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| Low | 32.5 | Sonatine (ballet) | 169.3 | 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment | 32.5 | Sonatine (ballet) |
| Median | 237.7 | Genevieve Beacom John Emmitt |
622.8 | Midnight Sun Mosque Milam Residence |
256.7 | Woody (Toy Story) Naren Chandra Das |
| High | 1,144.1 | Eight-ball jacket | 2,765.1 | Apennine Colossus | 2,765.1 | Apennine Colossus |
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| Apennine Colossus | 2022-02-11 |  |
33,182 | 2,765.1 | ... that Francesco de' Medici enjoyed sitting inside the head of the Apennine Colossus (pictured) and fishing through its eyes? |
| Pie house | 2022-02-20 |  |
43,330 | 1,805.4 | ... that the pie house (pictured) gained media attention from a viral TikTok that received more than one million views? |
| Mothica | 2022-02-04 | .jpg) |
19,940 | 1,661.7 | ... that Mothica (pictured) credits TikTok for the success of her career as a musician? |
| Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany | 2022-02-23 |  |
37,360 | 1,556.6 | ... that the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany (pictured) is considered to be the most severe persecution of LGBT people in history? |
| Marsden Rock | 2022-02-04 |  |
15,691 | 1,307.6 | ... that the naturally formed arch of Marsden Rock (pictured) collapsed in 1996 following a winter of storms? |
| President's House (Ninth Street) | 2022-02-21 | .jpg) |
28,763 | 1,198.5 | ... that the President's House (pictured) never housed a president? |
| Eight-ball jacket | 2022-02-15 | 27,460 | 1,144.1 | ... that at the height of their popularity, eight-ball jackets were such a status symbol in the East Coast hip hop scene that they were frequently stolen at gunpoint? | |
| Harrat Khaybar | 2022-02-09 |  |
13,189 | 1,099.1 | ... that researchers used Google Earth to study mysterious Neolithic structures in the volcanic fields of Harrat Khaybar (pictured)? |
| Nicole Kidman | 2022-02-15 | .jpg) |
26,209[a] | 1,092.0 | ... that Nicole Kidman (pictured) is the first Australian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress? |
| Osteogenesis imperfecta | 2022-02-09 |  |
12,742[b] | 1,061.9 | ... that osteogenesis imperfecta causes brittle bones and blue eyes (pictured)? |
| Godzilla Megamullion | 2022-02-01 | 12,156 | 1,013.0 | ... that the Godzilla Megamullion is at least ten times larger than all other known megamullions? | |
| Golden Retriever | 2022-02-03 |  |
23,426[c] | 976.1 | ... that all Golden Retrievers (example pictured) descend from a golden-coloured Flat-coated Retriever named Nous and a Tweed Water Spaniel named Belle? |
| John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut | 2022-02-06 | 11,551 | 962.6 | ... that John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut was the bestselling pornographic film of 1994 and had the most rentals that year in the United States? | |
| Jayson Werth | 2022-02-01 |  |
11,494 | 957.9 | ... that when a reporter asked for updates on Jayson Werth's wrist injury, his manager at the time responded "Who?" |
| Palestinian enclaves | 2022-02-02 |  |
11,432 | 952.6 | ... that the proposed Palestinian enclaves in the West Bank (map pictured) constitute an "archipelago" of 165 territories? |
| Zombie pornography | 2022-02-21 | 22,738 | 947.4 | ... that zombie pornography emerged in the 1980s during a rise in the Italian sexploitation film industry? | |
| Princess of Xiaohe | 2022-02-09 | 11,103 | 925.2 | ... that the Princess of Xiaohe, a 3,800-year-old mummy, was so well preserved that her eyelashes are still intact? | |
| JFK Reloaded | 2022-02-02 | 10,875 | 906.2 | ... that the video game JFK Reloaded recreates the assassination of John F. Kennedy from the perspective of the killer? | |
| Hoosier Slide | 2022-02-10 | 10,664 | 888.7 | ... that the Hoosier Slide was a popular tourist attraction until it was turned into glass? | |
| Magawa | 2022-02-05 |  |
10,552 | 879.4 | ... that Magawa, an African giant pouched rat (example pictured), sniffed out more than 70 land mines in Cambodia? |
| Illusion of explanatory depth | 2022-02-08 | 10,188 | 849.0 | ... that the illusion of explanatory depth leads people to overestimate how knowledgeable they are, but can be counteracted by asking them to explain how things work? | |
| Slutty Vegan | 2022-02-10 | 10,040 | 836.7 | ... that the act of trying a burger at Slutty Vegan for the first time is known as being "sluttified"? | |
| Egyptian Queen | 2022-02-19 | 19,981 | 832.5 | ... that Frank Frazetta's Egyptian Queen is the most expensive work of comic art ever sold at auction? | |
| Utah & Ether | 2022-02-17 | 19,794 | 824.8 | ... that Utah & Ether's five-year, 30-country graffiti-tagging tour ended when a single dad got Ether in a headlock? | |
| Royal Navy cutlasses | 2022-02-14 | 18,896 | 787.4 | ... that the Royal Navy only withdrew cutlasses from combat service in 1936? | |
| The Links | 2022-02-28 |  |
18,885 | 786.9 | ... that members of The Links, an elite organization of upper-class Black women, include Betty Shabazz, Marian Wright Edelman (pictured), and Kamala Harris? |
| Killing of Halim Dener | 2022-02-07 |  |
9,068 | 755.7 | ... that after a legal tussle, a mural (pictured) commemorating Halim Dener was declared to be an artwork? |
| Isabel Leighton | 2022-02-07 |  |
8,830 | 735.8 | ... that Isabel Leighton (pictured), an actress and writer, created a chair in hematology at Yale University in honor of her husband? |
| Pilate cycle | 2022-02-11 | 8,702 | 725.1 | ... that letters and reports continued to appear under Pontius Pilate's name for centuries after his death? | |
| Maud Holland | 2022-02-09 | 8,659 | 721.6 | ... that when she was around eight years old, Maud Holland was married to Hugh Courtenay, with the approval of Pope Urban V? | |
| The Bigg Chill | 2022-02-25 | 16,808 | 700.3 | ... that Demi Lovato started an Internet feud with a frozen yogurt shop—and lost? | |
| Lowe Kong Meng | 2022-02-10 |  |
8,184 | 682.0 | ... that Lowe Kong Meng (pictured) imported goods for Chinese miners during the Victorian gold rush and became one of the wealthiest men in Victoria? |
| Louth (crater) | 2022-02-27 | .jpg) |
16,148 | 672.8 | ... that the ice mound (pictured) at the center of the crater Louth is the warmest permanent body of water on the Martian surface? |
| Banzai Bug | 2022-02-07 | 8,046 | 670.5 | ... that the Windows 95 game Banzai Bug, in which a player controls a bug that must escape from an exterminator's house and is told as a war story, was created as "The Flight-Sim with an Attitude"? | |
| Time in Iceland | 2022-02-23 | 15,859 | 660.8 | ... that Iceland's time zone might have a negative health effect on citizens? | |
| Zigzag House | 2022-02-07 | 7,858 | 654.8 | ... that the Zigzag House was designed for two people who supported the circus arts? | |
| Milam Residence | 2022-02-25 |  |
15,558 | 648.2 | ... that the facade of geometric shapes on the Milam Residence (pictured) also provides shade to the interior? |
| The Cutie Map | 2022-02-04 | 7,314 | 609.5 | ... that two My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episodes are said to discuss Marxism and Stalinism? | |
| Twin Parks | 2022-02-01 | 7,203 | 600.2 | ... that the Twin Parks housing project in New York City, the site of a January 2022 fire that killed seventeen people, won architectural awards after it was constructed in the early 1970s? | |
| Siren kings | 2022-02-20 | 14,340 | 597.5 | ... that siren kings use music by Celine Dion in loudspeaker battles? | |
| Midnight Sun Mosque | 2022-02-06 |  |
7,168 | 597.3 | ... that the northernmost mosque in the Western Hemisphere (pictured) was built in Winnipeg and shipped to Inuvik by barge and truck? |
| Siege of Bukhara | 2022-02-19 | 14,308 | 596.2 | ... that Genghis Khan declared himself to be "the punishment of God" after capturing the city of Bukhara in 1220? | |
| Sea rewilding | 2022-02-17 | .jpg) |
13,374 | 557.3 | ... that seas are being rewilded with seagrass (example pictured)? |
| Habitation and Logistics Outpost | 2022-02-14 | 13,306 | 554.4 | ... that HALO will orbit the Moon? | |
| The Battle at Lake Changjin II | 2022-02-23 | 13,068[d] | 544.5 | ... that The Battle at Lake Changjin II uses frostbite makeup and fake snow made from white sand? | |
| Joséphine Pagnier | 2022-02-24 |  |
12,925 | 538.5 | ... that ski jumper Joséphine Pagnier (pictured), who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, won two medals at the Winter Youth Olympics two years ago? |
| Otto Jäger | 2022-02-06 | 6,406 | 533.8 | ... that in 1917, flying ace Otto Jäger was wounded by a propeller? | |
| Brandon Tanev | 2022-02-07 | 6,357 | 529.8 | ... that Brandon Tanev said he saw a ghost while his head shot was being taken for the Pittsburgh Penguins? | |
| The Wolf and the Lion (film) | 2022-02-24 | 12,676 | 528.2 | ... that a wolf and lion cub were raised together since they were five weeks old to film The Wolf and the Lion? | |
| Dalai Lama's escape from China | 2022-02-02 | 6,296 | 524.6 | ... that Mao Zedong initially approved the Dalai Lama's escape into Indian exile, but later ordered that it be prevented? | |
| Wallace's fruit dove | 2022-02-08 | 6,274 | 522.8 | ... that Wallace's fruit dove has been described as being one of the most beautiful fruit doves? | |
| Antiparallelogram | 2022-02-13 |  |
12,473 | 519.7 | ... that an antiparallelogram (example pictured) is a crossed quadrilateral with two pairs of equal-length edges? |
| Potamophylax coronavirus | 2022-02-22 | 12,451 | 518.8 | ... that Potamophylax coronavirus's range has been described as a battlefield between scientists and hydropower plant management? | |
| Round house (Thames and Severn Canal) | 2022-02-02 | 6,211 | 517.6 | ... that after viewing the Coates round house, the prospective occupant's fiancée refused to marry him unless the canal company made the property more habitable? | |
| Mount Yasumandake | 2022-02-04 | 5,937 | 494.8 | ... that Mount Yasumandake was considered sacred to Buddhists, Shintoists, and Christians? | |
| History of the Jews in Hong Kong | 2022-02-16 | 11,610 | 483.8 | ... that in the late 1800s, Hong Kong's small Jewish community was divided into two groups that would not even pray together? | |
| Yaanga | 2022-02-08 | 5,756 | 479.7 | ... that Los Angeles was built with the labor of Indigenous Yaangavit people whose village was destroyed to make space for it? | |
| Jubilee coinage | 2022-02-09 | 5,745 | 478.8 | ... that on the Jubilee coinage, Queen Victoria wore a crown so small that critics said it might fall off her head? | |
| Les Dés Sont Jetés | 2022-02-06 | 3,658 | 304.9 | ... that when he saw the tapestry Les Dés Sont Jetés, Jørn Utzon exclaimed: "See that? Ours will be better!"? | |
| Homage to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | 2,086 | 173.8 | |||
| Total | 5,744 | 478.7 | |||
| Book of Common Prayer (1979) | 2022-02-08 | 5,604 | 467.0 | ... that the 1979 Book of Common Prayer contains a Star Wars prayer? | |
| Viktor Taranovsky | 2022-02-25 | 11,180 | 465.9 | ... that when offered, soldiers under Russian general V. P. Taranovsky chose imprisonment in Algeria rather than continuing to fight or serving as labourers? | |
| 1994 Dronka lightning strike | 2022-02-12 | 11,092 | 462.2 | ... that a 1994 lightning strike in Egypt led to 469 deaths after oil tanks were ignited and flooded the village of Dronka with burning fuel? | |
| Measles: A Dangerous Illness | 2022-02-21 | 11,072 | 461.3 | ... that according to Roald Dahl, the measles vaccine is probably far safer than eating chocolate? | |
| Asian Garden Mall | 2022-02-06 | 5,530 | 460.8 | ... that a proposed footbridge connecting the Asian Garden Mall to another Vietnamese-American shopping center met opposition because it was deemed "too Chinese"? | |
| 87th African Infantry Division | 2022-02-16 | 11,048 | 460.3 | ... that although it was only formed in late 1939, the French 87th African Infantry Division inflicted 6,600 casualties upon the German forces and fought until the very end of the Battle of France? | |
| Gentle on My Mind | 2022-02-09 | 5,514 | 459.5 | ... that John Hartford wrote "Gentle on My Mind" in about half an hour after seeing Doctor Zhivago? | |
| Equestrian statue of George Washington (Newark) | 2022-02-22 |  |
10,737 | 447.4 | ... that George Washington (pictured) was dedicated on the anniversary of his saying farewell to the troops? |
| McLaren MCL36 | 2022-02-05 | 5,344 | 445.4 | ... that the McLaren MCL36, McLaren's 2022 Formula One car, has been in development since 2019 because of the pandemic's interruptions to the sport? | |
| Maria Keller | 2022-02-04 | 5,334 | 444.5 | ... that when Maria Keller was eight years old, she founded a nonprofit that would later go on to collect and distribute more than three million books to underprivileged children? | |
| Jonathan Cooper (lawyer) | 2022-02-10 | 5,316 | 443.0 | ... that British barrister Jonathan Cooper was "at the forefront of efforts to decriminalise homosexuality around the world"? | |
| The Time Meddler | 2022-02-14 | 10,544 | 439.4 | ... that after being wiped by the BBC, all four episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Time Meddler were discovered in Nigeria in 1984? | |
| Juliana Olshanskaya | 2022-02-12 |  |
10,524 | 438.5 | ... that Saint Juliana Olshanskaya (pictured) is said to have appeared to Archimandrite Peter Mogila to reproach him for the lack of respect paid to her relics? |
| CSS Baltic | 2022-02-27 | 10,374 | 432.2 | ... that the captain of the warship CSS Baltic stated that she was "about as fit to go into action as a mud scow"? | |
| Monorail Inc. | 2022-02-07 | 4,955 | 412.9 | ... that Monorail Inc.'s first computer, with its all-in-one design and flat-panel display, prefigured the iMac G4 by over five years? | |
| Xe Đò Hoàng | 2022-02-01 | 4,940 | 411.7 | ... that the owner of the bus service connecting the two largest Vietnamese-American communities in the United States was the target of an assassination plot by a competitor? | |
| Interstate 229 (South Dakota) | 2022-02-02 | 4,915 | 409.6 | ... that Interstate 229 once ended at a gravel road? | |
| 7th Division (Finland) | 2022-02-03 | 9,742 | 405.9 | ... that the Finnish 7th Division was formed in 1940 by renumbering another unit to make it appear to the Soviets that it had been replaced with fresh troops? | |
| Lots of Mommies | 2022-02-05 | 4,808 | 400.7 | ... that there is disagreement about whether Lots of Mommies, in which a girl is raised by four mothers, should be considered to be an LGBTQ picture book? | |
| Sylvia Froos | 2022-02-04 | 4,769 | 397.4 | ... that child actress and singer Sylvia Froos was noted for her ability to mimic the vocal styles of famous celebrity performers? | |
| Claudia Quintet | 2022-02-03 | 9,484 | 395.2 | ... that the Claudia Quintet was born out of an incident at alt.coffee? | |
| Advanced Logic Research | 2022-02-07 | 4,633 | 386.1 | ... that the headquarters of Advanced Logic Research was the subject of an attempted armed invasion in 1989 during a surge of computer-chip robberies? | |
| Operation Ivory Soap | 2022-02-26 | 9,222 | 384.2 | ... that Operation Ivory Soap created and operated a fleet of aircraft repair vessels to support the United States' island-hopping strategy in the Pacific during World War II? | |
| Booth Theatre | 2022-02-10 | 1,344 | 112.0 | ... that New York City's Broadhurst, Plymouth, Shubert, and Booth Theatres were all designed with curved corners facing Broadway? | |
| Broadhurst Theatre | 1,333 | 111.1 | |||
| Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | 1,010 | 84.1 | |||
| Shubert Theatre (Broadway) | 908 | 75.6 | |||
| Total | 4,594 | 382.8 | |||
| La Poutine Week | 2022-02-01 | 4,544 | 378.7 | ... that La Poutine Week is the world's largest poutine festival, with 700 restaurants serving 350,000 people? | |
| Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse) | 2022-02-01 | 4,536 | 378.0 | ... that characters from several different science fiction media appear as an Easter egg in the episode "Babylon's Ashes"? | |
| Louis Micheels House | 2022-02-27 | 9,036 | 376.5 | ... that the Louis Micheels House was called a building of "great significance", but the new owners wanted it gone? | |
| Svalbard Minute by Minute | 2022-02-18 | 8,899 | 370.8 | ... that Svalbard Minute by Minute, a 221-hour-long television broadcast, is credited with increasing tourism in Svalbard by 25 percent? | |
| Jewellery of the Berber cultures | 2022-02-08 |  |
4,444 | 370.4 | ... that in the jewellery of the Berber cultures, a silver amulet of a hand (example pictured) was believed by both Muslims and Jews to protect against the evil eye? |
| Time in Svalbard | 2022-02-02 | 4,438 | 369.8 | ... that despite experiencing midnight sun and polar night, Svalbard observes daylight saving time? | |
| Katie Vesterstein | 2022-02-20 | 8,782 | 365.9 | ... that when American-born skier Katie Vesterstein chose to compete for Estonia, she had only visited the country once, and did not speak the language? | |
| International Vinegar Museum | 2022-02-14 | 8,762 | 365.1 | ... that the International Vinegar Museum houses more than 350 types of vinegar from around the world? | |
| 5-Aminoimidazole ribotide | 2022-02-28 | 8,726 | 363.6 | ... that RNA, DNA, and vitamins B1 and B12 are all made from AIR? | |
| Melibe colemani | 2022-02-06 | 4,254 | 354.5 | ... that Coleman's Melibe is said to look like a "string of snot in the water"? | |
| Lucifer on the Sofa | 2022-02-11 | 4,242[e] | 353.5 | ... that while recording their tenth album, Lucifer on the Sofa, Spoon wanted to replicate their sound as a live band in studio form? | |
| Tigui Camara | 2022-02-09 | 4,238 | 353.1 | ... that mining entrepreneur and former model Tigui Camara is the first woman in Guinea to own a mining company, which she partially runs as a social enterprise? | |
| Kirsty Muir | 2022-02-23 | 8,460 | 352.5 | ... that freestyle skier Kirsty Muir was the youngest Team GB competitor at the 2022 Winter Olympics? | |
| Briscoe v. Bank of Kentucky | 2022-02-11 | 4,127 | 343.9 | ... that Bray Hammond condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Briscoe v. Bank of Kentucky, decided 185 years ago today, as "about as weak and timid as any the Court ever pronounced"? | |
| Rodolphe Iddi Lala | 2022-02-06 | 4,120 | 343.4 | ... that Rodolphe Iddi Lala went from being a professor of sociology to organizing a bombing at a cinema? | |
| Stahls Automotive Collection | 2022-02-11 | 4,080 | 340.0 | ... that Stahls Automotive Collection includes cars built for films such as The Great Race, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Reivers? | |
| Colonial Defence Committee | 2022-02-08 | 4,064 | 338.7 | ... that the Colonial Defence Committee advised British colonies not to permit more than two foreign warships into harbour at a time, in case of a surprise attack? | |
| Luke Kunin | 2022-02-02 | .jpg) |
4,028 | 335.7 | ... that in 2016, Luke Kunin (pictured) became the first sophomore captain of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team since 1975? |
| Alexandra Tegleva | 2022-02-21 | 7,993 | 333.0 | ... that Alexandra Tegleva, a nursemaid to Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, helped uncover a woman who impersonated Anastasia after the royal family were executed? | |
| Bath & Racquets Club | 2022-02-07 | 3,952 | 329.4 | ... that Mark Birley described the interior decor of his Bath & Racquets Club as the "post-Mussolini epic style"? | |
| 92nd Infantry Regiment (France) | 2022-02-10 | 3,943 | 328.6 | ... that the flag of the French Army's 92nd Infantry Regiment was lost when the destroyer Siroco sank off Dunkirk in 1940? | |
| PS Lotta Bernard | 2022-02-04 | 3,934 | 327.8 | ... that the paddle steamer Lotta Bernard was described as "altogether unfit for the traffic she was employed in" after she sank? | |
| Crucifixion plaque | 2022-02-11 |  |
3,906 | 325.5 | ... that Irish crucifixion plaques (example pictured) date from between the 9th and 12th centuries and may have once been attached to altars, book shrines, reliquaries or high crosses? |
| 2022 Bogoso explosion | 2022-02-09 | 3,901 | 325.1 | ... that on 20 January 2022, a mining explosives truck detonated in Apiate, Ghana, damaging around 500 buildings and killing 13 people? | |
| Anita Kiki Gbeho | 2022-02-19 | .jpg) |
7,718 | 321.6 | ... that Anita Kiki Gbeho (pictured) is still working for the United Nations in Somalia, even though her boss was lucky to escape assassination? |
| Daniel Efrat | 2022-02-17 | 7,650 | 318.8 | ... that although Ovad Efrat was a commando in the Israel Defense Forces, his son Daniel Efrat was rejected after conscription? | |
| George (club) | 2022-02-13 | 7,650 | 318.8 | ... that the private members' club George has a bespoke menu for pet dogs? | |
| 1971 Howard Bison men's soccer team | 2022-02-12 | 7,618 | 317.4 | ... that the first Division I college sports championship won by a historically black university in any sport was vacated by the NCAA? | |
| 1990 ARCO explosion | 2022-02-03 | 7,610 | 317.1 | ... that two major petrochemical explosions in the Greater Houston area, the 1990 ARCO explosion and the Phillips disaster, occurred within one year of each other? | |
| Robert A. Emmitt | 2022-02-07 | 3,783 | 315.2 | ... that shortly after getting married in 1875, Robert A. Emmitt crossed the Cascade Mountains driving a cattle herd while his wife led a pack horse that carried their possessions? | |
| Daddy and the Muscle Academy | 2022-02-08 | 3,730 | 310.8 | ... that the 1992 documentary film Daddy and the Muscle Academy, which focuses on the life of gay erotic artist Tom of Finland, has been broadcast on Finnish television multiple times? | |
| Expeditions: Rome | 2022-02-05 | 3,692 | 307.6 | ... that development on the video game Expeditions: Rome was not affected by lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic because the developer was already split between Copenhagen and Istanbul? | |
| Satellite Television & Associated Resources | 2022-02-09 | 3,654 | 304.5 | ... that just four years after starting up, the president of Satellite Television & Associated Resources commented that his entire industry had "gone down the drain"? | |
| Woodland garden | 2022-02-16 |  |
7,303 | 304.3 | ... that the woodland garden (example pictured), "colourfully planted with exotic shrubs and herbaceous plants, dominated English horticulture from 1910 to 1960"? |
| A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in the 16th and 17th Centuries | 2022-02-20 | 7,278 | 303.2 | ... that Henry E. Sigerist felt "depressed" after reading A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in the 16th and 17th Centuries? | |
| Paulo Paulino Guajajara | 2022-02-28 | 7,174 | 298.9 | ... that Guajajara environmental activist and land defender Paulo Paulino Guajajara, who worked to stop the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, was killed by a group of illegal loggers? | |
| Yara Salman | 2022-02-08 | 3,573 | 297.8 | ... that Bahraini businesswoman Yara Salman founded a beauty salon, a medical center, an entertainment complex, and a restaurant in the past decade? | |
| Shaylee Mansfield | 2022-02-10 | 3,564 | 297.0 | ... that at age 12, Shaylee Mansfield became the first deaf actor to be credited alongside the voice actors for a signed performance in an animated production? | |
| Magic Tour (Queen) | 2022-02-17 | 7,128 | 297.0 | ... that the 1986 Magic Tour was the last tour Freddie Mercury performed with Queen? | |
| Harry Steele (businessman) | 2022-02-15 | 7,103 | 296.0 | ... that Harry Steele purchased the Albatross Hotel in a bankruptcy sale and ultimately owned it for over half a century until his death? | |
| Compaq LTE Lite | 2022-02-17 | 6,979 | 290.8 | ... that Compaq placed the built-in trackball of the LTE Lite on its display housing? | |
| CTF 2187 | 2022-02-16 | 6,951 | 289.6 | ... that the attractions of CTF 2187 included "the fog of war [and] polite insults in the newsletter"? | |
| Baillieu Myer | 2022-02-11 | 3,452 | 287.7 | ... that Baillieu Myer and his siblings were born in California because their father's prior divorce was not recognised under Australian law? | |
| Body Offering (novel) | 2022-02-23 | 6,886 | 286.9 | ... that the 2013 novel Body Offering was described by a critic as "more erratic than erotic"? | |
| Rakaŭ Ghetto | 2022-02-25 | 6,882 | 286.8 | ... that an estimated 1,050 Jews were killed in the Rakaŭ Ghetto between its creation and liquidation? | |
| Dr. Rick | 2022-02-10 | 3,440 | 286.7 | ... that Progressive Corporation, an insurer, published 5,000 copies of a book credited to Dr. Rick, its fictional advertising campaign character? | |
| Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157 | 2022-02-06 |  |
3,422 | 285.2 | ... that Bach's cantata Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn was first performed 295 years ago today during a memorial service for Johann Christoph von Ponickau (pictured)? |
| Casa Rull Museum | 2022-02-21 | 6,826 | 284.4 | ... that the Casa Rull in Andorra was said to be occupied by "fat peasants"? | |
| The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia | 2022-02-10 | 3,408 | 284.0 | ... that 250 Jews were imprisoned in a castle in Mladá Boleslav during the Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia? | |
| White-fronted falconet | 2022-02-28 | 6,811 | 283.8 | ... that although it is a bird of prey, the white-fronted falconet is only 14 to 17 cm (5.5 to 6.7 in) long and mainly feeds on insects? | |
| Lord Chumley | 2022-02-21 | 6,741 | 280.9 | ... that a showing of the 1914 film Lord Chumley on the roof of a New York City theatre was canceled with an on-screen announcement due to its 40-minute runtime? | |
| Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics) | 2022-02-18 | 6,646 | 276.9 | ... that the 2012 Olympic women's soccer semifinal between the Canadian and the American national teams was called "the greatest knockout match in major-tournament football" since 1982? | |
| Lithuanian People's Army | 2022-02-15 | 6,634 | 276.4 | ... that following Soviet occupation in 1940, the Lithuanian Armed Forces were transformed into the Lithuanian People's Army, dropped all use of Lithuanian national symbols and faced repression? | |
| Church Street station (MBTA) | 2022-02-15 | 6,504 | 271.0 | ... that the name of Church Street station has been changed twice since 2019? | |
| Hayes Theater | 2022-02-01 | 3,236 | 269.7 | ... that the Little Theatre, once deemed a "gem among playhouses", was later planned to be replaced by a driveway for The New York Times? | |
| 1985–1987 Watsonville Cannery strike | 2022-02-23 | 6,427 | 267.8 | ... that of the more than 1,000 workers who participated in the 18-month long 1985–1987 Watsonville Cannery strike, none of them crossed the picket line? | |
| Lloyd Simmons | 2022-02-09 | 3,210 | 267.5 | ... that Lloyd Simmons wore the uniform number 0 because that was the number of games he expected to lose each season? | |
| Epidural blood patch | 2022-02-06 | 3,206 | 267.1 | ... that observations of a car tire being repaired helped develop the epidural blood patch? | |
| 623rd Field Artillery Regiment | 2022-02-13 | 6,404 | 266.9 | ... that the special designation of the 623rd Field Artillery Regiment is being reviewed as it refers to Confederate general John Hunt Morgan? | |
| Theresa Pulszky | 2022-02-02 | 3,182 | 265.2 | ... that author Theresa Pulszky escaped from the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 by pretending to be the companion of a German couple? | |
| WSWG (AM) | 2022-02-10 | 3,181 | 265.1 | ... that a 1971 format change and firing of three Black disc jockeys contributed to the Mississippi radio station WSWG losing its broadcast license? | |
| Midgard (game) | 2022-02-13 | 6,319 | 263.3 | ... that a reviewer once withheld top marks for play-by-mail game Midgard because of a negative experience with a gamemaster? | |
| Mini ature | 2022-02-07 | 3,154 | 262.9 | ... that Mini ature is the largest frog in its genus? | |
| Henry Fitzcount | 2022-02-18 | 6,285 | 261.9 | ... that after he was stripped of his Cornish landholdings, Henry Fitzcount joined the Fifth Crusade, during which he died? | |
| Chris Hussey | 2022-02-13 | 6,262 | 260.9 | ... that footballer Chris Hussey studied part-time to gain a first-class honours degree after overcoming anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders? | |
| Catalena Productions | 2022-02-12 | 6,254 | 260.6 | ... that Catalena Productions had a Monty Hall problem when the host, unpaid, forced the company into bankruptcy? | |
| Edgar P. Rucker | 2022-02-05 | 3,106 | 258.9 | ... that after nearly killing a man in a duel, Edgar P. Rucker went on to become the attorney general of West Virginia? | |
| Amish in Ohio | 2022-02-14 | 6,195 | 258.1 | ... that the population of Holmes County, Ohio, is approximately 50 percent Amish? | |
| Naren Chandra Das | 2022-02-21 | 6,188 | 257.9 | ... that Indian Army havildar Naren Chandra Das escorted the 14th Dalai Lama to safety in India after the monk made a 13-day trek across the Himalayas dressed as a soldier to evade Chinese troops? | |
| Woody (Toy Story) | 2022-02-28 | 6,132 | 255.5 | ... that Woody from Toy Story was originally written as a ventriloquist's dummy and the main villain of the film? | |
| Luke Pope | 2022-02-27 | 5,974 | 248.9 | ... that English nurseryman Luke Pope claimed on his deathbed to have spent more than £3,000 (equivalent to over £250,000 in 2020) on tulip bulbs? | |
| Take-note debate | 2022-02-04 | 2,954 | 246.1 | ... that the Canadian House of Commons held a take-note debate on the discovery of the graves of more than 200 Indigenous children near Kamloops Indian Residential School in 2021? | |
| Crazy (Willie Nelson song) | 2022-02-28 | 5,869 | 244.5 | ... that Patsy Cline's cover of Willie Nelson's "Crazy" was the all-time most played song in jukeboxes in the United States, 35 years after its release? | |
| The Incredible Hulk (2008 video game) | 2022-02-27 | 5,856 | 244.0 | ... that approximately 85 percent of Manhattan was recreated for the 2008 video game The Incredible Hulk? | |
| Bianca Baptiste | 2022-02-27 | 5,846 | 243.6 | ... that Bianca Baptiste was Tottenham Hotspur's top goal scorer during their promotion—and then they dropped her from the team? | |
| Travis Ludlow | 2022-02-05 | 2,904 | 242.0 | ... that Travis Ludlow broke the world record for the youngest person to fly solo around the world? | |
| LD (rapper) | 2022-02-24 | 5,784 | 241.0 | ... that LD has been called the "godfather of UK drill"? | |
| Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque | 2022-02-26 |  |
5,764 | 240.1 | ... that Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque (pictured) assisted in the founding of Malawi's first dental school in 2019? |
| State Tower Building | 2022-02-26 | 3,572 | 148.8 | ... that after Syracuse's Bastable Theatre burnt down in 1923, the city's tallest building was built in its place? | |
| Bastable Theatre | 2,191 | 91.3 | |||
| Total | 5,763 | 240.1 | |||
| Spotted lanternfly | 2022-02-02 | 2,864 | 238.7 | ... that the spotted lanternfly has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat swelling since the 1100s? | |
| Barrau de Sescas | 2022-02-12 | 5,712 | 238.0 | ... that Barrau de Sescas, a Gascon knight, was the first person appointed by an English king to a position titled admiral? | |
| John Emmitt | 2022-02-28 | 5,708 | 237.8 | ... that when John Emmitt was traveling to the Oregon Territory in 1852 along the Oregon Trail, two of his three children died of cholera and were buried along the route? | |
| Genevieve Beacom | 2022-02-02 | 2,850 | 237.5 | ... that Genevieve Beacom became the first woman to pitch in the Australian Baseball League when she made her debut for the Melbourne Aces in 2022? | |
| Rebeca Andrade | 2022-02-06 | 2,840 | 236.6 | ... that Rebeca Andrade is the first Brazilian female gymnast to win a medal at the Olympic Games? | |
| Kate Baer | 2022-02-05 | 2,806 | 233.8 | ... that when her local cafe was in lockdown, Kate Baer wrote her bestselling poems in her van in the cafe parking lot? | |
| Helen Block Lewis | 2022-02-16 | 5,604 | 233.5 | ... that American psychoanalyst Helen Block Lewis was one of the first researchers to study the difference between shame and guilt? | |
| Red Clay State Historic Park | 2022-02-06 | 2,797 | 233.1 | ... that Red Clay State Historic Park was the last capital of the Cherokee Nation in the eastern United States? | |
| Eberhard Zeidler (architect) | 2022-02-10 |  |
2,780 | 231.7 | ... that Eberhard Zeidler envisaged Toronto Eaton Centre (pictured), which opened 45 years ago today, to be an "interior street" instead of simply a shopping mall? |
| Because They Know Not | 2022-02-08 | 2,772 | 231.0 | ... that Because They Know Not by Jamaican novelist Alvin Gladstone Bennett describes itself as a "powerful story on the colour problem"? | |
| Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines | 2022-02-01 | 2,754 | 229.5 | ... that in 1354, the Duke of Lancaster compared his heart to the sea, a fox's hole, and a market-place? | |
| St. Sylvester, Schwabing | 2022-02-09 | 2,747 | 228.9 | ... that St. Sylvester is a Catholic church that combines the old village church of Schwabing, now part of Munich, and a 20th-century expansion under one roof? | |
| Woodleigh MRT station | 2022-02-05 | 2,740 | 228.3 | ... that staff had to be deployed on the first day of service at Woodleigh MRT station to assist commuters who alighted there mistakenly because they did not realize it had opened? | |
| Bruno Madrigal | 2022-02-19 | 5,461[f] | 227.5 | ... that Encanto character Bruno Madrigal was originally named Oscar, but his name was changed due to the number of real-life Oscar Madrigals in Colombia? | |
| Ioan Caragea | 2022-02-01 | 2,723 | 226.9 | ... that the 1810s reign of Ioan Caragea introduced Wallachia to carom billiards, sugar sculptures, and an eponymous plague? | |
| Joe Felmet | 2022-02-16 | 5,416 | 225.7 | ... that Joe Felmet was sentenced to a chain gang for his participation in the Journey of Reconciliation, considered a precursor to the Freedom Riders, in 1947? | |
| Assisted migration of forests in North America | 2022-02-05 | 2,703 | 225.2 | ... that as part of the ongoing assisted migration of forests in North America, the western larch was selected for reforestation projects nearly 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north of its native range? | |
| Gheorghe Eminescu | 2022-02-15 | 5,252 | 218.9 | ... that Gheorghe Eminescu, nephew of Romania's national poet, spent time in communist prisons, including one which allocated him a 25-centimeters-wide (10-inch) sleeping area? | |
| Valerie Boles | 2022-02-24 | 5,252 | 218.8 | ... that American root doctor Valerie Boles was the inspiration for the character Minerva in the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and its film adaptation? | |
| Rod Beaton (USA Today) | 2022-02-01 | 2,616 | 218.0 | ... that while waiting for an interview, journalist Rod Beaton was involved in a shoving incident with baseball player Barry Bonds? | |
| Jeffrey Rosenfeld | 2022-02-01 | 2,614 | 217.8 | ... that Australian neurosurgeon Jeffrey Rosenfeld led the team developing a wireless device that promises to give limited vision to the totally blind? | |
| Cheok Hong Cheong | 2022-02-26 | 5,188 | 216.2 | ... that Cheok Hong Cheong sold bananas for a decade, after which he became superintendent of the Church of England of Melbourne? | |
| Saba Malaspina | 2022-02-07 | 2,591 | 215.9 | ... that Saba Malaspina was "the only important Roman historiographer from the 13th century"? | |
| Palácio de Lahane | 2022-02-09 | 2,564 | 213.7 | ... that during World War II, the governor of Portuguese Timor was confined to the Palácio de Lahane by the territory's Japanese occupiers? | |
| Alexander Buchan (artist) | 2022-02-08 | 2,553 | 212.8 | ... that Alexander Buchan, one of the artists on the first voyage of James Cook, was not mentioned in Cook's journals until he died after an epileptic fit? | |
| Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila | 2022-02-01 |  |
2,550 | 212.5 | ... that the Sonoran blue butterfly uses Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila (pictured) as a larval foodplant and hummingbirds feed on its nectar? |
| Bund für Menschenrecht | 2022-02-04 | 2,549 | 212.4 | ... that the League for Human Rights, established in Germany in the early 1920s, was the first mass organization for homosexuals? | |
| Amory Street station | 2022-02-07 | 1,498 | 124.9 | ... that Amory Street station and Babcock Street station replaced four predecessor stations? | |
| Babcock Street station | 1,048 | 87.3 | |||
| Total | 2,546 | 212.2 | |||
| Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march) | 2022-02-05 | 2,496 | 208.0 | ... that "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine" was first conducted with a band of around 6,200 members, the largest band John Philip Sousa ever conducted? | |
| Alexander Bannwart | 2022-02-19 | 4,980 | 207.5 | ... that Alexander Bannwart got into a fistfight with the pro-war senator Henry Cabot Lodge over America's proposed entry into World War I? | |
| Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora | 2022-02-18 | 4,980 | 207.5 | ... that Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora was partly inspired by The 1619 Project? | |
| Ervin Herve Loranth | 2022-02-04 | 2,476 | 206.3 | ... that artist Ervin Herve Loranth refers to his sculptures as "public surprises"? | |
| Wieting Opera House | 2022-02-06 | 1,445 | 120.4 | ... that New York's Wieting Opera House burnt down and was rebuilt on three separate occasions by its proprietors, John Wieting and Mary Elizabeth Wieting? | |
| Mary Elizabeth Wieting Johnson | 520 | 43.3 | |||
| John Wieting | 497 | 41.4 | |||
| Total | 2,462 | 205.1 | |||
| Squatting in Hamburg | 2022-02-18 | 4,881 | 203.4 | ... that squatters in Hamburg briefly occupied the former Erotic Art Museum? | |
| I Dig Everything | 2022-02-22 | 4,851 | 202.1 | ... that David Bowie's "I Dig Everything" was one of his first songs to be covered by another artist? | |
| Alcohol in association football | 2022-02-06 | 2,414 | 201.1 | ... that while many Premier League clubs were sponsored by alcohol companies, no such sponsors remained by the 2017–18 season? | |
| An Account of the Voyages | 2022-02-11 | 2,407 | 200.6 | ... that when James Cook came to Saint Helena in 1775, wheelbarrows were placed near his residence in response to a description in John Hawkesworth's An Account of the Voyages? | |
| María Fernanda Di Giacobbe | 2022-02-07 | 2,404 | 200.4 | ... that during the Venezuelan general strike of 2002–2003, all but one of Venezuelan chocolatier María Fernanda Di Giacobbe's ten businesses went bankrupt? | |
| Fagus langevinii | 2022-02-04 | 2,400 | 200.0 | ... that Fagus langevinii is considered to be the oldest extinct species of beech tree? | |
| Connecticut Valley Railroad | 2022-02-02 | 2,400 | 200.0 | ... that the Connecticut Valley Railroad successfully fooled the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad into purchasing it by pretending that it planned to expand northwards? | |
| Obstructing an official proceeding | 2022-02-05 | 2,386 | 198.8 | ... that many participants in the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack have been charged with obstructing an official proceeding, a crime that was created in response to the 2001 Enron accounting scandal? | |
| Phil Williams (Alabama senator) | 2022-02-09 | 2,380 | 198.4 | ... that Phil Williams served in the Alabama state legislature at the same time as Phil Williams? | |
| William Rittenhouse | 2022-02-16 | 4,736 | 197.3 | ... that William Rittenhouse is noted for having established the first paper mill in North America in 1690? | |
| Ontario Highway 78 | 2022-02-12 | 4,708 | 196.2 | ... that the North Branch Bridge on Ontario Highway 78 partially collapsed just 17 days after a temporary bridge was opened to facilitate construction of a replacement? | |
| 2021 Bahamas Bowl | 2022-02-27 | 4,646 | 193.6 | ... that the 2021 Bahamas Bowl was the first edition in which a team made a return appearance? | |
| Albert L. Harris | 2022-02-08 | 2,308 | 192.3 | ... that as municipal architect, Albert L. Harris led the design of all city buildings in Washington, D.C., from 1921 until his sudden death in 1934? | |
| Evelyn Straus | 2022-02-20 | 4,586 | 191.1 | ... that pioneering Daily News camerawoman Evelyn Straus had her clothes custom-made to carry her film and flashbulbs? | |
| Jérôme Chappellaz | 2022-02-07 | 2,285 | 190.4 | ... that Jérôme Chappellaz wants to collect ice cores from Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro to be preserved in Antarctica? | |
| Boy Scouts of America (march) | 2022-02-08 | 2,281 | 190.1 | ... that John Philip Sousa composed a march for the Boy Scouts of America (audio featured)? | |
| Baha al-Din Qaraqush | 2022-02-18 |  |
4,540 | 189.2 | ... that Baha al-Din Qaraqush built the Cairo Citadel (pictured) on behalf of the sultan, Saladin? |
| HMS Swallow (1745) | 2022-02-10 | 2,255 | 187.9 | ... that Pitcairn was named after the midshipman on HMS Swallow who first spotted the island? | |
| Can't Help Thinking About Me | 2022-02-01 | 2,239 | 186.6 | ... that after performing as Davy Jones, David Bowie's "Can't Help Thinking About Me" was his first single released under the name "David Bowie"? | |
| Technical support scam | 2022-02-04 | 2,227 | 185.6 | ... that Microsoft has banned all third-party tech-support advertisements on Bing due to a rise in technical support scams? | |
| Aubin Grove railway station | 2022-02-11 | 2,224 | 185.4 | ... that Aubin Grove railway station was built mostly off-site to minimise disruption to a nearby freeway? | |
| Paramount Hotel | 2022-02-19 | 4,427 | 184.5 | ... that to promote the Paramount Hotel, its operator mailed out apples? | |
| Qulensya | 2022-02-22 | 4,408 | 183.6 | ... that the only person killed by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the island of Socotra was a seven-year-old in Qulensya? | |
| D. I. Antoniou | 2022-02-03 | 4,336 | 180.6 | ... that the seafaring poet D. I. Antoniou worked on a single poem for more than a decade and ended up publishing it over thirty years later? | |
| Glenwood Memorial Gardens | 2022-02-05 |  |
2,142 | 178.5 | ... that Glenwood Memorial Gardens in Broomall, Pennsylvania, was initially established in 1849 as Glenwood Cemetery (pictured) in North Philadelphia and contained the graves of 702 Union soldiers? |
| St. John's Episcopal Church (Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands) | 2022-02-22 | 4,280 | 178.3 | ... that Alexander Hamilton, a future United States Founding Father, attended St. John's Episcopal Church in his youth? | |
| Asuka Strikes! | 2022-02-08 | 2,076 | 173.0 | ... that the Neon Genesis Evangelion episode "Asuka Strikes!" includes references to the works of William Shakespeare? | |
| Derasar, Rajasthan | 2022-02-19 | 4,111 | 171.3 | ... that the residents of Derasar collect rainwater in taankas since the village experiences eleven months of drought a year? | |
| Casey Tiumalu | 2022-02-11 | 2,054 | 171.1 | ... that despite being undersized and not highly recruited, Casey Tiumalu became the BYU Cougars' leader in both rushing and receiving, earning an honorable mention as an All-American? | |
| The Clarion (Canadian newspaper) | 2022-02-06 | 2,047 | 170.6 | ... that while seeking funding for The Clarion, Carrie Best was told by a donor: "You are just a small voice crying in the wilderness – but keep on crying"? | |
| 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment | 2022-02-14 |  |
4,063 | 169.3 | ... that a Eurocopter Tiger (example pictured) from the French Army's 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment was involved in the 2019 Ménaka helicopter crash that killed 13 people? |
| National War Fund | 2022-02-17 | 4,018 | 167.4 | ... that the joint National War Fund was created during World War II so that American citizens would not get annoyed by multiple donation requests for service members' support and overseas relief? | |
| Defne Magnanery | 2022-02-28 | 4,017 | 167.4 | ... that the Turkish Defne Magnanery was established in a farm house donated by the brother of the head silk farmwoman after he watched her silk farming in a British documentary film? | |
| Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem | 2022-02-10 | 1,996 | 166.3 | ... that Swiss archaeologist Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem created a service for the International Committee of the Red Cross to help prisoners of war from the French colonies during World War II? | |
| USS R. B. Forbes | 2022-02-25 | 3,970 | 165.4 | ... that the tugboat R. B. Forbes was the first iron mercantile vessel built in New England? | |
| 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election | 2022-02-16 | 3,884 | 161.8 | ... that after Chandigarh fell from being the second-cleanest city in India to the 66th, the residents voted out the incumbent party? | |
| Henrietta Loveless | 2022-02-01 | 1,940 | 161.7 | ... that singer Henrietta Loveless performed at the New York World's Fair with the Chocolate Éclair Family? | |
| Karma Man | 2022-02-12 | 3,852 | 160.5 | ... that the Buddhist themes of David Bowie's 1967 composition "Karma Man" were compared to the Marvel Comics character Doctor Strange? | |
| Let Me Sleep Beside You | 2022-02-15 | 3,823 | 159.3 | ... that David Bowie's 1967 composition "Let Me Sleep Beside You" was rejected as a single due to its suggestive title? | |
| Special Security Response Team | 2022-02-24 | 3,817 | 159.0 | ... that in their first operation, Japan's Special Security Response Team participated in humanitarian activities after the 2021 Atami landslide? | |
| Designasaurus | 2022-02-08 | 1,908 | 159.0 | ... that the educational computer games Designasaurus and UMS 1 together gained their publisher more than $5 million during 18 months in the 1980s? | |
| Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands | 2022-02-15 | 3,816 | 159.0 | ... that Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands documents a symphony orchestra playing heavy metal music? | |
| Lake Worth Beach, Florida | 2022-02-10 | 1,908 | 159.0 | ... that the annual street painting festival in downtown Lake Worth Beach, Florida, attracts approximately 100,000 people? | |
| Lyric Theatre (New York City, 1998) | 2022-02-03 | 3,777 | 157.4 | ... that Broadway's Lyric Theatre, once deemed a "cursed" theater, now hosts The Cursed Child? | |
| Silly Boy Blue | 2022-02-19 | 3,766 | 156.9 | ... that "Silly Boy Blue" reflected David Bowie's fascination with Tibetan Buddhism? | |
| Jean-Claude Corbeil | 2022-02-13 | 3,671 | 153.0 | ... that Jean-Claude Corbeil was credited with having "de-anglicized Quebec" during his time as linguistic director of the province's language police? | |
| JumpStart Toddlers | 2022-02-11 | 1,815 | 151.2 | ... that the Chicago Sun-Times credits JumpStart Toddlers as the first video game targeted towards babies? | |
| Amanda Villepastour | 2022-02-06 | 1,804 | 150.4 | ... that in the 1980s, Amanda Villepastour, now an ethnomusicologist at Cardiff University, was the keyboardist in Australian new wave band Eurogliders? | |
| Die ersten Menschen | 2022-02-04 | 1,802 | 150.2 | ... that Rudi Stephan was already composing the opera Die ersten Menschen when the 1908 drama about the first humans by Otto Borngräber, on which it is based, was banned in Bavaria? | |
| Linda Doyle | 2022-02-11 | 1,800 | 150.0 | ... that Professor of Engineering and the Arts Linda Doyle in 2021 became the first female provost (head) of Trinity College Dublin since its 1592 foundation by Elizabeth I? | |
| Jack Sullivan (journalist) | 2022-02-11 | 1,767 | 147.2 | ... that journalist Jack Sullivan was referred to as "the newsman's newsman"? | |
| Hurricane Flossie (1995) | 2022-02-02 | 1,762 | 146.8 | ... that in 1995, Hurricane Flossie damaged many tapes of Jerry Lewis telethons belonging to the Muscular Dystrophy Association? | |
| Avraham Tamir | 2022-02-22 | 3,516 | 146.5 | ... that Avraham Tamir was the first Israeli official to hold talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization leadership? | |
| Bettie Freshwater Pool | 2022-02-02 | 1,739 | 144.9 | ... that a work by Bettie Freshwater Pool was proposed to be the official state song of North Carolina? | |
| Cece Carlucci | 2022-02-04 | 1,734 | 144.5 | ... that baseball umpire Cece Carlucci made the umpiring equipment used in The Natural? | |
| Battle of San Cesario | 2022-02-24 | 3,458 | 144.1 | ... that following its victory over Bologna in the 1229 battle of San Cesario, the city of Modena returned the enemy's captured carroccio to prevent an escalation of the conflict? | |
| Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon | 2022-02-20 | 3,421 | 142.5 | ... that in Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon, decided 110 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the initiative process? | |
| KDCD | 2022-02-05 | 1,688 | 140.7 | ... that a would-be buyer of San Angelo, Texas, radio station KBIL-FM had no knowledge of the transaction? | |
| Norberto Gonzales | 2022-02-05 | 1,686 | 140.5 | ... that former Philippine secretary of national defense Norberto Gonzales said that a Chinese invasion was "not unthinkable"? | |
| Balbuena metro station | 2022-02-18 | 3,371 | 140.5 | ... that Balbuena metro station was flooded with sewage following a failure attributed to an unrelated fire? | |
| Ingo Böbel | 2022-02-08 | 1,670 | 139.1 | ... that German economist Ingo Böbel became Professor of Economics at International University of Monaco after serving a prison sentence for embezzlement and tax evasion? | |
| O'Halloran and Francis v. United Kingdom | 2022-02-26 | 3,332 | 138.8 | ... that a 2007 European Court of Human Rights case ruled that European automobile owners do not have the right to remain silent when asked who was speeding in their vehicle? | |
| Dean Whitehead | 2022-02-05 | 1,656 | 138.0 | ... that footballer Dean Whitehead was compared to Roy Keane a year before Keane was appointed as his manager? | |
| Al Hirschfeld Theatre | 2022-02-08 | 1,652 | 137.7 | ... that illustrator Al Hirschfeld knew he would get his own Broadway theater for his 100th birthday, but he died before the renaming? | |
| Courant–Snyder parameters | 2022-02-11 | 1,632 | 136.0 | ... that although the Courant–Snyder parameters in accelerator physics are often referred to as "Twiss parameters", Richard Q. Twiss had no idea how his name came to be associated with them? | |
| Deborah Zoe Laufer | 2022-02-24 | 3,235 | 134.8 | ... that playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer is said to "deal with serious, existential questions in seriously hilarious ways"? | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Australia | 2022-02-07 | 1,610 | 134.2 | ... that the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is the only contemporary art museum in the country with a permanent collection? | |
| White-headed fruit dove | 2022-02-05 | 1,609 | 134.1 | ... that the white-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus eugeniae) was named after Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French? | |
| Xochiquetzallia | 2022-02-25 | 3,184 | 132.7 | ... that the genus Xochiquetzallia was named after the Aztec goddess of flowers? | |
| Abd al-Malik ibn Umar ibn Marwan | 2022-02-13 | 3,164 | 131.8 | ... that the Umayyad prince Abd al-Malik ibn Umar ibn Marwan sealed the submission of western al-Andalus to the Emirate of Córdoba? | |
| Donald H. Elliott | 2022-02-09 | 1,556 | 129.6 | ... that Donald H. Elliott's efforts as the director of New York's planning department helped change the city's skyline? | |
| Eeva Leinonen | 2022-02-14 | 3,086 | 128.6 | ... that Finnish linguist Eeva Leinonen was one of four women to be inaugurated as heads of Irish universities in 2021, the others being Maggie Cusack, Linda Doyle and Kerstin Mey? | |
| Lihie Raz | 2022-02-11 | 1,532 | 127.7 | ... that Lihie Raz was the first Israeli to medal at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships? | |
| Qadi al-Fadil | 2022-02-02 | 1,508 | 125.7 | ... that Qadi al-Fadil began his career under the Fatimids, became Saladin's chief minister, and was renowned for the elegance of his epistolary writing? | |
| Jim McCanless | 2022-02-03 | 3,015 | 125.6 | ... that Clemson University football player Jim McCanless made the 1958 varsity team despite having suffered a broken neck the year prior? | |
| Holger Mühlbauer | 2022-02-10 | 1,507 | 125.6 | ... that Holger Mühlbauer, who currently serves as the managing director of the German IT security association TeleTrusT, originally trained as a metalworker? | |
| Donald Gurnett | 2022-02-06 | 1,505 | 125.4 | ... that plasma physicist Donald Gurnett was part of 41 NASA missions, including Voyager 1, for which he designed the instrument that confirmed that the craft had crossed the heliopause in 2012? | |
| WSTA | 2022-02-22 | 2,982 | 124.3 | ... that at WSTA, the first radio station in the U.S. Virgin Islands, goats and chickens sometimes wandered in during broadcasts? | |
| Sky Alps | 2022-02-20 | 2,982 | 124.2 | ... that Sky Alps is the first airline to operate scheduled flights from Bolzano Airport since 2015? | |
| Ben Small (politician) | 2022-02-03 | 2,978 | 124.1 | ... that Australian senator Ben Small had been a ship's officer, bar owner, paramedic, ambulance trainer, and logistician before entering politics? | |
| Lycorma imperialis | 2022-02-27 | 2,910 | 121.2 | ... that despite being nicknamed a "lanternbug", Lycorma imperialis does not actually emit any light? | |
| Francis B. Murdoch | 2022-02-12 | 2,879 | 120.0 | ... that lawyer Francis B. Murdoch filed one-third of all freedom suits in St. Louis from 1840 to 1847, representing Dred Scott, Harriet Robinson Scott, Lucy A. Delaney and Polly Berry, among others? | |
| Marq2 transit corridor | 2022-02-23 | 2,822 | 117.6 | ... that the Metro Orange Line and 80 percent of express buses in downtown Minneapolis use the Marq2 transit corridor? | |
| Daisy Bannard Cogley | 2022-02-01 | 1,378 | 114.9 | ... that Madame "Toto" Bannard Cogley not only co-founded Dublin's Gate Theatre, but also supplied most of the initial membership? | |
| WKXG | 2022-02-13 | 2,634 | 109.8 | ... that in its final years, Mississippi radio station WKXG allegedly attempted to maintain its broadcast license by "taking turns" with another station in their transmitter facility? | |
| Frank Avery Hutchins | 2022-02-09 | 1,300 | 108.3 | ... that Frank Avery Hutchins has been called the "father of Wisconsin public libraries"? | |
| Hastings Unitarian Church | 2022-02-17 | 2,593 | 108.0 | ... that the organ in Hastings Unitarian Church had previously been in three other Unitarian churches? | |
| Grant Robert Sutherland | 2022-02-01 | 1,294 | 107.9 | ... that Grant Sutherland is the geneticist who identified fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited genetic form of intellectual impairment? | |
| Wellington Square Baptist Church, Hastings | 2022-02-20 | 2,568 | 107.0 | ... that a London shipbuilder founded Wellington Square Baptist Church in Hastings out of gratitude for his daughter's health improving while staying in the seaside town? | |
| St. Mary and St. John of Nepomuk Monument | 2022-02-26 | 2,532 | 105.5 | ... that the St. Mary and St. John of Nepomuk Monument in Timișoara commemorates the Great Plague of 1738, which killed around 1,000 of the city's 6,000 inhabitants? | |
| Edward Hull (knight) | 2022-02-11 | 1,241 | 103.4 | ... that a land dispute between Sir Edward Hull and Sir John Fastolf was only resolved after Hull's death in the 1453 Battle of Castillon? | |
| Charles William Warner | 2022-02-26 | 2,466 | 102.7 | ... that Charles William Warner, the attorney general of Trinidad between 1845 and 1870, was one of the most powerful men in the colony and often considered "the real governor"? | |
| Sampson Hosking | 2022-02-22 | 2,446 | 101.9 | ... that Australian rules football coach Sampson Hosking named himself in Port Adelaide's team at the age of 48? | |
| The Constitutional Courant | 2022-02-02 | 1,200 | 100.0 | ... that The Constitutional Courant was a single-issue newspaper published by William Goddard for the sole purpose of criticizing the Stamp Act in 1765? | |
| Guy Thwaites | 2022-02-10 | 1,132 | 94.3 | ... that Guy Thwaites and his colleagues hypothesized that the 1993 US hantavirus outbreak was similar to the mysterious medieval sweating sickness? | |
| James Davis (printer) | 2022-02-25 | 2,186 | 91.1 | ... that in 1749, James Davis became the first printer to set up shop in the colony of North Carolina? | |
| The Old French Tristan Poems | 2022-02-24 | 2,174 | 90.6 | ... that the 1980 bibliography The Old French Tristan Poems was praised for indexing the fragments of Tristan, a 12th-century poem? | |
| Johnny Sanders | 2022-02-23 | 2,144 | 89.3 | ... that after turning the San Diego Chargers into a Super Bowl contender, Johnny Sanders sought to bring an Arena Football League team into the city? | |
| Scottish Prayer Book (1929) | 2022-02-04 | 1,060 | 88.3 | ... that the 1929 Scottish Prayer Book is the Scottish Episcopal Church's current version of the Book of Common Prayer? | |
| Nathan Safir | 2022-02-18 | 2,100 | 87.5 | ... that Nathan Safir, general manager of Texas radio station KCOR for 44 years, was credited with being a pioneer in Spanish-language broadcasting in the United States? | |
| Sukanya Ramgopal | 2022-02-25 | 2,064 | 86.0 | ... that Sukanya Ramgopal is the first woman Ghatam player in Carnatic music? | |
| Stenoperla prasina | 2022-02-07 | 1,026 | 85.5 | ... that the New Zealand stonefly Stenoperla prasina was the five millionth specimen digitised by the Natural History Museum in London? | |
| Swiss Post | 2022-02-21 | 1,960 | 81.6 | ... that in 1850, about a quarter of the post offices of the Swiss Post were located in taverns? | |
| Robert W. Brady | 2022-02-17 | 1,960 | 81.6 | ... that even though Robert W. Brady withdrew financial support of the nascent Boston College, he later became its president? | |
| Dave Dryburgh | 2022-02-04 | 961 | 80.1 | ... that Dave Dryburgh began a journalism career while reporting on the soccer games in which he played? | |
| List of operettas by John Philip Sousa | 2022-02-26 | 1,738 | 72.4 | ... that El Capitan, an operetta composed by John Philip Sousa, was later described as likely to become "the most enduring American comic opera of the nineteenth century"? | |
| Mozartiana (ballet) | 2022-02-02 | 708 | 59.0 | ... that George Balanchine only started working on his ballet Mozartiana three weeks before its premiere? | |
| La Valse (Balanchine) | 2022-02-09 | 568 | 47.3 | ... that George Balanchine choreographed the ballet La Valse to Ravel's music of the same name, which was rejected by an impresario and had been used in unsuccessful ballets before? | |
| Sonatine (ballet) | 2022-02-14 | 780 | 32.5 | ... that George Balanchine choreographed his ballet Sonatine for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival, a tribute to its composer in his centenary year? |