Experiment HN: If you end up with anything interesting, post the link

"Specific leaf area is defined as the ratio of leaf area to dry mass."

Huh, apparently this plant generates 1/5 of the power of Sweden. I wonder what happens when such an important plant gets shut down temporarily? What would happen to the power infrastructure of the country if this plant melted down, is there some sort of redundancy? I know nothing about Sweden's electricity infrastructure, but would love to read more about it. Anybody got any links or knowledge?

I think this sort of post is perfect for HN. I hope the special:random page becomes a weekly occurrence and promotes a lot of wonderful discussion.

Wow!

This quite toxic mixture is said "to have burned the trees and the grass around the trees":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Green

Then, to a less toxic substance, with lead and arsenic in it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_hydrogen_arsenate

Can you imagine having an apple sprayed with anything more deadly?

Well, we moved onto DDT...

Sadly my 'Wikipedia' history was mostly littered with things I had looked up as a result of something posted on HN. The only other stand out entry was the page regarding 'G G Allin' - definitely interesting but totally not HN!!!