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Years of scouring the internet, led me to some of the weirdest Wikipedia articles and lore about the infamous site, so I might as well share it with you.

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a medical dictionary made up a rock-eating bug. they deleted it. readers demanded it back.
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someone gave bread clips latin names and a family tree. the people who study them have a title.
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One drop falls about once a decade. the man watching it went to get a drink.
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The army invented fake food to catch soldiers who weren't reading the survey. it beat lima beans.
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England invented a sport so they could finally win something. a Canadian won it the next year.
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Wikipedia keeps a list of every tornado in Alaska history. It's seven. None of them hurt anyone.
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Medieval monks drew this monster with total seriousness. Its only weapon was flaming poop. happy halloween 🎃
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England bred a dog whose whole job was running in a wheel to turn the roast. On Sundays it doubled as a church foot warmer. A bishop said "wheel" mid-sermon and they bolted for the door.
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A $999.99 iphone app that did nothing sold 8 copies. When the developer released a version that actually did something, people gave it bad reviews.
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Canada has a jail for polar bears. Repeat offenders get longer sentences. No meals.
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A payphone 12 miles from the nearest paved road became famous because strangers kept calling it. People camped out to answer. It got a memorial plaque. They removed the plaque too.
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Britain designed a nuclear landmine that was kept warm by live chickens. It was originally called brown bunny.
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An entomologist got stung by dozens of insects and reviewed every sting like a fine wine. By the end he was questioning his own project.
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It's a slice of toast between two slices of bread. wikipedia gave it an infobox, a calorie count, and a comparison to modern art.
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New Mexico's senate unanimously voted to make psychiatrists testify in a two-foot wizard hat, a fake beard and a wand. The bailiff also had to hit a gong.
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Napoleon tried to cheat at chess three times. The guy hiding inside the chess robot flipped the board.
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A bear was drafted into the polish army, made corporal, and picked up a coffee habit.
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8 million people watched. Hundreds called in for growing tips. The BBC stayed in character.
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Sports illustrated made up a pitcher. The Mets gave him a locker.
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Alt captions: Lost his head in 1945. Still out here headlining festivals.The town took one look at a headless chicken and said: party games.
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