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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	14.9	Leander Dendoncker	52.8	Symphony for Organ No. 6	14.9	Leander Dendoncker
Median	105.4	Leucospermum praemorsum Wizard of Legend	391.1	El Tatio	123.0	Spire (Seattle building)
High	606.3	Maurice (emperor)	1,499.9	Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan	1,499.9	Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan

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Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan	2018-08-15		35,996	1,499.9	... that the painting Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan has been attacked and damaged twice (damage pictured)?
Sycamore Gap Tree	2018-08-10		27,506	1,146.1	... that the Sycamore Gap Tree (pictured) has been featured in a Hollywood blockbuster, a Bryan Adams music video and a TV crime drama?
Chang and Eng Bunker	2018-08-06		26,614	1,108.9	... that the conjoined liver of the Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker (pictured) is on display at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia?
Zheng Pingru	2018-08-12		21,976	915.7	... that Chinese spy Zheng Pingru (pictured), who was executed after an assassination attempt on a Japanese collaborator, is believed to have inspired the novella Lust, Caution, and its film adaptation?
Distracted boyfriend meme	2018-08-22		14,316	596.5	... that social media users made Joshua Reynolds's David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (pictured) into a meme based on the distracted boyfriend meme?
David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy			7,512	313.0
Total			21,827	909.5
V bomber	2018-08-14		19,508	812.9	... that during the Cuban Missile Crisis, each of Britain's "V force" squadrons kept one nuclear-armed V bomber (Avro Vulcans pictured) and crew at 15 minutes' readiness?
Lernaeenicus sprattae	2018-08-31		14,626	609.4	... that the parasitic sprat eye-maggot (pictured) attaches to its sprat host through its eye?
European sprat			3,822	159.3
Total			18,448	768.7
Alfons Tracki	2018-08-21		18,164	756.8	... that Alfons Tracki (pictured), a German-Albanian Christian martyr, worked to eradicate Gjakmarrja (blood feuds) from Northern Albania?
Flag of the Romani people	2018-08-20		17,662	735.9	... that the flag of the Romani people (pictured) was a triband, before the red stripe was removed over suspicions that it stood for communism?
SMS Admiral Spaun	2018-08-28		15,567	648.6	... that after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian cruiser SMS Admiral Spaun (pictured) escorted the ship carrying his body back to Trieste?
Maurice (emperor)	2018-08-14		14,552	606.3	... that the deposed Byzantine emperor Maurice was forced to watch his six sons executed before he was beheaded himself?
Margot Fonteyn	2018-08-26		12,630	526.2	... that Margot Fonteyn (pictured) was The Royal Ballet's prima ballerina for 45 years, before retiring to become a cattle rancher in Panama?
John/Eleanor Rykener	2018-08-16		12,597	524.9	... that in 1394, John "Eleanor" Rykener was apprehended for committing a "detestable unmentionable and ignominious vice" in Cheapside and later confessed to having had sex with both friars and nuns?
Scarface (1932 film)	2018-08-21		11,952	498.0	... that after the original 1932 release of the film Scarface, it was removed from circulation and remained officially unavailable for nearly 50 years?
Ludwigsburg Palace	2018-08-23		11,796	491.5	... that Ludwigsburg Palace (pictured), the "Versailles of Swabia", was home to four of Württemberg's rulers?
Coeloplana astericola	2018-08-03		9,712	404.7	... that the creeping comb jelly lives on the surface of a starfish (pictured) in the family Echinasteridae?
Echinaster luzonicus			1,356	56.5
Echinasteridae			544	22.6
Total			11,612	483.8
Benjamin Goodwin Seielstad	2018-08-01		10,951	456.3	... that in 1939, Benjamin Seielstad drew four different versions of the end of the world ("giant meteor" collision pictured) for Popular Science Monthly?
Siege of Berwick (1333)	2018-08-08		10,816	450.7	... that when the besieged town of Berwick-upon-Tweed refused to surrender, the governor's son was hanged outside the town gates?
Jorge Luis Mendoza Cárdenas	2018-08-29		10,600	441.7	... that the US Drug Enforcement Administration is looking for a man known as The Claw?
King Oak	2018-08-02		10,322	430.1	... that the trunk of the King Oak is more than 8 metres (26 ft) in girth?
World Trade Center station (PATH)	2018-08-01		9,894	412.3	... that the $4 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub, built after the September 11 attacks, has been described as the world's most expensive train station?
Flight Stop	2018-08-07		9,684	403.5	... that each of the sixty geese in Michael Snow's Flight Stop (pictured) is decorated with the image of the same dead Canada goose culled from Toronto Island?
Anastasia Soare	2018-08-31		9,628	401.2	... that Anastasia Soare is the "Eyebrow Queen"?
Brugada syndrome	2018-08-17		9,502	395.9	... that Brugada syndrome is known in the Philippines as Bangungut, or "a scream followed by sudden death during sleep"?
Interstate 78 in New York	2018-08-31		9,398	391.6	... that a 156-foot (48 m) tunnel for the Lower Manhattan Expressway was built in New York City in the 1960s, but was never used?
El Tatio	2018-08-27		9,386	391.1	... that El Tatio (pictured) is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and one of two worldwide with the highest elevation?
Andrew Rowsey	2018-08-29		9,216	384.0	... that in his final college basketball game, Andrew Rowsey (pictured) broke Marquette's single-season scoring record set by Dwyane Wade?
Bratislava Working Group	2018-08-03		9,124	380.1	... that an illegal Jewish organization in an Axis puppet state proposed an ambitious scheme to bribe Heinrich Himmler into halting the systematic extermination of European Jews?
Takuyo-Daisan	2018-08-28		9,010	375.4	... that Takuyo-Daisan was once an island in the South Pacific but is now a seamount off Japan?
Duck netting	2018-08-02		8,973	373.9	... that the sport of duck netting may be unique to the Imperial House of Japan?
Torrance Barrens	2018-08-08		8,219	342.5	... that the Torrance Barrens (pictured) is Canada's first dark-sky preserve?
Murder of the family of Robert Einstein	2018-08-26		8,163	340.1	... that Robert Einstein, a cousin of Nobel Prize Laureate Albert Einstein, committed suicide less than a year after his family was murdered by German soldiers in World War II?
Alexa Bank	2018-08-21		7,821	325.9	... that Alexa Bank is probably a drowned atoll?
Hurricane Aircat	2018-08-18		7,590	316.2	... that U.S. Army Hurricane Aircat airboats could ram and sink Viet Cong boats?
Atlantis (commune)	2018-08-14		7,574	315.6	... that Atlantis moved from Ireland to Colombia?
Loss (comic)	2018-08-28		7,500	312.5	... that on its tenth anniversary, the webcomic "Loss" was replaced by an edited version titled "Found"?
ContraPoints	2018-08-07		7,388	307.8	... that the YouTube channel ContraPoints releases humorous, left-leaning educational videos responding to the arguments of the growing community of right-wing YouTubers?
Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe	2018-08-28		7,122	296.7	... that maritime fur trader Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe and most of his crew were killed by Native Hawaiians in revenge for the flogging of a chief by Metcalfe's father days before?
Incendiary balloon	2018-08-01		7,096	295.7	... that incendiary balloons—made from condoms or party balloons—and incendiary kites have been launched from the Gaza Strip and started hundreds of fires in Israel in 2018?
Take a Knee, My Ass (I Won't Take a Knee)	2018-08-21		7,048	293.6	... that Neal McCoy wanted his anti-protest song "Take a Knee, My Ass (I Won't Take a Knee)" to "bring people together"?
Vampyr (video game)	2018-08-03		6,847	285.3	... that the developers of Vampyr chose to include only one save slot, so that the player's actions would have "real, meaningful impact"?
Acanthemblemaria maria	2018-08-29		6,807	283.6	... that the secretary blenny is a slender ambush predator with large eyes?
LeBron James Jr.	2018-08-30		6,615	275.6	... that LeBron James Jr. received offers to play basketball at Duke and Kentucky by the age of eleven?
Fulltofta Church	2018-08-11		6,588	274.5	... that the frescos (pictured) in Fulltofta Church were discovered in 1907 after being hidden since the Reformation?
Tahlequah (orca)	2018-08-17		6,376	265.7	... that the killer whale Tahlequah carried her dead calf for over two weeks in an apparent showing of grief?
Averroes' theory of the unity of the intellect	2018-08-25		6,332	263.8	... that Andalusian philosopher Averroes (pictured) theorized that all human beings share a single intellect, and Thomas Aquinas wrote a treatise to refute this theory?
Mary Fenton	2018-08-14		5,059	210.8	... that Mary Fenton, the first Anglo-Indian actress of the Parsi, Gujarati, and Urdu theatre, was introduced to acting by her husband, Kavasji Palanji Khatau?
Kavasji Palanji Khatau			1,165	48.5
Total			6,224	259.3
Archie Meets the Punisher	2018-08-13		6,080	253.3	... that the plot of the 1994 comic book Archie Meets the Punisher was modeled after the 1948 film Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein?
Austro-Italian ironclad arms race	2018-08-23		6,018	250.7	... that the Austro-Italian ironclad arms race led to the Battle of Lissa, the first naval engagement between multiple armored warships?
St. Peter's Church, Malmö	2018-08-30		5,926	246.9	... that St. Peter's Church (pictured) in Malmö, Sweden, was once the largest town church in Denmark?
John Joseph Merlin	2018-08-08		5,729	238.7	... that John Joseph Merlin crashed into a mirror at Carlisle House while playing the violin on the roller skates that he had invented?
Aṅgulimāla	2018-08-23		5,712	238.0	... that in the midst of being chased by Aṅgulimāla, a brigand and serial killer, the Buddha stated: "I am standing still, you are not standing still"?
Reona	2018-08-29		5,703	237.6	... that Japanese singer Reona was a cosplayer before starting her music career?
Battalion of detachments	2018-08-29		5,685	236.9	... that the British Army's Peninsular War battalions of detachments were commended for their gallantry on the battlefield but criticised for their conduct in camp?
Mormon studies	2018-08-27		5,638	234.9	... that Mormon studies scholars have the sense that they are being watched, following previous excommunications of Mormon historians in the field?
Wang Family Compound	2018-08-07		5,604	233.5	... that the rising prosperity of the Wang family of Lingshi County during the Qing dynasty financed the multi-generation construction of a grand residential complex of hundreds of courtyards with over 2,000 rooms?
Robert Duncan (pilot)	2018-08-19		5,530	230.4	... that Ensign Robert Duncan was the first person to shoot down a Mitsubishi A6M Zero with a Grumman F6F Hellcat?
Evelyn Wang	2018-08-23		5,510	229.6	... that a solar-powered device for extracting water from the air, co-designed by Evelyn Wang, has been compared to the moisture vaporators in Star Wars?
Wood-Tikchik State Park	2018-08-12		5,502	229.2	... that Wood-Tikchik State Park, the largest state park in the United States, is sometimes staffed by a single ranger?
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google	2018-08-31		5,363	223.5	... that where the United States has FAANG, China has BAT?
Jack Kirby	2018-08-21		5,350	222.9	... that Jack Kirby created many famous comic book characters including Captain America, but his conception of Spider-Man was rejected for being too heroic?
Railway surgery	2018-08-03		5,308	221.2	... that some railway surgeons opposed the introduction of first aid kits on trains, maintaining that only doctors should carry out this work?
Capodimonte porcelain	2018-08-18		5,243	218.5	... that the factory producing Capodimonte porcelain (snuffbox pictured), including forty workers and nearly five tons of material, was moved from Naples to Madrid in 1759?
The Carpenters	2018-08-27		5,119	213.3	... that the Carpenters received hate mail because they combined a soft ballad with a loud electric guitar?
Fisher Ridge Cave System	2018-08-11		5,084	211.8	... that the Fisher Ridge Cave System is the fifth-longest cave in the United States and one of the longest in the world?
SethBling	2018-08-20		5,017	209.0	... that minutes after a world record was set for Super Mario World, SethBling completed a faster run, validating a technique used previously only on an emulator?
Teuira Henry	2018-08-09		4,970	207.1	... that Teuira Henry (pictured) reconstructed her English missionary grandfather's lost manuscript describing Tahitian history by using his notes?
Life with My Sister Madonna	2018-08-16		4,896	204.0	... that the publisher of Life with My Sister Madonna, a tell-all book by the singer's younger brother, sold it to retailers without revealing the title or the subject matter in order to create a media stir?
Prostheceraeus vittatus	2018-08-17		4,825	201.0	... that the candy striped flatworm (pictured) appears to glide across the seabed, being moved by cilia on its underside?
Lyngsjö Church	2018-08-09		4,808	200.3	... that the antependium of Lyngsjö Church has been said to be "better suited for the high altar of a cathedral than a countryside church"?
Gavin Buckley	2018-08-22		4,785	199.4	... that Gavin Buckley, the mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, thinks of himself as Australian?
Patna–Digha Ghat line	2018-08-15		4,776	199.0	... that Indian Railways runs loss-making trains on the Patna–Digha Ghat line to prevent encroachment?
An Unearthly Child	2018-08-01		4,748	197.8	... that the first episode of the first Doctor Who series had to be rerecorded because the TARDIS doors would not close?
Rescue Me (Madonna song)	2018-08-16		4,738	197.4	... that Madonna's (pictured) 1991 song "Rescue Me" made the highest debut for a song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Beatles' "Let It Be" 21 years earlier?
Graus nigra	2018-08-08		1,602	66.7	... that the sea chubs Graus nigra and Medialuna ancietae, the Chilean sandperch, and the Galápagos sheephead wrasse all live in the forest?
Semicossyphus darwini			1,421	59.2
Pinguipes chilensis			946	39.4
Medialuna ancietae			740	30.8
Total			4,708	196.1
Dungeons 3	2018-08-29		4,662	194.2	... that the video game Dungeons 3 was described as the closest its developer came to creating a successor to the popular Dungeon Keeper series?
Catherine-Nicole Lemaure	2018-08-20		4,566	190.3	... that opera singer Catherine-Nicole Lemaure was imprisoned overnight for refusing to perform?
Operation Mosaic	2018-08-26		3,752	156.4	... that the second test in the Operation Mosaic series under the command of Hugh Martell was the largest detonation of a nuclear device ever to take place in Australia?
Hugh Martell			774	32.2
Total			4,526	188.6
Redneck Fishing Tournament	2018-08-19		4,506	187.8	... that the Redneck Fishing Tournament has seen thousands of Asian carp caught by its participants without the use of fishing poles?
Vance Drummond	2018-08-21		4,486	186.9	... that New Zealand-born Vance Drummond won the South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry as a Royal Australian Air Force pilot serving with the United States Air Force?
Prague uprising	2018-08-10		4,425	184.4	... that the Russian Liberation Army defected for the second time when it turned against Nazi Germany in the Prague uprising on 6 May 1945?
Solid (web decentralization project)	2018-08-04		4,360	181.7	... that the World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee created the Solid Project to reclaim the Web from corporations and return control of data to users?
Flag of Sioux Falls, South Dakota	2018-08-05		4,317	179.9	... that the pinkish-red portion of the flag of Sioux Falls (pictured) represents the Sioux Quartzite stone which was quarried nearby and used to build early Sioux Falls buildings?
Friends (The Beach Boys album)	2018-08-30		4,262	177.6	... that the Beach Boys' Transcendental Meditation-inspired Friends (1968) was their last album of the 1960s to involve former bandleader Brian Wilson?
Kelvin Droegemeier	2018-08-22		4,218	175.8	... that US President Donald Trump's nomination of meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier to direct the Office of Science and Technology Policy has been received positively by scientists?
The Little Nigar	2018-08-22		4,192	174.7	... that Claude Debussy composed The Little Nigar, a cakewalk, for a piano method?
Franz Schubert	2018-08-04		4,172	173.8	... that Franz Schubert (pictured), a prolific composer of songs, symphonies and other works, gave only one public concert presenting his own works?
Cestoda	2018-08-16		4,114	171.4	... that adult tapeworms parasitise the intestines of vertebrates but do not have guts of their own?
I Am Malala	2018-08-06		4,105	171.0	... that Malala Yousafzai's 2013 autobiography I Am Malala was banned in 152,000 private schools in Pakistan?
Pennella exocoeti	2018-08-10		3,558	148.2	... that despite being a crustacean, a parasitic copepod found on a flying fish was described as a "gill-worm" by Hans Severin Holten, the Danish naturalist who discovered it?
Hans Severin Holten			547	22.8
Total			4,104	171.0
Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Julius Hospes	2018-08-05		4,052	168.8	... that when Gaius Hospes wore his award for valour at public gatherings, it was expected that he be applauded by every person present?
Siege of Almería	2018-08-24		4,052	168.8	... that at the end of the unsuccessful Siege of Almería, some of the defeated Aragonese attackers were left under the protection of the Muslim defenders while awaiting their evacuation?
Lometa Odom	2018-08-28		3,982	165.9	... that as a high school basketball player, Lometa Odom set the Texas single-game scoring record of 78 points in 1951?
Kratos (mythology)	2018-08-31		3,974	165.6	... that the creators of the video game franchise God of War named their main character Kratos without knowing that an actual god by that name appears in the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound?
Corynactis viridis	2018-08-06		3,896	162.3	... that jewel anemones split apart but stay together?
Aya Hirano	2018-08-31		3,887	162.0	... that voice actress Aya Hirano played the lead role in the multi-award-winning anime series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya?
Barbara Haviland Minor	2018-08-16		3,848	160.3	... that air conditioning refrigerant HFO-1234yf, developed by a team led by Barbara Haviland Minor, is believed to be used in 50% of new vehicles produced in 2018, to help counter global warming?
Li Lin (biochemist)	2018-08-01		3,660	152.5	... that when biochemist Li Lin was a Ph.D. student, he often went to slaughterhouses and wet markets to buy chicken and pig livers for his experiments?
Carrie Goldberg	2018-08-06		3,650	152.1	... that Carrie Goldberg, who is representing two women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse, once served as a case manager for Holocaust victims?
Gheorghe A. Lăzăreanu-Lăzurică	2018-08-13		2,652	110.5	... that Gheorghe A. Lăzăreanu-Lăzurică, a self-proclaimed "Voivode of the Gypsies", supported Romania's far-right groups, beginning with the National Agrarian Party?
National Agrarian Party			974	40.6
Total			3,626	151.1
Robert Edgeworth-Johnstone	2018-08-07		3,608	150.3	... that chemical engineer Robert Edgeworth-Johnstone invented a flute made from the aluminium brass tubing used in oil refineries?
Ben Judd	2018-08-14		3,540	147.5	... that American video game producer Ben Judd is fluent in the Japanese Kansai dialect?
History of the Jews in Atlanta	2018-08-08		3,524	146.8	... that the history of the Jews in Atlanta dates to 1845, the same year the city changed its name from Marthasville?
Great Island	2018-08-25		3,486	145.2	... that the single road bridge to Great Island in Cork Harbour is more than 200 years old?
Detroit: Become Human	2018-08-04		3,456	144.0	... that the video game Detroit: Become Human has three playable characters, each with their own composer and style of cinematography?
Gizzle	2018-08-17		3,435	143.1	... that American rapper Gizzle worked as a ghostwriter for other hip hop artists before releasing her debut mixtape in 2017?
Purple eagle ray	2018-08-02		2,952	123.0	... that the purple eagle ray (Myliobatis hamlyni) was named after Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, director of the Queensland Museum?
Ronald Hamlyn-Harris			464	19.4
Total			3,417	142.4
Maria and Bogdan Kalinowski	2018-08-04		3,382	140.9	... that Maria and Bogdan Kalinowski were recognized as the most avid filmgoers in Poland, having seen more than 13,000 movies together?
Neocalanus cristatus	2018-08-07		3,320	138.3	... that Neocalanus cristatus nauplii feed off their yolks during the 40 days it may take them to ascend to the surface of the sea?
Benty Grange hanging bowl	2018-08-19		3,308	137.9	... that a pair of yellow "dolphin-like creatures" from a 7th-century hanging bowl finds its closest parallel in manuscript art?
Royden Park	2018-08-13		3,288	137.0	... that the Wirral Model Engineering Society operates a raised railway track for fine scale models of full-size steam locomotives at Royden Park?
Štefica Galić	2018-08-15		3,228	134.5	... that ethnic Croat journalist Štefica Galić has been called the "Schindler of Ljubuški" for helping save an estimated two-thirds of the town's Bosniaks during the Croat–Bosniak War?
Dharma Bum Temple	2018-08-02		3,207	133.6	... that Dharma Bum Temple helped organize the first Buddhist college fraternity in the United States, Delta Beta Tau (pledge class pictured), at San Diego State University?
Neocalanus plumchrus	2018-08-09		3,178	132.4	... that Neocalanus plumchrus is able to uptake dissolved glucose directly from seawater despite its exoskeleton?
Joan Does Dynasty	2018-08-20		3,174	132.2	... that video artist Joan Braderman superimposed herself onto scenes from the television series Dynasty to critique the characters, plots, and themes?
Keith Reemtsma	2018-08-25		3,138	130.7	... that in 1964, a school teacher survived for nine months after surgeon Keith Reemtsma transplanted chimpanzee kidneys into her?
Carol Rasco	2018-08-27		3,128	130.3	... that during Governor Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, political aide Carol Rasco took over Arkansas's "daily business"?
Pteropus	2018-08-19		3,109	129.5	... that flying fox teeth are used as currency on Makira?
Brown-tail moth	2018-08-21		3,103	129.3	... that hairs shed by caterpillars of the brown-tail moth can be wind-borne and cause a rash in humans similar to poison ivy?
Marie Lehmann (soprano)	2018-08-13		3,066	127.8	... that Marie Lehmann, one of the Rhinemaidens (pictured) at the first Bayreuth Festival in 1876, sang the soprano solo in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the groundbreaking of the Bayreuth Festival Theatre?
Q'ursha	2018-08-12		3,013	125.5	... that according to some accounts, the legendary Georgian hunting dog Q'ursha had eagle's wings, a thunderous bark and a gigantic leap?
Adventure in Washington	2018-08-06		2,956	123.1	... that US Senate page boys were required to wear knickers when the film Adventure in Washington‎ was made in 1941?
Conchoderma virgatum	2018-08-22		2,954	123.1	... that the goose barnacle Conchoderma virgatum rarely attaches directly to a fish, but four were once found attached to a single spine of a porcupinefish?
Spire (Seattle building)	2018-08-25		2,953	123.0	... that one of the financers of the Spire, a residential building in Seattle, joined the project as a result of a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping?
Venom and Eternity	2018-08-19		2,892	120.5	... that the first screening of Venom and Eternity ended early following director Isidore Isou's attempt after the first scenes to play only its soundtrack to a darkened theatre?
Averroes	2018-08-01		2,860	119.2	... that Averroes wrote on subjects as diverse as philosophy, Islamic jurisprudence, medicine, and astronomy?
Pinguipes brasilianus	2018-08-15		2,854	118.9	... that Charles Darwin made descriptive notes on the Brazilian sandperch after a specimen was caught with hook and line off the coast of Patagonia during the voyage of Beagle?
TXS 0506+056	2018-08-10		2,818	117.4	... that the blazar TXS 0506+056 is the first identified source of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos?
Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga	2018-08-10		2,775	115.6	... that Mexican federal deputy Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga and his wife were found to own six properties worth a total of 14 million pesos in the state of Chihuahua?
Sutanto Djuhar	2018-08-02		2,772	115.5	... that Chinese-Indonesian businessman Sutanto Djuhar was the last surviving member of the "Gang of Four" of the Suharto era?
Helleria brevicornis	2018-08-14		2,771	115.5	... that Helleria brevicornis is the only terrestrial woodlouse that has retained the ancestral aquatic isopod behaviour of mate guarding?
Sara Hershkowitz	2018-08-02		2,729	113.7	... that Sara Hershkowitz, who usually appears on the opera stage as the Queen of the Night and Zerbinetta, parodied Donald Trump in Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre at the Lowlands Festival?
Old North Building	2018-08-13		2,702	112.6	... that Old North, built between 1794 and 1797, is the oldest standing academic building on Georgetown University's campus?
Mexico at the 2014 Winter Paralympics	2018-08-09		2,593	108.0	... that Mexico was represented by a single athlete at the 2014 Winter Paralympics?
Konstantin Petrovich Nechaev	2018-08-05		2,592	108.0	... that despite being portrayed favorably in a Soviet propaganda film, Konstantin Petrovich Nechaev was later accused by Leon Trotsky of supporting Chinese monarchism?
Mark Aizlewood	2018-08-09		2,566	106.9	... that the footballer Mark Aizlewood once celebrated scoring a goal by flicking the V at fans of his own team?
Wizard of Legend	2018-08-18		2,538	105.8	... that the 2018 roguelike video game Wizard of Legend received nearly 50 percent more than its funding goal in its Kickstarter campaign?
Leucospermum praemorsum	2018-08-23		2,523	105.1	... that the seeds of the Nardouw fountain pincushion are carried underground by ants?
Marcellina (gnostic)	2018-08-06		2,512	104.7	... that followers of the second-century Carpocratian Christian leader Marcellina venerated Greek philosophers alongside Jesus?
Albert Kūnuiākea	2018-08-13		2,470	102.9	... that when King Kamehameha III died in 1854, the throne of Hawaii passed to his nephew Kamehameha IV instead of his son Albert Kūnuiākea?
Steel Division 2	2018-08-05		2,379	99.1	... that the announcement of Steel Division 2 came after half the team at Eugen Systems, the video game's developers, went on strike?
Mimi Mondal	2018-08-21		2,357	98.2	... that Mimi Mondal is the first writer from India to be nominated for a Hugo Award?
Green Bay Packers Foundation	2018-08-20		2,324	96.8	... that if the Green Bay Packers football team, with an estimated value of $2.55 billion, was ever sold, all the profits would go to its charitable foundation rather than its shareholders?
Lydia May Ames	2018-08-23		2,310	96.3	... that Lydia May Ames, one of Cleveland's earliest women artists, is sometimes considered its first impressionist painter?
Palatogobius grandoculus	2018-08-03		2,303	96.0	... that specimens of the fish Palatogobius grandoculus were collected as early as 1976 but not identified as a new species until 2002?
Peter Copeman	2018-08-24		2,283	95.1	... that the dermatologist Peter Copeman was known as "Dr Spot"?
Luang Por Dhammajayo	2018-08-28		2,276	94.9	... that the Thai Buddhist monk Luang Por Dhammajayo launched an anti-smoking and drinking campaign that won an award from the World Health Organization?
Cloud Kingdoms	2018-08-01		2,264	94.3	... that the time limit in the puzzle game Cloud Kingdoms is calculated in 99 intervals called "manukas"?
Matthias Rauchmiller	2018-08-19		2,250	93.7	... that Matthias Rauchmiller, the son of a butcher, designed both the Plague Column in Vienna and the oldest statue on Prague's Charles Bridge (clay model pictured)?
Doug Gurr	2018-08-30		2,209	92.0	... that Doug Gurr, head of Amazon UK, has said that a no-deal Brexit could lead to civil unrest "within two weeks"?
Loggerheads Country Park	2018-08-14		2,156	89.8	... that Loggerheads Country Park has a corn mill with a restored water wheel?
Eveline Crone	2018-08-10		2,152	89.6	... that the research of 2017 Spinoza Prize winner Eveline Crone has led the Netherlands to extend its juvenile detention age limit from 18 to 23?
Tu Books	2018-08-16		2,140	89.1	... that publisher Tu Books was created via a Kickstarter campaign, then purchased by Lee & Low Books three months later?
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health	2018-08-30		2,134	88.9	... that the entire editorial board of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health resigned in protest in November 2017 over disputes involving the new editor-in-chief?
Farouk Topan	2018-08-08		2,126	88.6	... that Farouk Topan described the English language as "the elephant in the room" in relation to the use of Kiswahili in East Africa?
Gordon W. McKay	2018-08-27		2,110	87.9	... that during World War II, future Oregon state senator Gordon W. McKay participated in the Battle of Tarawa as a Seabee?
Nasr, Sultan of Granada	2018-08-22		2,052	85.5	... that Abu al-Juyush Nasr became the Sultan of Granada in 1309 following the ousting of his brother, only to be ousted in a civil war five years later?
Caprella equilibra	2018-08-27		2,041	85.0	... that the diet of the skeleton shrimp Caprella equilibra consists mainly of detritus, but it also feeds on the hydroids to which it clings?
Wu Zhonghua	2018-08-17		2,038	84.9	... that while working for the predecessor of NASA, Chinese physicist Wu Zhonghua pioneered the three-dimensional flow theory, which has been used to design many aircraft engines?
Bulgarian cosmonaut program	2018-08-31		2,038	84.9	... that Bulgaria's first cosmonaut, Georgi Ivanov, safely returned to Earth despite a failing main engine and a damaged backup engine on his Soyuz 33 spacecraft?
Rie Murakawa	2018-08-22		1,976	82.4	... that voice actress Rie Murakawa's accolades include the Best Funny Radio and Best Comfort Radio awards in 2016?
Lucius Manlius Torquatus (Praetor 49 BC)	2018-08-28		1,975	82.3	... that after his death, politician, jurist, and general Lucius Torquatus was portrayed by Roman writer Cicero as an advocate for Epicurean ethics?
Stanwood, Washington	2018-08-18		1,932	80.5	... that Stanwood, Washington, was formed by the consolidation of two rival towns in order to fund a modern sewage treatment system?
Bushwick Inlet Park	2018-08-16		1,926	80.2	... that although New York City's Bushwick Inlet Park was proposed in 2005, the land for the park was not fully purchased until 2016?
Aap Kaa Hak	2018-08-27		1,922	80.1	... that the British TV series Aap Kaa Hak answered health, social and legal questions in Hindi and Urdu?
Denny Way	2018-08-24		1,900	79.2	... that Seattle's Denny Way was originally named "Depot Street" in hopes of luring a major train station?
Red W Interactiva	2018-08-23		1,877	78.2	... that Red W Interactiva, a talk radio network in Mexico, operated for only 102 days?
Djajadiningrat family	2018-08-15		1,877	78.2	... that members of the Djajadiningrat family fought on both sides of the Indonesian Revolution?
Brian Parker (politician)	2018-08-24		1,849	77.0	... that Hope not Hate released commemorative mugs and teatowels to mark the retirement of Brian Parker, the British National Party's last district councillor?
Mor Yakup Church	2018-08-12		1,824	76.0	... that the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis in southeastern Turkey was originally the baptistery of a Syriac Orthodox cathedral which no longer exists?
Martial law in Pierce County	2018-08-05		1,792	74.7	... that after Isaac Stevens, the governor of Washington Territory, was found guilty of contempt over his conduct during martial law in Pierce County, he pardoned himself?
Vale Park, New Brighton	2018-08-09		1,788	74.5	... that brass bands have been a feature of Vale Park since its opening in 1899, when one played the crowd in through the gates?
Magdalena Mouján	2018-08-26		1,787	74.5	... that a story by Argentine mathematician Magdalena Mouján about a Basque family that travels back in time to their homeland was blocked by the Franco regime?
Mindy Alper	2018-08-18		1,784	74.4	... that Mindy Alper, the visual artist featured in Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405, helped Mary Stuart Masterson prepare for her role as a mentally ill woman in the 1993 film Benny & Joon?
Patricia A. Gabow	2018-08-15		1,776	74.0	... that as CEO of Denver Health, Dr. Patricia A. Gabow streamlined operations, improved patient care, and cut excessive spending using a system based on the Toyota Production System?
Migrant Architects of the NHS	2018-08-28		1,774	73.9	... that Migrant Architects of the NHS recounts how doctors from the Indian subcontinent immigrated to Britain and became general practitioners?
Altars of the World	2018-08-25		1,758	73.2	... that Altars of the World was the final recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film before the award was retired?
Priapulus caudatus	2018-08-20		1,738	72.4	... that penis worms very similar to Priapulus caudatus created trace fossils in the early Cambrian period?
Jenny Sabin	2018-08-18		1,696	70.7	... that Jenny Sabin's installation Lumen is knitted from solar active yarns that absorb light energy during the day and release it at night?
Erinea Garcia Gallegos	2018-08-08		1,679	70.0	... that Erinea Garcia Gallegos, one of the first college-educated Hispanic women in Colorado, was appointed postmistress of the city of San Luis by President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Harold Spitznagel	2018-08-15		1,667	69.5	... that South Dakota architect Harold Spitznagel designed the original Mount Rushmore visitor center with Cecil Doty as part of Mission 66, providing a setting for Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 film North by Northwest?
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho	2018-08-31		1,656	69.0	... that despite having Stage IV lung cancer, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho continues to act as spokesman for the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management?
John Zamet	2018-08-16		1,628	67.9	... that periodontist John Zamet was awarded a PhD after his death for his research on German and Austrian refugee dentists?
Behzod Abduraimov	2018-08-03		1,624	67.6	... that the 27-year-old Uzbekistani pianist Behzod Abduraimov has already performed at the BBC Proms twice?
Pharmacist-to-pharmacy technician ratio	2018-08-05		1,600	66.7	... that the pharmacist-to-pharmacy technician ratio has generally increased as pharmacy technicians have become less like retail clerks and taken on more responsibilities?
Norvel Pelle	2018-08-24		1,589	66.2	... that basketball player Norvel Pelle holds citizenship in three countries—Antigua and Barbuda, Lebanon, and the United States?
Gut Holzhausen	2018-08-30		1,581	65.9	... that the Gut Holzhausen estate is a biodynamic farm and the venue for a festival called Voices?
Bob Nadin	2018-08-30		1,568	65.4	... that referee Bob Nadin said he was referred to as the "pope of the rules", and received the Pierre de Coubertin medal for ice hockey at the Olympic Games?
Gerd Hatje	2018-08-03		1,565	65.2	... that Gerd Hatje went from being a typesetter to founding the internationally renowned publishing house which still bears his name?
Eric Rose	2018-08-19		1,561	65.0	... that Eric Rose performed the first successful paediatric heart transplant?
Kelly M. Quintanilla	2018-08-04		1,544	64.3	... that Kelly M. Quintanilla, the first person in her family to attend a university, became the first female president of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi?
Westbourne Terrace	2018-08-22		1,536	64.0	... that Westbourne Terrace was one of 19 different "Westbourne" streets that appeared in the London Postal Guide in the nineteenth century?
Leucospermum arenarium	2018-08-12		1,524	63.5	... that the flowers of the Redelinghuys pincushion are pollinated by rodents?
Loxahatchee Groves, Florida	2018-08-02		1,500	62.5	... that prior to the first town council elections in Loxahatchee Groves, Florida, a political forum for the candidates was hosted at a nudist resort?
Magema Magwaza Fuze	2018-08-24		1,497	62.4	... that Magema Magwaza Fuze was the first native speaker to publish a book in the Zulu language?
Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way	2018-08-11		1,496	62.4	... that in July 2018, U2 topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for the first time in seventeen years with "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way"?
Mangrove kingfisher	2018-08-04		1,479	61.6	... that the mangrove kingfisher, found in Africa, migrates away from mangroves to breed?
Patrick Clarkson	2018-08-11		1,477	61.5	... that plastic surgeon Patrick Clarkson had the idea for the Hand Club to help injured airmen, and established the Children's Burns Unit at Guy's Hospital?
Robert Lebel (ice hockey)	2018-08-13		1,469	61.2	... that Robert Lebel was inducted in the inaugural class of three ice hockey halls of fame?
Chip Rives	2018-08-12		1,462	60.9	... that Chip Rives was one of the eight people named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year in 1987?
Grey cuckooshrike	2018-08-25		1,398	58.3	... that the ancestors of the grey cuckooshrike most likely spread to Africa from the Australo-Papuan region?
Ülo Nugis	2018-08-25		1,381	57.5	... that Ülo Nugis was the first Estonian politician to publicly call for Estonia to join NATO, even while Soviet troops were still present in the Baltic nation?
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)	2018-08-15		1,380	57.5	... that Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 contains as its third movement a Marche funèbre, which was composed earlier than the other music?
Leonard Owen	2018-08-17		1,350	56.3	... that Leonard Owen oversaw the building of Calder Hall, the world's first nuclear power station to produce electricity on a commercial scale?
Grace Macurdy	2018-08-12		1,344	56.0	... that Grace Macurdy shaped the field of classics by pulling together both material and textual evidence as sources in her studies of individual women?
Alicia Nafé	2018-08-09		1,338	55.8	... that the Argentinian mezzo-soprano Alicia Nafé appeared in her signature role as Bizet's Carmen alongside Plácido Domingo in San Francisco, and at the Metropolitan Opera with Domingo as conductor?
Jim Dempster	2018-08-06		1,337	55.7	... that British surgeon Jim Dempster published more than 100 scientific articles on kidney transplantation in dogs?
George Whitney Calhoun	2018-08-11		1,334	55.6	... that George Whitney Calhoun and Curly Lambeau founded the Green Bay Packers 99 years ago today?
Cusack Patrick Roney	2018-08-20		1,327	55.3	... that Sir Cusack Patrick Roney was knighted for his role as secretary to the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853?
Butyrolactol A	2018-08-04		1,314	54.8	... that butyrolactol A, a polyketide derived from Streptomyces rochei, demonstrates broad antimicrobial activity against fungi, including Candida albicans?
Iase Tushi	2018-08-09		1,311	54.6	... that the Samec'niero, written by Iase Tushi, contains one of the earliest examples of a Georgian–Persian dictionary, and is the earliest Georgian manuscript so far discovered in Iran?
Benjamin Steinberg (conductor)	2018-08-10		1,292	53.8	... that in 1965, Benjamin Steinberg, a violinist in the NBC Symphony Orchestra with Arturo Toscanini, started the first racially integrated symphony orchestra in America, the Symphony of the New World?
Symphony for Organ No. 6	2018-08-24		1,267	52.8	... that on 24 August 1878, Charles-Marie Widor premiered his Symphony for Organ No. 6 for the inauguration of the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the Palais du Trocadéro (pictured) as part of the Paris World Exhibition?
R. H. Wilenski	2018-08-03		1,208	50.3	... that despite never completing his university studies, R. H. Wilenski was appointed a special lecturer in the history of art at the University of Manchester?
Vicars Bell	2018-08-18		1,206	50.2	... that Vicars Bell was the "village chronicler" of Little Gaddesden?
Catherine Gayer	2018-08-01		1,174	48.9	... that Catherine Gayer, who was a coloratura soprano for four decades at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, premiered Nono's Intolleranza 1960 in Venice, and Reimann's Melusine at the Schwetzingen Festival?
Pseudocalanus newmani	2018-08-24		1,163	48.5	... that the preferred food of the copepod Pseudocalanus newmani includes diatoms of the genus Thalassiosira, which can be toxic to its young?
Augusto Ibáñez Guzmán	2018-08-11		1,124	46.8	... that Colombian Supreme Court judge Augusto Ibáñez Guzmán claimed that in 2008, a dozen armed men stormed his house to steal his personal computer?
İsmet Kür	2018-08-23		1,123	46.8	... that the writer İsmet Kür's father and sister were writers, and her daughter is also a writer?
2019 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup team	2018-08-26		1,112	46.3	... that after FIBA rules changes limited the availability of NBA players, the U.S. men's basketball team decided to assemble rosters of primarily G Leaguers for the 2019 World Cup qualifiers?
Badr Shirvani	2018-08-13		1,083	45.1	... that Badr Shirvani, a Persian poet from Shirvan in the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan, received patronage from numerous rulers at the same time?
William Preucil	2018-08-29		1,050	43.7	... that William Preucil has served as concertmaster for four American orchestras—the Atlanta Symphony, Utah Symphony, Nashville Symphony, and Cleveland Orchestra?
Summer Theatre of Tirana	2018-08-26		1,048	43.6	... that after being rebuilt in May 2018, the open-air Summer Theatre of Tirana held a show in which 400 artists participated?
Leucadendron salignum	2018-08-18		1,046	43.6	... that the flowers of the common sunshine conebush are pollinated by beetles?
Rudi Cormane	2018-08-29		1,036	43.2	... that Dutch dermatologist Rudi Cormane pioneered research on immunofluorescence of the skin?
Narmakosh	2018-08-20		1,010	42.1	... that Narmakosh, compiled by Narmad, is the first monolingual dictionary of the Gujarati language?
German Equestrian Federation	2018-08-08		995	41.5	... that Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung, the governing body for the majority of equestrian sports in Germany, promotes the status of the horse as a cultural asset?
Michael Martin (engineer)	2018-08-12		990	41.2	... that Michael Martin, project director of the recently completed £1.4 billion Queensferry Crossing, was inspired to study engineering through reading back issues of New Civil Engineer?
Procerodes littoralis	2018-08-11		983	41.0	... that the flatworm Procerodes littoralis is tolerant of wide fluctuations in salinity, being able to survive both in freshwater and in seawater?
Gaqo Çako	2018-08-30		967	40.3	... that Gaqo Çako was the lead tenor for more than three decades at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania?
Washington, My Home	2018-08-17		938	39.1	... that John F. Kennedy suggested the State of Washington replace its unofficial motto "Alki" with "For You and Me, a Destiny", a lyric from "Washington, My Home", the state song?
Clifford Braimah	2018-08-07		890	37.1	... that Clifford Braimah, head of the Ghana Water Company, is a supporter of Operation Vanguard and its mission to end illegal mining?
Carla Henius	2018-08-07		810	33.8	... that the mezzo-soprano Carla Henius performed in the premiere of Luigi Nono's Intolleranza 1960 at La Fenice, and had a composition by Dieter Schnebel written for her voice?
Psalm 138	2018-08-14		792	33.0	... that the South African composer Stefans Grové wrote a setting of Psalm 138 for choir, children's choir, African drums, marimba, and string orchestra?
Psalm 97	2018-08-05		770	32.1	... that verses 2 to 6 of Psalm 97 in Czech were set to music by Antonín Dvořák in his Biblical Songs?
John Davy Rolleston	2018-08-04		704	29.3	... that John Davy Rolleston highlighted the seriousness of otitis media as a complication of scarlet fever?
Michael Peter Kaye	2018-08-02		704	29.3	... that Michael Peter Kaye was the first director of what became the largest registry of heart and lung transplantation data in the world?
Telfair Hodgson	2018-08-19		699	29.1	... that Telfair Hodgson was the original financial backer and first managing editor of The Sewanee Review, the oldest continuously published literary quarterly in the United States?
Enrique Alfaro Ramírez	2018-08-07		692	28.8	... that Governor-elect of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, was the first winning gubernatorial candidate to come from the Movimiento Ciudadano party?
Psalm 47	2018-08-26		635	26.5	... that Ralph Vaughan Williams set Psalm 47 in English, O clap your hands, as a motet for choir and orchestra in 1920?
Sechs Lieder, Op. 68 (Strauss)	2018-08-06		634	26.4	... that in 1918, Richard Strauss composed Sechs Lieder, Op. 68, based on poems by Clemens Brentano, with the voice of Elisabeth Schumann in mind?
Christoph Bernhard Verspoell	2018-08-27		620	25.8	... that the 1810 Catholic hymnal by Christoph Bernhard Verspoell, with his melodies and organ settings, contains a song included in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 2013?
Ina Hartwig	2018-08-26		603	25.1	... that Ina Hartwig, formerly on the editorial staff of Frankfurter Rundschau, published a biography of Ingeborg Bachmann in 2017?
Dr. Georgi Stranski University Hospital	2018-08-10		596	24.9	... that the University Hospital in Pleven was the first hospital in Bulgaria to perform robot-assisted surgery?
Scott Smith (ice hockey)	2018-08-05		568	23.7	... that Scott Smith's management and marketing of international events was cited by the Stanford Graduate School of Business as a reason for the growth of Hockey Canada?
Serge Blanc (violinist)	2018-08-25		556	23.2	... that Serge Blanc was the first to record Leonard Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" in France?
Leander Dendoncker	2018-08-11		358	14.9	... that the Belgium international player Leander Dendoncker is one of three footballer brothers from a pig-farming family?

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