Funny Wikipedia Moments That Have Reliable Sources

Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor

May 22, 2023 8:00 PM EDT

Wikipedia is one of the most useful websites on the internet. It might not be suitable for academic articles, but it's perfect when you want thorough and compelling information about a topic you are ignorant about. If you need help grasping new concepts quickly, there's no better place to go than Wikipedia.

I'm a little nervous about Wikipedia's future. They keep begging for money, and I have not given them a cent. I'm just as worried about the shutdown of the world's largest internet encyclopedia as the next guy, but that's still not enough to give them $20. I'll cough something up when they get desperate, but it currently looks like a "boy who cried Wikipedia shutdown" situation.

Some Wikipedia articles are boring, but some are hilarious, especially out of context. It would be best if you didn't have to scroll through the database to find the funniest posts, so we've cut out the middleman. Enjoy some fragments from the depths of Wikipedia.