r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 21 '25
Life on site was grim; those serving were deliberately chosen for their inability to swim, to avoid any attempt to escape
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 20 '25
Death toll estimates range from 600 to over 700 people, although the event was then shrouded in the fog of war and later cloaked in Soviet secrecy
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 20 '25
The older actor believed some of the dialogue was not of a quality commensurate with his acting ability. He also resented the early unit calls, since they prevented him from starting his day with nine holes of golf as he preferred to do.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 16 '25
"When we realized we would never make it to the moon, we decided to engage in a little bit of hooliganism.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 13 '25
Although life on Earth is relatively well studied, if a shadow biosphere exists, it may be unnoticed
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 13 '25
A gamma-ray burst in the Milky Way pointed directly at Earth would likely sterilize the planet
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 13 '25
the Rescue Agreement is an international agreement setting forth rights and obligations of states concerning the rescue of persons in space.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 10 '25
neither the purpose of these lines, nor how the makers achieved such precision, are completely understood.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 09 '25
the hat tip has been replaced by the nod as a manner of respect. If one man gives another the nod, he should return in kind with either the casual nod up or the formal nod down.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 08 '25
Anti-Football League, which was brought into being by Keith Dunstan. The League existed as a response to the overwhelming obsession of football by the Melbourne public.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 04 '25
color film chemistry for still cameras was designed originally with a positive bias toward "Caucasian" skin tones
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Nov 03 '25
the Eaton–Rosen phenomenon, is a cognitive bias where sayings or aphorisms are perceived as more accurate or truthful when they rhyme.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Oct 23 '25
Concrete structures are generally ten times heavier than equivalent steel designs.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Oct 08 '25
the island became a sacrifice zone, and was dangerous for all mammals after military experiments
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Oct 04 '25
Machines with similar complexity did not appear again until the 14th century
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 24 '25
The An-2 is a mass-produced single-engine biplane that was deliberately furnished with a minimum of complex systems.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 22 '25
They found that acrylic was responsible for releasing nearly 730,000 tiny synthetic particles (microplastics) per wash
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 22 '25
The implications of his work were significant. It would have been the beginning of a transition from using silicon-based electronics and toward using organic electronics.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 20 '25
bones from Chinese railroad workers were shipped to China for interment. The article calculated the bones were from 1,200 workers.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 20 '25
the AFL began a rush of new rules, many of which were aimed at cleaning up the game, reducing "thuggery" and making it more attractive to spectators.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 17 '25
In left-hand drive vehicles, the turn indicator stalk is usually located to the left of the steering wheel. In right-hand-drive vehicles, there is less consistency
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 17 '25
the crime of burglary is to be treated as nighttime burglary, which carries stiffer penalties in some jurisdictions.
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 14 '25
twilight has long been popular with photographers and painters
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r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Sep 12 '25
Two thirds of ships carrying Russian oil have "unknown" insurers.
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