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Low | 22.5 | List of awards and nominations received by Kyla | 141.2 | Anna Blackburne | 22.5 | List of awards and nominations received by Kyla |
Median | 265.8 | Tan See Boo Selection algorithm |
609.7 | Dolwyddelan Castle | 296.2 | Jenise Spiteri |
High | 9,789.6 | Thai typewriter | 2,158.1 | Yokcushlu | 9,789.6 | Thai typewriter |
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[edit]Article | Date | Image | views | vph | DYK hook |
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Thai typewriter | 2023-08-27 | 117,476 | 9,789.6 | ... that the first Thai typewriter left out two letters, which eventually became obsolete? | |
668 St. Cloud Road | 2023-08-23 | 28,704 | 2,392.0 | ... that Nancy Reagan was hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic? | |
Yokcushlu | 2023-08-23 | ![]() |
25,897 | 2,158.1 | ... that Yokcushlu (pictured) was taken hostage on HMS Beagle and named after a basket? |
Grant's Tomb | 2023-08-31 | ![]() |
39,746 | 1,656.1 | ... that by the late 20th century, many tourists did not know who was entombed in Grant's Tomb (pictured)? |
Martha Holliday | 2023-08-27 | ![]() |
19,852 | 1,654.3 | ... that a 1940s pin-up photograph (shown) of dancer and actress Martha Holliday reportedly "created a near-panic in the United States Senate"? |
Mckenna Grace | 2023-08-15 | ![]() |
34,616[a] | 1,442.3 | ... that Mckenna Grace (pictured) has portrayed younger versions of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Tonya Harding, and Captain Marvel? |
List of Mckenna Grace performances | 5,024 | 209.3 | |||
Total | 39,640 | 1,651.6 | |||
Kabwe mine | 2023-08-27 | ![]() |
19,495 | 1,624.6 | ... that the Kabwe mine produced crystals and a fossilised pre-human skull (replica pictured), and has poisoned hundreds of thousands of people? |
Yekaterina Stravinsky | 2023-08-07 | ![]() |
37,390 | 1,557.9 | ... that Igor Stravinsky said of his cousin and first wife, Yekaterina Nosenko (pictured), that they were "closer than lovers sometimes are"? |
Olivia Benson (cat) | 2023-08-24 | 18,446 | 1,537.2 | ... that John Cleese once called Olivia Benson "the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life"? | |
New York Biltmore Hotel | 2023-08-17 | ![]() |
33,588 | 1,399.5 | ... that the kissing room of the New York Biltmore Hotel (pictured) remained after the rest of the hotel had been demolished? |
Sundari painting | 2023-08-02 | ![]() |
28,316 | 1,179.8 | ... that Sundari paintings (example pictured) were a popular type of erotic art in 19th-century British India? |
Gauthierite | 2023-08-28 | ![]() |
13,937 | 1,161.4 | ... that the mineral gauthierite (pictured) has only been found in one location, and only on very few specimens? |
Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg | 2023-08-06 | 25,862[b] | 1,077.6 | ... that Elon Musk plans to fight Mark Zuckerberg by lying on top of him? | |
Trade-dollar locket | 2023-08-09 | ![]() |
24,660 | 1,027.5 | ... that the trade-dollar locket (example pictured) has also been referred to as an opium dollar? |
Fanya Baron | 2023-08-07 | 23,953 | 998.0 | ... that Fanya Baron resisted her prison guards and had to be carried to the place of her execution? | |
Blotter art | 2023-08-19 | ![]() |
22,129 | 922.0 | ... that you've probably eaten blotter art (examples pictured) if you've ever taken LSD? |
Diego Mateo Zapata | 2023-08-06 | ![]() |
21,884 | 911.8 | ... that the Spanish Inquisition sentenced Diego Mateo Zapata (pictured) to wear the sanbenito, receive 200 lashes, have his 600 books confiscated, and be exiled, despite being acquitted? |
Hyochang Park | 2023-08-08 | ![]() |
21,341 | 889.2 | ... that the Empire of Japan turned a Korean royal cemetery at what is now Hyochang Park into a golf course (pictured)? |
Imsil Cheese Theme Park | 2023-08-26 | ![]() |
10,521 | 876.8 | ... that Imsil Cheese Theme Park (event pictured) cost over ₩39 billion to build? |
Ain't Burned All the Bright | 2023-08-23 | ![]() |
10,424 | 868.6 | ... that Ain't Burned All the Bright (author pictured) consists of only three sentences across 384 mostly illustrated pages? |
Golfballia ambusta | 2023-08-18 | 20,296 | 845.6 | ... that three burnt golf balls are preserved at Kew Gardens as a "rare fungal species"? | |
2023 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup team | 2023-08-26 | 9,923[c] | 826.9 | ... that the 2023 US FIBA Basketball World Cup team is the first American national team of NBA players without an All-NBA player? | |
Baltimore Gold Hoard | 2023-08-07 | 19,596 | 816.5 | ... that in the 1930s two hoards of gold coins were found in a cellar in Baltimore, Maryland? | |
Peta (cat) | 2023-08-07 | 19,318 | 804.9 | ... that by 1967, staff at the Home Office were told not to feed Peta morsels of food as she had become "inordinately fat"? | |
Great Kentucky Hoard | 2023-08-02 | 19,237 | 801.5 | ... that a man found 700 gold coins on his own land in an undisclosed part of Kentucky? | |
Elisabeth Anderson Sierra | 2023-08-09 | 19,044 | 793.5 | ... that Elisabeth Anderson Sierra, nicknamed the "milk goddess", holds the Guinness World Record for the largest individual donation of breast milk? | |
Behind Closed Doors (book) | 2023-08-11 | 18,306 | 762.8 | ... that Nickelodeon storyboard artists created a book with hundreds of pornographic drawings of SpongeBob SquarePants characters? | |
Sanctioned Suicide | 2023-08-16 | 18,080[d] | 753.3 | ... that the decision to report the name of an internet forum dedicated to suicide was described by journalist Megan Twohey as one of the "biggest ethical issues that we had ever dealt with"? | |
Masonjoany | 2023-08-20 | ![]() |
17,831 | 743.0 | ... that women in Madagascar paint their faces with masonjoany (example pictured) as a form of decorative sun protection? |
Redfield Hoard | 2023-08-26 | 8,622 | 718.5 | ... that in 1974, a hoard of more than 400,000 silver dollars was discovered in Nevada? | |
Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904) | 2023-08-30 | 17,176 | 715.6 | ... that tens of thousands of New Yorkers traveled to see Dreamland burn? | |
Piri Reis map | 2023-08-28 | 8,445 | 703.8 | ... that the Piri Reis map likely contains the only surviving piece of an otherwise lost map of Christopher Columbus? | |
Emine Arslan | 2023-08-16 | 16,874 | 703.1 | ... that before Emine Arslan became a world kickboxing champion she smoked two packets of cigarettes a day? | |
Bird Thomas Baldwin | 2023-08-27 | 8,359 | 696.6 | ... that Bird Thomas Baldwin, the director of the first child research center of its kind, died due to a shaving accident? | |
Tweet Kimball | 2023-08-21 | 10,537 | 439.0 | ... that Tweet Kimball lived in a castle, herded grand-champion cattle, and preserved a petrified forest? | |
Cherokee Ranch petrified forest | 5,806 | 241.9 | |||
Total | 16,344 | 681.0 | |||
William Maldon | 2023-08-22 | 16,234 | 676.4 | ... that William Maldon learned to read, which resulted in him almost being killed by his father? | |
Herbert Jackson (crammer) | 2023-08-17 | 16,129 | 672.0 | ... that the unusual trousers worn by crammer Herbert Jackson led to rumours among students of the University of Oxford that they concealed a coiled-up tail? | |
Make-Do and Mend | 2023-08-16 | ![]() |
15,986 | 666.1 | ... that during the Second World War, the British government's campaign Make-Do and Mend (poster pictured) encouraged the public to fashion men's clothes into womenswear? |
Winston Churchill's pets | 2023-08-24 | ![]() |
7,898 | 658.1 | ... that Winston Churchill was often portrayed as a bulldog (pictured), but his personal pet dog during the Second World War was a poodle? |
Yellow sticker | 2023-08-04 | 15,544 | 647.6 | ... that a British supermarket uses barriers to prevent shoppers grabbing food with yellow discount stickers out of the hands of staff? | |
Jake Ryan (American actor) | 2023-08-14 | 15,471[e] | 644.6 | ... that Jake Ryan has acted in Wes Anderson films since he was seven? | |
Angela Merkel | 2023-08-17 | 15,436[f] | 643.2 | ... that former German chancellor Angela Merkel's grandfather likely fought against Germany in World War I? | |
Ann Corcoran (activist) | 2023-08-23 | 7,602 | 633.5 | ... that anti-refugee activist Ann Corcoran has claimed that refugees are a Muslim plot to colonize the United States? | |
Sea to Sky Gondola | 2023-08-05 | 14,886 | 620.2 | ... that the Sea to Sky Gondola was vandalized twice in two consecutive years, costing the company millions? | |
Gisele Thompson | 2023-08-24 | 7,372 | 614.4 | ... that sisters Alyssa and Gisele Thompson are the first high school students to sign a name, image, and likeness deal with Nike? | |
Misanthropy | 2023-08-23 | 7,316[g] | 609.7 | ... that some misanthropes reject humanity because of how humans treat other animals? | |
Dolwyddelan Castle | 2023-08-11 | ![]() |
14,633 | 609.7 | ... that after Dolwyddelan Castle (pictured) was captured in January 1283, its new garrison was equipped with winter camouflage of white material and stockings? |
Johanna Staude | 2023-08-25 | ![]() |
7,234 | 602.9 | ... that Gustav Klimt did not finish painting Johanna Staude's mouth in her portrait (pictured)? |
$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life! | 2023-08-31 | 14,387[h] | 599.5 | ... that MrBeast's Squid Game re-enactment was described as "perverse" and a misunderstanding of the original? | |
Project Ketch | 2023-08-23 | 7,188 | 599.0 | ... that Project Ketch proposed the detonation of a 24-kiloton nuclear device in Pennsylvania to create a natural-gas storage reservoir? | |
Hanhart syndrome | 2023-08-29 | 14,238 | 593.3 | ... that about 30 cases of Hanhart syndrome were reported between 1932 and 1991? | |
Killing of O'Shae Sibley | 2023-08-18 | 14,214[i] | 592.2 | ... that Beyoncé paid tribute to O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed after vogueing to her music, on her official website? | |
Thomas Carlyle | 2023-08-10 | ![]() |
14,085 | 586.9 | ... that Thomas Carlyle (pictured) was the first writer to use the expression "meaning of life" in English? |
Rampage (roller coaster) | 2023-08-25 | 7,030 | 585.8 | ... that Rampage was said to cause "an adrenaline-induced tingle"? | |
Berit Lindholm | 2023-08-30 | ![]() |
13,859 | 577.5 | ... that dramatic soprano Berit Lindholm (pictured) was said to have been called "that damn primary school teacher" by the director of the Royal Swedish Opera, and used it in the title of her memoir? |
Jamie Kalven | 2023-08-04 | ![]() |
13,763 | 573.5 | ... that Chicago journalist Jamie Kalven (pictured) has amassed a database of nearly 250,000 allegations against police officers? |
Mitchell Agude | 2023-08-26 | 6,771 | 564.2 | ... that although doctors said Mitchell Agude would live the rest of his life in a vegetative state following a skateboarding accident at age nine, he recovered in three days and now plays in the NFL? | |
Misfits and Magic | 2023-08-07 | 13,528 | 563.7 | ... that the creators of Misfits and Magic said that they sympathize with those who choose not to watch it? | |
Holmium | 2023-08-25 | 6,714 | 559.5 | ... that holmium has the highest magnetic moment of any naturally occurring element? | |
HeadOn | 2023-08-22 | 13,375 | 557.3 | ... that a commercial for HeadOn drew comparisons to Maoist posters, North Korean propaganda, and Hillary Clinton? | |
Chicago-style barbecue | 2023-08-09 | 13,237 | 551.5 | ... that Chicago-style barbecue is cooked in an aquarium smoker? | |
Justify My Love | 2023-08-16 | 13,110 | 546.2 | ... that the music video for the song "Justify My Love" was banned from appearing on MTV, MuchMusic, and Musique Plus for its sexual imagery? | |
Sourdough Fire | 2023-08-26 | ![]() |
6,536 | 544.7 | ... that one of three hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River continued to operate as the Sourdough Fire (pictured) burned nearby? |
Xochitl Gomez | 2023-08-31 | 13,008 | 542.0 | ... that Xochitl Gomez was aged 13 when she first auditioned for the 18-year-old America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness? | |
Iberian orca attacks | 2023-08-01 | 12,849 | 535.4 | ... that orcas have been teaching each other to attack boats? | |
Kabul synagogue | 2023-08-09 | 12,771 | 532.1 | ... that the two residents of the Kabul synagogue argued with each other so much that the Taliban imprisoned them both? | |
Ängelholm UFO memorial | 2023-08-28 | 6,366 | 530.5 | ... that the Ängelholm UFO memorial reflects the account of Swedish entrepreneur Gösta Carlsson, who attributed his success in life to encountering a UFO in 1946? | |
Paper fortune teller | 2023-08-12 | ![]() |
12,713 | 529.7 | ... that origami fortune tellers (example pictured) may have originated in Europe rather than Japan? |
Pamela Stephenson | 2023-08-14 | 12,623 | 526.0 | ... that comedian Pamela Stephenson was pleased that her 1987 book How to Be a Complete Bitch was described as "sexist, violent and crude"? | |
Fulton Street station (New York City Subway) | 2023-08-29 | ![]() |
12,604 | 525.2 | ... that before the Fulton Street station (entrance pictured) was renovated in the 2010s, a New York Times reporter said the station "might be a good spot for M. C. Escher to set up an easel"? |
Nerodia clarkii | 2023-08-05 | ![]() |
12,411 | 517.1 | ... that salt marsh snakes (examples pictured) drink only rainwater? |
Desmond Watson | 2023-08-20 | 12,386 | 516.1 | ... that at over 400 pounds (180 kg), Desmond Watson is one of the largest players in NCAA Division I football history? | |
Wilhelm Büsing | 2023-08-25 | 6,144 | 512.0 | ... that Wilhelm Büsing said that "all hell broke loose" after he won an Olympic medal? | |
John Oliver | 2023-08-18 | 12,166[j] | 506.9 | ... that John Oliver has been credited with influencing United States law and culture, a phenomenon dubbed the "John Oliver effect"? | |
The Science of Dune | 2023-08-10 | 12,108 | 504.5 | ... that The Science of Dune contains a scientific analysis of the fictional concepts from the Dune franchise, such as sandworms, stillsuits, and the fictional drug melange? | |
The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth | 2023-08-15 | 12,038 | 501.6 | ... that Lord Dunsany's story "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" may feature "the most original method of dragonslaying ever devised"? | |
Ester Sokler | 2023-08-06 | 11,868 | 494.5 | ... that Ester Sokler has claimed that he has often been mistaken for a woman? | |
Wu Xiaoyan | 2023-08-15 | 11,827 | 492.8 | ... that Wu Xiaoyan, persecuted because of her adoptive father Wu Han, committed suicide 13 days before the end of the Cultural Revolution? | |
T Express | 2023-08-10 | 11,300 | 470.8 | ... that T Express is the tallest, tenth-fastest and third-longest wooden roller coaster in the world? | |
Antimonumento +72 | 2023-08-22 | ![]() |
11,070 | 461.2 | ... that the sculpture Antimonumento +72 (pictured), which commemorates a massacre that took place thirteen years ago today, was also the site of a memorial for a March 2023 migrant center fire? |
Alix Earle | 2023-08-27 | 5,486 | 457.2 | ... that social media influencer Alix Earle's first video on TikTok featured her and her friends showcasing outfits they had made out of trash bags? | |
Catalina Estrada | 2023-08-01 | ![]() |
10,968 | 457.0 | ... that Catalina Estrada (pictured) and two of her thirteen siblings played as forwards on the same men's football team? |
Thak Thak gang | 2023-08-13 | 10,926 | 455.2 | ... that the Knock Knock Gang's modus operandi involves deceiving drivers and passengers before robbing them? | |
Project Carryall | 2023-08-31 | 10,887 | 453.6 | ... that Project Carryall proposed the detonation of 23 nuclear devices in California to build a road? | |
Barbecue bologna | 2023-08-03 | 10,856 | 452.3 | ... that Oklahoma tenderloin is baloney? | |
CSS Beaufort | 2023-08-28 | 5,422 | 451.9 | ... that CSS Beaufort fought USS Albatross in the first ship-versus-ship action of the American Civil War? | |
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | 2023-08-03 | ![]() |
10,794 | 449.7 | ... that 20,000 Species of Bees, the first feature film by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (pictured), won numerous awards at film festivals? |
Mission to the Unknown | 2023-08-01 | 10,784 | 449.4 | ... that "Mission to the Unknown" is the only Doctor Who serial not to feature the Doctor at all? | |
Battle of the Indus | 2023-08-17 | 10,776 | 449.0 | ... that when Jalal al-Din realised that he would be defeated at the Battle of the Indus, he rode his horse off a 30-foot (10 m) cliff into the Indus River? | |
Master of Magic (2022 video game) | 2023-08-26 | 5,320 | 443.3 | ... that Master of Magic, released in 2022, is a faithful remake of the 1994 classic of the same name? | |
Inheritance (Munch) | 2023-08-19 | 10,626 | 442.7 | ... that Edvard Munch's Inheritance is an inversion of the traditional artistic subject of the Madonna and Child? | |
Diamandi Djuvara | 2023-08-29 | 10,570 | 440.4 | ... that Diamandi Djuvara's last stand against the Ottoman army in Wallachia resulted in the Ottomans collecting 138 human tongues as war trophies? | |
European Sky Shield Initiative | 2023-08-14 | 10,538 | 439.1 | ... that the European Sky Shield Initiative is expected to have anti-ballistic missile capability? | |
Eye (Alexander McQueen collection) | 2023-08-24 | 5,212 | 434.3 | ... that in 1999, British designer Alexander McQueen staged an Eye in the middle of a New York hurricane? | |
Smell of freshly cut grass | 2023-08-19 | 10,162 | 423.4 | ... that the chemicals responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass are a plant defense mechanism? | |
Fire basket | 2023-08-27 | 5,060 | 421.6 | ... that fire baskets were once used to mark the main route through Danish waters from the North Sea to the Baltic? | |
Anomochilus | 2023-08-28 | 5,018 | 418.1 | ... that depending on who you ask, an anomochilid could be a dwarf or a giant? | |
Soledad Rosas | 2023-08-08 | 10,021 | 417.5 | ... that Soledad Rosas was falsely charged with eco-terrorism in Italy? | |
Panzer Dragoon | 2023-08-14 | ![]() |
9,874 | 411.4 | ... that the course of the Panzer Dragoon series (creator pictured) has been said to parallel the history of the Sega Saturn? |
Roxani Soutzos | 2023-08-13 | ![]() |
9,780 | 407.5 | ... that, commenting on her support for the egalitarian Greek Republic as a Phanariote dame, Roxani Soutzos (pictured) said it was "[b]etter to be a servant in Greece liberated than a princess in Greece enslaved"? |
Max Steinberg (soldier) | 2023-08-14 | 9,592 | 399.7 | ... that an estimated 30,000 people attended the funeral of Max Steinberg, an Israeli lone soldier who was killed during the 2014 Gaza War? | |
Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton | 2023-08-27 | 4,747 | 395.6 | ... that in 1987, an estimated one-sixth of New York City's homeless children lived at the Martinique Hotel, even though it lacked basic facilities like kitchens? | |
Josef Ng | 2023-08-28 | 4,716 | 393.0 | ... that Singaporean performance artist Josef Ng was fined S$1,000 for partially exposing his buttocks and snipping his pubic hair during a public performance? | |
Ed Bradley | 2023-08-02 | 9,400 | 391.7 | ... that Ed Bradley could get interviewees to divulge information with just his body language and facial expressions? | |
Emily and Jerry Spiegel | 2023-08-12 | 9,354 | 389.7 | ... that after Emily and Jerry Spiegel's deaths, their daughters held rival art auctions? | |
In the Land of Invented Languages | 2023-08-09 | 9,338 | 389.1 | ... that the author of In the Land of Invented Languages lived in the same town as a fluent Klingon speaker? | |
Baruch Cohen | 2023-08-09 | 9,319 | 388.3 | ... that two months after the Black September Organization assassinated Mossad operative Baruch Cohen in Madrid, his role in uncovering a Syria-directed spy ring in Israel was revealed? | |
A Plunge into Space | 2023-08-28 | ![]() |
4,626 | 385.5 | ... that the only preface (book cover pictured) Jules Verne ever wrote was likely written by somebody else? |
Kississing Lake | 2023-08-29 | 9,194 | 383.1 | ... that although Kississing Lake is threatened by water contaminated with tailings, it is the main resource for nearby residents? | |
Ivo Rojnica | 2023-08-14 | 9,177 | 382.4 | ... that in 1941 Ivo Rojnica ruled that all Serbs and Jews were banned from walking the streets of Dubrovnik at night? | |
John Ojukwu | 2023-08-22 | 9,134 | 380.6 | ... that to gain weight to increase his chance of being a college football offensive lineman, John Ojukwu went on a diet that included consuming a gallon of milk a day and sometimes whole pizzas? | |
Soviet Union boycott of the United Nations | 2023-08-11 | 9,106 | 379.4 | ... that the Soviet Union boycotted the United Nations in 1950? | |
Municipal Asphalt Plant | 2023-08-26 | 4,532 | 377.7 | ... that the walls of the Municipal Asphalt Plant's mixing plant remained standing after three weeks of attempts to demolish it? | |
One Worldwide Plaza | 2023-08-28 | 4,489 | 374.1 | ... that one critic described the lower portion of One Worldwide Plaza's facade as resembling "stone wallpaper"? | |
Tolui | 2023-08-27 | 4,452 | 371.0 | ... that one contemporary chronicler claimed that Tolui's Mongol army killed as many as three million people in less than two months? | |
Shaparak Khorsandi | 2023-08-24 | 4,436 | 369.7 | ... that Shaparak Khorsandi asked for her book to be removed from the Jhalak Prize longlist, which she considered to be "a sticker for being brown"? | |
900 West Randolph | 2023-08-13 | 8,850 | 368.8 | ... that 900 West Randolph, Chicago's first high-rise building built by a black-owned construction firm, has penthouses that can be rented for over $20,000 per month? | |
James New York – NoMad | 2023-08-08 | 8,771 | 365.5 | ... that the James New York – NoMad hotel employed a witch? | |
Skirt (song) | 2023-08-15 | 8,699 | 362.5 | ... that the stop-motion lyric video of Kylie Minogue's "Skirt" was created using more than 1,000 still photos of her posing in a hotel room? | |
Ernst Gottmann | 2023-08-21 | 8,615 | 359.0 | ... that in 1975, a cache of 20,000 of Ernst Gottmann's photographic negatives was discovered in the basement of his company's old studio? | |
Intrapersonal communication | 2023-08-20 | 8,564 | 356.8 | ... that some theorists claim that intrapersonal communication is the basis of all communication? | |
Plácido Ramón de Torres | 2023-08-29 | 8,502 | 354.2 | ... that a stamp depicting an elephant compelled Plácido Ramón de Torres to flee Italy for his native Spain? | |
Ice King | 2023-08-25 | 4,226 | 352.2 | ... that Ice King, the antagonist of television series Adventure Time, was at first received negatively by critics but later praised for representing mental health issues such as Alzheimer's disease? | |
Milly Clegg | 2023-08-04 | 8,430 | 351.2 | ... that New Zealand footballer Milly Clegg was called "an absolute unicorn" after appearing at three FIFA World Cups in under twelve months? | |
Chip Hawkes | 2023-08-17 | 8,352 | 348.0 | ... that Chip Hawkes got his nickname after turning up at gigs while covered in wood shavings? | |
Reconquest of New Netherland | 2023-08-10 | 8,228 | 342.8 | ... that on 9 August 1673 a Dutch naval squadron reconquered New York from the English? | |
Philip Sherman (cantor) | 2023-08-26 | 4,100 | 341.7 | ... that the Jewish Telegraphic Agency named Philip Sherman one of "America's Top Mohels"? | |
Crown Princess Gonghoe | 2023-08-31 | 8,194 | 341.4 | ... that King Seonjo considered necromancy for Crown Princess Gonghoe's funeral because her remains were lost during the 1592 Japanese invasion of Korea? | |
Alexander Armatas | 2023-08-24 | 4,038 | 336.5 | ... that Commander Alexander Armatas was the leader of the "Gunslingers", but now leads the Blue Angels (featured)? | |
Savoy Vaults | 2023-08-23 | 4,024 | 335.3 | ... that in 1875, Queen Victoria paid £250 to have a north London graveyard for Lutherans maintained in perpetuity? | |
Tylocephale | 2023-08-24 | 3,978 | 331.5 | ... that Tylocephale possibly used their domed skulls to fight one another? | |
Radlands (game) | 2023-08-21 | 7,911 | 329.6 | ... that the post-apocalyptic board game Radlands is illustrated in bright neon? | |
Anne Balay | 2023-08-15 | 7,840 | 326.6 | ... that historian Anne Balay wrote two books on oral histories from LGBT steelworkers and truck drivers? | |
Laura Roslin | 2023-08-12 | 7,697 | 320.7 | ... that the Battlestar Galactica character Laura Roslin has been compared to Machiavelli's Lucretia and Virgil's Dido? | |
Column of Jerash | 2023-08-12 | 7,665 | 319.4 | ... that King Hussein of Jordan gifted an ancient Roman column to New York City for the 1964–65 World's Fair? | |
Celina Mikolajczak | 2023-08-12 | 7,662 | 319.2 | ... that as an undergraduate, battery engineer Celina Mikolajczak discovered a supernova? | |
Breaking Bad (Better Call Saul) | 2023-08-24 | 3,797 | 316.4 | ... that for the Better Call Saul episode "Breaking Bad", writer and director Thomas Schnauz filmed the cameos of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman seven months before the main production? | |
KYOU-TV | 2023-08-29 | 7,501 | 312.5 | ... that an Iowa TV station operates from a former McDonald's restaurant? | |
Marc Tay | 2023-08-27 | 3,734 | 311.2 | ... that Singaporean swimmer Marc Tay served in the Gulf War as an eye surgeon? | |
Bradley Winslow | 2023-08-18 | ![]() |
7,469 | 311.2 | ... that Colonel Bradley Winslow (pictured) was brevetted by US president Abraham Lincoln for "brave and gallant conduct" during the siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War? |
Salvation Army Headquarters (Manhattan) | 2023-08-22 | 7,426 | 309.4 | ... that the current Salvation Army Headquarters replaced an earlier Manhattan building that resembled a "medieval citadel"? | |
Protect trans kids | 2023-08-02 | 7,422 | 309.2 | ... that Gwen Stacy was depicted with a "Protect Trans Kids" poster in her room in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse? | |
Jacob Sykes | 2023-08-29 | 7,372 | 307.1 | ... that National Football League player Jacob Sykes took college courses in sixth grade and assisted in teaching college courses in seventh grade? | |
Hotel Wolcott | 2023-08-06 | 7,287 | 303.6 | ... that the Hotel Wolcott had to be sold less than a year after it opened? | |
Joseph O'Callaghan | 2023-08-22 | 7,257 | 302.4 | ... that Joseph O'Callaghan died at sea while carrying papers appointing him provincial superior? | |
Favissa | 2023-08-23 | 3,625 | 302.1 | ... that favissae were underground pits dedicated to the disposal of votive offerings that were no longer in use? | |
Jenise Spiteri | 2023-08-19 | 7,108 | 296.2 | ... that in between snowboarding runs at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Jenise Spiteri ate a bao that she forgot was in her pocket? | |
Change UK | 2023-08-08 | 7,036 | 293.2 | ... that Change UK had eleven elected members of Parliament despite never actually winning an election? | |
Jaleel McLaughlin | 2023-08-21 | 6,922[k] | 288.4 | ... that Jaleel McLaughlin went from being homeless to being college football's all-time leading rusher? | |
Crusading movement | 2023-08-19 | 6,856 | 285.6 | ... that the crusading movement defined concepts of warfare throughout medieval Europe? | |
Infinity Stones | 2023-08-20 | 6,821[l] | 284.2 | ... that the Infinity Stones were not planned to be the MacGuffins of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Infinity Saga until at least 2012? | |
Barcroft Boake (poet) | 2023-08-13 | 6,812 | 283.8 | ... that Barcroft Boake, the author of one of Australia's most anthologised poems, hanged himself with a stockwhip a few months after it was published? | |
Thelma Bates (physician) | 2023-08-28 | 3,393 | 282.8 | ... that Thelma Bates's colleagues tried to discourage her from establishing the first palliative care team at a British hospital, saying it would ruin her career? | |
Our Lady of Lourdes (Kāpiti Coast) | 2023-08-24 | 3,388 | 282.3 | ... that a march of six thousand people commenced after a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes was made in Paraparaumu? | |
Bourdon House | 2023-08-03 | 6,738 | 280.8 | ... that the Duke of Westminster preferred Bourdon House to Grosvenor House? | |
Kamil Tolon | 2023-08-25 | 3,326 | 277.1 | ... that inventor Kamil Tolon manufactured the first Turkish electric engine after prime minister Adnan Menderes prohibited him from importing them? | |
KDVR | 2023-08-25 | 3,300 | 275.0 | ... that channel 31 in Denver was planned to broadcast in Spanish – until the 1980 United States census figures came out? | |
Felicia Schroeder | 2023-08-26 | 3,296 | 274.7 | ... that when Felicia Schroeder signed to play soccer for the University of South Carolina, the school did not have a sign-language interpreter available for her? | |
Ameles decolor | 2023-08-03 | 6,574 | 273.9 | ... that Ameles decolor has one of the most complex mating rituals of any praying mantis? | |
WFXR | 2023-08-30 | 4,508 | 187.8 | ... that in the span of three days, a Florida man was approved by bankruptcy courts to buy TV stations in Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia, and then arrested on charges of laundering millions in drug money? | |
WWCW | 2,014 | 83.9 | |||
Total | 6,522 | 271.8 | |||
Jewish cemetery, Lucena | 2023-08-21 | 6,502 | 270.9 | ... that the Jewish cemetery in Lucena, the largest such cemetery excavated in Spain, was discovered in 2006 during construction of the city's southern ring road? | |
Kawal (food) | 2023-08-23 | 3,243 | 270.2 | ... that fermented leaves are used to make a meat substitute in Sudan called kawal? | |
Selection algorithm | 2023-08-30 | 6,380 | 265.8 | ... that the study of selection algorithms has been traced to an 1883 work of Lewis Carroll on how to award second place in single-elimination tournaments? | |
Tan See Boo | 2023-08-27 | 3,189 | 265.8 | ... that Chinese missionary Tan See Boo moved to Singapore to work for the Presbyterian Church, but later returned to China to persuade Christians to leave the Presbyterian Church? | |
Tarantella (Stravinsky) | 2023-08-04 | 6,378 | 265.7 | ... that the only notable quality in Igor Stravinsky's "Tarantella", according to Richard Taruskin, is "how little talent it displays"? | |
Brunswick Falls | 2023-08-01 | 6,352 | 264.6 | ... that in 1835 the run of Brunswick Falls was 1,280 feet (390 m)? | |
Henry Bell (American football) | 2023-08-09 | 6,316 | 263.2 | ... that despite having never played college football, Henry Bell was able to make the roster of the NFL's Denver Broncos and served as one of the team's starting running backs in their inaugural season? | |
Jack Langer | 2023-08-10 | 6,216 | 259.0 | ... that the NCAA placed Yale University athletics on probation for two years after basketball player Jack Langer played in the 1969 Maccabiah Games? | |
Margaret C. Roberts | 2023-08-20 | 6,164 | 256.8 | ... that Margaret C. Roberts was encouraged to study medicine by LDS Church leader Brigham Young to reduce mortality rates during childbirth? | |
Martin Farquhar Tupper | 2023-08-01 | 6,160 | 256.7 | ... that Martin Farquhar Tupper was a favourite poet of Queen Victoria, but his works are now almost entirely forgotten? | |
Jalin Hyatt | 2023-08-10 | 6,160 | 256.6 | ... that South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp told Jalin Hyatt: "Man, you're fast, but you need to eat more peanut butter"? | |
Albert Bahhuth | 2023-08-23 | 3,034 | 252.9 | ... that Albert Bahhuth fled the Lebanese Civil War and owned a Subway franchise before being named an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles? | |
Jorge Medina | 2023-08-25 | 3,023 | 251.9 | ... that Jorge Medina – the first Afro-Bolivian in parliament – recalled being harassed as a young adult due to the superstitious belief that pinching a black person brought good luck? | |
X-Pyr | 2023-08-27 | 2,966 | 247.2 | ... that of 42 pilot competitors who started the 2022 X-Pyr, a paragliding hike-and-fly endurance race, only four reached the final goal? | |
Kasama (restaurant) | 2023-08-07 | 5,915 | 246.5 | ... that Chicago's Kasama is the world's first Filipino restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star? | |
Gavin Massey | 2023-08-25 | ![]() |
2,956 | 246.3 | ... that Gavin Massey (pictured) made his professional debut for Watford Football Club after growing up within 300 yards (270 m) of its stadium, Vicarage Road? |
Vanille | 2023-08-11 | 5,912 | 246.3 | ... that according to artist Tetsuya Nomura, Vanille's attire took inspiration from the Himba people of Namibia? | |
Oakdale Golf & Country Club | 2023-08-22 | 5,894 | 245.6 | ... that when Oakdale Golf & Country Club was founded, the Toronto Star ran a story with the headline "Hebrews buy farm; build golf course"? | |
Earl Hays Press | 2023-08-25 | 2,924 | 243.7 | ... that the prop currency produced by the Earl Hays Press for the 1965 film The Cincinnati Kid was so realistic that it entered circulation and the plates had to be destroyed by the United States Secret Service? | |
Tan Teck Soon | 2023-08-28 | 2,850 | 237.5 | ... that Chinese intellectual Tan Teck Soon, who was the son of a Christian missionary, became a supporter of Buddhist revivalist Anagarika Dharmapala in his later years? | |
Misuzu Yamada | 2023-08-11 | 5,686 | 236.9 | ... that Misuzu Yamada worked as a nursery teacher before starting her voice-acting career? | |
Parthenope Wald-Harding | 2023-08-31 | 5,676 | 236.5 | ... that future Loud LDN member Parthenope left her 200-year-old violin on a train? | |
Habiburokhman | 2023-08-05 | 5,609 | 233.7 | ... that Habiburokhman made a public bet that Basuki Tjahaja Purnama would not be able to collect one million ID cards – or else he would jump off the National Monument? | |
Jug Bennett | 2023-08-17 | 970 | 40.4 | ... that Jug Bennett, Merle Zuver, Lyle Sturgeon, Wuert Engelmann, Zud Schammel, Hal Hinte and Frank Butler all played for Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame head coach Curly Lambeau during the 1930s and 1940s? | |
Wuert Engelmann | 843 | 35.1 | |||
Merle Zuver | 842 | 35.1 | |||
Zud Schammel | 807 | 33.6 | |||
Lyle Sturgeon | 734 | 30.6 | |||
Frank Butler (American football) | 686 | 28.6 | |||
Hal Hinte | 614 | 25.6 | |||
Total | 5,498 | 229.1 | |||
Hotel Normandie (New York City) | 2023-08-14 | 5,434 | 226.4 | ... that the Hotel Normandie supported the Leaders of the World? | |
David Webber (basketball) | 2023-08-11 | 5,424 | 226.0 | ... that former basketball player David Webber broke a record previously held by all-time great Larry Bird? | |
Harvey Meyerhoff | 2023-08-27 | 2,710 | 225.9 | ... that the names of Harvey Meyerhoff, Elie Wiesel, and Bill Clinton are carved into the cornerstone of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, according to Meyerhoff's daughter? | |
Three Bards | 2023-08-24 | 2,696 | 224.6 | ... that the Three Bards are the most celebrated poets in the history of Polish literature? | |
Running Out of Time (song) | 2023-08-20 | 5,149 | 214.5 | ... that the Paramore song "Running Out of Time" is based on singer Hayley Williams's friendship with Taylor Swift? | |
Ben Collins (reporter) | 2023-08-01 | 5,147 | 214.5 | ... that Ben Collins accepted a job with NBC News on the condition that the company also hire Brandy Zadrozny? | |
Libellus de vocabulis rei militaris | 2023-08-17 | 5,125 | 213.5 | ... that the Libellus de vocabulis rei militaris has been misattributed to Cicero, Cato, Pomponius Laetus and a mysterious Modestus? | |
William D. Hoard | 2023-08-30 | 5,032 | 209.7 | ... that the Los Angeles Times called William D. Hoard the "father of modern dairying"? | |
John Bunker | 2023-08-10 | 4,995 | 208.1 | ... that John Bunker was inspired to propagate old apple tree varieties after encountering Black Oxford apples while managing the food co-op in Belfast, Maine? | |
Lorenzo White | 2023-08-25 | 2,496 | 208.0 | ... that Lorenzo White was the first player in college football to rush for 2,000 yards in a season without winning the Heisman Trophy? | |
St. Anthony Hall | 2023-08-25 | 2,432 | 202.6 | ... that the exclusive secret society Hamilton House from the television show Gossip Girl was based on St. Anthony Hall, a social and literary fraternity? | |
The Wicked Prince | 2023-08-10 | 4,856 | 202.3 | ... that The Wicked Prince by Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1840, depicts powered and steerable flight twelve years before the first successful airship flight? | |
Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah | 2023-08-03 | 4,848 | 202.0 | ... that former Kuwaiti foreign minister Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah interrupted his studies in France to volunteer during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait? | |
Imadaddin Nasimi | 2023-08-05 | 4,824 | 201.0 | ... that the 14th- and 15th-century Azerbaijani poet Imadaddin Nasimi was possibly flayed alive after he was accused of being a kafir by Sunni scholars? | |
John Sterling (American football) | 2023-08-23 | 928 | 77.3 | ... that John Sterling, Anthony Harrison and Chuck Compton were all signed by the Green Bay Packers as replacement players because of a players' strike during the 1987 NFL season? | |
Chuck Compton | 742 | 61.8 | |||
Anthony Harrison | 734 | 61.2 | |||
Total | 2,404 | 200.3 | |||
Guts (Olivia Rodrigo album) | 2023-08-03 | 4,754[m] | 198.1 | ... that when discussing her album Guts, Olivia Rodrigo said she "grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20"? | |
Gladys Quander Tancil | 2023-08-09 | 4,739 | 197.5 | ... that Gladys Quander Tancil interpreted the lives of her enslaved ancestors at George Washington's Mount Vernon for more than twenty years? | |
Renai Circulation | 2023-08-31 | 4,735 | 197.3 | ... that in 2019, Chinese electronics company Xiaomi posted a video of their third-quarterly financial report featuring a parody of the anime song "Renai Circulation"? | |
KELO-TV | 2023-08-26 | 2,308 | 192.3 | ... that the founding owner of a South Dakota TV station became known for industry ads calling him "a helluva salesman"? | |
Vatican Hebrew MS 133 | 2023-08-18 | 4,592 | 191.4 | ... that a Vatican Hebrew manuscript has been used as a source for analysing and emending modern editions of the Palestinian Talmud? | |
The Wizard of the Kremlin | 2023-08-13 | 4,577 | 190.7 | ... that The Wizard of the Kremlin depicts a fictional éminence grise based on Vladislav Surkov, who was called one of Russia's "most intriguing figures" by The New York Times? | |
3C 120 | 2023-08-04 | 4,561 | 190.0 | ... that the active galaxy 3C 120 was given the variable-star designation BW Tauri because of its variability in the visible spectrum? | |
The Milt Grant Show | 2023-08-18 | 4,552 | 189.6 | ... that teenagers picketed The Washington Post to protest the sudden cancellation of The Milt Grant Show, a teen dance TV show in Washington, D.C.? | |
Source–Message–Channel–Receiver model of communication | 2023-08-15 | 4,531 | 188.8 | ... that according to the Source–Message–Channel–Receiver model, all forms of communication are attempts to influence the behavior of the audience? | |
Daniels Park | 2023-08-08 | 4,484 | 186.8 | ... that Daniels Park, a Denver Mountain Park, is neither in Denver nor the mountains? | |
College View Public Library | 2023-08-11 | 3,073 | 128.0 | ... that a Nebraska public radio station operated from a 1916-built Carnegie library in the 1970s and 1980s? | |
KUCV | 1,402 | 58.4 | |||
Total | 4,476 | 186.5 | |||
Carlos Alberto Sonnenschein | 2023-08-28 | 2,238 | 186.5 | ... that Carlos Alberto Sonnenschein won three terms and spent twelve years in the Bolivian parliament despite barely attending any legislative sessions? | |
August 2023 Mid-South U.S. floods | 2023-08-21 | 4,447 | 185.3 | ... that during the August 2023 Mid-South U.S. floods, 3.77 inches (96 mm) of rain fell in Columbia, Missouri, breaking a 113-year rainfall record? | |
Siege of Landau (1704) | 2023-08-06 | 4,447 | 185.3 | ... that the commander of the French garrison at the 1704 siege of Landau was blinded by an Allied artillery bombardment? | |
Pany Yathotou | 2023-08-24 | 2,212 | 184.3 | ... that Pany Yathotou is the first woman vice president of Laos? | |
Ade Surapriatna | 2023-08-15 | 4,302 | 179.2 | ... that Ade Surapriatna confronted a police officer who had ticketed his party's supporters for violating traffic laws at a rally? | |
Yusuf Meddah | 2023-08-26 | 2,140 | 178.4 | ... that a 14th-century work, originally attributed to another poet, was discovered in 2018 to be the creation of the Azerbaijani poet Yusuf Meddah? | |
2013 Midwestern U.S. floods | 2023-08-27 | 2,082 | 173.5 | ... that during the 2013 Midwest floods, lightning struck a plane on the runway, according to officials at the airport? | |
Anita Gustafson | 2023-08-01 | 4,146 | 172.8 | ... that Anita Gustafson became Presbyterian College's first female president when she took office today? | |
Ashiq Peri | 2023-08-30 | 4,118 | 171.6 | ... that Ashiq Peri was the first prominent female folk poet in Azerbaijan? | |
The Buffalo Club | 2023-08-28 | 2,038 | 169.8 | ... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville? | |
Chris Wroblewski | 2023-08-02 | 4,070 | 169.6 | ... that Chris Wroblewski was the starting point guard for the winningest team in Ivy League history? | |
Daniela Solera | 2023-08-30 | 3,968 | 165.3 | ... that goalkeeper Daniela Solera had the most touches of any Costa Rican player in their opening match of the 2023 World Cup? | |
Olivia Wingate | 2023-08-26 | 1,981 | 165.1 | ... that the hometown newspaper of soccer player Olivia Wingate named her "Female Athlete of the Decade" for the 2010s? | |
WBFS-TV | 2023-08-12 | 3,948 | 164.5 | ... that a Florida TV station abruptly removed programs from its schedule after it became unable to pay distributors? | |
Quintin Johnstone | 2023-08-19 | 3,928 | 163.6 | ... that Quintin Johnstone advocated giving control of an American-governed law school to native Ethiopians? | |
Metro Theater (New York City) | 2023-08-25 | 1,951 | 162.6 | ... that the Midtown Theater was nowhere near Midtown? | |
Carex pauciflora | 2023-08-15 | 3,862 | 160.9 | ... that the perigynia of the few-flowered sedge spring outward when brushed against? | |
William T. Vinton | 2023-08-24 | 1,922 | 160.1 | ... that future state senator William T. Vinton was sent to jail for contempt of court when he refused to sign a city paving contract, but was later vindicated by an Oregon Supreme Court decision? | |
Jonathan Birch (philosopher) | 2023-08-26 | 1,912 | 159.4 | ... that a report by the philosopher Jonathan Birch and colleagues led to cephalopods and decapods being recognised as sentient under the UK's Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act? | |
4th Congress of the Communist Party of Lithuania | 2023-08-02 | 3,800 | 158.3 | ... that in the lead-up to the 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Lithuania in Moscow in 1924, party organizations inside Lithuania held clandestine district conferences? | |
Nebraska Television Network | 2023-08-24 | 1,892 | 157.7 | ... that a Nebraska TV station stopped carrying live studio wrestling after wrestlers kicked a TV monitor? | |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (season 2) | 2023-08-08 | 3,746 | 156.1 | ... that two days after the 2015 FIFA corruption case was covered in season 2 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, FIFA president Sepp Blatter resigned? | |
Mike Venaani | 2023-08-23 | 1,846 | 153.9 | ... that Mike Venaani serves alongside his son in the Namibian National Assembly? | |
Outram Park MRT station | 2023-08-16 | 3,684 | 153.5 | ... that an artwork in Singapore's Outram Park MRT station represents the state of mind of commuters through 69 engravings of surreal human forms? | |
N.S.-Funk | 2023-08-04 | 3,676 | 153.2 | ... that unlike other German radio magazines of its era, N.S.-Funk was published in several regional editions? | |
Des Corcoran | 2023-08-08 | 3,579 | 149.1 | ... that South Australian Labor premier Des Corcoran was mentioned in despatches for courage and skill in evacuating casualties during the Korean War? | |
Bob Harlan | 2023-08-24 | 1,770 | 147.5 | ... that Bob Harlan was the first president of the Green Bay Packers without any roots in the Green Bay community? | |
Delresto (Echoes) | 2023-08-23 | 1,734 | 144.5 | ... that Travis Scott expressed interest in collaborating with Beyoncé eight years before creating "Delresto (Echoes)" with her? | |
Abortion in Taiwan | 2023-08-26 | 1,726 | 143.8 | ... that despite being legally available in most cases, abortion in Taiwan is still criminalized under the penal code? | |
Angela Ferrell-Zabala | 2023-08-22 | 3,435 | 143.1 | ... that in early 2023 Angela Ferrell-Zabala became the first executive director for the US gun control advocacy organization Moms Demand Action? | |
Anna Blackburne | 2023-08-21 | ![]() |
3,388 | 141.2 | ... that the Blackburnian warbler (example pictured) is named after Anna Blackburne, who provided specimens to Thomas Pennant? |
This Stupid World | 2023-08-03 | 3,382 | 140.9 | ... that almost 40 years into their career, American indie rock band Yo La Tengo released their first self-produced album, This Stupid World, in 2023? | |
2023 Jujuy protests | 2023-08-21 | 3,336 | 139.0 | ... that part of the legislative building of Jujuy Province in Argentina was burned during the 2023 Jujuy protests? | |
List of awards and honours received by Angela Merkel | 2023-08-31 | 3,328 | 138.7 | ... that Forbes named German chancellor Angela Merkel the world's most powerful woman fourteen times? | |
Edward A. McGurk | 2023-08-28 | 1,660 | 138.3 | ... that Edward A. McGurk disbanded the College of the Holy Cross's football team because he did not want it playing outside Worcester? | |
July 2023 Western Kentucky floods | 2023-08-25 | 1,648 | 137.3 | ... that during the 2023 Western Kentucky floods, 11.28 inches (287 mm) of rain fell in Graves County, which set a new preliminary rainfall record for the state? | |
WVIR-TV | 2023-08-28 | 1,638 | 136.5 | ... that equipment from a bankrupt North Carolina TV station was dismantled, loaded on three rental trucks, and reassembled to start a station in Virginia? | |
Lucinda Florio | 2023-08-30 | 3,231 | 134.6 | ... that former New Jersey first lady Lucinda Florio restored the Italianate gardens at Drumthwacket? | |
George Munday | 2023-08-24 | 1,592 | 132.6 | ... that George Munday became known as "Sunday" Munday while playing in the National Football League? | |
WNOL-TV | 2023-08-27 | 1,585 | 132.1 | ... that one former employee called the executives of a New Orleans TV station "piranhas"? | |
Eduardo Maldonado | 2023-08-27 | 1,578 | 131.5 | ... that after his candidacy was disqualified by Bolivia's electoral court, Eduardo Maldonado sued the state at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and won? | |
Hans-Jochen Jaschke | 2023-08-16 | 3,100 | 129.2 | ... that Hans-Jochen Jaschke, who was responsible for ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue as an auxiliary bishop of Hamburg, represented the Catholic Church to the media? | |
Kamrussamad | 2023-08-12 | 3,098 | 129.1 | ... that Kamrussamad lost five Indonesian elections before finally winning a seat on the People's Representative Council in 2019? | |
George Taylor (photographer) | 2023-08-04 | 3,078 | 128.2 | ... that George Thomas Taylor was one of Canada's earliest nature photographers? | |
WNYO-TV | 2023-08-17 | 3,068 | 127.8 | ... that a division of the Buffalo Sabres ice hockey team lost $6 million in less than three years running a TV station? | |
Fumble (song) | 2023-08-24 | 1,533 | 127.8 | ... that Piri released the song "Fumble" after her relationship ended? | |
2023 British Athletics Championships | 2023-08-23 | 1,533 | 127.8 | ... that the men's 100 metres event at the 2023 British Athletics Championships was run in heavy rain? | |
Milton Grant | 2023-08-08 | 3,018 | 125.7 | ... that Milton Grant went from disc jockey and bandstand host to an owner of television stations? | |
Bill Putnam (basketball) | 2023-08-06 | 2,986 | 124.4 | ... that Bill Putnam was an All-American and the co-captain of the first UCLA team to win a basketball championship? | |
Hardy Browning | 2023-08-19 | 2,964 | 123.5 | ... that New Zealand potter Hardy Browning began his career as a coal miner? | |
Sue Marx | 2023-08-23 | 1,468 | 122.3 | ... that Sue Marx won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film for Young at Heart, about a romance between two octogenarians? | |
Mike Wingfield | 2023-08-27 | 1,464 | 122.0 | ... that Mike Wingfield named a fungus after his first grandchild, Rachel? | |
Nice 2 Me | 2023-08-29 | 2,878 | 119.9 | ... that after breaking up, Piri and Tommy Villiers released a song about wanting to be treated nicely in a relationship? | |
Mardani Ali Sera | 2023-08-02 | 2,846 | 118.6 | ... that Mardani Ali Sera, after initiating a campaign to "Replace the President", prohibited himself from speaking of it after the 2019 Indonesian presidential election? | |
Kameron Simmonds | 2023-08-18 | 2,810 | 117.1 | ... that footballer Kameron Simmonds, who plays for Jamaica, only took up the sport after a gymnastics injury? | |
John Hitchman | 2023-08-07 | 2,738 | 114.1 | ... that after the death of surgeon and philanthropist John Hitchman the townspeople of Leamington Spa, England, erected a fountain in his memory? | |
Bonnie Elliott | 2023-08-20 | 2,727 | 113.6 | ... that Bonnie Elliott devised the concept for a campaign to promote female representation in cinematography? | |
Barbara L. Drinkwater | 2023-08-07 | 2,725 | 113.5 | ... that before becoming the first woman president of the American College of Sports Medicine, Barbara L. Drinkwater had an undefeated season as a women's college basketball coach? | |
C. O. Brocato | 2023-08-16 | 2,698 | 112.4 | ... that when coach C. O. Brocato led his high school football team to a winning record in 1960, it was the first time they had done so since 1948 – when he had captained them as a player? | |
Emily Dorothea Pavy | 2023-08-04 | 2,684 | 111.8 | ... that in 1912, Emily Dorothea Pavy became the first recipient of the Catherine Helen Spence Scholarship? | |
WTAC-TV | 2023-08-26 | 1,312 | 109.3 | ... that a Michigan TV station was built on a former circus ground? | |
Juventus Next Gen | 2023-08-28 | 1,283 | 106.9 | ... that Juventus's reserve team, Juventus U23, won their first trophy after only two years in existence? | |
KANG-TV | 2023-08-13 | 2,564 | 106.8 | ... that a company controlled by Lady Bird Johnson bought a Texas TV station from one of her college classmates? | |
Sudakshina Sarma | 2023-08-05 | 2,509 | 104.5 | ... that Indian singer Sudakshina Sarma sang in Assamese as Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were immersed in the Brahmaputra River? | |
Michael McCown | 2023-08-13 | 2,489 | 103.7 | ... that the "extreme lightness and luminous agility" of Michael McCown's voice in the roles of the Tempter and Nebuchadnezzar has been likened to that of Peter Pears? | |
Eriko Sotarduga | 2023-08-20 | 2,408 | 100.4 | ... that as part of his 2014 reelection campaign, Indonesian legislator Eriko Sotarduga provided free haircuts and motorcycle repairs? | |
I Gede Pasek Suardika | 2023-08-05 | 2,373 | 98.9 | ... that I Gede Pasek Suardika resigned the chairmanship of the Nusantara Awakening Party to be succeeded by his formerly imprisoned colleague Anas Urbaningrum? | |
Archives of Dermatological Research | 2023-08-23 | 1,174 | 97.9 | ... that in the 1950s, links to sexually transmitted infection were dropped from the title of several skin-disease journals, including the Archives of Dermatological Research? | |
Audition (The Fools Who Dream) | 2023-08-16 | 2,344 | 97.7 | ... that La La Land's composer initially wanted "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" to be the film's "award song" instead of "City of Stars"? | |
Pellissippi Parkway | 2023-08-18 | 2,295 | 95.6 | ... that the Pellissippi Parkway in East Tennessee takes its name from a Native American name that was applied to both the Clinch and Ohio Rivers? | |
Theo Baker | 2023-08-25 | 1,142 | 95.2 | ... that reporting by Theo Baker, a freshman student journalist, led to the resignation of Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne? | |
Russ Winnie | 2023-08-28 | 1,104 | 92.0 | ... that to announce the first commercially broadcast Green Bay Packers game in 1929, Russ Winnie sat in a studio and read out telegrams sent from someone who was at the game? | |
Ridho Rahmadi | 2023-08-25 | 1,104 | 92.0 | ... that Ridho Rahmadi helped develop digital apps for the Ummah Party before he was appointed its chairman? | |
Brian Kalbas | 2023-08-13 | 2,186 | 91.1 | ... that Brian Kalbas helped recruit the player who would replace him in the number-one spot on his college tennis team? | |
Youth in the Shade | 2023-08-11 | 2,141 | 89.2 | ... that "In Bloom", the lead single of the EP Youth in the Shade, samples a-ha's 1984 single "Take On Me"? | |
Jarren Horton | 2023-08-05 | 1,980 | 82.5 | ... that Jarren Horton's childhood dream was to serve as an American football defensive coordinator under his father, and he now does so with the Pittsburgh Maulers? | |
Akademia Nasionala del Ladino | 2023-08-12 | 1,876 | 78.2 | ... that the Akademia Nasionala del Ladino in Israel is dedicated to preserving the Judaeo-Spanish language? | |
Mr Right (song) | 2023-08-26 | 870 | 72.5 | ... that Mae Stephens described Meghan Trainor as her "role model music mother" after they collaborated on "Mr Right"? | |
Ikmal Jaya | 2023-08-06 | 1,620 | 67.5 | ... that Ikmal Jaya, a former mayor of Tegal, Indonesia, published a translated Quran written in Pegon script while in prison? | |
Gento (song) | 2023-08-06 | 1,450 | 60.4 | ... that SB19 became the first Filipino group to appear on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart, with "Gento"? | |
Said Iqbal | 2023-08-19 | 1,406 | 58.6 | ... that according to its president Said Iqbal, Indonesia's Labour Party would form "personal" coalitions with presidential candidates? | |
Ferrial Sofyan | 2023-08-03 | 1,328 | 55.3 | ... that Ferrial Sofyan was absent at the inauguration of his successor as deputy speaker of the Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council? | |
List of awards and nominations received by Kyla | 2023-08-02 | 540 | 22.5 | ... that three songs from Kyla's album Not Your Ordinary Girl were nominated in the same category at the 2005 Awit Awards? |
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