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30 unusual facts about the world


Auburn Button Works and Logan Silk Mills

Logan Silk Mills was famous for providing the silk for the gown of the First Lady Caroline Harrison wore when her husband, Benjamin Harrison, was inaugurated the 23rd President of the United States in 1889.

Benur Pashayan

Pashayan was a 1981 Summer Universiade Champion, a two-time European Champion, having won consecutive gold medals at the 1981 and 1982 FILA Wrestling European Championships, and a two-time and reigning World Champion, having also won consecutive gold medals at the 1982 and 1983 FILA Wrestling World Championships, making him the gold medal favorite of the Greco-Roman flyweight (52 kg) division at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

The trio met Derrick "Fatlip" Stewart and producer John "J-Swift" Martinez at an after-school music program called South Central Unit.

Darya Tkachenko

In 2003 she once again won the Ukrainian championships, in 2004 the senior European championships and in 2005 the World championships in Latronico.

Dixon University Center

Dixon University Center was once the home of the Harrisburg Academy, whose leaders built the six historic structures on the grounds today.

Elizabeth Korte

Elizabeth Korte is an American television writer for the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital.

Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

Vaughan Williams composed the work on commission from the British Council to be played at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.

İbrahim Parlak

However, the U.S. State Department retroactively labeled PKK a "terrorist organization" in 1997.

Jörg Friess

This result places him tenth on the German all-time performers list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai, Dirk Gamlin, Peter Bouschen, Wolfgang Zinser, Jörg Drehmel, Jörg Elbe and Wolfgang Knabe.

Ken Burton

Burton is a judge on the new eight-part series of BBC2's "Sing While You Work" in November 2013, with fellow judges Paul Mealor, and international soprano Sarah Fox.

Luc Poirier

In the early 1980s, he joined the Montreal-based International Wrestling Association as the hooded "Masked Marvel".

María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui

She studied with Joaquin Zuazagoitia in Santiago de Compostela and continued her studies in the Conservatorio Real in Madrid.

Milan Rai

Rai has been awarded the Frank Cousins Peace award from the Transport and General Workers' Union (shared, 1993), and the Peace Award of the Christian peace group Pax Christi (2007).

Modred the Mystic

Soon afterwards, the demon-goddess Lilith, her consort Zarathos and their Lilin offspring attacked the Redeemers and the other Midnight Sons.

North Cleveland Park

North Cleveland Park should also not be confused with the neighboring Cleveland Park community to its south; although both are part of the original tract of land on which Grover Cleveland built his summer estate in the 1880s, they are two separate neighborhoods.

Nova Scotia Highway 125

In January 2008, a public meeting was held to discuss the required infrastructure to finally twin Highway 125 from its six lane divided portion in Sydney River to its eastern terminus at Grand Lake Road.

Orzeszkowo

Orzeszkowo, Międzychód County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)

Rehan Sheikh

Rehan Sheikh is a Pakistani / British TV Actor, director, producer and theater artist, He is best known for his role, in Haseena Moin's PTV classic serial The Castle-Aik Nae Umeed and for his role in Hum TV play Sanjha, which earned him a nomination for best supporting actor at 1st Hum Awards.

Roy Romanow

During the 1981 discussions over patriation of the Canadian constitution, the federal Minister of Justice, Jean Chrétien, the Ontario Attorney General, Roy McMurtry, and Romanow worked out the final details of Canada's new constitutional provisions, resulting in the famous late-night Kitchen Accord.

Sanghyang

Sanghyang is a sacred Balinese dance, based on the idea that a force enters the body of an entranced performer.

Skagway, Alaska

In the Three Stooges short In the Sweet Pie and Pie, Skagway receives a humorous mention: "Edam Neckties, with three convenient locations: Skagway, Alaska; Little America; and Pago Pago."

Sony Vaio S series

They also have features friendly to businesspeople and road warriors such as TPM chips, matte (anti-glare) displays, RAID SSDs, and extended sheet batteries, as well as continuing to include RJ-45 and VGA (D-Sub) connections.

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

In July 2012, Professor Jonathan Carapetis became of Director of the Institute, replacing Stanley, who continues in the role of Patron.

Tillie Olsen

Olsen first published a book in 1961, Tell Me a Riddle, a collection of four short stories, most linked by the characters in one family.

Traxxpad

The MELOD mode allows users to modify the pitch of samples using a keyboard-like interface.

Ultra Motorsports

Eric Norris was selected as the driver of the #02 Wolverine Vinyl Siding Ford for five races, his best finish being 13th at Watkins Glen International.

Vang stave church

He proposed without success to have it re-erected as a Royal Chapel in Christiania, or as a museum church adjacent to the medieval Haakon's Hall in Bergen.

William Bird Herapath

William Bird Herapath (28 February 1820 – 12 October 1868) was an English surgeon and chemist known for his discovery of Herapathite.

Wineberry

Rubus phoenicolasius, a type of raspberry native to Asia and introduced to North America

Wolfwere

In the anime series Wolf's Rain, the central characters are wolves who can assume human shape.