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Battle of the Frogs
2024-07-01
41,490
1,728.8
... that the 1754 Battle of the Frogs was commemorated on banknotes (detail pictured) ?
Ernest J. King
2024-07-02
32,632
1,359.7
... that according to a popular myth, Admiral Ernest J. King (pictured) shaved with a blowtorch?
ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign
2024-07-01
17,328
722.0
... that the United States Department of Defense ran a propaganda campaign against Chinese vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic ?
Guardian Cap
2024-07-03
16,764
698.5
... that the NFL has required players in most positions to wear Guardian Caps (pictured) during training even though third-party research has questioned their effectiveness?
American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis
2024-07-03
12,124
505.2
... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"?
Lunch (song)
2024-07-02
12,089
503.7
... that Billie Eilish first served "Lunch " during a party at Coachella?
Medieval garden
2024-07-05
11,296
470.7
... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts (example pictured) ?
George Kunkel (theatre manager)
2024-07-04
10,682
445.1
... that actor George Kunkel (pictured) portrayed in blackface the character of Uncle Tom , using it at first to promote slavery during the American Civil War but later to attack it, after his views had changed?
Wellesbourne, Brighton
2024-07-01
10,607
442.0
... that the Wellesbourne , Brighton's lost river, stopped flowing in 1889?
Silence Is Loud
2024-07-03
10,234
426.4
... that Silence Is Loud uses a style that was previously considered "absolutely verboten" for its genre?
The Blue Angels (film)
2024-07-04
9,738
405.8
... that The Blue Angels was shot using IMAX cameras rigged to a helicopter, plus an ultra-high-speed camera shooting at 1,000 frames per second?
Jean-Pierre Lévy (resistance leader)
2024-07-02
9,600
400.0
... that youthful Second World War resistance leader Jean-Pierre Lévy was advised by the Free French intelligence service to dye his hair grey to appear older?
Sud 777
2024-07-02
9,189
382.9
... that a critic said that the hors d'oeuvres served at Sud 777 could function as desserts and vice versa?
Molokans in Armenia
2024-07-04
9,127
380.3
... that sauerkraut made by members of a Russian spiritual sect in Armenia was popular in many other parts of the Soviet Union ?
DarkZero Esports
2024-07-01
7,978
332.4
... that when DarkZero contracted Xynew, his teammates highlighted his "communication skills and game brain", which they deemed unusual for a controller player?
Han Bong-zin
2024-07-02
7,928
330.3
... that footballer Han Bong-zin trained in the military every day for four years in preparation for the FIFA World Cup?
Golden Girls (play)
2024-07-04
7,346
306.1
... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls , at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?
Adnan al-Bursh
2024-07-03
7,311
304.6
... that orthopedic surgeon Adnan al-Bursh had also served as an advisor to the Palestine national football team before dying in an Israeli prison ?
Tatto Suwarto Pamuji
2024-07-02
6,560
273.4
... that after completing his tenure as regent , Tatto Suwarto Pamuji walked 96 kilometres (60 mi) to fulfill a vow he made?
Score: A Hockey Musical
2024-07-01
5,818
242.4
... that Score: A Hockey Musical has been described as "so Canadian it hurts"?
Peewee Jarrett
2024-07-01
5,800
241.6
... that Peewee Jarrett went from having a two-year span with no playing time and being "set on quitting football" to signing into the National Football League?
List of roles and awards of Liza Soberano
2024-07-05
5,326
221.9
... that Liza Soberano's early acting roles include playing the third wheel in romance films?
Houdini (Eminem song)
2024-07-05
5,088 [a]
212.0
... that Eminem promoted "Houdini " with a video in which David Blaine eats a wine glass?
At the Name of Jesus
2024-07-05
4,965
206.9
... that "At the Name of Jesus " has been described as "the only completely objective theological hymn to come from the hand of a 19th-century woman writer"?
Gladys Stone Wright
2024-07-05
4,952
206.4
... that Gladys Stone Wright got started with a year of free piano lessons and a $5 clarinet?
Maryland Child Victims Act
2024-07-05
4,788
199.5
... that Maryland state delegate C. T. Wilson compared negotiating with the Catholic Church on the Maryland Child Victims Act to making "a deal with the devil"?
Stoppa sabbet
2024-07-03
4,387
182.8
... that between 1985 and 1988, Televerket spent 2 million kronor paying youth sports teams to monitor payphones for vandalism ?
Melanie L. Campbell
2024-07-04
4,346
181.1
... that Melanie L. Campbell was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting proposed restrictions on voting rights ?
Florida Hospital Oceanside
2024-07-02
4,194
174.8
... that Florida Hospital Oceanside was demolished after being damaged by Hurricane Irma ?
Margaret Carroux
2024-07-04
3,947
164.5
... that Margaret Carroux 's German translation of The Lord of the Rings contains errors introduced by her editor?
Mark Hutton
2024-07-05
3,925
163.5
... that Mark Hutton was the first Australian to be a starting pitcher in a Major League Baseball game?
Ștefan Tita
2024-07-05
3,922
163.4
... that educational writer Ștefan Tita gave Romanian students impractical advice on mending damaged bark with bandages of dirt?
Growing Up (The Linda Lindas album)
2024-07-02
3,831
159.6
... that on American band the Linda Lindas ' first album, Growing Up , a cat named Lil' Dude is featured playing the piano?
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
2024-07-03
3,714 [b]
154.7
... that Tural, the setting of the expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail , is inspired by Latin America and Southeast Asia?
Revolutionary Military Organization
2024-07-03
2,034
84.8
... that the Upper Voltan National Radio chief editor Watamou Lamien was the liaison between the ROC group of young radical military officers and the clandestine Voltan Revolutionary Communist Party ?
Watamou Lamien
1,674
69.7
Total
3,708
154.5
Stefan Żeromski Park (Szczecin)
2024-07-02
3,616
150.6
... that Żeromski Park , the second-largest park in Szczecin , Poland, used to be a cemetery?
LACE (satellite)
2024-07-04
3,438
143.2
... that the LACE satellite tracked rocket plumes from space for the United States's Star Wars program ?
Marie Kunkel Zimmerman
2024-07-03
1,713
71.4
... that husband and wife Edward M. and Marie Zimmerman co-wrote the suffragist anthem "Votes for Women: Suffrage Rallying Song"?
Edward M. Zimmerman
1,422
59.2
Total
3,134
130.6
International Register of Electors
2024-07-01
2,956
123.2
... that as of 2019, inclusion in the International Register of Electors no longer requires residency in Canada in the preceding five years?
Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg)
2024-07-01
2,906
121.1
... that the first public performance of the two songs of Arnold Schoenberg 's Zwei Gesänge , Op. 1 was met with hostile audience reactions?
Umbilicaria torrefacta
2024-07-04
2,736
114.0
... that historically, lichens like Umbilicaria torrefacta have been used to naturally dye traditional Scottish tartans and textiles ?
2018 Malang mayoral election
2024-07-05
2,627
109.5
... that two of three candidates in the 2018 mayoral race in Malang, Indonesia , were arrested for bribery before the election?
Jacob Green Jackson
2024-07-03
2,590
107.9
... that Jackson Demonstration State Forest was named in honor of American lumberman Jacob Green Jackson ?
Edwin Ford Piper
2024-07-04
2,345
97.7
... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper preserved 828 folk songs, most of which were from Iowa and Nebraska?
Max Weil
2024-07-01
2,080
86.7
... that Max Weil , founder of the Halifax Symphony Orchestra , spent his later years in real estate?