X-Nico

27 unusual facts about the world


1982 Austrian Grand Prix

The 1982 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One World Championship race held on 15 August 1982 at the Österreichring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.

2013 Asia Series

Fortitudo Baseball Bologna was invited to participate as the winners of the 2013 European Cup, a similar tournament in Europe.

Alessio Staelens

Cercle lost the game by two goals of John Jairo Ruiz, but in spite of this result for Cercle this meant they remained in the Belgian Pro League because of their large point advantage.

Brokered convention

In 1976, the Republican primaries gave President Gerald Ford a slight lead in the popular vote and delegates entering the Republican National Convention but not enough delegates to secure the nomination.

Caesar's Chariot

For the 1977 tour, the fuselage of the plane was painted with the 'Led Zeppelin' and 'Swan Song' logos.

Castleblayney

In 1611 the Crown granted forfeited lands in the area previously owned by the MacMahon chieftains to Sir Edward Blayney of Montgomeryshire in Wales for his service to Queen Elizabeth I.

Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde

Since he was a heart surgeon and great friend and admirer of Dr. Christiaan Barnard, he became the first Spaniard to perform a heart transplant in September 1968.

Dervishi

The group was founded in Almaty, Kazakhstan in July 1999 by four musicians: Dilmurat Baharov, Adil Zhambakiev, Aziz Massimov and Raim Khamrayev.

Garaj Baras

The video released, which featured for the Indian movie Paap, was directed by Tungsten and produced by Music Mushroom/Fish Eye in India.

Grovehill

'Precinct A' laid out and developed by the New Town Commission in 1967/8 and from the beginning a mixture of private and rented housing specifically intended to accommodate families of migrating management and professionals that a developing New Town required.

Independent Party of Connecticut

In the 1930s, an Independent-Republican party was formed by Professor Albert Levitt of Redding, CT and Irving Fisher, a Yale economist.

Jeta Amata

Amata has worked with the likes of Academy Award winner Kim Basinger, Academy Award nominee Mickey Rourke, music superstars Akon and Wyclef Jean.

Love's Cruelty

Shirley based his plot on material from two sources: novel 36 of the Heptameron of Marguerite of Navarre, and novel 6, decade 3, of the Hecatomithi of Cinthio.

Lucky/Chances

Lucky Chances is a 1990 television mini-series written by Jackie Collins and based on her bestselling novels Chances and Lucky.

Morton Bagot

It is included in the West Midlands electoral region of the European Parliament and the six members are; Mike Nattrass (UK Independence), Liz Lynne (Liberal Democrat), Malcolm Harbour (Conservative), Michael Cashman (Labour), Philip Bradbourn OBE (Conservative) and Nicole Sinclaire (UK Independence).

New York State Theatre Institute

The New York and East Coast premiere of Jeffrey Sweet's “American Enterprise,” was nominated by the Outer Critics Circle for its 1994 John Gassner Playwriting Award and chosen for special citation in The Best Plays of 1993-1994.

Patrick Bakker

He was also close to the young David Ogilvy and spent much time with the Russian émigré community.

S'mores Grahams

General Mills later resumed S'mores Grahams production throughout the late 1990s, but it has since been re-discontinued.

Stephen L. Norris

Carlyle was founded in 1987 by five Washington executives: William E. Conway, Jr., Stephen L. Norris, David M. Rubenstein, Daniel A. D'Aniello and Greg Rosenbaum.

Tasmanian AFL bid

Thus Tasmanian bids to enter the AFL were rejected in both 1995 and 1997, when Fremantle and Port Adelaide respectively were admitted instead.

The Dandies

During the last few years they have played various venues across Switzerland & Europe supporting bands such as, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Band of Skulls, The Horrors Sixteen Deluxe, & Children Collide as well as playing many international festivals such as Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, Exit (festival), South by Southwest & Reeperbahn festival.

Tudor navy

In 1512 Sir Edward Howard took over as Lord Admiral, and attacked on 10 August, with inconclusive results despite a memorable slugging match between the English Regent and the French Cordelière resulting in the destruction of both.

Tyson Mao

Tyson began solving the cube during the Rubik's Cube's second boom in 2003, first using a beginner's method, then the Petrus and Fridrich methods.

Vellore Airport

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has embarked on an "idle airports activation programme" in the Southern region that includes Vellore.

Vic Ratner

Ratner was the lead Congressional correspondent for ABC Radio’s extensive coverage of the impeachment investigation and trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999.

WCVE-TV

When Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education announced its plans to give up its public radio license for WRFK, which had assumed a fine music format from WFMV.

Zhong Minwei

His personal best jump is 17.27 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Jinan.