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28 unusual facts about the world


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Ethelred II becomes king of England at age 10, following the assassination of his half-brother King Edward the Martyr.

Alfred Rowland Chetham-Strode

In 1873 Chetham-Strode resigned the duties of Resident Magistrate in Dunedin, and in 1882 he returned to England, and settled at Norwood, where he engaged in philanthropic works.

Alfred William Alcock

Alcock sailed to India in 1886 and served in the north-west frontier with Sikh regiment and Punjab regiments.

Azteca Theater

Known as the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, Cantinflas, Pedro Infante, María Félix, Agustín Lara, Pedro Vargas, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Pedro Armendáriz, Antonio Aguilar and José Alfredo Jiménez were among the luminaries seen at the Azteca Theater.

Buffalocomotive

The long distance sessions culminated in 13 previously unreleased tracks with audio mastering by Geoff Pesche and Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

California oaks

California Oaks — an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in February at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, California.

Dale Morningstar

Morningstar has provided record production, mixing, and engineering for countless musicians over the years including Gordon Downie, Julie Doiron, Neko Case, Thrush Hermit, Tristan Psionic, The Cowboy Junkies, Yat-Kha, Barenaked Ladies, hHead, The Inbreds and Kyp Harness.

Golden line

The English fascination with the golden line seems to trace back to Bede.

Jennifer Mnookin

She grew up in Berkeley and Palo Alto, California, and attended Harvard College, where she was an editor for The Harvard Crimson.

Joyce Patricia Brown

She gave false names including "Ann Smith" and "Billie Boggs" (after Bill Boggs, a former local television talk show host in New York City), later claiming in court that she gave the false names to try to hide herself from her sisters.

Khaz'al al-Ka'bi

British influence in southern Persia mainly derived from the relationships which had been established between the British government and various tribal leaderships, including especially Khaz'al and the Bakhtiari khans, and also, though less importantly, the Qawāmis of Shiraz and many of the minor khans of the Persian Gulf littoral.

L'Affaire Louis' Trio

His most lyrically ambitious project was L'Affaire Louis' Trio's fourth album, Mobilis in Mobile (1993) a concept album based on the character of Captain Nemo, from Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

Malmskillnadsbron

It takes the street Malmskillnadsgatan over Kungsgatan ("The King's Street") flanked on its east side by two Art Deco towers called Kungstornen ("The King's Towers").

Marketing Nutrition

Marketing Nutrition is a book that examines the intersection of consumer psychology, nutrition, and business and which is written by Cornell professor and current Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Brian Wansink.

Marxdorf

Garncarsko (German: Marxdorf), a village of Sobótka municipality, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg-Winnental

Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg-Winnental (Stuttgart, February 27, 1689 – Dubno, September 25, 1709), son of Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental and Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was a volunteer in the army of Charles XII of Sweden and a devoted friend to the king.

McCall Corporation

Its name was changed to Rosie in 2001 as part of a partnership with then-talk show host Rosie O'Donnell to capitalize on the success of Oprah Winfrey's O: The Oprah Magazine for the Hearst Corporation.

Mother Fish

A defining feature of Mother Fish is that it was shot in a similar style to Lars von Trier's Dogville, by setting all the action entirely within the sweatshop.

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

Unlike previous games in the series, the game was developed by Bigbig Studios and it's the first game in the series not to be released on the PlayStation 3.

Norma Bengell

Earlier that same year, she caused major controversy after appearing nude in a scene of the Ruy Guerra film Os Cafajestes.

Personal contract purchase

There is a Finance & Leasing Association Arbitration Scheme in the UK if there is a subsequent dispute.

Rocky Mountain Front

In the 1940s, planners considered building the Alaska Highway along the Rocky Mountain Front in British Columbia and Albert but ultimately decided on a coastal route.

Roy Stanley

In April 2008 it was announced that Roy Stanley was to be the new Chairman of Business Link North East.

San Lorenzo, Ecuador

It is joined by a narrow gauge rail to the city of Ibarra in the Highlands and for many years it was an important port for the export of balsa wood and tagua.

Shaun Udal

With the continuing unavailability through injury of Ashley Giles, Udal started the 2006 season in contention with Monty Panesar for Englands spinning berth.

Sinosauropteryx

Hurum, Luo, and Kielan-Jaworowska (2006) identified two of these jaws as belonging to Zhangheotherium and the third to Sinobaatar, showing that these two mammals were part of the animal's diet.

The Mystery of the Blue Train

The novel was televised in 2006 as a special episode of the series Agatha Christie's Poirot, and was aired by ITV on 1 January starring David Suchet as Poirot, Roger Lloyd Pack as Inspector Caux, James D'Arcy as Derek Ketterling, Lindsay Duncan as Lady Tamplin, Alice Eve as Lennox and Elliott Gould as Rufus Van Aldin.

Wright Amendment

In 1997, a law authored by Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama modified the Wright Amendment to allow flights to Alabama, Kansas, and Mississippi.