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20225

The most points scored in an NBA game was 100 points on March 2, 1962 by Wilt Chamberlain.

To date, Wilt Chamberlain holds 15 of the 22 highest NBA games’ scoring records.

  1. 100 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1962-03-02, Philadelphia Warriors against NY Knicks
  2. 81 pts: Kobe Bryant, 2006-01-22, LA Lakers against Toronto Raptors
  3. 78 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1961-12-08, Phi Warriors against LA Lakers
  4. 73 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1962-01-13, Phi Warriors against Chicago Packers
  5. 73 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1962-11-16, SF Warriors against NY Knicks
  6. 73 pts: David Thompson, 1978-04-09, Den Nuggets against Det Pistons
  7. 72 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1962-11-03, SF Warriors against LA Lakers
  8. 71 pts: Elgin Baylor, 1960-11-15, LA Lakers against NY Knicks
  9. 71 pts: David Robinson, 1994-04-24, SA Spurs against LA Clippers
  10. 70 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1963-03-10, SF Warriors against Syracuse Nationals
  11. 69 pts: Michael Jordan, 1990-03-28, Chi Bulls against Cle Cavaliers
  12. 68 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1967-12-16, Phi 76ers against Chi Bulls
  13. 68 pts: Pete Maravich, 1977-02-25, NO Jazz against NY Knicks
  14. 67 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1961-03-09, Phi Warriors against NY Knicks
  15. 67 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1962-02-17, Phi Warriors against St. Louis Hawks
  16. 67 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1962-02-25, Phi Warriors against NY Knicks
  17. 67 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1963-01-11, SF Warriors against LA Lakers
  18. 66 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1969-02-09, LA Lakers against Phoenix Suns
  19. 65 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1962-02-13, Phi Warriors against Cincinnati Royals
  20. 65 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1962-02-27, Phi Warriors against St. Louis Hawks
  21. 65 pts: Wilt Chamberlain, 1966-02-07, Phi 76ers against LA Lakers
  22. 65 pts: Kobe Bryant, 2007-03-16, LA Lakers against Portland Trail Blazers
    ETA: What may be even more telling, of those 22 games, 14 of them were won by the leading scorer’s team. Of the 8 losses, 7 of the losses were by a Wilt Chamberlain team. The only other loss was in David Thompson’s game.
20226

The game where Chamberlain scored 100 was played in Hershey, PA.

20227

The first Hershey bar was produced in 1900. Hershey’s Kisses were developed in 1907, and the Hershey’s Bar with almonds was introduced in 1908.

20228

Episodes of Firefly, Doctor Who, and Batman all involve men getting knocked out when they kiss a woman with drugged lipstick.

20229

The first manmade lipsticks appeared around four to five thousand years ago in Ancient Mesopotamia. Women there used to grind precious gems and decorate lips with their dust.

20230

The mass of precious gemstones is measured in carats. One carat is 200mg.

20231

Benitoite was designated as the official State Gemstone of California in 1985. Sometimes called the “blue diamond”, it was first discovered near the headwaters of the San Benito River from which it derived its name. The gem is extremely rare and ranges in color from a light transparent blue to dark, vivid sapphire blue, and occasionally it is found in a violet shade.

20232

The male name Benito is derived from the Latin word ‘benedictus’, meaning ‘blessed’.

The Benedictus is a gospel canticle named for the first word of its text. It is recited or sung daily at Lauds.

20233

Benito Mussolini was named after Mexican president Benito Juarez. Mussolini’s father was a passionate socialist who believed in land redistribution and other liberal reforms advocated by Juarez.

20234

The first socialist government in North America was elected in Saskatchewan in 1944, when the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, or CCF, defeated the Liberal government in the general election.

20235

General elections for the Australian states, territories and the Commonwealth are always held on Saturdays.

20236

On Saturday Brazil lost again in the World Cup, their second straight embarrassing defeat after getting spanked by eventual champions Germany, 7-1.

20237

One of the pretenders to the throne of Brazil is Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza.

20238

Orléans, France, was originally named Aurelianum, or Aureliana Civitas, “city of Aurelian” (cité d’Aurélien) by Julius Caesar. This name eventually evolved into Orléans.

20239

The last of the direct line of Stuart pretenders to the British throne was Henry IX, Cardinal Duke of York.

20240

Sorry dude you were ninja’d. Mine is still in play:

20241

Former U.S. Representative John Hall was the lead singer for the soft-rock band Orleans, who in addition to their singles “Still The One” and “Dance With Me”, are best known as having released one of the worst album covers of all time.

20242

Former Palm Springs, CA mayor and Congressman Sonny Bono, a marginally talented percussionist and songwriter, weaseled his way into show-biz success on the back of his actually-talented wife, Cherilyn Sarkisian. Cher’s later solo song, “Believe”, was noted for popularizing Auto-Tune, in a song in which it was turned up so high that no human voice could repeat the changes.

20243

Sonny Bono died from injuries Bono died on January 5, 1998, of injuries sustained when he hit a tree while skiing. Michael Kennedy had died six days earlier on December 31, 1997 of injuries sustained when he hit a tree while skiing.

What are the odds?

20244

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The last of the direct line of Stuart pretenders to the British throne was Henry IX, Cardinal Duke of York. He died in 1807, one of the longest-serving Cardinals in history.