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unusual facts about The Drop


Dr Boondigga and the Big BW

Dr Boondigga and the Big BW is the second studio album by the New Zealand group Fat Freddy's Drop, released on 2 June 2009 on The Drop.


David Graf

Some of his last acting performances were two guest appearances as Pentagon staff member Colonel Chase in the series The West Wing ("The Drop-In" and "The Portland Trip") and as Jacques Douche in the Son of the Beach TV series episode "Grand Prix".


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Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin'

The Drop Tower, Hot Shot, was originally the O2 Tower from the now defunct Miracle Strip Amusement Park.

Causes of the Great Depression

Joseph Stiglitz and Bruce Greenwald suggested that it was a productivity-shock in agriculture, through fertilizers, mechanization and improved seed, that caused the drop in agricultural product prices.

Colorado Piedmont

The drop off from the Plains to the Piedmont is noticeable to motorists driving southward from Cheyenne, Wyoming on Interstate 25.

Darren Beckford

The highlight of his time at Norwich was his hat-trick in a 4–3 win against Everton – a victory which would prove key to the Canaries avoiding the drop in 1991–92.

Drop point

The drop point is a common design for hunting knives and was popularized in the mid 20th century by Knifemaker Bob Loveless.

Fairey Fulmar

This mark introduced the more powerful Merlin XXX engine while the airframe was also engineered with several enhancements including provision for a 60 gallon (273 litre) centre-line drop tank, and provision to carry a 250 lb (114 kg) or 500 lb (227 kg) bomb in lieu of the drop tank.

Headcorn Parachute Club

Skydive Headcorn, the drop zone, operates two full-time aircraft, a Cessna 208 (Caravan) and a Britten-Norman Islander.

John Beech Austin

He flew up the Adriatic Sea and headed inland across the Yugoslav coast to the drop zone at Mitrovica.

JP Reid

Sucioperro - "The Drop" (10 October 2006, Captains of Industry)

Lionel Queripel

Later Captain Queripel was ordered to defend some woodland near the Wolfheze level crossing which was vital to the allied advance (Wolfheze is about 12km to the northwest of Arnhem Bridge but only a few hundred metres from the Drop and Landing Zones used).

Martin Rossiter

Rossiter's debut solo album The Defenestration of St Martin was released 3 December 2012 on the Drop Anchor Music label.

Nephelescope

A nephelescope is a device invented by James Pollard Espy to measure the drop in temperature of a gas from a reduction in pressure; originally used to explore the formation of clouds.

Operation Stösser

General Model had scoffed at von der Heydte's request for carrier pigeons, and none of the unit's radios survived the drop, so he was unable to report the detailed information he gathered.

Paddys River Falls

The falls are 18 metres (60ft) in height and the water flows over the drop and then continues down Paddys River.

Parachute School of Toronto

The drop zone operates one piston-powered aircraft (a Cessna 206) and seasonally leases (May through October) one Turbine engine aircraft.

Per Wimmer

After six days of trekking, Per & Ralph flew in a Pilatus Porter airplane to an altitude of 29,500 feet (ca. 9 km), just above the peak of Mount Everest and jumped out in -50°C and free fell for one minute before opening the parachute and landed at the Drop Zone at 12,350 feet (ca. 4 km).

Poor Leno

It is used in the video game SSX 3 as well as in The Drop, a short film displayed on the canopy at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rampuri

However, in mid 1990s, the Government of Uttar Pradesh banned making such knives longer than 4.5 inches of blade length, which led to the drop in popularity of the knife, which even made its way to crime thrillers of Bollywood in the 1960s and 1970s.

Studio Total

Following the drop, photojournalist Anton Suryapin posted photographs on his website that he said had been e-mailed to him by an Ivyanets resident.

Sucioperro

It features the download only single "Wolf Carnival" as well as the singles "Dialog on the 2", "The Drop" and download only "Grace And Out Of Me" which includes the video for the song directed by Jamie Lenman of Reuben.

Suzie Dickinson

During her time with the band, Dickinson was included in the recording of "Let the Franklin Flow", a song about the ecological damage to be caused by damming Tasmania's Franklin River for hydroelectricity, and performed at the Stop the Drop concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl with Midnight Oil and Redgum.

The Hidden Perils of Dancing

The EP features "The Drop", which is the only track from the first two EPs to appear on the debut album Random Acts of Intimacy, for which it was re-recorded and later released as a single in 2006.

Toronto Toros

Following the season, with the drop in attendance and onerous lease terms at the Gardens, Bassett moved the club to Birmingham, Alabama, where they were renamed the Birmingham Bulls for the 1976–77 season.

Xerez CD

After only collecting seven points from the first 19 games – which led to the sacking of coach José Ángel Ziganda – the club amassed 27 in the remaining 19 with Néstor Gorosito as boss, not good enough however to prevent the drop as last (the club, however, had chances to stay up until the final round, a 1–1 draw at CA Osasuna).