Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Corsairs of Umbar

Neat little page on Middle Earth stuff.  I especially like the piece of trivia about the film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsairs_of_Umbar

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

World Barista Championship

WBC stands for a bunch of things in the sports world.  It also stands for World Barista Championship, which proves humans will compete in any way possible.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Barista_Championship

Monday, March 9, 2009

Tonsure

So that haircut that you have probably been referring to as "the monk's haircut" has a name.  It also has a long wikipedia page.  

Friday, March 6, 2009

List of cyrptids

This list a list of animals that are "studied" in cryptozoology.  There are some truly awesome made up things on this list. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids

Thursday, March 5, 2009

List of legendary creatures

Some wikipedia lists are unbelievably long, some lists existance are unbelievably funny.  This list is both.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Pole of inaccessibility

It is not too surprising that this has its own page.  It is exactly the sort of thing that humans like to know.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Kraken in popular culture

For most people the Kraken is something Keira Knightly gets to eat Johnny Depp in that pirate movie.  But those people are missing out on the many other apparences of the Kraken in popular culture.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken_in_popular_culture

Monday, March 2, 2009

List of female supervillians

Someone (or someones) have taken the time to assemble a list of supervillianesses.  If you are wondering, there is no matching list of male supervillians.  

(Assist to C. Takacs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_supervillains