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Highest critical review ratings for a TV show

27 September 2014 by admin
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The first series of the ITV drama Downton Abbey scored 92 out of 100 on Metacritic, making it the highest-scoring reviewer-rated show of the year. The series, conceived and written by the actor Julian Fellowes (UK), follows the lives and loves of those living upstairs and downstairs in the estate of Robert, Earl of Grantham from 1912 to ­1914.

Highest contemporary art gallery

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The highest contemporary art gallery is The Nautilus, situated at 4,300 metres above sea level in the base camp of Plaza de Mulas, on the west face of Mount Aconcagua, Argentina. The gallery is privately owned and run by Miguel Doura, a painter who studied Fine Arts at the Escuela Prilidiano Pueyrredón (currently Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte) and has a lifelong passion for mountaineering. The art gallery, founded in 2003, is housed in a tent and exhibits about 40 of Doura’s paintings, which may Continue reading →

Highest dam

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The Nurek dam, on the river Vakhsh, Tajikistan is 300 m (984 ft) high and was completed in 1980. The Rogunskaya dam, also across the river Vakhsh, was due to reach 335 m (1098 ft) in height but the break-up of the former Soviet Union in 1991 prevented its completion.

Highest daily newspaper circulation

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The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper (Japan) is credited with having the highest circulation in the world, and with being the only newspaper to have a morning circulation in excess of 10 million copies. The morning edition has a circulation of 10,020,584, while the evening edition has a circulation of 3,516,692, producing a combined figure of 13,537,276 (Source: Japan ABC, average July- December 2010, & The Yomiuri Shimbun). With an average of 2.5 readers per copy, this results in a total readership of 25,051,460 per day (Source: Continue reading →

Highest darts score by inner and outer bull’s-eyes in two minutes

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The highest darts score by inner and outer bull’s-eyes in two minutes by a pair is 800 and was achieved by Kevin Fisher and Peter Gibbins (both UK) at The Grapes Public House in Colchester, Essex, UK, on 20 February 2014. The pair hit 22 outer bull’s-eyes and five bull’s-eyes on route to setting this new Guinness World Records title, breaking the previous mark by 50 points. On hand as their expert witness was Richie ‘Rich’ George, a professional darts player and son of darts Continue reading →

Highest death toll from a civil war

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The world’s costliest civil war, in terms of the number of lives lost during combat and in events directly relating to the war, is the Russian Civil War of 1917-22. It is estimated that the former Soviet Union lost 939,755 soldiers, and over 8 million civilians died following armed attacks, famine and disease. The Russian Civil War was a direct result of the 1917 October Revolution which resulted in the down-fall of the Tsar. The main sides in the conflict were the anti-Bolsheviks (Whites) and Continue reading →

Highest darts score in one hour by a men’s team

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The highest darts score in one hour by a men’s team was 35,087 achieved by the Cork Darts Organisation (Ireland) at the St. Vincent’s GAA Club in Cork, Ireland, on 20 March 2010. The team members who participated were Martin Cotter, Damian O’Driscoll, Steven Coveney, John O’Shea, Craig Sproat, Jason Kavanaugh, Kevin McDonnell, and James Corcoran (all Ireland).

Highest death toll from mass suicide in ancient times

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As reported by the historian Flavius Josephues (c.37-100), some 960 Jewish zealots committed suicide by cutting each others’ throats at Masada, Israel, in AD 73, as the palace was being beseiged by Romans. The men killed all the women and children, then drew lots to select ten men. The ten slew all the other men, then the ten drew lots to chose one man, who in turn killed the other nine. The remaining one man then fell on his own sword. In modern times, the Continue reading →