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Low | 25.0 | Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos | 78.4 | Tanz im August | 25.0 | Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos |
Median | 202.0 | Cook Islands National Museum Crawfurd v The Royal Bank |
638.1 | British Club (Bangkok) | 219.2 | MindaRyn |
High | 1,160.0 | Andy Carswell | 5,245.1 | United Airlines Flight 175 | 5,245.1 | United Airlines Flight 175 |
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United Airlines Flight 175 | 2021-09-11 | 125,882[a] | 5,245.1 | ... that after being hijacked, United Airlines Flight 175 almost had two mid-air collisions with other aircraft before crashing into the South Tower of the World Trade Center (pictured)? | |
Megan Phelps-Roper | 2021-09-01 | 35,790 | 2,982.5 | ... that Megan Phelps-Roper (pictured) announced her departure from the Westboro Baptist Church when the church planned to protest at the funerals of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? | |
Marie Séraphique | 2021-09-13 | 41,568 | 1,732.0 | ... that "the most accurate contemporary picture of conditions" on slave ships is an illustration of the Marie Séraphique (pictured)? | |
James McDivitt | 2021-09-28 | 35,347 | 1,472.8 | ... that astronaut James McDivitt saw a UFO during his first spaceflight? | |
Daisy (advertisement) | 2021-09-20 | 16,534 | 1,377.8 | ... that Monique Corzilius did not realize that she was the girl featured in the famous "Daisy" advertisement (pictured) until the 2000s, when she searched for the commercial on the Internet? | |
Gleninsheen gorget | 2021-09-01 | 16,518 | 1,376.5 | ... that when the Irish Bronze Age Gleninsheen gorget (pictured) was found in 1930 by a local hunting rabbits, he brought the "queer looking thing" to his uncle, who would not let it be kept in his house? | |
CitySpire | 2021-09-23 | 13,978 | 1,164.9 | ... that the manager of CitySpire (pictured) was fined US$220 after the building was found guilty of whistling loudly? | |
Andy Carswell | 2021-09-24 | 13,920 | 1,160.0 | ... that over his long career in aviation, Andy Carswell (pictured) was shot down over Germany, made two famous rescues, met Queen Elizabeth II, and upset the Canadian transport safety establishment? | |
Shadow docket | 2021-09-24 | 13,849 | 1,154.1 | ... that Trump won 28 times more shadow docket requests per year than Bush and Obama? | |
Solow Building | 2021-09-03 | 13,283 | 1,106.9 | ... that the owner of the Solow Building (pictured) tried to evict the Bank of America under a law normally used for evicting drug dealers and prostitutes? | |
Disappearance of Michele Anne Harris | 2021-09-11 | 25,726 | 1,071.9 | ... that after Michele Anne Harris disappeared 20 years ago today, her husband was tried four times for her murder before being acquitted? | |
Hanneke Kappen | 2021-09-07 | 25,209 | 1,050.4 | ... that Dutch radio and TV presenter Hanneke Kappen (pictured) presented the second Dutch radio show dedicated to heavy metal music? | |
Malan Bridge | 2021-09-04 | 23,172 | 965.5 | ... that according to legend, Malan Bridge (pictured) was built by two mythical princesses who mixed egg shells with clay to create a bridge stronger than steel? | |
Sally Fox (photographer) | 2021-09-18 | 11,462 | 955.2 | ... that Sally Fox found a picture of a French sculptor and decided to create a picture collection (example pictured) of thousands of other women? | |
Columbia Eneutseak | 2021-09-03 | 11,285 | 940.4 | ... that Columbia Eneutseak (pictured), named for the World's Columbian Exposition where she was born into one of the exhibits, starred in her film The Way of the Eskimo? | |
Azayamankawin | 2021-09-21 | 10,994 | 916.2 | ... that photographers in Saint Paul, Minnesota, sold thousands of cartes-de-visite of "Old Betz" (pictured), a Dakota woman who they said was 120 years old? | |
HMS Ganges mast | 2021-09-29 | 21,776 | 907.4 | ... that a 15-year-old boy died after falling from the top of a 142-foot high (43 m) mast? | |
Spud Island | 2021-09-21 | 10,847 | 903.9 | ... that Spud Island was sold for US$15,000? | |
The Hamburg Syndrome | 2021-09-14 | 19,222 | 800.9 | ... that Peter Fleischmann directed the cult film The Hamburg Syndrome, which foresaw a scenario similar to the COVID-19 pandemic as early as 1979? | |
Peter Fleischmann | 2,358 | 98.2 | |||
Total | 21,580 | 899.2 | |||
Carnegie Hall Tower | 2021-09-02 | 10,712 | 892.7 | ... that before Carnegie Hall Tower (pictured) was built, pianos at Carnegie Hall were carried up staircases because the hall did not have a freight elevator? | |
Michael Sumpter | 2021-09-23 | 10,564 | 880.3 | ... that American serial killer Michael Sumpter was never convicted of murder and it was only after his death that he could be linked to his killings through DNA evidence? | |
Serpent seed | 2021-09-07 | 20,933 | 872.2 | ... that the fringe belief of serpent seed claims that the Serpent mated with Eve in the Garden of Eden, and their offspring was Cain? | |
Great Dover Street woman | 2021-09-22 | 10,349 | 862.4 | ... that the Great Dover Street woman might be the skeleton of a female gladiator? | |
Foster-Daimler tractor | 2021-09-23 | 10,292 | 857.7 | ... that in 1914 the Royal Navy acquired ninety-seven Foster-Daimler tractors (example pictured) to tow the BL 15-inch howitzer, with eight tractors required to tow each howitzer? | |
Fox Island (Detroit River) | 2021-09-25 | 10,208 | 850.7 | ... that each of the three times Fox Island exploded, shockwaves could be felt dozens of miles away? | |
John Knight (slave trader) | 2021-09-23 | 10,162 | 846.8 | ... that the slave trader John Knight transported more than 26,000 Africans to the Americas? | |
Musalla complex | 2021-09-25 | 10,015 | 834.6 | ... that most of the Timurid 15th-century Musalla complex (remains pictured) was destroyed in 1885 by the British and the Emir of Afghanistan, Abdul Rahman Khan? | |
Ding Dang (song) | 2021-09-08 | 19,872 | 828.0 | ... that the Beach Boys' song "Rollin' Up to Heaven" had a chorus that consisted of the lines "alley-oop", "fuck her", and "big tits"? | |
Isatou Nyang | 2021-09-19 | 9,586 | 798.8 | ... that after the Paralympics, Gambian athlete Isatou Nyang (pictured) continued to train at night, and during the day she would beg to support herself? | |
Meme Man | 2021-09-01 | 9,460 | 788.4 | ... that Meme Man is used in many surreal memes, a genre of internet humor inspired by surrealism? | |
Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939 | 2021-09-22 | 9,384 | 782.0 | ... that Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939 by Robin Higham shows how commercial aviation (route map pictured) connected the colonies of the British Empire? | |
Fordson Island | 2021-09-21 | 9,010 | 750.8 | ... that the city of Dearborn forgot about the existence of Fordson Island for several decades? | |
Road 96 | 2021-09-01 | 8,985 | 748.8 | ... that advertisements for Road 96 were taken down by Facebook for being too political? | |
Naga Thein Hlaing | 2021-09-16 | 17,834 | 743.1 | ... that since he was able to cure goitre, which local shamans could not do, Naga Thein Hlaing (pictured) was recognized by the Naga people as Naga Nat and worshiped as a deity? | |
Charlie Aust | 2021-09-16 | 17,448 | 727.0 | ... that the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Charlie Aust, described himself as "seedy moustache, glasses and intensely ugly" so soldiers knew how to identify him? | |
Sam Poo | 2021-09-08 | 16,202 | 675.1 | ... that "one of early Australia's biggest manhunts" was organized to catch Chinese Australian bushranger Sam Poo? | |
Social golfer problem | 2021-09-25 | 7,922 | 660.2 | ... that the social golfer problem is used to assign groups in classrooms to maximize student interaction? | |
Mack AC | 2021-09-22 | 7,726 | 643.8 | ... that Mack Trucks adopted the Bulldog as its corporate logo after World War I British soldiers nicknamed the Mack AC (example pictured) the "Bulldog", a reference to the model's tenacity and stub nose? | |
British Club (Bangkok) | 2021-09-02 | 7,658 | 638.1 | ... that following World War II, members of Bangkok's British Club were able to reclaim their building (pictured) thanks to a mortgage that helped preserve its land deeds? | |
George McCubbin | 2021-09-09 | 15,287 | 637.0 | ... that 18-year-old George McCubbin piloted the aircraft that shot down German ace Max Immelmann in 1916? | |
Mariner 1 | 2021-09-18 | 7,592 | 632.7 | ... that Mariner 1, the United States' first interplanetary probe, was lost in 1962 due to the miscoding of a single character in its software? | |
Sorbus arvonensis | 2021-09-19 | 7,439 | 619.9 | ... that the critically endangered Menai Strait whitebeam has a population of roughly 30 individuals? | |
SS Ironsides | 2021-09-20 | 4,348 | 362.3 | ... that the sister ships Ironsides and Lac La Belle sank under similar circumstances, eleven months apart? | |
SS Lac La Belle | 2,710 | 225.9 | |||
Total | 7,058 | 588.2 | |||
Starweb | 2021-09-22 | 7,056 | 588.0 | ... that the play-by-mail game Starweb, first published in 1976, is still available today through postal mail or email? | |
Barry Joule | 2021-09-14 | 14,030 | 584.6 | ... that due to a left–right mix-up, Barry Joule destroyed the wrong Francis Bacon painting, which would now be worth around £35 million? | |
Bishop Sycamore High School scandal | 2021-09-19 | 6,932[b] | 577.6 | ... that after Bishop Sycamore High School lost a televised football game 58–0, it was reported that the school did not teach its students? | |
Pompey stone | 2021-09-18 | 6,908 | 575.7 | ... that the Pompey stone was believed to date to the early 1500s for over 70 years before it was revealed to be a hoax in 1894? | |
Broken Circle/Spiral Hill | 2021-09-29 | 13,656 | 569.0 | ... that the artist Robert Smithson suggested that the boulder in the center of his piece Broken Circle/Spiral Hill (pictured) was a "warning from the Ice Age"? | |
Egyptian frigate Mehemet Ali | 2021-09-24 | 6,825 | 568.8 | ... that by the time the Egyptian frigate Mehemet Ali served in the 1877 Russo-Turkish War she was described as "as much good as a cardboard box"? | |
Brajesh Singh | 2021-09-01 | 6,790 | 565.8 | ... that Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva fell in love with Brajesh Singh, whom she considered her husband although they were never allowed to marry? | |
Hi-Tek incident | 2021-09-23 | 6,571 | 547.6 | ... that in 1999, hundreds to tens of thousands of people protested for 53 days against the flag of Vietnam and a portrait of Ho Chi Minh in Little Saigon? | |
Shōnanzakura Sōta | 2021-09-08 | 12,986 | 541.1 | ... that sumo wrestler Shōnanzakura Sōta had a record 104 consecutive losses? | |
Statue of Queen Elizabeth II, Lagos | 2021-09-28 | 12,966 | 540.2 | ... that Queen Elizabeth II sat for Ben Enwonwu on twelve occasions as he created his sculpture of her? | |
Muhammad Sadiq (photographer) | 2021-09-15 | 12,736 | 530.6 | ... that Muhammad Sadiq's photographs were the first ever taken of the Islamic holy sites in Mecca and Medina? | |
Anthony Ciulla | 2021-09-16 | 12,711 | 529.6 | ... that Anthony "Big Tony" Ciulla had to enter the United States Federal Witness Protection Program after he testified in a trial about rigged horse races? | |
Tlalli | 2021-09-25 | 6,331 | 527.6 | ... that Tlalli will replace a monument to Christopher Columbus, not to "erase history", but to "deliver social justice"? | |
Southern greater glider | 2021-09-19 | 3,796 | 316.3 | ... that in 2020, scientists confirmed that the southern greater glider (pictured), northern greater glider and central greater glider were not one species as had previously been believed? | |
Northern greater glider | 1,310 | 109.2 | |||
Central greater glider | 1,124 | 93.7 | |||
Total | 6,230 | 519.2 | |||
Racism-Turanism trials | 2021-09-28 | 12,188 | 507.8 | ... that the defendants in the Racism-Turanism trials between 1944 and 1947 were absolved because racism was not contrary to the Turkish constitution? | |
HMS Obdurate (1916) | 2021-09-19 | 6,084 | 507.0 | ... that British M-class destroyers such as HMS Obdurate were built to counter German ships that did not exist? | |
Powder House Island | 2021-09-18 | 6,072 | 506.0 | ... that in 1908, you could "throw a cat through the cracks" of the dynamite shanties on Powder House Island? | |
The Gods from Outer Space | 2021-09-27 | 12,142 | 505.9 | ... that while The Gods from Outer Space has eight volumes, only four were published in English? | |
TD-2 | 2021-09-17 | 12,060 | 502.5 | ... that Bell Labs' TD-2 microwave-relay system (tower pictured) was used to carry television signals and telephone calls across North America? | |
Cambus O' May bridge | 2021-09-18 | 5,990 | 499.2 | ... that Prince Charles donated money to help repair the Cambus O' May bridge (pictured) after it was badly damaged by Storm Frank in 2015? | |
Maungwudaus | 2021-09-14 | 11,332 | 472.1 | ... that when it was sold in 2002, a painting of the Ojibwe performer Maungwudaus (pictured) was the second-most expensive artwork ever sold in Canada? | |
2014 Bedford Gulfstream IV crash | 2021-09-16 | 11,232 | 468.0 | ... that the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the probable cause of the 2014 Bedford Gulfstream IV crash was the flight crew's failure to perform the flight-control check before takeoff? | |
World Bodybuilding Federation | 2021-09-28 | 11,003 | 458.5 | ... that the 1992 championship of Vince McMahon's World Bodybuilding Federation consisted of "two of the silliest hours in the history of live sports"? | |
River Works station | 2021-09-21 | 5,496 | 458.0 | ... that River Works station is only for the use of GE Aviation employees? | |
Green Guerillas | 2021-09-20 | 5,403 | 450.2 | ... that the Green Guerillas threw "seed grenades" into abandoned lots in New York City? | |
Jonathan Carr (property developer) | 2021-09-05 | 10,591 | 441.3 | ... that Jonathan Carr's 342 bankruptcy petitions set a record? | |
Silver Deer of Bilge Khan | 2021-09-06 | 10,365 | 431.9 | ... that the Silver Deer of Bilge Khan, a 7th-century artifact, is recognized by the Mongolian government as being of "invaluable heritage"? | |
Zhang Shangwu | 2021-09-30 | 10,358 | 431.6 | ... that Zhang Shangwu, a two-time gold medal gymnast at the Universiade, turned to stealing and begging in the streets after his competitive career ended with an injury? | |
King Edward's Place | 2021-09-10 | 10,224 | 426.0 | ... that King Edward's Place, once a love nest for King Edward VII, later became a children's activity centre? | |
Dowhill Castle | 2021-09-21 | 5,043 | 420.2 | ... that the great hall of Dowhill Castle had a hatch in its floor leading to a pit used as a prison? | |
History of the Jews in Odessa | 2021-09-23 | 5,036 | 419.6 | ... that at one point in Odessa's history, Jews comprised 89 percent of the city's population? | |
Why (Yoko Ono song) | 2021-09-28 | 9,922 | 413.4 | ... that "why" is the only lyric of "Why"? | |
Polish proverbs | 2021-09-22 | 4,931 | 410.9 | ... that there are tens of thousands of Polish proverbs, the oldest known of which dates to the year 1407? | |
Operation Romeo (Nepal) | 2021-09-13 | 9,816 | 409.0 | ... that Operation Romeo was one of the causes of the Nepalese Civil War? | |
One potato, two potato | 2021-09-04 | 9,754 | 406.4 | ... that the counting-out rhyme "One potato, two potato" is more than 135 years old? | |
Altars for Peace | 2021-09-21 | 4,818 | 401.5 | ... that four Altars for Peace, fashioned out of large trees by George Nakashima, have been placed on different continents? | |
Junk (film) | 2021-09-15 | 9,632 | 401.3 | ... that the cast and crew of the zombie film Junk, which made use of real meat for its gore effects, were sometimes unable to stomach meat for dinner after spending hours filming? | |
Camera Obscura (2017 film) | 2021-09-03 | 4,733 | 394.4 | ... that the director of the horror film Camera Obscura was inspired to write the screenplay after one of his co-workers was not allowed to take pictures in South America due to locals believing "it would steal their souls"? | |
Stony Island (Michigan) | 2021-09-13 | 9,372 | 390.5 | ... that after decades of being a central hub for river dredging operations, Stony Island's population was reduced to a caretaker and his two dogs? | |
Wu Dao | 2021-09-23 | 4,624 | 385.4 | ... that Wu Dao has ten times as many parameters as GPT-3? | |
Bob Zellner | 2021-09-28 | 9,234 | 384.7 | ... that civil rights activist Bob Zellner was arrested at least 25 times and severely beaten on several occasions for his activism? | |
Vitaly Shishov | 2021-09-02 | 4,586 | 382.2 | ... that Belarusian activist Vitaly Shishov, the head of an organisation helping people escape repression following the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, was aware of risks to his life before he was found dead? | |
Method of moments (electromagnetics) | 2021-09-08 | 9,170 | 382.1 | ... that method of moments is one of the most common simulation techniques in RF and microwave engineering (example pictured)? | |
Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage | 2021-09-21 | 4,530 | 377.5 | ... that following the Report on the Restitution of African Cultural Heritage, the President of France promised to return African artworks (example pictured) looted during colonial times? | |
Martin Perscheid | 2021-09-03 | 4,518 | 376.5 | ... that Martin Perscheid published more than 4,300 cartoons, exploring "abysses of sexism, racism, ignorance, corruption and stupidity"? | |
Space travel in science fiction | 2021-09-24 | 4,420 | 368.4 | ... that rockets (example pictured) are one of the classic methods of space travel in science fiction? | |
Escaped plant | 2021-09-10 | 8,687 | 362.0 | ... that garden refugees can become invasive in the wild? | |
Temple of Jupiter Apenninus | 2021-09-20 | 4,316 | 359.6 | ... that the Temple of Jupiter Apenninus near Scheggia is depicted on the Tabula Peutingeriana (detail pictured)? | |
275 Madison Avenue | 2021-09-01 | 4,312 | 359.4 | ... that the architect of 275 Madison Avenue did not include much exterior decoration because he wanted the building to be "shadow-less"? | |
Headreach Island | 2021-09-19 | 4,306 | 358.8 | ... that Headreach Island had 175 acres (71 ha) of farmland in 1923, but by 1974 was mostly marshland or underwater? | |
Sawmill Fire (2017) | 2021-09-25 | 4,298 | 358.2 | ... that the Sawmill Fire of 2017, which burned more than 45,000 acres (18,000 ha), was started at a gender reveal party? | |
Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience | 2021-09-21 | 4,282 | 356.8 | ... that the WandaVision episode "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" employed a variety of live special effects such as wire rigs to emulate television series of the 1950s and 1960s? | |
Actual play | 2021-09-09 | 8,372 | 348.8 | ... that actual play shows have helped to improve the representation of women, people of color, and LGBT people in tabletop gaming? | |
Richard McGeagh | 2021-09-29 | 8,340 | 347.5 | ... that Richard McGeagh did not receive a gold medal, even though he set an Olympic record in the 4×100 metre medley relay at the 1964 Olympics? | |
Trump International Hotel and Tower (New York City) | 2021-09-24 | 4,148 | 345.6 | ... that a feng shui consultant convinced Donald Trump not to use a gold color for New York City's Trump International Hotel and Tower? | |
Nguyễn Thúy Hiền | 2021-09-19 | 4,138 | 344.8 | ... that wushu athlete Nguyễn Thúy Hiền was voted the best Vietnamese female athlete of the 20th century? | |
Ricochet (Faith No More song) | 2021-09-24 | 4,118 | 343.2 | ... that Faith No More's "Ricochet", originally earmarked as a B-side, contains "one of the band's most memorable lines"? | |
Wayward Son (novel) | 2021-09-14 | 8,230 | 342.9 | ... that Wayward Son was described as "a delirious candy-coated romp"? | |
William James (slave trader) | 2021-09-01 | 4,092 | 341.0 | ... that the slave trader William James left for his country retreat before rioting sailors ransacked his home? | |
Battle of Kabamba | 2021-09-27 | 8,149 | 339.5 | ... that rebel leader and later Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni had to walk 19 kilometres (12 mi) and borrow a car before the Battle of Kabamba because his pickup truck had broken down? | |
Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial | 2021-09-26 | 4,070 | 339.2 | ... that the Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial (pictured) had to be redesigned after six years to accommodate more names? | |
Margaret Clemence | 2021-09-22 | 4,032 | 336.0 | ... that Brookside character Margaret Clemence was featured in a female same-sex kiss that was rebroadcast during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics? | |
Fatykha Aitova | 2021-09-02 | 4,026 | 335.5 | ... that Fatykha Aitova agreed to marry her husband on the condition that he help her construct a school? | |
John U. Monro | 2021-09-24 | 4,024 | 335.4 | ... that John U. Monro resigned as dean of Harvard College to work at a then-unaccredited, historically black college in Alabama? | |
Hog Island (San Joaquin County) | 2021-09-26 | 4,019 | 334.9 | ... that 80 acres (32 ha) of Hog Island were farmland in 1923, but only 15 acres (6 ha) were above water in 1974? | |
Aaron Martin (footballer, born 1989) | 2021-09-22 | 4,010 | 334.1 | ... that Aaron Martin missed his penalty kick in the longest penalty shoot-out in English professional football history? | |
Kaludah | 2021-09-21 | 3,996 | 333.0 | ... that Kaludah was destroyed by fire in 1911, just two years after the ship was commissioned? | |
Koenigia islandica | 2021-09-16 | 7,866 | 327.7 | ... that Koenigia islandica is considered the most hardy annual plant in the world? | |
Cedar Hill Yard | 2021-09-24 | 3,916 | 326.3 | ... that Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, Connecticut, could hold more than 15,000 railroad cars at one time? | |
Stuyvesant Farm | 2021-09-22 | 3,846 | 320.5 | ... that when England moved to take over the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664, a delegation met at Stuyvesant Farm to negotiate the Articles of Surrender? | |
The Fabulous Baker Boys | 2021-09-15 | 7,654 | 318.9 | ... that director Steve Kloves was reluctant to cast Beau Bridges as the brother of Jeff Bridges's character in The Fabulous Baker Boys because he thought it sounded like "a gimmick"? | |
Dinah John | 2021-09-29 | 7,362 | 306.8 | ... that Dinah John was one of an estimated fifteen Native American women from New York state to serve in the War of 1812? | |
Lyduvėnai | 2021-09-20 | 3,663 | 305.2 | ... that the Lithuanian town of Lyduvėnai had one of the world's largest wooden bridges? | |
Bessie Anstice Baker | 2021-09-12 | 7,305 | 304.4 | ... that Bessie Anstice Baker (pictured), a convert to Catholicism, was the first Australian woman to receive a Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal? | |
Hardman Earle | 2021-09-08 | 7,245 | 301.9 | ... that Sir Hardman Earle, 1st Baronet's father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all slave traders? | |
Mikhail Ioffe | 2021-09-21 | 3,615 | 301.2 | ... that Soviet scientist Mikhail Ioffe was not allowed to collect the Atoms for Peace Award because he was seen to be too friendly with western scientists? | |
Ken Whitlock | 2021-09-03 | 3,612 | 301.0 | ... that American Ken Whitlock played football in Canada because of segregation in the United States? | |
Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church | 2021-09-23 | 3,592 | 299.3 | ... that some canons of the canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church contradict each other? | |
Off the verandah | 2021-09-30 | 7,076 | 294.9 | ... that criticism of armchair theorizing in anthropology has resulted in scholars "coming down off the verandah"? | |
Impossible Rebellion | 2021-09-07 | 7,060 | 294.2 | ... that some protesters in the 2021 London Impossible Rebellion dressed as bankers with blood on their hands? | |
Lori Gramlich | 2021-09-27 | 7,015 | 292.3 | ... that Lori Gramlich, a survivor of sexual abuse in her childhood, introduced legislation that made it easier for sexual abuse survivors in Maine to file civil lawsuits against their abusers? | |
Mary V. R. Thayer | 2021-09-06 | 6,966 | 290.2 | ... that Mary V. R. Thayer was briefly arrested on suspicion of spying after abandoning a 1929 business trip in the Soviet Union to explore the Caucasus? | |
Monika Salzer | 2021-09-27 | 6,922 | 288.4 | ... that Monika Salzer, a systematic psychotherapist and Protestant pastor, was a columnist for the Kronen Zeitung and appeared on television in Dancing Stars? | |
The Cyborg and the Sorcerers | 2021-09-22 | 3,438 | 286.5 | ... that Lawrence Watt-Evans's The Cyborg and the Sorcerers was his first work in the hard science fiction genre, but mixed in elements of fantasy? | |
Rex Julius | 2021-09-24 | 3,408 | 284.0 | ... that Able Seaman Rex Julius was the lowest-ranked Australian official war artist of World War II? | |
Charles K. Prioleau | 2021-09-10 | 6,801 | 283.4 | ... that during the American Civil War, Charles K. Prioleau made a fortune by smuggling arms to the Confederacy on board the blockade runner Bermuda? | |
Felix Doran (slave trader) | 2021-09-26 | 3,384 | 282.0 | ... that Dorans Lane in Liverpool is named after Felix Doran, who "seems to cling ghost-like to the area"? | |
1993 Finchley Road bombings | 2021-09-24 | 3,355 | 279.6 | ... that the 1993 Finchley Road bombings were the first London bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in six months? | |
Windsor Gardens station | 2021-09-25 | 3,324 | 277.0 | ... that Windsor Gardens station was built to serve a single apartment complex? | |
Hamilcar's victory with Naravas | 2021-09-18 | 3,314 | 276.1 | ... that an army commanded by Hannibal's father was saved from defeat when part of the enemy force deserted and fought alongside him? | |
List of places of worship in East Hampshire | 2021-09-13 | 6,614 | 275.6 | ... that places of worship in the English district of East Hampshire include the Temple of the White Eagle Lodge—likened to "an Art Deco version of the Pantheon"? | |
Niccolò Paccanari | 2021-09-21 | 3,284 | 273.7 | ... that Niccolò Paccanari was sentenced to a decade in prison by the Inquisition for mismanaging the religious congregation he founded? | |
John Olson (artist) | 2021-09-20 | 3,283 | 273.6 | ... that experimental musician John Olson has been called a "sort of bizarro influencer" because of his habit of "chaotic shitposting"? | |
Tule Island | 2021-09-22 | 3,266 | 272.2 | ... that black rails live on Tule Island? | |
Plexippus petersi | 2021-09-18 | 3,253 | 271.1 | ... that the jumping spider Plexippus petersi is widely admired for its prowess in hunting pest insects in homes? | |
RSS Panglima | 2021-09-15 | 6,464 | 269.3 | ... that RSS Panglima was the first ship of the Republic of Singapore Navy? | |
Dinosaur Wildlife | 2021-09-03 | 3,173 | 264.4 | ... that the now-closed Dinosaur Wildlife museum exhibited three fox squirrels posed to fight in a boxing ring? | |
Impa | 2021-09-26 | 3,148 | 262.3 | ... that Impa is one of the oldest characters in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series? | |
Cu hulu | 2021-09-12 | 6,244 | 260.1 | ... that the Ming-dynasty novella The Jealous Wife might have been written by the "Master of the Doctrine of Subduing Women"? | |
Marvel's Midnight Suns | 2021-09-05 | 6,214[c] | 258.9 | ... that in the upcoming video game Marvel's Midnight Suns, players will be able to create their own superhero in the Marvel Universe? | |
Miss Wool of America Pageant | 2021-09-30 | 6,066 | 252.7 | ... that Kathryn Gromatski was the first Miss Wool of Texas in 1952? | |
Darby Camp | 2021-09-26 | 3,002 | 250.1 | ... that when acting in HBO television series Big Little Lies, Darby Camp received suggestions from Reese Witherspoon, who plays her onscreen mother? | |
Women's suffrage in New Jersey | 2021-09-10 | 5,899 | 245.8 | ... that women originally had the right to vote in New Jersey thanks to its constitution until an 1807 act removed that right? | |
John Henry Dunn | 2021-09-20 | 2,922 | 243.5 | ... that John Henry Dunn resigned from the Executive Council of Upper Canada only three weeks after his appointment, throwing away a post he had sought for 16 years, on a matter of political principle? | |
Haku Rakuten | 2021-09-06 | 5,819 | 242.5 | ... that the Noh play Haku Rakuten is parodied in a woodblock print (pictured)? | |
Ramsåsa Church | 2021-09-12 | 5,789 | 241.2 | ... that the medieval rood of Ramsåsa Church was discovered in the church attic at the beginning of the 20th century? | |
Atar, Padang Ganting | 2021-09-22 | 2,894 | 241.2 | ... that there is a monument of a photocopier in the Indonesian village of Atar, commemorating the involvement of migrants from the village in the trade? | |
Lulwah Al-Qatami | 2021-09-23 | 2,890 | 240.9 | ... that Lulwah Al-Qatami was the first woman from Kuwait to study at a university abroad? | |
Benjamin William Page | 2021-09-25 | 2,888 | 240.6 | ... that Admiral Benjamin William Page was tasked with announcing the start of the Napoleonic Wars to the East Indies, using HMS Caroline (pictured)? | |
Cack Henley | 2021-09-13 | 5,689 | 237.0 | ... that Cack Henley threw the longest complete game shutout in professional baseball history? | |
John Wells (Royal Navy officer) | 2021-09-26 | 2,840 | 236.6 | ... that Royal Navy officer John Wells managed to escape the Nore mutiny through a gun port in his ship, returning later to accept the mutineers' surrender? | |
2021 British Open | 2021-09-03 | 2,839 | 236.6 | ... that a separated couple competed against each other for the first time at the 2021 British Open? | |
Bill Pinkney (sailor) | 2021-09-13 | 5,600 | 233.3 | ... that Bill Pinkney was the first African American to sail around the world solo via the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn? | |
Chaconne in G minor | 2021-09-17 | 5,588 | 232.8 | ... that some music scholars have suggested that the Chaconne in G minor, widely attributed to Tomaso Antonio Vitali, is a musical hoax? | |
Rings of Power (video game) | 2021-09-25 | 2,772 | 231.0 | ... that the music for the video game Rings of Power was composed by a first-year medical student? | |
Aline Abboud | 2021-09-24 | 2,764 | 230.3 | ... that Aline Abboud is the first woman born in the German Democratic Republic to present Tagesthemen, a German daily news magazine? | |
Erawan Hotel | 2021-09-20 | 2,736 | 228.0 | ... that the construction of the Erawan Hotel was delayed by so many mishaps that a shrine to Brahma was built to ward off ill fortune? | |
Chevelon Creek Bridge | 2021-09-09 | 5,439 | 226.6 | ... that the Chevelon Creek Bridge, built in Arizona in 1912–1913, was part of one of America's first national highways? | |
Mal Benning | 2021-09-22 | 2,682 | 223.5 | ... that Mal Benning is one of only 0.25 per cent of professional footballers in England to be British Asian? | |
Angelo Tsarouchas | 2021-09-07 | 5,364 | 223.5 | ... that Angelo Tsarouchas nearly abandoned his hopes of being a comedian because his wife at the time thought it was a bad idea? | |
Stephan Vanfleteren | 2021-09-23 | 2,642 | 220.2 | ... that the photographer Stephan Vanfleteren crossed the US while modelling as Presley and photographing a friend modelling as Elvis? | |
Rhodesia Information Centre | 2021-09-04 | 5,284 | 220.1 | ... that the Rhodesia Information Centre spread propaganda about Rhodesia in Australia? | |
MindaRyn | 2021-09-23 | 2,630 | 219.2 | ... that Thai YouTuber MindaRyn began an anime singing career after her music covers were noticed by a Japanese record label? | |
In the Ditch (novel) | 2021-09-01 | 2,628 | 219.0 | ... that In the Ditch (1972) is based on the experiences of writer Buchi Emecheta, and deals with the systemic violence faced by working-class women in Britain at the time? | |
UEFA Euro 2004 Final | 2021-09-16 | 5,256 | 219.0 | ... that Greece won the UEFA Euro 2004 Final despite never having won a match at a previous major tournament? | |
Abraham O. Woodruff | 2021-09-22 | 2,612 | 217.7 | ... that Abraham O. Woodruff married a second wife 11 years after his father, Wilford Woodruff, issued the 1890 Manifesto that banned the practice of plural marriage? | |
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till | 2021-09-07 | 5,219 | 217.5 | ... that the 2005 documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, about African-American teenager Emmett Till's murder in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, contributed to the case being reopened? | |
Protestant Church, Borgholzhausen | 2021-09-18 | 2,590 | 215.8 | ... that the Protestant Church in Borgholzhausen features a 1501 carved stone altar with scenes from the Passion of Jesus? | |
The Noises | 2021-09-18 | 2,583 | 215.2 | ... that the name of the Noises, a group of islands in New Zealand, is a corrupted version of Les Noisettes ("the Hazelnuts")? | |
Half Die | 2021-09-10 | 5,042 | 210.1 | ... that the Banjul sector Half Die was reportedly given its name due to an epidemic outbreak in the 19th century? | |
Clara Leiser | 2021-09-11 | 5,022 | 209.2 | ... that American journalist and activist Clara Leiser traveled to Nazi Germany frequently, and documented the plight of families of political prisoners? | |
National Museum of Vanuatu | 2021-09-08 | 4,962 | 206.8 | ... that when the National Museum of Vanuatu opened its new building in 1995, a specially selected pig was sacrificed? | |
Plevna, Tampere | 2021-09-11 | 4,950 | 206.2 | ... that Plevna in Tampere, Finland, was the first building in the Nordic countries and the Russian Empire (of which Finland was part at the time) to be lit by electric lights? | |
Schlosspark Biebrich | 2021-09-26 | 2,470 | 205.9 | ... that Schlosspark Biebrich (pictured), the garden at a former residence of the Duchy of Nassau on the Rhine, is the venue of the Internationales Pfingstturnier Wiesbaden? | |
Omas gegen Rechts | 2021-09-07 | 4,926 | 205.2 | ... that the protest initiative Omas gegen Rechts (Grannies against the Right) was awarded a prize for civil courage by the Central Council of Jews in Germany? | |
Herschel Prins | 2021-09-15 | 4,876 | 203.2 | ... that criminologist Herschel Prins found in 1993 that young black men at Broadmoor Hospital were often stereotyped as "big, black and dangerous"? | |
Jan Hecker | 2021-09-28 | 4,852 | 202.2 | ... that Jan Hecker influenced the foreign policy of Angela Merkel? | |
Crawfurd v The Royal Bank | 2021-09-23 | 2,426 | 202.2 | ... that Crawfurd v The Royal Bank (1749) established in Scots law that a bona fide recipient of stolen banknotes cannot be forced to return them to their original owner? | |
Cook Islands National Museum | 2021-09-02 | 2,422 | 201.9 | ... that in 1999 two necklaces were repatriated to the Cook Islands National Museum from a museum in Angus, Scotland? | |
Jacquelyn Reingold | 2021-09-23 | 2,415 | 201.2 | ... that Jacquelyn Reingold knew nothing about string theory until she wrote a play about it? | |
Tyler Gilbert | 2021-09-12 | 4,782 | 199.2 | ... that Tyler Gilbert threw a no-hitter in his first Major League Baseball start? | |
Bayshore Route | 2021-09-13 | 4,770 | 198.7 | ... that street racing was once prevalent along the Tokyo area's Bayshore Route? | |
Miguelina Acosta Cárdenas | 2021-09-05 | 4,738 | 197.4 | ... that Miguelina Acosta Cárdenas (pictured) played a key role in the fledgling women's movement in Peru in the early 20th century? | |
Another Body Murdered | 2021-09-23 | 2,308 | 192.4 | ... that "Another Body Murdered", a collaboration between Faith No More and Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., has been described as having "a chest-puffing, smack-talking energy that’s undeniable"? | |
Thomas Lord Busby | 2021-09-10 | 4,570 | 190.4 | ... that Thomas Lord Busby's portrait of the busker Billy Waters (pictured) inspired Derby and Staffordshire figures? | |
Louise Potiki Bryant | 2021-09-13 | 4,505 | 187.7 | ... that New Zealand choreographer and dancer Louise Potiki Bryant was coated in clay by sculptor Paerau Corneal in their interdisciplinary work Kiri? | |
Ranunculus arcticus | 2021-09-15 | 4,503 | 187.6 | ... that the birdfoot buttercup is found on three continents, mostly in the Arctic zone? | |
Day of Reckoning (2016 film) | 2021-09-09 | 4,496 | 187.3 | ... that a television in the film Day of Reckoning includes scenes from Big Ass Spider!? | |
George Lauder (surgeon) | 2021-09-24 | 2,237 | 186.4 | ... that George Lauder, a surgeon in the Jacobite Army under Bonnie Prince Charlie, treated the wounded of both sides after the Battle of Prestonpans? | |
Pioneers' Day | 2021-09-12 | 4,457 | 185.7 | ... that Rhodesians continued to raise the Union Jack to celebrate Pioneers' Day every 12 September, even after adopting a new flag, in order to honour the original pioneers? | |
Pycnogonum litorale | 2021-09-18 | 1,482 | 123.5 | ... that the sea anemone Metridium dianthus is parasitised by the sea spider Pycnogonum litorale? | |
Metridium dianthus | 729 | 60.8 | |||
Total | 2,211 | 184.2 | |||
WCOS-TV | 2021-09-14 | 4,401 | 183.4 | ... that South Carolina's first television station, WCOS-TV, "could not stand the economic gaff" and folded less than three years after starting up? | |
Saul Soliz | 2021-09-29 | 4,396 | 183.1 | ... that Saul Soliz was known as "the godfather of Texas MMA"? | |
Leslie Daiken | 2021-09-20 | 1,337 | 111.4 | ... that Brian O'Neill said in his tribute to Leslie Daiken: "He was always busy, always with a half dozen irons in the fire, always trying to give a hand to some Irish writer who needed it"? | |
Brian O'Neill (journalist) | 856 | 71.4 | |||
Total | 2,194 | 182.8 | |||
Beroe gracilis | 2021-09-01 | 2,192 | 182.7 | ... that the comb jelly Beroe gracilis feeds on other comb jellies, swallowing them whole? | |
Scarlet-and-white tanager | 2021-09-17 | 4,330 | 180.4 | ... that the scarlet-and-white tanager swallows small berries whole, but eats larger fruit piece by piece? | |
Winchester Highlands station | 2021-09-30 | 4,290 | 178.7 | ... that Winchester Highlands station was used for church meetings in the 1880s? | |
2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship | 2021-09-27 | 4,273 | 178.0 | ... that all 256 places at the 2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship were filled within 10 hours? | |
Good Time Women | 2021-09-30 | 4,257 | 177.4 | ... that The Rolling Stones' single "Good Time Women", released in 2010, formed the basis for their 1972 hit single "Tumbling Dice"? | |
UEFA Euro 1996 Final | 2021-09-03 | 2,122 | 176.8 | ... that Germany's players sang "Three Lions" after winning the UEFA Euro 1996 Final? | |
2021 Turkey floods | 2021-09-02 | 2,112 | 176.0 | ... that more than 400 millimetres (16 in) of rain was recorded in northern Turkey on 11 August 2021, causing catastrophic flooding? | |
Jail (Kanye West song) | 2021-09-28 | 4,202 | 175.1 | ... that Jay-Z was re-added to "Jail" by Kanye West after initially being replaced with DaBaby? | |
Echinocyamus pusillus | 2021-09-01 | 2,046 | 170.5 | ... that the sea urchin Echinocyamus pusillus turns bright green when injured? | |
Evelyn van Leeuwen | 2021-09-01 | 1,990 | 165.9 | ... that Evelyn van Leeuwen won a wheelchair basketball silver medal at the 1996 Paralympics and twenty years later she won a bronze at the 2016 Games? | |
Textile performance | 2021-09-14 | 3,947 | 164.5 | ... that in terms of performance, wool has been advertised as a "miracle fabric"? | |
Huanaki Cultural Centre & Museum | 2021-09-03 | 1,956 | 163.0 | ... that the Huanaki Cultural Centre & Museum was destroyed by a cyclone? | |
Axa Equitable Center | 2021-09-23 | 1,948 | 162.3 | ... that for the construction of the US$200 million Axa Equitable Center, the Equitable Life Assurance Society spent $7.5 million on artwork? | |
Conidiobolomycosis | 2021-09-06 | 3,860 | 160.9 | ... that the fungal infection conidiobolomycosis mainly affects people living in tropical areas but was first reported in horses in Texas? | |
Fablehaven (novel) | 2021-09-01 | 1,927 | 160.6 | ... that the New York Times bestseller Fablehaven was written by Brandon Mull following the rejection of his first manuscript? | |
Allen Hutt | 2021-09-18 | 1,913 | 159.4 | ... that while Allen Hutt was a Communist journalist who became a Royal Designer for Industry for newspaper design, his son Sam is a doctor and country and western singer under the stage name Hank Wangford? | |
Tag des offenen Denkmals | 2021-09-26 | 1,895 | 157.9 | ... that during Tag des offenen Denkmals, Germany's largest annual cultural event, thousands of historic monuments are opened for free? | |
Nicoll Highway MRT station | 2021-09-02 | 1,886 | 157.2 | ... that Singapore's Nicoll Highway MRT station had to be relocated as a result of a 2004 tunnel collapse near the station? | |
Tāoga Niue Museum | 2021-09-03 | 1,858 | 154.8 | ... that to rebuild the collection of Tāoga Niue Museum in the aftermath of Cyclone Heta, staff searched through rubbish dumps for historic items? | |
UEFA Euro 2000 Final | 2021-09-01 | 1,851 | 154.2 | ... that France won the UEFA Euro 2000 Final with a golden goal? | |
2008 World Snooker Championship | 2021-09-02 | 1,832 | 152.6 | ... that both finalists at the 2008 World Snooker Championship made maximum breaks during the tournament? | |
Anna Apostolaki | 2021-09-25 | 1,826 | 152.2 | ... that Anna Apostolaki, the first Greek woman to work as a professional archaeologist, was also a feminist educator who promoted women's traditional crafts? | |
All-New Halloween Spooktacular! | 2021-09-26 | 1,822 | 151.9 | ... that Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany wore comic-book-accurate Scarlet Witch and Vision Halloween costumes in the WandaVision episode "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!"? | |
Noliwe Rooks | 2021-09-21 | 1,804 | 150.3 | ... that Noliwe Rooks coined the term "segrenomics" to describe a system of separate, segregated, and unequal education created by the privatization and deregulation of American public education? | |
English invasion of Scotland (1650) | 2021-09-05 | 3,526 | 146.9 | ... that Thomas Fairfax, Lord General of the New Model Army, resigned his commission rather than invade Scotland in 1650? | |
Leo Kestenberg | 2021-09-10 | 3,522 | 146.8 | ... that Leo Kestenberg, a concert pianist, initiated a large-scale reform of music education in Prussia, but had to flee the Nazis first to Prague and then to Tel Aviv? | |
Anadolu Shipyard | 2021-09-27 | 3,505 | 146.0 | ... that Turkey's Anadolu Shipyard signed a contract with India's Hindustan Shipyard to transfer technology for the building of five fleet support ships for the Indian Navy? | |
Alfred Fischer Hall | 2021-09-16 | 3,435 | 143.1 | ... that the Alfred Fischer Hall, built as the machinery hall for a 1912 coal mine, was the venue for a concert performance of Beethoven's Fidelio in 2021? | |
John Solomon Cartwright | 2021-09-01 | 1,707 | 142.2 | ... that Tory MP John Solomon Cartwright refused a request by the governor-general of the Province of Canada to join the government, because he would not sit in Cabinet with radical Francis Hincks? | |
Samuel Powel Griffitts | 2021-09-05 | 3,394 | 141.4 | ... that Samuel Powel Griffitts was advised to take three months of dancing lessons as part of his European medical training? | |
We Interrupt This Program | 2021-09-26 | 1,696 | 141.3 | ... that the WandaVision episode "We Interrupt This Program" was pitched like an episode of CSI, deviating from the sitcom genre of preceding episodes? | |
Jungle Cruise (film) | 2021-09-20 | 1,688[d] | 140.7 | ... that to animate conquistadors in Jungle Cruise, frogs were recorded in a Costa Rican forest? | |
Extreme event attribution | 2021-09-21 | 1,681 | 140.1 | ... that extreme event attribution estimates how much climate change causes weather events, such as the 2021 Western North America heat wave? | |
William Rundell | 2021-09-20 | 1,680 | 140.0 | ... that Victorian post office official William Rundell also collected stamps in his spare time, acquiring 48 copies of the "Sydney view" stamps of New South Wales? | |
A Beautiful Crime | 2021-09-25 | 1,657 | 138.1 | ... that according to Christopher Bollen, much of his 2020 novel A Beautiful Crime was written in a 17th-century monastery? | |
Georgia Wilson (equestrian) | 2021-09-21 | 1,656 | 138.0 | ... that despite not initially being selected for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, British equestrian Georgia Wilson won two bronze medals at the Games? | |
Cambridge Greek Lexicon | 2021-09-26 | 1,652 | 137.7 | ... that research for the Cambridge Greek Lexicon was planned to last five years but was only completed after twenty-three? | |
Phyla canescens | 2021-09-30 | 3,234 | 134.8 | ... that the South American plant Phyla canescens has invaded wetlands and floodplains in the Murray–Darling basin of Australia? | |
Hilde Scheppan | 2021-09-18 | 1,614 | 134.5 | ... that more than fifty years after Hilde Scheppan appeared in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the 1943 Bayreuth Festival, reviewer Alan Blyth called her "a dream of an Eva"? | |
Nun saget Dank und lobt den Herren | 2021-09-19 | 1,606 | 133.8 | ... that "Nun saget Dank und lobt den Herren", a 16th-century German hymn based on Psalm 118, was rewritten and shortened in the 20th century for a hymnal of the Swiss Reformed Church? | |
RTCM SC-104 | 2021-09-20 | 1,596 | 133.0 | ... that RTCM SC-104 allows data from different satellite navigation systems to be combined using a single format? | |
Naoki Saito | 2021-09-03 | 1,584 | 132.0 | ... that Naoki Saito is a contributing artist of both the Duel Masters Trading Card Game and the Pokémon Trading Card Game? | |
The Coloured Women's Club of Montreal | 2021-09-03 | 1,578 | 131.5 | ... that one of the first activities of The Coloured Women's Club of Montreal was to help veterans returning from the Second Boer War in South Africa? | |
Park Chan-dea | 2021-09-25 | 1,569 | 130.8 | ... that Park Chan-dea is the only male wushu athlete to be a six-time world champion? | |
Haripriya Banoth | 2021-09-26 | 1,557 | 129.8 | ... that Haripriya Banoth is the youngest member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly? | |
Scouring (textiles) | 2021-09-18 | 1,556 | 129.7 | ... that scouring in wool is among the essential pre-treatments of textiles that prepares them for subsequent processes such as bleaching, dyeing, and printing? | |
Dracophyllum arboreum | 2021-09-11 | 3,106 | 129.4 | ... that the New Zealand tree tarahinau has evolved to develop thinner leaves as it matures, probably as a result of the high winds of the Chatham Islands? | |
OpenAI Codex | 2021-09-17 | 3,088 | 128.6 | ... that OpenAI Codex's use of licensed code as training data has raised questions about the copyright status of machine learning models? | |
Sjerstin Vermeulen | 2021-09-01 | 1,541 | 128.4 | ... that Sjerstin Vermeulen has won Paralympic medals in swimming and equestrian? | |
On a Very Special Episode... | 2021-09-27 | 3,070 | 127.9 | ... that the crane shots at the end of the opening sequence for the WandaVision episode "On a Very Special Episode..." were added as an homage to Full House? | |
Now in Color | 2021-09-24 | 1,525 | 127.1 | ... that director Matt Shakman filmed footage specifically for the opening of the 1970s-inspired WandaVision episode "Now in Color", deviating from typical sitcoms of the era that used stock footage in their openings? | |
2019 Q School (snooker) | 2021-09-11 | 2,993 | 124.7 | ... that Fraser Patrick likened playing in the 2019 Q School to being in a boxing match with Anthony Joshua? | |
Joe Murphy (contractor) | 2021-09-11 | 2,975 | 124.0 | ... that Joe Murphy's civil-engineering firm was known colloquially as "Grey Murphy" to distinguish it from that of his brother, which was known as "Green Murphy"? | |
Matt Zabitka | 2021-09-25 | 1,476 | 123.0 | ... that sportswriter Matt Zabitka started his career at the age of 13? | |
Iulia Maria Dan | 2021-09-02 | 1,465 | 122.1 | ... that the Romanian soprano Iulia Maria Dan was Hamlet's Ophelia in the Bregenz Festival's revival of Franco Faccio's revived opera Amleto? | |
Nigel Bonner | 2021-09-30 | 2,918 | 121.6 | ... that Nigel Bonner, an Antarctic marine mammal specialist and Polar Medal recipient, researched the Antarctic fur seal (pictured) and published "the first modern scientific study of the species" in 1968? | |
Dawn Hastings-Williams | 2021-09-18 | 1,459 | 121.6 | ... that Dawn Hastings-Williams was the first indigenous Minister of State of Guyana? | |
Aruba at the Paralympics | 2021-09-25 | 1,456 | 121.4 | ... that the small island of Aruba was at the Paralympics because Shardea Arias de la Cru thought they should be? | |
A Human Work | 2021-09-02 | 1,456 | 121.3 | ... that the name of the robot Jet Alone, which first appeared in the Neon Genesis Evangelion episode "A Human Work", is a reference to Jet Jaguar (also known as Red Alone) from Godzilla vs. Megalon? | |
Isol-Aid | 2021-09-21 | 1,450 | 120.9 | ... that the Australian music festival Isol-Aid takes place entirely on Instagram? | |
Arthur Linz | 2021-09-27 | 2,878 | 119.9 | ... that in their book about molybdenum, American chemists Arthur Linz and David H. Killeffer complained that previous works included the true and the false, the probable and the fantastic? | |
February 28 Popular Leagues | 2021-09-20 | 1,430 | 119.1 | ... that the February 28 Popular Leagues would seize foreign embassies in protest against the military junta in El Salvador? | |
James Sofronas | 2021-09-06 | 2,816 | 117.3 | ... that racing driver James Sofronas worked as a salesman for a technology company to buy the Nissan NX 2000 required for his first competitive race? | |
2004 London Marathon | 2021-09-29 | 2,814 | 117.2 | ... that the winner of the men's race at the 2004 London Marathon fell during the race on cobblestones? | |
Anette Sanford | 2021-09-20 | 1,362 | 113.5 | ... that Dominican senator Anette Sanford donated half her salary to the Dominica Nurses Association during the COVID-19 pandemic? | |
Hypomeces squamosus | 2021-09-24 | 1,340 | 111.7 | ... that adults and larvae of the green weevil damage a wide range of plants? | |
Elvira Bierbach | 2021-09-19 | 1,331 | 110.9 | ... that Elvira Bierbach has run an alternative medicine school for heilpraktiker in Bielefeld since 1992? | |
Suzanna Hext | 2021-09-12 | 2,660 | 110.8 | ... that Suzanna Hext chose to compete in swimming rather than equestrian at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics? | |
Don't Touch That Dial | 2021-09-19 | 1,301 | 108.4 | ... that to portray "drunk" Vision in the WandaVision episode "Don't Touch That Dial", Paul Bettany took inspiration from Dick Van Dyke's drunk acting in The Dick Van Dyke Show? | |
Joe Hill (opera) | 2021-09-11 | 2,564 | 106.9 | ... that Joe Hill, the last opera by Alan Bush, contains four songs by the real Joe Hill? | |
Klassische Philharmonie Bonn | 2021-09-15 | 2,560 | 106.7 | ... that the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn (pictured), a symphony orchestra founded and conducted by Heribert Beissel, has a tradition of playing a series of concerts at more than ten major halls in Germany? | |
Thomas J. Hannon | 2021-09-19 | 1,266 | 105.5 | ... that Thomas J. Hannon succeeded in having a playground in his neighborhood named after his mother? | |
Tobias Adrian | 2021-09-02 | 1,254 | 104.5 | ... that IMF economist Tobias Adrian helped devise CoVaR, a method used to stress-test banks after the Great Recession? | |
Morowali Industrial Park | 2021-09-29 | 2,500 | 104.1 | ... that the Morowali Industrial Park is the largest center of nickel industry in Indonesia, the world's top nickel producer? | |
1911 New York State Capitol fire | 2021-09-29 | 2,470 | 102.9 | ... that the 1911 fire at the New York State Capitol destroyed over 700,000 items held by the New York State Library, creating a "hole in [New York's] cultural heritage"? | |
Donald R. Hickey | 2021-09-16 | 2,438 | 101.6 | ... that American historian Donald R. Hickey was referred to as "the dean of 1812 scholarship" by The New Yorker? | |
Robert M. Briggs | 2021-09-22 | 1,214 | 101.1 | ... that Robert M. Briggs won re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly by promising Beetown a double-track railway that was "like two rows of brass buttons on a double-breasted vest"? | |
League of Socialist Youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2021-09-07 | 2,421 | 100.9 | ... that a Socialist Youth League candidate in the 1990 Bosnian general election registered his ethnicity as 'Eskimo' as an apparent protest against ethnic registry requirements for candidates? | |
Torreya Guardians | 2021-09-06 | 2,418 | 100.7 | ... that the Torreya Guardians are trying to save the critically endangered North American conifer Torreya taxifolia from extinction? | |
Franc Pinter | 2021-09-02 | 1,208 | 100.7 | ... that Franc Pinter, a para-shooter from Slovenia, competes at his eighth Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo? | |
Viola Roseboro' | 2021-09-07 | 2,396 | 99.9 | ... that after Viola Roseboro' suggested Willa Cather rewrite My Ántonia completely, Cather may have based the novel My Mortal Enemy on her? | |
KWEM-LP | 2021-09-23 | 1,197 | 99.8 | ... that KWEM-LP in West Memphis, Arkansas, was established as a tribute to a radio station that in the late 1940s and 1950s helped launch the careers of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and Johnny Cash? | |
Yvonne Fredericks-Pearson | 2021-09-19 | 1,191 | 99.2 | ... that Guyana MP Yvonne Fredericks-Pearson competed in archery at the Indigenous Heritage Games 2019? | |
WHO model list of essential in vitro diagnostics | 2021-09-05 | 2,376 | 99.0 | ... that the WHO model list of essential in vitro diagnostics provides guidance to medical personnel on which tests to perform? | |
Paraguay at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | 2021-09-05 | 2,372 | 98.9 | ... that Paraguay made its Paralympic debut at the 2020 Summer Paralympics? | |
KPEC-TV | 2021-09-25 | 1,174 | 97.9 | ... that Washington state educational TV station KPEC-TV bought and repaired a video tape recorder that had fallen off a forklift and been written off? | |
Cornelia Chase Brant | 2021-09-17 | 2,342 | 97.6 | ... that Cornelia Chase Brant was one of the first women to be appointed to the staff of a public hospital in New York City? | |
Concerto for Two Cellos, RV 531 | 2021-09-22 | 1,136 | 94.6 | ... that the Concerto for Two Cellos, RV 531, Antonio Vivaldi's only concerto for two cellos, begins unusually with the two soloists entering alone in fast imitation? | |
Telok Ayer MRT station | 2021-09-19 | 1,120 | 93.4 | ... that a temporary two-lane viaduct was built along Cross Street to replace the closed lanes during the construction of Singapore's Telok Ayer MRT station? | |
Brijmohan Lall Munjal | 2021-09-05 | 2,236 | 93.2 | ... that Brijmohan Lall Munjal grew Hero Cycles from a parts manufacturer into the world's largest bicycle company? | |
Phenprocoumon | 2021-09-02 | 1,117 | 93.1 | ... that taking St John's wort can weaken the effects of the blood thinner phenprocoumon? | |
The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932 | 2021-09-12 | 2,210 | 92.1 | ... that as documented in The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932, fewer than a quarter of the United States' counties voted for the same party in every presidential election from 1896 to 1932? | |
Bob Jahnke | 2021-09-30 | 2,174 | 90.6 | ... that Bob Jahnke started the first Māori visual arts degree programme in New Zealand in 1991? | |
Venezuela at the 2020 Summer Olympics | 2021-09-18 | 1,074 | 89.5 | ... that Julio Mayora was most happy about winning his silver medal for Venezuela at the 2020 Summer Olympics because it meant the government might give his mother a house? | |
Franz Josef Altenburg | 2021-09-09 | 2,140 | 89.1 | ... that the ceramicist Franz Josef Altenburg was honoured with an exhibition of his art at Austria's Kaiservilla where he was born? | |
Lotte Bailyn | 2021-09-17 | 2,137 | 89.0 | ... that social psychologist Lotte Bailyn, the first woman faculty member at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is an expert in work and family dynamics? | |
Eric Berger (meteorologist) | 2021-09-26 | 1,056 | 88.0 | ... that Eric Berger wrote about weather for the Houston Chronicle even before he became a certified meteorologist? | |
Helen Medlyn | 2021-09-01 | 1,054 | 87.8 | ... that New Zealand opera singer Helen Medlyn's first performing role was as one of the Three Kings? | |
Digging the Grave | 2021-09-26 | 1,048 | 87.3 | ... that Faith No More's "Digging the Grave" was featured on both Beavis and Butt-Head and Top of the Pops? | |
South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2018 | 2021-09-24 | 1,040 | 86.7 | ... that the second match of South Africa women's tour of England in 2018 was the first time a women's international cricket match had featured three centuries? | |
Hakan Akkaya | 2021-09-20 | 1,004 | 83.7 | ... that Hakan Akkaya became Turkey's first wheelchair fencer in 2013? | |
X (Kylie Minogue album) | 2021-09-17 | 1,995 | 83.1 | ... that music producer Mylo briefly posted two of his rejected tracks for Kylie Minogue's tenth studio album X online, before the album release? | |
Horace Harral | 2021-09-04 | 1,963 | 81.8 | ... that Horace Harral engraved "one of the most famous photographs of the nineteenth century", a portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for publication in the Illustrated Times? | |
Maurus Gerner-Beuerle | 2021-09-19 | 980 | 81.7 | ... that the Lutheran theologian Maurus Gerner-Beuerle wrote an autobiographical work about tales and pranks from his childhood? | |
Sevastijan Dabović | 2021-09-04 | 1,912 | 79.7 | ... that bishop Nikolaj Velimirović called Sevastijan Dabović the greatest Serbian missionary of modern times? | |
Tanz im August | 2021-09-09 | 1,882 | 78.4 | ... that Tanz im August, an annual international festival of contemporary dance in Berlin, was founded by Nele Hertling (pictured) in 1988? | |
Aaron Pike (athlete) | 2021-09-04 | 1,856 | 77.4 | ... that Aaron Pike has competed in wheelchair racing at three Summer Paralympics, and in both biathlon and cross-country skiing at two Winter Paralympics? | |
Nature Always Wins | 2021-09-06 | 1,851 | 77.1 | ... that a track on Maxïmo Park's album Nature Always Wins is about Nick Alexander, the band's former merchandiser who was killed in the Bataclan concert hall attack? | |
Hans Drewanz | 2021-09-17 | 1,839 | 76.6 | ... that when conductor Hans Drewanz, a personal assistant to Georg Solti at the Oper Frankfurt, became Generalmusikdirektor in Darmstadt, he was the youngest GMD in Germany? | |
Harry Kent (cyclist) | 2021-09-03 | 911 | 75.9 | ... that Harry Kent managed his family's garden nursery after winning New Zealand's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in cycling and first world track championships medal? | |
Joni Albrecht | 2021-09-15 | 1,814 | 75.6 | ... that a resolution introduced into the Nebraska Legislature by Joni Albrecht praised Julie Schmit-Albin as "never one to let a public official waffle on pro-life legislation"? | |
Political prisoners in Poland | 2021-09-26 | 903 | 75.2 | ... that Poles who fought in the Russian Partition during the January Uprising were detained as political prisoners in Magdeburg and Graudenz, Prussia, even though the uprising never crossed the border? | |
Joachim Werzlau | 2021-09-02 | 890 | 74.2 | ... that Joachim Werzlau composed the music for the DEFA films Naked Among Wolves and Jacob the Liar? | |
Holothuria hilla | 2021-09-02 | 884 | 73.7 | ... that when the sea cucumber Holothuria hilla reproduces by fission, the regenerated part is often paler in colour than the original one? | |
Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections | 2021-09-03 | 881 | 73.4 | ... that the Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections calculates that every year, severe fungal infections affect more than 300 million people? | |
Willi Brokmeier | 2021-09-22 | 838 | 69.8 | ... that Willi Brokmeier, who participated in the world premiere of Die Soldaten at the Cologne Opera, appeared as Beethoven's Jaquino on a tour to Japan? | |
Characteres generum plantarum | 2021-09-12 | 1,674 | 69.7 | ... that Characteres generum plantarum, a work about the botany of the second voyage of James Cook, contains an apology for only including 75 new genera? | |
Franček Gorazd Tiršek | 2021-09-08 | 1,672 | 69.6 | ... that Franček Gorazd Tiršek, a para-shooter from Slovenia, won three silver medals at the Summer Paralympic Games, the most recent one in Tokyo? | |
Devon Powers | 2021-09-19 | 835 | 69.6 | ... that Devon Powers argues in Writing the Record that 1960s counter-culture music journalists Richard Goldstein and Robert Christgau acted as public intellectuals despite working outside of academia? | |
KNUE | 2021-09-02 | 804 | 67.0 | ... that when Texas radio station KNUE was sold to another station in 1982, the new owners added a second story to their newly constructed studios to accommodate the addition? | |
Jean-Paul Jeannotte | 2021-09-25 | 745 | 62.1 | ... that Jean-Paul Jeannotte, founder and first artistic director of the Opéra de Montréal, performed the role of Bobino more than 100 times, in the premiere on CBC TV and on stages on a Canada tour? | |
Michael Barredo | 2021-09-21 | 739 | 61.6 | ... that Michael Barredo campaigned for Filipino athletes competing in disabled sports to receive government incentives? | |
Carol K. Mack | 2021-09-25 | 737 | 61.4 | ... that playwright Carol K. Mack wrote the thriller novel The Chameleon Variant in 1980 with Rutgers University biologist David Ehrenfeld? | |
Safad El Battikh | 2021-09-09 | 1,444 | 60.2 | ... that the Southern Lebanese villages of Safad El Battikh, Kafra and Ayta al-Jabal were mentioned in 1596 Ottoman tax records? | |
Geistliches Lied | 2021-09-04 | 1,409 | 58.7 | ... that the opening of Geistliches Lied by Johannes Brahms possibly references Clara Schumann's fantasy of playing her husband's music on the organ? | |
Paul Armin Edelmann | 2021-09-03 | 680 | 56.7 | ... that Paul Armin Edelmann appeared in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni at Opera Ireland in 2009, while his brother Peter took the role of Leporello? | |
Lydia Wevers | 2021-09-26 | 667 | 55.6 | ... that Lydia Wevers was the first scholar to write about the history of short stories in New Zealand? | |
Lucien Brouha | 2021-09-09 | 1,292 | 53.9 | ... that the Harvard step test, developed by Lucien Brouha in 1942, is still used as a reference when developing fitness tests? | |
American Institute of Musicology | 2021-09-19 | 646 | 53.8 | ... that the American Institute of Musicology has published over 650 volumes of early music since 1946? | |
Mahama Refugee Camp | 2021-09-04 | 1,289 | 53.7 | ... that thousands of people who fled Burundi have taken refuge in Rwanda's Mahama Refugee Camp, but only one has competed in the Paralympics? | |
Team San Juan | 2021-09-10 | 1,148 | 47.9 | ... that Team San Juan became the first champion of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour in 2012? | |
Christoph Strehl | 2021-09-14 | 1,020 | 42.5 | ... that a review by Alan Blyth of tenor Christoph Strehl's performances described him as singing "with a Wunderlich-like strength and beauty"? | |
Alfred Koerppen | 2021-09-06 | 1,020 | 42.5 | ... that Alfred Koerppen, who taught music theory and composition at the Musikhochschule Hannover, wrote the text and music of a 1951 opera after Virgil? | |
Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos | 2021-09-03 | 300 | 25.0 | ... that Gian Marco's Días Nuevos, the best-selling album of 2011 in Perú, was the first quintuple platinum awarded by Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos? |