# 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:** 26
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> **[Battle of Cynoscephalae](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cynoscephalae)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > c. 26,000 > 25,500 > 13,000 > **[Thrace](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Thrace (/θreɪs/; Greek: Θράκη, romanized: Thráki; Bulgarian: Тракия, romanized: Trakiya; Turkish: Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe. It is split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. It comprises southeastern Bulgaria (Northern Thrace), northeastern Greece (Western Thrace), and the European part of Turk... > **[Istanbul](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Istanbul (/ˌɪstænˈbʊl/ IST-an-BUUL, US also /ˈɪstænbʊl/ IST-an-buul; Turkish: İstanbul \[isˈtanbuɫ\] (listen)), formerly known as Constantinople\[b\] (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις; Latin: Constantinopolis), is the largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population o... _Not_ Constantinople. ---
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> **[Istanbul](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Istanbul (/ˌɪstænˈbʊl/ IST-an-BUUL, US also /ˈɪstænbʊl/ IST-an-buul; Turkish: İstanbul \[isˈtanbuɫ\] (listen)), formerly known as Constantinople\[b\] (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις; Latin: Constantinopolis), is the largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population o... > **[Hagia Sophia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Hagia Sophia (lit. 'Holy Wisdom'; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya Camii), is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was originally built as a Greek Orthodox church which lasted from 360 AD until the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. It served as a mosque unti... > **[Suleiman the Magnificent](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Suleiman I (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان اول, romanized: Süleyman-ı Evvel; Turkish: I. Süleyman; 6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver (Ottoman Turkish: قانونى سلطان سليمان, romanized: Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān) in his realm, was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566.: 541–45  Under his administration, the Ottoman Empi... ---
**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:** [November 13, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/503 "2020-11-13T22:04:40Z")
> **[Suleiman the Magnificent](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Suleiman I (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان اول, romanized: Süleyman-ı Evvel; Turkish: I. Süleyman; 6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver (Ottoman Turkish: قانونى سلطان سليمان, romanized: Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān) in his realm, was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566.: 541–45  Under his administration, the Ottoman Empi... > **[Golden Age](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages, Gold being the first and the one during which the Golden Race of humanity (Greek: χρύσεον γένος chrýseon génos) lived. After the end of the first age was the Silver, then the Bronze, after this the Heroic age, with the fifth and current age being Iron. > By extension... > **[Pastoral](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The pastoral genre of literature, art, or music depicts an idealised form of the shepherd's lifestyle - herding livestock around open areas of land according to the seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. The target audience is typically an urban one. A pastoral is a work of this genre. A piece of music in the genre is usually referred to as a pastorale. > The genre is also known as bucolic, from the Greek βουκολικόν, from βου... ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/504 "2020-11-13T22:12:48Z")
> **[Pastoral](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The pastoral genre of literature, art, or music depicts an idealised form of the shepherd's lifestyle - herding livestock around open areas of land according to the seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. The target audience is typically an urban one. A pastoral is a work of this genre. A piece of music in the genre is usually referred to as a pastorale. > The genre is also known as bucolic, from the Greek βουκολικόν, from βου... > **[Christopher Marlowe](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (/ˈmɑːrloʊ/; baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.\[a\] Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations" of his play Tamburlaine, modern scholars consider him to have been the foremost dramatist in London in the years just before his mysterious early death.\[b\] Some scholars also... > **[Espionage](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence). A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy. Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome. In some circumstances, it m... ---
**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:** [November 14, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/505 "2020-11-14T17:03:17Z")
> **[Espionage](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence). A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy. Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome. In some circumstances, it m... > **[Operation Pastorius](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pastorius)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Operation Pastorius was a failed German intelligence plan for sabotage inside the United States during World War II. The operation was staged in June, 1942 and was to be directed against strategic American economic targets. The operation was named by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the German Abwehr, for Francis Daniel Pastorius, the organizer of the first organized settlement of Germans in America. The plan involved eight German saboteurs wh... > **[They Came to Blow Up America](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Came_to_Blow_Up_America)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > They Came to Blow Up America, also known as School for Sabotage and School for Saboteurs, is a 1943 American war spy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring George Sanders and Anna Sten. It is based on the World War II Operation Pastorius. > When only six of eight would-be German saboteurs are sentenced to death by an American court during World War II, an FBI agent complains to his boss, Craig (Ward Bond), about the other two. Craig tells him ... ---
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> **[They Came to Blow Up America](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Came_to_Blow_Up_America)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > They Came to Blow Up America, also known as School for Sabotage and School for Saboteurs, is a 1943 American war spy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring George Sanders and Anna Sten. It is based on the World War II Operation Pastorius. > When only six of eight would-be German saboteurs are sentenced to death by an American court during World War II, an FBI agent complains to his boss, Craig (Ward Bond), about the other two. Craig tells him ... > **[Ward Bond](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Bond)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert the cop in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Captain Clayton in John Ford's The Searchers (1956). > Bond was born in Benkelman in Dundy County, Nebraska. The Bond family, John W., Mabel L., and si... > **[It Happened One Night](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > It Happened One Night is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the August 1933 short story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, which... ---
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> **[It Happened One Night](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > It Happened One Night is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the August 1933 short story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, which... > **[Claudette Colbert](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colbert)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Claudette Colbert (/koʊlˈbɛər/ kohl-BAIR; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French-American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, she gradually shifted to working as an actress free of the studio system. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for It Happ... > **[American Film Institute](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institute)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. > The institute is composed of leaders from the film, entertainment, business, and academic communities. The board of trustees is chaired by Kathleen Kennedy and the board of directors chaired by Robert A. Daly ... ---
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> **[American Film Institute](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institute)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. > The institute is composed of leaders from the film, entertainment, business, and academic communities. The board of trustees is chaired by Kathleen Kennedy and the board of directors chaired by Robert A. Daly ... > **[David Lynch](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion. In 2007, a panel of critics convened by The Guardian announced that "after all the discussion, no one could fault the conclusion that David Lynch is the most impo... > **[Eraserhead](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraserhead)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Eraserhead is a 1977 American surrealist horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white, it was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, it tells the story of a man who is ... ---
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> **[Eraserhead](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraserhead)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Eraserhead is a 1977 American surrealist horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white, it was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, it tells the story of a man who is ... > **[Midnight movie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_movie)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The term midnight movie is rooted in the practice that emerged in the 1950s of local television stations around the United States airing low-budget genre films as late-night programming, often with a host delivering ironic asides. As a cinematic phenomenon, the midnight screening of offbeat movies began in the early 1970s in a few urban centers, particularly in New York City with screenings of El Topo at the Elgin Theater, eventually spreading acr... > **[The Rocky Horror Picture Show](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. The screenplay was written by Sharman and actor Richard O'Brien, who is also a member of the cast. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O'Brien. The production is a tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies ... ---
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> **[The Rocky Horror Picture Show](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. The screenplay was written by Sharman and actor Richard O'Brien, who is also a member of the cast. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O'Brien. The production is a tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies ... > **[Belasco Theatre](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belasco_Theatre)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > The Belasco Theatre is a Broadway theater at 111 West 44th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Originally known as the Stuyvesant Theatre, it was built in 1907 and designed by architect George Keister for impresario David Belasco. The Belasco Theatre has 1,016 seats across three levels and has been operated by The Shubert Organization since 1948. Both the facade and in... > **[Ghost](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Reportedly haunted locations: > A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. Other terms associated with it are ... ---
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> **[Ghost](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Reportedly haunted locations: > A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. Other terms associated with it are ... > **[Revenant](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenant)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > In folklore, a revenant is an animated corpse that is believed to have been revived from death to haunt the living. The word revenant is derived from the Old French word, revenant, the "returning" (see also the related French verb revenir, meaning "to come back"). > Revenants are part of the legend of various cultures, including Old Irish Celtic and Norse mythology, and stories of supposed revenant visitations were documented by English historians ... > **[Norse mythology](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources from both... ---
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> **[Norse mythology](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources from both... > **[Rök runestone](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6k_runestone)** > > 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}58°17′42″N 14°46′32″E / 58.29500°N 14.77556°E / 58.29500; 14.77556 > The Rök runestone (Swedish: Rökstenen; Ög 136) is one of the most famous runestones, featuring the longest kn... > **[Volcanic winter of 536](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather_events_of_535%E2%80%93536)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The volcanic winter of 536 was the most severe and protracted episode of climatic cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years. The volcanic winter was caused by an eruption, with several possible locations proposed in various continents. Most contemporary accounts of the volcanic winter are from authors in Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, although the impact of the cooler temperatures extended beyond Europ... ---
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> **[Volcanic winter of 536](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather_events_of_535%E2%80%93536)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The volcanic winter of 536 was the most severe and protracted episode of climatic cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years. The volcanic winter was caused by an eruption, with several possible locations proposed in various continents. Most contemporary accounts of the volcanic winter are from authors in Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, although the impact of the cooler temperatures extended beyond Europ... > **[Volcanic winter](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A volcanic winter is a reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid and water obscuring the Sun and raising Earth's albedo (increasing the reflection of solar radiation) after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption. Long-term cooling effects are primarily dependent upon injection of sulfur gases into the stratosphere where they undergo a series of reactions to create sulfuric acid which can nucle... > **[Year Without a Summer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The year 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). Summer temperatures in Europe were the coldest on record between the years of 1766–2000. This resulted in major food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere. > Evidence suggests that the anomaly was predominantly a volcanic winter event caused by the massive 1815 eruption of Mou... ---
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> **[Year Without a Summer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The year 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). Summer temperatures in Europe were the coldest on record between the years of 1766–2000. This resulted in major food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere. > Evidence suggests that the anomaly was predominantly a volcanic winter event caused by the massive 1815 eruption of Mou... > **[Heaven Lake](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Lake)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Heaven Lake (Korean: 천지, Ch'ŏnji or Cheonji; Chinese: 天池, Tiānchí; Manchu: .mw-parser-output .font-mong{font-family:"Noto Sans Mongolian","Menk Hawang Tig","Menk Qagan Tig","Menk Garqag Tig","Menk Har\_a Tig","Menk Scnin Tig","Oyun Gurban Ulus Tig","Oyun Qagan Tig","Oyun Garqag Tig","Oyun Har\_a Tig","Oyun Scnin Tig","Oyun Agula Tig","Mongolian Baiti","Mongolian Universal White","Mongol Usug","Mongolian White","MongolianScript","Code2000","Menkso... > **[Lake Tianchi Monster](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tianchi_Monster)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Lake Tianchi Monster is the name given to what is said to be a lake monster that lives in Heaven Lake (known as Cheonji in Korean) located in the peak of Baekdu Mountain within the Baekdudaegan and Changbai mountain ranges encompassing Jilin Province of China and Ryanggang Province of North Korea. According to Beijing Youth Daily, an estimated 20 monsters were reported, however "scientists are skeptical that any large creature would be able to s... ---
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> **[Lake Tianchi Monster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tianchi_Monster)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Lake Tianchi Monster is the name given to what is said to be a lake monster that lives in Heaven Lake (known as Cheonji in Korean) located in the peak of Baekdu Mountain within the Baekdudaegan and Changbai mountain ranges encompassing Jilin Province of China and Ryanggang Province of North Korea. According to Beijing Youth Daily, an estimated 20 monsters were reported, however "scientists are skeptical that any large creature would be able to s... > **[Lake Memphremagog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Memphremagog)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Lake Memphremagog (mem-frə-MAY-gog; French: Lac Memphrémagog) is a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada. The lake spans both Quebec and Vermont, but is mostly in Quebec. Most of the watershed that feeds the lake is located in Vermont, and is a source for accumulated phosphorus, sediments, and other pollutants. Cleanup efforts since the late 1980s have improved the water quality. The ... > **[Proglacial lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proglacial_lake)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier, a glacial ice dam, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic depression of the crust around the ice. At the end of the last ice age about 10,000 years ago, large proglacial lakes were a widespread feature in the northern hemisphere. > The receding glaciers of the tropical Andes have formed a number ... ---
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> **[Proglacial lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proglacial_lake)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier, a glacial ice dam, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic depression of the crust around the ice. At the end of the last ice age about 10,000 years ago, large proglacial lakes were a widespread feature in the northern hemisphere. > The receding glaciers of the tropical Andes have formed a number ... > **[Isostatic depression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isostatic_depression)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Isostatic depression is the sinking of large parts of the Earth's crust into the asthenosphere caused by a heavy weight placed on the Earth's surface, often glacial ice during continental glaciation. Isostatic depression and isostatic rebound occur at rates of centimeters per year. Greenland is an example of an isostatically depressed region. > Isostatic depression is a phase of glacial isostasy, along with isostatic rebound. Glacial isostasy is th... > **[Asthenosphere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthenosphere)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The asthenosphere (from Ancient Greek ἀσθενός (asthenós) 'without strength') is the mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth. It lies below the lithosphere, at a depth between ~80 and 200 km (50 and 120 mi) below the surface, and extends as deep as 700 km (430 mi). However, the lower boundary of the asthenosphere is not well defined. > The asthenosphere is almost solid, but a slight amount of melting (less than 0.1% of t... ---
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> **[Asthenosphere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthenosphere)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The asthenosphere (from Ancient Greek ἀσθενός (asthenós) 'without strength') is the mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth. It lies below the lithosphere, at a depth between ~80 and 200 km (50 and 120 mi) below the surface, and extends as deep as 700 km (430 mi). However, the lower boundary of the asthenosphere is not well defined. > The asthenosphere is almost solid, but a slight amount of melting (less than 0.1% of t... > **[1960 Valdivia earthquake](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chilean_earthquake)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local time), and lasted for approximately 10 minutes. The resulting tsunamis affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, ... > **[Hilo, Hawaii](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilo,_Hawaii)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Hilo /ˈhiːloʊ/ (Hawaiian pronunciation: \[ˈhilo\]) is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Island of Hawaiʻi. The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 census. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the state of Hawaii and largest settlement in the state outside of Oahu. > Hilo is the county seat of the County of Hawaiʻi and is in the District of South Hilo. Th... ---
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> **[Hilo, Hawaii](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilo,_Hawaii)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Hilo /ˈhiːloʊ/ (Hawaiian pronunciation: \[ˈhilo\]) is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Island of Hawaiʻi. The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 census. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the state of Hawaii and largest settlement in the state outside of Oahu. > Hilo is the county seat of the County of Hawaiʻi and is in the District of South Hilo. Th... > **[Tsunami](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > A tsunami (/(t)suːˈnɑːmi, (t)sʊˈ-/ (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave', pronounced \[tsɯnami\]) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances) above or below water all have the p... > **[Bikini Atoll](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Bikini Atoll (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: Pikinni, \[pʲiɡinnʲi\], meaning "coconut place"), sometimes known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 1800s and 1946 is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km2) central lagoon. After the Second World War, the atoll's inhabitants were forcibly relocated in 1946, after which the islands and lagoon were the site of 23 nuclear tests by ... ---
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> **[Bikini Atoll](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Bikini Atoll (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: Pikinni, \[pʲiɡinnʲi\], meaning "coconut place"), sometimes known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 1800s and 1946 is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km2) central lagoon. After the Second World War, the atoll's inhabitants were forcibly relocated in 1946, after which the islands and lagoon were the site of 23 nuclear tests by ... > **[Operation Crossroads | Test Baker](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads#Test_Baker)** > > In Baker on July 25, the weapon was suspended beneath landing craft LSM-60 anchored in the midst of the target fleet. Baker was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater, halfway to the bottom in water 180 feet (55 m) deep. How/Mike Hour was 08:35. No identifiable part of LSM-60 was ever found; it was presumably vaporized by the nuclear fireball. Ten ships were sunk, including the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which sank in December, five months after the test, because radioactivity prevent Photogr... > **[Louis Slotin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Louis Alexander Slotin (1 December 1910 – 30 May 1946) was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba, before obtaining his doctorate in physical chemistry at King's College London in 1936. Afterwards, he joined the University of Chicago as a research associ... ---
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> **[Louis Slotin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Louis Alexander Slotin (1 December 1910 – 30 May 1946) was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba, before obtaining his doctorate in physical chemistry at King's College London in 1936. Afterwards, he joined the University of Chicago as a research associ... > **[Yiddish](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish, pronounced \[ˈ(j)ɪdɪʃ\], lit. 'Jewish'; ייִדיש-טײַטש, Yidish-Taytsh, lit. 'Judeo-German') is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originates from 9th century Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish... > **[Zarphatic language](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarphatic_language)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Zarphatic, or Judeo-French (Zarphatic: Tzarfatit), is an extinct Jewish language that was spoken by the French Jews of northern France and in parts of west-central Germany, such as Mainz, Frankfurt am Main and Aix-la-Chapelle. It was also spoken by French Jews who moved to Norman England. > The term Zarphatic, coined by Solomon Birnbaum, comes from the Hebrew name for France, Tzarfat (צרפת), which was originally used in the Hebrew Bible as a name f... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=27)