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19 unusual facts about the world


Abdulmunir Mundoc Arbison

Arbison started his political career as an ally to the brothers Benjamin Loong and Tupay Loong.

Accton Technology Corporation

In April 2009, it was revealed that CSIRO reached a settlement with 14 companies including Accton plus other major technology companies —Hewlett-Packard, Asus, Intel, Dell, Toshiba, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin, SMC, 3Com, Buffalo Technology, Microsoft, and Nintendo— on the condition that CSIRO did not broadcast the resolution.

Andrija Puharich

Of his many books, Puharich wrote a supportive biography of Uri Geller, a paranormal case he investigated with the help of Itzhak Bentov, among others.

Basic needs

The Municipality of Rosario, Batangas, Philippines implemented its Aksyon ng Bayan Rosario 2001 And Beyond Human and Ecological Security Plan using this concept as a core strategy through the Minimum Basic Needs Approach to Improved Quality of Life - Community-Based Information System (MBN-CBIS) prescribed by the Philippine Government.

Cream tea

The campaign was launched following discussion on BBC Radio Devon.

Dottie Peoples

After completing high school, she toured with gospel pioneer Dorothy Norwood, a member of The Caravans.

Elections in Iowa

Since 1972, Iowa has been the first state to vote in presidential primaries, with their caucuses.

Jacques Aymar de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet

His mother was Victoire de Moret, granddaughter of Madeleine de Bourbon.

Jean-Michel Mension

Mension described the life of the Lettrist group and their associates in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1952–1954, in a book-length collection of conversations with Gerard Berreby and Francesco Milo, The Tribe.

John Sedgwick

In the 1990 film Dances with Wolves, Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) stays at a fictional Fort Sedgwick, presumably named after General Sedgwick.

Jörgen Nilsen Schaumann

Schaumann bodies were initially described in 1871 by Oscar von Schüppel (1837-1881), a pathologist at the University of Tübingen.

Kazuya Mishima

Kazuya appears in the short film Street Fighter x Tekken: The Devil Within portrayed by Mark Musashi.

Money note

In 2008 the French singer Camille released the song "Money Note," which references Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey.

Pipe sergeant

A pipe sergeant, commonly abbreviated as "P/Sgt", is the number-two person in charge of the pipers in a pipe band or pipes and drums.

Rivers Jobe

Rivers Jobe (1950 – 1979) was a British bass player known for being a member of The Anon, one of the two bands which merged to form the progressive rock band Genesis; and for playing on the Savoy Brown album Getting to the Point, as well as on the tracks "Vicksburg Blues", "Train to Nowhere", and "Tolling Bells" on the following Blue Matter album.

Rup Magon

Rup is in the 2011 sports comedy film Speedy Singhs (also known as Breakaway), directed by Robert Lieberman, starring Vinay Virmani, Russell Peters, Camilla Belle, and Anupam Kher.

Saalhausen Hills

The hills are named after the village of Saalhausen, part of the town of Lennestadt, which is located on the southern edge of this forested region.

Ulrich Bonnell Phillips

Phillips' emphasis on race was overshadowed in the late 1920s and 1930s by the Beardian interpretation of Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard, who in their enormously successful The Rise of American Civilization (1927) emphasized class conflict and downplayed slavery and race relations as a cause of the American Civil War.

Wilseder Berg

Due to its position in the middle of the nature reserve Lüneburg Heath it is a popular tourist destination, especially in the period when the heather is in flower.