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Low | 62.8 | 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix | 239.6 | Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences | 62.8 | 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix |
Median | 259.9 | Alan Rosen (restaurant owner) | 810.9 | Texas and Pacific 610 Sajou no Hana |
279.8 | Dalibor Riccardi |
High | 1,219.2 | He Fucked the Girl Out of Me | 2,869.1 | Song Zhenzhong, Song Qiyun, Xu Linxia | 2,869.1 | Song Zhenzhong, Song Qiyun, Xu Linxia |
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Tragedy by the Sea | 2024-01-13 | 41,992 | 1,749.6 | ... that Tragedy by the Sea (pictured) shows a man and a woman standing beside the ocean a few minutes after the couple's young son went missing? | |
Carlos Cheung | 2024-01-11 | 3,135 | 130.6 | ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich? | |
Tanya Unkovich | 2,461 | 102.5 | |||
Cushla Tangaere-Manuel | 2,362 | 98.4 | |||
Takutai Moana Kemp | 2,334 | 97.2 | |||
Nancy Lu | 2,204 | 91.8 | |||
Darleen Tana | 1,798 | 74.9 | |||
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi | 1,718 | 71.6 | |||
Katie Nimon | 1,653 | 68.9 | |||
Tākuta Ferris | 1,519 | 63.3 | |||
Rima Nakhle | 1,459 | 60.8 | |||
Suze Redmayne | 1,403 | 58.5 | |||
Vanessa Weenink | 1,364 | 56.8 | |||
Kahurangi Carter | 1,330 | 55.4 | |||
Dana Kirkpatrick | 1,270 | 52.9 | |||
Casey Costello | 1,137 | 47.4 | |||
Grant McCallum | 1,118 | 46.6 | |||
Laura Trask | 1,030 | 42.9 | |||
Jamie Arbuckle | 970 | 40.4 | |||
Reuben Davidson | 962 | 40.1 | |||
Greg Fleming (politician) | 877 | 36.5 | |||
Mike Butterick | 854 | 35.6 | |||
Cameron Luxton | 826 | 34.4 | |||
Ryan Hamilton (New Zealand politician) | 824 | 34.3 | |||
Miles Anderson (politician) | 800 | 33.3 | |||
Scott Willis (politician) | 793 | 33.0 | |||
Todd Stephenson | 786 | 32.7 | |||
James Meager | 785 | 32.7 | |||
David MacLeod | 770 | 32.1 | |||
Carl Bates | 736 | 30.7 | |||
Total | 39,277 | 1,636.5 | |||
Catherine, Princess of Wales | 2024-01-09 | 37,650[a] | 1,568.7 | ... that Catherine, Princess of Wales (pictured), is a keen amateur photographer and the patron of the Royal Photographic Society, and has taken many official photographs of her children? | |
Eustace Tilley | 2024-01-03 | 36,066 | 1,502.8 | ... that in 2017, Eustace Tilley (pictured) missed his annual turn on the cover of The New Yorker because of Donald Trump? | |
Geordie Greep | 2024-01-02 | 35,761 | 1,490.0 | ... that Geordie Greep (pictured) has an accent that has been described as "geographically unclassifiable"? | |
Harry Dunn (police officer) | 2024-01-06 | 32,887[b] | 1,370.3 | ... that Harry Dunn guarded a stairwell and Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6 United States Capitol attack? | |
Faith and Confidence | 2024-01-31 | 14,230 | 1,185.8 | ... that even though Faith and Confidence (pictured) by William C. Beall won the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for photography, the jurors who selected it were unimpressed by all of the entries? | |
William C. Beall | 1,993 | 166.1 | |||
Total | 16,223 | 1,351.9 | |||
Homecoming (photograph) | 2024-01-29 | 14,946 | 1,350.5 | ... that after he waited twenty-four hours to capture his Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph (pictured), the flash bulb on Earle Bunker's camera failed on his first attempt? | |
Anitta's anal tattoo | 2024-01-29 | 14,644 | 1,290.3 | ... that a tattoo on the anus of Brazilian singer Anitta ultimately led to inquiries to investigate the use of public funds in artists' concerts? | |
Heart of Frédéric Chopin | 2024-01-08 | 29,554 | 1,231.4 | ... that Chopin's heart (composer pictured) was smuggled into Poland by his sister? | |
Andrew J. Evans Jr. | 2024-01-22 | 29,392 | 1,224.7 | ... that Andrew J. Evans Jr. (pictured) was the highest-ranking United States Air Force prisoner during the Korean War? | |
Matooskie | 2024-01-26 | 14,092 | 1,174.3 | ... that the 1830 abandonment of Chipewyan woman Matooskie (pictured) by her Scottish husband was eventually settled with a dowry payment of £200? | |
S. F. Light | 2024-01-19 | 28,094 | 1,170.6 | ... that S. F. Light (pictured) disliked using his full name? | |
Updown Girl | 2024-01-04 | 26,925 | 1,121.9 | ... that archaeologists found that Updown Girl, who was buried in England in the 7th century, had a mixture of West African and European DNA? | |
Self-Portrait as a Tahitian | 2024-01-25 | 13,322 | 1,110.1 | ... that Self-Portrait as a Tahitian (pictured) depicts Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil standing in the shadow of an unknown man? | |
The Many Faces of Jesus | 2024-01-24 | 16,341 | 680.9 | ... that a pornographic screenplay about Jesus led to papal and royal condemnations, a firebombing, the writer's ban from the UK, and thousands of letters per week demanding the ban of a non-existent gay Jesus film? | |
Gay Jesus film hoax | 9,261 | 385.9 | |||
Total | 25,602 | 1,066.8 | |||
Skibidi Toilet | 2024-01-30 | 12,594[c] | 1,049.5 | ... that Skibidi Toilet inspired the Generation Alpha slang "skibidi"? | |
Murder of Jiang Ge | 2024-01-02 | 25,094 | 1,045.6 | ... that the murder of Jiang Ge led to public debate in China over the actions of Jiang's roommate during her murder? | |
Sleep (painting) | 2024-01-23 | 21,818 | 909.1 | ... that the Indian politician Diwan Chaman Lall failed to get rid of the painting Nude of Indira? | |
The Rape of Lucretia (Ficherelli) | 2024-01-02 | 21,385 | 891.0 | ... that the painter of The Rape of Lucretia updated the ancient legend by setting the scene in the bedroom of a contemporary Italian home? | |
1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck | 2024-01-27 | 7,798 | 865.7 | ... that locals responding to the 1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck used snowballs to extinguish the fires in the wrecked cars (illustration pictured)? | |
Willis Gibson | 2024-01-16 | 20,618[d] | 859.1 | ... that it took 34 years for the first person to beat the game Tetris? | |
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 2024-01-10 | 20,456 | 852.4 | ... that the leader of the German Red Cross under the Nazi regime had lived in the UK until he was fifteen years old and was a grandson of Queen Victoria? | |
King Manor | 2024-01-12 | 19,210 | 800.4 | ... that a former radio host got a free apartment in New York City's King Manor (pictured) and lived there for more than three decades? | |
Hippolyte Triat | 2024-01-30 | 9,482 | 790.2 | ... that pioneering bodybuilder Hippolyte Triat was kidnapped by vagabonds at the age of six and sold to a troupe of Italian acrobats? | |
Lunar Surface Gravimeter | 2024-01-30 | 9,454 | 787.9 | ... that the Lunar Surface Gravimeter (pictured) failed to turn the Moon into a gravitational wave antenna? | |
The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin) | 2024-01-10 | 18,659 | 777.5 | ... that Poussin painted the abduction of the Sabine women twice (one pictured), once for a prince and once for a cardinal? | |
Existence | 2024-01-08 | 18,310 | 762.9 | ... that it is controversial whether there are things that do not exist? | |
Peanut, California | 2024-01-11 | 18,154 | 756.4 | ... that Peanut is inhospitable to peanuts? | |
Cascade Saddle Track | 2024-01-05 | 18,103 | 754.3 | ... that ten people have died trying to cross the Cascade Saddle? | |
Nancy Nash (actress) | 2024-01-07 | 18,058 | 752.4 | ... that Nancy Nash (pictured) had to convince her parents to let her not attend the University of Texas to instead become an actress in 1926? | |
A City on Mars | 2024-01-25 | 9,015 | 751.2 | ... that the book A City on Mars covers sex in space, raising children in low gravity, space law, and space cannibalism? | |
Hyperbolic spiral | 2024-01-14 | 17,828 | 742.8 | ... that the spirals in photographs of spiral staircases (example pictured) are hyperbolic? | |
2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash | 2024-01-18 | 17,814 | 742.3 | ... that a Lockheed EC-130Q aircraft crashed after performing a waterbombing just 190 feet (58 m) in the air? | |
Peckham Rock | 2024-01-26 | 8,831 | 735.9 | ... that Peckham Rock, a fake cave painting surreptitiously installed in the British Museum by Banksy, is actually concrete from Hackney? | |
Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest | 2024-01-23 | 17,541 | 730.9 | ... that Monet decorated his house at Giverny with Kuniyoshi's In the Snow at Tsukahara, Sado Island (pictured), one of about 231 Japanese prints in Monet's personal collection? | |
Letter to the American People | 2024-01-07 | 17,217 | 717.4 | ... that a letter to the American people allegedly written by Osama bin Laden has been cited as an example of online youth radicalization? | |
Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors | 2024-01-29 | 8,054 | 709.6 | ... that Desert Bus requires eight hours of continuous play to gain one point? | |
Robert Ballagh | 2024-01-05 | 17,006 | 708.6 | ... that having painted a domestic scene depicting his nude wife, Robert Ballagh felt that he had to produce a nude painting of himself as a follow-up? | |
The Little Girl in Blue | 2024-01-20 | 16,950 | 706.2 | ... that the mother of The Little Girl in Blue (pictured) did not think that the painting was a good likeness of her daughter? | |
Half-crown (New Zealand coin) | 2024-01-17 | 16,881 | 703.4 | ... that a New Zealand coin was declared evidence of an atheistic government by detractors? | |
Forest Van Hook | 2024-01-14 | 16,796 | 699.8 | ... that Forest Van Hook was so large that he always bought two tickets when attending sports events? | |
Ken Moore (American football) | 2024-01-29 | 7,732 | 698.6 | ... that "Cave Man Kenny" was a "fast-charging, hard-hitting" "ubiquitous" "obstreperous iron man" with "dependable shoulders"? | |
RoboCop statue | 2024-01-21 | 16,685 | 695.2 | ... that Detroit has been waiting for its statue of RoboCop for more than 12 years? | |
Abbey of Saint Winnoc | 2024-01-26 | 8,228 | 685.7 | ... that two towers remain (pictured) of the otherwise almost completely demolished Abbey of Saint Winnoc, because they were used as daymarks by sailors? | |
Femboy | 2024-01-25 | 7,952[e] | 662.6 | ... that one academic described the introduction of femboys to Myanmar as a tactic to achieve an "ideological revolution"? | |
Cora Victoria Diehl | 2024-01-17 | 15,336 | 639.0 | ... that after Cora Victoria Diehl (pictured) was elected as the first woman to hold office in Oklahoma Territory, county records had to be recovered with dynamite when the incumbent refused to concede? | |
Georgia Twinn | 2024-01-25 | 7,590 | 632.5 | ... that before going viral on TikTok for "Hit or Miss" at age fifteen, Georgia Twinn wanted to become a forensic scientist? | |
Belmont Historic District (Roanoke, Virginia) | 2024-01-05 | 15,112 | 629.6 | ... that a neighborhood in Virginia lost its public park because its city government did not build a fence? | |
William Bronston | 2024-01-03 | 14,934 | 622.3 | ... that the great-nephew of Leon Trotsky was a physician for the Black Panther Party and helped deinstitutionalize Willowbrook State School? | |
Roosevelt Island Tramway | 2024-01-27 | 9,256 | 617.0 | ... that New York City's Roosevelt Island Tramway (pictured) was placed next to a bridge to prevent collisions with planes? | |
Bill Madden (soldier) | 2024-01-12 | 14,394 | 599.8 | ... that George Cross recipient Bill Madden died as result of malnutrition and ill-treatment by his Chinese captors while a prisoner of war? | |
Epipterygium opararense | 2024-01-28 | 6,794 | 598.6 | ... that all known populations of Epipterygium opararense (example pictured) live within a 5-metre (16 ft) radius in New Zealand? | |
Women in prehistory | 2024-01-31 | 7,114 | 592.8 | ... that prehistoric women may have had unique advantages over men in endurance hunting due to the positive effects of estrogen on muscle development? | |
Jod Gumbaz | 2024-01-03 | 13,900 | 579.2 | ... that during the British period, the tomb of Khan Muhammad was used as an office and residence for the executive engineer? | |
Carla Ronci | 2024-01-11 | 13,774 | 573.9 | ... that Carla Ronci, an Italian declared venerable by the Catholic Church, is remembered as the "Vespa saint"? | |
Languages of Lebanon | 2024-01-11 | 13,746 | 572.7 | ... that code-switching in Lebanon is so common that "hi, كيفك؟ Ça va ?", which combines English, Levantine Arabic and French, is a typical greeting? | |
Judaism and sneezing | 2024-01-10 | 13,655 | 569.0 | ... that life always ended with a sneeze until the time of Jacob, according to one Midrash? | |
Haewoojae | 2024-01-09 | 13,562 | 565.1 | ... that sculptures of defecating people are displayed in the park surrounding Haewoojae? | |
Battle of Irtysh River (13th century) | 2024-01-24 | 6,843 | 285.1 | ... that during the Mongol campaigns in Siberia, the Mongols defeated rival tribes at the Battle of Irtysh River? | |
Mongol campaigns in Siberia | 6,696 | 279.0 | |||
Total | 13,538 | 564.1 | |||
Saskatchewan Conservation House | 2024-01-28 | 5,327 | 562.2 | ... that the Saskatchewan Conservation House, built in 1977 to withstand Canadian winter temperatures, did not use a furnace? | |
Jetson One | 2024-01-01 | 13,322 | 555.1 | ... that Forbes said of the Jetson One aircraft, "Flying Cars Are Here"? | |
Nelson Santana | 2024-01-27 | 4,887 | 542.5 | ... that Nelson Santana supposedly predicted the date of his death? | |
Critical Zone | 2024-01-22 | 12,990 | 541.3 | ... that the film Critical Zone was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities? | |
San Antonio–Austin metroplex | 2024-01-28 | 5,090 | 537.2 | ... that despite being 80 miles (130 km) apart, Austin and San Antonio are merging into one metropolis? | |
Poison: Iitai Koto mo Ienai Konna Yo no Naka wa | 2024-01-04 | 12,847 | 535.3 | ... that the song "Poison" can soothe babies? | |
M'liss McClure | 2024-01-21 | 12,792 | 533.0 | ... that actress M'liss McClure's publicity agency promoted her "almost telescopic vision" as a selling point? | |
Koh Masaki | 2024-01-20 | 12,406 | 516.9 | ... that Koh Masaki was one of the first gay pornographic film actors in Japan to openly appear in adult films without obscuring his identity? | |
Aptostichus barackobamai | 2024-01-26 | 6,122 | 510.2 | ... that a species of spider is named after Barack Obama? | |
WTHT (Connecticut) | 2024-01-09 | 11,938 | 497.4 | ... that a Connecticut radio station left the FM band for good after it was out of service for a week and only one person wrote a letter to complain? | |
Garbage Goat | 2024-01-17 | 11,907 | 496.1 | ... that a "welding nun" angered farmers with her garbage-eating goat? | |
Jords | 2024-01-27 | 4,451 | 494.1 | ... that the rapper Jords did not know his father was a musician until a chance encounter in a British supermarket? | |
Voice of Freedom (radio station) | 2024-01-30 | 5,910 | 492.5 | ... that the Voice of Freedom had to counter venomous snakes, leeches, and other wildlife? | |
Olipop | 2024-01-15 | 11,818 | 492.4 | ... that Olipop, with more than $100 million in revenue, has an all-remote workforce? | |
Square pyramid | 2024-01-20 | 11,700 | 487.5 | ... that square pyramids can have different shapes, and pyramidologists have put forward multiple theories on which of these shapes was used for the Egyptian pyramids? | |
Oasis of Bukhara | 2024-01-17 | 11,527 | 480.3 | ... that the Oasis of Bukhara used to be a swamp? | |
Sixpence (New Zealand coin) | 2024-01-30 | 5,760 | 480.0 | ... that a hammer and sickle motif was proposed for the New Zealand sixpence? | |
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl | 2024-01-13 | 11,390 | 474.6 | ... that Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl took 15 years to write? | |
Great Divine Temple | 2024-01-06 | 11,220 | 467.5 | ... that the Great Divine Temple of Caodaism holds the cosmos ball (pictured), which represents the Jade Emperor's universe? | |
Morphia of Melitene | 2024-01-07 | 11,154 | 464.8 | ... that when her husband was captured by the Turks, Queen Morphia hired a band of secretly armed fake monks and merchants to infiltrate the prison and rescue him – only for him to be captured again? | |
Wood-pasture hypothesis | 2024-01-04 | 11,031 | 459.6 | ... that the wood-pasture hypothesis posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe? | |
Roar-o-Saurus | 2024-01-14 | 10,969 | 457.0 | ... that despite being only 40 feet (12 m) tall, Roar-o-Saurus was described by CNN as one of the "most insane" new roller coasters of 2014? | |
Five Nights at Freddy's (song) | 2024-01-14 | 10,890 | 453.7 | ... that a My Little Pony fan band wrote a song about a horror game, creating what has been considered to be a sub-genre of music? | |
Gareth Knight | 2024-01-28 | 5,146 | 453.4 | ... that Gareth Knight, a devout Christian, was an occultist who ran an esoteric society of magicians? | |
VMA-611 | 2024-01-25 | 5,330 | 444.2 | ... that VMB-611 was the only United States Marine Corps bombing squadron to operate in the Philippines during World War II? | |
Ryokuoushoku Shakai | 2024-01-31 | 5,312 | 442.6 | ... that the band Ryokuoushoku Shakai was named after its members misheard "vegetables" (野菜, yasai) as "society" (社会, shakai)? | |
Rizz (slang) | 2024-01-01 | 10,610[f] | 442.1 | ... that after popularizing the term rizz, Kai Cenat stopped using the term himself, saying that TikTok had butchered the word? | |
Westworld (game) | 2024-01-27 | 6,580 | 438.6 | ... that the play-by-mail game Westworld was run from prison? | |
Empire of the Sultans | 2024-01-18 | 10,459 | 435.8 | ... that most objects in the travelling exhibition Empire of the Sultans bore calligraphy (example pictured)? | |
California mission project | 2024-01-21 | 10,411 | 433.8 | ... that some California schoolchildren build dioramas when learning about their state's Spanish missions? | |
Nakba denial | 2024-01-12 | 10,396 | 433.2 | ... that Nakba denial is a form of historical negationism pertaining to the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight? | |
Global Engagement Center | 2024-01-08 | 10,347 | 431.1 | ... that the Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik compared the Global Engagement Center to the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four? | |
Counterweight (novel) | 2024-01-27 | 3,831 | 425.3 | ... that anti-Korean sentiment, due to South Korea's economic growth, motivated Djuna to write the sci-fi novel Counterweight? | |
Ethiopic Apocalypse of Ezra | 2024-01-28 | 4,819 | 424.6 | ... that the reign of Ye will be one of perjury, slavery, pestilence and death, according to the Ethiopic Apocalypse of Ezra? | |
Van Cortlandt House | 2024-01-25 | 5,020 | 418.3 | ... that a future U.S. president and a future British king both visited the Van Cortlandt House during the American Revolution? | |
Fred G. Sullivan | 2024-01-29 | 4,570 | 413.0 | ... that Fred G. Sullivan's film The Beer-Drinker's Guide to Fitness and Filmmaking depicts Sullivan being humiliated with mud and whips for the failings of his previous film? | |
Junko Ikeuchi | 2024-01-25 | 4,929 | 410.8 | ... that Japanese actress Junko Ikeuchi was known as the "Queen of TV Dramas" from the 1960s to the 1980s? | |
Coriolanus Snow | 2024-01-31 | 4,845[g] | 403.8 | ... that Donald Sutherland asked to play Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games films as he hoped the series would inspire a revolutionary movement among young people? | |
The Bus Collective | 2024-01-22 | 9,671 | 403.0 | ... that some people have asked whether they can pay for their Singapore hotel stay using a travel card? | |
Dragonesque brooch | 2024-01-01 | 9,606 | 400.2 | ... that if the double-headed Romano-British dragonesque brooch type (example pictured) represents any real animal, it may be hares rather than dragons? | |
Queen Victoria Monument, Wellington | 2024-01-06 | 9,602 | 400.1 | ... that British intervention reversed the lacquering of a statue in New Zealand? | |
Gloria Meneses | 2024-01-18 | 9,549 | 397.9 | ... that the life of Gloria Meneses is celebrated with an exhibition in the Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual in Montevideo? | |
Benin Altar Tusk | 2024-01-30 | 4,766 | 397.1 | ... that Nigeria seeks the return of the Benin Altar Tusks, ivory artefacts taken by the British in 1897 and dispersed in Europe? | |
Carl Segerståhl | 2024-01-15 | 9,523 | 396.8 | ... that instead of paying homage to a visiting King Gustaf VI Adolf, Swedish headmaster Carl Segerståhl took his students swimming in a nearby lake? | |
Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (1882) | 2024-01-04 | 9,461 | 394.2 | ... that the Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (pictured) was on a voyage to circumnavigate Earth with Prince August Leopold on board when the republic was proclaimed in Brazil? | |
555 Edgecombe Avenue | 2024-01-18 | 9,430 | 392.9 | ... that 555 Edgecombe Avenue, once named for a British soldier and occupied entirely by white Americans, later attracted notable African Americans like Paul Robeson and Count Basie? | |
Stephanie of Courtenay | 2024-01-04 | 9,428 | 392.9 | ... that when Abbess Stephanie of Courtenay's niece's marriage to the king of Jerusalem was annulled, the court's reasoning was so flimsy that a noted jurist had to ask Stephanie to explain it to him? | |
Fifth Chinese Daughter | 2024-01-23 | 9,362 | 390.1 | ... that the success of the book Fifth Chinese Daughter led to the U.S. State Department translating the book into various Asian languages and sending its author on a speaking tour across Asia? | |
Kathanar – The Wild Sorcerer | 2024-01-09 | 9,358 | 389.9 | ... that Kathanar – The Wild Sorcerer is being shot on a custom-built studio spanning 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2), utilizing the virtual production technology? | |
Gale–Shapley algorithm | 2024-01-30 | 4,668 | 389.0 | ... that the Gale–Shapley algorithm was used to assign medical students to residencies long before its publication by Gale and Shapley? | |
KSEE | 2024-01-31 | 4,665 | 388.8 | ... that a California TV station had a cartoon bee as its mascot? | |
Mar Galcerán | 2024-01-28 | 4,390 | 386.8 | ... that Mar Galcerán is believed to be the first politician with Down syndrome to serve in a European regional parliament? | |
130 West 30th Street | 2024-01-02 | 9,269 | 386.2 | ... that the owner of 130 West 30th Street would have renamed the structure the "Beaver Pelt Building" if it could not be named after its architect? | |
Isaac Saul | 2024-01-18 | 9,145 | 381.0 | ... that journalist Isaac Saul was named as one of the 16 people who had the greatest influence in the 2016 U.S. election? | |
Humboldt Wagon Road | 2024-01-26 | 4,552 | 379.4 | ... that stagecoaches on the Humboldt Wagon Road could make a 400-mile trip in under four days? | |
Clair Cline | 2024-01-17 | 9,075 | 378.1 | ... that while being held in Stalag Luft I, an American prisoner of war built a violin out of scrap material? | |
CaptainSparklez | 2024-01-22 | 9,044 | 376.9 | ... that the YouTuber CaptainSparklez set three Guinness World Records with a Minecraft song parody? | |
Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl | 2024-01-07 | 4,830 | 201.3 | ... that Olivia Rodrigo can write ballads about homeschooled girls as well as about songbirds and snakes? | |
Can't Catch Me Now | 4,136 | 172.3 | |||
Total | 8,966 | 373.6 | |||
Roanoke, Virginia | 2024-01-31 | 4,461 | 371.8 | ... that a city in Virginia's 88.5-foot-tall (27.0 m) Christmas decoration (pictured) was so popular with residents that it was decided to light it nightly year-round? | |
Genghis Khan | 2024-01-06 | 8,899[h] | 370.8 | ... that Genghis Khan was extremely charismatic and renowned for his generosity towards his followers? | |
Andrew Still (actor) | 2024-01-31 | 4,429 | 369.1 | ... that the actor Andrew Still worked as a receptionist and janitor after leaving Hollyoaks? | |
Blanch v. Koons | 2024-01-29 | 4,158 | 366.4 | ... that Andrea Blanch said that she came to appreciate Jeff Koons's artwork more after suing him for copyright infringement? | |
Concha Liaño | 2024-01-29 | 4,035 | 364.6 | ... that after fleeing the Spanish Civil War to Venezuela, Spanish anarchist Concha Liaño became a supporter of Hugo Chávez? | |
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street | 2024-01-27 | 5,464 | 364.3 | ... that Stanislav Aseyev, the author of The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, was placed in the Izolyatsia torture camp for writing "Donetsk People's Republic" in quotation marks in a social media post? | |
Asifa Lahore | 2024-01-24 | 8,734 | 363.9 | ... that in 2014, BBC Three cancelled a debate on being gay and Muslim featuring Asifa Lahore, a Muslim drag queen, citing security concerns at the mosque where it was filmed? | |
Gracie Mansion | 2024-01-16 | 8,726 | 363.6 | ... that Gracie Mansion became New York City's mayoral residence after serving as a public toilet and a museum? | |
Social buffering | 2024-01-19 | 8,690 | 362.1 | ... that sheep can get less stressed when looking at pictures of other sheep? | |
Chain-melted state | 2024-01-12 | 8,654 | 360.6 | ... that being in the chain-melted state makes some metals behave as a liquid and solid at the same time? | |
Dolly de Leon | 2024-01-05 | 8,580[i] | 357.5 | ... that Dolly de Leon (pictured) was the first Filipino to be nominated for a Golden Globe or a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress? | |
Cold Cathode Gauge Experiment | 2024-01-30 | 4,246 | 353.8 | ... that the Cold Cathode Gauge Experiment could detect gases leaking from an astronaut's life support systems on the Moon's surface? | |
Frederick Murray Trotter | 2024-01-27 | 3,165 | 351.3 | ... that Frederick Murray Trotter had a distinguished career as a field geologist despite losing a part of his skull and an eye to shrapnel during World War I? | |
Femke | 2024-01-26 | 4,204 | 350.3 | ... that Femke is the most common feminine given name of West Frisian origin in the Netherlands? | |
Dacrytherium | 2024-01-02 | 8,358 | 348.2 | ... that Dacrytherium, literally meaning 'tear beast', was named after its "tear-pit"? | |
Muskan Ahirwar | 2024-01-22 | 8,120 | 338.3 | ... that nine-year-old Muskan Ahirwar started a library for the children in her slum that now contains more than 3,000 books? | |
Genoa Conservatory | 2024-01-21 | 8,094 | 337.2 | ... that after Nazi Germany placed anti-aircraft batteries on the property of the Genoa Conservatory, the school moved into the Villa Saluzzo Serra (pictured) art museum to maintain the safety of its students? | |
Young Girls (painting) | 2024-01-28 | 3,147 | 332.1 | ... that Amrita Sher-Gil's Young Girls (pictured) earned her the Paris Salon's gold medal in 1933, making her the first Asian to be awarded the prize? | |
Lloyd George envelope | 2024-01-22 | 7,947 | 331.1 | ... that the bad handwriting of British doctors has been blamed on the small size of their medical-record envelopes? | |
A Field Guide to Otherkin | 2024-01-12 | 7,890 | 328.8 | ... that the publication of A Field Guide to Otherkin sparked scholarly interest in people who consider themselves animals or mythological creatures? | |
McKinney Roughs Nature Park | 2024-01-30 | 3,934 | 327.9 | ... that McKinney Roughs Nature Park has an unusual convergence of four distinct ecosystems? | |
Shovel Knight: King of Cards | 2024-01-31 | 3,930 | 327.5 | ... that the protagonist of Shovel Knight: King of Cards was compared to "a bad Renaissance fair actor who's gotten too far into his role"? | |
Impact of Yuna Kim | 2024-01-29 | 3,586 | 324.0 | ... that Yuna Kim had a major impact on figure skating and was instrumental in bringing the Olympics to Pyeongchang in 2018? | |
How the Red Sun Rose | 2024-01-26 | 3,872 | 322.7 | ... that at least three historians asserted How the Red Sun Rose to have rendered outdated the scholarly understanding of the Yan'an Rectification Movement? | |
Harald Hasselbach | 2024-01-10 | 7,718 | 321.6 | ... that Harald Hasselbach, the only Dutch Super Bowl champion, lived in four continents in his youth? | |
Michael Owens (politician) | 2024-01-26 | 3,838 | 319.8 | ... that Michael Owens became the first mayor of Mableton, Georgia, in more than 100 years after winning the 2023 mayoral election? | |
Cross Temple, Fangshan | 2024-01-01 | 7,636 | 318.1 | ... that the Cross Temple in Fangshan, Beijing, is the only surviving Nestorian Christian site in China? | |
1949 New Zealand crown | 2024-01-25 | 3,770 | 314.1 | ... that a commemorative coin was made for a cancelled royal visit to New Zealand? | |
Luisa Lallana | 2024-01-16 | 7,528 | 313.7 | ... that the murder of Luisa Lallana sparked a general strike in Rosario, Argentina? | |
Coupdekat | 2024-01-25 | 3,744 | 312.0 | ... that the British musician Coupdekat recorded the vocals for "It's Not You" while trampolining on her bed? | |
Hank Aaron State Trail | 2024-01-08 | 7,424 | 309.3 | ... that the Hank Aaron State Trail was regularly visited by Hank Aaron until his death in 2021? | |
2022 New Zealand fuel tax subsidy | 2024-01-10 | 7,368 | 307.0 | ... that New Zealand petrol stations were filled with queues before a change in government policy? | |
Shilling (New Zealand coin) | 2024-01-24 | 7,200 | 300.0 | ... that the Māori warrior on the New Zealand shilling (pictured) was actually depicted wearing a dance uniform? | |
Coco & Clair Clair | 2024-01-29 | 3,402 | 299.7 | ... that Coco of Coco & Clair Clair developed her alias for school announcements during her senior year of high school? | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | 2024-01-16 | 7,165[j] | 298.5 | ... that the stylized animation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was inspired by rough sketches in school notebooks? | |
East Turkestan Revolutionary Party | 2024-01-30 | 3,542 | 295.1 | ... that the seven leaders of the East Turkestan Revolutionary Party had Uyghur-language code names, the initials of which spelled out the word Lëninchi, meaning "Leninist"? | |
Atatürk residential area | 2024-01-29 | 3,335 | 293.8 | ... that Turkish migrant workers living in a residential complex in Amsterdam refused to eat the Dutch food for two weeks after the kitchen's only Turkish chef was fired? | |
The Mongol Khan | 2024-01-26 | 3,483 | 290.2 | ... that although only one member was fluent in English, the cast of The Mongol Khan learned the entire script before the play's West End run? | |
A Stormy Night | 2024-01-30 | 3,440 | 286.6 | ... that the first theatrical run of A Stormy Night by Ion Luca Caragiale (pictured), featuring a journalist nearly beaten up by the Civic Guard, saw Caragiale nearly beaten up by the Civic Guard? | |
Patricia Schultz | 2024-01-17 | 6,865 | 286.0 | ... that Patricia Schultz, the author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, would choose Florence for her final trip before dying? | |
Statue of Queen Victoria, Auckland | 2024-01-08 | 6,854 | 285.6 | ... that The New Zealand Herald opposed a children's hospital in favour of a statue of Queen Victoria? | |
Boquila | 2024-01-27 | 4,267 | 284.5 | ... that Boquila trifoliolata is the only known plant capable of simultaneously mimicking multiple species? | |
On Abstinence from Eating Animals | 2024-01-29 | 3,114 | 281.4 | ... that Porphyry describes a moral obligation to extend justice to animals in his 3rd-century treatise on vegetarianism? | |
Titina Silá | 2024-01-30 | 3,376 | 281.3 | ... that the national women's day of Guinea-Bissau commemorates the death of Titina Silá, who was killed on this day during the nation's war of independence? | |
Wali Mohammad Itoo | 2024-01-25 | 3,372 | 281.0 | ... that in his first month in the job, Wali Mohammad Itoo suspended all 23 opposition representatives when they questioned his integrity as the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly? | |
Tony Tribe | 2024-01-14 | 6,744 | 281.0 | ... that the reggae singer Tony Tribe used to have blouses thrown at him while performing? | |
Tadeusz Gebethner | 2024-01-19 | 6,741 | 280.9 | ... that Tadeusz Gebethner, a soccer player, bookseller, soldier and resistance fighter, was recognized as a Polish Righteous Among the Nations? | |
LGBT and Wikipedia | 2024-01-15 | 6,706 | 279.4 | ... that Wikipedia editors have organized various campaigns to improve LGBT coverage on the site? | |
Susan Berget | 2024-01-26 | 3,350 | 279.2 | ... that biochemist Susan Berget was heavily involved in the discovery of split genes, but was excluded from credit and later the Nobel Prize for the research? | |
Guang yi ji | 2024-01-31 | 3,335 | 277.9 | ... that the Great Book of Marvels has been called "one of the most valuable sources for the study of Chinese folklore"? | |
LaVonne Griffin-Valade | 2024-01-23 | 6,659 | 277.5 | ... that LaVonne Griffin-Valade, the Oregon Secretary of State, has published four crime fiction novels? | |
Poecilia picta | 2024-01-29 | 3,100 | 273.1 | ... that female swamp guppies (pictured) show no preference for orange or red coloration during courtship? | |
Line 51 (Amsterdam Metro) | 2024-01-15 | 6,506 | 271.1 | ... that Line 51 of the Amsterdam Metro was called an express tram because the term "metro" was too controversial in the city? | |
Huequi | 2024-01-21 | 6,446 | 268.6 | ... that 2.5-metre-tall (8.2 ft) white rock spires grow at the volcano Huequi? | |
Laverstock ware | 2024-01-23 | 6,352 | 264.7 | ... that Laverstock ware pottery was produced to supply the royal palace at Clarendon, but was also used all over the south of England? | |
W. C. Renouf | 2024-01-31 | 3,172 | 264.4 | ... that Winter Renouf, a British member of the Indian Civil Service, thought that farmers in the Punjab should grow Canadian wheat varieties? | |
Video Games Chronicle | 2024-01-31 | 3,164 | 263.7 | ... that a story about Call of Duty: Warzone led to Video Games Chronicle's Twitter account being temporarily locked? | |
Bob Gregor | 2024-01-20 | 6,299 | 262.5 | ... that a coach said that Bob Gregor "hits so hard, he maims himself"? | |
Wee Toon Boon | 2024-01-28 | 2,470 | 260.7 | ... that Wee Toon Boon remained a member of the Parliament of Singapore even after he began serving a prison sentence for corruption? | |
Nietzsche, se créer liberté | 2024-01-30 | 3,122 | 260.2 | ... that the comic book Nietzsche, se créer liberté tries to express Friedrich Nietzsche's personality visually? | |
Centennial half-crown | 2024-01-29 | 2,868 | 259.2 | ... that two rival designers independently submitted a map for the design of a 1940 New Zealand coin? | |
Hare Hare Yukai | 2024-01-07 | 6,214 | 258.9 | ... that "Hare Hare Yukai" is credited with originating the genre of cover dance videos, in which individuals attempt to replicate dance choreography on video-sharing websites? | |
Alex (novel series) | 2024-01-31 | 3,097 | 258.1 | ... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like the protagonist? | |
The Connor Brothers | 2024-01-27 | 3,866 | 257.7 | ... that The Connor Brothers were believed to be two 20-something artists from Brooklyn, but are actually two British art dealers from London? | |
Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment | 2024-01-27 | 2,294 | 254.7 | ... that the Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment continuously overheated and had to be switched off during lunar noon? | |
George C. Brownell | 2024-01-16 | 6,070 | 252.9 | ... that while George C. Brownell played no part in the Oregon land fraud scandal, a published cartoon (pictured) showed him as the "Pretty Moth" that flew too close to the land fraud limelight? | |
Adly Mansour Transportation Hub | 2024-01-30 | 2,988 | 249.0 | ... that the Adly Mansour Transportation Hub was selected as the best rail project of 2022 by Engineering News-Record? | |
Tap Pryor | 2024-01-26 | 2,982 | 248.5 | ... that Tap Pryor saw a coral reef in Zanzibar that inspired him to spend his life "under water"? | |
Central Archives of Gaza City | 2024-01-26 | 2,974 | 247.8 | ... that more than 150 years of documentary sources at the Central Archives of Gaza City were destroyed during the Israel–Hamas war? | |
Hermann Alfred Tanner | 2024-01-09 | 5,891 | 245.5 | ... that the Swiss mountaineer Hermann Alfred Tanner invented a compass to navigate colour harmony? | |
Adeeb Youssef | 2024-01-01 | 5,878 | 244.9 | ... that human rights activist Adeeb Youssef was imprisoned and tortured but later became the governor of Central Darfur? | |
The Origins of Early Christian Literature | 2024-01-09 | 5,870 | 244.6 | ... that in her 2021 book The Origins of Early Christian Literature, Robyn Faith Walsh found that German Romanticists were in part responsible for modern scholarly assumptions about the gospels? | |
Sandra Elkin | 2024-01-22 | 5,856 | 244.0 | ... that Sandra Elkin, discussing basic information on women's topics on Woman, "radicalized" women into supporting women's rights? | |
Louise Julien | 2024-01-12 | 5,728 | 238.6 | ... that Louise Julien may have been an inspiration for the character of Cosette in Les Misérables? | |
Edo literature | 2024-01-10 | 5,714 | 238.1 | ... that Edo literature was influenced by British colonialism in the late 19th century, which introduced the Roman script and Christianity to the Edo people? | |
Cui Chenxi | 2024-01-31 | 2,848 | 237.3 | ... that skateboarder Cui Chenxi is the youngest Chinese gold medalist in the Asian Games? | |
Cymbalaria muralis | 2024-01-16 | 5,684 | 236.8 | ... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? | |
Whitley Furniture Galleries | 2024-01-30 | 2,838 | 236.5 | ... that Whitley Furniture Galleries would increase the population of Zebulon more than eightfold when hosting an automobile giveaway in 1936? | |
Convent of Saint Lazarus | 2024-01-03 | 5,658 | 235.8 | ... that the thought of her sister Ioveta being a common nun was so abhorrent to the queen of Jerusalem that she ordered the construction of the Convent of Saint Lazarus for Ioveta to rule as an abbess? | |
Salute (musician) | 2024-01-23 | 5,428 | 226.1 | ... that the musician Salute has an inclusion rider on their contracts for live performances? | |
Protector Shoal | 2024-01-19 | 5,393 | 224.7 | ... that pumices erupted by the Protector Shoal volcano in 1962 floated to Australia and South America? | |
Rajiv Lochan Temple | 2024-01-02 | 5,375 | 224.0 | ... that the construction of the Rajiv Lochan Temple has been variously attributed to two mythical kings and a god? | |
Star Raiders | 2024-01-28 | 2,488 | 219.2 | ... that in 1983 readers of the magazine Softline voted Star Raiders the best program for Atari computers? | |
Gig economy | 2024-01-26 | 2,562 | 213.5 | ... that "gig" in "gig economy" comes from the slang term for individual appearances by performing artists? | |
Rex Parker | 2024-01-23 | 5,086 | 211.9 | ... that a teacher of medieval literature and comic books writes the blog Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle? | |
WKNO (TV) | 2024-01-13 | 5,059 | 210.8 | ... that Mister Rogers said that Mr. Chuck, the host of a children's show on the public TV station in Memphis, Tennessee, was "truly remarkable" and "achieving things I still struggle to achieve"? | |
Lewis OfMan | 2024-01-28 | 2,380 | 209.6 | ... that before discovering a rudimentary audio workstation on his mother's phone, the French musician Lewis OfMan wanted to be a perfumer? | |
Going Infinite | 2024-01-16 | 5,030 | 209.6 | ... that Michael Lewis, author of Going Infinite, compared a rival author to the subject of both their books, convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried? | |
WoodmenLife Tower | 2024-01-06 | 5,002 | 208.4 | ... that the WoodmenLife Tower hosts a livestream of a peregrine falcon nest on its 28th floor? | |
January 1982 California floods | 2024-01-09 | 4,998 | 208.2 | ... that during the January 1982 California floods, more than 18,000 landslides swept through the San Francisco Bay Area with little warning? | |
Bartow–Pell Mansion | 2024-01-19 | 4,996 | 208.2 | ... that New York City's Bartow–Pell Mansion became a museum after its operator was restricted from importing and exporting plants? | |
Artificial planet | 2024-01-01 | 4,979 | 207.5 | ... that examples of artificial planets in science fiction include Riverworld, the Well World, and the Death Star? | |
Thomas J. Wright (American scholar) | 2024-01-21 | 4,930 | 205.4 | ... that Thomas J. Wright's PhD dissertation focused on US–Soviet relations in the late 1940s? | |
Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst | 2024-01-15 | 4,910 | 204.6 | ... that Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst (How Deserted Lies the City), a motet composed by Rudolf Mauersberger after the bombing of Dresden, was first performed in the destroyed Kreuzkirche (pictured)? | |
Sasuke vs. Commander | 2024-01-13 | 4,908 | 204.5 | ... that Sasuke vs. Commander, one of SNK's earlier arcade games, was among the earliest to feature multiple boss fights? | |
Louis Zhang Jiashu | 2024-01-28 | 1,896 | 200.1 | ... that Louis Zhang Jiashu, a Catholic bishop of Shanghai who studied at Canterbury in 1911, received the archbishop of Canterbury in Shanghai in 1983? | |
Lou Daukas | 2024-01-03 | 4,771 | 198.8 | ... that after his professional American football career, Lou Daukas became a lawyer? | |
Logan Eggleston | 2024-01-06 | 1,692 | 70.5 | ... that three first-team All-Americans – Logan Eggleston, Zoe Fleck, and Asjia O'Neal – played on the University of Texas's NCAA volleyball championship team in 2022? | |
Zoe Fleck | 1,590 | 66.3 | |||
Asjia O'Neal | 1,470 | 61.2 | |||
Total | 4,752 | 198.0 | |||
Olga Hartman | 2024-01-05 | 4,736 | 197.3 | ... that although Olga Hartman believed that her basic research on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters? | |
Curator aedium sacrarum et operum locorumque publicorum | 2024-01-06 | 4,724 | 196.8 | ... that the curator aedium sacrarum et operum locorumque publicorum was responsible for the upkeep of public works and buildings in ancient Rome? | |
Vivi Vassileva | 2024-01-21 | 4,623 | 192.6 | ... that Vivi Vassileva, a percussionist who was the youngest member of the German national youth orchestra, has played Gregor Mayrhofer's Recycling Concerto on instruments derived from garbage? | |
Thy Strong Word did Cleave the Darkness | 2024-01-24 | 4,614 | 192.3 | ... that "Thy Strong Word" replaced an anti–Mexican–American War hymn in the Episcopal Church? | |
1976 Big Thompson River flood | 2024-01-28 | 2,176 | 191.7 | ... that the 1976 Big Thompson River flood took place several hours before Colorado's 100th anniversary of statehood? | |
Anton Charles Pegis | 2024-01-14 | 4,574 | 190.6 | ... that by popular demand, philosopher Anton Charles Pegis continued to teach graduate classes for three years after becoming an emeritus professor? | |
Al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa | 2024-01-14 | 4,569 | 190.4 | ... that Akram Nadwi addressed the lack of Islamic women scholars highlighted in a Time article by composing al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa, a 43-volume work with more than 10,000 entries? | |
Winsted Citizen | 2024-01-29 | 2,097 | 189.5 | ... that in 2023, Ralph Nader founded the newspaper Winsted Citizen in his hometown of Winsted, Connecticut, where he delivered papers as a boy? | |
Bereavement group | 2024-01-18 | 4,532 | 188.9 | ... that bereavement support groups are one of the most common services offered for grief but have little evidence of improving psychological outcomes? | |
Summer Streets | 2024-01-25 | 2,230 | 185.8 | ... that because of New York City's Summer Streets program, Park Avenue in Manhattan has no motor traffic in three mornings in August? | |
Grigor Yeghiazaryan | 2024-01-10 | 4,459 | 185.8 | ... that although five of Armenian composer Grigor Yeghiazaryan's siblings died of starvation from the Armenian genocide, his life was saved because he played in a brass band? | |
Stephen Badlam | 2024-01-03 | 4,444 | 185.1 | ... that cabinet-maker Stephen Badlam simultaneously served as a justice of the peace and a brigadier-general? | |
The Chinese Association of Gauteng | 2024-01-29 | 2,086 | 183.7 | ... that the Transvaal Chinese Association opposed discriminatory legislation in the British Transvaal Colony alongside Mahatma Gandhi? | |
Chris Byars | 2024-01-27 | 1,643 | 182.4 | ... that jazz saxophonist Chris Byars ended his childhood operatic career when his voice croaked during a performance? | |
Patrice Gueniffey | 2024-01-17 | 4,342 | 180.9 | ... that French historian Patrice Gueniffey called the 2023 film Napoleon a "very anti-French and very pro-British" rewrite of history? | |
Keith Marshall (musician) | 2024-01-31 | 2,167 | 180.6 | ... that after no record label would sign Keith Marshall, his manager set one up himself and released his 1981 UK Top 20 single "Only Crying"? | |
1855 Kansas Territory elections | 2024-01-19 | 4,330 | 180.4 | ... that the fraud that marred Kansas's 1855 territorial legislature elections led many to dub the elected body the "Bogus Legislature"? | |
Gogoliad | 2024-01-24 | 4,323 | 180.1 | ... that with Gogoliad, Dmitri Shostakovich ended his film career with Grigori Kozintsev, the same director with whom he started? | |
Nonô (musician) | 2024-01-12 | 2,498 | 104.1 | ... that Nonô's discography includes songs from Majestic and Punctual? | |
Majestic (musician) | 920 | 38.4 | |||
Punctual | 842 | 35.1 | |||
Total | 4,260 | 177.5 | |||
Maciej Grabowski (economist) | 2024-01-05 | 4,247 | 177.0 | ... that Maciej Grabowski became the Polish minister of environment in 2013 despite having no environmental experience? | |
Anna Nekhames | 2024-01-26 | 2,105 | 175.4 | ... that before the age of thirty, Anna Nekhames performed the dual role of Venus and Chief of the Gepopo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, one of opera's most demanding coloratura soprano parts? | |
Guillermo Torrez | 2024-01-07 | 4,086 | 170.3 | ... that small-business leaders such as Guillermo Torrez sympathized with the Movement for Socialism despite its anti-capitalist rhetoric? | |
Solar Wind Spectrometer | 2024-01-19 | 4,068 | 169.5 | ... that the Apollo 12 Solar Wind Spectrometer detected a gas-ion shockwave produced by the impact of the Apollo 13 S-IVB stage on the lunar surface? | |
Penny (New Zealand pre-decimal coin) | 2024-01-05 | 4,066 | 169.4 | ... that a design for the 1930s New Zealand penny depicted a rugby player? | |
Crested cuckoo-dove | 2024-01-03 | 4,036 | 168.2 | ... that misidentifications of the crested cuckoo-dove have led to claims that the extinct Choiseul pigeon is still around? | |
Agri-Expo | 2024-01-18 | 4,027 | 167.8 | ... that Agri-Expo is the oldest agricultural society in Africa? | |
Allerton 39th Street House | 2024-01-07 | 3,988 | 166.2 | ... that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the short stories "The Jelly-Bean" and "May Day" at the Allerton 39th Street House? | |
Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital | 2024-01-21 | 3,921 | 163.4 | ... that Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital was designed with balconies to treat patients with tuberculosis? | |
Triassosculda | 2024-01-04 | 3,914 | 163.1 | ... that until April 2023, when the genus Triassosculda was discovered, the mantis shrimp fossil record contained a gap of more than a hundred million years? | |
Adila Laïdi-Hanieh | 2024-01-28 | 1,520 | 160.4 | ... that Adila Laïdi-Hanieh and her team used digitisation to preserve endangered Palestinian material culture? | |
Moles (nightclub) | 2024-01-31 | 1,921 | 160.1 | ... that Van Morrison performed and recorded a collection of ancient Irish poems for Moles nightclub in Bath, Somerset? | |
King Lear (Shostakovich film score) | 2024-01-04 | 3,842 | 160.1 | ... that fewer than half of the seventy cues composed by Dmitri Shostakovich for the 1971 film King Lear made it into the final cut? | |
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf | 2024-01-27 | 2,359 | 157.3 | ... that David Bowie narrated a version of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in 1978 as a gift for his seven-year-old son Duncan? | |
Kihwan Sim | 2024-01-12 | 3,762 | 156.8 | ... that Kihwan Sim, a bass-baritone performer at the Oper Frankfurt, learned to play the tuba during his two years of military service? | |
Children's book illustration | 2024-01-17 | 3,761 | 156.7 | ... that children's book illustration techniques include photography? | |
Shalom chaverim | 2024-01-25 | 1,870 | 155.8 | ... that "Shalom chaverim" ('Peace, friends'), a Hebrew traditional folk song, has been sung at events commemorating the Holocaust and victims of anti-Semitic violence? | |
St. Martin, Oestrich | 2024-01-25 | 1,808 | 150.7 | ... that the Late Gothic appearance of the church of St. Martin (interior pictured) in Oestrich was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and restored only in 1894? | |
List of Green Bay Packers to win a most valuable player award | 2024-01-11 | 3,606 | 150.2 | ... that since 1995, the AP NFL MVP award has been given to a player for the Green Bay Packers seven times? | |
Messy in Heaven | 2024-01-20 | 3,579 | 149.1 | ... that several reviewers noted the opening line of Venbee's 2022 song "Messy in Heaven", "Jesus did cocaine on a night out"? | |
WSKG-TV | 2024-01-10 | 3,558 | 148.2 | ... that a New York state TV station thought a St. Bernard could serve as a mascot—until she proved incapable of following direction and had to be sent to obedience school? | |
Tucker Hall | 2024-01-30 | 1,016 | 84.7 | ... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus? | |
Ewell Hall | 746 | 62.1 | |||
Total | 1,762 | 146.8 | |||
George Willis Pack | 2024-01-02 | 3,506 | 146.1 | ... that George Willis Pack, a Northerner and Lincoln supporter, financed a monument to Confederate governor Zebulon Vance in Asheville, North Carolina? | |
Şenay Duzcu | 2024-01-28 | 1,383 | 146.0 | ... that comedian Şenay Duzcu was awarded the German–Turkish Friendship Prize? | |
Letterpress (video game) | 2024-01-15 | 3,470 | 144.6 | ... that while developing the sound effects for Letterpress, Loren Brichter spit in his microphone? | |
Julia Figueredo | 2024-01-04 | 3,463 | 144.3 | ... that Julia Figueredo was the first indigenous woman to be elected president of La Paz's parliamentary delegation? | |
St. Joseph, Wedding | 2024-01-20 | 3,403 | 141.8 | ... that St. Joseph, a 1909 Catholic church in the Romanesque Revival style in Berlin-Wedding, has served as an interim cathedral since 2018? | |
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment | 2024-01-25 | 1,701 | 141.8 | ... that Jake Kaufman composed most of the soundtrack for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment while streaming on Twitch? | |
KGTV (Iowa) | 2024-01-27 | 1,264 | 140.4 | ... that years after it closed, the studios of an Iowa TV station became the headquarters for the state police radio network? | |
Triste (film) | 2024-01-02 | 3,318 | 138.2 | ... that the projector at the Walter Reade Theater had to be modified to screen Nathaniel Dorsky's short film Triste? | |
E. S. Brusky | 2024-01-01 | 3,304 | 137.7 | ... that after accepting the job of team physician for the Green Bay Packers in 1962, E. S. Brusky was not paid a salary for at least the first nine years of his tenure? | |
Richard Urquhart Goode | 2024-01-23 | 3,301 | 137.5 | ... that geographer Richard Urquhart Goode is the namesake of three mountains and a glacier? | |
Michael Kremer | 2024-01-18 | 3,256 | 135.7 | ... that Michael Kremer's O-ring theory of economic development was inspired by his forgetting to purchase toilet paper for a training session? | |
Fair Work Ombudsman v Quest South Perth | 2024-01-29 | 1,540 | 135.6 | ... that an Australian High Court case found a hotel chain to have used third-party contractors to avoid paying employees their required benefits? | |
Frank Duncan (American football) | 2024-01-25 | 1,611 | 134.2 | ... that after being waived by the San Diego Chargers, Frank Duncan began packing before being re-signed the next day and eventually becoming a starter? | |
Giovanni Bonfanti | 2024-01-08 | 3,221 | 134.2 | ... that Giovanni Bonfanti scored a goal on his debut in a European competition? | |
Dom DiSandro | 2024-01-13 | 3,213 | 133.9 | ... that Dom DiSandro, the Philadelphia Eagles' chief security officer, was ejected from a game for getting into a scuffle with an opposing player? | |
Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391) | 2024-01-20 | 3,164 | 131.9 | ... that the Ava–Hanthawaddy War of 1385–1391 began when King Swa Saw Ke of Ava tried to place his nominee on the Hanthawaddy throne? | |
Leonia Alternative High School | 2024-01-28 | 1,244 | 131.3 | ... that the Leonia Alternative High School's employment of volunteer instructors led to opposition from the local teachers' union? | |
Acherontemys | 2024-01-26 | 1,572 | 131.0 | ... that the fossil turtle Acherontemys was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"? | |
KATU (TV) | 2024-01-26 | 1,553 | 129.4 | ... that for 25 years after an attempt to explode a whale went awry, the Oregon TV station that filmed it regularly fielded requests for its footage? | |
Quinque compilationes antiquae | 2024-01-19 | 3,078 | 128.3 | ... that the second collection of decretals in the Quinque compilationes antiquae was actually compiled after the third collection? | |
Harpegnathos alperti | 2024-01-28 | 1,451 | 127.8 | ... that Harpegnathos alperti worker ants have black heads and chocolate-colored mandibles? | |
Musical Instrument Bank | 2024-01-03 | 3,054 | 127.3 | ... that the entire inventory of historic string instruments in Canada's Musical Instrument Bank are loaned to musicians in a competition held every three years? | |
Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 | 2024-01-24 | 3,018 | 125.7 | ... that despite Daniel Lopatin's electronic album Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 having a limited 2010 release on cassette tapes, it became a foundational album for the vaporwave genre? | |
Al Treml | 2024-01-08 | 3,009 | 125.4 | ... that before filming National Football League games, former Green Bay Packers video director Al Treml was trained in photography while serving in the United States Army? | |
Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva | 2024-01-31 | 1,474 | 122.9 | ... that in the Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva, Dmitri Shostakovich wanted to convey how he imagined the poet's voice, "husky, hefty, occluded in the smoke of homegrown tobacco"? | |
All Saints Church, Shanghai | 2024-01-08 | 2,902 | 120.9 | ... that Shen Zigao, the first Anglican bishop of Chinese descent, was consecrated at All Saints Church, Shanghai, in 1934? | |
Gamze Durmuş | 2024-01-13 | 2,892 | 120.5 | ... that Gamze Durmuş and her husband were the first referees to officiate a TFF First League match together? | |
Harmony of the Gospels | 2024-01-27 | 1,739 | 115.9 | ... that Augustine of Hippo's Harmony of the Gospels is technically not a Gospel harmony? | |
Jorge Barón (politician) | 2024-01-27 | 1,610 | 107.4 | ... that Jorge Barón, a member of King County Council, was an assistant director on The Mask of Zorro? | |
Vocalises (Ivanovs) | 2024-01-13 | 2,513 | 104.7 | ... that the Vocalises by Jānis Ivanovs were said to express "a longing for humanity"? | |
Going Places (Yellow Swans album) | 2024-01-11 | 2,458 | 102.4 | ... that Yellow Swans recorded their final album, Going Places, after their breakup? | |
Shanthi Kalathil | 2024-01-24 | 2,451 | 102.1 | ... that Shanthi Kalathil believes Radio Free Asia "filled a critical role in combating Chinese disinformation"? | |
Melvin Ramsay | 2024-01-13 | 2,414 | 100.6 | ... that physician Melvin Ramsay refuted the suggestion – partially based on the fact more women are affected – that myalgic encephalomyelitis is a form of mass hysteria? | |
2024 Seattle Sounders FC season | 2024-01-15 | 2,406 | 100.3 | ... that the 2024 season for Seattle Sounders FC will be their first with a new logo? | |
William Carter (composer) | 2024-01-14 | 2,392 | 99.7 | ... that composer and conductor William Carter began a career as a professional organist at the age of nine? | |
MLS Cup 2023 | 2024-01-22 | 2,318 | 96.6 | ... that Wilfried Nancy became the first Black coach to win the MLS Cup in 2023? | |
Switch Disco | 2024-01-01 | 2,258 | 94.1 | ... that Switch Disco's song "Everything" saw a 185-percent increase in its Spotify streams after it was used in the seventh series of Love Island? | |
Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel | 2024-01-05 | 2,256 | 94.0 | ... that the new Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel, listing 420 compositions, was introduced at a festival celebrating Abel's tercentenary in Köthen? | |
Thomas Ragle | 2024-01-25 | 1,088 | 90.7 | ... that Thomas Ragle, the president of Marlboro College from 1958 to 1981, described his position as like a "19th-century college president"? | |
UNICEF club | 2024-01-15 | 1,625 | 67.7 | ... that Illinois senator Mark Kirk returned to his former high school as an adult to create a UNICEF club? | |
Thomas Fritzsch | 2024-01-16 | 1,619 | 67.5 | ... that Thomas Fritzsch, a viol player who rediscovered compositions by Carl Friedrich Abel, established a festival dedicated to him in Köthen? | |
Kansas Business Hall of Fame | 2024-01-06 | 1,536 | 64.0 | ... that the Kansas Business Hall of Fame includes the founders of Pizza Hut and Russell Stover Candies? | |
91.1 Hot FM | 2024-01-07 | 1,486 | 61.9 | ... that Lachlan Murdoch was forced to resign as a director of Prime Media Group because the company owned a radio station on Queensland's Sunshine Coast? | |
Ryland Davies | 2024-01-09 | 1,160 | 48.3 | ... that a 1974 recording of Mozart's Così fan tutte with Ryland Davies as Ferrando was used in a 1995 film by the Salzburg Marionette Theatre? |
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