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21 unusual facts about the world


Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia

It was created in September 2007, when members of the Islamic Courts Union and Somali opposition leaders met in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, and united to oppose Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the latter's Ethiopian allies.

Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Katja Seizinger led the individual medal table, with two gold medals and a bronze, while Hermann Maier was the most successful male skiier, with two gold medals.

Anita Skorgan

On 17 November 2001 she appeared with her old class mates on the popular Norwegian TV show "Den store klassefesten" (The Big Class Reunion).

Antonella Ruggiero

Pop hits from the band included: “Ma perché”, “Solo tu”, “Per un’ora d’amore”, “Stasera che sera”, “Cavallo bianco”, “Il video sono io”, “Mister Mandarino”, “Ti Sento” and “Vacanze romane”.

Every Time I Die

In 2006, their song "The New Black" was featured as a bonus track in Guitar Hero 2 and also in the PlayStation 3 game MotorStorm.

Geoffrey Scarre

His research focuses on a cluster of topics in applied ethics and moral philosophy broadly construed, including evil, the Holocaust, death, courage, the ethics of archaeology, and utilitarianism, with a special interest in the philosophy of John Stuart Mill.

Global Traffic Network

Global Traffic Network now owns dozens of Robinson R44 helicopters to service affiliate contracts in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe, according the 2007 Rotor Roster, a helicopter industry publication that reports annually on the ownership and registration of rotorcraft.

Hickory, Mississippi

The town is named after Andrew Jackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory," who passed through the area on his way to fight the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

J. McKenzie Moss

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the 58th Congress.

Jean-Jacques Desvaux de Saint-Maurice

Jean-Jacques Desvaux de Saint-Maurice, baron, (26 June 1775, in Paris – 18 June 1815, near Waterloo), was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars.

Jocassee Dam

The dam forms Lake Jocassee, which is fed by the Toxaway, Thompson, Horsepasture and Whitewater rivers, and serves primarily for hydroelectric power generation and flood control.

John Franklin Rixey

He was elected to the 55th and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 8, 1907, before the close of the 59th Congress.

Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

The Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya Line was the first one in Moscow to be built in the time of the new epoch, when contrary to the old time-consuming manual work that produced the most famous stations in the system the De-Stalinization policies of Nikita Khrushchev forced the modernisation and development of new saving techniques.

Michaela

Michaela McAreavey (1983–2011), Ulster Rose of Tralee 2004 and daughter of Mickey Harte

Neil Maskell

It was whilst working on The Wrong Door that Maskell first met Kill List director Ben Wheatley.

Oleg Tistol

At the end of 1988 Tistol and Reunov in cooperation with the curator Olga Sviblova start to exhibit their works in Glasgow, Reykjavík, Helsinki.

Priaulx League

The league has had a number of sponsors over the years, the first being Rothmans International and the current sponsors being FNB International Trustees Limited, a financial institution based in Guernsey.

Robert Stable

He has also held adjunct professor positions at the University of Queensland since 1997, and James Cook University since 2001.

San Martino in Pensilis

San Martino in Pensilis borders the following municipalities: Campomarino, Chieuti, Guglionesi, Larino, Portocannone, Rotello, Serracapriola, Ururi.

TV Brasília

It was founded with the TV and TV Daybreak National extinct in 2007, and the newspaper Correio Braziliense.

Wagner Dream

It is based on legends which Wagner discovered in Eugène Burnouf's 1844 Introduction to the History of Buddhism.