This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

Bolam lives in Wisborough Green, West Sussex with his wife, the actress Susan Jameson (who co-starred with him in the TV series When the Boat Comes In and the current series New Tricks). They have a daughter. Bolam plays the violin with a local amateur orchestra, is a member of a barber shop choir singing baritone and is a playing member of West Sussex Golf Club at Pulborough. Apart from music, his other passion is ignoring actor Rodney Bewes (see above).

Barkley is well known for his fondness of golf. However, his swing is often regarded as one of the most bizarre and broken swings in the sport.[79] Barkley's swing unravels after he brings his club back. He starts to take it forward then jerks to a stop, throwing his body off balance, before wildly striking at the ball.[80] Once a 10-handicap golfer who could break 80, Barkley can no longer break 100 and finished last at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in July 2008.[80]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50K65PNeBU

wow that's the most retarded thing i've ever seen

I watched that 4x consec

Maybe he's Crazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQq9YWZ568

There ya go:

David Fonseca is already known by his powerful dancing on stage, equipped with his pair of Chuck Taylor All-Stars. He plays different instruments during the show and he is accompanied by his band, which includes: Sérgio Nascimento (drummer), Ricardo Fiel (guitarist), Rita Redshoes (ex-Atomic Bees in the piano and also voices; the second record single “Hold Still” it’s a David and Rita’s duet), Nuno Simões (bass player) and Paulo Pereira (hammond). David doesn’t just play his solo-career hits and the lesser-known tracks; he also plays (in most of his live concerts) “Angel Song”, the first music to be written by the artist, composed when he was only 18 and which was included in Silence 4’s first album. This theme is perhaps the one most loved among fans, both of the group and of David. At the middle of the show, he usually leaves the stage to return wearing a white suit, to announce that the “dancing time” has begun and that the “moonwalk” move is near. Then the crowd laughs.

Dewey Readmore Books:

Many believe that Dewey was a Maine Coon cat, or possibly a Norwegian Forest Cat. Some others have argued he was a Tabby Cat, or just simply an alley cat. But he was so handsome and beautiful that at first, Vicki Myron had wondered if he was part Persian, which must make her feel quite silly now, bless her.

Uh, this entire article? I <3 my Wikipedia, but it's good to be reminded that the office of the actual real editor is not a waste of resources.

According to Elliott Gould, he and Godard met to discuss the possibility of Godard directing Jules Feiffer's 1971 surrealist play Little Murders. During this meeting Godard said his two favorite American writers were Feiffer and Charles M. Schulz. Godard soon declined the opportunity to direct; the job later went to Alan Arkin.[citation needed]

In the entry for King Lear's Edmund:

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Performance history

Stacy Keach
Raul Julia
Philip Winchester
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Because BC is the English abbreviation for Before Christ, it is sometimes incorrectly concluded that AD means After Death,[4] i.e., after the death of Jesus. If that were true, the thirty-three or so years of his life would not be in any era.[5][6]

― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:15 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

sometimes that's what the 28 years of my life feel like tbh.....

― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:34 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

gimme a fuckin break we invented the internet

From the entry on the Max Rebo Band:

"The group are classified as jizz-wailers, which, according to the Star Wars Encyclopedia, refers to a "musician who plays a fast, contemporary, and upbeat style of music."[1]

italicized there, too

In the episode "To The Death Baby" (see below) a beautiful sophisticated rich single lady millionaire heiress needs rescuing by Brett and Danny, played by Jennie Linden.[25] Who has a striking resemblance to one: J. K. Rowling. One of the dramatic closing credits for the show pops up at the end with dramatic music: for one Harry Pottle[26], an art director for most of the shows...(although in that particular episode, a different Art Director is credited).

In his time with Hull, Zayatte has scored four goals for Hull and scored four own goals.

From the entry on Frank R. Stockton:

He supported himself as an alleged hot dog eating champion until his father's death in 1860; he broke the world record by eating 2.5 hot dogs and buns in 60 seconds.

In 2005, [Ozzy Osbourne] released a box set called Prince of Darkness. The first and second discs are collections of live performances, B-sides, demos and singles. The third disc contained duets and other odd tracks with other artists, including "Born to Be Wild" with Miss Piggy.

What's the unusual detail there? It's all true.

It is unusually detailed.

I just thought it was hilarious how that particular meeting was so blandly singled out among the more conventional collaborations - the ones with actual musicians. (I'd never heard of that particular meeting and had to confirm that it wasn't vandalism.)

Well, looking at the album credits, Miss Piggy is probably the most famous of those collaborators.

(Though Slash and DMX might give her a good competition.)

.....

i want to believe

As concepts of both hustle and flow are unique to African American culture, it turned out to be nearly impossible to find proper translations for international release of the film. For example, the Russian translation of the title means "The fuss and the torrent".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl_Meatplow

At one point:

The album label lists band members as Carla Bozulich, Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III and Wee-Wee (John Napier). Bozulich later went on to found the band Geraldine Fibbers and Biff Sanders was a founding member of Eric Avery's side project Polar Bear. Wee Wee is currently attending Humboldt State University and in his junior year as a social work major with a minor in Native American studies in addition to producing and/or recording bands between semesters.

Further down the page underneath the usual 'stub' marker:

Half of this article is totally wrong and none of it represents the true spirit of the band. At least you know exactly what school John is going to.

Umm, the one entry under 'Leon Czolgosz in film and popular culture': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Czolgosz#Czolgosz_in_film_and_popular_culture

There are fourteen entries there.

I think he means the last one.

He knew full well, many years ago, what today's octopus wrestlers are just beginning to learn--that it is impossible for a man with two arms to apply a full nelson on an octopus; he knew full well the futility of trying for a crotch hold on an opponent with eight crotches.

The song is often misspelled as "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey", but according to the song's lyrics, the track is correctly titled "Ferry Cross the Mersey". "Cross" is not a contraction of "Across", rather, it is a request of the ferry: "Ferry, cross the Mersey." The ferry is the Mersey Ferry, which still runs to Liverpool from Birkenhead and Seacombe on the Wirral.

Sarah Silverman enjoys playing Scrabble on the Internet. One of her regular opponents is Alyssa Milano, who lives in the same building as her

Although the list of websites is kept confidential by the Media Development Authority, the following sites are currently not available in Singapore (based on user attempts):

By the late 1970s, his use of cocaine was becoming a serious problem. Professionally, it affected his ability to maintain an erection, as is apparent from his performance in the 1980 film Insatiable.

It is understood that Flash wears no underwear as it is impractical and uncomfortable at high speeds. The tight fitting spandex provides him all the support necessary throughout his rigorous movements.

LCD Soundsystem is particularly popular in Britain

In 2009, Stamos announced that a feature film based on the show is still on. Stamos told The New York Daily News, "I'm working on a movie idea, but it wouldn't be us playing us. I'm not 100% sure, but it would probably take place in the first few years." Stamos has Steve Carell and Tracy Morgan in mind for the roles of Danny and Joey respectively.[12]

In January 2008, the UFO religion Raëlian Movement nominated Barenboim an "Honorary Guide" "for his actions towards more peace in the Middle East and for championing Palestinian's [sic] rights while being a citizen of Israel."

LCD Soundsystem is particularly popular in Britain

haha I learned this from wikipedia too

I sorta assumed the opposite because l0u1s jagg3r is basically my sample set for the category "british people"

Among his fans, Todd Terry is known as Todd the God, God Terry, Todd Godrry, Godd Gerry (or, occasionally, simply God, because he might be a Five Percenter, but this is unconfirmed).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Terry

It has been rumored that Veloso has also been collaborating with American hip-hop artists Lil Wayne and Sean "P-Diddy" Combs to record a Tropicalia/hip-hop fusion song to be released sometime in the summer of 2010.

ugh no thx

lol iatee if you see me evince a particularly dogmatic opinion rest assured it is probably because i have become irascible at most british people promoting the opposite opinion

Michael McDonald: And uncannily, you know, those things always have a little bit of truth to them. It’s kind of like when you get a letter from a stalker who’s never met you. They somehow hit on something, and you have to admit they’re pretty intuitive.

Anonymous stalkers basically otm

From the Power Metal article:

Instrumentation
Power metal guitarists and bassists generally play rapid streams of notes, but change chords comparatively slowly, with a harmonic tempo of once per measure or slower.

That's a somewhat odd way of describing it.

From the article on Outnumbered's Tyger Drew-Honey:

Tyger is the son of actor and adult movie director Simon Lindsay Honey best known for his role as the bumbling, slightly confused porn character Ben Dover.

Crikey, bring your son to work day must have been interesting.

In Comic 367 of Questionable Content one of the characters says the 'girl from Cat Power' is hot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OU812

Black And Blue
"Black And Blue" was a dripping with sex song, based on Sammy's experiences during the tour supporting 5150, where he was actually bruised up pretty bad.

Sucker In A 3 Piece
"Sucker In A 3 Piece" was a song written about a moment, when Sammy Hagar was visiting Cabo San Lucas, he saw an attractive 23-year-old woman poolside with a 60-year-old rich man, possibly a suit.

Hire this person for the 33 1/3 book!

Filk performer Luke Ski recorded a parody of the Tyminski/Allen/Enright recording of "Man of Constant Sorrow" for his 2002 album, Uber Geek, titled "I Am a Vamp of Constant Sorrow," about Angel, a vampire from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Constant_Sorrow