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unusual facts about Fallen



Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens

In 2010, Abbotsbury employed the chainsaw artist Matthew Crabb to carve a 200 year old oak tree which had fallen after a particularly bad winter.

Arlington Southwest

Developed by the Big Bend Veterans for Peace, Arlington Southwest is believed to be the first permanent memorial dedicated to those fallen in the war similar to those established as the temporary Arlington West memorials in California in 2003.

Asperen

Dirk Willems was a notable resident, as a sixteenth-century martyred Anabaptist - most famous for his act, after escaping from prison, of turning around to rescue his pursuer, who had fallen through thin ice while chasing Willems.

Ayala Truelove

After plucking up the courage to take the lesson, Ayala was able to overcome her own fear of flying: "After that first flight I wasn’t afraid any longer. I joined the gliding club at my university, and soon I had fallen in love with the sport."

Bev Hansen

She spent most of 1992 campaigning with and for fellow GOP Assemblyman Bill Filante, who had fallen ill during his run for congress.

Big Robot

Rossignol says that Fallen City is based around the "broken windows theory" of James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, which says that keeping an area in good-repair changes a populations outlook and so prevents further vandalism and prevents a descent into more serious crimes.

Calais parreysii

The larvae develop in the wood of the old rotten fallen trees, especially pines (Pinus pallasiana, Pinus brutia, Pinus halepensis).

Charles Reed Peers

Some of the works authorised by Peers would be very extensive: tons of fallen masonry, earth and "accretions" were removed at Byland Abbey and Rievaulx Abbey.

Cisco Pike

It stars Kris Kristofferson as a musician fallen on hard luck who turns to dealing marijuana as a means of income.

Contalmaison

The village is notable for its McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial which honours the fallen of the 16th Royal Scots.

David Holsinger

It is his largest selling work and has been used in several televised memorial performances in recent years, including commemorative services for the Challenger astronauts, Ronald Reagan, and the fallen heroes of the American armed forces.

Douglas Edwards

CBS News historian Gary Paul Gates, in Air Time: The Inside Story of CBS News, recorded a conversation between veteran CBS and NBC news executives musing over the shift from Edwards and Swayze to the Huntley-Brinkley and Cronkite newscasts, and Edwards's continuation at CBS compared to Swayze's later familiarity as a pitchman for Timex, after both men had fallen from their formerly lofty television perches.

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress was produced by Brad Wardell, and had Derek Paxton, also known as "Kael", as lead designer.

Fallen Gods

Fallen Gods is an original novella written by Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

FILAT

Although the Chinese government has not mentioned how LANTIRN and TIALD systems had fallen into the Chinese hands, western sources have reported that China had obtained the systems from downed allied aircraft via Iraq during the Gulf War.

G. William Miller

In November 1978, only 11 months into his term, the dollar had fallen nearly 34% against the German mark and almost 42% against the Japanese yen, prompting the Carter administration to launch a "dollar rescue package" including emergency sales from the U.S. gold stock, borrowing from the International Monetary Fund, and auctions of Treasury securities denominated in foreign currencies.

George A. Gillett

George Gillett and Arthur 'Bolla' Francis rescued Anglo-Welsh (British Lions) player Percy Down who had fallen into the sea, keeping him afloat until a rope was lowered from the ship upon which Down was about to return to Great Britain.

George Paul Wielgus

The Fallen Leaves are composed entirely of problem drug users, and Wielgus has been instrumental in establishing theatre advocacy within Malaysia, using the techniques of Augusto Boal.

George Robledo

His brother Ted had died nearly 20 years earlier, having fallen from an oil tanker into the sea off Dubai in December 1970, aged only 42.

George Spelvin

"Georgina Spelvin" has fallen out of general use since it was adopted as a screen name by pornographic actress Michelle Graham, who was credited by that name in The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) and her subsequent films.

Hans-Jörg Criens

By the 1993–94 season Criens had fallen down the attacker pecking order, behind Martin Dahlin, Heiko Herrlich and Martin Max, and in October 1993, the 33-year-old signed for 1. FC Nürnberg, suffering team relegation and then playing his last year as a professional in the second division.

John Maxwell Edmonds

This epitaph was inspired by an epigram of the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos to the fallen at the Battle of Thermopylae, and was later used (with a misquote) for the memorial for those who fell at the Battle of Kohima.

Kefka Palazzo

Originally designed by Yoshitaka Amano, he appears in Final Fantasy VI as a clown-like, nihilistic psychopath who acts as the game's main antagonist and as the God of Magic, physically transforming into a Lucifer-esque fallen angel.

Klinton Spilsbury

Spilsbury told Warhol that he was a friend of actor Dennis Christopher and had fallen in love with him, and that he also had later fallen in love with actor Bud Cort.

Lake Blackshear

While this was true for many of the trees, there are still many living Cypress trees in the middle of the lake and there are still many dead trees that have not fallen down.

Leuctra

The Spartan hegemony was fallen after that battle, and the Thebans became a new power within the Hellenic world, until the rise of Macedon.

Long Marston, Warwickshire

William Shakespeare is said to have joined a party of Stratford folk which set itself to outdrink a drinking club at Bidford­-on-Avon, and as a result of his labours in that regard to have fallen asleep under the crab tree of which a descendant is still called Shakespeare's tree.

Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford

Incorporated in the design was carved medieval stonework from the Norman Benedictine Abbey of St Peter at Jumieges and from the Grande Maison des Les Andelys, both of which structures had fallen into disrepair after the French Revolution.

Luigi Melchiorre

Scavia in Castellazzo Bormida (Province of Alessandria), and that of Signor Vaccari in Valenza, and of the Soldiers Fallen in Africa erected in the town of Valenza.

Meritus University

The University joined Project Hero, a scholarship program cofounded by Rick Hillier for the families of fallen Canadian Forces members.

Modesto Parlatore

Parlatore sculpted a plaque dedicated to the Italian soldiers fallen during the 19th century subjugation of Ethiopia (Monument to Caduti di Saati e Dogali, 1887) located near the church of Santa Chiara of Lanciano, located where there previously were barracks for a contingent that had died in the conflict.

Movement for Italy

In September 2008 Daniela Santanchè, spokeswoman of The Right and candidate for Prime Minister in the 2008 general election, left the party, after having fallen out with secretary Francesco Storace.

Mycena minirubra

The mushroom was originally found growing on the fallen leaves of Elaeocarpus dentatus, a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family.

Oil Thigh

Additional stanzas that have fallen out of popular use made reference to historic victories over Yale University, rival McGill University, and the University of Toronto.

Oranmore Castle

The castle was reroofed after Anita Leslie purchased it in 1947 for £200, as it had fallen into disrepair.

Poison Clan

By this point in the mid-'90s, 2 Live Crew and, in particular, Luke, had fallen off the map, resulting in tensions between Luke and JT Money, allegedly over unpaid royalties.

Quebec Expedition

Queen Anne replaced him with Robert Harley, a political opponent of the Duke of Marlborough, who had also fallen out of favour.

Rosier

One of the main characters of Kaori Yuki's manga Angel Sanctuary is called Rosiel (also spelled Rociel, ロシエル in the original), and is named after the fallen angel (as stated by the author in a side note to volume 1).

St Mary's Church, Walberton

The white slab shows Cook crushed under a fallen tree, watched by a laughing skeleton to the left, a hat-wearing man (who is holding an axe) and Father Time (carrying his traditional scythe and hourglass) to the right, and a company of trumpet-playing angels above.

Straightaway

"The Hoax" - the series finale - Scott tries to free a young heiress (Myrna Hansen) who has fallen under the influence of a charlatan (Tod Andrews).

Ten-second rule

a variation of the Five-second rule, whereby food fallen to the floor for less than five seconds may be considered by some to be safe to eat

The Great Revival

The Chinese title of the series is a Chinese idiom derived from King Goujian of Yue's perseverance in overcoming the odds to revive his fallen state of Yue and conquer the rival state of Wu.

The Old Curiosity Shop

Nell, having fallen in with a number of characters, some villainous and some kind, succeeds in leading her grandfather to safety in a far-off village (identified by Dickens as Tong, Shropshire), but this comes at a considerable cost to Nell's health.

Thomas R. Ranson

Captain Ranson survived the War and is best remembered for an act of devotion and respect paid to his fallen leader, who died near Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 10, 1863.

Ukrainophilia

There are also invidual cases among non-Ukrainians, such as that of the famous French actor Gérard Depardieu, who has said that he had fallen in love with Ukrainian culture and has spent a considerable amount of time in Ukraine.

Waking Up with the House on Fire

On the VH1 program Behind the Music, the narrator states, “Today, the band admits the album was a hurried and halfhearted effort.” Many music insiders also feel that Culture Club and Boy George may have fallen victim to overexposure in both the British and American press by the end of 1984.

Zagórze Śląskie

After it had fallen to the Bohemian crown in 1368 it was held as a fief by various possessors, among them the Counts of Hoberg at Książ until 1567 and Prince Michael the Brave of Wallachia.

Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2005

In some notable local results, Emmerson Mnangagwa, speaker of the previous parliament, and tipped at one time to succeed Mugabe but recently fallen from grace, lost his seat Kwe-kwe to the MDC's Blessing Chebundo.


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