Interesting Wikipedia articles?

Interesting Wikipedia articles?

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gobuddygo

1,384 posts

186 months

Wednesday 17th October 2012
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bravonovember said:
Great Wiki, thanks for the post.

MissChief

7,112 posts

169 months

Thursday 18th October 2012
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retrobob said:
Interesting article >
i should have linked it.

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

mattnunn

14,041 posts

162 months

dmulally

6,197 posts

181 months

Thursday 18th October 2012
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Hi Guys,

Just a gentle nag to include a one liner.

Also, here is the local legend from the town I grew up in. Fishers Ghost.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%27s_ghost


Beartato

634 posts

169 months

Friday 19th October 2012
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Kevin McElroy, an utter bd dealt with by mob rule which I generally don't approve of but was probably the right thing to do in this case.

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

234 months

Friday 19th October 2012
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Beartato said:
Kevin McElroy, an utter bd dealt with by mob rule which I generally don't approve of but was probably the right thing to do in this case.
as I was reading that, I just knew it would be made into a movie featuring Brian Dennehy biggrin

shakotan

10,709 posts

197 months

Friday 19th October 2012
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_ca...

Have we had this one? It's amazing what seeming rational people will do when faced with taking instructions from a [supposed] person of authority!

retrobob

2,858 posts

190 months

ZOLLAR

19,908 posts

174 months

Saturday 20th October 2012
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shakotan said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_ca...

Have we had this one? It's amazing what seeming rational people will do when faced with taking instructions from a [supposed] person of authority!
WTF!

gog440

9,247 posts

191 months

Saturday 20th October 2012
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Urban Sports

11,321 posts

204 months

Saturday 20th October 2012
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BruceV8

3,325 posts

248 months

Saturday 20th October 2012
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philthy

4,689 posts

241 months

Saturday 20th October 2012
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Rotary Madness said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniable_encryption

Very interesting, so you can sacrifice someone finding your beastiality porn so they dont ever find the really creepy stuff...
Yep, you no longer have the right to remain silent:

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

gog440

9,247 posts

191 months

retrobob

2,858 posts

190 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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Found this and thought it was interesting >

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_AE2

Dibble

12,938 posts

241 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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Rouleur

7,030 posts

190 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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Longest recorded sniper kills

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

The record is held by a Brit (hurrah!) at 1.5 miles clap Just to prove it wasn't a fluke he repeated it.

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock#Assas...

OldJohnnyYen

1,455 posts

150 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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Rouleur said:
Longest recorded sniper kills

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

The record is held by a Brit (hurrah!) at 1.5 miles clap Just to prove it wasn't a fluke he repeated it.

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock#Assas...
He did it with a 338 lapua too, most of the others are 50!

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

204 months

Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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