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Financial markets by day, random Wikipedia rabbit holes by night. I like fast cars, good books, psychological deep dives, and conversations that start with “hear me out” and end somewhere neither of us expected. Currently hyperfixated on designing my own supercar, so if I disappear, assume I'm in a… read more

My afternoon / evening

Torment 12 Diablo 4 - Necromancer Minion Build (mainly my own design) - 22 minions so far, still tweaking the build, apparently i can increase it a bit more 😄 Every one talks about warlock, warlock, warlock... But when D2 and everything dropped - originally....ehhh, I think 2000/2001 i am not a… read more

Tambora Caldera

In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history. The ash from the eruption column dispersed around the world and lowered… read more

Tambora Caldera

In April 1815, Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history. The ash from the eruption column dispersed around the world and lowered… read more

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That which you hate to be done to you, do not do to another. ~Ancient Egypt proverb The Golden Rule: The "Declaration Toward a Global Ethic" from the Parliament of the World's Religions (1993) proclaimed the Golden Rule ("We must treat others as we wish others to treat us") as the common… (edited) read more

Friend or foe?

Moved to a new office and these guys hang around the door. I walked right up to them and shot this video, but someone told me that wild turkeys are aggressive and will attack me. Hard to believe so far! Any truth to it? Edit: in case the scale isn't clear turkeys are BIG. Wikipedia says males are… (edited) read more

Wikipedia is the biggest group project of history

Best Pet of Any Animal? The Mouse Deer

First of all disclaimer I do not condone wild animals as pets. Captivity brings behavioral issues, even in humans.. Anyway! In this essay I hope to convince those of you reading that the answer to this ice breaker question is indeed the humble Chevrotain; Mouse Deer. First of all, notice it's… read more

Quote of the day

The name in the picture is Nachiketa (नचिकेता) — not “Naruketa.” Nachiketa is a young boy in the Katha Upanishad, one of the important Upanishadic texts. He is famous for having the courage to question Yama, the Lord of Death, about the deepest question: “What happens after death?” � Wikipedia… read more

The Games That Made Me (Part 9)

You didn’t think my gaming journey would stop just because my PlayStation 2 was murdered, did you? Well, I’ll tell you what followed that dark day — and some of it might actually be true. After a period of moping around the house, I’m sure my parents took pity on me and bought me an Xbox — not a… (edited) read more

History is not as it seems

This started out because I wanted to learn more about the origins of the Bible. But as I'm researching, nearly all the original documents that we ascribe to western history (Greece, Rome, Jesus, everything) we have are from like the year 900-1500 AD and forward. We only have copies of copies from… read more

What do you value and appreciate the most?

I'll go first: Wikipedia

if you need an useless wikipedia page to read, i have plenty

The flag or the symbol of LGBTQ

You probably knew that the rainbow flag — created by artist Gilbert Baker in 1978 — is used as a symbol of LGBTQ pride, but did you know that each color on the flag has its own meaning? In the widely known six-color flag, red is symbolic of life, orange is symbolic of healing, yellow is sunshine,… read more

Fibonacci sequence

"In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones. Numbers that are part of the Fibonacci sequence are known as Fibonacci numbers... The Fibonacci numbers were first described in Indian mathematics as early as 200 BC in work by Pingala… read more

Your Favorite Disney Princess?

Note: 1. I can only put 10 due to app limitations. 2. I went with the canon lineup that I found on Wikipedia 3. Criteria is yours alone on how you want to make it as to why the Princess is your favorite. 4. While I’m going more towards the animated films, live action films can count too in your… (edited) read more

TW: (sexual) Grooming

According to Wikipedia: Sexual Grooming is the action or behavior used to establish an emotional connection with a vulnerable person. This includes: generally a minor under the age of consent – and sometimes the victim's family, to lower their inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse. It… read more

I noticed when I search information I chose my source from community sites, like reddit or other blogs instead of Wikipedia like I used to do before. I wonder why is that, more trust in opinion of a community rather than a specific site with monitoring information? 🤔

Forget legacy; I want a Wikipedia page this amazing.

Super Sharp Shooter - the Ganja Kru

Been listening back to some jungle classics lately. "Jungle is a genre of electronic music that developed out of the UK rave scene and roots reggae and dancehall sound system culture in the 1990s. Emerging from breakbeat hardcore, the style is characterised by rapid breakbeats, heavily… read more

From sketch to drawing.

Here is the translation of the text into English: "My art. Material: paper, ordinary black ballpoint pen. I'm drawing Ungoliante from Silmarion. Note: Ungoliante (Un'goliant) is a monster, a huge spider that devours any light, as well as precious stones. An ally of Melkor in Valinor, who helped… read more

Wikipedia trap

Went to “quickly” look up some information on something. 2 hrs later I still have 5 open tab pages I intent to read 🤔

Pelargonium x hortorum

zonal geranium or garden geranium, is a nothospecies of Pelargonium most commonly used as an ornamental plant. It is a hybrid between Pelargonium zonale and Pelargonium inquinans. They are the group of Pelargonium cultivars, with leaves marked with a brown annular zone and inflorescence in the form… read more

Please do not look at the Wikipedia page for beef stew on my pc (edited)

This really made me laugh

When I asked him what love was and he looked it up on Wikipedia. 😱😩🤣🤣🤣

The ‘Do Nothing Together’ Compatibility Test

Some people need constant plans, but real compatibility is when you can sit in the same room, doing completely different things, and it still feels right. You’re deep in a book or lost in a random Wikipedia rabbit hole. I’m tinkering with some new idea or pretending to be productive. Every now and… read more

Why you gotta do me like this, Wikipedia?

.. I was just trying to learn stuff 🫠

Who the hell is Meg?

In school we learned that Hercules' wife was Deianira. Did Disney invent Meg? Well, according to the Greek wikipedia lemma for the hero, he had 4 wives (including Megara) and 53 mistresses. #movies #film (edited)

Olympians' "Womanizer" event, final results

Gold medal: Zeus (Jupiter) 73 points (4 wives and 69 mistresses) Silver medal: Poseidon (Neptune) 70 points (1 wife and 69 mistresses) Bronze medal: Apollo 49 points (2 wives and 47 mistresses) (The sources are the gods' Greek wikipedia lemmata) #random (edited)

Löwenmensch figurine

I can't help but wonder, did these people work strictly from their imaginations, or did they engage with higher dimensional beings (aka, the Lyrans)? 🤔 "The Löwenmensch figurine, also called the Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stadel, is a prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, a… read more

Proud Moment

Learnt that my debut article for Live History India (presently Peepul Tree World) that I wrote in 2019, is one of the reference articles for the Wikipedia article on the 1824 Barrackpore Mutiny which is officially the third military mutiny in India against the British, after Madurai and Vellore… read more

Date night, but from far away

Any ideas of fun activities to do from a distance? Here are a few of mine: 📺 Watching a movie - classic Many streaming platforms give the option to watch together, but if you don't have the same platforms it can be tricky. Check for Yarrrlist on Google. It lists many website to watch for free.… read more

The Origin of the Neck Tie

If you look up the origin of the necktie on wikipedia, you will read that it came from Croatia or some other such offal. In fact, it comes out of the conflict of the Hundred Years War between the English and the French. During the middle era of that war, the French began to hang English knights… read more

Bluespine Unicornfish (Name taken from wikipedia) In my language we call it poisson corne

Corpinellus Micaceus

Edible as long as they are cooked soon after picking them. The gills start autodigesting in as little as one hour, cooking stops that. Good for omelettes and savory sauces (according to Wikipedia)