Fascinating Wikipedia Articles Master Thread

[ChiComCat]

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

[WillieWatanabe]

Tallest mountain in the world, base to peak. 

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

[Emo EMAW]

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

China needs another couple wars, soon.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I was surprised to see the 2nd Congo War ranked so high.

[puniraptor]

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

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

[pissclams]

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

[ben ji]

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

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

Looks like my dad's email has a convert.....

If your looking for some bee pollen I've got a hookup. Just ate tacos with him yesterday.

[Diamond Dave]

Really been interested lately in old school studies and experiments where rules and regulations were minimal. It's pretty crazy what you used to be able to do.

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

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[puniraptor]

Really been interested lately in old school studies and experiments where rules and regulations were minimal. It's pretty crazy what you used to be able to do.

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

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

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

[ben ji]

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

It has the largest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 3.8 metres (12 ft) and weighing up to 41 pounds (19 kg). It is the subject of small-scale fishery.

[pissclams]

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

[bubbles4ksu]

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

All very, very sad stuff. Most people know about Joe Mengele, but the Japanese did some pretty mumped up stuff too. We are less familiar with these acts because we chose to ignore them in exchange for the data.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

[SkinnyBenny]

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

It has the largest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 3.8 metres (12 ft) and weighing up to 41 pounds (19 kg). It is the subject of small-scale fishery.

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[p1k3]

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

Bats of the genus Pteropus, belonging to the megabat suborder, Megachiroptera, are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as the fruit bats or flying foxes among other colloquial names.

 

[p1k3]

 

[Diamond Dave]

Really been interested lately in old school studies and experiments where rules and regulations were minimal. It's pretty crazy what you used to be able to do.

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

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

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

Man, totally missed that whole category. Pretty intense stuff.

[Diamond Dave]

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

A few guys hijacked two Chicago TV stations in 1987 and broadcast some pretty bizarre stuff. No one's ever figured out who did it.

[Mr Bread]

Really been interested lately in old school studies and experiments where rules and regulations were minimal. It's pretty crazy what you used to be able to do.

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

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

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

Man, totally missed that whole category. Pretty intense stuff.

Yeah, that's a really good one.  Lot going on there.  The government and various doctors are both very evil and incredibly mumped in the head.  So much WTF.  Testing nasty crap on cities and babies. 

[Mr Bread]

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

"What makes this group unique is that they all share a common characteristic: a deep pit, or fossa, in the loreal area between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. These loreal pits are the external openings to a pair of extremely sensitive infrared detecting organs, which in effect give the snakes a sixth sense that helps them to find and perhaps even judge the size of the small warm-blooded prey on which they feed."

"Experiments have shown that, when deprived of their senses of sight and smell, these snakes can strike accurately at moving objects that are less than 0.2°C warmer than the background."

[Diamond Dave]

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

"What makes this group unique is that they all share a common characteristic: a deep pit, or fossa, in the loreal area between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. These loreal pits are the external openings to a pair of extremely sensitive infrared detecting organs, which in effect give the snakes a sixth sense that helps them to find and perhaps even judge the size of the small warm-blooded prey on which they feed."

"Experiments have shown that, when deprived of their senses of sight and smell, these snakes can strike accurately at moving objects that are less than 0.2°C warmer than the background."

Ugh. Snakes already freak me out. This does not help. 

[jmlynch1]

 

I want one of those.

[TheHamburglar]

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

"What makes this group unique is that they all share a common characteristic: a deep pit, or fossa, in the loreal area between the eye and the nostril on either side of the head. These loreal pits are the external openings to a pair of extremely sensitive infrared detecting organs, which in effect give the snakes a sixth sense that helps them to find and perhaps even judge the size of the small warm-blooded prey on which they feed."

"Experiments have shown that, when deprived of their senses of sight and smell, these snakes can strike accurately at moving objects that are less than 0.2°C warmer than the background."

This is why if you kill a rattler you don't just reach down and pick it up.  They can still have some residual neurological activity that causes their brain to pick up your heat and still try to make the muscles strike.  Similar to how a chicken can still run around for awhile with it's head cut off.

[ew2x4]

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

[ChiComCat]

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

It has the largest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 3.8 metres (12 ft) and weighing up to 41 pounds (19 kg). It is the subject of small-scale fishery.

Scary, delicious, or both?

[TheHamburglar]

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