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Favourite article
My current favourite article is
Towel Day. It's celebrated on May 25th all around the galaxy.
Former favourite articles
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Saparmurat Niyazov. This former ruler of
Turkmenistan looked like
Wayne Newton and acted like
Pee-wee Herman.
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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and
Balto. The race is on.
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Flag of Bikini Atoll. I would love to see someone carrying this flag at the
Olympics.
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Blue Peter badge. Interesting British tradition with scandal to boot.
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The Prophet (book). This is an amazing book. It is often quoted at weddings and in advertisements.
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Marvin the Martian. This is my favourite
Looney Tunes character.
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Arbitration: Episodes. Real life drama in Wikipedia world.
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Tourist guy. Proof that after sadness comes joy.
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Truthiness. Another fine example of why I love Wikipedia.
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Princess Isabella of Denmark. One of the youngest people (Oct 9, 2007) to have a Wikipedia article.
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Naegleria fowleri. Scary man killing
amoeba.
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes. There are at least a dozen quotes here that could become my favourite article.
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Michael Larson. He is a famous game show contestant.
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Autodidacticism. I had to teach myself what this word meant.
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Henohenomoheji. A face made of Japanese characters.
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SMERSH (James Bond). Thee bad guys.
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Arbre du Ténéré. A sacred tree in the desert.
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Backronym. Like an
acronym, but different.
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Irony mark. A sarcastic question mark.
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Riot Act. I can't believe they really used these two sentences to break up a crowd.
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Virgin ritual at NJ Festival of Ballooning. I started this one after reading about it in the paper.
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Butterfly kick. It has a cool motion picture demo.
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Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. On the
tv show I really enjoyed how he would use his full name when he referred to himself in the
third person.
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Felicific calculus. The happiness calculator.
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Emasculators. Scary article with pictures.
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Caligula. The subject is interesting and it is mentioned in the
Seinfeld episode-
The Jimmy.
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Onomatopoeia. A word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound. Whoa!
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Bekim Kastrati. A real soccer player whose name ironically suggests
David Beckham is a
castrati (
castrated singer).
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Venetia Phair. Interesting article about the girl who named the ice rock formerly known as
Pluto.
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No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man. Funny title.
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Mary Marvel. Sexy comic book character, with an interesting past.
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Lucky Number Slevin and
Se7en. Both good movies with interesting articles and creative titles.
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Cloud suck. Funny name.
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Six Degrees of Separation (film). This is one of my favourite plays and I liked the movie as well.
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Jessica Lee Rose. She was the actress who played
lonelygirl15 on
Youtube. I wonder if she can start a real acting career.
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The Gift of the Woodi. I liked this episode of
Cheers so much that I created an article for it. It's the one with the K-E-L-L-Y song
[1].
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White trillium, I thought it was illegal to pick
Ontario's official flower until I read this article
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Falkirk Wheel, amazing engineering feat with great photos
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David Suzuki,
Canadian environmentalist
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List of Bullshit! episodes,
Penn & Teller host this show with really interesting topics
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Jadarite, newly found mineral that is closely related to the fictional mineral
Kryptonite
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Theorbo, musical instrument that I wish I could play
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Alcohol flush reaction, condition I suffer from
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Poor Pussy, game with a funny name
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Bruce effect, abortion is natural
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Snottite, funny name
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