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30 unusual facts about the world


1983 in organized crime

Sicilian mafioso Salvatore Contorno begins anonymously writing letters to the police with information on the mafia.

A2100 road

From this point the current route of the A21 continues south-east through Vinehall Street, Whatlington and Kent Street, while the A2100 goes more or less due south.

Abrahams Commission

In the period before a British protectorate was proclaimed 1891, the African Lakes Company and several individuals, notably Eugene Sharrer, Alexander Low Bruce (the son-in-law of David Livingstone) and John Buchanan and his brothers claimed that they had made treaties of protection or purchase agreements with various chiefs, under which they had become owners of large areas of land.

Atamurat-Kerkichi Bridge

The Atamurat-Kerkichi Bridge is a bridge in Lebap Province of Turkmenistan, built over the river Amu Darya.

Dries van Agt

After receiving his diploma Gymnasium-A at the Augustinianum he studied at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, where he received his Doctorate in Law in 1955.

Flagstaff Pulliam Airport

America West Airlines served Flagstaff as well with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 as a feeder for the America West hub in Phoenix.

Green Party of Rhode Island

In June 2004 GPRI hosted a diplomatic visit by Miguel Angel Pimentel, President of the Green Party of Democratic Unity in the Dominican Republic.

Harriot Kezia Hunt

Her grave marker includes a statue of the Greek goddess of health, Hygeia, carved by the African American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis.

I Made Wardana

I Made Wardana (born on December 31, 1981 in Ubud, Ubud District, Gianyar Regency, Bali) is an Indonesian footballer that currently plays for Arema Cronous in the Indonesia Super League.

International Sikh Youth Federation

The Vancouver Sun reported in February 2008 that Dabinderjit Singh was campaigning to have both the Babbar Khalsa and International Sikh Youth Federation delisted as terrorist organizations.

Kofarnihon River

It rises on the southern slopes of Gissar Range in Vahdat district, formerly Kofarnihon district, and flows for about 400 km in the general south-western direction past the cities of Kofarnihon, Vahdat, and Dushanbe, where it turns south and runs through Khatlon Province toward the border with Afghanistan.

KRWZ

The station's initial weekday on-air staff includes Denver radio veteran Hal Moore from 6 to 10 a.m., Bill Press from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., former KIMN and KXKL-FM deejay Randy Jay from 2 to 6 p.m. and Chuck St. John from 6 to 9 p.m., Wolfman Jack 9 to 10 p.m.

Last meal

The abolition followed a complaint by a Texas Senator, John Whitmire (Democrat, of Houston), who called the meal "inappropriate".

National Treasures of Japan

Located in the Sendai City Museum, the designated set of items consists of 47 objects: a Roman citizenship document dating from November 1615; a portrait of Pope Paul V; a portrait of Hasekura in prayer following his conversion in Madrid; 19 religious paintings; pictures of saints; ceremonial items such as rosaries; a cross and medals; 25 items of harnesses and clothing such as priests' garments; an Indonesian kris; and a Ceylonese dagger.

NIBS

Cacao nibs, pieces of roasted cocoa beans, generally ground into powder, but also inserted into chocolate bars to give additional "crunch"

Owain Gwynedd

Owain is a recurring character in the Brother Cadfael series of novels by Ellis Peters, often referred to, and appearing in the novels Dead Man's Ransom and The Summer of the Danes.

Parliament Square

Buildings looking upon the square include the churches Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's, Westminster, the Middlesex Guildhall which is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Government Offices Great George Street serving HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs, and Portcullis House.

Poetri Rimba

The American visual anthropologist Karl G. Heider writes that all Indonesian films from before 1950 are lost.

Polyphemos Painter

The word Menelas, the Doric dialect form of Menelaus, is written next to one of the figures, forming the oldest known inscription in Attic art.

Racing Gears Advance

The soundtrack is notable for having been composed by Neil D. Voss, known for his prior work on Tetrisphere and The New Tetris.

Rainer Woelki

One of Archbishop Woelki's first tasks was to prepare for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI to Berlin in September 2011 on his state visit to Germany, his third visit to his home country since he was elected as Pope in 2005, the first as a state visit.

Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwirjo

During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia (1942–1945), Kartosuwirjo established armed militias in Garut area, one of many such groups supported and armed by the Japanese in order to help them resist any future Allied invasion.

Simon Tong

He was brought in to replace lead guitarist Nick McCabe after the band's first short-lived split, but remained with them when McCabe returned.

Spafford Farm massacre

Colonel Henry Dodge was at Gratiot's Grove when the war descended upon Spafford Farm, having just sent his volunteers to their forts to resupply and recuperate.

SS Tuxpam

SS Tuxpam (1944), a dredger built as SS Empire Clydesdale in 1944 and named Tuxpam 1946–70

Stanhope Forbes

The exhibition of A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach also brought notoriety to Forbes and the artist colony.

Tebey

Tebey was the subject of a segment on CBC Radio's Sounds Like Canada, and nominated for a 2004 Canadian Radio Music Award for Best New Group or Solo Artist (Country), against Damian Marshall, Deric Ruttan, Heather Dawn and Jason Blaine.

The Next Voice You Hear...

It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple.

Ton van Engelen

Since 1996 he has been working for the Rabobank team and in 2007 he was honoured by the organiser for being active in his twentieth Tour de France.

Z. candida

Zephyranthes candida, the white fairy lily or white rain lily, a plant species native to the Rio de la Plata region of South America