This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

If you count confirmation names my sisters and I all share a middle name.

From the Mayo GAA subsection of the sports curses page (and really you could quote the whole thing):

It remains unbroken—despite the team reaching the final on nine[47] occasions since then, they have either completely collapsed on the day or been undone by a series of other unfortunate events.[48]

This makes it sound like natural disasters or non-bed shitting came into play, but this was the closest thing:

the "Kafkaesque black farce"[51] continued from where it had left off—with Donegal allowed bridge a 20-year gap between titles, helped in no small part by a nightmare opening quarter for Mayo as Michael Murphy—whose father is from Mayo—launched a rocket of a shot into the goal after three minutes.

And on a related page:

Peter Quinn (1925 – 30 January 2016), also credited as Peter Quinlan (to avoid the ban on clerics playing inter county football)

The piece can be heard in the Tom and Jerry episode "Snowbody Loves Me", as well as in The King of Fighters 2003 when players face Adelheid Bernstein, in the Abbott and Costello short The Music Lovers where Lou fakes playing the piano while Bud hides behind the piano with a phonograph, in the Scooby-Doo television movie Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, when the character Shreako plays a piano with a broken key, and also in Power Rangers Zeo in an episode where a character named Skull plays it in a contest. A cover version of this piece is used as the opening sequence music for the UK game show Interceptor.[4] The piece can be heard in Deadly Premonition only by driving the car of Diane Ames, which can be purchased alongside the cars of several other characters. It also plays in the video game Catherine, in the final battle against Dumizid. In Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck, Daffy Duck plays an exploding piano and, in The Amanda Show, the mad teacher plays a piano. It can also be heard twice in Eternal Sonata – once during a brief interlude in the second chapter and an arrangement can be heard in the game's final battle. The opening can be heard in Same Time, Next Year (1978) when, in the scene when George is ready for romance and Doris enters in the final stage of her pregnancy, George sits down at the piano and plays it to try to dissipate his excess energy. In Kamen Rider Kuuga, it can be heard several times during episodes 27 and 28, during which a villain bases her murders around a portion of the piece's notes. The Dance Dance Revolution song "Kakumei," from the game DDR Max 2, is based on this étude. The song Sonido Bestial[5] from the album El Bestial Sonido de Ricardo Ray y Bobby Cruz by Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz released in 1971 incorporates a rendition of this étude. This étude is also featured in the manga Your Lie in April, with one of the main characters performing it. This étude is also remixed by the artist xi, named Revoluxionist,[6] which was also featured as a purchasable content in the iOS & Android Game, Cytus.

As an intro, the étude can also be heard in part being played by John Tout of the English band Renaissance on the title song of their 3rd album (first album of the classic lineup), Prologue.

i won't front, i'm listening to "sonido bestial" right now and it's a fucking monster

Putting the tude in étude

"Kerry committed suicide via a .44 caliber gunshot to the heart on February 18, 1993 on his father's ranch in Van Zandt County, Texas due to popular belief the actual ranch is not in Denton County but in fact it is located in Chandler Texas."

that's a strange reason to commit suicide

This lead got deleted from the page for "Do You Know What I Mean?" by Lee Michaels right after I immortalized it over on the most recent Have A Nice Day thread.

Donna Wiest won a round of drinks for her table knowing the title and artist of this song at "Cheers" S.Hackensack N.J 05/28/1988

not so much "unusual" as "jfc, nerds," but a dude who wrote over 175 episodes of TV in a 3-decade career has this as his wikipedia entry:

Career

Anthony Steven began his career as a reporter on the Oxford Mail. Later, he was discovered by John Grierson, the founder of the Crown Film Unit, who hired him as a writer.

In 1957 Steven joined the BBC. A prolific writer, he wrote many television serials over a period of thirty years. Some of his scripts were original but many were adaptations of classic novels, including several episodes of The Forsyte Saga (1967). In 1984, he wrote the script for the Doctor Who story The Twin Dilemma, the first to star Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor.[1]. A 1998 poll by Doctor Who Magazine ranked the serial the second worst of all time (the Children in Need special Dimensions in Time was ranked lowest), while a 2003 poll by fansite Outpost Gallifrey ranked it worst of all, below even Dimensions in Time. In 2009, another Doctor Who Magazine poll of the 200 stories produced up to that point saw the serial finish in last place again, along with finishing last in every single age group that voted (although Dimensions in Time technically scored lower, it was no longer included in the main poll due to its lack of canonicity within the series and was instead placed in a spin-off section). A similar poll in 2014 placed the story in last place once again.

Kick a man while he's down

Dr Who nerds ftw

In 1976, he voted for Communist Party USA candidate Gus Hall in the presidential election; he later said that he viewed it as a way "of signaling my unhappiness with the system, and the need for change."

Clearly written by her mother

The song's title applies a French spelling to the slang word "hoe" (meaning whore). The -eaux suffix is the plural form of nouns ending in -eau in the French language[12] and is also a common ending for historically Cajun surnames like Boudreaux and Thibodeaux.[13] This combination of letters is pronounced with a long "O" sound, and is not followed by an "S" sound, as it is erroneously pronounced in the song.

This might not be that unusual, but as pitches go, it’s kind of amazing that this turned into a huge hit instead of the TV executive’s post to the “your terrible ideas” thread.

Brandon Tartikoff pitched the series to Cannell as a combination of The Dirty Dozen, Mission Impossible, The Magnificent Seven, Mad Max and Hill Street Blues, with "Mr. T driving the car".

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/993746/stephen-j-cannell-productions-o.gif

His image was to appear on the cover of The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band but he requested a fee and was painted out. Ironically, he died on the second anniversary of the album's US release.

All together now, "it's like raaaiin on your wedding day..."

Shark Bay was the former name of Safety beach. The scent from cattle farms nestled in the area attracted many sharks to the site. Mornington Peninsula Shire later changed the name to Safety Beach. Many tourists feared swimming in ‘shark bay’ for obvious reasons even after the farms were shut down and shark sightings had decreased which now as we know it is named Safety Beach, an attempt to draw tourists to the area, and it worked. Now there are over 100 beach/bathing boxes located on the beach, accommodating thousands of tourists a year.

Reading that Stanley Kubrick used special lenses on Barry Lybdon so he could shoot in "natural candlelight."

*Lyndon

Bowie felt he had to continue to pander to the new mass audience he acquired with the album, which led to him releasing two further solo albums in 1984 and 1987 which, despite their relative commercial success, did not sell as well as Let's Dance, were poorly received by critics at the time and subsequently dismissed by Bowie himself as his "Phil Collins years".

2 Career

2.1 1958 to 1968: Military service, Martial Art champion, Bruce Lee friendship, and training celebrities.
2.1.1 Military service and introduction to martial arts
2.1.2 Martial arts career and competition champion
2.1.3 Martial Arts instructor for celebrities
2.1.4 Meeting Bruce Lee
2.2 1969-1976: Early roles, First major film role. Steve McQueen friendship.
2.2.1 First major film role: Way of the Dragon. Supporting role: The Wrecking Crew, Yellow Faced Tiger, and The Student Teachers.
2.2.2 Steve McQueen encouragement.
2.2.3 First book: Winning Tournament Karate
2.3 1977 to 1983: First Starring role, breakthrough and subsequent success.
2.3.1 First Starring role: Breaker! Breaker!
2.3.2 Breakthrough: Good Guys Wear Black
2.3.3 Subsequent films: A Force of One, The Octagon, An Eye for an Eye, Silent Rage, and Lone Wolf McQuade.
2.3.4 First Video Game: Chuck Norris Superkicks
2.4 1984 to 1988: Mainstream success, critical breakthrough, and becoming Cannon Film's most prominent star.
2.4.1 Mainstream success and becoming Cannon Film's most prominent star
2.4.2 Subsequent films: Missing in Action 2: The Beginning and Invasion U.S.A.
2.4.3 Critical breakthrough: Code of Silence
2.4.4 Subsequent films: The Delta Force, and Firewalker. Cartoon: Karate Kommandos. Book: The Secret of Inner Strength: My Story
2.4.5 First film directed by Aaron Norris: Braddock: Missing in Action III Subsequent film: Hero and the Terror
2.5 1990s: Subsequent films, and television success.
2.5.1 Second, third and fourth films directed by Aaron Norris: Delta Force 2, The Hitman, and Sidekicks
2.5.2 Television success: Walker, Texas Ranger
2.5.3 Fifth film directed by Aaron Norris: Hellbound. Supporting role: Wind in the Wire. World Wrestling Federation: Survivor Series event
2.5.4 Sixth, and seventh films directed by Aaron Norris: Top Dog, and Forest Warrior.
2.5.5 Subsequent film: Logan's War: Bound by Honor. Book: The Secret Power Within: Zen Solutions to Real Problems. Total Gym TV infomercials
2.6 2000s: Subsequent films, and internet phenomenon.
2.6.1 Subsequent films: The President's Man, The President's Man: A Line in the Sand, and Bells of Innocence. Television role: Yes, Dear
2.6.2 Subsequent films: DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, and Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire. Book: Against All Odds: My Story. Founding the World Combat League.
2.6.3 Internet phenomenon: Chuck Norris facts
2.6.4 Subsequent film: The Cutter. Columnist for the news website WorldNetDaily, western novels and commercial.
2.6.5 Book series based on Chuck Norris facts
2.6.6 Books: Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America and The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories. Video Game: Chuck Norris: Bring On the Pain
2.7 2010s: Return to screen and commercials for major products
2.7.1 Commercials: World of Warcraft, T-Mobile, and BZ WBK.
2.7.2 Return to screen: The Expendables 2
2.7.3 Commercials: Hoegaarden, Fiat, United Healthcare. Video game: Non Stop Chuck Norris

Section headings are a nightmare

Someone please revert the disastrously long section headings that make the table of contents unreadable. 142.167.242.182 (talk) 21:06, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

I have no problem reading them, that's why I made them. Honestly I don't get you go on all the pages I worked on instead of addressing that properly on my talk page. Filmman3000 (talk) 17:58, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

lol the very first thing on his personal talk page is his justifying himself for Gamergate related stuff. we also learn that his attempt to create an article for Non Stop Chuck Norris because "Plot section reads like and advertisement. Gameplay section appears to be copied from (online review)." the problems with the norris article are extensively discussed but he's stubbornly refusing to get it.

Filmman3000

Games such as Revelation 7 and Xibalba, for instance, have attempted to avoid claims of violence by using "off the wall" absurdist humor with enemies such as flying, bat-winged clown heads (modeled after the biblical Jezebel) that shoot rays out of their nose

"When he died his computer was found logged on to a pornographic website." - from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Donaldson

Ben Schwartz is an American actor best known for voicing Dewey from the 2017 reboot of DuckTales. He will voice Leonardo in the next Nickelodeon series, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

…ok

https://78.media.tumblr.com/2bbf16f09f8637d4d0f8553f4b9cf116/tumblr_nir7d49j5k1spiuxqo3_250.gif

idgi (the detail or the meme)

DuckTales may well have a larger audience than House Of Lies or Parks & Recreation, but he's far more likely to be known for shows that his face and body appeared in for 5-6 years than a voice job that started last year.

especially since I think even in this day and age relatively few young cartoon watchers are all that interested in who the voice actors are

ahhhh okay. had never heard of him for any reason so it went over my head.

(also but less relevantly

is an American actor

what has he screenwritten that would give him all of this income?

freelance Letterman jokes

Attack (disambiguation)

Attack may refer to:
* In newspaper headlines, to save space, sometimes "criticise"

He had a day job writing at College Humour for years, and has had multiple production deals in film & TV.

today i was reading about "swill" tuomey. if he was alive today he would be the brains behind the trump administration. inspired this headline:

"They Ought to be Beaten: 'Swill-Milk' Tuomey," New York Times (October 29, 1878)

why doesn't the new york times run headlines like this anymore? jesus, no wonder newspapers are dying out.

Don Shaw is a British screenwriter and playwright. His credits include Survivors, Doomwatch, Orde Wingate, and Bomber Harris.[1][2][3] Shaw stated that before he took on writing for Survivors, ' I was very much an up-and-coming hot-shot writer. I was being sought after by The Wednesday Play and Play for Today and things like that. ^^/^^^^/^^^ +++ &=M-(DE-)/CAR& L/EMK//15/33-(03-04-33)/11823+11833PS &/WAREN-D VE-WINS/20CWT/M/CM/Xe/L 2909-1500-BEL-(1)65950-000 app924/ (R/DE/IC/AR/US/DDC) El-ack -STVC -C/R/I/20CWT-L/EG/EM' [4]

In 1999, the satirical newspaper The Onion published a story with the headline, "Christopher Cross Finally Reaches Mexican Border"; the headline was a reference to the song, and the three-sentence story made several specific allusions to the lyrics. Cross appreciated the honor.

Aston suffered from manic depression and spent time in hospital. His behaviour, at times very difficult for colleagues to bear, led to problematic relations within the college and to a separation from his wife. He was found dead in his rooms in Corpus Christi on 17 October 1985 after a drug overdose.[1] The then President of the College, Sir Kenneth Dover, admitted in his memoirs that he had been exasperated with the effects of Aston's illness and, having exhausted all other tactics, he knowingly pushed Aston into a pressured situation which might precipitate suicide.[2]

Pretty much the bulk of the entry for Foghat's "Rock and Roll Outlaws" album: The album cover shows a picture of the band near a Learjet in the Mojave Desert. Though the airplane displayed the band's logo, it did not belong to them; instead, the band simply borrowed it and stuck on the logo.[1]

Leading an advance platoon in the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (part of the Battle of the Somme) in September 1916, he was severely wounded, and lay for ten hours in a slit trench, sometimes feigning death when Germans passed, and reading the classical playwright Aeschylus in the original Greek

Chairman of the Board is a 1998 "comedy" film directed by Alex Zamm, starring Courtney Thorne-Smith and Carrot Top.

"They told me not to make something so sexual", she told New York writer Christopher Glazek, recalling a conversation she had with her record executives about the music video for her song "I Wanna Fuck Right Now",[5] whose refrain is: "I wanna fuck right now / I wanna fuck right now now".

yeah i've been reading aretha's wiki page too. rip <3

He frequently lectured on pattern recognition using the concept of multi-dimensional space, and the 'caltrop', and would demonstrate the presence of feature-detection in the human visual system by means of a flash gun, the persistence of vision in the audience leading them to observe disintegration of a character fragment by fragment. 'Doc' Coombs was notable for a facial 'tic', which gave him something of the appearance of the 'mad professor', and these days would probably be classed under Tourette's syndrome.

Glenn Medeiros and his wife, Tammy, have been married since 1996. They have a son, Chord, and a daughter, Lyric.

Darts is a sport in which small missiles/torpedoes/arrows/darts are thrown at a circular dartboard fixed to a wall.

it's called a torpedoboard

in other news I was not award there are pro darts competitions televised where you can watch darts for hours - goes to who when the machines take over all jobs humans will never be bored