In 1999, Lanzoni was struck in the face by a goose while riding Apollo's Chariot roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.[5][6]
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*q5L-SqlhiWNYibMfcw5XxA.jpeg
https://medium.com/@miketoole/it-has-been-twenty-years-since-fabio-killed-a-goose-with-his-face-on-a-roller-coaster-a87d51285890
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 April 2019 11:56 (four years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Psalmanazar
In order to travel safely and affordably in France, Psalmanazar decided to pretend to be an Irish pilgrim on his way to Rome. After learning English, forging a passport, and stealing a pilgrim's cloak and staff from the reliquary of a local church he set off, but he soon found that many people he met were familiar with Ireland and were able to discern that he was a fraud.[4] Deciding that a more exotic disguise was needed, Psalmanazar drew upon the missionary reports about East Asia that he had heard of from his Jesuit tutors and decided to impersonate a Japanese convert. At some point he further embellished this new persona by pretending to be a "Japanese heathen" and exhibiting an array of appropriately bizarre customs, such as eating raw meat spiced with cardamom and sleeping while sitting upright in a chair.
... and that's just the start of this guy's story...
According to Psalmanazar, Formosa was a prosperous country with a capital city called Xternetsa. Men walked naked except for a gold or silver plate to cover their genitals. Their main food was a serpent that they hunted with branches. Formosans were polygamous and husbands had a right to eat their wives for infidelity. They executed murderers by hanging them upside down and shooting them full of arrows. Every year they sacrificed the hearts of 18,000 young boys to gods, and their priests ate the bodies. They used horses and camels for transport, and dwelled underground in circular houses.
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Monday, 8 April 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
sounds like Ireland to me
― Number None, Monday, 8 April 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
In 2001, the grounding of aircraft following the September 11 attacks left a number of performers stranded in cities they had been performing in.[5] After the attacks, a new wave of poetry slam started within New York City with a community focus on poets coming together to speak about the terrorist attacks.[5]
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
yes, all those jet-setting slam poets being stranded. what a notable phenomenon
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 23:15 (four years ago) link
Two ways 9/11 could've been worse:
1.) If drones had been more prevalent, they would've flown them up the towers to take close-up videos of the stranded people.
2.) A large number of slam poets could've been stranded in my town for days.
― pplains, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
Whilst Rector at Glasgow, Kane had a column at the Glasgow University Guardian which was then edited by Iain Martin. Kane's copy was the subject of two notorious edits – a reference to the scholar Raymond Williams was altered to Kenneth Williams, and the sociologist Alvin Toffler to Alvin Stardust.[3]
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Friday, 12 April 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
this article is goddamn nothing but unusual details
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linx_(band)
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Saturday, 13 April 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
An accompanying music video does not follow the dramatic story told in the song at all and instead centers on Jessica in a photo shoot.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 April 2019 00:36 (four years ago) link
junior giscombe's contribution to walsalls deep run in the paint trophy in 87 wont soon be forgotten
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Monday, 15 April 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link
It was confirmed on 7 September 2017 that the show had received a makeover with the set and titles card being updated. The new set will have Greek statues all around the back.
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Monday, 15 April 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
So it turns out René Auberjonois is a Bonaparte. Huh.
His mother, Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat (1913–1986), was a great-great granddaughter of Joachim Murat, one of Napoleon's marshals and King of Naples during the First French Empire, and his wife, Caroline Bonaparte, Napoleon's youngest sister.
― A Cheetah Drenched in Applesauce (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
nice
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
Davis briefly dated musician Eric Clapton whom she refused to collaborate with because she reportedly felt his work was too banal.
― silverfish, Thursday, 18 April 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
Aubrey was married to actor Derren Nesbitt, from 1961 to 1973. They had one daughter, Kerry but divorced after Nesbitt thrashed her with a leather strap
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 April 2019 09:40 (four years ago) link
Allison also asserted Moore was having an affair that he was “neither discreet nor inconspicuous” about, leaving receipts for dinners with his lover around the house and buying her a t-shirt with the words “Doing It.”
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 April 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
When he was 15, he got his first paid job as a bingo caller at Barry's Amusements in Portrush. He was paid £1 per hour for the summer job and would also, on occasions, work as the brake man on the big dipper.[2][12]
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 22 April 2019 23:43 (four years ago) link
Shirley Jackson, the author of the novel on which Lizzie was based, was reportedly unimpressed with the film, calling it "Abbott and Costello meet a multiple personality."[2]
― na (NA), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
In association with long term friend Steve McManaman, Fowler has invested in several racehorses through a chattily named company The Macca and Growler Partnership, most notably 2003 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Celebration Chase runner-up Seebald.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 April 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
The province is also known for blueberry grunt.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 April 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
One of the six, Mark Ellis, became a One Nation candidate in 2018. Apparently, One Nation doesn’t have a problem with police officers standing over and terrorising First Nations children.[3]
― :∵·∴·∵: (crüt), Sunday, 28 April 2019 10:29 (four years ago) link
There’s nothing unusual about a white power party not having a problem with police harassing brown children.
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Sunday, 28 April 2019 10:33 (four years ago) link
One Klingon speaker, d'Armond Speers, raised his son Alec to speak Klingon as a first language, whilst the boy's mother communicated with him in English.[18] Alec rarely responded to his father in Klingon, although when he did, his pronunciation was "excellent". After Alec's fifth birthday, Speers reported that his son eventually stopped responding to him when spoken to in Klingon as he clearly did not enjoy it, so Speers switched to English.[19][20]
― One Eye Open, Sunday, 28 April 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
is it too late to call social services?
― After Cease to Brexist (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 28 April 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
This is perfectly normal language attrition for children of Klingon immigrants.
― jmm, Sunday, 28 April 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
He also supports Scottish football club Rangers F.C. and was quoted, "My grandad was a Glasgow Rangers fan. We used to go see Rangers play together."[17]
*boak*
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 29 April 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link
He is a supporter of Everton Football Club.[4] and has been owner or joint owner of a number of racehorses trained by Mrs S C Bradburne, Nick Alexander, A Balding and M D Hammond. He also wears spectacles.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 19:59 (four years ago) link
He also supports Scottish football club Rangers F.C. and was quoted, "My grandad was a Glasgow Rangers fan. We used to go see Rangers play together."[17]*boak*
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, April 29, 2019 4:35 PM (two days ago) Bookmark
who's this?
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyle_Carner
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
on my banned list now
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
Purple drank is a recreational drug that includes a prescription-strength cough syrup used in a manner inconsistent with its labeling and mixed with a carbonated soft drink.
― Øystein, Friday, 3 May 2019 07:48 (four years ago) link
i just mentioned the film Darkness Falls on the Stephen King thread and this bit of info about its production stood out...
While filming on location in Brisbane, Australia, a strange aggressive young boy by the name of Jacob Francis Worrall was hired to be the body double for the young Kyle Walsh. The part was a minor roll requiring 2-3 days on set at most, however it quickly became apparent to cast and crew alike that 'Baby Jake' wasn't going away easily. The actions taken by the 13 year old Jacob shocked and appalled the crew, when needed on set Jacob would throw tantrums and refuse to leave the toilets, biting and swearing he was normally wrangled onto set. Some allegations of Jake intentionally exposing himself to male and female cast members began to circulate and the child actor was promptly fired. Jacob Francis Worrall still lives in Brisbane and owns a successful Coffee shop located in Springhill, Brisbane City.
...talk about a twist ending
― omar little, Thursday, 9 May 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Blackburn_%26_Philbin_Radio_1_Roadshow_early_1980s.jpg/1280px-Blackburn_%26_Philbin_Radio_1_Roadshow_early_1980s.jpg
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 08:23 (four years ago) link
... from Maggie Philbin's wiki page. But why?
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 08:24 (four years ago) link
you know why
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 08:57 (four years ago) link
xref up the arse corner
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
The only photo on the Trebor Extra Strong mints Wiki page pic.twitter.com/UVzf2vsLM3— Big Payno (@GaryBlogden) May 14, 2019
― mark s, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 10:01 (four years ago) link
oops, relevant caption hidden there: "Horses are known to like eating these mints"
― mark s, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 10:03 (four years ago) link
horses love mints innit?
― Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 10:04 (four years ago) link
gotta love "a horse, yesterday"-style picture choices tho
― Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 10:05 (four years ago) link
"the film continues to enjoy cult status among aficionados of musicals, bio-pics and events for which one or more wars serve as a backdrop."
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Friday, 24 May 2019 04:04 (four years ago) link
In Finland, specially Lahti, "2cl Fernet" is a popular refreshment.
― seandalai, Saturday, 25 May 2019 13:23 (four years ago) link
The copyright date of this movie is 1994 and the same date appears on the disc and back cover of the soundtrack.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Friday, 31 May 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
Not so much an unusual detail but something worded in hilariously reductive fashion.
From The Terminator article
Kyle admits that he has been in love with Sarah since John gave him a photograph of her and they have sex.
― Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Saturday, 1 June 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
That's what that movie needed, some incest.
― pplains, Saturday, 1 June 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
An extinct crocodile from the Miocene of Australia, Baru darrowi, was named after Paul Darrow.[4]
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Monday, 3 June 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
(Long John) Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death. He continued to make records there, and do voiceover work. Two of his best-known voice roles were as Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and as KOMPLEX in Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars.
― adam the (abanana), Monday, 3 June 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
“... such as an infamous incident in 1987 in which police arrested The Iron Sheik and Hacksaw Jim Duggan, supposed rivals in an upcoming match at Madison Square Garden, as they sat together in a car drinking and using cocaine.”
― alomar lines, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 04:30 (four years ago) link
During a mission into outer space, Jean Grey absorbs a mysterious cosmic force that amplifies her telekinetic and telepathic powers to unimaginable levels, causing her to lose control and unleash the Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than the rest of the world, if not universe.Dont read fukin plot plsss.Its really crappp.Disney sucks
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 05:14 (four years ago) link
Grindie is a form of music that emerged in early 2006. It is a fusion of indie or alternative and grime music.[1] It was created by two experts on music theory, George Frost and John Travis
― mark s, Thursday, 6 June 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link