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27 unusual facts about the world


Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover

Lord Peckover married Eliza Sharples, daughter of Joseph Sharples, a banker, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in 1858.

Brave Warrior

Steve is in love with Laura MacGregor (Christine Larsen), but her father, Shayne MacGregor, is also secretly aiding the British against the Americans.

Canada Border Services Agency

Since the September 11 attacks against the United States, Canada's border operations have placed a dramatic new emphasis on national security and public safety.

Carnegie railway station

myki ticket vending machines, replacing the earlier Metcard machines, are located at the station, and are able to top up cards as well as dispense new cards.

CNR Music

Local success continued well into the 1980s with artists including Stars on 45.

Creech Grange

Lawrence was an ancestor of the first American President, George Washington, and the joint arms of the two families - the famous stars and stripes of Washington's signet ring and the American flag - appear in memorials at Steeple and Affpuddle.

Dance with a Stranger

The theme song "Would You Dance With a Stranger" was performed by Mari Wilson, and provided her with a hit single in the same year.

David's Mother

In the UK it can often be seen on television movie channels True Movies 1 and True Movies 2.

Declaration of the Rights of the Child

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is the name given to a series of related children's rights proclamations drafted by Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb in 1923.

Eccles Avenue Historic District

The district was also later home to notables such as Marriner S. Eccles, a Chairman of the Federal Reserve and co-founder of First Security Bank (Marriner Browning, an original inhabitant of the district was also a founder.)

Edwin Dickinson

In 1949, Elaine de Kooning wrote an article on the painting for ARTnews, illustrated with photographs documenting its progression through various alterations and transformations.

Eleuthera

While offshore Harbour Island and Spanish Wells offer unique experiences, the main island is a destination for those interested in history and nature.

Gardner gun

The Gardner machine gun was invented in 1874 by William Gardner of Toledo, Ohio formerly a captain in the Union army during the American Civil War.

Harry Peacock

During the game against Ireland, Peacock scored a joint try with Swansea's Howie Jones; both men dived for the ball and the referee could not decide on the actual scorer.

Hotel Hollywood

It stars Param Gill, Arsh Singh, Mehr Hassan and Rahul Nath in the lead roles.Param firmly believes that good cinema is possible without spending big bucks and involvement of audience.

IBM ViVA

This kind of technology is highly sought after for scientific computing and is IBM's answer to the vector-based supercomputers pioneered by Cray and that was the basis for NEC's Earth Simulator which was the fastest supercomputer in the world 2002-2004.

Ken Allemann

Ken Allemann is a Karting and race car driver born in Moutier, Switzerland.

Kid Gavilán

In 1951, after beating Tommy Ciarlo twice, once in Caracas, Venezuela, and Hairston once again, he finally became a world champion when he beat Johnny Bratton for the world Welterweight title by a decision in 15 on May 18.

La Lunatica

La Lunatica's earliest appearance shows her working for the Theatre of Pain, an illegal operation led by the villainous Brimstone Love where innocents were captured and tortured as entertainment.

Lebberston

In 1977, to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee, a road race was run from The Ox Inn to The Bull Inn at Gristhorpe.

Lorraine Ziff

As an actress she stars alongside Robert Picardo and Gary Busey in "Mansion of Blood", which originally planned for 2012 is now scheduled for a Halloween, 2013 release.

Peter Alliss Masters

The charity has been going since the 1970s led by its patron, BBC's Voice of Golf, Peter Alliss.

Peter Terrin

Terrin cites Willem Frederik Hermans as an important influence for his minimalist style, and critics have recognized the influence of J. Bernlef in his prose.

Platinnetz

It was created in April 2007 and has its headquarters in Unterhaching, near Munich.

Stefan Bradl

winning the title just five points ahead of his team mate Scott Redding.

Victor Schœlcher

The commune of Fessenheim made from his family's house the Victor Schœlcher museum.

Zero Tolerance for Silence

He has declined to do so, although Geffen quietly allowed it to fall out of print towards the end of the 1990s.