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unusual facts about merle


Tours de Merle

The Tours de Merle (English, Towers of Merle) are the ruins of a castle in the commune of Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle, in the Corrèze département of France.


Billy Gilmour

Gilmour married Merle Woods of Montreal and moved to Paris, France before returning to Canada in 1942 to reside in Mount Royal, Quebec, where he lived for the rest of his life.

Candle on the Water

It was also sung briefly by Kristin Chenoweth and an unidentified a cappella group in the dramedy Pushing Daisies in the episode "The Legend of Merle McQuoddy".

Clarence D. Martin

Martin remarried in April 1944, and with his new bride, the former Merle L. Lewis of Spokane, left Cheney and settled in southern California, but were divorced in March 1946.

Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre

The group was formed in 1975 by University of Iowa students Bill Allard, Dan Coffey, Merle Kessler, Leon Martell, and Jim Turner.

Frank Filchock

Alvin J. Paris, a self-styled 'big bettor' on athletic contests, was arraigned on a bribery charge, accused of having offered Merle Hapes and Frank Filchock, Giant backfield men, $2,500 each to agree not to play their best in the championship contest.

Frank Merle

Merle's first feature film was the 2013 psychological thriller The Employer, starring Malcolm McDowell and Billy Zane.

Iowa Highway 28

Iowa 401 ran from the current US 6 / Iowa 28 intersection near Merle Hay Mall to Camp Dodge in Johnston.

Made to Suffer

When Glenn and Maggie unsuccessfully attempt an escape, The Governor orders Merle (Michael Rooker) to execute them.

Marvejols

Following the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, the town walls were reinforced to protect the Huguenot population during the French Wars of Religion, Protestant Capt. Matthieu Merle based himself at Marvejols during his conquest of the Gévaudan.

Merle Hodge

Merle Hodge (born 1944) is a Trinidadian novelist and critic.

Merle Keagle

Merle started to play organized softball at the age of fifteen, and graduated from Tolleson Union High School in 1941.

Merle Randall

In 1932, Merle Randall authored two scientific papers with Mikkel Frandsen: “The Standard Electrode Potential of Iron and the Activity Coefficient of Ferrous Chloride,” and “Determination of the Free Energy of Ferrous Hydroxide from Measurements of Electromotive Force.”

Merle Settlemire

Edgar Merle Settlemire a.k.a. Lefty (January 19, 1903 in Santa Fe, Ohio – June 12, 1988) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Merlon

An alternative etymology suggests that the medieval Latin merulus (mentioned from the end of the 10th century) functioned as a diminutive of Latin merle, expressing an image of blackbirds sitting on a wall.

Outernet

He and Merle's apparent cat (named Googie, code-name Vega), are both members of the "Friends", a group dedicated to resistance of The Tyrant, who leads the FOEs (Forces of Evil).

Phantom of the Megaplex

Joe Pingue as Merle, the theater's head projectionist, even on a simple question he has a habit of saying too complicated techno answer in return.

Silver dapple gene

Several of the mutations known are related to pigmentation: premature silvering in mice, diluted and white plumage in chickens, and the widely known merle dilution in dogs.

Sky Lakes Medical Center

In 1968, the hospital became a member of the American Hospital Association, though it wasn't until the 1970s, that the name was changed to Merle West Medical Center.

The Children's Hour

Its film adaptations, These Three (1936) starring Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, and The Children's Hour (film) (1961), with Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and James Garner.

This Sorrowful Life

Merle later tells Daryl that he finds hypocrisy in handing Michonne over to The Governor, since the group is already angry with Merle for doing the same with Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan).

Toowong, Queensland

In 1965 a protest took place in the public bar of the Regatta Hotel when Merle Thornton (mother of Australian actress Sigrid Thornton) and another woman chained themselves to the bar in protest of public bars in Queensland being restricted to men only.

Vittoria Accoramboni

Her story formed the basis of John Webster's drama, The White Devil, or The Tragedy of Paolo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano (1612), of Stendhal's novella Vittoria Accoramboni (1837-1839), of Ludwig Tieck's novel, Vittoria Accoramboni (1840) and of Robert Merle's novel l'Idole (1987) published in English translation as Vittoria.

Washington Decoded

The site features book reviews and articles by authors, journalists, and scholars including John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, Merle L. Pribbenow, Jeffrey T. Richelson, Sheldon M. Stern, and Holland, many of whose articles published elsewhere are also hosted on the site.

WMYL

In 2006 Ron Meredith and M&M Broadcasting purchased WXJB, WFXY and WANO in Middlesboro, KY, Harrogate, TN and Pineville, KY, immediately spun off WFXY and WANO and changed the call letters to WMYL branded the station as Merle FM and moved it to Knoxville, TN licensed to Halls Cross Roads.


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