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19 unusual facts about the world


1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix

Mansell also became the first person to win their first IndyCar race since Graham Hill had won the 1966 Indianapolis 500.

All Monsters Attack

In the English dubbed version, Minilla is renamed "Minya", and he is given a cartoony male voice.

Armstrong College

Armstrong College, formerly a private college in Berkeley, California, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in business and management; founded in 1914 and closed on June 11, 1986, located at 2222 Harold Way in the Ratcliff building (after Walter H. Ratcliff, Architect), a Berkeley landmark

BCS theory

:* Isotope effect on the critical temperature, suggesting lattice interactions.

Borneo Cup

Before the establishment of Malaysia in 16 September 1963, the tournament is contested by three national team, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei.

Charles Learmonth

On 6 January 1944, Learmonth led a formation of three No. 14 Squadron Bristol Beauforts on an exercise off Rottnest Island with ships of the US Navy.

Circle Waltz

# "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) - 7:32

Cornelius Anckarstjerna

Anckarstierna was in command of the Swedish fleet's second squadron during the landing on Zealand in 1700.

Frederick Collin

Collin also served as a director of the Chemung Canal Trust Company and the first President of the Arnot Art Gallery (since 1911).

Gordon Ackerman

Arrested by the East German secret police, the Stasi, Ackerman was released after convincing the police that he was a close friend of East German chief of state Erich Honecker.

Gutta på tur

Gutta på tur (roughly translates as "The Boys on a Trip") was a Norwegian travel-TV show starring Arne Hjeltnes, Arne Brimi (famous chef), and professional cross-country skiers Vegard Ulvang and Bjørn Dæhlie, the most-winning athlete in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.

John McArthur, Jr.

Until the late 20th century, an unwritten agreement among Philadelphia architects kept all buildings shorter than the top of the statue of William Penn atop McArthur’s tower.

Kurt-Heinz Stolze

In 1968 he appeared as harpsichordist with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Faerber in the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

Linksys

In 2000, it introduced the first 8-port router with SNMP and QoS, and in 2001 it shipped its millionth cable/DSL router.

Machinery of government

A number of national governments including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom have adopted the term in official usage.

Sultan Ismail Petra Airport

The Sultan Ismail Petra Airport, Kota Bharu is one of the finest airports in the country providing its services to the large number of travelers.

The Devil and LeRoy Bassett

The world premiere of the film was held in the hometown of the director at the Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas.

Trafalgar Moraine

The Trafalgar Moraine is approximately 20 km long, 30 m high and 4 km wide, extending from the Niagara Escarpment north of Nelson to Streetsville in an east-northeast trend; at the Oakville boundary, the trend shifts northeast.

Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash

The seller from Tucson, Arizona, had bought the game about a decade earlier from a Commodore enthusiast, along with other games, and had it in his closet for ten years.