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Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:21 am
by simmo_Archive
Wikipedia is almost certainly the best site in the world for those of us suffering chronic boredom in the workplace. I love the way you can discover the strangest of things in the most random of ways.

I propose a dedicated thread for the posting of random yet fascinating links, so anyone with a little too much time on their hands can educate themselves in the ways of god knows what. Anything goes, whatever has caught your attention and stimulated your brain. Here’s four for starters:

Number Stations

The Bloop

William ‘Bendigo’ Thompson - an absolutely mental bare knuckle boxer

The Third Sex

Fascinate me! My job is very unfulfilling.

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:27 am
by gjhardwick_Archive

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:40 am
by Adam CR

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:52 am
by gjhardwick_Archive
Adam CR wrote:Ekranoplan.


that's a good one - check out the Google Earth links for it too

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:53 am
by simmo_Archive
Adam CR wrote:Ekranoplan.


Crazy!

This is a good one:

Polari

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:54 am
by newberry_Archive

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:25 am
by Adam CR
gjhardwick wrote:check out the Google Earth links for it too


OT: and this.

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:35 am
by Ace_Archive
anyone who's lived in boston probably knows about this, but i read about it on wikipedia all the time anyways...

The Boston Molasses Disaster

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:45 am
by Superking_Archive

Fascinating Wikipedia Pages for the Terminally Bored at Work

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:43 am
by simmo_Archive
Ace wrote:anyone who's lived in boston probably knows about this, but i read about it on wikipedia all the time anyways...

The Boston Molasses Disaster


That one was awesome.

These things are pretty mad, as are Hydrothermal Vents