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30 unusual facts about the world


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Her 2009 hit single "Over It" produced by world renowned DJ/Producer Cajjmere Wray, peaked at number 59 on the Canadian Hot 100 and the video was added out of the box to heavy rotation on MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic and MuchVibe.

Agelena consociata

Although these spiders live in colonies consisting of many individuals, each spider acts and breeds individually and there is not any specialization of role as there is with social insects.

Astra 2D

From November 2008, Five began to transmit free to air for the first time on Astra 2D, using borrowed space on a BBC transponder, allowing the channel to join Freesat.

Berny Peña

Bernabé "Berny" Peña (born 19 October 1980 in Carrillo) is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays for Platense.

Casertavecchia

During this period it was controlled by the Swabian, Riccardo di Lauro (1232-1266), who increased the political power of the town.

CFFF-FM

The station was founded in 1968 by Stephen Stohn (who is now a television producer of such series as Degrassi: The Next Generation), Christopher Ward (now a songwriter; work includes Alannah Myles' hit Black Velvet), and Peter Northrop.

Consensus decision-making

Lawrence Lessig considers it a major strength of working projects like public wikis.

Dave Spector

Originally from Chicago, USA, he moved to Japan in 1983 after visiting as a producer with the American television program Ripley's Believe It or Not!.

Favio

Leonardo Favio, an Argentinian singer, actor, film director and screenwriter

Francis Kirwan

He was consecrated Bishop of Killala in May 1645 at the church of Saint Lazare, Paris; the ceremony was attended by thirteen bishops, fifteen abbots and thirty doctors of the Sorbonne.

Gaza Airstrip

During the Second World War RAF Gaza was used by a number of RAF squadrons, including 33, 45, 127, 208, 318 and 451.

Hystaspes

Vishtaspa (fl. 10th century BCE or earlier, if actually historical), the first patron of Zoroaster

In Trousers

In Trousers is a musical, first produced in 1979, with a book, lyrics, and music by William Finn.

John Moran Bailey

She later left the House to run for governor in a race she lost to the incumbent, John G. Rowland.

Jowi Taylor

He also hosted and co-produced the eight-part series The Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music, and its follow-up six-part series The Nerve: Music and the Human Experience with Chris Brookes and Paolo Pietropaolo.

Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand

In a review for The New York Times, Susan Brownmiller said the memoir was "an embarrassing venture" that included "a massive dose of psychobabble".

Letters to a German Princess

The translation of Hunter was based on the 1787 Paris Edition, of Marquis de Condorcet and Sylvestre François Lacroix.

Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder

Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions is the 20th book written by conservative radio personality Michael Savage.

Lou Hickey

They recruited various session musicians to help record the album and eventually recruited a live setup in the form of Lewis Gordon, Ross MacFarlane and Will Foster.

Maddie on Deck

"Maddie on Deck" is the 13th episode of the The Suite Life of Zack & Cody spin-off The Suite Life on Deck.

Mallrats

Rahway State Penitentiary is a prison in New Jersey, which is also where Scared Straight! was filmed.

Oak Ridge, Missouri

Oak Ridge is a village in the southern part of Apple Creek Township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.

Penny to a Million

Penny to a Million was a primetime American television game show (at the time more commonly called a "quiz show") that aired on ABC from May 4 to October 19, 1955 on Wednesday nights, for alternate sponsors Brown & Williamson's Raleigh cigarettes, and W.A. Sheaffer Pen Company.

PRL-8-53

PRL-8-53 is a nootropic research chemical derived from benzoic acid and phenylmethylamine (Benzylamine) that has been shown to act as a hypermnesic drug in humans; it was first synthesized by medical chemistry professor Nikolaus Hansl at Creighton University in the 1970s as part of his work on amino ethyl meta benzoic acid esters.

Second Drees cabinet

A major setback was the North Sea flood of 1953, which resulted in damage equivalent to 5% of the GDP.

Snow White: The Sequel

It's based on the fairy tale of Snow White and intended as a sequel to Disney's classic animated adaptation.

Spider-Man: India

The series was created by Sharad Devarajan, Suresh Seetharaman, and Jeevan J. Kang with Marvel Comics.

Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre

His second cousin, Father Edward Petre, S.J., became advisor and confidant to James II Edward was universally hated and reviled by the populace.

Topfreedom in Canada

On July 19, 1991, a very hot and humid day, Gwen Jacob, a University of Guelph student, was arrested, after walking in a street in Guelph, Ontario while topless after removing her shirt when the temperature was 33 C, and was charged with indecency under Section 173(1)(a) of the Criminal Code.

Zoilos I

Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA DHARMIKASA JOILASA "King Zoilus, of the Dharma".