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Low | 30.3 | List of awards and nominations received by Angel Aquino | 97.8 | Nanni di Bartolo | 30.3 | List of awards and nominations received by Angel Aquino |
Median | 235.0 | KTNV-TV | 748.9 | Uranus in fiction Lixia |
261.7 | D. I. Suchianu |
High | 2,240.9 | Matty Healy | 10,910.5 | Westminster Abbey | 10,910.5 | Westminster Abbey |
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Westminster Abbey | 2023-05-06 | 130,926[a] | 10,910.5 | ... that before today, 39 English and British monarchs have been crowned at Westminster Abbey (pictured) since 1066? | |
Medjed | 2023-05-04 | 42,018 | 3,501.5 | ... that an ancient depiction of Medjed (pictured) became an Internet meme on Japanese social media? | |
Coronation glove | 2023-05-06 | 9,745 | 812.1 | ... that a British monarch arrives at their coronation wearing the Robe of State, is crowned (example depicted) while wearing the Supertunica, Stole Royal, Robe Royal and a single white glove, and leaves Westminster Abbey wearing the Imperial Robe? | |
Supertunica | 6,912 | 576.0 | |||
Robe of State | 6,230 | 519.2 | |||
Robe Royal | 5,943 | 495.2 | |||
Stole Royal | 4,866 | 405.5 | |||
Imperial Robe | 4,684 | 390.3 | |||
Total | 38,380 | 3,198.3 | |||
Matty Healy | 2023-05-08 | 26,891[b] | 2,240.9 | ... that Matty Healy is banned from Dubai? | |
Soviet submarine K-222 | 2023-05-03 | 21,786 | 1,815.5 | ... that the Soviet submarine K-222 (pictured) was the fastest submarine ever built? | |
Sluishuis | 2023-05-11 | 34,491 | 1,437.1 | ... that the Sluishuis (pictured) has a publicly accessible jetty where boats can moor? | |
Island of Lost Souls (1932 film) | 2023-05-03 | 16,880 | 1,406.7 | ... that in 1935 Paramount wanted to reissue the film Island of Lost Souls (poster pictured) but was denied by the Hays Code, due to the film's excessive horror? | |
Thinzar Shunlei Yi | 2023-05-31 | 33,614 | 1,400.6 | ... that Thinzar Shunlei Yi (pictured) hid in the Burmese jungle for a month and joined a rebel militia following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état? | |
Sara Gadalla Gubara | 2023-05-09 | 16,538 | 1,378.1 | ... that despite her physical disability, Sara Gadalla Gubara (pictured) came third in a 50 km (31 mi) mixed-sex national swimming event in 1972? | |
Yaoi paddle | 2023-05-09 | 15,432 | 1,286.0 | ... that if you went to an anime convention in the 2000s, you might have been hit by a yaoi paddle (example pictured)? | |
Fu-Go balloon bomb | 2023-05-19 | 30,568 | 1,273.7 | ... that the first intercontinental weapon was not a missile, but a Japanese balloon (example pictured)? | |
Masurian Canal | 2023-05-01 | 15,131 | 1,260.9 | ... that the construction of the Masurian Canal (lock structure pictured) was paused for the World Wars and hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic before being abandoned? | |
Pantalon rouge | 2023-05-26 | 25,406 | 1,058.6 | ... that French Army infantrymen wore red trousers (example pictured) from 1829 until 1914? | |
The Last Supper (photograph) | 2023-05-18 | 24,152 | 1,006.3 | ... that a photograph inspired by one of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings shows 14 Israeli soldiers and was described as a "homoerotic challenge to Israeli machismo"? | |
Edgar de Wahl | 2023-05-17 | 23,990[c] | 999.6 | ... that language creator Edgar de Wahl (pictured) escaped deportation by the NKVD by being placed in a psychiatric hospital? | |
Elizabeth Siddal | 2023-05-20 | 21,756 | 906.5 | ... that the coffin of Elizabeth Siddal (pictured) was exhumed at her widower's request to retrieve a book of poetry? | |
Beep line | 2023-05-02 | 10,768 | 897.3 | ... that American teenagers of the 1960s and 1970s used to chat and arrange dates over the sound of the busy signal? | |
Oscar Holmes | 2023-05-02 | 10,382 | 865.2 | ... that during World War II, Oscar Holmes became the first black US naval aviator only because the still-segregated Navy initially thought that the light-skinned Holmes was white? | |
Vanadium | 2023-05-14 | 19,730 | 822.1 | ... that vanadium (pictured) was named after the Norse goddess Freyja? | |
Gaetano Bresci | 2023-05-09 | 9,838 | 819.8 | ... that before assassinating Umberto I of Italy, Gaetano Bresci spent most of the day eating ice cream? | |
Abingdon bun throwing | 2023-05-07 | 9,554 | 796.2 | ... that today, to mark the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, Abingdon Town Council throws thousands of currant buns from the roof of the County Hall (building pictured)? | |
Marie Meyer (aviator) | 2023-05-08 | 9,487 | 790.6 | ... that Marie Meyer's aerobatic stunts included standing on the upper wing of a biplane while it looped-the-loop (pictured)? | |
Four sons of Horus | 2023-05-30 | 18,948 | 789.5 | ... that the four sons of Horus (pictured) were believed to have protected deceased people in the afterlife by creating a specialized connection with the deceased's internal organs? | |
Joseph (art model) | 2023-05-12 | 18,864 | 786.0 | ... that Théodore Géricault's paintings of Haitian-born model Joseph (example pictured) are unusual in portraying him as "an actual, distinct person"? | |
Jonathan Jacob Meijer | 2023-05-09 | 9,273 | 772.8 | ... that a court ordered Jonathan Jacob Meijer to stop donating sperm or pay a €100,000 fine per donation? | |
Lixia | 2023-05-05 | 9,091 | 757.6 | ... that Lixia traditions include weighing people, brewing seven-family tea, and making rice dogs (examples pictured)? | |
Baise Uprising | 2023-05-23 | 18,040 | 751.7 | ... that Deng Xiaoping called his actions during the Baise Uprising "one of the worst mistakes" of his life? | |
Uranus in fiction | 2023-05-05 | 8,882 | 740.2 | ... that in early depictions of Uranus in fiction, the planet was portrayed as solid (example pictured)? | |
Episode 847 (Sesame Street) | 2023-05-01 | 8,808 | 734.0 | ... that an episode of Sesame Street featuring the Wicked Witch of the West only aired once because it terrified children? | |
Carbatina | 2023-05-29 | 17,132 | 713.8 | ... that the carbatinae (examples pictured), shoes worn in ancient Greece and Rome, were single pieces of leather tied onto the foot? | |
Whistling Dick (cannon) | 2023-05-16 | 16,726 | 696.9 | ... that Whistling Dick was "of rather modest proportions"? | |
Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility | 2023-05-04 | 8,180 | 681.7 | ... that Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility (pictured) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places? | |
Lucy Salani | 2023-05-13 | 16,210 | 675.4 | ... that Lucy Salani is considered the only known Italian transgender person to survive the Nazi concentration camps? | |
Rumrich spy case | 2023-05-02 | 8,044 | 670.3 | ... that at the trial of the Rumrich spy case, US Army deserter Guenther Rumrich stated he was instructed to determine how many US soldiers were based on the country's east coast? | |
Maria de Knuijt | 2023-05-15 | 15,790 | 657.9 | ... that according to scholarship published in 2023, Maria de Knuijt, rather than her husband, was actually the main patron of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (work pictured)? | |
Battle of Plum Point Bend | 2023-05-16 | 15,684 | 653.5 | ... that the casualties suffered at the Battle of Plum Point Bend were very light given the amount of ordnance expended? | |
There I Ruined It | 2023-05-07 | 7,806 | 650.5 | ... that There I Ruined It aims to ruin as many songs as possible? | |
Ky Schevers | 2023-05-14 | 15,526 | 646.9 | ... that transgender activist Ky Schevers transitioned to male, detransitioned to female, then retransitioned as transmasculine and genderqueer? | |
Luo Wenzao | 2023-05-24 | 14,990 | 624.6 | ... that Luo Wenzao (pictured) became the first Catholic bishop from China in 1685, after initially declining the appointment in 1677? | |
The End (sculpture) | 2023-05-26 | 14,796 | 616.5 | ... that a giant sculpture of melting whipped cream with a cherry on top transmitted a live feed of passers-by in Trafalgar Square, London? | |
London shrunk | 2023-05-26 | 14,794 | 616.4 | ... that "London shrunk" garments can go for several weeks without needing ironing? | |
Xiphophorus pygmaeus | 2023-05-02 | 4,390 | 365.8 | ... that female pygmy swordtails prefer male Panuco swordtails, which court them, to males of their own species (pictured), which merely sneak up on them? | |
Xiphophorus nigrensis | 2,913 | 242.8 | |||
Total | 7,303 | 608.6 | |||
Amy Harvey | 2023-05-04 | 7,001[d] | 583.4 | ... that before joining the girl group XG, Japanese singer Amy Harvey won the most awards when she participated in a modeling contest? | |
Arrests of Ulysses S. Grant | 2023-05-24 | 13,712 | 571.4 | ... that Ulysses S. Grant was arrested for speeding in his horse carriage when he was a general? | |
Wager Island | 2023-05-29 | 13,612 | 567.1 | ... that of approximately 140 men stranded after a shipwreck on Wager Island in 1741, only 36 returned alive to Britain, according to Rear Admiral C. H. Layman? | |
Art Greenspon | 2023-05-30 | 13,586 | 566.1 | ... that Vietnam War photojournalist Art Greenspon was wounded in the face by a shot that had first passed through colleague Co Rentmeester's hand? | |
Bolor Ganbold | 2023-05-01 | 6,780 | 565.0 | ... that after becoming one of the Mongolian Armed Forces' first female recruits, Bolor Ganbold is now its first female brigadier general? | |
Angel Aquino | 2023-05-04 | 6,764 | 563.7 | ... that Filipina actress Angel Aquino has been described as a "perennial villainess" for portraying several antagonistic roles on television? | |
Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution | 2023-05-08 | 6,659 | 554.9 | ... that the Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution is surmounted by a statue of Liberty (pictured) inscribing the days of 23, 24, 25 and 26 September 1830 in a book? | |
Japanese destroyer Teruzuki (1941) | 2023-05-16 | 13,233 | 551.4 | ... that the Japanese destroyer Teruzuki was sunk by a single torpedo to the stern? | |
Wihtburh | 2023-05-12 | 13,031 | 543.0 | ... that the incorruptibility of Wihtburh's body was considered a miracle? | |
Milwaukee Cold Storage Co. Building | 2023-05-31 | 12,892 | 537.2 | ... that the 1892 Milwaukee Cold Storage Co. Building has very few windows, and walls which are two feet (0.6 m) thick? | |
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza | 2023-05-23 | 12,486 | 520.2 | ... that actress Katharine Hepburn threatened to remove her name from a garden in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza (pictured) when New York City officials said they would not widen the plaza? | |
Herman Benson | 2023-05-07 | 3,618 | 301.5 | ... that before his 100th birthday, Herman Benson wrote his own obituary claiming that his "last, dying words" were a plea for generous donations to the Association for Union Democracy? | |
Association for Union Democracy | 2,524 | 210.4 | |||
Total | 6,142 | 511.8 | |||
Roy McGrath | 2023-05-29 | 12,273 | 511.4 | ... that Roy McGrath, who was the chief of staff to Maryland governor Larry Hogan, was wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was killed during a shootout by agents? | |
Nadiri | 2023-05-09 | 6,082 | 506.9 | ... that the nadiri, a sleeveless overcoat, was personally designed by Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor? | |
2023 New York City parking garage collapse | 2023-05-04 | 6,052 | 504.3 | ... that after the 2023 New York City parking garage collapse, a robotic dog named Digidog was deployed by the New York City Fire Department? | |
Emily Donelson | 2023-05-14 | 12,056 | 502.4 | ... that Emily Donelson stopped serving as First Lady of the United States due to illness? | |
African Space Agency | 2023-05-02 | 5,976 | 498.0 | ... that the African Union has set up a space agency in a Space City? | |
Uncle Waffles | 2023-05-02 | 5,912 | 492.6 | ... that Uncle Waffles learned how to DJ during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and then retired from being an Eswatini TV presenter once her music career took off? | |
Anti-trespass panels | 2023-05-07 | 5,910 | 492.5 | ... that while studies have shown anti-trespass panels do reduce intrusions into rail track areas, there is concern that they could also trap trespassers on the tracks? | |
Ernst Scheurlen | 2023-05-07 | 5,887 | 490.6 | ... that Vice Admiral Ernst Scheurlen was killed in action a month before the end of the Second World War in Europe while leading a hastily raised division of naval troops in defence of Germany? | |
Neptune in fiction | 2023-05-12 | 11,662 | 485.9 | ... that English-speaking elephants can be okay on Neptune in fiction, but a solid surface is not? | |
Ranchos of Los Angeles County | 2023-05-10 | 11,595 | 483.1 | ... that grantees of ranchos of Los Angeles County submitted hand-drawn maps known as diseños (example pictured) when making their land claims to the U.S. government? | |
Cassette Beasts | 2023-05-12 | 11,374 | 473.9 | ... that one reviewer said that her favorite part of Cassette Beasts was that it is not "forced to cater to younger children", unlike Pokémon? | |
Witch-hunts in India | 2023-05-05 | 5,680 | 473.3 | ... that witch-hunts in India are still prevalent? | |
Stanley Browne | 2023-05-01 | 5,628 | 469.0 | ... that after bailing out of his aircraft over France, Stanley Browne was able to evade any German soldiers searching for him with the help of local villagers? | |
Vladimir Cavarnali | 2023-05-01 | 5,622 | 468.5 | ... that Vladimir Cavarnali, who edited a communist children's magazine (cover pictured), had previously been a member of the fascist Crusade of Romanianism? | |
Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic | 2023-05-11 | 10,978 | 457.4 | ... that an FBI investigation contributed to the cancellation of the Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic, which had been the longest-running U.S. high school all-star basketball game? | |
St. Mary's Church (Wharton, New Jersey) | 2023-05-13 | 10,951 | 456.3 | ... that parishioners collected the stones used to build St. Mary's Church (pictured) from the iron mines where they worked? | |
Chicano Liberation Front | 2023-05-22 | 10,800 | 450.0 | ... that the Chicano Liberation Front claimed responsibility for 28 bombings in Los Angeles in 1970 and 1971? | |
Asia Abdelmajid | 2023-05-23 | 10,533 | 438.9 | ... that Asia Abdelmajid, a pioneering Sudanese actress, was killed in crossfire during the 2023 Sudan conflict? | |
Cross of Wales | 2023-05-06 | 5,218 | 434.8 | ... that the Cross of Wales, leading the procession at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, features two relics of the True Cross gifted to the King by Pope Francis? | |
Purple shore crab | 2023-05-04 | 5,215 | 434.6 | ... that the purple shore crab has evolved to survive in oxygen-deprived waters? | |
Marvin Harrison Jr. | 2023-05-27 | 10,378 | 432.4 | ... that one NFL scout compared watching Marvin Harrison Jr. (pictured) to "window shopping at a Lamborghini dealership for the model that doesn't come out until next year"? | |
Sheila P. Burke | 2023-05-22 | 10,298 | 429.1 | ... that Sheila P. Burke was once known as the 101st U.S. senator? | |
Computer Applications, Inc. | 2023-05-07 | 5,134 | 427.8 | ... that in a rapid decline, Computer Applications, Inc. went from the second-largest independent software firm in the United States to being bankrupt and subject to liquidation? | |
Vampyrellida | 2023-05-05 | 5,111 | 425.9 | ... that vampire amoebae are naked? | |
Monster Max | 2023-05-24 | 10,216 | 425.7 | ... that the Game Boy–released game Monster Max was considered by critics to be the closest in quality to The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening? | |
Doll's Hospital | 2023-05-08 | 5,060 | 421.6 | ... that the owners of the Doll's Hospital building were the penultimate victims of the Acid Bath Murderer? | |
Sun in fiction | 2023-05-07 | 4,974 | 414.5 | ... that the 1961 film Barabbas portrayed a solar eclipse (pictured) by shooting during a real one? | |
Lydian–Milesian War | 2023-05-03 | 4,966 | 413.9 | ... that tyrant Thrasybulus of Miletus ended the 12-year Lydian–Milesian War with a fake party? | |
Percy Kelly (artist) | 2023-05-05 | 4,958 | 413.1 | ... that Percy Kelly hoarded his drawings and paintings until the end of his life, saying that his cottage would someday "upstage Beatrix Potter's home"? | |
Maria Giustina Turcotti | 2023-05-23 | 9,852 | 410.5 | ... that several composers wrote coloratura arias specifically for the voice of Italian opera singer Maria Giustina Turcotti? | |
Impetigore | 2023-05-02 | 4,904 | 408.7 | ... that the main village set of the 2019 horror film Impetigore was so remote that the crew had to build toilets and a path for vehicles? | |
A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835–1870 | 2023-05-25 | 9,724 | 405.1 | ... that a book about Mormon polygamy claims that polygamy was an early form of feminism? | |
Instrument 1 | 2023-05-07 | 4,851 | 404.2 | ... that the Instrument 1 can be a guitar, piano, violin, or drum kit? | |
Contrabass trombone | 2023-05-02 | 4,832 | 402.7 | ... that the contrabass trombone has experienced a revival in film music and video game soundtracks? | |
Dubuque, Arkansas | 2023-05-21 | 9,602 | 400.1 | ... that Dubuque, Arkansas, was destroyed in the American Civil War and is now covered by the waters of Bull Shoals Lake? | |
John Green | 2023-05-08 | 4,796[e] | 399.7 | ... that author John Green fundraises for Partners In Health by selling shirts with an image of his mustachioed face called "Pizza John"? | |
Marcel Słodki | 2023-05-22 | 9,428 | 392.8 | ... that Polish-Jewish Post-Impressionist painter and Dadaist Marcel Słodki was arrested by the Germans in France and died in Auschwitz concentration camp? | |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game) | 2023-05-03 | 4,698 | 391.5 | ... that a gameplay demonstration of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six boosted its popularity when it accidentally showed AI teammates rescuing hostages by themselves? | |
Blue bloods in college basketball | 2023-05-14 | 9,382 | 390.9 | ... that most blue bloods in college basketball coincidentally wear shades of blue in their uniforms? | |
Weywot | 2023-05-28 | 9,326 | 388.6 | ... that scientists initially could not determine which direction Weywot was orbiting? | |
Xiphophorus milleri | 2023-05-11 | 9,270 | 386.3 | ... that Xiphophorus milleri only rarely eats its young? | |
International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park | 2023-05-16 | 9,266 | 386.1 | ... that American aviator John Moisant crashed his plane twice before participating in the 1910 International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park (pictured)? | |
February Azure | 2023-05-28 | 9,108 | 379.5 | ... that Russian artist Igor Grabar dug a trench in snow to paint February Azure (pictured)? | |
Mr. X (Resident Evil) | 2023-05-01 | 4,544 | 378.7 | ... that in the remake of Resident Evil 2, Mr. X walks at four times his normal speed when the player cannot see him? | |
Pacifying the Homeland | 2023-05-18 | 9,006 | 375.2 | ... that the 2019 book Pacifying the Homeland was compared to an ice-cold shower for individuals acclimatized to mass surveillance in the US due to its pervasiveness in daily life? | |
History of transgender people in Finland[f] | 2023-05-28 | 6,820 | 369.7 | ... that records of transgender people in Finland stretch back to the 19th century? | |
Tobit and Anna with the Kid | 2023-05-22 | 8,794 | 366.4 | ... that Rembrandt drew heavily on two copperplate engravings of earlier works by other artists for the composition of Tobit and Anna with the Kid (pictured)? | |
Tropical Snow | 2023-05-10 | 8,791 | 366.3 | ... that Tim Allen debuted in the 1988 film Tropical Snow? | |
Maria Vladimirovna Mironova | 2023-05-03 | 4,370 | 364.2 | ... that for several decades, Soviet actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband? | |
Hold on Tight! (Inside No. 9) | 2023-05-28 | 8,678 | 361.6 | ... that crew members had to sign non-disclosure agreements to stop them revealing that the Inside No. 9 episode "Hold on Tight!" was fake? | |
Venbee | 2023-05-09 | 1,586 | 132.1 | ... that the musicians piri, venbee, Issey Cross, and Charlotte Plank are all part of the female and non-binary collective Loud LDN? | |
Charlotte Plank | 1,411 | 117.6 | |||
Issey Cross | 1,288 | 107.3 | |||
Total | 4,284 | 357.0 | |||
Quail Island (Victoria) | 2023-05-08 | 4,270 | 355.9 | ... that the Australian government tried to censor a film of Quail Island's starving koalas? | |
Mari Shimizu | 2023-05-05 | 4,266 | 355.5 | ... that Mari Shimizu is nicknamed the "mother of voice actors" in Japan? | |
Kesagami Lake | 2023-05-05 | 3,019 | 251.6 | ... that the shores of Kesagami Lake in Kesagami Provincial Park (northern Ontario, Canada) are surrounded by "exceptional" peat cliffs reaching 4 metres (13 ft) in height? | |
Kesagami Provincial Park | 1,247 | 103.9 | |||
Total | 4,266 | 355.5 | |||
Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues | 2023-05-04 | 4,202 | 350.1 | ... that the existence of Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues was accidentally leaked when it was displayed on an animator's résumé? | |
Barclays Bank, Enfield | 2023-05-21 | 8,369 | 348.7 | ... that in 1967, the world's first ATM was installed at a branch of Barclays Bank in north London (pictured)? | |
BP Refinery v Tracey | 2023-05-04 | 4,172 | 347.7 | ... that the court in BP Refinery v Tracey upheld a decision to reinstate an employee fired by BP for posting a meme video from the 2004 film Downfall? | |
Boroqul | 2023-05-25 | 8,343 | 347.6 | ... that the Mongol general Boroqul saved the life of the future Ögedei Khan by continually sucking clotted blood from a wound on his neck? | |
Philippine Spanish | 2023-05-24 | 8,340 | 347.5 | ... that while Philippine Spanish has been described as an endangered language, a new generation of speakers has emerged? | |
Takin' It Back | 2023-05-04 | 4,151 | 345.9 | ... that an earlier title going viral on TikTok prompted Meghan Trainor to take it back to doo-wop, which made them look again? | |
Shōnen manga | 2023-05-01 | 4,108[g] | 342.4 | ... that shōnen manga protagonists often possess "insanely spiky hair"? | |
Makwerekwere | 2023-05-19 | 8,160 | 340.0 | ... that makwerekwere is the South African equivalent of "barbarians", an offensive and derogatory slur used to refer to foreigners? | |
Boukephala and Nikaia | 2023-05-05 | 4,058 | 338.2 | ... that although Alexander the Great founded two cities named Boukephala and Nikaia during his invasion of the Indian subcontinent, we do not know which was which? | |
Beibeilong | 2023-05-07 | 4,021 | 335.1 | ... that Beibeilong was one of the largest oviraptorosaurs, with an estimated adult length of about 7.5 m (25 ft) and body mass of around 1.2 t (2,600 lb) or 2 t (4,400 lb)? | |
Presidential immunity in the United States | 2023-05-17 | 8,030 | 334.6 | ... that no law establishes whether a sitting U.S. president can be prosecuted? | |
Bob Harrington (preacher) | 2023-05-28 | 7,852 | 327.2 | ... that evangelist Bob Harrington would drive miles out of his way to avoid the sight of a steeple? | |
Otto Schwarz | 2023-05-04 | 3,873 | 322.8 | ... that respected travelling bandleader Otto Schwarz and his Bavarian String Band were interned in Douglas, Isle of Man, during World War I? | |
Dierk Raabe | 2023-05-25 | 7,738 | 322.4 | ... that Dierk Raabe (pictured) received €2.5 million from the European Research Council to work on Green Steel? | |
1824 United States presidential election in Missouri | 2023-05-23 | 7,734 | 322.2 | ... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams? | |
Coronation of George II and Caroline | 2023-05-06 | 3,827 | 318.9 | ... that during her coronation, Caroline of Ansbach's dress was reportedly so covered in jewels that she required a pulley to lift her skirt for her to kneel? | |
Nisn Pups | 2023-05-28 | 7,626 | 317.8 | ... that when journalist and trade unionist Nisn Pups was released from jail, the Communist Party of Lithuania instructed him to change his name? | |
La Carcacha | 2023-05-08 | 3,785 | 315.4 | ... that after seeing a broken car, A.B. Quintanilla proclaimed his desire to make the song "La Carcacha" about it? | |
Victor Wembanyama | 2023-05-05 | 3,748[h] | 312.4 | ... that Victor Wembanyama has been described as the most anticipated NBA prospect since LeBron James in 2003? | |
The Pagan Review | 2023-05-26 | 7,430 | 309.6 | ... that the late-Victorian Pagan Review lasted for a single issue and all of its content was written by one person? | |
Church of St. Jacob, Klaipėda | 2023-05-16 | 7,308 | 304.5 | ... that the Church of St. Jacob, which had been used for centuries by Prussian Lithuanians in Klaipėda, was demolished by soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces using tanks in 1959? | |
CT Special Forces: Back to Hell | 2023-05-15 | 7,226 | 301.1 | ... that the developers of CT Special Forces: Back to Hell responded to criticism of their previous game's password save system by making even more detailed passwords? | |
Amy (Green Day song) | 2023-05-02 | 3,602 | 300.2 | ... that Green Day wrote a tribute song for singer Amy Winehouse following her death, despite never having met her? | |
Mary Taft | 2023-05-03 | 3,573 | 297.8 | ... that Mary Taft said in 1799 that stopping women from "bring[ing] souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable? | |
2023 Fort Lauderdale floods | 2023-05-04 | 3,568 | 297.4 | ... that during the 2023 Fort Lauderdale floods, 25.91 inches (65.8 cm) of rain fell in Fort Lauderdale, equivalent to a third of the city's annual rainfall total? | |
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron | 2023-05-08 | 3,558 | 296.5 | ... that Japanese voice actors provided voice-overs to El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron for a domestic audience, although they were chosen for their "foreign"-sounding voices? | |
Irma Blank | 2023-05-21 | 7,090 | 295.4 | ... that the art of Irma Blank, of "drawing languages without words" and including sounds, was recognised in the 1970s but fell into obscurity until a rediscovery in the 2010s? | |
Taxi Driver (Alexander McQueen collection) | 2023-05-17 | 7,074 | 294.8 | ... that British designer Alexander McQueen partied so hard that he accidentally abandoned the entirety of his second collection among a nightclub's rubbish? | |
St. Francis Cathedral, Xi'an | 2023-05-11 | 6,986 | 291.1 | ... that German president Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor, visited St. Francis Cathedral in Xi'an, China, 300 years after construction began? | |
Ius civile vigilantibus scriptum est | 2023-05-27 | 6,969 | 290.4 | ... that variations of the Latin legal maxim ius civile vigilantibus scriptum est have been used by American, European and Lesotho courts? | |
Joey Santore | 2023-05-19 | 6,958 | 289.9 | ... that YouTuber Joey Santore is known for his "Bill Swerski–esque" Chicago accent and use of profanity on his channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't? | |
Testimonies (novel) | 2023-05-02 | 3,457 | 288.1 | ... that Patrick O'Brian's Testimonies received reviews that variously described it from "clumsy in construction to the point of amateurishness" to "rare and beautiful"? | |
Güzel İstanbul | 2023-05-06 | 3,456 | 288.0 | ... that the destroyed plinth of Gürdal Duyar's nude sculpture Güzel İstanbul contained reliefs of a fig, a pomegranate, a honeysuckle and a bee to represent different aspects of Istanbul? | |
Hotel Belleclaire | 2023-05-22 | 6,800 | 283.3 | ... that after a guest smuggled a lion into the Hotel Belleclaire using a piano crate, the lion was thrown out of the hotel? | |
Limia melanogaster | 2023-05-13 | 6,702 | 279.3 | ... that male blue-bellied limias spend more than 26 minutes per hour courting females? | |
WDCA | 2023-05-08 | 3,349 | 279.1 | ... that a TV station in Washington, D.C., held on-air monkey races as part of its children's programming? | |
Dumitru Topciu | 2023-05-11 | 6,610 | 275.4 | ... that Gagauz politician Dumitru Topciu was mocked by his colleagues in the Romanian Assembly of Deputies for speaking Romanian with a "boorish accent"? | |
Old Friends ... New Friends | 2023-05-09 | 3,290 | 274.2 | ... that Fred Rogers created and hosted a television documentary series titled Old Friends ... New Friends due to his concern that older generations were getting more isolated from younger generations? | |
Jozef Israëls Monument | 2023-05-03 | 3,284 | 273.7 | ... that a monument to honor the Jewish artist Jozef Israëls was destroyed during World War II, but the pieces were saved and it was restored and unveiled in 1946? | |
Praefectus vigilum | 2023-05-01 | 3,284 | 273.7 | ... that no contemporary source identifies the praefectus vigilum who commanded the night watch during the Great Fire of Rome under Nero? | |
1943 North Texas Aggies football team | 2023-05-19 | 6,554 | 273.1 | ... that the 1943 North Texas Aggies went from "kitchen maid" to "queen of the ball" when the Marine Corps sent players from major universities "tumbling onto" the campus? | |
Zenith Data Systems | 2023-05-04 | 3,276 | 273.0 | ... that Zenith Data Systems's $242 million contract with the United States Department of Defense in 1986 was the largest federal computer contract until then? | |
Made With Lau | 2023-05-18 | 6,538 | 272.4 | ... that the Cantonese cooking channel Made With Lau began generating about US$50,000 per month in YouTube advertising revenue in under a year? | |
Rainwater harvesting in the Sahel | 2023-05-09 | 3,258 | 271.5 | ... that zaï planting pits are an indigenous form of rainwater harvesting in the Sahel? | |
Noa (Japanese singer, born 2000) | 2023-05-21 | 6,507 | 271.1 | ... that Japanese singer Noa became interested in music after watching the 2006 film High School Musical? | |
WTOB-TV | 2023-05-06 | 3,254 | 271.1 | ... that the tower of a defunct TV station turned into a Christmastime landmark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina? | |
Angelo Emo | 2023-05-31 | 6,503 | 271.0 | ... that the Venetian admiral Angelo Emo invented floating artillery batteries on rafts during his campaign against the Beylik of Tunis? | |
Cusrow Baug | 2023-05-19 | 6,490 | 270.4 | ... that Cusrow Baug in Mumbai had only a few tenants in the 1950s even at a low rent of 40 rupees per month? | |
N54 road (Ireland) | 2023-05-11 | 6,440 | 268.3 | ... that a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the N54 road in the Republic of Ireland cannot be reached without first travelling through Northern Ireland? | |
Jesse Marcel | 2023-05-20 | 6,374 | 265.6 | ... that Jesse Marcel claimed that he recovered extraterrestrial debris from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico? | |
D. I. Suchianu | 2023-05-25 | 6,280 | 261.7 | ... that film critic and censor D. I. Suchianu wanted Romanian moviegoers to cease "falling asleep whenever they're not shown a naked breast [or] a hip that's getting some action"? | |
Quarterback (TV series) | 2023-05-02 | 3,140 | 261.7 | ... that to film the series Quarterback, the NFL allowed quarterbacks to wear microphones for every game of the 2022 season? | |
Leopard | 2023-05-23 | 6,262[i] | 260.9 | ... that the ancient Romans kept leopards in captivity to be used in the executions of criminals? | |
Book of Common Prayer (1928, England) | 2023-05-05 | 1,816 | 151.3 | ... that the 1928 Book of Common Prayer was adopted by the Episcopal Church in the United States, but the Church of England's 1928 Book of Common Prayer was rejected by Parliament? | |
Book of Common Prayer (1928, United States) | 1,306 | 108.8 | |||
Total | 3,122 | 260.2 | |||
Jalen Redmond | 2023-05-16 | 6,228 | 259.5 | ... that Jalen Redmond received the offer of a college athletic scholarship before having even played in a high-school football game? | |
The Jane | 2023-05-04 | 3,071 | 255.9 | ... that when part of New York City's Hotel Riverview became a theater, some people thought that the hotel's overflowing toilets and leaky ceilings were part of the show there? | |
Caity Baser | 2023-05-06 | 3,054 | 254.5 | ... that Caity Baser followed up her 2022 singles "Friendly Sex", "X & Y", and "Kiss You" with "Friendly Sex (Angrier)", "X & Y (What I Didn't Say)", and "Kiss You, Pt. 2", respectively? | |
Gordon Ellis | 2023-05-31 | 6,086 | 253.6 | ... that the maritime painter Gordon Ellis had his first commission published when he was just 13 years old? | |
William L. Breckinridge | 2023-05-27 | 5,885 | 245.2 | ... that one abolitionist said that William L. Breckinridge's anti-slavery views would "disqualify [him] from political usefulness"? | |
KMYS | 2023-05-31 | 5,857 | 244.0 | ... that a San Antonio TV station lost its Fox affiliation on twelve days' notice to the public? | |
Lester Rowe | 2023-05-22 | 5,838 | 243.2 | ... that it once took two days to determine whether a slam dunk by Lester Rowe at the buzzer counted? | |
Lata Tondon | 2023-05-30 | 5,819 | 242.5 | ... that chef Lata Tondon once set a Guinness World Record with a cooking marathon lasting 87 hours 45 minutes? | |
Cafileria | 2023-05-20 | 5,790 | 241.2 | ... that the microscopic organism Cafileria is the only living being that connects its nucleus to its mitochondria? | |
New York Savings Bank Building | 2023-05-09 | 2,884 | 240.3 | ... that the New York Savings Bank Building later became "The Grand Palais of Rugs" and the "Temple of Food"? | |
475 °C embrittlement | 2023-05-30 | 5,722 | 238.4 | ... that duplex stainless steel can undergo 475 °C embrittlement that causes a loss of plasticity when it is heated between 250 °C and 550 °C? | |
Zayn al-Din Qaraja | 2023-05-26 | 5,700 | 237.5 | ... that Zayn al-Din Qaraja was imprisoned and executed by the Mamluk Sultanate after he declared the independence of the Beylik of Dulkadir? | |
Edward D. Boone | 2023-05-27 | 5,698 | 237.4 | ... that Edward D. Boone was the last surviving member of his 1851 graduating class from the College of the Holy Cross? | |
Wikipedia coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic | 2023-05-01 | 2,841 | 236.8 | ... that in 2020, COVID-19–related articles across all Wikipedias received more than 579 million pageviews? | |
KTNV-TV | 2023-05-18 | 5,640 | 235.0 | ... that in 1956, a Las Vegas TV station may have been the only 24-hour TV station in the U.S.? | |
Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern | 2023-05-27 | 5,616 | 234.0 | ... that the Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern, the funicular railway with the highest transport payload capacity (215 tonnes), was built to move four transformers 882 m (2,894 ft) uphill? | |
Logic | 2023-05-21 | 5,602[j] | 233.4 | ... that Aristotle's system of logic formed the foundation of logical thought in the Western world for more than 2,000 years until the advent of modern symbolic logic? | |
Operation Title | 2023-05-08 | 2,798 | 233.2 | ... that an attempted British-Norwegian attack on the German battleship Tirpitz was abandoned after two Chariot manned torpedoes were lost due to bad weather? | |
Jean Mignon | 2023-05-10 | 5,570 | 232.1 | ... that most figures in 16th-century etchings by Jean Mignon have open mouths? | |
Jay Versace | 2023-05-05 | 2,776 | 231.3 | ... that Jay Versace went from poking fun at SZA's music to producing songs for her? | |
United States v. Rahimi | 2023-05-01 | 2,704 | 225.3 | ... that a 2023 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit invalidates a law preventing people from owning firearms while under restraining orders for domestic abuse? | |
Life Is but a Dream... | 2023-05-03 | 2,682 | 223.5 | ... that a "hacker" with blog posts written by ChatGPT was at the center of an online scavenger hunt promoting Avenged Sevenfold's album Life Is but a Dream...? | |
William Westerfeld | 2023-05-23 | 5,360 | 223.4 | ... that confectioner William Westerfeld hired architect Henry Geilfuss to design his home in San Francisco, and then died in it? | |
Pimlico tube station | 2023-05-21 | 5,251 | 218.8 | ... that the Pimlico tube station is the deepest station below sea level on the Victoria line? | |
Edgar Nkosi White | 2023-05-19 | 5,251 | 218.8 | ... that Montserratian playwright Edgar Nkosi White only wrote his first play after he was dared by actor Martin Sheen? | |
Koryo Ilbo | 2023-05-01 | 2,623 | 218.6 | ... that the Koryo-saram newspaper Koryo Ilbo was once known as Lenin's Banner and is the oldest active Korean newspaper outside of Korea? | |
The Devil Never Sleeps (film) | 2023-05-20 | 5,230 | 217.9 | ... that the 1994 film The Devil Never Sleeps centers on director Lourdes Portillo investigating her uncle's death? | |
Wanda Wesołowska | 2023-05-03 | 2,591 | 215.9 | ... that Wanda Wesołowska has named 40 genera and 572 species of animals? | |
Mansfield Hotel | 2023-05-03 | 2,538 | 211.5 | ... that New York City's Mansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors from Vermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor? | |
Alfred Verdross | 2023-05-31 | 5,075 | 211.5 | ... that in the 1930s Alfred Verdross, an Austrian international lawyer and future judge of the European Court of Human Rights, sympathised with National Socialism? | |
This Arab Is Queer | 2023-05-14 | 5,067 | 211.1 | ... that the LGBTQ+ anthology This Arab Is Queer features 18 queer Arab writers? | |
KLKN | 2023-05-03 | 2,524 | 210.4 | ... that Nebraska TV station Big 8 was a big bust, losing nearly $5 million between 1983 and 1986? | |
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | 2023-05-10 | 5,047 | 210.3 | ... that Michalis Rakintzis said that he "came close to throwing down [his] microphone and walking off the stage" during his performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002? | |
World-Wide Navigational Warning Service | 2023-05-19 | 5,043 | 210.1 | ... that the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service divides the entire ocean into just 21 radio areas? | |
Rufina Bazlova | 2023-05-01 | 2,512 | 209.4 | ... that Rufina Bazlova has used traditional embroidery to depict protests in Belarus? | |
El Monte Legion Stadium | 2023-05-17 | 4,988 | 207.9 | ... that when the dance permit for El Monte Legion Stadium was revoked, Johnny Otis accused the local city council of racism and, with the ACLU and NAACP, successfully reversed their decision? | |
Samuel Dexter Lecompte | 2023-05-28 | 4,962 | 206.8 | ... that Samuel Dexter Lecompte, the pro-slavery chief justice of Kansas Territory before the Civil War, administered oaths to the Fugitive Slave Act instead of the United States Constitution? | |
Balanoglossus gigas | 2023-05-09 | 2,478 | 206.5 | ... that the acorn worm Balanoglossus gigas gives a strong iodoform-like smell when handled, possibly to ward off predators? | |
Blood on the Floor (Turnage) | 2023-05-21 | 4,950 | 206.3 | ... that Blood on the Floor uses scaffolding as an instrument? | |
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah | 2023-05-10 | 4,925 | 205.2 | ... that medieval Muslim historians blamed al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah for the loss of much of Palestine to the crusaders but, in reality, he played no role in the Fatimid government during that period? | |
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr | 2023-05-29 | 4,918 | 204.9 | ... that Lamia Al-Gailani Werr helped rebuild the Iraq Museum after it was looted in the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq? | |
Constantin Bivol | 2023-05-09 | 2,458 | 204.8 | ... that Constantin Bivol, who championed land reform in Bessarabia, could only locate half of his ten dessiatins of ancestral farmland, noting that "God only knows where the rest of them are"? | |
Lemnis Gate | 2023-05-05 | 2,456 | 204.7 | ... that the title of Lemnis Gate refers to the lemniscate? | |
The Freshies (basketball) | 2023-05-18 | 4,907 | 204.5 | ... that the 2019 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball recruiting class (pictured) is known as the Freshies after the name of the group chat they created before their freshman year? | |
House of Frankenstein (film) | 2023-05-28 | 4,878 | 203.2 | ... that actor Glenn Strange was unaware that he was being called to play Frankenstein's monster in House of Frankenstein until he reported to the make-up room? | |
Adam Korsak | 2023-05-24 | 4,870 | 202.9 | ... that to learn the rules of American football, Australian Adam Korsak, who was named the best college punter in 2022, played Madden NFL 06 and watched Any Given Sunday? | |
Lynch/Oz | 2023-05-06 | 2,404 | 200.3 | ... that the documentary Lynch/Oz incorporates hundreds of film clips to illustrate the influence of The Wizard of Oz on the work of filmmaker David Lynch? | |
Dafne Navarro | 2023-05-21 | 4,761 | 198.4 | ... that Dafne Navarro was the first trampoline gymnast to represent Mexico at the Olympics? | |
Abu Dhabi Marathon | 2023-05-31 | 4,746 | 197.8 | ... that although he was expected to exit the race after about 30 km (19 mi), pacemaker Reuben Kipyego ended up winning the 2019 Abu Dhabi Marathon and US$100,000? | |
Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story | 2023-05-09 | 2,369 | 197.4 | ... that singer Barbara Mandrell thought that when she saw Maureen McCormick play her in her biographical film, "all [she was] going to be able to think about is Marcia Brady"? | |
The Reconstruction of Nations | 2023-05-29 | 4,689 | 195.4 | ... that the 2003 book The Reconstruction of Nations describes how "national reconciliation is possible after even the most terrible conflicts", including ethnic cleansing? | |
Breaking Barriers 50km | 2023-05-25 | 4,688 | 195.3 | ... that a world record has been set every year Gqeberha has held its Breaking Barriers 50km event? | |
KWCH-DT | 2023-05-12 | 4,684 | 195.2 | ... that a Kansas TV station claimed it had "The Look of a Leader" and then went on to become the leader in its market? | |
Gold(III) chloride | 2023-05-20 | 4,682 | 195.1 | ... that gold(III) chloride can directly convert a primary amine to a ketone without any additional steps? | |
Eldridge Milton | 2023-05-03 | 2,330 | 194.2 | ... that future NFL linebacker Eldridge Milton liked playing with alligators at a young age? | |
Bettina Petzold-Mähr | 2023-05-27 | 4,630 | 192.9 | ... that before becoming a legislator, Bettina Petzold-Mähr played volleyball for Liechtenstein when they defeated Lichtenstein? | |
Katharina von Schnurbein | 2023-05-26 | 4,618 | 192.4 | ... that Katharina von Schnurbein is the European Commission's first coordinator on combatting antisemitism, having served in the role since 2015? | |
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again | 2023-05-17 | 4,549 | 189.5 | ... that Bob Dylan played the song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" 748 times in concert performances between 1976 and 2010? | |
Wie als een God wil leven | 2023-05-05 | 2,261 | 188.4 | ... that the 1965 song "Wie als een God wil leven", written by Huub Oosterhuis, was listed in 2013 as a hymn in German successful with young people? | |
Chadd Cumberbatch | 2023-05-15 | 4,520 | 188.4 | ... that Chadd Cumberbatch, a Montserratian poet and playwright, wrote a play called 1768 to tell the story of the island's St Patrick's Day slave rebellion? | |
Soeparno (mayor) | 2023-05-09 | 2,246 | 187.2 | ... that Soeparno moved the official year of establishment of Surabaya, Indonesia, from 1906 to 1293? | |
Linguistic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula | 2023-05-03 | 2,241 | 186.8 | ... that linguist Aníbal Otero was imprisoned for espionage while working on fieldwork for the Linguistic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula? | |
John C. Carson | 2023-05-05 | 2,228 | 185.7 | ... that John C. Carson built the first sidewalk in Portland, Oregon? | |
Barbara Kennedy | 2023-05-09 | 2,227 | 185.6 | ... that Barbara Kennedy was the first player to lead NCAA Division I women's basketball in scoring? | |
Hogwarts Legacy | 2023-05-13 | 4,454[k] | 185.6 | ... that during the early-access period of Hogwarts Legacy, the game set a new record on Twitch with the largest number of concurrent viewers for a single-player game in history? | |
Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park | 2023-05-24 | 3,430 | 142.9 | ... that the Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park, protecting the Otoskwin and Attawapiskat Rivers in Ontario, Canada, has archaeological and historical sites dating from 3000 BC to the 1800s? | |
Otoskwin River | 918 | 38.2 | |||
Total | 4,348 | 181.2 | |||
Winchester United Church | 2023-05-15 | 2,909 | 121.2 | ... that Winchester United Church, a place of worship in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, was built into the walls of the former county jail? | |
List of places of worship in the City of Winchester District | 1,435 | 59.8 | |||
Total | 4,344 | 181.0 | |||
San Diego MLS team | 2023-05-30 | 4,334 | 180.6 | ... that the ownership group of San Diego's MLS team includes a Native American tribe and baseball player Manny Machado? | |
Tina Brower-Thomas | 2023-05-01 | 2,144 | 178.7 | ... that quantum materials researcher Tina Brower-Thomas's attempts at chemistry as a youth led to her concoctions eating holes into her coat? | |
Greyster | 2023-05-06 | 2,088 | 174.0 | ... that the Greyster is a type of sled dog favored especially for dryland racing like canicross and bikejoring? | |
Sarah Maria Griffin | 2023-05-03 | 2,071 | 172.6 | ... that a fantasy novel by Irish poet and author Sarah Maria Griffin was sent to around 200,000 ticket-holders of the music festival Tomorrowland? | |
Juice Scruggs | 2023-05-03 | 2,058 | 171.5 | ... that nearly two years after getting into a serious car accident that sidelined him for a full season, football player Juice Scruggs returned to the field, and was named All-Big Ten one year later? | |
Knights Contract | 2023-05-20 | 4,038 | 168.2 | ... that the team developing the action video game Knights Contract researched European folklore on witches and witch hunts? | |
KSTU | 2023-05-07 | 2,019 | 168.2 | ... that one of the longest civil trials in Utah history, with 1,000 exhibits, concerned the purchase of a Salt Lake City TV station? | |
Anggara Wicitra Sastroamidjojo | 2023-05-25 | 4,036 | 168.2 | ... that Anggara Wicitra Sastroamidjojo, a regional councillor in Jakarta, Indonesia, received media attention for bringing his seven-month-old child into the legislative chamber? | |
Anton Novakov | 2023-05-08 | 2,016 | 168.0 | ... that Bessarabian legislator Anton Novakov, who was absent when his colleagues voted on union with Romania, sued the Romanian state for land benefits they had received for voting in favor? | |
WVIZ | 2023-05-30 | 3,972 | 165.5 | ... that programs at a Cleveland public TV station had to be recorded in between school bells and fire drills? | |
KASA-TV | 2023-05-01 | 1,986 | 165.5 | ... that a New Mexico TV station went on the air "a day late but ... not a single program short"? | |
Walker Trustees | 2023-05-06 | 1,974 | 164.5 | ... that today the Bishop of Edinburgh plays a ceremonial role at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla as a representative of the Walker Trustees? | |
Christopher W. Shaw | 2023-05-12 | 3,892 | 162.2 | ... that Christopher W. Shaw has called for the return of banking at the United States Postal Service? | |
Martine Froger | 2023-05-07 | 1,944 | 162.0 | ... that Martine Froger was elected to the National Assembly of France without the support of the national leadership of her party? | |
Sam H. Harris Theatre | 2023-05-03 | 1,924 | 160.3 | ... that despite plans to restore the Sam H. Harris Theatre in the 1990s, it became an entrance to a wax museum? | |
Ben Ofoedu | 2023-05-22 | 2,980 | 124.2 | ... that Vanessa Feltz's ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu sang on hits by Benz, Phats & Small, and Intenso Project? | |
Benz (group) | 868 | 36.1 | |||
Total | 3,848 | 160.3 | |||
Tim Watson-Munro | 2023-05-17 | 3,842 | 160.1 | ... that Tim Watson-Munro was the psychologist responsible for treating mass murderer Julian Knight? | |
Wanda Szuman | 2023-05-12 | 3,828 | 159.5 | ... that Wanda Szuman, a pioneer of special education in Poland, was also active in underground education? | |
Joe Mulbah | 2023-05-09 | 1,906 | 158.8 | ... that Liberian minister of information Joe Mulbah was suspended by President Charles Taylor after a fist fight with the deputy minister of information? | |
Edemariam Tsega | 2023-05-08 | 1,845 | 153.8 | ... that Edemariam Tsega published a book about his father while Aida Edemariam, Tsega's daughter, published a book about Tsega's mother in the same year? | |
KLJB | 2023-05-07 | 1,806 | 150.5 | ... that an Iowa TV station's prior decision to disaffiliate from the Fox network meant that The Simpsons were originally unseen in the Quad Cities? | |
Zack Johnson (American football) | 2023-05-29 | 3,606 | 150.2 | ... that in college, American football lineman Zack Johnson played directly next to Zack Johnson? | |
C-13 highway (Spain) | 2023-05-24 | 3,535 | 147.3 | ... that in 2019, a rockfall on the Spanish Autovia C-13 caused skiing holidays to be cancelled? | |
2020 Missouri Amendment 2 | 2023-05-15 | 3,514 | 146.4 | ... that supporters of a 2020 ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in Missouri did not use the words "Medicaid expansion" to describe their proposal in some campaign material? | |
Hermann Heuvers | 2023-05-05 | 1,755 | 146.2 | ... that dying Unit 731 war criminal Shirō Ishii was baptized by Jesuit priest and playwright Hermann Heuvers? | |
Declarative knowledge | 2023-05-12 | 3,498 | 145.7 | ... that declarative knowledge is an awareness of facts that differs from practical knowledge in the form of skills and knowledge by acquaintance based on experiential familiarity? | |
KVPT | 2023-05-22 | 3,447 | 143.6 | ... that Valley Public Television once raffled off a 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, according to the wishes of the man who bequeathed it to the station? | |
Capa House | 2023-05-10 | 3,420 | 142.5 | ... that at Capa House, photographer Robert Capa captured The Picture of the Last Man to Die, of American soldier Raymond J. Bowman? | |
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1883 | 2023-05-30 | 3,386 | 141.1 | ... that the relatively low standards of player selection for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1883 have been described as being "determined with a nod and a wink over drinks"? | |
Jacques Chambrun | 2023-05-20 | 3,359 | 140.0 | ... that literary agent Jacques Chambrun sold unauthorized, scandalous excerpts of a Marilyn Monroe memoir to a British tabloid? | |
Vanita Jagdeo Borade | 2023-05-11 | 3,322 | 138.4 | ... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "snake woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes? | |
Tyrrhenika | 2023-05-14 | 3,317 | 138.2 | ... that marrying Plautia Urgulanilla may have helped Claudius get first-hand information for Tyrrhenika, his work about the Etruscans? | |
KTXH | 2023-05-13 | 3,302 | 137.6 | ... that a Houston TV station lost its broadcasting tower in a construction accident a month after going on the air? | |
Curtis Aiken | 2023-05-23 | 3,274 | 136.4 | ... that Curtis Aiken set the New York State Public High School Athletic Association single-season boys' basketball scoring record? | |
Fret Nice | 2023-05-14 | 3,263 | 136.0 | ... that one reviewer said that players should try using a guitar controller with Fret Nice "to gain a new appreciation for a traditional controller"? | |
Coronation of Edward VI | 2023-05-06 | 1,593 | 132.8 | ... that Edward VI was only nine years old on the day of his coronation? | |
Golden Promise | 2023-05-04 | 1,578 | 131.5 | ... that a beer named after the barley variety Golden Promise was not brewed using the variety? | |
Rain on the Roof (song) | 2023-05-18 | 3,140 | 130.8 | ... that John Sebastian composed the song "Rain on the Roof" after he spent a night listening to the rain with his wife? | |
Jordan St. Cyr | 2023-05-26 | 3,126 | 130.2 | ... that Jordan St. Cyr, a Christian songwriter from a small town in Manitoba, won the first Juno Award for which he was nominated? | |
Frank LeMaster | 2023-05-06 | 1,545 | 128.8 | ... that as a college football player, Frank LeMaster changed from being a fullback to the starting halfback, to reserve halfback, to tight end, to linebacker, back to halfback and then linebacker again? | |
Angel Aquino on screen and stage | 2023-05-24 | 3,040 | 126.6 | ... that Crying Ladies and Donsol, films starring Angel Aquino, were Philippine submissions for Best International Feature Film at the 77th and 80th Academy Awards, respectively? | |
N. Porsenna | 2023-05-02 | 1,495 | 124.6 | ... that N. Porsenna, who translated The Ballad of Reading Gaol into Romanian, spent seven years in communist prisons? | |
Robert Tvorogal | 2023-05-04 | 1,467 | 122.2 | ... that in 2020 Robert Tvorogal became Lithuania's first European champion in gymnastics? | |
Isaac Musa | 2023-05-08 | 1,462 | 121.9 | ... that the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission listed former Council of State vice chair Isaac Musa among dead supposed perpetrators of human rights abuses and war crimes? | |
Adam Bobrow | 2023-05-05 | 1,452 | 121.0 | ... that table tennis commentator Adam Bobrow's nickname "Snakeman" comes from a trick shot called "the snake"? | |
Studio (album) | 2023-05-09 | 1,442 | 120.2 | ... that despite being marketed as Tages' international breakthrough, Studio was only issued in Sweden and Denmark upon original release? | |
Protection Court | 2023-05-26 | 2,880 | 120.0 | ... that the show Protection Court continued to air episodes during an investigation launched by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission alleging that litigants were filmed without their consent? | |
Marisa Anderson | 2023-05-19 | 2,866 | 119.4 | ... that Marisa Anderson organized and participated in multiple cross-country walks to raise awareness for various political causes? | |
Džuvljarke: Roma Lesbian Existence | 2023-05-01 | 1,406 | 117.1 | ... that Džuvljarke written by Vera Kurtić includes interviews with members of the LGBT community in Serbia and concludes that Romani lesbian women are often "invisible"? | |
2022 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship | 2023-05-13 | 2,796 | 116.5 | ... that the USC Trojans team that won the 2022 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship had been compared to the Marvel Comics' Avengers? | |
Ruth Northway | 2023-05-16 | 2,772 | 115.5 | ... that Ruth Northway is the United Kingdom's first professor of learning disability nursing? | |
Anthony Pople | 2023-05-18 | 2,744 | 114.4 | ... that in 1994, Anthony Pople created two computer programs to analyse classical music? | |
Cathy Whims | 2023-05-10 | 2,700 | 112.5 | ... that Cathy Whims has opened several restaurants in Portland, Oregon, including the Nostrana, which has been described as "Portland's capital of the Negroni"? | |
Radomir Lazović | 2023-05-02 | 1,344 | 112.0 | ... that Radomir Lazović and other activists protested against the redevelopment of the Belgrade Waterfront by bringing a giant rubber duck to the House of the National Assembly? | |
Tina Hutchinson | 2023-05-10 | 2,658 | 110.8 | ... that in her first year with San Diego State, basketball player Tina Hutchinson set NCAA freshman scoring records and led the Aztecs to their first NCAA tournament? | |
Muhammad Rapsel Ali | 2023-05-02 | 1,325 | 110.4 | ... that Indonesian politician Muhammad Rapsel Ali founded a motorcycle racing team? | |
In the Best of Families (miniseries) | 2023-05-13 | 2,636 | 109.8 | ... that the miniseries In the Best of Families was based on the book Bitter Blood which in turn is a recount of the real life murders of Fritz Klenner? | |
Eula Morgan | 2023-05-30 | 2,572 | 107.2 | ... that actress Eula Morgan performed opera in her 1940s film roles, such as Madame Rinaldi in The Great American Broadcast? | |
Paul Hinrichs | 2023-05-02 | 1,283 | 106.9 | ... that after he retired from professional baseball, Paul Hinrichs became a Lutheran minister? | |
Marios Georgiou | 2023-05-15 | 2,536 | 105.6 | ... that in 2022 Marios Georgiou became Cyprus's first European champion in gymnastics? | |
List of Alexander McQueen collections | 2023-05-07 | 1,262 | 105.1 | ... that across his thirty-six collections, fashion designer Alexander McQueen contemplated religion, told fairy tales, and criticized the fashion industry? | |
Roman Josi | 2023-05-01 | 1,250 | 104.2 | ... that defenceman Roman Josi is the Nashville Predators single-season points leader? | |
Arthur Dantchik | 2023-05-13 | 2,446 | 101.9 | ... that two Americans, Jeff Yass and Arthur Dantchik, are large funders of the Kohelet Policy Forum, an intellectual driving force of the controversial 2023 Israeli judicial reform package? | |
Luena Martinez | 2023-05-07 | 1,210 | 100.9 | ... that before winning The X Factor: The Band as part of RLY, Luena Martinez had released two singles as part of an anti-bullying campaign? | |
Fletcher Loyer | 2023-05-04 | 1,206 | 100.5 | ... that Fletcher Loyer made a game-winning three-point shot in Columbus, Ohio, in January 2023 and missed a game-tying one in Columbus in March? | |
William F. Matthews (died 1977) | 2023-05-11 | 2,368 | 98.7 | ... that in 1976, William F. Matthews became the first bookbinder to receive the Insignia Award of the City and Guilds of London Institute? | |
Nanni di Bartolo | 2023-05-02 | 1,174 | 97.8 | ... that a wall tomb in Verona (pictured) has a ten-figure Resurrection scene in marble by Nanni di Bartolo and paintings by Pisanello? | |
Satrio Sastrodiredjo | 2023-05-18 | 1,180 | 49.2 | ... that Satrio Sastrodiredjo and Moerachman, both former mayors of Surabaya, Indonesia, were held as political prisoners in the same prison after the 30 September Movement in 1965? | |
Moerachman | 1,139 | 47.5 | |||
Total | 2,319 | 96.6 | |||
North Carolina Council of State | 2023-05-07 | 1,156 | 96.4 | ... that Elaine Marshall became the first woman elected to the North Carolina Council of State in its 246-year existence? | |
Celine-Marie Pascale | 2023-05-14 | 2,290 | 95.4 | ... that Celine-Marie Pascale's work focuses on how race and class impact the way "business practices and government policies create, normalize and entrench economic struggles" to benefit the wealthy? | |
1978 World Snooker Championship | 2023-05-31 | 2,212 | 92.1 | ... that at the 1978 World Snooker Championship, Fred Davis reached the semi-finals at the age of 64? | |
Tissue (cloth) | 2023-05-25 | 2,160 | 90.0 | ... that the word 'tissue' in textiles refers to types of fabric that are delicate, lightweight, and sheer in nature? | |
WTIC-TV | 2023-05-17 | 2,145 | 89.4 | ... that a Connecticut TV station was dedicated to the state's first female governor, Ella Grasso, whose son was a minority owner? | |
2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game | 2023-05-08 | 1,060 | 88.3 | ... that the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the first to feature two teams from the Pac-12 Conference? | |
Soekotjo Sastrodinoto | 2023-05-07 | 1,045 | 87.1 | ... that under Soekotjo Sastrodinoto, the municipal government of Surabaya signed up the city's homeless population for the transmigration program? | |
Edward Kimball (teacher) | 2023-05-06 | 1,003 | 83.6 | ... that 19th-century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody was converted to Christianity in the stock room of a shoe store by his Sunday School teacher Edward Kimball? | |
My Tender Matador | 2023-05-29 | 1,952 | 81.3 | ... that the historical-romance novel My Tender Matador includes a fictionalized version of the attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet? | |
List of all-time WNBA win–loss records | 2023-05-17 | 1,942 | 80.9 | ... that the Los Angeles Sparks have the most wins and highest winning percentage in WNBA history? | |
Radjamin Nasution | 2023-05-08 | 942 | 78.5 | ... that during his career in Surabaya, Radjamin Nasution worked as a customs official, an alderman, a doctor, a football club's president, and the city's mayor? | |
Helene Lecher | 2023-05-06 | 942 | 78.5 | ... that Helene Lecher's presentation at the Women at the Hague conference, which Mary Heaton Vorse described as the "most moving speech of all the Congress", urged for peace? | |
2023 Tour Championship | 2023-05-15 | 1,720 | 71.6 | ... that Kyren Wilson won the first four frames in all of his snooker matches at the 2023 Tour Championship? | |
Bachtiar Djafar | 2023-05-06 | 844 | 70.3 | ... that Bachtiar Djafar was the first mayor of Medan, Indonesia, to be of Malay descent? | |
Annet Genestier | 2023-05-29 | 1,667 | 69.5 | ... that the bird subspecies Alcippe dubia genestieri is named after Annet Genestier, a French missionary-botanist in China who also built Zhongding Catholic Church in 1908? | |
Te Deum (Reulein) | 2023-05-06 | 806 | 67.2 | ... that the 2018 Te Deum for choir by Peter Reulein uses the same instruments including a bandoneon as Palmeri's Misatango, and is inspired by tango, habanera and huapango? | |
Lynda Simmons | 2023-05-20 | 1,519 | 63.3 | ... that Lynda Simmons co-founded Architecture + Women NZ with Sarah Treadwell, Julie Wilson and Megan Rule to push for equity in New Zealand architecture? | |
Ali Mufiz | 2023-05-08 | 750 | 62.5 | ... that Ali Mufiz was named advisor, without his consent, to a candidate's campaign in the 2013 gubernatorial election for Central Java? | |
Surrexit a mortuis | 2023-05-27 | 1,049 | 43.7 | ... that the Easter composition Surrexit a mortuis ('He rose from the dead') was scored for choir and two organs by Charles-Marie Widor, the organist at Saint-Sulpice in Paris? | |
List of awards and nominations received by Angel Aquino | 2023-05-16 | 728 | 30.3 | ... that Angel Aquino received two nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 Gawad Urian Awards? |
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