Recommend an interesting Wikipedia page for me....

LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:15 PM
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Recommend an interesting Wikipedia page for me....

Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 07:15 PM by LynzM

I'm in a weird and bored kind of mood. I've been hitting the "random" button at wiki for a while, but I'd rather get pages I know are interesting. Got a suggestion for me? I'm pretty much up for anything. :)

Edited for stupid typos.

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Ptah

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:18 PM
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1. Benford's law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:32 PM
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4. Thanks, Ptah!

I had no idea! Fascinating....

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Ptah

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:34 PM
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6. Fascinating? :( I was trying for interesting.

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

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Little Wing

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:20 PM
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2. waaaa AH!

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

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:49 PM
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10. Neat stuff...

I knew a tiny bit about Jeet Kune Do, but I just learned a bunch more!

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:35 PM
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12. Speaking of Jeet Kune Do...

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

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sasquatch

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:29 PM
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3. Stocks

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Omphaloskepsis

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:34 PM
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5. Done...

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

http://del.icio.us/johnpowell/wikipedia

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Ptah

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:36 PM
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7. problems solved by MacGyver ! ! ! !

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:44 PM
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13. Holy cow to both of those!

That oughta keep me busy!!

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:46 PM
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8. Here's a list of interesting articles

Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 07:46 PM by mainegreen

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

:toast:

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:45 PM
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14. Oh, neato!!

Wow! Thanks, dude! :toast:

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sniffa

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Thu Jan-11-07 07:49 PM
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9. start here and get to cLicking

it's fascinating the amount of knowLedge/effort that fans put into fiLLing out the 500+ Links.

this kiLLed about a week of my time... and i stiLL haven't finished aLL the articLes.

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

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:46 PM
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16. Holy crap!

I'm not sure if want to reserve that much space in my brain for that! :rofl:

:hi: How's life, dude? Congrats on the recent engagement!

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begin_within

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:00 PM
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11. Supervolcanoes

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

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:49 PM
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19. Cool

The Yellowstone caldera scares the crap out of me, in a very unreal way... I have a hard time thinking on the order of cubic kilometers....

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Redstone

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:45 PM
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15. Better you hang around youtube than Wikipedia. Much more interesting.

Redstone

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LTR

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:49 PM
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20. A more interesting encyclopedia

The Rotten Library:

http://www.rotten.com/library/

Just fascinating.

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:51 PM
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23. Hrm... you make a good point.

:hi: :hug:

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Redstone

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Thu Jan-11-07 09:19 PM
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33. Watch this:

Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 09:19 PM by Redstone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

Some Korean kid in his bedroom, doing utterly astonishing things with his guitar. Trust me, even though the kid has LOUSY technique in the classical sense (see how far off the fingerboard his pinky is when he isn't using it; a classical guatar teacher would slap you for doing that), he does some incredibly difficult "sweeping" arpeggios and in general slick stuff.

But stop watching when you see the green traffic light, because he overreaches after that and tries switching keys, which you just DON'T do, not because a music teacher says you shouldn't, but because it sounds awful.

Have I gone on long enough? Can you tell I'm tired?

Redstone

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LTR

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:47 PM
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17. Here's a few

Read a flamewar:

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

The most important page on Wikipedia:

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

History:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List

A cute idea for a failed cable TV channel:

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

Use this as a springboard to read about failed companies and organizations:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th_century_disestablishments

More history (and lots of links):

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

What the hell is that "Benny Hill" song?

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

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:50 PM
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21. Cool, thanks!

I'll have to check some of those out! :)

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Little Wing

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:49 PM
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18. nuke subs

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

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:50 PM
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22. Thanks, Little Wing

:hi: May I ask how you chose your screen name? I like it!

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Little Wing

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:51 PM
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24. Easy

lemmie know if that red-x's out

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LynzM

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:59 PM
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28. Nope, I see it!

Thanks! :) Just recently really started getting into his music, myself... better late to the party than never, right?

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Little Wing

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Thu Jan-11-07 09:18 PM
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31. Absolutely

:hi:

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NNadir

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:53 PM
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25. Platonic solids.

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

It was the core of a diary entry of mine over on DKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/5/161753/7263

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democracyindanger

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:54 PM
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26. Timecube

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

But you really need to visit the actual timecube site for full effect.

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Hugin

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Thu Jan-11-07 08:55 PM
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27. Tourist Traps...

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

Should kill a few hours.

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Whoa_Nelly

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Thu Jan-11-07 09:01 PM
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29. Just found this interesting one today!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapevine,_California

And the link there on The Ridge Route is also very interesting.

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Nevernose

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Thu Jan-11-07 09:07 PM
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30. Malaria and Conquistador

Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 09:07 PM by Nevernose

Both extensive, and both fascinating (although to be honest I didn't understand a lot of the biology on the malaria page, at least not past the Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots).

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JVS

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Thu Jan-11-07 09:18 PM
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32. this

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

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