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30 unusual facts about the world


Al-Hilal English School, Manki

The population of Manki, Honnavar is 11,000, but the people were lagging behind in educational opportunity compared to surrounding places such as Bhatkal, Honnavara, and Murudeshwara.

Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco

It must not be confused with other species also known as quebracho, but belonging to the genus Schinopsis.

Bea Fiedler

Bea Fiedler "the bee" (born 28 June 1957 in Witten, Germany) is a German topless model who entered a paternity suit against Prince Albert of Monaco in 1987.

Cave In

Cave In later received mainstream recognition for their 2003 RCA Records album Antenna and its lead single "Anchor," which had an overall alternative rock style.

Edward Tatnall

Edward Tatnall (1782–1856) was a miller and railroad executive based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Escan Tower

Escan Tower is a mixed use approved skyscrape to be built along Sheikh Zayed Road, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Ford Nation

The show featured two sitting Toronto politicians, Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, City Councilor Doug Ford, Jr., and was pulled from the network after only one airing on November 18, 2013.

Frederic Harrison

In 1904 he published a "romantic monograph" of the 10th century Byzantine resurgence, Theophano, and in 1906 a verse tragedy, Nicephorus.

Gallantry Cross

The Air Gallantry Cross and Navy Gallantry Cross, awarded by South Vietnam for aerial and naval actions in which a Gallantry Cross may be awarded.

Günter Weitling

At the same time, he completed a clerkship at the gymnasium of Tårnby in religion, history and archaeology.

Hawaiian Dick

The option was subsequently renewed in 2006, at which time director Frank Coraci (The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Click) was tabbed to direct the film, although no movement toward actual casting and production has been made.

Howard D. Graves

During his tenure as chancellor, Texas A&M added three new universities to its system, Texas A&M University–San Antonio, Tarleton State University-Central Texas in Killeen, West Texas A & M University in Canyon, Texas.

Institutional economics

In The New Industrial State Galbraith argues that economic decisions are planned by a private bureaucracy, a technostructure of experts who manipulate is marketing and public relations channels.

Invisible Hands

Invisible Hands Music, an independent record label founded by musician Charles Kennedy

Irene Galitzine

Currently, some of her original "palazzo pyjama" collection still exist in important museums around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Costume Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

José Ulises Macías Salcedo

Pope John Paul II named him the third Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo on August 19, 1996, and he took possession on 29 October of the same year.

Lauro Delgado

Starting his acting career in the 1950s, Delgado primarily villainous roles in films produced by Premiere Productions and People's Pictures, and was billed as the leading actor in the 1960 film "Sa Mata ng Diyos" ("In the Eyes of God") along with Tessie Quintana, Leonor Vergara, Carlos Padilla, Jr. and child actor Aida Villegas.

Lord High Constable

The Lord High Constable of England, the seventh of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Great Chamberlain and above the Earl Marshal

National Reconnaissance Office

According to Asia Times Online, one important mission of NRO satellites is the tracking of non-US submarines on patrol or on training missions in the world's oceans and seas.

Navassa, North Carolina

The Gullah describes a group of Black African Americans along the southeast coast of the United States from Jacksonville, North Carolina to Jacksonville, Florida.

Olena Apanovich

From May, 1944, Olena worked in Central State Archive of Ukraine in Kiev as researcher and took part in preparation of many historical documents for publishing.

Roarke

He is quite skilled in electronics and can dismantle any type of security, lock, or coding, as well as hacking into any electronic database—including but not limited to the FBI, Interpol, and Homeland Security.

Robert Dederick

He was educated at Taunton School, Somerset and served in the British Army during World War II.

Ronald A. Bosco

In 2003, on the occasion of Emerson's 200th birthday, he delivered the commemorative lecture, "What Poems are Many Private Lives," at the Emerson House in Concord, Massachusetts, for the Emerson family and the Town of Concord.

Shalmaneser V

According to the Bible, King of Israel Hoshea was captured in the 9th year of his reign after conspiring against Shalmaneser V by sending messages to Piye, king of Egypt.

Shatrunjaya

The Gulf of Khambhat is to the south of the Shatrunjaya Hills, Bhavnagar town is to its north, and a river flows between the two hills.

SS El Grillo

The steam ship SS El Grillo was built in 1922 at Armstrong W. G. & Whitworth Co. Ltd., Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and operated by The Bowring Steamship Co., based at Liverpool.

Van's Aircraft RV-12

The architect of the line of Van’s aircraft, Richard VanGrunsven, designed the RV-12 with several specific goals in mind.

Zeke the Wonder Dog

At the age of ten, Zeke II performed his final show on September 8, 2007, completing a brief two-minute routine while the Spartan Alumni Marching Band played the "Zeke the Wonder Dog Medley"—consisting of "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?", "Who Let The Dogs Out", and Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog".

Ziyad Cattan

According to an article published in The Independent (UK), on September 19, 2005, Hazim al-Shaalan, Defense Minister of Iyad Allawi's interim administration, appointed Ziyad Cattan, as the Defence Ministry's procurement chief.