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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	-130.7	Ace of Clubs House	0	Amarte Es un Placer (album)	-130.7	Ace of Clubs House
Median	134.9	Luther D. Bradley	389.3	Nessa Carey Mary Hogarth	160.9	Denny Substation
High	2,859.6	Corn chowder	2,911.5	Lucie Ingemann	2,911.5	Lucie Ingemann

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Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Lucie Ingemann	2017-03-30		7,764	2,911.5	... that Danish artist Lucie Ingemann (pictured), known for her large altarpieces depicting biblical figures, also created flower paintings with religious and mystical themes?
Corn chowder	2017-03-30		7,626	2,859.6	... that myriad recipes for corn chowder began circulating in U.S. cookbooks after a recipe for the dish was published in the Boston Cook Book in 1884?
Lucius Caesennius Sospes	2017-03-30		5,056	1,895.8	... that Lucius Caesennius Sospes probably received the cognomen Sospes ("safe and sound") from an event in his childhood?
Murder of Joey Fischer	2017-03-03		19,452	1,621.0	... that Joey Fischer was murdered after he refused to take US$500 to date his ex-girlfriend?
Aulacophora	2017-03-30		4,022	1,508.2	... that adult pumpkin beetles feed on the foliage of cucurbits, sometimes cutting and removing circular discs?
Rossa Matilda Richter	2017-03-01		15,416	1,284.6	... that the first recorded human cannonball act was an 1877 London performance by 14-year-old Rossa Matilda Richter (pictured)?
Home Kidston	2017-03-15		14,199	1,183.2	... that Home Kidston owned a Bugatti Type 37A (example pictured) while still a schoolboy at Eton?
Hanover Lodge	2017-03-16		13,347	1,112.2	... that London's Hanover Lodge (pictured) sold for £120 million in 2012, but the underground swimming pool, which converts into a ballroom, is considered "too small"?
Murder of Dora Bloch	2017-03-13		13,224	1,102.0	... that after the disappearance of Dora Bloch, Britain cut all diplomatic ties with Uganda?
Tsukemen	2017-03-09		12,584	1,048.7	... that tsukemen (pictured) became a popular dish at Taishoken restaurant in Tokyo soon after its 1961 invention there, and has since become popular throughout Japan?
East Base	2017-03-02		12,021	1,001.8	... that East Base (pictured) in Antarctica housed Jackie Ronne and Jennie Darlington, the first women to spend a winter on the continent?
Trying to trash Betsy DeVos	2017-03-02		11,772	981.0	... that readers requested that Glenn McCoy be terminated from the Belleville News-Democrat after the newspaper published his editorial cartoon, Trying to trash Betsy DeVos?
Simon Kidston	2017-03-09		11,358	946.5	... that Simon Kidston's car collection includes the last Lamborghini Miura SV (example pictured) ever produced?
Operation London Bridge	2017-03-29		22,546	939.4	... that use of the code phrase "London Bridge is down" will signal the death of Queen Elizabeth II?
Cão de Gado Transmontano	2017-03-07		11,018	918.2	... that the Cão de Gado Transmontano is a giant livestock guardian dog that is used to defend flocks of sheep from the Iberian wolf?
Karolina Styczyńska	2017-03-01		10,736	894.6	... that Karolina Styczyńska (pictured) is the first non-Japanese person to be awarded professional status by the Japan Shogi Association?
Orange One	2017-03-15		10,564	880.3	... that a mountain fortress called Orange One was built for use by the President of the United States in emergency situations?
Lightning rod fashion	2017-03-10		10,485	873.8	... that the lightning rod fashion (lightning rod umbrella shown) was a fad in 18th-century Europe?
Banana pasta	2017-03-23		20,278	844.9	... that banana pasta is lower in calories and fat, higher in protein, and less expensive to produce than whole wheat pasta?
Bricard octahedron	2017-03-15		9,742	811.9	... that a Bricard octahedron (pictured) can change its shape without changing the shapes of its faces?
Pangolin trade	2017-03-11		9,719	809.9	... that pangolins (example pictured) are believed to be the world's most trafficked mammal?
Operation Hurricane	2017-03-14		9,528	794.0	... that in Operation Hurricane, an atomic bomb was exploded in the hull of HMS Plym?
Trump Tower	2017-03-27		18,918	788.2	... that when it was revalued at $600 million in 2015, New York City's Trump Tower (pictured) became the most expensive property owned by Donald Trump?
The Age of Longing	2017-03-30		1,120	419.8	... that Richard B. Wright was nominated for the Governor General's Awards and the Scotiabank Giller Prize for The Age of Longing (1995), but eventually won both for Clara Callan (2001)?
Clara Callan			964	361.5
Total			2,084	781.3
Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery	2017-03-13		9,158	763.2	... that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (pictured) is not a monastery and actually contains close to 13,000 Buddha statues?
Marquesan Dog	2017-03-31		18,014	750.6	... that Thor Heyerdahl claimed that stone reliefs (pictured) on the Marquesas Islands — now accepted to represent the extinct Marquesan Dog — depicted llamas, so as to bolster his theory that Polynesia was settled from South America?
Caroline Ransom Williams	2017-03-30		1,969	738.4	... that Egyptologist Caroline Ransom Williams supervised the reception and installation of the Tomb of Perneb at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Crispus, Crispinianus, and Benedicta	2017-03-17		8,671	722.6	... that according to their martyrdom account, Crispus, Crispinianus, and Benedicta (fresco pictured) went to comfort John and Paul, only to become buried next to them?
Sam Adonis	2017-03-10		8,386	698.8	... that professional wrestler Sam Adonis has been described as the "most hated man" in Mexico for his pro-Donald Trump character?
1000 Second Avenue	2017-03-06		8,342	695.2	... that construction of 1000 Second Avenue (pictured) in downtown Seattle, Washington, required demolition of a building that had been donated for fire testing?
Ashbridge Estate	2017-03-07		8,256	688.0	... that descendants of the family who settled Toronto's Ashbridge Estate (pictured) were still living on the same property over 200 years later?
Polynesian Dog	2017-03-24		16,027	667.8	... that the extinct Polynesian Dog never became feral because of the scarcity of food in the forests of Polynesia?
Abraham Lincoln's hearse	2017-03-22		15,753	656.4	... that Abraham Lincoln's "immense" hearse was escorted by 160,000 people as it was drawn through New York City?
Ashkelon dog cemetery	2017-03-06		7,875	656.2	... that the Ashkelon dog cemetery, which contains possibly thousands of dog burials, may have been created by an ancient cult that treated dogs as healers?
Detachment Hotel	2017-03-07		7,702	641.8	... that the Detachment Hotel nuclear bunker on Peanut Island, Florida, was constructed in less than two weeks?
Mary Hardy (diarist)	2017-03-08		7,396	616.3	... that the diary of Mary Hardy (pictured) provides a detailed record of an 18th-century English farming and brewing business?
James B. Thayer	2017-03-13		7,206	600.5	... that in 1945, Lieutenant James B. Thayer and his platoon liberated the Gunskirchen Lager concentration camp, saving thousands of Jewish and political prisoners from starvation?
Ron Hackenberger	2017-03-29		14,121	588.4	... that Ron Hackenberger is selling his collection of 700 vehicles, including over 250 Studebakers?
Operation Jupiter (Norway)	2017-03-07		6,932	577.6	... that a senior British general described Winston Churchill's proposal to invade Arctic Norway, Operation Jupiter, as "not merely dangerous but useless"?
David Martin Long	2017-03-21		13,834	576.4	... that convicted murderer David Martin Long was on life support two days before he was executed?
William Plankinton	2017-03-03		2,545	212.1	... that William Plankinton, for whom the William Plankinton Mansion is named, commissioned the John Plankinton statue (pictured) from the sculptor who was his sister's ex-fiancé?
William Plankinton Mansion			2,467	205.6
John Plankinton statue			1,770	147.5
Total			6,782	565.1
Clam Lake Canal	2017-03-02		6,748	562.4	... that when Clam Lake Canal freezes over early in the Michigan winter, the lakes on each side remain unfrozen, but when the lakes later freeze over, the canal thaws and flows once more?
Ace of Clubs House	2017-03-12		6,430	535.8	... that according to local lore, Texarkana's Ace of Clubs House (pictured) was built with US$10,000 won in a game of poker with an ace of clubs?
LAbyrinth (2017 film)	2017-03-16		6,429	535.8	... that in the upcoming film LAbyrinth, Johnny Depp portrays a detective investigating the murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.?
Fay E. Davis	2017-03-15		6,231	519.2	... that 50 years after a mural by Fay E. Davis depicting Native Americans in battle was installed in the post office in Oglesby, Illinois, a janitor claimed it was pornographic?
What's Your Raashee?	2017-03-29		12,324	513.5	... that Priyanka Chopra (pictured) played twelve different characters, one from each zodiac sign, in the film What's Your Raashee?
Sarah Hayes (crossword compiler)	2017-03-08		6,092	507.7	... that Arachne used a crossword puzzle to protest police corruption in the investigation of the murder of Daniel Morgan?
Lake Meke	2017-03-02		6,086	507.2	... that Lake Meke (pictured), a crater lake beside a volcanic cone, is a natural monument and a Ramsar site in Turkey?
Bryant McIntosh	2017-03-18		6,067	505.6	... that Bryant McIntosh (pictured) holds the single-season and career assist records for Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball?
Planar transmission line	2017-03-09		5,976	498.0	... that planar transmission lines were developed for the US military, but can be found today in household mass-produced items such as mobile phones and satellite television receivers?
Project E	2017-03-16		5,760	480.0	... that the United States gave nuclear weapons to Britain as part of Project E?
Bouncing ball	2017-03-10		5,678	473.2	... that the physics of a bouncing ball (motion shown) can be used to understand supernovae and gravitational slingshot manoeuvres?
Han Zhuo	2017-03-06		5,549	462.4	... that Chinese legend holds that Han Zhuo tried to feed the archer Houyi's body to his sons and killed them when they refused to eat it?
Xylosandrus compactus	2017-03-23		11,025	459.4	... that male black twig borers normally mate with their sisters?
Tofu Curtain	2017-03-11		5,440	453.4	... that a Tofu Curtain divides two neighborhoods in Melbourne and two counties in Massachusetts?
Manolo Sanchez (Nixon staff member)	2017-03-13		5,202	433.5	... that Richard Nixon and his longtime valet, Manuel "Manolo" Sanchez, sometimes communicated using "words that only the two of them understood"?
Mr. Trash Wheel	2017-03-26		10,327	430.3	... that Mr. Trash Wheel removed 19 tons of garbage from Baltimore's Inner Harbor in one day?
Attack on Richard Nixon's motorcade	2017-03-31		10,310	429.6	... that The New Republic suspected the 1958 attack on Richard Nixon's motorcade was a hoax set up to help his chances in the 1960 United States presidential election?
Kokichi Sugihara	2017-03-09		5,024	418.7	... that Kokichi Sugihara's illusions make marbles appear to roll uphill and circular pipes look rectangular?
Penny graph	2017-03-02		5,015	417.9	... that, no matter how n non-overlapping pennies are arranged on a table, there is a subset containing at least 0.258n of them that will not touch other pennies in the subset?
Mary Hogarth	2017-03-08		4,926	410.5	... that Mary Hogarth (pictured) is believed to be the inspiration for Charles Dickens' characters Rose in Oliver Twist and Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop?
Renault Trezor	2017-03-09		4,788	399.0	... that the Renault Trezor features a single-piece canopy roof that opens by hinging forward?
Tahitian Dog	2017-03-26		9,347	389.5	... that Captain James Cook thought the now-extinct Tahitian Dog of the Society Islands tasted like English lamb?
M2M (band)	2017-03-08		4,666	388.9	... that M2M were going to call themselves M&M until they realised the name was already being used by a type of candy?
Can You Hear Me? (telephone scam)	2017-03-04		4,502	375.2	... that the Can You Hear Me? telephone scam reported by CBS News was subsequently classified as "unproven" by Snopes?
Nessa Carey	2017-03-12		4,418	368.2	... that the molecular biologist Nessa Carey cites the slight figure of actress Audrey Hepburn (pictured) to illustrate the possible impacts of epigenetics?
Congressional Cannabis Caucus	2017-03-06		4,396	366.3	... that last month, four members of the U.S. House of Representatives formed the Congressional Cannabis Caucus?
Rosemary Vrablic	2017-03-08		4,358	363.2	... that Rosemary Vrablic has been called "Trump's personal banker"?
Street vacation	2017-03-10		4,350	362.5	... that the Seattle City Council approved a street vacation for an Amazon.com office building in 2016, provided that a public "free speech zone" be designated at the site?
Wipeout Pulse	2017-03-01		4,340	361.6	... that Wipeout Pulse was developed around the feedback received about its predecessor, Wipeout Pure?
Wipeout 2048	2017-03-26		8,642	360.1	... that the developers of the video game Wipeout 2048 speculated that they influenced design elements of the PlayStation Vita console (pictured), such as the inclusion of two analogue sticks?
Helen Bonfils	2017-03-16		4,288	357.4	... that Denver, Colorado, philanthropist Helen Bonfils inherited US$14 million from her father and US$10 million from her mother?
Hans Larwin	2017-03-16		4,264	355.3	... that Hans Larwin painted Soldat und Tod in 1917 when he was the official war painter for the Austria-Hungary dual monarchy?
Project Offices	2017-03-15		4,241	353.4	... that an AT&T Corporation Project Office in North Carolina was built with rubber plumbing?
Souper Salad	2017-03-04		4,238	353.2	... that one location of the all-you-can-eat Souper Salad buffet restaurant is in a former bank branch (pictured) that has been called one of the "10 Coolest Buildings" in Phoenix, Arizona?
West Executive Avenue	2017-03-07		4,208	350.7	... that in 1910, the British aviator Claude Grahame-White landed his biplane on West Executive Avenue (pictured) and then lunched with United States Secretary of War Jacob Dickinson?
Almone	2017-03-27		8,411	350.5	... that the ancient Romans used to bathe a sacred stone in the waters of the Almone on March 27?
Robert Egan	2017-03-06		4,158	346.5	... that Bobby Egan, the owner of a New Jersey roadside barbecue restaurant, has been criticized for participating in diplomatic negotiations between North Korea and the United States?
George W. Hooker	2017-03-18		4,152	346.0	... that George W. Hooker captured a Confederate troop detachment, consisting of 116 men and their colonel, all by himself?
Avraam Zak	2017-03-09		4,150	345.8	... that Russian-Jewish banker Avraam Zak received an offer to become deputy finance minister of Russia on condition that he convert to Christianity?
Day of Potsdam	2017-03-15		4,143	345.2	... that the Day of Potsdam was used by the Nazis to symbolize continuity with German history?
São Vicente Suspension Bridge	2017-03-17		4,016	334.6	... that the São Vicente Suspension Bridge (pictured), constructed 1911–1914, was one of the first suspension bridges in Brazil, and was originally conceived to carry a sewage pipeline?
Blob sculpin	2017-03-22		7,914	329.8	... that the blob sculpin is the first egg-laying, deep sea fish known to provide parental care?
Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game	2017-03-01		3,940	328.4	... that concerns over whether video game Call of Cthulhu had been cancelled proved unfounded, when it was revived by a different developer more than two years after its original announcement?
Two Hearts (Jackie Evancho album)	2017-03-30		876	328.3	... that Jackie Evancho is set to become the youngest performer ever at Café Carlyle when she performs songs from her new album Two Hearts in April?
Exercise TROPEX	2017-03-03		3,858	321.5	... that TROPEX 2017 witnessed the participation of forty-five major surface ships, five submarines, and fifty aircraft from the Indian Navy's Western and Eastern Naval Command?
Rest on the Flight into Egypt	2017-03-20		7,701	320.9	... that the Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a popular subject in Christian art, but the earliest known example (pictured) only dates to about 1379?
Snugburys	2017-03-11		3,830	319.2	... that Snugburys, a British ice cream manufacturer, has constructed a series of large sculptures made of steel-reinforced straw, including one of the Lovell Telescope (pictured)?
Solomon Souza	2017-03-14		3,802	316.8	... that when the stalls of a Jerusalem shuk close, Solomon Souza's spray-painted portraits (example pictured) become visible?
South African Defence Force Ensign	2017-03-21		7,549	314.5	... that the South African National Defence Force initially used the South African Defence Force Ensign (pictured), which contained the former flag of South Africa, despite the adoption of a new national flag?
INSV Tarini	2017-03-24		7,522	313.4	... that this August, an all-woman crew plans to circumnavigate the globe on the Indian Navy's second ocean-going sailboat, INSV Tarini (pictured)?
Greifenstein Castle	2017-03-09		3,753	312.8	... that the first recorded owner of Greifenstein Castle joined a crusade as penance for assassinating a bishop?
Sasak language	2017-03-10		3,706	308.8	... that in the Sasak language, the verb "to eat" differs depending on the social status of the speaker and the addressee?
Nakatsu Castle	2017-03-14		3,686	307.2	... that the original Nakatsu Castle was destroyed in a fire in 1877, and the current structure was built in 1964?
Xbox Game Pass	2017-03-10		3,646	303.8	... that the Xbox Game Pass has been described as "Netflix for video games"?
Furra	2017-03-09		3,616	301.3	... that men and women from the Sidama people sing radically different songs about Queen Furra?
Plesiohedron	2017-03-13		3,606	300.5	... that Euclidean space can be completely filled without overlaps by copies of any plesiohedron, a type of convex shape whose known examples have up to 38 sides?
Nothing Was Delivered	2017-03-15		3,570	297.5	... that Bob Dylan's "Nothing Was Delivered" has inspired interpretations ranging from a failed drug deal to Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Jesus?
Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain	2017-03-27		7,116	296.5	... that, in 1525, Charles V ordered the conversion of his Muslim subjects in the lands of Aragon, despite having sworn an oath not to do so?
Miami Railway Station	2017-03-05		3,532	294.4	... that in 1889, a US company built the Miami Railway Station (pictured) in Canada, now a National Historic Site and museum?
Tibbetts Brook	2017-03-01		3,498	291.5	... that the Bronx neighborhood of Kingsbridge was built on what was once an island in Tibbetts Brook?
Pärnu (river)	2017-03-04		3,474	289.5	... that the river Pärnu (pictured) has been called "the Mississippi of Estonia"?
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan	2017-03-20		6,876	286.5	... that the 17th-century German hymn "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" has been described as "one of the most exquisite strains of pious resignation ever written"?
Mexican Federal Highway 95D	2017-03-06		3,424	285.3	... that Mexican Federal Highway 95D passes under an archeological site (pictured) uncovered during its construction?
Clapton Court	2017-03-14		3,407	283.9	... that the porch of Clapton Court in Somerset is two centuries older than the rest of the house?
James Sullivan (Medal of Honor)	2017-03-18		3,391	282.6	... that Peter Van Hoesen, an American Civil War deserter, was paid $300 to enlist by a drafted man, and performed a Medal of Honor-worthy deed at Fort Fisher in 1864 for which he got no credit?
Jim Ambrose	2017-03-13		3,384	282.0	... that Canadian football player Jim Ambrose collapsed during a game and later died due to inflammation of the brain?
Ramen Street	2017-03-04		3,376	281.3	... that Ramen Street is located in a basement?
Star Wars: Droid Works	2017-03-03		3,323	276.9	... that software company Lucas Learning did not know whether to market Star Wars: Droid Works on retailers' "game" or "education" shelves?
Fulham Refuge	2017-03-17		3,310	275.8	... that Fulham Refuge was the "most distinctively feminine of the early convict prisons"?
Yue Yi-chin	2017-03-13		3,190	265.9	... that the family of Yue Yi-chin, a Chinese flying ace of the Second Sino-Japanese War, claim to be descended from the Song dynasty general and folk hero Yue Fei?
Uris Buildings Corporation	2017-03-03		3,174	264.5	... that Yale University architecture professor Louis Kahn said he would have given a failing grade to Uris Buildings Corporation's Three Penn Center?
Salumeria	2017-03-11		3,158	263.2	... that the salumeria originated in Italy and dates to the Middle Ages?
Crocidolomia pavonana	2017-03-10		3,145	262.1	... that a whole cabbage plant can be devoured by the cabbage cluster caterpillars that hatch from a single egg cluster?
Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower	2017-03-07		3,144	262.0	... that when completed in June 2017, Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower will replace most of the steel communications masts in the area, which cause visual pollution?
Warren Gulley	2017-03-05		3,118	259.8	... that Bill Gulley, who for years was responsible for the nuclear football, was officially on the U.S. Post Office payroll, to make the president's staff look smaller than it was?
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball	2017-03-06		2,988	249.0	... that Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball was developed in just 61 days?
Qandala campaign	2017-03-06		2,976	248.0	... that when the Islamic State captured Qandala in 2016, the group hoisted its flag on the building in which Somali folk hero Ali Fahiye Gedi had been imprisoned for burning the Italian flag in 1914?
Miyu Tomita	2017-03-15		2,964	247.0	... that Japanese voice actress Miyu Tomita was a member of her school's manga research club?
Paludititan	2017-03-05		2,958	246.5	... that Paludititan is a Romanian island dwarf?
Maymie de Mena	2017-03-16		2,950	245.9	... that the American Leonie Turpeau, the Nicaraguan Maymie de Mena, and the Jamaican Madame Aiken were the same person?
Bear	2017-03-22		5,858	244.1	... that bears are classified as carnivores, but most are omnivorous and the panda (pictured) is almost entirely vegetarian?
Abu Omar al-Turkistani	2017-03-06		2,926	243.9	... that Abu Omar al-Turkistani, an al-Qaeda militant from China who fought in the Battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, eventually died during the Syrian Civil War?
Birdy (film)	2017-03-12		2,926	243.8	... that Birdy, the first feature film partially shot with the Skycam camera system, was described by a reviewer as "a heavy adult drama about best friends and the after-effects of war"?
Old Bob	2017-03-14		2,895	241.2	... that Abraham Lincoln probably named his horse Old Bob to differentiate it from his son, "Young Bob"?
Jessica Curry	2017-03-08		2,895	241.2	... that composer Jessica Curry has won a BAFTA award for her video game scores, and has also worked with a Poet Laureate?
Kuni-yuzuri	2017-03-26		5,716	238.1	... that the mythological events of the kuni-yuzuri may be rooted in real historic events?
Guillotière Cemetery	2017-03-21		5,716	238.1	... that Guillotière Cemetery in Lyon, France, was mistakenly bombed by the American military during the Second World War?
Hazard elimination	2017-03-17		2,850	237.5	... that the most effective way to control a hazard is to eliminate it?
Wipeout Fusion	2017-03-07		2,838	236.5	... that the racing game Wipeout Fusion contains 45 race tracks and 32 ship models?
Wraxall Court	2017-03-13		2,814	234.5	... that the Somerset building Wraxall Court was a house for hundreds of years before becoming a convalescent home, then student residences and then a private house again?
Licancabur	2017-03-19		5,343	230.6	... that Licancabur volcano (pictured) was venerated by the Atacamenos?
Wipeout HD	2017-03-19		5,336	230.3	... that the release of Wipeout HD was delayed for a few months because it had failed epilepsy tests?
Chris Redfield	2017-03-12		2,750	229.2	... that video game character Chris Redfield was suspected of abusing steroids?
Loch Ewe Distillery	2017-03-05		2,722	226.8	... that Loch Ewe Distillery in Drumchork was allowed to open in 2006 with stills over 90% smaller than the legal minimum, due to a loophole in the 1786 Wash Act?
Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea	2017-03-05		1,685	140.4	... that the aged, hernia-afflicted Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea reportedly ran in the Wallachian princely election only to hamper other candidates?
Wallachian princely election, 1842			990	82.5
Total			2,676	223.0
Alice Bowman	2017-03-08		2,652	221.0	... that Alice Bowman, Mission Operations Manager of the New Horizons Pluto exploration mission, is also a bassist and clarinetist?
Thrips tabaci	2017-03-17		2,652	221.0	... that though the onion thrips is tiny, it is the most serious insect pest attacking onion crops in the tropics?
Izydor Borowski	2017-03-23		5,281	220.0	... that Izydor Borowski was born in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth but later rose to the rank of general in Qajar Iran?
Russian military deception	2017-03-18		2,617	218.1	... that the 2014 annexation of Crimea by "little green men" was typical of a long history of Russian military deception dating back to the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380?
Zeynab Begum	2017-03-24		5,228	217.8	... that Zeynab Begum was one of the most influential princesses of Iran's Safavid dynasty?
Self-portraits by Rembrandt	2017-03-09		2,612	217.7	... that there are approaching one hundred self-portraits by Rembrandt in paintings, etchings, and drawings?
Angolan African dormouse	2017-03-15		2,567	213.9	... that the Angolan African dormouse usually dwells in trees, but has been found in the roof of a hut and in an old beehive?
Adiyogi Shiva statue	2017-03-12		2,532	211.0	... that the Adiyogi Shiva statue is the world's tallest bust of the Hindu god Shiva?
Tax status of Scientology in the United States	2017-03-13		2,530	210.9	... that the Church of Scientology used espionage, front groups, private detectives, and over 2,500 lawsuits to gain tax exemption in the United States?
Urchinwood Manor	2017-03-10		2,523	210.2	... that the original 1620 "L" shape of Urchinwood Manor was made into a "U" by a mid-17th century extension?
Final Destination 3	2017-03-27		5,024	209.3	... that the DVD release of Final Destination 3 has a feature called "Choose Their Fate" that acts as an interactive movie, allowing viewers to alter the course of the film's story and the fate of the characters?
William Lutwiniak	2017-03-12		2,502	208.5	... that crossword compiler William Lutwiniak was promoted to sergeant the same day he joined the army?
Reich Ministry of Transport	2017-03-12		2,498	208.1	... that despite the Reich Ministry of Transport running trains to extermination camps during the Holocaust, the US later ruled some of their personnel only had "lukewarm" connections to the Nazi Party?
Francis Funk	2017-03-07		1,644	137.0	... that J. W. E. Maikai succeeded a Major Funk as Adjutant General to the Forces?
John William Elliott Maikai			814	67.9
Total			2,458	204.9
Akatombo	2017-03-02		1,834	152.9	... that Akatombo, or "Red Dragonfly", written by poet Rofū Miki and composed by Kosaku Yamada, is one of the most-loved Japanese songs according to a 1989 survey?
Rofū Miki			600	50.0
Total			2,434	202.9
Sack of Shamakhi (1721)	2017-03-15		2,428	202.3	... that the Sack of Shamakhi was used as the casus belli by the Russian Empire in order to launch the Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723?
A Man with a Quilted Sleeve	2017-03-16		2,414	201.2	... that the sitter in Titian's A Man with a Quilted Sleeve (pictured) has been thought to be the poet Ludovico Ariosto, a Venetian patrician, or Titian himself?
Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016	2017-03-02		2,374	197.8	... that the Northern Ireland Assembly will lose 18 MLAs because of the Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, effective at the snap election today?
Rheidol (locomotive)	2017-03-08		2,372	197.7	... that Rheidol, a former locomotive on the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales, was originally called Treze de Maio, after the date that slavery was abolished in Brazil?
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein	2017-03-03		2,360	196.6	... that "Es woll uns Gott genädig sein", a paraphrase by Martin Luther of Psalm 67 in German, appeared in the Erfurt Enchiridion in 1524?
MV Havila Harmony	2017-03-25		4,546	196.5	... that an autonomous underwater vehicle deployed by the MV Havila Harmony during the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 discovered a shipwreck?
Micronesian imperial pigeon	2017-03-14		2,354	196.2	... that the Micronesian imperial pigeon barks, moans, and coos?
Flag of Kyrgyzstan	2017-03-31		4,670	194.6	... that the 40 rays on the flag of Kyrgyzstan represent the number of tribes united by national folk hero Manas to fight against the Mongols?
Stratford City Hall	2017-03-01		2,312	192.7	... that Stratford City Hall, a National Historic Site of Canada, was built on a triangular square?
HMS Pearl (1762)	2017-03-03		2,306	192.1	... that HMS Pearl escorted troops to Kip's Bay during the American Revolutionary War in September 1776?
Church of the Ascension, Lower Broughton	2017-03-03		2,302	191.9	... that the Church of the Ascension, Lower Broughton, was built in 1869 and was recently restored, only for its roof and interior to be destroyed by fire in February 2017?
Erythranthe peregrina	2017-03-14		2,295	191.2	... that Erythranthe peregrina (pictured) is a rare example of a species developing in multiple locations from parents that normally produce sterile hybrids?
Sidney Howe Short	2017-03-17		2,282	190.1	... that Sidney Howe Short produced the first electric motor without gears that operated a streetcar directly from its built-in armature?
Edison Bell	2017-03-14		2,268	189.0	... that the phonograph and gramophone company Edison Bell was required to use Edison's name?
Sh2-297	2017-03-20		4,502	187.6	... that a protostar in the Sh2-297 nebula is driving an outflow of gas more massive than the Sun?
Earl Mazo	2017-03-29		4,480	186.6	... that the publication of Earl Mazo's series of exposés on election fraud in the 1960 United States Presidential Election was stopped following the intervention of Richard Nixon?
Battle of Surabaya (1677)	2017-03-20		3,124	130.2	... that despite the loss of Trunajaya's rebel court at the Battle of Surabaya, his forces captured and sacked the Mataram royal court one month later?
Fall of Plered			1,283	53.5
Total			4,408	183.6
Léon Davent	2017-03-01		2,202	183.5	... that the etchings of Léon Davent include Michelangelo at the Age of Twenty-Three made some forty years after Michelangelo was that age?
Stephanie Hansen	2017-03-11		1,464	122.0	... that Joe Biden went door-to-door with Stephanie Hansen to help her win a recent special election to the Delaware Senate?
Delaware's 10th state senate district special election, 2017			736	61.3
Total			2,200	183.3
Administrative controls	2017-03-28		4,346	181.1	... that warning signs and rotating shift work are forms of administrative hazard controls?
Field goal (rugby)	2017-03-22		4,300	179.2	... that field goals in rugby union, which were worth the same number of points as tries, were abolished in 1905?
Fitzsimons station	2017-03-09		2,140	178.3	... that Fitzsimons station in Aurora, Colorado, was moved away from the Anschutz Medical Campus after concerns that vibrations and electromagnetic interference from trains would affect research equipment?
Antonín Cyril Stojan	2017-03-01		2,132	177.7	... that Antonín Cyril Stojan, who led a life of heroic virtue, was given the title of Venerable by Pope Francis?
Charmian Gooch	2017-03-12		2,124	177.0	... that Charmian Gooch's investigation into the Cambodian timber trade deprived Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge regime of US$90 million a year?
Chanctonbury Ring	2017-03-19		4,098	176.9	... that the Romans built a temple possibly dedicated to a boar cult within the prehistoric Chanctonbury Ring hillfort?
Magdalena Heymair	2017-03-16		2,112	176.0	... that Lutheran children's educator Magdalena Heymair was the first woman to have her works listed as heretical in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum?
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes	2017-03-12		2,098	174.9	... that gunmen of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes shot down a Mexican Army helicopter using a rocket-propelled grenade?
William V. Rinehart	2017-03-03		2,069	172.4	... that during the American Civil War, William V. Rinehart served as an officer in both the 1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment?
Printer's Devilry	2017-03-03		2,048	170.7	... that Printer's Devilry crossword puzzles were among Ximenes' most popular, even though they break Ximenes' rules of cryptic crossword setting?
Chris Bertish	2017-03-25		3,943	170.4	... that Chris Bertish is the first person to complete a stand-up paddle board crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, a 7,400 km (4,600 mi), 93-day journey that put him into The Guiness Book of World Records?
Samuel Noble Monument	2017-03-28		4,088	170.3	... that the Samuel Noble Monument (pictured) honors the founder of Anniston, Alabama?
Viaduto do Chá	2017-03-08		2,028	169.0	... that Viaduto do Chá, São Paulo's first viaduct, was originally constructed from German iron before being replaced by a concrete span?
Eastern Hills, Bogotá	2017-03-06		1,260	105.0	... that seen from Bolívar Square, Bogotá, the Sun on the solstices rises directly over Monserrate and Guadalupe, the two best known Eastern Hills?
Guadalupe Hill			765	63.8
Total			2,024	168.7
Periclimenes rathbunae	2017-03-04		2,024	168.6	... that if the sun anemone shrimp is separated from its host for more than 24 hours, it loses its immunity to the sea anemone's stinging cells?
Sacra conversazione	2017-03-18		2,020	168.3	... that in earlier paintings of a sacra conversazione ("holy conversation"), the figures are rarely shown speaking (example pictured)?
Dries Mertens	2017-03-19		3,892	168.0	... that in 2016, footballer Dries Mertens became the first player to score seven goals in two matches in Serie A since Antonio Valentín Angelillo (1958)?
Packhorse Inn	2017-03-06		2,008	167.3	... that the Packhorse Inn, a Somerset pub, has been designated as an asset of community value?
Wayzata Bay Center	2017-03-01		2,006	167.2	... that the Wayzata Bay Center shopping mall was built over wetlands?
Parmenian	2017-03-14		2,000	166.7	... that although Parmenian is considered by some historians to be the most important Donatist writer of his day, none of his works survive?
Independent Democratic Conference	2017-03-01		1,996	166.4	... that some Democrats in the New York State Senate formed the Independent Democratic Conference to caucus with Republicans?
2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	2017-03-21		3,904	162.7	... that Sébastien Bourdais won the 2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg after starting in last place?
Hail, America	2017-03-09		1,936	161.3	... that 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the composition of "Hail, America" by the German-born George Drumm?
John Blair, Sr.	2017-03-23		3,868	161.1	... that John Blair, who served four times as acting governor of the Colony of Virginia, resigned his life appointment in 1770 so he would not be acting governor a fifth time?
Denny Substation	2017-03-12		1,930	160.9	... that a new electrical substation in Seattle will feature a dog park, a theater, a walking path, and public art?
Henri Beau	2017-03-01		1,903	158.6	... that while studying art in Paris, impoverished Canadian painter Henri Beau copied eleven paintings hanging in the Louvre and sold them to support himself?
Islamophobia in Canada	2017-03-10		1,899	158.2	... that in 2016, the Parliament of Canada passed a motion condemning Islamophobia in the country?
Montgomery Guards	2017-03-09		1,886	157.2	... that in 1837, nativist rioters in Boston attacked the Montgomery Guards, an Irish-American militia company?
Jesse Root Grant	2017-03-02		1,884	157.0	... that through his political associations, Jesse Root Grant secured an appointment for enrollment at West Point for his son, Ulysses S. Grant?
Statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin	2017-03-31		1,982	82.6	... that two major landmarks of Gwanghwamun Plaza in central Seoul are the statues of King Sejong and of Admiral Yi Sun-sin?
Statue of King Sejong (Gwanghwamun)			1,685	70.2
Total			3,668	152.8
Resorts International	2017-03-01		1,820	151.7	... that Donald Trump and Merv Griffin fought for control of casino operator Resorts International in 1988?
United and Cecil Club	2017-03-07		1,808	150.7	... that the United and Cecil Club, a British dining club, was the single largest donor to Conservative Party candidates in marginal seats in the run-up to the last general election?
Matthew Lyon	2017-03-07		1,806	150.5	... that while jailed on charges of violating the Sedition Act, Matthew Lyon was re-elected to Congress?
Jamaica–179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)	2017-03-05		1,174	97.8	... that construction on the 179th Street terminal station on the New York City Subway's Queens Boulevard Line was delayed for almost 20 years?
IND Queens Boulevard Line			611	50.9
Total			1,784	148.7
Paul D'Ortona	2017-03-10		1,772	147.6	... that although he left school at the age of 14, Paul D'Ortona later served for two decades on the Philadelphia City Council?
Joaquín Vargas Gómez	2017-03-29		3,542	147.6	... that Joaquín Vargas Gómez opened a restaurant in a retired North Star DC-4 parked near the Mexico City International Airport?
Don Celender	2017-03-13		1,766	147.2	... that while exploring whether a person's name affects the job they choose, Don Celender wrote to a dentist named Toothman and a rectal surgeon named Butts?
Wipeout (series)	2017-03-31		3,506	146.1	... that the name of the Wipeout series of video games was inspired by the instrumental song "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris?
Binsted	2017-03-24		3,473	144.7	... that Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery is buried in the graveyard of the Church of the Holy Cross in Binsted?
Nancy Run	2017-03-15		1,708	142.3	... that Nancy Run in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, is named after an old fortune teller?
Émilie Ambre	2017-03-13		1,686	140.5	... that the soprano Émilie Ambre was portrayed by artist Édouard Manet in the title role of Bizet's Carmen (pictured)?
King John's Hill	2017-03-26		3,298	137.4	... that King John's Hill, near Alton, Hampshire, is topped by an unusually small Iron Age hillfort, and is thought to have been the site of a hunting lodge of King John?
Beacon Hill, West Sussex	2017-03-12		1,625	135.4	... that Beacon Hill, on the South Downs in West Sussex, supports the remains of a Bronze Age hillfort, an Anglo-Saxon burial mound, and a late 18th-century telegraph station?
Continuoolithus	2017-03-06		1,620	135.0	... that a tiny embryonic skeleton found inside the fossil dinosaur egg Continuoolithus died approximately 8 to 10 days into development, making it the youngest fossil vertebrate ever discovered?
Luther D. Bradley	2017-03-11		1,618	134.9	... that Luther Bradley was considered the most prominent political cartoonist opposing America's involvement in World War I?
Archibald Spencer	2017-03-11		1,618	134.8	... that Archibald Spencer introduced Benjamin Franklin to the study of electricity, and was his mentor?
The U.D.I. Song	2017-03-11		1,610	134.1	... that the Rhodesian folk song "The U.D.I. Song" was written by a Northern Rhodesian and first performed by a South African?
Ceriops australis	2017-03-28		3,216	134.0	... that the yellow mangrove is very similar to the Indian mangrove, but the two can be distinguished when in fruit?
J. Mason Brewer	2017-03-22		3,207	133.6	... that American folklorist J. Mason Brewer broke the color barrier at the Driskill Hotel when he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters?
Neri Oxman	2017-03-25		3,085	133.4	... that in 2015, Neri Oxman's architecture group and MIT's Glass Lab built the first 3D printer for optically transparent glass (pictured)?
Jane Maria Strachey	2017-03-20		3,184	132.6	... that suffragist Jane Maria Strachey was born on a ship off the Cape of Good Hope in 1840?
Mary Ivy Burks	2017-03-16		1,571	130.9	... that Mary Ivy Burks has been called the "mother of Alabama wilderness"?
Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton	2017-03-28		3,134	130.6	... that Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton used liquid methane experimentally to power a bus?
Weixinism	2017-03-16		1,562	130.1	... that a Taiwanese religious movement teaching feng shui and I Ching since 1984 now has around 300,000 members?
Subramanian Kalyanaraman	2017-03-10		1,559	129.9	... that Subramanian Kalyanaraman was the first Indian to receive a PhD in neurosurgery?
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?	2017-03-18		1,528	127.3	... that Roz Chast's graphic memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, about her parents in their final years, was No. 1 New York Times Bestseller in 2014?
Henlee Hulix Barnette	2017-03-19		2,948	127.3	... that Christian ethicist Henlee Hulix Barnette was investigated by the FBI after meeting Nikita Khrushchev and marching with Martin Luther King?
Diplasterias brucei	2017-03-08		1,524	127.0	... that the starfish Diplasterias brucei broods its young until they have developed into juveniles?
Lance Ryan	2017-03-02		1,521	126.8	... that during the last decade, Lance Ryan appeared as Siegfried at three Bayreuth Festivals?
Reader Rabbit	2017-03-02		1,518	126.5	... that The Learning Company's educational video game franchise Reader Rabbit sold over 25 million copies between 1984 and 2002?
Padma Bhushan	2017-03-08		1,112	92.7	... that India's third highest civilian award was bestowed upon Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand in 2017?
List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–19)			384	32.0
Total			1,496	124.6
Balkhash perch	2017-03-17		1,494	124.5	... that Karl Kessler's 1874 description of the Balkhash perch as a new species was based on specimens collected on Alexander von Schrenk's expedition to Turkestan in 1842?
Nani Alapai	2017-03-16		1,490	124.2	... that the voice of Hawaiian soprano Nani Alapai was compared to the music of the singing snails?
Butch Allison	2017-03-02		1,474	122.8	... that professional American football player Butch Allison was the brother of another professional athlete?
Rock dormouse	2017-03-04		1,472	122.7	... that the rock dormouse sometimes lives in association with rock hyraxes?
Zygogramma suturalis	2017-03-09		1,421	118.4	... that the leaf beetle Zygogramma suturalis was introduced into Russia in 1978 in an attempt to control the invasive plant common ragweed?
Better Place (Rachel Platten song)	2017-03-10		1,420	118.4	... that "Better Place" was inspired by the engagement of Rachel Platten's sister?
Revolutionary Communist Party of India	2017-03-28		2,824	117.7	... that the Revolutionary Communist Party of India attacked the Dum Dum Airfield in 1949?
Susannah Fox	2017-03-17		1,412	117.7	... that Susannah Fox, the U.S. government's former chief health technology executive, cited the maker movement as a promising source of future healthcare innovation?
Paul Rapsey Hodge	2017-03-27		2,801	116.7	... that the English inventor Paul Rapsey Hodge built the first steam fire engine in the United States?
2010 Pepsi Max 400	2017-03-13		1,398	116.5	... that the top-three finishers in the 2010 Pepsi Max 400 all drove Chevrolets?
Shmuel Schecter	2017-03-04		1,381	115.1	... that Canadian-American student Shmuel Schecter finished his four-year high school requirements in three years so that he could go to Poland to study at the Mir Yeshiva at the age of seventeen?
Scared of the Dark	2017-03-17		1,364	113.7	... that Free Radio presenter Andy Goulding thought that "Scared of the Dark" by Steps should have been the United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017?
Kick Your Game	2017-03-14		1,358	113.2	... that TLC rapper Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes wrote two verses for the song "Kick Your Game", recapping a dialogue between herself and someone who was trying to flirt but did not "pass the cleverness test"?
Marysville, Washington	2017-03-26		2,710	112.9	... that the population of Marysville, Washington, grew five-fold from 1980 to 2000?
Professional Rapid Online Chess League	2017-03-01		1,346	112.1	... that the Professional Rapid Online Chess League (PRO Chess League) is a worldwide online rapid chess league with 48 teams, whose members include more than 100 grandmasters?
A Good House	2017-03-14		704	58.7	... that Bonnie Burnard's 1999 debut novel, A Good House, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize?
Bonnie Burnard			632	52.7
Total			1,336	111.4
Peñol de Cerquín	2017-03-18		1,326	110.5	... that the Peñol de Cerquín, a Lenca fortress in southern Honduras, successfully resisted the Spanish conquistadores for months?
Dehn invariant	2017-03-11		1,326	110.5	... that it is unknown if the Dehn invariant of a flexible polyhedron stays invariant as it flexes?
1891 State Normal School at Cheney fire	2017-03-02		1,323	110.2	... that in 1891, a fire at the State Normal School at Cheney destroyed the school's only building?
Rufous piculet	2017-03-03		713	59.4	... that most members of the woodpecker family have four toes on each foot, but the rufous piculet and the white-browed piculet have just three?
White-browed piculet			607	50.6
Total			1,320	110.0
Mayiladuthurai–Coimbatore Jan Shatabdi Express	2017-03-17		1,298	108.1	... that the Mayiladuthurai–Coimbatore Jan Shatabdi Express is the first train in South India to use solar-powered coaches?
Burnley 0–1 Lincoln City (2017)	2017-03-11		1,287	107.2	... that Lincoln City's win over Burnley meant that they became the first non-league football club to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals in 103 years?
Thomas North Whitehead	2017-03-31		2,524	105.2	... that Thomas North Whitehead suggested that the United Kingdom give America one of the four surviving copies of the Magna Carta to win support for Lend-Lease?
Félix Archimède Pouchet	2017-03-15		1,262	105.2	... that in the mid-1800s, French scientist Félix Archimède Pouchet believed air itself was able to generate life?
Petra Hřebíčková	2017-03-14		1,262	105.2	... that Petra Hřebíčková was named Best Actress in a Play at the 2008 Thalia Awards?
James D. Wright	2017-03-27		2,483	103.5	... that sociologist James D. Wright co-authored a 1983 study which showed that approximately 1% of privately-owned guns in the United States were used in crime?
Blewburton Hill	2017-03-18		1,240	103.3	... that Blewburton Hill in Oxfordshire features unusual lynchets of unknown age and function?
Sticky mat	2017-03-18		1,238	103.2	... that proper use of engineering controls should prevent contaminants from being excessively deposited on sticky mats at a laboratory's exits?
Manchester Gorton by-election, 2017	2017-03-12		1,229	102.4	... that the 2017 Manchester Gorton by-election was called after the death of the Father of the House?
Herbert Reiner Jr.	2017-03-25		2,364	102.2	... that American diplomat Herbert Reiner Jr. played a key role in capturing Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse in 1948?
Sierra de las Quijadas National Park	2017-03-29		2,452	102.2	... that the Sierra de las Quijadas National Park contains a Lagerstätte-type fossil site, particularly famous for its pterosaurs?
Armistead Burwell (judge)	2017-03-26		2,450	102.1	... that despite being severely wounded in the American Civil War in 1864, Armistead Burwell became licensed to practice law five years later?
Monument to Women Memorial Garden	2017-03-08		1,221	101.8	... that Barbara B. Smith created the Monument to Women Memorial Garden to defend traditional women's values from the perceived threat of the Equal Rights Amendment?
George E. Bria	2017-03-31		2,440	101.6	... that Associated Press war correspondent George E. Bria, known for his brevity as an editor, insisted that "the D-Day landings could be reported in 400 words"?
Chris Cate	2017-03-20		2,426	101.1	... that Chris Cate is the first Asian American to serve as a San Diego City Council member in decades?
History of medicine in France	2017-03-13		1,208	100.6	... that in 17th-century French medicine, hospitals were not staffed by doctors, but mostly by sisters from the Daughters of Charity?
Naruto	2017-03-07		1,203	100.2	... that Masashi Kishimoto has a five-step process for drawing the characters for the manga Naruto?
Joseph Nāwahī	2017-03-04		1,181	98.4	... that a painting of Hilo Bay by Joseph Nāwahī, the first Native Hawaiian to paint in the Western style, was featured on the Antiques Roadshow?
Andrew Schneider (journalist)	2017-03-06		1,180	98.3	... that investigative journalist Andrew Schneider's work earned back-to-back Pulitzer Prizes in 1986 and 1987?
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner	2017-03-22		2,358	98.3	... that mezzo-soprano Tanja Ariane Baumgartner has portrayed such characters as Schoeck's Penthesilea, and Cassandre in Les Troyens?
Missionary Day	2017-03-05		1,173	97.8	... that Missionary Day, celebrated on 5 March in French Polynesia, commemorates the 1797 arrival of the Protestant missionaries in Tahiti aboard the Duff (pictured)?
Gerald Alphin	2017-03-05		1,170	97.5	... that every single ballot cast for the Canadian Football League all-star team in 1989 included a vote for Gerald Alphin, but he did not make the squad?
Litanies à la Vierge Noire	2017-03-03		1,168	97.3	... that Francis Poulenc composed Litanies à la Vierge Noire, a French litany to the Black Virgin at Rocamadour (statue pictured), after a pilgrimage to the shrine?
Donald L. Cunningham	2017-03-07		1,162	96.8	... that Donald L. Cunningham, an original Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, once lost everything in a fire except for a single office chair?
Annora Brown	2017-03-18		1,156	96.3	... that Annora Brown was commissioned to paint 200 Albertan wildflowers, some of which are now extinct?
RapidRide G Line	2017-03-06		1,147	95.6	... that bus rapid transit was chosen for Seattle's RapidRide G Line, because Madison Street was considered too steep for streetcar service?
Mary Boggs	2017-03-09		1,129	94.1	... that Mary Boggs and her first husband won the competition to create the United States post office mural in Newton, Mississippi?
Cyclone Althea	2017-03-13		1,110	92.5	... that the unroofing of hundreds of homes by Cyclone Althea in December 1971 prompted Queensland to overhaul its state-wide building codes?
Peter Adamson (academic)	2017-03-03		1,106	92.2	... that the use of puns by Peter Adamson in his History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps series, has been both praised and criticized?
Richard Alston (gridiron football)	2017-03-17		1,100	91.7	... that Canadian football player Richard Alston both gained and lost a starting role with the Edmonton Eskimos due to dropped passes?
Rafael Brache	2017-03-11		1,094	91.2	... that Rafael Brache was declared a traitor to the Dominican Republic for denouncing the "parsley massacre"?
William Henry Daniels	2017-03-05		1,091	90.9	... that judge William Henry Daniels committed suicide in 1897, three years after being dismissed for not taking an oath of allegiance to the Provisional Government of Hawaii?
Nyssa spatulata	2017-03-01		1,086	90.5	... that the fossil tupelo Nyssa spatulata was described from seeds found in Oregon?
Spencer Weisz	2017-03-28		2,155	89.8	... that Spencer Weisz was the Most Valuable Player of the 18-under basketball competition of the 2013 Maccabiah Games?
Charles Alston (gridiron football)	2017-03-10		1,068	89.0	... that gridiron football player Charles Alston was the first college athlete to play in NCAA football and basketball games on the same day?
Bonfils Memorial Theatre	2017-03-29		2,130	88.8	... that President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a congratulatory telegram upon the opening of the Bonfils Memorial Theatre in Denver?
Saunders Creek, Alberta	2017-03-16		1,064	88.7	... that fossils from the Paleocene period have been found near Saunders Creek, Alberta, including an upper molar from a possible pantodont?
Shyam Swarup Agarwal	2017-03-15		1,064	88.7	... that Shyam Swarup Agarwal studied the genetic effects of the Bhopal gas tragedy?
Miriam T. Griffin	2017-03-22		2,090	87.1	... that classical scholar Miriam T. Griffin believes that the Roman emperor Nero was hounded by fear, panic, and persecutory delusions at the end of his reign?
Mendip Hospital	2017-03-15		1,038	86.5	... that Mendip Hospital in Somerset was built in 1848 for 350 patients, but became crowded within a few years of opening?
The Little Red Chairs	2017-03-21		2,072	86.3	... that the title of Edna O'Brien's book, The Little Red Chairs, refers to performance art commemorating the 11,541 victims of Radovan Karadžić?
Grey-hooded parakeet	2017-03-04		1,022	85.2	... that grey-hooded parakeets make twittering and warbling sounds similar to those made by barn swallows?
Tony Collins (footballer)	2017-03-04		1,010	84.2	... that Tony Collins became the first black manager in the English Football League when he was appointed by Rochdale in 1960?
Spotted imperial pigeon	2017-03-24		1,990	82.9	... that the spotted imperial pigeon's specific name carola is derived from the name of a daughter of the ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte?
Jumpin' at the Woodside	2017-03-04		993	82.8	... that Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside" is about a Harlem hotel where African American jazz musicians and baseball players stayed during racial segregation?
Billy Douglas (One Life to Live)	2017-03-03		990	82.5	... that actor Ryan Phillippe played Billy Douglas in his first professional acting role on the American soap opera One Life to Live, one of the first gay teenage characters in television?
M. J. Thirumalachar	2017-03-02		988	82.3	... that M. J. Thirumalachar named two genera of fungi he discovered, Narasimhania and Narasimhella, after his father, M. J. Narasimhan?
Dorothy Tarrant	2017-03-19		1,892	81.6	... that the first female British professor of Greek, Dorothy Tarrant, analysed Plato's style to conclude that he did not write the Socratic dialogue on beauty?
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott	2017-03-10		978	81.5	... that the hymn "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott" ("Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God") by the Lutheran Paul Eber appeared in Catholic hymnals from 1567?
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård	2017-03-17		967	80.6	... that although Thomas Hjalmar Westgård was born and raised in Norway, he competes internationally in cross-country skiing for Ireland?
Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail	2017-03-18		955	79.6	... that the planned Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail suffered four construction accidents in a three-month period in 2016?
Therese Benedek	2017-03-13		955	79.6	... that Therese Benedek submitted to a five-month training analysis under an associate of Freud before embarking on her own career in psychoanalysis?
Eileen Riley Siegel	2017-03-05		948	79.0	... that Alice Hirson played Eileen Riley Siegel, an Irish Catholic married to a Jew, on the soap opera One Life to Live?
Marjorie G. Horning	2017-03-08		942	78.5	... that Marjorie G. Horning demonstrated that drugs and their metabolites can be transferred from a pregnant woman to her developing child?
Macedonia (ancient kingdom)	2017-03-03		932	77.7	... that Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, besieged the Illyrians at Pelion (in modern Albania) in 335 BC, a year before waging war against the Achaemenid Empire?
Perdur Radhakantha Adiga	2017-03-07		924	77.0	... that Perdur Radhakantha Adiga identified N-oxalyldiaminopropionic acid in grass pea as the cause of neurolathyrism?
The Kingdom of Kevin Malone	2017-03-17		921	76.8	... that in 1994, the fantasy novel The Kingdom of Kevin Malone by Suzy McKee Charnas won the Mythopoeic Society Award in the Children's Literature category?
Narinder Kumar Mehra	2017-03-20		1,824	76.0	... that Narinder Kumar Mehra identified that a subtype of the serotype HLA-DR2 made humans susceptible to diseases such as leprosy and tuberculosis?
Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen	2017-03-23		1,820	75.8	... that the opera Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, Hope of Women) was based on a play by an expressionist artist and was performed with stage set and choreography by a Bauhaus artist?
Wallachian legislative election, 1857	2017-03-02		897	74.8	... that two former Princes of Wallachia ran for deputy seats in 1857, both of them losing at Buzău and recovering to win at Dolj?
Théophile Schuler	2017-03-12		895	74.6	... that Théophile Schuler illustrated Verne, Hugo, and an alphabet for children?
West Palm Beach mayoral election, 1991	2017-03-17		885	73.8	... that the 1991 mayoral election in West Palm Beach was the city's first direct election for mayor since 1919?
Belle S. Spafford	2017-03-08		871	72.6	... that LDS Relief Society president Belle S. Spafford directed the Singing Mothers at the 1964 World's Fair?
Iris Vermillion	2017-03-15		866	72.2	... that the mezzo-soprano Iris Vermillion, who became known for Mozart roles with Harnoncourt in 1988, received a prize for her portrayal of Schoeck's Penthesilea at the Semperoper 20 years later?
Helen Marie Black	2017-03-08		866	72.2	... that besides reporting on Aimee Semple McPherson's visit to Denver in 1921, Helen Marie Black arranged publicity stunts to show off the evangelist's preaching and faith healing skills?
Julian Radcliffe	2017-03-05		862	71.9	... that Julian Radcliffe is the founder of the world's largest private database of lost and stolen art?
Two Worlds (song)	2017-03-05		860	71.7	... that AllMusic thought Phil Collins' "Two Worlds", featured in Disney's 1999 animated movie Tarzan, "eerily echo[ed]" the worldbeats of former Genesis bandmate Peter Gabriel?
Jeff Almon	2017-03-14		856	71.3	... that Canadian football player Jeff Almon was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders after leaving a favourable impression on coach Mike Benevides, whom he happened to be seated near on a flight?
Susan Dynarski	2017-03-03		854	71.2	... that economist Susan Dynarski, who advocates for simplifying the US Federal Student Aid application process, was the first member of her family to attend college?
Roger P. Minert	2017-03-06		853	71.1	... that according to research by Roger P. Minert, local church records in the United States are more likely than naturalization records to have information about the birthplaces of German immigrants?
Sacramento Valley Development Association	2017-03-21		1,644	68.5	... that the Sacramento Valley Development Association built a life-sized bear out of prunes for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair?
Rosel H. Hyde	2017-03-27		1,636	68.2	... that Rosel H. Hyde was the first chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to be reappointed, and the first chairman to be appointed by a president of a different political party?
Yu Zigao	2017-03-19		1,575	68.0	... that Yu Zigao's expedition against the Dutch on Penghu Island was responsible for their colonization of Taiwan?
Liza Ferschtman	2017-03-18		811	67.6	... that Liza Ferschtman used seven different violins for her "tour de force" performance of the Rosary Sonatas?
Edward C. Cardon	2017-03-11		802	66.8	... that Edward C. Cardon was given command of the Second United States Army upon its reactivation in 2014 because he was already commander of the United States Army Cyber Command?
The Trumpeteers	2017-03-04		778	64.9	... that The Trumpeteers' cover of "Milky White Way" reached number eight on the Billboard "Race Records" chart?
Susanna Elm	2017-03-18		761	63.4	... that Susanna Elm's book Virgins of God draws on little-known sources such as the Letter to the Virgins Who Went to Jerusalem?
Leonore Kirschstein	2017-03-29		1,516	63.2	... that the soprano Leonore Kirschstein appeared as Alice Ford, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Falstaff?
Dave Amer	2017-03-21		1,491	62.1	... that Canadian football player Dave Amer played as a quarterback, running back, slotback, and tight end at various points in his career?
Erna Ellmenreich	2017-03-08		744	62.0	... that the soprano Erna Ellmenreich appeared in the premieres of Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss and of Hindemith's Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen, the latter causing a scandal?
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)	2017-03-25		1,425	61.6	... that the Detroit version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was one of at least 22 NWA World Tag Team Championships that existed between 1949 and 1991?
Edward Hutchinson Synge	2017-03-24		1,466	61.1	... that Edward Hutchinson Synge described a theory for a near-field scanning optical microscope in a letter to Albert Einstein fifty years before various corporations sought patents on the technology?
Theodora Lacey	2017-03-18		730	60.9	... that civil rights activist Theodora Lacey helped lead the campaign which, in 1964, resulted in Teaneck, New Jersey, becoming the first town in the United States to vote for school integration?
Ronnie Amadi	2017-03-16		730	60.9	... that gridiron football player Ronnie Amadi played alongside his brother, Donnie Amadi, in high school and college?
Cyclone Tessi	2017-03-09		728	60.7	... that tree debris from Cyclone Tessi in Townsville, Queensland, was processed into 25,000 m3 (880,000 cu ft) of mulch and used in local botanical gardens?
Romanian Senate election, 1868	2017-03-04		728	60.7	... that the Romanian Senate election of 1868, which consolidated the "reddish" liberal legislature, was held in July, when many conservative voters had left on vacation?
Buddy Alliston	2017-03-04		728	60.7	... that Buddy Alliston won the 1958 Shrimp Bowl with the Eglin Air Force Base football team after pausing his professional career to join the military?
Villa-Lobos State Park	2017-03-11		724	60.4	... that Villa-Lobos State Park in São Paulo, named after composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, was created on the site of a landfill in 1989 and now has around 37,000 trees?
Piano Concerto No. 6 (Mozart)	2017-03-28		1,441	60.0	... that in Mozart's early Piano Concerto in B-flat major, two oboes play in the outer movements, and two flutes instead in the Andante?
Pharyngeal aspiration	2017-03-11		718	59.9	... that pharyngeal aspiration is a widely used method for studying the respiratory toxicity of carbon nanotubes?
List of Australia Test cricket records	2017-03-23		1,430	59.6	... that Arthur Mailey's best Test bowling figures of 9 wickets for 121 runs has been the Australian cricket record for 96 years?
Ringan (film)	2017-03-19		1,363	58.8	... that the 2015 film Ringan, set against the backdrop of farmers' suicides in India, won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi?
K. B. Sainis	2017-03-23		1,380	57.5	... that K. B. Sainis is the Indian representative to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation?
Undurti Narasimha Das	2017-03-16		690	57.5	... that Undurti Narasimha Das provided evidence that gamma-linolenic acid inhibited the progress of human gliomas?
Charu Mihir Sarkar	2017-03-06		368	30.7	... that three Bangla Congress ministers, Charu Mihir Sarkar, Bhabatosh Soren, and S.K. Dhara, resigned on the same day in 1970 from the West Bengal government?
Bhabatosh Soren			304	25.4
Total			672	56.0
Intratracheal instillation	2017-03-02		666	55.5	... that intratracheal instillation, the introduction of a substance directly into the trachea, is a widely used alternative to inhalation for respiratory toxicity testing?
Ken Vining	2017-03-28		1,311	54.6	... that Ken Vining was acquired by the Chicago White Sox as part of the White Flag Trade?
John Blair (pastor)	2017-03-25		732	31.6	... that pastor brothers John Blair and Samuel Blair both received their theological education at the Log College?
Samuel Blair (pastor)			500	21.6
Total			1,232	53.2
Dronacharya Award	2017-03-01		624	52.0	... that the Dronacharya Award is an Indian sports coaching honour, named after Drona, the royal preceptor from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata?
Ulmus okanaganensis	2017-03-10		624	52.0	... that the fossil elm Ulmus okanaganensis had been tentatively identified as two other plants before it was formally described in 2005?
Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal	2017-03-10		610	50.9	... that Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal established a Primate Research Laboratory at the Indian Institute of Science in 1965, the then largest primate house in India?
An allem ist Hütchen schuld!	2017-03-18		601	50.1	... that when Siegfried Wagner wrote the libretto for his opera An allem ist Hütchen schuld!, he used themes from many fairy tales?
Randy Ambrosie	2017-03-20		1,198	49.9	... that Canadian Football League player Randy Ambrosie helped oversee the league's expansion into the United States?
Georg Thurmair	2017-03-14		580	48.3	... that in 1938, Georg Thurmair co-published the hymnal Kirchenlied, which had an ecumenical approach and became the germ cell for a common German Catholic hymnal?
Jeanne Deroubaix	2017-03-31		1,157	48.2	... that Belgian mezzo-soprano Jeanne Deroubaix was a soloist in the premiere of Stravinsky's Threni, and performed with Boulez in his Le marteau sans maître at The Proms?
Margarethe Bence	2017-03-24		1,152	48.0	... that the American contralto Margarethe Bence appeared as Marcellina at the Salzburg Festival, as Erda in Bayreuth, and in a premiere at the Schwetzingen Festival?
2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment	2017-03-05		574	47.8	... that the only player strike in Japanese professional baseball history occurred during the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment and lasted for two days?
Il Sogno del Marinaio	2017-03-18		566	47.2	... that Mike Watt chose the Italian band name Il Sogno del Marinaio in honor of his mother's Italian heritage and father's maritime service?
Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising	2017-03-05		560	46.7	... that the 1887 book Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising presents 177 biographies of African American men, many of whom were born as slaves?
Waymon Alridge	2017-03-04		560	46.7	... that The Globe and Mail called Canadian football player Waymon Alridge "the newest Rider star" after he caught passes for 75 and 90 yards in a single game?
Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone	2017-03-05		554	46.2	... that the early Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone by Francis Poulenc was described as offering a "variety of tone colors, striking rhythms, delicious dissonances, and elegant wit"?
Music in the movement against apartheid	2017-03-01		552	46.0	... that the jazz piece "Mannenberg", considered a notable example of music in the movement against apartheid, has no words?
Robert Lyster Thornton	2017-03-24		989	41.2	... that Robert Lyster Thornton returned to Berkeley in 1942 to assist with the development of the calutron?
Hasyim Muzadi	2017-03-22		960	40.0	... that Indonesian Muslim cleric Hasyim Muzadi said that the September 11 attacks were a "tragedy of humanity" and must not be turned into a religious conflict?
Super flumina Babylonis (Nuffel)	2017-03-07		480	40.0	... that Super flumina Babylonis is the first of Jules Van Nuffel's psalm settings for choir and organ written for Mechelen Cathedral?
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town	2017-03-12		477	39.8	... that fans of the composer and conductor Robert Farnon attended tapings of the television series Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town to hear his instrumentals?
The Lord is my Shepherd (Rutter)	2017-03-11		477	39.8	... that John Rutter set Psalm 23 in The Lord is my Shepherd for choir and organ, and later included it in his Requiem?
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund	2017-03-11		462	38.5	... that the founders of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund are husband and wife?
Y. D. Sharma	2017-03-21		884	36.8	... that Y. D. Sharma established a genomic library of Plasmodium vivax, a protozoan parasite, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi?
Phillip Gillespie	2017-03-12		432	36.0	... that a hat-trick was taken during Phillip Gillespie's first-class debut as a cricket umpire?
Albert Horne	2017-03-15		420	35.0	... that Albert Horne conducted Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, with the chorus of the Cape Town Opera and the Wiesbaden orchestra?
Françoise de Rimini	2017-03-27		806	33.6	... that the historic characters in Françoise de Rimini, the last opera by Ambroise Thomas, include not only Francesca da Rimini, but also Dante and Virgil?
John William Kalua	2017-03-02		392	32.7	... that King Kalākaua electioneered during the 1886 Hawaiian elections by visiting the districts of politicians J. W. Kalua, G. W. Pilipō and J. Nāwahī, and campaigning against them?
Robert Lockhart Hobson	2017-03-17		388	32.3	... that Robert Lockhart Hobson compiled catalogues of the British Museum's English pottery and porcelain?
Plered	2017-03-25		740	32.0	... that during the Trunajaya rebellion, rebels overran Mataram's royal court at Plered and took at least 300,000 reals from the treasury?
Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?	2017-03-05		381	31.8	... that the first three video game titles in the popular edutainment franchise Carmen Sandiego saw players chase Carmen and her henchmen across the world (1985), the United States (1986), and Europe (1988)?
Sécheresses (Poulenc)	2017-03-07		379	31.6	... that in his cantata Sécheresses, French composer Francis Poulenc set four poems by the English surrealist Edward James?
Mel Olson	2017-03-26		710	29.6	... that Mel Olson commissioned music from John Rutter for his choirs in Omaha, Nebraska, and traveled to England to discuss his specific wishes with the composer?
Robert E. Finnigan	2017-03-12		351	29.2	... that gas chromatography–mass spectrometry equipment, first developed by Robert E. Finnigan, was fundamental to the EPA's ability to carry out environmental testing in the 1970s?
Beethoven Orchester Bonn	2017-03-25		633	27.4	... that when the Beethoven Orchester Bonn was founded as a professional orchestra in Beethoven's hometown in 1907, Richard Strauss conducted his own works?
1950 Montreal Alouettes season	2017-03-09		298	24.9	... that the Montreal Alouettes won the 37th Grey Cup in 1949 but did not make the playoffs the following season?
Sieben Stücke, Op. 145	2017-03-04		291	24.2	... that in seven last pieces for organ, Sieben Stücke, Op. 145, Max Reger quotes Lutheran chorales and a patriotic anthem?
The Light That Failed	2017-03-07		275	22.9	... that Rudyard Kipling's first novel, The Light That Failed, was published in at least four different versions over a two-year period?
52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67	2017-03-16		271	22.6	... that Max Reger recorded some of his 52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67, on the Welte Philharmonic organ?
Amarte Es un Placer (album)	2017-03-23		0	0	... that Luis Miguel hinted that the title for his 1999 album Amarte Es un Placer (Loving You Is a Pleasure) was based on his relationship at the time with Mariah Carey (pictured)?
Cyclone Althea	2017-03-14		-34	-2.8	... that the unroofing of hundreds of homes by Cyclone Althea in December 1971 prompted Queensland to overhaul its state-wide building codes?
LaMelo Ball	2017-03-17		-706	-58.8	... that basketball player LaMelo Ball once scored 92 points in a single game, prompting Charles Barkley to criticize the way he did it?
Ace of Clubs House	2017-03-13		-1,568	-130.7	... that according to local lore, Texarkana's Ace of Clubs House was built with US$10,000 won in a game of poker with an ace of clubs?

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