Interesting Wikipedia articles?

Interesting Wikipedia articles?

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ph1l5

5,024 posts

201 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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This thread is brilliant for when you are trying to pass the time.

AA88

390 posts

141 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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Damn you ph1l5 I thought there was going to be a new article to read frown

omgus

7,305 posts

174 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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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

5,024 posts

201 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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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

2,215 posts

188 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tilly_Matthews

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

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

232 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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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

21,007 posts

186 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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randomman said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tilly_Matthews

Believed to be the first docemented case of schizophrenia. Interesting reading.
+2

Rochester TVR

3,313 posts

205 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
The Voynich manuscript, described as "the world's most mysterious manuscript

retrobob

2,825 posts

188 months

twink

392 posts

148 months

Thursday 4th October 2012
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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.

Dusty964

6,919 posts

189 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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John Cruikshank- Apprentice banker


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



Grenoble

50,193 posts

154 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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Dusty964 said:
John Cruikshank- Apprentice banker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cruickshank
Bloody hell he's made of strong stuff!

omgus

7,305 posts

174 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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Vintage day for the Wiki thread. My productivity is about to take a further hit. thumbup

paolow

3,207 posts

257 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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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

2,825 posts

188 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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Just looked this one up for my own info >

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

petrolsniffer

2,461 posts

173 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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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

778 posts

204 months

Friday 5th October 2012
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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

4,160 posts

216 months

Saturday 6th October 2012
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retrobob said:
Some more information on Jonathan Idema, quite the Walter Mitty odd ball.

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