As everyone knows by now, Wikipedia (along with a many other sites) went dark today in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Twitter users picked up where the online encyclopedia giant left off. Here are some of my favorite #FactsWithoutWikipedia.
Mark Twain originally wrote an early draft of what would eventually become “Who’s The Boss?”#FactsWithoutWikipedia
— TheRobio (@TheRobio) January 18, 2012
#FactsWithoutWikipedia Stonehenge is in fact merely the scaffolding for a much larger project which lost funding in a bronze age recession. — Pat Harkin (@dwauctioneer) January 18, 2012
The Beatles’ members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Scottie Pippen. #FactsWithoutWikipedia
— Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper) January 18, 2012
Karl Marx was an American entertainer & father of the Marx brothers. Awarded an Oscar for his musical, “Das Kapital”. #FactsWithoutWikipedia — Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) January 18, 2012
Everything Skip Bayless says makes sense and he hasn’t gone crazy. #FactsWithoutWikipedia (Source: @ksteph5)
— The Fake ESPN (@TheFakeESPN) January 18, 2012
In 1983 Sweden changed the colours of their flag to Blue and Yellow after the phenomenal success of the IKEA brand. #FactsWithoutWikipedia — david gate (@davidgate) January 18, 2012
When sped up and pitch-shifted, it was discovered that whale-song was actually “Heard it through the Grapevine” #factswithoutWikipedia
— Gerrarrdus (@Gerrarrdus) January 18, 2012
What are your favorites?
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