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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	27.9	In Exile (Sumsion)	36.9	Wolfgang Kläsener	27.9	In Exile (Sumsion)
Median	144.1	Red-breasted partridge	461.7	Die schöne Melusine Gustave Lambert	158.3	HMS Roebuck (1743)
High	1,001.5	The Colossus of Rhodes (Dalí)	1,818.1	Coppergate Helmet	1,818.1	Coppergate Helmet

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Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Coppergate Helmet	2018-01-19		16,378	1,818.1	... that the Anglo-Saxon Coppergate Helmet (pictured) may have been hidden in a well during the Viking invasion of York?
Witcham Gravel helmet	2018-01-21		15,128	1,511.6	... that the Witcham Gravel helmet (pictured) is the only known Roman helmet of its kind?
Victoria Hughes	2018-01-09		17,662	1,471.9	... that Bristol "loo lady" Victoria Hughes (workplace pictured) provided tea and sympathy to local prostitutes?
Kaman K-16B	2018-01-15		16,841	1,403.4	... that the Kaman K-16B (pictured) tiltwing aircraft was built from an existing Grumman Goose to save time and money?
Rabeprazole	2018-01-26		15,504	1,292.0	... that people of Japanese ancestry may have trouble metabolizing rabeprazole (3D representation pictured)?
Republic SD-3 Snooper	2018-01-18		10,434	1,226.3	... that the Republic SD-3 Snooper (pictured) reconnaissance drone used airbags to cushion its landings?
Shu Xiuwen	2018-01-03		29,238	1,218.2	... that Shu Xiuwen (pictured) became an escort dancing girl after her father tried to sell her to repay debts, but later supported him when she became a movie star?
Yanmen Pass	2018-01-30		13,679	1,139.9	... that the inconvenience of getting to Yanmen Pass (pictured) makes it one of the less crowded AAAAA-rated sites along the Great Wall of China?
Cabaret du Néant	2018-01-10		12,024	1,002.0	... that patrons of the Cabaret du Néant (Cabaret of Nothingness) drank beverages in the "Intoxication Hall" (pictured), which had chandeliers made of human bones and coffin-shaped tables?
The Colossus of Rhodes (Dalí)	2018-01-31		9,014	1,001.5	... that The Colossus of Rhodes, a painting by Salvador Dalí, is heavily influenced by an article by the sculptor Herbert Maryon?
Coatzacoalcos Underwater Tunnel	2018-01-29		11,623	982.2	... that the Coatzacoalcos Underwater Tunnel, which took 13 years to complete, has been described as a "monument to corruption"?
Emesa helmet	2018-01-09		11,765	980.4	... that the Roman Emesa helmet appears to be modeled after its wearer's face?
He Siyuan	2018-01-11		11,472	956.0	... that Professor He Siyuan (pictured) became an anti-Japanese guerrilla leader during World War II and later survived two assassination attempts, one of which killed his young daughter?
HMS Mantua	2018-01-31		8,560	951.2	... that in 1918, infected crew members aboard HMS Mantua (pictured) inadvertently spread the Spanish Flu to Africa?
West Wind Aviation Flight 280	2018-01-09		11,203	933.6	... that local residents followed the cries of trapped passengers to find the crash site of West Wind Aviation Flight 280 and aid in rescue efforts?
Dunkirk (2017 film)	2018-01-27		11,092	911.7	... that the 2017 film Dunkirk was conceived in the mid-1990s when writer and director Christopher Nolan sailed with Emma Thomas across the English Channel, as did many small boats during the Dunkirk evacuation?
Brilliant Pebbles	2018-01-05		21,697	904.0	... that after dismissing the basic concept as "outlandish", Edward Teller later supported Brilliant Pebbles as a way to shoot down Soviet ICBMs?
Muroc Maru	2018-01-11		10,772	897.7	... that a "Japanese cruiser" was built in Southern California in 1943?
Loxothylacus panopaei	2018-01-09		6,637	553.1	... that a parasitic barnacle effectively castrates its hosts, the flattened and the knot-fingered mud crabs?
Panopeus lacustris			2,826	235.5
Eurypanopeus depressus			1,293	107.8
Total			10,756	896.3
Tangzhuang	2018-01-26		8,620	718.3	... that the "silly shirt" chosen for the 2001 APEC forum—the tangzhuang (pictured)—launched a fashion craze in China?
APEC China 2001			2,108	175.7
Total			10,728	894.0
Torslunda plates	2018-01-24		9,543	829.2	... that a one-eyed figure shown on one of the Torslunda plates (pictured) is possibly the Norse god Odin?
WS-124A Flying Cloud	2018-01-12		9,866	822.2	... that Project Flying Cloud was expected to affect an area "comparable in size to that affected by a low-yield nuclear weapon"?
Beta-Hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid	2018-01-22		8,483	807.3	... that in healthy adults, HMB has been shown to increase exercise-induced gains in muscle size, muscle strength, and lean body mass, reduce muscle damage, and speed recovery from exercise?
PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV	2018-01-12		9,628	802.3	... that the Gorgon IV (pictured) was the first ramjet-powered aircraft to successfully fly in the United States?
Marie Grice Young	2018-01-24		9,208	800.1	... that Marie Grice Young, piano instructor for Theodore Roosevelt's children, is speculated to have been one of the LGBT passengers on the RMS Titanic?
Jagdgeschwader II	2018-01-25		9,294	791.0	... that the engines of Jagdgeschwader II could not tolerate artificial castor oil?
Nancy Brown Peace Carillon	2018-01-12		9,435	786.2	... that the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon (pictured) in Detroit ceased playing music in 1970 due to damage caused by pigeons?
Radioplane OQ-17	2018-01-03		18,826	784.4	... that the Radioplane OQ-17 target drone was claimed to be able to match the maneuverability of any fighter aircraft of the mid-1940s?
Man at the Crossroads	2018-01-22		8,235	783.7	... that the Rockefeller Center mural Man at the Crossroads was destroyed after the artist surreptitiously added a portrait of Lenin?
Jean jacket	2018-01-22		9,206	783.5	... that the jean jacket (pictured) was invented by Levi Strauss in around 1880?
Pioneer Helmet	2018-01-14		9,352	779.3	... that the boar-crested Pioneer Helmet (pictured) was initially mistaken for a bucket?
Sloan–Parker House	2018-01-11		9,266	772.2	... that after Richard Sloan eloped with his employer's daughter, the couple settled in the Mill Creek valley and built the Sloan–Parker House (pictured) around 1790?
Henry Buttelmann	2018-01-23		9,039	769.3	... that Henry Buttelmann (pictured) was the youngest flying ace of the Korean War, at just over 24 years old?
Fugitive dust	2018-01-11		9,005	750.4	... that fugitive dust escapes?
EMD AEM-7	2018-01-19		8,604	732.3	... that Amtrak ran "toasters" on the Northeast Corridor for over thirty years?
Galco's Soda Pop Stop	2018-01-29		8,632	729.5	... that Galco's Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles carries more than 700 different soft drinks?
Naval Research Laboratory Flyrt	2018-01-26		8,582	715.2	... that the United States Navy tested a Flyrt for distracting radar-guided missiles from its ships?
He Luli	2018-01-10		8,251	687.6	... that when He Luli was 14, an assassin's bombs killed her younger sister?
Ping-Pong (rocket)	2018-01-17		8,008	679.6	... that Ping-Pong was believed to be "the free world's only round-trip ballistic missile"?
Ghazanchetsots Cathedral	2018-01-22		7,042	670.2	... that Azerbaijan stored ammunition inside Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (pictured) during the Nagorno-Karabakh War?
Lei Jieqiong	2018-01-09		8,030	669.2	... that US-educated sociologist Lei Jieqiong (pictured) served as vice-mayor of Beijing and taught at Peking University until the age of 100?
Ramize Erer	2018-01-14		8,018	668.2	... that Ramize Erer said that when she published a cartoon of a masturbating girl, "all hell broke loose"?
East Holmes Academy	2018-01-15		7,964	663.7	... that, in 1989, East Holmes Academy offered to forfeit a football game because the opposing team had a black player?
Grizzly Flats Railroad	2018-01-16		7,938	661.0	... that the Grizzly Flats Railroad, owned by Disney animator Ward Kimball, was the first full-size backyard railroad in the United States?
Hamadryas glauconome	2018-01-22		6,676	635.3	... that adult pale crackers feed on rotting fruit, carrion, and mud?
Celia Cooney	2018-01-24		7,388	628.8	... that in an attempt to catch Celia Cooney, the New York City Police Department launched what was at the time the largest manhunt in the city's history?
Legacy game	2018-01-03		14,930	622.1	... that in a legacy game, players may be instructed to destroy physical components?
HMS Blackcock	2018-01-24		7,092	616.2	... that Vice-Admiral Herbert King-Hall called the example of the tugboat HMS Blackcock during the sinking of the Imperial cruiser Königsberg "most praiseworthy"?
Queens Building, Heathrow	2018-01-28		7,266	605.5	... that the Queens Building (pictured) at Heathrow Airport was one of the most visited London attractions in 1956?
Tyrannomyrmex alii	2018-01-11		7,265	605.4	... that Tyrannomyrmex alii was named for India's "Ant Man"?
Hippolyte californiensis	2018-01-18		5,130	602.9	... that the California green shrimp uses a raft to get around?
Margaret Cooper (Wren)	2018-01-15		7,168	597.3	... that a 1942 letter addressed to "the blonde Wren from Argentina on the platform at Bletchley station" led to marriage in 1945?
ASM-N-6 Omar	2018-01-17		4,664	582.3	... that targets for the ASM-N-6 Omar missile were put in a spotlight?
Edward Dodding	2018-01-05		13,878	578.3	... that Elizabethan physician Edward Dodding conducted a post-mortem examination of Kalicho (pictured), one of three Inuit people brought to England?
Naomi Nover	2018-01-23		6,724	572.2	... that White House correspondent Naomi Nover once assaulted Bernie Boston while Mother Teresa and Ronald Reagan "looked on in total amazement"?
Ochlockonee River State Park	2018-01-19		5,024	557.8	... that mutant squirrels and "cat-faced" trees can be found in Ochlockonee River State Park?
Cahokia Woodhenge	2018-01-18		6,538	556.4	... that the Cahokia Woodhenge (pictured), built by the Native American Mississippian culture between 900 and 1100 CE, was a timber circle solar calendar used to observe solstices and equinoxes?
Jay Fai	2018-01-22		5,826	554.5	... that Jay Fai had never heard of Michelin stars when her restaurant was awarded one?
Pascual Abaj	2018-01-02		12,974	540.6	... that Pascual Abaj (pictured), near Chichicastenango in Guatemala, is a sculpted stone idol that survived the Spanish conquest but was badly damaged in the 1950s by religious activists?
Glomb	2018-01-23		5,846	531.0	... that during World War II, the United States Navy's Glomb project evaluated the use of gliders as flying bombs?
Hamadryas feronia	2018-01-16		4,268	355.4	... that blue cracker and ringless blue cracker males create a cracking sound with their abdomen when pursuing a female?
Hamadryas iphthime			1,936	161.3
Total			6,204	516.6
Kate Fotso	2018-01-10		6,152	512.7	... that Kate Fotso, the richest woman in Cameroon, is known as the "iron lady of the cocoa industry"?
Jie Zhitui	2018-01-11		6,119	509.9	... that Jie Zhitui, who loyally followed Prince Chong'er in exile for almost 20 years, was supposedly burned alive because he did not want to ask for any reward once his lord was restored to power?
Andy's Diner	2018-01-24		5,822	505.9	... that Andy's Diner was partly constructed from a railcar that once carried Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Gay Kindersley	2018-01-04		11,960	498.3	... that in 1985 Gay Kindersley naively introduced himself and Graham Lord to the Australian cricket team with, "Hallo folks, I'm Gay and this is my friend Graham"?
Comme un garçon	2018-01-01		11,904	496.0	... that "feminists must have been horrified to discover" what Sylvie Vartan's song "Comme un garçon" was about?
William P. Frye (1901)	2018-01-07		11,814	492.3	... that after the neutral American ship William P. Frye (pictured) was sunk by a World War I Imperial German raider, the German government was billed $228,059.54?
Cindy Jaynes	2018-01-04		11,564	481.9	... that Rear Admiral Cindy Jaynes was persuaded to join the United States Navy by a high school friend, having originally considered careers as an actuary or a veterinarian?
John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Fawley	2018-01-29		5,751	472.7	... that after contracting diphtheria, John Hunt believed he was one of the last cases in England to have his tonsils painted with cocaine and then removed by guillotine?
Google Earth	2018-01-10		5,605	467.1	... that Google Earth was originally developed for use by various agencies of the United States government, including the CIA?
Gustave Lambert	2018-01-16		5,591	465.9	... that Gustave Lambert (pictured) was killed in the Siege of Paris before he could set sail for the North Pole?
Phillipe Cunningham	2018-01-23		5,040	457.8	... that Phillipe Cunningham is one of the first openly transgender people of color to be elected to public office in the United States?
Die schöne Melusine	2018-01-17		3,664	457.5	... that Felix Mendelssohn was so fascinated by a particular singer playing the role of a mermaid that he was inspired to write the overture The Fair Melusine (legend pictured)?
Men of Good Will	2018-01-31		4,041	449.0	... that at two million words, Men of Good Will by Jules Romains is one of the longest novels ever written?
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls	2018-01-23		4,808	436.8	... that Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls was Kickstarter's "fastest funded publishing project" ever?
George F. Good Jr.	2018-01-26		5,230	435.8	... that during World War II, Colonel George F. Good Jr. successfully defended Funafuti from ten Japanese attacks with a mixed unit that was "poorly armed" and "stuck out like a sore thumb"?
IFF Mark III	2018-01-27		5,104	419.5	... that the RAF pushed to introduce IFF Mark III after a Short Stirling was shot down by a Bristol Beaufighter, which was in turn shot down by another Beaufighter?
Line the Label	2018-01-02		9,996	416.5	... that so many people wanted a Line the Label jacket that the company's server crashed?
Blossom's Inn	2018-01-30		4,968	414.0	... that a porter at Blossom's Inn (pictured) was revived by treatment that included bleeding, brandy, and a turpentine enema?
GB-1	2018-01-21		4,829	411.0	... that in an attack on Cologne on 28 May 1944, German gunners thought that crashing GB-1 glide bombs were aircraft they were shooting down?
Papal conclave, 1655	2018-01-18		4,588	390.4	... that during the 1655 papal conclave, the younger cardinals played pranks on the older cardinals for fun?
Ram Khamhaeng Inscription	2018-01-15		4,642	386.8	... that confirmation of the controversial claim that the Ram Khamhaeng Inscription was fake would have forced Thai history to be rewritten?
SSM-A-23 Dart	2018-01-31		5,763	384.2	... that the company developing the SSM-A-23 Dart anti-tank missile changed ownership twice while the project was underway?
Lygon Arms	2018-01-20		4,502	383.2	... that both Oliver Cromwell and Kylie Minogue have stayed at the Lygon Arms (pictured)?
Roll's Regiment	2018-01-21		2,936	249.8	... that Swiss-born Louis de Roll was colonel of Roll's Regiment (pictured), which distinguished itself at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801?
Louis de Roll			1,540	131.1
Total			4,476	380.9
French frigate Cléopâtre (1838)	2018-01-18		4,472	380.6	... that after sighting an improvised distress signal made from a lady's shawl, the French frigate Cléopâtre rescued 34 people stranded at sea?
Season of Crimson Blossoms	2018-01-26		4,548	379.0	... that the taboo-breaking debut novel Season of Crimson Blossoms ended up winning Africa's biggest literary award instead of attracting the severe backlash author Abubakar Adam Ibrahim expected?
Fatumah Ahmed	2018-01-12		4,489	374.1	... that Kenyan Brigadier Fatumah Ahmed joined the armed forces "by accident" when she saw a recruitment campaign whilst applying for an identity card?
Aviolanda AT-21	2018-01-16		4,474	372.9	... that the first successful drone developed in the Netherlands was the Aviolanda AT-21?
Angel of the Winds Casino Resort	2018-01-12		4,466	372.1	... that the Angel of the Winds Casino was designed as a temporary building with modular elements so it could be sold in pieces?
Nylanderia pygmaea	2018-01-25		4,450	370.9	... that male Nylanderia pygmaea ants (pictured) were trapped in amber while climbing plants for their mating flight?
John Samuel Phene	2018-01-15		4,433	369.4	... that John Samuel Phene's five-storey house was called the "Gingerbread Castle" because of its numerous devices and fixtures?
Thyonicola dogieli	2018-01-31		3,228	358.6	... that Thyonicola dogieli, a parasite of sea cucumbers, is the longest gastropod in the world?
Véronique Hammerer	2018-01-31		3,149	349.9	... that French politician Véronique Hammerer, a member of La République En Marche!, said it was "terrible" that her husband could not buy a Porsche Cayenne for fear of public criticism?
Elite Forces: Unit 77	2018-01-29		4,120	348.1	... that in his review, IGN's Craig Harris called Elite Forces: Unit 77 the "perfect storm of gaming mediocrity"?
Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929)	2018-01-23		3,805	345.6	... that although the 1928–1929 Red Spears' uprising in Shandong broke out in protest against high taxes, banditry, and government brutality, the rebels themselves came to raise taxes, loot, rape, rob and kidnap for ransom?
Margaret W. Burcham	2018-01-09		4,114	342.9	... that Margaret W. Burcham was the first female brigadier general in the United States Army Corps of Engineers?
Lockheed Aequare	2018-01-28		4,064	338.6	... that the Aequare was a remotely piloted vehicle intended to be used by F-4 Phantom II fighter-bombers to find and designate targets?
Shorwell helmet	2018-01-31		4,983	332.2	... that of the six known Anglo-Saxon helmets, the Shorwell helmet was originally mistaken for a pot, the Pioneer helmet for a bucket, and the Coppergate helmet for a rock?
Coffee Brook	2018-01-21		3,280	327.8	... that Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission biologists tried to visit Coffee Brook in 2001, but were unable to reach it?
Ovulatory shift hypothesis	2018-01-02		7,826	326.1	... that women's sexual preferences and attractiveness may shift across their ovulatory cycles?
Hazel Carter	2018-01-20		3,082	324.1	... that Hazel Carter was reported to have received the United States' first military funeral for a woman?
Ludwig II (sculpture)	2018-01-24		3,780	321.7	... that some historians believe Elisabet Ney's full-length statue (pictured) of "Mad King Ludwig" of Bavaria was created as part of a Prussian scheme to unify Germany?
Lokrume helmet fragment	2018-01-24		3,760	320.0	... that the Lokrume helmet fragment was the first piece of a Viking helmet to be identified?
Aries (rocket)	2018-01-16		3,812	317.5	... that the "Fat Albert" sounding rocket had its name changed to Aries because the Naval Research Laboratory considered it "more dignified"?
Riverton Lock	2018-01-05		7,616	317.4	... that at its completion, Riverton Lock was the highest lift lock in the world with a lift of 26 feet (7.9 m)?
Harriet Osborne, Baroness Godolphin	2018-01-17		2,533	316.3	... that the high-waisted fashions of the early 1800s likely helped the Countess of Bessborough hide her figure from her husband while pregnant with her illegitimate daughter, Harriet Osborne?
Hong Kong Regiment	2018-01-21		3,132	313.0	... that the Hong Kong Regiment was paid more than other British Indian Army regiments and was known as "The Swagger Regiment"?
The Hammer of Thor	2018-01-19		3,668	312.2	... that The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan won a Stonewall Book Award for its portrayal of the genderfluid character Alex Fierro?
West African bichir	2018-01-03		7,486	311.9	... that underwater thumps and moans in a West African swamp may indicate the presence of certain air-breathing fish?
Forty Five Hundred Times	2018-01-16		3,699	308.0	... that Rick Parfitt (pictured) wrote "Forty Five Hundred Times" with Francis Rossi and called it his favourite guitar moment with Status Quo?
Labrus viridis	2018-01-04		7,348	306.2	... that the green wrasse (pictured) has big eyes, a small mouth, and fleshy lips?
Tigawa	2018-01-14		3,657	304.8	... that the 5th-century Tigawa temple (pictured) is the only survivor of around 36 Hindu temples at the site that were quarried for building stone during a 19th-century construction project?
Cabaret du Ciel	2018-01-11		3,642	303.5	... that inside the Cabaret du Ciel (Cabaret of Heaven), beer was served, and the entertainment included depictions of angels playing music and Saint Peter sprinkling holy water from the heavens?
Dali (goddess)	2018-01-21		3,554	302.5	... that the Georgian goddess Dali appeared as both a nude golden-haired woman with glowing skin, and as a white ibex with golden horns?
Doug Davis (aviator)	2018-01-10		3,584	298.7	... that in 1927, barnstormer Doug Davis let 12-year-old Paul Tibbets drop Baby Ruth candy bars attached to parachutes from his biplane over Hialeah, Florida, kindling the boy's love of flying?
Hong Kong Civil Service cruise perk	2018-01-19		3,504	298.3	... that in order to attract skilled civil servants, the Hong Kong government offered a free sea cruise back to the UK on retirement to British civil servants who joined up?
William Thomas Braithwaite	2018-01-29		3,525	297.9	... that Belfast pub-owner and freemason William Braithwaite donated Winter (pictured) and Spring by Pieter Breughel the Younger to the Ulster Museum?
Northern Forest (England)	2018-01-29		3,592	295.3	... that 50 million trees could be planted to form the Northern Forest in England?
Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi	2018-01-02		7,080	295.0	... that to ensure the loyalty of Queen Fatuma, a client ruler of Zanzibar, Omani forces kept a cannon trained on her palace?
Azeloprazole	2018-01-18		2,502	294.1	... that azeloprazole was designed with pharmacogenomics in mind?
Cristo Rey OKC	2018-01-31		2,637	293.0	... that when Cristo Rey OKC high school opens in fall 2018, students will be able to work for Boeing, Love's Travel Stops, and more than 30 other employers as part of work-study?
The Dead South	2018-01-26		3,512	292.7	... that the Canadian bluegrass band The Dead South often refer to themselves as "Mumford and Sons' Evil Twins"?
Yves Volel	2018-01-31		2,624	291.6	... that Yves Volel was Anderson Cooper's math teacher at the Dalton School in Manhattan before returning to Haiti to run for president, where he was assassinated?
Acle Straight	2018-01-04		6,954	289.8	... that a pub on the Acle Straight is now a Hindu temple?
Ramona Go	2018-01-11		3,460	288.3	... that Ramona Go was the first female military pilot, line officer, battalion commander, adjutant general, and regular service general in the Philippine Armed Forces?
Shoot (Hellblazer)	2018-01-30		3,452	287.7	... that the comic "Shoot", originally scheduled for publication in a 1999 issue of Hellblazer, was not published until 2010?
Rhyzobius lophanthae	2018-01-21		3,380	287.6	... that the purple scale predator is native to Australia but was first described from a Californian specimen?
Qianshan Subdistrict	2018-01-20		2,734	287.5	... that Ming China turned Qianshan (pictured) into a military base to protect Guangdong from the Portuguese settlement in Macao?
Mary M. Jackson	2018-01-06		6,718	279.9	... that Vice Admiral Mary M. Jackson was promoted directly from one-star to three-star rank?
Mudéjar revolt of 1264–66	2018-01-24		3,218	279.6	... that after the unsuccessful Mudéjar revolt of 1264–66, Castile expelled the surviving Muslims?
Fountain E. Pitts	2018-01-12		3,324	277.0	... that after the American Civil War, "Fighting Parson" Fountain E. Pitts helped grow poppies to make opium in Nashville, Tennessee?
Underground Research Laboratory	2018-01-15		3,296	274.7	... that the Canadian Underground Research Laboratory was built to test the concept of storing nuclear waste in rock that was billions of years old?
Amazon Air	2018-01-20		2,590	272.4	... that Amazon is building a $1.5 billion facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to serve as a principal hub for Amazon Air?
Ilya Espino de Marotta	2018-01-20		2,578	271.1	... that Ilya Espino de Marotta, lead engineer for the Panama Canal expansion project, wears a pink hard hat on site to make a statement that women can do the job?
Otto Franke (sinologist)	2018-01-17		3,194	271.0	... that Otto Franke, the pre-eminent German sinologist of his time, died "practically from hunger and exhaustion" before he could complete his history of China?
Song Jian	2018-01-25		3,252	271.0	... that missile scientist Song Jian was the architect of China's one-child policy?
Dora Saker	2018-01-25		3,155	268.5	... that following its recent rediscovery, Dora Saker's 1917 book Practical Cheddar Cheese-making has "quickly acquired cult status amongst farmhouse cheese-makers" (cheese press pictured)?
Norwood Tower	2018-01-17		2,140	267.3	... that until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Norwood Tower held the only public restroom open to African Americans in downtown Austin, Texas?
Art of Uruk	2018-01-04		6,386	266.1	... that the art of Uruk includes the 5,000-year-old Mask of Warka, probably one of the earliest known near life-size sculptures?
Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett	2018-01-30		3,192	266.0	... that during the height of the Cold War, an American visiting Russia received a seven-year sentence for spying?
IFF Mark II	2018-01-14		3,154	262.8	... that the RAF's IFF Mark II was the first operational identification friend or foe system?
Joginder Singh (soldier)	2018-01-22		3,060	260.4	... that after the 1962 Sino-Indian War, the Chinese returned Param Vir Chakra recipient Joginder Singh's ashes to his battalion with full military honours?
Baseball cheering culture in South Korea	2018-01-19		2,316	257.1	... that inflatable balloon sticks for cheering at baseball games were first used in South Korea?
Oneco	2018-01-31		3,856	257.1	... that Oneco referred to the gift of a ceremonial sword from Charles II of England as proof of the legal equality of the Mohegan sachemate with the English monarchy?
Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt	2018-01-23		2,821	256.3	... that the German Christmas carol "Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt" is based on a Czech song derived around 1500 from a Latin model (manuscript pictured)?
Chris Whitecross	2018-01-10		3,048	254.0	... that Canadian Lieutenant-General Chris Whitecross has fostered 33 children?
Boris Townsend	2018-01-19		2,960	252.0	... that the English physicist and television technology developer Boris Townsend (pictured) described colour television as a "judicious combination of human imperfections and clever technical solutions"?
Garlic oil	2018-01-12		2,972	247.7	... that steam-distilled garlic oil has around 900 times the strength of fresh garlic?
Houdini Museum of New York	2018-01-29		2,904	245.4	... that the Houdini Museum of New York houses the world's second largest collection of "Houdiniana"?
TWA Hotel	2018-01-23		2,694	244.7	... that the Eero Saarinen-designed TWA Flight Center airport terminal was designated a landmark and is being redeveloped into the TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City?
Asaka (musician)	2018-01-15		2,920	243.3	... that the Japanese singer Asaka spent part of her childhood in Michigan?
Facebook Aquila	2018-01-09		2,916	243.0	... that Facebook's Aquila solar-powered drone is intended to provide internet access to remote regions of Earth using no more electricity than three blow dryers?
Jim Benedict	2018-01-25		2,876	239.7	... that Jim Benedict was knocked out during his first professional batting practice?
Jaguar (American rocket)	2018-01-29		2,869	235.8	... that the Jaguar multi-stage sounding rocket was designed to be launched using a toss bombing maneuver from a B-57 bomber?
Jolly Roger Records	2018-01-05		5,614	233.9	... that Jolly Roger Records had its bootlegs of RCA Records recordings manufactured at RCA's own vinyl record pressing plant?
Cherry Marshall	2018-01-09		2,800	233.3	... that modelling agent Cherry Marshall discovered Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain?
Joint Task Force Empire Shield	2018-01-25		2,716	231.1	... that Joint Task Force Empire Shield consists of soldiers and sailors of the New York National Guard and New York Naval Militia, tasked with the defense of New York City?
Marvin Pipkin	2018-01-19		2,060	228.6	... that Marvin Pipkin invented the first electric light bulb frosted on the inside with sufficient strength for ordinary handling that could be sold to the public?
Gunday	2018-01-01		5,340	222.5	... that Gunday (2014) became one of the lowest-rated films on IMDb following a vote brigading social-media campaign by Bangladeshis?
Never Waste a Good Crisis	2018-01-26		2,610	217.5	... that in 2009 the British construction industry was urged to Never Waste a Good Crisis?
Thyca crystallina	2018-01-26		2,578	214.9	... that the gastropod mollusc Thyca crystallina is in the early evolutionary stages of becoming parasitic on a starfish?
American Base Hospital No. 57	2018-01-27		2,536	214.4	... that from September 1918 to August 1919, when it left France, American Base Hospital No. 57 (operating room pictured) treated 8,505 surgical and medical cases, and 7,292 dental cases?
British logistics in the Normandy Campaign	2018-01-17		2,495	211.7	... that British logistics in the Normandy Campaign depended on a Mulberry harbour?
Gwen Fleming	2018-01-14		2,480	206.7	... that Gwen Fleming, the first female major in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, was called "sir" by her colleagues during the Second World War?
Eugénie Henderson	2018-01-03		4,899	204.1	... that Eugénie Henderson taught Far Eastern languages to the British Armed Forces during World War II?
Sibirotitan	2018-01-20		1,917	201.6	... that the newly named dinosaur Sibirotitan is only the second sauropod species named from the country of Russia, and one of the oldest titanosauriform sauropod species known from all of Asia?
Lilac Fire	2018-01-11		2,411	200.9	... that the Lilac Fire in Southern California grew from a small brush fire to 4,100 acres (17 km2) in one day?
National trauma	2018-01-20		1,907	200.6	... that wars, battles, assassinations, and natural disasters can all cause national trauma?
Javan frogmouth	2018-01-21		1,996	199.4	... that the Javan frogmouth may be more common than generally thought?
Diamond Peak (Oregon)	2018-01-17		1,586	198.0	... that along with Mount Defiance and Mount Bailey, Diamond Peak is one of the few andesitic shield volcanos in the Cascade Range?
Clare Wheatley	2018-01-11		2,373	197.8	... that Arsenal Ladies player Clare Wheatley took over as the club's development officer and general manager from Vic Akers, who once told her, "Arsenal Ladies is not a social club"?
Housefly	2018-01-08		4,730	197.1	... that houseflies have been used in germ warfare to distribute cholera?
George Francis Abercrombie	2018-01-29		2,332	197.0	... that the physician George Abercrombie once won a game of chess against world champion José Raúl Capablanca?
RMK-BRJ	2018-01-25		2,364	197.0	... that American construction company RMK-BRJ trained 200,000 Vietnamese workers in construction and administrative trades during the Vietnam War?
Apple Maggot Quarantine Area	2018-01-10		2,353	196.1	... that California and the entire eastern United States are under a quarantine restriction by the U.S. state of Washington designed to protect it from apple maggot infestation?
Costea Bucioc	2018-01-14		2,334	194.5	... that statesman Costea Bucioc, who reputedly survived a poisoning attempt at the Moldavian court, was later impaled by the Ottoman army?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2018-01-10		2,334	194.5	... that the video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was marketed as "Skyrim in a Game of Thrones sauce"?
Power Rangers (film)	2018-01-11		2,328	194.0	... that all five of the surviving members of the original cast of the Power Rangers series attended the film adaptation's Los Angeles premiere in March 2017?
Barren Island, Brooklyn	2018-01-30		2,299	191.6	... that horse carcasses, and trash from three of New York City's boroughs, were once processed at Barren Island, Brooklyn?
Macrocybe crassa	2018-01-11		2,298	191.5	... that the mushrooms of the Asian fungus Macrocybe crassa can weigh up to 1.25 kilograms (3 lb)?
Black Buttes	2018-01-22		2,234	190.1	... that Black Buttes' amphitheater is partially occupied by Deming Glacier?
Wolfgang Franke	2018-01-05		4,547	189.5	... that German sinologist Wolfgang Franke was so at home in Beijing that he felt he had lived there in a previous life?
Chen Junsheng	2018-01-30		2,272	189.3	... that Chen Junsheng's investigative report resulted in his superior losing his job and getting "promoted"?
Cider with Rosie (film)	2018-01-30		2,250	187.5	... that Cider with Rosie could not be filmed in Slad, where the story takes place, as the village had changed too much?
Morgan Morgan Monument	2018-01-20		1,775	186.7	... that the Morgan Morgan Monument memorializes one of the earliest European pioneers to settle permanently in present-day West Virginia?
Wizard Bloody Wizard	2018-01-04		4,454	185.6	... that Electric Wizard described their album Wizard Bloody Wizard as "43 brain-damaging minutes, six savage hymns to death, drugs, sex and violence, music dragged (and drugged) back from the grave"?
Chanbria	2018-01-05		4,424	184.3	... that arachnologists think juvenile Chanbria camel spiders locate their prey through a combination of smelling and feeling for them?
Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program	2018-01-14		2,196	183.0	... that the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program was initiated by United States Senator Harry Reid in 2007 to secretly study the topic of UFOs?
Euphorbia arbuscula	2018-01-12		2,124	177.0	... that the succulent Euphorbia arbuscula of Socotra is used to feed goats?
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board	2018-01-25		2,086	173.8	... that the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board oversees a park system that has been called the best-designed, best-financed, and best-maintained in America?
National first-grade museum of China	2018-01-10		2,076	173.0	... that the "Memorial for the War to Resist America and Aid Korea" is no longer one of the national first-grade museums of China?
Broadway Junction (New York City Subway)	2018-01-31		2,576	171.7	... that New York City's Broadway Junction station sees 100,000 daily riders, the vast majority using it to make transfers?
Claire Eccles	2018-01-17		1,367	170.7	... that in 2017, Canadian pitcher Claire Eccles became the first woman to play baseball in the collegiate West Coast League?
Vitamin C	2018-01-10		2,048	170.6	... that in 1934 vitamin C was the first synthetic vitamin to be trademarked (as Redoxon) and marketed?
Horace Smithy	2018-01-21		1,998	170.1	... that when cardiac surgeon Horace Smithy had a patient die on the operating table, he may have lost the chance to undergo heart surgery himself?
Hamadryas laodamia	2018-01-13		2,030	169.2	... that the larvae of the starry night butterfly (pictured) accumulate toxic chemicals in their bodies, which make the adults distasteful to birds?
History of aluminium	2018-01-01		4,060	169.2	... that Joseph Stalin asked Franklin D. Roosevelt for aluminium, implying enough of it would bring him victory in World War II?
John Heisman	2018-01-16		2,023	168.6	... that the Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the best college football player, is named for John Heisman, who was instrumental in legalizing the forward pass?
Boosenburg	2018-01-02		4,020	167.5	... that while the medieval bergfried of the Boosenburg in Rüdesheim still stands, the castle's moat was made into a wine cellar and other buildings were replaced by a Gothic Revival villa?
Large frogmouth	2018-01-20		1,964	167.1	... that the nest of the large frogmouth consists of a circular cushion of down on which a single egg is balanced?
St. Nicolai, Lüneburg	2018-01-10		2,005	167.1	... that St. Nicolai, Lüneburg, a brick Gothic church with a "star" rib vault (pictured), was the location of the first Lutheran sermon in Lüneburg?
Cristina Pasaroiu	2018-01-13		1,996	166.3	... that soprano Cristina Pasaroiu played Manon in boots, even in bed with her lover?
Clement Price Thomas	2018-01-13		1,976	164.6	... that in 1951, thoracic surgeon Clement Price Thomas removed part of King George VI's lung in Buckingham Palace?
Miles Graham	2018-01-29		1,996	164.0	... that Major General Miles Graham was Monty's logistics supremo in both North Africa and North-West Europe during the Second World War?
Regina Barzilay	2018-01-12		1,966	163.8	... that Genius Grant winner Regina Barzilay helped decipher the ancient language Ugaritic?
Cline Buttes	2018-01-24		1,924	163.8	... that gold was discovered on Cline Buttes in central Oregon in 1904, but proved uneconomic to mine?
Dewan Rabindranath Soni	2018-01-16		1,949	162.3	... that Lt. Gen. D. R. Soni, chief of the Southern Command of the Indian Army, was a military observer in Iraq and Kuwait after the Gulf War?
Propsteikirche, Dortmund	2018-01-15		1,938	161.5	... that the high altar in the Propsteikirche, created by Derick Baegert, includes the oldest depiction of Dortmund on its left panel (pictured)?
Hazen A. Brattain	2018-01-18		1,371	161.1	... that former Oregon state legislator Hazen A. Brattain died a month after completing a seven-month world tour?
Bajirao Mastani	2018-01-23		1,766	160.5	... that the 2015 Indian epic historical romance film Bajirao Mastani spent eleven years in development hell before being revived in 2014?
Josephine Cafrine	2018-01-01		3,851	160.5	... that the wounds of leprosy sufferer Josephine Cafrine were said to have miraculously healed after her death?
Diddle Diddle Dumpling (Inside No. 9)	2018-01-11		1,915	159.6	... that "Diddle Diddle Dumpling", an episode of Inside No. 9, was inspired by a chance encounter with a single shoe?
Yiqu	2018-01-08		3,811	158.8	... that Yiqu was conquered by Qin after its king was killed either by his mistress Queen Dowager Xuan, or by her son the king of Qin?
HMS Roebuck (1743)	2018-01-24		1,860	158.3	... that HMS Roebuck rescued HMS Rippon after the latter grounded during an attack on Basse-Terre in 1759?
Thomas Johnston (engraver)	2018-01-22		1,644	156.5	... that Thomas Johnston made the first historical print engraved in America?
Fraser Macintosh Rose	2018-01-30		1,848	154.0	... that Canadian physician Fraser Rose was partly named after the doctor who walked through a snowstorm in Nova Scotia to deliver him?
Gustavus Murray	2018-01-18		1,308	153.8	... that in 1858, the obstetrician Gustavus Murray claimed to be able to identify the parts of a fetus, including each vertebra, through an abdominal examination of a pregnant woman?
Mildred Dilling	2018-01-31		2,299	153.3	... that Mildred Dilling's first fee for a harp performance was a dozen carnations and a jar of pickles?
John Robson (footballer, born 1950)	2018-01-25		1,795	152.8	... that footballer John Robson was forced to retire after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 28?
Ichneumon eumerus	2018-01-10		1,796	149.6	... that the parasitic wasp Ichneumon eumerus has a complex life cycle involving ants and a rare blue butterfly?
Guardia Lombardi	2018-01-17		1,755	148.9	... that the Italian town of Guardia Lombardi was settled by the Lombards in the sixth century as a defensive outpost?
Pope Miltiades	2018-01-30		1,786	148.8	... that the Edict of Milan, an agreement between Constantine and Licinius to treat the Christian Church peacefully, was issued during the pontificate of Pope Miltiades?
Pecorino di Carmasciano	2018-01-24		1,746	148.6	... that Pecorino di Carmasciano cheese is produced only in a small cluster of towns in the Apennine Mountains of Italy?
Margaret L. Curry	2018-01-22		1,559	148.4	... that before Margaret L. Curry introduced vocational training and education for women prisoners in Colorado, their only activity was washing and ironing the clothes of the male prisoners?
IND World's Fair Line	2018-01-29		1,784	146.7	... that passengers traveling to the 1939 New York World's Fair via the World's Fair subway line paid the standard five-cent fare to board, but had to pay the fare again on arrival?
Count of the Székelys	2018-01-31		2,198	146.5	... that a newly appointed count of the Székelys was entitled to a horse from each of the Székely seats?
Goldberg–Coxeter construction	2018-01-16		1,754	146.2	... that the Goldberg–Coxeter construction can be used to study fullerene molecules, nanoparticles, and basket weaving?
Danny Lloyd (footballer)	2018-01-26		1,750	145.8	... that the English footballer Danny Lloyd sold bins for a waste management company before turning professional in 2017?
Zombie Hut	2018-01-22		1,712	145.7	... that the Zombie Hut was a fictitious tiki bar in the 1945 Abbott and Costello film Zombies on Broadway, as well as a real tiki bar that opened in Sacramento, California, that same year?
William Dempster	2018-01-08		3,472	144.7	... that North-West Mounted Police Corporal William Dempster found the Lost Patrol?
Stanley Kane	2018-01-18		1,694	144.2	... that the footballer Stanley Kane gave up playing in order to join the Liverpool City Police?
Red-breasted partridge	2018-01-16		1,729	144.1	... that the red-breasted partridge is found only on Borneo?
Homophobia (film)	2018-01-17		1,698	144.1	... that producers of the 2012 Austrian short film Homophobia raised US$10,100 in 69 days through crowdfunding on Indiegogo?
Luke Harper and Erick Rowan	2018-01-06		3,421	142.5	... that Luke Harper and Erick Rowan call themselves The Bludgeon Brothers?
Desmarestia tropica	2018-01-12		1,692	141.0	... that Desmarestia tropica, or tropical acidweed, is possibly extinct because of the 1982–83 El Niño event?
Pickle Rick	2018-01-20		1,640	139.6	... that the Rick and Morty episode "Pickle Rick" was largely inspired by the Breaking Bad episode "4 Days Out"?
West Kill	2018-01-27		1,698	139.5	... that the watershed of the West Kill (Diamond Notch Falls pictured) has the steepest slopes and highest overall elevation of any subbasin of New York's Schoharie Creek?
Digiday	2018-01-28		1,672	139.3	... that a website run by Digiday generates random absurd Twitter bios followed by profanity-laced commentary?
Carys Bannister	2018-01-06		3,342	139.2	... that Carys Bannister drove rally cars and exhibited corgis when not performing brain surgery?
Yehuda Liebes	2018-01-23		1,634	139.1	... that Israeli scholar Yehuda Liebes claims that the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy includes an allusion to Jesus?
Orchard Pond Parkway	2018-01-15		1,662	138.5	... that the Orchard Pond Parkway is Florida's first privately-built toll road?
Isopogon mnoraifolius	2018-01-24		1,622	138.0	... that Isopogon mnoraifolius was named for the resemblance of its foliage to a menorah?
Santa Ana Heritage Zone	2018-01-10		1,648	137.3	... that the Santa Ana Heritage Zone encompasses a declared Heritage House and a local church that contains two National Cultural Treasures?
Irwin Untermyer	2018-01-26		1,642	136.8	... that before becoming a New York Supreme Court justice, Irwin Untermyer successfully argued to preserve the New York City Subway's five-cent fare in a U.S. Supreme Court case?
Booker T. Washington State Park (West Virginia)	2018-01-18		1,590	135.4	... that prior to creating Booker T. Washington State Park, West Virginia's Conservation Commission justified its segregation policy by explaining that "our Negro citizens would feel ill at ease" using parks alongside whites?
Tóc Tiên	2018-01-06		3,224	134.4	... that as a teenager, Vietnamese singer Tóc Tiên exaggerated her age twice at singing competitions, one time winning the grand prize?
Persoonia procumbens	2018-01-17		1,576	133.7	... that the rare Persoonia procumbens (pictured) has potential as a rockery plant?
Hardenbergia comptoniana	2018-01-29		1,626	133.6	... that the seed pods of Hardenbergia comptoniana (flowers pictured) make an audible 'pop' as they release the seed?
1981 Milwaukee Police Strike	2018-01-12		1,603	133.6	... that during the 1981 Milwaukee Police Strike, Mayor Henry Maier requested that taverns and bars voluntarily close early?
Shmuel Abba Twersky	2018-01-29		1,580	133.5	... that Shmuel Abba Twersky's immigration to Canada from Ukraine – to serve as Makarover Rebbe of Winnipeg in the 1920s – was held up by two years of bureaucratic red tape?
Margaret O'Flynn	2018-01-23		1,468	133.4	... that Margaret O'Flynn and her husband John Foley were the first wife-and-husband fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists?
St. Moritz, Halle	2018-01-16		1,596	133.0	... that the late-Gothic church St. Moritz in Halle (Saale) became Catholic again in 1970?
Yang Yuanyuan	2018-01-21		1,324	132.3	... that Yang Yuanyuan won a Lifetime Achievement Award because China's aviation accident rate plummeted under his leadership?
Temperance and Good Citizenship Day	2018-01-16		1,578	131.5	... that as part of today's Temperance and Good Citizenship Day observances in the state of Washington, schools are expected to hold voter registration drives for eligible students?
Charles P. Fahey	2018-01-17		1,546	131.2	... that Tennessee state representative Charles P. Fahey sponsored bills prohibiting the non-medical sale of cocaine and requiring the racial segregation of Nashville streetcars?
Gyrinus natator	2018-01-14		1,572	131.0	... that groups of common whirligig beetles often spin round rapidly on the water surface?
John Gaskell	2018-01-19		1,176	130.5	... that fans noticed Doctor Who references in a promotional trailer for Paul McGann's first episode in Holby City as John Gaskell?
Azazet Habtezghi Kidane	2018-01-05		3,120	130.0	... that Azazet Habtezghi Kidane interviewed more than 1,500 African refugees to document torture in the Sinai Peninsula?
Hu Yan	2018-01-20		1,521	129.4	... that Hu Yan won praise as a loyal and capable advisor in part by getting his prince drunk and kidnapping him?
Liu Jianfeng (PRC)	2018-01-12		892	74.4	... that governor Liu Jianfeng and party secretary Deng Hongxun of Hainan clashed fiercely and tried to drive each other out of the province?
Deng Hongxun			660	55.0
Total			1,552	129.4
Persoonia elliptica	2018-01-31		1,296	86.4	... that the Western Australian shrubs Persoonia elliptica (pictured) and Persoonia saccata are known as snottygobbles?
Persoonia saccata			638	42.5
Total			1,934	129.0
Gordon Coleman	2018-01-12		1,544	128.7	... that footballer Gordon Coleman scored the winning goal in a match against Blackpool in 1982 while sitting on the ground?
Aquatica ficta	2018-01-18		853	72.6	... that the fireflies Aquatica ficta and Aquatica hydrophila both have aquatic larvae that are unable to swim?
Aquatica hydrophila			657	55.9
Total			1,510	128.5
Prospect House (Blue Mountain Lake (New York))	2018-01-28		1,529	127.4	... that the Prospect House at Blue Mountain Lake in New York was the first hotel anywhere to be equipped with electric lighting in all the guest rooms?
Pearl and Hermes Atoll	2018-01-15		1,524	127.0	... that approximately 160,000 birds across twenty-two different species nest and breed on the Pearl and Hermes Atoll of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands?
Armanda Degli Abbati	2018-01-04		3,023	126.0	... that the Italian mezzo-soprano Armanda Degli Abbati appeared as Ortrud in Rome and as Amneris in Rio de Janeiro, had an affair with a Russian revolutionary, and trained Estonian singers?
Air Board (Australia)	2018-01-13		1,510	125.8	... that the Australian Air Board (inaugural members pictured) chose 31 March rather than 1 April as the founding date of the Royal Australian Air Force to avoid being called "April Fools"?
Catherine Foster	2018-01-03		2,982	124.3	... that the dramatic soprano Catherine Foster, a former midwife, appeared as Brünnhilde at the Bayreuth Festival celebrating Wagner's bicentenary?
Rhode Makoumbou	2018-01-07		2,976	124.0	... that Congolese artist Rhode Makoumbou sculpts figures up to 3 metres (10 ft) tall out of sawdust and woodglue?
University of Washington station	2018-01-25		1,452	123.5	... that public art at University of Washington station includes a mural inspired by symbols on geologic maps?
2018 College Football Playoff National Championship	2018-01-30		1,482	123.5	... that the Alabama Crimson Tide overcame a 13–0 deficit at halftime to win the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship in overtime?
Barnet Nover	2018-01-21		1,214	121.3	... that Barnet Nover's 1939 Washington Post article "British Surrender – a Munich for the Holy Land" was inserted into the Congressional Record by then US Senator Harry Truman?
Revolution on Granite	2018-01-23		1,422	121.1	... that the Revolution on Granite was the first major political protest held in Kiev's Independence Square, and its methods were copied in the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan?
Xu Shijie	2018-01-17		966	120.6	... that Xu Shijie came out of retirement to serve as the first party chief of the new province of Hainan, but was dismissed in the aftermath of the Tiananmen protests?
Marcu Cercel	2018-01-09		1,444	120.3	... that Marcu Cercel, who ruled over Moldavia in 1600, was probably born to a Turkish Muslim apostate?
Archie Amerson	2018-01-24		1,372	119.3	... that Canadian football player Archie Amerson was described as both halves of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' "one-two punch"?
Southport Pier	2018-01-16		1,422	118.5	... that professional diver Albert Powsey was known for diving off Southport Pier with a bicycle?
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm	2018-01-25		1,408	117.3	... that because of the 2016–17 video game voice actor strike, voice actress Ashly Burch could not reprise her role in the Life Is Strange prequel, Before the Storm?
Robin Turner	2018-01-31		1,054	117.2	... that the footballer Robin Turner scored twice on his home debut for Swansea City, equalling the number of league goals he scored for former club Ipswich Town in nine seasons?
Frisch–Peierls memorandum	2018-01-27		1,406	115.6	... that the authors of the 1940 Frisch–Peierls memorandum were assigned to research nuclear weapons because, as enemy aliens, they could not work on secret military projects?
Remy Siemsen	2018-01-05		2,772	115.5	... that at age 16, Remy Siemsen was the top goalscorer for Sydney FC in the 2016–17 W-League season?
François Noël (missionary)	2018-01-22		1,356	115.4	... that François Noël's translations of classic Chinese texts were banned in the Papal States and Germany but praised by historian Jean-Baptiste Du Halde?
Fire and Fury	2018-01-22		1,350	114.9	... that research for the book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House reportedly included more than 200 interviews with Donald Trump and his closest associates conducted over 18 months?
Wang Zhongyu (politician)	2018-01-28		1,377	114.8	... that Wang Zhongyu was one of China's most powerful figures in the 1990s, with authority over reforming state-owned enterprises?
Tacoma Dome Station	2018-01-13		1,373	114.4	... that Amtrak service at Tacoma Dome Station was halted on its inaugural day due to a train derailment?
Bartell Group	2018-01-19		1,030	114.3	... that five siblings and an in-law made up the Bartell Group, which owned radio stations around the United States during the 1940s–1960s and was a pioneer in the Top 40 format?
Eri Sasaki	2018-01-24		1,296	112.7	... that although the song that Eri Sasaki submitted for use in the anime series Plastic Memories was not chosen, she later passed an audition to sing the series' opening theme?
Callum Hendry	2018-01-16		1,347	112.2	... that footballer Callum Hendry gave up playing for a year before turning professional?
SAM-A-19 Plato	2018-01-27		1,324	111.9	... that the U.S. Army's Plato and FABMDS programs for anti-ballistic missiles evolved into the well-known Patriot missile?
Camille Robinson-Regis	2018-01-08		2,675	111.5	... that in 1992, Camille Robinson-Regis became the youngest senator to be appointed to the cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago?
Business process outsourcing in China	2018-01-14		1,335	111.2	... that the outsourcing industry in China is rapidly growing on the back of "cloud computing, big data, Internet of things and mobile Internet"?
Panoz Avezzano	2018-01-07		2,662	110.9	... that the Panoz Avezzano, unveiled at the 2016 Petit Le Mans, is named after a town in Italy that was destroyed by an earthquake?
Cartwrightia	2018-01-01		1,342	55.9	... that an illustration (pictured) of the Cartwrightia scarab Cartwrightia cartwrighti was printed on the invitations for entomologist Oscar Ling Cartwright's retirement party?
Cartwrightia cartwrighti			1,318	54.9
Total			2,661	110.9
Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)	2018-01-25		1,296	110.3	... that the high Byzantine title of sebastokrator was invented for Isaac Komnenos, who was described by his niece as an "emperor without the purple"?
Historical Model Railway Society	2018-01-20		1,292	110.0	... that some 500,000 photographs and drawings are included in the collections of the Historical Model Railway Society?
Mahani Teave	2018-01-09		1,315	109.6	... that Mahani Teave is considered Easter Island's only classical musician?
Syd Thomas	2018-01-28		1,294	107.9	... that the Welsh footballer Syd Thomas impressed Fulham so much in a trial match that he was offered a contract at half-time?
Harold Basil Christian	2018-01-04		2,574	107.2	... that Harold Basil Christian, a self-taught horticulturalist in southern Africa, became a world expert on African aloe species after planting one in his yard to block the view of a large, unsightly rock?
Washington State Library	2018-01-30		1,276	106.4	... that the first shipment of books for the Washington Territorial Library traveled around Cape Horn from New York City?
Idiogramma elbakyanae	2018-01-07		2,550	106.3	... that when the wasp Idiogramma elbakyanae was named in honor of Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan, she took this as an insult?
Music House Museum	2018-01-24		1,221	106.1	... that the main building of the Music House Museum is a remodelled 1909 dairy barn?
Travis County Courthouse	2018-01-09		1,264	105.3	... that the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse was named in honor of an early trial in the African-American civil rights movement that was heard there in 1946?
Angel Recording Studios	2018-01-21		1,040	104.0	... that a former chapel built in 1888 was one of eleven studios involved in the recording of Adele's bestselling album 21?
Mesembrinella caenozoica	2018-01-29		1,230	103.9	... that Mesembrinella caenozoica is the first unambiguous fossil described in the fly superfamily Oestroidea?
Gudy Gaskill	2018-01-26		1,240	103.3	... that Gudy Gaskill, the driving force behind the creation of the 567-mile (912 km) Colorado Trail, was honored by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush for her volunteerism?
National archaeological park of China	2018-01-18		878	103.1	... that the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is a national archaeological park of China, while the tomb of St. Francis Xavier is a candidate for the designation?
Arocatus melanocephalus	2018-01-30		1,237	103.1	... that the elm seed bug produces an unpleasant smell reminiscent of bitter almonds?
Protests against Faure Gnassingbé	2018-01-29		1,228	100.9	... that a Let's Save Togo protest rally in August 2012 called for a week-long sex strike by women to encourage men to oppose Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé?
T-tubule	2018-01-10		1,210	100.8	... that T-tubules allow heart muscle cells to contract more forcefully by synchronising calcium release?
The Three Garridebs	2018-01-28		1,202	100.2	... that in the 1937 program The Three Garridebs, Louis Hector became the first actor to portray Sherlock Holmes on television?
Wayne Jacks	2018-01-19		478	53.0	... that Wayne Jacks and Ben Hess were among the 86 drivers who attempted to qualify for the inaugural Brickyard 400?
Ben Hess			423	47.0
Total			900	100.0
Chen Guangyi	2018-01-19		886	98.3	... that Chen Guangyi was appointed to the top post of his home province of Fujian reportedly after provincial cadres opposed another candidate from North China?
Erie Basin Marina	2018-01-13		1,172	97.7	... that in 1900, a steamboat owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was stolen by two tugboats during the night from the Erie Basin Marina?
Randle Feilden	2018-01-19		1,134	96.6	... that Major General Sir Randle Feilden has a horse race named in his memory?
The Kentucky Volunteer	2018-01-13		1,158	96.5	... that the lyrics to "The Kentucky Volunteer", the first song copyrighted under the United States Constitution, were written by "a Lady of Philadelphia"?
Heinz Wunderlich	2018-01-11		1,154	96.1	... that the organ virtuoso and teacher Heinz Wunderlich held a Hamburg post that Bach had once wanted?
Jennie Carignan	2018-01-13		1,152	96.0	... that Jennie Carignan helped reintroduce ballroom dancing to the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, having taken classes with her future husband when she was a cadet?
London Welsh Amateur	2018-01-25		1,151	95.9	... that despite London Welsh being liquidated, their amateur team London Welsh Amateur continued as they held separate independent membership of the Rugby Football Union?
Marjorie Husted	2018-01-22		1,122	95.4	... that Marjorie Husted, as the radio voice of homemaking authority Betty Crocker, interviewed Joan Crawford in her home?
Georges Dargaud	2018-01-18		791	93.0	... that Georges Dargaud produced the first Asterix film, Asterix the Gaul, in 1967?
Patrick Zhuwao	2018-01-17		739	92.3	... that Patrick Zhuwao was expelled from Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU–PF party during the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état?
Harris DeVane	2018-01-20		1,082	92.1	... that peanut farmer Harris DeVane won the first race held on Atlanta Motor Speedway's present configuration by 0.023 seconds, leading only the last 100 yards (91 m) of the event?
A. de Herz	2018-01-18		1,072	91.2	... that in 1919, Romanian playwright and journalist A. de Herz was court-martialled for alleged collaboration with the Central Powers?
Sciota Brook	2018-01-30		1,060	88.4	... that Sciota Brook is only 2 miles (3.2 km) long but flows through three counties in Pennsylvania?
Agrypon flaveolatum	2018-01-13		634	52.9	... that a wasp and a fly were used to combat a moth invader?
Cyzenis albicans			424	35.3
Total			1,058	88.2
Armchair Detectives (TV series)	2018-01-14		1,053	87.8	... that Den of Geek likened watching gameshow whodunnit Armchair Detectives to playing a hidden objects video game?
Abatan River	2018-01-09		1,046	87.1	... that the Abatan River estuary in Bohol has one of the Philippines' most diverse mangrove forests?
Nemobius sylvestris	2018-01-06		2,085	86.9	... that despite being flightless, wood crickets appeared in 2001 at a site in southern England at which they had previously not been present?
Stern über Bethlehem	2018-01-28		1,038	86.5	... that "Stern über Bethlehem" is a German song created in 1964 and often sung by star singers (pictured)?
Sonali Guha	2018-01-20		812	85.3	... that Sonali Guha, a four-term member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, captured the seat of a five-term member of the assembly in her first election?
Odontadenia macrantha	2018-01-27		1,009	85.3	... that Odontadenia macrantha flowers year-round in its natural habitat?
What a Beautiful Name	2018-01-28		1,018	84.8	... that "What a Beautiful Name" represents the first Grammy nomination for Hillsong Worship?
Coopers Creek, Victoria	2018-01-25		984	83.7	... that the first discovery of copper in the state of Victoria, Australia, was made at Coopers Creek in the 1860s?
Yunchi	2018-01-07		1,994	83.1	... that Japanese singer Yunchi covered the song "Catch You Catch Me" from Cardcaptor Sakura for one of her albums?
Silvia Correale	2018-01-07		1,988	82.9	... that Silvia Correale, the first female Postulator in the Vatican, focuses on guiding potential Argentine saints through the beatification process?
Caroline Lenferna de Laresle	2018-01-20		974	82.9	... that Caroline Lenferna de Laresle travelled from Mauritius to Rome to claim the pontifical right for her order of nuns and died there shortly afterwards?
Freundliche Vision	2018-01-25		992	82.7	... that Richard Strauss's art song "Freundliche Vision" describes a waking dream?
Inabanga River	2018-01-12		988	82.3	... that members of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf used the Inabanga River, the largest waterway in Bohol, Philippines, for a planned incursion into the province in 2017?
Gao You	2018-01-15		982	81.8	... that the Han scholar Gao You—responsible for the present editions of the Huainanzi—had to quit school owing to the Yellow Turban Rebellion?
Shimon Lavi	2018-01-10		980	81.7	... that 16th-century kabbalist Shimon Lavi displayed knowledge of alchemy in his commentary on the Zohar?
Byat Za	2018-01-13		976	81.3	... that the 14th-century Hanthawaddy Minister-General Byat Za's doctrine of limited warfare has been compared to that popularized by Clausewitz?
Peter Du Cane (engineer)	2018-01-09		972	81.0	... that in 1939, Peter Du Cane was awarded the Segrave Medal for his part in the design of the world water speed record-breaking boat Blue Bird K4?
Richard Gibbons (jurist)	2018-01-30		947	78.9	... that while chief justice of the Colony of Cape Breton, Richard Gibbons founded a group that was later banned as being a possible "Seed of Rebellion"?
Martina Mayne	2018-01-25		927	78.9	... that the actress Martina Mayne published an English translation of the work of the German poet Paula Ludwig?
Aya Kanai	2018-01-29		953	78.3	... that prior to serving as executive fashion director for Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, and as a judge for Project Runway: Junior, Aya Kanai considered careers in puppetry and fine art?
Lucius Caesar	2018-01-28		938	78.2	... that Rome's first emperor, Augustus, adopted his grandsons Lucius and Gaius?
Numerical modeling (geology)	2018-01-13		928	77.3	... that numerical modeling can reveal the flow of the solid mantle beneath Earth's crust?
Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II	2018-01-14		924	77.0	... that Ghanaian accountant and paramount chief Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II is also the president of all chiefs in the Western Region of Ghana?
Tammy Abraham	2018-01-26		921	76.8	... that the English footballer Tammy Abraham was the first player to win Bristol City's Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, and Top Goalscorer awards in the same season?
Sally Sessions	2018-01-14		914	76.2	... that golfer Sally Sessions tied for second place in the 1947 U.S. Women's Open as an amateur?
Walter J. Leonard	2018-01-08		1,828	76.2	... that at Harvard University, Walter J. Leonard designed "one of the country's earliest and most effective affirmative-action programs, which became a model for other universities around the country"?
List of West Virginia state parks	2018-01-06		1,808	75.4	... that West Virginia's 37 state parks include a working grist mill (pictured), a scenic railroad, a reconstructed 18th-century fortification, and a Natural National Landmark?
Barnes Brook	2018-01-27		890	75.2	... that Barnes Brook lacked any habitats for fish in 2001, but is now being considered for addition to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's list of wild trout streams?
San Clemente, El Petén	2018-01-13		900	75.0	... that the ancient Maya ruins of San Clemente, El Petén, in Guatemala include a two-storey palace structure and two Mesoamerican ballcourts?
La Loche Formation	2018-01-26		899	74.9	... that the La Loche Formation can include clasts of Precambrian gneiss?
Jordan Murphy (basketball)	2018-01-03		1,784	74.4	... that Jordan Murphy was the first basketball player to earn Big Ten Conference Player of the Week three weeks in a row since Evan Turner did so eight seasons earlier?
Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie	2018-01-13		891	74.2	... that Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie rejected the chance to be the head of Ghana's ports and harbours because of his fear of the sea?
John S. Nabila	2018-01-09		882	73.5	... that as paramount chief of the Wulungu traditional area, Ghanaian geographer and academic John S. Nabila is known by the title Wulugu Naba?
Asset management plan period	2018-01-14		880	73.3	... that the use of asset management plan periods in the water industry of England and Wales has been criticised for creating a boom and bust cycle of investment?
Collaborative practice agreement	2018-01-03		1,756	73.2	... that a collaborative practice agreement, which allows a pharmacist to prescribe medications, order drug therapy-related laboratory tests, and design therapy plans, can improve people's health?
Mandisa Thomas	2018-01-28		872	72.7	... that activist Mandisa Thomas was recognized in the bill officially proclaiming October 15, 2017, as the 16th annual celebration of California Freethought Day?
Private View (Inside No. 9)	2018-01-22		850	72.3	... that "Private View", an episode of Inside No. 9, was a homage to Theatre of Blood satirising the world of contemporary art?
List of international goals scored by Didier Drogba	2018-01-15		868	72.3	... that Didier Drogba scored twice for the Ivory Coast in a match which was abandoned after fans rioted, throwing food and drinks onto the pitch?
Anthony Precourt	2018-01-09		857	71.4	... that the first Columbus Crew soccer match attended by future owner Anthony Precourt was delayed after the stadium's scoreboard caught fire?
Doo Aphane	2018-01-01		1,702	70.9	... that Doo Aphane successfully challenged a law that prevented married women from owning property in their own names in Swaziland?
Liometopum imhoffii	2018-01-02		1,676	69.8	... that the ants Poneropsis affinis, Ponera affinis, and Formica schmidtii are all the single fossil species Liometopum imhoffii?
Li Huang	2018-01-16		824	68.7	... that Li Huang co-founded the Chinese Youth Party, which was modelled after the Young Turks?
Dellatorre	2018-01-22		721	68.6	... that Dellatorre, who currently plays for Cypriot club APOEL FC, was the top scorer of the 2011 São Paulo Junior Football Cup?
Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier	2018-01-06		1,644	68.5	... that while the Three Kings bring gold, incense and myrrh to the manger, the singer of "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" offers spirit and mind, heart, soul and courage as gifts?
Chase Winovich	2018-01-14		338	28.1	... that 2017 Michigan Wolverine teammates and All-Big Ten Conference honorees Chase Winovich and Khaleke Hudson went to high school in Pennsylvania, while All-Big Ten teammate Lavert Hill once committed to Penn State?
Khaleke Hudson			252	21.0
Lavert Hill			232	19.3
Total			821	68.4
Peter Frank Stott	2018-01-27		807	68.2	... that Peter Frank Stott investigated the use of open level crossings on the British Rail network following the Lockington rail crash in which nine people died?
Paa Kofi Ansong	2018-01-15		808	67.4	... that Paa Kofi Ansong, a member of the advisory team to the President of Ghana, once worked as a quality control officer at Boots Pharmacy in the United Kingdom?
Ilona Durigo	2018-01-31		1,006	67.1	... that Ilona Durigo, one of the leading concert contraltos of her time, performed in the first recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, conducted by Willem Mengelberg?
Erde, singe	2018-01-26		804	67.0	... that "Erde, singe" ("Earth, sing") was a carol in ten stanzas derived in the 19th century from a pastoral lullaby, but appears in the current hymnal in four stanzas, alluding to Christmas only once?
Angeline Murimirwa	2018-01-15		791	65.9	... that Angeline Murimirwa received money for her secondary education from Camfed, and is now its regional executive director for Southern & Eastern Africa?
Paul Y. Hammond	2018-01-30		780	65.0	... that American scholar Paul Y. Hammond sought to develop a more discerning understanding of how organizational behavior and domestic political considerations affected American foreign policy?
Christmas Lullaby	2018-01-18		552	64.9	... that John Rutter wrote the lyrics for his choral composition Christmas Lullaby, with each verse including the refrain "Ave Maria"?
Amiya Kumar Mallick	2018-01-01		1,533	63.9	... that Indian sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick trained under Usain Bolt's coach Glen Mills in 2014 and broke the 100 metres national record in 2016?
Hassan Ahmed (Ghanaian diplomat)	2018-01-02		1,524	63.5	... that after serving as Ghana's ambassador to Iran, Cuba, and Denmark, Hassan Ahmed is now director of protocol for the President of Ghana?
Tajemnica Statuetki	2018-01-21		745	63.4	... that Metropolis Software's Tajemnica Statuetki (The Mystery of the Statuette) was the first Polish adventure game?
Persoonia adenantha	2018-01-23		408	34.7	... that the Australian plants Persoonia adenantha and P. chamaepeuce were described by a Czech and Polish botanist, respectively?
Persoonia chamaepeuce			321	27.3
Total			728	62.0
Mark Milhofer	2018-01-18		713	60.7	... that the English tenor Mark Milhofer appeared as Mozart's Ferrando in Beijing and Moscow, and as Poppea's nurse in Berlin, dressed as a parody of Riff Raff?
Hatto Ständer	2018-01-12		724	60.3	... that Hatto Ständer, who played the organ in church services at age nine, was professor of organ playing, choral conducting, Gregorian chant and composition at the Technical University of Dortmund for more than three decades?
Zafirlukast	2018-01-07		1,444	60.2	... that genetic differences may affect the efficacy of the anti-asthmatic drug zafirlukast?
Heinie Benkert	2018-01-21		600	59.9	... that in the 1929 NFL season, players on the Orange Tornadoes, including Heinie Benkert, wore letters on their uniforms instead of numbers?
Janai Haupapa	2018-01-11		704	58.7	... that Janai Haupapa joined the Canadian national rugby league team while still playing for a rugby union club?
Jernej Šugman	2018-01-10		700	58.3	... that Slovenian actor Jernej Šugman starred in Shakespeare's Hamlet twice, first in the titular role and the second time as King Claudius?
Robin Ling	2018-01-07		1,398	58.2	... that the Exeter Hip, designed by Robin Ling and Clive Lee, improved the lives of millions of people?
1998 NAPA 500	2018-01-28		692	57.7	... that over seven hours of rain delays resulted in the 1998 NAPA 500 becoming the first night race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway?
Effie Owuor	2018-01-19		676	57.5	... that Effie Owuor was Kenya's first female state counsel, magistrate, High Court judge, and Court of Appeal judge?
James Raymond Lawson	2018-01-13		690	57.5	... that as president of Fisk University, James Raymond Lawson saw the donor base dwindle due to the students' involvement with the Black Power movement?
Jingchu Suishiji	2018-01-09		683	56.9	... that the Record of the Year and Seasons of Jingchu shows how religious, calendrical, culinary, and entertainment changes led to a new canon of major Chinese holidays between the Han and Tang dynasties?
Zu Bethlehem geboren	2018-01-21		664	56.6	... that Friedrich Spee wrote the lyrics of the Christmas carol "Zu Bethlehem geboren" to a popular French tune with a frivolous text?
Ottawa Art Gallery	2018-01-14		678	56.5	... that the Ottawa Art Gallery acquired the Firestone Collection of over 1,600 pieces of Canadian art, including landscapes by the Group of Seven, in 1992?
Wolfgang Stockmeier	2018-01-12		671	55.9	... that Wolfgang Stockmeier made around 150 recordings of organ music, taught at three music academies, and composed an opera on a libretto by Gabriele Wohmann?
Bill Dubuque	2018-01-28		667	55.6	... that Bill Dubuque's scripts for The Judge and The Accountant were both featured on the Black List of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood?
Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset	2018-01-02		1,330	55.4	... that in 1860, Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset became the first Inspector General of Police in Queensland?
Herman Vandenburg Ames	2018-01-20		650	55.4	... that Herman Vandenburg Ames was one of Ezra Pound's professors at the University of Pennsylvania?
As with Gladness Men of Old	2018-01-06		1,302	54.2	... that the common Epiphany hymn "As with Gladness Men of Old" does not describe the Biblical Magi as "magi" or "kings", or even state their number?
2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia	2018-01-19		634	54.0	... that India, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, and the Philippines made their debut in under-20 international ice hockey at the 2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia?
Construction 2025	2018-01-15		634	52.8	... that the British government's Construction 2025 industrial strategy sought to reduce whole-life greenhouse gas emissions from the built environment to half of 2013 levels by 2025?
MTV: TRL Christmas	2018-01-27		602	50.9	... that certain copies of the Christmas compilation album MTV: TRL Christmas contained tickets for a free trip to be a part of the Total Request Live studio audience in New York City?
Metropolitan Theatre (Winnipeg)	2018-01-08		1,192	49.7	... that the initial plan for the renovation of the Metropolitan Theatre in Winnipeg was for a rock and roll museum?
Merkel Landis	2018-01-24		578	49.2	... that Merkel Landis, while a treasurer at a bank in Pennsylvania, originated the first Christmas Savings Club?
Alfred P. Addaquay	2018-01-11		589	49.1	... that Ghanaian keyboardist Alfred P. Addaquay composed and performed his first oratorio when he was 20 years old?
James Robson (doctor)	2018-01-27		578	48.8	... that James Robson has been to six Rugby World Cups with the Scotland team and on six British and Irish Lions tours?
Luciola substriata	2018-01-28		572	47.7	... that larvae of the firefly Luciola substriata swim upside down?
Howard Spencer	2018-01-13		568	47.3	... that the footballer Howard Spencer was the first Aston Villa player to captain England?
Wolfgang Helbich	2018-01-14		548	45.7	... that Wolfgang Helbich recorded apocryphal works by Bach with the Alsfelder Vokalensemble, and conducted an award-winning recording of Ein deutsches Requiem with the Bremer Domchor?
Mary Puckey	2018-01-17		534	45.3	... that, under the leadership of Mary Puckey, Sydney's Rachel Forster Hospital expanded from 12 to 120 beds?
Mhaimbhat	2018-01-21		530	45.1	... that Mhaimbhat is considered the first known prose writer in the Marathi language?
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1	2018-01-28		540	45.0	... that SCA1 was the first genetic defect found to cause ataxia?
Engineering controls for nanomaterials	2018-01-26		532	44.4	... that low-turbulence enclosures developed for the pharmaceutical industry are also suitable as engineering controls for nanomaterials?
Ninian Park	2018-01-27		533	43.8	... that Ninian Park, the home stadium of Cardiff City F.C. for 99 years, was built on the site of a former rubbish tip?
Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202	2018-01-26		516	43.0	... that the secular Bach cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202, scored for a soprano soloist, oboe, strings and continuo, pictures the transition from winter to spring?
Colette Lorand	2018-01-27		516	42.4	... that Colette Lorand made her debut as Gounod's Marguerite in 1945, created Reimann's Regan in 1978, and retired as Janáček's Emilia Marty in 1983?
Lorenzo Viotti	2018-01-19		483	41.1	... that Lorenzo Viotti conducted Massenet's Werther in three productions in opera houses of three countries in 2017, silently singing with the soloists?
Mass, Op. 130	2018-01-15		492	41.0	... that, although Joseph Jongen conducted the first performance of Mass, Op. 130 at Liège Cathedral in 1946, it was not published until 1990?
Wolfgang Kläsener	2018-01-08		886	36.9	... that Wolfgang Kläsener conducted his Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble in a memorial concert, combining the last work by Thomas Beimel with one Mass by Bach and one by Bruckner?
Nana Otuo Siriboe II	2018-01-27		434	35.6	... that Nana Otuo Siriboe II, a Ghanaian electrical engineer and paramount chief, is the chairman of the advisory council to the President of Ghana?
Yaa Ntiamoah Badu	2018-01-23		416	35.4	... that before becoming chair of the Millennium Development Authority, Yaa Ntiamoah Badu worked at the University of Ghana as a zoologist?
Diego Fasolis	2018-01-16		406	33.9	... that Diego Fasolis conducted L'incoronazione di Poppea at the reopened Staatsoper Unter den Linden, adding music by other composers of Monteverdi's time?
Paul Lindner	2018-01-13		387	32.2	... that German microbiologist Paul Lindner named the yeast species he discovered Schizosaccharomyces pombe after the Swahili word for beer?
Doug McMurdy	2018-01-28		382	31.9	... that Doug McMurdy was the inaugural winner of the Red Tilson Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in the Ontario Hockey League each season?
List of accolades received by I, Tonya	2018-01-30		380	31.7	... that among the accolades received by I, Tonya are five British Academy Film Award nominations?
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Gloucester)	2018-01-01		756	31.5	... that Herbert Howells composed the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for Gloucester Cathedral after having organ lessons there with Herbert Brewer as a boy?
Christmas with Friends (India.Arie and Joe Sample album)	2018-01-23		356	30.3	... that American pianist Joe Sample died from mesothelioma prior to completing his parts for the collaborative album Christmas With Friends with India Arie?
In Exile (Sumsion)	2018-01-23		328	27.9	... that the motet In Exile for double choir by Herbert Sumsion was premiered at Gloucester Cathedral?

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