Interesting Wikipedia articles?

Interesting Wikipedia articles?

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Lefty

16,130 posts

201 months

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Wednesday 4th June 2014
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Lefty said:
I love these. You know they're an early cold war messagey thing, probably, and have no place in the modern world, but may be relevent again come WWIII...

southendpier

5,254 posts

228 months

Wednesday 4th June 2014
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Mr Kitten said:
too close...<shudder>

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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Black Tot Day

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

'In the 17th century the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer'

beer

Art0ir

9,401 posts

169 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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Hyde said:
It's a lovely building in one of the most beautiful parts of the world (IMHO).

Silent1

19,761 posts

234 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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Halb said:
The irony being it's all a recruitment drive for the TOR project hehe

JB!

5,254 posts

179 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_city

Some of the stuff off the soviet pages are nuts.

John D.

17,701 posts

208 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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Four Litre said:
Having recently seen the film 'Compliance' found this amazing...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_ca...
That is mental. Only in America surely?!

williamp

19,213 posts

272 months

Monday 14th July 2014
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The Spruce goose said:
Black Tot Day

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

'In the 17th century the daily drink ration for English sailors was a gallon of beer'

beer
...yes but it was "small beer"

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer

mrtwisty

3,057 posts

164 months

Agrispeed

988 posts

158 months

Sunday 20th July 2014
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mrtwisty said:
I heard about this on radio 4 yesterday, I didn't think it could be true!

Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_X

I'd never heard of this guy.

Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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FredClogs said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_X

I'd never heard of this guy.
I only know him via the film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_Job

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Halb said:
FredClogs said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_X

I'd never heard of this guy.
I only know him via the film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_Job
Ha, yes I heard of him through this investigation surrounding the rumours and intrigue into the Baker Street Bank Robbery.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/puntpi

The story goes he had pics of Princess Margaret in that bank, MI5 have a file on him which is "Do Not Open until 2040". Seems there is a D notice out on all this though so this message will self destruct...

LordLoveLength

1,903 posts

129 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_boy_scout
Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him

torqueofthedevil

2,068 posts

176 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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LordLoveLength said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_boy_scout
Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him
That was interesting! I found this

http://youtu.be/O1CZUhTJaHU

Martin4x4

6,506 posts

131 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognative bias where the least knowledge people have an hugely over inflated opionion of themselves because they are literally too stupid to see the pitfalls and therefore so express that ignorance with confidence.

Whereas the most skilled people see the pitfalls so present with caveats with gives the appearance of less confidence to third observers.

Or I'll paraphrase Charles Darwin with "Ignorance begets confidence more than does knowledge"


Edited by Martin4x4 on Friday 25th July 13:06

bazza white

3,550 posts

127 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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I'll just leave this here
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection


If you ever turn up to view a dead relative and spot a white sheet tent its not because he was in a happy place when they died.

Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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LordLoveLength said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_boy_scout
Aren't you glad you don't live next door to him
What a sad story...might have been the next great engineer.