Wikipedia:Artículos inusuales

Odd and unusual articles on Wikipedia

Una vaca con astas sobre un poste de electricidad. Wikipedia contiene otras imágenes y artículos que son igualmente impactantes o escalofriantes .

De los más de seis millones de artículos de la Wikipedia en inglés, hay algunos que los wikipedistas han identificado como algo inusual. Estos artículos son contribuciones verificables y valiosas a la enciclopedia, pero son un poco extraños, extravagantes o algo que uno no esperaría encontrar en la Encyclopædia Britannica . Debemos tener especial cuidado de cumplir con los estándares más altos de una enciclopedia con estos artículos para que no hagan que Wikipedia parezca idiosincrásica . Si desea agregar un artículo a esta lista, el artículo en cuestión debe cumplir preferiblemente con uno o más de estos criterios:

Esta definición no es precisa ni absoluta; algunos artículos podrían considerarse inusuales incluso si no se ajustan a estas pautas.

Cada entrada de esta lista debería ser un artículo en sí mismo (no simplemente una sección de un artículo menos inusual) y de calidad decente, y en general cumplir con el manual de estilo de Wikipedia . Para contribuciones inusuales que sean de mayor ligereza, consulte Wikipedia:Cosas tontas .

En esta lista, una estrella () indica un artículo destacado . Un signo más ( ) indica un buen artículo .

Lugares e infraestructura

La desnudez artística de Afrodita se muestra no lejos del monte Olimpo.
¡Dios mío, señorita Molly! ¡Me encanta tu locura !
Se planeó que este viaje de 1909 incluyera cuatro escalas separadas en islas fantasma .
Colina en forma de pechoSe encuentra al descubierto en muchos lugares del mundo. Es posible que le haya dado su nombre a Manchester .
Réplicas y derivados de la Torre EiffelNo es tan único como te podrías haber imaginado.
LocuraEdificios apreciados por su inutilidad.
Colina de gravedadUna colina que da la ilusión de que hay objetos rodando por ella.
Lista de ciudades que se dice que fueron construidas sobre siete colinasCasi 100 ciudades diferentes en todos los continentes habitados, tratando de conseguir la credibilidad de tener algo en común con Roma .
Lista de micronaciones¿Alguna vez quisiste fundar tu propio país?
Lista de nombres de lugares tautológicosNombres de lugares que contienen verdades obvias y dicen lo que son.
Isla fantasmaComo islas, pero no existen.
Granja de pizza¡Todos los ingredientes de la pizza, cultivados en un lugar conveniente!
Islas y lagos recursivosIslas en lagos en islas en lagos en islas...
Jardín de cohetesPaisajismo y cohetería, juntos por fin.
Casa de despechoVarias casas construidas únicamente por despecho hacia sus vecinos.
Círculo de ValeriepierisO vives dentro del círculo o vives fuera, aunque vivas dentro.

África

Tigre agazapado... eh, lago... escondido... no exactamente dragón, pero tal vez CO
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Los edificios están en España. El suelo de abajo está en Marruecos. ¿Ya estás confundido?
NigeriaCasa del avión en AbujaUna villa con temática de avión en la capital de Nigeria.
SenegalCiudad de AkonUn cantante de R&B de la década de 2000 está planeando su propia ciudad en su Senegal natal , basada en su propia criptomoneda que llama "Akoin".
EgiptoPirámide inclinadaAún no habían desarrollado del todo la técnica.
  • Egipto
  • Sudán
Bir TawilUno de los pocos lugares de la Tierra que no está reclamado por ningún país. Un estadounidense viajó hasta allí y lo reivindicó en 2014 como el Reino de Sudán del Norte para poder convertir a su hija en princesa.
EgiptoDesierto azulTras el tratado de paz entre Egipto e Israel , las Naciones Unidas donaron varias toneladas de pintura azul a un artista belga para que pudiera conmemorarlo pintando de azul una línea de rocas en el desierto del Sinaí .
SudáfricaPlaya BouldersUna playa en la costa sudafricana, cerca de una zona residencial urbana, conocida por ser el hogar de una colonia de varios miles de pingüinos.
República Democrática del CongoPedículo del Congo¿Qué sucede cuando un rey tiránico decide que quiere cazar en un pantano?
EtiopíaDallol (sistema hidrotermal)Una región que rodea un volcán en Etiopía, conocida por sus brillantes colores que parecen alienígenas, y poblada por vastas llanuras de sal y aguas termales extremadamente calientes que emiten azufre ácido, que según algunos estudios, carecen incluso de los microbios más pequeños. Hay una ciudad hoy abandonada del mismo nombre cerca, que antiguamente ostentaba el récord del lugar habitado más caluroso de la Tierra.
EtiopíaEstanque de Gaet'aleUn pequeño lago en Etiopía que se formó en 2005 tras un terremoto. No es amargo, sino muy, muy salado.
KeniaMansión de la JirafaUn hotel en los suburbios de Nairobi donde podrás comer junto a una de las subespecies de jirafas más amenazadas del mundo.
NamibiaMeteorito HobaEl meteorito intacto más grande del mundo.
Santa ElenaLa escalera de JacobA partir de aquí todo va cuesta abajo.
NigeriaRepública de KalakutaUn complejo que alberga a Fela Kuti , un famoso músico nigeriano, su familia, los músicos de su banda y un estudio de grabación, que él declaró independiente y utilizó para criticar a la junta militar nigeriana de los años 70. Estos respondieron asaltándolo con más de mil soldados, prendiéndole fuego y arrojando a la madre de Fela por la ventana.
CamerúnLago NyosUn lago en el noroeste de Camerún que liberó gas en 1986 , matando a 1.746 personas. Uno de los dos lagos gaseosos conocidos; el otro es el lago Monoun .
SenegalLago RetbaUn lago en Senegal que es naturalmente rosado y es uno de los lagos más salados del mundo.
MauritaniaFerrocarril de MauritaniaToda la red ferroviaria nacional de Mauritania está formada por una única línea que conecta el centro de la industria minera del hierro del país con la ciudad portuaria de Nuadibú . Por dicha línea circulan también los trenes más largos y pesados ​​del mundo, cargados de mineral de hierro y de hasta 3 kilómetros de longitud.
GabónOkloEl antiguo emplazamiento de los únicos reactores de fisión nuclear naturales del mundo .
AngolaPalacio de FerroUn edificio de hierro de color amarillo brillante en Luanda que data de la época colonial, que se destaca por el hecho de que no hay registro de quién o por qué fue construido, aunque la leyenda dice que fue diseñado por Gustave Eiffel , arquitecto de la Torre Eiffel .
EspañaPeñón de Vélez de la GomeraUna roca en la costa marroquí conectada al continente por un tómbolo de 80 metros de ancho (260 pies) ; es propiedad de España . En 2012, cuatro irredentistas marroquíes intentaron tomar por asalto el territorio y apoderarse de él .
NigeriaRepública de Benín (1967)Fue uno de los estados más efímeros de la historia: sólo fue independiente durante siete horas (de las 07:00 a las 14:00 del 19 de septiembre de 1967).
YemenSocotraUna isla yemení que geográficamente forma parte de África y es conocida como "el lugar de aspecto más extraño de la Tierra" debido a su extraña flora, que incluye el "árbol de sangre de dragón" y un árbol que produce pepinos .
Ghana Restaurante La Tante DC10Un avión de pasajeros McDonnell Douglas DC-10 en tierra en Accra que ha sido convertido en un restaurante gigante con forma de avión.
Tierras Australes y Antárticas FrancesasIsla TromelinUna isla cercana a Madagascar que es famosa por ser el lugar de un importante desastre humanitario en el siglo XVIII.
SudáfricaLa casa del búhoNo se trata de la aclamada caricatura animada de fantasía LGBT que se transmitió en Disney Channel ; este es un museo al aire libre que fue creado por una artista forastera y solitaria que decoró su casa heredada con más de 300 esculturas de vidrio y concreto de búhos, camellos, pavos reales, pirámides y otras formas.
KeniaUmoja, KeniaSe establece una aldea enteramente solo para mujeres en Kenia como respuesta a la violencia contra las mujeres en la sociedad tribal Samburu .

Antártida

Cataratas de Sangre , con su característico hielo "sangrante".
Dependencia de RossCataratas de sangreUna columna de agua salada de origen natural, de color rojo sangre gracias a su alto contenido de óxido de hierro .
Islas Heard y McDonaldPico MawsonLa montaña más alta de la Mancomunidad de Australia no está en tierra firme, sino en una isla desierta y estéril a más de 3.800 kilómetros (2.400 millas) de distancia.
Dependencia de RossValles secos de McMurdoUn área de la Antártida que a) contiene un cuerpo de agua extremadamente salino , y b) no ha experimentado lluvias durante más de dos millones de años.
AntártidaTierra de Marie ByrdEl territorio no reclamado más grande del mundo. Destaca por ser más grande que Mongolia , por tener una de las bases humanas más grandes de la Antártida y por ser el escenario de La Cosa .
Tierra de la Reina MaudNueva SuabiaEl territorio nazi en la Antártida.
Territorio Antártico AustralianoEstación de investigación del Polo de InaccesibilidadUna estación de investigación soviética de corta duración en la Antártida que ahora está completamente cubierta de nieve, a excepción de un pequeño busto de Vladimir Lenin que asoma desde el suelo.
Región de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaVilla Las EstrellasUno de los dos únicos asentamientos civiles en la Antártida.

Asia

Un rascacielos con autopista en suite .
¿Cómo pudieron los Jumbo Jets aterrizar aquí y no estrellarse?
Un pueblo con el asta de bandera (anteriormente) más alta del mundo... población: 0.
Allí vivían aproximadamente 50.000 personas .
El techo es el suelo es el techo es el suelo...
AAAAAAAAAAA... Oh.
PorcelanaZona de Arte 798Cómo un complejo abandonado de edificios industriales militares se convirtió en el corazón de la escena artística moderna de Pekín.
JapónAoshima, EhimeUna isla donde los gatos superan en número a los humanos en una proporción de 36:1. Curiosamente, no es la única isla con gatos en Japón (véase: Tashirojima ).
ArmeniaArtes VashenCiudad armenia rodeada y controlada por Azerbaiyán . Una de las numerosas ciudades similares en esta frontera; otras son Yukhari Askipara , Barxudarlı y Karki .
IndonesiaAtar, Padang GantingUn pueblo indonesio con un monumento que se asemeja a una fotocopiadora .
FilipinasBusto de Ferdinand MarcosUn Monte Rushmore en Filipinas, que desplazó a sus habitantes indígenas. Fue destruido por los rebeldes en 2002.
Corea del SurCampamento BonifasLos bunkers de este campo de golf cuentan con ametralladoras y minas terrestres.
TailandiaSantuario Chao Mae TuptimUn santuario dedicado a los penes en Bangkok , construido a principios del siglo XX por un empresario tailandés, en el borde de su propiedad.
Isla de NavidadIsla de NavidadUna pequeña isla y territorio externo de Australia cerca de Indonesia que es principalmente conocida por tener hasta 100 millones de cangrejos que migran allí para desovar cada año.
BangladésDahala KhagrabariIndia dentro de Bangladesh dentro de India dentro de Bangladesh. Antiguamente el único enclave de tercer orden en el mundo.
TurkmenistánCráter de gas DarvazaUn cráter en llamas, de 70 m (230 pies) de ancho y 30 m (98 pies) de profundidad, en medio del desierto de Karakum , en llamas desde 1971.
ChipreCentral eléctrica de DhekeliaUna central eléctrica chipriota que suministra energía a una base militar británica que la rodea.
  • Distrito autónomo de Chukotka
  • Alaska
Islas DiomedesDos islas en el estrecho de Bering separadas por 4 kilómetros (2,5 millas) y 21 horas de diferencia horaria .
ButánPuensum de GangkharLa montaña más alta que nadie ha coronado jamás , ya que el gobierno de Bután prohíbe el montañismo desde 2003.
JapónEdificio de la Torre de la PuertaUn rascacielos en Japón que tiene una rampa de salida de la autopista que pasa por sus pisos quinto, sexto y séptimo.
PorcelanaHallstatt (China)Una réplica en construcción de una ciudad de Austria.
Corea del SurParque HaesindangTambién conocido como “Parque del Pene”, este es un parque en la costa coreana, conocido por estar lleno de estatuas de madera de penes, aparentemente relacionadas con el folclore chamánico local.
JapónHabitación HanazonoUna piscina cubierta en Japón utilizada como escenario de muchas películas pornográficas.
VietnamPensión Hằng Nga¿El edificio más fantástico de Vietnam?
TaiwánIglesia de bodas con tacones altosUna zapatilla de cristal que al Príncipe Azul le resultaría difícil encontrarle un ajuste adecuado.
Corea del SurParque temático del queso ImsilNo sé, este lugar me parece un poco cursi.
PorcelanaJackson Hole, ChinaUna ciudad turística planificada en las afueras de Beijing, basada en una pequeña ciudad de Wyoming .
IndiaJatingaEl Triángulo de las Bermudas de las aves.
Óblast de AmurJaxa (estado)Un microestado del siglo XVII ubicado a orillas del río Amur, entre el Zarato de Rusia y la China Qing, con una población compuesta mayoritariamente por polacos y ucranianos.
Óblast Autónomo JudíoÓblast Autónomo JudíoEn lo más profundo de Siberia Oriental hay un lugar cuyas calles tienen nombres en yiddish , aunque el 99% de su población no es judía.
AfganistánSinagoga de KabulLa última sinagoga de Kabul estaba habitada por dos hombres, que acabaron encarcelados por los talibanes porque les molestaba que ambos se quejaran constantemente el uno del otro, antes de que uno de los hombres la convirtiera más tarde en un restaurante de kebab.
Hong KongAeropuerto de Kai TakUn importante aeropuerto internacional cerró en 1998 y los aviones casi se estrellaban constantemente contra la ciudad debido a un giro a la derecha sobre la misma.
IndiaTemplo Karni MataUn templo de mármol famoso por las 25.000 ratas negras veneradas que viven en el templo y que son consideradas los antepasados ​​de los Charans .
PakistánMina de sal de KhewraUna de las minas de sal más grandes del mundo, supuestamente fue descubierta por los caballos de Alejandro Magno .
Corea del NorteDistrito KijongDos aldeas coreanas únicas, separadas por la DMZ y famosas por su carrera armamentística de astas gigantes. La aldea norcoreana contiene un altavoz que hace estallar la propaganda y ningún residente puede oírlo. Mientras tanto, su contraparte sureña prohíbe la residencia excepto a las familias que han estado allí desde antes de la guerra y cultiva "arroz DMZ" que hace que los agricultores sean excepcionalmente ricos.
Corea del SurDistrito de Daeseong
Corea del NorteZoológico Central de CoreaUn zoológico con animales tan maravillosos como un chimpancé con el hábito de fumar, un loro que canta alabanzas a Kim Il-sung y perros .
Hong Kong Ciudad amurallada de KowloonUn antiguo enclave de la ciudad de Hong Kong, conocido por su anarquía y sus condiciones de hacinamiento extremo antes de ser destruido y convertido en parque.
Hong KongEl campo de LiUn supuesto campo de fuerza que explica por qué los ciclones tropicales se alejan de Hong Kong.
IndiaPuente de raíz vivientePuentes colgantes de dos pisos formados por raíces aéreas de plantas vivas de árboles de caucho mediante el modelado de árboles común en la parte sur del estado de Meghalaya, en el noreste de la India .
Corea del SurTierra de amorUn parque de esculturas de temática erótica en la isla de Jeju en Corea del Sur.
PorcelanaGrutas de MaijishanUn enorme complejo de cientos de cuevas artificiales, escaleras y miles de esculturas budistas talladas en la ladera de una montaña en el siglo V, muy por encima de la superficie.
IránMasulehUn pueblo construido en la ladera de una montaña de tal manera que la mayor parte del espacio transitable en el pueblo está en los tejados de los edificios de la capa inferior.
JapónOficina de correos desaparecidaA dónde va todo el correo que no se puede entregar en todo el mundo.
TaiwánRestaurante con baño modernoEspera, ese no es el tipo de plato del que quiero comer...
Emirato de SharjahNo es nadaUno de los ocho únicos contraenclaves (enclaves de enclaves).
AzerbaiyánRepública Autónoma de NajichevánUn enclave sin salida al mar de Azerbaiyán (está rodeado por tres países diferentes en lugar de uno solo, por lo que no es un enclave ).
PorcelanaNanjieUn asentamiento en la provincia de Henan que a menudo se describe como "la última aldea maoísta de China ", que mantiene una economía de propiedad colectiva y exhibiciones públicas y estatuas de líderes marxistas-leninistas históricos .
IndiaEdificio de la Junta Nacional de Desarrollo PesqueroOtro ejemplo de arquitectura mimética, esta vez en Hyderabad , en forma de un edificio con forma de pez enorme.
IndiaIsla Centinela del NorteUna pequeña isla en la Bahía de Bengala , conocida por estar habitada por una tribu aislacionista prácticamente no contactada que ataca a todos los forasteros que intentan desembarcar en su isla. El gobierno indio los deja en paz y prohíbe todos los viajes a la isla, aunque eso no ha impedido que algunos viajeros insensatos lo intenten.
JapónRuta Nacional 339Una carretera nacional con una escalera en el medio.
TurkmenistánMonumento a la NeutralidadUn enorme arco con patas construido en la capital de Turkmenistán por el excéntrico ex dictador para conmemorar el hecho de que Turkmenistán es oficialmente neutral. También solía tener una estatua de él bañada en oro en la parte superior que giraba constantemente para estar siempre de cara al sol.
JapónOkinoshima (Fukuoka)Una isla entera que se considera un kami en la religión sintoísta y que está habitada continuamente por sacerdotes sintoístas solitarios que pasan turnos de diez días vigilando el santuario de la isla. Las mujeres tienen prohibido el ingreso debido a su menstruación , ya que la sangre se considera impura en el sintoísmo.
JapónOkunoshimaUna isla entre las islas japonesas de Honshu y Shikoku, que antiguamente albergaba una planta de armas químicas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y que ahora es hogar de una enorme población de conejos salvajes, aunque en su mayoría domesticados.
IndiaOm BannaUn santuario indio dedicado a una motocicleta supuestamente sensible.
RusiaMetro de OmskUn sistema de metro con una sola estación y una longitud total de cero kilómetros.
RusiaAgujero de maníUna zona oceánica con un nombre muy agradable en el mar de Ojotsk que está totalmente rodeada por la ZEE de Rusia , pero no dentro de ella. A menudo es objeto de sobrepesca extranjera .
PorcelanaPalacio de porcelanaEl palacio más grande y lujoso de China, está dedicado al humilde baño público .
Hong KongTerraza RednaxelaUna calle de Hong Kong, cuyo nombre, según se informa, fue invertido debido a un error administrativo.
Tailandia Construcción de robotsLo que se avecina en Bangkok no es un robot gigante; es simplemente la sede de un banco.
IndiaRoopkundUn pequeño lago en el Himalaya conocido por tener misteriosamente cientos de esqueletos humanos antiguos a lo largo de sus bordes.
Corea del Norte Hotel RyugyongEn algún momento habría sido el hotel más alto del mundo, excepto que careció de ventanas, accesorios y artefactos durante más de veinte años.
San SeriffeUna isla menos conocida del Océano Índico, tema del Guardian  del 1 de abril de 1977 .
PorcelanaSanshaUna ciudad a nivel de prefectura en disputa en Hainan que consiste en un conjunto de atolones y arrecifes a lo largo del Mar de China Meridional .
VietnamReino de SedangEn la década de 1880, un aventurero francés creó un reino en Vietnam.
JapónLínea Tappi Shakō del túnel SeikanEl funicular cerrado que conecta una estación de tren subterránea dentro del túnel Seikan con un museo.
IndiaShani ShingnapurUn pueblo sagrado hindú que no tiene puertas.
JapónShingo, AomoriUna ciudad de Japón que (supuestamente) alberga la tumba de Jesús . La historia detrás de la supuesta tumba es aún más extraña.
MalasiaTemplo de la SerpienteUn templo chino que destaca por tener serpientes (vivas) en su interior. También cuenta con una zona de cría de serpientes.
UzbekistánDistrito de SokhUn enclave de Uzbekistán enclavado dentro de Kirguistán con una población tayika del 99% .
PorcelanaProvincia de Taiwán, República Popular ChinaEl gobierno comunista chino elige delegados para representar a una isla que nunca ha poseído ni controlado.
JapónTemplo TashirojimaUna isla de Japón que se caracteriza por estar llena de gatos. Curiosamente, no es la única isla con gatos en Japón (ver: Aoshima, Ehime ).
PorcelanaCiudad del TámesisUna réplica completa de una ciudad de estilo inglés construida como una comunidad planificada de lujo cerca de Shanghái. Casi vacía, pero un destino popular para la fotografía de bodas.
Arabia SauditaLa lineaUna ciudad planificada en Arabia Saudita que originalmente fue planeada para ser una línea recta de 110 millas de largo y ha sido descrita por los críticos como "distópica".
IndiaThimmamma MarrimanuUn solo árbol con una copa que cubre 19.107 m2 y , en consecuencia, se considera sagrado entre los seguidores de varias religiones indias.
PavoTumba de Suleyman ShahUno de los lugares de enterramiento del abuelo del primer emperador otomano es parte de Turquía a pesar de estar a 27 kilómetros (17 millas) al sur de la frontera del país con Siria .
IndonesiaTrunyanUn pueblo de Bali donde los residentes depositan cadáveres abiertamente en el suelo y esperan a que se descompongan en lugar de incinerarlos o enterrarlos.
JapónEstación de TsuPor kana , la estación de tren más concisa de Japón, que da servicio a la capital de una prefectura casi igual de concisa . Por el número de trazos, la más concisa del mundo. Por transliteración, la segunda más concisa.
PorcelanaCiudad subterránea (Beijing)Un enorme complejo de túneles debajo de Pekín, construido en la Guerra Fría como refugio contra bombas nucleares, equipado con instalaciones como escuelas, clínicas, fábricas e incluso una pista de hielo.
KatarCentro comercial VillaggioUn centro comercial qatarí construido para parecerse a una ciudad italiana, con canales venecianos y góndolas . También es conocido por ser el lugar donde se produjo un incendio mortal en un vivero en 2012.
TailandiaWang Saen SukUn lugar en Tailandia dedicado a las escenas materializadas del infierno budista .
PorcelanaParque de atracciones WonderlandEl parque de atracciones abandonado más grande de Asia.
JapónSemilla X 4000El edificio más alto jamás diseñado, de 4 kilómetros de altura y con capacidad para entre 500.000 y 1.000.000  de personas en 800  plantas, pero "nunca estuvo pensado para ser construido".
PorcelanaPagoda YongningUna pagoda del siglo VI que posiblemente fue la estructura más alta del mundo hasta que fue destruida por un rayo 18 años después de su finalización.
PorcelanaGeoparque Nacional de ZhangyeUn parque nacional conocido por sus montañas con rayas multicolores naturales.
PorcelanaRepública de ZheltugaUn asentamiento minero ilegal de oro que se convirtió en un próspero país no reconocido, que sólo sobrevivió porque el gobierno chino desconocía su existencia.

Europa

¡Trabajadores de la galaxia, uníos!
El trabajo de amor de un cartero .
Asegúrese de estar cubierto .
Ten cuidado donde pones ese faro , Eugene...
Fronteras , cortesía de Pablo Picasso .
Bienvenido al Principado de Sealand .
Una lámpara de araña que decora el Osario de Sedlec , hecha con huesos humanos.
Un mosaico de 4,6 millones de conchas marinas . ¿Quién lo construyó? ¿Cuándo? ¿Con qué propósito?
El nombre Shitterton , orgullosamente mostrado en piedra.
La parada de autobús más septentrional y mejor decorada del Reino Unido .
FranciaMorada del CaosUn artista compra una antigua casa pintoresca en un pueblo rural y la transforma en una réplica de una zona de guerra que sirve como museo al aire libre de arte radical de vanguardia, lo que enfurece a los lugareños lo suficiente como para demandarlo en la Corte Suprema de Francia.
Suecia Monumento OVNI de ÄngelholmUn monumento a un supuesto aterrizaje OVNI en Suecia.
InglaterraArgletonUna ciudad inexistente en Lancashire , Inglaterra, que apareció en Google Maps .
Región flamencaBaarle-HertogDos municipios, uno de Bélgica y otro de los Países Bajos, que se rodean dos veces y muchas veces . Algunas casas y comercios se encuentran en ambos países.
Países BajosBaarle-Nassau
República de IrlandaPlaza Barack ObamaUn área de servicio de autopista en el condado de Tipperary , Irlanda, que celebra el trabajo y la herencia irlandesa del presidente estadounidense Barack Obama .
EspañaCentro de Supercomputación de BarcelonaUna supercomputadora en una capilla medieval.
Svalbard y Jan MayenBarentsburgUna ciudad completamente rusa, habitada por rusos, con edificios rusos, apoyada financieramente por el gobierno ruso, ubicada en Noruega.
EscociaAeropuerto de BarraUn aeropuerto que sólo funciona cuando la marea lo permite.
InglaterraEstación de metro de Battersea Power StationUna estación de tren que lleva el nombre de una estación que no es de tren.
InglaterraMina de frijoles y tocinoCon tan poca ventilación, los visitantes pueden querer evitar cualquier fuente de ignición. Las minas cercanas no se quedan atrás y tienen los siguientes nombres: Mule Spinner, Frogs Hole, Cackle Mackle y Wanton Legs.
BrandeburgoAeropuerto de Berlín BrandeburgoAeropuerto de Berlín cuya construcción ya ha finalizado, pero que en otras zonas está inconclusa. La construcción finalizó en 2012, pero la fecha de apertura se retrasó varias veces porque el sistema de extinción de incendios se instaló incorrectamente. Finalmente, se inauguró en octubre de 2020.
Renania del Norte-WestfaliaLa conspiración de BielefeldEl Bielefeld-Verschwörung intenta ocultar la horrible verdad sobre una ciudad de Westfalia , Alemania , que no existe... bueno, tal vez.
SarreMontaña BrennenderbergUna mina de carbón alemana en llamas desde 1668.
InglaterraLa escobaQuizás el camino más peligroso del mundo. ¿Te unirías a los otros cien que murieron recorriendo el camino invisible?
GrisonesViaducto en espiral de BrusioEl título lo dice todo, realmente.
Schleswig-HolsteinLago del cuboUn lago que sólo existe gracias al mal uso de un cubo de plástico.
Albania Búnkeres en AlbaniaA Enver Hoxha le gustaban tanto que decidió llenar su país con más de 173.000 de ellos.
Baden-WurtembergBüsingen en el Alto RinUna ciudad alemana que está totalmente contenida dentro de Suiza.
InglaterraCamino del agujero del culoUna pequeña calle residencial en el Reino Unido que era tan famosa por su nombre que se convirtió en una atracción turística.
BulgariaMonumento a BuzludzhaUn monumento futurista construido por el Partido Comunista Búlgaro que parece una nave espacial comunista, especialmente por dentro.
UcraniaCárpatos-UcraniaEl tercer estado de menor duración en la historia (ver República de Benín en Nigeria ); fue independiente solo durante 24 horas.
Inglaterra Gigante de Cerne AbbasUn hombre de tiza indecente en la campiña inglesa.
EscociaPuente de Clachan¡Cruza el Atlántico en sólo 30 segundos!
PiamonteColletto FavaUna colina de 1.500 metros (4.900 pies) con un conejito rosa de peluche de 61 metros (200 pies) en la cima.
Renania del Norte-WestfaliaSistema de alcantarillado de ColoniaProbablemente sea la única alcantarilla con un salón de candelabros que alberga actuaciones musicales. Probablemente.
España
Portugal
Couto MistoUn microestado independiente de facto en la frontera entre España y Portugal que existió hasta el siglo XIX.
InglaterraFondo arrugadoUna serie de tres parques temáticos construidos en toda Inglaterra, sin éxito, dedicados a un personaje grotesco y horroroso de la televisión infantil de la BBC de los años 90. Uno de ellos se derrumbó a los cuatro meses de su apertura debido a una disputa legal masiva y costosa con el consejo local sobre financiación y permisos de licor, mientras que el sitio abandonado de otro fue demolido después de que se usara para albergar raves ilegales.
InglaterraLa casa torcidaUn pub situado en la frontera de Staffordshire y Black Country que se encontraba en un ángulo debido al hundimiento del terreno como resultado de la actividad minera local, lo que hacía que las botellas rodadas sobre las mesas parecieran rodar cuesta arriba. Fue destruido en circunstancias sospechosas en agosto de 2023.
PoloniaBosque torcidoUn bosque de pinos que, al salir del suelo, se doblan todos en la misma dirección para luego volver a levantarse de forma normal. Nadie sabe por qué.
Países BajosCasa cuboUn grupo de casas de formas inusuales diseñadas para maximizar su espacio.
República ChecaCasa danzanteTambién conocido como “Ginger y Fred” por su parecido a una pareja de bailarines.
InglaterraEstación de tren de DartmouthUna estación de tren que lleva abierta desde 1864 a pesar de que nunca para ningún tren allí.
SerbiaPuente secoDespués de que el río sobre el que se extendía este puente se secó, quedó unido, conectando dos partes del mismo campo que no tienen ninguna barrera física entre ellas.
InglaterraEl carril de la mujer tontaUna calle de East Sussex con un nombre divertido. Spike Milligan vivía allí y Paul McCartney escribió un poema sobre ella.
EscociaLugar Ebenezer, WickLa calle más corta del mundo.
Baden-WurtembergLago EichenerUn lago en el sur de Alemania que sólo ocasionalmente contiene agua.
Países BajosPuentes europeos SpijkenisseLos puentes genéricos de los billetes de euro hechos realidad.
Óblast de MoscúParque de los monumentos caídosUn parque ruso conocido por sus estatuas derribadas.
República de IrlandaPlaca con el ruido del padre PatEl puente O'Connell rinde homenaje a un sacerdote que fue tan recordado con cariño como completamente ficticio.
FranciaFernando ChevalUn cartero que durante treinta y tres años recogió piedras mientras hacía su ronda y las utilizó para construir un surrealista Palais Idéal ("Palacio Ideal") de proporciones asombrosas y detalles intrincados.
Sicilia Isla FerdinandeaLa isla que desapareció. Y volvió a surgir. Y volvió a hundirse. Y volvió a surgir. Y volvió a hundirse.
EscociaFaro de las islas FlannanSituado en Eilean Mór, este faro al oeste de Escocia es objeto de un misterio persistente por la desaparición de sus guardianes en 1900.
BrandeburgoEsvástica del bosqueUna gigantesca esvástica hecha de árboles de alerce que pasó desapercibida durante casi sesenta años.
HesseEstado libre de cuello de botellaCuando las zonas de ocupación no se encuentran lo suficientemente cerca, se obtiene una pequeña porción de Renania que actúa como un país independiente.
AustriaFollando, Alta AustriaUn pueblo en Austria que solía llamarse "Fucking", pero que cambió su nombre profano después de años de tormento en forma de señales de tráfico robadas (algunas de las cuales tuvieron que ser clavadas en hormigón) a algo que todavía suena un poco profano.
CroaciaGalešnjakUna isla frente a la costa de Croacia que tiene naturalmente la forma del símbolo de un corazón .
UcraniaGammalsvenskbyUn pueblo sueco, poblado por suecos, que hablan un antiguo dialecto sueco , en Ucrania.
Tirol del SurGrano en VinschgauEl monumento más destacado de este pueblo es la torre de una iglesia submarina, el último vestigio del antiguo pueblo inundado que se encuentra justo al lado.
HamburgoGran Torre NeuwerkEl edificio más antiguo que aún se conserva en Hamburgo es un faro a más de 100 kilómetros de distancia.
PoloniaSaludos desde la Avenida JerusalénUna palmera artificial gigante creada para recordar a todos el nombre de la calle en la que se encuentra.
Inglaterra Carril de coños manoseadosUn nombre de calle que se encuentra en las ciudades y pueblos ingleses durante la Edad Media .
LituaniaParque GrutasEste parque, también conocido como el Mundo de Stalin, responde a la pregunta poco frecuente de "¿qué deberíamos hacer con todas estas estatuas y monumentos de la era soviética de nuestro pasado opresivo?". Su creador, el magnate de los hongos Viliumas Malinauskas, ganó el Premio Ig Nobel en 2001 .
HesseDistrito residencial ReinhardswaldUn “pueblo” que ocupa 180 kilómetros cuadrados de bosque deshabitado, con sólo dos habitantes: los dueños de un restaurante.
LituaniaColina de las CrucesEsta pequeña colina en el norte de Lituania alberga más de 100.000 cruces y otros símbolos católicos plantados en el suelo.
InglaterraTe amo ¿te casarías conmigo?Una propuesta de graffiti que sobrevivió a la relación y ahora está marcada por luces de neón.
Islandia Museo Falológico de IslandiaUn museo en Islandia dedicado exclusivamente a la colección de especímenes de pene y arte relacionado con el pene.
InglaterraReactor JASONEl único reactor nuclear en un edificio del siglo XVII.
PoloniaEstación de autobuses de KielceUna estación de autobuses polaca que fue diseñada deliberadamente para parecerse a un OVNI.
Hungría Sistema de bodega KőbányaBudapest cuenta con un amplio complejo subterráneo de bodegas de cerveza y vino, tan grande que ocupa una superficie total de unos 200.000 metros cuadrados (2.200.000 pies cuadrados).
PoloniaCúpula de la cruzLa casa más interesante de Polonia.
SajoniaKursdorfUn pueblo que fue abandonado después de ser cercado gradualmente por un aeropuerto importante cercano, lo que dio como resultado un nivel de sonido promedio de casi 60 decibeles. Se ganó el título de "el pueblo más ruidoso de Alemania".
LacioLago CurcioUn pozo en medio del Foro Romano; ni siquiera los romanos sabían por qué estaba allí.
HesseLahnUna ciudad tan impopular que no sólo duró sólo dos años, sino que sus únicas elecciones locales las ganó el partido que prometió borrarla del mapa.
Óblast de CheliábinskLago KarachayAntiguamente era un lago, pero en él se arrojaron tantos desechos nucleares que ahora está completamente seco y es posiblemente el lugar más contaminado de la Tierra .
Baja SajoniaTorre inclinada de SuurhusenSuperando a la mundialmente famosa Torre inclinada de Pisa por 1,22 grados.
EspañaLista de monumentos destruidos en EspañaMás de 60 edificios interesantes, incluidos grandes castillos, palacios reales, torres inclinadas y puertas de ciudades que fueron total o parcialmente demolidos y ya no existen, con sus respectivos artículos e imágenes.
EscucharburgoEl país europeo que la mayoría de los estadounidenses no pueden señalar en un mapa (porque no existe).
GalesAeropuerto Internacional de Llanegley¿Cuándo un aeropuerto internacional no es un aeropuerto internacional? Cuando no es un aeropuerto en absoluto.
GalesLlanfairpwllgwyngyllO Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, si quieres ser técnico.
CampaniaLupanarUn burdel preservado bajo las cenizas de Pompeya , con grafitis lascivos de hace 2000 años.
InglaterraRotonda mágicaSolo en el Reino Unido se puede encontrar una gran rotonda con seis minirrotondas (no hay que confundirlas con las «rotondas mágicas» de Colchester , Swindon o High Wycombe  , o, en este caso, con esta «rotonda mágica» ).
BélgicaManneken Pis
Jeanneke Pis
Una estatua en Bruselas que representa a un niño orinando. Y su contraparte femenina.
Suecia
Finlandia
MercadoUn faro construido en esta isla condujo a una redefinición de la frontera entre Suecia y Finlandia .
Óblast de MoscúMetro-2Una supuesta línea de metro secreta en Moscú.
BavieraMonte CaolínUna estación de esquí sin nieve.
GreciaMonte AthosUn sistema político autónomo en Grecia que alberga 20 monasterios, notable por ser la única subdivisión política del mundo en la que las mujeres (así como los animales hembras) tienen prohibido el ingreso por cualquier motivo.
LiechtensteinMunicipios de LiechtensteinLas fronteras irregulares y angulares entre estas divisiones parecen casi arbitrariamente extrañas. Las de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos son igualmente extrañas.
CroaciaMuseo de las relaciones rotasZagreb es el hogar de esta colección de cosas que quedaron atrás tras las rupturas.
República de Irlanda El pilar de NelsonDublín solía tener su propia versión de la Columna de Nelson , que terminó sirviendo como símbolo del imperialismo británico hasta la década de 1960, cuando fue volada por republicanos irlandeses, lo que dio lugar a la creación de varias canciones populares celebratorias.
BélgicaMoresnet neutralUna pequeña región europea , de aproximadamente 1,4 millas cuadradas (3,6 km2 ), que existió durante un siglo como territorio neutral entre Alemania y Bélgica .
Inglaterra Estación de tren de Newhaven MarineUna estación de tren que estuvo técnicamente abierta entre 2006 y 2020, a pesar de que (a) no había trenes de pasajeros en la estación durante ese tiempo, (b) no se podían comprar billetes para la estación y (c) la propia estación fue demolida en 2017.
República de IrlandaPortal de Nueva York-DublínUna exhibición de arte que conecta visualmente las calles de las dos ciudades y que fue cerrada temporalmente después de múltiples instancias de exhibiciones intermitentes, blasfemias y exhibición de imágenes de los ataques del 11 de septiembre .
República ChecaReino del otro mundoUna micronación y un complejo BDSM cuyo objetivo final es el " matriarcado absoluto ": que todos los hombres sean esclavizados por las mujeres.
SueciaCalaveras paradisíacasUna colina para saltos de esquí con una zona de aterrizaje que pasa por debajo de una de las vías ferroviarias más transitadas de Suecia.
Francia
España
Isla del faisánUna isla fluvial deshabitada cuya soberanía cambia entre Francia y España cada seis meses.
RumaniaEstación de metro Piața RomanăEstación del metro de Bucarest que fue cancelada porque la esposa de Nicolae Ceaușescu temía que los estudiantes de la zona engordaran y necesitaran hacer ejercicio. De todos modos, se construyó en secreto y, por lo tanto, se inauguró en 1988.
Francia Estación de radio militar Pierre-sur-HauteUna modesta estación militar en Francia se convirtió en causa célebre después de que los servicios de inteligencia franceses intentaran amenazar a Wikipedia para que eliminara su artículo sobre ella.
EsloveniaCastillo de PredjamaUn castillo construido parcialmente dentro de la boca de una cueva cercana.
InglaterraPrincipado de SealandUna micronación situada a 6 millas (9,7 kilómetros) de la costa de Suffolk , Inglaterra, cuya población rara vez supera los diez habitantes.
Bremen (estado)Pendiente de punteríaUn antiguo dique que antaño era hogar de prostitutas y que ahora es sede de un festival en el que un sastre cruza el río para comprobar si está congelado.
InglaterraPunto de control de la realidadUna farola con nombre propio.
SuizaGraben de RöstiLa "zanja de las patatas ralladas gruesas" en Suiza, que divide la cocina suizo-alemana y la suizo-francesa.
Óblast de PskovBota SaatseUn tramo de territorio ruso por el que pasa un tramo de 900 metros de carretera de Estonia. Aunque se permite circular por la carretera sin permiso ni visado, está prohibido circular a pie o detener el vehículo por cualquier motivo.
BerlinaCuerpo de protección contra accidentesUna pieza de arquitectura nazi en Berlín, construida con el único propósito de ser pesada.
Países BajosTribunal escocés en los Países BajosUna antigua base holandesa de la OTAN llamada Camp Zeist fue cedida brevemente a Escocia para permitir la prueba de los bombarderos del vuelo 103 de Pan Am .
República ChecaOsario de SedlecUna capilla cristiana decorada con los huesos de aproximadamente 40.000  personas.
EspañaSexi (colonia fenicia)Unas ruinas antiguas, también conocidas como Sex o Ex , con varios suburbios de la época romana, incluidos Pænis , Socordia y Villa Fatuus Maximus .
InglaterraGruta de las Conchas, MargateUna gruta con un mosaico de 4,6 millones de conchas marinas, escondida debajo de un patio trasero. Nadie sabe quién la construyó, cuándo ni con qué propósito.
Emilia-RomañaMuseo de la mierdaNo os preocupéis, es un buen museo para ver excrementos.
InglaterraMierdatonLe robaron el cartel tantas veces que compraron una piedra de 1,5 toneladas con el nombre del pueblo grabado en ella. (Sorprendentemente, ese nombre tan grosero realmente significa lo que uno se imagina).
GalesLa casa más pequeña de Gran BretañaSolo 5,49 metros cuadrados (59,1 pies cuadrados) de tamaño, en el norte de Gales.
FinlandiaCastillo de nieve de KemiEl fuerte de nieve y hotel de hielo más grande del mundo , reconstruido y rediseñado constantemente cada invierno.
Soberana Orden Militar de MaltaSoberana Orden Militar de Malta¿Un Estado soberano sin territorio? ¿Cómo es posible?
Baden-WurtembergCalle SpreuerhofLa calle más estrecha del mundo.
SvalbardBóveda mundial de semillas de SvalbardSi ocurre una hambruna mundial , es mejor que esperes vivir en Svalbard .
TransnistriaTransnistriaUn estado no reconocido que se separó de Moldavia durante la caída de la Unión Soviética debido a tensiones étnicas y ha permanecido en el limbo desde entonces, conservando la estética de la era soviética e incluso una hoz y un martillo en su bandera.
InglaterraCaballo blanco de UffingtonUna figura gigante de tiza que debe ser golpeada con martillos regularmente para mantenerla en su sitio.
EscociaParada de autobús UnstÚnica en su tipo en la isla de Unst , Shetland . Se renueva periódicamente y dispone de sofá y TV.
SueciaInscripción rúnica de Uppland 53Una piedra rúnica del siglo XI que adquirió fama accidentalmente al ser encontrada para los cimientos de un edificio del siglo XVII en el centro de Estocolmo .
HungríaCastillo de VajdahunyadUn castillo en Budapest que originalmente fue construido parcialmente con cartón.
Ciudad del Vaticano Ferrocarril del VaticanoConsiste en un ramal de 680 metros (2.230 pies) y fue construido como resultado directo del reconocimiento del Vaticano como país.
BélgicaTren de cercaníasUn ferrocarril en desuso en Bélgica que separa cinco partes de Alemania del resto del país.
BielorrusiaVeyshnoriaUn país fronterizo inexistente de Bielorrusia, inventado para un ejercicio militar del Estado de la Unión y adoptado por Internet. Es pura coincidencia que el territorio de este "estado enemigo" corresponda a las regiones más católicas , más anti-Lukashenko y menos rusohablantes de Bielorrusia, en serio.
FranciaVíctor NoirUn joven periodista asesinado por el primo del emperador francés, que posteriormente se convirtió en un símbolo de resistencia antes de la caída del régimen ... que también recibió una estatua de sí mismo con un bulto enorme en la entrepierna que posteriormente se convirtió en un símbolo de fertilidad, con el bulto oxidándose debido a haber sido acariciado por tantos miembros del público.
Lituania
Polonia
Portal de Vilnius-LublinUn proyecto pionero que conecta a los residentes en las calles de las dos ciudades y que es el predecesor de uno mucho más caótico .
AlemaniaSalchicha blancaEl "ecuador de la salchicha blanca" en Alemania.
InglaterraRopa blancaEl club de caballeros más antiguo y famoso de Londres contaba con varios personajes famosos como miembros, entre ellos el rey Carlos III , el príncipe Guillermo , el ex primer ministro David Cameron, etc. El club es prácticamente de alto secreto, así que sí, los Illuminati ingleses definitivamente no están al acecho bebiendo té allí. Además, no se permiten chicas.
InglaterraLátigo-Ma-Whop-Ma-PuertaY el mejor nombre de calle es el de esta calle de York , Inglaterra. ¡También se dice que es la calle más corta de la ciudad!
RumaniaMuseo de las Cucharas de MaderaUn museo con la colección de cucharas de madera más grande del mundo, con ejemplares que van desde 3.500 hasta más de 6.000. ¡También se pueden encontrar cucharones y 500 borradores!
DinamarcaMapa del mundo en el lago KlejtrupDespués de encontrar una roca con la forma de la península de Jutlandia, un granjero danés se inspiró para crear un mapa del mundo a partir del paisaje rural circundante durante los siguientes 25 años.
PoloniaLos enanos de Wrocław¡Tenemos que atraparlos a todos!
BavieraPiramida de tiempoPara celebrar el 1200 aniversario de una ciudad bávara, un artista decidió apilar bloques de hormigón durante 1200 años. El próximo bloque está previsto para 2033.
CroaciaBase aérea de ŽeljavaUna base aérea abandonada, situada en la frontera entre Croacia y Bosnia , que es casi en su totalidad subterránea.
FranciaZona rojaUna serie de zonas del noreste de Francia que quedaron tan devastadas por municiones sin explotar y toxinas durante la Primera Guerra Mundial que siguen siendo inhabitables un siglo después.

América Latina y el Caribe

Un desierto con agua. ¿O es una laguna con un desierto dentro? Mmm...
Americana, São Paulo .
Capitalidad + ninguna población = ¡Plymouth, Montserrat !
Estado de São PauloAmericana, São PauloUna ciudad de Brasil fundada por agricultores y soldados confederados después de la Guerra Civil estadounidense .
Quintana RooMuseo Subacuático de CancúnUn lugar donde se conservan obras de arte a varios metros bajo el nivel del mar.
Río Grande del SurCándido GodóiUna ciudad brasileña llena de alemanes que produce cinco veces más gemelos que el promedio nacional; estos dos hechos combinados para crear teorías de que Josef Mengele había realizado experimentos allí.
Río Grande del NorteAnacardo de PirangiSetenta veces más grande que un anacardo promedio, este árbol cubre aproximadamente dos acres de tierra por sí solo.
MichoacánCheránUn pueblo mexicano cuyos habitantes decidieron abolir su propio gobierno local y su fuerza policial en 2011 debido a la corrupción rampante y los vínculos con el crimen organizado. No parecen tener ningún remordimiento.
EcuadorCiudad Mitad del MundoEste parque, que marca el ecuador del país que lleva su nombre, estaba un poco desviado cuando fue construido.
ChileColonia DignidadUna comunidad rural de Chile que tiene una historia que ni el escritor más loco podría imaginar.
Colombia
Panamá
Tapón del DariénEste viaje es imposible con los modos que has seleccionado.
Guayana FrancesaIsla del diabloUna colonia penal notoria frente a la costa de la Guayana Francesa .
CubaIsla Ernst ThälmannUna isla frente a la costa de Cuba que fue (en cierto modo) cedida a Alemania del Este y, por lo tanto, (en cierto modo) sigue siendo parte de Alemania del Este, que ya no existe (en cierto modo).
Espíritu SantoGuarapariUna ciudad brasileña con playas naturalmente radiactivas.
ParacaFordlandiaEl propio hombre no estuvo exento de fracasos abyectos en Brasil.
California
Baja California
Parque de la Amistad (San Diego–Tijuana)Dónde la gente puede darse la mano e interactuar a través de la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos .
ColombiaHacienda NápolesLa lujosa finca del fallecido capo de la droga Pablo Escobar , desde donde se extendió una población invasora de hipopótamos en Colombia.
VenezuelaHeladería CoromotoOstentaba el récord mundial de mayor cantidad de sabores de helado servidos, incluidos chile, ajo, cangrejo, macarrones con queso, huevo, carne y muchos sabores alcohólicos.
Provincia de MisionesIsla ApipéUna isla argentina en el río Paraná rodeada de aguas paraguayas.
Ciudad de MéxicoLa isla de las muñecasUbicada en la Ciudad de México , esta es una isla llena de muñecas rotas y deterioradas de diversos estilos y colores, originalmente colocadas por el antiguo dueño de la isla.
CubaParque John LennonUn parque con una estatua de John Lennon , en un país que solía prohibir su música en los años 60, ya que era una importación cultural del bloque occidental . También es digno de mención el hecho de que su estatua normalmente no usa gafas, ya que las gafas de la estatua se las quitan o vandalizan constantemente, aunque el parque ahora tiene un guardia de seguridad cuyo trabajo es rondar la estatua y darle un par de gafas si se las pide.
MaranhãoParque Nacional Lençóis MaranhensesUn momento, los desiertos no se inundan estacionalmente. Simplemente no lo hacen. ¿O sí?
ChileMano del desiertoUna enorme escultura de una mano que se eleva desde el medio del desierto de Atacama , destinada a simbolizar la vulnerabilidad y la opresión humana.
PerúLíneas de NazcaUn museo de líneas, expuesto al aire libre en el sur del Perú .
Provincia de Buenos AiresEl OjoUna isla casi perfectamente circular que gira constantemente en los pantanos de Argentina. Su nombre significa "El Ojo".
MichoacánParicutínUn volcán que entró en erupción repentinamente en el campo de maíz de un granjero.
Estado de Río de JaneiroPenedo, ItatiaiaUna ciudad turística finlandesa... en el centro de Brasil.
Las BahamasPlaya de los cerdosUn lugar donde puedes nadar con cerdos.
GuatemalaPizza PacayaMientras muchos huirían de un volcán activo, un chef guatemalteco convirtió uno en su propia cocina personal.
MontserratPlymouth, MontserratUna capital nacional con cero población, ya que fue abandonada debido a una erupción volcánica.
ParaguayDepartamento Presidente Hayes¿Qué sucede cuando un presidente de Estados Unidos es mucho más famoso en un país sudamericano que en los propios Estados Unidos?
TamaulipasRío Rico, TamaulipasUna ciudad que fue cedida por Estados Unidos a México en 1977 debido a una desviación anterior del Río Grande .
ColombiaSanta Cruz del IsloteUna pequeña isla artificial frente a la costa de Colombia que se dice es la isla más poblada de la Tierra, con su propia escuela, restaurante y otras comodidades, pero sin delincuencia ni policía.
Quintana RooIsla espiralUna isla artificial, ahora destruida, construida a partir de miles de botellas de plástico vacías flotando.
PerúVinicuncaTambién conocida como Montaña Arcoíris, los diferentes minerales presentes en el suelo de esta montaña le dan un aspecto verdaderamente único.
Provincia del ChubutY WladfaUn grupo de asentamientos en la Patagonia argentina que alberga la mayor población de habla galesa fuera de las Islas Británicas y la ubicación del dialecto galés patagónico .
BoliviaCamino de los YungasUna carretera de montaña increíblemente mortal en Bolivia, de sólo 3 metros de ancho en algunos tramos y sin barandillas.

América del norte

Este puente es un poco bajo ¿no?
¡Oh, no! ¡Este rascacielos sin ventanas definitivamente no es un centro de vigilancia masivo!
"Eso dice "CENTRO COMERCIAL"... ¿no?"
Cuando California aún no se había unido del todo a los Estados Unidos .
"¿Estás seguro que quieres construir aquí?"
Espera un momento...Este no es el río Támesis...
Mill Ends Park ,
el parque más pequeño del mundo.
Este lago esconde muchas islas. Y lagos en esas islas. Y islas en esos lagos.
Se trata de tender la mano y cerrar la distancia .
Un laboratorio bajo las olas.
Carolina del NortePuente 8+8 de 11 piesTambién conocido como “Abrelatas”, se trata de un puente que corta el techo de los camiones que han caído víctimas de él.
Nueva York (estado)Calle Thomas 33Un rascacielos sin ventanas en Nueva York y un presunto centro de vigilancia masiva de la NSA. Nada sospechoso.
ArizonaUna montañaTambién conocida como Sentinel Peak, esta colina en Tucson, Arizona, tiene literalmente una gran letra "A" en ella.
Nueva York (estado)Agloe, Nueva YorkUna ciudad ficticia de Nueva York . En un principio, era un asentamiento fantasma , creado como una trampa de derechos de autor para un cartógrafo, pero terminó convirtiéndose en un verdadero punto de referencia.
Carolina del SurAbuso de alcohol y drogas en el lagoSupuestamente lleva el nombre del centro de tratamiento cercano.
Washington (estado)Aroma de Tacoma" Qué olor tan increíble has descubierto " podría haber sido el lema de esta ciudad de Washington.
FloridaBase de arrecife de AcuarioUn auténtico laboratorio submarino.
AlbertaGuardián de las tierras baldíasUna característica topográfica natural en Alberta, Canadá, que, vista desde arriba, parece notablemente un ser humano con un tocado y auriculares de los nativos americanos .
OhioBeatosu y GobluDos pueblos inexistentes que aparecieron en el mapa oficial de carreteras de Michigan como referencia a la Universidad de Michigan y su rival, la Universidad Estatal de Ohio .
Rhode IslandGran insecto azulOficialmente llamada Nibbles Woodaway, esta termita de 58 pies de largo con vista a la I-95 es un hito de Providence y se dice que es el insecto artificial más grande del mundo.
ColoradoCastillo del obispo¡Un castillo de piedra en las Montañas Rocosas! Este proyecto de construcción que escupe fuego parece no tener fin.
Nueva York (estado)Cinturón de borschtPara aquellos que aman el borscht y encuentran el Bible Belt y el Rust Belt demasiado aburridos.
CaliforniaCallejón de chicles70 pies de callejón con sus paredes cubiertas de chicles usados.
IllinoisArroyo burbujeanteLa rama del río Chicago que estaba tan contaminada con sangre de Stock Yards que ganó este apetitoso apodo.
NevadaCondado de Bullfrog, NevadaAntiguo condado de Nevada creado alrededor de una montaña que se convertiría en un vertedero de residuos radiactivos. A partir de 2022, es el único condado deshabitado que se haya creado en los Estados Unidos.
MassachusettsIsla de Busta RhymesIsla sin nombre porque había "cuerdas para columpiarse, arándanos y... cosas que a Busta le gustarían".
Québec
Vermont
Calle CanusaUna carretera que se encuentra tanto en Canadá como en Estados Unidos .
Washington (estado) Máquina de refrescos misteriosa en Capitol HillUna máquina que ofrecía bebidas raras sin que nadie supiera quién la operaba. Estuvo en funcionamiento desde los años 90 hasta 2018, cuando desapareció y se dejó una nota que decía: "Fui a dar un paseo".
ColoradoMansión de la chica gatoUna mansión descrita como "la Mansión Playboy de la comunidad de juegos de gatitos ".
PensilvaniaCentralia, PensilvaniaUn pueblo que está en llamas desde 1962.
MassachusettsLetrero de CitgoEste anuncio de una compañía petrolera se colocó en el lugar perfecto para que se convirtiera en un hito reconocible del horizonte de Boston.
Nueva JerseyClinton Road (Nueva Jersey)Además de tener el semáforo más largo del país, la carretera también es conocida por sus reportes de ocurrencia de actividad paranormal.
CaliforniaColma, CaliforniaUna ciudad donde los muertos superan en número a los vivos en una proporción de 1000 a 1.
FloridaRepública de la ConchaComo protesta contra las acciones del gobierno federal de los Estados Unidos , Key West en Florida se separó y luego le declaró la guerra a los Estados Unidos, se rindió un minuto después y luego solicitó mil millones de dólares en ayuda extranjera.
DelawareCentro de confianza de la corporaciónUn pequeño edificio de una sola planta donde tienen su sede legal más de 285.000 empresas, o más del 15% de todas las empresas de Estados Unidos.
TexasAplastamiento, TexasUna "ciudad" temporal establecida como escenario de un truco publicitario en 1896: un accidente de tren simulado. El accidente causó inesperadamente dos muertos y numerosos heridos entre los espectadores.
Dakota del SurMonumento a Caballo LocoLa respuesta de los nativos americanos al Monte Rushmore, iniciada en 1948 y aún lejos de estar terminada.
OhioRío CuyahogaEl ambientalismo en Estados Unidos comenzó esencialmente porque un río en Cleveland seguía en llamas.
Washington, D.C.Círculo de Dave ThomasUna intersección de seis vías en el noreste de DC con un restaurante Wendy's ubicado en el medio hasta 2021. Lugar de numerosas muertes en el tráfico, actualmente se está convirtiendo en un parque de la ciudad.
MaineDesierto de MaineUn terreno de arena de 20 acres justo en el medio del estado más boscoso de los EE. UU.
IllinoisCentro comercial Dixie SquareUn centro comercial que estuvo abandonado durante más del doble del tiempo que estuvo en funcionamiento hasta que finalmente fue demolido en 2012. Apareció en la película The Blues Brothers de 1980 y se convirtió en un objetivo popular para los exploradores urbanos .
Nueva York (estado)Parque estatal Donald J. TrumpEl parque estatal más tremendo, fantástico y asombroso que jamás hayas visto. Los medios quieren decir que está mal conservado, que debería cambiarle el nombre, que ni siquiera es un verdadero parque estatal; pero son todos mentirosos y muy malas personas, créeme.
MinnesotaDorset, MinnesotaUn pueblo que en múltiples ocasiones ha tenido a un niño como su “alcalde”.
Columbia BritánicaParque de relajación para tíosOriginalmente un cartel colocado en un parque de Vancouver como una broma, ahora es arte público oficialmente reconocido.
CaliforniaeBARTUna extensión del sistema BART que, a pesar de funcionar como su propia línea ferroviaria y estar propulsada por trenes diésel únicos, se muestra oficialmente como una extensión de la Línea Amarilla.
Washington, D.C.Pasos del exorcistaUn conjunto de escaleras en la calle 36, famosas por el lugar donde el personaje del Padre Karras cae y muere tras ser poseído.
IowaAscensor de Fenelon PlaceEl ferrocarril más corto y empinado del mundo, (supuestamente) ubicado en un pueblo de alrededor de 60.000 habitantes.
KentuckyTorre de agua de Florence Y'allUn cartel de "bienvenida" único en un pueblo del norte de Kentucky .
VirginiaEspumaderaUna recreación exacta de Stonehenge hecha completamente de poliestireno.
VirginiaLista de antiguos condados, ciudades y pueblos de VirginiaTodos los lugares que ya no se encuentran en Virginia , como el condado de Illinois, y algunos que nunca se encontraron (incluido Walton's Mountain ).
Dakota del SurValle de Gann, Dakota del SurLa sede del condado de Buffalo, Dakota del Sur , a pesar de que el cercano Fort Thompson tiene una población más de 120 veces mayor que Gann Valley.
WyomingPuerto espacial intergaláctico de Greater Green RiverConsiste enteramente en una franja de tierra/grava profundamente surcada y sin personal y una manga de viento.
Washington (estado)Muro de chiclesUn muro de ladrillos en Seattle cubierto de chicles. Limpiado en 2015, se convirtió en un monumento conmemorativo de París .
QuébecHábitat 67Un complejo residencial futurista construido en la década de 1960 que se asemeja a una masa de cubos equilibrados aleatoriamente uno sobre el otro.
CanadáTierra VerdeIsla HansUna isla desierta del Ártico por la que Canadá y el Reino de Dinamarca se pelearon durante décadas. El acuerdo de 2022 creó una frontera terrestre entre un país norteamericano y uno europeo.
MaineHawái 2Una pintoresca isla en Maine comprada por Cards Against Humanity en 2014.
AlbertaSalto de búfalo con la cabeza aplastadaLección de vida: si ves a cazadores persiguiendo búfalos por un acantilado , no te quedes abajo.
Nueva York (estado)Triángulo de HessEsto solía ser parte de un terreno más grande, pero una carretera lo destruyó, pero los planificadores no pudieron planificar correctamente, por lo que dejaron este pedazo de tierra.
TennesseLa casa del árbol de Horace BurgessUna casa en el árbol construida por un ministro que afirmó haber recibido una visión de Dios .
IndianaCatacumbas de IndianápolisA pesar del nombre, nunca se utilizó como lugar de enterramiento.
WyomingInterestatal 180 (Wyoming)Una autopista interestatal que en realidad no es una autopista en absoluto.
ArizonaInterestatal 19La única carretera de EE. UU. marcada en unidades métricas, una reliquia de un impulso histórico a la metrificación .
CaliforniaIsla de CaliforniaEl tercer estado más grande de Estados Unidos antes era una isla, al menos en el papel.
NevadaPisos JackassEl sitio de pruebas que lleva un nombre muy apropiado para los primeros y únicos motores de cohetes de propulsión nuclear del mundo .
Rhode IslandColina de JerimotEl punto natural más alto de Rhode Island . Durante años, uno de los puntos más difíciles de escalar en Estados Unidos, no por sus 247 metros de altura, sino por culpa de un anciano enojado que vivía cerca.
Connecticut Planta de alcantarillado conmemorativa John OliverUna planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales en Danbury, Connecticut, lleva el nombre de John Oliver después de que insultara satíricamente a la ciudad en Last Week Tonight con John Oliver .
Nueva York (estado)Escaleras de JokerVivimos en una sociedad en la que una película puede convertir un tramo de escaleras en una estrella.
Nueva York (estado)Isla con espacio suficienteEsta isla tiene un tamaño de aproximadamente un treceavo de acre, pero eso no impidió que la familia Sizeland construyera una casa en ella.
LuisianaLago PeigneurUn lago para natación de 10 pies de profundidad que alguna vez se convirtió en el lago más profundo de Luisiana gracias a un accidente en una mina de sal.
Terranova y LabradorIsla LandsatUna isla solitaria con una historia francamente humorística.
Estados UnidosLista de lagunas en las carreteras interestatalesIntersecciones con semáforos, puentes levadizos y otras rarezas en el sistema de carreteras interestatales que violan las normas .
NevadaLista de casinos de Las Vegas que nunca abrieronLo que ocurrió en la mesa de dibujo, se quedó en la mesa de dibujo.
MassachusettsCasa de Lizzie BordenEl lugar donde se produjo uno de los asesinatos con hacha más famosos de la historia, que se convirtió en un B&B en 1996. Según el antiguo propietario del edificio, la habitación donde asesinaron a Abby Borden es su "habitación más solicitada".
ArizonaPuente de LondresUn auténtico puente inglés de más de un siglo de antigüedad... que ahora se encuentra en medio del desierto.
Michigan M-185 (carretera de Michigan)La única carretera estatal del país en la que está prohibido el paso de vehículos a motor. También es la única carretera estatal en la que no se produjo ningún accidente hasta 2005.
Nueva JerseyTumba de Mary EllisUna tumba que se encontró en medio del estacionamiento de un cine.
TennessePirámide de MemphisLa décima pirámide más grande del mundo, ubicada en Memphis, Tennessee, y hogar de una megatienda Bass Pro Shops .
MichiganMichigan se fueLas direcciones son más complicadas en Michigan.
FloridaPilón de MickeyUna torre de alta tensión cuya forma recuerda a la de un roedor ficticio.
OregónParque Mill EndsEl parque más pequeño del mundo – 452 in 2 (0,292 m 2 ) – en Portland, Oregón .
CaliforniaCabina telefónica de MojaveUna cabina telefónica pública que permaneció en pie durante varias décadas en medio de un desierto, a kilómetros de cualquier carretera u otras estructuras.
IdahoBase de la Fuerza Aérea Mountain HomeUna base de la fuerza aérea de Singapur en Idaho.
UtahEl pezón de MollieEl nombre de varios lugares en Utah... incluido al menos un cerro .
NebraskaMonowiUn pueblo de Nebraska con una población de una sola persona. ¡Hola, Elsie!
MarylandSeñor rueda de basuraUn interceptor de basura con ojos saltones gigantes que patrulla el puerto interior de Baltimore y devora basura. Tiene su propia página de Instagram.
Georgia (estado de EE. UU.)Asesinato de KrogerUn supermercado con una historia oscura.
NevadaTerritorio NataquaUn territorio estadounidense fallido que estaba, literalmente, fuera de sí.
WisconsinMuseo Nacional de la MostazaRecopilando y registrando el condimento común.
CaliforniaReserva Nacional de PasasCreado después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial para controlar los precios de las pasas. Dirigido por el Comité Administrativo de las Pasas, por supuesto.
OregónCruce de Ned FlandersUn puente sobre la carretera interestatal 405 en Portland, Oregón , que originalmente se llamaba Flanders Crossing , pero que fue rebautizado en honor a un personaje ficticio que lleva el nombre de la carretera.
NunavutLago NettillingUbicado en la isla de Baffin , Nunavut, Canadá. Es el lago más grande de una isla y también contiene el lago más grande de una isla en un lago en una isla, que a su vez contiene la isla más grande del mundo en un lago en una isla en un lago en una isla .
Nueva York (estado)Portal de Nueva York-DublínUna exhibición de arte que conecta visualmente las calles de las dos ciudades y que fue cerrada temporalmente después de múltiples instancias de exhibiciones intermitentes, blasfemias y exhibición de imágenes de los ataques del 11 de septiembre .
CaliforniaCresta de Nitt WittUna casa en California , construida con latas de cerveza, conchas de abulón, piezas de automóviles y otros desechos que anteriormente tiraban los residentes locales, es ahora un monumento histórico.
Tierra VerdeParque Nacional del Noreste de GroenlandiaEl parque nacional más grande del mundo ocupa más de una cuarta parte de la superficie total de Groenlandia, es más grande que 166 estados soberanos y no tiene población humana permanente.
MinnesotaAngulo noroesteEste pequeño radio que sobresale del norte de Minnesota fue creado como resultado de un error topográfico, y su territorio está completamente aislado del resto de los EE. UU. por el Lago de los Bosques .
Nuevo HampshireEl viejo de la montañaUna formación rocosa en el norte de New Hampshire que se asemeja al perfil de una persona. Se derrumbó en 2003, pero está inmortalizada en las matrículas del estado, las señales de tráfico y las monedas de veinticinco centavos del estado.
OntarioPedro CamaniUn profesor de arte canadiense (ahora jubilado) que construyó un enorme complejo de esculturas de caras gritando en su propiedad en su tiempo libre y convirtió su casa en un castillo con una torreta de una cara gritando.
Washington (estado)Punto Roberts, WashingtonA la hora de definir fronteras internacionales, a veces una línea recta no es la mejor solución.
ManitobaCentro de retención de osos polaresUna prisión para osos polares .
ArizonaPoozeumUn museo dedicado a los coprolitos .
TexasPrada Marfa, TexasPara tus amantes de las compras de lujo, una tienda Prada en el desierto.
Mausoleos piramidales en América del NorteEl gobernador de Arizona, George Hunt, será llamado en adelante " Faraón Jorge I ".
KentuckyHash de conejo, KentuckyUn pueblo cuyos alcaldes, desde 1998, han sido todos perros.
IllinoisEl levantamiento de ChicagoDurante la década de 1850, la ciudad fue construida sobre pilotes, edificio por edificio.
MichiganGranja arcoirisEl único lugar donde las parejas homosexuales casadas podían proteger sus plantas de marihuana con armas . Visitado especialmente por Merle Haggard y Tommy Chong .
Nuevo HampshireCorriente de la República de la IndiaUn área de tierra en el norte de New Hampshire que fue un país independiente desde 1832 hasta 1835.
NevadaRepública de MolossiaUna micronación de 34 personas en Nevada que lleva el significado de la frase " el hogar de un hombre es su castillo " a nuevos extremos.
Illinois McDonald's de Rock and RollUn restaurante McDonald's con temática de rock 'n roll ubicado en Chicago, famoso por ser el tema de una canción del músico outsider Wesley Willis .
PensilvaniaPasos rocososGracias a su aparición en cierta película , las escaleras que conducen a la entrada principal del Museo de Arte de Filadelfia son una atracción turística tan popular como el propio museo.
CaliforniaRough and Ready, CaliforniaEsta ciudad minera se separó de la Unión en 1850, pero regresó tres meses después porque se dieron cuenta de que no podían celebrar el Día de la Independencia.
ArizonaPapá Noel, ArizonaEn el condado de Mohave , visite una trampa para turistas abandonada en lo profundo del desierto, ¡donde supuestamente reside, entre todas las personas, Papá Noel!
Columbia BritánicaEdificio Sam KeeConocido como el edificio comercial más estrecho del mundo.
CaliforniaCiudad Slab, CaliforniaUn enorme parque de casas rodantes fuera de la red en una antigua base militar en el desierto de Sonora , que se convirtió en una comunidad alternativa a gran escala de inadaptados y vagabundos que ha persistido durante décadas, con varias exhibiciones de coloridas esculturas experimentales hechas con cualquier cosa que los residentes puedan conseguir.
PensilvaniaSNPJ, PensilvaniaUn municipio formado únicamente por el centro recreativo de una fraternidad eslovena , creado (en parte) para eludir las leyes sobre bebidas alcohólicas .
TennesseEstado de FranklinUn estado propuesto en el este de Tennessee que intentó lograr la independencia y cayó en deuda con España .
TennesseEstado de ScottEl condado de Scott, en el norte de Tennessee, se separó y formó su propio estado en oposición a la incorporación de Tennessee a la Confederación . Se mantuvo así durante más de un siglo hasta que se reincorporó a Tennessee en 1986.
Washington (estado) Estatua de Lenin (Seattle)Cómo una estatua de Lenin llegó desde Checoslovaquia al barrio Fremont de Seattle .
TexasCarretera estatal 165 de TexasLa única carretera estatal del país designada específicamente para servir de cementerio ... y nada más. También es la única carretera estatal del país que permanece parcialmente cerrada todas las noches.
Virginia OccidentalEl brezo verdeUn complejo turístico de lujo que, durante tres décadas, albergó un búnker de emergencia desde el que el Congreso podía trabajar en caso de que estallara una guerra nuclear.
Nueva York (estado)Pista 61 (Nueva York)Una plataforma de tren secreta ubicada debajo del Waldorf Astoria de Nueva York, diseñada para ser utilizada por los presidentes de Estados Unidos cuando visitaban el hotel.
Nuevo MéjicoVerdad o consecuencias, Nuevo MéxicoUn pueblo de Nuevo México que decidió cambiar su nombre en honor al concurso televisivo Truth or Consequences en 1950 y luego nunca se molestó en volver a cambiarlo.
Nueva York (estado)Isla U ThantUna isla en el East River con una historia sorprendentemente profunda para tan solo 2.000 pies cuadrados (190 m2 ) de superficie.
PensilvaniaCamión de la ruta 19 de EE. UU. (Pittsburgh)Una carretera en Pittsburgh que presenta varias concurrencias en sentido contrario , incluida una consigo misma.
Virginia OccidentalPuente VulcanoUn puente en la zona rural de Virginia Occidental cuyas reparaciones casi fueron financiadas por la Unión Soviética después de que un alcalde local, cansado de que el gobierno del estado de Virginia Occidental ignorara sus solicitudes de financiación, tendiera la mano al otro lado de la Cortina de Hierro.
Terranova y LabradorEstación meteorológica KurtAquella vez en que los nazis desembarcaron en América del Norte.
DelawareCuñaEs más difícil de lo que piensas construir el estado de Delaware con una regla y un compás.
AlaskaWhittier, AlaskaUna ciudad de Alaska donde (casi) todos sus residentes viven en un solo edificio: Begich Towers .
CaliforniaLa casa misteriosa de WinchesterUna casa que se cree está embrujada por los fantasmas de personas asesinadas por rifles Winchester .
Texas El rascacielos más pequeño del mundoFruto de un plan de inversión fraudulento , es un edificio de ladrillo de cuatro pisos construido en 1920 en el centro de Wichita Falls , Texas , que tiene sólo una habitación en cada uno de sus cuatro pisos.
MichiganZilwaukee, Míchigan"¿Es Milwaukee ?" "Eh... ¡sí, seguro que lo es!"
IdahoZona de muerteLa parte del Parque Nacional de Yellowstone en Idaho donde, técnicamente, se puede cometer cualquier delito sin castigo, ¡pero no tientes al destino!

Oceanía

Calle Baldwin, Dunedin .
Tenga cuidado por donde pisa en Coober Pedy .
Samoa AmericanaSamoa AmericanaA pesar de tener una legislatura funcional (el Fono ) y una población de 46.366 habitantes, Samoa Americana se considera un territorio "no incorporado ni organizado". También es el único territorio de los Estados Unidos donde las personas no nacen automáticamente como ciudadanos, a pesar de que gran parte de la población participa en el ejército.
Nueva ZelandaCalle BaldwinUna calle suburbana corta en Dunedin , Nueva Zelanda , supuestamente la calle más empinada del mundo.
Nueva Gales del SurPirámide de BallUna pila de piedras de casi 600 metros de altura (2.000 pies) en medio del océano.
Australia OccidentalEstación de Banjawarn¿ Una secta apocalíptica japonesa probó una bomba nuclear en medio de la Australia rural?
Australia OccidentalMetro de BayswaterPuente en Perth que fue golpeado por camiones 50 veces entre 2014 y 2020.
Nueva Gales del SurMontaña en llamasUna montaña con un nombre claro y que ha estado en llamas durante más de 6000 años.
Nueva ZelandaValla de sostén CardronaUna atracción turística excéntrica en Nueva Zelanda.
Australia del SurCoober PedyUn pueblo minero donde la mayoría de los residentes viven bajo tierra.
Territorio de la Capital Australiana Marquesinas de hormigón para autobuses en CanberraEstas brutalistas marquesinas de autobuses cilíndricas son un icono de la capital de Australia.
Nueva ZelandaParque Nacional EgmontLos límites de este parque nacional crearon un bosque circular.
Australia OccidentalCaídas horizontalesEste par de "cascadas" australianas parecen caer directamente sobre la tierra.
Nueva ZelandaSanitarios HundertwasserPor qué la ciudad de Kawakawa es el mejor lugar del mundo para hacer una parada de descanso.
TongaTonga HúngaraUna isla que se creó en 2015 después de que un volcán entrara en erupción entre dos islas y las conectara hasta que otra explosión volcánica en 2022 las volvió a separar.
PalaosLago de las medusasUn lago donde las medusas han evolucionado sin aguijón debido a la falta de depredadores.
Territorio de la bahía de JervisTerritorio de la Capital AustralianaTerritorio de la bahía de JervisCedido brevemente al ACT para darle acceso al mar a pesar de no limitar con el ACT .
HawaiCondado de Kalawao, HawáiEl segundo condado menos poblado de los Estados Unidos (después del condado de Loving, Texas ), con una población de 90 habitantes según el censo de los Estados Unidos de 2010. Establecido como colonia de leprosos en 1866, ocupa una península en Molokai y no está conectado por carretera con el resto de la isla.
Islas menores alejadas de los Estados UnidosArrecife KingmanEstá designado como territorio estadounidense de ultramar a pesar de tener una superficie de sólo 0,03 kilómetros cuadrados (0,012 millas cuadradas) y estar casi totalmente bajo el agua durante la marea baja.
TasmaniaIsla MacquarieEl único lugar de la Tierra donde las rocas del manto terrestre quedan expuestas a la superficie.
Victoria (estado)Puente de la calle MontagueUn puente en Melbourne contra el cual se estrellaron tantos camiones que quedaron atrapados debajo, que el gobierno utilizó millones de dólares para instalar medidas de prevención (no hizo nada).
Victoria (estado)Monte WycheproofSe considera montaña cuando se encuentra a tan solo 43 metros (141 pies) sobre el terreno circundante y a 143 metros (469 pies) sobre el nivel del mar. Hay partes de Sídney que tienen una elevación mayor y no se consideran montañas.
Nueva Gales del SurVictoria (estado)Autopista del valle MurrayUna carretera de 671 kilómetros (417 millas) que tiene un número de ruta de carretera B400 durante 668 kilómetros (415 millas) en la sección de Victoria y sin marcar durante 3 kilómetros (1,9 millas) en la sección de Nueva Gales del Sur, lo que hace que la red de carreteras de Victoria no esté conectada a la red de Nueva Gales del Sur en esa área.
Nueva ZelandaFerrocarril teórico Nelson-BlenheimUna carretera que el Gobierno de Nueva Zelanda consideró oficialmente como ferrocarril durante 22 años.
Nueva ZelandaCarretera estatal 78 de Nueva ZelandaUna carretera en Timaru , Nueva Zelanda, que está designada como autopista a pesar de tener solo 900 metros (3000 pies) de largo.
Nueva ZelandaPlaya de las noventa millasUna playa de 55 millas.
Nueva Gales del SurOctópolis y OctlantisUn par de asentamientos construidos por pulpos, descubiertos en el fondo del mar frente a la costa de la mencionada bahía de Jervis .
Islas menores alejadas de los Estados UnidosAtolón de PalmiraEl único territorio "no organizado" incorporado de Estados Unidos , a pesar de que no hay gobierno ni prácticamente residentes permanentes a los que se pueda aplicar la Constitución ...
Islas PitcairnIslas PitcairnTerritorio británico de ultramar donde toda la población es adventista del séptimo día y desciende de los amotinados del HMS  Bounty . Toda la población se trasladó a la isla Norfolk durante tres años en la década de 1850 y actualmente corre el riesgo de extinguirse debido al elevado número de emigrantes. También fue el lugar de un escándalo en el que 13 hombres de las Islas Pitcairn, casi un tercio de la población de las islas, fueron condenados en un escándalo de abuso sexual, lo que le dio a las islas la tasa más alta de delincuentes sexuales del mundo.
Australia OccidentalLago rosaUn lago que naturalmente es rosa, pero que de repente se volvió azul en 2010.
Victoria (estado) Autopista Princes (este)Una autopista con casas, semáforos y un límite de velocidad de 60 kilómetros por hora (37 mph) en algunas zonas. ¿Qué piensa VicRoads?
IndonesiaPirámide de CarstenszLa montaña más alta de Australia está administrada por la República de Indonesia .
Nueva CaledoniaIsla SandyUna isla que apareció en la vista satelital de Google Maps hasta 2012 a pesar de no existir.
Nueva ZelandaEse árbol WānakaUn árbol que lleva el nombre de un hashtag en Instagram .
Nueva ZelandaTaumataCon un nombre completo que consta de 85 caracteres, esta colina puede ser el nombre de lugar más largo del mundo.
Nueva ZelandaTe UreweraUn área forestal en Nueva Zelanda que también es una persona jurídica (ver más abajo).
Nueva ZelandaRío WhanganuiUn río en Nueva Zelanda que legalmente es una persona.
Nueva Gales del SurPastel de bodas de rocaUna roca que parece exactamente un pastel de bodas.
Nueva ZelandaWhangamomonaUn municipio de Nueva Zelanda que además es una república autoproclamada, entre cuyos presidentes anteriores se incluyen una cabra y un caniche.

Historia

Premoderno

"0/10, no volvería a comprar."
"¿Eso es un escudo de armas real? ¡Qué tontería! "
Balón de los ArdientesUn baile de máscaras en el que el rey y algunos bailarines nobles se visten con disfraces de hombres salvajes y accidentalmente son incendiados por el hermano borracho del rey.
Horizonte de casa quemadaEl horizonte que consumió las culturas de los Balcanes y del Mar Negro .
Sínodo del Cadáver¡Un Papa fallecido fue exhumado y llevado a juicio!
CagotesUn grupo que fue una minoría perseguida en Francia y España hasta el siglo XX, y nadie sabe realmente por qué.
Tablilla de quejas a Ea-nāṣirEl origen de la reseña de una estrella en Yelp es una queja sobre la mala calidad del cobre.
Criterio de vergüenzaSabes que es verdad porque es demasiado vergonzoso para alguien haberlo inventado.
Hija del emperador Xiaoming del norte de WeiUna disputada primera monarca femenina de la historia china antes de Wu Zetian , a quien la emperatriz viuda Hu declaró que era un niño y fue emperador por un día antes de ser reemplazado por otro infante .
Heliogábalo¡El adolescente sirio número uno, polígamo y posiblemente transgénero, emperador romano cultista al sol !
Desastre de letrinas en ErfurtEs increíble lo rápido que la vida de alguien puede irse al carajo.
Casa de ColleoniUna antigua familia noble italiana cuyo escudo incluía tres pares de testículos.
Juan el PóstumoRey de Francia desde el momento en que nació hasta el momento en que murió (total: 5 días).
KottabosEl primer juego para beber del mundo. ¿Te apetece jugar? Todo lo que necesitas es un "candelabro" de bronce con una pequeña estatuilla encima y un poco de vino.
Máel Brigte de MorayUn noble picto que de alguna manera logró morder a un hombre hasta matarlo a pesar de que él mismo llevaba mucho tiempo muerto.
Disturbios de NikaAlgo así como el vandalismo en el fútbol , ​​salvo por las carreras de carros , y además si el resultado fue decenas de miles de muertos, la mitad de Constantinopla quemada hasta los cimientos y el Emperador casi linchado.
En finUn niño medieval ruso de 7 años cuyas tablillas de tareas, repletas de garabatos de él mismo como una "bestia salvaje", se conservaron durante 700 años antes de ser excavadas y convertirse en una fuente primaria de información sobre la vida en la República de Nóvgorod .
Teoría de la conspiración sobre el tiempo fantasmaTeoría de Heribert Illig según la cual la Alta Edad Media (614-911) nunca existió, por lo que ahora estamos en 1727 y no en 2024.
Papa Benedicto IXSe convirtió en Papa a los veinte años y luego vendió el papado. Fue Papa tres veces.
Teorías precolombinas sobre el contacto transoceánico¿Los nativos americanos se encuentran entre las diez tribus perdidas ? ¿Los zuni están emparentados con los campesinos japoneses? Esta y otras teorías descabelladas se encuentran aquí.
Publio Afranio PotitoSi vas a decir que cambiarías tu vida por la de tu emperador enfermo, asegúrate de que no mejore.
Roland el pedorro¡Ojalá todos estuviéramos a un salto, un silbido y un pedo de distancia de la posteridad!
Banda Sagrada de TebasUna fuerza de combate de élite formada por grupos cuidadosamente seleccionados de 150 parejas de amantes masculinos.
Saneamiento de la civilización del valle del IndoResulta que el lugar donde se encontró el primer inodoro con descarga de agua fue Punjab.
Relaciones chino-romanasEstos imperios se fueron acercando progresivamente entre sí en el curso de la expansión romana en el antiguo Oriente Próximo y de las simultáneas incursiones militares de los chinos Han en Asia Central . El conocimiento mutuo siguió siendo bajo y el conocimiento firme de cada uno era limitado.
Los Reyes Magos de GothamSe llaman así porque actuaron como idiotas para que el rey se fuera.

Edad moderna temprana

Perfección genética .
¡Todavía!
El asunto de las salchichasUno de los acontecimientos más importantes de la Reforma Protestante en Suiza fue una disputa religiosa sobre si se podían comer salchichas durante la Cuaresma .
Arquitectura terribleUn estilo arquitectónico defendido por el arquitecto francés Jacques-François Blondel .
Carlos II de EspañaEl último rey de los Habsburgo en España, que padecía una endogamia tan severa que apenas podía gobernar su nación debido a sus constantes problemas de salud. Al morir, la autopsia reveló que sus órganos internos estaban tan marchitos y atrofiados que se sospechó que había sido víctima de brujería.
Colonización de CurlandiaUn imperio colonial poco conocido de un ducado letón, formado por franjas de tierra a lo largo del río Gambia y la isla de Tobago .
La plaga danzante de 1518En 1518, alrededor de 400 personas comenzaron a bailar durante días sin descanso y, en el transcurso de aproximadamente un mes, algunos de los afectados murieron de ataque cardíaco, derrame cerebral o agotamiento.
Esquema de DariénUn intento de colonizar el inhóspito Darién Gap , apoyado por el Reino de Escocia . El fracaso de la colonia arruinó la economía escocesa y pudo haber conducido a la Unión de Inglaterra y Escocia .
Defenestraciones de Praga¿Cuándo fue la última vez que arrojar a alguien por una ventana inició una guerra?
Timoteo Dexter¿Hombre de negocios genio o loco?
Falso DmitryUn fenómeno extraño en la historia rusa, por todos los reyes falsos que alguna vez tuvieron. Uno, en realidad, se convirtió en gobernante.
Delirio de cristalCreer que uno estaba hecho de cristal estaba muy de moda entre la nobleza europea del Renacimiento.
Gilles de RaisAmigo de Juana de Arco y asesino en serie convicto.
La gran revuelta del quesoUn motín que estalló en Nottingham en 1766 porque los comerciantes de Lincolnshire compraban queso de Nottingham con la intención de venderlo en Lincolnshire.
Día del amor¿Pueden acabar una guerra civil tomándose de la mano e yendo a la iglesia? Resulta que no.
Contacto de Makassan con AustraliaMás de un siglo antes de que los europeos entraran en contacto con Australia, los habitantes de Makassar, procedentes de Sulawesi, que buscaban pepinos de mar, comerciaban con los aborígenes australianos de las tierras de Kimberley y Arnhem, aportando influencia islámica e indonesia a la cultura, el arte, el idioma y el estilo de vida locales.
El milagro de 1511Cuando los habitantes de Bruselas protestaron contra sus gobernantes construyendo muñecos de nieve satíricos y pornográficos .
Motín en el BountyLa historia real comienza con un capitán severo y una tripulación lujuriosa en un barco de la Marina Real y termina con la cultura adventista del séptimo día de la Polinesia Británica de las Islas Pitcairn. Hay mucho drama en el medio.
Orden del PugUna orden fraternal que existió para los católicos romanos en Baviera en el siglo XVIII.
Jorge SalmonazarUn francés que tuvo tanto éxito en convencer a los británicos del siglo XVIII de que era taiwanés que escribió una historia elaborada y descaradamente ficticia de la isla.
Príncipe heredero SadoPara evitar que se convirtiera en el nuevo monarca de Joseon, Corea , su padre, el rey, lo encerró en un cofre de arroz durante ocho días, matándolo por deshidratación.
YasukeUn hombre africano que terminó convirtiéndose en sirviente de Oda Nobunaga , uno de los señores feudales más importantes de Japón, en 1581.

Siglo XIX

Las deficiencias de infraestructura de la época de Faraday resultaron especialmente abrumadoras en el verano de 1858.
Disturbios de la sandíaUn motín mortal que se desarrolló a causa de una rodaja de sandía robada.
El discurso inaugural de Andrew Johnson como vicepresidente, bajo los efectos del alcohol¿Qué sucede cuando comienzas tu nuevo e importante trabajo fortalecido por tres vasos llenos de whisky puro, llenos hasta el borde, después de pasar la semana anterior en un estupor (más o menos) borracho?
Kinjiro AshiwaraEmperador de Japón , pero sólo en su propia mente.
John Bentinck, quinto duque de PortlandUn noble inglés solitario que construyó un enorme laberinto debajo de su casa.
ConfederadosUn pequeño grupo de brasileños blancos con raíces en el sur de Estados Unidos.
Drapetomanía"¿Esos esclavos quieren ser libres? ¡Deben estar enfermos mentales!"
Incendio del whisky de DublínEn 1875, un almacén de una fábrica de whisky en Dublín se incendió y causó la muerte de 13 personas, no por el fuego, sino por intoxicación etílica mientras bebían whisky gratuito y sin diluir de la calle.
Johann Georg August GallettiEl maestro de los giros lingüísticos extraños de principios del siglo XIX.
El engaño de la gran lunaUn artículo infame de The Sun que afirmaba que se habían encontrado animales como unicornios y humanos con alas de murciélago viviendo en la luna .
Gran hedorUn verano londinense tan maloliente que obligó al gobierno a actuar.
Charles J. GuiteauEl hombre más extraño que jamás haya asesinado a un presidente de Estados Unidos . Lo más destacado: el poema que escribió él mismo desde el punto de vista de un niño para su ejecución.
Jerome de Sandy CoveEn 1861, en las playas de Nueva Escocia , se descubrió a un hombre sin piernas que no hablaba ningún idioma conocido por los lugareños . Vivió cincuenta años más, pero hasta el día de hoy sigue sin ser identificado.
Lluvia de carne de KentuckyNo es tan sexy como te lo imaginas.
Caballeros del Círculo DoradoUna sociedad secreta de amos esclavistas estadounidenses que planeaban invadir tierras en América Latina para difundir sus opiniones a favor de la esclavitud.
Inundación de cerveza en LondresNueve personas se ahogaron en una inundación de más de 300.000 galones de cerveza.
Luis Antonio, duque de AngulemaRey de Francia durante 20 minutos.
Gregor MacGregorEse es su verdadero nombre. Posiblemente lo único honesto acerca de él.
Pánico vampírico en Nueva InglaterraUn brote de tuberculosis a finales del siglo XIX llevó a algunos supersticiosos habitantes de Nueva Inglaterra a quemar los órganos internos de sus parientes muertos, en algunos casos dándoselos de comer a familiares enfermos, para tratar de evitar que la enfermedad se propagara.
NongqawuseDurante (y probablemente debido a) la colonización, una adolescente xhosa se convirtió en una profetisa apocalíptica y ordenó a los xhosa que destruyeran sus propios cultivos y ganado, lo cual hicieron.
Heinrich SchliemannFue pionero de la arqueología, aunque no por buenas razones.
William WalkerEn su intento de crear nuevas colonias esclavistas, se convirtió en presidente de Nicaragua durante un año e inspiró a América Latina a unirse por primera vez (para derrocarlo).

Siglo XX

¡Eso es totalmente israelí ! ¡Mirenlo!
¿Hay hombres en la Luna?Un ensayo escrito por Winston Churchill en 1942 sobre la posibilidad de vida extraterrestre.
El movimiento antitabaco en la Alemania naziDe alguna manera, la Alemania nazi fue pionera en políticas de este tipo.
Eduard BlochEl médico judío que trató a la madre de Hitler y fue el único judío que fue protegido por el propio dictador cuando la Alemania nazi invadió Austria.
Hugo Boss (empresario)El fundador de la marca de ropa Hugo Boss ... que comenzó su negocio trabajando con los nazis
Quema de la Embajada de España en GuatemalaUno de los episodios más trágicos en la historia de las relaciones entre ambos países .
Prohibición de venta de chicles en SingapurEl curioso caso de la prohibición de los chicles en una nación asiática.
Tregua navideñaUn armisticio no oficial durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, en el que las naciones celebraban la Navidad y jugaban al fútbol.
COINTELPRONombre que el FBI da a su operación encubierta de investigación, y en ocasiones de desestabilización, de grupos y personas influyentes en el interior de los Estados Unidos durante la Guerra Fría. Entre las personas más famosas observadas en esta operación se encuentran: Martin Luther King Jr. , Muhammad Ali , John Lennon , Charles Chaplin y Malcolm X.
Expedición a la Tierra de CrockerUna expedición a una isla inexistente creada para estafar a un empresario .
Togo checoslovacoUn país de Europa del Este sin salida al mar propuso obtener una colonia en África, que sería administrada por sus tropas en Siberia .
Incidente de Đorđe MartinovićUn hombre acude a urgencias con una botella en el ano y desencadena el colapso de Yugoslavia ...
Escape en globo de Alemania del EsteUno de los casos más famosos de alemanes del Este que huyeron a Occidente.
Isabel, Señora EsperanzaUna mujer que se hizo famosa por crear un engaño en el que Charles Darwin renunciaba a sus teorías de la evolución en sus momentos finales.
Dorothy GibsonUna actriz famosa por sobrevivir al hundimiento del Titanic , y también por vivir una vida bastante turbulenta después.
Gran funeral de pizza en Michigan"Cenizas a las cenizas, corteza a corteza."
Gran inundación de melazaUn tanque de almacenamiento estalló e inundó las calles de Boston con una ola de melaza de 25 pies (7,6 m) de altura.
Culto al mangoSe necesita todo un culto a la personalidad para que una fruta que regalamos sea venerada.
Masabumi HosonEl único sobreviviente japonés del hundimiento del Titanic , y alguien que no fue bienvenido en su país natal después del desastre.
Violeta JessopUna enfermera argentina conocida por sobrevivir a tres desastres marítimos distintos, incluidos los hundimientos del Titanic y del Britannic .
Charles JoughinOtro sobreviviente del Titanic , famoso por estar tan borracho que las aguas heladas no lo mataron.
Kilroy estuvo aquíUn meme de la Segunda Guerra Mundial .
Bobby LeachCaminó sobre las cataratas del Niágara en un barril y sobrevivió, intentó nadar los rápidos debajo del barril y sobrevivió... luego murió después de resbalarse con una cáscara de naranja.
Li GuangchangUn hombre chino que fundó una secta y se declaró Emperador de China en la década de 1980.
Plan MadagascarUn plan nazi abandonado para transportar a toda la población judía de Europa a una pequeña isla.
Francisco Macías Nguema¿Qué ocurre cuando un autoproclamado "marxista hitleriano" y mentalmente inestable se convierte en el líder de una nación? La música de Mary Hopkin que suena durante una ejecución en masa se convierte en uno de los acontecimientos menos extraños durante una presidencia.
MKUltraLos experimentos de la CIA con lavado de cerebro, privación sensorial y LSD .
Oro de MoscúAl comienzo de la Guerra Civil Española , más del 70% de las reservas de oro del Banco de España fueron transportadas a la Unión Soviética por el gobierno republicano. La controversia y el misterio sobre su destino siguen resonando en toda España.
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás* respira profundamente * Es barón, paleontólogo, geólogo, aristócrata, aventurero, erudito, albanólogo y ex espía. Entre otras cosas, fue el primero en postular que ciertos dinosaurios se hacían más pequeños en las islas, casi fue el rey de Albania y nombró a una tortuga fósil con el nombre del trasero de su amante.
Tiroteo en North HollywoodEn 1997, dos hombres fuertemente armados participaron en un robo a un banco, que se convirtió en un tiroteo de 44 minutos con agentes de policía. Como resultado, 20 personas resultaron heridas y sólo los delincuentes murieron.
Octubre¿Estás en un país donde el cristianismo ha sido prohibido por "contrarrevolucionario" y aun así quieres bautizarte? ¡No hay problema!
Kenzo OkuzakiUn veterano del Ejército Imperial Japonés de la Segunda Guerra Mundial cuya determinación de responsabilizar al Emperador por las penurias de la guerra resultó en algunos actos particularmente extraños que involucraron obscenidad, asesinato y bolas de pachinko .
Operación PaperclipMediante este acto, los científicos nazis (incluido el "padre de la ciencia espacial", Wernher von Braun ) obtuvieron amnistía por parte de Estados Unidos a cambio de sus secretos.
Emilio PalmaCiudadano argentino que fue la primera persona nacida en la Antártida.
Asesinato de Olof PalmeEl asesinato de un primer ministro sueco que se convirtió en uno de los misterios más duraderos del país.
Mexicanos estadounidenses punjabisDos grupos discriminados en la California de la década de 1910 se casaron entre sí, creando una comunidad única y dinámica y una nueva y deliciosa cocina de fusión.
PuyiSe convirtió en el último emperador de China a los dos años y murió como un ciudadano común, poniendo fin a 2.133 años de gobierno dinástico en China. En sus últimos años, también hizo teatro comunitario .
Línea Radcliffe¿Cuál es la verdadera razón de los numerosos conflictos entre India y Pakistán ? Le dieron a un hombre que nunca había estado allí cinco semanas para trazar una frontera.
Atentado en RangúnUn caso relativamente desconocido de violencia norcoreana dirigida contra representantes surcoreanos en Birmania.
Rebelión de ReggioUna coalición de demócratas cristianos, fascistas y anarquistas inició una revuelta armada porque el gobierno italiano eligió la ciudad equivocada como capital regional.
Matías RustEl alemán occidental que aterrizó en un puente de Moscú en 1987.
La controversia de Los versos satánicosUn libro provocó la muerte de miles de personas y dejó las relaciones de Oriente Medio con Occidente en el lamentable estado en el que se encuentran hoy. Tampoco hay que olvidar el momento en que el autor del libro fue apuñalado .
Barcaza autopropulsada T-36Una barcaza soviética que flotó a través del Pacífico sin víctimas.
Khalid SheldrakeLa historia de un comerciante de encurtidos inglés que se convirtió en un devoto musulmán y fue declarado rey por los rebeldes uigures durante la era de los caudillos chinos .
Renmei de ShindoJaponeses brasileños que se negaron a creer que Japón se había rendido y continuaron la causa... matando a otros japoneses brasileños.
Señor StanleyEl capitán de un barco que podría haber sido el salvador de las víctimas del desastre del Titanic .
Albert StevensEl ser humano más radiactivo jamás visto.
La epidemia de risa en TanganyikaNo es tan gracioso.
Ignaz Trebitsch-LincolnUn hombre judío-húngaro que fue, en varias ocasiones, miembro del Parlamento del Reino Unido, espía alemán durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, colaborador nazi y autoproclamado Dalai Lama .
Estudio de sífilis en TuskegeeUno de los experimentos biológicos más oscuros y extraños de la historia de Estados Unidos, que duró décadas.
Roman von Ungern-SternbergDurante la Guerra Civil Rusa , un general ultra reaccionario alemán del Báltico se convirtió al budismo y trató de revivir el Imperio mongol .
La participación de Estados Unidos en el cambio de régimenAhora bien, este es quizás el artículo más complicado y largo de esta lista. Sin embargo, encontrarás muchas sorpresas una vez que lo leas. Consulta también Operación Cóndor .
Papúa OccidentalTras la invasión intercontinental de Indonesia , la región se convirtió en el territorio más grande en la historia administrativa de las Naciones Unidas y en la única administración transferida por las Naciones Unidas a un agresor.
Juan ZegrusApareció en Japón en 1959 y afirmó ser un héroe de guerra y reclutador militar para la UAR (y posiblemente también afirmó ser de África). Su verdadera identidad y motivos siguen siendo un misterio.

Siglo XXI

No os asustéis, pero... ¡ se ha acabado la mantequilla !
Boicot al requesónUna protesta contra el aumento de los precios de los alimentos básicos en Israel.
Decano gritaUna campaña presidencial que terminó con un grito.
Rudi DekkersCómo los ataques del 11 de septiembre cambiaron todo para el instructor de vuelo de dos de los secuestradores.
El gran robo de jarabe de arce canadiense¡Los ladrones robaron 3.000 toneladas! ¿Es realmente tan valioso?
Uday HusseinHijo mayor de Saddam Hussein y verdadero villano de Far Cry o James Bond . Entre otras cosas, era violador y asesino, tenía un doble llamado Latif Yahia (a quien Uday mandaba a torturar) y también tenía la costumbre de secuestrar mujeres en las celebraciones de bodas.
Bandera láser kiwiLa verdadera bandera de Nueva Zelanda en todos nuestros corazones.
Crisis de la mantequilla noruegaUna inflación masiva de los precios de la mantequilla provocó un contrabando ilegal y un "llamamiento de emergencia" por parte de un programa de televisión danés.
John P. O'NeillComo agente especial del FBI, investigó a Al Qaeda y a Osama bin Laden, pero renunció debido a problemas internos. Luego aceptó un trabajo en el World Trade Center. En 2001. (Cita de su amigo al enterarse de que había aceptado ese trabajo: "Al menos no van a bombardearlo otra vez ". Su respuesta: "Probablemente intentarán terminar el trabajo").
Inundación de jugo de fruta PepsiEl derrumbe de un almacén de PepsiCo inundó las calles de Rusia con una variedad de jugos .
Viento estelarNombre en clave de una parte del Programa de Vigilancia Presidencial , la respuesta digital de la presidencia de George W. Bush al 11 de septiembre . Internamente, el personal del FBI responsable de la administración de este programa solía referirse a los casos de Stellar Wind como "casos de pizza", porque a menudo resultaban ser simples pedidos de comida para llevar.

Matemáticas y números

¿ Es esto idéntico a uno ?
Ten miedo.
Ten mucho miedo.
Esto no es un círculo .
"BEGhIL0S", "hELL0", "B00BLESS", etc. – hay muchas palabras que se pueden escribir en una calculadora .
¿Ves la espiral interior?
-0El cero tiene un sabor negativo en el mundo de la informática , la ciencia experimental y la mecánica estadística .
 0,999...Una forma infinitamente larga de escribir 1.
2 + 2 = 5...o quizás equivale a 1984 ...
616 (número)¿ El verdadero número de la bestia ?
65537-gonEste polígono de muchos lados se puede construir con un compás y una regla ... pero también se puede hacer un círculo, y no es como si notaras la diferencia de 15 partes por mil millones.
Un millón de dígitos aleatorios con 100.000 desviaciones normalesUn libro pionero que hace exactamente lo que dice en la portada. De alguna manera, tampoco es el único libro sobre números aleatorios .
Todos los caballos son del mismo color.Prueba de inducción matemática defectuosa de que todos los caballos son del mismo color.
Casi en todas partesNo se refiere a la publicidad ni a las prácticas corporativas corruptas, sino que es un término de la teoría de la medida .
Casi enteroPor una extraña coincidencia, -y eso es sólo la punta del iceberg-. e π π 20 {\displaystyle e^{\pi }-\pi \approx 20}
Función casi periódicaBueno al menos lo intentaron.
Paradoja de Banach-TarskiTutorial para hacer dos esferas a partir de una.
El mejor momento de Belphegor1 seguido de 13 ceros seguido de 666 seguido de 13 ceros seguido de 1.
Postulado de BertrandAunque hoy en día es un teorema, convencionalmente todavía se le llama postulado.
Calculadora de ortografía5318008!
La complejidad de las cancionesUn tratado sobre la complejidad computacional de las canciones del venerable científico informático Donald Knuth .
Máquina de Cox-Zucker¡¿Esta máquina hace qué?!
Número de Erdős-BaconUna combinación de los grados de separación del actor Kevin Bacon y el matemático Paul Erdős .
Número extravaganteNo lo lleves de compras. Tampoco es muy amigable con los números frugales .
El cuerno de GabrielUna figura geométrica con una superficie infinita pero un volumen finito . Por lo tanto, incluso si el cuerno estuviera lleno de pintura, nunca se podría pintar su superficie .
El número de GrahamUn número tan grande que el universo observable no es lo suficientemente grande como para escribirlo completo en notación decimal o incluso en notación científica .
Teorema de la bola peludaEn serio... ¿No se te ocurrió un nombre mejor?
Número felizNo es sólo una canción alegre en la radio.
La paradoja de Hilbert del Grand HotelUn hotel con ocupación máxima no puede alojar a más huéspedes. ¿O sí? ¿O, una vez que puede, no puede ?
Número ilegal¿El gobierno de Estados Unidos prohíbe el conocimiento de la existencia de ciertos números?
Problema de iluminaciónUna habitación con un poco de sombra.
Proyecto de ley de Indiana PiUn intento notorio de legislar el valor de pi como 3,2.
Teorema del mono infinitoUn número infinito de monos escribiendo en un número infinito de máquinas de escribir producirá ( casi con seguridad ) todos los textos escritos posibles.
Interesante paradoja numéricaO bien todos los números naturales son interesantes o bien ninguno de ellos lo es.
Teorema del árbol de KruskalÁRBOL(1) = 1; ÁRBOL(2) = 3; ÁRBOL(3) = ...espera, ¿a dónde se fue todo mi espacio en disco?
La constante de LegendreDespués de 91 años y mucho esfuerzo, se descubrió que esta constante legendaria era... 1. Sólo 1.
Secuencia de mirar y decirTambién conocido como Huevo del Cuco.
Falacia matemáticaTratando de demostrar que 2 = 1 o que 1 < 0.
Chiste matemáticoLos números complejos son muy divertidos hasta que alguien pierde una i . Ahí es cuando las cosas se ponen serias .
Función de signo de interrogación de MinkowskiUna función con una notación inusual y que posee propiedades fractales inusuales .
Problema de Monty HallLa forma contra-intuitiva de prevalecer al jugar Let's Make a Deal .
Problema con el sofá móvil¿Cuál es el área más grande de un sofá que se puede mover a través de una esquina en forma de L?
Número narcisistaEl invariante digital pluscuamperfecto dice: "¡Cuenten conmigo !"
Número sin esconditeUna cifra "por encima de toda sospecha".
Número de la bestiaPara gente bestial aburrida del numero de la mala suerte.
Estación de números[Seis compases de la obra El cazador furtivo de Lincolnshire ]   "¡Atención! ¡Atención! Uno, cuatro, diecisiete, veinticuatro..."
Pi es 3¿Las normas educativas japonesas redefinieron sorprendentemente el valor pi como exactamente 3? No, no lo hicieron, pero ¿dónde está la noticia y la protesta pública al respecto?
Topología sin sentidoNo es tan inútil como parece.
Paradoja de la patataSi las patatas, que están compuestas por un 99% de agua, se secan hasta quedar en un 98% de agua, pierden el 50% de su peso.
Resumen de Ramanujan¿Qué se obtiene al sumar todos los números enteros positivos hasta el infinito? Se obtiene una fracción negativa .
Número esquizofrénico¿Pueden los números tener trastornos mentales?
Primer plano sexyNúmeros primos que se diferencian entre sí por el sexo. Eh... seis.
Seis nueves en piUna coincidencia matemática : la secuencia "999999" aparece solo 762 dígitos después de la expansión decimal de pi .
El problema del círculo cuadrado de TarskiCómo cuadrar el círculo de verdad.
Clasificación de espaguetisUn algoritmo para clasificar barras de espagueti.
ardillaNo es exactamente un cuadrado, ni exactamente un círculo, y definitivamente tampoco es un Pokémon.
Número de taxiNunca le digas a un aficionado a los números que un número no es interesante.
TetrafobiaA veces se encuentra en conjunción con la triscaidecafobia (ver más abajo) en las culturas del este de Asia. Es más frecuente en Japón, donde el 49 se asocia con "sufrir hasta la muerte".
El Titanic en su máxima expresiónSorprendentemente, no fue descubierto por Leonardo DiCaprio.
Grupo de tetasEl grupo esporádico perfecto no exis-
TriscaidecafobiaNo, no está relacionado con el Código de Hammurabi . No, no siempre se considera que trae mala suerte. Sí, la exploración espacial se ha visto afectada por él.
La fórmula autorreferencial de Tupper¡Una fórmula que se dibuja sola!
Espiral de UlamUn matemático aburrido descubre un patrón numérico inusual mientras dibuja.
Cálculo umbralUn método matemático utilizado con éxito durante más de 100 años, a pesar de la notable limitación de que nadie en la Tierra sabía exactamente cómo o por qué funcionaba.
Paradoja inesperada del ahorcamientoSi te dicen que te van a ahorcar un día que nunca te esperas, puedes demostrar con lógica que no existe ningún día en el que te puedan ahorcar. Lo que, por supuesto, significa que no te lo esperarás cuando el ahorcamiento ocurra tal y como estaba previsto.
DesenredarEl menos enredado de todos los nudos matemáticos.
Verdad vacíaTodos los cerdos con alas hablan chino.
Número de vampiroAnimales enteros con verdadera mordida; algunos incluso tienen múltiples pares de colmillos.
Problema del trigo y el tablero de ajedrezNo te metas con el crecimiento exponencial, especialmente si aceptas una recompensa sospechosamente baja para un plebeyo.
El fenómeno de Will RogersAl mover un elemento de un conjunto a otro, aumentan –contrariamente a lo que se podría pensar– los valores medios de ambos conjuntos. También se la conoce como paradoja de Will Rogers .
Zenzizenzizenzic¿Sabes que a x 3 se le llama "x al cubo"? Pues bien, a x 8 se le llama...
CeroUn número ordinal popular en la informática y culturas relacionadas.

Fechas y horario

Un pastel Pi que pronto será un adiós .
No te asustes: es el día de la toalla .
Abolición de zonas horariasYa no es necesario preguntar: "¿Qué hora es allí?"
Ruth BelvilleElla siguió a sus padres en el negocio de vender a la gente la hora del meridiano de Greenwich .
CrismukkahUn híbrido ficticio de Navidad y Hanukkah, popularizado por el programa de televisión The OC .
Día del rollo de canelaUn día demasiado bueno para este mundo, demasiado puro.
Festividad23 de diciembre: Fiesta celebrada por la familia Costanza en el programa de televisión Seinfeld , desde entonces apropiada por muchos.
Día Internacional de Hablar como PirataMe tiemblan las piernas (¡a-harrr!) cada 19 de septiembre .
Lista de fechas no estandarizadasIncluidos, entre otros, el 0 de enero , el 30 de febrero y el 35 de mayo .
El manhattanhengeDos veces al año, el sol poniente se alinea con la cuadrícula de calles de Manhattan.
Día del topoLa constante de Avogadro se celebra el 23 de octubre a partir exactamente de las 6:02 am.
Día de PiEl día – 14 de marzo – en el que se celebra la constante π .
Día de Pocky y PretzDía en Japón en el que se celebran las galletas largas y finas. Debido a su forma, se celebra el 11/11 .
Día de los solterosUno es el número más solitario. El 11/11 es una fecha apropiada para celebrar la soltería.
Día de la raíz cuadradaCualquier fecha en la que el día y el mes sean la raíz cuadrada de los dos últimos dígitos del año (el siguiente será el 5 de mayo de 2025).
Día de la Guerra de las GalaxiasQue el 4 de julio esté contigo.
Día del bistec y la mamada Día
de la torta y el cunnilingus
Alternativa masculina a San Valentín y respuesta femenina a ese día.
Tiempo de Internet de SwatchEn 1998, Swatch intentó reformular nuestro sistema de cronometraje.
Acción de graciasUn híbrido de Acción de Gracias y Hanukkah cuando ambos se superponen en noviembre en los EE. UU.; tal vez su regalo de Hanukkah pueda ser una cena de Acción de Gracias .
Día de la toallaNo olvides traer una toalla , sea terrible o no.
DescifrarEn Java , el decimotercer mes del año.
Inviernoval¿Un intento de borrar la Navidad? No, sólo una palabra para los planes festivos colectivos del Ayuntamiento de Birmingham, pero eso no impidió que los medios de comunicación del Reino Unido se volvieran locos.
Problema del año 2000Un posible problema informático de los años 90 que se suponía que se produciría cuando llegara el siglo XXI y el tercer milenio . Por supuesto, eso nunca ocurrió.
Problema del año 2038El problema computacional que surgirá debido a la representación del tiempo Unix utilizada en muchas computadoras.
Año cero¿Hubo un año entre el año 1 a.C. y el año 1 d.C. ?

Idioma

Un volcán en erupción en la isla Herbert
¿Cuál de estos tipos de letra crees que prefería Hitler ?
"¿Qué canciones hay para esta música plástica tan pesada?"
El disco de Festos .
Azulejos de Toynbee encontrados en el centro de Washington, DC
El manuscrito Voynich está escrito en una escritura no descifrada.
-ussySí, significa lo que crees que significa.
2002 Cambio de nombre de los meses y días de la semana turcomanosDurante casi seis años, los meses y días de la semana en lengua turcomana cambiaron de nombre por orden del despótico presidente vitalicio de Turkmenistán .
Academia de la Carpeta InglesaUna organización satírica francesa que otorga premios a "miembros de la élite francesa que se distinguen por promover implacablemente la dominación de la lengua inglesa sobre la lengua francesa en Francia y en las instituciones europeas".
Disputa Antiqua-FrakturDisputa sobre qué tipografía era más "alemana". Al principio, los nazis estaban a favor de Fraktur...
Manzanas y naranjasSegún los estudiosos, comparar ambos puede ser más fácil de lo que se creía anteriormente.
Argumentum ad crumenam
Argumentum ad lazarum
Incluso si el dinero no puede comprarte la felicidad, éste (o la falta de él) podría hacerte ganar una discusión.
ArébicaResulta que las lenguas de base eslava también pueden escribirse en alfabeto árabe .
Alfabeto árabe bielorruso
Un libro del cieloUna visita obligada para los amantes del galimatías .
Efecto Bouba/kikiInstintivamente sabes exactamente cuál es cuál, sin importar el idioma que hables.
Búfalo búfalo Búfalo búfalo búfalo
búfalo Búfalo búfalo
Una construcción gramatical significativa que ha inspirado a los lingüistas a hablar sobre el acoso escolar entre la población de bisontes del oeste de Nueva York.
El caosEl poema que se burla de la ortografía y la pronunciación inglesas. ¡Intenta leerlo en voz alta!
Caracteres chinos de la emperatriz Wu¿Alguna vez tuviste que ser tomado tan en serio que inventaste personajes completamente nuevos y obligaste a la gente a usarlos?
Palabra china para "crisis"Más notable entre los estadounidenses que entre los chinos, aparentemente .
Códice SeraphinianusUn texto enigmático inventado y publicado en 1981.
Las ideas verdes sin color duermen furiosamenteUna frase ideada por Noam Chomsky para demostrar que una oración puede ser gramatical y, sin embargo, sin sentido.
Ilusión comparativaMás personas han investigado estas frases sin sentido que yo. [ sic ]
Controversias sobre la palabra tacaño¿Cómo una simple palabra puede causar tanta controversia?
Inglés loco"El método poco convencional de Li Yang para enseñar inglés incluye gritar frases populares y aleatorias en inglés a un ritmo rápido y, ocasionalmente, implica movimientos de manos en patrones que reflejan la pronunciación de la palabra".
CriptofasiaEl lenguaje secreto de los gemelos idénticos, también llamado idioglosia .
Desambiguación (desambiguación)A veces la gente hace cosas tontas.
DordUna palabra inglesa inexistente, que supuestamente significa " densidad ", que apareció en la segunda edición del Webster's New International Dictionary de 1935 a 1939.
Las DocenasUn juego afroamericano generalmente de buen carácter en el que dos competidores, generalmente hombres, intercambian insultos hasta que uno de ellos no tiene respuesta .
Prueba del patoUna prueba de razonamiento abductivo humorística basada en las actividades de un pato.
Inglés tal como se hablaUn libro de frases portugués-inglés del siglo XIX que se volvió legendario por sus traducciones abiertamente literales e inexactas.
InglésIntentos de los pueblos del este de Asia, especialmente los japoneses  , de construir palabras y frases en inglés.
Palabras esquimales para la nieveLa afirmación de que las lenguas esquimales tienen un número inusualmente grande de palabras para "nieve".
Etaoin shrdluEcos crípticos de los días de la composición tipográfica con metal caliente .
Alfabeto Faggin-Nazzi¿Qué? Ese es su verdadero nombre. ¿De qué creías que se trataba ?
Falso cirílicoDale al texto algo de ese sabor ruso.
Entrada ficticiaEl contenido puede ser ficticio, pero la entrada es un hecho.
FnordDeliberately misleading, irrelevant or false information meant to suggest conspiracy. A popular word among Discordians.
Garden-path sentenceA sentence that doesn't seem grammatically correct, but that's because it tricks you into thinking the verb isn't where it is. It's very easy to catch yourself doing double takes when reading this article.
GhotiAs good an argument as any for English-language spelling reform.
Glossary of Wobbly termsWould you see the beanmaster fry a couple eggs on the banjo?
HamburgevonsLiterally all you need to know if a typeface is any good.
Hopi time controversyA long-lived academic debate about the concept of time in the Hopi language.
How now brown cowA way to greet those well-versed in rhetoric.
Hyphen WarA dash between communism and independence.
Ingressive soundIn many languages and dialects around the world, a loud inhalation means "yes".
Inherently funny wordSome influential comedians have long regarded certain words in the English language as humorous because of their sound or resemblance to other words. Poodle, wankel, ni...
Intentionally blank pageThe self-refuting meta-reference that is "This page intentionally left blank".
Irony punctuationIs your irony too subtle?
Irreversible binomialOr, why it's fish and chips and not chips and fish.
James while John had had had had had had had
had had had had a better effect on the teacher
Repetition gone wrong.
Latin profanityLatin for the profane.
Law of holesIf you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!
La plume de ma tante (phrase)One of the first phrases stereotypicaly learned in French, and outside of being possesed by an ancient Mesopotamian demon, is one of the least likely phrases ever actually be used.
Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone DenA 92-character poem written in Classical Chinese, in which every syllable has the sound "shi" (in different tones) when read in modern Mandarin Chinese.
List of common false etymologies of English wordsBelieve it or not, "crap" did not originate from Thomas Crapper.
List of English words containing Q not followed by UA Scrabbler's dream article.
List of English words without rhymesDoes anything rhyme with orange? Or silver?
List of ethnic slursEver wondered why they got so angry at you?
List of proposed etymologies of OKThere's more than you think, OK?
List of shorthand systemsFeaturing Gregg, Pitman, and other quickly-written but only-theoretically-readable scripts.
Longest word in EnglishFloccinaucinihilipilification, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and other contenders.
MamihlapinatapaiThe Guinness World Record holder for the "most succinct word".
Martian languageChinese language + Internet = new language.
Maternal insultWhat is this article about? Your mom!
May you live in interesting timesThe worst curse you can put on someone. Probably not Chinese in origin.
Metal umlautGïvë thë lögö för ÿöür hëävÿ mëtäl bänd ä töügh Gërmänïc fëël.
Murad TaklaConverting the Bengali language to Latin script can sometimes have interesting consequences.
My postillion has been struck by lightningA perfectly normal thing to say, as recommended by 19th century multilingual phrasebooks.
Newton's flaming laser swordNot an actual weapon, but a philosophical razor created by an Australian mathematician.
NucularEnough people have mispronounced nuclear that it's apparently a real word now.
Phaistos DiscAncient spirals of undeciphered hieroglyphs.
Placeholder nameYou know, thingamajigs, doohickeys, whatchamacallits...
PompatusAll Steve Miller's fault.
PotrzebieA Polish word best known to American readers of MAD magazine.
Pronunciation of GIFRemember when the internet spent most of 2014 arguing about this? Good times.
RAS syndrome...which is itself an example of RAS.
Response to sneezingAchoo! A great fortunate occurrence!
Retroflex clickThe clicks can be represented by well uh… an emoji ‼️
Robert ShieldsYou think you are hooked on recording every detail of your life...?
Rohonc CodexA mysterious book found in Hungary that to this day remains unsolved.
Scientific wild-ass guessPlease excuse my SWAG.
Scots WikipediaWhat happens when an American teen writes 23,000 articles in a language he has no idea how to speak?
Shavian alphabetA new (well, 1960s) alphabet made exclusively for English.
ShibbolethA type of slang used to identify an individual with a very specific region, usually with accompanied value judgments. Also, a funny word.
Shit happensA statement of philosophical existentialism boiled down to two words.
Shm-reduplicationAh, Wikipedia-shmikipedia.
Spelling of Shakespeare's nameWhat is the correct spelling of the famous English playwright?
TaitoA kanji with 84 strokes, the most for any CJK character by some distance.
Talk to the hand...'cause the face ain't listening.
TenevilChukchi man who independently created his own writing system for the Chukchi language.
ThagomizerThe word referring to those spikes on the tails of Stegosauria originated from the same guy that made "Cow tools".
That that is is that that is not is not is that it it isPunctuation matters, people.
The Moon is made of green cheeseIs it really made out of cheese?
There is no sex in the USSRDid you know that?
Thinking about the immortality of the crabA colorful Spanish idiom for daydreaming; try using this one if your teacher notices you becoming inattentive in class.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a bananaAnother example of syntactic ambiguity.
Toynbee tilesTiles found embedded in asphalt, usually sporting cryptic messages.
TsundokuBuy a book and then don't read it.
Unknown unknownsThings that we don't know we don't know, as immortalised by Donald Rumsfeld.
Voynich manuscriptAn undeciphered illustrated book written six hundred or so years ago by an anonymous author using an unidentified alphabet.
Wine-dark seaHomer's epithet that raises a theory that Greeks of Homer's time were color blind.
Yan tan tetheraThe proper, Brythonic way to count sheep oop North.
Zhemao hoaxesAn editor on Chinese Wikipedia created over 200 articles about fake Russian history, making it one of the largest hoaxes on Wikipedia.
ZzxjoanwA fictional word that really confused linguists.

Specific languages, dialects, and pidgins

The same diversity that created Norsk kebab created Kebabnorsk.
A whole tenth of a language. Yes, really.
Abercraf EnglishHow an all-new variety of English has developed in a single Welsh village since World War II.
Algonquian–Basque pidginThe linguistic fruit of the travels of Basque whalers.
Basque–Icelandic pidgin
Anāl languageIts phonemic inventory, sadly, doesn't include the voiced anal fricative.
Andalusian language movementA group of people have attempted to promote Andalusian Spanish as a distinct language. They have successfully created an Andalusian version of Minecraft.
Antarctic EnglishNot spoken by penguins.
Arcaicam EsperantomHow do you make things look "old" in a constructed language? By inventing a new one!
BoontlingBet it seems pretty crazeek to harp boont to a kimmie Brightlighter like you, huh?
Broome Pearling Lugger PidginA pidgin formed in 20th century Western Australia from Aboriginal Australian English, Japanese, and Kupang Malay to facilitate communication between the variety of groups working on pearling boats in the Kimberley region.
Cia-CiaA language in Indonesia that came to use the Korean script.
DoggoLingoHoomanz wrote thiz cool article about mai language!
Dravido-Korean languagesA discarded and mostly-forgotten hypothesis that Korean and the Dravidian languages of Southern India made up a single language family, despite being thousands of kilometres apart and sharing very little common history.
E-PrimeA form of English without the verb 'to be'.
High TiderSome people in rural coastal areas of North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland still speak a dialect derived from the English spoken over 300 years ago.
IthkuilTry learning this in a weekend!
Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession LanguageA creole language with Akan vocabulary that is spoken by Jamaican Maroons in rituals involving spiritual possession.
KebabnorskThe delicious-sounding ethnolect prevalent in multi-ethnic Oslo.
LojbanA constructed language based on predicate logic.
Mediterranean Lingua FrancaThe original lingua franca. Spoken from the 11th to the 19th centuries with substratum from Venetian, Genoese, Catalan, Occitan, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic, Berber, Greek, Sicilian, Galician, and many more.
Nicaraguan Sign LanguageNicaraguan deaf children create their own language after only being taught to lip-read Spanish, fascinate linguists.
Pandanus language"Don't use regular words, you'll ruin the screwpine nuts." A prime example of an avoidance language.
Pirahã languageA language spoken by the Amazonian Pirahã people, and an example of a language that can be whistled. The subject of controversial claims that it proves the theory of linguistic relativity.
Plains Indian Sign LanguageDespite (mostly) not being deaf, the indigenous peoples of the North American Plains developed a sign language to use as a lingua franca.
Proto-Human languageThe (completely hypothetical) genetic ancestor to all the world's languages.
RussenorskA Slavic-Scandinavian pidgin that lasted only 150 years.
Silbo GomeroThe inhabitants of La Gomera of the Canary Islands communicate across valleys by whistling in Spanish.
SolresolA constructed language based around musical notes.
Sḵwx̱wú7meshThe native name of the indigenous Squamish language of British Columbia, which uses the number 7 as a letter.
Toki PonaThe opposite of the previously mentioned Ithkuil. Inspired by minimalism and Taoist philosophy, this constructed language has only 137 regularly used words.
Ubykh languageA very recently extinct Circassian language with 84 phonemic consonants (a record for non-click languages), but only 2 distinct vowels.
WenzhouneseAnd you thought Mandarin was hard? A Chinese dialect nicknamed "the devil's language" for its extreme divergence and difficulty.
ǃXóõA click language with 122 consonants spoken by groups of San people in Namibia and Botswana.
YerkishAn artificial language developed for use by non-human primates.

Unusual names

Shaped like a (Public Universal) friend.
It takes less time to cook and eat this prime beef than to say the name of the law about it.

See Nominative determinism for the idea that people gravitate toward careers that fit their names, e.g. urologists named Splat and Weedon.

Amandagamani Abhaya of AnuradhapuraA king of Anuradhapura whose name has way too many As for me to be comfortable with.
Alfonso de Borbón y BorbónA Spanish nobleman with a whopping 88 forenames.
Arses of PersiaUnfortunately, 4th century BC Persian rulers were unable to predict modern profanity.
Dick AssmanWhat? He was a celebrity for four months!
Harry BaalsMayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana in the 1950s and had a really unfortunate name. Almost immortalized in the Harry Baals Government Center, but it ended up being named Citizens Square instead.
C. H. D. Buys BallotNo evidence of electoral fraud by the chairman of a precursor to the World Meteorological Organization.
Praise-God BareboneChristened Unless-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebone; not to be confused with his son Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon.
Bishop Bishop (disambiguation)There have been four different bishops named Bishop in England.
Dick BongThe most successful American fighter pilot's legal name was Richard, but he only ever went by the name "Dick Bong".
Bumpy BumpusHe bumped too hard and too far. Rest in peace, Bumpy Bumpus.
Cesar ChavezFormerly Scott Fistler, this right-wing, pro-business politician changed his name to match the Hispanic left‑wing labor activist in an attempt to get more votes.
Thursday October Christian IThe son of Fletcher Christian, leader of the mutiny on the Bounty.
Seymour CocksBritish MP between 1929 and 1953.
Deportivo WankaAn unfortunately named Peruvian football team whose strips are remarkably popular in Britain.
DonaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftAn officials' association in pre-war Vienna, Austria, of a shipping company for transporting passengers and cargo on the Danube.
Preserved FishA historical New York City shipping merchant.
FM-2030A transhumanist philosopher changed his name to this, inspired by his predictions for the year 2030.
Gag nameDeliberately humorous names based on double entendres, with quite a few examples listed on the page.
GoodspaceguyPerennial political candidate in the Seattle area of the United States who legally changed his name to align with his passion for space colonization.
Gregor FučkaA Slovenian-born Italian basketball player with another socially problematic last name.
Guy StandingObserved sitting in the infobox photo.
John le FuckerHis surname probably didn't mean what you think it might mean.
Argel FucksA Brazilian footballer with a socially problematic last name. An unforgettable newspaper headline once declared "Fucks Off to Benfica".
Jakob FuggerOne of the richest men in history, with another quite unfortunate surname.
States Rights GistA Confederate general during the American Civil War.
John B. GoodenoughBeing good enough, this guy invented random access memory and the lithium-ion battery.
Curtis Hidden PageAn American writer whose middle and last names accidentally predicted the Internet, and the countless pages on it that could only be accessed by typing their URLs in the URL bar manually.
Ima HoggAmerican society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century.
Huang Hong-cheng, Ah Cheng from Taiwan, World’s Greatest Man, God of Wealth, and PresidentA performance artist who took full advantage of Taiwan's naming law.
Christmas HumphreysA British judge, named after the festival celebrating the birth of Christ, who helped make Buddhism popular in the UK.
Tiny KoxA Dutch politician.
Jennifer 8. LeeA former New York Times reporter whose middle name is the number eight. And you thought Harry S. Truman had an exceptional middle name...
List of examples of Stigler's lawBode didn't discover Bode's Law, and Pascal didn't discover Pascal's Triangle. (And Stigler didn't create Stigler's law.)
Henry LizardloverYes, he appreciates reptiles.
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall LoftusAn Irish politician who changed his name to emphasize political affiliations.
MannanafnanefndA committee in Iceland that determines whether a name is suitable for integration into the Icelandic language. Apparently voted yes about themselves.
Adolf Lu Hitler MarakThis Indian politician does not dispraise his parents' questionable name choice.
Mister MxyzptlkSometimes called Mxy, a fictional impish character who appears in DC Comics' Superman comic books.
Names of Soviet originIn the wake of the Russian Revolution, there was a craze for parents giving names of overtly revolutionary or Soviet inspiration. Examples include "Vladlen" (short for Vladimir Lenin), "Revmir" ("Revolution of the world"), "Elmira" (electrification of the world), "Barrikad" (barricade) and "Geliy" (helium).
Naming law in SwedenAn odd Swedish law regulating children's names, which has led to disgruntled parents submitting names such as Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, A (both pronounced "Albin"), and Metallica.
Neville NevilleThe father of English footballers Phil Neville and Gary Neville.
Metta World PeaceAn NBA player who wants to promote World Peace and has a reputation for on-court brawls.
Pro-LifeA perennial political candidate with strongly held views.
Public Universal FriendAn 18th century Quaker who died, and was then revived, becoming an evangelist, gaining this unusual name, and becoming one of the earliest instances in recorded history of a person identifying as genderless.
Rinderkennzeichnungs- und RindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetzAnd that's the short title of this German beef labelling law.
Tokyo SexwaleDespite not being Japanese or a sperm whale, he has control over the global diamond industry.
SjokzCommentator with an equally unpronounceable real name (Eefje Depoortere). Watch out! Eep!
Mansfield Smith-CummingThe first head of MI6, whose name became appropriate as he promoted the use of semen as invisible ink.
M. K. StalinWhat if old Joe was Tamil?
TéaThis name is surprisingly French and not English.
Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and ChandosA warning to us all about taking double-barrelled surnames too far...
Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-TollemacheSomehow, it's not even the longest or most extravagant name among his family.
ToniblerA name given in Kosovo in honor of a certain British politician.
TurnipseedOnly the most hardcore turnip farmers have this name!
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.The longest name ever given. Note: the page title is only the short form.
Marijuana Pepsi VandyckEducational professional who earned her Ph.D. with a dissertation on uncommon Black names in the classroom.
Osama VinladenBrother to the equally concerning Sadam Huseín and Georgia Bush.
Vladimiro Lenin Ilich MontesinosDid you know that Russian revolutionary and leader of the Bolsheviks Vladimir Lenin was a CIA asset?

Science

The sound of ancient pottery.
Not dead, just resting.
ArchaeoacousticsCan ancient pottery be used to play back recorded voices from the distant past?
Airborne radioactivity increase in Europe in autumn 2017It's bizarre, but it did happen.
Ota BengaThe tragic story of a Pygmy man from the Belgian Congo who was briefly exhibited in the Bronx Zoo.
Beringer's Lying StonesFossils planted by God? No, just a prank created to discredit a professor whom the hoaxers didn't like.
Buttered cat paradoxIf a cat always lands on its feet and toast always lands buttered-side-down, what if...?
Buttered toast phenomenonBut only if you're eating at a table.
CampanologyFor the good of society, we must study how to properly ring bells.
Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste LitreSI rules says you can't use a capital letter for a unit unless it's named after a person, but everyone uses L for the litre... so they made up a namesake.
Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a Southeastward Range Extension of Some 140 MilesThis scientific paper has the longest article name on Wikipedia (250 characters out of a possible 255). The paper itself only has five words, though.
Vladimir DemikhovEminent Soviet biologist and father of the canine head transplant.
Drake's Plate of BrassA forgery-related practical joke that went horribly awry.
Elvis taxonA taxon (species, genus, family, etc.) that is extinct but is later imitated by others.
Further research is neededSome journals have banned this infuriating and redundant cliché. Some researchers are researching its effects, but FRIN...
Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy LaboratoryYou may have had a chemistry set when you were a child. I bet it didn't come with radioactive substances in the box.
GreebleStimuli used in studies of object and face recognition with hilarious names.
Lazarus taxonLeaping Lazarus! Somewhat like Monty Python's Dead Parrot, it's not really dead; it's just resting.
List of Ig Nobel Prize winnersNobel Prize meets Weird Science. Result: Award-winning papers like "Injuries Due to Falling Coconuts" and "Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans".
Nylon-eating bacteria and creationismThe intersection of science and religion in a simple bacterium.
'PataphysicsA parody of science that purports to study what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics.
Archaeological interest of Pedra da GáveaDid ancient Phoenicians visit Brazil centuries before the Portuguese? Actually, no, they did not.
Pathological scienceA pejorative term for scientific ideas that will simply not "go away", long after they are given up on as wrong by the majority of scientists in the field.
Project SteveIn response to creationists' attempts to create a list of evolution-denying scientists, this even longer list consists of scientists who believe in evolution and are called Steve (or some variation).
Raven paradoxFirst, you'll grant that all ravens are black, yes...?
Sokal affairPhysicist Alan Sokal demonstrates that at least some postmodernists can't see an emperor with no clothes.
Timeline of the far futureThe ultimate list of spoilers. Also gives you an existential crisis.
Halomonas titanicaeA unique bacteria found at the Wreck of the Titanic.
John G. TrumpA physicist and inventor with a quite underrated career. Among other things, he was the co-inventor of one of the first million-volt X-ray generators and the man that analyzed Nikola Tesla's hotel room after his death. Also the paternal uncle of Donald Trump.
Women-are-wonderful effectA subconscious bias that makes people consider positive attributes to be connected to women more than men, regardless of the gender you ask.

Physics

This blue-looking noise is actually pink.
"It's Professor Pauli! Quick, pack that stuff away!"
Anatoli BugorskiWhat happens when you stick your head in a particle accelerator?
Colors of noiseIncluding white, pink, purple, blue...
David HahnA 17-year-old, known as the Radioactive Boy Scout, who irradiated his back yard attempting to build a nuclear breeder reactor from spare parts.
Demon coreA two-time radioactive killer.
Deutsche PhysikOr "German physics" during the Third Reich.
F. D. C. WillardA published author in the field of cryogenics, and a cat.
Fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic particlesNot actual periodic elements. Many end in '-ite'. Some of the elements may indeed be minerals.
Fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of positionNamed after a famous cereal phenomenon.
Flying ice cubeThey happen to live inside the computers of scientists trying to simulate molecules.
Frog batteryA curious experiment to determine the existence of animal electricity.
Impossible colorTry to see it!
Kundt's tubeA serious piece of scientific apparatus whose name has induced sniggering among English-speaking schoolchildren for over 150 years.
List of unusual units of measurementFortnights and nibbles, super feet and Sagans.
Mpemba effectHot water freezes faster than cool water, and no one is sure why. Also probably the only scientific term named after a Tanzanian schoolboy.
Oh-My-God particleProof that physicists have a dramatic flair.
Pauli effectSomething in the lab not working? Technical difficulties? Blame this guy.
Quantum suicide and immortalityAn infinite number of parallel universes means that any one person will always live forever.
Ranque-Hilsch vortex tubeWhat happens when you blow in a hole in a tube? Hot air comes out one end and cold air comes out the other. No consensus reached on why it happens yet.
Rheology of peanut butterA serious analysis of the tastiest viscoelastic colloid.
Shower-curtain effectNobody knows why when you turn on the hot water in the shower, the curtain blows in.
SmootA strange unit of distance used to measure the Harvard Bridge.
Sound of fingernails scraping chalkboardUrrrgggh!
The HumA phenomenon involving a persistent and invasive low-frequency noise of a humming character and unknown origin, not audible to all people, reported in various geographical locations.

Earth sciences

"It's flat and that's all there is to it."
"No, this definitely isn't flat, but it's the other way!"
AachenosaurusA fossil plant that was mistakenly identified as a dinosaur.
Andrée's Arctic balloon expeditionAn ill-fated attempt to reach the North Pole in 1897.
Ararat anomalyA strange geological element that, for years, has confused practicing Christians and geologists.
BloopDoes a mystery sound from the bottom of the sea indicate that Cthulhu may awake...?
Catatumbo lightningAt one lake in Venezuela, constant thunderstorms are just a regular occurrence.
Floyd CollinsA cave explorer from the early 20th century that got stuck in a cave in Kentucky. Despite a massive rescue effort, he ended up dying there, but that wasn't the end of his story.
Continental dripA playful theory devised to explain why the continents are tapered toward the south.
Expanding EarthA theory that the Earth is growing.
Gore effectWhereby it gets colder when climate change campaigners come to town.
Hector (cloud)A cumulonimbus thundercloud cluster that forms regularly nearly every afternoon on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory of Australia, from approximately September to March each year. Also known as "Hector the Convector."
Kentucky meat showerIt's raining meat. Hallelujah it's raining meat.
List of unexplained soundsMust've been the wind.
Mumbai "sweet" seawater incidentSalty creek becomes sweet for one tide cycle.
Rain of animalsWhen it's literally raining cats and dogs.
Red rain in KeralaDid blood rain from the sky?
Snow in FloridaYes, snow is not unknown in the "Sunshine State".
South-up map orientationThe crew of Apollo 17 snapped Earth with Antarctica on top. NASA followed Ptolemy and rotated it "back".
Roy SullivanAn unlucky park ranger who was hit by lightning on seven separate occasions. He survived them all, but came to his own tragic end.
TinnunculiteA recently discovered mineral that forms from bird feces.
Waffle House IndexThe U.S. government's alternative measure of disaster impact.
Weather rockThe only 100% active and 100% accurate meteorologist.

Chemistry and material science

Warning: It's LETHAL.
At last – the look of BO. Sounds fishy?
9,10-DithioanthraceneThe molecule that walks.
Botulinum toxinOne of the most deadly substances known is nonetheless extremely common in the cosmetic industry.
26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionThe largest gem diamond ever found in Russia.
Dihydrogen monoxideA commonly used chemical that can be deadly to all forms of plant and animal life, contributing to global warming, erosion, acid rain, torture and countless other maladies. Or... that's what they want you to think.
Elephant's FootOne of the world's most toxic objects, created as a product of the Chernobyl disaster.
FogbankA nuclear warhead-related material so classified that its creators – the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration – forgot how to make it.
Goiânia accidentThe world's worst nuclear incident that didn't begin in a radioactive power plant.
List of chemical compounds with unusual namesSome a consequence of their constituents or origins, others simply the work of whimsical chemists.
Thomas Midgley Jr.Inventor of two of the world's most severe pollutants – and a machine that killed him.
NanoPutianA series of organic molecules having a structure that looks human.
New car smellAhh, that new car smell. What do you mean, it might be toxic?
Nitrogen triiodideWhat's purple and explodes if a feather brushes it?
Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylaseKnown for its extreme catalysis, this enzyme can reduce the time required for a reaction from 78 million years to 18 milliseconds.
Pitch drop experimentThe world's most viscous liquid, dripping out of a funnel at the University of Queensland since 1927. There's been 9 drops so far.
James PriceAn alchemist who went to the most extreme lengths possible to avoid having to prove his findings.
PykreteA bullet-resistant frozen-water compound once used in an attempt to create an aircraft carrier.
Smell of freshly cut grassA nostalgic odor that plays a role in plant communication as a chemical cry of agony.
ThiotimolineA fictional chemical which dissolves before it comes into contact with water.
TrimethylaminuriaDo you smell something fishy? It may be you!
UnobtainiumA term used to describe any material with properties that are unlikely or impossible for any real material to possess.

Space and astronomy

Elon Musk did it again.
All watched over by machines of loving grace.
That's no moon... Oh wait.
"Of course, it never reached the Moon..."
Inevitable?
1561 celestial phenomenon over NurembergPerhaps one of the first "alien" sightings in recorded history.
Apollo 15 postal covers incidentThree astronauts never flew to space again after being paid to take postal covers with them on Apollo 15. But that's not much of a punishment though, considering they got to go to the freakin' Moon.
Blue Origin v. United States & Space Exploration Technologies Corp.Two companies got into a brat fight and sued NASA in the process.
Judith Love CohenOne of the most important female scientists involved with the Apollo program, and Jack Black's mother. Some might say this is not the best article on Wikipedia.... this is just a tribute to her.
Cosmic latteThe average colour of the Universe: a slightly beige white.
Cydonia (Mars)You've heard of the man on the Moon, now get ready for the "Face on Mars", well, sort of...
Edward Makuka NkolosoThe leader of a non-government Zambian space program planned to send "Afronauts" to Mars with the goal of establishing a Christian ministry to civilise Martians.
Elon Musk's Tesla RoadsterDriving in space becomes reality.
Embryo space colonizationA proposal for colonizing space using embryos raised by robots.
Extraterrestrial real estateWant to buy a housing plot on the Moon?
Fallen AstronautA small statuette which is the only sculpture on the Moon.
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and PhooeyFive mice who circled the Moon 75 times on Apollo 17, among the last eight Earthlings to travel to the Moon. Upon returning to Earth, the four remaining living mice were soon murdered and dissected in the name of science. ("That's one small squeak...")
Finger of God GlobuleA molecular cloud known for resembling the middle finger, a hand pointing at other stars, and worst of all, ...a penis?
Gauss's Pythagorean right triangle proposalProposal of Pythagorean theorem "drawing" to be constructed in the Siberian tundra as a signal for extraterrestrials.
Harlan J. Smith TelescopeHave you heard about the telescope that got shot? Contrary to initial reports, the harm from the bullets was extraordinary small.
Hot, dust-obscured galaxyHot DOGs, anyone?
International Space Station cannabis experiment hoaxNeed we say more?
Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effectSadly, the alignment of two planets wouldn't allow the British public to float. Maybe the fact that the news came out on April 1 should have clued them in.
List of hypothetical Solar System objectsThe planets that could have been. You think Pluto had it rough? At least it got its fifteen minutes of astronomical fame.
LunarcretePerfect for building your own cut-price Moon base.
Mars Climate OrbiterFailed Mars mission that disintegrated in the Martian atmosphere due to a unit conversion error.
Matrioshka brainStar-sized computer.
MilkdromedaThe birth of a future galaxy, and the death of our own.
Mimas (moon)A moon that looks like the Death Star.
The Moon is made of green cheeseScientific consensus says it isn't, but are there people (or wolves) who think so?
Moon landing conspiracy theoriesFake photos, slow-motion cameras and secret studios. All directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Moon MuseumOnly two people have ever seen its exhibits in person.
Nazi UFOsDid the Luftwaffe, in fact, explore the final frontier and make contact with alien races? Whether the secret Nazi base is on the Moon or in Antarctica, the truth is apparently out there.
Nuclear pastaGnocchi, spaghetti, lasagna, bucatini and Swiss cheese may sound tasty at first, until you realized that one teaspoon of this pasta outweighs Mount Everest...
Peryton (astronomy)Don't use microwaves next to radio telescopes!
Seatbelt basaltA lunar sample spotted by David Scott while driving the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the moon. He assumed that mission control wouldn't allow him to stop and get it, so he pretended he was fastening his seatbelt.
Sex in spaceAnd when you've exhausted the list, here's something new to try!
Solway Firth Spaceman"Wasn't there when I took the pic – honest!"
Space advertisingPlans to launch giant billboards into space.
Space elevator competitionsHow high can you go?
SpaghettificationWhat happens when you fall into a black hole.
Space Poop ChallengeA challenge in 2016 to design a new toilet system for use in space.
Space selfieDoing it for the 'gram.
Stolen and missing Moon rocksThe rocks were out of this world! Unfortunately, they fell into the wrong hands.
SupermoonIt's a bird! It's a plane! It's Supermoon! (Actually, this is a phenomenon where the moon appears slightly larger than normal. Still impressive, though.)
Sylacauga (meteorite)The first fallen meteorite in recorded history to have verifiably injured a human.
Tabby's StarA star that has been suggested to have an alien megastructure surrounding it.
Timekeeping on MarsHow Martians know when they are.
Vatican ObservatoryOne of the few official scientific institutions linked with the Catholic Church.
Voyager Golden RecordA compilation of sounds and images of humanity on a phonograph record made of gold-plated copper. It was sent to space in 1977 and is currently the farthest man-made object from Earth.
274301 WikipediaAn asteroid named after Wikipedia. We truly came to the stars.
Wow! signalAlien radio transmission, or, at least, the strongest candidate for that role.
Writing in spaceHow do you write in space?
iPTF14hlsA star that seems to have exploded 6 times in the past 70 years.

Medicine and health

Suckling on a tasty goat.
Well, stone me...
Quick – grab a tissue!
Got one of those headaches that just won't go away?
The pharmacy called; your maggot prescription is ready for pick-up
Man, just brush your teeth!
Put them where the sun doesn't shine.
Accessory breastSome people have more than two.
Alien hand syndromeAn unusual neurological disorder, also known as "Dr. Strangelove syndrome", whereby one of the sufferer's hands seems to take on a life of its own.
Anal winkHere's looking at you!
Auto-brewery syndromeLike a microbrewery in your digestive system.
Banana equivalent doseA banana for scale.
Black hairy tongueReally?
Bristol stool scaleTaking a close look at a toilet bowl for the sake of science. The scale was inspired by eye charts.
ChIA-PETChromatin Interaction Analysis by Paired-End Tag sequencing, that is.
Chronic Lyme diseaseA conspiracy theory about long-lasting effects of Lyme disease, not to be confused with actual latent symptoms of lyme disease
Coffee enemaA bizarre type of alternative medicine.
Danger triangle of the faceA very specific area of your face where bursting a boil could mean certain death.
Dimples of VenusFor fans of those dimples you don't find on a face.
DNA origami
RNA origami
Two different types of nanoscale origami.
Dr. Young's Ideal Rectal DilatorsForcibly withdrawn after officials clamped down on them.
EigengrauThe color seen by the eye in perfect darkness.
Fart lightingThe act of igniting gases produced by human flatulence.
Fiddler's neckMaybe this is proof that God hates violinists.
Five-second ruleThe notion that food dropped on the floor is safe to eat only as long as it's picked up within five seconds.
Geographical tongueWhen a map appears on your tongue.
GynecomastiaAlso known as "man boobs" or "moobs".
Hair-grooming syncopeWho knew that brushing your hair could be deadly?
Human–animal breastfeedingIf you have breast milk to spare, a puppy, piglet or monkey would like to hear from you.
HypertrichosisAlso known as "human werewolf syndrome".
Hypoalgesic effect of swearingGot hurt? Swear the pain away!
JenkemHuffing the gas from fermented human feces for a hallucinating effect.
Jogger's nippleThat uncomfortable friction some people get while running has a name.
Louse-feederIn search of a cure for typhus, humans let lice feed on them.
Lucky iron fishTreat anemia by putting an iron fish in your soup.
Maggot therapyThose hungry, wriggling little larvae will clean up festering wounds because they are hungry.
Male lactationGiven the right conditions, just about any male can do it.
Maple syrup urine diseaseFor once, a sweet smell you don't want your infants exuding.
Medical students' diseaseA condition frequently reported in medical students who perceive themselves to be experiencing the symptoms of the diseases they are studying.
Mellified manA legendary medicinal substance from Arabia involving honey.
Michelin tire baby syndromeBabies that look like the Michelin man.
Moebius syndromeA disease, most envied by poker players, that makes facial expressions impossible.
MucophagyThe consumption of mucus.
NaciremaAn obscure New World tribe with some interesting practices.
Navel lintA study proves that most belly button fluff is blue and that women are less likely to have it.
Nasal sebumYes, that stuff on the surface of your nose.
Old person smellApparently developed to allow humans to avoid partnering with people who are too old for them. Not to be confused with death smell (though they're not incompatible in some places).
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesisA tooth in the eye (is worth two in the foot?).
PaleofecesOur ancestors' poop. Worth a close look, apparently.
Peanut butter testA diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease which measures subjects' ability to smell peanut butter through each nostril.
Photic sneeze reflexPeople who sneeze when suddenly exposed to bright light.
PneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisThat's a mouthful! Good thing it has a much shorter name: silicosis.
Powder of sympathyHealing a wound of war by applying a powder... to the weapon that caused it.
Rapunzel syndromeChewing on your hair is one thing, but actually eating it can have some untoward results.
Resting bitch faceSome people may look angry or contemptuous when they're actually perfectly relaxed.
Retained surgical instrumentsAn unfortunate possible side-effect of surgery.
Schmidt sting pain indexAn entomologist is stung by just about everything known to sting and, en route, describes the pain involved in terms of a four-point comparative scale.
Supernumerary nippleA condition in which one has an additional nipple. Apparently 1 in 18 people have this condition.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathyYes, you can die from a broken heart.
Thumb twiddlingMaybe this is unusual to you.
Traditional Chinese medicines derived from the human bodyJust because you're not a rhino, or a tiger, or a pangolin, doesn't mean you're safe.
TrepanationA form of surgery where a hole is drilled or scraped into the skull. It was thought that such a procedure could cure problems like epilepsy or allow a person to enter into a higher state of consciousness.
Uncombable hair syndromeNot just a bad hair day.
White-nose syndromeBats with white noses: sounds cute, is horrifying.

Human sexuality and reproduction

"Fresh-baked dildos for sale!"
Biscuits, before being made soggy.
AutocunnilingusLike autofellatio (see below), but much more difficult.
AutofellatioActs of oral self-stimulation.
Armin MeiwesGerman guy who met another German guy on a Yahoo Gay-Kannibalengruppe (they exist) in 2001. The rest, as they say, is history...
Bathroom sexEver wanted to defecate and have sex at the same time? Well now you can!
Bread dildoA supposed sex toy originating from Ancient Greece, made of bread.
Cello scrotumA hoax illness allegedly affecting male cello players.
CoregasmAn orgasm caused by exercising of the core abdominal muscles.
Death during consensual sexTalk about going out with a bang...
Donkey punchAllegedly a sex move involving punching one's partner in the back of the head during intercourse.
Female hysteriaA once-common diagnosis of a range of symptoms in women, cured through masturbation.
FootsiesDid you know? It's possible for a couple to flirt by touching each other's legs.
GerbillingAn urban legend about a sexual practice purportedly conducted. It was made popular by South Park.
Global Orgasm for PeaceOh yeah, the end of human conflict just turns me on...
Hamster zona-free ovum testA test – sometimes called a "hamster test" – involving human semen, hamster eggs and a petri dish.
Human penis sizeScientific data on average size, racial variations, surgical enlargement and urban legends.
KoroA condition where one (mistakenly) believes that his or her genitals are slowly disappearing.
LithopedionThe rare condition of an unborn fetus calcifying.
Male pregnancyFor now, it's just a seahorse thing, but...
Napoleon's penis(Allegedly) cut off after his death and, among other things, displayed at a museum in Manhattan.
National Masturbation DayNot related to the week, and certainly not related to the month.
Parasitic twinA medical condition where one of two conjoined twins lacks essential organs and must rely on the other for survival, often leeching its blood. An especially rare variant of this, fetus in fetu, involves one partially formed fetus developing within the body of the other.
Persistent genital arousal disorderNot as funny as it may sound.
Post-coital tristesse"But after the enjoyment of sensual pleasure is passed, the greatest sadness follows." Baruch Spinoza
Puppy pregnancy syndromeA condition found in remote regions of India in which people believe they have conceived a puppy shortly after being bitten by a dog.
Scrotal inflationFor real now, boys: DO NOT try this at home. You can put your life at risk while doing it.
Self-inflicted caesarean sectionA harrowing practice, verified to have occurred at least five times.
Sexual headacheNot the one that wives pretend to have to dissuade their husbands; this type happens during the act.
Sleep sexA form of parasomnia (similar to sleepwalking) that causes people to engage in sexual acts while they are asleep.
Smoking fetishismApparently, this is a thing.
Soggy biscuitDon't finish last, whatever you do.
Zombie pornographyModern reincarnation of necrophilia.

Individual patients and staff

This skull's owner didn't even get a headache – but he was a changed man.
Elisabeth Anderson SierraDiagnosed with hyperlactation syndrome, her generous donations of excess breast milk have earned her the title of "Milk Goddess".
Jaxon BuellA child born with only 20% of a brain. He lived for 5 years despite doctors' expectations that he would only live for 1 year.
Jeanne CalmentA Frenchwoman with the longest verified human lifespan in recorded history. She was 122 at the time of her death.
Legrand G. CapersThe only person ever to witness a woman being impregnated by a bullet.
Stubbins FfirthAn American trainee doctor who went to unusual lengths in his quest to prove that yellow fever is not contagious.
Phineas GageA 19th-century construction worker who survived a three-foot-long (0.91 m) tamping iron going through his skull. His resultant behavioral changes have made him an important figure in the development of neuroscience.
GenieA feral child who was neglected by her father and was locked in a room for the first 13 years of her life.
James HarrisonAn Australian man whose 1,173 blood donations have saved over 2.5 million babies.
Abby and Brittany HenselConjoined twins with separate heads but joined bodies.
Paul KarasonAn American man known for having blue skin.
"Benjaman Kyle"Found naked and unconscious outside a Burger King dumpster (where he derived his new alias from), he doesn't remember 20 years of his life, or how he ended up in Georgia from Colorado.
Eugene LandyA psychologist who developed a form of 24-hour therapy and later became business partners with one of his many celebrity patients, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.
Hans LangsethA guy who had the longest beard recorded in history.
Robert ListonA 19th-century Scottish surgeon who, among other things, performed what has been described as "the only operation in history with a 300 percent mortality rate".
Barry MarshallA doctor who, against the consensus of mainstream medicine, drank a vial of bacterial culture to prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria rather than stress, spicy foods, and too much acid as was believed at the time. He won the Nobel Prize for it, too.
Alexis St. MartinA 19th-century French-Canadian fur trader who survived a gunshot wound and was left with a hole in his stomach, which allowed revolutionary experiments on digestion to be conducted.
Lina MedinaA Peruvian girl who gave birth to a son when she was five years old, becoming the youngest human mother on record.
Billy MilliganA man with 24 personalities, popularized by the 1981 book The Minds of Billy Milligan.
Wenceslao MoguelAccused of participating in the Mexican Revolution, he was sentenced to death, survived his execution, and lived for another 6 decades.
Blanche MonnierA French woman who was locked in an attic for 26 years because her parents disapproved of her choice of suitor.
Mariam NabatanziA Ugandan woman who had given birth to 44 children by the age of 36.
Chandre OramA man in India with a 13-inch (33 cm) tail.
Adam RainerThe only person known to be both a dwarf and a giant.
TarrareA Frenchman with an insatiable appetite, who made a show out of his ability to eat just about anything. Including, allegedly, a toddler.
Mary ToftAn English woman who hoaxed doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits.
Robert WadlowAn American man who, at 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m), was the tallest verified person in human history.

Nervous system and behaviour

Can you get high on this?
Ever woken up thinking this has just happened?
It's... beautiful... Just... beautiful!
Alice in Wonderland syndromeDistortions of perception that may include one's surroundings appearing too large or too small, faint noises sounding loud, or time slowing to a trickle.
Anton syndromePeople who are blind but convinced they can see.
BananadineExactly how psychedelic are those dried banana peels?
Bicameral mentalityNeuroscientific hypothesis that the human mind before the Bronze Age was split into two discrete components, a speaking mind and obeying mind.
Capgras delusionWhen you're sure a friend or loved one is an impostor.
Cortical homunculusA distorted representation of the human body based on areas of the brain dedicated to processing motor functions for different body parts.
Cotard delusionSuffered by people, very much alive, who believe they're dead.
Conversion disorderBlindness and similar disabilities caused by anxiety.
Cute aggressionThe reason why people want to squeeze cute things without harm.
Dancing maniaUnknown forces cause large groups of people to dance hysterically until dropping from exhaustion in multiple incidents in Europe from the 13th to 17th centuries.
Electromagnetic hypersensitivityFor those allergic to Wi-Fi.
EncopresisVoluntary or involuntary defecation in persons who are toilet trained (older than 4 years of age.)
Exploding head syndromeEver woken up after an hour or two of sleep thinking you've just heard a massive explosion?
Expressive aphasiaYou know when you have a word on tip of your tongue but you just can't remember it? It's that, but with every word.
False memoryForming of false memories; sometimes leads to thousands of people having the same false memory.
Fugue stateYou black out and when you wake up years have passed, you're in a different city, you have a new name and have lived a different life while you were unconscious. Also known as dissociative fugue or psychogenic fugue.
Foreign accent syndromeA rare medical condition whereby sufferers speak their native language with a foreign accent.
Fregoli delusionThe belief that different people are actually one person in disguise.
GeophagiaEat dirt, pal.
Homicidal sleepwalkingA real parasomnia that has been successfully used as a defence in court.
Impossible colorSupposed colors that do not appear in ordinary visual functioning.
Jumping Frenchmen of MaineLike Tourette syndrome, but more Gallic.
Klüver–Bucy syndromeOne specific kind of brain damage causes hypersexuality and a desire to put random things in your mouth. Named after two doctors who gave psychotropic drugs to lobotomized monkeys.
Mariko Aoki phenomenonA Japanese expression referring to an urge to defecate that is suddenly felt after entering bookstores.
Paris syndromeBeing clinically disappointed by Paris. Particularly common among Japanese tourists. Not to be confused with Jerusalem syndrome or Stockholm syndrome.
Rosenhan experimentAn experiment involving certifiably sane mental patients.
SomatoparaphreniaA type of delusion in which a sufferer denies ownership of a limb or an entire side of the body.
Stendhal syndromeA psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art or natural beauty.
Tanganyika laughter epidemicWhat happens when contagious laughter becomes an actual epidemic.
Target fixationTo become so fixated on an object you are trying to avoid that you collide with it.
Tip of the tongueWhat was this article about again... Wait, I think I am just about to remember...
The Truman Show delusionThose afflicted feel they are being watched all the time by a television audience, like Jim Carrey's character in the 1998 movie The Truman Show.
UrophagiaThe consumption of urine. Not always for survival reasons.
Visual release hallucinationsMillions of perfectly sane people are having freakish hallucinations – and just not admitting it.
Zero strokeAn alleged mental disorder that caused patients to write endless rows of zeroes.
Phobias
CherophobiaFear of happiness
ChromophobiaFear of colors
CoprophobiaFear of feces or even defecation, and possibly enjoying constipation
DentophobiaFear of dentists
EmetophobiaFear of vomiting
GlobophobiaFear of balloons or balloons popping
GenuphobiaFear of knees or the act of kneeling
KoumpounophobiaFear of buttons
MageiricophobiaFear of cooking
NumerophobiaFear of numbers
OsmophobiaFear of odors and smells
PhallophobiaFear of the erect penis
PhilophobiaFear of love
PhobophobiaFear of having a phobia
PogonophobiaFear of beards
SubmechanophobiaFear of submerged man-made objects
TechnophobiaFear of computers and internet
TelephobiaFear of making or answering telephone calls

Animals

To boldly go where no monkey has gone before. Well, where a few monkeys have gone before.
Jenny Haniver.
A major in Antelopology
Can only wear mittens, not gloves
The Far Side of a stegosaurus.
AdactylidiumA mite with a very unusual life cycle.
Animals in spaceAn annotated list of the various animals used in space programs.
Animal attackNot kidding: death by beavers, bunnies, squirrels, crocodiles, and other creatures you should not have as pets.
Anting (bird activity)Not recommended for humans.
ApophallationAre you a slug and can't extract your penis? Amputate and change your gender.
Bee removalRemoval of bees.
Blast fishingCatch a lot of fish at once by blowing up a lake.
Boiling frogDespite the metaphor, they won't really sit there and let themselves boil to death.
CandiruBarbed fish allegedly attracted to, lodged in, and extracted from human penises.
CarcinisationCrustaceans may evolve how they wish, but eventually, it all comes back to crab shape.
Common Surinam toadThe mother's back is where the eggs are embedded and where they develop.
Conservation-induced extinctionThe extinction of highly endangered parasites at the hands of conservationists.
Depopulation of cockroaches in post-Soviet statesA great ecological problem indeed complete with fourteen references in Russian.
Cat–dog relationshipFor centuries the two most popular house pets have been fighting like, well, cats and dogs.
Cymothoa exiguaA parasitic crustacean that, when female (they are hermaphroditic), attaches to and then destroys a fish's tongue, hooks itself to the remaining stub and becomes the fish's new tongue.
EpomisA deceptive beetle larva that entices its own predators by feigning prey-like movements in order to eat its predator.
Eunice aphroditois"Armed with sharp teeth, it is known to attack with such speeds that its prey is sometimes sliced in half." As if being a three-metre (9 ft 10 in) worm were not impressive enough.
Fat-tailed sheepBBL... BTL?
Goblin sharkIndeed, a monster from the deepest oceans.
Goldfish swallowingA fad that started in American colleges in the 1930s.
Hallucinogenic fishNo, the fish are not trippin'; they will cause hallucinations if ingested. It is not known if hallucinations will occur if one fish consumes another.
Hebrew characterActually a species of moth.
Hotwheels sisyphusA pretty rad name for a ground spider... until you know what inspired such name.
Hurricane SharkThe meteorological equivalent of Bigfoot. (Except it's real. Kind of. Probably. At least once.)
Israel-related animal conspiracy theoriesHas an animal looked suspicious? It was probably Israel.
Jenny HaniverA grotesque-looking sea monster made from the corpse of a ray.
Lioconcha hieroglyphicaA type of clam with a shell covered in hieroglyph-like markings.
List of animals displaying homosexual behaviorEverything from salmon to seagulls to dragonflies.
List of animal soundsSnail do "Munch, crunch", Squirrel do "squeak".
List of animals awarded human credentialsMostly due to pranks pulled on diploma mills.
London Underground mosquitoA species of mosquito that lives in underground railways.
Love dartHermaphroditic snails play Cupid.
Lyall's wrenMade extinct by feral cats, possibly the offspring of one pregnant female.
Metoecus paradoxusA beetle with - as prophet of our age Megan Thee Stallion put it - eyelashes "on fleek".
Nightingale excrement as facialDroppings of a nightingale variety used in facials. Some claim that it helps with acne. Project Medicine states that the references are not MEDRS. (MEDical Reliable Source)
Orbiting Frog OtolithA NASA frog experiment, sending two bullfrogs into space to test their sense of balance.
Paracerceis sculptaA species of isopod that has some males that mimic females and others that mimic juveniles, allowing them to mate without the alpha males realising what is going on behind their backs.
Pasilalinic-sympathetic compassTelepathic communication is not possible in snails no matter how far apart they may be. Nothing else has been ruled out.
Penis fencingA literal figurative variety of cockfighting between some species of flatworm.
Polar bear jailFor polar bear criminals.
Prostitution among animalsDid you know that prostitution exists among animals?
Rotating locomotion in living systemsWhy don't animals have wheels?
Shortarse feelerfishBathymicrops brevianalis is a fish so named for its short anal fins – brevianalis meaning "short anus".
Supernumerary body partHaving an extra body part, be it as simple as an eleventh finger or as extreme as a second head!
Tasselled wobbegong"With several records of apparently unprovoked attacks on people, the tasselled wobbegong has a reputation beyond other wobbegongs for aggressive behavior."
ThagomizerA feature of Stegosaurus anatomy named after a Far Side comic strip.
Traumatic inseminationA form of mating in invertebrates in which the male stabs the female in the abdomen with his penis, and injects his sperm through the wound.
Trout ticklingCoochy coo!
Uraba lugensIt's called the mad hatterpillar for a reason...
Worm charmingNo spade? No worries! There's a better way to get hold of earthworms.

Cats

Flash photograph of an odd-eyed cat.
Bonsai KittenThe practice of growing small jar-shaped kittens caused controversy years after it was revealed to be a hoax.
Cat burningA form of entertainment in the Middle Ages, sometimes participated in by royalty.
Cats That Look Like HitlerKitlers exist, live with it.
Demon CatA cat that supposedly haunts government buildings in Washington, D.C.
Odd-eyed catOne of the national treasures of Turkey.
Pittsburgh refrigerator catA "breed" of cat that lived in refrigerators that people actually believed existed.
Popular cat namesCat names, ranked by popularity.
Polydactyl catCats with extraordinary numbers of toes.
Ray catA proposed genetically engineered breed that glows in presence of nuclear radiation.

Cattle

Cow tippingThis actually takes up to 14 people to make it happen.
Craven HeiferThe largest cow ever shown in England.
Hardware diseaseA condition in bovines caused by ingesting stray bits of metal.

Chickens

Can you tell the boys and girls apart?
Cannibalism in poultrySee: tastes like chicken.
Chicken eyeglassesTiny spectacles for chicks, to stop them from seeing red.
Chicken Dance, Chicken (dance)There is a huge difference.
Chicken gunValuable for the mitigation of damage from bird strikes. The chicken carcass must be thawed first, though.
Chicken hypnotismHave you ever wanted to hypnotize a chicken? If not, why not?
Chicken or the eggWhich came first?
Chicken sexerA person whose job is to determine the sex of chicken hatchlings.
Chicken powered nuclear bombA British project to lay nuclear mines in West Germany during the Cold War that were planned to be kept warm by live chickens.
Empathy in chickensHave some empathy when eating crunchy chicken nuggets.
Tastes like chickenBut baked, grilled, or fried?

Squirrels

I think I have a nibble...
Arctic ground squirrelThe squirrel that freezes itself solid.
Electrical disruptions caused by squirrelsTwo squirrels on a wire...
Squirrel fishingA sport of skill and patience.
Squirrels on college campusesSquirrels are noted to be prominent fauna there.

Mammals

Dried deer penis.
This goat has fainted.
It has ceased to stand
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AmbergrisDo you really want to know what your fancy perfume was made from?
Berserk llama syndromeThe result of being too friendly with llamas.
Danish Protest PigA pig bred to look like the flag of Denmark, to circumvent prohibition of the flag.
Deer penisIt is said to enhance sexual potency in men and was banned by the Chinese government from the 2008 Olympics.
Diving horseA short-lived attraction during the 1880s.
The dog ate my homeworkInstead of a pathetic excuse for an article, an article about a pathetic excuse.
Domesticated silver foxSoviet Russia subsidizes the breeding of silver foxes.
Exploding whaleThe next time a whale washes on shore in one Oregon county, the authorities will leave the dynamite at home.
Fainting goatA breed of goat whose muscles freeze for about 10 seconds when it is startled.
Flying primate hypothesisHypothesis that megabats are primates like us.
GlobsterBlobs of organic matter found washed up on beaches, which are frequently as mysterious as they are disgusting.
Guided ratImplanted electrodes let researchers "steer the animal over an obstacle course, making it twist, turn and even jump on demand".
House hippoThe world's biggest domestic pest. If you can believe that.
HumanAn article that reads as if non-humans wrote it.
New Guinea singing dogNot only that, but it climbs trees too!
Overtoun BridgeA bridge from which dogs keep leaping to their death.
Panda pornographyPornographic movies created to achieve sexual arousal for Giant pandas, which have been proven to be unaffected by the popular drug Viagra.
QuokkaAn Australian animal which has developed a habit of posing for selfies with humans.
Revival of the woolly mammothPlans to clone the woolly mammoth and re-introduce them to Siberia.
RhinogradentiaA fictitious order of mammal invented by a German zoologist with a sense of humour.
Skunks as petsFor pet owners who like a challenge.
Street dogs in MoscowSome of them have figured out how to commute using the subway system.
Weasel war danceThe behavior of extremely excited ferrets who are enjoying themselves too much.
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?Life’s most important questions.
Whale fallThe ecological consequences associated with a dead whale sinking to the seafloor.

Individual animals

Her face told you exactly where you stood with her.
52-hertz whaleDubbed the "world's loneliest whale", it vocalizes at a frequency used by no known whale species.
AdwaitaPossibly the oldest creature of modern times, this 255 year-old tortoise was the former pet of Robert Clive of the British East India Company.
Ken AllenOrangutan nicknamed the "Hairy Houdini" for his many escapes.
AndyA footless goose who wore sneakers as prosthesis and was tragically murdered.
BensonA fish. A big fish. Called Benson.
BubblesA chimpanzee who used human toilet facilities, moonwalked, and (allegedly) attempted suicide.
CasperA cat famed for traveling on a bus around Plymouth, England.
Clever HansA horse that allegedly knew arithmetic and could read in German.
Cocaine BearA bear found dead in the Tennessee wilderness, having gone through a drug smuggler's dropped bag of cocaine. Inspired a 2023 film (though in that one, the bear didn't just drop dead, as there'd be no plot that way).
Conan the BarbarianArgentinian president's dog that was cloned after its death and who advised the guy on politics. The man also said that he and the dog "first met in a previous life more than 2,000 years ago as a gladiator and a lion in the Roman Colosseum"...
Domino Day 2005 sparrowUnlucky sparrow who dropped some 23,000 dominos and got killed for that.
Dusty the Klepto KittyRedefining the term "cat burglar".
Enumclaw horse sex caseAn unfortunate case of a horse riding a man, as opposed to a man riding a horse.
FungieIreland's favourite dolphin.
GefA mongoose that talked (allegedly).
GeorgeA lobster weighing 20 pounds (9.1 kg), estimated to be 140 years old.
Grape-kunA Humboldt penguin who gained worldwide fame after apparently falling in love with a cutout of an anime character.
Grumpy CatUnfortunately, this cat couldn't turn that frown upside down.
HachikōA well-known story of a Japanese dog that will make you cry by the end of it.
HarambeA gorilla killed to prevent it killing a child it was saving. Became a meme.
Henry the HexapusAn octopus missing two arms due to an unfortunate birth defect.
Hoover the talking sealHoover. A seal. Which talked.
JackA Baboon who took over for his disabled owner as an employee of the Cape government railway.
JackieA dalmatian dog who was taught by his owner to do the Nazi salute, long before Count Dankula did.
JeremyA left-coiled snail who became famous after a campaign to find another left-coiled snail so he could mate.
Joe the PigeonWas put on death row for being American, but later acquitted and released. Named after the then President-elect.
JonathanOldest known living terrestrial animal in the world (if it weren't Adwaita). He made the reverse of the 5p of Saint Helena. What have you done?
KhanzirPossibly the world's loneliest pig. Even more lonely during the swine flu outbreak.
Lily FlaggA Jersey cow that produced record amounts of butter and got a sizable neighborhood named for her.
Lion of Gripsholm CastleWhat happens when you tell a taxidermist who doesn't know what a lion is to stuff and mount a lion.
Lonesome GeorgeThe last known individual of the species Pinta Island tortoise. He was known as the rarest creature in the world.
Long BoiA "exceptionally tall" duck living on the University of York campus.
Mayor Max IIThe world's cutest mayor-for-life creature: a Golden Retriever.
Mike the Headless ChickenA rooster that lived for 18 months with his head cut off.
MingA ~500-year-old clam that was killed when scientists opened its shell to see how old it was.
Moo DengThe internet's favorite baby hippo, who reached such a level of popularity that her zoo had to limit the amount of time visitors could see her enclosure.
Nim ChimpskyA chimpanzee, subject of long-running studies into animal language acquisition, named punningly for linguist Noam Chomsky.
Major General Sir Nils Olav, Baron of the Bouvet IslandsA high-ranking military officer of Norway who happens to live in the penguin exhibit at Edinburgh Zoo.
Oscar the CatA hospice cat who was featured in the New England Journal of Medicine for his purported ability to predict the impending death of terminally ill patients.
Owen and MzeeHippo and tortoise that befriended each other after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
PaulA now-deceased psychic octopus who could predict the winner of football games, notably during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
PepA dog jokingly sentenced to a life sentence in prison to help improve prisoners' morale- though many publications took the sentence literally.
PotooooooooActually, it's pronounced "potatoes".
Penelope (platypus)A platypus who faked a pregnancy and escaped from the Bronx Zoo.
Raccoon of KhersonA zoo animal becomes a prisoner of war after the liberation of Kherson.
Ravens of the Tower of LondonRavens used as soldiers in the Tower of London.
River Thames whaleIn 2006, a Northern Bottlenose swam into London and on to the front pages of the British newspapers.
Sergeant RecklessA horse that held an official rank in the US military, fought in the Korean War and participated in an amphibious landing.
StubbsA cat who was the mayor of an Alaskan town for nearly 20 years.
Tamworth TwoTwo pigs who, in 1998, escaped an abattoir in England and attracted media attraction. Thanks to a newspaper, they were never made into bacon, ham or sausages.
Tillamook CheddarThe world's most successful and widely shown animal artist.
TimothyA tortoise that was present during the bombardment of Sevastopol during the Crimean War in 1854 and survived until 2004.
TombiliA cat famously pictured looking chill on the streets of Istanbul, who is now immortalised by a statue on the site.
Turra CooAn insurance protest gone too far.
Ubre BlancaFidel Castro's favourite cow that produced 113 liters in one day, and was used as a symbol of superior agriculture under communism. When she died, a marble statue was erected in her memory.
Unsinkable SamA cat that has survived the sinking of three ships.
Vacanti mouseA mouse with a human ear on its back.
Whitney ChewstonA dog that gained fame due to having the manner of a homophobic white woman.
William WindsorA cashmere goat who served as a lance corporal in the 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh, an infantry battalion of the British Army.
WojtekA soldier of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps who also happened to be a Syrian Brown Bear. He enjoyed beer and cigarettes.
Individual elephants
The movie event of 1903... we'll zap this elephant!
Abul-AbbasAn Asian elephant given to Carolingian emperor Charlemagne by the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
HannoAn Indian elephant that was a gift from the Portuguese king Manuel I to the pope in the 16th century.
JumboAn elephant with gigantism and legendary circus attraction, who gave his name to large things everywhere.
Lin WangA Taiwanese elephant made famous for his participation in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
MaryMakes the phrase "hung like an elephant" take on a whole new meaning.
Osama bin LadenAn elusive elephant who terrorized the jungle of Assam. He was eventually shot, but there are those who question the official story of his death. Much like his famous namesake.
TopsyAn elephant that was electrocuted, as the event was filmed by the Edison Manufacturing Company.

Names in biology

'SMAD, mad, mad, mad, mad name?
Neopalpa donald­trumpi: They say it's really small.
Aha haAlan Partridge's favorite wasp?
Anophthalmus hitleriRare blind beetle named after Adolf Hitler, poached by collectors of Hitler memorabilia.
Aptostichus barackobamaiA trapdoor spider named after former U.S. President Barack Obama.
Aptostichus stephencolbertiAnother trapdoor spider, this time named after Stephen Colbert. Naturally, because he asked for it.
Bill Gates' flower flyA flower fly, Eristalis gatesi, named after Bill Gates.
ColonSomeone pulled this beetle name out of their butt. Including the glorious species Colon rectum.
Gamergate (ant)"Actually, it's about ethics in ant breeding..."
GoldenPalace.com MonkeyA new species of monkey that was officially named after the GoldenPalace.com online casino.
HarryplaxA genus of crab named in part after the titular character of the Harry Potter franchise. The sole species of this genus is named after the coldly hostile, yet emotion-concealing character from the same franchise.
KimjongiliaA flower named after North Korean leader Kim Jong-il by a Japanese botanist.
Kinda baboonIs it a baboon? Well, kinda.
MiniA genus of tiny Madagascar frogs containing 3 species: Mini ature, Mini mum, and Mini scule.
Mothers against decapentaplegicActually, it's a protein.
Mountain ChickenIs it a frog or a chicken?
Neopalpa donaldtrumpiA moth remarkable for its orange head and small genitalia.
Pachygnatha zappaA spider whose abdominal markings resemble a very famous mustache
PikachurinAn extracellular matrix-like retinal protein named after Pikachu.
Setaceous Hebrew characterA European moth with wing markings bearing a chance resemblance to a letter in the Hebrew alphabet.
You may snicker now, but if you had any of these, I guarantee you wouldn't be laughing much.
Sonic hedgehogA protein in the vertebrate hedgehog family that was officially named after Sega's video game character Sonic the Hedgehog.
Spongiforma squarepantsiiA type of mushroom named after SpongeBob SquarePants.
Strigiphilus garylarsoniA biting louse named for cartoonist Gary Larson of Far Side fame.
Synalpheus pinkfloydiA species of snapping shrimp named after the famous English rock band.
Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraskiA wasp named after NHL goaltender Tuukka Rask as both are acrobatic, and have a killer glove hand.
Zombie taxonPaleontology of the undead.
Zoosphaerium darthvaderiNamed after Darth Vader, this one has an anal shield with a "pronounced bell shape"!
Zyzyxia lundellii and Zyzzyzus warreniThe last plant name and animal name in the dictionary, respectively.
Spiralix heisenbergiA freshwater snail named after Walter White's alter-ego, Heisenberg. It is thought to be in danger, but it IS the danger.
See also

Plants

The Queens Giant – the oldest living thing in the New York metropolitan area.
Bialbero di CasorzoA cherry tree that grows upon a mulberry tree in Italy.
Chandelier TreeA 300-foot-tall (91 m) redwood with a giant hole cut through the middle for cars to drive through.
Echinopsis lageniformisA cactus the Germans call Frauenglück, or "Women's Joy", because, well...just look at it.
Eisenhower TreeA tree on a golf course that became famous after the President of the United States tried and failed to have it taken down.
Golfballia ambustaCan a burnt golf ball technically be considered a fungus?
Olympic oaksGifts from the Führer. Some are still alive.
Moon treeTrees planted from seeds that were taken into space by Apollo 14.
Nepenthes lowiiA plant that lures animals to release their droppings into a pitcher.
Mimosa pudicaA plant that rapidly closes or folds its leaves after they are touched.
Old Man of the LakeA 30-foot (9 m) tree stump that has been floating around Oregon's Crater Lake since at least 1896.
PandoAn 80,000 year old quaking aspen colony that is believed to be one of the oldest and heaviest organisms on the planet.
Plant arithmeticPlants can do math!
Plant rightsIf other living beings like humans and animals can have rights, then why not plants?
PomatoIt's both potato and tomato!
Radiotrophic fungusA type of fungus that thrives in radioactive environments. Some species have even been discovered in Chernobyl!
Tendril perversionA geometric phenomenon sometimes observed in helical structures like plant tendrils and telephone handset cords.
Tree of Knowledge (Australia)Killed by ignorance.
Tree of TénéréA solitary acacia that was once the most isolated tree on Earth before being run over by a drunken Libyan truck driver.
Tree That Owns ItselfIts owner loved it so much that he granted it ownership of itself.
See also

Technology, inventions and products

It's hypnagogic hallucination heaven.
Long-lost remnant of a cricket game? Made by ancient intelligent life? A mysterious natural phenomenon?
World War I pigeon photography.
Cower, you leeches, in the presence of the Tempest Prognosticator!
300-page iPhone billAT&T Mobility's billing policy for the first iPhone gave a real sense of how much money was being wasted... on paper and printer ink.
Abraham Lincoln's patentFor lifting boats over shoals. Lincoln is the only US president who held a patent.
Antikythera mechanismAn analog computer built in Ancient Greece.
Baby cageThe pre-War way to get your baby some fresh air if you live in a high-rise apartment. Used by none other than Eleanor Roosevelt.
Bild Lilli dollA German doll that was the main inspiration for Barbie and is now considered its "grandmother".
Billy PossumWhen Taft tried to get his own Teddy Bear.
BlåhajStuffed shark, IKEA bestseller, transgender icon.
BreakoutHow this simple 1976 Atari video game, started by Steve Jobs and finished by Steve Wozniak, helped spur the creation of the Apple II.
Canard DigérateurOr "Digesting Duck", an automaton built to simulate a duck eating, digesting, and excreting.
Centennial LightA light bulb that has been burning nonstop for 119 years.
ChindōguThe practice of inventing solutions to everyday problems that just make the problem worse.
Clock of the Long NowA clock that, once completed, should be able to keep time for 10,000 years.
ClockyAn alarm clock that hides from its owner.
Concealing objects in a bookHopefully you weren't planning to read it before you hollowed it out.
Digital sundialUnlike an analog sundial, a clock that indicates the current time with numerals formed by the sunlight striking it.
DreamachineA device made with a light bulb and a record turntable that reportedly induces lucid dreaming. (And you thought the makers of Die Another Day made it up. There's still no news about invisible Aston Martin V12 Vanquishes.)
Electronic voice phenomenonAlleged spiritual voices heard in white noise and radio interference.
Friendly Floatees spillRubber ducks and their friends who went on a long, long journey.
Gun-powered mousetrapPatented in 1882. According to its inventor, it can also be used as a booby trap to kill attempted home invaders.
Hitler teapotSome people thought that this JCPenney teapot resembled the famous dictator.
Marvin HeemeyerWhy it's always a bad idea to put the guy next door out of business if he has a ten-ton armor-plated bulldozer in his garage.
History of perpetual motion machinesThe concept has eluded and baffled the greatest minds for thousands of years – and will continue to elude anyone who tries to build one.
Hitachi Magic WandIts manufacturers continue to claim that it's just a massager for health purposes and not, you know, the world's best-known sex toy.
I-DoserLike taking drugs through your ears.
Jibba JabberThe hot new stress toy where you simulate shaking a baby to death.
Klerksdorp sphereSpheres with three parallel grooves dated to be three billion years old... Evidence of ancient intelligent life? An unusual natural phenomenon? Who knows...
Zbigniew LiberaCreator of the Lego Concentration Camp.
List of inventors killed by their own inventionPerilous parachutes, lethal lighthouses and murderous motorcycles!
Love chairMade to allow a fat king to have sex with two women at the same time.
MengenlehreuhrYou'll have to read between the lights to see the time.
Moo boxCow in a can.
Mosquito laserA bug zapper with a difference.
Museum of FailureA collection of sorts focusing on... well, failed things. Notably includes the Nokia N-Gage, Bic's woman-only pens, and Google Glass.
My Friend CaylaThat doll is a spy!
One red paperclipA man's small piece of metal turns out to be worth more than expected.
Parking chairUsing household objects to reserve parking spaces.
Pigeon photographyPigeons were used by the Germans for aerial surveillance in World War I, and apparently also in World War II. Not to forget the CIA's own pigeon camera.
Predictions of the end of WikipediaAll good things must come to an end...... but not for now.
Project CybersynChilean robo-socialism control chamber invented by a Brit with a gigantic beard.
Pythagorean cupWhen the cup is filled beyond a certain point, it will empty itself.
Quartz crisisNot a comic book story arc, but the upheaval in watchmaking caused by the introduction of quartz watches.
Radio hatA strange-looking (and strange-sounding) piece of headgear.
Royal Mail rubber bandOne billion are used every year and often seen littering the streets of UK cities.
Russian floating nuclear power stationSelf-contained, low-capacity, floating nuclear power plants.
Sony timerRumours that Sony uses a particularly aggressive form of planned obsolescence continue to this day.
Splayd33.3% spoon, 33.3% knife, 33.3% fork.
Tempest PrognosticatorMeteorology by frightened annelid.
TurboencabulatorA device whose sole function is to expose technological ignorance.
Uncanny valleyHow to measure your emotional response to androids.
Useless machineIn most cases, toys for adults.
Vin MarianiA drink made from cocaine and consumed by Thomas Edison, Pope Leo XIII, Ulysses S. Grant and French prime minister Jules Méline.
Wrap rageEver been driven mad by packaging that just won't open?
XianxingzheA Chinese robot, according to the Japanese, that will save its country from corporate capitalism with its crotch cannon.

Hygiene and sanitation

Toilets in Japan have some special features.
Committee to End Pay Toilets in AmericaA 1970s organization whose campaign was to end pay toilets in the U.S.; its newsletter was humorously titled the Free Toilet Paper.
"Darkie" toothpasteRacist toothpaste from Taiwan.
FatbergA congealed lump of fat and non-biodegradable buildup in sewer systems. A 250-metre-long, 140 tonne specimen was discovered under London in September 2017.
Female urination deviceUsed by women when needing or wanting to pee standing up.
Groom of the StoolThe most intimate Royal office.
Hotel toilet-paper foldingEver wondered why it was so?
Interactive Urinal CommunicatorA talking urinal made for advertising purposes.
iLooMicrosoft's attempt to bring you the interwebzzz inside the portable toilet.
Jack BlackNot the actor, but the 19th century rat catcher who bred unusually colored rats and sold them as pets.
Japanese toiletsThe most advanced toilets in the world with computers, nozzles and flashing lights.
Lloyds Bank turdPossibly the largest example of fossilised human feces ever found, discovered under the future site of a Lloyds Bank in England.
Shit flow diagramThis is the technical term.
Stainless steel soapMetallic soap that removes odours from the hands, allegedly.
Toilet-related injuryNot all injuries and deaths linked to toilets are urban legends.
Toilet paperingArt or vandalism?
Toilet paper orientationOn the pros and cons of letting toilet paper hang over or under the roll.
WhizzinatorA fake penis usually used to beat drug tests, complete with dried urine, a heater, and a syringe. Comes in white, tan, Latino, brown, and black.

Clothing and accessories

No need to train a gorilla to ride a unicycle; just use one of these.
AgletThat little plastic or metal thing at the end of your shoelace has a name.
The dressThe biggest question of 2015: Is it white and gold or black and blue?
FatsuitYes, this makes you look fat.
Gorilla suitWhat to wear when you don't want to look human.
KotekaAn unusual traditional garment of western New Guinea, also known as the "penis gourd".
Meat dress of Lady GagaA dress made of flank steak. Currently preserved as jerky in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Muffin topA marketing mishap, many well-meaning young women, and vanity came together to form this demographic.
Shoe tossingThe practice of throwing footwear, whether for humorous or political purposes.
Sweater curseThink your loved one will be pleased if you knit them a sweater? Think again.
Three Wolf MoonA T-shirt with wolves howling at the moon that gained popularity after one person wrote a parodic review for it on Amazon.com.
Tin foil hatHeadgear which allegedly prevents a person from having their minds read or controlled.

Transport

East German Ampelmännchen.
The day Sweden turned to the right side.
Not so snail-mail after all, eh?
"Sinking? We're not sinking!"
Don't reach for that sick bag 'til you're back on the floor.
The train now approaching Suggestus II will leave at tertia hora.
2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incidentTwo Japan Airlines aircraft were roughly 135 m (443 ft) away from causing the deadliest aviation accident in history.
2003 Angola 727 disappearanceA Boeing 727 was stolen, with at least two people aboard, and never found.
2010 Filair Let L-410 crashAs Hollywood taught us, letting reptiles loose on a plane is never a good idea.
2018 Horizon Air Q400 incidentA ground service agent with no flight experience whatsoever managed to do insanely difficult aerial maneuvers in a stolen plane that was thought to be impossible to do those maneuvers in.
Aeroflot Flight 593A plane that crashed because the pilot let his kids fly it.
Aeroflot Flight 6502A plane that crashed after the pilot made a bet with the first officer that he could land it blind. Unfortunately for 70 people on board, he couldn't.
Aloha Airlines Flight 243Landed safely and with only one casualty, despite the plane's ceiling flying off mid-flight.
AmpelmännchenThe East German "traffic-light little-man".
Amtrak paint schemesVarious colors of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
Animals taking public transportationNonhuman commuters.
AVE MizarThis nightmare lovechild of a Cessna Skymaster and a Ford Pinto eventually killed its inventor.
Bayside Canadian RailwayA 220 foot (70 meter) long railway created solely to exploit a loophole in the Jones Act. U.S. Customs and Border Protection found out and promptly issued a $350 million fine.
Billups Neon Crossing SignalA local inventor's extreme solution to railway crossing safety.
Boaty McBoatfaceWhat happens when you allow the British public to name a ship in an online poll?
Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric RailwayWhat do you do when there's water in the way of your train? Just build the rails underwater and make the train a moving pier on 23 foot high legs, complete with lifeboats and a requirement a ship captain be aboard at all times.
British Rail flying saucerIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the 10:13 to Venus.
China National Highway 110 traffic jamThe world's longest-lasting traffic jam, in which some drivers were stuck for up to 5 days, moving only 1km (0.6 miles) per day.
Crash at CrushA high-speed head-on collision between two locomotives, staged as a publicity stunt and attended by an estimated 40,000 people.
Daallo Airlines Flight 159A terrorist detonated a bomb on a plane and ended up becoming the sole casualty of the incident.
CyclopedThe entrant into the Rainhill Trial that placed Horse Power against Steam Power.
Dagen HSeptember 3, 1967: The day that Sweden changed its traffic directionality.
Deli MikeAn Airbus A340 that does what she wants.
Dymaxion carA 1933 concept car with 3 wheels. It was 20 feet (6.1 m) long, carried up to 11 passengers, could go at speeds of up to 120 miles per hour (190 km/h), and had a steering wheel that turned the car in the opposite direction. One of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion concepts.
ExperimentA boat with eight horse-powers. Literally.
Fastest ShedHolder of the world land speed record for sheds.
Ferry LinaThe world's shortest regular ferry located in Sweden that takes 25-30 seconds (depending on how strong you are).
GadgetbahnFun fun fun. And useless.
Ganz MFAVAn odd-looking train that is designed specifically to be used on the second-oldest underground metro line in the world.
Get Out and Push RailroadJust what it sounds like.
Gimli GliderA confusion over units leads to a Boeing 767 plane running out of fuel mid-flight and becoming a glider.
Horsey HorselessHow to stop cars scaring horses? Put a wooden horse's head on the front.
Human mailWhy buy an expensive ticket when you can go by mail?
Iron DobbinA mechanical horse made in 1933 for the Italian Fascist Youth Movement, later copied by the Germans.
Jesus nutNot your local Bible-thumping preacher but the bolt on the top of a helicopter that connects it to the rotor blades.
Loose wheel nut indicatorYes, those little red tags you see on truck wheels really do have a purpose.
Nut rage incidentMacadamia nuts: delicious, instigator of air rage. Helped coin a neologism to describe hierarchical social systems in South Korea.
M-497 Black BeetleThe New York Central Railroad decided to see what would happen when they strapped two jet engines on a railcar; this was the result. It currently holds the record for fastest train in the Americas at 183.68 mph (295.6 km/h).
Mehran Karimi NasseriAn Iranian refugee who lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 1988 until 2006 and again from September 2022 until his death in November that year.
Men's parking spaceAn antonym to women's parking spaces. The only known instances are two spaces in a garage in Germany.
Mile high clubSoaring members.
Miss BelvedereA car buried in a time capsule in 1957 and unearthed in 2007, only to discover that it had suffered 50 years of water damage underground and wouldn't start.
MTT Turbine SuperbikeThe most powerful street-legal motorcycle is run by a turboshaft engine designed for aircraft and can hit 250 miles per hour (400 km/h).
Northwest Airlines Flight 253Bombing a plane with an exploding underwear is never a good idea.
Parliamentary trainHave a useless railway station but can't afford to close it? Just run one train every few weeks there!
Passenger train toiletsWhy passengers must be discouraged from flushing or using toilets while the train is at a station.
Paternoster liftStrange European elevators without doors that travel in a loop. Considered by many to be very dangerous.
Peel P50The world's smallest production car.
PimpmobileDrive like a blaxploitation movie protagonist.
Plastic bicycleIt seems that making bikes out of plastic is not a recipe for success.
PZL M-15 BelphegorA Soviet attempt at a turbofan-powered crop duster. It is the slowest jet aircraft to enter production as well as the only jet biplane or jet crop duster to exist.
Reliant RegalA three-wheeled car formerly manufactured in England that could be driven with a motorcycle license.
Rocket mailThe delivery of mail by rocket or missile, attempted by various organisations in many different countries, with varying levels of success.
Rolligon tiresProbably the only way you can survive getting run over.
RP FLIPA manned ship that was designed to be capsized at a 90° angle for weeks on end.
SchienenzeppelinAn unholy combination of a Zeppelin and a locomotive.
School bus yellowA color specially formulated for use on school buses in the United States.
Screw-propelled vehicleGet there by screwing.
Shipping container architectureThe concept and art of using intermodal containers to build stuff.
Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George"An association formed to oppose the dehumanizing custom of addressing railway sleeping car porters as "George" regardless of their actual name.
South Pointing ChariotAn ancient Chinese mechanical compass which took a millennium to reproduce.
Tall bikeA bike which consists of two conventional bicycle frames connected one atop the other.
Train surfingAs respectable and practical as drying one's hair in most parts of the world.
Unused highwayLost highways, unloved and unused.
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571How do you survive on a freezing cold glacier with the impending threat of starvation? Answer: eat your friends.
USGlobal AirwaysAn active airline founded in 1989 that has never operated a single commercial flight.
ValuJet AirlinesQuite possibly the most unsafe airline in history. Think of it as being the air transport equivalent of Action Park.
Vomit CometLack of gravity is not good for the stomach.
Vortech Meg-2XH Strap-OnA discontinued strap-on helicopter designed for amateur construction. Somehow no lawsuits are mentioned in the article.
Wallsend Metro stationAll railroads lead to Rome. With "no smoking" signs, although tobacco was unknown to ancient Romans...
Westray to Papa Westray flightThe world's shortest passenger flight, lasting as little as 53 seconds. Just don't expect an in-flight meal.
The wrong type of snowPossibly the most feeble excuse for why British trains are so awful.

Computing

Could a unicycle balance itself?
Vital programming equipment.
.bvA top-level domain that isn't being sold, made for an Antarctic island where no one lives.
.ioHow is a top-level domain for a group of islands with a population of about 3000 military personnel and contractors where leisure tourism is banned so popular?
.kpNorth Korea's top-level domain. Interestingly, some websites under this ccTLD can be accessed outside of the DPRK.
.nuNiue's top-level domain, which is regulated by Sweden and almost exclusively used by European countries.
.suHow a piece of the Soviet Union's internet is not only still online but also still in use to this day.
.tvSales of websites under this top-level domain name make up 10% of Tuvalu's GDP.
999 phone charging mythSome people in the UK seriously believe that calling their emergency phone number charges your phone.
Any keyPress any key to continue.
BlinkenlightsDAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN!
BogosortThe world's worst sorting algorithm works like this: Randomise the list. Is it in order? If not, try again. Or maybe it is the best…
The Book of MozillaA well-known computer Easter egg found in the Netscape and Mozilla series of browsers.
BrainfuckAn intentionally difficult to use programming language containing only eight commands.
Brian's BrainHe's so smart, he has his own cellular automaton.
Bush hid the factsRevelations of a vast right-wing conspiracy, or just a glitch?
Chudnovsky brothersA pair of mathematicians who built a supercomputer out of spare parts.
Creeper and ReaperThe world's very first computer virus and computer antivirus, respectively.
Conway's Game of LifeA simple game with only four rules that people have made beautifully complex machines with. It even has the ability to self-replicate! See also Brian's Brain above.
Electric unicycleThe ongoing academic effort to teach robots to ride unicycles.
Elvis operatorAn operator in programming languages with an unusual name.
EmojliA now-defunct emoji-only social network. Started as a parody of Yo (see below).
EnshittificationEvery site you like gets worse and worse. Except Wikipedia (hopefully).
Esoteric programming languageRefers to programming languages designed as a test of the boundaries of computer programming language design, as a proof of concept, or as jokes, and not with the intention of being adopted for real-world programming.
Evil bitIndicates if a packet has been sent with malicious intent, so that it can be ignored.
Guru Meditation errorIf you thought the blue screen of death was bad, this computer error would hamper your quest to reach Nirvana.
HeisenbugA programming bug that disappears when you study it.
Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control ProtocolProtocol for controlling and monitoring coffee pots. Attempting to use a teapot while brewing coffee will yield you the "HTTP 418: I'm a teapot" error message.
I Am RichYou must be if you could afford this US$999.99 iPhone application that only displayed a red gem and a (misspelled) mantra.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser UsageInternet Explorer users have lower than average IQ, according to this (nonexistent) study.
International Obfuscated C Code ContestA competition to create code that no human can read.
IP over Avian CarriersAn Internet protocol for sending data packets using homing pigeons.
iSmellA computer peripheral designed to emit smells for websites and emails, later named one of the "Worst Tech Products" by PC Magazine.
LeetT3h 1@ngu/\&e 0f H@xx0rz.
LennaHow an image of a nude Playboy model became the industry-standard digital image compression test subject.
LoabAccording to AI, the exact opposite of many prompts is the same picture of an old woman.
lp0 on fireWant to panic a Unix user? Display an error that their printer is on fire.
MacquariumVintage Macintosh computers-turned-fishtanks.
Magic smokeWhen a chip fails, it's because the smoke has gotten out.
The Million Dollar HomepageA web page sold for advertising space at 1 dollar per pixel.
MONIACA water-based analogue computer used to model the United Kingdom economy, bringing a new meaning to the term liquidity.
Mystery meat navigationThe process of not telling you what you're about to click on.
Not a typewriterWell, what is it, then?
On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer ScienceA 1990 academic paper which argues that computer programming should be understood as a branch of mathematics, and that the formal provability of a program is a major criterion for correctness.
Pentium F00F bugAn Intel Pentium bug with an unusual name.
Reality distortion fieldSurely an obscure quantum-physics phenomenon? Nope!
Red Star OSNorth Korea's official Linux distribution. In line with Kim Jong-un apparently being an Apple fanboy, Red Star OS's latest UI design mimics macOS.
Rubber duck debuggingCode debugging by explaining your code to a rubber duck. Quack!
RTFMFour letters that solve most problems.
Rubber-hose cryptanalysisCryptography by other means.
Scunthorpe problemSpam filtering based on text strings can cause problems. Just ask the residents of S****horpe.
Send Me To HeavenA mobile game won by throwing your phone as close to heaven as you can without it getting there.
Tay (chatbot)An artificial intelligence chatbot designed by Microsoft to learn the speech patterns of the Twitter users who interacted with it, Tay lasted 16 hours before becoming too racist to remain online.
TempleOSA biblical-themed operating system designed by a single schizophrenic programmer over the course of 10 years after receiving instructions from God. Some assembly required.
Trojan Room coffee potThe fascinating target of the world's first webcam: a coffee machine at the computer science department of Cambridge University.
Utah teapotA 3D model which has become a standard reference object (and something of an in-joke) in the computer graphics community.
YoA messaging service whose only function was to send "Yo" to people.
Offerings of coins and even estrogen for the rat hole.
Ha ha ha... ha... gulp.
Gurned.
C'est Le Pétomane – who "performed" for royalty.
How far would you go to save yourself?
Allegedly, you can survive a conversation with Kuchisake-onna by saying the word "pomade" three times.
Action Park"There's nothing in the world like"... hiring untrained teenagers, plying guests with alcohol, and letting the accidents stack right up. Most infamously poor ride idea: a water slide with a vertical loop, so dangerous it was barely ever open.
"The Aristocrats"A joke considered to be both "the world's funniest" and "the world's worst". Also a 2005 documentary of the same name.
Balloonfest '86One of Cleveland's most infamous celebrations.
Baseball metaphors for sexTwo of America's favorite pastimes.
Beezin'A fad in which people apply Burt's Bees lip balm to their eyelids.
BigipediaA unique experiment in "broadwebcasting", Bigipedia is the website on your radio. In association with Chianto—"Officially recognised by the EU as a wine-type product or by-product".
Boston cop slideA slide in the Boston City Hall Plaza playground that became famous after a viral video of a police officer emerging from the slide going upside-down at an abnormally high rate of speed.
"Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!" controversyT-shirt slogan aimed towards young women, rocks aimed towards young men.
George P. BurdellA fictitious student officially enrolled at Georgia Tech in 1927, and, except for his "service" in World War II, has been continuously enrolled at the school ever since.
Caltech-MIT prank rivalryThey've been sabotaging each other since 2005.
Conan the LibrarianA perennial parody of Conan the Barbarian that has appeared in film, television, comics, and fan fiction.
Croydon faceliftA hairstyle peculiar to parts of England.
Cultural depictions of NapoleonFictional characters believing they are Napoleon are often used to suggest mental ill health.
Cultural history of the buttocksA cheeky article.
Chicago rat holeA decades-old rat-shaped hole on a sidewalk in Chicago that garnered international fame in early 2024. Pilgrims made offerings of coins, flowers, toys, food and much more.
Christo and Jeanne-ClaudeA pair of 20th century artists that became famous for their colossal side ecological works, such as 1972's Valley Curtain and 2012's The Floating Piers.
Dick jokeJokes about dicks.
Evil clownA recent development in American popular culture in which the playful trope of the clown is rendered as disturbing through the use of dark humor and horror elements.
F.A.T.A.L.The worst-reviewed tabletop role-playing game of all time, where you roll for your character's anal circumference and can listen to a theme song that "sounds like the Cookie Monster chasing a drum kit being pushed down a flight of stairs".
Flash mobWherein a group of people quickly meet up, engage in a random action such as a pillow fight, then disappear just as quickly.
Frozen PeasOrson Welles: brilliant director, notorious pitchman.
Fuck for ForestDo your bit to save the rainforest—have an orgy!
Ashrita FurmanHolds the Guinness World Record for holding the most Guinness World Records.
Garden hermitIn case you are in need of some backyard friends.
Ghost ridingA trend popularized by hyphy culture.
GongoozlerA person who likes to watch British canals.
Great Stork DerbyWhat could possibly be in the will of a notorious practical joker?
GurnA Western term for creating odd appearances of the face.
Hacks at MITLarge-scale pranks and practical jokes, mostly involving Harvard.
He lüchtLike a German Jungle Cruise, Hamburg port tour guides tell such tall tales that "He's lying" has become a name for them.
Human rainbowA huge gathering of colours.
HundeprutterutchebaneA rollercoaster themed around dog farts.
Issei SagawaWriter, commentator, minor celebrity, murderer, and cannibal.
K Foundation Burn a Million QuidWhy did the K Foundation burn a million pounds in cash?
KayfabeIn professional wrestling, the portrayal of events within the industry as real.
Alvin "Shipwreck" KellyClaimed to have survived five shipwrecks, three car crashes and two plane crashes, and still found time to create a craze for sitting on a flagpole for hours at a time.
Killer toyWhen children's toys attack!
Kuchisake-onnaA Japanese urban legend (probably). Also known as "the slit-mouthed woman", Kuchisake-onna is asking you if you think she's pretty. No matter what you answer, you're doomed. Except if you say "pomade" three times.
Land divingThe original bungee jumpers are from Vanuatu.
Lawnchair Larry flightSuccessfully piloted a lawn chair to 16,000 feet (4,900 m) over Los Angeles.
Le PétomaneA French entertainer famous in Victorian times for being able to break wind at will. Practitioners of this... art are called flatulists.
Lighthouse and naval vessel urban legendAn old classic for those who like a laugh at the expense of the US Navy.
List of defunct amusement parksI thought Marine World was open! Darn it...
List of games with concealed rulesGames with clear, obvious rules can be so boring.
List of incidents at Walt Disney WorldDid you think that Mickey's home would only be a place of sunshine and fun times? Think again.
List of stories set in a future now in the pastSome aged well, some not really.
Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legendTurns out, they have a bit of similarities with each other (not really).
Love lockPadlock your love to a fence, and throw away the key. That is if it doesn't get removed first.
MacGuffinAn object whose value lies in its ability to kick-start a plot.
Masturbate-a-thonIt's okay – it's for charity!
MetafictionFiction about fiction.
Miss BumbumAn annual beauty pageant to find Brazil's best buttocks.
Mooning the CogBad weather isn't the only reason to avoid the summit of Mount Washington.
Nazi chicThe approving use of Nazi-era style, imagery, and paraphernalia in clothing and popular culture.
No soap radioA prank joke intended to fool one of its listeners into believing that it is a joke.
Robert OpelThe life and eventual murder of the streaker of the 46th Academy Awards.
Pass by catastropheHas your college just burnt down? Congrats, you now have a bachelor's degree! Sadly, that isn't really the case in reality.
Ping pong showYou've heard of baseball metaphors for sex, now get ready for...
Pen spinningAn activity in which assorted tricks are used to manipulate a pen in aesthetically pleasing ways.
Purple AkiDo not let this man touch your muscles.
Radio YerevanThe "radio station" with the widest reach in the Soviet Union, despite having no transmitters.
Aron RalstonOne tough guy who, to escape from death, cut off his own arm with a dull knife after a boulder fell on it. Inspired the movie 127 Hours.
Real-life superheroAll you need is a cape and a dream.
Sardarji jokePopular jokes in India, based on stereotypes of Sikhs.
Self-referential humorA joke that refers to itself as the joke.
Sewer alligatorA legend that became a pop culture sensation.
StuntingThe things radio stations and TV networks will do for attention.
Treacle miningThe fictitious mining of treacle (molasses) in a raw form similar to coal.
Tube Bar prank callsA series of prank calls to a bar in Jersey City, New Jersey during the 1970s, where two pranksters would call for double-entendre names, such as 'Al Coholic' and 'Phil Mypockets'. A recording of it inspired a running gag in a very well-known sitcom.
UmarellOld people who watch construction sites.
Voluntary Human Extinction MovementA group of people trying to get everyone to stop reproducing.
When a white horse is not a horseA Chinese philosophy about a white horse either being a horse or not being a horse.
Willy's Chocolate ExperienceA world of pure imagination... if you can only imagine empty warehouses staffed by underpaid actors, where the main attraction is lemonade.
Works based on dreamsSometimes you should follow your dreams; after all, it might lead you to create the most-covered song in the world, write Frankenstein, or discover the structure of the atom.
World Famous BushmanA street entertainer in San Francisco who makes a living by pretending to be a bush.
You kids get off my lawn!I'm gonna call your parents, you kids!

Art

That's gotta hurt.
La Princesse.
New York is not the only Big Apple.
"Surely you can see that THIS is art!"
The Book of Miracles.
One of many Hellmouths.
Tipu's Tiger.
Cerne Abbas Giant.
747A performance art piece in which the artist fired shots at a Boeing 747 flying overhead, leading him to be questioned by the FBI.
AmericaA fully-functioning solid gold toilet, formerly on display (and available for use) in one of New York's finest art museums.
Artist's ShitA quite literal and humorous meta-art.
Australia's big thingsGiant folk art as tourist traps.
Augsburg Book of MiraclesA book dated from the 16th century full of weird religious drawings. Featuring a human–donkey–demon hybrid as one of its highlights.
BabylonokiaA clay Nokia phone with cuneiform keys. Was once misrepresented as an actual artifact.
Bliss (photograph)The most viewed photograph in all of human history is... the default wallpaper for Windows XP.
Bog Standard GalleryIt's a museum... inside a portable toilet.
Boll Weevil MonumentThe only known monument built to honor an agricultural pest.
Joachim-Raphaël BoronaliThe world's most artistically-tailed donkey.
Bottle RackA modern art piece created by Dada artist Marcel Duchamp. His sister, who mistook it for trash, threw it out.
Pierre Brassau"That's not art; a chimp could have painted that!"
Cabazon DinosaursComprises of "Dinny the Dinosaur," a larger-than-life, 150 ton sculpture of a brontosaurus in the desert of Southern California west of Palm Springs. Dinny's companion is "Mr. Rex," a 150 ton sculpture of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Made by people that think dinosaurs never existed.
Cerne Abbas GiantA very interesting hill figure in the English countryside.
Chamber of Art and Curiosities, Ambras CastleA cabinet of curiosities created by Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria in the 16th century.
Cool SA symbol of uncertain origins often used in graffiti.
Degenerate Art exhibitionWhen the Nazis exhibited examples of art that they didn't consider "purely German" enough, so people could hate it in person. It ended up drawing visitor numbers that regular art galleries in the country could only dream of.
The Dream of the Fisherman's WifeAn 1814 Hokusai woodcut of a woman getting intimate with a pair of octopuses, sometimes described as the originator of tentacle erotica.
Droste effectThe effect of a picture appearing within itself.
DisumbrationismA novelist who's never picked up a paintbrush before creates a false art school and submits amateurish paintings as part of it... and is successful for a while.
Earring Magic KenHow Barbie's boyfriend, in an attempt to look cooler, became a gay icon.
Ecce HomoAn otherwise-unremarkable fresco of Jesus that was "restored" by an untrained amateur and now looks like a monkey.
Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, GlasgowHas been regularly topped off with a traffic cone since the 1980s.
Fire photographyThe act of taking photographs of firefighting operations.
Fourth plinth, Trafalgar SquareThe horse is missing.
Fremont TrollAn 18 foot, 13,000 pound concrete sculpture of a troll clutching a Volkswagen Beetle.
Fuckart & PimpGoing all the way to own your own art.
Gävle goatA giant straw Yuletide goat that is the target of frequent arson attacks and vandalism.
Geostationary Banana Over TexasAn Argentinian artist's plan(?) to launch a banana-shaped airship over Texas.
Hahn/CockA giant blue cock in Trafalgar Square.
Headington SharkAn Oxford man has had a 25-foot (7.6 m) long sculpture of a shark embedded headfirst into the roof of his unassuming house since 1986.
He-gassenIt really puts the "art" in "fart".
HellmouthThe entrance to Hell envisaged as the gaping mouth of a huge monster, an image which first appears in Anglo-Saxon art.
Hobby tunnelingSome people just love to dig.
Howard HallisAn artist who attempted to draw the "Picture of Everything", a massive painting containing drawings of thousands of people and items, both real and imaginary.
Megumi IgarashiPerhaps the world's most prominent in the field of drawing and sculpting the vulva.
JazzAn iconic 1990s disposable cup design.
Katrina refrigeratorLoot this! Free meal inside!
Knitta PleaseNYC hip hop graffiti knitters.
KryptosA sculpture on the grounds of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency containing four encrypted messages, only three of which have been solved.
Latte artThe best art is caffeinated.
LatrinaliaThe sage and insightful scribblings on your local public bathroom wall.
List of largest photographsIncludes information on print and digital photos that are reputedly the world's largest.
Musca depictaFor some reason, a lot of artists wanted you to think a fly had landed on their paintings.
Museum of Bad ArtA Museum "dedicated to the collection, preservation, and exhibition of really awful artwork".
Emil NoldeThe curious case of an artist who was an avid supporter of Nazism, yet was later featured in the country's "degenerate art" gallery.
Paintings by Adolf HitlerThe Nazi dictator and perpetrator of one of the worst genocides in history was also a painter.
Pantone 448 C"Drab dark brown", the least attractive colour, according to research. Used for plain tobacco packaging.
Phallic architectureDoes the Washington Monument, Ypsilanti Water Tower or Peoples Daily building remind you of something?
Pink LadyIn 1966, a woman secretly painted a 60-foot (18 m) tall portrait of a nude woman over a tunnel and sued when the county tried to take it down.
Piss ChristA photograph of a crucifix submerged in the artist's urine.
Portland International Airport carpetA carpet design so famous that it gained a cult following.
PricassoA man who paints with his genitalia.
La PrincesseA 15-metre (50 ft) mechanical spider which stomped about Liverpool in 2008.
Project GrahamA work of art "symboliz[ing] the vulnerability of human bodies in [car] crashes".
Abel Ramírez ÁguilarA Mexican sculptor who made a name for himself in ice and snow sculpture after winning gold at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Le RêveA Picasso painting that purportedly would have sold for a record price had its owner, Steve Wynn, not accidentally poked a hole in it, and which eventually did sell for a different record price.
Roundabout dogSeen any dog on the loose while out driving lately? Chances are it's a roundabout dog.
Sacred CodThere's also a "Holy Mackerel", Batman.
Scandinavian Institute of Comparative VandalismMine is better than yours.
SeedfeederAn illustrator who contributed around 48 free-use drawings to Wikipedia, each being sexually-graphic drawings for articles on each (in)appropriate act. Lives up to their name, don't they?
Les songes drolatiques de PantagruelA spin-off of the famous medieval book Pantagruel, about the adventures of a gluttonous gigantic being; in the illustrated book, we can have a clue of what that wonderful fella dreams at night. Spoiler alert: it's all hellish creatures.
SuperlambananaA statue in Liverpool that's half-lamb, half-banana.
Tennis GirlPhoto of a girl with no underwear that became so popular politicians began to cosplay it.
ThomassonFinding the art in things that are still maintained despite being useless.
TillieAn odd painting of a grinning face, that used to be on the Palace Amusements building in Asbury Park, New Jersey before it was demolished.
Tipu's TigerA very... curious mechanical toy created for Indian ruler Tipu Sultan that represented his feelings for the expansionist East India Company on the Indian sub-continent.
Trump, the Buddha of Knowing of the Western ParadiseA surreal Buddha-ified statue of Donald Trump, promoted on Taobao with the slogan "make your company great again".
Turnip PrizeThe prize that satirises modern art by giving awards to low-effort collections of junk. Bonus points for titling it with a bad pun.
Unique Forms of Continuity in SpaceAt least sixteen casts of this "unique" sculpture exist. Not to mention that the sculptor already made a few similar designs.
William UtermohlenAn artist who drew self-portraits after being diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease in 1995, and would continue these portraits for six years, until 2001.
les UXA French artistic movement that expresses itself in underground places.

Comics and animation

Jenny Everywhere – at your service and in your hands.
Beware the truck that will send you to another world.
101 Uses for a Dead CatA collection of illustrations all about exactly that - its first edition sold over 2 million copies.
Aachi & SsipakA South Korean animated film about a dystopian future where poop is used as a power source.
Acme CorporationTheir products have been used and endorsed by all the best cartoon characters.
Afghanis-tanCentral Asian history has never been cuter. (Osama bin Laden makes an appearance as a turban-wearing stray cat.)
Archie Meets the PunisherThe team-up you thought would never happen.
Archie vs. PredatorTeenagers somehow become worthy game.
Arm-Fall-Off-BoyThe first applicant to be rejected from the Legion of Super-Heroes. His superpower was the ability to temporarily detach either arm and use it as a club with the other.
Behind Closed Doors (book)An unreleased book of pornographic SpongeBob SquarePants drawings by some of the storyboard artists, partially leaked in July 2023.
Bobobo-bo Bo-boboName of a Japanese manga whose subject matter is as surreal as its title.
Bring Me the Head of Charlie BrownA slasher-themed parody of the Peanuts TV series with a mass-murdering Charlie Brown, whose director went on to work for Disney.
Cartoon physicsIn animation, humour takes precedence over the ordinary laws of physics.
Censored ElevenA group of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons pulled from syndication due to their racist depictions of black people.
Cheat SlayerAn isekai manga axed after just one chapter when it was noticed that the villains were thinly-veiled clones of other isekai heroes.
Corona-chanA fictional personification of the coronavirus which caused racial controversies.
"Cow tools"A cartoon from the comic strip The Far Side that was so confusing thousands of people called the author trying to understand its meaning.
Comic book deathComic book characters have a tendency to rarely, if ever, stay dead.
Dennis the MenaceTwo comic strips, in the United Kingdom and the United States, that debuted on the exact same day, with the exact same name.
"Dennō Senshi Porygon"An episode of the "harmless" Pokémon cartoon that caused seizures in almost 700 children.
Der Fuehrer's FaceDonald Duck won an Oscar as a Hitler-saluting Nazi.
Ebola-chanFictional personification of the Ebola virus promoted with racist intentions.
Eveready Harton in Buried TreasureA short pornographic cartoon from the 1920s about a man with an oversized, sentient detachable penis.
Foreskin ManIntroducing Foreskin man, the superhero who wants to end the practice of circumcision.
Gorillas in comicsA curious abundance of gorillas in comic book plots during the Silver Age of Comics.
Homosexuality in the Batman franchiseDo Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson do more together than fighting crime?
ISIS-chanCreated by Japanese internet users to purposely offset search results for... the actual thing it was referencing.
Jenny EverywhereAn open-source webcomic character.
Kuso Miso TechniqueA homoerotic, scatological manga that ended up becoming an online meme.
Manga BibleAnd the Lord said unto John, "Omae wa mō shinde iru".
The Metric MarvelsAs part of the 1970's campaign to encourage use of the metric system in the U.S, the creators of Schoolhouse Rock! produced these shorts to teach children about liters, meters, and most things in between.
Moe anthropomorphismEven a washing machine can be the girl of your dreams.
Mr. ImmortalA Marvel Comics superhero with no special powers except immortality, who has been killed in ways including crushing, burning, self-impalement on giant novelty scissors, bear trap, cannon, chainsaw, piranhas, ferrets, spear, python, and alcohol poisoning (three times). Prone to fits of rage upon returning to life.
NFL SuperProA comic book series about a super American football player, perhaps taking Super Bowl too far.
Pinky & Pepper ForeverA short furry graphic novel dealing with themes such as Catholicism, lesbianism, relationship struggles, BDSM, suicide, and the afterlife, expressed through characters from a short-lived line of fashion dolls.
Pokémon episodes removed from rotationEpisodes of the Pokémon TV show that, for one reason or another, were never re-ran, skipped over in international dubs, or just never aired at all.
PopetownDue to complaints by Catholics, this animated series' original broadcaster BBC Three never showed it at all.
Squirrel and HedgehogThe height of the North Korean animation industry. A tale of talking animals as an allegory for the North Korean version of history, featuring Americans depicted as laser-eyed wolves.
Syaoran Li
Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, clone)
Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, original)
What happens on Wikipedia when a group of manga artists take a character from one of their earlier works and perform several cross-references and plot twists.
Tentacle eroticaHuman-cephalopod sexual relations, popular in hentai.
The Leader (web series)Chinese propaganda anime based on the life of Karl Marx.
Tiger Mask donation phenomenonThe other time manga's most famous pro wrestler entered the real world.
Truck-kunThe character responsible for sending more protagonists to other worlds than any other.

Literature

Only 112?
"Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī... help!!
Was this man also William Shakespeare?
"Beautiful railway bridge
of the silv'ry Tay
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last sabbath day of 1879
Which will be remember'd for a very long time."
T-rexes getting frisky, possibly with the help of dinosaur erotica
1885 medallion of the bogus Society of Science, Letters and Art
***The story of a man who creates ***s out of raws. It is never explained what "***" nor "raw" means.
1601A quite risqué squib telling a conversation between Queen Elizabeth I and various famous 16th century writers fully on scatological topics, described as "the most famous piece of pornography in American literature". Notably written by Mark Twain.
112 Gripes About the FrenchA handbook produced to help American soldiers understand the French.
A True StoryAn Ancient Greek parody of tall tales that were told as true in ancient sources, that contains the first literary references to space travel and fighting wars against aliens. The story ends with "the biggest lie of all" - a promise of future sequels.
A VoidAn entire novel written without using the letter e. See also Gadsby below.
AldiborontiphoskyphorniostikosPublished in 1825 as a Victorian children's book and described as "a round game for merry parties", the object of the game was to quickly recite alphabetical tongue-twisting mock-Latin gibberish.
Alien space batsAn implausible divergence from the real world, used as a plot device in alternate history.
Anthropodermic bibliopegyThe practice of binding books in human skin.
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar CommunicationYour helpful NASA guide on talking to aliens.
Atlanta NightsA group of science fiction authors get together and deliberately write an absolutely horrible novel to fool and embarrass a "vanity publisher".
Bad Sex in Fiction AwardCreated to draw attention to the worst-of-the-worst in describing sex.
The Beginning Was the EndA piece of racist pseudoscience written by a self-proclaimed psychic, that posits man devolved from a species of intelligent cannibalistic apes. Would be completely obscure if not for Devo.
Betteridge's law of headlinesWhy, when a newspaper asks a yes-no question, the answer is usually "no".
Big Dumb ObjectObjects in science fiction literature and media that are specifically created to be interesting. Too bad they'll probably be overlooked with a name like this...
The Book of Heroic FailuresA book which glorifies failure. Started off by The Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain. The book was a success and thus declared a "failure as a failure".
Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the YearWho can forget such classics as Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers, How to Avoid Huge Ships or Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Power: How to Increase the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts?
La Bougie du SapeurA French newspaper published every February 29th.
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction ContestA contest to find the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.
Cain's JawboneA murder mystery puzzle book that only three people have solved since it was published in 1934.
Catullus 16An explicit ancient Roman poem whose opening line has been described as "one of the filthiest expressions ever written in Latin".
The Anarchist CookbookHave you ever been in need of an easy-to-follow bomb manual? Well, now you have it.
Codex SeraphinianusAn illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, written in an imaginary language.
Confessions of an English Opium-EaterThis highly popular autobiographical account about the effects of laudanum led several English authors to opium use.
Henry DargerWriter of a 15,000-page manuscript along with several thousand watercolor paintings and other drawings illustrating the story, who rarely left his small room. His word was worth millions a few years after his death.
Dinosaur eroticaHave you ever been Taken by a T-Rex or Ravished by a Triceratops?
Death poemThe urge to have famous last words, taken to its logical, carefully rewritten extreme.
Empty bookA literal example of why you should not judge a book by its cover.
English as She Is SpokeA 19th-century PortugueseEnglish conversational guide and phrase book that is regarded as a classic of unintentional humour since it was apparently the product of translating a Portuguese–French phrase book by non-English-speaking Portuguese with the help of a French–English phrase book.
English-language editions of The HobbitNow collectors' items because of their printing differences.
Evil laughter"Mua-ha-haha-ha-haaa" and the like.
The Eye of ArgonAn infamously bad heroic fantasy novella, written in 1970 by Jim Theis and circulated anonymously in science fiction fandom since then.
Fallout: EquestriaA five volume, 620,000-word long crossover fanfiction of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the post-apocalyptic Fallout video game franchise.
Fart ProudlyAn essay written by Benjamin Franklin about flatulence.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of WomenA 1558 diatribe by John Knox against Mary, Queen of Scots and Mary Tudor.
Fly Fishing by J. R. HartleyA non-existent book by a non-existent author, created for a Yellow Pages UK ad, and made real eight years later.
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn"Supposedly the shortest story possible in the English language, though Ernest Hemingway had nothing to do with it.
Future Library projectProject that collects an original work by a popular writer every year from 2014 to 2114. The works will remain unread and unpublished until 2114; one thousand trees were specially planted for the project; the 100 manuscripts will be printed using paper made from the trees.
GadsbyA 50,110-word long book famous for not using the letter "e".
Grammarians' WarAt the start of the 16th century, British schoolmasters were insulting one another. In Latin, of course.
Harry Potter and the Methods of RationalityTextbook on rationality disguised as a Harry Potter fanfiction.
Hawking IndexAre you one of the 1.9% to have read Hillary Clinton's Hard Choices from cover-to-cover?
Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My BedThe perfect picture book for your little conservative.
Hitler DiariesA sensational discovery in 1983, which turned out to be an elaborate hoax.
Hogwarts School of Prayer and MiraclesAn evangelical Christian version of the Harry Potter series, featuring creationism, anti-Catholicism, and Biblical references that assume you have a Bible handy. Maybe written by a traditionalist wife and mother for her children, maybe a hoax - who knows?
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It ComingNo, this isn't about the murder of a Disney character. This is the memoir of the man responsible for declassifying Pluto.
Hundred Thousand Billion PoemsRaymond Queneau's 1961 book consisting of ten sonnets printed on card with each line on a separate strip. As all ten sonnets have not just the same rhyme scheme but the same rhyme sounds, any lines from a sonnet can be combined with any from the nine others, allowing for 1014 (= 100,000,000,000,000) different poems.
I Am a CatA novel written from the perspective of a cat.
I Am GodA novel in which God is made to keep a diary to chronicle his love for an atheist.
I Sexually Identify as an Attack HelicopterA pro-transgender story, written by a transgender woman, that's named after a transphobic meme.
I, LibertineA non-existent novel that was the subject of a hoax intended to criticize the manner in which best-seller lists are determined.
If Israel Lost the WarA very soft alternate history romance.
The Iraq War: A Historiography of Wikipedia ChangelogsA 2010 book, divided into 10 editions, entirely about Wikipedia changes made on page about the Iraq War (2003-2011) when the US was still involved in the confrontation.
Jennifer Mills NewsA weekly newspaper written by, and about, herself since 2002.
The JungleA 1906 book that secretly exposed the dark side of meat factories from that time, eventually resulting in the passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and later, by extension, the FDA.
LajjaHow this 1993 novel was the primary reason for the exile of its author overseas.
Lecherous LimericksDirty limericks by Isaac Asimov.
Lesbian vampireThey don't bite...necks.
"Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den"A poem written by a Chinese poet in Classical Chinese. It can be read and understood by all who understand the language, even though it consists entirely of the word "shi" repeated 92 times in different tones.
Lobby Lud"You are ____ and I claim my five pounds".
Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygonA fictional dish with a quite long name.
Magical NegroAn outdated stock character who helps out white protagonists.
Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorshipA theory which states that Christopher Marlowe's unnatural death was a hoax and that he continued to write and publish under the pseudonym "William Shakespeare".
William McGonagallA writer widely held to be the worst poet in the English language.
Men in AidaA homoerotic homophonic translation of Homer: "Men in Aida, they appeal, eh? A day, O Achilles."
The Meaning of HitlerSir Max Hastings called it 'among the best' studies of Hitler.
Yukio MishimaA nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature who is perhaps more notorious for attempting an ultranationalist coup d'etat against the Japanese government, despite only being supported by four other people. After this inevitably failed, he committed seppuku, and speculation as to his true psychological motives has raged ever since.
Mock TurtleThe weirdest, and least recorded, character in Alice in Wonderland.
MonostichPoetry doesn't need rhyme, or meter, or in this case, even more than one line.
My ImmortalA legendarily terrible piece of Harry Potter fan fiction that awkwardly inserted vampires, time travel, and emo/"goff" subcultures into J.K. Rowling's wizarding world. Someone who may have been the author of the piece almost got a major publishing deal for her memoirs.
My Life as a 10-Year-Old BoyNot literally; this autobiography about one of the Simpsons's voice actors was once performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004, by the author herself.
Naked Came the StrangerJournalists prove a point when their intentionally awful sex novel becomes a bestseller. Later the basis of a porn film starring Darby Lloyd Rains.
Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928–1960A hoax biography written about a fictional artist, written as part of an elaborate prank pulled on art critics.
Old Possum's Book of Practical CatsCat poems by T. S. Eliot.
OmegaverseWhat if humans had alphas, too? This is the question asked by a generation of fanfic writers.
On BullshitA very serious essay by Harry Frankfurt sketching a philosophical theory of, well, bullshit.
Order of the Occult Hand"It was as if an occult hand had edited this Wikipedia article."
Ossian"The greatest poet that has ever existed", according to Jefferson. But he didn't.
P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever"M" is for... mnemonic? "B" is for bdellium? What?
Philip M. ParkerWriter of The 2007-2012 Outlook for Tufted Washable Scatter Rugs, Bathmats and Sets That Measure 6-Feet by 9-Feet or Smaller in India and thousands of other works... by means of a computer program.
A Pickle for the Knowing OnesWithout questions one of finnest Pieces of wrriten text in the English language.
Pinocchio paradoxWhat if Pinocchio said his nose will grow?
Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of OzUnderstanding the political context of the mid-to-late 1890s in the United States will give you a different understanding of the gold, silver and emerald symbolism, among other things.
Print WikipediaYes, it does exist.
Project Mars: A Technical TaleA sci-fi book about Mars exploration and the Martians led by "the Elon", written by NASA's chief rocketer Wernher von Braun in 1949.
Rangila RasulHow this religious satire made a massive controversy between India's Muslim and Hindu communities, and helped change the nation's legal system.
Rejecting JaneTurns out publishers really don't know anything about literature.
Rolling Stone (Uganda)The Ugandan version isn't a music magazine, but instead tries to out gay men and get them killed.
Amanda McKittrick RosThe McGonagall of prose. J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis competed as to who could read her longest without laughing.
Saddam Hussein's novelsCrimes against literature?
The Satanic VersesAn infamous fictional play that to this day endangers the life of the Author and The translators due to religious fanatics.
Shakespeare apocryphaAnti-Stratfordians (see "Shakespeare authorship question" below) can take heart that there really are works attributed to Shakespeare that weren't written by him!
Shakespeare authorship questionA great conspiracy that concealed the identity of the true author of "Shakespeare's" works, implying that all contemporary references to Shakespeare's authorship were fraudulent or mistaken.
Society of Science, Letters and Art19th century bogus literary society which duped learned (and would-be learned) people into purchasing the right to the society's academic dress and letters after their name.
Peter SotosA writer and musician who explores serial killer and pedophile lore, while simultaneously praising them in his work. For one of his magazine covers, he used an image taken from real child pornography, which he plead guilty to possessing.
Striking and Picturesque Delineations of the Grand, Beautiful, Wonderful, and Interesting Scenery Around Loch-EarnAngus McDiarmad, a native Scots-Gaelic speaker, writes a book on a Scottish Highland area with the help of an English dictionary to great comic effect and is termed "the world's worst author".
The Tale of Two LoversA 15th century erotic novel written by a future pope.
There once was a man from Nantucket...A gratifying theme for limericks; some of them obscene.
Time travel in The Lord of the RingsTurns out time travel is embedded into The Lord of the Rings in several different ways.
Chuck TingleA monster erotica writer whose stories feature sexual encounters with almost anything you can imagine, ranging from a sentient jet plane to the concept of time. Also a master of taekwondo (allegedly) and is always seen wearing a pink sack on his head.
Le Train de Nulle PartA French novel, 233 pages long, written without verbs.
The UnfortunatesA book whose chapters you can read in pretty much any order.
"Whitey on the Moon"Not everybody was happy to see the first man on the Moon.
Winnie ille PuWinnie-the-Pooh in Latin that became a bestseller.
Wonders of the EastAn Old English text from a millennium ago, all about the various creatures that can supposedly be found in Asia. These apparently include dragons, giant ants, hens which burn people, human-donkey hybrids and humans with fan-like ears that cover their entire bodies.

Music

I got a fever...
27 ClubA number of prominent musicians have died at this age, though statisticians attribute the "club" to apophenia – seeing patterns in random data. See also the related white lighter myth.
AnimutationThe practice of taking lyrics of foreign songs, "mishearing" them into English, and producing a Flash video to go along with it.
Avril Lavigne replacement conspiracy theoryThe "Paul is dead" (see below) of the millennial generation, with Melissa Vandella playing the role of Billy Shears.
Bouncing ballThat thing in music videos that helps you sing along to the lyrics. It dates back to 1924.
"Brian Wilson is a genius"A music journalist's meme from the 1960s that arguably destroyed the career of the Beach Boys' main songwriter and producer. (Within three years, Wilson was working as a grocery store cashier.)
Characters in Devo music videosQ: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Wikipedia!
"Clapton is God"Graffiti that's famous for a photo of a dog urinating on it.
Clear Channel memorandumAmerica banning "Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters from radio airplay after 9/11 is an odd choice. Though "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong brings to mind more questions.
Curse of the ninthThe superstition that any composer of symphonies, from Beethoven onwards, will die soon after writing their own Ninth Symphony.
The Dark Side of the RainbowWhat happens when you mix Pink Floyd and The Wizard of Oz?
Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incidentThe band's tour bus dumped 800 pounds of sewage on a passenger boat. Funnily enough, the opener of that night's concert was "Don't Drink the Water"...
EarwormIt's got a hook in you.
Elvis impersonatorPeople pretend to be Elvis Presley and only him.
Elvis sightingsThere are many who still believe.
Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.That time John Fogerty was sued for sounding like himself.
Fyre FestivalThe organizers spent so much money promoting the event that they ran out of money to spend on the actual event. They were later faced with eight lawsuits.
Industrial musicalMusicals about a business, intended to be seen by the business' employees to improve loyalty and motivation.
Jazz ambassadorsSubliminal American values delivered through smooth jams.
LebenslauteOpen air classical music performances as a form of political protest.
List of classical music concerts with an unruly audience responseConcerts which didn't work out quite as well as hoped.
Literal music videoWhat happens when you replace the lyrics in a music video with lyrics that describe what's actually happening in the music video? Hilarity ensues.
Loudness warWhy recorded music is getting "louder" over time.
ManualismThe little-known art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands.
Marilyn Manson–Columbine High School massacre controversyNews media falsely accused Marilyn Manson and his band of the same name for influencing two mass shooters who actually hated his music.
Metal Open AirIntended as Brazil's version of Wacken Open Air, it instead became their version of Fyre Festival.
Millennial whoopPut on a "best of the 2010s" playlist, and hear the same repeated two notes everywhere.
"More Cowbell"I got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!
"More popular than Jesus"A remark that later proved deadly for John Lennon.
Mozart and scatologyMozart was fond of toilet humour, his letters to friends and family often contained scatological passages. He even wrote music dedicated to scatology, which was shared among a closed group of most likely inebriated friends, the most infamous of which is Leck mich im Arsch (literally "Lick me in the arse").
Musikalisches WürfelspielA system written by Mozart in which the musical piece is decided randomly by playing dice.
"My Way" killingsYou can get killed for singing Frank Sinatra's signature tune in the Philippines.
P-Funk mythologyThe whimsical universe surrounding the P Funk all stars.
"Paul is dead"Was Paul McCartney replaced by a lookalike in the 1960s?
Pink Floyd pigsThe band's recurring props and references.
PopMart TourTake an unfinished studio album, hold a press conference at Kmart, and put on a show in countries around the world, complete with a spinning mirrorball lemon, a giant martini olive, a large golden arch, and the largest video screen ever toured. That would be U2's 1997–98 tour in a nutshell.
Publius EnigmaA mystery wrapped in an enigma related to Pink Floyd, which has remained unsolved since it appeared on Usenet in 1994.
Operation Nifty PackageHow do you get a dictator out of an embassy? With music, of course!
Rockism and poptimismWhat happens when pop music fans take themselves way too seriously? Actually, nothing fun.
Unusual types of gramophone recordsFrom changing speeds, to endlessly-looping locked grooves, to... Bhutanese postage stamps?
"Up to eleven"This article is one louder.
Uruguayan InvasionJust as British bands were crossing the pond, Uruguayan bands were crossing the Uruguay River to Argentina.
Vestal Masturbation T-shirtA shirt released by the British heavy metal band Cradle of Filth depicting a masturbating nun on the front and calls Jesus Christ a cunt on the back. Multiple people have been arrested for wearing it out in public.
WhamageddonA festive music challenge where you have to avoid listening to a certain Christmas song throughout the Christmas period. Perfect if you're not a fan of George Michael.

Instruments

Let your brain control the music.
Make music, not war.
BlackbirdA playable violin made out of black stone.
Cat organA keyboard instrument in which the keys cause cats to meow.
ElectroencephalophoneA musical instrument controlled by brainwaves.
EscopetarraThe guitAR-15 of Colombia.
Great Stalacpipe OrganMade in a cave using stalactites and a lot of patience and ingenuity.
Musical sawThe least favourite instrument of Ronnie Wood, the Hollies and the Screaming Trees.
PiganinoLike a harpsichord, but instead of plucking strings, you're poking pigs. May not have existed, but inspired some good music anyway.
Ugly stickAn instrument in Newfoundland, an insult everywhere else.
Viola jokesYou can tell if a viola player is playing out of tune if you can see the bow moving.

Genres

"Guess the black metal bands are in town..."
BiomusicMusic made by non-humans.
Chap hopRap music about being English in the 19th-century.
ChillwaveThe term was invented to make fun of music journalists and bloggers who hype "the next big thing". Ironically, they then wrote about chillwave as "the next big thing".
Christian skaApparently, not even God himself can resist the raw power of ska.
Danger musicThe name is very much literal, music that tries to harm the listener or performer.
Early Norwegian black metal sceneMore church arsons per capita than any other known music scene!
GothabillyWhat if Buddy Holly was goth?
Grunge speakThat time a receptionist convinced The New York Times that "wack slacks" was slang for ripped jeans and "lamestain" meant an uncool person.
Jihadism and hip hopStraight outta ISIS.
Kawaii metalThe cutest metal subgenre.
LowercaseA genre of ultra-minimalist music that is known for deliberately utilizing silence to contrast with mundane field recordings which have been amplified in volume.
Pirate metalHeavy metal music combined with pirate mythology and jargon.
ProibidãoAs part of a crackdown on drug cartels in Rio de Janeiro, this uniquely Brazilian form of gangsta rap cannot legally be performed or broadcast on the radio.
Unblack metalBlack metal, but Christian.
Yu-MexMexican music... from Yugoslavia.

Composers, musicians, and performers

"Nero fiddles while Gordon Burns, in my Joy Division oven gloves".
Just some typical stage attire.
AKB48 GroupGirl group or franchise? Same with her "official" rival group and "spin-off" group as well!
ArnoCorps
Austrian Death Machine
A pair of bands who perform songs solely based on Arnold Schwarzenegger films.
Y. BhekhirstA mysterious man with an implaceable accent hands over copies of his self-recorded cassette to random New York record stores in the 80s/90s, which contain a selection of strange, barely comprehensible songs set against sparse, repetitive instrumentation, later spawning a cult following among outsider music enthusiasts and a decades-long mystery.
Bis KaidanWhat happens when noise music meets J-pop?
Boston Typewriter OrchestraAh, the beautiful sound of... typewriters.
Rosemary BrownA spiritualist who claimed that dead composers dictated new musical works to her.
BucketheadA virtuoso electric guitarist known for always wearing a white mask and a KFC bucket on his head while performing and releasing over 300 albums over the course of over 30 years.
Bull of HeavenA group that is known for their extremely long albums. Most known for 210: Like a Wall in Which An Insect Lives and Gnaws at a runtime of 5.7 years; their longest album is 310: ΩΣPx0(2^18×5^18)p*k*k*k at 3.343 quindecillion years long.
GG AllinA punk-rocker who would attack people attending his concerts, consisting of hoarse, disheveled vocals. He would also take an excessive amount of drugs, strip naked, and defecate on stage.
CD RevBecause nothing says gangsta like being funded by a corrupt communist government.
Death in JuneNot many other anti-fascist music groups can claim to be so blanketed with fascist imagery, even down to the name.
Eva BraunA rock band from Serbia.
Damião ExperiençaAn eccentric Brazilian singer-songwriter, known for being a reclusive hoarder and singing in his own made-up dialect of Portuguese (which he claimed was spoken on his "home planet"), often about self-contradictory and pro-authoritarian political themes and popular culture.
Matt FarleyA songwriter who has released thousands of songs under at least seventy pseudonyms such as "Papa Razzi and the Photogs", "The Hungry Food Band", and "The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke and Pee".
The GerogerigegegeA very special music project that released the sound of a man defecating and a record commemorating the deceased Japanese emperor with the sound of people having sex to the national anthem, and had a member who just masturbated on stage.
Half Man Half BiscuitHave you ever listened to "Man of Constant Sorrow (With a Garage in Constant Use)" from the album No-One Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin' Hedge Cut?
HanatarashThe Japanese noise band that drove a bulldozer into their concert venue.
HatebeakThe thing that should not beak.
HatariA band that entered the 2019 Söngvakeppnin (Iceland's Eurovision Song Contest selection competition) as a joke, only to win first place. The band then finished third in Eurovision's semi-finals, advancing to the Grand Final and finishing 10th place there.
Joyce HattoA pianist who had many doctored recordings falsely attributed to her long after she stopped performing in public.
Bobby JamesonA hippie singer-songwriter outcast who never received financial compensation for his songs and records. Thought to be dead after the 1960s, but then resurfaced with a blog in 2007 aiming to set the record straight about his life story.
JandekA prolific and pseudonymous singer/songwriter active since 1978 who only grants the occasional interview and has never provided any biographical information.
Florence Foster JenkinsAn American soprano famous for her singing ability or lack thereof.
Kevin MacLeodPerhaps the most heard musician on the whole internet.
Klaus NomiCountertenor with an unusually wide vocal range, whose style of dress was commonly referred to as "alien-like" and enjoyed recording new wave covers of 1950s pop.
The KLFAn electronic band that became mainstream chart-toppers while undertaking confrontational Situationist-influenced performance stunts, culminating in them performing at the nationally-televised 1992 BRIT Awards with a grindcore band while firing machine gun blanks into the audience, dumping a dead sheep at the afterparty, and then disbanding.
Kunt and the GangIf you think his name is a bit rude, you should hear his songs such as "Use My Arsehole as a Cunt", "I'm Wanking over a Pornographic Polaroid of an Ex-Girlfriend Who Died" and "Jesus Died of a Stranglewank". Then there was the one about his paperboy... See also: "Boris Johnson is a Fucking Cunt".
LadBabyA British YouTuber who had five Christmas number ones in the UK in a row between 2018 and 2022, all of them being sausage roll-themed parodies of well-known songs. Strongly disliked by Kunt and the Gang (see above).
LaibachA Slovenian industrial band known for combining totalitarian aesthetics with pop culture, including martial covers of the Beatles and Queen. Also known as the first Western band to perform in North Korea.
MerzbowA Japanese experimental music project whose most popular album has been affectionately described as "What a bug hears when it's being flushed down the toilet" and "Directly looking at the sun with your ears".
MoondogA blind composer, theoretician, poet, and inventor of musical instruments who dressed like a viking and lived as a street musician in New York between the 1940s and 1970s.
MP4Rock music and Members of Parliament do mix.
Okilly DokillyA band that performs metalcore songs about the character Ned Flanders from The Simpsons, while dressed as the character as well.
One Pound Fish ManA man who works at a market who saw his sales patter go viral and challenge the X Factor for the Christmas number one single in 2012.
PanchikoA group of British teenagers form a band and record a demo CD-R which is quickly forgotten about. Around fifteen years later, someone discovers a corrupted copy in a charity shop, and it becomes an online phenomenon.
Eilert PilarmThe Elvis impersonator who looks and sounds nothing like Elvis, according to Alfo Media.
Charles Manson discographyWait, whose discography??
R. Stevie MooreA one-man band who has self-released over 400 albums through his home-based mailing service since 1982. Later noted as a pioneer of DIY music and indie rock.
Portsmouth SinfoniaAn orchestra made up entirely of people with no experience in playing their respective assigned instruments.
Les Rallizes DénudésA pioneering Japanese experimental rock band, known for releasing virtually no studio material despite being active for around 30 years, their reclusive founder refusing nearly all interviews and media coverage, while nevertheless going on to be highly influential among Japan's avant-garde underground. This may or may not have been due to the fact the original bassist was involved in hijacking a domestic air flight, redirecting it towards North Korea.
The ResidentsA long-running avant-garde music collective that perform wearing eyeball helmets and disguises, successfully maintaining their anonymity for around 50 years. One early rumor was that they were actually the Beatles.
RockbitchAn all-female pagan rock band who were notorious for performing live sex acts on stage.
Mamoru SamuragochiA "deaf composer" who wasn't deaf and didn't compose anything.
The ShaggsNone of this band's members really wanted to form a band, nor did they really have any musical talent, but hey, a fortune teller predicted success, so off they went...
Thai Elephant OrchestraAn orchestra of elephants playing specially-designed instruments.
TISMAn (extremely) Australian rock band whose members are anonymous, perform wearing balaclavas and use pseudonyms like "Eugene de la Hot Croix Bun" and "Ron Hitler-Barassi". Known for their confrontational dark comedy, their song titles include "Defecate on My Face", "I Might Be A Cunt, But I'm Not A Fucking Cunt", "Martin Scorsese Is Really Quite A Jovial Fellow", "What Nationality Is Les Murray?", "Whatareya? (You're a Yob or You're a Wanker)" and "Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me".
TonettaA reclusive divorced man who gained a cult following in his sixties after posting videos to YouTube of his own lo-fi, independently made songs, often with sexually explicit lyrics coupled with footage of himself cross-dressing.
Tout-à-Coup JazzA Burkinabé jazz band from the 1970s whose membership included two future leaders of the country: coincidentally, both the victim and perpetrator of the same coup d'état.
The Vegetable OrchestraAn Austrian orchestra whose musical instruments are made solely from vegetables.
ViperHas released over 1,927 albums, though a majority contain recycled material. Titles of his work include You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack and Kill Urself My Man. Arrested in 2024 for allegedly holding a woman captive in his garage in Houston for five years.
The Wealdstone RaiderA supporter of English non-league football team Wealdstone whose retorts towards rival supporters went viral and saw him challenging for the Christmas number one spot in 2014.
Wesley WillisA musician and visual artist who recorded songs about topics such as his home town of Chicago, his schizophrenia, violent confrontations with cartoon superheroes, and bestiality, was fond of headbutting fans, and often ended his songs with "Rock over London, rock on, Chicago" followed by a product slogan.
Gary WilsonAn experimental musician who sings about stalking girls and plays with duct tape, fake blood, powder, and mannequins when on stage.
Wild Man FischerA schizophrenic Los Angeles street entertainer whose big break was recording an album with Frank Zappa. Their collaborations ended when Fischer, in a violent rage, threw a bottle that nearly hit Zappa's daughter Moon.
Ya Ho Wha 13A cult psych rock band... literally.
The ZimmersA rock band made up of elderly musicians. As of 2017[update], the oldest member had lived to 101.
The ZombeatlesPaul is undead.

Musical works

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A Musical JokeA composition that Mozart allegedly made to mock bad composers.
As Slow as PossibleA piece of music by John Cage to be performed until 2640.
"Carnival of Light"The Holy Grail for Beatles fans: an 11-minute recording of the Fab Four aimlessly bashing their instruments and shouting gibberish.
Cat fugueA piece for harpsichord allegedly inspired by the sounds the composer's cat produced by walking along the instruments keyboard.
Duetto buffo di due gattiA duet in which two sopranos repeatedly meow at each other.
Grosse FugeA composition written by Ludwig van Beethoven which was universally put down at the time as being "incomprehensible", now accepted as one of his greatest works.
Helikopter-StreichquartettA string quartet composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen that must be played in four circling helicopters, the sound remixed, chopper sounds and all, for an audience on the ground.
Homage to Hans KellerA piece for four tubas by Anthony Burgess written immediately after Keller reviewed the operetta Blooms of Dublin as a "pathetic pastiche". It was described as "a kind of lavatorial blast" in a review.
I Am Sitting in a RoomA piece in which the composer recites and records a brief explanation of the work, plays back and records the echo of the recording, then records the echo of the echo of the recording, and so on until it is transformed into a completely unrecognizable sound.
"Leck mich im Arsch"
"Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön sauber"
"Difficile lectu"
Three canons by Mozart about... "licking him in the arse".
List of musical works in unusual time signaturesWhat's the most absurd time signature you can imagine? 1/12? ⅔/2? How about 322/4?
List of silent musical compositionsNot to be confused with "The Sound of Silence", these tunes don't have really much to hear. Among them is one of the most famous classical compositions of the 20th century.
List of music considered the worstWe built this city on not being very good.
Marinka (operetta)An operetta in which a group of American teenagers watch a film about and then discuss the Mayerling incident, the murder-suicide pact that indirectly led to World War I. However, this version of the story has a happy ending.
Rage Over a Lost PennyAn audience favorite from Beethoven's oeuvre. It's gleefully angry, but the maestro left it unfinished.
Songs
Allegedly, the location of the other ball.
A regular sight at Ram Ranch.
All United Airlines' fault.
"The Anacreontic Song"An 18th-century drinking song whose melody was later adopted for "The Star-Spangled Banner".
"All Summer Long"A song where two karaoke cover versions became one-hit wonders in 2008 on the Billboard Hot 100 because the original song was not released on iTunes, only to radio. One of the covers even charted a few places higher than the original.
"Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt"A foul-mouthed comedy punk song about the British Prime Minister that attempted to be the UK Christmas number one in 2020. Despite getting no air time, it got to No. 5. The following year, it spawned a sequel, which also got to No. 5 in the Christmas chart. From the same band that brought you "Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce" and "Fuck the Tories". See also: Kunt and the Gang.
"Camouflage"A vinyl single from 1983 that contained a computer programme for the song's own music video for the ZX81. Created by a man who later found fame wearing a papier-mâché head.
"Chocolate Salty Balls"A 1998 song from South Park, which got to the top 10 in several countries' charts, including number one in the UK, but it isn't actually about food.
"Do the Bartman"A novelty dance one-hit wonder rap song from the Simpsons in 1990, whose backing vocals were done by none other than Michael Jackson.
"Eat Your Salad"The Latvian entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The lyrics speak of "eating veggies and p*ssy", along with numerous other sexual innuendos. Somehow, the song still has a serious message.
"E depois do adeus"The Portuguese Entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was used as a signal to launch a successful national coup d'état.
"Euro-Vision"The Belgian entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 whose lyrics spoke precisely of the event in which they took part, and deliberately attempted to be last-place.
"Five Per Cent for Nothing"A very short instrumental by a band noted for very long songs that was retitled as a parting shot at their former manager, who sued them afterwards.
"Flappie"A Dutch Christmas song about cannibalism.
"Flatline"Who knew the guy who made "Nothin' on You" and "Airplanes" would veer into the most redundant conspiracy theories?
"The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"A 2013 song "created to fail" by Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis that instead ended up becoming a global smash hit.
"Give That Wolf a Banana"A song that combines Little Red Riding Hood and two crazy 4.5 billion year old yellow wolves called Keith and Jim. The meaning of the song is debated, but one common theory is of all things, vaccines. It's also a Eurovision song, to boot.
"Gloomy Sunday"A Hungarian dirge from the 1930s that the press of the time claimed was linked to over 100 suicides, earning it the moniker of the "Hungarian Suicide Song".
"Hitler Has Only Got One Ball"Was der Führer only half a man? See also Possible monorchism of Adolf Hitler.
"Jeg har set en rigtig negermand"A Danish #1 single from 1970, extolling the virtues of racial equality while calling a "negro man" "black as a bucket of tar".
"Jiggle Jiggle"That time when an autotuned interview with Louis Theroux became so popular they convinced him to do a song.
"Justice for All"A surreal choral/spoken-word... thing recorded by Donald Trump and 20 men in prison for attacking the Capitol on January 6.
"Lemon Incest"Fun for the whole family!.....NOT!
"Lift Yourself"Poopy-di scoop. Scoop-diddy-whoop. Whoop-di-scoop-di-poop.
LostwaveUnknown songs, lost to time.
"The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet"The name says it all. (Well, almost.)
"The Most Unwanted Song"Featuring operatic rapping, a children's choir urging listeners to go to Walmart, bagpipes, cowboy music, and political slogans shouted through a bullhorn.
"Never Learn Not to Love"The Beach Boys' collaboration with Charles Manson. (Yes, that Charles Manson.)
"Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah"If you can see someone's underwear, here's the tune to tell them by.
"Planet of the Bass"The 2023 affectionate parody of 1990s Europop that became a hit in its own right.
"Poison: Iitai Koto mo Ienai Konna Yo no Naka wa"A random Japanese rock song that gained popularity due to its ability to calm crying babies.
"Prisencolinensinainciusol"The song where the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent.
"Ram Ranch"A spoken-word heavy metal song about a gay cowboy orgy that became an internet meme and a counter-protest song against the Canadian convoy protest.
"Ready 'n' Steady"A song mentioned in a top songs list of a notable magazine, that was long-believed by some to be non-existent because collectors were unable to find a recording or further information on it until 33 years after it was written.
"Rocket Queen"If you want to hear the sound of a woman having sex with Axl Rose set to music, now's your chance!
"Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem"Touch her, you'll be arrested.
"Supermarioland"Rapping set to the theme of Super Mario Land. After hearing the song, Nintendo not only cleared the sample but also requested they make an album of Super Mario material.
"Suzukake no Ki no Michi de 'Kimi no Hohoemi o Yume ni Miru' to Itte Shimattara Bokutachi no Kankei wa Dō Kawatte Shimau no ka, Bokunari ni Nannichi ka Kangaeta Ue de no Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron no Yō na Mono"Apparently AKB48's producers couldn't come up with a snappier title.
"Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!""A novelty nursery-rhyme remix of the Teletubbies theme tune that got to number one in the United Kingdom, and was narrowly beaten for Christmas number one in 1997. This did not stop Bob the Builder from getting Christmas number one three years later, although.
"Tetris"A Eurodance version of the Tetris theme co-produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was in the British charts at the same time as "Supermarioland" mentioned above.
"Timothy"A top 40 hit in 1970, written by Rupert Holmes of "The Piña Colada Song" fame, that gained success despite (or due to) the fact it was about cannibalism during a mining disaster.
"To Be or Not to Be (The Hitler Rap)"A comic rap performed by Mel Brooks, sung as Adolf Hitler. "Don't be stupid, be a smarty. Come and join the Nazi Party".
"To Me, To You (Bruv)"An unexpected collaboration between rapper Tinchy Stryder and British comedy duo the Chuckle Brothers.
"Ulterior Motives"A lostwave song which mysteriously surfaced on the Internet in 2021 on a little-known song finding website, which went viral in 2023 when a group of Redditors tried to find the origin of it; it was later found in an obscure porn film from 1986 the year after.
"United Breaks Guitars"A protest song against United Airlines which caused their stock price to fall by 10% and cost shareholders $180 million.
"We Didn't Start the Fire"A song covering the major events of 40 years. Check Events mentioned for explanations of each.
"Wear Sunscreen"A newspaper column of a hypothetical commencement speech, which prominently mentions the benefits of sunscreen, which Baz Luhrmann mashed up a recording of it with a dance track, creating the successful song 'Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)'.
"You Suffer"At a full 1.316 seconds in length, the shortest song with a physical single release of all time.
"You're Pitiful"The true story of how a Weird Al Yankovic parody caused the article for Atlantic Records to be regularly vandalized.
Albums
Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music – joke, grudge or conceptual art? All three, probably.
( )An album by Icelandic band Sigur Rós featuring songs in an entirely made-up language.
21½ Minutes in Berlin/23 Minutes in BrusselsA pair of live recordings by the band Suicide, with the B-side showing an audience grow increasingly agitated at Elvis Costello not performing, before devolving into a riot.
A Rubber Band ChristmasAn album of Christmas music created using office supplies.
Altered States of AmericaThis grindcore album by Agoraphobic Nosebleed has 100 tracks, including many under 15 seconds in length. It even has a track 0!
AmoreA Japan-exclusive city pop album from the granddaughter of former Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp DroolingAn early album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which had such a tiny release it was considered lost until a 2022 release.
The Boy Bands Have WonActually, this album's full title is "The Boy Bands Have Won" followed by a further 151 words. As of August 2009, it holds the record for the longest album title.
Christmas in the StarsJon Bon Jovi's recorded music debut was for a Star Wars-themed holiday album.
Cigarettes and ValentinesAn entire record by Green Day whose master tracks were stolen. This led to the creation of American Idiot.
Dark Night of the SoulDue to a legal dispute, this album was released with a blank CD-R.
Elvis' Greatest ShitNot the one he was trying to pass the night he allegedly died.
Embrace (American band Embrace album)
Embrace (English band Embrace album)
What happens to Wikipedia article titles when two different bands with the exact same name both release self-titled albums.
Eurobeat DisneyA Japan-exclusive album of eurobeat remixes to Disney songs. Made by some of the biggest names in eurobeat
Everywhere at the End of TimeA 612 hour concept album series portraying the stages of mental deterioration caused by Alzheimer's disease. Sounds obscure? It became popular in the most unexpected of places.
Everyday ChemistryA supposed album by the Beatles, from an alternate dimension where they never broke up.
The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like PricksThe title of this album led to obscenity charges.
Having Fun with Elvis on StageAn official Elvis Presley live album that has no music, instead consisting of random on-stage banter and comments from between songs stripped of any coherence or context.
Helter StupidNegativland fabricated a moral panic claiming that their music had inspired a teenager to murder his family, and then created a sound collage album based on samples of media reporting on the story to make fun of them for falling for it.
In Search of TheA box set isn't particularly unusual. A box set of 13 full albums that have never been released before, handmade by the artist, is pretty unusual.
The Lillywhite SessionsNever officially released, and yet fans and critics can argue that it's the best "album" by the Dave Matthews Band.
Meow the JewelsMew mrrp meow purr mrrp.
Metal Machine MusicA 1975 album by Lou Reed that consists of 64 minutes of audio feedback, widely believed to have either been an elaborate joke, or an attempt by Reed to escape from a record label contract.
The Monty Python Matching Tie and HandkerchiefA three-sided LP.
Mouth SoundsIn which Modest Mouse, Alanis Morrisette, and Huey Lewis and the News are mixed with "All Star". ASMR lovers avoid, Shrek lovers welcome.
Musique pour SupermarchéThis album by Jean-Michel Jarre had only a single copy produced, which was then auctioned off like a painting. The master tapes were subsequently destroyed, making the copy unique.
No Love Deep WebTo protest the album being delayed without their consent, the band leaked it online early while using a photo of the drummer's penis as cover art.
Once Upon a Time in ShaolinA Wu-Tang Clan album that only had one copy produced, being bought by Martin Shkreli for two million dollars, making it the most expensive work of music ever sold.
OrgasmHow a bunch of tripped-out hippies in 1969 decided to invite random people from the streets of New York to contribute to their experimental album, and in the process ended up inventing industrial music, noise rock and perhaps even black metal decades ahead of schedule.
The Road to FreedomA "spectacular hit album" of... Scientology songs?
SleepAn 812 hour concept album about sleep. Also available in a one-hour version if you're in a hurry.
SleepifySilence is golden, especially when you're trying to fund a world tour.
SmileAn unfinished Beach Boys album that is one of the most written-about and speculated-upon works in popular music history.
Sweet InsanityA rejected Brian Wilson album that was written and recorded with his ex-psychologist. Includes a rap song that opens with the line, "My name is Brian and I'm the man, I write hit songs with the wave of my hand!" Wilson's fans threatened to murder a critic for publishing a positive review.
Trout Mask ReplicaA chaotic 1969 pop album by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band containing bizarre and disjointed musical compositions.
Wake Up!A rock album officially sanctioned by the Pope.
Yesterday and TodayA North American release from the Beatles that is most notorious for its album art, which features the Fab Four posing with decapitated baby dolls and chunks of raw meat.

Film

"[yawn]... Yup, it's still there."
After Godzilla's done smashing one building, he tag teams Cthulhu for the next one
This was made. Created. And somebody is responsible...
Look what the cat dragged in...
From the earliest-known surviving motion picture. Don't blink – you'll miss half of it.
AAAAH!
3 Dev AdamA Turkish movie featuring (unlicensed) Captain America and El Santo battling evil Spider-Man. Quite successful in Turkey, resulting in other unlicensed films such as the infamous Turkish Star Wars.
100 YearsA movie that your grandchildren and great-grandchildren might be able to enjoy!
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood BurnA movie about a director who makes a bad movie, but can't remove his name from the credits because his real name is Alan Smithee. In reality, the movie about the movie was so bad that director Arthur Hiller was credited as Alan Smithee to disguise himself from the production.
AmbiancéAn experimental film that was scheduled to have a thirty day-long running time, with the only copy being destroyed after its premiere, only for it to be unexpectedly cancelled by the director after its release date passed without a showing.
AtukA comedy screenplay, never filmed as its intended lead actors just kept dying.
BarbenheimerThe biggest movie phenomenon of 2023, where Malibu meets the Manhattan Project.
Big Dumb ObjectA mysterious object (usually of extraterrestrial origin) in a film that is there simply to cause a sense of wonder.
Black and white hat symbolism in filmThe hat, sir, whatever could it mean?
Cat SoupAn anime shortfilm about cute cats? Wrong! Actually a surrealist short film about concepts such as nihilism, Child Death, The Afterlife or lack thereof, etc.
William CastleHorror director who loved a promotional gimmick. One film offered a $1000 insurance policy if you died of fright, and another offered audiences a full refund if they were too scared to see the ending.
Cocksucker BluesA Rolling Stones documentary which was banned from being shown unless the director was physically present.
The ConquerorJohn Wayne IS Genghis Khan! The filming location IS radioactive!
The Cure for InsomniaA movie that runs for 85 hours. Not the longest movie ever screened though (see below).
The Day the Clown CriedA notorious unreleased film about the Holocaust by Jerry Lewis – hey, it's a comedy!
DeafulaA vampire movie shot entirely in American Sign Language.
Death of a PresidentA mockumentary film created about the hypothetical future assassination of George W. Bush, released while he was still in office.
Dump monthsThe opposite of the summer movie season.
EmpireA film by Andy Warhol consisting entirely of eight hours of still footage of the Empire State Building.
Empires of the DeepA $140 million unreleased US-Chinese aqua-fantasy film that sunk to the depths of the sea...
First on the MoonProof that the Soviets got there, thirty years before Armstrong and Aldrin didn't.
HimOne of the most sought-after lost films is a 1974 gay porno about Jesus.
I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney"I knew I wanted to be a director, and I did a couple of short films, and this is the only one that haunts me." —Ben Affleck, Academy Award winner
In the AftermathA B-movie studio gets the rights to a surrealist anime and re-edits it into a post-apocalyptic thriller.
Italian SpidermanAn Australian production made with the goal of being a tribute to old Italian action films.
Lee Kin-yanA Hong Kong actor repeatedly cast in Stephen Chow films as a nose-picking, bearded transvestite.
List of films featuring giant monstersYou are never safe in Tokyo.
List of films featuring time loopsStudy this to know what to do if you're trapped in a time loop.
List of films that most frequently use the word "fuck"Golly!
LogisticsThe world's longest movie ever made, it follows the entire five-week process of making and selling a pedometer in reverse chronological order.
The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the WorldA movie that runs for 48 hours. Despite its title, it isn't the world's longest movie, but the jury's still out on whether it's the most meaningless....
MaidstoneA film notable for a real, bloody fight between its director and its star actor that was kept in the final edit.
Manic Pixie Dream GirlA female stock character in (usually) movies who is extremely eccentric and girlish, and serves mainly to motivate and/or provide character development for the male protagonist.
Manos: The Hands of FateA low-budget film created by a fertilizer salesman from Texas, which is often considered to be the worst film of all time.
The Many Faces of Jesus
Gay Jesus film hoax
A very controversial abandoned film which would have depicted a bisexual Jesus engaged in robbery and drunkenness, personally condemned by Pope Paul VI. Its screenwriter was personally banned from entering the United Kingdom following its announcement. Since the 1980s, a widespread hoax has came up claiming that a similar film will feature Jesus as a swinger.
MockbusterNot the movie you want, but the bargain-bin equivalent.
Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki)The second longest film ever shot: ten whole days of one decaying building Life After People-style and first screened in front of itself. The directors have a point.
The Mystery of the Leaping FishA 1910s silent film about an ace detective who takes loads of cocaine.
Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living DeadPart 2 has the longest film title in the English language.
Norodom Sihanouk filmographyThe prolific, decades-long filmmaking career of the former king and prime minister of Cambodia.
Oscar baitThere are certain rules one follows when making an Oscar film. Including mental illness, the Holocaust and Meryl Streep in your film also helps.
On the Art of the CinemaNorth Korean cinema is best Korean cinema.
The OvercoatA Russian animated film that the director has been struggling to complete for forty years.
Paint DryingCreated to test the patience of the British Board of Film Classification.
Palm Dog AwardAn award given out every year at the Cannes Film Festival to celebrate outstanding performances by dogs in movies.
Passage de VénusA six second long "film" made in 1876, consisting of plates capturing the 1874 transit of Venus. Currently rated a 6.8 on IMDb.
Patterson–Gimlin filmBigfoot's most famous appearance.
Pink FlamingosA cult 1972 film following "the filthiest person alive", notorious for its deliberately disgusting content and culminating in to protagonist eating dog feces.
Plan 9 from Outer SpaceThe epitome of so-bad-it's-good cinema.
PulgasariAn anti-feudal Godzilla-esque cult film, supposedly an allegory for unchecked capitalism. It was directed by Shin Sang-ok, a South Korean filmmaker who Kim Jong Il had ordered to be kidnapped along with his wife so that they could make films for the North.
RampartA 2013 Woody Harrelson flick now infamous for its horrible marketing, including possibly the worst AMA of all time.
Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in SantaAn all-star cast appear in this badly written, badly animated picture. The producer apparently gave the animators $500,000 and didn't check their work until he saw it on television.
RazaA drama about a family's roles in the Spanish Civil War that was written and supposingly ghost-directed by Francisco Franco himself. Takes "history is written by the victors" to a new level.
Reefer MadnessA 1930s anti-marijuana propaganda film which failed at its task so badly it became a cult classic within the marijuana subculture.
Return of the EwokOne of the rare cases of lost media within the Star Wars franchise.
RoarBack in the 1970s, a family of African wildlife activists gathered together to make a movie with over 150 untrained big cats, leading to seventy members of the cast and crew getting injured. Its genre? A comedy, of course!
The Room
Tommy Wiseau
Perhaps the worst film ever created, filled with bad acting, poor dialogue, scenes that go nowhere, crazy behind-the-scenes, and more. And, of course, the man behind it all.
Roundhay Garden SceneThe first ever moving picture, which lasted for an epic two seconds.
Self-PortraitAn experimental film by Yoko Ono, featuring a 42-minute shot of John Lennon's half-erect penis. A later Lennon/Ono collaboration called Erection is surprisingly unrelated.
Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth WalkWas the world's first video mashup British WW2 propaganda?
Shaken, not stirredWhy 007 prefers his martini shaken.
SharknadoExactly what it implies: Sharks + Tornado = the best damn disaster movie on earth. You better know it's got an ungodly amount of sequels and a cult following too!
Smell-O-VisionA system designed to enhance films with odors. Used once for the 1960 film Scent of Mystery and never again.
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man"I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us!"
Stinking badgesSomething nobody needs. Possibly the most frequently quoted and misquoted line from a movie ever.
Taylor Mead's AssAn Andy Warhol film consisting of a single prolonged shot of exactly what the title says.
Titanic (1943 film)A Historical Fiction drama made in Nazi Germany as a propaganda film. Weirdly enough, the movie was later extensively shown in the Communist Europe for its anti-greed story.
Twin filmsWhen two studios make the same idea at the same time.
The Uranus ExperimentAn unusually high-concept porn film that contains a real scene of sex in zero-gravity and was nominated for a Nebula science fiction award as an act of protest by a group of disgruntled authors.
United PassionsA $30 million film sponsored by FIFA about how great they are. Came out right after the 2015 FIFA corruption case came to light. One of the lowest grossing sports movies of all time.
Unsimulated sexWhen two actors really have sex for a scene, rather than a simulation.
Who Killed Captain Alex?A 2010 Ugandan action-comedy film produced on a budget of $85.
Wilhelm screamA stock sound effect first recorded in 1951 and used in dozens of films (including seven Star Wars films, two Lord of the Rings films and Kill Bill).
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and HoneyHorror movie about Winnie-the-Pooh, from the director who probably hated that bear as a kid. The film went onto "win" five Razzies.
Zyzzyx RoadBudget: $1.2 million. Box office: 30 bucks. It makes sense in context.

Television

The end of you(r sitcom) looms.
The spooky intrusion of someone disguised as Max Headroom on Chicago TV.
Thousands from Switzerland are getting their spaghetti by doing this one simple trick!
2010 Georgian news report hoaxA "simulated" news broadcast that reported on the parliament's breakdown and deaths of politicians, including a reported assassination of the President, leading to Russia invading Georgia. It caused widespread panic accross the country and resulted to three deaths.
Al Murray's Compete for the MeatA British game show where the top prize is a frozen chicken and the second prize is some sausages.
Alternative 3An April Fools joke by an ITV science show leads many to believe that scientists were being kidnapped to prepare for the colonization of Mars.
Anti-Barney humorAn article for all Barney & Friends haters.
Australia's Naughtiest Home VideosForget Turn-On – this never even made it to the end of its only episode. An American attempt fared little better.
BBC Green BookComedy show broadcasting standards, circa 1949. Avoid the vulgar use of "basket", don't joke about stammering, and whatever you do don't mention the McGillycuddy of the Reeks!
Bernd das BrotThe mascot of a German children's television network: a chronically depressed loaf of bread who laments his life and enjoys very boring activities.
The Canadian ConspiracyA mockumentary released in 1985 that asserts that Canada is subverting the United States by taking over its media.
Captain Midnight broadcast signal intrusionOn a clear night in April 1986, a frustrated electrical engineer jams HBO's signal to protest against its rates for satellite dish owners in what has been dubbed an act of "video terrorism".
"The City on the Edge of Forever"How an internal fight between the screenwriter and the series creator resulted in one of the most celebrated episodes of the original Star Trek series.
Conspiracy 58A mockumentary that claimed that the 1958 World Cup was never actually held. Despite being revealed as a hoax at the end, people still believed it.
Dinner for OneA classic British comedy sketch, virtually unknown in its homeland, that has become the most-repeated television programme in German history.
Don't Scare the HareA British television game show involving a large robotic hare and an underground forest. It was not popular and lasted only one season.
FlanderizationWhen a TV character becomes a literal caricature of their initial form.
Flemish Secession hoaxOur regular programming is now interrupted to declare independence from Belgium.
The Force is with Cristal BeerImagine waking up to watch Star Wars only to be served beer advertisements.
Friday night death slotWhere TV shows go to die.
Graggle SimpsonWhat do you mean, "who"? You know him! He's your favorite Simpsons character!
Greg PackerA man on the street, no matter which street you're talking about.
De Grote DonorshowAn apparently terminally ill woman offers her kidney to one of three lucky patients live on TV. Controversy erupts before broadcast, in which it is then revealed that the whole show is a hoax meant to draw attention to the lack of available organ donors in the Netherlands.
Guy Goma BBC interviewA man who went to the BBC for a job interview is instead interviewed on its news channel about the Apple Corps v. Apple Computer lawsuit.
Heil Honey I'm Home!Hitler has his own sitcom, with his Jewish neighbors.
Historiography of The SimpsonsAn in-depth analysis of whether, when and why people stopped finding The Simpsons funny.
History of PopHow a TV program guide became an actual channel.
"Hold on Tight!" (Inside No. 9)An entirely fake episode of the dark comedy anthology series Inside No. 9, featuring mocked-up photos and clips for a trailer, designed to trick the show's viewers.
"How to Eat with Your Butt"The plot and the title of this South Park episode are pretty strange, even by the show's standards.
HypotheticalThe only quiz containing only hypothetical questions, such as: "You must steal Russell Crowe's shower gel. How do you do it?", "How much money do you have to be paid to eat a packet of crisps every time you have a conversation with someone for a year?", and the stone-cold original: "Big hat or small hat?"
I Didn't Know I Was PregnantA documentary series on TLC. You can probably guess the plot.
It's So FunnyA North Korean comedy show which is anything but funny.
I Wanna Marry "Harry"An American reality show to find "Prince Harry" (really an actor they tried to pass off as him) a wife. Meghan Markle was not a contestant.
John DillermandA Danish children's series featuring a man gets into all sorts of (family friendly) trouble with his elongated penis.
Judaism in RugratsA Maccababy's gotta do what a Maccababy's gotta do.
Jumping the sharkMetaphor, based on something that Fonzie actually did on an episode of Happy Days, for the moments when popular TV series lose all credibility and have undeniably entered their twilight years.
Michael LarsonThrough countless VCR recordings and pattern memorization, this man became Press Your Luck's biggest winner ever.
List of Saturday Night Live incidentsFrom Ashlee Simpson's lip-sync fail to Adrien Brody's possibly racist introduction to Sean Paul.
Max Headroom signal hijackingTV signals in Chicago are twice overpowered on 22 November 1987 by broadcasts featuring a person (possibly a male) disguised as the 1980s virtual TV character Max Headroom. The source of the broadcasts and the people involved remain unknown.
Mikhail Gorbachev Pizza Hut commercialThe real former leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut commercial. What more can I say?
Nasubi
Susunu! Denpa Shōnen
A man who became famous after appearing in a reality show in which he was locked in an apartment for 11 months until he won ¥1 million from mail-in sweepstakes. Said show also featured, among other things, two men who had to hitchhike their way from the Cape of Good Hope to Norway, a challenge to shave the beard of Fidel Castro, and a segment in which baseball fans would only be allowed to eat if their supported team won a game.
Odagiri effectTurns out that women find sexy men on TV shows quite appealing.
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the DungeonExactly as the title says, it's an anime about a guy who was reborn as a vending machine.
Shaun Micallef's Mad as HellWhat's wrong Shaun? Why must you be mad as hell?
Will Smith–Chris Rock slapping incidentWhat happens when a G.I. Jane joke goes horribly wrong. At an awards ceremony. On worldwide television.
Soap opera rapid aging syndromeA tragic condition suffered by some young characters on soap operas.
Southern Television broadcast interruptionA news program in England interrupted by an interstellar message from Vrillon, representative of the mighty Ashtar Galactic Command.
Space CadetsFour lucky average Joes got tricked into thinking that they were shot into space. The entire show was, in fact, so planned out that people thought the contestants were actors - basically making the show a prank in itself.
Spaghetti-tree hoaxPlace a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.
Star Wars Holiday SpecialWhat do you get when you combine Star Wars and Christmas? One of the worst films of all time.
Superstar USAA music competition looking for the worst singers America has to offer.
Tomorrow's PioneersA Palestinian children's show produced by Hamas and co-hosted by various costumed characters, including one resembling Mickey Mouse. Most of said costumed characters are killed by Jews in some violent manner.
Turn-OnAn ABC comedy series that was cancelled even before the first episode had finished.
"Turner Doomsday Video"When he founded CNN, Ted Turner made sure they would be ready for the end of the world.
TV pickupBritons regularly cause massive power surges by simultaneously making tea during program breaks.
Uh Oh!90's Canadian children's game show, with an energetic wacky host, fun trivia questions, and a leather daddy dumping slime on kids! What could go wrong!
Very special episodeA genre of television episodes with controversial life lessons interweaved into the storyline, popularized by Blossom.
Wank WeekA Channel 4 project for all those who think there aren't enough jerks on TV.
Tommy WestphallHow an autistic child and Detective Munch may be responsible for more than 200 TV series.
Who's Your Daddy?To win $100,000, adoptees have to pick their biological father out of 25 men.
Zuiikin' EnglishA Japanese TV series from 1992 which combined gymnastic exercises with the teaching of "useful" English language phrases, such as "Spare me my life!", "I am allergic to penicillin", "I have a bad case of diarrhea" and "Lovely golf weather today!"

Video games

ET and Pac-Man's final resting-place?
"I hope Senpai notices me today..."
Think you can do what he supposedly did?
*slaps roof of bus* this bad boy can fit so many hours of driving into it
The truth is out.... in Brazil.
Action 52Inspired by Taiwanese NES multicarts, one businessman sets to create an all-American version with original games... but leaves the devs only 3 months to create 52 of them, resulting in disaster. Also, a tie-in comic book for a franchise that never got started, and a contest where the game is so bugged you can't even enter it.
The Adventures of Ninja Nanny & Sherrloch SheltieAn "educational" PC game from 1993 that became notorious decades later for being built upon random public domain media strewn together in a wildly nonsensical fashion, complete with animation, audio clips, hyperlinked text, and some sort of plot.
Atari video game burialAre your video games not selling? Why not do what Atari did and bury them in a New Mexico landfill?
Bad RatsA physics-based puzzle game about rats killing cats. It was so bad it became a viral gag gift and got a sequel.
Bartle taxonomy of player typesWhat type of gamer are you?
Battle of B-R5RBA player-versus-player battle in Eve Online which involved over 7,500 players, lasted 21 hours, and cost over $300,000 worth of in-game currency.
Beat 'Em & Eat 'EmAn early "erotic" game for the Atari 2600. Control a pair of nude women trying to catch and eat falling semen.
Big Rigs: Over the Road RacingA racing game considered one of the worst of all time with Metacritic's worst-ever score of 8/100. It has opponents that don't move, the ability to drive through buildings and accelerate infinitely in reverse, and a notorious "YOU'RE WINNER !" [sic] message after each race.
BMX XXXA controversial 2002 video game mixing strippers with BMX cycling.
Bob's GameAn unreleased homebrew game of a game, in a game, within a game. The developer went on a protest against the evil corporation known as "Gantendo".
Boong-Ga Boong-GaThe first arcade game about shoving a giant finger up someone's anus.
Boss keyA special key or key combination used in computer games to quickly hide the game from superiors or coworkers.
Breast physicsFollow the bouncing boobs!
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second CataclysmA sequel in name only to a classic beat 'em up, based on an unrelated comic book that predates the first game, and programmed by none other than Elon Musk.
CalculatorThe best video game ever: A $10 software calculator.
Cat hair mustache puzzleConsidered among the worst puzzles of any video game.
CatechumenHallelujah! Shoot possessed Roman soldiers with a magical sword until they turn Christian and start to pray.
Chex QuestDoom for ages 6 and up, made as a promotion for Chex cereal.
Cho AnikiA long-running series of games from Japan, known for their absurdist humor and homoeroticism, about the quest of sweaty bodybuilders for protein supplements.
Communist Mutants from SpaceA Cold War Space Invaders clone in which you do battle with the Mother Creature, driven mad by radioactive vodka.
ConcordWhat happens when you try to make people spend $40 plus microtransactions for a genre (mostly) full of free-to-play fare; a game that spent over 8 years in development, but lasted only a fortnight (14 days, or 2 weeks) from its August 2024 release. For perspective: The average lifespan of a housefly (Musca domestica) is around twice the period this game was available (28 days). Still didn't dissuade them from making an adaptation, though.
Corrupted Blood incidentAn unintentional virtual epidemic in World of Warcraft, which became an important medical case study.
Crab ChampionsFrom the guy who brought you "Crab Rave". Be a crab. Have a gun. Shoot up a beach. 🦀.
Cubic NinjaA game that ended up being resold for over $500 due to its unintentional ability to let a 3DS run homebrew.
Dance Dance ImmolationIt's exactly like Dance Dance Revolution, just with flamethrowers pointed at you.
Dark Room Sex GameContains explicit sex. Contains no graphics.
Development of Duke Nukem ForeverA chronicle of fourteen years of development hell, complete with four changes of engines, lawsuits, and profane responses to company executives. The end result was judged by critics to have been very much not worth the wait.
Don't Buy ThisA rare example of truth in advertising.
Edge GamesA company that decided that the "Edge" in their name was so important that it started to sue everything video game-related using that word. Until Electronic Arts got involved.
Eggplant runA challenge playthrough of Spelunky in which you carry an eggplant and toss it into the final boss's face.
Ethnic CleansingPerhaps the most racist video game ever made.
Fortnite Holocaust MuseumA virtual museum on the victims of the Holocaust created in Fortnite.
The Goat PuzzleGoats' contributions to gaming aren't all positive.
Goat SimulatorWhat do you mean, you've never fantasised about being a goat? Enough people have to warrant the oddly named sequel Goat Simulator 3.
Goodboy GalaxyA video game made for the Game Boy Advance ...made in 2023 (for its 20th anniversary).
The Great Giana SistersA game that was withdrawn from the shelves virtually as soon as it went on them.
Grezzo 2Doom mod that spoofs modern Italian culture, featuring blasphemous references to the Catholic Church, including the main character killing Jesus. Twice.
Hatoful BoyfriendA dating sim where your romantic partners are all sapient birds.
Hong Kong 97A video game where you play as Bruce Lee's superpowered, heroin-addicted cousin, who has been assigned to kill the entire population of China. The giant head of Deng Xiaoping has been revived as a weapon of mass destruction and the death screen displays an actual dead body from the Yugoslav Wars.
"Hot Coffee"All you had to do was do yo' damn girlfriend, CJ!
I Am BreadYou play as bread.
"I am Error"A line line said by a character in Zelda II,
I Love BeesA very creative marketing strategy for Halo 2.
I Love You, Colonel Sanders!A dating sim where you romance KFC founder Colonel Sanders. The best part: It's official.
Incidente em VarginhaBrazil's first ever first-person shooter is based on a UFO sighting. Also used to train Army division soldiers.
Incredible CrisisJust an ordinary day in the life of a family...
Islamic FunAll the classic Muslim-themed educational games you could want. Help build a mosque! Race some rabbits! Defend Lebanon against Israel's 1978 invasion! Wait, what?
JFK ReloadedA first-person shooter where the player gets to kill President John F. Kennedy and is rewarded for accurately recreating his assassination.
Kanye Quest 3030Just an innocent game about Kanye West. There definitely aren't any secret cults lying around!
Kanye ZoneHe's definitely in his zone...
Killer7Play an assassin inhabited by the personas of seven dead hitmen and use their abilities to fight a terrorist group of virus-infected humans while uncovering conspiracies about Japan's interference in US politics and being haunted by your former victims.
Laden VS USAIn the early 2000s, a shady Chinese LCD game manufacturer decided that 9/11 was the hottest new cash-grab.
List of Doom portsSlay demons on your PC, your console, your phone, your... thermostat?
List of video games notable for negative receptionAnd we were so sure No Man's Sky would be a hit!
LSD: Dream EmulatorThe trippiest game in existence.
Mighty No. 9A video game notable for having the longest closing credits of any media, at just under 3 hours and 48 minutes long, in part thanks to the game's sluggish and somewhat mismanaged development and the developers' decision to credit all 71,494 of the game's Kickstarter backers.
MissingNo.A Pokémon species that only appears as the result of a glitch and has since been the subject of many sociological studies.
Mister MosquitoBe a mosquito.
Moonbase AlphaA simulation video game officially published by NASA themselves that is most well known for its built-in text-to-speech function.
The Murder of Sonic the HedgehogAs an April Fools' joke, Sega released a free visual novel where you have to investigate the murder of Sonic. It's sweeter than it sounds.
Ninja GolfHole in your enemies!
Nuclear GandhiAccording to an urban legend, a bug in Civilization makes Mahatma Gandhi prone to start a nuclear war. More recent games in the series made it a feature.
Overwatch and pornographyYes, many people would like to "Nerf This!"
Penn & Teller's Smoke and MirrorsA compendium of games to trick your friends, including Desert Bus, a painstakingly realistic eight-hour bus journey from Tucson, Arizona, to Las Vegas.
PepsimanSave people from thirst! But not from tooth decay.
PETA satirical browser gamesBored of playing your usual video games? Try PETA's Super Chick Sisters and Super Tofu Boy, they will definitely get you to work.
PhalanxWho knew that putting an old man playing a banjo on the box of an unrelated game would make for effective marketing?
Playing History 2 - Slave TradeAn educational game that featured a minigame where you would fit slaves into a slave ship like Tetris pieces.
Pokémon and pornographyHey guys, did you know that in terms of male human and female Pokémon breeding, Vaporeon is the most compatible Pokémon for humans?
Pokémon UraniumA fangame set in a region of the Pokémon universe that was victim to a nuclear disaster.
PolybiusAn arcade game that supposedly causes its players to go insane.
Pyongyang RacerThe height of North Korea's gaming industry tries to lull you into travelling there.
Quest for BushA first-person shooter, released by al-Qaeda's propaganda arm, with George W. Bush as its final boss.
Rex Ronan: Experimental SurgeonA game for the Super Nintendo that aims to educate kids about the harmful effects of smoking. The game's publisher, Raya, also published a few other health-themed games, such as Captain Novolin about diabetes and Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus about asthma.
SeamanA game where you take care of a fish with a human head while being guided by Leonard Nimoy.
Sex with HitlerWant to get frisky with the Führer?
Sex with StalinSeize the means of (re)production!
SimlishThe language spoken by characters in The Sims.
Soda Drinker ProThe gamified menial task of drinking soda that contains a hidden surrealist minigame compilation.
Sonic Dreams CollectionThis surreal fangame, said to be unfinished Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Dreamcast, pulls no punches to the notorious Sonic fandom.
Special ForceHezbollah recreated its battles against Israel as a first-person shooter... twice.
Stalin vs. MartiansThe Man of Steel takes on an alien menace.
The Story of Kamikuishiki VillageA resource management strategy game created by the same people responsible for Hong Kong 97 where you play as Shoko Asahara and the end goal is to carry out the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. Often mistakenly believed to have been created by Aum Shinrikyo themselves as propaganda.
Super Columbine Massacre RPG!A gamified(?) recreation of the Columbine massacre, featuring a Hell sequence where the perpetrators fight South Park-style Satan. Allegedly the Dawson College shooter's favorite game.
Syobon ActionA platformer known for its levels designed to cause extreme frustration.
Takeshi no ChōsenjōA deliberately unfair and confusing video game made by Takeshi Kitano, noted video game hater.
Tetris effectA psychological effect where Tetris players start arranging blocks in the real world.
Thatcher's TechbaseA mod of Doom II where the main goal is to kill an undead Margaret Thatcher.
The Thompson Twins AdventureOne of the only video games to ever be released via vinyl record.
Turnip Boy Commits Tax EvasionA young turnip goes on a quest to evade taxes; see also its sequel Turnip Boy Robs a Bank.
Untitled Goose GameA game where you can bother the inhabitants of an English village. As a goose.
Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!A game parodying advertisements for mobile games.
You Have to Burn the Rope...and doing the titular task takes about half as long as listening to the credits song.

Internet memes and online culture

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2 Hours Doing NothingAn Indonesian kid who gained fame by staring into his camera for two hours.
A group where we all pretend to be boomersA group of Facebook friends who decided to pretend to be elderly.
All your base are belong to usA phrase that originated in the 1989 video game Zero Wing and sparked an Internet phenomenon in 2001 and 2002.
BabinikuThe phenomenon of men on the Internet depicting themselves as anime women, often without using voice changers.
The BackroomsA very strange online urban legend originating from the concept of liminal spaces. And it all came from an image taken from someone renovating a furniture store into a hobby shop.
Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme StashA Facebook group dedicated to memes about American politician Bernie Sanders.
Bogdanoff twinsA pair of French twin brothers known for their extravagant looks and (pseudo)scientific claims; which made them the subject of a long-lasting internet meme involving aliens, secret knowledge and bear markets.
BoobquakeFemale users of social networking websites agree to determine whether their scandalous clothing can cause earthquakes.
BowsetteThe Internet was once titillated over this Bowser-Peach fusion.
British scientistsNot a list of some scientific pioneers from Europe, but a Russian internet meme.
The Bus UncleA Hong Kong resident gets into an uncomfortably tense argument with a fellow passenger—all caught on video.
BroniesYou thought My Little Pony could never be loved by grown men. Wrong. Very wrong.
Carstuckgirls.comAn erotic(?) website devoted to women trying to free their cars from various obstacles.
ChadFrom the incel forums comes this whole new slang.
Cinnamon challengeUnless you enjoy lung damage, please do not try this at home. Actually, better yet, don't try it at all.
Consumption of Tide PodsEver thought a Tide pod looked kind of like candy? Apparently you're not alone.
CountryballsA comic genre with balls and other bits for different countries doing what real countries do.
Crush on ObamaThat's great.
Cursed imageLow quality images with a mysterious aura, sometimes with a comedic effect.
Cute cat theory of digital activism"Web 1.0 was invented to allow physicists to share research papers. Web 2.0 was created to allow people to share pictures of cute cats." — Ethan Zuckerman
Dancing babyOne of the very first internet memes: a weird 3D baby dancing in 1996.
DashConA Tumblr convention where the organisers unexpectedly announced that the hotel needed $17,000 extra - and that was just the first day. Anyone fancy an extra hour in the ball pit?
Dave rule"Dave-to-girl ratio" as gender balance criterion.
Dogevery readers, such article, much wiki
ElsagateHere kids, watch these YouTube videos with Elsa and Spider-Man, I'm sure nothing inappropriate will be on them...
Every time you masturbate... God kills a kittenIf that's not a good enough reason why you shouldn't, I don't know what is.
Extremely onlineA state that everybody reading this can probably relate to.
Florida ManSuperhero native to the state of Florida best known for his frequent run-ins with law enforcement and intoxicating substances.
Getting to PhilosophyAll links lead to Philosophy.
Godwin's lawEvery long, protracted online discussion always ends with comparisons of others to Hitler. Really...
GoncharovThe 1973 Martin Scorsese classic... that was entirely made up by the Internet 49 years later.
GooglingGoogle created a verb that is really in the dictionary.
Half-Life: Full Life ConsequencesThe worst Half-Life fan fiction ever written, later adapted to video.
Hampster DanceA web page featuring dancing hamsters set to music.
"Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point"A 2018 ClickHole article about a truly devastating moment, complete with a stock image of a random Spanish man.
Homunculus loxodontusA bizarre blob-like creature known in Russia as "The One Who Waits".
Sam HydeA transgressive American comedian blamed for numerous terrorist attacks and killings.
Instagram eggAn image of any old egg...is what this egg would be if it didn't take over Instagram and become the most-liked post on the internet until December 2022.
It's Decorative Gourd Season, MotherfuckersA viral online essay celebrating the joys of Autumn.
The Jerma985 DollhouseStreamer sets about making an interactive version of The Truman Show with himself as the main character.
Joe Biden (The Onion)What if Joe Biden was actually pretty rad?
Josh fightThe face-off of the century to determine who could keep the name Josh.
Eduard KhilOur eternal Mr. Trololo.
Lasagna CatLive-action reenactments of Garfield strips followed by absurd concluding pieces, including a mouse performing oral sex on Garfield, Odie committing suicide, and John Blyth Barrymore musing over a single strip for a whole hour. Don't even get me started on the ending to "Sex Survey Results"...
Lenin was a mushroomA hoax that Vladimir Lenin consumed large quantities of psychedelic mushrooms and eventually became a mushroom himself.
Markovian parallax denigrateThree random words that caused over 25 years of mystery.
Meow WarsA flame war on Usenet that lasted for over 2 years.
Microsoft acquisition of the Roman Catholic ChurchSadly for those who were hoping for an online Eucharist, this was an early Internet hoax.
MiguxêsA brief guide to Portuguese Internet slang.
NAFO (group)An internet meme and social media movement which fights Russian internet propoganda through shitposting and trolling.
Neuro-samaWho said a VTuber even needs a human behind it? To that idea, Neuro says "(Filtered)".
No Nut November...and its antithesis, Destroy Dick December.
NukemapNew York got blown up by the Tsar Bomba! Well, at least you can do that in this.
Numa NumaOr how a fat kid dancing to the O-Zone song "Dragostea din tei" in front of his computer became very popular.
Omission of New Zealand from mapsNew Zealand is forgotten from maps so often it has become a meme.
Omission of Tasmania from maps of AustraliaAnd Tasmania is not any luckier...
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dogLittle-known fact: all articles on this page were written by a team of Golden Retrievers. And thanks to the anonymity of the Internet, you didn't know until now.
OS-tanA small Internet phenomenon where certain types of software (including various Microsoft and Linux operating systems) are depicted as young anime women.
PewDiePie vs T-SeriesA competition between two YouTube channels to be the most subscribed channel.
Philosophical zombieI am dead, therefore I eat brains.
Planet X637Z-43A planet covered in cannabis! Well, that's what they want you to think.
Press F to pay respectsHave you ever wondered why you might see the letter "F" being spammed on pages about someone's death?
RickrollingCareful: that link you're about to click on might take you to a video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up".
Rule 34"If it exists, there is Internet porn of it."
Mark V. ShaneyA fake Usenet user whose computer-generated postings were created using Markov chain techniques.
Shitposting🗿
Shock siteDon't look! (No, really.)
Shrek fandomMaybe "fandom" isn't the correct word?
Sitting and SmilingA YouTube series in which a man sits and smiles for four hours, documenting his descent into inevitable madness.
Skibidi ToiletOne of the most popular web series among the children of today is a series of animated YouTube Shorts about the battle for world domination between a race of toilets with human heads and a race of humans with cameras for heads.
Storm Area 51An Internet meme which, as all great things, began on Facebook and spiralled a bit of out control, and of course Wikipedians couldn't be stopped in making it its own article.
Suntukan sa Ace HardwareFight Club taking place at a hardware store of all places.
Techno VikingWhen the protagonist of a meme sues its creator.
Ted Cruz–Zodiac Killer memeA mock conspiracy theory gone wild.
Time CubeThe personal website of a schizophrenic old man who claimed that time is "cubic" in nature and that all of modern science is a lie.
John TitorThe name of a purported time traveller from the year 2036. He posted on several time travel-related Internet bulletin boards during 2000/2001.
This ManThe dreamiest man you'll ever meet.
Tourist guyThe picture of a Hungarian man on 9/11.
Twitter suspensionsTweeting's not a right, it's a privilege.
Unusual eBay listingsThose strange things people sell on the Internet...
uwu*notices ur Wikipedia article* owo what's this? uwu
Very erotic very violentSee also very good very mighty.
wikiFeetThe world's largest image sharing website devoted to foot fetishism.
WTFPLA public domain software license whose abbreviation stands for "Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License".
Wikipedia Star Trek Into Darkness debateIs it "into" or "Into"? Listed at Wikipedia's lamest edit wars.
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See also List of Internet memes.

Festivals

Kanamara MatsuriA phallus festival in Kawasaki, Japan.
Mexico City Alebrije ParadeParade and contest of giant alebrijes ("colorful monsters").
Testicle festival"Would you like to supersize those?"

Stage shows

Hatewatching is nothing new.
All in a RowA play about a child on the autism spectrum... portrayed as an inhuman-looking puppet who makes his family's lives miserable.
Cherry SistersThe first truly "so bad it's good" act, whose vaudeville performances drew packed houses of audiences who just wanted to hurl abuse at them. Sued newspapers for printing a negative review of them, and lost.
The Elvis DeadEvil Dead II retold in the style of Elvis Presley, later released on VHS in 2020. "I gonna build a groovy chainsaw arm".
In My LifeBrain cancer, OCD, a child killed by a drunk driver... all subjects made light of in this surreal musical by the guy who wrote "You Light Up My Life".
JahrhundertringThe centenary production of the Ring cycle was transported to the Industrial Revolution, with the gods as capitalist fat cats and the Rhinemaidens as prostitutes. Near-riots ensued.
Jerry Springer: The OperaThis musical has got it all, from God and Satan to the KKK.
Moose MurdersA bizarre play that became a byword for the worst of Broadway. Signature moment: an apparently-unplanned scene where a paraplegic man wrapped in bandages gets up to kick a man in a moose costume in the crotch.
Mortal Kombat: Live TourA family friendly adapation of a violent video game. To make things even better, there was audience participation.
Spider-Man: Turn Off the DarkAt $75 million, the most expensive Broadway musical, which is infamous for its troubled production history and cast member accidents. Also holds the record for the largest number of preview showings (182) before the official opening.
See also

Food

Think this Chinese character is threatening? You'll need to write it twice to describe your favorite Shaanxi noodles.
Nom nom nom burp nom nom nom nom...
No durians. (But no fine if you have some anyway?)
Engastration – here in the form of turducken.
Fried spiders on sale.
(May include excrement.)
Mmmm, roadkill.
Did William here eat them all?
Alcohol-infused whipped creamDo you like to squirt whipped cream right into your mouth from the bottle? This should spice that right up.
Ant egg soupA nostalgic soup with a "distinctive, sour pop".
AydsAyds was a great way to lose weight, until the mid-1980s...
Bacon ExplosionNot as dangerous as it sounds. Unless you're a Vegan of course.
Bacon ice creamThey said we were mad... they said we could never combine the world's two greatest foods. They were wrong!
Banana production in IcelandWeirder than fermented shark?
Biangbiang noodlesA type of Chinese noodle whose name is written with an incredibly complex Chinese character.
Boneless FishA frozen fish scaled, gutted and deboned, then glued to its original shape using a food-grade enzyme.
British Rail sandwichA culinary match to the quality of the train service.
CarmineA common food dye manufactured from insects.
Casu martzuItalian "maggot cheese" – cheese designed to be eaten while it is infested with cheese fly larvae.
Century eggA Chinese dish which involves preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg for several weeks to several months before eating.
Chả rươiVietnamese dish made from the polychaete worm.
Chocolate-coated marshmallow treatsNotable for the huge variety of racist names given to them all over the world.
Chubby bunnyA common (but sometimes lethal) game played with marshmallows.
Cockle breadBread made by English women in the seventeenth century that involved kneading and pressing against the woman's buttocks.
Competitive eatingIn which the main goal is the quick and vast consumption of food.
Cookie cakeSchrödinger's dessert.
Deep-fried Mars barA Scottish delicacy, often touted as an example of their diet's unhealthiness. See also deep fried Twinkies, deep fried pizza, and deep fried Oreos.
DilberitoA vegan burrito promoted by Dilbert. "Because of the veggie and legume content, three bites of the Dilberito made you fart so hard your intestines formed a tail." - Dilbert creator Scott Adams
Dishwasher salmonSalmon cooked using the heat from a dishwasher.
Charles DomeryA Polish soldier noted for his unusually large appetite. While imprisoned in England, he remained ravenous despite being put on ten times the rations of other inmates, eating the prison cat, at least twenty rats and, on a regular basis, the prison candles.
DougIts record as "world's biggest potato" was denied due to mistaken identity.
DurianKing of fruits. King of smells?
Edible underwearYes, this exists.
EngastrationDishes consisting of animals stuffed into each other. Turducken and whole stuffed camel are prominent examples.
Eyes (cheese)There are eyes in the cheese, but no cheese in the eyes.
Flies' graveyardA delicacy in the United Kingdom.
Fool's Gold LoafA sandwich consisting of a single warmed, hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with the contents of one jar of creamy peanut butter, one jar of grape jelly, and a pound of bacon. Reportedly a favorite of Elvis.
Freedom fries"I know what'll teach France for not wanting to invade Iraq... we'll rename our food!" -Bob Ney, 2003
Fried spiderExactly as it sounds – and a regional delicacy in Cambodia.
Fruit ketchupPlum ketchup, anyone?
Adolf Hitler and vegetarianismHitler believed that a vegetarian diet could both alleviate his personal health problems and spiritually renew the Aryan race.
Hedgehog Flavour CrispsIf you think that usual crisps are boring, try this.
Hitler baconCan it possibly be kosher?
Hottest chili pepperGettin' silly with chili.
HufuFor all you vegetarian cannibals out there, the tofu product designed to look and taste like human flesh.
Human placentophagyThe consumption of a newborn's placenta is common among mammals; humans do it too.
Kit Kats in JapanThere have been more than 300 limited-edition seasonal and regional flavors of Kit Kats produced in Japan since 2000.
Ketchup as a vegetableMakes junk food seem healthier.
Kosher locustCan Jews eat grasshoppers?
Kuai Kuai cultureIn Taiwan, it is considered fortuitous to place a particular brand of snack next to machines.
Latke–Hamantash DebateThe debate of the century that began in 1946 and has never been resolved. About Jewish food.
Luther BurgerDescribed as a "cardiologist's worst nightmare".
Lychee and Dog Meat FestivalVegans are the only group who can oppose this festival without any fear of hypocrisy.
McWordsMcDonald's has their own McLanguage now.
Michel LotitoAte 45 door hinges, 18 bicycles, 15 shopping carts, a Cessna 150 light aircraft, and much more.
MilbenkäseA type of German cheese containing live mites, which are eaten along with the cheese.
Monkey brainsA supposed delicacy that has been made famous through films.
None pizza with left beefAn infamous online pizza order.
NutellagateIn which Columbia University students stole Nutella at a rapid rate.
Alferd PackerBefore Dahmer there was Packer...
PieingA slapstick stunt, or a kind of political protest. And there's even a list of victims.
Products produced from The SimpsonsFictional trademarks gone real.
Rhubarb TriangleA recipe or a dangerous area to fly through?
Roadkill cuisineYes, Skunk a la Michelin sounds tasty to some people.
Salmon chaosThe turmoil of salmon.
ŠakotisRotisserie chicken cake, anyone?
San-nakjiSmall octopuses eaten alive with sesame oil.
Sealed crustless sandwichA patented peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Spotted dickActually a type of pudding.
Square watermelonRather expensive and very much inedible.
Stargazy pieA Cornish fish pie that looks back at you.
Star Spangled Ice CreamReal patriotic ice cream for real patriotic Americans. With flavors such as "Smaller Governmint", "I hate the French Vanilla", and "Bill Clinton Im-peach"
Stinky tofuFermented soybean curd is apparently a delicacy for some people. One external link describes its scent as "a used tampon baking in the desert."
Superman (ice cream flavor)It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... ice cream?
SurströmmingA Swedish dish consisting of fermented herring, said to have the worst smell in the world.
Takeru KobayashiA slightly built Japanese competitive eater. He has consumed 63 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes and holds a host of eating records for other foods.
Testicles as foodAvailable fresh during castration season.
Toast sandwichAn English dish with an "extravagance of blandness". Add salt and pepper to taste.
La TomatinaA gigantic food fight with a ham-topped greased pole as the start.
Sonya ThomasWhat weighs 105 pounds (48 kg) and eats more hot dogs in 12 minutes than most people do all summer?
United States military chocolateOriginally designed to taste "little better than a boiled potato." Not much has changed.
Unusually shaped vegetable"While some examples are just oddly shaped, others are heralded for their amusing appearance, often representing a body part such as the buttocks."
Vantage loafThe bread that makes a baker's dozen.
Virgin boy eggEggs cooked with the help of young boys' urine.
Volkswagen currywurstVolkswagen's best-selling product isn't cars, but sausages.
"Who Ate All the Pies?"A chant sung by football fans in England and Scotland, aimed at supposedly overweight footballers, officials or opposing supporters.

Beverages

Some coffee, sir? ...... Coming right up out, sir.
Dispatch that unwanted soda in style.
1985 diethylene glycol wine scandalA wine scandal where it was discovered that Austrian wineries were putting a toxic component of antifreeze into their wines to make them sweeter.
Beer can pyramidOr beeramid, if you prefer.
Carmona Wine UrnThey say a fine wine gets better with age, but this is ridiculous. The 2000-year-old world record holder, and its merely 1700-year-old predecessor.
Speyer wine bottle
Civet coffeeNot coffee made from civets, but rather from ordinary coffee beans the civet has, well, excreted.
Cock aleA type of ale that has a bag stuffed with a parboiled, skinned and gutted chicken later added.
Cola warsA marketing battle between Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
Diet Coke and Mentos eruptionDiet Coke + Mentos = geyser.
Fucking HellA German beer named after the Austrian village of Fucking. (It was renamed Fugging in 2021, so there goes the fun...)
Ganesha drinking milk miracleHindu statues drinking milk.
Grapefruit juice–drug interactionsBe careful – that delicious food item could be dangerous to prescription-drug users.
Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experimentWhen a king of Sweden tried (and failed) to prove that coffee could kill.
H2NOWhy drink tap water, when you can pay to have a cool, refreshing glass of Coca-Cola or freshly chilled bottled tap water?
If-by-whiskeyA famous speech successfully both attacking and defending booze.
ISO 3103The ISO standard cup of tea.
OpenColaThe world's first open-source beverage.
Pepsi Number FeverLarge-scale riots in the Philippines in 1992 that led to the deaths of five people. The cause? A failed PepsiCo promotional event.
PussyThe drink's pure, it's your mind that's the problem.
Snake wineA type of Vietnamese wine that includes a whole venomous snake in the bottle.
VaskningAllegedly, showing off wealth in a Swedish nightclub by pouring champagne down the kitchen sink.
Vodka eyeballingHere's looking at you, kid.

Restaurants

Meal time at a Modern Toilet Restaurant.
Claudia Sanders Dinner HouseA restaurant founded by Colonel Sanders and his wife Claudia after he became unhappy with changes at KFC, which was in turn sued by KFC.
Conflict KitchenA Pittsburgh take-out restaurant that exclusively served ethnic foods from countries in which the United States was in conflict.
Cross CafeA Hitler-themed Indian restaurant, formerly known as "Hitlers' Cross" [sic].
Dinner in the SkyEnjoy a delicious meal—suspended 150 feet (46 m) in the air.
Fortezza Medicea restaurantElegant, fine dining in a high-security prison.
Hamburger UniversityWhere McDonald's employees learn their stuff.
Heart Attack GrillNoted for its 8,000-calorie "Quadruple Bypass Burger". It also lives up to its name.
Heladería CoromotoWant a scoop of macaroni and cheese ice cream? How about beef? Chili? Cheese? Crab? Mushrooms in wine? British Airways? Viagra Hope?
IthaaThe world's first underwater restaurant.
Jewish-American patronage of Chinese restaurantsFor lack of dairy products, proximity in inner cities, and open hours during Christian holidays.
Kayabukiya TavernA Japanese restaurant where guests are served by employed monkeys.
Loving HutA vegan restaurant run by a cult. Get to watch "Supreme Master TV" in nearly all of their locations!
MaDonalA McDonald's knock-off in Iraq.
McDonald's ice cream machineAlways broken.
McDonald's urban legendsIs that worm meat in your Big Mac?
Modern Toilet RestaurantA restaurant chain whose furniture and decor is based on – yes – toilets.
Original Spanish KitchenA Los Angeles restaurant that suddenly and unexpectedly closed in 1961, giving rise to an urban legend about the fate of its proprietors. The restaurant's contents – even as far as the place settings – remained untouched for decades.
Pizza PacayaA restaurant in Guatemala that makes its pizza using an active volcano as its oven.
PyongyangA restaurant chain whose sole proprietor is the Government of North Korea.
Seriously McDonaldsNot seriously, in fact, because this new policy that black customers would pay more at McDonald's was an obvious (but believed) hoax.
The Shed at DulwichTripAdvisor's #1 fake restaurant.
Wiener KingIt's all in the name.

Sports

You take my knight?
I'll punch your face!
Lawn mowers are go!
Pillow Fight League.
A briefs history of Olympic Flame running.
An optional requirement?
24 Hours of LemonsAn endurance race for terrible cars, with a $500 spending limit, infractions determined by a random wheel, and the grand prize going to the worst car that managed to finish the thing. Holds the world record for most participants in a single race.
1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech American football gameThe most lopsided game in American football history (featuring the godfather of American football himself, John Heisman).
1956 Olympic flame hoaxWhy the Olympic Flame is pants.
1967 NFL Championship GameOften called "The Ice Bowl", a game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers played in absolutely frigid conditions, at a temperature of −15 °F (−26 °C) (and that's before the wind chill.)
1969 Talladega 500"Them dang unions trying to bust my race that I paid millions for because of tire failures! What am I ever going to do now?" - Probably NASCAR CEO Bill France Sr.
1978 CONCACAF Champions' CupThe only time in the history of association football in which an official championship ended up being championed ex aequo by more than one team; in this case there were three.
1992 Troy State vs. DeVry men's basketball gameThe highest scoring NCAA basketball game ever.
2005 United States Grand PrixA race in which 14 out of 20 drivers retired before the start of the race.
2012 Daytona 500The 54th running of the Daytona 500 (which was supposed to start on Sunday afternoon) did not finish until early Tuesday morning because of rain and a freak jet dryer accident.
2014 Hiram vs. Mount St. Joseph women's basketball gameHow a dying teenager's wish became one of the year's biggest stories in American sports.
2021 Belgian Grand PrixThe shortest race in Formula One history, notable for its lack of any actual "racing", but instead three laps of caution in the rain.
Artistic roller skatingAll the grace and charm of figure skating...but with roller skates.
AS Adema 149–0 SO l'EmyrneTaking own goals to the extreme.
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathonThe worst-run Olympic event in history. No water in the blazing Missouri heat, a winner who'd been poisoned by his trainers, the "winner" being disqualified for "illegal use of cars", a postman joining at the last minute and a tribesman being chased by aggressive dogs. Among other things.
Australia 31–0 American SamoaThe most lopsided "fair" match in association football history since World War I.
Australian Football International CupThe "World Cup" of Australian rules football...in which Australia does not participate.
Barbados 4–2 GrenadaA strange rule change in this soccer match saw one team defending both goals for several minutes, then winning 4–2 despite only scoring three goals.
Bat and trapAn English bat-and-ball pub game.
Battle of Bramall LaneAn English professional association football match that was ended at the 83rd minute because the home team lost too many of their players due to injuries and red cards.
Battle of SurfacesRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal went head-to-head to determine which court was more victorious: grass or clay?
BladderballYale University's contribution to the world of team sports.
British baseballAn intermediate species between cricket and baseball played in the hinterlands of Wales and Western England.
Bog snorkellingThe noble art of competitive snorkelling through cold, noxious bog water.
Bottle-kickingA ruleless drunken rugby-like sport played every Easter Monday since the 1700s in Hallaton, Leicestershire.
Butt FumbleBe careful where you run with that ball, Mark.
Chess boxingA sport that alternates rounds of speed chess and boxing.
Collision in KoreaA WCW pay per view event in 1995 wasn't so unusual. A professional wrestling match in North Korea, however, is a once in a lifetime event.
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and WakeDon't let it get away!
Coventry City 2-2 Bristol City
West Germany 1-0 Austria
Match fixing with benefits.
David Arquette in World Championship Wrestling"When you're out of ideas, make an outsider actor your World Champion", said no one ever.
Disco Demolition NightWhat could go wrong with encouraging people to bring unwanted disco albums to a baseball doubleheader and blowing up the records between games?
Dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV"We haven't made any revenue this quarter? Let's spend millions of dollars on a Super Bowl commercial! There's no way we can lose!"
A drive into deep left field by CastellanosWhen professionalism meets apologising – as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run. And so that will make it a 4–0 ballgame – and smashes into tiny pieces.
Dwarf-tossingA sporting competition where padded dwarfs are thrown by competitors.
Dwile flonkingA sport that gives a new meaning to the term "drinking game".
Elephant poloVariant of polo that is played while riding elephants, mostly played by royals in Rajasthan.
Enhanced GamesThe Olympics, just without drug testing requirements. They hope an athlete can beat Usain Bolt's 100m dash record soon.
Eton wall gameA sport played annually on St. Andrew's Day on a 5-by-110-metre (16 ft × 361 ft) field. The last goal was scored in 1909.
Extreme ironingA sport whereby participants take an ironing board to a remote location and iron a few items of clothing.
Fair catch kickA little-known way to score points in American football left over from rugby. It was last used successfully in the pro game in 1976.
Fan Controlled FootballThe world's first professional sports league completely owned by its fans.
FierljeppenA Frisian sport where the objective is to jump over a trench.
Football tennisWimbledon meets Wembley... in Czechoslovakia.
GillidandaIn this Indian game, instead of hitting a ball with a stick, players use a stick (danda) to hit another stick (gilli).
Heidi GameThe last-minute comeback in this American football game wasn't seen by television viewers, as the network cut off the game to show the children's film Heidi.
Henley-on-Todd RegattaAn Australian boat race that is cancelled when there is water in the river.
International Rutabaga Curling ChampionshipRutabaga curling originated in the frosty December climes of Ithaca, New York.
Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon ChampionshipsA record-breaking 11-hour, 5-minute tennis match at the Wimbledon 2010.
Laser Space CannonA purple beam shooting out of the roof of the Sacramento Kings' arena, lit after every Kings home win, that became a symbol of the team that broke the NBA's longest-ever playoff drought.
Lawn mower racingLeaves the lawn in a very poor condition.
Lingerie Football League"Uniforms consist of helmets, shoulder pads, elbow pads, knee pads, garter belts, bras, and panties." Renamed the Legends Football League in 2013 and Extreme Football League in 2020, with the garters, bras, and panties replaced by slightly more modest performance sportswear.
Mall walkingUsually done with larger groups of senior citizens.
Mass Transit incidentWhat happens when you combine a professional wrestler prone to violence with a 17 year old that had lied about his age and experience?
Mormons vs. MulletsDecember 2, 2020: An unbeaten college football team finds itself with an unexpected open date... and another unbeaten team is looking for a game. December 3: Game on. December 5: Kickoff.
Mythical national championshipWhen is a champion not exactly a champion?
Naha Tug-of-warRequires thousands of participants and a 40-metric-ton, 1.5-metre diameter rope.
New Testament athletic metaphorsBlessed are the healthy in heart...
One-armed versus one-legged cricketAccording to Charles Dickens: "The one-legged men were pretty well with the bat, but they were rather beaten when it came to fielding."
Pelota purépechaYou've heard of ice hockey, but how about fire hockey?
Pillow Fight LeagueThe first rule of Pillow Fight League is that you do not discuss Pillow Fight League.
Plainfield Teachers CollegeTheir American football team was unbeaten ...and non-existent.
The PlayBefore going onto the field for your postgame musical performance, make sure the game is over.
Public image of Roman ReignsPushed to the top of the wrestling world, he was rejected by fans, but WWE kept trying, and trying, and trying for years on end. By 2019, Reigns was the most hated man in wrestling, despite being (allegedly) the good guy.
Quidditch (real-life sport)An international real-life sport, without magic objects.
RoboCupThe goal of this robotics project: to create a robot soccer team that can beat the most recent FIFA World Cup winners.
Rocket Racing LeagueA racing league intending to use rocket-powered aircraft to race a closed-circuit air racetrack.
ScorigamiA scoring combination that has never happened in a league's history.
Ski balletSkiers doing flips and spins on a slope. A smooth slope. Wearing skis.
Smiggin Holes 2010 Winter Olympic bidDuring the 2002 Winter Olympics, the two Australian comedians who gave the world Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat (see "Animals in sports" below) launched a bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics in New South Wales, Australia.
SpoGomiA sport where teams have to collect as much litter as possible.
Sports-related cursesA variety of excuses for bad performance.
StoolballAn ancestor of cricket (a game it resembles), baseball, and rounders.
Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sailors 100 metre freestyleNot just any old sailor - this most niche of events was only open to those serving in the Greek Navy.
Ten Cent Beer NightA Major League Baseball game that tried to attract fans with a beer promotion got progressively worse, until an all-out riot broke out at Cleveland Stadium.
Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley CupAn ice hockey trophy with a long history of abuse, superstition, and tests of buoyancy.
Ultimate Tazer BallA sport in which players must compete to get a large ball into the goal of the opposing team. Oh, and everybody is armed with a stun gun.
Ultimate Typing ChampionshipCreated in order to promote typing and find the fastest typists in the United States of America.
Underarm bowling incident of 1981An infamous end to an international cricket match that was arguably not cricket at all.
Wellie wangingCompetitors are required to hurl a Wellington boot as far as possible.
Wife-carryingOne need not carry one's own wife to take part, although you may want to run away as fast as possible afterwards.
Wooden spoonA Cambridge University tradition adopted by rugby league and rugby union, the Wooden Spoon is awarded to the last-placed team in a competition.
World Black Pudding Throwing ChampionshipsA super championship for a super food.
Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweightPossibly the longest final in any Summer Olympic event. Also possibly the only one where no gold medal was awarded (ignoring those Olympics where gold medals had yet to be introduced).
YukigassenCompetitive snowball fighting.

Animals in sports

Hamsters are go!
PETA wouldn't like it.
Jump rabbit, jump rabbit, jump jump jump...
Snails are go!
BuzkashiSomething like rugby, played on horseback, with a dead goat.
Conger cuddlingThe "most fun a person could have with a dead fish".
Egg tappingOne holds a hard-boiled egg and taps the egg of another participant with one's own egg intending to break the other's, without breaking one's own.
Fatso the Fat-Arsed WombatSydney's other Olympic mascot.
Ferret-leggingA stunt in which a live ferret is put down one's trousers.
Fox tossingA popular sport in 17th and 18th century Europe that involved tossing foxes and other live animals as high as possible into the air.
Goose pullingHang a live goose from a rope, gallop under it on a horse and pull its head off. What could be simpler?
Hamster racingA uniquely British response to foot and mouth disease.
Kudu dung-spittingGames for conservationists.
Kyz kuuInvolving a man and a woman racing horses. Described as a kissing game, but the woman wins by whipping the man.
Legend of the OctopusIf you're going to an ice hockey game in Detroit, be sure to bring your octopus.
Octopus wrestlingA sport which once attracted crowds of thousands to watch free divers wrestle North Pacific Giant Octopus from the waters of the Puget Sound.
Pig OlympicsAn international contest between pigs.
Rabbit show jumpingWatership up, Watership Down. Watership up, Watership Down. Watership...
Robot jockeyRobots designed to ride dromedary camels.
Snail racingReady, steady, slow!
Teddy bear tossA Christmas tradition in minor league ice hockey.
Turkey bowlingSo much for "don't play with your food".
VinkensportFinch-singing in Belgium. More competitive than you might think.
Yak racingA spectator sport held at traditional festivals in Tibet and Mongolia, among other places.

Athletes

Beware the wrath!
Margaret AbbottPossibly the only Olympic champion who was never made aware of their achievement.
Sebastián AbreuProlific Uruguayan striker, most known for switching through clubs like his underwear.
Nasra Ali AbukarPossibly the record holder for the slowest ever competitive 100-meter dash, after she got into the University Games by being related to the chair of the Somali Athletics Committee.
Anthony AmmiratiA French pole vaulter who went viral for appearing to knock over the bar with his, um, other pole in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
ArrhichionA multi-time Olympic champion of the ancient Greek predecessor of MMA, who didn't let being dead stop him from retaining his title.
David AyresA 42-year-old arena building operator, who briefly played as an emergency goalie in the National Hockey League.
Barefoot runningWhy is there an entire article devoted to running without shoes?
Paula Barila BolopaA swimmer from Equatorial Guinea, who – much like Eric Moussambani below – competed in the Sydney Olympics. Her time in the 50m freestyle is apparently the longest in Olympic history.
Steve Bartman incidentSimilar to, yet also the polar opposite of, the Jeffery Maier incident (see below), a fan is blamed for causing the Cubs to lose that year's NLCS and continue the Curse of the Billy Goat.
Philip BoitHow many other Kenyan skiers can you name?
Steven BradburyAustralia's first Winter Olympics gold medalist, who won speed skating gold after everyone in front of him crashed.
Rogério CeniIt's not often you see a goalscoring goalkeeper in soccer, much less one with over 100 recorded goals.
Oksana ChusovitinaMost gymnasts plan retirement in their 20s – she's 40 and still going!
Cup of coffeeA minor-league player who makes it to the majors just long enough to have a...
JamesOn CurryIn perhaps the most extreme example of the above, his NBA career lasted a grand total of 3.9 seconds.
Curse of Billy PennHow a skyscraper in Philadelphia kept the city's sports teams from winning championships for over 20 years.
Curse of the ColonelColonel Harland Sanders wreaks revenge from beyond the grave on a Japanese baseball team.
Rajai Davis"Quick, Jason, ride me to Citi Field, I've been called up!"
Ali DiaA guy who tricked his way into English soccer team Southampton by claiming he had won 12 caps for Senegal, was related to George Weah and had played for Paris Saint-Germain. In 2007, The Times branded him the worst-ever player in top-flight soccer.
Mariya DmitriyenkoA Kazakh Olympic sports shooter. When she won the Amir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix, the parody national anthem from Borat was accidentally played instead of the Kazakh national anthem.
Daniel DyeA man who got arrested for quite literally busting a nut.
Dock EllisBaseball pitcher who, among other things, threw a no-hitter while under influence of LSD, and once tried to hit every batter in the Cincinnati Reds lineup.
Eddie "The Eagle" EdwardsA British sportsman famous for coming last in the 1988 Winter Olympics ski-jump competition.
Sidd FinchA fictitious baseball player who learned yoga in Tibet and could pitch a fastball at 168 miles per hour, among other things.
Eddie GaedelA 65-pound (29 kg) baseball player, 3 ft 7 in (1.09 m) tall. Career on‑base percentage: 1.000.
Sajjad GanjzadehGetting your head kicked isn't always bad – it won this Iranian an Olympic gold medal.
Dolly Gray impostorPossibly the least known NFL player in history.
Rachael GunnAn Australian breakdancer whose less-than-smooth moves took the Olympics by storm.
Ferdinand HabsburgOne of the greatest racing drivers Austria has to offer. He's also the heir to the throne of one of Europe's most powerful royal families, but nevermind that.
Hannes Þór HalldórssonAn Icelandic filmmaker who also served as the national team's goalkeeper during their most successful period in history and saved a Lionel Messi penalty kick in the World Cup.
John HiltonA man who won the men's singles at the European Table Tennis Championships despite being only the fourth-ranked player at his local YMCA.
Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-LangenburgA blue blooded Alpine skier, from the frozen wastes of Mexico City.
Carlos KaiserA footballer who managed a decade-long career despite lacking pro-level ability and never playing a regulation game.
Shizo KanakuriAn Olympic marathon runner who took a 54-year detour.
Oliver KirkIt's not unusual for a boxer to win two (or more) Olympic gold medals. But it is unusual for them to be won in the same edition.
Evel KnievelA biker known for his numerous stunts, and accidents during said stunts.
Kyle LarsonA NASCAR driver who is most known for three things: crashing and taking down the catchfence at Daytona, saying a racial slur during a virtual race during a pandemic, and winning the NASCAR Cup Series championship. Among other things.
Bob LemonA below-average MLB hitter suddenly gets put on pitching duty after other players said he was good at it when they fought in World War II together. Now he's in the Hall of Fame.
Jeffrey MaierThe twelve-year-old who helped the Yankees win the pennant.
Mendoza LineBaseball's standard for underperformance.
Eric MoussambaniA swimmer from Equatorial Guinea in the 2000 Summer Olympics whose time in the 100m freestyle was seven seconds behind the winner - of the 200m freestyle.
José OffermanFormer baseball player who is most remembered for charging the mound with a bat in one game and attempting to punch an umpire in another.
Phantom ballplayerA baseball player who spent time on an MLB roster without actually playing, or occasionally one who never existed.
Fuahea SemiAs though being a luger from Tonga wasn't unusual enough, he tricked the world's media and the International Luge Federation for more than two years into believing that he bore the same name as a German lingerie firm.
Sturla Snær SnorrasonAn Icelandic alpine skier who (as of October 2018) has competed in 1 Olympic Games and 2 World Championships, but has yet to finish a single race.
Elizabeth SwaneyA Hungarian-American freestyle skier who competed at the halfpipe event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, despite being incapable of performing basic tricks.
Manti Te'oPlayed in eight NFL seasons, but is perhaps more known for being the victim of one of the most famous catfishing schemes ever.
Taro TsujimotoAn imaginary ice hockey player, drafted because a manager was reportedly "fed up with the slow drafting process via the telephone".
Kazuo UzukiThe greatest baseball prospect who never played.
L. W. WrightRacing driver and confidence trickster who is often referred to as the "D. B. Cooper of NASCAR". Competed in one career race, attempted to qualify for the next race, and then disappeared for a full 40 years.

Sport teams and associations

Ironically, his team didn't finish as the best 1988 Winter Olympics bobsled team from the Caribbean.
"Hey, how are we doing this season?"
This has a football team?
The Swastikas, eh?
Atlanta Black CrackersA Negro League baseball team named like many others after a local white baseball team, but in this case the Atlanta Crackers were named after a racial nickname.
Baltimore Colts relocation to IndianapolisHow an entire NFL team relocated to another city overnight.
East Africa rugby union teamDid this rugby team really select a future dictator to play for them?
FC CuntumA club based in the Cuntum Madina district of Bissau.
FC SlutskHow a group of Australians brought worldwide fame to this modest Belarusian football club.
Jamaican bobsled teamThe real life inspiration for the film Cool Runnings.
London RippersA Canadian independent league baseball team that modeled its logo and mascot after Jack the Ripper. Local feminists were not amused, but Rush Limbaugh came to the team's defense.
Mongolia national baseball teamThey've only scored 3 runs at the Asian Games. Without ever finishing a game, because of the mercy rule.
New Zealand national team nomenclature based on the "All Blacks"
Badminton New Zealand
When your national rugby team is successful, what do you do? Follow New Zealand's example and rebrand all of your other sports teams as something similar to them. Including a badminton team that tried to rename itself "Black Cocks".
Oorang IndiansAn all-Native American National Football League team put together as a marketing gimmick to sell Airedale Terriers and known more for its halftime dog shows than for its football play.
Sark national football teamAlso known as The Bad Lions, the only national team that failed to ever score a goal.
Sealand national football teamThe football team of a micronation with a permanent population of 2.
Somalia national bandy teamThe only African national bandy team is seated in Sweden.
Steagles
Card-Pitt
Sports teams get relocated all the time (especially in the NFL), but what if they had mergers? Wartime conscription during World War II forced the Pittsburgh Steelers to do exactly that. Twice.
Tropical nations at the Winter OlympicsMore than just Jamaican bobsledders.
Wichita MonroviansA Negro League baseball team that played a game against the KKK... and won!
Windsor SwastikasA Canadian ice hockey team with a well-known logo.
Vatican City national football teamThe squad makes up more than 2 percent of the national population.

Games and strategy contests

Careful where you place that stone – your innards may not approve.
Sloane Square... Bond Street... Mornington Crescent!
Atomic chess
Beirut chess
Stratomic
Three different variations on the same idea: combining chess with explosions.
Blood-vomiting game"Go" is serious business.
Bongcloud AttackAn explanation of why 2. Ke2 is the height of modern chess theory.
The Campaign for North AfricaThe peak of wargaming, this frighteningly complex beast is estimated to take over a real-time decade to complete (you know, if you want to do things like eat and sleep as well).
Carlsen–Niemann controversyChess doesn't always produce drama, but when it does, it's glorious. A tale of cheating, lawsuits, and vibrating butt plugs.
Chess on a really big boardSelf-explanatory.
Fairy chess piecesLooking to spice up a game of chess? Throw one of these into the mix.
The GameA mind game in which players try not to think about The Game – which means that, by reading this, you just lost The Game.
GhettopolyAn unauthorized version of Monopoly that played on black and other stereotypes. The NAACP was not amused.
Human chessEnacted by costumed "pieces" on a scaled-up chessboard.
KanchōPopular among East Asian children, this "game" is played by going up to someone and sneakily poking them in the ass.
Kasparov versus the World"The greatest game in the history of chess", per Kasparov. His opponent suffered from flame wars, poor chess software and accusations of ballot stuffing.
List of games that Buddha would not playWhat would Buddha do? Well, he wouldn't play any of these.
Mornington CrescentA deceptively tricky game of navigating the London Underground—don't be caught in Nidd!
Poole versus HAL 9000"I'm sorry, Frank, I think you missed it..."
Potato raceOn foot, a tame activity for children. On horseback, a chaotic no-holds-barred blood sport where anything goes–except biting.
Taikyoku shogiJapanese 'ultimate chess', with over 400 pieces per side.
The TurkAn 18th century chess computer, which turned out to be a hoax.
USA Rock Paper Scissors LeagueOrganised finger sport.
War on Terror, the Board GameA boardgame satire of the real War on Terror that has proved so popular, it has ended up in national museums, in a TV sitcom, as part of a military training simulation and as a teaching aid in higher education institutions.

Folklore

A trap for something with large paws.
I'm beautiful, no matter what they say!
Wood you like dinner?
Headless men
Spring Heeled Jack.
This Mule is on fireeeeeee.
1593 transported soldier legendFolk legend of a soldier who fell asleep in Manila and woke up in Mexico City.
Baltic Sea anomalyLooks like someone left their Millennium Falcon underwater.
Behind the sofaWhere young British children hid from menacing scenes in sci-fi TV, now recalled humorously and nostalgically by British adults.
Bigfoot trapBelieved to be the world's only Bigfoot trap.
Brites de AlmeidaA legendary 12-fingered Portuguese baker who baked a group of Castilian soldiers in her oven as part of the fight for Portuguese independence.
Cottingley FairiesA successful photographic hoax in 1910s England which fooled Arthur Conan Doyle.
Count of St. GermainThe original Tommy Wiseau, an eighteenth century polymath who made a number of contradictory claims about his origins, including that he was 500 years old. People have also claimed he is an important theosophical figure who many have claimed to have met years after his supposed death in 1784.
Easter BilbyHow do you have an Easter Bunny in a country that has had a bad experience with rabbits? With an Easter Bilby of course!
FaxloreForms of folklore circulated via fax machine.
Flying ointmentA hallucinogenic ointment said to be used by witches in the Early Modern period.
Green children of WoolpitA tale of two purportedly green children who ate nothing but beans and claimed to be from a place where the sun never shone called Saint Martin's Land.
Headless menThe most unknown, yet bizarre and intriguing, humanoid monsters in European mythology. Possibly more famous nowadays for having a cameo in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
Headless MuleThey've got fire in place of their heads. Because regular mules are for weak people.
Heraclitus the ParadoxographerBefore there were 14-year-old Internet atheists, this guy was saying "um, ACKSYUALLY" about Greek myth.
Icelandic Elf SchoolPossibly the only school granting elf-spotting degrees. (Though certificates are also available from John Oliver.)
Josiah S. CarberryAn expert on cracked pots, and one of only three fictional people to have won the Ig Nobel Prize.
Kaspar HauserA German youth who claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell, and was once thought to be linked to the princely House of Baden.
Liver-Eating JohnsonA 19th-century mountain man with a penchant for revenge and the consumption of livers.
Machine elfAn entity that people claim they become aware of after having taken tryptamine based psychedelic drugs such as DMT.
Man-eating treeHoaxes and unsubstantiated reports in Madagascar and elsewhere.
MapinguariA cyclops in the Amazon rainforest.
Mari LwydIt's all fun and games until the horse skull comes knocking on your door.
Monkey-man of New DelhiReports in 2001 of a strange monkey-like creature appearing in New Delhi at night and attacking people.
NightmarchersOne of the coolest creatures in Hawaiian folklore, a group of ghost warriors from the past that walk throughout the island, armed with oceanic weapons.
PanottiAnd you thought you had atypically large ears.
Phantom social workersMysterious claims of "social workers" seeking to abduct infants and children.
Proverbs commonly attributed to be Chinese...although they're probably not.
Pseudo-mythologyThe, very curious, cases of "invented mythology" in a few nations from europe.
RodsPhotographic anomalies which some think are undiscovered flying creatures or miniature UFOs.
Russian reversalIn Soviet Russia, Wikipedia edits YOU!
Spring Heeled JackA mysterious character said to have existed in England during the Victorian age.
Telling the beesAn alternative explanation for the declining bee population.
Tió de NadalA log that defecates sweets for Catalan children on Christmas eve.
TitivillusThe patron demon of scribes, responsible for many errors.
TsukumogamiAccording to Japanese folklore, if you keep a household item for 100 years, it becomes alive with a spirit, and may grow a face and teeth.
Vagina dentataThe tooth, and nothing but the hole tooth.
Vampire pumpkins and watermelonsIn Balkan legend, an explanation for the blood-red streaks across these fruits: that they'd been left out on a full moon night, and thus turned by vampires.
VrilA book by the "dark and stormy night" guy that spawned rumours about German secret societies, a real master race living underground, and Nazi UFOs.
Well to HellA 9-mile (14 km) borehole drilled by Soviet scientists uncovers the sounds of millions of damned souls. Hot stuff.
Witch windowA superstitious practice in the State of Vermont to prevent witches from flying through open windows at night.
Yonaguni monumentBetween Japan and Taiwan lies the last remnant of the sunken continent of Mu (or rather, a natural rock formation that looks interesting enough to pass as it).

Mystery animals and animal folklore

Looks a load of Bonnacon to me...
Pieter Dirkx's imagining of the Mongolian death worm.
That's either one fast-growing plant, or...
Bake-danukiUses its testicles as a weapon.
Beast of GévaudanA mammal(s) that went on a killing spree in southern France in the 1700s, causing significant and expensive Royal intervention.
Bird peopleThe widely recurring motif in legends and fiction of birds who are people, or people who are birds.
BonnaconA mythical ox which flings burning dung at its enemies from its rear and horn.
Cattle mutilationThe alleged killing and subsequent mutilation of cattle, sheep or horses by unknown perpetrators. Some say they may be aliens.
ChupacabraA legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas, generally reported in Latin America, that preys on livestock.
CynocephalyA kind of human-wolf hybrid where only the head is dog-like.
Dog spinningDo Bulgarians really twizzle their domestic canines to foretell prosperity? The British Green Party thinks so, and they're not happy about it.
Drop bearA fictitious Australian marsupial supposedly related to the koala.
Fearsome crittersNorth American lumberjack folklore, with Axhandle hounds and jackalopes.
Flying pigThe classic impossibility has been officially proved possible by the Internet Engineering Task Force: "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Gef the talking mongooseA poltergeist-like creature which claimed to have been an 80-year-old Indian mongoose, alleged to have haunted a Manx cottage during the 1930s.
HumanzeeA hypothetical(?) human/chimpanzee hybrid.
Jersey DevilA mythological creature said to inhabit the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
Liver birdA legendary cormorant or eagle that is the symbol of a major English city.
Living entombed animalTales of toads and other creatures supposedly remaining alive encased in stone.
Lluvia de PecesIt's raining fish in Honduras.
MamlamboOne of the most interesting beasts in Zulu folklore.
Mongolian death wormA large, bright red worm that kills using acid and electrical discharges – allegedly.
Montauk MonsterActually a decaying raccoon... or is it?
Pacific Northwest Tree OctopusAn endangered creature, whose major predator is the sasquatch. Apparently.
Phantom kangaroosThey're not just found in Australia.
PopobawaA bat-winged monster from Zanzibar said to sodomize people during election campaigns.
Pig-faced womenA lesson never to compare a person's children to pigs when pregnant, lest you be cursed.
Rat kingNot the rodent monarch familiar from The Nutcracker, but a rare (some say nonexistent) phenomenon in which a group of rats grow up with their tails tangled in a knot.
Reptilian humanoidA recurring theme in fiction, especially science fiction, pseudoscientific theories and conspiracy theories.
RhinogradentiaA fictitious mammal order documented by an equally fictitious German naturalist.
Sea monkAn aquatic hallelujah.
Sidehill gougerFictional creatures said to inhabit the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and the southwestern sandhills of Saskatchewan.
Spherical cow"Consider a spherical cow in a vacuum..."
SquonkA Pennsylvania-based creature that cries constantly because it's so ugly. The most relatable mythical animal.
TarasqueOne of the strangest mythical beasts in France.
Vegetable Lamb of TartaryMoney might not grow on trees, but maybe sheep do.
Widow's manA strange myth that fishmen and seamen have been telling for centuries now.

Society, economy and law

Eating chocolate cake in a bag.
Comrade! Your hair is not trimmed in accordance with the socialist lifestyle!
At the heart of an international incident.
AbsurdistanThe place where silly bureaucracy rules. Has been located in places as diverse as Czechoslovakia and Iraq.
BagismA social ideology created by the Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono which involves wearing a bag over one's entire body to promote peace and equality.
Beard Liberation FrontA British interest group which campaigns in support of beards and opposes discrimination against those who wear them.
Berners Street hoaxThe day that all of London gathered at one house.
Birth tourismGoing on vacation to get a different citizenship for the child.
Frank ChuAll he wants is royalties for being featured in a real life soap opera broadcast in 12 galaxies – or was it 785,249,000,000,000?
Correspondence between the Ottoman sultan and the CossacksAmongst other insults and profanity, it supposedly told Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire to fuck his mother.
Crypt of CivilizationA time capsule not to be opened before 8113 A.D.
Cutting in lineHow rude!
Elaine DavidsonA Brazilian woman that has the record of having the most piercings in the face.
Erika EiffelWife of the Eiffel Tower.
ElvavråletThe time of night when Swedish university students throw open their windows and scream their stress away.
Escalator etiquetteWhich side are you on?
Fat men's clubSocial clubs for the weightiest members of society.
Female husbandWomen who specifically marry other women whilst pretending to be men.
Jenaro Gajardo VeraA Chilean lawyer who claimed to own the Moon.
Justo Gallego MartínezA Spanish Catholic priest who, for almost seven decades, single-handedly constructed his own church.
Georgia GuidestonesA granite monument commissioned to help guide humanity, which became the subject of conspiracy theories, and the target of a bomber.
Guerrilla gardening"Quick... torch on... plant those carrots!"
Go Topless DayA day to advocate topfreedom for women.
Great Stork DerbyThe strangest competition in Canadian history: female residents of Toronto were promised a financial reward to give birth to the most kids in just ten years.
Charles HarrelsonOne of the most infamous hitmen in US history... and the father of actor Woody Harrelson.
He never marriedA euphemism often used in mid-20th century obituaries in United Kingdom for gay men.
Marie Sophie HingstThe late German historian and blogger who claimed to be born to Holocaust survivors, despite not being Jewish.
Ancient and Honorable Order of TurtlesNot a ninja turtles fan group, but "an honorable drinking fraternity composed of ladies and gentlemen of the highest morals and good character, who are never vulgar."
Japanese adult adoptionThe vast majority of adoptees in Japan are childless adult males, adopted by families needing a strong heir or a male successor for their businesses.
Elizabeth KlarerA 20th century Afrikaner woman who claimed that she dated an extraterrestrial being and gave birth to an alien. She later wrote two books about this.
Knobbly knees competitionA favourite in holiday camps all over the UK.
Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyleA television show produced by the North Korean government intended to educate the public on good and bad hairstyles.
List of people who have lived in airportsWish you were here?
Long-term nuclear waste warning messagesHow do you warn people to stay away from nuclear waste repositories, in a way that will be understandable 10,000 years from now?
Jean-Marie LoretHe (and his children) claimed that he was the son of an affair between his mother and a WW1-era, pre-infamy Adolf Hitler.
Mónica MacíasThe daughter of Equatoguinean president Francisco Macías Nguema who grew up in North Korea, with Kim Il Sung himself serving as her second father.
Man of the HoleThe last survivor of an uncontacted tribe in Brazil, and arguably the world's loneliest person.
Mitsuyasu MaenoPorn actor, yakuza member, Japanese ultranationalist and failed assassin.
Mongrel complexA concept regarding an inferiority complex reportedly felt by some Brazilians. Coined following an especially agonizing World Cup loss.
Montreal–Philippines cutlery controversyA 7-year-old boy's eating habits became an international incident.
Neturei KartaAn international organization of Orthodox Jews that oppose Israel.
Niche insuranceInsure yourself against being abducted by aliens, losing your genitalia, or conceiving the second Christ.
Emperor NortonA man who claimed to be "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico" in 1859.
Panty treeTrees covered in various articles of clothing cast off by ski lift passengers.
Pole and Hungarian brothers beA two-nation proverb often cited, usually while drinking, in both Poland and Hungary.
Posthumous marriageSaying "'til death do us part" with someone who's already dead.
The QueueA queue, stretching for 10 miles at one point, all the way to Southwark Park, formed by Britons in September 2022 in order to pay their respects to their late sovereign.
SentineleseAn autonomous Stone Age human tribe which completely avoids contact with the outside world.
Travelling gnomeTaking a garden gnome on an adventure... occasionally without telling the owner of the garden it was on.
Vesna VulovićA Serbian flight attendant who became famous for surviving the highest fall without the use of parachutes.
War of the stop signsFree movement means free movement.
ZionaAn Indian man that holds the record for fathering the largest living family in the world. In total, he had 39 spouses and 94 children. Talk about the weekly home bills....

Politics and government

He missed, darn it!
Who knew legislation could be so sweet?
The confusingly hirsute Charles the Bald.
All hail the Conch Republic!
I am a jelly donut?
Not a killer rabbit after all.
A senator uses an old debating trick.
Leftist love.
There's no-one as Irish as this guy.
A work by the "Kowloon emperor".
1803 Gatton by-electionTwo candidates, only one ballot cast, in this by-election in one of the UK's most notorious rotten boroughs of the early 19th century.
1927 Liberian general electionThe most fraudulent election in recorded history, with a turnout of 1,680%.
1986 Illinois gubernatorial electionFollowers of a bizarre political figure hijack an election, and force one of the main candidates into running under a different party.
2018 Makassar mayoral electionIn which Munafri Arifuddin ran unopposed for mayor of Makassar, Indonesia, won more than 250,000 votes, and lost.
Above ZnoneoftheA Canadian politician who changed his name so that people would misread it as "none of the above" on the ballot (with the Z added to appear at the end of the list) and pick his name by mistake.
Alaska Mental Health Enabling ActAn apparently innocuous piece of congressional legislation that became the subject of outrageous but widely believed conspiracy theories in 1956.
Animals as electoral candidatesWhy be ruled by some monkey, RINO or pig when you can get a real chimp, rhino or pig into office?
André DallaireHow often do would-be assassins break into a Prime Minister's residence without resistance?
Anarchist Pogo Party of GermanyA satirical party formed in the 1980s. Some of its main objectives include balkanizing Germany, legalizing all drugs and creating so-called "fuckpooling centers".
Antanas MockusThe surprisingly effective mayor of Bogotá, Colombia known for civically-targeted publicity pranks.
Anti-JapaneseismAdvocates for self-inflicted genocide.
Anti-PowerPoint PartyFighting the overuse of Microsoft PowerPoint in offices since 2011.
Bald–hairyRussian leadership has alternated between bald and hairy leaders since 1825.
Banned in BostonBoston now has a reputation as a liberal city, but it wasn't always so...
Barack Obama "Joker" posterYou wanna know how I got these scars?
Alejandro Cao de BenósA Spanish man who is the only non-Korean person to officially work for the North Korean government. Benós is also featured in some documentaries about North Korea, such as The Propaganda Game and The Mole: Undercover in North Korea.
Biotic Baking BrigadePie-throwing anarchists.
Boris SkossyreffBelarusian adventurer, who tried to seize the monarchy of Andorra and called himself Boris I of Andorra.
British IsraelismA long discredited form of British nationalism, by way of the idea that the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel made their way to Britain.
Brown Dog affairPolitical scandal that resulted in police protection for the statue of a dog.
Bunga bungaNobody knew what it meant, until one Italian politician made it mean "kinky sex".
BushismAny of a number of peculiar words, phrases, pronunciations, malapropisms, semantic or linguistic errors that have occurred in the public speaking of former United States President George W. Bush.
Bush shoeing incidentAn incident where Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw a pair of shoes at George W. Bush on December 14th, 2008 during a press conference.
Byron (Low Tax) LooperNot only did he give himself a parenthetical middle name, he tried to win an election by simply murdering his opponent. It didn't quite work out.
Candy DeskA desk on the floor of the U.S. Senate has been kept filled with candy since 1968.
CatmandoA cat who was the head of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Charles the BaldA 9th century emperor of the Carolingian Empire who is depicted in artwork as having a full head of hair.
ChernomyrdinkaRussia can do Bushisms too.
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet OfficeAn official government position in the United Kingdom.
Count BinfaceAn intergalatic warlord and British political candidate (formerly Lord Buckethead).
Celso DanielA city mayor in Brazil who was, allegedly, assassinated in 2002 by criminals, but many people say that he was murdered for political reasons. Within five years, seven witnesses were found dead. To this day, the case remains unsolved.
Congressional office lotteryThe process that determines when representatives in the House can pick their rooms, host to such rituals as playing Frank Sinatra songs and Jedi mind tricks.
Crusade of Romanianism1930s Romania saw possibly the world's only political movement which attempted to synthesize fascism with libertarian socialism.
David Rice AtchisonPossibly President for a day, only finding out after his "term" had ended.
Deez NutsA satirical candidate who ran for president during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and polled 10% at his best. In the polls, he had defeated other notable candidates such as Harambe, Beast Mode, Darrell Castle (this one is real), and nearly Jill Stein.
Division of BatmanA former electoral district in Melbourne, Australia. And no, it wasn't named after the superhero.
Democracy sausagePart of Australia's tradition of holding a fundraising sausage sizzle at polling places on election day. Not connected to the observation about similarities between how laws and sausages are made.
"Dewey Defeats Truman"When Thomas E. Dewey was falsely thought to have defeated Harry S. Truman in the 1948 election.
Dizzy Gillespie 1964 presidential campaignHad it succeeded, it would have created a dream cabinet including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and Ray Charles.
Donald Duck PartyA non-existent political party, at occasions among the top ten parties in Swedish parliamentary elections.
DunwichAnother rotten borough which had almost entirely fallen into the sea over two centuries before it was abolished. Not to be confused with the other Dunwich...
Ed Miliband bacon sandwich photographThe biggest enemy of British politician - and then Leader of the Opposition - Ed Miliband? A simple bacon sandwich.
Eddie EagleNot the British ski-jumping pioneer, but the NRA's firearm safety mascot. For kids!
Wolfgang EngelsA 19-year old civilian employee of the National People's Army who smashed through the Berlin Wall with a stolen APC.
EuromythParanoid and imaginative speculations about the bureaucratic excesses of the European Union.
Four Pests campaignMao Zedong's campaign to eliminate all sparrows in China. Helped (in some small way, at least) cause the Great Chinese Famine.
Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conferenceThe bizarre scene when Trump's presidential campaign hosted a presser not at the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia... but at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, Philadelphia.
Fuddle duddleA Canadian political incident involving most unparliamentary language.
GaysperWhen Spain's major far-right party accidentally created an LGBT+ icon.
George H. W. Bush broccoli commentsThe president's strategy for winning the baby vote.
German Apples FrontA campaign to purify the German... fruit crop.
Glee ClubPredating the American television series by some decades, one British political party hosts this evening of entertainment in which participants are encouraged to sing rude songs making fun of politicians past and present, both in the party and in more general politics.
Greek EcologistsA Green party which uses nudity in its political campaigns.
Günter SchabowskiA Freudian slip of this East German official started the demolition of the Berlin Wall.
H'AngusA monkey football mascot who was elected mayor of Hartlepool, England, with a platform of "free bananas for all schoolchildren".
Harcourt interpolationThe speaker then said he felt inclined for a bit of fucking.
Harold HoltHe goes swimming, and then missing.
HelengradA nonexistent communist dystopia that supposedly gripped Wellington, New Zealand between 1999 and 2008.
Huh Kyung-youngA perennial South Korean political candidate who owns a palace filled with portraits of himself, claims to be able to levitate and teleport, and that he has an IQ of 430. Got 0.8% of the vote for President in 2022.
Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog PartyThe best satirical party in Hungary.
Ich bin ein BerlinerPresident Kennedy did not call himself a jelly donut in front of a German audience.
Ilona StallerA Hungarian porn star elected to the Italian Parliament.
Incidents of objects being thrown at politiciansIn various countries, objects have been thrown at politicians for reasons varying from comedic to harmful with objects from pies to grenades.
Jakob Maria MierscheidA fictitious politician in the German Bundestag since 1979, originally introduced in the 1920s by Weimar Social Democrats to avoid paying restaurant bills. Discovered the Mierscheid Law.
Jimmy Carter Peanut StatueA statue of a grinning peanut in honor of Jimmy Carter...
Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
Jimmy Carter UFO incident
...who had two very strange incidents happen to him. Was the rabbit really a killer?

And is the truth really out there?

Jón GnarrAn Icelandic comedian who started the satirical Best Party, and became the mayor of Reykjavík.
John TurmelWith a record of no wins and 100 losses in campaigns since 1979, he's probably the world's least-successful would-be politician.
Dennis HofAn American pimp who owned several legal brothels in Nevada and won the Nevada 36th district election in 2018... While he was dead.
Justin HumphreyAn American politician who made a bill that would make it illegal to be a furry in Oklahoma schools.
Kasongo IlungaA man who spent several months of 2007 as the Minister for Foreign Trade of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – even though he wasn't a real person.
Ku Klux Klan titles and vocabularyIf you ever find yourself an alien in the Klavern and someone asks "AYAK?" remember to answer "AKIA". It's all "CABARK".
Lyndon LaRoucheWhat does the Glass-Steagall Act, concert pitch, and a hypothetical Eurasian Land Bridge have in common? According to him, Elizabeth II's attempts to suppress "the truth" about them.
Legislative violenceWhere politicians actively fight for what they believe in.
Liz Truss lettuceThe vegetable that outlasted a British prime minister.
Lord Bloody Wog RoloAustralian political personality and founder of the British Ultra Loyalist League Serving Historical Interests Today (B.U.L.L.…).
Luke LeaFormer American Senator who tried to kidnap the exiled former Kaiser of Germany in 1919. The plan failed when the Kaiser refused to allow him to visit. He ended up stealing a bronze ashtray instead.
List of Kim Jong Il's titlesBecause just being the "Great Leader" wasn't enough.
Marxist–Leninist Party of the NetherlandsA fake Maoist political party set up by the BVD in order to spy on the Chinese government. Fooled Zhou Enlai, and may have helped facilitate Richard Nixon's tour of China.
Mitsuo MatayoshiPerennial candidate. Self-proclaimed God. Repeatedly told opponents to kill themselves.
McGillicuddy Serious PartyA satirical political party in New Zealand.
Mel CarnahanIn 2000, he was elected to the United States Senate, despite dying in a plane crash 3 weeks before election day.
Merkel-RauteMore than one German leader has been known for a distinctive hand gesture.
NagriamelA libertarian, welfarist, traditionalist, cargo cultist Ni-Vanuatu political movement that was once led by a man named "Moses" with 23 wives and briefly tried to secede. Still represented in the Parilament of Vanuatu, making it perhaps the world's strangest non-satirical party with actual influence.
New shoes on budget dayOne of Canada's less grand political traditions.
Nicolás Zúñiga y MirandaMexican eccentric who repeatedly ran for president, lost, and claimed he'd won. Sound familiar?
NHK PartyThe Japanese anti-TV licensing fees party with nine names since 2020, two feuding leaders, and a habit of picking YouTubers as candidates, that is somehow still represented in the Diet.
Niuas Nobles' constituencyAn electoral constituency consisting of just three voters, who elect one of their number to one of the twenty-six seats in the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.
Nobody for PresidentVote for Nobody! Nobody will listen to their campaign promises!
Nuisance candidateIn the Philippines political candidates can be disqualified for bringing the election into disrepute or mockery, having a name which confuses voters or not actually intending to run for office.
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Screaming Lord Sutch
Among other policies, this British political party advocates the banning of semicolons as "no-one knows how to use them". Its original leader still holds a British record by standing in 40 elections and losing all of them.
Old SarumA notorious UK rotten borough which elected 2 MPs, despite having an electorate of 11, none of whom actually lived there.
Gabriele PaoliniHis sole aim in life: to get condoms on TV.
Panda diplomacyTurns out that the best Chinese diplomats are pandas.
Parliamentary snuff boxThe only place where you can legally get free tobacco in the UK is the House of Commons.
Pascual RacuyalA Filipino presidential aspirant who promised to build plastic roads and govern the Philippines "via satellite".
Patrol 36The most famous group of Neo-Nazi Israelis.
Pedro LascuráinPresident of Mexico for 45 minutes.
People's Revolutionary GovernmentThe only Marxist-Leninist constitutional monarchy in history with Elizabeth II as monarch.
Pink PistolsThey're here, they're queer – and they're armed to the teeth.
Polish Beer-Lovers' PartyOne of the major political powers in Poland in the early 1990s.
Political Google bombs in the 2004 U.S. presidential electionI was searching for waffles, not John Kerry.
¿Por qué no te callas?It's not often a head of state tells another head of state to shut up at an official summit.
Proposed Canadian annexation of the Turks and Caicos IslandsFirst proposed in 1917.
Puedo prometer y prometoSpain's first political joke after the end of the Franco era.
Putin khuylo!Or "Putin is a dickhead", in Ukrainian.
RatfuckingWhat the Watergate conspirators did. (Not bestiality, if that's what you're thinking.)
Redskins RuleWhen Washington's NFL team won, the party of the current president retained the presidency; when they lost, the opposition party won.
Resignation from the British House of CommonsIllegal since 1624.
Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978)A British Trotskyist cult party that went right-libertarian post-Cold War, discovered genocide denial, accused ITN of faking footage, and got sued out of existence.
Rhinoceros PartyA former political party in Canada, which often promised outlandishly impossible schemes designed to amuse and entertain the voting public.
Richard Nixon maskOne of the United States' most popular masks.
Russian political jokesIn Soviet Russia, the article reads you.
Shanghai Fugu AgreementA completely fictitious international treaty accepted by the German state of Hesse in 1985.
Shawinigan HandshakeA tense Prime Minister puts a chokehold on a protestor.
Shi Pei PuA male Chinese opera singer-turned-spy who seduced French diplomat Bernard Boursicot for 20 years by pretending to be a woman, even "having" a child with him.
Sister Boom BoomA drag queen who dressed as a nun and ran for the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco.
Socialist fraternal kissWhen two socialist leaders are very close...
Socialist Patients' CollectiveAn organization that charged that diseases were caused by capitalism.
Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957You've got to really care about white supremacy to talk for 24 hours straight. (Happily, it didn't stop the Civil Rights Act from passing.)
Taiwan Communist PartyThe founder of the party claimed he had no knowledge of communist theory and only picked the name to garner interest.
The Wizard of New ZealandThe Prime Minister of New Zealand gave a friend the title of "Wizard of New Zealand."
"There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama"A 2008 song celebrating the Irish heritage of then-candidate for President of the United States Barack Obama.
Toad worshipThe online cult of former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin.
Tsang Tsou-choiFrom the 1970s to his death, he claimed to be the "Kowloon emperor".
Wilson TuckerThe power of group voting tickets brought a man living in America to Australian regional office despite only having gained 98 votes.
Unabomber for President1996 saw a presidential campaign for an infamous domestic terrorist serving eight life sentences in a supermax prison.
Union of the Centrist CenterActually centre-right.
Vermin SupremeA presidential candidate with a boot on his head, who carries around a large toothbrush and pledges that, if elected, he will give every U.S. citizen a pony.
Waitangi dildo incidentOnce upon a time in New Zealand, Minister for Economic Development Steven Joyce was attacked with a dildo.
White House horseshoe pitWhere George H. W. Bush won an epic duel of horseshoes 21-0 in five minutes.
Why I Want to Fuck Ronald ReaganA spoof scientific study by J.G. Ballard which compares the face of Ronald Reagan to an erect penis. Was circulated at the 1980 RNC as a prank.
You have two cowsA political satire comparing different political ideologies with cows, for some reason.

Business and economics

Orion in the sky, EURion on your money.
...we're going to need a bigger wallet.
Gamestonks.
1933 double eagleAn extremely rare U.S. coin that is illegal to privately own.
2018 Samsung fat-finger errorWhen new Samsung Securities shareholders got 112 trillion won (1017719218.54 USD) richer.
BackpackersXpressIt's hard to see what went wrong with this proposal to fly Boeing 747s full of singing, dancing and drinking backpackers between Australia and the UK.
BadsLike goods, but no one wants them. Notable for being exactly the word a child would come up with for this concept as a joke.
Bank of England £100,000,000 noteIf you thought the largest UK banknote was £50, then you're VERY wrong.
Big Mac IndexRonald McDonaldonomics.
Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy PromotionsOr "BUGA-UP" for short. An Australian group of subversive artists who live up to their self-description by defacing tobacco and alcohol billboard advertisements to promote healthy living.
Boss keyA special button on an application used to quickly mask an employee's counterproductivity.
Dead cat bounceIn finance, a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining stock, because "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height."
CeX (retailer)It sells.
Dead mallThat formerly active and popular mall that no one goes to anymore.
Elongated coinWhat better souvenir than a mangled and defaced penny.
EURion constellationsNot-so-secret recognition patterns you can find on banknotes.
FedspeakA deliberately confusing, carefully rehearsed cryptic language, whose delphic dialect is used to effectively prevent the understanding of Federal Reserve Board policy.
Financial Modeling World CupAn esport competition of financial modelling, using Microsoft Excel.
FukuppyA branding exercise by a Japanese refrigeration company, which turned into a, well, ...
GameStop short squeezeInternet traders meme their way into a battle for Wall Street. To the moon!
Ghetto tourismAnd if you look to your left you will see an impoverished minority neighborhood.
Gruen transferIn shopping mall design, the moment when consumers enter a mall or store and, surrounded by an intentionally confusing layout, lose track of their original intentions, making them more susceptible to making impulse buys.
Prix GuzmanA prize given by the French Academy of Sciences to the first person who succeeded in communicating with a celestial body, other than Mars (as many believed it to be inhabited at the time), and receiving a response. The prize caught the attention of Nikola Tesla among others, but was not awarded until Apollo 11 in 1969.
Hallmark holidayA holiday that seemingly exists primarily for commercial purposes.
Hemline indexThe other reason why CEOs like women with short skirts.
Hungarian pengőThe worst inflation in history caused this currency to be replaced with another that was 400,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000,­000 times its value.
Inflatable ratCommon tool of U.S. labor unions.
IKEA pencilFree, popular, and even used in surgery.
Kongo GumiThe world's oldest company that is still in operation today.
Maid caféSo cuteeee.
Men's underwear indexAn economic indicator popularised by Alan Greenspan.
Meme coinActual traded cryptocurrencies based on internet memes.
Merchant Marine of SwitzerlandA landlocked country with a significant commercial fleet.
Money burningWhich can provide for behaviour modification, political notoriety and a warm fireplace. (See also K Foundation Burn a Million Quid in the "Popular culture, entertainment and the arts" section above.)
Olim L'BerlinA Facebook page that urged Israelis to move to Germany by comparing prices of a popular Milky pudding.
Oil futures drunk-trading incidentA rather costly drunken mistake.
Operation BernhardtWhen Nazi Germany came up with a plan to drop counterfeit pound notes over Britain: in theory, massively inflating their currency and collapsing their economy.
Purple squirrelMythical creature, a job candidate with precisely the right education, experience, and qualifications that perfectly fits a job's requirements.
Rai stonesStone money, some of which is 3 meters (10 ft) in diameter, and weighs 4 metric tons (8,800 lb).
Gerald RatnerBusiness 101: If you own an incredibly popular jewellery company, maybe don't publicly announce that your products are all cheap garbage.
Swastika LaundryA laundry service whose electric vans cheerfully displayed the notorious symbol around Dublin until the 1960s.
Tanganyika groundnut schemeA scheme, stymied by a lack of water, to grow peanuts where none had been grown before.
TherbligsIn motion studies, the elemental motions used by a person when performing a process in the workplace. Named by and after Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth (yes, the parents in Cheaper by the Dozen).
Ting Hai effectA sudden drop in the stock market that follows whenever Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng stars in a new TV show.
Tingo Group
Dozy Mmobuosi
A seemingly magical Nigerian agri-fintech company that was once valued for more than $1 billion. Actually discovered to be a personal vehicle for its founder, who's now charged with securities fraud.
Toyokawa Shinkin Bank incidentHow idle chatter between three high school girls led to a 2-billion-yen bank run.
Trillion-dollar coinA concept that was proposed as a way to bypass US debt-ceiling crisis through the minting of high-value platinum coins.
Tulip maniaThe first recorded asset bubble was for Dutch tulips, which at the peak of the mania sold for 10 times a skilled artisan's income. Disputed to have ever occurred by some.
"Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!"An ad campaign that figured the best way to sell cigarettes is to show all the consumers with black eyes.
Veblen goodGoods whose demand increases as price increases, violating the law of demand.
Why didn't you invest in Eastern Poland?Because if you don't, your in-laws will hate you, your children won't respect you, even your therapist will judge you, according to this mocked PR campaign.
Zero-rupee noteA method of reducing bribery in India.

Law, law enforcement and crime

An acoustic kitty. Well, almost.
"Says in the Mail that these'll have to be straight now! Bloody Eurocrats..."
Not my first thought when you said "armored personnel carrier".
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attackThe first and largest bioterror attack in United States history involved the poisoning of salad bars with Salmonella in an attempt to sway an election in favor of the followers of an Indian mystic.
2007 Boston Mooninite panicA guerilla marketing campaign for an animated TV series that quickly became a homeland security issue.
Sada AbeSensational journalism—from the Land of the Rising Sun.
Acoustic KittyA failed CIA experiment at using a cat for covert surveillance.
Animal trialHistorically, the law in some areas of Europe subjected animals to criminal liability for their conduct.
Attempted theft of George Washington's skullAlas, poor George!
Baby Jesus theftWhen a child is gone...
Batman rapistBatman's back at it again, but this time it's actually a sex offender who attacked women in the city of Bath.
Bowling Green massacreA nonexistent massacre mentioned by the Trump administration, subject to parody.
Burke and Hare murdersWhat is the best way to accelerate scientific progress? Killing people, of course.
Chamoy ThipyasoAt 141,078 years, she holds the record for the longest prison sentence without lifetime imprisonment – and didn't even serve 1% of it.
Chewbacca defense"Now, why would Wikipedia have an article about the Chewbacca defense? That does not make sense!"
Michael CicconettiA judge renowned for his strange alternative punishments.
Cicada 3301Criminals or puzzle enthusiasts?
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94The infamous "bendy banana law", this seemingly-dry piece of EU quality standards legislation convinced the UK media and many ordinary people that Brussels had banned bananas from being curved. One of the most infamous Euromyths.
Confraternities in NigeriaIn Nigeria, university student societies have been frequently linked to kidnapping, sexual assault and mass murder.
Crime in AntarcticaIt's not the Wild West—er, South.
Crime in Vatican CityBecause of its low population and large number of tourists, the statistics suggest the average citizen commits two crimes per year.
Dead Man's StatuteEnacted to prevent a witness from testifying about communications with a dead person.
Easter Act 1928The government of the United Kingdom legally mandated a change of date for Easter Sunday to a period of seven days - and then never actually enforced it.
Emo killings in IraqMusic fans killed for their alleged Satan worship and homosexuality.
Expert wizard amendmentNew Mexico narrowly avoided requiring all psychiatrists testifying in court to put on a robe and wizard hat.
Free BenchAn unusual English legal custom permitting a widow to inherit her deceased husband's land. In one version, she would have to ride into court backwards on a black ram while reciting a nonsense verse.
Glasgow ice cream warsIn the 1980s, violent conflicts between ice-cream vendors (who also sold drugs and stolen goods) left six people dead.
Troy Leon GreggEscaped from death row, got killed in a bar fight that same night.
Disappearance of Johnny GoschIn 1982, a 12 year-old went missing. As of 2023, the case is still unsolved, and Gosch's whereabouts remain a mystery. However, Gosch's mother claims that he visited her in 1997, and in 2006 she found a photo sent by an anonymous person to her front door.
Guano Islands ActThis strange piece of legislation enables citizens of the U.S. to take possession of islands containing guano deposits.
Gresham cat hostage taking incidentIn 1994, a cat was taken hostage by its owner in a store. The owner would later get shot and killed by police.
Robert HanssenTasked by the FBI to help rat out Soviet spies. The problem? He was one of them.
Helen DuncanThe last woman convicted under the UK's Witchcraft Act. Her favourite trick: "ectoplasm" made out of fabric and egg.
Hobby Lobby smuggling scandalA craft store chain purchases stolen Iraqi artifacts.
'I know it when I see it'"Not that, but something sort of like that?"
John SmeatonSometimes, the best way to avoid a terrorist attack is to simply kick the terrorist in the balls.
John "Half-hanged" SmithThey tried to hang him, but he survived. Later attempts to try him fizzled out until they just decided to deport him to America.
Lake Erie Walleye Trail fishing tournament cheating scandal"We got weights in FISH!!!"
Learned HandThanks to his name, this American judge could've part-timed as a superhero—"The Learned Hand of the Law" has a nice ring to it. Given his impact on tax law, his birth name of Billings Learned Hand is even more apropos.
Jay LeidermanThe lawyer that represented Anonymous.
Lesbian ruleNot the replacement for the Patriarchy, but an archaic term meaning legal flexibility (and originally a building tool from Lesbos).
Ley de fugasPrisoners were allowed to escape, as an excuse to kill them for trying to escape.
Viola LiuzzoOne of the FBI's darkest criminal cases.
Rodrigo Rosenberg MarzanoA Guatemalan attorney who arranged his own death and blamed it on the President, seeking justice for his murdered girlfriend.
Massachusetts School LawsHow 17th-century Massachusetts sought to rid itself of the Prince of Darkness.
The Matrix defenseA claim that the defendant committed a crime under the belief of being inside a simulated reality. The defense has been successful more than once.
Gary McKinnonHow a UFO enthusiast with Asperger syndrome was able to hack into the US government's computers.
Moron in a hurryUsed in passing-off law, this is the sort of fictional person who would look at a knockoff product and think it's the real thing for long enough to buy it.
Mug shot of Donald TrumpHow a photo of the 45th president of the U.S. getting arrested (and released shortly after) became a source of comedy on the internet.
My Way killingsThere's one song you shouldn't sing in a Filipino karaoke bar.
Ninja of HeiseiAn elderly Japanese man who successfully committed over 250 burglaries while disguised in a ninja outfit.
Not provenA controversial Scots law verdict for those neither guilty nor innocent.
Disappearance of Emanuela OrlandiIn 1983, a teenage girl went missing in the Vatican and the search for her whereabouts became a major controversy. In 2023, the religious state opened for the first time an official investigation on the matter.
Onion Futures ActWhy you can't buy any onion futures, but you can for corn, oats, rice, aluminum, crude oil, wood, etc.
Operation FlagshipDo not trust the San Diego Chicken.
Perry Mason moment"Mr. Menendez, did you know Big 5 stopped selling pistols in 1986?"
Phantom of HeilbronnA DNA-traced serial killer, also known as the "Woman without a face", who turned out to be nonexistent.
Phantom social workersThey make children disappear.
Prenda LawA law firm that blackmailed people for allegedly downloading pornography; the firm was described by one court as a "porno-trolling collective".
Prohibition of dyingThere are really some places where death is illegal. (Although it is unknown what happens to anyone who breaks this law.)
Regulation of flamethrowers in the United StatesNo permit needed in 48 states.
Rough sex murder defenseIt is what it is.
Mitchell RupeThe man who was too fat to hang.
Salmon Act 1986A UK law, designed to curb illegal fishing, which creates the humorously-named crime of "handling salmon in suspicious circumstances".
Sand theftWhat do you mean I can't take the sand home?
Shaggy defenseCaught committing a crime, but don't know what to do? Say it wasn't you.
Shawn NelsonThey say that being in a tank gives you the high ground. It certainly reigns true here.
Small penis ruleA technique used by authors to avoid libel lawsuits.
Steve ComisarAmerica's #1 solar-powered dryer salesman.
Tennessee login lawLaws against password sharing are older than you think, but have always been this unpopular.
Keron ThomasIn 1993, aged sixteen, he posed as a motorman on the New York City Subway and managed to operate a scheduled passenger train for over three hours.
Andre ThomasSerial killer who tore out his eyes and consumed them in order to prevent the government from reading his mind.
Twinkie defenseWhen you don't want to go to jail.
Ugly lawA type of U.S. city ordinance banning anyone "diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object" from being in public.
United Airlines Flight 976The worst case of air rage ever? Or just a very bad case of traveler's diarrhea?
Angie Sanclemente ValenciaA former lingerie model alleged to have run one of the largest drug cartels in the world.
Clement VallandighamA lawyer who proved his client had not killed a man, but the victim had shot himself... by shooting himself dead.
Whipping TomThe name given to multiple London sex attackers. One of them, upon seeing an unaccompanied woman, would grab her, lift her dress, and slap her buttocks repeatedly before fleeing. He would sometimes accompany his attacks by shouting "Spanko!"
Wet feet, dry feet policyAmerica seems to not like wet feet.
A fruit or a vegetable?
A vegetable or a fruit?
A vegetable.
2008 French mistaken virginity caseFrance's most bizarre lawsuit: an angry man takes legal action against his newly married wife for not being a virgin.
62 Cases of Jam v. United StatesWhen is imitation jam not jam?
Batman v. CommissionerBatman said his teenage son was his partner. The Commissioner wasn't having any of it.
FTC v. Balls of KryptoniteIn some ways, the U.S. government is more powerful than Superman.
Hermesmann v. SeyerA Kansas Supreme Court case that decided that a 12-year-old boy who was molested by his 16-year-old babysitter had to pay for her child support.
Iceland v Iceland Foods LtdWho has a greater claim to the name Iceland - a country established in 874 or a British retailer founded in 1970?
Jarvis v Swans Tours LtdA legal complaint about the lack of gemütlichkeit during a Swiss Christmas holiday.
Lawsuits against supernatural beingsEven if you can serve process on them, they are unlikely to show up in court.
Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc.Would you expect to be able to swap 7 million points (worth $700,000) for a Harrier jump jet (worth $22 million)? This man did and took Pepsi to court when they failed to supply him one. Unsurprisingly – to everyone except him – he lost the case.
Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. ResweberDo you still count as "executed" even if you didn't die? This was a surprisingly contentious issue.
Manacled Mormon caseThe religious rape case that became a movie and involved the cloning of a dog.
Memoirs v. MassachusettsA U.S. Supreme Court case concerning whether the 1748 book Fanny Hill was entitled to First Amendment protection. One of the dissenting opinions contained an extensive discussion of the supposedly pornographic content.
McMartin preschool trialThe most expensive trial in US history. Amid the 1980s' day-care sex-abuse hysteria, hundreds of children wasted 7 years of court time and $15 million of public money by telling bizarre and fanciful tall tales.
Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoftWhen your name is too good not to buy a domain name featuring.
Miles v. City Council of Augusta, GeorgiaCan a city require a business license for a talking cat, and does the cat have free-speech rights?
Monkey selfie copyright disputeAn actual monkey made a monkey out of the law.
Nix v. HeddenThe U.S. Supreme Court decides that the tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit.
Pearson v. ChungAlso known as the $54 million pants case, or "The Great American Pants Suit" according to one Wall Street Journal reporter.
Stambovsky v. AckleyAlso known as the "Ghostbusters case", the court ruled that a house in Nyack, New York was legally haunted by ghosts.
State v. LinkhawHe sang so badly in church that a jury found him guilty of "disturbing a religious congregation".
Trial of Arne Cheyenne JohnsonThe first and only murder case where demonic possession was used as a defense.
Toy Biz, Inc. v. United StatesAre the X-Men humans under U.S. law?
Trial of the PyxWhence the British Pound lands in court every year.
United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His StaffWho has jurisdiction over Satan?
United States v. 11 1/4 Dozen Packages of Articles Labeled in Part Mrs. Moffat's Shoo-Fly Powders for DrunkennessThe FDA will not tolerate misbranding.
United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark FinsThe fins won a case that turned on whether buying something from someone counts as "aiding or assisting" them.
United States v. CausbyPlanes vs. farmers.
United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels Alleged Apple Cider VinegarWhen is apple cider vinegar not apple cider vinegar?
United States v. StrongA court case about someone who supposedly had an accident in a courtroom's bathroom, covering much of it.

Taxation

They've just heard you talk about getting rid of them to cut your tax bill.
Bachelor taxImplicit in many jurisdictions which offer a marital tax relief.
Beard taxUsed to be imposed in England and Russia.
Breast taxAn unusual tax meant to enforce the caste system in an indirect way.
Chicken taxA U.S. tariff on trucks, which resulted in a period of chicken trade related tension known as the Chicken War.
Flatulence taxWhen you keep a lot of cattle, you're contributing significantly to the greenhouse effect ... aren't you?
Taxation of illegal income in the United StatesDon't worry: you can deduct your illegal activity expenses.

Punishments

"Had a little too much to drink, have we, sir?"
Bamboo tortureDeath by a growing bamboo shoot.
Blood eagleThe "wings" were your lungs pulled out through your back.
Brazen bullEncased in bronze and boiled to death, with wind instruments attached so your screams would turn into moos.
Disneyland with the Death PenaltyBest way to describe Singapore according to William Gibson.
Drunkard's cloakAttire for the village drunk.
Enhanced interrogation techniquesNo inhumane torture over here.
Half-hangingFor when you don't want to go all the way.
Hanged, drawn and quarteredDark Ages punishment for high treason.
PitchcappingA hat made of tar was molded on to your head, then ripped off, taking your skin with it.
Poena culleiTaking a fatal trip down the river with a dog, snake, monkey, and rooster (none of whom did anything wrong).
RhaphanidosisFor sex crimes in classical times, you got a radish shoved up your rear.
Rough musicA form of vigilantism, more loud than violent.
ScaphismProbably the worst ever execution method - the condemned was enclosed in a pair of boats, covered with milk and honey, and eaten to death by insects.
SchwedentrunkVictims were bound and were forced to swallow large amounts of foul liquid, usually excrement.
Scold's bridleA muzzle for the nagging wife.
Washing out the mouth with soapThat'll teach you to say dirty words!
Whipping boyA boy who received corporal punishment for misdemeanors of a prince; as well as some of his privileges.
See also

Religion and spirituality

"Ahhh..."
A John Frum cargo cult ceremonial flag raising.
Nearly a depiction of the Invisible Pink Unicorn.
Can be a hare-y matter in Wicca.
Sometimes Jerusalem can be too much.
I'm sure she knows more than she's letting on.
An artist's impression of one of Xenu's space planes.
AbeguwoRemember when you were a kid, and joked that the rain was peeing? Well...
AdorcismFor when you want spirits inside you.
Asher yatzarA Jewish blessing, read to praise the ability to excrete urine or faeces.
AxinomancyForetelling the future by looking at an axe or hatchet.
Jim BakkerTelevangelist founds a Christian theme park so successful that it competes with Disneyland, gets arrested for fraud and loses his park, then promptly returns to televangelism upon release. Also admitted to never fully reading the Bible until his imprisonment, and to getting information on it from Lyndon LaRouche.
Ben HanaA homeless man in Wellington, New Zealand who worshiped the Māori sun-god Ra (not to be confused with the ancient Egyptian sun-god Ra).
Bhekuli Biya"Frog marriage", designed to bring rain. At least one has ended in divorce in order to stop floods.
Braco (faith healer)Meet the Gazer and be healed with a single glance.
Cargo cultTribal rites and rituals developed in the belief they will attract the goods, wealth and materials – the "cargo" – of a more technologically advanced and affluent culture.
Church of the SubGeniusA parody religion created in Texas which preaches that a 1950s salesman, who is also a yeti, is their messiah and tries to protect people from the numerous conspiracies that haunt their lives.
Coconut ReligionA religion founded in Vietnam that advocates subsisting solely off of coconuts and coconut milk, created a "Coconut Kingdom" on an islet of the Mekong River, and referred to its leader and founder as "His Coconutship".
Coke FatwaIt's the real thing... and thankfully, it's not haram.
Crepitus (mythology)A Roman god of flatulence (allegedly)
Ded MorozLike Santa, but Russian, and blue.
Dendera lightDoes an engraving of the Egyptian creation myth show that Ancient Egypt had lightbulbs? As it turns out, no.
Dhana Kumari BajracharyaA woman did not walk for 60 years.
DinkoismA parody religion that places Dinkan, a comic character from Malayalam children's magazine Balamangalam, as the one true God and the creator of the Universe.
Disconnection (Scientology)The result of a poor signal with Scientology.
Fluffy bunnyA controversial epithet in Wicca.
Flying Spaghetti MonsterThe basis of a satirical religion created to make fun of intelligent design.
Gang BingAfter his act of self-castration, he became the patron saint of eunuchs.
Haitian Vodou and sexual orientationSurely a troll, you say? No! A perfectly legitimate article!
High-Heel Wedding ChurchWant to get married in a giant shoe in Taiwan?
Iglesia MaradonianaA religion with the Argentine footballer Diego Maradona as its god.
Incident (Scientology)Bubble Gum Incident, Obscene Dog Incident, Bodies in pawn, blah, blah...
International date line in Judaism and Jewish law in the polar regionsJewish law can get tricky when you travel to Hawaii... or go for a hike near the North Pole.
Invisible Pink UnicornBest buds with the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Jedi census phenomenonA phenomenon in which 390,000 British citizens listed their religion as "Jedi Knight" on a 2001 census form, which would've made it the fourth-largest religion in England and Wales.
Jerusalem syndromeFor some people, a visit there is just too much.
Jewish pope AndreasA Jewish pope..?
Johnson cultWas US President Lyndon B. Johnson worshiped as a god in Papua New Guinea?
Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theoryCan't decide whether to blame the Jews or the Freemasons? The conspiracy nuts have you covered.
KaccheraSikh underwear.
Kapo (mythology)The Hawaiian fertility goddess, known for having a detachable vagina.
List of UFO religionsOur Father, which art in spaceship...
Lou de PalingboerGod sells eels?
Love jihadThe Indian far-right posits that Muslims are converting the world by... being more attractive to women than them.
Jesús MalverdeA popular saint among drug dealers in Mexico.
MatshishkapeuThe "fart man" of Innu mythology. Don't cross him or he'll make you constipated.
Missionary Church of KopimismTo Ctrl+C is human; to Ctrl+V is divine.
Mizab al-RahmaThe holiest rain gutter in Islam.
OomotoL. L. Zamenhof as kami.
Open-source religionAnd we're not talking about the Church of Emacs either.
Our Lady of Perpetual ExemptionA legally recognized religion created by comedian John Oliver for the sole purpose of exempting his show from taxes by way of the Religious Tax Exemption.
Prince Philip movementA religious movement on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu which holds that Queen Elizabeth II's late husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was a divine being.
PseudoskepticismThe philosophical or scientific argument that tries to appear skeptical, but really is trying to prove a position, as in "I don’t see enough evidence that we landed on the moon".
RaëlA French journalist who started a religion named after himself in the 1970s.
Religion in AntarcticaThere's no continent on Earth without organized religion.
Reincarnation ApplicationMust be filed by all living Buddha within the People's Republic of China before they are allowed to reincarnate.
Religious pareidoliaA tendency to see religious imagery in the textures of corn chips, cinnamon rolls, toast, clouds, etc.
Saint UrhoA fictitious saint of Finland created in Minnesota.
Silver SisterhoodA bizarre neo-Victorian Irish spiritual movement with a sideline in creating text adventure games, including the first 18-rated game.
Sin-eaterAn old belief that someone eating over a body would consume the sins of the deceased.
St. Priapus ChurchA religion based on the worship of the phallus.
Space opera in ScientologyL. Ron Hubbard's history of the universe, including alien Invader Forces, "little orange-colored bombs that would talk" and brainwashing episodes in "a railway carriage quite like a British railway coach with compartments".
Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy caseHow a British schoolteacher teaching overseas in Sudan got in trouble for letting her six-year-old students name a teddy bear "Muhammad".
TaghairmA couple of uncomfortable methods of fortune telling.
TlazōlteōtlAztec god of vice, purification, steam baths, lust, filth, and a patroness of adulterers.
Toilet godGod living in the toilet.
Turtles all the way downA myth about the nature of the universe, or perhaps a myth about a myth about the nature of the universe.
United Nation of IslamRoyall, Allah in Person claims to have spent the 1980s in a spaceship with angels who informed him that he was God and instructed him on how to govern the world. Public records say he was a truck driver.
Universe PeopleSpecific cult in Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The Urantia BookOver two thousand pages of anonymous, religious, subconscious ramblings on religion and "God" (whatever that means in the billion planets out there).
XenuAn ancient interstellar dictator who unleashed a genocide which created Christianity and psychiatry and whose story is "calculated to kill (by pneumonia etc.) anyone who attempts to solve it".
Yakub (Nation of Islam)Mad scientist creates white race.

Christianity

The rear of a bona fide Catalan decoration.
A representation of Kolob (reference numeral 1).
"Thou shalt commit adultery." So says the Bible.
Adam-God doctrineA previous Christian belief that Adam was an alien who became God on his death.
Alexamenos graffitoPossibly the oldest depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus was made by a boy mocking his Christian peer by depicting the Messiah with a donkey for a head.
The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and JestersStarted by Peter the Great, and consisted mostly of drinking and partying.
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his follyAn oldie but a goodie from the Bible.
Banquet of ChestnutsEnough to make even the most committed and diehard Roman Catholic agree that the church was in a pretty poor state at the time of the Reformation.
Bible errataA typesetter's complaint finds justification in Psalm 119.
Carlo AcutisThe Catholic Patron Saint of the Internet.
Cadaver SynodIn 897, Pope Stephen VI had the body of the former Pope that appointed him, Pope Formosus exhumed, dressed in papal vestments and then seated on a throne while he read charges against it and conducted a trial.
CaganerA traditional Catalan statue, similar to a garden gnome, that depicts a person defecating. Often included in Catalan nativity scenes or other Christmas decorations.
Christmas in Nazi GermanyThe Nazi Party reinvented Christmas by removing a certain baby boy raised in the Jewish faith.
Church of the First Born of the Lamb of GodA fundamentalist Mormon group with a surprisingly large body count.
Chute na santa incidentAn infamous kicking of a saint. Apparently done to one-up a rival TV network's previous blasphemous broadcasting.
Clare of AssisiBecause she claimed to have seen and heard Mass on the walls when she was ill, she was made the patron saint of television in 1958, despite dying 674 years before television was invented.
Criticism of Mother TeresaSeriously? Yep, seriously. Her detractors include Christopher Hitchens, Tariq Ali and devout Hindus.
David BergA Christian cult leader that was so perverse, even Jim Jones mocked his sexual fixations.
Harold DavidsonA 1930s Church of England clergyman, known as "The Prostitutes' Padre", who was defrocked and later died after being mauled by a toothless lion.
Ejaculatory prayerA short and impulsive prayer not—as the name may suggest—a prayer related to ejaculation.
Ruben EnajeA former construction worker from the Philippines who has been voluntarily crucified 35 times as of 2024.
Ezekiel 23One of the odder visions from God: a piece of Rule 34 with Samaria and Jerusalem portrayed as women who sleep around.
Feast of the AssNo... this isn't about that ass. It's an old tradition where a girl and a child on a donkey go to church together, with the donkey sitting beside the altar during the sermon.
Flirty FishingSharing the Gospel through prostitution.
FreedomitesA Canadian religious cult that bombed and set fire to public buildings. All while nude.
Gambling on papal electionsHow much you wanna bet he's going to be Catholic?
General Butt NakedA former Liberian warlord who found Christ and now preaches to the communities he committed atrocities against would be pretty odd even if he weren't called... that.
Great DisappointmentHundreds of people were convinced the world would end on a very specific date. Turns out they were wrong. Ahem.
Hell houseA type of Christian horror house to make children more pious.
Holy PrepuceOne of several relics purported to be associated with Jesus. Also known as The Holy Foreskin. (See also Circumcision of Jesus.)
Jesus H. ChristDoes it stand for Henry?
KolobWhich star does God live on?
List of people claimed to be JesusChrist has risen...again...and again.
Mental health of JesusJesus? Are you okay?
Miracle of the Sun70,000 people in Portugal gather to witness a miracle and are treated to an inexplicable solar event.
Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of GodSuicide cult or mass murder? You decide.
Non-canonical books referenced in the BibleThe Bible refers to lost books – even pagan ones – much more than you'd think.
Omphalos hypothesisThe answer to all the evidence against creationism – maybe the Earth was created to look like it was billions of years old!
Phallic saintFigures of holy people, but a hundred times more hung.
Pope JoanMedieval documents cite the existence of a female pope – proof of a Vatican cover up or a blasphemous slur?
Pope John numberingThere have been 21 legitimate Popes John, but there have been two known as John XXIII.
Pope MichaelElected Pope in 1990 (by six people, including his parents) as a conclavist opponent to the current Pope, while not even an ordained priest.
PornocracyA near-60-year period, also known as Saeculum obscurum or the "Rule of the Harlots", where the Popes were controlled by the women of a corrupt noble family.
Prophecy of the PopesAccording to this document, Pope Francis is the one who will bring about the fall of Rome. Most aren't convinced.
RumspringaAmish Gone Wild.
Saint GuinefortA Saint who was also a dog. Not to be confused with this Saint, who was also a dog. Sort of.
Secret Gospel of MarkAn incredibly elaborate forgery, or proof Jesus was gay?
Self-crucifixion of Mattio LovatAn Italian attempts to crucify himself in public settings. Two times. And prevented by passerby in both attempts.
Skoptsy"Holy" emasculation, started by a man who claimed to be a deceased emperor.
St. James-Bond ChurchNo, Mr. Bond, I expect you to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and saviour!
Tiberius Julius Abdes PanteraWas Jesus' father buried in Germany?
Unfulfilled Christian religious predictionsDoomsdays that didn't.
Wicked BibleA 1631 reprint of the King James Bible, which rendered commandment number 7 as "Thou shalt commit adultery".
Zipporah at the innGod apparently tries (and fails) to kill Moses.
See also

Military

Sometimes, the best fighting men are women.
"Join the MILF Squad, they said..."
The wooden broomstick on which the Night Witches worked their magic.
Now you see it...
Adrian Carton de WiartFought in two World Wars, shot repeatedly, survived two plane crashes, escaped a POW camp, married a countess, and amputated his own fingers when his doctor refused. Also looked like a pirate.
Angels of MonsPhantom bowmen from the Battle of Agincourt rose up from the dead to enact justice on the invading German Empire during the Battle of Mons...supposably.
Vasily ArkhipovPotentially averted a nuclear war.
Bolivian NavyNot having access to the sea won't stop Bolivia from having a 5,000 man navy.
Boot MonumentIn celebration of Benedict Arnold's foot.
List of camoufleursPioneering artists in the field of military camouflage.
Caspian Sea MonsterActually a product of the Cold War.
Jack ChurchillLongbows and broadswords weren't used in World War II. Or were they?
The Crucified SoldierA Canadian soldier who was reportedly crucified with bayonets during the Second Battle of Ypres...ouch.
CONOP 8888The Pentagon's zombie apocalypse plan.
Boston CorbettEnglish-born soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth. Devoutly religious to the point of eccentricity, he was later committed to a mental institution, and disappeared after escaping from it.
D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarmCrossword puzzles: A major danger to national security.
Deborah's Hole CampAn Iron Age hillfort situated atop the cliff above Deborah's Hole cave.
Demob suitImagine the feeling: you've come back from war and they've given you a nice civilian suit, but it's too small for you.
Devil EyesThis CIA psyop plan called for Hasbro to make G.I. Joe style figures of Osama bin Laden with a hidden demon face underneath.
Dreadnought hoaxA practical joke at the expense of the Royal Navy, inspiring the influential Bloomsbury Group.
Juan Pujol GarcíaA spy who worked as a double agent for the Nazis and the United Kingdom during World War II.
Henry GuntherThe last man to die in World War I, and quite possibly the dumbest.
Simo HäyhäShowed some extraordinary Finnish sisu in the Winter War against the Soviets.
Ice cream bargeWarning! Delicious creamy goodness ahead!
KamikazeA series of typhoons which were said to have prevented two Mongol fleets from invading Japan, seven years apart.
Koshiro TanakaWhat happens when a salaryman decides he wants to do more with his life in the mid 1980s? If you guessed joining an Afghani paramilitary group in order to fight invading Soviets, you'd be correct.
Aimo KoivunenFinnish soldier in the Continuation War, and first documented case of meth overdose during combat.
Line-crossing ceremonyAn initiation rite performed when a ship crosses the equator.
List of wartime crossdressersBecause war demands proper fashion.
Alan McilwraithA call center worker who pretended to be a British Army officer, and then pretended to be a magician.
Wilmer McLeanIt can be said that the American Civil War both started and ended in one man's front yard.
Miss Russian ArmyA beauty contest minus the swimsuit competition but plus the automatic weapons drills.
Montauk ProjectReal military science experiment or urban legend? Maybe the civilians who were in full view of the military base will be able to tell you.
Moro Islamic Liberation FrontA rebel, some might say terrorist, group in the Southern Philippines who may or may not be aware that their initials are also an acronym for mom I'd like to...
Mozart GroupAn ambitious American private military company created for the purpose of supporting Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion. Fell apart after less than a year due largely to underfunding, infighting and rowdy soldier behavior.
Navies of landlocked countriesMongolia once had one of the world's largest navies. Today they have one vessel with a crew of seven sailors, one of them able to swim.
Nebraska AdmiralThe landlocked U.S. state of Nebraska and its "Great Navy".
Night WitchesAn all-women Soviet bomber regiment who, despite flying in wooden training planes (or perhaps because of it), were highly successful and contained 23 different Heroes of the Soviet Union.
NORAD Tracks SantaA tradition with the American and Canadian military to track Santa Claus for children.
Hiroo OnodaA Japanese soldier who hid out in the Philippines during World War II, refusing to surrender until 1974.
Stanislav PetrovAnother man who potentially averted nuclear war.
Pentagon UFO videosYes, they're official.
Philadelphia ExperimentAn alleged experiment in 1943 involving electromagnetic technology to render vessels invisible.
Portuguese FireplaceA fireplace in the middle of the New Forest.
Project A119If you can't land on the Moon, nuke it.
RatlinesThe underground secret lines for fleeing Nazis after World War II.
Russian warship, go fuck yourselfAn eternalized catchphrase of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Shi YousanEarly 20th-century Chinese general who seemingly made it his life mission to betray everyone he met.
Siachen GlacierThe world's highest battlefield, with very predictable terrain.
Otto SkorzenyHis career reads like several thriller novels in a row; he worked for the Nazis, Nasser, Perón, and apparently Mossad as a hit man (without ever denouncing Nazism).
Henry TandeyAllegedly met a young Adolf Hitler during World War I - and spared his life.
The terrorists have wonOr have they?
Truelove EyreA man who supposedly saved William the Conqueror's life during the Battle of Hastings.
András TomaA Hungarian soldier taken as a prisoner of war by the USSR in 1945 and declared dead... until he turned up in a Russian mental hospital in 2000, having not spoken to anyone for 55 years.
Lauri TörniFought in the Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, and United States Army, in that order. Only member of the Waffen-SS interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
USS William D. PorterThe US Navy's unluckiest ship ever?
William Patrick HitlerJudging from his surname alone, you can guess who he was related to. Actually fought in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and lived to be the last member of the Hitler family.
Tsutomu YamaguchiSurvived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in 1945. See also Jacob Beser.
Yang KyoungjongA mysterious Korean soldier said to have served Japan, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany.
Z (military symbol)What does it mean? And why has Russia used it so heavily?
Zeppelin LZ 66Real-life sky pirates.
Zhang ZongchangEccentric Chinese warlord that, among other things, assigned numbers to his many concubines, as he could not remember all of their names.

Animals in the military

For Gallantry – if you're an animal...
...such as Sergeant Stubby here, World War I's most decorated war dog.
Corporal JackieA baboon owned by a draftee who didn't want to leave him behind, he ended the First World War as a South African corporal, having picked up several injuries and a habit of saluting superior officers.
Dickin MedalOnly awarded to animals.
Moose cavalryThe supposed moose cavalries of Sweden and Russia.
Sergeant StubbyThe only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat.
United States Camel CorpsFull-blooded Arabian mount, imported!
Unsinkable SamThree strikes (or in this case, sunken ships) didn't knock him out at all.
WojtekArguably the most extraordinary soldier of all time.

Wars, operations and battles

An entire war in one diagram (and less than one hour).
Should the United States ever want to go to war against the British Empire...
1998 Sokcho submarine incidentNorth Korean submarine becomes entangled in a large South Korean fishing net. All of the crew aboard perished before it could be towed to port.
Anglo-Zanzibar WarThe world's shortest war. It literally lasted 38 minutes.
Attack of the Dead MenRussian combatants looking like zombies win the battle by scaring away the Germans.
Attack on MarstrandA Danish-Norwegian siege in Sweden that succeeded partly because the Danish commander used all sorts of trickery to force a Swedish surrender. One popular story tells that he ordered his soldiers to walk slowly and in larger groups so it looked like there were more of them.
Bahia incidentDid you know that the American Civil War also took place in Brazil?
Battle of Castle ItterAmerican and German soldiers team up against the Nazis in a battle for a medieval castle.
Battle of DomažliceA Hussite army routs the twice as numerous crusading Holy Roman army with the power of singing.
Battle of FishguardThat time when France tried to invade Wales, got drunk and surrendered because they took the British forces too seriously.
Battle of KaránsebesHow the Austrians fought against themselves over liquor and resulted in 1,200 own casualties.
Battle of Lake BaikalCzechoslovak Legionnares stole a steamship and won a naval battle against the Red Army.
Battle of TangaA World War I battle where 8,000 British troops were defeated by a German-led force of 1,100 Askaris – aided by swarms of angry bees.
Battle of the EclipseLydia and Media had been fighting for six years, until an eclipse happening during one of their battles abruptly convinced them to stop.
Battle of the HerringsAn incident during the siege of Orléans, where French and Scottish forces attempted to stop a supply convoy full of barrels of herring.
British invasion of IcelandHow do you stop an enemy nation from invading a neutral country? By invading it yourself.
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisingWhen you're subject to execution for being late, what else can you do but revolt?
Dai Hong Dan incidentNorth Korea and the United States team up to defeat Somali pirates.
Empresa de ChinaSpain's plan for an Iberian-Filipino-Japanese motley crew to take over China. Cancelled after England sunk the Armada.
Emu WarFinal score for this one: Emus 1, Australians 0.
Flagstaff WarA war that started between British military forces and the indigenous Polynesian people in New Zealand after a flagstaff was cut down four times.
Football WarA six-day war fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969 that was triggered by a game of football (soccer).
Gombe Chimpanzee WarA four-year war, fought between two groups of chimpanzees in Tanzania.
Huéscar-Danish WarWhen one town joined a war on the opposite side from the rest of its country, then forgot about it for 170 years.
If DayA simulated Nazi invasion of the Canadian city of Winnipeg, complete with book-burning, arrests of politicians, and newspaper censorship.
Iowa Cow WarA battle between cow ranchers and the state of Iowa over tuberculosis testing.
Lobster WarA particularly heated dispute over whether lobsters swim or walk.
Operation CottageThe Japanese never showed up.
Operation MincemeatA misinformation plan to hide the invasion of Sicily using a corpse as a British officer.
Operation Paul BunyanAn American and South Korean military operation conducted over a tree.
Operation Pig BristleA daring air force operation to transport 25 tonnes of pig bristles from Chongqing in China to Hong Kong during the Chinese Civil War. The bristles were shipped to Australia to be made into paint brushes.
Operation Red DogA group of American and Canadian white supremacists plot to independently filibuster a small Caribbean nation. A plan straight from the mid-1800s: foiled in 1981.
Operation TamariskClaimed to be the most successful intelligence operation in the Cold War; emptying supplies of Soviet Union toilet paper, forcing them to use documents, and retrieving these documents after use.
Operation WikingerPoor communication leads to the German air force scoring a great victory ... against the German navy.
Pastry WarLooting a pastry shop? This means war!
Pig WarA war between the United States and the British Empire that almost erupted over one dead pig.
Taiping RebellionOne of the most lethal wars in history centers around a Chinese man claiming to be the brother of Jesus Christ.
Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' WarA "war" that lasted 335 years without a single shot being fired, between the Netherlands and the tiny Isles of Scilly.
Toledo WarA war between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory that resulted in one injury and over a century of bitterness.
Toyota WarA war in the last phase of the Chadian–Libyan conflict, named after the Toyota trucks that were used in the battle.
Turkish AbductionsA 1627 slave raid by Turkish pirates off the coast of Iceland.
War of the BucketStarted when Modenese soldiers stole a bucket from a city well in Bologna.
War of Jenkins' EarA nine-year war, started when Captain Robert Jenkins complained that the Spanish Coastguard had cut off his ear.
War of the Stray DogGreek soldier chases his pooch across the Bulgaria border. Warfare nearly ensues.
War of the DonkeyTwo Venetian noble families go to war over a single donkey. Just one. It probably died during the conflict anyway.
War of the InsaneHmong revolt against taxing by the French colonial administration in Indochina lasting from 1918 to 1921.
War of the League of CambraiA war that started when France and the Pope attacked Venice. Ended when France and Venice defeated literally everyone else in Western Europe.
War Plan RedU.S. war plans from the 1930s to invade Canada in the unlikely event of war with the United Kingdom. Also see the counterpart war plan Defence Scheme No. 1 (the Canadian war plan to invade the United States).

Weapons and military equipment

The Antonov A-40 flying tank.
The Bazooka Vespa – the ultimate in Mod(ern) warfare.
No pilot required?
"Who's a good bomb?"
Anti-tank dogFailed Soviet weapon of the Second World War.
Antonov A-40The "flying tank", an experimental Soviet tank with wings and tailboom, meant to glide into the battlefield, ready for combat. Trials were unsuccessful.
Bat bombA World War II plan to bomb Japan with bats carrying tiny incendiary bombs.
Baynes BatAn experimental British glider, designed to convert tanks into gliders which could fly into battle.
Bazooka VespaA heavily armed scooter
Bicycle infantrySoldiers have occasionally been trained to use the bicycle for military purposes.
Blue PeacockIn case the Soviets decided they wanted the whole of Germany, the British planned to plant a bunch of nuclear landmines... heated by chickens.
Cornfield BomberAn F-106 jet fighter made a perfect gear-up landing in a farmer's field – after the pilot had ejected at 15,000 feet (4,600 m).
Dazzle camouflageA colorful way to hide in plain sight.
Davy Crockett (nuclear device)A portable nuclear weapon.
Double-barreled cannonA failed civil war era attempt to create a weapon of mass destruction. Now a monument in Athens, GA.
Explosive ratA World War II weapon designed to cause boiler explosions. Never used, yet still a success.
Gay bombA speculative non-lethal chemical weapon that could be dropped on enemy troops to cause "homosexual behaviour". Not to be confused with the fag bomb.
German submarine U-1206A Nazi submarine that was attacked by British forces after it was forced to surface due to a malfunctioning toilet.
Golden rivetThe hidden secret in every Navy ship (allegedly).
Grand PanjandrumBritain's World War II Catherine wheel of death.
Harmonica gunWhat's the best way to play the harmonica? Turn it into a weapon, of course!
History of military ballooningAerial warfare had to start somewhere.
HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen (1936)A Navy ship that attempted to avoid detection by Japanese aircraft and escape back to Australia by having it disguised as a tropical island.
Human torpedoSecret naval weapons of World War II.
Millwall brickAn improvised weapon constructed from a newspaper.
Most-wanted Iraqi playing cardsA set of playing cards created by U.S. Army soldiers featuring the most-wanted Iraqis, with Saddam Hussein as the Ace of spades.
Project HabakkukA British plan to construct an aircraft carrier out of ice (pykrete).
Project PigeonBombs guided by pigeon pecks.
Project PlowshareThe search for peaceful uses of nuclear bombs. Most audacious and impractical idea: nuking a 160-mile canal out of Israel.
Puckle gunA gun with square bullets to be used against non-Christian enemies.
Schwerer GustavThe largest piece of artillery ever used in combat.
Skunk (weapon)A nonlethal weapon with an extremely strong odor that may linger on clothes for years.
Sticky bombThe most unpopular weapon the British soldier has ever been asked to use.
TachankaTwentieth century chariot used in combat.
Tsar TankAn Imperial Russian tank designed as a tricycle with nine-metre wheels.
United States Navy Marine Mammal ProgramA U.S. Navy program which studies the military use of Bottlenose Dolphins and California Sea Lions.
Whistling Dick (cannon)A cannon of "rather modest proportions". Huh, I wonder why they mentioned the size...
Who MeA top secret stench weapon designed to be unobtrusively sprayed on German officers by French Resistance members.
ZhanmadaoAn anti-horse sword.
See also

Death

Execution by elephant.
All aboard the Necropolis line – at least, those that can.
Don't panic – you're in a safety coffin.
Vultures enjoying a sky burial.
One moment he was here, the next...
Atacama skeletonRemains found in Chile that caused much speculation about ancient aliens for 10 years, until they were discovered to just be of a foetus.
Badge ManUnknown figure reportedly visible atop the grassy knoll in the Moorman photo of the Kennedy assassination.
Black VolgaThe car that makes people disappear in the Eastern Bloc. Its equivalent on the other side of the Iron Curtain is the black helicopter.
Mercy Brown vampire incidentOne of the best documented cases of vampire investigation.
Richard ChaseThe only way to stop the Nazi-controlled UFOs from poisoning your macaroni and cheese is to inject yourself with animal blood and eat human brains.
Coffin birthWhen a pregnant woman dies, the decomposition of her body can result in a gas build-up that causes the fetus inside her to be expelled.
Collyer brothersWhen packratting was taken to a tragic extreme.
The Dawn of the Black HeartsBlack metal musician takes staged photograph of his recently deceased bandmate, photograph outlives him despite being destroyed.
Death by coconutYou can die if a coconut falls on your coconut.
Death by GPSTurn-by-turn directions to the afterlife.
Death during consensual sexThese two are not related to each other. Usually.
Death erection
Death from laughterDon't laugh – it's happened.
Death by misadventureDeath probably due after one saying "Hold my beer, and watch this!"
Death by vending machineA penny wise and several hundred pounds foolish.
Death Master FileNo, it's not a Bond villain's kill list. It's just the SSA keeping track of everyone who dies in the United States. Wait...
DefenestrationThe time-honoured tradition of throwing people out of windows.
Disappearance of Frederick ValentichAn Australian pilot disappeared in the ocean, having seen a strange object above his aircraft. No trace of either his body or the aircraft have been found.
Dyatlov Pass IncidentA group of Russian hikers attempt to escape an unknown horror on "Death Mountain."
Euthanasia CoasterA roller coaster intended to kill its passengers.
Execution by elephantAn unusual form of capital punishment used throughout history. (See also History of elephants in Europe.)
Fan deathA persistent urban legend in South Korea, where the media – and even medical professionals – regularly report on people dying because they left a fan running in a closed room.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still deadAn early catch phrase used on Saturday Night Live, based upon the dictator's lengthy death.
Ghost bikeBicycle rider in memoriam.
Green BootsA climber who became a landmark on Everest even after freezing to death.
Hammersmith nude murdersMurders that involved the other unidentified serial killer named Jack, with the title "the Stripper".
The Hands of Che GuevaraDocumentary about the search for the severed hands of the Latin American guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara, who was captured and executed by Bolivian Special Forces in October 1967.
Hell moneyApparently, the Chinese afterlife is subject to hyperinflation.
Sogen KatoBelieved to be the oldest living man in Tokyo... until the discovery of his 30-year-old mummified corpse.
Kennedy curseApparently John F. Kennedy was not the only Kennedy to meet an early demise-far from it.
Kick the bucketA heated argument lies behind the origin of this idiom.
Lampshades made from human skinThey probably wouldn't even be that good at diffusing light.
Ricardo LópezAn obsessed fan who attempted to kill Icelandic singer Björk by a letter bomb rigged with sulfuric acid.
Henry Lee LucasClaimed to be the most prolific serial killer in history, confessing to over 600 murders. Later recanted almost all of them.
Children of LlullaillacoTwo incredibly well preserved cadavers of two Incan children found next to the Argentina–Chile border.
List of expressions related to death"Go home in a box", "go bung", "hop the stick", ...
List of people who died on the toiletYou could say they died on the throne.
List of entertainers who died during a performance"And for my last act...I shall die and not come back to life!"
List of postal killings"Don't let Walter Hobbs deceive you; this life is not all shiny bins and fun", ...
List of selfie-related injuries and deathsExtreme cases of people being unaware of their surroundings.
Lead Masks CaseTwo electricians tried to contact aliens with psychedelic drugs and masks made out of lead. They died shortly after.
London Necropolis railway stationSingle tickets only, unless you're a mourner or other visitor.
Lord Uxbridge's legThe grisly afterlife of a leg lost during the Battle of Waterloo, formerly owned by Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey.
MaschalismosThe act of mutilating the dead to prevent them from rising again.
Michael MalloyLike Rasputin, but homeless, drunk, and Irish.
Elmer McCurdyA dead criminal whose mummified body was bought by carnies and used as a prop for decades, its later owners not even knowing the corpse was real.
Ken McElroy"Nobody saw nothing" taken to its logical extreme.
MicromortA quantitative death risk equivalent to one in a million.
MordredMordred is back for revenge—watch out!
Murder of Vivianne RuizThe first recorded "Jane Doe" in Australia, and a murder with enough twists and turns to be a legal drama. The case for the defence (unsuccessfully) contended that a bloody fingerprint found on a newspaper shoved down the victim's throat was actually tomato juice.
Herbert MullinHaven't had any earthquakes recently? Thank this man.
Oliver Cromwell's headThis English political leader's head has an interesting journey after its owner is posthumously executed, more so than the one he cut off himself.
Richard Paul PavlickPlotted to kill then president-elect John F. Kennedy via suicide bombing, but delayed it upon seeing Kennedy with his family.
Poe ToasterNot a kitchen appliance, but a mysterious figure who paid an annual tribute to American author Edgar Allan Poe.
Post-mortem photographyBack in the early days of photography it was common to take pictures of recently deceased loved ones, propped up to look as if they were alive.
Death of Gloria RamirezOne of the most bizarre unsolved deaths ever documented. The media nicknamed her the "Toxic Lady".
Refrigerator deathA cool way to die.
Republican marriageA form of execution in which a naked man and woman are tied together and drowned. (What did you think it was?)
Rookwood Cemetery railway lineA former railway line that served a cemetery near Sydney.
Safety coffinCoffins manufactured just in case their tenant is not actually dead before being buried.
Salish Sea human foot discoveriesDismembered feet keep washing up.
Frane SelakDubbed the luckiest/unluckiest man to exist, cheated death seven times and also managed to win the lottery!
Sky burialIt's not really a form of burial. Also known as jhator which means "giving alms to the birds."
SokushinbutsuA practice of self-mummification among Buddhist monks.
Space burialAround 150 people have had their remains interred in space. Or would that be ex-terred?
Spontaneous human combustionThe sudden burning of a person's body without any apparent source of ignition.
Suicide boothA common feature in the world of tomorrow.
Suicide of Sunil Tripathi"The perpetrator of the Boston Marathon bombing was... a student who'd already been dead for a month! We did it, Reddit!"
Tamam Shud caseA dead man is found on an Australian beach with no identification and a bizarre fragment of a book in his pocket. To this day, his identity and cause of death are still unconfirmed.
Carl TanzlerA radiographer who became obsessed with a dead TB patient, had her exhumed, and lived with her corpse for 7 years.
Toilet-related injuries and deathsAs if constipation wasn't enough.
Uttar Pradesh Association of Dead PeopleA group of Indians suffering more from theft than cardiac failure. Its founder managed to run for political office despite having been declared dead for over a decade.
Lal Bihari
Joyce VincentA woman who sat dead in her home with the TV and heater running and Christmas presents on her lap for three years until her corpse was found.
Video-Enhanced Grave MarkerGraves with video screens and speakers on them.
Xin ZhuiA remarkably preserved Chinese mummy from 163 B.C. with all features and soft tissue still intact.
See also

Questions

"Get thee onto that pin!"

Wikipedia is not afraid to tackle the tough questions:

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?A proverbial question of theology.
If a tree falls in a forestPhilosophy meets the logging industry.
Meaning of lifeWhy are we here?
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?Have you ever wondered that? No? Apparently this is one of the most important contemporary philosophical questions.
Where's the beef?In 1984, people thought this was really funny for some reason.
Why did the chicken cross the road?People have asked this for over 150 years.

Lists

List of American and British defectors in the Korean WarYes, somehow yes?
List of animals awarded human credentialsAnimals getting so-called diplomas from diploma mills.
List of catgirls and catboysThis one had an edit war over whether or not Hermione Granger should be added.
List of common misconceptionsA gold mine of strangeness.
Lists of Danish football transfers 2008–09Keep in mind that this is not just a list, this is a list of lists.
List of dates predicted for apocalyptic eventsBut in the end, nothing happened.
List of foreign-born samurai in JapanThat's right.
List of garlic festivalsEven one festival devoted entirely to garlic of all things is strange enough.
List of helicopter prison escapesYes, you read that right.
List of incidents at Disney parksDonald Duck's anger issues are far from being your main concern at a Disney attraction.
List of inventors killed by their own inventionIncluding everyone from Marie Curie to Thomas Midgley Jr.
List of largest hourglassesWikipedia probably wasted as much time on this pointless list as it takes for one of these to run out.
List of lists of listsA list of all lists of lists -- and yes, it contains itself.
List of non-water floodsBeep beep, massive waves of melted butter, wine, and chocolate coming through!
List of paraphiliasJust too many to list.
List of people imprisoned for editing WikipediaYes, this has actually happened.
List of people who have been considered deitiesPeople from emperors to John Coltrane have been considered deities.
List of people who have been piedA pie to the face, usually as the result of differing political views.
List of people who have lived in airportsQuite a few, in reality.
List of potato museumsHow are there enough to warrant a list?
List of scholarly publishing stingsInstances of people submitting fake or nonsense scholarly articles to expose an academic journal as a predatory publisher.
List of sexually active popesA surprisingly long list for a supposedly celibate role.
List of shoe-throwing incidentsThe recurring trend of high-ranking people being attacked with shoes.
List of wrong anthems incidentsEverything from playing the wrong country's anthem to playing Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca".
Wikipedia:Before they were notableCelebrities (and products) having their articles deleted years ago.
Wikipedia:Deleted articles with freaky titlesWikipedia articles that have existed and, judging by the title and contents, probably shouldn't have existed.
Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not createThe title says it all, really.
Wikipedia:Unusual articlesThe page you're currently reading.
Wikipedia:Unusual articles/RemovedIf you're looking for more.

Other pages

Ø (Disambiguation)Not to be confused with Ø (disambiguation)
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Wikipedia:Disambiguation (disambiguation)Not to be confused with the above page.
meta:meta:metaTwo pages with weird titles.
commons:commons:commons
Talk:TalkFour talk pages with weird titles.
Talk:Talk Talk
Talk:Talk Talk Talk
Talk:Talk Talk (Talk Talk song)
Wikipedia:Discussions for discussionGreat venue for grating big discussions.

Wikipedia:Featured pictures contains some unusual images.

See also

  • Funcyclopedia
  • Regan, Jim (February 11, 2005). "Remarkable Wikipedia has "unusual" corners". CSMonitor.com. Halifax, Nova Scotia: USA Today. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  • Miller, Andrew (January 25, 2011). "The Least Essential Wikipedia Pages". Something Awful. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  • Frater, Jamie (March 21, 2011). "10 Interesting And Unusual Wikipedia Articles". Jamie Frater. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  • Lih, Andrew (May–June 2006). "Wikipedia Unusual Articles". andrewlih.com. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  • "Interesting and unusual Wikipedia articles". The Straight Dope. June 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  • A. Kleinman, M. Strachan: "Las 49 entradas más entretenidas de Wikipedia jamás creadas" 14 de enero de 2015 (actualizado el 6 de diciembre de 2017) Huffington Post ; Consultado el 15 de septiembre de 2019
  • Archivo de una colección aleatoria de artículos inusuales sobre el juego Wikipedia en The Nethernet
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