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This Is Her First Lynching
2021-06-09
8,246
687.2
... that the 1935 New York anti-lynching exhibitions included Death (modeled after the lynching of George Hughes ), Necklace (by Aaron Goodelman ), This Is Her First Lynching , and The Law Is Too Slow (pictured) , and were intended to support anti-lynching legislation, while earlier similar proposed legislation was supported by the NAACP using the lynching of Henry Lowry ?
1935 New York anti-lynching exhibitions
6,288
524.0
Lynching of George Hughes
6,156
513.0
Death (statue)
5,880
490.0
The Law Is Too Slow
5,615
467.9
Lynching of Henry Lowry
4,248
354.0
Aaron Goodelman
912
76.0
Total
37,346
3,112.2
Gallagh Man
2021-06-14
26,022
2,168.5
... that the Irish bog body Gallagh Man (pictured) preserves the remains of an Iron Age man who was around 25 years old, dark haired, and was either strangled during a ritual killing or executed as a criminal?
Mary Custis Lee
2021-06-13
22,794
1,899.5
... that Mary Custis Lee (pictured) , a daughter of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee , refused to sit in the "whites-only " section of a streetcar?
Françoise Hardy
2021-06-24
45,194 [ a]
1,883.1
... that French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy (pictured) was admired by musicians such as the Beatles , the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan during the 1960s?
Statue of Heracles, Arcachon
2021-06-28
35,400
1,475.0
... that the penis of the statue of Heracles in Arcachon, France, was twice reduced in size following complaints from local ladies?
Bugchasing
2021-06-27
31,548
1,314.5
... that some men purposely have sex in order to become infected with HIV ?
Valtellina Redoubt
2021-06-04
14,290
1,190.9
... that the bones of Dante (pictured) were to be taken to Mussolini 's intended last stand against the Allies at the Valtellina Redoubt ?
111 West 57th Street
2021-06-12
14,200
1,183.3
... that a Steinway piano showroom at 111 West 57th Street (pictured) in New York City was expanded by 2,850 percent to become one of the tallest buildings in the United States?
Los Campitos Reservoir
2021-06-13
13,189
1,099.1
... that the Los Campitos Reservoir (pictured) in Tenerife has never held water?
The Holocaust in Greece
2021-06-01
13,050
1,087.5
... that more than 80 percent of Greek Jews were killed during the Holocaust in Greece (pictured) ?
Lynching of Owen Flemming
2021-06-03
12,114
1,009.5
... that when the sheriff in Helena, Arkansas , was asked to arrest Owen Flemming , an African-American man accused of killing a white overseer on June 8, 1927, he allegedly said "I'm busy. Just go ahead and lynch him"?
Trisomy X
2021-06-14
11,832
986.0
... that one in a thousand women have three X chromosomes , but fewer than 10 percent of them know it?
13 and 15 West 54th Street
2021-06-10
6,555
546.2
... that the houses at 5 , 7 , 11 , 13 and 15 West 54th Street form the only remaining "real strip of mansions" in Midtown Manhattan ?
5 West 54th Street
1,692
141.0
11 West 54th Street
1,560
130.0
7 West 54th Street
1,500
125.0
Total
11,308
942.3
Amna Suraka
2021-06-18
11,224
935.4
... that Amna Suraka , "the world's most depressing museum", includes a hall of broken mirrors (pictured) with a shard for each victim of the Anfal genocide ?
Tillie Kottmann
2021-06-15
10,892
907.7
... that according to hacker Tillie Kottmann , most of her data breaches did not require much technical skill?
White flags over Port Stanley
2021-06-14
10,800
900.0
... that although Margaret Thatcher announced to the House of Commons on 14 June 1982 that Argentine troops were flying "white flags over Port Stanley ", they were probably just laundry on a washing line?
Love Has Won
2021-06-11
10,618 [ b]
884.8
... that in April 2021, the body of the founder of the new religious movement Love Has Won was found mummified and wrapped in Christmas lights?
Bush Tower
2021-06-25
21,103
879.3
... that the Bush Tower (pictured) , near New York City's Times Square, was an attempt at a trade center before the World Trade Center itself?
Britain Awake
2021-06-19
10,416
868.0
... that the 1976 "Britain Awake " speech by Margaret Thatcher (pictured) led to her being nicknamed the "Iron Lady" by a Soviet newspaper?
1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole
2021-06-03
10,288
857.3
... that the ships of the 1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole (pictured) got stuck in ice north of Svalbard ?
Cow by Bear
2021-06-30
19,552
814.6
... that in San Diego , you can get a steak dinner made by a bear ?
Tala tank
2021-06-06
9,722
810.1
... the Tala tank is the largest overhead water reservoir in the world?
Sharon Choi
2021-06-08
9,692
807.7
... that Sharon Choi (pictured) , the Korean–English interpreter for film director Bong Joon-ho , is herself a director?
Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi
2021-06-02
9,666
805.5
... that Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi swam seven miles (11 km) with her child strapped to her back, from Kapiti Island to the New Zealand mainland, to raise the alarm about an impending invasion?
Michael George Levy
2021-06-11
9,608
800.7
... that despite not identifying as Jewish, Michael George Levy was denied a Military Cross due to his commanding officer's antisemitic views?
Priest-King (sculpture)
2021-06-16
9,422
785.1
... that Indira Gandhi made Zulfikar Ali Bhutto choose between the sculptures Dancing Girl and Priest-King (pictured) to be returned to Pakistan in 1972?
Annie Åkerhielm
2021-06-17
9,380
781.7
... that Swedish writer Annie Åkerhielm (pictured) was an active campaigner against women's suffrage and democracy ?
Bucket of Blood Street
2021-06-16
9,106
758.9
... that Bucket of Blood Street and the Bucket of Blood Saloon are located in a town that had a reputation as "too tough for women and churches"?
Pstrąże
2021-06-01
9,058
754.8
... that the village of Pstrąże is known as the "Polish Chernobyl " due to its reputation as a ghost town and a former storage site for nuclear weapons?
Poppy seed defence
2021-06-09
8,912
742.6
... that the consumption of poppy seeds, known as the "poppy seed defence ", is a recognised medical defence for failing a drug test?
Death of Ronald Greene
2021-06-10
8,904
742.0
... that after police beat, choked, pepper-sprayed , and dragged Ronald Greene face down while shackled, saying "that shit hurts, doesn't it?", a trooper was initially reprimanded for violating courtesy rules?
Marie Hartig Kendall
2021-06-06
8,888
740.6
... that after buying a view camera in the 1880s, Marie Hartig Kendall (pictured) took over 30,000 photographs?
.sexy
2021-06-10
8,547
712.2
... that you can't be .sexy in private?
Meredith Clark
2021-06-01
8,022
668.5
... that Meredith Clark (pictured) is "the go-to person about Black Twitter ", according to NPR ?
HMS Sherwood (shore establishment)
2021-06-15
8,000
666.7
... that HMS Sherwood is located more than 50 miles (80 km) from the sea?
1968–69 Japanese university protests
2021-06-03
7,994
666.1
... that students participating in the 1968–69 Japanese university protests were known for ruthlessly interrogating and verbally abusing professors, sometimes for days on end?
The Jungle (San Jose)
2021-06-18
7,958
663.2
... that until its demolition in 2014, The Jungle in San Jose, California , was often considered to be one of the largest homeless encampments in the United States?
Eye of Horus
2021-06-02
7,938 [ c]
661.5
... that in Egyptian mythology , the god Horus offered his own eye (symbol pictured) to be eaten by his father Osiris ?
John Coster-Mullen
2021-06-11
7,934
661.2
... that John Coster-Mullen discovered that the Little Boy was actually a girl?
Sarah Blizzard
2021-06-02
7,886
657.1
... that labor activist Mother Blizzard once led a group of women to tear up train tracks to prevent an attack on striking miners?
Lia radiological accident
2021-06-19
7,784
648.7
... that an improperly dismantled orphan radiation source injured three lumberjacks and killed one of them in the Lia radiological accident ?
Cuddles Marshall
2021-06-02
7,588
632.3
... that Cuddles Marshall , the "handsomest twirler" on the New York Yankees , turned down a movie contract from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ?
Marie André Cantillon
2021-06-26
15,015
625.6
... that Marie André Cantillon (pictured) was awarded 10,000 francs in Napoleon 's will for a failed assassination attempt on the Duke of Wellington ?
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro
2021-06-05
7,423
618.6
... that the Flag of FR Yugoslavia (pictured) was the last national flag in Europe to have a red star removed from it?
Duhamel plan
2021-06-23
12,204
508.5
... that Russian generals proposed to invade India in 1854 and in 1855 to divert British forces from the Crimean War ?
Khrulev plan
2,578
107.4
Total
14,782
615.9
Kripa
2021-06-17
7,344
612.0
... that in Hindu mythology , Kripa (pictured) was born from a clump of weeds after his father ejaculated on it?
Hikaru Natsumi
2021-06-28
14,395
599.8
... that Hikaru Natsumi contributed to adult comic magazines while still in high school?
László Báthory
2021-06-17
4,078
339.8
... that Pauline monk László Báthory spent twenty years living in a cave in Budapest so he could focus on translating the Bible ?
Bathory Cave
3,026
252.2
Total
7,104
592.0
Billy Budd (play)
2021-06-08
5,782
481.9
... that Robert Chapman and Louis O. Coxe 's play Billy Budd (title role pictured) , adapted from a novella by Herman Melville , won the Donaldson Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play in 1951?
Robert Chapman (playwright)
1,268
105.6
Total
7,050
587.5
Coventry City 2–2 Bristol City (1977)
2021-06-04
6,980
581.7
... that the last five minutes of a 1977 game between Coventry City and Bristol City were played with neither team attempting to score?
23 Beekman Place
2021-06-15
6,972
581.0
... that architect Paul Rudolph 's residence at 23 Beekman Place has a penthouse terrace overhanging the nearby street, which even Rudolph was afraid to use?
Edwards Davis
2021-06-15
6,890
574.1
... that before a career in stage and film, Edwards Davis (pictured) was an ordained minister known for dancing in his pulpit?
Mariela Muñoz
2021-06-17
6,876
573.0
... that Argentine trans woman Mariela Muñoz raised 23 children and worked as a tarot reader to support them?
James Bridge Copper Works
2021-06-19
6,678
556.5
... that the former James Bridge Copper Works has been described as the "most contaminated site in Europe"?
Rockefeller Apartments
2021-06-14
6,674
556.2
... that the Rockefeller Apartments , with its glass-enclosed cylindrical "bows", allowed 15 percent more air and natural light than other apartments of the time?
Esplanade Mansions, Kolkata
2021-06-22
12,878
536.6
... that Esplanade Mansions (pictured) is the only building in Kolkata in the Art Nouveau architectural style?
Jelly roll (options)
2021-06-07
6,389
532.4
... that jelly rolls are sensitive to interest rates ?
Whistle Belly Vengeance
2021-06-16
6,346
528.8
... that late arrivals at American colonial-era inns might find that the only drink on offer was Whistle Belly Vengeance , a mixture of sour beer, molasses and bread crusts?
Run, Little Chillun
2021-06-21
6,822
284.2
... that Sydney Morton 's grandfather appeared in Run, Little Chillun (poster pictured) , but the musical theatre bug skipped a generation?
Sydney Morton
5,805
241.9
Total
12,626
526.1
Preighter
2021-06-08
6,238
519.9
... that one airline has flown more than 5,600 preighter flights, carrying cargo in place of passengers?
Kata Wéber
2021-06-30
7,086
295.2
... that Kata Wéber moved to Berlin to write the play that would become Pieces of a Woman to avoid her husband , who had encouraged her to write it after finding her personal notes?
Pieces of a Woman
5,364 [ d]
223.5
Total
12,450
518.8
İmralı prison
2021-06-24
12,408
517.0
... that after he escaped from the high-security İmralı prison , Billy Hayes wrote a book about the escape that was later adapted into a film ?
Chicken gun
2021-06-09
5,301
504.9
... that as part of the type certification process, aircraft manufacturers routinely fire dead chickens at windshields with a chicken gun in order to simulate bird strikes ?
Hildegard Binder Johnson
2021-06-08
6,024
502.0
... that geographer Hildegard Binder Johnson fled Third Reich Germany after the Nazi Party destroyed her scientific paper criticizing the development of European colonies in Africa?
Chipozi zhuan
2021-06-14
6,002
500.2
... that in the Chinese erotic novella Chipozi zhuan , a woman has sex with her cousin, her brothers-in-law, her father-in-law, and two Buddhist monks?
Elon Musk
2021-06-15
5,920 [ e]
493.3
... that Elon Musk lost $16.3 billion in a single day, the largest in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ?
Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program
2021-06-14
5,904
492.0
... that photographs of South Vietnam transmitted to the United States by the Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program (artist's rendering pictured) made possible near-real-time battlefield analysis during the Vietnam War ?
Margot Heumann
2021-06-26
11,766
490.2
... that Margot Heumann is the first woman known to have survived the Nazi concentration camps despite being both Jewish and queer ?
Kate Nicholl
2021-06-09
5,110
486.7
... that Kate Nicholl is the first lord mayor of Belfast in recent times not to be born in the United Kingdom or Ireland?
WarioWare Gold
2021-06-15
5,832
486.0
... that the developers of WarioWare Gold had to carefully select which 300 of the 1100 minigames across the entire series to include in the game?
Prescott punch
2021-06-01
5,730
477.5
... that British deputy prime minister John Prescott was nicknamed "Two Jabs" after punching a protestor in 2001?
Zenopontonia soror
2021-06-19
5,723
476.9
... that up to fifty starfish shrimps have been found living on a single host ?
Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens
2021-06-02
5,706
475.5
... that the 18th-century Great Pagoda in London is considered the most important surviving example of Chinoiserie : Chinese-inspired design in Europe?
Shrine of St. Paulina
2021-06-05
5,703
475.2
... that the Shrine of St. Paulina (pictured) is dedicated to the first female saint from Brazil?
Zhulin yeshi
2021-06-13
5,633
469.4
... that the late-Ming-dynasty erotic novel Zhulin yeshi was written by "Man of the Crazy Way"?
Richard Hatherill
2021-06-04
5,610
467.5
... that Richard Hatherill survived a mutiny and a shipwreck, only to die from an illness at the age of 35?
Su'e pian
2021-06-23
11,212
467.1
... that the illustrated erotic novel Su'e pian , published during the late Ming dynasty , describes "Stopping the Horse to Pull the Saddle", "Flowers Longing for Butterflies", and "The Union of Yin and Yang"?
Buddha-like mindset
2021-06-23
11,164
465.1
... that in China, Buddha-like parents, the polar opposite of tiger parents , do not envision their offspring accomplishing much in life?
Langshi
2021-06-13
5,578
464.8
... that Langshi is one of the oldest erotic novels published in China?
Xia Ji
2021-06-16
5,508
459.0
... that according to one source, the Chinese femme fatale Xia Ji married seven times?
List of tallest buildings on Long Island
2021-06-29
11,003
458.5
... that there are few tall buildings on Long Island because residents do not want it to become "Queens ified", referring to the neighboring New York City borough?
Stoney Knoll First Nation
2021-06-16
5,462
455.1
... that Mennonites and Lutherans both think Canada should recognize the Stoney Knoll First Nation ?
C. Ledyard Blair House
2021-06-09
5,458
454.9
... that the 66-room C. Ledyard Blair House on New York City's Fifth Avenue was sold and demolished barely a decade after its completion?
Arthur Blake (actor)
2021-06-16
5,458
454.8
... that actor Arthur Blake was famous for his female impersonations of Bette Davis , Carmen Miranda , and Eleanor Roosevelt ?
Headroom LGBTQ+ Lounge
2021-06-13
5,413
451.1
... that Headroom was a bar that operated only during the COVID-19 pandemic ?
Amy Vilela
2021-06-14
5,379
448.2
... that Amy Vilela became an advocate for single-payer healthcare after her daughter died after being turned away from a hospital for lacking health insurance?
The Chariot of Israel: Britain, America and the State of Israel
2021-06-02
5,341
445.1
... that Thurston Clarke felt that Harold Wilson should find it a "chilling thought" that The Chariot of Israel would be "cluttering library shelves" for years to come?
Stefanina Moro
2021-06-24
10,663
444.3
... that Genoa honored Stefanina Moro , a teenage courier in the Italian resistance who was killed by Nazis, by naming a street after her?
Schools at War
2021-06-06
5,310
442.5
... that the American Schools at War program (promotional poster pictured) raised over $2 billion (over $28 billion today) to help pay for World War II?
Red Hebe
2021-06-26
10,548
439.5
... that the Vickers Red Hebe air-to-air missile was dismissed by the British Air Ministry 's own Operational Requirements branch as "still in the piston era" compared to the US Sparrow ?
Fanny Howie
2021-06-11
5,222
435.1
... that New Zealand singer Fanny Howie (pictured) composed the song "Hine E Hine ", which aired on New Zealand television every night from 1981 to 1994?
Pygmy copperhead
2021-06-13
5,218
434.9
... that the bite of the pygmy copperhead is potentially fatal if untreated?
Edwin Bechstein
2021-06-25
10,282
428.4
... that the piano businessman Edwin Bechstein received a Nazi state funeral, and his wife Helene taught Hitler table manners?
KFBX
2021-06-02
5,112
426.0
... that a man who threatened to blow up Alaska radio station KIAK unless he was put on the air was startled to find the station completely automated?
Keihäsmatkat
2021-06-07
5,087
423.9
... that tourists on holiday trips arranged by the Finland travel agency Keihäsmatkat were encouraged to drink alcoholic beverages , partly to avoid culture shock ?
Portrait of Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc
2021-06-09
4,354
414.7
... that the Portrait of Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc (pictured) was exhibited at the Salon in 1834 without its pendant ?
689 Fifth Avenue
2021-06-02
4,948
412.4
... that hundreds of spectators gathered at a nearby church and club to watch 689 Fifth Avenue catch on fire?
Zenopontonia rex
2021-06-04
4,896
408.0
... that the emperor shrimp likes to hitch a ride on a sea cucumber or a large mollusc?
Embassy of the Philippines, Berlin
2021-06-19
4,868
405.7
... that the Philippine embassy in Berlin (pictured) was once purportedly located above a supermarket, with frankfurters visible from the windows?
Jimbōchō Book Town
2021-06-02
4,854
404.5
... that Jimbōchō Book Town is home to roughly a third of Japan's used bookstores?
Romani people in Poland
2021-06-12
4,807
400.6
... that the Romani people in Poland were persecuted alongside the Jews in the Holocaust?
312 and 314 East 53rd Street
2021-06-05
4,783
398.6
... that the wooden houses at 312 and 314 East 53rd Street were completed just as fire codes in New York City prevented the construction of further wooden structures nearby?
Kawasaki Route
2021-06-17
4,778
398.1
... that a two-kilometer-long (1.2 mi) section of the Kawasaki Route cost 2.9 trillion yen to complete?
The Embroidered Couch
2021-06-18
4,740
395.0
... that according to one source, The Embroidered Couch is "most likely China's earliest vernacular pornographic novel"?
Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
2021-06-09
4,120
392.4
... that "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues ", a humorous account of a real-life event in which more than 20 people were injured on a boat trip, was one of Bob Dylan 's first popular songs?
Charles Irving (surgeon)
2021-06-05
4,684
390.3
... that Charles Irving 's apparatus for the distillation of seawater was used during James Cook 's 1772–1775 voyage round the world ?
Tomlinson Hall
2021-06-18
4,666
388.8
... that Indianapolis 's Tomlinson Hall (pictured) was destroyed by fire on January 30, 1958, allegedly after a pigeon dropped a lit cigarette on the roof of the building?
Types Riot
2021-06-08
4,616
384.7
... that on June 8, 1826, rioters destroyed William Lyon Mackenzie 's printing press in the Types Riot ?
Air France Flight 343
2021-06-11
4,604
383.7
... that French West African poet David Diop was among 63 people killed when Air France Flight 343 crashed in 1960?
Line 3 oil spill
2021-06-09
4,549
379.1
... that the Line 3 oil spill was the largest inland oil spill in United States history?
Santa Cruz Operation
2021-06-05
4,527
377.2
... that one of the founders of the Santa Cruz Operation later said that they had "every type of relationship with Microsoft you can imagine"?
Freddie de Guingand
2021-06-27
9,016
375.6
... that Major-General Freddie de Guingand was invested with his knighthood in the field by King George VI?
Catherine Belton
2021-06-15
4,496
374.7
... that four Russian billionaires – Roman Abramovich , Mikhail Fridman , Petr Aven and Shalva Chigirinsky – and the oil firm Rosneft are suing HarperCollins over Putin's People by Catherine Belton ?
Hughie Miller
2021-06-06
4,458
371.5
... that despite being sick and ordered to return to the rear, Hughie Miller fought on the front lines in the Battle of Belleau Wood and single-handedly captured two German soldiers?
The Rose of Versailles
2021-06-11
4,444
370.3
... that Japanese manga artist Riyoko Ikeda was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French government for her manga series The Rose of Versailles ?
Gihan Ibrahim
2021-06-06
4,338
361.5
... that Western media treated Egyptian activist Gihan Ibrahim as a face of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 , but rarely mentioned her revolutionary-socialist political views?
Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers
2021-06-18
4,309
359.1
... that the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers were "not really wanted" by the Royal Navy and were disbanded less than 20 years after their 1873 founding?
St. George's Basilica, Prague
2021-06-04
4,294
357.9
... that the two Romanesque towers of St. George's Basilica (pictured) in Prague are nicknamed "Adam" and "Eve"?
Kenneth Robinson (broadcaster)
2021-06-02
4,276
356.3
... that Kenneth Robinson , the second of three Robinsons to present Points of View between Robert Robinson and Anne Robinson , was fired from that programme for the frivolous way he described bananas?
12 West 56th Street
2021-06-27
5,262
219.3
... that two business partners' townhouses at 10 and 12 West 56th Street were described as being "paired in an uneasy dance, one doing the cancan , the other a minuet "?
10 West 56th Street
3,284
136.8
Total
8,546
356.1
Three Notch Road
2021-06-24
8,448
352.0
... that Three Notch Road , covering 233 miles (375 km) between Pensacola, Florida , and Fort Mitchell, Alabama , cost $1,130 to build?
Lisl Goldarbeiter
2021-06-22
8,448
352.0
... that in 1929, Lisl Goldarbeiter became the first Austrian to win the Miss Universe title?
Susana Bloch
2021-06-19
4,176
348.0
... that German-Chilean research psychologist Susana Bloch created a technique actors have been using to access their basic emotions?
Carolyn Huntoon
2021-06-28
8,208
342.0
... that Carolyn Huntoon (pictured) was the first woman to serve as the director of the Johnson Space Center ?
West Side Rowing Club
2021-06-07
4,078
339.8
... that Frank Lloyd Wright 's 1905 plan for a Wisconsin Badgers Crew boathouse was shelved but the design was used in 2007 for the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo, New York ?
John Farrah
2021-06-02
4,056
338.0
... that botanist and "great Yorkshire character" John Farrah reprimanded greedy plant collectors in such a way that they would "remember it to the end of their days"?
Brown Lake (Stradbroke Island)
2021-06-10
4,051
337.6
... that Brown Lake is of cultural and spiritual significance to the Quandamooka people?
Anis Al-Hujjaj
2021-06-30
8,052
335.5
... that a 17th-century illustrated manuscript of the Anis Al-Hujjaj shows pilgrims sailing from the Indian subcontinent to Arabia (pictured) ?
Hooded visorbearer
2021-06-23
8,018
334.1
... that the hooded visorbearer (example pictured) builds its nest out of cactus spines?
2011 cloudburst in Denmark
2021-06-13
4,004
333.7
... that Zealand received more than 5,000 lightning strikes in three hours during the 2011 cloudburst in Denmark ?
Australotitan
2021-06-21
7,912
329.6
... that Australotitan is the largest dinosaur discovered in Australia?
Loretta Doyle
2021-06-30
7,898
329.1
... that judoka Loretta Doyle found out that she was pregnant during pre–Olympic selection medical checks?
Bodleian Plate
2021-06-12
2,864
238.7
... that the Bodleian Plate is among the earliest depictions of the College of William & Mary 's campus, including the President's House ?
President's House (College of William & Mary)
1,027
85.6
Total
3,892
324.3
2 Cheap Cars
2021-06-05
3,887
323.9
... that 2 Cheap Cars withdrew a television advertisement in New Zealand because children were copying the main character's catchphrase, "Ah so", which they sometimes pronounced "asshole"?
Rebecca Dayan
2021-06-12
3,880
323.4
... that actress Rebecca Dayan developed a love for acting while being raised in a hotel?
Polymastia boletiformis
2021-06-10
1,960
163.4
... that although the two sponges look similar, sediment rarely settles on the surface of Polymastia boletiformis (example pictured) , whereas Polymastia penicillus often appears dirty?
Polymastia penicillus
1,913
159.4
Total
3,874
322.8
51st Defense Battalion
2021-06-12
3,814
317.8
... that the 51st Defense Battalion , formed during World War II, was the first African-American unit in the United States Marine Corps ?
Hall v. Decuir
2021-06-03
3,811
317.6
... that in Hall v. Decuir , the Supreme Court of the United States "all but endorsed segregation"?
Hierocracy (medieval)
2021-06-13
3,806
317.1
... that 14th-century hierocrats thought that the pope was the rightful sovereign of the entire world?
Sasaki Tōichi
2021-06-22
7,535
314.0
... that China expert Sasaki Tōichi was chastised for referring to Sun Yat-sen with the honorific sensei ?
Veronica jovellanoides
2021-06-26
7,530
313.7
... that Veronica jovellanoides was given the nickname "Bamboozle" after botanists spent 80 hours trying to find it again following its discovery?
Irish Steel
2021-06-21
7,520
313.4
... that the Irish government had budgeted €61 million to clean up the former site of the Irish Steel plant, twenty years after selling it for £1?
Xianü (short story)
2021-06-06
3,750
312.5
... that in translating the short story "Xianü " by Pu Songling , Herbert Giles omitted the protagonist's homosexual relationship with a fox spirit ?
Hercules (nightclub)
2021-06-06
3,706
308.8
... that Hercules hosted a live-streamed talk show during the COVID-19 pandemic ?
The Bomber Mafia
2021-06-22
7,396
308.2
... that Malcolm Gladwell 's The Bomber Mafia , about the Bomber Mafia of World War II , concludes that "LeMay won the battle. [...] Hansell won the war" with regard to high-precision aerial bombing?
Toma Kamijo
2021-06-17
3,681
306.8
... that Toma Kamijo ranked first in a survey asking people which anime or game character they would name their potential son after?
William H. Moore House
2021-06-05
3,628
302.3
... that developer William Earl Dodge Stokes commissioned a five-story mansion in New York City that he never resided in?
William E. Woods
2021-06-30
7,226
301.1
... that William E. Woods took three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in 1990, beginning a series of events that would lead to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States ?
Twin Suns
2021-06-03
3,552
296.0
... that the Star Wars Rebels episode "Twin Suns " took inspiration from the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai ?
Black-legged seriema
2021-06-22
7,102
295.9
... that the Toba people use poultices made from the manure of the black-legged seriema to treat boils and abscesses?
Kartini Hermanus
2021-06-04
3,524
293.6
... that Kartini Hermanus , the first female general in the Indonesian Army , outranked her husband after being promoted in 2000?
Ester Wajcblum
2021-06-08
3,464
288.7
... that Ester Wajcblum and other Jewish prisoners of Auschwitz smuggled gunpowder out of a munitions plant and successfully destroyed a crematorium at Birkenau during the Sonderkommando revolt ?
Eve Pitts
2021-06-15
3,461
288.4
... that Eve Pitts , one of the Church of England 's "fiercest critics", is also their first black woman vicar ?
Dolmen de Soto
2021-06-07
3,440
286.7
... that the Dolmen de Soto is one of about 1,650 neolithic burial sites in Andalusia , and assumed to have been built between 4,500 and 5,000 years ago?
Representation of Sheppard re Powell
2021-06-10
3,434
286.1
... that a recent Jersey court case found that the usage of an ancient Norman Clameur de Haro , which includes a recitation of the Lord's Prayer in French to legally apply an injunction, was used incorrectly?
Gerda Höglund
2021-06-07
3,396
283.0
... that Swedish artist Gerda Höglund painted her first altarpiece in South Africa before creating a similar work (pictured) in Sweden?
30 West 56th Street
2021-06-15
3,361
280.1
... that banker Henry Seligman's house at 30 West 56th Street had a reception room with green marble furniture and a library with a Gothic-style wastebasket?
Caitlin Rooskrantz
2021-06-10
3,347
278.9
... that after the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed, South African artistic gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz livestreamed the routine she was going to perform?
Degrassi Junior High
2021-06-07
3,342
278.5
... that the cast of Canadian teen drama Degrassi Junior High were named UNICEF goodwill ambassadors of Canada?
Eric Filia
2021-06-14
3,340
278.3
... that baseball player Eric Filia worked as a butler at the Playboy Mansion while he was suspended by the University of California, Los Angeles ?
Indrani
2021-06-20
6,668
277.9
... that Indrani (sculpture pictured) , the queen of Hindu devas (gods), is a daughter of a demonic figure ?
Hippobosca longipennis
2021-06-17
3,301
275.1
... that the parasitic fly Hippobosca longipennis has been found inside dog corpses from ancient Greece and on an ancient Egyptian mummified dog?
Electoral history of John Quincy Adams
2021-06-22
6,576
274.0
... that John Quincy Adams was the only American president to be elected as a member of House of Representatives after leaving the presidency?
Thebaid (Latin poem)
2021-06-19
3,258
271.5
... that, according to Robert Maxwell Ogilvie , the Thebaid "cannot be said to be about anything"?
Harry Harper
2021-06-01
3,210
267.5
... that Harry Harper refused to play baseball on Sundays?
Causes of the Armenian genocide
2021-06-25
6,416
267.4
... that the causes of the Armenian genocide are considered to include both long-term structural problems of the Ottoman Empire and wartime radicalization?
WHIS
2021-06-04
3,198
266.5
... that West Virginia radio station WHIS made the first broadcast of a murder trial in the United States—and was broadcasting when the first on-air death occurred?
The Saint Paul Hotel
2021-06-04
3,168
264.0
... that when The Saint Paul Hotel was built in 1908–1910, a rathskeller was carved into the sandstone beneath the building?
19 East 54th Street
2021-06-16
3,166
263.9
... that after hairdresser Mr. Kenneth 's salon in a converted New York City house burned down, he lamented that "nothing like it will ever exist again"?
Ulysses S. Grant Monument
2021-06-26
6,330
263.8
... that, at the time of its dedication, the Ulysses S. Grant Monument in Chicago was the largest statue ever cast in bronze in the United States?
Speech is silver, silence is golden
2021-06-07
3,116
259.6
... that the proverb "speech is silver, silence is golden " has been attributed to "wise men of old", and traced to Arabic texts more than a millennium old?
Kaʻelepulu Pond
2021-06-12
3,094
257.9
... that Kaʻelepulu Pond , formerly a 200-to-400-acre (81 to 162 ha) Hawaiian fish pond , is now about 95 acres (38 ha) and polluted after having been partially filled in for a housing development?
Moʻolelo
2021-06-14
3,082
256.8
... that some moʻolelo took multiple days to tell in full, and were sometimes told in the form of hula ?
Robin Ransom
2021-06-05
3,066
255.5
... that Robin Ransom , the first African-American woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Missouri , said that she was "really happy I didn't like law school"?
In His Own Write
2021-06-01
3,054
254.5
... that critics compared John Lennon 's first book, In His Own Write , to the writings of James Joyce , even though Lennon had never read him?
Robert J. Ulrich (casting director)
2021-06-03
3,030
252.5
... that Robert J. Ulrich was asked to cast Glee because of his musical background?
Voting in space
2021-06-05
3,030
252.5
... that Kathleen Rubins has voted while in space —twice?
Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
2021-06-03
3,028
252.4
... that the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art includes an exceptionally large 17th-century astrolabe (pictured) commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan ?
Cris Miró
2021-06-29
6,054
252.2
... that by being the first travesti to become a national celebrity, entertainer Cris Miró increased the visibility of the transgender community in Argentine society during the 1990s?
April 1923 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami
2021-06-20
6,009
250.4
... that although the April 1923 Kamchatka earthquake had a surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 to 7.3, its tsunami was larger than that of the magnitude-8.4 earthquake in February in the same region?
Juren
2021-06-15
2,990
249.2
... that in 1630, fewer than three percent of candidates were awarded the rank of juren , the second-highest civil rank in imperial China?
Hu Zhiying
2021-06-08
2,990
249.2
... that avant-garde artist Hu Zhiying 's master's degree was denied after his thesis was labeled as "not in line with Marxist principles"?
Nadine Apetz
2021-06-16
2,988
249.0
... that boxer Nadine Apetz is undertaking a doctorate studying deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease in old age?
WUCI-FM
2021-06-06
2,939
244.9
... that the four-year history of radio station WUCI-FM included the revelation of the founder as a convicted felon and a station staffer threatening another with a revolver?
Gilles Lupien
2021-06-29
5,876
244.9
... that Gilles Lupien used the C$ 75,000 signing bonus from his first Montreal Canadiens contract to buy shares in a lumber company, enabling him to obtain quality lumber to construct his first home?
William Henry Ellis (businessman)
2021-06-06
2,916
243.0
... that William Henry Ellis spearheaded a plan to colonize Black Americans in Mexico in the late 19th century?
Thelma Akana Harrison
2021-06-19
2,894
241.1
... that the Honolulu Star-Bulletin described Thelma Akana Harrison as "volatile", "brilliant", and "vivacious"?
Pre-Socratic philosophy
2021-06-12
2,892
241.0
... that pre-Socratic philosophy included some of the earliest attempts to explain the cosmos as an ordered system without reference to the gods?
Dictionaries of the Polish language
2021-06-28
5,766
240.2
... that the largest dictionary of the Polish language is 50 volumes long?
Greenwich Savings Bank Building
2021-06-01
2,882
240.1
... that after Haier bought the Greenwich Savings Bank Building , it turned the large banking hall into a showroom for refrigerators and air conditioners?
Barrackpore Trunk Road
2021-06-10
2,866
238.9
... that Barrackpore Trunk Road , the oldest metalled road in India, was built in 1775 to connect the first British cantonment in India with Calcutta , then the country's capital?
Márcia Lopes
2021-06-17
2,859
238.2
... that rhythmic gymnast Márcia Lopes is the first Cape Verdean athlete to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics ?
UT Arlington Mavericks men's wheelchair basketball
2021-06-02
2,858
238.1
... that the UT Arlington Mavericks men's wheelchair basketball team was coached by Jim Hayes (pictured) from 1976 to 2008?
Alte Handelsbörse
2021-06-16
2,843
236.9
... that the Alte Handelsbörse (pictured) , now an event venue in Leipzig , began as the trade-fair city's first bourse ?
Yungia aurantiaca
2021-06-02
2,824
235.3
... that the orange flatworm Yungia aurantiaca can regrow its whole body from a small fragment of tissue?
Expo MRT station
2021-06-09
2,445
232.9
... that the two elliptical roofs of Singapore's Expo MRT station reflect sunlight into the station while cooling it?
Joe Beckwith
2021-06-18
2,784
232.0
... that despite ducking and avoiding being hit in the head by a baseball , Joe Beckwith suffered double vision that required two surgeries to correct?
Iskaq Tjokrohadisurjo
2021-06-19
2,782
231.8
... that Iskaq Tjokrohadisurjo decided against working for the Dutch colonial government because he was treated well in the Netherlands?
Flame-colored tanager
2021-06-07
1,310
109.1
... that the red-headed , rose-throated and flame-colored tanagers (pictured) are not tanagers but cardinals ?
Red-headed tanager
815
67.9
Rose-throated tanager
632
52.7
Total
2,757
229.8
Iguana Girl
2021-06-01
2,747
228.9
... that Moto Hagio wrote her 1992 manga Iguana Girl as a semi-autobiographical story that reflects her strained relationship with her mother?
Presidential transition of John F. Kennedy
2021-06-06
2,737
228.1
... that the presidential transition of John F. Kennedy saw Kennedy, the youngest individual elected president, prepare to assume power from Dwight D. Eisenhower , at the time the oldest individual to have served as president?
Embassy of the United States, Phnom Penh
2021-06-12
2,722
226.8
... that Cambodian leader Hun Sen released four imprisoned dissidents as a "gift" to the United States upon the opening of its new embassy in Phnom Penh ?
1928 Austin city plan
2021-06-08
2,699
224.9
... that the 1928 Austin city plan recommended segregating the city's African American residents to East Austin?
Great Britain Police Rugby League
2021-06-05
896
74.6
... that the rugby league teams of the British Army , Royal Navy and Royal Air Force play in the Challenge Cup with Great Britain Police ?
British Army Rugby League
786
65.5
Royal Navy Rugby League
530
44.1
Royal Air Force Rugby League
472
39.4
Total
2,683
223.6
Tishaura Jones
2021-06-07
2,674
222.8
... that Tishaura Jones , the new mayor of St. Louis , once started a GoFundMe fundraiser to take down a Confederate monument ?
Japanese Red List
2021-06-04
2,654
221.2
... that 110 taxa are classed as being extinct on the Japanese Red List , including the Hokkaido wolf ?
Ivan R. Gates
2021-06-17
2,650
220.8
... that San Francisco Police officer and future barnstormer Ivan R. Gates was the first to transport a prisoner by air, on November 1, 1919?
KIXL
2021-06-16
2,649
220.8
... that Christian radio station KIXL near Austin, Texas , pulled an anti-pornography program off-air in mid-transmission because of its graphic descriptions of gay sex?
Macclesfield F.C.
2021-06-10
2,624
218.6
... that Macclesfield F.C. was founded as a phoenix club after their stadium was purchased from a property website?
Eilidh McIntyre
2021-06-05
2,619
218.2
... that British sailor Eilidh McIntyre , who has qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics , is the daughter of a former Olympic gold medallist ?
Carham Hall
2021-06-01
2,606
217.1
... that the Victorian Carham Hall in Northumberland was saved from demolition this year when its listed-building status was reinstated?
Gretchen Campbell
2021-06-04
2,580
215.0
... that Gretchen Campbell 's research on Bose–Einstein condensates may provide insight into the expansion of the early universe ?
Bambusa blumeana
2021-06-09
2,572
214.4
... that the spiny bamboo is one of the main sources of bamboo pulp for paper-making?
Cal Anderson
2021-06-21
5,129
213.7
... that Cal Anderson was the first openly gay member of the Washington State Legislature ?
Fumi Kaneko
2021-06-08
2,558
213.1
... that Royal Ballet dancer Fumi Kaneko danced Princess Aurora in a cinema relay of The Sleeping Beauty , even though she was supposed to portray the Lilac Fairy?
Ronald Reagan 1980 presidential campaign
2021-06-27
5,108
212.9
... that the slogan of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign , "Make America Great Again ", was also used by Ronald Reagan in his 1980 presidential campaign (campaign button pictured) ?
Say You Will (Kanye West song)
2021-06-17
2,554
212.8
... that Kanye West 's track "Say You Will " was recorded in 15 minutes?
Miriam DeCosta-Willis
2021-06-03
2,554
212.8
... that after being denied admission to Memphis State University because of her race, Miriam DeCosta-Willis went on to become the university's first African-American professor?
Kaarina Suonio
2021-06-01
2,498
208.2
... that Finnish politician Kaarina Suonio answered the world's first GSM phone call?
Ontario Highway 29
2021-06-03
2,479
206.6
... that the former Ontario Highway 29 was split in half for nine years, from 1927 to 1936?
Honor McKellar
2021-06-14
2,471
205.9
... that when Honor McKellar studied voice in England, Ralph Vaughan Williams called her "the girl who does things with the words"?
Bitcoin Law
2021-06-21
4,938
205.7
... that the Bitcoin Law would make El Salvador the first country to recognize bitcoin as legal tender ?
Gang of 25
2021-06-22
4,928
205.3
... that in 1981 the Conservative Party leadership feared that 25 of its members of parliament would vote against Margaret Thatcher 's economic policies and cause a split in the party?
Open ocean convection
2021-06-17
2,460
205.0
... that open ocean convection , the mixing of deep and surface waters, plays a crucial role in the global climate?
Jubilate Deo (Britten)
2021-06-10
2,436
203.0
... that the Jubilate by Benjamin Britten was written in 1961 for St George's Chapel (pictured) at the request of the Duke of Edinburgh , and performed there for some of his birthdays and his funeral ?
Robert Louis Stevenson Museum
2021-06-05
2,427
202.2
... that the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in Samoa was founded by two American Mormon missionaries?
Time in Kiribati
2021-06-11
2,426
202.2
... that between 1979 and 1994 the Gilbert Islands in Kiribati were a full day ahead of the country's eastern Phoenix and Line Islands ?
Jerry Jumonville
2021-06-09
2,408
200.7
... that saxophonist Jerry Jumonville was usually part of any band featured in the 1970s television series Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley ?
University Club of New York
2021-06-18
2,388
199.0
... that some members of the formerly all-male University Club of New York voted to reject women from membership to protest a New York City law that would have required it?
Trial of Abdullah Öcalan
2021-06-13
2,342
195.2
... that Turkey built a courtroom on the island of İmralı for the 1999 trial of Abdullah Öcalan , the leader of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party ?
Illinois Memorial
2021-06-01
1,237
103.1
... that the state of Illinois erected both the Illinois Memorial and the Illinois Monument on American Civil War battlefields in the early 1900s?
Illinois Monument
1,090
90.8
Total
2,326
193.9
Culture of Ladakh
2021-06-18
2,300
191.7
... that Ladakh has several festivals throughout the year, including Hemis Tsechu and Losar ?
Wild Bird Fund
2021-06-15
2,278
189.8
... that the Wild Bird Fund is New York City 's first and only wildlife hospital (example treatment pictured) ?
Engraved glass
2021-06-11
2,262
188.5
... that some of the most celebrated Dutch Golden Age artists who worked in glass engraving (example pictured) were women?
What's Your Country Song
2021-06-29
4,512
188.0
... that Thomas Rhett 's "What's Your Country Song " contains lyrical references to 16 other country songs?
September 2019 events in the U.S. repo market
2021-06-15
2,248
187.4
... that interest rates on repos , which are short-term loans between financial institutions, experienced a sudden and unexpected spike on September 17, 2019?
Bo Burnham: Inside
2021-06-13
2,243 [ f]
186.9
... that musical comedian Bo Burnham wrote, directed, filmed, starred in and edited Inside by himself, during the COVID-19 pandemic ?
Wilder Brigade Monument
2021-06-09
1,960
186.7
... that the Wilder Brigade Monument , which honors the Lightning Brigade , was damaged by a lightning strike?
Alexander Warner
2021-06-01
2,229
185.8
... that American politician Alexander Warner held elected political offices in three different states?
Thomas Laubach
2021-06-28
4,442
185.1
... that Thomas Laubach , who wrote more than 250 Christian pop songs, is the same person as Thomas Weißer, a professor of ethics at the University of Bamberg ?
Lisa Höpink
2021-06-18
2,216
184.7
... that German swimmer Lisa Höpink won two medals at the 2019 Summer Universiade and qualified for two events at the 2020 Summer Olympics ?
SS Ira H. Owen
2021-06-13
2,195
182.9
... that Ira H. Owen was one of the first steel-hulled lake freighters ?
European Super League
2021-06-08
2,188 [ g]
182.4
... that when the European Super League was proposed, UEFA threatened to ban any footballers who took part from playing international football?
Flora Kaai Hayes
2021-06-18
2,180
181.7
... that in a 1922 letter to the editor , Flora Kaai Hayes defended the morality of hula compared to the "bosom to bosom, thigh to thigh dances" seen on steamships and roof gardens at the time?
Gravel Place, Pennsylvania
2021-06-02
2,178
181.5
... that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western once stockpiled 15,000 train cars of coal at Gravel Place, Pennsylvania , to be able to operate through a miners' strike?
Estelle Liebling
2021-06-04
2,104
175.3
... that soprano Estelle Liebling , the voice teacher of Beverly Sills and Meryl Streep , performed in more than 1600 concerts with John Philip Sousa and his band?
Macrotermes michaelseni
2021-06-08
2,103
175.2
... that the termite Macrotermes michaelseni is considered to be an ecosystem engineer in the Okavango Delta in Botswana?
Sindee Simon
2021-06-04
2,102
175.1
... that Sindee Simon studied ancient amber to show that glass does not flow ?
Zack Wheeler
2021-06-27
4,153
173.0
... that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler had to have fingernail surgery in 2020 due to an injury sustained from putting on a pair of jeans?
James Fulton Zimmerman
2021-06-13
2,074
172.8
... that James Fulton Zimmerman was the first historian to examine U.S. State Department records on the controversial impressment that occurred just before the War of 1812 was declared?
Sae Eun Park
2021-06-22
4,117
171.5
... that Sae Eun Park is the first Asian étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet , and one of the few foreigners to hold the title?
Catherine Sourbut Groves
2021-06-19
2,050
170.8
... that Catherine Sourbut Groves , who experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall as a student, became an archdeacon in the Church of England via Zoom ?
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
2021-06-10
2,008
167.3
... that Kai Cheng Thom wrote Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars not as a memoir to educate cisgender people about transgender issues, but as the book she had wanted to read as a teenager?
Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue
2021-06-08
1,991
165.9
... that Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue is a large Naturschutzgebiet in Hesse , Germany, protecting the ecology of the floodplains where the Rhine formerly meandered ?
86 (MBTA bus)
2021-06-29
3,946
164.4
... that transit service on part of MBTA bus route 86 dates back to 1858?
Anisomeles malabarica
2021-06-08
1,969
164.1
... that Anisomeles malabarica plants are defended from unwanted foragers by carpenter bees ?
Arvīds Brastiņš
2021-06-06
1,960
163.3
... that the sculptor and schoolteacher Arvīds Brastiņš led a group of Latvian pagans in the post-war United States?
Nurhajizah Marpaung
2021-06-19
1,908
159.0
... that after Nurhajizah Marpaung unsuccessfully defended Butar Butar against human rights violations, she became the first woman to serve as vice governor of North Sumatra?
Philippine Consulate General, Barcelona
2021-06-01
1,896
158.0
... that around a fifth of all Filipinos served by the Philippine consulate in Barcelona protested its closure on Facebook ?
TRW Vidar
2021-06-19
1,890
157.5
... that TRW Vidar was a technological pioneer in a business that its parent company soon decided to leave?
The Song of Iowa
2021-06-28
3,750
156.3
... that Major Byers wrote "The Song of Iowa " after being inspired by hearing Confederate soldiers playing "Maryland, My Maryland " outside his prison cell and used the same tune?
Jim Clendenen
2021-06-17
1,872
156.0
... that Jim Clendenen went into winemaking instead of law school after staying in Bordeaux , Champagne , and Burgundy for six months?
Eastern Desert
2021-06-06
1,872
156.0
... that ancient Egyptians carried boats in pieces across the Eastern Desert , reassembling them when they reached the Red Sea to embark on trading expeditions?
Yūka Nishio
2021-06-14
1,868
155.7
... that when Yūka Nishio joined the violin rock band Morfonica as bassist, she had no experience with the bass guitar?
Mahanati
2021-06-17
1,854 [ h]
154.5
... that Mahanati is the highest-grossing South Indian film to feature a woman as its primary character?
Surrounded by Time
2021-06-07
1,852
154.3
... that Tom Jones 's 2021 album Surrounded by Time marked the first time in his career that he recorded music in his home country of Wales ?
Kyle Tilley
2021-06-16
1,840
153.4
... that early in his racing career, Kyle Tilley worked as a delivery driver, mechanic, and sales assistant to fund his Formula Ford team?
Sherwood Studio Building
2021-06-08
1,820
151.7
... that the Sherwood Studio Building was characterized in 1892 as New York City's "uptown headquarters of Art", with many of its tenants having studied art together?
Equisetum similkamense
2021-06-30
3,626
151.1
... that the fossil horsetail Equisetum similkamense has been found in only two places, both in British Columbia?
Karl-Günther von Hase
2021-06-12
1,799
149.9
... that Karl-Günther von Hase , who served as a German government spokesman under three chancellors , became director of the broadcaster ZDF in 1977?
Beverly White
2021-06-24
3,591
149.6
... that despite Beverly White 's earlier opposition to abortion, she represented Planned Parenthood at the World Conference on Women, 1995 ?
Liposcelis bostrychophila
2021-06-21
3,586
149.4
... that the booklouse Liposcelis bostrychophila can be detrimental to the mass rearing of mosquitoes?
Addo Bonetti
2021-06-23
3,577
149.0
... that Addo Bonetti lost renomination in a Democratic primary by one vote, but the election was later invalidated?
People's Peace Movement (Afghanistan)
2021-06-16
1,779
148.2
... that 27 Afghan peace activists of the People's Peace Movement were kidnapped and later freed by the Taliban in late December 2019?
Actinostella flosculifera
2021-06-30
3,524
146.9
... that in times of food scarcity, the collared sand anemone may consume the symbiotic zooxanthellae in its tissues?
Izkia Siches
2021-06-05
1,758
146.5
... that Izkia Siches , who was re-elected as president of the Chilean Medical College in 2020, has ruled out running for President of Chile in 2021?
Ingrid Wallberg
2021-06-12
1,750
145.8
... that Ingrid Wallberg was the first female architect in Sweden with her own firm?
Fannie R. Buchanan
2021-06-02
1,748
145.6
... that Fannie R. Buchanan received a citation and medal from the USDA "for outstanding contributions to rural culture"?
WKVB (FM)
2021-06-10
1,726
143.8
... that Massachusetts radio station WAAF pulled off an "unprecedented radio concert promotion coup" by organizing a concert by the Rolling Stones for 300 locals?
Colette D'Arville
2021-06-26
3,420
142.5
... that Rosa Ponselle blamed Metropolitan Opera star Giovanni Martinelli 's poor singing on his love affair with French soprano and actress Colette D'Arville ?
Nell Walden
2021-06-29
3,418
142.4
... that Nell Walden was the first abstract artist in Swedish history?
FM extended band in Brazil
2021-06-12
1,704
142.0
... that Brazil has extended its FM broadcasting band to allow more AM radio stations to migrate to FM?
Alfred Tippinge
2021-06-05
1,700
141.7
... that the paintings and letters sent home by "Inkerman hero" Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Tippinge helped document the Crimean War ?
Fermat's Last Tango
2021-06-23
3,392
141.3
... that in the musical Fermat's Last Tango , mathematicians Euclid and Newton are played by women?
How Doth the Little Crocodile (Carrington)
2021-06-25
3,384
141.0
... that How Doth the Little Crocodile by Leonora Carrington was based on Lewis Carroll 's poem of the same name ?
Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land (song)
2021-06-16
1,688
140.7
... that critics have compared Marina 's "Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land " to Britney Spears 's "Womanizer ", with one describing it as "an electro-glam-pop stomper"?
Law of 4 February 1794
2021-06-13
1,635
136.2
... that while France abolished slavery in 1794 , Napoleon reinstated it in 1802 ?
No. 13 Air Experience Flight RAF
2021-06-10
1,606
133.8
... that the 2019 establishment of No. 13 Air Experience Flight RAF marked the return of cadet powered-flight experiences to Northern Ireland after more than 22 years?
North Shore Central School District
2021-06-17
1,568
130.7
... that the North Shore School District , home to Kate McKinnon 's alma mater, benefited from taxing the Glenwood Generating Station , with one official saying "we endure the smoke, let's have the gravy"?
Raimund Hoghe
2021-06-09
1,549
129.1
... that Raimund Hoghe , who was awarded the German Dance Prize in 2020, made a self-portrait documentary film Der Buckel (The Hunchback )?
Jane Suiter
2021-06-10
1,547
128.9
... that the rock band Blur were the wedding band for the reception of journalists Jane Suiter and Leo Finlay in Dublin in 1990?
Cuilin Zhang
2021-06-13
1,512
126.0
... that Cuilin Zhang leads a study of about 4,000 women who had diabetes in pregnancy to identify factors in the progression from gestational diabetes to type 2 diabetes ?
Fontainea venosa
2021-06-07
1,512
126.0
... that Fontainea venosa is a vulnerable rare plant in Australia?
Filiberto Avogadro di Collobiano
2021-06-20
3,008
125.4
... that while Filiberto Avogadro di Collobiano was initially mistrusted by King Charles Albert , he was eventually appointed by the king to his royal court?
Superior Auditor of the Federation
2021-06-21
1,956
81.5
... that the Superior Auditor of the Federation of Mexico observed damage to an overpass between Tezonco and Olivos stations on the Mexico City Metro prior to its collapse in May 2021 ?
Tezonco metro station
584
24.4
Olivos metro station
457
19.0
Total
2,998
124.9
Paul Fiset
2021-06-29
2,974
123.9
... that Paul Fiset 's research led to the development of the first successful vaccine against Q fever (bacteria pictured) ?
Writ of mandate (California)
2021-06-08
1,484
123.7
... that the only way for litigants in California to appeal most pre-trial rulings before a final judgment – and the only way to appeal some rulings at all – is by suing the court that issued the order for a writ of mandate ?
Margaret Tracey
2021-06-03
1,480
123.3
... that ballerina Margaret Tracey performed for Bill and Hillary Clinton when Maria Tallchief received a Kennedy Center Honor ?
Samuel Engel
2021-06-24
2,954
123.1
... that the theories of Swiss geographer Samuel Engel about an ice-free region near the North Pole led to a British expedition towards the North Pole in 1773 ?
Dennis Tinnon
2021-06-19
1,466
122.2
... that former Basketball Bundesliga player Dennis Tinnon worked at a slaughterhouse before he was recruited to play college basketball?
Cynthia Harvey
2021-06-02
1,456
121.3
... that although ballerina Cynthia Harvey spent most of her career with the American Ballet Theatre , she was also the first American principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London?
1987 FA Charity Shield
2021-06-26
2,901
120.9
... that the 1987 FA Charity Shield was played one week early to allow Diego Maradona , Gary Lineker , Michel Platini and Josimar to play alongside one another at Wembley Stadium ?
Elena Urrutia
2021-06-28
2,782
115.9
... that Elena Urrutia helped launch the Mexican feminist magazine Fem ?
165 West 57th Street
2021-06-21
1,688
70.3
... that the dancing school at 165 West 57th Street in New York City was described as instructor Louis Harvy Chalif 's "greatest highlight and dream"?
Louis Harvy Chalif
1,088
45.3
Total
2,776
115.7
Acer spitzi
2021-06-03
1,388
115.6
... that Acer spitzi is one of seven fossil maples first found in the Klondike Mountain Formation ?
Stephan Hanna Stephan
2021-06-15
1,383
115.2
... that the government radio station in Mandatory Palestine had an Arab Hour in the late 1930s hosting Palestinian writers like Stephan Hanna Stephan ?
The Sweet Flypaper of Life
2021-06-18
1,382
115.1
... that Roy DeCarava 's photos of Black Harlem life later included in The Sweet Flypaper of Life were rejected by at least two major publishers before Langston Hughes wrote the book's accompanying text?
Great George Street
2021-06-06
1,380
115.0
... that Lord Byron lay in state for two days at a house in Great George Street , Westminster?
Lord Grizzly
2021-06-04
1,378
114.8
... that Frederick Manfred ate insects and mice as research for his 1954 novel about mountain man Hugh Glass , titled Lord Grizzly ?
Supreme People's Procuratorate
2021-06-06
1,374
114.5
... that the Supreme People's Procuratorate , China's highest agency for investigation and prosecution, was abolished for three years during the Cultural Revolution ?
Mae Eleanor Frey
2021-06-16
1,328
110.6
... that in 1905, Mae Eleanor Frey became the first woman to be ordained in the American Baptist Churches USA ?
Asikni (goddess)
2021-06-18
1,314
109.5
... that in Hindu mythology , the creator deity Daksha married Asikni , after realising that copulation was necessary for procreation?
Bernie Willock
2021-06-03
1,306
108.9
... that Canadian cyclist Bernie Willock , who missed out on competing at the Olympics due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott , later owned furniture stores?
Walter Gladwin
2021-06-07
1,294
107.8
... that Walter Gladwin was the first black New York state assemblyman from the Bronx ?
Saint John's Methodist Episcopal Church (Kingman, Arizona)
2021-06-11
1,292
107.7
... that Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were married at Saint John's Methodist Episcopal Church after eloping in 1939?
Movimiento Judío por los Derechos Humanos
2021-06-03
708
59.0
... that Herman Schiller and Marshall Meyer cofounded the Movimiento Judío por los Derechos Humanos , a Jewish human-rights organization in Argentina that denounced the National Reorganization Process ?
Herman Schiller
566
47.2
Total
1,274
106.2
Maria Calegari
2021-06-07
1,264
105.3
... that early in her career, Maria Calegari danced principal roles in every ballet performed one weekend by the New York City Ballet ?
That Bloody Woman
2021-06-14
1,247
103.9
... that Greg Cooper based the character of suffragist Kate Sheppard in punk-rock musical That Bloody Woman on Bette Midler in concert in Cleveland?
WYOS
2021-06-03
1,240
103.3
... that a former DJ at radio station WKOP in Binghamton, New York , was convicted of arson for setting fire to the studios?
Ita Ekpenyon
2021-06-14
1,233
102.8
... that Ita Ekpenyon coached American actor Paul Robeson in speaking the Efik language for the 1937 film King Solomon's Mines ?
Wo Menschen sich vergessen
2021-06-06
1,222
101.9
... that "Wo Menschen sich vergessen " was the first song in the opening service of the 2021 Ecumenical Church Assembly in Frankfurt , held as an open-air livestream ?
Ivan Štironja
2021-06-23
2,444
101.8
... that the new bishop of Kotor in Montenegro, Ivan Štironja , speaks Swahili and served as a missionary in Tanzania?
Matt Moore (baseball)
2021-06-14
1,220
101.6
... that Barack Obama was once gifted a baseball glove belonging to Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Moore ?
2020–21 SC East Bengal season
2021-06-01
1,213
101.1
... that SC East Bengal became the first club in Indian football to activate the force majeure clause in their 2020–21 season ?
Mirror (group)
2021-06-03
1,210
100.8
... that Mirror , a Hong Kong Cantopop music group which does not want to go for a "K-pop feel", performed Korean pop songs at a concert?
Suffrage Torch
2021-06-27
2,409
100.4
... that the Suffrage Torch was a symbol of illumination during the Suffragist campaigns in the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the summer of 1915 and the idea of Harriot Stanton Blatch ?
WSTJ
2021-06-13
1,180
98.4
... that Don Mullally, a DJ at Vermont radio station WSTJ between 1952 and 2016, was still playing vinyl records when he retired just two weeks before his death?
Mrinal Dutt
2021-06-06
1,178
98.2
... that due to COVID-19 lockdowns in India , the science-fiction short film 55 km/sec was directed remotely, and the lead actors Mrinal Dutt and Richa Chadda filmed themselves through their own devices?
Margit Abenius
2021-06-20
2,354
98.1
... that the biography of Karin Boye , written by Swedish literary critic Margit Abenius , was criticised for the conservative analysis of Boye's homosexuality?
Jamie Arthur
2021-06-01
1,164
97.0
... that, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games , Jamie Arthur became the first Welsh boxer to win a gold medal for more than 40 years?
Marina South Pier MRT station
2021-06-12
1,163
96.9
... that an artwork featured at Singapore's Marina South Pier MRT station was commissioned for the country's 50th year of independence?
Frontier Central School District
2021-06-04
1,158
96.5
... that the principal of Big Tree Elementary read a book from a hot-air balloon to honor her students for having collectively read more than 2.5 million minutes in 2006?
2021 EFL League One play-off Final
2021-06-24
2,302
95.9
... that despite going behind in less than one minute courtesy of an own goal , Blackpool secured a record sixth post-season final when they won the 2021 EFL League One play-off Final ?
Ronald Graham (actor)
2021-06-07
1,140
95.0
... that Ronald Graham , a star in the original Broadway casts of musicals by Rodgers and Hart , Cole Porter , and Arthur Schwartz , began his career in radio after winning a national singing contest in 1931?
Wises Landing, Kentucky
2021-06-11
1,126
93.9
... that the post office for Wises Landing, Kentucky , was established in June 1878 but did not receive a postmaster until January 1879?
Tanja Tetzlaff
2021-06-15
1,124
93.7
... that Tanja Tetzlaff recorded Einojuhani Rautavaara 's cello sonatas from the 20th century and Wolfgang Rihm 's cello concerto, premiered in 2008, on a cello built in 1776?
Acinetospora crinita
2021-06-03
1,124
93.6
... that the brown seaweed Acinetospora crinita forms a more-or-less complete covering of filamentous algae over the rock, detritus, living animals and sea grasses on the seabed where it occurs?
National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History
2021-06-28
2,230
92.9
... that a major Asian collection was donated to the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History by Jewish benefactor Albert Bender while the museum was headed by Adolf Mahr , head of the Dublin Nazi chapter?
WVOI
2021-06-16
1,092
91.0
... that a jury awarded $225,000 to the prospective owners of Florida radio station WODX because of poor record-keeping and breaches of their lease agreement?
Grace Welsh
2021-06-23
2,168
90.3
... that pianist and composer Grace Welsh turned down becoming president of the American Conservatory of Music due to thinking that it would get in the way of her teaching music?
Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students
2021-06-11
1,080
90.0
... that it is compulsory for educational providers of international students to register with CRICOS in Australia?
Embassy of the Philippines, The Hague
2021-06-14
1,076
89.7
... that the Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs said that it will not arrest communist leader Jose Maria Sison if he visits the Philippine embassy in The Hague ?
WMEB-FM
2021-06-10
1,054
87.8
... that WMEB-FM had to move its transmitter because its signal was interfering with equipment in physics laboratories at the University of Maine ?
Brandon Dayton
2021-06-25
2,076
86.5
... that comic book creator Brandon Dayton chose medieval Russia as the setting for his minicomic Green Monk after watching Andrei Tarkovsky 's film Andrei Rublev ?
De Gruytters carillon book
2021-06-25
2,008
83.7
... that an 18th-century carillon -music manuscript by Joannes de Gruytters was discovered at a book auction ?
WDOV
2021-06-11
1,002
83.5
... that radio station WDOV missed its own sign-on date because a boiler failure cut power to the entire city of Dover, Delaware ?
Mufti Faizul Waheed
2021-06-19
998
83.1
... that the first translation of the Quran into the Gojri language was authored by Mufti Faizul Waheed ?
Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg
2021-06-27
1,994
83.1
... that at the suggestion of writer and translator Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg , Mother's Day was celebrated for the first time in Sweden in 1919?
Edith Kanakaʻole
2021-06-25
1,978
82.4
... that Edith Kanakaʻole 's acceptance speech for a 1978 Na Hoku Hanohano Award was given entirely in the Hawaiian language ?
WNHT (TV)
2021-06-11
972
81.0
... that Thomas Flatley compared closing WNHT television in Concord, New Hampshire , to putting down his dog?
WADK
2021-06-09
820
78.1
... that radio station WADK debuted its first talk show after a local businessman told the owner that "the great pastime of Rhode Island ... is talking politics"?
Carla Van Zon
2021-06-26
1,863
77.6
... that Carla Van Zon ran two arts festivals in New Zealand?
The Songs for the One
2021-06-18
918
76.5
... that Shin Hae-chul , who previously made hard rock and heavy metal albums, was inspired by big band music when he made The Songs for the One ?
Ira F. M. Butler
2021-06-30
1,829
76.2
... that Ira F. M. Butler was Speaker of the House of Representatives in the last session of the Oregon Territorial Legislature prior to statehood?
Leo Jensvold
2021-06-18
912
76.0
... that Iowa Hawkeye Leo Jensvold played starting quarterback alongside his twin brother in 1930 ?
Asfaw Yemiru
2021-06-12
909
75.8
... that Asfaw Yemiru 's school educated over 120,000 Ethiopian students?
Henriette Spitzeder
2021-06-27
1,803
75.1
... that Henriette Spitzeder and her husband Josef Spitzeder appeared on stage as Mozart's Figaro and his bride Susanna?
Oophaa
2021-06-16
899
74.9
... that Oophaa is a composition by Iannis Xenakis for a harpsichordist and a percussionist playing seven ceramic flower pots and seven skin instruments?
WVSS
2021-06-12
887
73.9
... that the manager of WVSS at the University of Wisconsin–Stout spent about $6,000 of his own money to buy more than 500 classical music CDs to program the station?
Robert Ward (American politician)
2021-06-11
880
73.3
... that Robert Ward was the longest-serving caucus leader in the history of the Connecticut General Assembly ?
Joyce Mathis
2021-06-01
872
72.7
... that soprano Joyce Mathis won the Marian Anderson Award in 1967 and the Young Concert Artists singing competition in 1968?
Stina Quint
2021-06-25
1,736
72.4
... that Stina Quint was the founder and editor of Kamratposten , one of the earliest children's magazines in Sweden?
Donato Palumbo
2021-06-14
845
70.4
... that Donato Palumbo 's leadership of Euratom 's fusion-power organization led to him being known as the "founding father of the European fusion program"?
2021 EFL Championship play-off Final
2021-06-11
840
70.0
... that Brentford were promoted via the English Football League play-offs for the first time in ten attempts when they won the 2021 EFL Championship play-off Final ?
Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora
2021-06-07
834
69.5
... that the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora , passed in 1964, established the first international rules for wildlife conservation in Antarctica?
Sungai Selan
2021-06-05
817
68.1
... that Sungai Selan hosted the first Catholic mission under the Dutch East Indies outside of Java?
Theater am Aegi
2021-06-20
1,614
67.3
... that the Theater am Aegi , which opened in Hanover in 1953 as "Germany's most modern theatre" and served mostly as a cinema, is now a venue for a wide range of performances?
Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan
2021-06-19
793
66.1
... that Frederick Ashton 's ballet Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan took inspiration from a performance by Duncan that he saw when he was 17?
Sather Professorship of Classical Literature
2021-06-19
786
65.5
... that Helene P. Foley 's Sather Lecture on the reception of Greek theatre in the United States was described as "something of a milestone" in bringing the subject closer to the mainstream?
WPTX
2021-06-13
774
64.5
... that the seven-year-old son of the first owner of Maryland radio station WPTX was sometimes allowed to spin big band records on the air?
Japan National Route 424
2021-06-04
771
64.2
... that landslides caused by Tropical Storm Talas delayed a realignment project on Japan National Route 424 ?
View (Shinee song)
2021-06-09
768
64.0
... that South Korean boy band Shinee 's song "View " (2015) is regarded as K-pop 's first foray into deep house ?
Segne du, Maria
2021-06-18
742
61.8
... that "Segne du, Maria ", requesting Mary to bless her child in life and death, was written by Cordula Wöhler in 1870 and finally included in the common Gotteslob hymnal in 2013?
2021 EFL League Two play-off Final
2021-06-29
1,467
61.1
... that Morecambe secured promotion to the third tier of English football for the first time in their history when they won the 2021 EFL League Two play-off Final ?
Kammermusik No. 2 (ballet)
2021-06-20
1,401
58.4
... that George Balanchine 's ballet Kammermusik No. 2 was referred as "Kammer-computer" by ballerina Karin von Aroldingen because it is "speedy"?
William Bains-Jordan
2021-06-15
686
57.1
... that William Bains-Jordan led the committee that designed the Hawaii State Capitol ?
Street Lights (Kanye West song)
2021-06-18
660
55.0
... that Kanye West performs a bare acoustic gospel rendition of "Street Lights " with the Sunday Service Choir in the film Jesus Is King ?
WMRD
2021-06-08
630
52.5
... that Sonny Bloch invested $500,000 in improvements to Connecticut radio station WCNX , only to be unable to complete the purchase after he was arrested on federal fraud charges?
Casa Anchieta
2021-06-12
613
51.1
... that Casa Anchieta in San Cristóbal de La Laguna , Tenerife, was the childhood home of Brazilian missionary Joseph of Anchieta ?
Jack Carson (cricketer)
2021-06-11
610
50.8
... that in his debut first-class cricket season, Jack Carson took the most wickets of any Sussex player in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy ?
S. G. Neginhal
2021-06-07
603
50.2
... that Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi sought plant species from Indian forest conservationist S. G. Neginhal to be planted at the memorial of his mother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi ?
Rod Bonella
2021-06-20
1,180
49.1
... that Rod Bonella , who won a Commonwealth Games marathon medal, was also a horse trainer ?
Blake Works I
2021-06-17
561
46.8
... that William Forsythe 's ballet Blake Works I is set to seven songs from James Blake 's album The Colour in Anything ?
Leonard Liebling
2021-06-04
533
44.4
... that concert pianist, composer, and opera librettist Leonard Liebling was the editor-in-chief of the Musical Courier from 1911 to 1945?
Theater Trier
2021-06-15
482
40.2
... that the Theater Trier runs a series including the premiere of Zemlinsky 's Sarema , the German premiere of The Voyage by Philip Glass , and the revival of Koanga by Frederick Delius ?