Remote islands, big cities, long train rides, suspension bridges, geographical landmarks of arbitrary significance, very large sea creatures, searching for the exact middle of nowhere, and accidentally making noises in public that sound like farts but aren't actually and then you have to make the noise again so that people know you didn't just fart.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Raising Arizona, Rushmore, Gross Point Blanke, Being John Malkovich, Network, Harold and Maude
Sopranos, Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks, The Daily Show
Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Paluhniak
Nikolai Tesla, William Dampier, Tycho de Brahe, Thomas Jefferson, Buckminster Fuller, Rasputin, Heliogabolus.