Wikipedia currently has more than sixty-two million articles in more than 300 languages, including 6,824,010 articles in English, with 121,501 active contributors in the past month. Wikipedia's fundamental principles are summarized in its five pillars.

This is easily done: just type "Special:Random" in the box at the top of the page where you normally type an article name. You will be taken directly to a random article page without having to do anything else.

Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001, Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization that employs a staff of over 700 people.

Wikipedia is a free, open content online encyclopedia created through the collaborative effort of a community of users known as Wikipedians. Anyone registered on the site can create an article for publication; registration is not required to edit articles.