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7 unusual facts about dives


Battle Abbey Roll

In 1866 a proposed list of the Conqueror's followers, compiled from Domesday and other authentic records, was set up in the church of Dives-sur-Mer in Normandy by Léopold Delisle, and is reproduced in the Duchess's work.

Gare de Dives-Cabourg

Dives-Cabourg is the railway station for the towns of Dives-sur-Mer and Cabourg.

Ligne de la Côte Fleurie

After passing Port of Dives-sur-Mer, the line reaches Dives-sur-Mer after passing the only yard of the line, now closed.

The line then proceeds towards Dives-sur-Mer along the Dives and Rue des Bains on a portion of railway line famous for its beauty.

The only point work is situated at Trouville-Deauville station and enables joint operation with the line to Paris and in the yard preceding Dives-sur-Mer which has been mothballed.

Piveteausaurus

MNHN 1920-7 was found by local collector Dutacq in rocks thought to be Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic), of the Vaches Noires cliffs near Dives in Normandy, France, and was after being reported by amateur geologist Cazenave in 1920 acquired by Professor Marcellin Boule for the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.

SU Dives

They are based in the town of Dives-sur-Mer and their home stadium is the Stade André Heurtematte.


1st Canadian Parachute Battalion

Thereafter they were ordered to destroy road bridges over the river Dives and its tributaries at Varaville, then neutralize strongpoints at the crossroads.

By mid-day, and in spite of German resistance, the men of the battalion had achieved all their objectives; the bridges on the Dives and Divette in Varaville and Robehomme were cut, the left flank of the 9th Parachute Battalion at Merville was secure, and the crossroads at Le Mesnil was taken.

Adam's Wall

The renewed conflict in the Middle East feels closer and closer to home, as Yasmine’s life dives into a tailspin when she learns that her mother has gone missing in bombarded Beirut.

Argentine Submarine Force

The Tarantinos, as they were known, served between 1933 and 1960 when the last one, Santa Fe (S-1), was retired after taking over a thousand dives.

Calyptogena magnifica

Calyptogena magnifica was first described by Kenneth Boss and Ruth Turner of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, in 1980, following its discovery during research dives by the submersible vehicle DSV Alvin to the floor of the Pacific Ocean in 1977 and 1979.

Carrick bend

A doubled carrick bend was used to ornamentally secure the lanyards on the breastplate of the US Navy Mark V diving helmet during inspection and between dives.

Eugène Secrétan

Eugène Secrétan, or M.E. Secrétan (1836, Saulx – 1899, Dives-sur-Mer), was a French industrialist and art collector.

Fun in Acapulco

However, after Mike sees the lifeguard perform a number of dangerous dives, including flips and head-first dives into a section of the pool surrounded by a ring of fire, he decides to get even with him and eventually sets himself up to perform a death-defying dive off the 136-foot cliffs of La Quebrada in front of thousands of people.

Kyrenia ship

Having lost the exact position Cariolou carried out more than 200 dives until he re-discovered the wreck in 1967 close to Kyrenia in Cyprus.

Ligne de la Côte Fleurie

The first section was built between Dives-sur-Mer and Houlgate in 1882 as an extension of a railway line from Mézidon-Canon on the main railway line between Paris and Caen.

Lisa's Rival

The film is principally parodied in the scene where Milhouse is at the end of a dam drainpipe and dives into a waterfall when being held at gunpoint by an FBI agent resembling Tommy Lee Jones, who uses the film's famous line "I don't care".

Mercer Girls

However, the New York Herald found out about the project and wrote that all the women were destined to waterfront dives or to be wives of old men.

Owen K. Garriott

Hyperthermophiles were returned from several dives in Russian MIR submersibles to the Rainbow Vents at a depth of 2,300 meters near the Azores in the central Atlantic Ocean.

Red-knobbed Coot

Its main food in most waters however comprises various waterweeds such as species of Potamogeton for which it commonly dives.

South Alberta Regiment

Major David Vivian Currie of the SAR received the Victoria Cross for his actions near Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives, as the allies attempted to seal off the Falaise pocket.

The Elenium

The girl Flute dives into the chasm only to rise out again with the Bhelliom and depositing it into Sparhawk's hands, thereby revealing her true identity as Aphrael, Child-Goddess of Styricum.

The Levee, Chicago

George Little, owned a saloon called Here It Is and ran a combination bar and brothel called the Imperial on Armour avenue, right next to one of Van Bever’s dives.

The Owl Dives Through the Crescent Moon

The Owl Dives Through The Crescent Moon is the second studio album of keyboardist Travis Dickerson.


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