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Image
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| Franz Halder |
2019-10-20 |
 |
36,854 |
1,535.6 |
... that Franz Halder (pictured), a former chief of staff of Nazi Germany's army, was the only German to be decorated by both Adolf Hitler and an American president?
|
| 1959 San Diego F3H crash |
2019-10-19 |
 |
21,950 |
914.6 |
... that in 1959, an estimated 700 people on the ground were saved when Ensign Albert Hickman stayed with his crippled aircraft (type pictured)?
|
| Hannah Simpson Grant |
2019-10-17 |
 |
21,088 |
878.6 |
... that Hannah Simpson Grant (pictured), mother of U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant, did not attend her son's inauguration?
|
| Dabusun Lake
|
2019-10-21
|
|
11,232
|
468.0
|
... that Dabusun Lake (pictured) is the largest remaining lake in China's Qarhan Playa, which 30,000 years ago held a single lake spreading over at least 25,000 km2 (9,700 sq mi)?
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| Qarhan Playa
|
7,302
|
304.3
|
| Total |
18,535 |
772.3
|
| Lisa Gordon-Hagerty |
2019-10-12 |
 |
17,718 |
738.2 |
... that Lisa Gordon-Hagerty (pictured), head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, once said, "I have more important things to do than advise Nicole Kidman"?
|
| Barbecue spaghetti |
2019-10-04 |
 |
16,062 |
669.2 |
... that John Shelton Reed wrote that barbecue spaghetti (pictured) "is to spaghetti Bolognese as Cincinnati chili is to the Tex-Mex variety"?
|
| Bruce Tree |
2019-10-30 |
|
15,254 |
635.6 |
... that a tree at least 700 years old, reputedly planted by Robert the Bruce, was destroyed by an arson attack in 2004?
|
| Idalia Ramos Rangel |
2019-10-23 |
|
14,452 |
602.1 |
... that a US$25,000 bounty is offered for Big Momma?
|
| Mai Khôi |
2019-10-25 |
 |
14,328 |
597.0 |
... that Mai Khôi (pictured), an outspoken singer and political dissident known as the "Lady Gaga of Vietnam", received a Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent in 2018?
|
| Lilias Adie |
2019-10-31 |
|
13,166 |
548.6 |
... that forensic artists at the University of Dundee used 100-year-old photographs of a skull to digitally recreate the face of an accused witch in Scotland?
|
| The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe |
2019-10-23 |
 |
12,534 |
522.3 |
... that the first Serbian feature film, The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe (still frame shown), was considered lost for much of the 20th century and only rediscovered in 2003?
|
| Writing lines |
2019-10-11 |
 |
12,426 |
517.8 |
... that writing lines (example pictured), as cartoon character Bart Simpson does on a chalkboard, has survived even as other forms of school discipline have fallen out of favour?
|
| 63rd Street Tunnel |
2019-10-09 |
|
11,000 |
458.4 |
... that the upper level of New York's 63rd Street Tunnel took 20 years to open, while the lower level is still under construction after nearly half a century?
|
| Kate Dover
|
2019-10-06
|
|
4,912
|
204.6
|
... that in 1881, Kate Dover killed Thomas Skinner by cooking him a roast dinner with arsenic in the stuffing, but was not convicted of murder?
|
| Crown vs Kate Dover
|
4,139
|
172.5
|
| Thomas Skinner (etcher)
|
1,930
|
80.4
|
| Total |
10,981 |
457.5
|
| Earl's Court Square |
2019-10-24 |
 |
10,104 |
435.5 |
... that in the 1970s, London's Earl's Court Square (houses pictured) was the location of two brothels and the site of the "Battle of Earl's Court" between rival poets?
|
| Mia Khalifa (song) |
2019-10-16 |
|
10,277 |
428.2 |
... that more than 4 million videos on TikTok feature the song "Mia Khalifa" – also known as the "Hit or Miss" song – even though the app had not licensed its use and has never paid the artists?
|
| Margaret Macpherson Grant |
2019-10-16 |
|
10,256 |
427.3 |
... that 19th-century Scottish heiress and philanthropist Margaret Macpherson Grant died, aged 42, shortly after her female partner had abandoned her to marry a man?
|
| Eagle Woman |
2019-10-27 |
 |
8,034 |
391.9 |
... that Eagle Woman (pictured) is credited as the only woman to become a chief among the Sioux, and the first woman to sign a treaty with the United States?
|
| Miss'd America |
2019-10-22 |
|
9,404 |
391.8 |
... that the grand prize of the Miss'd America pageant was once a Burger King crown and a bouquet of dead roses?
|
| TASBot |
2019-10-08 |
|
9,390 |
391.2 |
... that speedrunning robot TASBot made a Skype call in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past?
|
| Mike Wallace Is Here |
2019-10-07 |
|
9,378 |
390.8 |
... that director Avi Belkin said the title of his 2019 documentary Mike Wallace Is Here once constituted "the four most-dreaded words in the English language"?
|
| Jim Furyk's round of 58 |
2019-10-07 |
 |
9,313 |
388.0 |
... that after 1.5 million rounds played over the history of the PGA Tour, the first 58 was shot by Jim Furyk (pictured)?
|
| Tweed Courthouse |
2019-10-17 |
|
9,232 |
384.6 |
... that the construction of New York City's Tweed Courthouse, prolonged over 20 years, has been called "a classic in the annals of American graft"?
|
| Litsy |
2019-10-17 |
|
8,976 |
374.0 |
... that Litsy is similar to Twitter and Instagram, but is only for books?
|
| London medical students at Belsen |
2019-10-10 |
 |
8,571 |
357.1 |
... that in 1945, a group of London medical students (pictured) travelled to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to treat the survivors?
|
| Betsy Head Park |
2019-10-31 |
|
8,406 |
350.2 |
... that the namesake of Betsy Head Park left half her estate to the New York City parks system and only $5 to her daughter?
|
| The VelociPastor |
2019-10-04 |
|
8,170 |
340.4 |
... that the director of the film The VelociPastor thought of the idea when his phone autocorrected "Velociraptor" to "Veloci Pastor"?
|
| Robert N. McClelland |
2019-10-18 |
|
7,928 |
330.3 |
... that surgeon Robert N. McClelland tried to save the lives of both John F. Kennedy and his assassin?
|
| New York Public Library Main Branch |
2019-10-28 |
 |
7,111 |
316.0 |
... that the New York Public Library Main Branch (pictured), whose stacks contain an estimated 2.5 million volumes, uses "book trains" to carry books to patrons?
|
| Jeannette Guyot |
2019-10-02 |
|
7,573 |
315.5 |
... that French Resistance agent Jeannette Guyot was one of only two women to be awarded America's second highest military honour during World War II?
|
| Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse |
2019-10-03 |
 |
7,473 |
311.4 |
... that the occupation of the Stasi district headquarters and Stasi prison (pictured) in Erfurt was a milestone in the Peaceful Revolution?
|
| Maryul |
2019-10-31 |
 |
7,448 |
310.4 |
... that Ladakh was originally called Maryul (capital pictured), the "lowland" of West Tibet?
|
| Uppalavanna |
2019-10-21 |
|
7,078 |
294.9 |
... that one of the Buddha's chief female disciples, Uppalavanna, is said to have become a nun because she was so beautiful that her father feared conflict between her many wealthy suitors?
|
| Joseph LaBarge |
2019-10-02 |
 |
7,056 |
294.0 |
... that in 1863, Captain Joseph LaBarge (pictured) made a trip up and down the Missouri River aboard his steamboat, exceeding existing records for speed and distance?
|
| Yu Zhenwu |
2019-10-18 |
|
7,038 |
293.2 |
... that Yu Zhenwu piloted the first successful flight of China's first indigenously designed jet aircraft and, decades later, became Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force?
|
| Benjamin F. Lewis |
2019-10-14 |
|
6,873 |
286.4 |
... that the murder of Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was considered unsolvable for having too many suspects?
|
| War of the Peters |
2019-10-10 |
|
6,692 |
278.8 |
... that up to 60,000 people were displaced during the War of the Peters?
|
| Lisa Daugaard |
2019-10-28 |
|
6,271 |
278.7 |
... that Lisa Daugaard attended the University of Washington at the age of twelve?
|
| Samsung Galaxy M30s |
2019-10-24 |
|
6,448 |
277.9 |
... that the 6000 mAh battery on the Samsung Galaxy M30s is the largest ever for a Samsung smartphone?
|
| Girl on the Third Floor |
2019-10-25 |
|
6,516 |
271.5 |
... that director and screenwriter Travis Stevens paused renovations on his production company's house to film Girl on the Third Floor?
|
| Jaakko Gauriloff |
2019-10-15 |
 |
6,438 |
268.3 |
... that in his youth, Finnish Skolt singer Jaakko Gauriloff (pictured) was called "the James Dean of Nellim" and "the world's northernmost schlager singer"?
|
| Apple maggot |
2019-10-14 |
 |
6,364 |
265.2 |
... that adult apple maggot flies (example pictured) use their wing patterns defensively to mimic spiders?
|
| Roar (1981 film) |
2019-10-26 |
|
6,335 |
264.0 |
... that at least 70 members of the cast and crew were injured while working alongside 130 or more untrained big cats, mostly lions and tigers, for the film Roar?
|
| John Mason Loomis |
2019-10-24 |
|
6,098 |
262.8 |
... that industrialist John Mason Loomis, a Union Army colonel in the American Civil War, fought in 57 battles and skirmishes, marching with his men for more than 6,900 mi (11,100 km)?
|
| Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides |
2019-10-18 |
|
6,248 |
260.4 |
... that after drug cartel member Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides was killed in a shootout, his comrades tried to fabricate a suicide?
|
| Military Intelligence Corps Band |
2019-10-01 |
 |
6,062 |
252.6 |
... that the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Corps Band (pictured) had a jazz ensemble known as the Cannonball Combo in tribute to Cannonball Adderley, a former U.S. Army trumpet player?
|
| Hollow Dogū |
2019-10-07 |
|
6,031 |
251.3 |
... that the sexual characteristics of the Hollow Dogū, a National Treasure of Japan, are so mixed that the Jōmon figurine has been said to "transcend gender"?
|
| Halloween darter |
2019-10-31 |
|
6,023 |
251.0 |
... that the common name of the Halloween darter refers to the orange and black coloration that individuals develop during the breeding season?
|
| Geostationary orbit |
2019-10-18 |
|
5,936[a] |
247.3 |
... that satellites in a geostationary orbit appear stationary in the sky to a ground observer?
|
| Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi |
2019-10-17 |
|
5,866 |
244.4 |
... that property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, fiancé of Princess Beatrice of York, co-founded a charity in Rwanda that aims to use cricket to foster social change?
|
| Rugg/Feldman benchmarks |
2019-10-02 |
|
5,793 |
241.4 |
... that Steve Wozniak's Integer BASIC was so fast in the Rugg/Feldman benchmarks that Bill Gates complained?
|
| REDress Project |
2019-10-08 |
 |
5,768 |
240.3 |
... that the red dresses (example pictured) in Jaime Black's REDress Project represent the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada and the United States?
|
| Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station |
2019-10-10 |
|
5,731 |
238.8 |
... that for a time, subway riders exiting the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station in the evening could find themselves trapped behind a locked gate?
|
| Coffin Cave mold beetle |
2019-10-31 |
|
5,712 |
238.0 |
... that the Coffin Cave mold beetle may not actually be found in Coffin Cave?
|
| Nitehawk Cinema |
2019-10-16 |
 |
5,552 |
231.3 |
... that in 2011, Nitehawk Cinema (pictured) successfully lobbied to overturn a Prohibition-era liquor law that prevented movie theaters in New York from serving alcohol?
|
| Free School Under the Bridge |
2019-10-09 |
|
5,526 |
230.3 |
... that the Free School Under the Bridge in Delhi uses a metro bridge as its roof and blackboards painted on the wall of a depot?
|
| Castleford Pottery |
2019-10-29 |
 |
5,526 |
230.2 |
... that many Castleford-type ceramic teapots have either hinged or sliding lids (examples pictured)?
|
| Boophis popi |
2019-10-31 |
|
5,518 |
229.9 |
... that the skeleton frog Boophis popi can be identified by its bright red irises?
|
| Podostemum ceratophyllum |
2019-10-17 |
|
5,456 |
227.3 |
... that the cause of the decline in hornleaf riverweed, a foundation species in swift-flowing rivers in North America, is unclear?
|
| Great Northumberland Forest |
2019-10-19 |
|
5,429 |
226.2 |
... that to create the Great Northumberland Forest, up to a million trees are due to be planted between 2020 and 2024?
|
| Dona Strauss |
2019-10-21 |
|
5,368 |
223.6 |
... that mathematician Dona Strauss left South Africa over apartheid, lost a faculty job at Dartmouth for joining an anti-war protest, and helped found European Women in Mathematics?
|
| Celia Harvey |
2019-10-14 |
|
5,266 |
219.4 |
... that Celia Harvey has been a countess, a lecturer, a parliamentary candidate, and a British Army brigadier?
|
| Rockaways' Playland |
2019-10-01 |
|
5,163 |
215.1 |
... that New York City's Rockaways' Playland amusement park was closed because of an eightfold increase in insurance premiums?
|
| The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions |
2019-10-20 |
|
5,156 |
214.8 |
... that the 1977 fantasy novel The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions was originally planned as a children's book?
|
| Archer Avenue lines |
2019-10-14 |
|
5,143 |
214.3 |
... that the Archer Avenue subway took 16 years to finish, was completed at a cost of nearly five times its original budget, and was cut back to a fraction of its original length?
|
| Bissinger Wool Pullery |
2019-10-15 |
|
5,096 |
212.3 |
... that the Bissinger Wool Pullery processed dead sheep?
|
| Brigid Leventhal |
2019-10-17 |
|
5,082 |
211.8 |
... that pediatric oncologist Brigid Leventhal was one of only six women in her graduating class from Harvard Medical School in 1960?
|
| John Hancock (venereologist) |
2019-10-07 |
|
5,062 |
210.9 |
... that in 1945, London medical student John Hancock's studies were interrupted when he contracted typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
|
| Marlion Pickett |
2019-10-22 |
 |
4,927 |
205.3 |
... that Marlion Pickett (pictured) is the first player since 1926 to win a premiership in his Australian Football League debut?
|
| Piera Aiello |
2019-10-25 |
|
4,742 |
197.6 |
... that Piera Aiello wore a veil to protect her identity when standing for Italy's Chamber of Deputies because of threats from the mafia?
|
| Female Engagement Team |
2019-10-16 |
|
4,656 |
194.0 |
... that the U.S. Armed Forces created Female Engagement Teams to interact with women in Afghanistan?
|
| Total |
4,654 |
193.9
|
| Weeping Jesus statue in Mumbai |
2019-10-26 |
|
4,618 |
192.4 |
... that water seeping from a statue of Jesus in Mumbai was initially called a miracle, but turned out to originate from a nearby overflowing drain?
|
| Unconstitutional constitutional amendment |
2019-10-11 |
|
4,569 |
190.4 |
... that courts and legal scholars in some countries have expressed support for the idea that even a properly ratified constitutional amendment can be unconstitutional?
|
| The Ten Thousand Things (2014 novel) |
2019-10-01 |
|
4,566 |
190.3 |
... that the novel The Ten Thousand Things, earlier rejected by 44 publishers, won the Walter Scott Prize?
|
| Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi
|
2019-10-30
|
|
2,923
|
121.8
|
... that the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi (pictured), which houses the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir, is both a house church and a museum?
|
| House church (Russia)
|
1,620
|
67.5
|
| Total |
4,544 |
189.3
|
| Rāhula |
2019-10-13 |
 |
4,444 |
185.2 |
... that a discourse given by the Buddha to his only son, Rāhula (depiction shown), became one of the seven Buddhist texts recommended for study in the inscriptions of Emperor Aśoka?
|
| Battle of Craig Cailloch |
2019-10-30 |
|
4,436 |
184.8 |
... that Alexander of Islay encouraged Clan Chattan to fight the Battle of Craig Cailloch against Clan Cameron as revenge for the Camerons' defection?
|
| Thomas Mohr (tenor) |
2019-10-17 |
|
4,430 |
184.6 |
... that tenor Thomas Mohr, who has sung the roles of Loge, Siegmund, and Siegfried in Der Ring in Minden, hosts concerts in his cowshed?
|
| Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers |
2019-10-25 |
|
4,430 |
184.6 |
... that the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers was created in 1793 to replace civilian contractors, who sometimes abandoned their artillery in battle?
|
| Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 |
2019-10-04 |
|
4,414 |
183.9 |
... that the Irish Occupied Territories Bill would make doing business with Israeli settlers punishable by fines of up to €250,000 and up to five years in prison?
|
| Dienerella filum |
2019-10-30 |
|
4,379 |
182.5 |
... that infestations of the common plaster beetle have caused hygiene problems in a hospital?
|
| Andrew Mukooza |
2019-10-24 |
|
4,198 |
180.9 |
... that Ugandan air force commander Andrew Mukooza may have been murdered because he helped defeat a coup attempt?
|
| Battle of Babylon Hill |
2019-10-06 |
|
4,339 |
180.8 |
... that according to one historian, the Battle of Babylon Hill was "more muddle than battle"?
|
| The Dairy |
2019-10-08 |
|
4,331 |
180.5 |
... that the Dairy in Central Park was designed to offer board games and sell milk to park guests?
|
| Tom Farquharson |
2019-10-03 |
|
4,306 |
179.4 |
... that footballer Tom Farquharson was believed to carry a gun in his kitbag?
|
| 2019 Paul Hunter Classic |
2019-10-17 |
|
4,292 |
178.8 |
... that Shaun Murphy pulled out of the 2019 Paul Hunter Classic snooker tournament after injuring his leg dancing to Disney's Greatest Hits?
|
| Amy Brown (dietitian) |
2019-10-18 |
|
4,268 |
177.8 |
... that according to dietician Amy Brown, a researcher of social barriers to breastfeeding, smacking children is acceptable to more British people than breastfeeding in public?
|
| Shiwei, Inner Mongolia |
2019-10-24 |
|
4,058 |
174.9 |
... that the Friendship Bridge on the Russian–Chinese border at Shiwei, Inner Mongolia, is used by trucks carrying quarried stone, but passenger vehicles are not permitted?
|
| Piano Concerto (Clara Schumann) |
2019-10-18 |
 |
4,168 |
173.7 |
... that when pianist Clara Wieck (pictured with the score) composed her Piano Concerto in A minor as a teenager, her future husband Robert Schumann helped with the orchestration?
|
| Springs Mills Building |
2019-10-22 |
|
4,148 |
172.9 |
... that the Springs Mills Building, a New York City Landmark built in 1963, has a hexagonal tower that may have taken inspiration from Milan's Pirelli Tower?
|
| Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková |
2019-10-31 |
|
4,132 |
172.2 |
... that Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková established the first girls' secondary school in Moravia?
|
| Margaret Barr (choreographer) |
2019-10-09 |
 |
4,131 |
172.1 |
... that choreographer Margaret Barr created more than 80 works (example pictured), inspired by subjects such as Mahatma Gandhi, Margaret Mead, drought, and the Melbourne Cup?
|
| Sturm Cigarette Company |
2019-10-09 |
|
4,102 |
170.9 |
... that despite the party's anti-smoking faction, the Sturmabteilung was funded by a Nazi cigarette company?
|
| Signal Corps Band |
2019-10-18 |
|
4,091 |
170.5 |
... that in 1916, three members of a military band were killed in action during the Battle of Columbus in New Mexico?
|
| KYDZ |
2019-10-18 |
|
4,043 |
168.5 |
... that the annual charity radiothon at Wyoming high school radio station KYDZ was commended by a thank-you letter from President Ronald Reagan?
|
| Green Man, Blackheath |
2019-10-29 |
|
3,981 |
165.9 |
... that David Bowie's first gig as lead singer was at the Green Man, Blackheath?
|
| Waniguchi |
2019-10-01 |
|
3,976 |
165.7 |
... that the waniguchi gong is named after its resemblance to the mouth of a crocodile or alligator?
|
| Kings Plaza |
2019-10-21 |
|
3,974 |
165.6 |
... that New York City's Kings Plaza shopping mall was built with a marina for visitors, as well as its own power system?
|
| Mill Basin, Brooklyn |
2019-10-03 |
|
3,962 |
165.1 |
... that the New York City neighborhood of Mill Basin, once a desolate swampland, now contains multi-million-dollar homes?
|
| Naked-rumped tomb bat |
2019-10-16 |
|
3,866 |
161.1 |
... that the naked-rumped tomb bat is among a number of species of bat that roost in different parts of the Karnak Temple Complex in Egypt?
|
| Celia Rowlson-Hall |
2019-10-24 |
|
3,704 |
159.7 |
... that director Celia Rowlson-Hall cast herself as a modern version of the Virgin Mary in her first feature film?
|
| Vladimir Lvovich Kasatonov |
2019-10-06 |
 |
3,780 |
157.5 |
... that Russian vice-admiral Vladimir Kasatonov has been involved in crew search-and-rescue operations for three submarines: K-219 (pictured), Komsomolets, and Kursk?
|
| Joshua Guerrero |
2019-10-31 |
|
3,706 |
154.4 |
... that American tenor Joshua Guerrero stepped in at late notice to sing Almaviva in a Grammy Award-winning production of The Ghosts of Versailles?
|
| Sorley MacLean |
2019-10-07 |
|
3,704 |
154.3 |
... that Scottish poet Sorley MacLean once called upon the Red Army to invade his homeland?
|
| Space National Guard |
2019-10-05 |
|
3,674 |
153.1 |
... that the Colorado National Guard's 117th Space Battalion is nicknamed the "Space Cowboys"?
|
| Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse) |
2019-10-11 |
|
3,662 |
152.6 |
... that the character of Felicity Smoak, from The CW's Arrowverse franchise, first appeared in the DC Comics series The Fury of Firestorm in 1984?
|
| Erland Erlandson |
2019-10-07 |
|
3,631 |
151.3 |
... that Erland Erlandson became the first known European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic coast when his guides misled him?
|
| Quelccaya Ice Cap |
2019-10-09 |
|
3,624 |
151.0 |
... that birds nest in the Quelccaya Ice Cap of Peru?
|
| Irish Language Act |
2019-10-12 |
|
3,604 |
150.2 |
... that the Northern Ireland Assembly has not sat for more than two years, partly because of disagreements over an Irish Language Act?
|
| Kang Woo-kyu |
2019-10-19 |
|
3,594 |
149.8 |
... that Kang Woo-kyu hid a grenade between his legs to pass through the Russian–Japanese border and try to assassinate the Japanese governor-general of Korea?
|
| Patricia Bagot |
2019-10-22 |
|
3,552 |
148.0 |
... that housing expert Patricia Bagot argued with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi over the quality of housing in Libya?
|
| Scutigerella immaculata |
2019-10-10 |
|
3,534 |
147.3 |
... that the female garden symphylan stores sperm in its mouth?
|
| Church of the Gesú (Philadelphia) |
2019-10-21 |
|
3,518 |
146.6 |
... that the Church of the Gesú in Philadelphia once held more than 200 relics?
|
| New York City Inferno |
2019-10-05 |
|
3,480 |
145.0 |
... that New York City Inferno, a 1978 gay pornography film, features a licensed soundtrack by the Village People?
|
| Hadji Kamlon |
2019-10-11 |
|
3,440 |
143.3 |
... that it took more than 5,000 Philippine soldiers with land, air, and sea support, as well as millions of pesos, to end the uprising of Hadji Kamlon?
|
| Foreign interference in the 2020 United States elections |
2019-10-02 |
|
3,429 |
142.9 |
... that according to Robert Mueller, who investigated foreign interference in the 2016 US presidential election, foreign interference in the 2020 US elections is ongoing?
|
| Zhang Lianzhong |
2019-10-28 |
|
3,056 |
135.8 |
... that Zhang Lianzhong was the first commander of the Chinese navy who had served at sea?
|
| Trogoderma variabile |
2019-10-23 |
|
3,167 |
132.0 |
... that the warehouse beetle usually develops within about two months, but may enter an active diapause and take two years?
|
| Avinash Sable |
2019-10-01 |
|
3,164 |
131.8 |
... that Avinash Sable went from running 6 km (3.7 mi) to and from school at age six to running the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships?
|
| Patrick Lin (cinematographer) |
2019-10-29 |
|
3,146 |
131.1 |
... that Pixar cinematographer Patrick Lin pioneered the use of a virtual lens based on an actual camera lens in Inside Out?
|
| Ma Ning |
2019-10-05 |
|
3,119 |
130.0 |
... that handicapped army veteran Ma Ning became a pilot and later Commander of the Chinese Air Force after being inspired by a novel about a double amputee flying ace?
|
| Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula
|
2019-10-07
|
|
1,748
|
72.8
|
... that after leading a failed rebellion in his native Morocco, Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula led the Volunteers of the Faith in Granada, where he became a major political figure?
|
| Volunteers of the Faith
|
1,311
|
54.6
|
| Total |
3,059 |
127.5
|
| Dirk Müller (stock trader) |
2019-10-25 |
|
2,998 |
124.9 |
... that German stock trader Dirk Müller is known as "Mr. DAX"?
|
| Shuping Wang |
2019-10-20 |
|
2,954 |
123.1 |
... that medical researcher Shuping Wang may have saved tens of thousands of lives by defying authorities and exposing an HIV/AIDS scandal in China?
|
| Song Myung-soon |
2019-10-12 |
|
2,932 |
122.1 |
... that Song Myung-soon was the first woman South Korean army general from a combat arm?
|
| Pere Marquette Lumber Company |
2019-10-21 |
|
2,911 |
121.3 |
... that despite its name, the Pere Marquette Lumber Company ranked among the largest salt and lumber producers in the state of Michigan?
|
| South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk |
2019-10-20 |
|
2,900 |
120.8 |
... that at 2.5 miles (4.0 km), New York City's South Beach Boardwalk was cited as the fourth longest boardwalk in the world in 2010?
|
| Among the Lost
|
2019-10-15
|
|
2,066
|
86.1
|
... that in Among the Lost, a 2018 novel by Mexican author Emiliano Monge, the victims of human trafficking are described in language borrowed from Dante's Inferno and the testimony of real-life people?
|
| Emiliano Monge
|
816
|
34.0
|
| Total |
2,882 |
120.1
|
| Babak (Sasanian officer) |
2019-10-11 |
|
2,872 |
119.7 |
... that after reforming the army of the Sasanian Empire, the officer Babak is said to have insisted that King Khosrow I wear his armor and participate in the military parade like all the other warriors?
|
| Susan L. Mann |
2019-10-10 |
|
2,868 |
119.5 |
... that American historian Susan L. Mann won the Fairbank Prize for exploring the roles of elite women and same-sex social relationships in Chinese history?
|
| Sarah Robinson (activist) |
2019-10-04 |
|
2,854 |
118.9 |
... that temperance activist Sarah Robinson visited brothels in an attempt to improve the health of prostitutes and their clients?
|
| Ruth Darrow |
2019-10-24 |
|
2,732 |
117.7 |
... that after Ruth Darrow's son died from hemolytic disease of the newborn, she was inspired to study the disease, and became the first person to identify its cause?
|
| Élisabeth Revol |
2019-10-27 |
|
2,410 |
117.5 |
... that in 2018, Élisabeth Revol became the first woman to ascend Nanga Parbat in winter, and her rescue on the descent was widely reported?
|
| Ruth Doggett |
2019-10-05 |
 |
2,755 |
114.8 |
... that a review of the London Group's 1936 exhibition noted that many works seemed "perverse and downright silly", but those by Ruth Doggett (portrait shown) formed "welcome oases of sense and sensibility"?
|
| Ye Xuanping |
2019-10-04 |
|
2,745 |
114.4 |
... that under the governorship of Ye Xuanping, Guangdong grew economically prosperous and increased its independence from Beijing, earning him the nickname "Emperor of the South"?
|
| Hans Riemer (Austrian politician) |
2019-10-14 |
|
2,734 |
113.9 |
... that Hans Riemer went from being a prisoner of war in 1945 to President of Austria's Bundesrat in 1955?
|
| Liu Shunyao |
2019-10-23 |
|
2,720 |
113.4 |
... that under the leadership of Liu Shunyao, the Chinese air force began emphasizing the need to fight offensive battles?
|
| Revel Transit |
2019-10-07 |
|
2,694 |
112.2 |
... that electric moped sharing company Revel deposited 1,000 new mopeds on New York City streets in the space of a week?
|
| John D. Whitney |
2019-10-27 |
|
2,279 |
111.2 |
... that a future president of Georgetown University, John D. Whitney, decided to convert to Catholicism after reading a book accidentally dropped into the ocean from a U.S. Navy ship?
|
| Tritoniella
|
2019-10-04
|
|
1,670
|
69.6
|
... that the nudibranch Tritoniella belli is avoided by several predatory starfishes but is inefficiently preyed on by the sea anemone Isotealia antarctica?
|
| Isotealia antarctica
|
996
|
41.5
|
| Total |
2,666 |
111.1
|
| Blind Injustice (opera) |
2019-10-23 |
|
2,661 |
110.9 |
... that the opera Blind Injustice tells the true stories of six people in Ohio who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated?
|
| Euryoryzomys russatus |
2019-10-29 |
|
2,641 |
110.0 |
... that populations of the russet rice rat have been shown to have a monogamous mating system?
|
| Julie Dretzin |
2019-10-15 |
|
2,618 |
109.1 |
... that Julie Dretzin has narrated audiobooks using Russian accents for some characters and Maine accents for others?
|
| Bartley Wilson |
2019-10-02 |
|
2,601 |
108.4 |
... that Cardiff City F.C. founder Bartley Wilson's headstone was discovered in bushes near his grave, which had lain unmarked for more than 40 years?
|
| Ross T. McIntire |
2019-10-23 |
|
2,570 |
107.1 |
... that Ross T. McIntire was the first Physician to the President to have had a certified medical specialty?
|
| Ester Peony |
2019-10-10 |
|
2,484 |
103.5 |
... that Ester Peony, Romania's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, spent part of her early life in Canada?
|
| Lotta Ramel |
2019-10-08 |
|
2,469 |
102.9 |
... that Swedish actress Lotta Ramel portrayed her real-life mother, actress Susanna Ramel, in the film Ted: För kärlekens skull?
|
| Alcohol-related crime |
2019-10-02 |
|
2,466 |
102.7 |
... that drunk driving is among the most common alcohol-related crimes in the United States?
|
| Shadrack Frimpong |
2019-10-02 |
|
2,458 |
102.4 |
... that Shadrack Frimpong started a communal cocoa farm in Ghana, where villagers could work in exchange for free tuition at an all-girls school?
|
| The Homeric Gods |
2019-10-03 |
|
2,453 |
102.2 |
... that Walter Burkert described the conclusion on Greek mythology in The Homeric Gods as a "sublime private religion"?
|
| Fort George Amusement Park |
2019-10-13 |
|
2,434 |
101.4 |
... that Fort George Amusement Park, which featured roller coasters, carousels, and Ferris wheels, was in Upper Manhattan in a locality once referred to as "Harlem's Coney Island"?
|
| KGCX (AM) |
2019-10-26 |
|
2,412 |
100.5 |
... that KGCX, located in a town with a population of 50, claimed to be the world's smallest broadcasting station?
|
| Nutfield Priory |
2019-10-23 |
|
2,346 |
97.7 |
... that John Gibson's design of Nutfield Priory was inspired by the Palace of Westminster?
|
| Hildegarde's shrew
|
2019-10-15
|
|
904
|
37.7
|
... that Hildegarde had a bat, a mouse and a shrew named in her honour?
|
| Hildegarde's tomb bat
|
844
|
35.2
|
| Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
|
592
|
24.6
|
| Total |
2,340 |
97.5
|
| Natal Native Pioneer Corps |
2019-10-29 |
|
2,317 |
96.5 |
... that during the Siege of Eshowe, members of the Natal Native Pioneer Corps ventured out of the town under Zulu fire to retrieve maize and pumpkins to sell to the defenders?
|
| Deng Hongkui
|
2019-10-09
|
|
1,296
|
54.0
|
... that Deng Hongkui and Chen Hu were the first to use CRISPR gene editing on an HIV patient?
|
| Chen Hu (physician)
|
1,011
|
42.1
|
| Total |
2,307 |
96.1
|
| Wei Jinshan |
2019-10-13 |
|
2,242 |
93.4 |
... that Chinese admiral Wei Jinshan was awarded the Medal of Honour by President Xi Jinping and the Order of the National Flag by North Korea?
|
| B. M. Kutty |
2019-10-01 |
|
2,232 |
93.0 |
... that B. M. Kutty was called to a meeting with Pakistani prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after writing him a letter from prison?
|
| Divyansh Singh Panwar |
2019-10-19 |
|
2,222 |
92.6 |
... that Divyansh Singh Panwar won four medals at the 2019 Shooting World Cup, two years after his father became worried by his "PUBG addiction" and sent him to New Delhi to train?
|
| Samsung Galaxy Fit (smartwatch) |
2019-10-03 |
|
2,188 |
91.2 |
... that the Samsung Galaxy Fit smartwatch can be charged wirelessly through near-field communication?
|
| Psychoda alternata |
2019-10-05 |
|
2,182 |
90.9 |
... that larvae of the drain fly can be found in trickling filter systems used to process sewage?
|
| Parkia bicolor |
2019-10-24 |
|
2,093 |
90.2 |
... that the nectar-rich flowers of the African locust-bean are visited by bats, dormice, and pottos?
|
| Jane Eskind |
2019-10-09 |
|
2,158 |
89.9 |
... that Jane Eskind was the first woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee?
|
| Khalili Collections |
2019-10-26 |
 |
2,156 |
89.8 |
... that the Khalili Collections (manuscript folio shown) comprise some 35,000 works of art assembled by Nasser D. Khalili over five decades?
|
| Betty Flint |
2019-10-22 |
|
2,154 |
89.7 |
... that botanist Betty Flint continued research in a voluntary capacity at Lincoln University and Landcare Research until she was 100 years old?
|
| Durio graveolens |
2019-10-28 |
|
2,004 |
89.1 |
... that despite a name meaning "strong-smelling durian", Durio graveolens has been described as odorless?
|
| Drosophila subobscura |
2019-10-22 |
|
2,130 |
88.8 |
... that the gut bacteria of Drosophila subobscura can influence its mating behavior?
|
| Pelin Ünker |
2019-10-28 |
|
1,996 |
88.7 |
... that Turkish correspondent Pelin Ünker is the only journalist in the world sentenced for writing about the Paradise Papers investigation?
|
| Fleet Review (Japan) |
2019-10-14 |
|
2,126 |
88.6 |
... that today's Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Fleet Review was canceled due to Typhoon Hagibis?
|
| 2019 World Open (snooker) |
2019-10-25 |
|
2,100 |
87.5 |
... that Neil Robertson will not play at the 2019 World Open snooker tournament because he drove to Barnsley, Gloucestershire, rather than Barnsley, South Yorkshire, to compete in the qualifiers?
|
| Women's Defence Relief Corps |
2019-10-04 |
|
2,034 |
84.7 |
... that the Women's Defence Relief Corps trained British women to fight during the First World War?
|
| A Voyage Round the World |
2019-10-16 |
|
2,008 |
83.7 |
... that Georg Forster's 1777 report A Voyage Round the World, about the second voyage of James Cook, was not reprinted in English for nearly two centuries?
|
| Józefa Joteyko |
2019-10-23 |
|
2,008 |
83.6 |
... that Józefa Joteyko believed that wages should be based upon scientific research and the amount of effort required to do a job, rather than arbitrary factors like gender?
|
| Lee Eun-soo |
2019-10-20 |
|
2,000 |
83.4 |
... that Lee Eun-soo was South Korea's seventh female general officer and the first in the legal branch?
|
| KNGN |
2019-10-09 |
|
1,948 |
81.2 |
... that a snake chased a mouse into the transmitter of Nebraska radio station KWRV in 1962, knocking it off the air for two hours?
|
| St Rufus Church |
2019-10-15 |
|
1,943 |
81.0 |
... that the nave entrance doors of St Rufus Church in Keith, Moray, Scotland, incorporate a two-sided memorial to the First and Second World Wars?
|
| J. Michael Mendel |
2019-10-03 |
|
1,925[b] |
80.2 |
... that television producer J. Michael Mendel won three Primetime Emmy Awards for The Simpsons and another for Rick and Morty?
|
| Yū Sasahara |
2019-10-11 |
|
1,918 |
79.9 |
... that although Yū Sasahara dreamed of becoming a singer as a child, her father persuaded her to pursue a career in voice acting instead?
|
| WNWK |
2019-10-25 |
|
1,868 |
77.8 |
... that after the owner of Delaware radio station WNRK died before he could put it on the air, his widow was interviewed on the station's first day of broadcasting?
|
| Raúl Hernández Barrón |
2019-10-12 |
|
1,864 |
77.7 |
... that suspected drug lord Raúl Hernández Barrón claimed to be a policeman to avoid being arrested?
|
| Bibi Torriani |
2019-10-01 |
|
1,838 |
76.6 |
... that Swiss athlete Bibi Torriani was the first ice hockey player to recite the Olympic Oath?
|
| Bolívar (TV series) |
2019-10-13 |
|
1,826 |
76.1 |
... that the Colombian television series Bolívar used 6,000 extras?
|
| Greg Moore (racing driver) |
2019-10-29 |
|
1,783 |
74.3 |
... that Greg Moore won a record-breaking ten races, and completed every event, on his way to winning the 1995 Indy Lights season?
|
| Rockwood Lodge |
2019-10-27 |
|
1,508 |
73.6 |
... that the Green Bay Packers' training facility Rockwood Lodge burned down less than four years after it was purchased by head coach Curly Lambeau?
|
| Japan National Route 279 |
2019-10-28 |
|
1,644 |
73.1 |
... that Japan National Route 279's course in Aomori Prefecture follows an ancient pilgrimage path to Mount Osore, a destination believed to be a gate to the underworld in Japanese mythology?
|
| Brett Toth |
2019-10-16 |
|
1,731 |
72.1 |
... that Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle Brett Toth was the first Army Black Knights football player to play in the Senior Bowl?
|
| Sheila Heaney |
2019-10-13 |
|
1,724 |
71.8 |
... that Sheila Heaney, director of the Women's Royal Army Corps, visited the United States in 1972 to study how women were being integrated into the U.S. Army?
|
| Wen Chuanyuan |
2019-10-30 |
|
1,720 |
71.6 |
... that Wen Chuanyuan was the chief designer of China's first drone and first flight simulator?
|
| Jack Roxburgh |
2019-10-28 |
|
1,520 |
67.5 |
... that Jack Roxburgh introduced legislation on this day in 1964 to declare ice hockey Canada's national game, after disproving the myth that lacrosse held that distinction?
|
| Heather Olmstead |
2019-10-26 |
|
1,606 |
66.9 |
... that in 2019, Brigham Young University volleyball coach Heather Olmstead held the highest winning percentage of any women's volleyball coach in NCAA Division I history?
|
| Ask Dr. Ruth |
2019-10-05 |
|
1,586 |
66.1 |
... that the 2019 film Ask Dr. Ruth features Holocaust survivor Ruth Westheimer reflecting on her career as a sex therapist?
|
| Ingalill Mosander |
2019-10-22 |
|
1,574 |
65.6 |
... that Swedish journalist Ingalill Mosander and her husband Jan Mosander both survived the Costa Concordia disaster in 2012?
|
| Adele Zay |
2019-10-01 |
|
1,565 |
65.2 |
... that Adele Zay successfully led a campaign in 1894 for Transylvanian authorities to recognize kindergarten and handicraft teachers so that they were entitled to pensions?
|
| Elizabeth, Lady Echlin |
2019-10-03 |
|
1,558 |
64.9 |
... that Elizabeth, Lady Echlin, a correspondent of the author, wrote a revised ending to Samuel Richardson's Clarissa in which the rape that was central to the original version is averted?
|
| William S. White |
2019-10-19 |
|
1,556 |
64.8 |
... that William S. White took a two month break from The New York Times to write the book that won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography?
|
| Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album) |
2019-10-12 |
|
1,528 |
63.7 |
... that Kylie Minogue was dropped as an act by Geffen Records after her 1989 album Enjoy Yourself failed to find an audience in the United States?
|
| Whitney North Seymour Jr. |
2019-10-29 |
|
1,514 |
63.1 |
... that in his eighties, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Whitney North Seymour Jr. co-wrote and produced a one-act play performed off-Broadway?
|
| Erica Ollmann Saphire |
2019-10-30 |
|
1,510 |
62.9 |
... that structural biologist Erica Ollmann Saphire traveled to Africa to observe rodents in the field in order to study how viruses like Ebola are spread?
|
| Edgardo Labella |
2019-10-03 |
|
1,502 |
62.6 |
... that Edgardo Labella, the mayor of Cebu City, survived the 1998 sinking of a passenger ferry during Typhoon Vicki, staying afloat for 36 hours in a life vest?
|
| Jimmy Sham |
2019-10-10 |
|
1,497 |
62.4 |
... that Jimmy Sham, convener of Civil Human Rights Front, helped organize several protest marches against the Hong Kong government's proposed extradition amendment bill?
|
| Liu Tianfu
|
2019-10-15
|
|
766
|
31.9
|
... that governors Liu Tianfu and Liang Lingguang were both considered reform pioneers who propelled the economic development of Guangdong in the 1980s?
|
| Liang Lingguang
|
723
|
30.1
|
| Total |
1,489 |
62.0
|
| 2002 Austrian Grand Prix |
2019-10-06 |
|
1,474 |
61.4 |
... that the use of team orders by Ferrari to determine the winner of the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix led to a ban on the practice in Formula One from 2003 to 2010?
|
| 2019 Six-red World Championship |
2019-10-02 |
|
1,468 |
61.1 |
... that the winners of the 2019 World Cup doubles snooker event competed as opponents in the final of the 2019 Six-red World Championship?
|
| Sergiusz Toll |
2019-10-09 |
|
1,445 |
60.2 |
... that Polish entomologist Sergiusz Toll amassed a collection of about 8,000 bird eggs and 12,000 butterflies and moths while in Bydgoszcz?
|
| Nadja Malacrida |
2019-10-12 |
|
1,438 |
59.9 |
... that Nadja Malacrida said in a Vim advertisement that it was "no use having new ideas of decoration if you have old ideas of dirt"?
|
| 2010 World Team Championship
|
2019-10-12
|
|
792
|
33.0
|
... that at the 2010 World Team Championship pool event, a first-to-six-racks playoff match was won by Daryl Peach after 52 racks?
|
| Daryl Peach
|
644
|
26.8
|
| Total |
1,436 |
59.8
|
| Ali Curung |
2019-10-14 |
|
1,413 |
58.9 |
... that the Australian Aboriginal community of Ali Curung is named after the nearby ancestral Alekarenge ("dingo-associated") Dreaming sites?
|
| John Cooper (Tennessee politician) |
2019-10-04 |
|
1,399 |
58.3 |
... that John Cooper is the first political candidate to defeat an incumbent mayor of Nashville since the city consolidated with Davidson County, Tennessee?
|
| KLLT (New Mexico) |
2019-10-11 |
|
1,391 |
58.0 |
... that KLLT in Grants, New Mexico, went off the air because the United States Forest Service refused to let the station build a tower on Mount Taylor to improve its coverage?
|
| John Gillies (anaesthetist) |
2019-10-21 |
|
1,384 |
57.7 |
... that John Gillies devised what is thought to have been the first British closed-circuit anaesthetic machine?
|
| KWCS-TV
|
2019-10-06
|
|
497
|
20.7
|
... that with the sign-ons of KWCS-TV, KOET, KUSU-TV, and KBYU-TV, Utah had more educational TV stations than commercial ones by 1966?
|
| KUSU-TV
|
411
|
17.1
|
| KOET (Utah)
|
410
|
17.1
|
| Total |
1,318 |
54.9
|
| WBRL (AM) |
2019-10-27 |
|
1,102 |
53.8 |
... that New Hampshire radio station WBRL's first license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission because of double-billing practices?
|
| Sunita Sharma |
2019-10-29 |
|
1,279 |
53.3 |
... that Sunita Sharma is reportedly India's first woman cricket coach?
|
| Alice D. Snyder |
2019-10-08 |
|
1,268 |
52.8 |
... that professor of English Alice D. Snyder helped lead the campaign that earned women in New York the right to vote?
|
| Ian Scott Smillie |
2019-10-11 |
|
1,267 |
52.8 |
... that the surgeon Ian Scott Smillie, president of the International Society of the Knee, wrote a book about deer stalking in Scotland?
|
| Liparis liliifolia |
2019-10-06 |
|
1,220 |
50.8 |
... that the correct spelling of "liliifolia" in the name of the orchid Liparis liliifolia has been debated for decades?
|
| KTKN |
2019-10-12 |
|
1,212 |
50.5 |
... that KTKN in Ketchikan, Alaska, was one of just six new radio stations authorized in the United States in 1942, due to a wartime freeze order?
|
| Gloria Ana Chevesich |
2019-10-21 |
|
1,208 |
50.4 |
... that prior to joining the Supreme Court of Chile, Gloria Ana Chevesich was best known for convicting a former government minister and 13 others of fraud in the MOP-Gate case?
|
| Enoch Fenwick |
2019-10-26 |
|
1,172 |
48.8 |
... that Enoch Fenwick reluctantly became president of Georgetown College in 1820, and abandoned the post in 1825 before a replacement was found?
|
| Xu Chi |
2019-10-26 |
|
1,163 |
48.5 |
... that after Xu Chi published his biography of mathematician Chen Jingrun, the latter received a sackful of love letters?
|
| 2019 China Championship |
2019-10-20 |
|
1,126 |
46.9 |
... that at the 2019 China Championship, Judd Trump's fifteen-match and six-month winning streak was broken when he was defeated by Joe Perry?
|
| Akissi Kouamé |
2019-10-26 |
|
1,118 |
46.6 |
... that before becoming the first woman general in the army of the Ivory Coast, Akissi Kouamé initiated the appointment of midwives to the army health service?
|
| Enea Scala |
2019-10-16 |
|
1,080 |
45.0 |
... that tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini, most recently in the title role of Otello, an opera which requires at least five tenors?
|
| Ben Challacombe |
2019-10-08 |
|
1,058 |
44.1 |
... that in 2016, Ben Challacombe performed the UK's first live broadcast of the robotic removal of part of a kidney?
|
| EvergreenHealth |
2019-10-22 |
|
1,055 |
44.0 |
... that Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Washington had the first MRI machine on the U.S. West Coast?
|
| Coat of arms of Sevastopol |
2019-10-19 |
|
1,052 |
43.8 |
... that Sevastopol had no official coat of arms from 1917 until 1969, but two official coats of arms from 1993 until 2000?
|
| KOJC |
2019-10-19 |
|
1,032 |
43.0 |
... that a contributing factor to the demise of black radio station KOJC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was an internal struggle among its board of directors?
|
| Nurul Alam Chowdhury |
2019-10-05 |
|
1,028 |
42.9 |
... that Nurul Alam Chowdhury was the youngest MP in the first parliament of Bangladesh?
|
| John B. Creeden |
2019-10-25 |
|
1,026 |
42.7 |
... that John B. Creeden was a founder of both Boston College Law School and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service?
|
| Willson Group |
2019-10-08 |
|
980 |
40.9 |
... that the Sheepscar tannery, run by John Joseph Willson of the Willson Group of artists in Leeds, England, was at one time the largest in the country?
|
| KSKI (AM) |
2019-10-28 |
|
908 |
40.3 |
... that KSKI AM initially broadcast from a lodge at the Sun Valley ski resort?
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| Arthur A. O'Leary |
2019-10-30 |
|
957 |
39.9 |
... that as President of Georgetown University, Arthur A. O'Leary traveled around the United States to organize inactive regional chapters of the university's alumni into a national network?
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| Tadjuddin Noor |
2019-10-27 |
|
817 |
39.9 |
... that Tadjuddin Noor was voted out of his position as chair of the legislature of East Indonesia after he failed to restrain spectators?
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| Folate |
2019-10-27 |
|
815[c] |
39.8 |
... that folic acid, a synthetic form of the vitamin folate, is added to wheat flour in many countries to reduce the risk of infants being born with spina bifida and other neural tube defects?
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| WBCE |
2019-10-20 |
|
930 |
38.7 |
... that two years after going on the air, WBCE radio switched from country to gospel music because too many stations in western Kentucky had country formats?
|
| Peter Palitzsch |
2019-10-08 |
|
900 |
37.5 |
... that Peter Palitzsch was called to the Berliner Ensemble as a graphic designer, and went on to stage many of Brecht's plays internationally?
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| Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure |
2019-10-13 |
|
896 |
37.3 |
... that Narendra Modi's experiences in dealing with the after-effects of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake led him to propose the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure?
|
| WPSA (New York) |
2019-10-15 |
|
880 |
36.7 |
... that radio station WPSA at Paul Smith's College began life in the basement of a dormitory that had previously been a meat market?
|
| KSIV-FM |
2019-10-10 |
|
855 |
35.6 |
... that in its first decade as an educational radio station, KSLH produced 2,878 fifteen-minute programs for St. Louis-area school students?
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| Joseph A. Lopez |
2019-10-06 |
|
854 |
35.6 |
... that prior to becoming acting President of Georgetown College, Joseph A. Lopez was chaplain to the imperial family of Mexico?
|
| Special Area Games Scheme |
2019-10-14 |
|
818 |
34.1 |
... that a tournament in which a goat is awarded as the top prize was used by the selectors of India's Special Area Games Scheme to scout for field hockey players?
|
| Heinrich Willi |
2019-10-13 |
|
805 |
33.5 |
... that Swiss pediatrician Heinrich Willi was among the first to recognise the potential of bone marrow aspiration as a diagnostic technique?
|
| Marie-Thérèse Gauley |
2019-10-06 |
|
802 |
33.4 |
... that when Marie-Thérèse Gauley premiered the title role of Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges, he praised both her acting and her "ravishing voice"?
|
| Rambha Gandhi |
2019-10-20 |
|
795 |
33.1 |
... that Gujarati writer Rambha Gandhi wrote and participated in more than 400 radio plays?
|
| Joseph Kupelwieser |
2019-10-27 |
|
673 |
32.8 |
... that Joseph Kupelwieser wrote the libretto for Schubert's Fierrabras, and was later held responsible by the composer for the opera's failure?
|
| WAMV (Illinois) |
2019-10-13 |
|
612 |
25.5 |
... that Harry Caray called his first Major League Baseball game on radio station WTMV in the St. Louis area?
|
| Joseph Dancis |
2019-10-05 |
|
606 |
25.2 |
... that Joseph Dancis and his colleagues discovered the cause of maple syrup urine disease?
|
| Werner Haseleu |
2019-10-19 |
|
571 |
23.8 |
... that Werner Haseleu appeared as Moses in Schoenberg's Moses und Aron at the Staatsoper Dresden, and as Holofernes in the world premiere of Judith by Siegfried Matthus at the Berlin State Opera?
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