# Interesting Wikipedia Articles




## Computer Science

-   [HTTP referer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer)
    -   > The misspelling of referrer originated in the original proposal by
        > computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker to incorporate the field into
        > the HTTP specification.[4] The misspelling was set in stone by the
        > time of its incorporation into the Request for Comments standards
        > document RFC 1945; document co-author Roy Fielding has remarked that
        > neither "referrer" nor the misspelling "referer" were recognized by
        > the standard Unix spell checker of the period.
-   [Shunting-yard algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunting-yard_algorithm)
-   [Leaning toothpick syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_toothpick_syndrome)
    -   > [T]he situation in which a quoted expression becomes unreadable
        > because it contains a large number of escape characters, usually
        > backslashes ("\"), to avoid delimiter collision.

## Culture

-   [Fluffernutter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffernutter)
-   [Poka-yoke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poka-yoke)
-   [Tsundoku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku)
-   [List of Subcultures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures)

## Historical

-   [Atomic gardening](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening)
    -   [Ruby Red Grapefruit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit#Ruby_Red)
        were created via "atomic gardening"
-   [DeCSS haiku](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS_haiku) - To make the
    argument that code is speech protected by the First Amendment, a
    hacker/activist transcribed the code used to strip DVDs of copy protection
    into a haiku.
-   [Proust Questionnaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proust_Questionnaire)
    -   > [A] set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust, and
        > often used by modern interviewers.
-   [List of structural failures and collapses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_structural_failures_and_collapses)
-   [List of unusual units of measurement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement)
-   [List of unusual deaths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths)

## Language / Linguistics

-   [Filler (linguistics)](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_(linguistics)>)
    -   > In American English, the most common filler sounds are ah or uh and
        > um. Among younger speakers, the fillers "like", "you know", "I mean",
        > "okay", "so", "actually", "basically", and "right" are among the more
        > prevalent.
-   [List of computer term etymologies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_term_etymologies)
-   [List of foods named after people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foods_named_after_people)
-   [List of foods named after places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foods_named_after_places)
-   [List of scientific laws named after people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_laws_named_after_people)
-   [List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_and_territory_name_etymologies_of_the_United_States)
-   [List of words derived from toponyms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_derived_from_toponyms)
-   [Lists of etymologies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_etymologies)
-   [Index of branches of science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_branches_of_science)
-   [Weasel word](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word)
    -   > Examples include the phrases "some people say", "most people think",
        > and "researchers believe."
-   [Garden-path sentence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence)
    -   "a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a
        reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect"
    -   Example: "The old man the boat."

## Mathematics

-   [List of topologies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_topologies)
-   [Transfinite number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfinite_number)
    -   > [T]ransfinite numbers are numbers that are "infinite" in the sense
        > that they are larger than all finite numbers, yet not necessarily
        > absolutely infinite
    -   For example, $\displaystyle \aleph _{0}$ is the number of natural
        numbers that exist.

## Meta

-   [Disambiguation pages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disambiguation_pages)
-   [List of common misconceptions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions)
-   [List of list of lists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists)
-   [SpecialPages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages)
    -   List of special Wikipedia pages
-   [Special:Nearby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby)
    -   Uses the browser location API to find articles about things/places that
        are near to your current location.

## Uncategorized

-   [Sonic hedgehog (Human Protein)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog)
-   [Strange loop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_loop)
-   [Sayre's law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre's_law)
    -   > In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to
        > the value of the issues at stake.