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interesting people

ashrita furman
  holds the guinness world record for the most guinness world records

robert shields (diarist)
  a man who devoted his life to writing his daily acitivies in a journal every five minutes. it contains 35.7 million words.

megumi igarashi
  japanese sculptor and manga artist who creates works that feature female genitalia and are often modeled after her own vulva

GG allin
  one of the most insane live musicians. he would poop on stage and threaten to kill himself.

art and design

novelty architecture
  buildings that were given strange shapes

tillamook cheddar (dog)
  a jack russell terrier dog who acquired a reputation as an artist

macquarium
  acquariums made inside mac desktop computers

pantone 488 C
  ugliest colour in the world. used on cigarette packets

seedfeeder
  wikipedia artist attributed to creating many pornographic illustrations for articles

list of controversial album art
  ranging from nudity, religious reasons, violence, and copyright.

grammer

eggcorn
  "the alteration of a word or phrase through the mishearing or reinterpretation of one or more of its elements, creating a new phrase which is plausible when used in the same context."

the chaos
  a poem that points out the irregularities of the english language.

backronym
  acronyms that were created after the creation of the word. includes some false acronym etymologies.

fumblerules
  a rule of language which is written humorously in a way which breaks said rule.

RAS syndrome
  redundant acronym syndrome. humorously, the title is a "fumblerule" (see above).

featured articles

list of generic and genericized trademarks
  i was shocked by how many things were originally brand names. i also love the part about trademarked names that are commonly used as generic words by consumers.

athletics at the 1904 summer olympics – men's marathon
  an absolute CLASSIC of an article. so many silly things happened it doesn't even feel real.

mariko aoki phenomemon
  the compulsion to defecate upon entering a bookstore.

boji (dog)
  "we noticed a dog using our metros and trains and he knows where to go. he knows where to get out... it's like he has a purpose."

the game (mind game)
  you lost the game! sorry.

john dillermand
  danish children's show about a man with an extremely long penis

historical events

complaint tablet to Ea-nasir
  histories first ever customer complaint.

Erfurt latrine disaster
  a royal gathering was held on the second floor of a building, but the weight of the guests combined could not be held by the rotting wood beams. they fell through the floor into poop!!!

Dublin whiskey fire
  a fire residing in a whiskey storehouse resulted in the death of 13 people, none from burning or smoke inhalation. they all died of alcohol poisoning.

china national highway 110 traffic jam
  longest traffic jam recorded in history, spanning over the course of 12 days.

dagen H
  the day on which sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right

the weird and the strange

cello scrotum
  short and silly. it's in the name!!!!

azalea the chimpanzee
  chimp at north korean zoo that smokes cigarettes.

F.D.C. Willard
  first cat to co-author and author science papers.

urine deflector
  an interesting type of hostile architecture.

the annual global orgasm for peace
  it's on the tin.

diving horse
  an attraction popular in the 1880s in which a horse would dive into water from high elevations.

templeOS
  a biblical themed operating system designed according to "explicit instructions from god"

other wikis

fungal.page
  really cool art project that evolves and corrupts the "Hypha" fungus wikipedia article

uncyclopedia
  "encyclopedia full of misinformation and utter lies (a.k.a. bullshit)."

tvtropes.org
  archive of storytelling tropes
see more!

geography shrine
  includes cool locations and their wiki articles!

meta-articles

wiki rabbit hole
  going on a quick walk

wikiracing
  great way to pass the time

wikipedia philosophy phenomenon
  try it for yourself!

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