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30 unusual facts about the world


2014 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2014 Copa Libertadores Femenina will be the sixth edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, CONMEBOL's premier annual international women's football club tournament.

Andrzej Adamek

He coached Górnik Wałbrzych in First Polish League (actually First Polish League is the second after the PLK).

Anura Tennekoon

He made the highest score and only half-century of his ODI career during this match, making 59 runs off 96 deliveries before being bowled out by Warren Stott.

Bill and Bobbie Irvine

Bobbie Irvine was born Bobbie Barwell in Oudtshoorn, South Africa, while Bill Irvine, born William, was from Low Craigends in Kilsyth.

Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School

M. Damodaran, Chairman of IIM-Trichy and Former Chairman of SEBI

Carpenters for Christmas

They chose the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Blue Mountain, Mississippi to highlight the problem of church destruction, and in December 1964, with national media attention, the church was rebuilt with volunteer labor and donated materials.

Cecropin

Cecropins isolated from insects other than Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth) have been given various names; bactericidin, lepidopteran, sarcotoxin, etc.

Christopher Rheinlander Robert

Christopher Rheinlander Robert (Brookhaven, Long Island, New York, 23 March 1802, Paris, France, 28 October 1878) was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Robert College later known as Boğaziçi University.

Eleanor Everest Freer

Eleanor Everest was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Cornelius Everest and Ellen Amelia (Clark) Everest, and studied singing in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi and composition with Benjamin Godard.

Emu Field, South Australia

There are now stone monuments at the ground-zero points, which can be visited by tourists (with the written approval of the RAAF Woomera Test Range who now control access to the area), though the location is still extremely remote (see Anne Beadell Highway).

Goli Rezai Rashti

Goli Rezai-Rashti (Persian: گُلی رضایی رشتی) is an Iranian-born Canadian educational sociologist and professor at The University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn

Gruffydd now allied himself with Ælfgār, son of Earl Leofric of Mercia, who had been deprived of his earldom of East Anglia by Harold Godwinson and his brothers.

Heinrichshöhe

The mountain was named after Count Henry Ernest (Heinrich Ernst) of Stolberg-Wernigerode, who had a peatworks established on the Heinrichshöhe in 1747.

Henry Morrison

Henry Clay Morrison (1857–1942), American evangelist and Asbury College president

Holsteinborg Castle

Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, 7th Count of Holstein, who served as Council President in the early 1870s, owned Holsteinborg from 1836 to 1892.

House of Romanov

As a former leader of the anti-Godunov party and cousin of the last legitimate Tsar, Filaret Romanov's recognition was sought by several impostors who attempted to claim the Rurik legacy and throne during the Time of Troubles.

Isaac Pollack House

It is one of approximately one hundred National Register-listed locations citywide and one of four on Monument Avenue, along with the old YMCA, the Engineers Club of Dayton, and the now-destroyed Hanitch-Huffman House.

Jamy Ian Swiss

He also served as head writer and associate director for The Virtual Magician starring Marco Tempest, which aired in 45 countries; created, produced and performed in the Discovery Channel documentary, Cracking the Con Games; and has consulted on feature films including The Fantasticks.

Labu Komuter station

Located between a village and a large palm oil estate, the station previously served KTM Intercity train services from 1903 to 1995 and now primarily serves Rawang-Seremban Line KTM Komuter train services, but located along a four-lane railway (two acceptance routes at both ends and two basic routes in the middle), the station is also in charge of managing railway switches and supports a small railway staff.

Moderato

Moderato Wisintainer (1902–1986), a Brazilian footballer who played in the first FIFA World Cup

Motor Cycle News

Cyril Quantrill was an employee of Motor Cycling under famous editor Graham Walker, learning his trade both pre and post-war.

Old Haileyburians

List of people educated at Haileybury, Melbourne for a list of old boys of the school in Melbourne

Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya

The song Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya was filmed in a set built as a replica of the Sheesh Mahal in the Lahore Fort, in the Mohan Studios.

Sakanaction discography

Sakanaction currently have two albums certified gold by the RIAJ, Documentaly (2011) and Sakanaction (2013).

Sir Thomas Alston, 5th Baronet

Sir Thomas Alston, 5th Baronet (c. 1724 – 18 July 1774) was an English Baronet and Member of Parliament.

Stefan Jäger

Stefan Jäger (May 28, 1877 in Tschene/Torontál – March 16, 1962 in Jimbolia/Hatzfeld, Romanian Banat) was a painter known for his depiction of and deep identification with the Danube Swabian community to which he belonged.

The Hobos

Vilnis Krieviņš went back to play with the legendary Latvian hard rock band Līvi.

Vika and Linda

Their big musical break came in 1988 when Joe Camilleri took the girls into The Black Sorrows as backing singers - this is when the girls profile was raised.

Zhang Tang

Another son, Zhang Anshi, was noted as having received a promotion after Zhang Tang's death.

Zhetikara

Zhetikara is a terminal of the railway side line leading to the station of Tobol which is located on the railway between Kartaly and Astana.