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27 unusual facts about the world


2012 Supercopa Argentina

The 2012 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 1st edition of the Supercopa, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions.

Aikaterini Stefanidi

Her personal best, 4.51 m, achieved in July 2012 at Livermore, California, is the Greek under-23 record.

Álex Erazo

Nicknamed el Paleta, Erazo started his career at third division side Los Angeles from San Luis Talpa and joined premier division side Alianza three years later.

B. J. Symons

Symons played professionally for the Houston Texans and the Chicago Bears of the NFL, the Frankfurt Galaxy and Berlin Thunder in NFL Europe, and the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League.

Baderban

The village people are Shi'a Muslims and some of the people of this village are descendants of Musa al-Kadhim.

Before Their Eyes

The name of the band is taken from the New Testament verse Romans 3:18: "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

Britwell

Britwell was one of a number of London County Council estates built at the time, with other estates in places including Langley and Swindon.

Buena Vista, Michigan

It was named to commemorate Zachary Taylor's then recent victory at the Battle of Buena Vista.

CHOMBEC

These have included 'Vaughan Williams, Hardy and the Ninth Symphony' (spring 2008), 'Rubbra Revived: Sinfonia Sacra and Beyond' (Spring 2008), 'The Sounds of Stonehenge' (autumn 2008), 'Celebrating George Dyson' (spring 2007), and 'Robert Pearsall - Bristol's Forgotten Composer' (autumn 2006).

Deng Yingchao

However, they adopted several orphans of "revolutionary martyrs", including Li Peng, later a Premier of the People's Republic of China.

Dethick Manor

In 2008, the present day, Dethick Manor Farm is owned by the television presenter Simon Groom.

Duvvuri

Duvvuri Subbarao Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Andhra Pradesh and present Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

Frank Fahy

Fahy qualified as a barrister in 1927 at King's Inns, Dublin and also taught at the Christian Brothers school in Tralee.

Gerbitz

Gerbitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Gran Passeig de Ronda, Lleida

It stretches from Plaça d'Europa towards Avinguda de l'Alcalde Areny on the bank of the river Segre, by the Pont Nou.

Isyaku Rabiu

Isyaku's religious upbringing influenced his development as a young man, as a youth, he embraced Islamic scholarship and was popularly known as a Mallam.

Julie...At Home

Julie...At Home was an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3152 as a monophonic recording in 1960, and later in stereo under catalog number LST-7152 the same year.

KSJT

KSJT-FM, a radio station (107.5 FM) licensed to San Angelo, Texas, United States

La Asunción

An interesting display in the museum is a sculpture of the tyrant ruler Loe de Aguierre who had terrorized the islanders during 1561; this event is featured in the picture titled Aguierre, the wrath of God produced by Warner Herzog with Klaus Kinski in the lead role.

Leon Greene

His films include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), The Devil Rides Out (1968, in which he was dubbed by Patrick Allen), The Squeeze (1977), Flash Gordon (1980) and several Carry On comedies.

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

The LMDC was funded through the disbursement of Community Development Block Grants-amounting to $2.783 billion—approved by the federal government in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and resultant destruction of much of lower Manhattan's economic and structural base.

Nubian vault

The age-old Nubian vault technique was notably revived by the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy in the 1940s with the building of a new village at Gourna, near Luxor.

Oldroyd Publishing Group

Oldroyd Publishing Group is a print and website publishing company based in Lytham St Annes, England.

Porndogs: The Adventures of Sadie

Heidi Fleiss as Fluffy: a prostitute dressed in purple and pink boas who befriends Sadie on a street corner.

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández is a 2007 American documentary film that investigates the murky killing of Esequiel Hernández Jr by US Marines.

Woody Pirtle

Over the next 10 years, the firm created identity programs and marketing materials for Baylor University Medical Center, The Dallas Museum of Art, T.G.I. Friday's, Dallas Opera, Diamond Shamrock Corporation, National Gypsum, Centex Homes, Gerald D. Hines Interests, Simpson Paper Company and NCR, to name a few.

Y Garn

Y Garn is Welsh for the cairn or the rock and is the name of several hills in Wales.