A little while ago, a friend pointed out Damn Interesting [damninteresting.com] to me. It's a site where semi-in-depth articles are posted about all kinds of random subjects.
For instance, one article that was posted recently was about the construction of the Citicorp building in Manhattan [damninteresting.com]. Apparently, the building was constructed in a slightly different way than what was originally in the plans, which compromised its strength.
I like the articles posted there, because they go into enough detail to where I feel like I really understood what the issue or subject was about. But they don't go into brutal detail. Sometimes the articles on Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] go into so much depth that they can't keep my interest when I just want to casually read something.
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