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Low | 0 | Vavro Šrobár | 19.2 | Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119 | 0 | Vavro Šrobár |
Median | 149.6 | Joseph Hobson Moneypenny Creek |
374.3 | Luristan bronze Protopone |
160.7 | Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp Carolina Benedicks-Bruce |
High | 1,608.5 | The class the stars fell on | 2,381.5 | Agris helmet | 2,381.5 | Agris helmet |
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[edit]Article | Date | Image | views | vph | DYK hook |
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Agris helmet | 2015-10-20 | 24,033 | 2,381.5 | ... that the Agris helmet (pictured), found in France in 1981, was covered in 99 percent pure gold? | |
Alice Bentinck | 2015-10-13 | 16,229 | 1,752.9 | ... that Entrepreneur First, a London-based accelerator co-founded by Alice Bentinck (pictured), helped establish 50 startups valued at $210 million in its first four years? | |
Entrepreneur First | 3,047 | 329.1 | |||
Total | 19,276 | 2,082.0 | |||
Russian monitor Novgorod | 2015-10-03 | 21,552 | 1,759.3 | ... that Novgorod's unusual design (top deck layout pictured) gave the warship a reputation as one of the worst ever constructed? | |
Ezekiel Airship | 2015-10-15 | 17,832 | 1,738.2 | ... that some claim the biblically-inspired Ezekiel Airship (replica pictured) flew in Texas in 1902, a year before the Wright Flyer? | |
Hud (1963 film) | 2015-10-01 | 20,640 | 1,684.9 | ... that although Paul Newman (pictured) and director Martin Ritt conceived the eponymous lead of Hud as morally repugnant, they were astonished to find young audiences warming to the character? | |
The class the stars fell on | 2015-10-19 | 19,302 | 1,608.5 | ... that 59 members of the class the stars fell on became generals, the most of any class in the history of the United States Military Academy? | |
Fizeau experiment | 2015-10-26 | 16,622 | 1,405.6 | ... that the Fizeau experiment (setup pictured) was one of the key experimental results that shaped Einstein's thinking about relativity? | |
Florence Baker | 2015-10-14 | 16,240 | 1,382.1 | ... that a searcher for the source of the Nile was raised as an orphan, traded as a slave, and died Lady Florence Baker (pictured)? | |
Greenstone Building | 2015-10-14 | 13,041 | 1,336.4 | ... that even on −50 °C (−58 °F) days when other offices in Yellowknife close, the Greenstone Building (pictured), opened ten years ago today, is warm enough for workers to stay at their desks? | |
Upnor Castle | 2015-10-09 | 15,690 | 1,280.8 | ... that Upnor Castle (pictured) in Kent only saw action once, in 1667, but failed to prevent one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the Royal Navy? | |
Disappearance of Atsumi Yoshikubo | 2015-10-22 | 11,402 | 1,053.3 | ... that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police believe Atsumi Yoshikubo intended to disappear when she was last seen on Yellowknife's Ingraham Trail a year ago today, but won't be specific about why? | |
Cats and the Internet | 2015-10-28 | 12,368 | 1,030.7 | ... that although cats have an unprecedented popularity on the internet, no one is entirely sure why? | |
Suzanne Sjögren | 2015-10-23 | 8,944 | 866.2 | ... that television presenter Suzanne Sjögren was selected as Sweden's sexiest woman by the men's magazine Slitz in 2001? | |
Early life and career of Gene Roddenberry | 2015-10-27 | 10,369 | 864.1 | ... that prior to working on Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry was a combat pilot for the US Army Air Force and an LAPD officer? | |
James Johnston (missionary) | 2015-10-16 | 9,304 | 863.5 | ... that Dr Johnston (pictured) took six Afro-Caribbeans to central Africa to follow in the footsteps of Dr Livingstone? | |
Judith Edelman | 2015-10-26 | 10,160 | 859.2 | ... that the "Dragon Lady" complained that American Architects ran a "gentleman's club"? | |
Emily Elizabeth Holman | 2015-10-13 | 10,002 | 851.3 | ... that E. E. Holman's gender was deliberately disguised to secure architectural contracts, like those for the National Park Seminary's Aloha Dormitory (pictured)? | |
Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr | 2015-10-05 | 10,398 | 848.8 | ... that Ali al-Nimr used a BlackBerry to encourage protests, underwent an unfair trial, and may soon be crucified and beheaded? | |
Aram Karamanoukian | 2015-10-06 | 10,161 | 829.5 | ... that Aram Karamanoukian (pictured) became a Syrian general after surviving the Armenian Genocide and was awarded medals from Egypt, Armenia, Lebanon, Syria, and France? | |
Abandoned mine drainage | 2015-10-22 | 8,668 | 800.7 | ... that abandoned mine drainage (effects pictured) impacts thousands of miles of streams in the eastern United States? | |
Death of Margaret Martin | 2015-10-07 | 14,451 | 760.9 | ... that after the death of Margaret Martin in 1938, plainclothes police officers attended her funeral in the hopes of spotting possible suspects? | |
Waste House | 2015-10-12 | 8,680 | 738.7 | ... that construction materials for the Waste House (pictured) included floppy disks, VHS cassettes, bicycle inner tubes, old jeans and 20,000 toothbrushes? | |
Country Joe and the Fish | 2015-10-29 | 8,824 | 735.3 | ... that Country Joe and the Fish (pictured) was initially formed with only Country Joe and The Fish? | |
Anushka Sharma | 2015-10-09 | 5,616[a] | 725.4 | ... that in 2015, Anushka Sharma (pictured) appeared on The Huffington Post's list of "100 most influential women on Twitter"? | |
Werewolves of Ossory | 2015-10-31 | 8,497 | 708.1 | ... that the werewolves of Ossory (pictured) were said to be descended from the brother of an Irish king? | |
Chili mac | 2015-10-01 | 8,591 | 701.3 | ... that chili mac has been described as a comfort food? | |
Walter Loving | 2015-10-19 | 8,333 | 694.4 | ... that Walter Loving (pictured) is believed to have been the first African American to conduct a musical performance at the White House? | |
Underworld: Next Generation | 2015-10-31 | 8,301[b] | 691.8 | ... that vampires were caught on camera in Prague? | |
Barrage Vauban | 2015-10-19 | 7,825 | 652.1 | ... that the principal defensive function of the Barrage Vauban in Strasbourg was to enable the flooding of all the lands south of the city, making them impassable to the enemy? | |
Bea Szenfeld | 2015-10-24 | 7,498 | 638.1 | ... that singer Lady Gaga used a Bea Szenfeld (pictured) design for herself and her background dancers in the music video for the song "G.U.Y."? | |
Demon core | 2015-10-31 | 7,273 | 606.1 | ... that the demon core killed Manhattan Project scientists Harry Daghlian and Louis Slotin? | |
Lizzie Halliday | 2015-10-31 | 7,249 | 604.1 | ... that serial killer Lizzie Halliday was the first woman sentenced to die in the electric chair? | |
BattleTech (video game) | 2015-10-15 | 6,049[c] | 589.7 | ... that BattleTech hit its Kickstarter funding goal within an hour? | |
Cooloola monster | 2015-10-31 | 7,042 | 586.8 | ... that a monster was discovered in 1980 in the Great Sandy National Park in Queensland, Australia? | |
Scarface Nation | 2015-10-06 | 7,134 | 582.3 | ... that when the author of Scarface Nation bought Scarface pajamas, they "kind of freaked out" his wife? | |
Eicher Polaris Multix | 2015-10-14 | 6,771 | 576.3 | ... that Multix is a personal utility vehicle manufactured by Eicher Motors which can be used as a people carrier, goods carrier and also as a power generator? | |
Rosamind Julius | 2015-10-29 | 6,648 | 554.0 | ... that Rosamind Julius and her husband were the entrepreneurs behind the world's most commercially successful chair? | |
Tufted ground squirrel | 2015-10-31 | 6,612 | 551.0 | ... that the "vampire squirrel" (pictured) of Borneo, which is reputed to eat the livers and hearts of chickens and deer, has the largest-known tail-to-body-size ratio of any mammal? | |
Common walkingstick | 2015-10-22 | 5,945 | 549.2 | ... that the common walkingstick hangs about in trees? | |
Cassini Grid | 2015-10-20 | 5,484 | 543.4 | ... that Cassini Grid military maps were made available to the public partly because German bombing of the Ordnance Survey offices delayed the issue of National Grid maps? | |
Elephantomyia bozenae | 2015-10-08 | 6,655 | 543.3 | ... that the fossil fly Elephantomyia bozenae (pictured) was described from a single male preserved in amber? | |
Calutron | 2015-10-12 | 6,312 | 537.2 | ... that the Manhattan Project's calutrons used 14,700 short tons (13,300 t) of silver? | |
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz | 2015-10-05 | 6,566[d] | 536.0 | ... that Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz features guest vocals from Big Sean, Sarah Barthel from Phantogram, and Ariel Pink? | |
Michigan Heritage Park | 2015-10-05 | 6,548 | 534.5 | ... that the Michigan Heritage Park (typical exhibit pictured) is an outdoor attraction that spans 10,000 years of Michigan history? | |
Lina Eckenstein | 2015-10-13 | 4,943 | 533.9 | ... that polymath Lina Eckenstein saw a link between the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I and the death of Cock Robin? | |
Leonhardt Schröter | 2015-10-19 | 6,372 | 531.0 | ... that Leonhardt Schröter lost his job, so he became a librarian? | |
Richard Roma | 2015-10-09 | 6,406 | 522.9 | ... that Richard Roma—"a shark in a sharkskin suit"—has won his portrayers two Tony Awards and an Olivier Award, but missed out at the Oscars? | |
Untitled fifth Bourne film | 2015-10-14 | 6,106 | 519.7 | ... that the fifth Bourne film will be set in "a Post-Snowden World"? | |
HMS Endeavour (1694 bomb vessel) | 2015-10-11 | 6,086 | 517.9 | ... that the bomb vessel HMS Endeavour was so inaccurate that the Royal Navy sold it after less than two years of active service? | |
Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson | 2015-10-15 | 6,052 | 515.1 | ... that Swedish fashion designer Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson is known for his dragshow character Babsan (pictured)? | |
Buttermilk Creek (Susquehanna River) | 2015-10-20 | 5,187 | 514.0 | ... that the waterfalls on Buttermilk Creek have been called "the most outstanding example of this kind of waterfall system in Pennsylvania"? | |
Metal corset | 2015-10-31 | 6,099 | 508.2 | ... that metal corsets probably served a medical purpose rather than being a "cruel, tortuous fashion" enforced by a dominant 16th-century queen? | |
Hairy long-nosed armadillo | 2015-10-20 | 5,040 | 499.4 | ... that the hairy long-nosed armadillo used to be considered a "vulnerable species", but is now rated as "data deficient" because so little is known about it? | |
Nathan Waller (soldier) | 2015-10-30 | 5,918 | 493.2 | ... that according to legend, Nathan Waller once killed a bear with just a pine knot? | |
Counter-apologetics | 2015-10-06 | 5,926 | 483.8 | ... that freethinkers answer Christian apologetics with counter-apologetics? | |
Hacksaw Ridge | 2015-10-12 | 4,420 | 477.4 | ... that Andrew Garfield is playing the real-life character Desmond Doss in the World War II-set film Hacksaw Ridge? | |
Ellingen Residence | 2015-10-01 | 5,828 | 475.7 | ... that Ellingen Residence belonged to the Teutonic Order for over 400 years? | |
1:10 radio-controlled off-road buggy | 2015-10-04 | 5,808 | 474.2 | ... that the 1:10 radio-controlled off-road buggies (pictured) were so popular in the 1980s that toy companies cashed in by producing their own inexpensive ready-to-run toy versions? | |
Shanakdakhete | 2015-10-21 | 5,254 | 447.2 | ... that when the polity was centered at Meroë, Shanakdakhete (statue pictured) was the earliest known ruling African queen of ancient Nubia? | |
Laura Jordan Bambach | 2015-10-05 | 5,472 | 446.7 | ... that Laura Jordan Bambach has been called a "digital female icon" by The Guardian? | |
Blast ball | 2015-10-07 | 8,446 | 444.7 | ... that a blast ball is a type of hand grenade used by police for riot control? | |
Alice Coomaraswamy | 2015-10-25 | 5,028 | 444.0 | ... that according to the occultist Aleister Crowley, Alice Coomaraswamy became pregnant using "sex magic"? | |
Keizō Hayashi | 2015-10-28 | 5,294 | 441.2 | ... that Keizō Hayashi (pictured) was a Japanese civil servant and general officer who was instrumental in the founding of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in 1954? | |
Gustav Laabs | 2015-10-12 | 5,086 | 432.9 | ... that German SS-Hauptscharführer Gustav Laabs worked as a gas van operator at the Chełmno extermination camp in Wartheland? | |
Rochechouart | 2015-10-02 | 5,274 | 386.9 | ... that the French town of Rochechouart, in the department of Haute-Vienne, is located in a meteorite impact crater? | |
Haute-Vienne | 582 | 42.7 | |||
Total | 5,856 | 429.5 | |||
British Airways Flight 2276 | 2015-10-20 | 5,009 | 426.3 | ... that British Airways Flight 2276 aborted its take-off and evacuated all passengers and crew after a GE90 engine caught fire? | |
Obvious Child | 2015-10-29 | 5,089 | 424.1 | ... that the romantic comedy film Obvious Child was praised for its portrayal of abortion? | |
2015 Thalys train attack | 2015-10-26 | 4,964 | 419.7 | ... that the suspect who was subdued by six men during the train attack heading to Paris was shown on television in handcuffs at trial (prior to conviction), which is illegal in France? | |
Lawrence Joseph Bader | 2015-10-31 | 5,034 | 419.5 | ... that when Lawrence Joseph Bader returned from the dead, he ruined his wife's wedding plans? | |
Garni Crater | 2015-10-18 | 4,928 | 418.8 | ... that Garni Crater (pictured), which provides evidence of liquid water on Mars, is named after a village in Armenia? | |
Samsi | 2015-10-12 | 3,872 | 418.2 | ... that in the war against Tiglath-Pileser III in 732 BCE, Samsi was defeated and was said to have fled the battlefield like a "wild she-ass of the desert"? | |
Ernst Beyeler | 2015-10-28 | 4,990 | 415.8 | ... that Ernst Beyeler, "the greatest art dealer since the war", left a collection worth at least $1.85 billion when he died in 2010? | |
Black oropendola | 2015-10-01 | 3,357 | 274.0 | ... that the black oropendola and the dusky-green oropendola breed colonially? | |
Dusky-green oropendola | 1,680 | 137.1 | |||
Total | 5,037 | 411.2 | |||
Protopone | 2015-10-29 | 4,766 | 397.2 | ... that the extinct ant genus Protopone is known from both amber (pictured) and compression fossils? | |
Fukushi Masaichi | 2015-10-14 | 4,540 | 386.3 | ... that Japanese doctor Fukushi Masaichi collected the tattooed skins of 2,000 Japanese people after they died? | |
Berta Bobath | 2015-10-18 | 4,399 | 373.9 | ... that Berta Bobath and her husband, who jointly won an award for working with people with disabilities, took an overdose together? | |
Gunfright | 2015-10-14 | 3,576 | 366.5 | ... that in Gunfright, the player takes the role of a sheriff in the town of Black Rock and is tasked with eliminating outlaws who are scattered throughout the settlement? | |
Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 | 2015-10-31 | 4,385 | 365.4 | ... that a "monster" confessed dramatically, "My heart swims in blood"? | |
Theodore Roosevelt McElroy | 2015-10-02 | 4,916 | 360.6 | ... that Theodore Roosevelt McElroy holds the record for the highest speed at which anyone has received Morse code? | |
The Red Sea Sharks | 2015-10-26 | 4,184 | 356.1 | ... that Hergé was inspired to develop the plot for The Red Sea Sharks after reading a magazine article detailing the continued existence of the slave trade within the Arab world? | |
Vartan Mahokian | 2015-10-26 | 4,208 | 355.8 | ... that after escaping a massacre, painter Vartan Mahokian continued to paint and earned himself a Legion of Honor? | |
Applesauce cake | 2015-10-15 | 3,648 | 355.6 | ... that the preparation of applesauce cake dates back to early colonial times in the New England Colonies of the northeastern United States? | |
2009 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship | 2015-10-05 | 4,344 | 354.6 | ... that teams and drivers boycotted the 2009 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship to such an extent that only three international drivers competed? | |
Louis Fles | 2015-10-28 | 4,224 | 352.0 | ... that in 1933, accountant and furniture importer Louis Fles wrote an anti-Nazi radio address that was so strident, it was banned by the Dutch government? | |
Bienmesabe | 2015-10-05 | 4,308 | 351.7 | ... that bienmesabe has been described as the most famous dessert in Canarian cuisine? | |
Luristan bronze | 2015-10-10 | 4,366 | 351.3 | ... that scenes on Iron Age Luristan bronzes (example illustrated) from Iran include "odd-looking demons and animals apparently involved in cultic and mythological activities"? | |
Amman | 2015-10-15 | 3,562[e] | 347.2 | ... that Amman, the capital of Jordan, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world? | |
Wendy Tan White | 2015-10-13 | 4,012 | 341.5 | ... that Wendy Tan White, the CEO of Moonfruit, laid off her co-founder and future husband to save the company after the dot-com crash? | |
Huawei Watch | 2015-10-27 | 4,074 | 339.5 | ... that the Huawei Watch is the company's first smartwatch? | |
Boise National Forest | 2015-10-30 | 4,032 | 336.0 | ... that mammals present in the Boise National Forest (pictured) include mule deer, elk, moose, black bear, pronghorn, mountain lion, coyote, bobcat, yellow-bellied marmot, beaver, and gray wolf? | |
Row hammer | 2015-10-12 | 3,944 | 335.7 | ... that the row hammer effect has been used in some privilege escalation computer security exploits? | |
Hilary Kahn | 2015-10-01 | 4,105 | 335.1 | ... that the computer scientist Hilary Kahn advised Ph.D. students as a professor at the University of Manchester but never got a Ph.D. herself? | |
Long War (mod) | 2015-10-30 | 4,014 | 334.5 | ... that the lead designer of XCOM: Enemy Unknown called his game "basically a 20-hour tutorial" for the partial conversion mod Long War? | |
Dana Records | 2015-10-29 | 3,963 | 330.2 | ... that Dana Records switched back from vinyl to shellac for its 78-rpm records because dealers complained their product was too durable? | |
Schloss Weesenstein | 2015-10-07 | 6,218 | 327.4 | ... that art stored in Schloss Weesenstein was saved from destruction during the bombing of Dresden in World War II? | |
Vine staff | 2015-10-15 | 3,830 | 326.0 | ... that Jupiter Heliopolitanus's oracle in Baalbek, Lebanon, answered the emperor Trajan's question by giving him a broken vine staff? | |
Umaid Bhawan Palace | 2015-10-28 | 3,898 | 324.8 | ... that the Umaid Bhawan Palace was constructed in 1928 to assist famine-stricken farmers by employing 2,000 to 3,000 people as builders? | |
Checkmate (1911 film) | 2015-10-11 | 2,844 | 324.7 | ... that The Morning Telegraph found the story of Checkmate to be foolish and completely improbable on many accounts? | |
Arthur Nock | 2015-10-21 | 3,814 | 324.6 | ... that at age 28, Arthur Nock was the youngest full professor at Harvard in half a century? | |
Emilie von Berlepsch | 2015-10-26 | 3,814 | 324.6 | ... that Emilie von Berlepsch (pictured) described herself as "fighting against the prejudice that wants to grant women neither a will of their own nor the courage to express it"? | |
Female Figure (Giambologna) | 2015-10-30 | 3,886 | 323.8 | ... that 17th-century reformist defenders of Giambologna's 1571–73 sculpture of a woman bathing (pictured) justified her nudity by identifying her as either Bathsheba or Venus? | |
Elysia grandifolia | 2015-10-08 | 3,958 | 323.1 | ... that naturalist Edward Frederick Kelaart observed the heart of Elysia grandifolia beating in its back? | |
The Creeping Garden | 2015-10-13 | 3,786 | 322.2 | ... that the film The Creeping Garden shows slime molds finding their way through a maze in search of food? | |
Teddy's Bigger Burgers | 2015-10-18 | 3,715 | 315.7 | ... that Teddy's Bigger Burgers' business plan was formulated during casual backyard barbecues? | |
Georgia Flood | 2015-10-21 | 3,696 | 314.6 | ... that Australian actress Georgia Flood was initially told she was too young to play Alice Ross-King in the miniseries ANZAC Girls? | |
Violated Paradise | 2015-10-16 | 3,679 | 313.6 | ... that the 1963 film Violated Paradise, featuring female pearl divers, was filmed entirely in Japan? | |
Echinocereus reichenbachii | 2015-10-07 | 5,836 | 307.3 | ... that the flowers of Echinocereus reichenbachii open for just one day? | |
Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Labovë e Kryqit | 2015-10-11 | 2,666 | 304.5 | ... that the Dormition of the Theotokos Church (pictured) in Labovë e Kryqit, founded by Emperor Justinian I, is one of the most representative examples of Byzantine architecture still standing in Albania? | |
Henry Buehman | 2015-10-31 | 3,604 | 300.3 | ... that "even the dead sit for Buehman"? | |
Chilly McIntosh | 2015-10-26 | 3,548 | 300.1 | ... that Chilly McIntosh, who was nearly assassinated for agreeing to sell Creek tribal lands, later became a respected and influential figure in the Creek Nation? | |
List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Ayrton Senna | 2015-10-29 | 3,598 | 299.9 | ... that Ayrton Senna's victory at the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix was one of the closest ever? | |
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere | 2015-10-25 | 3,522 | 299.7 | ... that Woodrow Wilson believed that Beautiful Isle of Somewhere was bad for children? | |
Loretta Marron | 2015-10-18 | 3,522 | 299.7 | ... that Loretta Marron became known as "the Jelly Bean Lady" after using jelly beans to test bogus health products? | |
Highgate tube station | 2015-10-15 | 3,058 | 298.1 | ... that Highgate tube station had platforms built to accommodate nine-car trains on the Northern line that never used them? | |
Sonam Kapoor | 2015-10-17 | 3,338[f] | 296.1 | ... that Sonam Kapoor is the first Indian actress to star in a film produced by Walt Disney Pictures? | |
John Peirce | 2015-10-22 | 3,450 | 294.1 | ... that when the early telephone was being developed, John Peirce (pictured) invented the mouthpiece that was used for the hand-held version? | |
My Scientology Movie | 2015-10-28 | 3,460 | 288.3 | ... that My Scientology Movie by Louis Theroux re-enacts scenes of alleged abuse in the Church of Scientology's punishment facility, the Hole? | |
2014 White House intrusion | 2015-10-27 | 3,454 | 287.8 | ... that Omar Gonzalez scaled the fence of the White House and was able to intrude into the building, as the doors were unlocked? | |
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 | 2015-10-12 | 2,632 | 284.3 | ... that in Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, (Kreuzstab pictured) called a cantata by Bach himself, life is compared to a sea voyage, while addressing death to come? | |
Turtle Rock Studios | 2015-10-01 | 3,411 | 278.4 | ... that when Turtle Rock Studios was established, it was housed in a garage? | |
Lhasa (prefecture-level city) | 2015-10-12 | 2,570 | 277.6 | ... that Lhasa City contains the city of Lhasa? | |
Juan Astigarrabía | 2015-10-15 | 2,842 | 277.0 | ... that Juan Astigarrabía was made a scapegoat for the fall of the Basque front during the Spanish Civil War? | |
Famatinian orogeny | 2015-10-07 | 5,248 | 276.4 | ... that the Famatinian orogeny occurred long before the rise of the Andes in what is now western South America? | |
Kate Macintosh | 2015-10-29 | 3,311 | 275.9 | ... that Kate Macintosh designed a social housing complex in London that was described as "one of the most remarkable housing developments in the country"? | |
Antoni Koper | 2015-10-23 | 3,240 | 275.8 | ... that between 1942 and 1944, Polish resistance fighter Antoni Koper hid Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto in his apartment? | |
Mayenne | 2015-10-16 | 2,968 | 275.5 | ... that the department of Mayenne has extensive mineral resources and produces much cider? | |
Short-billed leaftosser | 2015-10-13 | 1,866 | 158.8 | ... that the scaly-throated, the black-tailed, and the short-billed leaftosser flick aside dead leaves as they forage for small invertebrates? | |
Scaly-throated leaftosser | 896 | 76.3 | |||
Black-tailed leaftosser | 465 | 39.6 | |||
Total | 3,226 | 274.6 | |||
David Stearns | 2015-10-23 | 2,812 | 272.3 | ... that David Stearns is the youngest general manager in Major League Baseball at 30 years of age? | |
Highland tuco-tuco | 2015-10-29 | 3,263 | 271.9 | ... that the highland tuco-tuco has bright yellowish-orange teeth? | |
Fireweed Studio | 2015-10-29 | 3,244 | 270.3 | ... that contrary to what its interpretive plaque says, the Fireweed Studio log cabin in Yellowknife was never used as a blacksmith's shop? | |
Webster Sycamore | 2015-10-15 | 3,142 | 267.4 | ... that West Virginia's largest American sycamore, the Webster Sycamore, survived an arson attack and inspired a proposed name for the state's health insurance marketplace? | |
Caiman (genus) | 2015-10-06 | 3,272 | 267.1 | ... that juvenile caimans have relatively shorter snouts and larger eyes than adults? | |
Crane Mountain | 2015-10-28 | 3,188 | 265.7 | ... that in 1867, United States Army scouts fought a battle with a band of Native Americans on the eastern slope of Crane Mountain in south-central Oregon? | |
Melon soup | 2015-10-30 | 3,182 | 265.2 | ... that several varieties of melon soup exist, such as bitter melon soup, cantaloupe soup, and winter melon soup? | |
Grakliani Hill | 2015-10-19 | 3,126 | 260.5 | ... that a previously unknown script found on an altar at the Grakliani Hill archeological site in Georgia is 1000 years older than any other script in the Caucasus? | |
The Red Throne | 2015-10-22 | 2,806 | 259.2 | ... that Roddy Piper and Keith David, who throw punches at each other in They Live (1988), provided their voices for "The Red Throne" in which their characters engage in a similar fight? | |
Alejandro Sosa | 2015-10-16 | 3,001 | 255.8 | ... that rapper Pitbull wanted to be like Alejandro Sosa? | |
Province of Catanzaro | 2015-10-05 | 1,914 | 156.2 | ... that organised crime is alleged to take place in the Italian provinces of Catanzaro and Crotone? | |
Province of Crotone | 1,215 | 99.2 | |||
Total | 3,129 | 255.4 | |||
Diptych by Giovanni da Rimini | 2015-10-28 | 3,010 | 250.8 | ... that an acquisition this year (pictured) by the National Gallery was made possible by the family of Estée Lauder? | |
Cascina Increa | 2015-10-06 | 3,064 | 250.1 | ... that the number of people living in a farm in Brugherio was recorded by a saint? | |
Ester Textorius | 2015-10-05 | 1,766[g] | 247.9 | ... that the actress Ester Textorius (pictured) performed in a number of operettes, and though successful, never considered herself a good enough singer for such roles? | |
Anniyan | 2015-10-12 | 2,908[h] | 247.5 | ... that the protagonist of the 2005 film Anniyan is a grim reaper-style serial killer whose website depicts all the punishments that await sinners in hell? | |
IPhone 6S | 2015-10-17 | 2,894[i] | 246.3 | ... that the iPhone 6S features technology known as 3D Touch? | |
Meuse (department) | 2015-10-10 | 3,059 | 246.2 | ... that the French department of Meuse has several communes that are completely depopulated? | |
Gunilla Persson | 2015-10-24 | 2,661 | 245.8 | ... that Swedish fashion model Gunilla Persson had a minor role in the soap opera Dallas while living in Dallas? | |
Mantis | 2015-10-14 | 2,860[j] | 243.4 | ... that some mantises mimic flowers convincingly enough to attract insect prey? | |
Navroji Mistri | 2015-10-23 | 2,842 | 241.9 | ... that Navroji Mistri's soft drinks business was so successful that he was able to purchase the entire Caldecott Hill Estate? | |
Mayfield Mall | 2015-10-19 | 2,896 | 241.4 | ... that Mayfield Mall, now a Google office building, was the first air-conditioned enclosed mall in Northern California? | |
Marathwada Liberation Day | 2015-10-26 | 2,828 | 239.2 | ... that Marathwada did not become part of India until it was liberated on 17 September 1948, 13 months after Indian independence? | |
A. E. Sewell | 2015-10-11 | 2,806 | 238.8 | ... that at least five of the London pubs designed by A. E. Sewell are now listed buildings (one pictured)? | |
Derby Racecourse | 2015-10-19 | 2,860 | 238.4 | ... that Derby Racecourse remained closed after the Second World War because the local council feared racing would "bring the wrong sort of people into the town"? | |
Karl Uchermann | 2015-10-23 | 2,796 | 238.0 | ... that Norwegian painter Karl Uchermann is known for his many portraits of dogs (example pictured)? | |
Artists with the most number-ones on the U.S. Mainstream Top 40 chart | 2015-10-08 | 1,712[k] | 236.4 | ... that Mariah Carey (pictured) was the first singer to supplant herself at number-one on the United States' Pop Songs chart? | |
Dart's Elevator | 2015-10-15 | 2,142 | 182.3 | ... that Joseph Dart and Robert Dunbar designed and built the first steam-powered grain elevator in the world? | |
Joseph Dart | 332 | 28.2 | |||
Robert Dunbar | 302 | 25.7 | |||
Total | 2,776 | 236.3 | |||
Treehouse of Horror XXV | 2015-10-31 | 2,824[l] | 235.3 | ... that The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXV" features the guest voice of Pixar's John Ratzenberger as a computer-generated Homer Simpson? | |
Brendan Clouston | 2015-10-22 | 2,530 | 233.7 | ... that the holder of the Scottish title Baron of Dunure is a Canadian telecoms billionaire from Montreal? | |
Yusuf al-'Azma | 2015-10-30 | 2,802 | 233.5 | ... that Yusuf al-'Azma's death confronting the French Army's push towards Damascus during the Battle of Maysalun made him a national hero in Syria and the Arab world? | |
Abiah Darby | 2015-10-13 | 2,739 | 233.1 | ... that a letter by the Quaker minister Abiah Darby is used to determine the start of the Industrial Revolution? | |
Mary-Lou Pardue | 2015-10-13 | 2,738 | 233.0 | ... that genetics researcher and MIT professor emeritus Mary-Lou Pardue once declined a PhD and convinced her department to give her a master's degree instead? | |
The Star, St John's Wood | 2015-10-16 | 2,714 | 231.3 | ... that The Star—despite being an asset of community value—was converted into an estate agency in April, leaving St John's Wood with just three pubs but 13 estate agents? | |
Emma Martin (socialist) | 2015-10-12 | 2,134 | 230.5 | ... that Emma Martin formed an organisation with George Holyoake to help defend people charged with blasphemy? | |
Phellodon niger | 2015-10-20 | 2,182 | 185.7 | ... that black tooth (pictured), the type species of genus Phellodon, is used in mushroom dyeing? | |
Phellodon | 512 | 43.6 | |||
Total | 2,694 | 229.3 | |||
Levant Quartet | 2015-10-19 | 2,749 | 229.1 | ... that Turkey and Syria launched a plan for an "EU of the Middle East" in 2010, less than a year before Turkey reacted to the Syrian uprising with economic sanctions? | |
Schlössle Hotel | 2015-10-17 | 2,580 | 228.8 | ... that the buildings of Schlössle Hotel in Tallinn date from the Middle Ages? | |
Modern Vampires of the City | 2015-10-31 | 2,722 | 226.8 | ... that Modern Vampires of the City was called "a deeply God-haunted work"? | |
Hinke Osinga | 2015-10-20 | 2,604 | 221.6 | ... that after mathematician Hinke Osinga studied invariant manifolds in her doctoral dissertation, she made a crochet model of one? | |
Tenerife Sea | 2015-10-21 | 2,602 | 221.5 | ... that the song "Tenerife Sea" was ranked 14th in Spotify's list of the most-streamed tracks in the "sleep" category? | |
Judith Clegg | 2015-10-14 | 2,602 | 221.4 | ... that the father of the British strategy consultant and tech entrepreneur Judith Clegg encouraged her to learn computer programming when she was 7 or 8 years old? | |
Forte Tenors | 2015-10-20 | 2,601 | 221.4 | ... that Forte Tenors met in person only two days before their audition for America's Got Talent—their first-ever performance together? | |
North Branch Shamokin Creek | 2015-10-08 | 2,703 | 220.7 | ... that Pennsylvania's North Branch Shamokin Creek is too acidic to support aquatic life? | |
Comoé National Park | 2015-10-13 | 2,040 | 220.3 | ... that the Comoé National Park in West Africa is one of the 15 largest national parks in the world? | |
Karin Frick | 2015-10-22 | 2,579 | 219.8 | ... that Swedish television presenter Karin Frick won a scholarship which allowed her to play tennis at a college in Miami? | |
Indre | 2015-10-23 | 2,268 | 219.7 | ... that Indre is one of the original 83 departments of France created during the French Revolution in 1790? | |
Arabari | 2015-10-11 | 1,920 | 219.2 | ... that greening the barren forest of Arabari was brought about by setting up Joint Forest Management committees between local villagers and government? | |
Carmen de Patagones school shooting | 2015-10-16 | 2,356 | 218.6 | ... that the Argentine Naval Prefecture was sued by the families of the victims of a 2004 school shooting? | |
Mary-Ann (turbine generator) | 2015-10-09 | 1,464 | 189.0 | ... that Mary-Ann was the first steam turbine generator operated by a public utility in America to produce electricity? | |
Hartford Electric Light Company | 224 | 28.9 | |||
Total | 1,688 | 218.0 | |||
South American tern | 2015-10-27 | 2,611 | 217.6 | ... that an estimated 67,500 South American tern nests containing 112,500 eggs were found on a single 150-yard (140 m) stretch of beach in Argentina? | |
The Araki (London restaurant) | 2015-10-27 | 2,602 | 216.8 | ... that the counter at the London sushi restaurant The Araki is made from 200-year-old wood donated by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto? | |
Don't Say You Love Me (M2M song) | 2015-10-08 | 2,651 | 216.4 | ... that the word "kissing" was altered in the song "Don't Say You Love Me" as it was considered inappropriate for the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack? | |
Phasmatodea | 2015-10-31 | 2,580 | 215.0 | ... that ghost insects may camouflage themselves as leaves swaying in the breeze? | |
Chris Gheysens | 2015-10-21 | 2,272 | 214.7 | ... that as President and CEO of Wawa Inc., Chris Gheysens carries business cards that identify him as the company's "Lead Goose"? | |
Province of Mantua | 2015-10-18 | 2,488 | 211.4 | ... that over the course of centuries, the Province of Mantua was overrun by the Celts, Romans, Visigoths, Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards? | |
The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist | 2015-10-08 | 1,526[m] | 210.8 | ... that on the first day of filming The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, the set was blessed by a priest? | |
Pia Nalli | 2015-10-19 | 2,527 | 210.6 | ... that a street in Rome is named after female Italian mathematician Pia Nalli? | |
Surf bream | 2015-10-12 | 2,464 | 209.7 | ... that male surf bream become female after the spawning season? | |
Yellowknife Post Office | 2015-10-16 | 2,437 | 207.7 | ... that a coal furnace planned for Canada's Yellowknife Post Office was never built, so the chimney for it was eventually filled in? | |
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun | 2015-10-24 | 2,247 | 207.6 | ... that Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, the second Tulunid ruler, reportedly lay on air-filled cushions floating on a basin filled with quicksilver to be rocked to sleep? | |
VT1000 | 2015-10-18 | 2,417 | 205.7 | ... that DEC's VT1000 X terminals were designed for simplicity after the firm found their expensive workstations were being used mostly as glorified text terminals? | |
Scolomys melanops | 2015-10-03 | 1,364 | 111.3 | ... that the South American spiny mouse and the Ucayali spiny mouse, members of the genus Scolomys, have fur that is a mixture of hair and spines? | |
Scolomys ucayalensis | 771 | 62.9 | |||
Scolomys | 362 | 29.5 | |||
Total | 2,496 | 203.8 | |||
Howard Sims | 2015-10-17 | 2,289 | 203.0 | ... that Sandman Sims tap danced losing contestants off the Apollo Theater stage from the 1950s to the year 2000? | |
Norse-American medal | 2015-10-02 | 2,102 | 202.9 | ... that, though the Norse-American medal depicts a Viking (pictured), it commemorates an 1825 journey? | |
Debra Crew | 2015-10-26 | 2,382 | 202.7 | ... that Debra Crew surprised business observers when she became president of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company only two months after being named president of PepsiCo North America Nutrition? | |
Ruth Archer | 2015-10-14 | 1,978 | 202.6 | ... that upon her introduction in 1987, Ruth Archer stood out from the other female characters featured in The Archers as she was a farmer and a feminist? | |
Thomas á Jesu | 2015-10-27 | 2,428 | 202.3 | ... that monks who wanted to live a life of solitude in the 16th-century "desert" hermitages founded by Thomas á Jesu had to apply and meet strict criteria? | |
Carbon Run | 2015-10-02 | 2,092 | 202.0 | ... that a conservation group released a thousand trout into Carbon Run, but they disappeared within 17 months? | |
Marged ferch Ifan | 2015-10-23 | 2,085 | 201.9 | ... that the Welsh have songs about the abilities of the strong woman and harpist Marged ferch Ifan? | |
Arshak Ter-Gukasov | 2015-10-09 | 1,556 | 201.0 | ... that Russian-Armenian general Arshak Ter-Gukasov rescued Russian troops from Ottoman forces in a "really brilliant" operation? | |
Far Cry Primal | 2015-10-11 | 2,350[n] | 200.0 | ... that traditional gunplay and vehicle gameplay featured in the Far Cry series were removed in Far Cry Primal because the latter is set in prehistory? | |
Aiol and Mirabel | 2015-10-22 | 2,151 | 198.7 | ... that the hero of the Old French Aiol and Mirabel marries a Saracen woman? | |
Amazônia National Park | 2015-10-21 | 2,090 | 197.5 | ... that beneath the 50-metre (160 ft) high trees in the Amazônia National Park, there is an understorey of vines, lichens, mosses, and orchids? | |
Cortinarius glaucopus | 2015-10-02 | 2,662 | 195.3 | ... that Cortinarius glaucopus (pictured) forms unusually hydrophobic (water-repellant) ectomycorrhizae, which has led to interest in decoding its genome? | |
Puccio family | 2015-10-02 | 1,350 | 130.4 | ... that the Puccio family, who were involved in kidnappings and murders in Argentina in the 1980s, are the subject of the film The Clan and the TV series Historia de un clan? | |
The Clan (2015 film) | 507 | 48.9 | |||
Historia de un clan | 137 | 13.2 | |||
Total | 1,994 | 192.6 | |||
Hazel Findlay | 2015-10-18 | 2,257 | 191.8 | ... that Hazel Findlay has free climbed El Capitán three times on three different routes, including two first female ascents? | |
Guardians of Sunshine | 2015-10-18 | 2,237 | 190.1 | ... that the animation style of "Guardians of Sunshine" was called a return to the first depictions of virtual reality in fiction? | |
The Verse of Wilayah | 2015-10-13 | 1,739 | 187.8 | ... that, in the view of both Shia and Sunni scholars, the Quran's Verse of Wilayah (5:55) was revealed in honour of Ali? | |
Orit Adato | 2015-10-20 | 1,860 | 184.3 | ... that Orit Adato, the first female commissioner of the Israel Prison Service, allowed Palestinian security prisoners to study for university degrees, as long as they did so in Hebrew? | |
Southeastern pocket gopher | 2015-10-21 | 2,162 | 184.0 | ... that the southeastern pocket gopher enjoys sweet potatoes, sugarcane and peanuts? | |
List of international goals scored by Bobby Charlton | 2015-10-02 | 2,504 | 183.7 | ... that until recently, Bobby Charlton had scored more international goals than any other English footballer? | |
Jason Forbes (actor) | 2015-10-06 | 2,219 | 181.1 | ... that Jason Forbes was praised for his comic stair-falling in a university production of Michael Frayn's Noises Off? | |
Spit & Eggs | 2015-10-25 | 2,046 | 180.7 | ... that in "Spit & Eggs", an episode of Veronica Mars, director Rob Thomas used 27 camera angles in a scene that took up to 11 hours to film? | |
Myanmyrma | 2015-10-12 | 2,110 | 179.5 | ... that the fossil ant Myanmyrma has mandibles almost as long as its head? | |
Tracy Dahl | 2015-10-25 | 2,024 | 178.7 | ... that Tracy Dahl's voice has been described as "filled with sunshine, rainbows and laser light"? | |
Brazilian arboreal mouse | 2015-10-22 | 1,192 | 101.6 | ... that the Brazilian arboreal mouse can be told from the long-tongued arboreal mouse by the absence of spines among its hair? | |
Long-tongued arboreal mouse | 892 | 76.0 | |||
Total | 2,084 | 177.7 | |||
Sword Art Online: Lost Song | 2015-10-22 | 1,922 | 177.6 | ... that although players can use created characters in Sword Art Online: Lost Song's story mode, the story will progress as if protagonist Kirito had been used? | |
Al-Yamani (Shiism) | 2015-10-17 | 1,980 | 175.7 | ... that Shia Muslims believe a future ruler of Yemen, named al-Yamani, will appear as one of the signs of the reappearance of Muhammad al-Mahdi? | |
Pen Farthing | 2015-10-19 | 2,081 | 173.4 | ... that the former Royal Marine Pen Farthing created a charity to reunite servicemen with dogs they met while on duty in Afghanistan? | |
Harriet Moody | 2015-10-13 | 1,594 | 172.2 | ... that Harriet Moody used salvaged architectural features in her California Storybook Cottages due to war rationing on building goods? | |
Ethel Mairet | 2015-10-28 | 2,052 | 171.0 | ... that Ethel Mairet has been called "the mother of English hand-weaving"? | |
Isaac Dripps | 2015-10-11 | 2,009 | 171.0 | ... that Isaac Dripps invented the railroad locomotive cowcatcher? | |
Siege of Khartoum currency | 2015-10-24 | 1,832 | 169.3 | ... that the British Major-general Charles George Gordon issued emergency siege money during the Siege of Khartoum in 1884? | |
Mabel Potter Daggett | 2015-10-17 | 1,988 | 169.2 | ... that in 1911, journalist Mabel Potter Daggett wrote that practicing yoga leads to "marital infelicity, insanity, and death"? | |
National Association of Seadogs | 2015-10-20 | 1,704 | 168.9 | ... that the National Association of Seadogs was the first Nigerian confraternity? | |
Xiaoxing Xi | 2015-10-05 | 1,202 | 168.7 | ... that Professor Xiaoxing Xi was arrested on charges of having sent restricted technology to China, but was exonerated when scientists found that the prosecutors had misunderstood the evidence? | |
Province of Ciudad Real | 2015-10-19 | 2,012 | 167.7 | ... that the last known eruption in a volcanic field in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real took place around 3600 BC? | |
Leschi (fireboat) | 2015-10-06 | 1,637[o] | 167.2 | ... that the fireboat Leschi can be used as a pumping station to allow firefighters to draw seawater in the event of a disaster that destroys Seattle's water mains? | |
Trigona corvina | 2015-10-11 | 1,463 | 167.0 | ... that Trigona corvina is a highly aggressive species of stingless bee? | |
Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai | 2015-10-11 | 1,458 | 166.5 | ... that after fleeing the Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai, the ruler Kuchlug was captured by hunters in Afghanistan? | |
Isabelle Eberhardt | 2015-10-25 | 1,874 | 165.4 | ... that Isabelle Eberhardt's first story, published in 1895, was about a medical student's physical attraction to a woman's corpse? | |
American Crane Corporation | 2015-10-22 | 1,936 | 165.0 | ... that the construction of the Panama Canal and Mount Rushmore used cranes from American Crane Corporation? | |
Phoenix freeway shootings | 2015-10-17 | 1,856 | 164.6 | ... that between August 27 and September 10, there were at least eleven incidents where vehicles traveling along Interstate 10 and State Route 202 in Phoenix, Arizona were hit by projectiles or bullets? | |
Villaquilambre | 2015-10-17 | 1,851 | 164.2 | ... that a Roman villa in Villaquilambre municipality had hot baths and mosaic floors? | |
Galit Hasan-Rokem | 2015-10-30 | 1,941 | 161.8 | ... that Hebrew University folklore professor Galit Hasan-Rokem claims that Israel street signs exhibit bias against Arabic-speaking residents? | |
Maria Möller | 2015-10-30 | 1,939 | 161.6 | ... that actress Maria Möller is a classically trained mezzo-soprano and soloist? | |
Log School House (Yellowknife) | 2015-10-09 | 1,250 | 161.5 | ... that classes at Yellowknife's first school building were once interrupted by two drunk miners who thought it was a bar? | |
Mrs Funnybones | 2015-10-09 | 1,971 | 160.9 | ... that in her chronicle of daily life Mrs Funnybones, author Twinkle Khanna never mentions her husband Akshay Kumar by name? | |
Carolina Benedicks-Bruce | 2015-10-16 | 1,732 | 160.7 | ... that sculptor Carolina Benedicks-Bruce was called a Swedish "Mrs. Pankhurst"? | |
Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp | 2015-10-21 | 1,700 | 160.6 | ... that architect Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp said she campaigned for women's issues "simply because I did not want there to be any"? | |
Almendralejo | 2015-10-14 | 1,878 | 159.8 | ... that a dam at Almendralejo in Spain was the first hydropower dam to contain a water wheel within its actual structure? | |
Connotations (Copland) | 2015-10-29 | 1,900 | 158.3 | ... that the premiere of Aaron Copland's Connotations, on September 23, 1962, "sent shock waves through the world of music"? | |
Abadiño | 2015-10-30 | 1,894 | 157.8 | ... that there is an oath chapel at the Basque town of Abadiño with twelve stone seats arranged in a semicircle? | |
2015 Giro d'Italia | 2015-10-27 | 1,883 | 156.9 | ... that Alberto Contador (pictured) won the 2015 Giro d'Italia, without winning any stage victories? | |
Pilak, Tripura | 2015-10-19 | 1,384 | 115.3 | ... that sandstone sculptures of the Pilak site, which represents a heterodox culture of Hinduism and Buddhism from the 8th to 13th centuries, are on display at the Tripura Government Museum? | |
Tripura Government Museum | 496 | 41.3 | |||
Total | 1,880 | 156.6 | |||
Astor markhor | 2015-10-24 | 1,486 | 126.5 | ... that the Astor markhor, an endangered species of wild goat, is found in the Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary in Pakistan? | |
Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary | 348 | 29.6 | |||
Total | 1,834 | 156.1 | |||
Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar | 2015-10-03 | 1,910 | 155.9 | ... that, in describing the Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar, Cornelius Vermeule wrote "what the coin exudes in patriotism, it lacks in art"? | |
The Tragedy of Man (film) | 2015-10-09 | 1,206 | 155.7 | ... that the 2011 animated film The Tragedy of Man, directed by Marcell Jankovics, was produced over a period of 23 years? | |
Llanos long-nosed armadillo | 2015-10-30 | 1,862 | 155.2 | ... that the Llanos long-nosed armadillo typically has quadruplets, all developed from a single zygote? | |
Red Revenue | 2015-10-10 | 1,794[p] | 155.0 | ... that a Red Revenue stamp (example pictured) was sold for HK$6.9 million in a 2013 auction? | |
Sara Keçeci | 2015-10-24 | 1,665 | 153.8 | ... that the Turkish-Danish women's handballer Sara Keçeci played for Turkey in her homeland Denmark against the Danish women's team at a European championship match in 2015? | |
Loiret | 2015-10-21 | 1,616 | 152.7 | ... that the Château de Sully-sur-Loire (pictured) is one of many historic châteaux in the department of Loiret? | |
Bowman Creek | 2015-10-15 | 1,564 | 152.5 | ... that Bowman Creek is one of the few streams in Pennsylvania that supports a wild rainbow trout population? | |
Marcus Cooper (property developer) | 2015-10-03 | 1,864 | 152.1 | ... that in 2013, Marcus Cooper bought seven houses in central London, to allow the creation of a £200 million "supermansion", selling them and the project to fellow property developer Christian Candy in 2014? | |
Daniel 4 | 2015-10-13 | 1,779 | 151.4 | ... that Daniel 4 is the only chapter in the Book of Daniel that is in the form of a letter from King Nebuchadnezzar? | |
Opus (manga) | 2015-10-16 | 1,627 | 151.0 | ... that an unfinished ending was found for Satoshi Kon's manga series Opus after his death and included in the collected volume? | |
Rubus durescens | 2015-10-23 | 1,559 | 151.0 | ... that the Reverend Linton's book has Rubus durescens in gold leaf on its cover (pictured)? | |
Grey-crested finch | 2015-10-17 | 1,065 | 94.5 | ... that the grey-crested finch (pictured) and the black-crested finch both have distinctive headgear? | |
Black-crested finch | 637 | 56.5 | |||
Total | 1,702 | 151.0 | |||
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | 2015-10-09 | 1,164 | 150.4 | ... that the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Italy? | |
Moneypenny Creek | 2015-10-02 | 2,048 | 150.2 | ... that in May 2004, rains falling at rates of up to 4 inches (10 cm) per hour caused flash flooding on Moneypenny Creek? | |
Joseph Hobson | 2015-10-25 | 1,752 | 149.1 | ... that Joseph Hobson designed the first underwater railroad tunnel to a foreign country? | |
Ladakh Marathon | 2015-10-09 | 1,810 | 147.8 | ... that India's Ladakh Marathon is held at an altitude of 11,500 feet (3,500 m)? | |
Oligoryzomys destructor | 2015-10-11 | 486 | 41.3 | ... that the Central and South American genus Oligoryzomys includes the straw-colored, yellow, and destructive pygmy rice rats, and the Magellanic pygmy rice rat which is common on Tierra del Fuego? | |
Oligoryzomys | 378 | 32.2 | |||
Oligoryzomys magellanicus | 335 | 28.5 | |||
Oligoryzomys stramineus | 304 | 25.9 | |||
Oligoryzomys flavescens | 222 | 18.9 | |||
Total | 1,724 | 146.8 | |||
Deborah Saunt | 2015-10-27 | 1,760 | 146.7 | ... that Deborah Saunt was cited as one of "London's top architects" in 2012? | |
Everything (M2M song) | 2015-10-15 | 1,722 | 146.6 | ... that the song "Everything" by M2M was aimed at Zac Hanson? | |
Anibal Escalante | 2015-10-04 | 1,793 | 146.4 | ... that the ousting of Cuban communist party leader Anibal Escalante in 1962 may have been a factor in the Cuban Missile Crisis? | |
Lasioglossum zephyrum | 2015-10-16 | 1,569 | 145.6 | ... that the bee Lasioglossum zephyrum has been observed forcing open unbloomed flowers of Tennessee yellow-eyed grass to extract the pollen? | |
Cananeuretus | 2015-10-23 | 1,700 | 144.7 | ... that the extinct ant Cananeuretus was preserved in amber from Alberta? | |
Luther Atwood | 2015-10-10 | 1,790 | 144.0 | ... that Luther Atwood invented "coup oil", the first oil extracted from coal? | |
Tonny Zwollo | 2015-10-29 | 1,722 | 143.5 | ... that Dutch architect Tonny Zwollo was featured in Life magazine for building 35 schools in Oaxaca, Mexico, and convincing the community members to help build them for free? | |
Province of Tarragona | 2015-10-24 | 1,540 | 142.3 | ... that the Les Ferreres Aqueduct, built in Roman times in the Province of Tarragona, is part of a World Heritage Site? | |
Dwarka | 2015-10-17 | 1,652 | 140.6 | ... that the Dwarakadhisa Temple (pictured), a five storied edifice in Dwarka, has a 78-metre (256 ft) spire on which is hoisted a large flag with symbols of the sun and moon? | |
Selena | 2015-10-14 | 1,642[q] | 139.7 | ... that Selena was called the "Queen of Tejano music", and was described as "the most important and popular Tejano star of all time"? | |
Louise Upton Brumback | 2015-10-18 | 1,638 | 139.4 | ... that American artist Louise Upton Brumback (painting pictured) said of artists as teachers that "the great ones won't teach their secrets, and the little ones have none to teach"? | |
Zhou Lansun | 2015-10-01 | 1,704 | 139.1 | ... that Cao Yanhua won her first national table tennis championship after only two months of training under world champion Zhou Lansun, who she said was like a devil? | |
Province of Reggio Calabria | 2015-10-22 | 1,625 | 138.5 | ... that a project to provide employment in the Province of Reggio Calabria failed because the price of steel collapsed? | |
Lava Fire | 2015-10-09 | 1,070 | 87.4 | ... that two wildfires, the Lava Fire and the Barry Point Fire, burned large areas of Lake County, Oregon during the summer of 2012? | |
Barry Point Fire | 620 | 50.7 | |||
Total | 1,691 | 138.0 | |||
Dorothy Hughes (architect) | 2015-10-28 | 1,649 | 137.4 | ... that British/Kenyan architect Dorothy Hughes's most renowned designs include the Cathedral of the Holy Family and a nightclub in the red-light district of Nairobi? | |
Allamanda schottii | 2015-10-16 | 1,606 | 136.8 | ... that the flowers of the bush allamanda (pictured) can appear year-round? | |
Pachycondyla petiolosa | 2015-10-18 | 1,589 | 135.2 | ... that queens of the fossil ant Pachycondyla petiolosa are described as being heavy and massive? | |
Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2000 | 2015-10-30 | 1,621 | 135.1 | ... that during his 2000 campaign for U.S. president, Donald Trump named Oprah Winfrey as his ideal running mate? | |
Joe Kenda | 2015-10-11 | 1,576 | 134.2 | ... that as a detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department, Joe Kenda solved 92 percent of assault cases? | |
Ficus platypoda | 2015-10-02 | 1,384 | 133.7 | ... that the lithophytic desert fig has edible figs and can be used as bonsai? | |
Siri Derkert | 2015-10-07 | 2,518 | 132.6 | ... that the artist Siri Derkert carved words of peace on the walls of a metro station doubling as a nuclear war shelter? | |
Montignac, Dordogne | 2015-10-29 | 1,578 | 131.5 | ... that Montignac is the main centre for visiting Lascaux and other prehistoric sites in the Vézère valley in France? | |
Rommie Amaro | 2015-10-13 | 1,216 | 131.4 | ... that UCSD biophysicist Rommie Amaro co-mentored a teen who won the 2013 Siemens Competition, the 2013 Google Science Fair, and the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search? | |
Conca de Barberà | 2015-10-29 | 1,574 | 131.2 | ... that wind turbines in Conca de Barberà help power Catalonia? | |
Bei Bei | 2015-10-17 | 1,523 | 129.6 | ... that baby panda Bei Bei was given his name by the first ladies of both China and the United States? | |
Ni no Kuni | 2015-10-30 | 1,550 | 129.1 | ... that Ni no Kuni was conceived as a project for Level-5's tenth anniversary? | |
Melipona beecheii | 2015-10-20 | 1,509 | 128.4 | ... that Melipona beecheii bees were considered by the Mayan Indians to be an endowment of their god Ah-Muzen-Cab and were the focus of many Mayan religious ceremonies? | |
Angus M. Woodbury | 2015-10-08 | 1,562 | 127.5 | ... that all four sons of biologist Angus M. Woodbury earned PhDs in biology, and both of his daughters married biologists? | |
San Joaquin pocket mouse | 2015-10-28 | 1,526 | 127.2 | ... that the San Joaquin pocket mouse carries seeds back to its burrow in its cheek pouches? | |
Baudó oropendola | 2015-10-06 | 1,245 | 127.1 | ... that the Baudó oropendola is only known from a few locations and is "endangered" because of degradation of its habitat? | |
IPhone 5S | 2015-10-19 | 1,520[r] | 126.7 | ... that the iPhone 5S was the first iPhone to be available in the color of gold? | |
Jiang Jianzeng | 2015-10-02 | 1,312 | 126.7 | ... that General Jiang Jianzeng's career was "temporarily frozen" after a military plane crash that killed 40 people? | |
Province of Cremona | 2015-10-28 | 1,510 | 125.9 | ... that rice is grown in the Province of Cremona in northern Italy? | |
Halictus rubicundus | 2015-10-19 | 1,507 | 125.6 | ... that Halictus rubicundus is a bee that exhibits both solitary and eusocial behavior depending on its geographic location? | |
G. David Thompson | 2015-10-20 | 1,468 | 124.9 | ... that G. David Thompson had such a large art collection that he was able to sell 88 works by Paul Klee and 70 by Alberto Giacometti in the 1960s? | |
Velvet-fronted grackle | 2015-10-12 | 1,154 | 124.7 | ... that the velvet-fronted grackle joins other birds in small, noisy flocks and sometimes forages on floating vegetation on lakes? | |
Zabeen Hirji | 2015-10-10 | 1,545 | 124.3 | ... that 30 years after joining the Royal Bank of Canada as a teller, Zabeen Hirji became chief human resources officer with responsibility for nearly 79,000 employees in 50 countries? | |
Cerro Chao | 2015-10-11 | 1,456 | 124.0 | ... that Cerro Chao is the largest known silicic lava flow of the Quaternary? | |
Hello (Adele song) | 2015-10-27 | 1,486[s] | 123.9 | ... that the music video for Adele's song "Hello" was the first to be filmed using IMAX cameras? | |
Knoxville (video game) | 2015-10-04 | 818 | 123.5 | ... that Project: Knoxville is inspired by The Running Man and The Hunger Games? | |
Emin Huseynov | 2015-10-06 | 1,208 | 123.4 | ... that to avoid arrest in Azerbaijan, Emin Huseynov flew out of the country after hiding for almost a year in a Swiss embassy? | |
Håkon Evjenth | 2015-10-09 | 1,510 | 123.3 | ... that from 1927 to 1930, writer Håkon Evjenth lived with his wife in a turf hut on the Varanger Peninsula? | |
Runnin' (Lose It All) | 2015-10-06 | 1,205[t] | 123.1 | ... that the music video for "Runnin' (Lose It All)" was performed by two freedivers who had to hold their breath for up to six minutes at a time while shooting? | |
Mohamed Nagy (artist) | 2015-10-08 | 1,498 | 122.3 | ... that Egypt's Mohamed Nagy was the recipient of the golden prize of the Salon de Paris for his "Egypt Renaissance"? | |
Zombi 2 | 2015-10-31 | 1,454 | 121.2 | ... that Lucio Fulci's 1979 film Zombi 2 has been released under eleven different titles? | |
Ioan Missir | 2015-10-23 | 1,409 | 119.9 | ... that Ioan Missir, twice mayor of Botoșani, Romania, was born in New Jersey? | |
Kemil Road (NICTD station) | 2015-10-22 | 1,403 | 119.6 | ... that the South Shore Line station Kemil Road was funded with a personal check? | |
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal | 2015-10-31 | 1,434 | 119.5 | ... that The Apparition of Mrs. Veal, attributed to Daniel Defoe, has been called the first modern ghost story? | |
Hettesheimer Run | 2015-10-29 | 1,430 | 119.2 | ... that Hettesheimer Run was historically used as an industrial water supply, but is now Class A Wild Trout Waters? | |
Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni | 2015-10-12 | 1,100 | 118.8 | ... that sketches by Raphael and his aides were visible for centuries on the walls of an osteria housed inside the Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni in Rome? | |
Microryzomys | 2015-10-18 | 622 | 52.9 | ... that the rodent genus Microryzomys contains two species, Microryzomys minutus and Microryzomys altissimus, both from the mountains of South America? | |
Microryzomys minutus | 408 | 34.7 | |||
Microryzomys altissimus | 359 | 30.5 | |||
Total | 1,390 | 118.1 | |||
National Socialist Workers' Party of Norway | 2015-10-24 | 1,277 | 118.0 | ... that a surge of activity in the National Socialist Workers' Party of Norway was used as pressure on Vidkun Quisling to form the Nasjonal Samling party? | |
Douglas Lambert | 2015-10-27 | 1,406 | 117.1 | ... that Douglas Lambert scored a record five tries on his international rugby union debut? | |
Cccan't You See | 2015-10-13 | 1,078 | 116.4 | ... that Vicious Pink sampled Russian choirs for their single "Cccan't You See" in an effort to defuse tensions over the Cold War? | |
Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee | 2015-10-16 | 1,254 | 116.3 | ... that 20th-century Indian Islamic scholar Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee advocated the need to incorporate modern reforms in Islamic law without compromising on the "essential spirit of Islam"? | |
James Edelman | 2015-10-08 | 1,392 | 113.7 | ... that despite reports to the contrary, Justice James Edelman is not the youngest person to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia? | |
Eleanore Pettersen | 2015-10-28 | 1,364 | 113.7 | ... that Richard Nixon lived in two houses designed by Eleanore Pettersen? | |
Johann Urban | 2015-10-20 | 1,141 | 113.1 | ... that Johann Urban and Max Fremery patented "Silkimit", an artificial fiber, in 1897? | |
Tennessee cave salamander | 2015-10-10 | 838 | 72.4 | ... that many Tennessee cave salamanders and Berry Cave salamanders are paedomorphic, remaining permanently in their larval state? | |
Berry Cave salamander | 470 | 40.6 | |||
Total | 1,308 | 113.0 | |||
Work (Iggy Azalea song) | 2015-10-04 | 1,379 | 112.6 | ... that the music video of "Work" featured Iggy Azalea engaging in twerking and lap dancing sequences? | |
Theyre Lee-Elliott | 2015-10-21 | 1,190 | 112.4 | ... that the artist Theyre Lee-Elliott, who created the Speedbird logo, represented England at table tennis? | |
Francis Doughty (clergyman) | 2015-10-31 | 1,344 | 112.0 | ... that the early American minister Francis Doughty had a proclivity for witch-hunting? | |
Furnace Run (Shamokin Creek) | 2015-10-20 | 1,308 | 111.3 | ... that the diversion of mine seepage away from Furnace Run in the 1950s reduced the stream's ability to carry away waste? | |
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, October 2015 | 2015-10-24 | 1,302[u] | 110.8 | ... that according to members of the United States House of Representatives, the October 2015 election to succeed John Boehner as Speaker of the House has turned the body into a "banana republic"? | |
Corinne Bennett | 2015-10-29 | 1,320 | 110.0 | ... that the cathedral architect Corinne Bennett's interest in stone came from her father, a geology professor? | |
DakshinaChitra | 2015-10-25 | 1,242 | 109.6 | ... that exhibits in the DakshinaChitra museum highlight cultural aspects of the Brahminical people, and the craft traditions of heritage homes (examples pictured) of South India? | |
2013 Chicago Bears season | 2015-10-06 | 1,327 | 108.3 | ... that despite their offense scoring the second-most points in the National Football League, the 2013 Chicago Bears defense allowed the most yards in team history? | |
Erfurter Bahn | 2015-10-12 | 1,272 | 108.3 | ... that the regional railway Erfurter Bahn, serving the capital of Thuringia, designed a special train to celebrate Leipzig's millennium? | |
Kal Bhairav temple, Ujjain | 2015-10-14 | 1,042 | 106.7 | ... that liquor is one of the offerings made to the deity at the Kal Bhairav temple in Ujjain, India? | |
Elephantomyia irinae | 2015-10-21 | 1,254 | 106.7 | ... that, when described, at least five males of the crane fly Elephantomyia irinae were known from Baltic amber? | |
Aram Manukian | 2015-10-27 | 1,274 | 106.2 | ... that Armenian nationalist revolutionary Aram Manukian organized two successful resistances against the Turks in a three-year period? | |
List of local nature reserves in Somerset | 2015-10-10 | 1,313 | 105.7 | ... that there are 40 local nature reserves in the English county of Somerset ranging from 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres) to 130 hectares (320 acres) in area? | |
Oscar Schlitter | 2015-10-08 | 744[v] | 102.8 | ... that Oscar Schlitter sold his house in Berlin's "Mayfair" to Joseph Goebbels for "a very modest sum"? | |
Stripe-chested antwren | 2015-10-24 | 1,112 | 102.7 | ... that the stripe-chested antwren flits about close to the ground foraging for insects and spiders? | |
Reversible cellular automaton | 2015-10-15 | 1,200 | 102.1 | ... that for conventional computers, Landauer's principle gives a nonzero lower bound on energy per step, but the energy usage of reversible cellular automata can be arbitrarily close to zero? | |
Lee Ee Hoe | 2015-10-22 | 1,186 | 101.1 | ... that Lee Ee Hoe was conferred the Order of the Rising Sun for his contributions to tourism between Japan and Malaysia? | |
Roscoe Simmons | 2015-10-14 | 984 | 100.8 | ... that Roscoe Simmons, the nephew of Booker T. Washington, was the first African-American columnist for the Chicago Tribune? | |
Verma Panton | 2015-10-22 | 1,182 | 100.7 | ... that the first female architect from the West Indies was the Jamaican Verma Panton? | |
Yalova Earthquake Monument | 2015-10-06 | 978 | 99.9 | ... that the Yalova Earthquake Monument is situated in a public park established on land reclaimed from the sea by dumped rubble from buildings that collapsed during the 1999 İzmit earthquake? | |
Government of Japan | 2015-10-02 | 1,354 | 99.3 | ... that the government of Japan is a constitutional monarchy whereby the power of the Emperor is limited and relegated primarily to ceremonial duties? | |
Jane Elizabeth Waterston | 2015-10-16 | 1,161 | 98.9 | ... that the missionary and doctor Jane Elizabeth Waterston was given the South African name of Noqataka, "the mother of activity"? | |
Pachycondyla parvula | 2015-10-09 | 1,191 | 97.2 | ... that the fossil ant Pachycondyla parvula was described in 2012 and renamed in 2015? | |
Marsh Creek (Bowman Creek) | 2015-10-26 | 1,137 | 96.8 | ... that Marsh Creek is "tiny", but is one of the major tributaries of Bowman Creek? | |
Foreign Direct Investment in India | 2015-10-23 | 1,135 | 96.6 | ... that, according to the Financial Times, in 2015 India surpassed China and the U.S. to become top destination for Foreign Direct Investment? | |
Saga Becker | 2015-10-04 | 640 | 96.5 | ... that Saga Becker in 2015 became the first transsexual actress both to be nominated and win a Guldbaggen Award? | |
Will Cummings | 2015-10-16 | 1,028 | 95.4 | ... that basketball player Will Cummings was named to the First Team All-American Athletic Conference and then signed with the NBA team, Houston Rockets? | |
Wilhelm Boden | 2015-10-15 | 970 | 94.6 | ... that Wilhelm Boden was the first Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate? | |
Butterfly | 2015-10-25 | 1,106[w] | 94.2 | ... that there are around 18,500 species of butterfly (Old World swallowtail pictured)? | |
Good Times (Ella Eyre song) | 2015-10-28 | 572 | 47.6 | ... that Sigala co-wrote "Good Times" by Ella Eyre? | |
Sigala (musician) | 555 | 46.2 | |||
Total | 1,126 | 93.9 | |||
Greek Constitution of 1973 | 2015-10-18 | 1,087 | 92.5 | ... that the Greek Constitution of 1973 is the second in modern Greek history to have resulted from a failed coup by the Hellenic Navy? | |
Boile Run | 2015-10-28 | 1,107 | 92.2 | ... that 95 years after the first documented use of the name "Boile Run" for a tributary of the Susquehanna River, government officials recommended adopting it? | |
Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum | 2015-10-04 | 1,110 | 90.6 | ... that the artifacts of the Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum were stored in the beginning in a madrasa? | |
Gertrude Leverkus | 2015-10-25 | 1,060 | 90.3 | ... that Gertrude Leverkus was the only woman among 500 men to sit her final exams in architecture at University College London in 1919? | |
Pantaleon Hebenstreit | 2015-10-07 | 1,700 | 89.5 | ... that Pantaleon Hebenstreit invented the pantalon, a keyboard instrument? | |
Haute-Loire | 2015-10-27 | 1,074 | 89.5 | ... that Haute-Loire was the birthplace of Claude-Jean Allouez, 17th-century missionary and explorer in North America? | |
Henry Lowenfeld | 2015-10-04 | 1,090 | 89.0 | ... that in 1890, Henry Lowenfeld, a Polish immigrant, established the UK's first brewer of non-alcoholic beer, in Fulham, London? | |
Shefali Razdan Duggal | 2015-10-04 | 1,077 | 87.9 | ... that the National Diversity Council named Shefali Razdan Duggal to the list of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of 2012 in California? | |
Yonne | 2015-10-14 | 853 | 87.4 | ... that the production of Chablis wine in the department of Yonne was devastated in the nineteenth century by powdery mildew, Phylloxera and the development of the railways? | |
Cider Run (Bowman Creek) | 2015-10-23 | 479 | 46.4 | ... that Sorber Run and Cider Run are the only two Wilderness Trout Streams in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania? | |
Sorber Run | 420 | 40.7 | |||
Total | 899 | 87.1 | |||
Nadia Labidi | 2015-10-01 | 1,065 | 86.9 | ... that Algerian filmmaker Nadia Labidi is also a politician who served as Minister of Culture from May 2014 to May 2015? | |
Francisco Pacheco (politician) | 2015-10-24 | 1,020 | 86.8 | ... that Indian politician Francisco Pacheco dropped out of school when he was in seventh standard, and became a tailor "to support his family"? | |
István Simicskó | 2015-10-09 | 1,051 | 85.8 | ... that Hungary's new Minister of Defence, István Simicskó, was the only MP who voted against the country joining the European Union? | |
Natwar Thakkar | 2015-10-20 | 998 | 84.9 | ... that social activist Natwar Thakkar, who has been working in the Indian state of Nagaland since 1955, is known as "Nagaland's Gandhi"? | |
Ermua | 2015-10-26 | 991 | 84.3 | ... that a town councillor in Ermua was kidnapped and murdered by the Basque separatist movement ETA in 1997? | |
Maafushi Prison | 2015-10-21 | 891 | 84.2 | ... that Mohamed Nasheed, the jailed former president of the Maldives, was visited by barrister Amal Clooney at the Maafushi Prison prior to a court hearing on his imprisonment? | |
Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken | 2015-10-15 | 977 | 83.1 | ... that Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken became one of the leading European producers of rayon? | |
Lasioglossum figueresi | 2015-10-14 | 806 | 82.6 | ... that Lasioglossum figueresi is named after Costa Rican patriot, José Figueres Ferrer? | |
William Francis Channing | 2015-10-12 | 760 | 82.0 | ... that William Francis Channing invented the first citywide electric fire alarm system? | |
María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías | 2015-10-26 | 962 | 81.9 | ... that María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías was the first Latin American woman to graduate with a degree in architecture? | |
Elisabeth Holm | 2015-10-10 | 1,008 | 81.2 | ... that film producer Elisabeth Holm used to work at Kickstarter, helping other filmmakers to fund their projects? | |
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine | 2015-10-06 | 985 | 80.4 | ... that the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine was established this year after amendment of a 1917 law that had given the University of Washington "sole authority" to offer medical education in the state? | |
Rod Steiger on screen and stage | 2015-10-05 | 572 | 80.3 | ... that Oklahoma!, a film starring Rod Steiger, had a crew of 325 people and some 70 trucks? | |
Daman Ganga River | 2015-10-05 | 566 | 79.4 | ... that in 2015, the river interlinking project involving inter-basin transfer of surplus water from the Daman Ganga River was approved for implementation? | |
Berta Bobath | 2015-10-21 | 839 | 79.3 | ... that Berta Bobath and her husband, who jointly won an award for working with people with disabilities, took an overdose together? | |
Referendums in the Netherlands | 2015-10-28 | 951 | 79.2 | ... that the Ukraine–EU Association Agreement will be subjected to a referendum in the Netherlands? | |
Azel Backus | 2015-10-15 | 928 | 78.9 | ... that Azel Backus was the first president of Hamilton College, New York? | |
List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959) | 2015-10-30 | 946 | 78.9 | ... that the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, was instituted in 1954, and the "father of the Indian bomb" was one of its first recipients? | |
James Scott (marine) | 2015-10-17 | 920 | 78.3 | ... that New South Wales Marine sergeant James Scott was commander of the first quarter guard in Australia? | |
Let's Go Blue | 2015-10-25 | 882 | 77.8 | ... that the University of Michigan sports anthem, "Let's Go Blue", "went viral" after the Michigan Marching Band's performance during the national telecast of the 1976 Orange Bowl? | |
Rocio Romero | 2015-10-24 | 839 | 77.5 | ... that Chilean-born Rocio Romero redesigned the kit home to feature modern, minimalist aesthetics, using natural airflow and lighting? | |
Supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali | 2015-10-30 | 929 | 77.4 | ... that the supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali was recited by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, the fourth Shia Imam, on every night or dawn of Ramadan? | |
Champagne or Guinness | 2015-10-23 | 904 | 77.0 | ... that B*Witched reunited in 2012, and in 2014 released Champagne or Guinness, their first EP in over a decade? | |
Mill Run (Susquehanna River) | 2015-10-16 | 903 | 77.0 | ... that the Lehigh Valley Railroad historically stocked Mill Run with brook trout? | |
Santa Maria in Turri | 2015-10-24 | 901 | 76.7 | ... that the canons of the old St. Peter's Basilica would meet the Holy Roman Emperor at the church Santa Maria in Turri and greet him "as a brother"? | |
Palazzo Gualino | 2015-10-04 | 500 | 75.5 | ... that a project to convert Palazzo Gualino into high-end apartments was begun in 2012, but was abandoned in 2015? | |
Number 1 to Infinity | 2015-10-21 | 874 | 74.4 | ... that Mariah Carey's greatest hits album #1 to Infinity features all 18 of her U.S. Hot 100 number-one songs? | |
Tumbes sparrow | 2015-10-27 | 888 | 74.0 | ... that the typical habitat of the Tumbes sparrow is dry scrub, open dry woodland, and semi-desert? | |
Cobra Triangle | 2015-10-10 | 845 | 73.0 | ... that in Cobra Triangle, the player races a cannon-equipped speedboat against other watercraft through 25 stages of gradated difficulty? | |
Snowy-crowned tern | 2015-10-26 | 854 | 72.6 | ... that the South American snowy-crowned tern was first described by Audubon from a bird found in New Jersey? | |
Overseas Passenger Terminal | 2015-10-10 | 828 | 71.5 | ... that the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney, is part of the buffer zone of the Sydney Opera House listing for UNESCO World Heritage? | |
Scott Duncan (referee) | 2015-10-30 | 858 | 71.5 | ... that the English association football referee Scott Duncan officiated a League Two play-off match between Fleetwood Town and York City at Highbury Stadium on 16 May 2014? | |
Exoneura robusta | 2015-10-10 | 888 | 71.4 | ... that female Exoneura robusta, a species of Australian "reed bee," will often co-found a new colony with other unrelated females? | |
Max Birnstiel | 2015-10-23 | 834 | 71.0 | ... that Swiss biologist Max Birnstiel was one of the first scientists to purify a single gene? | |
Blackie Gejeian | 2015-10-04 | 467 | 70.5 | ... that Blackie Gejeian rebuilt a roadster he had crashed and renamed it "Shish Kebob"? | |
James Beard Public Market | 2015-10-02 | 729 | 70.4 | ... that the James Beard Public Market will be located near the former site of the Portland Public Market, which was the largest supermarket in the United States when it was built in 1933? | |
Pravina Mehta | 2015-10-13 | 648 | 70.0 | ... that the vision of architects Pravina Mehta, Charles Correa, and Shirish Patel for the New Bombay project has been compared to that of a popular Bollywood film? | |
Adam Dibble | 2015-10-20 | 702 | 69.5 | ... that although Adam Dibble played only two Twenty20 cricket matches, one of them was a semi-final? | |
Beatriz del Cueto | 2015-10-27 | 833 | 69.4 | ... that conservation architect Beatriz del Cueto restored Puerto Rico's oldest lighthouse, Cape San Juan Light (pictured)? | |
Prior Park Landscape Garden | 2015-10-11 | 605 | 69.1 | ... that a park was established on the site of Prior Park Landscape Garden in 1100 AD by John of Tours? | |
Brownimecia | 2015-10-10 | 794 | 68.6 | ... that one of the three first described Brownimecia ant worker specimens was coated in gold? | |
Cyclone Rusty | 2015-10-11 | 599 | 68.4 | ... that Cyclone Rusty caused sustained gales that affected Port Hedland for a record-breaking 39 hours straight? | |
Evangelienmotetten | 2015-10-26 | 801 | 67.7 | ... that Evangelienmotetten – Gospel motets – are settings to music of verses from the New Testament? | |
Euglossa hyacinthina | 2015-10-05 | 823 | 67.2 | ... that the male orchid bee Euglossa hyacinthina collects fragrances as a method of courtship? | |
Villablino | 2015-10-25 | 760 | 67.1 | ... that Villablino in northern Spain has large reserves of bituminous coal? | |
Ty Isaac | 2015-10-18 | 784 | 66.7 | ... that Ty Isaac's 515-yard rushing performance was an Illinois High School Association championship game record? | |
Jon Palfreman | 2015-10-02 | 684 | 66.0 | ... that science journalist Jon Palfreman was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease while researching his book on the subject? | |
Goa Vikas Party | 2015-10-23 | 681 | 66.0 | ... that the Goa Vikas Party, which has two seats in the 40-member legislature of the Indian state of Goa, is a part of the ruling coalition in the state? | |
Mark Heyman | 2015-10-17 | 730 | 64.8 | ... that Black Swan writer Mark Heyman has written a thriller film about a Facebook relationship? | |
George E. Morrow | 2015-10-22 | 690 | 63.8 | ... that George E. Morrow, the founder of the Morrow Plots at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, was also president of Oklahoma State University? | |
You Don't Know What to Do | 2015-10-02 | 866 | 63.5 | ... that Mariah Carey is said to "channel" Jocelyn Brown in her song "You Don't Know What to Do"? | |
Split (novel) | 2015-10-18 | 741 | 63.1 | ... that Split, the debut novel by Swati Avasthi, an Indian American writer and teacher, was published in 2010 and received a plethora of awards? | |
Johann Wanning | 2015-10-02 | 851 | 62.4 | ... that the Dutch composer Johann Wanning wrote the first known musical epithalamium—a poem written for a new bride heading to the marital bedchamber for the first time? | |
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38 | 2015-10-25 | 722 | 61.4 | ... that when Bach composed Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38, on Luther's 200-year old hymn based on Psalm 130, he let four trombones, two oboes and strings all play with the voices? | |
Nancy B. Jackson | 2015-10-13 | 716 | 61.0 | ... that chemist and science diplomat Nancy B. Jackson was the first implementer of the U.S. State Department's Chemical Security Engagement Program? | |
Horace Brodzky | 2015-10-27 | 730 | 60.9 | ... that Henri Gaudier-Brzeska created a portrait bust of his friend Horace Brodzky? | |
Pachycondyla lutzi | 2015-10-04 | 742 | 60.5 | ... that the one described worker of the fossil ant Pachycondyla lutzi is missing its gaster? | |
Harry Tressler | 2015-10-21 | 640 | 60.4 | ... that Jules Knight auditioned for the role of Holby City's Harry Tressler four times before he was cast? | |
The Brimstone Sluggers | 2015-10-19 | 724 | 60.3 | ... that The Brimstone Sluggers is Crazy Town's first studio album in 13 years? | |
Georgie Wolton | 2015-10-25 | 678 | 59.8 | ... that Georgie Wolton designed the first house in the UK to use CorTen steel as the primary structure? | |
Souillac, Lot | 2015-10-27 | 714 | 59.5 | ... that an international jazz festival is held annually in the French town of Souillac? | |
Agnes Ellen Harris | 2015-10-19 | 707 | 58.9 | ... that Agnes Ellen Harris began "Tomato Clubs" in Florida which later became part of an international youth organization? | |
Edward Hart (settler) | 2015-10-29 | 698 | 58.2 | ... that although the town clerk, Edward Hart, wrote the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657, no one knows who most inspired its moving appeal for freedom of conscience in colonial New Netherland? | |
Gendarmerie of Haiti | 2015-10-08 | 418 | 57.8 | ... that Haiti's first-ever Olympic medal was won at the 1924 Summer Olympics by a team composed entirely of members of the U.S.-backed collaborationist police? | |
England cricket team Test results (1877–1914) | 2015-10-18 | 668 | 56.7 | ... that between 1877 and 1914, the England cricket team scored their lowest ever innings in Test cricket, 45 runs? | |
William L. Uanna | 2015-10-04 | 376 | 56.7 | ... that William L. Uanna was responsible for security for the 509th Composite Group, which carried out the atomic bombing missions, and for the state visit of Nikita Khrushchev in 1959? | |
Province of Zamora | 2015-10-25 | 666 | 56.6 | ... that the Province of Zamora produces a large proportion of Spain's merino wool? | |
Willard Libby | 2015-10-26 | 656 | 55.8 | ... that Willard Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960 for his role in the development of radiocarbon dating? | |
Corruption in Equatorial Guinea | 2015-10-24 | 648 | 55.1 | ... that despite having the highest per capita GDP of all African nations, Equatorial Guinea is ranked one of the lowest countries by measure of the quality of life due to corruption? | |
Anton Štefánek | 2015-10-09 | 424 | 54.8 | ... that Slovak sociologist and politician Anton Štefánek campaigned for the unification of the Czechs and Slovaks and promoted the concept of Czechoslovakism? | |
Jewel Freeman Graham | 2015-10-25 | 626 | 53.3 | ... that Jewel Freeman Graham, the second black woman president of the World YWCA, joined the organization as a teenager in the colored division in Springfield, Ohio in 1939? | |
Cerro Blanco (volcano) | 2015-10-08 | 380 | 52.5 | ... that Cerro Blanco is the site of the largest known Holocene volcanic eruption in the Central Andes? | |
Owari no Hoshi no Love Song | 2015-10-24 | 607 | 51.7 | ... that it took Jun Maeda only about a month to write all 13 tracks on his concept album Owari no Hoshi no Love Song? | |
De profundis (Pärt) | 2015-10-07 | 976 | 51.4 | ... that Arvo Pärt composed De profundis, a setting of Psalm 130 in Latin for men's choir, organ and optional percussion, after he left Estonia for the West? | |
Andreas Raselius | 2015-10-14 | 495 | 50.7 | ... that the Lutheran composer Andreas Raselius wrote the first German-language cycle of Gospel motets for use throughout an entire year of church services? | |
Greenhouse Software | 2015-10-17 | 594 | 50.6 | ... that Greenhouse Software has provided recruiting software for technology companies such as Airbnb, Snapchat, and Uber? | |
Krai (album) | 2015-10-17 | 584 | 49.7 | ... that Russian-American singer-songwriter Olga Bell's album Krai was sung entirely in Russian? | |
Pachycondyla? messeliana | 2015-10-05 | 346 | 48.6 | ... that the fossil ant Pachycondyla? messeliana was only tentatively placed into the genus Pachycondyla due to the conditions of preservation? | |
Oriole blackbird | 2015-10-04 | 312 | 47.2 | ... that oriole blackbirds sometimes tear open ripening maize cobs to feed on the kernels? | |
Araguaia National Park | 2015-10-08 | 341 | 47.1 | ... that Araguaia National Park is located on Bananal Island, which is believed to be the largest inland river island in the world? | |
Jeffery Rowthorn | 2015-10-11 | 542 | 46.2 | ... that Jeffery Rowthorn was born in the United Kingdom, but was later elected a bishop in the Episcopal Church of the United States? | |
Kirby's Block Ball | 2015-10-08 | 332 | 45.8 | ... that in Kirby's Block Ball, players control paddles to knock Kirby into destructible bricks? | |
Max Fremery | 2015-10-16 | 535 | 45.6 | ... that Max Fremery was one of the founders of the Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken in 1899? | |
Waiting Game (Banks song) | 2015-10-10 | 564 | 45.4 | ... that Banks expressed displeasure over Neon Jungle's decision to cover her then-new song "Waiting Game" for their album Welcome to the Jungle? | |
Catherine T. Hunt | 2015-10-03 | 556 | 45.3 | ... that Catherine T. Hunt, the 2007 president of the American Chemical Society, won the society's first election to use Internet voting? | |
Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne) | 2015-10-06 | 444 | 45.3 | ... that the collection of the Musée d'art moderne in Saint-Étienne is one of the most important of its type in France? | |
Carole J. Olshavsky | 2015-10-24 | 527 | 44.9 | ... that Carole J. Olshavsky was the first woman to be appointed state architect for Ohio? | |
Maikel Kieftenbeld | 2015-10-30 | 514 | 42.8 | ... that Maikel Kieftenbeld captained FC Groningen to victory in the 2014–15 KNVB Cup Final to win the first major trophy in the club's history? | |
New Logie Green | 2015-10-10 | 478 | 41.3 | ... that New Logie Green is the only stadium outside Glasgow to have hosted a Scottish Cup final? | |
Rickard Olsson | 2015-10-09 | 312 | 40.2 | ... that Swedish television presenter Rickard Olsson won an Emmy Kids Award for his work on the children's game show Wild Kids? | |
Anna Bråkenhielm | 2015-10-03 | 492 | 40.2 | ... that the reality entertainment concept Expedition Robinson (also known as Survivor) was bought by CEO Anna Bråkenhielm and aired on Swedish television in 1997? | |
Hermann Pauly | 2015-10-17 | 466 | 39.7 | ... that in 1904 Hermann Pauly described the Pauly reaction, which detects the presence of two amino acids in proteins? | |
Harebrained Schemes | 2015-10-18 | 460 | 39.2 | ... that with its campaign for Shadowrun Returns, Harebrained Schemes became the third video game studio to break $1 million on Kickstarter? | |
George Panu | 2015-10-10 | 440 | 38.1 | ... that Romanian politician George Panu lost his only chance to enter the cabinet, when Lascăr Catargiu died the same day he was named prime minister? | |
Franz Xaver Oberleitner | 2015-10-06 | 355 | 36.3 | ... that Austrian orientalist Franz Xaver Oberleitner was a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir? | |
Francis: Pray for me | 2015-10-03 | 438 | 35.8 | ... that the Argentine film Francis: Pray for me is based on the Pope Francis biography Pope Francis: Life and Revolution written by journalist Elisabetta Piqué? | |
High diving | 2015-10-04 | 236 | 35.6 | ... that high diving debuted as a sport at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona? | |
Moodu Pani | 2015-10-26 | 397 | 33.6 | ... that A. R. Rahman worked as a keyboard player under Ilaiyaraaja in Moodu Pani (1980)? | |
Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159 | 2015-10-05 | 237 | 33.3 | ... that Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159, a motet for double choir based on a verse from Jacob's Ladder, was attributed to Johann Christoph Bach, but more recently to J. S. Bach? | |
Final Resolution (2006) | 2015-10-04 | 387 | 31.6 | ... that Sting made his return to national television after five years by debuting at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Final Resolution pay-per-view event? | |
Matthias Eduard Schweizer | 2015-10-05 | 223 | 31.3 | ... that Matthias Eduard Schweizer was the inventor of Schweizer's reagent? | |
List of Connecticut Huskies in the NFL Draft | 2015-10-03 | 372 | 30.4 | ... that 39 Connecticut Huskies football players have been selected in the National Football League Draft, including two in the first round? | |
Jordan Sibert | 2015-10-06 | 265 | 27.1 | ... that basketball player Jordan Sibert transferred to Dayton to get more playing time? | |
2015 National Games of India medal table | 2015-10-25 | 315 | 26.8 | ... that 1334 medals were awarded in the 2015 National Games of India? | |
Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress | 2015-10-11 | 230 | 26.3 | ... that Sheela was the first recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress? | |
Yogendra Nath Baitha | 2015-10-02 | 243 | 23.5 | ... that Yogendra Nath Baitha received more votes than any other CSP-JSD candidate in the 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election? | |
Luis Fernandez-Gil | 2015-10-08 | 154 | 21.3 | ... that actor Luis Fernandez-Gil plays a professional wrestling promoter in the Lucha Underground television series? | |
Sierra de Perijá National Park | 2015-10-10 | 234 | 20.2 | ... that the Sierra de Perijá National Park in Venezuela is home to the Perijá tapaculo, a bird first described in 2015? | |
Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119 | 2015-10-04 | 127 | 19.2 | ... that Bach's first cantata for the inauguration of the Leipzig town council, Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119, was performed again in 2015 in the Nikolaikirche (pictured) to celebrate the millennium of Leipzig? | |
Sita Upanishad | 2015-10-21 | 214 | 18.2 | ... that according to the Sita Upanishad, Sita emerged while furrowing, at the edge of the plough? | |
Leandro Rodríguez | 2015-10-05 | 106 | 14.9 | ... that although he only moved to English football in 2015, Everton's Leandro Rodríguez scored in a league match against Liverpool three years earlier? | |
Gnocco fritto | 2015-10-23 | 0[x] | 0 | ... that the name of crescentina bread is derived in part from the Italian word crescere, which means "to grow?" | |
Vavro Šrobár | 2015-10-08 | 0[x] | 0 | ... that Vavro Šrobár was the only Slovak to sign the Czechoslovak proclamation of independence? |
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