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30 unusual facts about the world


1836 in New Zealand

26 December – John Hughes, W.I. Haberfield and others from the Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou arrive in the Magnet and set up a whaling station on the north side of Moeraki Point.

Ace Hotel Los Angeles

L.A. Dance Project, a dance company founded by choreographer Benjamin Millepied, will also take residence in the Theatre at Ace Hotel.

Blag

BLAG Linux and GNU, an operating system produced by the Brixton Linux Action Group

Cindy Alexander

Her fourth album, Wobble with the World, was released in 2007 and was produced by her long-time collaborators Dave Darling and Paul Trudeau.

Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

The village of Frenchville within the township was begun in 1835 by French settlers from Normandy and Picardy.

Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars

The original game's soundtracks contained songs by the bands Bad Religion and The Offspring has been removed, as well as many of the real-world stores in game, due to licensing issues, though many retain the iconic designs of copyrighted stores (e.g. Pizza Parlor using Pizza Hut's iconic "Red Roof" prior to 1999).

Denny's paradox

Writing in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, David Hu and John Bush state that Denny's paradox "rested on two flawed assumptions.

Detroit Thunder

The Thunder are the third indoor football team to have called the Motor City home, following two Arena Football League teams: the four-time ArenaBowl champion Detroit Drive (1988 Arena Football League season-1993) and the Detroit Fury (2001 Arena Football League season-2004 Arena Football League season).

Fletch

Norman Stanley Fletcher, nicknamed "Fletch", the lead character in the British sit-com Porridge

Fornebu

Fornebu (local form Fornebo) is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality of Bærum in Norway, bordering western parts of Oslo.

Godfrey Blow

More recently the emphasis has been on his art, as his work has increasingly become a featured part of private and public collections in Australia, including Artbank, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, University of Western Australia and the collections of the cities of Bunbury, Albany and Fremantle.

Hans Clemer

A document found in Aix-en-Provence, speaks about two painters, Josse Lieferinxe and Mestre Ans and contains an agreement between the two artists, linked by kinship and the leader of the Brotherhood of St. Anthony of Padua, the monastery of Aix, for the realization of a work representing the saint.

Jackie McDonald

On 18 May 2011, McDonald led a delegation of UDA brigadiers to the ceremony at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, Dublin where Queen Elizabeth II laid a wreath during her three-day visit to the Republic of Ireland.

John Johnsen

J. Erik Jonsson (1901–1995), co-founder and former president of Texas Instruments Incorporated

John R. Monaghan

Born in Chewelah, Washington, Monaghan was a part of the first graduating class of Gonzaga University, and ultimately graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1895.

Kostas Hatziantoniou

Kostas Hatziantoniou (born 1965) is a Greek writer.

Krishnamurti's Journal

Krishnamurti kept a diary at various dates between September 1973 and April 1975, while he was staying at Brockwood Park, Rome and California.

Laboratory B in Sungul’

Maddrell, Paul "Spying on Science: Western Intelligence in Divided Germany 1945 – 1961" (Oxford, 2006) ISBN 0-19-926750-2

Muallaf

As Yasmin's previous films, Muallaf opened with the usual Islamic verse "In the name of God, the most Gracious and most Merciful" (Bismillahirahmanirrahim).

National Air Races

In 1920 publisher Ralph Pulitzer sponsored the Pulitzer Trophy Race and the Pulitzer Speed Trophy for military airplanes at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, in an effort to publicize aviation and his newspaper.

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

When Harvey heads to Monte Carlo on vacation, a pill in his drink at the Casino causes severe abdominal pain which is made to look like a Gallstone, and Adrian operates, though barely breaking the skin, and collects a large bill.

One Man's Terrorist

It was also used in the popular Xbox 360 trailer for Gears of War.

Padanian nationalism

Gilberto Oneto, Giancarlo Pagliarini, 50 buone ragioni per l'Indipendenza, La Padania, Milan 1998

Princess Maria Antonia of Parma

Maria Antonia grew up with her brother and sisters in the ducal court of Parma, where she was affectionately known as Tognina.

Project Vote Smart

In 1986, Richard Kimball ran unsuccessfully for one of Arizona's two U.S. Senate seats.

Richard Cockerill

He also took over as acting head coach in February 2009 after Heyneke Meyer resigned due to family reasons.

Rio Sport d'Anyama

Rio Sport d'Anyama is a football club based in the Côte d'Ivoire town of Anyama.

Robert T. Huang

Huang attended Kyushu University in Japan, where he received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, before relocating to the University of Rochester.

Rose City Park, Portland, Oregon

It borders Beaumont-Wilshire and the Hollywood District on the west (at NE 47th Avenue), Cully on the north (at NE Fremont Street), Roseway and Madison South on the east (at NE 65th Avenue), and Center on the south (at the Banfield Expressway and MAX transit line).

Treadaway

Harry Treadaway (born 1984) British stage, film and television actor