Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[ph1l5]

This thread is brilliant for when you are trying to pass the time.

[AA88]

Damn you ph1l5 I thought there was going to be a new article to read

[omgus]

Or when you want to bump it and annoy lots of people who think there is somethin interesting being linked.


So i give you this page simply so you can enjoy the smoothness.

[ph1l5]

Top chap tries to enlist in the RAF but forgets his birth certificate so has to pop back to Canada to get it. then gives Jerry "what for"

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

[randomman]

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

Believed to be the first docemented case of schizophrenia. Interesting reading.

[Traveller]

A few "damn interesting" topics.

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

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

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Positive_li...

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipperton_Island#Gua...

[Hugo a Gogo]

ph1l5 said:

Top chap tries to enlist in the RAF but forgets his birth certificate so has to pop back to Canada to get it. then gives Jerry "what for"

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

channel 5 documentary about him the other day, some fella

[ArsE92]

randomman said:

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

Believed to be the first docemented case of schizophrenia. Interesting reading.

+2

[Rochester TVR]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
The Voynich manuscript, described as "the world's most mysterious manuscript

[retrobob]

These look interesting >

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

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

[twink]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvb_76

Followed by...

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

There's something about UVB-76 that's very freaky when you listen to it. Can hear it on Youtube.

[Paul671]

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

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

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

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

[Dusty964]

John Cruikshank- Apprentice banker


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

[Grenoble]

Dusty964 said:

John Cruikshank- Apprentice banker

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

Bloody hell he's made of strong stuff!

[omgus]

Vintage day for the Wiki thread. My productivity is about to take a further hit.

[paolow]

zcacogp said:

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.

Interesting - but incredibly creepy and also somewhat sad

[retrobob]

Just looked this one up for my own info >

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_screwdriver#...

[petrolsniffer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystyna_Skarbek lead a very intresting and dangerous life shame it came to such a sad and early end

[Mosman]

Dead Hand - Russian fail-deadly nuclear deterrent...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand_(nuclear_wa...

and whilst I'm on the cheerful subject of nuclear annihilation...

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

Edited by Mosman on Friday 5th October 16:37

[Traveller]

retrobob said:

These look interesting >

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

Some more information on Jonathan Idema, quite the Walter Mitty odd ball.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2012/06/how_...