Bouba/kiki effect ( en.wikipedia.org )
A nice well-rounded article, gets right to the point
Cornfield Bomber ( en.wikipedia.org )
Operation Wandering Soul ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that the plumber wrench and the adjustable wrench were both invented by the same person, a Swede from a family of tenant farmers. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dp16af/til_that_the_plumber_wrench_and_the_adjustable/...
Lavender Scare ( en.wikipedia.org )
Predator trap ( en.wikipedia.org )
Balloon glow ( en.wikipedia.org )
Cold and heat adaptations in humans ( en.wikipedia.org )
Salad Fingers ( en.wikipedia.org )
Citizendium (Wikipedia alternative/competitor) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Mariko Aoki phenomenon (the sudden urge to defecate after entering a bookstore) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Tabanidae (family including deer flies, horse flies and other vicious beasts) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Damnatio memoriae ( en.wikipedia.org )
Götz von Berlichingen (AKA Götz of the Iron Hand, the Medieval Mercenary Knight with an astonishingly sophisticated iron prosthetic hand) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen (pronounced [ˈgɔtfʁiːd fɔn ˈbɛʁlɪçɪŋən], [ˈgœts]; 15 November 1480 – 23 July 1562), also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German (Franconian) Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), mercenary and poet. He was born around 1480 into the noble family of Berlichingen in modern-day...
LaserDisc ( en.wikipedia.org )
Relics of Mary Magdalene ( en.wikipedia.org )
Sleep and His Half-Brother Death ( en.wikipedia.org )
1997 Pearl High School shooting ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star System ( en.wikipedia.org )
(it's not a solar system because Sol is our star, specifically; we're the only Solar system)...
TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it ( en.wikipedia.org )
Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to...
Country Captain (dish) ( en.wikipedia.org )
I made this tonight, and it was delicious. Mod endorsed.
Wikipedia: 97% of all articles lead to Philosophy ( en.wikipedia.org )
Following the first link in the main text of an English Wikipedia article, and then repeating the process for subsequent articles, usually leads to the Philosophy article.