Interesting / curious Wikipedia articles?

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  1. mindseye

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    For a teaching project next semester, I'm collecting links to Wikipedia articles that are 'interesting' in some way that possibly defies description. These can include:

    ...but I'm open to other topics as well. I've found the list at WP:UA already and have started raiding that list for ideas, but I'm hoping you all have some secret favorites at Wikipedia as well.
     
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    Well, let's get this party started!

    Here's one for the oddities category:

    Crystal skull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    My daughter told me about this a number of years ago, but I never thought to check it out in Wikipedia. Good old site, it never lets you down.
     
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