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Low | 45.7 | Komm, Herr, segne uns | 96.5 | Wilfried Gruhn | 45.7 | Komm, Herr, segne uns |
Median | 217.5 | Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album) | 650.6 | In America: Remember | 233.9 | Alma Mater (New York sculpture) Norman Dawe |
High | 1,759.7 | Anne Wyllie | 1,808.3 | Jimmy Carter | 1,808.3 | Jimmy Carter |
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Jimmy Carter | 2021-10-01 | 43,400[a] | 1,808.3 | ... that Jimmy Carter reported that he had seen a UFO? | |
Anne Wyllie | 2021-10-12 | 42,232 | 1,759.7 | ... that Anne Wyllie, also known as the "Spit Queen", now has a Wikipedia biography because a healthcare executive asked who she was? | |
Muang Thong Thani | 2021-10-14 | 40,785 | 1,699.4 | ... that Muang Thong Thani (street pictured), intended as a satellite city of Bangkok, has been called "one of the greatest planning disasters of the 20th century"? | |
Musca depicta | 2021-10-17 | 35,292 | 1,470.5 | ... that many 15th- and 16th-century European paintings included a conspicuous depiction of a common fly (example pictured)? | |
Feetloaf | 2021-10-31 | 15,049 | 1,254.1 | ... that parsnips serve as sawed-off tibiae in feetloaf (pictured)? | |
Mondeghili | 2021-10-10 | 29,394 | 1,224.7 | ... that mondeghili (pictured) became popular during the Spanish domination of the Duchy of Milan? | |
Insular crozier | 2021-10-13 | 29,196 | 1,216.5 | ... that of the many Insular croziers (example pictured) made between c. 800 and 1200, fewer than 20 survive fully intact? | |
Stahlrohrlanze | 2021-10-25 | 14,238 | 1,186.5 | ... that German cavalry carried steel lances (examples pictured) throughout the First World War? | |
John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant | 2021-10-09 | 27,112 | 1,129.6 | ... that after John Oliver remarked that "the city of Danbury, Connecticut, can eat my whole ass", they named a sewage plant after him? | |
IBM Palm Top PC 110 | 2021-10-24 | 12,738 | 1,061.5 | ... that IBM originally designed the Palm Top PC 110 (pictured) to be closer in shape to a VHS cassette but narrowed it when testers kept using their thumbs to type? | |
Frederick Marten Hale | 2021-10-25 | 12,364 | 1,030.4 | ... that Frederick Marten Hale designed the bomb that brought down Zeppelin LZ 37 in mid-flight (pictured) on 7 June 1915? | |
Samuel C. Phillips | 2021-10-29 | 11,863 | 988.6 | ... that Wernher von Braun claimed that General Samuel C. Phillips (pictured) was the man most responsible for putting the pieces of the Apollo program together and making them work? | |
Ed White (astronaut) | 2021-10-22 | 11,500 | 958.3 | ... that Ed White (pictured) was the first American to perform a spacewalk? | |
Sobekneferu | 2021-10-04 | 22,965 | 956.9 | ... that Sobekneferu (bust pictured) of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty is the earliest undisputed female king to reign over ancient Egypt? | |
Battle of Saint Charles | 2021-10-31 | 10,698 | 891.5 | ... that the Battle of Saint Charles featured what is known as the deadliest shot of the American Civil War? | |
Old (film) | 2021-10-24 | 10,640[b] | 886.6 | ... that M. Night Shyamalan's Old is based on a Swiss graphic novel that the filmmaker received as a Father's Day gift? | |
Julian Filipowicz | 2021-10-13 | 21,102 | 879.2 | ... that after Polish commander Julian Filipowicz was tortured and pronounced dead by the Gestapo, he escaped from the morgue? | |
George Fan | 2021-10-28 | 10,520 | 876.6 | ... that George Fan (pictured), the designer of Plants vs. Zombies, was fired from PopCap Games after its acquisition by EA? | |
Tutu (painting) | 2021-10-14 | 20,827 | 867.8 | ... that a painting of a Nigerian princess, unseen for more than 40 years, was discovered in 2017 and sold for more than £1 million? | |
Yonaguni Knoll IV | 2021-10-01 | 20,498 | 854.1 | ... that a "lake" of liquid CO 2 exists underground at Yonaguni Knoll IV? | |
Raed Ahmed | 2021-10-25 | 10,176 | 848.0 | ... that Olympic flagbearer Raed Ahmed defected after he saw Bill Clinton clapping? | |
Werner Teske | 2021-10-28 | 10,029 | 835.8 | ... that the 1981 execution of Werner Teske was the final use of the death penalty in Germany? | |
Blacks & Whites | 2021-10-21 | 9,970 | 830.9 | ... that the 1970 board game Blacks & Whites is "strategically designed to make a black win impossible"? | |
Hoodoo Mountain | 2021-10-21 | 9,824 | 818.7 | ... that Hoodoo Volcano (pictured) formed largely under glacial ice in the last 100,000 years? | |
Tarmac scam | 2021-10-02 | 19,382 | 807.6 | ... that in a typical tarmac scam someone at your door claims to be a builder working on a contract nearby with some asphalt left over, and offers a cheap deal to resurface your driveway with it? | |
H. P. Lovecraft | 2021-10-05 | 19,072[c] | 794.7 | ... that when H. P. Lovecraft was five years old, he was told Santa Claus did not exist and responded by asking why "God is not equally a myth"? | |
Haukilahti water tower | 2021-10-19 | 18,910 | 787.9 | ... that the Haukilahti water tower (pictured) has a water container inspired by The Jetsons? | |
Talnotrie Hoard | 2021-10-18 | 18,556 | 773.2 | ... that a hoard of Viking treasure was found in 1912 when it fell out of peat fuel being placed on a fire? | |
Polanco metro station | 2021-10-21 | 9,278 | 773.2 | ... that the giant piano-shaped staircase (pictured) at Polanco metro station is fully interactive? | |
Africae Tabula Nova | 2021-10-26 | 9,278 | 773.1 | ... that Africae Tabula Nova (pictured) depicts the Niger River passing underground for about 60 miles (97 km), in accordance with a Latin legend? | |
Life on Mars (song) | 2021-10-26 | 8,814 | 734.5 | ... that David Bowie wrote his 1971 track "Life on Mars?" as a parody of Frank Sinatra's "My Way"? | |
Vanderbilt Triple Palace | 2021-10-21 | 8,506 | 708.9 | ... that William Henry Vanderbilt spent US$2 million on the lavishly designed Triple Palace, but his son found the decor unfashionable? | |
Bridget Partridge | 2021-10-25 | 8,401 | 700.1 | ... that Australian religious sister Bridget Partridge fled her convent in 1920 dressed only in her nightgown, precipitating a national sectarian scandal? | |
Schneider's marmoset | 2021-10-11 | 10,246 | 426.9 | ... that Schneider's marmoset (pictured) is one of three primates newly described in the 2020s? | |
List of primates described in the 2020s | 6,236 | 259.8 | |||
Total | 16,482 | 686.8 | |||
The beer question | 2021-10-17 | 11,936 | 497.3 | ... that the debate in "Game On" invokes the beer question? | |
Game On (The West Wing) | 4,436 | 184.8 | |||
Total | 16,372 | 682.2 | |||
Inglis Bridge, Monmouth | 2021-10-30 | 8,158 | 679.8 | ... that the Inglis Bridge (pictured) in Monmouth, Wales, is the only known example in Britain of an Inglis bridge that is still in public use? | |
Sermon on the Mound | 2021-10-19 | 16,187 | 674.5 | ... that Margaret Thatcher had to wait while a series of parish ministers objected before she could give her "Sermon on the Mound"? | |
Disappearance of Lauren Cho | 2021-10-19 | 16,104 | 671.0 | ... that the Gabby Petito disappearance has led to renewed media interest in the June 2021 disappearance of Lauren Cho? | |
Jacob Wohl | 2021-10-30 | 8,038 | 669.9 | ... that Jacob Wohl was banned for life by the National Futures Association when he was only 19 years old? | |
The Supremes (The West Wing) | 2021-10-25 | 7,998 | 666.5 | ... that "The Supremes" was said to have foreseen the conflict following the death of Antonin Scalia, twelve years later? | |
Ganna (seeress) | 2021-10-27 | 7,912 | 659.3 | ... that the early Germanic priestess Ganna may have been named for her magic staff? | |
In America: Remember | 2021-10-29 | 7,807 | 650.6 | ... that 701,133 flags were planted on the National Mall (pictured) as a memorial to Americans who have died of COVID-19? | |
Pete Buttigieg | 2021-10-27 | 7,684[d] | 640.3 | ... that United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (pictured) wrote an essay in 2000 on Bernie Sanders, his future competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries? | |
Neurocracy | 2021-10-12 | 15,295 | 637.3 | ... that in the browser game Neurocracy, players explore a fictional successor to Wikipedia launched in 2049? | |
Harry Ferris Brazenor | 2021-10-26 | 7,490 | 624.2 | ... that taxidermist Harry Brazenor mounted the Salford tiger (pictured) in 1914? | |
1971 Qantas bomb hoax | 2021-10-19 | 14,080 | 586.6 | ... that Peter Macari extorted $500,000 from Qantas Airways, and that more than $200,000 remains unaccounted for? | |
Squares (crisps) | 2021-10-08 | 14,040 | 585.0 | ... that Richard Osman wrote that Squares were invented because "scientists were concerned that children weren't hurting the roofs of their mouths as often as they should be"? | |
Execution of George Flaxman | 2021-10-24 | 6,918 | 576.5 | ... that the 1887 execution of George Flaxman may have inspired Rudyard Kipling's poem "Danny Deever"? | |
Sam Magara | 2021-10-25 | 6,834 | 569.5 | ... that rebel leader Sam Magara was killed when he ventured into a city to visit a dentist? | |
James Milner | 2021-10-07 | 13,656[e] | 569.0 | ... that James Milner (pictured) once held the title of the Premier League's youngest goal scorer? | |
Sharp PC-7000 | 2021-10-05 | 13,564 | 565.2 | ... that the Sharp PC-7000, compared in shape to a toaster, was manufactured in a factory that also produced Sharp's microwave ovens? | |
KCPQ | 2021-10-26 | 6,670 | 555.8 | ... that watching Tacoma, Washington's KTVW "used to be worse than no TV at all"? | |
Waka Nathan | 2021-10-21 | 6,643 | 553.6 | ... that Waka Nathan was nicknamed "the Black Panther" by a French newspaper reporter who was impressed by his ability to pursue opponents like the animal? | |
La Passion selon Sade | 2021-10-24 | 6,628 | 552.4 | ... that the title of La Passion selon Sade, an opera by Sylvano Bussotti (pictured with star Cathy Berberian), caused a scandal at its premiere and had to be changed for the next performance? | |
Miles Dempsey | 2021-10-06 | 13,196 | 549.8 | ... that Miles Dempsey replicated the feat of a distant ancestor by being knighted in the field? | |
Grand Jubilee of 1814 | 2021-10-18 | 13,177 | 549.0 | ... that at least one man was killed during the Grand Jubilee of 1814 when a pagoda (pictured) in St James's Park burnt down? | |
Leland Kirkemo | 2021-10-20 | 7,916 | 329.9 | ... that Leland Kirkemo, the skipper of the ship that recovered the crew of Apollo 13, was played by Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell in the movie? | |
Jim Lovell | 5,104[f] | 212.6 | |||
Total | 13,020 | 542.5 | |||
Graver v. Faurot | 2021-10-27 | 3,476 | 289.6 | ... that 125 years after the Seventh Circuit referred Graver v. Faurot to the Supreme Court to decide whether United States v. Throckmorton or Marshall v. Holmes controlled, the question is still open? | |
United States v. Throckmorton | 1,770 | 147.5 | |||
Marshall v. Holmes | 1,242 | 103.5 | |||
Total | 6,488 | 540.7 | |||
Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate | 2021-10-08 | 12,802 | 533.4 | ... that the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate included a staged sea-battle between Christian and Turkish ships in the River Thames? | |
Sojourner (rover) | 2021-10-27 | 6,306 | 525.5 | ... that the first successful Mars rover, Sojourner (pictured), was named after the Civil War era African-American abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth? | |
Magic Desk | 2021-10-25 | 6,301 | 525.1 | ... that in Magic Desk I, the icons within the main screen for the phone, the calculator, the spreadsheet, and the Rolodex do nothing? | |
2021 London Marathon | 2021-10-03 | 12,544 | 522.7 | ... that today's London Marathon is expected to have 50,000 runners, and another 50,000 virtual competitors? | |
2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption | 2021-10-23 | 6,126[g] | 510.5 | ... that more than 22,000 earthquakes occurred in the eight days before the 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption (pictured)? | |
Digital HiNote | 2021-10-28 | 6,104 | 508.7 | ... that Digital pulled their HiNote Ultra laptop out of a manila envelope on television nearly 15 years before Apple did the same? | |
Two feet-one hand syndrome | 2021-10-24 | 6,038 | 503.2 | ... that two feet-one hand syndrome is the combination of two athlete's feet and fungus in one hand? | |
Ivo Herenčić | 2021-10-11 | 12,002 | 500.1 | ... that World War II war criminal Ivo Herenčić worked as an art dealer in Rome after the war? | |
Gelae donut | 2021-10-26 | 5,982 | 498.5 | ... that a Gelae donut has large, protruding eyes? | |
Kennin Rebellion | 2021-10-21 | 5,947 | 495.6 | ... that the perpetrators of the Kennin Rebellion surrendered when one of their commanders, a female samurai, was wounded? | |
Richardson Island | 2021-10-13 | 11,826 | 492.8 | ... that Richardson Island was involved in an "annexation war" between two cities in the 1950s? | |
Johnny Gold | 2021-10-27 | 5,913 | 492.8 | ... that Jackie Collins likened nightclub owner Johnny Gold, not unkindly, to "an old whore"? | |
Lismore Crozier | 2021-10-28 | 5,906 | 492.2 | ... that the 12th-century Lismore Crozier was rediscovered, along with the 15th-century Book of Lismore, in a concealed doorway in Ireland's Lismore Castle in 1814? | |
William Utermohlen | 2021-10-28 | 5,870 | 489.2 | ... that a 1999 self-portrait made by William Utermohlen while suffering from Alzheimer's disease took nearly two years to complete? | |
Amarin Plaza | 2021-10-03 | 6,947 | 289.5 | ... that following the controversial success of Amarin Plaza, Rangsan Torsuwan went on to design the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in the same vein, but with Thai-style columns replacing Ionic ones? | |
Grand Hyatt Erawan | 4,708 | 196.1 | |||
Total | 11,654 | 485.6 | |||
Leipzig Prison | 2021-10-31 | 5,731 | 477.6 | ... that from 1960 to 1981, executions in East Germany took place in Leipzig Prison in the middle of a residential area? | |
3 Times Square | 2021-10-27 | 5,726 | 477.2 | ... that 3 Times Square was likened to an "identity crisis"? | |
Elite panic | 2021-10-03 | 11,395 | 474.8 | ... that during disaster events, elites will typically shift the focus away from disaster relief towards measures of command and control, a behaviour referred to as elite panic? | |
SS Fernebo | 2021-10-27 | 5,650 | 470.9 | ... that a 1917 explosion broke the SS Fernebo in two, with one part drifting ashore carrying six survivors? | |
Lum v. Rice | 2021-10-28 | 5,612 | 467.7 | ... that a brief in Lum v. Rice was so badly written that Justice Louis Brandeis asked Felix Frankfurter to find a lawyer whom the Supreme Court could appoint to argue the Lums' case? | |
Beer Beer, Truck Truck | 2021-10-23 | 3,514 | 292.8 | ... that the country song "Beer Beer, Truck Truck" was based on a viral TikTok video by Erynn Chambers intended to satirize country music? | |
Erynn Chambers | 2,090 | 174.2 | |||
Total | 5,604 | 467.0 | |||
New Amsterdam Theatre | 2021-10-31 | 5,582 | 465.2 | ... that the New Amsterdam Theatre, once described as "a vision of gorgeousness", later had dead cats in the basement and mushrooms growing through the floor? | |
2021 Facebook outage | 2021-10-27 | 5,568 | 464.0 | ... that Facebook's outage on October 4, 2021, also cut off the company's internal communications, preventing employees from sending or receiving external emails or logging in to Zoom? | |
Alto Velo Claim | 2021-10-07 | 11,124 | 463.5 | ... that a dispute over bird droppings was connected to the impeachment of U.S. president Andrew Johnson? | |
The Election of 1800 | 2021-10-22 | 5,520 | 460.0 | ... that while Alexander Hamilton may not have broken the tie in the election of 1800, he did break the tie in "The Election of 1800"? | |
The Gaslight Effect | 2021-10-29 | 5,496 | 458.0 | ... that Robin Stern's book The Gaslight Effect describes gaslighting as an epidemic? | |
Academese | 2021-10-11 | 10,834 | 451.4 | ... that academese has been criticized for being unnecessarily complex and in extreme cases, purposefully discriminating and obfuscating? | |
Black Terror (ship) | 2021-10-05 | 10,770 | 448.8 | ... that in 1863, the Union Navy built a ship with an outhouse serving as the pilothouse? | |
4 Times Square | 2021-10-20 | 10,707 | 446.1 | ... that the facade of 4 Times Square, made partly of glass and partly of stone, was compared to the two-faced god Janus? | |
Bill Godwin | 2021-10-26 | 5,276 | 439.7 | ... that when the Rhodesian Guard Force was disbanded in 1980, Brigadier Bill Godwin advised his men to fade away? | |
John Lewis (Shawnee leader) | 2021-10-22 | 5,236 | 436.3 | ... that Shawnee leader John Lewis (pictured) often wore a "peace medal" given to him by U.S. president Thomas Jefferson? | |
Romeo Beckham | 2021-10-15 | 10,396[h] | 433.2 | ... that after the footballer Romeo Beckham was released by Arsenal, he trained in tennis before returning to football five years later? | |
Edward Parr | 2021-10-21 | 5,184 | 432.0 | ... that Edward Parr's slave ship was once surrounded by 10 war canoes? | |
Meme stock | 2021-10-29 | 5,134 | 427.8 | ... that interest in meme stocks has given rise to what the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has called a "meme stocks phenomenon"? | |
Twin Pagodas (Suzhou) | 2021-10-20 | 10,102 | 420.9 | ... that the Twin Pagodas of Suzhou (pictured) have been compared to ink brushes? | |
Jean Kekedo | 2021-10-28 | 3,012 | 251.0 | ... that when Jean Kekedo was made a Dame of the Order of the British Empire in 2020 she became the third woman in her family to receive this honour, after her mother Dame Mary Kekedo and her sister Dame Rose Kekedo? | |
Mary Kekedo | 1,104 | 92.0 | |||
Rose Kekedo | 904 | 75.3 | |||
Total | 5,018 | 418.2 | |||
Thomas Foxcroft (slave trader) | 2021-10-10 | 10,014 | 417.3 | ... that Thomas Foxcroft sold 307 people for £9,858? | |
Women Who Fight Roundabout | 2021-10-31 | 4,997 | 416.4 | ... that a group of feminists placed the Women Who Fight anti-monument (pictured) on a pedestal on which a statue of Christopher Columbus formerly stood? | |
The Epic Split | 2021-10-11 | 9,962 | 415.1 | ... that "The Epic Split" featured an actor performing a gymnastic split between two backwards moving trucks? | |
Smoke Signal Broadcasting | 2021-10-07 | 9,960 | 415.0 | ... that Smoke Signal Broadcasting encased their Chieftain microcomputer in faux leather? | |
Susan Chitty | 2021-10-29 | 4,880 | 406.7 | ... that Susan Chitty's memoir on her mother, Antonia White, was viewed as a "literary assassination" when published? | |
Jersey Maritime Museum | 2021-10-23 | 4,816 | 401.3 | ... that the Jersey Maritime Museum (part of collection pictured) displays a 7.5-million-stitch tapestry depicting life under Nazi occupation that was worked on by thousands of islanders? | |
Hivernage | 2021-10-08 | 9,608 | 400.3 | ... that during the First World War, Senegalese Tirailleurs would be withdrawn from the Western Front to overwinter in camps in the south of France or northern Africa? | |
Haliurunas | 2021-10-31 | 4,772 | 397.7 | ... that the account of the Haliurunas in the 6th century history of the Goths, the Getica, is a precursor to later Christian traditions that wise women had sex and orgies with demons and the Devil? | |
Stephen Sondheim Theatre | 2021-10-16 | 5,780 | 240.9 | ... that the historic facade of Henry Miller's Theatre (pictured) is preserved at the base of the Bank of America Tower, while the theater's interior was rebuilt underground? | |
Bank of America Tower (Manhattan) | 3,580 | 149.2 | |||
Total | 9,361 | 390.0 | |||
Theodora Wilson Wilson | 2021-10-03 | 9,344 | 389.3 | ... that pacifist Theodora Wilson Wilson's science fiction book The Last Weapon was banned by the British Government in 1917? | |
Schneiderman v. United States | 2021-10-10 | 9,310 | 387.9 | ... that a Communist Party official was represented in Schneiderman v. United States by a previous Republican nominee for president? | |
Thomas Parr (slave trader) | 2021-10-04 | 9,300 | 387.5 | ... that after they met, evolutionary scientist Charles Darwin described Thomas Parr as an "old, miserly squire"? | |
Musang King | 2021-10-04 | 9,162 | 381.8 | ... that the pungent and bitter yet prized Musang King has been called the "Hermès of durian"? | |
John Ford Elkington | 2021-10-05 | 9,010 | 375.4 | ... that 50-year-old Lieutenant Colonel John Ford Elkington was reinstated into the British Army in 1916 after winning medals for bravery while serving in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion? | |
Times Square Tower | 2021-10-25 | 2,502 | 208.5 | ... that Times Square Tower and 5 Times Square, across the street from each other, were built for rival accounting firms during a redevelopment of New York City's Times Square? | |
5 Times Square | 1,988 | 165.7 | |||
Total | 4,490 | 374.2 | |||
Zenith Eazy PC | 2021-10-15 | 8,971 | 373.8 | ... that Zenith equipped the floppy-only models of the Eazy PC with power supplies too weak to accommodate a hard drive? | |
Ziziphus nummularia | 2021-10-22 | 4,484 | 373.6 | ... that the wild jujube can be planted on sand dunes to provide erosion control? | |
Bryant Park Studios | 2021-10-28 | 4,450 | 370.8 | ... that a tenant of the Bryant Park Studios once tried to evict their landlord from the building's top floor? | |
Low Memorial Library | 2021-10-13 | 8,792 | 366.3 | ... that Low is higher than its surroundings? | |
Community Banana Stand | 2021-10-10 | 8,582 | 357.6 | ... that in downtown Seattle, approximately 8,000 bananas are given away daily by Amazon "banistas" under the supervision of their "bananagers"? | |
Waluburg | 2021-10-31 | 4,160 | 346.7 | ... that the Germanic seeress Waluburg is only known from a pot shard found on the island Elephantine in southern Egypt? | |
Oxytocin (song) | 2021-10-16 | 8,297 | 345.7 | ... that "Oxytocin" was recorded expressly to "be insane live"? | |
Seventy-Six (novel) | 2021-10-24 | 4,047 | 337.2 | ... that "every chapter" of the 1823 novel Seventy-Six is said to be "covered with blood, or heaving with the throes of lacerated flesh"? | |
Hundred Years' War (1345–1347) | 2021-10-17 | 8,058 | 335.8 | ... that in 1345 and 1346 the English repeatedly defeated the French in both north and south-west France? | |
Fundadores de São Paulo | 2021-10-06 | 8,002 | 333.4 | ... that one of the plaques of the Fundadores de São Paulo monument (pictured) was stolen in 2004, and cannot be replaced due to incomplete records? | |
Natsuko Takahashi | 2021-10-12 | 8,000 | 333.3 | ... that after Natsuko Takahashi lost a screenwriting contest because her submission had the wrong theme, she was hired by the examiners? | |
Show Me the Father | 2021-10-08 | 7,992 | 333.0 | ... that Show Me the Father is the fourth consecutive film produced by the Kendrick brothers to earn an "A+" grade on CinemaScore? | |
Guard Force (Rhodesia) | 2021-10-21 | 3,948 | 329.0 | ... that the Rhodesian Guard Force was often implicated in criminal activity against the villagers it was meant to protect? | |
Zeb Noland | 2021-10-28 | 3,929 | 327.4 | ... that Zeb Noland was named the starting quarterback for the South Carolina Gamecocks despite being on the coaching staff? | |
Cabinet cup | 2021-10-30 | 3,916 | 326.3 | ... that porcelain cabinet cups were especially lavish pieces (example pictured) intended to be displayed in a china cabinet rather than used? | |
Fishponds of the Třeboň Basin | 2021-10-23 | 3,838 | 319.8 | ... that Charles IV commanded the significant expansion of the fishponds of the Třeboň Basin "so that the kingdom would abound in fish and mist"? | |
Nicolas Mahler | 2021-10-20 | 7,655 | 319.0 | ... that a comic award jury wrote that the characters of Nicolas Mahler "have no eyes, no ears, no mouths – but they undoubtedly have character"? | |
Stinson Jarvis | 2021-10-19 | 7,596 | 316.5 | ... that Stinson Jarvis believed druids controlled history? | |
Railroad and Bank Building | 2021-10-23 | 3,790 | 315.8 | ... that the Railroad and Bank Building was built with six miles (9.7 km) of pneumatic tubes used to send items anywhere within the building in under ten seconds? | |
Heterotermes aureus | 2021-10-26 | 3,774 | 314.5 | ... that inside a building, the desert subterranean termite can form free-standing tubes descending from the ceiling? | |
Fixed anvil temperature hypothesis | 2021-10-12 | 7,506 | 312.8 | ... that the fixed anvil temperature hypothesis proposes that anvil clouds (pictured) do not remove excess radiation as the Earth's surface temperature increases? | |
Cadogan Lane | 2021-10-14 | 7,463 | 311.0 | ... that a flat on London's Cadogan Lane has been described as "one of the happiest turn-on centres there's ever been" due to experiments with LSD done there? | |
Holothuria impatiens | 2021-10-12 | 7,414 | 308.9 | ... that the impatient sea cucumber readily expels sticky white cuvierian tubules when handled? | |
Janet Wilmshurst | 2021-10-30 | 3,694 | 307.9 | ... that Janet Wilmshurst paints pictures of the past with poop? | |
Life with Father (TV series) | 2021-10-26 | 3,684 | 307.0 | ... that Life with Father was the first network television series originating in Hollywood that was broadcast in color? | |
Frente de Liberación Homosexual | 2021-10-26 | 3,683 | 306.9 | ... that the Frente de Liberación Homosexual viewed all forms of oppression as interconnected, and believed that homosexuality was subversive because it challenged patriarchy? | |
Tramp (nightclub) | 2021-10-30 | 3,672 | 306.0 | ... that Keith Moon was briefly banned from the Tramp nightclub for destroying a chandelier? | |
Body image disturbance | 2021-10-05 | 7,218 | 300.7 | ... that body image disturbance is a common symptom in patients with eating disorders? | |
Mini scule | 2021-10-06 | 7,132 | 297.2 | ... that one of the smallest known species of frog is Mini scule? | |
Draft Eisenhower movement | 2021-10-14 | 7,103 | 296.0 | ... that the famous campaign slogan "I Like Ike" was associated with the 1952 Draft Eisenhower movement? | |
Timewasters | 2021-10-09 | 7,007 | 292.0 | ... that the racially themed time-travel comedy Timewasters was developed under the working title Black to the Future? | |
Angela Diaz | 2021-10-30 | 3,474 | 289.5 | ... that Angela Diaz was accepted into Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons despite not taking the standard medical school exams or paying the $15 application fee? | |
Lead belt (wargaming) | 2021-10-03 | 6,862 | 285.9 | ... that the lead belt in the English East Midlands is named after the historic use of lead in the wargames miniatures manufactured there? | |
Bayswater railway station, Perth | 2021-10-26 | 3,401 | 283.4 | ... that the platform shelters in the redevelopment concept design for Bayswater railway station, Perth, were criticised for looking like a trestle table? | |
Proseminar in Homophile Studies | 2021-10-09 | 6,742 | 280.9 | ... that the Proseminar in Homophile Studies, one of the first university courses about homosexuality, was held only once? | |
Tourism in Estonia | 2021-10-24 | 3,370 | 280.8 | ... that a newly opened ferry in 1968 attracted "vodka tourists" to Estonia? | |
Reggie Parks | 2021-10-31 | 3,321 | 276.8 | ... that championship belt designer Reggie Parks, whose work was used by WWE, UFC, and Madonna, was the first wrestling opponent of future NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes? | |
1913 Studebaker strike | 2021-10-06 | 6,510 | 271.2 | ... that the 1913 Studebaker strike is regarded as the first major labor strike in the automotive industry? | |
Abitibi-De-Troyes Provincial Park | 2021-10-20 | 6,491 | 270.5 | ... that a voyageur shot himself while taking a gun out of his canoe in Abitibi-De-Troyes Provincial Park? | |
André Kisase Ngandu | 2021-10-23 | 3,214 | 267.9 | ... that Congolese rebel leader André Kisase Ngandu criticised his Rwandan allies to such an extent that they were probably responsible for his murder? | |
Yinshu | 2021-10-14 | 6,344 | 264.3 | ... that an ancient Chinese medical text suggests that those of low social status will have many illnesses and die more easily? | |
The Bees Army | 2021-10-22 | 3,148 | 262.3 | ... that The Bees Army, a Saudi opposition movement, was supported by Jamal Khashoggi? | |
Forbes Log | 2021-10-09 | 6,287 | 262.0 | ... that the 1909 Forbes Log sent speed measurements remotely to the gunnery calculators used by the Royal Navy? | |
Abdullah Aidit | 2021-10-15 | 6,260 | 260.8 | ... that Abdullah Aidit did not want his son to change his name, mainly because he did not want to deal with the administrative consequences? | |
Mattea Conforti | 2021-10-30 | 3,128 | 260.6 | ... that after watching Matilda the Musical, Mattea Conforti complained that she could have starred in the title role? | |
Deutsche Bank Center | 2021-10-01 | 6,186 | 257.8 | ... that the apartments and hotel rooms at Time Warner Center did not have internet from Time Warner because it was too expensive? | |
The Devil and Daniel Webster (opera) | 2021-10-31 | 3,082 | 256.8 | ... that the opera The Devil and Daniel Webster features a jury of ghosts made up of famous historical American figures who are now residents of Hell; including the pirate Blackbeard? | |
Palembang Mayoral Office | 2021-10-05 | 6,106 | 254.4 | ... that the mayor's office building in Palembang, Indonesia, was built to function as both a town hall and a water tower? | |
St. John's Terminal | 2021-10-23 | 3,016 | 251.3 | ... that a club set up tennis courts on the roof of St. John's Terminal after broker William J. Hirschman spotted the suitable space from a helicopter? | |
Space Encounters | 2021-10-20 | 5,857 | 244.0 | ... that 1980's Space Encounters video game was the first that Midway Games offered in their "mini myte" arcade game cabinet? | |
The Incredible Hulk (1994 video game) | 2021-10-06 | 5,854 | 243.9 | ... that the robotic enemies in the video game The Incredible Hulk were influenced by Marvel Comics' objection to the Hulk killing humanoid characters? | |
Cathedral of Nocera Umbra | 2021-10-26 | 2,906 | 242.2 | ... that the Cathedral of Nocera Umbra probably rests on the foundations of a temple dedicated to the goddess Favonia? | |
Kenneth Lawson | 2021-10-27 | 2,872 | 239.3 | ... that Kenneth Lawson, who was disbarred after dealing with addiction, teaches subjects including professional responsibility at the William S. Richardson School of Law? | |
Gao Yan (politician) | 2021-10-27 | 2,837 | 236.4 | ... that a Chinese corruption investigation into Gao Yan has been interpreted as a political move against Li Peng, then second-in-command of the Communist Party of China? | |
Railroads in New England | 2021-10-25 | 2,832 | 236.0 | ... that the first railroad in New England was powered by horses? | |
Ni Yulan | 2021-10-10 | 5,658 | 235.8 | ... that civil-rights lawyer Ni Yulan, sentenced after recording the forced demolition of homes to make way for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was prevented from leaving China to accept awards? | |
Iyopawa Island | 2021-10-12 | 5,655 | 235.6 | ... that Iyopawa Island's golf course, despite being on an island, has no water hazards? | |
Carl Freedman (writer) | 2021-10-28 | 2,822 | 235.1 | ... that Carl Freedman viewed science fiction as the most sound genre for academic study? | |
Norman Dawe | 2021-10-18 | 5,632 | 234.7 | ... that after Norman Dawe died, he was described as "a victim of [ice] hockey because he worked too hard for it"? | |
Alma Mater (New York sculpture) | 2021-10-23 | 2,797 | 233.1 | ... that the Alma Mater statue at Columbia University was damaged by an explosion during student protests in 1970? | |
1997 Ontario teachers' strike | 2021-10-05 | 5,590 | 232.9 | ... that a leaked memo indicating that a government official would receive a bonus payment if she cut $667 million from Ontario's education budget contributed to the 1997 Ontario teachers' strike? | |
Tenantry Column | 2021-10-24 | 2,785 | 232.1 | ... that the Tenantry Column was built by the tenants of the Duke of Northumberland as thanks for a rent reduction? | |
Balloon (2018 film) | 2021-10-18 | 5,567 | 232.0 | ... that Michael Herbig, director of the 2018 film Balloon about the 1979 East German balloon escape, would not have made it without the blessing of the families who carried it out? | |
Basil Street | 2021-10-25 | 2,746 | 228.8 | ... that a flat in London's Basil Street was the scene of the first meetings that led to Monty Python's Flying Circus? | |
Sophie Drakeford-Lewis | 2021-10-23 | 2,745 | 228.8 | ... that English netball player Sophie Drakeford-Lewis was once the highest ranked British youth tennis player? | |
Shinjuku riot | 2021-10-22 | 2,744[i] | 228.7 | ... that anti–Vietnam War protesters occupied Shinjuku Station in 1968, causing the equivalent of US$18 million in financial losses? | |
Coat of arms of the Football Association | 2021-10-29 | 2,740 | 228.3 | ... that the lions supporting the coat of arms of the Football Association are half-blue and half-white in imitation of the blue shorts and white shirts worn by the national teams? | |
2012 Spanish Grand Prix | 2021-10-01 | 5,475 | 228.1 | ... that after Williams won the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix a conspiracy theory emerged which argued that the team had been given special tyres? | |
Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act | 2021-10-27 | 2,734 | 227.8 | ... that Singaporean activist Thum Ping Tjin called the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act an attempted coup? | |
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return | 2021-10-21 | 2,729 | 227.4 | ... that Whoopee Camp, the developer of Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return, dissolved while making their next game? | |
Karnabo | 2021-10-07 | 5,396 | 224.9 | ... that the trumpeting of Karnabo, a figure from Ardennes folklore with an elephant's trunk, is said to be heard during thunderstorms? | |
Ivory Winston | 2021-10-21 | 2,690 | 224.1 | ... that African American Ivory Winston sang for President Harry S. Truman's birthday and was "Iowa's First Lady of Song"? | |
Raytheon Anschütz | 2021-10-27 | 2,678 | 223.2 | ... that Albert Einstein was hired as a technical expert during the gyrocompass patent dispute between Anschütz and Elmer Ambrose Sperry? | |
Ancistrocladus korupensis | 2021-10-28 | 2,668 | 222.3 | ... that the liana Ancistrocladus korupensis contains a substance able to inhibit HIV viral replication? | |
Immortality in fiction | 2021-10-10 | 5,274 | 219.8 | ... that the concept of immortality has been featured in fiction since fiction's oldest known work? | |
Bill Mullahey | 2021-10-18 | 5,252 | 218.8 | ... that Pan Am executive Bill Mullahey was nicknamed "Mr. Pacific" for his work promoting tourism to Hawaiʻi and other island destinations? | |
Lust for Life (Iggy Pop album) | 2021-10-25 | 2,610 | 217.5 | ... that Iggy Pop's second studio album Lust for Life was written, recorded, and mixed in eight days? | |
Sonny Venkatrathnam | 2021-10-22 | 2,608 | 217.3 | ... that anti-apartheid activist Sonny Venkatrathnam smuggled a copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare into the Robben Island Maximum Security Prison covering it with old Deepavali greeting cards? | |
Gambara (seeress) | 2021-10-29 | 2,602 | 216.8 | ... that according to legend, the god of wisdom Odin was tricked by his own wife, and her priestess Gambara, to give victory to Gambara's tribe? | |
Yellowtail flounder | 2021-10-21 | 2,601 | 216.8 | ... that yellowtail flounders are able to camouflage and mimic the seafloor? | |
Shehr e Tabassum | 2021-10-19 | 5,172 | 215.5 | ... that the Pakistani film Shehr e Tabassum was the first animated cyberpunk film to be made by an Urdu development team? | |
Andrew Rawlins | 2021-10-21 | 2,572 | 214.3 | ... that Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Rawlins proposed that the Rhodesian Army employ witchdoctors as psychological warfare during the Rhodesian Bush War? | |
Grand Prospect Hall | 2021-10-19 | 5,086 | 211.9 | ... that the owners of New York City's Grand Prospect Hall produced and starred in cheaply shot commercials, parodied on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Saturday Night Live? | |
R. Nelson Smith | 2021-10-17 | 5,074 | 211.4 | ... that chemist R. Nelson Smith replaced his colleague's desk chair with a porcelain toilet? | |
Marsh Family | 2021-10-18 | 5,053 | 210.5 | ... that the Marsh Family's parody of Les Misérables's "One Day More" required pizza? | |
Johann Adam von Questenberg | 2021-10-15 | 5,041 | 210.0 | ... that Johann Adam von Questenberg (pictured), who worked for the Austrian Imperial Court, was an amateur lutenist who made his palace a music centre? | |
Diamonds from Sierra Leone | 2021-10-18 | 5,012 | 208.8 | ... that Kanye West's "Diamonds" was re-recorded as "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" after Q-Tip informed him about blood diamonds in Sierra Leone? | |
Ham House | 2021-10-17 | 4,995 | 208.1 | ... that Ham House contains a rare Charles I–era cabinet room, created for the display of miniature paintings? | |
La Folia Barockorchester | 2021-10-29 | 2,494 | 207.8 | ... that when La Folia Barockorchester made the first recordings of anonymous violin concertos found in the Dresden Hofkirche, they chose not to discover the identity of the composers? | |
Battle of Demons | 2021-10-01 | 4,986 | 207.8 | ... that Battle of Demons was first published on an original fiction website in 2004? | |
Horselunges Manor | 2021-10-16 | 4,970 | 207.1 | ... that Horselunges Manor was featured in the film The Song Remains the Same about Led Zeppelin? | |
Anyanwu (sculpture) | 2021-10-04 | 4,963 | 206.8 | ... that the United Nations described Ben Enwonwu's sculpture Anyanwu as "symbolic of the rising sun" of the new nation of Nigeria? | |
Manchmal feiern wir mitten im Tag | 2021-10-21 | 2,468 | 205.6 | ... that the 1974 song "Manchmal feiern wir mitten im Tag" claims that we sometimes celebrate resurrection in the middle of a day? | |
Stauffer, Oregon | 2021-10-29 | 2,462 | 205.2 | ... that in 1943, the United States Army conducted a large-scale battle near Stauffer, Oregon, as part of the Oregon Maneuver training exercise preparing troops for combat in World War II? | |
Statutes Fair | 2021-10-29 | 2,446 | 203.8 | ... that the Statutes Fair in Burton upon Trent has been held annually since 1219? | |
IBM Product Center | 2021-10-21 | 2,439 | 203.2 | ... that in 1981, a customer could have bought a photocopier from an IBM Product Center for $39,000? | |
Charles P. Gross | 2021-10-14 | 4,856 | 202.3 | ... that when Charles P. Gross became the chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation, the mayor told him that "if you think war is Hell, then you have something waiting for you on this job"? | |
Azerbaijan in the Council of Europe | 2021-10-25 | 2,420 | 201.7 | ... that Azerbaijan has been a member of the Council of Europe, an organization promoting human rights, for more than twenty years, despite holding political prisoners and rigging elections? | |
Aung Myo Min | 2021-10-03 | 4,812 | 200.5 | ... that Aung Myo Min, Union Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government of Myanmar, is the country's first openly LGBT minister? | |
The Series Finale | 2021-10-07 | 4,795 | 199.8 | ... that Elizabeth Olsen consulted on the Scarlet Witch costume that debuted in the WandaVision episode "The Series Finale" so it would be less revealing than her past Marvel Cinematic Universe costumes? | |
David Albala | 2021-10-14 | 4,770 | 198.8 | ... that as a result of David Albala's lobbying, Serbia became the first country to endorse the Balfour Declaration? | |
Chen Wenxin | 2021-10-31 | 2,370 | 197.5 | ... that Chen Wenxin discovered that planting legumes and grasses together can increase yield? | |
Suohpanterror | 2021-10-23 | 2,357 | 196.4 | ... that artist-activist group Suohpanterror remixed the "We Can Do It!" Rosie the Riveter poster to signify Sámi feminism? | |
Givans Creek Woods | 2021-10-27 | 2,349 | 195.8 | ... that Givans Creek Woods was once used to dump construction fill? | |
30 Seconds Over Tokyo (song) | 2021-10-22 | 2,348 | 195.7 | ... that Allen Ravenstine, who used a synthesizer to emulate the sound of an airplane's engine on "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", later became an airline pilot? | |
Sharri MacDonald | 2021-10-24 | 2,336 | 194.6 | ... that Sharri MacDonald was removed from the Old Orchard Beach City Council after a controversial 4–3 vote put the entire council up for recall? | |
Fedotova and Others v. Russia | 2021-10-20 | 4,659 | 194.1 | ... that in the 2021 case Fedotova and Others v. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that lack of legal recognition for same-sex couples violated human rights? | |
Euphorbia caducifolia | 2021-10-23 | 1,315 | 109.6 | ... that the desert plant Euphorbia caducifolia is commonly known as the "leafless milk hedge", while Euphorbia nivulia is the "holy milk hedge"? | |
Euphorbia nivulia | 1,000 | 83.3 | |||
Total | 2,314 | 192.9 | |||
Giuseppe Scarabelli | 2021-10-24 | 2,296 | 191.4 | ... that archaeologist Giuseppe Scarabelli made the only complete excavation of a Bronze Age village in Italy? | |
Montacuta substriata | 2021-10-15 | 2,562 | 106.8 | ... that the tiny bivalve mollusc Montacuta substriata attaches to the spines of the purple heart urchin, where it resembles a grain of sand? | |
Spatangus purpureus | 2,001 | 83.4 | |||
Total | 4,564 | 190.1 | |||
Ottoman music | 2021-10-06 | 4,560 | 190.0 | ... that the founders of the Turkish Republic despised Turkish classical music and tried to censor it? | |
Kaczyzm | 2021-10-30 | 2,272 | 189.3 | ... that Kaczyzm is a pejorative term describing the political ideology of Polish politicians Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński and their Law and Justice party? | |
Relocation of the United States Government to Trenton | 2021-10-05 | 4,478 | 186.6 | ... that in 1799, the federal government of the United States was evacuated to Trenton, New Jersey, due to an outbreak of yellow fever? | |
Dan Quayle 2000 presidential campaign | 2021-10-28 | 2,225 | 185.4 | ... that when Dan Quayle announced his 2000 presidential campaign, Larry King congratulated him by telling him "you're not a joke like you once were"? | |
Ben Enwonwu's Daily Mirror sculptures | 2021-10-15 | 4,441 | 185.0 | ... that in his sculptures for the Daily Mirror, Ben Enwonwu carved a "religious group" flying news all over the world? | |
Ralph Page | 2021-10-29 | 2,218 | 184.8 | ... that Ralph Page once called a contra dance for more than 4000 people in Tokyo, despite not knowing Japanese? | |
An Informal History of the Hugos | 2021-10-17 | 4,428 | 184.5 | ... that Jo Walton's An Informal History of the Hugos, which opines that the Hugo Award has a 69-percent success rate, was itself nominated for a Hugo? | |
United Democratic Alliance (Nagaland) | 2021-10-25 | 2,206 | 183.9 | ... that since the formation of the United Democratic Alliance, Nagaland has had no parliamentary opposition? | |
Catharine Brant | 2021-10-16 | 4,353 | 181.4 | ... that Clan Mother Catharine Brant had the right to nominate the Tekarihogen, the most important civil chief of the Mohawk nation? | |
Denise Jones Ennett | 2021-10-29 | 2,174 | 181.1 | ... that Arkansas legislator Denise Jones Ennett took part in a Black Lives Matter protest in front of the Arkansas State Capitol? | |
Dracophyllum fiordense | 2021-10-07 | 4,280 | 178.3 | ... that the New Zealand tree Dracophyllum fiordense has distinctive spirals at the ends of its leaves? | |
Hilf, Herr meines Lebens | 2021-10-20 | 4,266 | 177.7 | ... that the first prayer of "Hilf, Herr meines Lebens", a Christian song written when its author was age 85, is not to be on earth in vain? | |
Rodwell–Hoskins mechanism | 2021-10-09 | 4,226 | 176.1 | ... that monsoons in Asia may contribute to the dry climate of the Mediterranean during summer? | |
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time | 2021-10-03 | 4,224 | 176.0 | ... that Activision teased the video game Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time by sending jigsaw puzzles to members of the press? | |
Breaking the Fourth Wall (WandaVision) | 2021-10-11 | 4,170 | 173.7 | ... that Benedict Cumberbatch was originally expected to have a cameo appearance as Dr. Strange in the WandaVision episode "Breaking the Fourth Wall"? | |
A Passage North | 2021-10-28 | 2,080 | 173.3 | ... that A Passage North, which is shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, is set in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan Civil War? | |
Holothuria glaberrima | 2021-10-13 | 4,148 | 172.8 | ... that the brown rock sea cucumber has been used in regeneration research? | |
Wickiup Hill | 2021-10-02 | 4,132 | 172.1 | ... that Wickiup Hill has undocumented Native American burial grounds that are protected by Iowa law? | |
Sefine Shipyard | 2021-10-17 | 4,106 | 171.1 | ... that the Sefine Shipyard in Turkey built a hybrid-electric ferry for Norway? | |
Temagami River | 2021-10-25 | 2,052 | 171.0 | ... that the Temagami River in Ontario, Canada, is an outstanding water route with twenty sets of whitewater rapids rated CI to CIII? | |
Interstate 180 (Nebraska) | 2021-10-26 | 2,046 | 170.5 | ... that reconstruction of Nebraska's Interstate 180 was disrupted by the discovery of nesting migratory birds? | |
Audience immersion | 2021-10-10 | 4,042 | 168.4 | ... that the use of audience immersion in video games has been studied as a strategy for promoting behavior change for the implementation of public health objectives? | |
Banknotes of the Ukrainian hryvnia | 2021-10-16 | 4,008 | 167.0 | ... that in 1919, Ukrainians were using regular-issue paper money issued in denominations of 0.30, 0.40, 0.90, 1.80, 3.60 and 18 hryvnias? | |
Wyoming Highway 257 | 2021-10-03 | 4,002 | 166.7 | ... that construction of Wyoming Highway 257 was delayed for several years by an eminent domain lawsuit? | |
George Pitcher (philosopher) | 2021-10-24 | 1,992 | 166.0 | ... that philosopher George Pitcher adopted a stray dog and her puppy that he took everywhere, including on a trip to France aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2? | |
Questprobe featuring The Hulk | 2021-10-15 | 3,983 | 166.0 | ... that the Chief Examiner, who first appeared in Questprobe featuring The Hulk, was modeled after game designer Scott Adams? | |
Fernhill House | 2021-10-24 | 1,943 | 161.9 | ... that Fernhill House has been home to a butter merchant, an Ulster Volunteer Force armoury, a Grand National-winning racehorse and the world's largest collection of Orange Order memorabilia? | |
O. Kay Henderson | 2021-10-26 | 1,932 | 161.0 | ... that reporter O. Kay Henderson, who has interviewed U.S. presidential candidates, is considered by national media to be an Iowa political authority? | |
William Whaley | 2021-10-09 | 3,853 | 160.5 | ... that William Whaley advised William Earle to "purchase all the elephants teeth you possible can"? | |
In Freundschaft | 2021-10-28 | 1,924 | 160.3 | ... that In Freundschaft was composed in friendship by Karlheinz Stockhausen as a clarinet solo for Suzanne Stephens (pictured), and later adapted to the instruments of other friends? | |
Saraya Awliya al-Dam | 2021-10-24 | 1,914 | 159.5 | ... that the Iraqi paramilitary organisation Saraya Awliya al-Dam has a Telegram account? | |
Mary Emily Sinclair | 2021-10-24 | 1,912 | 159.4 | ... that 100 years after Mary Emily Sinclair wrote a master's thesis in mathematics on the discriminants of quintic polynomials, Helaman Ferguson based a sculpture on her work? | |
Pauline Brown Humphrey | 2021-10-26 | 1,881 | 156.8 | ... that cosmetologist Pauline Brown Humphrey opened a beauty shop for African-American women in the Women's Army Corps in Fort Des Moines? | |
Tungia Baker | 2021-10-19 | 3,748 | 156.1 | ... that Tungia Baker owned a cloak given to her by King Korokī Mahuta? | |
Max Wallraf | 2021-10-29 | 1,858 | 154.9 | ... that Max Wallraf replaced Paul Löbe as President of the Reichstag for a few months in 1924–25? | |
Ryan Johnson (footballer, born 1996) | 2021-10-12 | 3,710 | 154.6 | ... that Ryan Johnson became Stevenage's youngest player in the club's English Football League history in May 2014, debuting at 17 years and 215 days old? | |
Laura Jean McKay | 2021-10-16 | 3,680 | 153.3 | ... that Laura Jean McKay's 2020 novel about a fictional pandemic was first written in 2013? | |
Upper Thomson MRT station | 2021-10-27 | 1,838 | 153.2 | ... that Singapore's Upper Thomson MRT station is decorated with 88 animal figures, most of which are crab-eating macaques? | |
WTAF-TV (Indiana) | 2021-10-18 | 3,648 | 152.0 | ... that Indiana's WTAF-TV fought for more than six years to obtain a network affiliation and reached an agreement with NBC just ten days before shutting down for good? | |
Blue Chip Electronics | 2021-10-16 | 3,644 | 151.9 | ... that Blue Chip Electronics' low-cost Blue Chip PC was manufactured by Hyundai? | |
Catherine Downes | 2021-10-06 | 3,630 | 151.2 | ... that in 1786, antiquarian Catherine Downes was one of the first women to excavate a Roman villa? | |
Early American publishers and printers | 2021-10-12 | 3,607 | 150.3 | ... that more than 1,200 early American publishers and printers were prosecuted for seditious speech by royal colonial authorities? | |
Johan Zulch de Villiers | 2021-10-26 | 1,797 | 149.8 | ... that Johan Zulch de Villiers was the first mayor of Johannesburg until Johannesburg's surrender during the Second Boer War? | |
Indiana Woodward | 2021-10-30 | 1,793 | 149.4 | ... that during her early career, ballerina Indiana Woodward danced the lead role in La Sylphide, replacing an injured dancer? | |
Elaine Estes | 2021-10-31 | 1,786 | 148.8 | ... that Elaine Estes, the first African American director of the Des Moines Public Library, holds a patent on her parents' barbecue sauce? | |
GST distribution dispute | 2021-10-29 | 1,784 | 148.7 | ... that an Australian state premier said he would be taking a spear to meetings on a tax-distribution dispute? | |
Pisanhari Ki Marhia | 2021-10-13 | 3,539 | 147.5 | ... that according to legend, the Jain temple of Pisanhari Ki Marhia was built by a poor old woman who saved up money by milling flour? | |
Master Sword | 2021-10-21 | 1,748 | 145.7 | ... that Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was designed to be an origin story for the Master Sword? | |
Homalanthus nutans | 2021-10-29 | 1,733 | 144.4 | ... that the small tree Homalanthus nutans is a pioneer species, readily colonising disturbed ground? | |
3 East 57th Street | 2021-10-11 | 3,412 | 142.2 | ... that L. P. Hollander & Company filed for bankruptcy less than two years after moving its New York City store to 3 East 57th Street? | |
Division of Industrial Hygiene | 2021-10-13 | 3,404 | 141.8 | ... that the Division of Industrial Hygiene moved from a custom-built laboratory at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, to a converted warehouse in Cincinnati as interest in worker health waned? | |
Squirrel Scouts (The Scout Association) | 2021-10-04 | 3,386 | 141.1 | ... that the name of the Squirrel Scouts section of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom was inspired in part by the thriving population of red squirrels on Brownsea Island, where Scouting began? | |
Washington State Route 971 | 2021-10-04 | 3,384 | 141.0 | ... that Washington State Route 971 is the highest-numbered state highway in Washington? | |
Apple worker organizations | 2021-10-16 | 3,358 | 139.9 | ... that ahead of the iPhone 4S's launch, Apple retail store workers in Rome went on strike using the slogan "Strike Different", a play on words on Apple's "Think Different"? | |
Kirovs Lipmans | 2021-10-11 | 3,273 | 136.4 | ... that in 2010, ice hockey executive Kirovs Lipmans was reported to be the second-richest person in Latvia? | |
Evidence (Faith No More song) | 2021-10-13 | 3,256 | 135.7 | ... that Faith No More's "Evidence" has drawn comparisons to Burt Bacharach? | |
Karl-Heinz Petzinka | 2021-10-08 | 3,222 | 134.3 | ... that Karl-Heinz Petzinka, the rector of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, designed the Stadttor (pictured) in Düsseldorf? | |
Steel River (Ontario) | 2021-10-24 | 1,562 | 130.2 | ... that the Steel River, in Northern Ontario, Canada, is one of the few rivers along Lake Superior's north shore never used for log drives? | |
Bayev and Others v. Russia | 2021-10-22 | 1,552 | 129.3 | ... that in the 2017 case Bayev and Others v. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russian laws against "promotion of homosexuality" violate freedom of speech? | |
Wapsipinicon Almanac | 2021-10-06 | 3,100 | 129.2 | ... that the Wapsipinicon Almanac was started "to silence anyone who thinks Iowa doesn't have a literary culture"? | |
Pierson, Iowa | 2021-10-22 | 1,530 | 127.5 | ... that the World War I memorial in Pierson, Iowa, was rededicated in 2018 by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library? | |
Castle Recording Laboratory | 2021-10-29 | 1,486 | 123.8 | ... that Castle Recording Laboratory, Nashville's first commercial recording studio, was established in a repurposed hotel banquet room? | |
Northern line extension to Battersea | 2021-10-02 | 2,964 | 123.5 | ... that the tunnel boring machines that dug the London's new Northern line extension were named after the first British astronaut Helen Sharman, and British aviation pioneer Amy Johnson? | |
Salu (cloth) | 2021-10-22 | 1,472 | 122.7 | ... that Salu was one of seven cotton cloths explicitly mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari, together with Khasa, Tansukh, Doriya, Bafta, Dupatta, and Panchtoliya? | |
Architextiles | 2021-10-08 | 2,879 | 120.0 | ... that Hylozoic Ground, an interactive architecture model presented in the 18th Biennale of Sydney, is an example of architextiles? | |
Heartless (Kanye West song) | 2021-10-22 | 1,432 | 119.3 | ... that Kanye West performed "Heartless" with altered lyrics at a youth ball for Barack Obama's first inauguration? | |
Greg Dulcich | 2021-10-30 | 1,420 | 118.3 | ... that Greg Dulcich is a former walk-on whose first touchdown with UCLA was about three miles (4.8 km) from his high school? | |
Delphian Club | 2021-10-11 | 2,839 | 118.3 | ... that the Delphian Club designated John Neal as Magister Facetiarum of the Office of the Joke Master General? | |
Louisville National Medical College | 2021-10-14 | 2,690 | 112.1 | ... that when the Louisville National Medical College was founded, it was the only medical school in the city to accept Black students? | |
Gather (film) | 2021-10-31 | 1,340 | 111.7 | ... that the 2020 documentary film Gather, which explores Native American efforts for food sovereignty and reclamation of ancestral foodways, was named a Critic's Pick by The New York Times? | |
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (Telemann) | 2021-10-31 | 1,334 | 111.2 | ... that Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, a motet by Telemann, was performed and recorded in 2017 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation? | |
Mabel Smyth Memorial Building | 2021-10-04 | 2,652 | 110.5 | ... that an ʻape-leaf design decorates the exterior of the Mabel Smyth Memorial Building in Honolulu? | |
Myanmar Coast Guard | 2021-10-30 | 1,323 | 110.2 | ... that the Myanmar Coast Guard was initially proposed as a civilian law enforcement agency before being established as a branch of the military three years later? | |
Dipteronia brownii | 2021-10-28 | 1,321 | 110.1 | ... that pollen study was needed to clarify the identity of a Dipteronia brownii fossil? | |
Three's a Crowd (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) | 2021-10-02 | 2,619 | 109.1 | ... that the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Three's a Crowd" references Fear and Loathing writer Hunter S. Thompson? | |
Craft Horizons | 2021-10-01 | 2,542 | 105.9 | ... that Craft Horizons both documented and shaped the changing history of the American craft movement? | |
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance | 2021-10-30 | 1,262 | 105.1 | ... that a 1997 whooping cough outbreak in part led to the establishment of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance in Australia? | |
Alexis Mallon | 2021-10-27 | 1,242 | 103.5 | ... that in 1929, the world press proclaimed Teleilat el Ghassul to be the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah, but Father Alexis Mallon, the site's excavator, disagreed? | |
KVOF-TV | 2021-10-23 | 1,224 | 102.0 | ... that when Gene Scott was forced to close San Francisco TV station KVOF-TV, he called its successor "the Tower of Babel religious brigade"—then proceeded to buy air time on it? | |
Wolfgang Anheisser | 2021-10-01 | 2,428 | 101.2 | ... that Wolfgang Anheisser was the leading baritone at the Cologne Opera while simultaneously a member of East Berlin's State Opera? | |
Rumbo Recorders | 2021-10-30 | 1,214 | 101.1 | ... that the Guns N' Roses debut studio album Appetite for Destruction was recorded at a recording studio founded by 1970s pop duo Captain & Tennille? | |
Eberhard Panitz | 2021-10-28 | 1,212 | 101.0 | ... that Eberhard Panitz wrote his novel, My Father's Tram, with autobiographic elements around his father—a tram conductor in Dresden? | |
Florissantia (plant) | 2021-10-31 | 1,172 | 97.7 | ... that Florissantia flowers were possibly pollinated by bats? | |
Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone | 2021-10-30 | 1,161 | 96.8 | ... that Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone houses the first semiconductor fabrication plant in Borneo? | |
Wilfried Gruhn | 2021-10-02 | 2,316 | 96.5 | ... that Wilfried Gruhn founded a centre for early childhood music learning in Freiburg, based on the Gordon music learning theory? | |
1940 NCAA Basketball Championship Game | 2021-10-23 | 1,155 | 96.2 | ... that the 1940 NCAA Basketball Championship Game began a run of three straight NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament title games held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri? | |
May Childs Nerney | 2021-10-23 | 1,148 | 95.7 | ... that as secretary of the NAACP, May Childs Nerney has been credited with "laying the fundamental groundwork" for "the most powerful organization battling racial injustice"? | |
WQHK-FM | 2021-10-02 | 2,200 | 91.6 | ... that even the manager of Indiana radio station WMCZ confused it with WMEE, leading a federal judge to order the former to change its call sign? | |
Living the Book of My Life | 2021-10-25 | 1,095 | 91.2 | ... that Philip Michael Thomas compared himself to Santa Claus upon releasing his album Living the Book of My Life? | |
Anoscopus albifrons | 2021-10-09 | 2,190 | 91.2 | ... that Anoscopus albifrons males can only be differentiated from other species in its genus by examining their aedeagi? | |
Border Violence Monitoring Network | 2021-10-23 | 1,079 | 89.9 | ... that in 2020, Border Violence Monitoring Network published the Black Book of Pushbacks documenting human rights violations against 12,654 migrants traveling on the Balkan route? | |
Black Student Union | 2021-10-25 | 1,076 | 89.6 | ... that within a year after the first Black Student Union was founded at San Francisco State College in March 1966, it had a presence at every state college in California? | |
Iowa Authors and Their Works | 2021-10-04 | 2,148 | 89.5 | ... that the 1918 book Iowa Authors and Their Works was an attempt to document all Iowa authors and their writing starting from 1880? | |
KWKC | 2021-10-31 | 1,058 | 88.2 | ... that radio station KWKC dropped its application for a TV station in order to speed the arrival of television to Abilene, Texas, which would otherwise have been 89th in line? | |
Tuberculosis elimination | 2021-10-30 | 1,041 | 86.8 | ... that addressing poverty is an important factor in achieving tuberculosis elimination? | |
Initial IMO Strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships | 2021-10-31 | 1,028 | 85.7 | ... that the Initial IMO Strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships envisions the elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport by the end of the century? | |
Michipicoten Provincial Park | 2021-10-02 | 1,987 | 82.8 | ... that archaeologists found evidence at Michipicoten Provincial Park on the north shore of Canada's Lake Superior that indigenous people used the site since at least 1100 AD? | |
4,7-Dichloroquinoline | 2021-10-01 | 1,970 | 82.1 | ... that the availability of the chemical intermediate 4,7-dichloroquinoline facilitated the discovery of hydroxychloroquine in 1949? | |
John Rudzinski | 2021-10-07 | 1,945 | 81.0 | ... that John Rudzinski, defensive coordinator for the Air Force Falcons, coached high school football while stationed at Charleston Air Force Base? | |
Science Fiction Awards Database | 2021-10-10 | 1,892 | 78.9 | ... that the Science Fiction Awards Database also covers fantasy and horror? | |
Elizabeth Laurie Rees | 2021-10-22 | 936 | 78.0 | ... that Elizabeth Laurie Rees was the only woman to lead devotions at the 1928 World Baptist Congress in Toronto? | |
La Venuta | 2021-10-17 | 1,824 | 76.0 | ... that the bonfires lit on the night of La Venuta recall the miraculous flight of the Holy House of Nazareth to Loreto? | |
Kelmscott Press | 2021-10-23 | 896 | 74.7 | ... that in the Kelmscott Press's acclaimed Complete Works of Chaucer, illustrator Burne-Jones depicts a house "made of twigges" in an unusually literal style? | |
William M. King | 2021-10-08 | 1,788 | 74.5 | ... that William M. King, who was born in Connecticut, lived and worked in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Missouri before becoming the third speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives? | |
Celestial Navigation (The West Wing) | 2021-10-30 | 832 | 69.3 | ... that CCH Pounder, who guest starred in The West Wing's "Celestial Navigation", was almost selected for the main role of C. J. Cregg? | |
New Zealand literature | 2021-10-26 | 816 | 68.0 | ... that Māori fiction written in English, now a key part of New Zealand literature, only emerged in the 1950s? | |
Green to Gold (album) | 2021-10-24 | 813 | 67.8 | ... that the Antlers' 2021 album Green to Gold was made after lead singer Peter Silberman suffered temporary total hearing loss and lesions on his vocal cords? | |
Max Creutz | 2021-10-21 | 812 | 67.7 | ... that Max Creutz, director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld from 1922, acquired modern art including a painting by Max Ernst and a large collection of Bauhaus creations? | |
Previously On | 2021-10-08 | 1,584 | 66.0 | ... that Wanda Maximoff was referred to as the "Scarlet Witch" for the first time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the WandaVision episode "Previously On"? | |
Anton Josef Reiss | 2021-10-09 | 1,576 | 65.7 | ... that Anton Josef Reiss created a marble Pietà sculpture for Cologne's St. Gereon? | |
KNUZ-TV | 2021-10-22 | 754 | 62.8 | ... that KNUZ-TV produced a remote telecast from the HMS Sheffield when it visited Houston? | |
Düben collection | 2021-10-15 | 1,480 | 61.7 | ... that the Düben collection contains the sole surviving copies of many works by Dieterich Buxtehude? | |
2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series | 2021-10-22 | 732 | 61.0 | ... that in September 2021, the England national netball team won a series in New Zealand for the first time? | |
2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team | 2021-10-22 | 638 | 53.2 | ... that women's basketball Hall of Famers Chris Dailey and Geno Auriemma are in their 37th season of coaching the UConn Huskies together? | |
Courts of Ontario | 2021-10-27 | 636 | 53.0 | ... that Gladue courts, part of Ontario's court system, apply distinctive principles when sentencing Indigenous offenders? | |
Hubert Dunn | 2021-10-02 | 1,218 | 50.7 | ... that the UK's former chief immigration adjudicator, Judge Hubert Dunn, published a book on the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, including some previously unseen poems? | |
Komm, Herr, segne uns | 2021-10-07 | 1,098 | 45.7 | ... that Dieter Trautwein gave his 2003 autobiography the same title as his hymn "Komm, Herr, segne uns" (Come, Lord, bless us), for which he wrote the text and music in 1978? |
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