Interesting Wikipedia articles

[Longy]

In times of slight boredom and insomnia, one of my favourite things to do is read Wikipedia about subjects that interest me.

Though might be a neat idea to have a thread of interesting articles from Wikipedia for General enlightenment / time wasting.

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

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

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

Don't know why they are all Australian related but hey just took the first few that sprang to mind.

[George2Loose]

Great thread. I love Wiki- my web browser is usually littered with tab after tab of useless info

[mondatoo]

Yeah, seems a good idea.

I assume I'm the only person that never knew about this, but found out about this through trawling wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-MAT_robbery

[Longy]

Yeah, seems a good idea.

I assume I'm the only person that never knew about this, but found out about this through trawling wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-MAT_robbery

I remember the Kenneth Noye road rage incident but had no idea of the links behind it.

Exactly the kind of stuff I love about wiki!

[redarmi]

Yeah, seems a good idea.

I assume I'm the only person that never knew about this, but found out about this through trawling wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-MAT_robbery

It is incredible the number of people that have got murdered either directly or indirectly because of this job. 

[Tal]

Thank you for starting this thread. One of my favourite train journey hobbies.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Holmes

[Cf]

I quite like this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

Cf: making the world more intelligent.

[MintTrav]

This is where I keep watch for the ninth drop. It's due any minute and, if you are logged in when it falls, you will be recorded as the first person ever to see it drop.

http://www.theninthwatch.com/feed/

[tikay]

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

[tikay]

Wiki has become more & more up to date, too.

This page gives the details about a dreadful aeroplane crash that many of you may not even heard about yet, because it only happened yesterday. And yet it is on Wiki already.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370

[pleno1]

Yeah, seems a good idea.

I assume I'm the only person that never knew about this, but found out about this through trawling wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-MAT_robbery

It is incredible the number of people that have got murdered either directly or indirectly because of this job. 

How do you mean? I thought the only death was the police officer who entered his premises?

[Marky147]

Yeah, seems a good idea.

I assume I'm the only person that never knew about this, but found out about this through trawling wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-MAT_robbery

It is incredible the number of people that have got murdered either directly or indirectly because of this job. 

How do you mean? I thought the only death was the police officer who entered his premises?

Noye killed Stephen Cameron in a road rage incident, which is why he is locked up now.

[tikay]

Yeah, seems a good idea.

I assume I'm the only person that never knew about this, but found out about this through trawling wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-MAT_robbery

It is incredible the number of people that have got murdered either directly or indirectly because of this job. 

How do you mean? I thought the only death was the police officer who entered his premises?

No, that was just the incident in Noye's garden, when he killed the Police Officer.

He was (I assume)  referring to the Brinks-Mat heist, various crime literature suggests that 5 or 6 of those involved subsequently met with untimely deaths.

[pleno1]

Yeah, seems a good idea.

I assume I'm the only person that never knew about this, but found out about this through trawling wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-MAT_robbery

It is incredible the number of people that have got murdered either directly or indirectly because of this job. 

How do you mean? I thought the only death was the police officer who entered his premises?

No, that was just the incident in Noye's garden, when he killed the Police Officer.

He was (I assume)  referring to the Brinks-Mat heist, various crime literature suggests that 5 or 6 of those involved subsequently met with untimely deaths.

Yeah the police officer was looking for gold and evidence in his garden. I'm really fascinated by crime and was just intrigued about who else was killed, how and why.

[tikay]

Yeah, seems a good idea.

I assume I'm the only person that never knew about this, but found out about this through trawling wiki :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-MAT_robbery

It is incredible the number of people that have got murdered either directly or indirectly because of this job. 

How do you mean? I thought the only death was the police officer who entered his premises?

No, that was just the incident in Noye's garden, when he killed the Police Officer.

He was (I assume)  referring to the Brinks-Mat heist, various crime literature suggests that 5 or 6 of those involved subsequently met with untimely deaths.

Yeah the police officer was looking for gold and evidence in his garden. I'm really fascinated by crime and was just intrigued about who else was killed, how and why.

Go to any good bookshop & visit the "True Crime" section, there is some great reading there.

I'm given to understand you can even buy books online these days, too.