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The first week of May was pretty busy, what topic areas did you read or contribute to on this week?

What's the most interesting thing you learned? What's your favorite article out of what you read? (Any language edition!)

calea99,

@wikipedia That I'm descended from a Norse god!*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr

*This is almost definitely not true.

werawelt,
Dietmar,
mora,
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FalconMarkSix,

@wikipedia I was watching the Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special and they kept mentioning Kevin Bacon and I thought, "Who's Kevin Bacon??"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon

wikipedia,
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@FalconMarkSix if you didn't find it yet, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon is also a fun read :)

justsusan,
wikipedia,
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@justsusan @FalconMarkSix please no shaming people for not knowing things - we're here to spread the knowledge :)

https://xkcd.com/1053/

Queenero89,
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funcrunch,
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@wikipedia

I learned that a British Imperial fluid ounce is not the same size as a United States customary fluid ounce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce

hias1234,
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chris_hayes,
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@wikipedia
That there's a genus of jumping spiders that look just like ants! "Ant-mimicking jumping spiders"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmarachne

envyniv,
@envyniv@toot.community avatar

@chris_hayes @wikipedia another reason to invest in incendiary equipment

rrgeorge,
helianthropy,

@wikipedia I read about Coors Brewing Company’s past labor practices, boycott, and union history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coors_Brewing_Company

elouan660,
@elouan660@mastodon.top avatar

@wikipedia North korean won

JJPeterson,

@wikipedia The Béziers massacre of 1209 (where the saying kill ‘em all and let god sort them out” came from), and the Albigensian Crusade and genocide of the Cathars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albigensian_Crusade

jake4480,
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@wikipedia I think I'm a fringe weirdo, but I usually only use Wikipedia to look up info about odd, random stuff. Last week I think it was the band The Hives. 🤣

Sebastian,

@wikipedia drive letters

NatureInNYC,

@wikipedia Tardigrades

Loukas,
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@wikipedia lots of political articles related to local elections in England.

gcampax,

@wikipedia why Denver's NBA team are called the Nuggets!

wcbdata,
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j3j5,
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mori,
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@wikipedia Birth date of Roald Dahl

aton,
redflag,

@wikipedia None of the above.

Life_is,
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KenyonM,

@wikipedia The story of Anne Frank

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