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Franz Halder
2019-10-20
36,854
1,535.6
... that Franz Halder (pictured) , a former chief of staff of Nazi Germany's army, was the only German to be decorated by both Adolf Hitler and an American president?
1959 San Diego F3H crash
2019-10-19
21,950
914.6
... that in 1959, an estimated 700 people on the ground were saved when Ensign Albert Hickman stayed with his crippled aircraft (type pictured) ?
Hannah Simpson Grant
2019-10-17
21,088
878.6
... that Hannah Simpson Grant (pictured) , mother of U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant , did not attend her son's inauguration?
Dabusun Lake
2019-10-21
11,232
468.0
... that Dabusun Lake (pictured) is the largest remaining lake in China's Qarhan Playa , which 30,000 years ago held a single lake spreading over at least 25,000 km2 (9,700 sq mi)?
Qarhan Playa
7,302
304.3
Total
18,535
772.3
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty
2019-10-12
17,718
738.2
... that Lisa Gordon-Hagerty (pictured) , head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration , once said, "I have more important things to do than advise Nicole Kidman "?
Barbecue spaghetti
2019-10-04
16,062
669.2
... that John Shelton Reed wrote that barbecue spaghetti (pictured) "is to spaghetti Bolognese as Cincinnati chili is to the Tex-Mex variety"?
Bruce Tree
2019-10-30
15,254
635.6
... that a tree at least 700 years old , reputedly planted by Robert the Bruce , was destroyed by an arson attack in 2004?
Idalia Ramos Rangel
2019-10-23
14,452
602.1
... that a US$25,000 bounty is offered for Big Momma ?
Mai Khôi
2019-10-25
14,328
597.0
... that Mai Khôi (pictured) , an outspoken singer and political dissident known as the "Lady Gaga of Vietnam", received a Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent in 2018?
Lilias Adie
2019-10-31
13,166
548.6
... that forensic artists at the University of Dundee used 100-year-old photographs of a skull to digitally recreate the face of an accused witch in Scotland ?
The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe
2019-10-23
12,534
522.3
... that the first Serbian feature film , The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe (still frame shown) , was considered lost for much of the 20th century and only rediscovered in 2003?
Writing lines
2019-10-11
12,426
517.8
... that writing lines (example pictured) , as cartoon character Bart Simpson does on a chalkboard , has survived even as other forms of school discipline have fallen out of favour?
63rd Street Tunnel
2019-10-09
11,000
458.4
... that the upper level of New York's 63rd Street Tunnel took 20 years to open, while the lower level is still under construction after nearly half a century?
Kate Dover
2019-10-06
4,912
204.6
... that in 1881, Kate Dover killed Thomas Skinner by cooking him a roast dinner with arsenic in the stuffing, but was not convicted of murder ?
Crown vs Kate Dover
4,139
172.5
Thomas Skinner (etcher)
1,930
80.4
Total
10,981
457.5
Earl's Court Square
2019-10-24
10,104
435.5
... that in the 1970s, London's Earl's Court Square (houses pictured) was the location of two brothels and the site of the "Battle of Earl's Court" between rival poets?
Mia Khalifa (song)
2019-10-16
10,277
428.2
... that more than 4 million videos on TikTok feature the song "Mia Khalifa " – also known as the "Hit or Miss" song – even though the app had not licensed its use and has never paid the artists?
Margaret Macpherson Grant
2019-10-16
10,256
427.3
... that 19th-century Scottish heiress and philanthropist Margaret Macpherson Grant died, aged 42, shortly after her female partner had abandoned her to marry a man?
Eagle Woman
2019-10-27
8,034
391.9
... that Eagle Woman (pictured) is credited as the only woman to become a chief among the Sioux , and the first woman to sign a treaty with the United States?
Miss'd America
2019-10-22
9,404
391.8
... that the grand prize of the Miss'd America pageant was once a Burger King crown and a bouquet of dead roses?
TASBot
2019-10-08
9,390
391.2
... that speedrunning robot TASBot made a Skype call in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ?
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019-10-07
9,378
390.8
... that director Avi Belkin said the title of his 2019 documentary Mike Wallace Is Here once constituted "the four most-dreaded words in the English language"?
Jim Furyk's round of 58
2019-10-07
9,313
388.0
... that after 1.5 million rounds played over the history of the PGA Tour , the first 58 was shot by Jim Furyk (pictured) ?
Tweed Courthouse
2019-10-17
9,232
384.6
... that the construction of New York City's Tweed Courthouse , prolonged over 20 years, has been called "a classic in the annals of American graft"?
Litsy
2019-10-17
8,976
374.0
... that Litsy is similar to Twitter and Instagram , but is only for books?
London medical students at Belsen
2019-10-10
8,571
357.1
... that in 1945, a group of London medical students (pictured) travelled to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to treat the survivors?
Betsy Head Park
2019-10-31
8,406
350.2
... that the namesake of Betsy Head Park left half her estate to the New York City parks system and only $5 to her daughter?
The VelociPastor
2019-10-04
8,170
340.4
... that the director of the film The VelociPastor thought of the idea when his phone autocorrected "Velociraptor " to "Veloci Pastor"?
Robert N. McClelland
2019-10-18
7,928
330.3
... that surgeon Robert N. McClelland tried to save the lives of both John F. Kennedy and his assassin ?
New York Public Library Main Branch
2019-10-28
7,111
316.0
... that the New York Public Library Main Branch (pictured) , whose stacks contain an estimated 2.5 million volumes, uses "book trains" to carry books to patrons?
Jeannette Guyot
2019-10-02
7,573
315.5
... that French Resistance agent Jeannette Guyot was one of only two women to be awarded America's second highest military honour during World War II?
Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse
2019-10-03
7,473
311.4
... that the occupation of the Stasi district headquarters and Stasi prison (pictured) in Erfurt was a milestone in the Peaceful Revolution ?
Maryul
2019-10-31
7,448
310.4
... that Ladakh was originally called Maryul (capital pictured) , the "lowland" of West Tibet?
Uppalavanna
2019-10-21
7,078
294.9
... that one of the Buddha 's chief female disciples, Uppalavanna , is said to have become a nun because she was so beautiful that her father feared conflict between her many wealthy suitors?
Joseph LaBarge
2019-10-02
7,056
294.0
... that in 1863, Captain Joseph LaBarge (pictured) made a trip up and down the Missouri River aboard his steamboat, exceeding existing records for speed and distance?
Yu Zhenwu
2019-10-18
7,038
293.2
... that Yu Zhenwu piloted the first successful flight of China's first indigenously designed jet aircraft and, decades later, became Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force ?
Benjamin F. Lewis
2019-10-14
6,873
286.4
... that the murder of Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was considered unsolvable for having too many suspects?
War of the Peters
2019-10-10
6,692
278.8
... that up to 60,000 people were displaced during the War of the Peters ?
Lisa Daugaard
2019-10-28
6,271
278.7
... that Lisa Daugaard attended the University of Washington at the age of twelve?
Samsung Galaxy M30s
2019-10-24
6,448
277.9
... that the 6000 mAh battery on the Samsung Galaxy M30s is the largest ever for a Samsung smartphone?
Girl on the Third Floor
2019-10-25
6,516
271.5
... that director and screenwriter Travis Stevens paused renovations on his production company's house to film Girl on the Third Floor ?
Jaakko Gauriloff
2019-10-15
6,438
268.3
... that in his youth, Finnish Skolt singer Jaakko Gauriloff (pictured) was called "the James Dean of Nellim " and "the world's northernmost schlager singer"?
Apple maggot
2019-10-14
6,364
265.2
... that adult apple maggot flies (example pictured) use their wing patterns defensively to mimic spiders?
Roar (1981 film)
2019-10-26
6,335
264.0
... that at least 70 members of the cast and crew were injured while working alongside 130 or more untrained big cats , mostly lions and tigers, for the film Roar ?
John Mason Loomis
2019-10-24
6,098
262.8
... that industrialist John Mason Loomis , a Union Army colonel in the American Civil War , fought in 57 battles and skirmishes, marching with his men for more than 6,900 mi (11,100 km)?
Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides
2019-10-18
6,248
260.4
... that after drug cartel member Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides was killed in a shootout, his comrades tried to fabricate a suicide?
Military Intelligence Corps Band
2019-10-01
6,062
252.6
... that the U.S. Army 's Military Intelligence Corps Band (pictured) had a jazz ensemble known as the Cannonball Combo in tribute to Cannonball Adderley , a former U.S. Army trumpet player?
Hollow Dogū
2019-10-07
6,031
251.3
... that the sexual characteristics of the Hollow Dogū , a National Treasure of Japan, are so mixed that the Jōmon figurine has been said to "transcend gender"?
Halloween darter
2019-10-31
6,023
251.0
... that the common name of the Halloween darter refers to the orange and black coloration that individuals develop during the breeding season?
Geostationary orbit
2019-10-18
5,936 [ a]
247.3
... that satellites in a geostationary orbit appear stationary in the sky to a ground observer?
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
2019-10-17
5,866
244.4
... that property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi , fiancé of Princess Beatrice of York , co-founded a charity in Rwanda that aims to use cricket to foster social change?
Rugg/Feldman benchmarks
2019-10-02
5,793
241.4
... that Steve Wozniak 's Integer BASIC was so fast in the Rugg/Feldman benchmarks that Bill Gates complained?
REDress Project
2019-10-08
5,768
240.3
... that the red dresses (example pictured) in Jaime Black's REDress Project represent the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada and the United States?
Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station
2019-10-10
5,731
238.8
... that for a time, subway riders exiting the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station in the evening could find themselves trapped behind a locked gate?
Coffin Cave mold beetle
2019-10-31
5,712
238.0
... that the Coffin Cave mold beetle may not actually be found in Coffin Cave?
Nitehawk Cinema
2019-10-16
5,552
231.3
... that in 2011, Nitehawk Cinema (pictured) successfully lobbied to overturn a Prohibition -era liquor law that prevented movie theaters in New York from serving alcohol?
Free School Under the Bridge
2019-10-09
5,526
230.3
... that the Free School Under the Bridge in Delhi uses a metro bridge as its roof and blackboards painted on the wall of a depot?
Castleford Pottery
2019-10-29
5,526
230.2
... that many Castleford-type ceramic teapots have either hinged or sliding lids (examples pictured) ?
Boophis popi
2019-10-31
5,518
229.9
... that the skeleton frog Boophis popi can be identified by its bright red irises?
Podostemum ceratophyllum
2019-10-17
5,456
227.3
... that the cause of the decline in hornleaf riverweed , a foundation species in swift-flowing rivers in North America, is unclear?
Great Northumberland Forest
2019-10-19
5,429
226.2
... that to create the Great Northumberland Forest , up to a million trees are due to be planted between 2020 and 2024?
Dona Strauss
2019-10-21
5,368
223.6
... that mathematician Dona Strauss left South Africa over apartheid , lost a faculty job at Dartmouth for joining an anti-war protest, and helped found European Women in Mathematics ?
Celia Harvey
2019-10-14
5,266
219.4
... that Celia Harvey has been a countess, a lecturer, a parliamentary candidate, and a British Army brigadier?
Rockaways' Playland
2019-10-01
5,163
215.1
... that New York City's Rockaways' Playland amusement park was closed because of an eightfold increase in insurance premiums?
The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions
2019-10-20
5,156
214.8
... that the 1977 fantasy novel The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions was originally planned as a children's book ?
Archer Avenue lines
2019-10-14
5,143
214.3
... that the Archer Avenue subway took 16 years to finish, was completed at a cost of nearly five times its original budget, and was cut back to a fraction of its original length?
Bissinger Wool Pullery
2019-10-15
5,096
212.3
... that the Bissinger Wool Pullery processed dead sheep?
Brigid Leventhal
2019-10-17
5,082
211.8
... that pediatric oncologist Brigid Leventhal was one of only six women in her graduating class from Harvard Medical School in 1960?
John Hancock (venereologist)
2019-10-07
5,062
210.9
... that in 1945, London medical student John Hancock 's studies were interrupted when he contracted typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ?
Marlion Pickett
2019-10-22
4,927
205.3
... that Marlion Pickett (pictured) is the first player since 1926 to win a premiership in his Australian Football League debut?
Piera Aiello
2019-10-25
4,742
197.6
... that Piera Aiello wore a veil to protect her identity when standing for Italy's Chamber of Deputies because of threats from the mafia?
Female Engagement Team
2019-10-16
4,656
194.0
... that the U.S. Armed Forces created Female Engagement Teams to interact with women in Afghanistan?
Total
4,654
193.9
Weeping Jesus statue in Mumbai
2019-10-26
4,618
192.4
... that water seeping from a statue of Jesus in Mumbai was initially called a miracle, but turned out to originate from a nearby overflowing drain?
Unconstitutional constitutional amendment
2019-10-11
4,569
190.4
... that courts and legal scholars in some countries have expressed support for the idea that even a properly ratified constitutional amendment can be unconstitutional ?
The Ten Thousand Things (2014 novel)
2019-10-01
4,566
190.3
... that the novel The Ten Thousand Things , earlier rejected by 44 publishers, won the Walter Scott Prize ?
Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi
2019-10-30
2,923
121.8
... that the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi (pictured) , which houses the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir , is both a house church and a museum?
House church (Russia)
1,620
67.5
Total
4,544
189.3
Rāhula
2019-10-13
4,444
185.2
... that a discourse given by the Buddha to his only son, Rāhula (depiction shown) , became one of the seven Buddhist texts recommended for study in the inscriptions of Emperor Aśoka ?
Battle of Craig Cailloch
2019-10-30
4,436
184.8
... that Alexander of Islay encouraged Clan Chattan to fight the Battle of Craig Cailloch against Clan Cameron as revenge for the Camerons' defection?
Thomas Mohr (tenor)
2019-10-17
4,430
184.6
... that tenor Thomas Mohr , who has sung the roles of Loge, Siegmund, and Siegfried in Der Ring in Minden , hosts concerts in his cowshed?
Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers
2019-10-25
4,430
184.6
... that the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers was created in 1793 to replace civilian contractors, who sometimes abandoned their artillery in battle?
Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
2019-10-04
4,414
183.9
... that the Irish Occupied Territories Bill would make doing business with Israeli settlers punishable by fines of up to €250,000 and up to five years in prison?
Dienerella filum
2019-10-30
4,379
182.5
... that infestations of the common plaster beetle have caused hygiene problems in a hospital?
Andrew Mukooza
2019-10-24
4,198
180.9
... that Ugandan air force commander Andrew Mukooza may have been murdered because he helped defeat a coup attempt?
Battle of Babylon Hill
2019-10-06
4,339
180.8
... that according to one historian, the Battle of Babylon Hill was "more muddle than battle"?
The Dairy
2019-10-08
4,331
180.5
... that the Dairy in Central Park was designed to offer board games and sell milk to park guests?
Tom Farquharson
2019-10-03
4,306
179.4
... that footballer Tom Farquharson was believed to carry a gun in his kitbag?
2019 Paul Hunter Classic
2019-10-17
4,292
178.8
... that Shaun Murphy pulled out of the 2019 Paul Hunter Classic snooker tournament after injuring his leg dancing to Disney's Greatest Hits ?
Amy Brown (dietitian)
2019-10-18
4,268
177.8
... that according to dietician Amy Brown , a researcher of social barriers to breastfeeding, smacking children is acceptable to more British people than breastfeeding in public?
Shiwei, Inner Mongolia
2019-10-24
4,058
174.9
... that the Friendship Bridge on the Russian–Chinese border at Shiwei, Inner Mongolia , is used by trucks carrying quarried stone, but passenger vehicles are not permitted?
Piano Concerto (Clara Schumann)
2019-10-18
4,168
173.7
... that when pianist Clara Wieck (pictured with the score) composed her Piano Concerto in A minor as a teenager, her future husband Robert Schumann helped with the orchestration ?
Springs Mills Building
2019-10-22
4,148
172.9
... that the Springs Mills Building , a New York City Landmark built in 1963, has a hexagonal tower that may have taken inspiration from Milan's Pirelli Tower ?
Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková
2019-10-31
4,132
172.2
... that Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková established the first girls' secondary school in Moravia ?
Margaret Barr (choreographer)
2019-10-09
4,131
172.1
... that choreographer Margaret Barr created more than 80 works (example pictured) , inspired by subjects such as Mahatma Gandhi , Margaret Mead , drought, and the Melbourne Cup ?
Sturm Cigarette Company
2019-10-09
4,102
170.9
... that despite the party's anti-smoking faction , the Sturmabteilung was funded by a Nazi cigarette company ?
Signal Corps Band
2019-10-18
4,091
170.5
... that in 1916, three members of a military band were killed in action during the Battle of Columbus in New Mexico ?
KYDZ
2019-10-18
4,043
168.5
... that the annual charity radiothon at Wyoming high school radio station KYDZ was commended by a thank-you letter from President Ronald Reagan ?
Green Man, Blackheath
2019-10-29
3,981
165.9
... that David Bowie 's first gig as lead singer was at the Green Man, Blackheath ?
Waniguchi
2019-10-01
3,976
165.7
... that the waniguchi gong is named after its resemblance to the mouth of a crocodile or alligator?
Kings Plaza
2019-10-21
3,974
165.6
... that New York City's Kings Plaza shopping mall was built with a marina for visitors, as well as its own power system?
Mill Basin, Brooklyn
2019-10-03
3,962
165.1
... that the New York City neighborhood of Mill Basin , once a desolate swampland, now contains multi-million-dollar homes?
Naked-rumped tomb bat
2019-10-16
3,866
161.1
... that the naked-rumped tomb bat is among a number of species of bat that roost in different parts of the Karnak Temple Complex in Egypt?
Celia Rowlson-Hall
2019-10-24
3,704
159.7
... that director Celia Rowlson-Hall cast herself as a modern version of the Virgin Mary in her first feature film?
Vladimir Lvovich Kasatonov
2019-10-06
3,780
157.5
... that Russian vice-admiral Vladimir Kasatonov has been involved in crew search-and-rescue operations for three submarines: K-219 (pictured) , Komsomolets , and Kursk ?
Joshua Guerrero
2019-10-31
3,706
154.4
... that American tenor Joshua Guerrero stepped in at late notice to sing Almaviva in a Grammy Award -winning production of The Ghosts of Versailles ?
Sorley MacLean
2019-10-07
3,704
154.3
... that Scottish poet Sorley MacLean once called upon the Red Army to invade his homeland?
Space National Guard
2019-10-05
3,674
153.1
... that the Colorado National Guard's 117th Space Battalion is nicknamed the "Space Cowboys"?
Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)
2019-10-11
3,662
152.6
... that the character of Felicity Smoak , from The CW 's Arrowverse franchise, first appeared in the DC Comics series The Fury of Firestorm in 1984?
Erland Erlandson
2019-10-07
3,631
151.3
... that Erland Erlandson became the first known European to cross the Labrador Peninsula from the Hudson Strait to the Atlantic coast when his guides misled him?
Quelccaya Ice Cap
2019-10-09
3,624
151.0
... that birds nest in the Quelccaya Ice Cap of Peru?
Irish Language Act
2019-10-12
3,604
150.2
... that the Northern Ireland Assembly has not sat for more than two years, partly because of disagreements over an Irish Language Act ?
Kang Woo-kyu
2019-10-19
3,594
149.8
... that Kang Woo-kyu hid a grenade between his legs to pass through the Russian–Japanese border and try to assassinate the Japanese governor-general of Korea ?
Patricia Bagot
2019-10-22
3,552
148.0
... that housing expert Patricia Bagot argued with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi over the quality of housing in Libya?
Scutigerella immaculata
2019-10-10
3,534
147.3
... that the female garden symphylan stores sperm in its mouth?
Church of the Gesú (Philadelphia)
2019-10-21
3,518
146.6
... that the Church of the Gesú in Philadelphia once held more than 200 relics ?
New York City Inferno
2019-10-05
3,480
145.0
... that New York City Inferno , a 1978 gay pornography film , features a licensed soundtrack by the Village People ?
Hadji Kamlon
2019-10-11
3,440
143.3
... that it took more than 5,000 Philippine soldiers with land, air, and sea support, as well as millions of pesos , to end the uprising of Hadji Kamlon ?
Foreign interference in the 2020 United States elections
2019-10-02
3,429
142.9
... that according to Robert Mueller , who investigated foreign interference in the 2016 US presidential election , foreign interference in the 2020 US elections is ongoing?
Zhang Lianzhong
2019-10-28
3,056
135.8
... that Zhang Lianzhong was the first commander of the Chinese navy who had served at sea?
Trogoderma variabile
2019-10-23
3,167
132.0
... that the warehouse beetle usually develops within about two months, but may enter an active diapause and take two years?
Avinash Sable
2019-10-01
3,164
131.8
... that Avinash Sable went from running 6 km (3.7 mi) to and from school at age six to running the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships ?
Patrick Lin (cinematographer)
2019-10-29
3,146
131.1
... that Pixar cinematographer Patrick Lin pioneered the use of a virtual lens based on an actual camera lens in Inside Out ?
Ma Ning
2019-10-05
3,119
130.0
... that handicapped army veteran Ma Ning became a pilot and later Commander of the Chinese Air Force after being inspired by a novel about a double amputee flying ace ?
Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula
2019-10-07
1,748
72.8
... that after leading a failed rebellion in his native Morocco, Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula led the Volunteers of the Faith in Granada , where he became a major political figure?
Volunteers of the Faith
1,311
54.6
Total
3,059
127.5
Dirk Müller (stock trader)
2019-10-25
2,998
124.9
... that German stock trader Dirk Müller is known as "Mr. DAX "?
Shuping Wang
2019-10-20
2,954
123.1
... that medical researcher Shuping Wang may have saved tens of thousands of lives by defying authorities and exposing an HIV/AIDS scandal in China ?
Song Myung-soon
2019-10-12
2,932
122.1
... that Song Myung-soon was the first woman South Korean army general from a combat arm?
Pere Marquette Lumber Company
2019-10-21
2,911
121.3
... that despite its name, the Pere Marquette Lumber Company ranked among the largest salt and lumber producers in the state of Michigan?
South Beach–Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk
2019-10-20
2,900
120.8
... that at 2.5 miles (4.0 km), New York City's South Beach Boardwalk was cited as the fourth longest boardwalk in the world in 2010?
Among the Lost
2019-10-15
2,066
86.1
... that in Among the Lost , a 2018 novel by Mexican author Emiliano Monge , the victims of human trafficking are described in language borrowed from Dante's Inferno and the testimony of real-life people?
Emiliano Monge
816
34.0
Total
2,882
120.1
Babak (Sasanian officer)
2019-10-11
2,872
119.7
... that after reforming the army of the Sasanian Empire , the officer Babak is said to have insisted that King Khosrow I wear his armor and participate in the military parade like all the other warriors?
Susan L. Mann
2019-10-10
2,868
119.5
... that American historian Susan L. Mann won the Fairbank Prize for exploring the roles of elite women and same-sex social relationships in Chinese history?
Sarah Robinson (activist)
2019-10-04
2,854
118.9
... that temperance activist Sarah Robinson visited brothels in an attempt to improve the health of prostitutes and their clients?
Ruth Darrow
2019-10-24
2,732
117.7
... that after Ruth Darrow 's son died from hemolytic disease of the newborn , she was inspired to study the disease, and became the first person to identify its cause?
Élisabeth Revol
2019-10-27
2,410
117.5
... that in 2018, Élisabeth Revol became the first woman to ascend Nanga Parbat in winter, and her rescue on the descent was widely reported?
Ruth Doggett
2019-10-05
2,755
114.8
... that a review of the London Group 's 1936 exhibition noted that many works seemed "perverse and downright silly", but those by Ruth Doggett (portrait shown) formed "welcome oases of sense and sensibility"?
Ye Xuanping
2019-10-04
2,745
114.4
... that under the governorship of Ye Xuanping , Guangdong grew economically prosperous and increased its independence from Beijing, earning him the nickname "Emperor of the South"?
Hans Riemer (Austrian politician)
2019-10-14
2,734
113.9
... that Hans Riemer went from being a prisoner of war in 1945 to President of Austria's Bundesrat in 1955?
Liu Shunyao
2019-10-23
2,720
113.4
... that under the leadership of Liu Shunyao , the Chinese air force began emphasizing the need to fight offensive battles?
Revel Transit
2019-10-07
2,694
112.2
... that electric moped sharing company Revel deposited 1,000 new mopeds on New York City streets in the space of a week?
John D. Whitney
2019-10-27
2,279
111.2
... that a future president of Georgetown University , John D. Whitney , decided to convert to Catholicism after reading a book accidentally dropped into the ocean from a U.S. Navy ship?
Tritoniella
2019-10-04
1,670
69.6
... that the nudibranch Tritoniella belli is avoided by several predatory starfishes but is inefficiently preyed on by the sea anemone Isotealia antarctica ?
Isotealia antarctica
996
41.5
Total
2,666
111.1
Blind Injustice (opera)
2019-10-23
2,661
110.9
... that the opera Blind Injustice tells the true stories of six people in Ohio who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated?
Euryoryzomys russatus
2019-10-29
2,641
110.0
... that populations of the russet rice rat have been shown to have a monogamous mating system?
Julie Dretzin
2019-10-15
2,618
109.1
... that Julie Dretzin has narrated audiobooks using Russian accents for some characters and Maine accents for others?
Bartley Wilson
2019-10-02
2,601
108.4
... that Cardiff City F.C. founder Bartley Wilson 's headstone was discovered in bushes near his grave, which had lain unmarked for more than 40 years?
Ross T. McIntire
2019-10-23
2,570
107.1
... that Ross T. McIntire was the first Physician to the President to have had a certified medical specialty ?
Ester Peony
2019-10-10
2,484
103.5
... that Ester Peony , Romania 's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 , spent part of her early life in Canada?
Lotta Ramel
2019-10-08
2,469
102.9
... that Swedish actress Lotta Ramel portrayed her real-life mother, actress Susanna Ramel , in the film Ted: För kärlekens skull ?
Alcohol-related crime
2019-10-02
2,466
102.7
... that drunk driving is among the most common alcohol-related crimes in the United States?
Shadrack Frimpong
2019-10-02
2,458
102.4
... that Shadrack Frimpong started a communal cocoa farm in Ghana , where villagers could work in exchange for free tuition at an all-girls school?
The Homeric Gods
2019-10-03
2,453
102.2
... that Walter Burkert described the conclusion on Greek mythology in The Homeric Gods as a "sublime private religion"?
Fort George Amusement Park
2019-10-13
2,434
101.4
... that Fort George Amusement Park , which featured roller coasters, carousels, and Ferris wheels, was in Upper Manhattan in a locality once referred to as "Harlem's Coney Island "?
KGCX (AM)
2019-10-26
2,412
100.5
... that KGCX , located in a town with a population of 50 , claimed to be the world's smallest broadcasting station?
Nutfield Priory
2019-10-23
2,346
97.7
... that John Gibson 's design of Nutfield Priory was inspired by the Palace of Westminster ?
Hildegarde's shrew
2019-10-15
904
37.7
... that Hildegarde had a bat , a mouse and a shrew named in her honour?
Hildegarde's tomb bat
844
35.2
Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
592
24.6
Total
2,340
97.5
Natal Native Pioneer Corps
2019-10-29
2,317
96.5
... that during the Siege of Eshowe , members of the Natal Native Pioneer Corps ventured out of the town under Zulu fire to retrieve maize and pumpkins to sell to the defenders?
Deng Hongkui
2019-10-09
1,296
54.0
... that Deng Hongkui and Chen Hu were the first to use CRISPR gene editing on an HIV patient?
Chen Hu (physician)
1,011
42.1
Total
2,307
96.1
Wei Jinshan
2019-10-13
2,242
93.4
... that Chinese admiral Wei Jinshan was awarded the Medal of Honour by President Xi Jinping and the Order of the National Flag by North Korea?
B. M. Kutty
2019-10-01
2,232
93.0
... that B. M. Kutty was called to a meeting with Pakistani prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after writing him a letter from prison?
Divyansh Singh Panwar
2019-10-19
2,222
92.6
... that Divyansh Singh Panwar won four medals at the 2019 Shooting World Cup , two years after his father became worried by his "PUBG addiction" and sent him to New Delhi to train?
Samsung Galaxy Fit (smartwatch)
2019-10-03
2,188
91.2
... that the Samsung Galaxy Fit smartwatch can be charged wirelessly through near-field communication ?
Psychoda alternata
2019-10-05
2,182
90.9
... that larvae of the drain fly can be found in trickling filter systems used to process sewage?
Parkia bicolor
2019-10-24
2,093
90.2
... that the nectar-rich flowers of the African locust-bean are visited by bats, dormice , and pottos ?
Jane Eskind
2019-10-09
2,158
89.9
... that Jane Eskind was the first woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee ?
Khalili Collections
2019-10-26
2,156
89.8
... that the Khalili Collections (manuscript folio shown) comprise some 35,000 works of art assembled by Nasser D. Khalili over five decades?
Betty Flint
2019-10-22
2,154
89.7
... that botanist Betty Flint continued research in a voluntary capacity at Lincoln University and Landcare Research until she was 100 years old?
Durio graveolens
2019-10-28
2,004
89.1
... that despite a name meaning "strong-smelling durian ", Durio graveolens has been described as odorless?
Drosophila subobscura
2019-10-22
2,130
88.8
... that the gut bacteria of Drosophila subobscura can influence its mating behavior?
Pelin Ünker
2019-10-28
1,996
88.7
... that Turkish correspondent Pelin Ünker is the only journalist in the world sentenced for writing about the Paradise Papers investigation?
Fleet Review (Japan)
2019-10-14
2,126
88.6
... that today's Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Fleet Review was canceled due to Typhoon Hagibis ?
2019 World Open (snooker)
2019-10-25
2,100
87.5
... that Neil Robertson will not play at the 2019 World Open snooker tournament because he drove to Barnsley, Gloucestershire , rather than Barnsley, South Yorkshire , to compete in the qualifiers?
Women's Defence Relief Corps
2019-10-04
2,034
84.7
... that the Women's Defence Relief Corps trained British women to fight during the First World War?
A Voyage Round the World
2019-10-16
2,008
83.7
... that Georg Forster 's 1777 report A Voyage Round the World , about the second voyage of James Cook , was not reprinted in English for nearly two centuries?
Józefa Joteyko
2019-10-23
2,008
83.6
... that Józefa Joteyko believed that wages should be based upon scientific research and the amount of effort required to do a job, rather than arbitrary factors like gender?
Lee Eun-soo
2019-10-20
2,000
83.4
... that Lee Eun-soo was South Korea's seventh female general officer and the first in the legal branch?
KNGN
2019-10-09
1,948
81.2
... that a snake chased a mouse into the transmitter of Nebraska radio station KWRV in 1962, knocking it off the air for two hours?
St Rufus Church
2019-10-15
1,943
81.0
... that the nave entrance doors of St Rufus Church in Keith, Moray , Scotland, incorporate a two-sided memorial to the First and Second World Wars?
J. Michael Mendel
2019-10-03
1,925 [ b]
80.2
... that television producer J. Michael Mendel won three Primetime Emmy Awards for The Simpsons and another for Rick and Morty ?
Yū Sasahara
2019-10-11
1,918
79.9
... that although Yū Sasahara dreamed of becoming a singer as a child, her father persuaded her to pursue a career in voice acting instead?
WNWK
2019-10-25
1,868
77.8
... that after the owner of Delaware radio station WNRK died before he could put it on the air, his widow was interviewed on the station's first day of broadcasting?
Raúl Hernández Barrón
2019-10-12
1,864
77.7
... that suspected drug lord Raúl Hernández Barrón claimed to be a policeman to avoid being arrested?
Bibi Torriani
2019-10-01
1,838
76.6
... that Swiss athlete Bibi Torriani was the first ice hockey player to recite the Olympic Oath ?
Bolívar (TV series)
2019-10-13
1,826
76.1
... that the Colombian television series Bolívar used 6,000 extras?
Greg Moore (racing driver)
2019-10-29
1,783
74.3
... that Greg Moore won a record-breaking ten races, and completed every event, on his way to winning the 1995 Indy Lights season ?
Rockwood Lodge
2019-10-27
1,508
73.6
... that the Green Bay Packers ' training facility Rockwood Lodge burned down less than four years after it was purchased by head coach Curly Lambeau ?
Japan National Route 279
2019-10-28
1,644
73.1
... that Japan National Route 279 's course in Aomori Prefecture follows an ancient pilgrimage path to Mount Osore , a destination believed to be a gate to the underworld in Japanese mythology ?
Brett Toth
2019-10-16
1,731
72.1
... that Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle Brett Toth was the first Army Black Knights football player to play in the Senior Bowl ?
Sheila Heaney
2019-10-13
1,724
71.8
... that Sheila Heaney , director of the Women's Royal Army Corps , visited the United States in 1972 to study how women were being integrated into the U.S. Army ?
Wen Chuanyuan
2019-10-30
1,720
71.6
... that Wen Chuanyuan was the chief designer of China's first drone and first flight simulator ?
Jack Roxburgh
2019-10-28
1,520
67.5
... that Jack Roxburgh introduced legislation on this day in 1964 to declare ice hockey Canada's national game, after disproving the myth that lacrosse held that distinction?
Heather Olmstead
2019-10-26
1,606
66.9
... that in 2019, Brigham Young University volleyball coach Heather Olmstead held the highest winning percentage of any women's volleyball coach in NCAA Division I history?
Ask Dr. Ruth
2019-10-05
1,586
66.1
... that the 2019 film Ask Dr. Ruth features Holocaust survivor Ruth Westheimer reflecting on her career as a sex therapist ?
Ingalill Mosander
2019-10-22
1,574
65.6
... that Swedish journalist Ingalill Mosander and her husband Jan Mosander both survived the Costa Concordia disaster in 2012?
Adele Zay
2019-10-01
1,565
65.2
... that Adele Zay successfully led a campaign in 1894 for Transylvanian authorities to recognize kindergarten and handicraft teachers so that they were entitled to pensions?
Elizabeth, Lady Echlin
2019-10-03
1,558
64.9
... that Elizabeth, Lady Echlin , a correspondent of the author, wrote a revised ending to Samuel Richardson 's Clarissa in which the rape that was central to the original version is averted?
William S. White
2019-10-19
1,556
64.8
... that William S. White took a two month break from The New York Times to write the book that won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ?
Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album)
2019-10-12
1,528
63.7
... that Kylie Minogue was dropped as an act by Geffen Records after her 1989 album Enjoy Yourself failed to find an audience in the United States?
Whitney North Seymour Jr.
2019-10-29
1,514
63.1
... that in his eighties, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Whitney North Seymour Jr. co-wrote and produced a one-act play performed off-Broadway ?
Erica Ollmann Saphire
2019-10-30
1,510
62.9
... that structural biologist Erica Ollmann Saphire traveled to Africa to observe rodents in the field in order to study how viruses like Ebola are spread?
Edgardo Labella
2019-10-03
1,502
62.6
... that Edgardo Labella , the mayor of Cebu City , survived the 1998 sinking of a passenger ferry during Typhoon Vicki , staying afloat for 36 hours in a life vest?
Jimmy Sham
2019-10-10
1,497
62.4
... that Jimmy Sham , convener of Civil Human Rights Front , helped organize several protest marches against the Hong Kong government's proposed extradition amendment bill ?
Liu Tianfu
2019-10-15
766
31.9
... that governors Liu Tianfu and Liang Lingguang were both considered reform pioneers who propelled the economic development of Guangdong in the 1980s?
Liang Lingguang
723
30.1
Total
1,489
62.0
2002 Austrian Grand Prix
2019-10-06
1,474
61.4
... that the use of team orders by Ferrari to determine the winner of the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix led to a ban on the practice in Formula One from 2003 to 2010?
2019 Six-red World Championship
2019-10-02
1,468
61.1
... that the winners of the 2019 World Cup doubles snooker event competed as opponents in the final of the 2019 Six-red World Championship ?
Sergiusz Toll
2019-10-09
1,445
60.2
... that Polish entomologist Sergiusz Toll amassed a collection of about 8,000 bird eggs and 12,000 butterflies and moths while in Bydgoszcz ?
Nadja Malacrida
2019-10-12
1,438
59.9
... that Nadja Malacrida said in a Vim advertisement that it was "no use having new ideas of decoration if you have old ideas of dirt"?
2010 World Team Championship
2019-10-12
792
33.0
... that at the 2010 World Team Championship pool event, a first-to-six-racks playoff match was won by Daryl Peach after 52 racks?
Daryl Peach
644
26.8
Total
1,436
59.8
Ali Curung
2019-10-14
1,413
58.9
... that the Australian Aboriginal community of Ali Curung is named after the nearby ancestral Alekarenge ("dingo -associated") Dreaming sites?
John Cooper (Tennessee politician)
2019-10-04
1,399
58.3
... that John Cooper is the first political candidate to defeat an incumbent mayor of Nashville since the city consolidated with Davidson County, Tennessee ?
KLLT (New Mexico)
2019-10-11
1,391
58.0
... that KLLT in Grants, New Mexico , went off the air because the United States Forest Service refused to let the station build a tower on Mount Taylor to improve its coverage?
John Gillies (anaesthetist)
2019-10-21
1,384
57.7
... that John Gillies devised what is thought to have been the first British closed-circuit anaesthetic machine?
KWCS-TV
2019-10-06
497
20.7
... that with the sign-ons of KWCS-TV , KOET , KUSU-TV , and KBYU-TV , Utah had more educational TV stations than commercial ones by 1966?
KUSU-TV
411
17.1
KOET (Utah)
410
17.1
Total
1,318
54.9
WBRL (AM)
2019-10-27
1,102
53.8
... that New Hampshire radio station WBRL 's first license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission because of double-billing practices?
Sunita Sharma
2019-10-29
1,279
53.3
... that Sunita Sharma is reportedly India's first woman cricket coach?
Alice D. Snyder
2019-10-08
1,268
52.8
... that professor of English Alice D. Snyder helped lead the campaign that earned women in New York the right to vote ?
Ian Scott Smillie
2019-10-11
1,267
52.8
... that the surgeon Ian Scott Smillie , president of the International Society of the Knee , wrote a book about deer stalking in Scotland?
Liparis liliifolia
2019-10-06
1,220
50.8
... that the correct spelling of "liliifolia " in the name of the orchid Liparis liliifolia has been debated for decades?
KTKN
2019-10-12
1,212
50.5
... that KTKN in Ketchikan, Alaska , was one of just six new radio stations authorized in the United States in 1942, due to a wartime freeze order?
Gloria Ana Chevesich
2019-10-21
1,208
50.4
... that prior to joining the Supreme Court of Chile , Gloria Ana Chevesich was best known for convicting a former government minister and 13 others of fraud in the MOP-Gate case ?
Enoch Fenwick
2019-10-26
1,172
48.8
... that Enoch Fenwick reluctantly became president of Georgetown College in 1820, and abandoned the post in 1825 before a replacement was found?
Xu Chi
2019-10-26
1,163
48.5
... that after Xu Chi published his biography of mathematician Chen Jingrun , the latter received a sackful of love letters?
2019 China Championship
2019-10-20
1,126
46.9
... that at the 2019 China Championship , Judd Trump 's fifteen-match and six-month winning streak was broken when he was defeated by Joe Perry ?
Akissi Kouamé
2019-10-26
1,118
46.6
... that before becoming the first woman general in the army of the Ivory Coast, Akissi Kouamé initiated the appointment of midwives to the army health service?
Enea Scala
2019-10-16
1,080
45.0
... that tenor Enea Scala has appeared in roles by Rossini , most recently in the title role of Otello , an opera which requires at least five tenors?
Ben Challacombe
2019-10-08
1,058
44.1
... that in 2016, Ben Challacombe performed the UK's first live broadcast of the robotic removal of part of a kidney ?
EvergreenHealth
2019-10-22
1,055
44.0
... that Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Washington had the first MRI machine on the U.S. West Coast?
Coat of arms of Sevastopol
2019-10-19
1,052
43.8
... that Sevastopol had no official coat of arms from 1917 until 1969, but two official coats of arms from 1993 until 2000?
KOJC
2019-10-19
1,032
43.0
... that a contributing factor to the demise of black radio station KOJC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa , was an internal struggle among its board of directors?
Nurul Alam Chowdhury
2019-10-05
1,028
42.9
... that Nurul Alam Chowdhury was the youngest MP in the first parliament of Bangladesh ?
John B. Creeden
2019-10-25
1,026
42.7
... that John B. Creeden was a founder of both Boston College Law School and Georgetown University 's School of Foreign Service ?
Willson Group
2019-10-08
980
40.9
... that the Sheepscar tannery , run by John Joseph Willson of the Willson Group of artists in Leeds , England, was at one time the largest in the country?
KSKI (AM)
2019-10-28
908
40.3
... that KSKI AM initially broadcast from a lodge at the Sun Valley ski resort?
Arthur A. O'Leary
2019-10-30
957
39.9
... that as President of Georgetown University , Arthur A. O'Leary traveled around the United States to organize inactive regional chapters of the university's alumni into a national network?
Tadjuddin Noor
2019-10-27
817
39.9
... that Tadjuddin Noor was voted out of his position as chair of the legislature of East Indonesia after he failed to restrain spectators?
Folate
2019-10-27
815 [ c]
39.8
... that folic acid, a synthetic form of the vitamin folate , is added to wheat flour in many countries to reduce the risk of infants being born with spina bifida and other neural tube defects ?
WBCE
2019-10-20
930
38.7
... that two years after going on the air, WBCE radio switched from country to gospel music because too many stations in western Kentucky had country formats?
Peter Palitzsch
2019-10-08
900
37.5
... that Peter Palitzsch was called to the Berliner Ensemble as a graphic designer, and went on to stage many of Brecht 's plays internationally?
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
2019-10-13
896
37.3
... that Narendra Modi 's experiences in dealing with the after-effects of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake led him to propose the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure ?
WPSA (New York)
2019-10-15
880
36.7
... that radio station WPSA at Paul Smith's College began life in the basement of a dormitory that had previously been a meat market?
KSIV-FM
2019-10-10
855
35.6
... that in its first decade as an educational radio station, KSLH produced 2,878 fifteen-minute programs for St. Louis -area school students?
Joseph A. Lopez
2019-10-06
854
35.6
... that prior to becoming acting President of Georgetown College , Joseph A. Lopez was chaplain to the imperial family of Mexico ?
Special Area Games Scheme
2019-10-14
818
34.1
... that a tournament in which a goat is awarded as the top prize was used by the selectors of India's Special Area Games Scheme to scout for field hockey players?
Heinrich Willi
2019-10-13
805
33.5
... that Swiss pediatrician Heinrich Willi was among the first to recognise the potential of bone marrow aspiration as a diagnostic technique?
Marie-Thérèse Gauley
2019-10-06
802
33.4
... that when Marie-Thérèse Gauley premiered the title role of Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges , he praised both her acting and her "ravishing voice"?
Rambha Gandhi
2019-10-20
795
33.1
... that Gujarati writer Rambha Gandhi wrote and participated in more than 400 radio plays ?
Joseph Kupelwieser
2019-10-27
673
32.8
... that Joseph Kupelwieser wrote the libretto for Schubert's Fierrabras , and was later held responsible by the composer for the opera's failure?
WAMV (Illinois)
2019-10-13
612
25.5
... that Harry Caray called his first Major League Baseball game on radio station WTMV in the St. Louis area?
Joseph Dancis
2019-10-05
606
25.2
... that Joseph Dancis and his colleagues discovered the cause of maple syrup urine disease ?
Werner Haseleu
2019-10-19
571
23.8
... that Werner Haseleu appeared as Moses in Schoenberg's Moses und Aron at the Staatsoper Dresden , and as Holofernes in the world premiere of Judith by Siegfried Matthus at the Berlin State Opera ?