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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	-3.8	Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Hoffmann)	63.5	Theme and Variations (ballet)	-3.8	Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Hoffmann)
Median	190.6	Body and Soul (Joe Jackson album)	411.1	Mary Jane Richardson Jones	210.5	Minnie Lou Crosthwaite, Minnie Lee Crosthwaite Olga Petit
High	1,578.0	Napoleon's penis	3,628.3	Mercy dog	3,628.3	Mercy dog

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Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Mercy dog	2021-01-08		43,540	3,628.3	... that mercy dogs (example illustrated) were trained during World War I to comfort mortally wounded soldiers as they died in no man's land?
Pencil tower	2021-01-13		20,858	1,738.2	... that the new slender, super-tall skyscrapers in New York City are known as pencil towers (examples pictured)?
Theodore Roosevelt desk	2021-01-20		20,005	1,667.1	... that the Theodore Roosevelt desk (pictured) was the first desk used by a US president in the Oval Office?
Napoleon's penis	2021-01-25		18,936	1,578.0	... that Napoleon's penis, which was cut off after his death, has been described as comparable to a "piece of leather or a shriveled eel"?
Big Long Slidin' Thing	2021-01-01		13,748	572.8	... that a ranking of the greatest double-entendre songs of all time included "Big Long Slidin' Thing" by Dinah Washington (pictured), "Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl" by Bessie Smith, "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" by the Swallows, "Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)" by Wynonie Harris, and "Big Ten Inch Record" by Aerosmith?
It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)			6,298	262.4
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl			6,080	253.3
Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)			6,070	252.9
Big Ten Inch Record			5,260	219.2
Total			37,456	1,560.6
M42 (sub-basement)	2021-01-11		18,680	1,556.7	... that the M42 sub-basement (pictured) was featured in a navy training film as the safest place in New York during a nuclear strike?
Clarence E. Willard	2021-01-09		16,306	1,358.8	... that vaudeville performer Clarence E. Willard could add 7+1⁄2 inches (19 cm) to his height by stretching (pictured)?
Adi Utarini	2021-01-14		15,241	1,270.1	... that Adi Utarini (pictured) was listed as one of Nature's 10 in 2020 after she released infected mosquitoes all over Yogyakarta to control dengue fever?
Kusarigama	2021-01-19		15,157	1,263.1	... that the kusarigama (examples pictured), a traditional Japanese weapon, was more useful against a sword than against a spear, a naginata, or a bō?
White House swimming pool	2021-01-20		14,636	1,219.6	... that George H. W. Bush drowned a rat in the White House swimming pool?
Pallas's cat	2021-01-30		14,216	1,184.6	... that the Pallas's cat (example pictured) has up to 9,000 hairs per cm2 (58,000/in2) of fur?
Yawara	2021-01-26		13,999	1,166.6	... that the yawara is a Japanese weapon that is used for martial arts and was used by American police?
Christine Nagel	2021-01-06		9,532	794.3	... that Christine Nagel (pictured) once created a strawberry-and-popcorn perfume for Dior?
Miss Dior Chérie			3,496	291.4
Total			13,028	1,085.7
SS Edward L. Ryerson	2021-01-21		12,705	1,058.8	... that the lake freighter Edward L. Ryerson (pictured) is not only the last steam-powered freighter built on the Great Lakes, but also the last built without a self-unloading boom?
Hearst Tower (Manhattan)	2021-01-25		12,482	1,040.1	... that the Hearst Tower (pictured) was built nearly eight decades after its base was completed?
Nuclear Gandhi	2021-01-27		11,175	931.2	... that one of the most recognizable video-game glitches, a bug that forced Mahatma Gandhi in Civilization to use nuclear weapons heavily, never actually existed?
German submarine U-710	2021-01-02		21,070	877.9	... that U-710 was sunk only ten days after beginning her first patrol?
Hyde Park pet cemetery	2021-01-15		10,176	848.0	... that George Orwell described the Hyde Park pet cemetery as "perhaps the most horrible spectacle in Britain"?
Speibecken	2021-01-08		10,050	837.5	... that bathrooms in some German bars have vomiting basins?
Dongfeng EQ2050	2021-01-11		9,816	818.0	... that the People's Liberation Army in China developed the Dongfeng EQ2050 armored vehicle after seeing the Humvee in action on television during the Gulf War?
Bechevinka	2021-01-06		9,727	810.6	... that Bechevinka, an abandoned Soviet submarine base in Kamchatka, is now a ghost town that attracts tourists?
Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange	2021-01-07		9,203	766.9	... that construction of the Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange (pictured) in Los Angeles in the 1950s displaced an entire neighborhood primarily inhabited by people of color?
Galactic Radiation and Background	2021-01-14		9,190	765.8	... that Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) was the first successful U.S. orbital surveillance program (satellite pictured), revolutionizing American understanding of Soviet air defense radar capabilities?
Santal 33	2021-01-09		9,104	758.7	... that the social theory of distinction could explain why the more popular the perfume Santal 33 (pictured) became, the less some people liked it?
Vine-Glo	2021-01-17		8,940	745.0	... that Vine-Glo sold during Prohibition carried a warning telling people how to make wine from it, and Al Capone allegedly threatened to force it out of Chicago?
Strax affair	2021-01-31		8,768	730.6	... that the Strax affair started in the library?
Sarah Thomas (centenarian)	2021-01-17		8,375	697.9	... that after 108-year-old Sarah Thomas woke up from a thirty-hour coma, she asked for her pipe and tobacco?
Eugene Goodman (police officer)	2021-01-27		8,270	689.1	... that Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman has been credited with having "saved American Democracy" on January 6, 2021?
Stockton Flyer	2021-01-10		8,205	683.8	... that the kinetic sculpture Stockton Flyer (pictured) appears at 1 pm each day in Stockton-on-Tees High Street?
Konrad von Altstetten	2021-01-12		8,172	681.0	... that the poet Konrad von Altstetten (depicted) is shown in the Codex Manesse splitting his attention between his falcon and his lover?
Svetlana Lloyd	2021-01-24		8,158	679.9	... that Svetlana Lloyd accidentally became a model for Christian Dior, after wandering into his Paris boutique looking for a receptionist job?
Clouded leopard	2021-01-16		8,084	673.6	... that the clouded leopard (example pictured) is the first cat that diverged from the common ancestor of the Felidae more than four million years ago?
Spider-Man 2	2021-01-22		8,076	673.0	... that Spider-Man 2 is considered to be one of the best and most influential superhero films of all time?
Richards Building	2021-01-22		8,059	671.6	... that a U.S. secretary of commerce wrote of the Richards Building (pictured), "were there such a function as a public incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"?
Ty Jordan	2021-01-15		7,977	664.8	... that Utah Utes football player Ty Jordan died on Christmas Day, one day after being named the Pac-12 Conference newcomer of the year for 2020?
Macorina (song)	2021-01-12		7,724	643.7	... that "Macorina", the first erotic song dedicated to one woman by another, became a "lesbian hymn"?
Paris pneumatic post	2021-01-03		14,820	617.5	... that messages could be sent by pneumatic tube in central Paris until 1984?
A.P. Mine No. 3	2021-01-30		7,306	608.8	... that the A.P. No. 3 landmine could be neutralised with a "safety spider"?
Maureen O'Hara filmography	2021-01-10		7,278	606.5	... that Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne (both pictured) had such a strong rapport on screen that some people believed that they were married in real life?
The Burton Cooper	2021-01-17		7,250	604.2	... that The Burton Cooper (pictured) was moved inside a shopping centre in 1994 despite objections from the Burton upon Trent civic society?
Demographic history of Russia	2021-01-21		7,228	602.3	... that most Russian cities were destroyed as a result of the Mongol invasion?
Kaʻiulani	2021-01-05		14,264	594.4	... that Hawaiian princess Kaʻiulani was an avid surfer and professed in an interview, "I'm sure I was a seal in another world because I am so fond of the water"?
Khalili Collection of Aramaic Documents	2021-01-12		7,113	592.8	... that the Khalili Collection of Aramaic Documents (example pictured) includes the earliest known use in Aramaic of the name "Alexandros" to refer to Alexander the Great?
Priest of Nature	2021-01-20		7,056	588.0	... that the 2017 book Priest of Nature analyses theological writings of Isaac Newton (pictured) that were never published due to his heretical views?
Simp	2021-01-11		7,055	587.9	... that Archie Andrews has been described as the "simpiest of the simps"?
Book of hours of Joan of France	2021-01-15		6,965	580.4	... that the National Library of France was able to buy the book of hours of Joan of France (detail pictured) thanks to private donations?
Chicago circulation wars	2021-01-22		6,946	578.8	... that about 27 men and newsboys were killed in the Chicago circulation wars in the early 1900s?
Shamsa	2021-01-26		6,868	572.3	... that in Islamic art, the shamsa is found in places as diverse as on carpets, inside domes (example pictured), and forming the frontispiece of books?
Umberslade Obelisk	2021-01-28		6,783	565.2	... that the Umberslade Obelisk has been described as a "monument of nothing in particular"?
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank	2021-01-29		6,724	560.4	... that Overdrawn at the Memory Bank was recorded on videotape instead of photographic film so as not to be as expensive as Blade Runner?
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.	2021-01-31		6,688	557.3	... that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a frustrated high-school student who Snapchatted "fuck school fuck softball fuck cheer fuck everything" can be suspended from cheerleading for a year?
Jenifer Ringer	2021-01-24		6,651	554.2	... that a body-shaming comment from a New York Times critic led to ballerina Jenifer Ringer's appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Today Show?
Joralemon Street Tunnel	2021-01-25		6,607	550.6	... that contractors digging New York City's Joralemon Street Tunnel found the remains of a ship?
1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition	2021-01-23		6,600	550.0	... that when Joe Brown and George Band made the first successful ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955, they deliberately turned back a few feet below the summit?
Mark C. Yerger	2021-01-24		6,506	542.2	... that the American writer Mark C. Yerger was honored by the veterans' organization of the Waffen-SS for his works that embellished its history?
DTM (nightclub)	2021-01-07		6,461	538.4	... that DTM is the largest gay club in Northern Europe?
Megacrania batesii	2021-01-25		6,366	530.5	... that the peppermint stick insect possesses an aposematic coloration and a robust chemical defense mechanism?
Calliphara nobilis	2021-01-28		6,180	515.0	... that larvae of the mangrove jewel bug (pictured) feed only on the seeds of the river poison tree?
Alwyn Court	2021-01-12		6,146	512.1	... that the owners and residents of the Alwyn Court argued over the legal definition of a window in 1985?
Ma Xiang	2021-01-18		6,134	511.2	... that Chinese bandit Ma Xiang raised a thousands-strong rebel army in just one or two days, conquered three commanderies, and declared himself emperor, only to be killed by a much weaker opponent?
Frog pond effect	2021-01-03		12,020	500.8	... that the frog pond effect describes how it is better for self-evaluation of competence to be a "big frog in a little pond"?
Koos van der Merwe	2021-01-21		5,876	489.7	... that someone ate Koos van der Merwe's cake?
Siege of Bednore	2021-01-24		5,867	488.9	... that at the 1783 Siege of Bednore a British force of 1,600 faced a Mysore army of more than 100,000?
Drummer jokes	2021-01-07		5,745	478.8	... that an obituary of Neil Peart said he was "sent to Earth to destroy drummer jokes"?
Nukegate scandal	2021-01-15		5,684	473.7	... that the Nukegate scandal was precipitated by the largest business failure in the history of South Carolina?
Happy Man Tree	2021-01-14		5,648	470.6	... that campaigners to save the Happy Man Tree, named England's Tree of the Year for 2020, presented an axe made from papier-mâché to the mayor of Hackney?
Ur-Quan	2021-01-21		5,622	468.5	... that the Ur-Quan from the 1992 science-fiction game Star Control II are ranked among the best game antagonists of all time, and have influenced character design in modern games?
Red Hook Park	2021-01-27		5,574	464.5	... that an artificial turf soccer field in New York City's Red Hook Park, donated by the Norwegian government, was destroyed by arson ten days after its dedication?
Eleanor Keaton	2021-01-26		5,508	459.0	... that Eleanor Keaton, who at age 21 became the third wife of silent-film comedian Buster Keaton, was widely credited with rehabilitating his life and career?
International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide	2021-01-14		5,434	452.8	... that Turkey threatened that Jewish lives would be put in danger if the 1982 International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, which covered the Armenian Genocide, was not cancelled?
Dana expeditions	2021-01-10		5,388	449.0	... that after discovering a giant larva on the fourth Dana expedition, Anton Frederik Bruun said, "I believe in the sea serpent", and lectured on its possible existence?
Gaius Porcius Cato (consul 114 BC)	2021-01-23		5,322	443.5	... that the defeat of the consul Gaius Porcius Cato by a Celtic tribe in 114 BC led to the last human sacrifices in ancient Rome?
Blaire Erskine	2021-01-16		5,289	440.8	... that comedian Blaire Erskine's mock interview duped Michael Moore into believing she was a Donald Trump supporter stranded and freezing after his Omaha, Nebraska, rally?
SS Vernon	2021-01-19		5,258	438.2	... that the wreck of the freighter Vernon is one of the deadliest ever to have occurred in Wisconsin?
Morning Star (1862 ship)	2021-01-25		5,223	435.2	... that after the Morning Star sank on Lake Erie, the death toll was unknown because many of the passengers were not on the ship's manifest?
Aikey Brae stone circle	2021-01-08		5,150	429.2	... that at 21.5 tonnes, the recumbent (pictured) at Aikey Brae stone circle is one of the largest in Aberdeenshire?
Mira Mendelson	2021-01-19		5,122	426.9	... that after meeting Mira Mendelson, Sergei Prokofiev described his future wife as "just some girl who wants me to read her bad poetry"?
Winnie ille Pu	2021-01-29		5,020	418.4	... that a Latin translation of Winnie-the-Pooh spent 20 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list?
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	2021-01-23		5,002	416.8	... that Eli Wallach agreed to play the role of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly immediately after watching the main title sequence of For a Few Dollars More?
Veiled Vestal	2021-01-31		4,986	415.5	... that the sacred flame carried by the Veiled Vestal (pictured) in the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice has been described as representing Elizabeth Bennet's "virginal sexual desire"?
Fujiyama Mama	2021-01-13		4,948	412.4	... that "Fujiyama Mama", an American rockabilly song that compared a woman's energy to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a number-one hit in Japan in 1958?
Mary Jane Richardson Jones	2021-01-27		4,933	411.1	... that pioneering Chicago abolitionist Mary Richardson Jones (pictured) helped hundreds of people escape slavery via the Underground Railroad?
Paint It Black	2021-01-31		4,930	410.9	... that "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, was almost scrapped?
Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt	2021-01-19		4,907	408.9	... that after the Dreikönigs­kirche escaped destruction in World War II, it became Frankfurt's leading venue of church music performances (example pictured)?
Ringturm	2021-01-27		4,858	404.8	... that the Ringturm, a 65-year-old skyscraper in Vienna, has been wrapped by artists in summer, such as Mihael Milunović's Vision (pictured) in 2017?
Hilda Annetta Walker	2021-01-22		4,838	403.2	... that figurative artist Hilda Annetta Walker (work pictured) objected to Modernist works because she found it difficult to tell what they represented?
The Trouble With Gravity	2021-01-08		4,830	402.5	... that in The Trouble With Gravity, Richard Panek suggests that our universe's gravity originates in a parallel universe and is leaking into our own?
Social projection	2021-01-04		9,488	395.3	... that social projection may explain political polarization?
Sylvie Fortier	2021-01-28		4,736	394.7	... that Sylvie Fortier retired from competitive synchronized swimming at only 18, saying she was happy with what she had achieved?
Banging out	2021-01-18		4,724	393.7	... that upon completing their apprenticeships, British printers might be doused in ink and paper shavings and paraded through the streets?
SS Choctaw	2021-01-04		9,346	389.4	... that Choctaw was one of only three semi-whaleback ships ever built?
The Ur-Quan Masters	2021-01-16		4,644	387.0	... that The Ur-Quan Masters, an open-source remake of the 1992 science-fiction game Star Control II, has been listed several times as one of the best free PC games ever?
Nationalmuseum robbery	2021-01-04		9,278	386.6	... that armed robbers stole an estimated $30–45 million worth of paintings from Sweden's Nationalmuseum in December 2000, including two Renoirs and a Rembrandt?
Bad Rats	2021-01-13		4,638	386.5	... that the video game Bad Rats was a popular gag gift on Steam?
Filiz Taçbaş	2021-01-15		4,632	386.0	... that actress and tennis player Filiz Taçbaş, tired of city life, purchased agricultural land and obtained a farming certificate, and now grows olives and lemons?
Master of Delft	2021-01-29		2,656	221.3	... that art historians disagree as to whether two figures in a painting (detail pictured) by the Master of Delft are saints or sibyls?
Triptych with Virgin and Child, saints and donors by the Master of Delft			1,958	163.1
Total			4,614	384.5
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021	2021-01-13		4,607	383.9	... that at 5,593 pages, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 is the longest bill ever passed by the U.S. Congress?
Cheer screening	2021-01-21		4,596	383.0	... that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese cheer screenings, which encourage audience participation, have been replaced by viewers' text messages being superimposed on the screen?
Master of the Lille Adoration	2021-01-06		4,578	381.5	... that the existence of the painter known as the Master of the Lille Adoration (painting detail pictured), active in 16th-century Antwerp, was only proposed in 1995?
IRT Powerhouse	2021-01-20		4,532	377.6	... that the IRT Powerhouse was intended to be the largest power generating station on earth when it was built in the 1900s?
Jibba	2021-01-29		4,526	377.2	... that the jibba (pictured), a Sudanese coat, symbolised a dedication to a religious way of life and denoted the military rank of the wearer?
AK vs AK	2021-01-09		4,495	374.6	... that Anil Kapoor called AK vs AK "the fastest film I have done in my career"?
Ian Ross Campbell	2021-01-07		4,476	373.0	... that Australian and Greek troops under Lieutenant Colonel Ian Ross Campbell held off a force of over 1,000 German paratroops on Crete for ten days?
Four Ds	2021-01-25		4,457	371.4	... that the Four Ds include demilitarisation, denazification, decentralisation, and democratisation?
Audley Dean Nicols	2021-01-04		8,877	369.9	... that View of El Paso at Sunset (pictured), a 22-foot-long (6.7 m) painting by Audley Dean Nicols, spent years in a janitor's closet at El Paso High School?
1st Cavalry Brigade (France)	2021-01-26		4,432	369.3	... that horse-mounted elements of the French 1st Cavalry Brigade helped hold up the advance of tanks from the 1st Panzer Division for a day in May 1940?
Yaoi	2021-01-23		4,428	369.0	... that the two participants in a yaoi relationship are referred to as seme ('top') and uke ('bottom'), terms derived from martial arts that were later appropriated as Japanese LGBT slang?
1987 FA Cup Final	2021-01-30		4,390	365.9	... that Coventry City's winning goal in the 1987 FA Cup Final was an own goal scored in extra time off Gary Mabbutt's knee?
Gotthilf Fischer	2021-01-25		4,388	365.7	... that Gotthilf Fischer (pictured) founded the Fischer-Chöre, who appeared with 1,500 singers at the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup?
George Harper (lawyer)	2021-01-30		4,349	362.4	... that although New Zealand lawyer George Harper (pictured) had been declared bankrupt in 1893, he was knighted in 1937?
Shazam! (film)	2021-01-11		4,284	357.0	... that it took Zachary Levi an average of twenty minutes to get into costume as the titular character in Shazam!?
Clara Bow filmography	2021-01-07		4,268	355.7	... that despite receiving 30,000 monthly fan letters, top box-office silent-film star Clara Bow (pictured) was convinced that talking pictures would ruin her career?
Bruges speech	2021-01-01		8,508	354.5	... that the 1988 Bruges speech by Margaret Thatcher has been described as "setting the UK on the path to Brexit"?
WhopperCoin	2021-01-12		4,202	350.1	... that WhopperCoin attempted to turn a burger into an "investment vehicle"?
6 Day Bike Rider	2021-01-29		4,175	347.9	... that during the filming of 6 Day Bike Rider, sixteen bicyclists hit the cameraman's motorcycle, which resulted in nine of them being injured?
Central Park Place	2021-01-09		4,149	345.8	... that the largest heroin seizure in the New York City Police Department's history occurred at the luxury apartment tower Central Park Place in 1993?
Playing the Whore	2021-01-16		4,134	344.5	... that in Playing the Whore, Melissa Gira Grant contends that categorizing all sex work as exploitation or empowerment creates a false dichotomy?
Tito–Stalin split	2021-01-08		4,084	340.3	... that the Cominform Resolution of 28 June 1948 publicly announced the Tito–Stalin split?
A Promised Land	2021-01-17		4,056	338.0	... that Barack Obama's 2020 book A Promised Land took longer to write than any other presidential memoir in the past hundred years?
French brig Euryale (1863)	2021-01-14		4,021	335.1	... that a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the French vessel Euryale considered whether Napoleon III, as a foreign emperor, could bring cases in American courts?
116th Street–Columbia University station	2021-01-28		4,004	333.6	... that 6,800 Columbia University students and faculty signed a petition to remove an entrance to the 116th Street–Columbia University station?
William Brooks Close	2021-01-12		3,951	329.2	... that British businessman William Brooks Close and his two brothers started a colony in Iowa while owning at times almost 40,000 acres (16,000 ha) of the best soil in the United States?
Zanzibar Volunteer Defence Force	2021-01-23		3,905	325.4	... that the First World War Zanzibar Volunteer Defence Force included practically every able-bodied British man residing in the protectorate?
Terry Grosz	2021-01-25		3,883	323.6	... that American conservation officer Terry Grosz busted an illegal snagging boat on the Eel River by waiting in the water and getting reeled in?
Crowd Cow	2021-01-30		3,830	319.2	... that after quarterback Joe Montana invested in Crowd Cow, PETA sent him a letter filled with football puns imploring him not to invest in a company that facilitates the slaughtering of animals?
Good Job!	2021-01-24		3,819	318.2	... that before the creation of Good Job!, Paladin Studios had wanted to collaborate with Nintendo for about a decade?
Bob Wells (vandweller)	2021-01-26		3,796	316.3	... that Bob Wells created a Burning Man for retirees?
Kendra Pierre-Louis	2021-01-02		7,534	313.9	... that climate journalist Kendra Pierre-Louis is a critic of mayonnaise?
John Deats	2021-01-15		2,802	233.5	... that a Deats plow (illustrated), patented by John Deats in 1828 and manufactured by his son Hiram Deats, was donated by his grandson Hiram Edmund Deats to Rutgers University for an agricultural museum in 1929?
Hiram Deats			902	75.2
Total			3,704	308.7
Paper Mario: Color Splash	2021-01-11		3,690	307.5	... that Paper Mario: Color Splash was accidentally playable two weeks before its launch?
Death to 2020	2021-01-13		3,672	306.0	... that Cristin Milioti appears in Death to 2020 as a stereotypical "Karen", having previously worked with its creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones in Black Mirror episode "USS Callister"?
Yule Ranch	2021-01-25		3,653	304.4	... that Theodore Roosevelt conducted one of his last bison hunting excursions at Yule Ranch?
Molly Gray	2021-01-08		3,650	304.2	... that Molly Gray, the new lieutenant governor of Vermont, is a former competitive skier and the daughter of an Olympic skier?
Butler Building	2021-01-08		3,611	300.9	... that the Butler mansion was built with parquette oak floors, elaborate frescos, wainscot paneling—and a fireproof wing to store the archives of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey?
Bruce Taylor (American football)	2021-01-28		3,608	300.7	... that former American football player Bruce Taylor owned eighteen Burger King locations?
Kitty Horrorshow	2021-01-17		3,601	300.1	... that according to one critic, video-game designer Kitty Horrorshow does not exploit the Lovecraftian "fear of the unknown", but instead the "fear of the familiar"?
Marjorie Finlay	2021-01-16		2,792	232.7	... that Taylor Swift's 2020 song "Marjorie" has been described as "a heart-rending tribute" to her grandmother, opera singer Marjorie Finlay, who inspired Swift's musical career?
Marjorie (song)			807	67.2
Total			3,599	299.9
Piers Taylor	2021-01-27		3,586	298.9	... that architect Piers Taylor had to carry the materials for building his award-winning home "Moonshine" over a 600-metre (2,000 ft) woodland incline?
Sandy Grant Gordon	2021-01-20		3,573	297.8	... that the Scottish distiller Sandy Grant Gordon pioneered the creation of single malt Scotch as a whisky category?
Sputnik 99	2021-01-08		3,572	297.7	... that during a spacewalk, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, a French spationaut and crew member of the Mir space station, deployed Sputnik 99 onto its orbit by simply releasing the satellite by hand?
Trachelobdella lubrica	2021-01-27		3,554	296.2	... that the black swan leech attaches itself to the skin or eye of a fish before working its way to the gill chamber?
Life in Her Hands	2021-01-03		7,102	295.9	... that the British film Life in Her Hands (scene pictured) was produced to recruit women into nursing?
Index Thomisticus	2021-01-16		3,540	295.0	... that the Index Thomisticus covered 10,631,980 words in fifty-six volumes and took an estimated one million hours to create?
Confectionery in the English Renaissance	2021-01-19		3,530	294.1	... that confectionery in the English Renaissance marks the transition of sugar from a medicine to a sweetener?
Weybridge United Reformed Church	2021-01-26		2,724	227.0	... that places of worship in Elmbridge, Surrey, include the "ferocious" Weybridge United Reformed Church?
List of places of worship in Elmbridge			751	62.6
Total			3,475	289.6
I Did Something Bad	2021-01-30		3,472	289.3	... that "I Did Something Bad" is the first song in which Taylor Swift uses profanity?
Södermanland runic inscription 140	2021-01-15		3,456	288.0	... that Södermanland runic inscription 140 has a runic cross that is either a pagan invocation of the Norse god Thor or one of the earliest mentions of Sweden?
Meenakshi Pahuja	2021-01-12		3,456	288.0	... that competitive swimmer Meenakshi Pahuja encountered water snakes in one river race at Murshidabad, and a corpse in another?
S. Morgan Smith	2021-01-10		3,450	287.5	... that turbine manufacturer S. Morgan Smith Company made large gun lathes during World War I and large aircraft carrier, gun, and tank parts during World War II?
Stefan Ihrig	2021-01-05		6,818	284.1	... that according to historian Stefan Ihrig, the Nazis sought to emulate Turkey, which they viewed as a "postgenocidal paradise"?
Uncertainty (book)	2021-01-11		1,765	147.1	... that the biographies Uncertainty and Beyond Uncertainty show, contrary to popular belief, that there is no evidence that Werner Heisenberg (pictured) impeded the German nuclear weapons program to prevent Hitler from obtaining a bomb?
Beyond Uncertainty			1,643	136.9
Total			3,408	284.0
1948 Illinois gubernatorial election	2021-01-28		3,404	283.7	... that in the 1948 Illinois gubernatorial election, Adlai Stevenson II (pictured) won with a 572,067-vote margin of victory, a record at the time for Illinois gubernatorial elections?
Michael White (British Army officer)	2021-01-06		3,385	282.1	... that Michael White served in the same regiment as his father and married the daughter of another of its officers?
Darwin's Darkest Hour	2021-01-19		3,378	281.5	... that the 2009 Nova episode "Darwin's Darkest Hour" was filmed for the bicentennial anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his work On the Origin of Species?
The Gospel of Afranius	2021-01-15		3,368	280.6	... that The Gospel of Afranius, a 1995 Russian novel and polemic challenging an American evangelical apologist text, has not yet been translated to English?
Waller Plan	2021-01-28		3,362	280.2	... that the 1839 city plan for Austin, Texas, is thought to have been inspired by the original 1682 city plan for Philadelphia?
Principles of Optics	2021-01-05		4,147	172.8	... that according to a 2005 biography, Max Born (pictured), the author of the classic textbook Principles of Optics, felt dejected when he did not share in the 1932 Nobel Prize that was given to his assistant Werner Heisenberg?
The End of the Certain World			2,488	103.7
Total			6,635	276.5
Esat Uras	2021-01-14		3,306	275.5	... that Esat Uras, a major perpetrator of the Armenian Genocide, later wrote "the ur-text of Turkish denialist 'scholarship'"?
Pierre Daumesnil	2021-01-29		3,264	272.0	... that Pierre Daumesnil refused to surrender the Château de Vincennes after the French Empire had been defeated at the Battle of Paris in 1814?
Katherine Loker	2021-01-16		3,262	271.8	... that Katherine Loker donated $30 million each to Harvard and USC, and millions more to develop university, medical, and cultural programs in California?
NASCAR at COTA	2021-01-22		3,246	270.5	... that Texas Motor Speedway's president once "just laughed" at the idea of NASCAR at COTA?
Openload	2021-01-06		3,229	269.1	... that Openload, a defunct file-sharing site that once received more traffic than Hulu, was labelled a notorious market?
Vilma Núñez	2021-01-23		3,226	268.8	... that the discrimination Vilma Núñez (pictured) experienced as a child born out of wedlock motivated her career as a Nicaraguan lawyer and human-rights activist?
John Montgomery Cooper	2021-01-10		3,217	268.1	... that John Montgomery Cooper advanced the theory that both South American and North American Indians were "marginal peoples" who were cultural relics from prehistoric times?
White House tennis court	2021-01-15		3,193	266.1	... that President Barack Obama celebrated his 50th birthday by playing basketball with Shane Battier, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Maya Moore, Alonzo Mourning, Joakim Noah, Chris Paul, and Derrick Rose?
List of McDonnell Douglas DC-X launches	2021-01-23		3,186	265.5	... that the McDonnell Douglas DC-X experimental SSTO rocket (pictured) was launched twelve times but never flew higher than 3.14 kilometres (1.95 mi)?
Masochistic Ono Band	2021-01-12		2,207	183.9	... that Masochistic Ono Band was created by two Japanese voice actors as the house band for their radio program Dear Girl: Stories?
Dear Girl: Stories			967	80.6
Total			3,174	264.5
SS Jarvis Lord	2021-01-15		3,173	264.4	... that the wooden freighter Jarvis Lord was one of the first lake freighters ever built?
Northern masked owl	2021-01-24		3,163	263.6	... that northern masked owl (example pictured) chicks hiss to ask for food, while adults hiss to defend nests?
Chisapani Gadhi	2021-01-13		3,163	263.6	... that women are prohibited from entering the Chisapani Gadhi in Nepal due to the belief that this could bring them bad luck or even death?
Stenopus pyrsonotus	2021-01-17		1,871	155.9	... that the flameback coral shrimp is often found in close proximity to the yellow-edged moray eel, suggesting that they may have a cleaning symbiosis?
Yellow-edged moray			1,262	105.1
Total			3,132	261.0
It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School	2021-01-14		3,129	260.8	... that It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School was the first film to provide educators with information on how to prevent discrimination against gay people?
Justice and Jurisprudence	2021-01-30		3,117	259.8	... that the writing and publication of Justice and Jurisprudence in 1889 has been described as "the Magna Carta of black people"?
Jennie Somogyi	2021-01-22		3,110	259.2	... that ballerina Jennie Somogyi was offered an apprenticeship at the New York City Ballet when she was 15, becoming one of the youngest dancers to join the company?
Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve	2021-01-23		3,109	259.1	... that members of the Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve fought in the first naval action of the First World War?
Millie Lovelock	2021-01-19		3,092	257.7	... that New Zealand–born musician Millie Lovelock wrote her English literature master's thesis on One Direction?
Just Mercy (book)	2021-01-28		3,090	257.5	... that the memoir Just Mercy tells the story of an innocent black man who was convicted and condemned to die for the 1986 murder of a young white woman in the town in which To Kill a Mockingbird was written?
Bianca Smith	2021-01-19		3,076	256.4	... that Bianca Smith, the first Black female coach in professional baseball history, has a JD degree and an MBA in sports management?
Dreamsnake	2021-01-24		3,061	255.1	... that the 1978 science-fiction novel Dreamsnake includes a named character for whom gender pronouns are never used, thereby subverting gender expectations?
South Main Street Historic District (Memphis, Tennessee)	2021-01-18		3,060	255.0	... that the site of the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. later became part of the South Main Street Historic District (pictured)?
Harold Francis Loomis	2021-01-29		3,046	253.8	... that American Brigadier General Harold Francis Loomis was in charge of the rearmament of French forces during World War II?
Styles Hutchins	2021-01-17		3,028	252.3	... that attorney Styles Hutchins was the first African American to argue a case in a court in Georgia?
Callopora lineata	2021-01-06		2,990	249.1	... that in the Mediterranean Sea, recruitment of the bryozoan Callopora lineata takes place in February and March, whereas in the Isle of Man, it takes place all year round?
Mayoralty of Bernie Sanders	2021-01-19		2,982	248.5	... that Bernie Sanders was the first socialist mayor in New England since Jasper McLevy?
John Clark Mayden	2021-01-18		2,973	247.8	... that John Clark Mayden's images of African Americans were extolled by James Baldwin as capturing the "majesty of black life" by portraying people who are "weary but not cast down"?
1983 Burlington mayoral election	2021-01-12		2,970	247.5	... that Bernie Sanders received significant support from Democratic voters in the 1983 Burlington mayoral election despite not being the Democratic nominee?
Laura Purser-Rose	2021-01-05		5,896	245.7	... that Laura Purser-Rose became the first woman to sign her name on the Green Monster at Fenway Park?
Artémis, cœur d'artichaut	2021-01-24		2,938	244.8	... that Artémis, cœur d'artichaut is a female buddy film inspired by Greek mythology, Carl Jung and Éric Rohmer?
The Doctor and Student	2021-01-18		2,928	244.0	... that The Doctor and Student by Christopher St. Germain was used as a primer by English law students for over two centuries?
Emil Aaltonen	2021-01-21		2,913	242.8	... that Emil Aaltonen went from being a 13-year-old shoemaker's apprentice to owning and running the largest shoe manufacturing business in the Nordics?
Tonna pennata	2021-01-22		2,907	242.2	... that the Atlantic partridge tun preys on sea cucumbers much larger than itself?
Joseph McLain	2021-01-24		2,895	241.2	... that Joseph McLain held 30 patents, including for smoke grenades, underwater torches, and flares?
Zéna M'Déré	2021-01-29		2,824	235.3	... that Zéna M'Déré led a protest movement in Mayotte in which women tickled their political opponents, forcing them to comply with their demands?
Lisa Nishimura	2021-01-28		2,817	234.8	... that Lisa Nishimura started out in the music industry before producing Netflix documentaries including Chef's Table and Making a Murderer?
Izaac Hindom	2021-01-18		2,816	234.6	... that Izaac Hindom, a Papuan himself, actively promoted the assimilation of Javanese and Papuans, describing the latter as backward and self-centered?
The Sound of Music (film)	2021-01-18		2,815	234.6	... that prior to becoming the highest-grossing film of 1965, The Sound of Music was initially criticized for its romanticism and sentimentality?
Mildred Mottahedeh	2021-01-03		5,608	233.6	... that Mildred Mottahedeh's personal collection of porcelain was described by Nelson Rockefeller as "utterly fabulous, an artistic and cultural treasure without comparison in its field"?
Astoria Park	2021-01-31		2,792	232.7	... that Astoria Park was intended to be New York City's first large park with active recreational facilities?
In Praise of Blood	2021-01-27		2,788	232.3	... that the book In Praise of Blood was described as "an immediate, destabilizing influence on the world of orthodox Rwandan scholarship"?
Antoinette Dinga Dzondo	2021-01-24		2,773	231.1	... that Antoinette Dinga Dzondo (pictured), Minister of Social Affairs and Humanitarian Action of the Republic of the Congo, set up a fund to help refugees in the country return home?
Sigmund Strochlitz	2021-01-26		2,768	230.6	... that American local car dealer Sigmund Strochlitz was a confidant of Elie Wiesel and a leader in the Holocaust remembrance movement?
Paper Mario: The Origami King	2021-01-02		5,532	230.5	... that Paper Mario: The Origami King uses office supplies for boss battles to complement its origami theme?
Astrapogon stellatus	2021-01-14		2,764	230.3	... that the conchfish conceals itself in the mantle cavity of a living mollusc?
Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment	2021-01-11		2,756	229.7	... that when Nichols's Missouri Cavalry Regiment was formed, about two-thirds of its men were unarmed?
A Perfect Planet	2021-01-22		2,752	229.3	... that to record his narration for A Perfect Planet at home, David Attenborough hung duvets from his dining room walls to make a sound stage, and bought a hut for the sound recorder?
The Heart of Thomas	2021-01-10		2,736	228.0	... that while it is now considered a classic work of girls' comics, the 1974 manga series The Heart of Thomas was almost cancelled five weeks into serialization due to poor initial reader response?
Codakia orbicularis	2021-01-18		1,455	121.2	... that the gill chambers of the tiger lucine, the dwarf tiger lucine, and the Pennsylvania lucine contain symbiotic bacteria which help them live in sediments not suited to other bivalves?
Lucina pensylvanica			692	57.7
Ctena orbiculata			572	47.7
Total			2,719	226.6
MCMXC a.D.	2021-01-28		2,706	225.5	... that Michael Cretu of Enigma has been accused of putting satanic content into the band's debut album MCMXC a.D.?
Jeyran (wife of Naser al-Din Shah)	2021-01-22		2,697	224.8	... that a fake family tree was created for Jeyran, the beloved wife of Naser al-Din Shah of Persia, linking her to the Sassanids and the Ilkhans?
Industry Bar	2021-01-10		2,695	224.6	... that Industry faces Therapy?
Go (artwork)	2021-01-22		2,684	223.7	... that Kehinde Wiley wanted to express "absolute joy – break dancing in the sky" when he created Go?
2020 Cagua fire	2021-01-29		2,656	221.3	... that eleven people, nine of them minors, died in a sugar plantation fire in Cagua, Venezuela, while trying to hunt rabbits?
The Boat Race 2021	2021-01-17		2,632	219.4	... that this year's Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge will take place on the River Great Ouse instead of the River Thames for the first time since 1944?
Cortinarius ainsworthii	2021-01-31		1,210	100.9	... that among Kew's highlights of species described in 2020 were six British webcaps: Cortinarius ainsworthii (example pictured), C. heatherae, C. britannicus, C. scoticus, C. aurae, and C. subsaniosus?
Cortinarius heatherae			320	26.7
Cortinarius britannicus			314	26.2
Cortinarius subsaniosus			273	22.8
Cortinarius scoticus			259	21.6
Cortinarius aurae			247	20.6
Total			2,624	218.7
Debbie Muir	2021-01-16		2,603	216.9	... that Debbie Muir retired from synchronized swimming at age 20 and coached the Calgary Aquabelles to 22 national titles in ten years?
Law for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour	2021-01-07		2,600	216.7	... that the Law for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour, created during World War II to quash opposition to Macedonian nationalism, remained in force until 1991?
2021 Masters (snooker)	2021-01-24		2,598	216.5	... that Kyren Wilson set fire to his cue stick at the 2021 Masters?
David Williamson (minister)	2021-01-25		2,596	216.3	... that clergyman David Williamson's time as an outlaw is commemorated in the traditional Scottish song "Dainty Davie"?
Växjö Cathedral	2021-01-21		2,586	215.5	... that according to legend, Växjö Cathedral in Sweden was founded by an English saint?
Orbexilum pedunculatum	2021-01-29		2,586	215.5	... that Sampson's snakeroot is traditionally used to help knit broken bones and as a salve on wounds, ulcers and boils?
Geological structure measurement by LiDAR	2021-01-08		2,572	214.3	... that LiDAR can be used to make a digital terrain model?
Thomas Jefferson Park	2021-01-31		2,550	212.5	... that the development of Thomas Jefferson Park was intended to help Italian Harlem, described as "for many years the black spot of Harlem"?
The Basketball Fix	2021-01-27		2,546	212.2	... that the 1951 film The Basketball Fix is based on a real-life scandal involving college basketball betting?
Benjamin Philip Watson	2021-01-12		2,542	211.8	... that the Scottish gynaecologist Benjamin Philip Watson was examined in surgery by Joseph Bell, the model for Sherlock Holmes?
Save Uganda Movement	2021-01-12		2,541	211.8	... that the Save Uganda Movement grew from a few hundred members to around 17,000 in a matter of months?
Jackie Saccoccio	2021-01-09		2,538	211.5	... that gestural abstract painter Jackie Saccoccio experimented with randomness in her works by pouring paint, tilting canvases, and even pressing wet canvases together?
Francis Duncan (writer)	2021-01-29		2,531	210.9	... that the true identity of the British crime writer Francis Duncan was unknown until after a reprint of his 1949 novel Murder for Christmas?
Olga Petit	2021-01-28		2,528	210.7	... that Olga Petit – the first female lawyer in France – was a Russian?
Minnie Lou Crosthwaite	2021-01-29		1,558	129.8	... that Minnie Lou Crosthwaite, the first Black woman to pass the teacher exam in Nashville's segregated school system, and Minnie Lee Crosthwaite, one of Kansas City's first Black social workers, both attended Fisk University?
Minnie Lee Crosthwaite			964	80.4
Total			2,522	210.2
Shabir Madhi	2021-01-22		2,496	208.0	... that Professor Shabir Madhi, who led trials of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa, did not originally want to study medicine?
Moynihan Train Hall	2021-01-23		2,484	207.0	... that U.S. senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan proposed an expansion of New York Penn Station as a homage to the original station, where he had once shined shoes?
Francis Reynolds (Royal Navy officer)	2021-01-15		2,479	206.6	... that during Francis Reynolds's command of HMS Augusta, the ship ran aground and exploded with such force that the blast was heard 30 miles (48 km) away?
Siege of Guines (1352)	2021-01-19		2,474	206.1	... that the 1352 Siege of Guines reignited the Hundred Years' War after six years of uneasy truce?
2021 Moroccan general election	2021-01-29		2,463	205.2	... that in advance of the 2021 general election, Morocco outlawed the making of certain types of online posts?
Pointer (dog breed)	2021-01-15		2,452	204.3	... that it is popularly believed that the Pointer descends from Old Spanish Pointers introduced to England in 1713 by soldiers returning from Spain after the Peace of Utrecht?
La schiava in Bagdad	2021-01-13		2,447	203.9	... that a few years after Pacini's opera La schiava in Bagdad premiered in Turin, Rosalbina Caradori performed the title role of the slave girl (pictured) in London?
Judith Weinshall Liberman	2021-01-27		2,440	203.3	... that the soft crafting materials used in Judith Weinshall Liberman's artworks were described as providing "an important contrast to the Holocaust tragedy"?
Ingrid Bergman performances	2021-01-21		2,437	203.1	... that Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (pictured) did not think she would be believable as Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, but her performance added a Primetime Emmy to her awards shelf?
Rostellan	2021-01-09		2,430	202.5	... that the demesne of Rostellan contains an 18th-century folly, built by the landowner in honour of the actress Sarah Siddons?
Bru McCoy	2021-01-13		2,405	200.4	... that Bru McCoy transferred from USC to the University of Texas and back to USC in less than six months?
Émilie de Rodat	2021-01-17		1,320	110.0	... that Saint Émilie de Rodat (pictured) founded the Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche in 1815, a French religious order that provides free education for poor girls?
Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche			1,082	90.1
Total			2,402	200.2
Walt Whitman's lectures on Abraham Lincoln	2021-01-26		2,390	199.2	... that Walt Whitman called one of his lectures on Abraham Lincoln "the culminating hour" of his life?
James Snyder (art historian)	2021-01-26		2,390	199.2	... that despite James Snyder having taught at a women's college for over 20 years, his Northern Renaissance Art of 1985 was criticized for using gender stereotypes?
SS John V. Moran	2021-01-23		2,382	198.5	... that the freighter John V. Moran and her sister ship were both sunk by ice on Lake Michigan, ten years apart?
America, Why I Love Her	2021-01-11		2,366	197.1	... that an album of poetry read by John Wayne reached the number-13 spot on Billboard's Hot Country Albums chart?
The Autistic Brain	2021-01-15		2,363	196.9	... that in The Autistic Brain, Temple Grandin suggests that the rise in autism diagnoses has been due to an inaccurate definition in the DSM-5 which groups other conditions under the term?
Sunny Lam	2021-01-07		2,328	194.0	... that Sunny Lam, a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, performed a love song with Siri?
Humcha Jain temples	2021-01-02		4,652	193.8	... that Panchkuta Basadi (pictured), in the Humcha Jain temple complex, houses a golden-coloured idol of Padmavati carrying a lotus, a goad, and a noose?
Agitu Ideo Gudeta	2021-01-30		2,314	192.8	... that Ethiopian-Italian refugee environmentalist Agitu Ideo Gudeta was nicknamed the "Queen of Happy Goats"?
Fasana-e-Azad	2021-01-08		2,302	191.9	... that the Urdu novel Fasana-e-Azad consists of about 3,000 pages?
Kyra Nichols	2021-01-21		2,293	191.1	... that ballerina Kyra Nichols danced with the New York City Ballet for 33 years, retiring shortly before she turned 49?
The Magic of Chocolate	2021-01-26		2,292	191.0	... that The Magic of Chocolate's volumes are ordered alphabetically rather than numerically?
Yamagata Hanagasa Festival	2021-01-27		1,510	125.8	... that during the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival, ten thousand people sing and dance on Japan National Route 112?
Japan National Route 112			778	64.8
Total			2,288	190.7
Body and Soul (Joe Jackson album)	2021-01-29		2,288	190.6	... that Joe Jackson's 1984 album Body and Soul emulated the artwork of the 1957 jazz album Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2?
Paper Mario: Sticker Star	2021-01-12		2,258	188.2	... that the developers of Paper Mario: Sticker Star de-emphasized a proper story because fewer than one percent of players found the plot of the previous game interesting?
Harper Pass	2021-01-09		2,255	187.9	... that Harper Pass, a remote hiking trail crossing the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana in New Zealand, was once the most important overland connection between Canterbury and the West Coast?
Freedom Farm Cooperative	2021-01-24		2,254	187.8	... that the pig bank at the Freedom Farm Cooperative loaned out pigs to families who paid interest in the form of piglets?
Frederick Swann	2021-01-20		2,240	186.7	... that virtuoso organist Frederick Swann was seen weekly on television by an estimated audience of 20 million viewers in 165 countries?
Torristas and Molinistas	2021-01-25		2,235	186.2	... that a political feud in the Eastside of Los Angeles began when Gloria Molina was told by Art Torres that she was not the chosen candidate to run for an office?
Congressional seed distribution	2021-01-09		2,225	185.4	... that in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had members of Congress distribute millions of free seed packets to Americans?
Black Focus	2021-01-17		2,207	183.9	... that after releasing their debut album Black Focus, the English band Yussef Kamaal was denied entry to the United States because one member's visa was revoked by the Trump administration?
Setiadi Reksoprodjo	2021-01-25		2,200	183.3	... that Setiadi Reksoprodjo, who was appointed Minister of Information at the age of 25, had a junior minister twice as old as him?
Julie V. Iovine	2021-01-13		2,186	182.1	... that Wall Street Journal architecture columnist Julie V. Iovine caused an uproar when she wrote that Yale University had a reputation for being a "gay school" in 1987?
Mahadevi Varma	2021-01-30		2,178	181.5	... that Mahadevi Varma chose to live an ascetic life despite being married?
Cécile Nobrega	2021-01-25		2,174	181.2	... that after a 15-year campaign, activist Cécile Nobrega completed fundraising for the first public monument to black women to be on permanent display in England?
Ümit Şamiloğlu	2021-01-17		2,154	179.5	... that Turkish artistic gymnast Ümit Şamiloğlu is the creator of a special grip in the horizontal bar event?
1991 Chicago Marathon	2021-01-31		834	69.5	... that Joseildo da Silva beat Roy Dooney at the 1991 Chicago Marathon by six seconds in the slowest winning time for 10 years?
Joseildo da Silva			803	66.9
Roy Dooney			515	42.9
Total			2,152	179.3
Year 24 Group	2021-01-16		2,145	178.8	... that prior to the arrival of the Year 24 Group, most girls' comics in Japan were written by men?
Idalion bilingual	2021-01-09		2,136	178.0	... that the Idalion bilingual, one of six Phoenician inscriptions found in 1870 at Dali, Cyprus, was the "Rosetta Stone" for the decipherment of the Cypriot syllabary?
Studio 2054	2021-01-20		2,134	177.8	... that Dua Lipa's livestream concert Studio 2054 had a record-breaking attendance of five million paid viewers?
Atomic Spy (book)	2021-01-13		2,128	177.3	... that according to his 2020 biography, Atomic Spy, Klaus Fuchs felt that passing secrets from his work on the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union was for "the betterment of mankind"?
Mazurek v. Armstrong	2021-01-08		2,122	176.8	... that after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Montana abortion law in Mazurek v. Armstrong, state courts struck down the law as a violation of the Montana Constitution?
220 West 57th Street	2021-01-06		2,112	176.0	... that the former ASCE Society House in New York City has been home to a tire showroom, a restaurant, and an art shop?
Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo	2021-01-27		2,103	175.2	... that Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo, a founder of the Cuban National Revolutionary Militia, ignored instructions from the Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel to make a Twitter account?
Psoralidium tenuiflorum	2021-01-26		2,102	175.1	... that the root of the slimflower scurfpea can be eaten raw or cooked, or ground up and used as an ingredient in bread-making?
The Mahdi's tomb	2021-01-31		2,097	174.8	... that the tomb of Muhammad Ahmad in Sudan was desecrated by British forces after the Battle of Omdurman in 1898?
KAVU-TV	2021-01-07		2,084	173.7	... that KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas, did not know their signal was being seen on cable in Corpus Christi until family of station employees living there said that they had enjoyed that morning's newscast?
Stonecrop Gardens	2021-01-30		2,076	173.0	... that Stonecrop Gardens in the Hudson Highlands features alpine vegetation and a sunken English garden?
Nanohana (manga)	2021-01-23		2,038	169.9	... that the manga anthology Nanohana was inspired by efforts in Chernobyl and Fukushima to use plants to absorb radioactive material?
Millicent Taplin	2021-01-31		2,016	168.0	... that Millicent Taplin left school at 13 and never studied art full time, yet became one of Wedgwood's main ceramics designers?
Anna Feldhusen	2021-01-23		2,000	166.7	... that Anna Feldhusen was for a long time the only female German artist to acquire a business license?
Socrates Nelson	2021-01-07		1,988	165.7	... that Socrates Nelson sold a block of land to the city of Stillwater, Minnesota, for $5 in 1867 for the building of a new county courthouse?
Body (Megan Thee Stallion song)	2021-01-05		3,971	165.5	... that in "Body", Megan Thee Stallion name-drops animal-rights activist Carole Baskin, who had previously criticized the rapper's use of big cats as props in a music video?
Janie Taylor	2021-01-26		1,984	165.3	... that former New York City Ballet principal dancer Janie Taylor appeared in the film Center Stage as a background dancer, and served as a motion caption dancer for Barbie of Swan Lake?
Trinidad euphonia	2021-01-21		1,980	165.0	... that the Trinidad euphonia lacks the muscular gizzard that most birds have as part of their digestive tract?
Shanti Stupa, Delhi	2021-01-06		1,960	163.4	... that Shanti Stupa, Delhi, was inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in 2007?
She'r-e Nimaa'i	2021-01-28		1,958	163.2	... that Nima Yooshij was threatened with death for presenting his school of poetry, She'r-e Nimaa'i?
Herman Asaribab	2021-01-13		1,952	162.7	... that Governor of Papua Lukas Enembe pledged financial support to send Indonesian military commander Herman Asaribab to the United States Army Command and General Staff College?
Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov	2021-01-14		1,941	161.8	... that a Canadian Supreme Court case about administrative law granted citizenship to a child of covert Russian agents?
Japan National Route 114	2021-01-03		3,816	159.0	... that a section of Japan National Route 114 that was closed following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has since been reopened?
Helen Bekele Tola	2021-01-09		1,903	158.6	... that Ethiopian runner Helen Bekele Tola has stated a desire to compete for Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics?
Susan Estes	2021-01-27		1,902	158.5	... that Susan Estes is the first woman to have her own company in the historically male bond-trading business in the U.S.?
Sara Leland	2021-01-03		3,800	158.3	... that ballerina and répétiteur Sara Leland was able to stage more than 30 ballets due to her ability to remember choreography accurately?
Derrick Tovey	2021-01-07		1,896	158.0	... that Derrick Tovey recognised early cases of smallpox during an outbreak in Bradford in 1962?
Nun lasst uns gehn und treten	2021-01-22		1,879	156.6	... that both Jochen Klepper and Hildegard Schaeder sought solace amidst the horror of the Nazi regime in Paul Gerhardt's 17th-century New Year's song "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten"?
Andy Lamey	2021-01-20		1,873	156.1	... that the philosopher Andy Lamey challenges "new omnivorism", according to which it is permissible to eat animals even if they have moral status?
El Franco Lee	2021-01-06		1,866	155.5	... that in his first run for Texas House of Representatives, El Franco Lee had to pay a $400 fee to remain on the ballot because his nominating petition did not have enough verifiable signatures?
Sanpoil River	2021-01-12		1,864	155.3	... that six different dams were proposed for the lower Sanpoil River?
Ossan's Love	2021-01-25		1,846	153.9	... that the Japanese television drama Ossan's Love is credited with popularizing the boys' love genre for a general audience outside of anime and manga fans?
Leonard Neale	2021-01-08		1,844	153.6	... that Pope Pius VI named Leonard Neale the coadjutor bishop of Baltimore in 1795, but Neale did not learn of this until 1800?
Manner (company)	2021-01-01		3,687	153.6	... that Manner, a Macau entertainment company, opened a store that sells almond biscuits with condom-looking wrapping, and gives customers free beef jerky if they show a parking ticket?
Super Robot Wars XO	2021-01-01		3,682	153.4	... that XO was one of the lowest-selling games in the Super Robot Wars series due to Xbox 360's unwelcoming commercial and critical reception in Japan?
Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender	2021-01-09		1,828	152.3	... that voice actor Justin Roiland got drunk to record the part of Rick in the Rick and Morty episode "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender"?
Erentrude	2021-01-18		1,826	152.2	... that according to a chaplain at Nonnberg Abbey, an abbot was immediately struck blind after stealing one of Saint Erentrude's relics 300 years after her death?
Radio Quarantine	2021-01-27		1,809	150.8	... that Radio Quarantine was founded in India by a group of professors, directors and PhD students in response to social isolation protocols following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic?
Fish allergy	2021-01-04		3,616	150.7	... that people with a fish allergy are unlikely to be allergic to shellfish, because fish and shellfish do not have the same allergenic protein?
Madoka Kaname	2021-01-07		1,791	149.2	... that when designing the character Madoka Kaname, Ume Aoki used Yuno, the protagonist of her manga series Hidamari Sketch, as a basis?
Snow Halation	2021-01-20		1,775	147.9	... that the Japanese-pop song "Snow Halation" by μ's has a music video animated by Sunrise?
Intramuscular injection	2021-01-07		1,767	147.2	... that vaccines are commonly administered via intramuscular injection?
Embassy of the Philippines, Cairo	2021-01-20		1,756	146.4	... that the exact date of establishment of the Philippine embassy in Cairo is unclear, despite the Philippines having first named an ambassador to Egypt in 1960?
Royal Victoria Arcade, Ryde	2021-01-21		1,754	146.2	... that the Royal Victoria Arcade, Ryde, had an underground market that is now used as a local history museum?
City of Champaign v. Madigan	2021-01-18		1,739	144.9	... that City of Champaign v. Madigan was the first decision by an Illinois court addressing whether the private emails of government officials are subject to public disclosure?
Brian Crabtree	2021-01-24		1,730	144.2	... that due to Brian Crabtree's closeness with his brothers in professional wrestling, Kendo Nagasaki once refused to wrestle "Big Daddy" Crabtree with Brian refereeing?
Ekaterina Andreeva (arachnologist)	2021-01-07		1,714	142.8	... that arachnologist Ekaterina Andreeva wrote the first original monograph published in the USSR about Central Asian spiders?
Eustadiola	2021-01-26		1,708	142.3	... that after Saint Eustadiola, a 7th century abbess in Bourges, France, prayed with her nuns for rain during a drought, they got drenched before they were able to return to the convent?
Leo Monahan (journalist)	2021-01-19		1,707	142.2	... that when sports journalist Leo Monahan traveled overnight with the Boston Bruins by train, he feared moving while sleeping and keeping one of the team's players awake?
Eva Haifa Giraud	2021-01-25		1,700	141.7	... that by paying attention to mundane decision-making among activists, the critical theorist Eva Haifa Giraud troubles the notion of staying with the trouble?
William Johnson (judge)	2021-01-21		1,698	141.5	... that associate justice William Johnson was the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court who was not a member of the Federalist Party?
Jag kommer	2021-01-21		1,680	140.0	... that Veronica Maggio's 2011 song "Jag kommer" was accused of plagiarizing the Strokes' "Reptilia", but the singer denied any connection?
WKAB-TV	2021-01-14		1,675	139.6	... that television station WKAB-TV of Mobile, Alabama, broadcast for less than two years before it went off air due to financial difficulties?
United States Marine Hospital (Cincinnati)	2021-01-18		1,672	139.4	... that the first Cincinnati Marine Hospital was taken by the Department of War, and the second by environmental health scientists?
John Warren Davis (college president)	2021-01-02		3,342	139.3	... that US civil-rights leader John Warren Davis was the longest-serving president of West Virginia State University and helped to establish the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund?
Minoru Makihara	2021-01-19		1,670	139.2	... that Japanese business executive Minoru Makihara credited his association with activist shareholder Robert Monks, his roommate at Harvard, for some of the reforms at Mitsubishi Corporation?
2021 Challenge Cup	2021-01-09		1,657	138.1	... that the 2021 Challenge Cup will not feature any amateur rugby league teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Teresa Rodrigo	2021-01-01		3,276	136.5	... that Spanish physicist Teresa Rodrigo worked on the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN and the discovery of the top quark at Fermilab?
John H. Carkin	2021-01-03		3,260	135.8	... that Oregon state representative John H. Carkin was unanimously elected Speaker of the Oregon House in 1927, with support from all Democratic House members as well as his fellow Republicans?
American Fine Arts Society	2021-01-02		3,242	135.1	... that 6,000 square feet (560 m2) of development rights above the Art Students League Building cost $31.8 million?
The Adults Are Talking	2021-01-04		3,203	133.5	... that the Strokes lose a game of baseball by a score of 56–1 against a team of robots in the music video for their song "The Adults Are Talking"?
Manjappada	2021-01-26		1,596	133.0	... that Manjappada (pictured), a supporters' group of Kerala Blasters FC, coordinated and brought forty-one busloads of their fans across Kerala to the venue for the opening match of the 2019–20 season?
Jincheon Gilsangsa	2021-01-20		1,593	132.8	... that Jincheon Gilsangsa is a shrine dedicated to the portrait of General Gim Yu-sin?
George Smith (civil servant)	2021-01-13		1,593	132.8	... that during Sir George Smith's term as governor of Nyasaland, the area of land used for the cultivation of tea, cotton, and tobacco increased a hundredfold?
New Year's Day (Taylor Swift song)	2021-01-27		1,592	132.7	... that "New Year's Day" by Taylor Swift was recorded in "scratch takes" that did not filter out unwanted sounds from the outside environment?
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt	2021-01-08		576	48.0	... that Eleanor Roosevelt wrote four autobiographical memoirs: This Is My Story (1937), This I Remember (1949), On My Own (1958), and The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (1961)?
This Is My Story (memoir)			366	30.5
This I Remember			340	28.3
On My Own (memoir)			299	24.9
Total			1,580	131.7
Bryan Cohen	2021-01-04		3,148	131.2	... that American-Israeli basketball player Bryan Cohen is the only athlete in the history of the Patriot League to win its Defensive Player of Year award three times?
Lectures on Theoretical Physics	2021-01-14		1,570	130.8	... that the Lectures on Theoretical Physics are based on thirty years of lectures given by Arnold Sommerfeld, a man Wolfgang Pauli once described as "the epitome of the scholar and the teacher"?
Willow (song)	2021-01-13		1,567	130.6	... that the music video for Taylor Swift's single "Willow" avoids showing some dancers' faces because they were wearing masks as a COVID-19 precaution?
Women's suffrage in Hawaii	2021-01-17		1,564	130.4	... that during the reigns of King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani, attempts were made to change the constitution to grant women of the Hawaiian Kingdom the right to vote?
Fraser's Hill	2021-01-19		1,563	130.2	... that Fraser's Hill in Malaysia was previously a tin mining area that was converted into a hill station after the tin ore depleted in 1913?
Aparna Rao	2021-01-10		1,560	130.0	... that the German anthropologist Aparna Rao studied the impact of the Kashmir conflict on both lives and the environment?
Hector Munro Chadwick	2021-01-11		1,558	129.8	... that Hector Munro Chadwick postulated the Heroic Age as a distinct stage in the development of human societies?
Siegfried Pank	2021-01-16		1,556	129.7	... that Siegfried Pank (pictured), the director of the International Telemann Association, was a cellist of the Gewandhausorchester and professor of cello and viol?
Kathleen Heddle	2021-01-29		1,552	129.3	... that Kathleen Heddle was one of two Canadians to win three gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games?
Jutta Lampe	2021-01-08		1,547	128.9	... that at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Jutta Lampe played Ophelia "as if in a trance", and male and female roles on a time voyage as the only actor in the premiere of Robert Wilson's Orlando?
Online chess	2021-01-20		1,540	128.3	... that more than 41 million hours of online chess have been watched on Twitch during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Jens-Christian Wagner	2021-01-16		1,532	127.7	... that memorial director Jens-Christian Wagner blames Alternative for Germany for the increase in heckling at former Nazi concentration camps in recent years?
Mat and Savanna Shaw	2021-01-25		1,522	126.9	... that Mat and Savanna Shaw's cover of "The Prayer" went viral at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, after which they released their debut album that was ranked 54th on the Billboard 200?
Taxodium dubium	2021-01-07		1,522	126.8	... that fossils of the cypress Taxodium dubium have been found as far north as Spitsbergen and Denali?
Laudakia nupta	2021-01-24		1,506	125.5	... that the specific name of Laudakia nupta comes from the Latin word for a bride who veils herself?
M. P. Alladin	2021-01-14		1,500	125.0	... that M. P. Alladin depicted rural Indo-Trinidadian life in his art, and has been credited with giving "a new dignity" to the subject?
Mayotte Marine Natural Park	2021-01-31		835	69.6	... that both the Mayotte Marine Natural Park and the Glorioso Islands Marine Natural Park entirely cover the exclusive economic zones of the islands within them?
Glorioso Islands Marine Natural Park			658	54.9
Total			1,494	124.5
Andrew Harrison (journalist)	2021-01-31		1,481	123.4	... that the phrase "landfill indie", coined in 2008 by the English music journalist Andrew Harrison, was intended as a pejorative term to describe the perceived bland guitar rock that dominated the UK charts in the early 2000s?
Elaine Van Blunk	2021-01-07		1,472	122.6	... that Elaine Van Blunk finished third at the 1994 Chicago Marathon, her second marathon event?
Herman Monim	2021-01-27		1,470	122.5	... that the formation of the Central Irian Jaya province in Indonesia, which was headed by Herman Monim, caused a civil war between the supporters and opponents of the province?
Enid Szánthó	2021-01-02		2,933	122.2	... that Enid Szánthó, a leading contralto of the Vienna State Opera, appeared as Erda in Wagner's Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1930, but was no longer invited by 1938?
Stardock Systems, Inc. v. Reiche	2021-01-06		1,432	119.3	... that in a 2018 U.S. district court case, software company Stardock unsuccessfully tried to claim trademarks for the names of aliens from the game Star Control?
Doug Grimston	2021-01-23		1,418	118.2	... that Doug Grimston insisted on a smoking ban at Queen's Park Arena and took financial responsibility for lost attendance?
Adele Rose	2021-01-15		1,402	116.8	... that Adele Rose wrote 457 scripts for the British soap opera Coronation Street, more than any other contributor?
Anton Colella	2021-01-05		2,790	116.2	... that Anton Colella was named the chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland even though his only qualifications were in teaching Catholic theology?
Iti Tyagi	2021-01-13		1,370	114.2	... that Iti Tyagi said, "I urge every woman to come out of their shells and to break the stereotype" after receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar?
Judith R. Cohen	2021-01-08		1,367	113.9	... that Canadian ethnomusicologist Judith R. Cohen dispels the myth that Judeo-Spanish songs have medieval origins and are unique to Sephardic Jews?
Joseph Bachelder III	2021-01-14		1,362	113.5	... that Joseph Bachelder III, pioneer of the golden-parachute executive compensation structure, represented John Sculley at Apple Inc., Jamie Dimon at Citigroup, and Louis Gerstner at RJR Nabisco and IBM?
Winsted Municipal Airport	2021-01-22		1,340	111.7	... that Minnesota's Winsted Municipal Airport once hosted a country-music festival?
Swati Thiyagarajan	2021-01-12		1,332	111.0	... that the environmental journalist Swati Thiyagarajan investigated claims of interspecies communication made by the conservationist Anna Breytenbach?
I Am the Best	2021-01-14		1,330	110.9	... that 2NE1's "I Am the Best" topped the Billboard World Digital Songs chart after being featured in a Microsoft commercial?
2021 Ecuadorian general election	2021-01-05		2,658	110.8	... that Lenín Moreno, who was elected president of Ecuador in 2017, is not seeking re-election in the 2021 general election?
First Lady from Plains	2021-01-11		1,322	110.2	... that Rosalynn Carter's 1984 memoir First Lady from Plains outsold her presidential husband Jimmy Carter's 1982 memoir?
History of Atalanta B.C.	2021-01-12		1,302	108.5	... that Atalanta reached the semifinals of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1988 while playing in the Italian second tier?
Alexe Gaudreault	2021-01-19		1,301	108.4	... that in 2015, Alexe Gaudreault became the first independent artist to top the BDS charts in 15 years?
Olive Whitlock Klump	2021-01-12		1,299	108.2	... that Olive Whitlock Klump was the first industrial nurse to work for the U.S. government?
2008 FA Cup Final	2021-01-16		1,293	107.8	... that the 2008 FA Cup Final between Cardiff City and Portsmouth holds the record for the highest attendance for a football match at the new Wembley Stadium, with 89,874?
Christuskirche, Walsdorf	2021-01-24		1,292	107.6	... that the Christuskirche in Idstein-Walsdorf received this name in 1993, 600 years after a first chapel in the village was mentioned?
Fault zone hydrogeology	2021-01-06		1,292	107.6	... that the permeability of rocks affected by faults can increase or decrease as a result of seismic activity?
Riot Games	2021-01-19		1,288	107.4	... that when Riot Games approached investors to fund the development of League of Legends, publishers were baffled by the game's free-to-play business model?
E. Victor Toeg	2021-01-09		1,288	107.4	... that Shanghai-born lawyer Ezekiel Toeg formed leading collections of the stamps of the British West Indies?
Paguristes puncticeps	2021-01-10		1,279	106.6	... that hermit crabs such as Paguristes puncticeps raid octopus middens, both for food and for empty mollusc shells?
Leszek Sibilski	2021-01-28		1,278	106.5	... that Leszek Sibilski was supported by Turkmenistan in establishing World Bicycle Day?
Mebrure Aksoley	2021-01-10		1,271	105.9	... that women's rights activist Mebrure Aksoley founded an elementary school before serving for more than 40 years in the Turkish parliament, Constituent Assembly, and Senate?
Your Mother's Son-In-Law	2021-01-14		1,256	104.7	... that Billie Holiday was paid $35 for her first recording?
Embassy of the Philippines, Copenhagen	2021-01-16		1,256	104.6	... that although the Philippines and Denmark established relations in 1946, the Philippine embassy in Copenhagen only opened in 2019?
Frances Spatz Leighton	2021-01-01		2,510	104.6	... that Frances Spatz Leighton was called the "Queen of Female Ghosts" for ghostwriting many memoirs?
2020 EFL League Two play-off Final	2021-01-13		1,250	104.1	... that the 2020 EFL League Two play-off Final is believed to be the first competitive match played behind closed doors at Wembley Stadium?
William Cline Borden	2021-01-06		1,243	103.6	... that William Cline Borden wrote the first American textbook on X-rays?
Die Schutzbefohlenen	2021-01-13		1,234	102.8	... that both Elfriede Jelinek's 2013 play Die Schutzbefohlenen and the ancient Greek play that inspired it deal with refugees fleeing to Europe?
1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final	2021-01-18		1,233	102.8	... that Blackburn Rovers won the Premier League three seasons after winning the 1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final?
You Jump, I Jump, Jack	2021-01-17		1,224	102.0	... that Matt Czuchry, who plays Logan in Gilmore Girls, recommended season 5's "You Jump, I Jump, Jack" as a good episode for new viewers to begin with?
Tomoki Suzuki (athlete)	2021-01-30		1,215	101.2	... that Tomoki Suzuki won the men's wheelchair race at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon by over eight minutes?
Georgina Schuyler	2021-01-18		1,215	101.2	... that Georgina Schuyler led the campaign to have the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus placed inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?
WWBC	2021-01-11		1,200	100.0	... that radio station WWBC in Cocoa, Florida, was forced to remove its transmitter tower from the Indian River when the site was sold to condominium developers?
2021 Chadian presidential election	2021-01-22		1,186	98.9	... that according to Amnesty International, pre-trial detentions, bans on gatherings, and censorship have occurred in Chad in the lead-up to the 2021 presidential election?
Hannah J. Patterson	2021-01-20		1,174	97.9	... that Hannah J. Patterson and other suffragists hauled a replica of the Liberty Bell across Pennsylvania to gain the right to vote?
Charles Gordon Hopkins	2021-01-21		1,165	97.1	... that Charles G. Hopkins accompanied Queen Emma of Hawaii to Europe and the United States, where she visited Queen Victoria, Emperor Napoleon III, and President Andrew Johnson?
Herman Bundesen	2021-01-10		1,163	96.9	... that as the health commissioner of Chicago in the 1920s, Herman Bundesen advocated the distribution of prophylactics by the city to combat sexually transmitted diseases?
Rohana Muthalib	2021-01-11		1,158	96.5	... that Rohana Muthalib, the first Indonesian cosmetologist, was also the first woman mayor of Pontianak?
Thilagavathi	2021-01-17		1,154	96.2	... that the artist Thilagavathi teaches social interactions and facial expressions to children on the autism spectrum through Therukoothu folk-theatre performances?
Aetia (Callimachus)	2021-01-11		1,138	94.8	... that Callimachus's Aetia explains how a lock of hair became an astronomical constellation?
Telefe Mar del Plata	2021-01-15		1,124	93.7	... that the Argentine government took over operations of television channel 8 at Mar del Plata in 1973, only to privatize it again a decade later?
Evermore (Taylor Swift album)	2021-01-06		1,112	92.7	... that Taylor Swift offered to postpone the release date of Evermore by one week so as not to coincide with Paul McCartney's McCartney III?
Almira Hollander Pitman	2021-01-07		1,110	92.5	... that Massachusetts-born activist Almira Hollander Pitman was given credit for the passage of a bill for women's suffrage in Hawaii?
Ernie Calcutt	2021-01-14		1,101	91.8	... that Canadian football broadcaster Ernie Calcutt coined the phrase "being as wide open as a church door on a Sunday morning"?
Homura (song)	2021-01-26		600	50.0	... that with "Homura" and Leo-Nine, LiSA became the first female artist in 16 years to debut a song and an album simultaneously at number one in Japan since Utada Hikaru?
Leo-Nine			494	41.1
Total			1,094	91.1
Hurricane Beryl	2021-01-18		1,086	90.5	... that a mental-health hotline in Puerto Rico recorded a spike in calls leading up to Hurricane Beryl?
Mitchell Miller (ice hockey)	2021-01-11		1,084	90.4	... that league executives voted ice hockey player Mitchell Miller as one of the best blueliners in the United States Hockey League?
Edmilsa Governo	2021-01-22		1,074	89.5	... that Edmilsa Governo won Mozambique's first medal at a Paralympic Games in 2016?
Sangeeta Isvaran	2021-01-20		1,070	89.2	... that the Bharatanatyam dancer Sangeeta Isvaran works with deprived communities and uses dance and theatre in an effort to bring about social reform?
Rodrigo Maroni	2021-01-02		2,130	88.7	... that as a Porto Alegre city councillor, Rodrigo Maroni proposed a bill that would have imposed life imprisonment on offenders who commit cruelty to animals?
Al-Wathiq	2021-01-31		1,064	88.7	... that the 9th-century Abbasid caliph al-Wathiq, whose five-year reign is considered by historians to be unremarkable, was heavily fictionalized in the 18th-century Gothic fantasy novel Vathek?
Indira Joseph Venniyoor	2021-01-20		1,055	87.9	... that Travancore Radio's first English-language broadcaster, Indira Joseph Venniyoor, was paid 69 rupees (then equivalent to US$14.50) for her broadcasts in 1949?
Douglass Cater	2021-01-23		1,052	87.6	... that a memorandum written by Douglass Cater convinced Lyndon B. Johnson to focus on education policy during his administration?
Eastern Shore Pipeline	2021-01-06		1,036	86.3	... that although fracking is banned in Maryland, state officials support the Eastern Shore Pipeline, which carries fracked gas?
Judiciary of the Philippines	2021-01-10		1,018	84.9	... that the judiciary of the Philippines has recognized the legal standing of dolphins?
1930 United States Senate election in Illinois	2021-01-16		1,018	84.8	... that in the 1930 United States Senate election in Illinois, Ruth Hanna McCormick was the first woman ever nominated for the U.S. Senate by a major party?
Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke	2021-01-23		999	83.2	... that Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, who succeeded C. P. E. Bach as the music director of Hamburg, edited an early publication of the The Well-Tempered Clavier in which the first prelude had an extra measure?
Dominic Thiem	2021-01-21		988	82.3	... that Dominic Thiem, winner of the 2020 US Open, is the first player since the 2004 French Open to come back from two sets down in a Grand Slam final to win the title?
Gertrude Degenhardt	2021-01-04		1,961	81.7	... that Gertrude Degenhardt illustrated her brother-in-law Franz Josef Degenhardt's song albums in the 1960s, and created art books such as Women in Music and Vagabondage in Blue in the 1990s?
4th Dimension (song)	2021-01-10		976	81.4	... that Louis Prima being credited as a featured artist on Kids See Ghosts' "4th Dimension" marks the third time Kanye West has given this type of posthumous credit?
Cheryl Buckley	2021-01-31		971	80.9	... that the British design historian Cheryl Buckley claimed in an influential 1986 article that women's contributions to design have been "consistently ignored"?
Kinnerton Street	2021-01-06		946	78.9	... that dissections for Gray's Anatomy were carried out at the medical school in London's Kinnerton Street?
I Love You (2NE1 song)	2021-01-21		942	78.5	... that "I Love You" by 2NE1 integrates traditional Korean trot music with electronic to create a different sound and "new genre" of music?
Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit	2021-01-10		942	78.5	... that "Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit", a 17th-century morning hymn, has been variously translated as "Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star", and as "Dayspring of Eternity"?
Ute Trekel-Burckhardt	2021-01-09		936	78.0	... that while Ute Trekel-Burckhardt was a leading mezzo-soprano of the State Opera of East Berlin, she appeared as the Rosenkavalier in Vienna, and in the premiere of Sutermeister's Le roi Béranger in Munich?
Milford Industrial Home	2021-01-24		936	78.0	... that Zintkala Nuni, who survived the Wounded Knee Massacre, gave birth to a stillborn boy in Nebraska's Milford Industrial Home, at one time the only state-funded institution in the US for unmarried pregnant women?
Homeward Bound (organization)	2021-01-17		927	77.2	... that the Homeward Bound leadership program organized the largest all-woman expedition to Antarctica in 2019?
Blue & Grey (song)	2021-01-30		924	77.0	... that BTS's song "Blue & Grey" was originally intended to be included on band member V's solo mixtape?
Violet Crowther	2021-01-10		904	75.3	... that when Abbey House Museum curator Violet Crowther wanted to add old-fashioned household objects or "bygones" to the collection, she advertised for a pair of bellows in the local newspaper?
Ecological speciation	2021-01-05		1,804	75.2	... that ecological speciation can give rise to new species by the way animals interact with their environment and each other?
Hanson Dowell	2021-01-10		893	74.4	... that after ice hockey executive Hanson Dowell suspended players on Cape Breton Island, local coal miners threatened to strike in protest?
Thray Sithu of Myinsaing	2021-01-03		1,777	74.0	... that the Ava Prince Thray Sithu led two ceasefire negotiations with Hanthawaddy during the Forty Years' War?
Guy J	2021-01-22		874	72.8	... that progressive house music producer and DJ Guy J prefers analog equipment over software, describing its sound as "a bit dirty and warm"?
Conopea galeata	2021-01-16		860	71.7	... that the defenses of the soft coral Leptogorgia virgulata are useless against the barnacle Conopea galeata?
Herr, mach uns stark	2021-01-30		852	71.0	... that Anna Martina Gottschick wrote the hymn "Herr, mach uns stark" because a composer wanted to make Ralph Vaughan Williams's 1906 melody of "For All the Saints" available for German church singing?
Climate change in Kenya	2021-01-28		849	70.8	... that malaria is expected to become more prevalent due to the impacts of climate change in Kenya?
Manek Premchand	2021-01-30		836	69.7	... that Manek Premchand estimated that 4,334 Hindi films made between 1930 and 1970 depicted around 36,000 songs?
1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season	2021-01-26		836	69.7	... that Ipswich Town won the Football League First Division in their 1961–62 season having been promoted from the Second Division the previous season?
Ally 400	2021-01-30		831	69.2	... that the addition of the Ally 400 to the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule was considered a surprise as the host venue, the Nashville Superspeedway, had been up for sale since 2012?
Jerome Kohl	2021-01-28		831	69.2	... that Jerome Kohl, a music theorist of the University of Washington, was recognized internationally as an authority on the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, publishing a book on his Zeitmaße in 2017?
My Memoir	2021-01-09		824	68.6	... that in My Memoir, former United States first lady Edith Wilson detailed how she became Woodrow Wilson's gatekeeper after his stroke, prioritizing his official duties?
Zabân-e Pâk	2021-01-30		818	68.2	... that the treatise Zabân-e Pâk, written by Ahmad Kasravi, was one of the first works that sought to suggest refinements to the Persian language?
KCEE	2021-01-20		814	67.8	... that KEVT, the first Spanish-language radio station in Tucson, offered English lessons from a University of Arizona professor?
Wolfgang Marschner	2021-01-11		792	66.0	... that Wolfgang Marschner was the violinist in the first public performance of a work by Karlheinz Stockhausen, his Sonatine, with the composer as the pianist?
Freedom of Information Act (Illinois)	2021-01-01		1,557	64.9	... that after Illinois overhauled its Freedom of Information Act on January 1, 2010, the law became regarded as one of the most liberal public-records statutes in the United States?
Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani	2021-01-31		764	63.7	... that Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani translated the Islamic law book Fatawa 'Alamgiri from Arabic into Urdu?
Philip Saunders (philatelist)	2021-01-18		764	63.6	... that in their 1962 postal history of the Cayman Islands, Philip Saunders and Everard Aguilar were unable to find any surviving mail from the islands before 1889 in private collections, and very little in archives?
Theme and Variations (ballet)	2021-01-18		762	63.5	... that George Balanchine choreographed the ballet Theme and Variations (pictured) as a tribute to the imperial Russian ballet style?
Iqbal Qureshi	2021-01-17		748	62.4	... that Iqbal Qureshi composed the music for the 1964 film Cha Cha Cha, the first Indian film to feature Western dance?
Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit	2021-01-31		662	55.1	... that "Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit", for New Year in the current Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, takes two stanzas from a 1851 song by Heinrich Bone, a third stanza and refrain from 1969, and a 1529 popular melody by Luther?
Frances Todman	2021-01-09		650	54.1	... that Fran Todman, who fundraised for the Retina Foundation for decades, was honored with an electrophysiology laboratory at the Schepens Eye Research Institute being named for her?
Oscar Fritz Schuh	2021-01-15		644	53.7	... that Oscar Fritz Schuh created a new style to direct Mozart operas at the Vienna State Opera, focused on the psychology of the characters?
Gernot Roll	2021-01-06		638	53.1	... that Gernot Roll, considered an expert in literary adaptations, was the cinematographer for the 11-part television series The Buddenbrooks based on Thomas Mann's novel?
Lucy Burwell Page Saunders	2021-01-16		634	52.8	... that Lucy Burwell Page Saunders's novel Dora Lee features a French-speaking macaw named Fanchon, inspired by Dolley Madison's pet parrot, who attacks three different characters in eight pages?
Bangladesh national cricket team record by opponent	2021-01-28		616	51.3	... that Bangladesh is the only Test-playing nation that has not been involved in any tied international cricket matches?
WUNA	2021-01-29		615	51.2	... that when a proposed sale of Orlando-area radio station WVCF fell through, the attempted buyer started his own station?
Columbia Global Reports	2021-01-19		611	50.9	... that Columbia University's small press Columbia Global Reports has been described as "somewhere between a magazine and book publisher"?
Michael Gläser	2021-01-11		601	50.1	... that the choral conductor Michael Gläser was called in to lead the Thomanerchor in Leipzig when its musical director Georg Christoph Biller fell ill?
Rosl Zapf	2021-01-08		556	46.3	... that Rosl Zapf, a mezzo-soprano of the Oper Frankfurt who took part in world premieres, appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte conducted by Georg Solti?
KPHN	2021-01-23		542	45.2	... that during the trial of Francis Gary Powers, Kansas radio station KBTO presented summaries of Radio Moscow broadcasts alongside other international reports?
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Hoffmann)	2021-01-01		-90	-3.8	... that in 1982, a Magnificat in German composed in 1707 for soprano, traverso, strings, and continuo and attributed to Bach and Telemann, was identified as a composition by Melchior Hoffmann?

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