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29 unusual facts about the world


Agroforestry

Use here relies upon the nitrogen fixing tree species Sesbania sesban, Tephrosia vogelii, Gliricidia sepium and Faidherbia albida.

Agrotis munda

Brown cutworm or Pink cutworm (Agrotis munda, syn. Euxoa injuncta) is a noctuid moth.

Altes Stadthaus, Berlin

Some financing was contributed by British mobile phone company Vodafone, which paid 100,000 marks for a giant red advertising banner that concealed the scaffolding around the tower for a year.

Amerind

Amerind peoples, also Amerindians, the indigenous peoples of the Americas

Chocoball Mukai

Mukai is best known in the West from Karl Taro Greenfeld's 1994 novel Speed Tribes where he appears as the thinly-veiled character "Choco Bon-Bon" who is depicted as struggling with methamphetamine addiction.

Ego integrity

Gail Sheehy termed the later stage of 'Second Adulthood...Age of Integrity (65-85+)'.

Electrocardiography

The first to systematically approach the heart from an electrical point-of-view wasAugustus Waller, working in St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London.

Floyd Sneed

After Three Dog Night broke up in 1977, Sneed continued to work with other groups, including an extended tour with The Ohio Players.

Henry Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden

Born Henry Welbore Agar, he was the eldest son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden of Gowran Castle, Gowran, Co.

Hill family

He has previously served as Manager of the Australian Judo Team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Hindu Sansriti Ankh

The terms Hindu Sansriti Ankh is an ancient series of books originally from northern part of India.

Hospital, patients, health, territories

Roselyne Bachelot expressed her opposition to a second series of discussions, arguing the Senate only completed the bill without transforming it.

Huaman

Huaman means a "divine bird", referring to the majestic Andean Condor; in the popular belief it was the representation of peace and war (Ying Yang).

James Colley

Raised in Bakersfield, California, Colley found his musical inspiration in the works of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones and Lou Reed.

John E. Hunter

Hunter received the Distinguished Scientific Award for Contributions to Applied Psychology (joint with Frank L. Schmidt), and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) (also joint with Schmidt).

Jon Juaristi

He has occupied the chair of Spanish Philology at the University of the Basque Country, the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at New York University, and has been titular professor of the Chair of Contemporary Thought of the Cañada Blanch Foundation at the University of Valencia.

Malaysia–Russia relations

On 19 May 2007, Jamaluddin Jarjis of Malaysia's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation announced the first Malaysian astronaut undergoing training in Moscow, Russia along with Faiz Khaleed.

Norman Dike

Dike was transferred from Division HQ to Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in the first week of November 1944 becoming Company Commander .

Riverside Drive Viaduct

The south and north approaches are of rock-faced Mohawk Valley limestone with Maine granite trimmings, the face work being of coursed ashlar.

Robert Mann

In recognition of his contributions to the arts, Robert Mann was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 1996.

Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair

Aedh was blinded by Conchobar on Tairrdelbach's orders but Ruaidrí was protected by the Archbishop of Connacht, Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh.

Samuel Gorton

In 1675 Gorton had received word that the Indians living in the Connecticut Colony intended to invade the Narragansett country.

Spencer Odom

Odom was pianist and arranger for many well known bands, Dave Peyton and Lionel Hampton, and was the pianist for the popular Flying Home record.

Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses

The album featured re-worked versions of the songs "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead," "Someone's Standing on My Chest" and "Tulips are Better", which originally appeared on the band's 2001 EP, Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty.

Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The EBU's coordinator of the contest, Svante Stockselius, has labelled SVT's return to the contest a big achievement in terms of negotiations with possible participants and expressed hope that other Scandinavian broadcasters may also return to the show.

Tabuaeran

The island's major exports are copra and hand crafts (including cowrie shell, shark tooth knives, and Kiribati stamps).

The Bachelor Canada

Throughout his childhood, Brad had several football seasons with a variety of teams: Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts, and the Edmonton Eskimos.

Thomas C. Kelly

In 1962 he was assigned as secretary in the Dominican provincial offices in New York City; he also worked with the National Legion of Decency and the tribunal for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

West Cliff Theatre

The West Cliff Theatre in Clacton-on-Sea, England, dates back to 1894 when Bert Graham, a 21-year-old civil servant, set up a concert party on a patch of waste ground in Agate Road.