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Low | 25.3 | Manilal H. Patel | 49.5 | Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres | 25.3 | Manilal H. Patel |
Median | 151.8 | Tejaswin Shankar | 516.6 | Drum major backbend | 163.8 | Malapterurus beninensis Robert Howard Hodgkin |
High | 1,028.4 | Brian Wilson is a genius | 1,503.7 | Laura Kamhuber | 1,503.7 | Laura Kamhuber |
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[edit]Article | Date | Image | views | vph | DYK hook |
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Laura Kamhuber | 2018-04-09 | 36,088 | 1,503.7 | ... that Laura Kamhuber's (pictured) rendition of "I Will Always Love You" at The Voice Kids Germany is the most-watched YouTube video by an Austrian artist? | |
Holothuria fuscopunctata | 2018-04-30 | 17,331 | 1,444.2 | ... that the elephant trunkfish (pictured) grazes on the seabed and can weigh up to 4.5 kg (10 lb)? | |
Airliner Number 4 | 2018-04-18 | 34,339 | 1,430.8 | ... that Norman Bel Geddes claimed that his Airliner Number 4 (design pictured) would be able to fly from Chicago to London in 42 hours using in-air refueling over Newfoundland? | |
Sarah Frey | 2018-04-24 | 16,776 | 1,398.0 | ... that Sarah Frey (pictured) is the United States' most prolific pumpkin grower? | |
Parable of the Polygons | 2018-04-24 | 14,690 | 1,224.2 | ... that Parable of the Polygons (pictured), an interactive blog post based on game theory, shows that even a slight demand for diversity can reverse residential segregation? | |
Hussein of Jordan | 2018-04-16 | 26,192[a] | 1,091.3 | ... that Hussein (pictured) started his 46-year reign as King of Jordan in 1952 when he was a 17-year-old schoolboy? | |
Streamlined Ocean Liner | 2018-04-10 | 25,956 | 1,081.5 | ... that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini tried to buy Norman Bel Geddes' 1932 design for a Streamlined Ocean Liner (pictured)? | |
Brian Wilson is a genius | 2018-04-12 | 24,682 | 1,028.4 | ... that Brian Wilson is a genius? | |
United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey | 2018-04-01 | 12,008 | 1,000.7 | ... that the United States once sued 43 gallons of whiskey? | |
Min fanglei | 2018-04-04 | 23,434 | 976.4 | ... that the 3,000-year-old Min fanglei (pictured) set a world-record auction price for a piece of Asian artwork? | |
Electrical disruptions caused by squirrels | 2018-04-01 | 11,580 | 965.0 | ... that squirrels may be a major cybersecurity threat (suspect pictured)? | |
Razing of Friesoythe | 2018-04-04 | 21,815 | 909.0 | ... that on 14 April 1945, the German town of Friesoythe was deliberately burnt down by the 4th Canadian Division and the ruins bulldozed on the orders of its commander? | |
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo | 2018-04-29 | 3,324[b] | 277.0 | ... that a children's book illustrated by Gerald Kelley parodies another children's book written by Charlotte Pence about her pet rabbit Marlon Bundo (pictured) by portraying him as gay? | |
Marlon Bundo | 3,146 | 262.2 | |||
Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President | 1,546 | 128.8 | |||
Charlotte Pence | 1,523 | 126.9 | |||
Gerald Kelley | 800 | 66.7 | |||
Total | 10,338 | 861.5 | |||
Edmund Hillary | 2018-04-01 | 9,756[c] | 813.0 | ... that Hillary's portrait is now being printed on the $5 bill? | |
Jōkō Obama | 2018-04-01 | 9,648 | 804.0 | ... that Obama was born in Japan? | |
Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days | 2018-04-01 | 9,594 | 799.5 | ... that Fly Fishing by J. R. Hartley, a non-existent book by a non-existent author, became a number one bestseller and had two sequels? | |
Trump Street | 2018-04-01 | 9,556 | 796.3 | ... that Trump is directly connected to Russia? | |
Port Cresson massacre | 2018-04-12 | 19,050 | 793.7 | ... that the African-American settlers at Port Cresson were pacifist Quakers who were unequipped to defend themselves when attacked by King Joe? | |
Woodside, Old Windsor | 2018-04-01 | 9,336 | 778.0 | ... that Daisy the dinosaur (relative pictured) lives with Elton John? | |
François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres | 2018-04-26 | 8,950 | 745.8 | ... that François de Vendôme (pictured) lost favour at court by declining to marry brides chosen for him, including a second-generation royal bastard, and was eventually imprisoned in the Bastille? | |
Große Kirche Aplerbeck | 2018-04-12 | 17,380 | 724.2 | ... that on 12 April 1945, a white flag was hung from the tower of the Große Kirche Aplerbeck (pictured), one of two churches after the same design by Christian Heyden, to signal capitulation? | |
The Daleks | 2018-04-17 | 16,682 | 695.1 | ... that the budget for the Doctor Who serial The Daleks allowed for only four Daleks (one pictured) to be made? | |
Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders | 2018-04-30 | 8,060 | 671.7 | ... that in 19th-century London, residents of the Strangers' Home (pictured) were "undefiled by even the shadow of an infidel"? | |
SAM-N-8 Zeus | 2018-04-01 | 7,904 | 658.6 | ... that the United States Navy considered calling on Zeus to defend a battleship? | |
SS Ohio (1875) | 2018-04-25 | 7,780 | 648.4 | ... that the wreck of the Ohio was discovered 122 years after her sinking? | |
Shapira Scroll | 2018-04-11 | 15,492 | 645.5 | ... that although its discoverer committed suicide after it was declared a forgery in 1883, the Shapira Scroll may be a Dead Sea Scroll after all? | |
The Bible and humor | 2018-04-26 | 7,708 | 642.3 | ... that it has been proposed that there are more than 1,000 examples of humor in the Bible? | |
Jigsaw (ransomware) | 2018-04-01 | 7,602 | 633.5 | ... that Jigsaw wants to play a game with your computer? | |
Project Kingfisher | 2018-04-08 | 5,818 | 244.1 | ... that aerial torpedo-carrying missiles developed for the US Navy under Project Kingfisher included the Petrel (pictured), Diver, Grebe, and Puffin? | |
AUM-N-2 Petrel | 4,468 | 187.4 | |||
AUM-N-6 Puffin | 1,682 | 70.6 | |||
SUM-N-2 Grebe | 1,326 | 55.7 | |||
AUM-N-4 Diver | 1,312 | 55.0 | |||
Total | 14,604 | 612.8 | |||
R. Stevie Moore | 2018-04-06 | 14,674 | 611.4 | ... that R. Stevie Moore (pictured) pioneered modern indie music, earning him the sobriquet "the godfather of home recording"? | |
East German balloon escape | 2018-04-26 | 6,986 | 582.2 | ... that in 1979, eight people escaped from East Germany to the West in a homemade hot air balloon? | |
Rector v. MLB | 2018-04-02 | 13,920 | 580.0 | ... that a fan sued Major League Baseball for $10 million after he was filmed sleeping at a game and the announcers allegedly made unflattering comments about him? | |
Murder of Harry and Harriette Moore | 2018-04-02 | 13,850 | 577.1 | ... that Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette were the only married couple to be assassinated (bombed house pictured) during the civil rights movement era? | |
Laura Barney Harding | 2018-04-05 | 13,434 | 559.8 | ... that Laura Barney Harding once declared she was Katharine Hepburn's husband? | |
William Bliss Baker | 2018-04-11 | 13,408 | 558.6 | ... that William Bliss Baker, a promising Hudson River School landscape painter (work pictured), died a week before his twenty-seventh birthday after being injured while ice skating? | |
Gothic-arch barn | 2018-04-23 | 6,648 | 554.0 | ... that an entire Gothic-arch barn (example pictured) could be ordered from the Sears & Roebuck catalog? | |
Train graveyard | 2018-04-30 | 6,330 | 527.5 | ... that a train graveyard in Uyuni, Bolivia, has become a tourist attraction? | |
Drum major backbend | 2018-04-26 | 6,199 | 516.6 | ... that a drum major backbend (pictured), performed before many college football games, involves a drum major leaning back to touch their headgear to the ground without the knees also touching? | |
Hitler-Ransomware | 2018-04-01 | 6,136 | 511.3 | ... that Hitler's demands for mobile phone gift cards may have upset some Nazis? | |
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today | 2018-04-01 | 5,892 | 491.0 | ... that some people know Christ the Lord is risen today from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? | |
Duan Yihe | 2018-04-18 | 11,692 | 487.2 | ... that congressman Duan Yihe was executed for blowing up his mistress, in one of the most shocking crimes involving a Chinese official? | |
Tosun (construction equipment) | 2018-04-23 | 5,814 | 484.5 | ... that the armored wheel loader Tosun was upgraded to remote-control because militants fired on the operator during the removal of barricades in southeastern Turkey? | |
Lin Hu (general) | 2018-04-11 | 11,506 | 479.4 | ... that Lin Hu, a half-Russian orphan, joined the army at age 10 and grew up to become deputy commander of the Chinese Air Force? | |
Zherichinius | 2018-04-01 | 5,621 | 468.4 | ... that some extinct ants were simply terrible? | |
Maria Perkins letter | 2018-04-24 | 5,476 | 456.4 | ... that a letter by Maria Perkins, a literate slave, is the only record of her existence? | |
Surrey Dispensary | 2018-04-27 | 5,450 | 454.2 | ... that in 1844, the medical officer of the Surrey Dispensary (pictured) said he frequently visited places where excrement accumulated for months or remained in streets until the rain washed it away? | |
Bob Nygaard | 2018-04-11 | 10,818 | 450.7 | ... that Bob Nygaard, a private investigator specializing in psychic fraud, has been instrumental in the return of millions of dollars to victims of this crime? | |
Jefferson (yacht) | 2018-04-04 | 6,161 | 256.7 | ... that George Crowninshield Jr. was the first American yachtsman and owned the first American yacht? | |
George Crowninshield Jr. | 4,435 | 184.8 | |||
Total | 10,596 | 441.5 | |||
Rockefeller Center | 2018-04-15 | 10,140[d] | 422.5 | ... that the construction of Rockefeller Center (pictured) was the largest private development project ever undertaken for its time? | |
Christopher Little Literary Agency | 2018-04-26 | 5,068 | 422.3 | ... that Christopher Little has been described as "the luckiest agent ever" for his association with Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling? | |
Van Horne House (Bridgewater Township, New Jersey) | 2018-04-13 | 9,792 | 408.0 | ... that at the Van Horne House (pictured) following the Battle of Bound Brook, the owner hosted British General Cornwallis for breakfast and American Generals Lincoln and Greene for supper? | |
Oak at the Gate of the Dead | 2018-04-19 | 9,718 | 404.9 | ... that the Oak at the Gate of the Dead was the first Welsh entry for the European Tree of the Year awards? | |
Robert Bartholomew (sociologist) | 2018-04-01 | 4,792 | 399.3 | ... that Robert Bartholomew has been in hysterics for over twenty years? | |
Fatima Zohra Ardjoune | 2018-04-30 | 4,784 | 398.6 | ... that Fatima Zohra Ardjoune became the first female general in the Arab world in 2009? | |
Wild Honey (album) | 2018-04-04 | 9,544 | 397.7 | ... that the Beach Boys' 1967 album Wild Honey was made partly in response to a critical perception of the group as consisting of "ball-less choir boys"? | |
Pair-house | 2018-04-24 | 4,737 | 394.8 | ... that the Scandinavian-influenced pair-house shows that some level of ethnic diversity was accepted in early Mormon society? | |
John Fraser (surgeon) | 2018-04-20 | 9,398 | 391.6 | ... that John Fraser, a young Scottish surgeon, proved Nobel Prize winner Robert Koch wrong? | |
CISBOT | 2018-04-19 | 9,384 | 391.0 | ... that the robot CISBOT once found a baseball under New York City? | |
R v Ingram, C., Ingram, D. and Whittock, T. | 2018-04-01 | 4,661 | 388.4 | ... that the trial of the "Coughing Major" was interrupted by coughing jurors? | |
Disappearance of Jamie Fraley | 2018-04-08 | 9,100 | 381.8 | ... that a person of interest in Jamie Fraley's disappearance 10 years ago today was later found dead of heat stroke in the trunk of his ex-girlfriend's car? | |
Gowanus Batcave | 2018-04-01 | 4,557 | 379.8 | ... that after many years battling the forces of darkness, the Batcave became a popular venue for underground parties and concerts? | |
Macrobiotus shonaicus | 2018-04-16 | 9,012 | 375.5 | ... that Macrobiotus shonaicus, a Japanese water bear, was first found in the parking lot of the apartment building where one of the researchers lived? | |
William Ruck-Keene | 2018-04-17 | 8,940 | 372.5 | ... that Captain Ruck-Keene's command of HMS Cochrane ended a few days after Admiral Jellicoe wrote that he had become "lazy, lacks energy & has run to seed"? | |
Host (biology) | 2018-04-10 | 8,784 | 366.0 | ... that humans and horses are dead-end hosts for the West Nile virus? | |
Tooth and Tail | 2018-04-03 | 8,600 | 358.3 | ... that Tooth and Tail's art style was described as a modernized version of 1990s pixel art? | |
2015 White Sox–Orioles crowdless game | 2018-04-29 | 4,216 | 351.3 | ... that during the Baltimore Orioles–Chicago White Sox crowdless game, announcer Gary Thorne called an Adam Jones at-bat in the hushed tone of golf announcers like Jim Nantz? | |
Yao Xian (general) | 2018-04-06 | 8,350 | 347.9 | ... that generals Yao Xian and Lin Hu were born in the same year, went to the same school, fought in the same war, held the same rank, and died on the same day? | |
Florence (video game) | 2018-04-16 | 8,219 | 342.5 | ... that Florence shows the awkwardness of a first date through a puzzle minigame, which becomes easier as the main character becomes more comfortable? | |
X-Men Red | 2018-04-05 | 8,104 | 337.6 | ... that the comic book X-Men Red stars Jean Grey, a character who had been dead for nearly fifteen years? | |
Führerhauptquartier Tannenberg | 2018-04-22 | 4,051 | 337.6 | ... that part of Adolf Hitler's Tannenberg compound was used for fertilizer storage after World War II? | |
Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense | 2018-04-16 | 8,046 | 335.2 | ... that the new Chief Management Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense position outranks the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force? | |
Peter Newton (winemaker) | 2018-04-13 | 8,006 | 333.6 | ... that Peter Newton founded Sterling Vineyards and Newton Vineyard, and was very proud of his eight-year-old granddaughter, who "discovered" Harry Potter? | |
Hachijō-jima | 2018-04-27 | 4,002 | 333.5 | ... that when Ulysses S. Grant visited the island of Hachijō-jima in 1877, he was ceremonially adopted by the village chief and given a name meaning "courageous general" in the local dialect? | |
Scott Foster (ice hockey) | 2018-04-30 | 3,992 | 332.7 | ... that Scott Foster, a 36-year-old accountant, made his professional ice hockey debut as a goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2018 and saved every shot he faced? | |
Diogenes pugilator | 2018-04-14 | 5,034 | 209.8 | ... that the hermit crab Diogenes pugilator (pictured) has to make do with the empty shells that Paguristes eremita and Pagurus forbesii don't want? | |
Paguristes eremita | 1,684 | 70.2 | |||
Pagurus forbesii | 1,234 | 51.4 | |||
Total | 7,952 | 331.4 | |||
Tsamma juice | 2018-04-09 | 7,935 | 330.6 | ... that Tsamma juice is named after "the Mother of all watermelon varieties"? | |
MV Butiraoi | 2018-04-24 | 3,940 | 328.3 | ... that an overloaded Kiribati ferry, said to be carrying 88 passengers and 35 tonnes of coconuts, broke in half and sank last January? | |
Nobel Prize effect | 2018-04-23 | 3,884 | 323.7 | ... that according to Richard Hamming, Nobel Prize winners often discover they can no longer work on small problems? | |
Parvulastra vivipara | 2018-04-23 | 3,843 | 320.2 | ... that young Parvulastra vivipara live inside their mother and eat each other? | |
Iacob Heraclid | 2018-04-19 | 7,660 | 319.2 | ... that before taking over Moldavia in 1561, Iacob Heraclid (pictured) had been executed in effigy and staged his own death? | |
Styling Garage | 2018-04-23 | 3,810 | 317.5 | ... that Styling Garage charged luxury car customers almost the cost of the vehicle to convert it to gull-wing doors? | |
Jordan Poole | 2018-04-03 | 7,510 | 312.9 | ... that Jordan Poole's game-winning buzzer beater three point shot in the 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament was nearly identical to his shot in the 2017 Dick's National High School Championship Game? | |
Rise and Kill First | 2018-04-24 | 3,656 | 304.7 | ... that according to Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman, Israel has carried out at least 2,700 assassination operations in the 70 years since its founding? | |
I'm a Good Ol' Rebel | 2018-04-17 | 7,151 | 298.0 | ... that upon hearing the Confederate song "I'm a Good Ol' Rebel", the future King Edward VII requested a repeat performance of "that fine American song with the cuss words in it"? | |
Dermechinus | 2018-04-25 | 3,569 | 297.4 | ... that the deep sea cactus urchin (pictured) may be a filter feeder, a very unusual method of feeding for a sea urchin? | |
Katherine Oppenheimer | 2018-04-26 | 3,522 | 293.5 | ... that Katherine Oppenheimer, the wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, was a cousin of German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel? | |
Da share z0ne | 2018-04-17 | 7,022 | 292.6 | ... that da share z0ne is a satirical social media account supposedly run by a skeleton character? | |
The Infinity Gauntlet | 2018-04-10 | 7,004[e] | 291.8 | ... that the upcoming film Avengers: Infinity War draws inspiration from the 1991 comic book The Infinity Gauntlet? | |
Koyunbaba Bridge | 2018-04-20 | 6,987 | 291.1 | ... that Koyunbaba Bridge is the longest stone arch bridge in Anatolia built during the Ottoman Empire? | |
Burgabo | 2018-04-16 | 6,834 | 284.8 | ... that the UN Security Council has banned exports of charcoal from the Somali port town of Burgabo? | |
Holothuria fuscocinerea | 2018-04-06 | 6,772 | 282.1 | ... that the ashy pink sea cucumber obtains its nourishment from swallowing sand? | |
St. Edward's Catholic Church | 2018-04-21 | 3,366 | 280.5 | ... that locals claimed St. Edward's Catholic Church (pictured) to be the first church in the world to have electric lighting? | |
Levering Smith | 2018-04-24 | 3,360 | 280.0 | ... that Levering Smith, a U.S. Navy officer, was credited with assisting the British Polaris programme to finish "on time and on budget, an unprecedented feat in British naval history"? | |
2018 CONCACAF Champions League Finals | 2018-04-25 | 3,355 | 279.6 | ... that tonight's second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final is the second occasion on which a Canadian team has featured? | |
The Aztecs (Doctor Who) | 2018-04-24 | 3,307 | 275.6 | ... that for his role in the Doctor Who serial The Aztecs, actor John Ringham was told to "make all the children in the country hate you"? | |
Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth | 2018-04-05 | 6,524 | 271.8 | ... that eight leaders of the Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth were convicted of crimes in Czechoslovakia after World War II? | |
Sideways (comics) | 2018-04-03 | 6,501 | 270.9 | ... that the first issue of the comic book Sideways featured a vertical gatefold cover? | |
Warwick Castle, Maida Vale | 2018-04-06 | 6,424 | 267.7 | ... that according to his memoirs, Howard Marks concluded a drug deal at the Warwick Castle with half a consignment of Thai grass hidden in a car parked outside? | |
Guido Jung | 2018-04-19 | 6,316 | 263.1 | ... that Guido Jung was dismissed from the Royal Italian Army after the enactment of the Italian Racial Laws, despite having served as Minister of Finance under Mussolini? | |
Grey-chinned minivet | 2018-04-30 | 3,152 | 262.6 | ... that a male grey-chinned minivet was observed approaching a female while carrying a flower? | |
Prime number | 2018-04-04 | 6,274[f] | 261.4 | ... that prime numbers have been studied since the time of the ancient Greeks, but had few real-world applications until the invention of public-key cryptography in the 1970s? | |
Asterodiscides truncatus | 2018-04-17 | 6,214 | 258.9 | ... that despite its bright colouring, the firebrick starfish is inconspicuous among the sponges and other organisms in its habitat? | |
Groom Mine | 2018-04-21 | 3,092 | 257.6 | ... that Groom Mine has a view over Area 51? | |
Cerumenolytic | 2018-04-26 | 3,009 | 250.8 | ... that all cerumenolytics are equally good at softening ear wax? | |
Emanuel Moravec | 2018-04-03 | 5,985 | 249.4 | ... that in 1938, Emanuel Moravec called for Czechoslovakia to declare war against Germany? | |
Pelican (bomb) | 2018-04-01 | 2,974 | 247.8 | ... that James Longstreet was mauled by pelicans? | |
Lafler v. Cooper | 2018-04-12 | 5,922 | 246.8 | ... that when dissenting from the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lafler v. Cooper, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the Court had elevated "plea bargaining from a necessary evil to a constitutional entitlement"? | |
Central Link | 2018-04-20 | 5,894 | 245.6 | ... that Central Link trains share a tunnel with buses (pictured) in Downtown Seattle? | |
Berthe Fraser | 2018-04-29 | 2,940 | 245.0 | ... that Berthe Fraser, a French Resistance agent, helped more than 100 Allied airmen and other agents escape during the Second World War? | |
Socompa | 2018-04-06 | 5,872 | 244.7 | ... that a giant landslide took place on Socompa volcano some 7,000 years ago, moving approximately 19.2 cubic kilometres (4.6 cu mi) of rock? | |
Mullus barbatus | 2018-04-09 | 5,860 | 244.2 | ... that the barbels on the chin of the red mullet are sensory organs and used in locating prey? | |
Peter Addyman | 2018-04-20 | 5,811 | 242.1 | ... that the archaeologist Peter Addyman was awarded the right to drive three beasts across a bridge in York? | |
Holochilus brasiliensis | 2018-04-26 | 2,877 | 239.8 | ... that the Brazilian marsh rat is often preyed on by barn owls but is seldom caught by researchers in their live traps? | |
Patricia Lovett | 2018-04-23 | File:Replica Book of Hours by Patricia Lovett (cropped).jpg | 2,824 | 235.3 | ... that Patricia Lovett created a medieval-style book of hours (pictured) for the BBC production of Wolf Hall? |
John A. Kenney Jr. | 2018-04-23 | 2,822 | 235.2 | ... that John A. Kenney Jr. was known as the "dean of black dermatology"? | |
Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel | 2018-04-26 | 2,818 | 234.9 | ... that when it opened, the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel in New York City was the second-longest underwater vehicular tunnel in the world? | |
South Ferry/Whitehall Street (New York City Subway) | 2018-04-05 | 5,584 | 232.7 | ... that it took almost five years to rebuild the South Ferry/Whitehall Street station in New York City, which was completely flooded three years after it opened? | |
Gavin Lowe (computer scientist) | 2018-04-23 | 2,768 | 230.6 | ... that Gavin Lowe went from being at John's to being at Hugh's, but finally ended up at Catherine's? | |
Tail chasing | 2018-04-26 | 2,760 | 230.0 | ... that tail chasing in dogs is a compulsion similar to those seen in humans suffering from OCD? | |
Dai (Spring and Autumn period) | 2018-04-10 | 2,256 | 94.0 | ... that Dai Prefecture and County carried on the name of a "barbarian" kingdom and Qin commandery, despite being in a completely different part of China? | |
Dai Prefecture | 1,623 | 67.6 | |||
Dai Commandery | 991 | 41.3 | |||
Dai County | 642 | 26.7 | |||
Total | 5,512 | 229.6 | |||
Mariya Tsukanova | 2018-04-29 | 2,734 | 227.8 | ... that Mariya Tsukanova was the only woman in the Soviet–Japanese War to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union? | |
Jordan Trail | 2018-04-22 | 2,684 | 223.7 | ... that the 650 km (400 mi) Jordan Trail, where Moses, Jesus, and Mohammad are believed to have walked, was named one of 2018's best tourist destinations in the world by National Geographic? | |
Superficial vein thrombosis | 2018-04-03 | 5,356 | 223.2 | ... that even a "benign" blood clot in a superficial vein can lead to serious complications? | |
Amanda Swimmer | 2018-04-25 | 2,668 | 222.3 | ... that Amanda Swimmer was one of the first individuals to propose different uses and names for traditional Cherokee pottery? | |
Ayaka Fukuhara | 2018-04-02 | 5,256 | 219.0 | ... that Ayaka Fukuhara decided to become a voice actress after listening to a radio drama adaptation of the manga series Hunter × Hunter? | |
Law Against Rehabilitation of Nazism | 2018-04-20 | 5,252 | 218.8 | ... that Russia's Law Against Rehabilitation of Nazism, compared by proponents to laws against Holocaust denial, was used to prosecute a blogger discussing German–Soviet cooperation? | |
Richard O. Culver, Jr. | 2018-04-15 | 5,247 | 218.6 | ... that Richard O. Culver, Jr., one of the founders of the U.S. Marine Corps Sniper School in Quantico, Virginia, was born on Alcatraz Island? | |
Frank Fowler Loomis | 2018-04-22 | 2,604 | 217.0 | ... that Frank Fowler Loomis designed and built the world's first motorized police paddy wagon (pictured)? | |
Battle of Głębokie | 2018-04-08 | 5,138 | 215.6 | ... that the Battle of Głębokie during the Polish–Soviet War was both a tactical victory and a strategic defeat for the Soviet side? | |
Villa Albergoni | 2018-04-25 | 2,578 | 214.8 | ... that Villa Albergoni, a 16th-century Italian country mansion, was featured in the 2017 film Call Me by Your Name? | |
Alepotrypa cave | 2018-04-21 | 2,544 | 212.0 | ... that archaeologists believe the cultural memory of the burial site at the Alepotrypa cave may have become associated with the mythological entrance to Hades? | |
Sun Jian (politician) | 2018-04-27 | 2,456 | 204.6 | ... that model worker Sun Jian became China's vice premier during the Cultural Revolution, but was later purged and returned to factory work? | |
Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan | 2018-04-22 | 2,455 | 204.6 | ... that in 2015, the then-20-year-old Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan, became the youngest person ever to chair a UN Security Council session? | |
Sultanate of Dahlak | 2018-04-24 | 2,446 | 203.8 | ... that the Eritrean Dahlak Archipelago once housed a thriving trading kingdom, the Dahlak sultanate? | |
Phomoxanthone A | 2018-04-04 | 4,880 | 203.4 | ... that the mycotoxin phomoxanthone A causes fragmentation of mitochondria within minutes? | |
Chen Xiaolu | 2018-04-21 | 2,426 | 202.2 | ... that Colonel Chen Xiaolu publicly confessed and apologized for torturing and persecuting his teachers and school officials, one of whom committed suicide, during the Cultural Revolution? | |
Georg Decker | 2018-04-03 | 4,764 | 198.5 | ... that Franz Joseph I of Austria gave a portrait (pictured) by Georg Decker to his ten-year-old son? | |
Jainti Dass Saggar | 2018-04-12 | 4,734 | 197.2 | ... that Indian-born physician Jainti Dass Saggar was the first non-white person to be elected a councillor in Scotland? | |
Breaking the Habit (film) | 2018-04-27 | 2,346 | 195.5 | ... that the 1964 Academy Award-nominated short film Breaking the Habit exposes "the danger and the essential silliness of smoking"? | |
We choose to go to the Moon | 2018-04-28 | 2,343 | 195.2 | ... that President John F. Kennedy (pictured) said: "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard"? | |
Fresno Yosemite International Airport | 2018-04-25 | 2,331 | 194.2 | ... that Fresno Yosemite International Airport has a replica of a sequoia forest inside the terminal, reflecting the airport's role as a gateway to three national parks? | |
Mudéjar theme park | 2018-04-25 | 2,314 | 192.8 | ... that a scale model of the Castle of La Mota in the Mudéjar theme park is built with 2,500,000 miniature bricks—approximately the same number as the original? | |
Arthur Thomas Hatto | 2018-04-12 | 4,572 | 190.5 | ... that after The Ultra Secret was published, German professor Arthur Thomas Hatto feared being kidnapped by Soviets? | |
Elizabeth Paston | 2018-04-28 | 2,282 | 190.2 | ... that Elizabeth Paston's first husband died in battle fighting for the House of York, and her second husband was beheaded for treason against it? | |
Ukrainian decommunization laws | 2018-04-24 | 2,270 | 189.2 | ... that the 2015 Ukrainian decommunization laws mandate removing communist-era monuments, and renaming places named after communist themes? | |
United Nations Command-Rear | 2018-04-28 | 2,256 | 188.0 | ... that a Royal Australian Air Force officer is the head of the UN's rear? | |
Evidence for speciation by reinforcement | 2018-04-15 | 4,306 | 179.4 | ... that evidence for speciation by reinforcement has been found across a wide range of organisms? | |
Psalm Wooching | 2018-04-19 | 4,288 | 178.7 | ... that after his college football career, Psalm Wooching decided to pursue a professional career in rugby union despite receiving significant interest from NFL teams? | |
Anthony Lejeune | 2018-04-26 | 2,139 | 178.2 | ... that The Times of London described Anthony Lejeune as a man for whom the term "young fogey" could have been invented? | |
Greeks in Malta | 2018-04-24 | 2,063 | 171.9 | ... that Malta's Greek community once included slaves, as well as the privateers who captured them? | |
Biblical Researches in Palestine | 2018-04-29 | 2,055 | 171.2 | ... that "the errors of many generations" were said to have been "forever buried" in the footnotes of the 1841 travelogue Biblical Researches in Palestine? | |
Eliezer Gruenbaum | 2018-04-22 | 2,055 | 171.2 | ... that Polish Jewish communist activist Eliezer Gruenbaum wrote a memoir about his experiences as a kapo in the Auschwitz concentration camp? | |
Staten Island Ferry | 2018-04-22 | 2,042 | 170.1 | ... that the Staten Island Ferry in New York City, used by almost 24 million passengers annually as of 2017, is free to ride? | |
Western Union Building (Aberdeen, South Dakota) | 2018-04-30 | 2,039 | 169.9 | ... that the Western Union Building is the only surviving example of a 19th-century bank building in Aberdeen, South Dakota? | |
Hans Klumbach | 2018-04-25 | 2,023 | 168.6 | ... that Hans Klumbach connected the late Roman ridge helmets (example pictured) to the medieval spangenhelme? | |
Edwin D. Mott | 2018-04-28 | 2,006 | 167.2 | ... that among American architectural artist Edwin D. Mott's aerial depictions was the General Motors building at the 1939 New York World's Fair (pictured)? | |
Military Engineering Experimental Establishment | 2018-04-03 | 4,012 | 167.2 | ... that in 1969, the Military Engineering Experimental Establishment became the first British research establishment to be granted freedom of a borough? | |
El Tráfico | 2018-04-27 | 1,998 | 166.5 | ... that the current rivalry between Major League Soccer teams in the Los Angeles area is named El Tráfico? | |
Márta Svéd | 2018-04-30 | 1,994 | 166.1 | ... that Hungarian mathematician Márta Svéd earned her Ph.D. at age 75? | |
Owen Pick | 2018-04-12 | 3,966 | 165.2 | ... that war veteran Owen Pick carried the flag for Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony? | |
Ameiurus platycephalus | 2018-04-19 | 3,964 | 165.2 | ... that in South Carolina, the flat bullhead is threatened by pollution and sedimentation, as well as by the introduction of non-native catfish? | |
Leo Tornikios | 2018-04-28 | 1,972 | 164.4 | ... that Leo Tornikios, a failed claimant to the Byzantine throne, was publicly blinded at Christmas 1047? | |
Robert Howard Hodgkin | 2018-04-02 | 3,936 | 164.0 | ... that Robert Howard Hodgkin was part of a "Quaker dynasty" that included a banker, a Marxist historian, a Nobel-winning chemist, a painter, another Nobel winner, and the namesake of Hodgkin's lymphoma? | |
Malapterurus beninensis | 2018-04-11 | 3,926 | 163.6 | ... that the small catfish Malapterurus beninensis uses its electric organ to stun the fishes on which it feeds? | |
Sulagitti Narasamma | 2018-04-25 | 1,962 | 163.5 | ... that 98-year-old midwife Sulagitti Narasamma received the Padma Shri award for performing more than 15,000 traditional deliveries free of charge over 70 years? | |
Zhang Junsheng | 2018-04-02 | 3,894 | 162.2 | ... that although Zhang Junsheng publicly feuded with Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last British governor, the latter offered his condolences when Zhang died recently? | |
Sword Art Online | 2018-04-07 | 3,867[g] | 161.1 | ... that Reki Kawahara, author of Sword Art Online, planned to submit the draft for the light novel series to a 2002 competition, but refrained because it exceeded the page limit? | |
Events of 6 October | 2018-04-24 | 1,924 | 160.3 | ... that former Spanish prime minister Manuel Azaña was arrested after the events of 6 October in Barcelona in 1934, despite having taken no part in them? | |
Toni Iwobi | 2018-04-10 | 3,837 | 159.9 | ... that Lega Nord politician Toni Iwobi is the first black person elected to the Italian Senate? | |
Su Bingqi | 2018-04-05 | 3,811 | 158.8 | ... that archaeologist Su Bingqi proposed a heretical multi-region model for prehistoric China which rejected the traditional view that Chinese civilization radiated from the Central Plain? | |
2010 Mount Meager landslide | 2018-04-14 | 3,804 | 158.5 | ... that the 2010 Mount Meager landslide was one of the largest in Canadian history? | |
Clifford E. Charlesworth | 2018-04-10 | 3,798 | 158.2 | ... that Clifford E. Charlesworth was a NASA Flight Director during the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission? | |
Tectarius coronatus | 2018-04-12 | 3,768 | 157.0 | ... that the coronate prickly-winkle is a marine mollusk but can be found on limestone cliffs well above high water mark? | |
Junius George Groves | 2018-04-26 | 1,874 | 156.1 | ... that Junius George Groves was called the "Potato King of the World" in 1902 for producing more potatoes in a single year than anyone else to that point? | |
Timothy Weah | 2018-04-10 | 3,725 | 155.2 | ... that Liberian president George Weah's son Timothy plays for the United States men's national soccer team? | |
Ariel Pink | 2018-04-08 | 3,661 | 153.6 | ... that Ariel Pink is frequently cited as the "godfather" of chillwave and hypnagogic pop? | |
Pedro Zaragoza | 2018-04-23 | 1,839 | 153.2 | ... that in 1952, mayor Pedro Zaragoza was threatened with excommunication from the Catholic Church for allowing women to wear bikinis in Benidorm, Spain? | |
Tejaswin Shankar | 2018-04-11 | 3,644 | 151.8 | ... that Indian high jumper Tejaswin Shankar first broke the national record at the age of 17? | |
Fenty Beauty | 2018-04-20 | 3,609 | 150.4 | ... that singer Rihanna's Fenty Beauty cosmetics line was named one of Time magazine's best inventions of 2017? | |
Coffee production in China | 2018-04-21 | 1,769 | 147.4 | ... that 98 percent of coffee grown in China comes from one province? | |
George Town, Penang | 2018-04-23 | 1,766 | 147.1 | ... that George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang, was the first British settlement in Southeast Asia? | |
Halcyon 6 | 2018-04-29 | 1,762 | 146.9 | ... that the indie strategy turn-based RPG Halcyon 6 was described as a game that "makes cosmic horror cute"? | |
Gwaha-ju | 2018-04-25 | 1,760 | 146.6 | ... that the earliest recorded recipe for fortified rice wine appears in a 1670 Korean cookbook? | |
Thomas Forrest Cotton | 2018-04-05 | 3,512 | 146.3 | ... that Canadian cardiologist Thomas Forrest Cotton was the first to recognise the correlation between finger clubbing (pictured) and infective endocarditis? | |
Trogus (wasp) | 2018-04-22 | 1,754 | 146.2 | ... that parasitoid wasps in the genus Trogus emerge (pictured) through the side of swallowtail pupae after using liquid to soften the hard casing? | |
Minkhaung Medaw | 2018-04-23 | 1,752 | 146.0 | ... that Princess Minkhaung Medaw of Prome was twice married off by her brothers, becoming queen of Hanthawaddy and later of Mrauk U? | |
Alex Raisbeck | 2018-04-09 | 3,497 | 145.7 | ... that footballer Alex Raisbeck joined Liverpool after Stoke manager Horace Austerberry failed to arrive at an arranged meeting? | |
Nicholas Muellner | 2018-04-18 | 3,496 | 145.6 | ... that Nicholas Muellner was in the Caribbean when he decided to photograph acquaintances in Russia? | |
First Day Hikes | 2018-04-23 | 1,730 | 144.2 | ... that on New Year's Day, tens of thousands of Americans take a hike? | |
Clydesdale Motor Truck Company | 2018-04-28 | 1,712 | 142.7 | ... that the Clydesdale Motor Truck Company was named, in part, after a breed of horse? | |
Joseph Salter (missionary) | 2018-04-25 | 1,710 | 142.5 | ... that in 1866, the English missionary Joseph Salter tried to help five Punjabis who were stranded in London with their performing bear? | |
Miloš Havel | 2018-04-15 | 3,416 | 142.3 | ... that after World War II, filmmaker Miloš Havel, the uncle of Václav Havel, was cleared on charges related to collaboration with Nazi Germany due to lack of evidence? | |
Isaac Buxton | 2018-04-24 | 1,707 | 142.2 | ... that Georgian era physician Isaac Buxton was known for having "no rowdiness" in his clinics? | |
Ayahs' Home | 2018-04-22 | 1,701 | 141.8 | ... that the Ayahs' Home in London provided a refuge for Indian and Chinese nannies who had been "ill-treated, dismissed from service or simply abandoned"? | |
Carolyn McAskie | 2018-04-16 | 3,378 | 140.7 | ... that Carolyn McAskie was the first Canadian to lead a United Nations peacekeeping mission, post-Cold War? | |
Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election | 2018-04-30 | 1,676 | 139.6 | ... that investigators allege Libyan influence in the 2007 French elections was partly accomplished by laundering money from the sale of paintings by 17th-century Dutch artist Andries van Eertvelt? | |
Neomanila | 2018-04-23 | 1,666 | 138.9 | ... that the inspiration for the Philippine thriller Neomanila came from a BBC interview with a married couple who worked as hitmen? | |
Feng Yidai | 2018-04-09 | 3,322 | 138.4 | ... that after Feng Yidai was denounced as a "rightist" during China's Anti-Rightist Campaign, he was recruited by the Communist Party to spy on other "rightists"? | |
2018 AFL Women's Grand Final | 2018-04-17 | 3,298 | 137.4 | ... that at the conclusion of the 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final, acting captain Ellie Blackburn called upon her suspended skipper Katie Brennan to help hoist the team's trophy? | |
Stefán Kristjánsson | 2018-04-05 | 3,282 | 136.8 | ... that Icelandic chess grandmaster Stefán Kristjánsson was also a successful poker player? | |
Peter van Geersdaele | 2018-04-21 | 1,637 | 136.4 | ... that recording a "ghost" helped lead to Peter van Geersdaele's appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire? | |
Colin Robert Chase | 2018-04-18 | 3,268 | 136.2 | ... that Colin Robert Chase's major work on the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf was called "one of the most important inconclusions in the study of Old English"? | |
El Piñal | 2018-04-28 | 1,625 | 135.4 | ... that Spain abandoned El Piñal, its trading port in China, after encountering hostilities from the Portuguese? | |
Godfrid Storms | 2018-04-26 | 1,599 | 133.2 | ... that Godfrid Storms catalogued 86 Anglo-Saxon charms? | |
Benjamin Ladraa | 2018-04-30 | 1,591 | 132.6 | ... that Benjamin Ladraa embarked on a 4,800-kilometre (3,000 mi) trek from Sweden to Jerusalem to raise awareness of rights violations in the West Bank? | |
Romulea tortuosa | 2018-04-13 | 3,163 | 131.8 | ... that some leaves of the South African plant Romulea tortuosa are shaped like corkscrews? | |
Polaris (UK nuclear programme) | 2018-04-27 | 1,575 | 131.2 | ... that a series of British nuclear tests was carried out in the United States to develop warheads for the UK Polaris programme? | |
Anarchism in Puerto Rico | 2018-04-18 | 3,150 | 131.2 | ... that Puerto Rican anarchists opposed the consumption of alcohol and as a consequence distanced themselves from the European concept of the anarchist "beer hall"? | |
Lucian | 2018-04-03 | 3,113 | 129.7 | ... that the Hellenized Syrian satirist Lucian wrote the novel A True Story, sometimes regarded as the first work of science fiction, in the second century AD? | |
Cauca molly | 2018-04-28 | 1,554 | 129.5 | ... that a proposal was made that the Cauca molly be used in biological pest control of mosquitoes? | |
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane | 2018-04-19 | 3,101 | 129.2 | ... that Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane was praised by critics for its portrayal of strong and healthy sibling relationships? | |
Rachel Brown (flautist) | 2018-04-25 | 1,550 | 129.1 | ... that Rachel Brown, professor of baroque flute at the Royal College of Music, recorded Private Passion? | |
Ordinaire (wine bar) | 2018-04-30 | 1,534 | 127.8 | ... that Ordinaire, a wine bar in Oakland, California, opened while its owner was writing a dissertation on the sense of taste in modernist literature? | |
Red-tailed tropicbird | 2018-04-07 | 3,066 | 127.8 | ... that the red-tailed tropicbird (pictured) eats mainly flying fish and squid? | |
Astrid Medina | 2018-04-30 | 1,530 | 127.5 | ... that Astrid Medina farms coffee at over 1,800 metres (5,900 ft)? | |
Essex County Executive | 2018-04-24 | 1,519 | 126.6 | ... that when the first Essex County Executive was elected in New Jersey in 1978, The New York Times described the position as "considered by many to be second in power only to that of the Governor"? | |
Laboratory experiments of speciation | 2018-04-11 | 2,952 | 123.0 | ... that fruit flies have been used extensively in laboratory experiments of speciation? | |
No Straight Lines | 2018-04-09 | 2,924 | 121.9 | ... that the 2012 anthology No Straight Lines, edited by Justin Hall, collects queer comics covering a 40-year period? | |
Cathinka Buchwieser | 2018-04-29 | 1,437 | 119.8 | ... that Franz Schubert dedicated compositions to Cathinka Buchwieser (pictured), a soprano who appeared in Vienna as Mozart's Sesto and Elvira, and as Ferdinando Paer's Achille and Leonora? | |
Heiwadai Park | 2018-04-28 | 1,436 | 119.7 | ... that more than 400 clay figures of animals, boats, dancers, houses, and warriors line the garden paths of Heiwadai Park? | |
History of Wat Phra Dhammakaya | 2018-04-18 | 2,855 | 119.0 | ... that the Thai Buddhist temple Wat Phra Dhammakaya broke a Guinness World Record for organizing the longest journey walking over flower petals? | |
Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls | 2018-04-26 | 1,420 | 118.3 | ... that part of the University of Texas at Arlington campus used to be the site of a home for unwed mothers and orphans? | |
181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) | 2018-04-14 | 2,831 | 118.0 | ... that elevator operators at New York City's 181st Street station are known to play music in an attempt to cheer up commuters? | |
Power of the Primes | 2018-04-15 | 2,820 | 117.5 | ... that the figure of Jazz from the Transformers toyline Power of the Primes drew controversy because the text on its sticker, when translated from Cybertronian, spelled the acronym MAGA, associated with Donald Trump? | |
Oliver Toussaint Jackson | 2018-04-04 | 2,816 | 117.3 | ... that in 1910, Oliver Toussaint Jackson established the agricultural settlement of Dearfield, Colorado, for black Americans? | |
The Keys of Marinus | 2018-04-14 | 2,812 | 117.1 | ... that actress Carole Ann Ford described her character in the Doctor Who serial The Keys of Marinus as "pathetic"? | |
Biography of a Bookie Joint | 2018-04-21 | 908 | 75.7 | ... that Governor John Volpe sought Boston Police Commissioner Leo J. Sullivan's removal after Biography of a Bookie Joint showed officers visiting an illegal gambling parlor? | |
Leo J. Sullivan | 497 | 41.4 | |||
Total | 1,406 | 117.1 | |||
Leon Tomșa | 2018-04-07 | 2,811 | 117.1 | ... that Leon Tomșa, who passed laws limiting Greek immigration to Wallachia, was reportedly a Greek oyster-monger? | |
Flushing–Co-op City buses | 2018-04-18 | 2,798 | 116.6 | ... that the former QBx1 bus route in New York City had ten route variants depending on the time of day? | |
Astrobrachion constrictum | 2018-04-02 | 1,802 | 75.1 | ... that the basket star Astrobrachion constrictum is always found living in association with a black coral such as Antipathes fiordensis? | |
Antipathes fiordensis | 986 | 41.1 | |||
Total | 2,788 | 116.2 | |||
Saw Ganesan | 2018-04-17 | 2,784 | 116.0 | ... that Saw Ganesan initiated construction of a temple to the Tamil language? | |
Tukwila station | 2018-04-06 | 2,747 | 114.5 | ... that the new east platform of Tukwila station in Tukwila, Washington, was built with additional width that was later removed for the installation of a third track? | |
Southern Rhodesia Act 1965 | 2018-04-21 | 1,354 | 112.8 | ... that the Southern Rhodesia Act 1965 was designed to affirm British rule in Southern Rhodesia after its Unilateral Declaration of Independence, but it was largely ignored in Rhodesia? | |
Washington Public Records Act | 2018-04-08 | 2,597 | 109.0 | ... that the passage of a bill exempting Washington state legislators from the state's Public Records Act prompted The Seattle Times to publish its first front-page editorial in 110 years? | |
Chris Caple | 2018-04-30 | 1,308 | 109.0 | ... that Chris Caple, an artefact conservationist, began archaeological excavations at the age of 14? | |
Robin Surgeoner | 2018-04-06 | 2,610 | 108.8 | ... that Robin Surgeoner, a multiple Paralympic gold medal-winner in swimming, performs as a poet, artist, and musician under the stage name "Angryfish"? | |
Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig | 2018-04-13 | 2,554 | 106.4 | ... that "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig", a hymn about vanity by Michael Franck, is the basis of a chorale cantata by Bach, and quoted in Mauricio Kagel's Passion? | |
Great Egg Harbor Bay | 2018-04-14 | 2,519 | 105.0 | ... that the islands in Great Egg Harbor Bay, a habitat for migratory birds, are eroding at a rate of 0.28 in (7 mm) per year? | |
Leucospermum | 2018-04-27 | 916 | 76.4 | ... that plants of the genus Leucospermum (L. cordifolium pictured) are known as pincushions? | |
Leucospermum cordifolium | 334 | 27.8 | |||
Total | 1,250 | 104.2 | |||
McCallum Bagpipes | 2018-04-17 | 2,479 | 103.3 | ... that in 2015, Kjell Lindgren played a plastic set of bagpipes made by McCallum Bagpipes on the International Space Station? | |
Waterloo (blog post) | 2018-04-22 | 1,236 | 103.0 | ... that a blogpost made by David Frum predicting that Obamacare would never be repealed drew so many hits that it crashed the servers within hours? | |
Planetary Missions Program Office | 2018-04-11 | 2,445 | 101.9 | ... that NASA's Planetary Missions Program Office manages three of the agency's solar system exploration programs? | |
Brian Santos | 2018-04-16 | 2,424 | 101.0 | ... that Brian Santos was described in 1995 as "the dominant blind skier in the world" after winning nine U.S. Championships and six Paralympic gold medals? | |
Edmonds station (Washington) | 2018-04-28 | 1,211 | 100.9 | ... that the former baggage room of Edmonds station is now used by a model railroad club? | |
Scott G. Borg | 2018-04-27 | 1,186 | 98.9 | ... that Scott G. Borg is credited with helping develop the drilling technology that retrieved the first pure water samples from half a mile (0.8 km) below the surface of an ice-covered Antarctic lake? | |
Ian Stephens (editor) | 2018-04-13 | 2,359 | 98.3 | ... that British newspaper editor Ian Stephens may have saved "hundreds of thousands" of lives during the Bengal famine of 1943 by publishing photographs of the victims? | |
Tyler Kinley | 2018-04-29 | 1,151 | 95.9 | ... that American baseball player Tyler Kinley's ancestors changed their surname from "McKinley" after the assassination of the 25th President of the United States? | |
Kevin Siers | 2018-04-14 | 2,298 | 95.8 | ... that Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers began his cartooning career while working in the iron ore mines of Minnesota? | |
Mike Marjama | 2018-04-08 | 2,241 | 94.0 | ... that Mike Marjama overcame an eating disorder to make it to Major League Baseball? | |
Maudgalyayana | 2018-04-26 | 1,115 | 92.9 | ... that in the nineteenth century, relics found in India were attributed to Maudgalyayana, a leading disciple of the Buddha? | |
Irish Landmark Trust | 2018-04-25 | 1,109 | 92.4 | ... that the Irish Landmark Trust renovates historic houses, castles, and lighthouses, and then offers them as holiday rentals? | |
Crawford family of the White Mountains | 2018-04-15 | 2,207 | 92.0 | ... that the Crawford family were pioneers of tourism in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and have numerous places named after them there? | |
Dhammakaya meditation | 2018-04-23 | 1,102 | 91.8 | ... that Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro set up a "meditation workshop" to practice Dhammakaya meditation in shifts? | |
Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain | 2018-04-22 | 1,059 | 88.2 | ... that while Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain was mayor of Kanab, Utah, she passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of slingshots in town? | |
Milana Chernyavska | 2018-04-27 | 1,057 | 88.1 | ... that when Ukrainian pianist Milana Chernyavska recorded Nikolai Rakov's violin sonatas with David Frühwirth, a review called her "a full partner in the proceedings, delicate and brutal as required"? | |
Hugh Lester | 2018-04-22 | 1,032 | 86.0 | ... that footballer Hugh Lester was the first non-British player to represent Liverpool? | |
Joaquin Avila (lawyer) | 2018-04-09 | 2,014 | 83.9 | ... that MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner Joaquin Avila wrote the California Voting Rights Act? | |
Sampa the Great | 2018-04-27 | 998 | 83.1 | ... that African singer-songwriter and rapper Sampa the Great has performed as a supporting act for Joey Bada$$, as well as Kendrick Lamar and Thundercat? | |
Four harmonious animals | 2018-04-07 | 1,993 | 83.0 | ... that the tale "Town Musicians of Bremen" by the Brothers Grimm has been connected with the Buddhist legend about four harmonious animals? | |
Prison education | 2018-04-30 | 951 | 79.2 | ... that in the United States, it is estimated that for every dollar spent on prison education, $4 to $5 is saved due to decreases in recidivism? | |
Liam Millar | 2018-04-20 | 1,895 | 79.0 | ... that Canadian association footballer Liam Millar scored a hat-trick in his debut for Liverpool U18s against Blackburn Rovers U18s? | |
London New Zealand RFC | 2018-04-07 | 1,882 | 78.4 | ... that London New Zealand RFC is the only rugby team apart from the New Zealand national teams that wears the silver fern symbol? | |
John Richard Clark Hall | 2018-04-27 | 930 | 77.5 | ... that the revised edition of John Richard Clark Hall's translation of Beowulf includes a preface by J. R. R. Tolkien? | |
2018 Tokyo Marathon | 2018-04-23 | 928 | 77.3 | ... that Yuta Shitara won 100 million yen for breaking the Japanese record at the 2018 Tokyo Marathon? | |
Sonic Gems Collection | 2018-04-13 | 1,834 | 76.4 | ... that SegaSonic the Hedgehog was desired for inclusion in Sonic Gems Collection, but was left out due to difficulties emulating its trackball controls? | |
Mo Pop Festival | 2018-04-29 | 910 | 75.8 | ... that during the 2015 Mo Pop Festival in Detroit, heavy rainfall overwhelmed the park's drainage capabilities and formed a standing body of water nicknamed "Lake Mo Pop"? | |
Christian Boros | 2018-04-07 | 1,796 | 74.8 | ... that Christian Boros owns an art gallery in a former bunker in Berlin? | |
Iggy Brazdeikis | 2018-04-14 | 1,756 | 73.2 | ... that Iggy Brazdeikis is a right-handed athlete who shoots basketballs left-handed? | |
Episode 1068 | 2018-04-25 | 876 | 73.0 | ... that the actor Jamie Davis asked his former co-star Sunetra Sarker to reprise her role for his departure in Episode 1068 of Casualty? | |
Sadiq Sanjrani | 2018-04-06 | 1,744 | 72.7 | ... that elected at age 39, Sadiq Sanjrani is the youngest-ever Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan? | |
Manu Bhaker | 2018-04-07 | 1,738 | 72.4 | ... that at age 16, sport shooter Manu Bhaker became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup? | |
No Sleepin' | 2018-04-22 | 860 | 71.7 | ... that Romanian singer Corina portrays a female punk burlesque character in the music video for her 2010 single "No Sleepin'"? | |
Margarete Luise Schick | 2018-04-23 | 856 | 71.4 | ... that soprano Margarete Luise Schick, who performed roles such as Gluck's Iphigenie and Mozart's Zerlina with noted diction and acting, sang for the coronation of Leopold II? | |
List of Wales international footballers | 2018-04-26 | 856 | 71.3 | ... that Neville Southall is the most capped Welsh footballer of all time? | |
St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro | 2018-04-27 | 846 | 70.5 | ... that St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro, one of the first Anglican churches in Madagascar, was designed by William White? | |
Brachyanax | 2018-04-29 | 842 | 70.2 | ... that the binomen of the type species of the bee fly genus Brachyanax can be translated as "little chief nipple twister"? | |
Natsu Dragneel | 2018-04-28 | 841 | 70.1 | ... that the motion sickness of the manga character Natsu Dragneel was based on one of Fairy Tail author Hiro Mashima's friends? | |
Franco-German University | 2018-04-08 | 1,642 | 68.9 | ... that the Franco-German University facilitates the cooperation of over 180 universities and colleges across international borders? | |
Convention Place station | 2018-04-30 | 826 | 68.9 | ... that public art at Convention Place station in Seattle includes neon tubes that emulate New York's Chrysler Building and the nearby Paramount Theatre? | |
History of the Second Avenue Subway | 2018-04-28 | 819 | 68.2 | ... that although New York City's Second Avenue Subway was originally planned in 1920, the first stations did not open for another 97 years? | |
2010 Football League Championship play-off Final | 2018-04-27 | 816 | 68.0 | ... that Blackpool were described as the "smallest club to reach the Premier League" after they were promoted by virtue of winning the 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final? | |
Cost of Living (play) | 2018-04-27 | 814 | 67.8 | ... that the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning play Cost of Living uses disabled actors to play disabled characters? | |
Samathuvapuram | 2018-04-22 | 784 | 65.4 | ... that the Samathuvapuram (Equality Village) scheme was started to reduce caste discrimination in Tamil Nadu? | |
Aphelinus mali | 2018-04-27 | 780 | 65.0 | ... that the wasp Aphelinus mali is a parasitoid of the woolly apple aphid, a pest of apple trees? | |
Rodney Legg | 2018-04-29 | 766 | 63.8 | ... that Rodney Legg called the National Trust "an elitist club for art connoisseurs"? | |
Henry S. Russell | 2018-04-29 | 764 | 63.6 | ... that Henry S. Russell, commander of the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, later served as the first solo commissioner of the Boston Fire Department? | |
Papal conclave, 1689 | 2018-04-30 | 749 | 62.4 | ... that Pope Alexander VIII, elected in 1689, was the first Venetian in over 200 years to become pope? | |
Country music in Nigeria | 2018-04-21 | 716 | 59.7 | ... that Jos has been called the "home of country music" in Nigeria? | |
Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics | 2018-04-13 | 1,394 | 58.1 | ... that biathlete Jakov Fak won a silver medal for Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics, having previously won a bronze medal for Croatia in Vancouver? | |
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources | 2018-04-18 | 1,384 | 57.7 | ... that Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Malawi has a filling station to generate income and train students in business management? | |
Halfway to Sanity | 2018-04-29 | 672 | 56.0 | ... that on the Ramones' 1987 Halfway to Sanity tour, the group was banned from playing at Boston College and attended a student anti-censorship protest instead? | |
Fulton Center | 2018-04-07 | 1,301 | 54.2 | ... that the Fulton Center transit complex is the first subway station in New York City to receive a certification for environmental sustainability? | |
Elisabeth Speiser | 2018-04-25 | 640 | 53.4 | ... that Elisabeth Speiser was the first to record Sandrina in Haydn's opera L'infedeltà delusa, and recorded Debussy's Ariettes oubliées? | |
Psalm 84 | 2018-04-21 | 638 | 53.2 | ... that Psalm 84 about God's lovely dwellings was set to music by Heinrich Schütz, by Brahms in the centre of Ein deutsches Requiem, and as Wilhelm Kempff's Op. 1? | |
R. A. Hardie | 2018-04-13 | 1,274 | 53.1 | ... that R. A. Hardie, a Canadian physician and missionary to Korea, was the catalyst for the 1903 Wŏnsan Revival and also inspired the Great Pyongyang Revival of 1907? | |
Andrea Galer | 2018-04-22 | 626 | 52.2 | ... that a coat designed by Andrea Galer and worn by the character of Withnail in the British cult film Withnail and I was included in a charity auction to raise funds for a school in Swaziland? | |
Capcom Cup 2017 | 2018-04-15 | 1,238 | 51.6 | ... that 18-year-old Dominican Street Fighter V player Saul Leonardo Mena "MenaRD" Segundo is investing his winnings from the 2017 Capcom Cup in his local e-sports community? | |
Matisse Thybulle | 2018-04-24 | 614 | 51.2 | ... that Washington Huskies basketball player Matisse Thybulle was the first in the school's history to be named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year? | |
Andy Kilner | 2018-04-28 | 604 | 50.3 | ... that at the time of his appointment at Stockport County in 1999, footballer Andy Kilner was the youngest manager in the Football League? | |
Penny Rose | 2018-04-29 | 597 | 49.8 | ... that for the production of 47 Ronin, costume designer Penny Rose oversaw the creation of 998 costumes and 400 suits of armour? | |
Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres | 2018-04-21 | 594 | 49.5 | ... that Charles Jewtraw (pictured) was the first Winter Olympics gold medallist, winning the 500 m speed skating event at the 1924 Games? | |
Mehmet Çekiç | 2018-04-21 | 540 | 45.0 | ... that para-alpine skier Mehmet Çekiç has twice been flag bearer for Turkey at the Paralympics? | |
Konstantin Sellheim | 2018-04-10 | 1,061 | 44.2 | ... that violist Konstantin Sellheim recorded fairy tale music with the Sellheim-Kuti Trio, and played the premiere of the piano quartet Skylla and Charybdis by Graham Waterhouse? | |
Internationales Sachsensymposion | 2018-04-15 | 1,055 | 44.0 | ... that the 1973 Internationales Sachsensymposion included the "theatrical" unveiling of the Sutton Hoo helmet replica? | |
Scottish Society of the History of Medicine | 2018-04-21 | 512 | 42.6 | ... that among the first papers heard at the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine was one on quarantine from plague and another on the periodic devastation of Scotland by famines and epidemics? | |
Glen Nelson | 2018-04-24 | 510 | 42.5 | ... that Glen Nelson co-founded the Mormon Arts Center Festival, which Terryl Givens called "a seminal event in Mormonism's coming of age artistically"? | |
Thomas D. Keizur | 2018-04-20 | 1,008 | 42.0 | ... that in 1844, Thomas D. Keizur was elected captain of the Oregon Rangers, the first militia unit authorized and formed in the Oregon Country? | |
Joe Hung | 2018-04-22 | 488 | 40.6 | ... that journalist Joe Hung was the first to translate the works of Taiwanese poet Lai He into English? | |
Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag | 2018-04-02 | 952 | 39.7 | ... that the Easter hymn "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag" (The glorious day has appeared) by Nikolaus Herman inspired other hymns and musical settings of the 20th century? | |
Chinko | 2018-04-29 | 461 | 38.4 | ... that Chinko Nature Reserve in central Africa provides a habitat with the genetic diversity needed to reestablish animal populations in neighbouring regions? | |
Julian Podger | 2018-04-04 | 894 | 37.3 | ... that the tenor Julian Podger, who took part in the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, recorded the title role in Handel's last oratorio Jephtha? | |
David Frühwirth | 2018-04-08 | 879 | 36.9 | ... that violinist David Frühwirth played music from the interwar period for violin and piano at the Salzburg Festival and on a recording titled Trails of Creativity? | |
Double Concerto (Henze) | 2018-04-16 | 878 | 36.6 | ... that the Double Concerto for oboe and harp was composed by Hans Werner Henze for Heinz Holliger and his wife Ursula, and performed with 18 string players of Paul Sacher's orchestra? | |
Kusumamala | 2018-04-19 | 862 | 35.9 | ... that the Gujarati poetry collection Kusumamala includes a translation of "The Cloud" by English romantic poet Shelley? | |
Anna Bochkoltz | 2018-04-28 | 410 | 34.1 | ... that in 1851, the German soprano Anna Bochkoltz-Falconi appeared at La Scala in Milan in Pergolesi's Lo frate 'nnamorato? | |
List of Hennepin County Library branches | 2018-04-09 | 800 | 33.3 | ... that the Hennepin County Library has 41 branches in 24 cities and towns in Minnesota, and historically had locations in a sanatorium and a bookmobile? | |
Dominic Tweddle | 2018-04-21 | 390 | 32.5 | ... that before becoming director of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Dominic Tweddle helped excavate the Coppergate Helmet, and published a chronology of post-Roman helmet types? | |
George Dickinson Hadley | 2018-04-14 | 762 | 31.8 | ... that in 1963, George Dickinson Hadley introduced the gastrocamera to Britain? | |
Florida's 18th congressional district special election, 1989 | 2018-04-21 | 375 | 31.2 | ... that Jeb Bush was the campaign manager for Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's first Congressional campaign? | |
Hemicentrotus | 2018-04-29 | 372 | 31.0 | ... that larvae of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus are stimulated to settle on the seabed when they detect traces of certain algae in the water? | |
John H. Pratt | 2018-04-27 | 369 | 30.8 | ... that in a 1974 bench trial connected to the Watergate scandal, Judge John H. Pratt found G. Gordon Liddy guilty of contempt of Congress? | |
Antonello Manacorda | 2018-04-21 | 356 | 29.7 | ... that Antonello Manacorda, who made an award-winning recording of Schubert's symphonies with his Kammerakademie Potsdam, conducted Mozart operas at La Fenice and Meyerbeer's grand opera at the Frankfurt Opera? | |
Mindia | 2018-04-02 | 676 | 28.1 | ... that Otar Taktakishvili's opera Mindia was based on Vazha-Pshavela's epic poem The Snake-eater and premiered in 1961, the centenary of the poet's birth? | |
Serenade (poems) | 2018-04-22 | 324 | 27.0 | ... that J. Slauerhoff's 1930 poetry collection Serenade provoked critical responses ranging from "childish" to "pure lyric" with "refined technique"? | |
Golenkinia | 2018-04-28 | 312 | 26.0 | ... that 18S rDNA analysis has shown that the green algae genus Golenkinia may belong to a previously unknown sister clade of order Sphaeropleales? | |
Manilal H. Patel | 2018-04-28 | 304 | 25.3 | ... that Gujarati poet Manilal H. Patel has written poetry touching on his experiences in and around Idar, a town in the Gujarat state of India? |