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(Here's a bunch. Trying to find the right blend of non-obvious, interesting, and demonstrative of the HRWiki's amusing nerdery.)
 
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A soon-to-be randomized template for the [[HRWiki:Main page redesign|soon-to-be Main Page]]. This should have 60-80 facts, ideally. Currently at 51.
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<noinclude>A randomized template for the [[HRWiki:Main page redesign|new Main Page]]. Facts are stored on {{t|didyouknow facts}}. For each bullet point, the template picks a random number. If two numbers are the same, a number is picked from outside of the usual range, corresponding to the bullet point, meaning no fact will be repeated. Additionally, the first bullet point is programmed to pull from a separate list of pictured facts.</noinclude>
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*[[Homestar Runner]] gained a half-open mouth animation frame, despite [[Matt Chapman]] [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|saying it wasn't necessary at 12 frames per second]].
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*[[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Mad]], and their original role as tag team wrestlers, came from the 1986 [[Nintendo]] video game [[Wikipedia:Tag Team Wrestling|Tag Team Wrestling]], in which one of the teams is called "The Strong Bads".
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*[[Strong Bad]] has more appearances than [[Senor Cardgage]], [[Homsar]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[Pom Pom]], and [[The King of Town]] combined.
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*At his fastest, [[Strong Bad]] types, on average, approximately 240 [[Wikipedia:Typing#Words per Minute|words per minute]] (in a segment in [[death metal]]).
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*[[Matt Chapman]] has said that [[Strong Sad]] is the most difficult main character to voice due to how delicate he sounds, leading to [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] substituting for Strong Sad's one word in [[cheat talk]].
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*[[Strong Sad]] was originally going to sound like [[Wikipedia:Michael Stipe|Michael Stipe]], but this idea was quickly rejected.
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*[[Strong Sad]] [[independent|claims]] to have "minored in holding on wide shots for too long" in film school.
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*[[Strong Sad]] [[Fan Costumes '07|only has three ribs]].
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*[[Pom Pom]]'s "voice" is a re-used sample of [[Mike Chapman]] blowing bubbles into a glass of milk, making his the only voice that is never recorded fresh for every toon.
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*[[Pom Pom]] is the only main character never to have said anything [[Lack of Intelligible Speech|understandable as an English word]].
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*[[Pom Pom]] is the only main character whose [[parents]] ([[General and Fraulein Pom Pom]]) have been [[Pom Pom, Too|seen in the body of work]].
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*The [[Old Characters Page]] said that [[the King of Town]] was [[Marzipan]]'s father. However, this idea has since been abandoned.
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*[[Marzipan]] is named after [[Wikipedia:Marzipan|marzipan]], a confectionery consisting primarily of ground almonds and sugar.
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*[[Marzipan]] is apparently [[DNA Evidence|allergic to pecans]].
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*[[Marzipan]] has a cousin named [[Debra]] whom [[Strong Bad]] [[Happy Dethemberween|said he considered hot]].
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*[[Marzipan]] has a sister, [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2|according]] to [[Homestar Runner]].
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*[[Marzipan]] has [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2|apparently had]] [[Questionable Services|questionable surgery]] to have her [[Lack of Visible Body Parts|nose removed]].
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*[[Marzipan]]'s latest stepfather as of [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]] is named Seth, and works in a philosophy department.
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*[[Coach Z]]'s accent came from a depressing Midwestern voice that [[Matt Chapman]] and some friends would do in college.
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*[[Coach Z]] is named after [[Craig Zobel]] (as revealed in the [[Wonkavision Magazine Interview|Wonkavision interview]]).
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*On [[Coach Z]]'s emblem, the darker blue shine streak under the gold Z makes a backwards Z formation.
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*According to the [[Old Characters Page]], [[Coach Z]] wasn't much of a coach at the time, and he just added the title because it sounded "cooler than just Z".
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*[[Bubs]] is based on a person [[the Brothers Chaps]] knew growing up who worked at a concession stand locally and spoke with the same gravelly voice.
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*[[Matt Chapman]] has admitted that [[Bubs]]'s voice was heavily borrowed from the voice of [[imdb:nm0289359|Redd Foxx]] (of [[imdb:tt0068128|''Sanford and Son'']] fame).
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*[[Mike Chapman]] [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|once noted]] that it is difficult to animate Bubs's elbows, leading to his lack of elbows in later toons.
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*[[The King of Town]] wears a [[pickelhaube]] in [[Ever and More]], similar to his [[Old-Timey]] [[The Kaiser|counterpart]].
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*[[The King of Town]] is [[Donut Unto Others|shown to possess]] either powers of teleportation or skills as a ninja, as he can appear and disappear in a puff of smoke.
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*[[The Poopsmith]], in his voiced appearances, is voiced by [[John Linnell]] of [[They Might Be Giants]].
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*[[Homsar]] is the only main character with no [[Old-Timey]] or [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] counterpart.
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*[[Homsar]]'s coloring is similar to that of the unused character [[Homeschool Winner]].
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*[[Strong Bad]]'s username on ''[[wikipedia:Tabletop Simulator|Tabletop Simulator]]'', which he has [[Trogdor! LIVE with the Brothers Chaps!|used to virtually play]] [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]], is [[Senor Cardgage|cardgage]]fan73.
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*[[Senor Cardgage]]'s [[weird shrub]] was originally going to be named Strongberg.
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*The blurred-out writing on [[Olympic Man and Coach|Olympic Man]]'s shirt says "hiphop man" in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]].
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*[[Strong Sad]]'s [[marzipan|comment about vinegar toast]] was based on [[Matt Chapman]] feeding it to [[Mike Chapman|his brother]] when they were kids.
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*One of the two [[Homestar Runner]]s who appear in [[Senorial Day]] is wearing a [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner|mustache]].
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*Typing anything with the word "[[The Cheat|cheat]]" in it in [[Peasant's Quest]] will result in the response "Meh."
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*[[Strong Bad]] makes an unintentional [[haiku]] in the intro to [[japanese cartoon#Remarks|japanese cartoon]].
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*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] is the [[Toons By Length|longest cartoon]] on [[homestarrunner.com]], at 31:09.
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*The [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor song]] was added to [[dragon]] at the last minute by [[the Brothers Chaps]], after [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] started spontaneously singing it while making breakfast.
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*[[The Brothers Chaps]] didn't come up with the reveal in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] that [[Homestar Runner]] was [[Strong Bad]] in disguise until the toon was almost finished.
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*[[Homsar]] never actually said his iconic line, "I was raised by a cup of coffee," until an [[Easter egg]] in [[Haunted Photo Booth]].
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*[[Abdi LaRue]] was an early fan of [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] to whom [[the Brothers Chaps]] reached out to send [[some kinda robot|the first Strong Bad Email]].
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*[[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows|Fluffy Puffs]] are a real marshmallow brand in [[wikipedia:Israel|Israel]].
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*[[Strong Mad#Physical Statistics|Strong Mad's height]] varies from [[i she be|6 ft]] to [[Secret Pages#smposse|8 ft 3]] depending on the source.
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*The little girl who appears in [[The Next April Fools Thing]] is based on a design for a character named "[[Folly]]", seen in [[Why Come Only One Girl?]].
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*The [[Visor Robot]] was given its name by this wiki. The name was adopted by [[the Brothers Chaps]] and used officially in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
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*[[Homestar Runner]] was going to have two cousins named [[Preshy and Rafferty]] in an unfinished cartoon seen in [[Why Come Only One Girl?]].
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*Behind the characters' silhouettes in each [[Halloween teaser]] is a different [[Nice Try|hidden message]] mocking those who try to reveal the [[Halloween Costumes|costumes]] with a [[Flash]] decompiler.
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*Typing the [[wikipedia:Konami Code|Konami Code]] on the hint screen of [[TROGDOR!]] starts the player off with 30 lives.
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*[[Naked Ned]] from [[Peasant's Quest]] lurks in the artwork of one of the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Items#Tiles|forest tiles]] in [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].
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Current revision as of 04:03, 4 September 2020

A randomized template for the new Main Page. Facts are stored on {{didyouknow facts}}. For each bullet point, the template picks a random number. If two numbers are the same, a number is picked from outside of the usual range, corresponding to the bullet point, meaning no fact will be repeated. Additionally, the first bullet point is programmed to pull from a separate list of pictured facts.

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