{"id":37408,"date":"2026-10-05T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweary.com\/daily\/trending\/%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-october-5-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T06:00:43","slug":"%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-october-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweary.com\/daily\/trending\/%f0%9f%93%96-the-internets-curiosity-most-read-wikipedia-articles-october-5-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcd6 The Internet’s Curiosity: Most-Read Wikipedia Articles – October 5, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wikipedia’s most-viewed pages are a fascinating mirror of our collective curiosity. From breaking news to random rabbit holes, here’s what millions of people wanted to learn about yesterday:<\/p>\n

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\ud83e\udd47 Christa Pike<\/a><\/div>\n
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Christa Gail Pike is an American convicted murderer on death row in Tennessee. In Knoxville in 1995, when she was 18, Pike and her boyfriend lured their 19-year-old Job Corps…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\ud83e\udd48 .xxx<\/a><\/div>\n
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.xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic websites on the Internet. This option enables website operators to establish a web address like example.xxx…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\ud83e\udd49 Dakota Johnson<\/a><\/div>\n
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Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Award. She was featured in the Forbes 30 Under…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Drishyam: The Conclusion<\/a><\/div>\n
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Drishyam: The Conclusion is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film co-written, produced, and directed by Abhishek Pathak. Produced by Panorama Studios and Star Studio18, it is a sequel to…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2026 Brazilian general election<\/a><\/div>\n
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General elections were held in Brazil on 4 October 2026 to elect the president, vice president, members of the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Digger (2026 film)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Digger is a 2026 American satirical black comedy film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu. Tom Cruise, who also co-produced the film, stars as the titular character alongside…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sass Jordan<\/a><\/div>\n
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Sarah "Sass" Jordan was a British-born, Canadian-raised, rock singer from Montreal, Quebec. Her first single, "Tell Somebody," from her debut album of the same title, won the Juno Award for…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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East of Eden (novel)<\/a><\/div>\n
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East of Eden is a 1952 family saga novel by American author and Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Many regard the work as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, and Steinbeck himself…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2026 Asian Games medal table<\/a><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udc41 206,181 views<\/div>\n
The 2026 Asian Games, officially known as the XX Asian Games or Aichi\u2013Nagoya 2026, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). They are…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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East of Eden (2026 miniseries)<\/a><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udc41 181,621 views<\/div>\n
East of Eden is a 2026 American historical drama television limited series created by Zoe Kazan, starring Florence Pugh. It is adapted from John Steinbeck's 1952 novel of the same…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lizzie Borden<\/a><\/div>\n
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Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No other individuals were charged with…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ted Kaczynski<\/a><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udc41 172,899 views<\/div>\n
Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. A mathematics prodigy, he abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a reclusive primitive…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Athan Kaliakmanis<\/a><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udc41 151,085 views<\/div>\n
Athan Kaliakmanis is an American professional football quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Kaliakmanis played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Rutgers Scarlet…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Verity (film)<\/a><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udc41 140,068 views<\/div>\n
Verity is a 2026 American erotic psychological thriller film directed by Michael Showalter, written by Nick Antosca, and based on Colleen Hoover's novel of the same name. The film stars…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Deaths in 2026<\/a><\/div>\n
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:Name, age, country of…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It’s amazing how Wikipedia can take you from a casual question to an hour-long learning journey. What will you discover today?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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