X-Nico

30 unusual facts about the world


31st Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 31st Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia in 1958, by the E.W. Scripps Company.

Bomb It

Sequel to Bomb It, Bomb It 2 (2010) was commissioned as a web series exclusively for the digital broadcast network Babelgum and expands the global reach of Jon Reiss’ exploration of graffiti and street art into new and unexplored areas of Asia and South East Asia, the Middle East as well as Europe, the United States and Australia.

Bugtraq

Elias Levy moderated the list from June 14, 1996 until he stepped down on October 15, 2001.

Christian Friis Bach

Christian Friis Bach (born 29 April 1966 in Rødovre) is a Danish politician representing the Social Liberal Party.

Clyde Pharr

Pharr was born in Evans Point, Texas, the son of Samuel Milton Pharr and Josephine Fleming Pharr.

Cuntz

Cuntz algebra a universal algebra property named after Joachim Cuntz

David Moffett

During the 2003-04 season 50% of the ownership of the Celtic Warriors region was given to the WRU by Leighton Samuel who had acquired the Pontypridd share because that club was effectively bankrupt.

Dunglass

However, it was again destroyed in 30 August 1640 when held by a party of Covenanters under Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Haddington.

École nationale supérieure de création industrielle

ENSCI–Les Ateliers, the École nationale supérieure de création industrielle, is a French design school located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.

Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg

Gabriel was married twice: to Elisabeth of Eberstein in 1523 (d. about 1330) and to Elisabeth of Baden, daughter of Margrave Ernst of Baden-Durlach in 1533.

Golak, Sofia Province

Golak is a village in Kostenets Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

James Hadfield

Hadfield's early years are unknown but he was severely injured at the Battle of Tourcoing in 1794.

John Basnett

John Basnett currently lives in Cuddington, just outside of Northwich, Cheshire, with his wife (Anne) and two children (William and Adam).

John Medora

John Madara (born May 28, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), also known as John or Johnny Madara, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, who teamed up with David White and Arthur Singer to write the 1957 hit song "At the Hop".

Lawrence Paterson

The band appeared on Channel 4 as part of the Harvey Goldsmith series, featuring on the episode that revolved around the fortunes of British metal veterans Saxon.

Mario Roso de Luna

Known as the "Red Magician of Logrosán", Roso liked to define himself as a "Theosophist" and an "Ateneist", relating to his membership in the Ateneo de Madrid, together with other important figures of the period, such as Miguel de Unamuno and Ramón María del Valle-Inclán.

Maurice Scève

This spiritual love, which animated Antoine Héroet's Parfaicte Amye (1543) as well, owed much to Marsilio Ficino, the Florentine translator and commentator of Plato's works.

NAPFA

National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, an American organization created to aid the field of Fee-Only financial planning

National Amusements

Through National Amusements, the Redstones control both the CBS Corporation (owner of CBS) and Viacom (owner of Paramount Pictures) through supervoting shares.

Quinault people

About 60% of the reservation's population lives in the community of Taholah, on the Pacific coast at the mouth of the Quinault River.

Rap das Armas

Despite its popularity, "Rap das Armas" was never played on the Brazilian radio due to its controversial nature and it was abruptly removed from the Elite Squad soundtrack album two weeks after its release, because it allegedly praises drug consumption, and defends the drug dealers and criminal factions side in Rio de Janeiro's war on crime.

Rhenopyrgus

A new species, R. piojoensis, was described by Colin D. Sumrall, Susana Heredia, Cecilia M. Rodríguez and Ana I. Mestre in 2012, from 116 specimens collected from the Los Espejos Formation in the Loma de Los Piojos locality near San José de Jáchal, Argentina.

Rudolf Maximilian Butler

Rudolf Maximilian Butler, RIAI, FRIBA, RSAI, RHA, RIA, (1872 – 1943) was a well-known Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architectural historian, academic, journalist, and architect of Dublin active throughout late-nineteenth-century to mid-twentieth-century Ireland.

Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant

The nuclear power plant will be built at Ruppur, 200 km north-west of Dhaka, in the Ishwardi sub district of Pabna District, in the northwest of the country.

Syd Butler

In November 2012, it was announced that he, Les Savy Fav bandmate Seth, and Amy Carlson had formed Office Romance and their EP, I Love The Holidays, would be out on December 11, 2012, via Frenchkiss.

Tony Cummings

Within a year he was married and began to write for the Christian magazine Buzz who soon offered him the position of assistant editorship, where he interviewed people such as Rev Ian Paisley and Cliff Richard.

Trams in Ballarat

The tramway was immediately popular and it was not long before work began on the first proposed extensions which were a long southern branch line to the town of Sebastopol via Skipton Street Redan and Albert Street, and two northern branch lines to service the city's suburbs along Drummond Street North and Soldiers Hill.

Viareggio

Viareggio remained under the control of the Austrians until 1817 when, as part of the agreements from Congress of Vienna, Maria Luisa of Spain was assigned the new Duchy of Lucca.

William Lansdowne

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, British Prime Minister between 1782 and 1783.

Winning Days

The next single "Ride" was released on 8 March 2004, although it wasn't a big chart success, "Ride" is one of the band's best known songs because it was featured in a number of advertisements, including commercials for Apple's iPod, Nissan, American Chopper, NASCAR Hot Pass, WKCF and Split Second: Velocity.