# 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:** 9
**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:** [April 5, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/161 "2019-04-05T22:11:00Z")
[Erasmus Darwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin) [Birmingham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham) [Plastic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/162 "2019-04-06T02:54:51Z")
> **[Plastic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic)** > > Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes. This adaptability, plus a wide range of other properties, such as being lightweight, durable, flexible, and inexpensive to produce, has led to its widespread use. Plastics typically are made through human industrial systems. Most modern plastics are derived from fossil f... > **[Marine debris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_debris)** > > Lists > Categories > Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a sea or ocean. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the center of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing aground, when it is known as beach litter or tidewrack. Deliberate disposal of wastes at sea is called ocean dumping. Naturally occurring debris, such as driftwood and drift seeds, are also present. With the increasing use of plastic, hu... > **[Dugong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong)** > > The dugong (/ˈd(j)uːɡɒŋ/; Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century. > The dugong is the only sirenian in its range, which spans the waters of some 40 countries and territories throughout the Indo-West Pacific. The... ---
**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:** [April 6, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/163 "2019-04-06T04:39:45Z")
[Dugong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong) [Steller’s Sea Cow](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_sea_cow) [Kuril Islands](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/164 "2019-04-06T13:39:56Z")
[Kuril Islands](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands) [Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto) [USS Panay](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Panay_(PR-5)) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/165 "2019-04-06T16:25:53Z")
[USS _Panay_](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Panay_(PR-5)) [Navy Expeditionary Medal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Expeditionary_Medal) [L. Ron Hubbard](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/166 "2019-04-06T21:23:32Z")
[L. Ron Hubbard](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard) [George Washington University](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University) [George Washington University Law School](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University_Law_School) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/167 "2019-04-06T22:20:01Z")
[George Washington University Law School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University_Law_School) [Intellectual property](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property) [Mickey Mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse) ---
**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:** [April 7, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/168 "2019-04-07T04:23:59Z")
> **[Mickey Mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse)** > > Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves. Taking inspiration from silent film personalities such as Charlie Chaplin's Tramp, Mickey is traditionally characterized as a sympathetic underdog who gets by on pluck and ingenuity. The character’s status as a small mouse is personified through his... > **[Blackface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface)** > > Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-black people to portray a caricature of a black person. > In the United States, the practice became common during the 19th century and contributed to the spread of racial stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the "dandified coon". By the middle of the century, blackface minstrel shows had become a distinctive American artform, translating formal works such as opera into popular terms for a general au... > **[American Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War)** > > 365,000+ total dead > 290,000+ total dead > The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union\[f\] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely be... ---
**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:** [April 7, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/169 "2019-04-07T15:23:08Z")
[American Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War) [Historical revisionism](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_revisionism) [Zeitgeist](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist) ---
**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:** [April 7, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/170 "2019-04-07T17:02:10Z")
> **[Zeitgeist](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist)** > > In 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy, a Zeitgeist (German pronunciation: \[ˈtsaɪtɡaɪst\] (listen)) ("spirit of the age") is an invisible agent, force or Daemon dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history. > The term is usually associated with Georg W. F. Hegel, contrasting with Hegel's use of Volksgeist "national spirit" and Weltgeist "world-spirit". > Its coinage and popularization precedes Hegel, and is mostly due to Herder and Goethe. Other philosophers who were associ... > **[Experimental aesthetics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_aesthetics)** > > Experimental aesthetics is a field of psychology founded by Gustav Theodor Fechner in the 19th century. According to Fechner, aesthetics is an experiential perception which is empirically comprehensible in light of the characteristics of the subject undergoing the experience and those of the object. Experimental aesthetics is the second oldest research area in psychology, psychophysics being the only field which is older. In his central work Introduction to Aesthetics (Vorschule der Ästhetik) No... > **[Likert scale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likert_scale)** > > South Asia > Middle East > Europe > North America ---
**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:** [April 7, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/171 "2019-04-07T17:33:03Z")
[Likert Scale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likert_scale) [Electoral System](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_system) [Doge of Venice](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice#Selection_of_the_Doge) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/172 "2019-04-08T03:08:26Z")
[Doge of Venice](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice) [Francesco Foscari](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Foscari) [Giuseppe Verdi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/173 "2019-04-08T04:36:31Z")
[Guiseppe Verdi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi) [Katy Perry](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Perry) [_The Young and the Restless_](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/174 "2019-04-08T16:18:24Z")
[The Young and the Restless](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless) [Trinidad](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad) [Guppy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guppy) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/175 "2019-04-08T17:25:32Z")
> **[Guppy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guppy)** > > The guppy (Poecilia reticulata), also known as millionfish and rainbow fish, is one of the world's most widely distributed tropical fish and one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae and, like almost all American members of the family, is live-bearing. Guppies originate from northeast South America, but have been introduced to many environments and are now found all over the world. They are highly adaptable and thrive in many differen Gu... > **[Spermatozoon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatozoon)** > > A spermatozoon (/spərˌmætəˈzoʊ.ən, ˌspɜːrmətə-/; also spelled spermatozoön; pl. spermatozoa; from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma) 'seed', and ζῷον (zôion) 'animal') is a motile sperm cell, or moving form of the haploid cell that is the male gamete. A spermatozoon joins an ovum to form a zygote. (A zygote is a single cell, with a complete set of chromosomes, that normally develops into an embryo.) > Sperm cells contribute approximately half of the nuclear genetic information to the diploid offsprin... > **[Sexual intercourse](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse)** > > Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion and thrusting of the penis into the vagina for sexual pleasure or reproduction. This is also known as vaginal intercourse or vaginal sex. Other forms of penetrative sexual intercourse include anal sex (penetration of the anus by the penis), oral sex (penetration of the mouth by the penis or oral penetration of the female genitalia), fingering (sexual penetration by the fingers) and penetra There... ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/176 "2019-04-08T19:47:40Z")
Well this is unfortunate. I can’t play the last link because my work blocks it. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/177 "2019-04-09T01:41:26Z")
OK, **SpoilerVirgin** , this one’s for you. [Sexual intercourse](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse) [Offspring](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offspring) [Patrilineality](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineality) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/178 "2019-04-09T01:42:47Z")
N/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:** [April 9, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/179 "2019-04-09T01:55:25Z")
[Patrilineality](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineality) [Principality of Liechtenstein](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Liechtenstein) [2008 Liechtenstein tax affair](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Liechtenstein_tax_affair) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/180 "2019-04-09T10:41:07Z")
[2008 Liechtenstein tax affair](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Liechtenstein_tax_affair) [Regent](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent) [Archbishop of Gniezno](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Gniezno) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=10)