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World's Most Dangerous Animals
Deadliest animals in the world ranked by estimated number of human fatalities per year
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Top selling musicians of all time ranked by estimated number of albums sold
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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
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Today in History
Saturday, 26 September 2026
2009
Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
2008
Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
2002
The overcrowded Senegalese ferry ''MV Joola'' capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000.
2000
The {{MS|Express Samina}} sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
1997
An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
1984
The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong
1983
Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
1981
Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
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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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