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WTF are we just posting random shit from wikpedia now on HN?
by sshrinivasan 9y ago
WTF are we just posting random shit from wikpedia now on HN?
- magic_beans 9y agoTo be fair, it was an incredible interesting article about how most, if not all, cases of spontaneous human combustion were likely caused by external flames.
- glup 9y agoand this isn't even the best random shit on Wikipedia
- deathanatos 9y agoOccasionally, HN'ers post some really interesting Wikipedia articles that I didn't know existed, and are fascinating reads, so I personally like them. For example, that was how I learned about Pando[1], thought to be the heaviest known organism, and one of the oldest. Remember, according to the guidelines, on-topic is, > Anything that good hackers would find interesting. Some of us fine obscure Wikipedia articles interesting. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)