Suggest a Wikipedia subject for me

[Whynow88]

I like reading about random stuff, usually pick up links from one page to the next.

Type of stuff I like or have read before- remote islands/tribes, Everest/K2 climbers, conspiracy theories/mysteries etc. Historical stuff works too

This is a fun rabbit hole to go down: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box-office_bombs

A bit more serious: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_people_who_disappeared

Not necessarily a wiki page, and you may have read this already if you’re into remote islands, but found this this morning and thought it was interesting! www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/06/how-prosperity-transformed-the-falklands

This

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

That one makes me think of this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory And the Mandela Effect in general (some cool stuff on Reddit about it).

This, the scariest some. I've ever met en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Evelyn_Jones

Scariest woman .

Volcanoes,earhquakes, dam failures...

Thank you all! I spent an hour going through the missing people cases last night and ended up reading lists of death row inmates

Will work my way through more tonight

How about geology, look up the types of rock where you live. Also the history of the study of geology, discovering seashells on a hilltop had something to do with it IIRC.

This might lead you to fossil hunting, and the English women from Lyme Regis who were the early leaders in this field.

Romanov impostors.

The list of residents who spent their final years at the Motion Picture and Television Fund nursing home in Hollywood — everyone from Mary Astor and Norma Shearer to Hattie McDaniel and Jonny Weissmuller.

Look up cemeteries in interesting places - I like the Hollywood ones and the London Victorian cemeteries then you can read all about the lives of the people buried there

The Tamam Shud case is the ultimate..

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_case

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_hoaxes_on_Wikipedia

Paternoster lifts

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift

It’s not a Wikipedia page (although I’m sure there prob is one!) but the podcast Death in Ice Valley had me gripped. Such an interesting mystery.

[quote goose1964]This, the scariest some. I've ever met en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Evelyn_Jones[/quote]
What's up with her?

The history of black inflatable gimp suits.

Disused railway stations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_England

Ooh there's a wiki game you'd really like I think.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.armadill.thewikigame

(android, but I'm sure it's on iPhone too)

The Brighton chocolate box killer

Another podcast: crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/ - I’m on episode 4 and finding myself thinking about it all the time! It’s so interesting.