What are you looking up on Wikipedia right now?

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A sad, sweet story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Grimaldi

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Before even clicking the link, I said "Niagara Falls?"
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Wolter wrote:
Before even clicking the link, I said "Niagara Falls?"
:cool: We are so fucking old.
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Looking into "botched hangings", I found Mr. Herman Webster Mudgett
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biopunk wrote:Looking into "botched hangings", I found Mr. Herman Webster Mudgett
I watched a documentary on Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, The Murder Castle last year and found it most fascinating.
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Marky Dread wrote:
biopunk wrote:Looking into "botched hangings", I found Mr. Herman Webster Mudgett
I watched a documentary on Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, The Murder Castle last year and found it most fascinating.
I had never heard about this before. Very interesting.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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matedog wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
biopunk wrote:Looking into "botched hangings", I found Mr. Herman Webster Mudgett
I watched a documentary on Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, The Murder Castle last year and found it most fascinating.
I had never heard about this before. Very interesting.
Here you go.
[youtube][/youtube]
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Marky Dread wrote:
matedog wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
biopunk wrote:Looking into "botched hangings", I found Mr. Herman Webster Mudgett
I watched a documentary on Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, The Murder Castle last year and found it most fascinating.
I had never heard about this before. Very interesting.
Here you go.
[youtube][/youtube]
I've seen better. :shifty:

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Rat Patrol wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
matedog wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
biopunk wrote:Looking into "botched hangings", I found Mr. Herman Webster Mudgett
I watched a documentary on Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, The Murder Castle last year and found it most fascinating.
I had never heard about this before. Very interesting.
Here you go.
[youtube][/youtube]
I've seen better. :shifty:
Better documentaries or better serial killers?
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Marky Dread wrote:
Rat Patrol wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:
matedog wrote:
Marky Dread wrote: I watched a documentary on Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, The Murder Castle last year and found it most fascinating.
I had never heard about this before. Very interesting.
Here you go.
[youtube][/youtube]
I've seen better. :shifty:
Better documentaries or better serial killers?
He was just looking in the mirror. :shifty:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_mar ... s_by_state

Huh. Well that map is about the inverse of what I thought it would be. :huh:

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Rat Patrol wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_mar ... s_by_state

Huh. Well that map is about the inverse of what I thought it would be. :huh:
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Rat Patrol wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_mar ... s_by_state

Huh. Well that map is about the inverse of what I thought it would be. :huh:
Free love, brah.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_o ... _wrestlers

Jesus. There are only 40 verified former pro rasslers worldwide who currently meet the average human life expectancy of developed nations. :(

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