Contrary to popular misconception, Wikipedia is good for more than just finding out whether your favorite celebrities are gay or Jewish.
Serving as the internet's most iconic free — and shockingly accurate — encyclopedia, Wikipedia has a whole lot to offer, including a whole lot of craziness amassed from all walks of human history.
From an entire cult based on mangoes to the IRL Forrest Gump, here are 11 weird Wikipedia pages that are absolutely worth your afternoon.
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Note the 300 year gap between Whiskey and anything else.
2
This guy makes Forrest Gump look boring.
3
Come for the libel lawsuit, stay to find out wh the f—k the beloved English actor’s parents decided to name their child Hugh Mungo.
4
No matter what you’re going through, it could always be worse — you could also be covered in roughly 800 pounds of human waste.
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No matter how much you may love mangos, these guys love it more.
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The name says it all. Who doesn’t love British cinematography?
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Have you ever wanted to know every conceivable thing there is to know about the Honda Ridgeline? You’re in luck.
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Plane tickets are expensive. Try the postal service instead.
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“Like, subscribe and hit that bell for notifications … or you’ll be sleeping with the fishes” — mobster/YouTuber Sammy Gravano, probably.
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The Gombe Chimpanzee War. Pretty sure it's the only known war to be fought between non-humans
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Wikipedia:Unusual articles is an absolute goldmine
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Tarrare, a Frenchman who would eat huge amounts of anything.
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Humans. There's a Wikipedia page on the human race. That's not weird. The weird part is that, per Wikipedia style guidelines, it's written in the third person, which, in context, makes the whole thing sound like it was written by aliens.
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Osama Bin Laden (Elephant)
