Last week, Wikipedia elected to go dark for 24 hours to protest the Senate's proposed Protect Intellectual Property Act and the House's proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the country was the sadder for it.
Mainly because they were unable to visit Crapapedia and howl in laughter at the 'facts' presented there.
Yes, were it not for Wikipedia, "the online encyclopedia," Americans wouldn't be able to 'learn' the Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page "attempted to kill a dolphin at the Baltimore aquarium."
As they used to say on Kids In The Hall, "It's a fact!"