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Berwick-upon-Tweed - A small town which can't decide whether it's in
Scotland or
England, and was at "war" with
Russia for over a hundred years all by itself.
Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov - A Russian spy who used a fake Brazilian passport to gain access to the
International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. He was identified and is now serving a sentence in a Brazilian federal prison.
Douglas Corrigan - A pilot nicknamed "Wrong Way" Corrigan after he made such a grave navigational "error" that, after taking off from
New York, he landed in
Ireland instead of
Los Angeles.
Guns of the South - A novel where 20th century white South Africans travel back in time to give lots of AK-47 to the southern side of the American Civil war.
Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch - A fictional weapon depicted in the film
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It is an ancient Christian artifact that explodes when its pin is pulled out. Its humour is derived from its anachronistic juxtaposition.
Klüver-Bucy syndrome - A behavioral disorder that can produce hypersexuality, as well as exploring the world around them using their tongues and fingers.
Lorem ipsum - A mutilated Latin passage widely used as a place-holder in typefaces.
Marijuana Party of Canada - A Canadian federal political party whose platform is to end prohibition of cannabis. See also Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
Match fixing in Romanian football[1] - The Eskimo have many words for snow, the Romanian have one word for football-fixing. (That's soccer-fixing to youse, Yankees!)
Project Ragtag – A curious, and kind of unknown, cancelled Star Wars videogame projected by Uncharted creator
Amy Hennig.
Pruitt-Igoe - A
housing project in St. Louis that consisted of 33 11-story apartment buildings. Design defects and vandalism led to its demolition after only 16 years.
Greg Rasmussen- A very improvable tale of surving in the african wilderness.
Reverence - Granite whales diving into a sea of grass near the
Ben & Jerry's ice cream headquarters.
Tank Man - An unidentified man who achieved global recognition after standing in front, and blocking the procession of a column of tanks, the morning after the bloody suppression of the
1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Tiny Tim - A crooner with a 6'1" tall and ghoulish appearance who sang in a falsetto voice and played a ukelele.
Sergei Tretyakov (intelligence officer) - An, alleged, former russian spy that defected to the United States in 2000. In 2008, he would co-written a book about russian espionage activites after the end of the cold war.
Unibrow - The presence of hair between the eyebrows (sometimes called a monobrow)
These pages got deleted for not being noteworthy enough, or were merged into other articles that were too usual to list.
10:08 - The time most watches in magazine and newspapers show.
Ablutophobia - Fear of showering or any other form of bathing
Alien abduction insurance - As one insurance broker said, "Let’s face it – insurance is so tedious that if I can enlighten my dreary life with a bit of humor every now and again, I will."
Apotheon - A video game whose graphics are based on ancient Greek art.
If it Had Happened Otherwise- A colection of Alternative History tales from the early 20th century. Notable for the participation of Winston Churchill as the author of a tale about the American Civil War.
Immovable Ladder - A ladder in Jerusalem that can't be moved unless the Catholic and Orthodox churches come together. (Though it has been moved twice.)
Viossa - A pidgin language that was deliberately created via an online experiment in which participants are banned from using any common language to communicate.
War Thunder classified documents leaks - Wargamers will stop at nothing to make sure modern weapons are depicted perfectly - not even sharing top-secret military info.
Entries that have been removed from
Wikipedia:Unusual articles, either for not being unusual enough or for being deleted as non-noteworthy. (Entries that are still listed on the page, but not in their original format, e.g. ones that were merged into other entries, will not be listed here.)
Pages removed due to content
These pages were just too usual or just too low-quality to be listed.
Berwick-upon-Tweed - A small town which can't decide whether it's in
Scotland or
England, and was at "war" with
Russia for over a hundred years all by itself.
Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov - A Russian spy who used a fake Brazilian passport to gain access to the
International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. He was identified and is now serving a sentence in a Brazilian federal prison.
Douglas Corrigan - A pilot nicknamed "Wrong Way" Corrigan after he made such a grave navigational "error" that, after taking off from
New York, he landed in
Ireland instead of
Los Angeles.
Guns of the South - A novel where 20th century white South Africans travel back in time to give lots of AK-47 to the southern side of the American Civil war.
Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch - A fictional weapon depicted in the film
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It is an ancient Christian artifact that explodes when its pin is pulled out. Its humour is derived from its anachronistic juxtaposition.
Klüver-Bucy syndrome - A behavioral disorder that can produce hypersexuality, as well as exploring the world around them using their tongues and fingers.
Lorem ipsum - A mutilated Latin passage widely used as a place-holder in typefaces.
Marijuana Party of Canada - A Canadian federal political party whose platform is to end prohibition of cannabis. See also Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
Match fixing in Romanian football[1] - The Eskimo have many words for snow, the Romanian have one word for football-fixing. (That's soccer-fixing to youse, Yankees!)
Project Ragtag – A curious, and kind of unknown, cancelled Star Wars videogame projected by Uncharted creator
Amy Hennig.
Pruitt-Igoe - A
housing project in St. Louis that consisted of 33 11-story apartment buildings. Design defects and vandalism led to its demolition after only 16 years.
Greg Rasmussen- A very improvable tale of surving in the african wilderness.
Reverence - Granite whales diving into a sea of grass near the
Ben & Jerry's ice cream headquarters.
Tank Man - An unidentified man who achieved global recognition after standing in front, and blocking the procession of a column of tanks, the morning after the bloody suppression of the
1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Tiny Tim - A crooner with a 6'1" tall and ghoulish appearance who sang in a falsetto voice and played a ukelele.
Sergei Tretyakov (intelligence officer) - An, alleged, former russian spy that defected to the United States in 2000. In 2008, he would co-written a book about russian espionage activites after the end of the cold war.
Unibrow - The presence of hair between the eyebrows (sometimes called a monobrow)
These pages got deleted for not being noteworthy enough, or were merged into other articles that were too usual to list.
10:08 - The time most watches in magazine and newspapers show.
Ablutophobia - Fear of showering or any other form of bathing
Alien abduction insurance - As one insurance broker said, "Let’s face it – insurance is so tedious that if I can enlighten my dreary life with a bit of humor every now and again, I will."
Apotheon - A video game whose graphics are based on ancient Greek art.
If it Had Happened Otherwise- A colection of Alternative History tales from the early 20th century. Notable for the participation of Winston Churchill as the author of a tale about the American Civil War.
Immovable Ladder - A ladder in Jerusalem that can't be moved unless the Catholic and Orthodox churches come together. (Though it has been moved twice.)
Viossa - A pidgin language that was deliberately created via an online experiment in which participants are banned from using any common language to communicate.
War Thunder classified documents leaks - Wargamers will stop at nothing to make sure modern weapons are depicted perfectly - not even sharing top-secret military info.