This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

To date, he is the only member of the Forbes 400 richest Americans to be convicted of murder.[3]

this isn't _an_ unusual detail, i was just struck by the intensely labored mansplaining tone of this wikipedia page:

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

Hitler footage from the sketch in reality
The footage of Adolf Hitler is taken from Leni Riefenstahl's film Triumph of the Will. The section (about 34 minutes into the film) where Konstantin Hierl presents the Reichsarbeitsdienst to Hitler is the source of the speech used for the joke. The first clip shows Hitler saying Insbesondere keiner mehr in Deutschland leben wird... ("In particular, no one will live in Germany anymore [without working for their country]"), subtitled "My dog has no nose". The crowd (led by Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach) saying: "How does he smell?" is from a scene just before Hitler's speech; the original German is Wir sind des Reiches junge Mannschaft!, "We are the Reich's young men!"[4] The punchline of the joke "Awful" is the next shot that shows Hitler's face. The original words are eure Schule, from "[The whole nation will go through] your school".

Influence, and other works

Jim Carrey is a fan of Monty Python. He described how Ernest Scribbler, played by Michael Palin, laughing himself to death in the sketch, had a huge effect on his early years.[5]

deep fake!

This has been seen as a criticism of the album, along with the glaring omission of songs by New Order or The Stone Roses and for not anticipating the imminent arrival of Grunge music.[2]

The drummer and songwriter Phil Collins found the 808 useful for looping rhythms for long periods, as human drummers would be tempted to add variations and fills.

McKenna lives in Sheffield, England with his wife and four children.[3] McKenna has 7 SCE Ordinary Grades.[4]

It contains a distinctive guitar intro by Keith Mullin which was possibly his most significant contribution to any one song.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Murray#Loved_Songs

I just googled NY-style pizza and: "Minerals present in New York City's tap water supply are also credited with giving the dough in metro area pies its characteristic texture and flavor.[7][8]" LOL.

Author's photograph

The photograph of Silverstein on the back cover of the book has attracted negative attention, with some people finding it frightening.[22][29][30]

This photograph and the attention it received was touched upon in the children's novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by author Jeff Kinney. Protagonist Greg Heffley states that the photograph of Silverstein on the back cover of The Giving Tree terrified him as a child, and that his father would exploit this fear, saying to his son that if he got out of bed at night, he would "probably run into Shel Silverstein in the hallway".

Though they considered themselves a band, Warner Bros. signed Christopher Cross as a solo artist in early 1979.[5][6][7]

Although best known for his vocals and songwriting, Cross is also a skilled guitarist. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan invited Cross to play on their albums, but Cross declined.[8] Cross also substituted for Richie Blackmore during a Deep Purple concert in 1970 when Blackmore fell ill.[6][9]

where is my time machine

I just googled NY-style pizza and: "Minerals present in New York City's tap water supply are also credited with giving the dough in metro area pies its characteristic texture and flavor.[7][8]" LOL.

― Nabozo

seriously people won't shut up about new york city water. usually they then go on to talk about how it was all because of theodore roosevelt. it's a whole thing.

look i know this is just the guy's name, but i still love this quote:

"Rusty Kuntz," Royals manager Ned Yost has said, "is the best first base coach in baseball."[1]

It is also the oldest club in Albania which means it is the first club created in Albania.

citation needed

Abel Ferrara, director of the 1992 film, has been quoted by various media outlets as being very angry about the film. After it was first announced, Ferrara was quoted as saying "As far as remakes go, ... I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they're all in the same streetcar, and it blows up."[15]

I really love that laconic style you find in certain Wikipedia articles.

Hard Drive is an album by drummer Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Bethlehem label. It is notable for constituting the first recorded use of the term 'hard drive' to refer to a computer memory drive.

The theater was adjacent to an Old West-themed village, and before the show, the audience would tour the village where apprentices would play townsfolk. Varney and the company usually played in the outdoor theater to audiences of only a few dozen people. He entertained the young apprentices by throwing knives into trees. He performed in Blithe Spirit, Boeing 707 and an original musical, Fire on the Mountain. He once jokingly threatened a long-haired apprentice, John Lino Ponzini, that he would take him up to Hazard, Kentucky, where "you (Ponzini) wouldn't make it down Main Street without the townsfolk giving you a crewcut".

Unlike Craven A, Navy Cut was intended to have a unisex appeal. Advertisements referred to "the appeal to Eve's fair daughters" and lines like "Men may come and Men may go".

His son has schizophrenia, and his daughter works in technology.[26]

"Clowns" combines echo chamber-enhanced horns with dub music; Ryder said it was about his Black Grape bandmate Paul "Wags" Wagstaff's fear of clowns.[11][12]

NME said "It's genius. His talent is akin to Eminem. He's a great chronicler of down and dirty street life". Uncut said "It's terrifying, exhilarating stuff, just like 9/11. Another wildly implausible Ryder comeback. Just when we needed one. Embrace his soul vision".

"just like 9/11" another one for the cover sticker

Thomas is a vegetarian, nonsmoker and nondrinker.[2][5] In 1986, Thomas married Kassandra Green.[27] They have five children together: Four sons: Noble, Sovereign, Sacred, and Kharisma and one daughter Imaj

embrace my soul vision

Future War 198X (フューチャーウォー198X年, Fyūchā Wō Sen Kyū Hachi Ekkusu-nen) is a 1982 Japanese anime science fiction war original video animation

that is some impressive word salad

Cavalera used to play with three strings, but eventually started playing with four due to Andreas Kisser writing a Sepultura song that required another string.[12]

Not Wikipedia but Discogs:

Crust broke up in 1997 due to internal tensions and inability to secure a record deal, but reformed in 2004. They also had a show in 2012 where Jerry (Who wasnt informed of the show.) heckled with his wife.

[Image of Maroon 5] Maroon 5's cover of "Sex and Candy" received critical acclaim.

DiMaggio insisted on being introduced as the "Greatest Living Ballplayer" at events, including Yankee Old-Timers Day, and he once punched Billy Crystal in the stomach for not introducing him as such.[71]

This YouTube video might be interesting to some people - detailing unusual users instead of details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twHFPMoJNXE

"Airplane" is a love song written from the perspective of someone flying on an airplane.[43]

McDonald's character Mayor McCheese (left) and Sid and Marty Krofft's character H.R. Pufnstuf both are fictional mayors that possess disproportionately large round heads.

this isn't so much a "detail" as it is "the summary paragraph", but:

Saint Pantaleon (Greek: Παντελεήμων, romanized: San Pantalon Russian: Пантелеи́мон, romanized: Panteleímon; "all-compassionate"), counted in Western Christianity as among the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Late Middle Ages, and in Eastern Christianity as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD.

i like the idea of the Holy Unmercenary Healers if for no other reason than that it implies the existence of Holy Mercenary Healers

well, i mean, i guess it's necessary, the only healers i've grown up with are mercenary healers. so good call, Eastern Christianity.

In 2019, Noone won the “Entertainer of the Year” award at the Casino Entertainment Awards.[2]

She was presumed to be dead after being transported to another dimension with Riff. However, she was seen alive but in a horrifically burned condition in an alternate dimension with Riff. By clever trickery, Riff managed to restore Zoë to her pre-burned condition.[13] Zoë is half-Korean.

Albania was the only country in Nazi-occupied Europe which saw an increase in its Jewish population, because Albanian Jews were not turned over to the Germans thanks to an Albanian set of laws which is known as the Besa from the Kanun.

Feel like that one should be a bit more than a detail but maybe time was short

Grbac was featured as People's Sexiest Athlete in 1998. Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman said this was a mistake by a photographer who, under instructions to profile "the Chiefs quarterback", accidentally took pictures of Grbac instead of the intended Rich Gannon.[24] The story was later confirmed by a People employee.[25]

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neither knew it was a diss track nor that it was a Dr. Richard Schuckberg joint, that dude had his hands in everything i

Shoulda heard Washington's clapback , "Ain't Nobody Know Who You Are"

This entire article, which has cropped up from out of nowhere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Coldplay

And this one!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_Music_of_the_Spheres_World_Tour

That article is longer than those for many wars

Birth name Rory David Best
Date of birth 15 August 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Craigavon, Northern Ireland
Height 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)

Additionally, the band spawned many tribute acts, with examples encompassing Coldplace (f. 2003),[225] Coldplayers (f. 2007),[226] Goldplay (f. 2010),[227] Coldplayed (f. 2012),[228] Ultimate Coldplay (f. 2017),[229] and Coldplay Experience (f. 2022), all of which are currently active.[230]

These Coldplay articles are the most meticulously referenced I've ever seen.

Distribution of film then languished for several years, until Azimi cut his wrist in front of officials of the French Ministry of Culture.[3]

Voodoo dolls are also featured in one episode of The Woody Woodpecker Show (1961),[5] as well as in the British musical Lisztomania (1975) and the films Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998).

Quality Street gained the implied endorsement of Saddam Hussein when the Iraqi leader was reported to have offered them to visiting British politician George Galloway in 2002. Nestlé were initially positive, but then chose to backtrack about the connection.

In a 2003 interview, O'Leary praised the Socialist Workers Party but quipped that they would "take all of (his) money", so he instead supported the Labour Party.[31]

Scott had a pronounced limp. He was described in 1820 as "tall, well formed (except for one ankle and foot which made him walk lamely), neither fat nor thin, with forehead very high, nose short, upper lip long and face rather fleshy, complexion fresh and clear, eyes very blue, shrewd and penetrating, with hair now silvery white".