This collection of Entries features a further selection of the most read content on h2g2. They reach this elevated status by figuring highly in google search returns, or they may have a link from a well-used site, such as wikipedia. Some of the others deserve to be read more frequently, and have been recommended by various people.

Titivillus - the Typo Demon - Titivillus works on behalf of

Lucifer, or Satan and in the Middle Ages loved to introduce errors into a scribe's work.

The Mundaneum - a Universal Catalogue of All the World's

Knowledge - a steampunk internet.

Australian Huntsman Spiders - The 'Aussie Tarantula': they're big. And hairy. And really big.

Who Does What in the Theatre - Who are the gallant men and women who propagate the mystery of theatre?

Why Mosquitoes Must Die - More die every year from mosquito bites than the bites of all other beasts put together

Animal Sex

Birds do it, bees do it,

Even sentimental fleas do it!

Let's do it, let's fall in love

- Cole Porter

Newsgroup Discussions "Online, hierarchically-organised, distributed discussion groups, sorted by subject" - Remember them?

The Wick End of Candles at the Close of a Long Night (UG)



- 'Open the jar and let the memories all come tumbling out'. A personal remembrance of Belfast in the 70s.

Waterloo Teeth: A History of Dentures -Teeth plundered from battlefields were the most highly prized of all. Why?

Lost Treasures of Pennsylvania, USA - There's gold in the hills, the X that marked these spots is now long lost too.

The Mystery of the Sweet Potato - The enigma of how a plant native to S America arrived in Polynesia circa 300AD

Colours of Wildlife Archive - Willem's fabulous artwork and writing. Impossible to select just one, as they are all equally outstanding.

Lithops - Living Stones - One of our many beautifully written Entries that have been used as references by Wikipedia.

Surviving Being Eaten by a Whale - Urban myth? Possibly, but maybe this might help you out of a tight spot.