Go to wikipedia and click on 'Random Article', then tell us what it was about.
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It's like Fox News was the author on this one.
Nov 03, 2009 06:25 by athanie -
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Must be stuck in the 1500's. 1579 in art. Giambologna begins the Rape of the Sabine Women, a remarkable example of Mannerist sculpture. Who knew?
Nov 03, 2009 06:15 by saxchik-
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cool statue
Nov 03, 2009 09:20 by jessicapeanut.
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List of state leaders in 14AD
(Quite an interesting read, actually)
Nov 03, 2009 06:15 by yadarfyn-
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What was the link?
Nov 03, 2009 07:05 by rabbitdan.
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The Highways Act 1562 - (sometimes the Second Statute of Highways) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1563. The Act extended the provisions of the Highways Act 1555, by which every householder of a parish had to provide four days labour in a year on the highways, for a further twenty years, and made the requirement six days labour rather than four. Supervisors of highway work were empowered to take debris from quarries and dig for gravel without permission of the landowners. The Act also empowered Justices of the Peace at Quarter Sessions to investigate and punish supervisors in cases where they were in dereliction of their duties, imposing "such fines ... as shall be thought meet". - - So I guess, Instead of paying taxes, you help build/maintain it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_Act_1562Nov 03, 2009 05:57 by jaypoc -
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Nov 03, 2009 05:41 by miggylude-
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Thank goodness it's been cleared up which William Macomb we were talking about!
Also, welcome to Tweak Today, a bit delayed! Your eyeglasses are awesome! And your hair. I'd have to spend time to make mine go that straight.Nov 03, 2009 19:22 by kellydna.
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The NWA World Middleweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Peso Medio de NWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately: it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the middleweight weight class in Mexico is between 82 kg (180 lb) and 87 kg (190 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.[2]
The Championship was originally just called the "World Middleweight Championship", created and defended mainly in Mexico. Documentation confirms that Gus Kallio held the title in 1938 with indications that he may have held the title three times since the 1920 but without being able to confirm any specific dates or how he won the championship. In 1939 Octavio Gaona won the title and from that point forward the title became one of the main titles for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) based out of Mexico City, Mexico. When EMLL joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1952, the title was given the prefix "NWA".[3] In the late 1980s EMLL withdrew from the NWA, they changed their name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) to create a clean break from their past NWA association. CMLL retained two NWA labeled titles, the Middlweight championship and the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship despite them no longer being officially recognized by the NWA.
The earliest recorded champion was Gus Kallio, having won it some time in the 1920s. Averno is the current NWA World Middleweight champion having defeated Místico on November 30, 2007. This is Averno's second NWA World Middleweight title reign and he is at least the 84th overall champion and the 45th person to hold the championship.[4]. René Guajardo has the most reigns, having held the title six times. Tarzán López's four reigns combine for 2,977 days, the most of any champion; while the Great Sasuke's single regin is the longest individual reign with 1,487 days. Oro is the person who has held the title the shortest time, 41 days.
Nov 03, 2009 05:30 by discomeg2-
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omg i've seen him and his son wrestle in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico like four times they were my parents' favorite so we would try going every time they came to fight near us!!!!!
i have some autographs from both of them and pictures of me next to them!!! i'll ask mmy mom to bring them next time she comes over to visit meNov 03, 2009 11:07 by kitty_babe1029.
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It's about bondage xD
"Bondage refers to the use of restraints for the sexual pleasure of the parties involved. It may be used in its own right, as in the case of rope bondage and breast bondage, or as part of sexual activity or BDSM activity. When a person is sexually aroused by bondage, it may be considered a paraphilia, known as vincilagnia (from Latin vincio, to bind or fetter with chains, and lagneia, lust)."Nov 03, 2009 05:25 by sayuri-
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Should've posted a link...might've become a verrrry popular page today ;)
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Looks like fun to me... :O
Nov 03, 2009 12:39 by robaba89.
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Maryland Route 665
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Route_665Nov 03, 2009 05:18 by row1e-
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I guess that one is just one turn away from hell.
Nov 03, 2009 10:54 by chaomancer.
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"Runge (crater)
Runge is a lunar crater in the Mare Smythii, along the eastern edge of the Moon. It lies less than one crater diameter to the north-northwest of the very similar crater Warner. To the west-northwest is Haldane. Runge has been almost completely submerged by basaltic lava, leaving only a low, ring-shaped feature in the lunar mare. The rim has a gap at the southern end, and a pair of small craters lie near the exterior to either side of this opening."
This one is.... OUT THERE! Buh dum dum.
Nov 03, 2009 05:00 by nexusgx-
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yeah i've been there, it's pretty nasty. Also, just to be a jerk, I carved "Spiros was here" in the wall.
Nov 03, 2009 05:19 by a_noob. -
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@a_noob: So it WAS the same Spiros. Tch.
Nov 03, 2009 10:30 by rabbitdan.
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Crimson Marsh Glider (Trithemis aurora) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Libellulidae Genus: Trithemis Species: T. aurora.
Binomial Name:Trithemis aurora
It is a medium sized dragonfly that is commonly found in weedy tanks and ponds, marshes, channels, and slow flowing streams and rivers in the lowlands and mid-hills. It breeds in streams, rivers, canals, ponds and tanks. It is found commonly and widely distributed in the Oriental region throughout the year.
The male of the species is distinctly different from the female.
The male has a reddish brown face, with eyes that are crimson above and brown on the sides. The thorax is red with a fine, purple pruinescence. The abdomen, the base of which is swollen, is crimson with a violet tinge. The wings are transparent with crimson venation and the base has a broad amber patch. The wing spots are a dark reddish-brown and the legs are black.
The female has an olivaceous or bright reddish-brown face with eyes that are purplish-brown above and grey below. The thorax is olivaceous with brown median and black lateral stripes. The abdomen is reddish-brown with median and lateral black markings. The black markings are confluent at the end of each segment and enclose a reddish-brown spot. The wings are transparent with brown tips. The venation is bright yellow to brown and basal amber markings are pale. The wing spots are a dark brown and the lags are dark grey with narrow yellow stripes.
Nov 03, 2009 04:34 by soarkaios-
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Dragon flies amaze me. they get on my nerves but they are really different looking than other pests. thanks:)
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Huh. Interesting.
Nov 03, 2009 06:28 by athanie.
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Nov 03, 2009 04:30 by dezorian-
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how interesting!!
Nov 03, 2009 04:37 by jessicapeanut. -
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sweet
Nov 03, 2009 05:26 by discomeg2.
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Vivir (song)
"Vivier" (Any Better) is the 4th single of Belinda's album Belinda. It served as the theme for the telenovela Corazones Al Limite (in which she would also act for a short time), and quickly gained airplay in in the charts. This song became her most successful song on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.Nov 03, 2009 04:17 by jessicapeanut -
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The Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO) is in Udaipur, Rajasthan in India on an island in the Fateh Sagar Lake. The sky conditions at Udaipur are quite favourable for solar observations. Since the observatory is situated amidst a large mass of water, air turbulence which occurs due to ground heating by sun's rays is decreased. This improves the image quality and accuracy (average between 1-2 arc seconds). The observatory was built in the year 1976 by Dr. Arvind Bhatanagar following the model of the Solar Observatory at Big Bear lake in Southern California. Later, he was joined by Dr. Ashok Ambastha in 1983 and subsequently by others who have contributed to its development.
Nov 03, 2009 03:58 by madison -
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Nothing interesting..
Nov 03, 2009 03:56 by endroine -
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nice :D
Nov 03, 2009 03:33 by memarktwo -
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Nov 03, 2009 03:20 by stephie-
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That Philbrook picture looks cool. Great architecture.
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@chaomancer - yea, I thought so too. Mostly though I'm relieved (seeing other people's posts) that I didn't end up on something gross or gory.
Nov 03, 2009 11:25 by stephie.
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Punctoidea. Might be the shortest INFORMATIVE article on wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctoidea
Nov 03, 2009 03:18 by bschhh -
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J. P. Piper is the head men's basketball coach at Nicholls State University.
Not terribly interesting
Nov 03, 2009 03:08 by oliver-
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Ok, first that Purisai, now that Piper guy. Do all people remotely involved in sports get their own Wikipedia page? Is that what it takes for me to get my own page, I have to take up sports?!
Nov 03, 2009 11:00 by chaomancer.
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5631 (Hebrew year) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5631_(Hebrew_year)
Nov 03, 2009 02:53 by obvio -
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Buddhism, as traditionally conceived, is a path of salvation attained through insight into the ultimate nature of reality .
Conventional narratives on the Buddha's life, such as the one below, draw heavily on Theravada Tipitaka scriptures. However, later texts, such as the Mahayana Lalitavistara Sutra, give different accounts.According to the conventional narrative, the Buddha was born in Ancient India, in the city of Lumbini, around the year 563 BCE, and raised in Kapilavastu; both in modern day Nepal. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist]
Nov 03, 2009 02:25 by anddiex -
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Fascinating!
Nov 03, 2009 02:22 by rabbitdan-
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fascinating!
Nov 03, 2009 03:13 by a_noob. -
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@a_noob: fascinating!
Nov 03, 2009 03:27 by rabbitdan. -
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@rabbitdan: fascinating!
Nov 03, 2009 03:28 by a_noob. -
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fascinating!
Nov 03, 2009 03:29 by merendis. -
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@merendis: fass-sskinnn-aytingggg!!
Nov 03, 2009 03:30 by rabbitdan. -
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fascinating!
Nov 03, 2009 03:32 by memarktwo. -
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Ok I'll play too, how fascinating!
Nov 03, 2009 05:03 by stephie. -
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Oops, I entered my "fascinating" on the wrong submission :(
Nov 03, 2009 09:47 by kellydna. -
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@kellydna: fascinating!
Nov 03, 2009 10:56 by rabbitdan. -
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@kellydna: lol
utterly... fascinating!Nov 03, 2009 11:00 by coco-tidan.
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A Romanian Commune with a population of 1,257
Nov 03, 2009 02:16 by agsystems-
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wow
Nov 03, 2009 04:27 by jessicapeanut. -
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Imagine someone changing this page every time someone enters or leaves the commune ...
Nov 03, 2009 11:01 by chaomancer.
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wow an Asteroid Belt called Robin Williams, fancy that!
Nov 03, 2009 02:13 by a_noob-
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I wonder what its nearest neighbours are called. '12822 Demi Moore' perhaps?
Nov 03, 2009 02:25 by rabbitdan. -
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ya interesting ....:)
Nov 03, 2009 02:27 by anddiex. -
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@rabbitdan: I think he had a brief collision with Marsha Garces Williams 3312 back in 2008, but now just drifts the interstellar backroads
Nov 03, 2009 03:15 by a_noob. -
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Hah. Interstellar backroads... like his career?
Nov 03, 2009 06:31 by athanie.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-dead_meat
Ohhhh! Yuk!!!
Nov 03, 2009 02:02 by robbo47-
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yuk is right:)
Nov 03, 2009 04:28 by jessicapeanut. -
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That IS disgusting...
Nov 03, 2009 04:32 by dezorian. -
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Ugh, don't think I'll be checking that one out.
Nov 03, 2009 05:04 by stephie. -
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ew, that is nasty
Nov 03, 2009 08:00 by jenaissance. -
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That's put me right off my bacon roll
Nov 03, 2009 09:29 by demander. -
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grim!
Nov 03, 2009 11:02 by coco-tidan. -
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I like the See also: Roadkill cuisine :)
Nov 03, 2009 11:03 by chaomancer. -
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I saw a programme some time ago about a man who doesn't shop for meat for his meals at all - he travels the highways and byways and picks up gleefully any squashed wildlife, takes it home and cooks wonderful meat dishes.....apparently!
Nov 03, 2009 15:41 by robbo47.
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One for all you 'lumber exchange' enthusiasts out there...
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scandalous. perhaps.
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Ben Feldman (1912 – 1993) insurance salesman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Feldman_(insurance_salesman)
.... actually (somewhat) interesting - only insurance salesman with a wikipedia entry?Nov 03, 2009 00:33 by mpp -
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"Yelo"...I was hoping it was the 80s synth band Yello but this Yelo (one "l") is a 55 inhabitant town in Spain. Oh, Yeah!
Nov 03, 2009 00:32 by petehoang
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There's some pretty intense, complicated history connected to Tamil Nadu. This article is probably a reflection of that. Most of the local shop owners near my house seem to be Tamils. I chat to them sometimes.
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@rabbitdan: I was commenting that the article only touches on their religion and the Church that's in their town. Whoever wrote it didn't think to spell "pattern of Our Lady of Assumption" correctly, and I'm sure there's much more interesting history behind the village and the people there. I'm sure they're lovely people, and as far as Wikipedia articles go, they got jipped.
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@athanie: Yes it's a funny one isn't it? I was wondering if it hadn't been written by someone with a particular agenda who actually lives there. It's like English is their second language. But yes, end result: jipped.