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19 unusual facts about the world


Antun Nemčić

It is a travelogue modeled on Laurence Sterne's Sentimental Journey.

Arixeniidae

They are ectoparasites of various Southeast Asian bats, particularly of the genus Cheiromeles (i.e., "naked bulldog bats").

Bolek and Lolek lawsuit

The copyright holders of Polish cartoon Bolek and Lolek filed a lawsuit in 2006 to examine a case of the illegal use of the images of Bolek and Lolek by German homosexuals who wanted to encourage German homosexual minorities to participate in the Warsaw Pride Parade.

Cole Ford

On September 21, 2004 police said that he fired a gun toward the house of entertainers Siegfried & Roy.

Evren Celimli

Evren received the Stockhausen Prize from Sussex University and First Prize from the Harvard Musical Association as well as the Reiner Composition Prize from Brandeis University two years in a row.

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

As the campaign against the raiders succeeds in dispersing them into the wasteland, the player character is accepted fully into the Brotherhood, and learns the eventual goal of the Brotherhood — a campaign west across the Great Plains towards the Rocky Mountains in search of Vault Zero, the one-time nucleus and command center of the pre-war Vault network, where the most senior government, scientific, and military leaders were housed, and the highest technology available was maintained.

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax

The Halifax River in Central Florida, United States, is named after him.

Gregor Blanco

He was eventually called up to the majors because of Jordan Schafer's struggles.

Jean Bricmont

Jean Bricmont also collaborates with activist Noam Chomsky and campaigns on a variety of progressive causes.

Karbach, Rhineland-Palatinate

It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Emmelshausen, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Leo Ubbelohde

He was the inventor of a suspended-level viscometer used for determining kinetic viscosity, known today as a "Ubbelohde viscometer".

Liaden universe

Unbeknownst to them the books had caused such a stir on the Usenet group rec.arts.sf.written that they were added to the group's FAQ.

Lituya

Lituya Mountain, peak in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, the United States

Madanolsavam

Although the credit of story is attributed to director himself, this movie is a remake of Hollywood movie Love Story, written by Erich Segal, which tells of the heart-warming relationship between a Harvard lad and a Radcliffe girl.

McCaughey septuplets

President Bill Clinton personally telephoned Mr. and Mrs. McCaughey to wish them his congratulations.

My Notebook Green

My Notebook Green is an application that is downloadable for 200 Nintendo Points on the Nintendo DSi Shop.

Robert J. McIntosh

He resumed the practice of law and was a resident of Port Huron, Michigan and Vero Beach, Florida.

Robertsite

It is also reported from the Khoa Rang Kai phosphate deposit, Chiang Mai, Thailand in a limestone guano deposit.

Sydenham, New Zealand

Sydenham has a number of heritage buildings registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, with some already lost or to be lost due to the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.