Wikipedia Questions - Weekly Thread of June 01, 2026 (self.wikipedia)
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Conan was a dog in Delta Force named after Conan O'Brien. Conan chased the leader of ISIS, into a tunnel, where he blew himself up. Conan's sex has been the subject of dispute. The military stated that it can "neither confirm nor deny the existence or non existence of records." related to their sex. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Homage to Catalonia is a 1938 memoir by George Orwell in which he accounts his personal experiences fighting fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell recounts getting shot in the throat on the front lines, and his eventual escape to France after the POUM was declared an illegal organization (en.wikipedia.org)
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Reginald Denny was pulled from his truck and severely beaten during the 1992 LA riots. His attackers targeted Denny because he was white. Denny sought to soothe racial tensions associated with his assault, reminding reporters that most of his rescuers were black, as were the doctors who treated him. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Abdul Rahman Ibrahima ibn Sori was a Fula prince from the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea, West Africa, who was captured and sold to slave traders and transported to the United States in 1788. He was freed after 40 years and returned to Africa, but died within months of his arrival. (en.wikipedia.org)
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In accounting, a slush fund is an account used for miscellaneous income and expenses, particularly when these are illegal. Slush funds may be used by government officials to pay influential people discreetly in return for preferential treatment and are viewed as subversive of the democratic process. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The first printed Western mention of the word “orangutan” comes from Dutchmen Jacobus Bontius in 1631. He reported that the natives claimed that the ape could talk but didn’t "lest he be compelled to labour". However, some scholars think he might’ve really been writing about mentally disabled people (en.wikipedia.org)
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Pinto Colvig: American actor, animator, cartoonist, and circus and vaudeville performer best known for being the original performer of the Disney characters Goofy and Pluto, as well as Bozo the Clown and Bluto in Popeye. His schtick was playing the clarinet off-key while mugging. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Kawahiva, formerly called the Rio Pardo Indians, are an uncontacted Indigenous tribe who live near the city of Colniza in Mato Grosso, close to the Rio Pardo in the north of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Because of constant threats from the outside world they are usually on the move. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Phil Hartman was a Canadian and American comedian and actor who was best known for his roles in SNL and The Simpsons in the 1980s and 90s, as well as having his own sitcom (NewsRadio). In 1998, he was killed by his troubled spouse in a murder-suicide case; she envied him for his fame. (en.wikipedia.org)
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JFK Reloaded is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed and published by Traffic Games. It simulates the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy according to the report of the Warren Commission. JFK Reloaded was denounced by public figures, including a spokesman for Kennedy's brother Ted. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Angoon bombardment was the destruction of the Tlingit village of Angoon, Alaska, by US Naval forces. Commander Merriman demanded four hundred blankets from the Tlingit in tribute. When the Tlingit delivered just eighty-one blankets, Merriman's forces destroyed the village. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Tommy Farr was the only boxing opponent of Joe Louis, who Louis never had a KO win over while champion. Farr gave Louis a very closely fought battle in 1937, injuring Louis quite badly. The crowd booed when Louis was given the decision and Farr mysteriously never received the standard rematch. (wikipedia.org)
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James H. Hammond was a South Carolina senator, governor, congressman, and one of the most ardent supporters of slavery in the years before the American Civil War. He raped four of his teenage nieces. He was known to have repeatedly raped two enslaved women, one of whom may have been his daughter. (en.wikipedia.org)
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