OT: Favorite Wikipedia Page

Submitted by NFG on

"Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information."

-Michael Scott

 

This has been a painfully slow week. So, let's try to stir up some new information that isn't too contriversial, and share what you think is pretty informative or just pretty crazy out there on Wikipedia. Here are some of my favorites:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic_spiral

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian

Alton

July 17th, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^

I had never heard of this until today.

South Dakota Highway 34 -> South Dakota -> Midwestern United States -> Census Bureau-Designated Regions and Divisions -> United States Census Bureau -> Federal Statistical System of the United States -> Federal Government of the United States -> Federal Governments -> Federalism -> Politics -> Governance -> Geopolitics -> Geography -> Earth -> Planet -> Astronomical object -> Entity -> Abstraction -> First Principle -> Proposition -> Contemporary philosophy -> Western philosophy -> Philosophy.

22 clicks from South Dakota Highway 34 to Philosophy.  Awesome.

Smoothitron

July 17th, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^

From the Mach 5(Speed Racer) wikipedia page:



"Button F, Frogger Mode (フロッガー Furoggā?, Frogger): Used when the Mach Five is under water. First, the cockpit is supplied with oxygen. Then, a periscope is raised to scan the surface of the water. Everything that is seen is relayed down to the driver's seat by television. The 100 pound (45 kg) auxiliary supply of oxygen is enough to last for thirty minutes. This is despite the fact that enough diatomic oxygen gas to weigh 100 pounds—that is to say, 1417 moles—would occupy over thirty thousand liters at standard temperature and pressure and thereby support many people for many hours. However, unless the Mach 5 was equipped with an electric drive mechanism, which is never mentioned, the Mach 5's engine (rated at 5,000 HP) could consume this supply in a few minutes, assuming it had the ability to operate on a pure O2 supply."



Eck Sentrik

July 17th, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^

British Army officer Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart



He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart