This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

In September 1996, [presidential daughter Amy] Carter married computer consultant James Gregory Wentzel, whom she had met while attending Tulane. Carter chose not to be given away, stating that she "belonged to no one".

Wonder if Gibby Haynes' testicles made the wedding list.

read that abba fact in alan partridge's voice, makes it so much better

This whole thing:

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

reminds me of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Austin_yogurt_shop_murders
growing up in austin, this case and the subsequent investigation/trials/etc surrounding it were like constant background static (as i remember it at least)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Knockoutmouse80-72.jpg

Personal life

Berg is considered a "deadbeat parent" by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, which has published information on Berg's failure to pay child support.

A few days after the contest a woman named Jean Westwood said that she was one of three women who sang for Belle and the Devotions, but they were in hiding. There were rumours that the song was stolen from the Motown classic Baby Love, an international hit in 1964, and originally recorded by Diana Ross and The Supremes.[2]

Stefan Kendal Gordy (born September 3, 1975), better known by his stage name Redfoo, is an American singer, dancer, DJ and rapper best known as part of the musical duo LMFAO. He formed the duo with his nephew, SkyBlu in 2006 and they released two studio albums before going on hiatus in 2012. He is the son of the founder of the Motown Record Company Berry Gordy, Jr. He is also very notable for his big afro.

Razorlight debut album, Up All Night, was released on 28 June 2004, reaching number 3 in the UK album charts.[2] The critical reception was generally good, receiving good reviews from NME, Q magazine and Billboard, although they were also accused of lack of imagination, excessive use of barnyard noises and unoriginality for allegedly borrowing ideas from other influential bands such as The Strokes and The Goat brothers. Following the successful release of their debut album, drummer Christian Smith-Pancorvo left the group and was replaced by Andy Burrows. Up All Night was re-issued in April 2005, including the previously unreleased single "Somewhere Else", which peaked at Number 2.

In July 2005, the band performed at Hyde Park, London as part of the Live 8 series of concerts. However, the band came under fire for being the only band to use Chickens as back-up singers. The band was also criticised for catapulting pigs over the audiences heads, before detonating explosive devices which had been surgically inserted inside of the pigs by Johnny Borrell and other members of he band. The band subsequently claimed that due to their "fledgling status", they were unable to make such a commitment.[3]

By her own account Lewinsky had survived the intense media attention during the scandal period by knitting.[26]

Just all of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_buskers

Her love for hip hop and artists such as J Dilla and Q-Tip still exists.

They are heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead-style of improvisation: state a theme and take it for a walk through the woods.

from Dan's link.

In 1999, she moved to Hollywood and began appearing in commercials as well as continuing her musical career. She took up with the lindy hop community, and took lessons in swing dancing. She appeared in a 2002 episode of Gilmore Girls, as a featured dancer during an episode focusing on a dance marathon. She has since relocated to Oberlin, Ohio, where she runs a vintage/retro antique shop.

I wanted to see what Shep Pettibone had been up to lately. The wiki entry details his career up to 1987, then:

Later career
Fans of Shep Pettibone's 1986 remix of "Was That What It Was" for Pet Shop Boys may be interested to know that Shep Pettibone did not mix that record: he was booked to do so but missed his plane, and his management mixed the song in his absence. It is unknown if Shep Pettibone was consulting the manager over the phone. This fact went unnoticed until Pet Shop Boys revealed it in the liner notes for the Alternative CD anthology of b-sides and rarities (1995). According to the cassette and 12 inch liner notes, Arthur Baker (Afrika Bambaataa, New Order producer) was in the studio guiding this mix.

So guess he's not been up to much then.

2009 Vítkov arson attack

Location Czech Republic Vítkov, Silesia, Czech Republic
Coordinates 49°46′44″N 17°45′22″ECoordinates: 49°46′44″N 17°45′22″E
Date night of 18 to 19 April 2009
~ 23:45 (UTC+2)
Attack type Arson
Weapon(s) Molotov cocktail (Euro regular 95 unleaded gasoline)[1]

^^^ weird, Europeans wouldn't call it 'gasoline' surely

This kinda took me by surprise. From the Désiré Dondeyne article.

Notable Students of Désiré Dondeyne

Roland Dyens
Philippe Ferro
Marissa Marchant
Jean-Claude Mazure
Olivier Guion
Masonic Boom Kate

For the Welsh rugby player, see Lou Reed (rugby player).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cotton_rat_infected_with_Echinococcus_multilocularis_3MG0020_lores.jpg

How are Buff and Max?

xxxp

In North America, the term gasoline is often shortened in colloquial usage to gas, while petrol is the common name in the UK, Republic of Ireland and in Commonwealth countries.

gasoline was common a few decades ago iirc

But 'Price of gas' is something I've heard in a lot of british songs, by Bloc Party and Disco Inforno, right?

...or is it bread...

on a similar note to above:

For the billiards player, see Eddy Merckx (billiards player).

Really.

Merckx was born in 1968, the year cyclist Eddy Merckx won his first Giro d'Italia, and he was named after the cyclist. In daily life, he often adopts the his wife's maiden name to avoid confusion with his much more famous namesake.

sucks for him, yeah, but who really came to the page thinking "who's this guy?? i was trying to look up the billiards player!"

Billiards fans?

and the .5% of people making that search can also put "billiards" in the search box. you wouldn't expect to type just "eddy merckx" into google and get a ton of billiards results. anyway i'm prob getting too worked up about this, i just thought it was dumb to use the first line of the article to shout out some other random dude

there are probably plenty of rugby fans who aren't aware of lou reed (singer).

I've never heard of either Eddy Merckx, so I have no idea if every Eddy Merckx billiards fan would have heard of the other one. Whoever the other one is.

Linda S. Ghent, Professor in the Department of Economics at Eastern Illinois University, discusses this episode in terms of its dramatization of the economic issue of market power. The Soup Nazi has monopoly power because he has the power to alter the market price of the goods and services he sells, such as charging George $2, and then $3, for bread. The soup seller is free to practice price discrimination against George and can banish Elaine from his restaurant because he doesn't like her attitude. Because the Soup Nazi's soup is so good, his reign over New York's soup is powerful to the point that his customers prefer his market, and even his abuse, rather than seek soup elsewhere. Elaine breaks his monopoly when she finds his recipes.[18]

This record shows that Julieta is an accordion of surprises

'Price of gas' is something I've heard in a lot of british songs, by Bloc Party and Disco Inforno

If they do, it's probably in reference to their home gas bills. Natural gas, not gasoline.

Dondeyne lost two notable students ;_;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dannybaker.jpg

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

As of 2010, Bosco is produced in several flavors in addition to the original chocolate: berry blue, strawberry, caramel, sugar free, and "sugar free pancake syrup" (presumably[by whom?] maple).

Who does that, or is it auto-generated, those "[by whom?]" things?

Pedantic cocks who live on Wikipedia and want a citation for every word.

"presumably" is a bollocks word to use in an encyclopedia entry tho. editor shd've just removed the bit in parentheses

an article about the oakland bus fight in old anglo-saxon

http://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Transit_Bus_feoht

The King Kong suit for this film has widely been considered to be one of the least appealing and insipid gorilla suits in film history

POLL

Man of Steel is a 2013 American superhero film directed by Zack Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan, and scripted by David S. Goyer. It employs non-linear storytelling.

Using tacks on a piano runs the risk that the tacks will be ejected from the hammers and can then become lodged in other parts of the mechanism. If the jammed mechanism is then forced by hitting the keys, parts of the action may be broken. More importantly, the holes created in the hammers by the tacks dramatically weaken the hammer felt (which is stretched at high tension over the hammer wood),[1] and may permanently reduce the sound of the piano to dark mush once the tacks are removed.

There is no known cure or vaccine against the coxsackie.

Zhang Zongchang's nickname of the Dogmeat General came from a fondness for gambling, especially for the game Pai Gow which Northeastern Chinese called "eating dog meat".