Just try saying this nonsensical tongue-twister - worthy of Frank Key's Hooting Yard, in today's weird Wikipedia discovery from the Wikiworm Aldiborontiphoskyphorniostikos was a book that contained a game in which players had to read the snippet for each letter of the alphabet as fast as they could without making a mistake. Alternatively, several players could ... Read More...
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Man's inhumanity to man features large in today's sad tale, culled from the weirder side of Wikipedia by The Wikiworm Ota Benga (circa 1883 – March 20, 1916) was a Congolese pygmy who featured in an anthropology exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904, and in a controversial human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx ... Read More...
A strange form of culture shock, or something more? The Wikiworm uncovers more odd goings on, courtesy of this week's weird Wikipedia article... Paris syndrome (French: Syndrome de Paris, Japanese: Pari shōkōgun) is a transient psychological disorder encountered by some individuals visiting or vacationing in Paris, France or elsewhere in Western Europe. It is characterized by a number ... Read More...
Special giveaway time today on The Dabbler - simply use the form below to like our Dabbler Facebook page and you can be in with a chance of winning one of 5 hardback copies of this fantastic new Man Booker prize nominated novel, courtesy of Chatto & Windus... Dabbler Book Club ... Read More...
The world's most succinct word? I can think of some others that are possibly more succinct, but they're not printable on a family publication like The Dabbler... The word Mamihlapinatapai is derived from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word", and is considered one ... Read More...
Were the Dark Ages all just a bit of made up fun? Find out more with today's weird wikipedia article, courtesy of The Wikiworm... The phantom time hypothesis is a revisionist history and conspiracy theory developed in the 1980s and '90s by German historian and publisher Heribert Illig (born 1947 in Vohenstrauß, Germany). The hypothesis proposes that periods of history, specifically that of ... Read More...
I'm glad that these day we can use Wikipedia to look up the answers to our questions, rather than having to roast a few cats... Taghairm, sometimes interpreted as "spiritual echo," or calling up the dead, was an ancient Scottish mode of divination. The definition of what was required varied, but may have included an animal sacrifice and ... Read More...
A post in honour of our new footballing overlords this week, as the Wikiworm presents another unusual wikipedia article The Weißwurstäquator (literally: white sausage equator) is a humorous term describing the supposed cultural boundary separating Southern Germany, especially Bavaria, from Central Germany. It is named for the Weißwurst sausage of Bavaria. There is no precise definition of the Weißwurstäquator; ... Read More...
One of Britain's hard-working civil servants features in today's unusual article culled from the stranger side of Wikipedia The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the title of the official resident cat of the UK Prime at 10 Downing Street. Only two cats, Humphrey and Larry, have been given the title officially; other cats were given ... Read More...
I think it's fair to say that I am slightly obsessed with the subject of this week's unusual wikipedia article. Is there anyone in the world with a more stupid name? And what drugs were his parents on? Neville Neville (born 26 September 1949) is a former league cricketer, football agent and director. ... Read More...
