December 2011
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Most read [Citation Needed] entries for 2011
We published a lot of Wikipedia nonsense on this blog in 2011. Here are the ten entries that saw the most traffic (podcast and book related material excluded.)
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Bareback (sex)
Intercourse without prophylactic devices was universal before their invention.
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Oscar the Grouch
Oscar tries to keep his Canadian identity secret,[7] but admitted that he is Canadian due to his parents being...
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Check out our TVTropes page
It’s amazing that even Wikipedia articles incorporate some well known TVTropes. [Citation Needed] has a fairly long TVTropes page that list some of them. Give it a read, you don’t really have anything else to do at work today do you?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebOriginal/CitationNeeded
(And thanks to whoever is updating the page, great work!)
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Sichuan pepper
Sichuan pepper leaves tingly sensation to the tongue which many sex writers from eastern civilization have described as next best thing to orgasm, both in men and women.[citation needed]
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Erwadi
Ervadi today
Erwadi durgah today stands as a symbol of religious harmony in Tamil Nadu. People with satanic illness visit this durgah in large number and get cured.
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The Song of the Volga Boatmen
It is often used in various classic cartoons (including Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny) whenever a character is hauling something from one place to another. The music normally goes from the main (usually the chase) theme which slows down as the character drags the weight, and then transforms into the Song of the Volga Boatmen, which stops as soon as the character gets rid of the weight, and then the...
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Cam/ron
In the next issue of XXL, Cam’ron explained the reason why the beef originated began when Jay-Z went away Dame Dash was talking about making him the CEO & President of Roc A Fella Records. But when Jay-Z came back & Got the positions he did not like it. But in 2010 Cam’ron stated he does not have any issues with Jay-Z because he respects his hustle.
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The Muppets (film)
Marketing
In May 2011, Kermit the Frog attended the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at Disneyland to promote the upcoming Muppets release.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mary’s blindness was due to a stroke, according to Laura’s unpublished memoir, Pioneer Girl, although it was scarlet fever.
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Billingham Synthonia F.C.
They are known for being the only club in England to be named after an agricultural fertiliser
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C. Everett Koop
Even though we’re told Dr. Koop remarried in 2010, after the death of his first wife, he says in a commercial for Life alert products: “With Life Alert you can live alone without being alone. That’s why I wear one.” So, unless the commercial is a carry-over from before 2010, he apparently doesn’t live with his wife.
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The Red Shoes (fairy tale)
The angel reappears, now bearing a spray of roses, and gives Karen the mercy she asked for: it is as though the church comes home to her and her heart becomes so filled with sunshine, peace, and joy that it bursts. Her soul flies on sunshine to Heaven, and no one there mentions the red shoes.
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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Cody is the more gentle twin compared to his brother and somehow always gets talked into going along with Zack’s schemes. In The Fairest of Them All, he dressed as a girl to win money. And never drinks soda after 9:30 (unless he is at a bachelor party).
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Ice Road Truckers
Rick is known for being hard on the trucks by constantly beating on them. In one episode, Rick is seen bouncing up and down, pumping the fuel pedal up and down, and messing with the steering wheel, all the while facing the camera and saying “yee-haw motha fucker!”
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Prostitution
Use of the word whore is widely considered pejorative, especially in its modern slang form of ho’.
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Laser Mission
Despite the name of the movie, there are not that many scenes in the movie depicting lasers.
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Exclusive or
Similarly, a lunch special consisting of one meat, french fries or mashed potatoes and vegetable would consist of three items, only one of which would be a form of potato. If one wanted to have meat and both kinds of potatoes, one would ask if it were possible to substitute a second order of potatoes for the vegetable. And, one would not expect to be permitted to have both types of potato and...
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False friend
This can lead to confusion with a Swede exclaiming “It’ll be fun!” leaving a Dane thinking “How boring!”
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The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
A Little Complex is based upon the musicals of Stephen Sondheim (Into the Woods, Company, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in the Park with George, et al.). In a New York apartment complex full of neurotics, Jitter is a mad artist/landlord who plots to murder his tenants, including bird-obsessed, indecisive June, deep-thinking composer Billy and pessimistic alcoholic Abby, for throwing his artwork out...
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Inattentional blindness
Having a heavy mental workload can cause issues. Having too little of a workload can cause issues too.
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Appletini
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Michael Lehmann
While at USC he made a student film, Beaver Gets a Boner, the title of which he believes helped get the attention of film executives who would later hire him.
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Poltergeist (film)
Williams was not afraid of the prop skeletons, but she was nervous working in water around so many electrically powered lights. Producer Spielberg comforted her by being in the water during her scenes, claiming that if a light fell into the pool, they would both be killed.[citation needed]
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Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
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[Citation Needed] Podcast - Episode 08
Episode 8 of the [Citation Needed] Podcast is finally here, bringing an end to our long, dark drought of Wikipedia-based podcast humor. In this episode:
We “Number the Stars” with a King who did his reputation just a wee bit of harm by surrendering to the Nazis
Hapless screenwriter Gary attempts to pitch his script for “Hooked Bear”
The Professor and Crispin have their...
Blink element
The blink element has been consistently criticised by usability and accessibility experts. In 1996 Jakob Nielsen described the element as “simply evil” in his Alertbox columnTop Ten Mistakes in Web Design.[5] Yet it has its defenders, especially among eBay sellers who are concerned with buyers conveniently overlooking essential information.
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Chōjin Sentai Jetman
Tomato Monarch (トマト大王 Tomato Daiō?) (46): The result of an Outer Dimensional entity called Metamol assuming the form of a nightmare from Raita’s childhood when he was afraid of tomatoes, the Tomato Monarch possesses the power to turn people into tomato-headed freaks.
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Urban warfare
The British military terms are OBUA (operations in built-up areas), FIBUA (fighting in built-up areas), or sometimes (colloquially) FISH (fighting in someone’s house),[1] or FISH and CHIPS (fighting in someone’s house and causing havoc in people’s streets).[2]. A lesser known term is used by the S.A.S. for their specialist first strike and reconnaissance team, known as FART...
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Hamster ball
Children should not throw, drop, or bounce hamster balls.[citation needed]
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Cat Deeley
In April 2011 Deeley appeared on CNN’s Icon[9] and spoke to Nancy Cartwright. Together they did The Bartman.
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E. F. Benson
Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred.
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List of The Nostalgia Critic episodes
Special criticism is reserved for a scene where Columbus appears to extend a spyglass out of his crotch.
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Jubilee (comics)
Jubilee is one of the depowered mutant characters who later reappeared using technology-based powers in the New Warriors comic series. She has since been turned into a vampire.
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Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
Story
You start by doing multiple challenges throughout the seasons until you beat them all.
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Please note that this is the entirety of the “Story” section
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Sleep talking
Sleep-talking by itself is harmless; however, it can wake up others and cause them consternation—especially when misinterpreted as conscious speech by an observer. Link
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My Balls
Plot
The fate of the world rests in one man’s testicles.
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Strong “read the whole article” recommendation
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Baked potato
A baked potato, or jacket potato, is the edible result of baking a potato.
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Peter Tork
On the television show, he was relegated to playing the “lovable dummy”, even though he is actually a highly intelligent, literate person, as the other Monkees have always been keen to point out in subsequent interviews.
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New Jack City
It’s been said that the film was so good in the box office Mario Van Peebles the Directer himself thinks that it really should have a sequel of the first original version or have a remake to show a modern version on how New Jack City would be during this time period & generation but nothing is in the works as of now.
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One last reminder to BUY OUR BOOK!
Christmas is just ten days away, and if you need an inexpensive stocking stuffer, don’t forget that our book, [Citation Needed]: The Best of Wikipedia’s Worst Writing is on sale at Amazon for less than 8 bucks!
Available in paperback, [Citation Needed] has over 200 of the all-time best entries from this blog, with hilarious added commentary you won’t find anywhere else....
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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
There has been confusion where many believe Oswald and Mickey are brothers.This fact is not confirmed and it is also invalid. For this to be true, then Pete, along with Donald and Goofy, would also be considered Oswald’s brothers as well.
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Browline glasses
The style quickly gained in popularity, and through the 1950s half of all eyeglasses sold were browlines. [2][2] As a result, many famous figures from the mid-20th century wore browlines, including black liberationist Malcolm X, Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders, and many others.
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The Carrot Seed
This is definitely a story of faith, but much of its charm, however, comes from its credibility as a simple story of something that could actually have happened with the added visual humor of the giant carrot.
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Urechis unicinctus
they are unofficially known as the “Penis Fish” due to their resemblance to male genitalia, though not necessarily human. This name is a misnomer due to the fact that they are neither penises nor fish.
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Baitullah Mehsud
Syed Saleem Shahzad, writing in the Asia Times, described Baitullah Mehsud as a physically small man, with diabetes.
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Bi-Polar (Vanilla Ice album)
According to a Sony BMG executive, sales of Bi-Polar were “not bad…for Vanilla Ice. That’s pretty respectable. Seriously.”
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Casey Ryback
Casey Ryback was born in the backwoods of Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia in 1945. Contrary to popular belief,[clarification needed] Casey is not half Cherokee Indian but actually one quarter Mi’kmaq, one quarter Metis and half Cape Bretoner. He was born to parents Peter Rogers and “Little Bear” Ryback. When Casey was 8 years old, he trained a wild buffalo living in the...
Staycation
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Staycation
Benefits of a staycation
Indeed, a few people go as far as only leaving their home for their usual errands (such as food shopping). Those with backyard swimming pools have an advantage as they can spend more time swimming without leaving their property and sometimes have as much fun as they might have had going anywhere.
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Extraño
On one mission in particular, he was attacked by an “AIDS vampire” called the Hemo-Goblin. He was subsequently confirmed to be HIV-positive but it’s unclear whether he was infected by Hemo-Goblin or had already been infected prior to his introduction. Though he showed no outward signs of the disease, his infection remained a somewhat unorthodox plot point.
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List of brassiere designs
Novelty A fashion bra designed for appearance and sensuality. May include unusual materials, like leather or feathers. Includes unusual designs like the open-tip, peekaboo, or peephole bra that feature holes or slits in the fabric that reveal the woman’s areola and nipples. Usually made of sensuous material like Lycra, nylon (nylon tricot), polyester, satin, lace and/or silk. Suitable...