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unusual facts about ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn


There Is a Way

Any automation was performed live on old guitar pedals that were also used on Robinson's previous records such as At the Drive-In's Relationship of Command and The Blood Brothers's ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn.


1958 riots in Ceylon

In revenge, a Sinhalese gang tried to burn down the Hindu Kovil; unable to set fire to the building, they pulled out a Brahmin priest and burned him alive instead.

1976 German Grand Prix

Lauda had suffered serious burns and was rushed by helicopter to the Bundeswehr hospital in Koblenz; from there he was flown to the Trauma Clinic in Ludwigshafen, home to Germany's most advanced burn ward at the time, where he fought for his life for the next few days.

Accident

In the case of injuries in the home, a 2005 survey using data from the National Vital Statistics System of the United States National Center for Health Statistics found that falls, poisoning, and fire/burn injuries were the most common causes for death.

Arthur Chin

In 1939, while flying a Gloster Gladiator, the fighter in which he scored 6.5 of his 8.5 aerial victories, he was hit by enemy fire and forced to bail out of his burning aircraft, and although he parachuted to safety, he suffered serious burn injuries.

Balmoral Burn

Created by Wallaby great Phil Kearns, the first Burn was ran in 2000, and now an annual event run in May/June each year.

Bergen Marine

Manufactured under licence from SEMT Pielstick (owned by MAN Diesel), these engines are designed and developed specifically to burn heavy residual fuels.

Berthold of Hanover

When Berthold attempted to bless the Christian cemetery at Holm, they decided either to burn the bishop together with his church at Holm or to drown him in the Düna.

Blackburn River

The name is a tautology, since "burn" is a Lowland Scots/Northern English word referring to a small river or large brook.

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor is a 1939 race car film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Cecilia Parker, Nat Pendleton and Harry Carey.

Burn Down the Mission

"Burn Down the Mission" is the tenth and final song on Elton John's album Tumbleweed Connection, released in 1970.

Burn It

Burn It was first shown on the free-to-air British digital channel BBC Three, and then repeated some months later on the terrestrial channel BBC2.

Burn:Cycle

Burn:Cycle features a largely techno soundtrack, composed and performed by the partnership of Simon Boswell and Chris Whitten.

The coupling of this with CD-i's technological limits have led some commentators to lament the fact that this was not a game made two years later, when arguably 3D had its true birth (given the rise of PlayStation and Saturn in that year).

Child of the Moon

In between these events, Henry and Regina (Lana Parrilla) show Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) a burn that Henry received during the dream, which could be a "side effect" of the curse.

Christian Johansson

Christian Johansson's daughter, the ballerina Anna Christianovna Johansson (1860-1917), was a celebrated soloist of the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet and created roles in nearly every important premiere throughout the late 1880s, until burn injuries forced her to retire in 1895.

David Burn

Burn died in prosperous circumstances at Auckland on 14 June 1875, he had two children and was married twice.

Dunglass

It lies to the east of the Lammermuir Hills on the North Sea coast at the point where the old Great North Road and modern A1 as well as the London-Edinburgh railway cross the gorge of the Dunglass Burn.

Ferintosh, Black Isle

Confusingly, Urquhart is the name of the parish but due to amalgamations a Ferintosh "Parish" Church is at nearby Conon Bridge, whereas the former Urquhart Parish Church is close to the Ferintosh Burn (see below).

Fiona Wood

In March 2007, following the crash landing of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, Wood travelled to Yogyakarta, to assist in the emergency medical response for burn victims.

Fire/Jericho

It takes the sampled vocal "When I was a youth I used to burn collie weed in a Rizla" from the track "Hard Times" by Pablo Gad.

George Baxt

His most notable screenplays include three collaborations with director Sidney Hayers noted for their taut suspense and black humour: Circus of Horrors (1960), the thriller Payroll (1961) from the novel by Derek Bickerton and Night of the Eagle (1962) which he re-wrote following a draft by Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson, though his credit was omitted from the US version which was released as Burn, Witch, Burn.

Great Moss Swamp

The swamp is drained by the Logan Burn, which feeds into the Taieri River at Paerau.

Guamblin Island

After the rescue of the crew, she was fired upon and set on fire by Chilean Hawker Hunters in order to burn the oil and avoid further pollution.

Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy

Bassel Fleihan, a Lebanese legislator and Minister of Economy and Commerce was treated at Percy, having suffered major burns on 95% of his body when a massive bomb exploded on the Beirut seafront as he passed by in former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri's motorcade on February 14, 2005.

Human branding

The English verb to burn, attested since the 12th century, is a combination of Old Norse brenna "to burn, light," and two originally distinct Old English verbs: bærnan "to kindle" (transitive) and beornan "to be on fire" (intransitive), both from the Proto-Germanic root bren(wanan), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root bhre-n-u, from base root bhereu- "to boil forth, well up."

Ira D. Sankey

Sankey ended up watching the city burn from a rowboat far out on Lake Michigan.

James Henry Pope

He transferred to the Otago Girls' High School in 1873, where the principal, Margaret Burn, regarded him as her right-hand man.

Janusz Krupski

Grzegorz Piotrowski (who was also responsible for the murder of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko), to have Krupski strip completely naked before the acid was dumped on him so that the mixture would burn through his skin, damage his internal organs and kill him.

Jeff Haslam

He has worked at most of Edmonton's theatres, including the Citadel Theatre (Burn This, Hello Dolly and Little Shop of Horrors - for which he won his third Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award), Theatre Network (Habitat), Shadow Theatre (Almost Maine), Edmonton Opera (South Pacific and HMS Pinafore) as well as with playwrights Marty Chan, Conni Massing, Lyle Victor Albert, Raymond Storey, Doug Curtis, Jocelyn Ahlf, Cathleen Rootsaert and Belinda Cornish.

John Southerden Burn

In 1854 a new partner, Charles Tayler Ware, joined the firm; in the following year, after Stables's death, Burn retired from practice, and lived at The Grove in Henley-on-Thames.

Joseph M. Still Burn Center

Located in Augusta, Georgia (United States), it is part of the Doctors Hospital campus, and serves as a primary burn care center for the Southeastern United States.

Leela Savasta

Savasta starred as Lucia, the girlfriend of lead character Jimmy Burn (Luke Kirby), on the Showcase television drama Cra$h & Burn.

Leigh Creek, South Australia

ETSA ordered boilers capable of burning Leigh Creek coal for the Osborne Power Station near Port Adelaide and, after thorough investigations, decided to establish a power station at Port Augusta to burn Leigh Creek coal exclusively.

Malcolm Burn

Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Burn grew up in Deep River, Ontario and became lead singer/keyboardist for the 1980s Canadian band Boys Brigade.

Mercy Ships

Medical personnel on the Africa Mercy provide surgeries and health care to treat a wide range of problems, including cleft lip and palate, cataract, crossed eyes (Strabismus), bowed legs (genu varum), burns and burn scars, dental problems and obstetric fistula repair for injuries sustained during childbirth.

Monika Dannemann

After Hendrix's death, Dannemann became romantically involved with German rock guitarist Uli Jon Roth of Scorpions, with whom she collaborated on several songs (notably "We'll Burn the Sky") and album cover designs and artwork.

Namantar Andolan

Beed town: Upper caste rioters attempted to burn the Muslim residences

Nicholas Poyntz

In May 1544, the Earl of Hertford sent Nicolas to burn Kinghorn and other towns in Fife.

Nothing Ever Happens

Its commentary relates to how oblivious most of us are to the world around us e.g. "the Martians could land in the car park and no one would care" but in its last line before the chorus becomes suddenly cynical..."they'll burn down the Synagogues at six o'clock and we'll all go along like before," which is a reference to Kristallnacht.

Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces

According to an interview with the Prioress of the Carmelite Monastery, Mother Mary of the Sacred Heart and Sister Mary Balthazar were ordered to burn several boxes containing leaflefts, novena booklets, rose petals, and any religious paraphernalia pertaining to the apparition.

Sally Spode

Later that day, Terry informed Ashley that Sally has left but he and Edna were shocked to find his house wrecked with 'burn in hell' painted on the wall but Ashley fears that it may be too late to save his marriage.

The Burns Sisters

The Burn Sisters were raised as members of a large Irish Catholic family of 12 children in Binghamton, New York.

The Lady Is a Square

Baring and her daughter attend Burn’s concert where to their surprise he performs Handel’s Ombra mai fu with the National Youth Orchestra, to wild applause from his fans.

Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton

Wharton and Lennox left Carlisle on the 20th, sending on Henry Wharton to burn Drumlanrig and Durisdeer.

Thunderbird Motel

The hotel is referenced by former Minnesotans, The Hold Steady on their album, "Separation Sunday" in the song, "Stevie Nix." The song contains the lyrics, "...and the carpet at the Thunderbird has a burn for every cowboy that got fenced in."

Tony Fennell

In 2010, Fennell co-wrote "Crash and Burn" and "Black and White" with Alex Smith (James Morrison) and Karen Louise Barrowor Scarlette Fever.

Undeck the Halls

While Claire (Julie Bowen), Phil (Ty Burrell) and the kids talk to Phil's dad, Frank (Fred Willard) via Skype to wish him Merry Christmas, Claires discovers a burn mark on the arm of the couch.


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