This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

In "Can The Subaltern Speak", Spivak discusses the race and power dynamics involved in the banning of sati. Spivak writes that all we hear about sati are accounts (by British colonizers or Hindu leaders) of what sati meant to, or how it oppressed, women, but we never hear from the sati-performing women themselves -- thus the subaltern cannot speak.[citation needed] Some critics,[who?] however, say that the sati-performing women cannot speak because they die in the practice of ritual suicide.[citation needed]

I always like scrolling through the articles for each day, like 'March 14', to see famous events, births, deaths. Anyway, it appears that this day back in 1985 was big for giving birth to future female porn stars. These are all the famous birthdays from March 14, 1985:

1985 – Eva Angelina, American pornographic actress
1985 – Idaira, Spanish singer
1985 – Brianna Love, American pornographic actress
1985 – Ariel Rebel, Canadian pornographic actress

In a room full of 23 people having an orgy, what is the probability of two people having the same birthday?

This caption in the article on "more popular than Jesus" is killing me:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/JohnLennon2.jpg/160px-JohnLennon2.jpg
John Lennon on the tarmac at JFK Airport, New York in February 1964, two years before the controversy

Little did he know, two years later...he would say something dumb in a teen magazine.

tbf, the reaction said more about the public than it did about John Lennon

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/JohnLennon2.jpg/160px-JohnLennon2.jpg

John Lennon on the tarmac at JFK Airport, New York in February 1964, 10 years before recording a song with Elton John.

awesome:

Mark Twain is a notoriously harsh critic of his contemporaries. His style of critical analysis is humorous, but altogether not too different from any sort of stand-up comedy burns we see today.

ha!

Future Hollywood producer Armand Deutsch later claimed he might have been the intended victim of Loeb or Leopold. But on the day of the murder, as the 11-year-old grandson of Julius Rosenwald, he was picked up by his family's chauffeur after school because he had a prior dental appointment. Deutsch died aged 92 on August 13, 2005.[9][10]

man the "history" function of Wikipedia is incredible

Internet Gambling Ban

In September 2006, working with Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, Frist was a major Senate supporter of H.R. 4411 - The Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act. This amendment to the Safe Port Act was passed at midnight the day Congress adjourned before the 2006 elections. Prior to it being added to the bill, the gambling provisions had not been debated by any Congressional committee. Just another example of a Senator trying to bypass the political process in favor of a company or foundation that would line his/her pockets. A further degredation of the United States political system.

During the recording of the Gorillaz album Plastic Beach, Humperdinck was asked by Damon Albarn to perform on a selection. However, after listening to the proposed selection, his manager declined the offer without Humperdinck knowing. Humperdinck later stated in an interview that his manager declining the collaboration offer was: "the most grievous sin ever committed".

Elk Grove Village is home to the largest red light camera traps in the U.S. Over 3,600 camera traps are located in its 5.4-square-mile (14 km2) business park adjacent to O'Hare International Airport.

...

Top employers

According to the Village's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[3] the top employers in the village are:

1. Red Light Camera Traps

...

Because of red light camera traps the town has seen a great decline in business. People are going to surounding towns to conduct business. Elk Grove Village is installing more red light camera traps to counter the decline in business.

hahahaha

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

As is often the case with location filming, Bob's commute journey was geographically inconsistent. For example, he leaves his office building by heading west toward Michigan Avenue, only to then be seen from below walking east from Michigan Avenue, before strolling south over the Michigan Avenue bridge. Bob boards a pair of Chicago Transit Authority 6001-6200 class PCC rapid transit cars at a Loop Elevated station, with the train moving from left to right on screen. The next shot shows Bob sitting down and removing his hat on a 2000-class car, moving from right to left. After that is seen a long shot of a pair of 6000-class cars crossing the Wells Street bridge northbound (screen left to right). Finally, Bob leaves the train at Isabella station (now demolished) on the Evanston line—several miles from his condo building in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago.

In 1996, the AMAs instituted a new award, Favorite Artist of the Year, which was awarded to Garth Brooks. Brooks left the award on the podium because he didn't believe in the concept of picking an artist of the year.[5] The category was discontinued.

from the Kris Kross entry:

Not to be confused with Christopher Cross.

Christopher Cross pops up in the weirdest of ways on Wikipedia.

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

1980 (June 21): Cotton Bowl in Dallas (General Admission - $16.50)
Eagles
Cheap Trick
Foreigner
April Wine
Sammy Hagar
Christopher Cross
Savvy

Note: Savvy was bumped at the last minute by The Eagles management. Show lineup confirmed by Steve Jones of Savvy. Christopher Cross, who already didn't fit on the hard rocking Texxas Jam stage, was resoundingly booed at the outset of "Sailing", then later cut his set short after throwing up on stage due to heat exhaustion.

*BLLARARRUYLIDSGGGGHHHHHZXXX*

"All right! Stick around because The Red Rocker Sammy Hagar's up next!"

This meeting established SETI as a scientific discipline. The meeting's dozen participants — astronomers, physicists, biologists, social scientists, and industry leaders — became known as the "Order of the Dolphin".

The Philadelphia Story could refer to:

The Philadelphia Story (play), a 1939 play
The Philadelphia Story (film), the 1940 film adaptation
"The Philadelphia Story", an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Categories:

1995 animal births
2002 animal deaths
Animals in politics
Individual cats
Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom
Official Monster Raving Loony Party politicians

A book of Breyer P-Orridge's writings, poems, and observations, called Ooh, You Are Awful... But I Like You!, was published in Nepal[citation needed].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Ringer_(1964_film)

=References=This is part of my DVD collection. I have watched this movie many times. I've modified the description to accurately describe the movie

Differences from Bonnie and Clyde
* Bonnie and Clyde did not involve a child.
* Bonnie and Clyde is set in central United States during the Great Depression; Waist Deep is set in Los Angeles in the 2000s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_Jack_%28liqueur%29

The taste is sweeter than comparable american whiskys drawing from the honey it is brewed with but then has a rougher bite than say Jack Daniels. It also has the distinctive taste of horehound.

"Yukon Jack is a taste born of hoary nights, when lonely men struggled to keep their fires lit and cabins warm. Boldly flavorful yet surprisingly smooth, there is no spirit like Yukon Jack"

Yukon Jack was featured in the Lifetime television movie "My Daughter for Some Shark Fins" by the character Fook Lee, a Chinese born fur trapper turned restaurateur who opens her own bar after being rejected for a Tim Hortons franchisee license.

Although conclusive proof is lacking, Yukon Jack likely offered to shovel my driveway in late January, 2008 in exchange for $20, at which point he was asked not to ring peoples' doorbells while they were masturbating.

That's fantastic.

^^^

that sentence is literally the best thing i've ever encountered.

for a second i wondered if adopting Fook Lee as my user name was in bad taste, but then i realized i love her too much for that!

Since epidemics are a problem, the wardens try to fill cells entirely with people with AIDS, or with tuberculosis; however, this avails little, since almost every inmate is a user, and there is at most one needle per cell. Moreover, inmates are brought to the tribunal in overcrowded police vans, so that a healthy inmate may breathe the same air of one with tuberculosis. The gasoline spared in this way is sold on the black market. The Butyrka has a peculiar slang: the wardens are called "manti", the inmates "patzani", to take drugs is "smazatsia", i. e., to oil oneself. The word khuy is used profusely. On a lighter note, television has been allowed since 1995.

Raymond E. Poole (born July 4, 1965), better known as Mo B. Dick, is an American singer and producer who is a founding member of the production team The Medicine Men, formerly called Beats by the Pound, which produced most of No Limit Records' releases from 1995 to 1999. All through high school he was in honors, state, distict, parish, and all that type of stuff.

The race was over 12 miles between Newport and Bedwas. Guto's effort looked in vain as Prince took an early lead, but a devastating uphill sprint from Guto saw him surge past Prince near the end and beat his challenger, taking the prize and the honour of being named the fastest man of his time. But the race took a fatal toll on Guto: it is reputed that during the post-race celebrations he collapsed and died in his lover's arms after an over vigorous congratulatory back-slap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guto_Nyth_Br%C3%A2n

Simpsons fans ftw.

Rory Calhoun (August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an American television and film actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for standing and walking.

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

"Peter Gutteridge (born circa 1961) is a Dunedin, New Zealand, musician. Best known as a singer/songwriter/guitarist, he was originally a bassist,[1] playing in several bands during the 1980s. Initially he was a member of The Clean,[2] alongside Hamish and David Kilgour, whom Gutteridge had known from his schooldays. [3] He was a founding member of The Chills in 1980, staying with the band for only a few months.[4] In 1982–83 he was a member of band The Cartilege Family, alongside Shayne Carter.[5] He rejoined with The Clean's Kilgour brothers to form The Great Unwashed in 1983. Gutteridge later formed the band Snapper, with whom he performed from 1986.[6] Other bands in which Gutteridge has been involved have included the Alpaca Brothers and The Puddle.

Gutteridge released one solo album, Pure, on Xpressway Records in 1989.[7]

Tension over unexpected drummer, 30th March 2012."

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

Bond meets Domino scuba-diving and they have underwater sex.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderball_(film)

Selznick introduced The Third Man director Carol Reed to the use of amphetamine, which allowed Reed to bring the picture in below budget and on schedule by filming nearly 22 hours at a time

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

Nikolai Konstantinovich Borschevsky (Russian: Николай Константинович Борщевский; born January 12, 1965 in Tomsk, Soviet Union) is a retired professional ice hockey player from Russia. Nicknamed "Stick" due to his diminutive frame, he was a star in the Soviet Union and went on to play in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars.

Canadian actor Mike Myers named his dog Borschevsky in his honour. It was reported that Borschevsky's favourite drinks in Canada were rye and ginger and Red Cap Ale.

Make It Last Forever (album)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C._Hansa_Rostock

In 2005, the club successfully sued three streakers who disrupted their 2003 match against Hertha Berlin

One of the earliest pioneers of beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, and a microphone.

Single releases "Basic Principles" and "Pulp Fiction" became jungle standards. The latter is originally called "Pulp Friction" as on Alex Reece's debut album So Far. Supposedly there are two different songs out - "Pulp Friction" and "Pulp Fiction". But even when the album version is used in a set it is incorrectly referred to as "Pulp Fiction".[2]

That's just incorrect, not unusual. Pulp Fiction was on Metalheadz and Goldie wouldn't release the master when Reece signed to a major, so he had to re-record it; the re-titling was a cute acknowledgement of this.

hie thee to wikipedia

exceptional for actually slipping into first person at one point:

"Long Day" is the first single and second track from Matchbox Twenty's debut album Yourself or Someone Like You. The song starts off with just an acoustic guitar; then switches to electric guitars for most of the song. The vocal style is typical of Rob Thomas, a mixture of soft and soulful and impassioned and angst-filled. There is no instrumental introduction; Thomas begins singing immediately and if listened to carefully, he can be heard drawing a breath just before. The video clip (directed by Roger Pistole), like most of the band's material centers around Matchbox Twenty, but is punctuated by black and white shots from an old movie. Thomas has shorter hair than in the subsequent clips and is dressed in a suit and sunglasses. The cover of the single features a parody of a Diamond Matches box.

oh nm i thought it said "if I listened to it carefully"; still pretty over the top though

At 8 years old, Kerli gained interest in classical music and as there was an absence of music in her early life, she only possessed one cassette by Bonnie Tyler.

Kerli believes in reincarnation as well as other forms of life after death,[71][72] fairies[73] (which she has cited as a large element of her life),[54] angels and demons, although once defining them as "reflections" of one's "inner light" and "inner darkness" respectively.[74] However, besides thanking her guardian angels in the liner notes for Love Is Dead, she has also stated she feel angels are beings, as well as using "angel cards."[40]

Rybolovlev’s love for the sea, urged him to explore surfing. Being a determined businessman and dedicated to his goals, are traits which he applies when he is surfing the waves in different oceans, pushing himself to discover where his limits are.