This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

only on wikipedia would one find pawla humeniuk and gogol bordello mentioned in the same breath.

Ukrainian-Americans in the Cleveland and Detroit area have kept a folk scene alive, also producing a minor crossover star in the 1920s and 30s, Pawlo Humeniuk, the King of the Ukrainian Fiddlers.
Recently, the Ukrainian immigrant band Gogol Bordello have emerged into the mainstream.

Patty Melt is also a cartoon character and mascot costume used by state beef councils in the promotion of beef at public events. The character has made appearances at state fairs, NASCAR races, children's events, and cook-offs. The appearance of the Patty character is a large plush cheeseburger with a pink baseball hat and long blonde braids.[2]

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut holds the Major League Eating record for jalapeño poppers, eating 118 in 10 minutes at the University of Arizona on 8 April 2006. [5]

While the end result - a toasted sandwich - may be a snackwich (defined as a snack that resembles a sandwich but is small enough to be held in only one hand and eaten while the person is running), not all snackwiches are toasted sandwiches just as not all toasted sandwiches emerge from a heated clam shell

Botticelli's Birth Of Snackwich

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Suspicion.jpg/220px-Suspicion.jpg
An exaggeratedly suspicious person

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyako_Day

Oyako Day is a day for parents and children in Japan to take photographs together

The name “Oyako” means “parent and child”

This article is an orphan

aw...

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wonderful

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Cullimore

Take your pick from the biography section, but this bit tickled me:

In January 2013, Cullimore launched a civil action suit again Northampton Town footballer Luke Guttridge, after the latter struck and killed Cullimore's prized Alsatian dog with his converted school bus. In May of the same year the case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum

Aw.

(Remove joke information about legal action. Nothing on Google about this; obviously false.)

During his youth, Starr had been a devoted fan of skiffle and blues music, but by the time he joined the Texans in 1958, he had developed a preference for rock and roll.[219] He was also influenced by country artists, including Hank Williams, Buck Owens and Hank Snow, and jazz drummers such as Chico Hamilton and Yusef Lateef, whose compositional style inspired Starr's fluid and energetic drum fills and grooves.

O RLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hwXt4eGlw4

right but lateef = not a drummer

oh yeah

oops

In 2005, he bought the childhood home of Jeffrey Dahmer in Ohio. Dahmer had committed his first murder there before the family moved to Wisconsin. The house, built in 1952, had been featured in the Beacon Journal for its modern style, open layout and floor-to-ceiling windows that provided views of the wooded hillside. Butler said he was drawn to the house by its ‘50s style and big, wooded lot. It was perfect for his collections of Mid Century Modern furniture and British Invasion music equipment. It was also an ideal place for him and his Tin Huey bandmates to play without disturbing the neighbors. Butler couldn’t understand why the house had been on the market for six months and at an attractive price. His real estate agent then called to disclose the home’s infamous history. “I didn’t stop shaking for another 24 hours,” he said,[citation needed] "but the house was and is perfect, and with a great vibe, too."

"Hide the Bone" is a funk-rock number originally intended for The Gold Experience. A heavy drumbeat drives this sexual request for Prince to hide his "bone".

Ok, see, I'm not crazy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faribault,_Minnesota#Geography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus_Falls,_Minnesota#Population_growth_and_loss

Except this is the wrong wikipedia thread.

On December 2000, Mattel filed a lawsuit against the Aqua's record label Mattel v. MCA Records, 296 F.3d 894 9th Cir. 2002, claiming that "Barbie Girl" had damaged the reputation of the Barbie brand. Judge Alex Kozinski writing for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court finding the use of Mattel's trademark in "Barbie Girl" fell within the noncommercial use exemption to the Federal Trademark Dilution Act. Judge Kozinski concluded his opinion by writing, "The parties are advised to chill."

lol

Judges produce some excellent comedy sometimes

Michael Anderson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael Anderson may refer to:

Other

Michael Anderson, Jr. (born 1943), British actor
Michael T. Anderson (born 1950), American mathematician
Michael Anderson (director) (born 1920), British film director
Michael J. Anderson (born 1953), American actor, notable for being a dwarf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel

In 1996, due to his contributions to the arts, he was honorably mentioned in the rock opera Rent during the song "La Vie Boheme", though his name was mispronounced on the original soundtrack.

#PettyOrHelpful?

Plot retelling of a film that's clearly not wellknown in the west:

Woman cop, Michèle Varin can not forget the death of his son, February 29, despite medication, alcohol and psychotherapy. She spends her evenings doing puzzles, alone with her pet rabbit. Terrified, like every four years by the approach of a new February 29, it must investigate the murder of a woman found hanged in the forest. The starting point of an unforgettable intimate adventure.

E. E. Cummings, who lived across the street, would check on her periodically by shouting out his window, "Are you still alive, Djuna?" Bertha Harris put roses in her mailbox, but never succeeded in meeting her; Carson McCullers camped on her doorstep, but Barnes only called down, "Whoever is ringing this bell, please go the hell away."

Michael Anderson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael Anderson may refer to:

Other

Michael Anderson, Jr. (born 1943), British actor
Michael T. Anderson (born 1950), American mathematician
Michael Anderson (director) (born 1920), British film director
Michael J. Anderson (born 1953), American actor, notable for being a dwarf

― Tuomas, Monday, May 2, 2016 8:14 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is even more fucked up because anderson is not a dwarf

"There's every emotion from the ballad to the rocker," observed Jon Bon Jovi. "All the influences were evident, from Hendrix to Chic."

(From the Purple Rain entry.)

She spends her evenings doing puzzles, alone with her pet rabbit. Terrified, like every four years by the approach of a new February 29, it must investigate the murder of a woman found hanged in the forest.

I'm reeaally hoping the last sentence is totally accurate and it's the pet rabbit who's investigating the murder.

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Rabbit would be my go-to guy for a Leap day murder.

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"The Columbia picture sleeve issued with the "Red Rubber Ball" single is a very rare and oft-sought item amongst record collectors with near-mint copies fetching three figures."

This is the lowest number of figures I've ever seen somebody cite.

i wonder what could reasonably be described as being two figures. i guess if/when gas gets there. nothing else comes to mind.

Does it ever come up in a moderately high-scoring soccerball game?

yeah sports is the very obvious thing i am overlooking

They might be more commonly used to signify especially low quantities. Like buying a car for three figures.

The oldest will be turning 10 next year, so we've talked about double-digits, but yeah, I don't think I've heard anyone go down to two figures.

Solid references for the sex act the 'rusty trombone' (which is nsfw so I won't link):

References[edit]

Tate, Jordan. (January 9, 2007) The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms. Publisher St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-36298-6
Wolford, D. McMillan,W. (September 23,2015) From previous experience together!

Not so much "unusual details," but wasn't sure where else to post this latest examples of the failings of the Wiki enterprise:

Box office

According to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed well at the British box office in 1945.[10]

Critical reception

Although it received positive critical reviews, the film was a box office failure on both sides of the Atlantic, but it is now widely regarded as a classic.[9]

They often played at the LA clubs The Troubadour and The Ash Grove, which burned down in 1973 and was not rebuilt.

Cormac was a male character who was Charlie Brown's swimming buddy and Sally's classmate. He loves to go swimming at summer camp, but he did not know how his nose goes under water. He tells Marcie that she is beautiful. He calls her smooth. Later, after summer ends, Cormac meets Charlie Brown's sister, Sally at her class. He is in love with her, but Sally calls Linus "Sweet Babboo" because she is in love with Linus. When he became taller, he gave a love letter to Sally, but Snoopy ate it.

Participants

Emus
Sir George Pearce
Major G.P.W. Meredith
Royal Australian Artillery

The group had toured with Vice President Hubert Humphrey during his presidential campaign. Humphrey showed his appreciation by writing the liner notes for the Crimson and Clover album.

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While at school, Blackmore participated in sports including the javelin. Blackmore left school at age 15 and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic at nearby Heathrow Airport.

The songwriter Dave Paich explained the song is about a guy's love of a continent: Africa.[3] In the song "Africa" the repeated words, "rains down in Africa" form a noted key phrase, ending the chorus refrain, "I bless the rains..." in the first lines written for the song, also noted by Paich

Hospicio Cabaña was made a Unesco World Heritage site in 1997 ...

In popular culture

In the video game Super Street Fighter 2, the character T. Hawk's stage is based on this locale.

Topical one on Russian national team manager:

Slutsky's playing career ended at just 19 years of age. He had to retire due to a knee injury sustained after falling out of a tree while rescuing a neighbour's cat.