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| United States ten-thousand-dollar bill |
2024-10-21 |
 |
41,731 |
1,738.8 |
... that the US$10,000 bill (example pictured) is the highest denomination of US currency that has been used by the public?
|
| Niederdollendorf stone
|
2024-10-14
|
|
20,580
|
857.5
|
... that the Niederdollendorf stone (pictured), the Grésin plaque, and the Landelinus buckle are each controversially conjectured to depict a pagan-inspired Jesus Christ?
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| Landelinus buckle
|
8,615
|
359.0
|
| Grésin plaque
|
7,892
|
328.9
|
| Total |
37,088 |
1,545.3
|
| Slime (monster) |
2024-10-31 |
 |
29,307 |
1,221.1 |
... that slime monsters (example pictured) have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?
|
| Uzun-Hajji
|
2024-10-16
|
|
13,984
|
582.6
|
... that although Uzun-Hajji and Najmuddin of Gotzo (both pictured) were originally political allies, they later fought on opposing sides of the Russian Civil War?
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| Najmuddin of Gotzo
|
12,720
|
530.0
|
| Total |
26,704 |
1,112.6
|
| Viriamo |
2024-10-28 |
 |
26,126 |
1,088.6 |
... that the traditional Rapa Nui tattoos of Viriamo (pictured) included motifs similar to an adze and a paddle?
|
| Fred the Head |
2024-10-23 |
|
24,921 |
1,038.4 |
... that a man's body, found wearing only a woman's wedding ring and a pair of socks in 1971, is the oldest unsolved missing persons case in Staffordshire, England?
|
| Karađorđeva šnicla |
2024-10-19 |
 |
24,736 |
1,030.6 |
... that Karađorđeva šnicla (pictured) was accidentally created as an improvisation of chicken Kiev?
|
| Santa (singer)
|
2024-10-13
|
|
20,732
|
863.8
|
... that Santa opened the 2024 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony (pictured)?
|
| 2024 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
|
3,629
|
151.2
|
| Total |
24,361 |
1,015.0
|
| Killing of Nyah Mway |
2024-10-08 |
|
22,515 |
938.1 |
... that according to the mayor of Utica, 13-year-old Nyah Mway was the first Karen person to be killed in America by police?
|
| Neutron stars in fiction |
2024-10-23 |
 |
22,120 |
921.7 |
... that in fiction, neutron stars (pictured) harbour exotic lifeforms in their vicinity, on their surface, and even in their interior?
|
| The New York Times Simulator |
2024-10-24 |
|
21,906 |
912.8 |
... that The New York Times Simulator was inspired by its creator's frustration with media coverage of the Israel–Hamas war?
|
| Des Moines speech |
2024-10-15 |
|
21,561 |
898.4 |
... that Anne Morrow Lindbergh tried to warn her husband Charles Lindbergh of the backlash that his antisemitic Des Moines speech would receive?
|
| Rika Nakagawa |
2024-10-05 |
 |
20,405 |
850.2 |
... that Rika Nakagawa (pictured) won a national debate competition as an active tarento?
|
| Ferrari FF |
2024-10-18 |
 |
19,566 |
815.2 |
... that the Ferrari FF (pictured) was, upon its release, the world's fastest four-seater car?
|
| AniWave |
2024-10-02 |
|
19,506 |
812.7 |
... that a major anime piracy website had over 100 million monthly visits and was one of the top 200 most popular Internet properties?
|
| Celebrity Number Six |
2024-10-04 |
|
18,452 |
768.8 |
... that retired model Leticia Sardá had no idea that she was the subject of a four-year global search?
|
| Aphrodite Rhithymnia |
2024-10-08 |
|
18,430 |
767.9 |
... that a Cretan man found a 1st-century statue of Aphrodite while trying to drill a well, and then reburied it?
|
| Farnese Artemis |
2024-10-09 |
 |
18,420 |
767.5 |
... that while the objects on the Farnese Artemis (pictured) had initially been identified as female breasts, the museum housing the statue now describes them as bull scrotums?
|
| Chesmac |
2024-10-15 |
 |
18,392 |
766.3 |
... that as the 1979 computer chess game Chesmac (pictured) could not display a chessboard on screen, players had to replicate the game on a physical chessboard?
|
| Post-tuberculosis lung disease |
2024-10-01 |
 |
18,346 |
764.4 |
... that many people who recover from tuberculosis lose more than half of their lung capacity (example pictured)?
|
| Pesto (penguin) |
2024-10-11 |
|
18,302[a] |
762.6 |
... that a baby penguin from Australia is "an absolute unit"?
|
| Asik-Asik Falls |
2024-10-07 |
 |
18,294 |
762.2 |
... that the water of Asik-Asik Falls (pictured) comes from a source inside a cliff?
|
| Littlehampton libels |
2024-10-28 |
|
18,102 |
754.3 |
... that in the Littlehampton libels, Edith Swan fooled three juries and two judges, had another woman sent to prison twice, and was declared not guilty before finally being convicted?
|
| Maximiliano Hernández Martínez |
2024-10-11 |
 |
18,037 |
751.5 |
... that Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (pictured) believed that hanging colored lights across San Salvador would cure a smallpox epidemic?
|
| Lac qui Parle County seat controversy |
2024-10-28 |
|
17,892 |
745.5 |
... that one 1886 night 150 people broke into a courthouse and began moving it 15 miles (24 km), before getting stuck in a blizzard?
|
| Tattarisuo case |
2024-10-02 |
|
17,396 |
724.8 |
... that mutilated body parts found in the spring of Tattarisuo in 1931 were used to practice black magic?
|
| Blue Mountain Pottery |
2024-10-06 |
 |
17,038 |
709.9 |
... that Blue Mountain Pottery wares (example pictured) had a distinctive drip glaze, particularly blue-green and black, so that each piece was unique?
|
| Palace Theater Light |
2024-10-17 |
|
16,398 |
683.2 |
... that the Palace Theater light bulb has been running since 1908?
|
| Néo-Phare |
2024-10-07 |
|
15,896 |
662.3 |
... that there was a doomsday cult named after Neo from The Matrix?
|
| Center squeeze |
2024-10-09 |
|
15,771 |
657.1 |
... that the center squeeze has been blamed for costing Gary Johnson the 2016 US presidential election?
|
| Trunk-or-treating |
2024-10-31 |
|
15,738 |
655.8 |
... that trunk-or-treating was created as a safer alternative to regular trick-or-treating?
|
| Michael Sugrue |
2024-10-30 |
|
15,382 |
640.9 |
... that Michael Sugrue became an "internet phenomenon" during the COVID-19 pandemic for his lectures on YouTube, recorded in 1992, that covered "the last 3,000 years of Western intellectual history"?
|
| Barry Green (hunter) |
2024-10-23 |
|
15,322 |
638.4 |
... that an Australian wildlife conservationist has trapped and killed more than 1,450 feral cats?
|
| Law of reentry |
2024-10-29 |
|
14,732 |
613.8 |
... that the law of reentry is cited as an explanation for a character's abrupt exit from the stage in Richard II?
|
| Bill Morrow (Australian politician) |
2024-10-06 |
|
14,222 |
592.6 |
... that Australian train driver Bill Morrow received the Soviet Union's Lenin Peace Prize alongside Fidel Castro?
|
| Rooms by the Sea |
2024-10-15 |
|
14,104 |
587.7 |
... that an art critic felt that Rooms by the Sea was one of Edward Hopper's "strangest" works?
|
| Jools Lebron |
2024-10-21 |
|
14,021 |
584.2 |
... that following the success of Jools Lebron's "demure" videos, she stated that she was able to use the proceeds to pay for her gender transition?
|
| Matthew Webb |
2024-10-30 |
|
13,762 |
573.4 |
... that Matthew Webb died attempting to swim down the Niagara Rapids?
|
| History of chocolate |
2024-10-07 |
|
13,594 |
566.4 |
... that a woman was considered a witch because her husband prepared chocolate instead of her?
|
| University Village (Manhattan) |
2024-10-08 |
|
13,566 |
565.2 |
... that a Picasso sculpture at University Village was called "half as high and twice as sexy as the Great Sphinx of Egypt"?
|
| Noken system |
2024-10-13 |
|
13,554 |
564.8 |
... that the noken system used for voting in parts of Indonesia can produce turnouts of 100%?
|
| Devil's Doorway (Wisconsin) |
2024-10-31 |
|
13,538 |
564.1 |
... that the Devil's Doorway is found in Wisconsin?
|
| Isaac Vincent |
2024-10-10 |
|
13,265 |
552.7 |
... that "Honest Ike" stole more than $200,000 from the Alabama treasury?
|
| Memento dollar |
2024-10-17 |
 |
13,199 |
550.0 |
... that the first silver dollars of the Republic of China were crudely designed mementos (example pictured)?
|
| Pell v The Queen |
2024-10-22 |
|
13,072 |
544.6 |
... that the verdict of Pell v The Queen could not be reported on properly for two months?
|
| Chocolate Room |
2024-10-23 |
|
13,060 |
544.1 |
... that the original exhibition of art installation Chocolate Room was shut down after attracting an "army of ants"?
|
| Empirical Labs Distressor |
2024-10-29 |
 |
12,918 |
538.3 |
... that Maroon 5, Kali Uchis, and Wilco have all used the same effects unit (pictured)?
|
| Codex Basiliensis A. N. IV. 1 |
2024-10-01 |
|
12,864 |
536.0 |
... that a New Testament manuscript was "barbarously scored with red chalk" by a book publisher?
|
| Eliza Legzdina |
2024-10-09 |
|
12,852 |
535.5 |
... that Eliza Legzdina has attributed opinions of her work to the "horrification of the female body"?
|
| Edinburgh Wild West |
2024-10-11 |
|
12,656 |
527.3 |
... that a lane behind a tenement in Edinburgh is decorated as a Wild West town?
|
| Emi Shinohara
|
2024-10-06
|
|
7,020
|
292.5
|
... that Sailor Moon co-stars Emi Shinohara and Rika Fukami were born on the same date?
|
| Rika Fukami
|
5,580
|
232.5
|
| Total |
12,601 |
525.0
|
| Wigwam (Welsh band) |
2024-10-26 |
 |
12,438 |
518.2 |
... that Wigwam (pictured) formed four days before their first concert?
|
| CyberJoly Drim |
2024-10-01 |
|
12,088 |
503.6 |
... that the 1998 cyberpunk short story "CyberJoly Drim" caused a controversy in the Polish science fiction and fantasy community?
|
| Booby Island (Saint Kitts and Nevis) |
2024-10-09 |
|
12,040 |
501.7 |
... that the search for mammals on Booby Island was a bust?
|
| Anticlea elegans |
2024-10-31 |
|
12,024 |
501.0 |
... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
|
| Italian Campaign of 1796–1797 |
2024-10-04 |
 |
11,950 |
497.9 |
... that the Italian Campaign of 1796–1797 (battle pictured) demonstrated that Napoleon was a "great strategist"?
|
| Dezik and Tsygan |
2024-10-06 |
|
11,941 |
497.5 |
... that the first dogs in space returned to Earth with a parachute?
|
| Wuhan trolleybus route 1 |
2024-10-24 |
 |
11,802 |
491.7 |
... that for nearly 65 years, Wuhan trolleybus route 1 (pictured) included a loop around a statue of Sun Yat-sen?
|
| Rabbit |
2024-10-22 |
 |
11,753[b] |
489.7 |
... that rabbits can control their body temperature with their ears (pictured)?
|
| Great Salt Lake whale hoax |
2024-10-17 |
|
11,542 |
480.9 |
... that a sensational story in 1888 claimed that James Wickham, a British scientist, introduced two whales to the Great Salt Lake in an attempt to start a whale oil industry?
|
| UnMetal |
2024-10-18 |
|
11,525 |
480.2 |
... that in UnMetal, the player has to heal any enemies whom they shoot?
|
| 1939 New York World's Fair pavilions and attractions |
2024-10-03 |
|
11,428 |
476.1 |
... that attractions at the 1939 World's Fair included a roller coaster, a ski slope, and scantily clad women?
|
| Diet culture |
2024-10-08 |
|
11,194 |
466.4 |
... that both scholars and activists believe that diet culture is often intertwined with racism and other forms of prejudice?
|
| Elias Karmon |
2024-10-21 |
|
11,106 |
462.7 |
... that Mr. Bronx was not from the Bronx?
|
| Andrea Navagero |
2024-10-02 |
 |
11,094 |
462.2 |
... that much to his dismay, Andrea Navagero (pictured) was named the Venetian ambassador to France in 1529?
|
| Battle of Kembogo |
2024-10-16 |
|
11,068 |
461.2 |
... that rebel fighters pursued their fleeing enemies during the Battle of Kembogo because they wanted new boots?
|
| Lisa Blatt |
2024-10-04 |
|
10,960 |
456.7 |
... that Lisa Blatt, the first woman to argue 50 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, "elicits laughs and the occasional sharp response from the justices" for her witty delivery?
|
| Hathumoda |
2024-10-30 |
|
10,817 |
450.7 |
... that a hagiography of Abbess Hathumoda was tempered by its audience's knowledge of her flaws?
|
| Jamaludin Malik[c] |
2024-10-22 |
|
7,080 |
448.0 |
... that Indonesian legislator Jamaludin Malik wore an Ultraman costume to his swearing-in ceremony?
|
| Statue of John Stockton |
2024-10-21 |
|
10,692 |
445.5 |
... that, when preparing the statue of John Stockton, its sculptor repositioned the model about 20 times by using a wrench to adjust ball-and-socket joints on steel rods?
|
| Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television |
2024-10-02 |
|
10,382 |
432.6 |
... that the ending of the TV series Community features a fourth-wall-breaking monologue?
|
| Catharina Weiss |
2024-10-20 |
 |
10,366 |
431.9 |
... that Catharina Weiss (pictured) used to play for the Rolling Chocolate?
|
| Henry Firth |
2024-10-13 |
|
10,295 |
429.0 |
... that British conscientious objector Henry Firth died in 1918 while being held at a work camp in Dartmoor?
|
| 1997 Saint-Casimir mass suicide |
2024-10-28 |
|
10,246 |
426.9 |
... that on the same day that the members of Heaven's Gate died in a mass suicide, five members of an unrelated group did likewise?
|
| Daniela Larreal |
2024-10-12 |
|
10,240 |
426.6 |
... that cyclist Daniela Larreal competed in five Olympic Games for a country that later exiled her?
|
| Brenden Bates |
2024-10-24 |
|
10,142 |
422.6 |
... that Brenden Bates "loves moving people against their will"?
|
| GhGk-63 |
2024-10-23 |
|
10,020 |
417.5 |
... that an ancient Canadian archaeological site was discovered during the construction of a dump?
|
| Pete Wade |
2024-10-11 |
|
9,876 |
411.5 |
... that when guitarist Pete Wade was 19, he moved to Nashville with $3, his suitcase, two ham sandwiches, and the telephone numbers of Don Helms and Jerry Rivers?
|
| Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation |
2024-10-19 |
|
9,853 |
410.5 |
... that a judge is threatening to shut down Wikipedia in India over a defamation lawsuit?
|
| Hugh Bunel |
2024-10-27 |
|
9,766 |
406.9 |
... that Norman warrior Hugh Bunel lived for years among the Saracens before turning against them to join the First Crusade?
|
| William, Prince of Wales, in film and television |
2024-10-04 |
|
9,602 |
400.1 |
... that William, Prince of Wales, inspired the character of Prince Wheeliam in Cars 2?
|
| Norma Bahia Pontes |
2024-10-07 |
|
9,599 |
400.0 |
... that some of the work of lesbian feminist filmmaking pioneer Norma Bahia Pontes is lost media?
|
| Jumbo's |
2024-10-28 |
|
9,570 |
398.7 |
... that thirty white employees quit working at Jumbo's restaurant in Miami after it desegregated?
|
| Serekunda
|
2024-10-10
|
|
7,328
|
305.3
|
... that because the capital of The Gambia is on a small island, its population has overflowed into Serekunda (pictured) in the nearby municipality of Kanifing?
|
| Kanifing
|
2,097
|
87.4
|
| Total |
9,424 |
392.7
|
| Rechao |
2024-10-06 |
|
9,346 |
389.4 |
... that almost 45 percent of Taiwan's beer purchases come from rechao restaurants?
|
| Anders Årfelt |
2024-10-03 |
 |
9,291 |
387.1 |
... that after some of Anders Årfelt's lion sculptures (example pictured) were struck during the 2017 Stockholm truck attack, the city ordered new versions weighing 3 tonnes?
|
| Hammond's Hard Lines |
2024-10-26 |
|
9,274 |
386.4 |
... that a 1920s reviewer considered Hammond's Hard Lines "dangerously experimental ground for boys' fiction"?
|
| Cécile Fatiman |
2024-10-17 |
|
9,261 |
385.9 |
... that the Haitian Revolution began when Cécile Fatiman sacrificed a black pig, a ritual that was later repeated by Haitians resisting the United States occupation and the Duvalier dynasty?
|
| The Taehongdang Party Secretary |
2024-10-11 |
|
9,144 |
381.0 |
... that North Korean series The Taehongdang Party Secretary was created to help promote the consumption of potatoes during a rice shortage?
|
| Uwe Holmer |
2024-10-11 |
|
9,093 |
378.9 |
... that a German pastor let a deposed East German head of state stay in his house?
|
| Alfred Sully |
2024-10-10 |
|
8,898 |
370.8 |
... that Alfred Sully, who led US forces during the Sioux Wars, was married to a Yankton Sioux woman?
|
| Granville Colliery |
2024-10-25 |
 |
8,706 |
362.8 |
... that part of the site of Granville Colliery is now used as a dry ski slope (pictured)?
|
| Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo, S.A. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc. |
2024-10-25 |
|
8,666 |
361.1 |
... that because the lord chancellor of England did not freeze assets before trial in 1789, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1999 that U.S. courts cannot either?
|
| Progradungula barringtonensis |
2024-10-31 |
|
8,549 |
356.2 |
... that the Australian spider Progradungula barringtonensis has been called a "ghost of Gondwana"?
|
| Sainsbury's, Greenwich |
2024-10-14 |
|
8,530 |
355.4 |
... that South African president Jacob Zuma requested a tour of a Sainsbury's supermarket during his state visit to the United Kingdom in 2010?
|
| Lyons Pool Recreation Center |
2024-10-29 |
|
8,496 |
354.0 |
... that at one point the Lyons Pool Recreation Center had three employees whose only job was to maintain water filters?
|
| Betty Brussel |
2024-10-08 |
|
8,397 |
349.9 |
... that Betty Brussel set three competitive swimming records on the same day at the age of 99?
|
| Benoit Blin |
2024-10-03 |
|
8,396 |
349.9 |
... that pastry chef and television judge Benoit Blin cut off the tips of his fingers in a kitchen accident during his service in the French Navy?
|
| What a Merry-Go-Round |
2024-10-31 |
|
8,288 |
345.3 |
... that What a Merry-Go-Round closed with evil clowns cavorting around a carousel?
|
| You Liked This (Okay, Computer!) |
2024-10-16 |
|
8,092 |
337.1 |
... that the song "You Liked This (Okay, Computer!)" features the former text-to-speech voice of TikTok?
|
| Egyptian Labour Corps mutinies |
2024-10-03 |
|
8,002 |
333.4 |
... that in 1917 British soldiers in France opened fire on mutineers from the Egyptian Labour Corps, killing at least 27 of them?
|
| Political text messaging in the United States |
2024-10-21 |
|
7,888 |
328.7 |
... that Americans received nearly 15 billion political text messages in 2022?
|
| Winfield Blake |
2024-10-08 |
 |
7,872 |
328.0 |
... that after a career as an opera singer and Broadway musical star, Winfield Blake (pictured) became a vaudeville comedian as one half of the duo Blake and Amber?
|
| Shoko Ikeda |
2024-10-01 |
|
7,832 |
326.4 |
... that Shoko Ikeda once admitted that Haruhi Suzumiya, a character she designed, was "just like me"?
|
| No net loss |
2024-10-02 |
|
7,812 |
325.5 |
... that at least 69 countries have "no net loss" environmental policies?
|
| Brittni Mason |
2024-10-18 |
|
7,790 |
324.6 |
... that a Paralympic gold medalist originally did not know that she qualified for parasports?
|
| Muhammad Khaznadar |
2024-10-04 |
|
7,784 |
324.4 |
... that Muhammad Khaznadar's museum was said to have "surpassed every other museum in the world" in Phoenician and Carthaginian antiquities?
|
| Rose Betts |
2024-10-15 |
|
7,756 |
323.1 |
... that Rose Betts wrote the song "Driving Myself Home" as a joke after a blind date, only for it to go viral on TikTok?
|
| YSL Records racketeering trial |
2024-10-25 |
|
7,690[d] |
320.4 |
... that song lyrics were allowed as evidence in the YSL Records racketeering trial?
|
| The Crimson Diamond |
2024-10-07 |
|
7,616 |
317.3 |
... that the developer of The Crimson Diamond first created a series of pixel-art rooms and later built a game around the house she had designed?
|
| Atsuko Tanaka (voice actress) |
2024-10-09 |
|
7,562 |
315.1 |
... that voice actress Atsuko Tanaka named several pandas?
|
| The Book of Longings |
2024-10-21 |
|
7,506 |
312.8 |
... that novelist Sue Monk Kidd spent fourteen months researching New Testament–era Egypt and the Levant for The Book of Longings?
|
| Veto (card game) |
2024-10-23 |
|
7,481 |
311.7 |
... that Veto, inspired by the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, is considered to be the first Polish collectible card game?
|
| Talli Osborne |
2024-10-26 |
|
7,480 |
311.7 |
... that Canadian punk rock musician Talli Osborne had only briefly spoken to the frontman of NOFX before the band wrote a song about her?
|
| Archcliffe Fort |
2024-10-10 |
|
7,325 |
305.2 |
... that much of Archcliffe Fort was demolished in the 1920s to allow for expansion of a railway?
|
| Battle of Axspoele |
2024-10-26 |
|
7,323 |
305.1 |
... that before his victory at the 1128 Battle of Axspoele, William Clito ordered his knights to cut their hair and remove opulent clothing as a sign of penance?
|
| Abdur Rahman Mahmudi |
2024-10-25 |
|
7,254 |
302.3 |
... that imprisoned Afghan politician Abdur Rahman Mahmudi wrote poems using onion juice as ink in his prison cell?
|
| Shah Budak |
2024-10-29 |
|
7,180 |
299.2 |
... that Shah Budak, a prince of the Dulkadir dynasty in Anatolia, blinded his nephew Shahruh in retaliation for his son's similar fate?
|
| Dusko Doder |
2024-10-27 |
|
7,112 |
296.4 |
... that Dusko Doder reported the 1984 death of Yuri Andropov, the leader of the Soviet Union, before any official announcement?
|
| Gao Qifeng |
2024-10-29 |
|
7,052 |
293.8 |
... that Gao Qifeng, a founder of the Lingnan School, slept in a room filled with explosives?
|
| History of education in Wales (1701–1870) |
2024-10-22 |
|
6,905 |
287.7 |
... that approximately 85 per cent of Welsh children were not in school in 1821?
|
| Norma Phillips |
2024-10-02 |
|
6,896 |
287.3 |
... that actress Norma Phillips starred in a 52-episode silent film series in 1914 that interviewed real-life celebrities?
|
| Hapa haole music |
2024-10-01 |
|
6,882 |
286.7 |
... that many hapa haole songs were written by non-Hawaiians and featured nonsensical, faux-Hawaiian lyrics?
|
| Andreas Vogt |
2024-10-20 |
|
6,880 |
286.6 |
... that Andreas Vogt yelled "Down with the government! Long live the republic!" at a session of the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 1919?
|
| Mount Gerizim Temple |
2024-10-25 |
|
6,876 |
286.5 |
... that a small golden bell found at the site of the Mount Gerizim Temple is believed to have been part of the ephod of a high priest, as described in Exodus 28?
|
| Madhavi (princess) |
2024-10-02 |
|
6,861 |
285.9 |
... that in Hindu mythology, Madhavi, who was blessed with the miraculous ability to regain her virginity after each childbirth, was married to three kings, each in exchange for 200 rare horses?
|
| Cosmere Roleplaying Game |
2024-10-10 |
|
6,836 |
284.9 |
... that the Cosmere Roleplaying Game surpassed Frosthaven to become the most-funded tabletop game on Kickstarter in August 2024?
|
| Myvanwy Rhys |
2024-10-22 |
|
6,788 |
282.9 |
... that Oxford suffragist Myvanwy Rhys earned first-class honours from Newnham College, Cambridge, but was denied a degree?
|
| James Brown (Isle of Man) |
2024-10-29 |
|
6,780 |
282.5 |
... that a 19th-century newspaper editor went to prison after protesting the Isle of Man's lack of democracy?
|
| A House in Jerusalem |
2024-10-03 |
|
6,774 |
282.2 |
... that the Netflix-released film A House in Jerusalem is inspired by the history of the director's Palestinian family, who were expelled in 1948 from what had become Israel during the Nakba?
|
| Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda |
2024-10-24 |
|
6,763 |
281.8 |
... that the Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda tried to close the file-sharing website Istorrent in 2007–2008, but the Supreme Court of Iceland dismissed the case?
|
| Aquaculture in the Philippines
|
2024-10-09
|
|
2,210
|
92.1
|
... that in the history of fisheries in the Philippines, the once-dominant local municipal fisheries were supplanted first by commercial fisheries, and then by aquaculture?
|
| Fisheries in the Philippines
|
1,558
|
64.9
|
| Municipal fisheries in the Philippines
|
1,110
|
46.2
|
| History of fisheries in the Philippines
|
978
|
40.8
|
| Commercial fisheries in the Philippines
|
813
|
33.9
|
| Total |
6,668 |
277.9
|
| Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1401–1403) |
2024-10-20 |
|
6,662 |
277.6 |
... that King Minkhaung I of Ava lamented that King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy had invaded his country without "breaking a sword or a lance"?
|
| Edward S. Harkness House |
2024-10-01 |
|
6,638 |
276.6 |
... that when the Edward S. Harkness House was built, its owner took the address from his neighbor?
|
| Wisconsin Pavilion
|
2024-10-18
|
|
4,804
|
200.1
|
... that two Wisconsin radio stations purchased and reassembled the Wisconsin Pavilion from the 1964 New York World's Fair for use as their studios?
|
| WCCN
|
1,772
|
73.8
|
| Total |
6,575 |
274.0
|
| Margaret C. Waites |
2024-10-31 |
|
6,556 |
273.1 |
... that the ghost of Margaret C. Waites is said to haunt an undergraduate suite at Harvard College's Cabot House, protecting her book collection?
|
| Spearfishing at the Micronesian Games |
2024-10-17 |
|
6,514 |
271.4 |
... that a shark cost a competitor a silver medal in the spearfishing event at the 2014 Micronesian Games?
|
| Shinichi Ishizuka |
2024-10-18 |
|
6,487 |
270.3 |
... that manga artist Shinichi Ishizuka was told that becoming a manga artist would be "absolutely impossible"?
|
| Psycho Mantis |
2024-10-12 |
|
6,452 |
268.8 |
... that the character Psycho Mantis in the video game Metal Gear Solid breaks the fourth wall by identifying the player's other games?
|
| Flag of La Guaira |
2024-10-06 |
|
6,434 |
268.1 |
... that the flag of La Guaira is based on the design of a banner from a 1797 conspiracy against Spanish rule in Venezuela?
|
| Nancy S. Steinhardt |
2024-10-10 |
|
6,419 |
267.5 |
... that Nancy S. Steinhardt completed her doctorate on medieval Chinese architecture before she was able to see any in person?
|
| Edward J. York |
2024-10-05 |
|
6,416 |
267.3 |
... that of the 16 aircraft which took part in the Doolittle Raid, only the one piloted by Edward J. York landed intact?
|
| Neurocysticercosis |
2024-10-26 |
|
6,398 |
266.6 |
... that neurocysticercosis has been referred to as the "great imitator" because it can mimic many other neurological disorders?
|
| New York Hall of Science |
2024-10-27 |
 |
6,376 |
265.7 |
... that a nuclear reactor was nearly built at the New York Hall of Science (pictured), but the money for the institution instead went to Yankee Stadium?
|
| Have I Got News for You (American game show) |
2024-10-11 |
|
6,306 |
262.8 |
... that the 2024 American remake of Have I Got News for You has a permanent host, something that the original show dispensed with in 2002?
|
| Get the Hell Out |
2024-10-31 |
|
6,284 |
261.8 |
... that the zombie film Get the Hell Out was shot at the currently abandoned Kaohsiung City Council Hall, which had neither water nor electricity?
|
| Clare embroidery |
2024-10-27 |
|
6,260 |
260.8 |
... that Queen Victoria supported Clare embroidery by purchasing dresses for her family?
|
| Eddie Canales |
2024-10-26 |
|
6,257 |
260.7 |
... that Eddie Canales set up nearly 200 water stations along an area of the US–Mexico border to save the lives of undocumented immigrants?
|
| Deep Cut Gardens |
2024-10-17 |
|
6,226 |
259.4 |
... that Deep Cut Gardens in New Jersey contains a stone replica of Mount Vesuvius that once erupted smoke at the behest of mobster Vito Genovese?
|
| Hakenkreuzbanner |
2024-10-12 |
|
6,122 |
255.1 |
... that after Hitler came to power in 1933, the newspaper Hakenkreuzbanner acquired an office building and printing presses by seizing them from a Social Democratic publication?
|
| The Hillbilly Thomists |
2024-10-17 |
|
6,092 |
253.8 |
... that the Hillbilly Thomists, a band made up of friars from the Dominican Order, reached the number-two spot on Billboard's bluegrass chart?
|
| Christian Albright
|
2024-10-22
|
|
3,128
|
130.3
|
... that both Christian Albright and De'Montre Tuggle were born on the same day, named second-team all-Mid-American Conference in 2020, signed with the Chicago Bears in 2022, and debuted in the CFL in 2023?
|
| De'Montre Tuggle
|
2,880
|
120.0
|
| Total |
6,007 |
250.3
|
| Mongrel (2024 film) |
2024-10-20 |
|
5,960 |
248.3 |
... that real paramedics were hired to portray EMTs in Mongrel, and they responded to a medical emergency that occurred in a village where they were filming?
|
| Hurry Up Tomorrow |
2024-10-04 |
|
5,940[e] |
247.5 |
... that Hurry Up Tomorrow is planned to be the Weeknd's final album under his stage name?
|
| KXXV |
2024-10-09 |
|
5,894 |
245.6 |
... that seven people died when their helicopter struck supporting wires of a Texas TV station's tower and crashed?
|
| Brian David Gilbert |
2024-10-31 |
|
5,892 |
245.5 |
... that Brian David Gilbert released a series of monster-themed ABBA covers under the name AAAH!BBA?
|
| Baguia Fort |
2024-10-24 |
|
5,873 |
244.7 |
... that a fort in Baguia was restored to be converted into tourist accommodation?
|
| Chris Collier |
2024-10-23 |
|
5,802 |
241.8 |
... that Chris Collier is the first NFL player from his college in 37 years?
|
| 2021 Naperville–Woodridge tornado |
2024-10-11 |
|
5,797 |
241.5 |
... that a tornado near Chicago was produced by a storm with a hydrodynamical helicity four times higher than the threshold favorable for tornadogenesis?
|
| Bed Chem
|
2024-10-05
|
|
3,080
|
128.3
|
... that "Bed Chem" and "Juno" are the "horniest" tracks on Short n' Sweet, according to one critic?
|
| Juno (song)
|
2,690
|
112.1
|
| Total |
5,770 |
240.4
|
| KAUT-TV |
2024-10-22 |
|
5,763 |
240.1 |
... that an Oklahoma TV station returned to its original call sign after the death of its founder, Gene Autry?
|
| Elham Mahamid Ruzin |
2024-10-03 |
|
5,738 |
239.1 |
... that Elham Mahamid Ruzin, a blind Muslim Arab, won a silver medal for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics?
|
| WHOV |
2024-10-05 |
|
5,696 |
237.4 |
... that announcers at a Virginia radio station were warned that playing more than three rap songs an hour could get them fired?
|
| Rail transport in Northamptonshire |
2024-10-13 |
|
5,688 |
237.0 |
... that Northamptonshire has had ninety-two railway stations, but now has only six?
|
| Adèle de Dombasle |
2024-10-25 |
|
5,686 |
236.9 |
... that the early woman explorer Adèle de Dombasle travelled to Polynesia in 1847 and worked as an illustrator, drawing people such as Queen Pōmare IV?
|
| Ansorge Hotel |
2024-10-26 |
|
5,666 |
236.1 |
... that a red light in the corner bay window of the Ansorge Hotel told rumrunners of revenue men in town?
|
| Episode 7921 |
2024-10-16 |
|
5,644 |
235.2 |
... that Episode 7921 of Neighbours featured Australia's first televised fictional same-sex wedding since the country voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage?
|
| Peck Building |
2024-10-19 |
|
5,621 |
234.2 |
... that the world's largest video game studio is headquartered in a former textile factory?
|
| 1 |
2024-10-17 |
|
5,509[f] |
229.5 |
... that the number 1 is its own square, square root, and factorial?
|
| Chocolate in savory cooking |
2024-10-27 |
|
5,498 |
229.1 |
... that chocolate is included as an ingredient in 18th-century Italian recipes for pappardelle, fried liver, black polenta, and lasagna sauce?
|
| KUVI-DT |
2024-10-08 |
|
5,464 |
227.7 |
... that country music singer Buck Owens bought a bankrupt TV station in California from his sister?
|
| Alan Pringle
|
2024-10-26
|
|
2,816
|
117.3
|
... that the only two Venezuelans ever to play for the NFL, Pat Ragusa and Alan Pringle, played a combined total of four regular-season games?
|
| Pat Ragusa
|
2,630
|
109.6
|
| Total |
5,446 |
226.9
|
| Don Goodwin |
2024-10-10 |
|
5,427 |
226.1 |
... that a 23-day CBC strike thrust Don Goodwin into the Canadian national spotlight and into "folk-hero status"?
|
| Wing Sam Chinn |
2024-10-30 |
 |
5,406 |
225.2 |
... that Wing Sam Chinn combined Chinese and Beaux-Arts architecture in his design for a building in Seattle (pictured)?
|
| Beata Olsson |
2024-10-15 |
|
5,390 |
224.6 |
... that when Swedish soccer player Beata Olsson transferred from Florida to Florida State, she said that she did not really know about the schools' rivalry?
|
| Operation Concrete |
2024-10-24 |
|
5,270 |
219.6 |
... that while shooting his first short film, Jean-Luc Godard was barred from his mother's funeral for stealing?
|
| Dani Sanchez-Lopez |
2024-10-18 |
|
5,262 |
219.2 |
... that Dani Sanchez-Lopez wanted to be an actor but switched to cinematography after realizing that actors deliver others' lines?
|
| Ultimate X-Men (2024) |
2024-10-14 |
|
5,258 |
219.1 |
... that Maystorm, a character from Ultimate X-Men, was initially created for a variant cover for the comic X-Men?
|
| MyRadar |
2024-10-25 |
|
5,237 |
218.2 |
... that MyRadar uses a custom satellite constellation to help forecast the weather?
|
| Tropical Storm Kai-tak |
2024-10-07 |
|
5,170 |
215.4 |
... that the government used military trucks and bulldozers to rescue people from a tropical storm?
|
| Pachyballus ornatus |
2024-10-04 |
|
5,158 |
214.9 |
... that although Pachyballus ornatus is named for its bright pattern, the female is dark and plain while young?
|
| Vincent Darré |
2024-10-31 |
|
5,150 |
214.6 |
... that Vincent Darré had a Parisian apartment decorated with skulls?
|
| Labour Party of Turkey |
2024-10-30 |
|
5,098 |
212.4 |
... that the Labour Party of Turkey was banned by the Constitutional Court in 1980 due to its support for the use of the Kurdish language in schools?
|
| June Franklin |
2024-10-23 |
|
5,046 |
210.3 |
... that Iowa politician June Franklin wrote to ten members of the US Congress urging them to declare Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday?
|
| Tempered chocolate |
2024-10-13 |
|
5,042 |
210.1 |
... that researchers speculate that cocoa butter forms crystals on sugar while chocolate is tempered?
|
| Saleh Shahin |
2024-10-27 |
|
5,042 |
210.1 |
... that Druze rower Saleh Shahin won a bronze medal for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics 19 years after he was injured in a terrorist attack?
|
| Abramo Colorni |
2024-10-19 |
|
5,022 |
209.2 |
... that Renaissance-era weapons designer Abramo Colorni performed magical illusions and card tricks for his patrons?
|
| Henry Kailimai |
2024-10-01 |
|
4,810 |
200.4 |
... that Henry Kailimai and his Hawaiian Quintet were hired by Henry Ford to serve as official musicians for the Ford Motor Company?
|
| List of chronic pain syndromes |
2024-10-12 |
|
4,804 |
200.1 |
... that chronic pain syndromes affect approximately 20 percent of people and account for 15 to 20 percent of doctor visits?
|
| Janet Panetta |
2024-10-06 |
|
4,778 |
199.1 |
... that Janet Panetta started dancing as physical therapy for childhood polio?
|
| Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua |
2024-10-24 |
|
4,647 |
193.6 |
... that a banker was named the prime minister of Equatorial Guinea after his predecessor resigned during an economic crisis?
|
| Oghul Qaimish |
2024-10-28 |
|
4,632 |
193.0 |
... that the regent of the Mongol Empire between 1248 and 1251 was named "We Were Searching for a Boy"?
|
| Oxford zero emission zone |
2024-10-04 |
|
4,580 |
190.8 |
... that Oxford is the first city in the United Kingdom to adopt a zero emission zone?
|
| Joan McIntyre (activist) |
2024-10-19 |
|
4,534 |
188.9 |
... that activist Joan McIntyre left Friends of the Earth to start her own organization focused on stopping Japanese and Russian whaling?
|
| Love Lies (2024 film) |
2024-10-19 |
|
4,532 |
188.9 |
... that Sandra Ng wore her own clothes while filming Love Lies to help the production crew save on the budget?
|
| Eniaios |
2024-10-13 |
|
4,444 |
185.1 |
... that the ongoing premiere of Gregory Markopoulos's Eniaios started 20 years ago?
|
| Milan A. P. Harminc |
2024-10-07 |
|
4,428 |
184.5 |
... that Milan A. P. Harminc, the consul-general of the Slovak Republic in London, broke with his government at the outbreak of World War II and sided with the Allies?
|
| Harold C. Hinton |
2024-10-14 |
|
4,422 |
184.2 |
... that Harold C. Hinton was one of the only American academics under McCarthyism to study communist China?
|
| Daughter's Daughter |
2024-10-22 |
|
4,405 |
183.5 |
... that the scenes set in the United States in the Taiwanese film Daughter's Daughter were nearly omitted during the writing process but were retained at the insistence of lead actress Sylvia Chang?
|
| Johannesteijsmannia lanceolata |
2024-10-06 |
|
4,401 |
183.4 |
... that among the Orang Asli of Negeri Sembilan, chica is only collected during kenduri rituals?
|
| Tonia Ko |
2024-10-18 |
|
4,372 |
182.2 |
... that Tonia Ko once composed a three-part concerto played on bubble wrap?
|
| Piano Sonata (Barber) |
2024-10-15 |
|
4,318 |
179.9 |
... that Samuel Barber said that he could not adequately play his own Piano Sonata?
|
| Smash Hit |
2024-10-05 |
|
4,314 |
179.8 |
... that unused placeholder sounds from Smash Hit were reused in Teardown?
|
| 1909 Chinese provincial elections |
2024-10-26 |
|
4,276 |
178.2 |
... that some delegates elected in the Qing dynasty's first provincial elections were secretly affiliated with republican revolutionaries?
|
| Tonya Burns |
2024-10-13 |
|
4,232 |
176.3 |
... that for 19 years Tonya Burns had the only retired jersey number in Iowa State women's basketball history?
|
| Brussels Party Conference of the Communist Party of Germany |
2024-10-20 |
|
4,218 |
175.8 |
... that the 1935 Brussels Party Conference of the Communist Party of Germany took place in the outskirts of Moscow?
|
| Haunted (Laura Les song) |
2024-10-31 |
|
4,213 |
175.5 |
... that the song "Haunted" "blends cuteness and spookiness"?
|
| Michael Chisholm (geographer) |
2024-10-15 |
|
4,158 |
173.2 |
... that geographer Michael Chisholm and contemporaries became known as "Caesar's Praetorian Guard", in reference to their teacher Gus Caesar?
|
| Pituamkek National Park Reserve |
2024-10-17 |
|
4,149 |
172.9 |
... that Pituamkek National Park Reserve, Canada's newest national park, protects a chain of barrier islands that have been used for fishing and hunting by the Mi'kmaq for 4,000 years?
|
| Mokulubete Makatisi |
2024-10-07 |
|
4,136 |
172.3 |
... that Mokulubete Makatisi placed eighth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games women's marathon despite running in new shoes that she had received on the eve of the race?
|
| Ernest de Munck |
2024-10-24 |
|
4,126 |
171.9 |
... that a Stradivarius cello once owned by Ernest de Munck is now named after him?
|
| Stuntman (2024 film) |
2024-10-29 |
|
4,100 |
170.8 |
... that Stephen Tung was cast in Stuntman because the directors envisioned someone who had co-starred with Bruce Lee for the lead role?
|
| American Writers |
2024-10-27 |
|
4,082 |
170.1 |
... that after reading American Writers, William Lloyd Garrison told John Neal to be on guard should he return to the United States?
|
| Tuhi Martukaw |
2024-10-05 |
|
4,054 |
168.9 |
... that Tuhi Martukaw led youth delegations to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for ten years in a row?
|
| Happy of the End |
2024-10-19 |
|
4,046 |
168.6 |
... that Ogeretsu Tanaka was inspired to create the manga series Happy of the End after taking a morning walk in Shinjuku?
|
| KGWD |
2024-10-19 |
|
4,044 |
168.5 |
... that a South Dakota radio station went from a university to "Guns, Gold & Rock 'n' Roll"?
|
| Ajah Pritchard-Lolo |
2024-10-01 |
|
3,991 |
166.3 |
... that Ajah Pritchard-Lolo is Vanuatu's first Olympic weightlifter?
|
| The Right and the Wrong |
2024-10-10 |
|
3,941 |
164.2 |
... that The Right and the Wrong was the first feature film produced natively in Trinidad and Tobago?
|
| Counterintelligence Group |
2024-10-12 |
|
3,919 |
163.3 |
... that the Counterintelligence Group was disbanded because the unit was deemed successful in the "neutralization and prosecution of scalawags" in the Armed Forces of the Philippines?
|
| Kitsap (Suquamish leader) |
2024-10-19 |
|
3,870 |
161.2 |
... that in 1825 the Suquamish leader Kitsap led an alliance of tribes stretching from the Columbia River to Puget Sound to stop the Cowichan slave raids wreaking havoc on the Sound?
|
| Afrique Victime |
2024-10-23 |
|
3,859 |
160.8 |
... that Mdou Moctar's 2021 album Afrique Victime was distributed on pre-loaded Nokia 6120 classic cellphones?
|
| Gerda Philipsborn |
2024-10-28 |
|
3,852 |
160.5 |
... that Gerda Philipsborn, a German woman, dedicated her life to the development of Jamia Millia Islamia, a national university in New Delhi?
|
| Nicky Cooney |
2024-10-03 |
|
3,838 |
159.9 |
... that former Commonwealth Games diver Nicky Cooney became a police officer?
|
| Nobody Knows (Shawn Mendes song) |
2024-10-30 |
|
3,794 |
158.1 |
... that Shawn Mendes's song "Nobody Knows" was recorded in one take on a "tough night"?
|
| Hymenophyllum axsmithii |
2024-10-15 |
|
3,774 |
157.2 |
... that researchers want Hymenophyllum axsmithii rhizomes so that they can tell whether the filmy fern was up a tree?
|
| Ready Set Learn! |
2024-10-30 |
|
3,772 |
157.1 |
... that Ready Set Learn! was TLC's answer to the PBS children's lineup?
|
| Xiphophorus signum |
2024-10-21 |
|
3,770 |
157.1 |
... that Xiphophorus signum is the only swordtail not known to hybridise with other species?
|
| 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival |
2024-10-28 |
|
3,758 |
156.6 |
... that the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival canceled the screening of a politically themed film due to the "inability to locate suitable copies", despite the film having been showcased three years earlier?
|
| Actinote zikani |
2024-10-12 |
 |
3,746 |
156.1 |
... that Actinote zikani (specimen pictured) is one of only two butterflies on the IUCN's list of the 100 most threatened species?
|
| ...Well, Better Than the Alternative |
2024-10-13 |
|
3,724 |
155.1 |
... that the music video for "...Well, Better Than the Alternative" uses software to render handmade paintings over live-action footage of musician Will Wood?
|
| Mike Veeck |
2024-10-14 |
|
3,716 |
154.9 |
... that Mike Veeck's baseball promotions include Disco Demolition Night, a game with no fans, and the world's largest pillow fight?
|
| Organic Cocoa Production and Export Cooperative |
2024-10-30 |
|
3,712 |
154.7 |
... that in 2018 thieves stole 40 percent of the cocoa produced by the São Toméan Organic Cocoa Production and Export Cooperative?
|
| Danton Barto |
2024-10-20 |
|
3,688 |
153.7 |
... that the University of Memphis football team posthumously retired Danton Barto's number following an online petition?
|
| White Noise (Will Wood song) |
2024-10-21 |
|
3,686 |
153.6 |
... that Will Wood conducted a Bulgarian choir via Zoom for "White Noise"?
|
| Dim Montero |
2024-10-16 |
|
3,678 |
153.3 |
... that football coach Dim Montero was considered such a great recruiter that it was said he "could pick up a rock and find an outstanding football prospect"?
|
| Mobtown Ballroom |
2024-10-30 |
|
3,622 |
150.9 |
... that Mobtown Ballroom and Café enlisted volunteers to build its sprung wood floor by hand – twice?
|
| So American |
2024-10-29 |
|
3,619 |
150.8 |
... that "So American" is considered the first love song in Olivia Rodrigo's discography by critics?
|
| Mathias Nkwenti |
2024-10-25 |
|
3,595 |
149.8 |
... that the parents of Mathias Nkwenti, the second Cameroonian ever to play in the NFL, initially opposed his football career?
|
| Thomas Bertrand-Hudon |
2024-10-01 |
|
3,537 |
147.4 |
... that Thomas Bertrand-Hudon is the first professional football player to wear a Guardian Cap during a regular season game?
|
| Making the Bed |
2024-10-10 |
|
3,526 |
146.9 |
... that the lyric video for an Olivia Rodrigo song included a teaser that she would tour in support of her album Guts?
|
| G. R. Pantouw |
2024-10-08 |
|
3,430 |
142.9 |
... that G. R. Pantouw supported the Dutch puppet state of East Indonesia because he wanted to push the Netherlands into abandoning colonialism?
|
| Cathy Merrick |
2024-10-14 |
|
3,422 |
142.6 |
... that Cathy Merrick was the first woman to be elected grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs?
|
| Over My Dead Body (2023 film) |
2024-10-09 |
|
3,403 |
141.8 |
... that Jer Lau, who appeared in the film Over My Dead Body, also performed its theme song because the director felt his role was too minor?
|
| Time (2021 film) |
2024-10-03 |
|
3,369 |
140.4 |
... that Patrick Tse's performance in the film Time won him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor at the age of 85, making him the award's oldest recipient?
|
| Victoria Siddall |
2024-10-11 |
|
3,277 |
136.5 |
... that Victoria Siddall is the first woman to be appointed the director of the 168-year-old National Portrait Gallery in London?
|
| Filomena Fortes |
2024-10-28 |
|
3,242 |
135.1 |
... that Filomena Fortes once said that she was "a bit critical of top-level sports in Cape Verde" despite being the president of its National Olympic Committee?
|
| Victor Albisu |
2024-10-06 |
|
3,220 |
134.1 |
... that chef Victor Albisu created a bulgogi taco that honors the Koreatown neighborhood of his hometown of Annandale, Virginia?
|
| Queens Zoo |
2024-10-05 |
|
3,068 |
127.9 |
... that New York City's Queens Zoo once received a lion cub despite having no lion enclosure?
|
| Columbus Airport (Georgia) |
2024-10-04 |
|
3,066 |
127.8 |
... that Columbus Airport saw commercial air service before being certified for public use by the Civil Aeronautics Authority?
|
| Battle Hymns (Manowar album) |
2024-10-20 |
|
3,032 |
126.3 |
... that "Dark Avenger", a song from Manowar's album Battle Hymns, is narrated by actor Orson Welles?
|
| Hermética (album) |
2024-10-22 |
|
3,000 |
125.0 |
... that thrash metal band Hermética has a failed project to release a version of their debut album in English?
|
| Magic (play) |
2024-10-27 |
|
2,976 |
124.0 |
... that George Bernard Shaw jokingly threatened to torture Hilaire Belloc if it would get G. K. Chesterton to write his first play?
|
| Haravijaya |
2024-10-08 |
|
2,950 |
122.9 |
... that Ratnākara's Haravijaya is the longest extant Sanskrit mahākāvya?
|
| Passmore Edwards Centre |
2024-10-15 |
|
2,918 |
121.6 |
... that John Passmore Edwards erected a library in memory of his mother?
|
| Charlotte Motor Speedway |
2024-10-16 |
|
2,722 |
113.4 |
... that drivers "dodge[d] track blemishes" more than each other during the first race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway?
|
| 1988–89 Barcelona Atlétic femenino season |
2024-10-05 |
|
2,614 |
108.9 |
... that in 1989 the Barcelona women's second football team was knocked out of the Catalan Cup in the same round as the Barcelona women's first team?
|
| Abdul Ahad Azad |
2024-10-16 |
|
2,604 |
108.5 |
... that Abdul Ahad Azad is recognised for laying the foundations of literary criticism in Kashmiri literature?
|
| Yumeshima Station |
2024-10-18 |
|
2,578 |
107.4 |
... that the extension to the Yumeshima Station was originally supposed to be opened in 2008 for when the Osaka Olympics was being bid for?
|
| Albert Bumgardner |
2024-10-16 |
|
2,498 |
104.1 |
... that Albert Bumgardner's design for an architectural press office was highly publicized in the architectural press?
|
| Dezső Varga |
2024-10-02 |
|
2,475 |
103.1 |
... that Dezső Varga was the first Szekler ice hockey player to be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame?
|
| Council Working Party |
2024-10-02 |
|
2,467 |
102.8 |
... that while Council Working Parties only formally prepare decisions of the Council of the European Union, they de facto shape the majority of those decisions?
|
| Samuel Conrad Schwach |
2024-10-29 |
|
2,456 |
102.3 |
... that Prussian-born Samuel Conrad Schwach founded the first newspaper in Norway in 1763?
|
| Agnes Crane |
2024-10-12 |
|
2,434 |
101.4 |
... that despite having no university training, Agnes Crane described a new species of brachiopod in 1886?
|
| Nan Nan Resources |
2024-10-27 |
|
2,428 |
101.2 |
... that the Hong Kong–based holding company now known as Nan Nan Resources went by three different names in 2011?
|
| Dick Moss |
2024-10-20 |
|
2,383 |
99.3 |
... that labor lawyer Dick Moss argued the 1975 case which resulted in the establishment of free agency in Major League Baseball?
|
| Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit) |
2024-10-09 |
|
2,291 |
95.5 |
... that Michael P. Walsh oversaw the construction of 15 buildings as the president of Boston College?
|
| History of education in Wales before 1701 |
2024-10-14 |
|
2,235 |
93.1 |
... that a clergyman from London established 87 schools in Wales in the 17th century?
|
| Joe Wirkkunen |
2024-10-13 |
|
2,104 |
87.6 |
... that Joe Wirkkunen coached the Finland men's national ice hockey team after receiving a recommendation from Canada?
|
| Tauba Tauba (song) |
2024-10-18 |
|
2,068 |
86.2 |
... that Karan Aujla's Hindi-language single "Tauba Tauba" from the 2024 film Bad Newz became a Canadian Hot 100 top-25 song ahead of the film's release?
|
| Moses Benjamin Wulff |
2024-10-05 |
|
2,010 |
83.8 |
... that Moses Benjamin Wulff founded a printing press that reprinted The Guide for the Perplexed for the first time in centuries?
|
| Gonzalo Brenes |
2024-10-14 |
|
1,944 |
81.0 |
... that composer Gonzalo Brenes was a politician in the National Assembly of Panama and served for seven years as Panama's secretary of culture?
|
| Liberalism in the Philippines |
2024-10-21 |
|
1,944 |
81.0 |
... that the writings of José Rizal, a prominent contributor to liberalism in the Philippines, were adopted by both Philippine independence fighters and American colonial authorities?
|
| Arekia Bennett |
2024-10-12 |
|
1,892 |
78.8 |
... that Arekia Bennett was inspired to organize a voter registration drive in 2017 by the 1964 Freedom Summer drive?
|
| Trade Fair Palace |
2024-10-12 |
|
1,890 |
78.8 |
... that the first art exhibition in the Trade Fair Palace after it was rebuilt from a fire was named Like a Phoenix?
|
| Maryvonne Le Dizès |
2024-10-03 |
|
1,620 |
67.5 |
... that Maryvonne Le Dizès commissioned a trio for saxophone, trombone and violin during her time as a violinist with the Ensemble intercontemporain?
|
| 2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony |
2024-10-16 |
|
1,614 |
67.2 |
... that the 2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony featured dancing Phryges?
|
| School of the Arts, Singapore |
2024-10-20 |
|
1,602 |
66.8 |
... that Louis Vuitton helped to develop the visual arts programme for the School of the Arts, Singapore?
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