Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[ruggedscotty]

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

One for the more liberated individual

[Project C]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_%28racing_...

John Fitch - WWII fighter pilot, racing driver, car designer and inventor!

[Vaud]

Apologies if a repost:

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

(found from here: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32758042)

[The Don of Croy]

I'm sure he's appeared here before, but just in case...

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

- inventor of the modern tractor, four wheel drive for road/track use, first Brit to build and fly his own airplane, one of the very few to have successfully won a patent infringement against Ford, and seemingly never awarded a gong or similar (maybe he refused?).

The Wiki listing is a bit thin, but dig around and there's lots of material on him. The contribution to farm safety of his 3 point hitch was significant on it's own, saving many lives, and the FF grand prix car was the last winning seat in Europe for Stirling Moss.

[Dan_1981]

Vaud said:

Apologies if a repost:

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

(found from here: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32758042)

Just arrived to post the same link!

[RizzoTheRat]

Ronald Wayne, sold his 10% stake in Apple for $800 in 1976...which would now be worth about $60bn

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

[Brother D]

Was looking at the pros/cons of Canards over tail surfaces which lead to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_XB-70_...
Quite possible the coolest looking aircraft in the world ever..

Which then lead to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_Voyager
I remember watching this as a kid with the winglets coming off on the runway taking off for the round-world attempt due to the first ever time it had a full load of fuel.

[mrtwisty]

Earliest evidence of 'war' in neolithic Europe?

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

[9patch]

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

[anonymous-user]

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

Edith Macefield (August 21, 1921 – June 15, 2008) was a real estate holdout who received worldwide attention in 2006 when she turned down an offer widely reported as $1 million to sell her house to make way for a commercial development

[9patch]

Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926), born Phoebe Ann Mosey, was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's "amazing talent" led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.


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

[Luke Warm]

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

The Prince Philip Movement is a religious sect followed by the Kastom people around Yaohnanen village on the southern island of Tanna in Vanuatu. It is a cargo cult of the Yaohnanen tribe, who believe that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort to Queen Elizabeth II, is a divine being.

[Brother D]

OK. So the world's fair in Chicago is super interesting (although not much remains). However reading about the time came across this....
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
Basically fella constructed his own murder hotel...

[glazbagun]

Brother D said:

OK. So the world's fair in Chicago is super interesting (although not much remains). However reading about the time came across this....
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
Basically fella constructed his own murder hotel...

Interesting dude. Makes Breaking Bad seem unambitious!

[Luke Warm]

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

[glazbagun]

Luke Warm said:

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

Remember that in the news. The Timew was saying how it was the Blackest Black ever produced and how much blacker it was than the black of the font you were reading right now.

I would absolutely love a car covered in that stuff. It would be like driving a shadow.

[Negative Creep]

glazbagun said:

Luke Warm said:

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

Remember that in the news. The Timew was saying how it was the Blackest Black ever produced and how much blacker it was than the black of the font you were reading right now.

I would absolutely love a car covered in that stuff. It would be like driving a shadow.

The question is, how much more black could it be?

[anonymous-user]

Negative Creep said:

The question is, how much more black could it be?

smell the glove

[northwest monkey]

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

750' tsunami...

[TheEnd]

Negative Creep said:

glazbagun said:

Luke Warm said:

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

Remember that in the news. The Timew was saying how it was the Blackest Black ever produced and how much blacker it was than the black of the font you were reading right now.

I would absolutely love a car covered in that stuff. It would be like driving a shadow.

The question is, how much more black could it be?

I remember hearing about astronauts stepping out for a spacewalk, it's very disorientating as it looks like you are stepping into a shadow.