This uncited bit of info from SportsCenter anchor Linda Cohn’s Wikipedia page, can’t possibly be true. Can it?
Sorry if that’s a bit small. I had to post a screengrab in case it goes away anytime soon. If you can’t read that, click it. It says, “In an interview on WFAN with Mike Francesa, Cohn admitted [...]
Hilariously, the finger — as in the middle finger, the bird, the flip-off — has its own Wikipedia page. And it’s your day, the finger.
From the Wikipedia: The finger.
You already knew that the finger is an obscene gesture created by showing the back of the hand while extending only the middle finger upwards, and that [...]
From the Wikipedia: Hibernation
I had been led to believe that hibernation referred to the period when an animal basically shut off for winter, but this is apparently not the case. The Wikipedia page for hibernation completely sucks and needs to be updated to meet Wikipedia standards, but according to other Wikipedia pages, hibernating animals actually [...]
So disappointing.
From the Wikipedia: Curse of the Pharaohs.
I like a good spooky story even if I think it’s probably hokum, and for whatever reason — some sixth grade history teacher, Scooby Doo, who knows — I really believed that just about everyone who ever opened a mummy’s tomb was dead within a few weeks.
Not the [...]
I’m not going to lie: Today’s “From the Wikipedia” does indeed stem from a chain of Wikipedia links related to Rex Ryan’s Gatorade shower last night.
From the Wikipedia: Globster.
Before today, I had never heard of Globster. This is odd and somewhat troubling, as I consider myself an amateur expert in cryptozoology. Anyway, globster is the [...]
Today’s From the Wikipedia comes upon request by multiple readers, but does not aim to make light of the numerous deaths — at least six, according to the Wikipedia — that occurred at the theme park in question.
It does very much aim to make light of the horrible, horrible planning that led to said deaths, [...]
I spent about six hours wandering around the Palisades Mall yesterday, and based on empirical evidence, I’d say it’s a pretty safe bet you did too.
From the Wikipedia: Victor Gruen
Architect Victor Gruen was born Viktor David Grünbaum in Vienna, but changed his name when he emigrated to the United States in 1938. He didn’t do [...]
I’m hungry. From the Wikipedia: Empanadas.
Empanadas are stuffed pastries originally from the Iberian Peninsula. They get their name from the Spanish verb “empanar,” which means “to bread.” They are most often filled with some form of meat, and are for the most part completely awesome.
The Wikipedia believes that empanadas were derived from muaajanat, savory pastries [...]
It’s raining today in midtown Manhattan. Forgive me if you’ve already heard any of my umbrella-inspired fury on other rainy days via Twitter. Here’s this edition:
From the Wikipedia: Umbrella
Umbrellas have existed for protecting the human head from both sun and rain since at least the 5th century BCE. Some form of umbrella existed in ancient [...]
Sometimes you end up so deep into the Wikipedia web that you don’t even remember what started it. That’s what happened today.
From the Wikipedia: Old Faithful
Old Faithful is a geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. It was named by explorer Nathan P. Langford because its eruptions happen so regularly, and because, presumably, it [...]
