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

Sep 20

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The Futurist art movement tried its hand at cooking, with unappetizing results

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,150,520-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Sep 13

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Wiki Wormhole9/13/20

Sometimes your own stomach can get you drunk

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,150,520-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Sep 6

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Wiki Wormhole9/6/20

A fashion faux pas turned violent in NYC’s Straw Hat Riot

This week’s entry: The Straw Hat Riot

Aug 30

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White soldiers declared war on their Black counterparts in an ugly incident from WWII

This week’s entry: Battle of Bamber Bridge

Aug 23

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Wiki Wormhole8/23/20

Misheard translated lyrics are a global phenomenon—there’s even a Japanese word for it

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,146,484-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Aug 16

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Wiki Wormhole8/16/20

The Y2K bug ended up being the millennium’s biggest anticlimax

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,138,864-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Aug 2

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Wiki Wormhole8/2/20

Do bookstores make you poop? The Japanese have a theory

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,125,173-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Jul 26

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This Soviet breakaway republic never fully broke away

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,128,221-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Jul 19

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Wiki Wormhole7/19/20

2020 can’t be all bad if someone found an actual buried treasure

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,125,173-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Jul 12

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Wiki Wormhole7/12/20

Roger Corman’s low-budget studio gave us more than just cult movies

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,119,786-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Jul 5

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Wiki Wormhole7/5/20

Beat the summer heat in the northernmost towns on Earth

This week’s entry: List of northernmost Settlements

Jun 28

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This teenage Roman emperor may have been the earliest recorded trans woman

This week’s entry: Elagabalus

Jun 21

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Wiki Wormhole6/21/20

William Haines was out and proud in silent-era Hollywood

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,101,066-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Jun 14

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Wiki Wormhole6/14/20

Bayard Rustin was a key figure in the civil rights <i>and</i> gay rights movements

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Bayard Rustin was a key figure in the civil rights and gay rights movements

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,101,066-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

Jun 7

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Wiki Wormhole6/7/20

This scientist claimed to have broken Newton’s laws of motion

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,093,882-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

May 31

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Wiki Wormhole5/31/20

This medical fraud’s miracle cure involved transplanting goat testicles into humans

This week’s entry: John R. Brinkley

May 24

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Tiny Andorra has two monarchs for just 77,000 people

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,079,214-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

May 17

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Wiki Wormhole5/17/20

Nothing kills a joke faster than overanalyzing it, so let’s do that

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,079,214-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

May 10

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Wiki Wormhole5/10/20

Every year, the Army invades our greatest enemy, North Carolina

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,076,847-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

May 3

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Wiki Wormhole5/3/20

These Wikipedia subjects are not who they claim to be

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,070,641-week series, Wiki Wormhole.