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vph
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Impossible Whopper
2023-06-21
62,407
2,600.3
... that Burger King was taken to court over the Impossible Whopper (example pictured) ?
TT8
2023-06-30
35,548
1,481.2
... that Merit's wig (pictured) , discovered in the tomb TT8 , still shone with perfumed oils at the time of its discovery?
Kinjirō Ashiwara
2023-06-12
34,778
1,449.1
... that Kinjirō Ashiwara (pictured) , a self-proclaimed emperor, initially called himself a shogun ?
Longcat
2023-06-20
31,254
1,302.2
... that Longcat was long?
End Poem
2023-06-28
30,480
1,270.0
... that Julian Gough wrote in Minecraft 's End Poem that "you are love" (quotation pictured) , and then released the poem into the public domain after a psilocybin trip prompted him to heed that message?
Amanda Lee (pilot)
2023-06-03
27,071
1,128.0
... that the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels ' first female fighter jet demonstration pilot, Amanda Lee (pictured) , uses the call sign "Stalin"?
Sleep in the NBA
2023-06-09
26,124
1,088.5
... that NBA players commonly struggle with sleep deprivation (player pictured) ?
Ema Zajmović
2023-06-17
25,386
1,057.7
... that poker player Ema Zajmović (pictured) received a wrestling-style belt when she won a World Poker Tour event in Montreal?
Elfie Caroline Huntington
2023-06-15
19,364
806.9
... that Elfie Caroline Huntington (pictured) took photos of early-20th-century Springville, Utah 's negative side, such as drunks and fights, while her husband Joseph Daniel Bagley was a portrait photographer?
Joseph Daniel Bagley
3,886
161.9
Total
23,250
968.8
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence
2023-06-22
22,268
927.8
... that Lord Adolphus FitzClarence was said to be too slow due to his "most necessary appendage"?
General Dynamics F-16XL
2023-06-06
21,234
884.8
... that the F-16XL aircraft (pictured) was built as a possible successor to the F-111 Aardvark , but after being rejected it served as part of NASA 's High Speed Civil Transport project instead?
Tarsus çatalburun
2023-06-12
20,678
861.6
... that the nose of the Tarsus çatalburun , a scenthound native to Turkey, is separated by a deep indentation or cleft, often creating the illusion of having two noses?
On & On (Piri & Tommy song)
2023-06-12
20,560
856.7
... that the beat goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on ?
Walt Nauta
2023-06-27
19,855
827.3
... that Walt Nauta would bring a Diet Coke to the Oval Office whenever President Donald Trump requested one via his call button ?
A Honeymoon in Space
2023-06-08
19,419
809.1
... that George Griffith 's 1901 novel A Honeymoon in Space contains what may be the first space suits in fiction (pictured) ?
David Kushner (singer-songwriter)
2023-06-25
14,332 [ a]
597.2
... that David Kushner (pictured) based his song "Daylight " on biblical references that inspired him as a child?
Daylight (David Kushner song)
4,636
193.2
Total
18,968
790.4
Passive Seismic Experiment Package
2023-06-01
18,843
785.1
... that the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (pictured) recorded one of the first instances of humans littering on another planetary body ?
The Dorilton
2023-06-04
17,220
717.5
... that after the renovators of the Dorilton (pictured) could not afford to restore its cornices , they painted optical illusions instead?
Jäñgir-Kerei Khan
2023-06-27
16,922
705.1
... that Jäñgir-Kerei Khan (pictured) was responsible for establishing the first school, settlement, hospital, and museum in the Bukey Horde ?
Clipperton Island
2023-06-29
16,886
703.6
... that the dispute between France and Mexico over Clipperton Island was settled by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ?
Penelope (platypus)
2023-06-11
15,572
648.9
... that in 1953, zookeepers accused Penelope the platypus at the Bronx Zoo of "posing as an expectant mother just to lead a life of luxury on double rations"?
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
2023-06-30
15,572
648.8
... that at the age of 82, Kuwaiti crown prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is the oldest heir apparent in the world?
Vaal Reefs mining disaster
2023-06-21
15,352
639.7
... that 104 miners were killed in the 1995 Vaal Reefs mining disaster when a locomotive fell on an elevator, making it history's deadliest elevator disaster?
Arnie Roth (character)
2023-06-23
15,176
632.4
... that Arnie Roth debuted as a gay Marvel Comics character at a time when the publisher maintained a "No Gays in the Marvel Universe " policy?
The Stone Breakers
2023-06-23
15,026
626.1
... that the 1849 painting The Stone Breakers (pictured) , by French artist Gustave Courbet , was destroyed in 1945 during a bombing raid by the Allies of World War II ?
Fictional religion
2023-06-12
14,491
603.8
... that fictional religions , often described in speculative fiction , have in some cases inspired real religious movements?
Abgig obelisk
2023-06-06
14,460
602.5
... that when first erected, the Abgig obelisk likely stood at 12.9 metres (42.3 ft) high, but was knocked down on the ground and broke into two pieces?
Beyond the Wall (2023 book)
2023-06-29
13,708
571.2
... that Beyond the Wall received positive reviews in the UK but was deeply controversial in Germany?
The Wilbraham
2023-06-10
13,642
568.4
... that although the Wilbraham (pictured) was built as an apartment building for bachelors, more women than men lived there by 1929?
James Tissot
2023-06-25
13,624
567.6
... that James Tissot is thought to have transgressed many Victorian sexual boundaries in his work, even setting a painting aboard the HMS Calcutta as a pun on a female subject's behind?
2023 Anheuser-Busch boycott
2023-06-14
13,350 [ b]
556.3
... that after trans woman Dylan Mulvaney was sponsored by Bud Light, American conservatives boycotted the brand and its parent company Anheuser-Busch ?
1987 Bullingdon Club photograph
2023-06-08
13,285
553.5
... that the BBC commissioned a painting of a 1987 Bullingdon Club photograph featuring David Cameron and Boris Johnson to circumvent copyright protection?
Pope Sisinnius
2023-06-23
12,870
536.2
... that Pope Sisinnius was pope for only 20 days?
Landrada
2023-06-20
12,745
531.0
... that Landrada of Austrasia "was regarded, even as a child, as a model of Christian perfection"?
Sarah Bryant (Virtua Fighter)
2023-06-14
12,575
524.0
... that as an Easter egg , the color of Sarah Bryant 's earring changes depending on the fighting stage in which the player is engaged?
Hiding power
2023-06-10
12,470
519.6
... that hiding power can be measured?
The Kinks' 1965 UK tour
2023-06-16
12,456
519.0
... that the Kinks' 1965 UK tour ended early after the band's drummer Mick Avory attacked the lead guitarist Dave Davies with a hi-hat stand mid-concert?
XXX (video game)
2023-06-05
12,356
514.9
... that although most Game Boy Advance games are developed in at least five to six months, XXX was developed in two?
Mollie Steimer
2023-06-18
12,173
507.2
... that after Mollie Steimer was convicted for sedition , she refused to join a prison escape attempt as she did not want to dishonor the workers who had paid her bail?
Battle of Shiloh
2023-06-03
12,168
507.0
... that at the time, the Battle of Shiloh was the largest battle fought in the United States, with nearly 24,000 casualties?
Indian Airlines Flight 503
2023-06-15
11,766
490.2
... that poor aircraft maintenance practices contributed to the crash of Indian Airlines Flight 503 ?
Killing of Fausto and Iaio
2023-06-19
11,741
489.2
... that although four far-right groups claimed responsibility for the killing of Fausto and Iaio , no one was convicted of the crime?
Hong Kong National Front
2023-06-11
11,685
486.9
... that Hong Kong police claimed to have safely blown up 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb) of TATP on a factory rooftop , even though 280 grams (0.6 lbs) is enough to blow up an airplane?
Order of Excellence for Women
2023-06-24
7,388
307.8
... that Sudan has a decoration for women , with a pink ribbon, and another for men , with a green ribbon?
Order of the Righteous Son of Sudan
3,963
165.1
Total
11,350
472.9
The Game (band)
2023-06-18
11,344
472.7
... that following its withdrawal, copies of the Game 's "The Addicted Man" were sold for as much as £1,000?
Fiona Crawley
2023-06-13
11,343
472.6
... that both siblings of number-one NCAA Division I tennis player Fiona Crawley (pictured) also played college tennis?
Norma Hunt
2023-06-21
10,518
438.2
... that Norma Hunt , known as the "First Lady of Football", never missed a Super Bowl ?
Battle of New Carthage
2023-06-26
10,514
438.1
... that the martial booty seized by the Romans after the Battle of New Carthage included 63 merchant ships, numerous catapults, large amounts of weapons and more?
Come On Over
2023-06-21
10,070
419.6
... that Come On Over is the best-selling country album and the best-selling album by a female artist?
Night Watchman (radar)
2023-06-19
9,809
408.7
... that the Canadian Night Watchman was the first operational radar system in North America?
Panot
2023-06-16
9,734
405.6
... that Antoni Gaudí wanted a tile design (pictured) for one building that was so complex that the main panot manufacturers were too slow in production, and the tiles were only used in a later building?
Marsala Punic shipwreck
2023-06-30
9,703
404.3
... that parts of the Marsala Punic shipwreck were marked with alphabetical signs intended to facilitate and speed up assembly?
Katie Higgins Cook
2023-06-09
9,638
401.6
... that United States Marine Corps captain Katie Higgins flew nearly 400 combat hours in seven countries before performing with the Blue Angels in an airplane named "Fat Albert"?
Soviet guard ship Groza
2023-06-09
9,628
401.2
... that anti-aircraft defense for the Soviet guard ship Groza was supposed to be four single 37 mm 11-K guns, but bad relations with the UK left them with two PM M1910 guns instead?
Red team
2023-06-10
9,568
398.7
... that red teams are used to test airport security?
Flu Game shoes
2023-06-25
9,538
397.4
... that on June 14, 2023, Michael Jordan 's Flu Game shoes sold for US$1.38 million?
Frolic (song)
2023-06-04
9,476
394.8
... that the theme from Curb Your Enthusiasm , a former ringtone of Steven Spielberg , has been used as the backing to a Snoop Dogg song?
Herbert Polzhuber
2023-06-28
9,442
393.4
... that at the 1965 World Pentathlon Championships, Herbert Polzhuber was said to have drunk ten beers and a bottle of cognac before firing his pistol at the ground and passing out?
Lee Winter
2023-06-27
9,353
389.7
... that as a young adult, lesbian novelist Lee Winter disliked the poor quality of lesbian fiction, preferring autobiographies by lesbian people?
History of the British 1st Division (1809–1909)
2023-06-27
9,351
389.6
... that the British 1st Division repulsed numerous French assaults at the Battle of Waterloo including the final main assault?
Joanne Marrow
2023-06-08
9,346
389.4
... that a university student sought counseling from his pastor after attending a guest lecture on sexuality by lesbian and former novice Joanne Marrow ?
Oh My God (Adele song)
2023-06-13
9,182
382.6
... that an Adele song titled "Oh My God " is about the joys of hooking up?
Sarita Colonia
2023-06-17
9,159
381.6
... that some prisoners in Peru get tattoos of Sarita Colonia for alleged protection?
Falaki Shirvani
2023-06-21
9,070
377.9
... that Falaki Shirvani may have died from stress that he endured during his imprisonment?
Tianzhou 6
2023-06-22
8,797
366.5
... that after significant modifications of the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou 6 is the world's largest active cargo spacecraft by capacity ?
Gull egg
2023-06-14
8,716
363.2
... that seagull eggs (examples pictured) were used as counterfeit plover eggs ?
CSS General M. Jeff Thompson
2023-06-05
8,676
361.5
... that M. Jeff Thompson described the Confederate ship named after himself as being "the largest and best, but slowest boat of the fleet "?
Derek Parish
2023-06-15
8,468
352.9
... that NFL player Derek Parish once ate seven pounds (3.2 kg) of steak in one sitting?
1971 Swiss women's suffrage referendum
2023-06-18
8,436
351.5
... that after women's suffrage in Switzerland was approved in a referendum in 1971 , the tabloid Blick sported a cover with a naked blonde and the headline "Thank you for the Roses"?
2004 Nosratabad fuel tanker explosion
2023-06-27
8,433
351.4
... that the 2004 Nosratabad fuel tanker explosion highlighted the high rate of road accidents in Iran, one of the worst globally ?
13 Lakes
2023-06-02
8,289
345.4
... that the experimental film 13 Lakes , which consists of 13 ten-minute-long static shots of different lakes in the United States, was deemed to be significant by the Library of Congress ?
Fred Bild
2023-06-02
8,188
341.1
... that as a teenager in a B'nai B'rith camp in Canada, Holocaust survivor and future Canadian ambassador Fred Bild learned English from his camp counselor, future actor William Shatner ?
Boku no Natsuyasumi
2023-06-13
5,154
214.8
... that when Kaz Ayabe pitched his video game Boku no Natsuyasumi to Sony, he said that illustrator Mineko Ueda was interested in the project even though they had never actually met?
Mineko Ueda
1,622
67.6
Kaz Ayabe
1,408
58.6
Total
8,184
341.0
Square (video game company)
2023-06-24
8,140 [ c]
339.2
... that Japanese game developer Square was told to "never come back" by Nintendo after shifting production to the PlayStation ?
23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion
2023-06-20
8,016
334.0
... that by September 29, 1864, the 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion only had 78 enlisted men present for duty?
KVCR-DT
2023-06-30
8,012
333.9
... that staff of a California public TV station were unaware it was broadcasting in color until a viewer called to compliment their color signal?
Kerr-Addison Mine
2023-06-27
7,984
332.7
... that the Kerr-Addison Mine was the largest producer of gold in North America in 1960?
Khalwa (school)
2023-06-22
7,929
330.4
... that Khalwa (pupils pictured) is an educational institute that tackles illiteracy in Sudan and neighbouring countries?
John Goldmark
2023-06-19
7,887
328.6
... that John Goldmark brought a libel suit that did "to the Red Scare what the Scopes monkey trial had ... done to Creationism "?
Squatting in Peru
2023-06-13
7,868
327.8
... that the Shining Path used squatting as a tactic to gain support during the internal conflict in Peru ?
Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations
2023-06-11
7,668
319.5
... that Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations features the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands , the Kingdom of Lovely, and the Grand Duchy of Westarctica ?
Huntsville, Alabama
2023-06-12
7,605 [ d]
316.9
... that Huntsville, Alabama , is nicknamed Rocket City?
Meron Estefanos
2023-06-19
7,604
316.8
... that the Toronto Star estimated that Meron Estefanos may have helped save 16,000 refugees with her phone?
William Penn Memorial Fire Tower
2023-06-24
7,573
315.5
... that the William Penn Memorial Fire Tower (pictured) overlooking Reading, Pennsylvania , was built during the Great Depression with funding from the Works Progress Administration ?
MangaDex
2023-06-15
7,510
312.9
... that manga aggregation website MangaDex had its users host its content during the COVID-19 pandemic ?
Evelyn Pruitt
2023-06-21
7,502
312.6
... that Evelyn Pruitt was the highest-ranking woman scientist in the United States Navy when she retired in 1973?
WHTN
2023-06-04
7,419
309.1
... that the owner of a Tennessee TV station denied that he had named it after himself, telling a reporter, "I'm not that much of an egotist"?
Elena (Street Fighter)
2023-06-15
7,376
307.4
... that Elena from the video game series Street Fighter uses a capoeira fighting style, for which the development team used travel videos as reference material as they had no experience with the style?
Lidia Patty
2023-06-23
7,350
306.2
... that while being considered for the post of ambassador to Paraguay, Lidia Patty brushed off her lack of diplomatic training because she had "indigenous, native, peasant diplomacy"?
Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution
2023-06-17
7,282
303.4
... that the photograph Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution symbolised the determination of the Sudanese people as they called for political change ?
Chris Kreider
2023-06-07
7,260
302.5
... that Chris Kreider (pictured) scored his first five NHL goals before ever playing a regular season game?
Klallamornis
2023-06-30
7,236
301.5
... that the flightless suliforme Klallamornis likely went extinct when the volcanic islands it used for shelter along the coast of the Pacific Northwest eroded away into the Pacific Ocean?
Bahsahwahbee
2023-06-15
7,188
299.5
... that three massacres of the Western Shoshone took place at Bahsahwahbee , a sacred grove of swamp cedars ?
Linda Yaccarino
2023-06-01
7,085 [ e]
295.2
... that Linda Yaccarino , Twitter's new chief executive officer , created an advertising campaign for COVID-19 vaccines that featured Pope Francis ?
Micro Star v. FormGen Inc.
2023-06-12
7,041
293.4
... that Micro Star v. FormGen Inc. affirmed that copyright owners have the exclusive right to make sequels?
WXEL-TV
2023-06-25
7,035
293.1
... that volunteers at a Florida public TV station forced its chief fundraiser to resign by accosting him in the hallway?
German atrocities committed against Polish prisoners of war
2023-06-18
6,995
291.5
... that during the German invasion of Poland in 1939, German war crimes included the murder of about 3,000 Polish prisoners of war ?
Patrician IV
2023-06-03
6,968
290.3
... that one critic called Patrician IV a "very dry affair"?
Khirbet Kheibar
2023-06-13
6,934
288.9
... that based on 19th-century local traditions and name preservation , it has been suggested that the archaeological site of Khirbet Kheibar was once inhabited by Jews expelled from Khaybar ?
1964 San Diego Chargers season
2023-06-14
6,931
288.8
... that the 1964 San Diego Chargers suffered what would be their worst margin of defeat for 56 years ?
Eden Detention Center
2023-06-25
6,922
288.4
... that in March 1991, hundreds of inmates rioted at the Eden Detention Center over a lack of vegetables on the cafeteria menu, causing an estimated US$250,000 in damages?
Ancient text corpora
2023-06-18
6,895
287.3
... that all known writing in Ancient Hebrew totals just 300,000 words, versus 9.9 million in Akkadian ?
Little Witch Nobeta
2023-06-27
6,870
286.2
... that one critic called Little Witch Nobeta a "Baby's First Dark Souls "?
Lonzo Anderson
2023-06-02
3,444
143.5
... that Lonzo Anderson "grew up rather like a rabbit" while unsupervised outdoors, anticipating his work on Two Hundred Rabbits ?
Two Hundred Rabbits
3,422
142.6
Total
6,866
286.1
Soňa Červená
2023-06-29
6,865
286.0
... that international opera singer Soňa Červená (pictured) won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress when she was 83 years old?
Unlock It
2023-06-26
6,821
284.2
... that Charli XCX retitled "Unlock It " after it went viral on TikTok ?
Abigail Fillmore
2023-06-06
6,654
277.3
... that Abigail Fillmore spearheaded the creation of the White House Library after reportedly being appalled at the fact that there was no library?
Martin (YouTuber)
2023-06-24
6,578
274.1
... that Hong Kong YouTuber Martin co-created a video showing himself using a washing machine to make soup?
Dmitrii Milev
2023-06-15
6,546
272.7
... that the death records of Dmitrii Milev , a Soviet Moldavian writer, were falsified to obscure mention of his execution during the Great Purge ?
Weather whiplash
2023-06-01
6,530
272.1
... that weather whiplash is the phenomenon of rapid swings between extremes of weather conditions?
PBS Appalachia Virginia
2023-06-26
6,420
267.5
... that PBS Appalachia Virginia is the first all-non-terrestrial public TV station in the United States?
Corrinne Tarver
2023-06-22
3,325
138.5
... that after coming second to Kim Hamilton in floor exercise at two NCAA Gymnastics Championships , Corrinne Wright tied with her the next year after tumbling to music from Who Framed Roger Rabbit ?
Kim Hamilton (gymnast)
3,068
127.9
Total
6,394
266.4
Louise Willingale
2023-06-04
6,256
260.7
... that Louise Willingale is developing ZEUS, which is projected to be the most powerful laser in the United States?
715 Harrison
2023-06-17
6,202
258.4
... that the San Francisco nightclub City Nights was the target of bombing threats by an alleged supporter of the Islamic State ?
Yemi Mobolade
2023-06-14
6,036
251.5
... that Yemi Mobolade is the first Black person and the first non-Republican to be elected the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado ?
England in the High Middle Ages
2023-06-05
5,948
247.9
... that patriarchal gender roles become more sharply defined for England in the High Middle Ages , with some of that to do with the new feudal system ?
Kay Moonsamy
2023-06-06
5,914
246.4
... that when South African anti-apartheid activist Kay Moonsamy went into exile, it was fifteen years before he saw his wife and children again?
Pansophic Systems
2023-06-14
5,912
246.3
... that when the founder of Pansophic Systems tried to return to the company, he was rejected?
The Myth Makers
2023-06-09
5,908
246.2
... that while filming the Doctor Who serial The Myth Makers , William Hartnell was jealous of being upstaged by the other actors?
Al-Faddayni
2023-06-14
5,888
245.3
... that the rebel al-Faddayni , a descendant of Caliph Uthman , led the last major attempt to reestablish Umayyad rule in Syria ?
Labour (song)
2023-06-17
5,866
244.4
... that the song "Labour " started a TikTok trend of women sharing their experiences with sexism?
Bayard–Condict Building
2023-06-21
5,845
243.5
... that angels are perched atop the Bayard–Condict Building ?
White Antelope (Cheyenne chief)
2023-06-26
5,836
243.2
... that the song supposedly sung by Cheyenne chief White Antelope as he died at the Sand Creek massacre has been used at remembrances commemorating the event?
Joe A. Garcia
2023-06-23
5,802
241.8
... that in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico ?
Bazzini
2023-06-13
5,786
241.1
... that Bazzini , established in 1886, is the oldest extant nut company in the United States?
Le Corricolo
2023-06-19
5,772
240.5
... that Alexandre Dumas 's travel book Le Corricolo , published in 1843, contains one of the earliest literary accounts of Neapolitan pizza (pizza maker pictured) ?
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan
2023-06-19
5,752
239.7
... that during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, Boxer rebels destroyed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan , and 26 members of the clergy were killed?
Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki
2023-06-02
5,692
237.2
... that Jacques-Louis David 's Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki from 1781 has been described as one of his masterpieces?
Narita Viliamu Tahega
2023-06-19
5,662
235.9
... that Narita Viliamu Tahega has won 38 medals in international weightlifting competitions, the most in the history of Niue athletics?
Assassination of Omar Menéndez
2023-06-24
5,589
232.9
... that in February 2023, Ecuadorian entrepreneur Omar Menéndez was elected the mayor of his canton the day after his assassination?
Der Bialistoker Shtern
2023-06-07
5,584
232.7
... that Der Bialistoker Shtern 's unique spelling policy combined standard Soviet Yiddish orthography with the traditional final forms of Hebrew letters?
Zakir Husain
2023-06-07
5,572
232.2
... that Zakir Husain was the first Muslim and the first governor of a state to be elected President of India ?
Ludwig Keke
2023-06-20
5,552
231.4
... that in the 1968 election , Ludwig Keke defeated Nauru's first female candidate for parliament, his sister Liebon Sunshine Keke?
Drone congregation area
2023-06-25
5,544
231.0
... that no one knows how honeybee drones from hundreds of different colonies all converge on the same drone congregation areas to mate?
Max Bielfeldt
2023-06-11
5,530
230.4
... that after the Wolverines released their "Moose " for his fifth season, he went on to win another Big Ten championship with the Hoosiers ?
Republican Palace Museum
2023-06-07
5,512
229.7
... that the Republican Palace Museum in Khartoum was originally a cathedral?
Brooklyn Trust Company Building
2023-06-18
5,484
228.5
... that a former bank vault in the Brooklyn Trust Company Building (pictured) contains a pet-grooming station?
A (For 100 Cars)
2023-06-10
5,374
223.9
... that in A [For 100 Cars] , an orchestra of cars play the note A for 28 minutes?
Visa policy of Azerbaijan
2023-06-04
5,330
222.1
... that in 2017 the British travel magazine Wanderlust rated Azerbaijan's electronic visa as the easiest visa to obtain in the world?
2023 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly
2023-06-06
5,326
221.9
... that, as required by the New START treaty , Russia notified the US of a missile test, which US officials believe failed days before Vladimir Putin announced Russia's suspension of the treaty ?
Plas Dinas
2023-06-03
5,313
221.4
... that Lord Snowdon and Princess Margaret spent much time at his family's Welsh country mansion Plas Dinas , but after his father's death the estate went to Snowdon's younger half-brother?
Lorenzo Carfora
2023-06-22
5,312
221.4
... that on 1 March 2023, Lorenzo Carfora became the first player born in 2006 to feature in a Serie B match?
Pete Johnson (politician)
2023-06-02
5,274
219.7
... that Pete Johnson was the first Republican to hold statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era ?
Carbon accounting
2023-06-29
5,241
218.4
... that laughing gas is serious stuff in carbon accounting ?
Geoff Bent
2023-06-07
5,157
214.9
... that Geoff Bent , one of Manchester United 's Busby Babes , saved a child from drowning in a canal?
Gordon Coutts
2023-06-12
5,088
212.0
... that Scottish painter Gordon Coutts left Australia without paying maintenance to his estranged wife, but was arrested in New Zealand?
Eucalyptus wandoo
2023-06-20
5,076
211.5
... that the Noongar used the Eucalyptus wandoo tree (woods pictured) as a medicine and ointment?
Soewardi (governor)
2023-06-16
5,070
211.2
... that in the lead-up to the 1997 Indonesian legislative election , Soewardi engaged in the "yellowization" of Central Java ?
Adele One Night Only
2023-06-16
5,059
210.8
... that during the filming of Adele One Night Only , a male attendee blindfolded his partner of seven years and proposed to her?
Jurate Kazickas
2023-06-16
5,042
210.1
... that war correspondent Jurate Kazickas financed her plane ticket to Vietnam in 1967 with a US$500 win on the game show Password ?
Willow Kayne
2023-06-28
5,034
209.8
... that future Loud LDN member Willow Kayne went into music after temporarily losing her sight?
The Holocaust
2023-06-05
4,937 [ f]
205.7
... that around 1,500 anti-Jewish laws were enacted by Nazi Germany in the years leading up to the Holocaust (victims pictured) ?
2023 Canadian federal worker strike
2023-06-28
4,921
205.0
... that up to 129,000 Canadian federal workers went on strike ?
The Hunter's Moon (film)
2023-06-01
4,855
202.3
... that Keith Carradine met his future wife, actress and model Hayley DuMond, on the set of the 1999 film The Hunter's Moon ?
Victorian era
2023-06-01
4,810 [ g]
200.4
... that only 45 per cent of babies born in 1851 in Victorian-era Liverpool , England, lived to be 20 years old?
Book of Common Prayer (1559)
2023-06-08
4,781
199.2
... that to prevent bishops from opposing the Elizabethan Book of Common Prayer , reformers had the entire papalist party arrested during a debate?
Charles III
2023-06-03
4,752 [ h]
198.0
... that in 1984, Charles, Prince of Wales described a proposed extension to the National Gallery as a "monstrous carbuncle"?
Larry Rivers (basketball)
2023-06-02
4,696
195.7
... that Gator Rivers dribbled a basketball around chairs and under tables in a closet when trying out for the Harlem Globetrotters ?
Fuzuli (poet)
2023-06-20
4,691
195.5
... that the 16th-century poet Fuzuli wrote a poetic letter titled "Complaint" after Ottoman officials cut his stipend?
Xiazhi
2023-06-21
4,678
194.9
... that in ancient China, Xiazhi was the day to sprinkle chrysanthemum ashes on wheat plants?
El-Tigani el-Mahi
2023-06-15
4,662
194.2
... that El-Tigani el-Mahi pioneered studies on magic and zār and their relationship to mental health?
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
2023-06-11
4,661
194.2
... that the only papal tombs to survive the demolition of Old St Peter's and be reconstructed in the present St Peter's Basilica are the two by Antonio del Pollaiuolo (one pictured) ?
Aile Asszonyi
2023-06-05
4,660
194.2
... that in Strauss's Elektra , Aile Asszonyi was said to be convincing as a woman close to madness?
Johnny Buchanan
2023-06-29
4,657
194.0
... that football player Johnny Buchanan said that, while running for touchdowns without being touched was fun, "something about running through somebody's face is unmatched"?
Sid Justin
2023-06-26
4,630
192.9
... that Sid Justin almost became a Miracle , but he turned it down to play professional football?
Shigi Qutuqu
2023-06-25
4,596
191.5
... that Shigi Qutuqu , a high-ranking official during the early Mongol Empire , survived the first four Mongol khans when he died over the age of eighty?
Valentina Bodrug-Lungu
2023-06-26
4,564
190.1
... that Valentina Bodrug-Lungu has declared that Moldova's political climate does not encourage female participation, despite having a woman president ?
Muhammad Ismail (governor)
2023-06-25
4,493
187.2
... that during his tenure as Governor of Central Java , Muhammad Ismail banned rock music concerts and car rallies?
Lucy Greenish
2023-06-05
4,468
186.2
... that Lucy Greenish was the first woman in New Zealand to become a registered architect?
Sergey Girinis
2023-06-23
4,356
181.5
... that after being arrested for organizing a general strike in 1920, S. Girinis was sent to the Soviet Union following a Soviet-Lithuanian exchange of political prisoners?
Kevin A. Gilroy
2023-06-30
4,234
176.4
... that Kevin A. Gilroy served as the mayor of Gilroy ?
Geneva Declaration (1918)
2023-06-08
4,035
168.1
... that the prime minister of Serbia signed the 1918 Geneva Declaration after intervention from the President of France ?
That's 60s
2023-06-08
4,013
167.2
... that the first song played on That's 60s was the same song Tony Blackburn had played on BBC Radio 1 more than 55 years earlier?
Mavis Paterson
2023-06-10
3,990
166.3
... that Mavis Paterson , an octogenarian grandmother, has cycled more than 10,000 miles (16,000 km) for charity?
Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin
2023-06-13
3,913
163.0
... that the 1975 premiere of the Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin by Dmitri Shostakovich was described as a "pretty weird experience" by Alfred Schnittke ?
Odontorrhina
2023-06-23
3,898
162.4
... that all species of the genus Odontorrhina are covered with dense bristly hairs?
Yitzhak Weinstein-Branovsky
2023-06-01
3,778
157.4
... that during the Polish–Soviet War , Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Republic People's Commissar for Justice Yitzhak Weinstein-Branovsky organized revolutionary militias in villages near Utena ?
1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt
2023-06-02
3,750
156.2
... that though Mohamed Oufkir was appointed as Minister of Defence as a result of the 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt , he would later organize his own coup ?
Bellona's Husband: A Romance
2023-06-07
3,730
155.4
... that the 1887 novel Bellona's Husband: A Romance by William James Roe "may be the earliest example of the time in reverse tale presented in full-fledged narrative form"?
Leonie ter Braak
2023-06-04
3,682
153.4
... that Leonie ter Braak made her film debut in The Marriage Escape , the film of Dutch origin with the most cinema ticket sales in 2020?
Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park
2023-06-28
3,682
153.4
... that the White Otter Castle is the most popular attraction in the Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park , even though it is not accessible by road?
Redistricting in Texas
2023-06-17
3,672
153.0
... that the United States Supreme Court has struck down Texas's congressional and legislative districts numerous times?
KPBT-TV
2023-06-23
3,621
150.9
... that the studios of Basin PBS had once been a movie theater, a church meeting space, and a nightclub?
Australiformis
2023-06-06
3,582
149.2
... that Australiformis semoni is a parasite that infests marsupials in Australia and New Guinea and whose infestation could cause debilitating ulcerative granulomatous gastritis ?
Simone Vignoso
2023-06-29
3,546
147.7
... that the Genoese admiral Simone Vignoso conquered the island of Chios and founded a joint-stock company to rule it?
Grant DuBose
2023-06-08
3,508
146.2
... that before being a top player at a Division I FBS school, wide receiver Grant DuBose worked bagging groceries and saw limited playing time for a Division II team?
18th Niue Assembly
2023-06-26
3,508
146.1
... that Premier Dalton Tagelagi (pictured) appointed the first cabinet of Niue with equal gender representation in the 18th Niue Assembly ?
Josh Bartelstein
2023-06-01
3,442
143.4
... that walk-on basketball player Josh Bartelstein was the captain of the national runner-up 2012–13 Michigan Wolverines ?
University of Minnesota Messenia Expedition
2023-06-20
3,432
143.0
... that the University of Minnesota Messenia Expedition has been described as "the first truly multidisciplinary archaeological expedition in Greece"?
Dee Winters
2023-06-10
3,393
141.4
... that football player Dee Winters , who helped bring TCU to a national championship appearance and was selected in the 2023 NFL Draft , grew up in a small town with only one gas station?
Walter Nash
2023-06-14
3,388
141.1
... that Walter Nash 's 14 years as New Zealand's minister of finance is the longest continuous time that anyone has ever served in that post?
Oscar James Campbell Jr.
2023-06-08
3,362
140.1
... that Oscar James Campbell Jr. , an American scholar of Shakespeare, complained in 1926 that PhD students of English had to read "masses of stupid and essentially insignificant material"?
Associated Students of the University of California, Los Angeles
2023-06-20
3,358
139.9
... that when UCLA was founded in 1919, the university's students provided numerous services, including athletics, housing, and parking?
2023 CONCACAF Champions League final
2023-06-22
3,313
138.0
... that the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League final was a rematch of a 2020 series played by Club León and Los Angeles FC ?
Powell Marsh Wildlife Area
2023-06-04
3,306
137.7
... that decoy geese spent more than 15 years trying to attract real geese to the Powell Marsh Wildlife Area ?
Jordan Stephens
2023-06-30
3,276
136.5
... that Jordan Stephens has released solo music under his own name and the pseudonyms "J Steezy", "Rizzle", "Wildhood", "Gnarly Ventura", and "Al, the Native"?
Caroline Breese Hall
2023-06-05
3,261
135.9
... that Caroline Breese Hall and her father, who were both pediatricians , wrote a book together?
On Patrol: Live
2023-06-07
3,236
134.9
... that A&E Networks filed a lawsuit against the producers of On Patrol: Live , alleging that it was a "blatant rip-off" of their show Live PD ?
Michael Lipton
2023-06-24
3,178
132.4
... that developmental economist Michael Lipton showed that poor farmers were more resource efficient than rich farmers?
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (2002 video game)
2023-06-28
3,148
131.2
... that the Game Boy Advance version of Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars was largely developed by just two people?
Katyusha Maslova
2023-06-22
3,027
126.1
... that while Dmitri Shostakovich composed his opera Katyusha Maslova , Sergei Prokofiev was also contemplating an opera based on the same subject?
Michael Block
2023-06-03
3,020
125.9
... that Michael Block , a club professional who charges $150 per hour for golfing lessons, scored a hole in one on his way to finishing joint 15th at the 2023 PGA Championship ?
KLRT-TV
2023-06-24
3,008
125.4
... that in the 1980s, "Sherman Bonner, The Human Thermometer" presented the weather on an Arkansas TV station ?
J. Howard Crocker
2023-06-12
3,004
125.2
... that Canadian pentathlon champion J. Howard Crocker introduced volleyball to China?
College Street, Dublin
2023-06-06
2,984
124.3
... that spectators climbed up to Fortitude, Justice, and Liberty on College Street, Dublin , to get a view of Queen Victoria ?
The Late Report
2023-06-01
2,949
122.9
... that in a segment filmed for The Late Report , comedian John Safran got frisked by police after going to a McDonald's restaurant dressed up as Ronald McDonald ?
Elizabeth Wilkins
2023-06-18
2,946
122.7
... that Elizabeth Wilkins chose to work at the Federal Trade Commission on the hope that the agency is now positioned to address economic injustice?
Karen Hanghøj
2023-06-09
2,918
121.6
... that Karen Hanghøj , the 2023 winner of the William Smith Medal for applied geology, became the first female director of the British Geological Survey , 183 years after it was founded?
Zainab Salbi
2023-06-09
2,915
121.5
... that Zainab Salbi is the co-founder of Women for Women International and has authored multiple books?
Matt Landers
2023-06-07
2,910
121.3
... that after playing American football for three different high schools, Matt Landers played for three different colleges?
R v ACR Roofing Pty Ltd
2023-06-28
2,871
119.6
... that in R v ACR Roofing Pty Ltd the Victorian Court of Appeal held that workers do not need to be employed by a company to hold it liable for safety violations?
Kölner Domchor
2023-06-02
2,832
118.0
... that the Kölner Domchor (pictured) from Cologne Cathedral sang Palmeri's Misa a Buenos Aires at a 2013 festival in Rome dedicated to Pope Francis , with the composer at the piano?
Salvador Ondo Nkumu
2023-06-11
2,824
117.6
... that Salvador Ondo Nkumu read out the sentences of mercenaries involved in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt ?
Nick Acocella
2023-06-27
2,782
115.9
... that New Jersey politics expert Nick Acocella hosted Pasta & Politics , a television show where he would make pasta with various politicians including Thomas Kean , Cory Booker , and Chris Christie ?
Mark Curry (rapper)
2023-06-29
2,771
115.5
... that the Mark Curry song "American Dream" samples the David Bowie song "This Is Not America "?
Alice Ilgenfritz Jones
2023-06-13
2,766
115.2
... that Alice Ilgenfritz Jones was one of "Two Women of the West" from Iowa who wrote the 1893 feminist utopian novel Unveiling a Parallel ?
Fashion psychology
2023-06-11
2,722
113.4
... that fashion psychology is an interdisciplinary field that studies the interaction between human behavior, psychology, and fashion?
Urwa ibn al-Zubayr
2023-06-11
2,714
113.1
... that Urwa ibn al-Zubayr has been called the founder of Islamic historiography?
Tavius Robinson
2023-06-17
2,632
109.7
... that it was through a social media post that 2023 NFL Draft pick Tavius Robinson was able to receive several offers to play college football?
Stanley Woodward (attorney)
2023-06-30
2,624
109.4
... that prior to attorney Stanley Woodward representing Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta and Oath Keeper Kelly Meggs , he represented tenants in D.C. who were facing eviction?
Travis Bell
2023-06-04
2,610
108.8
... that 2023 NFL Draft pick Travis Bell is the only Kennesaw State Owls player ever to be selected?
Dominic Olejniczak
2023-06-05
2,600
108.4
... that after going 1–10–1 in the first season of his tenure, Green Bay Packers president Dominic Olejniczak hired Vince Lombardi and the team would go on to win five NFL championships in nine years?
Cathy Nutbrown
2023-06-17
2,586
107.7
... that a report led by academic Cathy Nutbrown concluded that qualifications for vocational courses in childcare and early education were laxer than in animal welfare?
Debra Lew Harder
2023-06-10
2,558
106.6
... that Debra Lew Harder is the fifth person to host the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts since they began in 1931?
Effects of climate change
2023-06-29
2,558
106.6
... that due to climate change there are not only more heatwaves over land, but also more heatwaves in the ocean ?
Talking to Yourself
2023-06-19
2,531
105.5
... that Consequence selected Carly Rae Jepsen 's "Talking to Yourself " as song of the week and declared her music speaks for the "delightfully unhinged"?
Michael Denneny
2023-06-09
2,387
99.5
... that in 1987, Michael Denneny started Stonewall Inn Editions at St. Martin's Press , the first LGBT trade paperback imprint at a major publishing house?
UWI Seismic Research Centre
2023-06-10
2,268
94.5
... that the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre , which is 70 years old this year, once had an earthquake processing system called "WurstMachine"?
Portillo Cáceres v Paraguay
2023-06-16
2,208
92.0
... that the UN Human Rights Committee recognized a correlation between the right to life and protection of the environment in Portillo Cáceres v Paraguay ?
Rick Suder
2023-06-24
2,153
89.7
... that Rick Suder was bumped from the NCAA record book by JJ Redick and Gerry McNamara ?
1980 San Diego Chargers season
2023-06-16
2,150
89.6
... that 1980 San Diego Chargers ' John Jefferson , Kellen Winslow and Charlie Joiner became the first trio to earn 1,000 receiving yards each in the same season?
Raymond Vohasek
2023-06-28
2,140
89.2
... that Raymond Vohasek led his college's football team in sacks even though he played the entire season with a torn labrum ?
İbrahim Çolak (gymnast)
2023-06-03
2,082
86.8
... that İbrahim Çolak 's 2019 gold medal in still rings was Turkey's first at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships ?
The Messenger (website)
2023-06-03
2,054
85.6
... that the editorial staff of online news startup The Messenger includes former editors-in-chief of Gizmodo , Entertainment Weekly , People , and Self ?
Mackay Davashe
2023-06-22
1,880
78.3
... that Mackay Davashe wrote "Lakutshona Ilanga", the English version of which, sung by Miriam Makeba , became the first South African piece to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 ?
Belén Barenys
2023-06-06
1,790
74.6
... that Belén Barenys and Berta Prieto's short film was picked up by Filmin after they suggested the idea on Instagram?
Indonesia–Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
2023-06-09
1,776
74.0
... that the Indonesia–Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement covered access to South Korean online video games in Indonesia?
Gus C. Moser
2023-06-18
1,756
73.2
... that Gus C. Moser served five 4-year terms in the Oregon State Senate , including two non-consecutive 2-year periods as senate president, to which post he was elected unanimously in 1917?