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30 unusual facts about the world


Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years is the fifth book in the Adrian Mole series, written by Sue Townsend.

Alexander Moncrieff

Alexander Bain Moncrieff (1845–1928), an Irish-born engineer, active in Australia

Aloysius Bellecius

Later, Bellecius himself spent four years in the Jesuit mission at Marañón (Peru).

Beğlan Birand Toğrol

She has then enrolled to the English Philology Department of Istanbul University where she got certificates both in English Literature and in Psychology (1945–1949).

Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight

The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Chris Booker

In 1992, he began his self-described "gypsy years radio tour," where he held the positions of on air personality and music director at a number of different stations as both Chris Booker and Booker Madison in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Florence, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh.

Elektor

Elektor is published by Elektor International media, headquartered in Limbricht, The Netherlands.

Gaspard de Vallier

De Vallier was later rehabilitated by Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette.

Georges Rousse

When he was 9 years old, Rousse received the legendary Kodak Brownie camera as a Christmas gift.

God's Warriors

In God’s Christian Warriors, Amanpour reports on evangelicals trying to influence American politics and society from a faith-based perspective.

Houston Airport System

In January 2013 the airport system announced that free Wi-Fi would be available at both Bush and Hobby, and that it plans to select a new provider.

Immortal Memory

It was Gerrard's first studio release since 1998's Duality with Pieter Bourke.

Irish and Proud of It

King Kelly of the U.S.A., a 1934 American film often known by this title

John Feehan

He was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin, where he taught for twenty years up to his retirement in 2012.

KLSQ

The station is currently owned by KLSQ-AM License Corporation and features programing from Univision Radio.

Laugardalshöll

Perhaps the most prominent event to be held at Laugardalshöll was the World Chess Championship 1972, often dubbed the "Match of the Century", in which American challenger Bobby Fischer defeated the Russia champion Boris Spassky.

Limenitis weidemeyerii

It is named after John William Weidemeyer, a 19th-century entomologist who discovered it in its former eastern range extension into the Adirondack mountains.

Nikolaus Otto

The principle of operation was described by the Italian inventors Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci in their British Patent no 1625 of 1857, though they never produced a marketable example.

Nowhere Left to Run

The opening of the film shows Dougie being chased though the woods by several fanged fangirls.

OpenAtom

OpenAtom has shown good scaling up to 20,480 processors of IBM's Blue Gene/L and 4,096 processors of Cray XT3.

Robert Mandel

During his studies at the American Film Institute, Mandel received the Alfred Hitchcock Award for his thesis film, Night at O'Rears, which then went on to win the First Prize at Filmex in Los Angeles, First Prize at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas; and was exhibited at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center.

Ron McGarry

Ronald James McGarry (born 5 December 1937 in Whitehaven) is a former professional footballer, who played centre forward for Whitehaven, Workington, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Barrow, South Coast United, Bulli, Balgownie Rangers and Gateshead.

Sebastia

Sivas, a city in Turkey which first appears in history as Sebasteia

Shannon Farnon

Farnon did voice several incidental characters, such as Lois Lane and Hawkgirl on some of the series and also played the role of Kim Butler in Valley of the Dinosaurs in 1974, but mainly she did the voice of Wonder Woman.

Sophie Calle

In 1999 Calle exhibited the installation "Appointment" especially conceived for the Freud Museum in London, working with the ideas of her private desires.

Stephenie McMillan

After completing the Harry Potter film series, McMillan and Craig collaborated on the designs for the Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, Florida, and 'The Magical World of Harry Potter', which Warner built at its studios at Leavesden, Hertfordshire, which opened in April 2012.

Stravaganzza

After Krysálida, Leo formed with Patricio Babasasa (drums) and Edu Fernández (bass) Azabel, a band with a more aggressive style, close to death, and it was at this time when the idea of making a version of Mecano's song "Hijo de la luna" was brought up, proposal that Stravaganzza would bring to life ten years later.

Westminster, Texas

The college, a preparatory school for prospective ministers, was named after Westminster, Maryland, a Methodist stronghold in an otherwise predominantly Catholic state.

Wimund

Wimund's bishopric of the Isles had its seat on the Isle of Skye.

Woodside Barracks

The base also provided training facilities for several CMF units and provided temporary accommodation for elements of the United States Army's 32nd Infantry Division when it first arrived in Australia in May 1942.