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121Moby Doll — was the first captive orca (killer whale) displayed in a public aquarium exhibit. The 15 foot (4.6m) long, 1 ton male was captured in 1964 near East Point, Saturna Island in British Columbia. A sculptor, Samuel Burich, had been commissioned by… …
122The Book of Healing — (Arabic: الشفاء Al Shefa , Latin: Sanatio ) is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by the great Islamic polymath Abū Alī ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) from Asfahana, near Bukhara in Greater Persia (now Uzbekistan). Despite its English title …
123Tiddles — the Paddington Station Cat whose owner s name was Lyonell Tidbit Gregson, (1970 ndash;1983) was a tabby and white cat who spent most of his 13 year long life in the ladies lavatory at Paddington Station, London, England. Constantly being fed meat …
124Raj Darbhanga — Darbhanga Raj, also known as Raj Darbhanga and the Royal Family of Darbhanga, were a family of Zamindars and rulers of territories that are now part of Mithila and Darbhanga district, Bihar, India. Their seat was at the city of Darbhanga. The… …
125Pinball Clemons — Michael Pinball Clemons No. 31     Toronto Argonauts Date of birth: January 15, 1965 (1965 01 15) (age 46) …
126Quintus Sextius — the Elder ( la. Quinti Sextii Patris) was a Roman philosopher, lived c. 50 BC, whose philosophy combined Pythagoreanism with Stoicism. His praises were frequently celebrated by Seneca. [Seneca, Epistles , lix. 6, lxiii. 11, 13, xcviii. 13, cviii …
127Dutch Coromandel — Coromandel Dutch colony ← …
128Ngaro — (vanished) is mentioned as a delicacy of the dead in a Māori legend from the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. Te Atarahi was five days and five nights in Te Reinga, the place from where the spirits of the dead leap into the… …
