Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[cootuk]

Seeing as Stephen Hawking has just passed away, should we bring up scientific wagers again?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_wager

..."In 1975, cosmologist Stephen Hawking bet fellow cosmologist Kip Thorne a subscription to Penthouse magazine for Thorne against four years of Private Eye for him that Cygnus X-1 would turn out to not be a black hole. In 1990, Hawking acknowledged that he had lost the bet. Hawking's explanation for his position was that if black holes didn't actually exist much of his research would be incorrect, but at least he'd have the consolation of winning the bet."...

[Usget]

cootuk said:

Seeing as Stephen Hawking has just passed away, should we bring up scientific wagers again?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_wager

..."In 1975, cosmologist Stephen Hawking bet fellow cosmologist Kip Thorne a subscription to Penthouse magazine for Thorne against four years of Private Eye for him that Cygnus X-1 would turn out to not be a black hole. In 1990, Hawking acknowledged that he had lost the bet. Hawking's explanation for his position was that if black holes didn't actually exist much of his research would be incorrect, but at least he'd have the consolation of winning the bet."...

Stephen Hawking. Scientific genius, pop culture icon, amusing raconteur. st gambler.

[Fer]

A Nazi incursion on to North American soil during WW2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt

[irocfan]

what about Walter Tull - "Who?" I hear you ask. Wonder no longer....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull

[KobayashiMaru86]

Found this after an article on Wales Online. Made of special stuff back then

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ira_Thomas_Jon...

[CountZero23]

Never heard of this geek turned crimelord before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Le_Roux

[DMN]

irocfan said:

what about Walter Tull - "Who?" I hear you ask. Wonder no longer....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull

There was a BBC show about him a few years back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrioMec99W0

A very brave man.

[caseys]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Thule_Air_Base_...

And before it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_...

I also take it someone has posted Unit 731 somewhere? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

[mrtwisty]

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez - quite possibly the toughest motherfker to ever have lived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez

The MoH citation is incredible.

[Vaud]

mrtwisty said:

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez - quite possibly the toughest motherfker to ever have lived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez

The MoH citation is incredible.

Yikes.

I stubbed my big toe earlier which was much like that.

[Mothersruin]

mrtwisty said:

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez - quite possibly the toughest motherfker to ever have lived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez

The MoH citation is incredible.

fking Hell!

[cuprabob]

mrtwisty said:

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez - quite possibly the toughest motherfker to ever have lived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez

The MoH citation is incredible.

He was Chuck Norris...

[sgtBerbatov]

caseys said:

I also take it someone has posted Unit 731 somewhere? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

Friend of mine told me about a film called "Men Behind The Sun", which is about Unit 731. He told me never, ever to watch it. He never usually tells me not to watch things, so when he said never to watch it I took his advice.

For all the gore and horrible actions portrayed in that article, they're depicted in the movie. Everything.

[glazbagun]

The room where the last emperor of the Inca Empire was kept by the invading spanish is still standing.

Emerging victorious from a civil war with his own brother, he had little time to enjoy his position.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransom_Room

[lufbramatt]

sgtBerbatov said:

caseys said:

I also take it someone has posted Unit 731 somewhere? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

Friend of mine told me about a film called "Men Behind The Sun", which is about Unit 731. He told me never, ever to watch it. He never usually tells me not to watch things, so when he said never to watch it I took his advice.

For all the gore and horrible actions portrayed in that article, they're depicted in the movie. Everything.

I wish I hadn't read the article. That film sounds awful :-(

Also don't google unit 731. You can't un-see things.

[cjs racing.]

mrtwisty said:

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez - quite possibly the toughest motherfker to ever have lived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez

The MoH citation is incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oUtJxE4sjs&t=4s

[Henners]

mrtwisty said:

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez - quite possibly the toughest motherfker to ever have lived.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez

The MoH citation is incredible.

Saw that on reddit earlier in the week, the man in a machine!

[glenrobbo]

sgtBerbatov said:

Friend of mine told me about a film called "Men Behind The Sun", which is about Unit 731. He told me never, ever to watch it. He never usually tells me not to watch things, so when he said never to watch it I took his advice.

For all the gore and horrible actions portrayed in that article, they're depicted in the movie. Everything.

I would never read it.

The Sun is a crap paper anyway.

[mrtwisty]

cjs racing. said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oUtJxE4sjs&t=...

Linky no worky?

[irocfan]

lufbramatt said:

sgtBerbatov said:

caseys said:

I also take it someone has posted Unit 731 somewhere? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

Friend of mine told me about a film called "Men Behind The Sun", which is about Unit 731. He told me never, ever to watch it. He never usually tells me not to watch things, so when he said never to watch it I took his advice.

For all the gore and horrible actions portrayed in that article, they're depicted in the movie. Everything.

I wish I hadn't read the article. That film sounds awful :-(

Also don't google unit 731. You can't un-see things.

in fairness i'd heard about Unit 731 so really need no warning not to watch anything pertaining to it