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unusual facts about A-Kon



A Meeting with Medusa

After several years and many trials, the expedition is launched, with Falcon at the controls of the Kon-Tiki, a hot-hydrogen balloon-supported craft that descends through the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.

Alfred Henningsen

Henningsen became acquainted with Thor Heyerdahl during the liberation of Northern Norway, and in 1947 he was asked to join the Heyerdahl-led Kon-Tiki expedition.

Azerbaijan International

Humorous description and sketches of Thor Heyerdahl’s 5,000-mile voyage on the Kon-Tiki raft across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to the Polynesian Islands.

Carmen from Kawachi

It is Suzuki's third adaptation of a Toko Kon novel, following The Bastard and Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star.

Dadar Kirti

The film has many uses of Rabindra Sangeet such as Charana Dharite, Eso Prano Bharana and also Bodhu Kon Alo Laaglo Chokhe, Guru Guru Guru Guru Ghono Megho which was the part of the play 'Chitrangada in the movie.

Fyodor Kon

Kon received a public beating for his defection but was soon assigned to lead the construction of Bely Gorod - a 10-kilometer outer ring of Moscow fortress that stood on the path of present-day Boulevard Ring.

Fyodor Kon has been the subject of an eponymous poem by Dmitri Kedrin (1940).

Hannes Lindemann

He was motivated to make the trips by an interest in how the human body and mind respond to survival at sea, a theme which the Kon-Tiki (1947) and Alain Bombard (1952) explored in earlier ocean voyages.

Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha

One day, after rescuing a fox pup named Kon from falling into a river, Inari is greeted by the shrine god Uka-no-Mitama-no-Kami, who gives Inari a portion of her power, allowing her to transform her appearance to that of any other human.

Joachim Rønning

His 2012 film Kon-Tiki was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards.

José Miguel Ramírez Aliaga

That research line begun be investigated after Ramírez participated in an expedition headed by Thor Heyerdahl and organized by the Kon-Tiki Museum of Norway between 1987 and 1988.

Kent Shakespeare

Subsequently, Shakespeare is revealed to be a member of the Superman Dynasty in the 31st century, where he operates wearing a grey costume similar to that of Conner Kent, the Kryptonian/Human hybrid clone who fights crime in the 21st century as Superboy.

Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion

Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion is the third and final album by avant-garde progressive death metal band Pan.Thy.Monium released in 1996.

Kim Seong-kon

Seong-Kon Kim received his Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo, under the direction of the late Leslie A. Fielder.

Kon Ka Kinh National Park

Besides the biological diversity of the flora and fauna here, Kon Ka Kinh plays an important role in the protection of the upstream of the Ba River and the Dak Pne River, which supply water for tens of square kilometres of crops areas of Gia Lai Province and Kon Tum Province.

The altitude of this park varies from 570 m (in valley of Ba River to 1,748 m (Kon Ka Kinh peak).

Kon Tum Province

In the Bahnar language, kon means "village" and tum means "pool".

Kon-Tiki Nunatak

It was first seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) and named after the raft Kon-Tiki which was sailed across the Pacific Ocean from East to West in 1947 by the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.

Kvint

KVINT (short for: Kon’iaki, vina i napitki Tiraspol’ia), a wine- and brandy distillery based in Tiraspol

Marie-Charles David de Mayréna

The Kingdom of Sedang was founded when Mayréna was elected King by the chiefs of the Bahnar, Rengao, and Sedang tribes in the village of Kon Gung on June 3, 1888.

Minoru Higa

As well as being a prominent entrepreneur and world representative of the Kyudokan school, Minoru Higa is a committee-member for the Okinawan Karatedo and Kobudo Federation, vice-president of the Ryukyu Kobudo Ryu Kon Kai Association, chief committee-member of the Okinawa Bodybuilding Association, a member and referee for the Japanese Bodybuilding Federation, and a member and referee for the Japanese Powerlifting Association.

National Radio Company

In 1947, a National model NC-173 receiver went along with Thor Heyerdahl on the Kon-Tiki expedition.

Ngeh Koo Ham

In one of his more famous cases during his legal career, Ngeh Koo Ham represented Sitiawan businessman Yong Kon Fatt, who was sued by Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) in January 2005 for refusing to pay RM1,074 for sewerage services purportedly provided to his house at Taman Samudera in Lumut.

Pavel Pavel

Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki, Pavel Pavel set out to demonstrate how the monolithic Moai of Easter Island might have been moved into place by a small number of people using only rudimentary technologies.

Piano Squall

As of 2008, Gluck had been a musical guest at more than thirty anime conventions, including Sakura-Con '06 and '07, A-Kon '06, and Otakon '05, where he performed for an audience of three thousand people.

Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke

The song "Sha-Kon-O-Hey!" can be heard in Dolly's Dixie Stampede.

While serving as honorary ambassador of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2009, Parton wrote eight pieces of music for a new stage show at Dollywood.

Tiki 100

Due to a dispute with Thor Heyerdahl, famous for his Kon-Tiki raft used in his expedition in 1947, the name was later changed to Tiki 100.

Viktor Ahn

At the World Championships held in Milan, Italy from March 9 to March 11, 2007, Ahn won his fifth world championship, finishing first in the 1000 m and in the 5000 m relay with teammates, Sung Si-Bak, Song Kyung-Taek, and Kim Hyun-Kon.


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