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Date
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Image
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views
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| Croydon Aerodrome robbery |
2019-05-09 |
 |
24,772 |
1,032.2 |
... that only one of the gang that carried out the gold bullion robbery in 1935 at Croydon Aerodrome (pictured) was convicted, and the gold was never found?
|
| 2019 FA Cup Final |
2019-05-18 |
|
21,292[a] |
887.2 |
... that Watford's appearance in today's FA Cup Final is their first since 1984?
|
| Natalya Golitsyna |
2019-05-21 |
 |
21,269 |
886.2 |
... that Princess Natalya Golitsyna (pictured) acquired the nicknames the "Moscow Venus" and the "Queen of Spades"?
|
| Unwritten rules of baseball |
2019-05-16 |
|
19,370 |
862.5 |
... that Michael Jordan broke one of the unwritten rules of baseball?
|
| Citizens! During shelling this side of the street is the most dangerous |
2019-05-09 |
|
20,474 |
853.1 |
... that during the siege of Leningrad, citizens were warned that "this side of the street is the most dangerous"?
|
| Murder of Lisa Holm |
2019-05-31 |
|
18,129 |
755.4 |
... that investigators considered the murder of Lisa Holm especially heinous as Holm was only seventeen years old and physically weaker than her killer?
|
| ASV Mark III radar |
2019-05-10 |
|
17,718 |
738.2 |
... that the ASV Mark III radar was able to hunt down German U-boats with deadly efficiency in part because of a little white lie?
|
| Redoshi |
2019-05-12 |
 |
16,676 |
694.8 |
... that Redoshi (pictured), a West African woman who lived in Alabama and died in 1937, was the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade?
|
| Keith Richards |
2019-05-28 |
 |
16,346[b] |
681.1 |
... that the riff for "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", the Rolling Stones' first number-one hit, came to Keith Richards (pictured) in his sleep?
|
| The End (1953 film) |
2019-05-28 |
|
15,374 |
640.6 |
... that at the premiere of The End, audience members shouted at the film and threw their chairs?
|
| Our Trip to Africa |
2019-05-31 |
|
15,222 |
634.2 |
... that the people who commissioned Our Trip to Africa demanded the film's destruction after seeing it?
|
| Grünbaum–Rigby configuration |
2019-05-19 |
 |
15,077 |
628.2 |
... that although the Grünbaum–Rigby configuration (pictured) has been studied since 1879, it was not depicted in its realization as three overlaid heptagrams until 1990?
|
| Messenger of Peace (missionary ship) |
2019-05-03 |
 |
14,822 |
617.6 |
... that the missionary ship Messenger of Peace (pictured) was built in 15 weeks using scrap metal, ropes made of hibiscus, and sails made of matting?
|
| Silesian Wars |
2019-05-07 |
 |
14,672 |
611.3 |
... that the Silesian Wars made Frederick (pictured) "Great"?
|
| Julie Packard
|
2019-05-31
|
|
7,800
|
325.0
|
... that the deep-sea coral species Gersemia juliepackardae was named for Julie Packard (pictured), executive director of Monterey Bay Aquarium, for her work as an ocean conservationist?
|
| Gersemia juliepackardae
|
6,258
|
260.8
|
| Total |
14,059 |
585.8
|
| Katie Bouman |
2019-05-09 |
|
13,326 |
555.3 |
... that imaging scientist Katie Bouman first learned of the Event Horizon Telescope in 2007, while still in high school, and joined the project six years later?
|
| Shrub's Wood Long Barrow |
2019-05-01 |
|
12,188 |
507.9 |
... that despite Shrub's Wood Long Barrow in Kent being nearly 30 m (100 ft) high, it was not discovered until about 1970?
|
| National liberation skirt |
2019-05-22 |
 |
12,173 |
507.2 |
... that approximately 4,000 handmade personalised patchwork skirts have been registered as official national liberation skirts (example pictured) in the Netherlands?
|
| Wells Gray Park Cave discovery |
2019-05-02 |
|
11,790 |
491.3 |
... that a newly discovered cave has been temporarily named after a Star Wars character?
|
| A Colour Box |
2019-05-30 |
|
11,488 |
478.7 |
... that Len Lye's abstract animation A Colour Box was protested by Nazis in 1936?
|
| Hotel International Prague |
2019-05-16 |
 |
10,102 |
449.8 |
... that the Hotel International Prague (pictured) was built to strengthen ties with the Soviet Union?
|
| Murder of Santos Rodriguez |
2019-05-30 |
|
10,264 |
427.6 |
... that the murder of Santos Rodriguez galvanized the Mexican-American community in Dallas?
|
| Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra |
2019-05-31 |
|
10,137 |
422.4 |
... that the first attempt to build the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra resulted in the demolition of the nearly completed structure?
|
| Der geteilte Himmel |
2019-05-01 |
 |
9,862 |
410.9 |
... that Christa Wolf's Der geteilte Himmel (cover pictured), published in East Germany in 1963, was called a "socialist bestseller"?
|
| Jeff's Gourmet Sausage Factory |
2019-05-20 |
 |
9,474 |
394.8 |
... that in 2015, Jeff's Gourmet Sausage Factory (veal bratwurst sandwich pictured) opened the first glatt kosher hot dog stand at Dodger Stadium?
|
| Yuri Aleksandrovich Panteleyev |
2019-05-19 |
|
9,121 |
380.0 |
... that Soviet admiral Yuri Panteleyev was appointed a Companion of the Bath by the British for his role in supporting attacks against the German battleship Tirpitz?
|
| Archie Mountbatten-Windsor |
2019-05-15 |
|
8,994[c] |
374.6 |
... that a nine-day-old citizen of the United States, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, is seventh in the line of succession to the British throne?
|
| Green Street, Mayfair |
2019-05-30 |
|
8,938 |
372.4 |
... that Green Street may have been named after a man who fell down a well?
|
| Satya Rhodes-Conway |
2019-05-09 |
|
8,666 |
361.1 |
... that Satya Rhodes-Conway is the first openly gay politician to serve as Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin?
|
| Amazing Grace (2018 film) |
2019-05-23 |
 |
8,600 |
358.3 |
... that a documentary film of Aretha Franklin's (pictured) Amazing Grace concert in 1972 languished in a studio vault for decades because the director did not use a clapperboard?
|
| Deep water cycle |
2019-05-03 |
|
8,428 |
351.1 |
... that recent research has shown the presence of a deep water cycle all the way down through the Earth's lower mantle?
|
| Georgy Stepanov |
2019-05-14 |
|
8,307 |
346.1 |
... that Vice-Admiral Georgy Stepanov of the Soviet Navy was sentenced to ten years in prison for passing technical secrets to the Allies?
|
| King's Cross Thameslink railway station |
2019-05-08 |
 |
8,261 |
344.2 |
... that King's Cross Thameslink railway station, then known as King's Cross Metropolitan (pictured), was one of the initial seven stations on London's first underground line?
|
| Morpeth, Northumberland |
2019-05-09 |
|
8,110 |
337.9 |
... that the town of Morpeth held its own professional Olympic games from 1873 to 1958?
|
| 2001 Belgian Grand Prix |
2019-05-19 |
|
8,042 |
335.1 |
... that Luciano Burti's 111G crash at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix led to a ban on creating holes in racing helmets for drinking tubes and radio communication wires?
|
| Queen Elizabeth II (painting) |
2019-05-12 |
|
8,004 |
333.5 |
... that in a 2016 portrait, Queen Elizabeth II is depicted with someone else's bust?
|
| Zhou Tongqing |
2019-05-30 |
|
7,812 |
325.5 |
... that although Zhou Tongqing led the development of China's first X-ray tube, he was denounced as a "bourgeois intellectual" and persecuted during the Anti-Rightist Campaign and the Cultural Revolution?
|
| Sword of State of South Carolina |
2019-05-11 |
|
7,638 |
318.2 |
... that the Sword of State of South Carolina is listed in the FBI National Stolen Art File?
|
| Susan Montgomery Williams |
2019-05-22 |
|
7,544 |
314.4 |
... that bailiffs who heard champion bubblegum-blower Susan Montgomery Williams popping gum in a courthouse hallway thought a .38 caliber pistol had been discharged?
|
| Clark Hubbs |
2019-05-30 |
|
7,508 |
312.8 |
... that Clark Hubbs was notorious for his collection of clothing depicting fish?
|
| John Rutherford Ryley |
2019-05-20 |
|
7,398 |
308.2 |
... that John Rutherford Ryley was a surgeon in a lunatic asylum in 1869 and a patient in one in 1870?
|
| Ranke Library |
2019-05-08 |
|
7,166 |
298.6 |
... that when Syracuse University outbid the Prussian government to purchase the Ranke Library in 1887, The New York Times called the collection "probably the rarest historical one ever owned by any one"?
|
| Katja Wulff |
2019-05-05 |
 |
7,086 |
295.2 |
... that Katja Wulff (drawing shown) of Hamburg, who learned expressionist dance from Rudolf von Laban, was still running her dance school in Basel at the age of 90?
|
| 2019 Peterborough recall petition |
2019-05-21 |
|
7,044 |
293.5 |
... that the 2019 Peterborough recall petition led to the first successful recall of a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom?
|
| Vera Deakin White |
2019-05-09 |
|
7,022 |
292.6 |
... that Vera Deakin's missing persons bureau issued 400,000 responses to enquiries from the families of Australian soldiers during World War I?
|
| Pew group |
2019-05-26 |
 |
6,990 |
291.2 |
... that the "rigidly posed" figures in English pottery pew groups of the 1740s (example pictured) may play musical instruments, or take snuff?
|
| Prince Edward Island automobile ban |
2019-05-19 |
|
6,970 |
290.4 |
... that the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island banned automobiles for more than a decade starting in 1908?
|
| Konrad Püschel |
2019-05-22 |
|
6,704 |
279.4 |
... that the German architect Konrad Püschel was conscripted into the Wehrmacht during World War II, held as a prisoner of war by the Soviet Union, and returned home weighing only 40 kg (88 lb)?
|
| Christ Church, Russell |
2019-05-11 |
 |
6,588 |
274.5 |
... that Charles Darwin contributed funds to the building of New Zealand's oldest surviving church (pictured)?
|
| Bryan Thomas (architect) |
2019-05-31 |
|
6,433 |
268.0 |
... that British architect Bryan Thomas has designed for the Church of England, the Christian Scientists, and the Quakers?
|
| John IV of Ohrid |
2019-05-09 |
|
6,327 |
263.6 |
... that the 12th-century archbishop of Ohrid John IV was born as a Byzantine prince of the Komnenos dynasty?
|
| Midleton College |
2019-05-19 |
|
6,252 |
260.5 |
... that the motto of Midleton College, Spartam nactus es, hanc exorna, is a mistranslation of a line from a Greek play by Euripides?
|
| Kingdom of the Aurès |
2019-05-28 |
|
6,232 |
259.7 |
... that despite previously being at war with the Kingdom of the Aurès, the Byzantine Empire supported them during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb?
|
| Treating (law) |
2019-05-02 |
|
6,145 |
256.0 |
... that in UK elections, it is illegal for candidates to treat the voters?
|
| George Backhouse Witts |
2019-05-19 |
|
6,140 |
255.8 |
... that George Backhouse Witts read the Riot Act on a hill in Gloucestershire?
|
| M-343 (Michigan highway) |
2019-05-30 |
|
6,118 |
254.9 |
... that Michigan state highway M-343 between Kalamazoo and Richland was part of the M-43 highway for a century until Kalamazoo wanted to assert control over several streets in the city's downtown?
|
| Bahía Lomas |
2019-05-19 |
|
6,110 |
254.6 |
... that more than twenty species of cetaceans have been stranded on the mudflats of Bahía Lomas?
|
| Ram Singh II |
2019-05-28 |
|
6,094 |
253.9 |
... that many of the photographs taken by Maharaja Ram Singh II of Jaipur State depict the lives of women behind purdah in his harem?
|
| Dieter Mathoi |
2019-05-30 |
 |
6,084 |
253.5 |
... that Dieter Mathoi and David Chipperfield designed the department store Kaufhaus Tyrol (pictured) in the historic centre of Innsbruck, causing much controversy?
|
| Island of stability |
2019-05-10 |
|
6,081 |
253.4 |
... that there may be an island of stability with so-called magic numbers of protons and neutrons?
|
| Zechariah Baumel |
2019-05-15 |
|
6,065 |
252.6 |
... that the remains of missing Israeli soldier Zechariah Baumel were discovered in a cemetery in the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus, Syria, nearly 37 years after he disappeared in the 1982 Lebanon War?
|
| I Admit (R. Kelly song) |
2019-05-07 |
|
6,026 |
251.1 |
... that R. Kelly's 19-minute song "I Admit", which contains no criminal admissions, was described as an act of trolling and compared to O. J. Simpson's book If I Did It?
|
| Mary Stuart Fisher |
2019-05-19 |
|
6,024 |
251.0 |
... that Mary Stuart Fisher, a Temple University professor of radiology who was named Physician of the Year in 1996, was discouraged from following her chosen career path by her father, a physician himself?
|
| Hermann Herlitz |
2019-05-02 |
 |
6,014 |
250.6 |
... that Hermann Herlitz (pictured), born to Jewish parents in Prussia in 1834, was pastor of the Lutheran Trinity Church in East Melbourne, Australia, for 46 years?
|
| Chen Fangyun |
2019-05-31 |
|
6,007 |
250.3 |
... that Chen Fangyun proposed a control system that was crucial for the launch of China's first geosynchronous communications satellite in 1984?
|
| Salahuddin Wahid |
2019-05-31 |
|
5,974 |
248.9 |
... that Salahuddin Wahid had a public newspaper debate with his brother on their father's vision for Indonesia?
|
| Labidochirus splendescens |
2019-05-07 |
|
5,862 |
244.2 |
... that the splendid hermit crab almost exclusively chooses to inhabit a shell on which a colonial hydroid is living?
|
| Elżbieta Szmytka |
2019-05-30 |
|
5,784 |
241.0 |
... that the soprano Elżbieta Szmytka recorded Chopin's Polish songs and performed in Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, celebrating a century of Polish independence?
|
| Pagurus dalli
|
2019-05-24
|
|
2,424
|
101.0
|
... that the whiteknee hermit crab is benefitted by the presence of the hedgehog hydroid but harmed by the barnacle Clistosaccus?
|
| Schuchertinia milleri
|
2,253
|
93.9
|
| Clistosaccus
|
1,084
|
45.1
|
| Total |
5,760 |
240.0
|
| Columbus nightclub shooting |
2019-05-08 |
|
5,624 |
234.3 |
... that the murder of American musician Dimebag Darrell occurred on the 24th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon?
|
| The Trials of Shazam! |
2019-05-21 |
|
5,620 |
234.2 |
... that The Trials of Shazam! was meant to update the Captain Marvel character for a modern audience?
|
| Basic economy |
2019-05-16 |
|
5,250 |
233.8 |
... that basic economy fares can cause airline passengers to pay more to fly?
|
| Fight the New Drug |
2019-05-06 |
|
5,573 |
232.2 |
... that Fight the New Drug's advocacy against pornography uses what The Atlantic describes as "a just-some-of-the-facts approach"?
|
| Alexander Nevsky Square |
2019-05-15 |
|
5,526 |
230.2 |
... that Saint Petersburg's Red Square is now Alexander Nevsky Square?
|
| Jakub Różalski |
2019-05-08 |
|
5,498 |
229.1 |
... that the mecha dieselpunk art of Polish painter Jakub Różalski has inspired a board game, a video game, a short film, and a book anthology?
|
| Robert Coles (settler) |
2019-05-21 |
|
5,446 |
226.9 |
... that Massachusetts Bay settler Robert Coles was sentenced to wear a red letter "D" for drunkenness, which some scholars have argued later inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter?
|
| Red Irish lord |
2019-05-23 |
|
5,446 |
226.9 |
... that while a red Irish lord can change color, it is not a yellow Irish lord?
|
| Maria Roszak |
2019-05-03 |
|
5,366 |
223.6 |
... that Polish nun and supercentenarian Maria Roszak was named a Righteous Among the Nations for helping shelter Jewish refugees during the Holocaust?
|
| Pavlos Kouroupis |
2019-05-13 |
|
5,334 |
222.2 |
... that Colonel Pavlos Kouroupis was the first commanding officer defending Cyprus at the start of the Turkish invasion and is considered the first missing person of the conflict?
|
| Six Motets, Op. 82 (Kiel) |
2019-05-31 |
|
5,318 |
221.6 |
... that "Aus der Tiefe rufe ich" ('Out of the depths have I cried') is one of six 1883 psalm settings by Friedrich Kiel?
|
| First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark |
2019-05-24 |
|
5,290 |
220.4 |
... that the First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark went missing for more than a decade?
|
| Derrick Morris |
2019-05-23 |
|
5,168 |
215.3 |
... that when Derrick Morris received a new heart in 1980 his chances of survival were slim, but he lived another 25 years?
|
| K/DA |
2019-05-29 |
|
5,135 |
214.0 |
... that a virtual K-pop group composed of video game characters topped Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart in November 2018?
|
| El Drago Milenario
|
2019-05-15
|
|
4,339
|
180.7
|
... that El Drago Milenario, located in Parque del Drago, Tenerife, is the largest and oldest known specimen of Dracaena draco?
|
| Parque del Drago
|
728
|
30.3
|
| Total |
5,066 |
211.0
|
| The Unending Game |
2019-05-02 |
|
5,002 |
208.4 |
... that in his book The Unending Game, Indian spymaster Vikram Sood explains that the real world of espionage is less like a James Bond movie and more like a George Smiley novel?
|
| Mikhail Zakharov (Soviet Navy officer)
|
2019-05-10
|
|
2,728
|
113.7
|
... that naval officer Mikhail Zakharov is one of several admirals buried in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery in Saint Petersburg?
|
| Serafimovskoe Cemetery
|
1,086
|
45.2
|
| List of burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery
|
1,021
|
42.5
|
| Total |
4,835 |
201.5
|
| Kate Gallego |
2019-05-29 |
|
4,795 |
199.8 |
... that when she took office, Kate Gallego was the youngest and the only woman mayor of any of the ten largest cities in the United States?
|
| List of arches and bridges in Central Park |
2019-05-04 |
 |
4,782 |
199.3 |
... that of the thirty-six ornamental spans in New York City's Central Park, only the Bow Bridge (pictured) was intended to stand out from the surrounding environment?
|
| At Seventeen |
2019-05-17 |
|
4,712 |
196.3 |
... that for the first six months that Janis Ian performed the song "At Seventeen", she closed her eyes because she was afraid the audience would laugh at her?
|
| Doki Doki Literature Club! |
2019-05-03 |
|
4,646[d] |
193.6 |
... that to emphasize the pseudo-Japanese style of Doki Doki Literature Club! the characters were given Japanese names, with the exception of Monika, who was given an English name to hint at her individual nature?
|
| Five precepts |
2019-05-29 |
|
4,539 |
189.1 |
... that Buddhists consider the precept against killing any living being the most important of the five basic ethical precepts?
|
| Fipsen |
2019-05-27 |
 |
4,472 |
186.4 |
... that the traditional north German card game of Fipsen is played in the village of Thedinghausen for currant buns called Hedewigs (example pictured)?
|
| Feodorovskaya Church
|
2019-05-27
|
|
1,902
|
79.2
|
... that during the Soviet period the Feodorovskaya Church was a factory dormitory, the Gate Church was museum office space, and the Dukhovskaya Church became a boiler room?
|
| Dukhovskaya Church
|
1,506
|
62.7
|
| Gate Church
|
1,001
|
41.7
|
| Total |
4,408 |
183.7
|
| Washington State Route 99 |
2019-05-28 |
|
4,300 |
179.2 |
... that Washington State Route 99 passes under downtown Seattle in a tunnel that was excavated by the world's largest tunnel boring machine?
|
| Crinoid |
2019-05-13 |
 |
4,285 |
178.5 |
... that crinoids (example pictured) are closely related to sea urchins and starfish?
|
| Xiong Zhaoren |
2019-05-17 |
|
4,256 |
177.3 |
... that Xiong Zhaoren, whose battle experience was adapted into two films, lived to 107, the longest among China's founding generals?
|
| Sumedha |
2019-05-22 |
|
4,236 |
176.5 |
... that according to Buddhist texts, Sumedha decided to become the Buddha while lying in the mud in front of his teacher?
|
| Sleepless (comics) |
2019-05-14 |
|
4,049 |
168.7 |
... that the premise for the comic book Sleepless came to writer Sarah Vaughn when she was trying to sleep?
|
| Kaylee Davidson-Olley |
2019-05-27 |
|
4,003 |
166.8 |
... that Kaylee Davidson-Olley survived an infant heart transplant to win gold in a 4 × 100 metres relay?
|
| Pseudamphithoides incurvaria
|
2019-05-22
|
|
2,122
|
88.4
|
... that the small crustacean Pseudamphithoides incurvaria builds itself a home out of forded sea tumbleweed, a brown seaweed that is distasteful to fish?
|
| Dictyota bartayresiana
|
1,758
|
73.3
|
| Total |
3,880 |
161.7
|
| Mongol invasions of Lithuania |
2019-05-04 |
|
3,874 |
161.4 |
... that the Mongol invasion of 1258–1259 was likely the most devastating event for 13th-century Lithuania?
|
| Teide Cableway |
2019-05-07 |
|
3,804 |
158.5 |
... that Teide Cableway climbs more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in 8 minutes to the top of Spain's tallest mountain?
|
| Larry Kahn (tiddlywinks)
|
2019-05-25
|
|
2,238
|
93.2
|
... that the tiddlywinks rivalry of Larry Kahn and Dave Lockwood is so intense, it has been compared to that of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazer?
|
| Dave Lockwood (tiddlywinks)
|
1,532
|
63.8
|
| Total |
3,769 |
157.0
|
| Klaus Roth |
2019-05-21 |
|
3,734 |
155.6 |
... that Fields Medal-winning mathematician Klaus Roth performed so poorly on the Mathematical Tripos that his tutor suggested he take "some commercial job with a statistical bias"?
|
| Edwin Clarke |
2019-05-18 |
 |
3,723 |
155.1 |
... that Edwin Clarke (pictured) combined research into the structure, functions, and diseases of the human nervous system with "impressive rhythm on the dance floor"?
|
| J. H. Curle |
2019-05-06 |
|
3,712 |
154.7 |
... that James Curle, a Scottish mining engineer in South Africa, argued that the white race was being out-bred by other races?
|
| The Elvis Dead |
2019-05-09 |
|
3,597 |
149.9 |
... that The Elvis Dead, a retelling of Evil Dead II in the style of Elvis Presley, features songs such as "Standing in a State of Shock", "I've Been Possessed", and "Wrapped Up in Vines"?
|
| Kitbull |
2019-05-01 |
|
3,556 |
148.2 |
... that Rosana Sullivan, director of the animated short Kitbull, said that she identified with the kitten in the film?
|
| Raja Koduri |
2019-05-03 |
|
3,528 |
147.0 |
... that before joining AMD and then Intel, Raja Koduri developed hardware that enabled Apple to launch its Retina displays?
|
| Dai Anlan |
2019-05-26 |
|
3,518 |
146.6 |
... that after Chinese General Dai Anlan died in the Burma Campaign, the United States awarded him the Legion of Merit, which was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and reissued by President Reagan?
|
| Hywel Sele |
2019-05-06 |
|
3,497 |
145.7 |
... that according to legend, Welsh nobleman Hywel Sele was killed by Owain Glyndŵr and his body hidden in the hollow of a tree?
|
| Sturgeon |
2019-05-18 |
|
3,467[e] |
144.5 |
... that sturgeons are ancient fishes, widely sought after for caviar and more critically endangered than any other group of animal species?
|
| Margaret Hayden Rorke |
2019-05-10 |
 |
3,428 |
142.8 |
... that Margaret Hayden Rorke named the color of Mamie Eisenhower's inaugural ball gown (pictured) "First Lady Pink"?
|
| Yong Mei |
2019-05-20 |
|
3,318 |
138.2 |
... that Mongolian-Chinese actress Yong Mei won the Silver Bear at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival for her portrayal of a mother who lost her only son?
|
| Reign of Marcus Aurelius |
2019-05-15 |
|
3,262 |
135.9 |
... that the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius co-ruled with his adoptive brother Lucius Verus in the first joint rule between Roman emperors, and later co-ruled with his own son Commodus?
|
| Knüffeln |
2019-05-14 |
|
3,236 |
134.8 |
... that the top trumps in Knüffeln, the centuries-old national card game of Frisia, are the five "Old Ones"?
|
| Omer Yankelevich |
2019-05-23 |
|
3,212 |
133.9 |
... that newly elected Israeli Knesset member Omer Yankelevich was named for the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, her birthday?
|
| Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital |
2019-05-13 |
|
3,172 |
132.2 |
... that the U.S. Supreme Court case of Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital held that federal agencies cannot promulgate retroactive rules without express authorization by Congress?
|
| Wang Daheng |
2019-05-23 |
|
3,126 |
130.2 |
... that during World War II, Wang Daheng quit his doctoral studies to help develop optical glass in the UK, and later became the "father of optical engineering" in China?
|
| 2019 Nepal tornado |
2019-05-27 |
|
3,074 |
128.1 |
... that Nepal's first officially recorded tornado occurred in March 2019?
|
| Demographics of Filipino Americans |
2019-05-16 |
|
2,876 |
128.0 |
... that the earliest permanent Filipino American residents settled in Louisiana's bayou country?
|
| Camouflage (Chris Sievey song) |
2019-05-21 |
|
3,066 |
127.8 |
... that the B-side to Chris Sievey's 1983 single "Camouflage" contained code for the song's music video for the ZX81 home computer?
|
| Wu Yili |
2019-05-06 |
|
3,052 |
127.1 |
... that pianist Wu Yili made her public debut in her teens, released her first album in her 70s, and went viral in her 80s?
|
| Hope Ryden |
2019-05-27 |
|
3,032 |
126.4 |
... that before she became an expert on wild animals, Hope Ryden was an international flight attendant and used her long layovers to observe wildlife in Africa and Asia?
|
| Alisa Takigawa |
2019-05-08 |
|
3,012 |
125.5 |
... that Japanese singer Alisa Takigawa's debut song "Season" was originally a demo that was not intended to be her debut release?
|
| Shah Jahan II |
2019-05-17 |
|
3,012 |
125.5 |
... that Shah Jahan II's food, clothes, and meetings were decided by the powerful Sayyid brothers who had chosen him as the Mughal emperor?
|
| Tim Morgan |
2019-05-11 |
|
2,906 |
121.1 |
... that Tim Morgan's Veins are made of steel and glass?
|
| Mykola Semena |
2019-05-10 |
|
2,854 |
118.9 |
... that Ukrainian journalist Mykola Semena was found guilty of separatism by Russian courts for his coverage of the annexation of Crimea for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty?
|
| Janaria |
2019-05-02 |
|
2,811 |
117.1 |
... that staghorn hydrocoral grows on a mollusc shell occupied by a hermit crab?
|
| Maybrat language |
2019-05-13 |
|
2,804 |
116.8 |
... that the Maybrat language of West Papua traditionally uses a base-5 counting system?
|
| Emil Spiridonov |
2019-05-16 |
|
2,617 |
116.5 |
... that Emil Spiridonov, commander of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, was among the sixteen admirals and generals killed in the 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash?
|
| Afrikaners Landgenote |
2019-05-25 |
|
2,793 |
116.4 |
... that "Afrikaners Landgenote", an Afrikaans translation of "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles", was proposed as the co-national anthem for South Africa alongside "God Save the King"?
|
| Hedi Schoop |
2019-05-14 |
|
2,789 |
116.2 |
... that the dancer and cabaret artist Hedi Schoop emigrated to California with her husband, the composer Friedrich Hollaender, where she created and manufactured pottery?
|
| Scaled piculet |
2019-05-29 |
|
2,766 |
115.2 |
... that the scaled piculet is a fairly common bird, but may be undercounted because of its unobtrusive behaviour?
|
| When the Moon Was Full |
2019-05-22 |
|
2,738 |
114.1 |
... that a 2019 Iranian drama tells the true story of Abdolhamid Rigi, a member of the Jundallah terrorist group who killed his wife on the orders of his brother?
|
| Notocrinus virilis |
2019-05-16 |
|
2,524 |
112.4 |
... that the deepwater crinoid Notocrinus virilis broods its young in pouches on its arms?
|
| William Marshall Cazalet |
2019-05-25 |
 |
2,687 |
112.0 |
... that in 2007, a painting (shown) of British socialite and real tennis player William Marshall Cazalet was sold at auction for US$1.8 million?
|
| War Paint (horse) |
2019-05-23 |
|
2,660 |
110.8 |
... that ProRodeo Hall of Fame bucking horse War Paint was insured for $10,000 with Lloyd's of London?
|
| Washington State Route 142 |
2019-05-20 |
|
2,632 |
109.6 |
... that Washington State Route 142 once included the largest prestressed concrete bridges in the state?
|
| Tel Qiri |
2019-05-25 |
|
2,629 |
109.5 |
... that hints of female discrimination in biblical times were discovered in an ancient Persian cemetery excavated from Tel Qiri in northern Israel?
|
| Haneen Zreika |
2019-05-16 |
|
2,424 |
107.9 |
... that Australian rules footballer Haneen Zreika is the first Muslim to play in the AFL Women's?
|
| Demining |
2019-05-05 |
|
2,562 |
106.8 |
... that honeybees can be trained to search for landmines?
|
| Kardaki Temple |
2019-05-05 |
|
2,554 |
106.4 |
... that Kardaki Temple is considered to be the only Greek temple of Doric architecture that does not have a frieze?
|
| Dumelow's Seedling |
2019-05-01 |
|
2,524 |
105.2 |
... that Dumelow's Seedling is known by more than 50 alternative names?
|
| Bill Aylett |
2019-05-20 |
|
2,507 |
104.5 |
... that on the day Bill Aylett was first elected to the Australian Senate, he knocked down a voter with his car?
|
| Ted Sampley |
2019-05-12 |
|
2,494 |
103.9 |
... that POW/MIA activist Ted Sampley discovered that the Vietnam War Unknown Soldier was in fact Michael Blassie?
|
| 23rd Street (Manhattan) |
2019-05-27 |
|
2,491 |
103.8 |
... that New York City's 23rd Street once contained the city's largest residential complex and the world's largest hotel?
|
| Celestina Casapietra |
2019-05-24 |
|
2,480 |
103.4 |
... that Celestina Casapietra, an Italian soprano at the Berlin State Opera, and the conductor Herbert Kegel were regarded as the glamour couple of the GDR in the 1960s?
|
| Xiao Yang (judge) |
2019-05-16 |
|
2,288 |
101.9 |
... that after Chief Justice Xiao Yang implemented reforms requiring all capital punishment cases to be reviewed by the Supreme Court, death sentences in China dropped by 30% in a year?
|
| Ismith Khan |
2019-05-20 |
|
2,408 |
100.3 |
... that novelist Ismith Khan's relative obscurity may reflect the fact that he was not based in London, the "literary capital" of the English Caribbean?
|
| Bidni |
2019-05-17 |
|
2,378 |
99.1 |
... that some ancient trees of the olive cultivar Bidni have been recognised as "national monuments" in Malta?
|
| Carmen Thomas |
2019-05-07 |
|
2,349 |
97.9 |
... that in 1990, Forbes named Carmen Thomas one of the 100 most influential women in Germany for running Hallo Ü-Wagen, a weekly travelling talk radio show with audience participation?
|
| Lazarevskoe Cemetery
|
2019-05-26
|
|
1,415
|
59.0
|
... that to be one of those buried in the Lazarevskoe Cemetery originally required permission from Peter the Great?
|
| List of burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery
|
932
|
38.8
|
| Total |
2,347 |
97.8
|
| Albert Estcourt |
2019-05-14 |
 |
2,310 |
96.2 |
... that from 1867 to 1869 Albert Estcourt built the "most elaborate Victorian house in Gloucester" (pictured)?
|
| Jay Greenberg (journalist) |
2019-05-03 |
|
2,302 |
95.9 |
... that Wayne Gretzky offered journalist Jay Greenberg a private interview after the latter was unable to ask questions during a press conference following "The Trade"?
|
| Geology of China |
2019-05-13 |
|
2,242 |
93.4 |
... that the early study of the geology of China led to the idea of a changeable climate and that drinking dissolved fossils was good for your health?
|
| Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bibikov |
2019-05-22 |
|
2,238 |
93.3 |
... that Aleksandr Bibikov commanded his forces at the Battle of Berezina from a sleigh?
|
| KLPR-TV |
2019-05-27 |
|
2,236 |
93.2 |
... that during construction of the tower for Oklahoma City's KLPR-TV station, a worker was trapped 200 feet (60 m) in the air for more than an hour?
|
| Boltenia villosa |
2019-05-04 |
|
2,226 |
92.8 |
... that the hairy sea squirt is preyed on by the Oregon hairy triton?
|
| Noel Marshall |
2019-05-08 |
|
2,219 |
92.5 |
... that Noel Marshall directed and starred with his family in Roar, promoted as "the most dangerous movie ever made" for its many on-set injuries to the cast and crew working with more than 100 big cats?
|
| Royal Commission on the Inns of Court |
2019-05-23 |
|
2,208 |
92.0 |
... that the 1854–55 Royal Commission on the Inns of Court recommended that the inns combine into a single university of law?
|
| D. J. Butler |
2019-05-13 |
|
2,186 |
91.1 |
... that D. J. Butler worked as a corporate attorney for more than ten years before beginning his career as a speculative fiction writer?
|
| Nubra River |
2019-05-21 |
|
2,164 |
90.2 |
... that the Nubra River rises from the Siachen Glacier, the second longest non-polar glacier in the world?
|
| Isaac Komnenos (son of John II) |
2019-05-01 |
|
2,162 |
90.1 |
... that though Isaac Komnenos was his oldest surviving son, John II Komnenos chose Isaac's younger brother Manuel to succeed him as Byzantine emperor?
|
| C. W. Stephens |
2019-05-24 |
 |
2,160 |
90.0 |
... that C. W. Stephens was the architect of Claridge's (drawing pictured), Harrods, and Harvey Nichols?
|
| Fred Page |
2019-05-13 |
|
2,152 |
89.7 |
... that a player once danced with Canadian hockey referee Fred Page at center ice after scoring a goal?
|
| Xing Shizhong |
2019-05-01 |
|
2,143 |
89.3 |
... that Xing Shizhong was promoted for his performance in the Sino-Vietnamese War and later served as president of a university that trains China's top military officers?
|
| James Wilson Robertson (educator) |
2019-05-27 |
|
2,094 |
87.3 |
... that James Wilson Robertson resigned as the first principal of Macdonald College after his spending was restricted to 100 Canadian dollars?
|
| D. Geraint James |
2019-05-29 |
|
2,088 |
87.0 |
... that D. Geraint James was known as the "King of Sarcoid"?
|
| Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev |
2019-05-11 |
|
2,078 |
86.6 |
... that despite spending the majority of his career with the Russian Northern Fleet, Aleksandr Moiseyev was appointed commander of the Black Sea Fleet in 2018?
|
| Leetsch C. Hsu |
2019-05-07 |
|
2,039 |
85.0 |
... that Chinese mathematician Leetsch C. Hsu and his American colleague Henry W. Gould began collaborating years before formal relations were established between their countries?
|
| Psalm 70 |
2019-05-06 |
 |
2,028 |
84.5 |
... that Monteverdi set the beginning of Psalm 70, traditionally opening vespers (pictured), in his Vespro della Beata Vergine as a "call to attention"?
|
| Pan Inuit Trails Atlas |
2019-05-05 |
|
2,024 |
84.3 |
... that the Pan Inuit Trails Atlas database depicts traditional place names and routes in the Canadian Arctic used by the Inuit, showing connections between their communities from Greenland to Alaska?
|
| 2019 Hong Kong Sevens |
2019-05-09 |
|
2,016 |
84.0 |
... that Fiji won a record-breaking fifth consecutive title at the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens?
|
| 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final |
2019-05-08 |
|
2,014 |
83.9 |
... that 53,034 people attended the 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final, a record for a standalone women's sporting event in Australia?
|
| Gadeer Mreeh |
2019-05-05 |
|
1,947 |
81.1 |
... that newly-elected parliamentarian Gadeer Mreeh will be the first Druze woman to serve as a member of the Israeli Knesset?
|
| Peniscola Castle |
2019-05-24 |
|
1,926 |
80.2 |
... that Peniscola Castle, in the Valencian Community, Spain, was used as a papal residence by the Antipope Benedict XIII?
|
| Moral progress |
2019-05-25 |
|
1,916 |
79.8 |
... that a classic example of moral progress is the abolition of slavery?
|
| Strong and stable |
2019-05-04 |
|
1,909 |
79.5 |
... that Theresa May described her leadership as "strong and stable" but her critics called it "weak and wobbly"?
|
| Measles resurgence in the United States |
2019-05-18 |
|
1,880 |
78.3 |
... that although measles was declared eradicated from the United States in 2000, more than 500 people there have been diagnosed with the disease so far in 2019?
|
| Robert Nasmyth |
2019-05-01 |
|
1,850 |
77.1 |
... that Robert Nasmyth was Surgeon-Dentist to Queen Victoria in Scotland while his brother Alexander was Surgeon-Dentist to her in England?
|
| Cullen Old Church |
2019-05-28 |
|
1,800 |
75.0 |
... that the internal organs of Elizabeth de Burgh, wife of Robert the Bruce, were buried at Cullen Old Church?
|
| Guo Kun |
2019-05-21 |
|
1,797 |
74.9 |
... that explorer Guo Kun led the construction of China's first Antarctic research base, parts of which have been declared Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica?
|
| Given (manga) |
2019-05-07 |
|
1,797 |
74.9 |
... that Given will be the first yaoi anime series to be broadcast on Noitamina, Fuji TV's anime programming block?
|
| Virgin and Child (Sirani) |
2019-05-29 |
 |
1,778 |
74.1 |
... that Elisabetta Sirani's 1663 painting Virgin and Child (pictured) was selected for the United States Postal Service's Christmas holiday stamp series in 1994?
|
| I'll Deal with Him Later |
2019-05-26 |
|
1,777 |
74.0 |
... that a pink Molly Goddard dress worn in the Killing Eve episode "I'll Deal with Him Later" inspired a trend of pink dresses worn to the 91st Academy Awards?
|
| Willem Botha |
2019-05-18 |
|
1,740 |
72.5 |
... that South African Willem Botha adapted the 2008 Latvian Eurovision entry as an Afrikaans song for the Springboks rugby team, and helped to produce the 2013 Belarusian Eurovision entry?
|
| Zhang Yiming |
2019-05-02 |
|
1,722 |
71.8 |
... that six years after Zhang Yiming founded ByteDance, it surpassed Uber to become the most valuable startup company in the world?
|
| Coach's Corner |
2019-05-12 |
|
1,656 |
69.0 |
... that the Canadian ice hockey show Coach's Corner has been described by one of its hosts as "six minutes of psychotherapy for athletes"?
|
| Marni Abbott-Peter |
2019-05-02 |
|
1,654 |
68.9 |
... that after a spinal cord injury, Marni Abbott-Peter won three Paralympic gold medals with the Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team?
|
| James Ross (surgeon) |
2019-05-08 |
|
1,617 |
67.4 |
... that in the first successful kidney transplant in the UK, the surgeon James Ross harvested the kidney which was transplanted into the donor's twin brother?
|
| Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie |
2019-05-15 |
 |
1,613 |
67.2 |
... that Giselher Klebe's opera Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie, with a libretto by his wife based on Goethe's fairy tale, was premiered at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen (pictured) 50 years ago today?
|
| 2001 Austrian Grand Prix |
2019-05-14 |
|
1,585 |
66.0 |
... that after winning the 2001 Austrian Grand Prix, driver David Coulthard refrained from spraying champagne on the podium out of respect for Ilmor Engineering's Paul Morgan, who had died the day before?
|
| Deadliest Enemy |
2019-05-10 |
|
1,585 |
66.0 |
... that Michael Osterholm and Mark Olshaker's book Deadliest Enemy provides a nine-point plan to defeat "killer germs"?
|
| Shirou Emiya |
2019-05-06 |
|
1,584 |
66.0 |
... that Shirou Emiya was initially conceived as a female character but was changed to a male in order to fit the demographic of the visual novel Fate/stay night?
|
| Ahmad Ali Khan of Malerkotla |
2019-05-14 |
|
1,576 |
65.7 |
... that Nawab Ahmad Ali Khan was the only ruler of the Malerkotla State who had his name inscribed on coins?
|
| Composite Nationalism and Islam |
2019-05-24 |
|
1,558 |
64.9 |
... that the 1938 book Composite Nationalism and Islam by Hussain Ahmed Madani argued that different religions do not constitute different nationalities?
|
| Troy (opera)
|
2019-05-26
|
|
958
|
39.9
|
... that Troy is the first Turkish opera composed by a foreigner, the Romanian conductor Bujor Hoinic?
|
| Bujor Hoinic
|
583
|
24.3
|
| Total |
1,540 |
64.2
|
| 2018 Memorial Cup |
2019-05-17 |
 |
1,535 |
64.0 |
... that the 100th anniversary of the Memorial Cup (trophy pictured) was celebrated by the Canadian Hockey League with a commemorative coin, a postage stamp, and a Santa Claus parade?
|
| Tugelbay Sydykbekov |
2019-05-18 |
|
1,524 |
63.5 |
... that Kyrgyzstani author Tugelbay Sydykbekov won the Stalin Prize in 1949 for the novel People of our Time, which simultaneously embraced Soviet-style communism and traditional culture including Islam?
|
| Konstantin Mihailov |
2019-05-06 |
|
1,502 |
62.6 |
... that goaltender Konstantin Mihailov played in 28 Ice Hockey World Championships with the Bulgarian national team until the age of 49?
|
| A History of Medicine |
2019-05-20 |
|
1,500 |
62.5 |
... that George Bernard Shaw wondered why Douglas Guthrie excluded osteopaths, herbalists, and homoeopaths from his History of Medicine?
|
| Nels Bruseth |
2019-05-12 |
|
1,491 |
62.1 |
... that forest ranger Nels Bruseth turned down an offer to become mayor of Darrington, Washington, due to his ineligibility as a federal employee?
|
| Cline Falls |
2019-05-26 |
|
1,488 |
62.0 |
... that brown trout in the vicinity of Cline Falls can reach 20 in (51 cm) in length and weigh as much as 8 lb (3.6 kg)?
|
| Marie C. Brehm |
2019-05-24 |
|
1,486 |
61.9 |
... that Marie C. Brehm scolded an audience for spreading disease by waving handkerchiefs at a temperance meeting?
|
| Women's suffrage in film |
2019-05-22 |
|
1,462 |
60.9 |
... that film pioneers Alice Guy-Blaché, Georges Méliès, and Charlie Chaplin all made films about women's suffrage?
|
| United States v. Ramsey (1977) |
2019-05-18 |
|
1,462 |
60.9 |
... that according to a US Supreme Court decision, the Fourth Amendment does not always apply to searches at the border?
|
| KGTO-TV |
2019-05-12 |
|
1,412 |
58.8 |
... that although KGTO-TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas, signed on as an NBC affiliate, it received no network compensation for carrying its programs?
|
| Arlington Museum of Art |
2019-05-17 |
|
1,410 |
58.7 |
... that the Arlington Museum of Art occupies a former J. C. Penney store in downtown Arlington, Texas?
|
| Mazeno Ridge |
2019-05-12 |
|
1,410 |
58.7 |
... that the 13 km (8.1 mi) Mazeno Ridge route to the summit of Nanga Parbat was first completed in 2012?
|
| MLS Cup 1996 |
2019-05-04 |
|
1,405 |
58.5 |
... that the inaugural MLS Cup was played in heavy rain in the aftermath of Hurricane Lili?
|
| Lasaea rubra |
2019-05-20 |
|
1,388 |
57.8 |
... that when several of the small bivalve molluscs Lasaea rubra occupy the same rock crevice, they are likely to be clones?
|
| Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji |
2019-05-10 |
|
1,374 |
57.2 |
... that the Khan of Manavadar Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji played in the Indian hockey team at the Western Asiatic Games?
|
| Nurcan Çelik |
2019-05-11 |
|
1,372 |
57.2 |
... that, inspired at a young age by Polish footballer Roman Kosecki of Galatasaray S.K. in Turkey, Nurcan Çelik became a player and later established her own football club?
|
| Oriana Wilson |
2019-05-12 |
|
1,328 |
55.3 |
... that Oriana Wilson discovered a new species of bat, which was then named after her?
|
| Mubarez-ud-Daulah |
2019-05-11 |
|
1,320 |
55.0 |
... that after being influenced by Wahhabism, Mubarez-ud-Daulah wanted to overthrow the Nizam of Hyderabad and the British in India?
|
| Bob Verdi |
2019-05-02 |
|
1,319 |
55.0 |
... that Chicago Blackhawks team historian Bob Verdi was named Illinois Sportswriter of the Year 19 times?
|
| Wolfgang Meyer |
2019-05-13 |
|
1,314 |
54.8 |
... that Wolfgang Meyer, who recorded Mozart's Clarinet Concerto on a historical basset clarinet, played his last concert with jazz saxophonist Peter Lehel?
|
| Ramesh Sumant Mehta |
2019-05-27 |
|
1,292 |
53.8 |
... that while chief engineer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Ramesh Sumant Mehta implemented what was at the time the largest municipal drainage system in India?
|
| Hannelore Elsner |
2019-05-25 |
|
1,273 |
53.0 |
... that Hannelore Elsner, who first appeared in film in 1959, received international attention for her role in No Place to Go at the Cannes Festival in 2000?
|
| Rita Freeman |
2019-05-14 |
|
1,270 |
52.9 |
... that actress Chloe Howman compared her Casualty character Rita Freeman to a Jack Russell Terrier?
|
| Maxmuelleria lankesteri |
2019-05-03 |
|
1,256 |
52.3 |
... that the burrow of the spoon worm Maxmuelleria lankesteri is sometimes modified by fish and crustaceans that take up occupancy there?
|
| Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland |
2019-05-11 |
|
1,223 |
51.0 |
... that Martin Luther wrote "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" as a close paraphrase of the Latin hymn "Veni redemptor gentium", with a melody derived from the plainchant?
|
| Mädchenkantorei Limburg |
2019-05-17 |
|
1,220 |
50.9 |
... that the girls of the Mädchenkantorei Limburg joined a women's choir to perform sacred choral music by contemporary composers at a 2019 concert in Limburg Cathedral?
|
| Ukrainian presidential elections |
2019-05-06 |
|
1,216 |
50.6 |
... that no Ukrainian presidential election has had a higher voter turnout than the 84% of the first election in 1991?
|
| New York City Board of Aldermen |
2019-05-24 |
|
1,212 |
50.5 |
... that the New York City Board of Aldermen was at different times in its history an upper house and a lower house?
|
| Nostradamos (band) |
2019-05-25 |
|
1,206 |
50.3 |
... that Greek pop band Nostradamos won the best new composer and performer prize at the 1972 Thessaloniki Song Festival with their song "Dos Mou to Heri Sou" ('Give Me Your Hand')?
|
| Minnesota History (journal) |
2019-05-16 |
|
1,081 |
48.1 |
... that the journal Minnesota History covers topics ranging from the Dakota War of 1862 and cholera in the state to root beer stands of the Midwest?
|
| Fay Biles |
2019-05-23 |
|
1,140 |
47.5 |
... that field hockey and lacrosse head instructor Fay Biles became the most successful coach in Kent State University history?
|
| Huang Yihe |
2019-05-29 |
|
1,127 |
47.0 |
... that Huang Yihe created the CCTV New Year's Gala, which has become the most-watched television show in the world, with one billion viewers in 2018?
|
| Mahendra Nath Pandey |
2019-05-29 |
|
1,108 |
46.2 |
... that Mahendra Nath Pandey, who was imprisoned during the Emergency, went on to become an Indian government minister?
|
| George Worrall Counsel |
2019-05-26 |
|
1,038 |
43.3 |
... that hundreds of houses for artisans, built by George Worrall Counsel in the Gloucester suburb of Clapham in the 1820s, were demolished a century later during slum clearance?
|
| Liselotte Hammes |
2019-05-03 |
|
1,037 |
43.2 |
... that Liselotte Hammes, a soprano with the Cologne Opera, appeared as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier at the Glyndebourne Festival alongside Teresa Żylis-Gara in the title role and Montserrat Caballé as the Marschallin?
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| Asman Jah |
2019-05-04 |
|
1,029 |
42.9 |
... that after Asman Jah represented the Nizam of Hyderabad at the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, he was promoted to prime minister of the state?
|
| Kathryn Brush |
2019-05-15 |
|
1,028 |
42.8 |
... that in 1987, Royal Society of Canada fellow Kathryn Brush was one of the first women to be hired for a full-time position in art history at the University of Western Ontario?
|
| 1919 Australian federal election |
2019-05-18 |
|
1,011 |
42.1 |
... that the 1919 Australian federal election was the first to use preferential voting?
|
| Wenona Giles |
2019-05-17 |
|
962 |
40.1 |
... that Wenona Giles helped 59 people in the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, earn a Certificate of Completion in Educational Studies from Canada's York University?
|
| Carey Wentworth Styles |
2019-05-05 |
|
936 |
39.0 |
... that Carey Wentworth Styles founded The Atlanta Constitution, then had to surrender his interest in the newspaper when he could not pay for the purchase?
|
| I'll Be Home (Meghan Trainor song) |
2019-05-05 |
|
932 |
38.8 |
... that Meghan Trainor's 2014 song "I'll Be Home" did not debut on the Austrian charts until January 2019?
|
| Premiership Rugby Cup |
2019-05-28 |
|
930 |
38.8 |
... that the English Premiership Rugby Cup was created after the Welsh regions left the Anglo-Welsh Cup?
|
| Georgetown Neighborhood Library |
2019-05-15 |
|
929 |
38.7 |
... that the Georgetown Neighborhood Library houses the collection of its predecessor library established by George Peabody in 1872?
|
| Andrey Starovoytov |
2019-05-01 |
|
928 |
38.6 |
... that Andrey Starovoytov, the general secretary of the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation for 17 years, negotiated Soviet participation in the Summit Series?
|
| Ruhut Sitompul |
2019-05-24 |
|
906 |
37.7 |
... that Ruhut Sitompul landed a role in a telenovela because he was the production studio's legal adviser?
|
| Jennifer S. H. Brown |
2019-05-04 |
|
899 |
37.5 |
... that in 2008, ethnohistorian Jennifer S. H. Brown was the first woman from the University of Winnipeg to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada?
|
| Pete Fewing |
2019-05-10 |
|
851 |
35.5 |
... that collegiate soccer coach Pete Fewing has also officiated at the weddings of two of his former players?
|
| Gulabsinh |
2019-05-11 |
|
804 |
33.5 |
... that the 1897 supernatural novel Gulabsinh by Gujarati-language writer Manilal Dwivedi is an adaptation of the mystical novel Zanoni by English writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton?
|
| Alfred Kirchner |
2019-05-22 |
|
777 |
32.4 |
... that Alfred Kirchner directed the world premiere of Martin Walser's play Ein Kinderspiel in 1971, and the U.S. premiere of Henze's We Come to the River at the Santa Fe Opera in 1984?
|
| Gerd Heinz |
2019-05-28 |
|
756 |
31.5 |
... that when directing Der Ring in Minden, Wagner's Ring Cycle at a municipal theatre, Gerd Heinz focused on the psychology in the interactions of the characters?
|
| Lawrence Minard |
2019-05-28 |
|
746 |
31.1 |
... that Lawrence Minard has a business journalism award named after him?
|
| IIHF Hall of Fame |
2019-05-26 |
|
742 |
30.9 |
... that in 2008, Geraldine Heaney, Angela James, and Cammi Granato became the first three women ice hockey players inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame?
|
| Soedarpo Sastrosatomo |
2019-05-25 |
|
708 |
29.5 |
... that Soedarpo Sastrosatomo joined the Socialist Party of Indonesia, but later founded a business conglomerate?
|
| Eric Milnes |
2019-05-07 |
|
694 |
28.9 |
... that Eric Milnes has conducted Bach cantatas with the Montreal Baroque Orchestra, with singers performing one voice per part?
|
| Hans Günter Nöcker |
2019-05-04 |
|
530 |
22.1 |
... that the bass-baritone Hans Günter Nöcker appeared in several world premieres of operas in Berlin, Schwetzingen, and Munich, where he created a stirring portrayal of Gloucester in Reimann's Lear?
|
| Clive Disher |
2019-05-18 |
|
436 |
18.2 |
... that the Disher Challenge Cup, an annual rowing race, is named after Clive Disher, who rowed for the winning Australian eight in the 1919 Henley Royal Peace Regatta?
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