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Low | 42.7 | Ludwig Wüllner | 114.5 | O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort | 42.7 | Ludwig Wüllner |
Median | 199.7 | Lutjanus fulvus The Traveling Man |
541.0 | Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign Branka Veselinović |
225.3 | Kichiku Megane Santiaogou Republic |
High | 1,362.3 | 2020 United States men's Olympic basketball team | 2,749.7 | Urine deflector | 2,749.7 | Urine deflector |
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Urine deflector | 2021-07-14 | 32,996 | 2,749.7 | ... that the Bank of England has a device to prevent unwanted deposits (pictured)? | |
One57 | 2021-07-19 | 18,642 | 1,553.5 | ... that one apartment at New York City's One57 (pictured) was purchased for a two-year-old girl? | |
John Rolph (politician) | 2021-07-19 | 17,695 | 1,474.6 | ... that John Rolph (pictured) was arrested while trying to solve Euclid's geometry problems? | |
Charlie N. Holmberg | 2021-07-08 | File:Charlie-headshot.jpg | 17,317 | 1,443.1 | ... that in her debut novel, The Paper Magician, fantasy author Charlie N. Holmberg (pictured) followed Brandon Sanderson's advice to limit her characters' magical powers? |
2020 United States men's Olympic basketball team | 2021-07-25 | 16,348[a] | 1,362.3 | ... that 2020 U.S. men's Olympic basketball player Kevin Durant is on the verge of becoming Team USA's leading Olympic scorer? | |
Scenes in the Square | 2021-07-20 | 16,258 | 1,354.9 | ... that you can sit next to Mr. Bean (pictured) in Leicester Square? | |
1942 Eleftherias Square roundup | 2021-07-11 | 14,520 | 1,210.0 | ... that 9,000 Greek Jews were targeted by the 1942 Eleftherias Square roundup (pictured), and those who collapsed were attacked by dogs? | |
Postage stamps and postal history of the Pitcairn Islands | 2021-07-07 | 14,216 | 1,184.7 | ... that a decline in the sale of stamps from the Pitcairn Islands (example pictured) led to the territory's bankruptcy? | |
Coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands | 2021-07-27 | 14,071 | 1,172.6 | ... that the salt mounds on the former badge of the Turks and Caicos Islands (pictured) were mistakenly turned into igloos? | |
Kendra Sunderland | 2021-07-07 | 13,958 | 1,163.2 | ... that adult-film actress Kendra Sunderland originally wanted to be a counselor or an accountant? | |
Tuğba Şenoğlu | 2021-07-29 | 13,708 | 1,142.3 | ... that Olympic Turkish volleyballer Tuğba Şenoğlu (pictured) was once named "Best Outside Spiker"? | |
Larisa Iordache | 2021-07-26 | 12,056[b] | 1,004.6 | ... that Larisa Iordache (pictured) is the second-most decorated gymnast in the history of the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships with sixteen medals? | |
Biderman's Chart of Coercion | 2021-07-12 | 11,596 | 966.4 | ... that, although created to understand Chinese psychological torture of American POWs during the Korean War, Biderman's Chart of Coercion was used by American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay? | |
Albert helmet | 2021-07-31 | 11,512 | 959.3 | ... that a version of the Albert helmet proposed by Prince Albert in 1842 is still worn by the British Army's Household Cavalry (soldiers pictured)? | |
Central Park Tower | 2021-07-20 | 11,402[c] | 950.2 | ... that Central Park Tower, partially cantilevered over another building, was compared to a giant "poised to squash a poodle"? | |
Marie Antoinette and Her Children | 2021-07-22 | 11,154 | 929.5 | ... that the oil painting Marie Antoinette and Her Children (pictured) is one of the most important treasures of France? | |
Limete Tower | 2021-07-27 | 10,806 | 900.5 | ... that the foundation stone for the Limete Tower (pictured) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was laid by Julius Nyerere, then President of Tanzania? | |
Black Death in Poland | 2021-07-28 | 10,100 | 841.7 | ... that Poland was one of the places in Europe least affected by the Black Death? | |
Little Island at Pier 55 | 2021-07-08 | 10,098 | 841.5 | ... that Little Island at Pier 55 (pictured), a new artificial island park in New York City, was described as being "in the theatrical vein of 18th century English garden follies"? | |
Jadran (training ship) | 2021-07-22 | 10,010 | 834.2 | ... that ownership of the sail training ship Jadran (pictured) is disputed between Croatia and Montenegro? | |
Pontiac Phantom | 2021-07-22 | 9,740 | 811.6 | ... that the Pontiac Phantom concept car was designed by Bill Mitchell, who had previously designed the 1938 Cadillac Sixty Special and both the 1963 and 1968 Chevrolet Corvettes? | |
James Reuel Smith | 2021-07-30 | 9,358 | 779.8 | ... that the fin de siècle photographer James Reuel Smith (pictured) rode his bike all over Manhattan and the Bronx to photograph the natural springs and wells of New York City before they disappeared? | |
Sleeping Lady with Black Vase | 2021-07-12 | 9,146 | 762.2 | ... that Róbert Berény's 1927–1928 oil painting Sleeping Lady with Black Vase was lost until 2009, when it was spotted being used as set dressing in the film Stuart Little? | |
All Ghillied Up | 2021-07-14 | 9,144 | 762.0 | ... that "All Ghillied Up" is considered one of the best levels in first-person shooter games? | |
MetLife Building | 2021-07-25 | 9,113 | 759.4 | ... that in a 1987 poll of prominent New Yorkers, the MetLife Building was ranked as the building that respondents most wanted to see demolished? | |
The Angel with Golden Hair | 2021-07-15 | 9,056 | 754.7 | ... that The Angel with Golden Hair (pictured) is one of Russia's oldest icons? | |
Elmo Aardvark | 2021-07-22 | 9,036 | 753.0 | ... that according to an elaborate 1990s joke, Elmo Aardvark was history's first animated cartoon character? | |
Kibu.com | 2021-07-24 | 8,964 | 747.0 | ... that Kibu.com was shut down 46 days after it was launched? | |
Gheorghe Chițu | 2021-07-27 | 8,732 | 727.7 | ... that, while drunk, Romanian government minister Gheorghe Chițu allegedly had a dentist "pull out the roots of all his molars and his front teeth", resulting in permanent neurological damage? | |
Willem van Ruytenburch | 2021-07-14 | 8,652 | 721.0 | ... that Willem van Ruytenburch (pictured) became more famous after his death, as the "man dressed in yellow" in Rembrandt's The Night Watch, than he was during his life as a Dutch social climber? | |
Everett report | 2021-07-15 | 5,649 | 470.8 | ... that in the 1920s Edward A. Everett, with help from his stenographer Lulu G. Stillman, concluded that the Iroquois had been defrauded of their land, but their report was "buried" until the 1970s? | |
Edward A. Everett (New York politician) | 1,587 | 132.2 | |||
Lulu G. Stillman | 1,385 | 115.4 | |||
Total | 8,621 | 718.4 | |||
Canadian Idiot | 2021-07-01 | 17,236 | 718.2 | ... that the song "Canadian Idiot" satirizes American xenophobia? | |
Leeds Tiger | 2021-07-24 | 8,586 | 715.5 | ... that when the Leeds Tiger (pictured) went on display in Leeds in 1863 it was described as a "work of art quite as much as an object for scientific observation"? | |
Alexander K. Tyree | 2021-07-13 | 8,502 | 708.5 | ... that Alec Tyree (pictured) won two Navy Crosses commanding USS Bowfin, and his voice now speaks to those who visit the museum ship? | |
Josh Phillips (murderer) | 2021-07-10 | 8,458 | 704.8 | ... that Josh Phillips, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his eight-year-old friend when he was fourteen, is eligible for resentencing in 2023? | |
She's a Woman | 2021-07-06 | 16,915 | 704.8 | ... that "She's a Woman" was the first song by the Beatles to include a reference to drugs? | |
Olympic Tower | 2021-07-31 | 8,350 | 695.8 | ... that New York City's Olympic Tower was meant to reflect St. Patrick's Cathedral but instead gave the city "the back of its hand"? | |
David Werdyger | 2021-07-03 | 16,615 | 692.3 | ... that future cantor David Werdyger was saved from a Nazi firing squad when he sang the Jewish prayer for the dead? | |
Yeren | 2021-07-19 | 8,283 | 690.2 | ... that hunts for the yeren, a Chinese apeman cryptid, were some of the largest involvements of peasants in scientific endeavors? | |
Dayak Desa War | 2021-07-28 | 8,240 | 686.7 | ... that the Dayak people from Indonesia returned five skulls of Japanese soldiers killed during the Dayak Desa War to Japan in 1981? | |
William Gregson (slave trader) | 2021-07-11 | 8,202 | 683.5 | ... that in a court case, William Gregson was awarded £30 for every enslaved person that his crew had murdered in the Zong massacre? | |
Kake (comics) | 2021-07-18 | 8,085 | 673.8 | ... that Kake has been described as "a sort of Johnny Appleseed ... spreading the seeds of liberated, mutually satisfying, ecstatically explicit gay sex"? | |
Battle of Hancock | 2021-07-10 | 8,083 | 673.6 | ... that the temperature was 0 °F (−18 °C) on the morning that the Battle of Hancock began? | |
Flag of Nova Scotia | 2021-07-01 | 16,054 | 668.9 | ... that the flag of Nova Scotia (pictured) was officially recognized in 2013, even though its first documented use was in June 1858? | |
Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz | 2021-07-21 | 8,011 | 667.6 | ... that during the 1940 Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz, all the male inhabitants of the occupied Polish town, Jews and non-Jews alike, were subjected to hours of abuse by German soldiers? | |
Transair Flight 810 | 2021-07-22 | 7,933 | 661.1 | ... that Transair Flight 810 ditched only about 2 miles (3 km) from an air station for U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopters? | |
Pyrenean Mountain Dog | 2021-07-13 | 7,931[d] | 660.9 | ... that Pyrenean Mountain Dogs were urgently introduced onto French farms in the 1990s to protect flocks from wolves that had arrived from Italy? | |
Lili Marberg | 2021-07-31 | 7,895 | 657.9 | ... that Lili Marberg, an actress at the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1911 to 1950, was painted performing Wilde's Salome in Munich (painting pictured)? | |
James H. Stratton | 2021-07-12 | 7,690 | 640.8 | ... that Brigadier General James H. Stratton never saw combat in his thirty-year military career, but he was still shot once? | |
Melville Fuller | 2021-07-18 | 7,689 | 640.8 | ... that U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Melville Fuller's mustache (pictured) was denounced as "deplorable" by the New York Sun, which claimed that it distracted lawyers and debased the court's dignity? | |
Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca | 2021-07-22 | 7,656 | 638.0 | ... that Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca translated Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings into Italian as a teenager, then wrested control of the family's 100-room summer palace from Opus Dei and the Mafia? | |
Presidential transition of Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2021-07-13 | 7,639 | 636.6 | ... that there was an assassination attempt on the president-elect during the presidential transition of Franklin D. Roosevelt? | |
Cheating in baseball | 2021-07-01 | 15,226 | 634.4 | ... that pitchers are cheating in baseball with a glue invented for strongmen to hold Atlas balls? | |
Brigsby Bear | 2021-07-29 | 7,603 | 633.6 | ... that Mark Hamill was cast as the villain in Brigsby Bear, a role the director described as a depraved Jim Henson, "teaching weird lessons about the world in a loving way"? | |
Lynching of Leonard Woods | 2021-07-16 | 7,584 | 632.0 | ... that Leonard Woods, a Black miner accused of killing a white mine foreman from a prominent family, was possibly lynched to prevent a trial that could have tainted the reputation of the foreman and his family? | |
Meatballs (advertisement) | 2021-07-23 | 7,522 | 626.9 | ... that although the Pat Buchanan campaign commercial Meatballs was created by a Houston-based ad agency, it was not initially aired in Houston, lest its message turn off voters? | |
Emma Twigg | 2021-07-23 | 7,418 | 618.2 | ... that New Zealand world-champion rower Emma Twigg (pictured) came out of retirement to compete in her fourth Olympic Games today? | |
Robert Corrigan | 2021-07-19 | 7,414 | 617.8 | ... that a group of men killed Robert Corrigan because they did not like his decisions as a judge of an agricultural fair? | |
London, Ontario truck attack | 2021-07-14 | 7,370 | 614.2 | ... that three generations of a Muslim family were killed in London, Canada, last month? | |
2021 Madagascar food crisis | 2021-07-21 | 7,325 | 610.4 | ... that during the 2021 food crisis in southern Madagascar, people have resorted to eating things such as raw red cactus fruits, wild leaves, locusts, ashes mixed with tamarind, and shoe leather? | |
Dialta Alliata di Montereale | 2021-07-27 | 7,274 | 606.1 | ... that Dialta Alliata di Montereale has fought a 25-year court battle for a half-share of Arthur Acton's $1 billion art collection after DNA testing confirmed that she is his granddaughter? | |
Ezo chipmunk | 2021-07-26 | 7,006 | 583.8 | ... that Siebold's account of the Ezo chipmunk (pictured) is credited by Oldfield Thomas as being the first description of a mammal from Japan? | |
Kibi Daijin Nittō Emaki | 2021-07-25 | 6,990 | 582.5 | ... that the 1932 sale of the Kibi Daijin Nittō Emaki (detail pictured), a Japanese painted handscroll, to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, provoked outrage in Japan? | |
Branka Veselinović | 2021-07-12 | 6,852 | 571.0 | ... that Serbian actress Branka Veselinović (pictured), whose career started in 1938, still performs aged 102? | |
Battle of Sambisa Forest (2021) | 2021-07-15 | 6,836 | 569.7 | ... that many Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters were able to reunite with their kidnapped families after the 2021 Battle of Sambisa Forest? | |
Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania | 2021-07-17 | 6,768 | 564.0 | ... that during the Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania, queues to petrol stations were observed to reach several kilometres? | |
William Davenport (slave trader) | 2021-07-16 | 6,720 | 560.0 | ... that William Davenport was one of the world's most prolific slave traders? | |
Rachel Chalkowski | 2021-07-03 | 13,436 | 559.8 | ... that Bambi delivered more than 35,000 babies? | |
Dejarik | 2021-07-07 | 3,406 | 283.8 | ... that neither holochess (dejarik) nor sabacc, two games invented for the Star Wars films, have a definitive ruleset despite several real-world licensed releases? | |
Sabacc | 3,239 | 269.9 | |||
Total | 6,644 | 553.7 | |||
British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign | 2021-07-13 | 6,509 | 542.4 | ... that British logistics in the Siegfried Line campaign used so many jerricans that stocks in the UK were depleted, and shipments became limited to the production rate? | |
Aerodrums | 2021-07-26 | 6,495 | 541.2 | ... that playing Aerodrums will not annoy the neighbours? | |
Gurl.com | 2021-07-29 | 6,463 | 538.6 | ... that Gurl.com's initial content used drawings of women instead of photos to avoid concerns about body image? | |
Flag of the National Party | 2021-07-30 | 6,418 | 534.9 | ... that Nelson Mandela claimed in 1994 that people who waved the flag of the National Party were "not sober"? | |
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl | 2021-07-28 | 6,340 | 528.4 | ... that during the early development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, the studio behind the game was suddenly dissolved? | |
Gimme Hope Jo'anna | 2021-07-12 | 6,176 | 514.7 | ... that the anti-apartheid anthem "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" was "bastardised" by being adapted as a yoghurt advert song titled "Gimme Yop, Me Mama"? | |
Chico Velasquez | 2021-07-18 | 6,150 | 512.5 | ... that Native American leader Chico Velasquez reputedly wore leggings decorated with the fingernails of his defeated enemies, American down one leg and Mexican down the other? | |
Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign | 2021-07-17 | 6,132 | 511.0 | ... that initially given little chance of winning during his 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter (pictured) overcame 16 Democrats to become his party's nominee? | |
Clarkson's Farm | 2021-07-05 | 12,250[e] | 510.4 | ... that Clarkson's Farm is "Diddly Squat"? | |
Fallout: Equestria | 2021-07-24 | 6,074 | 506.2 | ... that a 620,000-word My Little Pony fanfiction work based on Fallout has developed a fandom of its own? | |
Robert Sacchi | 2021-07-24 | 6,040 | 503.3 | ... that Robert Sacchi, who played many Humphrey Bogart roles due to their physical resemblance, "never thought Bogie was too terrific-looking" and "wanted to look like Gregory Peck" instead? | |
Ruyijun zhuan | 2021-07-06 | 11,978 | 499.1 | ... that in the Chinese erotic novella The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction, Empress Wu Zetian has a virgin lover whose penis is compared with snails and earthworms? | |
647 Fifth Avenue | 2021-07-08 | 5,988 | 499.0 | ... that the George W. Vanderbilt Residence has been occupied by American Express, Olympic Airlines, and Versace, but never by Vanderbilt himself? | |
Cadet scandal | 2021-07-24 | 5,969 | 497.4 | ... that the cadet scandal of 1942 resulted in a widespread persecution of gay men in Buenos Aires? | |
Charles Bertie Prowse | 2021-07-01 | 11,908 | 496.1 | ... that British general Charles Bertie Prowse was killed while leading his brigade in an attack during the first day on the Somme, 105 years ago today? | |
Mass incidents in China | 2021-07-23 | 5,942 | 495.1 | ... that income inequality in China is considered to be a major cause of mass incidents? | |
Alice of Montferrat | 2021-07-31 | 5,928 | 494.0 | ... that during the War of the Lombards, fighting was interrupted so that the corpse of the besieged Queen Alice could be handed over to her husband, who had never seen her alive? | |
Mont Tremblant Conference | 2021-07-12 | 5,914 | 492.9 | ... that United States delegates to the Mont Tremblant Conference argued that the British Empire should be liquidated after World War II? | |
Wanamaker expeditions | 2021-07-02 | 9,533 | 397.2 | ... that the third Wanamaker expedition, led by Joseph K. Dixon, travelled at least 20,000 miles (32,000 km) and visited 89 Native American tribes? | |
Joseph K. Dixon | 2,248 | 93.7 | |||
Total | 11,782 | 490.9 | |||
Hannah Osborne | 2021-07-28 | 5,824 | 485.4 | ... that New Zealand rower Hannah Osborne (pictured) unexpectedly displaced the current double world champion in double scull, Olivia Loe, to win a silver medal at the ongoing Olympic Games? | |
Natalia Shpiller | 2021-07-26 | 5,814 | 484.5 | ... that operatic soprano Natalia Shpiller was beloved by Joseph Stalin, and he frequently had her perform at the Moscow Kremlin to impress visiting dignitaries? | |
1960 European Nations' Cup Final | 2021-07-11 | 5,794 | 482.8 | ... that the meagre attendance at the 1960 European Nations' Cup Final in Paris was blamed on crowds who "wanted western European glamour, not mysterious teams from the other side of Europe"? | |
Jojo Rabbit | 2021-07-19 | 5,787[f] | 482.2 | ... that Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi, a Polynesian Jew, also starred in the film as an imaginary Adolf Hitler? | |
Liu Yu (political scientist) | 2021-07-13 | 5,724 | 477.0 | ... that Liu Yu has been called "one of China's best-known America-watchers" and "China's de Tocqueville"? | |
Shrine of Miosach | 2021-07-09 | 5,714 | 476.1 | ... that large parts of the 11th-century Irish Shrine of Miosach (detail pictured) were added during a 16th-century refurbishment? | |
Monturaqui crater | 2021-07-27 | 5,671 | 472.6 | ... that Monturaqui crater in Chile is threatened by human action? | |
Assembly theory | 2021-07-30 | 5,658 | 471.5 | ... that assembly theory provides an experimentally verifiable way of detecting extraterrestrial life without needing to define what life is? | |
Max Liebling | 2021-07-09 | 3,422 | 285.2 | ... that Max Liebling and his three brothers, Georg (pictured), Emil, and Sally Liebling, were all successful concert pianists and composers who trained under Franz Liszt? | |
Georg Liebling | 2,211 | 184.2 | |||
Total | 5,634 | 469.5 | |||
Coat of arms of Jersey | 2021-07-23 | 5,630 | 469.2 | ... that the coat of arms of Jersey was allowed to be featured on its stamps during the occupation in World War II, with the Germans unaware that it was also the royal arms of England? | |
Jane Margyl | 2021-07-06 | 11,198 | 466.6 | ... that Jane Margyl (pictured) began her stage career as a mime at the Folies Bergère, and became a leading singer of the Paris Opera? | |
Maria of Antioch (pretender) | 2021-07-20 | 5,575 | 464.6 | ... that Maria of Antioch had a clerk and a notary interrupt the coronation of her rival Hugh III of Cyprus, after which they fled the cathedral? | |
Lia Origoni | 2021-07-22 | 5,564 | 463.7 | ... that Italian singer Lia Origoni said she refused to be Joseph Goebbels's dinner guest, so he left her chair empty? | |
Parliament Hill | 2021-07-02 | 11,070 | 461.2 | ... that the site of Parliament Hill (pictured) was previously called Barrack Hill and had been intended for development as a major military base? | |
The Equidistribution of Lattice Shapes of Rings of Integers of Cubic, Quartic, and Quintic Number Fields | 2021-07-18 | 5,527 | 460.6 | ... that Piper Harron's 2016 mathematics doctoral thesis has been described as "feminist", "unique", "honest", "generous", and "refreshing"? | |
Thomas Leyland | 2021-07-20 | 5,492 | 457.6 | ... that the slave trader Thomas Leyland won a lottery, transported 22,365 enslaved Africans, and became Lord Mayor of Liverpool? | |
June Fernández | 2021-07-11 | 5,391 | 449.2 | ... that June Fernández wrote "I Wanted Sex But Not Like That"? | |
Homobiles | 2021-07-17 | 5,380 | 448.3 | ... that Homobiles has been called "Uber for drag queens"? | |
Sanin Husain | 2021-07-12 | 5,348 | 445.7 | ... that the head of military leader and "holy man" Sanin Husain was used to decorate a market? | |
Sihayo kaXongo | 2021-07-29 | 5,330 | 444.2 | ... that the execution of two wives of Sihayo kaXongo for adultery was one of the causes of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War? | |
Callimachus | 2021-07-18 | 5,314 | 442.8 | ... that Callimachus wrote more than 800 books, but almost none of them have survived? | |
Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle, Bruck | 2021-07-04 | 10,552 | 439.7 | ... that the Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle in Bruck, a unique late-Gothic chapel with a star rib vault (pictured), was almost demolished to make room for a highway? | |
Jasson Domínguez | 2021-07-29 | 5,242 | 436.9 | ... that Jasson Domínguez is nicknamed "The Martian" because his talent is said to be not of this world? | |
Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo | 2021-07-27 | 5,204 | 433.6 | ... that the Dutch ordered Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo to destroy bridges, but then the Japanese ordered him to build them back? | |
Theodolinda Hahnsson | 2021-07-16 | 5,180 | 431.7 | ... that Theodolinda Hahnsson (pictured) is the first known Finnish-language female author? | |
John Selwyn Moll | 2021-07-24 | 5,177 | 431.4 | ... that the banker J. S. Moll (pictured) was selected for the British Lions despite never having played for the England national rugby team? | |
Pole Vault (communications system) | 2021-07-13 | 5,145 | 428.8 | ... that the first troposcatter communications system, Pole Vault (antenna pictured), linked Pinetree Line radars along 2,250 km (1,400 mi) of wilderness in Labrador? | |
Gourd mouth organ | 2021-07-28 | 5,087 | 423.9 | ... that the gourd mouth organ is said to have been created in the third millennium B.C. as a likeness of the Phoenix? | |
Rhodesian Independence Bell | 2021-07-04 | 10,072 | 419.7 | ... that the Rhodesian Independence Bell, a replica of the American Liberty Bell, was inscribed "I toll for justice, civilization and Christianity"? | |
Cartier Building | 2021-07-17 | 4,996 | 416.3 | ... that the Cartier Building in New York City was purchased in exchange for $100 and a necklace? | |
Survivalcraft | 2021-07-20 | 4,960 | 413.3 | ... that Survivalcraft, a game inspired by Minecraft, was once one of the most downloaded games on Windows Phone and iPad? | |
Fort Hampton (Alabama) | 2021-07-26 | 4,936 | 411.4 | ... that Fort Hampton was constructed by the United States Army to warn Americans to leave and keep them from illegally settling in Chickasaw territory? | |
Hugh Leatherman | 2021-07-08 | 4,926 | 410.5 | ... that Hugh Leatherman effectively controls the state of South Carolina's budget? | |
Dover Eight | 2021-07-07 | 4,919 | 409.9 | ... that two of the men in the Dover Eight were going to join the raid on Harpers Ferry led by John Brown but ultimately backed out? | |
Ian Board | 2021-07-24 | 4,874 | 406.2 | ... that Ian Board ejected Colony Room regular Francis Bacon shouting: "Get out! Call yourself a painter. You can't fucking paint. Take your boring friends with you and don't bother coming back"? | |
130th Regiment of Foot | 2021-07-10 | 3,376 | 281.4 | ... that the 130th Regiment of Foot, raised by George Pigot in 1794, was disbanded just two years later after suffering heavy losses due to tropical disease? | |
Sir George Pigot, 3rd Baronet | 1,429 | 119.1 | |||
Total | 4,806 | 400.5 | |||
The Stillness of the Wind | 2021-07-26 | 4,778 | 398.2 | ... that the developer of The Stillness of the Wind was inspired to make the video game after fantasizing with his girlfriend about raising goats instead of living in London? | |
Archie Miller-Bakewell | 2021-07-26 | 4,708 | 392.3 | ... that Brigadier Archie Miller-Bakewell registered the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh? | |
Thomas Stanton Lambert | 2021-07-09 | 4,702 | 391.9 | ... that British army officer Thomas Stanton Lambert was killed by an IRA ambush while returning from a tennis match in 1921? | |
Rhodesian Air Force Ensign | 2021-07-19 | 4,656 | 388.0 | ... that the Royal Rhodesian Air Force Ensign originally had three assegais, but this was reduced to one following the break-up of the Federation? | |
Trans Canada Microwave | 2021-07-22 | 4,651 | 387.6 | ... that the Trans-Canada Skyway made Hockey Night in Canada possible? | |
Kanojo ga Suki na Mono wa Homo de Atte Boku de wa Nai | 2021-07-07 | 4,573 | 381.1 | ... that each chapter of the Japanese novel Kanojo ga Suki na Mono wa Homo de Atte Boku de wa Nai is themed after a song by Queen? | |
Cheat Slayer | 2021-07-26 | 4,572 | 381.0 | ... that the manga Cheat Slayer ran for one chapter before it was cancelled? | |
Senkyoshigo | 2021-07-09 | 4,559 | 379.9 | ... that Mormon missionaries in Japan converse with each other in a specialized cant known as Senkyoshigo? | |
Lap steel guitar | 2021-07-31 | 4,557 | 379.8 | ... that the lap steel guitar was the first "foreign" musical instrument to gain a foothold in American pop music? | |
Duda Salabert | 2021-07-22 | 4,532 | 377.6 | ... that, after being elected as the first transgender city councilor of Belo Horizonte, Duda Salabert was fired from her job as a teacher when the school where she worked received a threatening email? | |
Coral reef restoration | 2021-07-16 | 4,527 | 377.2 | ... that coral reef restoration can include growing fragments of coral in nurseries, attached to frames (pictured) or lines? | |
Jo Inkpin | 2021-07-26 | 4,482 | 373.5 | ... that Jo Inkpin was Australia's first openly transgender Anglican priest? | |
Black veganism | 2021-07-15 | 4,450 | 370.8 | ... that in the United States, Black people are twice as likely as the general population to identify as vegan? | |
Peter Baker (slave trader) | 2021-07-30 | 4,386 | 365.5 | ... that Baker & Dawson was the largest firm of slave traders in England during the late 18th century? | |
Kanfei Nesharim Street | 2021-07-03 | 8,750 | 364.6 | ... that Kanfei Nesharim Street is long and wide and straight like a runway, because it was originally built as one? | |
Siphesihle November | 2021-07-22 | 4,373 | 364.4 | ... that Siphesihle November was brought to Canada from South Africa for ballet training at age 11, and became a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada at 22? | |
Academic regalia of Columbia University | 2021-07-28 | 4,368 | 364.0 | ... that beginning in 1763, Columbia University students were required to wear their academic regalia daily in order to steer them away from New York City brothels? | |
Lakshmeshwara Jain temples | 2021-07-20 | 4,354 | 362.9 | ... that the Shanka Basadi (pictured), one of the Lakshmeshwara Jain temples, features a rare monolithic pillar with the carving of 1008 tirthankaras known as the Sahasrakuta Jinabimba? | |
Blood Orange (book) | 2021-07-11 | 4,322 | 360.2 | ... that Harriet Tyce's novel Blood Orange became popular during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020? | |
Roxham Road | 2021-07-11 | 4,288 | 357.4 | ... that the many refugees who have entered Canada via Roxham Road at the border between New York and Quebec since 2017 may not have been breaking any laws? | |
Samuel Street Jr. | 2021-07-29 | 3,272 | 272.7 | ... that after his father was murdered, Samuel Street Jr. lived with his uncle, Samuel Street, and they were both businessmen in the Niagara region? | |
Samuel Street | 1,015 | 84.6 | |||
Total | 4,287 | 357.2 | |||
Michita Sakata | 2021-07-27 | 4,264 | 355.4 | ... that Michita Sakata declined an offer to be Prime Minister of Japan because he thought the role was too political? | |
Shimaguchi Komao | 2021-07-20 | 4,255 | 354.6 | ... that before he died in the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese composer Shimaguchi Komao left behind an unfinished song bidding farewell to his family? | |
Sarojini Nadar | 2021-07-16 | 4,255 | 354.6 | ... that South African theologian Sarojini Nadar examined the Book of Esther as a "text of terror" in normalizing rape culture? | |
Nikki Fried | 2021-07-09 | 4,230 | 352.5 | ... that after her election as Florida's agriculture commissioner, Nikki Fried was sworn into office using the first Hebrew Bible published in the United States? | |
2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | 2021-07-29 | 4,184 | 348.7 | ... that the second half of the 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl broke the record for the highest-scoring half in bowl game history? | |
Austregilde | 2021-07-09 | 4,178 | 348.2 | ... that, after her death, contemporaries of Frankish queen Austregilde both called her "the light of her homeland, the world, and the court" and compared her to Herod? | |
Jordan Geller | 2021-07-08 | 4,174 | 347.8 | ... that Jordan Geller owned 2,388 pairs of sneakers and was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2012 for having the world's largest sneaker collection? | |
Travesti (gender identity) | 2021-07-05 | 8,244 | 343.5 | ... that the Latin American travesti gender identity has been considered to be a third gender, akin to the hijras of India and the muxe of Mexico? | |
The City in the Middle of the Night | 2021-07-09 | 4,098 | 341.5 | ... that The City in the Middle of the Night, a 2019 climate-fiction novel by Charlie Jane Anders, is set on a tidally locked planet? | |
2021 Challenge Cup Final | 2021-07-17 | 4,090 | 340.9 | ... that the 2021 Challenge Cup Final between Castleford and St Helens today will be played at a half-full Wembley Stadium? | |
Islands: Non-Places | 2021-07-16 | 4,078 | 339.9 | ... that in the surreal art game Islands: Non-Places, a bus stop may become an egg incubator and a fountain may conceal a vast underground space? | |
Laura McKinlay Robinson | 2021-07-02 | 8,110 | 337.9 | ... that Laura Robinson invented Canada's best-selling board game before becoming a successful actress and television producer? | |
ChickClick | 2021-07-27 | 4,052 | 337.7 | ... that American website ChickClick was owned by the same company who owned IGN? | |
Cimoliopterus | 2021-07-29 | 4,008 | 334.0 | ... that Cimoliopterus was among the first pterosaurs to be depicted as models (pictured) in Crystal Palace Park in the 1850s? | |
Barnet Gate | 2021-07-20 | 3,956 | 329.7 | ... that north London's Barnet Gate was called Grendel's Gate by the Anglo-Saxons, after the monster slain in the epic poem Beowulf? | |
Buckhound | 2021-07-17 | 3,956 | 329.7 | ... that when Queen Anne became too infirm to follow her pack of Buckhounds (examples pictured) on horseback, she had paths cut through Windsor Forest so she could follow the hunt in a carriage? | |
Leah Boyd | 2021-07-31 | 3,938 | 328.2 | ... that the music minister, seminary student, and pageant contestant Leah Boyd became an Internet celebrity due to her comedic and satirical commentary on Twitter? | |
Charlie Wheatley | 2021-07-06 | 7,834 | 326.4 | ... that Charlie Wheatley had a seventh-grade education and three honorary degrees in engineering from the University of Tulsa? | |
American Pre-Raphaelites | 2021-07-21 | 3,908 | 325.7 | ... that the American Pre-Raphaelite painters had an obsession with depicting birds' nest still lifes? | |
Pretty Loud | 2021-07-26 | 3,907 | 325.6 | ... that the name of Serbian Roma female rap group Pretty Loud was inspired by the popular notion that Roma women are not typically very loud? | |
Pippa Moore | 2021-07-08 | 3,864 | 322.0 | ... that ballerina Pippa Moore's last role was as Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter? | |
Coat of arms of Montserrat | 2021-07-20 | 3,860 | 321.7 | ... that the coat of arms of Montserrat features Erin holding a Celtic harp, alluding to the Irish immigrants to the island during the 17th century? | |
Viète's formula | 2021-07-23 | 3,812 | 317.6 | ... that in 1593, French amateur mathematician François Viète found the first formula in European mathematics to represent an infinite process, a product of square roots that he used to compute π? | |
Lion and Tusk | 2021-07-13 | 3,712 | 309.4 | ... that the Lion and Tusk replaced the royal crown on Rhodesian insignia but was previously disparagingly referred to as "the lion with the toothpick"? | |
James Chappell (servant) | 2021-07-10 | 3,679 | 306.6 | ... that James Chappell is thought to have been the first black landlord of an English public house? | |
UEFA Euro 1968 Final | 2021-07-20 | 3,676 | 306.3 | ... that Italy won the UEFA Euro 1968 Final but only after winning a coin toss and a replay? | |
Hebbel-Theater | 2021-07-28 | 3,666 | 305.5 | ... that the Hebbel-Theater (pictured), designed by Oskar Kaufmann and opened in 1908, was the only theatre in Berlin operational in 1945? | |
Toman (actor) | 2021-07-02 | 7,322 | 305.1 | ... that Toman helped popularize genderless fashion in Japan? | |
Sigge Stark | 2021-07-07 | 3,660 | 305.0 | ... that during the 1940s, Sigge Stark became Sweden's most published, most read, as well as most criticised author? | |
Des van Jaarsveldt | 2021-07-20 | 3,576 | 298.0 | ... that Des van Jaarsveldt was the first Rhodesian to captain the South Africa national rugby team and possibly the first to give a Springboks team talk in English? | |
Marita Camacho Quirós | 2021-07-23 | 3,568 | 297.3 | ... that Marita Camacho Quirós, who was First Lady of Costa Rica (1962–1966), is the oldest former first lady in the world and a supercentenarian? | |
Therapy (New York City) | 2021-07-12 | 3,554 | 296.1 | ... that many Broadway stars went to Therapy on Monday nights? | |
Brigitte Manceaux | 2021-07-17 | 3,546 | 295.5 | ... that the "only consolation" Brigitte Manceaux said she found in dying was the hope of being reunited with her uncle, the composer Francis Poulenc? | |
Hélène Arpels | 2021-07-13 | 3,534 | 294.5 | ... that model and shoe designer Hélène Arpels believed that "diamonds go with everything"? | |
Forest in Turkey | 2021-07-04 | 7,026 | 292.8 | ... that leopards live in the forest in Turkey? | |
Tiféret Israel Synagogue attack | 2021-07-15 | 3,504 | 292.0 | ... that the Tiféret Israel Synagogue, the oldest in Caracas, Venezuela, was profaned during the 2008–2009 Gaza War? | |
George Case (slave trader) | 2021-07-15 | 3,483 | 290.2 | ... that George Case was the co-owner of the slave ship whose crew perpetrated the Zong massacre? | |
Lyndon B. Johnson 1964 presidential campaign | 2021-07-10 | 3,462 | 288.5 | ... that although the "Daisy" advertisement (pictured) was aired only once, it is considered to be one of the most important factors for victory in Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign? | |
Gabi (elephant) | 2021-07-03 | 6,834 | 284.7 | ... that the 2005 birth of Gabi (pictured with mother), the first elephant in Israel conceived through artificial insemination, was viewed live by more than 350,000 people in 108 countries? | |
John Mervin Nooth | 2021-07-05 | 6,822 | 284.2 | ... that the Nooth apparatus, originally invented to produce carbonated water, was later repurposed for administering anaesthetic drugs? | |
Polymateria | 2021-07-21 | 3,410 | 284.2 | ... that a British company is developing plastics that are vulnerable to sunlight, air and water? | |
Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign | 2021-07-15 | 3,387 | 282.2 | ... that despite most of the polls and 50 major political writers predicting victory for Thomas E. Dewey, Harry S. Truman won the 1948 presidential election (candidates pictured)? | |
Big Time Wrestling (Boston) | 2021-07-19 | 3,356 | 279.7 | ... that Big Time Wrestling featured a wrestling bear that escaped and was subdued after a police hunt by putting sugar in its mouth? | |
Need to Know (Doja Cat song) | 2021-07-08 | 3,344 | 278.7 | ... that Doja Cat and her directors used Blade Runner and The Fifth Element as reference points while making the music video for "Need to Know"? | |
Chaim Topol | 2021-07-03 | 6,673 | 278.0 | ... that Topol, who won a Golden Globe for his performance as Tevye in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, played the role in shows and revivals about 3,500 times? | |
Flag of the Cayman Islands | 2021-07-05 | 6,644 | 276.9 | ... that the pineapple on the flag of the Cayman Islands alludes to the territory's historic connection with Jamaica, whose coat of arms features five pineapples? | |
Philip Ewell | 2021-07-02 | 6,644 | 276.9 | ... that music theorist Philip Ewell received "anti-Black statements and personal ad hominem attacks" following his claim that Western music theory is shaped by a "white racial frame"? | |
Living in the Age of Airplanes | 2021-07-26 | 3,295 | 274.6 | ... that Living in the Age of Airplanes was the first IMAX film to be shot on all seven continents? | |
Basilica of Saint Maternus | 2021-07-07 | 3,289 | 274.1 | ... that the Basilica of Saint Maternus in Walcourt, Belgium, contains one of the oldest preserved Marian devotional statues in Western Christianity? | |
Jane Douglass White | 2021-07-07 | 1,823 | 151.9 | ... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official "Song of the Women's Army Corps"? | |
Song of the Women's Army Corps | 934 | 77.8 | |||
Soldier's show | 516 | 43.0 | |||
Total | 3,273 | 272.8 | |||
Kenya women's national volleyball team | 2021-07-25 | 3,236 | 269.6 | ... that the first Olympic volleyball match in more than 16 years for Kenya's Malkia Strikers is being played today in Tokyo against Japan? | |
Pick's theorem | 2021-07-25 | 3,235 | 269.6 | ... that for polygons with integer coordinates, the area can be computed from the numbers of integer points inside and on the boundary of the polygon? | |
The Hidden People | 2021-07-19 | 3,232 | 269.4 | ... that The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood is based on the 1895 incident in Ireland where Bridget Cleary was burnt alive by her husband, who believed she was a fairy changeling? | |
Tom Murray (New Zealand rower) | 2021-07-25 | 3,220 | 268.4 | ... that outside of rowing, New Zealand double-Olympian Tom Murray (artwork shown) is known for his devotion to Star Wars? | |
Ryan Pretorius | 2021-07-04 | 6,436 | 268.2 | ... that South African American-football kicker Ryan Pretorius wore cleats two sizes too small at Ohio State to simulate kicking barefoot? | |
Aya Girard de Langlade Mpali | 2021-07-30 | 3,178 | 264.9 | ... that Aya Mpali, a flagbearer for Gabon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, was motivated to take up swimming competitively after her parents drowned? | |
Jeremiah T. Mahoney | 2021-07-30 | 3,171 | 264.2 | ... that judge Jeremiah T. Mahoney qualified for the 1906 and 1908 Summer Olympics, but did not attend either, and pushed the United States to boycott the 1936 Summer Olympics in protest of Nazi Germany? | |
Bian er chai | 2021-07-25 | 3,103 | 258.6 | ... that the Ming-dynasty-era homoerotic short-story anthology Bian er chai was written by the Moon-Heart Master of the Drunken West Lake? | |
Police Anti-Terrorist Unit | 2021-07-31 | 3,102 | 258.5 | ... that the Police Anti-Terrorist Unit joined Rhodesian military operations in police uniform and were only issued camouflage after a soldier hesitated because a target wore the same colour trousers? | |
Haley Cavinder | 2021-07-13 | 3,051 | 254.2 | ... that college basketball player Haley Cavinder and her twin sister, Hanna, signed a major endorsement deal within minutes of it being allowed? | |
Cyclist (painting) | 2021-07-12 | 3,048 | 254.0 | ... that Russian artist Natalia Goncharova used a Cubo-Futurist style in her 1913 painting Cyclist (pictured)? | |
Annita Demetriou | 2021-07-14 | 3,042 | 253.5 | ... that Annita Demetriou is the first woman and youngest person elected as Speaker of Cyprus' House of Representatives? | |
Debra Cleaver | 2021-07-19 | 3,037 | 253.1 | ... that donors withdrew $4 million in funding from Vote.org after its board fired its founder and CEO, Debra Cleaver? | |
Jennifers' Law (Connecticut) | 2021-07-21 | 3,028 | 252.4 | ... that Jennifers' Law expands the definition of domestic violence in Connecticut to include coercive control? | |
Eldred Kurtz Means | 2021-07-30 | 3,012 | 251.0 | ... that author Eldred Kurtz Means originated the refrain: "if it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"? | |
Maria Simon (sociologist) | 2021-07-12 | 2,977 | 248.1 | ... that Maria Simon and her husband met through a Jewish youth group in Austria but did not marry until ten years later after reconnecting while living as exiles in England? | |
Coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands | 2021-07-05 | 5,924 | 246.8 | ... that the oil lamps on the coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands (pictured) represent Saint Ursula and her virgin companions, who give the islands their name? | |
Angus McIntosh (linguist) | 2021-07-28 | 2,956 | 246.4 | ... that Angus McIntosh was a Scottish historical linguist who used his skills to decipher German encryptions at Bletchley Park? | |
Josh de Caires | 2021-07-25 | 2,898 | 241.5 | ... that English cricketer Josh de Caires, the son of former England captain Michael Atherton, was given his mother's maiden name at birth, and he does not know why? | |
WBPX-TV | 2021-07-09 | 2,894 | 241.1 | ... that in 1991, the Church of Christ, Scientist published a book it had previously rejected as blasphemous to obtain a $97 million bequest needed to repay its financially disastrous expansion into television? | |
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Kabul | 2021-07-30 | 2,864 | 238.7 | ... that the British embassy in Kabul was handed over to Pakistan in 1994? | |
Prehistoric religion | 2021-07-21 | 2,832 | 236.0 | ... that some stone circles (example pictured) such as Stonehenge were perhaps great graveyards of honoured spiritual leaders in prehistoric religion? | |
Roscrea Brooch | 2021-07-11 | 2,814 | 234.5 | ... that the style of the 9th-century Celtic Roscrea Brooch was influenced by the artworks of Viking invaders? | |
Esra Yıldız | 2021-07-27 | 2,786 | 232.2 | ... that Turkish champion Esra Yıldız, who was named the "Most Hyped Boxer", has been selected to represent Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics? | |
Modern Paganism and New Age | 2021-07-08 | 2,756 | 229.7 | ... that a basic difference between modern Paganism and New Age is that the former focuses more on the external world and the latter on the inner life of the individual? | |
Grace Prendergast | 2021-07-24 | 2,730 | 227.5 | ... that New Zealand's Grace Prendergast was the highest-ranked female rower in the world in 2019? | |
Mahmud Jamal | 2021-07-17 | 2,722 | 226.8 | ... that Mahmud Jamal is the first person from a visible minority group to be nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada? | |
Santiaogou Republic | 2021-07-16 | 2,706 | 225.5 | ... that Chinese-descended mining federations in Indonesia, like the Santiaogou Federation, fought bitter battles with the Dutch to preserve their democratic forms of government in the early 19th century? | |
Kichiku Megane | 2021-07-09 | 2,702 | 225.2 | ... that the fan disc of the visual novel Kichiku Megane includes a salacious typing game? | |
Ahmet Cevat Emre | 2021-07-27 | 1,664 | 138.6 | ... that Ahmet Cevat Emre shared a household with Vâlâ Nureddin and Nâzım Hikmet in Batumi, with Emre responsible for cooking, Hikmet writing poetry and Nureddin giving Turkish language lessons? | |
Vâlâ Nureddin | 1,031 | 85.9 | |||
Total | 2,694 | 224.5 | |||
Unearthed (publication) | 2021-07-18 | 2,684 | 223.7 | ... that undercover journalists at the Greenpeace publication Unearthed tricked an ExxonMobil lobbyist into revealing the company's agenda by posing as job recruiters? | |
Uganda Volunteer Reserve | 2021-07-21 | 2,674 | 222.8 | ... that the Uganda Volunteer Reserve helped intern German nationals at the start of the First World War? | |
Libertarian Party of New Hampshire | 2021-07-16 | 2,664 | 222.0 | ... that in the 1990s, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire was the largest third party in the United States in terms of state legislators since the Socialist Party of America in the 1930s? | |
Sam Brownback 2008 presidential campaign | 2021-07-24 | 2,648 | 220.6 | ... that during Sam Brownback's 2008 presidential campaign, he mentioned the yellow brick road in both the speech that began and the speech that ended his candidacy? | |
Robert Saunders Jr. | 2021-07-09 | 2,638 | 219.9 | ... that when Robert Saunders Jr.'s predecessor died, Saunders took his job but not his home? | |
Miller v. Bonta | 2021-07-15 | 2,620 | 218.3 | ... that in his ruling in Miller v. Bonta, Judge Roger Benitez compared AR-15s to Swiss Army knives? | |
Lee Tze Chung | 2021-07-18 | 2,617 | 218.1 | ... that Lee Tze Chung, in a pro-China paper, criticized the government's response to the Tiananmen protests? | |
Mandy Bujold | 2021-07-29 | 2,614 | 217.8 | ... that two hours before Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold competed in a 2016 Summer Olympics fight, she had been in hospital with gastroenteritis? | |
Jack Mitchell (banker) | 2021-07-25 | 2,614 | 217.8 | ... that Jack Mitchell and his heiress wife Lolita transformed El Mirador into "one of the most fabulous estates in Montecito", complete with a dairy, a zoo, and a floating tea pavilion on a lake? | |
46 West 55th Street | 2021-07-16 | 2,595 | 216.2 | ... that a Midtown Manhattan townhouse at 46 West 55th Street, once occupied by doctors, was later bought by a clothing store and a fashion firm? | |
Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini | 2021-07-07 | 2,588 | 215.7 | ... that the Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini of 1846 was responsible for central London being mostly free of mainline railways and led, indirectly, to the creation of the London Underground? | |
Mahmut Bozteke | 2021-07-15 | 2,584 | 215.3 | ... that Mahmut Bozteke, whose arms were partially disabled in an accident, started performing Para Taekwondo upon the advice of his physiotherapist, who commented that he can use his legs very well? | |
B. Max Mehl | 2021-07-14 | 2,561 | 213.4 | ... that B. Max Mehl, a coin dealer in Texas who made the hobby popular, advertised his "Mehl-ing list" in the 1920s? | |
Bad Times at the El Royale | 2021-07-24 | 2,549[g] | 212.4 | ... that Drew Goddard wrote the soundtrack for Bad Times at the El Royale into his screenplay so a studio would be forced to purchase the licenses for each piece of music? | |
Zuriaake | 2021-07-30 | 2,492 | 207.7 | ... that the name of the band Zuriaake is a metaphor for the Chinese poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself due to his hatred of the government? | |
Drahşan Arda | 2021-07-26 | 2,487 | 207.2 | ... that Drahşan Arda is the world's first female association football referee confirmed by FIFA? | |
Twee minuten stilte | 2021-07-26 | 2,464 | 205.3 | ... that Karel van het Reve, author of Twee minuten stilte (1959), inserted a fake letter to the publisher in the first edition which was real enough for later book owners to return the letter to the author? | |
Sawsan Al Majali | 2021-07-21 | 2,464 | 205.3 | ... that nurse and Jordanian senator Sawsan Al Majali followed in the footsteps of both her mother (who was a nurse) and her father (who was prime minister of Jordan)? | |
12 East 53rd Street | 2021-07-08 | 2,450 | 204.1 | ... that the "olde English" interior of the Fisk–Harkness House later became an automobile club, an art gallery, and finally a college? | |
The Traveling Man | 2021-07-13 | 2,402 | 200.1 | ... that The Traveling Man was commissioned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to replace murals that were destroyed for the construction of DART Light Rail in Deep Ellum? | |
Lutjanus fulvus | 2021-07-08 | 2,392 | 199.3 | ... that the blacktail snapper is commercially fished in Kiribati and the Ryukyu Islands? | |
Birgit Dahlenburg | 2021-07-12 | 2,382 | 198.5 | ... that German art historian Birgit Dahlenburg was instrumental in the recognition of the 16th-century Croy Tapestry as a cultural asset of national value? | |
Red-billed pied tanager | 2021-07-10 | 2,378 | 198.1 | ... that the red-billed pied tanager (pictured) is not a tanager? | |
Hannah Lee Corbin | 2021-07-19 | 2,362 | 196.8 | ... that Hannah Lee Corbin was the "first Virginia woman to take a stand for women's rights"? | |
New Haven Armory | 2021-07-25 | 2,358 | 196.5 | ... that the Connecticut National Guard, Frank Sinatra, and a full-sized Cape Cod house have all been seen at the New Haven Armory? | |
Anaëlle Wiard | 2021-07-06 | 4,705 | 196.0 | ... that Belgian international association footballer Anaëlle Wiard, who started playing beach soccer in 2020, was the top scorer in a competition that year? | |
Lucy Smith Millikin | 2021-07-28 | 2,350 | 195.8 | ... that Lucy Smith Millikin was one of the first Latter Day Saints to participate in baptism for the dead? | |
Robert Quackenbush | 2021-07-17 | 2,349 | 195.8 | ... that Robert Quackenbush wrote the Henry the Duck books to ease any taunting his son might receive because of his surname? | |
Euclid–Euler theorem | 2021-07-31 | 2,332 | 194.4 | ... that after Euclid proved that every Mersenne prime leads to an even perfect number, it took more than 2000 years before Leonhard Euler proved that every even perfect number comes from a Mersenne prime? | |
Simla Deputation | 2021-07-09 | 2,322 | 193.5 | ... that one of the arguments made by the Simla Deputation for increasing Muslim representation in Indian politics was that they had ruled India under the Mughal Empire? | |
Brown Bear Car Wash | 2021-07-08 | 2,308 | 192.3 | ... that sculptures by Lorenzo Ghiglieri have been installed at the Royal Palace of Madrid, the White House, and Brown Bear Car Wash? | |
Elizabeth Mburu | 2021-07-09 | 2,268 | 189.0 | ... that Elizabeth Mburu's book African Hermeneutics seeks to bring a uniquely African approach to interpreting the Bible? | |
Heythrop Zoological Gardens | 2021-07-24 | 2,256 | 188.0 | ... that two male penguins from Heythrop Zoological Gardens were "married" in February 2019? | |
Joan Boada | 2021-07-10 | 2,242 | 186.8 | ... that Joan Boada was named a principal dancer at the Cuban National Ballet at age 16, but later defected and ended up at the San Francisco Ballet? | |
Schwester Selma | 2021-07-03 | 4,480 | 186.7 | ... that in 1975 Time named Schwester Selma, head nurse at the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, one of the world's "living saints", alongside Mother Teresa and Sister Annie? | |
A Beast the Color of Winter | 2021-07-18 | 2,237 | 186.4 | ... that A Beast the Color of Winter describes the author, Douglas H. Chadwick, being gored by a mountain goat? | |
Opal Lee | 2021-07-08 | 2,236 | 186.3 | ... that Opal Lee is often referred to as the "grandmother of Juneteenth"? | |
Ian Ang | 2021-07-12 | 2,233 | 186.1 | ... that Ian Ang, the co-founder and CEO of the gaming chair company Secretlab, was a StarCraft II champion? | |
Ripon Spa Baths | 2021-07-23 | 2,176 | 181.4 | ... that Ripon Spa Baths is the only spa in the United Kingdom to have been ceremonially opened by a member of the royal family? | |
2021 British Athletics Championships | 2021-07-09 | 2,168 | 180.6 | ... that for the first time this century, this year's British Athletics Championships were not broadcast on live television? | |
Pedro X. Molina | 2021-07-31 | 2,167 | 180.6 | ... that Nicaraguan cartoonist Pedro X. Molina has had to flee his home country twice in his lifetime? | |
History of Inuit clothing | 2021-07-06 | 4,309 | 179.5 | ... that tools for sewing and skin preparation found at archaeological sites indicate that the history of Inuit clothing in the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland extends back as early as 2500 BCE? | |
Architecture of Sudan | 2021-07-07 | 2,139 | 178.2 | ... that distinctly Nubian pyramids (examples pictured) were built early in the history of the architecture of Sudan? | |
Raychell | 2021-07-27 | 2,132 | 177.7 | ... that Raychell's previous stage name Lay was meant to represent her belief that singing while lying down would heal listeners? | |
Richard Stolley | 2021-07-16 | 2,126 | 177.2 | ... that Abraham Zapruder sold his film to Richard Stolley because he acted like "a gentleman"? | |
Cerro Overo | 2021-07-11 | 2,108 | 175.6 | ... that the volcanic crater Cerro Overo formed about 77,000 years ago? | |
Asthenosoma varium | 2021-07-26 | 2,092 | 174.3 | ... that the fire urchin plays host to two species of shrimp as well as the zebra crab, Zebrida adamsii? | |
Duffy Lewis | 2021-07-23 | 2,092 | 174.3 | ... that Duffy Lewis was the only major league player to pinch hit for Babe Ruth? | |
Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren | 2021-07-13 | 2,092 | 174.3 | ... that Mariano Fiallos Oyanguren refused to participate in an attempt to rig the 1990 Nicaraguan presidential election? | |
Cordula Wöhler | 2021-07-21 | 2,078 | 173.2 | ... that when Cordula Wöhler was expelled from a Lutheran pastor's household for converting to Catholicism, she wrote a poem that became one of the most popular hymns to Mary in German? | |
John Zampieri | 2021-07-22 | 2,070 | 172.5 | ... that John Zampieri was the youngest member of the Vermont House of Representatives after the 1966 election? | |
Justin Clarke | 2021-07-01 | 4,122 | 171.8 | ... that following a career-ending injury while playing Australian rules football, Justin Clarke became a Rhodes scholar in 2021? | |
Stop Line 3 protests | 2021-07-21 | 2,048 | 170.7 | ... that protesters against the Line 3 oil pipeline handcuffed themselves together at an Enbridge pump station? | |
Alvin Bragg | 2021-07-31 | 2,046 | 170.5 | ... that Alvin Bragg has overseen lawsuits against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Harvey Weinstein, and The Weinstein Company, and represented the families of Eric Garner and Ramarley Graham? | |
Three Obliques (Walk In) | 2021-07-14 | 2,036 | 169.7 | ... that Barbara Hepworth instructed people to "walk in" to her sculptures? | |
Benjamin Rathbun | 2021-07-13 | 2,036 | 169.7 | ... that Benjamin Rathbun constructed more than one hundred buildings in Buffalo, New York, in the 19th century, and was later jailed for forged endorsements? | |
1991 Burlington mayoral election | 2021-07-04 | 4,062 | 169.2 | ... that Peter Clavelle did not face either a Republican or a Democratic opponent in the 1991 Burlington mayoral election? | |
Neha Narkhede | 2021-07-16 | 2,028 | 169.0 | ... that Neha Narkhede, co-creator of the open source software Apache Kafka, also helped found Confluent, a company valued at $4.5 billion? | |
Julie Diana | 2021-07-25 | 2,024 | 168.6 | ... that ballerina Julie Diana began writing for dance publications when she was pregnant? | |
Tyra Lundgren | 2021-07-13 | 2,018 | 168.1 | ... that Swedish painter, ceramist, designer, and writer Tyra Lundgren was one of the most versatile artists of the 20th century? | |
Sanford station (Danbury and Norwalk Railroad) | 2021-07-26 | 1,994 | 166.2 | ... that the Sanford station was often confused with the Stamford station? | |
Addie Joss Benefit Game | 2021-07-14 | 1,989 | 165.8 | ... that the 1911 benefit game for Addie Joss was an all-star game that included nine members of the Baseball Hall of Fame? | |
List of marches composed by John Philip Sousa | 2021-07-12 | 1,985 | 165.4 | ... that "The Stars and Stripes Forever", a march composed by John Philip Sousa, was made the National March of the United States in 1987? | |
Koo (social network) | 2021-07-17 | 1,982 | 165.1 | ... that the social network Koo increased in popularity after the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest caused a standoff between Twitter and the government of India? | |
Last Train to San Fernando | 2021-07-20 | 1,981 | 165.1 | ... that when Johnny Duncan performed "Last Train to San Fernando" in Liverpool, the audience included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison? | |
Asterina pancerii | 2021-07-14 | 1,977 | 164.8 | ... that the seagrass asterina is a sequential hermaphrodite, starting life as a female and later becoming a male? | |
Leila Velez | 2021-07-23 | 1,966 | 163.9 | ... that one of Leila Velez's reasons for expanding her Brazilian beauty-salon company is to fight racism against black women and their natural afro-textured hair? | |
Usra Hendra Harahap | 2021-07-04 | 3,922 | 163.4 | ... that the current Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Usra Hendra Harahap, personally led a rescue operation to free Indonesian crew members taken hostage by pirates in June 2020? | |
Tina Pereira | 2021-07-10 | 1,954 | 162.8 | ... that ballerina Tina Pereira won a competition even though she was chosen to replace an indisposed dancer, and her partner got seriously injured mid-performance? | |
Ayazini, İhsaniye | 2021-07-29 | 1,926 | 160.5 | ... that the village of Ayazini in Turkey, a historic place settled by Phrygians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines and Seljuks, features many dwellings, churches and tomb chambers in rock-cut architecture? | |
Hélène Defrance | 2021-07-24 | 1,922 | 160.1 | ... that at the 2016 Summer Olympics, French sailor Hélène Defrance won a medal by a single point? | |
The Soul (film) | 2021-07-08 | 1,900 | 158.4 | ... that Chang Chen lost 12 kilograms (26 lb) for his role in The Soul? | |
Wynne Neilly | 2021-07-11 | 1,900 | 158.3 | ... that photographing Elliot Page for the cover of Time "really meant the world" to Canadian photographer Wynne Neilly? | |
Thomas J. Bray | 2021-07-12 | 1,894 | 157.8 | ... that iron and steel magnate Thomas J. Bray wanted to canalize the Beaver, Mahoning and Shenango rivers? | |
Obed Dickinson | 2021-07-18 | 1,890 | 157.5 | ... that Obed Dickinson, an abolitionist pastor in Oregon in the mid-1800s, was pressured into resigning for advocating for racial equality? | |
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois | 2021-07-27 | 1,882 | 156.8 | ... that The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, a new novel by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, mixes narrative with "love songs" that illuminate the lives of the protagonist's African, Creek, and Scottish ancestors? | |
María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza | 2021-07-15 | 1,880 | 156.7 | ... that when María Elena Medina-Mora Icaza was appointed to lead the psychology department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, she proposed a "zero tolerance" policy for gender violence? | |
Michael McIntyre (sailor) | 2021-07-26 | 1,879 | 156.6 | ... that Michael McIntyre, who was an Olympic sailing champion in 1988, was awarded an MBE for services to yachting the following year? | |
Jim Laker | 2021-07-19 | 1,878 | 156.5 | ... that Jim Laker did not become a spin bowler until he played on coconut matting strips in Egypt during World War II? | |
Psalm 85 | 2021-07-03 | 3,753 | 156.4 | ... that a verse from Psalm 85 has inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace? | |
Chi Mat Ba Ram | 2021-07-31 | 1,846 | 153.8 | ... that although "Chi Mat Ba Ram", the title of the song by Brave Girls, translates to "the swish of a skirt" in Korean, a term that is often used negatively, the song is about the fierceness in women? | |
St. Nikolaus von Flüe, Wörsdorf | 2021-07-01 | 3,688 | 153.7 | ... that St. Nikolaus von Flüe, the first Catholic church in Wörsdorf, was consecrated in 1962? | |
Deal With It! | 2021-07-30 | 1,832 | 152.6 | ... that the book Deal With It! was written by the creators of Gurl.com? | |
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe | 2021-07-14 | 1,831 | 152.6 | ... that Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe was the top try scorer at the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the first time the feat had been achieved by someone not from Australia or New Zealand? | |
2019 Northern Ireland Open | 2021-07-13 | 1,828 | 152.3 | ... that Mark Selby took more time over a single shot at the 2019 Northern Ireland Open than the fastest ever maximum break? | |
Planet Her | 2021-07-28 | 1,824[h] | 152.0 | ... that by naming her album Planet Her, Doja Cat was "just trying to be cute" and was not promoting a feminist agenda nor a planet exclusively for women? | |
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers | 2021-07-23 | 1,807 | 150.6 | ... that in Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers, Jude Ellison Doyle proposes that Frankenstein is about maternal fear that the author Mary Shelley experienced after family tragedies? | |
Lisa Barbelin | 2021-07-23 | 1,803 | 150.2 | ... that in 2021, Lisa Barbelin won her European Archery Championships event, and briefly became the world's number one ranked player? | |
Packaged Pleasures | 2021-07-12 | 1,800 | 150.0 | ... that the 2014 book Packaged Pleasures investigated the history of consumer culture and how the rise of packaging for products created "transmissible packets of pleasure" for popular consumption? | |
John Aitken (biologist) | 2021-07-17 | 1,788 | 149.0 | ... that John Aitken first discovered oxidative stress as a major cause of male infertility? | |
María Teresa Sesé | 2021-07-04 | 3,516 | 146.5 | ... that María Teresa Sesé wrote 500 romance novels in her native Spanish, then wrote several books in Basque after studying the language for two years? | |
Tsadkan Gebretensae | 2021-07-25 | 1,755 | 146.2 | ... that Tsadkan Gebretensae, one of the top commanders of Tigray forces in the conflict against the Ethiopian government, previously served as chief of staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force? | |
Tomba! | 2021-07-30 | 1,726 | 143.8 | ... that the European version of the video game Tomba! uses the theme song of the television series No Sweat as its opening theme? | |
Chris Gittens | 2021-07-10 | 1,719 | 143.2 | ... that Chris Gittens's father refused to attend any of his professional baseball games until he was promoted to the major leagues? | |
Lohn Estate | 2021-07-10 | 1,717 | 143.1 | ... that official guests of the Swiss Confederation stayed at the Lohn Estate, a manor in Kehrsatz, in the Canton of Bern, between 1942 and 1994? | |
1964 European Nations' Cup Final | 2021-07-22 | 1,714 | 142.8 | ... that after the Soviet Union lost to Spain in the 1964 European Nations' Cup Final, their manager Konstantin Beskov was dismissed upon his return to Moscow following a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev? | |
Brian Altman (poker player) | 2021-07-06 | 3,406 | 141.9 | ... that Brian Altman is the only player in World Poker Tour history to win the same event twice? | |
St Gregory's Church, Sudbury | 2021-07-17 | 1,690 | 140.8 | ... that St Gregory's Church, Sudbury, has the mummified head of Archbishop Simon Sudbury, beheaded by a mob in 1381, preserved in a niche in the vestry? | |
2021 French Grand Prix | 2021-07-16 | 1,675 | 139.6 | ... that the size of Le Castellet allowed the 2021 French Grand Prix to host more spectators than other events during the COVID-19 pandemic in France? | |
Elvis on Tour | 2021-07-31 | 1,668 | 139.0 | ... that the 1972 documentary Elvis on Tour became the only film starring Elvis Presley to win an award? | |
Upright spin | 2021-07-21 | 1,666 | 138.9 | ... that the Biellmann spin, a difficult variation of the upright spin in figure skating, was created by world champion skater Denise Biellmann (pictured)? | |
2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final | 2021-07-22 | 1,661 | 138.4 | ... that Ivory Coast won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final when their goalkeeper scored a penalty and Ghana's goalkeeper missed? | |
Charles Reid (Indian Army officer) | 2021-07-17 | 1,656 | 138.0 | ... that General Sir Charles Reid shot the celebrated, but probably not man-eating, Leeds Tiger? | |
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | 2021-07-18 | 1,649 | 137.4 | ... that the blossoms of Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (examples pictured) have been used by the Meskwaki as a smudge "to cure a crazy person who has lost his mind"? | |
Jo Beall | 2021-07-29 | 1,646 | 137.1 | ... that Jo Beall, a British scholar of development economics, was once imprisoned for anti-apartheid activism? | |
Marja Kubašec | 2021-07-11 | 1,638 | 136.5 | ... that Marja Kubašec was both the first Sorbian woman to receive a formal teacher training and the first woman to write a novel in Upper Sorbian? | |
HOLO card | 2021-07-29 | 1,630 | 135.8 | ... that the HOLO card is used to pay fares on TheBus, and will also be used for Honolulu's rail transit system? | |
The Yankee | 2021-07-10 | 1,630 | 135.8 | ... that "the very first words of encouragement [Edgar Allan Poe] ever remember[ed] to have heard" were in The Yankee? | |
Eastern shovelnose ray | 2021-07-15 | 1,624 | 135.3 | ... that the Latin meaning of rostrata is 'beaked', suggesting that the eastern shovelnose ray was named after its triangular snout? | |
Climate change in Turkey | 2021-07-30 | 1,614 | 134.5 | ... that glaciers on Mount Ararat (pictured) are retreating much faster than most glaciers due to climate change in Turkey? | |
Rani Kumudini Devi | 2021-07-19 | 1,602 | 133.5 | ... that Rani Kumudini Devi was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Hyderabad? | |
William Lovelady | 2021-07-15 | 1,592 | 132.7 | ... that William Lovelady, who wrote Incantations for guitar, set Psalm 104 as a cantata on a request from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh? | |
Hope Muir | 2021-07-19 | 1,582 | 131.8 | ... that Hope Muir was hired as the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada without any in-person interviews? | |
Society of Catholic Scientists | 2021-07-14 | 1,572 | 131.0 | ... that the Society of Catholic Scientists sponsors Gold Masses, following the tradition of Red Masses for lawyers, White Masses for those in healthcare, and Blue Masses for public-safety professionals? | |
Alpheus armatus | 2021-07-17 | 1,570 | 130.8 | ... that the snapping shrimp Alpheus armatus clears sand from a sea anemone's lair? | |
Hunegund of France | 2021-07-27 | 1,568 | 130.7 | ... that two hagiographic documents about St. Hunegund of France publicized Hunegund's miracles to create a sense of identity in Homblières and to raise money for the monastery? | |
Viran Rydkvist | 2021-07-14 | 1,564 | 130.3 | ... that Swedish actress Viran Rydkvist was one of the first women to run a theatre in Sweden? | |
Hugo Torres Jiménez | 2021-07-13 | 1,549 | 129.1 | ... that Hugo Torres Jiménez was the only Sandinista guerrilla to participate in both the raids that led to the release of Daniel Ortega and more than 60 prisoners? | |
Peter Pernin | 2021-07-19 | 1,543 | 128.6 | ... that Peter Pernin was disciplined by the Catholic diocese of Green Bay for spending too long away publishing his memoir of the Peshtigo fire? | |
Steve Bennett (California politician) | 2021-07-11 | 1,540 | 128.4 | ... that Steve Bennett's write-in candidacy for election to the Ventura city council was endorsed by Patagonia, Inc.? | |
Abeer Odeh | 2021-07-11 | 1,538 | 128.2 | ... that Abeer Odeh was the first woman to serve as Minister of National Economy in Palestine? | |
Zahia Kaddoura | 2021-07-16 | 1,526 | 127.2 | ... that Lebanese academic Zahia Kaddoura was the first woman to be appointed a dean at the Lebanese University? | |
Christa Ludwig (writer) | 2021-07-12 | 1,522 | 126.8 | ... that Christa Ludwig, known for fiction for young horse-lovers, received a prize after her novel about Else Lasker-Schüler's late years in Jerusalem was published? | |
Sam Longson | 2021-07-21 | 1,518 | 126.5 | ... that Derby County F.C. chairman Sam Longson gave impromptu press conferences in his pyjamas in the aftermath of Brian Clough's resignation as manager? | |
Ellora Derenoncourt | 2021-07-11 | 1,500 | 125.0 | ... that Ellora Derenoncourt demonstrated that the expansion of minimum wage in 1967 accounted for 20 percent of the reduction in racial income gaps in the United States during the civil rights era? | |
WHO Blue Books | 2021-07-27 | 1,498 | 124.8 | ... that the WHO Blue Books give expert consensus opinion on cancers? | |
Lee Erwin (organist) | 2021-07-30 | 1,483 | 123.6 | ... that Lee Erwin spent six years scoring every one of Buster Keaton's silent features? | |
The Paper Magician | 2021-07-19 | 1,472 | 122.7 | ... that Charlie N. Holmberg developed the idea for her novel The Paper Magician after studying Japanese and learning about the art of origami? | |
Tehani Egodawela | 2021-07-24 | 1,471 | 122.6 | ... that shooter Tehani Egodawela was the third person selected from Sri Lanka to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics? | |
Alkalihalobacillus | 2021-07-02 | 2,928 | 122.0 | ... that some species of bacteria in the genus Alkalihalobacillus live in hypersaline lakes while others are added to laundry detergent? | |
Angela Neal-Barnett | 2021-07-05 | 2,926 | 121.9 | ... that the first Black woman to receive tenure in Kent State University's College of Arts & Sciences, Angela Neal-Barnett, emphasizes social support between Black women as "an indigenous form of healing"? | |
Hedda Anderson | 2021-07-10 | 1,459 | 121.6 | ... that Swedish writer Hedda Anderson began her literary career at the age of 58, following her husband's death in 1888? | |
Takarazuka Grand Theater | 2021-07-11 | 1,451 | 120.9 | ... that Japanese industrialist Ichizō Kobayashi established the Takarazuka Grand Theater in the city of Takarazuka because it was located at the terminus of a train line owned by his company? | |
Tin coinage | 2021-07-13 | 1,448 | 120.7 | ... that in 2000 the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament claimed that it was owed £20 billion by the Duchy of Cornwall because of disparities in the rate of taxation of tin between 1337 and 1837? | |
Chester Wilson Emmons | 2021-07-07 | 1,444 | 120.3 | ... that the National Institutes of Health's first mycologist, Chester W. Emmons, demonstrated that fungal infections were common and widespread? | |
Lindy Cameron | 2021-07-21 | 1,442 | 120.1 | ... that Lindy Cameron, who leads the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, says that ransomware is the major cyber threat? | |
Kathleen Coard | 2021-07-10 | 1,436 | 119.6 | ... that Grenadian anatomic pathologist Kathleen Coard is the first female professor of pathology in the Caribbean? | |
Mark Stanforth | 2021-07-30 | 961 | 80.1 | ... that Mark Stanforth won the 1978 Chicago Marathon despite running the last few miles with blisters? | |
1978 Chicago Marathon | 468 | 39.0 | |||
Total | 1,430 | 119.1 | |||
Robert Randal | 2021-07-29 | 1,430 | 119.1 | ... that Robert Randal delivered a petition to British officials that requested civil rights for aliens living in Upper Canada? | |
WOIR | 2021-07-09 | 1,427 | 118.9 | ... that Homestead, Florida, radio station WOIR was credited with saving the lives of hundreds of farmworkers in a labor camp before the arrival of Hurricane Andrew? | |
Wendy Solling | 2021-07-24 | 1,426 | 118.8 | ... that Wendy Solling was a nun, a sculptor and one of the first women ordained in the Anglican Church of Australia? | |
UEFA Euro 1972 Final | 2021-07-27 | 1,400 | 116.6 | ... that West Germany's Gerd Müller scored six goals in two games against the Soviet Union, including two in the UEFA Euro 1972 Final? | |
Robert Jones (artilleryman) | 2021-07-05 | 2,788 | 116.2 | ... that Robert Jones wrote the first book about figure skating in 1772? | |
Climate TRACE | 2021-07-31 | 1,390 | 115.8 | ... that Climate TRACE will be Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions? | |
Bispira volutacornis | 2021-07-28 | 1,377 | 114.8 | ... that the worm Bispira volutacornis is sometimes parasitised by a copepod, several of which may move around among the feathery plumes? | |
Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne | 2021-07-16 | 1,374 | 114.5 | ... that for the morning song "Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne", the poet found a new metre, and the composer a new melody, to reflect the many meanings of "rising"? | |
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort | 2021-07-23 | 1,374 | 114.5 | ... that "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort", translated as "Eternity! tremendous Word", is a hymn by Johann Rist (pictured) that served as the basis for the first work in Bach's chorale cantata cycle? | |
Hull Derby | 2021-07-15 | 1,365 | 113.8 | ... that rugby league's Hull F.C. forced rugby union's Hull KR out of their home ground by paying triple the rent before the teams became part of rugby league's Hull Derby? | |
Special motion to strike | 2021-07-15 | 1,329 | 110.8 | ... that government-funded non-profits are not subject to a special motion to strike, and so are exempt from California's anti-SLAPP law? | |
Florissantia (planthopper) | 2021-07-10 | 1,320 | 110.0 | ... that the extinct planthopper Florissantia elegans was described in 1890 from only two fossils? | |
Hugo Marchand | 2021-07-09 | 1,314 | 109.5 | ... that Hugo Marchand was named an étoile of Paris Opera Ballet at age 23, after he made an unexpected role debut when the company was touring in Japan? | |
Minnie Lindsay Carpenter | 2021-07-29 | 1,307 | 108.9 | ... that Minnie Lindsay Carpenter wrote more than twelve books about the history of The Salvation Army? | |
Goethe-Gymnasium, Dortmund | 2021-07-14 | 1,288 | 107.3 | ... that the Goethe-Gymnasium, founded as the first school of higher education for girls in Dortmund in 1867, is now focused on competitive sports? | |
Oman at the 2016 Summer Olympics | 2021-07-23 | 1,278 | 106.5 | ... that Barakat Al-Harthi missed his layover and lost some of his sports equipment before competing for Oman at the 2016 Summer Olympics? | |
Gracelino Barbosa | 2021-07-07 | 1,262 | 105.2 | ... that Gracelino Barbosa won the first Paralympic medal in Cape Verdean history at the 2016 Summer Paralympics? | |
T. S. Shanbhag | 2021-07-25 | 1,262 | 105.1 | ... that bookseller T. S. Shanbhag started Bangalore's landmark Premier Bookstore on the site of a burned-down clothing store in 1971? | |
Nilima Arun Kshirsagar | 2021-07-14 | 1,261 | 105.1 | ... that Nilima Arun Kshirsagar developed and patented liposomal amphotericin B, which was used to treat "black fungus" during the COVID-19 pandemic in India? | |
Lass uns in deinem Namen, Herr | 2021-07-16 | 1,252 | 104.4 | ... that "Lass uns in deinem Namen, Herr" is a 1964 Christian hymn with text and music by Kurt Rommel, praying for the courage to take the necessary steps? | |
Mahnaz Malik | 2021-07-21 | 1,241 | 103.4 | ... that barrister and arbitrator Mahnaz Malik worked with the Law Society of England and Wales to set up a programme to assist imprisoned children in Pakistan? | |
Guilty (manga) | 2021-07-07 | 1,240 | 103.3 | ... that the theme song for Guilty's live-action television series is Toshi's first original song in 22 years? | |
Alle Menschen höret auf dies neue Lied | 2021-07-22 | 1,237 | 103.1 | ... that "Alle Menschen höret auf dies neue Lied", a new offertory hymn with a simple melody, has been suggested for use in confirmation masses? | |
Cycling in Halifax, Nova Scotia | 2021-07-17 | 1,210 | 100.8 | ... that the Canadian city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, plans to construct some 57 km (35 mi) of safe cycling routes within its central urban area? | |
Pamela Trotman Reid | 2021-07-08 | 1,202 | 100.2 | ... that Pamela Trotman Reid, the first Black president of the University of Saint Joseph, developed the GO-GIRL program? | |
José Adán Aguerri | 2021-07-20 | 1,193 | 99.4 | ... that José Adán Aguerri's family opened the first movie theater in Nicaragua? | |
Neva Milicic Müller | 2021-07-20 | 1,192 | 99.4 | ... that Chilean psychologist Neva Milicic Müller wrote a book about parent–child separation that can help children and caregivers during COVID-19 lockdowns? | |
Gerda Sprinchorn | 2021-07-05 | 2,384 | 99.4 | ... that Linnéstaty, a sculpture created by Swedish sculptor Gerda Sprinchorn, was raised as a public monument 40 years after its completion? | |
Ina Caro | 2021-07-28 | 1,192 | 99.3 | ... that Ina Caro, the wife of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson author Robert Caro, is the sole research assistant for his books? | |
Cello sonatas (Vivaldi) | 2021-07-21 | 1,170 | 97.5 | ... that although Vivaldi composed cello sonatas for private international customers, six of them were published in Paris in 1740 without his permission? | |
I Found a Way | 2021-07-15 | 1,163 | 96.9 | ... that "I Found a Way", written by Drake Bell and Michael Corcoran, became the theme song for the Drake & Josh show? | |
Lucas Covolan | 2021-07-18 | 1,158 | 96.5 | ... that Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Covolan scored an equalising goal in injury time during the 2021 National League play-off Final? | |
Michael Wojas | 2021-07-28 | 1,144 | 95.4 | ... that when Michael Wojas used Colony Club regulars in a Francis Bacon biopic studio scene, he had to persuade them Derek Jacobi was not Bacon "because Francis is dead, and this isn't the Colony Room"? | |
Annie Kanahele | 2021-07-18 | 1,143 | 95.2 | ... that Annie Kanahele opposed the addition of diacritics to a reprint of the Bible in Hawaiian, arguing that the original exemplified the written Hawaiian language at the time of translation? | |
Lillian Comas-Díaz | 2021-07-22 | 1,136 | 94.7 | ... that award winner Lillian Comas-Díaz became interested in psychology after consoling classmates recovering from a destructive hurricane? | |
Rubén Rocha Moya | 2021-07-07 | 1,100 | 91.7 | ... that Mexican politician Rubén Rocha Moya obtained a law degree while serving as a senator? | |
Ben Purse | 2021-07-21 | 1,092 | 91.0 | ... that Ben Purse was a leader of the 1920 blind march, which helped bring about the world's first disability-specific legislation? | |
James A. Gilmore | 2021-07-20 | 1,084 | 90.3 | ... that James A. Gilmore reorganized the Federal League, hoping that it would become a third major league? | |
Diaspora Yeshiva Band | 2021-07-03 | 2,162 | 90.1 | ... that the Diaspora Yeshiva Band infused rock and bluegrass with Jewish lyrics, creating a music style it called "Hasidic rock" or "Country and Eastern"? | |
Parliament Building (Quebec) | 2021-07-01 | 2,154 | 89.7 | ... that the first use of Je me souviens, the official motto of Quebec, was on a wall of the province's parliament building? | |
Pourtalesia miranda | 2021-07-30 | 1,074 | 89.5 | ... that the sea urchin Pourtalesia miranda and the Venus flytrap sea anemone dominate the seabed community at a depth of 2,000 m (6,600 ft) off the coast of West Africa? | |
KBIF | 2021-07-19 | 581 | 48.4 | ... that after losing his job at KBIF when his father was convicted on tax-withholding crimes, future California politician Jim Patterson bought Fresno's KIRV and turned it into a Christian radio station? | |
KIRV | 482 | 40.2 | |||
Total | 1,063 | 88.6 | |||
Peace or Love | 2021-07-18 | 1,054 | 87.9 | ... that Peace or Love (2021), the first album by the Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience in twelve years, was recorded five times? | |
Mandau Talawang Pancasila | 2021-07-18 | 1,045 | 87.1 | ... that the province of Central Kalimantan was created after the Indonesian government was harried by the paramilitary organization Mandau Talawang Pancasila? | |
Walter Bean Grand River Trail | 2021-07-02 | 2,089 | 87.0 | ... that the Walter Bean Grand River Trail was named after Walter Bean, who created the idea of a continuous trail through the Waterloo region? | |
Habibur Rahman Khairabadi | 2021-07-14 | 1,042 | 86.9 | ... that Darul Uloom Deoband's first edict against terrorism in 2008 was signed by Habibur Rahman Khairabadi? | |
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Shostakovich) | 2021-07-04 | 2,030 | 84.6 | ... that although Dmitri Shostakovich initially dismissed his own Piano Sonata No. 2 as a "trifle, something impromptu", he would later consider it his most important piano composition? | |
1988 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont | 2021-07-28 | 998 | 83.2 | ... that Peter Plympton Smith's victory in 1988 was the last time a member of the Republican Party was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Vermont? | |
Jimmy Dunn (sports executive) | 2021-07-30 | 986 | 82.2 | ... that Jimmy Dunn was the original timekeeper of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1930, and never missed a home game until he retired before the 1972 season? | |
1989 Football League Third Division play-off Final | 2021-07-06 | 1,961 | 81.7 | ... that Simon Mills had to postpone his honeymoon to play in the 1989 Third Division play-off final? | |
Dictionary of Women Worldwide | 2021-07-24 | 980 | 81.6 | ... that in developing the Dictionary of Women Worldwide, editors Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer found other biographical dictionaries often devoted only five percent of their text to women? | |
Ampelomyces quisqualis | 2021-07-25 | 970 | 80.8 | ... that the mycoparasitic fungus Ampelomyces quisqualis attacks powdery mildew on crops such as cucumbers? | |
Chetana Nagavajara | 2021-07-08 | 970 | 80.8 | ... that Chetana Nagavajara initiated and led arts-criticism research projects in Thailand in the early 2000s? | |
Lewes Town Hall | 2021-07-25 | 964 | 80.3 | ... that Auguste Rodin's erotic sculpture The Kiss was removed from Lewes Town Hall during the First World War after a local headmistress complained? | |
Ebba Atterbom | 2021-07-18 | 960 | 80.0 | ... that Ebba Atterbom was the first person to translate the work of Irish novelist James Joyce into Swedish? | |
UEFA Euro 1976 Final | 2021-07-29 | 945 | 78.8 | ... that Antonín Panenka's namesake penalty kick secured victory for Czechoslovakia in the UEFA Euro 1976 Final? | |
1993 Burlington mayoral election | 2021-07-16 | 940 | 78.4 | ... that Peter Brownell's victory in the 1993 Burlington mayoral election was the last time a Republican won an election for Burlington, Vermont's mayoralty? | |
Ronald Barnes (carillonist) | 2021-07-07 | 915 | 76.2 | ... that Ronald Barnes was a major force in establishing an American approach to writing music for the carillon? | |
Women's National Basketball Players Association | 2021-07-20 | 900 | 75.0 | ... that the Women's National Basketball Players Association was the first trade union for professional women athletes? | |
Kate Baker | 2021-07-17 | 896 | 74.7 | ... that Kate Baker arranged to republish the Australian novel Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy after locating half of the original manuscript under some lumber in the offices of The Bulletin? | |
Mumbai Mirror | 2021-07-23 | 892 | 74.3 | ... that 200,000 copies of the Mumbai Mirror were distributed on its inaugural print run in 2005, giving it the second-largest circulation in Mumbai? | |
Bayswater, Western Australia | 2021-07-28 | 888 | 74.0 | ... that Mertome Village in Bayswater, Western Australia was the first aged care complex to be built by a local government in Australia? | |
Ingrid Haubold | 2021-07-23 | 876 | 73.0 | ... that when Ingrid Haubold recorded the role of Senta in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, reviewer Alan Blyth found "a certain raw edge" of her soprano voice apt for the role? | |
Featherdale Wildlife Park | 2021-07-23 | 870 | 72.5 | ... that the "Cuddle with a Koala" experience at Featherdale Wildlife Park was stopped in 1988 when New South Wales law was changed to restrict koala handling? | |
John Mercer Johnson | 2021-07-01 | 1,730 | 72.1 | ... that John Mercer Johnson, a Father of Canadian Confederation, entertained the public and members of the London Conference of 1866 with poetry readings and ice-skating performances? | |
Abdulrachman Setjowibowo | 2021-07-08 | 858 | 71.5 | ... that police officer Abdulrachman Setjowibowo was appointed the acting chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia following a conflict between the association and the Persija Jakarta club? | |
Yasunori Oshima | 2021-07-31 | 854 | 71.2 | ... that Yasunori Oshima served as the hitting coach for the Japan national baseball team that won the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006? | |
Victor Hugo Tinoco | 2021-07-31 | 846 | 70.5 | ... that Victor Hugo Tinoco was a deputy in the National Assembly of Nicaragua, first for the Sandinista National Liberation Front, then for the opposition Sandinista Renovation Movement? | |
Bullshit (G-Dragon song) | 2021-07-09 | 834 | 69.5 | ... that Big Bang's G-Dragon switched his mini-album's title track from "Bullshit" to "Untitled, 2014" on the day of its release? | |
2015 Connecticut State Senate 23rd district special election | 2021-07-07 | 816 | 68.0 | ... that Ed Gomes was the first member of the Working Families Party elected to a state legislature solely with the party's nomination? | |
Gun Bergman | 2021-07-28 | 804 | 67.0 | ... that Gun Bergman produced the Swedish translation of Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić's best-known work, The Bridge on the Drina? | |
Letters Written in France | 2021-07-14 | 779 | 64.9 | ... that Helen Maria Williams's Letters Written in France praised the French Revolution even though she was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror for being English? | |
Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis | 2021-07-27 | 772 | 64.3 | ... that Matana Roberts explores "her identity as an African American woman" on the album Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis? | |
Nine in a row | 2021-07-10 | 756 | 63.0 | ... that prior to winning their first of nine consecutive titles in the 1965–66 season, Celtic had not been champions of the Scottish Football League for 12 years? | |
Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln | 2021-07-11 | 751 | 62.6 | ... that Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln, the German archive for documents related to dance on stage, holds around 400 estates of dancers, choreographers and photographers, such as Mary Wigman and Kurt Jooss? | |
R. Bintoro | 2021-07-24 | 748 | 62.4 | ... that when R. Bintoro was put in command of the Papua Military Region, he wrote the lyrics for the military region's march? | |
Nele Hertling | 2021-07-25 | 732 | 61.0 | ... that Nele Hertling, working for the Academy of Arts, Berlin, brought innovative culture to the city including the Tanz im August festival? | |
Moves (ballet) | 2021-07-22 | 722 | 60.2 | ... that Jerome Robbins's ballet Moves is performed in silence? | |
Tropical Storm Eliakim | 2021-07-31 | 718 | 59.9 | ... that Tropical Storm Eliakim enhanced rainfall and brought flooding to Kenya despite the storm making landfall on Madagascar? | |
Campanha da Legalidade | 2021-07-18 | 711 | 59.2 | ... that the Campanha da Legalidade was a mobilization led by Governor Leonel Brizola to guarantee the inauguration of João Goulart as the 24th president of Brazil? | |
Murray Dowey | 2021-07-02 | 1,352 | 56.3 | ... that Murray Dowey was a clerk and typist for the Toronto Transit Commission before being the goaltender for Canada's gold-medal-winning hockey team at the 1948 Winter Olympics? | |
Rosalie Carey | 2021-07-10 | 598 | 49.8 | ... that Patric and Rosalie Carey built New Zealand's first theatre for professional repertory on the back of their house? | |
Ludwig Wüllner | 2021-07-15 | 512 | 42.7 | ... that Ludwig Wüllner sang in the U.S. premiere of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder in 1910, conducted by the composer? |