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unusual facts about L.L.Bean



Amity, Arkansas

The Bean Lumber Company would later open mills in Glenwood, and in Buckner, Missouri.

Anthony Bean

Anthony R. Bean (born 1957) is an Australian botanist who works at the Queensland Herbarium and Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha.

April Summers

In June 2011, Summers ended up in the headlines when actor Sean Bean got into a physical altercation with a man outside a bar in London after the man made disparaging comments about Summers, who was with Bean.

Barton in the Beans

:The village of Barton in Fabis in Nottinghamshire was once known as Barton in the Beans (Faba being Latin for 'bean' abl. plur. 'fabis')

Beacon Wood Country Park

However, land owners Lafarge Cement UK, have entered into a five-year management partnership with Ground Kent and Medway and Bean Parish Council.

Bean calico mosaic virus

Bean calico mosaic virus (BCaMV or BCMoV) is a plant virus transmitted by whiteflies that infects bean genera and species within the families Fabaceae, Malvaceae, and Solanaceae.

Bean's Grant, New Hampshire

In 1851, the New Hampshire General Court authorized the governor and council to appoint a land commissioner to sell the public lands, and James Willey of Conway was appointed to that office.

Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire

In 1851 the New Hampshire state legislature authorized the governor and council to appoint a land commissioner to sell the public lands, and James Willey of Conway was appointed to that office.

Bennett Bean

Bean's work appears in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Massachusetts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey, the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, New Jersey, the JB Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Black bean

Black turtle bean, a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) typically used in Latin American cuisine

Douchi, a type of fermented soybean (Glycine max) typically used in East Asian cuisine, the base for black bean sauce

Black turtle bean

Black turtle bean is a small, shiny variety of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), especially popular in Latin American cuisine, though it can also be found in Cajun and Creole cuisines of south Louisiana.

Blue lotus

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian Lotus, Sacred Lotus, Bean of India, or simply Lotus, an aquatic flower native to tropical Asia and Queensland, Australia

Carl Bean

Before founding the first church of the denomination, the Unity Fellowship Church, Los Angeles, in 1975, Bean was a Motown and disco singer, noted particularly for his version of the early gay liberation song "I Was Born This Way".

Castronovo Chocolate

Castronovo Chocolate is a "bean-to-bar" artisan chocolate maker in Stuart, Florida.

Ceratomia catalpae

They grow to a length of about 5 cm (2 in) and feed on the leaves of the Northern Catalpa and, more commonly, the Southern Catalpa, also known as Catawba or Indian Bean trees.

Charlie Bean

Bean attended Brentwood School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and was a contemporary of the comedian Griff Rhys Jones at both and the writer Douglas Adams at Brentwood School.

Coffee cabinet

In recent years, it has become more difficult to find an authentic cabinet, but many Rhode Island creameries still serve them, including Delekta's Pharmacy in Warren, and the Original Vanilla Bean in South Kingstown.

Costa Botes

2010 saw the debut of feature documentary Candyman: The David Klein Story, about the life of David Klein, the inventor of the Jelly Belly brand jelly bean.

Country Yumkins

The initial 9 Yumkin dolls (Sweetie Pea, Lushie Peach, Reddie Tomato, Cobbie Corn, Snappy Bean, Juicy Pineapple, Cocky Crow, Shoo-Shoo Scarecrow, and Fluffy Lamb) were made by a company called Trudy based in Norwalk, CT.

D. gouldii

Donax gouldii, the bean clam, a species found on the Pacific coast of North America

Das Bohnenspiel

A detailed analysis of the rules of the game shows the bean game to be very similar to Central Asian and Arab mancala games, such as Turkish mangala, Palestinian Al-manqala, and Iraqi Halusa.

Dave O'Higgins

O'Higgins was the busking saxophone player on the second Mr Bean episode ("The Return of Mr. Bean") - accompanying Bean as he performed a dance routine to earn money to pay the busker.

Dynamite Düx

Bean also appeared in Sega AM2's Sega Saturn fighting game Fighters Megamix as a bonus unlockable character (along with Bark The Polarbear.) He is unlocked by completing the fourth arcade mode 'Muscle' and fought against in the final arcade mode 'Bonus'.

Earl of Belvedere

The former Belvedere House, Dublin is now part of the renowned teaching establishment Belvedere College, school to the writers James Joyce and Austin Clarke, the stained glass artist Harry Clarke, the patriot and poet Joseph Plunkett who was executed in 1916, the poet Donagh MacDonagh, Volunteer Kevin Barry, and latter-day press and bean baron, Tony O'Reilly.

Fermented bean curd

Fermented bean curd can also be added in small amounts, together with its brine, to flavor stir-fried or braised vegetable dishes (particularly leafy green vegetables such as water spinach).

Hamilton Academical F.C.

Goalkeeper Tomas Cerny made his move from SK Sigma Olomouc permanent at £180k (triple the previous record), while James McCarthy moved to Wigan Athletic for almost £1.2m after a successful stint with the first team which all started from former Academy director John Bean.

Henry Segerstrom

In March 1967, Segerstrom, along with his cousin Hal T. Segerstrom, Jr., opened a shopping center called South Coast Plaza in one of the family's lima bean fields in rapidly growing Orange County.

Ivy Bean

Singer Peter Andre had a private meeting with Bean in September 2009 while in Bradford for a book signing.

Jing Jiang Rou Si

Jing Jiang Rou Si (simplified Chinese:京酱肉丝; traditional Chinese:京醬肉絲; pinyin: Jīng jiàng ròu sī), Sauteed Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce,

John Bean

A journalist commented in 1962 that Jordan was becoming the British Adolf Hitler, Bean jokingly responded to the Daily Mail reporter that that made him "the British Joseph Goebbels".

Judd mat Gaardebounen

One possibility, suggested by the linguist Jean-Claude Muller, a member of Luxembourg's Institut grand-ducal, is that it comes from the Spanish word for bean: judía.

Kongbap

Ričet, a European barley, bean, vegetable and pork stew also sometimes associated with prisons

Korean Chinese cuisine

--What kind of black bean paste?--> distinctly different from the various types of zhajiang mian served in mainland China and Taiwan.

L.L.Bean Signature

L.L.Bean is a privately held mail-order, online and retail company based in Freeport, Maine, United States, specializing in clothing and outdoor recreation equipment.

Leucoptera psophocarpella

Leucoptera psophocarpella, the Winged-bean Blotch Miner, is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family that is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean

Bean finds a Postman Pat kiddie ride and decides to let the baby ride in it to cheer it up, but then puts nine coins in it so it will play indefinitely and keep the baby safe while he can have his fun.

Mochi

In the United States the grocery chains Trader Joe's, H Mart, Lotte, and Mollie Stone's sell mochi ice cream in flavors of chocolate, mango, coconut, green tea, coffee, red bean, vanilla, and strawberry.

Mr. Bean in Room 426

The elevator percussive organ music Mr. Bean dances to in the hotel lobby resembles the Mario Paint "pushups" song and was used in a WLIW intro.

Pioneer Valley Zendo

Eishin Ikeda, who had later been leading the Bean Town Sangha (founded by Eishin Ikeda and Michael Flessas) whose first meetings where held on the second floor of a book store in Arlington, Massachusetts and returned as the present resident priest in 2006.

Plains pocket mouse

Some food found in their cheek pouches are: seeds of needle grass (Stipa), bind weed, sandbur grass, a small bean (probably Astragulus), and sedge (Cyperus).

Quetta District

On the advance of the British Army of the Indus in 1839, Captain Bean was appointed the first Political Agent in ShalKot, and the country was managed by him on behalf of Shah Shuja-ul-mulk.

Steve Flett

The former features two tracks which also turned up in the Ooberman catalogue - Fly Around The World, which features vocals by Ooberman vocalist Sophia Churney and was released as a b-side to Beany Bean, and Kill The Rabbit, which was featured in the e-single ZIP file of Heavy Duty.

The Good Bean

The Good Bean's Roasted Chickpea Snacks are "Desi" variety chickpeas, dry roasted and tossed in spices.

The Trouble with Mr. Bean

Bean arrives at the dentist's office, where he cannot find anything in the waiting room to read except for a Batman comic book with The Road Warriors on the back cover, which a young boy is already reading (he brought the comic from home).

Triple Espresso

Original cast members Michael Pearce Donley and Bill Arnold performed the final show, with Brian Kelly playing the part of Bobby Bean.

Vigna

—Bambara groundnut, Congo goober, hog-peanut, jugo bean, njugumawe (Swahili) (sometimes separated in Voandzeia)


see also

Leon Leonwood Bean

Leon Leonwood Bean (February 6, 1872 – February 5, 1967) was an American inventor, author, outdoor enthusiast, and founder of the company L.L.Bean.