This is the thread for unusual details in wikipedia articles.

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Navarro has been a part of the music scene since the dawn of mankind and has been associated with every musician down through history. His earliest known collaboration was with Elvis the Caveman, as depicted in the cave paintings of Lascaux, France, where he plays a mammoth tusk with gut strings attached. This is the first known evidence of guts strings being used on an instrument. The [[Hurrian songs]] which were engraved into a clay tablet in 1400 BC is attributed to Dave Navarro. h.6, which was long thought to be anonymous, is the first known solo work by Navarro.

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In 850 Dave Navarro and [[Aurelian of Réôme]] write the earliest extant medieval treatise on music, Musica disciplina (Bellingham 2001)

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He collaborated extensively with all major classical composers including Bach, Haydn, Handel, Beethoven and Mozart. For example, Beethoven and Navarro collaborated on Sonata No. 14, now commonly known as the "Moonlight" Sonata. The influence of Navarro's classical period can be seen in many of his modern efforts with [[Jane's Addiction]].

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He was a member of [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]], a band which has included [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jack Bruce]], [[Peter Green]], [[John McVie]], [[Mick Fleetwood]], [[Mick Taylor]], [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]], [[Harvey Mandel]], [[Larry Taylor]], [[Aynsley Dunbar]], [[Hughie Flint]], [[Jon Hiseman]], [[Dick Heckstall-Smith]], [[Andy Fraser]], [[Johnny Almond]], [[Walter Trout]], [[Coco Montoya]] and [[Buddy Whittington]].

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Navarro performed at [[Woodstock]] as a guitarist with [[Country Joe and the Fish]].

At its conclusion, the video uses the post-modern concept of exposing its own workings, as with a wry expression Henley drives the car away from a rear projection screen.

love these 'cultural studies as written by a robot' snippets.

Proof of the Man

Munesue starts to suspect that Kyoko knows more than she is letting on. He travels to New York to find out more about the dead man. There he is partnered with an American detective, played by George Kennedy, who seems to be the same man who killed Munesue's father. Munesue finds that the young man is the son of a black American soldier and a Japanese woman. He also finds Yasugi's son, who deliberately provokes George Kennedy into shooting him dead. Munesue returns to Japan and begins to suspect Kyoko. He travels to a resort and discovers that Kyoko was a prostitute in the years after the war. Finally he has enough evidence and confronts Kyoko that the black man was her son, and she killed him to protect her reputation. Kyoko commits suicide. In America, George Kennedy goes looking for the black man's father and finds he is dead. Then George Kennedy is stabbed and dies.

oh ffs

can we get a 'spoilers' in the thread title pls

George Kennedy movie night: ruined

srsly but

George Kennedy was not killed in this movie.

RIP big man

Todd Anthony Bridges (born May 27, 1965) is an American actor.[1] He is best known for his childhood role as Willis Jackson on the NBC/ABC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, and for his recurring role as Monk on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. He is currently a comedic commentator on the television series TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest..., which airs on truTV. He is now the sole survivor of Diff'rent Strokes, since Conrad Bain died of natural causes on January 14, 2013, Dana Plato died of a drug overdose on May 8, 1999, and Gary Coleman died of epidural hematoma on May 28, 2010 after a fall.

HAI DERE

http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/59467-charlotte-rae-facts-of-life-star-my-husband-was-gay-cheated-on-me/1358796845_charlotte-rae-467.jpg

Only surviving castmember who was on the show throughout its run.

Hell though, even Dixie Carter's dead.

dang mrs g looking good!

god, i thought this was the rip thread for a second

A memorable incident occurred during a televised World Championship Match against Dennis Taylor at the Crucible. Werbeniuk attempted to stretch across the table, but due to his size was having some difficulty. Eventually, the inevitable happened and he split his trousers. The ripping noise it made caused many in the audience, including his opponent, to laugh out loud. Werbeniuk took it in good humour, asking the audience "who did that?" as if insinuating that the noise was attributed to flatulence.

Eventually the inevitable

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_G._Bilbo

His funeral at Juniper Grove Cemetery[33] in Poplarville was attended by 5,000 mourners, including the governor and the junior senator. A bronze statue of Bilbo was placed in the rotunda of the Mississippi State Capitol building. It was relocated to another room, which is now frequently used by the Legislative Black Caucus. Some of the members use the statue's outstretched arm as a coat rack.[34]

This is possibly more funny than unusual

Andy Duncan's short story, "Senator Bilbo," which appears in the collection, Seekers of Dreams (2005), edited by Douglas A. Anderson, takes the coincidence of Bilbo sharing a name with J. R. R. Tolkien's character as an excuse to imagine racial segregation in Tolkien's fictional village of Hobbiton.

misread that as "sneakers of deems". too much time on ilx.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo_removal#Laser_removal

That's so gross. What logo is that on dude's face?

http://i41.tinypic.com/20tky86.jpg

oohhhhhhh shit!

File:RomneyTat.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tyson.JPG

He attended college at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he had many friends[citation needed]

Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez (born 21 April 1992), commonly known as Isco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈisko]), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid mainly as an attacking midfielder. He wears the number 23 shirt as a tribute to his hero Shola Ameobi

As on past Fiery Furnaces' albums, the backing tracks have a narrative aspect, excuse the expression. For instance, the long 'bassoon' and altered tabla part in "The Philadelphia Grand Jury" might indicate the singer in the song's waiting for the word (verdict). The loud guitar-drums-and-Chamberlin 'thunderstorm' part towards the end of "Ex-Guru" indicates the thunderstorm brought about by the jilted ex-guru. The synthesizer filtering of the acoustic guitar in "Duplexes of the Dead" indicates the odd light that filters through the dirty curtains a duplex of the dead would no doubt have. The swelling melody at the end of "My Egyptian Grammar" indicates the pride that likely swells up in the breast of a blue jay referred to therein. The monkey and cow noises in "The Old Hag is Sleeping" indicate the rooster at dawn. The guitar solo at the end of "Cabaret of the Seven Devils" counts to seven. The train sound effect in "Japanese Slippers" indicates a train. And so forth.

I feel you should have bolded up "excuse the expression" tbh. And "And so forth". Also this paragraph is a rich bounty of possible display names.

so i'm guessing the reviewers who liked the fiery furnaces are the ones who believe everything they read in press releases

An altered version of the song, with the refrain "They're Crumbelievable", was used in a 2005 US television advertisement for Kraft Crumbles.[17]

Another altered version of the song, with the refrain "They're Twin-believable" was used during the Minnesota Twins 1991 championship drive and eventual World Series victory.

In the late 1990s, a band in Milwaukee incorporated the word into its name--NLTA, which stood for Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is Longer Than Antidisestablishmentarianism. Only later did they discover that Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis started with a P, not an N[citation needed].

bobblehead dolls have been made with a wide variety of figures such as breakfast cereal mascot Count Chocula, beat generation author Jack Kerouac, and Nobel-prize-winning geneticist James D. Watson

Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez (born 21 April 1992), commonly known as Isco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈisko]), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid mainly as an attacking midfielder. He wears the number 23 shirt as a tribute to his hero Shola Ameobi

― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), 1. syyskuuta 2013 13:56 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What's the "unusual" part in this one?

Unusually florid and cod-bio in style.

José Paronella arrived in nearby Innisfail, Queensland, Australia in 1913, having sailed from Catalonia in northern Spain to plan a splendid life for himself and his fiancée Matilda. José worked hard for 11 years, creating his wealth by buying, improving and selling cane farms. While travelling through the beautiful countryside he discovered a virgin forest alongside spectacular Mena Creek Falls - perfect for his dream.
Upon returning to Spain, José discovered that Matilda had married another! Determined to sail back with a bride José proposed to Margarita, Matilda's younger sister. One year later the happy newlyweds were ship bound for Australia and by 1929 had purchased the land of José' dreams. He first built the grand 47-step staircase to shift building materials between the lower and upper level. Here the fun-loying couple had their cottage hand built of stone, and moved in on Christmas Eve.

also, holy fucking LOL at Sasha's Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis one.

The back cover shows their road crew gathered in the same spot with 0.47 lt (16 oz.) cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer provided by the photographer as a reward to the roadies for lugging out and stacking the band's heavy equipment for the photo shoot. Their expressions certainly seem to signify their displeasure at having to stack cases for a photo shoot.[6]

In an interview with Rap-Up TV, Mario revealed details on the new single and the album. Mario explained that the first single really pays homage to women who are comfortable with being sexy outside and they’re sexy with their men when they get home.

In June 2013, Case announced a new album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, to be released on September 3. M Ward of She & Him was paid in full for his guitar work on Neko's record.

That point is then explained, but on it comes off as so random on first read.

Almost tempted to start a "rolling was M.Ward paid for..." thread on ilm.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardigan_(sweater)

The photos are slaying me

For Australians, pick the odd one out in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Coprophagous_animals

haw

fabulous

Kerrigan then chose not to attend the closing ceremonies at the Olympics; her agent claimed this was because Norwegian security had advised her not to do so due to death threats that had been made against her, but this was later denied.[23] Instead, Kerrigan left Norway to take part in a pre-arranged publicity parade at Walt Disney World, her $2 million sponsor. During the parade, she was caught on microphone saying to Mickey Mouse, "This is dumb. I hate it. This is the most corny thing I have ever done."[24] She later said her remarks had been taken out of context: she was commenting not on being in the parade, but on having to wear her silver medal in the parade because showing off and bragging about her accomplishments was something that her parents had always taught her not to do. She went on to say that she had nothing against Disney or Mickey Mouse by responding, "Whoever could find fault with Mickey Mouse? He's the greatest mouse I've ever known.

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

The shopping center's claim to fame came in 1972, when Alabama Governor George Wallace was wounded in an assassination attempt while campaigning for the presidency on May 15. Wallace survived the assassination attempt but was left paralyzed from the waist down. A bank branch remains near the location of the assassination attempt – Equitable Trust at the time and currently Bank of America.[3][4]

A lesser known involvement in another significant part of American history came three days before the September 11 attacks. Hijacker Mohamed Atta sent $5000 to Mustafa Ahmad via a wire transfer he initiated at the Giant Food store located in the shopping center.[5][6]

Holmes played the piano for both The Cuff Links and The Buoys,[3] with whom he had his first international hit, "Timothy", in 1971, a top-40 song about cannibalism.[4] He also wrote "Give Up Your Guns", "The Prince of Thieves", "Blood Knot" and "Tomorrow" for the band. "Timothy" charted in the U.S. at number 17 and "Give Up Your Guns" at number 84. Holmes also wrote jingles and pop tunes (including for Gene Pitney, the Platters, the Drifters, Wayne Newton, Dolly Parton, Barry Manilow and television's The Partridge Family).[3][5]"

I'd either never heard this song before or didn't know it was about cannibalism. Stealing as we speak!

Oil business[edit source | editbeta]
In early 2010, Birdman formed an oil and gas exploration company, Bronald Oil and Gas, LLC. The company was a joint venture founded by Birdman and his brother Slim, and the name was a combination of the brothers' first names, Bryan and Ronald. Evidence of the company's actual business operations was scant, limited mostly to a website and the appearance of a "pumpjack" tattoo on the side of Birdman's head.[18] The website indicated that the company's strategy would be to first develop existing land holdings and seek out new oil and gas leases. In February 2010, Birdman told Ozone magazine that he had been in the oil business for "4 or 5 years" and was "making good money off that".[19]
However, by March 2010, Birdman had almost completely covered the pumpjack tattoo, which sparked speculation that the Bronald Oil project had stalled.[20] An investigative report from Bloomberg revealed that official regulators in charge of oil and gas permits had never heard of Bronald. In addition, Bronald Oil and Gas' website which provided scant details on the venture had since late 2011 been no longer operational.[21]

The following year, she directed National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) with Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo, a sequel to the popular National Lampoon's Vacation. With it, Heckerling scored her second solid hit, earning $74,964,621 at the box office. The film, like many of Heckerling’s films, received poor reviews from critics but proved to be very popular with audiences who just wanted to watch a funny movie. Heckerling, despite being well educated and loving the work of such deep writers at Franz Kafka [5] admits that she loves "silly things", which has proven to make her commercially successful in the comedy genre.[8]

Suggestions varied from enshrining Joe Hill's ashes at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC to Abbie Hoffman's suggestion that they be eaten by today's "Joe Hills" like Billy Bragg and Michelle Shocked. Bragg did indeed swallow a small bit of the ashes with some Union beer to wash it down, and still carries Shocked's share for the eventual completion of Hoffman's last prank. Bill Bragg has since give Michelle Shocked's share to Otis Gibbs.

well thank goodness!

http://huckkonopackicartoons.com/billy-bragg-saved-joe-hill-from-michelle-shocked/