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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	21.9	Paul Mägi	76.0	Credo (Penderecki)	21.9	Paul Mägi
Median	110.0	Pasquinade East Knoyle War Memorial	334.1	Catch It, Bin It, Kill It Bessie Van Vorst	118.8	Notarial Archives Carole Baskin
High	16,200.5	Tom Moore (fundraiser)	2,051.8	Jakob Nacken	16,200.5	Tom Moore (fundraiser)

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Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Tom Moore (fundraiser)	2020-04-30		194,406	16,200.5	... that Captain Tom, who turns 100 today, has raised more than £32 million for NHS Charities Together by walking laps of his garden?
Jakob Nacken	2020-04-27		24,621	2,051.8	... that at 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m), Jakob Nacken (pictured) was the tallest German soldier in World War II, and later found work in the United States as the world's tallest Santa Claus?
Susan Sweney	2020-04-20		22,392	1,866.0	... that Second World War fascist Susan Sweney (pictured) was shipwrecked so often that she described herself as "many times drowned"?
Daulat (Mughal painter)	2020-04-16		38,826	1,617.8	... that a Mughal painter described himself in his self-portrait (pictured) as "the lowly, needy, insignificant, Daulat"?
Ulrich Mohr	2020-04-23		15,712	1,309.4	... that when seeking to board an enemy ship, German naval officer Ulrich Mohr (pictured) once disguised himself as a British officer?
French ironclad Hoche	2020-04-24		14,554	1,212.8	... that the French ironclad Hoche (pictured) had such a large superstructure that she was nicknamed "le Grand Hôtel"?
Dana Fischer	2020-04-25		11,330	944.2	... that nine-year-old Dana Fischer (pictured) is the youngest winner of a cash prize at a Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix, beating 94 percent of the mostly adult players in 2020?
Pepsi Cool Cans	2020-04-01		18,626	784.0	... that you can have sex with two cans of Pepsi, though one might need to be twisted?
Disease X	2020-04-07		18,600	775.0	... that experts on the World Health Organization's emergency committee believe that COVID-19 could be the first Disease X?
Penny Penates	2020-04-26		9,244	770.3	... that the world's oldest postcard (pictured), mailed in 1840, was designed as a practical joke to mock postal clerks?
Jenny (orangutan)	2020-04-02		15,596	678.1	... that the human-like behaviour of Jenny (depicted), a resident of London Zoo, reinforced Charles Darwin's view that humans were "created from animals"?
Bergen-Belsen 1945: A Medical Student's Journal	2020-04-06		16,146	672.8	... that the layout and workings of the "human laundry" (pictured) at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp can be found in a London medical student's diary?
Mercenary War	2020-04-27		7,733	644.4	... that during the Mercenary War, Carthaginian rebels killed 700 prisoners by cutting off their hands, castrating them, breaking their legs, and throwing them into a pit to be buried alive?
Cathedral of St. John the Divine	2020-04-26		7,718	643.1	... that the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine (design shown) in New York City has been nicknamed "St. John the Unfinished"?
Mia Kang	2020-04-27		7,135	594.6	... that after winning a place in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Mia Kang became suicidal from a modeling-related eating disorder and credits the combat sport Muay Thai for saving her life?
Photography of the Holocaust	2020-04-28		7,113	592.8	... that photographs of the Holocaust, including many taken by German photographers, have been used as evidence during trials of Nazi war crimes?
Volkswagen currywurst	2020-04-01		13,932	586.4	... that Volkswagen part number 199 398 500 A is typically lubricated with ketchup?
M. V. Frunze Military Academy	2020-04-19		6,934	577.9	... that 722 graduates of the M. V. Frunze Military Academy received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union between 1934 and 1988?
GirlsDoPorn	2020-04-29		6,934	577.8	... that GirlsDoPorn was one of the top 20 most viewed channels on Pornhub before its co-owners and a male pornographic actor were charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion?
South Dakota v. Fifteen Impounded Cats	2020-04-01		13,444	565.9	... that South Dakota once sued 15 cats?
New York Life Building	2020-04-12		13,300	554.2	... that the New York Life Building (pictured) is topped by a six-story roof tiled with 22-karat gold?
Kitchen hack	2020-04-24		6,452	537.7	... that NPR called Robinson Crusoe the "patron saint of the kitchen hack" (example pictured)?
17 Million Fuck Offs	2020-04-01		12,701	534.6	... that a Briton told the European Union to fuck off 17 million times?
Church of Atheism of Central Canada v Canada (National Revenue)	2020-04-01		11,864	499.4	... that some atheists believe in the Ten Commandments?
Bantha	2020-04-28		5,829	485.8	... that the banthas in Star Wars were portrayed by an elephant who kept shrugging the costume off her body during filming due to the intense heat?
Netherlands Fractal Pattern	2020-04-26		5,398	449.8	... that the design of the Netherlands Fractal Pattern was made to confuse a person looking at it?
Christ Crowned with Thorns (Bosch, London)	2020-04-10		10,656	443.8	... that Hieronymus Bosch's painting Christ Crowned with Thorns (shown) contains hidden symbolism?
William Hood Simpson	2020-04-23		5,289	440.8	... that despite being ranked 101st of 103 graduates in his West Point class of 1909, William H. Simpson later became a four-star general?
Robert Hunter (lyricist)	2020-04-13		10,564	440.2	... that Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter (pictured) drew artistic inspiration from hallucinations that he experienced while taking psychedelic drugs in a program covertly sponsored by the CIA?
Cocklakes	2020-04-28		5,193	432.8	... that Cocklakes is considered one of the rudest place names in the United Kingdom?
Cartography of Palestine	2020-04-23		5,166	430.5	... that the cartography of Palestine (example map pictured) has been described as "obsessive"?
Aggie Kukulowicz	2020-04-02		9,626	418.5	... that Canadian ice hockey player Aggie Kukulowicz was followed by a KGB agent for six years and never spoke with him, but reportedly once bought him an ice cream cone?
Operation Harvest Festival	2020-04-08		9,785	407.7	... that Operation Harvest Festival was the largest single massacre by German forces during the Holocaust?
Upāli	2020-04-21		4,882	406.9	... that Upāli (statue pictured), the Buddha's learned low-caste disciple, was ordained before his friends of royal blood to humble their pride?
SS Petriana	2020-04-09		9,676	403.1	... that SS Petriana was wrecked 200 metres (660 ft) off the Australian coast, but its crew were not allowed to land in Australia?
Siena Piano	2020-04-09		9,266	386.1	... that according to legend, the so-called Immortal Piano was partially built with wood from the pillars of Solomon's Temple?
The Baby Blue Movie	2020-04-05		9,239	385.0	... that at its peak, the Canadian softcore pornography series The Baby Blue Movie was seen by nearly two-thirds of the Toronto viewing audience in its time slot?
Storm Area 51	2020-04-29		4,554	379.5	... that "Storm Area 51" was a comedic Facebook event intended as a raid on Area 51 in search of aliens?
Colin Clinton	2020-04-01		9,014	379.4	... that former President Clinton said his day would be ruined if he didn't get a bacon butty (pictured) and a cup of tea?
Duncraig Castle	2020-04-23		4,505	375.4	... that Duncraig Castle has been a summer home for the wealthy, a naval hospital, a girls' college, and a B&B, has its own railway station, and was the subject of a reality television show?
Cheung Chung-kiu	2020-04-08		8,982	374.3	... that Cheung Chung-kiu has agreed to buy 2–8a Rutland Gate (pictured) in London for more than £200 million, making it easily the most expensive house sold in the UK?
Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)	2020-04-26		4,380	365.0	... that a Roman army in Africa was wiped out by a Carthaginian attack led by an elephant charge in 255 BC?
White-throated round-eared bat	2020-04-03		8,566	356.9	... that white-throated round-eared bats (example pictured) roost in cavities in active termite mounds excavated by the males?
Battle of Cane Hill	2020-04-29		4,252	354.3	... that a number of Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Cane Hill were armed only with shotguns?
Engineer Special Brigade	2020-04-21		4,232	352.7	... that during World War II, the 1st Engineer Special Brigade fought in Italy, in Normandy, and in Okinawa?
Kirk Ransomware	2020-04-01		8,281	348.6	... that Captain Kirk can encrypt your computer, but Spock might decrypt it for a fee?
Marian Ciepielowski	2020-04-28		4,132	344.3	... that Buchenwald prisoner Dr. Marian Ciepielowski produced fake typhus vaccine for Nazi soldiers, while saving the real vaccine for his fellow prisoners?
HP Slate 21	2020-04-23		4,098	341.5	... that the HP Slate 21 is an Android tablet with a 21.5-inch (550 mm) screen?
Kobe Route	2020-04-20		4,055	337.9	... that 18 spans of the Kobe Route collapsed in 1995 (pictured) due to the unprecedented strength of the Great Hanshin earthquake and various structural flaws?
Bessie Van Vorst	2020-04-17		8,020	334.2	... that American journalist Bessie Van Vorst (depicted) worked undercover at a pickle factory and other worksites to expose labor conditions for women and children in the early 1900s?
Catch It, Bin It, Kill It	2020-04-04		8,016	334.0	... that "Catch It, Bin It, Kill It" (poster shown), a slogan first used in 2007, has been revived to fight the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom?
Queen Bess, Scunthorpe	2020-04-01		7,918	333.3	... that a Queen of England was named after a blast furnace?
Emilia Clarke	2020-04-17		7,990	332.9	... that Emilia Clarke performed the funky chicken and robot dances at her Game of Thrones audition?
Max C. Starkloff	2020-04-19		3,904	325.3	... that American physician Max C. Starkloff (pictured) used social distancing to fight the 1918 flu pandemic in St. Louis?
Scale insect	2020-04-09		7,766	323.6	... that some ants herd scale insects (example pictured)?
Bim bam toi	2020-04-01		7,613	320.4	... that a bim bam boom aboard an airplane caused quite a stir in France?
Bible translations into Geʽez	2020-04-28		3,807	317.2	... that Bible translations into Geʽez date back to at least the 6th century, making them among the oldest in the world?
New York, Tyne and Wear	2020-04-01		7,432	312.8	... that New York once neighbored Philadelphia?
Fennec Shand	2020-04-09		7,335	305.6	... that aspects of Star Wars character Fennec Shand's personality, costume, and hairstyle were inspired by the fennec fox?
La Dama Enmascarada	2020-04-06		5,358	223.2	... that La Dama Enmascarada became the first female professional wrestler in Mexico to be forced to unmask when she lost a Lucha de Apuestas match to Irma González in 1958?
Irma González (wrestler)			1,942	80.9
Total			7,299	304.1
Socony–Mobil Building	2020-04-20		3,624	302.0	... that the Socony–Mobil Building in Manhattan was disparaged by architectural critic Lewis Mumford as having the appearance of a structure "coming down with measles"?
Battle of the Lipari Islands	2020-04-22		3,592	299.3	... that during the initial naval battle of the First Punic War, the Roman sailors fled, with their commander and the entire fleet captured by the Carthaginians?
Ball Farm	2020-04-22		2,771	230.9	... that Ball Farm (pictured), in the small Cheshire village of Hankelow, dates from 1510 and might once have been used as a district court?
Hankelow			820	68.4
Total			3,592	299.3
Battle of Adys	2020-04-30		3,576	298.0	... that after the Battle of Adys, the peace terms offered to the defeated Carthaginians were so harsh that they decided to fight on?
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat	2020-04-30		3,568	297.4	... that the Art Nouveau ceramicist Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat invented a red glaze known as "Rouge Dalpayrat" (example pictured)?
Jesse H. Jones	2020-04-09		7,127	297.0	... that according to biographer Steven Fenberg, Jesse H. Jones was the second most powerful person in America during the Great Depression and World War II?
Harrison family of Virginia	2020-04-05		7,126	296.9	... that three members of the Harrison family of Virginia served as President of the United States?
Acanthurus olivaceus	2020-04-21		3,546	295.5	... that the orange-band surgeonfish (pictured) can change colour from dark to light almost instantaneously?
It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers	2020-04-13		7,042	293.4	... that the essay "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers" has been described as an ode to autumn?
James Stewart	2020-04-23		3,468	289.0	... that actor James Stewart displayed his only Oscar, which he had won for The Philadelphia Story, in his father's hardware shop?
Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States	2020-04-11		6,786	283.7	... that industry analysts have predicted that up to 75 percent of independent restaurants in the U.S. will not survive the coronavirus pandemic?
Benevolence (tax)	2020-04-14		6,748	281.1	... that King Henry VII of England extracted £48,000 worth of "loving contributions" from his subjects in 1491, despite the practice having been outlawed seven years earlier?
Laia Manzanares	2020-04-24		3,368	280.7	... that actress Laia Manzanares played a cheerleader who is seduced by a gorilla mascot in a Tame Impala music video?
Aleksandras Lileikis	2020-04-24		3,366	280.5	... that the CIA recruited Lithuanian Nazi collaborator Aleksandras Lileikis in 1952, even though he was suspected of complicity in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust?
Sony Xperia 1 II	2020-04-16		6,680	278.3	... that unlike most other flagship smartphones in 2020, the Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone includes a 3.5 mm audio jack?
N95 mask	2020-04-30		3,216	268.0	... that the melt-blowing technology used to create N95 respirators was previously used to produce ready-made ribbon bows and bra cups?
60 Hudson Street	2020-04-19		1,646	137.1	... that both 60 Hudson Street and 32 Avenue of the Americas, two Art Deco skyscrapers in Manhattan designed by Ralph Thomas Walker, are now major internet and data hubs?
32 Avenue of the Americas			1,534	127.9
Total			3,180	265.0
Carex bicolor	2020-04-30		3,175	264.6	... that the bicoloured sedge (pictured) was part of an attempted botanical fraud?
Ailladie	2020-04-11		6,316	264.0	... that Ailladie (pictured), an 800-metre-long (2,600 ft) limestone sea cliff in the Burren, has been called "the mecca for rock-climbing in Ireland"?
The McLain Family Band	2020-04-29		3,140	261.7	... that a young Ruth McLain Smith, member of The McLain Family Band (pictured), had been playing the Appalachian dulcimer for only two weeks when she performed at the White House on national television?
Bräus	2020-04-23		3,066	255.5	... that Bräus, from the Swedish island of Gotland, differs from all other card games in that not all cards are playable?
Mount Takahe	2020-04-28		3,052	254.3	... that a series of eruptions of Mount Takahe 17,700 years ago may have resulted in an ozone hole?
90 West Street	2020-04-22		3,040	253.3	... that 90 West Street, damaged by falling steel in the September 11 attacks, may have survived because of its use of architectural terracotta?
Baby Be-Bop	2020-04-03		6,076	253.2	... that four men sued the city of West Bend, Wisconsin, for the right to burn Baby Be-Bop publicly in 2009?
Beyond the Stellar Empire	2020-04-21		2,998	249.8	... that the play-by-mail game Beyond the Stellar Empire was part of the "stomping ground" of the genre's top players, allowing them to govern a space colony or join a space pirate band?
Clay Jenkins	2020-04-22		2,964	247.0	... that county judge Clay Jenkins did not wear PPE while interacting with the family of a patient with Ebola virus disease, to show that asymptomatic individuals cannot spread the disease?
Bishops Pond	2020-04-16		5,830	242.9	... that Bishops Pond in Wales is destined to become a meadow?
Trimdon Labour Club	2020-04-22		2,904	242.0	... that when US president Bill Clinton phoned Trimdon Labour Club to talk to UK prime minister Tony Blair, the barmaid who answered the call said that "someone called Clinton" was on the phone?
Khotin Uprising	2020-04-27		2,890	240.8	... that ill-equipped Romanian soldiers quelling the Ukrainian-led Khotin Uprising were told to wear the winter clothes of suspects whom they executed?
Prof: Alan Turing Decoded	2020-04-01		5,552	233.7	... that Turing wrote Prof: Alan Turing Decoded sixty years after his death?
Ansgar the Staller	2020-04-25		2,796	233.0	... that Ansgar the Staller was severely injured at the Battle of Hastings, but was carried to London where he then led the English defence at the Burning of Southwark?
Newyorkitis	2020-04-17		5,588	232.8	... that treatment for the symptoms of Newyorkitis was being offered at a New York YMCA in 1908?
1592–1593 Malta plague epidemic	2020-04-13		3,102	129.2	... that people failing to observe containment measures during the Malta plague epidemics of 1592–93, 1675–76, and 1813–14 were liable to the death penalty?
1813–1814 Malta plague epidemic			1,510	62.9
1675–1676 Malta plague epidemic			940	39.2
Total			5,553	231.4
0x88	2020-04-20		2,760	230.0	... that in the 0x88 chess-board representation, 8-by-16 boards are used?
Chuck Wilson (pilot)	2020-04-23		2,694	224.5	... that U.S. Air Force U-2 pilot Chuck Wilson flew the first operational mission of the S-model Dragon Lady in 1995 from Osan Air Base, South Korea?
Oncosiphon pilulifer	2020-04-27		2,619	218.2	... that the globe chamomile (pictured), a member of the daisy family native to South Africa, infests parts of Arizona and California?
Medieval stained glass in Sweden	2020-04-14		5,180	215.9	... that Sweden has the largest amount of preserved medieval stained glass (example pictured) among the Nordic countries?
Gwerz Skolan	2020-04-03		2,948	122.8	... that the Breton saint Goulven of Léon may have been confused with a legendary murderer and rapist featured in the poem "Gwerz Skolan", giving rise to a number of place names with elements of both individuals?
Goulven of Léon			2,215	92.3
Total			5,162	215.1
Scrcpy	2020-04-21		2,562	213.5	... that scrcpy allows a user to control an Android phone from a desktop computer?
Willa Brown	2020-04-28		2,557	213.1	... that Willa Brown's efforts to train African-American pilots in the United States led to the creation of the Tuskegee Airmen?
500 Queer Scientists	2020-04-22		2,513	209.4	... that 500 Queer Scientists are informally partnered with 500 Women Scientists?
Rotherhithe Street	2020-04-25		1,406	117.2	... that Nelson House is located on Rotherhithe Street, London's longest street, alongside the River Thames?
Nelson House, London			1,082	90.2
Total			2,488	207.4
Karoly Grosz (illustrator)	2020-04-22		2,460	205.0	... that a poster (shown) illustrated by Karoly Grosz for the 1932 film The Mummy held the record for the most expensive sold at auction for 17 years?
Charlie Watts (fascist)	2020-04-19		2,456	204.7	... that Charlie Watts was the organiser of the British Union of Fascists' cab-drivers group, which was said to have 1,000 members, in the 1930s?
Battle of Piercebridge	2020-04-22		1,397	116.4	... that Royalist victories at the Battles of Piercebridge and Tadcaster five days apart in December 1642 shifted the balance of power in Yorkshire in their favour?
Battle of Tadcaster			1,000	83.3
Total			2,396	199.7
Crip Camp	2020-04-20		2,366	197.1	... that the idea for the documentary film Crip Camp came to the directors after an "off-hand comment at lunch"?
Oxford Circus	2020-04-17		4,705	196.0	... that Oxford Circus was once London's busiest pedestrian crossing?
Jamal Farhan	2020-04-26		2,301	191.8	... that footballer Jamal Farhan, who was banned for life by FIFA after punching a referee in the head, later expressed remorse and advised fans not to imitate him?
Ruby Mazur	2020-04-30		2,280	190.0	... that Ruby Mazur, who designed the cover for the Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice", once sold a painting to a Saudi Arabian prince before the paint had even dried?
Sunswick Creek	2020-04-08		4,537	189.0	... that after residents near Sunswick Creek broke down its tide gates in 1916, the New York City health commissioner claimed that they "prefer to live like hogs"?
Yokohama Northwest Route	2020-04-29		2,257	188.1	... that the Yokohama Northwest Route features a 4.1-kilometer-long (2.5 mi) tunnel equipped with emergency escape slides?
Addled Parliament	2020-04-28		2,254	187.8	... that by the end of the Addled Parliament, which James I had hoped would be a "Parliament of Love", the king feared that he was in danger of assassination?
Teikō Shiotani	2020-04-07		4,470	186.2	... that Teikō Shiotani photographed View with Weather Forecast (shown) from his upstairs window, exaggerating the curvature of the horizon by bending the photographic paper under the enlarger?
Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs	2020-04-28		2,140	178.3	... that the formation of Wellesley College's Albright Institute was announced by former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright (pictured) at her class's 50-year reunion?
Automatic Train Protection (United Kingdom)	2020-04-10		4,235	176.4	... that British Rail's Automatic Train Protection system was estimated to cost £11 million per life saved, more than the £4 million per life to be considered good value for money?
Berge equilibrium	2020-04-23		2,090	174.1	... that in a Berge equilibrium, every player of a strategic game makes sure other players do as well as possible?
Bahra 1	2020-04-20		2,074	172.9	... that Bahra 1 in Kuwait is the oldest permanent settlement south of Mesopotamia?
Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of Trustees	2020-04-20		2,072	172.7	... that the term "informed consent" was coined during the 1957 court case Salgo v. Leland Stanford Jr. University Board of Trustees?
Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty	2020-04-29		2,068	172.4	... that Callaghan MacCarty left his life as a Catholic monk in France and converted to Protestantism to become the third Earl of Clancarty?
Riyadh International Book Fair	2020-04-02		3,944	171.5	... that publishers have had their pre-approved books confiscated, or their stalls dismantled overnight, during the Riyadh International Book Fair?
Hassan Al Kontar	2020-04-22		2,048	170.7	... that Syrian refugee Hassan Al Kontar was stranded at Kuala Lumpur International Airport for seven months?
Kathleen Pelham Burn	2020-04-21		2,036	169.7	... that Kathleen Pelham Burn, Countess of Drogheda, was nicknamed "The Flying Countess" because of her involvement with early aviation?
2010 Twenty20 Cup Final	2020-04-23		2,024	168.6	... that Somerset could have won the 2010 Twenty20 Cup Final if they had known the Laws of Cricket?
List of Ayushmann Khurrana performances	2020-04-19		2,014	167.8	... that Ayushmann Khurrana learned to play the piano and make omelettes blindfolded for one of his performances?
Zachariah A. Rice	2020-04-06		3,946	164.4	... that during the American Civil War, Zachariah A. Rice wrote more than 63 letters to his wife, offering insight into the military life of a Confederate cavalry officer?
Afşin-Elbistan C power station	2020-04-24		1,972	164.3	... that if completed, the coal-fired Afşin-Elbistan C power station would emit more than a tenth of Turkey's greenhouse gas emissions?
Paige Bueckers	2020-04-21		1,940	161.7	... that Paige Bueckers held athletic scholarship offers by the age of 14 from the college basketball programs of Minnesota, of Iowa State, and of Illinois?
Robert McGowan Littlejohn	2020-04-02		3,708	161.2	... that as head of the War Assets Administration, retired major general Robert McGowan Littlejohn had to dispose of $34 billion worth of surplus government property?
Valery Varfolomeyev	2020-04-28		1,928	160.7	... that rear admiral Valery Varfolomeyev was named a Hero of the Russian Federation in 2017, while his 11th Submarine Division was recognised as the best submarine formation in the Northern Fleet?
Josephus C. Vines	2020-04-18		3,822	159.3	... that Josephus C. Vines, the former Prohibitionist mayor of Brighton, Alabama, shot and killed a man who was drinking on his doorstep?
Kissena Creek	2020-04-07		3,806	158.6	... that Kissena Creek originates from a New York City swamp that remained undeveloped through 2000?
Khalili Collection of Kimono	2020-04-18		3,760	156.7	... that a collection of kimono (example pictured) assembled by Nasser Khalili covers four periods of Japanese history?
Hyborian War	2020-04-25		1,874	156.1	... that the play-by-mail game Hyborian War, which began in 1985, allows players to fight battles with mammoths, undead infantry, and mounted flying reptiles in the world of Conan the Barbarian?
H. E. Merritt	2020-04-29		1,858	154.8	... that Henry Merritt's triple-differential transmission allowed the Churchill tank (pictured) to rotate on the spot?
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me	2020-04-28		1,852	154.3	... that Mariko Tamaki wrote Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me in part because she had "always liked the idea of an ex-ex-girlfriend story"?
Peregrine Pollen	2020-04-21		1,836	153.0	... that auctioneer Peregrine Pollen once smuggled four Impressionist paintings out of Buenos Aires in a Beatles poster?
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Maharashtra	2020-04-16		3,606	150.2	... that after suspected coronavirus patients in Maharashtra, India, started fleeing hospitals, the government directed officials to stamp the left hand of those quarantined at home using indelible ink?
Fulham Pottery	2020-04-15		3,598	149.9	... that the Fulham Pottery, founded in London in 1672, operated for over 300 years?
Tamara Levitt	2020-04-27		1,786	148.8	... that Tamara Levitt is the Head of Mindfulness?
Clyde A. Lynch	2020-04-15		3,570	148.8	... that students at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania, asked for President Clyde A. Lynch's name to be removed from a memorial hall as it reminded them of lynching?
Dick Johnson Is Dead	2020-04-19		1,766	147.2	... that in the film Dick Johnson Is Dead, director Kirsten Johnson has her elderly father act out different ways – some of them violent "accidents" – in which he could die?
Emma Wilson (sailor)	2020-04-07		3,502	145.9	... that British windsurfer Emma Wilson won the under-15 Techno 293 World Championships at the age of 12?
Gavin Dempsey	2020-04-08		3,492	145.5	... that professional Smash Bros. player Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey was considered the best Bowser Jr. player in the world, but started winning tournaments only after switching to other characters?
Billy (Black Christmas)	2020-04-02		3,335	145.0	... that unlike many slasher film antagonists, the true identity and motivations of the character Billy in Black Christmas are never revealed?
Ján Mlynárik	2020-04-30		1,702	141.8	... that Slovak dissident Ján Mlynárik was hunted down by the Communist authorities for criticizing the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia?
Provincial Mental Sanatorium Kortau	2020-04-17		3,402	141.7	... that hundreds of patients of the Provincial Mental Sanatorium Kortau died in Nazi Germany's Aktion T4 involuntary-euthanasia program?
Town Lake Gazebo	2020-04-13		3,292	137.1	... that the roof of the Town Lake Gazebo in Austin, Texas, is in the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid?
Corporate debt bubble	2020-04-25		1,642	136.9	... that the low interest rates of the Great Recession contributed to the corporate debt bubble?
List of Gregory Peck performances	2020-04-05		3,253	135.5	... that Gregory Peck's screen roles included Captain Ahab (pictured), Abraham Lincoln, and Josef Mengele?
Ski-BASE jumping	2020-04-25		1,626	135.5	... that during filming of the banned ski-BASE jump performed by Rick Sylvester in Yosemite Valley, the film crew were threatened with arrest but not caught afterwards?
American logistics in the Normandy campaign	2020-04-25		1,572	131.0	... that of the more than 1.5 million US Army servicemen in the UK in May 1944, nearly 460,000 were part of the Services of Supply, which was responsible for American logistics in the Normandy campaign?
Luo Shuzhang	2020-04-24		1,566	130.5	... that orphanage director Luo Shuzhang was accused of raising "little communists"?
Muhammad al-Riquti	2020-04-23		1,556	129.6	... that Muhammad al-Riquti taught Muslims, Christians, and Jews at his school under the patronage of the future Alfonso X of Castile?
Essex Market	2020-04-28		1,548	129.0	... that Essex Market was built as part of New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia's "war on pushcarts"?
Václav Kopecký	2020-04-16		3,080	128.3	... that Czechoslovak Communist politician Václav Kopecký "distinguished himself with antisemitic diatribes" and stage-managed an antisemitic show trial?
Orobanche rapum-genistae	2020-04-24		1,529	127.4	... that the parasitic greater broomrape usually grows on the roots of the common broom or the European gorse?
Riverside Church	2020-04-10		3,052	127.1	... that Riverside Church in Manhattan includes a movie theater, gymnasium, and observation deck, and formerly contained a bowling alley?
Constitution Party (United States, 1952)	2020-04-08		3,046	126.9	... that during the 1952 U.S. presidential election, the Constitution Party gave its presidential and vice-presidential nominations to Douglas MacArthur and Harry F. Byrd, respectively, without their permission?
Abel Azcona	2020-04-03		3,033	126.4	... that Abel Azcona is known as the "enfant terrible" of Spanish contemporary art?
Kateryna Skarzhynska	2020-04-19		1,512	126.0	... that Kateryna Skarzhynska founded Ukraine's first private museum, housing archaeological artifacts, scientific books, and her collection of more than 2,100 Ukrainian Easter eggs (examples pictured)?
Early Swallows	2020-04-19		1,510	125.9	... that the 2019 Ukrainian teen drama Early Swallows was responsible for a 600-percent increase in calls to a mental-health helpline?
Monster Truck Madness	2020-04-03		3,021	125.9	... that the 1996 racing video game Monster Truck Madness was designed to accurately simulate monster-truck events such as drag tracks and enclosed circuit races?
National Union of Freedom Fighters	2020-04-09		2,996	124.8	... that the National Union of Freedom Fighters in Trinidad and Tobago was the only group to sustain a guerrilla insurgency in the modern English-speaking Caribbean over an extended period of time?
Sylvia Rose Ashby	2020-04-20		1,493	124.4	... that Sylvia Rose Ashby, an Australian market researcher, was once threatened with arrest if she did not stop surveying popular opinion on the Second World War?
Leonard G. Montefiore	2020-04-09		2,976	124.0	... that Leonard Montefiore organised an airlift of hundreds of Jewish orphans who had survived Nazi concentration camps?
Typhoon Emma (1959)	2020-04-27		1,472	122.6	... that a fisherman who was presumed dead during Typhoon Emma in 1959 returned for his funeral meal ten days later?
The Level, Brighton	2020-04-16		2,934	122.3	... that 7,000 residents of Brighton, England, ate plum pudding and roast beef and played kiss-in-the-ring at The Level to celebrate Napoleon's defeat in 1814?
Psalm 31	2020-04-10		2,916	121.4	... that according to Luke the Evangelist, the last words of Jesus on the cross came from Psalm 31?
Willigis Jäger	2020-04-11		2,871	120.0	... that Willigis Jäger, a German Benedictine friar, studied Zen for six years with Yamada Koun in Japan and introduced it to his order?
Carole Baskin	2020-04-29		1,428	119.0	... that at the age of seventeen, Tiger King subject Carole Baskin used llamas for a lawn-trimming business?
Notarial Archives	2020-04-30		1,422	118.5	... that 15th-century documents from the Notarial Archives of Malta were almost thrown away in 2008?
Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health	2020-04-12		2,839	118.3	... that in a 1902 U.S. Supreme Court case, a ship owner alleged that the real purpose of Louisiana's quarantine laws was to keep Italian immigrants out of New Orleans?
Hans Lauda	2020-04-19		1,410	117.5	... that Austrian industrialist Hans Lauda was critical of his grandson Niki's Formula One ambitions, as he believed that "a Lauda should be on the economic pages of the newspaper, not the sports pages"?
Combe Hay Locks	2020-04-06		2,821	117.5	... that in eight years, the Somerset Coal Canal used three different ways of climbing a 130-foot (40 m) valley—first with caisson locks, then an inclined plane, and finally a flight of 22 locks?
Auguste Delaherche	2020-04-11		2,811	117.5	... that French potter Auguste Delaherche was said to have used clay dug from his garden, and only fired his kiln once a year?
Bx15 (New York City bus)	2020-04-15		2,802	116.7	... that when the Third Avenue/125th Street Line was extended across Manhattan, it was celebrated with a seven-day carnival in Harlem?
Red Dead Online	2020-04-30		1,391	115.9	... that a temporary period of snowfall was added to Red Dead Online to celebrate Christmas in 2019?
Peel Marina	2020-04-18		2,750	114.6	... that local residents complained about "potentially hazardous waste" being dredged from Peel Marina on the Isle of Man in 2015, only for toxic cadmium to be found there five years later?
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (soundtrack)	2020-04-23		1,372	114.3	... that actor Erik Knudsen worked with Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene, his favorite band, in a fictional band based on them for the soundtrack of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World?
Potters Crouch	2020-04-29		1,361	113.4	... that the potter of Potters Crouch may have been Le Pottere, whose son was also a Pottere?
Sunset Park, Brooklyn	2020-04-16		2,708	112.8	... that many homes in the neighborhood of Sunset Park were "inexpensive imitations" of upper-class brownstones elsewhere in Brooklyn?
WKZX (Maine)	2020-04-27		1,346	112.2	... that the Federal Communications Commission found that the owner of Maine radio station WKZX had "abdicated financial control" of the business?
Open Secrets: India's Intelligence Unveiled	2020-04-27		1,344	112.0	... that the 2005 book Open Secrets reveals how assets of Indian intelligence agencies, including aircraft, were used by politicians and their families for private purposes?
Monster Island (play-by-mail game)	2020-04-07		2,677	111.5	... that Monster Island won an Origins Award for the best new play-by-mail game of 1990?
Dayton Moore	2020-04-25		1,336	111.4	... that Dayton Moore, general manager of the Kansas City Royals, held an anti-pornography seminar for the baseball team in 2018?
Carol Shanahan	2020-04-25		1,332	111.0	... that Carol Shanahan bought Port Vale F.C. because she felt that "a loved one was held hostage and someone had to pay the ransom"?
Donal Reid	2020-04-25		1,327	110.6	... that former Gaelic footballer Donal Reid used his bare hands to put out the flames when a woman's coat caught fire in his church?
East Knoyle War Memorial	2020-04-26		1,321	110.1	... that among those commemorated by the East Knoyle War Memorial are three brothers who died in the First World War, twelve soldiers killed in the Second, and one killed by friendly fire in the Iraq War?
Pasquinade	2020-04-29		1,319	109.9	... that the pasquinade, a form of satire usually in verse or prose, is named after Pasquino, a Hellenistic statue in Rome on which anonymous postings were made?
Pompton Junction station	2020-04-06		2,630	109.6	... that a shootout broke out at Pompton Junction station in New Jersey in 1874 over $600 worth of stolen metal and clothing?
Wande (rapper)	2020-04-04		2,588	107.9	... that Nigerian-American Christian hip hop artist Wande became interested in rapping after her biology teacher allowed her to compose a rap about cellular transport?
Costard (apple)	2020-04-26		1,286	107.2	... that costermongers are named after the costard, a variety of apple that they sold?
Akil Thomas	2020-04-24		1,286	107.2	... that ice hockey player Akil Thomas runs a clothing company that embraces his Barbadian heritage?
James John Joicey	2020-04-27		1,272	106.0	... that amateur entomologist James John Joicey had a collection of 1.5 million butterflies?
Maria van Pallaes	2020-04-14		2,538	105.7	... that Maria van Pallaes allowed both Catholics and Protestants to live in her almshouses, which was unusual for the time?
Batted ball	2020-04-14		2,508	104.5	... that baseball coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a batted ball in 2007?
Jersey Football Association	2020-04-10		2,484	103.5	... that the Jersey Football Association applied for UEFA membership after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that UEFA must allow them to do so?
169th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)	2020-04-24		1,238	103.2	... that before the opening of a new subway line, passengers at the 169th Street station in Queens had to wait just to get to the platform during rush hours?
Max Laeuger	2020-04-23		1,236	103.0	... that Max Laeuger was a German potter, artist, and architect who won an Olympic medal?
I Know That My Redeemer Lives	2020-04-12		2,467	102.8	... that the 1775 Easter hymn "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" became popular in both the United Kingdom and the United States, albeit with different words?
Kristin Goss	2020-04-15		2,466	102.8	... that United States Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens cited political scientist Kristin Goss in a case related to gun control?
Troy Collings	2020-04-12		2,466	102.8	... that while living in China, the New Zealand tour guide Troy Collings co-founded a company specialising in tours of North Korea?
Hiyori Nitta	2020-04-12		2,436	101.5	... that Hiyori Nitta was inspired to become a Japanese voice actress after watching HeartCatch PreCure!, the only anime that she was allowed to watch while studying for her examinations?
John Peyton (Royal Navy officer)	2020-04-13		2,422	100.9	... that a letter written by John Peyton to his wife contains one of the few surviving first-hand accounts of the Battle of the Nile?
MAX Light Rail	2020-04-11		2,406	100.5	... that the MAX Light Rail system in Portland, Oregon, includes North America's deepest transit station, at 260 ft (79 m) below ground?
Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2	2020-04-25		1,194	99.5	... that American rapper Lil Uzi Vert (pictured) took more than a year to release his second studio album Eternal Atake, but released its deluxe edition only a week later?
Calendrical Calculations	2020-04-21		1,183	98.6	... that the book Calendrical Calculations has been called "the most extensive and detailed publication on calendar systems" since Friedrich Karl Ginzel's work in the early 20th century?
Aplysina cavernicola	2020-04-15		2,328	97.0	... that the sponge Aplysina cavernicola (pictured) has been used as a model organism to monitor the presence of isotopes such as americium-241 in seawater?
John Tiedtke	2020-04-20		1,155	96.2	... that John Tiedtke, heir to a grocery- and department-store fortune, sponsored a Bach festival and served as its president?
Aceria guerreronis	2020-04-30		1,150	95.8	... that coconut mites can be dispersed by wind, or perhaps by hitching a lift?
North West Liberties of Londonderry	2020-04-20		1,142	95.2	... that there were doubts regarding in which County Londonderry constituency the freeholders of the North West Liberties of Londonderry could vote?
2020 Zagreb earthquake	2020-04-28		1,140	95.0	... that part of the spire of Zagreb Cathedral broke off during a 2020 earthquake?
Camp Jened	2020-04-30		1,116	93.0	... that Camp Jened, a summer camp for disabled people, was heavily influenced by the 1960s counterculture and hippie values?
Fangyi	2020-04-27		1,112	92.7	... that bronze fangyi vessels are thought to have been used for food or wine offerings to ancestors in Bronze Age China?
1992 St. George earthquake	2020-04-24		1,110	92.5	... that the 1992 St. George earthquake caused more damage outside St. George, Utah, than within it?
Sallyanne Payton	2020-04-30		1,100	91.7	... that Sallyanne Payton, Stanford Law School's first African-American graduate, served as an adviser for the Clinton Health Care Reform Task Force?
Texas rice production	2020-04-08		2,167	90.3	... that the Houston Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Pacific Railroad invited Japanese farmers to advise them about rice production in Texas?
Leah Lowenstein	2020-04-20		1,082	90.2	... that nephrologist and cellist Leah Lowenstein, an advocate for women in medicine, was the first female dean of a co-educational medical school in the United States?
Nikita Salogor	2020-04-18		2,145	89.4	... that Moldavian leader Nikita Salogor called for an expansion of the borders of Soviet Moldavia in 1946, which may have led to his removal from office later that year?
Indian Military Academy	2020-04-29		1,063	88.6	... that the first batch of cadets from the Indian Military Academy included the future army chiefs of Pakistan, Burma, and India?
2020 Gibraltar Open	2020-04-12		2,116	88.1	... that some snooker matches at the 2020 Gibraltar Open were played without a referee?
Mary Catherine Phillips	2020-04-30		689	57.4	... that Mary Catherine Phillips, author of Skin Deep. The Truth About Beauty Aids – Safe and Harmful, was a member of the board of directors of Consumers' Research in Bowerstown, New Jersey?
Bowerstown, New Jersey			354	29.5
Total			1,044	87.0
Naomi Munakata	2020-04-27		1,044	87.0	... that Naomi Munakata, who began singing in a choir at the age of seven, served as the choral conductor of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo from 1995 to 2013?
Littlefield Fountain	2020-04-20		1,026	85.5	... that the Littlefield Fountain is a war memorial at the University of Texas at Austin commemorating students and alumni who died in World War I?
Alphabetland	2020-04-26		1,024	85.3	... that punk pioneer band X's 2020 album Alphabetland, released on the 40th anniversary of their debut album Los Angeles, was the first featuring the original lineup in 35 years?
Ant Clemons	2020-04-28		1,023	85.2	... that Ant Clemons wrote a song a day in exchange for rent while sleeping on his friends' floor?
Whitecliff Bay and Bembridge Ledges	2020-04-13		2,045	85.2	... that fossils from twenty-one species of mammals have been identified at Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight?
Htupayon Pagoda	2020-04-19		1,020	85.0	... that the Htupayon Pagoda in Sagaing, Myanmar, has been hit by at least five major earthquakes and rebuilt three times?
Amar Asha	2020-04-22		1,007	83.9	... that Mahatma Gandhi praised the Gujarati-language poem "Amar Asha" ('Immortal Hope'), saying that both Hindus and Muslims "should be proud of it"?
360 Newbury Street	2020-04-14		1,992	83.0	... that a Tower Records store at 360 Newbury Street, Boston, was the largest record store in the United States upon its opening in 1987?
Lucien Sève	2020-04-27		988	82.4	... that French philosopher Lucien Sève wrote a four-volume work focusing on his perceived problems with various interpretations of Marxism?
Lin Wenzheng	2020-04-22		985	82.1	... that painter Lin Wenzheng translated A Brief History of Chinese Fiction from Chinese to French while in prison?
Mir Jumla III	2020-04-30		981	81.8	... that Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar said: "The word and seal of Mir Jumla III are the word and seal of Farrukhsiyar"?
1982 Women's Cricket World Cup	2020-04-24		587	48.9	... that despite being the third edition of the tournament, the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup featured the first final held in the tournament's history?
1982 Women's Cricket World Cup Final			392	32.7
Total			979	81.6
Bellamy's	2020-04-26		972	81.0	... that the first act passed by the New Zealand Parliament was the "Bellamy's Bill", which permitted the sale of alcohol on the parliamentary premises?
Cheng Lai-king	2020-04-24		952	79.4	... that Hong Kong politician Cheng Lai-king has represented her constituency in the Central and Western District Council since its creation in 1994?
Censorship of the Bible	2020-04-04		1,900	79.2	... that a Presbyterian–Catholic New Testament in Taiwanese Hokkien was confiscated by the government in 1975 for using the Latin alphabet instead of Chinese characters?
Colin Grainger	2020-04-29		940	78.4	... that England international footballer Colin Grainger was also a professional singer and shared a bill with the Beatles?
2000 FA Charity Shield	2020-04-02		1,781	77.4	... that Chelsea chairman Ken Bates attempted to hang a joke medal around the neck of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson as a peace offering after the 2000 FA Charity Shield?
Credo (Penderecki)	2020-04-28		912	76.0	... that a recording of Credo, composed by Krzysztof Penderecki (pictured) for five soloists, choirs and orchestra for the 1998 Oregon Bach Festival, won a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance?
The Mandalorian (Star Wars character)	2020-04-21		901	75.1	... that the title character of the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian was partially inspired by Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name and the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa?
Cale Morris	2020-04-06		1,800	75.0	... that ice hockey goaltender Cale Morris won Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Goaltender of the Year after going undrafted into the United States Hockey League?
Alexandre Maspoli	2020-04-29		898	74.8	... that French weightlifter Alexandre Maspoli, who won a medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games, later competed in the sculpture event at the 1924 Summer Olympics?
Rei Matsuzaki	2020-04-07		1,792	74.7	... that Japanese voice actress Rei Matsuzaki wrote a newspaper sports column on the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team?
Northgate, West Sussex	2020-04-05		1,788	74.5	... that when the shopping parade and accompanying flats in Northgate, West Sussex, were first built, every flat was mistakenly given the same door lock and key?
Eugene W. Chafin	2020-04-14		1,784	74.3	... that Eugene W. Chafin, the Prohibition Party presidential candidate in 1908 and in 1912, had a brick thrown at him during the Springfield race riot?
John Early (educator)	2020-04-22		892	74.3	... that during John Early's presidency of Georgetown University, the school was occupied three times by the Union Army but never ceased classes?
William Roper Hull	2020-04-04		1,777	74.0	... that Canadian rancher William Roper Hull is credited with the first use of fences in cattle ranching in Calgary?
Longview Museum of Fine Arts	2020-04-21		882	73.5	... that the Longview Museum of Fine Arts in Texas was founded by the Junior Service League of Longview, whose members transported paintings in their own station wagons?
Cimicidae	2020-04-11		1,726	72.1	... that birds, bats and humans are the main hosts of members of the bed bug family?
Shiny Suit Theory	2020-04-23		864	72.0	... that the song "Shiny Suit Theory" was the result of a chance meeting between Jay Electronica and Jay-Z at a birthday party?
Silke Bühler-Paschen	2020-04-23		855	71.2	... that Silke Bühler-Paschen was the first woman to become a full professor of physics at TU Wien in 2005?
Giovanni Antonio Grassi	2020-04-21		853	71.1	... that after serving as president of Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., Giovanni Antonio Grassi became the confessor to King Charles Felix and Queen Maria Cristina of Sardinia?
Constance Kies	2020-04-07		1,684	70.2	... that although Constance Kies was a nutrition scientist, she majored in English, and minored in history, geography, library science, and home economics?
Enderby Jackson	2020-04-15		1,672	69.7	... that Enderby Jackson, the founder of the traditional British brass band contest, was raised to be a tallow chandler?
2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack	2020-04-18		1,668	69.5	... that an attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi may have been triggered by protests against a 150-percent fee hike?
Leonela Paola Yúdica	2020-04-14		1,664	69.3	... that International Boxing Federation flyweight world champion Leonela Paola Yúdica won a house in a raffle?
Milagros Benet de Mewton	2020-04-26		829	69.1	... that Milagros Benet de Mewton, a US citizen, fought for women's suffrage to be extended to Puerto Rico because the 19th Amendment did not apply to US unincorporated territories?
Charles Montier	2020-04-04		1,644	68.5	... that Charles Montier raced a modified version of the mass-produced Ford Model T in the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1923?
The Dale Jr. Download	2020-04-19		816	68.0	... that Dale Jr. did not host The Dale Jr. Download for the podcast's first four years?
1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match	2020-04-27		816	68.0	... that the Lebanon national football team played their first official match in Tel Aviv 80 years ago today?
Macaranga triloba	2020-04-25		810	67.5	... that the tree Macaranga triloba encourages the ants that defend it by providing them with food bodies?
Edward Ardolino	2020-04-20		802	66.8	... that Edward Ardolino sculpted and carved Art Deco architectural works including the central Los Angeles Public Library and the Nebraska State Capitol?
Sato Project	2020-04-23		784	65.3	... that Sato Project founder Christina Beckles, who coordinates the travel of stray dogs from Puerto Rico to the mainland United States for adoption, is allergic to dogs?
Nashom Wooden	2020-04-22		780	65.0	... that American performing artist Nashom Wooden starred in an off-Broadway play titled My Pet Homo with drag queen RuPaul?
Bartsia alpina	2020-04-18		1,541	64.2	... that although the alpine bartsia has a wide range in Europe and North America, it is known in the British Isles only from a few locations in northern England and the central Scottish Highlands?
White-browed tit-warbler	2020-04-05		1,526	63.6	... that the white-browed tit-warbler has been found to practice cooperative breeding?
Ude Dil Befikre	2020-04-26		762	63.5	... that actor Ranveer Singh was slapped 21 times while filming the music video for "Ude Dil Befikre"?
Darmstädter Ferienkurse	2020-04-26		759	63.2	... that the Darmstädter Ferienkurse ('Darmstadt Summer Courses') were initiated in 1946 to reconnect German contemporary music to the international scene after the genre's suppression by the Nazis?
Charles W. Lyons	2020-04-12		1,508	62.8	... that Charles W. Lyons was the only Jesuit and likely the only educator in the United States to have been president of four different colleges?
Hatherton Flush	2020-04-26		510	42.5	... that Hatherton Flush, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hatherton, supports an abundance of orchids, including the marsh helleborine, which is rare in Cheshire?
Hatherton, Cheshire			234	19.5
Total			744	62.0
Robert Molyneux	2020-04-26		736	61.3	... that Robert Molyneux established the first parochial school in the United States in 1782?
Cape God	2020-04-08		1,456	60.6	... that Allie X gained inspiration for her album Cape God after watching a documentary about the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts?
San Michele Arcangelo ai Corridori di Borgo	2020-04-25		727	60.6	... that a fresco depicting the Nursing Madonna was found in the churchyard of San Michele Arcangelo ai Corridori di Borgo in Rome?
Desmoncus	2020-04-06		1,452	60.5	... that most species in the palm genus Desmoncus climb using grappling hook–like structures called acanthopylls?
John W. Walsh	2020-04-25		710	59.1	... that John W. Walsh founded several non-profits around alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a condition that had fewer than 5,000 recorded cases when he was diagnosed with it?
1968 European Cup Final	2020-04-19		704	58.7	... that Manchester United became the first English football team to win the European Cup by defeating Benfica in the 1968 final?
Kirk Deighton SSSI	2020-04-27		695	57.9	... that Kirk Deighton, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, has one of the largest known breeding populations of great crested newt in the United Kingdom?
KXJZ	2020-04-18		1,382	57.6	... that professional journalists commended a student reporter at Sacramento radio station KERS for refusing to reveal her source for a story about California governor Ronald Reagan not paying taxes?
Morgenstern der finstern Nacht	2020-04-06		1,380	57.5	... that in the 1657 hymn "Morgenstern der finstern Nacht" with text by Angelus Silesius, the glory of Jesus is likened to a thousand suns?
KETX (TV)	2020-04-05		1,375	57.3	... that after ceasing operations, the owner of television station KETX in Tyler, Texas, was sued for nearly $6,000 in unreturned film rentals?
George Dudley	2020-04-19		686	57.2	... that George Dudley threatened to withdraw Canada from ice hockey at the Olympic Games over the definition of an amateur?
Caha Mountains	2020-04-17		1,351	56.3	... that the Caha Mountains in south-west County Cork are notable for the presence of Minuartia recurva, a montane sandwort not otherwise found in Ireland?
Genda Phool	2020-04-22		670	55.8	... that Karan Johar launched the pop song "Genda Phool" on social media during India's coronavirus lockdown?
Charles Wilkins (writer)	2020-04-19		666	55.5	... that Charles Wilkins, who wrote prolifically about the history of Wales, was described as "an Englishman with a Welshman's enthusiasm"?
Dorothy Horrell	2020-04-28		658	54.9	... that Dorothy Horrell, Chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver, credits her experience in a 4-H farm youth exchange program in Taiwan for developing her ideas on leadership and community?
George Insole	2020-04-26		658	54.8	... that George Insole pioneered the introduction and early success of South Wales steam coal in the London and international markets?
Primary One Admission System	2020-04-02		1,223	53.2	... that public primary schools in Hong Kong are required to admit siblings of current students?
Climate sensitivity	2020-04-15		1,276	53.2	... that if climate sensitivity is on the high end of scientists' estimates, it may be impossible to achieve the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F)?
Kurti cabinet	2020-04-20		633	52.8	... that a vote of no confidence was successfully brought against the Kurti cabinet following a cabinet minister's dismissal over disagreements on how to manage the coronavirus pandemic in Kosovo?
Paleotempestology	2020-04-30		632	52.7	... that tropical cyclones leave deposits in lakes that can be used to reconstruct past cyclonic activity?
Charles Spencer Francis	2020-04-17		1,238	51.6	... that Cornell University student Charles Spencer Francis, who later became the U.S. ambassador to Austria, set the world record for intercollegiate single-scull rowing in 1876?
KJSK	2020-04-21		617	51.4	... that an early program feature on Nebraska radio station KJSK was a cooking show hosted by the owner's wife from her kitchen?
KNKL (FM)	2020-04-03		1,218	50.7	... that station staff had to throw snowballs to knock the ice off the aging transmitter of radio station KWCR-FM at Weber State University in Utah?
Burkina Faso at the 2012 Summer Paralympics	2020-04-11		1,198	50.1	... that the two road cyclists who represented Burkina Faso at the 2012 Summer Paralympics had to share a handcycle due to a lack of resources?
Laverne Antrobus	2020-04-13		1,198	49.9	... that Laverne Antrobus has appeared on the BBC giving advice and information on child psychology since 2004?
Port Charlotte Town Center	2020-04-19		597	49.8	... that the Maas Brothers store at Port Charlotte Town Center was never opened due to the bankruptcy of its parent company Allied Stores?
Thomas Stephens (historian)	2020-04-21		589	49.1	... that historian Thomas Stephens is considered to have done more to raise the standards of the National Eisteddfod of Wales than any other Welshman of his time?
Francis Rapp	2020-04-25		566	47.2	... that French medievalist Francis Rapp, who taught at three universities in Strasbourg, specialised in the history of Alsace?
KTLV	2020-04-24		566	47.1	... that Oklahoma station KRMC dropped its all-news radio format in part because its management felt that it did not work well on a daytime-only station?
Maslama ibn Hisham	2020-04-10		1,131	47.1	... that the capture of the southern caverns of Cappadocia and Ancyra by Maslama ibn Hisham around 739 marked the Umayyad Caliphate's last territorial gains against the Byzantine Empire?
Renée Gilly	2020-04-21		558	46.5	... that Renée Gilly studied under her parents and became a leading mezzo-soprano at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where she sang roles such as Bizet's Carmen?
Up from the Ashes (song)	2020-04-30		548	45.6	... that the Kanye West song "Up from the Ashes" invokes both the rise of the mythological phoenix and the resurrection of Jesus?
Joey Dosik	2020-04-24		542	45.2	... that Joey Dosik wrote the song "Game Winner" while recovering from a basketball-related ACL injury?
Elisabeth Lindermeier	2020-04-25		537	44.8	... that Elisabeth Lindermeier sang in performances of Wagner's Ring cycle at the Royal Opera House in London, conducted by her husband Rudolf Kempe and recorded in 1957?
Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day	2020-04-03		1,058	44.1	... that U.S. Representative John Conyers proposed legislation to create a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. during every session of Congress from 1968 to 1983, when the bill finally passed?
Alfredo Hueck	2020-04-20		520	43.3	... that Venezuelan film editor and director Alfredo Hueck became interested in film after learning how to set up his family's Betamax player?
2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election	2020-04-11		1,008	42.2	... that Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, tried to climb over a fence to vote in the 2020 committee elections after being blocked from entering the building?
Holy Trinity Church, Crockham Hill	2020-04-04		1,006	41.9	... that Holy Trinity Church in Crockham Hill, Kent, regained ecclesiastical independence after a vicar was translated there from St Mark's Church in Royal Tunbridge Wells?
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (opera)	2020-04-26		500	41.6	... that Haroun and the Sea of Stories, an opera by Charles Wuorinen, is based on a children's novel by Salman Rushdie about free imagination in battle with thought control?
Heinz Imdahl	2020-04-24		476	39.7	... that Heinz Imdahl, a baritone at the Bavarian State Opera, appeared as Beethoven's Pizarro at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and as Wagner's Hans Sachs at the Philadelphia Opera?
Ben Sherwood (Holby City)	2020-04-15		948	39.5	... that actor Charlie Condou was offered the role of Ben Sherwood in Holby City without an audition?
ROF Newport	2020-04-08		938	39.1	... that Laura Knight's painting Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring was painted at ROF Newport in Wales and features one of the factory's workers?
Freimut Duve	2020-04-21		462	38.5	... that Freimut Duve became the first OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media after serving as a member of the Bundestag from 1980 to 1998?
Arthur R. M. Spaid	2020-04-10		919	38.3	... that Delaware State Commissioner of Education Arthur R. M. Spaid was also a naturalist and photographer who gave more than 100 lectures?
Le Concert Spirituel	2020-04-22		450	37.5	... that Le Concert Spirituel played Handel's open-air music at the Proms with an ensemble that comprised 18 oboes, 9 trumpets, 9 trombones, and strings?
Alice Birch	2020-04-05		895	37.3	... that Alice Birch's play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. was inspired by Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto?
Henny Wolff	2020-04-16		893	37.2	... that soprano and voice teacher Henny Wolff performed lieder by Hermann Reutter at the inaugural Ferienkurse für internationale neue Musik in Darmstadt in 1946, with the composer at the piano?
1990–91 Coventry City F.C. season	2020-04-14		878	36.6	... that Coventry City defeated Football League Cup holders Nottingham Forest 5–4 in 1990, with a player from each team scoring a hat-trick before half-time?
Srećko Albini	2020-04-24		436	36.3	... that Srećko Albini, a conductor at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, composed operettas that were also performed in Venice, London, and New York?
Ulrich Stranz	2020-04-20		430	35.9	... that Ulrich Stranz composed Musik für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 for piano and orchestra, which premiered in Munich with Margarita Höhenrieder as the soloist in 1983?
Jo Vincent	2020-04-10		860	35.8	... that Dutch soprano Jo Vincent appeared in Willem Mengelberg's 1939 recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, and in the world premiere of Britten's Spring Symphony in 1949?
Time (Childish Gambino song)	2020-04-27		424	35.4	... that the song "Time" debuted in Childish Gambino's 2019 film Guava Island before being included on his 2020 album 3.15.20?
I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses	2020-04-12		838	34.9	... that I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses is an 1875 Easter anthem by Arthur Sullivan for solo tenor, mixed choir, and organ, setting a passage from the Book of Isaiah?
KUOP	2020-04-19		388	32.3	... that when the College of the Pacific started a radio station, it had to settle for the call sign KCVN because a police facility held the rights to KCOP?
Trichophorum cespitosum	2020-04-04		766	31.9	... that flatter mires in montane regions of Europe are often dominated by deergrass and cottongrass?
Development of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	2020-04-04		761	31.7	... that about eight months of story were scrapped during the development of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End after new directors came on board?
Malayanil	2020-04-03		755	31.5	... that Indian writer Malayanil was a pioneer of modern short-story writing in the Gujarati language?
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (Purcell)	2020-04-17		744	31.0	... that the second of Henry Purcell's two settings of Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts was composed in an earlier style for the funeral of Queen Mary II of England?
Diether de la Motte	2020-04-05		742	30.9	... that Diether de la Motte, who taught composition and music theory in Berlin and Vienna, wrote an opera that premiered at the Staatsoper Hannover in 1970?
Peter Minich	2020-04-22		350	29.1	... that Peter Minich was a lead tenor for Viennese operettas at the Volksoper in the 1960s and 1970s?
Garrett Batty	2020-04-18		694	28.9	... that film director Garrett Batty wrote the script for The Saratov Approach while recovering from heart surgery?
Violin Sonata No. 2 (Stanford)	2020-04-02		660	28.7	... that Charles Villiers Stanford's Violin Sonata No. 2 was first performed in 1898, but had not yet been published when it was first recorded in the 1990s?
Bill Beagan	2020-04-26		320	26.6	... that Central Collegiate Hockey Association commissioner Bill Beagan signed the first national television contract for colleges in the United States?
KSEG (FM)	2020-04-29		314	26.2	... that California governor Pete Wilson celebrated his 60th birthday as a DJ on Sacramento radio station KSEG?
Violin Sonata No. 1 (Stanford)	2020-04-29		292	24.3	... that Charles Villiers Stanford's Violin Sonata No. 1 was first performed in Cambridge, by violinist Ludwig Straus and the composer at the piano?
Three Latin Motets	2020-04-07		581	24.2	... that Three Latin Motets, Charles Villiers Stanford's only church music not in English, was dedicated to Alan Gray, who succeeded him as organist at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the college's choir?
1946 Cook County, Illinois elections	2020-04-09		560	23.3	... that Richard J. Daley suffered his only electoral defeat when he ran for sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, in 1946?
List of songs recorded by Luis Miguel	2020-04-29		274	22.8	... that Luis Miguel's duet with Frank Sinatra, "Come Fly with Me", is the only English-language song that he has released to date?
Paul Mägi	2020-04-13		526	21.9	... that Paul Mägi, principal conductor of the Estonian National Opera, conducted the first recording of Eino Tamberg's opera Cyrano de Bergerac?

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