Creepy Wikipedia

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A fediverse community for curating Wikipedia articles that are oddly fascinating, eerily unsettling, or make you shiver with fear and disgust

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Roadkill cuisine - fresh kill is preferred and parasites are a concern, so the kill is typically well cooked. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Plum to c/creepywikipedia

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Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal - botched assassination attempt using a Novichok nerve agent (en.wikipedia.org)

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Chris McCandless - a cautionary tale about trail planning and preparation (en.wikipedia.org)

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Jalisco New Generation Cartel - Mexican criminal syndicate noted for cannibalizing victims, as well as using IED drones and RPGs (en.wikipedia.org)

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1788 doctors' riot - where New York’s poor revolted against the city’s grave-robbing medical establishment (en.wikipedia.org)

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Dena Schlosser - A mentally ill woman who amputated the arms of her infant child with a knife, causing her death, in the belief that she was doing God's work (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by 58008 to c/creepywikipedia

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Joe Son - Austin Powers henchman convicted of torture in gang rape case (en.wikipedia.org)

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Abode of Chaos - Contemporary art museum supposed to reflect a post-apocalyptic war zone (en.wikipedia.org)

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Giant Gippsland earthworm - ten feet long and Australian (en.wikipedia.org)

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Essex (whaleship) - Attacked and sunk by a sperm whale, resulting in stranding, cannibalism, and the inspiration for Moby Dick (en.wikipedia.org)

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Old Sparky- the most common nickname for an electric chair in America. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Acanthamoeba keratitis - a rare disease in which amoebae invade the cornea of the eye; affects up to 1 in 10,000 contact wearers worldwide. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Plum to c/creepywikipedia

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*the 1 in 10,000 number is very high end estimate. From the study:

The estimated rate of Acanthamoeba keratitis is 1 per 250,000 people in the United States, although rates vary among studies: from 1.65-2.01 per million population up to 1 per 10,000 people who wear contact lenses.