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23 unusual facts about the world


Alfred Ely

He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863), serving New York's 29th congressional district.

Berno

Berno of Cluny, also known as Berno of Baume (c. 850-925) - first abbot of Cluny and saint

Bruce R. Davis

In 1992, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Communications Division of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Salisbury, South Australia, and was involved with high frequency data communication systems.

Carron Company

In the 1960s, it produced cast-iron rings to line the Tyne Tunnel under the River Tyne from Jarrow to Howdon and the Clyde Tunnel under the River Clyde from Whiteinch to Govan near Glasgow.

Edward Davy

For a short while, he took up farming near Malmsbury, Victoria then moved into Malmsbury where he practised as a physician for the rest of his life.

FontShop International

FontShop USA, based in San Francisco, is owned by FontShop International; all the other FontShops are separate, independent companies concentrating on their own markets.

Gods Child

Once back in the States, they found they had been offered a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records.

Jeanne Baré

Commerson was delighted to find that his old friend and fellow botanist Pierre Poivre was serving as governor on the island, and Commerson and Baret remained behind as Poivre's guests.

Jesse Hill Ford

Without former Atlantic Monthly editor Edward Weeks to encourage and shape his work, he was unable to successfully write literary fiction, although he continued to play the role of Southern gentleman/author.

JN1

Jewish News One or JN1, a Jewish and Israeli current affairs news network

Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński

Józef was member of many learned institutions, such as the Society of Friends of Science, Warsaw Scientific Society, the Wilno Academy, the Kraków Academy, the Royal Societies in Prague and Göttingen, the Imperial-Royal Society in Vienna, and a doctor honoris causa of the Jagiellonian University.

Kötschlitz

Kötschlitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Lines of Weissenburg

The Lines were stormed on 13 October 1793 by an allied army under Austrian General Dagobert von Wurmser in the First Battle of Wissembourg.

MAG

Mines Advisory Group, a Non-Governmental Organisation, which assists people affected by landmines.

Occasional poetry

--before editing, tagging, or deleting this claim, please see talk page--> occasional poem in the first decade of the 21st century is Elizabeth Alexander's "Praise Song for the Day," composed for and read by the poet at the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2009 before a television audience of millions.

Piccardo

In the 19th century a family branch relocated from Voltri, in the Kingdom of Sardinia, to Monte San Giovanni Campano, in the Papal States.

Robert Chambers

Robert G. Chambers, British physicist known for the first observation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect

Sailcloth

PBO (Poly (p-phenylene-2, 6-benzobisoxazole)) is liquid crystal polymer developed by Japan-based Toyobo under the trade name Zylon.

Taskscape

The term taskscape is often credited to social anthropologist Tim Ingold.

The Bill Collector

The Bill Collector is a family drama film featuring Danny Trejo and written and directed by Cristobal Krusen.

There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

Norwegian singer Elisabeth Andreasson covered the song on her 1981 country album Angel of the Morning, with lyrics in Swedish by Hasse Olsson as "Killen ner' på Konsum svär att han är Elvis" ("The guy down Konsum" swears he's Elvis).

Trio lyrique

Daunais recruited pianist and composer Allan McIver to serve as the group's accompanist and arranger.

Winterborne Clenston

The first part of the village name comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from north to south through the village.