# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/21 "2019-03-14T19:20:20Z")
[George Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington) [Freemasonry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry) [War of 1812](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/22 "2019-03-14T20:05:10Z")
> **[War of 1812](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812)** > >  United Kingdom > James Madison > Paul Hamilton\[b\] > Henry Dearborn > John Rodgers > Stephen Decatur > Jacob Brown > James Monroe > Winfield Scott > Andrew Jackson > William Henry Harrison > Wade Hampton I > William Hull > Robert Jenkinson > Philip Broke > George Prévost > Isaac Brock † > Robert Ross † > Edward Pakenham † > Edward Codrington > Cecil Bisshopp † > Peter Parker † > John Macdonell † > George Downie † > Charles de Salaberry > Gordon Drummond > Tecumseh † > Roundhead > Black... > **[United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)** > > The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands,\[g\] and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's th... > **[Mark Twain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain)** > > Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter of which has often been called the "Great American Nove Twain w... ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/23 "2019-03-14T21:23:36Z")
[Mark Twain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain) [Scroll and Key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_and_Key) [Alexandra Robbins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Robbins) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/24 "2019-03-14T21:32:47Z")
[Alexandra Robbins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Robbins) [John Kerry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry) [Nicaragua](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/25 "2019-03-14T21:49:10Z")
[Nicaragua](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua) [Nicaragua-related Articles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Nicaragua-related_articles) [Lists of country-related topics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_country-related_topics) (OK, that was a dirty bit 'o cheating :D) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/26 "2019-03-14T21:52:22Z")
It’s okay, because I was working on Nicaragua at the same time, and the index takes me to the same place. [Jewish Nicaraguan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_of_Nicaragua) [Jewish diaspora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_diaspora) [Tiglath-Pileser III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiglath-Pileser_III) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/27 "2019-03-14T22:00:24Z")
[Tiglath-Pileser\_III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiglath-Pileser_III) [Black Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea) [Zebra mussel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_mussel) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/28 "2019-03-14T22:04:05Z")
[Dreissena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreissena) [Quagga mussel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga_mussel) [Quagga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/29 "2019-03-15T00:12:12Z")
[Quagga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga) [African horse sickness](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_horse_sickness) [Mucous membrane](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucous_membrane) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/30 "2019-03-15T04:28:29Z")
> **[Mucous membrane](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucous_membrane)** > > A mucous membrane or mucosa is a membrane that lines various cavities in the body of an organism and covers the surface of internal organs. It consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells overlying a layer of loose connective tissue. It is mostly of endodermal origin and is continuous with the skin at body openings such as the eyes, eyelids, ears, inside the nose, inside the mouth, lips, the genital areas, the urethral opening and the anus. Some mucous membranes secrete mucus, a thick prote... > **[Rete pegs](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rete_pegs)** > > Rete pegs (also known as rete processes or rete ridges) are the epithelial extensions that project into the underlying connective tissue in both skin and mucous membranes. > In the epithelium of the mouth, the attached gingiva exhibit rete pegs, while the sulcular and junctional epithelia do not. Scar tissue lacks rete pegs and scars tend to shear off more easily than normal tissue as a result. > Also known as papillae, they are downward thickenings of the epidermis between the dermal papillae. > **[Scar](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar)** > > A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. With the exception of very minor lesions, every wound (e.g., after accident, disease, or surgery) results in some degree of scarring. An exception to this are animals with complete regeneration, which regrow tissue without ... ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/31 "2019-03-15T04:32:52Z")
[Scar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar) [Navel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navel) [Bikini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/32 "2019-03-15T05:08:07Z")
> **[Bikini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini)** > > A bikini is a women's two-piece swimsuit that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and the back generally covering the intergluteal cleft and a little, some, or all of the buttocks. The size of the top and bottom can vary, from bikinis that offer full coverage of the breasts, pelvis, and buttocks, to more revealing designs with a thong or G-string bottom that covers only the mons pubis... > **[Sun tanning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_tanning)** > > Sun tanning or tanning is the process whereby skin color is darkened or tanned. It is most often a result of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight or from artificial sources, such as a tanning lamp found in indoor tanning beds. People who deliberately tan their skin by exposure to the sun engage in a passive recreational activity of sun bathing. Some people use chemical products which can produce a tanning effect without exposure to ultraviolet radiation, known as sunless tannin... > **[Photoaging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoaging)** > > Photoaging or photoageing (also known as "dermatoheliosis") is a term used for the characteristic changes to skin induced by chronic UVA and UVB exposure.: 29  Tretinoin is the best studied retinoid in the treatment of photoaging. > The deterioration of biological functions and ability to manage metabolic stress is one of the major consequences of the aging process. Aging is a complex, progressive process that leads to functional and aesthetic changes in the skin. This process can result from both... ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/33 "2019-03-15T12:38:40Z")
[Photoaging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoaging) [Catalase](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalase) [James B. Sumner](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Sumner) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/34 "2019-03-15T14:39:16Z")
[James B. Sumner](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Sumner) [Tammy and the Bachelor](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_and_the_Bachelor) [Stan Freberg](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Freberg) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/35 "2019-03-15T15:38:49Z")
> **[Stan Freberg](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Freberg)** > > Stan Freberg (born Stanley Friberg; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American actor, author, comedian, musician, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director. > His best-known works include "St. George and the Dragonet", Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, his role on the television series Time for Beany, multiple characters in the Looney Tunes such as Pete Puma and Bertie, and a number of classic television commercials. > Freberg was born Stanley Friberg o... > **[Foxy by Proxy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxy_by_Proxy)** > > Foxy by Proxy is a 1952 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 23, 1952, and features Bugs Bunny and Willoughby the Dog, in the latter's last appearance. Mel Blanc voices Bugs Bunny, while an uncredited Stan Freberg voices Willoughby and one of the dogs that talks in the short. This cartoon is considered a remake to Of Fox and Hounds from 1940; in fact, the opening sequence was "borrowed" directly from the original. > A number of smaller hounds come ou... > **[Mel Blanc](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc)** > > Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank /blæŋk/; May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy Canova, and his own short-lived sitcom. > However, he became known worldwide for his work in the Golden Age of American Animation a... ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/36 "2019-03-15T15:40:24Z")
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**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:** [March 15, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/37 "2019-03-15T16:30:47Z")
[Pasadena, California](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California) [Arthur Godfrey](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey) [Lady and the Tramp](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_and_the_Tramp) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/38 "2019-03-15T16:54:38Z")
**kunilou** , you’re supposed to start with the last link of the previous post. > **[Lady and the Tramp](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_and_the_Tramp)** > > Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 American animated musical romance film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske, and features the voices of Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton, and Peggy Lee. The film was based on the 1945 Cosmopolitan magazine story "Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog" by Ward Greene, and tells the story of Lady th... > **[CinemaScope](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScope)** > > CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 to 1967, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter. Its creation in 1953 by Spyros P. Skouras, the president of 20th Century Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal 2.55:1, almost twice as wide as the previously common Academy format's 1.37:1 ratio. Although the technology behind the CinemaScop Fr... > **[Frank Sinatra](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra)** > > Francis Albert Sinatra (/sɪˈnɑːtrə/; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He is among the world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. > Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the intimate, easy-listening vocal style of Bing Crosby an... ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/39 "2019-03-15T17:53:44Z")
[Frank Sinatra](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra) [The Manchurian Candidate](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manchurian_Candidate_(1962_film)) [Brainwashing](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/40 "2019-03-15T20:43:09Z")
> **[Brainwashing](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing)** > > Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and forced re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques. Brainwashing is said to reduce its subjects' ability to think critically or independently, to allow the introduction of new, unwanted thoughts and ideas into their minds, as well as to change their attitudes, values and beliefs. > The term "brainwashing" was first u... > **[Moral and National Education controversy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_and_National_Education_controversy)** > > Moral and national education (MNE), initially known as Moral and civic education (MCE), was a school curriculum proposed by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong in 2012. > The subject was controversial for its stance on the Chinese Communist Party and criticism of the United States two-party system. > **[Democracy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy)** > > Democracy (From Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized: dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choose governing officials to do so ("representative democracy"). Who is considered part of "the people" and how authority is shared among or delegated by the people has changed over time and at different rates in different countries. Features of democracy often include... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=3)