I don’t think I ever contributed to the previous one but I read it. I’d like to kick off this new one with something I personally find fascinating which is how ancient Romans kept their calendars and counted their days. I’m convinced none of them ever knew exactly how many years old they were. They all just pretended they did by picking a year and going with it. Maybe not, I don’t know.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... onceptions


This was a popular entry back in the day and more recently on Facebook.

I mentioned this on the other thing, but the instagram account depthsofwikipedia is a goldmine for this purpose.
Examples of recent stuff they posted:
- List of mnemonics
- United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls
- I would rather cry in a BMW

brephophagist wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 3:48 pm I mentioned this on the other thing, but the instagram account depthsofwikipedia is a goldmine for this purpose.
Examples of recent stuff they posted:
- List of mnemonics
- United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls
- I would rather cry in a BMW

Thank you for sharing this.
German writer Benjamin von Stuckrad Barre ls among the followers, this is kind of notorious, as often on instagram I see his likes at the most random places.

Not wikiperdia but something I found fun and interesting

https://www.submarinecablemap.com/