For the Record

‘Everywhere you looked, there were fires … it was like driving into hell.’

Rain Moore, lieutenant at the Sneedville fire department, describing the wildfires that burned through the eastern Tennessee towns Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, as well as other parts of eastern Tennessee, killing at least three and damaging hundreds of buildings; Moore drove an hour and a half to help combat the blaze, which began on Nov. 28

‘We are all born to stand out.’

Halima Aden, 19-year-old Somali American from St. Cloud, Minn., explaining the message she wants to send by being the first Miss Minnesota USA pageant contestant to compete fully clothed; she cinched a spot in the semifinals wearing a hijab and wore a burkini during the swimsuit competition

Ecstasy

The FDA approved large-scale trials of the drug as a treatment for PTSD

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Cigarettes

Philip Morris’ CEO said he hopes to phase out the product in favor of smokeless versions

$3.7 million

Approximate value of gold bars and coins that a Frenchman, who wishes to remain anonymous, discovered hidden in a house he inherited from a deceased relative in Normandy

‘He seemed like he was there for one reason–to do as much damage as he could.’

Armand Ghazi, 20, describing the scene on Nov. 28 when fellow Ohio State University student Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, drove a car onto a campus sidewalk, hit multiple pedestrians and stabbed several more with a knife, according to police; Artan injured 11 people before being fatally shot by a university police officer

‘Give peace a chance.’

Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, signing the second version of a peace accord between the country’s government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on Nov. 24; unlike the first version, which was rejected by the public in a referendum, this agreement will be sent to the country’s Congress for approval

‘I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.’

Donald Trump, U.S. President-elect, tweeting on Nov. 27; there is no evidence to back up his claim

1337

The year of what is now considered the earliest documented case of a successful C-section, according to a recent discovery by Czech researchers

$30,000

The reward NASA is offering to whoever devises a replacement for diapers so astronauts can eliminate body waste hands-free during deep-space missions

SOURCES: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BBC; COLUMBUS DISPATCH; CESKA GYNEKOLOGIE; NEW YORK TIMES