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World's Most Dangerous Animals

Deadliest animals in the world ranked by estimated number of human fatalities per year

Best Selling Musicians

Top selling musicians of all time ranked by estimated number of albums sold

Best Selling Books of All-Time

Best selling novels worldwide ranked by estimated number of copies sold

Fastest Manned Aircraft in the World

Fastest manned aircraft (excluding spacecraft) ranked by top speed

World's Most Practiced Religions

Major religions of the world ranked by estimated number of followers

Worst Genocides of the Twentieth Century

The ten worst genocides of the 20th century listed by dictators responsible; ranked by number of deaths

World's Fastest Land Animals

The fastest land animals in the world ranked by maximum speed

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Today in History

Saturday, 07 March 2026

2007

British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.

1994

Copyright Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.

1989

Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel.

1986

Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.

1985

The song "We Are the World" had its international release.

1971

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivers his historic "This time the struggle is for our freedom" speech at Ramna Race Course, calling upon the Bengali people to prepare for the freedom struggle ahead.

1965

Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.

1951

Korean War: Operation Ripper

1950

Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.

1945

World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen.

FACTOIDS

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime.

Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived.

Gold

Every ton of seawater contains approximately 1 milligram of dissolved gold.

Mosquito

Studies show that mosquitoes prefer biting blondes to brunettes.

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