Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderThe best teacher at my high school could never eat enough to maintain his body weight - all day long he sipped little juice boxes of protein goop that he took with a grimace from a bear sized stack of pallets against the back wall of his office . He was nearish to seven foot, and in his opinion, didn't have a big enough stomach for the task. As a young man he'd been a skinny pole. During a university…
Sam O'nella has a great video on him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHDj2sB-rc
"The fork was never found". So... he digested literal gold?
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 703
- Total comments
- 242
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-11 | Tarrare | appleflaxen | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-02-05 | TarrareFirst breakout | aaaaaaaaaaab | 311 | 72 |
| 2020-08-15 | Tarrare | Hooke | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-08-16 | Tarrare 1772-1798 was a French soldier noted for his unusual appetite | franze | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-01-16 | TarrareHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | marcodiego | 388 | 169 |
| 2024-09-05 | Tarrare | arbuge | 1 | 0 |