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Low | 27.0 | Music of Kids on the Slope | 63.7 | Namibia at the 2019 World Athletics Championships | 27.0 | Music of Kids on the Slope |
Median | 170.6 | Nerine Barrett Norman Whitten |
473.7 | Thai typography | 184.2 | Abdur Rahman Peshawari |
High | 1,042.2 | Maisie Williams | 3,164.8 | Deutsches Reichsbräu | 3,164.8 | Deutsches Reichsbräu |
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Deutsches Reichsbräu | 2020-07-14 | 37,977 | 3,164.8 | ... that the German police were called to investigate Deutsches Reichsbräu beer because of the Nazi-style imagery on its logo (pictured)? | |
Race-reversed casting | 2020-07-01 | 71,558 | 2,981.6 | ... that Patrick Stewart (pictured) invented "photo negative" casting in order to play Othello when it had become no longer acceptable to perform the role in blackface? | |
Thirst trap | 2020-07-18 | 30,276 | 2,523.0 | ... that a thirst trap (selfie pictured) can lead to harassment and bullying? | |
Internet bench | 2020-07-12 | 21,648 | 1,804.0 | ... that during the first few days of the launch of the internet bench (pictured), two teenagers phoned the local council and Bill Gates after discovering that it could be used to make international calls? | |
AGM-183A ARRW | 2020-07-27 | 20,974 | 1,747.8 | ... that the announced "Super-Duper Missile" has been theorized to be the AGM-183A air-launched rapid response weapon (pictured)? | |
Wrens of the Curragh | 2020-07-29 | 20,964 | 1,747.0 | ... that the Wrens of the Curragh group of sex workers (members depicted) lived in "nests" hollowed from the ground near Curragh Camp in the 19th century? | |
General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark | 2020-07-24 | 15,605 | 1,300.4 | ... that instead of using standard control surfaces, the AFTI/F-111A Aardvark research aircraft (pictured) had an adaptive wing that could change its airfoil shape for inflight control? | |
Marie Hassenpflug | 2020-07-13 | 13,678 | 1,139.8 | ... that stories by Marie Hassenpflug (pictured) were a source for the Brothers Grimm fairy tales "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", and possibly "Snow White"? | |
Maisie Williams | 2020-07-28 | 12,506[a] | 1,042.2 | ... that Maisie Williams almost missed her Game of Thrones audition because it coincided with a school field trip to a pig farm? | |
Isle of the Dead (Tasmania) | 2020-07-02 | 24,770 | 1,032.1 | ... that a tiny Tasmanian island called the Isle of the Dead (pictured) is home to one of the few preserved convict-period burial grounds? | |
City bonds robbery | 2020-07-13 | 10,382 | 865.1 | ... that a courier was once robbed of nearly £300 million in the City of London? | |
Priscilla Johnson McMillan | 2020-07-27 | 10,336 | 861.3 | ... that Priscilla Johnson McMillan is the only individual who personally knew both President John F. Kennedy and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald? | |
Die BIF – Blätter Idealer Frauenfreundschaften | 2020-07-26 | 10,234 | 852.9 | ... that Die BIF (cover pictured) was the world's first lesbian magazine where only women were in charge? | |
Flag of Ulster | 2020-07-31 | 9,690 | 807.5 | ... that the elements of the Flag of Ulster (pictured) supposedly trace their origins to a cross drawn in Saracen blood and a hand cut off to claim a kingdom? | |
Potato production in Algeria | 2020-07-13 | 9,538 | 794.9 | ... that in Algeria potatoes are grown in sand in the Sahara desert? | |
Huize Ivicke | 2020-07-31 | 9,447 | 787.2 | ... that one of the most endangered monuments in Europe is a squatted house in the Netherlands? | |
Republic XP-69 | 2020-07-24 | 9,410 | 784.2 | ... that development of the Republic XP-69 aircraft was canceled due to problems with its liquid-cooled radial engine? | |
Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak | 2020-07-17 | 9,086 | 757.2 | ... that the record 56-game hitting streak of Major League Baseball player Joe DiMaggio (pictured), which ended 79 years ago today, is considered unbreakable? | |
Sandra Perron | 2020-07-31 | 9,084 | 757.0 | ... that Sandra Perron, whom other Canadian Armed Forces officers viewed as a threat, was once interrogated and left in the snow for two hours without boots as part of a training exercise? | |
A.C.A.B. | 2020-07-11 | 8,600[b] | 716.6 | ... that a Spanish woman was arrested for carrying a bag that read "A.C.A.B." accompanied by the phrase "All Cats Are Beautiful"? | |
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2020-07-17 | 8,217 | 684.8 | ... that diamonds were featured on the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (pictured) because the previous breadfruit leaf was hard to recognise from afar? | |
Jueteng | 2020-07-31 | 8,170 | 680.9 | ... that despite being illegal, jueteng is played by one out of every seven Filipinos? | |
Glutonny | 2020-07-31 | 8,126 | 677.2 | ... that professional Super Smash Bros. player Glutonny (pictured), who competes using Wario, nicknamed himself after a Fullmetal Alchemist character because both are known for eating everything? | |
Five Fingers of Tibet | 2020-07-13 | 8,018 | 668.1 | ... that the Chinese policy of Five Fingers of Tibet considers Tibet to be China's right-hand palm, with five fingers—Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Arunachal Pradesh—that must be "liberated"? | |
Qibla observation by shadows | 2020-07-15 | 7,993 | 666.1 | ... that today at 09:27 UTC, the direction to Mecca can be determined by looking at the shadow cast by a stick (diagram pictured)? | |
Joan Dant | 2020-07-26 | 7,812 | 651.0 | ... that pedlar Joan Dant died a millionaire? | |
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti | 2020-07-13 | 7,771 | 647.6 | ... that when Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (pictured) was banned from organizing demonstrations, she organized "picnics" and "festivals" instead, drawing up to 10,000 participants? | |
Too Much and Never Enough | 2020-07-18 | 7,716[c] | 643.0 | ... that in the tell-all book Too Much and Never Enough, Donald Trump's niece Mary L. Trump alleges that he mistreated his father Fred Trump after Fred developed Alzheimer's disease? | |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | 2020-07-13 | 7,576 | 631.3 | ... that business leaders tried to ban the Depression anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" for being "a dangerous attack on the American economic system"? | |
Indian locomotive class WDG-4G | 2020-07-28 | 7,534 | 627.8 | ... that it took 190 litres (42 imp gal; 50 US gal) of paint to complete the livery of the Indian locomotive class WDG-4G (pictured)? | |
Art Tomassetti | 2020-07-05 | 14,618 | 609.1 | ... that Art Tomassetti (pictured) is the only test pilot to fly all three variants of the X-35 in addition to the F-35? | |
Lady Tambourine | 2020-07-28 | 7,282 | 606.9 | ... that videos of Lady Tambourine (pictured) playing the tambourine at Southern Louisiana football games went viral in 2017? | |
Railway sabotage during World War II | 2020-07-07 | 14,476 | 603.2 | ... that railway sabotage during World War II was one of the most common forms of resistance against German occupation? | |
Kensal House | 2020-07-06 | 14,440 | 601.7 | ... that Kensal House, the UK's first modernist block designed for the working class, was used by Abram Games for his 1942 poster "Your Britain. Fight for It Now" (pictured)? | |
Kronstadt–Toulon naval visits | 2020-07-23 | 7,010 | 584.2 | ... that during the French naval visit to Kronstadt, which started on 23 July 1891, Emperor Alexander III of Russia stood to attention for the singing of La Marseillaise (scene depicted), despite his disapproval of France? | |
National Intelligence Law | 2020-07-28 | 7,008 | 584.0 | ... that Chinese citizens are lawfully required to spy for the state? | |
Queen Elizabeth's Oak, Greenwich Park | 2020-07-03 | 13,819 | 575.8 | ... that the hollow trunk of Queen Elizabeth's Oak was used as a prison? | |
Seton Falls Park | 2020-07-29 | 6,720 | 560.0 | ... that Seton Falls Park went from being one of New York City's best parks to one of its worst in the span of two years? | |
The Last Kiss (1931 film) | 2020-07-08 | 13,170 | 548.8 | ... that the 14-year-old lead actress in the 1931 British Indian film The Last Kiss was brought from a brothel in Dhaka? | |
Lauren Boebert | 2020-07-22 | 6,530[d] | 544.2 | ... that Lauren Boebert encourages her servers to openly carry firearms inside her restaurant in Rifle, Colorado? | |
Ljuba Prenner | 2020-07-23 | 6,530 | 544.1 | ... that in the 1950s, Slovene transgender lawyer and writer Ljuba Prenner used the introduction: "I am Dr. Ljuba Prenner, neither man nor woman"? | |
The Cock sign | 2020-07-05 | 13,045 | 543.5 | ... that there is a large cock at a junction of Sutton High Street, London? | |
Builders Building | 2020-07-27 | 6,391 | 532.6 | ... that the Builders Building (pictured), originally built to house construction industries, would eventually be home to the Chicago Board of Education and later be renovated into a hotel? | |
Prometheus (Orozco) | 2020-07-14 | 6,362 | 530.1 | ... that abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock considered the greatest painting in North America to be a mural of Prometheus (pictured) at Pomona College by Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco? | |
1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic | 2020-07-16 | 6,244 | 520.3 | ... that the Amazon parrot (depicted) was implicated as a source of the great parrot fever pandemic of 1929–30, in which more than 100 people died? | |
Pepsi Number Fever | 2020-07-02 | 12,422 | 517.6 | ... that the Pepsi Number Fever draw in May 1992 was supposed to have just two 1-million-peso winners, but 486,170 people made claims for a winning bottle cap? | |
María Lionza (statue) | 2020-07-15 | 5,926 | 493.8 | ... that although it depicts an indigenous goddess, the statue María Lionza is deliberately located in the middle of a highway? | |
Rights of nature | 2020-07-07 | 11,791 | 491.3 | ... that rights of nature are legally recognized in twelve countries? | |
Viklau Madonna | 2020-07-29 | 5,890 | 490.8 | ... that the Viklau Madonna (pictured) is one of the best-preserved 12th-century wooden sculptures in Europe? | |
Operation Gideon (2020) | 2020-07-18 | 5,882 | 490.1 | ... that Operation Gideon, an attempt to infiltrate Venezuela by sea and remove Nicolás Maduro from office, was stopped before it got further than the beach? | |
Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala | 2020-07-24 | 5,738 | 478.2 | ... that in 2016, LGBT and women's rights activist Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala (pictured) became the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Everest? | |
Occupy Pedophilia | 2020-07-26 | 5,700 | 475.0 | ... that the Russian group Occupy Pedophilia filmed themselves committing more than a hundred anti-gay attacks between 2012 and 2014? | |
Thai typography | 2020-07-19 | 5,684 | 473.7 | ... that some typefaces used in Thai typography are designed to resemble Latin sans-serif, and the Thai characters พ, ร, and บ (pictured in two fonts) may look just like the English letters W, S, and U? | |
Joshna Chinappa | 2020-07-11 | 5,650 | 470.8 | ... that Joshna Chinappa (pictured) has won the Indian national squash championship a record 18 times? | |
American Spaces | 2020-07-14 | 5,602 | 466.9 | ... that in a survey, a Pakistani stated that a visit to one of the American Spaces under increased security conditions was "like going to jail or getting into Fort Knox"? | |
Ōyama Sutematsu | 2020-07-15 | 5,584 | 465.3 | ... that Ōyama Sutematsu was eleven years old when she was sent with the Iwakura Mission to receive an American education on behalf of Japan? | |
Thomas Powell (steamboat) | 2020-07-18 | 4,402 | 366.8 | ... that Thomas Powell (pictured) was one of several exceptionally fast Hudson River steamboats of the 1840s powered by the marine engineering works of T. F. Secor? | |
T. F. Secor | 1,116 | 93.0 | |||
Total | 5,518 | 459.8 | |||
Message from Turnberry | 2020-07-28 | 5,506 | 458.9 | ... that the 1990 Message from Turnberry issued by NATO has been called the "first official recognition of the end of the Cold War"? | |
Pterodactylus | 2020-07-23 | 5,426 | 452.2 | ... that the genus Pterodactylus (species depicted), the scientific name for a pterodactyl, had been considered a "wastebasket taxon" as many species were assigned to it and later reassigned? | |
Junauda Petrus | 2020-07-15 | 5,403 | 450.2 | ... that author and performance artist Junauda Petrus originally wanted to be an astronaut, but is now a "pleasure activist"? | |
No Surrender (to the IRA) | 2020-07-08 | 10,730 | 447.1 | ... that the Football Association has asked England fans to stop singing "No Surrender to the IRA"? | |
Carlshof Institutions | 2020-07-20 | 5,324 | 443.6 | ... that Adolf Hitler and members of his staff who survived the 20 July plot to assassinate him were treated in the former Carlshof Institutions? | |
Yusuf I of Granada | 2020-07-22 | 5,254 | 437.8 | ... that when his enemy Alfonso XI succumbed to the Black Death while besieging Gibraltar, Yusuf I of Granada (coin pictured) ordered his forces not to attack Alfonso's army as they carried the body home? | |
Diablos Motorcycle Club (Thailand) | 2020-07-07 | 10,443 | 435.1 | ... that the Thailand-based Diablos outlaw motorcycle club fought the Hells Angels in a gun battle in Australia? | |
Photokinesis | 2020-07-22 | 3,397 | 283.1 | ... that the sea slug Discodoris boholiensis exhibits photokinesis? | |
Discodoris boholiensis | 1,755 | 146.2 | |||
Total | 5,152 | 429.3 | |||
Newland Oak | 2020-07-01 | 10,208 | 425.4 | ... that the Newland Oak in Gloucestershire took "200 years to grow, 200 years to exist, and 200 to die"? | |
Buffalo police shoving incident | 2020-07-28 | 5,092 | 424.3 | ... that after a shoving incident involving a 75-year-old man, two Buffalo police officers were suspended and charged with assault? | |
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip | 2020-07-14 | 5,071 | 422.6 | ... that A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, the new album by rock group Sparks, contains lyrics that appear to foreshadow COVID-19, even though it was recorded before the onset of the pandemic? | |
Czechoslovak myth | 2020-07-31 | 5,042 | 420.2 | ... that the myth of Czechoslovakia as "a welcoming and tolerant place for Jews" was exploited by Czechoslovak politicians? | |
Killing of Manuel Ellis | 2020-07-22 | 4,964 | 413.7 | ... that Manuel Ellis can be heard in a recording through the Tacoma, Washington, police dispatch radio on March 3, 2020, shouting "I can't breathe!" before his death? | |
Poole's Land | 2020-07-23 | 4,888 | 407.3 | ... that the town of Tofino on Vancouver Island was host to a hippie commune called Poole's Land where residents could exchange their labour for accommodation and drugs? | |
Shōnen Jump+ | 2020-07-28 | 4,880 | 406.6 | ... that due to its explicit content, a manga series on Shōnen Jump+ cannot be accessed via its iOS app, but is available on its website and Android app? | |
The Ickabog | 2020-07-07 | 9,678 | 403.3 | ... that the "lost manuscript" of The Ickabog was featured on the dress worn by J. K. Rowling at her 50th birthday party? | |
Matchbox Educable Noughts and Crosses Engine | 2020-07-30 | 4,824 | 403.2 | ... that in 1960, British AI researcher Donald Michie made a noughts-and-crosses-playing algorithm out of matchboxes? | |
Théo Maledon | 2020-07-21 | 4,836 | 403.0 | ... that at age 17, French basketball player Théo Maledon (pictured) became the youngest player ever to compete in the LNB All-Star Game? | |
Dabuz | 2020-07-13 | 4,817 | 401.4 | ... that professional Super Smash Bros. player Dabuz once requested a pause mid-game to consult his notes using a laptop he brought on stage? | |
Isaiah McKinnon | 2020-07-23 | 4,761 | 396.8 | ... that Isaiah McKinnon, an African American, decided to join the Detroit Police Department after he was beaten by racist police officers? | |
Circassians in Jordan | 2020-07-17 | 4,760 | 396.7 | ... that Circassian settlers in Jordan founded modern Amman in 1878? | |
4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) | 2020-07-20 | 4,708 | 392.3 | ... that the flag of the 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) is on display at the Museum of the Confederacy? | |
Shooting of Jamarion Robinson | 2020-07-15 | 4,680 | 390.0 | ... that the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, sued the U.S. Department of Justice after it refused to cooperate with his investigation of the shooting of Jamarion Robinson? | |
June 6, 1944, order of the day | 2020-07-21 | 4,512 | 376.0 | ... that in his reading of the June 6, 1944, order of the day (recording featured), Dwight D. Eisenhower reportedly sounded like Clark Gable? | |
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems | 2020-07-06 | 8,994 | 374.7 | ... that while researching for his book How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, Randall Munroe enlisted Serena Williams to knock a drone out of the sky with a tennis ball? | |
Battle of Grand Gulf | 2020-07-29 | 4,472 | 372.6 | ... that only three Confederate soldiers were killed at the Battle of Grand Gulf, but one of them was the commander of Fort Wade? | |
ANZCO Foods | 2020-07-15 | 3,048 | 254.0 | ... that although Damien O'Connor, the minister of agriculture, stated that "the image of pastoral farming is the one New Zealand promotes", he called the ANZCO Foods feedlot (drone footage featured) at Wakanui "innovative"? | |
Wakanui | 1,380 | 115.0 | |||
Total | 4,428 | 369.0 | |||
Khalili Imperial Garniture | 2020-07-12 | 4,421 | 368.4 | ... that on their display in Chicago in 1893, the vases of the Khalili Imperial Garniture (pictured) were described as "the largest examples of cloisonné enamel ever made"? | |
Fresh Kill | 2020-07-20 | 4,384 | 365.3 | ... that the 1994 film Fresh Kill is noted for its influence on hacker subculture, with a 1995 article about the film containing one of the first recorded uses of the term "hacktivism"? | |
Mark Ormrod (Royal Marine) | 2020-07-19 | 4,308 | 359.0 | ... that Mark Ormrod was the first UK soldier to survive a triple amputation during the War in Afghanistan? | |
The Cuckoo (novel) | 2020-07-31 | 4,300 | 358.3 | ... that the English and French translations of Kenjirō Tokutomi's The Cuckoo all omit a key aspect of its most famous line? | |
Nathalie Evans | 2020-07-21 | 4,297 | 358.1 | ... that Nathalie Evans lived in a flat with a chimpanzee that was trained to eat at the dinner table and use the flush toilet? | |
People of Western Europe speech | 2020-07-20 | 4,297 | 358.1 | ... that 47 million copies of Dwight D. Eisenhower's People of Western Europe speech were printed for distribution during World War II? | |
Athens Confederate Monument | 2020-07-03 | 8,586 | 357.8 | ... that despite owning it, the city of Athens, Georgia, has to look for a legal loophole to relocate its Confederate monument? | |
Patsy Fagan | 2020-07-10 | 8,508 | 354.5 | ... that after early professional success as a snooker player, Patsy Fagan developed a psychological block when using the rest and never won another major tournament? | |
Hitler's prophecy | 2020-07-18 | 4,248 | 354.0 | ... that in a January 1939 speech, Hitler predicted "the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe"? | |
Albanese Candy | 2020-07-20 | 4,200 | 350.0 | ... that Albanese Candy makes gummy confectioneries in the shape of worms, snakes, butterflies, khaki-colored soldiers, and jet fighter aircraft? | |
Empire Building (Manhattan) | 2020-07-30 | 4,176 | 349.0 | ... that to demonstrate elevator safety in the Empire Building, eggs and light bulbs were loaded in a cab that was dropped past the third floor at 82 miles per hour (132 km/h), emerging undamaged? | |
John Jonathon Pratt | 2020-07-07 | 8,300 | 345.8 | ... that John Jonathon Pratt, known as the grandfather of the typewriter (1867 model pictured), invented several common typewriter features before Remington or Hammond machines entered the market? | |
1943 Rolls-Royce strike | 2020-07-27 | 4,144 | 345.4 | ... that the 1943 Rolls-Royce strike at the Merlin engine plant in Hillington, Scotland, was the only major strike for equal pay in the United Kingdom during the Second World War? | |
Mojang Studios | 2020-07-02 | 7,946[e] | 331.1 | ... that every employee who remained with Mojang Studios for six months after its acquisition by Microsoft received a bonus of roughly $300,000? | |
Ego Death (song) | 2020-07-30 | 3,904 | 326.2 | ... that Ty Dolla Sign's song "Ego Death" is a "first-ever of its kind" 9D listening experience? | |
Mongol campaign against the Nizaris | 2020-07-04 | 7,776 | 324.0 | ... that the Nizari (Assassin) garrison of Gerdkuh resisted the siege of Mongol invaders for 13 more years after the surrender of their leaders? | |
Apollinaris Syncletica | 2020-07-20 | 3,810 | 317.5 | ... that the 5th-century saint Apollinaris Syncletica might have been wrongly accused of seducing her own sister? | |
Christchurch Central Recovery Plan | 2020-07-30 | 3,797 | 316.4 | ... that none of the 17 anchor projects put forward for recovery from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand have been delivered on time? | |
Irena Sawicka | 2020-07-31 | 3,783 | 315.2 | ... that Irena Sawicka, a Polish archeologist, educator and communist activist, helped Jews during the Holocaust and perished in the Warsaw Uprising? | |
Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church | 2020-07-05 | 7,565 | 315.2 | ... that U.S. law enforcement used chemical irritants to disperse a peaceful George Floyd protest in Washington, D.C., shortly before President Donald Trump's photo op at St. John's Church? | |
Shaarey Zedek Cemetery (Winnipeg) | 2020-07-16 | 3,735 | 311.2 | ... that in 1918, a Jewish couple was married in a cemetery in Winnipeg with 1,000 people in attendance? | |
Battle of Big Black River Bridge | 2020-07-06 | 7,438 | 309.9 | ... that a number of Confederate cannons were captured at the Battle of Big Black River Bridge because battery horses were posted on the wrong side of the river? | |
Namikawa Sōsuke | 2020-07-25 | 2,363 | 196.9 | ... that Namikawa Sōsuke (work pictured) and Namikawa Yasuyuki were the only two cloisonné artists to be appointed Imperial Household Artists? | |
Namikawa Yasuyuki | 1,352 | 112.7 | |||
Total | 3,716 | 309.6 | |||
Rhinocéros (Jacquemart) | 2020-07-14 | 3,664 | 305.3 | ... that a life-size cast-iron rhinoceros sculpture was created for the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris? | |
Central Police Canteen | 2020-07-21 | 3,614 | 301.2 | ... that the chief executive officer of the Central Police Canteen was removed from his position for issuing a list of non-indigenous items that were supposed to be banned for sale? | |
Helmsley Building | 2020-07-16 | 1,848 | 154.0 | ... that the Helmsley Building and the Manhattan Municipal Building both have "basements" above ground, since both are located above underground tracks? | |
Manhattan Municipal Building | 1,759 | 146.6 | |||
Total | 3,606 | 300.5 | |||
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter | 2020-07-29 | 3,592 | 299.3 | ... that Vlambeer pitched the video game Serious Sam: The Random Encounter with a crude sketch, expecting it to be turned down? | |
Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 2020-07-12 | 3,520 | 293.3 | ... that a large, elderly, "decently behaved" Russian brown bear once lived in the Leeds suburb of Headingley? | |
1 Wall Street | 2020-07-11 | 3,516 | 293.0 | ... that during the topping-out ceremony for 1 Wall Street, while workers hoisted an evergreen tree to its pinnacle, a hot rivet fell onto the street and caused a fire? | |
COVID-19 pandemic in the Navajo Nation | 2020-07-07 | 7,028 | 292.8 | ... that as of June 11, 2020, the Navajo Nation had a larger per-capita rate of infection from COVID-19 than any U.S. state? | |
Honora Jenkins's will | 2020-07-15 | 3,514 | 292.8 | ... that an 18th-century court case may support altered ways of signing and witnessing English wills during the COVID-19 pandemic? | |
Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Regiment | 2020-07-28 | 3,484 | 290.3 | ... that a report that Slayback's Missouri Cavalry Regiment, which was formed in 1864, was armed with lances instead of firearms is likely inaccurate? | |
Hong Kong Junta | 2020-07-16 | 3,474 | 289.5 | ... that money Spain provided to the Hong Kong Junta as part of a peace deal was used to buy weapons to fight Spain? | |
Star Stations | 2020-07-04 | 6,942 | 289.3 | ... that the Star Stations radio group was the subject of the largest denial of license renewals in the history of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission? | |
The Who by Numbers Tour | 2020-07-11 | 3,467 | 288.9 | ... that the Who set the world record for the loudest concert on their The Who by Numbers Tour? | |
National Paddy Day | 2020-07-30 | File:Playing in mud in a rice field in Nepal.jpg | 3,372 | 281.8 | ... that on National Paddy Day in Nepal, people splash each other and play in the mud (pictured), plant rice seedlings, eat curd and beaten rice, and sing folk songs? |
Orca's Song | 2020-07-17 | 3,372 | 281.0 | ... that the picture book Orca's Song has received both praise for its depiction of a lesbian relationship and criticism for how it adapted a First Nations story? | |
Calappa hepatica | 2020-07-21 | 3,349 | 279.1 | ... that the reef box crab uses its powerful pincers to break open the shells of snails? | |
Ibn Hawshab | 2020-07-24 | 3,340 | 278.4 | ... that the Isma'ili leader Ibn Hawshab had to surrender his son as hostage to a rival, who returned him after a year with a golden necklace as a gift? | |
How to Be an Antiracist | 2020-07-19 | 3,340 | 278.3 | ... that How to Be an Antiracist topped The New York Times Best Seller List in the Hardcover Nonfiction category after a surge in sales following the killing of George Floyd? | |
Break My Heart (Dua Lipa song) | 2020-07-28 | 3,334[f] | 277.8 | ... that after Dua Lipa wrote her song "Break My Heart", she noticed similarities to INXS's "Need You Tonight" and decided to credit the band? | |
Battle of Lemberg (1704) | 2020-07-12 | 3,326 | 277.1 | ... that after Sweden defeated the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Lemberg, the Polish troops joined Sweden and were stationed in the city they had just lost? | |
Shooting of David McAtee | 2020-07-26 | 3,309[g] | 275.8 | ... that the chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department was fired after the mayor learned that officers' body cameras were off during the shooting of David McAtee? | |
March On, Bahamaland | 2020-07-10 | 6,616 | 275.6 | ... that "God Save the Queen" was twice played by mistake at the 1982 Commonwealth Games instead of "March On, Bahamaland" (featured), before officials realized they did not have a recording of the latter? | |
Inter-caste marriage in Nepal | 2020-07-13 | 3,300 | 275.0 | ... that most Nepali families disapprove of inter-caste marriage because they are afraid of becoming social outcasts? | |
Kajko i Kokosz (video game) | 2020-07-30 | 3,280 | 273.3 | ... that the 1994 video game Kajko i Kokosz, the first based on the Polish comic book series of the same name, was not playtested, and the initial release had to be recalled and replaced? | |
Zack Snyder's Justice League | 2020-07-12 | 3,240[h] | 270.0 | ... that after years of fan lobbying, the director's cut of Zack Snyder's 2017 film Justice League will be released on HBO Max? | |
Statue of Mary Seacole | 2020-07-22 | 3,201 | 266.8 | ... that the statue of Mary Seacole in London honours a woman voted the greatest black Briton? | |
F. Scott Fitzgerald | 2020-07-11 | 3,198[i] | 266.5 | ... that F. Scott Fitzgerald's works, such as The Great Gatsby, only gained popularity after his death? | |
Oval Mansions | 2020-07-17 | 3,184 | 265.4 | ... that the one hundred squatters at the Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket for free from the roof? | |
Coty Building | 2020-07-19 | 2,008 | 167.3 | ... that the base of 712 Fifth Avenue contains the historic Coty Building, which has the only documented architectural work by René Lalique in the United States? | |
712 Fifth Avenue | 1,168 | 97.4 | |||
Total | 3,176 | 264.7 | |||
Corythomantis greeningi | 2020-07-18 | 3,164 | 263.6 | ... that the frog Corythomantis greeningi retreats into a hole, blocks the entrance with its spiny head, and injects venom into anything that tries to dislodge it? | |
Sarah Chapone | 2020-07-30 | 1,855 | 154.6 | ... that Sarah Chapone compares the legal situation of married women in 18th-century England to slavery in her legal treatise? | |
The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives | 1,305 | 108.8 | |||
Total | 3,160 | 263.3 | |||
2005 World Snooker Championship | 2020-07-16 | 3,146 | 262.2 | ... that at the 2005 World Snooker Championship, a player turned up without his cue stick and with a hangover? | |
Rattlesnake Creek (Bronx) | 2020-07-26 | 3,118 | 259.9 | ... that New York City's Rattlesnake Creek was named after the rattlesnakes that once populated the Bronx? | |
MkLeo | 2020-07-01 | 6,224 | 259.3 | ... that MkLeo, regarded as the best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in the world, won his first tournament at the age of eight? | |
Kevin Seaward | 2020-07-26 | 3,097 | 258.1 | ... that Kevin Seaward (pictured) is the fastest marathon runner from Northern Ireland? | |
Fakhr al-Din I | 2020-07-30 | 3,093 | 257.8 | ... that the Druze emir Fakhr al-Din built a mosque (pictured) in Mount Lebanon despite the non-use of mosques by the Druze? | |
Bad apples | 2020-07-19 | 3,074 | 256.2 | ... that the "bad apples" metaphor has changed from a warning not to interact with corrupt individuals to a claim that bad apples are not representative of an entire group? | |
Physical (Dua Lipa song) | 2020-07-27 | 3,064 | 255.3 | ... that the music video for Dua Lipa's song "Physical" is based on a Venn diagram from 1981? | |
Lel and Polel | 2020-07-27 | 3,032 | 252.7 | ... that Lel and Polel are considered divine twins in Slavic mythology? | |
Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib | 2020-07-03 | 6,036 | 251.5 | ... that, unusual for a Sikh place of worship, Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib (pictured) in India was influenced by Islamic architecture? | |
Crawfish Spring | 2020-07-20 | 2,974 | 247.8 | ... that it was said that Crawfish Spring supplied water to the "entire" Union Army during the Battle of Chickamauga? | |
1942 Betteshanger miners' strike | 2020-07-12 | 2,953 | 246.1 | ... that negotiations to end the 1942 Betteshanger miners' strike took place at Maidstone Prison, as three of the union officials had been imprisoned there? | |
Rhys Ernst | 2020-07-27 | 2,928 | 244.0 | ... that critics called for a boycott of transgender filmmaker Rhys Ernst's film Adam for perceived transphobia? | |
Canal Orbe 21 | 2020-07-20 | 2,905 | 242.1 | ... that when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis instructed the first director general of television station Canal 21 to position the station "between nude women and the Sunday Mass"? | |
List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat | 2020-07-09 | 5,802 | 241.8 | ... that Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge (pictured) are the only teammates to hit a home run in their first major league at bats in the same game, and to accomplish this in back-to-back at bats? | |
Children of Israel Cemetery | 2020-07-25 | 2,880 | 240.0 | ... that following decades of repairs due to vandalism and falling headstones in the Children of Israel Cemetery in Winnipeg, Canada, maintenance is now limited to "mowing the grass"? | |
Mina'i ware | 2020-07-09 | 5,710 | 237.9 | ... that production of mina'i ware, the first pottery to use overglaze enamels, stopped with the Mongol invasion of Persia in 1219? | |
9th Missouri Infantry Regiment | 2020-07-21 | 2,846 | 237.2 | ... that when originally organized, the 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment contained only eight companies, which violated Confederate regulations? | |
James A. Baker (born 1857) | 2020-07-06 | 5,679 | 236.6 | ... that James A. Baker helped to reveal the murder conspiracy against wealthy businessman William Marsh Rice? | |
Ladakh Chronicles | 2020-07-26 | 2,809 | 234.1 | ... that one of the two surviving manuscripts of the Ladakh Chronicles is owned by a monk in Lamayuru Monastery? | |
Paulina de la Mora | 2020-07-14 | 2,808 | 234.0 | ... that the languorous voice of television character Paulina de la Mora is seen as a socioeconomic commentary on the Mexican stereotype of high-class young women? | |
John Pulman | 2020-07-26 | 2,800 | 233.3 | ... that snooker player John Pulman obliterated a rival's branding from his own cue? | |
Harris' Missouri Battery (1864) | 2020-07-11 | 2,796 | 233.0 | ... that Harris' Missouri Battery was formed in an 1864 reorganization that may not have been authorized? | |
Marss | 2020-07-24 | 2,793 | 232.8 | ... that professional Super Smash Bros. player Marss is known for his aggressive, unconventional style that capitalizes on Zero Suit Samus's superior mobility? | |
The Lot (album) | 2020-07-02 | 5,491 | 228.8 | ... that fans were asked to return their copies of The Lot, a 2013 compilation album by Queen drummer Roger Taylor, due to audio and typographical errors? | |
Mexican music in Chile | 2020-07-22 | 2,734 | 227.9 | ... that Mexican music is common in Chile (ranchera singer pictured) during the national day celebrations of Fiestas Patrias? | |
Bruce Jay Friedman | 2020-07-15 | 2,725 | 227.1 | ... that Bruce Jay Friedman described his first marriage as having "crumbled like an old graham cracker"? | |
Nyma Tang | 2020-07-23 | 2,691 | 224.2 | ... that Nyma Tang sheds light on colourism in the beauty industry through her YouTube series The Darkest Shade? | |
Kids on the Slope | 2020-07-22 | 2,206 | 183.9 | ... that the depiction of Catholicism in Japan in Kids on the Slope, an anime series adapted from a manga by Yuki Kodama, has been compared to The Singing Nun and Sister Act? | |
Yuki Kodama | 480 | 40.0 | |||
Total | 2,686 | 223.8 | |||
Kartik Naach | 2020-07-20 | 2,667 | 222.2 | ... that the 379-year-old dance musical play Kartik Naach (video clip featured) is performed every year in Nepal? | |
J. N. Petit Library | 2020-07-30 | 2,666 | 222.1 | ... that the J. N. Petit Library in Mumbai is considered to be one of the finest examples of Neo-Gothic architecture in the city? | |
Wildlife of North Macedonia | 2020-07-21 | 2,662 | 221.9 | ... that carnivorous wildlife of North Macedonia as small as the Balkan lynx have been reported to attack not just livestock, but humans too? | |
Newell Snow Booth | 2020-07-30 | 2,653 | 221.7 | ... that during the Congo Crisis, American Methodist bishop Newell Snow Booth was threatened at gunpoint by a soldier before being released by an officer who recognized him? | |
Joseph Crews | 2020-07-11 | 2,650 | 220.8 | ... that Joseph Crews, who organized a militia to mobilize African-American voters in South Carolina, was assassinated by whites in the run-up to the 1876 gubernatorial election? | |
Another Holocaust | 2020-07-14 | 2,625 | 218.8 | ... that Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin claimed that he had prevented another Holocaust by bombing an Iraqi nuclear reactor? | |
Emily Sheffield | 2020-07-19 | 2,622 | 218.5 | ... that Emily Sheffield, the new editor of London's Evening Standard, left British Vogue as part of what was called a "posh girl exodus"? | |
Cherry pit spitting | 2020-07-14 | 2,606 | 217.2 | ... that the Guinness World Record for the amateur sport of cherry pit spitting is 28.51 metres (93 ft 6.5 in)? | |
Connie Carberg | 2020-07-12 | 2,589 | 215.8 | ... that Connie Carberg, the NFL's first female scout, made mock drafts as a hobby while growing up? | |
Marty Kirkby | 2020-07-19 | 2,587 | 215.6 | ... that a same-sex kiss, broadcast in January 2020, between the Casualty characters Marty Kirkby and Jack Ward received 111 complaints? | |
Ismail II of Granada | 2020-07-29 | 2,586 | 215.5 | ... that Ismail II of Granada deposed his brother to take the throne, but less than a year later he was dethroned and killed by his brother-in-law? | |
Pill mill | 2020-07-18 | 2,586 | 215.5 | ... that to avoid prosecution, managers of illegal opioid prescription centers known as "pill mills" tend to run their facilities like pop-up stores? | |
Husarln | 2020-07-14 | 2,582 | 215.2 | ... that the card game of Husarln ("Hussar") is dominated by the distribution of tarot cards, giving it "that brisk and energetic feel" which is reflected in its name? | |
Xu Chang's rebellion | 2020-07-28 | 2,554 | 212.8 | ... that Xu Chang's rebellion against the Han dynasty attempted to revive the ancient state of Yue, which had ended about 400 years earlier? | |
Chen Jieren | 2020-07-14 | 2,546 | 212.2 | ... that a report by Chinese journalist Chen Jieren on university students turning to prostitution to pay for their tuition fees sparked a major debate about prostitution in China? | |
Roger Poole | 2020-07-11 | 2,523 | 210.2 | ... that trade union official Roger Poole spent his honeymoon travelling the Americas in a double-decker bus promoting British products, until the bus sank in a river in Peru? | |
Hollaback Girl | 2020-07-03 | 5,042 | 210.1 | ... that Gwen Stefani's song "Hollaback Girl" was the first single ever to sell more digital downloads than CDs? | |
List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan on smaller islands | 2020-07-04 | 5,003 | 208.5 | ... that the Statue of Liberty (pictured) was not designated a New York City landmark until 1976? | |
Fred Sargeant | 2020-07-16 | 2,500 | 208.3 | ... that Fred Sargeant was one of the gay rights activists who proposed the first Christopher Street Liberation Day—now the NYC Pride March—to commemorate the Stonewall riots? | |
Pavle Jovanovic (bobsledder) | 2020-07-08 | 4,948 | 206.1 | ... that bobsleigh pusher Pavle Jovanovic was "one of the most feared brakemen" on the Bobsleigh World Cup circuit? | |
Büyük Valide Han | 2020-07-05 | 4,891 | 203.8 | ... that the Büyük Valide Han, a 17th-century caravanserai in Istanbul, was one of the locations used for a motorcycle chase scene in the 2012 James Bond movie Skyfall? | |
Ed Warren (politician) | 2020-07-12 | 2,430 | 202.5 | ... that Ed Warren, the 35th and 41st mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was an actor and one of three Cheyenne mayors to have played on Broadway? | |
Aaron Yazzie | 2020-07-12 | 2,415 | 201.2 | ... that NASA mechanical engineer Aaron Yazzie has compared the surface of Mars to the landscape near his birthplace in the Navajo Nation? | |
Embassy of the Philippines, Kuala Lumpur | 2020-07-16 | 2,410 | 200.9 | ... that the chancery of the Embassy of the Philippines (pictured) in Kuala Lumpur was formerly the home of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first prime minister of Malaysia? | |
Club Cumming | 2020-07-04 | 4,797 | 199.9 | ... that Alan Cumming started a nightclub in his dressing room? | |
Palazzo Sacchetti | 2020-07-07 | 4,762 | 198.4 | ... that in 1557, Cardinal Giovanni Ricci sold Palazzo Sacchetti in Rome for 25,000 scudi to his friend Tommaso Marino in a fictitious sale? | |
Topo Islet | 2020-07-11 | 2,360 | 196.7 | ... that the whole of Topo Islet (pictured), in Portugal's Azores, is protected as a nature reserve? | |
Stephanie Pollack | 2020-07-22 | 2,340 | 195.0 | ... that lifelong Democrat Stephanie Pollack was appointed by lifelong Republican Charlie Baker to lead the Massachusetts Department of Transportation? | |
Gastrotheca andaquiensis | 2020-07-13 | 2,304 | 192.0 | ... that the female Andes marsupial frog carries her developing young in a pouch on her back? | |
Headingley Hill Congregational Church | 2020-07-08 | 4,596 | 191.5 | ... that Cuthbert Brodrick was invited to design Headingley Hill Congregational Church (pictured) after its committee rejected all of the entries in its architectural competition? | |
Edward J. O'Donnell (military) | 2020-07-15 | 2,259 | 188.2 | ... that U.S. admiral Edward Joseph O'Donnell passed responsibility for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to its new commander on a golf course? | |
16th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) | 2020-07-05 | 4,500 | 187.5 | ... that more men died while serving in the 16th Missouri Infantry Regiment than any other Missouri unit of the Confederate States Army? | |
KFNB | 2020-07-25 | 2,248 | 187.3 | ... that while the management of Wyoming television station KFNB claimed transmitter trouble as the reason for going off the air, a former reporter announced that all staff had been laid off? | |
WANC-TV | 2020-07-18 | 2,244 | 187.0 | ... that the Federal Communications Commission disapproved of a potential buyer's plans for North Carolina television station WANC-TV, finding them a wasteful use of spectrum? | |
The Generation: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Communists of Poland | 2020-07-11 | 2,239 | 186.6 | ... that The Generation: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Communists of Poland discusses the minority of Polish Jews who became communists and were later "demonized" as part of the Żydokomuna canard? | |
The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945 | 2020-07-03 | 4,470 | 186.3 | ... that the book The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945 has been praised for bridging widely different views of the Polish resistance found in Jewish and Polish historiographies? | |
Sue Bruce-Smith | 2020-07-02 | 4,462 | 185.9 | ... that film producer Sue Bruce-Smith was credited with the success of Oscar-winning films including 12 Years a Slave, The Favourite, Room, and Slumdog Millionaire? | |
Alicia Graf Mack | 2020-07-26 | 2,231 | 185.9 | ... that dancer Alicia Graf Mack completed a history degree in Columbia University while recovering from ankylosing spondylitis? | |
IRT New Lots Line | 2020-07-24 | 2,223 | 185.2 | ... that during contract bidding for structural steel for New York City's New Lots Line, all three bids were rejected partly because the chief engineer was banking on steel prices falling? | |
11th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) | 2020-07-24 | 2,220 | 185.0 | ... that a Missouri Confederate infantry regiment lost many men on Graveyard Hill? | |
1997 New Mexico's 3rd congressional district special election | 2020-07-26 | 2,218 | 184.9 | ... that a large sign announcing the winner of the Democratic nomination for a New Mexico special election appeared three hours before the meeting to select him had started? | |
Unlimited Saga | 2020-07-25 | 2,218 | 184.9 | ... that the 2002 video game Unlimited Saga was one of five games planned for use in a Sony promotional lottery that was cancelled due to tensions between the U.S. and Iraq? | |
Abdur Rahman Peshawari | 2020-07-23 | 2,210 | 184.2 | ... that Turkish soldier Abdur Rahman Peshawari was appointed as Turkey's ambassador to Afghanistan in part due to his knowledge of Pashto and Persian? | |
Miss James | 2020-07-30 | 2,174 | 181.7 | ... that the English philanthropist Miss James has both a footpath and a footbridge named after her? | |
WNDO | 2020-07-01 | 4,330 | 180.4 | ... that after a show host on Orlando-area radio station WTLN hired a hitman to kill his former lover's husband, the intended victim began a campaign to urge advertisers to boycott the station? | |
KRSD-TV | 2020-07-17 | 2,164 | 180.3 | ... that South Dakota TV station KRSD-TV's signal was so poor that it sparked an "uprising" of calls and cancellations from cable viewers? | |
Boneybefore | 2020-07-04 | 4,328 | 180.3 | ... that Boneybefore in Northern Ireland contains the ancestral home of the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson? | |
Molchat Doma | 2020-07-16 | 2,161 | 180.1 | ... that a song by Belarusian rock band Molchat Doma reached number two on the Spotify Viral 50 chart after it was frequently used as background music on video sharing platform TikTok? | |
6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) | 2020-07-01 | 4,317 | 179.9 | ... that a mine was detonated under the position of part of the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) on July 1, 1863, during the Siege of Vicksburg? | |
Jürgen Holtz | 2020-07-21 | 2,150 | 179.2 | ... that Jürgen Holtz played the title role in Brecht's Leben des Galilei with the Berliner Ensemble at age 86, sometimes appearing naked? | |
Crush 40 | 2020-07-23 | 2,146 | 178.8 | ... that Japanese-American hard rock band Crush 40 created music for a number of Sonic the Hedgehog games? | |
Markham's storm petrel | 2020-07-06 | 4,261 | 177.5 | ... that Markham's storm petrel, which nests in Peru and northern Chile, has been described as "one of the least known seabirds in the world"? | |
Island Home (anthem) | 2020-07-15 | 2,128 | 177.4 | ... that "Island Home" is the anthem of Jersey, but has been disliked and sometimes substituted with a song that mentions France? | |
Barbronia weberi | 2020-07-10 | 4,248 | 177.0 | ... that the Asian freshwater leech Barbronia weberi has invaded North Carolina? | |
Roses and Castles | 2020-07-19 | 2,120 | 176.7 | ... that the "gaudy" stylised floral paintings (example pictured) used to decorate narrowboats and their fittings may have originated from decorations on Romani wagons? | |
Crossroads (Kazakhstani TV series) | 2020-07-10 | 4,236 | 176.5 | ... that the British government funded Crossroads, the first Kazakhstani soap opera, to promote the country's transition to a free-market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union? | |
General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers | 2020-07-16 | 2,108 | 175.6 | ... that when one president of the General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers tried to negotiate with the Nazi government, the other planned to resign in protest? | |
Kristin Bochröder | 2020-07-12 | 1,272 | 106.0 | ... that husband and wife Ralf and Kristin Bochröder both won their 1975 Berlin Marathon races, the only couple to have done so? | |
Ralf Bochröder | 828 | 69.0 | |||
Total | 2,100 | 175.0 | |||
Odette Ferreira | 2020-07-25 | 2,091 | 174.2 | ... that Portuguese HIV researcher Odette Ferreira flew from Lisbon to Paris with test tubes of blood in her coat to maintain the right temperature for testing at the Pasteur Institute? | |
1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon | 2020-07-30 | 2,088 | 174.0 | ... that during the women's marathon at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, one runner fell out of medal contention when she stopped for a toilet break? | |
El Grito de Sunset Park | 2020-07-18 | 2,084 | 173.7 | ... that Brooklyn-based activist group El Grito de Sunset Park frequently photographs the police? | |
Alexander Gordon (physician) | 2020-07-21 | 2,084 | 173.7 | ... that Alexander Gordon clearly demonstrated that childbirth fever was contagious 66 years before Ignaz Semmelweis did? | |
2 Black 2 Strong | 2020-07-20 | 2,082 | 173.5 | ... that American rapper 2 Black 2 Strong is best known for his song "Burn Baby Burn" about the right to burn the flag? | |
1989–90 British ambulance strike | 2020-07-13 | 2,074 | 172.8 | ... that army ambulances were deployed during the 1989–90 British ambulance strike? | |
Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 | 2020-07-27 | 2,056 | 171.3 | ... that a peace treaty signed between Venice and the Byzantine Empire in 1277 allowed both parties to fight one another over possession of Negroponte, without violating its terms? | |
Norman Whitten | 2020-07-03 | 4,101 | 170.9 | ... that Norman Whitten, who played the Mad Hatter in the 1903 film Alice in Wonderland, later married May Clark, who played Alice? | |
Nerine Barrett | 2020-07-29 | 2,044 | 170.3 | ... that Nerine Barrett, one of the few black women to have achieved international recognition as a classical pianist, first performed on Radio Jamaica for her third birthday? | |
Mid-Manhattan Library | 2020-07-31 | 2,034 | 169.5 | ... that the Mid-Manhattan Library, with space for 350,000 volumes at its opening, was designed to replace a collection housed in a single room of the New York Public Library Main Branch? | |
The Sky Is Pink | 2020-07-18 | 2,033[j] | 169.4 | ... that Priyanka Chopra planned her wedding to Nick Jonas in between filming scenes for The Sky Is Pink? | |
2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) | 2020-07-02 | 4,025 | 167.7 | ... that during the Siege of Vicksburg, the former commander of the 2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment stated that the regiment "died once, and can die again"? | |
All India Anglo-Indian Association | 2020-07-21 | 2,004 | 167.0 | ... that the All India Anglo-Indian Association maintains that Anglo-Indians are unique because they are Christians and have historical links to both Europe and India? | |
Charles Kingston O'Mahony | 2020-07-14 | 1,975 | 164.6 | ... that Charles Kingston O'Mahony's selection of murderers in his 1927 book Enemies of Society includes five doctors? | |
Gaoshi Shrine | 2020-07-08 | 3,922 | 163.4 | ... that Gaoshi Shrine is the first Shinto shrine constructed in Taiwan after World War II? | |
Lillie Hall | 2020-07-22 | 1,960 | 163.3 | ... that Charles Rolls's first car showroom, Lillie Hall, was on the site of a disused skating rink? | |
The Dawn's Early Light | 2020-07-27 | 1,958 | 163.2 | ... that Walter Lord's book The Dawn's Early Light was called "the definitive book about the burning of Washington during the War of 1812" by the Los Angeles Times? | |
Seraph Young Ford | 2020-07-13 | 1,931 | 160.9 | ... that Seraph Young Ford was the first American woman to cast a vote under a women's equal-suffrage law? | |
1972 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska | 2020-07-09 | 3,840 | 160.0 | ... that Nick Begich won reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives despite having gone missing the previous month? | |
Scott A. McGregor | 2020-07-18 | 1,908 | 159.0 | ... that technology executive Scott A. McGregor was the lead developer of Windows 1.0? | |
Korean creation narratives | 2020-07-16 | 1,903 | 158.6 | ... that according to one Korean creation narrative, there was a time when noodles grew on shrubs and rice cakes grew on leaves? | |
Emilio López Zamora dam | 2020-07-16 | 1,898 | 158.2 | ... that the Emilio López Zamora dam in Ensenada, Baja California, almost overflowed on March 4, 1978? | |
Only Human (Jonas Brothers song) | 2020-07-16 | 1,860 | 155.0 | ... that the Jonas Brothers wrote and recorded the song "Only Human" mostly via FaceTime? | |
5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) | 2020-07-24 | 1,852 | 154.4 | ... that during the Battle of Port Gibson, the 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) was sometimes only 10 feet (3.0 m) away from their opponent? | |
Winnie Yu (nurse) | 2020-07-31 | 1,834 | 152.8 | ... that in response to the Hong Kong government refusing to close its border with mainland China to contain COVID-19, Winnie Yu organized a labour strike among hospital workers in February 2020? | |
Mustafa ibn Ali al-Muwaqqit | 2020-07-21 | 1,832 | 152.7 | ... that astronomer Mustafa ibn Ali wrote mostly in Ottoman Turkish rather than Arabic, in order to make his field more accessible in the Ottoman Empire? | |
John Randolph Lewis | 2020-07-14 | 1,830 | 152.5 | ... that the first state superintendent of schools for Georgia was a one-armed former dentist? | |
Lexipol | 2020-07-12 | 1,820 | 151.7 | ... that one private company, Lexipol, writes the policy manuals for 3,500 law and public service agencies in the U.S.? | |
Jyotigram Yojana | 2020-07-24 | 1,816 | 151.3 | ... that in a radical reform of its power grid, Gujarat became the first state in India to separate electricity feeder lines between agricultural and household usage? | |
Jan Otrębski | 2020-07-18 | 1,809 | 150.8 | ... that Jan Otrębski, who knew nothing of the Lithuanian language until his adulthood, is honored in Lithuania for his studies of the language? | |
The Doon School Quintet | 2020-07-06 | 3,612 | 150.5 | ... that to make the ethnographic film series The Doon School Quintet, visual anthropologist David MacDougall was given unprecedented access to film students at an all-boys boarding school in India? | |
Monastery of St Lawrence at Buda | 2020-07-06 | 3,605 | 150.2 | ... that in 1381, the Monastery of St Lawrence at Buda gained greatly in prestige when it received the body of Paul of Thebes? | |
Eurovision: Come Together | 2020-07-31 | 1,790 | 149.2 | ... that following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, the BBC produced their own show to determine the British public's favourite Eurovision song of all time? | |
John Whitworth (musician) | 2020-07-15 | 1,786 | 148.9 | ... that John Whitworth, a singing lay vicar at Westminster Abbey for 22 years, was praised for his "voice of great beauty, rich in the lower register, trumpet-toned in the upper"? | |
Monks Bridge, River Dove | 2020-07-23 | 1,784 | 148.6 | ... that in 1548, the parish of Egginton sold two church bells to fund repairs to the Monks Bridge? | |
Angels Ain't Listening | 2020-07-17 | 1,781 | 148.4 | ... that the video for "Angels Ain't Listening" by Basshunter features a mentally unstable man modeled after Joaquin Phoenix's 2019 portrayal of the Joker? | |
2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) | 2020-07-23 | 1,772 | 147.6 | ... that more than 60 percent of the members of the 2nd and 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) became casualties at the Battle of Franklin? | |
Jamai Palace | 2020-07-10 | 3,534 | 147.3 | ... that the Jamai Palace in Fez was originally the residence of a grand vizier, but was later seized by the state, sold, and converted into a hotel? | |
Journal de Malte | 2020-07-26 | 1,761 | 146.8 | ... that the publication of Malta's first newspaper was discontinued after about ten issues due to a local uprising? | |
Squash in India | 2020-07-25 | 1,754 | 146.2 | ... that the British Raj restricted access to squash courts in India—then located on military bases—to the upper class of society? | |
The Tolhouse | 2020-07-31 | 1,751 | 145.9 | ... that British 19th-century prison visitor Sarah Martin criticised living conditions at The Tolhouse jail, and objected to the fact that the inmates had no access to a church or chaplain? | |
Ludwik Maurycy Landau | 2020-07-10 | 3,496 | 145.7 | ... that during World War II, Polish-Jewish economist Ludwik Maurycy Landau conducted undercover research into the economic conditions in occupied Poland? | |
Maria Luísa de Sousa Holstein, 3rd Duchess of Palmela | 2020-07-09 | 3,486 | 145.3 | ... that King Carlos I of Portugal often donated the game shot during his hunts to a soup kitchen founded by Maria Luísa de Sousa Holstein? | |
10th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) | 2020-07-27 | 1,738 | 144.8 | ... that more men of the 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment were captured at the Battle of Helena than remained in the regiment two days later? | |
Mr. Monster | 2020-07-15 | 1,720 | 143.3 | ... that in order to write his novel Mr. Monster, Dan Wells researched the offender profiling and embalming processes? | |
Bruce Lewandowski | 2020-07-19 | 1,715 | 142.9 | ... that Bruce Lewandowski, the incoming auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, worked with the activist group BUILD to create a parish identity card for undocumented immigrants? | |
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry | 2020-07-22 | 1,704 | 142.0 | ... that Cheech Marin of Cheech & Chong, a collector of Mexican-American art, is helping develop The Cheech, a center for Chicano art in Riverside, California? | |
Manik Bagh | 2020-07-25 | 1,700 | 141.7 | ... that the interior of Manik Bagh, a palace of the maharajah of Indore State, was filled with contemporary designer furniture by Le Corbusier, Eileen Gray, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, and others? | |
Ng On-yee | 2020-07-01 | 3,392 | 141.4 | ... that Ng On-yee defeated Reanne Evans, the champion for the ten previous years, on her way to win the 2015 World Ladies Snooker Championship? | |
Frank Clifford Rose | 2020-07-04 | 3,364 | 140.2 | ... that neurologist Frank Clifford Rose believed that any alcohol might cause a headache, but that red wine could trigger a migraine? | |
Leslie Shepherd (physicist) | 2020-07-26 | 1,682 | 140.2 | ... that in 1948 and 1952, nuclear physicist Leslie Shepherd published scientific papers on the use of nuclear technology for interplanetary and interstellar space travel? | |
Astrid Gjertsen | 2020-07-12 | 1,672 | 139.3 | ... that in a 2013 ranking compiled by the political editors of Verdens Gang, Astrid Gjertsen was rated the ninth-most important woman in Norwegian history? | |
Survey of Palestine | 2020-07-20 | 1,670 | 139.2 | ... that the Survey of Palestine was the only government department in Mandatory Palestine not headquartered in Jerusalem? | |
Mood Ring (song) | 2020-07-22 | 1,648 | 137.3 | ... that Britney Spears's song "Mood Ring" was originally written as a collaboration between Spears and the Chainsmokers? | |
Chasing 3000 | 2020-07-19 | 1,644 | 137.0 | ... that the film Chasing 3000 was meant to premiere at the 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, but was held back since the filmmakers wanted a better chance to secure a distribution deal? | |
Real Life (novel) | 2020-07-22 | 1,640 | 136.7 | ... that Real Life, Brandon Taylor's debut novel, is an American campus novel about a gay, black doctoral student in a mostly white PhD program? | |
Craig Hall (dancer) | 2020-07-01 | 1,914 | 79.7 | ... that Craig Hall, the first African American in New York City Ballet to dance the title role in Apollo, went on to teach the role to Taylor Stanley, another dancer of color? | |
Taylor Stanley | 1,318 | 54.9 | |||
Total | 3,231 | 134.6 | |||
Johann Peries | 2020-07-17 | 1,610 | 134.2 | ... that in 2018, hair stylist Johann Peries became the first Sri Lankan man to summit Mount Everest? | |
Great Northern School District | 2020-07-03 | 3,194 | 133.1 | ... that the Great Northern School District is named for a railroad? | |
Old Church of St Sebastian, Qormi | 2020-07-30 | 1,592 | 133.0 | ... that the old church of St Sebastian in Qormi, Malta, was completed in 1890 but was not formally consecrated until 2019? | |
Senti Virus | 2020-07-15 | 1,594 | 132.8 | ... that the title of the 2020 Nepali comedy–drama film Senti Virus was changed from Anti Virus on the advice of an astrologer? | |
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire | 2020-07-25 | 1,591 | 132.6 | ... that the rapper Akala explains in his book Natives why he was placed in special-needs classes for children who did not speak English, despite reading The Lord of the Rings at the time? | |
Elza van den Heever | 2020-07-26 | 1,590 | 132.5 | ... that when Elza van den Heever made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the bald queen Elisabetta in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, she had her head shaved? | |
Bhagavadajjukam | 2020-07-10 | 3,172 | 132.1 | ... that the 7th-century drama Bhagavadajjukam is the earliest-surviving satirical play in Sanskrit literature? | |
Stanford Fleet Street Singers | 2020-07-13 | 1,568 | 130.6 | ... that the Stanford Fleet Street Singers perform a medley of songs called the "Greatest Hits of the 1590s"? | |
Rilly Groovy | 2020-07-13 | 1,562 | 130.2 | ... that the Jimi Hendrix guitar solo which Beautiful People sampled for their 1993 single "Rilly Groovy" had to be cut into about forty pieces and rearranged to fit the beat? | |
3rd Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) | 2020-07-08 | 3,118 | 129.9 | ... that at the Battle of Grand Gulf, men of the Confederate 3rd Missouri Infantry Regiment fired into the portholes of Union Navy ships? | |
Pippa Wicks | 2020-07-28 | 1,546 | 128.9 | ... that Pippa Wicks, the deputy chief executive officer of the Co-operative Group, has supported the company's initiative to employ people who have escaped modern slavery? | |
Harold Clyde Bingham | 2020-07-25 | 1,546 | 128.9 | ... that Harold Clyde Bingham trailed a troop of gorillas for 100 hours in 1929? | |
Adore You (Harry Styles song) | 2020-07-24 | 1,543 | 128.6 | ... that the video for Harry Styles's single "Adore You" was praised for "elevating a good pop song to something closer to absurdist art"? | |
Stuart Bergsma | 2020-07-30 | 1,538 | 128.1 | ... that Stuart Bergsma, a medical missionary in Ethiopia and India, connected speaking in tongues with emotional stress? | |
Leila Hassan | 2020-07-17 | 1,526 | 127.2 | ... that Leila Hassan edited the journal Race Today and was a member of the British Black Panthers and the Black Unity and Freedom Party? | |
Johannes Leimena | 2020-07-03 | 3,050 | 127.1 | ... that as health minister of Indonesia, Johannes Leimena focused on preventive care in rural regions, contrasting with prior colonial policy? | |
Lights (BTS song) | 2020-07-27 | 1,509 | 125.8 | ... that BTS's Japanese single "Lights" surpassed one million pre-orders in Japan and broke the 24-year-old record of Celine Dion's 1995 single "To Love You More"? | |
Thomas H. Stack | 2020-07-24 | 1,500 | 125.0 | ... that Thomas H. Stack was president of Boston College for less than a month before he died? | |
Souleymane Mboup | 2020-07-19 | 1,495 | 124.6 | ... that Souleymane Mboup and his team discovered HIV-2 in Senegal in 1985? | |
More & More (Twice song) | 2020-07-25 | 1,463 | 121.9 | ... that the music video for Twice's song "More & More" was inspired by the Garden of Eden (depicted)? | |
Troy Nehls | 2020-07-29 | 1,441 | 120.1 | ... that Troy Nehls, the sheriff of Fort Bend County, is the son of a sheriff and brother of a sheriff? | |
Any Song | 2020-07-21 | 1,432 | 119.3 | ... that Zico's "Any Song" dance challenge went viral on TikTok after several South Korean celebrities including Hwasa, Chungha, and Lee Hyori participated in the trend? | |
Burton Benedict | 2020-07-05 | 2,860 | 119.1 | ... that after meeting Pueblo Indians during his World War II service, Burton Benedict switched his focus at Harvard University from ornithology to anthropology? | |
St. James Church (Queens) | 2020-07-29 | 1,426 | 118.9 | ... that St. James Church in New York City was once occupied by a veterans' organization, an Indonesian church, and a group for Chinese senior citizens? | |
Esther Pineda G | 2020-07-20 | 1,424 | 118.6 | ... that Venezuelan sociologist Esther Pineda G popularized the term violencia estética ('aesthetic violence') to describe the damaging pressure on women to respond to prevailing ideas of beauty? | |
Ralph Debbas | 2020-07-25 | 1,420 | 118.3 | ... that Ralph Debbas founded the first Middle Eastern automotive company in 2012, making him the first automotive executive in the Middle East? | |
Anna Bliss | 2020-07-25 | 1,418 | 118.1 | ... that a Christian revival at Anna Bliss's school in Peru, Massachusetts, led to her being selected to establish a new school in South Africa? | |
Claude Watney | 2020-07-15 | 1,402 | 116.8 | ... that brewer Claude Watney was one of several Old Etonians involved in the motor trade in Edwardian London? | |
Censorship in Poland | 2020-07-16 | 1,391 | 115.9 | ... that to bypass censorship in Poland, some authors turned to self-censorship, Aesopian language, and the Polish underground press? | |
Rockwell A. Schnabel | 2020-07-08 | 2,780 | 115.8 | ... that Rockwell A. Schnabel was nominated as United States Ambassador to the European Union instead of Ambassador to Italy, after Italian-Americans demanded one of their own be in that position? | |
Hospital El Salvador | 2020-07-28 | 1,356 | 113.0 | ... that El Salvador converted its main convention center into a COVID-19 hospital that, when completed, will have 2,000 beds? | |
WNWC (AM) | 2020-07-28 | 1,350 | 112.5 | ... that the bank that owned Wisconsin radio stations WMAD AM and FM hired three new employees in the ten days before shutting the stations down? | |
Claude Mercier-Ythier | 2020-07-27 | 1,348 | 112.3 | ... that harpsichords built and restored by Claude Mercier-Ythier were played in thousands of concerts and on hundreds of recordings? | |
Jacob Robbins | 2020-07-29 | 1,344 | 112.0 | ... that American endocrinologist Jacob Robbins studied the effects of nuclear fallout in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Chernobyl on the development of thyroid cancer? | |
Ethel McGhee Davis | 2020-07-16 | 1,343 | 111.9 | ... that Ethel McGhee Davis, an alumna of Spelman College, later served as the school's first African-American dean and was a member of its board of trustees for 24 years? | |
Winifred Tumim | 2020-07-22 | 1,336 | 111.3 | ... that the administrator Winifred Tumim called the state of management where charity trustees had no knowledge of their legal and professional obligations "mad chair disease"? | |
Abatus cordatus | 2020-07-23 | 1,308 | 109.0 | ... that the sea urchin Abatus cordatus broods its young for nine months in pockets on its upper surface? | |
Solomon Frank | 2020-07-24 | 1,301 | 108.4 | ... that in addition to his rabbinical duties at a Winnipeg Orthodox synagogue, Solomon Frank served as Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias? | |
Christ Church, Byculla | 2020-07-27 | 1,299 | 108.2 | ... that the Doric columns used in Christ Church in Byculla, India, were imported from England? | |
Danamandıra | 2020-07-31 | 1,278 | 106.5 | ... that archaeological finds at Danamandıra village in Istanbul Province, Turkey, date its settlement back to the Late Neolithic era? | |
Lewis Lochée | 2020-07-29 | 1,276 | 106.4 | ... that after closing his military academy at Chelsea, Lewis Lochée fought for the United Belgian States against the Austrian Netherlands and then wrote a history of the Belgian Revolution? | |
Moral (1982 film) | 2020-07-22 | 1,272 | 106.0 | ... that Moral, part of a loose trilogy of feminist films directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, was initially dismissed by critics but is now regarded as one of the best Filipino films ever made? | |
Anokhi | 2020-07-16 | 1,232 | 102.6 | ... that in the 1970s, Indian retailer Anokhi, which produces hand-printed garments, helped revive traditional Rajasthani woodblock printing? | |
Jayanendra Chand Thakuri | 2020-07-11 | 1,229 | 102.4 | ... that Nepali actor Jayanendra Chand Thakuri starred in more than 100 films? | |
Asa Binns | 2020-07-02 | 2,442 | 101.7 | ... that Asa Binns was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, but died before he could take office? | |
Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah | 2020-07-18 | 1,220 | 101.6 | ... that Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah demonstrated that the earthworks at Notsé in Togo were used to define separate social spaces, not for defence? | |
WYFN | 2020-07-30 | 1,201 | 100.1 | ... that the transmitter used to start Nashville radio station WSIX was purchased in exchange for five barrels of oil? | |
George Floyd protests in New York City | 2020-07-13 | 1,194 | 99.5 | ... that amid the George Floyd protests, New York City implemented its first nighttime curfew since the Harlem riot of 1943? | |
Antonio Berti (sculptor) | 2020-07-17 | 1,188 | 99.0 | ... that sculptor Antonio Berti designed the bronze casket used to house the wooden coffin of Pope Pius XI? | |
Visit Nepal 2020 | 2020-07-20 | 1,179 | 98.2 | ... that for its 2020 tourism campaign, the Government of Nepal proposed building 108 sculptures of the Yeti painted by 108 different artists? | |
Nature's Fynd | 2020-07-19 | 1,176 | 98.0 | ... that Nature's Fynd, producer of microbe-based meat substitutes, is working with NASA to develop a bioreactor for use in space travel? | |
Balidaan (1997 film) | 2020-07-14 | 1,173 | 97.8 | ... that the 1997 historical drama Balidaan (Sacrifice) was banned in 2005 by King Gyanendra's government for its portrayal of Nepal's communist movement? | |
Pita Limjaroenrat | 2020-07-17 | 1,162 | 96.9 | ... that Pita Limjaroenrat, the current leader of Thailand's Move Forward Party, was the first Thai student to receive an international student scholarship from Harvard University? | |
Antonyo Awards | 2020-07-26 | 1,160 | 96.7 | ... that the Antonyo Awards—a riff on the Tony Awards—were instituted in 2020 to celebrate excellence in Black theater? | |
Senior Citizens Partylist | 2020-07-05 | 2,316 | 96.5 | ... that the Senior Citizens Partylist was sworn in five months after the 18th Congress of the Philippines convened, since its factions could not agree on a nominee? | |
Antje Weithaas | 2020-07-18 | 1,156 | 96.3 | ... that when Antje Weithaas played Max Bruch's Violin Concerto, a reviewer from The Guardian wrote that she reminded her, "with quiet and compelling eloquence, why it's a masterpiece"? | |
Kessler R. Cannon | 2020-07-14 | 1,154 | 96.2 | ... that Kessler R. Cannon, who later became an Oregon state representative, interviewed Oregon pioneers for his popular 15 Minute Histories radio program broadcast on KBND in the 1950s? | |
1990 Cordillera Autonomous Region creation plebiscite | 2020-07-23 | 1,144 | 95.3 | ... that only Ifugao consented to be part of an autonomous region in the Philippine Cordillera in a 1990 plebiscite? | |
Antoinette Waroh | 2020-07-24 | 1,142 | 95.1 | ... that Antoinette Waroh was the only female member of the Provisional Representative Body, the parliament of East Indonesia? | |
The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia (book) | 2020-07-23 | 1,142 | 95.1 | ... that in a new book, Wolf Gruner argues that the collaborationist Czech government played a significant role in the persecution of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia? | |
Hetty Spiers | 2020-07-21 | 1,139 | 94.9 | ... that Hetty Spiers, who wrote screenplays for silent films as early as 1917, is included on Columbia University's list of "Unhistoricized Women Film Pioneers"? | |
UpCounsel | 2020-07-21 | 1,138 | 94.8 | ... that a LinkedIn license contract compelled UpCounsel, an online marketplace for legal services, to close but it ended up remaining in business? | |
Emma Lamb | 2020-07-31 | 1,122 | 93.5 | ... that Emma Lamb was part of the Lancashire Women cricket team that in 2017 won both the Women's County Championship and the Counties Twenty20 competition? | |
Shackelford County Courthouse Historic District | 2020-07-27 | 1,120 | 93.4 | ... that many structures in the Shackelford County Courthouse Historic District were built in the 1880s after Albany, Texas, became the terminus of the now-defunct Texas Central Railroad? | |
List of Dia Art Foundation locations and sites | 2020-07-18 | 1,112 | 92.7 | ... that one of the 11 museums and art installations maintained by the Dia Art Foundation is a room in New York City filled with 250 cubic yards (190 m3) of soil? | |
Étienne Cerexhe | 2020-07-22 | 1,111 | 92.6 | ... that Belgian academic and judge Étienne Cerexhe was a co-founder of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso? | |
Ba Than (surgeon) | 2020-07-13 | 1,108 | 92.3 | ... that Ba Than founded what became Japanese Burma's main public hospital after the Imperial Japanese Army reserved Rangoon General Hospital for its exclusive use? | |
Canadian Hockey Association (1968–1970) | 2020-07-15 | 1,096 | 91.4 | ... that the Canadian Hockey Association threatened to seize the assets of the St. Thomas Barons after they abandoned the east–west national final? | |
Inlet (album) | 2020-07-23 | 1,094 | 91.2 | ... that American space rock band Hum released Inlet, their first album in 22 years, as a surprise on June 23? | |
Embassy of the Philippines, Buenos Aires | 2020-07-15 | 1,093 | 91.1 | ... that the chancery of the Philippine embassy in Buenos Aires was previously a house, a hotel, and a retirement home? | |
Black Swan (song) | 2020-07-05 | 2,178 | 90.8 | ... that BTS transform into black swans in their music video for "Black Swan"? | |
William L. Borden | 2020-07-25 | 1,074 | 89.5 | ... that William L. Borden wrote the letter that set in motion the Oppenheimer security hearing? | |
Cool (Jonas Brothers song) | 2020-07-04 | 2,121 | 88.4 | ... that the Jonas Brothers' song "Cool" has several popular culture references in its lyrics, including Post Malone, Game of Thrones, and 1950s actor James Dean? | |
Das Jahr steht auf der Höhe | 2020-07-22 | 1,051 | 87.6 | ... that the author of the hymn "Das Jahr steht auf der Höhe" wrote his reflections of midsummer in 1978 to a 16th-century melody of a love song? | |
Isahak Basir | 2020-07-04 | 2,099 | 87.5 | ... that the first expulsion from the National Assembly of Guyana took place in 1991, when MP Isahak Basir threw a glass of water at the speaker in protest against one of his decisions? | |
Leo Pacheco | 2020-07-10 | 2,096 | 87.3 | ... that Leo Pacheco, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, used to drive buses for VIA Metropolitan Transit? | |
WFCI | 2020-07-21 | 1,045 | 87.1 | ... that Indiana radio station WFCI engaged in a five-year battle to increase its transmitting power, facing opposition from a local TV station? | |
Civil investigative demand | 2020-07-25 | 1,042 | 86.8 | ... that many law enforcement authorities in the United States can issue civil investigative demands to compel the production of documents before an action has begun? | |
R v Zora | 2020-07-11 | 1,028 | 85.7 | ... that in R v Zora, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the offence of breaching bail conditions requires subjective mens rea? | |
Irreantum | 2020-07-25 | 993 | 82.8 | ... that the founders of the literary journal Irreantum hoped it would become the source for nationwide publishers to access the best of Mormon literature? | |
Cale Street | 2020-07-01 | 1,940 | 80.8 | ... that St Luke's burial ground, on the south side of London's Cale Street, once had a 9-foot-high (2.7 m) wall and railings to protect against grave robbers? | |
Gabriella Morreale de Escobar | 2020-07-20 | 960 | 80.0 | ... that Gabriella Morreale de Escobar established a national newborn-screening program for congenital hypothyroidism in Spain? | |
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail | 2020-07-17 | 954 | 79.5 | ... that at only 54 mi (87 km) long, the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail commemorating the Voting Rights March of 1965 is the shortest National Historic Trail in America? | |
Taroc l'Hombre | 2020-07-11 | 938 | 78.2 | ... that Taroc l'Hombre imported bidding from the world's most successful card game, Ombre, a feature that was crucial to the future of Tarot games outside Italy? | |
Ba Than (historian) | 2020-07-30 | 929 | 77.6 | ... that Ba Than, a school teacher, wrote the Burmese history textbook used in many Burma high schools from the 1930s to 1950s? | |
William Nauns Ricks | 2020-07-31 | 929 | 77.4 | ... that poet William Nauns Ricks wrote an ode to Charles Young, the first African-American colonel in the United States Army? | |
Jim Coleman (journalist) | 2020-07-28 | 926 | 77.2 | ... that Canadian journalist Jim Coleman invented the Curse of Muldoon to meet an editing deadline? | |
Goniocidaris umbraculum | 2020-07-27 | 926 | 77.1 | ... that the sea urchin Goniocidaris umbraculum moves its eggs with its tube feet, assisted by cilia, to an area near its mouth where they can be brooded? | |
Lekhapaddhati | 2020-07-12 | 916 | 76.3 | ... that the Lekhapaddhati, a guidebook written in Sanskrit, includes specimens of letters and documents intended to be used by administrators during Chaulukya rule in Gujarat, India? | |
KLKC (AM) | 2020-07-29 | 915 | 76.2 | ... that FCC chairman Ajit Pai has cited his hometown radio station, KLKC in Parsons, Kansas, in advocating for a revitalization of AM broadcasting? | |
William Orrick III | 2020-07-09 | 1,828 | 76.2 | ... that in 2014, judge William Orrick III upheld the constitutionality of a California law banning the possession and sale of shark fin? | |
Bruce Edwards (actor) | 2020-07-17 | 914 | 76.1 | ... that the quality of Bruce Edwards's repartee with his co-star in the 1947 film serial The Black Widow has been compared to the verbal sparring of Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday? | |
City Developments Limited | 2020-07-29 | 906 | 75.5 | ... that City Developments Limited introduced the concept of show houses in 1965, and is believed to be the first company in Asia to do so? | |
Edmund Kurtz | 2020-07-23 | 905 | 75.4 | ... that Edmund Kurtz's edition of Bach's cello suites, published in 1983, is recognized as one of his greatest achievements? | |
Black suffrage in the United States | 2020-07-19 | 892 | 74.3 | ... that after the American Civil War, Reconstruction-era laws enabled black suffrage, but in practice African Americans still faced obstacles to voting? | |
O sacrum convivium! | 2020-07-19 | 892 | 74.3 | ... that O sacrum convivium! is one of the best-known works by Olivier Messiaen, but he declared that it was not representative of his compositional style? | |
Réjane Laberge-Colas | 2020-07-26 | 882 | 73.5 | ... that Réjane Laberge-Colas was the first woman to serve as a superior court judge in Canada? | |
Joseph Ngolepus | 2020-07-18 | 878 | 73.2 | ... that Joseph Ngolepus finished third at the 2003 London Marathon, one second behind the winner, in the closest London Marathon finish in history? | |
Aggrey Burke | 2020-07-29 | 872 | 72.6 | ... that in 1988, an enquiry confirmed Joe Collier and Aggrey Burke's findings that racial and sexual discrimination operated in the selection of students at London medical schools? | |
Iain Macintyre | 2020-07-29 | 850 | 70.8 | ... that Iain Macintyre's group was the first to show that the hormone calcitonin was produced by the thyroid gland? | |
Annie Rothwell | 2020-07-29 | 844 | 70.4 | ... that a poem by Annie Rothwell was read to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Queen's University? | |
Robert Plunkett | 2020-07-07 | 1,659 | 69.1 | ... that Robert Plunkett resigned as the first president of Georgetown College in 1793 because he preferred a rural life of ministry? | |
Meine engen Grenzen | 2020-07-12 | 824 | 68.6 | ... that "Meine engen Grenzen" ("My narrow limits"), a new hymn with text by Eugen Eckert and a melody by Winfried Heurich, was recorded with a band? | |
Michela Gallagher | 2020-07-14 | 822 | 68.5 | ... that neuroscientist Michela Gallagher's research group showed that the epilepsy drug levetiracetam is a candidate to reduce mild cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease? | |
Seu'ula Johansson-Fua | 2020-07-17 | 820 | 68.3 | ... that Seu'ula Johansson-Fua is the keeper of the Kukū Kaunaka Collection, an archive of doctoral and masters dissertations written by Tongan scholars based at universities around the world? | |
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman | 2020-07-27 | 814 | 67.9 | ... that Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman co-founded the Sadie Collective, which aims to increase representation of black women in economics and other quantitative fields? | |
Maurício Camuto | 2020-07-12 | 814 | 67.9 | ... that Maurício Camuto, the incoming bishop of Caxito in Angola, was the director of a commercial radio station that exposed human rights abuses in the country? | |
List of Port Vale F.C. managers | 2020-07-13 | 808 | 67.4 | ... that Stanley Matthews vowed to never work in management again after one year as Port Vale F.C. manager? | |
Reigate St Mary's School | 2020-07-20 | 800 | 66.6 | ... that the choir of Reigate St Mary's School in England sang in the film Angels & Demons and was featured on the soundtrack of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland? | |
Raymix (musician) | 2020-07-19 | 766 | 63.8 | ... that "Oye Mujer", a song certified 14× Multi-Platinum (Latin) in the US, was composed by Mexican musician Raymix while he was participating in a NASA educative internship? | |
Namibia at the 2019 World Athletics Championships | 2020-07-20 | 764 | 63.7 | ... that in 2019, Helalia Johannes (pictured) became Namibia's first-ever female medallist at the World Athletics Championships? | |
Frank Sargent (sports executive) | 2020-07-06 | 1,500 | 62.5 | ... that Frank Sargent was the first person to be president of two national amateur sporting associations in Canada? | |
Sociedad Gestora de Televisión Net TV | 2020-07-11 | 741 | 61.8 | ... that the Spanish government blocked the sale of a stake in digital television licensee Sociedad Gestora de Televisión Net TV to Viacom? | |
Olive Stott Gabriel | 2020-07-25 | 726 | 60.5 | ... that suffragist Olive Stott Gabriel supported James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.'s 1920 Senate campaign, although he opposed extending the vote to women? | |
KUAC (FM) | 2020-07-11 | 724 | 60.3 | ... that program tapes were sent to KUAC, the first public radio station in Alaska, by overnight Pan Am flights from Oregon? | |
Dungiven Celtic F.C. | 2020-07-02 | 1,421 | 59.2 | ... that some of Dungiven Celtic F.C.'s players play association football and Gaelic football concurrently? | |
Disini v. Secretary of Justice | 2020-07-08 | 1,412 | 58.8 | ... that after a 2014 Philippine Supreme Court decision, liking or retweeting cyberlibel is no longer a crime? | |
Ulrike Liedtke | 2020-07-14 | 690 | 57.5 | ... that the musicologist Ulrike Liedtke, who founded and directed the Rheinsberg Music Academy, became president of the Brandenburg state parliament in 2019? | |
Home School Hub | 2020-07-09 | 1,324 | 55.1 | ... that before becoming a presenter of Home School Hub, teacher Clíona Ní Chiosáin played the title role in the Irish-language teen drama Aifric? | |
Jeffrey Kurtzman | 2020-07-26 | 652 | 54.3 | ... that the musicologist Jeffrey Kurtzman edited Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine and wrote a "comprehensive" book about its context, music and performance? | |
Biyuram Wahge | 2020-07-28 | 640 | 53.4 | ... that Bharatiya Janata Party politician Biyuram Wahge is the first Arunachal Pradesh legislator in history to donate his first salary to his party's fund? | |
Televisión Regional de Chile | 2020-07-31 | 634 | 52.8 | ... that Chilean television station TVO fired presenter Pamela Jiles for appearing in a presidential campaign advertisement, even though it described itself as editorially "tolerant"? | |
Adesh Kumar Gupta | 2020-07-24 | 622 | 51.9 | ... that Adesh Kumar Gupta, the current president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit, was once arrested and imprisoned for a year for his association with the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement? | |
Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones | 2020-07-23 | 576 | 48.0 | ... that the Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, the communications and media regulator of Argentina, was created despite a court ruling blocking the act? | |
Ludwig Finscher | 2020-07-24 | 564 | 47.0 | ... that the German musicologist Ludwig Finscher was the editor of Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, an encyclopedia in 28 volumes, placing music in cultural, social, and historical context? | |
Friedrich Dörr | 2020-07-09 | 1,103 | 46.0 | ... that Friedrich Dörr was a member of the commission for Gotteslob, the first common Catholic hymnal in German, which included several old hymns translated by him into modern language? | |
Gerhard Erber | 2020-07-19 | 528 | 44.0 | ... that as the pianist for the ensemble Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler, Gerhard Erber was among the first East German musicians to tour beyond the Iron Curtain? | |
Organ donation in India | 2020-07-11 | 510 | 42.5 | ... that a kidney-transplantation scandal led to a 2011 amendment to the law on organ donation in India? | |
Bail fund | 2020-07-17 | 507 | 42.2 | ... that a bail fund was started by the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920 to release people arrested for sedition? | |
Heinrich Bone | 2020-07-16 | 504 | 42.0 | ... that among the 444 songs in the hymnal Cantate!, published by the pedagogue Heinrich Bone in 1847, was his "Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein" ("Come, Holy Spirit, visit us")? | |
Chroma (ballet) | 2020-07-09 | 973 | 40.5 | ... that in 2016, on the tenth anniversary of its premiere, the Royal Ballet performed Chroma with five dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater? | |
Woolf Works | 2020-07-21 | 440 | 36.7 | ... that Italian prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri originated the lead role in the 2015 ballet Woolf Works at age 52? | |
Rheinsberg Music Academy | 2020-07-28 | 433 | 36.1 | ... that the Rheinsberg Music Academy, based at Schloss Rheinsberg, offered master classes by opera singer Waltraud Meier and stage director Harry Kupfer in 2019? | |
Eleanor C. Pressly | 2020-07-17 | 381 | 31.8 | ... that Eleanor C. Pressly helped develop and launch a series of Aerobee rockets during the 1957–1958 International Geophysical Year? | |
Music of Kids on the Slope | 2020-07-24 | 324 | 27.0 | ... that the soundtrack to the manga and anime series Kids on the Slope features American jazz musicians Art Blakey and Bill Evans? |
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