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 * 1) ... that famed speculator Jacob Little, the Great Bear of Wall Street, died a broken man after making and losing several fortunes? Symbol support vote.svg (21 February 2013, 5.2k views)
 * 2) ... that Sangay, a stratovolcano in Ecuador nicknamed The Frightener in Quechua, has been continuously erupting since 1934? Symbol support vote.svg (13 February 2012, 2.9k views)
 * 3) ... 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)
 * 4) ... that corals that live on the Tasmanian Seamounts are among the longest-living organisms on Earth? (13 November 2011, 3.3k views)
 * 5) ... 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)
 * 6) ... that Green Seamount, an underwater volcano, could be as much as 260,000 years old? (5 July 2011, 4.5k views)
 * 7) ... 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)
 * 8) ... that the decomposing skeleton of a right whale was found on the underwater volcano Patton Seamount? (1 December 2010, 15.2k views)
 * 9) ... 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) 
 * 10) ... 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) 
 * 11) ... 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) 
 * 12) ... that the court decision in Palila v. Hawaii saved the Palila, a critically endangered honeycreeper, from possible extinction? (24 August 2010: 4.8k views)
 * 13) ... that Abelmoschus ficulneus, a flowering plant found on three continents, is considered a crop weed in Australia? (11 August 2010: 499 views)
 * 14) ... 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)
 * 15) ... that observations and samplings from Jasper Seamount show that it is very similar to Hawaiian volcanoes? (9 August 2010: 2.9k views)
 * 16) ... 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)
 * 17) ... 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)
 * 18) ... 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)
 * 19) ... 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)
 * 20) ... 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)
 * 21) ... 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)
 * 22) ... 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)
 * 23) ... that at 26 million years, the Taney Seamounts are almost as old as the seafloor they stand on? (4 January 2010: 4.6k views)
 * 24) ... that the view atop Mount Kaputar in Mount Kaputar National Park encompasses about 1/10th of New South Wales? (2 January 2010: 482 views)
 * 25) ... 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)
 * 26) ... 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? Featured article star.svg (20 December 2009: 3.2k)
 * 27) ... 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)
 * 28) ... 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)
 * 29) ... that Davidson Seamount, off the coast of California, is one of the largest seamounts in the world? Symbol support vote.svg (9 December 2009: 4.8k views)
 * 30) ... that the Rumford Prize, awarded for excellent contributions to the fields of heat and light, is one of the oldest scientific prizes in America? Featured article star.svg (25 June 2009: 646 views)
 * 31) ... 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)
 * 32) ... 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)
 * 33) ... 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)
 * 34) ... 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)
 * 35) ... 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? Featured article star.svg (10 March 2009: 2.1k views)
 * 36) ... that the Italian island of Asinara is inhabited by a wild population of albino donkeys? (2 March 2009: 10.6k views)

Highest hits
 * 1) Patton Seamount 15.2k views (10)
 * 2) Opposition to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom 13.8k views (6)
 * 3) Asinara 10.6k views (7)
 * 4) Cobb Seamount 6.9k views (18)
 * 5) Vegreville egg 6.9k views (32)
 * 6) Asphalt volcano 6.0k views (69)

Inspired by User:Hunter Kahn.