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28 unusual facts about the world


48th Highlanders of Canada

The regiment's Military Band and the Pipes and Drums have played at every Toronto Maple Leafs home opening game at both Maple Leaf Gardens and the Air Canada Centre.

Adoption in Australia

Stepparents and other carers may apply to the Family Court of Australia for a parenting order, as ‘other people significant to the care, welfare and development’ of the child.

African Small White

Dixeia doxo, a butterfly endemic to Africa's east coast and large parts of central Africa

Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria

The court organist was Christian Gottlob Neefe, who became an early mentor and teacher to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Barrier town

The barrier towns were present-day Belgian towns, heavily fortified by the Dutch, on the Austrian Netherlands's border with France, and as such were particularly important in the wars between the Dutch Republic and Ancien Régime France.

Buparvaquone

It can be used to treat bovine East Coast fever protozoa in vitro, along with the only other substance known - Peganum harmala.

Bus Station Loonies

Music journalist Mick Mercer's 1997 book The Hex Files: The Goth Bible, references The Bus Station Loonies for their 18-minute reggae rendition of The Sisters of Mercy composition, "Temple of Love".

Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre

Cape Breton Highlands Educations Centre and Academy (CBHEC/A) is a school located in Terre Noire, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Cape Breton Highlands in Inverness County.

Charles K. Johnson

Originally an airplane mechanic in San Francisco, Johnson took on the running of the Society from Samuel Shenton on the latter's death in 1972, from his base on a ranch near Edwards Air Force Base.

Ciṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai

The poems were written by the poet Nathattanaar in praise of a minor Velir chieftain named Nalliyakkotan, a Nāka king of Nāka Nadu (ancient Malabar North Ceylon).

Come On You Reds

With Status Quo involved in the recording of the track, it was decided that the band's 1988 single "Burning Bridges" would form the basis of the song, with altered lyrics to suit the Manchester United theme.

El Terrible

After victories over Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano and No Limit, Terrible and Texano, Jr. finished fifth in their block and did not advance to the semifinals of the tournament.

Herbert Curlewis

On 22 April 1896 he married Ethel Turner, the author of Seven Little Australians and they had two children, Jean and Adrian (later Sir Adrian).

Kathina

The presentation of Kathin by the King of Thailand or HM representative is called The Royal Kathin Ceremony and often has been an occasion for one of Thailand's Royal Barge Processions.

Local Government Association

The LGA was formed on 1 April 1997, in the middle of the 1990s UK local government reform which created unitary authorities.

Mauger Nunatak

It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) for C.C. Mauger, a crew member of the Aurora, the vessel which transported the Ross Sea party of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17) from Australia to the Ross Sea.

Milnerton Racecourse

The land inside the race tracks was retained by the City of Cape Town for nature conservation purposes.

Oatlands

Madeleine Albright, 64th United States Secretary of State, went to the school in Oatlands which has been converted into flats next to a large pub/restaurant, The Oatlands Chaser - formerly known as the Badger's Rest and The King's Manor.

Overlake Christian Church

The church's Serve the World purpose is accomplished through various initiatives (throughout the Pacific Northwest and the world); the primary of which are centered on HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking and Orphan Care.

Pat Travers

An appearance on the German TV show Rockpalast in November 1976 was later released on DVD under the title Hooked On Music.

Patrick Gwynne

His entry in the restaurant competition at the Festival of Britain led to a commission for the Crescent Restaurant at Battersea Park.

Paul Johnsgard

His Ph.D. work was on the phylogeny of six ducks, after which he moved to England at the Wildfowl Trust at Gloucestershire founded by Sir Peter Scott.

Pierre S. du Pont

Pierre du Pont resigned the chairmanship of GM in response to GM President Alfred Sloan's dispute with Raskob over Raskob's involvement with the Democratic National Committee.

Secretum Philosophorum

Book IV, ‘Arithmetic’ ‘teaches numbers per se’ (Arismetrica docet de numero per se).

TARGIT Business Intelligence

TARGIT A/S is a Danish business intelligence and analytics software developer based in Hjørring, Denmark, with American subsidiary TARGIT US Inc., based in Tampa Bay and Boston.

Tim Hudak

10 party members have petititioned the party to allow a leadership review at the party's policy convention in the fall and two MPPs, Frank Klees and Randy Hillier, have called on Hudak to allow the review to proceed.

Trine Rein

The song has later been covered by child star actress Danielle Brisebois (who wrote the song with Scott Cutler), Estonian Eurovision participant Maarja-Liis Ilus, American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, and a pre-American Idol Carly Hennessy (a.k.a. Carly Smithson), among others.

WFDR

WFDR-FM, a radio station (94.5 FM) licensed to Woodbury, Georgia, United States