Wikipedia articles?

I've done it. You've probably done it. What are some of the stranger things you've found yourself reading about on Wikipedia?

The other night I somehow ended up here. I think I started out reading about the Norway maple, but I'm not entirely sure.

Coppicing

Oddly enough, I'm intrigued at the simple genius of the idea.

So what have you been reading about?

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Oooo neat! A few from my recent history have been...

Fan death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phytoplankton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pygmy Hippopotamus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boris (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So much that I don't even remember looking up.

Too much to remember. It's so easy to read about one thing then click a link and be reading about something else that I never heard of.

Wikipedia is my home page - I can surf the Wikipedia for hours if left to my own devices.

When I was kid - back before they built they inter web tubes - my family had a set of the "World Book Encyclopedia, 1971 edition" I read the entire 28 books cover to cover at least once, plus just skimmed random articles for pleasure all the time.

yes, I am a little weird

Quantum suicide and immortality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Death becomes her" meets "sliders"... tune in to the next episode where our hero survives another gruesome suicide attempt again!