This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

(Bill) Paxton has the unique distinction of being the only actor who has played characters killed by an Alien (as Private Hudson in Aliens), a Predator (as Jerry Lambert in Predator 2), and a Terminator (as the punk leader in The Terminator, he also had a cameo role in Terminator 2 as a resistance soldier but was not killed). (Lance Henriksen would be worthy of this distinction but for the word 'kill': his android character was dismembered but still functional and he requested deactivation in the sequel.)

the asperganoid point of order about Lance Henriksen elevates that one imho

# Eli Wallach appears in "The Wrap Party" as an old mischievous man with an interesting[citation needed] – and familiar[citation needed] – past. Wallach was nominated for an Emmy for this role.

Music video

A music video is being shot in Miami. Cameoes include Fat Joe, Trey Songz, The Inkredibles, and Jeezy's lamborghini.[1]

Kathryn Jean Lopez, (born March 22, probably 1976), a native of Manhattan, is an American conservative columnist, who is nationally syndicated by the United Feature Syndicate/Newspaper Enterprise Association. She is also the editor of National Review Online. Her nickname on National Review Online's group blog "The Corner", is "K-Lo", a wordplay based on "J-Lo", the popular nickname for Jennifer Lopez. She is noted for being hideously obese.

http://www.sadlyno.com/wordpress/uploads/2007/04/kathryn-jean-lopez.jpg

srsly though

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_%22Rudy%22_Ruettiger

Rudy also had another part in the making of the movie, where during the recording of the score for the final game sequence, Rudy himself conducted the orchestra while composer Jerry Goldsmith looked on in tears.[citation needed]

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

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Metacritic, the film had an average score of 95 out of 100, based on 32 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 121 reviews.

Renee Graham of The Boston Globe said the film "portays the horror of domestic violence in a realistic way, but keeps viewers interested." BBC film critic Jamie Russell said "this reactionary thriller is matched only by the realisticness of its premise." Jim Judy of Screen it! said "it's just great that so much of the film is thrilling, interesting and well thought-out, or simply amazing." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called it "a movie that feminists everywhere will appreciate." New York Magazine critic Peter Rainer said "Realistic, suspenseful, dramatic, the movie will likely move the cause of woman warriors forward decades." Richard Roeper said "It's a wonderful movie, it really is and it makes perfect sense."

Joe Leydon of the San Francisco Examiner called it "a juicy, exciting, but serious drama, the kind of flick that manages the difficult feat of appealing to your instincts while making you feel proud of yourself." Joe Baltake of The Sacramento Bee said the film was "perhaps the guiltiest guilty pleasure in a long time."

I actually screen-grabbed this and saved it while ILX was down just to put it up here. It's been edited out now:

http://img110.imageshack.us/my.php?image=interestingwikibi3.jpg

Gah.

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9698/interestingwikibi3.jpg

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detailed analysis of the logic behind the Purple People Eater

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

"Written by Barry Cryer" (!)

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

James "Jim" Goodwin (born November 20, 1981 in Waterford, Ireland) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Huddersfield Town in Football League One.

Born in Tramore, he began his professional career with Celtic before moving to Stockport County.

Jim played at the heart of defence with Manchester United's fellow Waterford man, John O'Shea when Republic of Ireland won the 1998 under-16 European Championships in Perth, Scotland.

He was capped once at senior level by the Republic of Ireland (coming on as a substitute for Robbie Keane against Finland in Helsinki in August 2002) and he has been captain of the Republic of Ireland U-21 team.

He signed by Scunthorpe United in 2005, but was released on May 8, 2008, along with two other players, with his last game being the victory at home against Cardiff City, when he was substituted at half-time, driving away from the ground and vowing only to return to pick up his tin of WD40 which he uses to lubricate the hinges on the metal opening in the top of his head. He left behind his pink matador cape with which he guided attacking midfielders through to the United defence.

On June 5, 2008, he signed a 3-year deal at Huddersfield Town. He along with 5 other players made his Town debut in the 1-1 draw against Stockport County at the Galpharm Stadium on August 9, 2008.

You took that from the WSC email

i took it from a friend of mine who sent me the link on MSN, and yeah he's a WSC subscriber so blame him

Tévez has a distinctive burn mark from his right ear, down his neck to his chest which was caused by an accident with Wayne rooney when he was a child[3].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Tevez (obviously)

From the 'Fetal alcohol syndrome' entry:

Facial features

Several characteristic craniofacial abnormalities are visible in individuals with FAS. [...]

* A smooth philtrum — The divot or groove between the nose and upper lip flattens with increased prenatal alcohol exposure. This, sadly, puts fetal alcohol syndrome out of the running as an explanation for Robert Mugabe's personality.

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

On July 31, 1980, in Long Beach, California, tempers boiled over into what has been described as "Long Night at Wrong Beach."[7] Frey and Felder spent the entire show describing to each other the beating each planned to administer backstage. "Only three more songs until I kick your ass, pal," Frey recalls Felder telling him near the end of the band's set. Felder recalls Frey making a similar threat to him just as they began to sing "The Best Of My Love."

Not necessarily unusual but full of a sweaty obsession for very specific details, it's Linda Lusardi's wikipedia page:
Lusardi began her topless modelling career as a Page Three girl at the age of 18 in 1976 and in 1977 she appeared nude in the February edition of 'Mayfair' magazine. She was also nude but with her legs fully apart to completely expose her unshaven vagina in the November 1977 edition of 'Fiesta' magazine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micheal_R._Williams

In the 2007-2008 edition of the Tennessee Blue Book, Williams lists his party affiliation as "Independent NASCAR Fan."[3] In 2008 he ran for re-election to the State Senate as an independent candidate.[4]

lol "Micheal"

Lokomotiv Plovdiv's major opponent is the other local team, playing in the First division - Botev Plovdiv. Hooligans of the two teams often organise mass fights, usually on the derby days, at some secluded location in the city. Botev fans usually have their asses kicked by the Lokomotiv's supporters. Most people in Plovdiv, especially the educated ones, people of knowledge, support Lokomotiv. The team is the most popular one outside the capital. It is well-known that Botev was a communist party-favoured team during the communist era in Bulgaria. As such, the team was linked to the army, which was somewhat a common sructure with the communist party. Thus, plenty of army officials supported Botev. It is well-known that people in the army during the communist era were in the lower strata of the society in terms of knowledge and intellectual capacity. That is why well-educated people supported the other clubs in Plovdiv, most part of them being Lokomotiv fans. Obvisously intellectual capacity may be genetically inherited as nowadays, years after the fall of the Iron curtain and the communist regime, Lokomotiv Plovdiv is still supported by the intellectual elite in Plovdiv, while on the contrary, undereducated people claim their allegiance to Botev. Rivalry exists both on and off the pitch, inside and outside the ground. As time goes on the glory Botev achieved during the "golden" commo era of the club" fades away. This being so, some Botev supporters occupying some influential or representative positions take all and any actions, even not reasonalbe ones, to bring their team back to life but alas. History has turned to the right direction.

the educated ones, people of knowledge
but alas. History has turned to the right direction.
the educated ones, people of knowledge
but alas. History has turned to the right direction.

Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke was at one time the world record holder for fastest sculling of a yard of beer.[3]

that's not an unusual detail, that's a point of national pride

Hear hear!

At Rock the Universe 2006, an annual Christian rock festival held at Universal every September, Relient K lead singer Matt Thiessen asked the fans to ride Back to the Future while it was still open, as they learned earlier that day it was closing. Each band is taken on a tour through the park every year.

"Brookes is also known as a supporter of the Conservative Party, and an admirer of Margaret Thatcher."

from Bruno Brookes entry.

Back to the Future is one of the best rides there!

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

Because I can't imagine it'll stay up there:

William Shakespeare
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
OBAMA WILL WIN TOMORROW!!!! SUCK IT, DAMN GMS!!!! :P

Formatting is key here:

"The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web for obvious reasons) is a system of [...]"

I'm totally going to start calling it that. Well not really.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288/robins3000/recession.jpg

Although it has now been removed, the end bit of the entry on Harbinger was curious -

Notable believers

Famous people who believed in harbingers:
Abraham Lincoln
Shirley MacLaine
Hilary Swank
Tupac Shakur
David Pleat.

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What a team.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harbinger&oldid=234094666

Karim Dulé Hill (born May 3, 1975) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor. He's best known for his roles as Josiah Bartlet's personal presidential aide (body man) Charlie Young on the critically-acclaimed television series The West Wing, and as Burton "Gus" Guster in the television comedy-drama Psych. He also has a role in Holes as Sam. He is often confused with actors Deon Richmond of The Cosby Show fame and Phill Lewis of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody series.

Deon Richmond (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, known for his semi-regular childhood role as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the popular NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.
Richmond was born in New York, New York. After The Cosby Show, Richmond went on to appear as a supporting character in sitcoms such as Getting By and Sister, Sister, and in feature films such as Scream 3 and Van Wilder. He starred in the 1999 feature film Trippin''. He also played the role of the "token black guy" in Not Another Teen Movie. He also had a role on the short lived NBC series Teachers. Most recently, he performed in independent horror film Hatchet. Richmond is currently in talks with several films such as Trippin' 2, The Louie Armstrong Story, Pablo & Ping Go To Hollywood, and a top secret big budget film.
He is often confused with Dulé Hill, co-star of the USA Network show, Psych

A common law marriage is legally binding in some jurisdictions but has no meaning in others. In some jurisdictions without true common law marriages (e.g. Hungary), the term "common law marriage" is used as a synonym for non-marital relationships such as domestic partnership or reciprocal beneficiaries relationship (i.e. "shacking up").

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_478

While the Intel mobile CPUs are available in 478-pin packages, they in fact only operate in a range of slightly differing sockets, Socket 479, Socket M, and Socket P, which are also incompatible with each other. All in all this board was considered "the shit" mobo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futura_(typeface)

The commemorative plaque left on Earth's moon in July, 1969 uses Futura.

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

Further recognition for Birchall came in 2008 when Trinidad author VS Naipul got a tattoo of Birchall in a goalscoring pose.

The commemorative plaque left on Earth's moon in July, 1969 uses Futura.

For some reason it makes me happy to know this. I'm glad it's not Comic Sans.

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

Further recognition for Birchall came in 2008 when Trinidad author VS Naipul got a tattoo of Birchall in a goalscoring pose.

― Ludo, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 13:48 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I added that about six months ago. It was original qf'd with the Naipul Wiki but that got edited back.

History of Dog Breeds

Aboriginal groups or pariah dogs establish themselves near human population, and further develop and maintain themselves without further selection. Neither they carry any specialized working dog functions. Working, hunting and other functional breeds most likely appeared when there is a demand for certain traits that are prevalent to the extension of the point one can devote his time and efforts to establish and maintain the group of dogs that perfect in certain traits valuable for that individual.

^ this has been babelfished, right?

Onoo began working on the independent circuit and was associated with the short-lived WrestleXpress and X Wrestling Federation.

Onoo owns a small car dealership in Iowa which, ironically, uses the same X as the before mentioned wrestling promotion - "X".

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

Scott-Heron's father, Giles "Gil" Heron of Jamaican descent, nicknamed "The Black Arrow" was a football (soccer) player who, in the 1950s, became the first black athlete to play for Glasgow's Celtic Football Club.

Zillah is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States, with a population of 2,198 at the 2000 census. Tourist attractions include the Teapot Dome Service Station, the fortuitously named Church of God Zillah, and the El Ranchito restaurant.

heh reading on...

Although the church is fairly conservative and some are unamused by this coincidence (the church was named long before the Godzilla movies began[citation needed]), the church embraces it, even putting a wireframe Godzilla float outside.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/God_zillah_1.jpg/250px-God_zillah_1.jpg

The Clique's plot mainly follows the first novel in this series by Lisi Harrison. The books lead you through the middle school lives of five girls: Massie Block, Dylan Marvil, Kristen Gregory, Alicia Rivera, and Claire Lyons. The girls belong to the most popular group at their private all-girls school Octavian Country Day (OCD) called the Pretty Committee aka The Clique. Hi I'd like to mention that.. THIS MOVIE ROCKED!!!!! THAT IS ALL! :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clique_(film)

Abi Titmuss

She also starred in a sex tape, which is widely available on the internet. In The video also starred John Leslie and he described her vagina as a menace

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/Elastica_The_Menace_Cover.jpg/200px-Elastica_The_Menace_Cover.jpg

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