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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ASTONISH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ASTONISH">Principle of least astonishment</a> notwithstanding, strive to omit obvious details.</td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Principle_of_Some_Astonishment"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Principle of Some Astonishment</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Crime_and_its_detection"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Crime and its detection</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Capacious_captions_for_unerring_identification"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Capacious captions for unerring identification</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Special_section_on_modes_of_exit_and_ancillary_details_of_death"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Special section on modes of exit and ancillary details of death</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Principle_of_Complete_Puzzlement"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Principle of Complete Puzzlement</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Principle_of_Some_Astonishment" data-mw-thread-id="h-Principle_of_Some_Astonishment-20241112210900"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Principle_of_Some_Astonishment-20241112210900"></span>Principle of Some Astonishment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Principle_of_Some_Astonishment-20241112210900"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Principle of Some Astonishment" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button 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class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 290px;height: 218px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fermanagh_Floods_2009_%2817_of_19%29%2C_Samsonagh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1599128.jpg/290px-Fermanagh_Floods_2009_%2817_of_19%29%2C_Samsonagh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1599128.jpg" data-width="290" data-height="218" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fermanagh_Floods_2009_%2817_of_19%29%2C_Samsonagh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1599128.jpg/435px-Fermanagh_Floods_2009_%2817_of_19%29%2C_Samsonagh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1599128.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fermanagh_Floods_2009_%2817_of_19%29%2C_Samsonagh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1599128.jpg/580px-Fermanagh_Floods_2009_%2817_of_19%29%2C_Samsonagh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1599128.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Can we get you on <i><a href="/wiki/Mastermind_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mastermind (TV series)">Mastermind</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Sybil_Fawlty" title="Sybil Fawlty">Sybil</a>? "Next contestant, <i>Sybil Fawlty from Torquay;</i> specialist subject: <i>the bleedin' obvious!</i> " <div style="float:right;">—<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Basil_Fawlty" title="Basil Fawlty">Basil Fawlty</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/lists/Fawlty-Towers-20-of-Basils-best-rants/">[1]</a></div> </figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— <a href="/wiki/William_Strunk_Jr." title="William Strunk Jr.">William Strunk Jr.</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style" title="The Elements of Style">The Elements of Style</a></i> (1918)</cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigour it will give your style. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Smith" title="Sydney Smith">Sydney Smith</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=R18JAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA382">[2]</a></cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Most first drafts can be cut by 50% without losing any information<span class="nowrap"> </span>.... Look for clutter in your writing and prune it ruthlessly. Be grateful for everything you can throw away<span class="nowrap"> </span>.... Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— <a href="/wiki/William_Zinsser" title="William Zinsser">William Zinsser</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UvlnAAAAMAAJ"><i>On Writing Well</i></a></cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Most first drafts can be halved without losing information<span class="nowrap"> </span>.... Mercilessly prune clutter from your writing; be grateful for all you can discard<span class="nowrap"> </span>.... Writing improves as more unnecessary things are kept out. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— If Zinsser followed his own advice</cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— <a href="/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry" title="Antoine de Saint-Exupéry">Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wind,_Sand_and_Stars" title="Wind, Sand and Stars">Wind, Sand and Stars</a></i> (<abbr title="translated by">tr.</abbr> Lewis Galantière)</cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— <a href="/wiki/Blaise_Pascal" title="Blaise Pascal">Blaise Pascal</a>, <i>Lettres provinciales</i> no. 16 (1657)</cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>I don't mind yet another epigraph. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— Vladimir Shinkarev, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lib.ru/ANEKDOTY/gonduras.txt"><i>Papuas from Honduras</i></a></cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>In 1975 <a href="/wiki/Dave_Barry" title="Dave Barry">Barry</a> joined Burger Associates, a consulting firm that teaches effective writing to businesspersons. He spent nearly eight years trying to get various businesspersons to for God's sake stop writing things like "Enclosed please find the enclosed enclosure," but he eventually realized that it was hopeless. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070222142411/http://www.davebarry.com/bioold.htm">[3]</a></cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>duh. DUH. DUH! </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— <a href="/wiki/User:EEng" title="User:EEng">EEng</a> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=892980182">hard-ass copyediting</a></cite></p> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote centered" style="width:80%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Some writers tend to overuse quotations. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">— <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190729151617/http://www2.ivcc.edu/eng1002/handout_quotations_paraphrases_summaries.htm">Somebody or other</a></cite></p> </div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1150407293">body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .ifmobile>.mobile{display:none}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .ifmobile>.nomobile{display:inherit;display:initial}</style><span class="ifmobile"><span class="nomobile"></span><span class="mobile"><i><b>Portions of this page are best <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop">viewed in desktop</a>.</b></i></span></span> </p><p>Sometimes editors clutter their prose with pedestrian details that the reader likely already knows or would naturally assume. Rather than informing readers, this wastes their time and dulls their attention. The following are examples of articles belaboring the routine and obvious, at times painfully: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png/150px-Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="212" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="1087"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 212px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png/150px-Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png" data-width="150" data-height="212" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png/225px-Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png/300px-Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>You mean the game pieces can be stored for later use? I'm astonished!</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>In the article <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=757009732"><i>Pick-up sticks</i>:</a></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248585704">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{font-family:Georgia,"DejaVu Serif",serif;color:#008560;quotes:none}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-italic{font-family:inherit;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-marks{quotes:"\"""\""}</style><q class="inline-quote-talk">Each piece in the game also has a point value, with more challenging pieces being worth more. At the end of play, points are tallied up <s>and the pieces can be thrown again or stored in a container for another use.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <i>Of course</i> we can either play again or put the game away "in a container". (If the rules called for players to burn the game pieces or use them to commit ritual suicide, THAT would be worth mentioning.)</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:FIRESAREHOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FIRESAREHOT&redirect=no">WP:FIRESAREHOT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=892980182">Notre-Dame de Paris fire</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Some lead joints in stained glass windows melted <del>in the heat of the fire</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: DUH.</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:INFERNOSAREEVENHOTTER"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INFERNOSAREEVENHOTTER&redirect=no">WP:INFERNOSAREEVENHOTTER</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dt>In the (ahem) Featured Article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halifax_Explosion&diff=1034535405&oldid=1034535085">Halifax explosion</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">An area of over 160 hectares (400 acres) was completely destroyed by the explosion<span class="nowrap"> </span>... Stoves and lamps overturned <del>by the force of the blast</del> sparked fires throughout Halifax, particularly in the North End, where entire city blocks were caught up in the inferno, trapping residents inside their houses.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Double DUH. (The prosecutor is requesting <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=1016182249#Increase_in_time_to_be_served">sentence enhancement</a> for use of the word <i>inferno</i>.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=918854639">Live-line working</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><del>Electricity is hazardous</del></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Shocking.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=996003117">Joe Biden</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is <del>an American politician and</del> the president-elect of the United States.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment:<span class="nowrap"> </span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Himla_med_%C3%B6gonen.gif" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="A stylized head with eyes rolling up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Himla_med_%C3%B6gonen.gif" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="50"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 50px;height: 50px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Himla_med_%C3%B6gonen.gif" data-alt="A stylized head with eyes rolling up" data-width="50" data-height="50" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=860959474">San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">They created a distraction which caused the tiger to turn towards the officers, who shot and killed it. <s>After the shooting,</s> officials removed Tatiana's head, paws, tail and gastric contents for examination.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Removing the tiger's head <i>before</i> shooting it, assuming you could somehow manage that, would presumably have rendered the shooting superfluous.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i>US Airways Flight 1549:</i></dt></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=next&oldid=769110273">The weather <s>recorded</s> at 2:51 p.m. was 10 miles visibility with broken clouds at 3,700 feet, wind 8 knots from 290°, temperature -6°<span class="nowrap"> </span>C.</a></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Of course it was recorded, otherwise how would we know it?</dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=755384862">Sullenberger asked if they could attempt an emergency landing in New Jersey, mentioning Teterboro Airport<span class="nowrap"> </span>... air traffic controllers <s>quickly</s> contacted Teterboro and gained permission for a landing on Runway 1.</a></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: The word <i>quickly</i> is superfluous, because our readers' innate cunning will inform them that controllers generally act with dispatch in such situations. (Had they instead been lackadaisical, THAT would be worth mentioning.)</dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=755320395">However, Sullenberger told controllers that "We can't do it," and "We're gonna be in the Hudson," <s>signaling his intention to bring the plane down on the Hudson River because he was too low to glide to any airport</s>.</a></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: The part from "signalling his intention<span class="nowrap"> </span>..." on is probably unnecessary, because our readers aren't mentally defective. They will conclude without being told that when Sullenberger said "We can't do it<span class="nowrap"> </span>... We're gonna be in the Hudson", he's hinting that (a) he's going to land on the Hudson and (b) he's taking this unconventional step because more orthodox landing sites are out of reach. (Had he instead done it because he wanted a bath, THAT would be worth mentioning.)</dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=755391524"><s>Immediately after the A320 had been ditched,</s> Sullenberger opened the cockpit door and gave the "evacuate" order.</a></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: The <i>immediately</i> bit seems unnecessary. (Had the captain made a cup of tea before ordering "Evacuate!", THAT would be worth mentioning.)</dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=755921539"><s>The first fire chief on scene transmitted a "10-60" to confirm a major emergency</s>.</a></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If the fire chief, seeing people crowded onto the wings of a sinking airliner, had radioed, "False alarm – no big deal", THAT would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=926251443">List of American Airlines accidents and incidents</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">October 28, 2016: <b><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_383_(2016)" title="American Airlines Flight 383 (2016)">American Airlines Flight 383</a></b>, a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_767-300ER" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 767-300ER">Boeing 767-300ER</a> flying from <a href="/wiki/O%27Hare_International_Airport" title="O'Hare International Airport">Chicago</a> to <a href="/wiki/Miami_International_Airport" title="Miami International Airport">Miami</a>, was accelerating for takeoff when the right engine <del>failed and erupted in flames</del> <ins>caught fire</ins>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: You don't have to be a pilot to know that an engine in flames has failed. <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The crew <del>aborted the takeoff and</del> initiated an emergency evacuation.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: They didn't evacuate in mid-air? <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/e248cced-7e19-4216-b13d-f838251944a0">You amaze me!</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1056408090">Continental Airlines Flight 11</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Although airline policy is that once the doors are closed they are not to be reopened, <s>the doors were reopened and </s>Doty was allowed to board.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: But if necessary he could have clawed his way through the fuselage. <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Of the 45 individuals on board, 44 were dead when rescuers reached the crash site. One passenger, a 27-year-old man from <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois" title="Evanston, Illinois">Evanston, Illinois</a>, <s>was alive when rescuers found him in the wreckage, but he </s>died of internal injuries at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Centerville,_Iowa" title="Centerville, Iowa">Centerville, Iowa</a>, an hour and a half after being rescued.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So he didn't die twice, then.</dd></dl> <p><span class="anchor" id="mars"></span> </p> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=765874015">Charles Whitman</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Whitman was reportedly the youngest person <s>in the world</s> ever to become an Eagle Scout at that time.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Are people becoming Eagle Scouts elsewhere than "in the world"? Perhaps <a href="/wiki/The_Martian_(film)" title="The Martian (film)">on Mars</a>? (See also <a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?search=insource%3A%22%20+in+the+world+%22&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1">[4]</a> and <a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=next&oldid=1033471019">[5]</a>.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=940738304">University of California, Berkeley</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">UC Berkeley researchers along with Berkeley Lab have discovered or co-discovered 16 chemical elements <del>of the periodic table</del> – more than any other university <del>in the world</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: See prior item.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=805892590">Club of Rome</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The Club of Rome raised considerable public attention with its report <i><a href="/wiki/Limits_to_Growth" class="mw-redirect" title="Limits to Growth">Limits to Growth</a></i>, which has sold 30 million copies in more than 30 translations, making it the best-selling environmental book in <s>world</s> history.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: I think you see where I'm going with this.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In some proposed text for the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=863456022">Apollo 11</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On July 23, the last night before splashdown <s>on Earth</s>, the three astronauts made a television broadcast</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: A splashdown in the <a href="/wiki/Lakes_of_Titan" title="Lakes of Titan">lakes of Titan</a> would be quite the plot twist.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=778696660#Plot">Saving Private Ryan</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">In Washington, D.C, General George Marshall is informed that three of the four Ryan brothers have been killed within the last week, and that their mother is about to be notified<s> of their deaths</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Lest readers imagine they were notifying her that she'd won the <a href="/wiki/Pillsbury_Bake-Off" title="Pillsbury Bake-Off">Pillsbury Bake-Off</a>.</dd></dl> <p><span class="anchor" id="babies"></span> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shepherd%27s_pie_(22470901009).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shepherd%27s_pie_%2822470901009%29.jpg/120px-Shepherd%27s_pie_%2822470901009%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="139" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="4229"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 120px;height: 139px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shepherd%27s_pie_%2822470901009%29.jpg/120px-Shepherd%27s_pie_%2822470901009%29.jpg" data-width="120" data-height="139" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shepherd%27s_pie_%2822470901009%29.jpg/180px-Shepherd%27s_pie_%2822470901009%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shepherd%27s_pie_%2822470901009%29.jpg/240px-Shepherd%27s_pie_%2822470901009%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><i>Caution:</i> May contain <a href="/wiki/Shepherds_pie" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepherds pie">shepherds</a>.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1,5_OZS_talc,_pic5.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1%2C5_OZS_talc%2C_pic5.JPG/100px-Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1%2C5_OZS_talc%2C_pic5.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2458" data-file-height="3278"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 133px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1%2C5_OZS_talc%2C_pic5.JPG/100px-Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1%2C5_OZS_talc%2C_pic5.JPG" data-width="100" data-height="133" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1%2C5_OZS_talc%2C_pic5.JPG/150px-Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1%2C5_OZS_talc%2C_pic5.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1%2C5_OZS_talc%2C_pic5.JPG/200px-Johnsons_Baby_Powder_1%2C5_OZS_talc%2C_pic5.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><i>Caution:</i> May contain babies.</figcaption></figure></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1034237262"><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg/90px-Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="137" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="2700"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 90px;height: 137px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg/90px-Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg" data-width="90" data-height="137" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg/135px-Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg/180px-Oranges_and_orange_juice.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><i>Caution:</i> May contain oranges.</figcaption></figure></div></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=836222140">Citrus juice</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The most commonly consumed type of citrus juice is <a href="/wiki/Orange_juice" title="Orange juice">orange juice</a><s>, which as the name implies, is extracted from <a href="/wiki/Oranges" class="mw-redirect" title="Oranges">oranges</a>.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: But then baby powder isn't extracted from babies, I suppose.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=770378403">Stone's representation theorem for Boolean algebras</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The theorem was first proved by Marshall H. Stone (1936)<s>, and thus named in his honor</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: And here I thought it was proved by Marshall H. Stone but <a href="/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy" title="Stigler's law of eponymy">named for some other Stone</a>.</dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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.ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">New York City</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><del><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></del></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><del>City of New York</del></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Clockwise, from top: Midtown Manhattan, Times Square, the Unisphere, the Brooklyn Bridge, Lower Manhattan with One World Trade Center, Central Park, the headquarters of the United Nations, and the Statue of Liberty"><noscript><img alt="Clockwise, from top: Midtown Manhattan, Times Square, the Unisphere, the Brooklyn Bridge, Lower Manhattan with One World Trade Center, Central Park, the headquarters of the United Nations, and the Statue of Liberty" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg/305px-NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg" decoding="async" width="305" height="401" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1398" data-file-height="1839"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 305px;height: 401px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg/305px-NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg" data-alt="Clockwise, from top: Midtown Manhattan, Times Square, the Unisphere, the Brooklyn Bridge, Lower Manhattan with One World Trade Center, Central Park, the headquarters of the United Nations, and the Statue of Liberty" data-width="305" data-height="401" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg/458px-NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg/610px-NYC_Montage_2014_4_-_Jleon.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Clockwise, from top: <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Times_Square" title="Times Square">Times Square</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Unisphere" title="Unisphere">Unisphere</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge" title="Brooklyn Bridge">Brooklyn Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">Lower Manhattan</a> with <a href="/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center" title="One World Trade Center">One World Trade Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Park" title="Central Park">Central Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations" title="Headquarters of the United Nations">headquarters of the United Nations</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty" title="Statue of Liberty">Statue of Liberty</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt><i>Multiple choice:</i> In <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=875798709">what article</a> does the infobox at right appear?</dt> <dd>(A) New York State</dd> <dd>(B) New York County</dd> <dd>(C) New York <b><big><u>CITY</u></big></b> <== <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r920966791">.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}</style><span class="smallcaps">hint</span></dd> <dd>(D) New York University</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OHTHATPARIS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OHTHATPARIS&redirect=no">WP:OHTHATPARIS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dt>In the article <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=850783220"><i>Glenn Miller:</i></a></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On December 15, 1944, Miller was to fly from the United Kingdom to Paris, <s>France,</s> to make arrangements to move his band there.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So not <a href="/wiki/Paris,_Texas" title="Paris, Texas">Paris, Texas</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="anchor" id="commission"></span>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=786102379">Irish Boundary Commission</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The <b>Irish Boundary Commission</b> <del>was a commission which</del> met in 1924–25 to decide on the precise delineation of the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So<span class="nowrap"> </span>... the commission was a commission?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1021818209">Oliver Cromwell's head</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><del><b>Oliver Cromwell's head</b> is the head of <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a>.</del></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Just kill me now. I mean it. What kind of world is this?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1119671703">National Archives of Belize</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The <b>National Archives of Belize</b> are <del>the <a href="/wiki/National_archives" title="National archives">national archives</a> of <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>. They are</del> located in <a href="/wiki/Belmopan" title="Belmopan">Belmopan</a>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: No really, here's a gun. Just do it.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1132635496">Pete Maravich</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On June 27, 2014, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a> proposed that LSU erect a statue of Maravich outside the <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich_Assembly_Center" title="Pete Maravich Assembly Center">Pete Maravich Assembly Center</a><s>, which already bore the basketball star's name</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Seriously, take the safety off and pull the trigger. Give me an extra shot for <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1132636615">linking</a> <code>[[Governor of Louisiana|Governor]]</code> while you're at it.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1215425058" title="Special:Diff/1215425058">Dry Creek Archeological Site</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The Dry Creek Archeological Site <s>is an archaeological site</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Stop hesitating. I insist.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1077975943">Dickie Moore (actor)</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">In 1935, he played the historical role of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Meister" title="Joseph Meister">Joseph Meister</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Louis_Pasteur" title="The Story of Louis Pasteur">The Story of Louis Pasteur</a></i> <del>about the life of scientist <a href="/wiki/Louis_Pasteur" title="Louis Pasteur">Louis Pasteur</a></del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: You refuse? Fine, I'll do it myself.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1180004875" title="Special:Diff/1180004875">Islam in Sweden</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><b>Islam in Sweden</b> <s>is the practice of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, as well as historical ties between Sweden and the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic world">Islamic world</a>. Viking contact with Islam</s> dates back to the 7th–10th centuries, when the <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a> traded with Muslims during the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age" title="Islamic Golden Age">Islamic Golden Age</a>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Stand back, here it goes...</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1118255436">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Dakota</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><del><b>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Dakota</b> refers to</del> <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church) <del>and its members in <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a>. The church's</del> <u>held its</u> first congregation in North Dakota <del>was organized</del> in 1919.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Goodbye, Wikipedia!</dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="anchor" id="tax_cuts"></span>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=874467613">Donald Trump</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">He signed <s>tax cut</s> legislation which cut tax rates for individuals and businesses.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: A sax player who plays saxes, a fax machine that sends faxes, a tax cut that cuts taxes. (<a href="/wiki/Demagogue" title="Demagogue">Just <i>whose</i> taxes is another question</a>.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=844521515">Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The <b>Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry</b> <s>is a society devoted to the history of alchemy and chemistry. The Society</s> was founded as the <i>Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry</i> in 1935.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Surprise!</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=802628609">Hardcore Henry</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">After she replaces a missing arm and leg with <s>hi-tech</s> cybernetic prostheses, mercenaries led by the psychokinetic Akan raid the ship.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Are there low-tech cybernetic prostheses?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=847688703">Bunk bed</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The bunk or bunks above the lowest one may have rails to keep the user from rolling out<s> and falling to the floor</s> while sleeping.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: For those innocent of the workings of gravity.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=892621129#Social_and_historical_consequences">1257 Samalas eruption</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Very large volcanic eruptions can cause destruction close to the volcano<span class="nowrap"> </span>...</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: For those innocent of the workings of volcanoes. (This is the least of what's wrong with this passage. Follow the link – if you dare!)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=894651426">Truth or Consequences, New Mexico</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Hot Springs officially changed its name on March 31, 1950, and the program was broadcast from there the following evening<s>, April 1</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: For those innocent of the workings of the calendar.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=996252121">Svalbard</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The islands were first used as a whaling base <del>by whalers who sailed far north in pursuit of whales</del> in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: For those innocent of the workings of whaling.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted_Fujita&diff=prev&oldid=1146806197&diffmode=source">Ted Fujita</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Ted Fujita died in his <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> home on November 19, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <s>After his death, t</s><ins>T</ins>he <a href="/wiki/American_Meteorological_Society" title="American Meteorological Society">American Meteorological Society</a> (AMS) held the "Symposium on The Mystery of Severe Storms: A Tribute to the Work of T. Theodore Fujita" during its 80th Annual Meeting in January 2000</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: For those <a href="/wiki/Year_2000_problem" title="Year 2000 problem">innocent of the workings of millenia</a> (see Truth and Consequences item).</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=881338372">Battle of Tali-Ihantala</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On June 28, air activity was high on both sides as Finnish bombers and German Stukas pounded the Soviet formations. <s>The Soviet Air Force also attacked from the air and hit the staff of the Finnish Armored Division hard with bombers from the Soviet 276th Bomber Division.</s> <u>and the Soviet 276th Bomber Division hit the Finnish troops hard.</u></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: These bombers attacked from the air, you say?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>On the dabpage <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=872720435"><i>Horváth</i></a></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The surname "<a href="/wiki/Horvat" title="Horvat">Horvat</a>", <s>without the "h"</s> still exists and is the most common surname in Croatia or the Croatian diaspora.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY#t=29s">Hear them down in Soho Square<span class="nowrap"> </span>...</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=809268882">Chloe</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><b>Chloe</b> (also <i>Chloë</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chlo%C3%A9_(given_name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chloé (given name)">Chloé</a></i>) is a feminine name <s>for girls</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: There really should be more feminine names for boys and masculine names for girls.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=836658355">Henry Riggs Rathbone</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Rathbone <s>successfully</s> graduated from Phillips Academy in 1888, from Yale University in 1892, and from the Law Department at the University of Wisconsin in 1894.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Graduations are usually successful (except of course a graduation from Yale, which by definition is the first in a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dev.thecrimson.com/article/2016/4/15/thoughts-for-visitas/">lifelong string of degradations</a>).</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=858982984">Stokes Croft</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><b>Stokes Croft</b> is <s>the name of</s> a road in Bristol, England.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: An <a href="/wiki/Haddocks%27_Eyes#Naming" title="Haddocks' Eyes">earlier version</a> read <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><b>Stokes Croft</b> is what the name of a road in Bristol, England is called.</q></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beaumaris&diff=1060466752&oldid=1060466671">Beaumaris</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><s>Here is an image of the</s> front houses <s>of Beaumaris.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images" title="The Treachery of Images">Ceci n'est pas une maison</a></i>. Or, if you prefer, <i>Nid tŷ mo hwn</i>. Nos da.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_St_Andrews_Railway&diff=1060613720&oldid=1056063241">The St Andrews Railway</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Dismantled viaduct over the River Eden. <s>This photograph was from a similar position to the first photograph</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If the viaduct had been sold to an <a href="/wiki/Robert_P._McCulloch" title="Robert P. McCulloch">unsuspecting American</a>, <i>that</i> would have been worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=877148287">Distomo</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><s>The aluminum producing company</s> <a href="/wiki/Aluminium_of_Greece" title="Aluminium of Greece">Aluminium of Greece</a> has its production facilities in the coastal village Agios Nikolaos.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Ha! Obviously these people don't know the difference between aluminum and aluminium.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=889628493">Caribou, Maine</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The Caribou Public Library is a <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_library" title="Carnegie library">Carnegie library</a>. Designed in the <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_Revival_architecture" title="Romanesque Revival architecture">Romanesque Revival</a> style by local architect Schuyler C. Page, it was built in 1911-1912 with a $10,000 grant <s>from <a href="/wiki/Industrialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrialist">industrialist</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie" title="Andrew Carnegie">Andrew Carnegie</a></s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Is there a Carnegie library that Andrew Carnegie did <i>not</i> finance? Or was there some other heretofore unknown <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_(surname)" title="Carnegie (surname)">Carnegie</a> financing American libraries with whom he might be confused?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=891558985">Alice Herz-Sommer</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">She lived for 40 years in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, before migrating to London in 1986, where she resided until her death, and at the age of 110 was the world's oldest known <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_survivor" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust survivor">Holocaust survivor</a> until <a href="/wiki/Yisrael_Kristal" title="Yisrael Kristal">Yisrael Kristal</a> was recognized as such. Kristal <s>was also a Holocaust survivor, and</s> was born two months before Herz-Sommer.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: For readers with short-term memory deficits.</dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herren_og_hans_tjenere,_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Herren_og_hans_tjenere%2C_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg/200px-Herren_og_hans_tjenere%2C_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="206" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="7334" data-file-height="7571"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 206px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Herren_og_hans_tjenere%2C_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg/200px-Herren_og_hans_tjenere%2C_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg" data-width="200" data-height="206" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Herren_og_hans_tjenere%2C_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg/300px-Herren_og_hans_tjenere%2C_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Herren_og_hans_tjenere%2C_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg/400px-Herren_og_hans_tjenere%2C_Nationaltheatret_-_L0062_959Fo30141701260002.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Working out <span class="nowrap">10<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>+<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>3</span></figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=962575700">Turpin case</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">From 1988 to 2015, they had <del>13 children total;</del> ten daughters and three sons.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: To save our readers mental strain.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1228724951" title="Special:Diff/1228724951">George Mikan</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">When DePaul won the 1945 NIT, Mikan was named <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">Most Valuable Player</a> for scoring 120 points in three games, including 53 points in a 97–53 win over <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rhode_Island" title="University of Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a><s>; his 53-point total equaled the score of the entire Rhode Island team</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Ditto, with bonus points for repeating the number twice.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=892569631">Soyuz-FG</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">... resulted in the destruction of the rocket. The crew, NASA astronaut <a href="/wiki/Nick_Hague" title="Nick Hague">Nick Hague</a> and Russian cosmonaut <a href="/wiki/Aleksey_Ovchinin" title="Aleksey Ovchinin">Aleksey Ovchinin</a>, escaped safely <s>and successfully</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Whatever that means.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=893755619">Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">About four hours after the blaze broke out, one of the three remaining cupolas had been damaged but the fire was contained. <del>A department spokesman later confirmed that the fire had been extinguished.</del></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Lest the reader imagine that it <a href="/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire" title="Centralia mine fire">burns to this day</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=900669719">Adele Spitzeder</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Officially founded shortly afterwards in 1869, the "Spitzedersche Privatbank" <del>(English: Spitzeder Private Bank)</del> quickly grew from an insider tip to a large company.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Thank you. I was completely at sea.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=905667956">The Owl and the Pussycat</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Portions of an unfinished sequel, "The Children of the Owl and the Pussycat" were published first posthumously, during 1938. <s> How the pair procreated is unspecified.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: It's a children's book, after all.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=934756963">Turner syndrome</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Turner syndrome is not usually inherited <del>from a person's parents</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: And certainly not from their rich uncle.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1117123520">Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">About 7.5% of cases are <a href="/wiki/Heredity" title="Heredity">inherited</a> <del>from a person's parents</del> in an <a href="/wiki/Autosomal_dominant" class="mw-redirect" title="Autosomal dominant">autosomal dominant</a> manner.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Ditto</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1125577810">Phenylketonuria</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Phenylketonuria is a genetic disorder <a href="/wiki/Heredity" title="Heredity">inherited</a> <del>from a person's parents</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Unlike <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/09/11/insanity/">insanity, which parents get from their children</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=902614822">Earthquake weather</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Aristotle proposed in the 4th century BC that earthquakes were caused by winds trapped in <s>subterranean</s> caves.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Extraterrestrial caves would have made for a more surprising theory.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=937901985">Jascha Heifetz</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The incident made headlines <del>in the press</del> and Heifetz defiantly announced that he would not stop playing the Strauss.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Yeah, that's usually where headlines appear.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1011821617">Celia Cooney</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">After their marriage, Celia became pregnant <del>with a child</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So not puppies.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In our article on serial killer <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1031852543">Juan Corona</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">In early January 1974, Corona's wife, Gloria, filed for divorce in Fairfield<del>, citing irreconcilable differences</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So I guess she wasn't cool with the hacking 25 guys to death. (<a href="/wiki/Karla_Homolka" title="Karla Homolka">If she was</a>, <i>that</i> would be worth mentioning.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=1038775523">Lauren Laverne</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">She is a supporter of <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_AFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland AFC">Sunderland AFC</a><del> in football</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Such a shame nobody supports the Sunderland Amateur Flower Collectors any more.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=next&oldid=1040631120">Harald Quandt</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Harald Quandt's five daughters inherited about 1.5 billion Deutsche Mark ($760 million, €585 million) and later increased their wealth through the Harald Quandt Holding GmbH, a German-based family investment company and trust <del>named after their father</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: In case the reader is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.livescience.com/goldfish-memory.html">a goldfish</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=1048001273">2021 United States Capitol attack</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was <del>violently</del> attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Well it certainly wasn't a verbal attack.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1052653118">Mike Ward (comedian)</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Gabriel had received a bone-anchored hearing aid at age 6, <del>which allowed him to hear</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Because it's an <u>aid</u> to <u>hearing</u>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1078532544">John F. Kennedy</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps, representing 139 <del>different</del> countries.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Not 139 identical countries?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=1091900707">Martha Mitchell</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">She had wanted to be a pediatrician <del>when she grew up</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: When they say a pediatrician is a child doctor, that's not what they mean.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1110922114">Snipex Alligator</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The rifle has a height-adjustable cheek rest, which can be positioned for right- or left-handed shooting<s>, i.e., it is suitable for both right- and left-handed shooters</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: But what about shooters who are <a href="/wiki/Ambidexterous" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambidexterous">ambidexterous</a>?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Onion&oldid=prev&diff=1113500127">The Onion</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Section title: <s><i>The Onion</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span></s> influence <s>on the real world</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Jee, I thought we were talking about all the fake worlds!</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1124348852">Flag of Acadiana</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The various symbols on the flag were each chosen <s>deliberately</s> to represent a special aspect of Cajun culture and history.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: As if they were chosen by total accident.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1126466475">Aleksandr Zuyev (pilot)</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><del>The sentry he had shot several times was wounded.</del></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: A common side effect.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Lantos&diff=prev&oldid=1146122886&diffmode=source">Tom Lantos</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The first Lantos Human Rights Prize<s>, named in the congressman's memory,</s>...</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If it was named after some other Lantos and presented by an organization named after this Lantos, that would be something to mention.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al-Tanf_%28U.S._military_base%29&diff=prev&oldid=1146652268&diffmode=source">Al-Tanf (U.S. military base)</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The <a href="/wiki/Iranian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian government">Iranian</a><sup id="cite_ref-SANA_2018_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SANA_2018-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Russian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian government">Russian governments</a><sup id="cite_ref-SANA2017Russia_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SANA2017Russia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have publicly supported the Syrian government's position and have regularly criticized the American presence in southeastern Syria<s> whereas the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">United States government</a> states that its presence at al-Tanf is legal</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Most nations would accuse themselves of illegally occupying territory.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1149261801">Viral hemorrhagic fever</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><b>Viral hemorrhagic fevers</b> (<b>VHFs</b>) are a diverse group of animal and human <a href="/wiki/Illness" class="mw-redirect" title="Illness">illnesses</a> <s>in which <a href="/wiki/Fever" title="Fever">fever</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hemorrhage" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemorrhage">hemorrhage</a> are caused by a <a href="/wiki/Viral_infection" class="mw-redirect" title="Viral infection">viral infection</a></s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If said diseases <a href="/wiki/Ringworm" class="mw-redirect" title="Ringworm">were</a> <a href="/wiki/Chickenpox" title="Chickenpox">actually</a> <a href="/wiki/Monkeypox" class="mw-redirect" title="Monkeypox">misnomers</a>, <i>that</i> would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1161775129" title="Special:Diff/1161775129">No Longer Human</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Released from the hospital where he was taken after his <s>failed</s> suicide attempt, Ōba becomes a <a href="/wiki/Morphine" title="Morphine">morphine</a> addict.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If he <i>had</i> succeeded, and was <i>resurrected</i>, <i>that</i> would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1166547739" title="Special:Diff/1166547739">Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The name "Apollo Justice" was decided in collaboration between the Japanese and American divisions of Capcom [...] <s>The name refers to how Apollo fights for justice.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So not for pancakes, then.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1168199422" title="Special:Diff/1168199422">Inscryption</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Carder is interrupted by the GameFuna representative, who returns to Carder's house and shoots him in the head, <s>presumably killing him</s>. The final shot of the game is of Carder bleeding out on the floor [...]</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Someone shot in the head and bleeding out on the floor is dead. Bonus points for adding uncertainty with "presumably".</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1170996400" title="Special:Diff/1170996400">Barbenheimer</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The Barbenheimer phenomenon is an instance of <a href="/wiki/Counterprogramming_(film_distribution)" title="Counterprogramming (film distribution)">counterprogramming</a>, a marketing strategy in which a tonally different film is released on the same day as a major film <s>(in this case, Warner Bros.' <i>Barbie</i> in contrast to Universal's <i>Oppenheimer</i>)</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: For readers who skip the lead section.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article about Trump's typo <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1170996168" title="Special:Diff/1170996168">Covfefe</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Other <s>Trump</s> critics in the media expressed similar opinions.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So, not food critics.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1176396932" title="Special:Diff/1176396932">Theranos</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The company claimed that it had devised <a href="/wiki/Blood_test" title="Blood test">blood tests</a> that required very small amounts of blood and that could be performed rapidly and accurately, all using compact automated devices which the company had developed. These claims were <s>later</s> proven to be false.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Just to clarify, there was no time travel involved.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1178209542" title="Special:Diff/1178209542">Dance</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On the other hand, some cultures lay down strict rules as to the particular dances <s>in which, for example, men, women, and children</s> <ins>people</ins> may or must participate.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Have you heard the one about the man who tried to make his dog dance?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1182469076" title="Special:Diff/1182469076">Vienna Game, Frankenstein–Dracula Variation</a>:</i></dt></dl> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Chess opening</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:26px">8</td><td colspan="8" rowspan="8" style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit"><div class="chess-board notheme" style="position:relative"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/208px-Chessboard480.svg.png" decoding="async" width="208" height="208" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" 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data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/26px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" data-alt="c8 black bishop" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/39px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/52px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:78px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d8 black queen"><noscript><img alt="d8 black queen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chess_qdt45.svg/26px-Chess_qdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chess_qdt45.svg/26px-Chess_qdt45.svg.png" data-alt="d8 black queen" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chess_qdt45.svg/39px-Chess_qdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chess_qdt45.svg/52px-Chess_qdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:104px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e8 black king"><noscript><img alt="e8 black king" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/26px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/26px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png" data-alt="e8 black king" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/39px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/52px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:130px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f8 black bishop"><noscript><img alt="f8 black bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/26px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/26px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" data-alt="f8 black bishop" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/39px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/52px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:182px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h8 black rook"><noscript><img alt="h8 black rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/26px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/26px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png" data-alt="h8 black rook" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/39px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/52px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:0px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a7 black pawn"><noscript><img alt="a7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" data-alt="a7 black pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:26px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b7 black pawn"><noscript><img alt="b7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" data-alt="b7 black pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:52px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c7 black pawn"><noscript><img alt="c7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" data-alt="c7 black pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:78px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d7 black pawn"><noscript><img alt="d7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" data-alt="d7 black pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:130px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f7 black pawn"><noscript><img alt="f7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" data-alt="f7 black pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:156px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g7 black pawn"><noscript><img alt="g7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" data-alt="g7 black pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:26px;left:182px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h7 black pawn"><noscript><img alt="h7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" data-alt="h7 black pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:78px;left:104px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e5 black pawn"><noscript><img alt="e5 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/26px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" data-alt="e5 black pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/39px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/52px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:104px;left:52px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c4 white bishop"><noscript><img alt="c4 white bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/26px-Chess_blt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/26px-Chess_blt45.svg.png" data-alt="c4 white bishop" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/39px-Chess_blt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/52px-Chess_blt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:104px;left:104px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e4 black knight"><noscript><img alt="e4 black knight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/26px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/26px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png" data-alt="e4 black knight" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/39px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/52px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:130px;left:52px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c3 white knight"><noscript><img alt="c3 white knight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/26px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/26px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png" data-alt="c3 white knight" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/39px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/52px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:156px;left:0px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a2 white pawn"><noscript><img alt="a2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" data-alt="a2 white pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:156px;left:26px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b2 white pawn"><noscript><img alt="b2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" data-alt="b2 white pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:156px;left:52px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c2 white pawn"><noscript><img alt="c2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" data-alt="c2 white pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:156px;left:78px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d2 white pawn"><noscript><img alt="d2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" data-alt="d2 white pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:156px;left:130px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f2 white pawn"><noscript><img alt="f2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" 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data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/26px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" data-alt="h2 white pawn" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/39px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/52px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:182px;left:0px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a1 white rook"><noscript><img alt="a1 white rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/26px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" 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data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/26px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png" data-alt="g1 white knight" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/39px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/52px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:182px;left:182px;width:26px;height:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h1 white rook"><noscript><img alt="h1 white rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/26px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="26" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 26px;height: 26px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/26px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png" data-alt="h1 white rook" data-width="26" data-height="26" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/39px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/52px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></div></div></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:26px">8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">7</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">7</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">6</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">6</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">5</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">5</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">4</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">4</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">3</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">3</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">2</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">2</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">1</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:26px">1</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Moves</th><td class="infobox-data">1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopaedia_of_Chess_Openings" title="Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings">ECO</a></i></th><td class="infobox-data">C27</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Named after</th><td class="infobox-data"><s><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster" title="Frankenstein's monster">Frankenstein's monster</a> <br><a href="/wiki/Count_Dracula" title="Count Dracula">Count Dracula</a> </s></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vienna_Game" title="Vienna Game">Vienna Game</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br> </p> <dl><dd>Comment: I just love the pedantry of "Frankenstein's monster" here.</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1186371884" title="Special:Diff/1186371884">Squid Game: The Challenge</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><s>Unlike the show it is based on, contestants do not die when eliminated.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Oh, thank god. I was worried for a second there.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1186371936" title="Special:Diff/1186371936">Plastic flamingo</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Pink <b>plastic flamingos</b> are a common <a href="/wiki/Lawn_ornament" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawn ornament">lawn ornament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <s>made of <a href="/wiki/Plastic" title="Plastic">plastic</a></s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If you'll excuse me, I'm working on the very first plastic flamingo made out of concrete.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1187371332" title="Special:Diff/1187371332">2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><s>It will also serve as qualifying for <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics">the 2024 Olympic tournament</a>, with the champion qualifying.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: As opposed to qualifying for ... what, exactly?</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TENDOLLARWORDFAIL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TENDOLLARWORDFAIL&redirect=no">WP:TENDOLLARWORDFAIL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1197292013" title="Special:Diff/1197292013">Russia</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><b>Russia</b> ... is a <s><a href="/wiki/Boundaries_between_the_continents" title="Boundaries between the continents">transcontinental</a></s> country spanning <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Asia" title="North Asia">Northern Asia</a>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: "Transcontinental" has been used here and in the lead of other country articles to mean that the country occupies space in multiple continents—which is already clear from the very next six words after "country". But surely we should take any opportunity to impress the reader with our vocabulary.</dd> <dd>Comment: "Transcontinental" isn't even correct, as it means "crossing a continent", not "lying in more than one continent". So we are not impressed.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1219120812" title="Special:Diff/1219120812">Chryssie Lytton Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">In 1986, she published her best selling memoir <i>Board Meetings in the Bath: How We Opened Knebworth House to the Public</i> <s>on her experience opening Knebworth to the public</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If it was about, uh, literally anything else, that would have been worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1226405417" title="Special:Diff/1226405417">Heart murmur</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><s>Turbulent blood flow is not smooth.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Would have never guessed turbulent blood flow is turbulent.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1226503944" title="Special:Diff/1226503944">Axolotl</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Axolotls <s>should not</s><ins>may</ins> be confused with the larval stage of the closely related tiger salamander (<i>A. tigrinum</i>), which are widespread in much of North America and occasionally become paedomorphic.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Is there any pair of distinct things in the world that people <i>are</i> advised to confuse?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1238274296" title="Special:Diff/1238274296">Mike Bost</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">In May 2012, members of the Illinois House were given just 20 minutes to review and vote on a 200-page pension overhaul bill that had been revised at the last minute. <s>Displeased with the situation,</s> Bost expressed his anger on the House floor, saying, "These damn bills that come out of here all the damn time...come out here at the last second, and I've got to try figure out how to vote for my people!...Enough! I feel like somebody trying to be released from Egypt! Let my people go!"</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Really? Just... <i>really</i>?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1243654898">Alfred Dreyfuss</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Dreyfus died in Paris aged 75, on 12 July 1935, exactly 29 years after his exoneration. Two days later, his funeral cortège passed the <a href="/wiki/Place_de_la_Concorde" title="Place de la Concorde">Place de la Concorde</a> through the ranks of troops assembled for the <a href="/wiki/Bastille_Day" title="Bastille Day">Bastille Day</a> national holiday (14 July 1935). He was interred in the <a href="/wiki/Cimeti%C3%A8re_du_Montparnasse" class="mw-redirect" title="Cimetière du Montparnasse">Cimetière du Montparnasse</a>, Paris. <del>The inscription on his tombstone is in French.</del></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Is there something here we're not getting?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Dreyfus&diff=prev&oldid=1243689504">Alfred Dreyfuss</a></i> (part deux)</dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Dreyfus died in Paris aged 75, on 12 July 1935<del>, exactly 29 years after his exoneration</del>. Two days later, his funeral cortège passed the <a href="/wiki/Place_de_la_Concorde" title="Place de la Concorde">Place de la Concorde</a> through the ranks of troops assembled for the <a href="/wiki/Bastille_Day" title="Bastille Day">Bastille Day</a> national holiday<del> (14 July 1935)</del>. He was interred in the <a href="/wiki/Cimeti%C3%A8re_du_Montparnasse" class="mw-redirect" title="Cimetière du Montparnasse">Cimetière du Montparnasse</a>, Paris.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: That a pair of events in a person's life happened to fall on the same calendar day is ... of no significance. And we all know that what's two days after 12 July is 14 July, right?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=1257028162">Peter Hendy</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">In 2013, Peter Hendy, who was then the Commissioner of Transport for London, was accused of engaging in a nine-month <del>extramarital</del> affair with a call girl.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>So he wasn't married to the call girl? <a href="/wiki/User:EEng#s" title="User:EEng"><b style="color:red;">E</b></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:EEng#s" title="User talk:EEng"><b style="color:blue;">Eng</b></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment#c-EEng-20241112210900-Principle_of_Some_Astonishment" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:09, 12 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-EEng-20241112210900-Principle_of_Some_Astonishment"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-EEng-20241112210900-Principle_of_Some_Astonishment"></span></dd></dl> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Crime_and_its_detection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Crime_and_its_detection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Crime_and_its_detection"></span>Crime and its detection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Crime_and_its_detection"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Crime and its detection" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <dl><dt>In the lead of <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=770006984">Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Once inside, the pair <s>revealed their true intentions,</s> tied up the guards, and spent over an hour stealing art from the museum's collection<s>, which they loaded into their vehicle</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: The guards probably sensed their visitors' "true intentions" around the time they got tied up, and our readers will make the same inference vicariously. Furthermore, in this modern age most readers will envision art thieves as having a vehicle at the ready. (Had they absconded via public transport, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A34A/geico-getaway-car-its-not-surprising">summoned an Uber</a>, THAT would be worth mentioning.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=765862166">University of Texas Tower Shooting</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">He then drove to a hardware store, where he purchased a Universal M1 carbine, two additional ammunition magazines and eight boxes of ammunition, telling the cashier he planned to hunt wild hogs. At a gun shop he purchased four further carbine magazines, six additional boxes of ammunition, and a can of gun cleaning solvent. He then drove to Sears, where he purchased a Sears Model 60 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun before returning home <s>with his purchases</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If he'd bought all that stuff and then left it at the store, THAT would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:FELONESFUGE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FELONESFUGE&redirect=no">WP:FELONESFUGE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=799548050">Murder of Jo Cox</a>:</i></dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:125%;">Murder of Jo Cox</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location">Market Street, <a href="/wiki/Birstall,_West_Yorkshire" title="Birstall, West Yorkshire">Birstall, West Yorkshire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">16 June 2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Shooting, <a href="/wiki/Stabbing" title="Stabbing">stabbing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data"><s>Firearm, knife</s></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrator</th><td class="infobox-data">Thomas Mair</td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">He witnessed the assailant stab Cox, <s>who fell to the ground, before shooting her and stabbing her again</s> <u>shoot her, then stab her again</u>. The attacker <s>left the scene, but</s> was pursued by an eyewitness who <s>followed him</s> <s>and telephoned police to describe his location</s> <u>identified him to police</u>. <s>Armed police officers attended the incident, and arrested a suspect</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: There's a <i>lot</i> to say about this one. <dl><dd><ul><li><i><s>who fell to the ground</s>:</i> Persons stabbed and shot, then stabbed again, usually go down. (Extra points for the ambiguous suggestion that the witness may have shot and stabbed the victim.)</li> <li><i><s>left the scene</s>:</i> If the shooter/stabber had stuck around, THAT would be worth mentioning.</li> <li><i>was pursued by an eyewitness <s>who followed him</s>:</i> That's what pursuers do.</li> <li><i>telephoned police <s>to describe his location</s>:</i> Usually people calling for help give the location.</li> <li><i><s>Armed police officers attended the incident</s>:</i> Even in law-abiding, Queensberry-Rules, you-got-me-copper-fair-and-square England, readers will imagine that amongst officers dispatched to the shooting/stabbing of a Member of Parliament, at least some will be armed with more than their charming accents and unfailing courtesy.</li> <li><i><s>and arrested a suspect</s>:</i> That's what happens when an eyewitness points out the gunman. Had police let him off with just a stern talking-to, THAT would be worth mentioning.</li></ul></dd> <dd>As for the infobox, unless told otherwise readers will assume that a shooting/stabbing will have involved a gun and a knife.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=970901328">Apartheid</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On 6 September 1966, Verwoerd was fatally stabbed at Parliament House by parliamentary messenger <a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Tsafendas" title="Dimitri Tsafendas">Dimitri Tsafendas</a><del>, who was arrested and quickly imprisoned</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: See last bullet<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> above.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1021202097">Brahmaputra Mail train bombing</a>:</i></dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:125%;">Brahmaputra Mail train bombing</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Western_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Assam">Western Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">30 December 1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Train bombing</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data"><s>Bomb</s></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">33</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br> </p> <dl><dd>Comment: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjBO26qjYM#t=45s">Bomb? What are you giving him a bomb for?</a></dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=951801174">Allard K. Lowenstein</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On March 14, 1980 Lowenstein was shot in his <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> office by Sweeney, who was mentally ill and believed that Lowenstein was plotting against him. Sweeney then calmly waited for the police to arrive <del>and arrest him</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <i>[Left as an exercise for the reader]</i></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=805874833">Death of Elisa Lam</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On the morning of February 19, an employee went to the roof, where four 1,000-gallon water tanks provided water pumped from the city's supply, to the guest rooms, a kitchen, and a coffee shop downstairs. In one of them, he found Lam's body, floating face up a foot below the water surface. <s>Police responded.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <i>[Left as an exercise for the reader]</i></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=952739805">University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">During the course of a routine meeting of the biology department attended by approximately 12 people, Amy Bishop, a biology professor at the university, stood up and began shooting those closest to her with a Ruger P95 handgun. <del>Bishop was suspended without pay retroactively on the day of the attack.</del></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Academic freedom has its limits, I guess.</dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg/220px-Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1582" data-file-height="1244"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 173px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg/220px-Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="173" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg/330px-Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg/440px-Keystone-Cops-1912.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Nonetheless we better keep after him.</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>From <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1015518356">List of fugitives from justice who are no longer sought</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">He was found dead in 1959 <del>and is no longer sought by the police</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Damn lazy cops will use ANY EXCUSE.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=813295470"><i>Rodney Alcala</i></a></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Her murder <s>would remain unsolved until it</s> was connected to Alcala in 2011.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Murders usually remain unsolved until they're solved. See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INTOTHEWOULDS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INTOTHEWOULDS">WP:INTOTHEWOULDS</a>.</dd></dl> <p><span class="anchor" id="ted"></span> </p> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org?oldid=779882434">Ted Bundy</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">He broke through the ceiling into the apartment of the chief jailer—<s>who was out for the evening with his wife</s>—changed into street clothes from the jailer's closet, and walked out the front door<s> to freedom</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: While it's nice to know a busy chief jailer still has time for his spouse, absent mention of a confrontation the reader's common sense will tell him that no one was home. (Had <a href="/wiki/Kate_Soffel" class="mw-redirect" title="Kate Soffel">Mrs. Turnkey helped Bundy pick out a tie</a>, or had Bundy gone back to the jail to turn himself in, THAT would be worth mentioning.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org?diff=next&oldid=779981665">Seth Black (serial killer)</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">At the request of Scottish detectives, the Metropolitan Police <s>conducted a search of</s> <u>searched</u> Black's Stamford Hill lodgings<s> to determine whether any <a href="/wiki/Incriminating_evidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Incriminating evidence">incriminating evidence</a> existed at Black's address</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Yes, well, that's usually what they're trying to determine. (And click the link for a surprise.)</dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_(1920_printing)_-_Crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_%281920_printing%29_-_Crop.jpg/150px-P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_%281920_printing%29_-_Crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="238" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2301" data-file-height="3654"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 238px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_%281920_printing%29_-_Crop.jpg/150px-P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_%281920_printing%29_-_Crop.jpg" data-width="150" data-height="238" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_%281920_printing%29_-_Crop.jpg/225px-P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_%281920_printing%29_-_Crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_%281920_printing%29_-_Crop.jpg/300px-P.G._Wodehouse_-_My_Man_Jeeves_-_1st_American_edition_%281920_printing%29_-_Crop.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Will there be anything else, sir?</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org?diff=788491568">Eric Muenter</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Morgan lunged at his attacker and tackled Muenter to the ground as he fired two rounds into Morgan's groin and thigh. Morgan's butler finished subduing Muenter, beating him senseless with a lump of coal. Morgan quickly <del>summoned a doctor and</del> recovered, returning to work on August 14.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If financier <a href="/wiki/J.P._Morgan" class="mw-redirect" title="J.P. Morgan">J.P. Morgan</a> got shot in the groin and <i>didn't</i> summon a doctor, or summoned him other than "quickly", THAT would be worth mentioning. (Kudos to the resourceful butler.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org?diff=prev&oldid=949757137">Lindbergh kidnapping</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Taking a gun, Lindbergh went around the house and grounds with butler Olly Whateley; they found impressions in the ground under the window of the baby's room and pieces of a cleverly designed wooden ladder. They also found a baby's blanket. Whateley telephoned the Hopewell police department <del>to inform them of the missing child</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEB-OoUrNuk#t=1m38s">Not just to say hello?</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=903962891">Assassination of John F. Kennedy</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">President Kennedy's blood-stained jacket, shirt and tie <s>worn during the assassination</s> are stored in the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So not from that time he cut himself shaving. <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The gun with which Ruby <s>shot and</s> killed Oswald, which came into the possession of Ruby's brother Earl, was sold in 1991 for $220,000.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: The reader will assume, unless told otherwise, that the gun was not used to bludgeon Oswald to death.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1055099318">Jodie Foster</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">While at Yale, Foster also had other stalkers, including a man who planned to kill her but changed his mind after watching her perform in a college play. <del>The experience was difficult for Foster.</del></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Snowflake.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day&diff=prev&oldid=1137829713&diffmode=source">Everybody Draw Mohammed Day</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Norris claimed that if people draw pictures of Muhammad, <a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism"><del>radical</del> Islamist terrorists</a> would not be able to murder them all...</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:YOUDONTSAY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:YOUDONTSAY">WP:YOUDONTSAY</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Centrist_terrorism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centrist terrorism (page does not exist)">most terrorists are radical</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Capacious_captions_for_unerring_identification" data-mw-thread-id="h-Capacious_captions_for_unerring_identification"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Capacious_captions_for_unerring_identification"></span>Capacious captions for unerring identification<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Capacious_captions_for_unerring_identification"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CAPTIONOBVIOUS&redirect=no">WP:CAPTIONOBVIOUS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:THANKYOUCAPTIONOBVIOUS&redirect=no">WP:THANKYOUCAPTIONOBVIOUS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <table style="border-spacing: 20px 0;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>In the article <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=797101830">Assassination of Abraham Lincoln</a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=872635393">Horst Wessel</a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=797947874"><i>The Wizard of Oz</i> (1939 film)</a></span></b>: </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg/250px-Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="234" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1903" data-file-height="1780"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 250px;height: 234px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg/250px-Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg" data-width="250" data-height="234" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg/375px-Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg/500px-Lincoln_assassination_slide_c1900_-_Restoration.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>From left to right: assassin </s><a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth" title="John Wilkes Booth">John Wilkes Booth</a>, Abraham Lincoln, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Todd_Lincoln" title="Mary Todd Lincoln">Mary Todd Lincoln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clara_Harris" title="Clara Harris">Clara Harris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rathbone" title="Henry Rathbone">Henry Rathbone</a> </figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif/200px-Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="247" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="766"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 247px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif/200px-Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif" data-width="200" data-height="247" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif/300px-Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif/400px-Horst_Wessel_as_an_infant_in_a_family_photo_from_1907.gif 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Wessel <s>as an infant</s> with his mother and father, 1907</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:342px;max-width:342px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:171px;max-width:171px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:219px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg/169px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="169" height="220" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="939"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 169px;height: 220px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg/169px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg" data-alt="" data-width="169" data-height="220" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg/254px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg/338px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Lahr_Garland_Bolger_Haley_1939.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The film's main characters <s>(left to right)</s>: the <a href="/wiki/Cowardly_Lion" title="Cowardly Lion">Cowardly Lion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Gale" title="Dorothy Gale">Dorothy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scarecrow_(Oz)" title="Scarecrow (Oz)">Scarecrow</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Tin_Woodman" title="Tin Woodman">Tin Man</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:167px;max-width:167px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:219px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg/165px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="533"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 165px;height: 220px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg/165px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg" data-alt="" data-width="165" data-height="220" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg/248px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg/330px-The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Bert Lahr<s>, in costume</s> as The Cowardly Lion</div></div></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><i>It's a common misconception that the <br> man with the gun is Mrs. Lincoln.</i> </td> <td><i>You don't say!</i> </td> <td><div style="float:left;"><i>The word "unnecessary" <br> hardly does justice.</i></div> <div style="float:right;"><i>Not a bad case <br> of hirsutism?</i></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br> <br> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="view"></span><span class="anchor" id="views"></span> </p> <table style="border-spacing: 20px 0;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="2">Various views from <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=761719803">Donald Trump</a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=860753031">The Pentagon</a></span></b>: </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Turnberry_Hotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Turnberry_Hotel.jpg/275px-Turnberry_Hotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 275px;height: 206px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Turnberry_Hotel.jpg/275px-Turnberry_Hotel.jpg" data-width="275" data-height="206" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Turnberry_Hotel.jpg/413px-Turnberry_Hotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Turnberry_Hotel.jpg/550px-Turnberry_Hotel.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>A view of</s> the <a href="/wiki/Turnberry_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Turnberry Hotel">Turnberry Hotel</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Ayrshire" title="Ayrshire">Ayrshire</a>, Scotland</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg/250px-Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 250px;height: 188px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg/250px-Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg" data-width="250" data-height="188" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg/375px-Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg/500px-Trump_Rally_in_Cincinnati.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>View of the crowd attending</s> a Trump rally in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Bank_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Bank Arena">U.S. Bank Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a> on October 13, 2016</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg/275px-The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="174" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2734" data-file-height="1726"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 275px;height: 174px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg/275px-The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg" data-width="275" data-height="174" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg/413px-The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg/550px-The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Southwesterly view <s>of the Pentagon</s> in 1998, with the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Monument" title="Washington Monument">Washington Monument</a> in background</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><i>The reader will know without being told that <br> this is a "view".</i> </td> <td><i>We're safe in assuming that the reader <br> will intuit that this "view" shows a "crowd".</i> </td> <td><i>Thus not some other five-sided <br>megastructure for some reason being <br> shown us in the article </i>The Pentagon<i>.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br> <br> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="buildings"></span><span class="anchor" id="gore"></span><span class="anchor" id="bingo"></span><span class="anchor" id="jackpot"></span> </p> <table style="border-spacing: 20px 0;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>Honoring <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=777612245">James Agee</a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=822858558">Theta waves</a></span></b>: </td> <td>Meanwhile, <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/?diff=324818317">back in Cambridge</a>: </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg/275px-James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="158" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3182" data-file-height="1823"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 275px;height: 158px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg/275px-James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg" data-width="275" data-height="158" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg/413px-James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg/550px-James-agee-park-knoxville-tn1.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>James Agee Park in the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sanders_(Knoxville_neighborhood)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Sanders (Knoxville neighborhood)">Fort Sanders</a> neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville, Tennessee</a><s> is named after the author.</s></figcaption></figure> </td> <td valign="middle"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eeg_theta.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Eeg_theta.svg/300px-Eeg_theta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="81" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="159"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 81px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Eeg_theta.svg/300px-Eeg_theta.svg.png" data-width="300" data-height="81" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Eeg_theta.svg/450px-Eeg_theta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Eeg_theta.svg/600px-Eeg_theta.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><del>Example of</del> an EEG theta wave</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg/250px-AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="173" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1690" data-file-height="1168"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 250px;height: 173px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg/250px-AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg" data-width="250" data-height="173" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg/375px-AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg/500px-AmCyc_Harvard_University_-_Gore_Hall.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Woodcut <s>representing a view</s> of Gore Hall at Harvard University</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><i>Who would have guessed?</i> </td> <td nowrap><i>Could have been worse – it could have said <br> "Picture representing an example of an EEG <br> theta wave"?</i> </td> <td><i>Bingo!</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br> <br> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="icebox"></span><span class="anchor" id="book"></span> </p> <table style="border-spacing: 20px 0;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>The lead (and only) image in <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=799386560">Twist tie</a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=864423676"><i>The Desire of Ages</i></a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <br> <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/922297664" title="Special:Diff/922297664">UC Berkeley School of Law</a></b>: </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Twist-ties.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Twist-ties.jpg/300px-Twist-ties.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="117" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="700"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 117px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Twist-ties.jpg/300px-Twist-ties.jpg" data-width="300" data-height="117" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Twist-ties.jpg/450px-Twist-ties.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Twist-ties.jpg/600px-Twist-ties.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>Twist ties of different colors.</s></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Desire_of_Ages.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Desire_of_Ages.jpg/180px-Desire_of_Ages.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="196" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="1536"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 180px;height: 196px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Desire_of_Ages.jpg/180px-Desire_of_Ages.jpg" data-width="180" data-height="196" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Desire_of_Ages.jpg/270px-Desire_of_Ages.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Desire_of_Ages.jpg/360px-Desire_of_Ages.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>A picture of the book</s></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg/180px-Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 180px;height: 135px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg/180px-Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg" data-width="180" data-height="135" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg/270px-Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg/360px-Berkeley_boalt_hall_exp.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Boalt Hall's law library was expanded in 1996 with the North Addition<del>, pictured above</del>.</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><i>Great example of an image <br> that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CAP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CAP">doesn't need a caption.</a></i> </td> <td><i>Recently inducted into the Principle <br> of Some Astonishment Hall of Fame – <br>caption and image both.</i> </td> <td><i>I weep.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br> <br> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="infobox"></span><span class="anchor" id="infoboxes"></span> </p> <table style="border-spacing: 20px 0;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>In the article <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=790933590">Boston Consolidated TRACON</a></span></b><br>(whatever that is): </td> <td>The lead image for <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=823627589">CNN International</a></span></b>: </td> <td>The lead image for <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=873586953">Earth</a></span></b>: </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td rowspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A90_exterior.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/A90_exterior.JPG/275px-A90_exterior.JPG" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 275px;height: 206px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/A90_exterior.JPG/275px-A90_exterior.JPG" data-width="275" data-height="206" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/A90_exterior.JPG/413px-A90_exterior.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/A90_exterior.JPG/550px-A90_exterior.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The Boston Consolidated TRACON <s>from the outside</s></figcaption></figure> </td> <td> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1250536050">.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel-availability .infobox-header{background-color:#bfdfff;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel-embed-header .infobox-header{font-size:100%;background-color:#bfdfff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel .infobox-header{background-color:hsl(0,0%,10%);color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel-availability .infobox-header,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel-embed-header .infobox-header{background-color:hsl(210,100%,10%);color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel-infobox-header{background-color:hsl(0,0%,10%);color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel-availability .infobox-header,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-channel-embed-header .infobox-header{background-color:hsl(210,100%,10%);color:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard ib-tv-channel"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">CNN International</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="ib-tv-channel-logo" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cnn_logo_red_background.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Cnn_logo_red_background.png/110px-Cnn_logo_red_background.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="110" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 110px;height: 110px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Cnn_logo_red_background.png/110px-Cnn_logo_red_background.png" data-width="110" data-height="110" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Cnn_logo_red_background.png/165px-Cnn_logo_red_background.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Cnn_logo_red_background.png/220px-Cnn_logo_red_background.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><s>CNN International logo</s></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Turner_Broadcasting_System" title="Turner Broadcasting System">Turner Broadcasting System</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">September 1, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-09-01</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Earth</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/290px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="290" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3002"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 290px;height: 290px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/290px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg" data-width="290" data-height="290" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/435px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/580px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Marble" title="The Blue Marble">The Blue Marble</a></i> photograph <s>of Earth,</s> taken during the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">Apollo 17</a> lunar mission in 1972</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/no_shit,_Sherlock#Interjection" class="extiw" title="wikt:no shit, Sherlock">No shit, Sherlock</a>.</i> <small><i>(Turns out this is the logo<br>for </i>all<i> CNN brands, not just CNN International – <br>an example of the impulse to add the obvious <br> leading, instead, to addition of the inaccurate.)</i></small> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><i>And here I thought they had a <a href="/wiki/The_Truman_Show" title="The Truman Show">giant indoor <br> lawn, miniature building-within-a-building, <br> and artificial sky</a>.</i> </td> <td><i>Earth. Yes, Earth. <b>Planet</b> Earth. <br> The <big><big><b>lead image</b></big></big> in the article <big><big><b>Earth</b>.</big></big></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br> <br> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="queen"></span><span class="anchor" id="funerals"></span><span class="anchor" id="harryelkinswidener"></span> </p> <table style="border-spacing: 20px 0;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>In the article <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&oldid=797785497#Acceleration_of_decolonisation">Elizabeth II</a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=712668405">Senghenydd colliery disaster</a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <br> <b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Elkins_Widener" title="Harry Elkins Widener">Harry Elkins Widener</a></b>: </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td rowspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif/lossy-page1-250px-President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="367" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2042" data-file-height="3000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 250px;height: 367px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif/lossy-page1-250px-President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif.jpg" data-width="250" data-height="367" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif/lossy-page1-375px-President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif/lossy-page1-500px-President_and_Mrs._Nixon_meet_with_Her_Majesty_the_Queen_and_Prime_Minister_Heath_in_England_-_NARA_-_194333.tif.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The Queen with Edward Heath <s>(left)</s> and First Lady Pat Nixon, 1970</figcaption></figure> <i>Because we weren't sure which one is <br> Edward Heath. (Apparently we're on <br> our own for Pat Nixon vs. the Queen.)</i> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg/275px-Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="169" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="462"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 275px;height: 169px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg/275px-Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg" data-width="275" data-height="169" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg/413px-Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg/550px-Senghenydd_pit_disaster_24.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The funeral of <del>one of the dead miners,</del> <u>miner</u> E. Gilbert, a colour sergeant in <a href="/wiki/The_Salvation_Army" title="The Salvation Army">The Salvation Army</a></figcaption></figure> <i>Lest readers imagine that <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DscJ5PFkZxQ">survivors were buried</a>.</i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="anchor" id="harry"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Harry Elkins Widener</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harry_E._Widener.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Harry_E._Widener.jpg/120px-Harry_E._Widener.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="163" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2093" data-file-height="2837"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 120px;height: 163px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Harry_E._Widener.jpg/120px-Harry_E._Widener.jpg" data-width="120" data-height="163" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Harry_E._Widener.jpg/180px-Harry_E._Widener.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Harry_E._Widener.jpg/240px-Harry_E._Widener.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><s>Harry Elkins Widener</s></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1885-01-03</span>)</span>January 3, 1885<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 15, 1912<span style="display:none">(1912-04-15)</span> (aged 27)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> (<a href="/wiki/RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="RMS Titanic">RMS Titanic</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Namesake of <a href="/wiki/Harry_Elkins_Widener_Memorial_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library">Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harry_E._Widener_signature.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Harry_E._Widener_signature.png/150px-Harry_E._Widener_signature.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="52" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1033" data-file-height="358"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 52px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Harry_E._Widener_signature.png/150px-Harry_E._Widener_signature.png" data-width="150" data-height="52" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Harry_E._Widener_signature.png/225px-Harry_E._Widener_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Harry_E._Widener_signature.png/300px-Harry_E._Widener_signature.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <i>Did we mention that it's Harry Elkins Widener?</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg/275px-ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg" decoding="async" width="275" height="140" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2868" data-file-height="1464"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 275px;height: 140px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg/275px-ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg" data-width="275" data-height="140" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg/413px-ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg/550px-ILN_%E2%80%93_Senghenydd_Colliery_Disaster_3.jpeg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Crowds wait for news at the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Colliery" title="Universal Colliery">Universal Colliery</a> <del>after the disaster</del></figcaption></figure> <i>Yes, since they're not clairvoyant.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br> <br> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="rifleman"></span><span class="anchor" id="penguin"></span> </p> <table style="border-spacing: 20px 0;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>In the article <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&oldid=906260050">Chuck Connors</a></span></b>: </td> <td>In the article <br> <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&oldid=875928527#Second_voyage,_1904">Scottish National Antarctic Expedition</a></span></b>: </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG/250px-Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="327" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="939"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 250px;height: 327px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG/250px-Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG" data-width="250" data-height="327" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG/375px-Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG/500px-Chuck_Connors_Beverly_Englander_The_Rifleman_1961.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Chuck Connors <del>(right)</del> filming a 1961 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rifleman" title="The Rifleman">The Rifleman</a></i>.</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scotiapiper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="Man on right in Scots highland costume, playing bagpipes, while on the left a lone penguin stands. The ground is covered in ice, with a high ice ridge in the background." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Scotiapiper.jpg/450px-Scotiapiper.jpg" decoding="async" width="450" height="301" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1082" data-file-height="724"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 450px;height: 301px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Scotiapiper.jpg/450px-Scotiapiper.jpg" data-alt="Man on right in Scots highland costume, playing bagpipes, while on the left a lone penguin stands. The ground is covered in ice, with a high ice ridge in the background." data-width="450" data-height="301" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Scotiapiper.jpg/675px-Scotiapiper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Scotiapiper.jpg/900px-Scotiapiper.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Expedition member Gilbert Kerr <s>(left)</s> playing the bagpipes beside a penguin, March 1904</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><i>The one with the breasts and the hairdo <br> is Edward Heath.</i> </td> <td><i>Bearing in mind that left and right are reversed south of the equator.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>In the article <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&oldid=1059990194">Nun pigeon</a></span></b></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nun(black).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Nun%28black%29.jpg/220px-Nun%28black%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="495"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 193px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Nun%28black%29.jpg/220px-Nun%28black%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="193" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Nun%28black%29.jpg/330px-Nun%28black%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Nun%28black%29.jpg/440px-Nun%28black%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>A Nun in profile.</s></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://english.ucdavis.edu/sites/english.ucdavis.edu/files/users/fdolan/Dolan%20Why%20are%20Nuns%20Funny.pdf">The first rule of comedy: nuns are always funny.</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>An image in <b><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=prev&oldid=927080086">Leverett House</a></span></b></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leverett_House.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Leverett_House.JPG/220px-Leverett_House.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="237" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2528" data-file-height="2728"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 237px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Leverett_House.JPG/220px-Leverett_House.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="237" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Leverett_House.JPG/330px-Leverett_House.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Leverett_House.JPG/440px-Leverett_House.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Leverett F-Tower, with the library <del>visible</del> in the foreground</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: If the library were invisible, THAT would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>An image in <b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1073700464">Leonid Brezhnev</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets,_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets%2C_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg/290px-RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets%2C_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="186" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="657"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 290px;height: 186px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets%2C_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg/290px-RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets%2C_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg" data-width="290" data-height="186" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets%2C_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg/435px-RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets%2C_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets%2C_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg/580px-RIAN_archive_734809_Members_of_Moscow%27s_Soviets%2C_Communist_and_civic_organisations_attend_International_Women%27s_Day_meeting.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Brezhnev <del>(seated second from left)</del> attending celebrations for the holiday of International Women's Day, 1973</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: It's not like he's got a beehive.</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>An image in <b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genesis_(band)&diff=1077336404&oldid=1077336295">Genesis (band)</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg/220px-Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="540"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 149px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg/220px-Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="149" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg/330px-Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg/440px-Genesis_live_1974-11-20.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Rutherford, Gabriel, and Collins in 1974 during <i>The Lamb...</i> tour. <del>Gabriel is wearing the "Slipperman" costume.</del></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: No, this <i>isn't</i> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> coming out front to sing "<a href="/wiki/Selling_England_by_the_Pound#Side_one" title="Selling England by the Pound">More Fool Me</a>", so .... more fool you :-P</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>An image in <b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dropsy_(in_fish)&curid=7563715&diff=1078863107&oldid=1078842937">Dropsy in fish</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hydropisie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Hydropisie.jpg/220px-Hydropisie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="362"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 179px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Hydropisie.jpg/220px-Hydropisie.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="179" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Hydropisie.jpg/330px-Hydropisie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Hydropisie.jpg/440px-Hydropisie.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Goldfish" title="Goldfish">goldfish</a> with <del>fish</del> dropsy</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: You mean a goldfish is a fish?</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>An image in <b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1085838463">Massachusetts State House</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg/220px-Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg/220px-Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg/330px-Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg/440px-Aerial_view_of_Massachusetts_City_State_House_2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Aerial view <del>from above</del></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: No comment</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erie_Reader&oldid=1108278458">Erie Reader</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eerie_Reader_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Eerie_Reader_logo.jpg/220px-Eerie_Reader_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="38" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="439" data-file-height="75"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 38px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Eerie_Reader_logo.jpg/220px-Eerie_Reader_logo.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="38" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Eerie_Reader_logo.jpg/330px-Eerie_Reader_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Eerie_Reader_logo.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Previous logo <s>variant</s></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: So, it's <a href="/wiki/Deviant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deviant">deviant</a>, then.</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiger_attack&diff=1160042731&oldid=1160042550">Tiger attack</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg/450px-Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg" decoding="async" width="450" height="231" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="501"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 450px;height: 231px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg/450px-Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg" data-width="450" data-height="231" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg/675px-Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg/900px-Maneater_calcutta1903_stereoscopic.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Stereographic photograph (1903) of the <s>captured</s> Man-eater of Jharkhand, <i>who had killed an estimated 200 people</i>, in the <a href="/wiki/Alipore_Zoological_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Alipore Zoological Gardens">Jharkhand zoo</a>. <s>The tiger had earlier claimed 200 human victims.</s></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: If said tiger had just wandered into a zoo enclosure <i>after</i> <s>claiming 200 human victims</s> killing 200 people, or killed 200 people while in the zoo, <i>that</i> would be worth clarifying.</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1163811866" title="Special:PermanentLink/1163811866">Mandelbrot set</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg/322px-Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg" decoding="async" width="322" height="242" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 322px;height: 242px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg/322px-Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg" data-width="322" data-height="242" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg/483px-Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg/644px-Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The Mandelbrot set <s>(black)</s> within a continuously colored environment</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: Not even useful to those with colorblindness.</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1157508010" title="Special:PermanentLink/1157508010">Hydra effect</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hydra.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Hydra.png/220px-Hydra.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2400"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Hydra.png/220px-Hydra.png" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Hydra.png/330px-Hydra.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Hydra.png/440px-Hydra.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>An artist's depiction of the mythical creature</s> the Hydra</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: Not to be confused with a real-life depiction of the real-life creature the <a href="/wiki/Hydra_(genus)" title="Hydra (genus)">Hydra</a>.</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1168335437" title="Special:PermanentLink/1168335437">Berlin wall</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Berlin-wall-map_en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Berlin-wall-map_en.svg/220px-Berlin-wall-map_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2701" data-file-height="2114"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 172px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Berlin-wall-map_en.svg/220px-Berlin-wall-map_en.svg.png" data-width="220" data-height="172" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Berlin-wall-map_en.svg/330px-Berlin-wall-map_en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Berlin-wall-map_en.svg/440px-Berlin-wall-map_en.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Map of <s>the location of</s> the Berlin Wall, showing <a href="/wiki/Border_checkpoint" title="Border checkpoint">checkpoints</a></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: Yes, that's what maps show.</dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg/220px-BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="857" data-file-height="365"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 94px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg/220px-BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="94" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg/330px-BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg/440px-BERLINER_MAUER_1961%E2%80%931989_plaque.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>A <s>"BERLINER MAUER 1961–1989"</s> plaque near <a href="/wiki/Checkpoint_Charlie" title="Checkpoint Charlie">Checkpoint Charlie</a> signifying where the Wall stood</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: And not some encrypted message?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1172159989" title="Special:Diff/1172159989">Lion</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg/220px-Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg/220px-Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg/330px-Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg/440px-Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Male <s>lion</s> in <a href="/wiki/Okonjima" title="Okonjima">Okonjima</a>, Namibia</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: [<i>This area intentionally left blank</i>]</dd></dl> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1176669781" title="Special:Diff/1176669781">JPEG</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png/220px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 254px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png/220px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png" data-width="220" data-height="254" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png/330px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png/440px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_small_gradual_decrease_of_quality.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>A photo of a <a href="/wiki/European_wildcat" title="European wildcat">European wildcat</a> with the compression rate decreasing <s>and hence quality increasing, from left to right</s></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: For readers who, er, I'm not even sure anymore.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1178806818" title="Special:Diff/1178806818">Mastodon (social network)</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg/220px-Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="522"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 224px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg/220px-Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg.png" data-width="220" data-height="224" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg/330px-Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg/440px-Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The mascot of the Mastodon social network <s>— a <a href="/wiki/Mastodon" title="Mastodon">mastodon</a></s></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: Not to be confused with a bird... or a plane.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1220551015" title="Special:Diff/1220551015">Rock paper scissors</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rock-paper-scissors.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Rock-paper-scissors.svg/220px-Rock-paper-scissors.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="440"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 210px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Rock-paper-scissors.svg/220px-Rock-paper-scissors.svg.png" data-width="220" data-height="210" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Rock-paper-scissors.svg/330px-Rock-paper-scissors.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Rock-paper-scissors.svg/440px-Rock-paper-scissors.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>A chart showing how the three game elements interact</s></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: Aren't you forgetting <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/hamdyaea/RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock">lizard and Spock</a>?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>From the article <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1240942273" title="Special:Diff/1240942273">Triangle</a>:</b></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Triangle_illustration.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Triangle_illustration.svg/220px-Triangle_illustration.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="248" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="576"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 248px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Triangle_illustration.svg/220px-Triangle_illustration.svg.png" data-width="220" data-height="248" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Triangle_illustration.svg/330px-Triangle_illustration.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Triangle_illustration.svg/440px-Triangle_illustration.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><s>A triangle</s></figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dd>Comment: I am <i>shocked</i>, I tell you. <i>Shocked</i>.</dd></dl> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Special_section_on_modes_of_exit_and_ancillary_details_of_death" data-mw-thread-id="h-Special_section_on_modes_of_exit_and_ancillary_details_of_death"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Special_section_on_modes_of_exit_and_ancillary_details_of_death"></span>Special section on modes of exit and ancillary details of death<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Special_section_on_modes_of_exit_and_ancillary_details_of_death"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Special section on modes of exit and ancillary details of death" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=914059416">Coniston Water</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Campbell was <del>killed instantly on impact when</del> decapitated by the K7's windscreen.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: For those innocent of the workings of decapitations.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=742138027">Marshall Newell</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">In December 1896, Newell became an assistant division superintendent of the Boston and Albany Railroad. He was killed on Christmas Eve 1897 when an engine backed over him <del>on the tracks</del> at Springfield, Massachusetts..</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Where else would an engine back over someone?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=857402282">Murder of Deborah Linsley</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">She sustained eleven stab wounds to the face, neck and abdomen, of which at least five were to the area around the heart<span class="nowrap"> </span>... The coroner highlighted that, although passengers reported hearing "a commotion", nobody investigated. <s>A verdict of unlawful killing was returned.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If the verdict had been suicide, THAT would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=951420869">John Wayne Gacy</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Gacy conned Butkovich into allowing his wrists to be cuffed behind his back, at which point Gacy strangled him <del>to death</del> and buried his body under the concrete floor of his garage<span class="nowrap"> </span>... Mowery was strangled <del>to death</del> and buried in the northwest corner of the crawl space<span class="nowrap"> </span>... Both Winch and Boling were strangled <del>to death</del> and buried in the crawl space.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: The reader will conclude, unless told otherwise, that someone strangled and buried probably died in between.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=889918907">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">At approximately 3:39 p.m. Central Time on January 22, 1973, Johnson suffered a massive heart attack in his bedroom. He managed to telephone the Secret Service agents on the ranch, who found him still holding the telephone receiver <del>in his hand</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: I'm trying to imagine the alternatives.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=830170623">Grace Kelly</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Rainier, who did not remarry, was buried alongside her <del>following his death</del> in 2005.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Had <a href="/wiki/Prince_Rainier_of_Monaco" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Rainier of Monaco">Prince Rainier of Monaco</a> been buried alive, THAT would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=926878824">Brooklyn Navy Yard</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Many of the prisoners died and were <del>subsequently</del> buried</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Small mercies.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=829989903">Simon Meyer Kuper</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On the evening of 8 March 1963, Kuper, who was at home with his wife and daughter, was shot through a window by an unknown assailant. He died <del>of his injuries</del> twelve days later.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: If he was shot by an unknown assailant but died twelve days later on being <a href="/wiki/User:EEng#hightension" title="User:EEng">surprised by a train</a>, THAT would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=998350695">Johnny Cash</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Cash's older brother Jack, with whom he was close, was <del>seriously</del> injured <del>in an accident</del> at his job in a high school when he was pulled into an unguarded <a href="/wiki/Table_saw" title="Table saw">table saw</a> while cutting oak into fence posts, and was almost cut in two. He died <del>from his injuries</del> a week later.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Generally speaking, injuries that kill you are serious. And had he been pulled into a table saw intentionally, or had died a week later from something <i>other</i> than his injuries, THAT would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <p><span class="anchor" id="sleep"></span> </p> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=869849591">James Sisnett</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Sisnett died in his sleep <s>of natural causes</s> on 23 May 2013, at the age of 113 years, 90 days.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Had the 113-year-old man died in his sleep <i>not</i> of natural causes, THAT would be worth mentioning.</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MURDERBYDEATH"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MURDERBYDEATH&redirect=no">WP:MURDERBYDEATH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=886712413">Murder of Kristine Fitzhugh</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Music teacher <b>Kristine Fitzhugh</b> (<ins>born </ins>1947<del>–2000</del>) was murdered on May 5, 2000 in her home in Palo Alto, California.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Obviously.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=795890115">Karen Carpenter</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Paramedics found her heart beating once every 10 seconds. She was taken to nearby Downey Community Hospital <s>for treatment</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Thanks for clarifying.</dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="anchor" id="mortally"></span>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=881935734">Faylaka Island attack</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">he was ultimately mortally wounded <del>and subsequently died</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <i>Quelle surprise</i>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1154993340">Killing of Ma'Khia Bryant</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On August 16, 2021, the county coroner reported that the death was a <a href="/wiki/Homicide" title="Homicide">homicide</a><s>, which means that a person's life was taken by another</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Facepalm3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="Facepalm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Facepalm3.svg/15px-Facepalm3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="607"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 15px;height: 19px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Facepalm3.svg/15px-Facepalm3.svg.png" data-alt="Facepalm" data-width="15" data-height="19" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Facepalm3.svg/23px-Facepalm3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Facepalm3.svg/30px-Facepalm3.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> <b>Facepalm </b>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1175303577" title="Special:Diff/1175303577">One Shining Moment</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Versions recorded by <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Pendergrass" title="Teddy Pendergrass">Teddy Pendergrass</a> (1994–1999), <a href="/wiki/Luther_Vandross" title="Luther Vandross">Luther Vandross</a> (2003–2009, 2011–2019, 2021–present), and <a href="/wiki/Ne-Yo" title="Ne-Yo">Ne-Yo</a> (2016) have also been used; Vandross' version is believed to be the last song he recorded before his stroke and <s>subsequent</s> death.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Had doctors determined his stroke occurred <i>after</i> his death, it would have revolutionized medicine as we know it.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org?diff=782924355">Gary M. Heidnik</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Heidnik was executed by lethal injection on July 6, 1999, at State Correctional Institution – Rockview in Centre County, Pennsylvania. His body was <s>later</s> cremated.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Gosh, I hope so.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=812252847">Roy L. Dennis</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">His body was donated to <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Medical_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA Medical Center">UCLA Medical Center</a> <s>after he died</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Ditto.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=859076670">Miguel Serrano</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">He remained in contact with neo-Nazis elsewhere <del>in the world</del> and gave interviews to various foreign far-right publications <s>prior to his death</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Ditto.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1022053054">Ran (film)</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The project was the second of two which allowed Kurosawa and Takemitsu to collaborate <del>during their lifetimes</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Ditto.</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DEADMENDONTRUN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DEADMENDONTRUN&redirect=no">WP:DEADMENDONTRUN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=984565273">Joe Biden</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><del>Before his death,</del> Beau had been widely seen as the frontrunner for the 2016 Democratic nomination for governor of Delaware.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/01/five-people-have-won-election-to-congress-despite-being-dead/">[6]</a> notwithstanding.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><u><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=899408692">Jean de Florette</a></u>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The film starred three of France's most prominent actors – Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, who won a BAFTA award for his performance, and Yves Montand in one of his last roles <del>before his death</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Let's see. Um... <i>Ditto?</i></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=862927894">Wiley Post</a>:</i></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg/330px-Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="188" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1413" data-file-height="803"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 330px;height: 188px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg/330px-Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg" data-width="330" data-height="188" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg/495px-Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg/660px-Will_Rogers_and_Wiley_Post_cph.3b05600.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Post with Will Rogers <s>before their deaths</s>, August 1935</figcaption></figure> <p><br><br>Comment: Ditto. Or maybe they'd already died and Dr. Frankenstein reanimated them. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>From <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=920329388">List of inventors killed by their own inventions</a>:</i></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flying_tailor.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flying_tailor.png/180px-Flying_tailor.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="184" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="508"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 180px;height: 184px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flying_tailor.png/180px-Flying_tailor.png" data-width="180" data-height="184" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flying_tailor.png/270px-Flying_tailor.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flying_tailor.png/360px-Flying_tailor.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Franz_Reichelt" title="Franz Reichelt">Franz Reichelt</a> (d. 1912) attempted to use this contraption as a parachute. Reichelt died after he jumped off the <a href="/wiki/Eiffel_Tower" title="Eiffel Tower">Eiffel Tower</a> wearing his invention, <del>which failed to operate as he had expected</del>.</figcaption></figure> <p><br><br>Comment: If death had been a consequence of his invention <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia_device" title="Euthanasia device">operating as expected</a>, THAT would be worth mentioning. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <dl><dt>From <i>the <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/?oldid=166794169">article description page for a photo of wrestler Frank Gotch</a>:</i></dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank-gotch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Frank-gotch.jpg/180px-Frank-gotch.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="286" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="816"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 180px;height: 286px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Frank-gotch.jpg/180px-Frank-gotch.jpg" data-width="180" data-height="286" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Frank-gotch.jpg/270px-Frank-gotch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Frank-gotch.jpg/360px-Frank-gotch.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Photo was taken <del>before his death</del> in 1917</figcaption></figure> <p><br><br>Comment: Or maybe he's stuffed. (The description also says <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Date: 1918</q> but we won't go there.) </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Principle_of_Complete_Puzzlement" data-mw-thread-id="h-Principle_of_Complete_Puzzlement"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Principle_of_Complete_Puzzlement"></span>Principle of Complete Puzzlement<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Principle_of_Complete_Puzzlement"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Principle of Complete Puzzlement" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p><span class="anchor" id="risotto"></span><span class="anchor" id="skittles"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PUZZLEMENT"></span><span id="WP:RISOTTO"></span><span id="WP:CORNCOBS"></span><span id="WP:SKITTLES"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PUZZLEMENT&redirect=no">WP:PUZZLEMENT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RISOTTO&redirect=no">WP:RISOTTO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CORNCOBS&redirect=no">WP:CORNCOBS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SKITTLES&redirect=no">WP:SKITTLES</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The opposite of the Principle of Some Astonishment is the <b>Principle of Complete Puzzlement</b>: some details don't belong because, though neither obvious nor even predictable, they're completely irrelevant and will puzzle the reader as to the reason for their inclusion. </p> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?diff=767217507">Chuck Schumer</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">In March 2009, Schumer announced his support for same-sex marriage, noting that it "was time". Schumer previously supported civil unions. At a private <s><a href="/wiki/Risotto" title="Risotto">risotto</a></s> dinner with gay leaders<span class="nowrap"> </span>...</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Gay risotto must be especially persuasive.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=984086226">Joe Biden</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On December 18, 1972, Biden's wife Neilia and their one-year-old daughter Naomi were killed in an automobile accident in Hockessin, Delaware. Neilia Biden's station wagon was hit by a tractor-trailer truck <del>carrying corn cobs</del> as she pulled out from an intersection.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Specifying a killer truck's contents almost always makes death seem undignified no matter the cargo: corn cobs, pork bellies, nail clippers, La-Z-Boys<span class="nowrap"> </span>...</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=882297395">Trayvon Martin</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On the evening of February 26, Martin was walking back alone to the fiancée's house <s>after purchasing a bag of <a href="/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery)" title="Skittles (confectionery)">Skittles</a> and an Arizona iced tea at</s> <u>from</u> a nearby convenience store.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Somewhat awkward <a href="/wiki/Product_placement" title="Product placement">product placements</a>. As <i>The Washington Post</i> put it, "Skittles can't seem to escape political controversies."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=927788681">Jim Bell</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The ATF stated that it had planted a <del>covert</del> <a href="/wiki/GPS" class="mw-redirect" title="GPS">GPS</a> system in Bell's car and that it had tracked <del>the movements of his <a href="/wiki/Nissan_Maxima" title="Nissan Maxima">Nissan Maxima</a></del> <ins>its movements</ins> in real time.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Ditto (with extra points for explaining that the tracking device planted in the suspect’s car was "covert").</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?diff=964872074">Derek Chauvin</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">He took food preparation courses at a technical college and worked as a cook at <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> and at a local <del><a href="/wiki/Italian-American_cuisine" title="Italian-American cuisine">Italian-American</a></del> restaurant.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So heartburn made him do it? (Linking <code>[[Italian-American cuisine|Italian-American]]</code> is especially pointless.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/?diff=1077231864">Chester Carlson</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On September 19, 1968, Carlson died of a heart attack<del> in the Festival Theatre, on West 57th Street in New York City, while watching the film <i><a href="/wiki/He_Who_Rides_a_Tiger" title="He Who Rides a Tiger">He Who Rides a Tiger</a></i></del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: That must have been one <i>seriously</i> bad movie.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=821044761">2015 Thalys train attack</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The remaining passengers were taken to <s>a gym in</s> Arras, where they were searched and identified before being allowed to proceed to Paris.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Good to know they could get in some cardio while waiting.</dd></dl> <p><span class="anchor" id="wig"></span> </p> <dl><dt>In the article on courageous flight attendant <i><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Jane_Harrison" title="Barbara Jane Harrison">Barbara Jane Harrison</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=842927050"><s>On the day of the accident, as was often her practice when on duty, Harrison was wearing a black wig.</s></a></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Even in death a girl should always look her best, I guess. (Personal note: give the article a read; she was truly a hero.)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=881486801">Lightning strike</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Sixty-eight dairy cows<s>, all full of milk,</s> died on a farm at Fernbrook on the Waterfall Way near Dorrigo, New South Wales, after being involved in a lightning incident.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Perhaps they used all that boiled milk to <a href="/wiki/When_life_gives_you_lemons,_make_lemonade" title="When life gives you lemons, make lemonade">make cocoa</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=prev&oldid=899686617">James F. Blake</a></i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">James Fred Blake (April 14, 1912 – March 21, 2002) was the bus driver whom <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks" title="Rosa Parks">Rosa Parks</a> defied in 1955, prompting the <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomery Bus Boycott">Montgomery Bus Boycott</a>. Born on Apri1<span class="nowrap"> </span>14, 1912, <del>the same day that the British passenger liner <a href="/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a> hit an iceberg</del><span class="nowrap"> </span>...</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: So a bad day all around then.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=905130464">Myra (painting)</a></i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">After witnessing the first attack, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacques_Rol%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jacques Rolé (page does not exist)">Jacques Rolé</a> left the exhibition to buy <del>six</del> eggs <s>from <a href="/wiki/Fortnum_%26_Mason" title="Fortnum & Mason">Fortnum & Mason</a>, on the other side of <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly" title="Piccadilly">Piccadilly</a> close to the Royal Academy</s>, and threw three or four at the painting before being stopped.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Only the best eggs are thrown at the Royal Academy.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=1030359581">John McAfee</a></i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">On 30 April 2012, McAfee's property in Orange Walk Town, Belize, was raided by the Gang Suppression Unit of the Belize Police Department <del>while he was in bed with a girlfriend</del>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: How very ungentlemanly. They should have waited until he was on the crapper.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1185825388" title="Special:Diff/1185825388">Schenck House (Buffalo)</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">It was built by early pioneer and farmer Michael Schenck and his son Samuel Schenck out of <s>locally quarried</s> limestone, <s>where many fossils can be seen on the eastern side of the facade</s>.</q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Well, what about the <i>western</i> side of the facade? Surely there's some interesting things there too?</dd></dl> <dl><dt>In the article <i><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1219202378" title="Special:Diff/1219202378">Trisha Paytas</a>:</i></dt> <dd> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk"><s>Paytas addressed false online rumors claiming that she had already given birth and that the baby was the reincarnation of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>.</s></q></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Comment: Bonus points for noting that the rumours were false.</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TEMPLEOFFACTS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TEMPLEOFFACTS&redirect=no">WP:TEMPLEOFFACTS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Temple_of_Facts"></span><b>Michael Kinsley's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newrepublic.com/article/79680/department-amplification">"Department of Amplification: William Shawn and the temple of facts"</a></b> (<i>The New Republic</i>, 1984 – and well worth a read in full) is a pitch-perfect sendup of <i>The New Yorker</i> as "a weekly monument to the proposition that journalism consists of the endless accretion of tiny details": </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">The June 18 <i>New Yorker</i> has an article about corn. It's the first in what appears to be a series, no less, discussing the major grains. What about corn? Who knows? Only <i>The New Yorker</i> would have the lofty disdain for its readers to expect them to plow through 22,000 words about corn (warning: only an estimate; the TNR fact checkers are still counting) without giving them the slightest hint why. Here is how it starts (after a short introductory poem):</q></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><p><q class="inline-quote-talk">When the New England farmer and botanist Edward Sturtevant retired, in 1887, as head of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, in Geneva, he left behind a bulky manuscript that was published in 1919, twenty-one years after his death, as "Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants." Dr. Sturtevant, who was also a graduate of the Harvard Medical School, but never practiced medicine, had scoured the world's botanical literature for mentions of all the plants that human beings were known to have eaten (he did not count tree bark, which in times of famine was often one of them), and had come up with among more than three hundred thousand known plant species, two thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven edibles. (Latter-day scientists believe he may have missed as many more.) But, of all these, only a hundred and fifty or so have ever been widely enough consumed to figure in commerce, and of those a mere handful have been of any real consequence.</q> </p></blockquote> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248585704"><q class="inline-quote-talk">Now, <i>there</i> are some facts for you. No doubt every single one of them has been checked. You stand in awe as they tumble toward you, magnificently irrelevant, surrounded by mighty commas, mere numbers swollen into giant phrases ("two thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven"), all finally crashing over you with the bravura announcement that nothing you have just read is "of any real consequence." How true this is! From the end of the paragraph, you gaze back on the receding vistas of inconsequence, as far as the eye can see. Even supposing we would like a bit more information about corn, and even supposing we might be relieved to know how many other plants, edible and otherwise, are <i>not</i> going to be discussed in this article, why are we being told about a man whose count apparently was off by half? Even supposing we need to know about Dr. Sturtevant’s book, when it was published, and when the good doctor died, why do we need to know when he retired? Even—stretching it—supposing that we need to know that this gentleman "was also a graduate of the Harvard Medical School," why, oh why, do we have to learn that he "never practiced medicine"? As for the business about tree bark, that has just got to be conscious self-parody.</q></dd></dl> <p>Remind you of any Wikipedia articles? </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Further_reading" data-mw-thread-id="h-Further_reading"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Further_reading"></span>Further reading<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Further_reading"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" 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href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/11/22/tetsuya-ted-fujita-dies/b978b797-a883-4194-9c5b-a194e3f5423f/">"TETSUYA 'TED' FUJITA DIES"</a>. <i>Washington Post</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286">0190-8286</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 25,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=TETSUYA+%27TED%27+FUJITA+DIES&rft.issn=0190-8286&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Farchive%2Flocal%2F1998%2F11%2F22%2Ftetsuya-ted-fujita-dies%2Fb978b797-a883-4194-9c5b-a194e3f5423f%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3APrinciple+of+Some+Astonishment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SANA_2018-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SANA_2018_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sana.sy/en/?p=148911">"Ghasemi: US military presence in Syria illegal, contradicts with international laws"</a>. <i>Syrian Arab News Agency</i>. 15 October 2018. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201109021916/https://sana.sy/en/?p=148911">Archived</a> from the original on 9 November 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 August</span> 2022</span>. <q>Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi stressed that the US presence in Syria without the approval of its government is illegal and completely contradicts with the international laws and resolutions, indicating that Iran fully rejects it.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Syrian+Arab+News+Agency&rft.atitle=Ghasemi%3A+US+military+presence+in+Syria+illegal%2C+contradicts+with+international+laws&rft.date=2018-10-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsana.sy%2Fen%2F%3Fp%3D148911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3APrinciple+of+Some+Astonishment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SANA2017Russia-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SANA2017Russia_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFshaza2017" class="citation web cs1">shaza (16 November 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sana.sy/en/?p=118279">"Russian Foreign Ministry: US troops presence in Syria illegal"</a>. <i>Syrian Arab News Agency</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-03-31</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Syrian+Arab+News+Agency&rft.atitle=Russian+Foreign+Ministry%3A+US+troops+presence+in+Syria+illegal&rft.date=2017-11-16&rft.au=shaza&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsana.sy%2Fen%2F%3Fp%3D118279&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3APrinciple+of+Some+Astonishment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">So to speak.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EASTEREGG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EASTEREGG">Hover over that redlink</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcGregor2016" class="citation news cs1">McGregor, Jena (September 22, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2016/09/22/skittles-gave-the-perfect-response-to-donald-trump-jr/">"Skittles can't seem to escape political controversies"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 22,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Skittles+can%27t+seem+to+escape+political+controversies&rft.date=2016-09-22&rft.aulast=McGregor&rft.aufirst=Jena&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fon-leadership%2Fwp%2F2016%2F09%2F22%2Fskittles-gave-the-perfect-response-to-donald-trump-jr%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3APrinciple+of+Some+Astonishment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In the humble opinion of <a href="/wiki/User:EEng#s" title="User:EEng"><b style="color: red;">E</b></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:EEng#s" title="User talk:EEng"><b style="color: blue;">Eng</b></a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Queen_Elizabeth_slipped_majestically_into_the_water" title="Wikipedia:Queen Elizabeth slipped majestically into the water">Wikipedia:Queen Elizabeth slipped majestically into the water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lies_Miss_Snodgrass_Told_You" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Lies Miss Snodgrass Told You">Wikipedia:Lies Miss Snodgrass Told You</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mandy_Rice-Davies_Applies" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Mandy Rice-Davies Applies">Wikipedia:Mandy Rice-Davies Applies</a></li></ul>    </section></div> <noscript><img src="https://login.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&mobile=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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