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30 unusual facts about the world


2007 North Texas Mean Green football team

With paint donated by local Pittsburgh Paints, the student spirit organization, Talons, repainted the entire stadium.

Adalbert von Goldschmidt

He created a trilogy of operas; the first of which, Helianthus, premiered successfully in Leipzig in 1884.

Barak Epstein

Epstein appeared in Lloyd Kaufman's 2005 DVD set, Make Your Own Damn Movie! while on the set of Prison-A-Go-Go! The numerous crew positions that Epstein has held include: gaffer, camera operator, editor, assistant director, production manager, director of photography, and special effects assistant.

Cloudsplitter

In 2002, it was reported that Martin Scorsese was to produce a film adaptation of Cloudsplitter, to be directed by Raoul Peck, for the film production company HBO.

Coke La Rock

In November, 2010, Coke La Rock was inducted into the High Times Counterculture Hall of Fame at the annual ceremonies at the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.

Daily Star

The Irish Daily Star, the Republic of Ireland edition of the above newspaper, known in Northern Ireland as The Irish Star.

Darby O'Gill

In 1959, the Walt Disney adapted Kavanaugh's works to the silver screen under the title Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

Edward C. Wall

He had an arrangement with the Northern Pacific Railroad which allowed him a fee for every acre of land he was able to recover from public domain lands granted to the railroad and later confiscated; he credited much of his success to his friendship with Vilas, and with United States Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith and U.S. Chief Land Commissioner Silas W. Lamoreaux.

Fleur de sel

Brazil has also started producing some flor de sal in the traditional salt-producing area of Mossoró, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and iodized, as mandated by Brazilian law for all salt intended for direct human consumption.

German migration to the United Kingdom

There are also areas and buildings named after famous Germans, such as Holbein Place in Central London, named after the Renaissance painter Hans Holbein the Younger, as well as the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, an independent museum in Bath dedicated to the life and works of the famous astronomer William Herschel, who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.

Günther Strupp

Strupp joined the Communist Party, which led to his arrest in 1933 after the Nazis seized power.

Harley Gallery and Foundation

This is the historical fine and decorative art collection of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, including "one of the great unknown British aristocratic collections of plate".

HD 36960

Assuming this event is identical to SN 1054, it would shine with an apparent magnitude of -8.71, about 1/40 as bright as the full moon despite its distance of over 1,800 light years.

Isles of Scilly Football League

In April 2008, Adidas ran an advertisement called "Dream Big", highlighting the league, featuring several well-known football personnel including David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Patrick Vieira.

Jophiel

Another possible name for Jophiel is Dina of the seventh heaven who was a Cabalistic guardian of the Torah (and wisdom itself).

Kutabpur

Religious personality Swami Nigamananda having been born in this village had shown the world, the path of Gyana(ज्ञान)-Shankara and Prema( प्रेम) -Gouranga.

Lecompton Constitution

A vocal supporter of slaveholder rights, President Buchanan endorsed the Lecompton Constitution before Congress.

Mapsco

On August 3 of that year Mapsco opened its first retail outlet at Preston Road and Forest Lane in North Dallas.

Menara Mesiniaga

After completion, architect Ken Yeang's long research into bio-climatic design principles was recognized with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1995 for the design.

Moises Vela

He worked as a staff member in the Texas House of Representatives, serving as committee clerk and legislative director for State Representative Rene Oliveira, and then committee clerk for Senator Eddie Bernice Johnson, working to support the Interim Committee on Minority and Women Business Ownership Opportunities.

Orca wetsuits and sports apparel

Orca sponsors a number of leading triathletes, including recently retired Olympic champion Hamish Carter, ITU athletes including Kris Gemmell, Courtenay Atkinson, Tim Don and Debbie Tanner, and Ironman competitors including Craig Alexander and Cameron Brown.

Payson, Utah

Most recently, Payson was used to film most of the Disney Channel movie Hatching Pete.

Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music

The degrees are offered with one of the following foci: Gregorian chant, composition, choral direction, musicology, pipe organ and pianoforte.

Qi County, Kaifeng

Cai Wenji, a Han Dynasty poet and composer,was born shortly before 178 in Yu Prefecture (圉縣), Chenliu Commandery (陳留), in what is now Qi County, Kaifeng, Henan.

Summer Country

In the final novel of the series, The High King, Gwydion announces that the Sons of Don must board the golden ships on which they came to Prydain and return to the Summer Country.

Take This to Your Grave

In 2005, second single "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" became the band's first song to chart, peaking at number 84 on the now-defunct US Billboard Pop 100.

Tennessee Plan

This question was adjudicated by a special Supreme Court in a case filed by political gadfly John Jay Hooker.

Thomas Cave

Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet (1766–1792), his grandson, British MP for Leicestershire 1790–1792

Two-empire system

This system was preceded by Haeckel's three-kingdom system: Animalia – Plantae – Protista

UK statutory notification system

The Proper Officer then sends a report to the Centre for Infections of the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in Colindale, north London.