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Low | 39.3 | Raymonda Variations | 116.6 | Kyiv Symphony Orchestra | 39.3 | Raymonda Variations |
Median | 205.0 | William Williams (printer and publisher) Brian Fawcett |
692.9 | Blind cave eel Mercury in fiction |
228.7 | 2021 Tennessee floods Nagina (1951 film) |
High | 1,819.9 | Preparedness paradox | 2,466.8 | Lunch Atop a Skyscraper | 2,466.8 | Lunch Atop a Skyscraper |
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Lunch Atop a Skyscraper | 2022-05-27 | 59,204 | 2,466.8 | ... that the "most famous picture of a lunch break in New York history" (pictured) was actually a publicity stunt? | |
Barbara Ann Wilcox | 2022-05-11 | 47,324 | 1,971.8 | ... that transgender pioneer Barbara Ann Wilcox (pictured) proposed to her husband on the day she met him? | |
The Most Dangerous Animal in the World | 2022-05-30 | 43,720 | 1,821.7 | ... that The Most Dangerous Animal in the World (pictured) was an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo in 1963? | |
Preparedness paradox | 2022-05-03 | 43,678 | 1,819.9 | ... that if a disaster is avoided through planning and vigilance, people will paradoxically doubt that the preparation was necessary? | |
Diminish and Ascend | 2022-05-23 | 20,782 | 1,731.8 | ... that Diminish and Ascend has been called a real-life M. C. Escher drawing? | |
Inna Derusova | 2022-05-22 | 18,334 | 1,527.9 | ... that Inna Derusova (pictured) was the first woman to be posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine? | |
Duke of Alcantara Stradivarius | 2022-05-05 | 33,190 | 1,382.9 | ... that the Duke of Alcantara Stradivarius violin (pictured) went missing for 27 years? | |
Hun speech | 2022-05-03 | 29,806 | 1,241.9 | ... that the former German chancellor Bernhard von Bülow called Wilhelm II's 1900 Hun speech the "worst speech of that time and perhaps the most disgraceful speech that Wilhelm II [had] ever given"? | |
Luise Duttenhofer | 2022-05-23 | 14,120 | 1,176.6 | ... that Luise Duttenhofer died in 1829 after more than a thousand papercuts? | |
Möbius strip | 2022-05-03 | 24,473[a] | 1,019.7 | ... that the recycling symbol (pictured) depicts a Möbius strip? | |
J. T. Blatty | 2022-05-17 | 12,192 | 1,016.0 | ... that J. T. Blatty (pictured) was a tennis star and US Army captain before photographing military volunteers in Ukraine? | |
Holocaust uniqueness debate | 2022-05-04 | 24,160 | 1,006.7 | ... that some have considered the Holocaust a unique event, external to history and beyond human understanding? | |
They Did Not Expect Him | 2022-05-18 | 12,077 | 1,006.4 | ... that Ilya Repin changed the main character in his painting They Did Not Expect Him (pictured) from a woman because it looked too similar to another painting? | |
Södermanland Runic Inscription 113 | 2022-05-23 | 11,140 | 928.3 | ... that Södermanland Runic Inscription 113 (pictured) was found in 1856 when a burial mound was dug up as part of new cultivation? | |
Star on the Mountain | 2022-05-19 | 11,080 | 923.3 | ... that El Paso's Star on the Mountain (pictured) is lit up every night and visible from the air up to 100 miles (160 km) away? | |
2007 Boston Mooninite panic | 2022-05-12 | 21,398 | 891.6 | ... that an advertising campaign promoting an Aqua Teen Hunger Force film went wrong when signs throughout Boston displaying the Mooninites (example pictured) were mistaken for bombs? | |
William Beauchamp Nevill | 2022-05-14 | 21,151 | 881.3 | ... that former convict Lord William Beauchamp Nevill (pictured) wrote Penal Servitude, a book about his prison experiences? | |
Dancing with Dandelions | 2022-05-18 | 10,570 | 880.9 | ... that each Dancing with Dandelions sculpture (pictured) has a stone heart, some of which are engraved with messages? | |
Göğceli Mosque | 2022-05-26 | 20,064 | 836.0 | ... that the Göğceli Mosque (pictured) in Turkey, constructed in 1206 with stacked planks without using nails, is still in use? | |
Harry's Bar (London) | 2022-05-24 | 19,982 | 832.6 | ... that "it is almost impossible to find fault" with London's exclusive private dining club, Harry's Bar – until one receives the bill? | |
Rōki Sasaki | 2022-05-19 | 5,312 | 442.7 | ... that Rōki Sasaki (pictured) recorded 13 consecutive strikeouts during his April 10 perfect game? | |
Rōki Sasaki's perfect game | 4,622 | 385.2 | |||
Total | 9,934 | 827.9 | |||
Nga Tet Pya | 2022-05-21 | 9,915 | 826.2 | ... that when asked by the king to choose the weapon by which he would be executed, the outlaw Nga Tet Pya replied "I choose your most beautiful queen Saw Omma"? | |
The Archives of the Planet | 2022-05-15 | 19,798 | 824.9 | ... that The Archives of the Planet includes 72,000 color photographs (example pictured) of human cultures taken in 50 countries between 1908 and 1931? | |
Orange William | 2022-05-17 | 9,778 | 814.8 | ... that Orange William was a very-long-range British anti-tank missile that was cancelled as the Chieftain tank appeared to outperform it? | |
Itsuki Hirata | 2022-05-02 | 18,988 | 791.1 | ... that Japanese mixed martial artist Itsuki Hirata's nickname is "Android 18" due to being told she looks like the Dragon Ball character? | |
Apetor | 2022-05-18 | 9,171 | 764.2 | ... that after Norwegian YouTuber Apetor's death in 2021, Czech fans lit candles in his memory outside the Norwegian embassy in Prague? | |
Occupation of Catalina Island | 2022-05-10 | 18,013 | 750.5 | ... that in 1972, Catalina Island was occupied by the Brown Berets, who claimed that the territory rightfully belonged to Mexico? | |
Sam Atyeo | 2022-05-05 | 17,978 | 749.1 | ... that Winston Churchill reportedly called Sam Atyeo the world's most foul-mouthed diplomat? | |
Man camp | 2022-05-02 | 17,848 | 743.7 | ... that man camps can overwhelm local infrastructure, including emergency services, and contribute to an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in North America? | |
Ron Miles | 2022-05-09 | 17,664 | 736.0 | ... that Ron Miles (pictured), who would have turned 59 today, played in the same high school jazz band as Don Cheadle? | |
Kurt Weigelt | 2022-05-24 | 17,039 | 710.0 | ... that Nazi war criminal Kurt Weigelt could not be directly employed by Deutsche Bank after World War II, so he reestablished Lufthansa? | |
Mercury in fiction | 2022-05-21 | 8,428 | 702.3 | ... that many fictional depictions of Mercury feature the now-disproven belief that it always points the same side towards the Sun (actual orbital resonance pictured)? | |
Ladislaja Harnoncourt | 2022-05-13 | 16,474 | 686.4 | ... that as a young girl, Countess Ladislaja Harnoncourt was thought to be uneducatable and was nicknamed the "wild Laja"? | |
Armadillo shoe | 2022-05-22 | 8,206 | 683.8 | ... that fashion journalists joked that it was "a miracle" that no models fell while walking the runway in the 12-inch (30 cm) armadillo shoes designed in 2010 by Alexander McQueen? | |
Peak beard | 2022-05-27 | 16,410 | 683.8 | ... that we don't know if peak beard has ended? | |
Blind cave eel | 2022-05-31 | 16,402 | 683.4 | ... that the blind cave eel (pictured) is the longest cavefish in Australia? | |
Times Square Theater | 2022-05-21 | 8,038 | 669.9 | ... that the Times Square Theater (pictured), proposed for redevelopment since 1990, remained empty three decades later? | |
Racial segregation in the United Kingdom | 2022-05-13 | 15,585 | 649.4 | ... that many places in the United Kingdom were racially segregated and non-white customers were banned from using spaces and facilities, even though the law never officially permitted such a colour bar? | |
Desert kite | 2022-05-17 | 7,634 | 636.2 | ... that desert kites in the Middle East and North Africa were used as traps for wild game? | |
Hey, Hey, Rise Up! | 2022-05-06 | 15,208 | 633.6 | ... that "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" is the first new Pink Floyd song in more than 25 years? | |
Shatzi Weisberger | 2022-05-21 | 7,598 | 633.2 | ... that when asked about the secret to her longevity, 91-year-old Shatzi Weisberger said she smokes marijuana every night? | |
Strippers vs Werewolves | 2022-05-20 | 7,494 | 624.5 | ... that the British film Strippers vs Werewolves opens with a different band playing the song "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran? | |
Al-Wishah fi Fawa'id al-Nikah | 2022-05-19 | 7,384 | 615.3 | ... that Al-Wishah fi Fawa'id al-Nikah, a 15th-century Islamic sex manual by Egyptian writer Al-Suyuti, was based on both traditional hadith literature and material influenced by Indian erotology? | |
Barbora Mokošová | 2022-05-17 | 7,334 | 611.1 | ... that in 2020 Barbora Mokošová (pictured) won Slovakia's first medal at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships? | |
Chinese Cultural Center, Phoenix | 2022-05-02 | 14,631 | 609.6 | ... that Phoenix's Chinese Cultural Center (pictured) was remodeled into an ordinary office building despite the objections of preservationists and community groups? | |
Claudia Riner | 2022-05-25 | 14,548 | 606.1 | ... that Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives? | |
Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist) | 2022-05-06 | 7,669 | 319.5 | ... that Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer who died in 1903, should not be confused with Carrie Jenkins Harris, the North American writer and editor who died in 1903? | |
Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor) | 6,833 | 284.7 | |||
Total | 14,502 | 604.2 | |||
BeReal | 2022-05-11 | 14,344[b] | 597.7 | ... that BeReal, a social media app, purportedly makes everyone look boring? | |
Doug (tuber) | 2022-05-07 | 14,160 | 590.0 | ... that Doug was nominated to Guinness World Records as the world's largest potato before genetic testing confirmed that it was actually a tuber of a gourd? | |
Red Cross Diamond | 2022-05-21 | 6,836 | 569.7 | ... that the Red Cross Diamond is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world; and it was donated to help the British Red Cross Society during World War I? | |
Melissa Fumero | 2022-05-31 | 12,702[c] | 529.2 | ... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Melissa Fumero is the daughter of Cubans who fled to the U.S. as teenagers? | |
Death of Hacı Lokman Birlik | 2022-05-04 | 12,547 | 522.8 | ... that the body of Hacı Lokman Birlik was dragged behind a Turkish police vehicle, justified by the Ministry of the Interior by saying that the police assumed the body had a bomb attached to it? | |
Paramount Plaza | 2022-05-20 | 6,272 | 522.6 | ... that the 48-story Uris Building went into foreclosure just two and a half years after it was completed? | |
The Case of the Animals versus Man | 2022-05-18 | 6,202 | 516.9 | ... that in the 960s, the Brethren of Purity wrote an epistle where Christians, Jews, and Muslims are sued by Quran-reading animals? | |
Decome | 2022-05-04 | 12,315 | 513.1 | ... that NTT Docomo was the first cell phone service to utilize deco mail (emoji pictured)? | |
Thomas Hall (inventor) | 2022-05-22 | 6,156 | 513.0 | ... that Thomas Hall made an electric train (pictured) that received power from the rails on which it travelled instead of onboard batteries, a new technology at the time? | |
Fresh Wind. Volga | 2022-05-22 | 5,922 | 493.5 | ... that it took Isaac Levitan four years to paint Fresh Wind. Volga? | |
Interlingue | 2022-05-01 | 11,786 | 491.1 | ... that Interlingue, an international auxiliary language, was released 100 years ago under the name Occidental (advertisement pictured) by a Baltic German from Estonia? | |
'Til Kingdom Come (film) | 2022-05-24 | 11,646 | 485.2 | ... that 'Til Kingdom Come, a documentary film about evangelical Christian Zionism in the United States, was blocked from airing on PBS due to its editing of a speech by Donald Trump? | |
Abishabis | 2022-05-31 | 11,632 | 484.7 | ... that Abishabis claimed that he could create a map to heaven? | |
Tyler Zombro | 2022-05-18 | 5,754 | 479.5 | ... that Tyler Zombro had a seizure and skull fracture after he was hit in the head by a 104-mile-per-hour (167 km/h) line drive? | |
Love (Milov sculpture) | 2022-05-17 | 5,684 | 473.7 | ... that Love, a sculpture by Ukrainian artist Alexander Milov, represents two wire-frame adults who appear to be alienated, but inside their bodies two children reach out to each other? | |
NBA Comeback Player of the Year Award | 2022-05-09 | 11,162 | 465.1 | ... that the NBA Comeback Player of the Year Award was canceled, reportedly because of drugs? | |
Ottmar Hitzfeld Arena | 2022-05-23 | 5,517 | 459.8 | ... that the Ottmar Hitzfeld Arena is the highest football pitch in Europe with the competing teams accessing it by cable car? | |
NSA ANT catalog | 2022-05-13 | 10,832 | 451.3 | ... that after the ANT catalog of espionage tools by the National Security Agency was leaked to the public, the tools were implemented as open-source hardware and software? | |
Puente de Fierro | 2022-05-28 | 10,830 | 451.2 | ... that it is rumored that the Puente de Fierro (pictured) in Mexico was designed by Gustave Eiffel? | |
WNEX-TV | 2022-05-29 | 10,806 | 450.2 | ... that the staff of a Georgia TV station thought they were "really something" for shooting the moon? | |
Death to Arabs | 2022-05-14 | 10,728 | 447.0 | ... that an Israeli football club whose fans regularly shout "death to Arabs" was almost half-owned by an Arab Sheik? | |
Blaeu Atlas of Scotland | 2022-05-19 | 3,693 | 307.8 | ... that mountaineer and geographer Caleb George Cash was instrumental in preserving essential documents pertaining to the first known atlas of Scotland? | |
Caleb George Cash | 1,661 | 138.4 | |||
Total | 5,354 | 446.2 | |||
Ay mamá | 2022-05-28 | 10,318 | 429.9 | ... that a giant breast destroying a spaceship Mark Zuckerberg in the music video for "Ay mamá" is a criticism of Meta's censorship of female nipples? | |
Minye Kyawswa I of Ava | 2022-05-16 | 10,158 | 423.3 | ... that all but one of the court astrologers at the accession of King Minye Kyawswa I of Ava prophesied that he would rule for three years? | |
Black Christian Siriano gown of Billy Porter | 2022-05-14 | 9,916 | 413.1 | ... that the black Christian Siriano gown worn by actor Billy Porter was said to have "won" the 91st Academy Awards? | |
Korean Workers' Party Headquarters, Cheorwon | 2022-05-23 | 4,930 | 410.8 | ... that an abandoned building in Cheorwon, South Korea, used to be the base of operations for the Workers' Party of North Korea? | |
Concurrent Computer Corporation | 2022-05-25 | 9,815 | 409.0 | ... that Concurrent Computer Corporation was consumed in a "minnow-swallows-the-whale" merger during the junk bonds era, but unusually, kept its name, CEO, and headquarters? | |
Helena Springs | 2022-05-18 | 4,848 | 404.0 | ... that Helena Springs is credited as co-writer with Bob Dylan on 19 songs, more than any of his other collaborators? | |
Flora Botton | 2022-05-01 | 9,668 | 402.8 | ... that Mexican sinologist Flora Botton was rescued by an American soldier when being transported on a train from Bergen-Belsen in 1945? | |
Battle of San Buenaventura | 2022-05-24 | 9,522 | 396.8 | ... that the Battle of San Buenaventura was described by the Los Angeles Times as a "quirky skirmish ... that emptied the mission of wine and left its adobe walls pockmarked by cannon fire"? | |
Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera | 2022-05-22 | 4,758 | 396.5 | ... that during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, the singing of the Catalan national anthem was banned? | |
Southern corroboree frog | 2022-05-02 | 9,478 | 394.9 | ... that there are only around 30 southern corroboree frogs in the wild? | |
Abraham Hunt | 2022-05-02 | 9,110 | 379.6 | ... that in 1776 Abraham Hunt entertained Hessian mercenaries with food and drink to render them incapable for duty the night before George Washington defeated them at Trenton? | |
Gambian literature | 2022-05-31 | 8,996 | 374.8 | ... that there is a Gambian literature even though it has been argued that there is "minimal basis" for its existence? | |
Mitsurou Kubo | 2022-05-22 | 4,482 | 373.5 | ... that as a child, Mitsurou Kubo read forty manga magazines per month? | |
Mallory McMorrow | 2022-05-12 | 8,900 | 370.8 | ... that Mallory McMorrow won a public contest to design the Mazda3 while she was a college student? | |
Life After Life (TV series) | 2022-05-26 | 8,857[d] | 369.0 | ... that the TV adaptation of Life After Life was described as "bingeworthy", but also "practically plotless"? | |
Aroha Bridge | 2022-05-20 | 4,404 | 367.0 | ... that Aroha Bridge changed its name from Hook Ups because fans searching for the show often found pornography instead? | |
Say Anything (BoJack Horseman) | 2022-05-19 | 4,386 | 365.5 | ... that for an episode of BoJack Horseman, the production team added a cardboard cutout of the title character after Netflix said it did not feature him enough? | |
2022 British barristers' industrial action | 2022-05-16 | 8,736 | 364.0 | ... that British barristers are on strike to protest against underfunding in the criminal justice system? | |
Attack on Arvind Kejriwal's residence | 2022-05-09 | 8,690 | 362.1 | ... that during the attack on the Delhi chief minister's residence, protesters painted the gate red and tried to scale it while police officers watched? | |
Asisguard Songar | 2022-05-20 | 4,343 | 361.9 | ... that the Turkish multirotor combat drone Songar was recently equipped with six 40 mm (1.6 in) mini missiles? | |
Jacqueline Kennedy's 1962 goodwill tour of India and Pakistan | 2022-05-16 | 8,663 | 361.0 | ... that Jacqueline Kennedy did not want to make her clothes the focus of her 1962 goodwill tour of India and Pakistan, but still wore 22 different outfits in the first nine days? | |
United States support for Saudi Arabian–led operations in Yemen | 2022-05-29 | 8,652 | 360.5 | ... that due to U.S. support for Saudi-led operations in Yemen, both Saudi Arabia and the United States may be held responsible for war crimes? | |
Hay hood | 2022-05-17 | 4,322 | 360.1 | ... that some barns have hoods? | |
Joseph Lancaster Budd | 2022-05-20 | 4,313 | 359.4 | ... that American horticulturalist Joseph Lancaster Budd (pictured) traveled to England, France, Austria, Russia, and China in 1882 to discover fruit trees that could grow in Iowa? | |
Hasan Gayo | 2022-05-06 | 8,521 | 355.0 | ... that when Hasan Gayo led a group of men to seize a railway company, its Japanese guards offered no resistance? | |
Minimal BASIC | 2022-05-21 | 4,204 | 350.4 | ... that after four years in the making, the Minimal BASIC standard was described as "more a toy than an actual language"? | |
Erratus | 2022-05-23 | 4,172 | 347.7 | ... that Erratus was one of the earliest-known arthropods to show the origins of lungs and limbs? | |
WHIZ (AM) | 2022-05-20 | 4,142 | 345.1 | ... that US radio regulators sought to shut down Ohio station WEBE, which was said to operate from the owner's bedroom using "parts of a questionable nature"? | |
Lucy Moss | 2022-05-20 | 4,132 | 344.4 | ... that at the age of 26, Lucy Moss became the youngest female director of a Broadway musical before directing a TikTok musical that raised $2 million? | |
Qarmatian invasion of Iraq | 2022-05-30 | 8,230 | 342.9 | ... that during the Qarmatian invasion of Iraq, the Abbasid Caliphate raised an army of more than 40,000 men to protect Baghdad, but did not engage the few thousand Qarmatians in battle? | |
Nina Makino | 2022-05-20 | 4,046 | 337.1 | ... that media promotions for the film Blood Friends were not allowed to mention that cast member Nina Makino is part of the girl group NiziU? | |
Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach (2013) | 2022-05-11 | 4,130 | 172.1 | ... that Fane Lozman took Riviera Beach to the US Supreme Court once in 2013 for seizing his floating home and again in 2018 for arresting him, and won both times? | |
Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach (2018) | 3,902 | 162.6 | |||
Total | 8,032 | 334.7 | |||
Lunar Atmospheric Composition Experiment | 2022-05-08 | 7,768 | 323.7 | ... that LACE found a pre-dawn breeze on the Moon? | |
CSS Pontchartrain | 2022-05-21 | 3,874 | 322.8 | ... that the captain of CSS Pontchartrain was twice detached from the ship to fight in land battles? | |
Bret Price | 2022-05-12 | 7,448 | 310.4 | ... that Bret Price built a 1,500-pound (680 kg) zipper in his backyard? | |
Ranchlander National Bank | 2022-05-23 | 3,665 | 305.4 | ... that altered certificates of deposit were used to fraudulently purchase the Ranchlander National Bank in Texas? | |
The Jelly Lakes | 2022-05-18 | 3,631 | 302.6 | ... that the Tuca & Bertie episode "The Jelly Lakes" employs a paper-cutout animation that helps to depict abuse in a way that centers the victim's story? | |
Devil in Christianity | 2022-05-18 | 3,613 | 301.1 | ... that the earliest representation of the devil might be a mosaic in San Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna from the 6th century, in the form of a blue angel? | |
Trachelomonas cervicula | 2022-05-06 | 7,206 | 300.2 | ... that the algal species Trachelomonas cervicula (pictured) has been observed in environments highly polluted with cadmium, lead, and zinc? | |
Bonin greenfinch | 2022-05-18 | 3,582 | 298.5 | ... that the Bonin greenfinch is Japan's most endangered bird? | |
Arnaud Balard | 2022-05-13 | 7,162 | 298.4 | ... that French deafblind artist Arnaud Balard created the Sign Union flag (pictured) in 2013 to promote the global unity of deaf people? | |
Anju Gurung | 2022-05-14 | 7,111 | 296.3 | ... that Bhutanese cricketer Anju Gurung, a pace bowler, has been described as looking "... more like a pop star ..."? | |
Sofia Halechko | 2022-05-22 | 3,498 | 291.5 | ... that Sofia Halechko's first language was Polish, but she fought in World War One to create a country for Ukrainian-speaking people? | |
Conrad Bangkok | 2022-05-25 | 6,952 | 289.6 | ... that on the day the Conrad Bangkok hotel opened in 2003, ten people climbed up its walls dressed as Spider-Man? | |
Anne Gunn | 2022-05-25 | 6,816 | 284.0 | ... that Scottish inventor and music teacher Anne Gunn was granted the first British patent for a board game in 1801? | |
Little magazine | 2022-05-16 | 3,576 | 149.0 | ... that The Land We Love, a little magazine that merged into Southern Magazine (cover pictured), printed American Civil War recollections, poetry, agricultural material, and many works by female authors? | |
The Land We Love | 3,220 | 134.2 | |||
Total | 6,796 | 283.2 | |||
Village East by Angelika | 2022-05-24 | 6,672 | 278.0 | ... that Village East by Angelika (pictured) is the only remaining Yiddish theater building in what was once the center of New York City's Yiddish Theatre District? | |
Bob Glenalvin | 2022-05-20 | 3,329 | 277.4 | ... that the parents of Bob Glenalvin insisted that he play baseball under an assumed name? | |
Magna Lykseth-Skogman | 2022-05-25 | 6,655 | 277.3 | ... that Magna Lykseth appeared as Isolde (pictured) when Wagner's Tristan und Isolde was first performed at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1909? | |
Theta pinch | 2022-05-22 | 3,325 | 277.1 | ... that in 1958 the Scyla theta pinch device was the first to demonstrate controlled nuclear fusion in the laboratory? | |
Lancelot Lawton | 2022-05-17 | 3,320 | 276.6 | ... that the historian and political journalist Lancelot Lawton addressed a House of Commons committee in London in 1935, beginning: "The chief problem in Europe to-day is the Ukrainian problem"? | |
XO, Kitty | 2022-05-30 | 6,551 | 273.0 | ... that XO, Kitty, based on the film series To All the Boys I've Loved Before, is planned to be the first Netflix series to be spun off from a Netflix original film? | |
Punctelia graminicola | 2022-05-18 | 3,258 | 271.5 | ... that decades after the type specimen of the lichen Punctelia graminicola was destroyed in World War II, its original name was restored after another specimen was rescued from disposal at a dump? | |
Crimson-headed partridge | 2022-05-08 | 6,508 | 271.2 | ... that the scientific name of the crimson-headed partridge (pictured) translates to "blood-headed blood quail"? | |
Isachar Zacharie | 2022-05-23 | 3,210 | 267.5 | ... that Isachar Zacharie, podiatrist and confidant of Abraham Lincoln, helped him accept the idea of a homeland for the Jewish people? | |
Hi-Tek Corporation | 2022-05-04 | 6,326 | 263.6 | ... that Hi-Tek Corporation's 725 series keyboard switches were rated for a lifetime of 100 million keystrokes? | |
William Riedell | 2022-05-30 | 6,242 | 260.1 | ... that shortly before sports shooter William Riedell was to compete in the 1936 Olympics, he had his pistols confiscated by the New York police because the precinct chief had decided there were "too many guns"? | |
IBM PS/2 Model 30 | 2022-05-29 | 6,224 | 259.3 | ... that the stock hard drive of IBM's Personal System/2 Model 30 was twice as slow as its predecessor? | |
Celia Kaye | 2022-05-23 | 3,107 | 258.9 | ... that Celia Kaye won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 1965 for her starring role in Island of the Blue Dolphins? | |
Edith Prentiss | 2022-05-08 | 6,182 | 257.6 | ... that disability-rights activist Edith Prentiss objected to the title of a documentary about her, Edith Prentiss: Hell on Wheels, for being too mild? | |
Johannes zu Eltz | 2022-05-06 | 6,150 | 256.2 | ... that Johannes zu Eltz, who decided to become a Catholic priest after earning his doctorate in law, has advocated blessings of same-sex marriages by the Catholic Church? | |
Jusuf Muda Dalam | 2022-05-15 | 6,130 | 255.4 | ... that Jusuf Muda Dalam is the only Indonesian politician to date to be sentenced to death for corruption? | |
Port Vale F.C. league record by opponent | 2022-05-03 | 6,080 | 253.3 | ... that Port Vale F.C. is the only club to have beaten all 91 other clubs in the top four divisions of the current English football league system in a competitive league fixture? | |
Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce | 2022-05-27 | 6,060 | 252.5 | ... that the band behind two expletive-laden UK top-five singles about Boris Johnson released a follow-up about Prince Andrew? | |
Alluvial fan | 2022-05-12 | 6,045 | 251.9 | ... that "toe-trimmed" alluvial fans on Mars provide evidence of ancient Martian river systems? | |
Call to prayer | 2022-05-09 | 6,031 | 251.3 | ... that a call to prayer is a common feature to Christianity, Islam and Judaism? | |
1977 World Snooker Championship | 2022-05-02 | 6,015 | 250.6 | ... that John Spencer "exploded two myths" by winning the 1977 World Snooker Championship with a two-piece cue that he had only been using for a couple of months? | |
Richard Sharpe Mason | 2022-05-18 | 2,991 | 249.2 | ... that when planting vegetables, Richard Sharpe Mason once buried his glasses instead of peas? | |
Anime song | 2022-05-11 | 5,971 | 248.8 | ... that in the 1970s, anime song lyrics which centered on the characters' thoughts and feelings became more widely known to the Japanese public? | |
Shōjo manga | 2022-05-25 | 5,910 | 246.3 | ... that until the 1970s, most shōjo manga (Japanese girls' comics) were written by men? | |
Shining Spark | 2022-05-08 | 5,854 | 243.9 | ... that Shining Spark has sired 1,300 foals? | |
Frankie Saluto | 2022-05-21 | 2,925 | 243.8 | ... that Frankie Saluto was a member of the Ringling Giants, a dwarf baseball team that raised money for charity? | |
Paradigm Lost | 2022-05-11 | 5,826 | 242.7 | ... that the "pathbreaking" book Paradigm Lost recommends abandoning the two-state solution in favor of equal rights for all inhabitants of Israel and Palestine? | |
Otomechikku | 2022-05-07 | 5,810 | 242.1 | ... that otomechikku, a subgenre of Japanese girls' comics focusing on stories about ordinary teenaged protagonists, has been compared to monogatari and the genre of Bildungsroman? | |
Synod of Oxford | 2022-05-22 | 2,897 | 241.4 | ... that Archbishop Justin Welby said that the 800th anniversary of the anti-Jewish laws of the Synod of Oxford provided a time to "remember, repent and rebuild"? | |
2022 CONCACAF Champions League Final | 2022-05-22 | 2,874 | 239.5 | ... that by winning the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League Final, Seattle Sounders FC became the first Major League Soccer team to win the competition? | |
Caithness Long Island Energy Center | 2022-05-15 | 3,042 | 126.7 | ... that Port Jefferson village officials opposed the expansion of the Caithness Long Island Energy Center because they feared it would lead to the decommissioning of the Port Jefferson Power Station? | |
Port Jefferson Power Station | 2,646 | 110.3 | |||
Total | 5,688 | 237.0 | |||
Hokuseihō Osamu | 2022-05-05 | 5,681 | 236.7 | ... that Hokuseihō Osamu was inspired to become a sumo wrestler by a chance meeting with Hakuhō, a yokozuna, at an airport? | |
Snow removal in Montreal | 2022-05-11 | 5,614 | 233.9 | ... that more than 30,000 cars were being towed annually by the 1970s to accommodate snow removal efforts in Montreal? | |
Paul Bargehr | 2022-05-30 | 5,594 | 233.1 | ... that Austrian doctor Paul Bargehr was decried for exposing healthy Indonesians to the leprosy bacillus in his experiments? | |
Adolphe Jacquies | 2022-05-21 | 2,794 | 232.8 | ... that Adolphe Jacquies was arrested for publishing a poem? | |
Ironmacannie Mill | 2022-05-02 | 5,526 | 230.2 | ... that visitors to Balmaclellan in Scotland can stay in a historic watermill that is "remarkable" for the preservation of its internal workings? | |
Nagina (1951 film) | 2022-05-28 | 5,519 | 230.0 | ... that Nutan, the lead actress of the 1951 A-rated suspense thriller Nagina, was not allowed to enter the film's premiere because she was underage? | |
2021 Tennessee floods | 2022-05-18 | 2,728 | 227.4 | ... that the August 2021 Tennessee floods were caused by more than 20 inches (510 mm) of rain falling in a 24-hour period? | |
List of United States Supreme Court leaks | 2022-05-22 | 2,713 | 226.1 | ... that Associate Justice John McLean is suspected of leaking internal United States Supreme Court deliberations in the landmark Dred Scott v. Sandford case to the New-York Tribune? | |
2013 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election | 2022-05-14 | 2,944 | 122.7 | ... that during the 2013 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election, the North Calotte People party advocated the transformation of the Norwegian Sámi parliament into a joint Kven and Sámi parliament? | |
North Calotte People | 2,472 | 103.0 | |||
Total | 5,417 | 225.7 | |||
German Tarok | 2022-05-20 | 2,706 | 225.5 | ... that it is purportedly hard to find a more interesting card game played with German-suited cards than Sansprendre, a variant of German Tarok? | |
Thomas Seavey Hall | 2022-05-28 | 5,386 | 224.4 | ... that Thomas Seavey Hall's banjo signals caused a judge to declare him the father of American automatic electric railroad signaling? | |
2022 AFL Women's Grand Final | 2022-05-20 | 2,684 | 223.7 | ... that Anne Hatchard (pictured) was voted best on ground at the 2022 AFL Women's Grand Final? | |
James Edward Smith (politician) | 2022-05-24 | 5,366 | 223.6 | ... that James Edward Smith won the mayoralty of Toronto by one vote? | |
Spotted Demon (bull) | 2022-05-19 | 2,674 | 222.9 | ... that bucking bull Spotted Demon won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Bucking Bull of the Year award at the old age of 10 years? | |
Dingley Dell F.C. | 2022-05-19 | 2,658 | 221.5 | ... that the short-lived English football club Dingley Dell F.C. was named after a fictitious village in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens? | |
Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre | 2022-05-10 | 5,310 | 221.2 | ... that Kyiv's Molodyy Theatre is located in the same mansion (pictured) originally occupied by Les Kurbas's first theatre of the same name? | |
Kenneth E. Fields | 2022-05-26 | 5,269 | 219.5 | ... that Kenneth E. Fields was in command of the engineers at the Ludendorff Bridge during the Battle of Remagen? | |
Vanita Jagdeo Borade | 2022-05-11 | 5,228 | 217.8 | ... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "Snake Woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes? | |
Nick Schmaltz | 2022-05-03 | 5,214 | 217.2 | ... that Nick Schmaltz's older brother and younger sister would team up against him when they played basement hockey as children? | |
Free Comic Book Day | 2022-05-07 | 5,152 | 214.7 | ... that Free Comic Book Day was inspired by Free Scoop Night at an ice cream parlor? | |
Ed Jasper | 2022-05-17 | 2,572 | 214.3 | ... that Ed Jasper started all 16 games for the Atlanta Falcons in 2002, helping the team qualify for the NFL playoffs that year? | |
Judaïques FM | 2022-05-31 | 1,622 | 67.6 | ... that French broadcast regulators failed to mediate a dispute between four Jewish radio stations in Paris sharing the same frequency: Judaïques FM, RCJ, Radio J, and Radio Shalom? | |
Radio Shalom (Paris) | 1,441 | 60.0 | |||
Radio J | 1,041 | 43.4 | |||
RCJ (radio station) | 872 | 36.4 | |||
Total | 4,976 | 207.3 | |||
Brian Fawcett | 2022-05-13 | 4,924 | 205.2 | ... that Brian Fawcett, who would have turned 78 today, taught English to inmates before becoming a full-time writer? | |
William Williams (printer and publisher) | 2022-05-06 | 4,916 | 204.9 | ... that William Williams was a newspaper publisher who volunteered for service during the War of 1812 and advanced to the rank of colonel? | |
Margaret Ramsay-Hale | 2022-05-29 | 4,900 | 204.1 | ... that Margaret Ramsay-Hale has worked as a judge in three countries? | |
Recess Therapy | 2022-05-09 | 4,861 | 202.5 | ... that topics on Recess Therapy have included the economy, climate change, and peeing your pants? | |
Everything I Didn't Say | 2022-05-07 | 4,856 | 202.3 | ... that English singer Ella Henderson (pictured) almost named her second studio album Chapter Two, but decided instead that "this is a whole book"? | |
Penny Way | 2022-05-22 | 2,420 | 201.6 | ... that windsurfer Penny Way won the British qualification event for the 1996 Summer Olympics with two races to spare? | |
Real Estate Bank of Arkansas | 2022-05-17 | 2,414 | 201.1 | ... that a special legislative session to deal with the Real Estate Bank of Arkansas was not called because a third of the legislature owed money to the bank? | |
Kathleen Freeman (classicist) | 2022-05-23 | 2,412 | 201.0 | ... that Cardiff-based classicist Kathleen Freeman also wrote detective fiction, publishing under four separate pseudonyms? | |
Steve Palacios | 2022-05-28 | 4,742 | 197.6 | ... that after his soccer career, Steve Palacios enlisted in the United States Army and played for the United States Armed Forces soccer team? | |
Loyalty (Shostakovich) | 2022-05-26 | 4,696 | 195.7 | ... that the "favorable comparisons of Lenin to Confucius, Buddha, and Allah" in Dmitri Shostakovich's Loyalty were said to have "achieved new levels of ludicrous flattery"? | |
Slosh (cue sport) | 2022-05-21 | 2,337 | 194.8 | ... that the game of slosh shares the name with an English batter and sausage dish? | |
Cirsium funkiae | 2022-05-29 | 4,652 | 193.8 | ... that the newly named Cirsium funkiae honors the describer's mentor, Vicki Funk, and the plant's funky appearance? | |
Habibi (poet) | 2022-05-24 | 4,631 | 193.0 | ... that the poet Habibi was adopted by Aq Qoyunlu ruler Ya'qub Beg as a child after he was found shepherding? | |
The Citi Exhibition: Manga | 2022-05-18 | 2,312 | 192.7 | ... that The Citi Exhibition: Manga at the British Museum was the largest exhibition of manga ever held outside Japan? | |
Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski | 2022-05-13 | 4,600 | 191.7 | ... that 19th-century Polish ethnographer Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski travelled the countryside as a "wild man" and later appeared as a literary character? | |
Julie Jensen McDonald | 2022-05-05 | 4,566 | 190.2 | ... that American author Julie Jensen McDonald's first story was sold to a Sunday school paper for US$6.50? | |
Eoseira | 2022-05-03 | 4,542 | 189.2 | ... that Eoseira wilsonii "slime" likely helped in fossil preservation? | |
Munkatsher Humorist | 2022-05-05 | 4,460 | 185.8 | ... that the Yiddish-language satirical newspaper Munkatsher Humorist frequently joked about disputes between the Hasidic courts of Munkacs and Belz? | |
Bungay Castle (novel) | 2022-05-12 | 4,391 | 183.0 | ... that Elizabeth Bonhôte wrote Bungay Castle after her husband bought Bungay Castle? | |
Mense | 2022-05-10 | 4,344 | 181.0 | ... that the form of ecclesiastical income in the Catholic Church known as the mense gets its name from the Latin word mensa, meaning 'table'? | |
Mary-Anne Musonda | 2022-05-29 | 4,342 | 180.9 | ... that Zimbabwean cricketer Mary-Anne Musonda became the first woman to score a century on her Women's One Day International debut while also captaining her team? | |
Distomus variolosus | 2022-05-07 | 4,316 | 179.8 | ... that the sea squirt Distomus variolosus colonises both fronds of kelp and the shells of crustaceans such as the spider crab Maja brachydactyla? | |
John Hutchison (Canadian politician) | 2022-05-31 | 4,244 | 176.8 | ... that John Hutchison, in his role as Mayor of Toronto, signed the city's bid to become the capital of the Province of Canada? | |
Baidyanath Chakrabarty | 2022-05-20 | 2,114 | 176.2 | ... that Indian gynaecologist and reproductive medicine pioneer Baidyanath Chakrabarty, who performed over 4,000 IVF procedures, was a cricket fan who thought Virat Kohli and Ashwin were "such good boys"? | |
Segne, Vater, diese Gaben | 2022-05-30 | 4,216 | 175.7 | ... that "Segne, Vater, diese Gaben", a round for saying grace of unknown authorship, has appeared in German collections for kindergarten, schools and events for young people? | |
What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? | 2022-05-10 | 4,194 | 174.8 | ... that in 2006, when The New York Times Book Review asked "What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?", the answer was Beloved by Toni Morrison? | |
Abu al-Umaytir al-Sufyani | 2022-05-08 | 3,331 | 138.8 | ... that messianic rebel Abu al-Umaytir's attempt to restore the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus was defeated by the forces of the Abbasid loyalist Ibn Bayhas? | |
Ibn Bayhas al-Kilabi | 850 | 35.4 | |||
Total | 4,182 | 174.2 | |||
Elvera Britto | 2022-05-30 | 4,140 | 172.5 | ... that Indian women's hockey player Elvera Britto and her sisters would stitch their own team uniforms while playing in the 1960s? | |
Association of Lincoln Presenters | 2022-05-23 | 2,048 | 170.6 | ... that photographer Greta Pratt's Nineteen Lincolns exhibition featured members of the Association of Lincoln Presenters? | |
Henry Wilson Hodge | 2022-05-04 | 4,057 | 169.0 | ... that Henry Wilson Hodge served as the director of military railroads for the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I? | |
Luella Costales | 2022-05-23 | 2,010 | 167.5 | ... that Luella Costales was appointed to the Hawaii House of Representatives after her predecessor pled guilty to bribery charges? | |
Ukrainian science fiction and fantasy | 2022-05-08 | 4,004 | 166.8 | ... that Ukrainian science fiction and fantasy is written both in Ukrainian and Russian? | |
As It Was | 2022-05-05 | 3,993[e] | 166.4 | ... that Harry Styles's goddaughter voices the opening words in "As It Was"? | |
Elaina Marie Tuttle | 2022-05-19 | 1,994 | 166.2 | ... that ornithologist Elaina Marie Tuttle discovered that the white-throated sparrow has four sexes? | |
KNAU | 2022-05-19 | 1,970 | 164.2 | ... that half the students of Northern Arizona University left for Christmas early after campus radio station KNAU was pranked? | |
Ilya Samsonov | 2022-05-12 | 3,890 | 162.1 | ... that ice hockey player Ilya Samsonov chose the position of goaltender because he thought that the equipment looked cool? | |
I Hear the Sunspot | 2022-05-20 | 1,929 | 160.8 | ... that Yuki Fumino's relationships with hearing-impaired friends and acquaintances inspired her to create I Hear the Sunspot? | |
Drane Scrivener | 2022-05-31 | 3,848 | 160.3 | ... that All-American cornerback Drane Scrivener later became a published author on fire safety issues involving children with special needs, newborns, and older adults? | |
Várhegy | 2022-05-06 | 3,840 | 160.0 | ... that Castle Hill in Budapest's 1st district is easily accessible by funicular? | |
Book of Common Prayer (1662) | 2022-05-05 | 3,836 | 159.8 | ... that the 1662 Book of Common Prayer was approved by Parliament on 19 May 1662, and required by law starting on St Bartholomew's Day that year? | |
Burhanuddin Harahap | 2022-05-19 | 1,892 | 157.7 | ... that in 1957, Burhanuddin Harahap's family members travelled from Sumatra to Jakarta, believing that he had died? | |
New Zealand School Journal | 2022-05-20 | 1,876 | 156.4 | ... that the New Zealand government has officially apologised for articles published in the New Zealand School Journal about the Moriori people in the early 20th century? | |
Serhiy Kot | 2022-05-16 | 3,726 | 155.2 | ... that Serhiy Kot was the editor of Ukrainian Question, a collection of articles on the status of Ukraine in the 1930s? | |
Binggrae | 2022-05-21 | 1,838 | 153.1 | ... that Binggrae, a South Korean food and beverage company, was the official ice cream supplier of the 1988 Seoul Olympics? | |
Eyvindur P. Eiríksson | 2022-05-18 | 1,826 | 152.1 | ... that Eyvindur P. Eiríksson has addressed modern alienation and man's relationship with nature through pagan poetry and a book about a fishing trawler? | |
Shushma Datt | 2022-05-26 | 3,636 | 151.5 | ... that ethnic broadcasting pioneer Shushma Datt was the first Canadian woman to obtain a CRTC broadcast licence? | |
Angel Reese | 2022-05-18 | 1,810 | 150.8 | ... that Angel Reese and her younger brother, Julian, both played college basketball for Maryland after competing at the same high school? | |
Jefferson Scholarship | 2022-05-06 | 3,580 | 149.2 | ... that the Jefferson Scholarship gives scholars more than $293,000 to attend the University of Virginia? | |
Thihapate II of Taungdwin | 2022-05-17 | 1,776 | 148.0 | ... that Thihapate withstood the siege of Taungdwin by King Thado Minbya of Ava until after his top commander was assassinated? | |
American Airlines Theatre | 2022-05-15 | 3,528 | 147.0 | ... that in 1999, donors to the American Airlines Theatre could pay US$75,000 for their name on a bathroom? | |
October (Shostakovich) | 2022-05-21 | 1,716 | 143.0 | ... that one music critic said that despite being "noisy, banal, fundamentally insincere", Dmitri Shostakovich's symphonic poem October was nonetheless "enjoyable trash"? | |
Obabika River Provincial Park | 2022-05-23 | 1,714 | 142.8 | ... that the canoe routes through Obabika River Provincial Park are part of Temagami's 2,400-kilometre-long (1,500 mi) network of portages and waterways, many of which are traditional indigenous routes? | |
Francis Orray Ticknor | 2022-05-09 | 3,425 | 142.7 | ... that Francis Orray Ticknor was a country doctor whose fame as a poet relies on "Little Giffen", a poem about one of his patients who died in the American Civil War? | |
Constantine Zochonis | 2022-05-20 | 1,682 | 140.2 | ... that merchant trader Constantine Zochonis expanded his company Paterson Zochonis into the Gold Coast in the 1930s? | |
Ty Erickson | 2022-05-14 | 3,313 | 138.0 | ... that professional steer wrestler Ty Erickson broke the record for season earnings by $33,152? | |
Fosterfields | 2022-05-20 | 1,656 | 138.0 | ... that in 1973, Caroline Rose Foster donated her farm Fosterfields to the Parks Commission of Morris County, New Jersey to be preserved as a functioning farm from 1920? | |
Aakar Patel | 2022-05-17 | 1,650 | 137.5 | ... that after activist Aakar Patel was prevented from travelling abroad, a court asked the director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation to apologise? | |
Andrea Pető | 2022-05-01 | 3,281 | 136.7 | ... that Hungarian historian Andrea Pető believes that "right to be forgotten" policies should not be applied to the Holocaust? | |
Oasis Subdivision | 2022-05-19 | 1,637 | 136.4 | ... that Ohio SORTA owns the Oasis Subdivision? | |
Two Pieces of Nuts | 2022-05-10 | 3,266 | 136.1 | ... that István Banó collected Two Pieces of Nuts in Baranya? | |
Gershwin Theatre | 2022-05-01 | 3,222 | 134.3 | ... that the first show at the Gershwin Theatre was also the first Broadway show to lose US$1 million? | |
WLEE (1480 AM) | 2022-05-22 | 872 | 72.7 | ... that the 1988 closure of WLEE, once one of the top radio stations in Richmond, Virginia, also took WBBL, a church station in existence for nearly 65 years, off the air for good? | |
WBBL (Virginia) | 736 | 61.4 | |||
Total | 1,609 | 134.1 | |||
Washington State Route 512 | 2022-05-15 | 3,194 | 133.1 | ... that the construction of Washington State Route 512 included a new high school football stadium to replace a demolished one? | |
List of awards and nominations received by Judy Ann Santos | 2022-05-17 | 1,582 | 131.8 | ... that Judy Ann Santos received the Box Office Queen award for starring in Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko, the first Filipino film to earn 100 million pesos at the box office? | |
3rd Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia | 2022-05-15 | 3,143 | 131.0 | ... that the 3rd Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia has suspended multiple sessions due to open brawls and fights between opposition and ruling party parliamentarians? | |
Melody (Skoryk) | 2022-05-19 | 1,568 | 130.6 | ... that Melody, originally composed by Myroslav Skoryk for a 1982 Soviet film, was used in Volodymyr Zelenskyy's broadcast to the U.S. Congress in March 2022? | |
Tlaleng Mofokeng | 2022-05-22 | 1,563 | 130.2 | ... that South African physician Tlaleng Mofokeng is the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health, and was named one of the BBC's 100 Women? | |
Manga Taishō | 2022-05-30 | 3,120 | 130.0 | ... that the judging committee of the Manga Taishō, an annual manga prize, is composed primarily of bookstore workers? | |
Easter in Poland | 2022-05-17 | 1,550 | 129.2 | ... that Easter in Poland was considered to be an important patriotic holiday during the country's period of Partitions? | |
Duquesne Weekend | 2022-05-26 | 3,044 | 126.9 | ... that the Catholic charismatic renewal movement began at a retreat for college students in 1967? | |
Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler | 2022-05-18 | 1,520 | 126.6 | ... that Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler, the first woman to earn a physics doctorate at the University of Vienna, co-founded the first Viennese commercial academy for girls? | |
Brassey's | 2022-05-28 | 3,028 | 126.2 | ... that Brassey's, "said to be the oldest established name in defence publishing", traces its history back to The Naval Annual in 1886? | |
2022 EuroLeague Playoffs | 2022-05-04 | 2,985 | 124.4 | ... that the 2022 EuroLeague Playoffs marked the first appearance in the event for AS Monaco? | |
Black Opry | 2022-05-10 | 2,950 | 122.9 | ... that the Black Opry is a website and musical revue that helps raise awareness of Black artists in country music? | |
Vincent Munier | 2022-05-07 | 2,910 | 121.2 | ... that Vincent Munier's quest to photograph snow leopards became the basis for several books and a film? | |
Manai Sophiaan | 2022-05-19 | 1,432 | 119.3 | ... that Manai Sophiaan asserted in his 1994 memoir that the CIA was involved in the 1965 Indonesian coup attempt? | |
Religious community | 2022-05-21 | 1,418 | 118.2 | ... that a religious community is a group of people who practice the same religion, but do not have to live together? | |
Bolton Smith | 2022-05-28 | 2,830 | 117.9 | ... that Tennessee lawyer Bolton Smith was known for his work integrating African Americans into the Boy Scouts? | |
C. N. H. Lock | 2022-05-29 | 2,812 | 117.2 | ... that C. N. H. Lock was a British aerodynamicist, after whom the Lock number is named? | |
Kyiv Symphony Orchestra | 2022-05-29 | 2,798 | 116.6 | ... that the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra brought music by three Ukrainian composers to concert halls in Poland and Germany in April 2022, including the Berlin Philharmonie and the Kurhaus Wiesbaden (pictured)? | |
Du, o schönes Weltgebäude | 2022-05-09 | 2,768 | 115.3 | ... that the 1653 hymn "Du, o schönes Weltgebäude", about renouncing the world, contains the stanza "Komm, O Tod, du Schlafes Bruder", which Bach used to conclude his cross-staff cantata? | |
Moses Cohen Belinfante | 2022-05-26 | 2,751 | 114.6 | ... that Moses Cohen Belinfante founded the first Dutch Jewish newspaper? | |
Craig Braun | 2022-05-23 | 1,360 | 113.3 | ... that Craig Braun's Grammy-nominated album packaging for School's Out had to be recalled for including underwear that constituted a fire hazard? | |
Garland Boyette | 2022-05-21 | 1,360 | 113.3 | ... that Garland Boyette, a two-time American Football League All-Star who was also a track and field All-American, said that he "never felt safe on that aluminum pole"? | |
Thomas A. Spragens | 2022-05-11 | 2,712 | 113.0 | ... that President Thomas A. Spragens suspended all classes at Centre College several days after the Kent State shootings, and organized teaching sessions for students on the college lawn? | |
Satya Graha (journalist) | 2022-05-10 | 2,675 | 111.5 | ... that Satya Graha was briefly barred from reporting from the Indonesian presidential palace after his newspaper published a piece on Sukarno's new wife? | |
James Goldberg | 2022-05-22 | 1,314 | 109.5 | ... that James Goldberg co-founded the Mormon Lit Blitz, an annual writing competition for very short works of Mormon fiction? | |
Satyagraha Hoerip | 2022-05-09 | 2,616 | 109.0 | ... that Satyagraha Hoerip wrote a short story set during the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 from the perspective of the killers-to-be? | |
Nadja Stefanoff | 2022-05-27 | 2,606 | 108.6 | ... that when Nadja Stefanoff portrayed the title role of Giordano's Fedora at the Oper Frankfurt, one reviewer complimented the brilliance and agility of her voice, assertive even when singing softly? | |
William Phillips Hall | 2022-05-27 | 2,599 | 108.3 | ... that railroad transportation executive William Phillips Hall was known as the "business millionaire evangelist"? | |
Qurm Nature Reserve | 2022-05-16 | 2,588 | 107.9 | ... that both the Qurm Nature Reserve and the surrounding city of Qurm are named for the grey mangroves protected by the reserve? | |
Mansiya V. P. | 2022-05-02 | 2,576 | 107.3 | ... that Mansiya V. P., an Indian classical dancer, has experimented with choreographing a fusion of classical Bharatnatyam and traditional Sufi music? | |
Anthony Robin Schneider | 2022-05-23 | 1,262 | 105.2 | ... that when public radio stations aired Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in solidarity with Ukraine on 10 March 2022, the bass voice of Anthony Robin Schneider was heard live from Frankfurt and recorded from Auckland? | |
Tracey Medeiros | 2022-05-16 | 2,412 | 100.5 | ... that The Art of Cooking with Cannabis by Tracey Medeiros was praised by the Los Angeles Times for showcasing a wide range of recipes outside of the "tired pot-brownie cliché"? | |
KTOP (AM) | 2022-05-23 | 1,196 | 99.7 | ... that during the Great Flood of 1951, the United States Air Force airlifted a transmitter to put Kansas radio station KTOP back on the air within 24 hours? | |
Fruits Basket Another | 2022-05-17 | 1,186 | 98.9 | ... that Natsuki Takaya created a sequel to Fruits Basket to promote the release of its collector's edition? | |
Royal Theater (St. Petersburg, Florida) | 2022-05-05 | 2,370 | 98.8 | ... that Angela Bassett donated a dance studio at the Royal Theater in St. Petersburg? | |
Rafflesia meijeri | 2022-05-19 | 1,176 | 98.0 | ... that Rafflesia meijeri was named after Dutch botanist Willem Meijer for his work on the conservation and study of Rafflesia plants? | |
Chibuzor Nwakanma | 2022-05-08 | 2,348 | 97.8 | ... that Nigerian footballer Chibuzor Nwakanma was among the first few foreign players to play for all the "big three" Kolkata-based football clubs, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, and Mohammedan Sporting? | |
Paul Pollei | 2022-05-10 | 2,302 | 95.9 | ... that pianist Paul Pollei was a founding member of a quartet that utilized two pianos and eight hands to play complex pieces? | |
Jane C. Beck | 2022-05-17 | 1,138 | 94.9 | ... that Jane C. Beck traveled to Virginia, West Africa, and England to research the family history of Daisy Turner for her 2015 book Daisy Turner's Kin: An African American Family Saga? | |
Ignacy Korwin-Milewski | 2022-05-14 | 2,260 | 94.2 | ... that Ignacy Korwin-Milewski amassed a collection of more than 200 paintings by Polish artists, one of the largest private collections of contemporary Polish art at the time? | |
National Baseball Commission | 2022-05-24 | 2,242 | 93.4 | ... that after the 1918 season, some Major League Baseball owners wanted the National Baseball Commission to be replaced by former president William Howard Taft? | |
NYXL (company) | 2022-05-01 | 2,179 | 90.8 | ... that NYXL was the first organization to own and operate multiple New York esports franchises? | |
Hein Eersel | 2022-05-27 | 2,156 | 89.9 | ... that Hein Eersel added "genuine Surinamese expressions" in his adaptation of the play The Barber of Seville? | |
Mayoralty of Fiorello La Guardia | 2022-05-27 | 2,104 | 87.7 | ... that during his mayoralty, Fiorello La Guardia appointed the first black woman judge in the United States? | |
Goodbye Normal Street | 2022-05-12 | 2,086 | 86.9 | ... that Goodbye Normal Street was named after a street in Oklahoma, but also refers to the Turnpike Troubadours' new life touring on the road? | |
Resolution (Wilson novel) | 2022-05-19 | 988 | 82.3 | ... that A. N. Wilson justified fictionalising the life of George Forster for his novel Resolution by saying that Forster "inhabit[ed] a borderline between fact and fiction"? | |
William C. Young | 2022-05-21 | 983 | 81.9 | ... that Centre College president William C. Young awarded degrees to three of his half-sisters in 1891, as they had completed the requirements forty years earlier? | |
KCLV (AM) | 2022-05-25 | 1,962 | 81.8 | ... that Sunday-school classes were once held in the transmitter building of New Mexico radio station KCLV? | |
Es tönen die Lieder | 2022-05-08 | 1,937 | 80.7 | ... that "Es tönen die Lieder", a German round about greeting spring with songs, first appeared in 1869 in a collection of works by Adolf Spieß, who developed a series of school-gymnastics steps to it? | |
Eziler, Güney | 2022-05-01 | 1,904 | 79.3 | ... that the village of Eziler in Turkey has a girls' floor hockey team, but it has no gym? | |
New Glow | 2022-05-17 | 928 | 77.4 | ... that the music video for Matt and Kim's New Glow song "Can You Blame Me" involves fans filming themselves with iPads near their heads playing headshots of the duo lip-syncing? | |
Suluh Indonesia | 2022-05-12 | 1,842 | 76.7 | ... that Suluh Indonesia, once Indonesia's top newspaper by circulation, was banned after the 30 September Movement in 1965? | |
KTFC (FM) | 2022-05-13 | 1,804 | 75.2 | ... that Iowa radio station KTFC was partially powered by a wind turbine that the owner had bought from an Arizona wind farm? | |
Leo Hussain | 2022-05-04 | 1,762 | 73.4 | ... that a reviewer noted that when Leo Hussain conducted Weinberg's Die Passagierin at the Oper Frankfurt, the orchestra excelled in chamber music moments, hard beats and distorted entertainment music? | |
KVSO | 2022-05-27 | 1,756 | 73.1 | ... that when a fire broke out next to studios of Oklahoma radio station KVSO, reporters had to rush in to report the blaze and then out to breathe fresh air? | |
W. A. Hewitt | 2022-05-15 | 1,677 | 69.9 | ... that journalist W. A. Hewitt refereed the first game played in the history of ice hockey at the Olympic Games? | |
WETL | 2022-05-16 | 1,628 | 67.9 | ... that the first studio of Indiana high school radio station WETL was a cedar closet that had once stored furs? | |
Joshua George Beard | 2022-05-25 | 1,628 | 67.8 | ... that Joshua George Beard was a member of the first Toronto City Council and the first Toronto School Board of Trustees? | |
Romy Golan | 2022-05-15 | 1,616 | 67.3 | ... that Romy Golan's 2021 book Flashback, Eclipse is an exploration of Italian art of the 1960s that moved away from the art created under Italian fascism? | |
Josef Venantius von Wöss | 2022-05-19 | 788 | 65.7 | ... that Josef Venantius von Wöss, a church musician in Vienna, wrote a piano reduction of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and a thematic analysis of the work? | |
Daisy Wood Hildreth | 2022-05-07 | 1,566 | 65.2 | ... that "The College Chimes" by American composer Daisy Wood Hildreth was chosen by the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as their alumni song? | |
Wild Roses (song) | 2022-05-01 | 1,541 | 64.2 | ... that Of Monsters and Men filmed the music video for their song "Wild Roses" in 12 hours, just before beginning a tour? | |
Bea Alonzo filmography | 2022-05-28 | 1,536 | 64.0 | ... that Bea Alonzo had her breakout role at the age of 15 in the 2002 drama series Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay, in which she played a lawyer? | |
Sidewalks (album) | 2022-05-13 | 1,512 | 63.0 | ... that during a promotional tour of Matt & Kim's third album Sidewalks, it was played on the public speaker system of the venue before each show began but none of its tracks were on the setlist? | |
AJ Glueckert | 2022-05-21 | 746 | 62.1 | ... that AJ Glueckert appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Erik in 2017, described as a "clarion sensitive tenor", and at the Oper Frankfurt as Flamand in 2018, with "passionate power"? | |
Divertimento No. 15 (ballet) | 2022-05-31 | 1,468 | 61.2 | ... that George Balanchine stated that he choreographed Divertimento No. 15 as he forgot his previous ballet to the same Mozart composition, but some dancers said the two works are nearly identical? | |
Iain Maxwell Stewart | 2022-05-01 | 1,398 | 58.3 | ... that by devising the Fairfield Experiment in industrial relations, Iain Maxwell Stewart inspired The Bowler and the Bunnet, Sean Connery's sole film as a director? | |
Who Cares? (ballet) | 2022-05-03 | 1,381 | 57.5 | ... that George Balanchine's ballet Who Cares?, to songs written by George Gershwin, is likened to "a tap dance on pointe"? | |
Jephthes, sive Votum | 2022-05-22 | 683 | 56.9 | ... that while he was a teacher in France, George Buchanan wrote a school play about Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter? | |
WSWI | 2022-05-04 | 1,353 | 56.4 | ... that in 1981 Indiana State University–Evansville received a donation valued at nearly $300,000 in the form of campus radio station WSWI? | |
Klaus Wallrath | 2022-05-03 | 1,346 | 56.1 | ... that Klaus Wallrath composed a mass for peace for the 2018 Katholikentag in Münster, performed to an audience of more than 30,000 by a choir, an orchestra, and a dance company? | |
KGTK | 2022-05-14 | 1,125 | 46.9 | ... that even though plans to convert the studio building of station KITN in Olympia, Washington, into a courthouse were soon changed, county taxpayers still paid its moving expenses? | |
Visitor (song) | 2022-05-07 | 980 | 40.8 | ... that although it spent only one week on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, "Visitor" was the fifth Adult Alternative Airplay number-one for Of Monsters and Men? | |
Raymonda Variations | 2022-05-26 | 942 | 39.3 | ... that although George Balanchine set Raymonda Variations to musical excerpts from the ballet Raymonda, his new ballet does not follow the plot of the original? |