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Outstanding in the Field 2021-12-08 19,618 1,634.8 ... that on an average night, between 130 and 200 people can be found Outstanding in the Field (example pictured) for about five hours?
Lamprey pie 2021-12-03 39,186 1,632.8 ... that on special occasions, the city of Gloucester supplies a pie made from lampreys (lamprey pictured) to the British monarch?
Pronunciation of GIF 2021-12-09 17,438 1,453.2 ... that it's pronounced "gif", not "gif"?
Mombasa tusks 2021-12-19 17,348 1,445.7 ... that United States Marines have repainted the Mombasa tusks (pictured) several times?
Three utilities problem 2021-12-20 17,321 1,443.4 ... that it is impossible to draw non-crossing lines from three houses to three utilities (pictured) in a plane?
Teraura 2021-12-06 16,928 1,410.6 ... that Pitcairn Islander Teraura (pictured) was one of "the most travelled Polynesian women" of her day?
Mountain Dew goat commercials 2021-12-21 16,626 1,385.5 ... that an advertisement for Mountain Dew starring Tyler, the Creator, as a talking goat was criticized by social commentator Boyce Watkins as "arguably the most racist commercial in history"?
Tina Stege 2021-12-13 13,930 1,144.9 ... that Tina Stege (pictured), who led the High Ambition Coalition at COP26, is from a country that may cease to exist with projected rises in sea level?
Parable of the drowning man 2021-12-10 13,442 1,120.2 ... that the "two boats and a helicopter" parable has been used to combat COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy?
Super weaner 2021-12-10 13,036 1,086.3 ... that super weaners may be "milk thieves" or "double mother-sucklers"?
Hoover desk 2021-12-09 13,004 1,083.7 ... that the key to Franklin D. Roosevelt's Oval Office desk (pictured) is missing?
Disappearance of Bruno Borges 2021-12-29 25,226 1,051.1 ... that Brazilian student Bruno Borges disappeared, leaving fourteen handwritten encrypted books and a statue over two metres (6.6 ft) tall in his bedroom?
William Rounseville Alger 2021-12-27 23,333 972.2 ... that William Rounseville Alger's (pictured) 1857 Fourth of July speech was so controversial that the city of Boston refused to print it for seven years?
Birds Aren't Real 2021-12-16 11,093 924.4 ... that Birds Aren't Real?
Caloian 2021-12-21 10,995 916.2 ... that Caloian, a ritual once practiced in southern and eastern Romania, involved the burial of a figurine (example pictured) by young girls, one of whom acted as a priest?
Second circle of hell 2021-12-14 10,992 916.0 ... that the punishment of sinners in the second circle of hell (pictured) is an example of contrapasso?
Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt 2021-12-23 21,694[a] 903.9 ... that the 2020 song "Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt" spawned a sequel in 2021: "Boris Johnson Is Still a Fucking Cunt"?
Lei'd in Hawaii 2021-12-09 10,796 899.6 ... that the Beach Boys played a concert in Hawaii while high on LSD?
Louis H. Bean 2021-12-08 10,775 897.9 ... that Mr. Bean accurately predicted the results of many American elections?
Hebetica sylviae 2021-12-19 10,549 879.1 ... that Hebetica sylviae (pictured) was discovered after a two-year-old named Sylvie overwatered her backyard?
Chili crisp 2021-12-18 10,499 874.9 ... that chili crisp, a hot sauce with a "cult-like" fandom, is used to top everything from eggs to ice cream (pictured)?
Theodore Conrad (criminal) 2021-12-09 9,960 830.0 ... that Theodore Conrad, who evaded capture for 52 years after stealing US$215,000, remained a fugitive for so long that he was finally tracked down by the son of one of the original investigators?
Fremont, Oregon 2021-12-20 9,580 798.4 ... that the only remaining artifact in the ghost town of Fremont, Oregon, is a juniper stump notched with steps that women travelers used to mount horses in a modest fashion?
Elisabeth Schmitz 2021-12-29 18,785 782.7 ... that Kristallnacht prompted Elisabeth Schmitz (pictured) to leave her teaching job, unwilling to work for "a government that permitted the synagogues to be set afire"?
New Year's food 2021-12-31 18,506 771.1 ... that in Spain, it is considered lucky to eat twelve grapes while wearing red underwear received as a gift (pictured) at midnight on New Year's Eve?
New York Marriott Marquis 2021-12-05 9,058 754.9 ... that while the New York Marriott Marquis hotel (pictured) was valued at $579.7 million in 2008, the site was sold five years later for just $19.9 million?
Jacquetta Hawkes 2021-12-06 8,790 732.5 ... that archaeologist and prehistorian Jacquetta Hawkes (pictured) co-founded the Homosexual Law Reform Society and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament?
Falcon Lake Incident 2021-12-03 17,482 728.4 ... that the Falcon Lake Incident is considered "Canada's best-documented UFO case"?
Dutch invasion of Saint Helena 2021-12-15 8,698 724.8 ... that the first landing during the Dutch invasion of Saint Helena was defeated by English settlers throwing rocks?
Hungerford police murders 2021-12-20 8,508 709.0 ... that in December 1876, two police officers were murdered by brothers who had poached just two pheasants and a jay?
SoloTürk 2021-12-23 17,012 708.8 ... that the aerobatic demonstration aircraft (pictured) used by SoloTürk is also used in military operations of the Turkish Air Force?
Head of a Bear 2021-12-10 8,435 702.9 ... that a Post-it Note–sized drawing (pictured) by Leonardo da Vinci sold for £8.8 million in 2021?
Mo Drake 2021-12-16 8,284 690.3 ... that Mo Drake came up with the slogan "Beanz Meanz Heinz" for Heinz Baked Beans (pictured) in 1967?
Mr. Bloom 2021-12-14 8,155 679.6 ... that the Batman supervillain Mr. Bloom was created to be the "anti-Joker"?
Island No. 2 2021-12-16 7,924 660.4 ... that in 1908, Island No. 2 in California was simultaneously deeded to two different people?
Dumpster fire 2021-12-16 7,884 657.0 ... that Google searches for the term "dumpster fire" spiked after Donald Trump announced his presidential candidacy in October 2015?
Chain Island 2021-12-11 7,044 656.2 ... that when the U.S. government wanted to remove Chain Island, a group of "California capitalists" offered to do it for free, recouping expenses by mining it for gold?
Rico Sasaki 2021-12-09 7,726 643.8 ... that Rico Sasaki (pictured) beat 9,000 other auditioners to play the title role in a Japanese production of Annie in 2008?
Atlas Tract 2021-12-05 7,720 643.3 ... that the Atlas Tract is farmland with a population of 0, but is expected to have a population of 42,000 by 2045?
Gallos sculpture 2021-12-28 15,330 638.7 ... that a ghostly figure can be seen at the legendary home of King Arthur?
Z (joke line) 2021-12-04 15,109 629.5 ... that Zzzzzz had the busiest residential telephone number in the United States in the 1970s?
First Wikipedia edit 2021-12-13 7,449 629.5 ... that the first Wikipedia edit was made on 15 January 2001?
Albruna 2021-12-12 7,543 628.6 ... that Albruna may have been the woman of "superhuman size" who stopped Roman general Drusus's campaign in Germania by prophesying his death?
Franzisca Baruch 2021-12-04 14,930 622.1 ... that Franzisca Baruch (pictured) designed several Hebrew fonts, the cover of the first Israeli passport, the emblem of Jerusalem, and the logo of the Ha'aretz newspaper, all while barely knowing Hebrew?
Third circle of hell 2021-12-30 14,244 593.5 ... that Dante used the third circle of hell (illustrated) to discuss contemporary Florentine politics rather than the sin of gluttony?
HMS Seringapatam (1819) 2021-12-02 13,901 579.2 ... that Captain Warren of HMS Seringapatam (pictured) saw the island of Chios in flames, but would give no help, as he had been ordered to observe strict neutrality in the Greek War of Independence?
Sex Ed 120% 2021-12-07 6,937 578.1 ... that critics complained about the manga Sex Ed 120% being given a "mature" rating by its English-language publisher?
Desmond Young (British Army officer) 2021-12-07 6,898 574.8 ... that Desmond Young's biography of Erwin Rommel was criticised for portraying him as a "blue-eyed god who could do no wrong"?
Sigismund Danielewicz 2021-12-12 6,874 572.9 ... that Sigismund Danielewicz's (pictured) career in the California labor movement ended after he delivered an 1885 speech advocating against the persecution of Chinese people?
Black Oxygen Organics 2021-12-19 6,866 572.1 ... that Black Oxygen Organics sold packs of dirt to customers for US$110 each?
Honda Z50RD 2021-12-25 13,721 571.7 ... that the Christmas Special Honda minibike, which struggled to sell upon release in 1986, is now worth nearly $10,000 as a collector's item?
Monumento a los Indios Verdes 2021-12-21 6,732 561.0 ... that one journalist said that the proportions of the limbs of the statues at the Monumento a los Indios Verdes are a "sin against anatomical laws"?
Victoria Kakuktinniq 2021-12-21 6,727 560.6 ... that Inuk designer Victoria Kakuktinniq incorporates design elements from the traditional amauti parka into contemporary Inuit clothing (example pictured)?
Ememem 2021-12-12 6,721 560.1 ... that "the surgeon of the sidewalks" is anonymous?
Karolína Huvarová 2021-12-31 13,424 559.3 ... that Karolína Huvarová quipped that she earned her position as men's hockey coach "in bed"?
No-three-in-line problem 2021-12-15 6,492 541.0 ... that one can place 16 pawns on a chessboard such that no three pawns lie on the same line?
Winter Garden Theatre 2021-12-16 6,482 540.2 ... that the runway at the Winter Garden Theatre (interior pictured) was nicknamed the "bridge of thighs" after lightly clothed showgirls paraded down it?
Half-Life: Full Life Consequences 2021-12-27 12,951 539.6 ... that the original author of Half-Life: Full Life Consequences wanted it to be so bad that "it stands the test of time as one of the worst things ever written"?
Károly Kaszala 2021-12-18 6,390 532.5 ... that flying ace Károly Kaszala refused to fly the airplane he was assigned?
Tetracanthagyna plagiata 2021-12-21 6,376 531.3 ... that the giant hawker, the largest living dragonfly, with a wingspan of 163 millimetres (6.4 in), has larvae that exhibit "ballistic defecation"?
Mabel Barltrop 2021-12-08 6,329 527.4 ... that the Panacea Society believed in God the Father, God the Mother, Jesus the Son, and Octavia?
Sidetalk 2021-12-05 6,268 522.4 ... that the phrase "bing bong" became a rallying cry for the New York Knicks because of its appearance on Sidetalk (logo pictured)?
That 2021-12-08 6,259 521.6 ... that?
Bull Island (California) 2021-12-14 6,242 520.1 ... that Bull Island was farmed by the Money family for over 100 years before being turned into a wildlife preserve?
Hyun Ji Shin 2021-12-20 6,200 516.7 ... that Hyun Ji Shin was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld in his Chanel campaign before his death?
"Christmas tree" files 2021-12-24 12,202 508.4 ... that throughout the Cold War, "subversive" persons at the BBC had their files marked with a "Christmas tree"?
Golden Years (David Bowie song) 2021-12-06 6,022 501.9 ... that when David Bowie performed "Golden Years" on Soul Train in 1975, he was incoherent and visibly intoxicated?
Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo 2021-12-16 6,001 500.1 ... that Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo had to be "made younger" to be eligible for elementary school?
Broccoli mandate 2021-12-11 5,278 491.7 ... that Justice Antonin Scalia stated that he did not want the U.S. Congress to make him buy broccoli?
MLS Cup 2021 2021-12-11 5,276 491.5 ... that today's MLS Cup 2021 will mark the seventh consecutive final to feature either the Portland Timbers or Seattle Sounders FC?
Downtown Eatery (1993) v. Ontario 2021-12-20 5,836 486.3 ... that a strip club manager in Toronto sued a company that did not employ him for wrongful dismissal?
Mrs. Landingham 2021-12-06 5,804 483.7 ... that the California State Assembly held a moment of silence over the death of fictional character Mrs. Landingham while in the midst of an energy crisis?
Jonathan Strong (slave) 2021-12-13 5,881 483.4 ... that Jonathan Strong, an early enslaved West Indian in Britain, was abused by his master so badly that he could barely walk or see?
Storming of Shelford House 2021-12-20 5,767 480.6 ... that 80 per cent of the Royalist garrison were killed in the 1645 storming of Shelford House?
The Icepick Surgeon 2021-12-15 5,751 479.2 ... that the book The Icepick Surgeon discusses research by Henry Murray in which he verbally abused volunteers, one of whom went on to become the Unabomber?
SS Manasoo 2021-12-09 5,695 474.6 ... that the freighter Manasoo is believed to have been sunk by cows?
Phoenician metal bowls 2021-12-22 11,384 474.3 ... that the discovery of Phoenician metal bowls (example pictured) in 1849 created the entire concept of Phoenician art?
Schlosspark Türnich 2021-12-14 5,644 470.3 ... that Schlosspark Türnich, the park of a moated palace (pictured), is managed with a focus on biodiversity?
The French Suicide 2021-12-20 5,550 462.5 ... that according to a review from the The New Yorker, The French Suicide largely overstates France's decline?
Kimball Island 2021-12-11 5,390 449.2 ... that in 2000, the Sacramento County Policy Planning Commission decided that humans would never be allowed to live on Kimball Island again?
Kushner family 2021-12-10 5,339 444.9 ... that some members of the Kushner family objected after Jared invoked their grandparents' resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland to support his denial of Donald Trump's alleged antisemitism?
Photosynthesis (board game) 2021-12-16 5,318 443.2 ... that it is said of the board game Photosynthesis that "you can always count on someone else screwing it all up"?
Mauatua 2021-12-15 5,310 442.5 ... that Mauatua married the Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and ensured women on Pitcairn were given the vote?
David Whiting 2021-12-10 5,172 431.0 ... that David Whiting was nicknamed "Golden Boy" by Henry Grunwald, "Preppy" by Candice Bergen, and "Whiz Kid" by Sarah Miles?
Minttu 2021-12-23 10,242 426.7 ... that when a batch of the peppermint liqueur Minttu turned yellow because of iron contamination, Americans just marketed it as an "older vintage"?
Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16) 2021-12-10 5,112 426.0 ... that the Romans won a series of campaigns against Germanic tribes after the disaster at Teutoburg but decided to leave Germany as the effort was out of proportion to the territory's value?
Styx (butterfly) 2021-12-07 5,070 422.5 ... that Styx's name derives from its seeming to have "come from the underworld"?
MicroMacro: Crime City 2021-12-14 5,068 422.4 ... that the game MicroMacro: Crime City was so popular after its release that print runs repeatedly sold out for eight months?
Interstate 182 2021-12-13 4,994 422.1 ... that Interstate 182 was created as a compromise for the states of Washington and Oregon?
1955 Hillsdale Dales football team 2021-12-02 7,186 299.4 ... that the undefeated 1955 Hillsdale Dales football team declined a Tangerine Bowl bid because the bowl insisted that four black players—including national scoring leader Nate Clark—stay home?
Nate Clark 2,856 119.0
Total 10,042 418.4
MacCarthy's Bar 2021-12-07 4,982 415.2 ... that an image of MacCarthy's Bar on the front cover of a book featured a staff member posing as a nun drinking a pint of Guinness and the surprise appearance of a dog?
Montgomery Ward Records 2021-12-13 4,896 413.7 ... that you could buy ten Montgomery Ward Records for $1.79?
Death and funeral of Mindon Min 2021-12-01 9,918 413.2 ... that the senior Burmese princes could not attend the funeral of King Mindon since they had all been arrested?
Awet Tesfaiesus 2021-12-06 4,897 408.1 ... that Awet Tesfaiesus was the first black woman ever elected to the Bundestag?
Syaoran Li 2021-12-08 4,880 406.6 ... that Syaoran Li (cosplayer pictured) from the manga Cardcaptor Sakura formed the basis of two characters in a later manga; one original and one clone?
Cibo (artist) 2021-12-21 4,844 403.6 ... that Cibo paints Italian food over neo-fascist graffiti?
R/antiwork 2021-12-21 4,817 401.4 ... that after Kellogg's announced plans to replace striking workers in 2021, members of r/antiwork organized to submit fake applications to the company's hiring system?
Atari 810 2021-12-15 4,804 400.4 ... that the first drive available for the Atari 8-bit family, the Atari 810 floppy disk drive (pictured), was described as "noisy, slow and inefficient", with "notoriously poor speed regulation"?
Ponte Madonna della Stella 2021-12-27 9,480 395.0 ... that the bridge from which James Bond leapt in No Time to Die is actually an aqueduct?
Tom Eastick 2021-12-21 4,689 390.8 ... that Tom Eastick was the first Australian artillery officer to use survey procedures to accurately engage targets without ranging?
Edigna 2021-12-08 4,687 390.6 ... that according to legend, Edigna fled an arranged marriage in 1074, leaving her royal life behind to live as a hermit in a hollowed-out tree in Fürstenfeldbruck?
Bilingirl 2021-12-22 9,360 390.0 ... that Bilingirl ran a nail salon before she started posting on YouTube?
Spotify Wrapped 2021-12-06 4,668[b] 389.0 ... that Spotify Wrapped has been both praised and criticized for effectively providing Spotify with free advertising?
River Laune Crozier 2021-12-08 4,643 386.9 ... that the front of the 11th-century River Laune Crozier contains a figure with oval eyes, a thin nose, spiral ears and a handlebar moustache that radiates out around him?
Pankratius Pfeiffer 2021-12-13 4,575 386.6 ... that Salvatorian priest Pankratius Pfeiffer saved hundreds of Jews in Rome during the Second World War?
Decision of 1789 2021-12-21 4,611 384.2 ... that the Decision of 1789 was the first significant construction on the meaning of the United States Constitution in the U.S. Congress?
International Jewish conspiracy 2021-12-29 9,146 381.1 ... that the leaders of Nazi Germany believed that Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin were puppets of an international Jewish conspiracy?
Pokéfuta 2021-12-17 4,570 380.8 ... that there are more than 200 manhole covers featuring Pokémon in Japan?
George Asprey 2021-12-10 4,513 376.1 ... that George Asprey was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth – according to the Daily Mirror, it was a silver shovel?
Carmaney Wong 2021-12-02 8,974 373.9 ... that Carmaney Wong was 25 years and 9 months old when she was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2019, making her the oldest champion in 30 years?
The Jew's Christmas 2021-12-24 8,918 371.6 ... that The Jew's Christmas was the first American film to have a rabbi as one of its characters?
Atari XF551 2021-12-16 4,447 370.6 ... that even though it was "the best thing to happen to the Atari", the XF551 floppy disk drive was only released after Nintendo sued them?
William Goebel 2021-12-12 4,374 364.5 ... that William Goebel was sworn in as Governor of Kentucky a day after being shot?
NDA (song) 2021-12-18 4,368 364.0 ... that "NDA" transitions into "Therefore I Am"?
The Pooh Perplex 2021-12-13 4,410 362.5 ... that a 1963 book offers Marxist and Freudian interpretations of Pooh?
Silicification 2021-12-07 4,349 362.4 ... that silicification can produce opal (example pictured)?
Teodor Boldur-Lățescu 2021-12-31 8,686 361.9 ... that Moldavian rebel Teodor Boldur-Lățescu was twice beaten up on circus grounds: once for insulting Wallachian officers of the Romanian Army, and a second time for cruelty to animals?
Lübeck disaster 2021-12-19 4,322 360.2 ... that more than 170 children showed signs of tuberculosis and more than 70 died in the 1929–1933 Lübeck disaster after being given BCG vaccines contaminated with the bacteria responsible?
Paddy Fox 2021-12-10 4,280 356.6 ... that Paddy Fox recruited so many people from County Durham to the British Army that they became known locally as "Pad's Army"?
Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305) 2021-12-19 2,768 230.7 ... that the punitive Mamluk campaigns against the non-Sunni Muslim mountaineers of the Kisrawan from 1292 to 1305 helped pave the way for the region's Maronite Christian majority?
Kisrawan 1,508 125.7
Total 4,276 356.4
PB286LP 2021-12-02 8,552 356.3 ... that a reviewer noted that the LCD of Packard Bell's first laptop suffered from "an occasional case of the shakes"?
Chile Ridge 2021-12-08 4,253 354.4 ... that the Chile Ridge has a slab window?
Volcanic and igneous plumbing systems 2021-12-01 8,470 352.9 ... that magma travelling through dykes usually solidifies before it gets to the Earth's surface?
Hog Island (Wisconsin) 2021-12-13 4,174 352.7 ... that two voyageur canoes capsized off of Hog Island in 1976?
Wreathed hornbill 2021-12-07 4,214 351.2 ... that the wreathed hornbill (male pictured) is hunted for consumption of its meat, and that its casque is used as headgear by local people in Arunachal Pradesh?
I Putu Sukreta Suranta 2021-12-21 4,210 350.8 ... that I Putu Sukreta Suranta refused to pursue an academic degree, despite repeatedly being given the opportunity to do so?
Log4Shell 2021-12-26 8,374[c] 348.9 ... that the software vulnerability Log4Shell affects hundreds of millions of devices worldwide?
First circle of hell 2021-12-11 4,154 346.1 ... that Dante "may have detested everything about Arabs and Muslims", but placed Saladin, Avicenna, and Averroes among the virtuous in the first circle of hell?
Global Methodist Church 2021-12-14 4,139 344.9 ... that the Global Methodist Church is part of a proposed divorce over marriage?
Cannabis in Japan 2021-12-18 4,130 344.1 ... that 1.8 percent of people in Japan have used cannabis, compared to 44.2 percent of Americans and 41.5 percent of Canadians?
Grannies Gone Wild 2021-12-04 8,244 343.5 ... that a YouTuber predicted the crossover between My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Rick and Morty long before it aired?
Scanner Price Accuracy Code 2021-12-16 4,068 339.0 ... that 92 percent of complaint calls about the Scanner Price Accuracy Code are not legitimate complaints?
Thromidia catalai 2021-12-01 8,067 336.1 ... that the starfish Thromidia catalai (pictured) can weigh as much as 6 kilograms (13 lb)?
Chicks with Sticks 2021-12-21 4,010 334.1 ... that ice hockey film Chicks with Sticks received its title and funding following the success of Men with Brooms?
Frances Brett Hodgkinson 2021-12-18 4,000 333.3 ... that English-born actress Frances Brett Hodgkinson (pictured) became the highest-paid theater actress in the United States in 1800?
Joice Island 2021-12-04 7,984 332.7 ... that Joice Island was the location of a "web of intrigue" in 1890, a failed asparagus farm in 1905, a wildlife refuge in 1950, a hunting preserve in 1965, and a pig hunt in 2017?
Ireland's Eye 2021-12-09 3,974 331.2 ... that the name of Ireland's Eye off Howth northeast of Dublin has nothing to do with the organ but can actually be translated as "Ireland's island"?
Holodomor Memorial Day 2021-12-11 3,538 329.7 ... that the Ukrainian Holodomor Memorial Day (commemoration pictured), commemorating the victims of the 1932–33 famine, is also observed in Canada?
Milena Smit 2021-12-08 3,956 329.7 ... that before starring in the Pedro Almodóvar film Parallel Mothers, Milena Smit worked as a model, waitress, shop assistant, babysitter, subway information assistant, and hotel receptionist?
Sword-billed hummingbird 2021-12-11 3,928 327.3 ... that the sword-billed hummingbird (pictured) has the longest bill of any hummingbird?
The Union Flag 2021-12-26 7,802 325.1 ... that three unsuccessful attempts were made to destroy the offices of The Union Flag?
Majestic Theatre (Broadway) 2021-12-12 3,878 323.2 ... that the Majestic Theatre, designed for "revues and light operas", has hosted the same musical for the past three decades?
Verein für germanisches Heidentum 2021-12-20 3,860 321.7 ... that the Germanic neopagan group Verein für germanisches Heidentum dismisses völkisch religiosity by associating it with monotheism and dualism?
Michael Smith (diplomat) 2021-12-30 7,717 321.5 ... that trade negotiator Michael Smith's negotiating style was summarized by a sign at his office door that read "This is not Burger King"?
Parankylosauria 2021-12-15 3,845 320.4 ... that species in the dinosaur group Parankylosauria have tail weaponry termed a "macuahuitl", in reference to the Mesoamerican weapons of the same name?
Homo Sapienne 2021-12-01 7,588 316.1 ... that the Greenlandic novel Homo Sapienne was written in only one month?
Siege of Dundee 2021-12-18 3,784 315.3 ... that General George Monck accepted that 500 Scots, including women and children, were killed when his army stormed Dundee in 1651?
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara 2021-12-07 3,746 312.2 ... that Sjafruddin Prawiranegara ordered Indonesians to physically cut their banknotes in half?
Claremont Park 2021-12-15 3,746 312.1 ... that the black swamp in Claremont Park was believed to be inhabited by evil spirits and was known to have consumed cattle?
Empire Tract 2021-12-05 3,733 311.1 ... that Herbert Hoover once farmed sugar beets on the Empire Tract?
Dick in a Box 2021-12-15 3,690 307.5 ... that Asa Taccone was paid just $60 for co-editing and co-writing the Lonely Island's "Dick in a Box"?
Thomas Holroyd 2021-12-13 3,616 305.6 ... that while his brother carried on the family photography business, Thomas Holroyd went into painting and later created The Dyeworks (pictured)?
Mary Earle 2021-12-15 3,666 305.5 ... that Mary Earle (pictured) was born near Ben Nevis, and although she became a professor of food technology in New Zealand, she never forgot her Scottish roots?
Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany 2021-12-15 3,638 303.1 ... that filmmaker Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany, has seen the return of many species of bird and plant, as well as pine martens, stoats and otters, to his ancestral lands with rewilding?
Harriet Amelia Folsom 2021-12-10 3,634 302.8 ... that Harriet Amelia Folsom went by her middle name, so as not to be confused with her husband Brigham Young's other wives?
Food labeling in Mexico 2021-12-09 3,634 302.8 ... that an investigation found that most Mexican nutrition science students could not interpret a nutritional front-of-package labeling system correctly?
The Undercommons 2021-12-13 3,680 302.5 ... that The Undercommons, an essay collection that criticizes academia, was written by two alumni of Harvard University?
Ge rum i Bröllopsgåln din hund! 2021-12-09 3,584 298.7 ... that Bellman's song "Ge rum i Bröllopsgåln din hund!" describes "one of the wildest weddings in Swedish literature"?
Tracy Quint 2021-12-27 7,162 298.4 ... that Maine state legislator Tracy Quint introduced a bill that would have banned all COVID-19 vaccination mandates in Maine until 2024?
West Nile campaign (October 1980) 2021-12-12 3,550 295.8 ... that during the October 1980 West Nile campaign, rebels were initially hailed as "liberators", only for them to start looting coffee?
Oceans (board game) 2021-12-06 3,540 295.0 ... that gameplay in the board game Oceans ends once the ocean zones are depopulated of fish?
Moms for Liberty 2021-12-19 3,538 294.8 ... that the conservative organization Moms for Liberty wants a book about Galileo Galilei to be taught in a way that is more positive towards the Catholic Church, for balance?
Ticktack 2021-12-17 3,438 286.5 ... that the mediaeval English tables game of Ticktack has several ways of winning, including Toots and Rovers?
Zhuo Qun Song 2021-12-14 3,438 286.5 ... that Chinese-Canadian Zhuo Qun Song is currently the most decorated International Mathematical Olympiad contestant?
Going to the People 2021-12-27 6,864 286.0 ... that in 1874, thousands of Russian students "[went] to the people" to agitate the peasantry towards socialism?
Cikobia-i-Ra 2021-12-30 6,812 283.8 ... that a group of self-employed women on the island of Cikobia-i-Ra donate 10 percent of their earnings to combat climate change?
Sagrada (board game) 2021-12-03 6,757 281.5 ... that in the board game Sagrada, players attempt to construct a stained-glass window using dice?
H. R. C. Pettigrew 2021-12-06 3,367 280.6 ... that Colonel Hugh Pettigrew observed that troops who thought that the Scottish Highlands resembled Waziristan on India's North West Frontier were "of little use to anyone"?
Olaf Presents 2021-12-14 3,354 279.5 ... that in Olaf Presents, the line where Olaf points out Mufasa eats some of his subjects was praised by Screen Rant?
Iskandar Ramis 2021-12-29 6,641 276.7 ... that Indonesian politician Iskandar Ramis had to be hospitalized after attempting to make juice?
Dalmat (yacht) 2021-12-29 6,637 276.5 ... that the Austro-Hungarian yacht Dalmat carried Archduke Franz Ferdinand on his journey to Sarajevo in 1914 and returned with his body?
Chris Schulenburg 2021-12-22 6,612 275.5 ... that Chris Schulenburg was one of only two recipients of the Grand Cross of Valour, Rhodesia's highest gallantry award?
Kilvidi Seshachari 2021-12-20 3,298 274.8 ... that Kilvidi Seshachari (pictured), the wicket-keeper for the first all-Indian cricket team to tour England, was recruited by the Maharaja of Natore to defeat the all-European Calcutta Cricket Club?
C-821/19 2021-12-13 3,246 274.4 ... that in 2021, the European Court of Justice ruled that the criminalization of assistance to asylum seekers violated EU law?
Joan Ford 2021-12-26 6,560 273.3 ... that mountaineer Edmund Hillary asked Canadian doctor Joan Ford to take her "Adidas runners, a stethoscope and an umbrella" and get to the Himalayas?
Adolph Schoeninger 2021-12-31 6,550 272.9 ... that Adolph Schoeninger faced financial ruin three times before becoming one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in the world?
.kosher 2021-12-06 3,210 267.5 ... that OK Kosher got the OK for .kosher in January 2014?
Bridle Trails State Park 2021-12-28 6,378 265.7 ... that an incident at Bridle Trails State Park resulted in a horse being euthanized?
Prise d'Orange 2021-12-10 3,136 261.3 ... that part of Prise d'Orange was recently discovered in the binding of another book?
Suburbia (board game) 2021-12-11 3,130 260.9 ... that the board game Suburbia is said to be a "masterfully designed game" with "tedious bookkeeping"?
Brewer Island 2021-12-06 3,116 259.6 ... that before Foster City was built on Brewer Island, unsuccessful proposals included a hog farm, two military air bases, two civilian airports, and an entertainment complex larger than Disneyland?
Kate DiCamillo 2021-12-09 3,110 259.2 ... that children's author Kate DiCamillo received 473 rejection letters before her first novel was accepted for publication?
Sarkis Lole 2021-12-05 3,088 257.3 ... that Sarkis Lole, the Armenian chief architect of Mardin who constructed much of the early modern architecture of the city, never received any formal training and designed his buildings in the sand?
List of cassette tape data storage formats 2021-12-05 3,082 256.8 ... that when home computers used cassette tapes for storage, the data was sometimes distributed on flexi disc records or even broadcast on radio?
Walkeria uva 2021-12-12 3,072 256.0 ... that the colonial bryozoan Walkeria uva is sometimes only detectable by accident?
Treaty of London (1915) 2021-12-12 3,069 255.8 ... that unkept promises made in the 1915 Treaty of London created the sense of mutilated victory in Italy after World War I?
Margaret de Neville 2021-12-08 3,050 254.2 ... that when Margaret de Longvillers married into the House of Neville, her wealth consolidated its position in English society?
Zeliha Ağrıs 2021-12-06 3,014 251.1 ... that Zeliha Ağrıs started performing taekwondo at age ten and became a world champion when she was 19?
2000 Alabama Amendment 2 2021-12-14 3,012 251.0 ... that 2000 Alabama Amendment 2, which repealed the state's anti-miscegenation laws, was carefully written to avoid legalizing same-sex marriage?
Interstate H-2 2021-12-12 2,971 247.6 ... that the construction of Interstate H-2 in Hawaii unearthed a chapel built by Italian prisoners of war in the 1940s?
Space Oddity 2021-12-16 2,959 246.6 ... that the music video for Chris Hadfield's version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" was the first music video recorded in space?
Affair of Epidamnus 2021-12-08 2,958 246.5 ... that two years after the small Corinthian navy was defeated during the Affair of Epidamnus, their navy became the third largest in all of Greece?
One Hundred Ghost Stories 2021-12-07 2,940 245.0 ... that in Hokusai's woodblock print series One Hundred Ghost Stories, there are only five prints?
Surachman Tjokroadisurjo 2021-12-18 2,890 240.8 ... that as finance minister, Surachman Tjokroadisurjo often stored government funds inside suitcases in his home?
1501 Broadway 2021-12-17 2,882 240.2 ... that to celebrate the Paramount Building's construction, oxen and lamb were roasted over the ruins of the previous building on the site?
Single All the Way 2021-12-17 2,860[d] 238.3 ... that Dan Finnerty was cast in Single All the Way so that he could cross the Canada–U.S. border and join his wife, Kathy Najimy, on the set of the film?
1994 Westminster Titans football team 2021-12-22 3,638 151.6 ... that the 1970, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1989, and 1994 Westminster Titans football teams all won national championships?
1970 Westminster Titans football team 510 21.2
1989 Westminster Titans football team 412 17.2
1988 Westminster Titans football team 404 16.8
1977 Westminster Titans football team 382 15.9
1976 Westminster Titans football team 370 15.4
Total 5,716 238.2
Ixodes tasmani 2021-12-22 5,702 237.6 ... that Ixodes tasmani makes a type of cement to help it to suck blood?
Chninkel 2021-12-30 5,685 236.9 ... that Chninkel, a Franco-Belgian comic mixing Tolkien-like fantasy with Biblical themes, has been translated into several languages?
Ingeborg Beugel 2021-12-30 5,658 235.8 ... that Ingeborg Beugel left Greece following death threats and reported attacks after she questioned the prime minister about pushbacks?
Nicole Camphaug 2021-12-28 5,652 235.5 ... that a pair of sealskin-covered high heels (example pictured) by Inuk designer Nicole Camphaug are held in the Bata Shoe Museum of Toronto?
Fortune-499 2021-12-18 2,821 235.1 ... that according to critics, Fortune-499 is "an effective story of capitalist humdrum" that involves "witchcraft, mid-20s malaise, and puns"?
Banjaratma Heritage Rest Area 2021-12-20 2,810 234.1 ... that a formerly abandoned sugar mill is now a rest area on the Trans-Java Toll Road?
Riboflavin 2021-12-29 5,580 232.5 ... that consuming the vitamin riboflavin in large amounts will cause urine to have a bright yellow color?
We Are Water Protectors 2021-12-08 1,588 132.3 ... that Michaela Goade received the 2021 Caldecott Medal for her watercolor illustrations for We Are Water Protectors, becoming the first Indigenous artist to win the award?
Michaela Goade 1,197 99.8
Total 2,784 232.0
Lonny Calicchio 2021-12-19 2,771 230.9 ... that placekicker Lonny Calicchio was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles to the practice squad, promoted to the active roster, named starter, and released all within eight days?
KBIM-TV 2021-12-15 2,770 230.8 ... that when the founder of New Mexico television station KBIM-TV was told on the morning of April Fools' Day that his station's tower had collapsed, he initially wrote it off as a joke?
Dreams of Trespass 2021-12-05 2,760 230.0 ... that the novel Dreams of Trespass, which portrays the patriarchy as un-Islamic, was translated into more than 20 languages?
Financial Modeling World Cup 2021-12-28 5,502 229.2 ... that contestants in the Financial Modeling World Cup solve problems in Microsoft Excel?
Platycephalus endrachtensis 2021-12-17 2,748 229.0 ... that the specific epithet of Platycephalus endrachtensis is from an old word for Australia?
William A. Massingill 2021-12-02 5,492 228.8 ... that former Oregon legislator William Massingill died while attending a boxing match?
1974 Elliot Lake miners strike 2021-12-28 5,475 228.1 ... that a strike by uranium miners in 1974 in Ontario led to the creation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act?
Tinsley Island 2021-12-08 2,692 224.3 ... that an all-male boating event on Tinsley Island was called the "Bohemian Grove of yachting"?
Dragomino 2021-12-13 2,724 223.9 ... that the board game Dragomino features "adorable" dragons?
Johann Frint 2021-12-31 5,360 223.3 ... that lingering disabilities led flying ace Johann Frint to join the Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops?
Bruce Schroeder 2021-12-12 2,660 221.7 ... that Bruce Schroeder, who presided over the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, is the longest-serving state court judge in Wisconsin?
Tatyana Mezhentseva 2021-12-18 2,604 217.0 ... that Tatyana Mezhentseva is the first person in ten years to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice?
Great Western Trail (board game) 2021-12-12 2,595 216.2 ... that the second edition of the Wild West–themed board game Great Western Trail eliminated "the notion of Native Americans as the invisible enemy"?
Louis W. Roberts 2021-12-14 2,588 215.7 ... that Louis W. Roberts was among the highest ranking African-American space program staff at NASA while the Apollo program was underway?
Echoes (Pink Floyd song) 2021-12-19 2,582 215.1 ... that Roger Waters thought The Phantom of the Opera's main theme was ripped off from Pink Floyd's "Echoes"?
Boycott (2021 film) 2021-12-17 2,532 211.0 ... that the documentary film Boycott includes the stories of three Americans who sued their state governments after being affected by anti-BDS laws?
Kirsten Warner 2021-12-21 2,524 210.3 ... that Kirsten Warner, whose father was a Holocaust survivor, wrote a novel from the perspective of the child of a Holocaust survivor?
Argentine seabass 2021-12-30 5,025 209.4 ... that the specific and common names of the Argentine seabass refer to different countries?
Harpya 2021-12-20 2,507 208.9 ... that Raoul Servais invented a new technique for combining animation and live action for his short film Harpya?
1973 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team 2021-12-19 2,444 203.7 ... that the national-champion 1973 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team featured a freshman running back who broke college football's single-season scoring record?
Kurt Rommel 2021-12-22 4,818 200.8 ... that Kurt Rommel, a German Protestant pastor, wrote the texts and tunes for hundreds of hymns with young people in mind?
Cytosis (board game) 2021-12-15 2,390 199.2 ... that the board game Cytosis was endorsed by the Journal of Cell Science?
Arthur Phillip 2021-12-21 2,386 198.9 ... that before Arthur Phillip commanded the first fleet of convicts to settle Australia, he was employed to spy on France?
Thuridilla vataae 2021-12-02 4,757 198.2 ... that the sea slug Thuridilla vataae collects and stores its worn-out teeth in a sac in its mouth?
Laura Tàunâjik 2021-12-09 2,352 196.0 ... that with as many as a quarter of mothers in eastern Greenland experiencing domestic violence, Laura Tàunâjik proposed a women's shelter in Tasiilaq?
Adoration of the Kings (Bramantino) 2021-12-25 4,679 195.0 ... that there is some uncertainty as to which figures in Bramantino's Adoration of the Kings represent the Three Kings?
Paul Boland 2021-12-28 4,672 194.7 ... that impressionist Paul Boland has imitated over 100 voices during his performances including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles?
Parks (board game) 2021-12-07 2,323 193.6 ... that the theme of the board game Parks is based on the national parks of the United States?
Music for Lovers Only 2021-12-07 2,317 193.1 ... that Bobby Hackett said that Jackie Gleason's main contribution to the recording of Music for Lovers Only was that "he brought the checks"?
Henry Johnson (acrobat) 2021-12-07 2,314 192.8 ... that in the 1820s, the British acrobat Henry Johnson performed before the Chinese Emperor?
Bernard Walter Evans 2021-12-24 4,626 192.7 ... that artist Bernard Walter Evans' Bolton Abbey in the Snow (pictured) was painted outdoors in "something like Arctic conditions"?
Feedback arc set 2021-12-05 2,308 192.3 ... that for round-robin sports tournaments, finding a ranking of the competitors that minimizes the number of upset games is an instance of the feedback arc set problem?
Linda Albertini 2021-12-04 4,590 191.2 ... that Italian actress Linda Albertini used her abilities as a former circus acrobat in silent films?
St Collen's Church, Llangollen 2021-12-17 2,290 190.9 ... that St Collen's Church (pictured) in Wales has a memorial to one of the 19th century's most famous same-sex partnerships?
Siamés 2021-12-15 2,284 190.3 ... that the electropop rock band Siamés created "Argentina's first anime music video"?
Norman Colville 2021-12-08 2,278 189.8 ... that Norman Colville renovated a manor to house his growing art collection?
Charlie Bartson 2021-12-16 2,278 189.8 ... that after getting drunk and verbally abusing Cap Anson at a baseball game during his off day, Charlie Bartson was released from the Chicago Pirates?
Poedjono Pranyoto 2021-12-19 2,269 189.1 ... that Poedjono Pranyoto instructed his subordinates to burn around a thousand houses to make way for a protected forest area?
Darmawan Mangunkusumo 2021-12-26 4,494 187.3 ... that despite the governor-general being advised not to employ him, Darmawan Mangunkusumo kept his colonial government job?
Meri Kuri 2021-12-25 4,464 186.0 ... that the song "Meri Kuri" by BoA has been dubbed Japan's "All I Want for Christmas Is You"?
Bacterial motility 2021-12-10 2,216 184.7 ... that swimming and swarming are forms of bacterial motility, which some bacteria achieve by rotating a small whip-like flagellum (depicted)?
The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes 2021-12-17 2,210 184.1 ... that The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes discusses the history of transgender man Ewan Forbes and his 1968 legal case to inherit his family's baronetcy that was silenced from public records?
Plecia canadensis 2021-12-13 2,176 183.9 ... that the fossil love bug Plecia canadensis changed genus based on a single vein?
Daniel Barclay Williams 2021-12-20 2,184 182.0 ... that Daniel Barclay Williams, Virginia's first Black teacher of classics, was described as "a one man department"?
Marquis Theatre 2021-12-01 4,364 181.8 ... that when the Marquis Theatre was completed, some Broadway performers boycotted it because of a controversy over the construction of the hotel above it?
Santa Claus (steamboat) 2021-12-25 4,361 181.7 ... that New Yorkers could at one time rely on thrice-weekly visits from Santa Claus—though not over Christmas?
Surfing Santas 2021-12-24 4,306 179.4 ... that the Florida beach festival Surfing Santas, held regularly on Christmas Eve, was inspired by a Honda commercial?
Branford Steam Railroad 2021-12-22 4,274 178.1 ... that despite its name, the Branford Steam Railroad has not used steam locomotives since 1960?
Cort Theatre 2021-12-05 2,124 177.0 ... that the Cort Theatre has hosted the Broadway debuts of actresses Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly?
Grace Meigs Crowder 2021-12-10 2,122 176.9 ... that Grace Meigs Crowder found that pregnancy and childbirth were a common cause of death in the early 1900s for American women who were aged under 45?
Elisabeth Geleerd 2021-12-07 2,102 175.2 ... that Elisabeth Geleerd became one of the most influential American psychoanalysts of her time while chronically ill and raising a family?
1993 reviews of the British honours system 2021-12-02 4,150 172.9 ... that until a 1993 reform, separate gallantry medals were awarded to officers and other ranks in the British armed forces?
Mukundrao Pai 2021-12-14 2,072 172.6 ... that Indian cricketer Mukundrao Pai's altercation with a British army major, J. G. Greig, resulted in the Bombay Quadrangular introducing neutral umpires in 1916?
Come Back Home (Seo Taiji and Boys song) 2021-12-04 4,118 171.6 ... that the song "Come Back Home" by Seo Taiji and Boys made teenage runaways in South Korea return home?
3-Hydroxyisonicotinaldehyde 2021-12-21 2,053 171.1 ... that 3-hydroxyisonicotinaldehyde has the lowest molecular weight of any dye which exhibits green fluorescence?
Berknet 2021-12-06 2,051 170.9 ... that Eric Schmidt developed Berknet, an early wide area network system, in 1978 while he was a student at Berkeley University?
Marsh Hen Mill 2021-12-02 4,094 170.6 ... that Marsh Hen Mill in South Carolina grinds heirloom grains with a 1945 gristmill that was found in a barn in 2007?
Daniel Webster Davis 2021-12-16 2,044 170.4 ... that three schools in Virginia were named after Daniel Webster Davis?
Istanbul Waste Power Plant 2021-12-20 2,030 169.1 ... that the Istanbul Waste Power Plant, opened last month, is Turkey's first waste-to-energy facility?
John Halle's Hall 2021-12-17 2,019 168.2 ... that the medieval John Halle's Hall is the foyer of a cinema?
Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King 2021-12-18 2,000 166.7 ... that the designers of Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King also created Broom Service, winning the Kennerspiel des Jahres two years in a row?
Irish (game) 2021-12-11 1,786 166.4 ... that backgammon was derived from the esteemed 16th-century Scottish and English tables game of Irish and eventually surpassed it in popularity?
Jonathan Roumie 2021-12-03 3,988 166.1 ... that actor Jonathan Roumie, who plays the character of Jesus Christ in American television series The Chosen, is also an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church?
Elmer P. Wheaton 2021-12-20 1,986 165.5 ... that marine engineer Elmer P. Wheaton made his employees learn to scuba dive so that they would have respect for the sea?
United Tanganyika Party 2021-12-27 3,937 164.0 ... that despite the support of the British authorities, the multi-racial United Tanganyika Party was unsuccessful, with the African-nationalist TANU winning a majority in the 1958–59 election?
Nisvan Erkal 2021-12-03 3,913 163.0 ... that economist Nisvan Erkal's research showed that China's one-child policy created children who lacked qualities important for social and economic success?
William John Seward Webber 2021-12-12 1,908 159.0 ... that the 4.5-ton marble statue of Queen Victoria (pictured) in Harrogate's Jubilee Memorial was carved by the British sculptor William John Seward Webber?
Doublets (tables game) 2021-12-19 1,892 157.7 ... that the historical English tables game of Doublets was mentioned in 1549 in a sermon by Latimer to King Edward VI?
Dermot Morrah 2021-12-09 1,859 154.9 ... that Dermot Morrah, a British journalist for The Times, wrote Princess Elizabeth's 21st birthday speech?
William Hunter Dammond 2021-12-17 1,842 153.5 ... that William Hunter Dammond became the first African-American graduate of the University of Pittsburgh in 1893, but was not recognised as such until 2000?
Shameeka Fishley 2021-12-23 3,654 152.2 ... that English women's footballer Shameeka Fishley scored a hat-trick in her newly-established Turkish team's first match?
The Anthropocene Reviewed 2021-12-06 1,820 151.6 ... that on his podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed, John Green reviews velociraptors, a hot dog stand in Iceland, and bubonic plague?
Oblique subduction 2021-12-05 1,808 150.7 ... that most places where tectonic plates ram into each other involve oblique subduction?
Samuel Kneeland (printer) 2021-12-09 1,776 148.0 ... that in 1752, Samuel Kneeland and his partner produced the first Bible in the English language ever printed in America?
Norma Kuhling 2021-12-07 1,776 148.0 ... that Norma Kuhling's character in Fourteen was described by a film critic as "a Greta Gerwig spin on the Manic Pixie Dream Girl"?
Jusuf Wibisono 2021-12-19 1,768 147.3 ... that Jusuf Wibisono, chairman of a labor union, wanted an eight-hour work day – up from seven?
Roland Böer 2021-12-17 1,723 143.6 ... that Roland Böer (pictured), who made his debut at La Scala in Milan with Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, was the artistic director of the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte in Montepulciano?
Hypericum aegypticum 2021-12-26 3,388 141.1 ... that Hypericum aegypticum exhibits a rare form of heterostyly?
Tribhuvan Sadan 2021-12-09 1,671 139.2 ... that the infamous Nepalese royal massacre took place in the Tribhuvan Sadan?
Bidar Alam 2021-12-14 1,664 138.7 ... that the village of Bidar Alam was the seat of the Indonesian government for three and a half months?
I Bet You Think About Me 2021-12-05 1,655[e] 137.9 ... that the music video to "I Bet You Think About Me" by Taylor Swift is co-written and directed by Blake Lively in her directorial debut?
The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal 2021-12-14 1,654 137.9 ... that before the Second World War, Australian army officers used the pages of Britain's Army Quarterly and Defence Journal to argue for greater self-reliance in defence matters?
John Land (field hockey) 2021-12-21 1,640 136.7 ... that 1964 Olympic field hockey player John Land played for England into his late 70s?
2021 Major League Baseball lockout 2021-12-12 1,636 136.4 ... that Major League Baseball set a single-day record with $1.4 billion in new player contracts the day before the 2021 lockout was set to begin?
Amabilis uchoensis 2021-12-22 3,224 134.3 ... that the tiny fossil turtle Amabilis uchoensis was given the Latin name amabilis for being "lovable", but the large evergreen tree Abies amabilis is called amabilis because it is "lovely"?
Music Box Theatre 2021-12-23 3,144 131.0 ... that Irving Berlin, who co-owned the Music Box Theatre from its opening in 1921, still checked the theater's receipts before his death in 1989?
Ben Comeau 2021-12-14 1,557 129.8 ... that Ben Comeau invented a fictitious student of Franz Liszt so he could write a 45-minute piano sonata?
Lew Nichols III 2021-12-18 1,534 127.8 ... that Lew Nichols III led the nation during the 2021 regular season with 1,710 rushing yards?
Canon Computer Systems 2021-12-21 1,532 127.7 ... that Canon Computer Systems's NoteJet laptop came with a built-in printer?
Jingle Cats 2021-12-24 3,044 126.8 ... that the album series Jingle Cats spawned Jingle Dogs, Jingle Babies, and a Japanese video game in which "the object is to breed and care for cats, which begin to sing when they're done copulating"?
10 Minutes (Lee Hyori song) 2021-12-10 1,520 126.6 ... that the popularity of "10 Minutes" by Korean singer Lee Hyori led to 2003 being dubbed the "year of Hyori" by domestic media?
Suresh Jadhav (biotechnology executive) 2021-12-23 3,035 126.5 ... that Suresh Jadhav led the development of the COVID-19 vaccine marketed as Covishield?
Hey Mama (Kanye West song) 2021-12-14 1,512 126.0 ... that Kanye West recorded "Hey Mama" five years before its release on his 2005 album Late Registration?
Elcysma westwoodi 2021-12-23 3,012 125.5 ... that Elcysma westwoodi is considered "the most damaging lepidopteran pest of Prunus × yedoensis"?
Pat Studstill 2021-12-15 1,504 125.3 ... that Pat Studstill led the National Football League in punt return yards in 1962, receiving yards in 1966, and punting yards in 1969?
Belinda Archer 2021-12-16 1,484 123.7 ... that Belinda Archer won Australia's first World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team medal in 2003?
Niall Sheridan 2021-12-18 1,482 123.5 ... that Niall Sheridan was the model for the "intellectual Meath-man" Brinsley in Flann O'Brien's novel At Swim-Two-Birds?
Bob Ferguson (journalist) 2021-12-04 2,963 123.5 ... that baseball statistician Bob Ferguson claimed that he became the owner of the London Majors "by accident"?
Walkeria tuberosa 2021-12-08 1,447 120.6 ... that the bryozoan Walkeria tuberosa is sometimes referred to as Valkeria tuberosa despite being named after the Scottish natural historian John Walker?
Paratachardina lobata 2021-12-14 1,443 120.2 ... that on a wax-myrtle plant, 42 mature lobate lac scales were recorded on a 1 cm (0.4 in) section of twig?
Noa Denmon 2021-12-11 1,426 118.9 ... that Noa Denmon's illustration for the Google Doodle on Martin Luther King Jr. Day included people painting a mural while socially distanced due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Tokio (software) 2021-12-31 2,837 118.2 ... that the Tokio platform for the Rust programming language uses a work stealing scheduler?
The Knoxville Journal 2021-12-31 2,827 117.8 ... that the last edition of The Knoxville Journal was printed 30 years ago today after a 106-year run?
Wenzhou Museum 2021-12-19 1,408 117.4 ... that the lobby of Wenzhou Museum includes Kuafu chasing the sun and Chang'e flying to the moon?
Bisciola 2021-12-25 2,811 117.1 ... that the creation of the traditional Valtellina Christmas sweet bread bisciola is credited to Napoleon, even though he was never in the region?
Thomas Lüscher 2021-12-11 1,361 113.4 ... that according to Swiss cardiologist Thomas Lüscher, chocolate is good for us if it is dark and bitter, but white chocolate is "not healthy at all"?
Time, Love, Memory 2021-12-01 2,663 111.0 ... that Jonathan Weiner explains in his book how Time, Love, [and] Memory became associated with specific fly genes?
Superior Credit Union 2021-12-17 1,317 109.8 ... that after Superior Coach Company closed in 1981, its employees' credit union absorbed 15 other credit unions to become the fourth-largest in Ohio?
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre 2021-12-13 732 60.1 ... that the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre was known as the John Golden Theatre before the John Golden Theatre was?
John Golden Theatre 602 49.4
Total 1,333 109.6
Nandivada Rathnasree 2021-12-17 1,306 108.9 ... that Nandivada Rathnasree, who ran Delhi's planetarium, proposed that astronomers could be taught using India's stone-built observatories?
Carmine Savino 2021-12-01 2,592 108.0 ... that in 1958, New Jersey assemblyman Carmine Savino proposed cutting property taxes in half by imposing a three-percent state sales tax that would be used to cover public school costs?
Daniel Fowle (printer) 2021-12-06 1,285 107.1 ... that in 1755, colonial printer Daniel Fowle was arrested for printing a seditious pamphlet entitled The Monster of Monsters, which criticized members of the general assembly?
KGRZ 2021-12-08 1,252 104.3 ... that a "North Dakota joke of the mornin'" was a feature on Montana radio station KGRZ because the station's owner and morning show host hailed from that state?
Bartlet for America 2021-12-25 2,489 103.7 ... that a Christmas gift on The West Wing's "Bartlet for America", a napkin bearing the episode's slogan, was replicated for Jacky Rosen's U.S. Senate campaign?
West Virginia Music Hall of Fame 2021-12-01 2,474 103.1 ... that the first exhibit of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame came from founder Michael Lipton's record collection?
Puccinia porri 2021-12-16 1,236 103.0 ... that "leek rust", caused by Puccinia allii, has also caused significant losses for garlic farmers?
Shyam Sunder Jyani 2021-12-16 1,236 103.0 ... that efforts by Shyam Sunder Jyani have led to the planting of 2.5 million saplings in the Indian state of Rajasthan?
Joseph T. Wilson 2021-12-29 2,468 102.8 ... that in the 1880s Joseph T. Wilson wrote the "most comprehensive study of African American military service" of the era?
Iplikçi Mosque 2021-12-11 1,096 102.1 ... that the 13th-century Iplikçi Mosque in Konya, Turkey, contains a mihrab with traces of mosaic tiling which is the oldest extant example of Anatolian Seljuk art?
Glen Cove City School District 2021-12-05 1,225 102.1 ... that Glen Cove City School District closed the South School in 1966 to remedy alleged de facto segregation in the district?
Maximilian Dood 2021-12-17 1,224 102.0 ... that Digital Eclipse expressed interest in rereleasing Marvel vs. Capcom 2 after Maximilian Dood's social media campaign went viral?
Agnieszka Rehlis 2021-12-15 1,212 101.0 ... that the Polish mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis, who sang on the Grammy Award–winning album Penderecki conducts Penderecki, was Verdi's Azucena in Zürich in 2021?
A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas 2021-12-16 1,184 98.6 ... that after Sydney Parkinson died on the return leg of the first voyage of James Cook, some of his drawings were engraved for publication in his Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas?
Lottie B. Scott 2021-12-26 2,365 98.5 ... that the home of civil rights activist Lottie B. Scott is a stop on Norwich's Freedom Trail?
Semuel Jusof Warouw 2021-12-20 1,180 98.4 ... that Semuel Jusof Warouw advocated Minahasan independence to gain leverage in Dutch–Indonesian negotiations?
Garden canal 2021-12-26 2,356 98.2 ... that the peak period in England for formal closed canals in gardens (example pictured) was from about the 1690s to 1720s?
WNJU 2021-12-18 1,158 96.5 ... that WNJU, a Spanish-language television station serving New York City, was the first in the United States to air a hard-liquor advertisement?
William Thomas Sugg 2021-12-17 1,144 95.4 ... that William Thomas Sugg's firm installed the gas lights on Tower Bridge?
No Child Left Behind (song) 2021-12-07 1,124 93.7 ... that Kanye West's group the Sunday Service Choir performed "No Child Left Behind" with Justin Bieber at a Halloween 2021 concert?
Inger K. Frith 2021-12-05 1,116 93.0 ... that Inger K. Frith, the first woman president of a major international sporting federation, played a key role in returning archery to the Olympics?
Sharon Shea 2021-12-12 1,089 90.8 ... that New Zealand health executive Sharon Shea points to distrust in authority caused by "post-colonisation trauma" for low COVID-19 vaccination rates of Māori?
A Place Inside of Me 2021-12-12 1,088 90.6 ... that the children's book A Place Inside of Me is dedicated to the nephew of Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman who was shot to death in her home by a policeman in 2019?
Walter Bassett 2021-12-18 1,082 90.1 ... that Walter Bassett arranged for the construction of the first wind tunnel in Australia?
Herr, gib uns Mut zum Hören 2021-12-03 2,148 89.5 ... that all stanzas of the 1963 song "Herr, gib uns Mut zum Hören" (Lord, give us courage to listen), with text and tune by Kurt Rommel, begin with a prayer for courage?
Reginald Green (economist) 2021-12-05 1,071 89.2 ... that in a study for UNICEF, Reginald Green found that more than two million children under the age of five had died in Angola and Mozambique due to the South African apartheid regime's economic policies?
Konstantin Kalser 2021-12-07 1,070 89.1 ... that film producer Konstantin Kalser, who won an Oscar for his 1956 short film Crashing the Water Barrier, later admitted that the film was an advertisement for an oil company?
Hermann Bausinger 2021-12-20 1,066 88.8 ... that the cultural scholar Hermann Bausinger wrote a book about the history of literature from Swabia from the 18th century to the present, published for his 90th birthday?
It's Christmas, Eve 2021-12-24 2,131 88.8 ... that the 2018 soundtrack album It's Christmas, Eve by LeAnn Rimes originated from a film in which Rimes played the main character?
Myanmar–South Korea relations 2021-12-09 1,062 88.5 ... that the Burmese and South Korean first ladies held their first informal conversation 44 years after the establishment of bilateral relations between the two countries?
Francis Pharcellus Church 2021-12-25 2,114 88.1 ... that in 1897, Francis Pharcellus Church wrote "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"?
Sze-Piao Yang 2021-12-13 1,067 87.7 ... that pulmonologist Sze-Piao Yang was referred to as the "father of thoracic X-ray interpretation in Taiwan", and conducted the first ever occupational disease study done in Taiwan?
Damon Severson 2021-12-12 1,046 87.1 ... that Damon Severson scored a goal with 0.4 seconds left in regulation time to help lead Canada men's national ice hockey team to a silver medal?
Nathaniel Fadipe 2021-12-27 2,064 86.0 ... that a 1939 thesis by Nathaniel Fadipe, The Sociology of the Yoruba, was the first sociological study by a black African?
Nicholas Horsfall 2021-12-28 2,015 84.0 ... that Nicholas Horsfall published five commentaries on Vergil's Aeneid after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis?
Aldo Forbice 2021-12-11 896 83.5 ... that Italian radio presenter Aldo Forbice was a long-time supporter of local social issues, including helping to promote an exhibition on the AIDS epidemic?
Andrea-Mae Zepeda 2021-12-10 1,002 83.5 ... that in September 2021, cricketer Andrea-Mae Zepeda became the first player to score a century for Austria in a Women's Twenty20 International match?
Mimi Fawaz 2021-12-05 999 83.2 ... that Mimi Fawaz's work includes a documentary on the life of South African president Nelson Mandela?
WMSB (FM) 2021-12-06 956 79.7 ... that for more than a decade, WNJC-FM at Northwest Mississippi Junior College was the state's only public radio station?
Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa 2021-12-09 954 79.5 ... that when Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa was forming a government cabinet for the State of East Indonesia, he was outside the region?
Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen, BWV 248 III 2021-12-27 1,874 78.1 ... that Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen, a Bach cantata for the Third Day of Christmas, contains the only aria that he newly composed for the oratorio?
Kekhashru Mistry 2021-12-28 1,814 75.6 ... that cricketer Kekhashru Mistry, an all-rounder in the first all-Indian cricket team that toured England in 1911, had to return after three games because he was also the aide-de-camp to the maharaja of Patiala?
History of the University of Texas at Arlington (1965–present) 2021-12-29 1,812 75.5 ... that among the traditions of the University of Texas at Arlington are bed racing and oozeball?
George Mackaness 2021-12-30 1,804 75.2 ... that George Mackaness showed that by infecting mice with intracellular bacteria, macrophages could be activated to attack other bacteria?
I Know (Seo Taiji and Boys song) 2021-12-03 1,752 73.0 ... that Seo Taiji and Boys's April 11, 1992, performance of "I Know" is credited as the beginning of modern K-pop?
Tom Grogan 2021-12-19 870 72.5 ... that the 1896 novel Tom Grogan by Francis Hopkinson Smith was adapted into a play the same year?
Ruth Crosby Noble 2021-12-11 856 71.4 ... that zoologist Ruth Crosby Noble's 1945 book on animal behavior was said to have the "rare quality of combining entertainment with sound scientific value"?
Drei Motetten, Op. 39 (Mendelssohn) 2021-12-19 818 68.2 ... that Felix Mendelssohn, inspired by the singing of nuns at the Trinità dei Monti in Rome, composed the motet Veni Domine for Advent?
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 2021-12-31 1,534 63.9 ... that Lunt and Fontanne retired from Broadway after the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was renamed after them?
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album 2021-12-24 1,457 60.7 ... that besides their usual pop fare, the Glee cast sang hymns in traditional arrangements on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album?
Re'quan Boyette 2021-12-30 1,454 60.6 ... that Re'quan Boyette was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team in 2008, making him the second Duke player to receive the honor?
Fabian Kelly 2021-12-17 724 60.3 ... that Fabian Kelly, a tenor focused on historically informed performance, was a soloist in Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine and Handel's Messiah?
Microbiome 2021-12-05 690 57.5 ... that non-microscopic life forms such as plants associate with microbiomes of microscopic organisms which determine their health and productivity?
Nikolai Sachenko 2021-12-13 700 57.5 ... that violinist Nikolai Sachenko performs rarely-played piano trios by Russian composers as a member of the Brahms Trio?
Hello (Cho Yong-pil album) 2021-12-07 687 57.2 ... that the album Hello by Korean singer Cho Yong-pil was the first time he had worked with international composers since his debut in 1968?
W. Sterling Cary 2021-12-11 604 56.3 ... that during W. Sterling Cary's presidency of the National Council of Churches in the 1970s, the council voted to support gay rights for the first time in its history?
Günther Rühle 2021-12-26 1,332 55.5 ... that theatre critic Günther Rühle's books cover the history of theatre in Germany, its events and its people, from 1887 to 1966?
Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology 2021-12-06 658 54.8 ... that Guy Parmelin, now President of Switzerland, opened the study program of cyber security of the Lucerne School of Information Technology in 2018?
KWFS (AM) 2021-12-19 639 53.2 ... that after a tornado devastated Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1979, radio station KTRN was just one of two on the air?
Harry Tombs 2021-12-18 628 52.4 ... that Harry Tombs established the first New Zealand fine-arts press?
Charles Allan Marris 2021-12-11 613 51.1 ... that in The Arraignment of Paris, poet Denis Glover stated Charles Allan Marris was the "arbiter of all our art and letters / presenting rotten apples to his betters"?
Fearless (Taylor Swift album) 2021-12-10 612[f] 51.0 ... that the title of Taylor Swift's 2008 album Fearless reflects Swift's attitude to embrace hardships in love and life?
Arthur Bronwell 2021-12-04 1,218 50.8 ... that under college president Arthur Bronwell in 1959, Worcester Polytechnic Institute built one of the first nuclear research reactors at an American university?
Óscar Catacora 2021-12-15 540 45.0 ... that Óscar Catacora directed Wiñaypacha (Eternity), the first Peruvian film in the Aymara language?
Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist 2021-12-25 1,064 44.3 ... that "Brich an, du schönes Morgenlicht" (Break, you beautiful morning light) tells the shepherds in Bach's Christmas Oratorio not to be afraid?
Mass in A major, Op. 126 (Rheinberger) 2021-12-24 854 35.6 ... that when Josef Rheinberger conducted the first performance of his Mass in A major for three women's voices on Christmas Eve 1881, he added a flute and a string quintet to the organ accompaniment?

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