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WTFpedia

Postby Mongrel » Thu Dec 08, 2016 4:18 pm

Sometimes you just come across weird or comical or even genuinely interesting yet esoteric wiki pages. Here's a couple to get started.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen_War
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Re: WTFpedia

Postby MarsDragon » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:16 pm

The sweater curse is real, though. (it mostly comes down to non-crafters not appreciating the sheer amount of work hand-making something is, and a sweater being one of the biggest projects a knitter will typically embark on)

The rule is to never make your SO anything bigger than a scarf until you're married.

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Re: WTFpedia

Postby Mongrel » Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:32 pm

Well, yeah, it says right in the article that it's real.
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Re: WTFpedia

Postby Mongrel » Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:37 pm

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Re: WTFpedia

Postby Mongrel » Sat Dec 10, 2016 7:03 pm

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Re: WTFpedia

Postby Wheels » Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:00 am

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

"This is a list of articles that are lists of list articles on the English Wikipedia."
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Re: WTFpedia

Postby Mongrel » Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:55 pm

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

Everything about this is so amazing and I have absolutely no idea why it's not a movie yet.

EDIT: Starr commented that this basically would have been perfect for Don Knotts and Tim Conway in the early 70's.
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Re: WTFpedia

Postby Mongrel » Sun Apr 09, 2017 2:10 pm

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Re: WTFpedia

Postby Büge » Sun Apr 09, 2017 9:11 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_--_Men's_marathon

It was posted on Talking Time, but I wanted to share it here, too. You could also watch this:

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