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Low | -1,833.7 | The Child (Star Wars) | 67.5 | Trap Back | -1,833.7 | The Child (Star Wars) |
Median | 94.0 | Fort Washington Park (Manhattan) A Rubber Band Christmas |
309.3 | Battle of Muster Green Bersey electric cab, Walter Bersey |
100.2 | Laura Cooper Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda |
High | 896.1 | KARW (Texas) | 1,238.9 | Burnley Embankment | 1,238.9 | Burnley Embankment |
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Burnley Embankment | 2019-12-03 | 29,734 | 1,238.9 | ... that the Straight Mile (pictured) is not a mile, and includes the Culvert, which is not a culvert? | |
Bodega cat | 2019-12-09 | 29,173 | 1,215.5 | ... that bodega cats (example pictured) are used as a form of pest control in New York City? | |
Elizabeth Richards Tilton | 2019-12-10 | 25,163 | 1,048.5 | ... that although Elizabeth Richards Tilton (pictured) was a central figure in a six-month-long trial, she was never allowed to speak in court? | |
Hoffman's packing puzzle | 2019-12-12 | 22,090 | 960.1 | ... that it is possible to pack 27 equal cuboids (pictured) into a cube? | |
KARW (Texas) | 2019-12-26 | 10,754 | 896.1 | ... that after John Lennon called the Beatles more popular than Jesus, KLUE radio responded by staging a bonfire of Beatles memorabilia – and its transmitter was struck by lightning the next day? | |
Disappearance of Steven Koecher | 2019-12-13 | 14,998 | 888.4 | ... that after Steven Koecher's disappearance ten years ago today, his family ate at International House of Pancakes for four straight nights in response to a tip? | |
Air Balloon (pub) | 2019-12-10 | 17,382 | 724.2 | ... that the Balloon went up in 1784 and added air in 1802, but now Highways England wants to blow it up? | |
Pak-Age-Car | 2019-12-20 | 17,261 | 719.2 | ... that the Pak-Age-Car (example pictured) is similar in appearance to a horse-drawn delivery carriage, which it was designed to replace? | |
Rosika Schwimmer | 2019-12-24 | 14,082 | 586.8 | ... that in 1929 Rosika Schwimmer (pictured), a woman over 50 and thus ineligible to take up arms in the U.S., was denied citizenship by the Supreme Court for pacifism and became stateless? | |
Asahishō Kōta | 2019-12-18 | 13,862 | 577.6 | ... that sumo wrestler Asahishō Kōta (pictured) is a regular guest on chat shows due to his sense of humour? | |
Parachute tower | 2019-12-28 | 6,850 | 570.9 | ... that the British Empire's first parachute training tower (example pictured) was built by the Polish military? | |
Susie Owens | 2019-12-02 | 13,470 | 561.3 | ... that former Playboy model Susie Owens hand-produced up to 50,000 vials of perfume and lotion each year in her garage? | |
Warwick Road, Earl's Court | 2019-12-13 | 8,810 | 521.8 | ... that there have been calls for the Warwick Road Estate (pictured) in London's Earl's Court to be listed to prevent it from demolition? | |
Christ Mocked | 2019-12-16 | 11,107 | 485.2 | ... that Christ Mocked (shown), which recently sold for €24 million, is a long-lost painting by Cimabue discovered in the kitchen of an elderly Frenchwoman? | |
Hellvi helmet eyebrow | 2019-12-30 | 5,752 | 479.3 | ... that the Hellvi helmet eyebrow (pictured), made of iron, bronze, and silver, is one of several Vendel Period helmets for which only eyebrows remain? | |
Mekong Bobtail | 2019-12-31 | 5,488 | 457.3 | ... that Mekong Bobtails (example pictured) were among 200 royal cats given to Nicholas II of Russia by King Chulalongkorn of Siam in the 19th century? | |
Blue-ice area | 2019-12-29 | 5,433 | 452.8 | ... that blue-ice areas are places in Antarctica where snow evaporation and wind have exposed blue-colored ice, which often accumulates meteorites (example pictured)? | |
Donald Mackintosh (shooter) | 2019-12-27 | 5,168 | 430.7 | ... that Donald Mackintosh (pictured) was posthumously awarded an Olympic gold medal for shooting 22 live pigeons in a row? | |
Sara Braun | 2019-12-14 | 7,912 | 419.0 | ... that along with her business partners, philanthropist Sara Braun (pictured), one of the first businesswomen in Punta Arenas, Chile, was involved in the genocide of the Selk'nam people? | |
Unhappy the Land | 2019-12-03 | 10,002 | 416.8 | ... that Unhappy the Land argues that the Irish are not the "most oppressed people ever"? | |
Broe helmet | 2019-12-10 | 9,681 | 403.4 | ... that the Broe helmet, an artefact of the Vendel Period, was discovered while digging up a garden? | |
Heinz Guderian | 2019-12-06 | 9,636[a] | 401.5 | ... that German World War II general Heinz Guderian issued post-war apologetics for Hitler, writing that "his struggle was about Europe, even if he made dreadful mistakes and errors"? | |
Melody (Spanish singer) | 2019-12-30 | 4,706 | 392.1 | ... that due to Spanish singer Melody's three-year disappearance from the public eye, she was rumoured to be dead? | |
Kurt Meyer | 2019-12-30 | 4,564 | 380.3 | ... that German SS commander and convicted war criminal Kurt Meyer falsely claimed that the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre was the only war crime that SS troops ever committed? | |
Desert Island (comic shop) | 2019-12-26 | 4,538 | 378.1 | ... that the New York City comic shop Desert Island (pictured) maintains a modified version of the signage used by the previous tenant, an Italian bakery? | |
Tell Qudadi | 2019-12-11 | 8,892 | 370.5 | ... that Tell Qudadi, a buried Iron Age era fortress, was unknowingly used as the site of a military stronghold during World War I? | |
Kapiʻolani | 2019-12-31 | 4,398 | 366.5 | ... that Queen Kapiʻolani (pictured) founded the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home for the care of Hawaiian mothers and newborns, and a school for the daughters of leprosy patients? | |
Tom Chase | 2019-12-20 | 8,472 | 353.0 | ... that Tom Chase has described himself as "the Wally Cleaver of porn"? | |
Greene Man | 2019-12-01 | 8,398 | 349.9 | ... that for a halfpenny fare, children could ride on a small chariot drawn by four muzzled mastiffs to the Farthing Pie House (pictured)? | |
Bersey electric cab | 2019-12-27 | 2,750 | 229.1 | ... that after the withdrawal of Walter Bersey's 1897 design (drawing shown), it took 120 years for fully electric-powered taxis to return to the streets of London? | |
Walter Bersey | 1,332 | 111.0 | |||
Total | 4,082 | 340.2 | |||
Seven Wonders of the Waterways | 2019-12-09 | 7,642 | 318.4 | ... that the Seven Wonders of the Waterways include the UK's longest and highest aqueduct, its longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel, and the world's only swinging aqueduct? | |
TMNT Shellraiser | 2019-12-30 | 3,800 | 316.7 | ... that TMNT Shellraiser, the world's steepest roller coaster, beat the previous record holder by half a degree? | |
Ms. Monopoly | 2019-12-17 | 7,362 | 306.8 | ... that Ms. Monopoly replaces properties with inventions women contributed to, such as Wi-Fi, chocolate chip cookies, and modern shapewear? | |
Carissa Yip | 2019-12-19 | 7,132 | 297.2 | ... that chess player Carissa Yip defeated a grandmaster at the age of ten? | |
Green Man, Ashbourne | 2019-12-04 | 6,978 | 290.8 | ... that there is a man in tweeds on a gallows outside the Green Man, Ashbourne? | |
Juli Briskman | 2019-12-16 | 6,613 | 288.9 | ... that Juli Briskman, who received international coverage for flipping off President Donald Trump, went on to enter politics and win an election? | |
Rue Sainte-Catherine Roundup | 2019-12-17 | 6,916 | 288.1 | ... that Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was personally present at the Rue Sainte-Catherine Roundup? | |
John Blackwell (engineer) | 2019-12-16 | 6,588 | 287.8 | ... that John Blackwell was dismissed for being "bigoted and obstinate" by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for suggesting a new road might cause a landslide, which indeed happened once the road was built? | |
Squibb Park Bridge | 2019-12-22 | 6,722 | 280.1 | ... that New York City's $4 million Squibb Park Bridge was demolished less than seven years after it was built? | |
Battle of Muster Green | 2019-12-05 | 6,683 | 278.5 | ... that the site (pictured) of the Battle of Muster Green in Haywards Heath was the farthest a Royalist army advanced through Sussex during the First English Civil War? | |
Brownie Lake | 2019-12-15 | 5,756 | 275.6 | ... that Brownie Lake (pictured) is one of two lakes in Minneapolis in which the surface and bottom layers do not intermix? | |
Esther Killick | 2019-12-13 | 4,601 | 272.5 | ... that Esther Killick repeatedly "gassed herself for science" in order to study carbon monoxide poisoning and acclimatisation? | |
Wilhelm Keitel | 2019-12-21 | 6,326 | 263.6 | ... that Wilhelm Keitel was promoted to Chief of the Armed Forces High Command because of his craven willingness to function as Adolf Hitler's mouthpiece? | |
I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up | 2019-12-05 | 6,206 | 258.6 | ... that Kodama Naoko, creator of I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up, called the yuri manga series her first "light" work "in a long time"? | |
Type 277 radar | 2019-12-14 | 4,850 | 256.9 | ... that the Royal Navy's Type 277 radar was so successful that it served as the basis for Navy radars for years, and was used on land by the Royal Air Force and the British Army? | |
Esther Tan | 2019-12-26 | 3,057 | 254.8 | ... that former naval diver Esther Tan has been dubbed "Singapore's G.I. Jane"? | |
Richard Nixon's visit to the Lincoln Memorial | 2019-12-28 | 2,988 | 249.0 | ... that on May 9, 1970, Richard Nixon spent the two hours before dawn at the Lincoln Memorial talking to students protesting the Vietnam War? | |
Yume Wo Katare | 2019-12-29 | 2,971 | 247.6 | ... that Yume Wo Katare (pictured), a ramen bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts, encourages diners to share their dreams and aspirations with each other after finishing their meals? | |
Rick Cluff | 2019-12-04 | 5,866 | 244.4 | ... that radio host Rick Cluff (pictured) accepted a position at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation despite his father's belief it was "full of left-wing communists" and that radio was "a dead-end career"? | |
María Antonieta Rodríguez Mata | 2019-12-30 | 2,910 | 242.5 | ... that Mexican drug lord María Antonieta Rodríguez Mata controlled a drug trafficking ring that extended across Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and the U.S.? | |
Jiangcungou landfill | 2019-12-29 | 2,904 | 242.0 | ... that China's largest landfill closed in November 2019, having reached capacity 25 years early? | |
Dream Cave | 2019-12-21 | 5,681 | 236.7 | ... that when lead miners discovered Dream Cave in Derbyshire in 1822, they found it to contain the near-complete skeleton of a woolly rhinoceros? | |
Appasus japonicus | 2019-12-19 | 5,677 | 236.5 | ... that Appasus japonicus (pictured), a species of giant water bug, provides an example of insect paternal care? | |
Peleng tarsier | 2019-12-06 | 5,651 | 235.5 | ... that the Peleng tarsier, a small carnivorous primate, can rotate its head nearly 180 degrees in either direction? | |
Li Xianyu | 2019-12-31 | 2,736 | 228.0 | ... that Korean-Chinese missile expert Li Xianyu is the only female general in the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force? | |
Anthem Christmas tree | 2019-12-25 | 2,716 | 226.3 | ... that the tallest Christmas tree in Arizona (pictured) is decorated with at least 5,000 ornaments and bows? | |
Idham Azis | 2019-12-30 | 2,678 | 223.1 | ... that Idham Azis (pictured), the chief of the Indonesian National Police, succeeded in enrolling at the national police academy on his third attempt? | |
Merryll Saylan | 2019-12-11 | 5,312 | 221.3 | ... that Merryll Saylan helped pioneer the application of color and the use of secondary materials in woodturning art? | |
Polish–Bohemian War (990) | 2019-12-03 | 5,256 | 219.0 | ... that the Polish–Bohemian War of 990 resulted in Poland taking control of Silesia? | |
Shire Oak (Headingley) | 2019-12-25 | 2,602 | 216.8 | ... that after the ancient Shire Oak fell in 1941, part of it was carved into a sculpture of the Madonna and Child for a local church? | |
Longan witches broom-associated virus | 2019-12-12 | 4,880 | 212.1 | ... that because photomicrographs of Longan witches broom-associated virus were not published, the virus was not initially accepted as the cause of the eponymous disease? | |
Storme Webber | 2019-12-26 | 1,351 | 112.6 | ... that two-spirit artist Storme Webber has used various media to retell her family's experience at The Casino, one of the oldest gay bars on the West Coast? | |
The Casino (Seattle) | 1,186 | 98.8 | |||
Total | 2,536 | 211.4 | |||
Stucky (fandom) | 2019-12-07 | 5,064 | 211.0 | ... that there was a campaign to give Captain America a boyfriend? | |
Tetsu Yasui | 2019-12-26 | 2,528 | 210.6 | ... that Tetsu Yasui (pictured), who was raised by devout Buddhists, later converted to Christianity and served as president of Tokyo Woman's Christian University for 17 years? | |
Memory: The Origins of Alien | 2019-12-04 | 5,040 | 210.0 | ... that Memory: The Origins of Alien defines the Alien franchise as "a collective art form" inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Francis Bacon, and the Greek Furies? | |
Fred Thomas (athlete) | 2019-12-12 | 4,810 | 209.0 | ... that Fred Thomas has been described as "the greatest Canadian athlete you've never heard of"? | |
Sun Yang | 2019-12-21 | 4,985 | 207.7 | ... that Sun Yang (pictured) is the first swimmer in history to win Olympic gold medals in the 200-, 400-, and 1500-metre freestyle events? | |
Consolidated Edison Building | 2019-12-07 | 4,977 | 207.4 | ... that the Consolidated Edison Building has been called one of New York City's most "beautiful and magnificent structures", with a "Tower of Light"? | |
World of the S&M | 2019-12-18 | 4,969 | 207.0 | ... that the 2001 manga series World of the S&M was released in English as The World Exists for Me? | |
Sign stealing | 2019-12-30 | 2,448 | 204.0 | ... that in baseball, it is not against the rules to steal signs? | |
Guardians of the Skies | 2019-12-31 | 1,276 | 106.4 | ... that the Indian Air Force has launched two mobile air combat games, Guardians of the Skies and A Cut Above, to reach out to youth? | |
Indian Air Force: A Cut Above | 1,127 | 93.9 | |||
Total | 2,404 | 200.3 | |||
Carole De Saram | 2019-12-05 | 4,795 | 199.8 | ... that feminist Carole De Saram caused the closure of a Citibank branch? | |
23rd Regiment Armory | 2019-12-08 | 2,448 | 102.0 | ... that Brooklyn's 13th, 14th, and 23rd Regiment Armories, all built significantly over budget, were later converted to homeless shelters? | |
13th Regiment Armory | 1,192 | 49.7 | |||
14th Regiment Armory | 1,101 | 45.9 | |||
Total | 4,742 | 197.6 | |||
Paru Itagaki | 2019-12-29 | 2,364 | 197.0 | ... that to maintain personal privacy, manga artist Paru Itagaki wears a large chicken mask that obscures her face for all public appearances? | |
INTERFET logistics | 2019-12-19 | 4,719 | 196.6 | ... that to assist the Australians with INTERFET logistics, the U.S. Army brought in helicopters from Russia and Bulgaria? | |
Miniature altarpiece (WB.232) | 2019-12-22 | 3,328 | 138.7 | ... that the 1511 miniature altarpiece (pictured) in the British Museum, sometimes attributed to Adam Dircksz, is the only surviving Gothic boxwood miniature to have been inscribed with a date by its artist? | |
Adam Dircksz | 1,384 | 57.7 | |||
Total | 4,712 | 196.3 | |||
HMS Melpomene (1794) | 2019-12-30 | 2,354 | 196.2 | ... that HMS Melpomene missed the Battle of Trafalgar, but arrived in time to tow away damaged enemy vessels? | |
Zee Yee Lee | 2019-12-07 | 4,326 | 180.3 | ... that Zee Yee Lee, who flew an Etrich Taube (example pictured) over Shanghai in 1912, was one of China's first aviators? | |
Missouri v. Frye | 2019-12-13 | 3,010 | 178.3 | ... that after ineffective counsel led to a man's prison sentence being increased a hundredfold, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that attorneys are obligated to inform their clients about plea bargain offers? | |
Fatimid conquest of Egypt | 2019-12-31 | 2,041 | 170.1 | ... that the Fatimid Caliphate prepared their conquest of Egypt in 969 through a long and patient propaganda effort, resulting in it being swift and almost unopposed? | |
Graybar Building | 2019-12-06 | 3,932 | 163.8 | ... that sculptures of rats outside the Graybar Building, near Grand Central Terminal, were included to signify New York City's role as a "great transportation centre"? | |
Bin Cheng | 2019-12-10 | 3,866 | 161.1 | ... that British jurist Bin Cheng invented a legal theory which states that a customary international law may be created "overnight"? | |
Retentions in the British construction industry | 2019-12-06 | 3,866 | 161.1 | ... that the use of retentions in the British construction industry, which is now commonplace, had its origins in the Railway Mania of the 1840s? | |
The Feeling of Being Watched | 2019-12-30 | 1,930 | 160.9 | ... that the director of a 2018 documentary uncovered evidence of FBI surveillance of Arab-American families in her hometown outside Chicago? | |
Ryan Reynolds filmography | 2019-12-29 | 1,921[b] | 160.1 | ... that actor Ryan Reynolds has lent his voice to a garden snail, a caveman, and Pikachu? | |
Chikako Mese | 2019-12-05 | 3,841 | 160.0 | ... that before becoming a professional mathematician, Chikako Mese was a record-breaking high school softball player? | |
M.O.N.T | 2019-12-06 | 3,837 | 159.9 | ... that M.O.N.T (pictured) was the first Korean idol group to film a music video on the disputed Liancourt Rocks? | |
Uriyangkhadai | 2019-12-18 | 3,806 | 158.6 | ... that Mongol general Uriyangkhadai invaded the territory of the Song dynasty in southern China by going through Tibet and Vietnam? | |
Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse | 2019-12-18 | 3,755 | 156.5 | ... that the Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse is one of the few Egyptian Revival buildings in New York City? | |
Pyrilla perpusilla | 2019-12-11 | 2,125 | 88.5 | ... that a moth is being used in biological pest control of the sugarcane planthopper? | |
Epiricania melanoleuca | 1,624 | 67.7 | |||
Total | 3,749 | 156.2 | |||
Minoru Yoneyama | 2019-12-15 | 3,228 | 154.6 | ... that before Minoru Yoneyama founded the sports-equipment company Yonex, he was a member of a Japanese suicide unit during World War II? | |
Henry Crapo (mathematician) | 2019-12-23 | 3,684 | 153.5 | ... that mathematics professor Henry Crapo donated a bronze sculpture of a boar (pictured) to the University of Waterloo? | |
FLOW (programming language) | 2019-12-22 | 3,643 | 151.8 | ... that Jef Raskin would prove his FLOW language was easy to use by closing his eyes, typing randomly on the keyboard, and producing executable programs? | |
Steven Matz | 2019-12-02 | 3,597 | 149.9 | ... that before they were New York Mets teammates, baseball pitchers Steven Matz (pictured) and Marcus Stroman faced each other in a high school game that a Mets scout called "one of the best duels I've ever seen"? | |
Lord & Taylor Building | 2019-12-02 | 3,588 | 149.5 | ... that the Lord & Taylor Building in New York City incorporated innovative window displays that could be lowered into the basement and swapped out? | |
SNAP (programming language) | 2019-12-26 | 1,778 | 148.1 | ... that after writing a programming language used to publish books on the humanities, Michael Barnett wrote the SNAP language to teach programming to humanities students? | |
Burleigh House, Enfield | 2019-12-27 | 1,766 | 147.1 | ... that Burleigh House in Enfield, near London, was said to be haunted by a ghost wearing a doublet, hose, and a ruffle? | |
Hussein Mohammed | 2019-12-04 | 3,525 | 146.9 | ... that the brother of Ugandan president Idi Amin was once delivered in a car boot to military commander Hussein Mohammed? | |
Maëlle | 2019-12-09 | 3,514 | 146.4 | ... that in 2018, Maëlle became the first female and youngest contestant ever to win the French version of The Voice? | |
Cosmopolites sordidus | 2019-12-20 | 3,493 | 145.5 | ... that the banana weevil is considered the most serious insect pest of bananas? | |
Sarazanmai | 2019-12-09 | 3,424 | 142.6 | ... that Sarazanmai was conceived as an anime series about supernatural monsters for an adult audience? | |
Odette Abadi | 2019-12-24 | 3,392 | 141.3 | ... that French Resistance member Odette Abadi was a co-founder of Réseau Marcel, which saved more than 500 Jewish children during the Holocaust? | |
Pilning railway station | 2019-12-20 | 3,382 | 140.9 | ... that since modernisation work in 2016, trains can only call at Pilning railway station when travelling eastbound? | |
HKmap.live | 2019-12-02 | 3,366 | 140.2 | ... that HKmap.live, an app tracking protests and police presence in Hong Kong, was removed by Apple from its App Store less than a week after being approved? | |
Battle of Marshall's Elm | 2019-12-29 | 1,625 | 135.4 | ... that the Battle of Marshall's Elm has been described as the "first real confrontation" of the First English Civil War? | |
WOOK (AM) | 2019-12-25 | 1,605 | 133.8 | ... that religious ministers revealed the winning numbers to illegal lotteries on WOOK radio, by hiding them in Bible references? | |
Wei Xinghua | 2019-12-26 | 1,596 | 133.0 | ... that Chinese economist Wei Xinghua refused to be known as an "authority" and proclaimed that China had no world-class authority in economics? | |
Colleen Barrett | 2019-12-11 | 3,182 | 132.6 | ... that Colleen Barrett, the first female president of a major airline, appeared in patriotic advertisements for Southwest Airlines after the September 11 attacks? | |
Xylosandrus crassiusculus | 2019-12-04 | 3,076 | 128.2 | ... that the granulate ambrosia beetle is native to Asia but has spread as an invasive species to Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania? | |
Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre | 2019-12-28 | 1,538 | 128.1 | ... that the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre has the world's longest spanning timber catenary arched roof? | |
Lego Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui | 2019-12-01 | 3,068 | 127.8 | ... that after development builds of the cancelled video game Lego Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui leaked online, Bionicle fans created a video game development studio to complete the game? | |
Mikhail Motsak | 2019-12-09 | 3,041 | 126.7 | ... that Russian vice admiral Mikhail Motsak, who oversaw the salvage of the wreck of the submarine Kursk, is buried in the same cemetery as a number of the crew who died aboard the vessel? | |
Gupta art | 2019-12-17 | 3,014 | 125.6 | ... that ancient Gupta art of India includes gold coins commemorating the Ashvamedha Vedic horse sacrifice (example pictured)? | |
Johnnie Notions | 2019-12-28 | 1,506 | 125.5 | ... that Shetlander Johnnie Notions, a physician with no formal medical background, developed a smallpox inoculation that successfully immunised thousands of people before Jenner's vaccine was available? | |
Mystical Nativity (Filippo Lippi) | 2019-12-25 | 1,502 | 125.2 | ... that Filippo Lippi's Mystical Nativity (shown) of c. 1459 includes "no cave, no shed, no Joseph, no angels, no ox, no ass"? | |
A Stanislaw Lem Reader | 2019-12-11 | 2,996 | 124.8 | ... that A Stanislaw Lem Reader showcases the work of one of the most widely read science fiction writers, including interviews on the relation of literature to philosophy and science? | |
Depukhu | 2019-12-12 | 2,868 | 124.7 | ... that in the Newar festival of Depukhu, young men compete for the carcass of a young female goat that is first sacrificed by drowning in the Deopokhari pond in Khokana, Nepal? | |
Charles P. Roland | 2019-12-28 | 1,490 | 124.1 | ... that as a child, American Civil War historian Charles P. Roland heard first-hand accounts of the war from veterans who served in it? | |
2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan | 2019-12-15 | 2,566 | 122.9 | ... that the 2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan would have resulted in the elimination of two teams from MLB? | |
Alku and Alku Toinen | 2019-12-23 | 2,904 | 121.0 | ... that Alku and Alku Toinen, built by Finnish immigrants, were the first nonprofit housing cooperatives in New York City? | |
Sony α7S II | 2019-12-19 | 2,890 | 120.4 | ... that a Sony α7S II captured the first commercial 4K footage in space from the International Space Station? | |
Liang Baibo | 2019-12-27 | 776 | 64.7 | ... that Liang Baibo and Yu Feng were among China's first female cartoonists? | |
Yu Feng | 663 | 55.2 | |||
Total | 1,439 | 119.9 | |||
Chris Morocco | 2019-12-15 | 2,473[c] | 118.4 | ... that Chris Morocco has reverse-engineered dishes by Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, and Guy Fieri from taste, touch, and smell alone? | |
Chrysomya putoria | 2019-12-08 | 2,824 | 117.7 | ... that Chrysomya putoria (genus member pictured) and other flies that feed on decomposing flesh are used as important tools in forensic entomology to establish the post-mortem interval? | |
Christmas Island flying fox | 2019-12-25 | 1,412 | 117.6 | ... that the Christmas Island flying fox matures more slowly than nearly all other bats? | |
John Moutoussamy | 2019-12-31 | 1,406 | 117.2 | ... that John Moutoussamy is the only African-American to have designed a high-rise building—which featured "colorful walls and psychedelic carpets"—in the Chicago Loop? | |
Vytautas Tomaševičius | 2019-12-28 | 1,395 | 116.2 | ... that Vytautas Tomaševičius is the first Lithuanian to win an Excellence Award at the Tokyo Art Olympia Biennale, for his painting A Still Life with Two Objects (shown)? | |
Sandyhills | 2019-12-10 | 2,786 | 116.1 | ... that the Sandyhills area of Glasgow once contained two coal mines, a factory making foamslag blocks, and a chemical works producing tar? | |
The Sinner's Redemption | 2019-12-25 | 1,376 | 114.6 | ... that "The Sinner's Redemption" was called a "rude old carol" favoured by peasants? | |
Liu Shahe | 2019-12-20 | 2,742 | 114.2 | ... that after Chinese poet Liu Shahe was denounced as a "filial descendant of the landlord class" in 1957, he performed forced labour for eight years and was unable to publish for two decades? | |
Elizabeth Fee | 2019-12-03 | 2,714 | 113.1 | ... that public health historian Elizabeth Fee wrote on topics as varied as the history of HIV/AIDS, the racialized treatment of syphilis, bioterrorism, and the history of the toothbrush? | |
Yvonne Walker Keshick | 2019-12-27 | 1,356 | 113.0 | ... that it can take Yvonne Walker Keshick up to a year to gather the porcupine quills and other materials she needs for a particular work of art? | |
The House of Flowers (TV series) | 2019-12-26 | 1,339 | 111.6 | ... that the Mexican Netflix series The House of Flowers has been compared to such disparate films as Sharknado and the Oscar-winning All About My Mother? | |
Longshoremen v. Allied Int'l, Inc. | 2019-12-27 | 1,334 | 111.2 | ... that in 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the refusal of the International Longshoremen's Association to unload cargo from the Soviet Union was illegal under the National Labor Relations Act? | |
Christmas white-eye | 2019-12-24 | 2,666 | 111.1 | ... that the establishment of a secondary population of Christmas white-eye has reduced its risk of extinction? | |
Louie Cullen | 2019-12-19 | 2,661 | 110.9 | ... that Louie Cullen, known as "the last of the suffragettes", started a prison hunger strike after her arrest for a 1908 attempt to rush into the House of Commons to promote women's right to vote in the UK? | |
Carolina Watchman | 2019-12-18 | 2,638 | 109.9 | ... that the Carolina Watchman newspaper supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, but backed the Union cause both before and after? | |
Poonsapaya Navawongs na Ayudhya | 2019-12-27 | 1,308 | 109.0 | ... that when the Thai government ordered her return from the U.S. during World War II, PhD student Poonsapaya Kraiyong joined the Free Thai resistance movement instead? | |
Nicola Curtin | 2019-12-17 | 2,599 | 108.3 | ... that English scientist Nicola Curtin donated to charity the £865,000 she received for helping develop the cancer drug Rubraca? | |
Polish–Bohemian War (1345–1348) | 2019-12-05 | 2,587 | 107.8 | ... that the otherwise inconclusive Polish–Bohemian War of 1345–1348 cemented Bohemian control of Silesia? | |
List of Washington College alumni | 2019-12-31 | 1,284 | 107.0 | ... that there were only 218 Washington College alumni from 1845 to 1903? | |
Sara Wesslin | 2019-12-03 | 2,565 | 106.9 | ... that Sara Wesslin, featured on the BBC's 100 Women for 2019, is one of only two journalists in the world broadcasting in Skolt Sami? | |
Lost in the Fumes | 2019-12-15 | 2,200 | 105.3 | ... that the Hong Kong biopic Lost in the Fumes was rated M18 in Singapore due to "political sensitivities" and screened only to members of the country's film society? | |
KSVY (Washington) | 2019-12-10 | 2,512 | 104.7 | ... that after taking the unprofitable station off the air, Harold Orr hired a crew of young announcers to broadcast on KSVY 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, to keep the license? | |
Kathrin Göring | 2019-12-01 | 2,506 | 104.4 | ... that Kathrin Göring portrayed both Fricka and Waltraute in Der Ring in Minden, and a critic called her scene in Götterdämmerung a highlight, noting her dramatic mezzo-soprano and intense acting? | |
KSIV (AM) | 2019-12-16 | 2,383 | 104.1 | ... that St. Louis County police arrested engineers and announcers of KXLW because their tower violated local zoning laws? | |
Iori Saeki | 2019-12-13 | 1,754 | 103.9 | ... that prior to debuting as a voice actress in 2018, Iori Saeki had been self-publishing songs as a dōjin musician for several years? | |
Donald Glover | 2019-12-28 | 1,234[d] | 102.8 | ... that Stan Lee supported the viral fan campaign to allow Donald Glover to audition for the role of Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man? | |
Qaleh Kharabeh, Gorgan | 2019-12-15 | 1,354 | 64.8 | ... that Qaleh Kharabeh, a fort on the Gorgan Plain in Iran, may have housed troops manning the defence of the Great Wall of Gorgan? | |
Gorgan Plain | 787 | 37.7 | |||
Total | 2,141 | 102.5 | |||
Jacqueline Coleman | 2019-12-23 | 2,444 | 101.9 | ... that the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, Jacqueline Coleman, is a basketball coach and the granddaughter of a National Basketball Association player? | |
Reuven Elbaz | 2019-12-26 | 1,209 | 100.8 | ... that Rabbi Reuven Elbaz used to frequent pool halls and coffee shops around Jerusalem to talk with secular Jewish youth about religion? | |
Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda | 2019-12-21 | 2,405 | 100.2 | ... that Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda buildings in Maryland were originally built without windows to conceal the classified work going on inside? | |
Laura Cooper | 2019-12-21 | 2,404 | 100.2 | ... that U.S. Department of Defense civil servant Laura Cooper has noted that she has frequently been the "only woman in the room" for much of her career? | |
Concert Grove | 2019-12-16 | 2,288 | 99.9 | ... that Concert Grove in New York City's Prospect Park is used as a sculpture garden because its acoustics turned out to be bad for musical performances? | |
1 William Street | 2019-12-24 | 2,386 | 99.4 | ... that 1 William Street was described by the New York Architect magazine as New York City's "most complete banking institution" upon its completion? | |
Kiuchi Kyō | 2019-12-28 | 1,190 | 99.2 | ... that Kiuchi Kyō, believed to be the first Japanese woman to be a school principal, worked to improve the status of women teachers? | |
Still Feel | 2019-12-27 | 1,183 | 98.6 | ... that although Half Alive wrote their song "Still Feel" with the intention of making it unattractive for radio stations, it became their breakout hit? | |
Ashnikko | 2019-12-31 | 685[e] | 57.1 | ... that Miley Cyrus gained over 2.3 million likes on the video-sharing platform TikTok when she danced and lip-synced with Cody Simpson to "Stupid" by Ashnikko? | |
Stupid (Ashnikko song) | 494 | 41.2 | |||
Total | 1,179 | 98.2 | |||
Maryam Shanechi | 2019-12-31 | 1,168 | 97.3 | ... that neuroengineer Maryam Shanechi and her research team developed a method to determine a person's mood from their brain activity? | |
Battle of Pozzolo | 2019-12-25 | 1,168 | 97.3 | ... that Austrian general Konrad Valentin von Kaim was mortally wounded at the Battle of Pozzolo on Christmas Day, 1800? | |
Concentration of land ownership | 2019-12-13 | 1,642 | 97.3 | ... that concentration of land ownership has been linked to deforestation in 48 developing countries? | |
The Cedars School | 2019-12-02 | 2,316 | 96.5 | ... that The Cedars School is the first senior school in Great Britain to be based on the ethos of Opus Dei? | |
Yang Enze | 2019-12-01 | 2,316 | 96.5 | ... that Yang Enze, who built China's first fiber-optic communication system approved for practical use, taught until the age of 99? | |
Oľšavica | 2019-12-27 | 1,156 | 96.3 | ... that the sermons of Greek Catholic priest Michal Mašlej inspired the villagers of Oľšavica to hide Jews during the Holocaust even though German soldiers were quartered in the village? | |
William Chapple (surveyor) | 2019-12-06 | 2,308 | 96.2 | ... that William Chapple discovered Euler's theorem and Poncelet's porism? | |
Gebhard Fugel | 2019-12-09 | 2,300 | 95.8 | ... that German painter Gebhard Fugel led the team creating the monumental Crucifixion Panorama in Altötting, which became a UNESCO-listed monument? | |
Frank Palmer (businessman) | 2019-12-18 | 2,292 | 95.5 | ... that Frank Palmer started in the advertising business on April 1, 1969, and retired 50 years later to the day? | |
Charlotte Pistorius | 2019-12-04 | 2,280 | 95.0 | ... that letters which Charlotte Pistorius, the self-taught wife of a country pastor, wrote to intellectuals Friedrich Schleiermacher and Ernst Moritz Arndt were published with their works? | |
Ben Kimura (artist) | 2019-12-08 | 2,280 | 95.0 | ... that Ben Kimura was among the first gay artists in Japan to achieve crossover success with a female audience in yaoi publications? | |
A Rubber Band Christmas | 2019-12-25 | 1,136 | 94.7 | ... that A Rubber Band Christmas is a novelty album featuring popular Christmas songs played on rubber bands, staplers, and other office equipment? | |
Fort Washington Park (Manhattan) | 2019-12-12 | 2,150 | 93.4 | ... that there is a lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge in Fort Washington Park? | |
WHLV (AM) | 2019-12-01 | 2,202 | 91.7 | ... that WXXX's broadcast license was challenged in the 1970s because the station employed no African Americans in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a city that was 30 percent black? | |
List of accolades received by Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2019-12-05 | 2,174 | 90.6 | ... that Red Dead Redemption 2 was the highest-rated game on Metacritic in 2018? | |
Lu Shijia | 2019-12-10 | 2,158 | 89.9 | ... that Lu Shijia, founder of China's first university aerodynamics program, twice declined nominations to the Chinese Academy of Sciences? | |
Coelopa pilipes | 2019-12-17 | 2,132 | 88.8 | ... that Coelopa pilipes fly populations can live at temperatures of 40 °C (104 °F) within piles of kelp, even in areas covered with snow and ice? | |
Krzysztof Warszewicki | 2019-12-29 | 1,066 | 88.8 | ... that Polish courtier and writer Krzysztof Warszewicki was a respected orator who spoke at the funerals of Catherine, queen consort of Poland, and Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor? | |
Michler's Palace | 2019-12-29 | 1,064 | 88.7 | ... that Michler's Palace, a townhouse destroyed in the Warsaw Uprising, is remembered for a wartime song named after it? | |
Five Ash Down Independent Chapel | 2019-12-27 | 606 | 50.5 | ... that a year after Five Ash Down Independent Chapel opened, doctrinal differences caused some members to leave and form Uckfield Baptist Church? | |
Uckfield Baptist Church | 453 | 37.8 | |||
Total | 1,059 | 88.2 | |||
Clara Schumann | 2019-12-19 | 2,066 | 86.1 | ... that the pianist Clara Schumann, who toured Europe for decades, taught 68 students at Dr. Hoch's in Frankfurt, including those from Britain and the U.S.? | |
Lynn Family Stadium | 2019-12-30 | 1,032 | 86.0 | ... that Lynn Family Stadium shares its namesake with another stadium in the same city? | |
Super League XXV | 2019-12-27 | 1,026 | 85.5 | ... that the British Super League XXV will feature a Canadian rugby league team for the first time? | |
Raji Jallepalli | 2019-12-06 | 2,047 | 85.3 | ... that Indian-American chef Raji Jallepalli, who is credited with "originating the fusion of classic French and Indian cuisines", originally trained as a microbiologist? | |
Sportsvue | 2019-12-27 | 1,014 | 84.5 | ... that the demise of Sportsvue, which lost $2 million in its 10 months of operation, prompted Jim Fitzgerald to sell the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team? | |
Oecanthus fultoni | 2019-12-01 | 2,001 | 83.4 | ... that the chirps of the snowy tree cricket can be used to estimate the temperature? | |
Six13 | 2019-12-29 | 999 | 83.2 | ... that the Jewish a cappella group Six13 sings traditional Hanukkah songs and prayers to music from Star Wars? | |
Marco Streng | 2019-12-30 | 998 | 83.2 | ... that Marco Streng's Genesis Group has a bitcoin mine in Iceland? | |
Zhang Peigang | 2019-12-11 | 1,974 | 82.3 | ... that Chinese economist Zhang Peigang's dissertation was translated into Spanish and used as a university textbook in Latin America in the 1950s, but was not published in Chinese until 1984? | |
Odest Chadwicke Jenkins | 2019-12-31 | 980 | 81.7 | ... that computer scientist Odest Chadwicke Jenkins taught a robot to do the Cabbage Patch by demonstrating the dance? | |
Loch Vaa | 2019-12-07 | 1,944 | 81.0 | ... that low water levels at Loch Vaa threatened the remains of a historic crannog? | |
Hirtodrosophila mycetophaga | 2019-12-18 | 1,927 | 80.3 | ... that Hirtodrosophila mycetophaga mate on bracket fungi, selectively choosing those with a lighter surface to enhance the visibility of their courtship displays? | |
Rockstar San Diego | 2019-12-14 | 1,502 | 79.5 | ... that the video game developer Rockstar San Diego once worked on XGirl, an "interactive girlfriend" experience for the Xbox console? | |
Deporaus marginatus | 2019-12-29 | 951 | 79.2 | ... that after laying its eggs on a leaf, the female mango leaf-cutting weevil severs the leaf near its base and lets it fall to the ground? | |
KSTO | 2019-12-31 | 946 | 78.8 | ... that the first owners of radio station KSTO fled Guam after running up a debt of $60,000 in less than seven months of operation? | |
Andrey Kelin | 2019-12-20 | 1,855 | 77.3 | ... that Andrey Kelin, the new Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom, holds the diplomatic rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary? | |
Amrasca biguttula biguttula | 2019-12-13 | 1,303 | 77.2 | ... that infestations of the cotton jassid can be reduced by growing a cotton cultivar with hairy leaves? | |
WGVL (TV) | 2019-12-05 | 1,850 | 77.1 | ... that despite fighting for more than two years to stop the other station from signing on, WGVL's last day on the air was also WSPA-TV's first? | |
Diane Havlir | 2019-12-20 | 1,842 | 76.8 | ... that HIV researcher Diane Havlir was the U.S. national short track champion in 1974? | |
Magha Puja | 2019-12-03 | 1,840 | 76.7 | ... that the government of Thailand has branded the Buddhist celebration Magha Puja as a day of spiritual love and gratitude, to compete with Valentine's Day? | |
Christmas Tree Farm | 2019-12-25 | 919[f] | 76.6 | ... that Taylor Swift wrote, recorded, and released "Christmas Tree Farm" in six days? | |
2000 Macau Grand Prix | 2019-12-31 | 918 | 76.5 | ... that André Couto, the winner of the 2000 Macau Grand Prix, is the first Macanese driver to win the race under Formula Three regulations? | |
2019 Antalya Open (pool) | 2019-12-23 | 1,828 | 76.1 | ... that Darren Appleton forfeited two matches at the 2019 Antalya Open event after deciding to take a nap between matches? | |
The History of Doing | 2019-12-22 | 1,819 | 75.8 | ... that The History of Doing describes a fundamentalist Hindu protest, with many women part of it, in favour of sati, the burning of widows? | |
Tanis S'eiltin | 2019-12-24 | 1,818 | 75.8 | ... that Tlingit artist Tanis S'eiltin's mixed-media installation Hit includes video, a replica M16 rifle, and a glass tank of oil and water? | |
Ontario (steamboat) | 2019-12-22 | 1,814 | 75.6 | ... that in 1817, the Ontario became the first steamboat to see active service on the Great Lakes at Lake Ontario? | |
Shen Jilan | 2019-12-22 | 1,806 | 75.3 | ... that Shen Jilan, who successfully proposed the clause of equal pay for equal work in China's first constitution in 1954, is still serving as a congresswoman 65 years later? | |
Doux commerce | 2019-12-28 | 886 | 73.9 | ... that the Enlightenment concept of doux commerce suggests that commerce civilizes people and can even eliminate violence? | |
Jo Walker-Meador | 2019-12-09 | 1,766 | 73.6 | ... that later in life, Jo Walker-Meador would be inducted into the hall of fame that she helped create? | |
Myname 2nd Single | 2019-12-08 | 1,746 | 72.8 | ... that Myname's record label was forced to destroy 20,000 CDs of the group's second single album after accidentally including Psy's "Gangnam Style" as its sixth track? | |
Christmas darter | 2019-12-28 | 872 | 72.7 | ... that the Christmas darter is considered a priority species by the state of South Carolina, but of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature? | |
List of November 2019 Hong Kong protests | 2019-12-23 | 1,733 | 72.2 | ... that Hong Kong protests in November 2019 included an escape by protesters at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, by rope and via underground sewers? | |
Judith Katzir | 2019-12-28 | 854 | 71.2 | ... that the novel Tzilla is based on author Judith Katzir's great-grandmother, who invited her lover to live with her and her husband in Palestine? | |
Well-Strung | 2019-12-01 | 1,686 | 70.3 | ... that string quartet Well-Strung has performed "Chelsea's Mom", a reimagining of "Stacy's Mom", for Hillary Clinton? | |
Tom Smith (confectioner) | 2019-12-25 | 838 | 69.8 | ... that confectioner Tom Smith is traditionally described as the inventor of the Christmas cracker, in 1847? | |
Thomas Morstede | 2019-12-22 | 1,672 | 69.7 | ... that the surgeon Thomas Morstede served the three successive English kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI? | |
Thomas Evans Blackwell | 2019-12-12 | 1,594 | 69.3 | ... that according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, Thomas Evans Blackwell was the first hydraulic engineer in England? | |
Hindi Medium | 2019-12-31 | 822 | 68.5 | ... that Irrfan Khan recommended Saba Qamar to the makers of the film Hindi Medium after watching her YouTube videos? | |
KEYZ | 2019-12-03 | 1,643 | 68.5 | ... that radio station KEYZ in Williston, North Dakota, owned a Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft and used it for news coverage, promotional events, sales calls, and search and rescue efforts? | |
Howard Colored Orphan Asylum | 2019-12-30 | 821 | 68.4 | ... that pygmy Ota Benga was moved to the Howard Colored Orphan Asylum after people objected to him being shown in the Bronx Zoo? | |
Hewahewa | 2019-12-07 | 1,627 | 67.8 | ... that Hewahewa, a high priest of the Hawaiian religion, supported the abolition of the kapu system and the introduction of Christianity? | |
Nellie Two Bear Gates | 2019-12-15 | 1,412 | 67.6 | ... that Nellie Two Bear Gates made beaded artwork that depicted Yanktonai Dakota history and culture? | |
Trap Back | 2019-12-11 | 1,619 | 67.5 | ... that American rapper Gucci Mane (pictured) recorded Trap Back as his "comeback mixtape"? | |
Hans Riemer (Maryland politician) | 2019-12-28 | 807 | 67.2 | ... that during the 2004 US presidential election, Hans Riemer ran an online campaign against the military draft, leading then-President Bush to coin the phrase "on the Internets"? | |
1766 Istanbul earthquake | 2019-12-21 | 1,612 | 67.1 | ... that the 1766 Istanbul earthquake claimed 4,000 victims, 880 of them in the city? | |
Rhagoletis juglandis | 2019-12-02 | 1,607 | 67.0 | ... that Rhagoletis juglandis is a species of fly that infests walnuts? | |
Carla Herrero | 2019-12-16 | 1,532 | 66.9 | ... that after her own childhood experiences, Carla Herrero founded Rompe el Silencio ("Breaking the Silence") to support youth who have suffered bullying, abuse, and psychological disorders? | |
Kommet, ihr Hirten | 2019-12-25 | 786 | 65.5 | ... that the German carol "Kommet, ihr Hirten", derived by Carl Riedel from a Bohemian song in Czech, addresses shepherds, men, and women? | |
Anna Kessel | 2019-12-02 | 1,542 | 64.2 | ... that British journalist Anna Kessel co-founded the charity Women in Football, and initiated the Blue Plaque Rebellion, to promote gender equality for women in sport? | |
Virginia Kirkus | 2019-12-08 | 1,531 | 63.8 | ... that Virginia Kirkus reviewed 16,000 books for her bookshop service between the 1930s and 1960s? | |
Gott ist gegenwärtig | 2019-12-31 | 760 | 63.3 | ... that a cantata titled God is Now, based on the hymn "Gott ist gegenwärtig" and scored for choir, big band, organ, and live electronics, premiered on the 250th anniversary of the hymn writer's death? | |
Yoshi Kasuya | 2019-12-25 | 754 | 62.9 | ... that Yoshi Kasuya was appointed to the Order of the Precious Crown for her contributions to women's education? | |
Sally Milgrim | 2019-12-29 | 750 | 62.5 | ... that Sally Milgrim designed the dress that Eleanor Roosevelt wore to her husband's first inaugural ball? | |
Famine Inquiry Commission | 2019-12-26 | 746 | 62.1 | ... that the Famine Inquiry Commission has been criticized by scholars and Indian nationalists for exonerating the British government of responsibility for the 1943 Bengal famine? | |
James A. Ward | 2019-12-25 | 739 | 61.6 | ... that James A. Ward was one of the last surviving graduates of the Jesuit novitiate in White Marsh, Maryland? | |
Schell Bullet | 2019-12-23 | 1,476 | 61.5 | ... that Kunihiko Ikuhara, who was one of the directors of Sailor Moon, cosplayed as Sailor Mars to promote his series Schell Bullet? | |
Sharon Priest | 2019-12-19 | 1,465 | 61.0 | ... that Sharon Priest, the Secretary of State of Arkansas, launched the state's first internet-based information network in 1995? | |
Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future | 2019-12-16 | 1,394 | 60.9 | ... that water damage postponed the premiere production of the science fiction folk musical Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future? | |
Bach Digital | 2019-12-28 | 730 | 60.8 | ... that according to academic Yo Tomita, the Bach Digital portal website has largely replaced printed reference works as first point of entry for Bach scholarship? | |
Gayl King | 2019-12-07 | 1,436 | 59.8 | ... that Gayl King became the first female darts player to compete in the PDC World Darts Championship after the Professional Darts Corporation invited her to play in the 2001 tournament? | |
Leena Al-Hadid | 2019-12-26 | 707 | 58.9 | ... that Leena Al-Hadid is Jordan's permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the United Nations in Vienna? | |
Kavya Manyapu | 2019-12-25 | 702 | 58.5 | ... that Kavya Manyapu led the development of a dust-repelling fabric for space suits using carbon nanotubes? | |
Susan Billy | 2019-12-26 | 690 | 57.5 | ... that Pomo basket weaver Susan Billy comes from a family of basket weavers that includes Susan Santiago Billy and Elsie Allen? | |
Berna Gözbaşı | 2019-12-17 | 1,377 | 57.4 | ... that Berna Gözbaşı is the first woman president of a football club playing in the Turkish top-level men's league? | |
WXTV (Ohio) | 2019-12-29 | 686 | 57.2 | ... that the sale of WWIZ radio in Lorain, Ohio, undertaken in order to raise capital to build WXTV in Youngstown, prompted both stations to lose their licenses? | |
Ronald Grossarth-Maticek | 2019-12-30 | 682 | 56.9 | ... that medical scholar Ronald Grossarth-Maticek directed a long-term study involving 30,000 people from 18,000 households, spanning more than 20 years? | |
Victoria Warehouse | 2019-12-14 | 1,072 | 56.8 | ... that the side of the Victoria Warehouse in Old Trafford featured murals by Walter Kershaw for nearly 30 years? | |
Victoria Braithwaite | 2019-12-01 | 1,342 | 55.9 | ... that research on pain in fish by Victoria Braithwaite resulted in new rules in the UK, Europe, and Canada to make fisheries more humane? | |
Parsons Boulevard station | 2019-12-31 | 665 | 55.4 | ... that the 1988 opening of New York City's Archer Avenue lines, expected to lessen congestion, ended up slashing ridership at Parsons Boulevard station by half? | |
Alois Ickstadt | 2019-12-05 | 1,296 | 54.0 | ... that Alois Ickstadt founded a children's choir and an adult choir for the public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk, conducting the latter for 45 years? | |
Sofia (Clairo song) | 2019-12-21 | 668 | 27.8 | ... that Clairo drew inspiration for her songs "Sofia" and "Bags" from her crushes on women? | |
Bags (song) | 622 | 25.9 | |||
Total | 1,290 | 53.7 | |||
The Bold Type | 2019-12-12 | 1,224 | 53.2 | ... that the television series The Bold Type is inspired by the life and career of former Cosmopolitan magazine editor-in-chief Joanna Coles? | |
Eriocampa ovata | 2019-12-26 | 631 | 52.6 | ... that in the absence of males in North America, the female woolly alder sawfly reproduces through parthenogenesis? | |
Adil Bouafif | 2019-12-18 | 1,256 | 52.3 | ... that in 2014, Moroccan-born long-distance runner Adil Bouafif won his fourth gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the Swedish national championships? | |
Erza Muqoli | 2019-12-24 | 1,230 | 51.3 | ... that Erza Muqoli was a founding member of the French child music group Kids United, which had three number-one albums during her tenure? | |
Kang Laiyi | 2019-12-08 | 1,228 | 51.2 | ... that Chinese doctor Kang Laiyi spent more than 30 years researching the epidemiology of HIV? | |
KSLN-TV | 2019-12-19 | 1,224 | 51.0 | ... that KSLN-TV, the ABC television affiliate in Salina, Kansas, folded twice in three years under two different owners? | |
BBC Radio Theatre | 2019-12-29 | 600 | 50.0 | ... that the Concert Hall inside the BBC's Broadcasting House was pressed into service as a dormitory at the outbreak of World War II? | |
Charles Blackwell (engineer) | 2019-12-04 | 1,183 | 49.3 | ... that Charles Blackwell was the third Blackwell (after his father and his grandfather) to be elected to the Institution of Civil Engineers? | |
WLVZ | 2019-12-31 | 588 | 49.0 | ... that after Mississippi radio station WKNZ relaunched as "Zoo 107", it sponsored a name-the-zebra contest at its namesake, the Hattiesburg Zoo? | |
Catriona Ida Macleod | 2019-12-14 | 914 | 48.4 | ... that Catriona Ida Macleod has received a Social Change Award from Rhodes University for her work in promoting African-based psychology? | |
Stribodh | 2019-12-27 | 580 | 48.3 | ... that Stribodh, first published in 1857, was one of the earliest magazines in India to be aimed at a female audience? | |
En blanc et noir | 2019-12-20 | 1,156 | 48.1 | ... that in his 1915 En blanc et noir for two pianos, Claude Debussy quoted Luther's hymn "Ein feste Burg" and dedicated the work in part to Jacques Charlot, who fell in World War I? | |
Der Ring in Minden | 2019-12-07 | 1,144 | 47.6 | ... that in Der Ring in Minden, the orchestra played at the back of the stage, and the singers all turned towards it to listen to the music at the end? | |
Paul Mickelson | 2019-12-25 | 570 | 47.5 | ... that in later life, Paul Mickelson bought the organ upon which he had made his first recording as a solo artist at NBC? | |
Ernest Fahmy | 2019-12-10 | 1,138 | 47.4 | ... that although Ernest Fahmy played for Abertillery RFC in Wales, he opted to play international rugby for Scotland? | |
Naomi Watts filmography | 2019-12-28 | 554 | 46.2 | ... that British actress Naomi Watts' roles include CIA officer Valerie Plame, journalist Gretchen Carlson, and Princess Diana? | |
Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend, BWV 248 II | 2019-12-26 | 550 | 45.8 | ... that Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend, the second part of Bach's Christmas Oratorio and written for the second day of Christmas, focuses on the annunciation to the shepherds? | |
G. Gould Lincoln | 2019-12-29 | 546 | 45.5 | ... that before entering journalism, G. Gould Lincoln was part of Thomas Edison's team that looked for nickel in Canada? | |
Crossroads Village (Michigan) | 2019-12-28 | 546 | 45.5 | ... that Crossroads Village in Genesee County, Michigan, has a narrow huckleberry? | |
2001 BDO World Darts Championship | 2019-12-09 | 1,088 | 45.3 | ... that the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship featured an independent women's tournament for the first time in the competition's history? | |
Culley C. Carson III | 2019-12-29 | 539 | 44.9 | ... that Culley C. Carson III's research has included treatments for Peyronie's disease, in which the penis curves when erect? | |
KHIT | 2019-12-14 | 845 | 44.7 | ... that Nevada radio station KONE was sued in 1966 by the proprietors of 16 musical works, who claimed that the station did not pay royalties for playing songs such as "San Antonio Rose" and "Sweet Georgia Brown"? | |
Requiem for the Living | 2019-12-26 | 532 | 44.3 | ... that in Requiem for the Living, a setting by Dan Forrest of selected texts from the Requiem Mass and an additional movement about Vanitas, the choir sings seemingly endless melodies? | |
William Francis Clarke | 2019-12-25 | 527 | 43.9 | ... that as pastor of a Catholic church in Baltimore, William Francis Clarke worked to integrate black and Italian Catholics into parish life? | |
Mohammad Tabrani | 2019-12-23 | 1,041 | 43.4 | ... that Mohammad Tabrani first proposed the term "bahasa Indonesia" for the national language of Indonesia? | |
Ignaz Saal | 2019-12-03 | 1,028 | 42.8 | ... that Ignaz Saal, for decades a bass with the Imperial Court Theatre in Vienna, performed the bass parts in the world premieres of Haydn's oratorios Die Schöpfung and Die Jahreszeiten? | |
WSOK | 2019-12-04 | 1,028 | 42.8 | ... that jazz musicians Ben Tucker and Billy Taylor bought Savannah, Georgia, radio station WSOK and expanded its album collection from 20 to 4,000? | |
Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Neuwiller-lès-Saverne | 2019-12-14 | 806 | 42.7 | ... that by the 12th century, the relics of St Adelphus attracted so many pilgrims to the Neuwiller-lès-Saverne Abbey that the Benedictines built a secondary church nearby? | |
Irma Beilke | 2019-12-22 | 997 | 41.5 | ... that soprano Irma Beilke appeared as Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio on 4 September 1945 in the first opera performance in Berlin after World War II? | |
Queen of Angels Hospital | 2019-12-27 | 493 | 41.1 | ... that actress Kathryn Crosby earned a nursing degree at the Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles? | |
KNWB | 2019-12-17 | 980 | 40.8 | ... that 17 extensions and modifications of the construction permit were necessary before Hawaii radio station KFSH went on the air in 1985, more than eight years after the permit was awarded? | |
I-17 Mystery Christmas Tree | 2019-12-24 | 979 | 40.8 | ... that a juniper tree in the median of Interstate 17 in Arizona is mysteriously decorated every year at Christmas? | |
Angels' Carol | 2019-12-24 | 854 | 35.6 | ... that John Rutter wrote the text and music for Angels' Carol, a choral piece for Christmas, using the Latin "Gloria in excelsis Deo" from the Christmas story as a refrain? | |
Hu Dujing | 2019-12-02 | 848 | 35.4 | ... that plant physiologist Hu Dujing cultivated Eucommia ulmoides to produce a substitute for rubber? | |
Plumb (Field Music album) | 2019-12-30 | 418 | 34.8 | ... that the Field Music album Plumb was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize, even though the band thought that their odds were "minimal to nil"? | |
Satyaprakash | 2019-12-16 | 793 | 34.6 | ... that an article published in the Satyaprakash weekly, which criticised Hindu religious leaders, resulted in a libel case? | |
Shiza Shahid | 2019-12-21 | 815 | 34.0 | ... that Shiza Shahid and Malala Yousafzai co-founded the Malala Fund in 2013 to promote education for every girl? | |
Magnificat (Vivaldi) | 2019-12-23 | 784 | 32.6 | ... that one of the versions of Vivaldi's Magnificat included five arias to be performed by girl soloists from the Ospedale della Pietà orphanage, who were named in the score? | |
Dixit Maria | 2019-12-08 | 772 | 32.1 | ... that Dixit Maria, a motet in Latin by Hans Leo Hassler, sets to music the narrative of Mary's consent to the Annunciation? | |
Heiko Trinsinger | 2019-12-29 | 380 | 31.7 | ... that baritone Heiko Trinsinger of the Aalto Theatre appeared as Alberich in Der Ring in Minden, in which reviewers noted expressivity in every moment and a thunderous curse of the ring? | |
Lu Youquan | 2019-12-30 | 378 | 31.5 | ... that Lu Youquan's book on Piaget's theory of cognitive development won a national education award in China? | |
Barrie Marmion | 2019-12-07 | 750 | 31.2 | ... that Barrie Marmion spearheaded the development of the first vaccine against Q fever? | |
Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage | 2019-12-30 | 372 | 31.0 | ... that the songs on the Kabir Singh soundtrack album, including "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" ('I have begun to really love you'), have been described as "saccharine rock"? | |
Judith (Matthus) | 2019-12-13 | 519 | 30.7 | ... that Siegfried Matthus composed the opera Judith for the reopening of the restored Semperoper, but it premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin, staged by Harry Kupfer? | |
Jacques Durand (publisher) | 2019-12-17 | 732 | 30.5 | ... that Jacques Durand studied at the Conservatoire de Paris together with Claude Debussy, and later published both Debussy's compositions and his edition of Chopin's piano works? | |
Jeff Martin (tenor) | 2019-12-14 | 570 | 30.2 | ... that American tenor Jeff Martin has appeared as the Astrologer in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre? | |
WTKL | 2019-12-11 | 715 | 29.8 | ... that Educational Media Foundation's 2006 acquisition of WSMU-FM marked the "first major foray" by Christian FM broadcasting into New England? | |
Mirko Ludwig | 2019-12-27 | 348 | 29.0 | ... that tenor Mirko Ludwig took part in the opening of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie as a member of a vocal quintet? | |
Arif Sağ | 2019-12-26 | 328 | 27.3 | ... that Turkish folk singer and bağlama player Arif Sağ helped introduce Anatolian music to the West in a 1996 concert with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne? | |
WTJZ | 2019-12-06 | 652 | 27.2 | ... that a young Bob Smith, later famous as Wolfman Jack, got his first radio job as "Daddy Jules" at WYOU in Newport News, Virginia? | |
WUOT | 2019-12-08 | 632 | 26.3 | ... that future U.S. senator Howard Baker campaigned for president of the University of Tennessee student body on a platform to establish a campus radio station? | |
Carl Weinmüller | 2019-12-12 | 572 | 24.9 | ... that Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, was a failure in its original form, but was revised partly at the behest of Carl Weinmüller, who then appeared in the premiere in the bass role of Rocco? | |
Bernd Loebe | 2019-12-15 | 490 | 23.5 | ... that Bernd Loebe, who began his career as a music journalist, received the 2018 International Opera Award in the category of Leadership in Opera? | |
Jay Shah | 2019-12-28 | 170[g] | 14.2 | ... that Jay Shah oversaw the Gujarat Cricket Association's project of constructing the world's largest cricket stadium? | |
The Child (Star Wars) | 2019-12-27 | -22,004[h] | -1,833.7 | ... that "Baby Yoda", a character in the Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian, was named "2019's biggest new character" by The Guardian? |