This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

On the Lawrence Welk Show episode "My Blue Heaven" (1964), Dick Dale and the Lennon Sisters perform this song.

Unfortunately not _that_ Dick Dale.

Donkey Dick Dale?

So this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWeb3zAXSI

Sorry, guess this was really one for WRONG DUDE.

According to Cameron, the appearance of the Na'vi character Neytiri had some specific inspirations and requirements: she was inspired by Raquel Welch's character in Fantastic Voyage and by Vampirella, noting in the latter's case, "the fact [Vampirella] didn't exist didn't bother me because we have these quintessential female images in our mind, and in the case of the male mind, they're grossly distorted. When you see something that reflects your id, it works for you.... Right from the beginning I said, 'She's got to have tits,' even though that makes no sense because her race, the Na'vi, aren't placental mammals. I designed her costumes based on a taparrabo, a loincloth worn by Mayan Indians."[3] This is somewhat of a non-sequitor because both marsupials (kangaroos, etc.) and monotremes (platypuses, etc.) are non-placental and yet both lactate.

I have never read a single sentence that made me want to see any part of that movie.

Until now!

In the decades since Babe: Pig in the City's release, the movie has developed a cult following.[4] Tom Waits expressed appreciation for the film during a 2010 interview with Mojo Magazine.[18] Radio personality/podcaster Jesse Thorn has also praised the film.[19]

In 2015, it was reported Katz stays in touch with his Hocus Pocus co-stars.[4] As of February, 2022, Katz operated a cannabis company.[5]

one thing leads to another

They live in the Los Angeles area with their dog, Mr. President.

Restart was a Brazilian pop-rock band that independently formed the subgenre of happy rock in São Paulo in August 2008. It became one of the best known bands in the country at the time, and had been touted as being one of the pioneers in the use of colored clothing, especially in regard to their pants apparel.

amazing

Herzog's father, a fluent Irish speaker, was known as "the Sinn Féin Rabbi" for his support of the First Dáil and the Irish Republican cause during the Irish War of Independence.

Winchell, who had medical training, was also an inventor, becoming the first person to build and patent a mechanical artificial heart, implantable in the chest cavity (US Patent #3097366 of 1963).

Ezrin suggested incorporating rap, an idea dismissed by Gilmour.[29]

Now I'm just imagining Geddy Lee's skeleton guy from Roll the Bones dropping by the houseboat to do a feature.

The entry for Cecil McBee, noted jazz bassist for Alice Coltrane, Miles, Jarrett, etc

Later career
In the 2000s, McBee unsuccessfully sued a Japanese company that opened a chain of stores under his name.[2]

"they could be talking about ANY Cecil McBee"

i really want the backstory to that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea#Hydrography

"Crimea river" redirects here. Not to be confused with Cry Me a River.

The album fuses sounds from NSYNC's earlier songs such as "Bye Bye Bye" (2000) with experimental genres, including hip hop and British two-step.[3]

As time went by, however, her food began to seem outdated, with her love of the piping bag and vegetable dyes. As she grew older, she applied more and more make-up and wore vast chiffon ballgowns on screen. Cradock had always included relatives and friends in her television shows. Johnnie suffered a minor heart attack in the early 1970s and was replaced with the daughter of a friend, Jayne. Another assistant was Sarah, and there was a series of young men who did not last long.

oh man i should have waited for the Career Decline section of that one

lol outdated food - good burn

On May 3, 2006, Wallace performed his most famous stand-up bit, which was a diatribe against the young generation's obsession with allowances with the oft-cited catchphrase of "Get Your Mess Right." While Wallace often jokes about the flippancy of modern youth culture (often citing the "dumb dumbs on their smart phones") this one joke in particular resonated with his audience, and he repeats it at every show.[3]

Music writer Steven Wells compared Sarah Palin to Jon the Postman in 2008, comparing Palin's public speaking to Jon's onstage performances.

On the morning of 23 June 1959, Vian was at the Cinéma Marbeuf for the screening of the film version of I will Spit on Your Graves. He had already fought with the producers over their interpretation of his work, and he publicly denounced the film, stating that he wished to have his name removed from the credits. A few minutes after the film began, he reportedly blurted out: "These guys are supposed to be American? My ass!" He then collapsed into his seat and died from sudden cardiac death on his way to the hospital.[3]

tbf he was one person who was never going to have a boring death.

posted by seandalai in 2014, and still worth a 'wow.'

Frequently, Wilson has made references to "The Machine", a character from the movie 8mm. In an episode of The Cheap Seats, he had someone dressed as "The Machine" walk past in the background in full BDSM leather fetish apparel, supposedly unknown to him (but almost certainly teammate Pat Burrell). Another time, in an interview with Rome, Wilson appeared to receive a call from "The Machine" and pulled a leather mask (allegedly "The Machine's") out of his pocket to show to Rome.

He was awarded two gold medals.[citation needed]

(absent any context about the origin or meaning of said medals)

i don't believe there's a thread for obvious details in wikipedia articles

The Fat of the Land album cover featured an image of a blackback crab

Might as well be Wiki if it's not:

mind blown by a YouTube comment of all things pic.twitter.com/uoJiHi4X8K

— Ben Sprung 🇺🇦 (@bgsprung) November 12, 2022

In 1966, Sherman visited Australia. He did a television series in Melbourne, Victoria, for a live audience. During the performance, he sang a parody of "Molly Malone." It included a play on the word "but" (butt) which did not elicit a laugh.

What Sherman did not know is that Australians use the word "bum" where Americans would say "butt" (although usage of the word "butt" has since become widespread in Australia).

Otherwise, Sherman was well received by the audience. Afterward, he met with some of his fans and signed at least one autograph.

lol, that's a good article

After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the public taste for Sherman's type of comedy lessened.[15]

Despite his interest in health, Cummings was alleged to have been a methamphetamine addict from the mid-1950s until the end of his life. In 1954, while in New York to star in the Westinghouse Studio One production of Twelve Angry Men, Cummings began receiving injections from Max Jacobson, the notorious "Dr. Feelgood".[121][122] His friends Rosemary Clooney and José Ferrer recommended the doctor to Cummings, who was complaining of a lack of energy. While Jacobson insisted that his injections contained only "vitamins, sheep sperm, and monkey gonads", they actually contained a substantial dose of methamphetamine

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

After Watson was arrested, the band hired James Kontra as their vocalist, who eventually quit before a performance at Great Gildersleeves after a disagreement with Capuccio about how to hand out stickers.

The Griddler is a Mcdonaldland character that steals Mcgriddles. There is no pictures or video but people claim they saw him in commercials. He was used from 2003-2006 and has a Mcgriddle for a head like Mayor Mccheese or Officer Big Mac. There is not much else to say, exept that if we are lucky we will find a picture or video of him.

The only known appearance of the Griddler is in a post from the official Ronald McDonald instagram account, which mentions the Griddler.

i had no idea Badfinger's "Without You" would end up being a cursed song for the songwriters

The two writers of the song, Ham and Evans, later committed suicide due to legal and financial issues. In Evans' case, it was a dispute over songwriting royalties for "Without You" that precipitated his action. Songwriting royalties had become the subject of constant legal wrangling for Evans, and in 1983, following an acrimonious argument with his bandmate Joey Molland over the royalties for the song, Evans hanged himself.

"While recording Sweet Emotion, Steven Tyler broke the vibraslap on the third attempt at using it. The break can be heard on the recording.[9]"

In 1993, Wyman's son Stephen Wyman married Patsy Smith, the 46-year-old mother of Bill's ex-wife Mandy Smith. Stephen was 30 years old at the time. Therefore, Bill became the father-in-law of his ex-mother-in-law as well as the stepgrandfather of his former wife.

that’s really something

life imitating Ray Stevens

In May 1989, the Italian island of Capri sued Brown & Williamson for using the name on their ultra-slim cigarette brand.

Taiwan's aboriginal people have used ramie for millennia in fabric production and ramie is still used to create traditional garb which is worn in the festivals which have not been banned (mostly related to decapitation and stabbing enemy captives).

I was going to post this on the Terry Hall thread but here is more apt.

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

The company was created in 1926 and named after the Locarno treaties of 1925 which offered a new hope and spirit in post-war Europe (created in Locarno in Switzerland).

Naming a ballroom after a political treaty!

https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00884

When Jagger tried to marry his second wife, Gloria Ling, in 1947, they were denied a marriage license in California due to a state law "forbidding unions between Caucasians and Mongolians (sic)"; Ling's father had been born in China. Within two days, the couple had flown to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and were married under "New Mexico's more liberal statute".