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- ... that famed
speculator
Jacob Little, the Great Bear of Wall Street, died a broken man after making and losing several fortunes?
(21 February 2013, 5.2k views)
- ... that
Sangay, a
stratovolcano in Ecuador nicknamed The Frightener in
Quechua, has been
continuously erupting since 1934?
(13 February 2012, 2.9k views)
- ... that the
Christmas Island Seamount Province, a group of 50
seamounts (
submarine volcanoes) near Australia, formed during the breakup of
Gondwana, up to 136 million years ago? (11 January 2012, 3.2k views)
- ... that
corals that live on the
Tasmanian Seamounts are among the longest-living organisms on Earth? (13 November 2011, 3.3k views)
- ... that, in 1898, the United States government annexed the
Kingdom of Hawaii despite
protestation from Queen Liliuokalani? (7 July 2011, 13.8k views; assisted
fetchcomms)
- ... that
Green Seamount, an
underwater volcano, could be as much as 260,000 years old? (5 July 2011, 4.5k views)
- ... that during training cruises near
Pearl Harbor,
Pisces IV and its sister
Pisces V found the long lost
Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine whose wreckage confirms that America
fired the first shot in their
war against Japan? (9 December 2010, 4.7k views)
- ... that the decomposing skeleton of a
right whale was found on the
underwater volcano
Patton Seamount? (1 December 2010, 15.2k views)
- ... that the 27-million-year-old
Cobb Seamount is so heavily encrusted in sea life that no bare rock surface has been found in
dives? (14 November 2010: 6.9k views)
- ... that
Suiyo Seamount, a
seamount near
Japan, was thought to be
extinct until a
hydrothermal event in 1991 was brought to light? (19 October 2010: 2.4k views)
- ... that the
Onizuka Center for International Astronomy provides lodging for the 72 astronomers working at the
Mauna Kea Observatory? (30 August 2010: 2.0k views)
- ... that the court decision in
Palila v. Hawaii saved the
Palila, a
critically endangered
honeycreeper, from possible
extinction? (24 August 2010: 4.8k views)
- ... that
Abelmoschus ficulneus, a
flowering plant found on three continents, is considered a
crop weed in Australia? (11 August 2010: 499 views)
- ... that
South Chamorro Seamount a
submarine
mud volcano near the
Mariana Trench, is only the second such structure in the world to be
sampled? (10 August 2010: 1.9k views)
- ... that observations and samplings from
Jasper Seamount show that it is very similar to
Hawaiian volcanoes? (9 August 2010: 2.9k views)
- ... that the
tablemount structure of
Sedlo Seamount, a
seamount (
underwater volcano), indicates that it used to be above the water? (9 August 2010: 3.4 views)
- ... that the
Graveyard Seamounts are all named morbidly, with names such as Pyre Seamount, Morgue Seamount, and Zombie Seamount? (8 August 2010: 4.2k views)
- ... that the
Oceanography Society gives out the Jerlov Award "in Recognition of Contribution Made to the Advancement of Our Knowledge of the Nature and Consequences of Light in the Ocean"? (8 August 2010: 1.2k views)
- ... that
CenSeam is an initiative to biologically sample
seamounts (
underwater volcanoes), of which about 100,000 exist and only 350 have received attention? (2 August 2010: 1.1k views)
- ... that the
asphalt volcano is a rare
underwater volcano composed of
asphalt and erupting
petroleum and
methane instead of
lava? (4 May 2010: 6.0k views)
- ... that the
underwater volcanoes of the
Vance Seamounts are pocketed by multiple
calderas, many of which have been almost erased by newer flows? (7 January 2010: 1.5k views)
- ... that the eight
volcanoes of the
President Jackson Seamounts are heavily pocketed by a total of 29
calderas and
pit craters? (7 January 2010: 2.4k views)
- ... that at 26 million years, the
Taney Seamounts are almost as old as the
seafloor they stand on? (4 January 2010: 4.6k views)
- ... that the view atop
Mount Kaputar in
Mount Kaputar National Park encompasses about 1/10th of
New South Wales? (2 January 2010: 482 views)
- ... that the
Vegreville egg, a giant egg sculpture in
Vegreville, Alberta, rotates on its axis to the wind like a
weather vane? (22 December 2009: 6.9k views)
- ... that the
volcanic chain responsible for creating the island of
Hawaii extends all the way to the
Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, at the border of
Russia?
(20 December 2009: 3.2k)
- ... that during
internal fertilization, the
black rockfish female produces between 125,000 and 1,200,000 eggs, and then reabsorbs some back? (18 December 2009: 1.7k views)
- ... that
Rodriguez Seamount, an
underwater volcano near
Central California, used to be above-surface, and still has remnants of
black sand beaches on its slope? (14 December 2009: 4.0k views)
- ... that
Davidson Seamount, off the coast of
California, is one of the largest
seamounts in the world?
(9 December 2009: 4.8k views)
- ... that the
Rumford Prize, awarded for excellent contributions to the fields of
heat and
light, is one of the oldest scientific prizes in America?
(25 June 2009: 646 views)
- ... that
Nintoku Seamount, an underwater volcano in the
Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, is over 56.2 million years old? (22 April 2009: 1.5k views)
- ... that
Koko Guyot, an
underwater volcano in the
Hawaiian volcanic chain, was named for the 58th
emperor of Japan,
Emperor Koko? (17 April 2009: 1.0k views)
- ... that
Detroit Seamount, an
underwater volcano in the
North Pacific, is as big as the
island of Hawaii, which is a combination of five volcanoes? (14 April 2009: 3.3k views)
- ... that
Cross Seamount, a
landform arising from the
ocean floor southwest of
Hawaii, is used by the
NOAA to study
tuna
migratory patterns? (5 April 2009: 1.4k views)
- ... that although the summit of
underwater volcano
Loihi is 969 metres (3,180 ft) below sea level, it is still taller, measured from the base of its southern flank, then
Mount St. Helens ever was?
(10 March 2009: 2.1k views)
- ... that the Italian island of
Asinara is inhabited by a wild population of
albino
donkeys? (2 March 2009: 10.6k views)
Highest hits
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Patton Seamount 15.2k views (10)
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Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom 13.8k views (6)
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Asinara 10.6k views (7)
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Cobb Seamount 6.9k views (18)
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Vegreville egg 6.9k views (32)
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Asphalt volcano 6.0k views (69)
Inspired by
User:Hunter Kahn.
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