This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

Jerimoth Hill - The highest natural point in Rhode Island. For years, one of the toughest highpoints in the U.S. to scale, not because of its (812-foot) height, but because of an angry old man who lived nearby.

Love this one.

Eazy's sexual activity began at the age of twelve and resulted in not only a fatal disease, but seven children with six different women.

Wow, musta been a pretty intense fuck!

Murphy worked with physicist Brian Cox to learn about advanced physics,[5] touring the CERN facility and learning to copy physicists' mannerisms.[6] The actor also studied the thriller The Wages of Fear (1953) with Boyle to gain an understanding of the type of suspense that Boyle wanted to create in the film.[7] Murphy claims that his involvement in the film caused him to change his views on religion from agnosticism to atheism.[6][8]

Found this tidbit about Sha Na Na yesterday:

Vinny Taylor (1949–1974) (born Chris Donald), who replaced Henry Gross as the lead guitarist in 1970, died of a drug overdose in 1974. Escaped child killer Elmer Edward Solly assumed Taylor's identity and performed as him, which eventually led to his discovery and capture.

Someone told me that one of the members of Sha Na Na went crazy and spiked a baby like a football. Or maybe it was someone who thought he was in Sha Na Na.

― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:31 PM Bookmark

In concert, they would often return for up to seven encores - but none more meaningful than when performing in Toronto, Canada at Ontario Place and performing "Hound Dog" after announcing the King's (Elvis Presley's) death earlier that same day (August 16, 1977). There is documented proof of Elvis's spirit appearing in the audience. After much goading, Elvis was coaxed into joining in singing "Hound Dog".

Original drummer Cheese (Curt Lichter) left the band just after recording Un-Led-Ed. He was replaced by Fresh Cheese (Paul Maselli). Shortly before Un-Led-Ed was released, the original Ed Zeppelin (percussion) was replaced by his identical twin brother (Bruce Fernandez).

Rizzle Kicks were founded in about 1996, when both members used to play together round Rizzle's auntie's house. It was about eight years later when the pair reunited after they had both moved to Brighton and faced each other head-on in a Sunday league football match. Four years later, they ended up going to the same college (BRIT School) and one day Rizzle got Sylvester to 'Lalala' all over a track.

^I read that the other day and thought that one of the band (or their mums) had written it. I think there was a thread for that somewhere (isn't there always?).

The character of "Newman" on Seinfeld:

Newman's liking for fruit is questionable, he eats a Mackinaw Peach in the episode "The Doodle" and in an earlier episode "The Suicide" Newman states that he can't eat because it makes him incontinent.

While waiting for the trial, George Roden was put in jail under contempt of court charges on March 21, 1988 because of his use of foul language in some court pleadings threatening the Texas court with AIDS and herpes if the court ruled in favor of Howell.

The Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball league has developed an urban legend of the "Curse of the Colonel". A statue of Colonel Sanders was thrown into the river and lost during a 1985 fan celebration, and (according to the legend) the "curse" has caused Japan's Hanshin Tigers to perform poorly since the incident.[13]

In the 2007 Biography Slash, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist Saul Hudson and friend of (Seymour) Cassel's son, credited Cassel with giving him the nickname "Slash" because he was always on the go zipping from one place to another and never sitting still.

i don't think that's true

It's as daft as Sting's tale..

Nikki Sixx revealed in his autobiography that Slash was always pissing himself in his sleep.
(Slash is Britishes for piss).

In the original "Kokomo" demo version, lead vocals were performed by Mike Love and Terry Melcher. The demo harmonies include Terry Melcher, Bruce Johnston, Mike Love and Jeff Foskett. At Disney Films request, the "Kokomo" demo was 'upgraded' to a master recording thus requiring members of the Beach Boys to re-record all of the demo vocals except for Mike Love's lead vocals. The final recorded and released "Kokomo" background vocals are sung by Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston & Al Jardine. Terry Melcher's and Jeff Foskett's demo vocals were erased and replaced by Carl Wilson's & Al Jardine's vocals. The final released "Kokomo" lead vocals are sung by Mike Love and Carl Wilson (this is accurate information written by me, Bruce Johnston!).

hahaha

awesome

In 2000, Volkswagen featured the title track from Pink Moon in a television advertisement, and within a month Drake had sold more records than he had in the previous 30 years.

In December 2008, actor Jeremy Piven was diagnosed with hydrargyria resulting from eating sushi twice a day for twenty years.[54]

Disney + Mike Love and post- 60's beach boys - amairrga emade in hell

Chuck Prophet recorded " West Memphis Moon" a song illustrating the incident in 2004. www.chuckprophet.com http://www.songlyrics.com/chuck-prophet/west-memphis-moon-lyrics/ Talented songwriter... I finally today understand what the very vivid song was referring to...

The lyrics of the song include a word that sounds somewhat like clitoris (albeit pronounced with a different vowel: /klɪˈtɑrɨs/ kli-tar-is). There is some debate over whether the word is really "clitoris" or whether it is in fact clitares, a French bathing costume, which more closely fits the context of the lyric - "Is she trying to get out of that clitares?". It is likely, however, that the line is actually a double entendre encompassing both meanings. The song is driven by a particularly forthright bass line.

Sally Cato is the lead singer of the 1980s glam rock/metal band Smashed Gladys and former singer of Toronto punk-era band, The Concords. As of 1996, she is a the owner of a New York City marketing and design firm, mostly creating material for entertainment: Film, Broadway and West End theatre shows such as Eric Idle's Spamalot, The Rutles, An Evening Without Monty Python, Blast! (musical), and others. Sally has been a Tibetan Buddhist for most of her adult life.

This is Sally Cato. As odd as some of this information may seem it is all true and just the tip of the ice berg. I have an official facebook page- Sally Cato and we have just now- as of May 13 2011 launched the first official Smashed Gladys presence on the internet with a Smashed Gladys facebook page. I have no idea who put this previous info up here- but it is true. Wikipedia may contact me antime using my login info. Cheers Sally
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The final recorded and released "Kokomo" background vocals are sung by Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston & Al Jardine. Terry Melcher's and Jeff Foskett's demo vocals were erased and replaced by Carl Wilson's & Al Jardine's vocals. The final released "Kokomo" lead vocals are sung by Mike Love and Carl Wilson (this is accurate information written by me, Bruce Johnston!).

damn, just noticed this posted above....

still super lol

Ok this isn't particularly "unusual" and maybe this is already well known, but it kind of blew my mind this morning:

(Scott) Caan was a roadie for the rap groups Cypress Hill and House of Pain. Caan was also a member of the hip-hop group The Whooliganz (with producer and fellow emcee The Alchemist).

"Colonel Abrams (his real name)"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lee_%28actor%29

Lee was engaged to actress Beth Riesgraf and together have a son named Pilot Inspektor. The couple came up with the unusual name after listening to the song "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" by the indie rock band Grandaddy.

Jimmy Nail (born 16 March 1954) is an English singer-songwriter, actor and musician. He has starred in numerous roles on television since 1983. He is 97'3" tall

this is accurate information written by me, Jimmy Nail!

Full-time, year-round male workers had a median income of $0 versus $11,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $8,211. There were no families and 10% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

what article?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiseman,_Alaska

Odam guest started in the 2010 indie film Rainbow's End about deep east Texans on a trip to California, with the band Country Willie and the Cosmic Debris to record with him. He played himself. The movie still needs its own wiki page.

actual lol

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Borgore stated in an interview that his stage-name is a mixture of both his birth surname Borger, and the word "gore". Thus making Borgore.

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

There are many websites dedicated to the future of balls.

Terry Bradshaw you are awesome

Bradshaw has said he is interested in performing on Dancing with the Stars, on the condition that Paula Deen also appear.[16]

Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.[5]

They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on Singles Going Steady, described by critic Ned Raggett as a "punk masterpiece".[6] The widely covered "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" remains one of their best-known songs.

Ned gets higher billing than their biggest song! :D

Not happy with a compilation being considered a masterpiece but well done to Ned all the same.

I once dated a girl whose one and only record was Singles Going Steady.

Wiki pop music articles are the absolute worst

singles going steady is the dictionary def of all killer no filler

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

"She also achieved recognition as a war hero in Japan, her exploits receiving a two-page entry in the popularly-written Japanese Moe Moe War Maiden Encyclopedia."

Dude not just anyone gets into the Moe Moe War Maiden Encylopedia

http://i.imgur.com/6Jkvm.jpg

Not sure if this is meant to be her. Think Soviet snipers would normally have worn trousers over their bikini briefs so it might be another war maiden.

In 1977, he released the Animal Justice EP, notable particularly for the epic "Hedda Gabler", based very loosely on the Ibsen play. His often loud, abrasive and confrontational live performances fitted well with the punk rock scene developing on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Cale took to wearing a hockey goaltender's mask onstage; see the cover of the Guts compilation (1977). This look predated Friday the 13th's villain, Jason Voorhees, by several years. During one gig in Croydon he chopped the head off a dead chicken with a meat cleaver, and his band walked offstage in protest. Cale's drummer – a vegetarian – was so bothered he quit the group. Cale mocks his decision on "Chicken Shit" from the Animal Justice EP. Cale has admitted that some of his paranoia and erratic behaviour at this time was associated with heavy cocaine use.[10]