Wikipedia: Wicked

I know people make fun of people for doing this, but I really do get most of my internet information from Wikipedia. It’s just so easy and fun. The summaries are interesting to read and most of it is probably factual.

Personally, I enjoy it.

Did you know white tea was originally called white tea because Chinese people who were too poor to afford green tea would serve guests hot water and call it white tea?

I know that. Because of Wikipedia.

Okra seeds can be ground up to make non-caffeinated coffee.

The grapefruit is a hybrid of the orange and the pomelo.

Henry Miller makes a cameo in the movie Reds, which was released shortly after his death.

My favorite anecdote I’ve found on Wikipedia is about Kraftwerk:

“Another notable example of [Kraftwerk's] eccentric behaviour was reported to Johnny Marr of The Smiths by Karl Bartos, who explained that anyone trying to contact the band for collaboration would be told the studio telephone did not have a ringer, since during recording, the band did not like to hear any kind of noise pollution. Instead, callers were instructed to phone the studio precisely at a certain time, whereupon the phone would be answered by Ralf Hütter, despite never hearing the phone ring.”

Kraftwerk. Answering the phone based on time rather than sound.

Here are some more things I have enjoyed looking up on Wikipedia: the Milgram experiment, Jim Jones, Dostoyevsky, Digital Underground, fish oil.

The Milgram experiment is the most interesting one. You should definitely look it up.

In short, Wikipedia is awesome and cool.