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30 unusual facts about the world


Adelaide del Vasto

Either through her influence or under her regency, her brother Henry del Vasto was granted Paternò and Butera.

Badi VII

Badi VII (reigned 1805–1821) was the last ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar.

Dance of the Yao People

The first 18 notes of the 1998 song "When You Believe," as recorded by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, are based on "Dance of the Yao People," although the Chinese composers of the original work were not credited.

Daud Bolad

Frustrated and disillusioned, Bolad went to Chad in 1989 seeking the support of President Hissène Habré in starting a rebel movement in Darfur, but was rejected.

David Maloney

He also produced the BBC's famous 1981 adaptation of John Wyndham's novel The Day of the Triffids and series 4 of When the Boat Comes In.

Dog fennel

Eupatorium capillifolium, a perennial plant up to about 2 m tall, native to eastern North America

Eldon Quick

Quick's best-remembered television character is the bureaucratic Captain Sloan from two early episodes of M*A*S*H ("Payday" and "The Incubator"), which he reprised as Captain Pratt in "The Late Captain Pierce".

Estelle Roberts

The Society for Psychical Research offered to test her abilities but she declined to be tested.

Freezes Over

Hellblazer: Freezes Over collects the "...Freezes Over" storyline illustrated by Marcelo Frusin as well as the one-shot "... And Buried?" illustrated by Steve Dillon and the two-part "Lapdogs and Englishmen" illustrated by Guy Davis.

Graziano Girardi

Graziano Girardi (Farra di Soligo, 30 May 1940) is an Italian Venetist politician.

Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Built in 1976, VET MED is the largest academic building at Iowa State University, with over 347,000 square-feet.

Joseph McNamara

However, McNamara remained independent and, in 1921, made an alliance with M.M. MacBride, a dissenting member of the Independent Labour Party who had left the governing caucus, to move a Bill which would have introduced an eight-hour day.

Juan Pablo Barcia

Barcia is a ASMx1 classified rower, who rows in a boat by himself using only his arms.

Landdrost

two Landdrosten of Elten (subordinated to the Dutch government up to September 1951, then to the Commissioner of the Queen -i.e. Governor- for Gelderland)

Mark Ordesky

During a five-year stint as President of Fine Line Features, a specialty films division of New Line, Mark acquired acclaimed films such as Once Were Warriors (film), Saving Grace and State and Main, as well as Oscar nominees Before Night Falls, Tumbleweeds, The Sweet Hereafter, and American Splendor.

Mequinenza

A little further downriver are the towns and villages of Flix, Asco, and Vinebre, where exceptional fishing can be enjoyed in more scenic surroundings.

Paul Hardcastle

Paul now acknowledges he was behind the "N-N-Nineteen Not Out" track with Rory Bremner.

Perranarworthal

Perranarworthal parish is bordered on the north by Kea parish, on the east by Restronguet Creek and Mylor parish, on the south by St Gluvias and Stithians parishes and on the west by Gwennap parish.

Perumbakkam

It is only a few kilometers from the fast developing IT corridor OMR of Chennai.

Quantex Microsystems

Quantex's European operations were taken care of in the Stevenage, UK.

Radical Republican

After the 1866 elections, the Radicals generally controlled Congress.

Rudraksha

The seed is borne by several species of Elaeocarpus, with E. ganitrus being the principal species used in the making of a bead chain or mala.

Ruhabat

The factory was built by Turkish company "5M Inşaat Tekstil Ithalat Sanayi Ticaret LTD Sti" but the framework for the factory was established as a result of intergovernmental agreements between Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of China.

Sea of Sorrow

The video is available on the home video releases Live Facelift and Music Bank: The Videos.

The Convergence of the Twain

Simon Armitage also wrote a poem called "The Convergence of the Twain", describing the events of 9/11 and mimicking the style of Hardy.

Valencian language controversy

It can be then distinguished from the other major standard, the "Catalan of Barcelona" or Central Catalan group of varieties.

Valery Gerasimov

Other changes were the dismissal of Alexander Sukhorukov from the position of First Deputy Defence Minister and his replacement by Colonel General Arkady Bakhin, formerly commander of the Western Military District.

William Seaman Bainbridge

A view years later he became Surgeon General of the American Boys' Brigade in the rank of Brigadier General and afterwards Assistant Surgeon of the US Naval Reserve.

Witold Nazarewicz

Dr. Witold Nazarewicz (born 1954) is a nuclear physicist born in Warsaw, Poland, currently teaching at the University of Tennessee.

WQYK

WQYK-FM, a radio station (99.5 FM) licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida, United States