OK, OK, you can never trust Wikipedia! However, there are some incredibly interesting articles that you can kill tons of time reading. I'm stealing this thread idea from another forum I visit.... What you should do is provide a link to a particularly interesting Wikipedia article and a brief synopsis of the topic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Plague_of_1518
Did you know that Hannah Storm played high school football? I was shocked too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Storm She graduated from Westminster Schools of Atlanta in 1979 and the University of Notre Dame in 1983, with degrees in political science and communications. She is married to sportscaster Dan Hicks. She still holds the distinction of being the first and only female to start at Linebacker for The Westminster Schools Fightin' Frigos from 1976-1979. During that time she recorded 56 solo tackles (including 8 for loss) and 4 QB sacks.
That was pretty damn interesting. I'm willing to bet that the Russian gov't was doing some kind of nuclear testing, and probably launched some kind of explosive into what they thought was uninhabited wilderness. The blast probably severely wounded some of students, while causing the other members of the group to panic, and run out into the forest in a rush. Then, when officials realized what had happened, they told the police to cover the truth up. Dying of hypothermia in -20 degree temperatures sounds like an awful, awful way to die.
Dude great thread and great Wikipedia articles you posted there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Hai_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Why do you say you can never trust Wikipedia? There have been studies done to show there is only a small percentage difference between the number of inaccuracies in Wikipedia and Britannica.
I decided to play with this idea a little except I don't really know any odd Wiki articles. So I decided just to hit random on the main page. This is the article I got: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patterson_(pitcher) Those that know me will know the significance of it. I was concerned that it possibly pulled up something from my cache (although facebook would be the only thing) but other random searches pulled up actually random articles unrelated to myself.
I said it mainly as a preemptive strike against those that flame a person any time they link a Wiki article. I now see that I instead provoked an action reverse to the attacks I anticipated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box_office_bombs_of_all_time Wow all that money down the DRAIN.
very cool. I'm surprised Man on the Moon is on there. I thought that movie was great. Can't believe Catwoman made 80 Mill. The adventure's of Baron Munchausen!!! thank you for reminding me of that movie.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and Pluto Nash were pretty good. They just spent way to much to make them.
Might as well.........http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films CF.net Kicks ass. I love this City.
Since people seem to be fascinated by a completely mundane list of numbers ( ), I will provide a list... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
Cool thread! The above incident is very creepy. I want to check out that documentary mentioned on the link.
Eww... did yall know about this?? 2003: Dr. Hitoshi Nikaidoh, a surgical doctor, was decapitated as he stepped on to an elevator at Christus St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas on August 16, 2003. According to a witness inside the elevator, the elevator doors closed as Nikaidoh entered, trapping his head inside the elevator with the remainder of his body still outside. His body was later found at the bottom of the elevator shaft while the upper portion of his head, severed just above the lower jaw, was found in the elevator. A subsequent investigation revealed that improper electrical wiring installed by a maintenance company several days earlier had effectively bypassed all of the safeguards. http://www.click2houston.com/news/2412223/detail.html
oh my god... new rule.. my body is walking straight up and down when entering an elevator.... like there's a stick up my bum! that's just terrible!
