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

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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

Friday, 27 June 2025

2007

The Brazilian Military Police invades the ''favelas'' of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

1991

Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.

1989

The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, ILO 169 convention, was adopted.

1982

Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

1977

France grants independence to Djibouti.

1976

Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.

1974

U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R..

1973

The President of Uruguay dissolves Parliament and heads a coup d'état.

1967

The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.

1954

The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.

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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