Top Hackernews posts from en.wikipedia.org

1. Lynn Conway has died (en.wikipedia.org)
   1667 points by kevvok 3 months ago | 328 comments
2. User: Junnn11 (en.wikipedia.org)
   747 points by oboes over 1 year ago | 101 comments
3. In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware (en.wikipedia.org)
   707 points by minding over 2 years ago | 209 comments
4. Epiousios (en.wikipedia.org)
   538 points by benbreen about 3 years ago | 201 comments
5. 6174 (en.wikipedia.org)
   511 points by gone35 8 months ago | 102 comments
6. Ur (en.wikipedia.org)
   509 points by tosh almost 2 years ago | 103 comments
7. Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after “somewhat-viral” tweet (en.wikipedia.org)
   479 points by akolbe almost 2 years ago | 334 comments
8. Dishwasher Salmon (en.wikipedia.org)
   466 points by mothershipper over 1 year ago | 371 comments
9. Stolperstein (en.wikipedia.org)
   445 points by dschuessler over 2 years ago | 170 comments
10. Wikipedia user edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” (en.wikipedia.org)
    437 points by shaklee3 over 1 year ago | 707 comments
11. Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine (en.wikipedia.org)
    434 points by zdw about 3 years ago | 150 comments
12. Qanat (en.wikipedia.org)
    423 points by vinnyglennon 10 months ago | 100 comments
13. Severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation (en.wikipedia.org)
    412 points by akolbe over 1 year ago | 394 comments
14. Extreme Ironing (en.wikipedia.org)
    411 points by kulesh about 3 years ago | 172 comments
15. 112 Gripes About the French (en.wikipedia.org)
    408 points by samclemens about 3 years ago | 339 comments
16. Shit life syndrome (en.wikipedia.org)
    397 points by tjpnz about 1 year ago | 232 comments
17. Tarrare (en.wikipedia.org)
    388 points by marcodiego over 2 years ago | 169 comments
18. Rhythm 0 (en.wikipedia.org)
    388 points by board 12 months ago | 269 comments
19. Telling the Bees (en.wikipedia.org)
    375 points by penguin_booze about 1 year ago | 254 comments
20. Antarctic English (en.wikipedia.org)
    369 points by benbreen 7 months ago | 158 comments
21. Simpson's paradox (en.wikipedia.org)
    365 points by tosh 6 months ago | 106 comments
22. Crown shyness (en.wikipedia.org)
    332 points by edward 9 months ago | 48 comments
23. Burned House Horizon (en.wikipedia.org)
    331 points by diodorus over 3 years ago | 146 comments
24. Kelly Criterion (en.wikipedia.org)
    330 points by niklasbuschmann over 3 years ago | 194 comments
25. Number 16 (spider) (en.wikipedia.org)
    327 points by histories 4 months ago | 125 comments
26. The Last Question (en.wikipedia.org)
    314 points by thewarpaint over 2 years ago | 164 comments
27. Doorway effect (en.wikipedia.org)
    313 points by aavshr 7 months ago | 146 comments
28. Ramanujan's lost notebook (en.wikipedia.org)
    306 points by benbreen 5 months ago | 94 comments
29. Man of the Hole (en.wikipedia.org)
    305 points by masterofsome almost 2 years ago | 84 comments
30. Goiânia Accident (en.wikipedia.org)
    298 points by joering2 over 1 year ago | 185 comments
31. Elfstedentocht (en.wikipedia.org)
    295 points by stevage over 3 years ago | 124 comments
32. Rue de l'Avenir (en.wikipedia.org)
    295 points by benbreen 9 months ago | 118 comments
33. Senet (en.wikipedia.org)
    293 points by tosh about 3 years ago | 119 comments
34. Peter principle (en.wikipedia.org)
    280 points by steelbrain 6 months ago | 180 comments
35. Twike (en.wikipedia.org)
    275 points by legerdemain about 3 years ago | 195 comments
36. Japanese words of Portuguese origin (en.wikipedia.org)
    273 points by lermontov about 1 year ago | 170 comments
37. Jerrycan (en.wikipedia.org)
    272 points by brudgers over 2 years ago | 155 comments
38. ST3000DM001 (en.wikipedia.org)
    270 points by userbinator over 3 years ago | 250 comments
39. Bloom's 2 sigma problem (en.wikipedia.org)
    266 points by oidar over 1 year ago | 130 comments
40. Los Alamos Chess (en.wikipedia.org)
    265 points by nanna 6 months ago | 107 comments
41. Dallol (en.wikipedia.org)
    265 points by xkcd1963 7 months ago | 30 comments
42. Otokichi (en.wikipedia.org)
    262 points by Thevet over 3 years ago | 71 comments
43. Great Vowel Shift (en.wikipedia.org)
    259 points by docdeek over 3 years ago | 268 comments
44. Chekhov's Gun (en.wikipedia.org)
    257 points by thunderbong about 3 years ago | 172 comments
45. Bouba/kiki effect (en.wikipedia.org)
    257 points by cscurmudgeon 3 months ago | 170 comments
46. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976) (en.wikipedia.org)
    255 points by Paul_S about 3 years ago | 158 comments
47. Telling the Bees (en.wikipedia.org)
    253 points by drdee almost 3 years ago | 59 comments
48. Kalman Filter (en.wikipedia.org)
    252 points by tosh over 3 years ago | 94 comments
49. Jaccard Index (en.wikipedia.org)
    252 points by dedalus over 1 year ago | 43 comments
50. Ant mill (en.wikipedia.org)
    251 points by anthropodie over 2 years ago | 154 comments
51. Flanderization (en.wikipedia.org)
    251 points by egfx about 2 years ago | 131 comments
52. Two envelopes problem (en.wikipedia.org)
    249 points by niklasbuschmann over 2 years ago | 300 comments
53. English as She Is Spoke (en.wikipedia.org)
    247 points by benbreen over 3 years ago | 129 comments
54. I Can Eat Glass (en.wikipedia.org)
    245 points by vector_spaces about 1 year ago | 91 comments
55. Razor 1911 (en.wikipedia.org)
    242 points by jruohonen 11 months ago | 118 comments
56. Astronautilia (en.wikipedia.org)
    239 points by tintinnabula over 1 year ago | 53 comments
57. Bouba/Kiki Effect (en.wikipedia.org)
    238 points by thunderbong about 3 years ago | 94 comments
58. Need for cognition (en.wikipedia.org)
    238 points by luu over 1 year ago | 108 comments
59. Rational Dress Society (en.wikipedia.org)
    237 points by samclemens over 1 year ago | 193 comments
60. Core War (en.wikipedia.org)
    236 points by optimalsolver over 2 years ago | 50 comments
61. Preparedness Paradox (en.wikipedia.org)
    236 points by thunderbong about 2 years ago | 124 comments
62. Kairos (en.wikipedia.org)
    235 points by tosh almost 3 years ago | 69 comments
63. Black MIDI (en.wikipedia.org)
    234 points by golyi about 2 years ago | 86 comments
64. Wikipedia-grounded chatbot “outperforms all baselines” on factual accuracy (en.wikipedia.org)
    233 points by akolbe about 1 year ago | 177 comments
65. Pepper X (en.wikipedia.org)
    232 points by danny00 11 months ago | 132 comments
66. Signal for Help (en.wikipedia.org)
    231 points by nabla9 almost 3 years ago | 98 comments
67. Visual calculus (en.wikipedia.org)
    231 points by larion1 7 months ago | 41 comments
68. TLA+ (en.wikipedia.org)
    230 points by kristianpaul over 3 years ago | 69 comments
69. Disneyland with Death Penalty (en.wikipedia.org)
    230 points by oumua_don17 about 2 years ago | 222 comments
70. Plankalkül (en.wikipedia.org)
    226 points by tevrede over 1 year ago | 47 comments
71. Memento mori (en.wikipedia.org)
    226 points by rfreytag almost 2 years ago | 154 comments
72. Looped Square Or ⌘ (en.wikipedia.org)
    225 points by Ali_Zaferani almost 2 years ago | 195 comments
73. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (en.wikipedia.org)
    225 points by rmason 11 months ago | 98 comments
74. Shave and a Haircut (en.wikipedia.org)
    224 points by bschne 7 months ago | 142 comments
75. Operation Snow White (en.wikipedia.org)
    224 points by lionkor 9 months ago | 72 comments
76. Ligne Claire (en.wikipedia.org)
    222 points by srvmshr almost 3 years ago | 63 comments
77. Pigging (en.wikipedia.org)
    222 points by userbinator 11 months ago | 80 comments
78. A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life (en.wikipedia.org)
    219 points by akolbe almost 3 years ago | 148 comments
79. Illegal Prime Numbers (en.wikipedia.org)
    218 points by neatze over 3 years ago | 107 comments
80. Tell HN: Today I learned Epub is just HTML/CSS (en.wikipedia.org)
    218 points by mettamage over 3 years ago | 153 comments
81. Cobra Maneuver (en.wikipedia.org)
    218 points by Hooke almost 2 years ago | 157 comments
82. Rete algorithm (en.wikipedia.org)
    216 points by skilled 4 months ago | 54 comments
83. Initial Stress-Derived Noun (en.wikipedia.org)
    215 points by richardw over 3 years ago | 160 comments
84. 2022 Oder Environmental Disaster (en.wikipedia.org)
    215 points by Red_Tarsius about 2 years ago | 43 comments
85. The Landlord's Game (en.wikipedia.org)
    214 points by mmlkrx over 3 years ago | 168 comments
86. PainStation (en.wikipedia.org)
    213 points by Tomte 9 months ago | 58 comments
87. Pfeilstorch (en.wikipedia.org)
    211 points by georgecmu over 1 year ago | 53 comments
88. Judas goat (en.wikipedia.org)
    211 points by serverlessmom 11 months ago | 141 comments
89. Great Male Renunciation (en.wikipedia.org)
    210 points by beefman 11 months ago | 148 comments
90. Casu Martzu (en.wikipedia.org)
    209 points by nojs about 3 years ago | 175 comments
91. Jesus nut (en.wikipedia.org)
    209 points by Boogie_Man 11 months ago | 93 comments
92. Saskatoon Freezing Deaths (en.wikipedia.org)
    208 points by some_random about 2 years ago | 102 comments
93. “Bush Hid the Facts” (en.wikipedia.org)
    206 points by pizza over 3 years ago | 33 comments
94. Insect Hotel (en.wikipedia.org)
    206 points by keiferski over 2 years ago | 102 comments
95. Sad clown paradox (en.wikipedia.org)
    206 points by 11001100 11 months ago | 124 comments
96. The Goiânia Accident (1987) (en.wikipedia.org)
    205 points by warent almost 3 years ago | 121 comments
97. Nocturnal bottleneck (en.wikipedia.org)
    203 points by Symmetry about 2 years ago | 76 comments
98. London–Calcutta Bus Service (en.wikipedia.org)
    203 points by DeathArrow 3 months ago | 117 comments
99. The Secretary Problem (en.wikipedia.org)
    202 points by fofoz about 2 years ago | 120 comments
100. List of games that Buddha would not play (en.wikipedia.org)
     199 points by zdw over 2 years ago | 140 comments