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unusual facts about Californian


There's a Wocket in My Pocket

The Californian sludge metal band Noothgrush took their name from one of the creatures in the story.


Abronia umbellata

They were planted at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, and Lambert eventually named their descendants Abronia umbellata, making this species the first Californian flower described by science.

Anna Strunsky

Anna and her sister Rose became leading members of the turn of the 20th century San Francisco intellectual scene, part of a radical group of young Californian writers and artists known as "The Crowd" that included Jack London, Jim Whitaker, George Sterling, and others.

Avast!

Themed voiceovers are also available; these include "Aussie", "Californian", "Canadian", "Pirate Talk" and "Santa Claus".

Beady Eye

"Flick of the Finger", the first song from the band's upcoming album debuted on Californian radio station KCRW in 5 April.

Bob Gazzale

A native Californian, Gazzale is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he helped to launch the Virginia Festival of American Film in 1988.

Courtney Pollock

Up until the launch of The Aquabats' television series The Aquabats! Super Show! solidified the band as a five-piece ensemble, Pollock continued to play with the group as an additional guitarist numerous times after his departure, primarily performing at southern Californian shows or large festival events such as the 2010 Bamboozle and the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Davis Motorcar Company

Founded by Glenn Gordon "Gary" Davis (d. 1973) acquired a prototype called "The Californian" from designer Frank Kurtis, who built it for millionaire racecar driver Joel Thorne.

Dogpile!

Dogpile! is the 4th EP from Californian ska punk band Voodoo Glow Skulls.

Eshleman

John Morton Eshleman (1876–1916), American lawyer and California politician, Californian lieutenant governor 1915–1916

Flag of California

The 1953 legislation defined the exact shades of the Californian flag with a total of five colors (including the white field) relative to the 9th edition of the Standard Color Card of America (now called the Standard Color Reference of America).

Gambling ship

Californian gambling ships appear in several novels of the period, including Sing a Song of Murder (1942) by James R Langham and The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937) by Erle Stanley Gardner.

Greg Hancock

Greg first came to the United Kingdom at the end of the 1988 speedway season to ride exhibition races with fellow 18 year old Californian Billy Hamill.

Heathmont, Victoria

The distant Mount Dandenong and Dandenong Ranges are visible from much of this shopping strip, offering a somewhat 'Californian' feel to the environment.

Kevin Chen

The Californian's career started in the United States as a club racer in the Sports Car Club of America, where he won the Touring 2 Championship in 2003.

L. Frank

She has won several awards for her activities, including from the American Association of University Women, the James Irvine Foundation, the Fund for Folk Culture (for travel to the Native Californian art collection at the Musée de l' Homme in Paris).

Letters To You

"Letters to You" is the first single released by Californian post-hardcore band Finch.

Lil Ric

Lil Ric has worked with numerous other Californian rappers including Laroo, JT the Bigga Figga, Keak da Sneak and San Quinn.

Lincoln Law School

Lincoln Law School of San Jose, San Jose, California, a part of the Californian Lincoln University until 1993

Loganberry

Since Logan's time, crosses between the cultivars of raspberry and blackberry have confirmed the Loganberry's parentage, with an earlier theory that the Loganberry originated as a red-fruiting form of the common Californian blackberry Rubus ursinus now disproved.

Los Claxons

In November 2008, Los Claxons opened for the Californian group Maroon 5 in the three concerts they gave in Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Mexico City, which broadened their exposure to the public.

Manuel Álvarez

Juan Manuel Álvarez (born February 26, 1979), a Californian convicted of causing the January 26, 2005, Glendale train crash

Marjorie Weaver

She began receiving credited roles in larger productions, and starred opposite Ricardo Cortez in the 1937 film The Californian, and that same year she starred opposite Tyrone Power in Second Honeymoon.

MTR Professional Audio

Apart from manufacturing 'problem-solver' audio products such as the RaxX expandable 19" rack-mounting system, MTR distributes the Dutch stageClix digital wireless system for guitars, basses, microphones etc., Mcgregor UK-made mixer-amplifiers, power amplifiers, speakers, karaoke systems, the Californian A-Designs boutique audio products including the REDDI valve DI box, Pacifica microphone preamplifier, Hammer valve EQ.

New California Republic

The government's name reflects that of the real-world California Republic, a 19th-century Californian revolt against Mexican rule.

Pin-ups for Vets

Ms. Elise has so far raised over $50,000 for rehab programs that have gone to military and VA hospitals, and in 2007 bagged the Outstanding Young Californian award from the Junior Chamber of Commerce and California Jaycees.

Point Chevalier

The houses of the area are predominantly 1920s Californian Bungalows and 1930s & 1940s Art Deco, which gives the suburb an interesting pre-war atmosphere.

Rasta Mis Huevos

Rasta Mis Huevos is the second EP from Californian ska punk band Voodoo Glow Skulls.

Ren Xuping

Heifer International provided him with better breeding stock, 48 Californian and New Zealand rabbits, and technical assistance.

Rhythm Pigs

This article is about the Texan punk rock band, for the Californian Rock band see Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs

Robert B. Semple

With Walter Colton, he published the Monterey-based Californian, the first newspaper ever published in California.

Russian colonization of the Americas

Count Nikolay Rumyantsev funded Russia's first naval circumnavigation under the joint command of Adam Johann von Krusenstern and Nikolai Rezanov in 1803–1806, and was instrumental in the outfitting of the voyage of the Riurik's circumnavigation of 1814–1816, which provided substantial scientific information on Alaska's and California's flora and fauna, and important ethnographic information on Alaskan and Californian (among others) natives.

S Club Party

The music video was filmed in the Californian desert - in the famous setting of Vasquez Rocks - on the set of the Back to the 50s TV special.

Scott Thunes

Thunes, currently bassist with Californian band The Mother Hips, lives in Northern California with his wife Georgia, and his children Hazle Nova and Virgil Mars.

Sweet Connection

The duo originally consisted of brunette June LaVonne Polichio (born December 27, 1959, Los Angeles, United States) (former lead singer of 'The Pinups', a German based Californian group) and blonde Inge Schaubschläger (born December 20, 1968, Wolfratshausen, Germany), a glamour model.

Tea Leaf Green

The album is framed by "The Garden (Parts I and II)," components of an evolving song cycle spread over multiple albums, and finds Garrod entrenched in a lyrical romanticism touching on the folk spirit of Woody Guthrie and an American, specifically Californian, mythology charted by authors such as John Steinbeck.

The Old of Tomorrow

The Old of Tomorrow is the debut EP from Californian ska punk band Voodoo Glow Skulls.

The Paper Scissors

The album was featured as Album of The Week on Sydney's influential FBi Radio as well as receiving regular airplay on Californian StationKCRW which is considered "one of the most influential independent music radio stations around the globe"KCRW Wiki.

Thomcord

Thomcord was developed in 1983 by Californian grape breeders working for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), as part of a test to better understand a new seedless grape breeding procedure.

Till A’the Seas

Till A’the Seas is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow, written in January, 1935 and published in Summer 1935 in "The Californian".

Toyota R engine

It was also available as the 8R-D, dual SU 8R-B, EFI 8R-E, Californian-spec 8R-C and DOHC 8R-G.

Tulare Lake

The expression "out in the tulies", referring to the 3–10 ft-tall sedges lining the lakeshore, is still common in the dialect of old Californian families and means "beyond far away".

Walter Colton

During this period, he also met Robert B. Semple and decided to launch the first newspaper published in California, The Californian.

Wayne Jacobsen

Wayne, born March 21, 1953, is a native Californian, having grown up in a grape vineyard outside of Selma, California.

We're Coloring Fun

We're Coloring Fun is the third EP from Californian ska punk band Voodoo Glow Skulls.

You Will Never Know Why

You Will Never Know Why is the third album by the Californian band Sweet Trip, released in 2009 on Darla Records.


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