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Low 30.0 WDOM 115.1 William Fraser (architect) 30.0 WDOM
Median 216.3 2channel 481.1 Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk
Kumbharia Jain temples 		226.7 Theresa Plummer-Andrews
High 2,158.3 Migration (Bonobo album) 3,110.6 Jackie Summers 3,110.6 Jackie Summers

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Jackie Summers 2020-09-16 37,327 3,110.6 ... that Jackie Summers (pictured) quit his corporate job to pursue a "lifelong dream of day-drinking professionally"?
Migration (Bonobo album) 2020-09-23 25,900 2,158.3 ... that the artwork for the 2017 Bonobo album Migration was captured in four hours?
Melinda Plowman 2020-09-18 17,420 1,776.0 ... that child actress Melinda Plowman (pictured), who appeared in many early television shows, was one of the original Mouseketeers?
Light Vessel 72 2020-09-15 21,192 1,766.0 ... that Light Vessel 72 (pictured), which helped mark the route to the Normandy landing beaches, has lain in a Welsh scrapyard since 1973?
Malibu Mafia 2020-09-06 17,262 1,438.5 ... that married actors Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman (both pictured) fronted for the Malibu Mafia?
Jim Watkins (businessman) 2020-09-21 15,820[a] 1,318.3 ... that Jim Watkins founded a super PAC to back politicians who support the QAnon conspiracy theory, furthering belief by experts that he has close ties to, or is, Q?
List of British colours lost in battle 2020-09-14 15,694 1,307.8 ... that the last British colour lost in battle was in 1880?
Lydia Mendoza 2020-09-10 15,462 1,288.5 ... that when Tejano singer Lydia Mendoza (pictured) was a child returning to Texas with her parents in 1920, border agents immersed her and other Mexican children in gasoline baths?
George V's 1911 hunting trip in Nepal 2020-09-01 14,687 1,223.9 ... that in 1911, George V (pictured) killed 21 tigers, 8 rhinos, and 1 bear in Nepal?
Islam in the Arctic 2020-09-03 14,505 1,208.8 ... that despite an extensive history of Islam in the Arctic, the first mosque (pictured) in the Canadian Arctic was only built in 2010?
Battle of Leptis Parva 2020-09-10 13,956 1,163.0 ... that after the Battle of Leptis Parva, the losers were spared—except for their commander, who was tortured to death?
United Kingdom–India bus routes 2020-09-18 10,648 1,085.7 ... that in 1957, a bus ride from Calcutta to London cost £65?
Ground Swell 2020-09-22 12,503 1,041.9 ... that the buoy in Edward Hopper's 1939 painting Ground Swell (pictured) alludes to impending doom, possibly the beginning of World War II?
Pierre David (mayor) 2020-09-17 12,315 1,026.2 ... that the heart of Pierre David was found in a Belgian fountain in August 2020?
August 2020 Midwest derecho 2020-09-11 File:2020aug-derecho-damage-Roland-Iowa.jpg 11,722[b] 976.9 ... that the August 2020 Midwest derecho destroyed millions of acres of Iowa corn (pictured) and soybean crops in just 14 hours?
London garotting panics 2020-09-20 10,898 908.1 ... that during the Victorian-era London garotting panics, some citizens wore studded leather collars to protect themselves from attack?
Azalea (chimpanzee) 2020-09-24 10,842 903.5 ... that the Korea Central Zoo houses a chimpanzee that smokes a pack of cigarettes a day?
Stella Immanuel 2020-09-02 10,699 891.6 ... that Stella Immanuel claims that space alien DNA is used in medical treatments, that reptilians run the United States government, and that she uses hydroxychloroquine to cure COVID-19?
Neccio 2020-09-02 10,643 886.9 ... that although nowadays neccio (pictured) is considered a dessert, peasants used to eat it with salty food?
Beulah Ream Allen 2020-09-28 21,222 884.2 ... that American volunteer civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen (pictured, right) survived three Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II?
Betty Danko 2020-09-10 10,472 872.6 ... that stuntwoman Betty Danko earned $35 for riding the Wicked Witch's smoke-spewing broomstick in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and was hospitalized for eleven days after it exploded on her?
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (Playhouse 90) 2020-09-30 20,902 870.9 ... that Leon Uris called Rod Serling's In the Presence of Mine Enemies "the most disgusting presentation in the history of American television" and demanded that the negative be burned?
Jewish war conspiracy theory 2020-09-04 10,101 841.8 ... that the Nazis blamed the Jews for starting World War II?
Flag of Western Australia 2020-09-27 19,670 819.6 ... that the direction of the black swan on the flag of Western Australia (pictured) was corrected in 1953, even though this issue was identified 17 years earlier?
Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers 2020-09-11 9,780 815.0 ... that a twice-lifesize statue (pictured) on the Scarborough seafront serves as a memorial to a man who helped liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
Autobahnkirche Siegerland 2020-09-09 9,700 808.4 ... that Autobahnkirche Siegerland (pictured), a 2013 road church on the A 45 that looks like a piece of folded paper, is always open?
Three Brothers (jewel) 2020-09-02 9,678 806.5 ... that the Three Brothers was part of the English crown jewels for more than 90 years, but was lost to history after Charles I tried to pawn it?
Death of Angira Pasi 2020-09-24 9,422 785.2 ... that residents of Devdaha, Nepal, decided that a 13-year-old girl should marry her 25-year-old alleged rapist?
The Vertical Earth Kilometer 2020-09-09 9,376 781.3 ... that a brass rod with a length of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) was inserted into the ground as a permanent art installation in Kassel, Germany?
Elijah Thomas Webb Residence 2020-09-13 9,365 780.4 ... that the Elijah Thomas Webb Residence (pictured) was built with a family fortune amassed after John Webb discovered lead when plowing a corn field?
Elastomeric respirator 2020-09-07 9,337 778.1 ... that elastomeric respirators are used not only to protect against COVID-19 and tear gas, but also as fashion items (example pictured)?
Singer Building 2020-09-10 9,202 766.8 ... that the Singer Building, the world's tallest building when completed, later became the world's tallest building to be demolished?
Liberty Tower (Manhattan) 2020-09-08 9,178 764.8 ... that New York City's Liberty Tower (pictured), now a residential building, was once occupied by Franklin D. Roosevelt's law office and by German spies plotting to intervene in World War I?
Genocide justification 2020-09-03 9,081 756.8 ... that death squad commander Otto Ohlendorf claimed that the extermination of 90,000 Jewish men, women, and children was a justified act of self-defense?
Shooting of Greg Gunn 2020-09-03 9,010 750.8 ... that eight judges recused themselves from proceedings following the fatal shooting of Greg Gunn?
Alienation (speech) 2020-09-06 8,766 730.5 ... that "a rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings"?
Axe (gamer) 2020-09-07 8,601 716.8 ... that professional Super Smash Bros. player Axe (pictured) is known for a "lightning-quick" style of play with Pikachu, which enables him to predict his opponent's attacks and swiftly retaliate?
Sister exchange 2020-09-11 8,394 699.5 ... that in some societies, your spouse's sibling is also your sibling's spouse?
Judith Sims 2020-09-17 6,770 563.7 ... that even though Judith Sims of TeenSet magazine was touring with the Beatles, she was not, "alas", sleeping with them?
TeenSet 1,488 123.9
Total 8,258 687.6
Revolt of the Admirals 2020-09-29 16,271 678.0 ... that in 1949 the admirals were revolting?
2 Hours Doing Nothing 2020-09-12 8,006 667.2 ... that in a viral video of a man doing nothing for two hours, a viewer counted him blinking 362 times?
Franklin La Du Ferguson 2020-09-03 8,001 666.8 ... that Pomona College's "missing president", Franklin La Du Ferguson (pictured), is the only past president not honored by the college with a portrait?
Inuit clothing 2020-09-17 7,996 666.3 ... that modern studies have shown that the characteristic fur-trimmed hood on traditional Inuit skin clothing (example pictured) is more effective at preventing heat transfer than manufactured winter clothing?
Lynching of Irving and Herman Arthur 2020-09-01 7,877 656.4 ... that almost a century after African-American brothers Irving and Herman Arthur were burnt alive at a fairground in Paris, Texas, their names were listed on a lynching memorial?
Tri-City Pavilions 2020-09-23 7,834 652.8 ... that the $10 million Tri-City Mall in Mesa, Arizona, began to lose stores and customers ten years after opening, and even a multimillion-dollar renovation could not save it?
Fort Trump 2020-09-10 7,605 633.8 ... that US diplomats asked Poland not to name their new military base Fort Trump lest it be perceived as a vanity project and not a serious military proposal?
Cockfighting in India 2020-09-15 7,467 622.2 ... that in 2019, despite a nationwide ban in India, an estimated more than ₹900 crore (US$130 million) was wagered on cockfighting (example pictured) in Andhra Pradesh in just three days?
Los Arcos Mall 2020-09-21 7,436 619.7 ... that the site of Los Arcos Mall was dubbed the "most divisive piece of property" in the history of Scottsdale, Arizona?
Hamilton McWhorter III 2020-09-04 7,260 605.0 ... that Hamilton McWhorter III (Congressional Gold Medal pictured) was the first F6F Hellcat pilot to achieve double-ace status?
Battle of Ticinus 2020-09-16 7,252 604.4 ... that cavalry of both sides at the Battle of Ticinus fought on foot?
Rusco Tower 2020-09-07 7,200 600.0 ... that when his widowed mother remarried, James Gordon seized Rusco Tower and imprisoned her to ensure that she did not make it over to her new husband, whom he later killed?
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing 2020-09-23 7,120[c] 593.3 ... that Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is the worst-ranked video game of all time on Metacritic and GameRankings?
Misogynist terrorism 2020-09-07 7,086 590.5 ... that misogynist terrorism is listed as a "rising threat" by counter-terrorism researchers?
Statue of Lenin at Finland Station 2020-09-21 7,029 585.8 ... that in April 2009 a bomb blew a hole in the buttocks of the statue of Lenin at Finland Station, Saint Petersburg?
Meri Avidzba 2020-09-27 13,659 569.1 ... that during the Second World War, Abkhazian female pilot Meri Avidzba flew 477 combat sorties and dropped 63 tonnes of bombs onto the enemy?
Third Punic War 2020-09-25 13,602 566.8 ... that the Third Punic War between Rome and Carthage ended in the complete destruction of Carthage and the death or enslavement of all of its citizens?
History of Flagstaff, Arizona 2020-09-22 6,786 565.5 ... that a flag pole named a city?
Names of the United States 2020-09-20 6,737 561.4 ... that the name "United States" was originally plural, but gradually transitioned after the Civil War to a singular noun?
A479 road 2020-09-08 6,676 556.4 ... that the A479 is one of Wales's most dangerous roads?
Winston Churchill 2020-09-23 6,642[d] 553.5 ... that Winston Churchill (pictured) was a keen amateur bricklayer, constructing buildings and garden walls at his home, Chartwell?
Sylvester–Gallai theorem 2020-09-17 6,574 547.4 ... that among proofs of the Sylvester–Gallai theorem, Kelly's has been praised as "simply the best", but also criticized as "like using a sledge hammer to crack an almond"?
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman 2020-09-01 6,470 539.1 ... that in 1977, three ex-members of the Byrds formed a rock supergroup partly modeled after Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young?
Franz Leuninger 2020-09-16 6,437 536.4 ... that Franz Leuninger, a Catholic trade unionist in Silesia who ran against the Nazis for election to the Reichstag in 1933, was executed in March 1945?
Harold Willens 2020-09-11 6,154 512.8 ... that U.S. Marine Corps captain Harold Willens returned four samurai swords to Japan after 27 years?
Spirit Soldier rebellions (1920–1926) 2020-09-21 6,124 510.3 ... that Chinese peasants mostly armed with spears and swords repeatedly defeated modern warlord armies during the Spirit Soldier rebellions?
Statue of Almanzor, Algeciras 2020-09-01 6,054 504.5 ... that the Spanish city of Algeciras took down a statue of a medieval Islamic Spanish ruler for restoration in 2013 and has yet to put it back?
Miss and Mister Supranational 2020-09-12 6,038 503.1 ... that Jenny Kim's victory in the 2017 Miss Supranational beauty pageant (finalists pictured) marked the first time that a contestant representing South Korea won a major international pageant?
Karen people in the United States 2020-09-17 6,007 500.2 ... that the 2017 Bishop Maginn High School baseball team largely consisted of Karen refugees?
Li Guangchang 2020-09-18 5,174 499.9 ... that sect leader Li Guangchang ruled as self-proclaimed emperor for five years in the 1980s before being arrested by the Chinese police?
Osthofen concentration camp 2020-09-18 5,084 491.2 ... that at Osthofen concentration camp, the camp doctor declared all new arrivals healthy and medically fit for imprisonment, even if they had been mistreated before?
Pomona College Organic Farm 2020-09-01 5,892 491.0 ... that the first superadobe earth dome (replacement pictured) at the Pomona College Organic Farm was built by students without authorization and was demolished by the college administration?
The Life and Death of the Radical Historical Jesus 2020-09-13 5,890 490.9 ... that The Life and Death of the Radical Historical Jesus was described as a "giant step forward for the field of working class intellectual history"?
Decent interval 2020-09-24 5,882 490.2 ... that a historical theory argues that Nixon sought a decent interval between American withdrawal and South Vietnamese collapse to avoid becoming the first president to lose a war?
Among the Sierra Nevada, California 2020-09-24 5,829 485.8 ... that Albert Bierstadt's landscape painting Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains (pictured) was removed from its frame and glued to an interior wall when Locusts on Hudson was rebuilt?
Kumbharia Jain temples 2020-09-21 5,822 485.2 ... that only five Jain temples (one pictured) remain in the Kumbhariya district of Gujarat out of hundreds that were destroyed by volcanic activity?
The Broken Kilometer 2020-09-10 5,802[e] 483.5 ... that the 500 brass rods that make up Walter De Maria's The Broken Kilometer are polished every two years?
Maypole in the Strand 2020-09-08 5,796 483.0 ... that the Maypole in the Strand ended up being Isaac Newton's telescope stand?
Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk 2020-09-23 5,725 477.1 ... that after the Rockaway Boardwalk (pictured) was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy, a radio ad campaign using the Ramones song "Rockaway Beach" was aired to draw visitors to the adjacent beach?
2019–2020 Department of Homeland Security appointment disputes 2020-09-14 5,679 473.2 ... that the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen swore in the wrong person as her successor?
Internal exile in Greece 2020-09-26 11,290 470.4 ... that after the Greek Civil War, 20,000 leftists were exiled to the island of Gyaros, dubbed the "Dachau of the Mediterranean"?
American logistics in the Northern France campaign 2020-09-09 5,570 464.2 ... that American logistics in the Northern France campaign was impacted by a critical shortage of jerrycans, more than 2 million of which had been discarded or abandoned in Normandy?
Tom Corbin 2020-09-23 5,556 463.0 ... that South Carolina state senator Tom Corbin once referred to women as a "lesser cut of meat"?
Anti-gender movement 2020-09-05 5,554 462.8 ... that the anti-gender movement claimed that the proposed 2016 Colombian peace agreement was "an instrument to impose gender ideology"?
Club Feathers 2020-09-18 4,536 462.5 ... that two Molotov cocktail attacks have set Club Feathers on fire?
KissAnime 2020-09-04 5,520[f] 460.0 ... that by the time it closed this year, KissAnime was described as the world's most popular illegal anime streaming site?
Manned Orbiting Laboratory 2020-09-20 5,402 450.2 ... that a 1966 test flight (pictured) of a Gemini B spacecraft for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory was the first time an American space capsule intended for human spaceflight had flown in space twice?
Religion and authoritarianism 2020-09-17 5,402 450.2 ... that conventional religion is positively correlated with authoritarianism?
HMS Junella 2020-09-25 10,766 448.6 ... that during the Falklands War, a fishing trawler served in the Royal Navy as HMS Junella?
Hurting the feelings of the Chinese people 2020-09-19 5,246 443.4 ... that according to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pope John Paul II's canonisation of Chinese martyrs hurt the feelings of the Chinese people?
Auxiliary label 2020-09-15 5,284 440.3 ... that a 2006 survey found that only 7.6 percent of participants were able to understand an auxiliary label with complex instructions?
The Red Caboose Motel 2020-09-12 5,258 438.2 ... that the Red Caboose Motel has the largest privately owned collection of railroad cabooses in the world?
WFAD 2020-09-06 5,195 432.9 ... that Vermont radio station WFAD was ordered to shut down just two weeks after it launched?
MS Nordic Ferry 2020-09-21 5,172 431.0 ... that the merchant vessel MS Nordic Ferry was awarded a battle honour for service in the Falklands War?
Badnam Basti 2020-09-08 5,160 430.0 ... that a print of Badnam Basti, often described as India's first gay film, was discovered in 2019 after having been lost for 40 years?
General Order No. 1 (Gulf War) 2020-09-14 5,134 427.8 ... that General Order No. 1's broad definition of "sexually explicit" material led to a ban on bodybuilding magazines and underwear catalogues for U.S. personnel during the Gulf War?
Havering hoard 2020-09-08 5,130 427.5 ... that the first item of the Havering hoard, the largest Bronze Age hoard found in London, was discovered by a 23-year-old archaeologist only four weeks into a temporary contract?
S&M2 2020-09-23 5,096 424.7 ... that S&M2 is the highest-grossing rock cinema event of all time?
Mathos 2020-09-01 5,094 424.5 ... that after the army he served in mutinied, Mathos became the leader of a 90,000-strong force in a war against ancient Carthage?
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission 2020-09-16 5,082 423.5 ... that after Ohio fined a woman $100 for not putting her name on a political leaflet, her estate appealed the fine all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Johnny Doughboy 2020-09-02 5,022 418.5 ... that in the 1942 film Johnny Doughboy, former child stars Bobby Breen, "Alfalfa", and "Spanky" play themselves as members of a club of Hollywood "has-beens"?
2020 World Series 2020-09-29 9,790[g] 407.9 ... that the 2020 World Series will be the first to be held at one ballpark since 1944?
Zofia Poznańska 2020-09-24 4,894 407.8 ... that Zofia Poznańska, cipher clerk to the Red Orchestra espionage group, was captured in Belgium by the Abwehr in 1941 and hanged herself in prison in 1942?
Twilight of Democracy 2020-09-12 4,860 405.0 ... that the book Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism has been described as a "bleak account of the West's slide toward tyranny"?
Churchill caretaker ministry 2020-09-24 4,860 405.0 ... that the Churchill caretaker ministry reduced the British bacon ration from four ounces (110 g) to three ounces (85 g) per week?
Capture of Sedalia 2020-09-22 4,750 395.9 ... that eyewitnesses at the Battle of Sedalia reported seeing Confederate soldiers riding barefoot because their boots were full of plundered whiskey?
Heartbroken Angels 2020-09-05 4,688 390.7 ... that "fap" as an onomatopoeia for masturbation originates from the manga series Heartbroken Angels?
WAP (song) 2020-09-03 4,679[h] 389.9 ... that a U.S. Republican candidate criticized rappers Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's song "WAP", stating that it made him want to "pour holy water" in his ears?
Convent of Santo Domingo (Valencia) 2020-09-24 4,634 386.2 ... that the Convent of Santo Domingo (pictured) in Valencia, founded in 1239 as a church, is now used as a Spanish Army headquarters?
Melati Suryodarmo 2020-09-16 4,549 379.1 ... that Melati Suryodarmo went viral after dancing on butter?
Jane Stanley (died 1803) 2020-09-08 4,548 379.0 ... that footpaths in Knutsford, England, built intentionally narrow by Jane Stanley to prevent 18th-century couples walking arm-in-arm, were only replaced in 2014?
Mew Island Lighthouse 2020-09-22 4,529 377.4 ... that the large hyperradiant lens used in the Mew Island Lighthouse is now on display in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast as The Great Light (pictured)?
Battle of Dunbar (1650) 2020-09-03 4,509 375.8 ... that having routed their Scottish opponents at the Battle of Dunbar 370 years ago today, the cavalry of the English New Model Army sang the 117th Psalm?
Len Lanzi 2020-09-20 4,500 375.0 ... that Len Lanzi was legally fired by the Boy Scouts of America after coming out as gay?
Bennett Building (New York City) 2020-09-26 8,951 373.0 ... that the Bennett Building, once one of New York's most prominent buildings, is probably the world's tallest building with a cast-iron facade?
Together for McGovern 2020-09-08 2,822 235.2 ... that Shirley MacLaine (pictured) served as an usher at her brother Warren Beatty's political concert Together for McGovern, and he returned the favor at her political variety show Star-Spangled Women for McGovern?
Star-Spangled Women for McGovern–Shriver 1,652 137.7
Total 4,474 372.9
Jews and the American Slave Trade 2020-09-06 2,998 249.9 ... that the 1998 books Jews and the American Slave Trade and Jews, Slaves and the Slave Trade rebut the earlier work The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews, calling it a "handbook of hate" and "nine parts fable"?
Jews, Slaves and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight 1,434 119.5
Total 4,432 369.3
Onkar Singh Kalkat 2020-09-12 4,431 369.2 ... that Major O. S. Kalkat stumbled upon plans of an invasion of Kashmir in 1947, but no one believed him until the invasion actually started?
Coventry ring road 2020-09-12 4,430 369.1 ... that driving on Coventry ring road has been likened to a roller coaster and a Scalextric?
Ferranti F100-L 2020-09-23 4,408 367.3 ... that the 16-bit Ferranti F100-L was the first microprocessor designed in Europe?
Godwin Sule 2020-09-04 4,342 361.9 ... that Ugandan commander Godwin Sule was reportedly run over by one of his own tanks, contributing to the Ugandan defeat during the Battle of Lukaya?
Northwest Branch Trail 2020-09-16 4,314 359.5 ... that Theodore Roosevelt considered a portion of the Northwest Branch Trail to be one of his favorite places?
Ōzushima 2020-09-14 4,294 357.8 ... that the island of Ōzushima is the site of a museum (pictured) commemorating the Japanese suicide-attack submarines used during World War II?
Galatians 3:28 2020-09-03 4,262 355.2 ... that the verse "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" was left out of the slave bible due to fears that it could incite rebellion?
À la poupée 2020-09-02 4,214 351.1 ... that it sometimes took Mary Cassatt and a printer eight hours to make eight or ten coloured prints using à la poupée inking (example pictured)?
1964 split in the Communist Party of India 2020-09-13 4,187 348.9 ... that the 1964 split in the Communist Party of India was ignored by the Soviet press, but was overemphasized in Chinese mass media?
The Fuccons 2020-09-28 8,333 347.2 ... that the sketch-comedy series The Fuccons stars a cast consisting solely of mannequins?
Greece in the Council of Europe 2020-09-30 8,300 345.8 ... that Greece is the only state to have left the Council of Europe?
Bronx Skate Park 2020-09-09 4,136 344.6 ... that Bronx Skate Park was built to prevent accidents in a nearby McDonald's parking lot?
Tomás Yepes 2020-09-18 3,550 342.9 ... that Tomás Yepes (work pictured) settled a lawsuit his elder sister brought against him by giving her some religious paintings?
Gorkha Bridge 2020-09-04 4,112 342.7 ... that construction of the 195 m (640 ft) Gorkha Bridge in Nepal reconnected seven remote villages and reestablished a portion of a popular hiking trail?
Phantom border 2020-09-19 4,088 340.2 ... that "phantom borders" left behind by the partitions of Poland by imperial powers have an impact on which political parties Polish citizens vote for?
Susan Lydon 2020-09-17 4,048 337.3 ... that Susan Lydon wrote about fake orgasm and real addiction?
Du Shuzhen 2020-09-23 4,004 333.6 ... that Du Shuzhen was the first woman in Henan, China, to perform the Hajj?
Mercury pressure gauge 2020-09-16 3,989 332.4 ... that mercury pressure gauges as tall as 23 metres (75 ft) have been built to measure very high pressures?
S.T.H. 2020-09-13 3,988 332.4 ... that the founder of the pornography zine S.T.H. once joked that it was "the only gay-sex magazine funded by the U.S. government"?
Japan–Ming trade-ship flag 2020-09-17 3,985 331.9 ... that a flag was used to facilitate trade between Momoyama Japan and Ming China?
Mineko Nomachi 2020-09-11 3,962 330.2 ... that Japanese essayist Mineko Nomachi's 2006 book I'm Queer But I'm An Office Lady details her experience as a transgender woman in a pink-collar job?
No Sad Song 2020-09-10 3,960 330.0 ... that Helen Reddy said that her single "No Sad Song" sold poorly "because it put down men too much"?
Essop Moosa 2020-09-23 3,950 329.1 ... that Essop Moosa, who was of Indian origin, became the first non-white player to play for an all-white soccer team in South Africa, appearing under a pseudonym?
Fatah Jasin 2020-09-21 3,949 329.1 ... that Japanese occupying forces reportedly sentenced Fatah Jasin to death, but Japan surrendered and Indonesia became independent before he could be executed?
Monghyr Mutiny 2020-09-07 2,430 202.5 ... that Sir Robert Fletcher rose to command the East India Company's Madras Army, despite being cashiered for his involvement in the 1766 Monghyr Mutiny?
Robert Fletcher (East India Company officer) 1,508 125.7
Total 3,938 328.1
Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 2020-09-19 3,930 327.0 ... that U.S. senator Strom Thurmond's aides set up a bucket for him to relieve himself during his 24-hour filibuster?
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building 2020-09-23 3,922 326.9 ... that the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building's main banking hall was described as "the one real asset" of a nearly bankrupt New York City in the 1970s?
Kathy Arendsen 2020-09-22 3,914 326.1 ... that Kathy Arendsen had a windmill fastball pitch timed at 96 miles per hour (154 km/h)?
Necessary in a democratic society 2020-09-29 7,824 326.0 ... that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that burqa bans may be "necessary in a democratic society"?
LaNada War Jack 2020-09-09 3,882 323.5 ... that LaNada War Jack, a leader of the Third World Strike at UC Berkeley and the Occupation of Alcatraz during her student days, is today a distinguished professor of Native law and governance?
Francisco Herrera (baseball) 2020-09-03 3,873 322.8 ... that Los Angeles Dodgers ball boy Chico Herrera became a fan favorite after making impressive plays in pre-season games, and inspired the catchphrase "Don't Run on Chico"?
Zoo key 2020-09-13 3,868 322.3 ... that Trunkey the Elephant has been teaching kids about zoo animals for over 50 years?
Joker (2019 film) 2020-09-14 3,862[i] 321.8 ... that President Donald Trump watched the 2019 film Joker with his friends and family at the White House and reportedly enjoyed it?
Rihanna 2020-09-01 3,848[j] 320.7 ... that Rihanna was asked to stay at the Def Jam Recordings office until 3:00 a.m. in order to sign a contract, so that she would not sign with another label?
Kabul City Center 2020-09-20 3,820 318.3 ... that Kabul City Center is the only building in Afghanistan that is equipped with working escalators?
Zolotarev polynomials 2020-09-20 2,530 210.8 ... that Zolotarev polynomials were introduced in 1868, but not applied to Zolotarev filters until 1970?
Achieser-Zolotarev filter 1,283 106.9
Total 3,813 317.8
Earl's Court tube station 2020-09-09 3,802 316.8 ... that a one-legged engineer rode the escalators at Earl's Court tube station on their first day of operation to reassure passengers of their safety?
Spokane and British Columbia Railway 2020-09-18 3,106 316.7 ... that the "Hot Air Line" was so-called due to shaky financial backing and grandiose claims?
Paul Elias Alexander 2020-09-30 7,497 312.4 ... that as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Paul Alexander tried unsuccessfully to tell Dr. Anthony Fauci what he could and could not say about the coronavirus?
Romajë 2020-09-23 3,740 311.6 ... that excavations in Romajë have revealed double-edged axes thought to have been related to sun worship?
Workplace impact of artificial intelligence 2020-09-08 3,738 311.5 ... that the hazards of artificial intelligence include algorithmic bias, blaming humans for machine errors, and human–robot collisions?
Hokitika Clock Tower 2020-09-16 3,731 310.9 ... that the Hokitika Clock Tower (pictured) on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island serves the unusual dual purpose of a war memorial and a town clock?
Willenhall House 2020-09-04 3,716 309.6 ... that all that remains of Willenhall House in north London are the gateposts?
Oxford Circus panic 2020-09-19 3,646 308.1 ... that sixteen people were injured while fleeing a non-existent terrorist attack during the Oxford Circus panic?
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 2020-09-08 3,691[k] 307.6 ... that the teaser trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War features fragments of an interview with real-life KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov?
My Michael 2020-09-14 3,650 304.2 ... that My Michael, a novel by Israeli author Amos Oz set in Jerusalem of the 1950s, was reviled by critics as being "politically dangerous and subversive"?
Yusuf II of Granada 2020-09-11 3,647 303.9 ... that a Christian writer claimed to have seen Yusuf II of Granada putting on a poisoned tunic, which caused the Sultan's death within thirty days?
Casa Fuerte de Adeje 2020-09-01 3,636 303.0 ... that the Casa Fuerte de Adeje was built in Tenerife in the 1550s to protect a sugar mill against pirates, but the complex was destroyed by fire in 1902 and has yet to be rebuilt?
High School (1940 film) 2020-09-14 3,617 301.4 ... that many of the teen actors in the Jane Withers comedy film High School had been guests at her thirteenth birthday party?
Bust of Abd al-Rahman III, Cadrete 2020-09-27 7,205 300.2 ... that the Spanish town of Cadrete removed a bust of the ruler who built its castle, for causing "division and confrontation"?
Etching revival 2020-09-19 3,558 296.1 ... that the etching revival that began in the 1850s (work pictured) ended when prices collapsed after the 1929 Wall Street crash?
Marcos jewels 2020-09-02 3,551 295.9 ... that ousted Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda left 400 pieces of unlawfully acquired jewelry in their palace and were caught smuggling out another $5–10 million worth of gems?
Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School 2020-09-05 1,349 112.4 ... that Juan Mateos and Alonso Martínez de Espinar, both writers on hunting in Spanish Baroque literature, are depicted in Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (pictured) by Diego Velázquez, whose half-length portrait of Mateos was similarly identified from an engraving by Pedro Perete, son of Pieter Perret?
Alonso Martínez de Espinar 510 42.5
Juan Mateos (courtier) 502 41.9
Don Juan Mateos 489 40.8
Pieter Perret 338 28.2
Pedro Perete 336 28.0
Total 3,524 293.7
Secret Treaty of Vienna 2020-09-06 3,514 292.9 ... that in the 1815 Secret Treaty of Vienna, Britain and Austria sided with their former enemy France against former allies Prussia and Russia?
1970 Wichita State Shockers football team 2020-09-12 3,506 292.2 ... that 14 players and the coach of the 1970 Wichita State Shockers football team died when its "Gold" plane crashed in the Colorado mountains?
Matchstick Marvels Museum 2020-09-10 3,491 290.9 ... that Iowa's Matchstick Marvels Museum has large models created out of thousands of matchsticks that are glued one at a time?
Mucuna urens 2020-09-16 3,440 286.7 ... that irritant hairs on the seed pods of the horse-eye bean have traditionally been used to get rid of intestinal worms?
Japan National Route 58 2020-09-19 3,443 286.5 ... that it was once illegal for civilians to pass U.S. military vehicles on Japan National Route 58?
Ryūkyū Disposition 2020-09-20 3,394 282.8 ... that the Ryūkyū Disposition saw the former Ryūkyū Kingdom incorporated into the nascent Empire of Japan?
Indian Society for Cultural Co-operation and Friendship 2020-09-09 3,379 281.6 ... that the Friends of the Soviet Union was founded in 1941 with poet Rabindranath Tagore as its patron?
Mary Schenck Woolman 2020-09-25 6,751 281.3 ... that early vocational-education advocate Mary Schenck Woolman (pictured) obtained her first teaching position as a result of her "harsh" review of a sewing manual?
Frank Howard (Louisiana politician) 2020-09-01 3,350 279.2 ... that Frank Howard was the oldest sitting member of the Louisiana House of Representatives by 2016?
1 Wall Street Court 2020-09-15 3,344 278.6 ... that 1 Wall Street Court, a condominium building, was once the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa futures market?
KCFT-TV 2020-09-19 3,282 277.3 ... that 54 years ago today, California television station KCFT-TV went off the air when General Electric showed up with a moving van, a locksmith, and a court order to repossess equipment?
Jawdhar 2020-09-03 3,320 276.6 ... that the memoirs of the eunuch chamberlain Jawdhar are one of the most important sources on the history of the Fatimid Caliphate in the mid–10th century?
Milan Mazurek 2020-09-13 3,296 274.7 ... that in September 2019, far-right politician Milan Mazurek became the first Slovak parliamentarian to lose his seat due to a crime after comparing Romani children to "animals in the zoo"?
Gary Moore 2020-09-09 3,283[l] 273.6 ... that Gary Moore bought Peter Green's Gibson Les Paul for around £100?
John H. Dudley 2020-09-12 3,282 273.5 ... that John H. Dudley and his wife both worked on the Manhattan Project, but did not tell each other because of security restrictions?
Phyllium bilobatum 2020-09-26 6,493 270.5 ... that the leaf insect Phyllium bilobatum (pictured) can defend itself by spraying a foul-smelling liquid?
List of members of the National Assembly of Kenya, 2017–present 2020-09-15 1,006 83.8 ... that the current Kenyan National Assembly is made up of 290 constituency elected members including Samuel Arama, 47 county woman representatives including Gladys Boss Shollei and Sabina Wanjiru Chege, and 12 appointed members including Dennitah Ghati?
County woman representative 506 42.2
Dennitah Ghati 458 38.2
Sabina Wanjiru Chege 456 38.0
Samuel Arama 450 37.5
Gladys Boss Shollei 364 30.3
Total 3,242 270.1
Mutual Reserve Building 2020-09-27 6,432 268.0 ... that the Mutual Reserve Building was described as "a law office slum" and a 1920s center of the "personal injury underworld"?
Battle of Chippenham 2020-09-11 3,175 264.6 ... that the Battle of Chippenham was part of a coordinated strike by Guthrum and Ubba to take Wessex?
Weathering with You 2020-09-24 3,167[m] 263.9 ... that the anime film Weathering with You was inspired by climate change affecting Japan?
Hamiyet Yüceses 2020-09-28 6,318 263.2 ... that when Turkish singer Hamiyet Yüceses lamentingly sang an Ottoman classical song after her husband's death in a submarine accident, many people thought she had composed the song herself?
Myrichthys maculosus 2020-09-04 3,138 261.5 ... that the tiger snake eel uses its well-developed sense of smell to locate prey buried in the seabed?
Division slice 2020-09-05 3,117 259.8 ... that the Soviet Army during the early Cold War had a smaller number of military personnel per division than the US Army, partly because it used civilian labourers and anti-aircraft gunners?
Aldersbach brewery 2020-09-15 3,114 259.5 ... that Aldersbach brewery was founded more than 750 years ago at Aldersbach Abbey in Lower Bavaria?
Supplied-air respirator 2020-09-09 3,085 257.1 ... that supplied-air respirators, unlike N95 masks, can be used in atmospheres that are oxygen-deficient or immediately dangerous to life or health?
Alex Anderson (quilter) 2020-09-16 3,078 256.5 ... that Alex Anderson became interested in quilting after finishing her grandmother's quilt, which had been started decades earlier, for a college credit?
Ricardo Morales (intelligence agent) 2020-09-12 3,068 255.7 ... that FBI informant Ricardo Morales, who testified against Cuban militant Orlando Bosch in 1968, shared a hotel with Bosch in 1976?
Farooq Khan 2020-09-09 3,039 253.2 ... that Farooq Khan headed the Kashmiri Special Operations Group credited with the killing of more than 2,000 militants between 1994 and 1996?
Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ 2020-09-27 6,069 252.9 ... that Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ uses MSG in its spice rub, calling it a "flavor maker"?
David Ashley Parker from Powder Springs 2020-09-15 3,004 250.3 ... that Travis Denning illegally used David Ashley Parker from Powder Springs's identity before including him in a music video?
Lebanese cuisine 2020-09-06 2,996 249.7 ... that many dishes in Lebanese cuisine can be traced back thousands of years to eras of Roman, Greek, Persian, Byzantine, Arab, Egyptian, and Phoenician rule?
Yumeji Takehisa 2020-09-25 5,988 249.5 ... that Nihonga artist Yumeji Takehisa was arrested in connection with a plot to assassinate Emperor Meiji of Japan?
Injector pen 2020-09-11 2,982 248.5 ... that injector pens increase patient adherence in part by reducing the stigma surrounding injecting medication in public?
Cliché verre 2020-09-29 5,870 244.6 ... that Eugène Delacroix's only work in the semiphotographic cliché verre printmaking technique depicts a tiger at bay (pictured)?
Reynolds Brothers 2020-09-07 2,933 244.4 ... that the founder of Reynolds Brothers retired as chairman on his 100th birthday?
Fall Guys 2020-09-08 2,926[n] 243.9 ... that elements of the video game Fall Guys were inspired by the game shows Takeshi's Castle and Total Wipeout?
Paradise (nightclub) 2020-09-18 2,510 242.5 ... that Hurricane Sandy blew the roof off Paradise?
Turbopolsa 2020-09-02 2,895 241.2 ... that Turbopolsa is the only player to win four Rocket League Championship Series titles?
Jesus Is King 2020-09-04 2,882 240.1 ... that Kanye West asked the collaborators on his album Jesus Is King not to engage in premarital sex?
Felimida krohni 2020-09-10 2,872 239.3 ... that the sea slug Felimida krohni (pictured) can sequester toxins from the sponges on which it feeds?
Thomas David Morrison 2020-09-13 2,827 235.6 ... that a witness said he saw Thomas David Morrison wearing glasses in the Upper Canada Rebellion, but his defence attorney said Morrison wore sunglasses and would not have worn them at night?
WHUM-TV 2020-09-05 2,827 235.6 ... that WHUM-TV featured a cooking show hosted by a woman who did not know how to cook and scoured for recipes at the local public library?
Jeffrey Kimball (historian) 2020-09-24 2,820 235.0 ... that historian Jeffrey Kimball argued that the Vietnam War "was waged as much against Saigon as it was against the [Viet Cong / North Vietnamese] enemy"?
Tony Furst 2020-09-17 2,804 233.6 ... that the Detroit Lions' tackle Tony Furst saw combat action in the Guadalcanal campaign and later became a florist?
Leslie Goonewardene 2020-09-14 2,772 231.0 ... that while Leslie Goonewardene was one of the largest landowners in Sri Lanka through inheritance, he re-introduced inheritance tax to the country?
Spilosoma obliqua 2020-09-22 2,756 229.6 ... that the jute hairy caterpillar is a serious pest of fibre crops in India, sometimes occurring in epidemic outbreaks?
Theresa Plummer-Andrews 2020-09-22 2,720 226.7 ... that Theresa Plummer-Andrews sorted Bob the Builder's budget?
List of Indian chess players 2020-09-25 5,438 226.6 ... that India has 66 chess grandmasters?
Robert B. Landry 2020-09-18 2,220 226.3 ... that Robert B. Landry was the United States Air Force aide to President Harry S. Truman?
Beit Harambam Congregation 2020-09-16 2,691 224.2 ... that the largest Sephardi synagogue in Northeast Philadelphia is primarily composed of Hebrew-speaking Israeli expatriates?
Freedom University 2020-09-29 5,376 224.0 ... that at civil disobedience events, undocumented students from Freedom U wear painted monarch butterfly wings symbolizing migration's naturalness and their immigrant experience?
Marie Wittman 2020-09-20 2,683 223.6 ... that Marie "Blanche" Wittman, formerly a hysteria patient of Jean-Martin Charcot, contracted radiation-induced cancer while working for Albert Londe?
Hardi (politician) 2020-09-17 2,678 223.0 ... that Hardi dissuaded the Communist Party of Vietnam from inviting their Indonesian counterparts to a party congress in Hanoi?
Mucuna gigantea 2020-09-18 2,293 221.5 ... that seeds of the sea bean can be dispersed for long distances by ocean currents?
Cuca Roseta 2020-09-21 2,655 221.2 ... that Portuguese fado singer Cuca Roseta has a black belt in Taekwondo?
KXPL 2020-09-23 2,644 220.4 ... that less than 18 months after being launched, radio station KFNA of El Paso, Texas, declared bankruptcy after its format failed to attract listeners?
Jewish views on lying 2020-09-15 2,630 219.2 ... that according to the Hebrew Bible, a perjurer should receive the same punishment he sought to inflict on the falsely accused?
Walter Mears 2020-09-22 2,616 218.0 ... that Walter Mears has compared Donald Trump to populist senator Huey Long?
Cristian Montaño 2020-09-10 2,610 217.5 ... that Cristian Montaño spent 18 months out of English football after being sacked and arrested on criminal charges that were never proven?
Gemmi Fault 2020-09-15 2,600 216.6 ... that the Gemmi Fault is a geological fault in Switzerland that was active in the last 10,000 years?
Night Patrol 2020-09-08 2,598 216.5 ... that The Unknown Comic in the 1984 film Night Patrol is a real-life stand-up comedian?
2channel 2020-09-07 2,596 216.3 ... that 4chan owner Hiroyuki Nishimura claims that 2channel, once "Japan's most popular online community", was stolen from him?
Anandalahari 2020-09-13 2,574 214.5 ... that the anandalahari (pictured) is an Indian chordophone musical instrument used by religious singers of the Baul faith?
De quinque corporibus regularibus 2020-09-18 2,094 213.5 ... that a book on polyhedra by Piero della Francesca fell victim to "probably the first full-blown case of plagiarism in the history of mathematics" when Luca Pacioli copied it in his Divina proportione?
NHL 21 2020-09-14 2,545 212.1 ... that NHL 21 marks the second time that Alexander Ovechkin (pictured) has appeared on the cover of an NHL video game, the first being NHL 07?
Monghyr Mutiny Medal 2020-09-02 2,512 209.3 ... that a medal depicting Minerva, sometimes identified as the East India Company's Monghyr Mutiny Medal, may in fact be a Freemasons' award?
Crystal Dangerfield 2020-09-09 2,493 207.8 ... that among the U.S. women's high school basketball class of 2016, ESPNW ranked Crystal Dangerfield as the best point guard?
St. Johannes Evangelist 2020-09-19 2,449 207.0 ... that St. Johannes Evangelist, a former abbey church built in Cappenberg in the 12th century, houses the Barbarossa reliquary (pictured)?
Roy James Carver 2020-09-08 2,480 206.7 ... that American industrialist Roy James Carver's company supplied self-priming pumps to the United States and Allied Forces navies during World War II?
Jacoba Atlas 2020-09-18 2,119 204.7 ... that among rock critic Jacoba Atlas's many concert reviews was a "disastrous appearance" by Joe Cocker?
Bertha Park High School 2020-09-16 2,442 203.5 ... that when Bertha Park High School opened, all pupils were provided with iPads, but had to lock their own phones in lockers?
Not Our First Goat Rodeo 2020-09-22 2,428 202.3 ... that in the album title Not Our First Goat Rodeo, the term goat rodeo refers to a chaotic event in which many things must go right for the situation to work?
2020 American athlete strikes 2020-09-17 2,424 201.8 ... that professional athletes protested by refusing to play in response to high-profile police shootings of Black people in 2020?
Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC 2020-09-22 2,420 201.7 ... that the Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC was nicknamed the "1000-Day Regiment" as its 1,181 days of service made it possibly the shortest-lived peacetime regiment in the British Army?
Jeanne Humbert 2020-09-24 2,420 201.7 ... that writer Jeanne Humbert was repeatedly arrested for spreading information about birth control and abortion after they were banned in France in 1920?
Shibuya Route 2020-09-15 2,420 201.6 ... that Tokyo's Shibuya Route is key to the plot of the novel 1Q84, where it contains a fictitious stairway to another reality in its storyline?
1789 Virginia's 5th congressional district election 2020-09-19 2,402 199.9 ... that in the 1789 Virginia's 5th congressional district election, two future U.S. presidents opposed each other?
WPCE 2020-09-04 2,377 198.1 ... that a 1967 promotion by Virginia radio station WHIH, anticipated to receive 15,000 entries, instead received nearly 180 million?
Rosemary Barton (politician) 2020-09-01 2,366 197.2 ... that Ulster Unionist Party politician Rosemary Barton highlighted concerns of intimidation from Gaelic football fans towards those who do not follow the sport?
Gibson Kyle 2020-09-21 2,348 195.7 ... that Newcastle architect Gibson Kyle lay in wait and caught a burglar who was absconding with 33 lb (15 kg) of lead belonging to Richard Grainger?
Madison Belmont Building 2020-09-30 4,671 194.6 ... that the Madison Belmont Building contains one of the first Art Deco designs in a building in the United States?
Suki Seokyeong Kang 2020-09-03 2,330 194.2 ... that multimedia artist Suki Seokyeong Kang paints a gouache painting every day as part of her work?
Licett Morillo 2020-09-19 2,294 193.9 ... that Licett Morillo closing Prada's fashion show was compared to an actor winning an Oscar?
Dell Loy Hansen 2020-09-15 2,290 190.8 ... that sports team owner Dell Loy Hansen purchased a rare dime for $1.3 million?
Sheffield Star Walk 2020-09-10 2,286 190.5 ... that finishers of the Sheffield Star Walk were rewarded with a hot mug of Oxo?
Acanthurus nigricauda 2020-09-20 2,284 190.4 ... that the colour of the blackstreak surgeonfish changes according to its mood?
Vlashnjë 2020-09-14 2,251 187.6 ... that in 2005, prehistoric rock art paintings symbolic of the cycle of life were found in Vlashnjë, Kosovo?
1976 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game 2020-09-03 2,246 187.1 ... that the Indiana Hoosiers' victory in the 1976 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game completed the last undefeated season in NCAA Division I men's college basketball?
Switched on Pop 2020-09-04 2,217 184.8 ... that in Switched on Pop, a musicology professor uses the Britney Spears song "Oops!... I Did It Again" to explain counterpoint?
Shadows Over Shanghai 2020-09-20 2,214 184.5 ... that the 1938 film Shadows Over Shanghai incorporates footage of the bombing of the city during the Second Sino-Japanese War, which was then underway?
Champ de Mai 2020-09-01 2,210 184.2 ... that despite its name, Napoleon's Champ de Mai ceremony took place in June?
Jean Kurt Forest 2020-09-03 2,203 183.6 ... that Jean Kurt Forest played violin in German film orchestras in the 1930s, defected to the Red Army in 1945, and composed operas and film scores from 1954 onwards?
Kano (Japanese musician) 2020-09-26 4,398 183.3 ... that anime musician Kano's Virtual YouTuber 3D model is based on an avatar she uses in official artwork?
Ampersand's Entertainment Guide 2020-09-21 2,193 182.8 ... that Wolfman Jack helped finance his nephew's Ampersand magazine?
Tolzey Court 2020-09-27 4,384 182.7 ... that Bristol's medieval Tolzey Court saw a surge in popularity in the 1960s because it had lower fees than the High Court or County Court?
Acanthurus polyzona 2020-09-12 2,189 182.4 ... that zebra tangs often associate with shoals of convict tangs?
Paraconcavistylon 2020-09-30 4,356 181.5 ... that the Eocene-age plant Paraconcavistylon was described from a "Rosetta Stone" fossil?
Alfred Gilbert 2020-09-07 2,176 181.4 ... that sculptor Alfred Gilbert fled England twice—once for love, once for money?
1932 Detroit Wolves season 2020-09-26 4,244 176.8 ... that the 1932 Detroit Wolves won the pennant with an outfielder, first baseman, shortstop, and two pitchers who were all inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
James R. Shepley 2020-09-05 2,095 174.6 ... that World War II war correspondent James R. Shepley has been called the "father" of HBO?
Solang es Menschen gibt auf Erden 2020-09-21 2,093 174.4 ... that the rhythm of "Solang es Menschen gibt auf Erden", a Dutch hymn translated into German, has been compared to a tango?
Saefullah 2020-09-30 4,166 173.6 ... that Saefullah was acting governor of Jakarta for 40 hours?
Bare-shanked screech owl 2020-09-07 2,076 173.0 ... that the nesting of the bare-shanked screech owl has only been studied once, within the cavity of an oak tree?
Sarika Kale 2020-09-16 2,072 172.7 ... that Sarika Kale, a kho kho player who has struggled financially for years, won ₹51,000 for her performance as captain of the India national team at the Third Asian Kho-Kho Championship?
Paguristes cadenati 2020-09-15 2,042 170.2 ... that the hermit crab Paguristes cadenati can help keep a reef aquarium clean?
Home Life Building 2020-09-21 2,004 167.0 ... that the Postal Telegraph Building contained the first electric elevators, commissioned by Frank J. Sprague?
Hasdrubal, son of Hanno 2020-09-10 1,997 166.4 ... that of the four set-piece land battles during the 23 years of the First Punic War, Hasdrubal took part in three as a general?
Maria Kownacka 2020-09-15 1,986 165.5 ... that Polish children's author Maria Kownacka wrote for an underground children's magazine during the Warsaw Uprising?
Confederate Memorial State Historic Site 2020-09-24 1,986 165.5 ... that a chapel at the Confederate Memorial State Historic Site was formerly used for both religious services and the production of alcohol?
1903 FA Cup Final 2020-09-23 1,980 165.0 ... that during the 1903 FA Cup Final, a cinematograph was sited on top of one of the stands?
Bartosz Staszewski 2020-09-12 1,968 164.0 ... that the Polish activist Bartosz Staszewski created a series of photographs of LGBT people who live in "LGBT-free zones"?
Joaquín Bilbao 2020-09-05 1,950 162.5 ... that Joaquín Bilbao first studied drawing, watercolour, and law before launching a career as a sculptor with works such as the equestrian statue of Ferdinand III of Castile (pictured) located in Plaza Nueva, Seville?
20 Exchange Place 2020-09-05 1,935 161.2 ... that the City Bank–Farmers Trust Building had a shooting gallery in the basement for the guards protecting the bank vault to practice in?
Dick Bond (Washington politician) 2020-09-03 1,925 160.4 ... that in 1975, Dick Bond introduced legislation to ban the sale of intoxicating beverages on university, college, and community campuses in Washington?
Calvin Royal III 2020-09-20 1,917 159.8 ... that though Calvin Royal III did not start formal dance training until he was 14, he went on to become a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre?
1872 Londonderry City by-election 2020-09-24 1,916 159.7 ... that the 1872 Londonderry City by-election was the first parliamentary election held by secret ballot in Ireland?
Kanon Shizaki 2020-09-06 1,906 158.8 ... that Kanon Shizaki, the second voice actress for BanG Dream!'s Rinko Shirokane, was quickly embraced by fans and her Roselia bandmates, as her shyness mirrors her character's personality?
St. Michael, Fürth 2020-09-01 1,884 157.0 ... that the tower of St. Michael, a church begun in the 12th century, dominated Fürth's skyline for centuries?
Perspectiva corporum regularium 2020-09-21 1,880 156.7 ... that Perspectiva corporum regularium, a 1568 book of engraved polyhedra, demonstrates visually the medieval theory that the complexity of the physical world comes from four basic elements?
Direction of prayer 2020-09-06 1,877 156.4 ... that Jewish homes in the Diaspora often feature a mizrah wall hanging (example pictured) to indicate the direction of prayer towards Jerusalem?
Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley 2020-09-05 1,862 155.2 ... that Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley was allowed to stand as a candidate for a seat in the senate of the Territory of Hawaii in 1920, but was legally prevented from holding the office if she won?
Dairy in India 2020-09-14 1,857 154.8 ... that nearly half the milk produced in India, whose dairy industry is the largest in the world, comes from buffaloes?
L'Estampe originale 2020-09-28 3,666 152.8 ... that the 74 artists who created the 95 original prints for the subscription portfolio L'Estampe originale included Toulouse-Lautrec, Gaugin, Renoir, Rodin, Pissarro, Whistler, Redon, and Bonnard?
Randall Lane (journalist) 2020-09-26 3,649 152.0 ... that The New York Times named Forbes magazine editor Randall Lane one of the 922 most powerful people in America?
CENTOS (charity) 2020-09-02 1,822 151.8 ... that during World War II, the Polish-Jewish charity CENTOS cared for orphans in the Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland?
Carlos Jáuregui (activist) 2020-09-02 1,807 150.6 ... that Argentinian LGBT-rights activist Carlos Jáuregui had a station named after him on the Buenos Aires Underground?
Hoshimachi Suisei 2020-09-13 1,804 150.3 ... that Hoshimachi Suisei was part of the first live studio performance by virtual YouTubers in Japanese radio history?
Aurora: Beyond Equality 2020-09-04 1,802 150.1 ... that Alice Sheldon authored two stories in the feminist science fiction collection Aurora: Beyond Equality, as the editors were unaware that her two pseudonyms represented the same person?
Hymeniacidon kitchingi 2020-09-17 1,799 149.9 ... that a 10 cm3 (0.6 cu in) sponge Hymeniacidon kitchingi can filter 22.5 L (5 imp gal; 6 U.S. gal) of water per day?
Broadway–Chambers Building 2020-09-11 1,788 149.0 ... that the design of the Broadway–Chambers Building received a medal from the Paris Exposition of 1900, addressed solely to "Monsieur Broadway-Chambers, Etats-Unis"?
Muljadi Djojomartono 2020-09-22 1,786 148.8 ... that Muljadi Djojomartono once said that Sukarno would have been an Islamic prophet had he been born in 571?
Valdemārs Klētnieks 2020-09-16 1,760 146.6 ... that the Latvian Boy Scout handbook, written in 1933 by Valdemārs Klētnieks, was destroyed by communists during the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940?
Moop Mama 2020-09-15 1,750 145.9 ... that Moop Mama, a band of seven brass players, two drummers, and a rapper, began "guerilla concerts" in Munich's Englischer Garten in 2009?
Thomas Holden (general) 2020-09-19 1,710 144.5 ... that although Major General Thomas Holden was twice elected to the Continental Congress, he does not seem to have taken up his seat?
Robert F. Utter 2020-09-26 3,466 144.4 ... that Robert Utter resigned from the Washington Supreme Court in protest of the death penalty?
Semahat Özdenses 2020-09-13 1,713 142.8 ... that the gravestone of Semahat Özdenses, a singer and composer of Ottoman classical music, was erected seven years after her death?
WRAY-TV (Indiana) 2020-09-23 1,712 142.7 ... that after shutting down in 1954, Indiana television station WRAY-TV was activated once a year to air the annual March of Dimes telethon?
Origins of the Hermit Friars of the Order of Saint Augustine and Their True Establishment Before the Great Lateran Council 2020-09-04 1,710 142.5 ... that a 1618 work by scholar Juan Márquez claims that Saint Francis of Assisi (depicted) was probably an Augustinian hermit?
Surface tone 2020-09-03 1,690 140.8 ... that Rembrandt's later prints make great use of surface tone, by leaving a thin film of ink on parts of the printing plate?
KHive 2020-09-07 1,680 140.0 ... that the hashtag #KHive, used by an online support community for Kamala Harris which defends her from racist and sexist attacks, is a play on a hashtag used by fans of Beyoncé?
Jim Drucker 2020-09-15 1,668 139.0 ... that Jim Drucker, the founder of the world's largest online-only comic bookstore, was also the commissioner of both the Continental Basketball Association and the Arena Football League?
8th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) 2020-09-02 1,666 138.8 ... that the Confederate Army's 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment was considered a cavalry regiment, an infantry regiment, and an infantry battalion at different points of its existence?
Python (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay) 2020-09-22 1,658 138.1 ... that upon opening at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in 1976, Python was the first roller coaster in Florida to feature inversions?
Diguetia 2020-09-11 1,656 138.0 ... that female spiders of the genus Diguetia stridulate while mating, and make a noise loud enough for humans to hear when they are harassed?
Handle with Care (Natalie Lauren album) 2020-09-19 1,630 137.7 ... that on the single "Bra Off" from Natalie Lauren's album Handle with Care, Lauren points out that women should not be subject to insult, assault, or sexism when they do not wear a bra?
Kitaharima Seiya 2020-09-05 1,652 137.6 ... that sumo wrestler Kitaharima Seiya reached the top division 85 tournaments and 14 years after making his debut?
Typhoon Yancy (1990) 2020-09-03 1,636 136.4 ... that the path of Typhoon Yancy wobbled in a trochoidal pattern as it approached Taiwan?
United States Public Health Service reorganizations of 1966–1973 2020-09-22 1,623 135.2 ... that the U.S. Public Health Service was once reorganized eight times in seven years?
Vera Little 2020-09-02 1,623 135.2 ... that Vera Little from Memphis, Tennessee, was for four decades a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she appeared as Bizet's Carmen and in the world premiere of Henze's Der junge Lord?
Durbin Feeling 2020-09-11 1,619 134.9 ... that Durbin Feeling was named a Cherokee National Treasure for his contributions to the preservation of the endangered Cherokee language?
Foreign funding of NGOs 2020-09-10 1,615 134.6 ... that a 2020 study found that African countries which allowed foreign funding of NGOs had a higher voter turnout?
Mübeccel Argun 2020-09-05 1,606 133.8 ... that Mübeccel Argun, a Turkish-language presenter for the BBC World Service in London for 25 years, was formerly a physical-education teacher and one of the first female athletes in her country?
Mahmoud Dicko 2020-09-06 1,605 133.8 ... that imam Mahmoud Dicko, one of the most influential political figures in Mali today, announced that he was leaving politics despite never having run for office?
Underwater hockey in Turkey 2020-09-11 1,582 131.9 ... that the Turkey men's U23/U24 team won the CMAS World Age Group Underwater Hockey Championships in 2019 for the third time in a row, becoming the only national team to accomplish this?
Nellie Weekes 2020-09-21 1,576 131.3 ... that Nellie Weekes ran for public office even before women received the right to vote in Barbados?
Sikri Mata Temple 2020-09-12 1,576 131.3 ... that more than 130 revolutionaries were hanged on the premises of Sikri Mata Temple during the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
Jane Fonda's Workout 2020-09-25 3,111 129.6 ... that Jane Fonda paid for her political activism with the profits of her Workout videos?
List of international goals scored by Alfredo Di Stéfano 2020-09-07 1,545 128.8 ... that Alfredo Di Stéfano scored 6 international goals for Argentina and 23 for Spain?
Nemuro City Museum of History and Nature 2020-09-09 1,542 128.5 ... that a painting of Ekaterina (pictured), officer Adam Laxman's vessel on his 1792 expedition to Japan, may be found at Nemuro City Museum of History and Nature in Hokkaido?
Vinmont Veteran Park 2020-09-20 772 64.4 ... that Vinmont Veteran Park traces its name to Robert Weinberg, whose German surname translates to Vinmont in French?
Robert Weinberg (urban planner) 768 64.0
Total 1,540 128.4
Scarborough Town Hall 2020-09-17 1,530 127.4 ... that the only statue of a public figure in Scarborough is a memorial to Queen Victoria outside its town hall (pictured)?
From Space I Saw Earth 2020-09-18 1,248 127.2 ... that From Space I Saw Earth by Daníel Bjarnason was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic to be performed with three conductors simultaneously?
John Badham (sportscaster) 2020-09-18 1,246 127.1 ... that Canadian sportscaster John Badham reported on the 1976 Summer Olympics canoe and kayak events despite having no knowledge of the sport?
Guilandina bonduc 2020-09-25 3,039 126.6 ... that the seeds of Guilandina bonduc, commonly known as nickernuts, are buoyant and remain viable while being dispersed by ocean currents?
Laura Marholm 2020-09-21 1,505 125.4 ... that some works by the Baltic-German writer Laura Marholm were part of "feminist literary criticism", known as gynocriticism, 70 years before the term was coined?
Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku 2020-09-20 1,505 125.4 ... that the 1997 Polish box-office-hit comedy Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku criticizes Polish and American myths such as the American Dream?
Bridges Hall of Music 2020-09-07 1,504 125.4 ... that the pipe organ of the Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College consists of 3,519 pipes, and weighs 40,000 pounds (18,000 kg)?
Thomas Clapham 2020-09-07 1,504 125.3 ... that all three of the pleasure gardens run by the entrepreneur Thomas Clapham in Leeds and London failed due to debt and were sold for housing?
Interstate 5 in Washington 2020-09-14 1,488 124.0 ... that Interstate 5 in Seattle has express lanes that reverse direction to follow commuting patterns?
1919 Detroit Stars season 2020-09-24 1,474 122.8 ... that the 1919 Detroit Stars, a Negro league baseball team, included three players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Hildegard Uhrmacher 2020-09-22 1,472 122.7 ... that Hildegard Uhrmacher, a coloratura soprano who appeared as Mozart's Konstanze and Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Marie, titled her 2006 autobiography Hilde, du schaffst das (Hilde, you'll manage)?
Hollywood Women's Political Committee 2020-09-20 1,462 121.8 ... that the Hollywood Women's Political Committee was formed in 1984 to help elect Geraldine Ferraro (pictured), the first U.S. woman vice-presidential candidate for a major party?
1831 Londonderry City by-election 2020-09-28 2,897 120.7 ... that the 1831 Londonderry City by-election was the second of three in that constituency within nine months, all of which were won by Robert Ferguson?
WJJZ (AM) 2020-09-14 1,448 120.7 ... that New Jersey radio station WJJZ lost its license over an unauthorized payment of $25,000 to a competing applicant for its frequency?
Akira Fudo 2020-09-09 1,432 119.3 ... that Go Nagai toned down the character of Akira Fudo, a human-like demon, in the manga Devilman in order to convey an anti-war message?
Holothuria hilla 2020-09-02 1,422 118.5 ... that when the sea cucumber Holothuria hilla reproduces by fission, the regenerated part is often paler in colour than the original one?
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! 2020-09-07 1,402 116.9 ... that the 2000 anime film Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! draws inspiration from WarGames, Speed, and Dr. Strangelove?
Aeolidiella alderi 2020-09-05 1,394 116.2 ... that the nudibranch Aeolidiella alderi attacks sea anemones with the stinging cells it has already acquired from other anemones?
On the Death of Mr. Crashaw 2020-09-29 2,776 115.6 ... that "On the Death of Mr. Crashaw", an elegy for Richard Crashaw, is considered one of Abraham Cowley's finest poems?
William Fraser (architect) 2020-09-30 2,762 115.1 ... that William Fraser won a commission in 1896 to design a memorial in Mauchline honouring Scottish poet Robert Burns, which incorporates a tower (pictured) in the Scottish baronial style?
Kerr Hewitt 2020-09-04 1,375 114.6 ... that in both his 2010 film roles, Kjartan Hewitt's characters notably attend a Broken Social Scene concert?
Matt Smith (footballer, born 2000) 2020-09-19 1,329 110.6 ... that the Arsenal footballer Matt Smith won an FA Cup winners medal without having made his debut for Arsenal?
Stuart Threipland 2020-09-04 1,302 108.5 ... that Stuart Threipland's 18th-century medical chest is preserved in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh?
Claire Etcherelli 2020-09-22 1,300 108.4 ... that French novelist Claire Etcherelli's 1967 novel Elise, or the Real Life gained a brief cult following and was adapted into a 1970 film?
Asa Bafaqih 2020-09-08 1,289 107.4 ... that a protest against the trial of Indonesian journalist Asa Bafaqih drew some 1,000 journalists and supporters, and a fire-brigade band?
Khochu Peremen 2020-09-05 1,286 107.2 ... that the 1986 Soviet song "Khochu Peremen" is frequently sung by opponents of Alexander Lukashenko during the ongoing 2020 Belarusian protests?
Early contractor involvement 2020-09-01 1,278 106.5 ... that the adoption of early contractor involvement was a recommendation of the 1994 Latham Report into systemic failings in the British construction industry?
William H. Strayer (Oregon legislator) 2020-09-14 1,262 105.2 ... that William H. Strayer was the only Democrat in the Oregon State Senate in 1931?
James Edwin Campbell (poet) 2020-09-25 2,510 104.6 ... that James Edwin Campbell, the first president of West Virginia State University, was among the first African-American poets to write poems in the African-American vernacular dialect?
Gold Record (album) 2020-09-24 1,252 104.3 ... that Bill Callahan recorded his album Gold Record in just one week?
History of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020-09-02 1,248 104.0 ... that in Eurovision Song Contest history, over 1,500 songs, representing 52 countries, have been performed?
Tash Farrant 2020-09-10 1,244 103.7 ... that during the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, Tash Farrant took a hat-trick, but her team still lost the match?
Florence Wickham 2020-09-23 1,242 103.5 ... that after contralto Florence Wickham made her debut in Germany, she was engaged for an American tour as Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal?
Royal B. Lord 2020-09-01 1,238 103.1 ... that Royal B. Lord collected money for the 1931 Army–Navy Game at Yankee Stadium in Evangeline Booth's tambourine?
Thomas Edward Wilkinson 2020-09-10 1,233 102.8 ... that Thomas Edward Wilkinson was made Bishop of Zululand after his predecessor in South Africa, John Colenso, was excommunicated?
Joel (The Last of Us) 2020-09-15 1,226 102.2 ... that the young Troy Baker was cast as the older Joel Miller in The Last of Us because of his voice and movement?
Rudolf Hindemith 2020-09-07 1,218 101.5 ... that cellist, composer, and conductor Rudolf Hindemith was the brother of the famous Paul Hindemith, with whom he played in the Amar Quartet, but later used pseudonyms to hide the relation?
Folklore (Taylor Swift album) 2020-09-20 1,217[o] 101.4 ... that William Bowery, who co-wrote two songs on Taylor Swift's album Folklore, appeared to have no online presence, and is possibly a pseudonym?
Angie Turner King 2020-09-21 1,215 101.2 ... that West Virginia State College professor Angie Turner King was an educator and mentor to entomologist Margaret S. Collins and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson of Hidden Figures?
Aoimori Park 2020-09-17 1,197 99.8 ... that Aoimori Park features plants that are symbolic of each municipality in Aomori Prefecture?
Johnny Frisbie 2020-09-08 1,188 99.0 ... that Florence "Johnny" Frisbie's 1948 autobiographical children's novel, Miss Ulysses of Puka-Puka, was the first published literary work by a Pacific Islander woman author?
Cheye Alexander 2020-09-14 1,125 93.8 ... that Cheye Alexander became a professional footballer despite suffering acute knee pain as a teenager due to Osgood–Schlatter disease?
Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust 2020-09-05 1,124 93.7 ... that the poem "Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust" was first set to music by Schubert, and became a popular German Volkslied with the melody by Carl Friedrich Zöllner?
Augmented renal clearance 2020-09-01 1,121 93.4 ... that some medicines, such as vancomycin, may require higher doses in critically ill patients, due to augmented renal (kidney) clearance?
The Greek Case 2020-09-22 1,116 93.0 ... that the European Commission of Human Rights found in 1969 that the Greek junta systematically tortured dissidents, leading to Greece's exit from the Council of Europe?
Nerotalanlagen 2020-09-26 2,220 92.5 ... that Nerotalanlagen, a park along a creek in Wiesbaden, was built in the late 19th century to enhance the town's spa quality?
Biemna variantia 2020-09-06 1,103 91.9 ... that the sponge Biemna variantia broods its young, and can also reproduce by budding and fragmentation?
Total Freedom 2020-09-09 1,092 91.0 ... that six years before releasing Total Freedom, Kathleen Edwards quit creating music and opened a coffee shop called Quitters?
WJWL 2020-09-11 1,079 89.9 ... that a purchaser of Delaware radio station WJWL called the transaction "the longest deal in my lifetime"?
Simone Schröder 2020-09-09 1,072 89.3 ... that contralto Simone Schröder performed as a soloist at the Bayreuth Festival while she was still studying, and went on to sing there in three different productions of Parsifal?
2017 EFL Trophy Final 2020-09-18 920 88.8 ... that Coventry City won the 2017 EFL Trophy Final, earning their first major trophy since winning the 1987 FA Cup Final, despite being relegated from League One to League Two that season?
William B. Jordan 2020-09-28 2,123 88.5 ... that with no prior work experience, William B. Jordan turned the Meadows Museum's collection into the most prominent collection of Spanish art outside Spain?
D'Alton Corry Coleman 2020-09-02 1,061 88.4 ... that D'Alton Corry Coleman was the first Canadian Pacific Railway president who was not listed in Burke's Peerage, and was described by Maclean's as "the Great Commoner"?
Hanna Ludwig 2020-09-08 1,055 87.9 ... that Hanna Ludwig appeared in the title role of Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna State Opera, and in five roles at the first Bayreuth Festival after World War II?
Toys for Bob 2020-09-19 1,042 86.7 ... that the game developer Toys for Bob created Star Control after its founders Fred Ford and Paul Reiche met at Starflight creator Greg Johnson's house for a game night?
Tonicella marmorea 2020-09-28 2,078 86.6 ... that the chiton Tonicella marmorea was first described from Greenland by the Danish naturalist Otto Fabricius, who spent five years as a missionary in the country?
Theodor Scheidl 2020-09-02 1,012 84.4 ... that Theodor Scheidl, who participated in the pentathlon at the 1906 Olympic Games and in the 1928 Bayreuth Festival, appeared as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca to celebrate his 75th birthday?
Thanasit Jaturaput 2020-09-06 992 82.6 ... that prior to his singing career, Thanasit Jaturaput was an international exchange student in Boise, Idaho, through the AFS Intercultural Programs?
James Barney Marsh 2020-09-27 1,906 79.4 ... that bridge designer James Barney Marsh gave Archie Alexander, the first African American to graduate as an engineer from the University of Iowa, his first job?
Campaign for Economic Democracy 2020-09-28 1,890 78.8 ... that Tom Hayden used his Campaign for Economic Democracy to help pass a rent-control measure in Santa Monica, California?
WSZE-TV 2020-09-27 1,886 78.6 ... that the owner of WSZE-TV started an air-taxi service to bring program tapes to Saipan?
Grinding Stone (album) 2020-09-16 931 77.6 ... that blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore did not follow up his 1973 debut solo album Grinding Stone for another five years?
Vaccine Safety Net 2020-09-19 910 76.9 ... that to help counteract misleading online information on vaccines, the Vaccine Safety Net provides a list of scientifically reviewed websites?
Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey 2020-09-13 917 76.4 ... that greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey might be reduced by the introduction of a national electric car?
Kurt Szafranski 2020-09-04 914 76.1 ... that Kurt Szafranski, who was responsible for the success of the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung in Germany, emigrated to the United States in 1935 where he co-founded the Black Star photo agency?
The Times Are Racing 2020-09-06 912 76.0 ... that a portion of the 2017 ballet The Times Are Racing is inspired by the video game Dance Dance Revolution?
1928–29 Cardiff City F.C. season 2020-09-06 856 71.4 ... that, during their 1928–29 season, Cardiff City F.C. were relegated from the First Division of the Football League despite conceding the fewest goals in the league?
Selah (Kanye West song) 2020-09-01 848 70.6 ... that before the Sunday Service Choir's "Revelations 19:1" rendition was released, Kanye West sampled it on his song "Selah"?
Beth Langston 2020-09-12 834 69.5 ... that Beth Langston has played for the England women's cricket team six times: twice in 2013 and four times in 2016?
WZHR 2020-09-30 1,650 68.8 ... that the owners of Florida radio station WPAS blamed an Associated Press teletype machine for starting a fire that burned it down?
Alasdair Macintosh Geddes 2020-09-19 813 67.7 ... that Alasdair Geddes worked on the WHO's smallpox-eradication programme in Bangladesh five years before diagnosing the world's last fatal case of smallpox in Birmingham, England?
Edward B. Foley 2020-09-06 781 65.1 ... that Edward B. Foley described the blue shift, a phenomenon in US elections showing that provisional ballots are more likely to be for Democrats and can change projected results after election day?
Johanna André 2020-09-11 766 63.8 ... that Johanna André, who appeared in dramatic soprano roles such as Wagner's Isolde, took part in the 1882 world premiere of Parsifal?
WKXL 2020-09-13 750 62.5 ... that radio station WKXL in Concord, New Hampshire, was started by a sitting governor and is owned by a former senator?
William R. Watson 2020-09-24 736 61.3 ... that when William R. Watson retired from his gallery for contemporary art in Montreal, one of his artists wrote: "You have known, and been a good friend to nearly all the artists"?
2003 World Snooker Championship 2020-09-03 709 59.1 ... that Mark Williams won the most successive frames at the 2003 World Snooker Championship, despite losing the first two?
The Live Debut – 1990 2020-09-17 706 58.8 ... that Mariah Carey covered Aretha Franklin's rendition of "Don't Play That Song" at The Live Debut – 1990?
Prix Gémeaux 2020-09-10 691 57.6 ... that three Prix Gémeaux categories for best drama were created after a boycott by Quebec production studios?
Hainer Hill 2020-09-29 1,347 56.1 ... that Hainer Hill, who took hundreds of photographs documenting Brecht's Berliner Ensemble, created the stage design for Hindemith's Mathis der Maler at the new Opernhaus Dortmund in 1966?
John Peele Clapham 2020-09-11 674 56.1 ... that in 1833, English magistrate John Peele Clapham edited a children's hymn book which had numerous editions and a wide circulation?
2018 EFL League Two play-off Final 2020-09-04 670 55.8 ... that Coventry City's promotion following the 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final was their first for 51 years, since they were guided into the 1967–68 Football League First Division by Jimmy Hill?
Doris Willens 2020-09-12 664 55.3 ... that writer Doris Willens, Lee Hays of the Weavers, and actor Alan Arkin were all Baby Sitters?
Cyrus G. Baldwin 2020-09-07 662 55.2 ... that to raise desperately needed money, the first president of Pomona College, Cyrus G. Baldwin, built the first hydroelectric power station with high-voltage transmission in California in 1892?
Joseph el-Ruzzi 2020-09-06 658 54.8 ... that Patriarch Joseph el-Ruzzi promulgated the use of the Gregorian calendar in the Maronite Church, the first Eastern Christian church to do so, in 1606?
Three Pieces for Orchestra (Berg) 2020-09-13 649 54.1 ... that Alban Berg dedicated his Three Pieces for Orchestra "with immeasurable gratitude and love" to his teacher, Arnold Schönberg, for his fortieth birthday in September 1914?
Klaviermusik mit Orchester 2020-09-12 637 53.1 ... that Klaviermusik mit Orchester, a 1923 piano concerto for the left hand by Paul Hindemith, was first performed in 2004 by Leon Fleisher and the Berlin Philharmonic?
Matthias Hölle 2020-09-08 635 52.9 ... that Matthias Hölle, a regular bass singer at the Bayreuth Festival, appeared in the world premieres of Stockhausen's Donnerstag aus Licht and Samstag aus Licht at La Scala in Milan?
August Göllerich 2020-09-13 628 52.4 ... that August Göllerich wrote a biography of the composer Anton Bruckner, having been his student, secretary, and friend?
Inner Song 2020-09-13 606 50.5 ... that the album Inner Song by Kelly Lee Owens features John Cale singing in Welsh?
Didier Roustan 2020-09-29 1,114 46.4 ... that in 1995, French journalist Didier Roustan helped set up a world footballers union with Eric Cantona and Diego Maradona?
Hermann Deiters 2020-09-24 532 44.4 ... that Hermann Deiters translated Alexander Wheelock Thayer's Life of Beethoven and published it in German before it appeared in English?
Christian Dierstein 2020-09-14 514 42.9 ... that Christian Dierstein has played world premieres as the percussionist of Trio Accanto, which also includes a saxophonist and a pianist?
University Press Limited 2020-09-09 498 41.5 ... that University Press Limited has won the National Book Centre Award of Bangladesh sixteen times since 1981?
WNLC (AM) 2020-09-13 498 41.5 ... that radio station WNLC in New London, Connecticut, was off the air for three weeks after the 1938 New England hurricane destroyed its tower and flooded the transmitter building?
Leonhard Lechner 2020-09-20 497 41.4 ... that Leonhard Lechner, who trained as a chorister in Bavaria under Orlande de Lassus, composed a Passion for choir in 1593 that strongly influenced the genre?
Polyphonia 2020-09-11 469 39.1 ... that the title of the ballet Polyphonia is a reference to micropolyphony, a kind of musical structure developed by composer György Ligeti?
Restoration (Lecrae album) 2020-09-16 466 38.9 ... that prior to the release of his album Restoration in August 2020, Lecrae decided to leave Columbia Records to be independent again?
Limbo (Aminé album) 2020-09-05 448 37.4 ... that Aminé delayed the release of the music video for the song "Riri" from his album Limbo in order to participate in the George Floyd protests?
Sechs Lieder, Op. 59 (Mendelssohn) 2020-09-17 402 33.5 ... that Felix Mendelssohn subtitled Sechs Lieder, Op. 59, six songs for four voices setting poems by Eichendorff and others, "Im Freien zu singen" ("To be sung outdoors")?
WDOM 2020-09-06 360 30.0 ... that Providence College president Brian Shanley invited Rhode Island Public Radio to broadcast over the college's station, WDOM, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy?

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