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Article and nomination | Published | Hook | Comments | Views |
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Kim Ye-ji (sport shooter) (nom) | 4 Aug 2024 | ... that Kim Ye-ji's performance in the 10 meter air pistol at the 2024 Summer Olympics led her to be dubbed the "coolest person on the planet"? | Stunning hook that ran after she competed; Kim had gone viral and any hook with her name in it would have produced high views. | 39,422 |
Kennedy Blades (nom) | 10 Aug 2024 | ... that female wrestler Kennedy Blades once won a state championship against boys? | Great hook that ran on the day she won silver. | 32,679 |
Logan Edra (nom) | 9 Aug 2024 | ... that while Sunny Choi and Logan Edra represent their country at the Olympics in breakdancing, Afghan breakdancer Manizha Talash competes as a member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team? | Part of a triple hook; fabulous result for being part of a mass nomination. Total hook views are 48,859. | 20,439 |
Adam Maraana (nom) | 29 Jul 2024 | ... that Adam Maraana (pictured), a Jewish Arab-Israeli, is competing in swimming for Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics? | Lead hooks often do well. | 18,400 |
Sunny Choi (nom) | 9 Aug 2024 | ... that while Sunny Choi and Logan Edra represent their country at the Olympics in breakdancing, Afghan breakdancer Manizha Talash competes as a member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team? | Part of a triple hook; fabulous result for being part of a mass nomination. | 17,388 |
Ri Jong-yol (nom) | 22 Jul 2024 | ... that North Korean child prodigy Ri Jong-yol defected to South Korea after winning silver at the 2016 International Mathematical Olympiad in Hong Kong? | One of the warmup hooks that did very well. | 14,746 |
Zheng Haohao (nom) | 6 Aug 2024 | ... that after qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the age of 11, skateboarder Zheng Haohao became the youngest Chinese sportsperson to participate in the Olympics? | Great hook that did well | 13,465 |
Solomon Islands at the 2020 Summer Olympics (nom) | 30 Jul 2024 | ... that a law was signed so that the Solomon Islands delegation could return home from the 2020 Summer Olympics? | Fabulous hook fact | 12,506 |
Camil Doua (nom) | 26 Jul 2024 | ... that Olympic swimmer Camil Doua represents a country in which "the only existing swimming pools are those in hotels"? | We excluded this hook from a mass nomination because it was a compelling fact – that was the correct decision. | 11,595 |
Liechtenstein at the 1936 Summer Olympics (nom) | 4 Aug 2024 | ... that for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Liechtenstein flipped their flag upside down? | Strong hook fact that did as well as I expected it to do. | 11,275 |
2024 United States men's Olympic basketball team (nom) | 31 Jul 2024 | ... that Cameroonian-born Joel Embiid opted to play for the 2024 U.S. Olympic basketball team instead of France in part because his son is American? | Anything mentioning this team's name is going to do well, I suppose. | 11,252 |
Lilia Cosman (nom) | 28 Jul 2024 | ... that at age 15, Lilia Cosman moved from the United States to Romania to compete for Romania's Olympic gymnastics team? | This hook did much better than I had expected. | 11,042 |
Manizha Talash (nom) | 9 Aug 2024 | ... that while Sunny Choi and Logan Edra represent their country at the Olympics in breakdancing, Afghan breakdancer Manizha Talash competes as a member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team? | Part of a triple hook; fabulous result for being part of a mass nomination. Talash managed to get herself disqualified for displaying a political slogan during competition, which would no doubt have contributed to interest in her. | 11,032 |
Jamal Valizadeh (nom) | 5 Aug 2024 | ... that after Jamal Valizadeh was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team? | Strong hook fact. | 10,928 |
Lorrane Oliveira (nom) | 28 Jul 2024 | ... that Brazilian Olympic gymnast Lorrane Oliveira (pictured) trained for the circus before starting gymnastics? | That's the other lead hook that we had. | 10,444 |