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If home cooking and sleeping in your own bed qualify as scientific, well there you go.More environmental than scientific can be the surface of a playing field. With different types of grass seed growing only in certain regions due to weather conditions. The ball will perform differently when rolling or bouncing at ground level. Some grasses require increased watering to maintain firmness and color while other grasses in warmer regions are maintained to grow higher and thinner to provide their own shade to avoid drought. Some athletes will wear different types of athletic shoes depending on what type of surface they will compete atop.American Football, Baseball, and Soccer players will wear three different types of athletic shoes playing on three separate fields all within the same city on the same day. The outer shoe or boot may look similar from above, but underneath the shoes are manufactured differently to perform at peak for all three different athletes and their individual sport.Football and Soccer players use a similar design with a molded and taller rubber, plastic or polyurethane types of knobs affixed to the bottom of their lightweight footgear. Called cleats these knobs allow for ground traction and good footing, which is vital in both sports rain or shine.Equipment managers face an on-going battle to have the right type of shoe set-up with the correct knob or cleat available on the right day in all kinds of different weather. And I’m not so sure the club with the home-field advantage is gonna go out of their way, providing a heads-up to any opponents they meet in competition and in the comforts of their home fieldThe same goes for Baseball as well, where the actual dimensions of any ballpark are going to be different from one park to the next to the next. Not affecting a player's footing but affecting where his footing can take him. Utilizing a few different designs of cleats and the materials that make up the knobs and cleats affixed to the underside of a variety of different baseball shoes.The first choice of most baseball players is to wear metal cleats or what are called Spikes in the world of baseball terminology. Spikes are (real) metal plates mounted under the athlete's shoe. Small machined tabs (if you will) are about the width of a cigarette filter protruding downward away from the foot and cut or edged to break the surface of the ground when playing on both surfaces of a baseball field. The outfield always will be a pitch of grass from one foul line completely to the other foul line where the grass usually gives way to a dirt surface about 6 to 10 feet wide called a warning track. That track rightfully named warns a ballplayer when he ha become close to a fence or wall that bounds the playing field from foul grounds. The way it should work for the game and players is when a fielder on defense runs off the grass surface and steps upon the dirt warning track surface he should feel it when that first step onto the track is no longer grass. What the warning will not do is slow a player's momentum, that is up to him to recognize the warning. From here it is the ball's flight pattern a player's foot speed, the make-up of the fence or wall and most importantly the desire of one's effort to complete the play, making the catch or not regardless of the outcome with him contacting a surrounding fence. Momentum gives way to most well-structured walls and can stop a hustling defender in his tracks.One shining example of mine came in Seattle WA. at the A.S.A. Men’s Western C Divison World Championship. Returning to play 5 months after reconstructive ankle surgery held much to say about if the surgery or how the surgery will affect my play then and in the future. 23 years-old in my second year of competitive play there was doubt. To add to the uncertainty of a complete recovery is I will be asked to play out of position at 2nd Base and move to the outfield. A handful of team workouts prior to the 3-day Labor Day Tournament would be the initial test for my ankle as well as how I was to adjust to the move defensively. Baserunning was to be on a look, see and feel basis.We qualified in early March for this tournament. Had the tourney been held the very next weekend our overall outcome would have been better than the 3–2 won-lost record and 17th place finish that took us home. One-by-one the team that qualified began to drop from action for different reasons. As I watched my team struggle my return became my own personal challenge to get back to where I was physically before the surgery. Holding back and following strict orders from my Ortho Surgeon as well as my ex’s reminders to be patient (she knew it was killing me to sit-out for so long) the team would play on and I would stay away.As I went through and completed a detailed time-lined rehab with training staff from a local well-known professional NBA franchise I was cleared in mid -August to play. Two weeks to prepare mostly on my own pushing myself to work through any discomfort while ignoring the pain. Not one single pain killer was taken after the first week of surgery. I would later take Cortazone injections on an as-needed basis but not before playing in Seattle.At my first team workout two weeks before Labor Day I had to be re-introduced to my team. With injuries, divorce, and non-commitment from guys that made up the team back in March when we qualified had its effects and changed the line-up considerably. The outfield was impacted the most. This is why I was moved to the pasture, coming up with this club I had to prove myself at 20–21 years old that I could compete at their division of play. I did that and replaced the incumbent 2nd baseman. He would stick with the club while going through his own rehab after breaking his lower leg a year-and-a-half earlier. Taking over the logistics necessary to keep this team together.This club could dream and that is what it seemed like it was the year we played together before qualifying for Seattle. In the future, I would not play on a team with as much speed, support, fans, family, friends and an uncanny ability to come back from any deficit against any team anywhere to win a ballgame. As a player just knowing and being a part of the reason how we did it over and over was a huge confidence builder in a young and newest member of an established ballclub. I was fortunate to be a part of it so young.Off the field, this team had a “dream” that all of us would travel to Amsterdam to enjoy the local customs of the people while playing for a World Championship. We had fun and with a 3rd Baseman (RIP) who was as funny as they come, we laughed as a team consistently.But also lost was our best all-around player, best athlete, No. 3 hitter and outstanding defensive Pitcher. When you have all that in one man and then you lose him your team will suffer and ours was no exception. His wife basically told him if he continued to playball in Arizona, Seattle or anywhere else including the Netherlands she would file for divorce. The disease cut him off in May. I would later play Sand Volleyball and watch my former teammate take down the league with his athleticism.We would lose our power-hitting 1st Baseman out of Western Michigan due to a freak off-field accident in late July. For a Big Man, he could play some stingy defense as well. His majestic towering home runs would surely be missed.There was more but not as significant. What was more would be the money that our gimpy leader was able to acquire from sponsorship both our main sponsor and a recently added big money contributor would make Seattle a comfortable, fun and rewarding experience. An experience that would personally drive me afterward and serve as a mark I had seen, heard, smelled and touched in The Emerald City.Two things were established on this journey. One, our leader drained the team account as we enjoyed his generosity over four days. At one point letting us know this tourney would be our last together. The team was older than I was by more than three years and with an obvious depletion of talent he felt to acquire enough youth and experience at the same time and before the start of the next season was too much to get done. This the team that could dream could not awake from the funk that had overshadowed us for the previous 5 months.Two, I would be looking to play with a new ballclub. Suddenly a feeling of trepidation came over me, but with bigger fish to fry regarding my ankle and more so with the Tournament I was involved in it was placed on a back burner.Arriving in Seattle I’m anxious to play so playing in the outfield and not at 2nd Base I mentally tossed aside and all my focus was on my ankle and the beautiful surroundings of Seattle. Playing at three different softball facilities in three days allowed us to see it all. The 166-Team World Tournament required many fields and included one I will never forget. Day 2 had us playing at the base of Mt. Ranier, the entire pre-game and some during the game was taking in the visual effect that Ranier provided.Day One in Tukwilla WA. For me, pre-game warm-ups had me throwing, playing catch on the outfield grass. Immediately I realized how much footing is going to be a factor. Washington notorious for its greenery and rain output on a yearly basis provides its outfield playing surfaces thick, lush and green grasses. I have with me two pair of footgear to play in. A pair of white Nike Keystones with the conventional baseball style of cleat attached underneath. Replacing metal spikes like I wore when playing baseball were plastic polyurethane cleats molded to the shoe, my choice when playing on dirt as an infielder. The other pair are my navy blue Nike All-Purpose Softball Shoe that I received with my Work League team after winning a season championship. Before the 4th inning of the first game, I had tried them both while playing in the outfield making a decision that my Keystones will allow for the better footing.Daily sometimes twice a day my new ankle would be surrounded by me taping up as I was taught at rehab back in Phoenix. Before warming up I would remove a Lightweight Air-Supported Cast that I was using as a precaution. Then I would place under my sock over the pre-wrap a fiber lined inner shoe ankle wrap that did everything but cut off blood and oxygen to my brain. Tight was the feeling really tight.We learned a lot in the first game and more with game two. Defensively I was slow to pivot while turning to go back on a ball hit deep to my left playing right-center field. The thick grass alone slowed everyone’s foot speed and mine had become deliberately slowed due to caution. I had been told by teammates to take it easy we need you healthy for three days and they would rather have me slow than not at all. The word slow just has a bad sound to it and was not applied to my game before the surgery back in March. I played like I had not played before. I had become cautious without immediate reaction based on my instinct to anticipate where I needed to be and it bothered me mentally.The ankle held up well and better than expected. Baserunning on day one was okay and my activity on the bases was reduced by using our alotted “courtesy runner” a first for me. When slow was suggested to me earlier having a bad ring to it, I was now kinda pissed that I was using a “runner.” I was straightened out by one of my mentors and teammates when he said: “none of the Big Boys are getting on base so we are wasting this guy who we brought with us to run for them.” He was absolutely right. So I had to get over it and move on.1–1 we win the first one before losing in game two.Day Two at Mt. Ranier shows me even a thicker pitch than the day before in Tukwilla, add a swirling wind and I’m thinking don’t hit it to me. We win and advance to the final day. Later that night I and a teammate decide to check out the Seattle nightlife which seemed harmless as we added to this feeling by having a couple of beers and then talking ourselves into getting back to the hotel knowing that we play mid-morning. Just thinking about that now was out of character for both of us.Day Three Kent WA starts with the team and what wives and girlfriends made the trip collectively piling into four different vehicles. I don’t know if one of the rental cars was stolen, lost or broke down. The first two days I did not recall being as cramped as we were that morning.With Kent being close by our hotel we head out. Sitting in the rear-facing far back seat of a small station wagon I find myself wedged between our catcher a former Central Michigan football player and our 3rd Baseman and funny man we called “Moose” we did not call him that because he smelt like a moose more so because he was as big as a moose. Our catcher in no way was the smallest man on his football team to boot. Sitting sorta half-sideways and coming up for air every few seconds we discuss the end of… no, not a dynasty but the end of a great run for the three of us. As the vehicle mildly navigates towards the ballpark we are tossed about when our vehicle, the lead car in a procession of four passes through a small adulation in the road. With our three personal ballbags of gear loaded directly over our heads and not secured on the roof of the small wagon, they are lifted as one before returning to the roof sounding like the Space Needle had toppled over and on to our vehicle. Scaring our pilot enough to pull over on a slow Monday morning Labor Day commute, followed by the rest of the convoy.We gather ourselves after a brief moment with an attitude adjustment while checking the tires. Do I have to tell you that attitude adjustment and tire check are code words for well let’s just call it “pleasure travel” or “travel pleasure” I’m not sure because we always used the two other terms when we wanted to have some fun. Before we knew it while forgetting all about how we almost lost our gear we arrive at the Softball Complex with its four pristine manicured softball diamonds. Colorful additives such as banners and bunting have been added to the already beautiful look.As we are directed and lead to a pre-determined warm-up location a tall wooden green outfield fence enclosing Field No. 4 can not be overlooked. So tall at about 20 feet high it gives off a stadium feel or vibe. Both days prior the homerun fencing was made of conventional chain-link standing no taller than what we were used to back home and for the most part anywhere else.As I warm up, I kinda have one eye on the ball while the other wants to maintain vision with that giant green fence as if it were a giant green monster poised to attack. I am feeling a bit looser all the way around as I finish stretching, running and throwing. For two days and three games, it had been difficult to shake off my ring rust not having played in a game in five months, leaving me with a severe feeling of just being tight everywhere. With the effects of our pit stop still lingering I take off for one final sprint down the left-field line. Before turning around I continue to slowly walk with my back to the field. I was convincing myself to block out everything associated with my new ankle and needing to play in the outfield. (I knew I was a much better 2nd Baseman than I was an Outfielder). Also reminding myself, we lose and we are done. With me feeling looser and better I really wanted to play more than just one game that day. I had waited patiently for way too long missing the game while at rehab. What I was feeling was I knew how much of an impact I had when playing at my normal position when everything was in place for this team. Normal pitcher, normal first-baseman and normal me at second base. Pitcher and First baseman were out of the picture, but I was there. I knew right then I wanted to have an impact on my club.I wanted to do two things I encourage my players to do now when I’m Coaching. One when facing adversity like a tough and favored opponent to have a personal impact on that game on that day. Having anyone that was paying attention take notice you were there, by making a play that extends yourself beyond any play you have ever made. I also add that even if you don’t get the out your effort shall go unnoticed. And two is simple to play your ass off on game day.I never had to tell myself this before and only remember doing the first thing upon doing it. As I stated earlier when I started with this same club I was brought in as an outfielder having to prove myself. I was fine at making routine plays and routine throws but it did not do much to impress my own teammates or to prove anything. Becoming less and less enamored playing in the outfield I told myself to step it up to get on the ball from the jump giving myself enough time to extend myself if necessary to make a play. Get to anything in front of me quicker to allow for throwing out baserunners trying to advance. Low and behold I became a much-improved outfielder based on my attitude, approach and play. I made a couple of crazy plays in the same game back in Prescott AZ one night after I changed my ways. My teammates had to influence our leader to play me at 2nd Base. Those same guys are still here and I felt I needed to play much better especially If this team is going to call it quits after our next loss. I wanted to leave them and others a memory of what they all had seen before.Second inning with a runner on second base and two outs I charge a ball hit right at me one hop into and out of my glove quickly momentum forward as I throw a strike from medium depth. My team fires up, but not as much as I do within myself. At the plate moments later with bases empty I smack a hard line drive into left-center field, as normal on this weekend the ball slows after hitting the ground the outfielder relaxes and I don’t break stride lower my head and don’t look up until after I pop-up after sliding safely on the bag. Again my teammates get a big kick from it. As the “courtesy runner” leaves the dugout I wave him off and turn away. With a squirmish bunch of teammates on hand on the next pitch, the ball is sent to right-field as I round third there is dead silence from the dugout as I pick up our on-deck batter waving his arms emphatically for me to get down and slide towards my right. When I stop sliding I am at his feet and five feet beyond home plate. Half my team leaves the bench as if I just hit a dong 450′. I was back and just getting started. Next inning a ball is driven deep between me and our right-fielder, seeing the ball off of the bat I spin to my left as I was able to do before my surgery or in other words without hesitation. Concentrating on the ball I feel no dirt beneath my foot as I step on the warning track at a good pace. As I reach up extending my glove hand out I slam into the monster as we had been calling it. I get up quickly but drop just as fast to my knees realizing I have no air. I am stuck right there as the play becomes dead with the hitter on third base. The ball had bounced off the fence and with our right-fielder chasing the ball as well our second baseman has to run to the ball coming towards him and off the wooden fence. I am given enough time to catch my breath while I count the stars dipping in and out of my vision.We go off in that game and end it with a run-rule after five innings. With an early finish, it allows us to migrate over to an adjoining field that will be the site of the next game. We will play the winner of this game being played. I remember a beautiful sunny day as we take a break.A long break as the two teams go back and forth and then into extra innings. Tierra a team from the Los Angeles area and the best ballclub out of Canada do battle. Two of my teammates the two who had me sandwiched between them earlier that morning during the ride to work. These two have snuck off after lifting the white medical tape I carried in my ballbag. While another asks permission from the tournament officials if we could stretch and warm-up on Field No. 4 the diamond we played on prior. I catch wind of our request so I decide to get a head start if the answer is yes. Either way, I don’t want my ankle to become stiff with the delay. Going about my business I see the two fore-mentioned teammates walking up with an identical shit eatin’ grin on both of their faces. I ask them a rhetorical question, what are you guys up to? One said, “absolutely nothing.” while the other’s response is “we just went for a walk.” Those two answers backed by their “double grins” should have told me they were up to something. Figuring I would find out when they apply their humor by exposing their victim usually a teammate. I must have forgotten I was on the team as we are cleared to warm -up. Remember that head start I wanted, well It turned into the last one to walk over. Only because I could not find my white tape. I wanted to tape my wrist up that started bothering me after sliding at home plate in our earlier game. I follow the group who some have made the outfield while others said good-bye to their wives or girlfriends blocking my sight towards the entire field. Not that I was looking in that direction. I kinda had noticed that even the girls were acting a little giddy like my two buddies were, giggling and some flat out laughing until they noticed me behind them. They went silent like nobodies business. With their life-partners many paces ahead of me I hustle to catch up when a couple of them wait for me. I remember asking what’s the matter with the wives? As a matter of fact, what’s the matter with them as I point to right-center field where are mates are laughing with some rolling around on the ground. Asking another rhetorical question… what did I miss? A loud whistle is sent their way it served as a signal to move out of the way so I could get a glimpse as a continue to walk towards them. Still haven’t noticed anything as one tosses me my roll of tape. Begining to ask him why he took my tape I am grabbed at the top my shoulders spun in the direction of that big green monster. Those two after swiping my tape used it to “draw” a life-size “chalk outline” of me on the monster right where I had slammed into it earlier. Looking so life-like “Moose” would include a heavily taped ankle on their artist rendering display. I am so enamored with the project that also has my name and number on what is the back of the display model’s jersey. We did not even wear our names on the back of anything we wore ever. But I understood where they were coming from, didn’t mean I had to roll around on the ground and laugh at it though. But it was funny as all get out. “Moose” came through for the team and our support group at my expense. The few guys I had met just a couple weeks earlier during team workouts became if only short-lived, members of “The Moose Fan Club.”But one in all seriousness who would play next to me in right-field asked me “what happened?” I remember telling him new field, new surroundings, never felt the warning track, I should have caught it.“Moose” telling the story later, like 3 years later at a tourney in Tempe AZ to a group of ballplayers that were sinking some suds and done playing for the night, added this… “it sounded like a wild horse running into the side of a big wooden barn!” “Didn’t it “Eight” “Eight” is the name he used for me, telling us one time “I call him “Eight” thinking if I forget his name I could look at his shirt”Los Angeles beats the Canadiens and is granted a 10–15-minute break until first pitch. L.A. was a high strung team that fed off of their own play, borderline over the top at times. Going by the team name Tierra, in Spanish, it translates to the earth, the land. Their coach the most vocal and demonstrative of them all had a bad habit of dropping flat on the ground in front of their dugout performing some kind of reverse snow angel mixed with his version of break dancing on a sheet of cardboard. But with no cardboard, his antics would purposely raise dirt from the ground up in a cloud of dust. Thus the team name, Tierra. Doing this to fire his team-up was performed at least four times that we saw against the Canadiens. It seemed to work for them as they continued to extend the game vs Canada until finally winning in 11 innings.So as their coach is probably changing his clothes ours did something none of us expected and set the tone for the game. Before the start of every game, we would gather around in a small circle by third or first base depending on which dugout we were assigned. Last-minute instructions followed by the group chanting “Homes” our self given nickname as a team. “Homes” represented the last name of our three-year sponsor. Immediately after “Homes” our fearless leader flops to the ground and skirmishes about mimicking Tierra’s coach. Meant to fire up his own ballclub his unannounced demonstration set off Tierra. They came out loud like they were when they finally dispatched Canada about 15 minutes earlier.Their emotion resurfaced and failed to diminish much as we played catch up trying to overcome the lead until finally tying the game in the 6th inning. I would play my best game of the weekend as would “Moose” I was as pumped up as Tierra but I kept it inside, only uttering to “Moose” in a low voice I love this Bud I could do this all night. And only like “Moose” could, leaving me laughing every time and with an “I could care less” smirk on his face he comes back with… “Ditto Eight Ditto.”We would lose to a team that in hindsight was so much like we were when we stormed through A.S.A C Division back in Arizona. Tierra who played wild back to back extra-inning games were too tired to perform any antics or rituals upon the win. At home plate after the game when shaking hands what we got was their respect. They actually thanked us for the competition singling myself and “Moose” out to show their respect.This is why I will tell my players when facing adversity to let them (opposition) know you were there, give them something to remember if it is only just your effort.My Nike Keystyones came alive for me the last two days of the tourney but I sure was glad to take them and everything else on the ankle off. When I finally did I began to laugh out loud remembering the chalk outline of me on that monster. The one that depicts me with an overly animated taped ankle and “Eight” on my back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TarrareIt just gets odder and odder the further you read.Human Interference Task Force - Wikipedia about proposals for how to warn future peoples about nuclear waste sites without the guarantee that our current language or symbolist will hold any meaninghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_ListonThis old chap was one of the best surgeons of his time and one of his cases had 300% mortality rate.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_GroveIt's a club of rich/ famous celebrities, artists, politicians etc. who gather in the woods together for a weekend and do things like a ceremony/play in front of a giant owl statue. No, seriouslyFederal Express Flight 705, because holy fucking shit.Timeline of the far future - WikipediaIt's kind of cheating because it's a list, but some of the most interesting stories I've read start on this one: Lists of people who disappeared - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HumanIt's weird seeing your entire species in the third person.The http://Killdozerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyerhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_marathonRead the "Race" section. It speaks for itself.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_PhilosophyTurns out that if you keep clicking the first link, 97% of the time it will take you to the philosophy page.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Plague_of_1518The Dancing Plague of 1518... over 400 people took to the streets of Strasbourg and simply could not stop dancing.Léo Major. This guys is straight out of a WW2 action movie and yet, no movie about him. Even people over here, his native land, have no idea who he is.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_LikensIt's something I read earlier this week. It's really sickening but also fascinating how someone could be so cruel to another person.-Greco-Buddhism, the intermingling of Buddhism and Hellenistic culture in Bactria/Indian Subcontinent-Abyssal Gigantism, the tendency for deep-sea animals to be significantly larger than their more shallow brethren-Humanzee, a hypothetical hybrid between a human and chimpanzee-Lusotropicalism, the belief that Portuguese imperialism was ‘superior’ to other European Colonial endeavors due to a variety of reasons-New Swabia, an Antarctic Territory claimed by Nazi Germany-West Indies Federation, a short-lived political union of British Caribbean territories-Basil Zaharoff, a Greek industrialist, arms dealer, and basically a real-life super villain-Alan Smithee, a pseudonym used by filmmakers who wish to remain anonymous due to a movie turning out bad-Air New Zealand Flight 901, an aviation disaster that occurred in Antarctica-Belphegor’s Prime, a palindromic Prime number named after a demon and known for its superstitious elements-Noosphere, the ‘-sphere’ of human thought and cognitionList of performers who died during a performance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_during_a_performanceInspired by the death of Joe Burrus, a magician who died from being buried alive while trying to perform an escape.Huge fan of the Fermi ParadoxIt's a bunch of arguments about why we haven't encountered alien life yet.Wikipedia:Deleted articles with freaky titles - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_GageHe was an interesting chap.There is a man named Guy Standing, and the picture on his wikipedia page used to be a picture of him sitting. I laughed so hard, the internet has ruined my sense of humorWikipedia:Unusual articles - WikipediaList of common misconceptions - WikipediaI compiled this list a while ago for another thread, enjoy!UFOsThe Tehran UFO IncidentThe Belgian UFO WaveThe Gorman DogfightThe Kaikoura LightsThe Mantell UFO IncidentThe Phoenix LightsThe Berwyn Mountain UFO IncidentThe Clapham Wood MysteryThe Lakenheath-Bentwaters IncidentThe Robert Taylor IncidentThe Rendlesham Forest IncidentThe 1492 Light SightingThe Height 611 UFO IncidentThe Ghost RocketsThe Shag Harbour UFO Incident1561 Sighting over NurembergThe Battle of Los AngelesThe Petrozavodsk PhenomenonThe Shag Harbour UFO IncidentThe Trindade Island's UFOThe Trans-en-Provence CaseThe Kelly-Hopkinsville EncounterThe Varginha UFO IncidentPossibly the Most Famous, RoswellMysterious IllnessThe Hollinwell IncidentThe Dancing Plague of 1518Gloria RamirezThe Oakville BlobsPeople, Disappearances & DeathsThe Man from TauredRudolph FentzD. B. CooperThe Tamam Shud CaseThe Isdal WomanThe Zodiac KillerThe Lead Masks CaseFrederick ValentichDyatlov PassThe 1962 Alcatraz EscapeThe Eilean Mor Lighthouse KeepersThe Man in the Steel CylinderJack the RipperUnexplained Things/PhenomenaUVB-76The Brown Mountain LightsThe HumThe Mary CelesteThe Tunguska EventMothmanSkyquakesThe Voynich ManuscriptThe Montauk MonsterThe 52 Hertz WhaleLa Mancha NegraThe Toynbee TilesThe Kentucky Meat ShowerStar JellySailing StonesBlood RainThe Solway Firth Spacemanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_laughter_epidemichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_pirateshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuality_in_ancient_RomeLt. Col. Alfred Wintle. He was a strange, entertaining man.I have nothing to contribute, but I think this thread should become a subreddit.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosting_(identity_theft) or stealing identities of dead people. It analyzes the practice pretty well. Was an interesting read, indeed.Rotating locomotion in living systems - Wikipedia - it was just something I never really thought of.Everything in general to distract you for years https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articlesA sci-fi story from Ancient Rome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_HistoryPeople who vanished https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriouslyAnd one of the most ridiculous people who ever lived https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_DexterEnjoy :)By http://farhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deathshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2017A list of every notable person who has died this year. Also a list for every year prior. I've gone all the way back to 1946 so far.List of MegaprojectsThe Chūō Shinkansen is my favourite one, because I love public transportation. It's a maglev connection between Tokyo and Osaka.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_beliefs_and_practicesI found out that Antarctica has a native insect species the other http://day.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgica_antarcticahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)I was looking for Danielle's story and found this. It's fascinating, but horrific and sickening at the same time.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_ParkThe stories here are fucking hilarious.Always found Jabari Parker's Wikipedia page pre-Duke and pre-NBA interesting. Had such a vivid description of his high school career, almost game-by-game recap-like.Always wondered if someone in Jabari's family wrote it.Rasputin's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_RasputinThe part about not joining a cult because they thought if you had sex orgies the sin is nullified because so many people were sinning is pretty great.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilationBasically, the closer you are to the source of gravity, the slower time passes.Relative to the earth's age in billions of years, the earth's core is effectively 2.5 years younger than the surfacehttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emu_WarIt was a mighty clash.List of unusual deathsThe one that's the strangest for me is the one for Aeschylus455 BC: Aeschylus, the Athenian author of tragedies. According to Valerius Maximus, he was killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle that had mistaken his bald head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell of the reptile. Pliny, in his Naturalis Historiæ, adds that Aeschylus had been staying outdoors to avert a prophecy that he would be killed by a falling object.To be honest, anything on WikipediaThe Wikipedia article on reading really threw me for a loop. It's weird to read text explaining what reading text is. I kept expecting that one of the lines would be something like, "... you're doing it right now. Isn't it cool? These symbols are causing thoughts to form in your brain and there's really nothing you can do to stop it, except to stop looking at them..."https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_caseThe Mystery of the Somerton Man is probably one of the most interesting unsolved deaths other than the Black Dahlia. Between conspiracy theories that he was a spy or it was done by aliens, it’s so strange.Edit: It’s still unsolved but I don’t think the case has officially been closed.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731Unit 731. Truly horrifying, but I also couldn’t stop readingThat had to be the List of lists of http://listshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_listshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_BeethovenI always thought Beethoven was just some German guy who loved playing the piano. He actually had quite a roller coaster of a life, approaching suicide in his lowest point in his early 20s, then overcoming his chronic abdominal pain, growing deafness, and alcoholism to write what we consider to be his greatest works long after his hearing was gone. The premier of his 9th symphony on May 7th, 1824 was his first public appearance in many years. It was met with numerous standing ovations even during the performance, and a lady in the orchestra had to turn Ludwig for him to realize the performance was over (by the end he was slightly behind while orchestrating) and realize the applause behind him. They threw their hats into the air so he could appreciate their enthusiasm as he could not hear the clapping.Other fun fact, moshpits were not invented recently, people have taken their music damn seriously for a long time. some classical works were met with actual riots upon their premiere, like Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_WiartIn an attack upon an enemy fort at Shimber Berris, Carton de Wiart was shot twice in the face, losing his eye and also a portion of his ear. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 15 May 1915.[13]In February 1915, he embarked on a steamerfor France. Carton de Wiart took part in the fighting on the Western Front, commanding successively three infantry battalions and a brigade. He was wounded seven more times in the war, losing his left hand in 1915 and pulling off his fingers when a doctor declined to remove them.[14] He was shot through the skull and ankle at the Battle of the Somme, through the hip at the Battle of Passchendaele, through the leg at Cambrai, and through the ear at Arras. He went to the Sir Douglas Shield's Nursing Home to recover from his injuries.My personal favorite is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_last_survivors_of_historical_events there's something so intriguing about reading about the last people to witness something. As well as if/when they diedAny wikipedia article about submarine accidents. The Kursk is a good one to read.My ImmortalFor those who don't know, My Immortal is a Harry Potter fanfic written around 2007, and is largely considered the absolute worst collection of words in the history of writing.This Wikipedia article is notable, at least in my mind, because Wikipedia is usually pretty neutral, but whoever(s) authored this article seemed to dislike the story as well, since it's apparent in the way the article is written.And if you havent, read the plot summary. This thing is spectacular, in much of the same way that a train derailment is spectacular.Amusement Park One Photo's really an interesting read.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_humourAside from learning a lot of new jokes (that I'm not allowed to tell), it was actually really insightful reading a different perspective on the trials that the Jewish people have faced over the years.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murdersI always thought this was terrifying.“A few days prior to the crime, farmer Andreas Gruber told neighbors about discovering footprints in the snow leading from the edge of the forest to the farm, but none leading back. He also spoke about hearing footsteps in the attic and finding an unfamiliar newspaper on the farm. Furthermore, the house keys went missing several days before the murders. None of this was reported to the police prior to the attack.”He’s like every white person in horror movies. “Oh, a haunted house where an ax murderer lives? Sounds FUN.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths"2013: Takuya Nagaya, 23, from Japan, started to slither on the floor and claim he had become a snake. His mother took this to mean that he had been possessed by a snake, and called for her husband, 53-year-old Katsumi Nagaya. Katsumi spent the next two days head-butting and biting his son "to drive [out] the snake that had possessed him" but instead causing his death."For any redditors that like interesting Wikipedia articles I would recommend two YouTube showsCitation needed https://youtu.be/nrU8Kh6Mf7oHalf as interesting Half as Interestinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_unrecognized_states_and_dependenciesSome are really interesting, like the Principality of Trinidad.Albert Fish. Dude was soooo fucked up that it’s hard to even read the whole thing.“The call of the void”I’ll put a link when I get to my pc but the jist of it is that it is a psychological phenomenon where the brain teaches us not to do dangerous shit by giving us the idea to do them, it’s what happens when you want to jump of a bridge, swerve into oncoming traffic, throw a baby out the window, etc.Edit: Call of the Void aka Suicidal IdeationPain in invertebrates - WikipediaEmu War - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaffleIt's way more interesting than you'd think.holy fucking shitLook up "The Double Slit Experiment"Physics is turned upside downThis man: Frank Abagnale - Wikipedia It's impressive how good he was at conninghttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biasesBonus: you can use this to play Bingo at the officeList of animals with fradulent diplomashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_WarIdk, i just find this really interestingNoumena (vs phenomena)(philosophy) What if we can never truly know something because of everything else we've learned and experienced?The concept itself was a revelation for me.Thanks for all of the great wiki pages to read... still going through themBuffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo http://buffalohttps://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffaloThe one about cognitive biases.This one. A very interesting model of human thought from psychologist and psychedelic-enthousiast Timothy Leary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-circuit_model_of_consciousnessAlso not from wikipedia but another wiki which is incredibly interesting: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Visual_effectsOh and a bonus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconsciousEdit: More interesting stuff! The weird law about how some parts of collective human behaviour and other stuff is ordered https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_lawFeral child - Wikipedia fucking interesting but horrifying at the same time... Shows both the social abilities of some people as the heartlessness of others...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francevillian_biotaThey are mysterious fossils dating to around 2 billion years old that are macro-sized and appear quite like primitive animals only regularly seen much later in time. They've been interpreted as either being pseudo-fossils or a fluke of evolution with no direct connection to recorded traces of life before it.Freddie Mercury! He was born in India and never had any vocal training.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_physicsEven if you know little about physics, it’s still a fascinating read!I don’t know if it’s interesting as a page overall, but one experience I had stands http://out.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiccupAbout ten years ago I had a really bad case of the hiccups. I decided to read the Wikipedia page about hiccups, including the section on cures. One of the suggestions was to “distract yourself by reading something for 5 to 10 minutes, such as reading this Wikipedia page.” Right then and there my hiccups were http://gone.As far as I can tell that suggestion is no longer part of the page.Fritzl case - Wikipedia, most fucked up shit.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%E2%80%93Wigner_interpretationor how I learned to stop worrying and love consciousness causes collapse.Reading about mathematicians is quite interesting.Many of them had interesting and dramatic lives and many other have legends about them.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_futureAlways blows my mind what awaits everything at the end of time.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_Hunter_BloodsBefore Jay Rock became a successful rapper, he was part of a gang called the 'Bounty Hunter Bloods' in Watts, Ca. The page is now 'normal' but for a while the page underwent several edits that had some random stuff on it. I suggest you check the page's history to read all the weird but funny edits.Smiley face murder theory. I personally don't believe in it, but it haunts my http://dreams.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_face_murder_theoryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_Worldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hatfield"Rainmaker"Not a page but an entire wikipidea version https://sco.wikipedia.orgNow you can feel like true scottman, and take your bagpipe and march.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_HubbardL. Rob Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. What a wild ride his life was (to say the least) & it’s crazy how much of an impact his theories still have today.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_EntebbeSo many countries involved. Such a crazy time. I wish I could have seen it play out on the news in real time.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_Under_the_InfluenceKorean Axe Murder incident AKA Operation Paul Bunyanhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_von_Ungern-SternbergInsane Russian warlord. His story reads like an over the top pulp villain.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Walkerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_White#.27Eccentricity.27Dude's strange.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_WineRobert Shields (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shields_(diarist)) was a diarist who wrote a 37.5 million word diary where he documented every five minutes of his life.7 am: I cleaned out the tub and scraped my feet with my fingernails to remove layers of dead skin.7.05 am: Passed a large, firm stool, and a pint of urine. Used five sheets of paper.This sort of thing went on from 1972 to 1997.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourmand_syndromehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_ChurchillThis man was a complete legend. God damn.Euthanasia CoasterNot so much interesting, but just kind of surprising and cool. Found out my uncle has a Wikipedia page that he didn't even make for himself! Just kind of personally cool.Dancing Plague of http://1518https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Plague_of_1518https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_GaddafiL Ron Hubbard's.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_case?wprov=sfla1Phillip Schneider, but his Wikipedia has been altered nowhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_d%27Aubigny - Maybe not the most interesting page, but it's definitely one of my favorites.I also like these two "medieval mysteries":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_climbing_the_Reichstag_dressed_as_Spider-Manhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goatIt's this swedish goat statue that is made of straw that gets burnes down every year by different people, and the people trying to prevent this from happening.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JokeThe article on Jokes is a long ride but very good. Makes the whole thing quite surreal.i just read the fata morgana page today and it was pretty radPutting Trump's Wikipedia article through http://Gizoogle.net.Edit: http://gizoogle.net/tranzizzle.php?search=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDonald_Trump&se=Go+Git+Dis+ShiznitNothing makes you feel like you’ve got a shit-ton if knowledge at your fingertips like The List of Lists of Lists.This is a list of articles that are lists of list articles on the English Wikipedia. In other words, each of the articles linked here is an index to multiple lists on a topic. Some of the linked articles are themselves lists of lists of lists.The Donner Party expeditionUnit 731The Demon Core is a pretty interesting read.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_Garc%C3%ADaThis fella.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wrath_of_Godhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Cleveland_Indians_corked_bat_incidentOne of (from what I know) the less well-known baseball scandals. Basically, Albert Belle (Indians) was playing vs the White Sox and was doing very well. The White Sox accused him of using a corked bat, and so the bat was placed in a locked room to be inspected later on. Cleveland knew the bat was corked, so they sent someone to climb through the ceiling tiles and into said room to replace the bats like something from a spy movie. Tl;dr, they got caught.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Broglie%E2%80%93Bohm_theoryIt's like quantum mechanics, but less dumb.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TulpaImaginary friends you make that you out enough substance into for them to gain their own sentience. What is real and what is not?short and my favoritehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a valid English sentence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffaloSomeone's fishing for TIL posts.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nose_Georgehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Noida_double_murder_caseStill unsolved.Timeline of the far futureAustralia's Great Emu War. 2 machine guns and 20,000 ostriches. Emu victory. **EditedAtilla AmbrusWikipedia is like a brain. It just keeps attaining more thingsHopefully someone will make a wiki page about this post. Because that's the one I'd vote for most interesting page.Adrian Carton De WiartThe ballad of spongeThe one about the black plague and how it entered Europe through the silk roadInternet meme - WikipediaApril FoolsAn unsolved case surrounding an unidentified body and possible spy, and a book with a mysterious message. Really interesting stuff!https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_casehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_listsThere's a list for everyone!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_futurehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Francis_Trainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_San_Marinohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_gamesI never realized video games had such a rich history before reading.The one for Angels Trumpet. Talks about a guy doing some freaky shit and almost killing himself cause he broke his sliding glass door.The Wikipedia article on humans is very odd. Reads like an alien describing us.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_listsFor those times when the list of lists got too long.All business and online marketing things.Defenestration too.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deathshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolk#Double-yolk_eggsDouble yolk eggs...don’t even know how I got therehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_compounds_with_unusual_namesThe great emu war in Australia that the Australians losthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-up_map_orientationnot sure why, but this one seemed really cool to meThe ultimate fate of the universe is probably my favorite Wikipedia page. It inspired me into delivering my first successful public speech of my entire life (comm 101 freshman year of college).I'm here for 4 more hours without anything to do. I'm happy you posted this question.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kar%C3%A1nsebesNever drink and wage war with an army of 100000.Hero Alom . ha ha haList of Unusual Deathshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_orthographyDessert bars (circa October 2011 edition)Feral childrenGavrillo Principhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language_questionI don't know anything about Greek, but I've always found linguistics fascinating, so this detailed discussion of the history of the Greek attempt to remake their language into Ancient Greek, and how it failed spectacularly, was engrossing.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_MuybridgeHe lead quite the interesting life.want some IRL cosmic horror?This is one of the BEST askreddit posts I've seen!!!Hitler’s a good readhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain According to the article, you're probably one of those.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumwold_of_Buckingham Pure gold, I promise.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_perceptionGives an overview of the psychological/neuroscientific research into how we perceive and sense time, and the many ways it can be distorted.A bit of a dense read, but it's super interesting.https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Last_wordshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_PeigneurIt’s really well known, but I hadn’t heard of it years ago when I read it and I was fascinated! Spent ages browsing YouTube looking at videos of it.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakub_(Nation_of_Islam)What a guy... the story section gets pretty intenseThe Toyota Warhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_marathonOne of the most amazing stories behind a symphony that I've ever read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No.7(Shostakovich)The Wikipedia page for Ibiza, much more interesting stuff there than drunk people partying.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_RasputinRasputin is one fascinating guy. One of the few larger than life characters to have passed through this world.Alexander the Great or Alfred Noble, both were incredible.Stuff on the Syrian conflict. That shit is so confusing, and I don't even remember half of what I read about it.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_MaupinJust generally the most cool girl/guy in history.Clean, Old Fashioned HateI️ grew up in Georgia, and when I️ discovered this, I️ was blown away. The fact that the rivalry between UGA and the North Avenue Trade School has its own Wikipedia page really threw me.Plus it’s a cool mix of history and sports- something that’s cool for me.The city of Duluth, MN has a fantastic wikipedia page.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sexually_active_popesSpace Shuttle Challenger Disaster. Learned so much about it, very interesting and very sad.Space Shuttle Challenger DisasterSomething something "I Love to Live" John Lennon, December 09, 1980The disappearance of the sodder childrenWikipedia unusual articlesI live about 5 miles from there and I can tell you that probably everything you've heard is trueNot the oddest, but reading their article on Humans is a bit surreal, since it's written as if the reader isn't expected to have heard of them before.Anything about analog things, its mildlyinteresting how they workNapoleon's invasion of Russia. 685,000 French troops entered Russia. In the span of 6 months, 400,000+ died.I get incredibly sad when reading the summary of those poor soldiers who gave up their lives for absolutely nothing." Potoooooooo" the horse.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_WarThe Great Emu War. Basically the Australian army fought against emus in the early 1930s and lostThe page on the SR-71 BlackbirdCan confirmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fitzpatrick_(pilot)A pilot who stole a plane and landed it in the middle of Manhattan TWICE.Mother Teresa, mixed reviews....The story of a Nebraska beer brewer's daughter's German Husband who became a WWI spy for Germany and a German national http://hero.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hans_Lodyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_physicsThe other unsolved problems articles are good too.A food prepared by blowtorching the fleece off an unskinned carcass of an old sheep or http://goat.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokie_(food)Peter Freuchen, the most interesting man in the world. A quick video recap for those who TL;DR.Not really a specific page, but clicking on the first link in the main text of a Wikipedia article, and then repeating the process for every article, will usually lead to the Philosophy article.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosophyp4lWikipedia:Unusual ArticlesThat entire page is a gold mine of mind blowing articleshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_James_A._Garfield"Guiteau became something of a media darling during his trial for his bizarre behavior, including constantly insulting his defense team, formatting his testimony in epic poems which he recited at length, and soliciting legal advice from random spectators in the audience via passed notes. He claimed that he was not guilty because Garfield's murder was the will of God and he was only an instrument of God's will. He sang "John Brown's Body" to the court. He dictated an autobiography to the New York Herald, ending it with a personal ad for a nice Christian lady under 30."Edward Bernaysscience mysteries....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_with_fraudulent_diplomasSome random good ones:Kardashev scale a method of measuring a civilization's level of technological advancement, based on the amount of energy a civilization is able to use for communication.Isle of Man TT an annual time trial motorcycle sport event run on the Isle of Man in May or June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907.Megastructures are very large man-made object, although the limits of precisely how large vary considerably. Some apply the term to any especially large or tall building. Some sources define a megastructure as an enormous self-supporting artificial construct.List of visionary tall buildings and structures - a list of buildings and other structures that have been envisioned.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_maniaHistoric occurrences of larges groups of people (hundreds) dancing uncontrollably, through the day and night until the point of collapse. Sometimes they Played. Them. Music. In hopes of soothing the dancers to get them to stop. Absolutely absurd and fascinating.The Australian Emu War, when the sent the military in to kill a bunch of emus because they were destroying crops, and couldn't kill enough of them, and eventually gave up and left. It was sort of like Australia's Vietnam War, except against birds that can't fly.If by "interesting" you mean able to keep your attention because of how unbelievable yet true it is, then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order_(Nazism) is the best recommendation I can make.But it's not interesting because it's fun or exciting. It's interesting because before I read it at the outset of college I thought I understood just how evil the Nazi Party was, but the further down you get in the article the more and more unspeakably atrocious their plans are described, and the more you realize that no, the NSDAP wasn't nearly as evil as you thought. It was far, far worse.The one about gaslighting carried out by the stazi .Ted Bundy's wiki page is incredibly detailed and I think covers every murder he ever committed (the known ones).This lady survived the sinking of the Titanic, it's sister ship the Brittanic (twice!) and was onboard when the third sister ship the Olympic when it collided with a warship:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Jessophttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731So. Fucked. Up.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_County_Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_taxonA good antidote to our current extinction crisis. Note that this list covers only a small percentage of the actual amount of extinct species rediscovered every year (MANY different extinct frogs were found alive within this year itself).My favorite has to be the Bermuda petrel, who was thought extinct for 300 years and then was suddenly found breeding on a small islet nobody had bothered to check earlier.AHHHH I have a heap of wikipedia articles saved in my bookmarks that I have found interesting/hysterical. I'll list em all here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_work_trianglehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_organhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Plague_of_1518https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Woman_with_Unicornhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrarehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_Protocolhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_of_the_Maroonshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurist_cookinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidaehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdershinshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_eyeglasseshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_shoeinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_sneezinghttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dosehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_been_piedhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbie_the_Wonder_Doghttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telling_the_beeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_garlichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_piehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_froghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetablehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_(dog)and my personal favourite:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths - solely because of the line:The deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian.[24][25] Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side".[26] He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs and comedianshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_DexterI like to hit random and found this a while back. I've also seen the guy who ate stuff and the Japanese guy who ate people though never was really punished, but this one I feel is the strangest.Taman Shud is a classic. Basically a guy that died in mysterious circumstances in Australia but despite huge effort then and since has not been identified.Pentagon tested gaybombs on IraqList of common misconceptions. Should be required reading. List of common misconceptions - WikipediaThe page on Humans. It's really creepy because it reads as if it was written by someone who isn't human; like an alien observing earth.List of sexually active popesI can't get enough of this one."Broken Arrow" - Stuff about nuclear weapons, like going missing, unexplained detonation, http://etc.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_nuclear_incident_terminology#Broken_ArrowTimeline of the far futureWikipedia: Unusual Articles.Thank you! This has to be the most accurate way of having your "mind blown", lol.Wikipedia:Unusual articles - WikipediaYesterday I was looking at the one for "Primates" and there was a photo of some Southeast Asian hunters with the bodies of dead monkeys on a tarp in front of them, with the caption: Humans are known to consume other primates as "bushmeat" Which I found interesting, because it seemed to be written from the perspective of someone who is not a human.The Great Emu Warspontaneous human combustionOh, here is two I quite enjoy. The time where a cavalry unit captured a warship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_the_Dutch_fleet_at_Den_Helder And the person who literally was the king of the east coast and the government couldn't do anything about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Nortonhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest_(emotion)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human is written from the perspective of non humansThe Columbine Shooting. It's so vivid in breaking the details of the event. It's horrifying to imagine what those teens went through. A scary, but fascinating read.the WW2 ones are always interestinghttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trespasser_(video_game) The "Development" section shows just how ambitious and pioneering this awful game was.Wow, just the partly working/half systems in this....at the time they would have been amazing! behavior based animation instead of canned...at the time thats incredible.Dinosaurs that reacted based on mood, but due to a bug where they would switch mood so fast they never actually do anything. The emotions were locked at all angry all the time.They had a bug with the behavior of both arms working together, so they just removed the charactors left arm.Jumping attacks from dinosaurs were disabled because the advanced (again for the time) physics system had trouble with coliding objects getting stuck inside eachother. (Due to problems we still have today actually, the fast moving object passing through things.)Just the concept of 'workaround and ship it' instead of being able to fix the bugs..is crazy, and theres more in that article.It also had a physics engine before Half Life 2, and may have been the main inspiration of it.Serial killers are always a good read. Jeffrey Dahmer is a recommendation.Fuck. Seriously was good readhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophagia?wprov=sfla1https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KrakatoaSome of the 'Talk' pages are interesting. They are tabbed on the left of the desktop version of an article. Politicians' ones can be quite interesting. Here is the Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson's. (I don't agree with her politics, I just find the Talk page amusing). Love the part about "27 mentions of Tony Abbott" (former PM of Australia).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_StatesShould be mandatory curriculum in American public high schools IMO.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newman_(Seinfeld)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._BrinkleyI am on phone and Can't Link but Northern Sential islandThe one about the guy who made a 2 seater plane, or something like that, and the next model of the plane was a flying fortress, littrraly the biggest at its time.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angel_Roses_U.S.AngelsThis is the self-authored wikipedia page of a guy I lived with in an AirB&B in Rome for a couple days a few years back. To sum it up, he's 1970s hair metal rolled into one 21st century man. Look him up on Facebook; he loves expanding his followingHair Metal is an 80s thing my dude. And that page is the cringiest thing I’ve seen today.classic smartphone typo but yeah Angel is a badassConsidering the link you provided is the only reference to him, I think Angel is your poorly constructed alter ego. Get help dude.Not cool to disrespect someone else's existence, manAngel Roses is so realWhich means also another eating disorder I forgot what it's called but it's about eating way more than suppose to and stuffThis is the most depressing thread I have ever witnessed in 4 years of frequently browsing the website. Without a doubt