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29 unusual facts about the world


2013 Hong Kong dock strike

On 1 May 2013, Hutchison Port Holdings group managing director John Meredith published an article in several Chinese-language newspapers said the strike was jeopardising Hong Kong's entrepot status.

Adam Live

#AdamLive is a Swedish talk show presented by Adam Alsing which began broadcasting September 5, 2011 on TV3.

Al-Anfal Campaign

Writer Joost R. Hiltermann has said the United States government and U.S. State Department was particularly important in helping their then ally the Saddam Hussein government in avoiding any serious censure for the campaign and in particular the attack on rebels and civilians in the city of Halabja.

Augustin Thompson

Augustin Thompson (Union, Maine on November 25, 1835 - June 8, 1903) was a physician, business person and philanthropist who created the Moxie soft drink and the company that manufactures it.

Bastard Operator From Hell

The BOFH stories are alluded to in the Laundry Series by Charles Stross, featuring main character Bob Oliver Francis Howard (a system administrator) and, in "Pimpf" in The Jennifer Morgue, his intern Peter-Fred Young.

Bilingual Education Act

The BEA was introduced in 1967 by Texas senator Ralph Yarborough and was later signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 2, 1968.

Bonnie Bramlett

In 1979, Bonnie Bramlett travelled to Havana, Cuba, to participate in the historic Havana Jam festival that took place between 2–4 March, alongside Stephen Stills, the CBS Jazz All-Stars, the Trio of Doom, Fania All-Stars, Billy Swan, Weather Report, Mike Finnegan, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and Billy Joel, plus an array of Cuban artists such as Irakere, Pacho Alonso, Tata Güines and Orquesta Aragón.

Chocolat, Menta, Mastik

Chocolat, Menta, Mastik (שוקולד מנטה מסטיק, translate: Chocolate, mint, gum) was an Israeli female musical trio, active in the 1970s, composed of Yardena Arazi, Ruthie Holzman and either Tami Azaria (1972-1973) or Leah Lupatin.

Christianity in Norway

In contrast to 250,000 regular churchgoers in the whole of Norway, 43,500 attend Lakewood Church in the United States each week, and 23,000 attend Hillsong Church church in Australia each week.

Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act

The Upper Collinsville Dam project was to have a generation capacity of 373 kilowatts, while the Lower Dam was to have a capacity of 920 kilowatts.

Frank Childs

He made his pro boxing debut on February 18, 1892 in Los Angeles against French Canadian George LaBlanche from Quebec, knocking him out in the third round.

Good to Go

Good To Go!, the electronic toll collection system used by the Washington State Department of Transportation

Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Mark Dindal (1978): Animator, movie director (Disney's - The Emperor's New Groove)

Livetune

The popularity of the songs led the group to release the independent album Re:package at Comiket 73 in December 2007.

Marcus Tulio Tanaka

Born in Palmeira d'Oeste, Brazil to a second generation Japanese-Brazilian father and Italian-Brazilian mother, Tulio moved to Japan at age 15 to complete his high school studies.

Metro Area Express

Future BRT corridors are planned for State Avenue in adjacent Kansas City, Kansas; Metcalf Avenue through Johnson County, Kansas; North Oak Trafficway to Missouri Route 152; and for the US Highway 24 and 40 corridor towards Independence, Missouri.

Milan–Monza railway

It was the first railway in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, part of the Austrian Empire, opening in 1840 as the Imperiale Regno Privilegiata Strada Ferrata da Milano a Monza ("Imperial and Royal Privileged Railway from Milan to Monza") and was 12.8 km long.

Oobius agrili

As part of the campaign against the emerald ash borer Elliot Elsley (EAB), American scientists in conjunction with the Chinese Academy of Forestry searched since 2003 for its natural enemies in the wild leading to the discovery of several parasitoid wasps, including Oobius agrili which is a solitary egg parasitoid of EAB on ash trees in Jilin province in 2004 and has been recorded to kill up to 60 percent of EAB eggs.

Oudin

Eugène Oudin (1858–1894), American baritone, composer and translator

Rangi Heremaia

Rangi and Donna slept together however the two acknowledged the romance was wrong and Rangi had a brief fling with Caroline Buxton (Tandi Wright).

Ristella travancorica

Ear-opening not or but slightly larger than the nostril; third to sixth upper labials below the eye.

Rodulf of Ivry

In strategic terms, Ivry was on the boundary of the duchy of Normandy, by an important crossroads on a roman Road, by the valley of the River Eure.

Seneca, Wood County, Wisconsin

The Marsh is wet & unfit for cultivation & has upon it small Islands (so called) of hard land with a few trees; Scattering Pines, Tamarack & Blk Oak are found nearly all over it so much so that we almost invariably found bearing trees for our corners.

Solid HarmoniE

Initially, the band was made up of the trio Rebecca Onslow (born 3 January 1975, Swansea in Wales), Melissa Graham (born 10 October 1975, Coventry in England), who was playing in a popular Irish band called Calvary in 1996, and Mariama Goodman (born 25 December 1977, Lambeth in London, England).

Spratt's

The company bought the entire front cover of the first journal of the American Kennel Club in January 1889 to broadcast its involvement with American and European kennel clubs, and to trumpet the company's "Special Appointment" to Queen Victoria.

Studholme College

During the School's Golden Jubilee in 1961, the new Studholme Hall was officially opened by the then Governor-General, Sir Charles Lyttelton

The Shunned House

Peter Cannon writes that Whipple "is probably a composite portrait of Lovecraft's two learned uncles-in-law and maternal grandfather"; the grandfather's name was Whipple Phillips.

Venusberg, Saxony

Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Drebach.

Vermilion County, Illinois, Elections, 2008

On that date, registered voters in Vermilion County were eligible to elect officeholders in five countywide offices: the office of Auditor, Circuit Clerk, Coroner, Recorder, and State's Attorney.