Unusual articles to keep you reading for Thanksgiving Weekend
Wikipedia: Unusual articles
Someone has taken the time to compile a massive list of the weird and wonderful articles on Wikipedia.
Such as what?
For starters, how about:
| Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup | An ice hockey trophy with a long history of abuse, superstition, and tests of buoyancy. |
| Snail racing | Ready, steady, slow! |
| Squirrel fishing | A sport of skill and patience. |
| Teddy bear toss | A Christmas tradition in minor league hockey. |
| Bovine bingo | A different way to play bingo. |
| Bummer and Lazarus | Two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco, California, in the early 1860s and were exempted from local ordinances. |
| Chicken hypnotism | Have you ever wanted to hypnotize a chicken? If not, why not? |
| Chicken sexer | A person who has been specially trained to determine the sex of chicken hatchlings. |
| Gef the talking mongoose | A poltergeist-like creature which claimed to have been an 80-year-old Indian mongoose, alleged to have haunted a Manx cottage during the 1930s. |
| Jackalope | A cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope. |
| Jersey Devil | A mythological creature said to inhabit the New Jersey Pine Barrens. |
| Emerald Cockroach Wasp | A wasp that can ride a cockroach and drive it, too. |
| Exploding head syndrome | Some people hear a massive explosion that wakes them up after being asleep for an hour or two. |
| Fatal hilarity | Is there really anything so funny you can die of laughter? |
| Female hysteria | A once-common diagnosis of a range of symptoms in women, cured through masturbation to orgasm. |
| Can't sleep, clown will eat me | A stock phrase that's become a popular joke-explanation for insomnia. |
| Cartoon physics | An explanation of the laws of physics as they have come to be (mis)represented in cartoons. |
| Cuteness in Japanese culture | It's not just Hello Kitty |
| Gimli Glider | Due to an input error, a Boeing 767 plane runs out of fuel mid-flight and becomes a glider. |
| Guided rat | Implanted electrodes let researchers "steer the animal over an obstacle course, making it twist, turn and even jump on demand." |
| David Hahn | A 17-year old known as the Radioactive Boy Scout, he irradiated his back yard attempting to build a nuclear breeder reactor from spare parts. |
Now these are just a few of these strange Wikipedia articles, but rest assured there are plenty more. Have a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving weekend everyone!
Thank you again for your great links, Kottke.
