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30 unusual facts about the world


A. J. Masters

He played bass guitar in his brother's band, and had his first cut in 1978 when Mickey Jones recorded "I'm No Cowboy".

Alexander Salkind

Following in his father's footsteps, he produced French films & others in Europe and Hollywood: Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance and Le Procès (The Trial) directed by Orson Welles and 1978's Superman starring Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder.

America vs. the Justice Society

It eventually reveals that the diary is a hoax created by Batman in an effort to have the JSA apprehend Per Degaton at a future time that Batman believed he would not be alive for.

An Unkindness of Ravens

In 2000, a film adaptation was made directed by J. Nathaniel Berke and starring Sean Thibodeau as Simon Reese.

Antoine-François Momoro

Momoro was also among the signatories of the anti-monarchical petition which led to the Champ de Mars massacre, an event that would end in formalizing the split between the moderates and extremists.

Barnsley Building Society

Barnsley today is part of the Yorkshire Building Society Group, which comprises; Yorkshire Building Society, Chelsea Building Society, Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, Accord Mortgages, and Egg Banking.

Battle of Orsha

King Sigismund wrote to the Pope Leo X about a "horde of Muscovites" which counted 80,000 men.

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

Proceeds from the sale of the soundtrack of this film went to United Way and Enterprise Community Partners.

Chikhodra

Chikhodra is also an important milk producer and contributor to the Amul Dairy in Anand.

Christopher Lewis

Christopher Lewis is one of two sons of Hollywood actress Loretta Young.

Deep fryer

Industrial enterprises producing deep-fried snack foods such as potato chips or pre-fried French fried potatoes use automated frying systems that consist mainly of the actual frying pan, a tube type heat exchanger to heat the frying oil, a filter, a circulation pump, a banana tank for fresh oil and the automation system, most often a PLC.

Eastbourne, New Zealand

With a locally administered possum eradication programme much of the native bush has regenerated including some magnificent red flowering northern rātā trees.

El Cajon Police Department

William John Cox (Billy Jack Cox), public interest attorney, author and political activist served as a police officer and detective between 1962 and 1968.

Emory Grove

Emory Grove Historic District, historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in Druid Hills, Georgia

Europa Galante

Europa Galante tours with mostly Italian Baroque programms with soloists like Sandrine Piau (Soprano), Maurice Steger (Recorder), David Daniels (Countertenor) or Dorothea Röschmann (Soprano).

Goderville

In 1492, they allied themselves by marriage to the Roussel family.

György Budaházy

One of his ancestors, István Budaházy was mentioned by Géza Gárdonyi in his novel, Eclipse of the Crescent Moon, who participated in the Siege of Eger in 1552 and seriously injured.

Hans Beck

Born in Greiz, Thuringia, Beck grew up in the town of Zirndorf, beginning his toy making career as a creator of little vehicles and figures for his younger siblings.

Harlem riot

Harlem Riot of 1943, disturbances that began after a policeman shot and wounded a black U.S. Army soldier

Jessika Van

Van also appeared as "The Star" in Megan Lee's Music Video for Destiny, Directed by Timothy Tau, as "Babe" in a comedy sketch YouTube video by The Fung Brothers about Jeremy Lin entitled "The Jeremy Lin Effect 2 (Linsanity)" also Directed by Timothy Tau.

Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement and National Historical Park

Long after the death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary priests from the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary continued to devote their lives to work on Molokai and assist its ex-leper flock.

Kootenay Pass

Highwood Pass in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, is even higher at 2206 metres, but it is traversed by Highway 40, which closes from December 1 to June 15 every year.

Nude recreation

In June 2013, the Portland Art Museum in Oregon admitted nude participants prior to the nighttime World Naked Bike Ride for a special exhibit called 'Cyclepedia' on the art of bicycle design.

Satartia, Mississippi

A street sign reading "Satartia - 7 miles" is featured in the 2000 movie O Brother, Where Art Thou.

Smoke on the Mountain

Book by Connie Ray, conceived and directed by Alan Bailey, sets by Peter Harrison, lighting by Mary Jo Dondlinger, costumes by Pamela Scofield, musical direction by John Foley, musical arrangements by Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick, production stage manager was Erika Feldman, and technical supervision by Joseph L. Robinson.

Steve Miller Band discography

The band's studio releases became more infrequent at this point, with the biggest gap in albums being between 1993's Wide River and 2010's Bingo!.

Swiatowiak Urbanczyk

She won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

Taft Commission

Commissioner Bernard Moses, who had been an educator at the University of California, worked with Captain Albert Todd and Dr. Fred Atkinson to draft Act No. 74, also known as the Education Act of 1901.

The Rushing Tide

It was shot in July 1927 partly in an old cinema in the Melbourne suburb of Glenhuntly which had been converted into a studio, with location work done near Portsea, Victoria, at Sorrento, Beauamris and Black Bock, Melbourne.

Tilly Losch

Her earliest works were self-portraits, but she later created portraits of friends such as Anita Loos, Lotte Lenya, and Kurt Weill, and she received encouragement from Cecil Beaton.