# 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:** 22
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> **[Battersea Power Station](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II\* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers. The architects were J. Theo Halliday and Giles Gilbert Scott. The station is one of the world's largest brick ... > **[Monty Python](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British\[a\] comedy troupe formed in 1969 and consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. The group came to prominence for creating and performing the sketch comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974). Their work then evolved from the series into a larger and more influential collection that included live shows, films,... > **[Stream of consciousness](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_of_consciousness)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode or method that attempts "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind" of a narrator. The term was coined by Daniel Oliver in 1840 in First Lines of Physiology: Designed for the Use of Students of Medicine, when he wrote, > If we separate from this mingled and moving stream of consciousness, our sensations and volitions, which are constantly givin... ---
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> **[Stream of consciousness](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_of_consciousness)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode or method that attempts "to depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind" of a narrator. The term was coined by Daniel Oliver in 1840 in First Lines of Physiology: Designed for the Use of Students of Medicine, when he wrote, > If we separate from this mingled and moving stream of consciousness, our sensations and volitions, which are constantly givin... > **[The Tell-Tale Heart](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tell-Tale_Heart)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it. The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, attempting the perfect crime, comple... > **[In medias res](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_medias_res)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A narrative work beginning in medias res (Classical Latin: \[ɪn ˈmɛdɪ.aːs ˈreːs\], lit. "into the middle of things") opens in the midst of the plot (cf. ab ovo, ab initio). Often, exposition is bypassed and filled in gradually, through dialogue, flashbacks or description of past events. For example, Hamlet begins after the death of Hamlet's father. Characters make reference to King Hamlet's death without the plot's first establishment of said fact. ... ---
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> **[In medias res](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_medias_res)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A narrative work beginning in medias res (Classical Latin: \[ɪn ˈmɛdɪ.aːs ˈreːs\], lit. "into the middle of things") opens in the midst of the plot (cf. ab ovo, ab initio). Often, exposition is bypassed and filled in gradually, through dialogue, flashbacks or description of past events. For example, Hamlet begins after the death of Hamlet's father. Characters make reference to King Hamlet's death without the plot's first establishment of said fact. ... > **[Odyssey](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia, Attic Greek: \[o.dýs.seː.a\]) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the Trojan War. After the war, which lasted ten years, his jo... > **[Alfred, Lord Tennyson](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in ... ---
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> **[Alfred, Lord Tennyson](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in ... > **[Chancellor's Gold Medal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor%27s_Gold_Medal)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Chancellor's Gold Medal is a prestigious annual award at Cambridge University for poetry, paralleling Oxford University's Newdigate Prize. It was first presented by Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh during his time as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. In the mid 19th century, the topic for each year was sent out at the end of Michaelmas Term, with a requirement that entries were submitted by 31 March of the f... > **[Edward Bulwer-Lytton](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, choosing Richard Clement Moody as founder of British Columbia. He declined the Crown of Greece in 1862 after King Otto abdicated. He was created B... ---
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> **[Edward Bulwer-Lytton](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, choosing Richard Clement Moody as founder of British Columbia. He declined the Crown of Greece in 1862 after King Otto abdicated. He was created B... > **[It was a dark and stormy night](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_a_dark_and_stormy_night)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > "It was a dark and stormy night" is an often-mocked and parodied phrase considered to represent "the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style of fiction writing", also known as purple prose. > The status of the sentence as an archetype for bad writing comes from the first phrase of the opening sentence (incipit) of English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford: > It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—... > **[Snoopy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Snoopy is an anthropomorphic beagle in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the Peanuts films and television specials. Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in some countries. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. > Snoopy ... ---
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> **[Snoopy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Snoopy is an anthropomorphic beagle in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the Peanuts films and television specials. Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in some countries. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. > Snoopy ... > **[Pantomime](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantomime)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Pantomime (/ˈpæntəˌmaɪm/; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking countries, especially during the Christmas and New Year season. Modern pantomime includes songs, gags, slapstick comedy and dancing. It employs gender-crossing actors and combines topical hu... > **[Guy Fawkes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Guy Fawkes (/fɔːks/; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606),\[a\] also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. ---
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> **[Guy Fawkes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Guy Fawkes (/fɔːks/; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606),\[a\] also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. > **[You](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > In Modern English, you is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most\[citation needed\] modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers. > You comes from the Proto-Germanic demonstrative base \*juz-, \*iwwiz from PIE \*yu- (second person plural pronoun). Old English had singular, dual, and plural second-person pronouns. The dual form was lost by the twelfth century,: 117  an... > **[The Bahamas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The Bahamas (/bəˈhɑːməz/ (listen)), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and northwest of the island of Hispani... ---
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> **[The Bahamas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The Bahamas (/bəˈhɑːməz/ (listen)), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and northwest of the island of Hispani... > **[Flamingo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Flamingos or flamingoes\[a\] /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊz/ are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean), and two species native to Afro-Eurasia. > A group of flamingoes is called a "flamboyance." > **[Omen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omen)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient times, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages from the gods. > These omens include natural phenomena, for example an eclipse, abnormal births of animals (especially humans) and behaviour of the sacrificial lamb on its way to the slaughter. Specialists, known as di... ---
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> **[Omen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omen)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient times, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages from the gods. > These omens include natural phenomena, for example an eclipse, abnormal births of animals (especially humans) and behaviour of the sacrificial lamb on its way to the slaughter. Specialists, known as di... > **[Halley's Comet](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Halley's Comet, Comet Halley, or sometimes simply Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–79 years. Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and thus the only naked-eye comet that can appear twice in a human lifetime. It last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061. > Halley's periodic r... > **[British Museum](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}51°31′10″N 0°7′37″W / 51.51944°N 0.12694°W / 51.51944; -0.12694 > The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury ar... ---
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> **[British Museum](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}51°31′10″N 0°7′37″W / 51.51944°N 0.12694°W / 51.51944; -0.12694 > The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury ar... > **[Elgin Marbles](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Marbles)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Elgin Marbles (/ˈɛlɡɪn/) are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum. The majority of the sculptures were created in the 5th century BCE under the direction of sculptor and architect Phidias. > The term Parthenon Marbles or Parthenon Sculptures (Greek: Γλ... > **[Lord Byron](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular. > Byron was educated a... ---
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> **[Lord Byron](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular. > Byron was educated a... > **[Analytical Engine](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It was first described in 1837 as the successor to Babbage's difference engine, which was a design for a simpler mechanical calculator. > The Analytical Engine incorporated an arithmetic logic unit, control flow in the form of conditional branching and loops, and integrated memory, making it the first des... > **[ENIAC](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > ENIAC (/ˈɛniæk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. There were other computers that had these features, but the ENIAC had all of them in one package. It was Turing-complete and able to solve "a large class of numerical problems" through reprogramming. > Although ENIAC was designed and primarily used to calculate artillery firing tables for the Un... ---
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> **[ENIAC](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > ENIAC (/ˈɛniæk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. There were other computers that had these features, but the ENIAC had all of them in one package. It was Turing-complete and able to solve "a large class of numerical problems" through reprogramming. > Although ENIAC was designed and primarily used to calculate artillery firing tables for the Un... > **[Monte Carlo method](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Monte Carlo methods, or Monte Carlo experiments, are a broad class of computational algorithms that rely on repeated random sampling to obtain numerical results. The underlying concept is to use randomness to solve problems that might be deterministic in principle. They are often used in physical and mathematical problems and are most useful when it is difficult or impossible to use other approaches. Monte Carlo methods are mainly used in three prob... > **[Travelling salesman problem](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_salesman_problem)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The travelling salesman problem (also called the travelling salesperson problem or TSP) asks the following question: "Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each city exactly once and returns to the origin city?" It is an NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization, important in theoretical computer science and operations research. > The travelling purchaser problem ... ---
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> **[Travelling salesman problem](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The travelling salesman problem (also called the travelling salesperson problem or TSP) asks the following question: "Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each city exactly once and returns to the origin city?" It is an NP-hard problem in combinatorial optimization, important in theoretical computer science and operations research. > The travelling purchaser problem ... > **[Artificial intelligence](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by non-human animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech recognition, computer vision, translation between (natural) languages, as well as other mappings of inputs. > AI applications include advanced web search engines (e.g., Google Search), recommendation syste... > **[2001: A Space Odyssey](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel written by Arthur C. Clarke and the 1968 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is a part of Clarke's Space Odyssey series, the first of four novels and two films. Both the novel and the film are partially based on Clarke's 1948 short story "The Sentinel", an entry in a BBC short story competition, and "Encounter in the Dawn", published in 1953 in the magazine Amazing Stories. > After deciding on ... ---
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> **[2001: A Space Odyssey](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel written by Arthur C. Clarke and the 1968 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is a part of Clarke's Space Odyssey series, the first of four novels and two films. Both the novel and the film are partially based on Clarke's 1948 short story "The Sentinel", an entry in a BBC short story competition, and "Encounter in the Dawn", published in 1953 in the magazine Amazing Stories. > After deciding on ... > **[HAL 9000](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > HAL 9000 is a fictional artificial intelligence character and the main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series. First appearing in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a sentient artificial general intelligence computer that controls the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft and interacts with the ship's astronaut crew. While part of HAL's hardware is shown toward the end of t... > **[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Heroes_%26_Villains)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The presentation program was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Special. > The jurors were limited to feature-... ---
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> **[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years...100_Heroes_&_Villains)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The presentation program was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Special. > The jurors were limited to feature-... > **[Gordon Gekko](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Gekko)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Gordon Gekko is a composite character in the 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, both directed by Oliver Stone. Gekko was portrayed by actor Michael Douglas, whose performance in the first film won him an Oscar for Best Actor. > Co-written by Stone and screenwriter Stanley Weiser, Gekko is said to be based loosely on several actual financiers, including Stone's own father Louis Stone and corporate raider Ash... > **[Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtodactylus_gordongekkoi)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Lombok in Indonesia. > The specific name, gordongekkoi, jokingly refers to Gordon Gekko, a character in the film Wall Street. ---
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> **[Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtodactylus_gordongekkoi)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Cyrtodactylus gordongekkoi is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Lombok in Indonesia. > The specific name, gordongekkoi, jokingly refers to Gordon Gekko, a character in the film Wall Street. > **[Oviparity](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviparity)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and monotremes. > In traditional usage, most insects (one being Culex pipiens, or the common house mosquito), molluscs, and arachnids are also described as oviparous. > The traditional modes of reproduction include... > **[Monotreme](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotreme)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Monotremes (/ˈmɒnətriːmz/) are prototherian mammals of the order Monotremata. They are one of the three groups of living mammals, along with placentals (Eutheria), and marsupials (Metatheria). Monotremes are typified by structural differences in their brains, jaws, digestive tract, reproductive tract, and other body parts, compared to the more common mammalian types. In addition, they lay eggs rather than bearing live young, but, like all mammal... ---
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> **[Monotreme](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotreme)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Monotremes (/ˈmɒnətriːmz/) are prototherian mammals of the order Monotremata. They are one of the three groups of living mammals, along with placentals (Eutheria), and marsupials (Metatheria). Monotremes are typified by structural differences in their brains, jaws, digestive tract, reproductive tract, and other body parts, compared to the more common mammalian types. In addition, they lay eggs rather than bearing live young, but, like all mammal... > **[Rapid eye movement sleep](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_eye_movement_sleep)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep or REMS) is a unique phase of sleep in mammals and birds, characterized by random rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied by low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly. > The REM phase is also known as paradoxical sleep (PS) and sometimes desynchronized sleep or dreamy sleep, because of physiological similarities to waking states including rapid, low-voltage desynchroni... > **[Sleep paralysis](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Sleep paralysis is a state, during waking up or falling asleep, in which one is conscious but is in a temporary state of tetraplegia. During an episode, one may hallucinate (hear, feel, or see things that are not there), which often results in fear. Episodes generally last no more than a couple of minutes. It can recur or occur as a single episode. > The condition may occur in those who are otherwise healthy or those with narcolepsy, or it may run ... ---
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> **[Sleep paralysis](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Sleep paralysis is a state, during waking up or falling asleep, in which one is conscious but is in a temporary state of tetraplegia. During an episode, one may hallucinate (hear, feel, or see things that are not there), which often results in fear. Episodes generally last no more than a couple of minutes. It can recur or occur as a single episode. > The condition may occur in those who are otherwise healthy or those with narcolepsy, or it may run ... > **[Incubus](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > An incubus is a demon in male form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus. In medieval Europe, union with an incubus was supposed by some to result in the birth of witches, demons, and deformed human offspring. Legendary magician Merlin was said to have been fathered by an incubus. Parallels exist in many cultures. Walter Stephens alleges in "Demon Lovers"... > **[Hungary](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}47°N 20°E / 47°N 20°E / 47; 20 > – in Europe (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green)  –  \[Legend\] Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország \[ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ\] (listen)) is a landl... ---
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> **[Hungary](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}47°N 20°E / 47°N 20°E / 47; 20 > – in Europe (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green)  –  \[Legend\] Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország \[ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ\] (listen)) is a landl... > **[World War II](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > > Asia-Pacific > **[United States](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > 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 Island... ---
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> **[United States](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > 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 Island... > **[University of Virginia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective admission. Set within the Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the university is referred to as a "Public Ivy" for offering an academic experience similar to that of an Ivy League university. It is... > **[Rockfish Gap](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockfish_Gap)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Charlottesville and Waynesboro, Virginia, United States, through Afton Mountain, which is frequently used to refer to the gap. > Joining the Shenandoah Valley to the Piedmont region of the state, it is the site of the mountain crossing of Interstate 64, U.S. Route 250, and the former Blue Ridge Railroad which later became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and is currently pa... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=23)