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25 unusual facts about the world


49th Hutsul Rifle Regiment

Finally, on September 14, it found itself in the area of Sadowa Wisznia and Jaworów.

Adrano

In the summer season, a bus connects Adrano, Bronte, Randazzo, Floresta and Naso in the province of Messina.

Alan Jones Racing

At the 1995 Sandown 500 it was revealed that Alan Jones had concluded a deal with Dick Johnson Racing engineers Jim and Ross Stone to form a new team, with backing controversially from Glenn Seton Racing sponsor Philip Morris, for whom Jones drove.

Arabian Sea Country Club

The Arabian Sea Country Club (A.S.C.C.L.), is a golf course located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Carrickfergus Castle

General Schomberg besieged and took the castle in 1690.

Complete Works of Shakespeare

Arden - The Complete Works (Arden Shakespeare), The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works ("Arden Shakespeare")

Darrell Brock Jr.

Prior to serving as the Party Chairman, Brock served Governor Ernie Fletcher in a dual capacity as Commissioner of the Governor's Office for Local Development(GOLD) and Assistant to the Governor for Public Policy.

Double J and Twice the T

Double J and Twice the T was a New Zealand hip hop duo, best known for their 1989 #2 charting song "She's A Mod/Mod Rap", a hip hop reworking of Ray Columbus & the Invaders' 1964 cover of "She's a Mod".

Elizabeth, comtesse de Gramont

Her father was Sir George Hamilton, and her mother, Mary Butler, sister of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde.

EMMAN

The East Midlands Metropolitan Area Network (EMMAN) was established in 1994, initially as a point to point link between The University of Nottingham (UoN) and The Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in order to connect NTU to the Janet network via the SMDS connection at UoN.

Farpoint

Farpoint Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomers' League, or NEKAAL.

Fort Worth Opera

The company booked its second main-stage world premiere, Before Night Falls by Cuban-American composer Jorge Martín, based on the memoirs of Cuban poet and writer Reinaldo Arenas.

Gov. William Aiken House

It was a home of William Aiken, Jr., a governor of South Carolina, and before that was a home of his father, the railroad company owner William Aiken.

Homer Dudley

His development of artificial speech was elaborated upon by others to produce methods of artificial speech for humans unable to use their vocal cords (as with the voice synthesizer used by Stephen Hawking), and by electronic music pioneers Wendy Carlos, Robert Moog and the German musical group Kraftwerk.

Karl von Luxburg

These dispatches urged that certain neutral Argentine ships should be “spurlos versenkt” — destroyed without a trace.

La Jerga: Periodismo Gonzo Independiente

They include among their sponsors: the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival, the Festival Internacional Cervantino, the University of Guanajuato and the Instituto Cultural de León.

Life Grenadier Regiment

1st Life Grenadier Regiment of Baden later 109th Baden Life Grenadier Regiment (Badisches Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 109) of the Imperial German Army

Linda Chapin

The two women, along with Jennings and Dianna Fuller Morgan (Walt Disney World's Senior Vice President for Community and Government Relations), were recognized as the leaders of the local "old girl network." They formed closed friendships despite surface political differences, and even took annual Christmas shopping trips to New York City together.

Marco Giampaolo

Born in Bellinzona, Switzerland, but originary from Giulianova, Giampaolo is a former midfielder who played for several Serie C teams, including Giulianova Calcio, Gubbio, Licata and Siracusa, before to make his Serie B debut for Fidelis Andria in 1995.

Pope Paul I

After Stephen's death on 26 April 757, Paul prevailed over a faction that wanted to make the Archdeacon Theophylact pope and was chosen his brother's successor by the majority that wished a continuation of the late pope's policy.

Prince Shōtoku

The later reading is found in Seitoku University and its associated junior college (both in Matsudo, Chiba) as well as Tokyo's defunct Seitoku Junior College of Nutrition (and indirectly its replacement Seiei College).

The Embarrassment

Several of The Embarrassment's unreleased songs were recorded by Big Dipper, including "Faith Healer," which was later covered by Japanese all-girl group Shonen Knife.

Ulrica Arfvidsson

In 1792, Ulrica Arfvidsson was also consulted in connection to the conspiracy of Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, who conspired to depose the guardian government of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden by an alliance with Russia.

Ursula Engelen-Kefer

She was a member of the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC; 1990—2006) and of the Executive Committee of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) from 1990 to 2006.

Water and Sanitation Extension Program

An independent evaluation estimated the attributable reduction in diarrhea incidence at approximately 25%, and a report based on this evaluation was selected as lead scientific article for an issue of the peer-reviewed Bulletin of the World Health Organization.