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28 unusual facts about the world


103 Colmore Row

Designs for the building were first publicised in 1964 and it was remarked that it had drawn inspiration from the University of Pittsburgh by Louis Kahn.

Amenhirkhopshef

Amun-her-khepeshef (died c. 1200), the firstborn son of Pharaoh Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari.

Brent Liles

He appeared on Social Distortion's 1983 classic debut Mommy's Little Monster before leaving the band on New Year's Day 1984, with the band's drummer Derek O'Brien.

British Rail Class 931

When TOPS class numbers were applied, these units mostly retained their existing numbers as the last three digits of their new TOPS class number.

Charles Konig

On the completion of this work he became assistant to Dryander, librarian to Joseph Banks.

Due Process Clause

Many non-originalists, like Justice Byron White, have also been critical of substantive due process.

Eccles Avenue Historic District

The district was also later home to notables such as Marriner S. Eccles, a Chairman of the Federal Reserve and co-founder of First Security Bank (Marriner Browning, an original inhabitant of the district was also a founder.)

El amor después del amor

Fabiana Cantilo: (vocals on "Dos Días En La Vida" and "Brillante Sobre El Mic")

Estadio Nuevo Vivero

Nearly seven years later, on 2 September 2006, the Spanish national team returned to the Estadio Nuevo Vivero and beat Liechtenstien 4-0 in a qualification group match for the UEFA Euro 2008.

Fernando Buesa

The sports arena of the Vitoria-Gasteiz Baskonia basketball team, which was formerly known as Araba Arena, was renamed Fernando Buesa Arena following his death.

Hai Rui

A play based on his career, Hai Rui Dismissed from Office, gained political importance in the 1960s, during the Cultural Revolution.

Ilam, Staffordshire

His son, John Charles Watts-Russell, moved to New Zealand in 1850 and built another Ilam Hall.

Ilse von Alpenheim

Starting from 1944 she studied with Winfried Wolf in Kitzbühel and, from 1946 to 1949, with Franz Ledwinka at the Mozarteum at Salzburg.

Interbang

In the UK the show was broadcast on The Children's Channel in the late 1980s and on the Terrestrial Channel ITV.

Italo Cappabianca

He was diagnosed with brain cancer in the summer of 1999 and underwent an experimental gene therapy treatment at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.

Joseph Cuschieri

From 2003 to 2008 he served with Karmenu Vella and Evarist Bartolo as spokesperson for tourism, Air Malta, and hotels.

NeoEdge Networks

NeoEdge was originally founded in 2002 by Steven Woods, Jeromy Carriere, Kelly Slough, Dave Simons, and Michael Babiak, former Netscape and America Online employees, under the name "Kinitos".

Parke County, Indiana

The architects for this building were Thomas J. Tolan and his son Brentwood of Fort Wayne; they designed seven Indiana courthouses, as well as several in Ohio, Iowa, Illinois and Tennessee.

Petersfield, Jamaica

The town was founded in the 18th century and named after Peter Beckford, a slave owner who settled the Roaring River Estate.

Rohan Master

The Rohan Master is the name given to an anonymous French book illuminator active in the first half of the 15th century, after his main work, the Rohan Hours.

Rusty Torres

(The relocated Texas Rangers would finally return to the nation's capital for an interleague series in 2008.)

Ruth Flowers

Her first gig was in front of a crowd of celebrities such as Lenny Kravitz and Mariah Carey, during the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, at the Villa Murano.

San Gabriel Dam

The dam appears in the 2001 action/war film Behind Enemy Lines, starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman, and is set in southern Bosnia.

Scabdates

"Concertina" (most likely from a 2005 show, as Adrián Terrazas-González, who began performing live with the band in 2005, can be heard playing saxophone)

Setebos

Robert Browning's poem Caliban upon Setebos describes the musings of Sycorax's son, Caliban, on the god.

Stefan Kindermann

Kindermann, graduated in 1996 with a Master of Neuro-linguistic programming, and also works as a personal coach and trainer.

Tourism in Ontario

Recent marketing campaigns include the ‘There’s No Place Like This’ song performed by local artists Molly Johnson, Brian Byrne, Keshia Chante, Tomi Swick, Alex J. Robinson, Toya Alexis, Justin Hines, the Arkells and the Aline Morales Band.

TSP-1

Thrombospondin 1, a protein that in humans in encoded by the THBS1 gene