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unusual facts about The Staple


The Staple

For a time after 1353, staple ports were established in England, under the Statute of the Staple: thus various English localities named "Stapleton" or "Stapleford."



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Bicycle motocross

Freestyle BMX is now one of the staple events at the annual Summer X Games Extreme Sports competition and the Etnies Backyard Jam, held primarily on the East and West coasts of the United States.

Pound sterling in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania

The silver Spanish pieces of eight that had formed the staple international currency for nearly four hundred years were mostly minted at the new world mints at Potosi, Mexico, and Lima.

Scottish trade in the Middle Ages

In 1508 James IV moved the Staple to the small port of Veere in the Province of Zealand, where it remained until the late seventeenth century.

Sukuma wiki

It forms part of the staple dish in this region commonly known as Ugali or Sima.

The Staple Singers

In 1976, they collaborated with The Band for their film The Last Waltz, performing on the song "The Weight" (which The Staple Singers had previously covered on their first Stax album).

Thunderbox

Twelve songs appear, seven of them covers, "Grooving With Jesus" originally released by gospel legends The Violinaires, Ann Peebles song "I Can't Stand the Rain" once referred to by John Lennon as the perfect single; "Anna (Go to Him)" originally written and performed by Arthur Alexander and "Oh La-De-Da" by The Staple Singers.

William Dauntesey

A merchant of the Staple at Calais he was the son of John Dauntesey of West Lavington in Wiltshire.

WQAD-TV

He was long the staple on the anchor desk and was known for his "On The Road" series of reports and for his longtime role as the emcee of the station's annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethons from 1971 to 1998.