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unusual facts about VAW-116


VAW-116

VAW-116 became "semi-famous" in 2006 for its remake of the "Pump It" music video, by The Black Eyed Peas.


196th Reconnaissance Squadron

In April 1951 the 116th Fighter-Bomber Group (116 FBG) began receiving brand new F-84E Thunderjets directly from Republic Aviation.

2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Ross Chastain would dominate most of the race, leading 116 laps.

Apurímac Region

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Archie MacLaren

In the first Test, MacLaren shared a century opening partnership with Tom Hayward and scored 116 to become the first man to score four Test centuries.

Arroio Grande

Arroio Grande is linked with the national BR-116, one of the roads linked with Mercosul and state roads includes the RS-602 and the RS-473.

BLU-116

The shape and size mean that the BLU-116 could be used by unmodified existing aircraft and bomb guidance units such as the GPS guided GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition and GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bomb.

Cardiff Blitz

Western Cardiff was the worst hit area, particularly Canton and Riverside, where 116 people were killed, an estimated 50 of which were killed in one street in Riverside, De Burgh Street.

County roads in Hennepin County, Minnesota

County Road 117 (non-CSAH) is 109th Avenue North on the border between Corcoran and Hassan Township from County 116 to County 19.

County Road 116 begins at Hamel Road (County 115) in Medina, then passes through Corcoran to Territorial Road in the unincorporated town of Fletcher, then follows Territorial Road to the Wright County line at the Crow River, where it becomes Wright County Road 22.

County Road 144 begins at County 12 in Dayton and follows North Diamond Lake Road and 141st Avenue North through Rogers before ending at Territorial Road (County 116) in Hassan Township.

Data corruption

Another study, performed by CERN over six months and involving about 97 petabytes of data, found about 1.2 × 10-9 of involved data (or about 116 gigabytes) becoming permanently corrupted.

Dave Lavery

He is also well-known amongst participants of the FIRST Robotics Competition as a mentor of Team 116 (from Herndon High School) and was a member of the FRC Game Design Committee.

Frederick C. Branch

On April 25, 2005, after his death, U.S. Senate resolution 116 was sponsored by North Carolina Senators Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr "to commemorate the life, achievements, and contributions of Frederick C. Branch".

Frog shark

The frog shark has been recorded off the coasts of Japan, New Zealand, and possibly Salas y Gómez, as well as the Nazca Ridge, from as shallow as 120-150 m and as deep as 1,116 m.

Gee Bee Sportster

The Model X, piloted by Lowell Bayles placed second in the race from Detroit to San Francisco and back, averaging 116.4 mph (186.7 km/h) over the 5,541 mile (8,887 km) distance.

George Foreman vs. Shannon Briggs

Unofficial HBO scorer Harold Lederman had Foreman clearly winning the fight at 116–112 (eight rounds to four), but none of the three official scorers had Foreman the victor.

González Gil-Pazó GP-1

The single seat GP-2 was flown by Lorenzo Richi in March 1936 from Madrid to Bata in what was then Spanish Guinea at an average speed of 187 km/h (116 mph).

Gravel Pit

In October 2011, NME placed it at number 116 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Illinois Route 116

Illinois 116 was a popular agricultural and commercial truck route from Burlington, Iowa (on the Mississippi River) to Peoria, Illinois (on the Illinois River) during World War II and through the late 1960s.

It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

In the second mall scene, Peppermint Patty, Marcie and Snoopy dance to a band quartet music box including an angel, a triplet band, and a spinning duck carousel, all which play Johann Sebastian Bach's "Menuet from the Anna Magdalena Notebook (BWV Anh. 116.)."

LaSalle Bank

With US$116 billion in assets, it was headquartered at 135 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois.

Malaysia–Philippines border

The relevant stretch lies between the Philippine island of Palawan and the northern tip of the Malaysian state of Sabah between turning points 7° 40' N 116° 0' E and 7° 40' N 117° 0' E. Although the British were not parties to this treaty, it has never challenged the extent of Philippine territorial waters after occupying North Borneo (Sabah today).

Mark C. Hunter

Andrew Lambert, “Review of Mark C. Hunter, To Employ and Uplift Them: The Newfoundland Naval Reserve Unit sic, 1899-1926,” Mariner’s Mirror 96, no. 1 (February 2010): 116-117.

Marvel Rating System

This was precipitated by the CCA refusing approval of the seal due to the strong depiction of violence in X-Force #116, a comic written by Peter Milligan and drawn by Mike Allred.

Massachusetts Route 116

Route 116 then becomes concurrent with Route 9, heading westward before entering Hadley and turning northward again, passing the western edge of UMass Amherst, passing behind Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

Middle Eastern Empires

In 116 AD, the Roman emperor Trajan invaded the Parthian empire and conquered all the way to Babylon.

Miraí

The city territory is located in a region of easy access due to the presence of Rio-Bahia highway, also called BR-116.

Oatlands College

The school is very well served by Dublin Bus routes 7b, 7d, 46a, 46e, 47, 116, 118 and 145 along the N11 Stillorgan Road Quality Bus Corridor.

Omnibus progression

Examples from the classical reportoire include Schubert's Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 42, first movement, mm. 32-39, Brahms' Opus 116, No. 3, and many pieces by Tchaikovsky such as the first movement of the Pathetique Symphony.

Opel Speedster

Produced by Lotus at their Hethel, Norfolk factory, the Speedster carried the Lotus internal model identification Lotus 116 and the code name Skipton for the 2.2N/A version and Tornado for the 2.0 L Turbo.

Organizational information theory

Karl E. Weick, "The Nontraditional Quality of Organizational Learning," Organization Science 2 (1991): 116-124.

Pala, Chad

The Roman Catholic bishopric of Pala served Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture, in 1970, Pala included 116,000 of Chad's 160,000 Catholics.

Park Kyung-Mo

This gave him the fourth seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Luiz Trainini in the first round, beating the Brazilian 116-99.

RHC-Cadena Azul

Singer and composer Sindo Garay, was one of the network's most popular artists, with 116 songs.

Rhenopyrgus

A new species, R. piojoensis, was described by Colin D. Sumrall, Susana Heredia, Cecilia M. Rodríguez and Ana I. Mestre in 2012, from 116 specimens collected from the Los Espejos Formation in the Loma de Los Piojos locality near San José de Jáchal, Argentina.

Rüsselsheim massacre

On the night of August 25, the British RAF sent 116 Lancasters into Russelsheim in order to attack the Opel Plant on a bombing mission, dropping 674 2,000-lb bombs and more than 400,000 incendiaries on the city, destroying the plant and damaging the railtracks, more by far any previous air raid in World War II.

Saint Theresa's College

Saint Theresa's College of Quezon City (STCQC), 116 D. Tuazon Avenue, Quezon City (1947–present)

Sister Dora

A British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotive (31 430, now in preservation with the Mid-Norfolk Railway) was named after her.Later a British Rail Class 37 diesel loco (37 116, now in preservation on the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway) received the name from the Class 31.

Tekufah

The danger in unused water may be avoided by putting in it a piece of iron or an iron vessel (Bet Yosef on the Tur, and Isserles' note to Shulḥan Aruk, Oraḥ Ḥayyim, 455, 1; Be'er Hetev, to Yore De'a, 116, 5).

The Unexpected

The comic features "The Mad Mod Witch" (later known as "Fashion Thing" in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman) as a story narrator in #108-112, 114-116, 140, and 162, and "Judge Gallows" in #113, 118, 121, 125 and 133.

Torre Branca

It is 108.6 m high, which makes it the sixst highest structure in Milan after Tower Cesar Pelli A (231 m), Palazzo Lombardia (161 m), Pirellone or Pirelli Tower (127 m) and the Breda Tower (116 m).

VAW-121

Like VAW-122, VAW-123 and VAW-120, VAW-121 was created out of the "super squadron" VAW-12 on 1 April 1967.

VAW-122

During a 1968 deployment on board the USS America off Vietnam, VAW-122 crews assisted a VF-33 F-4 Phantom crew in downing a North Vietnamese MiG-21 fighter as well as controlling interdiction strikes against North Vietnam.

Wisconsin Highway 116

Continuing northwest out of the city, Highway 116 becomes Achterberg Road until it reaches Main Street in Winneconne.

Witenagemot

The witenagemot is known to have met in at least 116 locations, including Amesbury, Calne, Cheddar, Gloucester, London and Winchester.

Yanshanian Tectonic Period

The Yanshanian movement were first recognized by Weng WH (1927,1929) in the Yanshan area, 116°-119.5°N, 40°-42°E.


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