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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	28.8	Unified (concert)	177.6	Peale's Philadelphia Museum	28.8	Unified (concert)
Median	240.6	Manganese nitrides	611.7	Clark House (New Zealand) George Webster (presenter)	260.7	Blind (SZA song)
High	1,176.7	Daxinzhuang, Frederick Seguier Drake	1,184.6	Henry Street salamander tunnels	1,184.6	Henry Street salamander tunnels

Table

Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Henry Street salamander tunnels	2024-06-17		28,432	1,184.6	... how salamanders cross the road (pictured)?
Daxinzhuang	2024-06-17		14,406	600.2	... that Drake discovered an ancient Chinese city?
Frederick Seguier Drake			13,835	576.5
Total			28,241	1,176.7
Amen break	2024-06-19		27,316	1,138.2	... that the Amen break (pictured) gained popularity because it offered an easy way to create jungle music?
Mel Carnahan	2024-06-25		26,374	1,098.9	... that Mel Carnahan (pictured) was the first person to be elected to the United States Senate posthumously?
ZX Spectrum	2024-06-12		25,802	1,075.1	... that the ZX Spectrum (pictured) is one of the best-selling British computers of all time?
Yulia Lipnitskaya	2024-06-23		25,673	1,069.7	... that at the 2014 Olympic Games, Yulia Lipnitskaya (pictured) became Russia's youngest-ever Winter Olympic gold medalist?
Oxford (toy company)	2024-06-25		24,363	1,015.1	... that Korean brick toys, colloquially called "Korean Lego", often feature themes of "war and danger", including sets such as military vehicles?
Auto Dollar	2024-06-24		23,694	987.2	... that a Chinese warlord put his car on coinage (pictured), in lieu of his own portrait?
Bianca Babb	2024-06-12		22,642	943.4	... that Bianca Babb, a pioneer girl captured by Comanches, described her time among them as "every day seemed to be a holiday", despite the hardships of her initial capture?
Yunxian Man	2024-06-01		22,502	937.6	... that the skulls of Yunxian Man (example pictured) are "relatively complete" despite being heavily crushed?
Joy (dog)	2024-06-28		20,484	853.5	... that Joy was the sole survivor of the Romanov family's execution?
Npm left-pad incident	2024-06-08		19,669	819.5	... that in 2016, the removal of a few lines of code briefly "broke the Internet"?
Southern chivalry	2024-06-14		19,628	817.8	... that American abolitionists co-opted the concept of Southern chivalry (caricature pictured) as an insult against pro-slavery white Southerners?
Bermuda onion	2024-06-29		19,365	806.9	... that the Bermuda onion (pictured) was so closely associated with Bermuda that the island's inhabitants became known as "onions"?
Gravity Blanket	2024-06-19		19,144	797.7	... that the Gravity Blanket was funded by a crowdfunding campaign which raised more than $4.7 million, despite asking for only $21,500?
Battle of Dollar	2024-06-20		19,076	794.9	... that the Picts disappeared from the historical record after the devastation suffered following the Battle of Dollar?
Detroit Sign	2024-06-24		19,018	792.4	... that an AI rendering of the Detroit Sign misled people into thinking that it would be larger than it actually is?
Albert Tangora	2024-06-04		18,906	787.8	... that Albert Tangora (pictured), one of the most successful competitive typewriter speed typists, once had his hands insured for US$100,000?
Aujourd'hui	2024-06-04		18,785	782.7	... that the managing editor of Aujourd'hui was executed by firing squad in 1944?
St. Anne's Church, Moxi	2024-06-11		18,636	776.5	... that two European missionaries stationed in a Catholic church (pictured) were beheaded by Chinese Red Army soldiers led by Mao Zedong in 1935?
Let's Talk About It (book)	2024-06-13		18,464	769.3	... that a graphic novel for teens was among the 10 most challenged books in the United States in 2023?
Victory Salute (statue)	2024-06-20		17,901	745.9	... that the sprinter Peter Norman requested that he be left off the Olympic Black Power Statue so that others could stand in his place?
Arndt Jorgens	2024-06-27		17,809	742.0	... that Arndt Jorgens (pictured) won five World Series despite not playing in a postseason game?
Killing of David Ben Avraham	2024-06-01		16,772	698.8	... that David Ben Avraham was granted Israeli residency after being killed by an IDF soldier?
Fedorenko v. United States	2024-06-28		16,638	693.2	... that a man was denaturalized and deported from the United States for working at a Nazi death camp, despite the courts never holding that he did it willingly?
John White (Kentucky politician)	2024-06-24		16,510	687.9	... that John White shot himself after it was discovered that he had plagiarized a speech by Aaron Burr?
Tobias and the Angel	2024-06-10		16,118	671.6	... that depictions of Tobias and the Angel (example pictured), unusually for a religious subject, typically show Tobias's dog?
Arthur Fulton (sport shooter)	2024-06-14		16,113	671.4	... that Arthur Fulton was a sniper in the First World War and described as "the most famous rifle shot the world has ever known"?
Radio Yerevan jokes	2024-06-15		15,876	661.5	... that the Armenian Radio jokes are neither about radio nor are they Armenian?
Stonewall Inn	2024-06-28		15,420	642.5	... that after the original Stonewall Inn (modern building pictured) closed in 1969, its space was used by a bagel shop, a Chinese restaurant, and a clothing store?
Shopping cart theory	2024-06-29		15,070	627.9	... that the shopping cart is "the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing", according to the shopping cart theory?
Great Martyrdom of Edo	2024-06-20		15,040	626.6	... that a Japanese samurai was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI, nearly 400 years after his execution during the Great Martyrdom of Edo?
George Webster (presenter)	2024-06-18		14,922	621.8	... that the CBeebies presenter George Webster (pictured) has "effervescence, bubbly charm, a quick wit", and "an extra chromosome"?
Flemish bond	2024-06-24		14,578	607.4	... that bricks laid in Flemish bond were a sign of wealth in colonial Virginia?
Devizes Plot	2024-06-13		14,494	603.9	... that if the Devizes Plot had been successful, 7,000 German prisoners of war would have escaped and attacked RAF Yatesbury?
Clark House (New Zealand)	2024-06-26		14,440	601.7	... that Clark House (pictured) hosted Cold War meetings?
Polis (board game)	2024-06-10		14,224	592.7	... that the ancient Greek game polis is one of the world's oldest known strategy games?
Tori DellaPeruta	2024-06-13		8,126	338.6	... that sisters Talia and Tori DellaPeruta (both pictured), college teammates at North Carolina, play soccer professionally for Sampdoria?
Talia DellaPeruta			6,067	252.8
Total			14,194	591.4
Michael Wettlaufer	2024-06-29		8,560	356.6	... that a U.S. Navy plane piloted by Michael Wettlaufer clipped the tower of a Florida TV station while on a training mission, forcing it off the air for nearly five years?
WOTF-TV			5,510	229.6
Total			14,070	586.2
Zombie Plane	2024-06-17		13,982	582.6	... that Zombie Plane "mercilessly mocks its main stars", according to The Hollywood Reporter?
Aurora Rodrigues	2024-06-03		13,503	562.6	... that the Estado Novo deprived Aurora Rodrigues of sleep for more than two weeks to induce hallucinations?
Me at the zoo	2024-06-29		12,980	540.8	... that YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim has updated the description of his video "Me at the zoo" on multiple occasions to criticize the website's business decisions?
Live into 85	2024-06-03		12,582	524.2	... that the Hogmanay special Live into 85 was so shambolic it ended a 32-year tradition?
Franz Liszt	2024-06-11		12,290	512.1	... that Franz Liszt's female admirers would fight over his cigar stubs and coffee dregs as souvenirs?
Edna Hibel	2024-06-26		12,226	509.4	... that a 2022 book lamented that American painter Edna Hibel did not have a Wikipedia article?
55 Broad Street	2024-06-04		12,068	502.8	... that 55 Broad Street, a skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan, was called "an unlovable building in an unlivable neighborhood"?
Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory	2024-06-20		11,913	496.4	... that the Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory was used as a marketing tool, with an image of the factory (pictured) on every cereal packet it produced until 1960?
Sea Life Brighton	2024-06-30		11,815	492.3	... that at the opening ceremony of Brighton Aquarium (pictured), naturalist Frank Buckland "produced, apparently from his pocket, a couple of juvenile alligators"?
Swamps of Belarus	2024-06-26		11,759	490.0	... that there are more than 9,000 swamps in Belarus?
Henry T. Sloane House	2024-06-14		5,928	247.0	... that the adjacent Jennings and Sloane Houses comprise New York City's largest single-family residence?
Oliver Gould Jennings House			5,442	226.8
Total			11,370	473.7
German Mission House	2024-06-09		11,368	473.7	... that over the course of several decades, the missionaries of New Zealand's German Mission House failed to convert a single person?
Herschel the sea lion	2024-06-05		11,140	464.2	... that Herschel the sea lion was defended by Greenpeace?
Great Genna Martyrdom	2024-06-09		11,104	462.7	... that all 55 people killed during the Great Genna Martyrdom in 1622 were beatified by Pope Pius IX more than two hundred years later?
Tad's Steaks	2024-06-06		10,887	453.6	... that Tad's Steaks offered "tasty food, low prices, service with a grunt"?
Pujol (restaurant)	2024-06-14		4,338	180.8	... that Pujol and Quintonil are the highest-rated restaurants in Mexico's first Michelin guide, with two Michelin stars each?
Quintonil			3,532	147.2
List of Michelin starred restaurants in Mexico			2,953	123.0
Total			10,824	451.0
Ryu Sung-hyun	2024-06-21		10,672	444.7	... that Olympian Ryu Sung-hyun (pictured) taught himself gymnastics for four years because his father did not want him to become an athlete?
The Chalice of Courage	2024-06-16		7,028	292.9	... that George Kunkel (pictured) portrayed a mountaineer in The Chalice of Courage (1915), the first film to depict assisted suicide?
George Kunkel (actor)			3,415	142.3
Total			10,444	435.1
The End of Everything (novel)	2024-06-19		10,414	433.9	... that Megan Abbott receives the most negative letters from readers for The End of Everything?
Hindu Temple of Wisconsin	2024-06-26		10,364	431.8	... that the first Hindu temple in Wisconsin was built "in the middle of nowhere"?
Chinese characters	2024-06-15		10,357	431.5	... that according to legend, the invention of Chinese characters (examples pictured) caused grain to rain from the sky and ghosts and demons to wail in frustration?
The Great Mecca Feast	2024-06-06		10,321	430.0	... that George Krugers was circumcised so he could pass as Muslim and film The Great Mecca Feast?
The Devil's Chord	2024-06-12		10,300	429.2	... that the Doctor Who episode "The Devil's Chord" references the events of an episode that aired more than sixty years before?
Shiva (British band)	2024-06-04		10,300	429.1	... that the success of the British band Shiva was cut short by the death of its lead vocalist?
Shagdarjavin Natsagdorj	2024-06-14		10,159	423.3	... that Shagdarjavin Natsagdorj's remarks at an academic conference led to a communist purge and contributed to the Sino-Soviet split?
Mindar	2024-06-20		10,122	421.8	... that a Buddhist android preacher regularly gives sermons on the Heart Sutra?
Ban This Book	2024-06-29		10,006	416.9	... that a book about book banning was banned?
John Wilson (Arkansas politician)	2024-06-13		9,699	404.1	... that John Wilson was expelled from the Arkansas House of Representatives for killing another representative in a knife fight, but was then re-elected two years later?
Antimonumento 5J	2024-06-05		9,670	402.9	... that the Antimonumento 5J (pictured) was installed on 5 June 2023 to commemorate victims of police repression during the 2020 protests in response to the death of Giovanni López?
Dazed and Confused (film)	2024-06-26		9,666	402.8	... that Richard Linklater's original concept for Dazed and Confused took place entirely within a car as its characters listened to ZZ Top?
Friendly Father	2024-06-16		9,388	391.1	... that the North Korean propaganda song "Friendly Father" went viral on TikTok, with some users comparing it to songs by ABBA?
Relation (philosophy)	2024-06-27		9,333	388.9	... that according to some metaphysicians, there are no relations?
Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest	2024-06-24		9,332	388.9	... that a portrait was attributed to the wrong painter for many years, and the sitter was also misidentified?
Sikidy	2024-06-09		9,320	388.4	... that people in Madagascar perform algebra on tree seeds in order to tell the future?
The Amazing Digital Circus	2024-06-19		9,270	386.3	... that The Amazing Digital Circus is influenced by the short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"?
Kortnei Johnson	2024-06-09		9,043	376.8	... that Kortnei Johnson (pictured) became a seven-time state sprinting champion for the University Interscholastic League despite training on grass and cement?
Capitolium of Constantinople	2024-06-02		9,004	375.2	... that the Capitolium of Constantinople, originally a pagan temple, was later topped by a cross?
Terror Train	2024-06-02		8,961	373.4	... that when producer Daniel Grodnik proposed the idea for Terror Train to his wife, she thought that it sounded terrible?
Girl Friday (TV programme)	2024-06-13		8,779	365.8	... that when actress Joanna Lumley spent nine days on an uninhabited island for the 1994 TV show Girl Friday, she made a pair of shoes out of her bra?
Kenneth Odumegwu	2024-06-12		8,720	363.3	... that Kenneth Odumegwu had never appeared in an organized American football game prior to playing in the NFL?
Larmanjat guided rail system	2024-06-08		8,628	359.5	... that the Larmanjat guided rail system was successfully demonstrated in England but failed completely when used commercially in Lisbon?
Client Hints	2024-06-26		8,520	355.0	... that Google's Client Hints proposal was initially classified as harmful by Mozilla?
Larrabee County, Iowa	2024-06-23		8,498	354.1	... that because Larrabee County was not established, Iowa remains a state with 99 counties?
Albert Wesker	2024-06-01		8,494	353.9	... that Albert Wesker's character design evokes the aesthetic of the Nazi ideal of the Übermensch, reflecting Resident Evil's "core" theme of eugenics?
The Star Beast (Doctor Who)	2024-06-10		8,484	353.5	... that the Beep the Meep puppet created for "The Star Beast" took six people to operate?
William Henry Harrison Seeley	2024-06-27		8,332	347.2	... that William Henry Harrison Seeley was the first American recipient of the Victoria Cross?
Levi Drake Rodriguez	2024-06-10		8,200	341.6	... that football player Levi Drake Rodriguez, considered small for his position, went on an "eat-as-much-as-humanly-possible diet" to be noticed by NFL teams?
Morris Villarroel	2024-06-21		8,196	341.5	... that Morris Villarroel wore a camera on his chest that took around 1,200 photographs per day for several years?
Ola Labib	2024-06-12		8,171	340.5	... that before becoming a comedian, Ola Labib was a pharmacist who had never been inside a pub before her first gig?
Voyager 2	2024-06-30		8,170	340.4	... that Voyager 2 has been transmitting data for more than 46 years, making it the oldest active space probe in history?
Rachel Brem	2024-06-12		8,163	340.1	... that Rachel Brem discovered a tumor in her own breast while testing ultrasound equipment for her hospital?
Vivian Cosby	2024-06-22		7,943	338.5	... that playwright Vivian Cosby was hospitalized for three and a half years after lighting herself on fire because of a faulty gas heater?
Alexandru Talex	2024-06-15		8,002	333.4	... that Alexandru Talex was described as "the gentlest" member of a Romanian far-right organization?
Jude McAtamney	2024-06-11		7,913	329.7	... that Irish Gaelic footballer Jude McAtamney became interested in American football after reading a Twitter post in 2020, and became an NFL player in 2024?
Game board	2024-06-03		7,883	328.5	... that scholars disagree on whether the earliest-known game boards (example pictured) date to the Neolithic or the Early Bronze Age?
Circle Tower	2024-06-08		7,786	324.4	... that the Circle Tower (pictured), an Art Deco building in Indianapolis, features ziggurat-like upper floors?
DellaXOZ	2024-06-06		7,739	322.5	... that the TikTok success of DellaXOZ's "Ahh!!" prompted a lawyer to contact her?
1964 New York World's Fair	2024-06-30		7,720	321.6	... that despite lagging attendance at the 1964 New York World's Fair, its organizer rejected nearly every suggestion to increase attendance?
Charleen Kinser	2024-06-30		7,669	319.5	... that a mail-order catalogue offered a "Rocking Ram" toy, designed by Charleen Kinser, for US$1,600 in 1985?
Julius Welschof	2024-06-06		7,621	317.5	... that German factory worker Julius Welschof now plays in the National Football League?
Hush WAACs	2024-06-17		7,588	316.1	... that codebreaker Emily Anderson was trained to become a Hush WAAC before she joined the British GCHQ?
Phenotypic disparity	2024-06-11		7,504	312.6	... that birds have more species than mammals, but are relatively more uniform in appearance?
Jean Pettrequin	2024-06-15		4,166	173.6	... that a mob in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, detained Jean Pettrequin and searched for Sebastian Zouberbuhler because of a letter?
Sebastian Zouberbuhler			3,334	138.9
Total			7,500	312.5
I Am Human (film)	2024-06-22		7,291	310.7	... that the documentary film I Am Human has been the conversation starter for neuroscience panel discussions at universities such as Harvard?
Windswept Adan	2024-06-12		7,441	310.0	... that the idea for Windswept Adan came to Ichiko Aoba after she noticed the translucency of a sea grape?
Lampaansyöjät (film)	2024-06-04		7,392	308.0	... that the 1972 Finnish film The Sheep Eaters gathered more than a million viewers opposite the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships match between Finland and the Soviet Union?
Lie Kiat Teng	2024-06-02		7,335	305.6	... that Lie Kiat Teng (pictured) appealed to the "moral obligation" of doctors to address a healthcare crisis in South Sulawesi?
Simon de Graaff	2024-06-13		7,318	304.9	... that, as minister, Simon de Graaff would receive daily shipments of documents by bicycle?
Oxtongue River	2024-06-25		7,294	303.9	... that the Oxtongue River, historically a canoe route for indigenous people, is still used for recreational canoeing?
BBL Drizzy	2024-06-25		7,279	303.3	... that Metro Boomin unknowingly sampled a song created with generative artificial intelligence in the diss track "BBL Drizzy"?
Keaton Bills	2024-06-20		7,268	302.8	... that Bills plays for the Bills?
Kefah Ali Deeb	2024-06-07		7,250	302.1	... that Syrian artist Kefah Ali Deeb painted an empty chair (pictured) as her vision of victims and refugees?
Hock burns	2024-06-27		7,246	301.9	... that farmed birds often get marks known as hock burns from the ammonia of other birds' waste?
Eve (Stellar Blade)	2024-06-06		7,141	297.5	... that Stellar Blade's Eve was described as "a woman born from South Korea's culture and philosophy" by The Washington Post?
Answers Research Journal	2024-06-23		7,078	294.9	... that according to one creationist journal, HIV has its origins in the Fall?
Camping in Alaska	2024-06-06		7,071	294.6	... that despite the success of their song "C U in da Ballpit", Camping in Alaska band members say they all hate it?
Boom (Doctor Who)	2024-06-15		6,996	291.5	... that during the filming of the Doctor Who episode "Boom" some takes lasted up to seven minutes?
Fire Beavers	2024-06-07		4,552	189.7	... that Aurora Gaming's roster for Apex Legends is made up of Fire Beavers?
Aurora Gaming			2,408	100.3
Total			6,960	290.0
Yazathingyan (14th-century minister)	2024-06-23		6,954	289.8	... that Yazathingyan Nga Mauk betrayed his brother, Commander Nga Nu, after being promised Nu's wife, Queen Saw Omma, in marriage?
Zer0	2024-06-10		6,912	288.0	... that Australian gamer Zer0 led his team to an Apex Legends Global Series championship with a substitution teammate to whom he had never spoken before?
Soumane Touré	2024-06-19		6,762	281.8	... that the execution of Burkinabé trade union leader Soumane Touré was prevented by the intervention of his childhood friend, then-president Thomas Sankara?
Jaelyn Brown	2024-06-19		6,632	276.3	... that Jaelyn Brown, who was born with two club feet, now plays in the WNBA?
Ōsakishimojima	2024-06-09		6,606	275.3	... that the daimyo of Kumamoto is said to have spent a thousand gold pieces in one night at an Ōsakishimojima teahouse?
Brad Banducci	2024-06-10		6,596	274.8	... that starting at age 16, future Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci was named top sewing machine salesperson three years in a row?
Space Babies	2024-06-25		6,564	273.5	... that due to legal and union restrictions, the production team for the Doctor Who episode "Space Babies" occasionally had to replace real babies with props?
Battle of Stainmore	2024-06-21		6,554	273.1	... that Eric Bloodaxe's death at the Battle of Stainmore ended the independence of Scandinavian York?
Red Sea mangroves	2024-06-30		6,506	271.1	... that despite a global decline in mangrove forests, Red Sea mangroves have expanded in area since 1972?
Asyikin–Brugman Treaty	2024-06-14		6,463	269.3	... that the Asyikin–Brugman Treaty was revoked 11 days after being signed?
Taquería El Califa de León	2024-06-08		6,402	266.7	... that El Califa de León is the first Mexican taqueria to be awarded a Michelin star?
Lycus (river of Constantinople)	2024-06-13		6,376	265.6	... that the Byzantine Empire's weak defenses around the Lycus valley played a pivotal role in the fall of Constantinople?
Travis Clayton	2024-06-01		6,300	262.5	... that Travis Clayton went from the eighth tier of English rugby union to being drafted into the National Football League, even though he had never played in an American football game?
Homeric Hymns	2024-06-18		6,293	262.2	... that the ancient Homeric Hymns influenced the works of James Joyce, Alfred Hitchcock and Neil Gaiman?
Blind (SZA song)	2024-06-05		6,256	260.7	... that one of SZA's songs name-drops such figures as a boxer, a stand-up comedian, and Jesus?
Hae Nang Maew	2024-06-14		6,246	260.3	... that in Thailand and Cambodia, cats are used in a procession to ask for rain?
Hermannus Reydon	2024-06-29		6,228	259.5	... that the Nazis killed more than fifty Dutch nationals in retaliation for the assassinations of Hendrik Seyffardt and Hermannus Reydon by the Dutch resistance?
Sara Houcke	2024-06-28		6,161	256.7	... that Sara Houcke began performing in circuses at the age of two as a child clown?
Two Roosters Ice Cream	2024-06-17		6,122	255.1	... that Two Roosters Ice Cream became locally popular after offering odd flavors such as "grilled cheese" and "pizza"?
Joe Shield	2024-06-17		6,086	253.6	... that Joe Shield was the first person from Vermont to be drafted into the NFL and then make a team's roster?
Qin Huasun	2024-06-18		6,084	253.5	... that Qin Huasun criticized Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations as a "brazen attempt [...] at splitting a sovereign state"?
Utter (horse)	2024-06-18		5,976	249.0	... that Utter served as a Stockholm police horse for more than 23 years, participating in 515 changings of the Royal Guards?
Gabriel André Aucler	2024-06-22		5,830	248.4	... that Gabriel André Aucler tried to reestablish paganism after the French Revolution?
Ryoko Kui	2024-06-11		5,946	247.7	... that in addition to her popular manga series Delicious in Dungeon, Ryoko Kui has drawn fan art of the games Baldur's Gate, Pathfinder and Planescape: Torment?
Erismatopterus	2024-06-25		5,940	247.5	... that young Erismatopterus formed shoals, likely as a way to avoid predators?
New York State Pavilion	2024-06-06		5,856	244.0	... that the New York State Pavilion, one of the most popular attractions at the 1964 World's Fair, later stored hazardous waste?
Chronotropic incompetence	2024-06-07		5,842	243.4	... that many people with heart failure, diabetes, or ME/CFS cannot raise their heart rates sufficiently during exercise?
Manganese nitrides	2024-06-17		5,774	240.6	... that making a manganese nitride in 1894 required a sponge?
Bernard Mellor	2024-06-16		5,764	240.2	... that academic Bunny Mellor served as a secret agent alongside Peter Fleming?
6:16 in LA	2024-06-02		5,760	240.0	... that the diss track "6:16 in LA", directed at Drake, samples Al Green's "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is", a song that features Drake's guitarist uncle?
A Modern Mephistopheles	2024-06-10		5,736	239.0	... that Louisa May Alcott wrote A Modern Mephistopheles as part of an anonymous series in which readers were meant to guess the author?
Homeworld: Vast Reaches	2024-06-24		5,718	238.2	... that within the mixed-reality mode of Homeworld: Vast Reaches, ships seem to fly around the player's room?
Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Virginia)	2024-06-07		5,626	234.4	... that three of the four Richmond Theatres were destroyed by fire, of which the 1811 fire was described as "early America's first great disaster"?
Hind's Hall	2024-06-10		5,481	228.4	... that Macklemore's song "Hind's Hall" refers to Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl who was killed in the Gaza Strip in January 2024?
Suicidal Tour	2024-06-23		5,448	227.0	... that after performing a tour, football club Santa Cruz Futebol Clube had four fewer players, two of them being dead?
Giant panda	2024-06-03		5,385	224.4	... that the distinctive coloration of the giant panda appears to serve as camouflage in both winter and summer?
Atavista	2024-06-15		5,324	221.9	... that "Human Sacrifice", a track on the 2024 album Atavista, could be heard in a 2019 Google Pixel advertisement?
Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed	2024-06-03		5,240	218.3	... that the 18th-century hymn "Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed" has been criticised because its lyrics have singers call themselves a "worm"?
Thriller (Fall Out Boy song)	2024-06-29		5,226	217.8	... that a 2007 pop-punk song by Fall Out Boy was named after Michael Jackson's Thriller and begins with a monologue by rapper Jay-Z?
Shushu/Tong	2024-06-05		5,204	216.9	... that Shushu/Tong is a brand that creates fashion collections inspired by magical girl anime such as Puella Magi Madoka Magica?
Yuba County Library	2024-06-05		5,140	214.2	... that when Yuba County's library was built in 1906, it had a smoking room?
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy	2024-06-08		5,103	212.6	... that researchers submitting to the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy intentionally introduced security bugs into Linux?
Metaphysics	2024-06-21		5,100	212.5	... that a nihilist school of metaphysics contends that tables and chairs do not exist?
List of historic places in Gore District	2024-06-22		4,960	211.3	... that the Creamoata Mill, which once produced a now-nonexistent breakfast food, was listed as Gore's only "place of outstanding historical and cultural influence"?
Aza Arnold	2024-06-07		5,060	210.8	... that within years of Aza Arnold inventing a device to improve cotton roving, it was plagiarized across the United States and Europe?
Michael Jurgens	2024-06-04		5,010	208.7	... that football player Michael Jurgens never lost in 42 high school varsity games?
David Marchese	2024-06-30		4,964	206.9	... that David Marchese recalled accidentally posting a picture of a cat's testicles on Salon.com?
Jasprit Bumrah	2024-06-18		4,892	203.8	... that Jasprit Bumrah holds the record for scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in Test cricket?
Victor Jacob Koningsberger	2024-06-27		4,892	203.8	... that the botanist Victor Jacob Koningsberger spoke out against the expulsion of Jewish academics in the occupied Netherlands?
Daniel Chapo	2024-06-27		4,890	203.8	... that Daniel Chapo, the favorite to be the next president of Mozambique, was previously a radio announcer?
Joely Proudfit	2024-06-25		4,854	202.2	... that Native American studies professor Joely Proudfit has received tenure from three different universities?
WHEM (FM)	2024-06-20		4,808	200.3	... that the operators of a Wisconsin radio station received unsolicited checks and food deliveries?
WOOL (FM)	2024-06-28		4,770	198.8	... that Black Sheep Radio dedicated its first day of programming to a fallen pirate?
Fang Yi'ai	2024-06-08		4,769	198.7	... that the Tang dynasty politician Fang Yi'ai, together with his wife Princess Gaoyang, rebelled against Emperor Gaozong of Tang, but their rebellion was swiftly suppressed, resulting in their deaths?
Caitlyn Wurzburger	2024-06-15		4,712	196.3	... that lacrosse player Caitlyn Wurzburger committed to a college program at the age of 14?
KUER-FM	2024-06-23		4,712	196.3	... that a Utah radio station read books to listeners, a Chapter a Day?
Kenichirou Matsuda	2024-06-26		4,700	195.8	... that before becoming a voice actor, Kenichirou Matsuda attended law school trying to become a civil servant?
Schoenoplectus triqueter	2024-06-22		4,558	194.2	... that Schoenoplectus triqueter (pictured) can grow up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall on stems less than half a centimetre (0.20 in) wide?
Gingras (instrument)	2024-06-04		4,652	193.8	... that according to second-century AD Greek rhetorician Athenaeus, the Phoenicians played a flute-like instrument called the gingras in their mourning rituals?
Peter Demetz	2024-06-05		4,613	192.2	... that Peter Demetz, who taught German literature at Yale University from 1956 to 1991, was born in Prague where he was persecuted under the Nazis and escaped the Communist regime in 1949?
Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show	2024-06-28		4,594	191.4	... that in the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show, the performers scale a 50-foot (15 m) tree and then free fall?
Called by Name	2024-06-30		4,573	190.5	... that the project Called by Name aims to commemorate Poles who were murdered for aiding Jews during World War II?
C. J. Hanson	2024-06-09		4,511	188.0	... that in 2024, C. J. Hanson became the first player from his school to be chosen in the NFL draft since 1989?
Chris Tanasale	2024-06-29		4,434	184.8	... that military officer Chris Tanasale was selected as the mayor of Ambon, Indonesia, to prevent the alienation of local Christians?
Kiribati at the 2020 Summer Olympics	2024-06-22		4,288	182.7	... that a high jumper took up sprinting to qualify for Kiribati at the 2020 Summer Olympics?
Reuben Solo	2024-06-08		4,356	181.5	... that during a comedy routine Reuben Solo drew a graph plotting the audience's reaction to his routine?
Alan Kulwicki Memorial Park	2024-06-22		4,249	181.1	... that Alan Kulwicki Memorial Park was partially financed with a US$250,000 donation from Hooters chairman Robert Brooks?
Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi	2024-06-25		4,342	180.9	... that Fatimid vizier al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi helped empower Caliph al-Amir, only to be later imprisoned and executed by him?
Alexei Starobinsky	2024-06-10		4,338	180.8	... that the first model of cosmic inflation was formulated by a Soviet physicist but initially remained unknown outside the Soviet Union?
Alexander Helfgot	2024-06-02		4,318	179.9	... that an essay of jailed Socialist Revolutionary politician Alexander Helfgot was smuggled out of Russia and published in Berlin in 1922?
David W. Music	2024-06-27		4,318	179.9	... that David W. Music has taught music, composed music, conducted music, and written about music?
Peale's Philadelphia Museum	2024-06-06		4,262	177.6	... that exhibits at Peale's Philadelphia Museum included the first nearly complete skeleton of a mastodon (sketch pictured)?
Kekerengu	2024-06-21		4,250	177.1	... that the sheep-farming founder of Kekerengu in New Zealand became an international fugitive?
Dellwood Cemetery	2024-06-12		4,228	176.2	... that the two marble statues flanking the Dellwood Cemetery gates represent Mourning and Resurrection?
Don Johnson (basketball)	2024-06-05		4,212	175.5	... that Cypress College basketball coach Don Johnson, who was an All-American at UCLA, developed two players with minimal experience who later played for his alma mater and set records in the NBA?
Ditto Pölzl	2024-06-24		4,190	174.6	... that the communist trade unionist Ditto Pölzl was a member of all three provisional state governments of Styria in 1945?
SkyBridge Alternatives Conference	2024-06-23		4,146	172.8	... that the SkyBridge Alternatives Conference has been called the "Super Bowl of hedge funds"?
Fredrick Wangabo Mwenengabo	2024-06-13		4,038	168.2	... that Fredrick Wangabo Mwenengabo, a Congolese-Canadian anthropologist and human rights activist, survived being kidnapped and held for ransom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Yangliujie Catholic Church	2024-06-09		4,000	166.6	... that the Chinese Red Army housed its political directorate in a Catholic church in 1935?
Mrs. Brisby	2024-06-01		3,990	166.2	... that the mouse protagonist Mrs. Brisby from The Secret of NIMH had her name changed because of a trademark issue from a toy named "Frisbee"?
Peter Bowden	2024-06-14		3,971	165.5	... that football player Peter Bowden only started long snapping to help his cousin, a punter, produce film in high school, and both are now in the National Football League?
Casey Washington	2024-06-03		3,933	163.9	... that Casey Washington made the game-winning score that ended a record nine-overtime college football game?
Adam Parry	2024-06-20		3,900	162.5	... that the classicist Adam Parry said that he had only ever considered three careers: academia, law and beachcombing?
Tachikawa Sumito	2024-06-01		3,848	160.4	... that Tachikawa Sumito made a hit cover in 1976 of a song that he first discovered when a housewife called into his radio show requesting to hear a version of it?
Lyle Bauer	2024-06-02		3,809	158.7	... that Lyle Bauer continued to attend Canadian Football League executive meetings despite being unable to speak due to his treatment for stage four throat cancer?
Siege of Durham (1006)	2024-06-16		3,790	157.9	... that Uhtred became Earl of Bamburgh after his victory at the siege of Durham, even though his father seems to have still been living?
Pearl (X)	2024-06-17		3,776	157.3	... that actress Mia Goth was cast as both Pearl and Maxine in X to emphasize the similarities between the two characters?
Jude Law	2024-06-24		3,745	156.0	... that the English actor Jude Law is actually named David, a result of his parents naming their children after their best friends?
Jeffrey Veregge	2024-06-09		3,730	155.4	... that S'Klallam artist Jeffrey Veregge's "Salish Geek" style blended traditional formline art techniques with bright colors and pop culture references?
Sithu Pauk Hla of Yamethin	2024-06-04		3,704	154.3	... that when Sithu Pauk Hla was appointed the governor of Yamethin, he was also given command of a 50-strong company of war elephants?
Kenji Tanigaki	2024-06-18		2,180	90.8	... that Kenji Tanigaki, the action director of Rurouni Kenshin and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, began his career as a stuntman on the invitation of action choreographer Stephen Tung?
Stephen Tung			1,450	60.4
Total			3,630	151.2
Shane Rawley	2024-06-28		3,612	150.5	... that baseball player Shane Rawley has published a novel?
Apologia Pro Vita Sua	2024-06-01		3,609	150.4	... that after John Henry Newman wrote his Apologia Pro Vita Sua in response to an attack by Charles Kingsley, Kingsley compared Newman to a "treacherous ape" and implied that he was insane?
WJHP-TV	2024-06-07		3,599	150.0	... that one of the "plushest" nightclubs in northern Florida turned into studios for a TV station in Jacksonville?
Lyceum Theatre (Boston)	2024-06-03		3,596	149.8	... that Boston's World's Museum was a theatre, an aquarium, a menagerie, and a freak show?
Claude Hamilton Verity	2024-06-07		2,154	89.7	... that Claude Hamilton Verity, a grandson of Doncaster mayor Charles Verity, was an early pioneer of the synchronisation of sound with silent films?
Charles Verity			1,357	56.5
Total			3,510	146.3
Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu	2024-06-05		3,494	145.6	... that a municipal purchase of 177 motorcycles by Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu, the mayor of Semarang, Indonesia, caused a social media controversy due to media misreporting?
Delta (emulator)	2024-06-01		3,416	142.3	... that Riley Testut developed AltStore because he wanted to publish his emulator Delta?
Eurovision Song Contest 1974	2024-06-11		3,403	141.8	... that one Italian broadcaster delayed airing Eurovision Song Contest 1974 by two months to avoid influencing an upcoming divorce law referendum?
The Penguin History of Modern China	2024-06-28		3,349	139.5	... that The Penguin History of Modern China profiled the Christian general whose army moved to the beat of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"?
Democratic Yemeni Union of Peasants	2024-06-02		3,344	139.4	... that in 1978 the chairman of the Democratic Yemeni Union of Peasants was arrested after the South Yemeni government was taken over by Abdul Fattah Ismail?
Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain	2024-06-16		3,334	138.9	... that a 2018 documentary film explores blockchain as a means to give stateless refugees official identities?
Natives Representative Council	2024-06-18		3,298	137.4	... that the Natives Representative Council held meetings in school halls?
Sea of Voices	2024-06-21		3,278	136.6	... that "Sea of Voices" was well-received by Porter Robinson's fans even though it was a fundamental change from his prior musical style?
Jacques Poitras	2024-06-06		3,268	136.2	... that journalist Jacques Poitras spent a month repeatedly crossing the "Imaginary Line" separating New Brunswick and Maine in order to publish a book about it?
Dick Walker (astronomer)	2024-06-26		3,222	134.3	... that Dick Walker's discovery of Saturn's moon Epimetheus was only realized twelve years later?
Ice	2024-06-27		3,178	132.4	... that 28 trillion tonnes of ice were lost worldwide between 1994 and 2017 due to climate change?
Jan Leike	2024-06-17		3,175	132.3	... that AI researcher Jan Leike believes "safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products" at OpenAI?
Ella Scoble Opperman	2024-06-21		3,114	129.7	... that the legacy of American pianist Ella Scoble Opperman has been said to continue "to entertain and draw attention to Tallahassee" decades after her death?
Madisen Skinner	2024-06-19		3,108	129.5	... that volleyball player Madisen Skinner beat Texas in one national championship final – then won two national championships with Texas?
Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger	2024-06-08		3,099	129.1	... that Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger, a biologist who catalogued the flora and fauna of Java, also served as the Dutch minister of the colonies?
Lin Yu-tang (long jumper)	2024-06-05		3,078	128.2	... that Taiwanese long jumper Lin Yu-tang qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by switching out his broken track shoes between attempts?
Izzy Scane	2024-06-16		3,072	128.0	... that Northwestern women's lacrosse player Izzy Scane led the country in points, missed a season with a torn ACL, then led the country in points again?
Bali Regional House of Representatives	2024-06-16		3,067	127.8	... that in the year after its establishment, the provincial legislature of Bali annulled all local laws banning inter-caste marriage?
Climate change in Asia	2024-06-23		2,991	124.6	... that climate change in Asia is expected to increase flood risks in the continent's cities, which are already high for 932 million people?
Saparinah Sadli	2024-06-03		2,989	124.5	... that Saparinah Sadli defended one of her former students when Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency challenged her gendered exploration of the New Order regime?
Eddie Halliwell	2024-06-16		2,960	123.4	... that Eddie Halliwell was voted into the top 20 of the DJ Mag poll of the most popular disc jockeys for four consecutive years?
East Wake Academy	2024-06-24		2,956	123.2	... that when East Wake Academy opened, its two main school buildings were located four miles (6 km) apart in separate towns?
Shirley Warde	2024-06-14		2,921	121.7	... that Shirley Warde not only starred in theater and movie productions, but also wrote playscripts and short stories for magazines?
Elizabeth Yeampierre	2024-06-03		2,921	121.7	... that Elizabeth Yeampierre has called Puerto Rico the "poster child for climate injustice" due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria?
Jordynn Dudley	2024-06-08		2,890	120.4	... that first-team All-American soccer player Jordynn Dudley holds her high school's basketball scoring record?
Episode 8851	2024-06-11		2,866	119.4	... that Tim Robards returned to Neighbours in Episode 8851, two years after he had to quit his role early?
Maria Luigia Pizzoli	2024-06-23		2,860	119.1	... that Italian pianist and composer Maria Luigia Pizzoli posthumously received the title of Maestro di Contrappunto (master of counterpoint)?
Ang Ating Musika	2024-06-12		2,787	116.1	... that for her residency Ang Ating Musika, Regine Velasquez performed "two concerts-in-one"?
Eurovision Song Contest 1991	2024-06-02		2,756	114.8	... that the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was moved to Rome from Sanremo at a late stage due to increased security concerns resulting from the Gulf War?
Come, O thou Traveller unknown	2024-06-20		2,680	111.6	... that Isaac Watts, the "father of English hymnody", described one of Charles Wesley's hymns as "worth all the verses he himself had written"?
Felipe Lara	2024-06-11		2,678	111.6	... that Felipe Lara's Pulitzer finalist Double Concerto turns its soloists into a "many-tentacled creature"?
Obonga–Ottertooth Provincial Park	2024-06-01		2,635	109.8	... that the Obonga–Ottertooth Provincial Park is a significant habitat for woodland moose?
Vasantha Krishna Prasad	2024-06-19		2,590	107.9	... that Vasantha Krishna Prasad was the richest candidate from Krishna district to contest the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election?
KT Leveston	2024-06-07		2,566	106.9	... that KT Leveston, the 254th pick in the 2024 NFL draft, is from U.S. area code 254?
Minnesota State Highway 36	2024-06-27		2,534	105.6	... that there's a Little Canada on Minnesota State Highway 36?
Alan Choe	2024-06-26		2,521	105.0	... that Alan Choe was tasked with developing Queenstown, Singapore's first satellite town, after its British architects left the country in the mid-1950s?
Mike Gorman	2024-06-15		2,458	102.4	... that Mike Gorman spent 43 consecutive years as the television play-by-play commentator for the Boston Celtics?
The Last of Us season 1	2024-06-16		2,340	97.5	... that the budget for the first season of The Last of Us exceeded that of each of the first five seasons of Game of Thrones?
Brittany Luse	2024-06-30		2,299	95.8	... that Brittany Luse's podcast The Nod was praised for its exploration of "the diversity and richness of the Black experience"?
List of Green Bay Packers NFL Anniversary All-Time Team selections	2024-06-18		2,273	94.7	... that Don Hutson and Forrest Gregg were the only Green Bay Packers players selected for all three NFL All-Anniversary Teams?
Where the Angels Fall	2024-06-28		2,241	93.4	... that the Cat Empire's 2023 album Where the Angels Fall features contributions from 75 musicians and 49 instruments?
Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada	2024-06-13		2,198	91.6	... that the American band Grupo Frontera collaborated with the media franchise Transformers on a trailer to promote their second studio album?
Sitdown strike	2024-06-19		2,138	89.1	... that the U.S. Department of Labor recorded 583 sitdown strikes in the U.S. between 1936 and 1939, affecting half a million workers?
Jarrett Kingston	2024-06-02		1,858	77.4	... that in college, American football player Jarrett Kingston started at the position of left guard, then moved to left tackle, and then played right tackle and right guard?
Fourth All-Russian Congress of the Party of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (internationalists)	2024-06-07		1,840	76.7	... that Left Socialist-Revolutionary leader Maria Spiridonova addressed her party's fourth congress in October 1918 by letter as she was in jail?
List of Seattle Reign FC seasons	2024-06-21		1,824	76.0	... that Seattle Reign FC have had three name changes during their 11-year history?
Daniela Kerck	2024-06-25		1,773	73.9	... that stage director and scenic designer Daniela Kerck crafted a new ending to Puccini's unfinished opera Turandot for the 2024 Internationale Maifestspiele?
Detroit Lions draft history	2024-06-29		1,718	71.6	... that fifteen future Pro Football Hall of Fame players have been drafted by the Detroit Lions?
Songbird (TV program)	2024-06-22		1,478	63.0	... that in her musical show Songbird, Regine Velasquez performs one lesser-known song from the featured theme each week?
Unified (concert)	2024-06-18		692	28.8	... that after presenting a televised singing contest won by Sarah Geronimo, Regine Velasquez co-headlined a concert with her?

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