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4 unusual facts about Bran


Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania

13 traditional farms with some 90 buildings collected from several transylvanian ethnographical regions: Ţara Moţilor, Ţara Năsăudului, Bistriţa, Câmpia Transilvaniei, Maramureş, Székely Land, Ţara Zarandului, Podgoria Albă, Oaş Country, Gurghiu, Ţara Călatei, Bran

Helen Dallimore

She has also appeared in a series of TV commercials for All-Bran cereal, also featuring fellow actress and comedienne Julia Morris.

Pope Benedict V

The result was famine, as the land around the city was ravaged, and a single modius of Bran cost thirty denarii.

Wrexham Industrial Estate

Kellogg's - produces the more 'health-oriented' of their range of cereals - All-Bran, Bran Flakes, Special K, Optiva.


Adrian Ross

He wrote in The Tatler under the pseudonym Bran Pie and in 1893 published an edition of Lady Mary Wortley Montague's Letters.

Antidiarrhoeal

Bulking agents like methylcellulose, guar gum or plant fibre (bran, sterculia, isabgol, etc.) are used for diarrhoea in functional bowel disease and to control ileostomy output.

Bran Castle

Bran Castle belonged to the Magyar Kings but due to King Vladislas II’s failure to repay loans, the city of Brasov gained possession of the fortress in 1533.

Bran Mutimirović

After the death of his father Mutimir, his elder brother Prvoslav took the Serbian crown, but was after a year deposed by their cousin Petar Gojniković and fled with Bran and Stefan to Croatia.

Danube Express

The Express now operates more frequently from Budapest to Istanbul (via Transylvania with stops at Sighişoara, Braşov (for Bran Castle), Veliko Turnovo and Kazanlak.

Dcup

Brandon DiCamillo, American actor, stuntman and screenwriter also known by his nickname D-Cup, Dico, Deek and Bran

Fat Worm of Error

They have released a split cassette with Deerhoof on Deathbomb Arc and appear on a compilation mastered by Hans Grusel with Sun City Girls, Caroliner, Nautical Almanac, Metalux, Wolf Eyes, Mono Pause, Hans Grüsel's Krankenkabinet, Tarantism, Tom Recchion, Sixes, Bran(...)Pos, Masonic Youth, Pod Blotz, Smegma, Panicsville, and others on Resipiscent.

Limes Transalutanus

The Roman army returned to the limes, but then closed the road to the Rucăr-Bran pass, the road starting from today's village of Băiculeşti.

Mat Collishaw

"AKA Peace" originally conceived by photographer Bran Symondson and now curated by artist Jake Chapman, is an exhibition of new works made specially for The Peace One Day Project 2012, bringing together a group of Contemporary Artists, all of whom agreed to transform a decommissioned AK-47 assault rifle, refashioning into artworks.

Merv Hughes

Hughes has also done some acting, portraying Ivan Milat in the comedy movie, Fat Pizza, as well as appearing on TV commercials featuring losing weight with "The 14-day All-Bran Challenge".

Preiddeu Annwfn

Similarities are sometimes peripheral, such as that both Bran the Blessed and the Grail keeper the Fisher King receive wounds in their legs and both dwell in a castle of delights where no time seems to pass.

Raisin Bran

Raisin bran (sultana bran in some countries) is a breakfast cereal manufactured by several companies under a variety of brand names, including Kellogg's Raisin Bran, General Mills' Total Raisin Bran and Ralcorp's Post Raisin Bran.

Selvin Zelaya

Luis Selvin Zelaya Bran (Born 1 March 1979 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional football player, who currently plays for Aspirante in the Salvadoran second division.

Sour soup

Ciorbă, borş, terms from Moldova for sour soups or fermented wheat bran, essential ingredient to cook ciorbă.

The Whisperer in Darkness

I found myself faced by names and terms that I had heard elsewhere in the most hideous of connections — Yuggoth, Great Cthulhu, Tsathoggua, Yog-Sothoth, R'lyeh, Nyarlathotep, Azathoth, Hastur, Yian, Leng, the Lake of Hali, Bethmoora, the Yellow Sign, L’mur-Kathulos, Bran, and the Magnum Innominandum .

U.S. Mills

Their brands include Uncle Sam Cereal, Erewhon, New Morning, Skinner's Raisin Bran, and, formerly, Farina.

Up Around the Bend

In 2013, the song has been frequently used in commercials for Kellogg's Raisin Bran.


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