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24 unusual facts about the world


Balnarring, Victoria

The railway station in Balnarring opened on 2 December 1921 but, like its Red Hill branch line, was relatively short-lived, officially closing on 29 June 1953.

Banka district

A Ratha-Yatra procession of Lord Madhusudanah occurs every year on the same day as the Rath Yatra procession in Puri.

Berlin Document Center

While the paper records remained in Germany, the entire collection was microfilmed and made available at the National Archives in Washington, DC, where researchers have much better access unhindered by restrictive German privacy laws now in effect in Berlin.

British Columbia Highway 97

The route takes its number from U.S. Route 97, with which it connects at the international border.

Camille Gourvenec

It has been alleged that he was a key member of the Françafrique network, led by Jacques Foccart.

Don Andrews

In what became known as Operation Red Dog, Ku Klux Klan leaders Wolfgang Droege and Don Black, as well as former Prime Minister Patrick John, conspired to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Eugenia Charles on the island of Dominica.

Foxstar Productions

In 1994, the company produced the first in a series of Alien Nation movies for the Fox Network.

H2O Audio

H2O Audio's motto is "Your Sport, Your Music", and their sponsored athletes include Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Laird Hamilton, and triathletes Greg and Laura Bennett.

Hang Bong

As many other arear in Vietnam, in Feudalism, Hanoian people occasionally used walking, horses, rickshaws, cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws

History of fountains in the United States

One of the most unusual modern American fountains is the Civil Rights Memorial (1989) at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, designed by Maya Lin, the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C..

Implementation intention

The concept of implementation intentions was introduced in 1999 by psychologist Peter Gollwitzer.

Jessica Amornkuldilok

After her victory in the show, she landed herself in Harper's Bazaar magazine cover, becoming the face of Canon IXUS 2013 Campaign and booked various high-end fashion show around the globe under management of Storm Model Management in London alongside show's runner-up Stephanie Retuya.

Kardaritsi

It is 5 km northwest of Kontovazaina, 6 km southeast of Lampeia (Elis), 9 km southwest of Psofida (Achaea) and 50 km south of Patras.

Krider Performing Arts Center

Ruby taught public speaking and drama to many generations of Parisians, a few being Tony winner Cherry Jones, Pulitzer Prize winner John Noble Wilford, Cheers star Shelley Long, Vanderbilt law professor Robert Covington, and Ford Motor Company Controller Frank Mason.

Laurie Rosenwald

She appeared as “Woman” in Season Five, Episode 1 of The Sopranos: "Two Tonys".

Madison Records

It lasted until 1961 when Uttal absorbed the label into his newly acquired Bell Records.

Måns Nilsson Kling

The first settlers, (Swedes, Finns, and some Dutchmen) reached the location now known as Swedes' Landing in Wilmington, Delaware on March 29, 1638.

Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov

Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov was born into a peasant family of Serbian descent in the village of Medvedki in the Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Plymouth Arts Centre

Other artists with connections to Plymouth Arts Centre include Patrick Heron, Tracey Emin, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Greenaway, Ralph Steadman, Vong Phaophanit, Richard Deacon, Andy Goldsworthy and Sir Terry Frost.

Roger Cook

Roger Noel Cook (born 1946), British comics writer, musician and magazine publisher

Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin

Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin, billed as Get Your Irish Up, is a Boxing Middleweight bout for The Ring world title and universally recognized Middleweight Championship of the World.

Session Initiation Protocol

Originally designed by Henning Schulzrinne and Mark Handley in 1996, SIP has been developed and standardized in RFC 3261 under the auspices of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams

In 2006, a janitor working for Sony/ATV Music Publishing claimed to have found Williams' unfinished lyrics inside of a Sony-owned dumpster.

Yonasan Steif

He journeyed on a special train bound for neutral Switzerland along with other prominent Jews including the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum; the Debreciner Rov, Rabbi Moshe Stern; and Adolph Deutsch, head of the Budapest branch of Agudath Israel.