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25 unusual facts about the world


1953 NFL season

Meanwhile, a Baltimore, Maryland group headed by Carroll Rosenbloom was granted an NFL team, and was awarded the holdings of the defunct Dallas Texans organization.

Agios Thomas, Boeotia

He served under the command of Gardikiotis at Jamalas Papakostas's insurgency in 1848, at Palaiokastro of Fthiotitha and killed in a clash between government troops and rebels.

AT-5

9M113 Konkurs, a Russian anti-tank missile with the NATO reporting name "AT-5 Spandrel".

Byers

Eben Byers, American socialite and victim of radiation poisoning

Ellis Burks Field

The facility was named after former MLB outfielder Ellis Burks who helped with the funding of the construction of the ballpark.

Finnish Sign Language

Finnish legislation recognized Finnish Sign Language as one of Finland's domestic languages in 1995 when it was included in the renewed constitution.

Friedrich Baethgen

In 1927, Baethgen was appointed second secretary at the German Historical Institute in Rome.

Henry Rolle

His Abridgment des plusieurs Cases et Resolutions del Commun Ley, published at London in 1668, 2 vols.

Ionian Islands under Venetian rule

The currency of the islands during Venetian rule was the Venetian lira, as in Venice.

Jajpur district

Ashokajhar, Chandikhol, Chhatia, Gokarnika, Kuransa, Mahavinayak, Patharajpur, Ratnagiri, Udayagiri, Satyapira, Singhapur, Vyas Sarobar, and Baruneswar Pitha are some of the destinations that attract tourists to the district, and the region's various natural resources support mines and industries.

Lizard Lick, North Carolina

In March 1998 the small town received publicity when Nintendo first released the Nintendo 64 game, "Yoshi's Story" there, with the name of the host town reflecting the Nintendo character Yoshi's ability to extend his tongue over a long distance.

Mainline Airways

According to IRS tax records, Mainline Airways posted a substantial loss in 2003 including $12,000 of call center expenses and forfeiture a $20,000 deposit on an aircraft charter contract.

Malpas Tunnel

The Oppidum d'Ensérune is located on the surface a short distance from the tunnel.

Medicina Internacia Revuo

Medicina Internacia Revuo (initially Internacia Medicina Revuo) is an official organ of Universala Medicina Esperanto Asocio, an organization that gathers physicians, pharmacists and other medics that have a practical knowledge of Esperanto.

Nellie Briercliffe

Briercliffe left the D'Oyly Carte company in January 1918 and appeared in London in the musical comedy Pamela, at the Palace Theatre with Lily Elsie and Owen Nares.

Nepenthes epiphytica

Nepenthes epiphytica is a tropical pitcher plant known only from the Berau and East Kutai Regencies of East Kalimantan, Borneo, where it grows at an elevation of around 1000 m above sea level.

North Wildwood, New Jersey

In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 57.7% of the vote here (987 ballots cast), ahead of both Democrat Jon Corzine with 32.9% (563 votes) and Independent Chris Daggett with 5.7% (98 votes), with 1,711 ballots cast among the city's 3,336 registered voters, yielding a 51.3% turnout.

Oblate spheroid

The oblate spheroid is the approximate shape of many planets and celestial bodies, including Saturn and Altair;

Oncology

Biopsy or Resection; these are methods by which suspicious neoplastic growths can be removed in part or in whole, and evaluated by a pathologist to determine malignancy

Perros-Guirec

Perros-Guirec is where, in Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, a teenage Vicomte de Chagny retrieves young Christine Daaé's scarf from the sea.

Richard L. Crowther

All were the first theaters designed around the Cinerama film technology, with cushioned seats on curving risers.

Vanbrugh College

The southern side, often known as the teaching block, contains offices for the History and History of Art departments plus two lecture theatres.

Werley, Wisconsin

Werley was named after local settler and legislator Gottlieb Wehrle, whose name was pronounced "Werley" by the local residents.

William Donaldson

Donaldson's biographical survey of roguish Britons through the ages, Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics (2002), has been described as "a breathtaking triumph of misdirected scholarship".

You're Never Too Young

Tor Johnson as a Train Passenger (scene deleted but visible on the film's trailer)