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30 unusual facts about the world


2003 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships

The 2003 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour.

Alasdair Milne

In September 1986, Marmaduke Hussey was appointed Chairman of the BBC Governors.

Andrew Gemant

Andrew Gemant (1895–1983) was a renowned physicist, remembered in part by the eponymous Andrew Gemant Award.

Carl Jacob Burckhardt

His career alternated between periods of academic historical research and diplomatic postings; the most prominent of the latter were League of Nations High Commissioner for the Free City of Danzig (1937–39) and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (1945–48).

Chanda Sahib

The local representative of the Mughal was the Nawab of Arcot, Dost Ali Khan and an intermediate authority was held by the Nizam of Hyderabad, who was in theory both a subordinate of the emperor, and the superior of the Nawab.

Chuck Carrington

Chuck Carrington (born 1968 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American actor best known for playing Petty Officer Jason Tiner on JAG, and also star as Renny Jacobson independent feature thriller The List alongside Malcolm McDowell and Hilarie Burton.

Dola Ben-Yehuda Wittmann

Dola survived her older brother by 60 years well into a millennium where Modern Hebrew had become the native language of three million people (out seven million speakers as a whole), many of whom are non-Jews.

Edge of the City

The film was considered unusual for its time because of its portrayal of an interracial friendship, and was praised by representatives of the NAACP, Urban League, American Jewish Committee and Interfaith Council because of its portrayal of racial brotherhood.

Illinois Chamber of Commerce

The Illinois Chamber serves all business and employers in these towns, villages, cities and counties.

Inverse Symbolic Calculator

The Inverse Symbolic Calculator is an online number checker established July 18, 1995 by Peter Benjamin Borwein, Jonathan Michael Borwein and Simon Plouffe of the Canadian Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics (Burnaby, Canada).

Irbit Fair

Long, narrow dormitories are a feature of the old town with enormous wharf areas being found at the juncture of the Nitsa and Irbit rivers.

Jeff Durgan

Seattle coach Bruce Rioch released Durgan from the team on July 29, 1985, after an incident involving a tackle with Canadian player John Catliff.

Law of California

Lee Marvin and Barry Bonds are among the celebrities whose marital disputes were litigated before the Supreme Court of California.

Lia Dekker

A week before the European Championships, Dekker broke the national record in the 200 m breaststroke, which was set by Linda Moes during the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Lodewijk Toeput

According to Karel van Mander, who listed him as one of two painters from Northern Europe whom he met in Venice, he was a good poet (rederijker) as well as a painter; van Mander thought he came from Mechelen.

Margaret Calvert

In addition to her road signs, she has designed commercial fonts for Monotype, including the eponymous Calvert font, which she created in 1980 for use on the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Nicholas J. Sinnott

He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Sixty-sixth through Seventieth Congresses), and the Committee on Patents (Seventieth Congress).

Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu

A tamil remake was made by Fazil himself as Poove Poochooda Vaa, in which Nadia Moidu and Padmini reprised their roles.

Samuel Irving Newhouse

Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr. (born 1927), nicknamed Si Newhouse, chairman and CEO of Advance Publications and chairman of Condé Nast

Schneider Grunau Baby

The Schneider Grunau Baby (named for the town where Schneider's factory was located - now Jeżów Sudecki in Poland) was a single-seat sailplane first built in Germany in 1931, with some 6,000 examples constructed in some 20 countries.

Thakoon Panichgul

In September 2004, Panichgul produced his first ready to wear collection and became recognized by fashion press, editors and stylists, and celebrities like Rachel Bilson, Demi Moore, Michelle Obama, and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Thomas Edison National Historical Park

One of these recordings, of the song "I Can Hear You", appeared on their album Factory Showroom released later the same year.

Trope

Michael Trope (born 1951), American trial lawyer and former sports agent

Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari

An appellation to Fujiwara no Kanesuke who was known as the Riverside Middle Counselor due to his residence near the Kamo River.

United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2002

Incumbent Republican Congressman Johnny Isakson, elected in a 1999 special election to replace the former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, sought his third term in this highly conservative district based in the northern suburbs of Atlanta.

Web for Schools

The initial inspiration came from Robert Cailliau, a Belgian computer scientist who developed together with Tim Berners-Lee the World Wide Web.

Wild 90

The Puerto Rico-born boxer José Torres appeared as the man with the barking dog and Beverley Bentley (Mailer’s wife) played the woman with the knife.

William Dufty

His most popular book is Sugar Blues, first published in 1975, which cautions against white refined sugar, and presents its history and cultural influence.

Yes Bank

It was founded by Ashok Kapur and Rana Kapoor, with the duo holding a collective financial stake of 27.16%.

Ziółkowski

Richard W. Ziolkowski scientist and engineer involved with metamaterials research.