Wikipedia - Mbin

Pizza Principle ( en.wikipedia.org )

Syzygy (astronomy) ( en.wikipedia.org )

Acqua alta ( en.wikipedia.org )

"an exceptional tide peak that occurs periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The term is applied to such tides in the Italian region of Veneto. The peaks reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon, where they cause partial flooding of Venice and Chioggia"

Ol Doinyo Lengai ( en.wikipedia.org )

...the lavas of Ol Doinyo Lengai have temperatures of 540–593 °C (1,004–1,099 °F); they are so cold that during the day they look like mudflows or oil and glow only during the night.

Bouba/kiki effect ( en.wikipedia.org )

A nice well-rounded article, gets right to the point

Cornfield Bomber ( en.wikipedia.org )

Stamp Stampede ( en.wikipedia.org )

Lavender Scare ( en.wikipedia.org )

Precariat ( en.wikipedia.org )

Predator trap ( 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 )

Cold and heat adaptations in humans ( en.wikipedia.org )

Tabanidae (family including deer flies, horse flies and other vicious beasts) ( en.wikipedia.org )

Balloon glow ( 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...