Beware! Wikipedia is strewn with detours, distractions and traps. For each innocent-looking blue-underlined word seduces you with its own siren song: “Would you like to know more?” If you have ever begun to research the Australian Constitution and found that you have spent the last three hours reading about Milhouse from The Simpsons, then you are a victim of Wikipedia freefall - the hapless descent through Wikipedia from topics relevant to your research into the realm of idle self-interested procrastination.
i am victim to this phenomenon all the time, and i honestly love it. a lot of my random knowledge and trivia comes from the wiki freefall. i once went from manny pacquiao to honey
Source: cracked.com
