The Inventory

Wiki Wormhole

Wiki Wormhole

Wiki Wormhole

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 5,664,405-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

In 1798, the U.S. went to war with France—sort of

This week’s entry: Quasi-War

America once took 32 tons of shark fins to court

10/07/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: United States v. approximately 64,695 pounds of shark fins

The only thing worse than dying on stage is actually dying on stage

9/30/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: List of entertainers who died during a performance

The greatest trick this magician ever pulled was convincing 1900s Europe he wasn’t a dick

9/23/18 12:30pm

This week’s entry: Chung Ling Soo

The Muscogee maintained independence against colonizers for 200 years

9/16/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Muscogee

Meet the man who might have been the real-life Lone Ranger

9/09/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Bass Reeves

In 1862, a slave hijacked a Confederate ship and became a national hero

9/02/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Robert Smalls

20 years ago, the world lost a singular comic talent in Phil Hartman

8/26/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Phil Hartman

Meet the 19th-century female pirate who launched a thousand (pirate) ships

8/19/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Ching Shih

Forget the Bermuda Triangle—legends speak of a lost ship in the California desert

8/12/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Lost Ship of the desert

17th-century French Opera’s a lot more fun when the singer also sword-fights

8/05/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Julie d’Aubigny

Tomato, ToMacco: Farmers are elevating their crops with vertical farming

7/29/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Vertical farming

From Calisota to Moosylvania, America has a lot of made-up states

7/22/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: List of fictional U.S. states

Ghosts are haunting Hollywood

7/15/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: List of ghost films

"Till death do us part" is no obstacle to a posthumous marriage

This week’s entry: Posthumous marriage

This folkloric animal’s only real-life power is cuteness

7/01/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Japanese raccoon dog

Greetings from the UFO zealots who say aliens created life on Earth

6/24/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: Raëlian Movement

Hitler goes west: The secret plans for Nazi America

6/17/18 10:30am

This week’s entry: Hitler’s plans for North America

Here’s how we’re trying to get to space without rockets

This week’s entry: Non-rocket spacelaunch

In your face, gravity: A look at the most visionary, ridiculously tall structures

6/03/18 10:00am

This week’s entry: List of visionary tall buildings and structures