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27 unusual facts about the world


Australasian Pipit

It was formerly lumped together with the Richard's, African, Mountain and Paddyfield Pipits in a single species: Richard's Pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae.

Bellavista railway station

Bellavista is the principle intermediate station on the line, and at one time the junction point for the Tramway Bellavista.

Chris Gilmour

In 2006 a jury composed of Fabio Cavallucci, Daniela Clerici, Massimiliano Gioni, Gianfranco Maraniello, Marco Pierini and Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo awarded him the 7th edition of Premio Cairo, a prize for young artists in Milan.

Darwin's bark spider

According to professor Ingi Agnarsson, director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Puerto Rico, the spider's web occupies a unique biological niche: "They build their web with the orb suspended directly above a river or the water body of a lake, a habitat that no other spider can use".

Derek Boyer

Boyer has portrayed Bayman in DOA: Dead or Alive and promoted the steel products company Orcon, as Orcon's "Man of Steel", featuring Orcon's trackside promotional efforts at V8 Supercars events where Orcon has been a sponsor of race teams, Larkham Motor Sport, WPS Racing and Ford Performance Racing.

Dollar Sweets dispute

By December 1985, it was decided to seek an injunction under common law against the union in the Supreme Court of Victoria, with solicitor Michael Kroger engaging junior barrister and future federal Treasurer Peter Costello hired to represent the company.

Emmanuel Leku Apuobo

Emmanuel Leku Apuobo is the Administrator of Ituri Interim Administration.

Euphrasia of Constantinople

Euphrasia was the only daughter of Antigonus—a nobleman of the court of Emperor Theodosius I, to whom he was related—and of Euphrasia, his wife.

Explicit Lyrics

Explicit Lyrics is the third studio album recorded by the French artist Ophélie Winter.

Gio Paolo Bombarda

When Maximilian became governor of the Spanish Netherlands in 1692, Bombarda went with him to Brussels and became his emissary to the French and Dutch bankers.

Guangdong Provincial Museum

The next section on the ground floor is an exhibition of modern ceramic figures done in traditional Shiwan (Foshan) style.

Headlines Tour

Georgina Littlejohn of Mail Online stated, If there was ever a girl band that looked as though they really enjoyed their job, that it has to be The Saturdays.

Jens Immanuel Baggesen

He married at Bern in 1790, began to write in German and published in that language his next poem, Alpenlied.

John Cassini

Cassini appeared in and is listed as a producer of the film "Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido", starring, produced, and directed by Silvio Pollio, including, Nicholas Lea, Terry Chen, and Michael Eklund.

Jones, Oklahoma

Aldrich named the town after his friend and business associate, Charles G. "Gristmill" Jones who was a three-time mayor of Oklahoma City.

Michael H. Robinson

Prior to his work at the National Zoo, Dr. Robinson spent 18 years in Panama, Central America, studying animal behavior at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Monster of Aramberri

As the Museum of Natural History of Karlsruhe could not accept any more remains because it was at its maximum capacity, new remains were sent to the Museo del Desierto in Saltillo, Coahuila, also in Mexico, where the specialist in marine reptiles, Dra.

Neighborhoods of Kalamazoo

Four of the city's parks are located in the Edison neighborhood, including the Mayor's Riverfront Park, where the Kalamazoo Kings and Kalamazoo Kingdom sports teams play.

Nude mouse

Nude mice were first discovered in 1962 by Dr. N. R. Grist at Ruchill Hospital's Brownlee virology laboratory in Glasgow.

On the Road to Freedom

On the Road to Freedom is a 1973 album by Alvin Lee and Mylon LeFevre.

Ottoman weapons

The most famous battle in which these bronze 'bombards' were used is at the siege of Constantinople in 1453.

Richard B. Sewall

During the Vietnam Era he supported the activities of peace activists on campus, making William Sloane Coffin and Allard Lowenstein fellows of Ezra Stiles College.

Shema Yisrael Torah Network

The Shema Yisrael Torah Network is a group of (mainly English) websites dedicated to spreading Jewish thought, halakha (Jewish law) and other material through the World Wide Web, email and written material.

The Wurn Technique

The Wurn Technique is a physical therapy technique used as a form of alternative medicine that promoters assert can be used to treat pain, infertility, sexual dysfunction and adhesion-related conditions.

Ulrich Baretzky

Ulrich Baretzky is "?title=Audi">Audi Sports' Head of Engine Technology, and has been credited with developing the V12 TDI engine, used in the Audi R10 racecar.

Västgöta nation

The nation’s building (Swedish: nationshus) lies along the Fyrisån and was probably built in 1604, though its cellar is much older.

Webb School of Knoxville

It was founded in 1955 by Robert Webb (1919–2005), grandson of Webb School of Bell Buckle founder Sawney Webb.