This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

bonus excellent sentence:

In 2010, Meg Whitman ran for Governor of California with the support of her husband, which she lost.[8]

Where’d she lose him!? Is he still missing?

you can read it that way, you can read it as "she lost the support of her husband"

the one thing you can't read it as is "she lost the race"

1 History
1.1 Fast Success
1.2 First Dark Age
1.3 From Lenny Kuhr to Teach-In
1.4 Multiple hostings
1.5 Before the Dublin sinking
1.6 The Changing Era
1.7 The Modern Dark Age
1.8 The Dutch Renaissance

ha, someone loves their Eurovision drama

from MC Hammer article:

"It's All Good" was the second single released, which would become a pop culture phrase as a result of its success.

I'm...pretty sure that song was heard by 300 people and had nothing to do with the explosion of the term?

Early life and education
Spiegelhalter was born on 16 August 1953.[7] He attended Barnstaple Grammar School from 1963 to 1970 then studied at the University of Oxford (Bachelor of Arts 1974) and University College London. He gained his Master of Science 1975 and Doctor of Philosophy 1978, supervised by Adrian Smith.[2][8][9]

In 2014 he played Samba drums with Luke Humphry.

later in the verse, he sings "And if you ask me how I'm feeling" and then shouts "I'm feeling bloody marvellous!"
In some countries, Astley will say things like "I'm doing pretty good!" or "I'm feeling fantastic, thank you very much!" instead of the usual 'bloody marvellous' comment.

Brian Levant was hired as director, knowing he was the right person because of his love for the original series. They knew he was an avid fan of the series because of his Flintstones items collection and the knowledge he had from the series.

She was diagnosed with manic depression in 1997, after becoming obsessed with the then prime minister's chief press secretary.

What a story, I'm suprised I hadn't heard about it before:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/madly-in-love-how-nicola-pagetts-infatuation-tipped-over-into-obsession-1233638.html

Baseball cards garnered national media attention again in early 2007, when it was found that Topps' new Derek Jeter card had allegedly been altered just prior to final printing. A reported prankster inside the company had inserted a photo of Mickey Mantle into the Yankees' dugout and another showing a smiling President George W. Bush waving from the stands. Topps Spokesman Clay Luraschi later admitted that it was done on purpose by the Topps creative department.

O'Shea has been appearing on the stage since 1998. She is one of the most popular folk-rock singers on the Russian scene and cult author-performer in the youth (and especially in student) midst of Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and other cities. Also she is a very popular singer for the players of role-playing game movement.

The exact extent of the injury is disputed and controversial. Some suggest there was a cut; others say a removal. "Then, in the 1940s, during one of the many courthouse remodels, Clyde Arbuckle was called to inspect what someone called a “dungeon” in the basement area. While there, Clyde was shown a cupboard containing exhibits of past trials. Listed as exhibit A was a glass jar with a shriveled-up organ the size of an old prune preserved in formaldehyde—all that remained of Frank Baronda and the famous trial."

Although Vikernes has condemned Breivik’s views, the two men share a fondness for the Norwegian candies «krokodiller» and «Heksehyl».

They refilled the bottle to inoculate him and the other man as well. By mistake they loaded a pure culture of typhoid. The other man died immediately, and Bentine was in a coma for six weeks.

(ha, name immediately made me think of Potty Time but it couldn't possibly be him... Oh...)

When Type O Negative signed with Roadrunner Records, Steele signed his recording contract with a mixture of his blood and semen.[27]

type ew negative

- "Just put your John Hancock there."

- "My what? Well, ok!"

Nickelback has been described as various genres, including post-grunge,[85][86][87][88][89] hard rock,[90][91][85] pop rock,[92][93][94] alternative rock,[89][95] heavy metal,[85][96] alternative metal,[97][89][98] and nu metal.[99][100] Their earlier sound has been classified as grunge.[101] Nickelback was influenced by music artists such as Creedence Clearwater Revival,[102] Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, U2 and Bob Marley.[10][103]

— Bob Marley

some folks are born
made to stand in line
ooooh, to clubs they'll never get in

And when the band plays
Hail to the Chief
I wanna pop my pills like a Pez dispenser

Albert Midlane, failed ironmonger, poet and hymn-writer was born in Newport

Sounds like a Decemberists lyric.

I am just entranced by the phrase

"Trapped in a hellish nightmare dimension and forced to serve as a bellhop to a world of non-European immigrants"

Without searching, do you know whose Wikipedia entry this is?

Tim Roth?

Best Supporting Actress winner Maggie Smith became the only person to win an Oscar for playing an Oscar loser.

I was reading something about the SpaceX crew thingy and saw that SpaceX was considering naming a rocket "Launchy McLaunchface."

Went back a little while later and someone had edited it out. Hmph.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dragon_2&diff=next&oldid=959055738

Poll!

The term Lunchables emerged from a list of possible names for the prepackaged meal that included, among others: On-Trays, Crackerwiches, Mini Meals, Lunch Kits, Snackables, Square Meals, Walk Meals, Go-Packs, and Fun Mealz

The answer to mine was The Red Skull, btw

On-Trays is quite funny

There have been three players in major league history named Aurelio (two of whom played for the Detroit Tigers), and all three were killed in car accidents between the ages of 44 and 52. See also Aurelio López and Aurelio Monteagudo.

Richard Janczarski, also known online as "Cubehead", was a self-professed disciple of Ray who styled himself the "second-wisest human."[19] From 2004, Janczarski created the Time Cube fansite Cubic Awareness Online, and an accompanying forum. In 2007, he traveled from his native Australia to Florida to meet Ray. The pair had several disagreements after going their separate ways.[20] Ray denounced Janczarski on his website after the latter's visit. Seemingly as a reaction to this criticism, Janczarski committed suicide on February 12, 2008.

There have been three players in major league history named Aurelio (two of whom played for the Detroit Tigers), and all three were killed in car accidents between the ages of 44 and 52. See also Aurelio López and Aurelio Monteagudo.

"Place nicknamed Motor City bad for car fatalities"

The film had trouble getting a distributor after its festival run, as several other male-oriented romantic comedy films were complete around the same time. The TV series Friends had also aired by the time production completed.

Explaining his decision to resign from the SRC and support the GUU's position, Fox was quoted as saying: "I'm actually quite liberal when it comes to sexual matters. I just don't want the gays flaunting it in front of me, which is what they would do."

Liam, that is.

love 2 have the gays flaunting it in front of me

I'm betting Liam's telling porkies there.

Feces are discharged through the anus or cloaca during defecation. This process requires pressures that may reach 100 millimetres of mercury (3.9 inHg) in humans and 450 millimetres of mercury (18 inHg) in penguins.[6][7]

Penguins have us thoroughly beat.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbOHj9dXYAE00xW?format=png&name=large

His last words reportedly were "Channel 5 is all shit, isn't it? Christ, the crap they put on there. It's a waste of space."[10]

... oops, meant to post the whole thing

In 2003, he became ill after his evening stage performance in the touring production of Love and Marriage at Stoke-on-Trent, and died of a heart attack early the next morning, 8 March 2003, at North Staffordshire Hospital.[9] His last words reportedly were "Channel 5 is all shit, isn't it? Christ, the crap they put on there. It's a waste of space."[10]

The show centered on Brian Benben, an anchor on KYLA-TV news in Los Angeles, who was replaced in favor of a younger person. Brian was later able to return to the station as a replacement for a human interest reporter who was killed covering an ape exhibit at a zoo.

one cannot simply mention brian benben without bringing up madeleine stowe tho

nm i guess one can

DID SOMEBODY SAY BRIAN BENBEN?

https://i.imgur.com/hrjWvHA.gif

The 1976 hit song "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band was inspired by the spicy happy hour menu at Clyde's of Georgetown. Writer Bill Danoff ate at Clyde's one afternoon, then came home and told his wife that "afternoon delight" should really refer to sexual intercourse. (The song only vaguely hints at sex.)[4]

The show became a hit, being broadcast by Anglia, Border Television, Grampian Television, Tyne Tees and UTV, and resulted in the pair appearing at the opening of many British Relay TV rental shops.

Personal life
On March 8, 2020, a police report was filed against Brian Ortega for alleged slapping [Jay] Park who serves as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight fighter Chan Sung Jung's (Korean Zombie) translator and a good friend of Jung while Jung went to the bathroom at UFC 248.[221][222]