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17 Amazing Facts About Wikipedia

17 Amazing Facts About Wikipedia

February 21, 2025

A world where every question has an answer at your fingertips. Whether you are a student racing against a deadline,...

CISPA is a comprehensive con job designed to pull the veil over the eyes of the world

CISPA is a comprehensive con job designed to pull the veil over the eyes of the world

April 21, 2013

There's a scene in The Matrix where Keanu Reeves' character, Neo, gets the tar beaten out of him by Agent...

Can Anonymous organize the anti-CISPA internet blackout on April 22nd?

Can Anonymous organize the anti-CISPA internet blackout on April 22nd?

November 18, 2022

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has not drawn the same uproar that its SOPA predecessor received last year....

Top UFO sightings around the world in 2012

Top UFO sightings around the world in 2012

February 18, 2013

According to Wikipedia, "An unidentified flying object, often abbreviated UFO or U.F.O., is an unusual apparent anomaly in the sky...

400 million reasons Reddit may be headed to the dark side

400 million reasons Reddit may be headed to the dark side

July 2, 2022

Rumors are rumors and Techcrunch has been known to push them forward without base or backing. With that said, the...

How did you guys meet? On Spotify!

How did you guys meet? On Spotify!

July 2, 2022

Technology has made it easier for our generation to stay connected to each other in a variety of ways. We...

How Wikipedia is redefining research and killing off iconic encylopedias

How Wikipedia is redefining research and killing off iconic encylopedias

March 15, 2012

It took Wikipedia less than a decade to take down its traditional predecessor, the Encyclopædia Britannica, a series that has...

The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day

The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day

January 17, 2012

The Tea Party movement was intended for Americans to harken to the revolutions of the past when tyranny and taxation...

Wikipedia Donation Goal Reached. No more Jimmy Wales Constantly Watching Us.

Wikipedia Donation Goal Reached. No more Jimmy Wales Constantly Watching Us.

January 1, 2011

It became one of the top memes of 2010. And just like that, it's gone. Wikipedia announced this morning that...

Wikipedia Unlocks and Tightens Up

Wikipedia Unlocks and Tightens Up

June 16, 2010

Depending on your level of geekism, editing Wikipedia is a lot of fun, and to those that do, the temptation...

Turn Your Favorite Wikipedia Page Into a Book

Turn Your Favorite Wikipedia Page Into a Book

May 7, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1K03AZfpDM&feature=player_embedded Do you have a Wikipedia page that you keep on returning to over and over again? Why not turn...