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Depths of Wikipedia is a gimmick Instagram, Twitter and TikTok account that posts screenshots of weird and funny Wikipedia articles. Created in April 2020, the Instagram account achieved massive popularity in the following years, with the Twitter gimmick becoming viral in March 2022.
History
On April 20th, 2020, Instagram[1] gimmick account Depths of Wikipedia (dephthsofwikipedia) was launched by Univesity of Michigan student Annie Rauwerda. On the same day, the account made its first post,[2] a series of screenshots of the subsection "Kidney stones" found in the Wikipedia article for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a mine train roller coaster. The post gained over 1,300 likes in two years (shown below).
![The paper's author, Dr. Wartinger, Kidney stones found that patients of his had passed kidney The study found nearly stones after riding Big Thunder Mountain In the October 2016 Journal of the American 70% of the time, the kidney stone was passed, Railroad at Walt Disney World on vacation, Osteopathic Association, a paper entitled with results varying depending on which row including one who passed three stones on "Validation of a Functional Pyelocalyceal Renal they were in.14][5] The study also found that the three separate occasions. The doctor then Model for the Evaluation of Renal Calculi tested this result, with the permission of Space Mountain and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Passage While Riding a Roller Coaster" was Disney, with a 3D model of a kidney by riding Starring Aerosmith failed to cause this result. 6] published. [4) the ride over 20 times. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at the Magic Kingdom](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/332/628/f23.jpg "Kideney Stone Rollercoaster")
Starting in April 2020, the account regularly posted screenshots of funny, bizarre and unusual Wikipedia articles; for example, on May 5th, 2020, the account shared[3] a Wikipedia article for sexy prime, with the post gaining over 270 likes in two years.
As of January 15th, 2021, the Instagram[10] account amassed nearly 100,000 followers.
On July 31st, 2020, Twitter[4] gimmick account @depthsofwiki was launched. On January 15th, 2021, Annie Rauwerda launched @depthsofwikipedia TikTok[5] account, with Rauwerda explaining intersting and funny phenomena rather than simply sharing screenshots of articles.
Already on January 15th, 2021, a TikTok[6] shared by @depthsofwikipedia received over one millkion views (shown below, left, more examples shown center and right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6918215882107817222
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6918213720405462277
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6918907624083737861
On Twitter, the account posted its first viral tweet[7] on March 3rd, 2021, with a screenshot of an article "Thinking about the immortality of the crab" gaining over 9,700 retweets and 49,200 likes in one year (shown below, left). Through 2021, the account posted more viral tweets; for example, a post[8] made on July 12th, 2021, gained over 7,700 retweets and 69,200 likes in nine months (shown below, center). A tweet[9] shared on November 24th, 2021, gained over 11,500 retweets and 64,500 likes in four months (shown below, right).
![depths of wikipedia @depthsofwiki WIKIPEDIA There was a six year old in the 13th century whose drawings were preserved. They're wild battle scenes and spelling practice, and one even says “I am a wild beast." Sometimes I forget that kids in the olden days were still kids Onfim Article Talk Onfim (Old Novgorodian: OHeMme, Onfime; also Anthemius of Novgorod) was a boy who Onfim's homework exercises and "I lived in Novgorod (in present-day Russia) in the am a wild beast", c. 1260. (Item 199) 13th century, sometime around 1220 or 1260. He left his notes and homework exercises scratched in soft birch barkl1] which was preserved in the clay soil of Novgorod.(2) Onfim, who was most likely six or seven at the time, wrote in the Old Novgorodian dialect of Old East Slavic. Besides letters and syllables, he drew "battle scenes and drawings of Limaalt and hie teaabarl (21 5:34 PM · Nov 24, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/332/637/c08.jpg "There was a six year old in the 13th century whose drawings were preserved")
The Twitter account saw a surge in popularity in March 2022 as many of its tweets went viral that month.
Features
Depths of Wikiedpia gimmick accounts on Twitter and Instagram share screenshots of Wikipedia articles containing trivia that stand out for one reason for another, such as being funny, bizarre, unusual or containing interesting visuals. On TikTok, the accounts creator Annie Rauwerda comments on various articles and shares humorous sketches referencing her discoveries.
Highlights
Starting in January 2021, Depths of Wikipedi gimmick pages attracted attention of online media, with interviews with Rauwerda appearing in InsideHook,[11] i-D,[12] Forbes,[13] Mashable,[14] VICE[15] and other media outlets.
In March 2022, Depths of Wikipedia popularized a Sumerian bar joke about a dog walking into a tavern created between 4,500 and 1,900 B.C., with the joke becoming a subject of memes in the following days.[16]
Traffic
As of March 22nd, 2022, Depths of Wikipedia had over 759,000 followers on Instagram, 214,000 followers on Twitter and 108,000 followers on TikTok.
Various Examples
![depths of wikipedia @depthsofwiki ... WIKIPEDIA Devastated about the 1991 murder of this sneaker- wearing goose Andy (goose) . V ... ... deal to supply shoes for Andy – the bird wore out From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia a pair of shoes in about one month. Andy became a role model, especially for Andy (1987 – October 19, 1991) was a goose disabled children.45) With his shoes, Andy was that was born without feet. He was well known for able to walk, swim and fly; his owners hoped wearing sneakers to help him stand and walk. Andy was killed in 1991 by an unknown Andy's mobility would give hope to people with disabilities. 1] perpetrator. 9:35 PM · Jan 22, 2022 · Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/332/640/698.jpg "Devastated about the 1991 murder of this sneaker-wearing goose")
Search Interest
External References
[1] Instagram – depthsofwikipedia
[2] Instagram – depthsofwikipedia
[3] Instagram – depthsofwikipedia
[4] Twitter – @depthsofwiki
[5] TIkTok – @depthsofwikipedia
[6] TikTok – @depthsofwikipedia
[7] Twitter – @depthsofwiki
[8] Twitter – @depthsofwiki
[9] Twitter – @depthsofwiki
[10] InsideHook – InsideHook
[11] InsideHook – How One Instagram Account Finds the Weirdest Stuff on Wikipedia
[12] i-D – This Instagram account dug up the weirdest things on Wikipedia
[13] Forbes – The Weirdest Entries on Wikipedia. Creator Spotlight: @Depthsofwikipedia
[14] Mashable – Travel down a Wikipedia rabbit hole with the mastermind behind DepthsOfWikipedia Instagram
[15] VICE – I Look For the Weirdest and Wildest Things on Wikipedia. Here’s What I’ve Learned.
[16] Twitter – @depthsofwiki
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![Disturbing Who chose that picture of the kid in that torture looking outfit? It is a little disturbing looking. I agree. That picture is too creepy to be cute. June-gloom 20:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC) [reply ] I agree - isn't this a better example? This used to be the main picture, until the kid replaced it. I thought it embodied cuteness from both the visual point of view, and perhaps the emotional point of view, as in the apparent action of the teddy bear hugging the dog appeared "cute". That's very cute! :) June-gloom 11:19, 30 November 2006 (UTC) [reply] I don't find any of the pictures in the article cute. I liked the kitten. Even if it isn't alive anymore, it was still an excellent example of cuteness. --Brandon Dilbeck 03:56, 2 October 2006 (UTC) [reply] What in the world's going on with that stupid, idiotic, moron-looking bear? Excuse me. I just looked at that picture and I had to puke out everything I've eaten in my entire life! I even threw up my kidney! That's a super-ugly picture! I HATE CATS!!! Someone show me that puppy right now! Come on, give me a break. That picture is of a dog that I got after she was shuffled around 3 homes. Puppy love is, unfortunately, temporary. I do dog rescue because when a puppy is no longer cute and cuddly, they are frequently discarded. Animals are not things and they are not property, but they are treated that way. I've put over 20 dogs through dog rescue and that picture is of one of the dogs I kept. She's a special dog and I would like her to be remembered beyond just me. I'm tired of the flippancy and stupdity of the net and I pine for the days when academics and researchers were the only ones allowed on it. I'm talking about the BEAR being ugly. The Samoyed puppy is very cute. ANNAfoxlover 20:20, 20 January 2007 (UTC) [reply] There bear isn't ugly either. It's got all the qualities of being cute. High forehead, widely spaced eyes, infantile features, oversized feet and hands, widely spaced and small ears. The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.6.216.222 (talk) 21:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC). [reply] The bear may be a LITTLE cute but it looks a little um...... WEIRD!!! -The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.213.139.48 (talk) 03:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC). [reply] What's with the bear's paw? It looks like a three-eyed alien smiling. EEWW!!! 71.213.139.48 03:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC) [reply] I wouldn't say "wierd". "Creepy" - that's the right word. That bear is creepy, because it looks as if it's about to smother that dog to death in its sleep. --RITZ 06:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC) [reply]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/671/251/000.png "(Last reply: 17 March 2007) Archived topic in the talk page of Cuteness that discusses the \"Samoyed-and-teddy-bear.jpg\" file, and provides context for it")
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