# Interesting and unusual Wikipedia articles **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859 "2009-06-15T18:12:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/1 "2009-06-15T18:12:19Z")
I think this one fits the category: > **[List of eponymous laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws)** > > This list of eponymous laws provides links to articles on laws, principles, adages, and other succinct observations or predictions named after a person. In some cases the person named has coined the law – such as Parkinson's law. In others, the work or publications of the individual have led to the law being so named – as is the case with Moore's law. There are also laws ascribed to individuals by others, such as Murphy's law; or given eponymous names despite the absence of the named person. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/2 "2009-06-15T18:18:47Z")
I wonder if Terri’s Law should be in there (Schiavo) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/3 "2009-06-15T18:22:31Z")
> **[Jesus nut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_nut)** > > Jesus nut is a slang term for the main rotor retaining nut or mast nut, which holds the main rotor to the mast of some helicopters. The related slang term Jesus pin refers to the lock pin used to secure the retaining nut. More generally, Jesus nut (or Jesus pin) has been used to refer to any component that is a single point of failure which results in catastrophic consequences, and the only thing left to do is, metaphorically speaking, pray to Jesus, hence the name. > The term Jesus nut may have b... ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/4 "2009-06-15T18:23:32Z")
One of my favorites, endlessly fascinating: > **[List of cognitive biases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases)** > > Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm and/or rationality in judgment. They are often studied in psychology, sociology and behavioral economics. > Although the reality of most of these biases is confirmed by reproducible research, there are often controversies about how to classify these biases or how to explain them. Several theoretical causes are known for some cognitive biases, which provides a classification of biases by their common generative mechanism (such as noisy... ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/5 "2009-06-15T18:25:49Z")
> **[Explosively pumped flux compression generator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_pumped_flux_compression_generator)** > > An explosively pumped flux compression generator (EPFCG) is a device used to generate a high-power electromagnetic pulse by compressing magnetic flux using high explosive. > An EPFCG only ever generates a single pulse as the device is physically destroyed during operation. They require a starting current pulse to operate, usually supplied by capacitors. > Explosively pumped flux compression generators are used to create ultrahigh magnetic fields in physics and materials science research and extre... ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/6 "2009-06-15T18:37:38Z")
The [Lloyd’s Bank, er, poo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyds_Bank_turd) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/7 "2009-06-15T18:40:58Z")
[Wikipedia’s list of unusual articles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_articles). ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/8 "2009-06-15T18:51:49Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > The [Lloyd’s Bank, er, poo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyds_Bank_turd) “This is the most exciting piece of excrement I’ve ever seen. In its own way, it’s as valuable as the Crown Jewels.” That made my day. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/9 "2009-06-15T19:19:35Z")
> **[List of inventors killed by their own invention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_inventions)** > > This is a list of people whose deaths were in some manner caused by or related to a product, process, procedure, or other technological innovation that they invented, designed, or substantially helped to create. And the more generic [List of unusual deaths - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths) ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/10 "2009-06-15T19:33:58Z")
My most recent favorite hunk of Wikipedia is [the Talk page for Goran Bregovic, especially the POV section.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Goran_Bregovi%C4%87) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/11 "2009-06-16T05:10:16Z")
This thread made my day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Captain\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/12 "2009-06-16T07:23:03Z")
The 1859 [Pig War](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War). ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/13 "2009-06-16T07:55:09Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > And the more generic [Lists of unusual deaths - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths) :eek::eek: I’m never leaving the house. The weirdest one has to be the entire football team being killed by one bolt of forked lightning! ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/14 "2009-06-16T15:03:14Z")
> [@Joe Frickin Friday](#): > > One of my favorites, endlessly fascinating: > > [List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases) I refuse to read that page… ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/15 "2009-06-16T15:49:26Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > :eek::eek: I’m never leaving the house. The weirdest one has to be the entire football team being killed by one bolt of forked lightning! And it was the entire VISITING team. Apparently, the home team lived - that has to be the greatest “home-field advantage” in history! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/16 "2009-06-16T18:43:30Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > I refuse to read that page… OK then, I won’t either. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/17 "2009-06-16T19:27:18Z")
I just found one today on “Figging”. Do NOT look this up from work. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/18 "2009-06-16T21:13:05Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > :eek::eek: I’m never leaving the house. The weirdest one has to be the entire football team being killed by one bolt of forked lightning! No, [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident) is the weirdest one. Fuckin’ _spooky_. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/19 "2009-06-16T21:21:25Z")
The [List of Conspiracy Theories](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories) is always good for a laugh (at least that’s what the government want you to believe). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859/20 "2009-06-16T21:45:26Z")
Being a paleoscatologist sounds like a load of old crap. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-and-unusual-wikipedia-articles/499859.md?page=2)