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Wikipedia Game

#1

Dave

Dave

1) Go to www.en.wikipedia.com
2) Click random article
3) Paste the link here and tell a little about it.
3a) If you get a stub hit it again.

Mine:

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


EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME!!!

It's not what you think. Or at least not what I thought. Instead of your head literally exploding, people with this hear loud noises in their heads but it's not real. usually happens right before they fall asleep. Weird but harmless.


#2

Gusto

Gusto

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

Maria Dolgorukova was the first wife of Tsar Michael I of Russia, and died in 1625 of labour difficulties.

This biography of a Russian Noble is a stub. :eek:hwell:


#3

Hylian

Hylian

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

WTWV is a digital-only religious TV station in Memphis, Tennesse


#4

GasBandit

GasBandit

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

Meleager was a greek hero who started the famous Boar hunt related by Homer. He was also an Argonaut.


#5

@Li3n

@Li3n

Way to forget Atalanta and the fire wood piece...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiz%C3%A9

Chizé - A commune in Chesse Eating Surrender Monkey Land.


#6

GasBandit

GasBandit

Oh man, I know I had my go already, but I clicked random one more time, and I got....

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

And it was just too rich to get it randomly that I had to share.

So apparently, you can smoke it in a cigarette-like joint, a cigar-like blunt, just throw a big-ass pile of it in a fire and breathe the smoke, vaporize it, cook it and eat it, or drink it. But you need to heat it up to kill the fungus.


#7

Null

Null

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Axe:_The_Duel

Street Fighter meets Golden Axe and has a slightly retarded kid, basically.

I remember this, it was a attempt to cash in on the coin-op fighter craze, when SF Alpha and MK3 were the big arcade games. Not a terrible game, but not great either. It felt dated when it came out and wasn't deep enough to stand up against other games. And when Soul Edge came out? Blew this one away.


#8

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlson_Park,_Culver_City,_California

Suburban neighborhood named for a Dr. Carlson a medical missionary that was martyred in the Belgian Congo.


#9

@Li3n

@Li3n

GasBandit said:
Oh man, I know I had my go already, but I clicked random one more time, and I got....

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

just throw a big-ass pile of it in a fire and breathe the smoke,
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#10



Hyimi

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

A group of diseases in the bone marrow in which excess cells are produced. May evolve into myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia.


#11

figmentPez

figmentPez

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

He's the guy who founded LendingTree , you've probably seen the ads where banks are lined up to interview with people, instead of the other way around.


#12

Charlie Don't Surf

The Lovely Boehner

I liked my game I did when I tried to link two unrelated articles with only clicking, in as few links as possible. But I will play this game in the name of knowledge.

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

Wangcheng County, not to be confused with Wang Chung county, is the home of the capital of the Hunan province of China. It's located in central/southeastern China. It has a population of 705k.


#13

Calleja

Calleja

... I think the [Cool] tag on this thing is one hell of a misnomer.


#14

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bonefish_(SS-582)

The USS Bonefish (2nd submarine with that name) was commissioned in 1959, a diesel-electric submarine in a navy that was beginning to transition to nukes. She served a lengthy career doing Pacific floats, operating in Asiatic waters for the vast majority of her career.

She was felled after 30 years of operations after an electrical fire, which cost the lives of three of her crew. It was deemed too costly to repair and upgrade her, and she was scrapped in 1989.


#15



Andromache

Screenwriting guru

A screenwriting guru is a known, experienced and usually highly paid screenwriter, screenwriting teacher or book author who has written about the craft of screenwriting, and who is also well known and accepted as a professional throughout the film industry. The term \"guru\" is attached to their name because of their extensive knowledge of the form and structure of conventional screenplays, as well as to their ability to successfully teach this knowledge to novice \"would-be\" writers. Among the most well known are:

douchebag Douschane etc
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i suck at this game, and I fail at the sucking game, fml.


#16

bhamv3

bhamv3

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

Not what I thought it would be. :(


#17

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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

There are a number of parishes named Soutelo in Portugal. None of which have a Wikipedia entry.


#18

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

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

This movie sounds AWESOME! I must find it.


#19



LordRavage

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

They help create monsters that attack Japan, China and North America. Nuff Said.


#20

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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

Apparently this guy used to be an umpire for Major League Baseball. And he was a Marine.


#21

Hylian

Hylian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add-ons_for_Firefox

Apparently FF has add-ons!


#22

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Dave said:
1) Go to www.en.wikipedia.com
2) Click random article
3) Paste the link here and tell a little about it.
3a) If you get a stub hit it again.

Mine:

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


EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME!!!

It's not what you think. Or at least not what I thought. Instead of your head literally exploding, people with this hear loud noises in their heads but it's not real. usually happens right before they fall asleep. Weird but harmless.
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I actually have this. I didn't know it was a medical condition. Heh. I wake up with a start thinking someone has kicked in the door, and I have to get up and check to make sure the house is secure before I can fall back asleep.

And to stay on topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reig's_tuco-tuco

Reig's Tuco-tuco is a species of gerbil-looking rodent called the tuco-tuco. This particular Argentinian subspecies was discovered by Osvaldo Reig.


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