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unusual facts about The United States of America



St. Mellion International Resort

The Jack Nicklaus Signature Course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and was officially opened in 1988 with the hosting of a USA vs GB match featuring Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson representing the USA against Sandy Lyle and Nick Faldo representing Great Britain.


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A. heathi

Amaurobius heathi, a spider species found in the United States of America

Aaron R. Fisher

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Aaron R. Fisher, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 366th Infantry Regiment, 92d Division, A.E.F., near Lesseux, France, 3 September 1918.

Abel Decaux

In 1923 he went to the United States of America, to teach organ at the Eastman School of Music.

Abyei status referendum

He told the Sudanese parliament, in particular MPs from South Kordofan, that the AU proposal "will not ever see the light of day" and it will not be referred to the United Nations Security Council as the United States of America wants.

Alexander baronets

The Alexander Baronetcy, of Edgehill, Stamford, in Connecticut in the United States of America, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 July 1921 for the British-born Canadian businessman Douglas Alexander.

Allan Brooks

His father William Edwin Brooks had been a keen ornithologist in India but growing up in a farming household in Canada made his entry into the career of bird art much more difficult than for his contemporary Louis Agassiz Fuertes in the United States of America.

American Journal of Science

The American Journal of Science (AJS) is the United States of America's longest-running scientific journal, having been published continuously since its conception in 1818 by Professor Benjamin Silliman, who edited and financed it himself.

American state

U.S. state, a federated constituent state of the United States of America

Battle of Pleasant Hill

Greeley, Horace. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1861–'65. Vols.

Bishop Robinson

Bishop Gene Robinson, bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Borgáta

For the resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the United States of America see The Borgata.

Carwile

The name Carwile is a surname that originated in England following the Norman Conquest of 1066, but is most present today in the United States of America.

Chai Ling

Jenzabar provides ERP software to universities across the United States of America.

Chicken curry

In 1940, Mrs. W.L. Bullard from Warm Springs, Georgia served this dish under the name "Country Captain" to Franklin D. Roosevelt (the 32nd president of the United States of America) and to General George S. Patton (a distinguished U.S. Army General).

Clontibret

After a promising Army career in the American Civil War he joined forces with the Fenians and later established an Irish colony in Nebraska where today the city of O'Neill, Nebraska stands as a memorial to his endeavours on behalf of the Irish communities in the United States of America.

Consulate General of the United States, Curaçao

The Consulate General of the United States of America Curaçao is located in Willemstad and serves Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten (countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) as well as Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius (special municipalities of the Netherlands).

Corriedale

The Corriedale is internationally farmed, in Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and Patagonia (it being one of the most popular sheep breeds in Uruguay).

Cranham

James Oglethorpe, the first governor of Georgia, (now part of the United States of America) is buried with his wife at the centre of its chancel.

Dishfire

Dishfire (stylised DISHFIRE) is a covert global surveillance collection system and database run by the United States of America's National Security Agency (NSA) and the United Kingdom's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) that collects hundreds of millions of text messages on a daily basis from around the world.

Dunnstown

Dunnstown, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in the United States of America

Ertuğ

Osman Ertuğ, the de facto ambassador of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to the United States of America from 2002 to 2007

ETA – Empresa de Transporte Aéreo

In 1927, Ralph O'Neill wanted to establish postal services between the United States of America and South America, and worked in two fronts: establishing an American airline to operate the trunk-routes and establishing or purchasing local airlines to provide feeder-services.

Frederick Geoffrey Lawrence

After graduation he acted as tutor to two sons of Jan Masaryk, travelling with the family to the United States of America, and Prague.

Free school meal

Tests of these free-school-meal-to-all programs have been funded by Share Our Strength in some school districts in the United States of America.

General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns

The United Methodist Church’s relationships with other church bodies are also strengthened through the GCCUIC’s membership in the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America (NCCCUSA) and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Hans Möser

Following the June 1945 Fedden Mission investigation of the Dora conditions, Möser was among 19 defendants tried by the American General Military Government Court in the Dora Trial (The United States of America versus Arthur Kurt Andrae et al., Case Number 000-50-37), part of the Dachau Trials.

Hofbräuhaus

Hofbräuhaus franchises have been opened in the several places in the United States of America, including the first in Newport, Kentucky, next to Munich's sister city of Cincinnati, Ohio, which opened in 2003.

International Space Year

In Russia, the Foundation for Social Inventions launched Space Flight Europe-America 500 in an attempt to promote a peaceful social and economic relationship between the former Soviet states and the United States of America.

Koehler

Robert Koehler, German-born painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the United States of America

Leslie King

Gerald Ford (1913–2006), born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., 38th President of the United States of America

Maharaj Prem Singh

In 1955, General Rafael Trujillo invited him to play in Dominican Republic where he spent a year and visited the United States of America for the first time.

McKownville, New York

In the late 1740s John McKown, originally from Scotland, moved his family to the United States of America from County Londonderry, Ireland.

Miss World 1975

France (Sophie Perin) was the third Miss World contestant to win the Miss International title in 1976, after the winning streaks of Brucene Smith (Miss World 1971 contestant representing the United States of America), who won the title in 1974, and Tuula Anneli Björkling (Miss World 1972 contestant representing Finland), who won the title in 1973.

Oliver La Farge

Frances was a great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and Deborah Read.

Patricia Cloherty

On 17 March 2008 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding Cloherty the Order of Friendship for her contribution to the development of Russian business and for strengthening friendship and cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States of America.

Pennine Way

The path was the idea of the journalist and rambler Tom Stephenson, inspired by similar trails in the United States of America, particularly the Appalachian Trail.

Peter Anthony Motteux

One curiosity of the Journal is that the title page of its first issue bore the motto E pluribus unum, apparently the earliest use of what would later become the motto of the United States of America.

RBH

Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893), 19th President of the United States of America

Shindig

Shindig, Kentucky, a populated location in the United States of America

Single-subject

Single-subject rule, a section present in many state constitutions within the United States of America

Start Treaty

START I, a bilateral treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) signed on 31 July 1991

Toyama Shogyo High School

The school has been in operation for more than a century and, with only brief interruptions in operation, has survived war with China, Russia, and the United States of America, and has seen the reign of the Meiji, Taisho, Showa, and Heisei Emperors.

United Covenant Churches of Christ

The United Covenant Churches of Christ or United Covenant Churches of Christ International is a Pentecostal Holiness denomination in the United States of America.

United Pentecostal Churches of Christ

United Pentecostal Churches of Christ was a name used from 1992 until at least 2004 as the name of a Pentecostal Holiness denomination in the United States of America.

Victor Premasagar

On invitation from Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, in the United States of America, he took sabbatical from ACTC to teach there for a year.

Wendy Luers

She is married to William H. Luers, former President of the United Nations Association of the United States of America, former President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1983–1986) and Venezuela (1978–1982).

Where the West Begins

"Where the West Begins", the motto for Fort Worth, Texas, the 16th-largest city in the United States of America

William Lynn

William J. Lynn III (born 1954), Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States of America

Winooski Falls Mill District

The Winooski Falls Mill District is located along the Winooski River in the cities of Winooski and Burlington, Vermont in the United States of America.