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30 unusual facts about the world


Amadocus

Amadocus I (died 390 BC), a king of the Odrysae in Thrace in the 5th century BC

Antony Costa

In June 2006 Costa posed naked for Cosmopolitan magazine's 10 Years of Naked Male Centrefolds, alongside other stars including singer Ronan Keating, actor Danny Dyer, Labour MP Jim Devine, and TV presenter Craig Doyle.

Barnet

High Barnet is home to an Odeon cinema, the Barnet Museum, the All Saints Art Centre, the traditional annual Barnet Fair, which was chartered in Medieval times, the Ravenscroft local park and Barnet recreational park, a now disused well that was frequented by, among others, Samuel Pepys, and many restaurants and public houses.

Bill Haley's Chicks

The Mummies, 1990, Rekkids; Never Been Caught album, Telstar, 2002

Brauerei Ottakringer

The heirs of Moriz von Kuffner, who had died in Zürich in the meantime, were compensated because of their expulsion and the threats of the Nazi regime, which had led to the sale of the business to the Harmer family.

Bundas

Due to the destruction of the Angolan Civil War, it is one of the most remote municipalities in Angola and access remains a large problem despite significant progress, as many roads are still not cleared of land mines and many bridges remain destroyed, but easily accessed by a tar marked road from Luena and a bush truck road from Zambia border to N'inda and then tar marked road to Lumbala N'guimbo.

Coconut jelly

Nata de coco, a chewy, translucent, jelly-like food product produced by the bacterial fermentation of coconut water

Dholpur

On the other hand, Nur Jahan had already acquired the Paragana of Dholpur for prince Shahryar.

Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of the Balbases

He was the son of Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, (Genoa, Italy, 1569 - 25 September 1630), 1st duke of Sesto, (title awarded in Naples on 2 April 1612), granted the Grandee of Spain on 17 December 1621 with his marquisate, Conqueror of Breda, 1623, Governor of the Duchy of Milan, also a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1631, and Giovanetta Bacciadone y Doria (1597–1615).

Flaming onion

The device is in various armies; examples include The Canadian Grenadier Guards, The Princess Louise Fusiliers, the British Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery (displayed on their "collar dogs"), and the U.S. Army's ordnance departments.

Fred E. and Elaine Cox Clever House

The house was designed during a period in which Kahn was interested in structures based on triangular geometries, largely inspired by Anne Tyng, a co-worker and the mother of one of his children.

Jane Haining

She was arrested in April 1944 and detained by the Gestapo, accused, amongst other things, of working among Jews and listening to the BBC.

John Knewstub

He became noted as a controversialist, particularly as a writer against the teaching of Henry Nicholas and the Family of Love.

John Wallowitch

During the 1960s he met three women who would become his greatest champions: singer-pianist Blossom Dearie for whom Wallowitch's song "Bruce" is a favorite standard; Dixie Carter of Designing Women who recorded a collection of Wallowitch songs in 1984; and Joanne Beretta.

Kusunda people

The Nepali word Kusunda originally meant "savage", as the neighboring Chepang and other groups traditionally thought of them as savages.

Laurie Hibberd

Before that, she co-hosted the FX cable network's morning show, Breakfast Time, with Tom Bergeron, from 1994-1996.

Library of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Since 2010 media can also be ordered from the Library of the Micurà de Rü Ladin Cultural Institute in San Martin de Tor in Val Badia.

Little Lost Robot

"Little Lost Robot" was adapted by Leo Lehman for the 1962 Associated British Corporation anthology television series Out of This World, which also marks the first appearance of Susan Calvin, played by Maxine Audley, in TV and movies.

Maine Prairie Township, Stearns County, Minnesota

The township includes the city of Kimball, as well as the tiny village of Marty, to the north just west of Cedar Lake.

Milroy Paul

Paul was the first Ceylonese to deliver the Hunterian Oration at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on three occasions - The Surgical Anatomy of the Spermatic Cord (1950), Congenital Abnormalities of the Midline Abdominal Wall (1953) and Haemorrhages from Head Injuries (1955).

New Jersey Route 124

Upon splitting from Route 24, Route 124 continues east through Springfield Township, Union Township, and Maplewood to its eastern terminus.

Nordsee case

Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei GmbH v Reederei Mond Hochseefischerei Nordstern AG & Co KG is a case referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) by a German arbitrator by virtue of Article 267 TFEU(ex Article 234 of the TEC).

Oliver Gill

In December 2009, Gill was rewarded for his performances with a first team squad number, No. 45, and a defensive injury crisis meant that he travelled with the first-team to Germany for their final Champions League group stage game against Wolfsburg on 8 December.

Operation Sundown

Operation Sundown was codename of a covert plan of India's secret service Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), in which Special Group of R&AW's armed units was to abduct Sikh leader Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale from Guru Nanak Niwas, near Darbar Sahib Amritsar (also called the Golden Temple of Amritsar).

Our Flat

The story of the play runs as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester are two young persons who have rushed into matrimony on the Micawber Principle; are living from hand to mouth in a London flat, husband and wife alike striving hard to get a foothold in the literary sphere, in which they are confident they can ultimately acquire both fame and fortune.

Paul Carrack

With Carrack on vocals, the band re-recorded their hit "Tempted" for the soundtrack to the movie Reality Bites (1994).

Piney Woods Country Life School

Wynton Marsalis played a benefit performance for the school in 1994, as well.

The Best of Ivy Queen

The album spawned a total of six singles: "Quiero Bailar", "Quiero Saber", "Papi Te Quiero", "Guillaera", "Tuya Soy" and "Tu No Puedes", three of which are featured on The Best of Ivy Queen.

The Literary Review

In addition to the publication of short stories, poems, and essays, The Literary Review prides itself on publishing English translations of contemporary fiction from various countries around the world, often dedicating an entire issue to a single language (e.g. Japanese translations).

Wisconsin Highway 184

In 1999, the road was turned over to Rock County, which maintains it as County Trunk Highway H (CTH-H).