Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[Halb]

Negative Creep said:

Did they just steal a picture of the Mammoth tank from the Command & Conquer games?

I knew it as the Apocalypse tank. The good think about the Overlord was the upgrades, sticking Gatlings on top.

[Gogoplata]

Stedman said:

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

Always a good read :nod:

Thanks, I enjoyed reading that.

[MrCarPark]

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


Now I know why you have to pull on the emergency oxygen mask in an aircraft.

[glazbagun]

Mr Will said:

A few interesting tales off this one: List of airline flights that required gliding

This one's really sad (not that all airplane crashes aren't) and a bit spooky. Plane takes off unpressurised, everyone passes out, autopilot flies them to greece and sits in a holding pattern till the fuel runs out.

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

[anonymous-user]

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

List of George Cross recipients

waste a few hours reading the stories, pretty amazing stuff.

[RobbieKB]

Stedman said:

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

Always a good read :nod:

It's weird - I read this and really enjoyed it. The next day, coincidentally, I went to Bletchley Park and a summary of this was written in one of the exhibitions. Turns out a lot of what was done went through BP.

[Veeayt]

Silent1 said:

Super Heavy Tanks, the russian Troyanov looks like the work of a heavily drunk person

That's actually a very clever design designed to withstand a nuclear bomb shockwave. It was both lighter and more agile than contemporary tanks and, having four tracks, would not stuck in most situations normal tanks do. It also had its fuel tanks hidden as a structural elements of the frame, so there was almost no way to penetrate one. AFAIK the only downside was that it was too expensive.

[Silent1]

How the russians tried to deceive the americans about the missiles in cuba:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anadyr

[Marvib]

mrtwisty said:

Short and sweet....

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

This anatomy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Vaud]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Messenger

Couriers with their own passports. Even the bag has it's own passport.

[Benni]

Not really Wiki but I don´t want to open a thread for it.

German scientists give away a Synchrotron into the middle east, and fellow scientists from

Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, the Palestinian Authority, and Turkey

work together to get it into operation and running.

http://www.sesame.org.jo/sesame/

[Halb]

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301

[mrtwisty]

Marvib said:

mrtwisty said:

Short and sweet....

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

This anatomy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Magog]

Would Sir like one's early networked air defence computing system operating console with the optional cigarette lighter and ashtray?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground...

[Asterix]

Short and, well.... short!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_(time)

[MissChief]

Solar power, fk yeah!

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

[Four Litre]

Having recently seen the film 'Compliance' found this amazing...

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

[Mr Kitten]

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

[Fer]

Mr Kitten said:

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

I sailed past that over 30 years ago, a haunting sight to see.

[TheEnd]

A guy called Silvianus lost a ring, presumed stolen by a tea leaf called Senicianus. He puts a curse on it in a common Roman fashion of giving the ring to a God, and then letting the God exact revenge, recorded on a tablet found in Gloucester.

80 miles away, the ring was found!



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