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30 unusual facts about the world


Angeleyes

American alternative rock band The Czars covered the song on their 2006 album Sorry I Made You Cry.

Balmer See

At that time it belonged, together with five other parished on Usedom (Ückeritz, Mellenthin, Loddin, Suckow and Krienke), to the estate of the bishops of Cammin.

Barmy Army

In conjunction with the increasing appearance of English football shirts at cricket grounds in the early 1990s, the song's repetitive cry of "Barmy Army, Barmy Army, Barmy Army" transferred to domestic cricket arenas at Old Trafford and Headingley.

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

Blue-Tongue Films created a music video for the song directed by Nash Edgerton and featuring Joel Stoffer & Amanda Aardsma in an extreme marital spat.

Bidgood

John Bidgood (1914–2001), British Conservative Party politician

Blue Air

At its founding, Blue Air also operated a domestic Bucharest-Timişoara flight, though this was discontinued in March 2005 due to low demand and competition from TAROM as well as Căile Ferate Române, the Romanian rail company.

Christine Jorgensen Reveals

Christine Jorgensen Reveals is a theatrical show that depicts the 1957 one-hour interview of Christine Jorgensen by Nipsey Russell.

Confessions of a Vice Baron

Constance Worth as Judy (edited from Wages of Sin) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edward Chamier

Edward Chamier (3 September 1840, Weymouth – 12 August 1892, Paris) was a French chess master.

F.M. Einheit

While primarily known for his percussion work with the influential industrial group Einstürzende Neubauten, he has also collaborated with KMFDM, Goethes Erben and recorded several albums in collaboration with other musicians (such as Diamanda Galás, Mona Mur, Andreas Ammer, Ulrike Haage) and solo.

Gare de Pierrelaye

Pierrelaye is a railway station in the town of Pierrelaye, a northwestern suburb of Paris, France.

Iola High School

Iola High School is a fully accredited high school located in Iola, Kansas, USA, serving students in grades 9-12.

Jenny Choi

She played cello on Mike Park's second album North Hangook Falling, The Lawrence Arms fifth album Oh! Calcutta! and the debut album Four One Five Two by their guitarist Chris McCaughan as part of his side project Sundowner, and contributed vocals to three songs on This Is Me Smiling's first album.

Jesse Witten

He also reached two other finals at USTA Pro Circuit events in Peoria, Illinois and Lexington, Kentucky.

Jessie Barr

Jessie Barr (born 24 July 1989 in Waterford, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish athlete who will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

Jim LeRoy

Around 2:15PM EST at the Vectren Dayton Air Show at the Dayton International Airport, LeRoy crashed his S2S Bulldog II, while in performance with the X-Team Codename: Mary's Lamb aerobatics team.

Kingston Bridge

Kingston Bridge, Glasgow, a bridge across the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland

Miss Haiti Universe

Magali Febles and Nadia Pressage (of Pressage PR) organized and coordinated the 2011 pageant which took place in the Karibe Convention Center in Pétion-Ville, Haiti.

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

Most major American ceramic artists since the 1970s, such as Frances Senska, Paul Soldner, Peter Voulkos, and Rudy Autio have been among its 4000 members.

New Zealand Customs Service

Contrary to popular belief, it is not responsible for biosecurity items such as food and other agricultural items declared at ports of entry - this is the responsibility for the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Otto Friedrich Ferdinand von Görschen

Records of the family von Görschen by Horst Friedrich Ernst von Görschen, Cranz (now Zelenogradsk) 1933

Philosophy and Spiritualism of Sri Aurobindo

From this base it is progressively awakening through the life of the plant, the beginnings of mind in the animal, the full emergence of mind in humanity, and is now stirring to awaken fully through the emergence of a greater consciousness than mind, the Supermind, in which the fullness of the undivided consciousness and infinite delight of the One will be manifest in individualities embodied here on earth.

Pickle Family Circus

In the early years, the circus boasted three clowns: Larry Pisoni, Bill Irwin, and Geoff Hoyle; they were the stars of a Pickle Family Circus production in 1981 called Three High.

Precinct of Amun-Re

Only one column remains in place, bearing inscriptions by Taharqa, Psamtik II and Ptolemy IV Philopator.

RAF Thorney Island

Firstly when it arrived during January 1942 using the Bristol Beaufort Mk I as a detachment before moving to RAF North Coates during March then again during August 1942 until March 1943 flying the Consolidated B-24 Liberator Mk IIIa.

Second Temple period

According to Ezra 4:5, the Samaritans sought to "frustrate their purpose" and sent messengers to Ecbatana and Susa, with the result that the work was suspended.

Smith Act

The Smith Act was written so that federal authorities could deport radical labor organizer Harry Bridges, an immigrant from Australia.

The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony

The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony is the combination of a hardback book and double vinyl album released in 1979, conceived, written and illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe, with music written and performed by Dave Greenslade.

Tuckerization

More recent examples include the many science fiction and military novelists whose names are borrowed in the Axis of Time by John Birmingham, and the Lachlan Fox thriller series by James Clancy Phelan.

U.S. Route 90

The 1929 vintage bridge carrying Highway 90 over Chef Menteur Pass was repaired and opened to traffic on August 11, 2006 after it was closed after the storm.