Way OT: Favorite Wikipedia swims.

[LionJim]

I just now made up that term; it’s meant to describe ones moving from page to page by repeatedly clicking new subjects linked in the page you’re reading at the moment. (I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s already an accepted term for this.)

The Costa Rica hike thread sent me to the bullet ant Wiki page and, well, you know how it works. Dang, that was fascinating. I went from bullet ant to Schmidt’s Pain Sting Index to the Japanese Giant Hornet to the Japanese Honey Bee, which defends itself against the Hornet by swarming it with upwards of 500 individuals until temperatures in the middle of the swarm reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit, killing the hornet. Good stuff.

Anyway, one of my favorite ways to waste time is to visit the Wiki pages of Mafia figures, those pages go way back to the late 19th Century, fascinating stuff.

Wikipedia is totally reliable and extremely detailed in mathematics subjects, just if you’re wondering.

 

[The Spin Meister]

Here's one for ya; Go to the James Webb Space telescope wiki.

Go to where it explains that it will be located in an orbit over a million miles from Earth at the Earth's second Lagrange Point.

Click on Lagrange Point to find out what that means. (Never heard of it)

Read that most planets have 'trojan satellites' (Jupiter has over one million!) and

click on 'Natural objects at trojan points' to discover that Earth has one called 2010 TK7.

Click on that and see that Earth's trojan is about 1000 ft across and is orbiting Earth with a largely varied orbit, 12.4 million miles at its closest.

Lots of other fascinating links that could keep one busy for several days!

Enjoy the 'swim'!

 

[artsandletters]

I just now made up that term; it’s meant to describe ones moving from page to page by repeatedly clicking new subjects linked in the page you’re reading at the moment. (I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s already an accepted term for this.)

The Costa Rica hike thread sent me to the bullet ant Wiki page and, well, you know how it works. Dang, that was fascinating. I went from bullet ant to Schmidt’s Pain Sting Index to the Japanese Giant Hornet to the Japanese Honey Bee, which defends itself against the Hornet by swarming it with upwards of 500 individuals until temperatures in the middle of the swarm reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit, killing the hornet. Good stuff.

Anyway, one of my favorite ways to waste time is to visit the Wiki pages of Mafia figures, those pages go way back to the late 19th Century, fascinating stuff.

Wikipedia is totally reliable and extremely detailed in mathematics subjects, just if you’re wondering.

I’ve done that and it’s fun and enlightening at once.

 

[interrobang]

I got wiki'd deep into the british empire history the other day when I found myself googling "why isn't Prince Philip a king?"

 

[WestSideLion]

Anything WWII related. Operation Barbarossa is a great jumping off point. I could spend days reading about the history and strategy of WWII.

 

[Woodpecker]

 

[LionDeNittany]

I just now made up that term; it’s meant to describe ones moving from page to page by repeatedly clicking new subjects linked in the page you’re reading at the moment. (I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s already an accepted term for this.)

The Costa Rica hike thread sent me to the bullet ant Wiki page and, well, you know how it works. Dang, that was fascinating. I went from bullet ant to Schmidt’s Pain Sting Index to the Japanese Giant Hornet to the Japanese Honey Bee, which defends itself against the Hornet by swarming it with upwards of 500 individuals until temperatures in the middle of the swarm reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit, killing the hornet. Good stuff.

Anyway, one of my favorite ways to waste time is to visit the Wiki pages of Mafia figures, those pages go way back to the late 19th Century, fascinating stuff.

Wikipedia is totally reliable and extremely detailed in mathematics subjects, just if you’re wondering.

I started at the supermax prison page and then read up on many of the prisoners there. The shoe bomber... that guy is one that doesn't seem to fit in.

LdN

 

[PSUfiji]

I just now made up that term; it’s meant to describe ones moving from page to page by repeatedly clicking new subjects linked in the page you’re reading at the moment. (I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s already an accepted term for this.)

Back in the ol' days... I believe the term-coined for this type of online activity was called "surfing" the Net. But your term "swim" is equally descriptive conveying the feeling of moving through a sea of knowledge. I like it, LionJim!

 

[81b&w]

You do know you can do all that with porn too?

 

[Pinkhippo PeanutButter]

List of lists of lists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists

 

[Uh Clem]

Back in the day we called it browsing the Encyclopedia Britannica.