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unusual facts about Holes



Adetomyrma

Members of the Amblyoponinae (especially Amblypone silvestrii) are called Dracula ants, after Count Dracula, the fictional vampire, referring to their unusual feeding habits; queens and workers practice a form of "non-destructive cannibalism", chewing holes into and feeding on the haemolymph (insect "blood") of the colony's own larvae.

Alyth

The original nine-hole course was designed by Old Tom Morris of St. Andrews and was modified and extended to 18 holes by James Braid in 1934.

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

In addition, Alex Kidd makes appearances in the Tournament Mode after nine holes have been played in each round (called "Coffee Breaks").

Bathroom sex

David O. Sacks and Peter Thiel, in their book The Diversity Myth, noted that at Stanford University, holes were drilled in the walls between toilet stalls in men's bathrooms, specifically in those located in the history department and in the libraries.

Bill Glasson

Trailing seven strokes behind the leader Larry Mize with 14 holes to play, Glasson made a 45-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a round of 66 to finish one stroke ahead of Mize and Corey Pavin.

Bill Shankland

At Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake in 1947, he led with just two holes to play, only to land in a bunker, costing him any chance.

Bowling ball

Regulating bodies such as the USBC maintain requirements for the properties of bowling balls, including size, hardness, and number of holes, as well as maintaining a list of bowling balls approved for competitive play.

C. V. Vishveshwara

"Black Holes, Gravitational Radiation and the Universe: Essays in Honour of C.V.Vishveshwara,- Bala R. Iyer and Biplab Bhawal(eds)", (Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999)) was published in his honor for one of his birthdays to which leading personalities in the field like Roger Penrose, Jacob Bekenstein, Abhay Ashtekar, Ashoke Sen etc., have contributed essays.

Carlo Cicuttini

The leader of the Monfalcone section of the Italian Social Movement–National Right party, he was found to have made an anonymous call to the local Carabinieri Station, stating that a Fiat 500 with several bullet holes had been found abandoned.

Castel del Monte, Abruzzo

The film's central character "Jack", played by George Clooney, holes up in Castel Del Monte hoping to escape from his past.

Community Broadband Network

CBN was launched in the United Kingdom during January 2004 by the then Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael and Broadband Minister Stephen Timms; at this time the UK was lagging behind neighboring developed countries in the provision of first generation broadband services, leaving significant holes in availability.

Cound

It was in one of the many gravel bog sink holes near Bomere Pool that the bones of a Woolly mammoth were discovered in 1986.

Denham Castle

Denham Castle, also known as Castle Holes, is a medieval motte and bailey castle near the village of Gazeley, Suffolk, England.

Dove Holes railway station

Dove Holes railway station serves the village of Dove Holes, Derbyshire, England.

Follins Pond

In the 1950s, Frederick J. Pohl investigated Follins Pond and claimed that he had located shore rocks along the pond into which were drilled holes that strongly resembled Norse mooring stones (the Norse were known to drill holes into which iron pins were inserted for the purpose of mooring their knarrer).

Hanover Country Club

The four practice holes are remnants of a nine-hole course designed and constructed in 1932 by Ralph Barton, a Dartmouth graduate.

Hole in one

According to North Korean state media, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il scored 11 holes-in-one over 18 holes in his first and only round of golf.

Hugh Irvine Wilson

Wilson also finished the last four holes at the famous Pine Valley Golf Club.

Jon Kolb

During his playing days, Kolb was widely regarded as one of the strongest men in the NFL and played like the strongest one, protecting Terry Bradshaw's blind side from his left offensive tackle position on pass plays and opening holes for running backs Franco Harris, Rocky Bleier, and John Fuqua.

Julius Boros

In the windy 1963 U.S. Open near Boston, Boros defeated Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit in a playoff, after all had finished the 72 holes at a post-war record nine over par.

Lemon basil

The setup is simply a Mason jar filled with water and a square of mesh with holes large enough to hold the plant in place while the roots grow.

Magnus Scharmanoff

Bonk Business Inc. is a fictional corporation created in 1988 by Finnish artist and sculptor Alvar Gullichsen, which creates whimsical inventions such as LBH (Localized Black Holes), ADS (Advanced Disinformation Systems), Cosmic Therapy and Defunctioned Machinery.

Mason Reese

Mason Reese is a former child actor who appeared in numerous television commercials in the 1970s, particularly for Underwood Deviled Ham, Post Raisin Bran, and Dunkin' Donuts' Dunkin' Munchkins-brand "donut holes".

Membrane paradigm

In 1986, Kip S. Thorne, Richard H. Price and D. A. Macdonald published an anthology of papers by various authors that examined this idea: "Black Holes: The membrane paradigm".

This approach to the theory of black holes was created by Kip S. Thorne, R. H. Price and D. A. Macdonald.

Michael Blanton

A former postdoctoral fellow at Fermilab, he was part of a team that constructed the largest-ever three-dimensional map, produced by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, of massive galaxies and distant black holes using data from the Sloan Foundation Telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.

Monster Face

The toy consisted of a skull like head with holes to which you could attach several accessories such as bugs, fangs, noses and blisters, to create a new monster based in altering the original face.

Nectria coccinea

The variant Nectria coccinea var. faginata causes beech bark disease, and can infect the tree via the feeding holes made by the beech scale insect Cryptococcus fagisuga.

Palcho Monastery

In 1904, the town and monastery were attacked by British soldiers under the leadership of Francis Younghusband (commanding 1000 troops, 10,000 servants, and 4,000 yaks) and although most of the damage was later restored, bullet holes from this attack remain in the monastery to this day.

Patrick Reed

At the 2014 Humana Challenge, Reed set the PGA Tour record for most strokes under par after 54 holes.

Pensacola Open

1968: George Archer birdies the last three holes on Sunday on his way to a 65 and a one-shot win over Dave Marr and Tony Jacklin.

Plot hole

The 2000 film adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth is rife with plot holes, e.g. the Psychlos enslaving humanity for gold for 1000 years despite the presence of Fort Knox.

Pontifical Academy of Archaeology

The Academy succeeded in obtaining, from Pope Pius IX, a decree for the demolition of the houses on the left side of the Rotonda (Pantheon), and also protested against the digging of new holes in the walls.

Qutang Gorge

Another famous set of similar holes can be found near Wushan in the Little Three Gorges (小三峡) of the Daning River (大宁河).

Remo Ruffini

R. Giacconi e Remo Ruffini, Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars and Black Holes 2nd edition, Cambridge Scientific Publishers, Cambridge (2009)

Richard Jewell

Jewell sued NBC News for this statement, made by Tom Brokaw: "The speculation is that the FBI is close to making the case. They probably have enough to arrest him right now, probably enough to prosecute him, but you always want to have enough to convict him as well. There are still some holes in this case".

Samson Dyer

African Penguins had previously made nesting holes in the guano, but following removal of the guano, they took to nesting on open ground, making their nests easily accessible to predators such as the Kelp Gull.

Sand Creek Station Golf Course

Unique features include an active railway running through the course, Sand Creek bordering four holes, and eleven custom ponds.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

In 2003, she appeared as Mrs. Yelnats in the film Holes with Sigourney Weaver and Shia LaBeouf.

Stepped Reckoner

It operates like a telephone dial, with ten holes in its circumference numbered 0–9.

Surface properties of transition metal oxides

The structure of binary oxides can be predicted on the basis of the relative sizes of the metal and oxide ions and the filling of holes in a close packed oxide lattice.

The Golf Club at Harbor Shores

Local residents have taken exception to the golf course using a portion of the public Jean Klock Park for three of its holes.

The Holocaust in Norway

Some efforts to infiltrate them, especially through the Rinnan gang succeeded, but such holes were quickly plugged.

The Kentish Hotel

The Kentish Hotel has stood the test of time as being one of the most famous established watering holes in the Franklin area since it was first granted its licence to sell liquor in 1853.

The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular

The Brumbies are too quick for the riders and, when it becomes too steep and dangerous with Wombat holes (burrows, where a horse could break a leg), all riders stop short of the dangerous descent — apart from Jim, who continues to chase the Brumby herd - finally bringing the herd (including the colt) back to John Conroy's property.

The Players Championship

1992: Mark Calcavecchia and John Daly, the first pair on the final day of the tournament, are reprimanded by Deputy PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem "for failure to exert their best effort" after they finish their 18 holes of golf in only two hours and three minutes.

Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge

ABC televised the event until 2009, showing the tournament tape-delayed on a weekend in December just before Christmas, with the first nine holes broadcast on Saturday, and the final nine holes on Sunday.

West Stow

The swords show holes where rivets or studs held the wooden hilt in place (studs were usually made of bronze except for commanders who had silver-studded swords or for a commander-in-chief who had a gold-studded sword).

Winter swimming

To celebrate this, holes are cut in the ice on rivers, lakes or other bodies of water, usually in the form of a Christian or Orthodox cross.

Witton Park Colliery

From 1756, exploratory bore holes were drilled to find commercial coal seams on the Witton Castle estate of the Stobart family.


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