decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · edit-22 months agoList of Wikipedia articles already coveredplus-squarelockpinlemmy.worldimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down10
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Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours ago1858 Bradford sweets poisoning - sugar adulterated with gypsum (containing arsenic) killed 20, sickened 200, and changed the laws on food adulteration.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-link1858 Bradford sweets poisoning - sugar adulterated with gypsum (containing arsenic) killed 20, sickened 200, and changed the laws on food adulteration.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 hours agomessage-square3fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOskar Dirlewanger - regarded as perhaps the Nazi regime's "most extreme executioner"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkOskar Dirlewanger - regarded as perhaps the Nazi regime's "most extreme executioner"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square2fedilink
colourlesspony@pawb.socialEnglish · edit-23 days agoSarco pod - 3D-printed assisted suicide "sarcophagus"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkSarco pod - 3D-printed assisted suicide "sarcophagus"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcolourlesspony@pawb.socialEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square7fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoJudica-Cordiglia brothers - captured recordings of doomed Soviet cosmonauts in their final moments, supposedlyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkJudica-Cordiglia brothers - captured recordings of doomed Soviet cosmonauts in their final moments, supposedlyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoReptilian conspiracy theory - belief that shape-shifting reptilian humanoids have global influenceplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down14
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkReptilian conspiracy theory - belief that shape-shifting reptilian humanoids have global influenceplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgBoozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoViktor Bout - AKA Merchant of Death - weapons smugglerplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkViktor Bout - AKA Merchant of Death - weapons smugglerplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgBoozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square3fedilink
crimeschneck@feddit.nlEnglish · 4 days agoRadio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines - "Radio Genocide", played a significant role in inciting the Rwandan genocideplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkRadio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines - "Radio Genocide", played a significant role in inciting the Rwandan genocideplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck@feddit.nlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoJadovno concentration camp - local ravines used as mass graves. Death toll still uncertain.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkJadovno concentration camp - local ravines used as mass graves. Death toll still uncertain.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoGibbeting - public display of dead or dying criminals in a hanging structureplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkGibbeting - public display of dead or dying criminals in a hanging structureplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgBoozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 4 days agoAir Florida Flight 90 - Real life example of Iron Man's "icing" problemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkAir Florida Flight 90 - Real life example of Iron Man's "icing" problemplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgdecadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago1593 transported soldier legend - 16th century time traveler?plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-link1593 transported soldier legend - 16th century time traveler?plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoHumanzee - hypothetical offspring of humans and chimpsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down12
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkHumanzee - hypothetical offspring of humans and chimpsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square4fedilink
decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 7 days ago2024 Lebanon pager explosions - 12 people are killed and more than 2,750 others injured by compromised pagers that simultaneously explodedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down17
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-link2024 Lebanon pager explosions - 12 people are killed and more than 2,750 others injured by compromised pagers that simultaneously explodedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgdecadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square72fedilink
PapaStevesy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoJenny Haniver - Modified ray or skate carcass made to look like a demon or dragonplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkJenny Haniver - Modified ray or skate carcass made to look like a demon or dragonplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPapaStevesy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square4fedilink
decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 7 days agoBob Crane - Hogan's Heroes actor whose public image suffered due to the suspicious nature of his death and posthumous revelations about his personal lifeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkBob Crane - Hogan's Heroes actor whose public image suffered due to the suspicious nature of his death and posthumous revelations about his personal lifeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgdecadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square3fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoFiji mermaid - 19th century mythical hodgepodge first exhibited by PT Barnumplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkFiji mermaid - 19th century mythical hodgepodge first exhibited by PT Barnumplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoMütter Museum - a 19th century style cabinet museum displaying medical artifacts and odditiesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkMütter Museum - a 19th century style cabinet museum displaying medical artifacts and odditiesplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square4fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoTravis (chimpanzee) - mauled and ate parts of his owner's friend. Wild animals are not pets.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down13
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkTravis (chimpanzee) - mauled and ate parts of his owner's friend. Wild animals are not pets.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square25fedilink
Plum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoThalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down13
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkThalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgPlum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square8fedilink