Surprisingly, considering the later French distaste for castrati they certainly existed in France at this time also, being known of in Paris, Orléans, Picardy and Normandy, though they were not abundant: the King of France himself had difficulty in obtaining them.

Surprisingly enough, they can learn to do this well before the age of two by listening only to the voices of adults around them who have voices much different from their own, and even though the laryngeal movements causing these phonetic differentiations are deep in the throat and not visible to them.

Surprisingly, despite predictable tail winds that blow up the Himalayas ( in the same direction of travel as the geese ), bar-headed geese spurn these winds, waiting for them to die down overnight, when they then undertake the greatest rates of climbing flight ever recorded for a bird, and sustain these climbs rates for hours on end.

Surprisingly, one building they did not take over was the old Parliament House.

Surprisingly they are not officially called holidays and are not so marked in calendars, but for most people, are not working days, and in practice they differ from official holidays only in that most shops are open on those days from early morning till noon.

Surprisingly their military abilities seemed to have left them, and the Hau Hau had an almost perfect record for losing every skirmish, fight and battle they got into.

Surprisingly, the officer did not kill Szpilman, but instead after finding out that he was a pianist, asked Szpilman to play for him on a piano they had found.

Surprisingly ( for the Magpyr family, at least ) the old-fashioned ways to defeat vampires that they thought themselves protected against start to work again.

Surprisingly, even though she resembles a diminutive 15-year-old or perhaps younger, her real age is 21 ; her physical development was stunted due to her " standstills ", in the same way that they affect Kei.

Surprisingly, the aliens show no hostility towards humans unless they are directly provoked.

Surprisingly, they sang together infrequently and made only one commercially issued recording: an electrifying performance of the Oath Duet from Giuseppe Verdi's Otello.

Surprisingly, this encourages the team so much that they start winning match after match.

Surprisingly, when a person views a painting which they consider ugly, no separate structures are activated.

Surprisingly, Mark isn't angry at all, and sees that they can help for the greater good.

Surprisingly, when she told participants that they were being shown a carrot, lake and tire ( in place of the orange triangle, blue oval, and black circle, respectively ), illusory conjunctions disappeared.

Surprisingly they could not find a clear statement of civilian control over the military.

Surprisingly they are rescued by Mr. Applegate and a bomb, which was attached to the ticking grandfather clock, is safely disarmed.

Surprisingly keeping his end of the bargain, Megatron buzzsawed through the assorted Terrorcon clones, driving them from the cities they had attacked, before catching up with Scorponok in the Canadian Yukon.

Surprisingly, in one of the later episodes, Koji and Ryo generate ; they, however, are less powerful than Gawl, being Phase 1.

Surprisingly, though USC dropped initially in the polls, they worked their way back up to the No. 3 spot by the final week of the season.

Surprisingly, the Swans won most of their remaining games that year ( six of their last ten ), and the fans soon let it be known who they wanted as coach by reviving the famous " ROOOOS " call.

Surprisingly, Thomson did not send Joule a copy of his paper but when Joule eventually read it he wrote to Thomson on 6 October, claiming that his studies had demonstrated conversion of heat into work but that he was planning further experiments.

Surprisingly though, a B to C trill key as found on the saxophone did more or less become standard

Surprisingly, Lockheed officials declared that the airport would reopen the next day, and it did, using electronic equipment borrowed from LAX that was set up in a nearby hangar.

Surprisingly, Eärnil did not share the views of most of his subjects and he attempted to renew contact between the estranged kingdoms, even sending a great force led by his son Eärnur to try to defend Arthedain when the Witch-king was preparing a final assault against it.

" Surprisingly, Herger did not immediately distance himself from the remark then and there, but, instead, after the constituent's lengthy comment, responded by saying, " Amen.

Surprisingly, the Canadian Mathematical Society did not invite James Rickards to the 2010 Canadian IMO team, making him the first student in over a decade to have placed 2nd on the CMO, but not to have been announced a member of the IMO team.

Surprisingly, Dertouzos did not consult with the MIT faculty before writing this grant application.

Surprisingly, despite her attitude, Patty is much more offended about this than Larry, considering it an embarrassment to her family and believing that simply grounding him will cause him to stop ( although all it did was cause Junior to run away ) However, it is expressed that Larry does not like Junior becoming a vegetarian, telling Zebra that Junior was " a big disappointment ".

Surprisingly, the option to take three people to the boardroom was only used twice, with the first person ( Ivana Ma ) who did so making the decision after pressure to do so from Donald Trump.

Surprisingly, the group managed to maintain its popularity yet did not reach the same success as it had done with previous albums.

Surprisingly, 50 % of fussy babies improved on medicine, but so did 50 % of fussy babies given the placebo.

Surprisingly, the defense did not call for Booth's diary to be produced in court.

Surprisingly the departure of the Americans did not spell doom.

Surprisingly, the public did not protest the closing, unlike of Marshall Field's in Chicago, and Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh ; the closing represented another closing of long-time institutions in Boston.

Surprisingly, after appearing in the league leaders for home runs the last 2 season, he did not hit one in 1877.

Surprisingly, Stephen himself ended up paying their costs, allowing Henry to return home safely ; his reasons for doing so are unclear.

Surprisingly, Stephen himself ended up paying their costs, allowing Henry to return home safely ; his reasons for doing so are unclear.

Surprisingly, in such a climate of distrust, the queen was pregnant once more, a circumstance that contemporary gossip attributed to a single stormy night that prevented Louis from travelling to Saint-Maur and obliged him to spend the night with the queen.

Surprisingly, the more massive of the two also turned out to be the less luminous.

Surprisingly, June 2009 saw even more Afrikaans language programmes added, and as of Thursday evenings, the prime-time schedule features a variety of Afrikaans programmes.

Surprisingly, botox injections result in more generalized relief of tics than the vocal relief expected.

Surprisingly, Tamara keeps this a secret, but keeps to herself more often than usual, seeming more quiet and reserved.

Surprisingly, another of Kyle's biggest supporters amongst the League was Batman, who often treated him with more respect than he showed certain other League members ( including his predecessors as Green Lantern ; Jordan, Gardner, and Stewart ), most likely due to the fact that Kyle was willing to learn from others where other Lanterns focused on their rings and pre-existing skills.

Surprisingly, the NDP suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of independent candidates, who secured more than half of the 444 seats up for election versus the NDP's 39 percent.

Surprisingly, Cedric is obsessed with fame and, more importantly, fortune, with his quest for money leading to almost callousness towards his friends ( although, in the end, he always pulls through ).

Surprisingly, Nurse Jackson passes her examinations, thanks partly to Benoit's help, but nothing more than her affair with the landlord is talked of for days at No. 2.

Surprisingly, more than half of the threatening mail came from the Chicago area.

Surprisingly the United States political structures are centuries old and remain much more conservative than their European counterparts as the latter have undergone much political change.

Surprisingly capped only 15 times for Italy, his international career actually spanned more than a decade ( 1982 – 94 ); he played for Italy at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Surprisingly this leftist and secular organization became more popular in Pakhtunkhwa province ( which seems under the clutches of extremism these days ). However, its influence started to decline after the collapse of soviet Union in the early 1990s.