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    Wikipedia article of the day

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_o...n%C3%A9r%C3%A9

    The Ténéré Tree was a solitary acacia, of either Acacia raddiana or Acacia tortilis, that was once considered the most isolated tree on Earth—the only one for over 400 kilometres (250 mi).
    The Tree of Ténéré was knocked down by a drunk Libyan truck driver in 1973.

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    Is this THE Wikipedia article of the day or the Spoon article of the day?

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    My article of the day. The real article of the day is a constellation that looks like a clock.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horolo...constellation)

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    Saved a click then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Saved a click then.
    Because the legitimate Wikipedia article of the day would have been so fascinating to you?

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    There's infinitely better odds.

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    The big question is how many clicks to Hitler?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    The big question is how many clicks to Hitler?
    3. Sahara > World War 2 > Hitler.

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    Somebody managing to drive into that tree reminds me of the possibly apocryphal story of Ohio only having two cars at one point in the 1890s and them managing to have a crash.

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    Why would they stick a pole where it was and not another lonely tree?

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

    Thomas H. "Boston" Corbett (1832 – presumed dead c. September 1, 1894) was a Union Army soldier who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Corbett was initially arrested for disobeying orders, but was later released on the orders of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who referred to Corbett as "the patriot" upon dismissing him. He was largely considered a hero by the media and the public.
    On July 16, 1858, Corbett was propositioned by two prostitutes while walking home from a church meeting. He was deeply disturbed by the encounter. Upon returning to his room at a boardinghouse, Corbett began reading chapters 18 and 19 in the Gospel of Matthew ("And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee....and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake"). In order to avoid sexual temptation and remain holy, he castrated himself with a pair of scissors. He then ate a meal and went to a prayer meeting before seeking medical treatment.

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    Shame he didn't seek the medical treatment first, could have saved himself a lot of bother.

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

    Half Coke, half orange Fanta.
    I'm a twit

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    Mezzo Mix

    I added some apple and blackcurrant squash to Diet Pepsi the other week. Pretty good.

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    History.


    Edwin Stanley "Nigger" Brown[1] (1898–1972) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1910s and 1920s. A Queensland state and Australian international representative centre,[2] he played club rugby in Toowoomba for Newtown

    Brown, an Anglo-Australian who was nicknamed "Nigger" because of his fair complexion (or perhaps because of his use of the "Nigger Brown" variety of Kiwi shoe polish),[5][6] became Toowoomba's first rugby league international[7] when he was selected to go on the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, during which he played four matches.


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Brown

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    How does that never crop up in those best sporting nicknames lists?

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    Media bias.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standa..._United_States

    The history of standard time in the United States began November 18, 1883, when United States and Canadian railroads instituted standard time in time zones. Before then, time of day was a local matter, and most cities and towns used some form of local solar time, maintained by some well-known clock (for example, on a church steeple or in a jeweler's window). The new standard time system was not immediately embraced by all.
    One of the first reported incidents which brought about a change in how time was organized on railways in the United States occurred in New England in August 1853. Two trains heading towards each other on the same track collided as the train guards had different times set on their watches, resulting in the death of 14 passengers.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)

    In 1971, five high school students in San Rafael, California, used the term "4:20" in connection with a plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop, based on a treasure map made by the grower.
    Turns out 4/20 was founded at my mom's high school.

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    In their incredible desperation for content BT were showing competitive frog jumping last night, which is exactly what you think it is.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_jumping_contest

    It isn't a substantial article, but the name of the frog which holds the record more than justifies posting it.

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

    Absolutely bizarre diagram describing a goal against Helsingborgs, it looks like my dad drew it on ms paint, it's brilliant.

    Toggle Spoiler

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    Like Raymond Briggs doing Roy of the Rovers.

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

    This is bonkers from start to finish.

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    "Various theories existed for his size, including that his mother choked on a gherkin while pregnant"

    Ah, that'll do it.

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    "Various theories existed for his size, including that his mother choked on a gherkin while pregnant"

    Ah, that'll do it.

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    Imagine your obituary reading 'tried to mug off a dwarf with a water pistol'

    Also claims he was buggered so much as a slave he became taller, not sure about the science on that one.

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    Must have dislodged the gherkin.

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