47 Alternatives To Wikipedia

Wikipedia is perhaps the most popular reference site online, with millions of high quality articles available on virtually any topic. However, there are limits to what Wikipedia can offer. Here are 47 Wikipedia alternatives you can use to find information, research a paper, get quick answers, and much more.

The effects of high cholesterol on the body

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Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in your blood and in your cells. Your liver makes most of the cholesterol in your body. The rest comes from foods you eat. Cholesterol travels in your blood bundled up in packets called lipoproteins.

Walk Above The Trees On A Canopy Walkway In Cape Town

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Set against the eastern slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch is the first botanic garden in the world to be included within a natural World Heritage Site. Established in 1913 the 36 hectare garden is part of a larger 528 hectare nature reserve. The Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway is a new curved steel and timber bridge that winds and dips its way through and over the trees of the Arboretum.

12 Unintentional Ways We Could Destroy our Solar System

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We humans are doing a bang-up job of messing up our home planet. But who’s to say we can’t go on to screw things up elsewhere? Here, not listed in any particular order, are 12 unintentional ways we could do some serious damage to our Solar System, too.

A Retail Shop of Lost Baggage

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What happens to lost airline luggage? It lands up in Scottsboro Alabama, USA at the Unclaimed Baggage Center. This shop started in 1970, when H. Doyle Owens (an insurance salesman) borrowed $300 and bought a hundred or so bags left on Greyhound buses.

A cave so large - trees grow within it

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Son Doong Cave is located in the heart of the Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province of Central Vietnam. Only recently explored in 2009-2010, Son Doong Cave has only been open to the public since 2013.

Entomophagy - eating insects as a food source

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Entomophagy is the practice of eating insects as food. Already people in some parts of the world consider insects a tasty delicacy. Some 2,000 edible species are known to exist, and are eaten by an estimated quarter of the world’s population. It is common in cultures of North, Central and South America; and Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. 

The world's coolest marathon

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The Polar Circle Marathon is a standard 42 km marathon. This marathon is over the ice covered mountainous terrain of the polar circle with temperatures dipping down to -10 degrees Celsius (and that's in the autumn, when the race takes place).

The southernmost British post office - Port Lockroy, Antarctica

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Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula of the British Antarctic Territory. Originally discovered in 1903 by a French Antarctic expedition, the port was named 'Port LaCroix' after Edouard LaCroix who helped finance the expedition.

The $1 billion mansion in Mumbai

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This mansion, named Anitlla, is 27 stories high, contains a health club with a gym and dance studio, at least one studio, a ballroom, guestrooms and a range of lounges and a 50 seater cinema. All of this for a family of five. Of course, there are 600 servants to pamper them.

Vdara hotel 'death ray' claiming victims in the Las Vegas Strip

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The tall, curving Vdara Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas is beautiful.  However, the south-facing tower is turning out to be problem for visitors at the hotel’s swimming pool. The curved mirrored surface of the hotel acts as a massive parabolic mirror that concentrates solar heat into a specific target area. 

Meanest and largest digging machine in the world.

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The Excavator 288, also known as the Bagger 288, is the largest digger machine in the world. Built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, it is the largest tracked vehicle in the world at 13,500 tons. Construction was completed in 1978

Stained glass mural and botanical garden

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The Cosmovitral is a stained glass mural and botanical garden located in Toluca, Mexico.

Miracle of the golden Palawan pearl

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No one understands the ancient nature of pearls quite like the Badjao, sea gypsies who sail the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas across three nations and who make their living from its aquatic bounty.

Miniature replicas of famous world sites

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Tobu World Square is a theme park in Kinugawa Onsen that exhibits 1/25th scale replicas of famous buildings from around the world.

Madagascar's amazing Stone Forest

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The western coast of Madagascar hosts the Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve which is made up of 666 square kilometer UNESCO World Heritage Site. It boasts breathtaking geography, mangrove forests, and wild bird, lemur and other local animal  populations.

The hotel that is a paradise for auto enthusiasts

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Stuttgart's unique V8 hotel boasts themed rooms with details and many original parts from the iconic cars, including a 70′s Cadillac drive-in cinema, a Mercedez-Benz carwash, a Morris Minor garage and many more.

Worlds most expensive coffee

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Kopi luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from a certain variety of wild red coffee beans but only after it has passed through the digestive track of the Asian Palm Civet, a weasel-like animal. This coffee costs between US$35 - US$100 per CUP whereas normal coffee costs between US$2 and US$5 per cup.

The Sign Post Forest at Watson Lake, Alaska

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One of Alaska's most famous of the landmarks, The Signpost Forest is at Mile 613, along the Alaska Highway. It boasts with over 65,000 signs and takes up a couple of acres. You can even add your own sign when you pop around!

Manpupuner gigantic rock formations

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The Manpupuner rock formations also known as the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations are a set of 7 gigantic abnormally shaped stone pillars located north of the Ural mountains in the Komi Republic, Russia.