15 Most Bizarre Articles Hiding On Wikipedia

15. Toilet Paper Orientation

You probably haven't put more than 15 seconds of thought into the way your toilet paper hangs, but the good folks at Wikipedia sure have. The article "Toilet paper orientation" exhaustively details the controversial debate over if toilet paper should hang in front of or behind the roll.

Sure, that's the kind of thing that might be interesting to compare with friends just to see how your routines differ, but this page breaks the issue down as if it's a textbook chapter about the crisis in the Middle East. In total, it's nearly 3,000 words long. Some of the sections include Social Consequences, Class And Politics, and a list of famous individuals who have advocated for either side.

At one point, the article quotes a "toilet paper enthusiast," whatever the heck that is, and you will not believe the number of actual scientific studies that have been conducted on this topic. Hint: it's way too many.

Easily the best sentence comes towards the very beginning, though: "A generic answer is that it should hang the way the person doing the roll changing prefers." The post really should have just ended there.