Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[Lordbenny]

Jack Ruby...the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald...and the conspiracy theories that followed after he died in mysterious circumstances in jail.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby#Alleged_...

[Streps]

Japanese feline station master.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tama_(cat)

[dudleybloke]

Bean cars.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_Cars

[Halb]

Lordbenny said:

Jack Ruby...the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald...and the conspiracy theories that followed after he died in mysterious circumstances in jail.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby#Alleged_...

Yeah, all a tad...weird.

[Blown2CV]

Look up the southport sockman

[mrtwisty]

Or, you know.... provide a link?

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

[Blown2CV]

mrtwisty said:

Or, you know.... provide a link?

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

i could really do with a PA, so thanks.

[kdri155]

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, short history of a man who survived both atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki;

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

[glazbagun]

The borders of Norway, Finland and Sweden all meet at a single point so you'd be able to run around in a circle between all three countries if you so wished.

Except that the point is in a lake. So you cant.

So they built a cairn with pontoons, so you can.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Country_Cair...

[4x4Tyke]

During WW2 Britian created the Petroleum Warfare Department which envisaged the resurrection of fire ships last used during the age of sail.

[MissChief]

4x4Tyke said:

During WW2 Britian created the Petroleum Warfare Department which envisaged the resurrection of fire ships last used during the age of sail.

Somewhat related. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pluto

[anonymous-user]

Catherine Leroy
Photo-journalist, which in itself is unremarkable.
What sets her apart is she was the first journalist to conduct a live combat parachute jump.

[VxDuncan]

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

Project Azorian. CIA project to recover a Russian sub from the middle of the ocean.

[Brother D]

VxDuncan said:

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

Project Azorian. CIA project to recover a Russian sub from the middle of the ocean.

Been mentioned a few times already on this thread, but super interesting - there are some really good videos on youtube about it.

Edited to add the reason I returned to this thread...(but not quite as interesting as above)

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

Edited by Brother D on Tuesday 21st June 19:08

Brilliant. I added your link and not the one I intended.

Edited by Brother D on Monday 27th June 17:20

[CountZero23]

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

Chögyam Trungpa. By all accounts a wise and enlightened Buddhist master and guru to Allan Ginsberg.

He favored some contentious methods which caused hippies much moral confusion in the 60's. A heavy drinker, womanizer and by some accounts a massive coke head.

Head down to the controversies section for the gold.

[eldar]

Human feet found in Canada.

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

[Project C]

Cartoon Physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_physics

"Animation follows the laws of physics—unless it is funnier otherwise."

[4x4Tyke]

Almost certainly posted before, but given its particular relevance are the moment I think a dupe is justified.

Prisoner dilemma said:

standard example in game theory that shows why two completely "rational" individuals might not cooperate, even if it appears that it is in their best interests to do so

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma

[Seek]

40 years ago today...

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

[wombleh]

Letters written by the PM to the commanding officer of each trident sub, telling them what to do if the UK govt has been wiped out. I'd imagine Mrs May will be writing one soon.

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