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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	19.5	Inspirasi	69.2	Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks	19.5	Inspirasi
Median	122.5	Adrian Moss (basketball, born 1988) Warner Estate	430.2	West Horsley Place Paul Nahaolelua	143.8	Egypt at the 1956 Summer Olympics Talsi
High	732.5	Jean Rondeau (musician)	3,580.1	Water bottle flipping	3,580.1	Water bottle flipping

Table

Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Water bottle flipping	2016-11-07		85,922	3,580.1	... that flipping water bottles (pictured) has been banned in some U.S. and British schools?
Tommy Tucker (squirrel)	2016-11-12		46,662	1,944.2	... that Tommy Tucker, a male pet squirrel wearing women's clothes (pictured), became famous during World War II, selling war bonds and entertaining children?
1257 Samalas eruption	2016-11-14		25,880	1,078.3	... that the 1257 eruption of Samalas (caldera pictured) was one of the largest eruptions of the Holocene, and may have triggered the Little Ice Age and famines in Europe?
SMS Novara (1913)	2016-11-16		22,260	952.3	... that SMS Novara (pictured) was ceded to France as a war prize under the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
Rogožarski IK-3	2016-11-05		21,524	896.8	... that the prototype Rogožarski IK-3 (pictured) crashed during a test flight when its windscreen detached and half a wing broke off?
1966 New York City smog	2016-11-25		17,581	732.5	... that three days of smog in New York City 50 years ago today increased public awareness of air pollution (pictured) and led to the passage of the 1967 Air Quality Act?
Jean Rondeau (musician)	2016-11-03		17,581	732.5	... that harpsichordist Jean Rondeau has been called a classical music "sex symbol"?
Black Destroyer	2016-11-15		16,708	706.0	... that the short story "Black Destroyer" was the basis for A. E. van Vogt's lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, as the plot of the movie Alien matched it so closely?
John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol	2016-11-17		15,900	685.6	... that the 7th Marquess of Bristol once reportedly opened a fridge door by blasting it with a shotgun?
Anton Malej	2016-11-03		15,483	645.1	... that Slovenian gymnast Anton Malej (pictured), a bronze medallist in the 1928 Summer Olympics, died after falling from the rings on the first day of competition at the 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships?
Govindachandra (Gahadavala dynasty)	2016-11-15		14,726	622.2	... that a hoard of 800 gold coins (example pictured) of king Govindachandra was discovered at Nanpara?
Vaile Mansion	2016-11-21		14,784	616.0	... that the Vaile Mansion (pictured), built in 1881 in Independence, Missouri, contains chandeliers originally intended for the White House?
Warratyi	2016-11-17		13,854	597.3	... that Warratyi, the oldest known site of human habitation in inland Australia, was discovered by a man looking for somewhere to go to the toilet?
Juanita Musson	2016-11-02		13,971	593.7	... that Juanita's Galley was noted for a "fabulous" breakfast, the proprietor's "unpredictable disposition", and a 40-person brawl featuring car jacks, pipes, steel bars, a fishbowl, and an axe?
Roman Tmetuchl	2016-11-18		14,034	584.7	... that at the age of 23, Roman Tmetuchl was placed in the 11th grade at George Washington High School?
Alfred Harmsworth (1837–1889)	2016-11-11		12,853	562.9	... that Alfred Harmsworth (pictured) was the father of two viscounts, one baron, and two baronets?
Heterelmis stephani	2016-11-30		13,127	547.0	... that less than 50 years after being discovered, Heterelmis stephani is now presumed extinct?
Madagascar succulent woodlands	2016-11-23		13,029	542.9	... that the Madagascar succulent woodlands (pictured) are home to the world's smallest primate?
Kronkåsa	2016-11-24		12,412	517.2	... that a kronkåsa (pictured) was used by the Swedish nobility as a drinking vessel during the Renaissance?
Aroup Chatterjee	2016-11-19		12,200	516.2	... that Aroup Chatterjee (pictured) was one of two Devil's advocates during the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta?
Predatory conference	2016-11-18		12,140	505.8	... that Christoph Bartneck wrote a nonsense submission for a predatory conference using iOS's autocomplete function and it was accepted within three hours?
Dual graph	2016-11-20		10,824	451.0	... that dual graphs can explain why the halls and walls of many mazes (example pictured) form interlocking trees?
Green's law	2016-11-03		10,518	438.3	... that tsunamis build up their height according to Green's law, as they travel from the ocean towards the coast?
Paul Nahaolelua	2016-11-08		10,399	433.3	... that Paul Nahaolelua (pictured) was president during the elections of two kings of Hawaii?
West Horsley Place	2016-11-06		10,250	427.1	... that in 2014, West Horsley Place (pictured) was "accidentally" inherited by Bamber Gascoigne?
Mere Mete Whaanga	2016-11-08		10,176	424.0	... that Māori tribal leader and baptized Mormon Mere Mete Whaanga and her sister-in-law made quite a spectacle on the streets of Salt Lake City sporting traditional facial tattoos?
Danke (song)	2016-11-23		10,018	417.4	... that "Danke", one of Germany's best-known sacred songs, was considered a sin against music and religion when first released?
Cerium	2016-11-19		9,582	405.5	... that cerium saved the writer Primo Levi's life in Auschwitz?
Painting of the Six Kings	2016-11-14		9,638	401.6	... that the eighth-century Umayyad Painting of the Six Kings is badly damaged, partly as a result of Alois Musil's attempts to remove it from its site in Quseir Amra, Jordan?
Fairy gerygone	2016-11-14		9,635	401.5	... that the fairy gerygone nests near wasp nests, possibly to keep itself safe from predators?
Sydney Eardley-Wilmot	2016-11-29		9,523	396.8	... that Sydney Eardley-Wilmot (pictured) was one of four brothers who served as officers in the British military?
SMS Custoza	2016-11-10		9,454	393.9	... that SMS Custoza was the first Austro-Hungarian major warship to have an iron hull?
USS Helianthus (SP-585)	2016-11-24		9,270	386.3	... that the USS Helianthus, built as a private motorboat, went on to serve as a patrol boat for the U.S. Navy, and then for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey?
Max Guevara	2016-11-17		5,518	237.9	... that Jessica Alba reprised her role as Max Guevara in the video game Dark Angel by voicing the character?
Dark Angel (video game)			3,414	147.2
Total			8,932	385.1
Cybergeddon (film)	2016-11-21		8,914	371.4	... that when it was released in 2012, Cybergeddon was the most expensive web series ever made?
Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall	2016-11-04		5,278	219.9	... that while Sydney Robert Elliston was vicar of St Thomas, Killinghall (pictured), his fellow clergy appreciated an "improvement in their incomes"?
Sydney Robert Elliston			3,502	145.9
Total			8,779	365.8
Disappearance of Sky Metalwala	2016-11-06		8,492	353.8	... that police noted that the disappearance of Sky Metalwala five years ago today was "strikingly similar" to an episode of Law & Order: SVU broadcast the night before?
Captain America: Civil War	2016-11-03		8,416	350.7	... that Captain America: Civil War was originally going to feature the Madbomb storyline from the comics, where Captain America would fight other heroes who had been zombified?
Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future	2016-11-08		8,148	339.5	... that the author of Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future argues we are living in a golden age?
Far Centaurus	2016-11-07		8,036	334.9	... that Robert Forward invoked van Vogt's short story "Far Centaurus" when discussing the problem of interstellar travel?
Sairecabur	2016-11-29		7,942	330.9	... that Sairecabur has the world's highest submillimetre telescope and is adjacent to a peak that may have been one of the world's highest volcanoes at about 7,000 metres (23,000 ft)?
George Naea	2016-11-22		7,779	324.1	... that Queen Emma of Hawaii (pictured) never knew her father George Naʻea because he had contracted leprosy?
Demolition of al-Baqi	2016-11-10		7,714	321.4	... that al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams (pictured), was leveled to the ground by Wahhabis in 1806 and in the mid-1920s?
The Passion of Christ (Strasbourg)	2016-11-27		7,610	317.1	... that The Passion of Christ was moved from one church to another, which saved it from being destroyed by fire in 1904?
A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)	2016-11-26		7,556	314.8	... that with A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a live-action film with a budget over $100 million?
Bat-Sheva Dagan	2016-11-29		7,531	313.8	... that Auschwitz survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan writes Holocaust stories for children that have happy endings "in order not to rob them of their faith in mankind"?
Arthur Good	2016-11-30		7,518	313.2	... that in La Science Amusante, Arthur Good constructed imaginative scientific apparatus such as the "soap-bubble chandelier" (illustrated) using common items like bottles, candles, and soap?
Soledad Alatorre	2016-11-24		7,490	312.1	... that Soledad Alatorre, known for her labor activism and advocacy of civil rights, previously worked as a model for bathing suits?
Margaret Thorp	2016-11-05		4,810	200.4	... that peace activist Margaret Thorp was punched, scratched, and kicked by women at a pro-conscription rally?
Conscription disturbance at the Brisbane School of Arts			2,344	97.7
Total			7,154	298.1
Pedals (bear)	2016-11-18		6,913	288.0	... that the New Jersey black bear Pedals walked on his hind legs due to injuries to his front paws?
Inès de Bourgoing	2016-11-09		6,746	281.1	... that nurse Inès de Bourgoing (pictured) was named Honorary Corporal of the Foreign Legion after she established a convalescent hospital in Morocco and a retirement center in France for French soldiers?
Eider Canal	2016-11-23		6,746	281.1	... that the Eider Canal was first proposed as part of Ducal Holstein, built under Danish rule, conquered by Prussia, and decommissioned under the German Empire?
Mai Chaza	2016-11-09		6,672	278.0	... that the Zimbabwean prophetess Mai Chaza, who called herself a messenger from God, was regarded by her followers as an African reappearance of Christ?
Monique Luiz	2016-11-23		6,479	270.0	... that Monique Luiz, star of the famous 1964 political advertisement Daisy, did not see it for herself until 2000?
Ge ware	2016-11-25		6,306	262.8	... that "gold thread and iron wire" Ge ware has two sets of cracks in the glaze, accentuated by staining in different colours?
Oxford Blue (cheese)	2016-11-02		6,170	262.2	... that in 2013, the production of Oxford Blue cheese created around 50,000 litres (13,000 US gal.) of waste whey per month, which was processed using an anaerobic digester?
Glory (2016 film)	2016-11-10		6,274	261.4	... that the award-winning Bulgarian film Glory was inspired by a newspaper clipping about a railway worker who discovered a huge pile of banknotes on the tracks?
Hinduism in Uganda	2016-11-08		6,114	254.8	... that in 1972, Idi Amin expelled Hindus and other Asians from Uganda after he said God told him to do so in a dream?
Yaozhou ware	2016-11-27		6,108	254.5	... that around 1100, Yaozhou ware was accepted by the Chinese Imperial court, but several decades later it was described by a poet as "extremely coarse and used only by restaurants"?
Rosy bee-eater	2016-11-10		6,106	254.4	... that tunnel nests of the rosy bee-eater become submerged in the rainy season?
Rhodesia at the Olympics	2016-11-08		6,100	254.1	... that Rhodesian athletes were permitted to attend their events at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but not participate in them?
Chapo Trap House	2016-11-15		5,991	253.1	... that the hosts of the podcast Chapo Trap House popularized the "Baseball Crank" Twitter meme to mock anti-Donald Trump conservatives?
Adzo Kpossi	2016-11-17		5,736	247.3	... that 13-year-old Togolese swimmer Adzo Kpossi was the youngest athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
Mary Chubb	2016-11-07		5,839	243.3	... that Mary Chubb was an "accidental archaeologist" who only took a job with the Egypt Exploration Society so she could pay for art school?
Rachel Freier	2016-11-22		5,838	243.3	... that in 2016, Rachel Freier became the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in the state of New York?
Charles E. King	2016-11-17		5,634	243.0	... that composer Charles E. King (pictured) was taught music by Queen Liliuokalani, and at her funeral led a choir in her composition "Aloha ʻOe" as her catafalque was carried out of Iolani Palace?
Bajo Pivljanin	2016-11-02		5,610	238.4	... that the head of hajduk commander Bajo Pivljanin was sent to the Ottoman sultan as a war trophy?
Oriam	2016-11-20		5,672	236.3	... that the curve of the roof of Oriam, Scotland's new national sports training centre, was inspired by Roberto Carlos's goal that "defied physics"?
Joseph Heleluhe	2016-11-28		5,486	228.6	... that during the 1895 counter-revolution, Joseph Heleluhe, private secretary to Hawaii's deposed queen Liliuokalani, was "stripped of all clothing and placed in a dark cell without light, food or water"?
Sally Bush	2016-11-20		5,485	228.5	... that photographer Sally Bush bought a 1909 Baker electric car and drove it just once, through the front window of a local pharmacy?
Mausoleum of Danyal	2016-11-05		5,440	226.7	... that two arches of a Roman bridge were found in the basement of the Mausoleum of Danyal during renovations?
308th Infantry Regiment (United States)	2016-11-23		5,405	225.2	... that the 308th Infantry Regiment was the first United States National Army regiment in the First World War to be presented with its regimental colors?
Nunobiki Maru	2016-11-06		5,338	222.4	... that the Japanese steamship Nunobiki Maru undertook an ill-fated delivery of military supplies from Nagasaki to the Philippines in 1899?
Mapenduma hostage crisis	2016-11-02		5,184	220.3	... that the Mapenduma hostage crisis lasted for more than four months?
Robert Donati	2016-11-03		5,260	219.2	... that journalist Stephen Kurkjian claims murdered Boston mobster Robert Donati masterminded the world's largest art theft to get his boss out of jail?
Lipi	2016-11-11		4,858	212.8	... that ancient Indian texts include as many as 64 different lipi?
Sentry program	2016-11-26		5,041	210.0	... that the Sentry anti-ballistic missile was packed into a container that looked like an MX missile?
Battle of Kharistan	2016-11-09		5,030	209.6	... that in the Battle of Kharistan in 737, the Umayyads caught the Turgesh khagan off guard with only a fraction of his army, and secured a victory that saved Arab rule in Central Asia?
Metro: Last Light	2016-11-28		4,967	207.0	... that 4A Games hoped that Metro: Last Light would "rekindle memories of Half-Life 2"?
Jacaranda, University of Sydney	2016-11-19		4,827	204.2	... that University of Sydney students might have failed if they had not started studying by the time the jacaranda tree bloomed?
Black grasswren	2016-11-08		4,886	203.6	... that although the black grasswren was discovered in 1901, its nesting habits remained unknown for nearly one hundred years?
Kingston, Mississippi	2016-11-15		4,818	203.6	... that descendants of the first settlers of the tiny rural hamlet of Kingston, Mississippi, include actors William Holden and Patrick Swayze?
Rosy-throated longclaw	2016-11-29		4,791	199.6	... that it is not known whether the Marquis Léonce de Tarragon named the rosy-throated longclaw (Macronyx ameliae) for his wife or his mother?
White-eared night heron	2016-11-04		4,774	198.9	... that the white-eared night heron had been recorded from only about 20 localities by 2001, but was discovered in over 30 localities between 2001 and 2011?
Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo	2016-11-24		4,725	196.9	... that after a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp became a Russian emperor, his wife and son traded away his ancestral lands in the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo?
One Piece Treasure Cruise	2016-11-14		4,722	196.7	... that the One Piece Treasure Cruise mobile game has been one of the highest grossing titles in Japan and the US?
Güney Waterfall	2016-11-13		4,709	196.2	... that the Güney Waterfall, a natural monument, was reestablished 50 m (160 ft) to one side after a landslide swept away its original location?
Luscombe Castle	2016-11-07		4,700	195.8	... that Luscombe Castle in Devon has an American Garden developed between 1812 and 1814?
Wild Bill Hickok (film)	2016-11-21		4,690	195.4	... that the black-and-white 1923 Western Wild Bill Hickok starring William Hart was the first film to depict Wyatt Earp?
Iris cedreti	2016-11-09		4,651	193.8	... that no official conservation measures are in place to protect the critically endangered Iris cedreti, endemic to Lebanon?
Katsura Hoshino	2016-11-09		4,445	185.2	... that Katsura Hoshino says she comes up with most of the ideas for the manga series D.Gray-man after falling asleep in her bath?
Senufo people	2016-11-01		4,416	184.0	... that the artwork of the West African Senufo people inspired Pablo Picasso?
John F. Good	2016-11-01		4,320	180.0	... that John F. Good's role in the Abscam sting operation was portrayed in the 2013 film American Hustle, though he felt if it was more like real life "it would be a very boring movie"?
Kenneth Le Couteur	2016-11-07		4,308	179.5	... that during the Second World War, Kenneth Le Couteur worked at Bletchley Park on Tunny?
The Vine (bus rapid transit)	2016-11-22		4,284	178.5	... that The Vine in Vancouver, Washington, will be the first bus rapid transit system in the Portland metropolitan area?
Section 127 of the Australian Constitution	2016-11-29		4,276	178.2	... that Section 127 of the Australian Constitution mandated that the Aboriginal peoples not be counted in "reckoning the numbers of the people of the Commonwealth"?
Timothy N. Philpot	2016-11-10		4,257	177.4	... that Kentucky family court judge Timothy N. Philpot says he does not "mention Jesus inside the courthouse very much, even when I know he is absolutely the only answer to the problem in front of me"?
Göran Fredrik Göransson	2016-11-26		4,196	174.8	... that Göran Fredrik Göransson (pictured) was the first to successfully implement the Bessemer process for steel production on an industrial scale?
Penistone Hill Country Park	2016-11-25		4,131	172.1	... that quarrying at West End in Penistone Hill Country Park once involved using a bar to make the cliff face collapse whilst the workers ran away?
White-backed night heron	2016-11-16		3,975	170.1	... that the white-backed night heron is hunted for traditional medicine in Nigeria?
Air-Cobot	2016-11-27		4,053	168.9	... that Air-Cobot (pictured) is a French research and development project for a wheeled collaborative mobile robot able to inspect aircraft during maintenance operations?
Edward William Purvis	2016-11-30		4,013	167.2	... that according to popular legend, Edward William Purvis gave his nickname, meaning "jumping flea", to the ukulele?
Resist	2016-11-21		4,008	167.0	... that resists can be used in dyeing textiles, pottery, painting, metalwork, and semiconductor fabrication?
Revolt of the Lash	2016-11-19		3,866	163.6	... that after the mutineer sailors involved in the Revolt of the Lash were granted amnesty, many were discharged from the Brazilian Navy, put in prison, or sent to work on rubber plantations?
Warren Angus Ferris	2016-11-04		3,919	163.3	... that while working for the American Fur Company, trapper Warren Angus Ferris was one of the first people to map and describe Yellowstone?
Olearia decurrens	2016-11-22		1,106	46.1	... that daisy bushes can be downy, viscid, twiggy, or clammy?
Olearia viscidula			962	40.1
Olearia tomentosa			958	39.9
Olearia ramulosa			812	33.9
Total			3,840	160.0
Russian gay propaganda law	2016-11-06		3,818	159.1	... that the Russian gay propaganda law has been blamed for an alleged increase in homophobic attacks?
Jun ware	2016-11-11		3,579	156.7	... that flowerpots for the Ming emperors were made in official Jun ware?
MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death	2016-11-29		3,683	153.5	... that video game MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death features characters paired with robotic Guardians?
Geography of Somerset	2016-11-18		3,679	153.3	... that in the geography of Somerset, rough ground where lead was once mined is called "gruffy"?
Evangelische Akademie Tutzing	2016-11-28		3,671	153.0	... that a speech by Egon Bahr at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (main building pictured) influenced the Ostpolitik of chancellor Willy Brandt toward the German Democratic Republic?
Post-truth politics	2016-11-24		3,660	152.5	... that Conservative Member of Parliament Sarah Wollaston switched from supporting to repudiating the pro-Brexit Vote Leave group, calling its repetition of debunked claims "post-truth politics"?
Jason Graae	2016-11-04		3,611	150.5	... that Jason Graae had to use his ad libbing skills when a fake moustache "started to take on a life of its own" on the opening night of Little Me?
Energy in the Faroe Islands	2016-11-26		3,582	149.3	... that per-capita consumption of primary energy in the Faroe Islands is about 60% higher than that in continental Denmark?
Peak Farmland	2016-11-09		3,568	148.6	... that the Peak Farmland theory predicts that global acreage of farmland will decrease, even as the world population grows?
Hypera postica	2016-11-15		3,500	147.9	... that the cocoon of a tiny wasp that parasitises the alfalfa weevil can "jump"?
Banda people	2016-11-18		3,500	145.8	... that the Banda people of Central Africa carved wooden slit drums (example pictured) in the shape of animals?
Schizaphis graminum	2016-11-03		3,494	145.6	... that the greenbug is the vector of several plant viruses?
Talsi	2016-11-17		3,358	144.8	... that when the Latvian town of Talsi became part of the Russian Empire, sixty percent of its population was Baltic German?
Egypt at the 1956 Summer Olympics	2016-11-30		3,428	142.8	... that although Egypt boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics, it still sent three athletes to the Games?
Alastair Storey	2016-11-12		3,385	141.0	... that Alastair Storey ended celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's two-year reign as "most influential" in the British hospitality industry?
Roy Jennings	2016-11-14		3,372	140.5	... that the English footballer Roy Jennings scored 60 goals during his career, 51 of which were penalties?
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	2016-11-13		3,370	140.4	... that the setting of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is heavily based on the city of Miami?
West African Ebola virus epidemic	2016-11-17		3,256	140.4	... that during the West African Ebola virus epidemic as many as 15 different vaccines were in development?
Church of St Mark, Old Leeds Road	2016-11-13		878	36.6	... that "eloquent" Holbrook, "popular" Humble, ex-Congregationalist Miller, and Pilling who feared "plottings", were all vicars of St Mark's, Huddersfield, England?
Percy Holbrook			756	31.5
Jonas Pilling			668	27.9
Robert Alfred Humble			553	23.0
Joseph Miller (priest)			508	21.2
Total			3,365	140.2
Taslima Akhter	2016-11-16		3,238	138.5	... that Taslima Akhter's photograph "Final Embrace" became an iconic image of the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse?
Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker	2016-11-02		3,208	136.3	... that the 1987 Czechoslovak film Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker is based on a fairy tale by Communist writer Jan Drda?
Beethovenfest	2016-11-04		3,173	132.2	... that Nike Wagner removed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony from the program of the festival Beethovenfest?
ʻAnaseini Takipō	2016-11-07		3,055	127.3	... that when queen consort ʻAnaseini Takipō and King George Tupou II did not have a son, his daughter from his first marriage, Sālote Tupou III, ascended to the throne of Tonga upon his death?
Shibl al-Dawla Nasr	2016-11-23		2,988	124.5	... that with a modest force of Bedouin horsemen, Shibl al-Dawla Nasr defeated a much larger Byzantine army led by Emperor Romanos III?
Warner Estate	2016-11-18		2,968	123.7	... that the Warner Estate provided social housing in East London for over 110 years?
OREYA	2016-11-01		2,964	123.5	... that the Ukrainian mixed chamber choir OREYA (pictured) won a special prize for the best interpretation of a religious choral work at the 14th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf?
Adrian Moss (basketball, born 1988)	2016-11-07		2,912	121.3	... that Adrian Moss was named Indiana Mini Mr. Basketball when at high school?
Palace of Cerro Castillo	2016-11-27		2,900	120.8	... that the Palace of Cerro Castillo is the summer residence of the President of Chile?
St John Harmsworth	2016-11-19		2,836	120.0	... that St John Harmsworth designed the iconic Perrier bottle, based on Indian exercise clubs he used after being paralysed from the waist down in a 1906 car crash?
Commemorative Medal for Participants of the Barricades of 1991	2016-11-25		2,843	118.5	... that everyone eligible to receive the Commemorative Medal for Participants of the Barricades of 1991 from Latvia has already received one?
Charlotte Roberts	2016-11-02		2,738	116.3	... that the bioarchaeologist Charlotte Roberts once worked as a nurse on a burns unit?
Muzoon Almellehan	2016-11-30		2,792	116.3	... that Muzoon Almellehan has been called the "Malala of Syria" for her work to keep girls in school?
Lake Minchin	2016-11-12		2,785	116.0	... that Salar de Coipasa, Salar de Uyuni and Lake Poopó were formerly part of the larger Lake Minchin?
John J. Horn	2016-11-09		2,768	115.3	... that John J. Horn supported New Jersey's proposed Illegal Alien Employment Prohibition Act, stating "illegal aliens holding jobs represent more than half of our total unemployed"?
Maurice Gaffney	2016-11-24		2,764	115.2	... that Maurice Gaffney was the oldest practising barrister in Ireland when he died aged 100?
Liebfrauen, Frankfurt	2016-11-16		2,631	112.6	... that a new organ with 3,370 pipes was built in the Gothic church Liebfrauen in Frankfurt am Main in 2008?
United States national kabaddi team	2016-11-28		2,670	111.2	... that the United States' team at the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup consisted entirely of athletes with experience in other sports, but none in kabaddi?
Mongolian studies	2016-11-04		2,668	111.1	... that scholars in the field of Mongolian studies are often referred to as Mongolists?
Christiana Willes	2016-11-08		2,652	110.5	... that Christiana Willes is sometimes incorrectly attributed as the founder of roundarm bowling?
Jin Chae-seon	2016-11-21		2,648	110.3	... that Jin Chae-seon was the first female master of pansori, a male-dominated Korean folk opera genre?
Victor Despeignes	2016-11-05		2,644	110.2	... that French physician Victor Despeignes thought that cancer was a parasite which could be killed with radiation?
Orange ground thrush	2016-11-18		2,638	109.9	... that in breeding pairs of the orange ground thrush, the female consistently weighs more than the male?
Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej	2016-11-28		2,610	108.8	... that since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, ultra-royalists in Thailand have criticized and harassed those who did not wear mourning black?
Taiwan whistling thrush	2016-11-02		2,543	108.1	... that Robert Swinhoe called the Taiwan whistling thrush (pictured) the "Formosan Cavern-bird"?
Stanley Silverstein	2016-11-03		2,548	106.2	... that Stanley Silverstein won an American Shoe Designer Award in 1963 for a ballerina flat he created using "leftover scraps of leather"?
Beit Qad	2016-11-11		2,406	105.4	... that the modern Palestinian village of Beit Qad is associated with the biblical locality of Beth Ekad, mentioned in the Book of Kings as the site of a massacre?
1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion	2016-11-11		2,396	104.9	... that the 1994 bomb explosion in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad left at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured?
W.Z. Ahmed	2016-11-25		2,446	101.9	... that W.Z. Ahmed's film Roohi was the first to be banned in Pakistan?
Danhai Light Rail Transit	2016-11-20		2,396	99.8	... that Taiwan's Danhai Light Rail Transit cars will have batteries so that the overhead power cable does not need to be continuous through intersections?
List of athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics with a prior doping offence	2016-11-09		2,374	98.9	... that athletes from more than 50 countries who had a prior doping offence were allowed to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Aachener Zeitung	2016-11-24		2,352	98.0	... that the daily newspaper Aachener Zeitung began as the first free newspaper published by Germans after World War II?
Burning Rangers	2016-11-20		2,323	96.8	... that Burning Rangers was among the last five Sega Saturn games released in America?
Tumbuka people	2016-11-14		2,274	94.8	... that the Tumbuka people's Vimbuza tradition uses dance, music, and singing to heal illness?
Gisèle Rabesahala	2016-11-15		2,223	93.9	... that Gisèle Rabesahala was the first woman to lead a political party and become a government minister in Madagascar?
Democratic Alliance List	2016-11-13		2,176	90.7	... that seeking to challenge both Fatah and Hamas, five left-wing factions united to jointly contest the 2016 Palestinian local elections, which have since been postponed?
Lidiane Lopes	2016-11-01		2,175	90.6	... that Lidiane Lopes holds the Cape Verdean record in the women's 100-metre sprint?
Ernest Titterton	2016-11-06		2,148	89.5	... that Ernest Titterton performed the countdown for the American Operation Crossroads nuclear tests, and witnessed British nuclear tests at Maralinga in Australia?
Horsey Island	2016-11-05		2,141	89.2	... that Horsey Island in Essex was the basis for Swallow Island in Arthur Ransome's Secret Water?
Jackie Stedall	2016-11-15		2,033	85.9	... that Jackie Stedall won the 2013 Neumann Prize for the best English-language book on the history of mathematics?
Streitraum	2016-11-21		2,035	84.8	... that Streitraum, a regular series of panel discussions with Carolin Emcke, has been called "an intelligent and aggressive public lecture series"?
Archive of Our Own	2016-11-06		2,026	84.4	... that Archive of Our Own hosts over two million stories and artworks by fans of media franchises?
Mark Callahan	2016-11-27		2,020	84.2	... that 2016 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Callahan once ran for the Oregon House of Representatives under the Green Party label in order to siphon votes from the Democratic candidate?
John F. Gaffney	2016-11-11		1,910	83.7	... that a 1994 John F. Gaffney proposal would have allowed Donald Trump to own four Atlantic City casino licenses, even though all three of his casino properties there had recent bankruptcy filings?
Hypera nigrirostris	2016-11-17		1,905	82.1	... that each larva of the lesser clover leaf weevil damages three or four clover inflorescences?
Fiesta Park	2016-11-23		1,963	81.8	... that events at Los Angeles' Fiesta Park included a reception for President William McKinley, the Los Angeles Auto Show, and USC Trojans football games?
Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León	2016-11-12		1,944	81.0	... that Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León was the longest serving Governor-General of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period?
Here I Am (novel)	2016-11-24		1,921	80.0	... that while writing Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer would move between rooms of his house whenever he experienced a "Jonathan block"?
Philadelphia municipal election, 1953	2016-11-26		1,896	79.0	... that in the run-up to the 1953 Philadelphia municipal election, a Democratic nominee died and the office he was running for was abolished?
FUNCINPEC	2016-11-01		1,880	78.3	... that FUNCINPEC started as a Cambodian resistance movement and later became a political party?
Marc Bassingthwaighte	2016-11-21		1,870	77.9	... that Marc Bassingthwaighte is a two-time medalist at the Namibian National Road Race Championships?
Barbara Berman (politician)	2016-11-25		973	40.5	... that when Barbara Berman and Mary Keating Croce took office in 1978, they became the first pair of women to represent a single legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly?
Mary Keating Croce			868	36.2
Total			1,841	76.7
Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)	2016-11-01		1,826	76.1	... that the 1973 Indian film Kaadu, which won the National Award for Second Best Feature Film, was based on the novel of the same name by Srikrishna Alanahalli?
Hyo-Won Woo	2016-11-25		1,768	73.7	... that in her Gloria, Hyo-Won Woo combines elements from Korean music and Western contemporary composition techniques?
La Moneda Palace Guard	2016-11-19		1,715	72.6	... that women first joined Chile's La Moneda Palace Guard in 2001?
Suzuka Mambo	2016-11-28		1,692	70.5	... that Suzuka Mambo was a Japanese racehorse sired by the American 1989 Kentucky Derby winner Sunday Silence?
Moses Bensinger	2016-11-16		1,647	70.5	... that Moses Bensinger helped organize the American Bowling Congress, which standardized the rules of modern ten-pin bowling?
Kennedy St-Pierre	2016-11-22		1,678	69.9	... that Mauritian boxer Kennedy St-Pierre has won two gold medals at the African Games, one in the middleweight division and one in the heavyweight division?
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks	2016-11-13		1,662	69.2	... that Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, starring Todd McKenney (pictured waltzing with Nancye Hayes) in his first non-musical role, is the "most successful" play in the Ensemble Theatre's 58-year history?
Dalry, Edinburgh	2016-11-12		1,646	68.6	... that the first paper mill in Scotland was located in Dalry, Edinburgh?
Dr. J. Butz	2016-11-22		1,636	68.1	... that Dr. J. Butz, founded in 1924, has published sacred music by English composers such as Colin Mawby, Christopher Tambling, and Robert W. Jones in Germany?
Maxwell M. Kalman	2016-11-27		1,635	68.1	... that Montreal architect Maxwell M. Kalman designed more than 1,100 buildings, including Canada's first shopping centre?
Gertrude Foster Brown	2016-11-08		1,592	66.3	... that Gertrude Foster Brown encouraged New York women to exercise their new right to vote in her 1918 book Your Vote and How to Use It?
Swaziland national cricket team	2016-11-25		1,577	65.7	... that the Swaziland national cricket team was disqualified from the 2016 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two after they fielded ineligible players in 2014?
Women in classical music	2016-11-15		1,548	65.4	... that women conductors lead only 4.1% of "big budget" American symphony orchestras?
Robert Scull	2016-11-13		1,568	65.3	... that the auction in 1973 of 50 pop art works from the collection of Robert Scull was viewed by the art establishment as the "nouveaux riches cashing in"?
Pachycondyla oligocenica	2016-11-01		1,560	65.0	... that the ant Pachycondyla oligocenica is one of three Pachycondyla species with described fossil males?
Salah Dessouki	2016-11-19		1,522	64.4	... that fencer Salah Dessouki also served as the Governor of Cairo?
Marie Gabriel Georges Bosseront d'Anglade	2016-11-11		1,462	64.0	... that the French Consul to Hawaii Marie Gabriel Georges Bosseront d'Anglade accompanied Queen Liliuokalani on her visit to the leper settlement of Kalaupapa in 1891?
St Mary's Church, Guildford	2016-11-30		1,532	63.9	... that the funeral of the author Lewis Carroll was held at St Mary's Church in Guildford?
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon (Jerusalem)	2016-11-02		1,490	63.3	... that Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon of Jerusalem was the fourth yeshiva established on three continents by Rabbi Simcha Wasserman?
Lesotho Football Association	2016-11-03		1,460	60.9	... that despite having been formed in 1932, the Lesotho Football Association did not gain FIFA membership until 1964?
Denison House (Boston)	2016-11-12		1,431	59.6	... that before she became a famous aviator, Amelia Earhart was a social worker at Denison House in Boston?
Ecology Party of Florida	2016-11-10		1,410	58.7	... that Ralph Nader was nominated by the Ecology Party of Florida as a presidential candidate in 2008?
Helmut Schlegel	2016-11-14		1,372	57.1	... that the Franciscan Helmut Schlegel wrote the lyrics of an oratorio Laudato si', including writings by Francis of Assisi and Pope Francis, and the Magnificat?
Sindh Mohajir Punjabi Pathan Muttahida Mahaz	2016-11-30		1,362	56.8	... that the Sindh Mohajir Punjabi Pathan Muttahida Mahaz was the first Pakistani party to use the term "Muhajir" in a political context?
Ayodele Casel	2016-11-20		1,360	56.7	... that tap dancer Ayodele Casel developed her style under the influence of salsa music?
Eugen Eckert	2016-11-22		1,351	56.3	... that Eugen Eckert, who wrote the lyrics of more than a thousand songs in the Neues Geistliches Lied genre, is the minister for a sports stadium in Frankfurt?
Hugues Fabrice Zango	2016-11-14		1,340	55.8	... that Hugues Fabrice Zango was Burkina Faso's only medalist at the 2015 Summer Universiade?
Issake Dabore	2016-11-26		1,324	55.2	... that boxer Issake Dabore was the first athlete from Niger to win an Olympic medal?
United States Senate election in Florida, 1970	2016-11-04		1,320	55.0	... that in order to increase his name recognition, Lawton Chiles walked 1,003 miles (1,614 km) across Florida for his United States Senate campaign in 1970?
Ned Justeen Azemia	2016-11-06		1,316	54.8	... that hurdler Ned Justeen Azemia was the youngest member of the Seychelles team at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Dirgahayu	2016-11-16		1,276	54.6	... that "Dirgahayu", by Malaysian artists Faizal Tahir and Siti Nurhaliza, serves as a theme song for a 100-episode television series?
Bishophill	2016-11-19		1,282	54.3	... that the Golden Ball pub in Bishophill is owned by a local community cooperative?
Wink Groover	2016-11-29		1,292	53.9	... that horse trainer Wink Groover and his Tennessee Walking Horse Ace's Sensation won a World Grand Championship at their third attempt?
Odile Ahouanwanou	2016-11-18		1,268	52.8	... that Odile Ahouanwanou broke the Beninese record for the 100 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
Andy Vernon	2016-11-10		1,259	52.5	... that the British long-distance runner Andy Vernon won silver and bronze at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, losing out to Mo Farah both times?
Abraham Niyonkuru	2016-11-11		1,194	52.3	... that Burundian Abraham Niyonkuru finished fourth in the 10,000 metres at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie despite being only 0.03 seconds behind the silver medallist?
Proceratium petrosum	2016-11-22		1,238	51.6	... that Proceratium petrosum is one of two ant species in the genus Proceratium described from fossil males?
South Sudan National Cup	2016-11-28		1,216	50.7	... that the South Sudan National Cup has been won more times by Al-Malakia FC than by any other team?
Charles Husband	2016-11-05		1,174	48.9	... that Charles Husband was the engineer behind what was, on completion, the world's largest fully-steerable radio telescope?
Katihar Medical College	2016-11-16		1,100	47.0	... that the Katihar Medical College campus includes a 590-bed general hospital and a branch of the State Bank of India?
Maoulida Darouèche	2016-11-12		1,098	45.8	... that Comoran Olympian Maoulida Darouèche has competed in both the 400 metres hurdles and the javelin throw?
1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game	2016-11-05		1,088	45.3	... that in the 1966 Championship Game, Texas Western became the first team to field an all-African-American starting lineup in an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament final?
Alfred Clark (director)	2016-11-20		1,042	43.4	... that Alfred Clark pioneered continuity, plot, and special effects in The Execution of Mary Stuart?
Second Party Congress of the Communist Party of India	2016-11-26		1,031	43.0	... that the Communist Party of Pakistan was founded on the sidelines of the 1948 Second Party Congress of the Communist Party of India in Calcutta?
Pleurobranchus areolatus	2016-11-13		1,012	42.2	... that the closest relative of the Caribbean sea slug Pleurobranchus areolatus is Pleurobranchus varians from the central Pacific?
Welington Zaza	2016-11-23		972	40.5	... that the Liberian Welington Zaza is the African junior record holder in the men's 110 metres hurdles?
Carolin Emcke	2016-11-05		904	37.7	... that the journalist and author Carolin Emcke was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 2016?
Suffolk University Political Research Center	2016-11-07		882	36.8	... that the Suffolk University Political Research Center included mobile phones in its polls for the first time in 2012?
Harry Norwitch	2016-11-13		876	36.5	... that Harry Norwitch served five terms on Philadelphia's City Council but quit his race for re-election in 1967, calling the Democratic party machine "self-serving"?
Quanta Live	2016-11-21		857	35.7	... that Gilberto Gil said his Grammy Award for Quanta Live was particularly meaningful because the album is a summary of his three decades in music?
Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen	2016-11-29		846	35.3	... that the chamber orchestra Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen, founded in 1958, is the only orchestra to regularly perform at the historic Villa Hügel?
Min Yaza of Wun Zin	2016-11-01		814	33.9	... that the Burmese court treatise Zabu Kun-Cha is believed to have been written by Chief Minister Min Yaza of Ava?
Gabe Marzano	2016-11-04		808	33.7	... that Australian W-League association footballer Gabe Marzano was appointed to the Professional Footballers Australia executive committee in May 2016?
Thomas J. Shusted	2016-11-16		727	31.1	... that at the suggestion of a group of fourth-graders, Thomas J. Shusted and John A. Rocco introduced legislation that made Hadrosaurus foulkii New Jersey's official state dinosaur?
Boris Gregorka	2016-11-27		742	30.9	... that Slovenian gymnast and Olympic medallist Boris Gregorka later coached the double gold Olympic medallist Miroslav Cerar?
Peter Reulein	2016-11-06		697	29.0	... that Peter Reulein composed the oratorio Laudato si‘ for five soloists, choirs, organ and orchestra to be premiered in Limburg Cathedral?
Cybele Records	2016-11-27		668	27.8	... that Cybele Records has published award-winning audiobooks, "portraits" of living composers, and in 2016 the complete organ works of Max Reger?
Martin Gotthard Schneider	2016-11-26		666	27.7	... that Martin Gotthard Schneider wrote the lyrics and music for the hymn Danke, which made it to the German charts in 1963?
Dorchester, Dorset	2016-11-12		629	26.2	... that the Tolpuddle Martyrs were tried in the Shire Hall at Dorchester?
Stephen P. Moss (Oregon politician)	2016-11-30		628	26.2	... that in 1880, Stephen P. Moss and Charles A. Cogswell founded the Lake County Examiner to advocate their Democratic political views in southern Oregon?
Inspirasi	2016-11-20		467	19.5	... that "Inspirasi" was written by Faizal Tahir as a tribute to Siti Nurhaliza and her achievements in the Malaysian music scene for the past 20 years?

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