Your Wikipedia find of the week

[fuaran]

Betteridge's law of headlines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

This story is a great demonstration of my maxim that any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word "no." The reason why journalists use that style of headline is that they know the story is probably bullshit, and don’t actually have the sources and facts to back it up, but still want to run it.

[mllePB]

Found when researching questions for work zoom quiz: Félicette the first cat in space (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9licette), courtesy of the French space program

[Deano]

D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I was slightly too young to remember this.  What a story, and what a mystery.

Back to the OP - the Storyville documentary about this is on BBC4 now.

[Cudzoziemiec]

D.B. Cooper in Storyville?!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyville,_New_Orleans He might fit but he's 40 years too late.

[Mr Larrington]

Great band, Storyville.  They were where Stevie Ray Vaughan's rhythm section ended up after SRV got on the wrong helichopter.

[Mr Larrington]

D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I was slightly too young to remember this.  What a story, and what a mystery.

Back to the OP - the Storyville documentary about this is on BBC4 now.

Watched this earlier this evening.  Fascinating Stuffs, though I reckon they downplayed the notion that he died either during or immediately after the jump.  Though if he did it adds another level to the “how did some of the money fetch up at Tina Bar nine years later” question.

[mllePB]

D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I was slightly too young to remember this.  What a story, and what a mystery.

Back to the OP - the Storyville documentary about this is on BBC4 now.

Watched this earlier this evening.  Fascinating Stuffs, though I reckon they downplayed the notion that he died either during or immediately after the jump.  Though if he did it adds another level to the “how did some of the money fetch up at Tina Bar nine years later” question.

Watched this last week - great documentary then read the wikipedia page.
I believe that he probably died from the parachute jump, but it's fascinating that so many believed otherwise and that he was their fiend/husband/father/uncle.

[Basil]

As I was walking the dog¹ in the park this morning we chanced upon a woman (Probably late 30s) and her dog coming the other way.  Both dogs decided to have a bark-fest. As we were each admonishing our respective mutts she unexpectedly let out a tremendous fart, at which point she scuttled away. 
She wasn't quick thinking enough to blame her dog.
Childishly, I'm still sniggering about it.

¹ We've had to admit that this is her actual name.

[Pingu]

As I was walking the dog¹ in the park this morning we chanced upon a woman (Probably late 30s) and her dog coming the other way.  Both dogs decided to have a bark-fest. As we were each admonishing our respective mutts she unexpectedly let out a tremendous fart, at which point she scuttled away. 
She wasn't quick thinking enough to blame her dog.
Childishly, I'm still sniggering about it.

¹ We've had to admit that this is her actual name.

Can you give us link to the Wikipedia entry?

[nikki]

Vol de sirop d'érable du siècle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist

[Wowbagger]

The funniest one-line in film history, as voted in my someone or other.

In 2007, the pun "Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me", spoken by Kenneth Williams, was voted the funniest one-line joke in film history.[10][11] The line was not written by Rothwell but borrowed with permission from a Take It from Here script written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_Cleo refers.

[Kim]

Vol de sirop d'érable du siècle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist

Of course Quebec has a strategic maple syrup reserve.

Presumably there's also a stockpile of hot-pink hockey tape, in case the shit really hits the fan.