And NOW: “Roland the Furzer” … and other gems from the primeval depths of Wikipedia

Welcome to the primordial depths of Wikipedia!
Confused?
Well, what is meant is: a collection of the lesser known but sometimes most entertaining entries in the online encyclopedia.

In the Instagram feed Depth from Wikipedia namely, such encyclopedia entries are lovingly collected and thus made accessible to a wider audience.

Examples? Please:

Let’s jump right in with this post right here – perfectly fitting for the current Pride Month:

Does anyone love the most expensive chicken nugget in history to remind? In June 2021? The part fetched $99,970 on Ebay.

And yes, there was actually a thing about a “child sex trafficking conspiracy theory”.

Here’s something fun:

Also fun (and, as Monty Python used to say, “something completely different”):

Joe:

Less beautiful, but exciting:

Yes, there is a list of all documented cases of self-driving trains – and the reasons for the respective failures.

You’ve probably wondered what the speed record for gazebos is. Certainly. Wikipedia knows:

A case of foresight?

In the history of British radio BBC there have always been songs that were not played for various reasons. Among other things:

Banned from the official broadcaster, … aaaabut not on YouTube:

First names, student organizations, bands – all had to change their names because of these ISIS bastards:

“Long stringy singy thingy” – you just have to love the Australians.

Wow Karaoke is murder.

Okay, you know the endless typing monkey theorem, right?

It says that a group of monkeys who randomly tap a typewriter indefinitely will eventually write the works of William Shakespeare.
But did you know that there were actually experiments with real monkeys? Please:

Here is the result of the experiment:

And here are the authors:

…this is Annie Rauwerda, operator of Depth from Wikipedia:

The student from Ann Arbor in the state of Michigan has now turned her hobby into an entertaining live show and is going on tour with it.

Knowledge is fun!

Back to the examples:

Easter Bunny? Old hat!

The? That’s Frank Haye, the only jockey to date to win a race…

…even though he was dead.

Hayes suffered a heart attack during the race, but was still in the saddle when his horse crossed the finish line first.

Oh oh. Good to know.

“Breastaurants”? Yeah, yeah, you already know that. Hooters and stuff. Oh, they were under criticism?

The pope… what religion does he belong to? No, wait, I know, believe…

No news today. No nothing happens.

Proof #387 that David Attenborough is an absolute legend: he is the only person to have won awards in all TV resolutions from black and white tube TV to today.

Conflicts can start small. Like a pig.

The Pig Conflict was an 1859 territorial dispute between the United States and Great Britain over a border between Washington Territory and the colony of Vancouver Island. It was triggered when a domestic pig was shot during a conflict between two farmers.

And here is one of the most tragic deaths in Greek mythology:

Roland the Farter, court jester in the court of King Henry II of England, was obliged to celebrate every Christmas «saltum and siffletum and unum bumbulum» (“a jump, a whistle and a fart”).

Not the worst job in medieval Europe, if you think about it.

And finally, a few wiki entries to carefully click on:

Have fun browsing Wikipedia!

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