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25 unusual facts about the world


2010–11 New York Rangers season

On November 12, 2010, the Rangers unveiled their 85th anniversary Heritage "third" jersey at an event at Rockefeller Center.

2011 Armed Forces of the Philippines corruption scandal

In the case of the missing US$5 million, the United States Department of Justice legal attaché asked her if she can be allowed to audit the UN reimbursements, as a certain US$5 million which was personally picked up by a military officer in New York was not reflected in the military's accounts.

Bhamragad

On Allapalli to Bhamragad Root you will find Talewada, Permilli, Bhandia (River) Kudkelli Phata, Tadgaon, Hemlkasa and then Bhamragad.

Bob Houghton

China were placed second in the Dynasty Cup very shortly after Houghton took over, and he developed a reputation for being able to implement an effective technical football program for struggling teams.

Boletus miniato-olivaceus

Its distribution includes eastern Canada south to Florida, extending west to the Great Lakes region.

Brander Matthews

Long before they were fashionable, he championed playwrights who were regarded as too bold for American tastes, such as Hermann Sudermann, Arthur Pinero, and preeminently Henrik Ibsen, about whom he wrote frequently and eloquently.

Byström

Margaretha Byström, Swedish actress (movies, theater, television), writer and director

Canada at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

He defeated Benjamin Henry of Guyana in the quarterfinal and Obedy Mutapa of Zambia in the semifinal.

David Gerrard

At the 1962 Games in Perth, Australia he reached the finals in both the 110 yards and 220 yards butterfly but did not medal.

Forsyth County, Georgia

Forsyth county subsequently charged large fees for parade permits until the practice was overturned in Forsyth County, Georgia v. The Nationalist Movement (505 U.S. 123) in the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1992.

Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg

Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg (born: 2 May 1591; died: 30 November 1660 in Neuhaus) was a prince of Saxe-Lauenburg and a general during the Thirty Years' War.

Haematoxenus

veliferus infects cattle and the African buffalo and is spread by the tick Amblyomma variegatum.

Indian Doppler Radar

A few systems have been exported to Sri Lanka and have been used to detect planes of the LTTE's air wing.

Kaddish and Other Poems

There is a detailed description of this production and of behind-the-scenes incidents surrounding it in Davi Napoleon's chronicle of the Chelsea in Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater (1991).

Linda Hart

Solo work included appearances with The New Christy Minstrels as their only female leader, a stint on Johnny Cash's ABC television show, and opening act performances for country musicians such as Hank Williams, Jr., Mel Tillis, Roy Clark, and The Oak Ridge Boys.

Peelwood Colliery

After 1888 an exchange siding was constructed next to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's line from Manchester to Wigan, providing access for the company's coal traffic.

Petero Mataca

On 22 June 2005, Mataca accused Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase of having misled church leaders about the provisions of the legislation to establish the Commission.

Remy P. Presas

(born November 11, 1963) is the eldest son of the late Remy Presas, founder of the Filipino martial art of Modern Arnis, and Rosemary Pascual Presas.

Shridhar Chillal

Lee Redmond, who held the record for the longest fingernails on both hands.

Solar pond

The largest operating solar pond for electricity generation was the Beit HaArava pond built in Israel and operated up until 1988.

Springfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan

The township's decline would unexpectedly be reversed in the 1960s with the construction of Interstate 75.

The First Casualty

Meanwhile, Douglas Kingsley, a liberal Inspector for Scotland Yard, has refused national service because he considers the war to be an affront to his highly prized sense of logic.

Theodore J. van den Broek

Hearing of the condition of the Native Americans in Michigan (now Wisconsin), he obtained permission from Archbishop John Baptist Purcell of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati to go to them, and arrived at Green Bay, Wisconsin, 4 July 1834.

Vicente Piera

Vicente Piera Pañella (Barcelona, 1903–1960), known by the nickname "The Bruixa" ("The Witch"), is a former Spanish Catalan footballer who spent most of his career at FC Barcelona.

Virgil Reilly

Virgil Gavan Reilly, was born on 29 November 1892, the son of the local postmaster in Creswick, Victoria.