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30 unusual facts about the world


Adelphi Whisky

The distillery was operated by the Gray family until 1880, when it was acquired by Messrs A. Walker and Co, a company who already owned large distilleries in Limerick and Liverpool.

Almost Human: Making Robots Think

From June 15 to July 31 of 1997, Carnegie Mellon University deployed the robotic Nomad rover to traverse the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile.

Attorney General of Kentucky

:Solomon P. Sharp previously served in the United States House of Representatives and served in the Kentucky House of Representatives before and after serving as Attorney General of Kentucky

Casa Blanca, Arizona

Led by Captain Sherod Hunter, the raid destroyed the mill machinery, captured Ammi White and returned the flour and other food to the Pima.

Charles A. Chickering

He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-sixth Congresses).

Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments

Their only album Transmiticate was released on February 19, 2008 through SparksFly Records and produced by Ethan Allen and Donita Sparks.

Douglas Hopkins

Hopkins and Diamond had initially intended to create a "Valentina" fragrance, named for the ballerina Valentina Kozlova, whom Hopkins had photographed.

Engagements on Lake Huron

Sinclair had earlier captured a small schooner (the Mink) belonging to the Canadian North West Company, and learned from one of the prisoners that the British supply base was at Nottawasaga Bay.

Frankston South, Victoria

Frankston South was the site of the first ever Australian Scout Jamboree, in 1935, which was attended by the founder of the Scouting movement, Sir Robert Baden-Powell.

Haki R. Madhubuti

Besides co-founding a publishing company, Madhubuti is the co-founder of the Institute of Positive Education/New Concept Development Center (established in 1969), and co-founder of "Betty Shabazz International Charter School" (established 1998) in Chicago, Illinois.

Jake Andrewartha

Jake Andrewartha (born 24 December 1989 in Clare, Australia) is an Australian judoka.

Johann Georg Heine

At length he left Southern Germany and took his residence in Berlin from 1794 to 1798, where he got into contact with Barthel von Siebold, a son of a Würzburg surgeon Karl Kaspar von Siebold.

John Cone

Cone has said he is most proud of his performance in the boxing match between Matt Hardy and Evander Holyfield, which took place in August 2007 in front of a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden on Saturday Night's Main Event.

John G. Hutchinson

When longtime Representative and fellow Democrat John M. Slack, Jr. died in office on March 17, 1980, Hutchison won the special election to fill Slack's vacancy in Congress.

John Modinos

His operatic debut was also in New York in Traviata with Beverly Sills.

May Sutton

In 1928 and 1929, she and her daughter Dorothy Cheney became the only mother/daughter combination to be seeded at the U.S. Championships.

Medicine Head

He has occasionally revived the Medicine Head name, to tour a show of their hits (fellow musicians have included Clive Edwards, Laurence Archer and James Fox) and to release further low-key recordings.

Mike Polchlopek

Capitalizing on Gunn's impressive Brawl for All showing, the WWF held a Brawl for All match between Gunn and heavyweight boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch at WrestleMania XV.

Monica Maughan

In 1999 she created the role of Suzanne Beckett in Justin Fleming's Burnt Piano at Belvoir Company B, and demonstrated a command of classical piano played live in each performance.

Olatunji

Olatunji Adeola, Nigerian football player currently with Kwara United F.C.

Pankraz Vorster

He was raised mainly by his uncle, who was a pastor in Grub and Wittenbach.

Pedro Junco

Since then, "Nosotros" has been sung by more than 400 artists such as Sara Montiel, Plácido Domingo and Luis Miguel.

Peutz–Jeghers syndrome

90-100% of patients with a clinical diagnosis of PJS have a mutation in the STK11/LKB1 gene.

Rajinder Goel

Thereafter, the presence of the "Indian spin quartet", especially Bishen Bedi who bowled in a similar style, restricted his appearances for India.

Roger Murtaugh

He was a lieutenant of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the U.S. Army, and served in the Vietnam War.

SeaPerch

Currently, 112 schools in seven states are participating across the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut.

Styford Bridge

The A68 road from Darlington used to descend the south side of the Tyne valley to the village of Riding Mill, then followed the River Tyne to the road bridge at Corbridge, and from there ran northwest to Jedburgh.

Tantramar

Tantramar Regional High School is a secondary school serving the people of the Sackville-area in New Brunswick

Vermont's 4th congressional district

After the 16th Congress, Vermont returned to electing Congressmen from districts

Wasting Love

# "Tailgunner" (live - Wembley Arena, London 17 December '90) (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris) – 4:05