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Why You Shouldn’t Always Trust Wikipedia

by Martin Bryant — in Shareables

Why You Shouldn’t Always Trust Wikipedia
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…because you might end up with egg on your face.

This gem is doing the rounds on Twitter today. Looks like the UK’s Independent newspaper got a certain ‘fact’ in that last paragraph from Wikipedia. Read more about it at The Guardian.

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