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People have always been taught to consider things in context and to consider different perspectives of a given issue, but screw that, sometimes taking things out of context just for kicks is good old-fashioned fun.

And what better way to do this than to use Wikipedia tables of contents? I wish I was making this up, but it was a thing for a very short period of time in internet history when Twitter user @ZeeZeeMooMoo posted a screencap of the table of contents of the Wikipedia article for the 1859 Pig War.

If you know what it’s all about, this all looks rather normal, but picture knowing nothing about it, knowing absolutely no context. It does make you wonder how the heck is this a thing, how did whatever this article is talking about come to this, what happened, now I need to know?!

The short-lived, but still noteworthy little thread is all neatly posted in a curated list below for your enjoyment, so check it out, vote and comment appropriately, and tell us what you thought of it in the comment section!

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@JohnyNich Report

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Vookatos Report

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Angelar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dunno on the Moon, fairytale novel by Nikolay Nosov, USSR, satire on Western capitalism.

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Redrooey Report

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Mad Dragon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uniform Star Polyhedron. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_star_polyhedron

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Bevo Nostro
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

List of masturbation techniques in order of preference in the general population

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Tina Harnish
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After you get to 20, things start falling apart and you get degeneration.

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Donkey boi
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That last category covers my activities during my younger years.

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Tom Spade
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was thinking mineral and crystal formations until that last one...

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gabewbb Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought Early, Pizza and Death were the ultimate stages of life, but this escalated things to a whole new level.

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