<![CDATA[What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why?]]>What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why?

I'm looking for some rabbit holes to go scuttling down

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/468c9b4b-8927-427e-bc69-b9716c867673/what-are-some-of-your-favourite-wikipedia-articles-and-whyRSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 22:05:39 GMTSun, 26 Apr 2026 20:42:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:31:11 GMT]]>@Akki Thunderstorm asthma is wild. I never would have imagined something like that triggering widespread health events!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glitterkitten.co.uk/users/babe/statuses/116478094281280903https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glitterkitten.co.uk/users/babe/statuses/116478094281280903Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:31:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:22:55 GMT]]>@babe Adelle Lutz who was at the dinner party in Beetlejuice is actually a wildly fascinating artist/designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelle_Lutz

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Brasil (mythical island) - Wikipedia

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Normopathy - Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England%27s_Dark_Day

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Thunderstorm asthma - Wikipedia

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(sorry i'm just going through my commonplace book now finding the interesting stuff)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lgbt/users/Akki/statuses/116478061804370012https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lgbt/users/Akki/statuses/116478061804370012Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:22:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:20:14 GMT]]>@andrybak @schroedingerspossum @babe “'Victim misses' had become 'victim Mrs.'” is top tier writing!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mabande/statuses/116478051234141746https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mabande/statuses/116478051234141746Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:20:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:18:32 GMT]]>@babe I just hit the Random button wikipedia for laughs sometimes. Found out weird ye ancient term for STI clinic/hospital which even had folk songs mentioning it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Lock_Hospital

Also I keep these sorts of things in a commonplace book - writing things out longhand is hard but it sticks the information in my brain better
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book (it's like a personal encylopedia)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lgbt/users/Akki/statuses/116478044537055390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lgbt/users/Akki/statuses/116478044537055390Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:18:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:15:43 GMT]]>@mack505 ... there's so many new englanders on fediverse...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lgbt/users/Akki/statuses/116478033491492930https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.lgbt/users/Akki/statuses/116478033491492930Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:15:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:10:32 GMT]]>@babe Leo Mahor, the Canadian Rambo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/madcollector/statuses/116478013080073026https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.pizza/users/madcollector/statuses/116478013080073026Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:10:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:57:35 GMT]]>@babe this used to have a funnier title, "list of fictional worms"... Curse you, style standards!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_depictions_of_worms

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ephesossh/statuses/116477490331885269https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ephesossh/statuses/116477490331885269Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:57:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:14:21 GMT]]>@Nicovel0 @babe That happened at the steelworks in Sheerness some time in the 1990s, except that rod was at a temperature somewhere between 500 and 700 Celsius and the guy pulled it out with his bare hands.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116477320323479367https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116477320323479367Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:14:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:01:34 GMT]]>@babe Going to have to go with “Humanity Dick” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Martin_(Irish_politician)?wprov=sfti1

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.nyc/ap/users/116421546469076173/statuses/116477270058597405https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.nyc/ap/users/116421546469076173/statuses/116477270058597405Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:01:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:50:33 GMT]]>@babe lmao just realised I forgot the fucking link, cw a very beautifully collated list of aviation accidents I guess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_aircraft_accidents_and_incidents

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/stavvers/statuses/116477226776892488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/stavvers/statuses/116477226776892488Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:50:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:48:46 GMT]]>@stavvers You can just keep going and going and going

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glitterkitten.co.uk/users/babe/statuses/116477219734800586https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glitterkitten.co.uk/users/babe/statuses/116477219734800586Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:48:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:41:07 GMT]]>@babe this one is a personal favourite because every blue link will send you spiralling down another blue link rabbithole to find yourself learning about the obvious, like how planes (should) work to entirely fascinating tangentially related stuff like tourism in Antarctica or perceptive illusions

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/stavvers/statuses/116477189679086247https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/stavvers/statuses/116477189679086247Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:41:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:30:28 GMT]]>@babe
For rabbit holes, try https://tvtropes.org/ which of course has an entry on The Other Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Tropes)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HighlandLawyer/statuses/116477147784340374https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HighlandLawyer/statuses/116477147784340374Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:30:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:04:07 GMT]]>@babe Wally, how many times have I told you, DONT STICK YOUR HEAD IN THE HADRON WHILE ITS RUNNING!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BoTally54/statuses/116477044147277947https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BoTally54/statuses/116477044147277947Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:04:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:02:10 GMT]]>@middleclasstool @babe It doesn't say, but one is forced to conclude that she married Jesus H and took his middle name as well.

If not...

She must have had fun at school.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/lproven/statuses/116477036496028860https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/lproven/statuses/116477036496028860Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:02:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:33:56 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/mlupica/statuses/116476925485260669https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/mlupica/statuses/116476925485260669Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:33:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:14:10 GMT]]>@http_error_418 @babe So they really understand and embrace the face that they live in a shithole.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116476847743669281https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116476847743669281Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:14:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:10:08 GMT]]>@babe ok I don't have any articles to add to your list but reading one of the ones someone else contributed taught me that there are sea cucumbers that breathe through bladders in their ass, and furthermore these organs sometimes become inhabited by worms, fish or crabs, not as parasites but simply residents, who then emerge daily via the cucumber's anus 😳

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/http_error_418/statuses/116476831878337953https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/http_error_418/statuses/116476831878337953Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:10:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:09:09 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/oisin/statuses/116476828051967929https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/oisin/statuses/116476828051967929Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:09:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:58:36 GMT]]>@babe and this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_organ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/luigirenna/statuses/116476786570368251https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/luigirenna/statuses/116476786570368251Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:58:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:57:43 GMT]]>@babe I love the list of lists of common misconceptions about <X subject>! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooting.intensifi.es/users/dolfsquare/statuses/116476783043656040https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooting.intensifi.es/users/dolfsquare/statuses/116476783043656040Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:57:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:57:39 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/luigirenna/statuses/116476782819855888https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/luigirenna/statuses/116476782819855888Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:57:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:55:28 GMT]]>@solderandchaos @babe also my favorite! it was split up into a list of lists sometime last year (iirc), but they're all worth reading through!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://is.nota.live/users/ida/statuses/116476774241151681https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://is.nota.live/users/ida/statuses/116476774241151681Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:55:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:52:11 GMT]]>@babe Oh, wow. What a loon! 😆 That's awesome.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/ColesStreetPothole/statuses/116476761296490051https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/ColesStreetPothole/statuses/116476761296490051Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:52:11 GMT