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Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual. These articles are verifiable, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are a bit odd, whimsical, or something one would not expect to find in Encyclopædia Britannica.
Wikipedia:Deleted articles with freaky titles. Wikipedia articles that have existed and, judging by the title and contents, probably shouldn't have existed. Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create. The title says it all, really. Wikipedia:Unusual articles.
A type of delusion in which a sufferer denies ownership of a limb or an entire side of the body. Stendhal syndrome. A psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art or natural beauty.
Wikipedia:Talk page highlights – Some of the strangest exchanges that have ever occurred between editors; Wikipedia:Unusual articles – ranging from Death erection to The Hands of Che Guevara; Wikipedia:Unusual place names – The weirdest place names in the world. Wikipedia:Unusual requests that have been posted to the village pump and ...
Beating the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa by 1.22 degrees. List of destroyed landmarks in Spain. Over 60 interesting buildings, including larger castles, royal palaces, leaning towers, city gates which were completely or partially demolished and no longer exist, with their respective articles and images.
The FBI's name for their undercover operation of investigation, and at times disruption, of influential groups and people in the inland United States during the Cold War. Some of the most famous individuals observed in this operation include: Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, John Lennon, Charles Chaplin and Malcolm X .
A 220 foot (70 meter) long railway created solely to exploit a loophole in the Jones Act. U.S. Customs and Border Protection found out and promptly issued a $350 million fine. Billups Neon Crossing Signal. A local inventor's extreme solution to railway crossing safety. Boaty McBoatface.
A constructed language based around musical notes. The native name of the indigenous Squamish language of British Columbia, which uses the number 7 as a letter. The opposite of the previously mentioned Ithkuil. Inspired by minimalism and Taoist philosophy, this constructed language has only 137 regularly used words.