[BOREDOM] The most interesting wikipedia entries...

eric.81 · Oct 15, 2010

SwoLy-D said:

You're asking KAM this... I mean... Kam?!?!?!!?

That's like asking mazyar if... no, never mind.
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Just trying to promote some conversation... at the time I was at work, just trying to anything to hasten the arrival of 4 o'clock.

However, his response, or lack thereof, justifies your outrage.

Kam · Oct 15, 2010

SwoLy-D said:

You're asking KAM this... I mean... Kam?!?!?!!?

That's like asking mazyar if... no, never mind.
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What do you think I would enjoy?

Joshfast · Oct 15, 2010

For all of you who like to read wiki articles, you can spend days reading these. Seriously one of my favorite webpages right now - the motherload

Cohete Rojo · Aug 8, 2011

Rebooting this because of the 50 Most Interesting Wikipedia...

A mysterious event at Lake Nyos in 1984

Lake Monoun is a lake in West Province, Cameroon, that lies in the Oku Volcanic Field 5°35′N 10°35′E / 5.58°N 10.59°E / 5.58; 10.59. On August 15, 1984, the lake exploded in a limnic eruption, which resulted in the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide that killed 37 people. At first, the cause of the deaths was a mystery, and causes such as terrorism were suspected. Further investigation and a similar event two years later at Lake Nyos led to the currently accepted explanation.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Monoun

2 years later this happened at Lake Nyos:

On August 21, 1986, possibly triggered by a landslide, Lake Nyos suddenly emitted a large cloud of CO2, which suffocated 1,700 people and 3,500 livestock in nearby towns and villiges.
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Which begs the question, could it happen again? Enter Lake Kivu, home to roughly 2 million near shoreline residents:

Lake Kivu is one of three known exploding lakes, along with Cameroonian Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun, that experience violent lake overturns. Analysis of Lake Kivu's geological history indicates sporadic massive biological extinction on millennial timescales. The trigger for lake overturns in Lake Kivu's case is unknown but volcanic activity is suspected. The gaseous chemical composition of exploding lakes is unique to each lake; in Lake Kivu's case, methane and carbon dioxide due to lake water interaction with a volcano. The amount of methane is estimated to be 65 cubic kilometers (if burnt over one year, it would give an average power of about 100 gigawatts for the whole period). There is also an estimated 256 cubic kilometers of carbon dioxide. The methane is reported to be produced by microbial reduction of the volcanic CO2.[3] The risk from a possible Lake Kivu overturn is catastrophic, dwarfing other documented lake overturns at Lakes Nyos and Monoun, because of the approximately two million people living in the lake basin.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_kivu

gezza · Aug 8, 2011

Posted this in another thread just last week I think...but I guess it's even more relevant to this thread.

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

lean · Aug 8, 2011

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

Keyser Soze · Aug 8, 2011

List of serial killers.

rolyat93 · Aug 8, 2011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku
He's always interesting to listen to, I'm sure Kam has heard of him. Youtube it son. ( if you enjoy weird science and such)

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