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3 unusual facts about leaves


The Man with the Child in His Eyes

Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves' Eyes) recorded the song in 2012 for her solo album Libertine.

The Sick-Leaves

Jacobsz, who grew up in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, South Africa had an interest in music from very early on in his life.

Four singles were submitted to campus radio and all four reached the SA Top 10 chart on Tuks FM and all four reached the UJFM Top 20.


1690 in art

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer leaves France for England, where he produces a series of decorative panels for Montagu House, Bloomsbury.

Acklins ground iguana

Like all Cyclura species the Acklins ground iguana is primarily herbivorous, 95% of which from consuming leaves, flowers and fruits from 7 different plant species such as seaside rock shrub (Rachicallis americana), and erect prickly pear (Opuntia stricta).

Ampelography

Ampelography (ἄμπελος, "vine" + γράφος, 'writing') is the field of botany concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines, Vitis spp. Traditionally this has been done by comparing the shape and colour of the vine leaves and grape berries; more recently the study of vines has been revolutionised by DNA fingerprinting.

Anatrachyntis terminella

The larvae have been recorded in deserted nests of wasps of the Polistes genus, galls on flower buds of Acacia binervata, egg sacs of the spider Nephila edulis as well as dead insects and dead leaves.

Anthanassa texana

The larvae feed on the leaves of various low-growing plants of the acanthus family, including Diciliptera brachiata, Jacobinia carnea, Beloperone, Siphonoglossa and Ruellia species.

Apamea anceps

The larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of various grasses, including Poa annua and Dactylis glomerata.

Bal Mithai

and neighbouring Kumaon Hills, along with another local delicacy, Singhauri, which is another preparation of flavoured khoya, and comes wrapped in oak leaves.

Bánh phu thê

Bánh phu thê (literally "husband and wife cake") is a Vietnamese dessert made from rice with mung beans stuffing wrapped in a box made of pandan leaves.

Beauty for Sale

When she leaves, she discovers her hat has been chewed up by Mrs. Smallwood's Pekingese.

Burrata

The finished burrata is traditionally wrapped in the leaves of asphodel, tied to form a little brioche-like topknot, and moistened with a little whey.

Carpinus betulus

The leaves provide food for some animals, including Lepidoptera such as the case-bearer moth Coleophora anatipennella.

Connecticut shade tobacco

The former president of U.S. operations for Davidoff, a Swiss maker of luxury goods including premium Cuban cigars, praised Connecticut shade tobacco as "A nice Connecticut wrapper" and "…very silky, very fine. From a marketing point of view, it is considered at the moment to be one of the best tasting and looking wrappers available" in a Cigar Aficionado article on why the world's best cigars use Connecticut tobacco wrapper leaves.

Dichotomic search

Some dichotomic searches only have results at the leaves of the tree, such as the Huffman tree used in Huffman compression, or the implicit classification tree used in Twenty Questions.

Durianella

The fungus was originally collected in a jungle in Kemaman, Trengganu (Malaysia), on 24 June, 1932, where it was found growing on soil buried in leaves at a river's edge.

Epipompilus insularis

insularis females hunt, usually in sunshine for retreat-making spiders in the concealed places where female spiders retreat to, such as rolled dead leaves; hollow plant stems; flax bushes; dead rolled fronds of tree-ferns; the abandoned cocoons of the bag-moth Liothula omnivora; deserted galleries of wood-boring beetles; and even the empty hatched galls of the moth Morova subfasciata in Muehlenbeckia australis and beneath loose bark on tree trunks.

Frank Spitzer

Spitzer's first academic appointments were at the California Institute of Technology (1953–1958), but most of his academic career was spent at Cornell University, with leaves at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Mittag-Leffler Institute in Sweden.

Indoor bonsai

Serissa: This is a delicate flowering plant with tiny leaves that can grow indoors year round.

Interstate 44 in Texas

US 287 leaves the concurrency as a freeway to the west while Spur 325 leaves the interchange towards the northeast providing access to Sheppard Air Force Base and Wichita Falls Municipal Airport.

Labrador tea

The Pomo, Kashaya, Tolowa and Yurok of Northern California boiled the leaves of Western Labrador Tea similarly, to make a medicinal tisane.

Leafcutter ant

In addition to feeding the fungal garden with foraged food, mainly consisting of leaves, it is protected from Escovopsis by the antibiotic secretions of Actinobacteria (genus Pseudonocardia).

Lynn Picknett

Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) leaves his seat to join Sophie (Audrey Tautou) at the back of the bus, and Picknett and Prince are seen sitting on the left.

Madame Aema 10

This time in the Madame Aema series, Aema leaves her husband, tired of his demanding ways.

Marcescence

Examples of plants for which the marcescent leaves have been confirmed to improve survival, help water balance, or protect the plant from cold injury are Espeletia schultzii and Espeletia timotensis, both from the Andes.

Maya Lahan

Because a GPS tracker was placed on Maya, Lucas leaves her body behind.

Mazi sou

She leaves her home for Alexandroupoli in Greek Thrace as her destination to meet her boyfriend who serves the local army unit.

Moringa drouhardii

Neither the seeds (rich in edible oil and floculating proteins) nor the leaves (that can be eaten as green vegetables) are traditionally used in the Atsimo-Andrefana Region (southwestern Madagascar) despite their significant benefits.

Mostar Round-Trip

A year after 17-year-old Yuval leaves home in Israel to attend the United World College in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, filmmaker David Fisher, his father, follows.

Mycena minirubra

The mushroom was originally found growing on the fallen leaves of Elaeocarpus dentatus, a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family.

Ogden Avenue

ends when U.S. Route 34 leaves Aurora at the intersection of U.S. Route 34 and U.S. Route 30 on the border of Aurora; Montgomery, Illinois; and Oswego, Illinois.

Panch pallava

These five leaves used are generally from trees esteemed in Hindu belief, such as the kalamb, rui, agada, and umbar.

Papaya King

In the Seinfeld episode "The Movie", Kramer leaves the movie ticket line, where he was saving spots for Jerry, Elaine, and George, to get a hot dog from Papaya King.

Pendennis

Pen, heartbroken, leaves home to study at St Boniface's college in Oxbridge.

Pinus massoniana

Leaves are used to give special smoke flavor to a local black tea, such as Lapsang souchong of Fujian province.

Populus tremula

It can be distinguished from the closely related North American Populus tremuloides by the leaves being more coarsely toothed.

Pseudatemelia flavifrontella

Like their relatives, they appear to be adaptable and have been recorded on such diverse foodstuffs as dead plants, dry leaves, dried insect specimens and even feathers.

Pustertal

East of Sillian, the Pustertal leaves the Peradriatic Line (which moves into the Gailtal valley) and turns to the northeast towards Lienz.

Rhogogaster chlorosoma

The nocturnal larvae are polyphagous, feeding on the leaves of a variety of woody and herbaceous plants, mainly Sorbus, Quercus robur, Salix, Corylus avellana, Stellaria, Filipendula ulmaria, Alnus glutinosa, Rubus and Populus.

Sergio Fachelli

Fachelli leaves the group to enroll himself as a bassist under singer Raphael's chorus.

Speed King

After the second verse, Gillan leaves the stage, and the improvised guitar-keyboard battle between current keyboardist Don Airey and current guitarist Steve Morse is played.

Star Over Bethlehem

Having a mind of its own, it leaves whatever master it has and manages to wander through Judea.

Straken

The elf-girl Khyber Elessedil, however, manages to stow away on the Druid airship before it leaves for Paranor.

Thank You, Jeeves

After a falling-out concerning Bertie's relentless playing of the banjolele, Jeeves leaves his master's service and finds work with Bertie's old friend, Lord "Chuffy" Chuffnell.

The One with Rachel's Date

Having initially declined an offer to join Ross at Central Perk for a coffee, Rachel changes her mind, but then notices he is getting acquainted with Mona (Bonnie Somerville), whom he met at Monica and Chandler's wedding, and leaves, unseen.

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Inspired by Sherlock, Jr., Hellzapoppin', and Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, it is the tale of a film character who leaves a fictional film of the same name and enters the real world.

The Tibetan Dog

In this film, a young boy named Tenzing leaves for Tibet after his mother passes away to live with his Father in the prairies and encounters a true friend in form of a golden Tibetan Mastiff.

Tobacco industry in Malawi

As of 2005, Malawi was the 12th largest producer of tobacco leaves and the 7th largest global supporter of tobacco leaves.

Vangueria

The bacteria are identified as Burkholderia, which is a genus that is also found in the leaves of other Rubiaceae species.

Viscotoxins

They belong to plant thionins, and are produced from the leaves and stems of the European mistletoe (Viscum album).

Waldo's Last Stand

When the floor show ends, Spanky asks Froggy why he wouldn't buy a drink and the latter responds, with a Popeye-the-Sailor voice, that he doesn't have any money and that it's to hot in the barn; he then leaves.

X-Factor Investigations

During the "Divided We Stand" storyline, Rahne, after a confrontation with Jamie about her leaving, Rahne reveals that she has seen herself murder Jamie and Layla Madrox on their wedding night, and not wanting to kill Layla upon her return from the dystopian future, leaves the team and joins X-Force.


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