11 weird and wonderful lists on Wikipedia
Let's face it: Wikipedia is a gold mine of weirdness
1. List of fictional ducks
The fictional ducks list includes an (admittedly thin) section on ducks in video games. Ahem:
But my absolute favorite fictional quacker is John D. Roderduck, "an antagonist duck from Donald Duck's Duck universe." I'm convinced that musician John Roderick is a distant cousin of this fictional duck.
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2. People who have been pied
This one is self-explanatory, though the tagline at the top curtly notes: "This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness." The list includes columns for "Victim" and "Perpetrator," among others. Among the (allegedly) pied:
There's also a whole string of New York Yankees who were pied by fellow Yankee A.J. Burnett during various 2009 winning home games. It's a tradition!
3. Premature obituaries
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People for whom reports of their death were exaggerated. Including:
4. Fictional drinking establishments
25 watering holes that are only in our dreams, including:
5. Sports
I bet you didn't know that these are actual sports:
6. TV spin-offs
This list begins with a surprisingly detailed discussion of the difference between a spin-off, a crossover, and a remake. Here are a few notable spin-offs along with their parent series:
It's an extremely long list of fascinating spin-offs. The number of shows spawned by Popstars is insane.
7. Films considered the worst
These are awful, at least according to critics. Best of the worst:
The summary of Manos: The Hands of Fate begins: "A low-budget horror film made by an El Paso insurance and fertilizer salesman Hal P. Warren, the plot concerns a vacationing family that is kidnapped by a polygamous cult of pagans." But it gets way better worse!
8. Sesame Street Muppets
Learn the history behind some of your favorite Muppets! Including this poor professor, who was canceled for being overly boring:
9. Fictional universes in film and TV
Hey everybody, let's visit my favorite fictional universe, the Fringe universe. No, no, the other Fringe universe. Wait, are the parallel universes considered just one universe? I'm confused now. See also:
10. Planets in science fiction
Who could forget these sci-fi planets?
11. Cryptids
Cryptids are animals presumed to exist, but their "existence has often been derived from anecdotal or other evidence, considered insufficient by mainstream science." Here are a few to haunt your dreams, along with Wikipedia's brief notes:
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