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28 unusual facts about the world


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February 27 – A group of Anabaptists, led by Jan Matthys, seize Münster in Westphalia and declare it "The New Jerusalem", begin to exile dissenters and forcibly baptize all others.

Allyn-Grapeview, Washington

From the 1870s to the 1920s, transportation needs for Grapeview (once known as Detroit) and other communities along Case Inlet were once served by a small flotilla of steamboats.

Anam

Anam Station, a station on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway and serving Korea University

AP Russian Language and Culture

In collaboration with the College Board and with funding from the U.S. Department of Education and the National Security Education Program, an AP Russian Language and Culture course and exam is under development through the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR).

Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau

In Ansbach on 25 January 1618 Augustus married Sibylle (b. Laubach, 19 October 1590 - d. Plötzkau, 23 March 1659), daughter of John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach.

Babeworld

As of 2008, it is also responsible for the channel House Of Fun TV (Babeworld XXXTRA).

Betsygate

In May 2002, investigative journalist on BBC Newsnight programme, Michael Crick, had initiated an investigation on the pay received by Mrs. Duncan Smith, and asserted that the pay was not commensurate with the duties she performed during the period from September 2001 to December 2002.

Castle Hill, Huddersfield

Despite some difficulty raising the money required, the tower was opened by the Earl of Scarborough on 24 June 1899.

Central Military Club

The concert hall has also seen performances by actors and opera singers like Krastyu Sarafov, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Feodor Chaliapin, Boris Christoff, and bands like Ladytron etc.

Freddie King

In 1993 by proclamation from the Texas Governor Ann Richards September 3, 1993, was declared Freddie King Day.

Hans Siegel

During the fighting in spring 1945, in the Esztergom Bridgehead, in preparation for Operation Spring Awakening, the Battalion committed itself to a night attack during the night of 7 and 8 March, and overcame a Russian anti-tank force within the first two kilometers advancing towards Puszta Antal which is six kilometers away.

Kävik the Wolf Dog

A made-for-TV movie based on the book aired under the Sunday Big Event umbrella on NBC in 1979.

KFLG

KFLG-FM, a radio station (94.7 FM) licensed to Kingman, Arizona, United States

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

In Great Britain the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company was featured on television as part of an hour-long program produced by the BBC, in which the company performed Concerto Six Twenty-Two (1986) and North Star (1978).

Leaf Hills Moraines

In the 1840s, the mountains were pierced by the Woods Trail and skirted by the East Plains Trail, two of the Red River Trails between Fort Garry (modern Winnipeg) and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Orthocladius

Orthocladius is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.

P. mitchelli

Pseudocellus mitchelli, Gertsch, 1971, a hooded tickspider species in the genus Pseudocellus and the tribe Ricinulei found in Mexico

Palazzo Bembo

With the thriving of Venice Biennale in the city, Palazzo Bembo is currently known for its Venice Biennale art exhibitions organized by Personal Structures, an international contemporary art platform.

Palma Arena

On May 2, 2007 it staged the 'Battle of Surfaces' tennis match which saw Mallorca local and World No. 2 Rafael Nadal take on World No. 1 Roger Federer.

Redstreak

Thomas Knight's Pomona Herefordiensis (1811), noted that "trees of the Red-streak can now no longer be propagated; and the fruit, like the trees, is affected by the debilitated old age of the variety, and has in a very considerable degree, survived those qualities to which it was owing its former fame".

Renato Biasi

Renato Biasi (born 6 March 1966 in Asti) is a retired Italian footballer.

Robert Gotterson

Robert William Gotterson AO (born 28 December 1949) is an Appeals Court justice at the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Rod Hill

He retired at the end of the 1992 season, with team records for most career interceptions (47), most interceptions in one game (5) and career blocked punts (8).

Roy Herbert Reinhart

During WW2, Reinhart served as lieutenant Combat Engineer in Patton's Third army and took part in the Liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, the Crossing of the Rhine, and the liberation of Buchenwald.

Swaroop Sampat

Swaroop Sampat became successful with the hugely popular TV comedy show Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, where she played the role of (late) Shafi Inamdar's wife.

The Late Captain Pierce

Worse, security for President-elect Eisenhower's sojourn to Korea makes contacting Pierce's father next to impossible.

The Red Button

The Red Button is an American pop band consisting of Seth Swirsky and Mike Ruekberg.

Use–mention distinction

Self-referential statements mention themselves or their components, often producing logical paradoxes, such as Quine's paradox.