Wikipedia "Editors" Censor The Bilderberg Group's Nazi Ties.

Well, that's certainly a provocative headline, I wonder what kind of evidence will be present- OH HOLY HELL:



Wow. That's some website you've got there, www.bilderberg.org. Nothing remotely crazy looking there at all.

It's like a checklist:

Hyperlinks crammed into each other into a dense, Timecube-esque mess? Check!
Tons of unintentionally hilarious animated GIF's: Check!
*Bonus Points: Swastikas AND Twin Towers!*
Talk of the end times mixed in with conspiracy: Check!
Talk Of Prophecies: Check!

Holy crap. Enjoy.

Every Nickelback Wikipedia Page Vandalism Ever.

From the Internet Archaeologist at College Humor.

Wikipedia's List Of Websites That Respond To The "Konami Code".

We have a feeling each and every one of you will be unable to resist checking out this list of websites that respond to the "Konami Code".

The Tube Bar Prank Calls.

Here's the Wikipedia page for the legendary "Tube Bar Prank Calls", the legendary series of calls with funny names "I'm looking for a Hugh Jass! Is there a Hugh Jass in here?" that inspired the running gag on The Simpsons.

If you would like a recording of it, their webpage is here.

The Cabazon Dinosaurs.

In case you ever wondered what were those dinosaurs from those pinnacle scenes of Pee Wee's Big Adventure and The Wizard, and especially if you ever wanted to visit them, you should know they are called the Cabazon Dinosaurs, created by Claude Bell to create publicity for his Wheel Inn diner. Bell also did sculpting for Knott's Berry Farm.

Believe it or not, rather than being just sculptures, both are actually habitable buildings. However, there's not really a lunchbox left behind in the head of the T-Rex (trust me I've looked).

Here's the official website.

We Are 138.

But what does that mean?

Man, I accidently forced Dorkstuff to a screeching halt. I had reserved the "138th post" for myself, but now that it's here, I'm not sure what I want to post.

Not really sure what the significance of this number is. It shows up frequently in George Lucas movies (along with the number 23). The same goes for the Simpsons (for both 138 and 23). In fact, the Simpsons celebrated their 138th episode with a commemorative episode (rather than their 100th).

And of course the number is heavily associated with the punk band The Misfits.



But what is the big deal about the number? According to Wikipedia, it's a sphenic number, which means it is also square-free and has a Moebius function result of negative 1. Maybe that means more to you than to me.

Curiously, when you factor it out, you get 23*2*3. That may be a clue.

It's also the IMDB number for Leonardo DiCaprio.

Take a moment and ponder the significance of this number.

Wikipedia Entry On The Number 138.
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The 10 Richest People That Ever Existed (Wikipedia)

Man, economics is tough to figure out.

At the time I was gonna post this article (sometime yesterday) Marcus Crassus was the richest person to have ever lived, with an estimated modern value of his wealth at 7 TRILLION dollars. Some weird numbers have crunched, and he's now at Number 8, with a modern value of 181 billion dollars. What's weird is that it's the same 10 people for the most part, but their positions keep shifting, based on equations that sound like complete gibberish to me (I didn't realize the value of Roman Sesterces were still taken into account in modern economic formulae).

Anyway, I just figured that with these shaky economic times, it would be fun to take a look at the 10 people who have made, for lack of a better word, a straight-up stupid amount of money. As in, Bill Gates' entire net worth is less than 1/3 of the net worth of NUMBER 10.

Not that all of these individuals were allowed to enjoy their successes. One of the top 10 was the ill-fated Czar Nicolas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks. For some reason, it surprises me that only one other of the top 10 was drug out and killed; that being our previously mentioned friend Marcus Crassus.

Legend has it that he was captured by the Parthinians (modern-day Iranians) and had molten silver poured down his throat to "soothe his thirst for wealth"...

Remember, though... this dude was the bad guy in "Spartacus", not just in film, but in real life too.

T.W.E.R.P.S - The Worlds Easiest Role-Playing Game!

I first came across this RPG system in 1995 at Mad Hatters gaming shop in Lubbock, Texas. I was sorting through the "Random" shelf, full of older manuals for lesser-known RPGs. I found the original "Basic" rules, as seen above, as well as the "Cyber-Punks" expansion. The incredibly simple rules (you only have two stats!) and the adorable, doughy charachter designs totally captured my imagination.

As I stated above, you have two stats and can play the game using two 10-sided dice. What adds the meat to your charachters is skills you can add to your character to aid in rolls. In each expansion, new sets of rules are added to the potential arsenal.

The expansion sets are hilariously reminiscent of GURPS. The published expansions include the above-mentioned cyber-punk set (which is also very reminiscent of Shadowgate, including expanded scenarios to include entry into a Neuromancer/Matrix-style computer world during gameplay), a magic expansion, a kung fu expansion, a post-apocalyptic expansion (called "Metaphysical Ninja Maniac Chainsaw Vitamin Junkies"), and expansions imitating the format of Star Trek and the X-Files.

Wikipedia Entry.

List Of Premature Obituaries (Wikipedia)

A very long (yet still incomplete) list of all celebrities whose deaths were prematurely reported in the (sometimes major) news media of the time period. The above is the CNN website's obit of Dick Cheney, identifying him as the "UK's favorite grandmother".

The things you don't find out about people until after they're gone...