trivia

unusual articles | 2016-04-20

permafrown

20 Apr 2016 — 1 min read

i was recently alerted to this fancy little wikipedia page:

Wikipedia:Unusual articles

it is a curated and constantly changing list of some of the most unique and strange articles wikipedia has to offer — otherwise know as a most delightful playground for a mind like mine.

here are some examples:

Fictional New York City is on Real Maps
Tautological Place Names
Unit of Measurement Used only to Measure Harvard Bridge
Deep-sea Sound attributed to Cthulu
Animal Rain
Cotard Delusion | Living People Who Believe They Are Dead
Jumping Frenchmen of Maine Syndrome
An Actual Study of ‘Tip of the Tongue’
Scrotum Humanum
Racist Toothpaste
Chess Boxing (clearly something i should be involved in)

love it

that’s all for unusual articles

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