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26 unusual facts about the world


Beate Eriksen

She is the granddaughter of Olympic gymnast Marius Eriksen and the daughter of World War II flying ace Marius Eriksen, Jr. She is also the niece of alpine skier Stein Eriksen and is married to one of Norway's most prominent actors, Toralv Maurstad.

Benet Perceval

Dom Benet Perceval, OSB (1916 – 2009) was the oldest member of the monastic community at Ampleforth Abbey, England, when he died at age 92 on 30 January 2009.

Dawn Riley

As watch captain, engineer and diver on the 1st All Women’s Team to race around the world, on Maiden in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race (now known as the Volvo Ocean Race), Riley was known as a leader on the water.

Hjalmar Ekdal topology

I had just taken a course on Henrik Ibsen (this was, after all, at St Olaf College, a Minnesota college founded by Norwegian-American Lutherans and very true to its heritage which was my heritage as well for that matter).

Is Anybody Home?

Scenes of the band playing were filmed in the basement of the Eastminster United Church on Danforth Ave. east of Broadview Ave. in the Riverdale neighborhood of Toronto.

K Callan

Born Katherine Borman in Dallas, Texas, Callan made her first TV appearance at the age of 20, playing a Western Union operator on an episode of Route 66 that happened to be shooting in Dallas.

L'heure espagnole

Kimberly Barber (Concepción), John Mark Ainsley (Gonzalve), Georges Gautier (Torquemada), Kurt Ollmann (Ramiro), David Wilson-Johnson (Don Inigo Gomez), London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

Le congrès des rois

The composition of the opera was ordered by the Comité du Salut public (Committee of Public Safety) to be completed in two days.

Loranthus

Some species of Loranthus, in the broad sense, are troublesome parasites, for example they occur in Kerala India as a menace on mango trees (Mangifera indica), a majority of the Anogeissus latifolia trees in the Biligirirangan Hills of Karnataka are infected by Loranthus sp.

Lotto Cross Cup de Hannut

It became increasingly international in nature and the 1950s saw Olympic medallists top the podium, such as Derek Ibbotson, Gordon Pirie and Franjo Mihalić.

Matthias Schweighöfer

Born in Anklam, Western Pomerania, Schweighöfer attended the renowned acting school Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch", but dropped out after one year.

McGeer

Pat McGeer (born 1927), Canadian physician and basketball player

Metrolina

Metrolina Speedway, an auto racing track located in northeast Charlotte, North Carolina

Mount Abantos

For the most part, the mountain is located in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial in the Community of Madrid, with part of its west side in the province of Ávila.

Music Industry Arts

Faculty of note include but are not limited to; Steve Malison (Coordinator), Terry McManus, Joe Vaughan, Dan Brodbeck, Mike Roth, Moe Berg, Rob Nation, Kevin Doyle, Jason Chapman, Duncan Grant, David Martin, Greg Hatchette.

Our Lady, Star of the Sea

Stella Maris Monastery, the foundation house of the Carmelite order was established on Mount Carmel, Israel, in the early thirteenth century.

Richard Glyn

Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Gaunt's House (1755–1838), British banker and MP, son of the above

Rrahman Morina

The Serbian leader once went to the Yugoslavian president Lazar Mojsov, furiously demanding Morina's removal from the Kosovan government (and the rest of it).

Samantha Baggett

Samantha Baggett-Bohon (born 7 June 1976, in Daytona Beach, Florida) is a retired American soccer defender who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Sigismund Zaremba

His compositions, which are distinguished by spontaneity and melodiousness, include a suite for string orchestra, a polonaise for full orchestra, a Slavic dance, a string quartet, piano music, romances, etc.

Thady Coughlan

In October of the same year, he was present at the canonisation of Oliver Plunkett, where he met the then Pope Paul VI and future Pope John Paul II who was bishop of Kraków at the time.

Till I Can't Take It Anymore

Other artists who have also previously recorded this song include Clarence Carter, Ray Charles, Jimmy James, Tom Jones, Ben E. King, Charlie Rich, and Don Williams.

Transport Direct

A Freedom of Information request was made on 4 January 2006 that requested details of the cost of the development of the Transport Direct portal.

V. R. Prabodhachandran Nair

He started his career as a lecturer in the University of Kerala and retired from there as the Head of the Department of Linguistics.He is currently working as a Professor in Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kaladi, Kerala

William Russell Grace

His nephew Cecil Grace attempted a crossing of the English Channel in December 1910 in an aeroplane.

Wunderteam

Matthias Sindelar, Josef Smistik and Walter Nausch formed the core of the team that would dominate European football during that era.