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unusual facts about North and South



Battle of Churubusco

Parts of the battle were portrayed in the mini-series North and South, as well as the film One Man's Hero (1999).

Sandy Welch

Sandy Welch's works for the BBC have included The Magnificent 7, adaptations of Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend and Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, and most recently the BBC's well-received 2006 interpretation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.


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17th parallel

Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, between North and South Vietnam (1954–76) at approximately the 17th parallel north

Abercynon North railway station

Abercynon North railway station was one of two railway stations - North and South - serving the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales.

Albin Vega

A 36 year old Albin Vega sailboat, christened the St. Brendan in honor of the 6th-century Irish explorer monk, was used by Matt Rutherford of Annapolis, Maryland in his successful 314 day, 27,077 mile solo circumnavigation of North and South America which was officially completed on April 18, 2012, when Rutherford crossed the start and finish line -- the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel outside of Norfolk, Virginia .

Amboró National Park

The area is bordered to the north and south by two roads that connect the cities of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz.

Amphiscapha

Amphiscapha is a fossil gastropod mollusk, or less likely a monoplacophoran, genus from the Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian of North and South America, included in the family Euomphalidae.

Animalympics soundtrack

The soundtrack was recorded primarily in Strawberry Studios North and South, used extensively by 10cc, as well as in Los Angeles.

Armyworm

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (North and South America)

Assuwa league

However, identification of ..uqqa with later-attested Lukka (Lycia) is problematic, because that would put the Assuwa league both north and south of Arzawa in southwestern Anatolia.

Beach pea

Lathyrus japonicus, common names Sea Pea, Circumpolar Pea, and Sea Vetchling, a legume native to temperate coastal areas of Asia, Europe, North and South America

Bedwas Navigation Colliery

The two shafts (North and South) were 768 and 802 yards deep respectively (more than twice the height from ground to the roof of the Empire State Building), both with a diameter of 21 ft.

Benapur

The village is divided into North and South Benapur by the Nuntia-Benapur Road, a spur of the from Bagnan-Gadiara Road from Nuntia.

Boom Jinx

Has since 2009 performed in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, sharing event billing with Above & Beyond, Gareth Emery, Markus Schulz, Sander Van Doorn, Gabriel & Dresden etc.

Boxworth

Recorded from the mid 12th century, when relics of St. 'Inicius' were said to be deposited there, the church of St Peter is an ancient edifice of flint and stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, north and south porches and a lofty embattled tower containing a clock and one bell: in the church is a monument to Nicholas Saunderson LL.D.

Burdekin Bridge

Despite these setbacks, the new bridge greatly assisted in travel between Ayr, Queensland and Home Hill, Queensland and formed a vital link between North and South Queensland.

Central Point, Oregon

One of these roads was the north and south road from the Willamette Valley and the other was the Road leading from Jacksonville, which was then the center of the settlement, northeast to Table Rock, Sams Valley and other localities.

County routes in New Jersey

With very rare exceptions (such as County Route 537), the 500 series follows the rule of cardinal direction used for Interstate Highways and U.S. Routes: even-numbered roads run east and west, while odd-numbered roads run north and south.

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DMSP satellites operated in a sun-synchronous orbit; passing over the north and south poles, the satellite would see different strips of the Earth at the same local time each day.

Demetrio Aguilera Malta

He held conferences and courses at several universities in North and South America, including Claremont Colleges and the University of California, Irvine.

Espinhaço Mountains

The range runs roughly north and south through the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, extending for approximately 1000km.

Fishing industry in Scotland

The distribution of the species is therefore limited by the extent of these mud patches, which are found in the Firth of Forth, Moray Firth, the North and South Minches, the Clyde estuary, and the Fladen ground, in the centre of the North Sea.

Griffith Wetlands Important Bird Area

North and South Lake Wyangan are used for water storage; they contain an area of cumbungi.

Ithilien

Ithilien, or "Moon-land," is the easternmost province of Gondor, the only part of Gondor across the Great River Anduin lying between the river and the Mountains of Shadow (Ephel Dúath), subdivided by the stream of Morgulduin into North and South Ithilien.

Joseph M. Bryan

Four years later, WBTV became the first television station to air in North and South Carolina.

Kalinga under the Mauryan

Because Kalinga has many sea ports which Magadha lacks and Kalinga is between north and south part of India and main trade routes goes through it, Ashoka attacked Kalinga in 261 B.C. and an epic fight occurred between two armies near the river Daya.

Lake Mai-Ndombe

Some of the main concession areas of the logging company Sodefor are to the north and south of Lake Mai-Ndombe.

Livregementets husarer

The regiment descends directly from units set up by the Swedish king Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa) in 1536 when Sweden, as the first country in the world introduces a draft set up of voluntary riders north and south of Stockholm.

Marston, Maryland

Marston is a small "ville" in Carroll County, Maryland situated at the three-way crossroads of Maryland Route 407 and Marston Road; it is at this point that Marston Road is divided into North and South.

Martin No. 122, Saskatchewan

Martin No. 122 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located to the north and south of the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately 200 kilometres (km) east of Regina in SARM Division No. 1.

Merowe

Meroe or Meroë, a town downstream from the bend between the north and south flowing reaches of the Nile between the 3rd and 4th Cataracts, in the Sudan, that is the site of over 200 pyramids,

Monte Rosa Massif

Monte Rosa itself lies near the intersection of a great north and south ridge, extending from the Balfrin through the Mischabelhörner, and the highest peaks of the mountain itself, to the Vincent Pyramide, and thence through the range that bounds the Val de Lys, nearly to Ivrea, with the transverse range lying between the Dent d'Herens and the Pizzo Bianco near Macugnaga.

Moose Jaw Canadian National Railway Station

The station, consisting of a two-storey central block with single-storey wings to the north and south, is constructed primarily of Claybank brick and Tyndall stone.

Newton Ferrers

It was restored by George Fellowes Prynne in 1885–6 and only the west tower and the north and south arcades remain of the medieval structure.

Odebrecht

Miami International Airport – north and south terminals, concourse A and E, FAA traffic control tower, Dolphin parking garage, cargo buildings

Order of Battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation

After regrouping the army advanced north and south of Lake Ilmen on the Novgorod-Chudovo-Leningrad and Staraya Russa-Kholm-Demyansk axis.

Paleontology in Louisiana

During the Middle Jurassic, Bathonian and Callovian, the stretching of the crust between North and South America created a broad basin within the continental crust that opened initially to the Pacific Ocean and later to the Atlantic Ocean.

Pauline Hopkins

Hopkins's novel Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South (with an introduction by Richard Yarborough) was reprinted as a part of this series.

Radio Bulgaria

In 2004, Radio Bulgaria broadcasts to Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America on short and medium wave in Bulgarian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Serbian, Greek, Albanian and Turkish.

Religion in Egypt

The eparchy of Egypt is looked after by a Protosyncellus, and has between 35,000 and 50,000 ex-patriates in Europe, North and South America, and Australia.

Rosenda Monteros

She had a prolific film career north and south of the U.S.–Mexican border.

São José do Barreiro

São José do Barreiro (São José in Portuguese means Saint Joseph) is a municipality/county in the microrregion of Bananal in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil bordering with state of Rio de Janeiro to the north and south.

Sodefor

The main concession areas are to the north and south of Lake Mai-Ndombe and on both sides of the Lukenie River, centered on Oshwe.

Sonning Regatta

Sonning Regatta is the regatta of the village of Sonning in Berkshire and the hamlet of Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire, England, on the north and south banks of the River Thames.

St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green

He was wounded at Vermelles on 13 October 1915 during the attacks made by the Territorial Battalions of the North and South Staffordshire Regt.

Strandgade

Danish East India Company and Danish West India Company established their headquarters north and south of Torvegade/Knippels Bridge respectively.

Stratton Air National Guard Base

Since 1971, the 109th has played an important role in support of the National Science Foundation's research expeditions at both the North and South Poles.

Texella reddelli

Texella reddelli are found on both the North and South sides of the Colorado River.

Tiguex War

It was fought in the winter of 1540-41 by the expedition of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado against the twelve or thirteen pueblos of Tiwa Indians as well as other Puebloan tribes along both sides of the Rio Grande, north and south of present-day Bernalillo, New Mexico, in what was called the Tiguex Province.

Torrey Pines Golf Course

Torrey Pines has two famous 18-hole golf courses, North and South, both designed by William F. Bell.

Tulane/Gravier, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Louis Street to the north, North Claiborne Avenue, Iberville Street, North and South Derbigny Street, Cleveland Street, South Claiborne Avenue to the east, the Pontchartrain Expressway to the south and South Broad Street to the west.

戶籍

Hojeok or Hoju (戶主), a family register system in both North and South Korea