This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

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

Winter works between his American home base and London, where he has been very successful directing music videos and commercials. Highlights of his work include directing several installments of the popular Peugeot Thelma & Louise campaign, as well as campaigns for Ford, the global launch of the all CGI Tony the Tiger for Frosties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jonathan_Williams#WP:BLP

^ lololol guess who he's talking about

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Xeni_Jardin&diff=prev&oldid=202104439

^ anyone care to figure out this

"Dear Sir/Madam,
You have shit for brains"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma%27s_Boy

#
# Allen Covert states on the commentary that for Jeff to be Grace's 3000th sexual partner, she'd "have to bang a guy a day." Actually, she would have had 55 sexual partners a year since she was 18 or 41 sexual partners a year since she was born.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guy_Thing#Film_Culture

Michael C. Dorf is a noted Constitutional scholar, and is currently the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia University.

[...]

He is a practitioner of blogging, veganism and, periodically, juggling.

Kraftwerk were originally uncredited as authors for the song, marking the beginning of a sampling trend towards the group's catalog that has continued to be abused by many other artists. Soon after, the group pursued legal action against Bambaataa and Tommy Boy Records which proved to be successful. It is claimed by many that Planet Rock elevated hip hop music to the next level, and was the genesis of electro music.

Mystery substance in Oakville

In 1994, over a two-week period in August, gelatinous substance reportedly fell from the sky six times. The mysterious goo allegedly contained white blood cells and several acids from the human stomach, and was reported to infect anyone it touched with symptoms of exhaustion, breathing problems, heavy perspiration, fainting, and other flu-like symptoms.[citation needed] Several animals in the area are reported to have perished because of this. [1]

The whole story was published in a 1995 episode of Unsolved Mysteries.[2] The mystery was later termed "acid rain" by authorities, although some believe it was evidence of chem trails.[citation needed]

A vampire is wearing a Hanson tee-shirt in the season 6 episode "Barganing Part 1" of the cult television series "Buffy the vampire slayer".

"Radar Love" was a hit by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. The song is considered by many to be among the greatest "driving songs" ever due to its lyrics about driving all night, its up-tempo beat, and its catchy sing-along chorus.

Taking the song at face value, its lyrics extol the virtues of the Young Men's Christian Association.

http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Big_Punisher

During the notorious video footage of Big Pun pistol-whipping his wife, Pun can be heard to shout "Oh wrinklepaws" repeatedly. Nobody knows why.

I think this is an even funnier detail in the "Y.M.C.A." article:

Producer Henri Belolo recalls that he saw the YMCA sign while walking down the street with composer Jacques Morali, who seemed to know the institution fairly well: "Henri, let me tell you something. This is a place where a lot of people go when they are in town. And they get good friends and they go out." And Henri got the idea: "Why don't we write a song about it?"

This must've been written tongue-in-cheek, there's no mention at all in the article about what YMCA meant to gay culture.

Gay square dancing:

Styling: Special styling variations (known as flourishes) are particular to gay square dancing (although they may diffuse into the community at large), and there are additional sound effects (dancers' vocal responses to the caller) connected with gay square dancing as well.

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

The whole entry on Odie is incredible:

In others he has been seen stting decoys, writing poetry, and finding a complete superhero outfit (making Garfield look like a loser)-In a few seconds! One theory is that there are two Odies, a smart one and the (more common) idiot. In one strip, Garfield went to see what was at the end of Odies tounge, and it turned out to be a second Odie!

From Talk: Steve Perry (musician) -

I've removed "Steve Perry is the best singer in the world.". -Nick

Wonder Woman is a fictional character with huge boobs, a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston and one of the three characters to be continuously published by DC Comics since the company's inception in 1944.

reverted now, but it was def. there a couple of days ago.

I've removed "Steve Perry is the best singer in the world.". -Nick

you can't wiki away the truth, Nick

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

His company runs under a number of names, including UC Hub Group Inc., Three Inc, Luminart Corp, PSPP Holdings, INC., Allcom USA, INC., United Communications Hub, INC., ESAFE, INC., Energy Hub, LLC, S & S Associates, LLC, DCL Environmental Systems INC., Titan Alarm Systems INC., New Vista Films INC., and Wilcox Industries INC, and they are all shell companies used to withdraw money from the bank accounts of customers without authorization and to steal from their customers (as reported by Ripoff Report).

http://i32.tinypic.com/2epsw46.jpg

( older version - one disgruntled customer vs. repeated wiki deletions?)

What would Ponch think.

from the article 'Fabric discography'

Fabric Live 38 - DJ Craze (February 2008)
Fabric Live 39 - DJ Yoda (April 2008)
Fabric Live 40 - Noisia (June 2008)
Fabric Live 41 - Simian Mobile Disco (August 2008)
Fabric Live 42 - Ronan Keating (October 2008)

The Mekon's widow is known to have written to Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, in 1993. Her letter reads: "Dear M. Delors, I used to be married to the Mekon, who, curiously, was remarkably endowed. Now widowed (you may recall his death when he was sucked into the planet Zurkon), I can only work upon his memory. The standard Essex cucumber has both the colour and, more importantly, the shape to give at least physical comfort. In the light of these points, I would be obliged if you were to inhibit the straightening of these vegetables - at least until after my death. Yours sincerely, Mrs Mekon"

Shyamalan was born in Texarkana, Mississippi, USA.[1] His father, Toby Matthew Shyamalan, a atomic engineer, is a lamewad, and his mother, Betty (called Betty), is a Frankenstein and a Tuba player by trade.[2] In the 1960s, after Clown College (at the Bozo the Clown Institute of Making Funny in Beirut) and the birth of their first child, Toby, Shyamalan's parents moved to the United States. Shyamalan's mother returned to Arkansas to spend the last five months of her pregnancy with Yank Perkins at her parents' home in Boston (Tokyo).

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

Some popular quotes involving "pwn" include:
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In a classic XKCD cartoon.
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The Mekon's widow is known to have written to Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission, in 1993. Her letter reads: "Dear M. Delors, I used to be married to the Mekon, who, curiously, was remarkably endowed. Now widowed (you may recall his death when he was sucked into the planet Zurkon), I can only work upon his memory. The standard Essex cucumber has both the colour and, more importantly, the shape to give at least physical comfort. In the light of these points, I would be obliged if you were to inhibit the straightening of these vegetables - at least until after my death. Yours sincerely, Mrs Mekon"

This was actually very funny, at least if you can remember the discussion about the infamous EU cucumber directive.

If WGN America is not on in your market be sure to let your cable operator know if you are interested in getting WKRP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupa_Chups#Logo

"The Chupa Chups logo was designed by the surrealist Salvador Dalí"

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

In 1984 the students' union at Wadham College, Oxford passed a motion to end every college "bop" (disco) with the song. The tradition continues despite his release.

The 880 is known as the Silver freeway according to the California Magic Freeway Color Code System. There is an association between the taste of a mountain-dew energy drink and the ambience of the silver freeway.

Ledge that is 100% true and adhered to religiously.

hey well why not, nothing wrong with a bit of tradition now and then.

Mama (Genesis song)

The music video for the song essentially plays out the lyrics, showing Collins singing to a mysterious woman while Banks and Rutherford play in the background. One memorable sequence involves an extremely evil-looking Collins, cloaked in shadows and illuminated by a greenish light, performing the aforementioned sinister laugh.

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

On a 1985 syndicated episode of the game show Sale of the Century, a relatively unknown Nealon is spotted as one of the friends congratulating and celebrating with champion Tim Holleran, who won everything on stage to win $166,875, including $90,000 in cash.

On February 22 2006, Nealon[5] contributed a story to the New York Times about being wiretapped by Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who has been indicted on racketeering and conspiracy charges. It was also revealed in a separate court case on February 27, 2006, that investigators working for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus may also have targeted Nealon for wiretapping.[6]

"In the first series, George buys Mildred a Yorkshire Terrier called Truffles (played by dog actor Pussy Galore)."

Blender was developed as an in-house application by the Dutch animation studio NeoGeo (not to be confused with the Neo-Geo game console) and Not a Number Technologies (NaN). It was primarily authored by Ton Roosendaal, who had previously written a ray tracer called Traces for Amiga in 1989. The name "Blender" was inspired by a song by Yello, from the album Baby.

from the Albert Fish page:

He boasted that he had "had children in every state,"[1] putting the figure at around 100...

* This disaster was included as one of several different disaster scenarios in the 1993 video game SimCity 2000.
* The game's designer Will Wright used his experience of rebuilding his life after his home was burned down due to the fire as basis for the concept of the best selling computer game in history, The Sims. [11][12]

* The game's designer Will Wright used his experience as a military helicoptor pilot as basis for the concept of the best selling computer game in history, Raid on Bungeling Bay. [11][12]

Robin's Nest was a British sitcom starring Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp, one of the lead characters in the sitcom Man About the House, which had ended in 1976. Robin's Nest aired for six series from 1977 to 1981, and co-starred Tessa Wyatt as Robin's girlfriend and later wife and Tony Britton as her father. It was made by Thames Television and aired on ITV.

Creators Cooke and Mortimer had to get special permission from the IBA (the then governing body of Independent TV in Britain) to be able to portray an unmarried couple living together; special concern arose at scenes in which Robin and Vicky were seen in an obvious state of undress in bed. In 1978, Robin and Vicky were married and later had a set of twins.

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).

Project Dogwaffle

Project Dogwaffle can be used to animate stick figures, and is for the more experienced.[citation needed]

Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports and a friend of Simon, was the highest bidder for a Martha's Vineyard Possible Dreams charity auction offering in which the prize was the revelation of the person whom "You're So Vain" was about. After making the winning bid of $50,000, Ebersol was given a private performance of the song at Simon's home. After a lunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and vodka on the rocks, Simon whispered the subject into his ear. A condition of that prize is that Ebersol would not reveal to anyone the actual subject. Later, Ebersol revealed that he was allowed by Simon to divulge a clue about the person's name.

Emerging rap artist Plies released a dirty rap/R&B song with singer Tank called "You" where he makes graphic refernces to oral and anal sex as well as ejaculation. Most of Plies work focuses on drugs and violence and he is not a full-time dirty artist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Dondeyne

lolz

Born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Cormega grew up in the Queensbridge Housing Projects in Long Island City, Queens, forming childhood friendships with future rappers such as Nas, Mobb Deep, Nature and Capone-N-Noreaga. When he was 4, he witnessed his mother's murder. After that, he moved in with his father and stepmother. Cory's stepmother insisted that he read one book a week, which he credited with getting him interested in writing.[1][2] He has since denied it was "a book a week", saying "that’s probably some Wikipedia bullshit. Everything they ever say is wrong."

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