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| Baba Anujka |
2019-09-19 |
 |
33,688 |
2,807.3 |
... that Serbian poisoner Baba Anujka (pictured), aged over 90 at the time of her trial, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor?
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| LGBT-free zone |
2019-09-11 |
 |
21,556 |
1,796.3 |
... that as of August 2019, around thirty LGBT-free zones have been declared in Poland, including four south-eastern voivodeships (depicted on map)?
|
| Race to grow the hottest pepper |
2019-09-10 |
 |
12,878 |
1,073.2 |
... that according to Guinness World Records, the Carolina Reaper (pictured) is currently the leader in the race to grow the hottest pepper?
|
| Jew with a coin |
2019-09-03 |
|
12,676 |
1,056.3 |
... that in some Polish homes, an image of a Jew holding a coin (example pictured) hangs to the left of the doorway, and is customarily turned upside down on the Sabbath so that good fortune may fall upon the household?
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| Patricia Ortega
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2019-09-08
|
|
6,828
|
742.1
|
... that Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega (pictured) has drawn strength from her film Being Impossible during both personal and political upheavals?
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| Being Impossible
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2,890
|
314.1
|
| Total |
9,718 |
1,056.2
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| Salomon Klass |
2019-09-29 |
 |
24,595 |
1,024.8 |
... that when a German colonel found out that Finnish captain Salomon Klass (pictured) was Jewish, he said "I have nothing personal against you as a Jew" and gave him the Hitler salute?
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| Joseph J. Himmel |
2019-09-06 |
 |
12,135 |
1,011.2 |
... that Joseph J. Himmel (pictured), once president of Georgetown University, lived out his final years as a recluse in the university's archives?
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| Bernard Adolph Schriever |
2019-09-22 |
 |
23,392 |
974.7 |
... that when Bernard Schriever (pictured) was promoted to general in 1961, General Curtis LeMay looked at his four stars and said that had it been up to him, Schriever would not be wearing them?
|
| Sang de boeuf glaze |
2019-09-13 |
 |
10,730 |
894.2 |
... that American potter Hugh C. Robertson was left "nearly penniless" in 1889 by his years of attempts to recreate the Chinese porcelain sang de boeuf glaze (example pictured)?
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| María José Cristerna |
2019-09-13 |
|
9,612 |
801.0 |
... that Mexican lawyer María José Cristerna, known as "The Vampire Woman" for her extensive body modifications, is recognized as the most tattooed woman in the world?
|
| Brooklyn Army Terminal |
2019-09-02 |
 |
9,610 |
800.8 |
... that upon its completion one hundred years ago this month, the Brooklyn Army Terminal (pictured) was the world's largest concrete building complex?
|
| Xu Xiaodong |
2019-09-12 |
|
8,626 |
718.9 |
... that Xu Xiaodong defeated a self-styled kung fu master, who claimed to possess supernatural powers, in 20 seconds?
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| Yeh Changti
|
2019-09-20
|
|
4,857
|
404.5
|
... that after U-2 spy aircraft piloted by Yeh Changti and Chang Liyi were shot down over China, the United States began prioritizing the development of drones at Area 51?
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| Chang Liyi
|
3,234
|
269.3
|
| Total |
8,090 |
673.7
|
| Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 |
2019-09-17 |
|
7,805 |
650.4 |
... that an unauthorized student pilot was in control of Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 up until five seconds before it crashed?
|
| Samragyee RL Shah |
2019-09-07 |
 |
8,908 |
650.2 |
... that Samragyee RL Shah (pictured) is the highest-paid actress in Nepali cinema as of 2019?
|
| Lynching of Jay Lynch |
2019-09-20 |
|
6,901 |
575.1 |
... that the death penalty in Missouri was restored in large part due to the lynching of Jay Lynch?
|
| Eva Mudocci |
2019-09-10 |
 |
6,837 |
569.8 |
... that English violinist Eva Mudocci (depiction shown) was a muse to Edvard Munch and Henri Matisse?
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| Janice Kavander |
2019-09-20 |
 |
6,705 |
558.8 |
... that Janice Kavander (pictured) once sang both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems at a hockey game – in Sweden?
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| The woman who made up her mind |
2019-09-18 |
|
6,600 |
550.0 |
... that Better Together's "The woman who made up her mind" advert opposing Scottish independence so upset politician Sandra Grieve that she changed her mind and began supporting independence?
|
| 1275 British earthquake |
2019-09-11 |
 |
6,438 |
536.5 |
... that an earthquake on 11 September 1275 caused the destruction of the church on Glastonbury Tor (tor and rebuilt church pictured) and was felt across England and Wales, but its epicentre is unknown?
|
| Trial of Mary Fitzpatrick |
2019-09-19 |
|
6,405 |
533.8 |
... that when rag sorter Mary Fitzpatrick was tried for murder, the jury included six aristocrats and the judge was Sir Henry Hawkins of the High Court, known as "Hanging Hawkins"?
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| James Scott (obstetrician) |
2019-09-18 |
|
6,333 |
527.8 |
... that obstetrician James Scott showed that certain diseases in newborns were caused by their mothers' antibodies crossing the placenta?
|
| Type 271 radar |
2019-09-26 |
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12,528 |
522.0 |
... that one of the first microwave radars, the British Type 271 (Type 273Q pictured) on board HMS Duke of York, led to the night-time sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst?
|
| Apple dumpling |
2019-09-01 |
 |
6,250 |
520.9 |
... that when Pehr Kalm explored North America in the mid-1700s, he reported being served apple dumplings (pictured) at every meal?
|
| Roman temple of Bziza |
2019-09-18 |
 |
6,144 |
512.0 |
... that the Roman temple of Bziza (pictured), dedicated to the Semitic god Azizos, was converted to a church by the Byzantines?
|
| Cova Foradà |
2019-09-06 |
|
6,017 |
501.4 |
... that a Neanderthal man, whose upper jaw was found in the Cova Foradà in Spain, used a toothpick because he had sore gums?
|
| Kontorhaus District |
2019-09-03 |
 |
5,932 |
494.3 |
... that a cholera outbreak was ultimately responsible for the development of Hamburg's Kontorhaus District (building pictured)?
|
| Johann Schwarzhuber |
2019-09-04 |
|
5,902 |
491.8 |
... that Johann Schwarzhuber, the leader of the Auschwitz men's camp, was sentenced to death during the first Ravensbrück concentration camp trial?
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| Central Park |
2019-09-25 |
 |
11,750[a] |
489.6 |
... that in the 1860s, the land for New York City's Central Park (pictured) was purchased for a higher price than was paid for Alaska?
|
| Narsaq stick |
2019-09-17 |
|
5,864 |
488.7 |
... that the Narsaq stick was the first Viking Age runic artifact discovered in Greenland?
|
| The Man (Taylor Swift song) |
2019-09-16 |
|
5,807 |
483.9 |
... that Taylor Swift uses Leonardo DiCaprio as an example to explain sexism in her song "The Man"?
|
| Implicature |
2019-09-19 |
|
5,729 |
477.4 |
... that an implicature might tell you that the nephew of Mrs Jenkins, an old windbag, is standing right behind you?
|
| Carroll Street Bridge |
2019-09-18 |
|
5,720 |
476.6 |
... that the Carroll Street Bridge is one of four remaining retractable bridges in the United States, and one of two in New York City?
|
| Ciepielów massacre |
2019-09-08 |
|
4,370 |
475.1 |
... that the prisoner of war massacre in Ciepielów is the most infamous instance of the war crimes of the Wehrmacht committed during the invasion of Poland?
|
| John Hiller |
2019-09-02 |
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5,692 |
474.4 |
... that after suffering a heart attack at the age of 27, relief pitcher John Hiller (pictured) made a comeback and broke Major League Baseball's record for saves in a season?
|
| Chief of the Defence Staff (India) |
2019-09-06 |
|
5,504 |
458.7 |
... that India is creating the post of Chief of the Defence Staff twenty years after it was officially suggested?
|
| Dogū with palms pressed together |
2019-09-18 |
 |
5,391 |
449.2 |
... that the dogū with palms pressed together (pictured) is one of the five dogū that have been designated National Treasures of Japan?
|
| Leo Skurnik |
2019-09-02 |
|
5,308 |
442.3 |
... that when offered the award of the Iron Cross from Nazi Germany, Leo Skurnik, a Jewish major in the Finnish Army, refused, reportedly saying "I wipe my arse with it"?
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| 47th Infantry Regiment (United States) |
2019-09-05 |
|
5,231 |
435.9 |
... that the fictional character Forrest Gump was portrayed as serving during the Vietnam War with the 47th Infantry Regiment?
|
| Brigitte Kronauer |
2019-09-17 |
 |
5,204 |
433.6 |
... that writer Brigitte Kronauer (pictured), who won the Georg Büchner Prize, the Jean Paul Prize, and the Thomas Mann Prize, was described as both "a master of spite" and having "great kindness"?
|
| Chen Shunyao |
2019-09-06 |
|
5,170 |
430.9 |
... that when Chen Shunyao served as deputy party chief of Tsinghua University, the future Chinese president Hu Jintao was a protégé of hers?
|
| KSUN (Bisbee, Arizona) |
2019-09-06 |
|
5,100 |
425.0 |
... that radio station KSUN in Bisbee, Arizona, sold its call letters to a station in Phoenix after going off the air due to financial troubles?
|
| Ursula Boese |
2019-09-06 |
|
5,072 |
422.6 |
... that Ursula Boese, a long-time member of the Hamburgische Staatsoper, appeared as Stravinsky's Iocaste at La Scala, and at the San Francisco Opera in the presence of the composer?
|
| Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts |
2019-09-12 |
 |
5,033 |
419.4 |
... that after making a breakthrough in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, Jean-François Champollion (depiction shown) cried "I've done it!" and collapsed in a faint that lasted days?
|
| Somalia at the 2000 Summer Olympics |
2019-09-06 |
|
5,000 |
416.6 |
... that the father of athlete Safia Abukar Hussein disliked the idea of her competing for Somalia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as he thought it would prevent her from finding a husband?
|
| Celso-Ramón García |
2019-09-06 |
|
4,986 |
415.5 |
... that Celso-Ramón García oversaw early clinical trials of the first contraceptive pill in Puerto Rico?
|
| History of the University of Texas at Arlington (1895–1917) |
2019-09-04 |
 |
4,981 |
415.1 |
... that while Carlisle Military Academy was nominally a school for boys, it also accepted a "limited number of girls" (female students pictured)?
|
| Ye Zhemin |
2019-09-16 |
 |
4,965 |
413.8 |
... that a sherd of pottery found by Ye Zhemin (pictured) led to the identification of the kiln site for the rare Ru ware of the Song dynasty?
|
| Jones Bar-B-Q Diner
|
2019-09-10
|
|
2,552
|
212.7
|
... that Jones Bar-B-Q is old school, but Jones Bar-B-Q is an American classic?
|
| Jones Bar-B-Q (Kansas City)
|
2,398
|
199.9
|
| Total |
4,951 |
412.6
|
| Myth of the clean Wehrmacht |
2019-09-14 |
|
4,923 |
410.2 |
... that the myth of the clean Wehrmacht persisted in Germany until the 1990s, when it was eroded by the Wehrmacht Exhibition?
|
| St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Buckie |
2019-09-05 |
 |
4,742 |
395.1 |
... that James Kyle, Roman Catholic bishop of Aberdeen, designed a Buckie parish church so grand that it is known locally as the Buckie Cathedral (pictured)?
|
| Wu Guoqing |
2019-09-05 |
|
4,636 |
386.3 |
... that investigation by detective Wu Guoqing, who was acclaimed as "China's Sherlock Holmes", led to the murder conviction and death sentence of a prosecutor?
|
| Misty Mountain |
2019-09-23 |
|
9,204 |
383.5 |
... that Katharine Hepburn is said to have encountered snakes in the living room of Misty Mountain?
|
| Monowai (seamount) |
2019-09-17 |
|
4,402 |
366.8 |
... that Monowai volcano is growing so quickly that it frequently collapses, generating landslides?
|
| Alfonso Lam Liu |
2019-09-12 |
|
4,387 |
365.6 |
... that Mexican drug lord Alfonso Lam Liu spoke over radio using a coded language, to prevent law enforcement from understanding his drug operations?
|
| Pan Am Flight 7 |
2019-09-14 |
|
4,182 |
348.5 |
... that the cause of the 1957 crash of Pan Am Flight 7 was never determined?
|
| Sunset Park (Brooklyn park) |
2019-09-04 |
|
4,150 |
345.8 |
... that in its early years, New York City's Sunset Park could only be reached by 60-foot (18 m) ladders?
|
| KMCS (Kansas) |
2019-09-18 |
|
4,064 |
338.7 |
... that backlash over Dodge City, Kansas, radio station KTTL's racist programming and its refusal to pay property taxes left the station with just one advertiser by 1983?
|
| Proposed United States purchase of Greenland |
2019-09-01 |
|
3,898 |
324.8 |
... that a 1946 United States proposal to buy Greenland from Denmark remained classified until the 1970s, when Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten discovered documents related to it?
|
| Ełk riots |
2019-09-02 |
|
3,760 |
313.3 |
... that the anti-Muslim Ełk riots in Poland led to the launch of the ironic The Kebab War website, which listed attacks on kebab eateries?
|
| Arnold Peter Meiklejohn |
2019-09-11 |
|
3,758 |
313.2 |
... that in 1945, Arnold Peter Meiklejohn supervised the medical students at the newly liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
|
| On Her Shoulders |
2019-09-12 |
 |
3,746 |
312.2 |
... that a 2018 documentary depicts Nadia Murad (pictured), who escaped sexual enslavement by the Islamic State, alerting politicians and journalists to the atrocities being committed in her native Iraq?
|
| Enischnomyia
|
2019-09-04
|
|
2,250
|
187.5
|
... that the bat fly Enischnomyia (pictured) was first described from a specimen fossilized with Vetufebrus malaria in its gut?
|
| Vetufebrus
|
1,434
|
119.5
|
| Total |
3,684 |
307.0
|
| Samarjitsinh Gaekwad
|
2019-09-14
|
|
1,900
|
158.4
|
... that in 2013, Sangramsinh Gaekwad and his nephew, Samarjitsinh Gaekwad (pictured) – the unofficial Maharaja of Baroda – settled a 23-year-long legal inheritance dispute worth more than ₹20,000 crore (US$3 billion)?
|
| Sangramsinh Gaekwad
|
1,778
|
148.2
|
| Total |
3,678 |
306.5
|
| Veronika Ivanovskaia |
2019-09-11 |
|
3,668 |
305.7 |
... that when learning to play pool, Veronika Ivanovskaia stood on a crate of Coca-Cola?
|
| Mikhailovsky Garden
|
2019-09-09
|
|
2,444
|
218.3
|
... that Carlo Rossi designed a pavilion and a bridge for his redevelopment of the Mikhailovsky Garden (pictured) in Saint Petersburg?
|
| Rossi Pavilion
|
540
|
48.2
|
| Rossi Bridge
|
438
|
39.1
|
| Total |
3,422 |
305.5
|
| David Morgan (pilot) |
2019-09-05 |
|
3,658 |
304.8 |
... that David Morgan, the most successful British fighter pilot in the Falklands War, had a hole in the heart that was only discovered after he applied to join the military?
|
| The Battery (Manhattan) |
2019-09-20 |
|
3,626 |
302.0 |
... that the Battery in Lower Manhattan contains an old fort that later served as a theater, immigration processing center, and aquarium?
|
| Max Auschnitt |
2019-09-11 |
|
3,620 |
301.7 |
... that billionaire Max Auschnitt bribed Romanian authorities, and worked with "an anti-Semite, but a civilized one", to help Jews escape the Holocaust?
|
| Art Deco architecture of New York City |
2019-09-16 |
 |
3,564 |
297.0 |
... that Art Deco architecture of New York City was typified by the use of new metals, such as the stainless steel and aluminum of the Chrysler Building (pictured)?
|
| Ignacio Garriga |
2019-09-20 |
 |
3,399 |
283.1 |
... that Ignacio Garriga (pictured) is the first politician of African descent in the recently formed Spanish populist party Vox?
|
| Pumpkin Spice Spam |
2019-09-12 |
|
3,382 |
281.8 |
... that Pumpkin Spice Spam is a legitimate product that started out as a joke on Facebook?
|
| Empress Elisabeth Bridge |
2019-09-14 |
 |
3,378 |
281.5 |
... that the Empress Elisabeth Bridge (pictured), a chain bridge over the Elbe that opened in 1855, was named in honor of the newly married Elisabeth of Austria?
|
| Charles Sotheby (Royal Navy officer) |
2019-09-23 |
|
6,740 |
280.8 |
... that following an injustice suffered by the British consul, Charles Sotheby trained his frigate's guns on the Bey of Rhodes' house and opened fire?
|
| Mary Welch |
2019-09-09 |
|
3,314 |
276.2 |
... that playwright Eugene O'Neill stipulated that actress Mary Welch had to gain at least 50 pounds (23 kg) for a role in his play A Moon for the Misbegotten?
|
| Battle of Sourton Down |
2019-09-10 |
|
3,295 |
274.6 |
... that at the Battle of Sourton Down, a Parliamentarian ambush by 108 soldiers successfully routed a Royalist army of 3,600?
|
| Kurtis Sport Car |
2019-09-13 |
|
3,262 |
271.8 |
... that in 1949, the Kurtis Sport Car was driven by National Hot Rod Association founder Wally Parks to over 142.5 mph (229.3 km/h) on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah?
|
| George Bangs |
2019-09-27 |
 |
6,492 |
270.5 |
... that George Bangs's cemetery memorial features a mail car (pictured), carved to scale, commemorating his leadership of the Railway Mail Service?
|
| Starrett City, Brooklyn |
2019-09-30 |
|
6,482 |
270.1 |
... that after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its racial quotas, the management of Starrett City left apartments empty, in an attempt to rent them at market rate, instead of renting them to black and Hispanic families?
|
| Capture of Wakefield |
2019-09-27 |
|
6,446 |
268.6 |
... that during the capture of Wakefield, some historians claim that the town's commander led a counterattack "in his nightshirt" because he was hungover?
|
| Newtonia hildebrandtii
|
2019-09-07
|
|
1,164
|
113.1
|
... that the Lebombo wattle (pictured), the water ironplum, and the Zulu coshwood grow in the Southern African Sand Forest, where they are often swathed in pinhead orchids and other epiphytes?
|
| Microcoelia exilis
|
598
|
58.1
|
| Drypetes arguta
|
534
|
51.8
|
| Cola greenwayi
|
450
|
43.7
|
| Total |
2,748 |
266.7
|
| José Naranjo (scout) |
2019-09-16 |
|
3,192 |
266.0 |
... that José Naranjo delivered the head of his own brother to Diego de Vargas, the Spanish governor of New Mexico?
|
| Areyo Hoshikuzu
|
2019-09-30
|
|
4,240
|
176.7
|
... that before he wrote Areyo Hoshikuzu, a manga about demobilized soldiers in occupied Japan, series creator Sansuke Yamada was best known as a gay manga artist?
|
| Sansuke Yamada
|
2,007
|
83.6
|
| Total |
6,247 |
260.3
|
| Catherine S. Lutz |
2019-09-19 |
|
3,117 |
259.8 |
... that Catherine Lutz was the first female general in the Mississippi National Guard?
|
| Enter the Anime |
2019-09-11 |
|
3,086 |
257.2 |
... that the interviewer in the documentary Enter the Anime did not know anything about anime?
|
| Mary Ma |
2019-09-18 |
|
3,070 |
255.8 |
... that after Mary Ma orchestrated Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's PC division, she was named by Forbes as the 57th most powerful woman in the world?
|
| Roper (company) |
2019-09-16 |
|
3,012 |
251.0 |
... that while the American company Roper was the largest stove producer in the world, they also produced artillery shells during World War II?
|
| Central Australia (territory) |
2019-09-18 |
|
3,008 |
250.7 |
... that the territory of Central Australia existed only from 1927 to 1931?
|
| The 1619 Project |
2019-09-18 |
|
2,948[b] |
245.7 |
... that The New York Times's The 1619 Project, which aims to re-examine slavery in the United States, was developed in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center for use in schools?
|
| Pernille Weiss |
2019-09-09 |
|
2,916 |
243.0 |
... that Danish MEP Pernille Weiss is a sexologist?
|
| List of Canadian comedians |
2019-09-05 |
|
2,907 |
242.2 |
... that the dark and fatalistic humour of Canadian comedians has been attributed to the dangers of Canada's climate and geography?
|
| Mxmtoon |
2019-09-15 |
|
2,894 |
241.2 |
... that 19-year-old mxmtoon, who records lo-fi songs in her parents' guest bedroom, reached 100 million streams and nearly sold out an international tour before releasing her first album?
|
| Industry City |
2019-09-17 |
|
2,856 |
238.0 |
... that Bush Terminal, an intermodal shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex in New York City, was once so large that it had its own judicial system?
|
| Battle of Río Bueno |
2019-09-03 |
|
2,836 |
236.3 |
... that the Mapuche-Huilliche of southern Chile defeated a slave-hunting Spanish army at the Battle of Río Bueno in 1654?
|
| Thuy Trang |
2019-09-15 |
|
2,826[c] |
235.5 |
... that Thuy Trang became so ill on her voyage out of Saigon to seek political asylum in the US that other passengers wanted to throw her overboard, thinking she was dead?
|
| Pandrosion |
2019-09-11 |
|
2,817 |
234.8 |
... that Pandrosion may have been an earlier female contributor to mathematics than Hypatia?
|
| The Love Train |
2019-09-03 |
|
2,760 |
230.0 |
... that Meghan Trainor's 2019 EP The Love Train was promoted through a press release which drew controversy because of its "graphic nature and bizarre phrasing"?
|
| Halophila baillonis |
2019-09-16 |
|
2,756 |
229.7 |
... that clover grass used to grow in the Pacific Ocean, but has not been seen there since a severe storm in 1996?
|
| Slender glass lizard |
2019-09-17 |
|
2,704 |
225.3 |
... that there is a myth that the pieces of the broken tail of the slender glass lizard can grow into new lizards?
|
| When have we eaten from the same dish? |
2019-09-02 |
|
2,697 |
224.8 |
... that the Spanish idiom "¿Cuándo hemos comido en el mismo plato?" ('When have we eaten from the same dish?') is used as social commentary about poor manners or incivility?
|
| IPhone 11 Pro |
2019-09-26 |
|
5,362[d] |
223.4 |
... that the iPhone 11 Pro is the first iPhone to feature a "Pro" designation, which was previously used only for larger Apple devices?
|
| Fatwa |
2019-09-19 |
|
2,636 |
219.7 |
... that when Osama bin Laden issued his 1998 fatwa proclaiming jihad against the U.S. and its allies, many Islamic jurists stressed that he was not qualified either to proclaim jihad or to issue a fatwa?
|
| United States Guards (1917) |
2019-09-05 |
|
2,623 |
218.6 |
... that US Attorney General Thomas Watt Gregory accused the United States Guards of imposing a "reign of terror" in Butte, Montana?
|
| Sergei Kirpichenko
|
2019-09-17
|
|
1,042
|
86.8
|
... that Russian ambassador to Egypt Sergei Kirpichenko was the son of Vadim, former KGB resident to the country, and Valeriya, a philologist specialising in Arabic literature?
|
| Vadim Kirpichenko
|
814
|
67.9
|
| Valeriya Kirpichenko
|
758
|
63.1
|
| Total |
2,614 |
217.8
|
| Phyllanthus balgooyi |
2019-09-19 |
|
2,598 |
216.5 |
... that the phloem sap of Phyllanthus balgooyi contains up to 16.9 per cent nickel by weight, giving it a bright green color?
|
| Dacrydium guillauminii |
2019-09-10 |
|
2,584 |
215.3 |
... that there are believed to be fewer than 100 mature specimens of Dacrydium guillauminii, which is considered critically endangered?
|
| Lothagam North Pillar Site |
2019-09-25 |
|
5,165 |
215.2 |
... that at approximately 5,000 years old, the Lothagam North Pillar Site is thought to be the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa?
|
| Blessing in disguise (idiom) |
2019-09-14 |
|
2,570 |
214.2 |
... that in 1865, Confederate losses during the American Civil War were characterized as "blessings in disguise"?
|
| Zulu serotine |
2019-09-16 |
|
2,566 |
213.8 |
... that despite the Zulu serotine bat having a widespread distribution in Africa, it is not known where it roosts during the day?
|
| Mandy Fisher |
2019-09-06 |
|
2,556 |
213.0 |
... that snooker player Mandy Fisher played whilst pregnant, but lamented that this was more newsworthy than female players' skill?
|
| Hydnellum scabrosum |
2019-09-18 |
|
2,545 |
212.1 |
... that the cut flesh of the bitter tooth mushroom smells of watermelon?
|
| Yola Letellier |
2019-09-03 |
|
2,520 |
210.0 |
... that Yola Letellier is widely believed to be the model for the main character in Colette's story Gigi?
|
| Digital media use and mental health |
2019-09-05 |
|
2,500 |
208.4 |
... that research into digital media use and mental health has found that females are more likely to be affected by problematic social media use while males are more likely to have gaming disorder?
|
| Siege of Ghent |
2019-09-16 |
|
2,486 |
207.2 |
... that after the Siege of Ghent, the victorious commander, the Duke of Marlborough, claimed the garrison was so numerous that it took their army "from ten in the morning till seven at night" to evacuate the town?
|
| Phoulkon |
2019-09-28 |
|
4,942 |
205.9 |
... that the phoulkon was a shield wall formation of the late and East Roman army, which classical writers described as both a testudo and a phalanx?
|
| Beaver Falls Cutlery Company |
2019-09-01 |
 |
2,465 |
205.4 |
... that the Beaver Falls Cutlery Company manufactured the "largest knife and fork in the world" of its time (pictured) in 1876?
|
| Josh Yorwerth |
2019-09-18 |
|
2,458 |
204.8 |
... that footballer Josh Yorwerth received what is believed to be the longest doping-related ban in English football history?
|
| Lady Burton's rope squirrel |
2019-09-17 |
 |
2,458 |
204.8 |
... that Lady Burton's rope squirrel (pictured) was named in honour of Isabel Burton, wife of British explorer Sir Richard Burton?
|
| Julius Tahija |
2019-09-10 |
|
2,420 |
201.7 |
... that Julius Tahija was the only Indonesian to receive an Allied nation's highest military decoration during World War II?
|
| Alex Paton (physician) |
2019-09-13 |
|
2,390 |
199.1 |
... that in his book ABC of Alcohol, Alex Paton explained why women are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol?
|
| Red yeast rice |
2019-09-09 |
|
2,388 |
199.0 |
... that red yeast rice is used both in traditional Chinese medicine and as a modern-day dietary supplement?
|
| Italian Nettist Party |
2019-09-10 |
|
2,388 |
199.0 |
... that during the political campaign for the 1953 Italian general election, the Italian Nettist Party promised voters a free daily supply of steak?
|
| Stephen Shing-Toung Yau |
2019-09-11 |
|
2,379 |
198.2 |
... that Chinese-American mathematician Stephen Shing-Toung Yau established the "Yau algebra" and the "Yau number"?
|
| Maggy Hurchalla |
2019-09-22 |
|
4,720 |
196.7 |
... that after 78-year-old Maggy Hurchalla was ordered to pay US$4 million for interfering with a mining company, her kayaks were seized?
|
| Petro Kilekwa |
2019-09-09 |
|
2,202 |
196.7 |
... that Petro Kilekwa from Zambia was enslaved because his mother could not pay the ransom – eight yards (7.3 m) of calico cloth?
|
| Aleksei Grishin |
2019-09-05 |
 |
2,317 |
193.1 |
... that Aleksei Grishin (depiction shown) put his 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal—Belarus' first gold in the Winter Olympics—up for auction to raise money for another person's surgery?
|
| Zambrów massacre |
2019-09-28 |
|
4,618 |
192.4 |
... that in the Zambrów massacre, during the September 1939 invasion of Poland, German Wehrmacht soldiers murdered more than 200 Polish prisoners of war?
|
| Fazzan Basin
|
2019-09-05
|
|
1,766
|
147.2
|
... that although the Fazzan Basin in Libya currently averages less than 20 mm (0.8 in) of annual rainfall, paleohydrological study shows that it has periodically contained a large lake?
|
| Paleohydrology
|
524
|
43.6
|
| Total |
2,290 |
190.8
|
| Samsung Galaxy A90 5G |
2019-09-21 |
|
4,437 |
190.8 |
... that despite its large screen size, the Samsung Galaxy A90 5G can be operated with one hand?
|
| Japan National Route 280 |
2019-09-24 |
|
4,546 |
189.4 |
... that National Route 280 was of defensive importance to the Japanese, who feared a Russian incursion into Ezo?
|
| Sebkha el Melah |
2019-09-03 |
|
2,254 |
187.9 |
... that the endorheic salt lake Sebkha el Melah in Algeria has two parts, the upper one pond-like and biodiverse and the lower one salt-encrusted and nearly devoid of vegetation?
|
| Plymouth Lifeboat Station |
2019-09-10 |
|
2,246 |
187.1 |
... that the crew of Plymouth Lifeboat Station saved a flying boat during World War II?
|
| Joseph Marie LaBarge, Senior |
2019-09-11 |
|
2,230 |
185.8 |
... that in 1808, Joseph LaBarge traveled from Quebec over a series of rivers and lakes and down the Mississippi River to St. Louis in a birch-bark canoe?
|
| Fourth German Inner Africa Research Expedition |
2019-09-19 |
|
2,230 |
185.8 |
... that Leo Frobenius announced the discovery of the lost city of Atlantis during his Fourth German Inner Africa Research Expedition?
|
| Megan Wynne |
2019-09-17 |
|
2,230 |
185.8 |
... that footballer Megan Wynne played for Tottenham Hotspur while also working full-time in the club's human resources department?
|
| Running to the Edge of the World |
2019-09-10 |
|
2,204 |
183.7 |
... that the video for Marilyn Manson's soft-rock ballad "Running to the Edge of the World" was widely condemned for its depiction of violence against women?
|
| Vailulu'u |
2019-09-17 |
|
2,171 |
180.9 |
... that the submarine volcano Vailulu'u was named after a sacred rain and might become an island in the future?
|
| Crotona Park |
2019-09-11 |
|
2,170 |
180.8 |
... that at around 127 acres (51 hectares) in size, Crotona Park is known as the "Central Park of the South Bronx"?
|
| Brad Leone |
2019-09-09 |
|
2,152 |
179.4 |
... that Brad Leone, a chef and YouTube personality at Bon Appétit, started at the magazine as a self-described "glorified dishwasher"?
|
| Scaly ground roller |
2019-09-04 |
|
2,134 |
177.8 |
... that the scaly ground roller mostly eats earthworms and centipedes, but has been known to also eat frogs, lizards, and shrews?
|
| David H. Buel |
2019-09-03 |
|
2,132 |
177.7 |
... that shortly after serving as President of Georgetown University, David H. Buel quit the Jesuits and secretly married?
|
| Bill's Old Bike Barn |
2019-09-28 |
|
4,258 |
177.4 |
... that when Harley-Davidson demanded that William Morris take its signs down from his store, he put them on display in his Bill's Old Bike Barn?
|
| Battle of Bovey Heath |
2019-09-22 |
|
4,226 |
176.1 |
... that during the Battle of Bovey Heath, Royalist officers escaped by "throwing their stakes of money", which the enemy soldiers paused to collect?
|
| Hepatitis E |
2019-09-09 |
|
1,946 |
173.8 |
... that China is the only country in the world to have a licensed vaccine for hepatitis E?
|
| Aristide Blank |
2019-09-25 |
|
4,118 |
171.6 |
... that a court in communist Romania found banker Aristide Blank guilty of high treason, based on his meetings with foreigners and notes from Blank's unpublished novel?
|
| Bronx–Whitestone Bridge |
2019-09-15 |
|
2,056 |
171.3 |
... that the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge's stiffening trusses accounted for a quarter of the weight held up by its suspension cables, contributing to the bridge's deterioration and necessitating their removal?
|
| Passing out (military) |
2019-09-08 |
 |
1,710 |
170.9 |
... that West Point cadets fill their hats with notes and other items for small children to collect after the hat toss (pictured) during their graduation ceremony?
|
| Meteorological history of Hurricane Dorian |
2019-09-19 |
 |
2,050 |
170.9 |
... that Hurricane Dorian (pictured) was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Bahamas?
|
| Air campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania War |
2019-09-01 |
|
2,047 |
170.6 |
... that Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi ordered his air force to attack a city during the Uganda–Tanzania War, but his bomber instead hit a game reserve and killed antelopes?
|
| Defiant Development |
2019-09-06 |
|
2,040 |
170.0 |
... that for the fifth anniversary of video game developer Defiant Development, everyone who had been employed at the company for at least two years was gifted a sword?
|
| Honeynut squash |
2019-09-19 |
|
2,039 |
169.9 |
... that although honeynut squash originated about forty years ago, it has only been in markets for four years?
|
| Coney Island Cyclone |
2019-09-12 |
|
2,033 |
169.4 |
... that a mute coal miner is said to have spoken for the first time in several years after riding the Coney Island Cyclone in 1948?
|
| Wang Guodong (painter) |
2019-09-08 |
|
1,526 |
165.9 |
... that Wang Guodong painted some of the world's most recognizable portraits, which inspired Andy Warhol?
|
| Assassination of Ali Sayyad Shirazi |
2019-09-02 |
|
1,982 |
165.1 |
... that Ali Sayyad Shirazi, deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, was assassinated in 1999 by a Mojahedin-e Khalq agent disguised as a street cleaner?
|
| Lover (Taylor Swift song) |
2019-09-02 |
|
1,972[e] |
164.3 |
... that a critic described the song "Lover" as a throwback to Taylor Swift's "country days"?
|
| Duthie's golden mole
|
2019-09-06
|
|
861
|
71.8
|
... that Duthie's golden mole and the long-tailed forest shrew are among the wildlife of South Africa that are both endemic and "vulnerable"?
|
| Long-tailed forest shrew
|
641
|
53.4
|
| Wildlife of South Africa
|
437
|
36.4
|
| Total |
1,939 |
161.6
|
| Ringkirche |
2019-09-23 |
 |
3,872 |
161.3 |
... that in 1894, the Ringkirche was the first Protestant church to follow the Wiesbadener Programm of Johannes Otzen, which focused on providing a clear view of the combined altar, pulpit, and organ areas (architect's sketch shown)?
|
| Kristina Tkach |
2019-09-05 |
|
1,928 |
160.7 |
... that a Waterford Crystal trophy, won by Russian pool player Kristina Tkach at the Women's Pro Players Championship, shattered when it was dropped as it was being carried out of the arena?
|
| Darrington, Washington |
2019-09-30 |
|
3,842 |
160.1 |
... that funeral dinners are regularly attended by up to a quarter of the residents in Darrington, Washington?
|
| Lundy's Restaurant |
2019-09-28 |
|
3,830 |
159.6 |
... that following a strike at Lundy's Restaurant in New York City, its owner announced that it would "never reopen" – only to have it reopen a few months later?
|
| What Did You Eat Yesterday? |
2019-09-20 |
|
1,911 |
159.2 |
... that What Did You Eat Yesterday? was one of the first pieces of mainstream Japanese media to substantially depict a cohabiting gay male couple?
|
| WBBY-FM |
2019-09-13 |
|
1,908 |
159.0 |
... that WBBY-FM lost its license because the man who claimed to be its manager worked full-time at a car dealership 120 miles (190 km) away?
|
| Kazuo Wada |
2019-09-16 |
|
1,900 |
158.3 |
... that Kazuo Wada spent decades building his parents' grocery store into the multinational retailer Yaohan, but became almost penniless after it went bankrupt during the 1997 Asian financial crisis?
|
| Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt |
2019-09-06 |
 |
1,896 |
158.0 |
... that the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt manage stages for opera and drama under one roof, in a building (pictured) incorporating the ruins of the bombed former playhouse?
|
| The Ramble and Lake |
2019-09-23 |
|
3,781 |
157.5 |
... that the Lake, completed in 1858, was the first feature to be finished in New York City's Central Park?
|
| Aleksandr Nosatov |
2019-09-04 |
|
1,855 |
154.6 |
... that Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Nosatov was appointed head of the Russian Naval Academy in 2016, but spent only one and a half months in the post?
|
| Ernst Dammann |
2019-09-14 |
|
1,840 |
153.3 |
... that Ernst Dammann, an early member of the Nazi Party, was a founding figure of African studies in East Germany – together with Walter Markov, a communist who spent much of the Nazi era in prison?
|
| Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit
|
2019-09-09
|
|
1,110
|
92.5
|
... that Lučko Airport in Zagreb, Croatia, is the helicopter base for an anti-terrorist police unit that gave former member and mixed martial arts champion Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović his nickname?
|
| Lučko Airport
|
724
|
60.3
|
| Total |
1,834 |
152.8
|
| Petrocoptis pseudoviscosa |
2019-09-30 |
|
3,625 |
151.0 |
... that falguera, a plant known from only one valley in Spain, is threatened by rock climbers and by road maintenance?
|
| Willy-Brandt-Platz |
2019-09-30 |
 |
3,614 |
150.6 |
... that a monumental euro-sign sculpture (pictured) is installed at the Willy-Brandt-Platz in Frankfurt, which was named in 1992 after the former chancellor?
|
| Winnie Quagliotti |
2019-09-10 |
|
1,796 |
149.7 |
... that Winnie Quagliotti protested against the Australian Bicentenary by dressing in a possum-skin cloak and throwing a wattle wreath into the sea at Princes Pier?
|
| John Deane (sailor) |
2019-09-29 |
|
3,578 |
149.1 |
... that John Deane and his crew of the Nottingham Galley cannibalised in desperation the ship's deceased carpenter when the ship wrecked on Boon Island in 1710?
|
| Matt William Knowles |
2019-09-13 |
|
1,785 |
148.8 |
... that American actor Matt William Knowles was a "rotating mayor" of Danzhai Wanda Village in Guizhou, China?
|
| 2019 Tripoli shooting |
2019-09-06 |
|
1,778 |
148.1 |
... that a former member of ISIS who was arrested in 2016 and released in 2017 attacked a police and army patrol in Tripoli, killing four people, in 2019?
|
| Spread Eagle (steamboat) |
2019-09-15 |
|
1,776 |
148.0 |
... that in 1862, the pilot of the steamboat Spread Eagle rammed into the Emilie in a desperate attempt to reach Fort Benton first?
|
| Beth Van Duyne |
2019-09-03 |
|
1,772 |
147.6 |
... that Beth Van Duyne, the mayor of Irving, Texas, from 2011 to 2017, initially became involved in politics due to a zoning dispute?
|
| Prospect Park (Brooklyn) |
2019-09-09 |
|
1,770 |
147.5 |
... that until the 1930s, sheep grazed in a meadow in New York City's Prospect Park?
|
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia |
2019-09-06 |
|
1,769 |
147.4 |
... that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia began when a 17-year-old missionary arrived from England in 1840?
|
| Habiba Alsafar |
2019-09-25 |
|
3,482 |
145.1 |
... that Emirati geneticist Habiba Alsafar was named as one of the "100 Most Powerful Arab Women" of 2015?
|
| Cao Shuangming |
2019-09-06 |
|
1,740 |
145.0 |
... that General Cao Shuangming was dismissed as Commander of the Chinese Air Force after it suffered an excessive number of accidents?
|
| Toby Graham |
2019-09-09 |
|
1,618 |
144.4 |
... that military historian Dominick Graham was a prisoner of war in Italy during World War II, and later returned as a member of the British Olympic skiing team?
|
| Andrei Volozhinsky |
2019-09-24 |
|
3,451 |
143.8 |
... that with his appointment to head the 12th Submarine Squadron, Rear-Admiral Andrei Volozhinsky commanded nearly 14 percent of strategic Russian warheads and 63 percent of Russia's naval strategic nuclear forces?
|
| Schreber's yellow bat
|
2019-09-20
|
|
864
|
72.0
|
... that although Schreber's yellow bat is believed to be an insectivore, the related white-bellied yellow bat has been observed to eat dead bats in captivity?
|
| White-bellied yellow bat
|
862
|
71.8
|
| Total |
1,726 |
143.8
|
| Betula leopoldae |
2019-09-09 |
 |
1,720 |
143.4 |
... that the extinct birch Betula leopoldae (leaf fossil pictured) is named after conservationist Estella Leopold?
|
| Thomas's rope squirrel |
2019-09-18 |
|
1,716 |
143.0 |
... that Thomas's rope squirrel can communicate with other squirrels vocally or by stamping?
|
| Hanna Kosonen |
2019-09-30 |
|
3,376 |
140.6 |
... that Finland's minister of science and culture Hanna Kosonen is a world champion in ski orienteering?
|
| Ich steh vor dir mit leeren Händen, Herr |
2019-09-07 |
|
1,906 |
139.1 |
... that the melody of the Christian hymn "Ich steh vor dir mit leeren Händen, Herr" is written without bar lines, reflecting the singer's insecurity and questions?
|
| The O.C. (professional wrestling) |
2019-09-08 |
|
1,275 |
138.6 |
... that The O.C. is the "official, original, and only club that matters"?
|
| Namib day gecko |
2019-09-10 |
|
1,658 |
138.1 |
... that the Namib day gecko can sprint at 2.5 m/s (8 ft/s) in bright light?
|
| Liu Wenxi |
2019-09-12 |
|
1,649 |
137.4 |
... that Liu Wenxi's art is universally known in China?
|
| Zhongli (state) |
2019-09-07 |
|
1,399 |
135.8 |
... that after the fall of the state of Zhongli, its eponymous capital remained an "important governmental, economic, cultural, and military center" for over a thousand years?
|
| Gilberto Lerma Plata |
2019-09-08 |
|
1,331 |
133.1 |
... that former Mexican police chief Gilberto Lerma Plata was ordered to forfeit US$10 billion in drug profits?
|
| Ai Fairouz |
2019-09-01 |
|
1,597 |
133.1 |
... that voice actress Ai Fairouz's interest in anime and manga was influenced by her reading the series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in online Skype sessions?
|
| Sheep Meadow |
2019-09-27 |
|
3,194 |
133.1 |
... that Sheep Meadow in New York City's Central Park has been used as a sheep pasture, for festivals and concerts, and as a helicopter landing site?
|
| Adriana Marais |
2019-09-13 |
|
1,596 |
133.0 |
... that South African theoretical physicist Adriana Marais was one of 100 candidates chosen for Mars One?
|
| House and Land |
2019-09-04 |
|
1,590 |
132.5 |
... that experimental folk band House and Land have reinterpreted traditional ballads to remove misogyny by focusing on female protagonists?
|
| Ibuki Kido |
2019-09-04 |
|
1,582 |
131.8 |
... that among Ibuki Kido's voice acting roles is a vacuum cleaner?
|
| Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot
|
2019-09-01
|
|
788
|
65.7
|
... that the Natal cycad and the dune false currant are among the 1,900 endemic plant species found in the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot?
|
| Encephalartos natalensis
|
406
|
33.9
|
| Allophylus natalensis
|
374
|
31.2
|
| Total |
1,569 |
130.8
|
| Seventh German Inner Africa Research Expedition |
2019-09-29 |
|
3,124 |
130.1 |
... that the Seventh German Inner Africa Research Expedition served as cover for a secret First World War espionage mission?
|
| Pholiota squarrosoides |
2019-09-15 |
 |
1,557 |
129.8 |
... that the mushroom Pholiota squarrosoides (pictured) has decayed logs of the trees Acer saccharum and Tilia glabra in the Great Lakes region of the US?
|
| Younique |
2019-09-04 |
|
1,553 |
129.4 |
... that multi-level marketing company Younique was valued at US$1 billion at the time of its acquisition by Coty?
|
| Shore Theater |
2019-09-19 |
|
1,550 |
129.2 |
... that the Shore Theater, originally designed to satiate "the great need in Coney Island for an all-year amusement", is being redeveloped into Coney Island's first new hotel in 50 years?
|
| Samsung Galaxy A70 |
2019-09-14 |
|
1,529 |
127.4 |
... that the Samsung Galaxy A70's triple-lens camera can create a bokeh effect through a 3D depth sensor?
|
| Glory to Hong Kong |
2019-09-24 |
|
3,056 |
127.3 |
... that some protesters have described "Glory to Hong Kong" as the unofficial national anthem of Hong Kong?
|
| The Annals of University College
|
2019-09-19
|
|
848
|
70.7
|
... that William Smith was prompted to write The Annals of University College after the Court of King's Bench proclaimed the wrong person to be the founder of University College, Oxford?
|
| William Smith (antiquary)
|
668
|
55.7
|
| Total |
1,516 |
126.3
|
| Bert Cumby |
2019-09-13 |
|
1,515 |
126.2 |
... that according to Bert Cumby, China used thought reform on American prisoners of war during the Korean War as part of a plan to create support for China-friendly policies in the United States?
|
| Nikolai Maksimov |
2019-09-12 |
|
1,515 |
126.2 |
... that in 2008, Vice-Admiral Nikolai Maksimov was in charge of the largest Russian military manoeuvres in the Atlantic since 1991?
|
| Crawley Edge Boatshed |
2019-09-21 |
|
2,936 |
126.2 |
... that it has been claimed that the Crawley Edge Boatshed is the most photographed travel attraction in Perth, Western Australia, ahead of Elizabeth Quay, Cathedral Square, and the Swan Bells?
|
| Caveira (Rainbow Six Siege) |
2019-09-07 |
|
1,726 |
126.0 |
... that in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, the player character Caveira's "Silent Step" ability featured a game-breaking bug?
|
| William Rath |
2019-09-25 |
|
3,000 |
125.0 |
... that a mural of William Rath depicts him drinking from a Fountain of Youth?
|
| Sanje mangabey
|
2019-09-08
|
|
649
|
70.5
|
... that the hard seeds of the Guinea plum are dispersed by elephants, and crushed and eaten by Sanje mangabeys?
|
| Parinari excelsa
|
484
|
52.6
|
| Total |
1,132 |
123.1
|
| PATH (rail system) |
2019-09-01 |
|
1,476 |
123.0 |
... that the PATH train system was sold to allow the first World Trade Center in New York City to be built?
|
| Kirsten Banks |
2019-09-15 |
|
1,466 |
122.1 |
... that Australian astrophysicist Kirsten Banks was inspired to learn about her Wiradjuri heritage while training at the Sydney Observatory?
|
| Hiram M. Chittenden |
2019-09-12 |
|
1,462 |
121.8 |
... that an hour and a half before fur trader Captain Joseph LaBarge died, he received a telegram from historian Hiram M. Chittenden assuring LaBarge of the completion of his biography?
|
| Venetica |
2019-09-12 |
|
1,452 |
121.0 |
... that one of the weapons in the video game Venetica was named as a result of a contest?
|
| Frank Tsao |
2019-09-03 |
|
1,448 |
120.7 |
... that Chinese entrepreneur Frank Tsao co-founded the national shipping lines of both Malaysia and Thailand, and was awarded the nobility title Tan Sri by the king of Malaysia?
|
| Mount Moulton |
2019-09-13 |
|
1,426 |
118.8 |
... that ice almost half a million years old has been found on a mountain named after a sled dog driver?
|
| Interstate 91 |
2019-09-09 |
|
1,330 |
118.7 |
... that after the September 11 attacks, a seldom-staffed temporary border patrol checkpoint was installed on Interstate 91 near White River Junction, Vermont, about 100 miles (160 km) from the Canadian border?
|
| Swan Lake fire |
2019-09-02 |
|
1,423 |
118.6 |
... that the lightning-caused Swan Lake fire in Alaska has burned over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) of wildland?
|
| Ivan Golunov |
2019-09-26 |
|
2,842 |
118.4 |
... that just prior to his arrest in 2019, investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was examining the links between Moscow funeral businesses and the Federal Security Service?
|
| Black-tailed tree rat |
2019-09-20 |
|
1,410 |
117.5 |
... that nests of the black-tailed tree rat resemble those of the red-billed buffalo weaver?
|
| 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans |
2019-09-13 |
|
1,407 |
117.2 |
... that the No. 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid won the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans after its sister No. 7 car had a tyre pressure sensor system wiring fault that incorrectly indicated a front-right puncture?
|
| Ziyad ibn Abihi |
2019-09-15 |
 |
1,406 |
117.1 |
... that Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (dirhams pictured), the first governor of a unified Iraqi province, restarted the Muslim conquests in Khurasan?
|
| Magdalene Visaggio |
2019-09-09 |
|
1,294 |
115.5 |
... that comic books by Magdalene Visaggio have been nominated for two Eisner Awards and three GLAAD Media Awards?
|
| Kale Kye-Taung Nyo |
2019-09-01 |
|
1,385 |
115.4 |
... that Prince Min Nyo of Kale seized the throne of Ava by having his lover, Queen Shin Bo-Me, assassinate his eight-year-old nephew, King Min Hla?
|
| Yella Beezy |
2019-09-15 |
|
1,382 |
115.2 |
... that Yella Beezy's father was murdered when the rapper was 12 years old?
|
| Tarzan of Manisa |
2019-09-08 |
|
1,058 |
115.1 |
... that the Tarzan of Manisa planted thousands of trees on Mount Sipylus in Turkey?
|
| Leila Ernst |
2019-09-12 |
|
1,378 |
114.8 |
... that Leila Ernst barged into a dance audition to show theatre producer George Abbott that she could sing and dance?
|
| Fake news in India |
2019-09-13 |
|
1,376 |
114.7 |
... that Facebook has to vet fake news in India for 23 official languages, but has been able to cover only 10 of them?
|
| Peter Hamm |
2019-09-04 |
|
1,374 |
114.5 |
... that Peter Hamm, a successful writer, literary critic, and jury member for literary prizes, dropped out of school when he was 14?
|
| Embioptera |
2019-09-30 |
|
2,744 |
114.3 |
... that the silk made by webspinners is produced from glands on their forelegs?
|
| Doris Bergen |
2019-09-12 |
|
1,364 |
113.7 |
... that Doris Bergen holds Canada's only endowed chair in Holocaust history?
|
| Qiu Zhu |
2019-09-28 |
 |
2,726 |
113.6 |
... that 16th-century Chinese painter Qiu Zhu was known for her depiction of Guanyin (pictured), the goddess of compassion popular among women?
|
| Nora Houston |
2019-09-07 |
|
1,164 |
113.1 |
... that an anti-suffragist threw rocks at Nora Houston as she was giving a speech advocating for women's voting rights, and Houston kept one of the rocks for the rest of her life?
|
| Ducks, Newburyport |
2019-09-14 |
|
1,354 |
112.8 |
... that the novel Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann uses stream of consciousness narrative and mostly consists of a single sentence running over more than 1,000 pages?
|
| Trust Exercise (novel) |
2019-09-05 |
|
1,353 |
112.8 |
... that the novel Trust Exercise was inspired by discussions about sexual abuse which followed the publication of the Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape?
|
| Pekarangan |
2019-09-21 |
 |
2,606 |
112.0 |
... that jackfruits and chili peppers (pictured) are among the many crops planted in Indonesian home gardens?
|
| Anna Júlia Donáth |
2019-09-07 |
|
1,142 |
110.9 |
... that Hungarian MEP Anna Júlia Donáth represents the third generation of her family to enter political office, each time for a different party?
|
| Alicja Iwańska |
2019-09-20 |
|
1,322 |
110.2 |
... that Polish resistance member Alicja Iwańska became an academic and compared political, religious, and racial persecution in Europe to U.S. segregation restrictions?
|
| St Andrew's Cross, Glasgow |
2019-09-11 |
|
1,320 |
110.0 |
... that St Andrew's Cross in Glasgow is also known as Eglinton Toll, as it was the entry point to an inland dock for a canal established by Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, in the early 19th century?
|
| Abigail Mbalo-Mokoena |
2019-09-06 |
|
1,316 |
109.6 |
... that Abigail Mbalo-Mokoena's 4Roomed, a restaurant 30 kilometres (19 mi) outside Cape Town in Khayelitsha township, was one of only three in Africa named to a 2019 list of the best in the world?
|
| Filial piety in Buddhism |
2019-09-12 |
|
1,314 |
109.5 |
... that some Buddhists believe that all beings could have been their parents in a previous life, so liberating people from suffering is a form of filial piety?
|
| Wynand Boshoff |
2019-09-18 |
|
1,312 |
109.4 |
... that South African Member of Parliament Wynand Boshoff is the grandson of assassinated apartheid-era Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd?
|
| Katherine Stuart |
2019-09-15 |
|
1,312 |
109.3 |
... that during the English Civil War, Katherine Stuart smuggled messages from Charles I to royalist sympathisers in London?
|
| Women's Reserve Ambulance Corps |
2019-09-18 |
|
1,296 |
108.0 |
... that during the First World War, the Women's Reserve Ambulance Corps was criticised in the contemporary press for "encroaching too closely on male territory"?
|
| Semin Öztürk Şener |
2019-09-27 |
|
2,554 |
106.4 |
... that Semin Öztürk Şener is Turkey's first female professional civilian aerobatic pilot?
|
| Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat |
2019-09-02 |
|
1,271 |
105.9 |
... that the Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat uses its hind feet to comb its fur and its tongue to wash its face, wing membranes, and genital region?
|
| KSJU |
2019-09-26 |
|
2,527 |
105.3 |
... that after KSJU radio was forced off FM and onto a cable system, students at the College of Saint Benedict could not listen to it on campus, even though their activity fees supported it?
|
| Celebes warty pig |
2019-09-22 |
|
2,522 |
105.1 |
... that the Celebes warty pig has been domesticated and introduced into other Indonesian islands?
|
| Jeni Bojilova-Pateva |
2019-09-26 |
|
2,506 |
104.4 |
... that Jeni Bojilova-Pateva became a women's rights activist when she was barred from teaching because she was married?
|
| C. G. Jung House Museum |
2019-09-05 |
|
1,245 |
103.8 |
... that psychoanalyst Carl Jung could afford to build his mansion on Lake Zürich (now the C. G. Jung House Museum) after his wife Emma inherited her father's fortune?
|
| Sahraa Karimi |
2019-09-18 |
|
1,242 |
103.5 |
... that Sahraa Karimi is the first and only woman in Afghanistan who has a PhD in filmmaking?
|
| WHRF (Maryland) |
2019-09-07 |
|
1,410 |
102.9 |
... that eight years to the day after it first signed on, WVOB radio in Bel Air, Maryland, lost its tower when a construction worker clipped the tower's guy wires?
|
| Treaty of Potsdam (1805) |
2019-09-16 |
|
1,234 |
102.8 |
... that the 1805 Treaty of Potsdam committed Prussia to joining the War of the Third Coalition, but was effectively ended by the Battle of Austerlitz less than a month later?
|
| Before Freedom: Nehru's Letters to His Sister 1909–1947 |
2019-09-24 |
 |
2,435 |
101.5 |
... that the book Before Freedom contains 38 years of letters from Jawaharlal Nehru to his sister Nan (both pictured), including some he wrote while imprisoned during India's fight for independence?
|
| Ralph Henry Gabriel |
2019-09-18 |
|
1,215 |
101.2 |
... that Ralph Henry Gabriel founded the American Studies Department at Yale University but later resigned in protest during the Cold War?
|
| Enteromyxum scophthalmi |
2019-09-12 |
|
1,212 |
101.0 |
... that the parasite Enteromyxum scophthalmi causes a severe illness in farmed turbot for which no cure is known?
|
| Timebomb (Tove Lo song) |
2019-09-24 |
|
2,408 |
100.3 |
... that Tove Lo wrote the plot for the music video of her song "Timebomb", inspired by the "kind of love that can't last forever because it isn't allowed to or it's not socially accepted"?
|
| Norman Surplus |
2019-09-08 |
|
920 |
99.9 |
... that in June 2019, Northern Irish pilot Norman Surplus became the first person to circumnavigate the globe using an autogyro?
|
| German Inner Africa Research Expeditions |
2019-09-23 |
|
2,396 |
99.9 |
... that Leo Frobenius led 12 German Inner Africa Research Expeditions between 1904 and 1935?
|
| WKBZ (1520 AM) |
2019-09-20 |
|
1,194 |
99.5 |
... that in 1975, a field mouse knocked Michigan radio station WKJR off the air for 45 minutes?
|
| Elevador de Aguas de Gordejuela |
2019-09-19 |
|
1,189 |
99.1 |
... that the Elevador de Aguas de Gordejuela housed the first steam engine on Tenerife?
|
| Mary Ward (suffragist) |
2019-09-17 |
|
1,182 |
98.5 |
... that though she lacked her brothers' opportunities for formal schooling, the Irish suffragist Mary Ward was the first woman to pass the Cambridge moral sciences tripos with first class honours?
|
| Ole W. Grubb |
2019-09-17 |
|
1,181 |
98.4 |
... that former Oregon state representative Ole W. Grubb and his wife had nine children of their own and cared for about 160 foster children?
|
| Mary van Kleeck |
2019-09-23 |
|
2,360 |
98.3 |
... that Mary van Kleeck, a social reformer and labor activist, was the first woman appointed to a position of authority in the American government during World War I?
|
| Cuco (musician)
|
2019-09-19
|
|
717
|
59.8
|
... that Para Mi, the debut studio album by Cuco, touches on recent problems that he has experienced first-hand, including a tour bus accident that sent him and his band to the hospital?
|
| Para Mi (Cuco album)
|
455
|
37.9
|
| Total |
1,172 |
97.7
|
| Steve Sawyer |
2019-09-15 |
|
1,170 |
97.5 |
... that while Greenpeace activist Steve Sawyer was celebrating his birthday ashore with his crew, French agents bombed and sank their boat, the Rainbow Warrior?
|
| Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge |
2019-09-04 |
|
1,170 |
97.5 |
... that in 1877, the Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge spent less than Can$0.76 per week on the care of each resident?
|
| Zenker's fruit bat
|
2019-09-08
|
|
537
|
53.7
|
... that Zenker's fruit bat often forages in areas of forest where Haumania liebrechtsiana grows, a plant favoured by gorillas and chimpanzees?
|
| Haumania liebrechtsiana
|
438
|
43.8
|
| Total |
974 |
97.5
|
| Central Park Zoo |
2019-09-11 |
|
1,166 |
97.1 |
... that in 1874, the New York Herald wrote a hoax story to draw attention to inadequate safety precautions at the Central Park Zoo?
|
| Patricia Swallow |
2019-09-30 |
|
2,318 |
96.6 |
... that Patricia Swallow led the Wrens, served on the Heron, and was vice president of the Royal Naval Bird Watching Society?
|
| Steve McClellan |
2019-09-07 |
|
991 |
96.2 |
... that Steve McClellan booked Prince in the early 1980s, when Minneapolis discouraged black musicians from playing downtown?
|
| Lü Peijian |
2019-09-30 |
|
2,283 |
95.1 |
... that a few months after Lü Peijian was appointed China's auditor general, he announced the discovery of more than US$1.6 billion worth of tax evasion, fraud, and waste?
|
| Betty Paul |
2019-09-03 |
|
1,137 |
94.8 |
... that British actress and scriptwriter Betty Paul wrote for the first rural soap opera, Weavers Green, in collaboration with her third husband?
|
| Cole Sulser |
2019-09-17 |
|
1,134 |
94.5 |
... that Major League Baseball player Cole Sulser has two degrees in engineering from Dartmouth College?
|
| Thomas Frederick Chavasse |
2019-09-07 |
|
1,290 |
94.2 |
... that the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh suspended a bylaw to enable Thomas Chavasse to apply for a surgeon's post?
|
| Kaijin Akashi
|
2019-09-03
|
|
644
|
53.7
|
... that the depiction of the ruins of the leper colony Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium in Atsushi Fujiwara's 2015 photobook Poet Island was inspired by the poetry of Kaijin Akashi, who lived, wrote, and ultimately died there in 1939?
|
| Atsushi Fujiwara
|
484
|
40.4
|
| Total |
1,128 |
94.0
|
| Roberts Landing, California |
2019-09-07 |
|
1,282 |
93.6 |
... that the polluted Roberts Landing on San Francisco Bay, California, was cleaned up to create a housing development and a marsh, now home to the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse?
|
| Jan Fortune (writer) |
2019-09-24 |
|
2,219 |
92.5 |
... that American writer Jan Fortune was born in the back of a post office in Wellington, Texas?
|
| Ye Zhupei |
2019-09-23 |
|
2,215 |
92.3 |
... that Filipino-born scientist Ye Zhupei founded chemical metallurgy in China, while his American wife became an English professor who taught the future Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing?
|
| Zond 5 |
2019-09-08 |
|
848 |
92.2 |
... that two Russian tortoises were aboard the first spacecraft to return safely from a trip around the Moon?
|
| Lake Aguelmame Sidi Ali |
2019-09-03 |
|
1,102 |
91.9 |
... that an endemic species of trout in Lake Aguelmame Sidi Ali became extinct after the common carp was introduced in 1934?
|
| String Quartet in A major (Bliss) |
2019-09-10 |
|
1,100 |
91.7 |
... that the String Quartet in A major, composed by Arthur Bliss around 1913 as a student, was later withdrawn from performance and not revived until his widow gave permission in the 1990s?
|
| Agadzagadza |
2019-09-01 |
|
1,094 |
91.2 |
... that Agadzagadza is a mythological trickster from Nigeria who is responsible for bringing death to humankind?
|
| Jennifer Foster |
2019-09-19 |
|
1,092 |
91.0 |
... that according to Jennifer Foster, Iron Age metalsmiths of high-quality goods in Britain might have been itinerant rather than having a fixed abode?
|
| Jordon Garrick |
2019-09-09 |
|
1,087 |
90.6 |
... that footballer Jordon Garrick nearly gave up the game as a teenager to pursue a career in rugby league before being persuaded to change his mind by his mother and his coach?
|
| Ninth German Inner Africa Research Expedition |
2019-09-20 |
|
1,086 |
90.4 |
... that the Ninth German Inner Africa Research Expedition recorded 2,000 examples of rock art?
|
| Ba Congress |
2019-09-21 |
|
2,098 |
90.2 |
... that the Ba Congress failed to prevent the Allies of World War II from breaking off contact with Draža Mihailović's Chetnik movement?
|
| Maud E. Craig Sampson Williams |
2019-09-20 |
|
1,074 |
89.5 |
... that African-American suffragist Maud E. Craig Sampson Williams was denied membership in the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
|
| Dorothy Christian Hare |
2019-09-16 |
|
1,072 |
89.3 |
... that Dorothy Christian Hare was the first woman general physician to be elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians?
|
| Robert Michael Forde |
2019-09-13 |
 |
1,046 |
87.2 |
... that Robert Michael Forde made the first definitive observation of the cause of sleeping sickness (parasites pictured) in human beings?
|
| 2017 World Women's Snooker Championship |
2019-09-17 |
|
1,042 |
86.9 |
... that the final of the 2017 World Women's Snooker Championship was the longest ever recorded best-of-11-frames match, lasting over eight hours of playing time?
|
| International Agrarian Bureau |
2019-09-02 |
|
1,035 |
86.2 |
... that the International Agrarian Bureau was criticized by the right as advocating the "peasant-boot dictatorship", and by the left as a vehicle for "peasant individualism"?
|
| Clarence Ervin |
2019-09-03 |
|
1,034 |
86.2 |
... that Clarence Ervin became the first African-American brigadier general in the history of the North Carolina Air National Guard in 2015?
|
| Margaret Puxon |
2019-09-22 |
|
2,048 |
85.3 |
... that the gynaecologist Margaret Puxon, who started studying law to prevent boredom while on maternity leave, eventually became a barrister?
|
| Angolan slender mongoose |
2019-09-15 |
|
1,022 |
85.1 |
... that a dark form of the Angolan slender mongoose is found to the south of the Cunene River and a pale form to the north?
|
| Petra Klingler |
2019-09-01 |
|
1,006 |
83.8 |
... that Petra Klingler finished third in the Ice Climbing World Cup while climbing on one leg?
|
| Samuel Charache |
2019-09-11 |
|
994 |
82.9 |
... that hematologist Samuel Charache discovered the first effective treatment for sickle cell disease?
|
| Laidlaw Purves |
2019-09-01 |
|
990 |
82.5 |
... that London surgeon Laidlaw Purves was described as the "fairy godfather of ladies' golf"?
|
| Sergei Chernyshev (breakdancer) |
2019-09-10 |
|
985 |
82.1 |
... that Russian breakdancer Sergei Chernyshev, the 2018 Youth Olympics B-Boys champion, competes under the nickname Bumblebee, after a robot superhero in the Transformers franchise?
|
| Victoriano G. de Ysasi |
2019-09-26 |
|
1,966 |
81.9 |
... that at his death in 1881, Victoriano G. de Ysasi owned a nearly complete collection of the stamps of Spain?
|
| Scyller Borglum |
2019-09-21 |
|
1,858 |
79.9 |
... that Scyller Borglum and a deceased candidate both won the same election?
|
| J. J. Stiffler |
2019-09-28 |
|
1,904 |
79.4 |
... that J. J. Stiffler's "unparalleled" and "landmark" book Theory of Synchronous Communications (1971) sprang from NASA's need for power-efficient synchronization of data transmission for its space probes?
|
| 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final |
2019-09-05 |
|
952 |
79.3 |
... that the Women's World Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup finals both involved the United States and were played on the same day?
|
| Mathea Olin |
2019-09-10 |
|
948 |
79.0 |
... that Mathea Olin's gold and bronze medals at the 2017 Pan American Surf Games were Canada's first international medals in surfing?
|
| Rhoptropus bradfieldi |
2019-09-23 |
|
1,893 |
78.9 |
... that the metabolic rate of Rhoptropus bradfieldi is about a quarter of that of other desert lizards?
|
| Minye Kyawhtin of Pakhan |
2019-09-08 |
|
724 |
78.8 |
... that Prince Tarabya Minye Kyawhtin ceded the throne of Ava to his cousin Prince Min Nyo after marrying his deceased brother's favorite queen, Shin Saw Pu, in return?
|
| Douglas Morey Ford |
2019-09-21 |
|
1,823 |
78.4 |
... that in his novel A Time of Terror, Douglas Morey Ford imagined anarchists attempting to overthrow the British government?
|
| WGAG-FM |
2019-09-29 |
|
1,855 |
77.3 |
... that high school radio station WGAG-FM had a yearly budget of US$200, which it raised by selling donuts and clearing lawns?
|
| Marie Dacke |
2019-09-29 |
|
1,850 |
77.1 |
... that Swedish scientist Marie Dacke discovered that dung beetles can use the Milky Way to navigate at night?
|
| Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo |
2019-09-25 |
|
1,839 |
76.6 |
... that despite its title, the Venezuelan film Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo ('Kids bathing at the lagoon of Maracaibo') also features street shots of the city of Maracaibo?
|
| I Turn My Camera On |
2019-09-12 |
|
918 |
76.5 |
... that Spoon frontman Britt Daniel was inspired by Franz Ferdinand's 2004 song "Take Me Out" while writing "I Turn My Camera On", and was influenced by Prince to sing it with falsetto vocals?
|
| Werner Müller (politician) |
2019-09-02 |
|
916 |
76.3 |
... that Werner Müller managed a reduction in Germany's dependence on coal in a socially responsible way as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and as CEO of major energy companies?
|
| Siegel modular variety |
2019-09-11 |
|
912 |
76.0 |
... that Siegel modular varieties naturally capture information about black hole entropy in string theory?
|
| Sweetheart deal |
2019-09-29 |
|
1,817 |
75.7 |
... that a 2008 plea bargain to settle criminal charges against financier Jeffrey Epstein has been described as a sweetheart deal?
|
| Hong Kong Way |
2019-09-13 |
|
902 |
75.2 |
... that the Hong Kong Way was a peaceful political campaign held in Hong Kong on the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way?
|
| Vernon A. Forbes |
2019-09-14 |
|
900 |
75.0 |
... that Oregon state legislator Vernon A. Forbes drowned while fishing in an Oregon lake?
|
| Damodar Ganesh Bapat |
2019-09-04 |
|
898 |
74.9 |
... that social worker Damodar Ganesh Bapat helped around 26,000 leprosy patients?
|
| 1985 World Snooker Championship |
2019-09-21 |
|
1,734 |
74.5 |
... that the 1985 World Snooker Championship holds the record for the highest-rated post-midnight broadcast in the United Kingdom?
|
| Essex on the Park |
2019-09-29 |
|
1,787 |
74.5 |
... that the 56-story Essex on the Park in the Chicago Loop was built on a former swimming pool?
|
| Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann |
2019-09-16 |
|
890 |
74.2 |
... that lieder singer and voice teacher Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann's textbook for singers was recommended for general readers interested in "the human instrument"?
|
| 2019 Riga Masters |
2019-09-07 |
|
761 |
73.9 |
... that several entrants in the 2019 Riga Masters professional snooker event—including the defending champion—missed the tournament because their flights were cancelled?
|
| Guo Zhenqian
|
2019-09-10
|
|
452
|
37.7
|
... that Guo Zhenqian and his successor, Guo Shuyan, both ended their governorships of Hubei prematurely due to disagreement with the province's party secretary?
|
| Guo Shuyan
|
433
|
36.1
|
| Total |
886 |
73.8
|
| Tachibana Shrine |
2019-09-11 |
|
884 |
73.7 |
... that National Treasures at Hōryū-ji include the Tamamushi Shrine and images inside the Tachibana Shrine?
|
| George Fayad |
2019-09-20 |
|
875 |
72.9 |
... that George Fayad is depicted in a painting of eminent international surgeons that was shown at the National Portrait Gallery in London?
|
| Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester |
2019-09-08 |
|
714 |
71.4 |
... that the Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester ('So-called Left Radical Wind Band') played at demonstrations against nuclear power and far-right politics, and at the Berliner Philharmonie?
|
| 2018 Women's World Snooker Championship |
2019-09-26 |
|
1,708 |
71.2 |
... that Ng On-yee won the 2018 Women's World Snooker Championship without losing a single frame in all six of her tournament matches?
|
| Jewish Democratic Committee |
2019-09-08 |
|
712 |
71.2 |
... that the Jewish Democratic Committee and the Romanian Communist Party together sent Romanian Jews to Israel, hoping to make it a communist ally?
|
| Tina Irwin |
2019-09-14 |
|
846 |
70.5 |
... that Canadian dressage rider Tina Irwin was forced to restart after a power outage at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, and achieved a 2017 world record small tour score on her next attempt?
|
| Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples |
2019-09-16 |
|
835 |
69.6 |
... that in 1991, the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples became Canada's first national parish for indigenous people?
|
| Roman Polianskyi |
2019-09-16 |
|
834 |
69.5 |
... that 2016 Paralympics para-rowing gold medalist Roman Polianskyi started experiencing symptoms of Strumpell disease at the age of ten?
|
| Su Shuyang |
2019-09-02 |
|
832 |
69.3 |
... that in Su Shuyang's tragedy depicting the last day of Lao She's life, the celebrated writer converses with dead characters from his own works before committing suicide?
|
| Charles E. de M. Sajous |
2019-09-26 |
|
1,648 |
68.7 |
... that Philadelphia-based physician Charles Sajous, called the "father of American endocrinology", received the French Legion of Honour and the Venezuelan Order of the Liberator?
|
| West Point High School (Arizona) |
2019-09-08 |
|
630 |
68.5 |
... that before opening West Point High School, the Tolleson Union High School District in Arizona was so overcrowded that it had to turn students away and use teachers' lounges as classrooms?
|
| Patricia Marshall |
2019-09-02 |
|
814 |
67.8 |
... that Patricia Marshall's role in the 1947 film Good News was originally meant for Gloria DeHaven?
|
| Grover Powers |
2019-09-20 |
|
806 |
67.1 |
... that Yale University pediatrician Grover Powers gave liver extract as a nutritional supplement to children with celiac disease?
|
| Jewish Democratic Committee |
2019-09-30 |
|
1,596 |
66.5 |
... that the Jewish Democratic Committee and the Romanian Communist Party together sent Romanian Jews to Israel, hoping to make it a communist ally?
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| Fred Thomas (bassist) |
2019-09-22 |
|
1,596 |
66.5 |
... that bassist Fred Thomas performed with James Brown for over thirty years?
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| Yu Dunkang |
2019-09-21 |
|
1,543 |
66.3 |
... that when Yu Dunkang was denounced as a "rightist" and banished from academia for twenty years, he found solace in the early Chinese philosophy of Xuanxue?
|
| Texas Reliability Entity |
2019-09-14 |
|
792 |
66.0 |
... that the Texas Reliability Entity monitors the state's electrical grid to ensure its reliability?
|
| C. Doris Hellman |
2019-09-02 |
|
786 |
65.5 |
... that the work of C. Doris Hellman on the Great Comet of 1577 led historians of science to recognize the comet's key role in the success of the Copernican Revolution?
|
| Yu Zhengui |
2019-09-08 |
|
646 |
64.5 |
... that Chinese Muslim scholar Yu Zhengui worked as a laogai labourer during the Cultural Revolution?
|
| Arizona Miner |
2019-09-04 |
|
774 |
64.5 |
... that the Arizona Miner, a newspaper published in Prescott, Arizona Territory, changed its political leanings from Republican to Democrat and back again over a succession of owners?
|
| Asian garden dormouse |
2019-09-14 |
|
762 |
63.5 |
... that the Asian garden dormouse can enter torpor, a state in which it may remain for several days?
|
| Aama (film) |
2019-09-11 |
|
738 |
61.5 |
... that Aama was the first Nepalese film to be produced in Nepal?
|
| Jihan Wu |
2019-09-27 |
|
1,442 |
60.1 |
... that Jihan Wu co-founded Bitmain, the world's largest computer chip company for bitcoin mining?
|
| Kihaule's mouse shrew |
2019-09-05 |
|
716 |
59.6 |
... that Kihaule's mouse shrew is named after the medical-entomological technician who collected the type specimen from the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania?
|
| Lu Yonggen |
2019-09-01 |
|
712 |
59.3 |
... that Professor Lu Yonggen was named by Harvard Kennedy School as the second most generous Chinese philanthropist of 2017 after donating his entire life savings to South China Agricultural University?
|
| In My Head (Ariana Grande song) |
2019-09-15 |
|
706 |
58.9 |
... that Ariana Grande's song "In My Head" includes a voicemail recorded by her best friend, Doug Middlebrook, because it suited the lyrics?
|
| Yang Hongxun |
2019-09-17 |
|
703 |
58.6 |
... that Yang Hongxun designed the National Museum of Chinese Writing in the form of an ancient pictographic character from oracle bones?
|
| Jebel ech Chambi |
2019-09-01 |
|
685 |
57.1 |
... that Jebel ech Chambi, the highest mountain in Tunisia, is one of the few places in which the Cuvier's gazelle survives?
|
| The Black Cloth |
2019-09-25 |
|
1,368 |
57.0 |
... that the folk tales in Bernard Binlin Dadié's The Black Cloth express the "African sense of community" and the "wisdom of an ordered society" in the face of French claims of moral superiority?
|
| Claude Ruggieri |
2019-09-08 |
|
564 |
56.4 |
... that Claude Ruggieri described pyrotechny as "a dark chaos which one cannot penetrate without the torch of chemistry"?
|
| James Dundas-Grant |
2019-09-16 |
|
676 |
56.4 |
... that surgeon Sir James Dundas-Grant conducted his own orchestra?
|
| Zhang Baifa |
2019-09-04 |
|
672 |
56.0 |
... that after the U.S. Congress passed a resolution urging the IOC to reject Beijing's bid for the 2000 Olympics, the city's vice mayor Zhang Baifa threatened to boycott the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta?
|
| Johannes Latuharhary |
2019-09-19 |
|
670 |
55.8 |
... that according to Johannes Latuharhary, the education system of the Dutch East Indies in Ambon, Maluku, was designed to create "scribes and clerks, soldiers and sailors"?
|
| Trace (precipitation) |
2019-09-01 |
|
668 |
55.7 |
... that trace amounts of snowfall account for up to 80 percent of all precipitation that falls in some areas of northern Canada?
|
| Gurcharan Singh (cricketer) |
2019-09-14 |
|
656 |
54.6 |
... that cricket coach Gurcharan Singh survived the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi with the help of his trainees?
|
| Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute, Wq. 132 |
2019-09-12 |
|
648 |
54.0 |
... that C. P. E. Bach's Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute, composed around 1747 for flauto traverso without bass and printed during his lifetime, is one of the few significant pieces for solo flute?
|
| Joshua Kelley |
2019-09-03 |
|
638 |
53.1 |
... that UCLA football player Joshua Kelley's career-high 289 rushing yards against USC last season were the most by any player on either team in the history of the schools' crosstown rivalry?
|
| Vsevolod Kukushkin |
2019-09-25 |
|
1,242 |
51.7 |
... that Russian journalist Vsevolod Kukushkin said the Soviet Union national ice hockey team was nicknamed "The Red Machine" due to a Minneapolis newspaper headline?
|
| Woody Myers |
2019-09-01 |
|
620 |
51.7 |
... that as state health commissioner of Indiana, Woody Myers supported the right of Ryan White, a teenage boy with HIV/AIDS, to return to public school in the face of anti-AIDS discrimination?
|
| Ephemera simulans |
2019-09-13 |
|
616 |
51.4 |
... that the nymphs of the mayfly Ephemera simulans are able to burrow?
|
| The Urology Foundation |
2019-09-02 |
|
615 |
51.2 |
... that The Urology Foundation carried out a survey of how often British men check their testicles?
|
| Alexander's bush squirrel |
2019-09-15 |
|
612 |
51.0 |
... that Alexander's bush squirrel is named after Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, a British Army officer, explorer, and ornithologist?
|
| Love Not Money |
2019-09-05 |
|
610 |
50.8 |
... that themes of British band Everything but the Girl's 1985 album Love Not Money include sexism, social and economic stratification, and The Troubles in Northern Ireland?
|
| Wang Buxuan |
2019-09-14 |
|
609 |
50.8 |
... that research by Chinese professor Wang Buxuan resulted in the doubling of ammonia production at a major chemical plant in Sichuan province?
|
| Carlton le Willows Academy |
2019-09-19 |
|
606 |
50.5 |
... that Carlton le Willows Academy alumni include cricketer Mark Footitt, Air Supply singer/guitarist Graham Russell, and balloonist Janet Folkes?
|
| Noelle Campbell-Sharp |
2019-09-10 |
|
602 |
50.2 |
... that Noelle Campbell-Sharp has led the Cill Rialaig project, hosting over 5,000 artists on residencies in County Kerry, Ireland, since 1991?
|
| Gabriel Amavizca |
2019-09-29 |
|
1,168 |
48.7 |
... that in June 2019, Hamilton Tiger-Cats placekicker Gabriel Amavizca became the first non-Canadian or non-American player to score points in a Canadian Football League regular season match?
|
| Ulrike Sonntag |
2019-09-17 |
|
584 |
48.6 |
... that Ulrike Sonntag, a soprano at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and an academic voice teacher in Stuttgart, recorded an oratorio by Fanny Hensel and psalm settings by Lili Boulanger?
|
| Der Club (talk show) |
2019-09-20 |
|
581 |
48.4 |
... that Der Club, a weekly German-language talk show on Swiss television discussing current topics, was first aired in 1985 as Zischtigsclub ('Tuesday Club')?
|
| Arthur Lennox Butler |
2019-09-07 |
|
492 |
47.8 |
... that four species of reptile, a bird, and an amphibian were named after Arthur Lennox Butler?
|
| Donald Balfour |
2019-09-14 |
|
566 |
47.2 |
... that Donald Balfour, who began working at the Mayo Clinic as a pathology assistant, later became the director of the Mayo Foundation?
|
| Mou Zuoyun |
2019-09-14 |
|
565 |
47.1 |
... that twelve years after his death, Mou Zuoyun became the first Chinese person to be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame?
|
| Commontime (album) |
2019-09-13 |
|
559 |
46.6 |
... that the Field Music album Commontime received media attention after Prince tweeted about one of its songs?
|
| Donald Douglas (surgeon) |
2019-09-20 |
|
544 |
45.3 |
... that Sir Donald Douglas was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and his son Sir Neil Douglas was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh?
|
| Chen Jiayong |
2019-09-05 |
|
538 |
44.8 |
... that Chen Jiayong was the first Chinese scientist to have a satellite named after him?
|
| Henry Lewis (musician) |
2019-09-08 |
|
446 |
44.6 |
... that the African-American conductor Henry Lewis conducted the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra in support of America's cultural diplomacy initiatives after World War II?
|
| Gao Heng (legal scholar) |
2019-09-15 |
|
536 |
44.6 |
... that after studying excavated legal documents from the ancient Qin dynasty, Gao Heng concluded that Qin's sentence of penal servitude was a lifelong punishment?
|
| Vespro della Beata Vergine |
2019-09-27 |
|
1,058 |
44.1 |
... that in September 1610, Monteverdi dedicated to Pope Paul V his Vespro della Beata Vergine, a complex vespers composition which included the style of the emerging opera?
|
| Pouteria adolfi-friedericii |
2019-09-22 |
|
1,048 |
43.7 |
... that the African tropical tree Pouteria adolfi-friedericii was named after a German explorer?
|
| Wang Jiafu |
2019-09-01 |
|
519 |
43.2 |
... that legal scholar Wang Jiafu gave lectures to China's top leaders, including President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng?
|
| Dan MacKenzie |
2019-09-02 |
|
518 |
43.1 |
... that when National Basketball Association revenue in Canada grew 224 percent in five years, vice-president Dan MacKenzie attributed it to marketing strategy and the sport's appeal to young Asian Canadians?
|
| National Industrial Security Academy |
2019-09-07 |
|
438 |
42.6 |
... that Qatar expressed interest for its industrial security personnel to be trained at the National Industrial Security Academy of India?
|
| John Howland (doctor) |
2019-09-16 |
|
498 |
41.5 |
... that John Howland established the United States' first full-time pediatric department at the Johns Hopkins Hospital?
|
| Charles Faroux |
2019-09-04 |
|
480 |
40.0 |
... that motorsport official Charles Faroux was also a three-time French carom billiards world champion?
|
| Hassan Maatouk |
2019-09-07 |
|
542 |
39.5 |
... that with 20 goals, Hassan Maatouk is the Lebanon national football team's joint top-scorer?
|
| John Henry Wishart |
2019-09-24 |
|
922 |
38.4 |
... that in 1822 John Henry Wishart gave the first description in English of type 2 neurofibromatosis?
|
| M. Sreeshankar |
2019-09-28 |
|
906 |
37.7 |
... that two months after being unable to walk properly, Indian long jumper M. Sreeshankar won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships?
|
| Sirenen |
2019-09-03 |
|
452 |
37.7 |
... that in his opera Sirenen – Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens, Rolf Riehm included instruments such as archaic wood planks, a musical saw, an accordion, and a piano?
|
| Aslı Canan Sabırlı |
2019-09-08 |
|
344 |
37.4 |
... that Turkish women's footballer Aslı Canan Sabırlı was appointed technical director of her team while she was still a member of the squad?
|
| WGBP-FM |
2019-09-22 |
|
839 |
35.0 |
... that Kevin Harlan said his "first good move" in sports broadcasting was getting into radio at WGBP-FM?
|
| Jerome Daugherty |
2019-09-24 |
|
802 |
33.4 |
... that the Georgetown University School of Dentistry was established during Jerome Daugherty's tenure as university president?
|
| Harry Buckwitz |
2019-09-09 |
|
365 |
32.6 |
... that as general manager of the municipal theatres in Frankfurt, Harry Buckwitz staged plays by Brecht including Mutter Courage, and recruited Georg Solti for the opera?
|
| Andrea Ihle |
2019-09-28 |
|
721 |
30.0 |
... that Andrea Ihle performed the role of Ännchen in Weber's opera Der Freischütz in the opening performance of the rebuilt Semperoper in Dresden?
|
| 17th Lok Sabha |
2019-09-15 |
|
346 |
28.9 |
... that Bharatiya Janata Party politicians Maneka Gandhi and Santosh Gangwar, current members of the 17th Lok Sabha, have been elected to the Indian lower house for the eighth time?
|
| Northwestern Media |
2019-09-15 |
|
280 |
23.3 |
... that in 1949, the students of Northwestern Schools underwrote the US$40,000 cost to build KTIS in Minneapolis, the first radio station of Northwestern Media?
|
| Palembang Light Rail Transit |
2019-09-04 |
|
262 |
21.8 |
... that the Palembang Light Rail Transit, which opened last year, is the first operational light-rail system in Indonesia?
|
| Dorothy Olsen |
2019-09-29 |
|
131 |
5.5 |
... that Dorothy Olsen was one of only twelve American women certified for night flight in World War II?
|
| Kurds'komu bratovi |
2019-09-29 |
|
100 |
4.2 |
... that a clandestinely-distributed poem about the Kurds became a Ukrainian symbol of national revival and resistance against the Soviet Union?
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