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

if only to learn that she was a sniper in the haganah

s1ocki, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Mountains!

More mountains!

Sometimes mountains explode! How cool is that?!

kenan, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 17:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Interesting to read that the New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1956 gave Around the World in 80 Days 'best film', was this before it got an Oscar? If so can we blame the New York Film Critics Circle for one of the worst Oscar decisions ever?

Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Coconuts!

onimo, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 18:27 (seventeen years ago) link

New Chronology

NESARA

El and Nephilim

Homintern

Category:Conspiracy theories is a goldmine.

31g, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 19:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Criticism of Pokemon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Pok%C3%A9mon

Abbott, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Old movie stuff. (endlessly fascinating to me)

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

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

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

Pashmina, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

That's also why every article on wikipedia mentions Family Guy somewhere.

Haha OTM.

jaymc, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

argh, "list 5"
4:list of sunken nuclear submarines (a bit grim)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lost_nuclear_submarines

5:history of development of the "classic" rhomboid-shaped british tank of world war 1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_V_tank

Pashmina, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link

From the entry on airships. Says a lot about Wiki users:

This article is about the engineered aircraft. For the Final Fantasy Airship, go to Airship (Final Fantasy)

Hello Sunshine, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

bump

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 22 October 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link

keeping with the theme of british criminals, the shit this guy pulled is unbelievable

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

boobie, Thursday, 22 October 2020 21:50 (three years ago) link

Wow, that last one. "The fork was never found."

Sam Weller, Friday, 23 October 2020 10:08 (three years ago) link


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