May I share Wikipedia’s List of Lists of Lists
How about a list of lakes on islands in lakes on islands in lakes?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy
Never seen Wikipedia this judgemental before
Can you blame them? Quack medical pseudoscience gets people killed.
I too think it is justified. Simply not used to this tone on Wikipedia. Which is why I find it funny.
All relevant scientific knowledge about physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology contradicts homeopathy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human reads like it was written by aliens studying us.
I also like things like:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_names_considered_unusual which for some reason doesn’t even list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis-du-Ha!_Ha!
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est!_Est!!_Est!!!_di_Montefiascone
A bit morbid, but there’s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths. Features stuff like:
Sergio Millán, 59, was alone in his apartment in Torreforta, Tarragona, Spain, when an explosion in a petrochemical plant 3 kilometres (2 mi) away launched a one-ton iron plate into the apartment above him, causing the ceiling to collapse, killing him.
or
Vladimir Likhonos, 25, a student of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute from Konotop, was killed when his chewing gum exploded. Likhonos had a habit of dipping his chewing gum in citric acid to increase the gum’s sour taste. On his work table police found about 100 grams (3.5 oz) of unidentified explosive powder which he used for chemistry studies at home. It resembled citric acid, and it is thought that he confused the two, having accidentally coated his gum in the explosive powder before chewing it. The explosive was found to be four times stronger than TNT, and the explosion was possibly triggered either by reacting with Likhonos’s saliva, or the pressure exerted by him chewing on the gum and explosive powder.
Their finances and how God damn much money they blow every year
Probably the most important part of that page is that Wikipedia asks people for donations when they already have enough money to exist perpetually. All the money people donate simply goes to executives’ salaries.
WMF’s salary costs have risen from $7 million in 2010/11 to $88 million in 2021/22. Yet, only 2% of the raised money goes towards hosting costs, and the remuneration for the hard-working contributors to Wikipedia remains the same: zero.
