| Article
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Date
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Image
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views
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vph
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DYK hook
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| The Cock Destroyers
|
2024-11-13
|
|
40,261
|
1,677.5
|
... that The Cock Destroyers (pictured) released a trans-inclusive sex education video for Netflix before hosting Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer?
|
| Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer
|
12,336
|
514.0
|
| Total |
52,598 |
2,191.6
|
| Chili Williams |
2024-11-01 |
 |
37,218 |
1,550.8 |
... that a photograph of Chili Williams, known as the "Polka Dot Girl" (pictured), was one of the "two most famous pin-up pictures" of World War II?
|
| He Fucked the Girl Out of Me |
2024-11-20 |
|
29,262 |
1,219.2 |
... that a review described He Fucked the Girl Out of Me as being about "all the ways in which American society fails its most vulnerable"?
|
| Cannonball (Milwaukee Road train) |
2024-11-14 |
 |
28,204 |
1,175.2 |
... that despite being an ordinary commuter train, the Cannonball (pictured) was known for its Friday-night parties?
|
| Elogio del Horizonte |
2024-11-19 |
 |
26,167 |
1,090.3 |
... that Elogio del Horizonte (pictured) has been nicknamed "King Kong's toilet"?
|
| Fijian Labour Corps |
2024-11-12 |
 |
25,703 |
1,071.0 |
... that members of the Fijian Labour Corps (pictured) attracted notice on the Western Front of World War I for their height and muscularity?
|
| Teniky |
2024-11-11 |
 |
24,940 |
1,039.2 |
... that an enigmatic ancient site deep in Madagascar (pictured) may have been built by Zoroastrians?
|
| James Davis (escaped convict) |
2024-11-03 |
 |
24,630 |
1,026.2 |
... that convict James Davis (pictured) escaped custody in Australia and lived with Aboriginal Australians for 13 years?
|
| Sheetz–Wawa rivalry |
2024-11-15 |
|
24,246 |
1,010.2 |
... that at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, vice presidential nominee Tim Walz was booed for visiting the "wrong" Pennsylvanian gas station chain?
|
| Methuselah (lungfish) |
2024-11-05 |
|
20,790 |
873.8 |
... that Methuselah likes belly rubs?
|
| Anaïs Gallagher
|
2024-11-02
|
|
9,251
|
385.5
|
... that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced "the most controversial band reunion since the Sex Pistols' 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour", Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism?
|
| Oasis Live '25 Tour
|
7,666
|
319.4
|
| Filthy Lucre Tour
|
3,742
|
155.9
|
| Total |
20,658 |
860.8
|
| Zhuhai Fisher Girl
|
2024-11-04
|
|
15,262
|
635.7
|
... that Chinese sculptor Pan He created the Zhuhai Fisher Girl (pictured), an icon of Zhuhai?
|
| Pan He
|
5,276
|
219.7
|
| Total |
20,538 |
855.4
|
| Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik |
2024-11-10 |
|
20,266 |
844.4 |
... that during the Second World War the British government transmitted German music to Nazi U-boats?
|
| Sajou no Hana |
2024-11-06 |
 |
19,896 |
829.0 |
... that the name of the Japanese band Sajou no Hana (vocalist pictured) has no official meaning?
|
| Texas and Pacific 610 |
2024-11-20 |
 |
19,028 |
792.8 |
... that Texas and Pacific 610 (pictured) was once bought for $1?
|
| Glomp |
2024-11-09 |
|
18,975 |
790.6 |
... that a "glomping circle" in 2008 reportedly lasted seven hours?
|
| Gitmo playlist |
2024-11-14 |
|
18,848 |
785.4 |
... that the music producer of Barney & Friends considered it ludicrous that its theme song was used in torture at Guantanamo Bay?
|
| Lesser sign of the cross |
2024-11-06 |
|
18,566 |
773.6 |
... that the practice of some Christians of making the lesser sign of the cross has been traced back to the 11th century?
|
| Vivian Stranders |
2024-11-07 |
|
17,788 |
741.2 |
... that Vivian Stranders, a British-born Jew, served as an officer in the Nazi SS?
|
| Jewish dairy restaurant |
2024-11-17 |
|
17,586 |
732.8 |
... that Leon Trotsky frequented a Jewish dairy restaurant in the Bronx but refused to tip, and the waiters retaliated by spilling hot soup on him?
|
| The Gust of Wind (Renoir) |
2024-11-19 |
|
17,399 |
725.0 |
... that The Gust of Wind is Renoir's attempt to paint air?
|
| Kent Brushes |
2024-11-09 |
 |
17,294 |
720.6 |
... that Kent Brushes have supplied their products (examples pictured) to every British monarch since George IV?
|
| Pleasure Garden (painting) |
2024-11-12 |
|
17,055 |
710.6 |
... that controversy ensued when the painting Pleasure Garden was offered to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery?
|
| Sailor Song (song)
|
2024-11-07
|
|
11,106
|
462.8
|
... that the lyrics of Gigi Perez's "Sailor Song" were criticized by far-right conservative Christian communities?
|
| Gigi Perez
|
5,557[a]
|
231.5
|
| Total |
16,664 |
694.3
|
| Western Air Lines Flight 636 |
2024-11-08 |
|
16,138 |
672.4 |
... that two of the victims and much of the aircraft involved in the crash of Western Air Lines Flight 636 were never removed from San Francisco Bay?
|
| It's OK I'm OK |
2024-11-10 |
|
15,794 |
658.1 |
... that the music video for "It's OK I'm OK" was edited to make its singer appear naked?
|
| Jacques Lewis |
2024-11-11 |
|
14,716 |
613.2 |
... that Jacques Lewis, a 105-year-old French veteran of D-Day, insisted on participating in a ceremony commemorating the invasion's 80th anniversary?
|
| Allison Reese |
2024-11-07 |
|
14,702 |
612.6 |
... that Allison Reese has received millions of views for her impressions of Kamala Harris?
|
| Xifeng concentration camp |
2024-11-13 |
|
14,632 |
609.7 |
... that the barracks at the Xifeng concentration camp were named for Confucian tenets such as righteousness and filial piety?
|
| Sammy Basso |
2024-11-05 |
|
14,491 |
609.1 |
... that Sammy Basso was the oldest known person with progeria?
|
| Núria Llansà |
2024-11-10 |
 |
14,359 |
598.3 |
... that despite being Barcelona's starting goalkeeper for 1972, Núria Llansà (pictured) played one match as right-back?
|
| Middlesex Regiment alien labour units |
2024-11-03 |
|
14,036 |
584.8 |
... that the British Army deployed companies of aliens to France during the First World War?
|
| Tyromancy |
2024-11-18 |
|
13,870 |
577.9 |
... that tyromancy is a form of fortune-telling using cheese?
|
| Trilobite Wilderness |
2024-11-20 |
|
12,907 |
537.8 |
... that the Trilobite Wilderness is so rich in trilobite fossils that in places virtually every rock contains a fossil?
|
| Luce (mascot) |
2024-11-09 |
|
12,762[b] |
531.8 |
... that the Holy See has been represented by an anime-style mascot?
|
| Rincón Chileno |
2024-11-16 |
 |
12,646 |
526.9 |
... that Rincón Chileno (pictured) was nicknamed the "second Chilean consulate" by the Chilean immigrant community in Los Angeles?
|
| Aniello Prisco |
2024-11-09 |
|
12,611 |
525.5 |
... that Aniello Prisco was shot to death while trying to extort a crime boss?
|
| Church of the East in Sichuan |
2024-11-18 |
|
12,592 |
524.7 |
... that a Chinese poet wrote about a Syriac church in Sichuan without knowing what it was?
|
| Edmonds (brand) |
2024-11-18 |
|
12,525 |
521.9 |
... that housewives were encouraged to keep Edmonds baking-powder tins to be used as bombs?
|
| Cycling in China |
2024-11-15 |
|
12,364 |
515.2 |
... that China was once the "Kingdom of Bicycles"?
|
| Mouthwashing (video game) |
2024-11-05 |
|
12,220[c] |
513.6 |
... that the 2024 psychological horror game Mouthwashing utilises non-diegetic scene transitions that mimic glitches and crashes?
|
| John W. Keogh |
2024-11-05 |
|
11,954 |
502.4 |
... that John W. Keogh killed an attorney to encourage redistricting?
|
| Fengshan (general) |
2024-11-13 |
|
11,896 |
495.7 |
... that the assassination of Fengshan resulted in a pun combining fried eggs and bombs?
|
| Genesis (Lebrun) |
2024-11-08 |
 |
11,355 |
473.1 |
... that Rico Lebrun refused to submit sketches of Genesis (detail pictured), a mural commissioned by Pomona College, for approval by its board of trustees?
|
| Dan Rossi |
2024-11-10 |
|
11,190 |
466.3 |
... that hot-dog vendor Dan Rossi has slept inside his cart overnight to preserve his spot in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
|
| Harvey Tuckett |
2024-11-20 |
|
11,016 |
459.0 |
... that cavalry officer Harvey Tuckett retired from the British Army to become an actor, but was shot in a duel by his former commanding officer?
|
| HMNZS Manawanui (2019) |
2024-11-04 |
|
10,848 |
451.8 |
... that in October 2024 Manawanui became the first Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to be lost in peacetime?
|
| Victoria Roshchyna |
2024-11-08 |
|
10,300 |
429.2 |
... that Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna's car was once fired on by Russian tanks?
|
| Abraham Hamadeh |
2024-11-10 |
|
10,220[d] |
425.8 |
... that Abraham Hamadeh lost one of the closest elections in Arizona history by 280 votes, and has filed multiple lawsuits challenging the results?
|
| Disputes on Wikipedia |
2024-11-11 |
|
10,211 |
425.5 |
... that editors often line up in rival camps during contentious disputes on Wikipedia and the winning side typically cites encyclopedic policies to favor their viewpoint?
|
| Eunus |
2024-11-15 |
|
10,133 |
422.2 |
... that Eunus, a Syrian slave and reputed prophet, led a slave revolt in Sicily against the Roman Republic?
|
| Jabulani Mabuza |
2024-11-15 |
|
10,130 |
422.1 |
... that "Buy Cash" is the speaker of the House of Assembly of Eswatini?
|
| Conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season |
2024-11-07 |
|
10,115 |
421.5 |
... that several major U.S. politicians have spread conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?
|
| Ana Eva Hei |
2024-11-03 |
|
10,114 |
421.4 |
... that one of the last surviving women from Rapa Nui to receive traditional facial tattoos was queen consort Ana Eva Hei?
|
| History Instructing Youth |
2024-11-15 |
 |
10,076 |
419.8 |
... that Martha Washington's portrait on the 1896 US one-dollar silver certificate (pictured) is the most recent time that a woman has been featured on US paper money?
|
| Francis W. Kelly |
2024-11-04 |
|
9,890 |
412.0 |
... that Marine chaplain Francis W. Kelly was known as "Father Foxhole" for his presence on the front lines of the Pacific Theater?
|
| 45 East 66th Street |
2024-11-03 |
|
9,853 |
410.5 |
... that the tenants of a New York City apartment building protested against its owner by going to a racetrack and betting on his horse?
|
| 1917 Łódź City Council election |
2024-11-17 |
 |
9,598 |
399.9 |
... that socialists received 31 percent of the vote in the 1917 Łódź City Council election (campaign poster pictured), but the system implemented by the German occupying authorities only gave them 8 percent of the seats?
|
| Funnyback |
2024-11-03 |
|
9,462 |
394.2 |
... that America's first small-size silver certificate was referred to as a Funnyback?
|
| İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra |
2024-11-13 |
|
9,328 |
388.7 |
... that Northern Cypriot minister of health İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra warned that her country would be destroyed unless it started producing drugs?
|
| Eternity in Flames |
2024-11-17 |
|
9,298 |
387.4 |
... that Eternity in Flames, now commonly shown in Chinese schools, was banned during the Cultural Revolution?
|
| George Frederick Cumming Smillie |
2024-11-06 |
|
9,230 |
384.6 |
... that a portrait engraver made the controversial decision to change a Sioux chief's war bonnet so that it would fit on the 1899 United States five-dollar silver certificate?
|
| Talk Talk (Charli XCX song) |
2024-11-06 |
|
9,042 |
376.8 |
... that Charli XCX once followed George Daniel into a toilet but stopped halfway, and later wrote the song "Talk Talk" about the experience?
|
| Kere (famine) |
2024-11-17 |
|
9,025 |
376.0 |
... that a recurrent famine has haunted Madagascar's southern regions since the 1930s?
|
| Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (song) |
2024-11-19 |
|
8,798 |
366.6 |
... that "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" has been credited with bringing dubstep to the mainstream?
|
| The True Record |
2024-11-07 |
 |
8,610 |
358.8 |
... that The True Record (issue pictured) closed shortly after implicating Provisional President Yuan Shikai in the assassination of Song Jiaoren?
|
| Brick by Brick: How Lego Rewrote the Rules of Innovation |
2024-11-20 |
|
8,470 |
352.9 |
... that the 2013 book Brick by Brick, about how The Lego Group reinvented itself, became a popular business text?
|
| How You Get the Girl |
2024-11-18 |
 |
8,461 |
352.5 |
... that the choreography of "How You Get the Girl" during the 1989 World Tour (pictured) resembled that of the musical Singin' in the Rain?
|
| Muadianvita Kazadi |
2024-11-01 |
|
8,416 |
350.6 |
... that NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi viewed football as "war", according to a teammate?
|
| Eddie Sheldrake |
2024-11-16 |
|
8,356 |
348.1 |
... that before selling chicken and pies, 5-foot-9-inch (1.75 m) Eddie Sheldrake broke UCLA's single-game scoring record in basketball?
|
| Puck Building |
2024-11-04 |
|
8,101 |
337.4 |
... that the Puck Building has two gilded Pucks?
|
| Edmonds Band Rotunda |
2024-11-02 |
 |
8,015 |
334.0 |
... that the basement of the Edmonds Band Rotunda (pictured) was once used as a kitchen?
|
| Ye Gongchuo |
2024-11-12 |
|
7,990 |
332.9 |
... that Ye Gongchuo worked for emperors, warlords and republicans before leaving politics to focus on art?
|
| Yang Pao'an |
2024-11-01 |
|
7,958 |
331.6 |
... that Yang Pao'an refused to forsake the Chinese Communist Party, reportedly even after a telephone call with Chiang Kai-shek?
|
| Delibird |
2024-11-01 |
|
7,928 |
330.3 |
... that, despite Delibird being directly inspired by Santa Claus, TheGamer refused to give it the title of Christmas Pokémon?
|
| Alex Portal
|
2024-11-04
|
|
4,590
|
191.2
|
... that swimmer Alex Portal and his brother Kylian Portal both won medals in the same event at the 2024 Paralympics?
|
| Kylian Portal
|
3,326
|
138.5
|
| Total |
7,916 |
329.7
|
| Meijer de Hond |
2024-11-12 |
|
7,900 |
329.2 |
... that Dutch rabbi Meijer de Hond, who grew up in poverty, was known as the Volksrebbe ('people's rabbi') for his popularity among the Jewish poor of Amsterdam?
|
| Helmut Bauer (bishop) |
2024-11-20 |
|
7,828 |
326.1 |
... that Helmut Bauer confirmed around 150,000 young people, including 500 in Tanzania?
|
| Rose O'Neill (Irish noblewoman) |
2024-11-06 |
|
7,793 |
324.7 |
... that Rose O'Neill's marriage to Hugh Roe O'Donnell united two powerful noble families that had been rivals for centuries?
|
| Diaspora Revolt |
2024-11-11 |
|
7,526 |
313.6 |
... that the suppression of the Diaspora Revolt of 115–117 CE led to the near-total annihilation and displacement of Jewish communities in Cyrenaica, Cyprus, and much of Egypt?
|
| Manifesto (2015 film) |
2024-11-03 |
|
7,513 |
313.0 |
... that Cate Blanchett played 13 different characters in the multi-screen film installation Manifesto?
|
| Lichfield War Memorial |
2024-11-10 |
|
7,474 |
311.4 |
... that the Lichfield War Memorial includes a life-size depiction of Saint George and a slain dragon?
|
| School lunch in Japan |
2024-11-09 |
|
7,414 |
308.9 |
... that crab is served in school meals in Toyama Prefecture?
|
| Ivan Ivan (ice hockey) |
2024-11-03 |
|
7,262 |
302.6 |
... that Ivan Ivan played for the Eagles and the Eagles?
|
| Ye Yanlan |
2024-11-11 |
|
7,170 |
298.8 |
... that, according to his family, Ye Yanlan was compelled to leave government service after speaking Cantonese in front of the emperor of China?
|
| Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków |
2024-11-19 |
|
7,132 |
297.2 |
... that a modern Polish fairy tale, written during the period of martial law in Poland in the 1980s, mixes the themes of real-world environmental protection and fantasy-like gnomes?
|
| Flag of Falcón
|
2024-11-10
|
|
5,422
|
225.9
|
... that the current flag of Falcón, a state of Venezuela, was first hoisted at the Monument to the Venezuelan Federation in 2006 and is based on the design of the 1806 naval flag of Francisco de Miranda?
|
| Monument to the Venezuelan Federation
|
1,672
|
69.7
|
| Total |
7,095 |
295.6
|
| Ricot Joseph |
2024-11-08 |
|
6,826 |
284.4 |
... that college football player Ricot Joseph declined a full scholarship so that he could be a walk-on?
|
| Dalibor Riccardi |
2024-11-15 |
|
6,714 |
279.8 |
... that Dalibor Riccardi, a head of state of San Marino, has played more than 70 matches in the country's football league?
|
| Stadium ban decision |
2024-11-01 |
|
6,678 |
278.3 |
... that a German court's decision involving football stadiums may preclude Facebook from arbitrarily banning users?
|
| Laws of London |
2024-11-18 |
|
6,580 |
274.2 |
... that according to the Laws of London, merchants from lands ruled by the German emperor enjoyed special trading privileges in 11th-century London?
|
| Kaunas Carillon |
2024-11-14 |
|
6,546 |
272.8 |
... that with the exception of one day in 1941, the Kaunas Carillon stopped playing music for sixteen years due to the Soviet and German occupations of Lithuania?
|
| E-Defense |
2024-11-04 |
|
6,546 |
272.7 |
... that when the E-Defense was commissioned in 2005, it was the world's largest 3D earthquake shake table?
|
| Michael S. Harrison |
2024-11-08 |
|
6,412 |
267.2 |
... that a superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department posed as a corrupt officer during covert operations?
|
| Carlton Colville Scouts Memorial |
2024-11-11 |
|
6,330 |
263.7 |
... that a memorial in Suffolk, England, marks the deaths of six members of a scout troop in a 1914 boating accident and that of the sole survivor two years later in the Battle of the Somme?
|
| Don Bragg (basketball) |
2024-11-05 |
|
6,234 |
262.0 |
... that the Korean War allowed Don Bragg to set a UCLA basketball record for the most rebounds by a varsity freshman, which stood for almost 40 years?
|
| Nocturna (band) |
2024-11-18 |
|
6,262 |
260.9 |
... that the members of Nocturna met for the first time while recording their debut album?
|
| Alan Rosen (restaurant owner) |
2024-11-15 |
|
6,238 |
259.9 |
... that Alan Rosen once sold 2,400 cheesecakes in four minutes to television shoppers?
|
| Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures |
2024-11-02 |
|
6,184 |
257.7 |
... that Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures excludes mentions of Nazism that are present in the Indiana Jones films?
|
| Kichuś majstra Lepigliny |
2024-11-16 |
|
6,119 |
255.0 |
... that a book known as the "Polish Pinocchio" was published a hundred years ago?
|
| 50 Lan |
2024-11-11 |
|
6,105 |
254.4 |
... that 50 Lan occupied the number-one spot in Taiwan's bubble tea market for most of 2023?
|
| Maria Muntañola Cvetković |
2024-11-19 |
|
6,028 |
251.1 |
... that after fleeing to Argentina as a Spanish Civil War refugee, Maria Muntañola Cvetković became one of Yugoslavia's first experts on microfungi?
|
| 2024 Ohio Issue 1 |
2024-11-17 |
|
5,934 |
247.2 |
... that the ballot summary for 2024 Ohio Issue 1 was a flashpoint for legal action?
|
| Mitch Torres |
2024-11-02 |
|
5,844 |
243.5 |
... that Mitch Torres is a "self-proclaimed damper destroyer"?
|
| Jeya Wilson |
2024-11-14 |
|
5,836 |
243.2 |
... that Jeya Wilson invited New Zealand prime minister David Lange to debate the moral indefensibility of nuclear weapons at the Oxford Union?
|
| Patricia Taylor |
2024-11-09 |
|
5,832 |
243.0 |
... that Canadian microbiologist Patricia Taylor helped American diplomats hide in her house in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis?
|
| Nathania Ong |
2024-11-13 |
|
5,816 |
242.3 |
... that Nathania Ong had not seen Les Misérables before successfully auditioning for the role of Éponine?
|
| Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences |
2024-11-05 |
 |
5,700 |
239.6 |
... that a screen based on the circuitry of a rat brain (pictured) is displayed on the façade of the Jerusalem-based Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences?
|
| WOGX |
2024-11-14 |
|
5,725 |
238.5 |
... that the FCC canceled a permit to build a Florida TV station, finding that "the most prominent facility completed within the studio building appears to be a toilet"?
|
| Marie Marcks |
2024-11-03 |
|
5,588 |
232.9 |
... that Marie Marcks sarcastically caricatured gender roles like no one before, according to Jutta Limbach?
|
| Checheyigen |
2024-11-15 |
|
5,484 |
228.5 |
... that Checheyigen's political acumen ensured that her family became one of the most powerful in the Mongol Empire?
|
| American Viscose Plant Historic District |
2024-11-16 |
|
5,422 |
225.9 |
... that smokestacks at a former rayon mill were stabilized by dropping bricks into them?
|
| 240 Centre Street |
2024-11-14 |
|
5,360 |
223.3 |
... that a renovation of 240 Centre Street was delayed by several months because a street map was incorrect?
|
| You Are Here (song) |
2024-11-01 |
|
5,360 |
223.3 |
... that the music video for John Lennon's "You Are Here", issued half a century after the song was released, shows previously unseen footage of Lennon?
|
| Diplodus argenteus |
2024-11-01 |
|
5,342 |
222.6 |
... that despite being commonly found off the coast of Argentina, Diplodus argenteus is not named after the country?
|
| Benjamin Franklin Shumard |
2024-11-20 |
|
5,332 |
222.2 |
... that Benjamin Franklin Shumard's assistant named an oak species after him, and then sabotaged his reinstatement after he was fired?
|
| Neknampur Lake |
2024-11-20 |
|
5,241 |
218.4 |
... that the restoration of Neknampur Lake was recognised "as the best model of lake restoration in India"?
|
| Black Lesbian and Gay Centre |
2024-11-06 |
|
5,234 |
218.1 |
... that a rainbow plaque marks the site of Peckham's Black Lesbian and Gay Centre?
|
| Chinese Garden MRT station |
2024-11-12 |
|
5,214 |
217.3 |
... that Chinese Garden MRT station did not originally have access to the Chinese Garden?
|
| Second Adrian Hasler cabinet |
2024-11-02 |
|
5,200 |
216.7 |
... that a member of the second Adrian Hasler cabinet was expelled in 2019 following an embezzlement scandal?
|
| Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone |
2024-11-11 |
|
5,013 |
208.9 |
... that although Hugh O'Neill publicly assisted the English Crown in thwarting Irish rebels during the Nine Years' War, he was secretly the leader of the Irish confederacy?
|
| SELF-iSH |
2024-11-12 |
|
4,964 |
206.9 |
... that Will Wood performed nude for the music video of a song on SELF-iSH?
|
| Irish Museum of Time |
2024-11-11 |
|
4,928 |
205.4 |
... that the world's oldest timepiece with an anchor escapement is in the collection of the Irish Museum of Time?
|
| Malaysia Monument |
2024-11-04 |
|
4,916 |
204.7 |
... that the Chinese community of Kota Kinabalu sponsored the creation of the Malaysia Monument just 20 days before it needed to be completed to mark the formation of Malaysia?
|
| Grizel Niven |
2024-11-08 |
|
4,860 |
202.5 |
... that Grizel Niven created "The Bessie", the Women's Prize for Fiction statuette, which a past winner called "ugly"?
|
| Xinwen Bao |
2024-11-14 |
|
4,844 |
201.8 |
... that the Xinwen Bao was first published during the Lunar New Year to take advantage of its competitors being on hiatus?
|
| Dundonald House |
2024-11-08 |
|
4,786 |
199.4 |
... that the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Prison Service were breached by protestors in 2003?
|
| Come In (Weatherday album) |
2024-11-02 |
|
4,736 |
197.3 |
... that Come In was recorded on a hands-free microphone attached to a pair of headphones?
|
| Beijing Hanhai |
2024-11-06 |
|
4,680 |
195.0 |
... that one of the paintings sold by Beijing Hanhai was stolen by an emperor, and another was hidden in a well?
|
| Hasan Ali (activist) |
2024-11-18 |
|
4,680 |
195.0 |
... that language activist Hasan Ali spent more than 20 years compiling a dictionary of the Osing language?
|
| Sonya Friedman |
2024-11-14 |
|
4,671 |
194.6 |
... that psychologist Sonya Friedman recommends that women create a totem, a collection of objects that represent important turning points in their lives?
|
| The Lock-Up |
2024-11-08 |
|
4,643 |
193.5 |
... that The Lock-Up, an art gallery housed in a former police station, retains the graffiti drawn by prisoners in the holding cells and has incorporated it into a performative exhibition?
|
| He Jianshi |
2024-11-09 |
|
4,569 |
190.4 |
... that He Jianshi used Chinese opera to advance a revolution against the Qing dynasty?
|
| Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs |
2024-11-07 |
|
4,519 |
188.3 |
... that Manhood was Josh Hawley's second book to be published by Regnery, after he was dropped by Simon & Schuster for his support of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election?
|
| Tore Skeie |
2024-11-05 |
|
4,435 |
186.4 |
... that Tore Skeie's first book, written while he faced severe financial hardship, won him a prize of NOK 100,000?
|
| Georgina Sutton |
2024-11-17 |
|
4,422 |
184.2 |
... that Georgina Sutton was the first woman to be appointed the chief pilot of an Australian airline?
|
| List of oral repositories |
2024-11-02 |
|
4,409 |
183.7 |
... that oral repositories are individuals trusted with memorising a society's oral traditions, and have been termed "walking libraries"?
|
| Teleke Lauti |
2024-11-01 |
|
4,391 |
183.0 |
... that politician Teleke Lauti unseated a former prime minister, was himself unseated by a future prime minister, and later ran again to replace a former prime minister?
|
| Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District |
2024-11-12 |
|
4,385 |
182.7 |
... that the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District has 102 properties within 12 blocks and contains "excellent examples of the predominant architecture styles of the 1920s and 1930s"?
|
| Socialist Party of India (1955) |
2024-11-16 |
|
4,200 |
175.0 |
... that in its 1962 election campaign, the Socialist Party of India demanded that twice-yearly inter-caste dining be made a mandatory criterion for government employment?
|
| Criminals (Meghan Trainor song) |
2024-11-16 |
|
4,166 |
173.6 |
... that the cast of The Perfect Couple created a WhatsApp group to avoid filming a dance sequence to the theme song?
|
| Pulp and paper industry in Indonesia |
2024-11-05 |
|
4,020 |
168.9 |
... that the Indonesian pulp and paper industry collectively controls over 10 million hectares of land?
|
| Margaret Pargeter |
2024-11-09 |
|
4,027 |
167.8 |
... that Margaret Pargeter published 49 books in eleven years, with another book following eleven years later?
|
| Marina Kondratyeva |
2024-11-17 |
|
3,996 |
166.5 |
... that ballerina Marina Kondratyeva served the Bolshoi Ballet and its school for over 70 years?
|
| Dolichostachys |
2024-11-20 |
|
3,939 |
164.1 |
... that although the plant species Dolichostachys elongata was first described in 1962, it was not considered validly published until 60 years later?
|
| All Hell Breaks Loose (Charmed) |
2024-11-13 |
|
3,917 |
163.2 |
... that "All Hell Breaks Loose", the last episode of Charmed to feature Shannen Doherty as Prue, was also directed by her?
|
| Od Warszawy do Ojcowa |
2024-11-06 |
|
3,795 |
158.1 |
... that From Warsaw to Ojców, an 1897 Polish adventure and travel novel for young readers, was inspired by Jules Verne's works but reflects Polish patriotic and educational values?
|
| Growing Form |
2024-11-10 |
|
3,788 |
157.9 |
... that sculptor Moelwyn Merchant described his 1982 piece Growing Form as resembling "a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"?
|
| Wasswa Serwanga |
2024-11-19 |
|
3,756 |
156.5 |
... that Wasswa Serwanga and his twin brother were the first two NFL players from Uganda?
|
| Embassy of the Philippines, Bucharest |
2024-11-07 |
|
3,726 |
155.2 |
... that the embassy of the Philippines in Bucharest is the country's first mission in the Eastern Bloc?
|
| Walter Campbell Smith |
2024-11-12 |
|
3,592 |
149.7 |
... that Walter Campbell Smith's training in mineralogy led him to volunteer with the chemical warfare unit of British Army during World War I?
|
| De Vinne Press Building |
2024-11-08 |
|
3,541 |
147.5 |
... that the owner of the De Vinne Press Building finalized his purchase of the building while in an elevator?
|
| Abortion in Equatorial Guinea |
2024-11-19 |
|
3,521 |
146.7 |
... that Equatorial Guinea's national abortion law is, as of 2022, one of only eleven that requires a woman to get her spouse's approval to receive an abortion?
|
| Blanche Badcock |
2024-11-02 |
|
3,518 |
146.6 |
... that a poultry farmer was the first woman to compete for the Sovereign's Prize, the highest honour in British rifle shooting?
|
| Neath, New South Wales |
2024-11-09 |
|
3,494 |
145.6 |
... that the rural village of Neath, New South Wales, had a population of three Tok Pisin speakers in 2021?
|
| Veylma Falaeo |
2024-11-18 |
|
3,470 |
144.6 |
... that the politician Veylma Falaeo is the first woman to be President of the Congress of New Caledonia?
|
| El Eternauta: tercera parte |
2024-11-13 |
|
3,206 |
133.6 |
... that El Eternauta: tercera parte kept Héctor Germán Oesterheld, the creator of the original comic, as a narrator after he was disappeared?
|
| Tenzin Doendrup |
2024-11-07 |
|
3,197 |
133.2 |
... that Tenzin Doendrup, the 68th Je Khenpo and chief abbot of Bhutan, issued a decree to stop the practice of animal sacrifices?
|
| Beth Kempton |
2024-11-04 |
|
3,194 |
133.1 |
... that self-help author Beth Kempton held positions at both the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Tokyo and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
|
| KTSF |
2024-11-19 |
|
3,172 |
132.1 |
... that the Japanese TV show Iron Chef gained a cult following on a San Francisco TV station before it was dubbed into English and aired on the Food Network?
|
| Moses da Rieti |
2024-11-13 |
|
3,108 |
129.5 |
... that a poem by Moses da Rieti includes an encyclopedia of the sciences, a Jewish paradise fantasy, and a post-biblical history of Jewish literature?
|
| Typhoon Thelma (1977) |
2024-11-05 |
|
3,078 |
129.4 |
... that 1977's Typhoon Thelma was the most destructive event in Taiwan since World War II?
|
| Wilf Perreault |
2024-11-12 |
|
2,830 |
117.9 |
... that Wilf Perreault's artwork of landscapes and alleyways was influenced by artists such as Reta Cowley and Dorothy Knowles?
|
| Sun Jianai |
2024-11-16 |
|
2,718 |
113.3 |
... that Sun Jianai co-founded one of China's first national universities in 1898?
|
| Johann Friedrich Hartknoch |
2024-11-18 |
|
2,640 |
110.0 |
... that Johann Friedrich Hartknoch published the first edition of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason?
|
| The Nualas |
2024-11-03 |
|
2,421 |
100.9 |
... that the Nualas' 2015 novelty song "Yes 2 Love" was created to promote a yes vote?
|
| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 |
2024-11-16 |
|
2,310 |
96.2 |
... that the 2000 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was the first to be broadcast live over the internet?
|
| Frederick Prigg |
2024-11-06 |
|
2,304 |
96.0 |
... that Frederick Prigg and his predecessor as secretary of the Provisional Government of Oregon were both doctors who drowned in a river at Oregon City just three years apart?
|
| Negussie Roba |
2024-11-16 |
|
2,254 |
93.9 |
... that Negussie Roba was an Olympic sprinter who later became a top marathon coach?
|
| Samuel Lander |
2024-11-17 |
|
2,231 |
93.0 |
... that Samuel Lander founded the Williamston Female College in an abandoned hotel?
|
| Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape |
2024-11-04 |
|
2,211 |
92.1 |
... that Toby Keith's last recording before his death was a cover of Joe Diffie's "Ships That Don't Come In" on the tribute album Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape?
|
| Mind |
2024-11-01 |
|
2,134[e] |
88.9 |
... that diverse fields study the mind, including psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy?
|
| David de Pomis |
2024-11-02 |
|
2,011 |
83.8 |
... that David de Pomis published a trilingual Hebrew–Aramaic, Latin and Italian dictionary in 1587?
|
| Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies |
2024-11-15 |
|
1,968 |
82.0 |
... that the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies houses a John Steinbeck archive of more than 50,000 items?
|
| Charles Biasiny-Rivera |
2024-11-10 |
|
1,821 |
75.9 |
... that photographer Charles Biasiny-Rivera and fellow members of the artistic collective En Foco drove around New York City in his Volkswagen Bus putting on art exhibitions in Latino neighborhoods?
|
| 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix |
2024-11-07 |
|
1,506 |
62.8 |
... that the first Chinese driver to race in Formula One debuted at the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix?
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