Drop a random interesting wiki link

Shogun

Veteran
Joined
May 3, 2012
Messages
25,486
Reputation
5,926
Daps
62,965
Reppin
Knicks
1938 Yellow River flood - Wikipedia

The 1938 Yellow River flood (traditional Chinese: 花園口決隄事件; simplified Chinese: 花园口决堤事件; pinyin: huāyuán kǒu juédī shìjiàn, literally "Huayuankou embankment breach incident") was a flood created by the Nationalist Government in central China during the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War in an attempt to halt the rapid advance of Japanese forces. It has been called the "largest act of environmental warfare in history".[1][2]

A 1994 PRC (People's Republic of China) official history of the war put the dead in the flood at 900,000 and the refugees at nearly 10 million. Scholars exploring the archives now give much lower figures: 400,000–500,000 dead, 3 million refugees, and 5 million people affected (another estimate puts the number of dead at 500,000, and the number of homeless at 500,000).[5]
:whew:
 

Baka's Weird Case

Veteran
Supporter
Joined
Jul 25, 2015
Messages
15,812
Reputation
6,871
Daps
77,228
Reppin
Goon Squad - Catset
Umarell - Wikipedia

“Umarell is a term popular in Bologna referring specifically to men of retirement age who pass the time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice.“

old people do the weirdest things :russ:
 

dora_da_destroyer

Master Baker
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
65,029
Reputation
15,922
Daps
266,210
Reppin
Oakland
Y’all ever play the Wikipedia game, throw out two random words/terms and you can only use links within the articles to get to the other.

“Bratwurst” - start at this article and click links until you can get to “Jupiter”



this some nerd shyt we used to play at the office :laugh:

edit: just did my example

Bratwurst - Europe - continent - earth - solar system - Jupiter
 

Professor Emeritus

Veteran
Poster of the Year
Supporter
Joined
Jan 5, 2015
Messages
51,330
Reputation
19,656
Daps
203,839
Reppin
the ether
Umarell - Wikipedia

“Umarell is a term popular in Bologna referring specifically to men of retirement age who pass the time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice.“

old people do the weirdest things :russ:

I learned this when I worked at a charity center.

There was this certain day each week that we gave out something old people qualified for. I can't even remember what it was anymore. But invariably, they showed up a good hour before we opened and created this massive line that went all the way around the center.

We weren't going to run out. We never ran out. Everyone got the same thing. There was absolutely no benefit to showing up early. In fact, if you showed up an hour after we opened, you pretty much didn't have to wait in line at all.

But every damn week, for years on end, those old folk showed up an hour early and waited an extra hour in our line.....for no reason. :mindblown:

Someone told me once it was because they were bored and lonely. :mjcry:
 

NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong

Veteran
Supporter
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
46,320
Reputation
5,850
Daps
93,964
Reppin
Uncertain grounds
Umarell - Wikipedia

“Umarell is a term popular in Bologna referring specifically to men of retirement age who pass the time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice.“

old people do the weirdest things :russ:

Classic

I even do this from time to time. Has to be genetic
 

GPBear

The Tape Crusader
Joined
Mar 9, 2015
Messages
20,114
Reputation
4,760
Daps
67,423
Reppin
Bay-to-PDX
Telharmonium - Wikipedia

victorian era synthesizer :whoo:

had to use giant cogs and shyt :whew:

weighed like 12 tonnes and nobody ever recorded what it sounded like :sadcam::mjcry:


dude who invented it wanted music to be streamed into elevators, buildings, etc. way ahead of his time.
 
Top