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29 unusual facts about the world


Afghanistan National Television

The original channel was launched in 1974 along with its sister channel, RTA.

Alan Stewart of Darnley

Following his father's death at the Battle of the Herrings in 1429 during the Siege of Orléans, Darnley inherited his father's titles of the Lordships of Aubigny and Concressault, but not his County of Évreux.

Ana María Stekelman

In 1976, 1978 and 1990, she was invited to participate in the American Dance Festival.

Andrew McNair

The records of the American Philosophical Society record that on March 22, 1768, the Society contracted McNair to make the fires, light and extinguish candles, and keep its meeting room clean, for four shillings a night.

August Spies

Spies was to stand trial with three others (Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden and Oscar Neebe), separated from the "Monday Night Conspirators” (Louis Lingg, George Engel and Adolph Fischer), the more extreme defendants alleged to have attended a planning meeting in the Greif’s Hall basement the night before the bombing.

Barnard E. Bee, Sr.

His grandson Carlos Bee was elected and served as a US Congressman from Texas.

Best Love Song

The concept of the video, as well as the battle sequences depicted in the video, is a direct reference to the "battle of the bands" segment from the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Engagement Game Lab

The Engagement Game Lab is an applied research lab at Emerson College, which develops and studies the effects of games as they apply to civic engagement.

Gwawl

Gwawl, son of Clud, is initially mentioned in the first of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, when Rhiannon tells Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, who wishes to marry her, that she is intended for Gwawl.

Hooghly district

Chandannagar became the base of the French and the city remained under their control from 1816 to 1950.

James Siena

He was impressed by the “very independent, visionary spirit” of Alan Saret, who took him to the scrap yard and taught him about working with metal.

Jeffrey Ford

Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955 in West Islip, New York) is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery.

John Du Cane

He made thirty-four films between 1972-75 during a brief period of activity in which he was associated with the London Film-Makers' Co-op.

Jonah Lotan

Lotan was born Yair Lotan in Jerusalem, Israel, on July 3, 1973, and grew up in Jerusalem and the U.S. state of New York.

Jug in the form of a Head, Self-portrait

During the November and December of the previous year he had lived with van Gogh in Arles.

London Buses route 23

Radio presenters Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo discussed if the number 23 bus route was in fact more interesting than the movie The Number 23 staring Jim Carrey.

Mego

Mego Corporation, a toy company that produced action figures during the 1970s and early 1980s

Miranda Cosgrove Summer Tour

The Miranda Cosgrove Summer Tour was a mini-tour by American entertainer Miranda Cosgrove in July and August 2012.

NFL Special

Cecil Martin is the primary guest analyst during the regular season from September to December, and Jeff Reinebold typically takes over from Martin during the playoffs.

Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of Russia

Princess Irene Feodorovna (born 7 May 1934 in Fontenay, France); married 1st Biarritz 23 December 1955 (divorced 1959) Andre Jean Pelle (born Biarritz 29 November 1923); married 2d Le Pin 26 December 1962 (divorced) Victor-Marcel Soulas (born Saint-Méen-le-Grand 26 August 1938).

Rockall Basin

At the northern end, the channel is bounded by the Wyville-Thomson Ridge, named after Charles Wyville Thomson, professor of zoology at the University of Edinburgh and driving force behind the Challenger Expedition.

She Gods of Shark Reef

It was shot in two weeks back to back with Naked Paradise, with Corman only taking one day off in between.

Springtime for Thomas

Springtime for Thomas (also known as Springtime for Tom) is a 1946 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 23rd Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby.

Stephen Carlton Clark

The Stephen Clark Fund, established in 1960 with a bequest from his estate, supports scholarships and stipends given at the discretion of International House.

Tommy Reamon

From 2006 until early 2008, Tommy Reamon was employed coaching high school football at Gloucester High School in Gloucester County in the Virginia's Middle Peninsula region at the northern edge of Hampton Roads.

Transport in Cologne

Their development originated in the work of architects and urban designers such as Karl Henrici, Josef Stübben and Fritz Schumacher as well as former Cologne mayors Hermann Heinrich Becker and Konrad Adenauer.

Wam Kat

As child Wam was a longtime member of the Boy Scouts and founded the local branch of the World Wild Life Rangers, the youth organisation of World Wide Fund for Nature.

William Walmsley

The name "Jaguar" appeared as "SS Jaguar" in 1935 after Walmsley had left the company and later after World War II the company was renamed as Jaguar Cars to avoid unfavourable connotations of the SS initials of the Nazi Party.

World's Biggest Bookstore

Although it retains the name today, the Guinness Book of World Records lists a Barnes and Noble outlet in New York City as the world's largest bookstore based on floor space, although Powell's Books of Portland, USA is usually considered the largest based on shelf-space.