19 Of The Weirdest Wikipedia Entries
Some funny Wikipedia articles that you won't believe are real.
Published 7 years ago in Wtf
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The Gävle Goat-The Wikipedia article for the Gävle goat reveals a remarkable tale of survival that spans over 50 years. It was first erected in 1966, but has since become famous for being burned to the ground by arson attacks almost every year. In total the goat has been destroyed 37 times with the most recent being in 2016. Let’s pray that it’s not destroyed at the end of this year.
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Paris Syndrome-When things aren’t what you expect, it can be pretty disappointing. But for some Japanese tourists, the realisation that the city of Paris is far from the idealistic, picturesque images seen in Hollywood movies can be psychologically damaging. Sounds unreal, right?! But it’s a legitimate condition that has been documented in psychiatric journals.
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List Of Animals With Fraudulent Diplomas-If you think an animal receiving a diploma was surprising enough, wait until you read about the actual circumstances in which they received their credentials. Take Colby Nolan, for example, a house cat who was awarded a MBA by Trinity Southern University, which then led to an expensive and turbulent fraud lawsuit.
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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo-According to Wikipedia, this is a grammatically correct sentence that uses three different meanings of the word “buffalo”. It refers to the city of Buffalo as a proper noun, the verb buffalo meaning “to bully, harass, or intimidate”, and the animal itself. It’s highly confusing and I still don’t get it.
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Mike The Headless Chicken-This is equal parts bizarre and unusual, which is basically what the majority of Wikipedia is. But anyway, Mike was a miraculous chicken who survived for 18 months after having his head chopped off. At one point, he was even valued at $10,000 and was featured in Times magazine.
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Hundeprutterutchebane-The name of this Danish amusement park ride translates to “Dog-Fart Roller Coaster”. Rolling with the theme is the coaster trains, which are designed in the shape of a dog named “Henry Dog Fart”. The ride itself will take you round piles of dog faeces and a statue of Henry caught mid-poop. How lovely.
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AVE Mizar-Who knows what the Advanced Vehicle Engineers (AVE) of Van Nuys were thinking when they cooked up this hybrid airplane-car invention. Production was scheduled to begin in 1974, but after a devastating test crash that killed the Vice President of AVE and the Mizar creator, the project was abandoned.
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