This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

lets play chess on really big board in one of the abandoned bunkers in albania

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry_Cooder

Cooder first attracted attention playing with Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, notably on the 1967 album Safe as Milk, after previously having worked with Taj Mahal and Ed Cassidy in the Rising Sons. At a vital "warm-up" performance at the Mt. Tamalpais Festival (1967-06-10/11) shortly before the scheduled Monterey Pop Festival (1967-06-16/18), the band began to play "Electricity" and Don Van Vliet froze, straightened his tie, then walked off the 10 ft (3.0 m) stage and landed on manager Bob Krasnow. He later claimed he had seen a girl in the audience turn into a fish, with bubbles coming from her mouth.[9] This aborted any opportunity of breakthrough success at Monterey, as Cooder immediately decided he could no longer work with Van Vliet,[10] effectively quitting both the event and the band on the spot.

Probably not that unusual considering who it is.

Heterocoalescence on a really big board, anyone?

Heterocoalescence on a really big board, anyone?

Spano has a son, Aljosha Nakszynski (born June 29, 1984) with Nastassja Kinski, his co-star in Maria's Lovers.

She appeared on the album I'm Too Sexy (1997), a compilation album of electronic music mixed with Hindi-Pakistani sounds. Later, she featured on the song "I'm So Sexy" by Talvin Singh. Amar also recorded a solo song called "Why Am I So Sexy".

xpost I always heard that those Albanian bunkers (which are literally all over the place in that country) were/are frequently used as toilets, which makes that factoid all the more gross.

Meanwhile:

reading about stephen baldwin pic.twitter.com/P6LDVtjbdb

— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) July 26, 2022

In December 2010, Baldwin filed a $3.8 million lawsuit against Kevin Costner over oil-separating technology that was used to help solve the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.[19]

Rumours of the script being cursed were dismissed in February 1999.

With its emphasis on crying—in this case Judy rather than the singer—the song fit in with the theme of the album I'll Cry If I Want To, in which most of the songs involved someone crying.[11]

lol

He is currently a top distributor for the Xocai Corporation.[3] He has subsequently appeared in several online commercials, marketing the company's Healthy Chocolate as well as calling for viewers to enlist as distributors.[4]

**Technically this is from IMDB but too good not to post**

Many of the animals are depicted inaccurately, but this can be explained within the storyline - the InGen scientists have made mistakes or deliberate alterations to the species they cloned. They combined Velociraptor with Deinonychus, made Dilophosaurus a dwarf, and gave Brachiosaurus a chewing ability.

They gave Brachiosaurus a chewing ability!!

its incorporation as a village was completed on December 31, 1903, and it became a city on January 1, 1974, when Minnesota abolished villages.[6] According to Warren Upham, Darfur "was named either from a region of Sudan or when two Scandinavian railroad men questioned, "why you stop dar fur?"[6][7]

Staten island? *points*

A week later, Williams announced he would make his debut as a professional wrestler at an upcoming pay-per-view event.[164] Williams stated "I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of professional wrestling, and everything I'm going to do in the ring will be for the wrestlers who I have watched in the past, as well as those I still watch today. I respect the sport, the wrestlers and everything that comes with it." in a press release hyping his appearance.[165]

Accompanied by Barnidge and Austin Dillon, Williams made his debut at Slammiversary XV on July 2, 2017, teaming with Moose (himself a former NFL player) in a victory over Chris Adonis and Eli Drake.[166][167][168] His performance in the match received rave reviews from critics, including journalist Dave Meltzer, who stated that Williams "has the potential to be one of the greatest wrestlers I've ever seen", and compared him to other athletes turned wrestlers such as Matt Riddle, Akiyama, and Kurt Angle.[169] Bryan Alvarez stated that Williams was "pretty damn amazing in his first-ever match".[170] Meltzer later stated that Williams had the best in-ring performance by a celebrity in wrestling history.[171]

Williams announced his retirement from wrestling on July 5, 2017.[172]

but those 4 days, man...

Gilmore, in an incoherent gesture, made various alterations to the album's rough cuts.[35]

The new strips have modified the artwork to eliminate the device of stars coming out children's butts denoting the after-effect of a spanking

https://i.imgur.com/pjDlr1Y.jpg

every single being in this image has been recently spanked

lol

oh
my

Thank you, Karl.

Lynn Johnston thinking that she was staging an elaborate prank on her readers by having one of her characters go to school in London, Ontario, shows you how shut off from the world most cartoonists are.

xp <3

"Molly's Lips" was recorded live on February 9, 1990, at the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon. It was written by the Scottish band The Vaselines about Molly Weir, according to band member Eugene Kelly, presumably because her Rentaghost television character Hazel McWitch typically appeared in whiteface with emphatic red lips. 

Sometimes I stumble upon stuff that begs to be shared. From Wikipedia: Scott Jacoby now resides in Franklin, New York. He is married to Lyn Jacoby and they have 2 children. He is a well-renowned bubble maker.

— Mike Lisk (@APMike) September 3, 2022

"We see Marty as a triple threat artist," said a Universal spokesman. "Marty is like a throwback to the old silent comics who could do it all. It doesn't matter that he's British because physical gags travel. That's why he has a major future ahead of him and why we've made a major, major investment in Marty at Universal."

Booth nearly burned to death in November 1979 when, during a drunken attempt to get into his locked flat, he fell into a drum of paraffin.

Another guest, who was the United States Grocery Bagging Champion at the time, was scheduled to appear on the show that evening, but his segment was cut due to Madonna refusing to leave the stage when her interview was over.

I guess he was asked back on a different night! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Kris Gossett of Muncie, Indiana - 1992 grocery bagging champion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyR46praTfg

Her songwriting is associated with sex and relationships, the modern concept of womanhood, and trauma.[2]

Christopher John Spedding (born Peter Robinson, 17 June 1944)[1] is an English musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, Womble and record producer.

A role as the villain in a pornographic western, Hard on the Trail, in 1972, led him to repentance as a missionary for ten years, as he had not been informed of the adult nature of the film and would not have consented to appear in the film. He did not actually appear in any of the pornographic scenes. The film was later released without the pornographic scenes and re-titled Hard Trail in an attempt to eliminate the double entendre.

The word "marshmallow" comes from the mallow plant species (Althaea officinalis), a herb native to parts of Europe, North Africa, and Asia which grows in marshes and other damp areas. The plant's stem and leaves are fleshy, and its white flower has five petals. It is not known exactly when marshmallows were invented, but their history goes back as early as 2000 BCE. Ancient Egyptians were said to be the first to make and use the root of the plant to soothe coughs and sore throats and to heal wounds. The first marshmallows were prepared by boiling pieces of root pulp with honey until thick. Once thickened, the mixture was strained, cooled, then used as intended.

Classic Pop magazine called it the 99th best album of the 1980s

In 2016, comedian and magician Penn Jillette began his weight loss regimen with a mono diet, eating only potatoes for two weeks, then adding in other healthy foods to change his eating habits.[29][30]

Emi had a mole near her left eye. To preserve their image as identical, Yumi would have a mole drawn near her left eye.[6]

Something about Wikipedia paraphrases of song lyrics is very funny to me.

The song's lyrics refer to the attraction exerted by a person possessing strong sex appeal. They fascinate the singer and arouse his curiosity, even though he is not sure whether he needs them at all.

lol there should be a thread where we name that tune

xp Yeah i've been tempted to post some of those before.

name that tune thread would be fun!

shame the usual wiki spoilsports have ruined some of the best ones, but yeah, agreed.

Feel free to make the thread. I might extend it to Genius annotations too, since that's an endless source of gems.

I remember I found that the credits section of the article for Janet said “rap by geir hongro” and it had been there for ages without anyone noticing & I posted it on here (just the link to the article with no commentary) & it was removed like an hour later! Can’t imagine there are narc cunts here so it’s a reminder of how dedicated volunteer wiki cops are I guess?

sudden influx of ilx peepers the worst red flag of all

The song summons up a psychedelic landscape, where pink elephants roam with dancing moons and mermaids. It references fairy-tale characters and creates an image of children playing with each other.

"I suddenly felt somebody come up behind me and whizz me round so I was face down on the bed and then I felt a prick on my throat"

jmm's thread of NAME THAT TUNE from the wikipedia lyric summary

Nice. Do you mind if I ask a mod to remove my username from the thread title? Just a bit self-conscious.