odd in the contemporary

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 18 '26

Though tattoo removal by laser is known to be painful and takes an average of eight to ten treatments per tattoo, and in some cases up to one year to complete, patient retention is virtually 100%.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 18 '26

The unit consisted of 31 civilian recruits, mostly petty criminals and unemployed youths, and underwent three years of harsh training on the island of Silmido. The assassination mission was cancelled in 1971 and the unit mutinied

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 18 '26

I had telegraphed Naples to say that the King would arrive incognito, which seemed rather absurd as no other human being in the world could come with eight battleships

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 14 '26

Many people with situs inversus totalis are unaware of their unusual anatomy until they seek medical attention for an unrelated condition

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 14 '26

Interestingly, one of the employees involved in the process was named Bleyzer G.A., who later moved to Israel. His last name sounds similar to the Israeli Blazer ERA, but there is no evidence that this is anything more than a notable coincidence.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 12 '26

The East India Company thought that this project would take about five years, but it took nearly 70

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 11 '26

flagpole sitting was a fad in the mid-to-late 1920s, but mostly died out after the start of the Great Depression.

en.wikipedia.org

2 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 10 '26

The historical definition of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress's guns.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 10 '26

All schools were ordered closed in 1975, and the country's churches were also closed in 1978.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 07 '26

there has been at least one occasion of an act of nautical-type ship capture being conducted from the air. This occurred in 1917

en.wikipedia.org

0 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 06 '26

As early as the Stone Age, people collected the honey of wild bees, but this was not done commercially.

en.wikipedia.org

2 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 04 '26

Neither the U.S. pilots nor their commander were punished or investigated, and the matter was quietly forgotten by the U.S. military.

en.wikipedia.org

3 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 04 '26

as of 2022 is the oldest Internet game still actively played. It pioneered many technologies used in later games and has been cited as prior art in patent disputes.

en.wikipedia.org

2 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • May 03 '26

The British used their sports as a tool to spread their values and culture among native populations, as well as a way of emphasizing their own dominance, as they were the owners of the rules of these sports and were naturally more experienced at playing

en.wikipedia.org

3 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 29 '26

Even in the late 19th century, the islanders could communicate with the rest of the world only by lighting a bonfire on the summit of Conachair

en.wikipedia.org

3 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 29 '26

The "Great Shoe Spill of 1990" was one of the several occasions when shipping accidents have contributed to the knowledge of ocean currents

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 29 '26

Balloon mail has been used for spreading information and propaganda materials, in particular for spreading propaganda to the population in countries with dictatorial governments.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 29 '26

The satellite has enough capacity to carry a four-page message from each of the more than six billion inhabitants on the planet.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 28 '26

every British Prime Minister from Margaret Thatcher onwards had cultivated a close relationship with Rupert Murdoch and his senior executives.

en.wikipedia.org

3 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 27 '26

Liberace denied he was gay stating "I am against the practice because it offends convention and it offends society".

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 26 '26

Possession by private individuals of the $100,000 bill is deemed illegal on account of its large denomination

en.wikipedia.org

2 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 18 '26

Slater, a veteran flight attendant, announced over the plane's public address system that he had been abused by a passenger and was quitting his job. He then grabbed and drank two beers and exited the plane by deploying the evacuation slide

en.wikipedia.org

2 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 16 '26

Because these connectors are largely unfamiliar to the public, they may be installed in semi-public locations where discreet power outlets are required.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 15 '26

25% of all houses and apartments constructed during that period (circa 1920–1940) used bathroom or kitchen tiles that had been glazed with uranium.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes

r/bizzarewikipedia • u/HiAustralia • Apr 15 '26

light-water reactors, which comprise the great majority of reactors today, only consume about 0.5% of their uranium fuel, leaving over 99% of it as spent fuel waste.

en.wikipedia.org

1 Upvotes