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The Baconator

Find the Bacon Factor between any two Wikipedia articles

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Fig. 05 — The Baconator

Inspired by the parlor game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," The Baconator finds the shortest path between any two Wikipedia articles by following the links between them.

Pick two topics — the more unrelated the better — and it walks the link graph to reveal the surprisingly short chain that connects them, along with the "Bacon Factor": how many hops it took.

General notes

  1. Shortest-path discovery between any two Wikipedia articles
  2. Step-by-step chain showing each connecting article
  3. Works with any topics, from the obvious to the absurd
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