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The Boston Typewriter Orchestra: Termination Without Prejudice, Volume 1
The Boston Typewriter Orchestra: Termination Without Prejudice, Volume 1
Music performed entirely on typewriters. A collective endeavor which engages in rhythmic typewriter manipulation combined with elements of performance, comedy and satire. BTO aims to entertain the masses while providing an outlet for the creative urges of its members.
·bostontypewriterorchestra.bandcamp.com·
The Boston Typewriter Orchestra: Termination Without Prejudice, Volume 1
T.J. Moir: Auckland North Shore Hum
T.J. Moir: Auckland North Shore Hum
The Hum. ‘For some time now there appears to be certain people who have sensitive hearing that can hear a low frequency humming noise late at night or in the early hours of the morning. The problem appears to be all over the North Shore of Auckland. We don't know the origin of the generic hum which appears to be world-wide.’
·speechresearch.co.nz·
T.J. Moir: Auckland North Shore Hum
Wikipedia: Casu marzu
Wikipedia: Casu marzu
"Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed, diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping into their eyes."
·en.wikipedia.org·
Wikipedia: Casu marzu
YTMND: catonakeyboardinspace
YTMND: catonakeyboardinspace
"What you see when you die." (Yeah, so I had a list of YTMNDs on my computer and I decided to put them all in Delicious, but every single one except this one was Captain Jean-Luc Picard singing about cake and drunken ping-pong with Ronald McDonald.)
·whatyouseewhenyoudie.ytmnd.com·
YTMND: catonakeyboardinspace
Miracle Fruit (From Curtis Mozie, the Miracle Fruit Man)
Miracle Fruit (From Curtis Mozie, the Miracle Fruit Man)
For your next "flavor tripping party." "It's called the 'Miracle Fruit' because it can alter the taste of sour items. Miracle Fruit is also easier to say, and spell, than its official name — synsepalum dulcificum." $90 minimum order, though.
·miraclefruitman.com·
Miracle Fruit (From Curtis Mozie, the Miracle Fruit Man)
Mal Webb Site
Mal Webb Site
"He's like Bobby McFerrin, Aphex Twin and Cole Porter playing scrabble."
·malwebb.customer.netspace.net.au·
Mal Webb Site
Utilikilts
Utilikilts
"The Utilikilt offers the Utility Patented Pleat System #6,282,723 which separates our product from any other Mens Unbifurcated Garment on the market today."
·utilikilts.com·
Utilikilts
Harpers.org: For Whom the Ring Tones
Harpers.org: For Whom the Ring Tones
"The following responses were among those given to a survey conducted in Lagos last year by the Daily Times of Nigeria that asked people whether they believed rumors that answering cell-phone (GSM) calls from certain 'killer numbers' causes death."
·harpers.org·
Harpers.org: For Whom the Ring Tones
CNN.com: Giant figures unearthed in Peru
CNN.com: Giant figures unearthed in Peru
"The drawings -- which include human figures as well as animals such as birds, monkeys, and felines -- are believed to have been created by members of the Paracas Culture sometime between 600 and 100 B.C."
·cnn.com·
CNN.com: Giant figures unearthed in Peru
Wikipedia: Unusual articles
Wikipedia: Unusual articles
Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual. These articles are verifiable, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are a bit odd, whimsical, or something one would not expect to find in Encyclopædia Britannica. We should take special care to meet the highest standards of an encyclopedia with these articles lest they make Wikipedia appear idiosyncratic. If you wish to add an article to this list, the article in question should preferably meet one or more of these criteria:
·en.wikipedia.org·
Wikipedia: Unusual articles
Educate Yourself: The Illuminati Agenda
Educate Yourself: The Illuminati Agenda
"It's too late in the game now to expect any patriot remaining within government service to rescue us from the brutal destruction that lies ahead, but the American people can save themselves from these satanic destroyers of liberty & life..."
·educate-yourself.org·
Educate Yourself: The Illuminati Agenda
Boing Boing: Stoned in South Africa?
Boing Boing: Stoned in South Africa?
"They ran outside and were met by a worried neighbour, Mamaila Baloyi, who says an errant stone hit her on the cheek."
·boingboing.net·
Boing Boing: Stoned in South Africa?
Wikibooks: Lucid Dreaming
Wikibooks: Lucid Dreaming
"This book attempts to teach you the ability to have lucid dreams. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you know that you are dreaming."
·wikibooks.org·
Wikibooks: Lucid Dreaming