<![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://forum.fedi.dk/topic/15a5997d-efd2-4a2e-b7bd-3fdbc0af4848/what-are-some-of-your-favourite-wikipedia-articles-and-whyRSS for NodeMon, 27 Apr 2026 19:17:25 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 13:33:56 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/mlupica/statuses/116476925485260669https://forum.fedi.dk/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 13:32:33 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Astley

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/rooftopjaxx/statuses/116476920009239274https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/rooftopjaxx/statuses/116476920009239274Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:32:33 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://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116476847743669281https://forum.fedi.dk/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://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/http_error_418/statuses/116476831878337953https://forum.fedi.dk/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://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/oisin/statuses/116476828051967929https://forum.fedi.dk/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://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/luigirenna/statuses/116476786570368251https://forum.fedi.dk/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://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tooting.intensifi.es/users/dolfsquare/statuses/116476783043656040https://forum.fedi.dk/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://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/luigirenna/statuses/116476782819855888https://forum.fedi.dk/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://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://is.nota.live/users/ida/statuses/116476774241151681https://forum.fedi.dk/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://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/ColesStreetPothole/statuses/116476761296490051https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weatherishappening.network/users/ColesStreetPothole/statuses/116476761296490051Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:52:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:48:20 GMT]]>@babe and he still finished his PhD which makes me think I really ought to just suck it up and finish writing mine!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/solderandchaos/statuses/116476746175794033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/solderandchaos/statuses/116476746175794033Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:48:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:48:13 GMT]]>@Scmbradley @babe *whip crack*

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/internetsdairy/statuses/116476745686206422https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/internetsdairy/statuses/116476745686206422Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:48:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:46:52 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Scmbradley/statuses/116476740399171163https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Scmbradley/statuses/116476740399171163Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:46:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:44:36 GMT]]>@babe This is not a wiki rabbit hole, but I give it full marks just for giving me a new exclamation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_H._Christ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phire.place/users/middleclasstool/statuses/116476731482036083https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phire.place/users/middleclasstool/statuses/116476731482036083Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:44:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:44:31 GMT]]>@babe@glitterkitten.co.uk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers
"The list does not contain all numbers in existence as most of the number sets are infinite."]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.social/notes/alkr71lcdzhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.social/notes/alkr71lcdzMon, 27 Apr 2026 12:44:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:43:32 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Scmbradley/statuses/116476727323721120https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Scmbradley/statuses/116476727323721120Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:43:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:42:36 GMT]]>@babe

Somehow when I scroll wikipedia, I always, always come back to this one :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_interaction

The knowledge the universe is only made of 4 different forces makes my mind giggle. I find the concepts to be a the very limit of what my brain can understand and it almost looks like real magic to me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/loyhena/statuses/116476723655549864https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/loyhena/statuses/116476723655549864Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:42:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:41:58 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_awarded_human_credentials

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Scmbradley/statuses/116476721135240436https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Scmbradley/statuses/116476721135240436Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:41:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:38:32 GMT]]>@babe there’s also the guy who survived an iron bar going through his head https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
But my favourite is the Canadian who was shot in the stomach and didn’t heal properly, allowing for some of the earliest experiments on human digestion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_St._Martin

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Nicovel0/statuses/116476707656980125https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Nicovel0/statuses/116476707656980125Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:38:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:30:29 GMT]]>Sorry I haven't replied to a lot of people in this but thank you so much for sharing everything you have. These sure are some rabbit holes

And holy shit at the dude who survived a proton beam from a collider going through his head?!?! 'the fuck

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://glitterkitten.co.uk/users/babe/statuses/116476675980062607https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://glitterkitten.co.uk/users/babe/statuses/116476675980062607Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:30:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:16:50 GMT]]>@babe He’s a local celebrity! I drive by his house weekly.

He has an industrial park named for him now. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newburyport,_Massachusetts&wprov=rarw1

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://feistycricket.org/users/mack505/statuses/116476150444058131https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://feistycricket.org/users/mack505/statuses/116476150444058131Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:16:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:54:24 GMT]]>@babe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_citrus_soft_drinks]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nyan.network/objects/64f2e88d-e917-45ae-bf17-ca0808742df9https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nyan.network/objects/64f2e88d-e917-45ae-bf17-ca0808742df9Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:54:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:46:24 GMT]]>@babe not ranking things at the moment but had a good dive tonight from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivering_Sands_Army_Fort and into the history of UK pirate radio, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine,_%26c.,_Broadcasting_(Offences)_Act_1967

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/mym/statuses/116475558914356343https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cat/users/mym/statuses/116475558914356343Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:46:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What are some of your favourite wikipedia articles and why? on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:35:50 GMT]]>@babe it’s so cool!blew my mind so much when I first read it that I wrote a novel about it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/sambeaven/statuses/116475281462843644https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/sambeaven/statuses/116475281462843644Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:35:50 GMT