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Why a Wiki page of a stone on the front page of HN ?
by sus_007 9y ago
Why a Wiki page of a stone on the front page of HN ?
- dang 9y agoAnything intellectually interesting is welcome here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Wikipedia pages about predictable things are not interesting, but when the topic is uncorrelated with anything else, they're fine.
- interfixus 9y agoBecause it is, you know, interesting.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- mherdeg 9y agoProbably because yesterday on reddit, this article was trending: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6p1iwi/til_a_michigan_rock_collector_found_an_impressive/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6p1iwi/til_a... ("TIL A Michigan rock collector found an impressive 93 lb. Petoskey stone in Lake Michigan in 2015, only to have it promptly confiscated by authorities. The stone violated a Michigan law that states no more than 25 pounds of rocks or minerals can be taken from the Great Lakes per year.") I'm guessing that someone reading that reddit post found the phenomenon interesting and submitted its Wikipedia page to news.ycombinator.
- curtis 9y agoThat is exactly right. I'd never heard of Petoskey stones before, found them pretty interesting, and I figured many people on HN would think the same.
- taylorbuley 9y agoI'll send you one if you'd like to see one in person. DM me at @taylorbuley
- bsg75 9y agoIt was upvoted there. Reader curation.