This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

Darger was kinda great but should be defended from his terrible twee fans

Michael Sams (born 11 August 1941) is an English rapist, kidnapper, extortionist, murderer and proper mental who kidnapped Julie Dart on 9 July 1991 and Stephanie Slater on 22 January 1992.

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

In 2002, Caroline Lucas took Simon Beadling to Disney Land with her son Theo. They went on: The teacups; the peter pan ride; the rocket ships and rode the Mark Twain boat.

A French tickler is a latex condom that is designed with additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user.
A typical French Tickler uses a number of bumps, crests and falls in the lining of the latex ostensibly to make sexual intercourse more enjoyable or pleasurable for the recipient. They may also have hair-like protrusions.

;_;

from the entry on George Selden (author of Cricket in Times Square)

In 1974, under the pseudonym of Terry Andrews, Selden wrote the novel The Story of Harold, the story of a bisexual children's book author's various affairs, friendships, and mentoring of a lonely child. The book is very descriptive of a time and a culture in Western homosexual practices. Extreme scenes of sado-masochism, orgies and other very shocking material, to some. It is also autobiographical in the sense the author writes of a character who writes Children's books and yet leads this Gay lifestyle that most would find of ill repute even today. The relationship to the boy and also the author own feelings regarding his own existence are the main keys in this novel.

Dwayne Johnson
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Pipe at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born May 2, 197 (197-05-02) (age 1813)
Hayward, California, U.S.
Other name(s) The Rock
Occupation Actor/Wrestler
Years active 1995–2004 (wrestler)
2001–present (actor)
Spouse(s) Dany Garcia (1997–2007)

Derek Bentley had a very difficult upbringing. In April 1938, he apparently fell 15 feet from a lorry and hit his head on the pavement, which caused his Epilepsy. During World War II, the house Bentley lived in as a child was bombed and collapsed around him, leaving Bentley with serious head injuries and concussed. :(

.. including the frowny?

Exactly.

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

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortician_(band)

In 2005, vocalist Will Rahmer was arrested by Polish police for stealing a taxi following the band's performance in Zielona Gora.[4]

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

There are two parades. I am sexy. The second is on Saturday and is the Grand Parade. There is a rice cooking contest, rice eating contest, farmers' banquet and the Queens' Ball. There is also entertainment continuously from early morning to midnight and an arts and crafts exhibit, which is held adjacent to the festival grounds and also on Main Street.Fuck me up.

During the 1980s, "hedgehog-flavour" crisps were introduced in Britain, although the product did not in fact contain any hedgehog.[19]

Lambert's apparent credulity about the talking mongoose led Sir Cecil Levita to criticise him, suggesting that he was unfit to serve on the board of the British Film Institute, of which Lambert was a one of the founders and a prominent governor in the 1930s. Levita said that Lambert was "off his head" because he had believed in the talking mongoose and the evil eye. Lambert sued Levita for slander.

The summaries of episodes for the TV show Intervention mostly read like this:

From an early age, Anthony's father made him feel worthless. His parents divorced and his mother remarried, but she was still unhappy and turned to alcohol and drugs. ... Another blow came when Anthony's younger brother died of leukemia. Anthony spiraled downward and now he drinks half a gallon of vodka a day and takes whatever drugs he can find.

But then:

Kristen is a 20+ year old who shoots heroin and cocaine. She prostitutes herself in the streets of Baltimore to get high. She shoots up in her neck, straight hoodrat

Generally, lack of sleep may result in:[3][4]

* aching muscles[5]
* dizziness and nausea
* dry mouth[citation needed]
* hallucinations[6]
* hand tremors[7]
* headaches
* increased blood pressure[8]
* increased risk of diabetes[9]
* increased risk of fibromyalgia[10]
* irritability[3]
* memory lapses or loss[11]
* nystagmus (rapid involuntary rhythmic eye movement)[12]
* obesity[9]
* slowed word recall[citation needed]
* temper tantrums in children[3]
* yawning[3]
* symptoms similar to:
o Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder[3] (ADHD)
o Psychosis[13]
o Psychokinesis

In an interview with Nuno Bettencourt, Brian May was questioned about whether the song "Delilah" was recorded using a talk box on Queen's "Innuendo" record. May answered: "Yes, I finally succumbed and used one ... I suppose there’s no other way to make the meow sounds, meow, meow, meow".

Matthew Samuels (born October 16, 1986),[1] better known as Boi-1da (pronounced /ˌbɔɪˈwʌndə/; "boy wonda"), is a Canadian hip-hop producer from Toronto, Ontario. He has produced for artists and groups such as Kardinal Offishall, Clipse, Drake, Eminem, Saukrates, k-os, G-Unit, and The Diplomats among others. He is currently one of the most sought-after producers in Canada, if that means anything to you.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Rain_%28song%29

The song also won greatest gypsy fairground song after Travis the gypsy selected it to be the theme to his Purple Rain ride at the Knutsford Fair in 2008. This led to further success for the song as it became the most featured song in 18th birthday present flickbooks to date.

lol what a weird sentence

weird couple of sentences, rather

lol @ Boi-1da

Mimsie, the kitten in the MTM logo at the end of each episode, is wearing a scrub suit and a surgical mask, which is animated to look like a mouth is moving underneath when he meows. In the final episode of the series, he is hooked on life support on a hospital bed and then dies. This was meant to symbolize the end of the series. In a twist of sad irony, the actual cat that was used for the logo had also died around the same time as St. Elsewhere's ending.

X-Clan opened for Insane Clown Posse's Tempest Tour and, in January 2009, released an album titled Mainstream Outlawz.

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

One date of particular note was at Cambridge Corn Exchange, in early 1990, when Seal leapt on to a smaller, lower catwalk stage, the coins in his pockets all spilled out, showering some of the front row literally with cash causing a fight.

What's the unusual detail in the X-Clan text?

Not an unusual detail, but Joey Kramer's article photo made me laugh:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/Joeykramerboston.jpg/220px-Joeykramerboston.jpg

xpost Tu omas: Probably that they opened for ICP.

These early conceptualizations of both kinds of hysteria carried notions of women's deficiency due to penis envy and feelings of castration. Sigmund Freud, has largely been discredited by other professionals in the psychology field. This is a very outdated theory that should be given very little or any credence. Paul Chodoff has written about the ways in which these diagnoses paralleled the misogynistic sentiment of the times.

Bummer for you, Sigmund. Little or any credence. :-(

A Spanish dub of the film keeps the acronym S.O.B., claiming that it stands for "Sois hOnrados Bandidos" (You Are Honest Crooks). Notice that the second word begins with a mute H, not with an O. The Argentine title for the movie was changed to Se acabó el mundo (The World is Ended), having no relation to the original title.

At some point after his departure from the Wailers, Tosh developed an interest in unicycles and knitting, he became an accomplished rider, being able to ride forwards and backwards and hop. He often amused his audiences by riding onto the stage on his unicycle for his shows.[5][6] .

I guess this is fame:

Much of the interest surrounding the band can be related back to the blogosphere, with indie blog I Guess I'm Floating introducing the band stateside in May 2009. Thereafter The Middle East had over one hundred blog entries from around the world writing about the band.

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

Throughout history the city of Detroit is classified[by whom?] as a "hard working blue collar city" with tough labor jobs on the assembly line and other industrial work. Some[who?] say that Detroit has experienced the toughest of times for blue and white collar workers. [5] These individuals work their glistening, taut muscles almost daily in practical application.

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icIwKaci3MI

Haha, I was gonna post that exact same clip after reading the Wikipedia quote!

Bondi Beach: New Years Eve '06 is a studio album by Fatboy Slim. It was recorded before he played at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia. It contains tracks that he later went on to play in his live set at Bondi Beach. The title is often mistakenly written without the apostrophe in front of the "06". However, the album art indicates that the correct spelling contains the apostrophe.

From Bondi Beach: New Years Eve '06
(Redirected from Bondi Beach: New Years Eve 06)

Biography

Early years, and the Battlecry Under a Wintersun era

3 inches of Blood was founded by the late and great Justin Blood as a means to share his passion for Rocking and Rolling all night and partying everyday

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

Uwaifo's hobbies include swimming, bodybuilding, gaming, reading, writing, and bringing up other people's children. He is a Christian, and married with children.

He also is a lecturer at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Benin, Benin City.

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

In Italy the word "barber" comes from "te'barboiur" which means, a whale's vagina

tbh I actually believed this for about 10 seconds & was hoping for a more in-depth etymology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_tie#Stereotypes_of_bow_tie_wearers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_%28fandom%29#Harry_Potter_fandom
^^ this whole article is kind of wtf fascinating.

Many other couples remain popular among fanfiction writers, including Remus/Sirius, Harry/Draco, Draco/Hermione, Harry/Snape, Lily/James, Lily/Snape, Dumbledore/McGonagall, Draco/Ginny, Neville/Luna, Harry/Luna, Ron/Luna, Hermione/Snape, Rose/Scorpius and, occasionally, ships as far-fetched as Voldemort/Cho, Harry/Giant Squid, and Ron/Pansy.

i've touched on the harry/snape preggo fan faiction before i think

the shipping news

In the last few years Texarkana has developed very quickly, and a vast array of new stores and services have been popping up. Yet is still behind in times and lacks entertainment for the youth of the area. The youth commonly describe the only things to do in town are drink and, well use your imagination.

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

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what the hell

from wikipedia:

According to a 2009 interview, Snoop Dogg assisted The D.O.C. in seeking a voice therapist. It was found that The D.O.C.'s vocal cords are not irreparably severed or crushed, and that his voice could still be surgically restored by up to 70%. As such, LA-Based Publicist, Idalyze Nasiha Rose, has assisted him in finding a surgeon who will repair his vocal cords. The D.O.C. is currently undergoing final tests before the surgery takes place, which may or may not be televised.

Guttenberg has starred in three film franchises: Police Academy, Cocoon, and Three Men and a Baby. He has also appeared in such renowned films as Diner, The Bedroom Window, The Boys from Brazil, and Short Circuit. Guttenberg recently revealed on his Facebook site that Short Circuit was in fact an allegory for the Russian Revolution of 1917.[4] Although Guttenberg is known as a film actor, his roots are in the theater. His first film as director/producer/co-screenwriter/star was the adaptation of a Broadway hit, the stage comedy/drama P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (2002) by James Kirkwood Jr., co-author of A Chorus Line. Guttenberg also starred in the Cinderella pantomime at Churchill Theatre in Bromley, playing the Baron (father of Cinderella) in 2008.

thought everyone knew that tbh