There are lots of great charities out there, but just one non-profit that I *shill* for, and that's wikipedia. And they only ask for $3, how can I say no? I use wikipedia every single day, I get way more than my money's worth. I'm a curious person and wiki half the movies I watch, songs I listen to, etc. Besides the school and story research I've done over time. They also seem like a good organization--they're trying to keep it ad free, and have done things like simplifying the editing/contributing process in part to attract more women to contribute.
I've created an alphabet of things I've looked up on wiki since 2010, according to my browser history:
Amigurumi
Boar's tusk helmet
Crémaillère
Dendra panoply
Extreme croquet
Freedonia
Grumpy Cat
Hamburger Dinner Theater
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
Jack Harkness
Korath the Pursuer
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Monitor lizard
New Black Panther Party
Oil cloth
Puka shell
Quest for the Well of Souls
Rza
Shazam
Tiggy Legge-Bourke
UC Davis pepper-spray incident
Velcro
Wood putty
X-Men
Yamada Nagamasa
Zeppo Marx
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I use wiki all the time too ... and support them ... it's only fair, I reckon.
New comment, because the last one was riddled with errors. Hah. I love your list, and as I read through it I found myself making up a story. You should do that. ; )
You're right. I use Wikipedia all the time. As soon as I get to my wallet (I'm in bed right now), I will donate. It's such a small amount for such a hugely useful service.
And I would love to find out why you researched some of those things. Hell, I don't even KNOW what some are: I'm going to have to search on them just to find out what they are!
Funny that you posted this as I'd just given them a donation for the first time. I realized that I used them nearly every day but I just couldn't stretch to $365 @ $1 per day. I haven't gone and looked up what I searched on wiki but, like others, was intrigued by yours and, like others, didn't recognize them all so I had to - what else, wiki them, etc.
I don't even remember them all! But Hamburger Dinner Theatre sounds awesome just on its own.
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