Interesting Wikipedia articles?

Interesting Wikipedia articles?

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retrobob

2,825 posts

188 months

Wednesday 5th September 2012
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Urban Sports

11,321 posts

202 months

Wednesday 5th September 2012
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Buggles said:
Urban Sports said:
I've just spent the morning reading about this on other sites what a pair of head cases, got to give it to them though they put up a cracking fight!
I have also just finished reading about this. Can't believe I've never heard of it, when you see how much it's been referenced in media/films.

What a pair of lunatics, heavily armed lunatics!

Going to have a look at Youtube later too, can't get it at work.
I am completely fascinated by this, mainly because it wasn't that long ago and I'd never heard of it.

Just trawling youtube now!

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MadMullah

5,265 posts

192 months

Wednesday 5th September 2012
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_2707

The never-made rival to the concorde

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

202 months

Wednesday 5th September 2012
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Buggles said:
Urban Sports said:
I am completely fascinated by this, mainly because it wasn't that long ago and I'd never heard of it.

Just trawling youtube now!

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I too am in absolute awe of this. I can't really decide why, I think it's because their preparation was so thorough, their weapons were military grade, and they just look fking mental.

I can't believe that they just came out and started shooting, that's a really ballsy/mental move that.

Half of me thinks they just wanted a shoot-out, block buster film style.
This is a very detailed account, it took me most of this morning to get through thanks to retrobob! wink

http://www.northhollywoodshootout.com


Genelec

525 posts

146 months

Wednesday 5th September 2012
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retrobob said:
Skimmed through that, could have done without it frankly. What a hideous thing that 'man' was.

Genelec

525 posts

146 months

Wednesday 5th September 2012
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MadMullah said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_2707

The never-made rival to the concorde
From that... [ur]lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-125[/url]

$1billion scrapped nuclear-powered bomber project!

zcacogp

11,239 posts

243 months

Friday 7th September 2012
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Stone babies, often surgically removed from their mothers' after gestation periods of up to 60 years ...

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

(Not gory to look at, just quite interesting. And very rare.)


Oli.

TheEnd

15,370 posts

187 months

Friday 7th September 2012
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That's a mix between awesome, and hell.

Turbodiesel1690

1,957 posts

169 months

Friday 7th September 2012
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43034 said:
Brilliant! Thanks

retrobob

2,825 posts

188 months

Monday 10th September 2012
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goldblum

10,272 posts

166 months

Monday 10th September 2012
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retrobob]Murder of Bob Crane [Hogan's Hero's said:
Scotty Crane (the son) was operating the Web site www.bobcrane.com, which included a paid section that featured outtakes from his father's pornographic films and videos.

As they say, there's nowt as queer as folk.

WreckedGecko

1,191 posts

200 months

Monday 10th September 2012
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retrobob said:
Thats all there is?

I remember it being longer...

goldblum

10,272 posts

166 months

Tuesday 11th September 2012
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William Marshal

He bested 500 other knights in tournament; when he met King Richard on the battlefield,he unhorsed him but decided not to kill him as he was 'unworthy'.

At the coronation of Phillip II of France there was an international tournament at which William Marshal 'broke the lance of every French knight and allegedly the heart of every maiden'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_...

dmulally

6,180 posts

179 months

Tuesday 11th September 2012
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William Marshal's dad said:
I still have the hammer and the anvil with which to forge still more and better sons
hehe

eldar

21,590 posts

195 months

Tuesday 11th September 2012
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WreckedGecko said:
retrobob said:
Thats all there is?

I remember it being longer...
It was. There are loads of edits!

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

202 months

Tuesday 11th September 2012
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Fishtigua

9,786 posts

194 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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How Lewis & Clark "discovered" the West.

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

retrobob

2,825 posts

188 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Murder Mystery with YouTube content >

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

Rouleur

7,010 posts

188 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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I read into that case the first time it was linked in here, it's very interesting and a real chin scratcher.

AstonZagato

12,638 posts

209 months

Sunday 16th September 2012
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Fishtigua said:
How Lewis & Clark "discovered" the West.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Exped...
I worked with the direct ancestor of Lewis. He was also called Meriweather Lewis.