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unusual facts about Thorns



Acanthochronology

Acanthochronology is the interdisciplinary study of cactus spines or Euphorbia thorns grown in time ordered sequence (i.e. in series).

Amanda Tanen

Amanda Tanen is the attractive receptionist at MODE magazine, born 14 January 1982, and is allied with both Wilhelmina Slater and Wilhelmina's assistant Marc St. James when it comes to taking down the two major thorns in Wilhelmina's side: Betty Suarez and Betty's boss Daniel Meade (to whom Amanda is attracted).

An ass eating thistles

One is the four-line poem of Babrius about a fox who asks an ass how it can eat thorns with such a soft mouth, which is listed as 360 in the Perry Index.

Basilica of St. Louis, King of France

Built in Greek Revival style, the church is noted for its marble altars, a painting of Saint Louis venerating the Crown of Thorns given by Louis XVIII, King of France and Navarre, and an accurate copy of the painting of the Crucifixion by Diego Velázquez installed in the church in the latter half of the twentieth century.

Blut Aus Nord

Blut Aus Nord's work has been described as the "sonic equivalent to Thorns injecting Streetcleaner-era Godflesh with an evil unpredictability".

Bunkertor 7

Track 10, "Thorns", has no vocals, but contains a modified sample from the 1986 film Highlander of The Kurgan (Clancy Brown) telling the character Ramirez (Sean Connery), "Tonight you sleep in hell".

Cactus Framework

The name Cactus comes from the design of a central core (or "flesh") which connects to application modules (or "thorns") through an extensible interface.

Christ Plant

Euphorbia milii (Euphorbiaceae), the Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant, or

Paliurus spina-christi (Rhamnaceae), the Crown-of-thorns, Christ's Thorn or Jerusalem Thorn

Citrus myrtifolia

It is a compact tree with small leaves and no thorns which grows to a height of three metres and can be found in Malta, Libya and in the Liguria, Tuscany, Sicily, and Calabria regions of Italy.

David Maslanka

His works for percussion include “Montana Music: Three Dances for Percussion,” “Variations of ‘Lost Love,’” “My Lady White,” “Arcadia II: Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble,” and “Crown of Thorns.” Maslanka has also written a complete Mass for full choir, soprano, and baritone soli, with accompaniment by full symphonic band.

Egg hunt

In South German folk traditions it was customary to add extra obstacles to the game by placing them into hard-to reach places among nettles or thorns.

Gleditsia sinensis

Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

Harry Huge

Huge has co-authored articles in the New Republic, with Robert Coles, including: "Strom Thurmond Country: The Way It Is in South Carolina," (November 30, 1968); "FBI on the Trail of the Hunger-Mongers," (December 21, 1968); "Black Lung: Mining As a Way of Death," (January 25, 1969); "Thorns on the Yellow Rose of Texas," April 19, 1969; "Peonage in Florida," (October 19, 1969).

Huitzuco

Different versions exist on the meaning of the word Huitzuco, the doctor Gutierre Tibón affirms that it comes from the Nahuatl huitzilizo (thorns), and the locative co, and so means as “Place of Thorns”, because their lands were covered with huisache.

La Ribambelle

The thorns in their sides were the Caïmans, a trio of rough boys described as "more stupid than nasty".

NAACP Theatre Award for Best Producer – Local

Stage 52 in association with Ms. Thing Productions, Thomas Duckett & Ella Joyce - A Rose Among Thorns

Santa Corona

The church was founded by the Blessed (Beato) Bishop Bartolomeo di Breganze, during the 1200s to house a thorn from the supposed relic of the crown (corona) of thorns forced on Jesus during his passion.

Seven Thorns

After the release of the debut album Return to the Past in 2010 through Nightmare Records Seven Thorns signed a promotion contract with the German agency Rock N Growl.

Shield of Thorns

Shield of Thorns is the second solo studio album by Seattle musician Shawn Smith.

The Care And Handling Of Roses With Thorns

The Care And Handling Of Roses With Thorns is a novel written by Margaret Dilloway.

The Dance Brigade

Founded by Keith Finch (JA13, Crown of Thorns) and Lee "Kix" Thompson (Madness) in late summer 2007, they were soon joined by Jennie Matthias (The Belle-Stars).

The Thorns

The Thorns are an American acoustic rock band formed in 2002 as a project of Matthew Sweet, Pete Droge, and Shawn Mullins.

Thorns Ltd.

Includes a performance based on sound material from the installation 0.0 Santa Fe by Thorns Ltd. plus performances by Patty Chang and Jonathan Meese.

Thorns Ltd. has later contributed sound to works by New York artist Banks Violette and others.


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