Wikipedia game

[ice nine]

In an interview, David X. Cohen revealed that the episode writer Ken Keeler, a PhD mathematician, penned and proved a theorem based on group theory, and then used it to explain the plot twist in this episode.

The episode is based on an irreversible body swap scenario. The proof demonstrates that, no matter how many minds have been swapped, each can be returned to its original body by using only two additional individuals who have yet to swap minds with anyone, and without swapping between the same pair of bodies more than once.

the actual theorem is on that wikipedia link if you want to check it out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_nutricula

[David]

The Turritopsis nutricula, aka, 'Immortal Jellyfish', can revert to the polyp stage after becoming sexually mature through the process of  transdifferentiation.  Theoretically, this process can go on indefinitely, effectively rendering the jellyfish biologically immortal.

the Waterbear...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

[Mundungus]

^
^
Balls the size of basketballs.  w t f.  I think i already knew that tho.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_deaths

I learned about scaphism, a really gnarly form of execution.

-----

I can't believe this person existed...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Helmsley

[via]

I learned that only the little people pay taxes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole_rat

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

mole rats live in colonies in similar structures to ants and bees, with only a couple of them ever getting to fuck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover

[ice nine]

I never knew much of anything about him, but it seems he ushered in(or kept going, not sure) the current era of insecure politicians trying to control everything around them.operating out of fear. Also just like a modern day right wing extremists, he persecuted homosexuals while being one himself.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalibela

[ttching!]

There are more than 150 churches carved out of solid rock in the mountains of Ethiopia.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istrian_stone

[brianwilson]

Istrian Stone is as dense as marble but still a limestone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ance

[chockfullofthat]

I learned that Guglielmo is an Italian first name and joins my list of Google, and Gugenheim of words that you shouldn't say with liquids in your mouth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade

[happenstance]

The global drug trade is estimated at just slightly less than 1% of world commerce. That is pretty insane!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_offensive_plans_controversy

[sleepypancakes]

The global drug trade is estimated at just slightly less than 1% of world commerce. That is pretty insane!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_offensive_plans_controversy

Claims that the Soviets were preparing for their own invasion of Germany in 1941 and were unprepared for defensive tactics in their homeland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Afghanistan

[Mundungus]

The president of Afghanistan has a good amount of power, signifigantly more than their parliament

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdose

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

if somebody is oding on opiates give them something called naloxone.
Let's go back to the roots of why Iran hates the U.S.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossadegh

You'd want to kill us too...

[chockfullofthat]

if somebody is oding on opiates give them something called naloxone.
Let's go back to the roots of why Iran hates the U.S.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossadegh

You'd want to kill us too...

I was aware of most of that but found this interesting video after seeing that Azerbaijian was part of Iran.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ORmtZ2Go4
	Small | Large

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_of_the_Seven_Seas

[via]

I started reading that and got excited because it seemed like the start to a really interesting story about a place that is 1300 miles from any other human contact. Maybe some crazy mystery about the most remote place in the world.

But all I learned is that place is far away from anyone else, and it's about 60 degrees all year round.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura_shogunate

[David]

The Mongols under Kublai Khan attempted sea-borne invasions against the Kamakura in 1274 and 1281.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_aliens

[ChronicBluntSlider]

Nordic aliens are homosexuals, or possibly reproduce with themselves like bacteria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stewart_Parnell

[David]

^lol. that. is not in the article.

Charles Stewart Parnell was an important 19th century Irish politician who was called, "the uncrowned king of Ireland."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject-object_problem

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Descartes was worried an evil demon was controlling his every experience

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemisms_for_sex_acts#Sex

[ROCKxADIO420]

"stealing bases" is a fun way to talk about rape

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

[frank gerwer's nose]

People will believe anything of a sensational nature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara

[Just Green Enough]

the second most popular place on earth to commit suicide. i still would like to go experience the eery silence of it all, though.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itch
(just don't think about it too much)

[David]

Itch is also associated with some symptoms of psychiatric disorders such as tactile hallucinations, delusions of parasitosis


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb

[no fun]

bump.

In 2007, the Nobel Piece Prize was awarded for creating a bomb that "will make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala

[Wall of Nausea]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppers

BUMP

[SkateViolence]

Doing poppers while on Viagra can give you a heart attack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning

[Wall of Nausea]

Doing poppers while on Viagra can give you a heart attack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning

Step dad experience?

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Simon Bolivar may have died from arsenic poisoning. I think the CIA probably did it, even though they didn't exist when he died.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia

[Probably A Robot]

"The literature includes single-case studies of exceedingly rare and idiosyncratic paraphilias. These include an adolescent male who had a strong fetishistic interest in the exhaust pipes of cars, a young man with a similar interest in a specific type of car, and a man who had a paraphilic interest in sneezing (both his own and the sneezing of others)."

The main thing I got from the article is that men are way more likely to have a kink of some sort than women.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog

[bakingsoda]

"Moondog, born Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), was a blind American composer, musician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. Moving to New York as a young man, Moondog made a deliberate decision to make his home on the streets there, where he spent approximately twenty of the thirty years he lived in the city. (He did often maintain an apartment in upper manhatten though) Most days he could be found in his chosen part of town wearing clothes he had created based on his own interpretation of the Norse god Odin.Thanks to his unconventional outfits and lifestyle, he was known for much of his life as 'The Viking of 6th Avenue'."

I learned about a new musician and personality to look into. His music is discribed as using odd time signtures and following what he calls "snake time". he was inspired by his surroundings such as subway noises etc. I like what I've listened too so far.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_ra