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Low | 32.6 | China Artists Association | 39.1 | Ninetta May Runnals | 32.6 | China Artists Association |
Median | 133.1 | Cicely Corbett Fisher | 373.7 | Santiniketan Leather Goods Portrait of Maria Portinari |
149.8 | Katherine O. Musgrave |
High | 1,857.1 | Disappearance of Brian Shaffer | 3,255.5 | Colossus of Ostermunzel | 3,255.5 | Colossus of Ostermunzel |
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Colossus of Ostermunzel | 2016-03-24 | 34,970 | 3,255.5 | ... that the Colossus of Ostermunzel (pictured) is significantly lighter than originally estimated? | |
Operation Strength | 2016-03-18 | 31,633 | 2,636.1 | ... that during Operation Strength, a 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) bomb (example of detonation pictured) served as a diversion to a diversion? | |
Disappearance of Brian Shaffer | 2016-03-31 | 22,285 | 1,857.1 | ... that ten years ago today, Brian Shaffer walked into a bar in Columbus, Ohio, and hasn't been seen since? | |
Big King | 2016-03-30 | 22,043 | 1,836.9 | ... that the Big King sandwich (pictured), Burger King's take on the Big Mac, underwent five reformulations and four name changes before settling on its current recipe and name? | |
Imelda Marcos | 2016-03-31 | 19,154[a] | 1,596.1 | ... that Imelda Marcos (pictured) spent US$2,000 on chewing gum in an airport stop? | |
Ground-Mobile Command Center | 2016-03-18 | 18,201 | 1,516.8 | ... that "doomsday trucks" may hit the road following a catastrophic nuclear attack against the United States? | |
Bowman v. Monsanto Co. | 2016-03-01 | 16,742 | 1,395.2 | ... that in the patent case Bowman v. Monsanto Co., Justice Elena Kagan (pictured) delivered the unanimous decision against Bowman's "blame-the-bean defense"? | |
March 14, 1891 lynchings | 2016-03-14 | 15,246 | 1,270.5 | ... that after the lynchings of eleven Italians 125 years ago today in New Orleans, Italy recalled its ambassador to the U.S. in protest? | |
Avianca Flight 52 | 2016-03-30 | 14,488 | 1,226.1 | ... that two surviving passengers of Avianca Flight 52 (aircraft pictured), which crashed in 1990, were discovered to have swallowed condoms filled with cocaine? | |
Battle of Karameh | 2016-03-21 | 14,349 | 1,195.8 | ... that during the Battle of Karameh, the Israeli Army aborted a plan to retrieve two of its tanks (pictured) that were left behind in Jordan? | |
Testaroli | 2016-03-09 | 12,408 | 1,034.0 | ... that testaroli pasta (pictured) dates back to ancient history, originating from the Etruscan civilization of Italy? | |
He Xiangning | 2016-03-08 | 12,222 | 1,018.5 | ... that He Xiangning (pictured), a feminist and revolutionary who refused to have her feet bound, organized China's first International Women's Day rally 92 years ago today? | |
Sternoptyx diaphana | 2016-03-16 | 12,154 | 1,012.9 | ... that the diaphanous hatchetfish (diagram pictured) is not fussy about what prey it eats? | |
Ruth M. Gardiner | 2016-03-08 | 11,752 | 979.4 | ... that the first US Army hospital named for a woman or nurse was named after US Army Nurse Corps Lieutenant Ruth M. Gardiner (pictured)? | |
Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola | 2016-03-15 | 11,032 | 919.3 | ... that Bilikiss Adebiyi (pictured) planned to collect rubbish in the streets of Nigeria while taking her MBA at MIT? | |
Sue Austin | 2016-03-21 | 10,409 | 867.4 | ... that Sue Austin, who performed as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, uses an underwater wheelchair specially modified with scuba diving equipment (pictured)? | |
A Second Chance at Sarah | 2016-03-14 | 10,190 | 849.2 | ... that Neil Druckmann (pictured) wrote A Second Chance at Sarah based on his own interest in traveling back in time to meet his wife at a younger age? | |
PiliPinas Debates 2016 | 2016-03-20 | 9,243[b] | 770.2 | ... that the format of the Mindanao leg of PiliPinas Debates 2016 was modeled after the Republican presidential debates in the United States? | |
PiliPinas Debates 2016 – Mindanao leg | 772 | 64.4 | |||
Total | 10,016 | 834.6 | |||
Campaign Z | 2016-03-15 | 9,870 | 822.5 | ... that uninjured reporters commandeered a medical evacuation helicopter during Campaign Z? | |
Holy Island War Memorial | 2016-03-17 | 9,808 | 817.3 | ... that the Holy Island War Memorial (pictured) snapped in two as a result of exceptional winds during the winter of 1983–4? | |
Helga Goetze | 2016-03-16 | 9,632 | 802.7 | ... that free love activist Helga Goetze advertised her cause with the slogan "Fucking is peace"? | |
Karen Greenlee | 2016-03-23 | 9,608 | 800.7 | ... that despite admitting to necrophilia, Karen Greenlee only spent 11 days in jail for theft of a hearse and interfering with a funeral? | |
Chappel Viaduct | 2016-03-18 | 9,520 | 793.3 | ... that newly minted coins placed inside a pier of Chappel Viaduct (pictured) went missing within hours, and a bricklayer who proffered a new half-sovereign in a pub was suspected? | |
Landing at Scarlet Beach | 2016-03-09 | 9,129 | 760.8 | ... that the Landing at Scarlet Beach on 22 September 1943 was the first time Australian forces had made an opposed amphibious landing since the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915? | |
The Getaway Car | 2016-03-07 | 8,714 | 726.1 | ... that the Daily Mail described The Getaway Car as "the worst TV spin-off since Joey Tribbiani got his own series"? | |
Great Famine of Mount Lebanon | 2016-03-02 | 8,670 | 722.5 | ... that the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon led to the highest death toll by population of the First World War? | |
Tom Kilburn | 2016-03-28 | 7,777 | 702.2 | ... that Tom Kilburn (pictured), the co-creator of the world's first stored-program computer, did not own a personal computer? | |
Joseph Tucker (Royal Navy official) | 2016-03-04 | 8,417 | 701.4 | ... that the 18th-century shipwright Joseph Tucker (pictured) is best known for designing a 170-gun ship with five tiers of guns that was never built? | |
Agliata | 2016-03-22 | 8,260 | 688.3 | ... that agliata sauce originated from the times of Ancient Rome, at which time it was a peasant food that was also used by the upper classes? | |
HMCS Integrity (1804) | 2016-03-29 | 7,897 | 682.2 | ... that during construction, the hull of HMCS Integrity was filled with water to see if any leaked through the sides? | |
Art Nouveau architecture in Riga | 2016-03-23 | 7,939 | 661.6 | ... that Riga contains the highest concentration of Art Nouveau architecture in the world (building detail pictured)? | |
Natasha Wightman | 2016-03-20 | 7,745 | 645.4 | ... that after Natasha Wightman shaved her head for V for Vendetta, her neighbour assumed a man was trying to break into Wightman's home and called the police? | |
Antoine Raab | 2016-03-01 | 7,722 | 643.5 | ... that German footballer Antoine Raab was imprisoned for refusing to give the Nazi salute at a football game? | |
Santi Sergio e Bacco al Foro Romano | 2016-03-29 | 7,444 | 643.1 | ... that contrary to popular belief, Ss. Sergio e Bacco al Foro Romano (pictured) may not have been destroyed so that Charles V could pass through the Arch of Septimius Severus? | |
Hans-Ulrich Rudel | 2016-03-10 | 7,612 | 634.3 | ... that World War II Stuka pilot Hans-Ulrich Rudel helped protect the identity of former SS-doctor Josef Mengele? | |
Go Princess Go | 2016-03-03 | 7,585 | 632.1 | ... that the web series Go Princess Go has been cut by about a third by Chinese censors concerned about its themes of sex and time travel? | |
Aquatic weed harvester | 2016-03-11 | 7,572 | 631.0 | ... that the use of an aquatic weed harvester (pictured) was recommended by Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture to reduce water hyacinth growth, which has caused a scarcity of fish in Lake Victoria? | |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 2016-03-01 | 7,387[c] | 615.6 | ... that for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, use of the alien race Sneepers was initially rejected by Marvel's legal department because it sounded too similar to snípur, the Icelandic word for clitoris? | |
Eivind Astrup | 2016-03-09 | 7,262 | 605.2 | ... that Eivind Astrup (pictured) helped introduce the combination of dog sleds and skis on polar expeditions? | |
Carl Edgar Myers | 2016-03-14 | 7,220 | 601.7 | ... that Carl Edgar Myers invented an air-bicycle (illustrated) that navigated through the air like a bicycle? | |
Heilongjiang hand cannon | 2016-03-26 | 5,974 | 593.0 | ... that the Heilongjiang hand cannon is the oldest surviving firearm in the world? | |
AN/APQ-7 | 2016-03-28 | 6,495 | 586.5 | ... that Luis Alvarez initially called the APQ-7 radar the "EHIB", short for "Every House in Berlin", referring to its planned mission? | |
Iliamna remota | 2016-03-17 | 6,956 | 579.7 | ... that the Kankakee mallow is known from a single 700 m (0.4 mi) long island in the state of Illinois? | |
Bobby White | 2016-03-23 | 6,760 | 563.3 | ... that a video of police officer Bobby White playing basketball with a group of boys received over 17 million views on Facebook? | |
Cordón del Azufre | 2016-03-21 | 6,598 | 549.9 | ... that Cordón del Azufre is part of one of the largest deforming volcanic systems on Earth, comparable with Yellowstone? | |
Rama Rahasya Upanishad | 2016-03-17 | 6,371 | 530.9 | ... that the Rama Rahasya Upanishad (Rama in the heart of Hanuman pictured) presents a goddess as the cause of creation, a god as the soul, and both together as the source of all existence? | |
Zamilon virophage | 2016-03-22 | 6,341 | 528.4 | ... that the recently discovered Zamilon virophage (pictured) casts doubt on the concept of virophages? | |
Euroleon nostras | 2016-03-23 | 6,225 | 518.8 | ... that antlions, which are found over most of the European continent, are extremely rare in Great Britain and only known to breed in two areas across East Anglia? | |
Matrilineal society of Meghalaya | 2016-03-24 | 6,187 | 515.6 | ... that Meghalaya has one of the largest surviving matrilineal societies (Khasi women pictured)? | |
Destruction of ivory | 2016-03-05 | 6,185 | 515.4 | ... that the destruction of ivory (pictured) has been called "indispensable in the fight against trafficking of threatened species"? | |
Royal antelope | 2016-03-26 | 6,506 | 484.9 | ... that the royal antelope (pictured) is the smallest antelope in the world? | |
Thomas White (Australian politician) | 2016-03-07 | 5,816 | 484.7 | ... that Thomas White taxied his aircraft some 24 kilometres (15 mi) past enemy encampments in Mesopotamia during World War I, in what was later described as a "Keystone Cops adventure"? | |
Dorothy Galton | 2016-03-01 | 5,794 | 482.8 | ... that Dorothy Galton, a beekeeper, was suspected by MI5 of being a Russian spy? | |
Koenig Specials | 2016-03-11 | 5,762 | 480.2 | ... that Enzo Ferrari ordered the removal of prancing horse badges from Ferraris modified by Koenig Specials? | |
Astronesthes richardsoni | 2016-03-24 | 5,148 | 479.3 | ... that Richardson's snaggletooth, a deep sea fish, is black with luminous spots? | |
German Jewish military personnel of World War I | 2016-03-15 | 5,738 | 478.2 | ... that of an estimated 100,000 German Jews who served in the German Army in World War I, 12,000 were killed in action? | |
Yusra Mardini | 2016-03-31 | 5,657 | 471.4 | ... that freestyle swimmer Yusra Mardini pushed a boat in the Aegean Sea for over three hours while fleeing Syria? | |
Antarctic Sound | 2016-03-12 | 5,539 | 461.6 | ... that the Antarctic Sound (pictured) was named after the first vessel to navigate it, which was later crushed by ice? | |
Albany International | 2016-03-10 | 3,831 | 319.2 | ... that the ponds in the former headquarters of Albany International (main building pictured) were originally built as reservoirs for firefighting? | |
Albany Felt Company Complex | 1,574 | 131.1 | |||
Total | 5,404 | 450.4 | |||
Penile injury | 2016-03-14 | 5,336 | 444.7 | ... that penile injuries can be caused by dogs, metal rings, zippers, and more? | |
Edmund Nathanael | 2016-03-19 | 5,332 | 444.3 | ... that during the Nazi era, World War I flying ace Edmund Nathanael was deleted from the list of Hohenzollern honorees? | |
Frumka Płotnicka | 2016-03-30 | 5,294 | 441.1 | ... that underground courier Frumka Płotnicka, who delivered weapons and instructions for making Molotov cocktails and hand grenades to Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, died in the Będzin Ghetto uprising? | |
Maud Russell | 2016-03-21 | 5,212 | 434.4 | ... that when Changsha was invaded in 1930, Maud Russell refused to leave the city and, after mistakenly being thought to have perished, a memorial service was held for her? | |
Teeth (song) | 2016-03-28 | 4,767 | 430.4 | ... that Lady Gaga's "Teeth" has been described as a "perverse march" and a "gospel ode" to sadomasochism? | |
Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival | 2016-03-20 | 5,146 | 428.9 | ... that the Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival was attended by more people than any other Nazi ceremony, including the Nazi party rally at Nuremberg? | |
Kalligrammatidae | 2016-03-07 | 5,136 | 428.0 | ... that species of the extinct insect family Kalligrammatidae have sometimes been called "butterflies of the Jurassic"? | |
Eileen Foley | 2016-03-22 | 5,054 | 421.2 | ... that former Portsmouth, New Hampshire, mayor Eileen Foley cut the ribbon to open both the original Memorial Bridge in 1923 and its replacement in 2013? | |
Rolling stock of Network SouthEast | 2016-03-29 | 4,872 | 421.0 | ... that Network SouthEast's rolling stock included Bubble Cars, Dusty Bins, Thumpers, and Tadpoles, all with a toothpaste colour scheme? | |
Annot (artist) | 2016-03-11 | 5,018 | 418.1 | ... that Annot and her husband were ordered by the Nazis to close their art school after refusing to dismiss Jewish pupils? | |
Post Pop Depression | 2016-03-18 | 4,988[d] | 415.6 | ... that Josh Homme credited his work with Iggy Pop on Post Pop Depression with helping him through the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks? | |
Operation Strength II | 2016-03-27 | 4,257 | 402.6 | ... that, when bad weather caused more than half of them to desert, the remaining off-and-on mutineers of Operation Strength II were disarmed and flown to a training base at Seno? | |
Baleen whale | 2016-03-23 | 4,823 | 401.9 | ... that baleen whales, although carnivorous, have gut flora similar to that of herbivores? | |
Portrait of Maria Portinari | 2016-03-02 | 4,624 | 385.3 | ... that Hans Memling's Portrait of Maria Portinari (pictured) was probably commissioned as a triptych wing by her politically ambitious Italian husband so he could gain favour with Lorenzo de' Medici? | |
Philip Jaffe | 2016-03-28 | 4,254 | 384.1 | ... that in 1945 Philip Jaffe was charged with espionage and fined US$2,500? | |
Nene Viaduct | 2016-03-16 | 4,596 | 383.0 | ... that a plaque on the Nene Viaduct, built in 1850, claims that it is the last surviving cast-iron structure on a main-line railway in Britain? | |
Garamond | 2016-03-09 | 4,456 | 371.3 | ... that many fonts named Garamond, such as that included with Microsoft Office, are actually based on work by Jean Jannon more than 50 years after Claude Garamond's death? | |
Santiniketan Leather Goods | 2016-03-03 | 4,344 | 362.0 | ... that Santiniketan Leather Goods (pencil boxes pictured) are generally made of East India Leather from sheepskin and goatskin? | |
Hidden Figures | 2016-03-31 | 4,338 | 361.5 | ... that the upcoming film Hidden Figures reveals the three African-American female mathematicians who helped NASA win the Space Race? | |
Dapeng (state) | 2016-03-10 | 4,332 | 361.0 | ... that Dapeng, a second-millennium BC Chinese state, probably practised human sacrifice? | |
Operation Fa Ngum | 2016-03-24 | 4,300 | 358.3 | ... that Operation Fa Ngum ended on the verge of mutiny? | |
Kit Kats in Japan | 2016-03-21 | 4,256 | 354.7 | ... that the best-selling flavor of Japanese Kit Kats in 2010 was soy sauce? | |
R v R | 2016-03-20 | 4,198 | 349.9 | ... that a man could not be found guilty of raping his wife in English law until the judgment of R v R? | |
Sitatunga | 2016-03-04 | 4,197 | 349.8 | ... that the ears of the sitatunga (pictured) are so specialized that they can pinpoint the direction of the origin of a sound? | |
Montanile v. Board of Trustees of Nat. Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan | 2016-03-25 | 4,058 | 345.3 | ... that according to analysts, a recent United States Supreme Court decision could "greatly affect the funding of welfare benefits plans"? | |
The Goat, Kensington | 2016-03-15 | 4,111 | 342.6 | ... that the Acid Bath Murderer met his first victim in The Goat? | |
Pyongyang Maternity Hospital | 2016-03-31 | 4,096 | 341.3 | ... that Pyongyang Maternity Hospital is equipped with video call booths for visiting family members? | |
Founding of the Nation | 2016-03-01 | 4,050 | 337.5 | ... that Le coq blanc (detail pictured) at the Musée Guimet draws on the myth of the Japanese sun goddess? | |
Shimizu Shikin | 2016-03-18 | 4,042 | 336.8 | ... that when Japanese law changed and barred women from political assembly, Shimizu Shikin quit public speaking and became one of the country's first professional women journalists? | |
Lou Phillips | 2016-03-14 | 4,016 | 334.6 | ... that 100 years ago, the Welsh rugby player Lou Phillips was shot in the chest while out on a wiring party? | |
Huntsham Court | 2016-03-26 | 3,370 | 334.5 | ... that during his stay at Huntsham Court (pictured), Douglas Adams failed to make progress in writing So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, but enjoyed "sipping expensive wines"? | |
Ping Pong (1987 film) | 2016-03-23 | 4,006 | 333.8 | ... that Ping Pong was the first film to be shot in London's Chinatown? | |
1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team | 2016-03-02 | 3,995 | 332.9 | ... that the 1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado American football team outscored opponents 491 to 17, and was for many years considered the greatest the South ever produced? | |
Long Way to Go (Gwen Stefani and André 3000 song) | 2016-03-29 | 3,828 | 330.8 | ... that "Long Way to Go" received criticism for its sample of "I Have a Dream"? | |
Tête Rousse Glacier | 2016-03-18 | 3,910 | 325.8 | ... that the collapse of the Tête Rousse Glacier in the Alps killed over 200 people in 1892, and thousands still live under its threat? | |
Ray Candy | 2016-03-30 | 3,870 | 322.5 | ... that professional wrestler Ray Candy once used the name "Super Mario Man", despite being a large African American and not a short Italian plumber? | |
Hao Jianxiu | 2016-03-01 | 3,842 | 320.1 | ... that Hao Jianxiu, an illiterate teenage textile worker, became a model worker and a high-ranking politician after inventing a work method named after her? | |
Trigonoolithus | 2016-03-24 | 3,417 | 318.1 | ... that the shell of Trigonoolithus, a type of dinosaur egg, is covered with triangular nodes? | |
Pizza cheese | 2016-03-03 | 3,785 | 315.4 | ... that the stretchiness and melting characteristics of pizza cheese can be improved using a blend of vetch milk and cow's milk in its preparation? | |
Peter Jok | 2016-03-30 | 3,758 | 313.2 | ... that University of Iowa basketball player Peter Jok received offers from colleges while in eighth grade? | |
Ace (video game) | 2016-03-02 | 3,750 | 312.5 | ... that several journalists regarded the low-budget ACE (1985) as one of the best flight simulators of the time? | |
Watersipora subtorquata | 2016-03-30 | 3,748 | 312.4 | ... that the red-rust bryozoan's tolerance of copper may enable other fouling organisms to grow on the hulls of ships? | |
Juma Namangani | 2016-03-01 | 3,718 | 309.8 | ... that Juma Namangani fought in Afghanistan for the Soviet Army in the late 1980s and alongside the Taliban in the early 2000s? | |
Old Wall (Sofia) | 2016-03-28 | 3,640 | 309.8 | ... that the Old Wall (pictured) in Sofia, Bulgaria, popularly called the "Roman Wall", is in fact an Islamic religious structure from the 16th or 17th century? | |
Isaiah Sol Dorfman | 2016-03-07 | 1,620 | 135.0 | ... that during World War II, Office of Strategic Services agent I. S. Dorfman maintained liaisons with exiled socialist leaders of the Stockholm-based "Little Internationale" such as Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky, and Ernst Paul? | |
International Group of Democratic Socialists | 1,362 | 113.5 | |||
Ernst Paul | 732 | 61.0 | |||
Total | 3,714 | 309.5 | |||
Carmela Teoli | 2016-03-16 | 3,712 | 309.4 | ... that the 1912 testimony of 14-year-old child laborer Carmela Teoli spurred labor reforms in Massachusetts, helped settle a strike, and raised wages for working men and women? | |
Verkeerder Kill | 2016-03-07 | 3,692 | 307.7 | ... that the Verkeerder Kill in Shawangunk, New York is locally known as Kaidy Kill? | |
Operation Maharat II | 2016-03-27 | 3,604 | 306.7 | ... that during Operation Maharat II, a sonic boom scared the Pathet Lao into retreat? | |
Kom–Emine | 2016-03-04 | 3,668 | 305.7 | ... that while Bulgaria's most famous long-distance trail, Kom–Emine, typically takes 20 to 25 days to complete, the record stands at under 5 days? | |
FBI–Apple encryption dispute | 2016-03-18 | 3,655[e] | 304.6 | ... that in the FBI–Apple encryption dispute, a federal judge in Brooklyn has ruled that the 1789 All Writs Act cannot be used to compel Apple to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone? | |
Deng Yuzhi | 2016-03-24 | 3,264 | 303.9 | ... that while still in school, Chinese social and Christian activist Deng Yuzhi decided to be an independent woman, remain unmarried, and live the life of a "new woman"? | |
STELLA (programming language) | 2016-03-21 | 3,608 | 300.7 | ... that the STELLA programming language has been used to model Prince Hamlet's thirst for revenge in Shakespeare's Hamlet? | |
St John the Baptist Church, Rochdale | 2016-03-05 | 3,586 | 298.8 | ... that St John the Baptist Church (pictured) in Rochdale was designed by a dead architect? | |
Edith Ellen Greenwood | 2016-03-08 | 3,580 | 298.3 | ... that Edith Ellen Greenwood was the first woman and first nurse to receive the Soldier's Medal after she rescued 15 patients from a burning hospital ward? | |
Strugnell's Haiku | 2016-03-17 | 3,574 | 297.8 | ... that Strugnell's Haiku outline cherry blossoms, hair loss, and pub opening times? | |
Dodge Cove | 2016-03-03 | 3,568 | 297.3 | ... that 96% of Dodge Cove residents surveyed opposed construction of a proposed liquefied natural gas facility there? | |
Mr. T Cereal | 2016-03-04 | 3,536 | 294.7 | ... that a catchphrase for Mr. T Cereal was "I pity the fool who don't eat my cereal"? | |
Acaena magellanica | 2016-03-27 | 3,108 | 293.9 | ... that after removal of the introduced European rabbits, populations of the greater burnet failed to recover in the Kerguelen Islands? | |
Mary Barr | 2016-03-27 | 3,449 | 293.5 | ... that Mary Barr (pictured) was the first female aviator to join the US Forest Service and was among the first four women to fly in the Reno Air Races? | |
Banksia sceptrum | 2016-03-10 | 3,473 | 289.4 | ... that the flower spikes of Banksia sceptrum (pictured) take six to seven months to develop? | |
Silver Slipper (train) | 2016-03-12 | 3,462 | 288.5 | ... that the Texas and Pacific's Silver Slipper two-car train had rubber-tired wheels and was prone to derailing? | |
Lynx (constellation) | 2016-03-21 | 3,451 | 287.6 | ... that Johannes Hevelius declared that one needed the eyes of a lynx to see Lynx? | |
Maud Carpenter | 2016-03-25 | 3,369 | 286.7 | ... that Maud Carpenter scolded Anthony Hopkins when he turned up at the Liverpool Playhouse wearing jeans and an open-neck shirt, instead of a sports jacket and tie? | |
Elizabeth Jaffray | 2016-03-03 | 3,421 | 285.1 | ... that the first female chief servant in the history of the White House, Elizabeth Jaffray, was hired in 1909? | |
Cerro Quiac | 2016-03-22 | 3,330 | 277.5 | ... that the small Maya archaeological site of Cerro Quiac (pictured), the most important Maya ceremonial site in the Guatemalan municipality of Cantel, was once used as an artillery emplacement? | |
Warwickslade Cutting Railway | 2016-03-11 | 3,298 | 274.8 | ... that the Warwickslade Cutting Railway was assembled from prefabricated rail sections with pin to tube joints, like those of a toy railway? | |
Tuck rule (ice hockey) | 2016-03-27 | 3,228 | 274.7 | ... that the tuck rule prevents National Hockey League players from tucking in their jerseys during games, although it took almost fifty years to enforce it? | |
Caroline D. Gentile | 2016-03-11 | 3,264 | 272.0 | ... that Caroline D. Gentile, named "most athletic" in her high school yearbook, taught health, physical education, and recreation at the University of Maine at Presque Isle for nearly 60 years? | |
Operation Maharat | 2016-03-16 | 3,252 | 271.0 | ... that during Operation Maharat, neutralists besieged neutralists? | |
The Comedian (2017 film) | 2016-03-30 | 3,247 | 270.6 | ... that stand-up comic Jeff Ross helped write the lines for Robert De Niro playing a stand-up comic? | |
Udney Hay | 2016-03-07 | 3,234 | 269.5 | ... that Lt. Col. Udney Hay, although highly recommended by Gen. George Washington, was not appointed Quartermaster General by the Congress? | |
David Hamilton (businessman) | 2016-03-15 | 3,045 | 253.8 | ... that as boys, David Zwingerman and Horst Löwenstein rescued 12 Torah scrolls from a Berlin synagogue after it was burned by the Nazis? | |
Operation Sourisak Montry VIII | 2016-03-04 | 3,034 | 252.8 | ... that though Thailand was not at war with Communist China, it still fought Operation Sourisak Montry VIII in 1972? | |
Aracar | 2016-03-31 | 3,018 | 251.5 | ... that Inca archaeological sites have been found on the Aracar volcano, which may have erupted in March 1993? | |
Clathria prolifera | 2016-03-17 | 3,014 | 251.2 | ... that the red beard sponge may have travelled to the west coast of North America on the hull of a ship? | |
San Caio | 2016-03-27 | 2,650 | 250.5 | ... that the ancient church of San Caio (pictured) in Rome was demolished in 1878 during the construction of the Italian Ministry of Defense building? | |
1877 Louisville Grays scandal | 2016-03-06 | 3,006 | 250.5 | ... that four men involved in the 1877 Louisville Grays scandal were banned from professional baseball for life? | |
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes | 2016-03-17 | 3,004 | 250.3 | ... that in Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, Maria Konnikova combines Holmes's habits of mind with modern-day research to help people learn to be more rational thinkers? | |
A Sequel to the Yellow Millet Dream | 2016-03-11 | 2,997 | 249.8 | ... that in "A Sequel to the Yellow Millet Dream", a Chinese scholar becomes prime minister, then a woman, before waking up with a monk on his bed? | |
Hyperloop pod competition | 2016-03-14 | 2,996 | 249.7 | ... that a SpaceX prize moves Hyperloop from hype to prototypes? | |
Commensurate line circuit | 2016-03-02 | 2,982 | 248.5 | ... that commensurate line theory is able to convert series connections into parallel connections without changing the circuit response as would normally be expected for such a change? | |
Green Man, Putney | 2016-03-06 | 2,970 | 247.5 | ... that after the highwayman Jerry Abershawe was hanged, his body was gibbeted outside The Green Man in London? | |
Harriet Windsor-Clive, 13th Baroness Windsor | 2016-03-10 | 2,942 | 245.2 | ... that during the mid-1850s Harriet Windsor-Clive, 13th Baroness Windsor, paid for the construction of the same church twice? | |
Orissa Ikat | 2016-03-07 | 2,926 | 243.9 | ... that the process of creating Orissa Ikat (pictured), a unique silk art in which the warp and weft threads are tie-dyed before weaving, has been termed "poetry on the loom"? | |
NGC 1614 | 2016-03-28 | 2,658 | 240.0 | ... that the luminous barred spiral galaxy NGC 1614 is undergoing a minor merger event which has triggered a starburst region around the galactic core? | |
Cibolo Creek Ranch | 2016-03-07 | 2,856 | 238.0 | ... that Cibolo Creek Ranch, where Antonin Scalia died, was a shooting location for the films The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, There Will Be Blood, and No Country for Old Men? | |
Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2016-03-10 | 2,846 | 237.2 | ... that the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea found that crimes against humanity are being committed in North Korea? | |
The Bookworm (short story) | 2016-03-14 | 2,826 | 235.5 | ... that in "The Bookworm", a Chinese scholar fathers a child with a character in his books? | |
Star Wars: Episode VIII | 2016-03-05 | 2,812[f] | 234.3 | ... that, as well as shooting at Pinewood Studios and on Skellig Michael, additional filming for Star Wars: Episode VIII will take place in Mexico? | |
Rise of Mana | 2016-03-03 | 2,782 | 231.8 | ... that within a month of the release of Rise of Mana, the game had over one million registered players? | |
Padma Vibhushan | 2016-03-29 | 2,716[g] | 231.2 | ... that some recipients of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, have refused or even returned their medals? | |
Cryptosula pallasiana | 2016-03-16 | 2,758 | 229.9 | ... that as the colonial bryozoan Cryptosula pallasiana travels to new places, it takes its sea slugs with it? | |
Her Story (video game) | 2016-03-04 | 2,753 | 229.4 | ... that the video game Her Story features entirely live-action footage? | |
Leroy Brown (wrestler) | 2016-03-19 | 2,736 | 228.0 | ... that Leroy Brown was repeatedly struck by a bottle during a match in Japan, much to the amusement of other wrestlers on the tour? | |
Air India | 2016-03-22 | 2,713[h] | 226.1 | ... that Air India entered the Guinness Book of World Records for carrying out the largest evacuation by a civil airliner, during the Gulf War? | |
Santosky v. Kramer | 2016-03-21 | 2,706 | 225.5 | ... that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Santosky v. Kramer (1982) that before terminating parental rights, the state must prove child abuse or neglect by clear and convincing evidence? | |
Persicaria decipiens | 2016-03-05 | 2,646 | 220.5 | ... that the slender knotweed is eaten by people in Africa in times of famine? | |
Ishibashi Kazunori | 2016-03-13 | 2,642 | 220.1 | ... that Lady Reading Poetry (pictured) by Ishibashi Kazunori has been designated one of the Prefectural Cultural Properties of Shimane, Japan? | |
Neosilurus hyrtlii | 2016-03-06 | 2,614 | 217.8 | ... that Hyrtl's catfish has been found in waters as warm as 38 °C (100 °F)? | |
New Cheshire Salt Works | 2016-03-04 | 2,591 | 215.9 | ... that the family-run New Cheshire Salt Works was said to have had a "magnificent" Art Deco vacuum evaporator, decorated with stripes of different-coloured woods? | |
Emily Winifred Dickson | 2016-03-23 | 2,570 | 214.2 | ... that students at the Royal College of Surgeons protested at being asked questions on midwifery by a woman – even though Emily Winifred Dickson was a Fellow of the College? | |
Guadeloupe Conference | 2016-03-03 | 2,570 | 214.1 | ... that Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty, left Iran for exile nine days after it was suggested at the Guadeloupe Conference? | |
Vinciguerria lucetia | 2016-03-10 | 1,613 | 134.4 | ... that the Panama lightfish and the slender lightfish make large vertical migrations each day? | |
Vinciguerria attenuata | 944 | 78.7 | |||
Total | 2,557 | 213.1 | |||
Lion (2016 film) | 2016-03-29 | 2,494 | 212.3 | ... that Garth Davis' directorial debut, Lion, recounts the true story of a lost Indian boy who found his birth parents using Google Earth? | |
Daisy Rossi | 2016-03-30 | 2,480 | 209.9 | ... that Daisy Rossi gave up her painting career after her studio was destroyed by fire? | |
Plum cake | 2016-03-03 | 2,516 | 209.6 | ... that in India, plum cake is served around the time of the Christmas holiday season, and may have additional ingredients such as rum or brandy? | |
Coropuna | 2016-03-20 | 2,498 | 208.2 | ... that Coropuna (pictured), the tallest volcano in Peru, was active less than 2,000 years ago? | |
Doris Stevens | 2016-03-20 | 2,483 | 206.9 | ... that as chair of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Doris Stevens (pictured) presented data on laws affecting women, resulting in the passage of the first international agreement on women's rights? | |
York City War Memorial | 2016-03-13 | 1,719 | 143.2 | ... that the York City War Memorial (pictured) was built on land donated by the North Eastern Railway, who also built their own war memorial in York? | |
North Eastern Railway War Memorial | 764 | 63.7 | |||
Total | 2,483 | 206.9 | |||
Al-Mansur Abu Bakr | 2016-03-09 | 1,092 | 91.0 | ... that the Mamluk emir Qawsun had Sultan al-Mansur Abu Bakr deposed, executed and replaced by the latter's five-year-old half-brother al-Ashraf Kujuk? | |
Qawsun | 856 | 71.3 | |||
Al-Ashraf Kujuk | 500 | 41.7 | |||
Total | 2,448 | 204.0 | |||
Upside Down & Inside Out | 2016-03-02 | 2,408 | 200.6 | ... that the band OK Go filmed their music video for "Upside Down & Inside Out" in zero gravity using a reduced gravity aircraft? | |
Assaf dynasty | 2016-03-09 | 1,468 | 122.3 | ... that Ghazir was the headquarters of the Assaf dynasty, which at its peak administered the region between Beirut and Homs on behalf of the Ottoman authorities? | |
Ghazir | 930 | 77.5 | |||
Total | 2,398 | 199.9 | |||
Keenu Gill | 2016-03-29 | 2,313 | 199.8 | ... that Keenu Gill became vice-captain of the Hong Kong women's national cricket team at the age of 17? | |
Sintax the Terrific | 2016-03-26 | 2,012 | 199.8 | ... that the rapper Sintax the Terrific is also a practicing licensed federal attorney? | |
Alexander Hamilton (song) | 2016-03-16 | 968 | 80.6 | ... that "Alexander Hamilton", "Satisfied", "Wait for It", "The Room Where It Happens", and "It's Quiet Uptown" are songs from the Grammy-winning 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton? | |
The Room Where It Happens | 419 | 34.9 | |||
Wait for It (song) | 356 | 29.7 | |||
Satisfied (Hamilton song) | 331 | 27.6 | |||
It's Quiet Uptown | 313 | 26.1 | |||
Total | 2,387 | 198.9 | |||
DU spectrophotometer | 2016-03-30 | 2,342 | 198.2 | ... that the DU spectrophotometer was used for secret World War II research on the development of penicillin? | |
Yatai (food cart) | 2016-03-26 | 2,618 | 195.1 | ... that Japan's surrender in 1945 led to a surge of black-market yatai (food carts)? | |
Chuffer Dandridge | 2016-03-14 | 2,332 | 194.3 | ... that the fictional Shakespearean actor-manager Chuffer Dandridge, a regular on Wake Up to Wogan, was the creation of two civil servants? | |
Frank Sprogell | 2016-03-17 | 2,327 | 193.9 | ... that Frank Sprogell said being a golf pro is not really a job? | |
Hurricane Danny (2015) | 2016-03-03 | 2,306 | 192.2 | ... that Hurricane Danny in 2015 (pictured) was the first major hurricane to develop between the Lesser Antilles and West Africa since Hurricane Julia in 2010? | |
LG G5 | 2016-03-13 | 2,302 | 191.8 | ... that the lower portion of the LG G5 serves as a tray that can be detached to replace the battery? | |
Blue duiker | 2016-03-21 | 2,301 | 191.8 | ... that the blue duiker marks its territory by the secretions of glands near its eyes? | |
Theodore the Sacristan | 2016-03-23 | 2,297 | 191.4 | ... that Gregory the Great wrote that Theodore the Sacristan was bedridden for days after experiencing a vision of Saint Peter? | |
Operation Phalat | 2016-03-17 | 2,292 | 191.0 | ... that Operation Phalat was a preventative strike into Laos by Thai forces in 1971 to contain communist influence in the region? | |
Dona Nelson | 2016-03-24 | 2,290 | 190.8 | ... that Dona Nelson, known for her two-sided paintings, was called "one of the best artists working today" by New York Times art critic Roberta Smith? | |
Ragnall ua Ímair | 2016-03-03 | 2,276 | 189.7 | ... that Ragnall ua Ímair established himself as king of Northumbria following the indecisive Battle of Corbridge in 918? | |
Friargate Bridge | 2016-03-16 | 2,260 | 188.3 | ... that despite appearances, the Friargate Bridge (pictured) in Derby is actually two bridges? | |
Elida Campodónico | 2016-03-23 | 2,254 | 187.8 | ... that when Elida Campodónico attempted to get an identity card to vote, she was told, "In Panama there are no women citizens, only male citizens"? | |
Lucinda Lee Dalton | 2016-03-12 | 2,250 | 187.5 | ... that Lucinda Lee Dalton, an early Mormon feminist, argued that polygamy allowed many women to marry the few good men? | |
Emily Tinne | 2016-03-29 | 2,175 | 185.1 | ... that the largest single collection of one woman's clothes owned by a UK museum came from Emily Tinne? | |
Murciélago Velázquez | 2016-03-18 | 2,178 | 181.5 | ... that in 1940, professional wrestler Murciélago Velázquez was the first Mexican to lose his mask in a match, creating the Luchas de Apuestas concept that headlines shows all over Mexico to this day? | |
Kamiya Kaoru | 2016-03-04 | 2,164 | 180.3 | ... that the Rurouni Kenshin manga character Kamiya Kaoru was originally meant to die, but the author decided to make her survive to give young readers a happy ending? | |
Black Allan (horse) | 2016-03-28 | 1,990 | 179.7 | ... that Black Allan's running walk made him unfit for harness racing, yet he became the foundation sire of the Tennessee Walking Horse? | |
Willie Ogg | 2016-03-22 | 2,156 | 179.7 | ... that Willie Ogg patented the forerunner to the modern cavity back iron? | |
Rulaizong | 2016-03-19 | 2,150 | 179.2 | ... that believers of Rulaizong use the phrase "Thanking Master, Praising Master" to praise the founder of the religion? | |
Ann Hawkes Hay | 2016-03-12 | 2,144 | 178.6 | ... that Colonel Ann Hawkes Hay, born in Jamaica, lost his Haverstraw, New York house to British raiders? | |
Artificial turf–cancer hypothesis | 2016-03-10 | 2,130 | 177.5 | ... that agencies of the U.S. Federal government are investigating a possible link between artificial turf and cancer? | |
Plagiotriptus pinivorus | 2016-03-25 | 1,977 | 175.9 | ... that African pine-feeding grasshoppers have defoliated plantation pines in East Africa? | |
Montanoolithus | 2016-03-21 | 2,084 | 173.7 | ... that Montanoolithus, a type of fossil egg from Montana, were laid in a ring atop a mound-shaped nest? | |
Bill Virdon | 2016-03-16 | 2,078 | 173.2 | ... that baseball's Frank "The Trader" Lane said that trading away Bill Virdon was the "worst trade [he] ever made"? | |
All Saints Church, Huntsham | 2016-03-09 | 2,077 | 173.1 | ... that the tower attached to All Saints Church in Huntsham, Devon dates to the 14th century, but the rest of the church was completely rebuilt by Benjamin Ferrey in 1854–56? | |
Ochy Curiel | 2016-03-08 | 2,076 | 173.0 | ... that Afro-Dominican lesbian feminist scholar Ochy Curiel was a featured musician at the 2004 Teddy Awards in Berlin? | |
Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo National Park | 2016-03-12 | 2,064 | 172.0 | ... that the Jaramillo Petrified Forest National Park contains trees that were buried in volcanic ash in the Cretaceous period and turned to stone? | |
Syrnet | 2016-03-01 | 2,050 | 170.8 | ... that people in Syria are using small, portable radio transmitters to create Syrnet, a network of pirate radio broadcasts committed to oppose the Assad regime? | |
Telescopium Herschelii | 2016-03-29 | 1,975 | 170.6 | ... that the obsolete constellation Telescopium Herschelii commemorated Herschel's discovery of Uranus? | |
Argyropelecus affinis | 2016-03-11 | 2,041 | 170.1 | ... that the tubular eyes of the deepsea hatchetfish have lenses containing yellow pigment? | |
Hello From the Magic Tavern | 2016-03-01 | 2,031 | 169.2 | ... that Hello From the Magic Tavern – hosted by a wizard and shapeshifting badger – was named one of iTunes' best podcasts of 2015? | |
Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment | 2016-03-09 | 2,025 | 168.8 | ... that Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment was founded by Billy Graham's grandson to help evangelical groups prevent and deal with sexual abuse in their midst? | |
Sarah Platt-Decker | 2016-03-11 | 2,016 | 168.0 | ... that when Sarah Platt-Decker died, she was described as "Colorado's foremost woman citizen"? | |
Parasite Rex | 2016-03-22 | 2,014 | 167.9 | ... that Parasite Rex discusses the various parasites that use humans as their host, such as the tsetse fly's trypanosomes and filarial worms? | |
Gomphidius | 2016-03-28 | 1,971 | 167.7 | ... that despite having gills, spike caps are classified with the boletes? | |
Theodosia Bartow Prevost | 2016-03-20 | 2,012 | 167.7 | ... that Theodosia Bartow Prevost used her home as George Washington's headquarters during the American Revolutionary War, despite being married to a British Army officer? | |
Bas van Bavel | 2016-03-04 | 2,012 | 167.7 | ... that Bas van Bavel has linked Dutch cleanliness to the production of cheese? | |
Spit Bank Lighthouse | 2016-03-12 | 2,012 | 167.6 | ... that the engineer behind the Spit Bank Lighthouse was blind, and yet personally directed its construction? | |
Jessie Jack Hooper | 2016-03-04 | 2,012 | 167.6 | ... that when Jessie Jack Hooper ran for the United States Senate in 1922 against Robert M. La Follette Sr., her husband was one of only two men who donated to her campaign? | |
Marquesa del Ter | 2016-03-12 | 2,004 | 167.0 | ... that pianist Marquesa del Ter (pictured) founded one of the first feminist organizations in Spain and received the Medal of French Gratitude for her aid to hospitals during World War I? | |
Burmaleon | 2016-03-15 | 2,002 | 166.8 | ... that the species name for Burmaleon magnificus was coined for the quality of preservation in the fossils? | |
Lyn Mikel Brown | 2016-03-20 | 1,992 | 166.0 | ... that SPARK, a group co-founded by Lyn Mikel Brown, started a 2012 petition against Lego Friends for introducing a line of skinny, buxom female characters? | |
Hygrophorus russula | 2016-03-02 | 1,992 | 166.0 | ... that the pinkmottle woodwax can grow in fairy rings? | |
Liu Zhenwu | 2016-03-04 | 1,987 | 165.6 | ... that General Liu Zhenwu, the first commander of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison, outranked his British predecessors? | |
Naborr | 2016-03-05 | 1,976 | 164.7 | ... that when Naborr, an Arabian stallion, was imported to America via ship in 1963, the ship ran low on hay and the horse lost 50 pounds (23 kg)? | |
N. I. Herescu | 2016-03-13 | 1,974 | 164.5 | ... that the luggage and money of Romanian Latinist N. I. Herescu burned at Stuttgart Airport while he was emigrating in 1944? | |
Jokhang | 2016-03-30 | 1,936 | 163.8 | ... that the Jokhang temple, at the center of an ancient network of Buddhist temples in Lhasa, is considered the "spiritual heart of the city" and the most sacred in Tibet? | |
Erica Campbell (musician) | 2016-03-03 | 1,166 | 97.2 | ... that the gospel music duo Mary Mary's two sister songstresses' Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell have released solo albums that have charted on The Billboard 200? | |
Tina Campbell (musician) | 788 | 65.7 | |||
Total | 1,955 | 162.9 | |||
Rochdale Cenotaph | 2016-03-07 | 1,954 | 162.8 | ... that the Rochdale Cenotaph was one of the most ambitious of Sir Edwin Lutyens' war memorials to come to fruition? | |
Jeannie Mole | 2016-03-26 | 1,640 | 162.7 | ... that the British trade union organiser Jeannie Mole, an early follower of dress reform, liked to wear an outfit reminiscent of Greek robes? | |
Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation | 2016-03-10 | 1,951 | 162.6 | ... that the Canadian Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation has been awarded to seven military units, including one in the U.S. Army? | |
Argyropelecus sladeni | 2016-03-12 | 1,950 | 162.5 | ... that Sladen's hatchetfish makes daily vertical migrations in the ocean? | |
Pennaria disticha | 2016-03-31 | 1,950 | 162.5 | ... that the colonial hydroid Pennaria disticha has two types of tentacles? | |
Ayers Rock (band) | 2016-03-10 | 1,948 | 162.4 | ... that Ayers Rock were the first Mushroom Records artists to sign with an international label, enabling their tour of US stadiums and recording an album in Los Angeles? | |
The New Day (newspaper) | 2016-03-23 | 1,942 | 161.9 | ... that The New Day, launched on 29 February, was the first new national British newspaper to appear since the i in 2010? | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan | 2016-03-31 | 1,938 | 161.5 | ... that PlatinumGames and Activision held an "official leak" to announce Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan? | |
Chamba Rumal | 2016-03-11 | 1,936 | 161.3 | ... that the brightly coloured Chamba Rumal (pictured) or "Chamba handkerchiefs", promoted by the former rulers of the Chamba kingdom, are a common gift in marriages? | |
Zhang Xichun | 2016-03-02 | 1,936 | 161.3 | ... that Chinese medical pioneer Zhang Xichun was "very good" at curing vomiting? | |
Ren Zhiqiang | 2016-03-12 | 1,916 | 159.7 | ... that Ren Zhiqiang, a property tycoon and outspoken critic of the government, has been called "China's Donald Trump"? | |
Yue Qi | 2016-03-30 | 1,870 | 158.2 | ... that Yue Qi was a winner of the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology as a graduate student, and then went on to do research for General Motors? | |
Olga Rapay-Markish | 2016-03-22 | 1,890 | 157.5 | ... that Olga Rapay-Markish is known for designing and decorating building interiors and façades in Kiev with massive ceramic works? | |
Nomorhamphus ebrardtii | 2016-03-18 | 1,888 | 157.3 | ... that the young of Nomorhamphus ebrardtii develop in the mother fish's oviduct, feeding on unfertilised eggs and their smaller siblings? | |
Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad | 2016-03-02 | 1,888 | 157.3 | ... that the medieval era text Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad calls Sarasvati (pictured) the goddess of wisdom who manifests as syllables, words, sentences, and understanding? | |
I Know What You'll Do Next Summer | 2016-03-28 | 1,741 | 157.2 | ... that "I Know What You'll Do Next Summer", an episode of Veronica Mars, includes a public service announcement for Invisible Children, Inc. after the installment's conclusion? | |
Joseph Yasser | 2016-03-06 | 1,858 | 154.8 | ... that Jewish lecturer Joseph Yasser was interested in Chinese organs? | |
Rafflesia consueloae | 2016-03-18 | 1,851 | 154.2 | ... that unlike other members of its genus, including the giant "corpse flower", the newly discovered Rafflesia consueloae smells like young coconut meat? | |
Carrie Johnson | 2016-03-28 | 1,805 | 153.6 | ... that Carrie Johnson represented the United States at three consecutive Olympics after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease in 2003? | |
List of Lady Gaga live performances | 2016-03-29 | 1,790 | 152.4 | ... that Lady Gaga's performance at the 87th Academy Awards triggered 214,000 interactions per minute on Facebook? | |
Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia | 2016-03-09 | 1,818 | 151.5 | ... that Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia, a collaborative cantata by Mozart and Salieri, was lost but found in a music museum in Prague in 2015? | |
Manasollasa | 2016-03-15 | 1,800 | 150.0 | ... that the Sanskrit text Manasollasa is a 12th-century encyclopedia covering topics such as garden design, cuisine recipes, veterinary medicine, jewelry, painting, music, and dance? | |
Katherine O. Musgrave | 2016-03-06 | 1,798 | 149.8 | ... that while Maine nutrition educator Katherine O. Musgrave criticized the Fit for Life diet plan, she praised the nutritional benefits of the whoopie pie (pictured), Maine's official state treat? | |
Tatjana Višak | 2016-03-22 | 1,796 | 149.7 | ... that the philosopher Tatjana Višak argues that utilitarians should oppose the killing of animals in agriculture, even if they have lived happy lives? | |
Amanda Sidwall | 2016-03-19 | 1,768 | 147.4 | ... that Amanda Sidwall (self-portait pictured) was one of the first women to study at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts? | |
Amazonian streaked antwren | 2016-03-29 | 966 | 82.3 | ... that the Amazonian streaked antwren (pictured), Guianan streaked antwren, and Pacific antwren, despite being similar in appearance, can be distinguished by their songs? | |
Guianan streaked antwren | 377 | 32.1 | |||
Pacific antwren | 377 | 32.1 | |||
Total | 1,720 | 146.4 | |||
Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center | 2016-03-08 | 1,756 | 146.3 | ... that the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum features Zaharias's three 1932 Summer Olympics medals and a set of her golf clubs? | |
Zorns Lemma (film) | 2016-03-02 | 1,750 | 145.9 | ... that Zorns Lemma by Hollis Frampton was the first experimental feature film screened at the New York Film Festival? | |
Františka Plamínková | 2016-03-21 | 1,740 | 145.0 | ... that Františka Plamínková's activism started when she spoke out about an Austro-Hungarian law that forbade female teachers from marrying and required them to be celibate? | |
Flim Flam (horse) | 2016-03-30 | 1,689 | 142.9 | ... that Flim Flam was originally supposed to be a breeding stallion, but was gelded so he could excel in Olympic dressage? | |
Yohei Komatsu | 2016-03-13 | 996 | 83.0 | ... that the wrestlers Yohei Komatsu and Sho Tanaka work in Mexico using the ring names Fūjin and Raijin, the Japanese gods of wind and thunder? | |
Sho Tanaka | 698 | 58.2 | |||
Total | 1,695 | 141.2 | |||
Grodziskie | 2016-03-19 | 1,692 | 141.0 | ... that the light, crisp, smoky, and highly carbonated Grodziskie beer was once nicknamed "Polish Champagne"? | |
Fritz Bach | 2016-03-06 | 1,683 | 140.2 | ... that as a child, transplant physician Fritz Bach escaped Nazi Germany in the Kindertransport? | |
Swift Bus Rapid Transit | 2016-03-24 | 1,676 | 139.6 | ... that Swift Bus Rapid Transit began operations in 2009 as the first bus rapid transit system in the U.S. state of Washington? | |
Finis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr. | 2016-03-17 | 1,668 | 139.0 | ... that Finis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr. is credited with bringing the televangelist Oral Roberts into the United Methodist Church in 1968? | |
Styca | 2016-03-22 | 1,668 | 139.0 | ... that the Northumbrian styca was first minted in the 790s, replacing the silver sceat? | |
Christiane Floyd | 2016-03-08 | 1,650 | 137.5 | ... that Christiane Floyd was the first female professor of computer science in Germany? | |
Pulvinaria regalis | 2016-03-20 | 1,648 | 137.4 | ... that the horse chestnut scale insect is primarily a pest of urban trees? | |
Christianity and association football | 2016-03-27 | 1,449 | 137.0 | ... that Christianity played a role in the founding of several British football clubs, including Celtic, Manchester City, and Everton? | |
Alice Bauer | 2016-03-29 | 1,609 | 136.9 | ... that a fellow LPGA Tour golfer said Alice Bauer's back swing "made John Daly's look short"? | |
Marta Vergara | 2016-03-25 | 1,536 | 136.7 | ... that Marta Vergara believed that the family, rather than the individual, was the fundamental unit of political identity? | |
Climatic regions of Argentina | 2016-03-14 | 1,632 | 136.0 | ... that the Pampas, one of the main climatic regions of Argentina, witness some of the most intense thunderstorms in the world? | |
Cordón de Puntas Negras | 2016-03-11 | 1,627 | 135.6 | ... that Cerro Overo in the Cordón de Puntas Negras volcanic chain is an actively deforming volcano? | |
Marienkirche, Dortmund | 2016-03-25 | 1,520 | 135.2 | ... that the Swoon of the Virgin (detail pictured) is depicted in Dortmund's Marienkirche? | |
LaVerne Krause | 2016-03-29 | 1,546 | 133.5 | ... that LaVerne Krause, who started the printmaking program at the University of Oregon, had previously exhibited her paintings for sale in a beauty parlor and a tavern? | |
Cicely Corbett Fisher | 2016-03-28 | 1,474 | 133.1 | ... that Cicely Corbett Fisher co-founded a society for women's suffrage when she was fifteen years old? | |
Emergency Federal Register | 2016-03-31 | 1,584 | 132.0 | ... that the United States' official journal, The Federal Register, may be suspended and replaced with the Emergency Federal Register in the event of an attack against the country? | |
Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel | 2016-03-17 | 1,582 | 131.8 | ... that for his ordination, Georg Weissel wrote the text of the hymn "Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel" to his friend's melody for a wedding song? | |
Louisa Melvin Delos Mars | 2016-03-24 | 1,414 | 131.6 | ... that Louisa Melvin Delos Mars was one of the first black women to achieve recognition as a composer? | |
Leila Alaoui | 2016-03-02 | 1,577 | 131.4 | ... that French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui used to set up a portable studio in a public place, such as a market square, and invite interested passers-by to be photographed? | |
Pokémon Sun and Moon | 2016-03-18 | 1,576[i] | 131.3 | ... that the upcoming Pokémon games Sun and Moon will feature connectivity with the Virtual Console versions of Red, Green, Blue and Yellow through Pokémon Bank? | |
Tempe Streetcar | 2016-03-20 | 1,560 | 130.0 | ... that Tempe Streetcar will link areas of downtown Tempe, Arizona, including Arizona State University's main campus, and will provide connections to Valley Metro Rail's light rail line? | |
Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida | 2016-03-08 | 1,556 | 129.7 | ... that Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida became known as Angola's "Mother of the Revolution"? | |
Lois Galgay Reckitt | 2016-03-28 | 1,518 | 129.2 | ... that Lois Galgay Reckitt, a Maine human rights activist who has advocated against domestic violence and for LGBT rights, is listed in Feminists Who Changed America? | |
Sev Statik | 2016-03-29 | 788 | 68.1 | ... that Speak Life is considered the debut album of Sev Statik, even though he had previously released another studio album? | |
Speak Life | 440 | 38.1 | |||
Altered State (Stu Dent album) | 265 | 22.9 | |||
Total | 1,494 | 129.1 | |||
Rashan Gary | 2016-03-03 | 1,548 | 129.0 | ... that Rashan Gary, the first player to be unanimously rated as the top American football prospect, committed in February 2016 to play for the Michigan Wolverines? | |
Nipponoolithus | 2016-03-22 | 1,547 | 128.9 | ... that with an estimated weight of only 100 grams (3.5 oz), Nipponoolithus is among the smallest fossil dinosaur eggs ever discovered? | |
BBC Three (Internet television) | 2016-03-15 | 1,543 | 128.6 | ... that the BBC re-launched its former television channel BBC Three as an Internet television service? | |
Yung Gud | 2016-03-14 | 1,540 | 128.3 | ... that Yung Gud, producer of rapper Yung Lean's Sad Boys group, first produced psychedelic trance music as a child, before he got into hip hop? | |
English Garden (album) | 2016-03-10 | 1,534 | 127.8 | ... that Bruce Woolley's version of "Video Killed the Radio Star" recorded for English Garden was considered by many writers to be much better than the Buggles' rendition? | |
Ballymena United Allstars F.C. | 2016-03-04 | 1,532 | 127.7 | ... that in 2003 the women's football club Ballymena United Allstars were forced to play on a "disgraceful and embarrassing" park pitch during council renovations at their new ground? | |
Til It Happens to You | 2016-03-28 | 1,494 | 127.1 | ... that Lady Gaga's "Til It Happens to You", which highlights sexual assault, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and Academy Award for Best Original Song? | |
Southend-on-Sea War Memorial | 2016-03-06 | 1,512 | 126.0 | ... that the Southend-on-Sea War Memorial was originally designed as a cenotaph but was changed to an obelisk? | |
Edith Houghton Hooker | 2016-03-08 | 1,507 | 125.6 | ... that Edith Houghton Hooker claimed that women's suffrage would improve water quality and reduce disease? | |
Lord's Supper in Reformed theology | 2016-03-24 | 1,348 | 125.5 | ... that in Reformed theology, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is believed to strengthen Christians' union with Christ by the spiritual eating of his true body and blood? | |
Echeneis neucratoides | 2016-03-19 | 1,505 | 125.4 | ... that the whitefin sharksucker often attaches itself to a large fish or turtle? | |
Africa Centre, London | 2016-03-22 | 1,496 | 124.7 | ... that in London's Africa Centre, Desmond Tutu and Thabo Mbeki used to meet at the bar? | |
Song Wan (poet) | 2016-03-05 | 1,482 | 123.5 | ... that the 17th-century Chinese poet and government official Song Wan was so scared of rebels that he died of fright? | |
Huang Shuqin | 2016-03-08 | 1,480 | 123.3 | ... that Woman, Demon, Human, directed by Huang Shuqin, is considered to be China's first feminist film? | |
Huang An (singer) | 2016-03-09 | 1,470 | 122.5 | ... that Huang An's 1993 album, New Dream of Butterfly Lovers, sold one million copies in Taiwan and six million worldwide, making it one of the country's best-selling albums? | |
Yellow-eyed pigeon | 2016-03-05 | 1,468 | 122.3 | ... that the yellow-eyed pigeon is rated as a vulnerable species because it is hunted in both its breeding and overwintering range? | |
Sara W. Combs | 2016-03-23 | 1,462 | 121.8 | ... that Sara W. Combs, the first woman to sit on the Kentucky Supreme Court, held her seat for less than four months before losing it in a special election to another woman? | |
Cryptostroma corticale | 2016-03-26 | 1,226 | 121.7 | ... that the fungus Cryptostroma corticale can kill trees and cause disease in humans? | |
Yalbugha al-Umari | 2016-03-21 | 763 | 63.6 | ... that after killing Sultan an-Nasir Hasan in 1361, Yalbugha al-Umari and the senior Mamluk emirs had al-Mansur Muhammad installed as the Mamluk sultan? | |
Al-Mansur Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt | 696 | 58.0 | |||
Total | 1,460 | 121.6 | |||
Mildred Brown Schrumpf | 2016-03-01 | 1,453 | 121.1 | ... that Maine food educator and columnist Mildred Schrumpf claimed that the brownie was invented in Bangor? | |
Tithe (Latter Day Saints) | 2016-03-27 | 1,274 | 120.4 | ... that tithing in the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could be done using property, labor, produce, livestock, or cash? | |
Masterpiece (game show) | 2016-03-13 | 1,437 | 119.8 | ... that although Masterpiece makes contestants pick items worth £10,000 or more, the prize money offered is just £1,000? | |
Ma Wenrui | 2016-03-16 | 1,430 | 119.2 | ... that China's Labour Minister Ma Wenrui was imprisoned for five years as a result of an interview with a book author? | |
Elizabeth Rebecca Ward | 2016-03-02 | 1,396 | 116.3 | ... that Elizabeth Rebecca Ward was known as "The Poet Laureate of the Home"? | |
Zhoulai | 2016-03-23 | 1,394 | 116.1 | ... that after the ancient Chinese state of Zhoulai was conquered in 529 BC, its territory was ruled by three different states in the ensuing decades? | |
The Signpost (Wikipedia) | 2016-03-16 | 1,390 | 115.9 | ... that The Signpost publishes stories related to the Wikipedia community, the Wikimedia Foundation, and other Wikipedia-related projects? | |
Insert Name Here | 2016-03-02 | 1,387 | 115.6 | ... that The Times' suggestion that Insert Name Here made Sue Perkins the first woman to host a UK mainstream comedy TV panel show was refuted by Weaver's Week? | |
Toda Embroidery | 2016-03-06 | 1,373 | 114.4 | ... that Toda Embroidery, made exclusively by women of the Toda pastoral community in the Nilgiri mountains, appears like a woven cloth? | |
Attack on Titan: No Regrets | 2016-03-28 | 1,343 | 114.3 | ... that the print run of Aria was increased 1000% after it began serializing the Attack on Titan spinoff No Regrets? | |
Xu You (Southern Tang) | 2016-03-01 | 1,344 | 112.0 | ... that Xu You foiled Li Congshan's attempt to seize the crown from his older brother by informing on him to the crown prince himself? | |
Assassination of Ali | 2016-03-13 | 1,338 | 111.5 | ... that Ibn Muljam assassinated the fourth caliph Ali at the request of his lover whose father and brother were killed by Ali's forces at the Battle of Nahrawan? | |
Benoit & Sergio | 2016-03-03 | 1,338 | 111.5 | ... that Benoit & Sergio describe their sound as "an alloy of copper and silk"? | |
Operation Thao La | 2016-03-13 | 1,328 | 110.6 | ... that the Laotian military's Operation Thao La failed to find the crucial NVA transshipment point Binh Tram 37? | |
Maud McLure Kelly | 2016-03-18 | 1,326 | 110.5 | ... that Maud McLure Kelly, the first woman to practice law in Alabama, was also the first Southern woman admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court? | |
Eleni Glouftsis | 2016-03-22 | 1,320 | 110.0 | ... that Eleni Glouftsis is the first female field umpire to be appointed to an Australian Football League sanctioned match? | |
Janet Stumbo | 2016-03-30 | 1,319 | 109.9 | ... that after Janet Stumbo defeated Sara W. Combs for her seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court, Combs was appointed to Stumbo's vacated seat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals? | |
Adventures of Mana | 2016-03-30 | 1,292 | 109.3 | ... that Adventures of Mana is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy game Final Fantasy Adventure, which was the first entry in the Mana series? | |
Araripenymphes | 2016-03-03 | 1,309 | 109.1 | ... that the extinct lacewing Araripenymphes shows sexual dimorphism in the two described fossils? | |
Umaswati | 2016-03-31 | 1,308 | 109.0 | ... that Umaswati, a 1st-millennium Indian scholar, wrote the earliest extant text in Sanskrit that completely summarizes Jainist philosophy? | |
Jennifer Childs-Roshak | 2016-03-03 | 1,308 | 109.0 | ... that Jennifer Childs-Roshak is the first person with a medical degree to become the chief executive of a Planned Parenthood affiliate? | |
This Transformation | 2016-03-20 | 1,308 | 109.0 | ... that "This Transformation" decries the societal discrimination against beggars? | |
Cecil Brown (Hawaii politician) | 2016-03-30 | 786 | 66.5 | ... that Cecil Brown, a politician and president of Hawaii's largest National Bank, occasionally served as an acting Justice on the Supreme Court of Hawaii? | |
U.S. national banks of Hawaii | 501 | 42.4 | |||
Total | 1,286 | 108.9 | |||
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography | 2016-03-06 | 1,304 | 108.6 | ... that Margaret Forster's biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (pictured) rewrites the myth of the invalid poet guarded by an ogre-like father? | |
Campaign 74B | 2016-03-15 | 1,303 | 108.6 | ... that during Campaign 74B in the Laotian Civil War, smog from swidden farming clogged the air? | |
Zoeterwoude-Dorp | 2016-03-25 | 1,220 | 108.6 | ... that the Dutch village of Zoeterwoude-Dorp was built in the 13th century around a church dedicated to the English missionary Saint Lebuinus? | |
Charles Auchester | 2016-03-23 | 1,302 | 108.5 | ... that while Benjamin Disraeli wrote of Charles Auchester that "No greater book will ever be written on music", the critic Henry Chorley thought it "half-crazy"? | |
Wan Shaofen | 2016-03-15 | 1,302 | 108.5 | ... that Wan Shaofen, China's first female provincial party chief, did not complete her term because of the downfall of Hu Yaobang? | |
Concerto for Piano and String Quartet (Busoni) | 2016-03-31 | 1,302 | 108.5 | ... that Ferruccio Busoni (pictured) composed his Concerto for Piano and String Quartet, a four-movement work lasting 20 minutes, at the age of twelve? | |
2016 Milan–San Remo | 2016-03-31 | 1,298 | 108.1 | ... that the 2016 edition of Milan–San Remo needed to take a 9 km (5.6 mi) detour due to a landslide blocking the original route? | |
Fertility factor (demography) | 2016-03-16 | 1,294 | 107.8 | ... that living in rural rather than urban areas is a fertility factor, associated with an increased number of children? | |
Sonia M. Johnny | 2016-03-08 | 1,288 | 107.3 | ... that Sonia M. Johnny, the first woman ambassador to the United States from Saint Lucia, has also represented CARICOM nations' interests in a trade dispute over bananas? | |
Olga Tufnell | 2016-03-11 | 1,278 | 106.5 | ... that Olga Tufnell assisted in unearthing the biblical city of Lachish? | |
Operation Sayasila | 2016-03-06 | 1,265 | 105.4 | ... that Royal Lao Government casualties outnumbered the People's Army of Vietnam defenders in Operation Sayasila? | |
Khmer language | 2016-03-01 | 1,264[j] | 105.4 | ... that Khmer, the language of Cambodia and the Khmer Empire, has a 1400-year written history? | |
The Red and the Green | 2016-03-13 | 1,256 | 104.6 | ... that The Red and the Green is the only historical novel by Iris Murdoch? | |
Suzette Holten | 2016-03-18 | 1,239 | 103.2 | ... that the Danish painter and ceramicist Suzette Holten was part of the avant-garde Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler movement? | |
Tessa Hadley | 2016-03-20 | 1,236 | 103.0 | ... that Tessa Hadley's second novel has been described as "mysteriously, bewitchingly compelling" despite being a "virtually plotless portrait ... of breathtakingly ordinary mortals"? | |
Min Huifen | 2016-03-06 | 1,231 | 102.6 | ... that Min Huifen, called the "Queen of Erhu", performed in support of the student protesters of Tiananmen Square? | |
Janet McNeill | 2016-03-10 | 1,220 | 101.6 | ... that Janet McNeill, a prolific Irish writer of adult and children's fiction, peopled her adult novels with "menopausal, middle-aged, middle-class Protestants"? | |
Clifford Boulton | 2016-03-04 | 1,218 | 101.5 | ... that Sir Clifford Boulton, the 44th Clerk of the House of Commons, was a fan of the soap opera Coronation Street? | |
Hana Blažíková | 2016-03-08 | 1,210 | 100.8 | ... that Hana Blažíková is a soprano with the Bach Collegium Japan, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki, for the project to record the complete Bach cantatas? | |
Sarah Nash Gates | 2016-03-27 | 1,062 | 100.5 | ... that costume designer Sarah Nash Gates once taught at Clown College? | |
Doris Sands Johnson | 2016-03-08 | 1,196 | 99.6 | ... that Doris Sands Johnson, who wrote a how-to book for voting, lost her initial attempt to run for office but later became the premier woman President of the Bahamian Senate? | |
The Future of Palestine | 2016-03-12 | 1,194 | 99.5 | ... that the 1915 British Cabinet memorandum The Future of Palestine was possibly the first time that enlisting the wartime support of Jews was proposed in an official record? | |
Young Man of Arévalo | 2016-03-27 | 1,154 | 98.3 | ... that Morisco crypto-Muslim author Young Man of Arévalo adapted passages from The Imitation of Christ in his Islamic devotional works? | |
Children's Village (New York) | 2016-03-03 | 1,168 | 97.4 | ... that The Children's Village was the first residential treatment center in the United States to have an on-site psychiatric clinic and a social work training school? | |
Rafaelnymphes | 2016-03-13 | 1,155 | 96.2 | ... that possible color patterning is preserved on the wings of the extinct neuropteran Rafaelnymphes? | |
Simon of Athens | 2016-03-22 | 1,150 | 95.8 | ... that Simon of Athens is the earliest ancient Greek writer known to have written on horses and horsemanship? | |
Jay H. Upton | 2016-03-24 | 1,028 | 95.7 | ... that Jay H. Upton, a private in the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish–American War, later became President of the Oregon State Senate? | |
Mary F. Hoyt | 2016-03-08 | 1,148 | 95.6 | ... that President Eisenhower praised Mary F. Hoyt, the first woman appointed to the US federal civil service in 1883, as a leader for the hundreds of thousands of women who followed her? | |
List of accolades received by Mad Max: Fury Road | 2016-03-27 | 1,124 | 95.6 | ... that Mad Max: Fury Road won awards for its editing, costume design, and production design at the Academy Awards, and BAFTAs? | |
Mabel Sine Wadsworth | 2016-03-14 | 1,130 | 94.2 | ... that Mabel Sine Wadsworth sent teams of outreach workers door to door in rural Maine in the 1950s and 1960s to teach women about birth control? | |
Aquaveo | 2016-03-19 | 1,128 | 94.0 | ... that Aquaveo software was used to simulate a terrorist attack on the Jordanelle Reservoir during the 2002 Winter Olympics? | |
Phebe Hemphill | 2016-03-21 | 1,120 | 93.3 | ... that Phebe Hemphill's sculptures, including the one of Gettysburg, appear on several United States Mint state quarters? | |
Morning/Evening | 2016-03-30 | 1,116 | 93.0 | ... that Kieran Hebden released Morning/Evening on the summer solstice because he thought it was "a lovely day"? | |
Mandala-brahmana Upanishad | 2016-03-31 | 1,110 | 92.5 | ... that Mandala-brahmana Upanishad, a Yoga text of Hinduism, suggests that the spiritually-liberated person's conduct is like a child? | |
Karel Dufek | 2016-03-31 | 1,110 | 92.5 | ... that Karel Dufek, Czechoslovak ambassador to Turkey and Brazil, served in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War? | |
Yasemin Adar | 2016-03-26 | 1,232 | 91.8 | ... that Turkish sportswoman Yasemin Adar was a shot putter before she became her country's first European champion in women's wrestling? | |
Slow Burn (album) | 2016-03-22 | 1,098 | 91.5 | ... that in May 2005, Rapzilla called Slow Burn one of the best albums so far that year? | |
Cottalango Leon | 2016-03-13 | 1,092 | 91.0 | ... that Cottalango Leon, an Indian-American computer graphics technician, jointly won the Academy Award in 2016 for scientific and technical achievement? | |
Varaha Upanishad | 2016-03-10 | 1,092 | 91.0 | ... that the medieval era Varaha Upanishad describes moksha as the state when a man does not shrink from fear of the world, nor the world shrink from fear of the man? | |
Merrill Edge | 2016-03-16 | 1,088 | 90.7 | ... that because Bank of America customers who invest less than $250,000 usually do not receive counsel from Merrill Edge employees, the discount brokerage service plans to offer customers robo-advisors? | |
Arundel Castle Cricket Ground | 2016-03-09 | 1,084 | 90.3 | ... that in September 2003, the Zoological Society of London released crickets of the endangered species Gryllus campestris into the wild at the Arundel Castle Cricket Ground? | |
Charles Wollaston | 2016-03-17 | 1,080 | 90.0 | ... that Charles Wollaston was the first person to win five FA Cup winners medals? | |
Microolithus | 2016-03-11 | 1,056 | 88.0 | ... that some specimens of Microolithus, a type of Paleogene bird egg, preserve embryonic bones? | |
Niralamba Upanishad | 2016-03-14 | 1,053 | 87.8 | ... that the medieval era text Niralamba Upanishad states that happiness is realizing one's innate bliss, experiencing satcitananda? | |
Robert Shope | 2016-03-18 | 1,052 | 87.7 | ... that Robert Shope, described as a "walking encyclopaedia" of arboviruses, discovered more novel viruses than anyone previously? | |
Kutch Embroidery | 2016-03-01 | 1,052 | 87.7 | ... that cobblers known as Mochis were trained in the art form of Kutch Embroidery by the Muslim Sufi saints of Sindh? | |
La casa disabitata | 2016-03-01 | 1,047 | 87.2 | ... that the 1835 opera La casa disabitata, composed by Princess Amalie of Saxony, received its first modern performance in 2012 after its previously lost score was discovered in a library in Moscow? | |
Antigone (Honegger) | 2016-03-17 | 1,046 | 87.2 | ... that the premiere of Arthur Honegger's first opera, Antigone, was staged in sets by Picasso and costumes by Coco Chanel? | |
Pamela Dellal | 2016-03-21 | 1,040 | 86.7 | ... that the mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, who recorded music by Hildegard von Bingen and Fanny Mendelssohn, translated all texted works by Bach? | |
1992 South Africa vs New Zealand rugby union match | 2016-03-19 | 1,038 | 86.5 | ... that the South African national anthem was played before their first rugby test match since being banned for apartheid, despite an agreement with Nelson Mandela's ANC that it would not be? | |
Ellen Fitz Pendleton | 2016-03-02 | 1,034 | 86.2 | ... that Wellesley College president Ellen Fitz Pendleton supported academic freedom for pacifists during World War I and later opposed the 1935 loyalty oath required of teachers in Massachusetts? | |
Azraq refugee camp | 2016-03-26 | 1,156 | 86.1 | ... that despite the immensity of the Syrian refugee crisis, the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan that is meant to house them has remained well below capacity since its opening in 2014? | |
Nashik valley wine | 2016-03-12 | 1,025 | 85.4 | ... that Nashik is known as the "Wine Capital of India" due to the Nashik valley wine? | |
Mark Sanders | 2016-03-04 | 1,016 | 84.7 | ... that Mark Sanders scored only one first-class century in his cricket career? | |
Christe, du Lamm Gottes | 2016-03-25 | 990 | 84.2 | ... that Luther adapted "Christe, du Lamm Gottes" (symbol pictured) as a Protestant communion song from the Latin "Agnus Dei" (Lamb of God) of the mass? | |
WCW Light Heavyweight Championship | 2016-03-15 | 995 | 82.9 | ... that the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship was "ignored" by promoter Bill Watts after it was vacated in 1992, before being replaced by the WCW Cruiserweight Championship in 1996? | |
Louis Stark | 2016-03-23 | 992 | 82.7 | ... that U.S. President Harry S. Truman referred to Pulitzer Prize winner Louis Stark as the "dean of all reporters on the labor scene"? | |
Zhu Shaowen | 2016-03-27 | 972 | 82.7 | ... that Fear No Poverty, the "father of crosstalk", performed alongside a man who could make music with his nose? | |
Lena Lovato Archuleta | 2016-03-06 | 984 | 82.0 | ... that the first Hispanic woman principal in the Denver Public Schools system was also the first Latina to have a Denver public school named in her honor? | |
Meaza Ashenafi | 2016-03-08 | 970 | 80.9 | ... that women's rights activist Meaza Ashenafi noted that Amharic proverbs that place women only in domestic roles are to blame for the degrading of women in Ethiopia? | |
No Land's Song | 2016-03-15 | 960 | 80.0 | ... that the documentary film No Land's Song spotlights women's protests against an Iranian ban on public female solo singing before male audiences? | |
Laxman Gole | 2016-03-04 | 958 | 79.8 | ... that Laxman Gole, a contemporary Indian Gandhian described as a real-life Munnabhai, won the Zindagi Live National Award given by IBN-7? | |
Mary Dilys Glynne | 2016-03-14 | 955 | 79.6 | ... that the British plant pathologist Mary Glynne climbed Mount Fuji when she was 68? | |
Wilfrid Eggleston | 2016-03-29 | 922 | 78.4 | ... that Canadian civil servant Wilfrid Eggleston rejected Prime Minister Mackenzie King's request to censor the Conscription Crisis of 1944? | |
Petite Savanne | 2016-03-13 | 936 | 78.0 | ... that the village of Petite Savanne, Dominica, was destroyed by Tropical Storm Erika in August 2015, forcing the permanent relocation of all its residents? | |
Die Versuchung Jesu | 2016-03-10 | 930 | 77.5 | ... that the composer of Die Versuchung Jesu, a Gospel motet on the temptation of Christ, has the devil speak, not sing, at times in canon? | |
San Sebastiano de Via Papae | 2016-03-19 | 926 | 77.2 | ... that the church of San Sebastiano de Via Papae was reputed to mark the site where Saint Sebastian's body was pulled out of a sewer? | |
Ficus neriifolia | 2016-03-01 | 926 | 77.2 | ... that Ficus neriifolia is an important food item of the black crested gibbon and eastern hoolock gibbon, and is used in bonsai? | |
Alois Grussmann | 2016-03-25 | 861 | 76.6 | ... that Czech footballer Alois Grussmann played more than 300 times in the top football leagues of his country? | |
Pancabrahma Upanishad | 2016-03-07 | 914 | 76.2 | ... that the text Pancabrahma Upanishad, composed before 7th-century CE, discusses the symbolism behind the many faces of the Hindu god Shiva? | |
Meira Paibi | 2016-03-25 | 856 | 76.1 | ... that Meira Paibi ("Women Torchbearers") is a women's social movement in Manipur known as the "guardians of civil society"? | |
Busbridge War Memorial | 2016-03-11 | 910 | 75.9 | ... that Sir Edwin Lutyens designed four memorials in the same Surrey churchyard, including the Busbridge War Memorial? | |
Sextet (Poulenc) | 2016-03-02 | 905 | 75.4 | ... that composer and critic Florent Schmitt criticized the Sextet of Francis Poulenc after its premiere for being vulgar? | |
Love Me like You | 2016-03-01 | 902 | 75.2 | ... that the Little Mix song "Love Me like You" garnered comparisons to The Ronettes and The Supremes for its retro doo-wop style? | |
Un-American Graffiti | 2016-03-05 | 898 | 74.9 | ... that "Un-American Graffiti" is the first episode of Veronica Mars not to feature a mystery that takes place over several episodes? | |
Jake Doran | 2016-03-14 | 886 | 73.8 | ... that Jake Doran is the youngest player to have signed for a Big Bash League team? | |
Clara Emilia Smitt | 2016-03-17 | 886 | 73.8 | ... that Swedish doctor Clara Emilia Smitt ran the sanatorium in Saltsjöbaden between 1896 and 1902? | |
Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad | 2016-03-27 | 778 | 73.5 | ... that the ancient Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad text asserts the theory that living beings originate by four means, through an egg, through seeds, through a womb, or through sweat? | |
Hemifaveoloolithus | 2016-03-25 | 864 | 73.5 | ... that the fossil egg Hemifaveoloolithus has a shell made up of four to five superimposed layers of eggshell units? | |
Antonia Fahberg | 2016-03-02 | 880 | 73.4 | ... that Antonia Fahberg, a lyric soprano of the Bavarian State Opera for 25 years, recorded Bach with Karl Richter, including an aria described as "a beguiling and beautifully restrained performance"? | |
Sheldon Creed | 2016-03-19 | 878 | 73.1 | ... that at the age of 18, Sheldon Creed became the youngest driver to compete in the Dakar Rally? | |
Viola Beach | 2016-03-07 | 870 | 72.5 | ... that Kris Leonard, vocalist of the band Viola Beach, commented that the lyrical content of their songs was inspired by their "very grey and industrial" hometown of Warrington, Cheshire? | |
All for Jesus, All for Jesus | 2016-03-25 | 804 | 71.6 | ... that "All for Jesus, All for Jesus" was the closing hymn of The Crucifixion and set aside for congregational singing? | |
Howard Shane | 2016-03-07 | 844 | 70.3 | ... that Howard Shane and his team developed the Visual Immersion System to assist people with autism in their efforts to communicate? | |
Aeluropus lagopoides | 2016-03-14 | 842 | 70.2 | ... that seeds of the grass Aeluropus lagopoides can germinate at concentrations of salt roughly equivalent to that of seawater? | |
Ghost (Mystery Skulls song) | 2016-03-13 | 835 | 69.6 | ... that a fan-animated video for the Mystery Skulls song "Ghost" received more than two million views on YouTube in under a month? | |
List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium | 2016-03-15 | 828 | 69.0 | ... that Kagiso Rabada has taken the best bowling figures on ODI debut at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium (pictured)? | |
Delores Ziegler | 2016-03-10 | 826 | 68.9 | ... that Delores Ziegler, who teaches voice at the University of Maryland, appeared as Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte for her debut at La Scala, and in the film by Ponnelle and Harnoncourt? | |
Gilda E. Nardone | 2016-03-14 | 824 | 68.7 | ... that the mother of women's advocate Gilda E. Nardone was a displaced homemaker? | |
Debopriya Chatterjee and Suchismita Chatterjee | 2016-03-05 | 824 | 68.6 | ... that Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee, the "flute sisters", are Indian instrumentalists trained by Hariprasad Chaurasia? | |
Julia Solly | 2016-03-18 | 823 | 68.6 | ... that South African suffragist Julia Solly was the sister of British suffragist Nessie Stewart-Brown? | |
Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23 | 2016-03-04 | 822 | 68.5 | ... that Bach applied for the Thomaskantor post with Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23, ending in an elaborate setting of the German Agnus Dei from a lost Passion? | |
Verdi Transcriptions (Finnissy) | 2016-03-29 | 802 | 68.2 | ... that Michael Finnissy has reimagined parts of every opera of Giuseppe Verdi? | |
Debasement Tapes | 2016-03-24 | 816 | 68.0 | ... that the crew of Veronica Mars had wanted Paul Rudd to guest star on the show for several years before his eventual appearance in the episode "Debasement Tapes"? | |
Naoum Mokarzel | 2016-03-11 | 813 | 67.8 | ... that Al-Hoda, established by Naoum Mokarzel in 1898, was the longest-running Arabic newspaper in the United States? | |
Annapurna Upanishad | 2016-03-21 | 810 | 67.5 | ... that the Annapurna Upanishad states a Yogi with self-knowledge beholds all living beings as his own self, fears no one, and treats people's possessions as meaningless? | |
Patricia E. Ryan | 2016-03-09 | 808 | 67.3 | ... that women's rights advocate Patricia E. Ryan thought she would head the Maine Human Rights Commission for five years, but ended up serving for over three decades? | |
Karl Čermak | 2016-03-22 | 563 | 46.9 | ... that in the 1920s, Karl Čermak, deputy from the Česká Lípa 5th electoral district, was the sole member of the German Social Democracy in Czechoslovakia leadership who hailed from a major city? | |
Česká Lípa 5th electoral district (Czechoslovakia) | 238 | 19.8 | |||
Total | 801 | 66.8 | |||
Lupo Martini Wolfsburg | 2016-03-24 | 715 | 66.6 | ... that the first migrant worker football club in Germany, ISC Lupo, was formed in 1962 by Italians? | |
Moisés Dagdug Lutzow | 2016-03-17 | 797 | 66.4 | ... that Moisés Félix Dagdug Lützow, owner of a radio station, served as the Secretary of the Radio, Television and Film Committee of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies? | |
María Currea Manrique | 2016-03-08 | 794 | 66.2 | ... that a Bogotan Civil Order of Merit María Currea de Aya is given annually on International Women's Day in honor of the first female president of the Bogotá City Council? | |
Paraelongatoolithus | 2016-03-20 | 790 | 65.8 | ... that a 94-million-year-old fossil egg from Zhejiang Province, eastern China, was named Paraelongatoolithus by paleontologists in 2010? | |
Eugenia de Reuss Ianculescu | 2016-03-17 | 787 | 65.6 | ... that Eugenia de Reuss Ianculescu included men on the board of the Romanian women's suffrage association that she founded because she believed their skills would help the cause? | |
Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger | 2016-03-20 | 786 | 65.5 | ... that French suffrage activist Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger proposed that women's issues become part of the treaty process at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919? | |
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes | 2016-03-07 | 778 | 64.8 | ... that the Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes by Grace Williams was the first work by a Welsh female composer to be recorded? | |
Erica Deichmann Gregg | 2016-03-19 | 774 | 64.5 | ... that Erica Deichmann created over 5,000 glazes for Deichmann pottery? | |
TNGHT (EP) | 2016-03-16 | 772 | 64.4 | ... that for TNGHT, his collaboration with Hudson Mohawke, Lunice wanted to start producing much simpler music instead of weird tracks that were "all over the place" ? | |
Thank You (Meghan Trainor album) | 2016-03-26 | 646[k] | 64.1 | ... that the original tracklist of Meghan Trainor's album Thank You was revamped after the creation of its lead single "No"? | |
Nephilim: Act of God 1 | 2016-03-12 | 768 | 64.0 | ... that the hip hop album Nephilim: Act of God 1 is titled after the Nephilim mentioned in the Bible? | |
Rachel Browne | 2016-03-06 | 448 | 37.4 | ... that Rachel Browne established Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers, Canada's longest-running modern dance company? | |
Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers | 318 | 26.5 | |||
Total | 767 | 63.9 | |||
Tripura Upanishad | 2016-03-07 | 765 | 63.8 | ... that the Tripura Upanishad is a Hindu text notable as a complete introduction to the Shakta Tantra tradition? | |
Bai Jinian | 2016-03-23 | 761 | 63.4 | ... that Bai Jinian was China's first provincial party chief elected by secret ballot, but was forced out of office three years later? | |
Northampton War Memorial | 2016-03-06 | 742 | 61.8 | ... that Northampton War Memorial was designed in 1920 but was not installed until six years later? | |
Yolanda Wisher | 2016-03-25 | 722 | 61.4 | ... that spoken word artist Yolanda Wisher, whose writing focuses on the urban African-American experience, became the third poet laureate of Philadelphia in 2016? | |
Santa Lucia in Septisolio | 2016-03-25 | 718 | 61.1 | ... that the church of Santa Lucia in Septisolio derived its name from a nearby ancient Roman ruin? | |
Tarasara Upanishad | 2016-03-11 | 728 | 60.7 | ... that the Sanskrit text Tarasara Upanishad states that the Om mantra is about Ātman (soul), and meditating on Om helps one cross from the mundane into the spiritual world? | |
Adam Frazier | 2016-03-05 | 720 | 60.0 | ... that Adam Frazier has set baseball records for the Mississippi State Bulldogs? | |
Abergele Golf Club | 2016-03-26 | 802 | 59.7 | ... that in 1942, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ordered that part of the Abergele Golf Club be ploughed as part of the Dig for Victory campaign? | |
Janet Werker | 2016-03-05 | 710 | 59.2 | ... that Canada's status as a bilingual country inspired Janet Werker to study language acquisition? | |
Charles Tuaau | 2016-03-05 | 699 | 58.2 | ... that Texas A&M University–Commerce organized a special commencement ceremony for Charles Tuaau when his Kansas City Chiefs minicamp obligations conflicted with his graduation? | |
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 | 2016-03-20 | 698 | 58.2 | ... that Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, Bach's chorale cantata for the feast of the Annunciation, was first performed on Palm Sunday? | |
Ann T. Bowling | 2016-03-26 | 780 | 58.1 | ... that Ann Bowling studied hereditary diseases in animals that were genetically linked to their coat color? | |
Parsonsia straminea | 2016-03-09 | 686 | 57.2 | ... that Parsonsia straminea was initially named to honour mathematician and botanist Israel Lyons? | |
Recorded In Hollywood Records | 2016-03-25 | 638 | 56.8 | ... that Recorded In Hollywood was an extension of John Dolphin's South Central Los Angeles record store? | |
Concepción Felix | 2016-03-19 | 676 | 56.3 | ... that Filipina feminist Concepción Felix founded A Drop of Milk to train maternity nurses and provide sterile milk to malnourished infants? | |
Forever Now (The Psychedelic Furs album) | 2016-03-19 | 648 | 54.0 | ... that during rehearsals of the 1982 album Forever Now, producer Todd Rundgren tried to energise The Psychedelic Furs with exploding firecrackers? | |
Bahvricha Upanishad | 2016-03-05 | 631 | 52.6 | ... that the medieval era Hindu text Bahvricha Upanishad states that the material cause of the universe is a Goddess? | |
Inauguration of Mauricio Macri | 2016-03-05 | 628 | 52.3 | ... that the inauguration of Argentine president Mauricio Macri was completed by the acting president Federico Pinedo, and not by outgoing president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner? | |
List of international cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium | 2016-03-09 | 625 | 52.1 | ... that Shahid Afridi's 45-ball century at the Green Park Stadium in 2005 is the fastest by a batsman in One Day Internationals in India? | |
Elina González Acha de Correa Morales | 2016-03-31 | 624 | 52.0 | ... that artist and textbook author Elina González Acha de Correa Morales was the driving force for creating the Geographical Society of Argentina? | |
The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal | 2016-03-19 | 622 | 51.8 | ... that Liaozhai author Pu Songling was critical of people who worshipped mythical characters like the Monkey King? | |
Phaceloolithus | 2016-03-12 | 616 | 51.3 | ... that Phaceloolithus is a type of fossil egg known to be from the Cretaceous period because of the kinds of shrimp found at the same site? | |
Elisabeth Schärtel | 2016-03-05 | 614 | 51.2 | ... that the contralto Elisabeth Schärtel, known for performing many Wagner parts at the Bayreuth Festival, sang Verdi's Meg Page alongside Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Falstaff? | |
José Antonio Gallardo | 2016-03-26 | 684 | 51.0 | ... that José Antonio Gallardo was a posthumous winner of the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for best goalkeeper in Spain's Segunda División? | |
Ill Harmonics | 2016-03-18 | 611 | 50.9 | ... that the hip-hop group Ill Harmonics was formed after the founders met at their local church choirs? | |
Cerattepe | 2016-03-15 | 610 | 50.8 | ... that during protests in February 2016 against the construction of a mine in the forested hill of Cerattepe in Turkey, entry to and exit from the town of Artvin was banned? | |
Josiah Ransome-Kuti | 2016-03-27 | 592 | 50.4 | ... that Josiah Ransome-Kuti was the first Nigerian to release a record album? | |
Ethel Wilson Gammon | 2016-03-24 | 604 | 50.4 | ... that Ethel Wilson Gammon, founder and executive director of the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, also enjoyed role-playing historical characters for her visitors? | |
Vajrasuchi Upanishad | 2016-03-06 | 600 | 50.0 | ... that the Hindu text Vajrasuchi Upanishad questions social classes, and asserts that any human being can achieve the highest spiritual state of existence? | |
Dorothy M. Healy | 2016-03-21 | 598 | 49.9 | ... that in addition to collecting and curating thousands of volumes for the Maine Women Writers Collection, Dorothy M. Healy raised thousands of turkeys on her farm? | |
Linguistic Society of America | 2016-03-16 | 598 | 49.8 | ... that in 1997 the Linguistic Society of America passed a resolution supporting the Oakland Unified School District board's decision to teach some students using African American Vernacular English? | |
Joceline Clemencia | 2016-03-08 | 598 | 49.8 | ... that Afro-Curaçaoan writer and educator Joceline Clemencia advocated for Papiamento to become an official language of Curaçao? | |
Thelma C. Swain | 2016-03-13 | 590 | 49.2 | ... that Thelma C. Swain endowed a scholarship at each of the seven colleges of the Maine Community College System? | |
S. M. Holden | 2016-03-12 | 580 | 48.3 | ... that S. M. Holden, the only candidate ever to stand for the National Prohibition Party in England, had previously campaigned for a minimum wage and old age pensions? | |
Emily Van Evera | 2016-03-25 | 558 | 47.5 | ... that the soprano Emily Van Evera appeared with the Taverner Consort at The Proms in Bach's St Matthew Passion? | |
Gustav Gunsenheimer | 2016-03-27 | 492 | 46.5 | ... that the composer Gustav Gunsenheimer was the church musician at St. Lukas in Schweinfurt from 1969 to 2015? | |
Suzanne Duigan | 2016-03-13 | 553 | 46.1 | ... that Suzanne Duigan was a botanist who specialised in palynology, particularly the study of fossil pollen? | |
Rama tapaniya Upanishad | 2016-03-07 | 548 | 45.6 | ... that the Rama tapaniya Upanishad states that the Hindu god Rama is the same as the Atman (soul) and Brahman (ultimate reality)? | |
Dewey L. Fleming | 2016-03-25 | 525 | 44.7 | ... that Dewey L. Fleming was one of nine newspaper reporters who were secretly invited to cover the first Quebec Conference between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill? | |
Andrea Velis | 2016-03-26 | 436 | 43.3 | ... that Metropolitan Opera tenor Andrea Velis starred in the United States premieres of four different operas by Benjamin Britten? | |
2016 Copa del Rey Final | 2016-03-16 | 516 | 43.0 | ... that FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC, who will contest this year's Copa del Rey Final, also played in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup? | |
Ali Brownlee | 2016-03-06 | 514 | 42.8 | ... that Ali Brownlee covered over 1,000 Middlesbrough Football Club matches for BBC Tees and Century FM? | |
Laurie G. Lachance | 2016-03-05 | 502 | 41.9 | ... that Laurie G. Lachance is the first alumna to serve as president of Thomas College of Waterville, Maine, in the school's 118-year history? | |
Subala Upanishad | 2016-03-09 | 498 | 41.5 | ... that the medieval era text Subala Upanishad influenced the development of the qualified monism school of Hindu philosophy called Vishishtadvaita? | |
Stranger Things (Yuck album) | 2016-03-12 | 486 | 40.5 | ... that Stranger Things by Yuck was recorded in lead singer Max Bloom's parents' house? | |
Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía | 2016-03-17 | 478 | 39.9 | ... that in 2013 and 2014, the Mexican RTC issued 50 times as many religious broadcasting permits as it did in 2000 and 2001? | |
Philippe Pierlot | 2016-03-24 | 472 | 39.3 | ... that the viola da gamba player Philippe Pierlot co-founded the Ricercar Consort, which plays little-known 17th-century music? | |
Ninetta May Runnals | 2016-03-19 | 469 | 39.1 | ... that in 1959 the Women's Union at Colby College was renamed Runnals Union (pictured) in honor of Ninetta May Runnals, the college's first Dean of Women? | |
Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing | 2016-03-27 | 450 | 38.3 | ... that the Easter hymn "Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing" was renamed to avoid confusion with the Christmas carol "Good Christians All, Rejoice"? | |
Hatila Valley National Park | 2016-03-20 | 452 | 37.7 | ... that in a 1994–97 study, 769 species of plant were identified in the Hatila Valley National Park in northeastern Turkey? | |
Kau Ilhamku | 2016-03-24 | 452 | 37.6 | ... that "Kau Ilhamku", a promotional song that is only available for streaming on Yonder Music, saw the collaboration of Malaysian and Indonesian artists? | |
Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society | 2016-03-26 | 372 | 36.9 | ... that the Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society encouraged membership by holding meetings at cafes with poetry, singing, and dance performances? | |
Éder Monteiro Fernandes | 2016-03-28 | 430 | 36.6 | ... that Brazilian footballer Éder Monteiro Fernandes, who plays for the Indian club Salgaocar, has played alongside World Cup winner Romário at Vasco da Gama? | |
Gran Alternativa 2012 | 2016-03-31 | 438 | 36.5 | ... that Raziel was billed as a rookie for the 2012 Gran Alternativa tournament despite having wrestled for 16 years prior to the tournament? | |
Back to Dust | 2016-03-26 | 486 | 36.3 | ... that the album Back to Dust was selected as one of the Rawkus Records' "Rawkus 50" campaign? | |
Richard Langdon | 2016-03-15 | 434 | 36.2 | ... that the 18th-century organist Richard Langdon held the positions of master of the choristers and organist at Exeter Cathedral, positions that had not been combined for more than 100 years? | |
Greta De Reyghere | 2016-03-19 | 422 | 35.1 | ... that the soprano Greta De Reyghere recorded Bach's motets, Mozart's vespers, and music by the Belgian composers Joseph Ryelandt and Joseph-Hector Fiocco? | |
Rotraud Hansmann | 2016-03-28 | 398 | 33.9 | ... that the soprano Rotraud Hansmann performed six parts in three Monteverdi operas conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, including Euridice in L'Orfeo? | |
Symphony No. 1 (Gottschalk) | 2016-03-13 | 405 | 33.8 | ... that the second movement of Louis Moreau Gottschalk's first Symphony is probably the first orchestral setting of a samba? | |
Red Reese | 2016-03-11 | 392 | 32.7 | ... that Red Reese, long-time coach and athletic director at Eastern Washington University, coached the Second Air Force American football team to a victory in the 1943 Sun Bowl? | |
China Artists Association | 2016-03-12 | 392 | 32.6 | ... that the China Artists Association organizes China's biggest art exhibition once every five years? |
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