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unusual facts about The Athlete's Foot


Howard Twilley

He owned 28 The Athlete's Foot sporting goods stores before selling them in 1990, and he worked in an investment firm.


Athlete's foot

Athlete's foot can usually be diagnosed by visual inspection of the skin, but if the diagnosis is uncertain, direct microscopy of a potassium hydroxide preparation of a skin scraping (known as a KOH test) can confirm the diagnosis of Athlete's foot and help rule out other possible causes, such as candidiasis, pitted keratolysis, erythrasma, contact dermatitis, eczema, or psoriasis.

Zinc oxide-based diaper rash ointment may be used; talcum powder can be used to absorb moisture to kill off the infection.

Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas

After reprimanding a group of cheaters, he notices that lucky medals, four leaf clovers, horse shoes or rabbit's feet are not allowed, and realizes he's been duped.

The Athlete

A mixture of fiction and stock footage, The Athlete is a portrait of the legendary marathoner from Ethiopia, Abebe Bikila.

The Spider Woman

Unlike most other adaptations of the Holmes stories, which retell only one of the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, this film incorporates elements from the novel The Sign of the Four, as well as the short stories "The Final Problem", "The Adventure of the Empty House", "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band".


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