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unusual facts about Roam


Love Shack

The United States had a B-side of "Roam", a song that would later reach number 3 as well, and other countries had singles with either "Channel Z" or a live version of "Rock Lobster" as the B-side.


Al-Mutawakkil al-Mutahhar bin Yahya

This time the mountainous trench of the imam was overrun, and he had to roam around from place to place, eventually establishing himself in Hajjah.

Captain Fracassa's Journey

A ramshackle theater company of Commedia dell'arte (Comedy of Art) is to roam vast and boundless territories to reach the court of Louis XIV.

Chondalwood

Treants still roam the forest, but mainly occupy the northern border, ever watchful of loggers and poachers.

Exmoor pony

The Exmoor pony is a horse breed native to the British Isles, where some still roam as semi-feral livestock on Exmoor, a large area of moorland in Devon and Somerset in southwest England.

Femundsmarka National Park

There are also wild reindeer grazing in the heights and, in summer, a herd of around 30 musk oxen roam the area along the Røa and Mugga Rivers (in winter they migrate to the Funäsdalen area).

Forest of High Peak

The south western area between the River Wye and the Kinder Scout was relatively open country, which was enclosed by a low wall, sufficient to keep out cattle and sheep but allow the deer to roam.

Inchconnachan

Wallabies, of the species Macropus rufogriseus (Red-necked Wallaby), were introduced by Lady Colquhoun in the 1940s, and still roam wild.

Julebord

Before, it was also common to let the remains of the Christmas meal remain on the table or place it out in the yard on Christmas night in order to appease mythical creatures such as the Trolls or the Nisses which were widely believed to roam the forests.

King plate

Bilin Bilin - King of Logan and Pimpama was known to roam through the area that is now Logan City, Queensland.

Long Day's Journey

The electro-kinetic cat burglar-for-hire, Gwen Raiden, returns and reluctantly helps Angel and the group after they discover that the Beast is searching for five mystical Totems in order to block out sunlight from Los Angeles so that all demons and vampires can roam freely.

Open era

Open range era of the American Old West when cattle were allowed to roam freely in many states

Peddimore Hall

In 1288, the owners of Peddimore Hall were allowed by the Earl of Warwick, William de Beauchamp to fish in Ebrook (now Plants Brook) on his land, allow his pigs to roam in the woods and was allowed to remove timber for building reparations.

Pink Mountain, British Columbia

Pink Mountain is also the only place in the province where wild plains bison roam.

Room to Roam

The song, which refers to Spiddal, where much of Fisherman's Blues and all of Room to Roam were recorded, is arranged in a style that is a blend of folk music and New Orleans-style marching band music.

Room to Roam is an album by The Waterboys; it continued the folk rock sound of 1988's Fisherman's Blues, but was less of a commercial success, reaching #180 on the Billboard Top 200 after its release in September 1990.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia

In areas not covered by the joint 3G network, customers are able to roam on Telstra's Next G 850 MHz 3G network (if the phone supports it), and Telstra's 900 MHz and 1800 MHz 2G networks.

WiFiFee

WiFiFee has most recently partnered with Boingo Wireless to allow Boingo's users to roam at WiFiFee hotspots like Albany International Airport.

Wine humour

The Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) has protested at the similarity of these names to the French appellation Côtes du Rhône but owner Charles Back's defence is that the names are based upon the goats which roam about his Fairview winery and has made counter-protests with a herd of goats outside the French embassy.

The South African Goats do Roam Wine Company, owned by Charles Back, produces labels with names such as Goats do Roam, Bored Doe and Goat-Roti.

Zoo and Botanical Garden of Branféré

In the 1930s Paul and his wife, Hélène Castori, having discovered a game reserve maintained by Khengarji III, Maharao of Kutch, decided to create an "animal paradise" at Branféré by letting exotic animals from around the world acclimatize to the property and roam free, creating a park where animals and humans could interact.


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