Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Chap at work read it on er, Reddit. I don't go on that site as I waste enough time on t'net, but all you need to do is change your home page to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random Then every time you open your browser, you are enlightened with a new factoid. Most of them are utter bollocks (US villages you've never heard of, a song by a band who sound shite etc, motorway junctions etc). Got a bit excited at work this morning, when the URL promised a women's volleyball team. Sadly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Nazarene_Crimson_Storm_women%27s_volleyball ... pics and excitement were equally lacking. But this evening's sounded quite interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pundo Anyone fancy a game of Pundo or this pointless game? Edit: What I mean is don't post the shite but the occasional nugget that appears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I genuinely don't understand more than half the words on this page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgerbohlinia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 It's brilliant when you see the total amount of Wikipedia articles rising and rising and think "wow, the amount of knowledge that's being shared here is amazing," then find things like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Independencia_de_Bolivia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Chap at work read it on er, Reddit. I don't go on that site as I waste enough time on t'net, but all you need to do is change your home page to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random Then every time you open your browser, you are enlightened with a new factoid. Most of them are utter bollocks (US villages you've never heard of, a song by a band who sound shite etc, motorway junctions etc). Got a bit excited at work this morning, when the URL promised a women's volleyball team. Sadly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Nazarene_Crimson_Storm_women%27s_volleyball ... pics and excitement were equally lacking. But this evening's sounded quite interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pundo Anyone fancy a game of Pundo or this pointless game? Not for me but I am wondering why is there no Wiki page for P&B? Considering the amount of times a P&Ber has adjusted the infamous Wiki pages it's surprising that there isn't a dedicated Wiki page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Anyone else play Wiki Races games. Waste hours in uni doing it sometimes with up to 15 players. In case your wondering rules: Each player has his own computer. At the start an agreed destination page is agreed on. Stuff like Jocky Scott or Dobbies Garden Centre are good choices. Each player clicks random page at the same time. The winner is the player who reaches the destination page first by only clicking on linked articles. Back button isn't allowed (history will be checked afterwards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullywee Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I once clicked random and got the page of the first person killed in the first world war then clicked again and got the last Australian killed in the 2nd world war. What a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Every time I type wiki into my browser the first option is this page, which I looked at about three years ago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Insurrectionary_Army_of_Ukraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I was taken to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medellín There is a disappointing lack of pictures of Colombian women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 I was taken to this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apology_(TV_film) Anybody seen it? No. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thanks anyway. You set 'em up, I'll knock 'em down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growl3th Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leobardo_Candiani Very interesting.NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 This is the best Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consomm%C3%A9 This just in. Egg whites remove fats and sediment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Anyone else play Wiki Races games. Waste hours in uni doing it sometimes with up to 15 players. In case your wondering rules: Each player has his own computer. At the start an agreed destination page is agreed on. Stuff like Jocky Scott or Dobbies Garden Centre are good choices. Each player clicks random page at the same time. The winner is the player who reaches the destination page first by only clicking on linked articles. Back button isn't allowed (history will be checked afterwards). I think the game I played before was hit random then get to somewhere in a certain number of clicks. Or see who can do it in the fewest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Litovany is a village and municipality (obec) in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of 6.65 square kilometres (2.57 sq mi), and has a population of 136 (as at 3 July 2006). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnvHGaHl04o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booj Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 We used to play the 6 degrees of Kevin bacon in uni to see howany links we could get between a actor/actress and Kevin bacon http://oracleofbacon.org/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 I was hoping for a bit of innuendo, and then Wikipedia gave me one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innuendo_(song) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MangoBroccoli Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 We used to play the 6 degrees of Kevin bacon in uni to see howany links we could get between a actor/actress and Kevin bacon http://oracleofbacon.org/index.php We studied the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon for Network Theory in my Honours year of maths. Incidentally, yer man Kev isn't the most connected man in Hollywood. IIRC it's Robert De Niro, with every actor an average of 2.06 steps of connectivity away from the hound Vito Corleone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Well after over a year of reading about proteins, NFL players from the 70s and Iranian villages, I finally got a random page worth reading. Ladies and Gentlemen. I present to you... the Death Erection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliced Bread Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 There was a game years ago on a music forum I post on where you press Random Article twice to get your band name and album title, then another 12 times to get the names of the songs on your album. It was simpler times back in 2007. I actually used that method when searching for a title for an upcoming EP my real-life band were releasing, which was subsequently titled "Some Thoughts Concerning Education" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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