“For over a decade, a Chinese woman known as “Zhemao” created a massive, fantastical, and largely fictional alternate history of late Medieval Russia on Chinese Wikipedia, writing millions of words about entirely made-up political figures, massive (and fake) silver mines, and pivotal battles that never actually happened. She even went so far as to concoct details about things like currency and eating utensils.”
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The Depths of Wikipedia
Depths of Wikipedia is an amazing resource. It is an Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok account dedicated to highlighting strange, obscure, and interesting facts from Wikipedia. It is run by Annie Rauwerda, a college student at the University of Michigan.