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- Democrats go after GOP’s ‘anti-history record’ with billboard ads https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4381374-democratic-national-committee-desantis-haley-trump-2024-election-attack-gops-anti-history-record-billboard-ads/ 22 comments politics
- DeSantis signs bill to teach history of communism in Florida's public schools https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/gov-desantis-history-of-communism-bill/3287527/?amp=1 53 comments politics
- [OptaSTATS] Nov. 18: Avs trail 3-0 at Dal, win 6-3 Jan. 13: Avs trail 3-0 at Tor, win 5-3 Tonight: Avs trail 3-0 at Van, win 4-3 The Avalanche are the first team in NHL history to have 3 games in a season where they trailed 3-0 but allowed no goals the rest of the way and came back to win. https://twitter.com/OptaSTATS/status/1768153362690695361?s=19&t=bIYlAVjNb45L39pHEGcSeA 28 comments hockey
- [NHL PR] Quinn Hughes (10-40—50 in 40 GP) became the ninth defenseman in NHL history to record 50-plus points through their first 40 games of a season. The others: Paul Coffey (8x), Bobby Orr (6x), Erik Karlsson, John Carlson, Brian Leetch, Phil Housley, Al MacInnis, and Denis Potvin. https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1744530010130583673 30 comments hockey
- Gov. Ron DeSantis just promised 'by far the biggest tax cuts in the history of the state of Florida' https://www.businessinsider.com/desantis-promises-historic-tax-cuts-in-florida-2022-8 164 comments politics
- If the Astros win, will Justin Verlander’s ring be one of the most undeserving in history? https://fansided.com/2021/10/08/astros-rumors-justin-verlander-first-pitch/amp/ 488 comments baseball
- Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea 1923 comments worldnews
- Tony Snell is currently on pace to become the only player in NBA history to have played at least 1,000 minutes in an NBA season and not miss any Free Throws https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=ft_pct&c1comp=gt&c1val=100&c2stat=mp&c2comp=gt&c2val=1000&order_by=season 46 comments nba
- [Kubatko, StatMuse] LeBron James has recorded at least 25 points, five rebounds, and five assists in 567 games, the most such games in NBA history. To put that number in perspective, James Harden and Russell Westbrook have 515 such games...combined. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=career&year_max=2020&is_playoffs=N&age_min=0&age_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts&c1comp=gt&c1val=25&c2stat=trb&c2comp=gt&c2val=5&c3stat=ast&c3comp=gt&c3val=5&order_by=pts 87 comments nba
- This season, James Harden is on pace to become only the 6th player in NBA History to make 10 free throws per game, and the first player to do so since Michael Jordan in 1987. He would also become the oldest player to accomplish this feat, at 30 years old. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=per_game&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=ft_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=10&order_by=season 12 comments nba
- 11/19/2010: Kevin Love is held to 0 points on 0/7 shooting against the Los Angeles Lakers in 34 minutes. He then followed that up with 53 straight double-doubles, and what still stands as the longest recorded double-double streak in NBA history. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&is_playoffs=N&age_min=0&age_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&c1stat=pts&c1comp=gt&c1val=30&c2stat=trb&c2comp=gt&c2val=30&order_by=date_game 297 comments nba
- Andre Drummond is the only player in NBA history to average 20 points, 20 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals per 100 possessions across their first 8 NBA season (minimum 15 minutes/game) https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=8&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts_per_poss&c1comp=gt&c1val=20&c2stat=trb_per_poss&c2comp=gt&c2val=20&c3stat=stl_per_poss&c3comp=gt&c3val=2&c4stat=blk_per_poss&c4comp=gt&c4val=2&c5stat=mp&c5comp=gt&c5val=15&c6stat=g&order_by=ws 41 comments nba
- After 56 games the Oilers have the 4th highest Power Play % in NHL history http://www.nhl.com/stats/teams?aggregate=0&reporttype=season&seasonfrom=19171918&seasonto=20192020&gametype=2&filter=gamesplayed,gte,1&sort=powerplaypct&page=0&pagesize=50 30 comments hockey
- This is the 11th time James Harden has recorded 40+ PTS with 10 or less FGM. No other player in history has more than 3 such games. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&year_min=1947&year_max=2020&is_playoffs=E&age_min=0&age_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts&c1comp=gt&c1val=40&c2stat=fg&c2comp=lt&c2val=10&order_by=pts 53 comments nba
- On January 22, 1983 the Houston Rockets played the Portland Trail Blazers to a 96-96 tie at the end of the 4th quarter; the Rockets would then go on to get outscored 17-0, resulting in the most lopsided overtime defeat in NBA history. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&team_seed_cmp=eq&opp_seed_cmp=eq&year_min=1947&year_max=2020&is_range=N&game_num_type=team&is_overtime=Y&order_by=diff_pts 17 comments nba
- Andre Drummond finishes his Pistons career as the only player in franchise history to record 8000 points, 8000 rebounds, 800 blocks and 800 steals; he did all of this in only 7 and a half seasons https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&franch_id=DET&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts&c1comp=gt&c1val=8000&c2stat=trb&c2comp=gt&c2val=8000&c3stat=blk&c3comp=gt&c3val=800&c4stat=stl&c4comp=gt&c4val=800&order_by=ws 297 comments nba
- Jokic becomes only the 9th player in NBA history with a 30-20-10 game https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&is_playoffs=N&age_min=0&age_max=99&season_start=1&season_end=-1&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts&c1comp=gt&c1val=30&c2stat=trb&c2comp=gt&c2val=20&c3stat=ast&c3comp=gt&c3val=10&order_by=pts 282 comments nba
- Hassan Whiteside is currently averaging 16pts-14reb-3blk a game. Only 5 other players in NBA history have averaged these numbers over the course of a season https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=pts_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=15.7&c2stat=trb_per_g&c2comp=gt&c2val=14&c3stat=blk_per_g&c3comp=gt&c3val=2.9&order_by=season 34 comments nba
- Only 7 teams in NFL history have won multiple playoff games in a season in which they passed for less than 100 yards. The Titans have now done it in the first two weeks of the postseason https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=season&year_min=1940&year_max=2019&game_type=P&game_num_min=0&game_num_max=99&week_num_min=0&week_num_max=99&temperature_gtlt=lt&game_result=W&c2stat=pass_yds&c2comp=lte&c2val=100&c5val=1.0&order_by=pass_td 5 comments nfl
- This season, James Harden is on pace to join Wilt Chamberlain (1961-62) as the only other player in NBA history to score more points than minutes played in a single season. Harden currently has 1,261 points in only 1,239 minutes played this season. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=mp&c1comp=gt&c1val=100&c5stat=pts&c5comp=gt&c5val=1&c6stat=mp&order_by=mp 49 comments nba
- LeBron James is 140 assists away from becoming the only player in NBA history to record at least 9,000 rebounds and 9,000 assists https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=0&age_max=99&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=trb&c1comp=gt&c1val=8000&c2stat=ast&c2comp=gt&c2val=8000&order_by=ws 141 comments nba
- Pelosi Has History and the Constitution at Her Back https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/opinion/impeachment-house-vote.html 32 comments politics
- Steph Curry: “This situation, there’s a huge weight and gravity to it. There’s going to need to be some things to be sorted out. But I just don’t know enough about Chinese history and how that’s influenced modern society...This is not going away. So we’ll come back to it.” https://streamable.com/9580r 1499 comments nba
- Israel Air Force set to welcome first Druze pilot in its history https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,l-5524113,00.html 2 comments worldnews
- Did Brady and Moss in 2007 have the highest single season QB-WR peak in NFL history? https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/amfncp/did_brady_and_moss_in_2007_have_the_highest/ 39 comments nfl
- US braces for coldest night in its history https://news.sky.com/story/us-braces-for-coldest-night-in-its-history-11197063 17 comments worldnews
- On this day 15 years ago, 2 of the biggest chokes/comebacks in NFL history occurred https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/7obx5l/on_this_day_15_years_ago_2_of_the_biggest/ 52 comments nfl
- Colts.com: The 6-foot-4, 235-pound Brissett, 24, is coming off perhaps one of the greatest preseason performances by a quarterback in NFL history http://m.colts.com/news/article-1/colts-acquire-quarterback-jacoby-brissett-send-phillip-dorsett-to-patriots/39e55cc1-1e2b-4aec-90fb-6f285563278b 81 comments nfl
- Independents, Republicans, and Democrats come together to propose internet privacy bill in Maine - this bill will require ISPs to get consent before being able to sell customers private internet history and would forbid ISPs from offering a discount to give up your private browsing information https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/05/independents-republicans-democrats-come-together-propose-internet-privacy-bill-maine/ 112 comments technology
- Best method to learn/ study history? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/5ylzi5/best_method_to_learn_study_history/ 10 comments history
- How does Persian history represent the battle of Thermopylae? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/5wvjpn/how_does_persian_history_represent_the_battle_of/ 12 comments history
- Rejected for Citi Double Cash card with credit score of 789 but "short" credit history - is there anything I can do now or do I just need to wait a couple years? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5kxjsk/rejected_for_citi_double_cash_card_with_credit/ 19 comments personalfinance
- A supercut of the worst dunks in dunk contest history http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3rfkk8_a-supercut-of-the-worst-dunks-in-nba-slam-dunk-contest-history_sport 9 comments nba
- Last week, the outgoing head of Arizona's Department of Education issued a letter saying some Tucson public schools were illegally promoting ethnic solidarity and the overthrow of the U.S. government by teaching Mexican history, rock lyrics and a rapper's essay. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/09/john-huppenthal-spanish_n_6431844.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=politics 18 comments politics
- 7270-year-old Tablet Found in Kastoria Calls into Question History of Writing http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/07/16/7270-year-old-tablet-found-in-kastoria-calls-into-question-history-of-writing/ 8 comments greece
- History as Science - Researcher says he can see cycles in history http://www.nature.com/news/human-cycles-history-as-science-1.11078 255 comments science
- A History of African-American Books And Writings http://blackbookclub.org/african-american-books-and-writing.html 13 comments books
- Longest tennis match in history (and it's still going on) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/live_scores/default.stm 73 comments sports
- Archaeology: Ancient bones could help combat TB "Weaning children early, as we do today, is not necessarily a good thing, the lesson of history would suggest" http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/13/medicalresearch.health 3 comments science