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Every link here is classified as reference on history and humanities.

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

latest 20+ point return

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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General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy
en.wikipedia.org 15 submissions · 10 people · 12.2 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2024-04-30
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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The Chinese Room Argument
plato.stanford.edu 14 submissions · 14 people · 16.3 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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Simulacra and Simulation
en.wikipedia.org 7 submissions · 6 people · 9.0 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2020-05-12
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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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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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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