I have spent a lot of time browsing Wikipedia. It’s one of my most common procrastination activities. For some time, I’ve been collecting my favou

The Cabinet of Wikipedian Curiosities – Sam Enright

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2023-01-24 00:30:10

I have spent a lot of time browsing Wikipedia. It’s one of my most common procrastination activities. For some time, I’ve been collecting my favourite articles, presented here for your reading pleasure.

I found some of these through @depthsofwikipedia, Aella, and various links aggregators, but I don’t remember which articles came from where!

In killing both the patient and two other employees at the hospital, Robert Liston performed “the only known surgery in history with a 300 percent mortality rate”.

Carl Sagan was involved in this plan to nuke the moon for unclear reasons, including “a possible boosting of domestic morale”.

The American Medical Association was founded in response to, and country music was popularised by, John Romulus Brinkley’s radio programme promoting the medicinal benefits of goat testicles.

The astronomer Tycho Brahe lost his nose in a duel and had it replaced with a copper prosthetic. During a house party, his pet elk got so drunk it fell down the stairs.