Forget Who's Who - you knew you'd truly made it in British society if you were mentioned in this particular little black book. The Wikiworm presents another weird Wikipedia article... The Black Book is the post–World War II name given to the Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. (Special Search List G.B), a list of prominent Britons ... Read More...

Is it a giant cormorant? A particularly vicious mosquito? Or something else? The Wikiworm consults this  weird Wikipedia article to get to the truth behind the fantastical boobrie... The boobrie is a mythological shapeshifting entity inhabiting the lochs of the west coast of Scotland. It commonly adopts the appearance of a gigantic ... Read More...

  Is it possible to mistake a boy for a monkey? Apparently so according to today's weird Wikipedia article, unearthed by the Wikiworm... "Monkey hanger" is a term by which Hartlepudlians are often known. According to local folklore, the term originates from an incident in which a monkey was hanged in Hartlepool, England. During ... Read More...

The scandinavian version of 'tall poppy syndrome' in today's weird wikipedia article, discovered by the Wikiworm... The Law of Jante is the idea that there is a pattern of group behaviour towards individuals within Scandinavian communities that negatively portrays and criticises individual success and achievement as unworthy and inappropriate. The Jante ... Read More...

Interested in roads and road signs? Then you might just be a Roadgeek. Read on to find out if you qualify to join this exclusive tribe in today's weird Wikipedia article from the Wikiworm... A roadgeek is an individual with an interest in roads, and especially going on road trips, as a hobby. A person ... Read More...

Will distant civilisations be impressed with earth's most valuable piece of vinyl? And what will they be listening to if they find it? The Wikiworm investigates courtesy of this Wikipedia article... The Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records which were included aboard both Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977. They contain sounds and images selected to ... Read More...

Could this be where trolls really come from? The Wikiworm investigates via another weird Wikipedia article... Folk memory is a term sometimes used to describe stories, folklore or myths about past events that have passed orally from generation to generation. The events described by the memories may date back hundreds, thousands, ... Read More...

A fine example of very low-tech British engineering in today's weird wikipedia article, unearthed by the Wikiworm... Panjandrum, also known as The Great Panjandrum, was a massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II. It was one of a number of highly experimental projects, including Hajile and the Hedgehog, that were developed ... Read More...

Sometimes even masters of the universe get it wrong. A cautionary tale in this week's weird Wikipedia article, unearthed by the Wikiworm... The oil futures drunk-trading incident was a mishap in which Stephen Perkins, an employee of London-based PVM Oil Futures, traded 7,000,000 barrels of oil, worth approximately US$520 million (£340 million), in a two-and-half-hour period ... Read More...

Butt-stroking is an offensive technique. Today the Wikiworm consults Wikipedia to find out the best techniques to use whilst butt-stroking.   The buttstroke or butt-stroking, i.e., striking someone with the buttstock of a rifle, is a common case of the use of a firearm as a blunt weapon. Buttstroke is among the major offensive techniques with the rifle and ... Read More...