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Low | 54.0 | Le Vin herbé | 127.2 | List of songs recorded by Angeline Quinto | 54.0 | Le Vin herbé |
Median | 261.0 | Olga Onuch | 555.7 | Discharge printing Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon |
289.9 | Salar de Pedernales |
High | 1,471.7 | KFC rice | 2,539.1 | Frances Vorne | 2,539.1 | Frances Vorne |
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[edit]Article | Date | Image | views | vph | DYK hook |
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Frances Vorne | 2023-09-12 | 28,608 | 2,539.1 | ... that a photograph of Frances "the Shape" Vorne wearing a swimsuit made from remnants of a captured Nazi parachute (pictured) was one of the most sought-after pin-ups of World War II? | |
Julia Masli | 2023-09-20 | 20,244 | 1,687.0 | ... that clown Julia Masli (pictured) found success by shaking hands with audience members using her feet? | |
KFC rice | 2023-09-20 | 17,660 | 1,471.7 | ... that KFC rice may have originated as a quick, cheap Christmas dinner, owing to the popularity of KFC in Japan? | |
Vestal Masturbation T-shirt | 2023-09-20 | 16,305 | 1,358.8 | ... that the heavy metal band Cradle of Filth released a T-shirt that was so offensive that several people were arrested for wearing it? | |
Concert abuse in the 2020s[a] | 2023-09-06 | 15,293 | 1,189.5 | ... that before having bracelets thrown at him in July, Harry Styles had been the target of Skittles, chicken nuggets, kiwi fruit, tampons, feather boas, cowboy hats, pride flags, and Dr. Simi dolls? | |
Van E. Chandler | 2023-09-19 | 13,721 | 1,143.4 | ... that at the age of 19, Van E. Chandler (pictured) was the youngest pilot in the United States Armed Forces to become a flying ace during World War II? | |
List of books bound in human skin | 2023-09-16 | 13,196 | 1,099.7 | ... that known books bound in human skin include a highwayman's memoirs bound in his own skin, a novel about a man being left by his lesbian wife, and a BDSM erotic poem? | |
Bork tapes | 2023-09-14 | 12,400 | 1,033.3 | ... that judge Robert Bork's leaked list of video rentals included movies such as Citizen Kane, The Philadelphia Story and Sixteen Candles? | |
Catechumen (video game) | 2023-09-19 | 12,228 | 1,019.0 | ... that Catechumen, a Christian first-person shooter, was funded only in the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre? | |
Costco hot dog | 2023-09-13 | 11,421 | 993.1 | ... that the Costco hot dog and soda combo deal has cost $1.50 since its introduction in 1984? | |
Diana Ingro | 2023-09-13 | 11,382 | 989.7 | ... that actress Diana Ingro (pictured) was known as the "Argentine Katharine Hepburn"? | |
Chelsea Waterside Park | 2023-09-29 | 23,601 | 983.4 | ... that the design for the water playground at Chelsea Waterside Park (pictured) was criticized because local residents thought that the sprinklers resembled sex toys? | |
Bridgeman Island (South Shetland Islands) | 2023-09-08 | 22,682 | 945.1 | ... that Bridgeman Island (pictured) was the first volcano in Antarctica to be seen erupting? | |
Orangeburg Massacre | 2023-09-24 | 22,466 | 936.1 | ... that the Orangeburg Massacre was the first time police shot and killed students on an American university campus? | |
Invisible ships | 2023-09-12 | 11,784 | 925.4 | ... that invisible ships are a myth? | |
Rich Men North of Richmond | 2023-09-13 | 6,206[b] | 539.7 | ... that "Rich Men North of Richmond" by Oliver Anthony was the first single to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with no previous chart history for its artist? | |
Oliver Anthony | 4,348[c] | 378.1 | |||
Total | 10,554 | 917.7 | |||
The Impossible Quiz | 2023-09-14 | 10,624 | 885.3 | ... that The Impossible Quiz is possible to beat? | |
Calculator (Nintendo Switch) | 2023-09-29 | 21,140 | 880.8 | ... that a $10 calculator was among the best-rated Nintendo Switch games? | |
Blood Pit | 2023-09-12 | 9,898 | 878.5 | ... that the play-by-email game Blood Pit was so complex that even its programmer had trouble winning? | |
Dunning–Kruger effect | 2023-09-04 | 20,700[d] | 862.5 | ... that "the first rule of the Dunning–Kruger club is you don't know you're a member of the Dunning–Kruger club"? | |
Revival Vintage Bottle Shop | 2023-09-01 | 20,519 | 855.0 | ... that when Kentuckians discover unwanted bourbon, there is something they can do with it? | |
Ruby Diamond | 2023-09-22 | 20,322 | 846.8 | ... that prominent Florida State University benefactor Ruby Diamond (pictured) had the middle name Pearl? | |
Irredentism | 2023-09-12 | 10,424 | 818.7 | ... that Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 is an example of irredentism? | |
Horror aequi | 2023-09-09 | 9,693 | 807.8 | ... that it can be horrifying to people to choose to use too many tos? | |
1976 Spring Hill shooting | 2023-09-12 | 8,920 | 791.7 | ... that the perpetrator of the 1976 Spring Hill shooting allegedly committed the attack in a rage after being denied membership to a model plane club? | |
Binion Hoard | 2023-09-02 | 18,815 | 784.0 | ... that charges of murder and grand larceny followed the theft of the Binion Hoard (coin pictured), which was valued at US$4 million in 1998? | |
Munich Mouser | 2023-09-05 | 10,972 | 457.2 | ... that the Munich Mouser, Neville Chamberlain's pet, and Nelson, Winston Churchill's pet, had a rivalry during World War II? | |
Nelson (cat) | 7,509 | 312.9 | |||
Total | 18,482 | 770.1 | |||
Hooker Harvey's | 2023-09-15 | 9,076 | 756.4 | ... that a Harvey's franchise known for being a hub for sex work was described by one artist as a "legendary Toronto icon"? | |
Lego Island | 2023-09-06 | 18,030 | 751.2 | ... that the entire development team of Lego Island was fired the day before the game was released? | |
The Miracle of the Bells (book) | 2023-09-16 | 9,004 | 750.4 | ... that the best-selling novel of 1947 was described by Time magazine as "one of the worst ever published"? | |
George Griffith | 2023-09-15 | 8,998 | 749.9 | ... that George Griffith (pictured) wrote a book about the Boer War three years before it started? | |
Lake (video game) | 2023-09-25 | 17,924 | 746.9 | ... that a freelance game developer successfully pitched a video game with a picture of a car driving around a lake? | |
Reichsgesetzblatt | 2023-09-20 | 8,951 | 745.9 | ... that the Reichsgesetzblatt was last issued five days before the Battle of Berlin began? | |
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street station | 2023-09-23 | 17,154 | 714.7 | ... that the Chambers Street station (pictured) was once called "easily one of the most decrepit stations" in the New York City Subway system? | |
Mustansirite Hardship | 2023-09-07 | 16,993 | 708.0 | ... that cannibals used hooks to kidnap people during a famine in Fatimid Egypt? | |
Unus testis, nullus testis | 2023-09-02 | 16,873 | 703.0 | ... that the unus testis, nullus testis rule has been criticised because it makes convictions in rape cases very difficult? | |
Roman lettering | 2023-09-18 | 8,428 | 702.3 | ... that Roman or Trajan lettering was popular for official use in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century? | |
Jonathan Allen (journalist) | 2023-09-28 | 16,840 | 701.7 | ... that Jonathan Allen (pictured) left journalism for politics before quitting 40 days later? | |
Budae-jjigae | 2023-09-09 | 8,352 | 696.0 | ... that the Korean stew budae-jjigae (example pictured) commonly includes baked beans, Spam, corn, and American cheese? | |
Poecilia chica | 2023-09-13 | 7,830 | 680.8 | ... that dwarf mollies hit rock bottom when they grow up? | |
Covanta Hempstead | 2023-09-14 | 8,008 | 667.4 | ... that Covanta Hempstead's predecessor smelled so bad that it caused nearby shoppers to vomit and its workers to strike? | |
Women in Etruscan society | 2023-09-11 | 8,000 | 666.6 | ... that frescoes, sarcophagi, urns, and trousseaux found in the tombs of Etruscan women (bust pictured) show the important roles they played in society? | |
Leskov Island | 2023-09-11 | 7,880 | 656.7 | ... that Leskov Island is probably inaccessible for penguins? | |
Battle of Dibrivka | 2023-09-07 | 15,606 | 650.2 | ... that 30 Ukrainian anarchists defeated more than 500 Austrian imperial soldiers at the Battle of Dibrivka? | |
Phallichthys | 2023-09-07 | 15,542 | 647.6 | ... that Phallichthys (literally 'penis fish') species are so called because the males (example pictured) have "comparatively huge" sex appendages? | |
Ninja of Heisei | 2023-09-30 | 15,441 | 643.4 | ... that the Ninja of Heisei, who robbed places in Japan while wearing a ninja costume, was caught at the age of 74? | |
Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum | 2023-09-12 | 8,125 | 638.1 | ... that according to historian Mark Summers, Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum (pictured) could be read as "an invitation to regicide"? | |
Evdokia Kozhevnikova | 2023-09-17 | 7,548 | 629.0 | ... that the fieldwork of Soviet ethnologist Evdokia Kozhevnikova (pictured) for her unfinished dissertation provides a valuable record of the culture and the language of the Georgian province of Svaneti? | |
Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims | 2023-09-05 | 14,988 | 624.5 | ... that the clothing tags for Alexander McQueen's first collection, Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims (garment pictured), had McQueen's own hair encased inside? | |
DeepStateMap.Live | 2023-09-10 | 7,441[e] | 620.1 | ... that DeepStateMap.Live, an interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, received up to 120,000 visitors in 30 minutes during the Battle of Izium in the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive? | |
HMS Redpole (1808) | 2023-09-18 | 7,306 | 608.9 | ... that HMS Redpole, one of the aptly-named coffin brigs, sank in an action with a pirate vessel in August 1828? | |
Ivan Beshoff | 2023-09-17 | 7,296 | 608.0 | ... that Ivan Beshoff, the last survivor of the mutiny on the Potemkin, emigrated to Ireland where he established a fish and chip shop that is still run by his descendants? | |
Phallichthys tico | 2023-09-12 | 6,826 | 605.8 | ... that the dwarf merry widow is not very brave? | |
Poecilia catemaconis | 2023-09-26 | 14,523 | 605.1 | ... that the bicolor molly inevitably goes off the deep end in adulthood? | |
Thwaites Glacier | 2023-09-10 | 7,238 | 603.2 | ... that Thwaites Glacier (pictured) in Antarctica is expected to add 65 cm (26 in) to global sea levels over the coming centuries? | |
Patricia Mancilla | 2023-09-03 | 14,464 | 602.7 | ... that Patricia Mancilla (pictured) pushed to have restrictions on abortion in Bolivia expunged from the legal code – even after leaders in her own party came out against it? | |
Cameron Cutie | 2023-09-15 | 7,074[f] | 599.5 | ... that the mayor of Antrim, Adrian Watson, said that he was overlooked for not being a "Cameron Cutie"? | |
Ecclesiastical prison | 2023-09-16 | 7,100 | 591.7 | ... that medieval monks could be punished by being walled up alive in a special ecclesiastical prison called the Vade in Pace? | |
Tamás Király | 2023-09-18 | 7,082 | 590.2 | ... that when the Hungarian Arts Fund denied a grant application by Tamás Király (pictured) for a fashion show, he used the rejection letter as a poster? | |
Yanomamö: The Fierce People | 2023-09-21 | 14,158 | 589.9 | ... that the 1968 book Yanomamö: The Fierce People led to a major and decades-long controversy in the field of anthropology? | |
Akbelen Forest | 2023-09-11 | 7,072 | 589.4 | ... that Akbelen Forest is being cut down to make way for a coal mine? | |
1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis | 2023-09-10 | 6,940 | 578.3 | ... that one NYPD captain called the 1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis the "birthplace of hostage negotiation"? | |
Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon | 2023-09-06 | 13,817 | 575.7 | ... that Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon (pictured) fetched nearly $1 million at auction despite questions about both its artist and subject? | |
Freedomland U.S.A. | 2023-09-11 | 6,858 | 571.5 | ... that kids could fight the Great Chicago Fire at Freedomland U.S.A.? | |
Pub test | 2023-09-10 | 6,682 | 556.9 | ... that Australian politicians may face the pub test? | |
Keith Halnan | 2023-09-14 | 6,584 | 548.6 | ... that it is not known what happened to the 25 pregnant women who were given iodine-132 in Keith Halnan's study? | |
Script Ohio | 2023-09-09 | 6,508 | 542.4 | ... that Script Ohio has been called "one of the most impressive examples of American folk art in existence"? | |
The Librarian (version control system) | 2023-09-10 | 6,491 | 540.9 | ... that The Librarian was part of the shift by computer programmers away from using punched cards? | |
Doppelganger (Klein book) | 2023-09-24 | 12,932 | 538.9 | ... that Naomi Klein and Naomi Wolf are Doppelgangers? | |
Liz O'Riordan | 2023-09-18 | 6,466 | 538.8 | ... that in 2018, breast surgeon Liz O'Riordan arrived for her breast cancer treatment dressed as Mrs Incredible? | |
Discharge printing | 2023-09-14 | 6,429 | 535.8 | ... that discharge printing (pictured) creates patterns by stripping dye from dyed cloth? | |
The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival | 2023-09-23 | 12,770 | 532.1 | ... that The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival has been considered one of the worst video games of 2023? | |
Dakou | 2023-09-05 | 12,704 | 529.4 | ... that raw material waste from the West influenced a generation of rock music in China? | |
Erskine Childers (author) | 2023-09-19 | 6,322 | 526.8 | ... that novelist Erskine Childers was an artilleryman in the British Army, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, a major in the Royal Air Force, and a staff captain in the Irish Republican Army? | |
The Sims 2: Nightlife | 2023-09-28 | 12,628 | 526.2 | ... that a reviewer for The Sims 2: Nightlife said that a more accurate name would be "The Sims: Slutting About"? | |
Maureen Flavin Sweeney | 2023-09-14 | 6,265 | 522.1 | ... that after Irish post office clerk Maureen Flavin Sweeney reported worsening weather conditions, Dwight D. Eisenhower agreed to postpone D-Day by 24 hours? | |
Bankruptcy of Penn Central | 2023-09-14 | 6,068 | 505.7 | ... that the bankruptcy of Penn Central in 1970 was the largest in American history at the time? | |
Murder of Yadira Arroyo | 2023-09-03 | 12,086 | 503.6 | ... that the murderer of Yadira Arroyo was reportedly found mentally unfit to stand trial three times? | |
Edgar Jaffé | 2023-09-06 | 12,054 | 502.2 | ... that when Edgar Jaffé died, D. H. Lawrence wrote to his widow to say that he was glad? | |
Manhole (manga) | 2023-09-13 | 4,578 | 495.8 | ... that it took nearly five years for Tetsuya Tsutsui to find out that the first volume of his work Manhole was banned in Nagasaki Prefecture? | |
Market Square (San Francisco) | 2023-09-09 | 5,860 | 488.3 | ... that Twitter's headquarters building (pictured) in San Francisco was built as a trade center for furniture wholesalers in 1937? | |
Blockchain Chicken Farm | 2023-09-05 | 11,718 | 488.2 | ... that Blockchain Chicken Farm is about chicken farms run by people who have never heard of blockchain? | |
Ludovic Antal | 2023-09-04 | 11,716 | 488.1 | ... that in 1968, actor Ludovic Antal (pictured) recited a Romanian nationalist poem in front of tourists from Soviet Moldavia, causing them to flee for their bus for fear of a "provocation"? | |
Sinéad O'Connor on Saturday Night Live | 2023-09-12 | 6,208 | 487.6 | ... that Sinéad O'Connor said that tearing up her mother's picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live put her "back on the right track"? | |
Phallichthys amates | 2023-09-09 | 5,802 | 483.5 | ... that merry widows like soft bottoms? | |
Age of Consent (novel) | 2023-09-17 | 5,690 | 474.2 | ... that the first imported copies of Norman Lindsay's Age of Consent were confiscated by Australian customs authorities? | |
Castle in the Sky | 2023-09-11 | 5,644[g] | 470.3 | ... that fans of Castle in the Sky twice broke the record for largest number of tweets posted per second? | |
Castello di Santa Eurasia | 2023-09-10 | 5,638 | 469.9 | ... that a wolf reportedly ate Boris Johnson's dongle at an Italian castle owned by a Russian billionaire? | |
José Cobo Cano | 2023-09-12 | 5,036 | 446.9 | ... that José Cobo Cano compared officiating same-sex marriages to celebrating the Eucharist with Coca-Cola? | |
Vladimír Mandl | 2023-09-14 | 5,338 | 444.8 | ... that Vladimír Mandl (pictured) wrote the first book on space law 25 years before Sputnik 1 was launched into space? | |
1955 Brazilian coup d'état | 2023-09-21 | 10,616 | 442.4 | ... that due to the 1955 Brazilian coup d'état, Brazil had three presidents in the span of a single week? | |
Temple of Piety | 2023-09-26 | 10,478 | 436.6 | ... that ancient Rome's Temple of Piety was closely connected with the legend of a daughter who breastfed an imprisoned parent? | |
Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly | 2023-09-17 | 5,084 | 423.7 | ... that a 1903 New York Times editorial predicted it would take one to ten million years to develop an operating flying machine? | |
Nāmākēhā | 2023-09-03 | 10,129 | 422.0 | ... that Nāmākēhā was sacrificed in 1797 after he led an unsuccessful rebellion against Hawaiian king Kamehameha I? | |
Adam W. Oberlin | 2023-09-09 | 5,062 | 421.8 | ... that Adam W. Oberlin, the 1917 Republican nominee to be the mayor of Canton, Ohio, went missing and was found seven months later working as a carpenter in Norfolk, Virginia? | |
Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands | 2023-09-22 | 10,092 | 420.5 | ... that Saunders Island has a lava lake and is populated by penguins? | |
Jews Don't Count | 2023-09-27 | 9,942 | 414.2 | ... that according to David Baddiel's book Jews Don't Count, antisemitism has become perceived as a "second-class racism"? | |
Hindi imposition | 2023-09-22 | 9,836 | 409.9 | ... that the slogan "One Nation, One Language" has been used to justify the imposition of Hindi? | |
Mug shot of Donald Trump | 2023-09-16 | 4,876[h] | 406.4 | ... that within 90 minutes of Donald Trump's release from jail, his 2024 presidential campaign began using his mug shot on merchandise? | |
Poecilia gillii | 2023-09-11 | 4,875 | 406.2 | ... that small Poecilia gillii males have longer sex organs than larger males, to facilitate mating with females that flee from them? | |
William L. Keleher | 2023-09-13 | 3,748 | 405.9 | ... that William L. Keleher fired three teachers who said Boston College was teaching heresy? | |
Sayuri Ogawa | 2023-09-13 | 3,738 | 404.8 | ... that the assassination of Shinzo Abe motivated a former believer of the Unification Church, Sayuri Ogawa, to become a prominent anti-cult activist? | |
Dvorichna settlement hromada | 2023-09-28 | 9,681 | 403.4 | ... that the Dvorichna settlement hromada has remained divided between Russia and Ukraine since the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive? | |
Te'omim Cave | 2023-09-27 | 9,631 | 401.3 | ... that the Te'omim Cave (pictured) in Israel was home to a Bronze Age alabaster quarry, a refuge cave during the Jewish–Roman wars, and a possible center for necromantic activity in late antiquity? | |
Dublin's Last Supper | 2023-09-28 | 6,291 | 262.1 | ... that 13 contemporary Dubliners reenacted The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci for a mural installed in their city's "Italian Quarter"? | |
Italian Quarter, Dublin | 3,236 | 134.8 | |||
Total | 9,527 | 397.0 | |||
Chanig ar Gall | 2023-09-28 | 5,750 | 239.6 | ... that Chanig ar Gall joined her husband Charlez ar Gall in Breton-language broadcasting after learning Breton? | |
Charlez ar Gall | 3,774 | 157.2 | |||
Total | 9,524 | 396.8 | |||
Charlie Gray | 2023-09-04 | 9,442 | 393.4 | ... that Major League Baseball pitcher Charlie Gray was billed as his team's pitcher "of six fingers and six toed fame" and called "a freak" by the Sporting Life? | |
The Big Apple (Waitomo) | 2023-09-25 | 9,422 | 392.6 | ... that there is a 7.5-metre-tall (25 ft) statue of an apple (pictured) in Waitomo, New Zealand? | |
Flag of Mato Grosso do Sul | 2023-09-23 | 9,326 | 388.6 | ... that the Brazilian military government changed the ochre on the proposed flag of Mato Grosso do Sul to blue so as to match the colors of the national flag? | |
New York Hasidic education controversy[i] | 2023-09-17 | 3,018 | 384.8 | ... that a complaint signed by 52 people resulted in curriculum standards at New York State's private schools being subject to structured regulatory oversight for the very first time? | |
Tholos (architecture) | 2023-09-19 | 4,616 | 384.7 | ... that in Greek architecture the round tholos form (example pictured) offered an escape from the "austere conventions" of Greek temple design? | |
Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo) | 2023-09-29 | 9,223 | 384.3 | ... that the Daft Punk track "Infinity Repeating" is considered by the duo to be their "last song ever"? | |
Joan Brigham | 2023-09-21 | 9,199 | 383.3 | ... that artist Joan Brigham is best known for her work with steam? | |
Revolution+1 | 2023-09-03 | 9,181 | 382.5 | ... that an unfinished cut of Revolution+1, a film about the life of the suspected assassin of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, was released in theaters the day before Abe's state funeral? | |
Netsafe | 2023-09-07 | 9,142 | 380.9 | ... that the organisation Netsafe created an email chatbot that replies to scammers with questions indefinitely? | |
Wade Meckler | 2023-09-21 | 9,134 | 380.6 | ... that Major League Baseball player Wade Meckler was 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 metres) tall and weighed 75 pounds (34 kilograms) when he was a high-school freshman? | |
Winnowing basket | 2023-09-15 | 4,521 | 376.8 | ... that there is a folk tradition in Korea where children who urinate while sleeping are made to wear a winnowing basket on their head and ask their neighbors for salt? | |
The Temple (painting) | 2023-09-13 | 3,476 | 376.4 | ... that according to an art historian, the painting The Temple evokes a sense of both crisis and "enduring power"? | |
Swiss Cottage Library | 2023-09-30 | 8,993 | 374.7 | ... that disputes in the acclaimed refurbishment of Swiss Cottage Library (pictured) in London prompted the library's operators to sue its developers? | |
Mark Murphy (American football executive) | 2023-09-13 | 2,242 | 194.9 | ... that Mark Murphy played safety for the Washington Redskins from 1977 to 1984 while Mark Murphy played safety for the Green Bay Packers from 1980 to 1991? | |
Mark Murphy (safety, born 1958) | 2,034 | 176.9 | |||
Total | 4,276 | 371.8 | |||
Models of communication | 2023-09-10 | 4,454 | 371.2 | ... that one of the earliest models of communication was developed by Aristotle? | |
Scaring the Hoes | 2023-09-13 | 3,425 | 370.9 | ... that JPEGMafia did not use Pro Tools when Scaring the Hoes? | |
Cyprian Norwid | 2023-09-26 | 8,866 | 369.4 | ... that the 19th-century poet Cyprian Norwid (pictured), now recognized as one of the most important Polish poets, led a poverty-stricken life and his works were rarely appreciated until decades after his death? | |
Palaeorehniidae | 2023-09-01 | 8,802 | 366.8 | ... that with all known Palaeorehniidae fossils (example pictured) being incomplete, the relationships of the family are uncertain? | |
Dongbei renaissance | 2023-09-19 | 4,328 | 360.7 | ... that a rapper coined the term "Dongbei renaissance" to describe the cultural resurgence of China's rust belt? | |
John Koniszewski | 2023-09-13 | 3,317 | 359.2 | ... that John Koniszewski was wounded by machine-gun fire at the Battle of Saipan, returned to the battle after "a brief rest", and later played three years in the National Football League? | |
Luis de Carvajal the Younger | 2023-09-19 | 4,292 | 357.7 | ... that the earliest-known Jewish writer in the Americas was the nephew of a conquistador? | |
Provatura | 2023-09-08 | 8,576 | 357.3 | ... that provatura cheese was mentioned in a 12th-century chronicle? | |
Chollas Creek | 2023-09-11 | 4,285 | 357.1 | ... that a California sea lion, later named Freeway, was thought to have traveled up Chollas Creek (pictured) before getting onto California State Highway 94? | |
Clark Street station | 2023-09-07 | 8,527 | 355.3 | ... that in the 1920s, a guard was posted outside the New York City Subway's Clark Street station to prevent sailors from using it at night? | |
1989 (Taylor's Version) | 2023-09-27 | 8,511[j] | 354.6 | ... that fans of Taylor Swift solved 33 million puzzles in less than a day to find out 1989 (Taylor's Version)'s "vault" tracks? | |
Samuel Rajzman | 2023-09-15 | 4,166 | 353.1 | ... that Holocaust survivor Samuel Rajzman, a witness to the post-war Nuremberg and Treblinka trials, escaped from Treblinka concentration camp and was then sheltered by a local Polish farmer? | |
Taro Tsujimoto | 2023-09-18 | 4,233 | 352.8 | ... that the Buffalo Sabres drafted a fictional player in the 1974 National Hockey League Amateur Draft? | |
Restless Heart | 2023-09-13 | 3,254 | 352.5 | ... that record executive Tim DuBois locked the members of Restless Heart (pictured) in an office for seven hours until they came up with a name for the band? | |
Humayun Shah | 2023-09-05 | 8,311 | 346.3 | ... that according to a popular legend, the tomb of Humayun Shah split open when he was interred? | |
Godalming | 2023-09-20 | 4,150 | 345.8 | ... that the old town hall in Godalming, Surrey, is nicknamed "The Pepperpot" (pictured) after its distinctive cupola? | |
WPSG | 2023-09-01 | 8,198 | 341.6 | ... that today is independence day for Philly 57? | |
Haggai Chisom Ndubuisi | 2023-09-15 | 4,019 | 340.6 | ... that Haggai Chisom Ndubuisi, a National Football League player, had never heard of American football before watching a YouTube video when he was 18 years old? | |
Kingdom Rush | 2023-09-14 | 4,065 | 338.8 | ... that the success of Kingdom Rush prompted plans to grow the video game industry of Uruguay? | |
United States Marine Hospital (Lahaina, Hawaii) | 2023-09-09 | 4,064 | 338.7 | ... that the U.S. Marine Hospital in Lahaina collapsed due to vibrations from neighboring construction, was rebuilt, and then was destroyed by the 2023 Hawaii wildfires? | |
Updown | 2023-09-19 | 4,053 | 337.8 | ... that "Updown", the first solo single released by Piri and Tommy Villiers after their breakup, was about Piri having cowgirl sex with Villiers? | |
Akiho Suzumoto | 2023-09-10 | 4,030 | 335.9 | ... that Japanese voice actress Akiho Suzumoto can recite 70 digits of pi from memory? | |
Peasant Farm Policy | 2023-09-19 | 4,026 | 335.5 | ... that the Canadian government implemented the Peasant Farm Policy to force First Nations farmers to use the methods of European peasants? | |
Erice van Leuven | 2023-09-14 | 4,000 | 333.3 | ... that when Erice van Leuven's brothers posted a video of her mountain biking as a 10-year-old, she received four offers of sponsorship? | |
Echte Wagner | 2023-09-09 | 3,982 | 331.9 | ... that an album of collectible cards from the German margarine brand Echte Wagner in 1930 presented a vision of the future that incorporated concepts such as wireless personal phones with screens? | |
Sienna Shaw | 2023-09-01 | 7,778 | 324.1 | ... that Sienna Shaw of the slasher film Terrifier 2 was envisioned by Damien Leone as symbolizing an Old Testament angel? | |
Cardinal of Portugal's Altarpiece | 2023-09-17 | 3,853 | 321.1 | ... that the Cardinal of Portugal's Altarpiece (pictured) commemorates a prince who fought in battle aged 14 and died aged 25? | |
The Blip | 2023-09-23 | 7,687 | 320.3 | ... that Kevin Feige perceived a "direct parallel" between the experiences of real people during the COVID-19 pandemic and those of fictional characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe during the Blip? | |
Hôtel Gabriel | 2023-09-17 | 3,840 | 320.0 | ... that the Hôtel Gabriel was rebuilt after its destruction in World War II? | |
Chantelle Atkins | 2023-09-29 | 7,634 | 318.1 | ... that EastEnders producers decided to kill off Chantelle Atkins at the conclusion of a domestic-abuse plot after learning of the high statistic of women killed by a partner? | |
Ian Heslop | 2023-09-02 | 7,582 | 315.9 | ... that butterfly collector Ian Heslop was once required to supervise an execution? | |
Triodia scintillans | 2023-09-19 | 3,768 | 314.0 | ... that the spiky inedible grass Triodia scintillans tastes like salt and vinegar chips? | |
C. J. Okoye | 2023-09-19 | 3,752 | 312.7 | ... that the first organized football game of C. J. Okoye's life was in the National Football League? | |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (season 3) | 2023-09-18 | 3,635 | 302.9 | ... that in season three of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Oliver personally forgave nearly $15 million of medical debt for 9,000 Americans? | |
Battle of Lewinsville | 2023-09-15 | 3,562 | 301.9 | ... that after the Battle of Lewinsville, the "Gray Ghost" wrote that he regretted "the glorious opportunity that I missed of winging their colonel"? | |
El Yucateco | 2023-09-07 | 7,235 | 301.5 | ... that El Yucateco was the first Mexican brand of hot sauce sold in the United States? | |
Petite Mort (ballet) | 2023-09-16 | 3,616 | 301.3 | ... that Jiří Kylián's ballet Petite Mort (dancers pictured) uses slow movements from Mozart's most famous piano concertos to contrast the physicality of the choreography? | |
William Nixon (obstetrician) | 2023-09-20 | 3,602 | 300.2 | ... that William Nixon performed abortions in the NHS before the passing of the Abortion Act 1967? | |
Mimodactylus | 2023-09-10 | 3,589 | 299.1 | ... that Mimodactylus (reconstruction pictured) is the first complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent? | |
Maisi | 2023-09-12 | 3,362 | 298.4 | ... that Loud LDN co-founder Maisi came joint last in the 2022 Maldon mud race, behind a naked runner who had been forced to start after everyone else? | |
Gage and Tollner | 2023-09-11 | 3,566 | 297.2 | ... that Gage and Tollner used to close from June to September because of oyster shortages? | |
Incheon Station | 2023-09-06 | 7,132 | 297.2 | ... that the rights to build Incheon Station in the Korean Empire were temporarily given to an American company in an attempt to protect it from the Empire of Japan? | |
Valerie Cowie | 2023-09-25 | 7,115 | 296.5 | ... that when Valerie Cowie was appointed a senior lecturer, one of her referees wrote that his "only reservation is that the post ... does not adequately do justice to her high academic status"? | |
Simón (2023 film) | 2023-09-15 | 3,497 | 296.4 | ... that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nightclub scene in Simón used only 30 extras instead of the originally intended 250? | |
Axel Lagerbielke | 2023-09-22 | 7,039 | 293.3 | ... that Swedish naval officer Axel Lagerbielke was imprisoned in Lima for over a year, held in Callao and eventually escaped from Panama on an English packet boat to Jamaica? | |
Bomba Patch | 2023-09-18 | 3,498 | 291.5 | ... that the name of the video game mod series Bomba Patch was inspired by éclairs? | |
Mioarele | 2023-09-20 | 3,492 | 291.0 | ... that three American bombers were downed over the Romanian village of Suslănești in May 1944? | |
Salar de Pedernales | 2023-09-20 | 3,479 | 289.9 | ... that Salar de Pedernales in Chile features dark slope streaks resembling dark slope streaks on Mars? | |
Occult America | 2023-09-15 | 3,420 | 289.8 | ... that Occult America suggests that Abraham Lincoln may have turned to Spiritualism after the death of his son? | |
2021 Nabisco strike | 2023-09-19 | 3,472 | 289.4 | ... that during the 2021 Nabisco strike, Kotaku published an article discussing the ethics of buying Pokémon-themed Oreos? | |
Lotharian legend | 2023-09-17 | 3,468 | 289.0 | ... that according to the Lotharian legend a medieval emperor declared Roman law the law of the Holy Roman Empire? | |
2012 Singapore bus drivers' strike | 2023-09-19 | 3,426 | 285.5 | ... that a number of bus drivers who participated in a strike were unaware that it was illegally held? | |
Education | 2023-09-11 | 3,368[k] | 280.7 | ... that it is controversial whether indoctrination forms part of education? | |
Big John Dodo | 2023-09-23 | 6,731 | 280.5 | ... that Lord McAlpine commissioned 100 heads from Big John Dodo? | |
Dear England | 2023-09-17 | 3,341 | 278.4 | ... that Dear England tells the story of how manager Gareth Southgate helped change notions of masculinity for the men's national football team? | |
Harastølen | 2023-09-14 | 3,336 | 278.0 | ... that the former Lyster Sanatorium, which was used as the setting for the horror movie Villmark Asylum, is being renovated as a hotel? | |
Zhu Cilang | 2023-09-24 | 6,650 | 277.1 | ... that when Zhu Cilang was asked why his family lost the Mandate of Heaven, he blamed it on their "treacherous ministers"? | |
Kingstree jail fire | 2023-09-17 | 3,306 | 275.5 | ... that the Kingstree jail fire killed 22 freedmen amidst the "unsettled" labor conditions of Reconstruction in South Carolina? | |
Casey Johnston | 2023-09-01 | 6,600 | 275.0 | ... that Casey Johnston's writing about weightlifting is intended for people who feel their bodies are "never hot enough"? | |
Strike Force Five | 2023-09-30 | 6,523 | 271.8 | ... that Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver started a podcast to support their employees during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike? | |
Rock Diver | 2023-09-10 | 3,261 | 271.8 | ... that several science fiction critics praised "Rock Diver", the first short story by American writer Harry Harrison, for its compelling take on technology for passing through matter? | |
NBA–ABA All-Star Game | 2023-09-18 | 3,184 | 265.3 | ... that NBA owners won a binding arbitration that blocked a third NBA–ABA all-star game between the rival basketball leagues? | |
Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act | 2023-09-20 | 3,150 | 262.5 | ... that Georgia's racketeering law has been used to prosecute an assisted-suicide group, schoolteachers in a cheating scandal, a fake dentist, and Donald Trump? | |
Olga Onuch | 2023-09-30 | 6,264 | 261.0 | ... that Olga Onuch is believed to be the first professor of Ukrainian politics in the English-speaking world? | |
1874 Alabama gubernatorial election | 2023-09-29 | 6,254 | 260.6 | ... that the 1874 Alabama gubernatorial election was marred by violence and fraud? | |
Occleshaw House | 2023-09-10 | 3,086 | 257.2 | ... that since being left vacant the grade II–listed Occleshaw House in Leyland, Lancashire, has been used as an illegal cannabis farm and suffered a suspected arson attack? | |
WAND (TV) | 2023-09-20 | 3,055 | 254.6 | ... that employees resigned from an Illinois TV station after ownership decided there were too many people on the payroll? | |
Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan | 2023-09-18 | 3,054 | 254.5 | ... that the Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan is one of the few surviving madrasas dating from the Mughal Empire, and the oldest continuing school in Delhi, India? | |
Renewable energy in Turkey | 2023-09-13 | 2,926 | 254.4 | ... that following the energy price shock caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Turkish government intervened to have the country's renewable energy subsidise coal and gas? | |
Out of All the Masts | 2023-09-22 | 6,100 | 254.2 | ... that Mihai Eminescu's poem "Out of All the Masts", which Eminescu himself never intended to publish, has won posthumous praise as a "perfect combination of words"? | |
Paul Needham (librarian) | 2023-09-26 | 6,055 | 252.3 | ... that the librarian Paul Needham has argued for the "respectful burial of the human remains" included in a book bound in human skin? | |
Gyula Bajó | 2023-09-15 | 1,773 | 150.3 | ... that Hungarians Gyula Bajó and Endre Hevizi, who went on to design stained glass (example pictured) for the Debre Libanos monastery, worked as labourers in a British pottery after the Second World War? | |
Endre Hevizi | 1,200 | 101.7 | |||
Total | 2,974 | 252.0 | |||
Lauk Shein | 2023-09-04 | 6,018 | 250.8 | ... that Governor Lauk Shein of Bassein fled the city along with "ten elephant loads of gold and silver", but could not outrun the pursuing Hanthawaddy troops? | |
Pont Abraham Services | 2023-09-14 | 2,974 | 247.8 | ... that Pont Abraham Services, at the end of the M4, were one of the first in the UK to sell fuel for over £2 per litre? | |
Jewish astrology | 2023-09-15 | 2,908 | 246.4 | ... that while the laws governing Jewish astrology prohibit worshipping the stars, gaining knowledge of their influences on humans is permitted? | |
Hot (Seventeen song) | 2023-09-19 | 2,942 | 245.2 | ... that the song "Hot" features samples of car alarms? | |
Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb | 2023-09-02 | 5,870 | 244.6 | ... that the deity of the Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb remains unidentified due to the absence of names of specific gods in unearthed inscriptions? | |
BattleBit Remastered | 2023-09-16 | 2,928 | 244.0 | ... that BattleBit Remastered, a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter, was created by three indie developers? | |
Ashy flycatcher | 2023-09-18 | 2,922 | 243.5 | ... that one way to tell the African dusky flycatcher apart from the ashy flycatcher (example pictured) is that the former is "cuter"? | |
Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez | 2023-09-09 | 2,920 | 243.4 | ... that in 2023 the IFLA named the Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez the "best new public library in the world"? | |
All-American Bitch | 2023-09-22 | 5,788 | 241.2 | ... that the title of Olivia Rodrigo's song "All-American Bitch" was derived from an essay by Joan Didion? | |
1995 Hotel Properties Limited apartment sales | 2023-09-01 | 5,774 | 240.6 | ... that Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son Lee Hsien Loong donated the "unsolicited discounts" from their controversial purchase of condominium units to charity? | |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | 2023-09-24 | 5,764 | 240.1 | ... that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed Curiosity (pictured) as it landed on Mars? | |
Sandy Liang | 2023-09-09 | 2,864 | 238.6 | ... that the New York City-based fashion label Sandy Liang is inspired by grandmothers in Chinatown, and often features Liang's own grandmother as a model? | |
The Grudge (song) | 2023-09-20 | 2,846 | 237.2 | ... that following the release of Olivia Rodrigo's song "The Grudge", fans speculated that it was about her supposed feud with Taylor Swift? | |
1943 Football League War Cup final | 2023-09-16 | 2,846 | 237.2 | ... that according to sportswriter Jon Henderson, the 1943 Football League War Cup final was "widely regarded as the greatest club football match of the war"? | |
1989 Serbian general election | 2023-09-27 | 5,665 | 236.0 | ... that the 1989 Serbian general election was the last one-party election in Serbia? | |
Diggin' Dogs | 2023-09-10 | 2,831 | 235.9 | ... that an initial gameplay concept for Diggin' Dogs was "possibly going to be worms eating into a diseased brain", with design input from Edmund McMillen? | |
WCSH | 2023-09-25 | 5,662 | 235.9 | ... that a Maine TV station was so protective of its evening newscast that it preempted nearly 40 percent of all NBC Sports programming in 1994? | |
Masquerade (Khachaturian) | 2023-09-08 | 5,654 | 235.6 | ... that the waltz from Khachaturian's Masquerade Suite has been called "spooky" and is often played for Halloween? | |
Give Me Your Hand (novel) | 2023-09-11 | 2,818 | 234.8 | ... that Megan Abbott's 2018 novel Give Me Your Hand uses menstruation as a metaphor, which she compared to comments made by Donald Trump during the 2016 election? | |
Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought | 2023-09-30 | 5,551 | 231.3 | ... that in his 2000 book, Michael Cook argues that the West prefers to "rescue" people after wrongdoing has occurred, while Muslims prefer to "forbid wrong"? | |
WFTV | 2023-09-05 | 5,508 | 229.5 | ... that the legal battle over awarding channel 9 in Orlando, Florida, the longest case in FCC history at the time, filled 55 volumes? | |
Eternal Blue (album) | 2023-09-12 | 2,580 | 228.9 | ... that Eternal Blue, a metalcore album, was inspired in part by 1980s pop music? | |
Nicholas Russo | 2023-09-04 | 5,483 | 228.5 | ... that the pastor of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral made Nicholas Russo celebrate Mass in the basement of the church because Russo was Italian? | |
Mitch Love | 2023-09-16 | 2,736 | 228.0 | ... that ice hockey player Mitch Love once fought 34 times in one season, more than any other professional player in the world that year? | |
KAGI | 2023-09-14 | 2,733 | 227.8 | ... that the founding manager of an Oregon radio station named it after his wife's former name? | |
Admiral Beatty Hotel | 2023-09-21 | 5,456 | 227.3 | ... that following its closure, the former Admiral Beatty Hotel was converted into a senior citizens' apartment building? | |
Jonathan Blow | 2023-09-14 | 2,726 | 227.1 | ... that Jonathan Blow thought that he may not have finished creating the videogame Braid were he not simultaneously learning kung fu? | |
Chrigel Maurer | 2023-09-21 | 5,442 | 226.7 | ... that Christian "Chrigel" Maurer (pictured), eight-time winner of the X-Alps "hike-and-fly" paragliding endurance race, and his future wife Karin both won gold medals at the same World Cup event? | |
Jergins Trust Building | 2023-09-21 | 5,403 | 225.1 | ... That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd that once led to the Jergins Trust Building in Long Beach, California? | |
Black Widow (2021 film) | 2023-09-18 | 2,700[l] | 225.0 | ... that Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company alleging that the release strategy for Black Widow breached her contract? | |
Barry Windsor-Smith | 2023-09-15 | 2,674 | 222.9 | ... that comic book artist Barry Windsor-Smith wrote, drew, inked, and lettered every page of his graphic novel Monsters by himself? | |
Adelaide L. T. Douglas House | 2023-09-16 | 2,656 | 221.3 | ... that the Adelaide L. T. Douglas House, built for a New York City socialite, housed the United States Olympic Committee before being sold to Guatemala? | |
The Sims 2: University | 2023-09-20 | 2,645 | 220.4 | ... that bugs reported during the development of The Sims 2: University included "zombies can't fall in love" and "zombies walk on water"? | |
William J. Ennis | 2023-09-15 | 2,580 | 215.0 | ... that William J. Ennis's office consisted of a folding bed? | |
Julian Hill (American football) | 2023-09-25 | 2,766 | 115.2 | ... that Julian Hill was the first player from Campbell University to make an NFL roster, but Brevin Allen was the first to play in a game? | |
Brevin Allen | 2,386 | 99.4 | |||
Total | 5,152 | 214.7 | |||
Art Rooney Jr. | 2023-09-11 | 2,539 | 211.6 | ... that Art Rooney Jr. presided over what one Pro Football Hall of Fame selector described as "the best drafting run in NFL history"? | |
Revolution of the Ganhadores | 2023-09-10 | 2,523 | 210.2 | ... that African porters in Salvador, Bahia, went on strike after the provincial government passed a law requiring them to wear metal identification tags? | |
Lee Dai Sor | 2023-09-08 | 5,022 | 209.2 | ... that Singaporean broadcaster Lee Fook Hong legally changed his name to Lee Dai Sor (literally 'Lee Big Fool' in Cantonese) after being accused of tax evasion? | |
Valery Chekalov | 2023-09-10 | 2,486 | 207.1 | ... that Wagner Group head of logistics Valery Chekalov, who was killed in the 2023 Tver Oblast plane crash, used the call sign "Rover"? | |
State Council (Sikkim) | 2023-09-09 | 2,479 | 206.6 | ... that a seat was reserved for Buddhist monks and nuns in the Sikkim State Council? | |
Hotel Brexton | 2023-09-16 | 2,462 | 205.1 | ... that the Hotel Brexton in Baltimore was once home to Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée who married Edward VIII? | |
Lava Ridge Wind Project | 2023-09-20 | 2,460 | 205.0 | ... that the Lava Ridge Wind Project proposal has faced opposition for putting 740-foot-tall (230 m) wind turbines next to the former Minidoka internment camp? | |
KDNL-TV | 2023-09-27 | 4,887 | 203.6 | ... that one reviewer described a TV station in St. Louis as appearing to be "not serious about the news"? | |
John Ogilby | 2023-09-15 | 2,443 | 203.6 | ... that John Ogilby saved the manuscript of his translation of the complete works of Virgil from destruction in a shipwreck by wrapping it in a waterproof cloth? | |
Spear (Griffith novel) | 2023-09-04 | 4,886 | 203.6 | ... that Nicola Griffith's novella Spear examines how the Roman conquest made Britain an ethnically diverse society? | |
Himmatul Aliyah | 2023-09-29 | 2,762 | 115.1 | ... that Himmatul Aliyah was born in Tangerang and represents Jakarta in Indonesia's House of Representatives, while Himmatul Alyah was born in Jakarta and represented Tangerang? | |
Himmatul Alyah Setiawaty | 2,104 | 87.6 | |||
Total | 4,866 | 202.7 | |||
14th Street–Union Square station | 2023-09-09 | 2,357 | 196.4 | ... that when the New York City Subway's 14th Street–Union Square station was built, the park above it was raised? | |
Campanile, Portmeirion | 2023-09-09 | 2,340 | 195.0 | ... that the Campanile, a bell tower in Portmeirion, north Wales, was built in 1928 using stone from a nearby 12th-century castle? | |
KCOS (TV) | 2023-09-04 | 4,652 | 193.8 | ... that a public TV station in Texas held an eight-hour telethon before it even began broadcasting? | |
Maggie Tokuda-Hall | 2023-09-02 | 4,628 | 192.8 | ... that Scholastic requested Maggie Tokuda-Hall remove the phrase "virulent racism" from the Author's Note in Love in the Library, a children's book about Japanese-American internment camps? | |
The Cormac McCarthy Journal | 2023-09-17 | 2,312 | 192.6 | ... that The Cormac McCarthy Journal is one of the few academic journals about a specific author from the United States founded while its subject was alive? | |
Henry Biard | 2023-09-11 | 2,294 | 191.1 | ... that pilot Henry Biard made his first flight before taking his first flying lesson? | |
Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council Proposal 156 | 2023-09-08 | 4,452 | 185.5 | ... that Indianapolis's 2023 gun control ordinance – which bans assault weapons, among other measures – is a trigger law that only goes into effect if Indiana's state preemption law is repealed or struck down? | |
Aubinadong River | 2023-09-08 | 4,444 | 185.2 | ... that the Aubinadong River in Ontario, Canada, was an indigenous canoe route and is still used for canoe camping as its main recreational activity? | |
Small-town opera house | 2023-09-12 | 2,354 | 184.9 | ... that as of 2018, the opera house in Harrington, Washington – which opened in 1904 – had never staged an opera? | |
Parimal Garden | 2023-09-11 | 2,195 | 182.9 | ... that Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys? | |
Nunuk Nuraini | 2023-09-29 | 4,373 | 182.2 | ... that Nunuk Nuraini was described as a hero for developing the mi goreng flavor of Indomie instant noodles? | |
Le langaige du Bresil | 2023-09-07 | 4,364 | 181.9 | ... that Le langaige du Bresil, one of the earliest documentary sources of any South American language, demonstrates that Europeans and Brazilian indigenous peoples maintained intimate social contacts? | |
George S. Bowdoin Stable | 2023-09-18 | 2,137 | 178.1 | ... that the George S. Bowdoin Stable has variously served as a garage, private residence, art gallery, cultural center, and office? | |
Jacob Hägg | 2023-09-17 | 2,116 | 176.3 | ... that according to family tradition, admiral and painter Jacob Hägg decided to become a naval officer after seeing a Franco-British naval force during the Crimean War? | |
3rd EU–CELAC summit | 2023-09-12 | 2,244 | 176.2 | ... that UK prime minister Rishi Sunak complained when a joint declaration was made at a summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that used the term Islas Malvinas? | |
Iron Man | 2023-09-30 | 4,205[m] | 175.2 | ... that Stan Lee modeled Tony Stark after 20th-century business magnate Howard Hughes? | |
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station | 2023-09-18 | 2,101 | 175.1 | ... that the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station has a Hook, Line, and Sinker? | |
William J. Murphy (Jesuit) | 2023-09-01 | 4,161 | 173.4 | ... that William J. Murphy's presidency of Boston College began 16 days before the start of World War II and concluded five days after hostilities ended? | |
The Andy Griffith Show Theme | 2023-09-12 | 2,198 | 172.6 | ... that according to Ron Howard, his high school classmates teased him by whistling "The Andy Griffith Show Theme"? | |
Adam Exner | 2023-09-13 | 1,980 | 172.1 | ... that Adam Exner, the archbishop of Vancouver from 1991 to 2004, played polkas and waltzes on the accordion well after he became a bishop? | |
Thorfinn (Vinland Saga) | 2023-09-26 | 4,054 | 168.9 | ... that Thorfinn's journey to Vinland in the manga Vinland Saga was influenced by the author's anxieties during the Cold War and the September 11 attacks? | |
List of cranes | 2023-09-15 | 2,026 | 168.8 | ... that the Siberian crane is considered more threatened than the whooping crane, despite there being an estimated ten times more of them? | |
2023 Leagues Cup final | 2023-09-28 | 4,020 | 167.5 | ... that tickets on secondary markets for the 2023 Leagues Cup final ranged from $484 to $12,000 within a day of release? | |
Imagining Mars: A Literary History | 2023-09-17 | 2,006 | 167.2 | ... that Imagining Mars: A Literary History "presents a compelling case that 'Mars matters'"? | |
Chaimas Kaplanas | 2023-09-28 | 3,992 | 166.4 | ... that Chaimas Kaplanas took part in four hunger strikes during his imprisonment at Kaunas Prison? | |
Moran Zer Katzenstein | 2023-09-19 | 1,974 | 164.5 | ... that Moran Zer Katzenstein led a women's march inspired by The Handmaid's Tale in protest of Israeli judicial reform? | |
Kharayeb | 2023-09-16 | 1,973 | 164.4 | ... that archaeological excavations in the historic town of Kharayeb revealed a rural settlement with a complex system of cisterns and a Phoenician temple? | |
Dan Simonescu | 2023-09-12 | 2,085 | 163.7 | ... that Romanian literary scholar Dan Simonescu, who edited a chronicle dealing with the reign of Michael the Brave, had to delete any mention of Michael having "all the Jews murdered"? | |
Regina Purtell | 2023-09-03 | 3,928 | 163.7 | ... that Regina Purtell took such great care of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders that the press called her the Florence Nightingale of the Spanish–American War? | |
Solution and EU Party | 2023-09-26 | 3,914 | 163.1 | ... that the Solution and EU Party aimed to represent 30 percent of Turkish Cypriots, but failed to enter the Northern Cypriot parliament? | |
An Taisce | 2023-09-24 | 3,890 | 162.1 | ... that heritage properties cared for by An Taisce include a guildhall, a marsh, a castle, a Quaker cemetery, and Babe's Bridge? | |
Robert J. Parins | 2023-09-14 | 1,931 | 160.9 | ... that five years after retiring as the president of the Green Bay Packers, judge Robert J. Parins ruled on a case related to American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer? | |
Hạc San | 2023-09-25 | 3,860 | 160.8 | ... that Hồn – trăng – máu, Hạc San's concept album, consists solely of the 29-minute title track? | |
WNUV | 2023-09-13 | 1,839 | 159.9 | ... that a Baltimore TV station aspired to be "the Cadillac of independents"? | |
Taipei Mission in the Republic of Latvia | 2023-09-09 | 1,915 | 159.6 | ... that Taiwan used to have a consulate general in Latvia before it was downgraded? | |
Borough Hall/Court Street station | 2023-09-13 | 1,470 | 159.2 | ... that it took almost as long to renovate New York City's Borough Hall station in the 1980s as it did to construct the original subway line? | |
A Very Trainor Christmas | 2023-09-17 | 1,888 | 157.4 | ... that a pregnant Meghan Trainor, who considered her child a present, wore bows during the promotion for her album A Very Trainor Christmas? | |
Reigate | 2023-09-10 | 1,878 | 156.5 | ... that the first road tunnel in England, opened in 1823 in Reigate, Surrey, runs under the site of a medieval castle? | |
Mary Burt Messer | 2023-09-20 | 1,846 | 153.8 | ... that Mary Burt Messer was researching and writing about the sociology of divorce as early as 1924? | |
Dress history | 2023-09-24 | 3,648 | 152.0 | ... that much of the research in dress history has been done from documents, illustrations, and photographs rather than by studying items of clothing? | |
Daniela Ceballos | 2023-09-09 | 1,792 | 149.4 | ... that Daniela Ceballos worked with the Football Federation of Chile to supervise safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic while playing football herself? | |
Brad Olsen | 2023-09-30 | 3,527 | 147.0 | ... that as a child, New Zealand economist Brad Olsen would write notes about stock market trends while watching the evening news? | |
C/1990 K1 (Levy) | 2023-09-04 | 3,526 | 146.9 | ... that C/1990 K1 (Levy) was the first comet observed by the Hubble Space Telescope, but only short exposures were obtained as the telescope was not yet able to track Solar System bodies? | |
Posthumous publication | 2023-09-09 | 1,738 | 144.8 | ... that more than 60 scientific papers authored by mathematician Paul Erdős were published posthumously? | |
1930s Polish Andean expeditions | 2023-09-23 | 3,416 | 142.3 | ... that the 1930s Polish Andean expeditions have been credited with several first ascents and the tracing of a new route to the summit of Aconcagua, the Andes' highest peak? | |
Wendy McMahon (television executive) | 2023-09-12 | 1,592 | 141.3 | ... that CBS News and Stations president Wendy McMahon helped bring local evening news back to the network's Detroit station after 20 years? | |
Captain America | 2023-09-05 | 3,370[n] | 140.4 | ... that circulation numbers for early comic books featuring Captain America remained close to a million copies per month, outstripping news magazines such as Time? | |
Marcus Junius Gracchanus | 2023-09-03 | 3,332 | 138.8 | ... that the Roman historian Marcus Junius Gracchanus adopted his last name to show his support for Gaius Gracchus? | |
Rhian Teasdale | 2023-09-16 | 1,636 | 136.3 | ... that Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers formed Wet Leg on a Ferris wheel? | |
Helene Ollendorff Curth | 2023-09-05 | 3,222 | 134.3 | ... that Helene Ollendorff Curth was first to introduce a set of criteria for associating some rashes as possible indicators for internal cancers? | |
J. Lewis Crozer Library | 2023-09-08 | 3,222 | 134.2 | ... that when the J. Lewis Crozer Library was founded in 1769, it had 163 books? | |
Mother Mary Corona | 2023-09-21 | 3,220 | 134.2 | ... that even though Mother Mary Corona received no formal teacher training, she was the president of Alverno Teachers College? | |
Sometime Samurai | 2023-09-11 | 1,608 | 134.0 | ... that Towa Tei's "Sometime Samurai" remained unfinished for eight years until Australian singer Kylie Minogue re-recorded the song in 2004? | |
1989 South Florida television affiliation switch | 2023-09-22 | 3,212 | 133.8 | ... that CBS executive Laurence Tisch found out on a tennis court in the U.S. Virgin Islands that rival network NBC had bought his company's affiliate station in Miami? | |
Rudi Čajavec (company) | 2023-09-03 | 3,186 | 132.8 | ... that in Yugoslavia, Rudi Čajavec, the electronics company that produced various components of the M-84 tank, also made guitar amplifiers? | |
Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell | 2023-09-25 | 3,157 | 131.5 | ... that the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell operated as a residence, a house of correction, a factory, and finally a museum? | |
Funso Ojo | 2023-09-14 | 1,563 | 130.2 | ... that in 2023, footballer Funso Ojo was named as Port Vale's PFA community player of the year for his efforts at becoming more environmentally friendly? | |
Charlotte Haining | 2023-09-25 | 3,088 | 128.7 | ... that Charlotte Haining was an International Jury Member for the selection of Finland's 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entry? | |
List of songs recorded by Angeline Quinto | 2023-09-16 | 1,526 | 127.2 | ... that Angeline Quinto (pictured) has recorded songs for at least 35 films and television soundtracks in the Philippines? | |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (season 1) | 2023-09-03 | 3,050 | 127.1 | ... that the debut season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver beat seasoned HBO counterpart Real Time with Bill Maher in the ratings? | |
Ben Brown (American football) | 2023-09-27 | 3,040 | 126.7 | ... that Ben Brown was the seventh member of his family to play American football for the Ole Miss Rebels? | |
John Romita Sr. | 2023-09-27 | 2,974 | 123.9 | ... that John Romita Sr. has been credited with introducing romance comic themes to Spider-Man comic books? | |
Nancy Brown (columnist) | 2023-09-11 | 1,453 | 121.1 | ... that readers of Detroit columnist Nancy Brown funded the reforestation of 560 acres of land in her honor during the Great Depression? | |
Graham Fraser (otolaryngologist) | 2023-09-16 | 1,452 | 121.0 | ... that Graham Fraser pioneered cochlear implantation in the United Kingdom? | |
Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century | 2023-09-10 | 1,435 | 119.6 | ... that one reviewer for Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century was let down by the book's lack of poetry? | |
Nike Phantom Luna | 2023-09-08 | 2,864 | 119.4 | ... that the Nike Phantom Luna football boot considers women's anatomy and the playing style of women's football in its design? | |
Arsjad Rasjid | 2023-09-23 | 2,829 | 117.9 | ... that Arsjad Rasjid said that he learned of his appointment as chairman of Ganjar Pranowo's presidential campaign from a friend showing him the news? | |
Vera Curtis | 2023-09-29 | 2,758 | 114.9 | ... that soprano Vera Curtis was the first singer trained exclusively in the United States to perform with the Metropolitan Opera? | |
Doug Turley | 2023-09-19 | 1,316 | 109.6 | ... that American football player Doug Turley reportedly had some of his best performances after he fractured a bone in his wrist? | |
Kishvari | 2023-09-18 | 1,312 | 109.3 | ... that scholarly study of the poetry of Kishvari, one of the most important Azerbaijani poets of the 15th and 16th centuries, only started in 1928? | |
Tanner Brown | 2023-09-02 | 2,590 | 107.9 | ... that American football player Tanner Brown went from being a walk-on to a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award as the best college placekicker in the United States? | |
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company | 2023-09-24 | 2,579 | 107.5 | ... that State Auto Mutual's life-size nativity scene was donated to the Museum of Catholic Art and History in 2023 for display at St. Joseph Cathedral? | |
Tropical Storm Danny (2021) | 2023-09-20 | 1,286 | 107.2 | ... that in 2021, Tropical Storm Danny became just the third named system to make landfall in South Carolina in the month of June since 1867? | |
Carmen García (politician) | 2023-09-06 | 2,562 | 106.7 | ... that Quechua senator Carmen García helped pass reforms to education in Bolivia that incorporated indigenous and traditional knowledge? | |
KUVS-DT | 2023-09-16 | 1,242 | 103.5 | ... that Chester Smith's California TV station ran its newscast on a "dental floss budget", as one former anchor put it? | |
House Gospel Choir | 2023-09-20 | 1,232 | 102.6 | ... that House Gospel Choir's very first gig was at Glastonbury? | |
Bob Barney | 2023-09-22 | 2,350 | 97.9 | ... that attending the 1984 Summer Olympics inspired Bob Barney to establish an institution to research the Olympic Games? | |
Tennessee State Route 158 | 2023-09-17 | 1,160 | 96.7 | ... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"? | |
William J. McGarry | 2023-09-18 | 1,144 | 95.3 | ... that the day before William J. McGarry was set to leave for the Pontifical Biblical Institute, he was instead appointed a professor at Weston College? | |
Scott Reppert | 2023-09-16 | 1,142 | 95.2 | ... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Scott Reppert was a three-time Little All-American at running back and an Academic All-American in the classroom? | |
Your Choice | 2023-09-23 | 2,239 | 93.3 | ... that "Gam3 Bo1", a song from the EP Your Choice, contains references to NFTs and Zoom? | |
WFYI (TV) | 2023-09-15 | 1,114 | 92.8 | ... that an "army" of women were congratulated by Pat Nixon for their fundraising efforts to bring public TV to Indianapolis? | |
Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years | 2023-09-18 | 1,094 | 91.2 | ... that E. F. Bleiler conducted research for Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years by reading all 1,835 stories published in science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1936? | |
Mihai Iștvanovici | 2023-09-19 | 1,071 | 89.2 | ... that upon establishing Georgia's first printing press for Vakhtang VI, Mihai Iștvanovici published Romanian verse in Georgian script? | |
No Saint | 2023-09-26 | 2,063 | 86.0 | ... that according to Rolling Stone, Lauren Jenkins blended music and acting for No Saint "in ways not currently common practice" in country music? | |
David Dayen | 2023-09-24 | 1,895 | 79.0 | ... that David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, argues in his 2020 book that monopolies are so interwoven with our lives that it is impossible to escape them? | |
KHNL | 2023-09-07 | 1,877 | 78.2 | ... that the Japanese-language children's show Kikaida, popularized in Hawaii by a Honolulu TV station, beat Sesame Street in the local ratings? | |
Waitangiroto Nature Reserve | 2023-09-27 | 1,812 | 75.5 | ... that the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve is the only known nesting area for the eastern great egret in New Zealand? | |
Iribe Center | 2023-09-30 | 1,759 | 73.3 | ... that the University of Maryland's Iribe Center was partly funded by a businessman who dropped out of the university? | |
Darl+ing | 2023-09-28 | 1,755 | 73.1 | ... that South Korean band Seventeen partnered with Apple to let fans create remixes of their song "Darl+ing" on GarageBand? | |
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 | 2023-09-02 | 1,643 | 68.5 | ... that Slovenian-born singer Ben Dolic was set to represent Germany at Eurovision in 2020? | |
Greeting Prelude | 2023-09-06 | 1,536 | 64.0 | ... that Igor Stravinsky called his 1955 orchestral work Greeting Prelude "a kind of singing telegram"? | |
2020 Seattle Sounders FC season | 2023-09-26 | 1,508 | 62.8 | ... that Seattle Sounders FC players held their practices over Zoom during part of their 2020 season? | |
Mark Fabish | 2023-09-06 | 1,479 | 61.6 | ... that Mark Fabish was recruited to play college football by coach Al Bagnoli and 30 years later succeeded him as head coach of the Columbia Lions? | |
Cliftonville Ladies F.C. | 2023-09-11 | 716 | 59.7 | ... that despite being the first women's football team in Northern Ireland to sign players on professional contracts, Cliftonville Ladies F.C. were not the first club to register them? | |
Graham Clark (tenor) | 2023-09-17 | 668 | 55.6 | ... that the tenor Graham Clark appeared at the Bayreuth Festival in 16 seasons, portraying the characters Loge and Mime in the 1988 Ring cycle? | |
Le Vin herbé | 2023-09-01 | 1,296 | 54.0 | ... that Le Vin herbé is a 1942 musical setting of the story of Tristan and Iseult by Frank Martin for twelve vocalists, seven strings and piano? |
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