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28 unusual facts about the world


And Listen to My Song

# Biddy Mulligan

Arrowe Park

Arrowe Brook flows along the western edge of the park, from south to north, alongside a path.

Brodavis

It was first described and named by Larry D. Martin, Evgeny N. Kurochkin and Tim T. Tokaryk in 2012 and assigned to a new monogeneric family, Brodavidae.

Civil partnership in the United Kingdom

In Scotland, names need not be changed to be considered valid (deeds poll do not exist under Scots law), though some English-based companies may still ask for proof from an official such as a Justice of the Peace.

Cockfosters tube station

Cockfosters tube station features prominently in the novel While England Sleeps by American author David Leavitt.

Coeli

Santa Maria Scala Coeli is a church on the site of St Paul the Apostle's prison on Via delle Tre Fontane in Rome.

Dan Crawford

Beginning with the 2006-07 NBA season, Crawford has officiated in 1,425 regular season, 191 playoff, and 18 NBA Finals games.

Daniel Pearl Foundation

The honorary board of the Daniel Pearl Foundation includes Christiane Amanpour; former President Bill Clinton; Abdul Sattar Edhi; Danny Gill; John L. Hennessy; Ted Koppel; Queen Noor of Jordan; Sari Nusseibeh; Mariane Pearl; Itzhak Perlman; Harold M. Schulweis; Craig Sherman; Paul Steiger; and Elie Wiesel.

David Nunan

Nunan's academic and student textbooks are published by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Anaheim University Press, Palgrave/Macmillan, and the EFL publishing division of Cengage Learning.

Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company

As a result, Evans, together with other local business leaders, including David Moffat, William Byers (founder of the Rocky Mountain News), Joseph E. Bates, Bela Hughes, Walter Cheesman and Luther Kountze partnered with East Coast investors to form a railroad company that would link Denver and the Colorado Territory with the national rail network.

Djalma Bom

Djalma Bom (born March 29, 1939) is a former Brazilian politician and a founding member of the country's Workers' Party, the party of former president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva.

Doctor Marianus

Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033 – 1109), Benedictine monk, theologian, philosopher, Archbishop of Canterbury and Doctor of the Church

Elizabeth Harper

Elizabeth Kucinich née Harper, British-born third wife of United States Congressman Dennis Kucinich

George Hubbard Clapp

In the 1930s he donated his coin collections to both the American Numismatic Society and the Carnegie.

Illegal logging

The Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (AFLEG) Ministerial Conference was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon in October 2003.

James Hays

Using ocean sediment cores, the Science paper verified the theories of Milutin Milanković that oscillations in climate can be correlated with Earth's orbital variations of eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession around the Sun (see Milankovitch cycles).

Kings Domain, Melbourne

A statue of Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop is made from bronze, granite and metal spikes from the Burma-Thailand Railway in 1995 by Peter Corlett.

Limitations of animal running speed

Some terrestrial animals are built for achieving extremely high speeds, such as the cheetah, race horse and greyhound, while humans can train to achieve high sprint speeds.

Lucchese crime family New Jersey faction

Michael Taccetta is probably the inspiration to the leading role of Tony Soprano, as other real-life Jersey crew members can be recognized on the screen.

Lucéram

Sights include the church St. Margaret (late 15th century), housing an altarpiece by Ludovico Brea and a 13th-century Pietà.

Nansloe Manor

In 1872 the house was sold to Adolphus William Young, MP for Helston, who made further additions and alterations.

Nate Schmidt

He scored his first NHL goal on December 7, 2013 against Marek Mazanec of the Nashville Predators.

Pescozada

They are currently feuding with a reggaeton group called Heavy Clan from San Miguel and released a diss (disrespect recording) called "Relaciones Diplomaticas" featuring Santos.

Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Charles D. Walker, B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 1971

Robert Arzumanyan

In January 2011, there was information about the interest of the player's services in Śląsk Wrocław, where Arzumanyan was interested in playing.

Shocklach Oviatt

Interests include being a Site of Biological Importance (SBI), a Site and an Area of Nature Conservation Value(SNCV and ANCV respectively) and lastly a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore

Mary's Basilica is a basilica located in the Archdiocese of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Turn Your Love Around

This song was sampled on the album version of Lil' Kim's "Not Tonight" and on the Japanese 1 million hit song "Da.Yo.Ne." by East End X Yuri in 1994.