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27 unusual facts about the world


Battle of Am Dam

The Battle of Am Dam took place in and around the eastern Chadian town of Am Dam on May 7 and May 8, 2009 when Chadian Army forces attacked a column of advancing Union of Forces for the Resistance (UFR) rebels.

Belle de Boskoop

Varieties that can provide compatible pollen for Belle de Boskoop are James Grieve, Melba and Reine des Reinettes.

Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team

The group was active in the late 1990s until soon after the September 11 attacks when the CECT wrote on their Internet newsletter: "B’nai B’rith offices, Mossad temples and any Jew or Arab Temple, building, house and cars. There are no innocent Jews especially in a time of war."

Disputanta, Virginia

A large Food Lion warehouse and an auto parts factory operated by Standard Motor Parts are located along Highway 460 a few miles west of Disputanta.

Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr.

(born 1954) is a Pennsylvania attorney in private practice and is a nominee for United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Guernsey Football Association

Both the Men's and Women's teams compete in the Island Games and the Men's team have won it on two occasions in 2001 and 2003.

Héctor Cavallero

Cavallero was born in Las Parejas, Santa Fe, but went to high school in the General Paz Military Liceum in Córdoba, and studied Biochemistry at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral.

Helmut Dantine

Dantine's second marriage was to Nicola Schenck, daughter of Nicholas Schenck, one of the founders of Loews; she became an actress known as Niki Dantine; the couple had two children.

James Charles Dalbiac

From 1822 to 1824 he was brigadier-general commanding the Goojerat district of the Bombay army and was promoted major-general in 1825 and made a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order (KCH) by William IV.

John Morrill

In an incredible season in 1883, he batted .316, played six different positions, and led the Boston Beaneaters to the National League pennant after taking over as manager from Jack Burdock in midseason.

Joseph-Nicolas Delisle

He became quite rich and famous, to such an extent that when he returned to Paris in 1747, he built a new observatory in the palace of Cluny, later made famous by Charles Messier.

Kimberley Honeyeater

It was formerly lumped with the White-lined Honeyeater but, based on DNA research, it is now considered a separate species.

Live at the Ambassadors

There is also very little evidence of his cross dressing, something that would become a major part of the Izzard 'brand' later in his career.

Lucius Vibius Sabinus

Around the years 81-82, Sabinus married Trajan’s niece Salonina Matidia.

Mexican War of Independence

The insurgent forces planned a defensive strategy at a bridge on the Calderón River, pursued by the Spanish army.

Mobile Web

The .mobi sponsored top-level domain was launched specifically for the mobile Internet by a consortium of companies including Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, and Vodafone.

Murray of Aberscross

Despite their name, this Murray family were not part of the Clan Murray in Atholl but were in fact a sept of the Clan Sutherland, whose chiefs were the Earls of Sutherland.

Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos?

Instead, Gillian becomes more closely attached to Andrew's parents (Ricky Belmonte and Marita Zobel) and Andrew feels drawn to Gillian's parents, Bernardo (Dante Rivero) and Patria (Gina Pareño).

Nikki Ponte

While still in the competition, she caught the attention of Greece's Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and was sequentially approached and signed by Sony Music Entertainment Greece.

Orange County Sanitation District

It consists of two operating plants, referred to as Plant No. 1 located in Fountain Valley and Plant No. 2 located in Huntington Beach.

Ronald Long

He was born in London and performed at the Old Vic Theatre there before moving to America in the late 1940s.

Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre

The Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre is a not-for-profit aquarium and marine education centre that focuses on the ecosystem of the Salish Sea and is located inside the Sidney Pier Hotel on the Vancouver Island town of Sidney, Canada, in the Greater Victoria region.

South Semitic languages

These languages are spoken mainly by small minority populations on the Arabian peninsula in Yemen (Mahra and Soqotra) and Oman (Dhofar).

Spring Drive

The internationally available Seiko models were officially launched at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris on September 14, and went on sale the following day.

St Andrew's Church, Woodwalton

After being declared redundant, the church was used as a major location in the 1984 TV film "And the Wall Came Tumbling Down", an episode of Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (known as Fox Mystery Theater in the U.S.).

Turkish Council of State shooting

"a move aimed at fanning unrest in the country", while the Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey, General Hilmi Özkök, said that the protests should "not remain the reaction of just one day, a one-off event. ... It must gain permanence, as something continuous. It must be pursued by everyone."

Vito Cruz railway station

The station is near educational institutions such as the main campus of Arellano University, the De La Salle University, the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and St. Scholastica's College.