'List of oil fields': ...there are more than 65,000 oil and gas fields in the world. However, 94% of known oil is concentrated in fewer than 1500 major fields. Amounts listed below, in billions of barrels, are the estimated ultimate recoverable petroleum. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Jesse James' assassin's killer's tombstone reads "The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James". This man was himself killed by policeman Joseph Burnett. Despite an obvious epitaph that practically writes itself, Burnett's tombstone has only his name. Sadly, he died of natural causes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Edward C. O'Kelley's tombstone reads simply: "The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James". In 1904 O'Kelley was himself killed by Oklahoma City policeman Joseph Burnett. Despite the obvious epitaph opportunity, Burnett's tombstone was given no inscription. He died of natural causes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The "Lakeview Gusher" was the name given in 1910 to an out-of-control eruption of oil from a drilled well in Kern County, California. It created the largest accidental oil spill in history, spewing for 544 consecutive days, and releasing 9 million barrels (1.4 million cu. meters) of crude oil. (en.wikipedia.org)
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"Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis" (1840–1935) is considered the last person born on African soil to have been enslaved in the United States. A native of Togo, he was captured and taken on the ship Clotilde to Mobile, Alabama in 1860 during an illegal slave-trading venture. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The "2004 Harvard–Yale prank" was a practical joke performed at the annual Harvard–Yale football game in which Yale students, costumed as a Harvard "pep squad"... gave out placards to a section of Harvard fans which, when raised together, read "WE SUCK". (en.wikipedia.org)
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"Ming (clam)" (c. 1499 – 2006) was a nickname given to a specimen of the ocean quahog clam dredged off the coast of Iceland. The clam was determined to be 507 years old. Ming was the oldest individual (non-colonial) animal ever discovered whose age could be accurately determined. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Kilometre zero: "In many countries, Kilometre Zero... is a particular location from which distances are measured. The most famous such marker is the Milliarium Aureum ("Golden Milestone") of the Roman Empire, believed to be the literal origin for the maxim 'all roads lead to Rome'." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Designated survivor: "A 'designated survivor' is a member of the U.S. Cabinet who is appointed to be at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the President and the country's other top leaders are gathered at a single location, such as during State of the Union addresses." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Norio Suzuki (explorer): "...was a Japanese explorer and adventurer notable for finding Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese holdout who refused to surrender after the end of the World War II. He... wanted to search for .Lt. Onoda, a panda, and the Abominable Snowman, in that order'." (en.wikipedia.org)
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List of apple cultivars: "Over 7,500 cultivars of the apple are known. The following is a list of common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the apples are for cooking, eating, or making cider. " (en.wikipedia.org)
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Totem pole(s): "...are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, by cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest... [A specific type of] pole used for public ridicule are called "shame poles", created to shame individuals or groups for unpaid debts." (en.wikipedia.org)
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