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26 unusual facts about the world


Baskerville Holmes

While with the Tigers of Memphis State, Holmes (along with William Bedford and Keith Lee) formed a very powerful and productive front court.

Camelops

Studies on the Rancho La Brea Camelops hesternus fossils further reveal that rather than being limited to grazing, this species likely ate mixed species of plants, including coarse shrubs growing in coastal southern California.

Catherine Texier

She also edited the anthologies Between C and D: New Writing from the Lower East Side Fiction Magazine (1988) and Love is Strange: Tales of Postmodern Romance (1993), both with former spouse Joel Rose.

Cherepakha Islet

In the present days, when the tide is low and blows East wind, the islet emerges from the water.

Churcham

Sir Nicholas Arnold, (1507-1580) a leading statesman of the reign of Elizabeth I, who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland, was born in Churcham and is buried in the parish church.

Daniel Rono

He began his marathon career in 2005 and has won marathons in Mumbai, Toronto and Madrid.

Dans la vie tout s'arrange

Dans la vie tout s'arrange is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Marcel Cravenne and starring Merle Oberon, Paul Henreid and Jim Gérald.

David Hollenbach

Aside from being a full time professor of Theology at Boston College, Hollenbach has taught at Hekima College of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, The Jesuit Philosophy Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the East Asian Pastoral Institute in Manila, Philippines.

Esmé Wynne-Tyson

As a child she acted in West End plays, and became a close friend, confidante, and collaborator of Noël Coward.

Fyffes

In 2002 Fyffes took legal action against DCC plc in relation to the sale of its stake in the company, though DCC was eventually cleared of insider trading at that time.

Galloping Goose

Galloping Goose Regional Trail - bicycling and pedestrian trail in British Columbia, Canada

Henning Voscherau

Henning Voscherau (born 13 August 1941 in Hamburg) is a German notary and Social Democratic politician.

Holden Furber

It was at Pennsylvania that he formed a close working relationship with W. Norman Brown and significantly contributed to the building of a program for studying the Indian subcontinent.

Howard Clewes

He was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Screenplay in 1960 for The Day They Robbed the Bank of England.

Hüggel

Er befindet sich etwa 7,5 km südsüdwestlich von Osnabrück als Teil Osnabrücker Berglandes im Stadtgebiet von Georgsmarienhütte und in den Gemeindegebieten von Hagen am Teutoburger Wald und Hasbergen, wobei letzteres den größten Anteil am Höhenzug hat.

HurriQuake

For further testing, Sutt asked for the assistance of Scott Schiff, the coordinator of the graduate program in civil engineering and engineering mechanics at Clemson University.

Il me dit que je suis belle

"Il me dit que je suis belle" is a 1993 song recorded by the French singer Patricia Kaas.

Jalan Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur

It was named after the British General Advisor of Johor, Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane, British Resident of Perak, (1929–1930).

La Ciotat

Another three of the earliest Lumière films, Partie de cartes, l'Arroseur arrosé (the first known filmed comedy), and Repas de bébé, were also filmed in La Ciotat in 1895, at the Villa du Clos des Plages, the summer residence of the Lumière Brothers.

Lonely Ol' Night

The video for "Lonely Ol' Night" was shot in and around Bloomington, Indiana.

Mike Rawding

A County level amateur player in his youth, Rawding turned out for Ancaster FC and RAF Hemswell in Lincolnshire, then Haltemprice AFC and Ainthorpe Old Boys in Yorkshire.

Selsdon

It is also well known for the Selsdon Park Hotel, the venue of a 1970 meeting of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet to settle the party manifesto for the impending general election.

Turn the Lights Off

"Turn the Lights Off" is a single by Danish disc jockey and music producer Kato, from his debut album Discolized.

Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare

He also wrote the screenplay for the 1932 film comedy Diamond Cut Diamond and the story for the 1942 film about Amy Johnson, They Flew Alone.

Wald am Schoberpass

Wald am Schoberpass is a municipality in the district of Leoben in the Austrian state of Styria.

Witch trials in early modern Scotland

He subsequently believed that a nobleman, Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, was a witch, and after the latter fled in fear of his life, he was outlawed as a traitor.