This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

I would have never thought this subject warranted a long Wikipedia article with detailed statistical analysis, 13 sections, and 127 footnotes....

^ Wow. That's longer than their entry on existentialism.

Live how you wanna live.

In October 2009, bosses at the psychiatric hospital were criticised by worried staff and politicians for offering inmates the chance to win £50 by solving a wordsearch which would help pick names for the wards, due to open next year. One insider said: "It seems strange that some of the most dangerous criminals in the country could end up naming the new Carstairs... Perhaps the victims of some of these violent criminals will share the concerns expressed by some staff that this isn't appropriate."[4]

Wtf, this is from the article on Journey's "Escape".

Stone in Love

"Stone in Love", the second track from the album Escape, starts with a riff, and then the drums enter. Then, Steve Perry comes in with the vocals, and then the bass enters. The first solo (played by Neal Schon) falls between the first chorus and second verse, and the second solo falls between the second and final chorus. The final solo is played at the end of the song, and it lasts for about two minutes. The line "Stone in love" is sung five times after the final chorus. That line is whispered before the guitar solo builds up, and then it is sung before the first lick in the guitar solo is played. Then, it is sung again after the first lick and before the second lick. The third repetition of "Stone in love" is sung after the third lick and before the fourth lick. The fourth repetition of that line is sung after the fifth lick and before the sixth lick. The last repetition of "Stone in love" is sung after the seventh lick and before the eighth lick. Then, the music fades away.

They get to use the car then.

Texas Roadhouse is a chain restaurant that specializes in steaks and promotes a western theme.[1] Texas Roadhouse Corporation is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Lone Star opened its first restaurant in October 1989 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In March 1992, Lone Star became a public company with eight restaurants opened. On February 18, 2008, Lone Star closed 27 restaurants to leave the company with 152 locations. Curiously, none of the Texas-themed restaurants can be found in the state of Texas, from which the restaurant's name is derived.

Well, it's like how Newcastle Brown Ale doesn't sell in Newcastle.

Looking up Floyd Cramer this morning:

His grandson, Jason Coleman, is carrying on his grandfather's legacy with a tribute power point presentation, The Legacy of Floyd Cramer, as he shares the piano arrangements and history of decades of American music while on tour throughout the country.

Wtf, this is from the article on Journey's "Escape".

Stone in Love

"Stone in Love", the second track from the album Escape, starts with a riff, and then the drums enter. Then, Steve Perry comes in with the vocals, and then the bass enters. The first solo (played by Neal Schon) falls between the first chorus and second verse, and the second solo falls between the second and final chorus. The final solo is played at the end of the song, and it lasts for about two minutes. The line "Stone in love" is sung five times after the final chorus. That line is whispered before the guitar solo builds up, and then it is sung before the first lick in the guitar solo is played. Then, it is sung again after the first lick and before the second lick. The third repetition of "Stone in love" is sung after the third lick and before the fourth lick. The fourth repetition of that line is sung after the fifth lick and before the sixth lick. The last repetition of "Stone in love" is sung after the seventh lick and before the eighth lick. Then, the music fades away.

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reads like ulillillia doing music reviews

I mean it makes the song sound lame when they put it that way!

A list of all postboxes on Malta, e.g.:

* San Ġiljan:

Triq Ġorġ Borg Olivier(2) (G. Borg Olivier Street) Triq Lapsi (Lapsi Street), Triq Ross (Ross Street), Triq Elija Zammit (E. Zammit Street), Triq Birkirkara (B'Kara Road), Triq Dobbie (Dobbie Street), Triq Ivo Muscat Azopardi (I. Muscat Azzopardi Street), Triq Lapsi (Lapsi Street), Baystreet Complex, Vjal Portomaso (Portomaso Avenue), Triq Elija Zammit (E. Zammit Street)

Brandon Silvestry (born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler.[6] He is best known under his ring names Low Ki, Senshi in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and Kaval in World Wrestling Entertainment.[6] His best friends are Sam and Zach.

He is mentioned in the spell cast in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks":

"Treguna Mercoides te Brandon Silvestry"

Personnel
John Cale - bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, viola, vocals
Phil Manzanera - guitar, slide guitar on "Momamma Scuba"
Fred Smith - drums
Eno - Eno

Bez used to get a similar credit on later Happy Mondays albums.

A "curly hawk" or "curl-hawk" is similar to the fauxhawk, this lesser known hawk is in traditional faux style but consists of long thin curls. Having been made famous by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen during the early years of Full House, this is most commonly sported by infants.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Leandro_Dami%C3%A3o.jpg/261px-Leandro_Dami%C3%A3o.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leandro_Dami%C3%A3o

Jason Simon is the nephew of The Wire creator David Simon. Dead Meadow's music was used briefly in the episode React Quotes in season five of The Wire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punchbuggy

Do not punch on Volkswagons or Jettas.

Volkswagons?

Also is that Volkswagen Jettas or non-Volkswagen Jettas?

His nickname is "Buck Rodgers"[3][4][4] after the Buck Rogers character with a similar name

The song is notorious for its amount of swearing. The song was originally written by McKagan with the title "Why Do You Look at Me When You Hate Me?". Nevertheless, the title was shortened, and the original title became the first line in the final version. It was then going to be titled "Get in the Ring Motherfucker," but that was changed as well.

Truck nuts in U.S. politics

In May 2008, the National Review suggested that Barack Obama should get a pair of truck nuts to understand the rural working class.

References

Blair, Zachary, "Junk in the Trunk: A Queer Exploration of Truck Nutz as Contemporary Material Culture," paper presented at Queertopia, Northwestern University Graduate Student Conference, Chicago, IL, 2009.

Ah, I didn't know that's what the National Enquirer was meaning.

Like the name of the series itself, episode titles of The Big Bang Theory always start with "The"

Although Hard-Fi are generally considered part of the indie rock scene,[9] Richard has mentioned numerous times that they are heavily influenced by soul and dance music.[10]

The-Dream's first single from "The Love; IV" will be "Talk That Shit (feat. R. Kelly)" (WTF).

Upon its release, Love King received positive reviews from most music critics, who praised The-Dream's detailed production and complimented his sexual, boastful lyrics.

Sharky's Machine is a 1981 motion picture directed by Burt Reynolds, who stars in the title role. The movie is an adaptation of William Diehl's first novel Sharky's Machine (1978), with a screenplay by Gerald Di Pego.
Diehl, who was age 50 when he wrote the novel, saw the movie shot on location in and around his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Its cast included Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning, Earl Holliman, Rachel Ward, Bernie Casey, Henry Silva, and Richard Libertini.
It has been the most successful box-office release of a film directed by Reynolds.

Only thing I remember about Sharkey's Machine is that guy falling out the window.

In 1968 Rantzen fell in love with Desmond Wilcox, who was her Department Head (boss, essentially)

also

Cagatha "Caggie" Dunlop is an English "singer" and media personality who is the star of the reality series Made in Chelsea.[1]

fantastic use of hands in air quotation marks imo.

Barber attended Bangor University. She counts Ian McKellen amongst her closest friends, and he recently bought her a library.

Considered highly offensive by many at the time, the sketches primarily took the form of bizarre, sometime drunken streams of consciousness led by Cook, with interjections from Moore. Memorable moments from the records include Clive claiming that the worst job he ever had was retrieving lobsters from Jayne Mansfield's anus, Derek claiming his worst job was cleaning up Winston Churchill's bogeys (leading the pair to conclude that the Titanic was one such bogey), Clive claiming that he was sexually aroused by the sight of a deceased Pope lying in state, and a horse-racing 'commentary' featuring horses named after sexual organs or their vulgarised derivatives.

Though the recordings were far too crude for television or a mainstream audience, Derek and Clive bootleg recordings circulated. They became famous as mostly unscripted dialogues, vulgar situations depicting with copious swearing - especially the word "cunt".

that's more of a usual detail in derek and clive sketches, no?

Need to replace "bootleg recordings" with "Virgin Records" for accuracy there.

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Schultz[1]
Based on Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
Starring Heather Graham[2]hahahahahahahahaha she is funny!

Jeffrey Eugenides lives in Princeton, New Jersey with his wife, daughter, and his poodle, Edsel.

I always find it funny when we get pets' names, but not family members.

xxp

Originally, The record was never intended for release, but when bootleg copies of the recordings proved popular, Cook decided there was money to be made and, padding the record out with live material recorded at the Bottom Line in New York City, the album was released in 1976. The record was very nearly called Derek and Clive (Dead).

My favorite part of the Derek And Clive excerpt above is the use of "memorable moments."

However, the Coen brothers let him come up with a lot of his own ideas for the character, like shining the bowling ball and the scene where he dances backwards, which he says was inspired by Muhammad Ali.[9]

http://hanlepedia.wikia.com/wiki/A_thread_called_%22This_is_the_thread_for_unusual_details_in_wikipedia_articles.%22

On September 19, 2005 Mancuso was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievement as a DJ.

David Mancuso smokes Parliament 100's Full Flavor like a boss. On December 23, 2006 a nightclub named after Mancuso opened in Tübingen, southern Germany.

that nightclub may be the only thing in Tübingen

From Axl Rose article:

A second baritone,[16] Rose began developing "different voices" during chorus practice to confuse his teacher

In early July 2010, Cheney was outfitted with a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD) at Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute to compensate for worsening congestive heart failure.[142] The device pumps blood continuously through his body.[143][144] He was released from Inova on August 9, 2010,[145] and will have to decide whether to seek a full heart transplant.[146][147] This pump is centrifugal and as a result he is alive without a pulse.[148]

o_O

That Cheney detail is actually true.

It is unusual to point out that he's alive though.