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70 unusual facts about single


2001–02 Celtic League

The top four teams from each group proceeded into the knock-out phase until a champion was found.

2004 Copa do Brasil

The competition was played by 64 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.

2005 Copa do Brasil

The competition was contested by 64 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.

2007 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The first three stages were two-legged knockout matches, but the clubs of the groups C, D, E and F did not play the third stage.

2008 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The competition was contested by 32 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.

2011 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The competition was contested by 32 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds will be played over two legs and the away goals rule will be used, but in the first three rounds, if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least three goals, the second leg will not be played and the club will be automatically qualified to the next round.

2012 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The competition is contested by 32 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds will be played over two legs and the away goals rule will be used, but in the first three rounds, if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least three goals, the second leg will not be played and the club will be automatically qualified to the next round.

Breasted

Single-breasted, garment such as coat or jacket with one column of buttons

Cass Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

The 1957 Cass Township, high school football team exclusively used single-wing offense, now referred to as "wildcat" .

Delray, Detroit

Much of Delray consists of riverfront industries, interspersed with residential properties, mostly single-family and duplex houses.

Demodulation

This method will decode both AM and SSB, although if the phase cannot be determined a more complex setup is required.

Elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament, in which a player is eliminated after losing to a single opponent

İncili Çavuş

His fıkras (jokes) were collected by Süleyman Tevfik (Zorluoğlu) at the first time in the early Republican period.

Intraoral Camera

While other digital SLR cameras are useful, IOCs are best used chairside to show the patient a clear picture of the inside of their mouth, allowing the dentist to consult them on various treatment options, and save the images directly to a patient’s file.

KTM Class 81

All Komuter EMUs operate in multiple-unit formation, running from overhead single-phase 25 kV AC 50 Hz catenary supply, with two driving cars and 1 - 3 trailer cars in between.

KTM Komuter

All Komuter EMUs operate in multiple-unit formation, running from overhead single-phase 25kV AC 50 Hz catenary supply, with two driving cars and 1 - 3 trailer cars in between.

Magic bullet theory

Single-bullet theory, a theory relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy

Microsoft International Soccer 2000

Friendly games are non-competitive, leagues provide round-robin and knockout events, while the competitions category contains a variety of competitions such as the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Football Championship.

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan

The court held that the single-sex admissions policy of the Mississippi University for Women violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

National Launch System

A NASA history from 1998 offers that reusable Single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) rockets and space planes such as the DC-X and X-33 seemed attainable and represented smaller, simpler alternatives to the sprawling Shuttle program.

Newton Hall

Most of the housing was built in the 1960s, 70s and 80s and is mainly 2 and 3 bedroomed Detached and semi-detached houses, along with some 1 and 2 bedroomed flats.

Reaction Engines Limited

The company conducts research into space propulsion systems, centred on the development of the Skylon re-usable SSTO spaceplane.

Science Realm

Science Realms predecessor Science Dawn was a classified program to build a rocket-launched supersonic horizontal-take off horizontal-landing (HOTOL) SSTO spaceplane.

Semi-pro

"Semi-pro" cameras, typically film and digital SLRs marketed mainly to high-end enthusiasts and budget-minded professionals — see also prosumer (in the sense of "professional consumer")

Shcramjet

A Shock-Induced Combustion Ramjet Engine (abbreviated as Shcramjet; also called Oblique Detonation Wave Engine (ODWE), or simply referred to as Shock-Ramjet Engine) is a new concept in airbreathing ramjet engines, proposed to be used for hypersonic, as well as, single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) propulsion applications.

Single domain

Single-domain antibody, an antibody fragment consisting of a single variable domain

Single stage

Single-stage-to-orbit, a vehicle which reaches orbit from the surface of a body without jettisoning hardware

Single-board

Single-board microcontroller, a microcontroller pre-built onto a single printed circuit board

Single-board computer, a complete computer built on a single circuit board

Single-board computer

SBCs also figured heavily in the early history of home computers, for example in the Acorn Electron and the BBC Micro.

Single-chain variable fragment

Single-chain variable fragments lack the constant Fc region found in complete antibody molecules, and, thus, the common binding sites (e.g., Protein G) used to purify antibodies.

These fragments can often be purified or immobilized using Protein L, since Protein L interacts with the variable region of kappa light chains.

Single-dealer platform

HTML5 has now become the technology of choice for SDPs, after vendors such as Microsoft and Adobe Systems, who previously promoted their own technologies, moved to support the new standard.

By the end of the decade the use of Java applets started to declined sharply, in favor of rich Internet application (RIA) technologies such as native web applications, Flash and Silverlight.

Single-entry

Single-entry matrix, a matrix where a single element is one and the rest of the elements are zero

Single-entry bookkeeping system, a method of bookkeeping relying on a one sided accounting entry to maintain financial information

Single-frequency

Single-frequency network, a broadcast network where several transmitters simultaneously send the same signal over the same frequency channel

Single-frequency signaling, line signaling in which dial pulses or supervisory signals are conveyed by a single voice-frequency tone in each direction

Single-frequency network

Single-carrier frequency-domain-equalization (SC-FDE), i.e. single-carrier modulation combined with guard intervals and fft based frequency domain equalization, or its multi-user version Single-carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA).

Single-grain

Single-grain experiment, an experiment carried out at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from May 1907 to 1911

Single-issue politics

Single-issue politics may express itself through the formation of a single-issue party, an approach that tends to be more successful in parliamentary systems based on proportional representation than in rigid two-party systems (like that of the United States).

Some examples of single-issue parties are the party formed to protest against the increase in politician wages, the Bloc Québécois party in Canada, formed to call for the separation of Quebec, and the Party for the Animals, which gained two seats in the Dutch parliament in 2006.

For instance, in the New South Wales state election, 1999, candidate Malcolm Jones received just 0.2% of the primary vote, but achieved the quota of 4.5% required to win a Legislative Council seat after receiving preferences from a wide range of minor parties (including both the 'Gun Owners and Sporting Hunters Rights Party' and the 'Animal Liberation Party'); MLC Lee Rhiannon accused many of these parties of being nothing more than fronts.

Single-line

Single-line working, the practice of using one track out of two on a double track railway

Inflatable single-line kite, one of the few modern inventions in the world of kite design

Single-molecule FRET

It is an application of FRET wherein a single donor and acceptor FRET pairs are excited and detected.

Fluorescence signal is detected either using ultra sensitive CCD or CMOS cameras for wide field microscopy or avalanche photodiodes for confocal microscopy.

Single molecule FRET measurements are typically performed on fluorescence microscopes, either using wide field or confocal geometries.

Single-molecule magnetic sequencing

After the RNase cleavage of the last six nucleotides, the next step is phosphorylation of the 5'-end via Kinase.

Single-phase generator

Neckarwestheim I in Neckarwestheim is a unique nuclear power plant in that it is equipped with high-capacity single-phase generators to supply Deutsche Bahn railway with specific AC voltage at frequency of 16 2/3 Hz.

The station takes water from elevated Lake Walchensee to drive eight turbines that drive the generators.

A power station at Safe Harbor Dam in Pennsylvania provides power generation for both public utilities and for Amtrak railway.

Single-photon emission computed tomography

Kim de Gelder was on trial for the murder of 2 infants and one nanny in 2009, which is known as the Dendermonde nursery attack.

Single-precision floating-point format

However, float in Python, Ruby, PHP, and OCaml and single in versions of Octave prior to 3.2 refer to double-precision numbers.

Single-serve coffee containers

Paper coffee pods such as those used in Easy Serving Espresso Pod or Senseo machines have the benefit of being a fully biodegradable product that can decompose naturally, while plastic and metal capsules such as those used in Keurig or Nespresso machines either aren't recyclable, or require additional processing to separate the plastic/metal container from the organic waste products.

Single-subject

Single-subject research, a group of research methods that are used extensively in the experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis

Single-subject rule, a section present in many state constitutions within the United States of America

Single-subject design, a research design in which the subject serves as his/her own control

Single-subject rule

These amendments are often put into bills at the last minute, so that any representative who may read the legislation before actually voting on it will not have a chance to catch it.

Single-use zoning

Single zoning and urban sprawl have also been criticized as making work–family balance more difficult to achieve, as greater distances need to be covered in order to integrate the different life domains.

Single-vault station

In the Saint Petersburg Metro all single-vault stations are deep underground, for example Ozerki, Chyornaya Rechka, Obukhovo, Chkalovskaya, and others.

Single-window system

Among these are the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and its Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), World Customs Organisation (WCO), SITPRO Limited of the United Kingdom and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Single-wire earth return

Lloyd Mandeno OBE (1888-1973) fully developed SWER in New Zealand around 1925 for rural electrification.

It operates at 80 kV, and was originally installed on special lightweight fiberglass poles that formed an A-frame.

In 1981 a high-power 8.5 mile prototype SWER line was successfully installed from a diesel plant in Bethel to Napakiak in Alaska, United States.

Single-word modifier

Adverb, a word which modifies a verb, adjective, or other word or phrase

Grammatical modifier, a word which modifies another element of the phrase or clause

SMED

Single-Minute Exchange of Die, one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in a manufacturing process.

Split-single

Italian engineer Giovanni Marcellino arrived at the main factory of Puch in Graz to wind up operations.

Vivitar

The company's product line has included 35 mm SLR cameras, zoom lenses, flashes, binoculars, digital cameras, night vision products, point-and-shoot cameras, tripods, underwater cameras, and other photographic accessories.


2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships

The 2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships involved 21 schools playing in a round robin followed by a single elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCRHA Division I college roller hockey.

2010 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

Trailing 2-1 and down to their last strike in the 12th inning, Jackie Bradley, Jr. singled home the tying run and following a walk to pinch-hitter Jeffery Jones, Brady Thomas lined the first pitch he saw up the middle for a walk-off RBI single.

Another Dumb Blonde

The single is also featured on the soundtrack of the 2000 Nickelodeon theatrical film, Snow Day and was also featured in the film itself.

Breaking Atoms

(***) - This song, depending on the release, is slightly different from the single version/The Brand New Heavies album Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 version in that it is approximately 1 minute longer and the organ noise is less prominent

Calling All the Monsters

"Calling All the Monsters" is the second single released from the soundtrack A.N.T. Farm (2011), for the television series of the same name on Disney Channel.

Can U Dig It?

"Can U Dig It?" is a popular single by British Grebo band Pop Will Eat Itself, released in 1989 from the bands second album This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! and it peaked at #38 in the UK Charts.

Chicago 16

The single would also be included in its lengthier form "Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away" (featuring the hard rocking 'Get Away' tag) on the "Summer Lovers" movie soundtrack.

Chūnin

The release was announced at on June 9, 2013 during a release event for the band's latest single "Te o Tsunagō / Kindan no Karma", held at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Ruefer Square Grand Stage (in Kanagawa Prefecture).

Cold Rock a Party

The original version of the song that appeared on the album was produced by Jermaine Dupri and sampled Audio Two's "Top Billin", the single version featured Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, was produced by Sean Combs and Rashad Smith and sampled Diana Ross' 1980 hit "Upside Down".

Daniel Victor

He later followed that with the second single "The World is Darker" featuring Melissa Auf der Maur (of The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole and Auf der Maur), and then the driving rock song "Where We Are" featuring Rob Dickinson of the UK band, The Catherine Wheel.

Dave DeBusschere

In 22 career at bats, he had only one hit, a single off Bennie Daniels on July 17, 1963.

Distraction

Multitasking could also be considered as distraction in situations requiring full attention on a single object (e.g. sports, academic tests, performance).

Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary

Ira Robbins of Trouser Press lauded the band's single releases as "classy trash", noting that on the better tracks of the album, Tenpole Tudor's "good humor and rock energy are undeniably infectious".

Ettore Petrolini

In a single evening, Petrolini once earned four thousand lire.

Fairey Firefly II

: Single-seat fighter prototype, powered by a 480 hp (360 kW) Rolls-Royce Kestrel piston engine.

Favourite Things

The single follows the same basic tune of the original song, and focuses on typically expensive and glamorous objects that the women of the group are wanting, such as diamonds, rubies, expensive cars such as Bentleys and designer clothes such as Gucci.

Feedforward neural network

This very recent result can be found in Peter Auer, Harald Burgsteiner and Wolfgang Maass "A learning rule for very simple universal approximators consisting of a single layer of perceptrons".

Ferrari 275

A 275 GTB/4 N.A.R.T. Spyder version was only available from a single American dealer, Luigi Chinetti.

Fit But You Know It

The music video for the single has a cameo of the cast of The Football Factory which includes Danny Dyer and Frank Harper.

Flowers in the Rain

During the single's chart success, most of the money went to the Spastics Society and Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

Frauen dieser Welt

On the single, which features a shot of the Rottweil concert as the cover, the name of the band is stylised as Die Toten H♀sen.

Geoffrey Darks

Not usually a productive batsman, with six single-figure scores in his eight innings (albeit three of those not out), he did however make 39 against Cambridge in the same match in late June 1950 in which he took his final wicket, that of David Sheppard.

Giovanni Mazone

His single signed and dated work, Noli me tangere was probably produced at about the same period as his triptych of the Nativity.

Greetings from Imrie House

It contains singles "Just the Girl", "Catch Your Wave" and "Say Goodnight" and an iTunes single, "Pop Princess".

He Went to Paris

It was first released on his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean and was his fourth and final single from that album.

Kilpi

The band's first album, Sähkönsinistä Sinfoniaa, was released on May 28, 2003, some months after their first single, Nerokasta Ikävää.

KPXO-TV

Due to limited feed abilities, KPXO is not available over-the-air or on cable in many other areas of the state; as a result, the "Big Island" of Hawaii at one point received Ion and its predecessor networks via KLEI (channel 6), even though the entire state of Hawaii is a single television market.

Kristy McNichol

The album included the single "He's So Fine" (a cover of The Chiffons' 1963 hit), which peaked at #70 on the Billboard chart.

Mind of a Toy

The music video for the single was directed by former 10cc members Godley & Creme, who had branched out into video production by that time.

Missä miehet ratsastaa

"Missä miehet ratsastaa" is also the first single release from the forthcoming album Myrskyntuoja.

Monkey Swallows the Universe

The band also released a single from the album, Little Polveir, a song named after a racehorse which was an unlikely winner of the British Grand National.

Mr. America

Harmon Mister America, 1970s American single-seat light sports aircraft

My Own Private Amsterdam

"Frankfurt" is the first single released from the album, and has had airplay on New Zealand radio station The Rock

No More Rhyme

"No More Rhyme" (Atlantic 88885; Atlantic Japan 09P3-6165) is the eighth single from American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson, and the third from her second album Electric Youth (LP 81932).

Notoliparis antonbruuni

It was described in 2005 from a single poorly preserved specimen collected in 1966 from the hadal zone off Callao, Peru.

Ooh It's Kinda Crazy

The song was originally released in 1998 as an independent single when the band was known as Indecision.

Phyllanthus emblica

According to Hindu tradition, Adi Shankara of Kerala composed and recited the Kanakadhara stotram in praise of Mahalakshmi to make a poor Brahmin lady get wealth, in return for a single amla presented to him as bhiksha on an auspicious dwadashi day.

Russell Beardsmore

He did not feature in a single competitive game when United won the first Premier League title in 1992–93, and at the end of the season signed for Bournemouth on a free transfer.

Searching For Heaven

After the single, the band, with Steve Hopkins as the only member of the line-up and Hannett rejoined on bass, released with John Cooper Clarke the album Zip Style Method, in 1982.

Steve Rushton

His first major boost of his career was with Disney Channel's original series The Suite Life on Deck to which he sang the opening theme, "Livin' the Suite Life" Shortly after, he released his first single "Emergency" which was included in the soundtrack for the Disney movie, Race to Witch Mountain.

String Driven Thing

Singer Kim Beacon, guitarist Andy Roberts and bassist James Exel joined the band, with Roberts and Exel collaborating for much of the songwriting, including the single "Cruel To Fool" produced by Shel Talmy.

Tennessee Railroad

In 1991, American country music band The Desert Rose Band filmed part of their music video for the single "You Can Go Home" at the Tennessee Railroad Museum.

Terror Twilight

The style of the recordings was similar to those found on the compilation At Home With The Groovebox ("Robyn Turns 26" and "Watch Out!"), the B-sides of the Spit on a Stranger single ("Rooftop Gambler" and "The Porpoise And The Hand Grenade"), and the demo version of "Major Leagues" found on the Major Leagues EP.

The Man with All the Toys

As a single that year it had limited success (No. 6 on the Billboard Christmas chart), but built sales over successive Christmases and is listed by Billboard in the Top 100 selling Christmas songs in history, though well below the Beach Boys' 1963 Christmas single "Little Saint Nick".

The Way I Rock My Clothes

"The Way I Rock My Clothes" is a single released by Hip-hop artist/Producer Funkghost.

The Winner's Song

The video itself is a parody of Leona Lewis' video for her debut single, "A Moment Like This", and the box art of the single is a parody of The Meaning of Love, the debut album from Michelle McManus, who won the second series of Pop Idol in 2003.

Tim Harkness

On April 17, 1964, Harkness led off for the Mets in the bottom of the first inning and had a single off of Bob Friend in the third inning to become the first Mets player to bat and the first to get a hit in the team's first game played at Shea Stadium as part of a 4–3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Velvet Acid Christ Vs Funker Vogt: The Remix Assault

"The Remix Assault" (aka "The Remix Wars Vol. 4" and "The Remix Wars: Strike 4 - Velvet Acid Christ vs. Funker Vogt") is an aggrotech maxi by Funker Vogt and Velvet Acid Christ, released in 1999.

Who's Zoomin' Who

"Who's Zoomin' Who" is a single performed by Aretha Franklin and released in 1985, from the album of the same name.