

" Our purpose here isn't to make it completely impossible for people to read Wikipedia, and it's okay for you to circumvent the blackout. We just want to make sure you see our message."

[0a]

Edd China

[dmulally]

I remember reading about him in a Flashman novel.

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

[dvs_dave]

The mammoth projects the USA undertook to build cold war defenses is truly staggering. The DEW Line is a great example of many.

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



And the bonkers 170m long 5000hp gas turbine electric, "Overland Train" that was created to supply the construction materials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overland_train#Overla...