Celebrate Wikipedia Day with Our Favorite Wikipedia Articles!

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Today is Wikipedia Day, an annual celebration of Wikipedia’s founding anniversary! The community-built encyclopedia for all turns 24 years old today. Normally, Duck Prints Press doesn’t highlight specific businesses or even non-profits as part of our posts, but we decided to make an exception for Wikipedia, especially with it facing unprecedented challenges caused by the growing popularity of generative AI (boo, hiss). There are a handful of services and organizations that Duck Prints Press supports with modest monthly contributions, and Wikipedia is one of them.

Since we love Wiki so much, we wanted to celebrate its birthday too! Many of us have wiled away otherwise empty hours by falling down the Wikipedia rabbit hole. We’ve uncovered many gems that way, or while researching specific topics. Today, Nina Waters, S. J. Ralston, boneturtle, Shannon, Rascal Hartley, Shadaras, and an anonymous contributor share our favorite Wikipedia pages!


Wikipedia Page: Gävle Goat

Wikipedia Page: Scam


Wikipedia Page: Dancing Plague Of 1518

Wikipedia Page: Disco Demolition Night


Wikipedia Page: Eternal September


Wikipedia Page: Nobel Disease


Wikipedia Page: Ten-Cent Beer Night


Wikipedia Page: List Of Obsolete Units Of Measurement


Wikipedia Page: List Of Legendary Creatures By Type

Wikipedia Page: List Of Common Misconceptions

We hope this list has given y’all some fun things to read! Please, PLEASE tell us your favorite Wikipedia pages too – we’d love to read them!