Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[glazbagun]

FredClogs said:

mrtwisty said:

There was an iron throne in medieval Hungary - but you wouldn't really want to sit on it if you could avoid it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_D%C3%B3z...

Pah... Luxury.

The Mongols had a similar execution chair which people were force to sit but I couldn't find reference to it on wikipedia, however, if a Persian ever offers you a go in his canoe - decline!

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

We're an inventive species, it ha to be said-

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

Favourites include being "blown from a gun"

wiki said:

The prisoner is generally tied to a gun with the upper part of the small of his back resting against the muzzle. When the gun is fired, his head is seen to go straight up into the air some forty or fifty feet; the arms fly off right and left, high up in the air, and fall at, perhaps, a hundred yards distance; the legs drop to the ground beneath the muzzle of the gun; and the body is literally blown away altogether, not a vestige being seen.

and the possibly mythical "Blood Eagle":

wiki said:

Cutting the skin of the victim by the spine, breaking the ribs so they resembled blood-stained wings, and pulling the lungs out through the wounds in the victim's back. Used by the Vikings.

[GT03ROB]

Maybe not interesting to most, but I just found out that my grandfather has his own Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moore_(rugby_le...

[Halb]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-place_artifac...

[mrtwisty]

Moose boulder:

The largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskiwit_Lake_(Isle_...

[omgus]

mrtwisty said:

Moose boulder:

The largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskiwit_Lake_(Isle_...

The following extract took me a little while to get my head around.

Wiki said:

Ryan Island contains Moose Flats, a seasonal pond, which contains Moose Boulder. When Moose Flats is flooded, Moose Boulder becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.[5] (Note that the key to the truth of that sentence is the final clause, "in the largest lake in the world" (Lake Superior)[A] – Treasure Island (which is larger than Ryan Island) in Lake Mindemoya (which is larger than Siskiwit Lake, but not the largest lake on Manitoulin Island, which is Lake Manitou) on Manitoulin Island (which is larger than Isle Royale) in Lake Huron is believed to be the world's largest island in a lake on an island in a lake. Treasure Island may[speculation?] also contain ponds (as do several lake islands in Manitoulin Island)[6][7][8] which may[speculation?] contain rocky islands larger than Moose Boulder. But Lake Huron is not the largest lake in the world.)[B] (The largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island not in a lake may be an unnamed 4-acre (16,000 m2) island (which has probably never been visited by humans) at 69.793°N 108.241°W in a lake on an island in a lake on Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic.

[Dan_1981]

Almost copy & pasted the exact same passage this morning.

Certainly took some thinking through.

[mrtwisty]

A 1 million year old organism?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)






(Probably more like 80,000 years, but still mightily impressive!)

[mrtwisty]

The most English man in history?

Digby Tatham-Warter said:

Don't worry about the bullets, I've got an umbrella

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digby_Tatham-Warter

[omgus]

mrtwisty said:

The most English man in history?

Digby Tatham-Warter said:

Don't worry about the bullets, I've got an umbrella

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digby_Tatham-Warter

That life story should be made into a television series. They do not make them like that anymore.

Wiki about Digby said:

He later disabled a German armoured car with his umbrella

[prand]

Henry Every, Arch Pirate, who was known to be the richest pirate of his time.

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

[antspants]

omgus said:

mrtwisty said:

Moose boulder:

The largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskiwit_Lake_(Isle_...

The following extract took me a little while to get my head around.

Wiki said:

Ryan Island contains Moose Flats, a seasonal pond, which contains Moose Boulder. When Moose Flats is flooded, Moose Boulder becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.[5] (Note that the key to the truth of that sentence is the final clause, "in the largest lake in the world" (Lake Superior)[A] – Treasure Island (which is larger than Ryan Island) in Lake Mindemoya (which is larger than Siskiwit Lake, but not the largest lake on Manitoulin Island, which is Lake Manitou) on Manitoulin Island (which is larger than Isle Royale) in Lake Huron is believed to be the world's largest island in a lake on an island in a lake. Treasure Island may[speculation?] also contain ponds (as do several lake islands in Manitoulin Island)[6][7][8] which may[speculation?] contain rocky islands larger than Moose Boulder. But Lake Huron is not the largest lake in the world.)[B] (The largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island not in a lake may be an unnamed 4-acre (16,000 m2) island (which has probably never been visited by humans) at 69.793°N 108.241°W in a lake on an island in a lake on Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic.

My brain now resembles that Viking execution above!

[FredClogs]

prand said:

Henry Every, Arch Pirate, who was known to be the richest pirate of his time.

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

Vic Reeves did a really good documentary series on the big name Pirates...It was on The History channel I think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Reeves%27_Pirate...

[zeDuffMan]

Prev said:

Thier is another theory that from most wiki articles you can get to the nazi party in 6-7 wiki links. It doesn't have to be the first one link, but any in an article.

tbf it's pretty easy to get to Germany with 5-6 links so the Nazis are never going to be far away.

[MissChief]

antspants said:

omgus said:

mrtwisty said:

Moose boulder:

The largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskiwit_Lake_(Isle_...

The following extract took me a little while to get my head around.

Wiki said:

Ryan Island contains Moose Flats, a seasonal pond, which contains Moose Boulder. When Moose Flats is flooded, Moose Boulder becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.[5] (Note that the key to the truth of that sentence is the final clause, "in the largest lake in the world" (Lake Superior)[A] – Treasure Island (which is larger than Ryan Island) in Lake Mindemoya (which is larger than Siskiwit Lake, but not the largest lake on Manitoulin Island, which is Lake Manitou) on Manitoulin Island (which is larger than Isle Royale) in Lake Huron is believed to be the world's largest island in a lake on an island in a lake. Treasure Island may[speculation?] also contain ponds (as do several lake islands in Manitoulin Island)[6][7][8] which may[speculation?] contain rocky islands larger than Moose Boulder. But Lake Huron is not the largest lake in the world.)[B] (The largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island not in a lake may be an unnamed 4-acre (16,000 m2) island (which has probably never been visited by humans) at 69.793°N 108.241°W in a lake on an island in a lake on Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic.

My brain now resembles that Viking execution above!

This helped get my head around it. Google maps

[antspants]

Surprisingly that did help, a little bit.

[austinsmirk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen not a huge article, but worthy of mention for:

When he got stuck under a blizzard, he used his own feces and fashioned a dagger from it with which he freed himself

[SlimRick]

austinsmirk said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen not a huge article, but worthy of mention for:

When he got stuck under a blizzard, he used his own feces and fashioned a dagger from it with which he freed himself

Quite an imposing gentleman!

[WreckedGecko]

austinsmirk said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen not a huge article, but worthy of mention for:

When he got stuck under a blizzard, he used his own feces and fashioned a dagger from it with which he freed himself

The sheer mechanics of that...

[Google [bot]]

Google [bot] said:

Roger Rogerson. If you ever get the chance to see the mini-series Blue Murder, I suggest you do:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Rogerson#sect...

I know it's probably not that interesting if you're not in Australia, but this is one serious villain. Since I last posted, the Disgraced Former Detective Sergeant has been convicted at age 75 of murder. A fascinating real life bad guy.

[DMN]

Watched a show on BBC4 last night about this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Heavy_Bombardme...

A theory of how life started on earth. Thousands of asteroids and commets carrying carbon and water impacting on the Earth.