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Article (DYK date) DYK views DYK hook Image
Antonija Mišura
(23 August 2012)
32,305 ... that according to Bleacher Report, Antonija Mišura (pictured) was the most beautiful female competitor at the 2012 Olympics?
Croatian Apoxyomenos
(14 April 2016)
12,647 ... that the Croatian Apoxyomenos (head pictured), a 2,000-year-old Ancient Greek bronze statue, was discovered on the seabed by a Belgian tourist?
HMS Aldenham (L22)
(21 June 2010)
11,926 ... that HMS Aldenham (pictured), which struck a mine near the island of Pag, was the final destroyer lost by the Royal Navy in World War II?
Rimac Concept One
(6 January 2013)
8,789 ... that the Rimac Concept One (pictured) has been described as the world's first electric supercar?
Ombla
(28 June 2012)
8,567 ... that the Ombla River near Dubrovnik, Croatia, is claimed to be the shortest river in the world, flowing approximately 30 metres (98 feet) before emptying into the Adriatic Sea?
Maslenica Bridge (D8)
(1 September 2010)
8,108 ... that the Maslenica Bridge (pictured) carrying the Adriatic Highway was completely destroyed during the Croatian War of Independence and reconstructed 14 years later?
Hermann II, Count of Celje
(31 August 2015)
7,662 ... that Hermann II of Celje (pictured), viceroy of Croatia and heir to Bosnia, accused his daughter-in-law Veronika of witchcraft and had her drowned?
Una-class submarine
(12 March 2014)
7,621 ... that the Una-class submarines were midgets?
Zospeum tholussum
(24 October 2013)
7,614 ... that the microscopic cave snail Zospeum tholussum (pictured) is so slow that in a week's time it may only move a few millimeters or centimeters in circles?
Port of Split
(14 October 2011)
7,474 ... that the Port of Split (pictured) in Croatia is the third largest passenger seaport in the Mediterranean?
Franjo Tuđman Bridge (Dubrovnik)
(2 September 2010)
7,139 ... that the opening of the Franjo Tuđman Bridge (pictured) was controversial due to a public naming dispute?
Hraschina meteorite
(28 July 2011)
6,286 ... that the fall of the Hraschina meteorite in 1751 was the first witnessed fall of an iron meteorite?