# 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:** 7
**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 28, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/121 "2019-03-28T13:44:17Z")
[Guglielmo Marconi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi) [State funeral](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_funeral) [Steve Irwin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin) ---
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[Steve Irwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin) [Australian rules football](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football) [Digger (soldier)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_(soldier)) ---
**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 28, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/123 "2019-03-28T21:55:30Z")
[Digger (soldier)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_(soldier)) [Victorian Football League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Football_League) [Network Ten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Ten) ---
**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 28, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/124 "2019-03-28T22:11:25Z")
> **[Network 10](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Ten)** > > Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five national free-to-air networks, 10's owned-and-operated stations can be found in the state capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth while affiliates extend the network to regional areas of the country. > Since 2022, Network 10 is usu... > **[2014 Winter Olympics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics)** > > The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (Russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, romanized: XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (Russian: Сочи 2014), was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening rounds in certain events were held on 6 February 2014, the day before the opening ceremony. > These were the first Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee (I... > **[Doping in Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_in_Russia)** > > Systematic doping of Russian athletes has resulted in 48 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the next highest, and more than 30% of the global total. Russia has the most competitors who have been caught doping at the Olympic Games in the world, with more than 150. > Doping among Russian competitors is distinct from doping among nationals of other countries in that, rather than doping being an individual choice it is state-sponsored and sys... ---
**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 28, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/125 "2019-03-28T23:16:23Z")
[Doping in Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_in_Russia) [Judas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas) [Dracula 2000](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_2000) ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/126 "2019-03-29T00:54:42Z")
[Dracula 2000](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_2000) [Jeri Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri_Ryan) [Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama) ---
**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 29, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/127 "2019-03-29T02:08:38Z")
[Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama) [Russian language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language) [Cossacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks) ---
**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 29, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/128 "2019-03-29T06:06:35Z")
[Cossacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossacks) [Volga River](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_River) [Ulyanovsk](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulyanovsk) ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/129 "2019-03-29T13:17:23Z")
> **[Ulyanovsk](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulyanovsk)** > > Ulyanovsk,\[a\] known until 1924 as Simbirsk,\[b\] is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 705 kilometers (438 mi) east of Moscow. Population: 617,352 (2021 Census); 613,786 (2010 Census); 635,947 (2002 Census); 625,155 (1989 Census). > The city was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov), for whom it was renamed after his death in 1924; and of Alexander Kerensky, the leader of the Russian Provisional Government which Lenin overthrew duri... > **[Dissolution of the Soviet Union](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union)** > > The dissolution of the Soviet Union\[a\] was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union (USSR) which resulted in the end of the country's and its federal government's existence as a sovereign state, thereby resulting in its constituent republics gaining full independence on 26 December 1991. It brought an end to General Secretary (later also President) Mikhail Gorbachev's effort to reform the Soviet political and economic system in an attempt to stop a period of political stal... > **[Flag of Russia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Russia)** > > The national flag of Russia (Russian: Флаг России, romanized: Flag Rossii), also known as the State Flag of the Russian Federation (Russian: Государственный флаг Российской Федерации, romanized: Gosudarstvenny flag Rossiyskoy Federatsii), is a tricolour flag consisting of three equal horizontal fields: white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom. The flag was first used as an ensign for Russian merchant ships in 1696. > It remained in use until 1858, when the first official flag... ---
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[Flag of Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Russia) [Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue) [Hyperlink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink) ---
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[Hyperlink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink) [Karin Spaink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Spaink) [Project Chanology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chanology) ---
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[Project Chanology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chanology) [Social Security Number](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number) [F.W. Woolworth Company](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Woolworth_Company) ---
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[F.W. Woolworth Company](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Woolworth_Company) [Swaziland](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini) [Diarchy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarchy) ---
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[Diarchy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarchy) [Andorra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra) [Carnival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival) ---
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[Carnival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival) [Shrove Tuesday](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday) [Pea soup](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_soup) ---
**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:** [March 31, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/136 "2019-03-31T18:32:41Z")
> **[Pea soup](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_soup)** > > Pea soup or split pea soup is soup made typically from dried peas, such as the split pea. It is, with variations, a part of the cuisine of many cultures. It is most often greyish-green or yellow in color depending on the regional variety of peas used; all are cultivars of Pisum sativum. > Pea soup has been eaten since antiquity; it is mentioned in Aristophanes' The Birds, and according to one source "the Greeks and Romans were cultivating this legume about 500 BC to 400 BC. During that era, vendor... > **[Smog](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smog)** > > Lists > Categories > Smog, or smoke fog, is a type of intense air pollution. The word "smog" was coined in the early 20th century, and is a portmanteau of the words smoke and fog to refer to smoky fog due to its opacity, and odor. The word was then intended to refer to what was sometimes known as pea soup fog, a familiar and serious problem in London from the 19th century to the mid-20th century. This kind of visible air pollution is composed of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxide, ozone, smoke and ot... > **[Anencephaly](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anencephaly)** > > Anencephaly is the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development. It is a cephalic disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the rostral (head) end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day following conception. Strictly speaking, the Greek term translates as "without a brain" (or totally lacking the inside part of the head), but it is accepted that children born with this disorder usu The N... ---
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> **[Anencephaly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anencephaly)** > > Anencephaly is the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development. It is a cephalic disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the rostral (head) end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day following conception. Strictly speaking, the Greek term translates as "without a brain" (or totally lacking the inside part of the head), but it is accepted that children born with this disorder usu The N... > **[Emergence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence)** > > Collective intelligence > Collective action > Self-organized criticality > Herd mentality > Phase transition > Agent-based modelling > Synchronization > Ant colony optimization > Particle swarm optimization > Swarm behaviour > Social network analysis > Small-world networks > Centrality > Motifs > Graph theory > Scaling > Robustness > Systems biology > Dynamic networks > Evolutionary computation > Genetic algorithms > Genetic programming > Artificial life > Machine learning > Evolutionary developmental biology > Artificial intelligence > Evolutio... > **[Termite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite)** > > Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are easily identified by the typically soft-bodied and unpigmented worker caste for which they have been colloquially termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants to which they are distantly related. About 2,972 extant species are currently described, 2,105 of which are members of the family Termitidae. > Termites c... ---
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[Termite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termite) [Parthenogenesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis) [Komodo dragon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon) ---
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[Komodo dragon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon) [Orange-footed scrubfowl](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-footed_scrubfowl) [Darwin, Northern Territory](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory) ---
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> **[Darwin, Northern Territory](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory)** > > Darwin (/ˈdɑːrwɪn/ (listen) DAR-win; Larrakia: Garramilla) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory. > It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australian capital cities and serves as the Top End's regional centre. > Darwin's proximity to Southeast Asia makes the city's location a key link between Australia and countries s... > **[Australia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia)** > > Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and it The ancestors of Aborigina... > **[Waltzing Matilda](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda)** > > "Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a bush ballad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". > The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" (swag) slung over one's back. The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", making a drink of billy tea at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck (sheep) to eat. When the jumbuck's owner, a squa... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=8)