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Each entry on this list should be an article on its own (not merely a section in a less unusual article) and of decent quality, and in large meeting Wikipedia's manual of style. For unusual contributions that are of greater levity, see Wikipedia:Silly Things. In this list, a star indicates a featured article. A plus indicates a good article.
Wikipedia probably wasted as much time on this pointless list as it takes for one of these to run out. List of lists of lists A list of all lists of lists -- and yes, it contains itself .
Instead of a pathetic excuse for an article, an article about a pathetic excuse. Domesticated silver fox: Soviet Russia subsidizes the breeding of silver foxes. Exploding whale: The next time a whale washes on shore in one Oregon county, the authorities will leave the dynamite at home. Fainting goat
An infamous article by The Sun that claimed that animals such as unicorns and bat-winged humans were found living on the moon. Great Stink A London summer so smelly it prompted government action.
Wikipedia:Silly Things; Wikipedia:Unusual requests that have been posted to the village pump; Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create; Wikipedia:Unusual articles for those "freaky titles" that are legitimate articles.
An article about Wikpiedia, Wikipaedia, Wiokipedia, Wikipeedia, Wikipeadia, or any other Wikis that appear to be Wikipedia but aren't. An article about the media response to the Wikipedia article about the barely notable thing that shouldn't even have an article (recursivity has its limits, even here).
A function with an unusual notation and possessing unusual fractal properties. Monty Hall problem: The counter-intuitive way to prevail when playing Let's Make a Deal. Moving sofa problem: What is the largest area of a sofa that can be manoeuvred through an L-shaped corner? NAND logic: Turns out you only need one logic gate to do anything.
Adrian Carton de Wiart: Fought in two World Wars, shot repeatedly, survived two plane crashes, escaped a POW camp, married a countess, and amputated his own fingers when his doctor refused.