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unusual facts about foo


Cangjie input method

Invented in 1976 by Chu Bong-Foo, the method is named after Cangjie (Tsang-chieh), the mythological inventor of the Chinese writing system; the name was suggested by Chiang Wei-kuo, then Defence Minister of Taiwan.


Caucasian Shepherd Dog

In a series of Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher, Harry Dresden has a "Foo Dog" named Mouse that appears very similar to the Caucasian Shepherd Dog, so much so that a character asks if Mouse is one.

Cedric Foo

From 2001 to 2011, Foo maintained his position as Member of Parliament of the West Coast Group Representation Constituency.

Foo Fighters discography

Following the tour for The Colour and the Shape, Foo Fighters left Capitol and Grohl decided to build a home studio in Alexandria, Virginia wanting a production away from studio interference, given the troubled recording of the previous album led to the departure of Goldsmith and Smear.

Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

The film documents the band's history, and gets its title from a track on the Foo Fighters' seventh studio album Wasting Light.

Foo Kok Keong

Foo Kok Keong (born January 8, 1963 in Gombak, Selangor) is a former badminton star from Malaysia who rated among the world's best singles players from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Foobar

The word foo became very popular in the 1930s, and also appeared in other cartoons including the Looney Tunes cartoons of Bob Clampett such as The Daffy Doc and Porky in Wackyland (both 1938, with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig), and in other comic strips such as Pogo.

Jon Foo

Jon Foo (born Jonathan Patrick Foo, 30 October 1982) is an English actor, martial artist and stuntman of mixed Chinese and Irish descent.

Foo's films were his second lead role in Bangkok Revenge, he appear with Dominic Purcell in Vikingdom and Danny Glover in Extraction.

Learning Perl

Schwartz selected the world of The Flintstones for the examples in this book, giving rise to the somewhat frequent use of Fred and Barney as metasyntactic variables, rather than the classic foo and bar.

Learning to fly

"Learn to Fly", a 1999 song from Foo Fighters' album There Is Nothing Left to Lose

Lee Tung Foo

Lee Tung Foo (also known as Frank Lee) was a Chinese American Vaudeville performer born in California who performed in English, German, and Latin.

Pekingese

Foo Dog, dog breeds originating in China that resemble Chinese guardian lions and hence are also called Foo or Fu Dogs or Lion Dogs.

Save22

The company was founded by Guyi Shen with co-founders Ronald Cheung and Jeremy Foo, the app was originally named Lobangclub.

Shanghai Institute of Visual Art

Guest lecturers and professors include Asia's most renowned actor Jackie Chan, “Michelangelo of Modern Times” fresco artist Rainer Maria Latzke, Beowulf and Spider-Man movie animator Sing-Chong Foo, Japanese manga master Makoto Ogino, the creator of the “Peacock King”, and renowned painters Carlos Morell Orlandis and Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman.

Shar Pei

Foo Dog, dog breeds originating in China that resemble Chinese guardian lions and hence are also called Foo or Fu Dogs or Lion Dogs

Shiflett

Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants, the debut self-titled album from Chris Shiflett, lead guitarist of Foo Fighters

Chris Shiflett (born 1971), lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters

There Is Nothing Left to Lose

For promotion, the label focused on "getting the Foo Fighters brand out there", setting up the band's official website, and arranging appearances on broadcast television and events such as the Gravity Games.

Wong Pow Nee

He was born in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, the son of Cecilia Foo and Wong Ee Chin, a hardworking Hakka timber merchant and building developer of the Catholic faith.

Yu-Foo Yee Shoon

In August 2004, Yu-Foo was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS).

Zhan Shi Chai

Kin Foo, the Chinese wife who accompanied Zhan from China, died in 1871, and Zhan later married Catherine Santley, a Liverpudlian whom he met in Sydney, Australia.


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