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17 unusual facts about silver


Austrian euro coins

This is mainly done as a legacy of old national practice of minting Gold and Silver coins.

Austria has a large collection of euro commemorative coins, mainly in Silver and Gold, but they also use other materials (like Niobium for example).

Cake Like

Its members were bassist and lead singer Kerri Kenney-Silver (under her then maiden name Kerri Kenney), drummer Jody Seifert and vocalist and guitarist Nina Hellman.

Cryptic bat rabies

Silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) and Eastern pipistrelles (Pipistrellus subflavus) are the two most common bat species associated with this form of infection, though both species are known to have less contact with humans than other bat species such as the Big brown bat.

It is not well understood why most, but not all, cases of cryptic bat rabies can be traced to Silver-haired bats and Eastern pipistrelles, but it is believed that the strain of rabies virus in these species is particularly virulent.

Donata Rimšaitė

She got a Silver at the Women’s Final of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup 2010, held in Medway.

Kim Jerray-Silver

Jerray-Silver became a firefighter and was among the first on the scene at Edgware Road during the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

Long Lye

They include the Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia), of which the valenzia form has been found, Purple Hairstreak (Quercusia quercus) and Marbled White (Melanargia golathea).

Noisy Friarbird

Molecular study shows its closest relative to be the Silver-crowned Friarbird within the genus Philemon.

North Perrott

These sheltered glades provide favourable climatic conditions for butterflies including Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) and Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia).

Palisades State Park

Silver was discovered shortly downstream in 1886, prompting a short-lived silver rush but the ore was found to be low quality.

Perranporth

They are also a valuable resource for wildlife with many rare plants and insects including Cornwall's largest colony of the Silver-studded Blue a Red Data Book species.

Silver-backed Butcherbird

It is almost identical to the Grey Butcherbird (C. torquatus) of which it considered by some authorities to be a subspecies, C. torquatus argenteus.

Silver-banded whiting

The silver-banded whiting is known only from a single island in the Western Central Pacific; Lumbucan Island in Palawan, a province of the Philippines.

Silver-washed Fritillary

The main larval food plant of the species is the common dog violet Viola riviniana.

Stefano Miceli

In December 2008 Miceli received a Silver Medal by the President of the Republic of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano and he's the recipient of the Bravo Award 2012 in New York.

Sunraycer

Aside from the driver, the single heaviest element in the car was the Hughes battery pack that utilized silver-oxide batteries.


2012 Melbourne Storm season

For the Round 12 clash with the Brisbane Broncos They wore a special silver V with purple camouflage jersey.

Akdeniz University

Azize Tanrıkulu (born 1986), 2008 Olympic silver medalist and European champion Turkish female taekwondo athlete

Alexandra Proklova

In her first JGP event in Košice, Slovakia, she won the silver medal with a total score 3.97 points less than gold medalist Karen Chen.

Barbara Pike

She was awarded silver medals by Kirstenbosch in 2000 and 2004, gold medals in 2002 and 2006.

Ben Lilly

He died at eighty, on December 17, 1936, on a ranch in Pleasanton, near Silver City, New Mexico and is buried in the historic Memory Lane Cemetery in Silver City.

Beppe Ciardi

The author of landscapes characterised by a symbolic interpretation of nature that won the esteem of critics, he was awarded the Fumagalli Prize in Milan (1900), a gold medal in Munich (1901) and a silver medal in San Francisco (1904).

Brigitte Guibal

She also won a silver medal in the K-1 event at the 2000 European Championships in Mezzana.

Brooke Haven

Haven made her silver screen debut in the mainstream feature horror, Detention, directed by Joseph Kahn.

Carcross, Yukon

Silver mining was promoted nearby in Conrad, Yukon in the early 1900s, but there was little to be found and mining efforts soon ended.

Crescent Porter Hale

1909 also saw publication of the first novel written about Bristol Bay, The Silver Horde by Rex Beach, and Cress Hale was assumed to be its inspiration.

Distinguished Service Order

The medal signifying its award is a gold (silver-gilt) cross, enamelled white and edged in gold.

Edward Moulton

He trained many well-known track and field athletes from the 1880s through the 1910s, including the original "world's fastest human," Al Tharnish, and Olympic medalists Alvin Kraenzlein (four gold medals in 1900), Charlie Paddock (two gold medals and one silver in 1920), Morris Kirksey (one gold and one silver in 1920), George Horine (bronze medal in 1912), and Feg Murray (bronze medal in 1920).

EMD E5

This equipment was used in the production of the 1992 film A League of Their Own, and for the 2006 film Flags of Our Fathers, E5 9911A Silver Pilot was used with 4 stainless steel passenger cars relettered to resemble the Zephyr trainset.

Erika Kasahara

She won the silver medal in the women's flyweight (-49 kg) class at the 2010 Asian Taekwondo Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Ferdinand Hirzegger

A natural track luger, he won the silver medal in the men's singles at the 2001 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Stein an der Enns, Austria.

Forgotten Silver

Roscoe, Jane/Hight, Craig (2006): Forgotten Silver: A New Zealand Television Hoax and Its Audience. In: Juhasz, Alexandra/Lerner, Jesse (eds.) (2006): F is for Phony. Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, p. 171-186.

Furness Hoard

The Furness Hoard is a hoard of Viking silver coins and other artefacts dating to the 9th and 10th Century that was discovered in Furness, Cumbria, England in May 2011 by an unnamed metal detectorist.

Genevieve Woo

Woo owns Vintage Bunny, an online jewellery store specialising in modern handmade and authentic vintage jewellery, created using natural stones, pearls, Balinese silver and Austrian crystals.

Henry H. Mauz, Jr.

His foreign awards include the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, the Canadian Meritorious Service Cross, and the French Ordre National du Mérite.

Hog calling

In "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey", by P.G. Wodehouse the Empress of Blandings misses her first keeper, Wellbeloved, when he is sent to jail for a spell; her pining is worrisome to her owner (Lord Emsworth), with the big show approaching, until she is pepped up by James Belford's hog calling techniques, returning to her trough with enough gusto to take her first silver medal.

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

His sisters Jocelyne and Monique, both born 1989 (twins), both won silver medals with Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and are currently both forwards with the women's NCAA team at the University of North Dakota.

Just Sylvia

The Cherry Sisters, Rhonda Fleming, George Grantham, Sherilyn Huffman, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell: Backing Vocals

Kylie Minogue filmography

1988 - Won a Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress and a Gold Logie for being notable for the performance in Neighbours at the Logie Awards/Logie Awards of 1988, both for Neighbours (1985).

Lakeshore Catholic High School

In addition to this the Lakeshore Catholic Concert and Jazz bands are always ranked highly at festivals and competitions, the most recent of which is the attaining of a Gold level Standing in the regional Golden Horseshoe Festival and A Silver standing at the National MusicFest Canada Competition.

Mackenzie Bent

With partner Garrett MacKeen, she is the 2013 Canadian national junior silver medalist and finished 5th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Madison Kocian

Kocian's senior career started in 2013, at the Secret U.S Classic, held at the Hoffman Estates, Illinois, where she placed 7th all-around but managed a silver on the bars, scoring 14.450.

Marc-André Moreau

In 2004, he won a World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec and he picked up a silver medal at the 2005 moguls world championships in Ruka, Finland.

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

A silver version of this car features in the television series The Cape, driven by Summer Glau in the second episode.

Mint julep

These mint juleps were served in gold-plated cups with silver straws, and were made from Woodford Reserve bourbon, mint imported from Ireland, spring water ice cubes from the Bavarian Alps, and sugar from Australia.

Mohammad Bagheri Motamed

He won the gold medal in the featherweight division (-68 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Olympic Silver Medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

Pierre Kaan

On 12 May 1948, the official journal of the French Government announced that Kaan had been posthumously decorated with Knight of the Legion of Honour, Medal of the Resistance with Rosette, War Cross with silver palm.

Piet Pieterszoon Hein

In 1628, Admiral Hein, with Witte de With as his flag captain, sailed out to capture a Spanish treasure fleet loaded with silver from their American colonies and the Philippines.

Poeville, Nevada

John Poe, a professional promoter from Michigan allegedly related to Edgar Allan Poe, discovered rich gold and silver veins in 1862 on the slopes of Peavine Mountain.

Portobelo, Colón

From the 16th to the 18th centuries, it was an important silver-exporting port in New Granada on the Spanish Main and one of the ports on the route of the Spanish treasure fleets.

Rasmus Thrane Hansen

At the World Games in 2013 he placed fourth in the middle distance, an won a silver medal in the mixed relay with the Danish team.

Răzvan Florea

In the summer at the Mare Nostrum meets, he won 6 gold medals and 2 silver medals (in Monaco, Canet, Barcelona and Rome), which earned him second place in the general circuit ranking.

Risley Park Lanx

The Risley Park Lanx is a large Roman silver dish (or lanx) that was discovered in 1729 in Risley Park, Derbyshire.

Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards

The Litchfield Park, Arizona division was founded in 1980, and is responsible for granting the Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards, awarding scholarships, honouring industry veterans at the Silver Circle Celebration, conducting National Student Television Awards of Excellence, and operates a free research and a nationwide job bank.

Ryan Mitchell

At the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Mitchell finished fifth in the 200m breaststroke and then won silver at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, behind fellow Australian Simon Cowley, who won both breaststroke events.

Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota

Silver Creek is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota, United States.

Silver Lake, Missouri

Silver Lake is an unincorporated settlement in Saint Mary's Township in Perry County, Missouri.

Strandby

The hoard consists of 365 items, including a silver Mjölnir pendant, and about 200 coins, including 60 Danish coins, dated to the period of Harald Bluetooth (including the rare korsmønter) and German coins, dated to the period of Otto I and Otto III, placing the hoard to the very end of the 10th or the very beginning of the 11th century.

The Last Horror Movie

2004 - Espoo Ciné - Méliès d'Argent, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver - Winner

The Silver Key

"The Silver Key" is a song by the symphonic metal band Dark Moor.

Tomáš Kobes

He also won a silver and a bronze in the same event at the European Championships.

Travancore

The official flag of the state was red with a dextrally-coiled silver conch shell (Turbinella pyrum) at its centre.

Universal Energy Corporation

Klees also received the single biggest contribution to his campaign to run as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario from OPTUS Capital Corporation owned by Silver.

Vasilisa Davankova

At their second event, in Zagreb, Croatia, they took the bronze and qualified for the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where they won the silver medal behind Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin.

Willy Polleunis

Willy Polleunis (born 27 December 1947) is a retired long-distance runner from Belgium who won the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the 1973 European Indoor Championships, behind his clubmate Emiel Puttemans.