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30 unusual facts about the world


2011 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana

It was the tenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour.

Alex B. Mahood

He designed the Women's Dormitory at the West Virginia University in Morgantown, United States Steel Building in Gary, Skyway Drive-In Theater in Brush Fork, the Deco-Style Mercer County Courthouse (1930-1931) in Princeton and the Guyan Theater in Logan.

Alfred Pringsheim

In 1878 he married the Berlin actress Gertrude Hedwig Anna Dohm (1855–1942), whose mother was the famous Berlin advocate of women’s rights Hedwig Dohm (1831–1919).

Atagün Yalçınkaya

Atagün Yalçınkaya (born December 14, 1986 in the Altındağ district of Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish boxer in the bantamweight (54 kg) division best known for winning the silver medal in the light-flyweight category at the 2004 Olympics.

Boann

Boann challenged the power of the well by walking around it counter-clockwise; this caused the waters to surge up violently and rush down to the sea, creating the River Boyne.

Boris the Bear

Starting in July 1986 and created by James Dean Smith and Steve Mattsson, Boris the Bear was the second title published by Dark Horse Comics.

Brunost

In January 2013, the Bratli Tunnel at Tysfjord was damaged when a lorry load of caramelised brunost caught fire.

Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat

Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat (11 September 1906, Amnéville – 9 January 1974) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Eleazar ha-Kappar

The frame-head bears the inscription:
"זה בית מדרשו שהלרבי אליעזר הקפר"
("This is the Beth midrash houses of learning of Rabbi Eliezer ha-Kappar")

Francis Cramer-Roberts

Cramer-Roberts was born in Armagh in 1840, his father being a retired colonel in the army, who was appointed Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary.

Geevarghese Chediath

He was the Vice Rector (1970-1973) and later Rector (1993-1996) of St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum.

George Robert Ainslie

He made a specialty of Anglo-Norman coins, and travelled all over England, and, what was then a more uncommon thing, all over the rural districts of Normandy and Brittany, in search of coins.

I Just Wanna Party

"I Just Wanna Party" is the second single of American rapper Yelawolf's album Trunk Muzik 0-60.

Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War

Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War is the title of an influential book by English surgeon Wilfred Trotter, published in 1916.

Jillian Ellis

Ellis was hired by United States Soccer Federation as the interim coach of United States women's national soccer team, following an early departure of Pia Sundhage, in October 2012, for the head coach position of Sweden women's national football team.

Kung Fu Killers

He talks to actors such as Angela Mao, Stuart Whitman and George Lazenby - who were all making movies in Hong Kong at the time - and fights Carter Wong twice.

Lois Baxter

Other appearances include: The Black Stuff, Spyder's Web, Within These Walls, Hadleigh, Z-Cars, Doctor Who (in the serial The Androids of Tara), Dickens of London, All Creatures Great and Small, Bergerac, Dempsey and Makepeace, Holby City and The Bill.

Nicole Stoffman

She subsequently appeared in the CTV television series Learning the Ropes in 1988-1989.

Parting Shots

In a hostile overview of Winner's films, Christopher Tookey claimed "Parting Shots is not only the most horrible torture for audiences that Winner has ever devised. It is also profoundly offensive, even by Winner standards".

Paso de los Toros

In Uruguay, Pepsi manufactures a Paso de los Toros soft drink named after the city.

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

It contains such important ballads as The Ballad of Chevy Chase, The Battle of Otterburn, Lillibullero, The Dragon of Wantley, The Nut-Brown Maid and Sir Patrick Spens along with ballads mentioned by or possibly inspiring Shakespeare, several ballads about Robin Hood and one of The Wandering Jew.

The Broken Jug

In 1803, challenged over his ability to write comedy, Kleist dictated the first three scenes of the play, though it was not completed until 1806.

The Can-Am Express

On May 21, Dan Kroffat surprisingly won the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship from Masanobu Fuchi which culminated in a feud between the two junior heavyweights.

The Way You Look Tonight

"The Way You Look Tonight" is a song featured in the film Swing Time, originally performed by Fred Astaire.

Union Automatic Revolver

It was designed by Charles F. Lefever (US Patent 944448, 1909) and manufactured by the Union Firearms Company of Toledo, Ohio.

Vflyer

, operator of the vFlyer.com website, is a Web 2.0 company founded by Aaron Sperling and Oliver Muoto in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Viscounty of Léon

These conflict over authority in Léon continued down to the reign of John II.

WUVC-DT

As the years went on, stronger programming became more difficult to find, and WKFT moved toward more paid programming (though it did briefly serve as the over-the-air home of the Carolina Hurricanes).

You're the Apple of My Eye

"You're the Apple of My Eye" is a song written by Otis Blackwell and initially recorded and released as a single in 1956 by The Four Lovers, the precursor to The Four Seasons.

Zechs Marquise

By fall of 2006, Zechs was touring the west coast consistently, sharing the stage with such eclectic acts as Daedelus, Busdriver, The Album Leaf, DJ Nobody, Daddy Kev, The Gaslamp Killer, and Totimoshi.