# A stroll through Wikipedia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 7, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660 "2019-03-07T00:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/241 "2019-05-14T14:57:53Z")
[Pun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun) [Weevil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weevil) [Sexual dimorphism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/242 "2019-05-14T22:13:15Z")
[Sexual dimorphism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism) [Sexual cannibalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_cannibalism) [Sexual conflict](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_conflict) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/243 "2019-05-15T01:47:17Z")
[Sexual conflict](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_conflict#Spiky_genitals) [Penile spines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile_spines) [wombats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/244 "2019-05-15T05:14:17Z")
[wombats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat) [Dingo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo) [Death of Azaria Chamberlain](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/245 "2019-05-15T19:13:02Z")
[Death of Azaria Chamberlain](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain) [National Museum of Australia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Australia) [Holey Dollar](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holey_dollar) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/246 "2019-05-16T01:46:34Z")
[Holey Dollar](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holey_dollar) [HMS Samarang](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_corvette_Scipio_(1784)) [Treaty of Amiens](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Amiens) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/247 "2019-05-16T10:23:03Z")
[Treaty of Amiens](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Amiens) [Order of St. John](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller) [Tribute of the Maltese Falcon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_of_the_Maltese_Falcon) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/248 "2019-05-16T13:37:12Z")
[Tribute of the Maltese Falcon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_of_the_Maltese_Falcon) [Fief](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fief) [Seigniorage](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/249 "2019-06-05T19:00:34Z")
> **[Seigniorage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage)** > > Seigniorage /ˈseɪnjərɪdʒ/, also spelled seignorage or seigneurage (from the Old French seigneuriage, "right of the lord (seigneur) to mint money"), is the difference between the value of money and the cost to produce and distribute it. The term can be applied in two ways: > "Monetary seigniorage" is where sovereign-issued securities are exchanged for newly printed banknotes by a central bank, allowing the sovereign to "borrow" without needing to repay. Monetary seigniorage is sovereign revenue obt... > **[Coin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin)** > > A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a government. Coins often have images, numerals, or text on them. Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and medals. In this usage, obverse means the front face of the object and reverse means the back face. The obverse of a c... > **[Electrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrum)** > > Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. Its color ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver. It has been produced artificially, and is also known as "green gold". > Electrum was used as early as the third millennium BC in Old Kingdom of Egypt, sometimes as an exterior coating to the pyramidions atop ancient Egyptian pyramids and obelisks. It was also used in the making of ancient drinking ve... ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/250 "2019-06-05T23:12:53Z")
[Electrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrum) [Old Kingdom of Egypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt) [Imhotep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/251 "2019-06-06T16:50:52Z")
[Imhotep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imhotep) [Banebdjedet](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banebdjedet) [Book of the Heavenly Cow](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Heavenly_Cow) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/252 "2019-07-04T00:26:12Z")
[Book of the Heavenly Cow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Heavenly_Cow) [Middle Kingdom of Egypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt) [Nomarch](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomarch) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/253 "2019-07-04T04:26:13Z")
[Nomarch](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomarch) [History of modern Greece](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_modern_Greece) [Sack of Constantinople](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople_(1204)) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/254 "2019-07-04T12:26:43Z")
[Sack of Constantinople](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople_(1204)) [Massacre of the Latins](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Latins) [Manuel I Komnenos](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/255 "2019-07-04T17:57:42Z")
[Manuel I Komnenos](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos) [Bethlehem](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem) [Galilee earthquake of 1837](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilee_earthquake_of_1837) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/256 "2019-10-21T06:46:44Z")
> **[Galilee earthquake of 1837](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilee_earthquake_of_1837)** > > The Galilee earthquake of 1837, often called the Safed earthquake, shook the Galilee on January 1 and is one of a number of moderate to large events that have occurred along the Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system that marks the boundary of two tectonic plates; the African Plate on the west and the Arabian Plate on the east. Intensity assessments for the event were VIII (Damaging) on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale and VIII (Heavily damaging) on the European Macroseismic Scale. > A 1977 asse... > **[Tyre, Lebanon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon)** > > Tyre (/ˈtaɪər/; Arabic: صُور, romanized: Sûr; Phoenician: 𐤑𐤓, romanized: Ṣūr, Greek: Τύρος, translit. Týros) is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a tiny population. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and Phoenix, as well as Carthage's founder Dido (Elissa). The city has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome, an > **[Tyrian purple](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple)** > > Tyrian purple (Ancient Greek: πορφύρα porphúra; Latin: purpura), also known as Phoenician red, Phoenician purple, royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye. The name Tyrian refers to Tyre, Lebanon. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae, rock snails originally known by the name 'Murex'. In ancient times, extracting this dye involved tens of thousands of snails and substantial labor, and as a result, the dye was high... ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/257 "2019-10-25T01:16:01Z")
[Tyrian purple](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple) [_Hercules’s Dog Discovers Purple Dye_](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules%27_Dog_Discovers_Purple_Dye) [Lernaean Hydra](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/258 "2019-10-25T03:47:08Z")
> **[Lernaean Hydra](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra)** > > The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Greek: Λερναῖα Ὕδρα, Lernaîa Hýdra), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes. Lerna was reputed to be an entrance to the Underworld, and archaeology has established it as a sacred site older than Mycenaean Argos. In the canonical Hydra myth, the monster is killed by Heracles (Hercules) as the second of Ac... > **[Sebald Beham](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebald_Beham)** > > Sebald Beham (1500–1550) was a German painter and printmaker, mainly known for his very small engravings. Born in Nuremberg, he spent the later part of his career in Frankfurt. He was one of the most important of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making prints in the generation after Dürer. > His name is often given as Hans Sebald Beham, although there is no documentary evidence that he ever used this additional forename. > He produced approximately 252 engravings, 18 etchings and... > **[Potiphar](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potiphar)** > > Potiphar (/ˈpɒtɪfər/ POT-if-ər; Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}פּוֹטִיפַר/פּוֹטִיפָר‎, Modern: Pōṭīfar, Tiberian: ... ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/259 "2019-10-26T02:16:02Z")
> **[Potiphar](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potiphar)** > > Potiphar (/ˈpɒtɪfər/ POT-if-ər; Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}פּוֹטִיפַר/פּוֹטִיפָר‎, Modern: Pōṭīfar, Tiberian: ... > **[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Esteban_Murillo)** > > Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (/mjʊəˈrɪloʊ, m(j)ʊˈriːoʊ/ mure-IL-oh, m(y)uu-REE-oh, Spanish: \[baɾtoloˈme esˈteβam muˈɾiʎo\]; late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618 – April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary women and children. These lively realistic portraits of flower girls, street urchins, and beggars constitute an extensive and appealing record of the everyday life ... > **[Doodle](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodle)** > > A doodle is a drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines or shapes, generally without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is usually called a scribble. > Doodling and scribbling are most often associated with young children and toddlers, because their lack of hand–eye coordination and lower mental development often make it... ---
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[Doodle](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodle) [Samuel Beckett](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett) [Detective novel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_novel) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=14)