Call me a hopeless geek, but I've long enjoyed Wikipedia's random-article feature in pursuit of the joy of learning something new and unexpected. But you can click it a lot of times before something truly interesting comes up.
I've just found out about a
list - on Wikipedia, of course - that's a trove of interesting articles. No more hunting for something new and interesting. It's so un-serious and un-Wikipedia-like that Wikipedia felt compelled to include the following caveat, which could also describe the Coffee House: "This page
contains material which is kept because it is considered humorous. Please do not take it seriously."
I'm a little embarrassed to admit how many of these offbeat topics I was already familiar with.
Grope**** Lane, though, that was a new one to me.