15 Most Bizarre Articles Hiding On Wikipedia

Some of the most fascinating Wikipedia pages are the ones about ridiculously mundane things that nobody would ever need explained. Basic elements of life are described in such excruciating detail that it's strangely funny, and that's definitely the case with the article about the high five.

First of all, it discusses the very first known instance of a high five down the specific date: October 2, 1977. It was at the end of a Los Angeles Dodgers game when, "Burke, waiting on deck, thrust his hand enthusiastically over his head to greet his friend at the plate. Baker, not knowing what to do, smacked it."

Obviously there needed be even more information, and so the author then gets into high five variations like "too slow" and "air five," complete with an image gallery that seems to have been made just for this article. Apparently The New York Times traces the "too slow" fake out to Arnold Schwarzenegger on the set of Last Action Hero.

He did the move on the son of a crew member, asking for a high five, "at which point Arnold pulled his hand away saying 'Too slow.' The boy reportedly laughed." Yes, sources cannot confirm whether the boy laughed, but reports indicate that he did indeed find it funny. Hopefully the journalist who broke that story won a Pulitzer.