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24 unusual facts about the world


Anna Löwenstein

Anna Löwenstein (born 1951 in Great Britain) is an internationally known Esperantist.

António Guterres

In a 16 February 2007 NPR interview devoted mainly to the plight of Iraqi refugees, he said that this was one of the greatest refugee crisis in the Middle East since 1948.

B. C. Forbes

He founded Forbes magazine in 1917 and remained Editor-in-Chief until his death in New York City in 1954, though assisted in his later years by Bruce Charles Forbes (1916–1964) and Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919–1990), his two eldest sons.

Broome, Western Australia

The campaign has received ardent support from public figures such as John Butler, Missy Higgins, Clare Bowditch and former leader of the Australian Greens, Dr Bob Brown.

Cesar Chavez Jacobo

He attended attended high school at Our Savior New American School in Centereach, New York, United States.

Concord Hymn

One source of the hymn's power may be Emerson's personal ties to the subject: his grandfather William Emerson, Sr., witnessed the battle at the North Bridge while living at the Old Manse.

Crocker National Bank

In the 1970s Crocker ran a television commercial featuring the song "We've Only Just Begun," which was later rerecorded by The Carpenters and sold as a single: It became the duo's signature song.

Genie Gets Her Wish

#"The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire")

Ground Force One

A second bus was used by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the campaign leading up to the 2012 Presidential Election, and then deployed as a back-up for visiting dignitaries.

Hadley Richardson

They were also invited to Gertrude Stein's salon, and she in turn visited the young couple in their apartment.

Japanese Journal

Tokyo Journal, formerly published internationally as Japan Journal

John Dana

John Cotton Dana (1856-1929), American librarian and museum director

Kim West

Her designs found early success with such notables as Adam Ant, Samantha Fox and Tony James, but she wanted to reach ordinary women.

Leezen

Leezen is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Montauk, Missouri

The community was founded in 1860, and is named after the Montaukett Native Americans that briefly lived in Missouri.

Palace Hotel of Buçaco

The first architect was the Italian Luigi Manini (1848-1936), who designed a Romantic palace in Neo-Manueline style, evoking the 16th-century architectural style that characterised the peak of the Portuguese Age of Discovery.

Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras

After an eventful voyage, he reached Pondicherry and contributed to the defence of that city during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, a siege which ended in its surrender to Great Britain on 18 October 1778.

Priority Matrix

Quadrants-based task prioritization- The 2x2 time management matrix, detailed in Stephen Covey's book, First Things First, is the general framework on which Priority Matrix is run.

Richard Cartwright

Sir Richard John Cartwright (1835–1912), Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator

Sörla saga sterka

Sörli the Strong is a son of the king of Oppland, and is at feud with Halfdan Brana's Foster Son (now king of Sweden).

Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout

Characters based on wrestling stars such as WWF's Hulk Hogan and WCW's Rick Rude are featured in the game along with Japanese professional wrestlers like Masahiro Chono.

V13

Motorola Razr3, Motorola V13(Razr3), Motorola 3G CDMA Dual screen flip touchscreen phone

Veronica Gambara

Born in Pralboino (now in the Province of Brescia), in Lombardy, Italy, Gambara came from a distinguished family, one of the seven children of Count Gianfrancesco da Gambara and Alda Pio da Carpi.

Vladimir Nazlymov

While fulfilling a two-year army obligation, which was mandatory for all 18-year-olds in the Soviet Union, Nazlymov was put in a special regimen where he was able to fence with the Central Sports Army Club team in Moscow.