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Hall of Fame
10
Candidates
26
Median span
9.5 yrs

observed on HN

First seen
2008

oldest HN appearance

Strongest Hall records

10 items
Tarrare
en.wikipedia.org 6 submissions · 6 people · 7.1 years
Hall of Fame Class of 2022-01 Resurfaced 2022-01-16
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Recently resurfaced

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Candidates

Browse 26 candidates
List of Cognitive Biases
en.wikipedia.org 36 submissions · 35 people · 15.2 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2019-07-02
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Münchhausen trilemma
en.wikipedia.org 12 submissions · 12 people · 12.3 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2020-03-19
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Happy Petrov day
en.wikipedia.org 17 submissions · 17 people · 15.7 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2023-09-26
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy
en.wikipedia.org 14 submissions · 9 people · 9.9 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-04-30
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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The Chinese Room Argument
plato.stanford.edu 13 submissions · 13 people · 16.0 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2019-02-03
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Chekhov's Gun
en.wikipedia.org 6 submissions · 6 people · 10.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2021-09-05
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Quotes
paulgraham.com 7 submissions · 7 people · 14.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2017-05-11
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
plato.stanford.edu 8 submissions · 7 people · 10.6 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2022-06-23
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Gödel's Ontological Proof
en.wikipedia.org 4 submissions · 4 people · 10.6 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2019-07-28
Needs:5 submissions
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Vela Incident
en.wikipedia.org 9 submissions · 9 people · 4.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2023-11-13
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Potoooooooo
en.wikipedia.org 5 submissions · 5 people · 10.4 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2025-01-16
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Simulacra and Simulation
en.wikipedia.org 6 submissions · 5 people · 8.4 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2020-05-12
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Whole Earth Index
wholeearth.info 7 submissions · 7 people · 2.0 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2025-10-28
Needs:3 active years
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Telling the Bees
en.wikipedia.org 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2023-07-12
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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The Two Cultures
en.wikipedia.org 4 submissions · 4 people · 9.6 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2023-05-11
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Green's Dictionary of Slang
greensdictofslang.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 9.3 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2026-02-08
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Garden path sentence
en.wikipedia.org 5 submissions · 5 people · 6.7 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2015-11-23
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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Medieval Price List
medieval.ucdavis.edu 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.6 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2019-11-30
Needs:5 submissions3 active years
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Belling the Cat
en.wikipedia.org 4 submissions · 3 people · 5.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2025-09-07
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Diolkos
en.wikipedia.org 3 submissions · 3 people · 8.6 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2020-10-21
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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Secessio plebis
en.wikipedia.org 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.3 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2020-05-09
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions
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