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22 unusual facts about the world


Aitaroun

Families laid flowers and read Quranic verses at the graves on October 23, 2006, which marks the Eid ul-Fitr-holiday.

Alan Heslop

In 1985 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be the Chairman of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement and was reappointed to that position by President George H. W. Bush in 1989.

Alexander Ratiu

Ratiu was born on May 4, 1916, in Scalp Level, Pennsylvania, in the United States, one of the four sons of Elisabeta Chindriş and Grigore Raţiu, immigrants from Romania.

Benoît Costaz

Benoît, baron Costaz (27 February 1761, Champagne-en-Valromey - 13 March 1842, Paris) was a French bishop.

Burnett, Minnesota

Burnett is an unincorporated community in Industrial Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

Carl and Jack Cole

The first Coles Note published was for the French novel Colomba by Prosper Mérimée.

Champions Trophy

Hockey Champions Trophy, an event held by the International Hockey Federation (since 1978)

Don Angier

He was granted the title by Kenji Yoshida, son of Kōtarō Yoshida, a local handyman under whom Angier studied as a teenager.

Foscam

Foscam owns a series models of IP camera, widely used in stores, SME and home.

Gongman

The Muppet Show opening, with Gonzo swinging at the "O" in Muppet Show, and having bad things happen (i.e. breaking the "O" or the gong-beater exploding) might also be a parody.

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

The Mets de Guaynabo are the local women's volleyball team that play in the LVSF, or The Liga de Voliebol Superior Femenino.

Javier Martina

He was a member of the Netherlands U-20 team at the 2007 Toulon Tournament.

Kim Chizevsky

Chizevsky finally unseated six-time defending champion Lenda Murray in 1996, and started a four year reign of her own.

Marsha Harris

As of 2005 she was the University Athletic Association's all-time leading scorer and she was in her third year as a surgical resident at the New York University School of Medicine.

Nikolay Shtelbaums

As a child he was forced to move to Siberia along with his family in 1949, in connection with the Soviet mass deportation project Operation Priboi of more than 90,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians.

Poperratic

Jaye Luckett came to some international attention via her film and television soundtrack work with writer/film director Lucky McKee, with his features the cult favorite "May", as well as The Woods, Masters of Horror: "Sick Girl", and Roman (the latter written by and starring McKee, and directed by fellow frequent collborator Angela Bettis).

Solouk Duo

He was with an Iranian musician, an oudplayer too : Shahram Gholami.

Statutory Instrument

The process of creating of Statutory Instruments is governed by the Statutory Instruments Act 1946.

Tales from Gavagan's Bar

While L. Sprague de Camp never continued the series on his own, an additional Gavagan's Bar story authored by Michael F. Flynn, "The Ensorcelled ATM", appeared in Harry Turtledove's 2005 tribute anthology honoring de Camp, The Enchanter Completed.

Teraz Rock

Bartek Koziczyński has written unofficial biographies of Tool and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Why Can't We Live Together

Later, the song has been covered by many artists, including Mike Anthony (1982), Joan Osborne, Steve Winwood (2003) and Maria Muldaur (2009).

Young Mutley

Woodley obtained his nickname from his father, who was said to laugh like Muttley from the cartoon series Wacky Races.