14 Extremely Interesting Wikipedia Pages That’ll Send You Down A Rabbit Hole
Ever come across a really interesting Wikipedia page that sends you down a rabbit hole for hours? Maybe even late at night when you should be sleeping instead... No? Just me?! Well, here are a bunch of good ones, courtesy of the folks at Reddit, that cover everything from the strange, funny, to truly fascinating. Happy scrolling!
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1.Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination - a phenomenon in which people who don't have much control over their daytime life refuse to sleep early in order to regain some sense of freedom during late night hours. from wikipedia
2.Operation Northwoods
The US government had a plan to fake multiple attacks on American civilians by Cuba, which would have killed thousands, to give themselves an excuse to invade. The final stage of approval was President John F. Kennedy, who rejected it. from wikipedia
3.Maplewashing
Maplewashing refers to a tendency by Canadian governments, institutions, and media to perpetuate the notion that Canada is morally superior to other countries, thus sanitizing and concealing negative historical and contemporary actions. from wikipedia
4.Kantō Massacre
Immediately following the Great Kantō earthquake in Japan, Korean laborers provided emergency food relief to the neighborhood. Police were unsettled by this well-organized relief and deemed it to be socialist. The next day they began encouraging the killing of Koreans leading to over 6,000 deaths from wikipedia
5.Yu-Mex
Yu-Mex was a style of popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which incorporated the elements of traditional Mexican music. Because most films shown in Yugoslavia in the 50s–60s were Mexican, everything Mexican became very popular and musicians started performing Mexican music. from wikipedia
6.The Whole Shabang
The Whole Shabang is a brand of potato chips made by the Keefe Group, a company that specializes in serving the prison population. Initially, the chips were only sold in commissary stores. However, demand from ex-inmates prompted Keefe Group to begin selling the chips to the general public in 2016. from wikipedia
7.Yips
In sports, the yips (in gymnastics, the twisties) are a sudden and unexplained loss of skills in experienced athletes. Symptoms include losing fine motor skills and psychological issues that impact on muscle memory and decision-making. from wikipedia
8.Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal
The Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal. Representatives of the store received a large number of clay bullae and tablets originating in the ancient Near East. The artifacts were intended for the Museum of the Bible, funded by the Evangelical family that owned the Oklahoma chain. from wikipedia
9.Anti-Barney humor
Anti-Barney humor is a form of humor that targets children's TV show character Barney the Dinosaur. He is often a target for parody and negative attacks by children and adults alike. Only Caillou triggers a level of revulsion in audiences comparable to that seen toward Barney. from wikipedia
10.Kane Tanaka
Kane Tanaka, the oldest person currently alive, was born before the Wright brothers flew. As of today (April 19th), she is the only human ever to exist during the first powered flights on both Earth and Mars. from wikipedia
11.Mary Anning
the tongue twister she sells seashells by the sea shore is a reference to an early 19th-century marine palaeontologist who couldn't publish her findings due to being neither male nor Anglican, so she supported herself by vending fossils on the beach. from wikipedia
12.Telephone phobia
70% of millennial British office workers experience anxious thoughts when the phone rings from wikipedia
13.Japanese adult adoption
Japanese adult adoption was developed as a mechanism for families to extend their family name, estate and ancestry without an unwieldy reliance on blood lines. Still common today, adult adoption is a dynamic tool for social and economic mobility. from wikipedia
