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| Type | Non-image | Image | Overall | |||
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| Low | 61.8 | Tyla (album) | 165.1 | Strobilanthes tonkinensis | 61.8 | Tyla (album) |
| Median | 247.4 | Reed Timmer Bengisu Avcı |
489.0 | Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator | 267.6 | Scott Jarvis (actor) |
| High | 1,931.6 | Logan Edra, Sunny Choi, Manizha Talash | 2,177.2 | Titiou Lecoq | 2,177.2 | Titiou Lecoq |
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edit| Article | Date | Image | views | vph | DYK hook |
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| Titiou Lecoq | 2024-08-27 | .jpg) |
52,252 | 2,177.2 | ... that Titiou Lecoq (pictured) only realized that "women did not rule the universe" after she left home? |
| Milkie Way | 2024-08-24 | .jpg) |
50,224 | 2,092.7 | ... that a performance by Milkie Way (pictured) at the 2021 Heavy Music Awards got its Twitch stream banned for three days? |
| Logan Edra | 2024-08-09 | 20,172 | 840.5 | ... that while Sunny Choi and Logan Edra represent their country at the Olympics in breakdancing, Afghan breakdancer Manizha Talash competes as a member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team? | |
| Sunny Choi | 15,942[a] | 664.2 | |||
| Manizha Talash | 10,245 | 426.9 | |||
| Total | 46,359 | 1,931.6 | |||
| Zénith (balloon) | 2024-08-19 |  |
40,048 | 1,668.7 | ... that the two victims of the Zénith balloon incident are depicted holding hands on their tomb (pictured)? |
| Blinking Sam | 2024-08-29 | .jpg) |
36,188 | 1,507.8 | ... that Samuel Johnson did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam" (pictured)? |
| Kennedy Blades | 2024-08-10 | 30,374[b] | 1,265.6 | ... that female wrestler Kennedy Blades once won a state championship against boys? | |
| John S. McCain Sr. | 2024-08-20 |  |
28,190 | 1,174.6 | ... that John S. McCain Sr. and John S. McCain Jr. (both pictured) were the first father-and-son pair to achieve the U.S. rank of four-star admiral? |
| Jan Kryst | 2024-08-21 | 27,354 | 1,139.7 | ... that in revenge for the torture of Polish prisoners, the terminally-ill Jan Kryst walked into the Café Adria and shot members of the Gestapo? | |
| Céline Dept | 2024-08-06 | .jpg) |
24,847 | 1,035.3 | ... that Céline Dept (pictured) was the first Belgian YouTuber to reach 10 million subscribers? |
| Ravenswood standing stone | 2024-08-18 |  |
23,228 | 967.8 | ... that the 4,000-year-old Ravenswood standing stone (pictured) now lies in a cul-de-sac in a 1970s Scottish housing estate? |
| The Motherland Calls | 2024-08-12 | 23,006 | 958.6 | ... that a woman was sentenced to 10 months of forced labor when she "tickled" the breasts of The Motherland Calls? | |
| Death of Richard Swanson | 2024-08-24 | 20,627 | 859.5 | ... that Richard Swanson died while trying to dribble a soccer ball from Seattle to São Paulo? | |
| Sophie Kropotkin | 2024-08-30 | 19,786 | 824.4 | ... that Sophie Kropotkin and her husband returned to France despite the risk of being arrested, as they thought that detention in a French prison would be preferable to living in England? | |
| Rockstar North | 2024-08-22 |  |
19,622 | 817.6 | ... that in 1989, Rockstar North opened its first offices above a former fish and chip shop (pictured) in Dundee? |
| Erdős–Moser equation | 2024-08-05 | 18,538 | 772.4 | {{{6}}} | |
| Better Off Dead? | 2024-08-09 | 18,262 | 760.9 | ... that a reviewer did not expect a documentary on assisted suicide to be so funny? | |
| Oriana Skylar Mastro | 2024-08-03 |  |
18,184 | 757.6 | ... that Oriana Skylar Mastro (pictured), a Stanford political scientist, joined the U.S. Air Force as a PhD student to better understand military issues in the Asia–Pacific region? |
| Timeline of Partygate | 2024-08-13 | 17,842 | 743.4 | ... that a £142 wine fridge was smuggled into Downing Street on 11 December 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom? | |
| Tina and Milo | 2024-08-16 | 17,340 | 722.5 | ... that the mascots of the 2026 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Paralympics were designed by schoolchildren? | |
| Queer manicure | 2024-08-22 | 16,534 | 688.9 | ... that some LGBT people wear shorter nails on their middle and index fingers to allow for easier manual sex and to express a queer identity? | |
| Godzilla Minus One | 2024-08-07 | 16,244[c] | 676.8 | ... that a Japanese essayist and film historian has called Godzilla Minus One a "dangerous movie"? | |
| Roberto Quintanilla | 2024-08-14 | 15,864 | 661.0 | ... that Bolivian intelligence officer Roberto Quintanilla was responsible for cutting off Che Guevara's hands? | |
| Samoan branch of the Nazi Party | 2024-08-17 | 15,474 | 644.7 | ... that non-white Samoan people were permitted to join the local branch of the Nazi Party in the 1930s? | |
| Huang Wenxiu | 2024-08-28 | 15,454 | 643.9 | ... that after her 2019 death in rural China, Huang Wenxiu was elevated into a national model by the Chinese Communist Party? | |
| Doris Ilda Allen | 2024-08-08 | 15,194 | 633.1 | ... that "Lucki" Allen's prediction of the Tet Offensive was ignored, but she was later inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame? | |
| Flag of North Korea | 2024-08-26 | 15,068 | 627.8 | ... that the flag of North Korea has been mistakenly used by international organisations to represent South Korea? | |
| Liber OZ | 2024-08-27 | 15,065 | 627.7 | ... that Aleister Crowley's 1941 manifesto controversially asserts a human right to commit tyrannicide? | |
| Poozeum | 2024-08-13 |  |
15,056 | 627.4 | ... that the Poozeum holds fossilized dinosaur feces (pictured) which may have come from a T. rex? |
| Flag of Togo | 2024-08-23 | .svg)
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8,792 | 366.3 | ... that the five stripes of the flag of Togo (pictured) represent the country's five regions? |
| Regions of Togo | 6,080 | 253.3 | |||
| Total | 14,872 | 619.6 | |||
| Donald Trump raised-fist photographs | 2024-08-28 | 14,820 | 617.5 | ... that photographs of Donald Trump taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been acclaimed as "immediately legendary"? | |
| Frederick Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont | 2024-08-04 | 14,392[d] | 599.7 | ... that Frederick Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont, was nicknamed "the loneliest boy in the world" by journalists? | |
| Canaanite shipwreck | 2024-08-19 | 14,302 | 595.9 | ... that a shipwreck in the eastern Mediterranean, dating from the Late Bronze Age, is the earliest deep-sea shipwreck to be discovered? | |
| Mary Owens (Abraham Lincoln fiancée) | 2024-08-18 | 14,206 | 591.9 | ... that Abraham Lincoln felt obliged to propose to Mary Owens – a woman he did not want to marry – but was rejected several times? | |
| R/nosleep | 2024-08-28 | 14,202 | 591.7 | ... that police were called several times in 2014 about a fictitious post on r/nosleep? | |
| Fănuș Neagu | 2024-08-12 |  |
14,080 | 586.7 | ... that writer Fănuș Neagu (pictured) claimed to have spent the Romanian floods of May 1970 stranded with a feral wolf on the roof of a cannery? |
| Andrew Gillison | 2024-08-31 | .jpg) |
13,994 | 583.1 | ... that Australian military chaplain Andrew Gillison (pictured) took up arms to snipe at Turkish soldiers in Gallipoli? |
| Tomato sandwich | 2024-08-02 | 13,642 | 568.4 | ... that many enthusiasts say that a good tomato sandwich is so messy, it should be eaten over the kitchen sink? | |
| Advanced Tactical Fighter | 2024-08-21 |  |
13,308 | 554.5 | ... that the Advanced Tactical Fighter program resulted in the F-22 Raptor (pictured)? |
| Operation Matterhorn logistics | 2024-08-06 | 13,042 | 543.4 | ... that Operation Matterhorn logistics involved the construction of airfields in China by thousands of laborers with hammers and wicker baskets? | |
| 2000 Cambodian coup d'état attempt | 2024-08-08 | 13,036 | 543.2 | ... that an American citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to overthrow the government of Cambodia? | |
| Apex (dinosaur) | 2024-08-28 | 12,836 | 534.8 | ... that a Stegosaurus fossil sold for $44.6 million? | |
| Hayari Miyake | 2024-08-17 |  |
12,816 | 534.0 | ... that Japanese surgeon Hayari Miyake (pictured) cured Albert Einstein of a tropical fever? |
| Zheng Haohao | 2024-08-06 | 12,718 | 529.9 | ... that after qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the age of 11, skateboarder Zheng Haohao became the youngest Chinese sportsperson to participate in the Olympics? | |
| Jarrett Robertson | 2024-08-15 | 12,682 | 528.4 | ... that Major General Jarrett Robertson earned the nickname "Desert Fox" by having similar skills in battle to German field marshal Erwin Rommel, who held the same nickname? | |
| Francis Procter | 2024-08-01 | 8,546 | 356.1 | ... that "the old man was startled and a little shocked" when he was shown Walter Frere's revision of his book? | |
| A History of the Book of Common Prayer | 3,961 | 165.0 | |||
| Total | 12,506 | 521.1 | |||
| Kim Ye-ji (sport shooter) | 2024-08-04 | 12,198[e] | 508.2 | ... that Kim Ye-ji's performance in the 10 meter air pistol at the 2024 Summer Olympics led her to be dubbed the "coolest person on the planet"? | |
| Valley Falls train collision | 2024-08-31 | 12,055 | 502.3 | ... that the 1853 Valley Falls train collision led to the creation of a time zone? | |
| Cultybraggan Camp | 2024-08-16 | 11,805 | 491.9 | ... that the area of Cultybraggan Camp has been a royal hunting ground, a prison for fervent Nazis and the site of an underground bunker intended for use in a nuclear war? | |
| Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator | 2024-08-11 | .jpg) |
11,736 | 489.0 | ... that Apollo astronauts walked on walls (pictured) before walking on the Moon? |
| Amy Sawyer | 2024-08-15 | .png) |
11,600 | 483.3 | ... that Amy Sawyer (pictured) was the only woman to contribute to the more than a thousand illustrations created for H. Rider Haggard's works during his lifetime? |
| Quintus Quincy Quigley | 2024-08-27 | 11,596 | 483.1 | ... that Quintus Quincy Quigley preferred "Angles" to a ring? | |
| Russian ship Dmitry | 2024-08-20 | 11,584 | 482.7 | ... that the 1885 wreck of the cargo ship Dmitry was the inspiration for the arrival of Count Dracula in England in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel? | |
| Soviet Red Army Monument, Harbin | 2024-08-04 |  |
11,582 | 482.6 | ... that although the Soviet Red Army Monument in Harbin (pictured) was covered with scaffolding during the Sino-Soviet split, wreaths were still laid in front of it during the Qingming Festival and on Victory Day? |
| Dogpool | 2024-08-20 | 11,580 | 482.5 | ... that the character Dogpool was portrayed by "Britain's ugliest dog"? | |
| 2024 Suzhou knife attack | 2024-08-31 | 11,495 | 479.0 | ... that a knife attack in Suzhou, China, led to the deletion of hundreds of ultranationalist posts from social media platforms? | |
| No kid zone | 2024-08-01 | 11,398 | 474.9 | ... that the National Library of Korea is a no kid zone? | |
| William Hewett (British Army officer) | 2024-08-23 | 11,381 | 474.2 | ... that William Hewett was the last-surviving British Army officer to have fought at the Battle of Waterloo? | |
| Tupou VI | 2024-08-27 | 11,246 | 468.6 | ... that Tupou VI was crowned by D'Arcy Wood, an Australian, in order to respect the tradition of native Tongans not touching the king's head? | |
| Clustertruck | 2024-08-08 | 11,196 | 466.5 | ... that the idea for Clustertruck came from a developer wanting to escape traffic? | |
| Ken Goldin | 2024-08-14 | 11,176 | 465.7 | ... that Ken Goldin has sold more than US$1.3 billion in collectibles? | |
| Liechtenstein at the 1936 Summer Olympics | 2024-08-04 | 11,140 | 464.2 | ... that for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Liechtenstein flipped their flag upside down? | |
| Robert Turner (soldier) | 2024-08-29 | 11,078 | 461.6 | ... that Robert Turner remained in post for around 30 years after being described as "the oldest soldier in the Royal Artillery"? | |
| Lionel Haward | 2024-08-19 | 11,043 | 460.1 | ... that Lionel Haward applied an early example of offender profiling to help identify high-ranking Nazis disguised as ordinary troops? | |
| About People | 2024-08-20 | 10,904 | 454.3 | ... that a scholar argued that the 2021 German novel About People, which is set during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, encourages "sympathy with rightwing extremists"? | |
| Tax Heaven 3000 | 2024-08-13 | 10,752 | 448.0 | ... that an art collective released a dating simulator dedicated to preparing the player's income taxes? | |
| Sam Carling | 2024-08-22 | 10,737 | 447.4 | ... that Sam Carling is the first UK member of Parliament to be born in the 21st century? | |
| Cannonball (LIRR train) | 2024-08-05 |  |
10,605 | 441.9 | ... that the Cannonball (pictured), a commuter train on the Long Island Rail Road, was once operated exclusively with parlor cars? |
| Choco Togo | 2024-08-18 | 10,434 | 434.8 | ... that Choco Togo produces heat-resistant chocolate bars that can withstand temperatures of up to 35 °C (95 °F)? | |
| North Korean Defectors' Day | 2024-08-17 | 10,340 | 430.8 | ... that South Korea has a day to celebrate North Koreans? | |
| Jamal Valizadeh | 2024-08-05 | 10,338 | 430.8 | ... that after Jamal Valizadeh was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team? | |
| Winzar Kakiouea | 2024-08-30 | 10,298 | 429.1 | ... that Winzar Kakiouea was the sole athlete from his nation at the 2024 Olympics? | |
| Felix Eberty | 2024-08-13 | 10,257 | 427.4 | ... that Felix Eberty was called "an original and ingenious person" by Albert Einstein? | |
| Bazaruto Island | 2024-08-26 | 10,256 | 427.3 | ... that thousands of crocodiles were once farmed on Bazaruto Island? | |
| Suleiman of Germiyan | 2024-08-13 | 10,160 | 423.3 | ... that Suleiman of Germiyan allowed the Ottoman annexation of much of his territory to pay his daughter's dowry? | |
| McLaren MCL60 | 2024-08-23 | 10,145 | 422.7 | ... that a commentator said the McLaren MCL60 underwent "one of the most impressive in-season development steps ever seen" in Formula One? | |
| CIVT-DT | 2024-08-21 | 10,130 | 422.1 | ... that a Vancouver TV station was intended to stop the "$1,500 cup of coffee"? | |
| Matahi Brightwell | 2024-08-01 | .jpg) |
10,092 | 420.5 | ... that Matahi Brightwell (pictured) reintroduced the sport of waka ama to New Zealand? |
| The Daleks' Master Plan | 2024-08-03 | 9,978 | 415.8 | ... that three-quarters of Doctor Who's longest story are missing? | |
| Gothus teemo | 2024-08-02 | 9,950 | 414.6 | ... that a crab species was named after both an ancient board game and a League of Legends character? | |
| McVey Fire | 2024-08-06 | 9,823 | 409.3 | ... that after the McVey Fire, the United States Forest Service accidentally planted thousands of acres of non-native trees? | |
| Mama (My Chemical Romance song) | 2024-08-29 | 9,793 | 408.0 | ... that mamas sang on "Mama"? | |
| Gabriel Navarrete | 2024-08-31 | 9,792 | 408.0 | ... that during World War II, Gabriel Navarrete tried to prevent the crossing of Rapido River, in which American forces suffered 2,128 casualties? | |
| Anderson's Grocery | 2024-08-03 | 9,774 | 407.2 | ... that in its centennial year, Anderson's Grocery was said to be one of only ten small U.S. groceries that were more than a hundred years old? | |
| Kanaria (musician) | 2024-08-23 | 5,154 | 214.8 | ... that Kanaria's song "King" has been characterized as an allegory for the house arrest, trial, and execution of Louis XVI? | |
| King (Kanaria song) | 4,594 | 191.4 | |||
| Total | 9,748 | 406.2 | |||
| Ocean Parkway (Brooklyn) | 2024-08-14 |  |
9,734 | 405.6 | ... that horse and sleigh racing once took place on Ocean Parkway (pictured)? |
| Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics | 2024-08-22 | 9,576 | 399.0 | ... that the Yerevan Children's Art Museum deliberately kept no records from the 1970s to the 1990s? | |
| Hands on Me (Jason Derulo song) | 2024-08-23 | 9,453 | 393.9 | ... that a lyric in the song "Hands on Me" is about Meghan Trainor being unable to have sex due to pelvic floor damage? | |
| Aoi Koga | 2024-08-24 | 9,448 | 393.6 | ... that voice actress Aoi Koga has an interest in manhole covers? | |
| First Bishops' War | 2024-08-01 | 9,378 | 390.8 | ... that during the First Bishops' War, the Duke of Hamilton's mother intended to shoot him with silver bullets if he landed in Scotland? | |
| Emmanuella Atora | 2024-08-08 | 9,331 | 388.8 | ... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Emmanuella Atora described her career as "I hit people for a living"? | |
| DI MA-1 Mk. III | 2024-08-18 | 9,248 | 385.3 | ... that the DI MA-1 Mk. III rifle was made in Myanmar as a reverse-engineered copy of the Chinese QBZ-97? | |
| H. Wortman Pumping Station | 2024-08-13 | 8,782 | 365.9 | ... that the H. Wortman Pumping Station has four pumps, but is only used in exceptional circumstances? | |
| Ecco2K | 2024-08-17 | 8,732 | 363.9 | ... that Ecco2K created a fashion brand when he was 16 years old by talking online to Chinese factory managers who did not know his age? | |
| Alien Blue | 2024-08-11 | 8,716 | 363.1 | ... that Alien Blue was the most popular Reddit app for iPhone and iPad at the time of its discontinuation? | |
| Milk Drop Coronet | 2024-08-25 |  |
8,636 | 359.8 | ... that Doc Edgerton created a stroboscope that he used to take high-speed photographs of bullets being shot, insects flying, and drops of liquid (pictured)? |
| Capital Bicycle Club | 2024-08-08 |  |
8,542 | 355.9 | ... that residents reported the first cycling club in Washington, D.C., (uniform pictured) to the police over concerns that bicycles posed a danger to pedestrians? |
| The Eternaut 1969 | 2024-08-29 | 8,540 | 355.8 | ... that The Eternaut 1969 is a reboot of the original comic, with an anti-imperialist tone? | |
| Barry Melbourne Hussey | 2024-08-16 | 8,354 | 348.1 | ... that Argentine naval officer Barry Melbourne Hussey was known as El Ingles ('The Englishman') by his comrades? | |
| Leonhard Kaiser | 2024-08-16 | 8,243 | 343.5 | ... that Leonhard Kaiser, a student of Martin Luther, was burned at the stake on 16 August 1527 after being declared guilty of heresy? | |
| Grace Panvini | 2024-08-31 | 8,136 | 339.0 | ... that soprano Grace Panvini stood 4 ft 11.75 in (151.8 cm) tall – a height described by one reviewer as an asset for appearing youthful on stage? | |
| Liebfrauenkirche, Zurich | 2024-08-28 |  |
8,096 | 337.4 | ... that Liebfrauenkirche (pictured), a Catholic church in Zurich, was designed with Italian influences to distinguish it from churches of other denominations? |
| Suriname at the 1960 Summer Olympics | 2024-08-01 | 7,989 | 332.9 | ... that in its first appearance at the Olympics, Suriname was represented by a single athlete, who missed his event? | |
| Verna Osborne | 2024-08-13 | 7,920 | 330.0 | ... that voice teacher Verna Osborne retired at the age of 101? | |
| Ruby Remati | 2024-08-07 | 7,892 | 328.8 | ... that Olympian Ruby Remati got into synchronized swimming because she liked the competitors' "sparkly suits" as a child? | |
| Drukqs | 2024-08-30 | 7,813 | 325.5 | ... that Aphex Twin never intended to release Drukqs and only did so because he accidentally left an MP3 player on a plane? | |
| Costello's | 2024-08-28 | 7,760 | 323.3 | ... that Ernest Hemingway broke a cane over John O'Hara's head in Costello's, an Irish bar in New York City? | |
| Filomenaleonisa Iakopo | 2024-08-03 | 7,734 | 322.3 | ... that Olympic sprinter Filomenaleonisa Iakopo is also a competitive bodybuilder? | |
| Miss Indigenous Canada | 2024-08-20 | 7,658 | 319.1 | ... that the first Miss Indigenous Canada contestants were judged on ambassadorship, character, community service, and cultural involvement? | |
| Sun Chen (breakdancer) | 2024-08-29 | 7,628 | 317.9 | ... that Olympic breakdancer Sun Chen is nicknamed "Quake" as he was born on the day of a deadly earthquake? | |
| Emily Ausmus | 2024-08-02 | 7,532 | 313.8 | ... that at age 12, Emily Ausmus participated in an international water polo tournament against players as old as 19? | |
| Guess (song) | 2024-08-30 | 7,468[f] | 311.2 | ... that following the filming of the music video for "Guess", Charli XCX and Billie Eilish donated 10,000 pairs of underwear to charity? | |
| Joan Ruth | 2024-08-16 | 7,387 | 307.8 | ... that soprano Joan Ruth rejected a marriage proposal because her suitor wanted her to abandon ambitions of a singing career? | |
| Marcedes Walker | 2024-08-01 | 7,366[g] | 306.9 | ... that basketball player Marcedes Walker became an Olympian 16 years after her WNBA career ended? | |
| WYOU | 2024-08-01 | 7,338 | 305.8 | ... that a high school evicted a Pennsylvania TV station? | |
| The boys of Pointe du Hoc | 2024-08-06 | 7,332 | 305.5 | ... that when delivering his speech "The boys of Pointe du Hoc" on the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Ronald Reagan addressed 62 veteran service members present on D-Day? | |
| Cobra Crack | 2024-08-24 | 7,320 | 305.0 | ... that when Didier Berthod failed to make the first free ascent of Cobra Crack in 2005, he quit climbing and became a Franciscan monk? | |
| Mammoth Solar | 2024-08-23 | 7,220 | 300.8 | ... that the United States' largest planned solar project, Mammoth Solar, is named after mastodon fossils rather than its size? | |
| Mikaella Moshe | 2024-08-03 | 7,205 | 300.2 | ... that Israeli archer Mikaella Moshe competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics after having spent less than two years in the sport? | |
| Gaku Akazawa | 2024-08-10 | 7,077 | 294.9 | ... that Olympic wrestler Gaku Akazawa also runs a popular massage parlor? | |
| Until Then | 2024-08-19 | 7,076 | 294.8 | ... that the adventure game Until Then has an in-universe version of Facebook where the player can like and comment on other characters' posts? | |
| Laquintasaura | 2024-08-22 | 7,070 | 294.6 | ... that the discovery of Laquintasaura challenged the idea that early dinosaurs could not survive in equatorial regions? | |
| Piper Kelly | 2024-08-05 | 7,042 | 293.4 | ... that Piper Kelly secured her position as a competitor in speed climbing at the 2024 Olympics by reaching the final race at the 2023 Pan American Games, before winning the race? | |
| Perugia's limia | 2024-08-30 |  |
6,970 | 290.4 | ... that dominant males of Perugia's limia (species pictured) may be so preoccupied with fighting each other that the females end up mating with the subordinate males? |
| Dead Pony | 2024-08-10 | 6,968 | 290.3 | ... that Dead Pony renamed themselves after a track expressing how they felt after being told that Santa Claus was fictional? | |
| Fred Thomas (British politician) | 2024-08-14 | 6,964 | 290.1 | ... that before Fred Thomas became an MP, he was the Royal Marines' light heavyweight boxing champion? | |
| List of songs recorded by the Linda Lindas | 2024-08-21 | 6,935 | 289.0 | ... that the Linda Lindas have recorded a cover of the song they were named after? | |
| Tulbaghia acutiloba | 2024-08-07 |  |
6,858 | 285.8 | ... that on top of being used as a culinary herb, Tulbaghia acutiloba (pictured) has traditionally been used in treating infectious diseases and hypertension? |
| Headless priest | 2024-08-19 | 6,782 | 282.6 | ... that, according to a local myth, a headless priest cursed León Viejo with earthquakes? | |
| Lee Dong-hwan (pastor) | 2024-08-21 | 6,772 | 282.2 | ... that a South Korean church suspended a pastor, Lee Dong-hwan, after he performed a blessing at a queer festival and eventually excommunicated him? | |
| South West Norfolk in the 2024 United Kingdom general election | 2024-08-27 | 6,684 | 278.5 | ... that by losing her constituency of South West Norfolk in 2024, Liz Truss became the first former UK prime minister since 1935 to lose their seat? | |
| Lothar von Falkenhausen | 2024-08-12 | 6,644 | 276.8 | ... that Lothar von Falkenhausen was appointed an honorary professor of Zhejiang University, an honor usually reserved for Nobel Prize winners? | |
| Bardi (surname) | 2024-08-25 | 6,624 | 276.0 | ... that though Donatello was a Bardi, he was not a Bardi? | |
| Ada Korkhin | 2024-08-11 | 6,554 | 273.1 | ... that Olympic sport shooter Ada Korkhin practiced in her family's apartment, shooting from the kitchen through the living and dining rooms? | |
| Cocoa production in São Tomé and Príncipe | 2024-08-07 | 6,552 | 273.0 | ... that São Tomé and Príncipe was popularly known as the Chocolate Islands in the early 1900s, when it was the world's top exporter of cocoa? | |
| Charles De Geer | 2024-08-26 |  |
6,514 | 271.4 | ... that entomologist Charles De Geer made all the illustrations for his eight-volume work himself (example pictured)? |
| Sarah Gibson (composer) | 2024-08-08 | 6,508 | 271.2 | ... that Sarah Gibson, who formed a piano duo with Thomas Kotcheff, composed warp & weft inspired by the art of Miriam Schapiro, to be played today by the BBC Philharmonic at The Proms? | |
| Carey Wright | 2024-08-27 | 6,478 | 269.9 | ... that Carey Wright implemented literacy reforms that led to the "Mississippi Miracle"? | |
| Riley Gale | 2024-08-12 | 6,461 | 269.2 | ... that a critic compared vocalist Riley Gale to a "rabid wolf"? | |
| Scott Jarvis (actor) | 2024-08-20 | 6,423 | 267.6 | ... that actor Scott Jarvis was angered when White House officials under Richard Nixon requested that portions of his role in the musical 1776 be cut due to its anti-war theme? | |
| Zou Heng | 2024-08-15 | 6,405 | 266.9 | ... that Chinese archaeologist Zou Heng was forced to work as a poultry farmer during the Cultural Revolution? | |
| Jesse Grupper | 2024-08-07 | 6,388 | 266.2 | ... that when not rock climbing, American Olympian Jesse Grupper develops exoskeletons? | |
| Hadi Tiranvalipour | 2024-08-07 | 6,376 | 265.6 | ... that refugee Hadi Tiranvalipour spent his first ten days in Italy living in a forest before joining the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics? | |
| Piano Quintet (Shostakovich) | 2024-08-09 | 6,340 | 264.1 | ... that the Piano Quintet by Dmitri Shostakovich has been called "the most expensive piece of chamber music ever composed"? | |
| Cocoa smuggling | 2024-08-20 | 6,281 | 261.7 | ... that those found guilty of cocoa smuggling in Ghana face a maximum sentence of ten years in prison? | |
| Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat | 2024-08-26 | 6,234 | 259.8 | ... that Spanish bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is expected to be a future head of state of Andorra? | |
| Raid on Chesconessex Creek | 2024-08-17 | 6,224 | 259.3 | ... that an 1814 British raid on a fort in Virginia was guided by an escaped slave of the American garrison commander? | |
| Nosy Komba | 2024-08-25 | 6,208 | 258.7 | ... that Nosy Komba is a destination for both ecotourism and illegal logging? | |
| Substructure search | 2024-08-29 | 6,148 | 256.2 | ... that you can search Wikipedia or a database of more than 37 billion compounds by substructure? | |
| The Strip (book) | 2024-08-12 | 6,122 | 255.1 | ... that The Strip documents how the gangster Meyer Lansky would walk his Shih Tzu near the pool while visiting a casino? | |
| Bengisu Avcı | 2024-08-16 | 6,017 | 250.7 | ... that Bengisu Avcı had to abandon her 45-kilometre (28-mile) swim across the Kaiwi Channel after being stung by jellyfish twelve hours in? | |
| Reed Timmer | 2024-08-29 | 5,856 | 244.0 | ... that storm chaser Reed Timmer feared thunder and lightning at a young age? | |
| Cho Myung-chul | 2024-08-02 | 5,838 | 243.3 | ... that Cho Myung-chul was the first North Korean defector to be elected to the South Korean National Assembly? | |
| Upper Skagit Indian Tribe | 2024-08-26 | 5,829 | 242.9 | ... that after becoming a religious leader of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Slaybebtikud united the tribes and established himself as their sole leader? | |
| Jay Horwitz | 2024-08-11 | 5,802 | 241.7 | ... that New York Mets executive Jay Horwitz did not publicly reveal that he had a glass eye until he was in his 70s? | |
| Minna Stess | 2024-08-11 | 5,734 | 238.9 | ... that the parents of Olympian Minna Stess built a concrete skatepark in their backyard for their children? | |
| Accessibility of transport in London | 2024-08-03 | 5,694 | 237.2 | ... that a third of London Underground stations have step-free access? | |
| William P. Dole | 2024-08-14 | 5,662 | 235.9 | ... that before becoming a commissioner of Indian affairs, William P. Dole was only known to have encountered Native Americans once in his life? | |
| Kaur (short film) | 2024-08-04 | 5,654 | 235.6 | ... that after a British Sikh physician could not find any recent mainstream English film led by a woman that resembled her, she co-wrote and co-produced her own? | |
| Pontic Greek culture | 2024-08-28 | 5,628 | 234.5 | ... that traditional folk dances are an essential part of Pontic Greek culture? | |
| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 1974 speech at the United Nations | 2024-08-26 | 5,620 | 234.2 | ... that the anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 1974 speech at the United Nations has been observed as Bangladeshi Immigration Day in New York since 2019? | |
| 1683 Trent flood | 2024-08-22 | 5,590 | 232.9 | ... that in 1683 ice floes on the River Trent in England badly damaged the bridges at Nottingham and Newark? | |
| Pavonia praemorsa | 2024-08-16 |  |
5,588 | 232.8 | ... that the flowers of Pavonia praemorsa (pictured) bloom and die within the same day? |
| Ahhotep I | 2024-08-09 | 5,570 | 232.1 | ... that the discovery of a coffin belonging to Ahhotep I, which had been reused to bury a high priest, ignited a debate among scholars over the true number of Egyptian queens named Ahhotep? | |
| Tobey (song) | 2024-08-16 | 5,561 | 231.7 | ... that the 2024 song "Tobey" features "3 generations of Detroit"? | |
| National Casket Company | 2024-08-10 |  |
5,538 | 230.8 | ... that the National Casket Company made caskets for U.S. president William McKinley and Ol' Rip the Horned Toad (pictured)? |
| WKBS-TV (Philadelphia) | 2024-08-17 | 5,536 | 230.6 | ... that a Philadelphia TV station shut down because of a family feud? | |
| 8th National Eucharistic Congress (United States) | 2024-08-23 | 5,535 | 230.6 | ... that a 1938 Catholic procession featured 80,000 marchers and one blimp? | |
| WDRB | 2024-08-02 | 5,530 | 230.4 | ... that a Kentucky TV station gained industry attention after it criticized the overuse of the term "breaking news"? | |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss | 2024-08-02 | 5,478[h] | 228.2 | ... that a geographer determined the surface area of Carl Friedrich Gauss's brain? | |
| Alasan Ann | 2024-08-10 | 5,462 | 227.6 | ... that taekwondo practitioner Alasan Ann was injured by a gunshot four months before an Olympic qualification tournament, but recovered in time and won the competition? | |
| Jules Loh | 2024-08-30 | 5,461 | 227.5 | ... that journalist Jules Loh reported that Malcolm X told him that "his own people would kill him" before his assassination? | |
| Not in Love (Crystal Castles song) | 2024-08-25 | 5,460 | 227.5 | ... that Crystal Castles canceled their studio recording plans for "Not in Love" because of Robert Smith's demo vocals? | |
| Hannibal von Degenfeld | 2024-08-09 |  |
5,455 | 227.3 | ... that Hannibal von Degenfeld (pictured) played the leading role in establishing the Bavarian Army in 1682, before leading it to the Battle of Vienna a year later? |
| Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? | 2024-08-14 | 5,412 | 225.5 | ... that Fumika Baba had to learn how to draw for her role in the live-action drama adaptation of Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? | |
| Durrës Expedition | 2024-08-29 | 5,371 | 223.8 | ... that the Durrës Expedition in 1376 saw Louis of Évreux successfully recapture Durrës from Karl Thopia, only for Thopia to reclaim the city in 1383? | |
| Eilish Cleary | 2024-08-22 | 5,370 | 223.8 | ... that Eilish Cleary was controversially dismissed as New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health while studying glyphosate, a herbicide widely used in the province's industries? | |
| Norsk Soyamelfabrikk | 2024-08-24 | 5,356 | 223.2 | ... that during World War II an armed resistance group was based at the Norwegian Soy Flour Plant in Larvik? | |
| Abortion in Eswatini | 2024-08-24 | 3,428 | 142.8 | ... that women seeking abortions in Eswatini or in Lesotho may travel to neighbouring South Africa, where it is legal? | |
| Abortion in Lesotho | 1,888 | 78.7 | |||
| Total | 5,316 | 221.5 | |||
| Superseded combination | 2024-08-22 | 5,308 | 221.2 | ... that a superseded combination is not a synonym for a synonym? | |
| The American Pigeon Museum & Library | 2024-08-15 | 5,303 | 221.0 | ... that the American Pigeon Museum & Library keeps a flock of hundreds of pigeons for public viewing? | |
| No Name (album) | 2024-08-05 | 5,273[i] | 219.7 | ... that Jack White released his sixth studio album unannounced by including unmarked vinyl copies of it with purchases made at Third Man Records stores? | |
| Island | 2024-08-14 | 5,242 | 218.4 | ... that islands are home to an estimated 41 percent of land vertebrates at risk of extinction? | |
| Africa Express Presents... Terry Riley's In C Mali | 2024-08-14 | 5,210 | 217.1 | ... that the pulse stops during the soliloquy of In C Mali? | |
| Environmental impacts of artificial intelligence | 2024-08-13 | 5,208 | 217.0 | ... that researchers estimated that training the model for ChatGPT used the equivalent energy footprint of "driving 123 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles for a year"? | |
| Marie Breen | 2024-08-26 | 5,186 | 216.1 | ... that Marie Breen retired from the Australian Senate to care for her husband, who had been badly injured in a car accident? | |
| Bangué | 2024-08-30 | 5,168 | 215.3 | ... that Bangué, the smallest island of the Bazaruto Archipelago, was formed by ocean waves shaped by the surrounding archipelago? | |
| Vann Molyvann | 2024-08-04 | 5,146 | 214.4 | ... that Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann declined a request from Lee Kuan Yew to help design Singapore? | |
| Ling Nam | 2024-08-12 | 5,115 | 213.1 | ... that Tomas Fung founded the predecessor of the restaurant Ling Nam with only 3,000 Philippine pesos? | |
| 2024 anti-tourism protests in Spain | 2024-08-11 | 5,066 | 211.1 | ... that wealth generated by tourism in Barcelona is claimed to be a reason for increased social inequality, causing activists to protest against overtourism? | |
| Mariesa Crow | 2024-08-06 | 5,057 | 210.7 | ... that electrical engineering professor Mariesa Crow raises alpacas? | |
| Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics | 2024-08-02 | 5,006 | 208.6 | ... that the flagbearer for the Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics also carried a flag of the United States? | |
| Jenya Kazbekova | 2024-08-06 | 4,958 | 206.6 | ... that Jenya Kazbekova, a competition climber on Ukraine's 2024 Olympic team, is the daughter and granddaughter of competition climbing medalists? | |
| Upper Ivory Coast | 2024-08-27 | 4,948 | 206.2 | ... that Upper Ivory Coast was created from the former French Upper Volta to facilitate the provision of forced plantation labour? | |
| Alex Thach | 2024-08-10 | 4,942 | 205.9 | ... that Classic Tetris World Champion Alex Thach celebrates victories by dumping Parmesan cheese on his head? | |
| Isaac Coe | 2024-08-13 | 4,862 | 202.6 | ... that frontier physician Isaac Coe is credited with saving Indianapolis from an 1821 outbreak of malaria? | |
| Apsara Sakbun | 2024-08-03 | 4,839 | 201.6 | ... that had Cambodian swimmer Apsara Sakbun declined her invitation to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics, her sister would have become an Olympian instead? | |
| Liza 'N' Eliaz | 2024-08-31 | 4,785 | 199.4 | ... that Belgian hardcore DJ Liza 'N' Eliaz was named a "spiritual leader" in France's free party movement? | |
| Sarah Levy (rugby union) | 2024-08-08 | 4,728 | 197.0 | ... that American Olympic rugby player Sarah Levy is the great-granddaughter of a Springbok? | |
| Spence Galbraith | 2024-08-05 | 4,705 | 196.0 | ... that in May 1983 British public health physician Spence Galbraith suggested withdrawing blood products made from blood donated in the U.S. after 1978? | |
| Sport in Vatican City | 2024-08-18 | 4,623 | 192.6 | ... that sport in Vatican City has included cricket, calcio fiorentino, and taekwondo? | |
| Symphony for Strings | 2024-08-17 | 4,610 | 192.1 | ... that after 1943, the Symphony for Strings by Georgy Sviridov was not played again until 2000? | |
| George Hunter Cary | 2024-08-02 | 4,536 | 189.0 | ... that citizens of New Westminster burnt effigies of Attorney General George Hunter Cary and drowned the ashes? | |
| Libotonius | 2024-08-16 | 4,457 | 185.7 | ... that some of the first likely Libotonius fossils collected are lost at the Smithsonian? | |
| ABC Cinema, Brighton | 2024-08-31 | 4,447 | 185.3 | ... that a casino, a bar, and formerly a restaurant occupy what was once one of Brighton's most important cinemas? | |
| Abortion in Zambia | 2024-08-31 | 4,396 | 183.2 | ... that even though abortion is legal in Zambia, most are performed unsafely? | |
| Abortion in Sierra Leone | 2024-08-12 | 4,394 | 183.1 | ... that Sierra Leone is the only country where a British law from 1861 still bans abortion? | |
| 1987 Kiribati presidential election | 2024-08-15 | 1,434 | 59.7 | ... that President Ieremia Tabai of Kiribati was elected in 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1987, although his eligibility for the fourth term was subject to a legal challenge? | |
| 1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister election | 1,294 | 53.9 | |||
| 1983 Kiribati presidential election | 835 | 34.8 | |||
| 1982 Kiribati presidential election | 798 | 33.2 | |||
| Total | 4,360 | 181.6 | |||
| 2024 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | 2024-08-03 | 4,351 | 181.3 | ... that the championship record was broken three times in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays? | |
| Winston Churchill's pets | 2024-08-24 | 4,338 | 180.8 | ... that Winston Churchill was often portrayed as a bulldog, but his personal pet dog during the Second World War was a poodle? | |
| Brandiose | 2024-08-27 | 4,326 | 180.3 | ... that Brandiose's design work for the Rocket City Trash Pandas helped the team sell $4 million in merchandise before it played its first game? | |
| Aniya Holder | 2024-08-05 | 4,302 | 179.2 | ... that Aniya Holder secured a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics by winning a speed climbing competition, for which she had started training without even knowing that it was an Olympics qualifier? | |
| Break room | 2024-08-12 | 4,272 | 178.0 | ... that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a United States regulatory agency, does not require workplaces to have employee break rooms? | |
| Barry Burton | 2024-08-11 | 4,124 | 171.9 | ... that Barry Burton's lines such as "You were almost a Jill Sandwich!" from the first Resident Evil game were popular enough to be referenced in following games? | |
| 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake | 2024-08-15 | 4,058 | 169.1 | ... that despite being New Zealand's biggest earthquake in 78 years, the 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake caused only minor damage? | |
| Begüm Pusat | 2024-08-27 | 4,047 | 168.6 | ... that Begüm Pusat, a 15-year-old Turkish wheelchair basketballer, was one of the youngest players at the 2019 Women's U25 World Championship? | |
| Meghri (river) | 2024-08-11 | 4,029 | 167.9 | ... that locally endangered Eurasian otters along the river Meghri have become a nuisance to local fish farmers? | |
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3,962 | 165.1 | ... that the dried leaves of Strobilanthes tonkinensis (examples pictured) give black tea a sticky rice flavor? |
| 2025 Philippine general election | 2024-08-09 | 3,955[j] | 164.8 | ... that the 2025 Philippine general election is set to be the first to be held under a new voting system provider after the previous one was disqualified over bribery allegations? | |
| Buangkok MRT station | 2024-08-08 | 3,906 | 162.8 | ... that eight cardboard white elephants were put up as a form of public protest to lobby for the opening of Buangkok MRT station in Singapore? | |
| Lisa M. Corrigan | 2024-08-19 | 3,904 | 162.7 | ... that Lisa M. Corrigan used the prison memoirs of black activists to show how incarceration impacted the black power movement? | |
| Chivers' Life of Poe | 2024-08-10 | 2,567 | 107.0 | ... that Richard Beale Davis first published Chivers' Life of Poe almost 100 years after it was written? | |
| Richard Beale Davis | 1,330 | 55.4 | |||
| Total | 3,897 | 162.4 | |||
| Norman Hunter (footballer) | 2024-08-23 | 3,780 | 157.5 | ... that a schoolteacher tried to make left-footed footballer Norman Hunter play right-footed? | |
| 2024 MLS All-Star Game | 2024-08-26 | 3,780 | 157.5 | ... that Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez were picked for the 2024 MLS All-Star Game but could not play? | |
| Destination: Skaro | 2024-08-08 | 3,768 | 157.0 | ... that David Tennant filmed a Doctor Who mini-episode on his birthday? | |
| 1988 White Mountain Fire | 2024-08-30 | 3,755 | 156.5 | ... that resources to fight the 1988 White Mountain Fire were slow to arrive because of fires at Yellowstone? | |
| Víctimas del Vaciamiento | 2024-08-20 | 3,754 | 156.4 | ... that the thrash metal band Hermética arranged to receive the gold certification for Víctimas del Vaciamiento on-stage during a concert? | |
| Dissolution Grip | 2024-08-19 | 2,040 | 85.0 | ... that Dissolution Grip by KMRU uses recordings of the artist's shack being struck by strong winds? | |
| KMRU | 1,705 | 71.0 | |||
| Total | 3,746 | 156.1 | |||
| KTLE | 2024-08-22 | 3,660 | 152.5 | ... that an Idaho TV station lost its network affiliation after less than two years on the air but did not permanently close for another decade? | |
| Historia Divae Monacellae | 2024-08-15 | 3,660 | 152.5 | ... that the Historia Divae Monacellae, a medieval hagiography, tells of wild hares performing miracles? | |
| Michael Jerrell | 2024-08-25 | 3,656 | 152.3 | ... that Michael Jerrell was the only player from the NCAA Division II level to be selected in the 2024 NFL draft? | |
| Finn Butcher | 2024-08-11 | 3,562 | 148.4 | ... that Finn Butcher is the inaugural Olympic champion in men's kayak cross? | |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | 2024-08-09 | 3,557 | 148.2 | ... that workers building Mercy Gilbert Medical Center plowed over alfalfa fields and chased off sheep during construction? | |
| Abortion in Togo | 2024-08-19 | 3,545 | 147.7 | ... that Togo's abortion law was one of the first in Africa to allow abortion in the case of rape? | |
| Cuisine of Jerusalem | 2024-08-10 | 3,526 | 146.9 | ... that the cuisine of Jerusalem reflects a blend of Jewish culinary traditions, including Sephardic, Kurdish, Ashkenazi, as well as Palestinian Arab traditions? | |
| Idaho State Veterans Cemetery | 2024-08-03 | 3,506 | 146.1 | ... that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery faced criticism in 2014 when it did not allow a lesbian couple to be buried together? | |
| Myinsaing | 2024-08-01 | 3,448 | 143.7 | ... that Myinsaing withstood a ten-week siege by the Mongols because its three brother leaders bribed the invaders to withdraw? | |
| Reggie Brown (wide receiver, born 1970) | 2024-08-15 | 3,430 | 142.9 | ... that college football player Reggie Brown tore three knee ligaments but still made it to the NFL? | |
| National Coordination Committee Against Corruption and Crime | 2024-08-05 | 3,426 | 142.8 | ... that a Bangladeshi government agency collected ৳6.5 billion (equivalent to US$150 million in 2023) from corruption suspects, but a court ruled it was illegal? | |
| Abortion in Malawi | 2024-08-10 | 3,406 | 141.9 | ... that some abortions in Malawi are performed by traditional healers? | |
| Dov Noy | 2024-08-18 | 3,360 | 140.0 | ... that Dov Noy founded the Israel Folktale Archives, which have collected around 25,000 Jewish folk tales? | |
| Lewis Worthington Smith | 2024-08-12 | 3,205 | 133.5 | ... that Lewis Worthington Smith received royalties from his textbook The Mechanism of English Style for 20 years? | |
| Sun Zhiyang | 2024-08-18 | 3,186 | 132.8 | ... that one newspaper expected mayor Sun Zhiyang to help turn Guangzhou into a "smart car city"? | |
| Erika Podest | 2024-08-21 | 3,161 | 131.7 | ... that Panamanian earth scientist Erika Podest uses remote sensing to see how climate change has affected global soil moisture? | |
| Anna DeShawn | 2024-08-21 | 3,130 | 130.4 | ... that Anna DeShawn started E3 Radio to help educate others about Black women that she did not learn about in grade school? | |
| Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts | 2024-08-14 | 3,060 | 127.5 | ... that one of the items on display at the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts was George Washington's shaving brush? | |
| Joseva Talacolo | 2024-08-31 | 3,027 | 126.1 | ... that Olympic rugby sevens player Joseva Talacolo only started playing the sport as a way to support his family? | |
| Robert Stumper | 2024-08-29 | 2,950 | 122.9 | ... that Luxembourgian myrmecologist Robert Stumper also played as a goalkeeper for his nation's football team? | |
| Joni (song) | 2024-08-18 | 2,851 | 118.8 | ... that a scrapped song from SZA's second album was supposed to be on her next one, but when the song was leaked she had to scrap it again? | |
| Union for Democracy and Social Progress (Democratic Republic of the Congo) | 2024-08-05 | 2,838 | 118.2 | ... that the electoral victory of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress in 2018 led to DR Congo's first peaceful transition of power since its independence from Belgium in 1960? | |
| 2024 Sugar Bowl | 2024-08-09 | 2,596 | 108.2 | ... that Washington's participation in the 2024 Sugar Bowl marked the first appearance of any Pac-12 Conference team in the Sugar Bowl? | |
| Warren Lawrence | 2024-08-01 | 2,548 | 106.1 | ... that Warren Lawrence, the first Dominican swimmer at the Commonwealth Games, is the son of the first Dominican swimmer at the Olympics? | |
| Moain Sadeq | 2024-08-24 | 2,510 | 104.6 | ... that Moain Sadeq led excavations at Tell es-Sakan in the Gaza Strip, the oldest-known ancient Egyptian fortification to be excavated? | |
| Patrick Gottsch | 2024-08-07 | 2,448 | 102.0 | ... that Patrick Gottsch, the founder of RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel, led the effort to break the Guinness World Record for the largest parade of pickup trucks? | |
| Nature-positive | 2024-08-21 | 2,442 | 101.8 | ... that more than 90 world leaders have made a pledge to achieve nature-positive goals? | |
| Timurnama | 2024-08-28 | 2,424 | 101.0 | ... that according to Charles Melville, the poet Hatefi implied that Timur was another Alexander the Great by making Timur the subject of the fourth poem of a quintet? | |
| 2024 Rose Bowl | 2024-08-04 | 2,342 | 97.6 | ... that Michigan and Alabama entered the 2024 Rose Bowl as the two college football teams with the most all-time wins? | |
| Unrest (2017 film) | 2024-08-18 | 2,274 | 94.8 | ... that Jennifer Brea directed an Academy Award–shortlisted documentary while bedbound from ME/CFS? | |
| Johann Joseph Dömling | 2024-08-19 | 2,244 | 93.5 | ... that Johann Joseph Dömling suggested in 1803 that venous blood contained carbon monoxide? | |
| Santos Passos Church | 2024-08-23 | 2,189 | 91.2 | ... that the Santos Passos Church in Guimarães, Portugal, was declared a royal chapel by King Luís I in 1878? | |
| Hadriana in All My Dreams | 2024-08-25 | 2,180 | 90.8 | ... that Hadriana in All My Dreams, published in 1988, was the first novel by a Haitian author to win a major French literary award? | |
| Wandering Souls (novel) | 2024-08-04 | 2,144 | 89.3 | ... that the author of the novel Wandering Souls, about Vietnamese refugees, was inspired by an episode of A Very British History? | |
| Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | 2024-08-25 | 2,127 | 88.6 | ... that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder and first president of Bangladesh, experienced his birthday in jail eight times? | |
| Hunter River Railway Company | 2024-08-07 | 2,074 | 86.4 | ... that in its two years of existence, the Hunter River Railway Company initiated construction on what would eventually become the Great Northern Railway connecting Sydney to Queensland? | |
| John Henry Hirst | 2024-08-25 | 2,072 | 86.4 | ... that architect John Henry Hirst designed at least nine Grade II listed buildings, including Cambridge Crescent, Harrogate, which hosts the newsroom of the Stray Ferret? | |
| Jerzy Artysz | 2024-08-28 | 2,039 | 85.0 | ... that Jerzy Artysz was given a gala concert on his 70th birthday by the Chopin University of Music? | |
| Alexander Langmuir | 2024-08-20 | 2,014 | 83.9 | ... that Alexander Langmuir created the Epidemic Intelligence Service to send epidemiologists across the world? | |
| Oedipus (opera) | 2024-08-26 | 2,003 | 83.5 | ... that Wolfgang Rihm asked of the music of his 1987 opera Oedipus: "Sound is a weapon here – or a scalpel?" | |
| 1964 Summer Olympics medal table | 2024-08-06 | 1,962[k] | 81.8 | ... that Larisa Latynina became the most-medalled Olympian after she won six medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics? | |
| 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles | 2024-08-04 | 1,188 | 49.5 | ... that Femke Bol won the women's 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in an unprecedented double victory? | |
| 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres | 754 | 31.4 | |||
| Total | 1,942 | 80.9 | |||
| Mercer Art Gallery | 2024-08-17 | 1,928 | 80.3 | ... that the Mercer Art Gallery rediscovered little-known artist Eva Leigh and exhibited her work? | |
| WOSU-TV | 2024-08-30 | 1,903 | 79.3 | ... that The Game led to a boom in all-channel TV sales so viewers could see the game on Ohio State University's TV station? | |
| Hendrik Wortman | 2024-08-25 | 1,886 | 78.6 | ... that Hendrik Wortman oversaw the early development of the Zuiderzee Works, which dammed off the Zuiderzee to create arable land in the Netherlands? | |
| John Henry Bryant (physician) | 2024-08-09 | 1,852 | 77.2 | ... that British physician John H. Bryant gave the first description of a blue scrotum caused by a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm? | |
| Carl Ludvig Lithander | 2024-08-17 | 1,827 | 76.1 | ... that classical composer Carl Ludvig Lithander also worked as a teacher at a military academy? | |
| No Obligation | 2024-08-15 | 1,620 | 67.5 | ... that the Linda Lindas wrote No Obligation, their second album, during breaks from school and touring? | |
| Mayors in New Zealand | 2024-08-24 | 1,496 | 62.3 | ... that New Zealand mayor Georgina Beyer was the world's first openly transgender mayor? | |
| Tyla (album) | 2024-08-06 | 1,482 | 61.8 | ... that South African singer Tyla delayed her debut album's submission date in order to collaborate with Tems? |
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