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List of human anatomical parts named after people

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Bachman’s bundle, Bartholin’s gland, Buck’s fascia and many, many more.

The “Zonule of Zinn” sounds like the tale of an evil galactic empire fighting a clan of ancient space wizards!

Best Wikipedia page since “Timeline of the Far Future”.

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    • #language
    • #anatomy
    • #wikipedia
    • #science
    • #history
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Every GIF on WIkipedia in one place!
Have fun.
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Every GIF on WIkipedia in one place!

Have fun.

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List of humorous units of measurement

Favorite Wikipedia article of the day. Are you familiar with:

  • Firkins
  • Bloits and gloops
  • Beard-seconds
  • Donkeypower
  • The “Friedman”
  • Millihelens
  • Warhols and kilowarhols
  • The “Wheaton”

Integrate them into your life.

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    • #measurement
    • #wilwheaton
    • #wikipedia
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Do all roads really lead to philosophy? Plug in any Wikipedia article title(s) and this tool will retrace the steps back to the entry “philosophy”.
For the record, mayonnaise is closer to philosophy than Major League Baseball. Interpret that as you will.
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Do all roads really lead to philosophy? Plug in any Wikipedia article title(s) and this tool will retrace the steps back to the entry “philosophy”.

For the record, mayonnaise is closer to philosophy than Major League Baseball. Interpret that as you will.

Source: xefer.com

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    • #wikipedia
    • #xefer
    • #education
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