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unusual facts about Hurum


Hurum

This was chosen because the municipality is on a peninsula between two fjords: Oslofjord and Drammensfjord.


1949 in Norway

November 20 - Hurum air disaster: an Aero Holland Douglas DC-3 crashes near Hurum, Norway, killing 34 of the 35 on board, including 26 Jewish children from Tunisia on their way to Norway, as an intermediary stop before immigrating to Israel.

Multituberculata

In their 2001 study, Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum found that most multituberculates could be referred to two suborders: Plagiaulacida and Cimolodonta.

Røyken

It is connected to the eastern side of the Oslofjord via Hurum municipality and the Oslofjord Tunnel.

Sætre

Sætre, Buskerud, a village in Hurum municipality, Buskerud county, Norway

Sinosauropteryx

Hurum, Luo, and Kielan-Jaworowska (2006) identified two of these jaws as belonging to Zhangheotherium and the third to Sinobaatar, showing that these two mammals were part of the animal's diet.


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