Internet picks of the week

Wikiseedier

Alongside Google and Facebook, Wikipedia has become one of the secret rulers of the internet universe – and damn handy for pub quizzes. Yet despite how much we trust it for information, it is because of its open source nature that it is also home to pranks, lies and false facts. Most of these acts of random info vandalism get immediately erased by the site's watchdogs, but here they are cherished for posterity. Most of the finest examples concern celebrities: fibs that a disease has been named after Ben Fogle, that Andi Peters died in a freak paintballing accident and that Sean Bean (real name Sean Pig) employs a Swedish ex-nanny to tweak his nipples. Elsewhere we learn that "halibut is the only fish that masturbates" and the second world war began when Hitler ate the last slice of cheesecake.

Recycled Movie Costumes

With limited budgets, most films and TV dramas rely on costume houses for their wardrobes. It means getting the right period look, but also that a dress worn by the leading lady in one film turns up in other productions. Here these recycled costumes – from medieval ruffles to Mad Men-era cocktail dresses – are spotted and noted. The same clothes were worn by Richard Burton in Cleopatra and Sid James in Carry On Cleo, while every depiction of Elizabeth I features an identical gown. Most recently Downton Abbey has been riffling through the wardrobes of Helen Bonham Carter and Keira Knightley.