Like it or loathe it, Wikipedia is here to stay.  Sure, there are inaccuracies, but it’s a rich source of mostly-correct information on almost anything you could possibly think of.  Scrap that.  It’s probably a rich source of mostly-correct information on anything you could think of.  More than that, though, it’s probably a rich source of mostly-correct information on a whole bunch of things you couldn’t think of either.

However, every so often I find something on Wikipedia amusing, like this article, for example*.  It’s this part that makes me chortle:

Being first in a sequence of four consecutive Geri Halliwell singles reaching number one in the United Kingdom, the single went on to sell almost 375,967 copies in Britain and was certified Gold.

Almost 375,967 copies?  What, does that mean the single actually sold 375,966 copies?  Why use the word “almost” with such a specific number?  Bizarre.

Here’s another interesting little “fact” about Wikipedia.  According to xkcd, “if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at ‘Philosophy’.”  But here’s the real kicker: there’s one article (published before today, before people go cheating and creating their own new ones) which doesn’t follow this “rule.”  Can you tell me which one it is?

* Don’t ask how I got onto that page in the first place.  No really…don’t.