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23 unusual facts about the world


Cadogan Square

Numbers 54-58 were designed by William Young in 1877 for Lord Cadogan, and the architect J. J. Stevenson was largely responsible for the south side, built in 1879-85.

Christopher Henn-Collins

In August 1939, when he was Brigade Signals Officer to the 1st Brigade of Guards, he had been ordered to lead a detachment of signallers and their equipment into Poland, as part of a British Military Mission under the command of the battle-scarred veteran General Carton de Wiart, VC, blinded in one eye and with an artificial hand.

David Charles Harvey

Harvey was the son of a grocer and worked as a salesman after attending Hinchley Wood School in Surrey.

December murders

Soldiers of Dési Bouterse, the then dictator of Suriname, took them to Fort Zeelandia (the then headquarters of Bouterse), where they were heard as 'suspects in a trial' by Bouterse and other sergeants in a self-appointed court.

Filocalo Navigajoso

His son, Leonardo Navigajoso, received rule of one half of the island with Kastro, and his two daughters received one quarter each, with the castles of Moudros and Kotsinos.

Green terror

With the exception of fully mature P. Dovii (wolf cichlid) and P. Managuense (jaguar cichlid), who rarely cohabit peacefully, Green Terrors are cunning enough to survive—and even thrive—with larger cichlids.

Hellmut Wilhelm

His early education in China coincided with the Xinhai Revolution, when the Qing Dynasty was overthrown and China moved toward republican government, and he was intimately familiar with the Chinese intellectual world of that era.

Infinite Love Songs

Infinite Love Songs is the debut album by German musician Maximilian Hecker.

Jun Song

Post-Big Brother, Song appeared in an episode of the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear as herself in a special Big Brother themed episode.

Kawasaki C-2

The Kawasaki XC-2 (previously C-X) is a military transport aircraft being developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

Malietoa Laupepa

Laupepa maintained his devout profession of Christianity throughout his life, although he became increasingly aggressive as he was thrust into the power struggle against his warlike uncle Talavou.

Maria Mitrosz

Maria Mitrosz consistently works with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, with the choir of the Catholic-Theological Academy in Warsaw and with the Stanisław Moniuszko Concert Orchestra of the Polish Army with which she has already produced a CD and performed the famous 1848 opera Halka alternating with fellow Polish soprano Ewa.

Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli

Khairul Izuan Rosli (born 9 March 1991) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kelantan in the Malaysia Super League.

Needy Guims

Needy Guims (born 8 September 1974 in Chennevières) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Robert E. Holmes

In 1978, Governor Rhodes appointed Holmes to the seat on the Supreme Court vacated when Frank Celebrezze was elected as Chief Justice.

Saint Daniel

Daniel (died 1227), Italian Franciscan martyr and missionary to Saracen Spain, feast day October 13

Saint Maurus

In art, he is depicted as a young man in the garb of a monk, usually holding an abbot's cross or sometimes with a spade (an allusion to the monastery of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, literally "Saint Maurus of the Moats").

Steve Marriner

The review from jazzreview.com notes the album's "nods to harp legends Little Walter, Junior Wells and Kim Wilson, and states that Marriner's "tight band fan the flames of tradition with a scorching sound for the 21st century.

Temasek Polytechnic

In June 1989, Dr Tony Tan, then the Minster of Education, announced that a third polytechnic is being considered and in April, 1990, Temasek Polytechnic was established with an initial enrolment of 735 students.

Ulmus americana 'Brandon'

'Brandon' is a cultivar of the American Elm Ulmus americana, raised by Lacombe Nurseries, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, before 1969; it may be synonymous with another cultivar from the same source, known as 'Patmore'.

William Mackintosh

Captain William Mackintosh, Irish-born British Army officer and Canadian engineer

WXKS

WXKS-FM, a radio station (107.9 FM) licensed to Medford, Massachusetts, United States

Yorkville Sound

Yorkville Sound began in 1963 in the back room of Long & McQuade, a music store on Yonge Street at the edge of the Yorkville neighborhood across the termination of Yorkville Avenue.