User:Starblind/Interesting
This is a list of articles I find interesting, strange, or, as Sherlock Holmes would put it, singular. Nothing more, nothing less.
It it probably worth noting that I do not necessarily agree with the views or actions of the people and groups listed here.
Unusual people
[edit]- Lillian Alling
- Ota Benga
- E. H. Bronner
- Philip Brophy
- Smedley Butler
- Cherry Sisters
- Collyer brothers
- Donald Crowhurst
- Andrée de Jongh
- Terry Deary
- Velvalee Dickinson
- James Figg
- Green Boots
- David Hahn
- Hokusai
- Jeffrey Hudson
- L'Inconnue de la Seine
- Lord Buckley
- Titania McGrath
- Edward Mordake
- Nasubi
- Dolly Peel
- Poe Toaster
- Raymond Robinson
- Crown Prince Sado
- Grady Stiles
- Marion Stokes
- Nancy Stouffer
Folklore
[edit]- Antillia
- Brazen head
- Búri
- Caganer
- Curse of the Colonel
- Fan death
- Gef
- Kuman Thong
- Midgetville
- Mrs Grundy
- Okiagari-koboshi
- Penis panic
- Ratoncito Pérez
- Tió de Nadal
- Xanthippe
- Wan Hu
Events and occurances
[edit]- Bélmez Faces
- Brian Douglas Wells
- Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard
- Cooks Source infringement controversy
- Friendly Floatees
- Indiana Pi Bill
- Panspermia
- Project Habakkuk
- United States Camel Corps
- Zero stroke
Mysteries and the Unknown
[edit]- Hubert Chevis
- Isdal woman
- Green children of Woolpit
- Kentucky meat shower
- Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Places
[edit]- Arcosanti
- Cape Romano Dome House
- Crypt of Civilization
- Flannan Isles
- Gereja Ayam
- Howland Island
- Kowloon Walled City
- Mr. Floppy's Flophouse
- Palace of Depression
- Prada Marfa
- Rockall
Things
[edit]- Abilene paradox
- Aspen (magazine)
- Betel nut beauty
- Bills of mortality
- Birotron
- Black Paintings
- Chankiri Tree
- Curse tablet
- Europa regina
- The Eye of Argon
- Gakutensoku
- Guinguette
- Impossible color
- Invalid carriage
- J. Fred Muggs
- Jenny Haniver
- Karakuri ningyō
- Kindlifresserbrunnen
- The King in Yellow
- Laplace's demon
- Lichtenberg figure
- Lobby Lud
- London Noses
- Lysenkoism
- Mummy brown
- Nazi imagery in Thailand
- Nightingale floor
- Personics
- Porte-cochère
- RP FLIP
- Samovar
- Spite house
- SS Baychimo
- Striking and Picturesque Delineations of the Grand, Beautiful, Wonderful, and Interesting Scenery Around Loch-Earn
- Turbo encabulator
- Untergunther
- UVB-76
- Visual release hallucinations
- Werther effect