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Low | 37.3 | Songbird Sings | 77.4 | Die Deutsche Liturgie | 37.3 | Songbird Sings |
Median | 236.2 | Aox Inc. | 642.8 | Regent Cinema, Deal | 254.6 | Parallax Graphics Gill and Coote v El Vino Co Ltd |
High | 1,773.8 | Rape during the Vietnam War | 2,230.4 | Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries | 2,230.4 | Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries |
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Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries | 2022-10-17 | 26,764 | 2,230.4 | ... that The New York Times claimed that if Johnson beat Jeffries (fight pictured), black people would "misinterpret his victory as justifying claims to much more than mere physical equality with their white neighbors"? | |
Shieling | 2022-10-13 | 25,696 | 2,141.3 | ... that the isolation of shielings (examples pictured) might have given opportunity for "sexual experiment[ation]"? | |
Mutilated chessboard problem | 2022-10-21 | 21,646 | 1,803.9 | ... that if you remove two opposite corners of a chessboard, you cannot cover all squares with dominos? | |
Rape during the Vietnam War | 2022-10-25 | 21,285 | 1,773.8 | ... that a U.S. soldier who killed a Vietnamese woman after raping her was dubbed a "double veteran"? | |
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley | 2022-10-21 | 18,178 | 1,514.8 | ... that Sir John Anderson (pictured) was described as the "world's most-shot-at-man" in 1935, after surviving three assassination attempts? | |
Jacobus Capitein | 2022-10-29 | 17,006 | 1,417.2 | ... that Jacobus Capitein (pictured), who was sold into slavery at either age 7 or 8, promoted proslavery arguments based on Christianity? | |
United States Army Replacement and School Command | 2022-10-05 | 33,320 | 1,388.3 | ... that the United States Army Replacement and School Command (insignia pictured) reached its peak in May 1945 with 481,000 personnel? | |
Hall of Fame for Great Americans | 2022-10-22 | 15,756 | 1,313.0 | ... that since 1976 there have been no additions to, but two removals from, the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (pictured)? | |
Seated Woman with Bent Knees | 2022-10-24 | 15,166 | 1,263.8 | ... that Egon Schiele disrupted the dichotomy between beauty and ugliness in his Seated Woman with Bent Knees (pictured)? | |
Andriy Kovalchuk | 2022-10-30 | 13,658 | 1,138.2 | ... that Major-General Andriy Kovalchuk (pictured), commander of the 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive, met his wife, a fellow officer, when she chastised him for wearing an unpolished belt buckle? | |
Shannon Lucid | 2022-10-26 | 12,506 | 1,042.2 | ... that when astronaut Shannon Lucid (pictured) returned to Earth after six months in orbit, she was presented with a box of M&M's? | |
Severo Aguilar | 2022-10-20 | 11,790 | 982.5 | ... that following his election to the Constituent Assembly, Severo Aguilar (pictured) had to trek four hours and hitch a ride on a truck in order to get to the assembly's headquarters in Sucre? | |
Murder of the DeLisle children | 2022-10-20 | 11,594 | 966.2 | ... that a 28-year-old tire store manager drowned his four children in the same station wagon in which his father fatally shot himself in the head? | |
Charles de Tricornot de Rose | 2022-10-28 | 11,296 | 941.3 | ... that the "father of French fighter aircraft" (pictured) became interested in flying whilst suspended from the French Army following a court-martial? | |
Siege of Djibo | 2022-10-21 | 10,730 | 894.2 | ... that the Jihadist Burkinabè rebels' ongoing siege of Djibo has been described as a "Ukrainian death"? | |
De Boom Die Alles Zag | 2022-10-24 | 10,512 | 876.0 | ... that a grey poplar in Amsterdam is "the tree that saw it all"? | |
NAFO (group) | 2022-10-27 | 10,412[a] | 867.6 | ... that the Shiba Inu memes of NAFO have been called "an actual tactical event against a nation state"? | |
Ice XVII | 2022-10-16 | 10,406 | 867.2 | ... that ice XVII (structure shown) potentially has a use in green technology as a medium for storing hydrogen? | |
Hurricane Shark | 2022-10-20 | 10,344 | 862.0 | ... that "the Hurricane Shark is real"? | |
Spanish patrol boat Serviola | 2022-10-28 | 9,690 | 807.5 | ... that in 2019, the Spanish patrol boat Serviola (pictured) thwarted two attempts at piracy in as many months? | |
Tank cascade system | 2022-10-20 | 9,653 | 804.4 | ... that Sri Lanka's ancient tank cascade system of irrigation reservoirs creates habitats for the island's elephants (examples pictured)? | |
Gilbert Bundy | 2022-10-10 | 18,556 | 773.2 | ... that Gilbert Bundy killed himself on the 12th anniversary of a traumatic experience as a war artist at the Battle of Tarawa? | |
Carlsen–Niemann controversy | 2022-10-13 | 9,130[b] | 760.9 | ... that Magnus Carlsen, the current World Chess Champion, resigned a recent tournament game after only one move? | |
Roller Soaker | 2022-10-18 | 8,949 | 745.8 | ... that riding on the Roller Soaker was described as going through a "car wash with the top down"? | |
The Four Seasons Restaurant | 2022-10-15 | 8,912 | 742.6 | ... that Julian Niccolini of the Four Seasons Restaurant (pictured) deliberately sat ex-partners next to each other? | |
Margie Masters | 2022-10-31 | 8,886 | 740.5 | ... that Margie Masters made the cut at a golf tournament despite being shot at by a sniper on the course? | |
Yarkand Massacre | 2022-10-06 | 17,771 | 740.5 | ... that independent media and scholars estimate that thousands might have perished in the Yarkand Massacre in 2014? | |
Rommy Hunt Revson | 2022-10-24 | 8,786 | 732.2 | ... that nightclub singer Rommy Revson earned millions of dollars from her 1986 invention of the scrunchie (examples pictured), which she originally named after her pet poodle? | |
Beatrice Muller | 2022-10-27 | 8,736 | 728.0 | ... that Beatrice Muller lived on Queen Elizabeth 2 for nine years? | |
East African Mounted Rifles | 2022-10-11 | 17,350 | 722.9 | ... that during the First World War the East African Mounted Rifles (pictured) sometimes painted stripes on their horses to camouflage them as zebras? | |
Richard Frederick Dixon | 2022-10-30 | 8,662 | 721.9 | ... that after his release from a hospital for the criminally insane, Richard Dixon burgled $16 from a credit union and hijacked a jet to Cuba? | |
Amy Santiago | 2022-10-20 | 8,656 | 721.4 | ... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine character Amy Santiago has straight hair because the show's two Latina regular cast members feared that one of them would be fired? | |
Zunda Towers | 2022-10-19 | 8,644 | 720.3 | ... that the Zunda Towers (pictured) in Riga, Latvia, changed their name from "Z-Towers" to avoid being associated with Russia's invasion of Ukraine? | |
2022 London Marathon | 2022-10-02 | 17,144[c] | 714.3 | ... that the elite men's race at today's London Marathon is expected to feature three of the five fastest men in history? | |
David Cortés (politician) | 2022-10-17 | 8,570 | 714.1 | ... that David Cortés (pictured), a member of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies, was dubbed the "Santa Claus of Potosí"? | |
Make Me Prime Minister | 2022-10-18 | 8,431 | 702.6 | ... that one reviewer of the British reality TV series Make Me Prime Minister said "Technically it's worth five stars. In every other way, I wish I was dead"? | |
Doyle spiral | 2022-10-19 | 8,396 | 699.7 | ... that circle packings in the form of a Doyle spiral (pictured) were used to model plant growth long before their mathematical investigation by Doyle? | |
Jamie Keeton | 2022-10-06 | 16,574 | 690.6 | ... that Jamie "Canhead" Keeton is also known as the "human suction cup"? | |
Master of the Brussels Initials | 2022-10-25 | 8,122 | 676.8 | ... that the level of detail in medieval depictions of firebugs (example pictured) has been cited as evidence that the Master of the Brussels Initials "knew the bug in nature"? | |
Russian torture chambers in Ukraine | 2022-10-21 | 7,910 | 659.2 | ... that after the liberation of towns in Ukraine during the Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive, authorities found evidence of numerous Russian torture chambers? | |
Arab Coffeehouse | 2022-10-14 | 7,810 | 650.8 | ... that Arab Coffeehouse (pictured) depicts Henri Matisse's visit to Tangier, where he saw its locals gaze for hours into fishbowls? | |
Resplendent quetzal | 2022-10-22 | 7,740 | 645.0 | ... that killing a resplendent quetzal (pictured) was a crime in Aztec and Maya law? | |
Natalie Portman | 2022-10-12 | 7,736[d] | 644.6 | ... that Natalie Portman was a co-author on a scientific paper about frontal lobe activation? | |
White-lipped peccary | 2022-10-16 | 7,731 | 644.2 | ... that groups of white-lipped peccaries (pictured) can drive away jaguars with their screaming and clacking of teeth? | |
Regent Cinema, Deal | 2022-10-31 | 7,714 | 642.8 | ... that a Halloween-themed protest was held at the former Regent Cinema (pictured), urging the owners to "raise [it] from the dead"? | |
William Anders | 2022-10-01 | 15,032 | 642.4 | ... that William Anders took the iconic photograph Earthrise (pictured)? | |
Tova Friedman | 2022-10-10 | 15,258 | 635.8 | ... that Tova Friedman is a Holocaust survivor who now posts videos of her life and survival on TikTok? | |
Isildur | 2022-10-08 | 15,186[e] | 632.8 | ... that Rings of Power showrunner Patrick McKay likened Isildur to Michael Corleone from The Godfather? | |
Untitled Grand Theft Auto game | 2022-10-15 | 7,550[f] | 629.1 | ... that the leak of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto game was described as one of the biggest leaks in video game history? | |
Mary Ridge | 2022-10-13 | 7,490 | 624.1 | ... that Mary Ridge blew up the Liberator on her first encounter with Blake's 7, and killed off the crew on her last? | |
The Queue | 2022-10-15 | 7,432 | 619.3 | ... that people queued in a queue to queue in The Queue? | |
Wish You Were Gay | 2022-10-21 | 7,409 | 617.4 | ... that after Billie Eilish wrote the song "Wish You Were Gay", its subject came out to her as gay? | |
Maria Bakalova | 2022-10-18 | 7,408[g] | 617.4 | ... that Maria Bakalova thought that her Borat Subsequent Moviefilm audition might have been part of a human trafficking scheme? | |
Willmer House | 2022-10-29 | 7,288 | 607.3 | ... that "one of the finest cut brick façades" in the United Kingdom has been partially obscured by scaffolding for four years, as funds are raised for its repair? | |
Kebab pizza | 2022-10-11 | 14,475 | 603.1 | ... that in 2021, two Swedish prison inmates took correctional officers as hostages, demanding twenty kebab pizzas? | |
James S. Rains | 2022-10-25 | 7,120 | 593.3 | ... that according to one historian, James S. Rains made a "significant contribution to the Confederate war effort" by getting drunk? | |
Consumption of Tide Pods | 2022-10-12 | 7,118[h] | 593.1 | ... that there was an internet challenge to eat Tide Pods? | |
Skeeter Reece | 2022-10-04 | 14,174 | 590.6 | ... that when Rain Pryor drew a picture of her friend Skeeter the unicycling clown in school, her teacher said that there were no Black clowns? | |
Surinder Singh Bakhshi | 2022-10-04 | 14,164 | 590.2 | ... that Surinder Singh Bakhshi (pictured) led the successful containment of smallpox in the community during Birmingham's smallpox outbreak in 1978? | |
Kraftwerk Heimbach | 2022-10-13 | 7,020 | 585.0 | ... that the eight original Francis turbines of Kraftwerk Heimbach (pictured), a hydro-electric power station that opened in 1905 as then the largest in Europe, served until 1974? | |
Lucy de László | 2022-10-23 | 7,007 | 583.9 | ... that portraits of Lucy de László with a violin (one portrait pictured), painted by her husband, are recognised as some of the first examples of portraiture to include womens' talents in them? | |
Ganfeng Lithium | 2022-10-27 | 6,968 | 580.6 | ... that the heads of the world's largest producer of pure lithium grew up in poverty? | |
Ranjit Vilas Palace (Wankaner) | 2022-10-10 | 13,898 | 579.1 | ... that Wankaner's Ranjit Vilas Palace (pictured) in Gujarat, India, features Venetian Gothic, Italianate, Mughal and Rajput styles? | |
9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion | 2022-10-31 | 6,839 | 569.9 | ... that the steamboat carrying the 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion back from its military service sank in the Red River of the South? | |
Martini Maccomo | 2022-10-27 | 6,744 | 562.0 | ... that Martini Maccomo accidentally shot someone in the eye while performing? | |
2015 Heze bombing | 2022-10-31 | 6,742 | 561.9 | ... that the perpetrator of the 2015 Heze bombing was described as normal just days before the attack? | |
Studio 54 | 2022-10-17 | 6,565[i] | 547.1 | ... that in 1979, the Studio 54 nightclub started serving fruit punch because its owners were arrested? | |
Sundering of the Elves | 2022-10-02 | 13,090 | 545.4 | ... that Tolkien may have devised the sundering of the Elves to justify the existence of two distinct Elvish languages in his legendarium? | |
Howie Shanks | 2022-10-10 | 12,897 | 537.4 | ... that a doctor told Howie Shanks that he only had a few weeks to live, but he lived another 31 years? | |
Empire Theatre (42nd Street) | 2022-10-23 | 6,434 | 536.2 | ... that Abbott and Costello dragged the Empire Theatre 168 feet (51 m) in 1998? | |
Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales | 2022-10-19 | 6,422 | 535.2 | ... that the day before the 1969 investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales, two protestors were killed when their homemade bomb exploded prematurely? | |
Felix M. Warburg House | 2022-10-12 | 6,414 | 534.5 | ... that the Felix M. Warburg House (pictured) was converted into the Jewish Museum after nearly being replaced by apartments? | |
St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo Episcopal Church | 2022-10-20 | 6,382 | 531.8 | ... that "perhaps the most notable wedding gown in existence" within the United States was once worn in St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo? | |
Iqbi-damiq | 2022-10-26 | 6,342 | 528.5 | ... that the Mesopotamian goddess Iqbi-damiq had an illness named after her? | |
Leiv Eirikson Discovering America | 2022-10-09 | 12,593 | 524.7 | ... that Christian Krohg's painting Leiv Eirikson Discovering America (pictured) was shown at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition together with a replica of a Viking ship? | |
Rosalie Edge | 2022-10-07 | 12,404 | 516.9 | ... that American environmentalist Rosalie Edge (pictured) was called "the only honest, unselfish, indomitable hellcat in the history of conservation"? | |
Windows 3.1x | 2022-10-17 | 6,154[j] | 512.8 | ... that Windows 3.1 had a special version, known as Modular Windows, that was controlled via television? | |
Cavalcade of the American Negro | 2022-10-26 | 6,043 | 503.6 | ... that the 1940 poster for Cavalcade of the American Negro (pictured) anticipated 1960s Black Power iconography? | |
Sylvia Wu | 2022-10-20 | 5,888 | 490.7 | ... that Cary Grant taught Sylvia Wu how to make shredded chicken salad? | |
Antimonumento +43 | 2022-10-08 | 11,724 | 488.5 | ... that the anti-monument to the 43 students kidnapped in 2014 (pictured) was also dedicated to the thousands of people reported missing in Mexico? | |
Freetown, Alabama | 2022-10-12 | 5,772 | 481.0 | ... that Freetown, Alabama, was founded by free and formerly enslaved African Americans in Alabama, whose church, built in 1929, burned down in 2022? | |
King George VI Memorial Chapel | 2022-10-12 | 5,768[k] | 480.7 | ... that Queen Elizabeth II wanted the King George VI Memorial Chapel to hold the remains of three British monarchs and their consorts? | |
National Māori flag | 2022-10-14 | 5,672 | 472.6 | ... that the white design on the national Māori flag (pictured) is a traditional Māori koru, or fern frond, representing renewal and hope for the future? | |
Windows 2.0x | 2022-10-13 | 5,581 | 465.1 | ... that Windows 2.0 is the last version of Windows that ran solely on floppy disks? | |
Miller Arnold case | 2022-10-30 | 5,541 | 461.8 | ... that Frederick the Great personally convicted six judges for their involvement in the Miller Arnold case and sentenced them to a custodial penalty? | |
Battle of Brentford (1016) | 2022-10-13 | 5,536 | 461.3 | ... that although he won the battle of Brentford, Edmund Ironside lost so many men that he needed a new army? | |
Joe Kraker | 2022-10-18 | 5,529 | 460.8 | ... that Joe Kraker was said to be the only lineman in football history to play without shoulder pads? | |
Guide to the Free World | 2022-10-27 | 5,521 | 460.1 | ... that the founder of the Guide to the Free World, helping people leave Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, said she was told: "It's good that you get out of Russia, but a pity that you won't be shot"? | |
Kiriko (Overwatch) | 2022-10-11 | 10,981[l] | 457.5 | ... that Kiriko, a "fox girl" character for Overwatch 2, was teased through a coded message that translates to "What Does the Fox Say?" | |
Edward Rand | 2022-10-07 | 10,968 | 457.0 | ... that medievalist Edward Rand rang the doorbell of Harvard president Charles William Eliot and asked him: "I would like to go to Harvard; do you have any money?" | |
Daily Star lettuce | 2022-10-27 | 5,444[m] | 453.7 | ... that you could place bets on a lettuce becoming the British prime minister? | |
Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor | 2022-10-19 | 5,434 | 452.8 | ... that Herbert James Gunn used a paper cut-out of Princess Elizabeth's corgi dog to help him paint his Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor? | |
Piedmont Hotel | 2022-10-23 | 5,314 | 442.8 | ... that the Piedmont Hotel hosted a former, a current, and a future U.S. president in one week? | |
Toasting fork | 2022-10-30 | 5,250 | 437.5 | ... that extendable marshmallow toasting forks were cited as an example of how glamping has "ruined" camping? | |
John Hemsley | 2022-10-18 | 5,213 | 434.4 | ... that British Army brigadier John Hemsley and his wife set a record time for travel by car from Cape Town to London in 1983? | |
Cleo Damianakes | 2022-10-10 | 10,406 | 433.6 | ... that Cleo Damianakes's 1920s book dust jacket designs "made sex respectable", but Hemingway did not like the "large misplaced breasts" on A Farewell to Arms? | |
John Giffard (police officer) | 2022-10-14 | 5,194 | 432.9 | ... that John Giffard, of Chillington Hall, was described as "arguably Britain's most aristocratic policeman" in 2004? | |
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 2022-10-19 | 5,026 | 418.8 | ... that Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, India's second Muslim president, was also the second Indian president to die in office? | |
Jutta Fleck | 2022-10-20 | 4,988 | 415.7 | ... that Jutta Fleck protested for six months in front of border guards at Checkpoint Charlie for her daughters' release from East Germany? | |
NIMBY Rails | 2022-10-12 | 4,925 | 410.4 | ... that there are no NIMBYs in NIMBY Rails? | |
Accountability partner | 2022-10-30 | 4,876 | 406.3 | ... that some evangelical Christians confess their sexual temptations to an accountability partner to maintain their sexual purity? | |
KBRH | 2022-10-16 | 4,873 | 406.1 | ... that the owner of a Louisiana radio station was killed while in the process of putting it back on the air? | |
Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom | 2022-10-29 | 4,849 | 404.1 | ... that the wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom had the president walking his own bride down the aisle? | |
State visit by Elizabeth II to Russia | 2022-10-18 | 4,824 | 402.0 | ... that Elizabeth II's 1994 state visit to Russia was overshadowed in the UK by a Prince Charles biographical book? | |
Novak v. City of Parma | 2022-10-16 | 4,798 | 399.9 | ... that The Onion said in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that "the federal judiciary is staffed entirely by total Latin dorks"? | |
The Laines | 2022-10-23 | 4,792 | 399.3 | ... that Queen Camilla has said that her childhood at The Laines was "perfect in every way"? | |
Royal Oak post office shootings | 2022-10-01 | 9,271 | 396.2 | ... that an investigation into the Royal Oak post office shootings led one congressman to accuse the Postal Service of having been "asleep at the switch"? | |
Cloghan Castle (County Cork) | 2022-10-22 | 4,744 | 395.3 | ... that the collapse of Cloghan Castle in County Cork, Ireland, was said to have been caused by the barking of a ghostly black dog? | |
Titanokorys | 2022-10-27 | 4,726 | 393.9 | ... that the relative rarity of the radiodont Titanokorys (video featured) in Marble Canyon suggests that the deposits in which it was found may represent the outermost edge of its distribution in life? | |
Pietro Badoer | 2022-10-04 | 9,403 | 391.8 | ... that Pietro Badoer was banished twice, poisoned one of his three wives, but declined an offer for a coup to make him doge? | |
TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. | 2022-10-30 | 4,699 | 391.6 | ... that in 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld West Virginia's largest punitive damages award in history, awarding $10 million – 526 times larger than the compensatory damages? | |
Vilna Soviet of Workers Deputies | 2022-10-23 | 4,666 | 388.9 | ... that following a gun battle with Polish legionnaires, five leaders of the Vilna Soviet of Workers Deputies committed suicide rather than surrendering? | |
2022 U.S. Open Cup Final | 2022-10-04 | 9,304 | 387.7 | ... that the 2022 U.S. Open Cup Final was the first in 14 years to feature a non-Major League Soccer team? | |
Tiger Fire | 2022-10-15 | 4,613 | 384.4 | ... that two days after it had ignited, the Tiger Fire (pictured) had already burned 5,567 acres (2,253 ha) of land near Black Canyon City, Arizona? | |
Sydney Domville Rowland | 2022-10-25 | 4,588 | 382.3 | ... that pioneer radiologist Sydney Domville Rowland coined the term "skiagraphy" (example pictured)? | |
Yoga nidra | 2022-10-17 | 4,585 | 382.1 | ... that yoga nidra, a state of consciousness "in which Buddhas may access secret knowledge", is being studied for potential treatment of sleep problems? | |
The Summer Hikaru Died | 2022-10-10 | 9,120 | 380.0 | ... that The Summer Hikaru Died went from drawings on a Twitter account to receiving three times more orders than copies available in its first print run? | |
1964–1965 Scripto strike | 2022-10-19 | 4,556 | 379.6 | ... that the day after returning to Atlanta following his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance in 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. joined picketers who were on strike against Scripto? | |
Alfred Skrenda | 2022-10-24 | 4,551 | 379.2 | ... that American illustrator Alfred Skrenda "was particularly adept at billowing skirts and heroic gazes"? | |
Adele Ferguson (American journalist) | 2022-10-31 | 4,531 | 377.6 | ... that after journalist Adele Ferguson's criticism of the U.S. Navy's sex discrimination attracted nationwide attention, she was offered a personal tour of a nuclear submarine? | |
Watts and Betchart murder case | 2022-10-11 | 9,055 | 377.3 | ... that the lenient sentencing of two Europeans convicted in 1918 after the death of a black man in the East Africa Protectorate led to inquiries from the British Colonial Office? | |
Battle of Pitgaveny | 2022-10-26 | 4,524 | 377.0 | ... that despite his defeat at the battle of Pitgaveny, both of Duncan's sons would later rule Scotland? | |
Yazathingyan (15th-century minister) | 2022-10-18 | 4,518 | 376.5 | ... that crown prince of Ava Minye Kyawswa (pictured) discarded advice from Yazathingyan, and subsequently got slain in battle? | |
Edgar Williams | 2022-10-12 | 4,502 | 375.1 | ... that Edgar Williams, Bernard Montgomery's intelligence officer, was an Oxford don who hated soldiering as a profession? | |
Windham William Sadler | 2022-10-31 | 4,500 | 375.0 | ... that Windham William Sadler (pictured) made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817, five years after his father had failed to achieve the same feat? | |
Kline's Mill, Virginia | 2022-10-26 | 4,500 | 375.0 | ... that Kline's Mill is a rare surviving example of an Oliver Evans milling system from 1794? | |
Hanānā | 2022-10-22 | 2,978 | 248.2 | ... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings? | |
Mystery of Crowning | 1,496 | 124.6 | |||
Total | 4,474 | 372.8 | |||
Richard Thomas Glyn | 2022-10-26 | 4,428 | 369.0 | ... that the hoof of Richard Thomas Glyn's horse is used as an ashtray by officers of the Royal Regiment of Wales? | |
Don't Forget (Sky Ferreira song) | 2022-10-27 | 4,425 | 368.8 | ... that a negative review of Sky Ferreira's "Don't Forget" on Pitchfork caused a large amount of controversy? | |
Malabo Mosque | 2022-10-20 | 4,396 | 366.4 | ... that Malabo Mosque cost about two billion Central African CFA francs to build? | |
Ardress House | 2022-10-07 | 8,745 | 364.4 | ... that the dining room at Ardress House has no internal doors and can only be reached using an external entrance? | |
Hickson Inc. | 2022-10-25 | 4,292 | 357.7 | ... that in the 1920s, Hickson Inc. had the "most elegant and expensive specialty shop" on New York's Fifth Avenue? | |
Robert J. Fulton | 2022-10-21 | 4,276 | 356.3 | ... that in 1875, Robert J. Fulton moved Boston College by 60 feet (18 m)? | |
Annie Dove Denmark | 2022-10-19 | 4,268 | 355.7 | ... that Annie Dove Denmark was offered residency on campus for the rest of her life after resigning as the president of Anderson College? | |
Nakhichevan uezd | 2022-10-26 | 4,232 | 352.7 | ... that the Nakhichevan uezd was home to more than 54,000 Armenians until they perished through the events of 1918–1920 as a result of the Russian Revolution? | |
Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster) | 2022-10-30 | 4,214 | 351.1 | ... that there is a Loch Ness Monster in Williamsburg, Virginia? | |
St. Martin, Sindelfingen | 2022-10-06 | 8,407 | 350.3 | ... that the flat wooden ceiling of St. Martin (pictured), the Lutheran main church of Sindelfingen built in the 11th century, is still preserved? | |
Cathie Dunsford | 2022-10-12 | 4,188 | 349.0 | ... that Cathie Dunsford (pictured) was unable to find many books about lesbianism in the 1970s, but by the 1980s had herself become a writer and anthologist of lesbian literature? | |
Solace Provincial Park | 2022-10-19 | 4,173 | 347.8 | ... that the roadless Solace Provincial Park in the Temagami area of Ontario, Canada, is considered as one of the most isolated, wild places in the province? | |
Questioning Collapse | 2022-10-12 | 4,171 | 347.6 | ... that the book Questioning Collapse was created as a critique of the claims made by Jared Diamond in his book Collapse? | |
Pokémon Fossil Museum | 2022-10-31 | 4,144 | 345.4 | ... that a travelling museum exhibition in Japan displays "life-size" renditions of Pokémon skeletons alongside the fossils of actual prehistoric animals? | |
Institutes (Gaius) | 2022-10-12 | 4,102 | 341.9 | ... that in 1816, a copy of the long-lost Institutes by the Roman jurist Gaius was discovered, hidden underneath writings by Saint Jerome? | |
Bertha Acarapi | 2022-10-03 | 8,169 | 340.4 | ... that in being hired as a newscaster for ATB, Bertha Acarapi (pictured) became one of Bolivia's first high-profile chola indigenous presenters? | |
Laflin station | 2022-10-31 | 4,080 | 340.0 | ... that the Chicago "L"'s Laflin station had an elevator for caskets? | |
Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty | 2022-10-18 | 4,054 | 337.8 | ... that Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty has been called the fight that "put women's boxing on the map"? | |
Clinton D. Burdick | 2022-10-15 | 4,048 | 337.3 | ... that Clinton D. Burdick and his father Howard are the only father–son pair to receive the title of flying ace? | |
Ossian D'Ambrosio | 2022-10-29 | 4,034 | 336.2 | ... that heavy metal led Ossian D'Ambrosio to druidism? | |
EduQuest | 2022-10-24 | 4,006 | 333.8 | ... that IBM EduQuest equipped the floppy drives in their computer systems with a dust shield to prevent the intrusion of dirt and chalk dust? | |
Windows 2.1x | 2022-10-16 | 3,976 | 331.4 | ... that Windows 2.1 was the first version of Microsoft Windows to require a hard disk drive? | |
108 Leonard | 2022-10-03 | 7,798 | 324.9 | ... that the "Temple of Humanity" hosted underwear companies? | |
Zeitlaich | 2022-10-31 | 3,898 | 324.8 | ... that at 6 by 22 metres (20 by 72 feet), Zeitlaich is Jonas Burgert's largest oil painting? | |
Airport Central railway station | 2022-10-09 | 7,776 | 324.0 | ... that Perth's Airport Central railway station, which opens today, has the longest operating escalators in the southern hemisphere? | |
Madison station (CTA) | 2022-10-26 | 3,883 | 323.6 | ... that decades after its closure, the station house of the Chicago "L"'s Madison station would house a hot dog stand? | |
Church of St Benedict, Ardwick | 2022-10-17 | 3,881 | 323.4 | ... that the Grade II*–listed Church of St Benedict, in Ardwick, Manchester, is now a climbing centre? | |
First National Bank Tower | 2022-10-11 | 7,702 | 320.9 | ... that the First National Bank Tower, standing at 634 feet (193 meters), is the tallest building in the state of Nebraska? | |
PL/C | 2022-10-14 | 3,842 | 320.2 | ... that Cornell University's student-oriented programming language dialect was made available to other universities but required a "research grant" payment in exchange? | |
Librex Computer Systems | 2022-10-28 | 3,772 | 314.3 | ... that Nippon Steel, one of Japan's largest steelmakers, sold notebook computers in the U.S. in the early 1990s? | |
Weesperplein metro station | 2022-10-27 | 3,760 | 313.3 | ... that the platform below the Weesperplein metro station was used as a fallout shelter after the line that was supposed to run through it got cancelled? | |
Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller | 2022-10-16 | 3,750 | 312.5 | ... that the only purpose of the Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller was to promote a political candidate? | |
Grimethorpe Hall | 2022-10-26 | 3,746 | 312.2 | ... that the abandoned 17th-century Grimethorpe Hall in South Yorkshire, England, has been proposed as a potential new headquarters for the Grimethorpe Colliery Band? | |
Gian Piero Ventrone | 2022-10-26 | 3,720 | 310.0 | ... that athletic trainer Gian Piero Ventrone, nicknamed "marine" for his very hard and tiring training sessions, made his players ring a "bell of shame" when they were too exhausted to continue? | |
Seven Days (magazine) | 2022-10-17 | 3,674 | 306.2 | ... that in 1979 the magazine Seven Days advised, to avoid ingesting plutonium orally, "never make an A-bomb on an empty stomach"? | |
Nintendo Switch emulation | 2022-10-17 | 3,654 | 304.5 | ... that Kotaku revised an article about Nintendo Switch emulation after Nintendo complained that the previous version encouraged piracy? | |
Elmer Smith (baseball) | 2022-10-29 | 3,652 | 304.4 | ... that in 1920, Elmer Smith (pictured) hit the first grand slam in World Series history? | |
Patterson's Spade Mill | 2022-10-28 | 3,617 | 301.4 | ... that couples can marry 'over the anvil' at Patterson's Spade Mill? | |
William Penney, Baron Penney | 2022-10-16 | 3,606 | 300.5 | ... that William Penney, Baron Penney, was credited as the "father of the British bomb"? | |
Incas (Carolina parakeet) | 2022-10-08 | 7,208 | 300.4 | ... that Incas, the last known Carolina parakeet, died in the same aviary cage as the last passenger pigeon? | |
Ann Beaglehole | 2022-10-18 | 3,558 | 296.5 | ... that former child refugee Ann Beaglehole has become a historian specialising in refugee history? | |
Sir Frank Price | 2022-10-24 | 3,550 | 295.8 | ... that Sir Frank Price, a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, grew up in the city's slums and left school at the age of 14? | |
Water Under the Bridge (song) | 2022-10-05 | 7,096 | 295.7 | ... that Adele's song "Water Under the Bridge" is about her relationship with Simon Konecki, which she is usually reluctant to discuss in her music? | |
Legends (play-by-mail game) | 2022-10-22 | 3,546 | 295.5 | ... that an early version of the turn-based game Legends could take three to ten years to complete? | |
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | 2022-10-24 | 3,540 | 295.0 | ... that the Church of the Immaculate Conception was rededicated as a shrine in 1954, 100 years after the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined? | |
Bill Plante | 2022-10-25 | 3,538 | 294.8 | ... that before bungee jumping with White House aides in New Zealand, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante said he was "proving that you're never too old to do something really stupid"? | |
Competitive debate in the United States | 2022-10-04 | 7,037 | 293.2 | ... that college debates in the United States were originally conducted entirely in Latin? | |
Yama Wayama | 2022-10-16 | 3,510 | 292.5 | ... that as a senior in high school, manga artist Yama Wayama began drawing male–male romance manga as a hobby? | |
Robert Bauer (artist) | 2022-10-17 | 3,508 | 292.3 | ... that during the 1960s and 1970s, American artist Robert Bauer painted figures that were a mixture of 20th-century avant-garde funk and 17th-century Dutch realism? | |
Lifemark | 2022-10-02 | 7,009 | 292.0 | ... that despite the commercial success of previous Kendrick Brothers films, star Kirk Cameron said that Lifemark was unable to secure a distributor due to its pro-life stance? | |
Sari-inspired dress | 2022-10-22 | 3,488 | 290.7 | ... that Jacqueline Kennedy bought several saris during her 1962 tour of India and Pakistan to be turned into sari-inspired dresses? | |
Karl R. Free | 2022-10-25 | 3,474 | 289.5 | ... that both of Karl R. Free's New Deal-era U.S. post office murals with Native American subjects have been challenged as offensive? | |
Jennie Scott Griffiths | 2022-10-23 | 3,470 | 289.2 | ... that the memorabilia of Jennie Scott Griffiths, a Texan who died in California, are housed in the National Library of Australia? | |
Pedestals of Biahmu | 2022-10-24 | 3,467 | 288.9 | ... that the Pedestals of Biahmu are known locally as Al-Ṣanam, Arabic for "the idol"? | |
2 Columbus Circle | 2022-10-31 | 3,464 | 288.6 | ... that the "awkward, cramped galleries" at 2 Columbus Circle later housed New York City government offices? | |
WJZR | 2022-10-14 | 3,448 | 287.4 | ... that North Coast Radio went silent after playing the song "In a Silent Way"? | |
M Club banner | 2022-10-11 | 6,888 | 287.0 | ... that the Michigan banner survived an attack by uniformed men from Ohio during the Ten Year War? | |
Claudia Fleming | 2022-10-29 | 3,410 | 284.2 | ... that after Claudia Fleming's dessert cookbook went out of print due to poor sales, used copies began circulating on eBay for hundreds of dollars? | |
Venu Chitale | 2022-10-28 | 3,401 | 283.4 | ... that BBC radio broadcaster Venu Chitale taught listeners how to cook without meat when it was rationed during the Second World War? | |
Cryptodidymosphaerites | 2022-10-15 | 3,396 | 283.0 | ... that Cryptodidymosphaerites is a parasite of a parasite? | |
Should've Said No | 2022-10-03 | 6,773 | 282.2 | ... that Taylor Swift said she wrote "Should've Said No" to address her "dramatic and crazy" experience? | |
Andrea Rinaldi | 2022-10-01 | 6,478 | 276.9 | ... that former Atalanta player Andrea Rinaldi died of an aneurysm aged 19 in 2020? | |
Goldfish (Matisse) | 2022-10-15 | 2,604 | 217.0 | ... that after a trip to Morocco in 1912, Henri Matisse painted Goldfish and the animal would become a frequent motif in his art over the next decade? | |
Henri Matisse and goldfish | 676 | 56.4 | |||
Total | 3,281 | 273.4 | |||
Geliyoo | 2022-10-06 | 6,548 | 272.8 | ... that the search engine of Geliyoo was found to be retrieving its results from Google, in contrast to the company's claims of spending 10 million Turkish liras on development? | |
John Gamble (baseball) | 2022-10-02 | 6,522 | 271.8 | ... that the only run scored by John Gamble was a game-winner? | |
Darb El Arba'īn | 2022-10-22 | 3,250 | 270.8 | ... that camel caravans using the Darb El Arba'īn trade route transported salt and slaves? | |
Mercy (Overwatch) | 2022-10-07 | 6,443 | 268.5 | ... that a pink skin for Mercy in the video game Overwatch helped raise more than $12 million for breast cancer research? | |
Ocoee salamander | 2022-10-27 | 3,220 | 268.3 | ... that the Ocoee salamander (example pictured) from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)? | |
Richard W. Conway | 2022-10-28 | 3,207 | 267.2 | ... that Richard W. Conway earned a varsity letter, a Ph.D., and an endowed chair, all from the same university? | |
Boost! | 2022-10-03 | 6,412 | 267.2 | ... that Boost! won a temporary restraining order against Mead Johnson, after claiming it had infringed on their trademarks? | |
Capital in the Anthropocene | 2022-10-07 | 6,390 | 266.2 | ... that academic Kohei Saito describes the Sustainable Development Goals as the "new opium of the masses" in his 2020 Marxist book, Capital in the Anthropocene? | |
Pharah | 2022-10-20 | 3,174 | 264.5 | ... that the combat suit Pharah wears in Overwatch bears a strong resemblance to those featured in mecha anime? | |
A Costume for Nicholas | 2022-10-14 | 3,150 | 262.5 | ... that the young protagonist of A Costume for Nicholas has Down syndrome, as does his portrayer? | |
British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany | 2022-10-04 | 6,276 | 261.5 | ... that British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany involved buffaloes, duck bills and weasels? | |
When We Were Young (Adele song) | 2022-10-20 | 3,132 | 261.0 | ... that Adele's artwork for "When We Were Young" features a picture of her as a child? | |
KLUX | 2022-10-09 | 6,238 | 259.9 | ... that a Catholic radio station in Texas wields the "velvet hammer" to promote Christianity? | |
Gill and Coote v El Vino Co Ltd | 2022-10-03 | 6,116 | 254.9 | ... that until a 1982 legal decision, women were not permitted to stand at the bar at El Vino in London? | |
Parallax Graphics | 2022-10-30 | 3,051 | 254.2 | ... that Mike Judge's three-month tenure at the video-card manufacturer Parallax Graphics was an inspiration for Office Space? | |
Robert Nimmo | 2022-10-21 | 3,044 | 253.7 | ... that Robert Nimmo's command of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan remains the longest ever command of a United Nations operation? | |
Thomas Herbert Elliot Jackson | 2022-10-23 | 3,044 | 253.6 | ... that Kenyan coffee farmer "Pinkie" Jackson amassed Africa's largest collection of native butterflies? | |
Hermann Marx | 2022-10-16 | 3,038 | 253.1 | ... that banker Hermann Marx and his firm underwrote the share issue that led to the "pepper scandal" of 1934? | |
Transgender asylum seekers | 2022-10-22 | 3,010 | 250.9 | ... that, among migrants, transgender asylum seekers are more likely to be subjected to physical and mental abuse? | |
Dimension 68000 | 2022-10-16 | 3,010 | 250.9 | ... that the Dimension 68000 microcomputer had expansion cards to emulate the Apple II, the IBM PC, and various CP/M machines? | |
The Faulkland Quiz | 2022-10-31 | 3,006 | 250.5 | ... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old? | |
District tartans of Australia | 2022-10-25 | 2,992 | 249.4 | ... that the Scottish Register of Tartans has registered district tartans for Australia as a whole, and also a state district tartan for each of Australia's six states? | |
Mini mum | 2022-10-30 | 2,983 | 248.6 | ... that Mini mum is miniscule, but it is not Mini scule? | |
Martin Pipe | 2022-10-31 | 2,971 | 247.6 | ... that Martin Pipe's training methods for steeplechasers were so effective, he was investigated twice for cheating? | |
Sai Ying Pun (novel) | 2022-10-26 | 2,956 | 246.4 | ... that the inspiration for the Hong Kong novel Sai Ying Pun came from the author oversleeping on a train? | |
Adam Kingsmill | 2022-10-20 | 2,916 | 243.0 | ... that Adam Kingsmill, who is missing most of his right leg, played stand-up ice hockey until 2016? | |
New Victory Theater | 2022-10-21 | 2,906 | 242.1 | ... that the Victory Theatre, the first theater on 42nd Street to show adult movies, later became a children's theater? | |
Rockstar Leeds | 2022-10-23 | 2,902 | 241.8 | ... that Rockstar Leeds was once based at a decommissioned church? | |
Rockstar Vienna | 2022-10-15 | 2,888 | 240.7 | ... that Rockstar Vienna was the largest video game developer in Austria when it closed in 2006? | |
Birding in New York City | 2022-10-23 | 2,879 | 239.9 | ... that birders in New York City have recorded over 400 species? | |
C. Jouco Bleeker | 2022-10-21 | 2,876 | 239.6 | ... that religious studies scholar C. Jouco Bleeker believed that religions are like acorns? | |
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Atlanta) | 2022-10-21 | 2,868 | 239.0 | ... that in 2010, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Atlanta became the first church in the state to be elevated to the rank of a minor basilica? | |
Hans Redl | 2022-10-22 | 2,858 | 238.2 | ... that despite losing his left arm in World War II, Austrian tennis player Hans Redl reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1947? | |
Jihad Rehab | 2022-10-20 | 2,855 | 237.9 | ... that the documentary film Jihad Rehab features interviews with former inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp who are now in the Care Rehabilitation Center, a "jihad rehab" in Saudi Arabia? | |
Tornado Cash | 2022-10-22 | 2,836 | 236.3 | ... that Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency tumbler, was blacklisted by the United States Department of the Treasury? | |
Aox Inc. | 2022-10-29 | 2,834 | 236.2 | ... that Aox Inc., a maker of computer expansion cards, was named after the founders' dog? | |
The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli | 2022-10-24 | 2,806 | 233.8 | ... that Carlo Carrà attributed The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli to the 1904 Italian general strike, while the actual funeral and riot occured in 1906? | |
Ruth Matilda Anderson | 2022-10-12 | 2,790 | 232.5 | ... that Ruth M. Anderson recorded a "timeless" Spain in her photographs of the 1920s? | |
Superstition in Britain | 2022-10-28 | 2,781 | 231.8 | ... that according to two surveys, knocking on wood and 'crossing fingers for good luck' are the most popular superstitions in Britain? | |
Ampullae of Lorenzini | 2022-10-10 | 5,530 | 230.4 | ... that the ampullae of Lorenzini enable sharks to sense electric fields? | |
Heroes of the Fourth Turning | 2022-10-19 | 2,760 | 230.0 | ... that the depiction of conservative Catholic intellectuals in the play Heroes of the Fourth Turning was praised both by its subjects and by liberal New York theater critics? | |
Board game café | 2022-10-29 | 2,754 | 229.5 | ... that board game cafés can be found across the world? | |
Israel Sack | 2022-10-13 | 2,752 | 229.3 | ... that the firm of Israel Sack supplied American antiques to leading private collectors and museums, including the Winterthur Museum, The Henry Ford, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art? | |
Matthias Hanke | 2022-10-31 | 2,748 | 229.0 | ... that Matthias Hanke, an organist and choral leader by age 14, in due course became responsible for all Protestant church music in Württemberg? | |
Garrett Smith (writer) | 2022-10-21 | 2,747 | 228.9 | ... that the best novel of American science fiction author Garrett Smith did not appear as a stand-alone book until over 60 years after his death? | |
Story of a Secret State | 2022-10-16 | 2,740 | 228.4 | ... that the 1944 Story of a Secret State was one of the first book accounts of the German occupation of Poland, including the Holocaust in Poland? | |
How We Do (Party) | 2022-10-28 | 2,740 | 228.3 | ... that a copyright infringement suit was filed against the song "How We Do (Party)" for its use of the phrase "party and bullshit"? | |
Rebecca Blake | 2022-10-29 | 2,724 | 227.0 | ... that Rebecca Blake, Anglo-Romanian captain of the Romania women's national cricket team, also led the French team to victory in a six-team tournament? | |
Rabab Al-Kadhimi | 2022-10-31 | 2,716 | 226.4 | ... that Rabab Al-Kadhimi was threatened with deportation from Egypt due to the political nature of her poetry? | |
Betty Hall | 2022-10-25 | 2,706 | 225.5 | ... that Betty Hall introduced a New Hampshire bill that would have petitioned the United States Congress to impeach George W. Bush? | |
Shaun Aguano | 2022-10-19 | 2,686 | 223.8 | ... that Shaun Aguano's interview to join the Arizona State football coaching staff consisted only of being asked, "you want the job?" | |
Bombing of Mokha | 2022-10-05 | 5,345 | 222.7 | ... that the bombing of Mokha was described as one of the deadliest attacks by the Saudi Arabian–led coalition against Yemen, leaving between 65 and 120 dead, including 10 children? | |
Isa Hasan al-Yasiri | 2022-10-27 | 2,664 | 222.0 | ... that Iraqi poet Isa Hasan al-Yasiri ran away from school at 10 years old, before travelling with a camel caravan overnight to another village? | |
Ridgefield Branch | 2022-10-14 | 2,656 | 221.4 | ... that passenger service on the Ridgefield Branch was eliminated after the electrification of neighboring lines? | |
Club Penguin Rewritten | 2022-10-05 | 5,312 | 221.3 | ... that Soccer Mommy hosted a virtual concert through Club Penguin Rewritten? | |
Panza Kick Boxing | 2022-10-13 | 2,616 | 218.0 | ... that fighting video game Panza Kick Boxing was endorsed by a French kickboxing champion who also supplied technical advice? | |
Hours of Charles the Noble | 2022-10-10 | 5,226 | 217.8 | ... that the margins of the Hours of Charles the Noble contain 180 depictions of musical instruments, providing a representative overview of medieval instruments? | |
Barney McMahon | 2022-10-02 | 5,222 | 217.6 | ... that during his first air-sea rescue mission with the Irish Air Corps, Barney McMahon landed to refuel with a mixture of petrol and paraffin, filtered through a pair of tights? | |
Animals in ancient Greece and Rome | 2022-10-19 | 2,578 | 214.8 | ... that Plutarch believed that animals were more virtuous than humans? | |
Haematomma ochroleucum | 2022-10-14 | 2,574 | 214.5 | ... that the yellow bloodstain lichen is not always yellow? | |
Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia | 2022-10-07 | 5,131 | 213.8 | ... that the dominant species in the Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia are often not grasses at all? | |
KVNO | 2022-10-12 | 2,560 | 213.3 | ... that a Nebraska radio station's plans to broadcast college sports were met with "audible gasps"? | |
Cephas L. Bard | 2022-10-06 | 5,116 | 213.2 | ... that Cephas L. Bard, the first American physician in Ventura, California, was also the first person to die in the hospital he built there? | |
Lanfranco Cirillo | 2022-10-28 | 2,548 | 212.3 | ... that Lanfranco Cirillo is the architect of Putin's Palace, a palace complex on the Black Sea coast allegedly built for Vladimir Putin which is estimated to have cost over one billion US dollars? | |
The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest | 2022-10-08 | 5,038 | 209.9 | ... that heavy metal band Judas Priest took their name from Bob Dylan's song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest"? | |
Amritasiddhi | 2022-10-18 | 2,502 | 208.5 | ... that the Amṛtasiddhi (folio pictured), translated as 'the attainment of immortality', is an early text about what later became haṭha yoga? | |
Beautiful Country (book) | 2022-10-23 | 2,470 | 205.9 | ... that civil rights lawyer Qian Julie Wang wrote the draft of her memoir Beautiful Country on her phone during her commute? | |
Narco (Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet song) | 2022-10-01 | 4,814 | 205.7 | ... that Golf Digest has described "Narco" as having "a fire beat"? | |
Rebeca Delgado | 2022-10-20 | 2,464 | 205.4 | ... that Rebeca Delgado created Freedom of Thought for Bolivia after being told by her previous party that she should leave if she wanted to be a "freethinker"? | |
Embassy of the Philippines, Paris | 2022-10-07 | 4,907 | 204.5 | ... that in 2005, the Philippine embassy in Paris regularly had a flooded basement due to a lack of funds? | |
Gimli (Middle-earth) | 2022-10-13 | 2,450[n] | 204.2 | ... that Galadriel's gift of some of her hair to Gimli in The Lord of the Rings has echoes in both English literature and Norse legend? | |
Betty Tejada | 2022-10-04 | 4,854 | 202.2 | ... that despite entering politics as part of a right-wing party, Betty Tejada was later elected president of the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Movement for Socialism? | |
Leonard Kriegel | 2022-10-29 | 2,399 | 199.9 | ... that Leonard Kriegel, who had polio, insisted on using the term "cripple" in his works to describe his illness? | |
Mahurangi Harbour | 2022-10-28 | 2,397 | 199.8 | ... that after being extensively hunted in the 19th century, southern right whales can again sometimes be seen in Mahurangi Harbour? | |
Bear Witness | 2022-10-29 | 2,396 | 199.7 | ... that Bear Witness reviewers said, "The songs were richer than the first wave of Madonna's hits"? | |
Darrell Mudra | 2022-10-15 | 2,394 | 199.5 | ... that Darrell Mudra was known as "Dr. Victory"? | |
Canton Coolie Corps | 2022-10-30 | 2,383 | 198.6 | ... that recruitment to the British Canton Coolie Corps suffered due to false rumours that men would be used as human shields in the Second Opium War? | |
Walter McCredie | 2022-10-15 | 2,361 | 196.8 | ... that in 1915, Walter McCredie unsuccessfully challenged the baseball color line that prohibited non-white players? | |
2022 Hong Kong Masters | 2022-10-24 | 2,355 | 196.2 | ... that Mark Williams travelled for more than 13 hours to be a last-minute replacement at the 2022 Hong Kong Masters? | |
Mellivory | 2022-10-08 | 4,701 | 195.9 | ... that some microorganisms consume honey despite it having antimicrobial qualities? | |
Cheekface | 2022-10-31 | 2,345 | 195.4 | ... that Cheekface announced their third album via postcards sent to fans? | |
Cardigan Donuts | 2022-10-29 | 2,340 | 195.0 | ... that Cardigan Donuts has sold a Super Mario Kart–inspired rainbow doughnut with white chocolate frosting, gold walnuts, and cereal marshmallows? | |
Paramount Theatre (Atlanta) | 2022-10-05 | 4,658 | 194.1 | ... that at the time of its construction in 1920, the Howard Theatre in Atlanta was the second-largest movie theater in the world, with a seating capacity of 2,700? | |
On Guard for Peace | 2022-10-28 | 2,313 | 192.8 | ... that Sergei Prokofiev's oratorio On Guard for Peace has been called "Kremlin music" and "Stalinist era kitsch at its most egregious"? | |
Regensburg Botanical Society | 2022-10-26 | 2,284 | 190.3 | ... that the Regensburg Botanical Society, founded on 14 May 1790, is the world's oldest extant botanical society? | |
Oak Industries | 2022-10-08 | 4,538 | 189.1 | ... that Oak Industries was the largest American maker of TV tuning dials in 1980? | |
Eppa Hunton Jr. | 2022-10-25 | 1,144 | 95.3 | ... that Eppa Hunton Jr. and his son, Eppa Hunton IV, the namesakes of the Hunton Student Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, served a combined 50 years on the Medical College of Virginia's board of visitors? | |
Eppa Hunton IV | 1,110 | 92.5 | |||
Total | 2,253 | 187.8 | |||
Kazim al-Samawi | 2022-10-23 | 2,248 | 187.4 | ... that Iraqi poet Kazim al-Samawi spent more than half his life in political exile and was called "The Sheikh of the Exiles"? | |
Harry Langford | 2022-10-15 | 2,216 | 184.7 | ... that Harry Langford still turned up for football practice the day after he received a concussion, passed out, and was hospitalized? | |
Open Syllabus Project | 2022-10-24 | 2,189 | 182.4 | ... that according to the Open Syllabus Project, the most widely taught novel in college courses is Frankenstein? | |
Sonny with a Chance | 2022-10-16 | 2,185 | 182.1 | ... that the proposed third season of teen sitcom Sonny with a Chance was reworked into the sketch comedy series So Random! after the departure of its lead actor Demi Lovato? | |
1995 Aigio earthquake | 2022-10-05 | 4,342 | 180.9 | ... that the 1995 Aigio earthquake caused the strongest ground acceleration ever recorded in Greece? | |
César Mascetti | 2022-10-24 | 2,164 | 180.4 | ... that César Mascetti was reportedly the first Argentine journalist to interview a member of the Beatles when he met a naked George Harrison on a Rio de Janeiro beach? | |
2022 British Open | 2022-10-21 | 2,144 | 178.7 | ... that Shaun Murphy lost a match at the 2022 British Open despite potting the winning ball? | |
Need for Speed Unbound | 2022-10-29 | 2,113[o] | 176.1 | ... that the title for Need for Speed Unbound was accidentally revealed early on Electronic Arts' website? | |
To Ramona | 2022-10-02 | 4,222 | 175.9 | ... that Bob Dylan recorded "To Ramona" in a single take, for an album recorded in a single three-hour session? | |
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi | 2022-10-21 | 2,100 | 175.0 | ... that Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi is the first woman to referee a Serie A football match? | |
Romina Pérez | 2022-10-26 | 2,092 | 174.4 | ... that before entering politics, Romina Pérez worked at the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research, which "became a 'nursery' for intellectual and political cadres of the Movement for Socialism"? | |
Shura Council (Yemen) | 2022-10-22 | 2,090 | 174.1 | ... that Yemen currently has two parliamentary upper houses? | |
Chunyu Yi | 2022-10-21 | 2,076 | 173.0 | ... that Chunyu Yi may have been the "ancient founder of the case history tradition"? | |
Víctor Hugo Zamora | 2022-10-18 | 2,070 | 172.5 | ... that some analysts considered Víctor Hugo Zamora's appointment as hydrocarbons minister to be a gesture to oil companies, guaranteeing "covert continuity" between the Áñez and Morales governments? | |
Borys Lyatoshynsky | 2022-10-12 | 2,070 | 172.5 | ... that Borys Lyatoshynsky wrote Mourning Prelude, described as among his most tragic works, the day his father died of typhus? | |
Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta) | 2022-10-18 | 2,060 | 171.7 | ... that Ponce de Leon Springs in Atlanta was named in reference to the legend of Juan Ponce de León's search for the Fountain of Youth due to the spring water's supposed health benefits? | |
Marcela Revollo | 2022-10-26 | 2,040 | 170.0 | ... that Marcela Revollo's pragmatic approach to legislating led her to cooperate with both neoliberal and socialist governments on women's rights legislation? | |
Dove Bridge | 2022-10-01 | 3,939 | 168.3 | ... that 17th-century freemason and alchemist Elias Ashmole attempted to invoke the spirits at the mediaeval Dove Bridge? | |
Casals Forum | 2022-10-30 | 2,016 | 168.0 | ... that the walls of the Kronberg Academy's Casals Forum (pictured) are curved and covered with wood in a manner reminiscent of a string instrument? | |
Abdel Moneim Mokhtar | 2022-10-21 | 2,010 | 167.5 | ... that Abdel Moneim Mokhtar travelled to the 1928 Summer Olympics to compete in gymnastics, but took part in diving instead? | |
Supplementary Japanese Schools in Australia | 2022-10-22 | 1,988 | 165.6 | ... that Australia has three major Japanese language schools? | |
Who shall separate us? | 2022-10-22 | 1,988 | 165.6 | ... that in "Who shall separate us?", composed by James MacMillan for the state funeral of Elizabeth II, verses from Romans 8 are followed by Alleluias described as "burning bright sonic trails"? | |
R.I.P. (Rita Ora song) | 2022-10-30 | 1,974 | 164.5 | ... that it was rumoured that "R.I.P." was initially intended for Rihanna, but it became a song for Rita Ora instead? | |
Vincent Ialenti | 2022-10-14 | 1,960 | 163.4 | ... that in 2017, Vincent Ialenti became the first anthropologist with a feature article in Physics Today? | |
Slow River | 2022-10-09 | 3,916 | 163.2 | ... that Nicola Griffith's Slow River, described as a lesbian romance, features a "sophisticated depiction of environmental management"? | |
Fritz Pleitgen | 2022-10-14 | 1,950 | 162.5 | ... that Fritz Pleitgen, who interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan, directed the broadcaster WDR from 1995 to 2007? | |
Tony DeLuca (politician) | 2022-10-25 | 1,948 | 162.4 | ... that Tony DeLuca was the longest-serving member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the time of his death? | |
Herb Lusk | 2022-10-09 | 3,886 | 161.9 | ... that Herb Lusk retired from the National Football League at the age of 26 to become a minister? | |
Halyna Kuzmenko | 2022-10-30 | 1,943 | 161.9 | ... that Halyna Kuzmenko promoted the Ukrainization of the Makhnovist movement, successfully increasing the use of the Ukrainian language by Russian speakers? | |
KHOY | 2022-10-17 | 1,926 | 160.5 | ... that a Catholic radio station in Texas airs religious talk shows, the Mass—and weekly broadcasts of high school football? | |
Mary Doyle Curran | 2022-10-31 | 1,915 | 159.6 | ... that after civil rights activist Andrew Goodman was murdered, Mary Doyle Curran found and published a poem that Goodman had written for her class? | |
WPNR-FM | 2022-10-23 | 1,907 | 158.9 | ... that despite a "No Rock & Roll" sign in the studios of the Utica College radio station, students played it anyway? | |
Sahlen Field | 2022-10-02 | 3,786 | 157.8 | ... that the six highest Minor League Baseball season attendance counts were all at Sahlen Field? | |
WBZY (Connecticut) | 2022-10-21 | 1,886 | 157.2 | ... that a Connecticut radio station was "the loser in a survival-of-the-fittest battle"? | |
Icy Chain | 2022-10-17 | 1,884 | 157.0 | ... that in her song "Icy Chain", Saweetie disses PETA, telling them she wears fur? | |
Scottnema lindsayae | 2022-10-13 | 1,882 | 156.8 | ... that the southernmost worm species, Scottnema lindsayae, reproduces best at temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F)? | |
Like as the hart (Weir) | 2022-10-20 | 1,860 | 155.0 | ... that "Like as the hart", a setting of Psalm 42 for a cappella choir, was composed by Judith Weir, Master of the King's Music, for the state funeral of Elizabeth II? | |
WSCV | 2022-10-28 | 1,858 | 154.9 | ... that a Florida TV station operated from an abandoned amusement park? | |
Tyrone Davis (American football) | 2022-10-26 | 1,829 | 152.4 | ... that Tyrone Davis set a school record with 28 career touchdown receptions while playing wide receiver for the Virginia Cavaliers? | |
North Carolina State Auditor | 2022-10-27 | 1,817 | 151.4 | ... that the North Carolina state auditor is fifth in the line of succession to the governorship of North Carolina? | |
WNER | 2022-10-12 | 1,800 | 150.0 | ... that a New York state radio station became entangled in an estate dispute in which a man was jailed four times in six months for contempt of court? | |
Fir teg | 2022-10-14 | 1,798 | 149.8 | ... that the final scene in the 1931 Soviet Yiddish theatrical play Fir teg is said to evoke the mass suicide at the siege of Masada? | |
Jonathan Beaulieu-Richard | 2022-10-17 | 1,790 | 149.2 | ... that Jonathan Beaulieu-Richard retired from the Canadian Football League to become a pharmacist? | |
Jindřiška Flajšhansová | 2022-10-18 | 1,787 | 148.9 | ... that from 1912, Jindřiška Flajšhansová was the principal editor of Ženské listy, a Czech journal that became a women's "survival manual" during World War I? | |
Fred Franzia | 2022-10-09 | 3,549 | 147.9 | ... that when Fred Franzia created Two-Buck Chuck, he was said to have "turned the wine industry on its head"? | |
Gil Kim | 2022-10-01 | 3,448 | 147.4 | ... that Gil Kim played professional baseball in the Netherlands, China, Australia, Spain, and Venezuela, scouted in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, and coaches in Canada? | |
Josette Simon | 2022-10-05 | 3,512 | 146.3 | ... that when Josette Simon appeared as Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost, she was the first black woman in a lead role at the Royal Shakespeare Company? | |
Wong Phui Nam | 2022-10-19 | 1,746 | 145.5 | ... that Malaysian poet Wong Phui Nam wrote in English, despite feeling no connection to the English literary tradition? | |
Tom Urbani | 2022-10-19 | 1,736 | 144.6 | ... that Tom Urbani was an original Dirtbag? | |
Rick Buffington | 2022-10-14 | 1,724 | 143.7 | ... that Rick Buffington played for at least 17 minor league and semi-professional football teams, including three at once? | |
Ruth Huenemann | 2022-10-13 | 1,721 | 143.4 | ... that Ruth Huenemann was one of the first researchers to make a connection between socioeconomic status and childhood obesity? | |
Wesley Tann | 2022-10-08 | 3,386 | 141.1 | ... that Wesley Tann designed dresses for Jackie Kennedy, Carmen de Lavallade, Leontyne Price and Michelle Obama? | |
Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan | 2022-10-29 | 1,690 | 140.8 | ... that Bochart's 1646 Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan was the first full-length book devoted to the Phoenicians? | |
OPTi Inc. | 2022-10-03 | 3,352 | 139.7 | ... that OPTi Inc. won a patent suit against Apple for unauthorized use of "predictive snooping" technology? | |
Doctor Who (season 2) | 2022-10-11 | 3,330 | 138.8 | ... that William Hartnell was the only original Doctor Who cast member who remained by the end of the second season? | |
William of Littlington | 2022-10-29 | 1,664 | 138.6 | ... that William of Littlington opposed the division of England and Scotland into two Carmelite provinces in 1303, was excommunicated, and did four years' penance in Paris? | |
Oil and natural gas refining in Turkmenistan | 2022-10-09 | 3,314 | 138.1 | ... that while oil and gas production is a large part of Turkmenistan's economy, there are only two oil refineries in Turkmenistan? | |
WBUF-TV | 2022-10-13 | 1,642 | 136.8 | ... that a TV station in Buffalo, New York, owned a 1921-vintage fire engine? | |
Clinton Keeling | 2022-10-24 | 1,633 | 136.1 | ... that the Sugar Puffs bear once escaped from Clinton Keeling's home zoo? | |
Kaunas Soviet of Workers Deputies | 2022-10-25 | 1,626 | 135.5 | ... that the Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Republic exchanged 13 detained German diplomats for 24 jailed leaders of the Kaunas Soviet of Workers Deputies? | |
Denis Mann | 2022-10-15 | 1,616 | 134.7 | ... that Scottish glass artist Denis Mann has made the winner's trophy for every series of the British game show Mastermind, which started in 1972? | |
Konzerthalle Bad Salzuflen | 2022-10-25 | 1,604 | 133.6 | ... that the Konzerthalle in Bad Salzuflen, an example of spa architecture in the 1960s, is one of the regular venues of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie? | |
Sarah Clarke (doctor) | 2022-10-16 | 1,593 | 132.8 | ... that Sarah Clarke was the first female president of the British Cardiovascular Society? | |
Ball Ground, Georgia | 2022-10-28 | 1,578 | 131.5 | ... that Ball Ground, Georgia, received its name because the land was originally used by Native Americans to play stickball? | |
Consulate General of the Philippines, Honolulu | 2022-10-14 | 1,578 | 131.5 | ... that the chancery of the Philippine consulate general in Honolulu was bought with donations? | |
Sarah Aristidou | 2022-10-17 | 1,576 | 131.3 | ... that in 2021 Sarah Aristidou recorded Jörg Widmann's Labyrinth V, a wordless piece for her soprano voice with "ululations, sobs, jazz inflections and wild laughter"? | |
WXTV-DT | 2022-10-16 | 1,572 | 131.0 | ... that a radio astronomy facility in Illinois objected to the establishment of a TV station in New Jersey? | |
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nasafi | 2022-10-12 | 1,562 | 130.1 | ... that Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nasafi was the first theologian to introduce concepts from Neoplatonism into Isma'ili doctrine? | |
Roger Robinson (academic) | 2022-10-11 | 3,121 | 130.0 | ... that New Zealand academic and runner Roger Robinson has continued competing in races into his 80s despite knee replacement surgery in both knees? | |
All Saints' Episcopal Church (Austin, Texas) | 2022-10-26 | 1,554 | 129.5 | ... that All Saints' Episcopal Church contains the crypt of its founder, Episcopal Bishop of Texas George Herbert Kinsolving? | |
Albert Henry Smyth | 2022-10-13 | 1,552 | 129.3 | ... that Albert Henry Smyth discovered 385 letters written by Benjamin Franklin and became the first editor to publish them, beginning in 1905? | |
Haw Par Villa MRT station | 2022-10-22 | 1,546 | 128.9 | ... that the public artwork Eroclamation at Haw Par Villa MRT station reflects Haw Par Villa's themes of mortality and reincarnation? | |
Catholic Church in Sichuan | 2022-10-01 | 2,992 | 127.8 | ... that the first Catholic synod in China was held in 1803 near Chungkingchow in Sichuan Province? | |
Zhubing yuanhou lun | 2022-10-24 | 1,532 | 127.7 | ... that an ancient Chinese medical encyclopaedia recommends qigong as a cure for most diseases? | |
Fairmont Beijing | 2022-10-17 | 1,525 | 127.1 | ... that University of Exeter lecturer Fu Jia and his coauthors said in 2017 that "uniquely for any hotel in China", Fairmont Beijing has three workers who have learning disabilities? | |
Hands On (song) | 2022-10-18 | 1,524 | 127.0 | ... that Kanye West's "Hands On" marked Fred Hammond's first appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100? | |
Vecihi Hürkuş | 2022-10-16 | 1,500 | 125.0 | ... that Turkish aviation pioneer Vecihi Hürkuş had to transport his second plane to Prague just to get it certified? | |
Bruce Timm | 2022-10-30 | 1,496 | 124.7 | ... that Bruce Timm created most of the character designs for Batman: The Animated Series? | |
Allegro Brillante | 2022-10-23 | 1,478 | 123.2 | ... that George Balanchine said Allegro Brillante (dancers pictured) "contains everything I knew about classical ballet – in thirteen minutes"? | |
George Douglas Gray | 2022-10-23 | 1,470 | 122.5 | ... that Scottish physician George Gray received the thanks of the Chinese government for his work during the Manchurian plague of 1910–11? | |
In Win Development | 2022-10-22 | 1,468 | 122.3 | ... that In Win Development designed a computer case that can be opened with a smartphone app? | |
I Lived on Parker Avenue | 2022-10-14 | 1,462 | 121.9 | ... that the pro-adoption documentary I Lived on Parker Avenue premiered at the Louisiana Governor's Mansion in 2018 at the invitation of Governor John Bel Edwards? | |
Eurovision Song Contest 1957 | 2022-10-06 | 2,876 | 119.9 | ... that despite a song duration limit of three minutes and thirty seconds at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957, the entry from Italy lasted over five minutes? | |
Nick Kerbawy | 2022-10-07 | 2,830 | 117.9 | ... that Nick Kerbawy did not receive his college tennis championship trophy until 14 years after winning it? | |
Holy Ground (song) | 2022-10-24 | 1,396 | 116.3 | ... that the beat in Taylor Swift's song "Holy Ground" was described by Brad Nelson of The Atlantic as "insistent enough to act as punctuation for the lyrics"? | |
Jon Morgan (footballer) | 2022-10-27 | 1,384 | 115.3 | ... that Welsh footballer Jon Morgan went on to become a college principal after retiring? | |
Royston Brooks | 2022-10-23 | 1,370 | 114.1 | ... that Royston Brooks was the last European to serve as the Commanding Officer of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force from 1988 to 1990? | |
Ranjit Vilas Palace (Rajkot) | 2022-10-14 | 790 | 65.8 | ... that there are palaces named the Ranjit Vilas in Rajkot, in Ratlam and in Wankaner? | |
Ranjit Vilas Palace (Ratlam) | 576 | 48.0 | |||
Total | 1,366 | 113.8 | |||
Felipes | 2022-10-08 | 2,721 | 113.4 | ... that the lichen genus Felipes is named for its fruiting structures, which resemble a cat's paw? | |
Mariano Santos Mateo | 2022-10-03 | 2,687 | 112.0 | ... that the Peruvian Civil Guard officer Mariano Santos Mateo was nicknamed the Brave Man of Tarapacá because he captured a banner of a Chilean military unit during the Battle of Tarapacá? | |
Leon Burton | 2022-10-28 | 1,342 | 111.8 | ... that Leon Burton set the NCAA record of 9.6 yards per carry in 1957? | |
Robert Micklewright | 2022-10-17 | 1,340 | 111.7 | ... that Robert Micklewright created the cover art for Nobel Prize winner V. S. Naipaul's first two novels? | |
Tropical Storm Hermine (2022) | 2022-10-25 | 1,324 | 110.3 | ... that Tropical Storm Hermine in September 2022 produced record-breaking rainfall in the Canary Islands amounting to more than 20 times the monthly average? | |
Luis Gallego | 2022-10-22 | 1,309 | 109.1 | ... that Luis Gallego had only completed middle-school education when he was elected to the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies? | |
Miguel Rivera (jockey) | 2022-10-13 | 1,280 | 106.7 | ... that Miguel Rivera sold cosmetics and appliances while working as a jockey? | |
CNN Tonight | 2022-10-18 | 1,262 | 105.1 | ... that Don Lemon "didn't mean to set the internet on fire" when teasing the rebranding of CNN Tonight to Don Lemon Tonight? | |
Conceited (song) | 2022-10-27 | 1,241 | 103.4 | ... that on the song "Conceited", Flo Milli raps that she's been important since she was a fetus? | |
Ella van Poucke | 2022-10-28 | 1,210 | 100.8 | ... that Ella van Poucke, a cellist who studied at the Kronberg Academy, returned there as a soloist, playing Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in the new Casals Forum? | |
East English River Provincial Park | 2022-10-13 | 1,190 | 99.2 | ... that the English River within the East English River Provincial Park has no regulated flow and no pollution, unique in northwestern Ontario? | |
Oglethorpe County High School | 2022-10-03 | 2,336 | 97.4 | ... that Oglethorpe County High School worked with the University of Georgia to bring their dropout rate from 65 dropouts in 1985–86 to just 4 in 1987–88? | |
Working from Within: The Nature and Development of Quine's Naturalism | 2022-10-16 | 1,162 | 96.9 | ... that the book Working from Within details how W. V. Quine only began to use the term "naturalism" years after he had already developed the key tenets of the philosophy? | |
R. H. Rodgers | 2022-10-05 | 2,296 | 95.7 | ... that Latin philologist Robert Rodgers produced the first detailed commentary on Frontinus's work on Roman aqueducts in almost 300 years? | |
Vlado Milunić | 2022-10-15 | 1,148 | 95.6 | ... that Vlado Milunić admitted that the Dancing House, which he co-designed, was compared to a "gold tooth that spoils a smile"? | |
2022 Berlin Marathon | 2022-10-15 | 1,144 | 95.3 | ... that in the 2022 Berlin Marathon, Tigist Assefa won by running the third-fastest marathon ever by a woman, in just her second marathon, breaking her personal best by nearly 20 minutes? | |
Badminton in Singapore | 2022-10-01 | 2,228 | 95.2 | ... that badminton in Singapore began in the early 19th century? | |
Reconstructing Womanhood | 2022-10-06 | 2,218 | 92.4 | ... that Reconstructing Womanhood by Hazel Carby, about the history of American black women writers, was said to be a "landmark study" and "groundbreaking"? | |
Use This Gospel | 2022-10-28 | 1,078 | 89.8 | ... that the remix of Kanye West's "Use This Gospel" was added to DJ Khaled's God Did at the last minute? | |
Nederlander Theatre | 2022-10-15 | 1,076 | 89.7 | ... that fans of the musical Rent would sleep outside the Nederlander Theatre to get cheap front-row tickets? | |
WHYY-TV | 2022-10-29 | 1,076 | 89.7 | ... that episodes of such game shows as Double Dare, Finders Keepers, and You Bet Your Life were filmed at the Philadelphia studios of a public TV station? | |
Lafayette Cartee | 2022-10-27 | 1,070 | 89.2 | ... that after serving as the speaker of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives, Lafayette Cartee moved to the Idaho Territory where he became a well-known horticulturalist? | |
The Last Time (Taylor Swift song) | 2022-10-25 | 1,060 | 88.3 | ... that Taylor Swift got in touch with Gary Lightbody, with whom she collaborated on the song "The Last Time", through Ed Sheeran? | |
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Schein) | 2022-10-19 | 1,039 | 86.6 | ... that Andreas Reize ranked Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, a choral setting of the first verses of Psalm 84 by Johann Hermann Schein, as one of three pinnacles of motets before Bach? | |
Silvia Hauer | 2022-10-30 | 1,011 | 84.2 | ... that Silvia Hauer, a singer of Rossini's Rosina and Bizet's Carmen at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, performed the mezzo-soprano solo of Verdi's Requiem in 2022? | |
Five Flower Songs | 2022-10-04 | 1,950 | 81.2 | ... that Britten's Five Flower Songs, part songs composed for a couple's 25th wedding anniversary, premiered at their estate Dartington Hall? | |
Taylor Scott Davis | 2022-10-19 | 960 | 80.0 | ... that Stardust, the title of a composition by Taylor Scott Davis for eight voices a cappella commissioned by Voces8, became also the name of the vocal ensemble's 2022 tour? | |
Malcolm Neesam | 2022-10-20 | 956 | 79.7 | ... that writer Malcolm Neesam was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Harrogate, England, by the town council for services to local history? | |
Plecia avus | 2022-10-09 | 1,904 | 79.3 | ... that upon the redescription of the fossil marchfly Plecia avus, an additional seven specimens were identified? | |
Die Deutsche Liturgie | 2022-10-02 | 1,857 | 77.4 | ... that when pieces from Mendelssohn's German Liturgy were sung by the Thomanerchor (pictured) in 2022, a reviewer noted "a captivating purity in the tone of devotional Reformation romanticism"? | |
Markus Becker (pianist) | 2022-10-24 | 888 | 74.0 | ... that Markus Becker, who earned awards for his recording of the complete piano works by Max Reger, also recorded jazz? | |
Action Deaf Youth | 2022-10-15 | 876 | 73.0 | ... that after visiting Hungary in 2015, members of Action Deaf Youth headed to Stormont to demand better sign language support in Northern Ireland? | |
Dave Barrow | 2022-10-12 | 844 | 70.4 | ... that Dave Barrow quit municipal politics to work at his family's insurance brokerage before becoming mayor of Richmond Hill? | |
National Firefighter Registry | 2022-10-23 | 824 | 68.7 | ... that the U.S. National Firefighter Registry will match state cancer data with voluntarily collected work history data from firefighters? | |
Henry Stock | 2022-10-06 | 1,614 | 67.3 | ... that Henry Stock designed the Peek Freans factory where, in 1929, Twiglets were invented? | |
Piccolia | 2022-10-19 | 778 | 64.8 | ... that while some lichen species in the genus Piccolia have ranges which span multiple continents, others are restricted to single islands? | |
Harry Booth (coach) | 2022-10-14 | 768 | 64.0 | ... that Harry Booth played for, captained, and coached the Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball and men's basketball teams? | |
William F. Hanson | 2022-10-27 | 752 | 62.7 | ... that William F. Hanson collaborated with Zitkala-Sa on a Sioux-inspired work called The Sun Dance Opera? | |
John Allen Lewis | 2022-10-30 | 742 | 61.9 | ... that John Allen Lewis printed the Los Angeles Star, the first newspaper to appear in Los Angeles in 1851, with two pages written in English and two in Spanish? | |
Anton Tohill | 2022-10-17 | 726 | 60.5 | ... that Collingwood coach Robert Harvey gave Anton Tohill his AFL debut in 2021, having played International Rules Series against Tohill's father in the 1990s? | |
Missa primi toni octo vocum | 2022-10-25 | 662 | 55.2 | ... that the Missa primi toni octo vocum was written for double choir by the Italian composer Stefano Bernardi in 1630 for Salzburg Cathedral when he was the music director there? | |
Violin Concerto (Weinberg) | 2022-10-18 | 591 | 49.2 | ... that the Violin Concerto by Mieczysław Weinberg, premiered in Moscow in 1961 by Leonid Kogan, was first performed in Germany by Linus Roth in 2014, and in the U.S. by Gidon Kremer in 2015? | |
Songbird Sings | 2022-10-13 | 448 | 37.3 | ... that Songbird Sings was a series of concerts that focused on Regine Velasquez's music career? |
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