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24 unusual facts about the world


Bill Slayback

In 1973, Slayback recorded a 45-rpm record written by Ernie Harwell called "Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry)." The record captured Hank Aaron's journey in overtaking Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record.

Christoph Soukup

: 5th European Championships (Cross-country), Sankt Wendel (GER)

Edgar Mann

At the 1990 By Election regained his Garff seat and held it until subsequently being re-elevated to the LegCo in 1995.

Emanuel Herrmann

This was taken advantage of by John P. Charlton of Philadelphia, who had his postcards copyrighted on 17 December 1861, yet none of his printed-message cards is known to have been used.

Francisco Ou

He has also been director of the Far East Commercial Office in Santiago, Chile (1975-1981), director of the Taiwan Commercial Office in Argentina (1986–90) and representative for the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Spain (2000–03).

Ghapama

There is an Armenian song about the meal known as Հէյ Ջան Ղափամա (Hey Jan Ghapama), popularized by Harout Pamboukjian.

Global National

In addition to Global's owned-and-operated stations (O&Os), Global National also airs on affiliate CHFD-DT in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and independent station CJON-DT (NTV) in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Groove Squad

Popular teen lingo pervades this feature-length presentation that's packed with humorous detail like flower power hippies, a fully equipped car à la James Bond, and a character who sounds like Austin Powers and Officer Tom Hanson.

Henryk Minkiewicz

There he joined the Medical Faculty of the Jagiellonian University and, simultaneously, Faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts.

Hindu milk miracle

By noon the news had spread beyond India, and Hindu temples in the United Kingdom, Canada, UAE, and Nepal among other countries had successfully replicated the phenomenon, and the Vishva Hindu Parishad (an Indian Hindu organisation) had announced that a miracle was occurring.

Hope This Finds You Well

All songs written by Further Seems Forever except "Say it Ain't So" by Rivers Cuomo and "Bye Bye Bye" by Andreas Carlsson, Michael Lundin, Carl Kristian, Marcus Schulze, and Jacob Ivar Bertilson.

KCMO-FM

In August of 1989, after playing "Don't Wanna Lose You" by Gloria Estefan, KCPW flipped to "Oldies 95" with the third use of the KCMO-FM call sign acquired days before the switch.

Kokot

Kokot, Poland, a village in Gmina Kije, Pińczów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

Lay Down Sally

Marcella Detroit, co-writer of the song, has covered the song twice, first as a B-side to her 1994 single "I'm No Angel", in which it is sung in a much slower tempo than the original, and secondly on her 2006 album The Upside of Being Down, in a version more similar to the original.

Mister Bones

At some point after Infinity, Inc. disbanded, Mr. Bones became Director of a local branch of the U.S. Department of Extranormal Operations (D.E.O.), and as a D.E.O., Director Bones has had numerous interactions with the operations of the superhuman community.

Mus of Kerbridge

Mus of Kerbridge was first published in the United States in May 1995 by TSR, Inc. in paperback format.

Navajo Nation Police

All officers are issued Glock 22 40 Cal. side arm, expandable baton, handcuffs, bulletproof vest, pepper spray and portable radio linked to a central dispatch.

Neuropsychopharmacology

The output of the SCG, stimulates NE receptors (β) in the pineal gland which produces N-acetyltransferase, causing production of melatonin from serotonin.

QEP

Quadratic eigenvalue problem, a special case of nonlinear eigenproblem in mathematics

Relief Society

Since April 2012, the General Relief Society Presidency has been composed of Linda K. Burton, President; Carole M. Stephens, First Counselor; and Linda S. Reeves, Second Counselor.

Tax protester arguments

Some protesters have claimed that statutes enacted by the United States Congress pursuant to its constitutional taxing power are defective, invalid (see e.g., the Irwin Schiff quote below), or that the statutes are misapplied by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the courts, lawyers, CPAs, law professors, and legal experts generally, and that the tax "protesters" are not liable for tax under the law (see below).

Through the Eyes of the Dead

TTEOTD has been touring extensively supporting the release of Skepsis w/ many national acts including Suffocation, The Faceless, Decrepit Birth, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Otep, Bury Your Dead, Chelsea Grin, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Impending Doom, Whitechapel, Born Of Osiris, Periphery, and Greeley Estates to name a few.

Tim Schulz

In 1983, he was a part of the U.S. team which finished 0-2-1 at the Pan American Games.

Yecapixtla

Some of the most important occur on New Year’s Day, Candlemas, Holy Week, especially Maundy Thursday, Day of the Holy Cross (May 3), feast of John the Baptist on 24 June, Day of the Dead and the posadas leading up to Christmas.