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26 unusual facts about Brandon


Assiniboine River

A Manitoba-wide state of emergency was declared in the wake of one in three hundred-year floods on the Assiniboine River at Brandon.

Upstream of Brandon, the main stem of the river and its most important tributaries flow within a very large valley.

Blue Rock Partners

Holdings include 6,400 units in the Tampa Bay area and Orlando, including approximately 2,300 units in Brandon, Florida.

Brandon Stadium

Brandon Stadium also known as Coventry Stadium, is located 6 miles east of Coventry in Brandon, Warwickshire, England.

Brandon, County Durham

In 1931 the company went into liquidation, and the pit was re-opened by Bearpark Coal and Coke Co. on a smaller scale to work the Busty seam, until flooding from the River Browney forced its closure in December 1950.

This in turn was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England and has been replaced by a unitary Durham County Council.

Brandon, County Kerry

The Maharees, a sandy peninsula between Brandon Bay and Tralee Bay is where most windsurfing activity is based.

Surfing is also growing quickly in the Maharees with wave conditions as big as anything in Ireland.

Cloghane and Brandon (An Clochán agus Bhréanainn) are jointly twinned with the village of Plozévet in France.

Brandon, Florida

Brandon is home to Westfield Shoppingtown (originally Brandon Town Center), the AMC Regency 20 theatre and the Florida Academy for the Performing Arts based at Music Showcase.

Brandon is the birthplace of Beef O'Brady's, a family-oriented bar and grill chain restaurant prevalent throughout the Southeastern United States.

Brandon, South Dakota

South Dakota Highway 11 (known as Splitrock Boulevard in the city limits) runs a north–south route as well.

Interstate 90, the longest interstate highway in the United States, is located along the city's northern border with Corson and serves as a major east–west route through the city.

Brandon, Warwickshire

The reserve's visitor centre was opened in 1998 by Sir David Attenborough.

Bytham River

A concentration of Lower Palaeolithic occupation sites dating to before the Anglian glaciation is known along the river's route including Waverley Wood near Coventry and High Lodge, West Dereham, Feltwell, Brandon, Hengrave, Lakenheath and Warren Hill in East Anglia.

Downtown Brandon Historic District

The Downtown Brandon Historic District is a ten acre district consisting of the downtown square of Brandon, Mississippi, mainly located along a section of East and West Government Street.

Franklin Gómez

He wrestled at Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida and won a state title at 119 lb his senior year.

Garfield Devoe Rogers Sr.

was an entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist in Tampa and Brandon, Florida, Florida.

James Dixon Murray

When the chapel closed, he founded and opened the new Murray Independent Methodist Church on 11 October 1958 on the new Saw Mills Estate, at Grove Road, Brandon which is locally known as "Jimmy Murray's chapel".

McKenzie Seeds

McKenzie Seeds is a seed packaging company which has over 200 employees and is based in Brandon, Manitoba.

Psilocybe tampanensis

For almost two decades after its discovery, Psilocybe tampanensis was known only from the type locality, southeast of Brandon, Florida.

Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Quebec

It seems that the name of Saint Cléophas was suggested by Édouard-Charles Fabre (1827-1896), archbishop of Montreal, to honour Cléophas Beausoleil (1845-1904), who was House of Commons member for Berthier from 1887 to 1899.

The Lazarus Project

Production finally began in March 2007 with filming beginning on April 27, 2007 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

Ulmus americana 'Brandon'

'Brandon' is a cultivar of the American Elm Ulmus americana, raised by Lacombe Nurseries, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, before 1969; it may be synonymous with another cultivar from the same source, known as 'Patmore'.

Weeting Castle

Weeting Castle is a 12th-century ruin with a three-story-high tower in Weeting, Norfolk, near Brandon, Suffolk, England.

Witchcraft in Anglo-Saxon England

William agreed to see her, and so she was brought secretly to the Norman camp at Brandon.


2004 in Singapore

19 May – 1st Lieutenant Brandon Loo of the Republic of Singapore Air Force was killed when his F-16 jet crashed while on training from the Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.

Anglo-Saxon glass

Hundreds of window glass fragments have been found at Jarrow, Wearmouth, Brandon, Whithorn and Winchester.

Brandon Boudreaux

Brandon Alan Boudreaux (born June 26, 1989 in Auburn, Alabama) is a professional Canadian football defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.

Brandon Hardesty

In November 2008, Brandon participated in YouTube's first live show: YouTube Live.

Brandon Heath

Brandon Heath's 2011 release was produced by Dan Muckala who also co-wrote a handful of the songs along with Jason Ingram.

Brandon Jamison

Brandon Leon Jamison (born July 31, 1981 in Hopkins, South Carolina) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League.

Brandon Lewis

Brandon became a Borough Councillor in May 1998 for Hutton South on Brentwood Borough Council, and later became Conservative Group leader in 2002.

Brandon Newton

Brandon JeRell Newton (born April 1, 1981 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Regina and Robert Newton) is a former American football Offensive Lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.

Brandon Riha

Brandon has won the BoDog Sunday Major and final tabled the Cake Poker monthly $250 tournament.

Brandon School

Brandon School Division is a school division in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Brandon Todd

:::Gene Ford, esteemed father of Geno Ford, a member of Muskingum's Athletic Hall of Fame, coached Brandon for four years at Cambridge High school and the past two seasons as an assistant coach here at Muskingum.

Bubba Paris

He and his wife Lynne have six children: Four sons, named Wayne, David, Austin and Brandon, and twin daughters, Courtney and Ashley, who each currently play in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury women's basketball teams respectively.

Burton Dickerson

Burton is the father of Travis Dickerson, Linden Dickerson, Brandon Dickerson, Sarah Dickerson, and Bethany Dickerson Hight.

CFVO-TV

Until that station signed on, that channel position was dark for a period of time, making CFVO the first major television station in Canadian history to have actually gone dark, and the only one until CHCA-TV in Red Deer, Alberta & CKX-TV in Brandon, Manitoba closed in 2009 along with three stations in 2011 -- CJAL-TV Edmonton, CIAN-TV Calgary & CKXT-DT (formerly CKXT-TV) Toronto.

CKX

CKX-TV, a defunct television station in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Dennis Heeney

Later in the year, Heeney ran as a candidate for the national Confederation of Regions Party in the federal riding of Brandon-Souris.

Detroit Junior Red Wings

During that game vs. Brandon, there was an online report that said that Milan Kostolny scored the winning goal, but in fact after video research, the goal was scored by Matthew Ball, off of Wade Redden's foot Detroit then started the final game vs Kamloops shorthanded, playing without Shayne McCosh (broken wrist) and Bryan Berard, trying to play with a bad charley horse.

Detroit's Most Wanted

After watching an episode of America's Most Wanted Brandon Greene suggested the group change their name to "Detroit's Most Wanted" referencing to the both America's Most Wanted List and the California rap group Compton's Most Wanted.

Ed O'Bradovich

O'Bradovich played himself in the television movies Brian's Song, starring James Caan as Brian Piccolo, and Coach of the Year, starring Robert Conrad as former Chicago Bears player Jim Brandon.

Emanon Records

Artists who have recorded on the label include John Corabi, Jenna Drey, JParis, Leanne Harte, Jura, Cardinal Trait, Fanzine, Lorenzo, and Brandon Cooper.

Experimental Station Suffield

Of the sites considered; Tracadie NB, Northern Quebec, Northern Ontario, Brandon, Manitoba, and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan; Suffield, Alberta was selected.

Harvey Lembeck

The Von Zipper character, leader of the Rat Pack motorcycle gang, was a parody of Marlon Brando's role in The Wild One (Von Zipper reveals in Beach Blanket Bingo that one of his idols was "Marlo Brandon".) Among other things, Von Zipper pronounced his judgments on others by saying "Him, I like", or "Him, I do not like".

James Lam

Lam currently resides in Wellesley, MA with his wife Pam and their three sons Brandon, Austin and Garrett.

Karla Montana

In addition, she has made guest appearances on popular television series, notably as Brandon Walsh's love interest in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 and also as Joey Russo's love interest in an episode of Blossom.

Kenny Bernstein

Bernstein retired from full-time competition in 2002 and moved his son Brandon into the Bud King Top Fuel dragster, but returned to finish the season in place of his son after Brandon suffered a severe injury.

Lead Sails Paper Anchor

Other games include: "Dan Becomes Guitar Hero" a game similar to Guitar Hero, "Travis Makes McTreyu Burgers" a remake of the 1982 arcade game BurgerTime, "Marc Busts Ghosts" a game similar to Ice Climber, and "Brandon Falls Down Into Hell" where the Brandon Saller character fights off creatures from hell while collecting ice cream cones.

Lower Brandon Plantation

Martin's new plantation built on the 1616 land grant was initially named "Martin's Brandon", apparently incorporating the family name of his wife, Mary (née Brandon) Martin, daughter of Robert Brandon, a prominent English goldsmith and supplier to Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Luis Jacob

Artists including Peaches, Greek Buck, Navigator (Simon Cowling), Aria, The Dot Wiggen Strings (Sandro Perri and Todd Fox), Pausenfuller, Brandon Labelle and Frank Rynne.

Making Tracks

The cast included Hoon, Welly Yang, Brandon Kuwada, Doan Mackenzie, Alex Lee Tano, Michael K. Lee, Lea Salonga, Rona Figueroa, Cindy Cheung, Julie Danao, Joan Almedilla, and Sharon Leal.

Meg and Mog

The film is to be directed by Brandon Vietti, whose other works include Batman: Under the Red Hood and television series Batman: The Brave and the Bold and has been scripted by David Koepp.

Montgomery, Pennsylvania

They were represented in the 1947 Little League World Series, losing to the Lincoln Little League 7-2 and the Brandon Little League 14-2.

Russ Brandon

Brandon is only the third person to serve as President of the Bills, after Wilson and Tom Donahoe.

Tallahassee Titans

Also starting with the Gulf Coast game, the Titans have had an official broadcast team, consisting of Play-by-Play Commentator Drew Goldfarb, Color Commentator and Analyst Brandon Beyer, the sell out, and Sideline Correspondent Courtney Jones.

The Fitzpatricks

They had four children, eldest son, Sean (Clark Brandon); introspective second son, Jack (Jimmy McNichol); only daughter Maureen (nicknamed Mo) (Michele Tobin) and youngest son, Max (Sean Marshall).

The Good Witch's Garden

Her boyfriend, Chief of Police Jake Russell (Chris Potter), and his kids, Brandon (Matthew Knight) and Lori (Hannah Endicott-Douglas), are happy to have Cassie in the neighborhood, but before long, a stranger named Nick (Rob Stewart) appears with papers entitling him to legal ownership of Grey House.

Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

The semifinal appearance of Sekona guaranteed him a bronze medal, which he shared with Jack Massey of England—another semifinalist who lost to gold medalist of the event, Brandon Allan of Australia.

Tractor Supply Company

As of January 2009, there were 39 corporate-owned TSC stores in Ontario, mostly in the southwest, and two stores in Manitoba (Winkler and Brandon).

YBR

Brandon Municipal Airport (IATA 3 letter airport code: YBR), municipal airport near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada