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28 unusual facts about the world


Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.

Scientists at Chugai discovered an erythromycin-derived motilin agonist called Mitemcinal (aka GM-611 or 3'-N-dimethyl-11-deoxy-3'-N-isopropyl-12-O-methyl-11-oxo-8,9-didehydroerythromycin.) Mitemcinal was believed to have strong prokinetic properties, similar to its parent molecule, but lack antibiotic properties.

Conductance

Thermal conductivity, the ability for temperatures to transmit through materials

Darío Husaín

Darío Husaín (born May 2, 1976 in Haedo Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer currently is a free agent.

Emad Burnat

On February 19, 2013, he and his family were detained at Los Angeles International Airport, when customs officials refused to believe his reason for entry.

Eugène de Beauharnais

Oman, Carola Napoleon's viceroy, Eugène de Beauharnais London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966.

Faith Soloway

She studied theater at Indiana University and performed improv comedy regularly, along with leaving school to tour with Second City.

Francis Pott

In the same year and in the same columns his oratorio A Song on the End of the World, named after a Czesław Miłosz poem from Nazi-occupied Warsaw and written as the last pre-millennial Elgar Commission of the Three Choirs Festival at Worcester, was hailed as "thrilling, apocalyptic and profoundly affecting".

Gavrail Panchev

His newest work, Biography of Aleko Konstantinov in three volumes is assessed by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as the best research on the life of the prominent Bulgarian social and literature figure.

H. Otley Beyer

His first years in the Philippines were spent as a teacher in the Cordillera Mountains on Luzon island, home of the Ifugao people.

Idiophone

In the early classification of Victor-Charles Mahillon, this group of instruments was called autophones.

Jeff Chapman

Jeff Chapman aka Ninjalicious (1973–2005), deceased Canadian urban explorer and fountaineer

Jingū-Marutamachi Station

The station was named after Marutamachi Street as it is located where the railway beneath Kawabata Street crosses Marutamachi Street, and Heian Shrine along Marutamachi Street.

John Rollins

John W. Rollins (1916–2000), American businessman and politician

Latvijas Radio Amatieru Līga

Key membership benefits of LRAL include the sponsorship of amateur radio operating awards and radio contests, and a QSL bureau for those members who regularly communicate with amateur radio operators in other countries.

MT Haven

On 14 April, the 250m-long main body sank a mile and a half from the coast, between Arenzano and Varazze.

National Theatre of Brent

Patrick Barlow plays Desmond Olivier Dingle, the troupe's founder, Artistic Director and Chief Executive.

Northern Tablelands Express

In June 1959 it was converted to DEB set railcar operation dividing at Werris Creek with one portion for Glen Innes or Tenterfield and the other for Moree.

Pizza Brain

In May 2010, Kensington-based artist Brian Dwyer, along with Christopher Powell, organized "Give Pizza Chance"—Philadelphia's first pizza-based art show—in which pizza served as muse for more than 25 artists who displayed their work at a local gallery.

Pursat Province

Pursat is home to Wat Bakan, considered to be among the oldest active pagodas in Cambodia and revered as one of the most holy sites of Cambodian Buddhism.

Resurrection Day

"Two-Tone" – homeless man in Carl's neighborhood; ex-Major of the 82nd Airborne Division and a veteran of the U.S. Army Airborne invasion of Cuba and victim of Soviet tactical nuclear strike on the invading U.S. forces.

Richard Verma

In 2008, he was a member of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism.

Robert Beattie

It is about BTK, a serial killer in Wichita, Kansas who created the name BTK after his modus operandi, "Bind Them, Torture Them, Kill Them".

Ron Reusch

For CTV, he covered the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (ice hockey), the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta (ice hockey), the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain (baseball), and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway (speed skating).

Splinters Theatre of Spectacle

Several performance and event groups gained momentum under the Splinters banner before launching their own companies including: Snuff Puppets, ODD Productions, Temple State, Triclops.

Ted Tally

Tally is also credited as an associate producer for Mission to Mars (2000), as well as creative consultant for Madagascar (2005) and story consultant for Shrek 2 (2004).

Ulick

Ulick McEvaddy, former Irish army officer and native of Swinford County Mayo

University of Copenhagen Faculty of Social Sciences

The University of Copenhagen Faculty of Social Sciences is divided into five departments, where research and teaching are carried out in the fields of Economics, Political Science, International Politics, Management, Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology.

William Brocius

Texas Jack Vermillion remained cool under fire and stuck close to Wyatt during the fight.