Wikipedia Trails: From Robin Hood to Anthony Munday

I started off on the Robin Hood page because I had just read about him. I was curious to find more information on his "merry men", so that's where I went next. This led me to Will Scarlet, who was apparently the most skilled swordsman of the group. I saw the name Anthony Munday and read up on this English playwright from the 1500s.

Wikipedia Trails: From Stags to Tiger Quoll

I started off with going to the Wikipedia page for "stags" since I had always known they were deer or deer-like, but not why they were called that. The page wasn't very helpful, so I quickly moved on to stag beetles. I think they're some of the coolest looking insects with their giant mandibles. From there I saw the word "allometry". I was curious, and discovered that this is the study of relative size of body parts when compared to the rest of them. Every species is a little different proportionately. Next, I saw a picture of a Tiger Quoll and went there. They are cute little marsupials that I had never known existed.

Wikipedia Trails: From Lucifer to Roman mythology

I began with Lucifer because I had just read a story about him and his fall from grace. I next went to Dante's Inferno because I've never read the book and really would like to. Dante was led by the ancient roman poet Virgil, who I had never heard of, so I went there next. Finally, I ended up at Roman mythology.

Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome   Source

Wikipedia Trails: From Web Widget to Fight Club

Fight Club    Source

So I had just done my tech tip for a weather widget when I realized I had no clue what a widget actually is or does! Thus began my wiki trail. Next, I saw a link to blogs and was curious about how they were started, so I went there. On this page I saw a link which said "Zero Hedge". It turns out this is a financial blog with tons of information which goes over my head. Interestingly, many of the posts are signed with the signature of a character from the movie Fight Club. I ended my wikipedia trail on the wiki for the movie.

Wikipedia Trails: From Leopards to Australasia

I started out with the leopard because I had just done my reading notes on a story involving it. From there I went to a page concerning habitat loss. Actually, it was titled habitat destruction and outlined many of the ways in which humans are consciously or unconsciously destroying habitats. This led me to the page called urbanization. From there, the word "Australasia" caught my eye. Apparently, it is just the portion of the world which includes Australia and Asia, shortened into one word for convenience' sake.

Mumbai  Source: Wikipedia

Wikipedia Trails: From Heracleion to Gravity

Two-dimensional analogy of spacetime distortion generated by the mass of an object. Source: Wikipedia

I started off  looking up Heracleion because it was on the class Twitter page. From there, I saw what I originally thought was a wall. After reading the page I found out that it is generally a stone or wooden slab erected for commemorative or funerary purposes. They can be carved such as an obelisk, or even a plain slab. Another example is the Rosetta Stone, which many are familiar with. Next, I clicked on a link to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang dynasty was the major power in china during the 7th to 10th centuries, and many innovations and cultural influences came along during this period. Buddhism became more widely spread during this period. Last, but certainly not least, I came upon gravity. Of course I know a lot about it already, however I was curious to see what more I could learn from the page.