Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

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Psychopathic Rulers in History Special

Attila the Hun

wikipedia wrote:Attila (AD 406 - 453), also known as Attila the Hun or the Scourge of God


Genghis Khan

wikipedia wrote:Zerjal et al [2003][20] identified a Y-chromosomal lineage present in about 8% of the men in a large region of Asia (about 0.5% of the men in the world). The paper suggests that the pattern of variation within the lineage is consistent with a hypothesis that it originated in Mongolia about 1,000 years ago. Such a spread would be too rapid to have occurred by genetic drift, and must therefore be the result of natural selection. The authors propose that the lineage is carried by likely male-line descendants of Genghis Khan, and that it has spread through social selection.


Vlad The Impaler

wikipedia wrote:Even in captivity [Vlad] could not give up his favorite pastime; he often captured birds and mice which he proceeded to torture and mutilate — some were beheaded or tarred-and-feathered and released, most were impaled on tiny spears.
Rick Reuben wrote:
daniel robert chapman wrote:I think he's gone to bed, Rick.
He went to bed about a decade ago, or whenever he sold his soul to the bankers and the elites.


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Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

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Bizarre Sports Special:

Finger Jousting

wikipedia wrote:The following are a list of penalties in finger jousting:

- Using a left arm or either leg as an offensive tool.
- Letting go of your opponents hand.
- Biting.
- Any action that compromises your own or your opponent's integrity including but not limited to intentionally aiming for the groin.


Extreme Ironing

wikipedia wrote:In 2006, a team of extreme ironists from Devon, United Kingdom, broke the underwater ironing depth record, for ironing 126m under the sea, off the Egyptian coast.


Ghost Riding The Whip

wikipedia wrote:Ghost riding is also known as "going Patrick Swayze".


Zorbing

wikipedia wrote:Zorbing is a recreational activity developed in the 1980s that consists of rolling downhill inside of a usually white, double-hulled sphere called a zorbus


Haggis Hurling

wikipedia wrote:Haggis hurling is a Scottish sport involving the hurling of a haggis as far as possible for distance and accuracy from atop a platform (usually a whisky barrel). The Haggis must be edible.


Royal Shrovetide Football

wikipedia wrote:There are very few rules in existence. The main one is:

- Committing murder or manslaughter is prohibited.


Cricket

wikipedia wrote:A googly is a deceptive spinning delivery by a leg spin bowler, also known (particularly in Australia) as the wrong 'un. For a right-hander bowler and a right-handed batsman, a googly will turn from the off side to the leg side. Developed by Bosanquet around 1900, and formerly called a bosie or bosey.
Rick Reuben wrote:
daniel robert chapman wrote:I think he's gone to bed, Rick.
He went to bed about a decade ago, or whenever he sold his soul to the bankers and the elites.


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