Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[Lefty]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76

[Asterix]

Lefty said:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76

I love these. You know they're an early cold war messagey thing, probably, and have no place in the modern world, but may be relevent again come WWIII...

[southendpier]

Mr Kitten said:

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

too close...<shudder>

[anonymous-user]

Black Tot Day

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

'In the 17th century the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer'

[Art0ir]

Hyde said:

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

It's a lovely building in one of the most beautiful parts of the world (IMHO).

[Silent1]

Halb said:

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

The irony being it's all a recruitment drive for the TOR project

[JB!]

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

Some of the stuff off the soviet pages are nuts.

[John D.]

Four Litre said:

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

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

That is mental. Only in America surely?!

[williamp]

The Spruce goose said:

Black Tot Day

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

'In the 17th century the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer'

...yes but it was "small beer"

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

[mrtwisty]

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

[Agrispeed]

mrtwisty said:

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

I heard about this on radio 4 yesterday, I didn't think it could be true!

[Halb]

http://io9.com/congress-basically-admits-they-are-...

[FredClogs]

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

I'd never heard of this guy.

[Halb]

FredClogs said:

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

I'd never heard of this guy.

I only know him via the film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_Job

[FredClogs]

Halb said:

FredClogs said:

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

I'd never heard of this guy.

I only know him via the film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_Job

Ha, yes I heard of him through this investigation surrounding the rumours and intrigue into the Baker Street Bank Robbery.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/puntpi

The story goes he had pics of Princess Margaret in that bank, MI5 have a file on him which is "Do Not Open until 2040". Seems there is a D notice out on all this though so this message will self destruct...

[LordLoveLength]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_boy_scout
Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him

[torqueofthedevil]

LordLoveLength said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_boy_scout
Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him

That was interesting! I found this

http://youtu.be/O1CZUhTJaHU

[Martin4x4]

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognative bias where the least knowledge people have an hugely over inflated opionion of themselves because they are literally too stupid to see the pitfalls and therefore so express that ignorance with confidence.

Whereas the most skilled people see the pitfalls so present with caveats with gives the appearance of less confidence to third observers.

Or I'll paraphrase Charles Darwin with "Ignorance begets confidence more than does knowledge"

Edited by Martin4x4 on Friday 25th July 13:06

[bazza white]

I'll just leave this here
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection


If you ever turn up to view a dead relative and spot a white sheet tent its not because he was in a happy place when they died.

[Halb]

LordLoveLength said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_boy_scout
Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him

What a sad story...might have been the next great engineer.