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unusual facts about calf


Western moose

Western moose females will have, on average, one or two calves at once.


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2003 Tennessee Titans season

But in the second the Falcons dropped a punt at their five-yard line and the Titans recovered; McNair then rifled a touchdown to Frank Wycheck, but had to leave the game with a strained calf.

2012 Football League Cup Final

Captain Mark Hudson had a calf problem, while midfielder Stephen McPhail had missed Cardiff's last four matches as he was suffering from Sjögren's syndrome, an immune system disorder.

Bactrian camel

The Story of the Weeping Camel is a 2003 Mongolian documentary/story about a family of nomadic shepherds trying to get a white calf accepted by his mother, who rejected him after a difficult birth.

Blacksocks

The socks come in a limited variety of sizes and styles, with options such as calf socks, knee socks and silk cashmere socks.

Byron Wolford

As a rodeo champion, Wolford set the all-time speed record for calf roping at Madison Square Garden in the 1950s.

Calf of Eday

In the 17th century Eday was also known as "Heth Øy" and the Calf's name is recorded by Blaeu as "Calf of Heth Øy".

Calf raises

They are also performed using Smith machines or using machines specially designed for calf raises with padded anchors for the weight that rest on the shoulders.

Čičiliusku

Čičiliusku visited Finland during November 10–17, 2012, and performed two plays, Canine Kalevala, based on the book of the same title by the Finnish cartoonist and author Mauri Kunnas, and the aforementioned Kuin hukka vasikalla muamona oli (‘When the Wolf Stood in for the Calf’s Mother’).

Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter

The Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter (CALF) was a joint DARPA and United States Navy project that ran from 1993 to 1994.

DNA microarray experiment

# The labeled samples are then mixed with a propriety hybridization solution which may contain SDS, SSC, dextran sulfate, a blocking agent (such as COT1 DNA, salmon sperm DNA, calf thymus DNA, PolyA or PolyT), Denhardt's solution and formamine.

Dwayyo

A Jefferson, Maryland woman said that she saw a strange dog-shaped animal about the size of a calf chasing some cows on a farm near her home.

Eduardo Salvio

Salvio officially returned to Atlético on 19 May to begin his rehabilitation on a calf injury sustained whilst still at Benfica, in a Europa League game against PSV Eindhoven.

Iafeta Paleaaesina

He was one of the best players for Wigan in the 2006 Super League season despite damaging his calf muscle in a game against the Warrington Wolves.

Itherther

According to legend, Itherther was a buffalo who existed at the beginning of time, alone with a female calf called Thamuatz.

Jozef Cywinski

He developed several first-on-the market electro medical devices like cardiac pacemakers, train-of-four stimulators, PACS, EMS, TENS and Veinoplus calf pump stimulators.

Konservy

One was introduced by Varlam Shalamov in his tales about Gulag, and it was called "calf" - a younger convict accepted to escape team for food, as a walking piece of meat.

Kyle Benedictus

During the match with the Dumfries club, Benedictus picked up a calf injury and was replaced by Jim Lauchlan.

Lives of the Prophets

When he was born a calf of gold screamed so loudly it was heard in Jerusalem.

Maurice Wilkins

At King's College Wilkins pursued, among other things, x-ray diffraction work on ram sperm and DNA that had been obtained from calf thymus by the Swiss scientist Rudolf Signer.

Melaveh Malkah

The Talmud tells of the household of Rabbi Abbahu, in which they would slaughter a calf at the conclusion of each Shabbat and Rabbi Abbahu would eat one of its kidneys.

Nithing pole

A notable example from 2006 happened when a farmer in Bíldudalur, claiming direct descent from Egill Skallagrímsson, raised a pole with a calf's head attached against another local man with a note attached to the effect that he would not rest until the man was either outlawed or dead.

Ragout fin

After the late-1980s BSE epidemic, the use of calf brain has become unusual even in high-quality Ragout fin.

Roger Ewing

That same year, he appeared as Billy Wallace in the episode "The Calf Women" of CBS's western Rawhide starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood.

Samarian spinel

According to a diary entry of the court physician to the Iranian Shah Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, the King told the physician that the stone once adorned the neck of the biblical golden calf, which the Israelites are said to have made while Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments.

Sholom Secunda

Together with Aaron Zeitlin he wrote the famous Yiddish song "Dos kelbl (The Calf)" (also known as "Donna Donna") which was covered by many musicians, including Donovan and Joan Baez.

Spoonwood

Kalmia latifolia, a North American plant known as mountain laurel and numerous other names emphasizing its poisonous nature, such as lambkill, kill-kid, and calf-kill.

Vishvamitra

"O king, this feast that you have partaken with your kinsmen, has been provided by my calf Nandini (sometimes referred as Sabala), who was gifted to me by Indra. You must know that she is the daughter of Indra's cow Kamadhenu. She provides me with everything I need."

Willenhall, Coventry

The aircraft was a Boeing 737 that was owned and operated by Air Algerie but leased by Phoenix Aviation to undertake a number of live veal calf export flights from the airport.


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