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unusual facts about Lions' Gate


Hadassah medical convoy massacre

Going in search of the missing bodies, in 1993 he met an Arab who had participated in the ambush, who claimed that the attackers had buried stray body parts in a mass grave near the Lions' Gate.


1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

The tour was notable for the 842 points scored in 33 games, a record number of points for a Lions tour and for the 22 tries scored by Tony O'Reilly, also a Lions tour record.

1963 BC Lions season

Over the course of the season, the Lions' defense allowed an average of only 14.5 points per game while running back Willie Fleming rushed for 1,234 yards and an astounding 9.7 yard average.

Acres of Lions

In November 2010, the Times Colonist newspaper named Acres of Lions one of the Top 10 Bands in Victoria.

Arizona Western College

The football program has produced Chuck Muncie, former NFL player with the San Diego Chargers, Leonard Thompson, who played 12 seasons with the Detroit Lions, Crawford Ker, who was an All-American at the University of Florida and played in the NFL for six seasons, Ricky Siglar, who played with several NFL teams over seven seasons, and Chris Jennings, who began the 2011 season with the New York Jets.

Barbara Goldsmith

She has been awarded four honoris causa doctorates, and numerous awards; been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, two Presidential Commissions, and the New York State Council on the Arts; and honored by The New York Public Library Literary Lions as well as the Literacy Volunteers, the American Academy in Rome, The Authors Guild, and the Guild Hall Academy of Arts for Lifetime Achievement.

Boroughmuir RFC

Iain Paxton, British Lions Scotland & Barbarians forward and former Boroughmuir coach

Bradd Dalziell

He was named on a half-forward flank with fellow Lions players, Albert Proud (ruck-rover) and Scott Clouston (interchange).

Burning Flipside

Due to the presence of large cliffs, scorpions, mountain lions, and other hazards, some believe that the land is more dangerous than even the Black Rock Desert.

Central Lions F.C.

They were relegated from the 2010 Thai Division 2 League Bangkok & field Region league but came back to prominence in the 2012 Thai Division 2 League Bangkok & field Region and were known as Central Lions and played at the Rajamangala University of Technology in Thanyaburi District.

Chris Tremlett

He played for the England Lions against India in their final warm up game before the first Test and finally made his Test début at Lords against India on 19 July 2007 after Matthew Hoggard was ruled out with a back complaint.

Christopher Asher

Asher has coached professional athletes Derek Knight (top-5 USA ranked 110mHH), Sergio Santos (1st round MLB pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks), Reuben Droughns (NFL-Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants) and Trevor Ariza (NBA- New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, L.A. Lakers).

Coat of arms of Kenya

The shield and lions stand on a silhouette of Mount Kenya containing in the foreground examples of Kenya agricultural produce - coffee, pyrethrum, sisal, tea, maize and pineapples.

Cory Schlesinger

He led the team with four catches for 53 yards, opened lanes for the Lions' second 100-yard rushing effort of the season and made a key block on Reggie Swinton's 61-yard kickoff return.

Dan Orlovsky

Orlovsky was projected to be the second-string quarterback in 2007 because Drew Stanton, who was picked in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft, was placed on injured reserve; however, the Lions acquired J. T. O'Sullivan, who bumped Orlovsky back to third on the depth chart.

Debajo de un pino

The album cover depicts a Chinese lion, these lions, also called Foo Lions are known as "happiness dogs" or "heavenly dogs" and is believed to have powerful mythic protective powers that has traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, temples, emperors' tombs, government offices, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), until the end of the empire in 1911.

Dordrecht Lions

The Dordrecht Lions are an ice hockey team in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

Gael Greene

"It's as if they removed the lions from the library steps," said Michael Batterberry, editor and publisher of Food Arts magazine.

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.

Glengarth Sevens

Famous memories include legendary British and Irish Lions Captain, Willie John McBride running onto the Davenport 1st XV pitch with a lion cub from Longleat.

HSBC lions

Chief Manager, Alexander Stephen, writing in 1921 about the lions then being sculpted, that the inspiration for his decision to order the lions came from the imposing lions outside the Venetian Arsenal.

Jordan Walden

Growing up, he was friends with current Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and current Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford.

Kim Hammond

The Nitanny Lions were ranked 10th nationally under second year coach Joe Paterno, and favored by two touchdowns over the upstart Noles.

Landsdale, Western Australia

It is used for local sporting clubs including; the Landsdale Rockets Football Club, the Landsdale Lions Junior and Senior Cricket Club as well as a small tee ball club.

Linden, California

Pavement, a band hailing from nearby Stockton, immortalizes the town in "Feed 'Em To The (Linden) Lions," song three on their 1992 EP, Watery, Domestic.

Lion hunting

In the 1890s, over 4000 lions were killed both inside and outside Kruger National Park in an effort to boost game populations.

Lions and Liars

Lions and Liars is the second album released by the Christian rap artist, Sho Baraka released through Reach Records on March 30, 2010.

Manoa Thompson

His only appearance saw a 72-4 loss to Great Britain at the Prince Charles Park in Nadi, the score being the record for the largest test win by the Lions.

Matt Coles

He took 59 first-class wickets during the 2012 season which saw him called up to the England Lions squad and was included in their tour of Australia in 2013.

MK Lions Arena

Lions' first game at the new venue was played on November 28, 2010, with the home team winning 79-73 against BBL rookies Essex Pirates with the game televised live on SkySports.

Nate Burleson

After signing with the Lions, Burleson has given himself two nicknames; Nate "Touchdown" Burleson and "Recepticon," keeping with the Transformers-themed nickname "Megatron" established for fellow receiver Calvin Johnson.

North Shore Lions

The North Shore Lions football organization is currently a member of the QBFL (Quebec Bantam Football League) operating in the West Island of Montreal, Canada.

Palace of the Lions

Palacio de los Leones or Cuarto de los Leones, one of the Nasrid palaces of the Alhambra, Spain, receiving its name from its main courtyard, the Court of the Lions

Panthera leo fossilis

With a maximum head and body length of 2.40 meters, which is about half a meter longer than today's African lions, Panthera leo fossilis was almost as big as the American lion from the Upper Pleistocene.

Penn State–Syracuse football rivalry

In 1987, Coach Dick MacPherson finally led Syracuse to a resounding 48–21 victory over the Nittany Lions in the Dome.

Pompertuzat

Jane Dieulafoy (née Magre), born June 29, 1851 and died May 25, 1916, in particular, brought with her husband Marcel Dieulafoy several Persian friezes that are exhibited at the Louvre (frieze of Lions and frieze of archers in particular), and produces a literary consistent, inspired by the many trips she made with her husband

Richard Wade

The success of recent exports such as Cameron Wake (Miami) and Stefan Logan (Pittsburgh) -- both former B.C. Lions—has shown that CFL players can thrive in the NFL.

Ryan Phillips

In 2007, Phillips led the CFL with 12 interceptions, tying a team record held by former Lions defensive back, Larry Crawford, in the process.

Service club

Many of these service clubs were started early in the 20th century, such as Apex Clubs of Australia, Altrusa International, JCI, Sertoma, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Exchange, Optimists, Soroptimists, KIN Canada, Zonta and Alpha Phi Omega, .

Southern Kings

! colspan=11 "?title=Rayno Benjamin">Rayno Benjamin, Kevin Buys, Michael Coetzee, Henry Grimes, Sivuyile Kobokana, Heinrich Stride, Michael Vermaak, Elgar Watts, Simon Westraadt and Gareth Wright were named in the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour squad, but not in the matchday 22.

Stoney Case

In 2000, Case signed with the Detroit Lions as the primary backup to quarterback Charlie Batch.

Tamba Hali

He was instrumental in helping the Nittany Lions finish 11–1, winning the Big Ten championship and the Orange Bowl that season.

Tartarin of Tarascon

It tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very prosaic Algiers in search of lions.

Ted Gerela

His brothers were also professional kickers; Roy Gerela with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and Metro Gerela briefly with the Montreal Alouettes (Metro is enshrined in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.) In 1993, his nephew Ted Gerela was drafted in the 7th round of the 1993 CFL Draft by the BC Lions as a linebacker from Rocky Mountain College.

Telecommunications in Seychelles

In June 2008 a new Internet cafe opened on Praslin, set up in the district administration office at Baie Ste Anne, under the sponsorship of the Jj Spirit Foundation, the Lions Club of Paradise Seychelles and Cable & Wireless.

The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

He states that he "wanted to see a homicidal dictator removed from power before he committed mass murder again", having also agreed with the overall cause of promoting democracy and free societies worldwide articulated by George W. Bush and his supporters.

The Marine Mammal Center

In May, 2011, the San Francisco Zoo accepted two such animals, both are male California Sea Lions; named Silent Knight and Henry.

Thomas Keyes

in his chamber by the Watergate at Westminster Keyes secretly married the Queen's kinswoman, Lady Mary Grey, the daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon.

Tom French Cup

Carl Hayman was awarded the Tom French Cup in both 2004 and 2006, and was instrumental in helping New Zealand Māori defeat the British and Irish Lions for the first time in 2005.

Traitors' Gate

The gate was built by Edward I, to provide a water gate entrance to the Tower, part of St. Thomas's Tower, which was designed to provide additional accommodation for the royal family.

Tsavo lion

Two of these lions are known as the Tsavo man-eaters; they attacked workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway in 1898.


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