Today's random Wikipedia article, which didn't make it into a full blog post or podcast episode like a few earlier ones did, was The Bugler of Algiers. This 1916 silent film, based on a novel called We Are The French, has no surviving copies and it's no longer even known what role some of the billed cast played in it! Among others, it starred Kingsley Benedict, who would later go on to feature in Fast and Furious! No... not that one... the 1927 silent comedy (which you can watch on YouTube... it's... about three times as long as it needs to be, IMHO).
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/05/18/wp25-bugler-of-algiers/

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This year is Wikipedia's 25th birthday, and as part of the celebrations I learned who Marcus Koh is... but that wasn't remotely as interesting as learning about the long history of the yo-yo!
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/05/17/wp25-yo-yo/

#article #dancast #game #greece #history #sport #toys #wikipedia #wikipediaAt-25 #yoYos

The Presto Card is Toronto and the surrounding area's equivalent of London's Oyster Card. I enjoyed learning about it, but I don't think it justifies a whole blog post of what-I-learned.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/05/16/wikipedia-25-presto-card/

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Wikipedia is celebrating its 25th birthday, and today I'm celebrating by discovering what the Argo Wilis is, along with a dive into a rabbithole about rail transport in Indonesia!
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/05/15/wp25-rail-in-indonesia/

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Wikipedia is celebrating its 25th birthday, and somehow as a result I ended up reading about Wesley Merritt, who was the shortest-lived Governor-General of the Philippines!
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/05/14/wp25-wesley-merritt/

#article #colonialism #dancast #history #philippines #spain #usa #war #wikipedia #wikipediaAt-25