Give your Wikipedia rabbit hole deep dives a dollop of dopamine by reading them in an 'anti-algorithm' TikTok-style feed

A screenshot of the WikiTok project floats in a pink-blue gradient void. The highlighted article is about Echinoderma, and the summary reads as follows: "Echinoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Its members were for a long time considered to belong to genus Lepiota and the group was then circumscribed by French mycologist Marcel Bon in 1981 as a subgenus of Cystolepiota before he raised it to generic status in 1991." The words 'Read more' appear below. The background image behind all of this text is of small capped brown and white mushrooms, presumably the Echinoderma in question.

Are you familiar with the concept of 'architectural forgery'? Before today, neither was I. In Japan, proposed construction exceeding a certain number of floors must prove it is structurally safe (and, importantly, earthquake resistant) by submitting architectural drawings and calculations to the authorities. In late 2005, it came to light that a number of earthquake design calculations submitted by structural engineer Hidetsugu Aneha had used falsified data, causing a ripple effect that ultimately bankrupted a number of construction firms and real estate companies across Japan.

I learnt the above interesting nugget via WikiTok, a project that reimagines your Wikipedia rabbit hole as a neverending, scrollable feed a la TikTok (via Ars Technica). Rather than offering reams of text, the page presents each article as an image-led stub summary with click-through links to sate your curiosity. Though you can access Wiktok via desktop, it really is best suited to your phone screen—just like its primary source of inspiration.