Wiki Wormhole wraps up 2025 with fish fraud, cat lawsuits...

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Breaking it down: Wiki Wormholes Quick Hits edition includes some fishy gaming moves and Castros attempts at animal husbandry.

Wiki Wormhole wraps up 2025 with fish fraud, cat lawsuits, and Castro’s love of ice cream Our Quick Hits edition includes some fishy gaming moves and Castro’s attempts at animal husbandry. Mike Vago — By Mike Vago | | 12:00pm Fidel Castro and his men in the Sierra Maestra (Photo: Wikipedia) Aux Features Wiki Wormhole Copy to clipboard × Copy Link Copy Link — Facebook X Reddit Bluesky Email 0 We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 7,110,381-part monthly series, Wiki Wormhole . (plot twist fr)

This week’s entry: Quick hits What it’s about: Lots of things!

The Details

We often come across Wikipedia articles that fascinate or amuse to some degree, (often ’s fire Depths Of Wikipedia ), but are too short to write a full column about. So, instead of one long topic, we’re once again running down several short ones.

Black Neon Tetra : This small, slightly iridescent fish is a favorite among aquarium owners, and its Wikipedia pages have the usual animal categories—taxonomy, description, in the wild, credit card fraud… Yes, a small tropical fish committed financial crimes in 2023, when its owner—YouTuber Mutekimaru—used motion tracking software to turn the fishs movements into Nintendo Switch inputs. In 2020, the fish had beaten Pokémon Sapphire in a mere 3,195 hours, but in 2023, partway through a playthrough of Pokémon Violet , the software crashed, giving the fish access to the main menu.

Why This Matters

The scaly swindler managed to log into the Nintendo eShop, add 500 yen ($3. 85 USD) to his owners account, and exposed his credit card details on the livestream. The fish was pardoned in October and is now serving as Undersecretary Of Commerce.

The entertainment world moves fast, and this is a prime example.

Key Takeaways

• South Dakota v Fifteen Impounded Cats : More animal malfeasance, although again, the issue is fr with the owner.
• In 2009, a woman nearly hit a police car while backing out of a parking space.
• The cop noticed she had been living in her car, along with her 15 cats.

The Bottom Line

In 2009, a woman nearly hit a police car while backing out of a parking space. The cop noticed she had been living in her car, along with her 15 cats.

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