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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

Sunday, 15 December 2019

2009

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington.

2006

First flight of the F-35 Lightning II.

2005

Latvia amends its constitution to eliminate possibility of same-sex couples being entitled to marry.

Argentina's president Néstor Kirchner announces the early repayment of its external debt to the IMF.

Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.

The 2005 Atlantic Power Outage began.

2002

The Capital Center (formerly US Airways Arena) is demolished.

2001

The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean.

2000

The 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.

1997

A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85.

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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