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30 unusual facts about the world


101 Ranch Boys

They later had their own radio program for ABC radio which was broadcast both nationally and internationally through affiliates.

Abraham Arnold

His grave can be found in the Cemetery of Saint Philip's Church Garrison, New York.

British Rail Class 74

74004 & 74009 remained at Long Marston until August 1978 whence they were reduced to scrap.

Carole Feuerman

She has enjoyed six museum retrospectives to date, and has been included in exhibitions at, among other venues, the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Venice Biennale, and Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy.

Cloud physics

The primary mechanism for the formation of ice clouds was discovered by Tor Bergeron.

Computer City

On June 22, 1998, CompUSA announced that it was purchasing the Computer City chain for $275 million USD.

Constructivist epistemology

Friedrich Kratochwil: Constructivism: what it is (not) and how it matters, in Donattela Della Porta & Michael Keating (eds.) 2008, Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A Pluralist Perspective, Cambridge University Press, 80-98.

Die geilste Single der Welt

It is a megamix including "Fred Come to Bed", "Willy Use A Billy... Boy", "Fritz Love My Tits", "Sex on the Phone" and "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex".

Dieter Stöckmann

His family was expelled from his Stolp after World War II and he grew up in Jever, Germany.

East Trolley Side Tunnel

The East Side Railroad Tunnel, a railroad tunnel connecting East Providence to DownCity Providence, out of use since 1981.

Fitton Gerard, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield

On 15 November 1712, the two men fought a famous duel in Hyde Park, Westminster, described in Thackeray's The History of Henry Esmond and in Bernard Burke's Anecdotes of the Aristocracy.

Flagellaria indica

Flagellaria indica is a climbing plant found in many of the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, India, Southeast Asia, Polynesia, and Australia.

Giarelli

This toponymy appears in the dictionary of "toponomastica bresciana " of Gnaga (1937) that tells about a place called Giarei (“the Giarelli” in camunian dialect) to north of Losine, that is Nadro.

Graham Balcombe

During the Second World War, Balcombe was stationed in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, where he continued to develop his diving equipment, which was put to use at local sites such as Alum Pot, Keld Head and Goyden Pot.

Joe Walsh's Greatest Hits – Little Did He Know...

Joe Walsh's Greatest Hits – Little Did He Know... is the fourth compilation released by guitarist Joe Walsh.

José María Menéndez Menéndez

Jose Menendez founded a new branch of his business house in the city of Rio Gallegos, and shortly thereafter in Santa Cruz.

Joseph B. Reynolds

After the close of the war, he went to Europe for further study, taking a post-graduate course at Heidelberg University.

Junonia almana

The caterpillars of Junonia almana feed on a variety of plants, including Hygrophila auriculata, Phyla nodiflora and species in the genera Acanthus, Barleria and Gloxinia.

K. B. S. Mani

He was one of the two winners in 1957 election, the other being C. Muthiah Pillai from the Congress party.

Les Rallizes Dénudés

In 1970, the original bass player Moriaki Wakabayashi assisted in the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 orchestrated by the Japanese Red Army.

Lupton, Cumbria

All Saints Church, part of the Rainbow Parish has services every fortnight.

Marstonia pachyta

The armored marstonia, scientific name Marstonia pachyta, also known as Pyrgulopsis pachyta, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Matthew W. Walbank

He was named registrar and chief clerk for the Supreme Court of Newfoundland in 1865.

Mubarak al Fadil al Mahdi

1988: led the negotiations to expand the government to the parliamentary opposition - the Islamic Front party - which paved the way to its entry into the Government of Sayed Sadiq al-Mahdi in May 1988.

New Zealand State Highway 60

Running between the settlements of Richmond (south of Nelson) and Collingwood, it is 116 km long and lies entirely within the Tasman Region.

Port of Wilmington

North Carolina International Port, an expansion of the Port of Wilmington facility near Southport, North Carolina, USA

Seamus O'Regan

At the age of 10, O'Regan became a regional correspondent for CBC Radio's Anybody Home?, producing stories that celebrated the unique accomplishments of local residents - a professor hunting for giant squid to one woman's fight against leukemia.

Shazia

Shazia Manzoor, singer from Rawalpindi, later moved to Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Vikarabad

There is also a TB hospital located on Ananthagiri hills, the second biggest TB hospital in AP.

WUPW

Since its normal coverage area reaches within 75 miles of the Lions' home Ford Field, it is part of the Lions' blackout area.