The action of checking the "Early life (can include education)" section of someone's Wikipedia page to verify a specific demographic background.
Contextually, mostly used to verify someone's Jewish descent.
Person "Going to do an early life check real quick..."
*opens wikipedia and opens early life and education section
Wikipedia: to a Jewish family/Jewish descent.
Person: "yeah no wonder."
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.