X-Nico

23 unusual facts about the world


ANUSAT

The satellite was integrated and tested at MICSAT, the MIT Chromepet clean room.

C-3PO

In The Black Fleet Crisis, Threepio accompanies Lando Calrissian, R2-D2, and Lando's associate Lobot to investigate the runaway alien ship Teljkon Vagabond; eventually to discover that the ship contains the last vestiges of the Quella civilization.

Campus by the Sea

A "winterized" facility (that is, insulated), the addition of "The Lighthouse" and some enclosed cabins enabled the camp to extend its booking dates late into the fall, and to start much earlier in the spring.

Casizolu

Casizolu or Casizolu di pecora is a cheese from Sardinia.

Courtney Wetzel

Wetzel played for the Seattle Sounders Women in 2007 and Ottawa Fury Women in the W-League in 2008 and played for the Fury for four seasons.

De Robeck

His son Johan Henrik, after fighting in the American War of Independence, moved to England and became a naturalised British citizen in 1789.

DigiCube

Although they are primarily known as a resource for the Final Fantasy series, there have also been Ultimania guides published for several other Square Enix titles, including the SaGa series, Legend of Mana, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story and the Kingdom Hearts series.

Erdesbach

Four prehistoric barrows stand in a row on the heights along the municipal limit with Altenglan (Ortsteil of Patersbach).

Govardhana sila

Govardhan, a very famous place of Hindu pilgrimage, is located 26 km west of Mathura (154 km from New Delhi) on the state highway to Deeg.

Highland Capital

Highland Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar distressed investment firm and hedge fund and mutual fund manager based in Dallas, Texas

Keith Beal

In his time at Ogun, Beal recorded and/or produced some 50 records by such artists as Trevor Watts, Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, Elton Dean,Harry Becket, John Surman and Keith Tippett.

Lark Play Development Center

Originally, the company presented plays in full production at various New York venues such as Theatre Row and Manhattan Class Company, but it soon located itself at Chelsea Playhouse, sharing space with three other non-profits.

Manteo, North Carolina

Bideford town clerk George McLauchlan, told him locals had never heard of Manteo and the only town Bideford was twinned with was Landivisiau in France.

Mikhail Makarenko

Makarenko was murdered at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop on Thursday, 15 March 2007, by Brian Kuo White (born 1 December 1980).

Mita Mohi

He was recognised for his commitment to the martial art Mau rākau at the 2012 National Waiata Māori Music Awards, where he received the Keeper of Traditions Award.

New Farm, Queensland

New Farm developed a reputation in the late 1980s as a drug-addled, low-rent culture depicted in Andrew McGahan's grunge novel Praise, which is set largely in the suburb.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In 2008 Morgan Creek Productions filed a lawsuit against Nintendo alleging that they illegally used the song "You're So Cool" from the film True Romance in an advertisement for the game.

Parton, Cumbria

The port was developed in the early 17th century to cater for Moresby's coal trade, but fell into decline after two generations of the Lowther family turned the hamlet of Whitehaven into a major port.

Plain Pigeon

The Plain Pigeon is thought to represent a fairly recent island adaptation of the Red-billed Pigeon (P. flavirostria) or the Maranon Pigeon (P. oenops), found in Central and South America.

Porque te vas

Only when the song was used in Carlos Saura's 1976 film Cría Cuervos (Raising Crows), and the film went on to be honored at the Cannes Film Festival (Jury grand prize) and the Berlin Film Festival (jury special prize), did the song become internationally known and a hit.

The Fools

In 1979, the band released "Psycho Chicken", a parody of The Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer", and it was an immediate hit on Boston radio stations.

The Little Red Hen

It was also used as an analogy to defend President George W. Bush's decision to bar companies from countries opposed to the Iraq War from bidding on contracts for reconstruction work.

World Fighting Alliance

The card was headed by a main event of Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Lindland, Jackson's first fight on American soil since becoming a headliner in PRIDE, and featured famed boxing broadcaster Barry Tompkins and wrestling star Bill Goldberg at the announce desk.