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Low | -105.0 | Monterey Bay Aquarium | 95.1 | Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year | -105.0 | Monterey Bay Aquarium |
Median | 133.9 | Cary Moon | 281.3 | Architecture of Seattle Liwonde National Park |
152.0 | Naval Careers Service |
High | 759.2 | Wrangell Bombardment | 2,122.7 | Sophia (robot) | 2,122.7 | Sophia (robot) |
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Sophia (robot) | 2017-11-13 | 50,944[a] | 2,122.7 | ... that Sophia (pictured) is the first robot to become a recognised citizen of a country? | |
SS Andaste | 2017-11-22 | 24,836 | 1,034.8 | ... that the SS Andaste (pictured) – a hybrid whaleback Great Lakes cargo vessel – disappeared with all hands on Lake Michigan in 1929 and is still listed as unfound? | |
Fedwa Misk | 2017-11-24 | 24,556 | 1,023.1 | ... that Moroccan women's rights activist Fedwa Misk (pictured) named her online magazine Qandisha after a mythical jinn famous for her seductive powers? | |
Wrangell Bombardment | 2017-11-16 | 18,220 | 759.2 | ... that the U.S. Army bombarded the village of Wrangell, Alaska, in 1869 to force the handover of the first man to be given the death penalty under U.S. rule? | |
Béatrice Saubin | 2017-11-06 | 17,008 | 708.7 | ... that the Malaysian High Court sentenced 22-year-old Frenchwoman Béatrice Saubin to death by hanging for smuggling 534 grams (1.177 lb) of pure grade heroin? | |
Ines Rau | 2017-11-02 | 16,978[b] | 707.4 | ... that Ines Rau is the first transgender woman to be a Playboy Playmate? | |
Lepiota brunneoincarnata | 2017-11-07 | 15,766 | 656.9 | ... that people have been poisoned after mistaking the deadly dapperling for the grey knight? | |
Gillian Hanson | 2017-11-29 | 14,892 | 620.5 | ... that Gillian Hanson was a world expert on treating the condition that ultimately killed her? | |
Polaris Sales Agreement | 2017-11-27 | 14,012 | 587.9 | ... that the United States supplied ballistic missiles (example pictured) to Great Britain under the Polaris Sales Agreement? | |
Helicopter 66 | 2017-11-23 | 13,939 | 580.8 | ... that Helicopter 66, which recovered astronauts from five different Apollo missions, has been called "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history"? | |
Han–Liu War | 2017-11-14 | 12,600 | 525.0 | ... that before the Han–Liu War, many soldiers bought coffins as they were prepared to fight to the death? | |
Grape-kun | 2017-11-03 | 12,480 | 520.0 | ... that Grape-kun, a Humboldt penguin, "fell in love" with a cutout of an anime character? | |
World tour of Ulysses S. Grant | 2017-11-08 | 12,359 | 515.0 | ... that during his world tour in 1878, Ulysses S. Grant (pictured) became the first U.S. President to visit Jerusalem? | |
PS Duchess of Fife | 2017-11-27 | 12,166 | 510.4 | ... that PS Duchess of Fife received a battle honour for saving 1,633 Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk? | |
Amynthas mekongianus | 2017-11-24 | 11,928 | 497.0 | ... that the Mekong giant earthworm can grow to a length of 2.9 metres (10 feet)? | |
Albert Sidney Johnston (Ney) | 2017-11-06 | 11,902 | 495.9 | ... that Albert Sidney Johnston lies in repose atop his grave? | |
Ughill Hall shootings | 2017-11-10 | 11,874 | 494.8 | ... that after murdering his mistress and her daughter in Ughill Hall, Sheffield, Ian Wood absconded to France and threatened to jump off Amiens Cathedral? | |
Helene Bechstein | 2017-11-16 | 11,816 | 492.3 | ... that Helene Bechstein helped to teach Hitler table manners? | |
Shoeburyness Boom | 2017-11-19 | 11,654 | 485.6 | ... that the Shoeburyness Boom is the only known Cold War anti-submarine boom? | |
Boiled leather | 2017-11-12 | 11,506 | 479.4 | ... that the German Army used pickelhaube helmets made of boiled leather (example pictured) until halfway through World War I? | |
Amy H. Herring | 2017-11-20 | 11,204 | 466.9 | ... that Amy H. Herring led a study whose data showed some American women were reportedly virgins at the birth of their first child? | |
Laura J. Richardson | 2017-11-30 | 11,105 | 462.7 | ... that General Robert B. Abrams took "less than a second" to choose Laura J. Richardson as his deputy at United States Army Forces Command, despite never having worked with her? | |
Suicide of Randy Potter | 2017-11-12 | 10,436 | 434.8 | ... that it took authorities at Kansas City International Airport eight months to find Randy Potter's body in his parked truck, despite recording all license plate numbers nightly? | |
Shadia Bseiso | 2017-11-07 | 10,312 | 429.7 | ... that Shadia Bseiso from Jordan is the first female Arab wrestler to sign with WWE? | |
Roma Agrawal | 2017-11-10 | 10,188 | 424.5 | ... that after playing with Lego bricks as a child, Roma Agrawal designed both the tip and bottom of The Shard (pictured)? | |
Dardeen family homicides | 2017-11-17 | 10,142 | 422.6 | ... that serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells confessed to the Dardeen family homicides that took place in Ina, Illinois, 30 years ago today, but he was never charged? | |
Achilleas Kallakis | 2017-11-03 | 9,709 | 404.5 | ... that Achilleas Kallakis has been called "Britain's most successful serial confidence trickster"? | |
Flemming Helweg-Larsen | 2017-11-24 | 9,548 | 397.8 | ... that in 1946, Flemming Helweg-Larsen became the first person executed by Denmark in more than 50 years? | |
J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World | 2017-11-09 | 9,530 | 397.1 | ... that the J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World franchise was the "most-snubbed franchise" of all time at the Academy Awards, with 12 nominations and zero wins until its 2017 success? | |
Monterey Bay Aquarium | 2017-11-07 | 9,358 | 389.9 | ... that Monterey Bay Aquarium was the first public aquarium to exhibit a living kelp forest (pictured), which is nearly three stories high? | |
Colorado potato beetle | 2017-11-18 | 9,277 | 386.5 | ... that the Colorado potato beetle (pictured) has developed resistance to all major classes of insecticide? | |
Sheva Alomar | 2017-11-20 | 9,076 | 378.2 | ... that Games and Culture criticised Sheva Alomar for being the video game equivalent of Pocahontas? | |
Turkestan red pika | 2017-11-29 | 9,024 | 376.0 | ... that the Turkestan red pika was at one time trapped for its fur? | |
May Hnin Theindya | 2017-11-13 | 8,634 | 359.7 | ... that Queen May Hnin Theindya of Pegu tried to save her husband Tarabya's life by tying her tresses with his? | |
Ringed brown snake | 2017-11-15 | 8,486 | 353.6 | ... that the species name of the ringed brown snake means "well-behaved" and has been linked to its reluctance to bite people? | |
Nomfunelo Mabedla | 2017-11-21 | 8,400 | 350.0 | ... that Nomfunelo Mabedla successfully campaigned for the former flag of South Africa (pictured) to be removed from the Castle of Good Hope? | |
Super Mario World | 2017-11-13 | 8,360[c] | 348.3 | ... that Super Mario World was designed to make the most out of the then-new Super Nintendo Entertainment System's features? | |
Phantom Blood | 2017-11-17 | 8,313 | 346.4 | ... that the character posings in the manga Phantom Blood were influenced by the sculpture Apollo and Daphne (pictured)? | |
Big-fish–little-pond effect | 2017-11-01 | 8,212 | 342.2 | ... that it is better for one's self-concept to be a big fish in a little pond than a small fish in a big pond? | |
James Fugaté | 2017-11-10 | 8,124 | 338.5 | ... that James Fugaté was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy after it was revealed that he wrote Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel under the pen name James Barr? | |
Mashiach Borochoff House | 2017-11-22 | 7,986 | 332.8 | ... that for 70 years, Jerusalem customers have done their banking in an eclectic mansion on Jaffa Road? | |
Megawatt Valley | 2017-11-08 | 7,890 | 328.8 | ... that power stations in Megawatt Valley were once responsible for up to a quarter of all electricity generated in England and Wales? | |
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park | 2017-11-04 | 7,834 | 326.4 | ... that the memorial to the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots is at the exact location where they died? | |
Solimana (volcano) | 2017-11-30 | 7,818 | 325.7 | ... that the fumarolically active volcano Solimana (pictured) has been identified as the site of an Inca oracle? | |
Tidepool sculpin | 2017-11-17 | 7,792 | 324.6 | ... that the tidepool sculpin can leave the rock pool in which it lives, and breathe air? | |
Dysommina rugosa | 2017-11-08 | 7,652 | 318.8 | ... that Eel City is a popular residence for cutthroat eels? | |
Psolus chitonoides | 2017-11-13 | 7,649 | 318.7 | ... that the slipper sea cucumber is avoided by most predatory fish, crabs, and gastropod molluscs, but is preyed on by starfish, especially the leather star? | |
Bananas, Beaches and Bases | 2017-11-08 | 7,616 | 317.3 | ... that the book Bananas, Beaches and Bases argues that banana sales have a "gendered history"? | |
Avenue Range Station massacre | 2017-11-15 | 7,330 | 305.4 | ... that the Avenue Range Station massacre involved the shooting murders of nine Aboriginal Australians, including children and a baby, by white settlers? | |
Mediaster aequalis | 2017-11-02 | 4,146 | 172.7 | ... that larvae of the vermilion sea star (pictured) preferentially settle among the tubes of a tube-dwelling worm? | |
Phyllochaetopterus prolifica | 3,150 | 131.2 | |||
Total | 7,295 | 304.0 | |||
Brutus (Michelangelo) | 2017-11-23 | 7,132 | 297.2 | ... that opposition to tyranny in 16th-century Florence led Michelangelo to sculpt a heroic Brutus (pictured)? | |
Dominique Blake | 2017-11-14 | 7,071 | 294.6 | ... that Jamaican sprinter Dominique Blake was accidentally awarded a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 400 m relay? | |
Liwonde National Park | 2017-11-29 | 7,052 | 293.8 | ... that Liwonde National Park has a population of approximately 12,000 large mammals (elephants pictured) and more than 380 recorded bird species? | |
Transylvanian peasant revolt | 2017-11-19 | 6,840 | 285.0 | ... that the Transylvanian peasant revolt of 1437 broke out after the local bishop, having suspended the collection of the tithe for years, demanded the arrears in a single payment? | |
Spaceport Camden | 2017-11-30 | 6,707 | 279.5 | ... that Camden County, Georgia was considered as a launch site by NASA in the early 1960s, but Spaceport Camden did not see its first launch until 2017? | |
Aleimma of Martaban | 2017-11-06 | 6,690 | 278.8 | ... that governor Aleimma of Martaban was assassinated after he was lured to Donwun by a proposed marriage to Hnin U Yaing? | |
Lena Machado | 2017-11-28 | 6,477 | 269.9 | ... that "Hawaii's Songbird" Lena Machado had a "ha'i" in her voice? | |
Architecture of Seattle | 2017-11-06 | 6,452 | 268.8 | ... that several buildings in Seattle (example pictured) deliberately evoke traditional regional Native American architecture? | |
Tongo Tongo ambush | 2017-11-08 | 6,382 | 265.9 | ... that Frederica Wilson suggested that President Donald Trump's response to the deaths of four American soldiers in the Tongo Tongo ambush in Niger might become his Benghazi incident? | |
Interstate 295 (New York) | 2017-11-13 | 6,370 | 265.4 | ... that urban planner Robert Moses was said to have laughed at protesters he encountered while surveying routes for the Clearview Expressway in New York City in the 1950s? | |
Government Army | 2017-11-14 | 6,322 | 263.4 | ... that, in 1944, eleven battalions of the Government Army of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were sent to northern Italy to support German military operations? | |
Khufiyya | 2017-11-16 | 6,194 | 258.1 | ... that Khufiyya (shrine complex pictured) is the oldest of the four Sufi orders established in China? | |
42nd Street Shuttle | 2017-11-21 | 6,017 | 250.7 | ... that trains on the 42nd Street Shuttle, the shortest route in the New York City Subway system, run a distance of 2,700 feet (820 m) in 90 seconds? | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Holy See relations | 2017-11-05 | 5,996 | 249.8 | ... that with Bosnia and Herzegovina–Holy See relations improving, Pope John Paul II came for a visit (pictured)—and then police discovered 23 land mines planted in the area where he was to have been driven? | |
Kaburakia excelsa | 2017-11-16 | 5,922 | 246.8 | ... that Kaburakia excelsa, from the west coast of North America, is one of the largest flatworms in the world? | |
Bonesetter | 2017-11-09 | 5,777 | 240.7 | ... that "Crazy Sally", an 18th-century bonesetter, successfully treated dislocated shoulders and knees in a London coffee house despite having no medical training? | |
Anthony Franchini | 2017-11-07 | 5,757 | 239.9 | ... that Anthony Franchini, who served in the U.S. Army for both World Wars prior to obtaining U.S. citizenship, recorded more than 3,500 phonograph record sides with Frank Ferera in the 1920s? | |
Colpocephalum californici | 2017-11-18 | 5,678 | 236.6 | ... that the California condor louse became extinct when all remaining California condors were deloused in a captive breeding program? | |
Ilse van Staden | 2017-11-30 | 5,555 | 231.5 | ... that South African-born Irish international rugby player Ilse van Staden is a butcher? | |
Freewill (song) | 2017-11-01 | 5,476 | 228.1 | ... that the Rush song "Freewill" was the last studio recording to use the "shrieking high range" of Geddy Lee's vocals? | |
Wall of Grief | 2017-11-25 | 5,431 | 226.3 | ... that the Wall of Grief is Russia's first monument ordered by presidential decree for victims killed during the political persecutions of Joseph Stalin? | |
Donaldson Site | 2017-11-28 | 5,400 | 225.0 | ... that artefacts discovered at the Donaldson archaeological site in Ontario include a child's necklace made with bear teeth? | |
Nematophagous fungus | 2017-11-06 | 5,370 | 223.7 | ... that some carnivorous fungi catch and consume soil nematodes? | |
Louise Cook | 2017-11-01 | 5,355 | 223.1 | ... that rally driver Louise Cook sold her trophies on eBay to help her continue competing in the 2012 World Rally Championship after her funding dried up? | |
Asuka Ōkura | 2017-11-22 | 5,326 | 221.9 | ... that Japanese singer Asuka Ōkura made her music debut as her record label contract was about to expire? | |
Campo troupial | 2017-11-20 | 5,298 | 220.8 | ... that one individual Campo troupial (pictured) was found to have 126 fly larvae in its stomach? | |
Ophiopholis aculeata | 2017-11-03 | 5,234 | 218.1 | ... that the crevice brittle star is sometimes involved in mass spawning events? | |
Ballot laws of the Roman Republic | 2017-11-01 | 5,108 | 212.9 | ... that the ballot laws introduced the secret ballot (voting pictured) to all popular assemblies in the Roman Republic? | |
Fatou Kiné Camara | 2017-11-28 | 5,101 | 212.5 | ... that Fatou Kiné Camara (pictured) campaigns for wider access to abortions in Senegal, which has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Africa? | |
Kimmie Taylor | 2017-11-04 | 4,984 | 207.7 | ... that Kimmie Taylor of the Kurdish YPJ is the first British woman to travel to Syria to fight ISIS? | |
Whitefoord Russell Cole | 2017-11-14 | 4,984 | 207.6 | ... that when Whitefoord Russell Cole threatened striking workers with dismissal and pension loss in 1921, his house was "bombarded with bottles until its concrete porch was littered with glass"? | |
Jeanne LaDuke | 2017-11-25 | 4,952 | 206.3 | ... that Jeanne LaDuke worked alongside Natalie Wood as a child actor before becoming a professional mathematician? | |
West Sixth Street Bridge | 2017-11-16 | 4,860 | 202.5 | ... that at a time when masonry bridges were widely being replaced by metal truss bridges, the limestone West Sixth Street Bridge in Austin, Texas, replaced an older iron footbridge? | |
Mycale adhaerens | 2017-11-30 | 4,840 | 201.6 | ... that the purple scallop sponge has a mutualistic relationship with the mollusc on which it lives? | |
Tina Seabrook | 2017-11-04 | 4,797 | 199.9 | ... that the actress Claire Goose began research for her character Tina Seabrook's rape storyline, before the writers scripted it? | |
Odontomachus pseudobauri | 2017-11-10 | 4,764 | 198.5 | ... that the extinct ant Odontomachus pseudobauri was bought from an amber dealer in Basel, Switzerland? | |
Alton C. Parker | 2017-11-22 | 4,758 | 198.3 | ... that Alton C. Parker was the first black police detective in Canada? | |
Mishkat al-Mumin | 2017-11-29 | 4,736 | 197.4 | ... that Mishkat al-Mumin's advocacy for women's rights angered jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi? | |
Elizabeth M. Bryan | 2017-11-26 | 4,712 | 196.3 | ... that Elizabeth M. Bryan's wedding was attended by 25 sets of twins? | |
Nuclear Claims Tribunal | 2017-11-20 | 4,674 | 194.8 | ... that the Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal ran out of funds in 2009? | |
Akaliza Keza Gara | 2017-11-29 | 4,638 | 193.2 | ... that website designer Akaliza Keza Gara had to borrow a laptop from her client for her first commission? | |
Slovenian railway referendum, 2017 | 2017-11-07 | 4,620 | 192.5 | ... that only 20.5 percent of registered Slovenians turned out to vote in a 2017 railway referendum? | |
2014 National Security Agency illegal seizure | 2017-11-02 | 4,608 | 192.0 | ... that a political scandal erupted in 2014 after operatives of the Liberian National Security Agency illegally seized US$247,500 from a group of South Korean businessmen in a hotel room in Monrovia? | |
Aegidienkirche, Hanover | 2017-11-18 | 4,528 | 188.7 | ... that a Hiroshima peace bell was donated to the Aegidienkirche, the ruin of a Gothic church that was left as a war memorial? | |
Michèle Dix | 2017-11-15 | 4,476 | 186.5 | ... that Michèle Dix, managing director of the proposed £27 billion Crossrail 2 project, said she would like to run a tea room when she retires? | |
Isaac T. Stoddard | 2017-11-19 | 4,379 | 182.5 | ... that acting Arizona territorial governor Isaac T. Stoddard (pictured) ordered the entire Arizona Territorial Militia sent to control striking miners? | |
Coral disease | 2017-11-14 | 4,328 | 180.4 | ... that many coral diseases, such as black band disease (pictured), are named after their main symptom? | |
Glauben können wie du | 2017-11-03 | 4,292 | 178.8 | ... that "Glauben können wie du" by Helmut Schlegel (pictured) is addressed to Mary, and relates to her exemplary faith, hope and love? | |
Hubertus Leteng | 2017-11-06 | 4,288 | 178.6 | ... that two-thirds of the priests in the Diocese of Ruteng signed a 2015 letter of "no confidence" in Bishop Hubertus Leteng, and this year, 69 priests resigned in protest? | |
Independence Day (Hawaii) | 2017-11-28 | 4,272 | 178.0 | ... that Hawaiian Independence Day, on November 28, commemorates the Anglo-Franco Proclamation recognizing the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii? | |
St. Johns, Ontario | 2017-11-04 | 4,182 | 174.3 | ... that a one-room schoolhouse (pictured) established in St. Johns, Ontario, in 1804 is the oldest extant public school in the province, and is still sometimes used as a classroom? | |
Bombus trophonius | 2017-11-28 | 4,154 | 173.1 | ... that the fossil bumble bee Bombus trophonius was named after the Greek hero Trophonius? | |
Raju Patel | 2017-11-13 | 4,108 | 171.1 | ... that Raju Patel teamed up with Walt Disney Studios to produce Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book? | |
Aya Koren | 2017-11-19 | 4,090 | 170.4 | ... that during her compulsory military service, Aya Koren played in an Israeli Air Force band with Yehuda Levi, her future co-star in Yossi & Jagger (2002)? | |
Northfield Allotments | 2017-11-26 | 4,059 | 169.1 | ... that Northfield Allotments are claimed to be the oldest in London? | |
Gavaksha | 2017-11-25 | 4,030 | 167.9 | ... that the gavaksha motif, common in Hindu temples, originated in replications of timber and thatch roofs? | |
United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps | 2017-11-22 | 4,003 | 166.8 | ... that the 2016 article "United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps" was the first article by a sitting U.S. president to be published in an academic journal? | |
Fayoum Light Railway | 2017-11-01 | 4,001 | 166.7 | ... that American paleontologist Walter W. Granger used the Fayoum Light Railway for transporting the fossils he had found in Egypt? | |
Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren | 2017-11-23 | 3,948 | 164.5 | ... that the simple hymn "Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren", used at the end of a meal, became a model for other songs of thanks? | |
UK Holocaust Memorial | 2017-11-07 | 3,918 | 163.2 | ... that the UK Holocaust Memorial, to be built in London's Victoria Tower Gardens, will stand alongside other memorials that raise awareness of injustice? | |
Tyler Toland | 2017-11-22 | 3,846 | 160.2 | ... that Tyler Toland became the Republic of Ireland's youngest women's senior international footballer in September 2017? | |
Bob Wills Is Still the King | 2017-11-10 | 3,845 | 160.2 | ... that Waylon Jennings' 1970s song "Bob Wills Is Still the King" may have been less a tribute to Bob Wills than a friendly jibe at Willie Nelson? | |
Miroslava Breach | 2017-11-18 | 3,843 | 160.1 | ... that Miroslava Breach, a Mexican investigative journalist known for exposing human rights violations and political corruption, was murdered in March 2017? | |
Annabelle Lindsay | 2017-11-17 | 3,798 | 158.2 | ... that after being injured, Annabelle Lindsay relinquished a scholarship to play college basketball in the United States but has since been awarded another to play wheelchair basketball? | |
Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand | 2017-11-28 | 3,754 | 156.4 | ... that there were rumors that the comic book Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand would end the Ultimate Marvel imprint? | |
William Cotton Hobdy | 2017-11-11 | 3,752 | 156.3 | ... that William Cotton Hobdy was the private physician to Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (pictured) for three years until her death 100 years ago today? | |
Mulungushi Rock of Authority | 2017-11-17 | 2,908 | 121.1 | ... that the Mulungushi Rock of Authority, known as "the birthplace of Zambian independence", is located in the Central Province of Zambia? | |
Central Province, Zambia | 842 | 35.1 | |||
Total | 3,750 | 156.2 | |||
Minori Suzuki | 2017-11-09 | 3,728 | 155.3 | ... that Minori Suzuki beat 8,000 others who auditioned for the role of Freyja Wion in the anime series Macross Delta? | |
Greater flowerpiercer | 2017-11-21 | 3,728 | 155.3 | ... that as well as feeding on insects, the greater flowerpiercer probes and pecks flowers to obtain nectar? | |
San Francisco Bay Area | 2017-11-05 | 3,676[d] | 153.1 | ... that if the San Francisco Bay Area were a country, it would be ranked sixteenth in the world in terms of GDP? | |
Naval Careers Service | 2017-11-19 | 3,649 | 152.0 | ... that the Naval Careers Service is the smallest of the four components of Her Majesty's Naval Service? | |
Spring Creek Park | 2017-11-30 | 3,602 | 150.1 | ... that although New York City's Spring Creek Park was mostly built on a landfill, part of the park is located in a U.S. national protected area? | |
Carillon and Grenville Railway | 2017-11-03 | 3,584 | 149.3 | ... that the Carillon and Grenville Railway was the last broad-gauge railway to operate in Canada? | |
Jane Wynne | 2017-11-24 | 3,579 | 149.1 | ... that Jane Wynne taught her fellow paediatricians to identify signs of child abuse? | |
YBC 7289 | 2017-11-11 | 3,491 | 145.5 | ... that the sexagesimal approximation to the square root of 2 used by Babylonian tablet YBC 7289 appeared again much later in Ptolemy's Almagest? | |
Patricia Moberly | 2017-11-05 | 3,460 | 144.1 | ... that Patricia Moberly was once arrested for attacking Prime Minister Ted Heath's car with a placard? | |
Bayview Park ferry wharf | 2017-11-25 | 3,409 | 142.0 | ... that Bayview Park ferry wharf in Sydney, Australia, is situated on the historic landing site of 58 exiles from the Lower Canada Rebellion in 1840 (memorial pictured)? | |
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Building | 2017-11-11 | 3,390 | 141.3 | ... that Southwestern University's Administration Building is noted for its architecture, even though it was designed by a physicist and not a professional architect? | |
Anna Marguerite McCann | 2017-11-09 | 3,390 | 141.3 | ... that Anna Marguerite McCann, the first female American underwater archaeologist, published the earliest research on deep-sea shipwrecks? | |
Arthrobotrys dactyloides | 2017-11-01 | 3,388 | 141.2 | ... that the fungus Arthrobotrys dactyloides can trap a nematode with a ring of hypha before feeding on it? | |
Bongo Joe Coleman | 2017-11-25 | 3,313 | 138.0 | ... that Bongo Joe Coleman was distinguished by a drum set fabricated from 55-gallon oil drums? | |
Manami Numakura | 2017-11-08 | 3,280 | 136.6 | ... that Manami Numakura cites becoming a fan of the Gundam franchise as a reason behind her becoming a voice actress? | |
Cary Moon | 2017-11-13 | 3,214 | 133.9 | ... that Seattle mayoral candidate Cary Moon qualified for the general election by a margin of 1,170 votes? | |
Kia Steave-Dickerson | 2017-11-01 | 3,172 | 132.2 | ... that Kia Steave-Dickerson, the design artist for four films by M. Night Shyamalan, originally considered a career in dry cleaning? | |
Papyrocranus afer | 2017-11-26 | 3,084 | 128.5 | ... that the reticulated knifefish is sensitive to electric charges and uses this ability to locate objects in the vicinity? | |
Barbara A. Bailar | 2017-11-14 | 3,068 | 127.8 | ... that Barbara A. Bailar resigned from the United States Census Bureau in 1988 to protest a decision not to adjust the 1990 results for systematic undercounting of minorities? | |
Cliodhna Moloney | 2017-11-23 | 3,046 | 126.9 | ... that Ireland national rugby hooker Cliodhna Moloney is also a banker? | |
John Hirasaki | 2017-11-12 | 3,004 | 125.2 | ... that NASA engineer John Hirasaki says he read The Andromeda Strain prior to being quarantined with the returning Apollo 11 astronauts? | |
Fatma Hikmet İşmen | 2017-11-15 | 2,994 | 124.8 | ... that Turkish socialist politician Fatma Hikmet İşmen used her first senate speech to accuse the Directorate of Religious Affairs of fueling discrimination against Alawites by Sunni Muslims? | |
Sonne der Gerechtigkeit | 2017-11-08 | 2,960 | 123.4 | ... that facing the rise of Nazi ideology, Otto Riethmüller compiled the song "Sonne der Gerechtigkeit" for young people from hymns by three authors of two earlier centuries? | |
Immigrant Inn | 2017-11-02 | 1,804 | 75.1 | ... that the Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo is located in the Immigrant Inn, which received more than 2.5 million immigrants to Brazil between 1887 and 1978? | |
Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo | 1,135 | 47.3 | |||
Total | 2,938 | 122.4 | |||
Northwest Hills, Austin, Texas | 2017-11-03 | 2,919 | 121.6 | ... that the Northwest Hills neighborhood of Austin, Texas, includes a 40-acre complex founded by the chief executive officer of Dell, housing Jewish community centers, synagogues, and schools? | |
Lillian Bilocca | 2017-11-23 | 2,916 | 121.5 | ... that Lillian Bilocca threatened to picket British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's house if he did not impose stronger safety regulations on the fishing industry? | |
William A. Wilson (folklorist) | 2017-11-09 | 2,908 | 121.1 | ... that folklorist William A. Wilson wrote that stories from Mormon folklore are "psychologically true" even if they never actually happened? | |
Guangfu, Hebei | 2017-11-29 | 2,850 | 118.7 | ... that Guangfu was home to the founders of two of the largest schools of tai chi in the world? | |
Rama Pilot | 2017-11-21 | 1,638 | 68.2 | ... that Rama Pilot and Vijaya Kumari Ganti, both became members of the 13th Lok Sabha after winning by-elections prompted by the death of their respective husbands? | |
Vijaya Kumari Ganti | 1,192 | 49.7 | |||
Total | 2,830 | 117.9 | |||
Pragmatic Sanction of 1712 | 2017-11-27 | 2,801 | 117.5 | ... that the Pragmatic Sanction of 1712, allowing a Habsburg princess to become Queen of Croatia, is evoked in the Constitution of Croatia as a demonstration of Croatian millennial statehood? | |
Los Angeles Times–Washington Post News Service | 2017-11-15 | 2,778 | 115.8 | ... that the Los Angeles Times–Washington Post News Service, in existence from 1962 to 2009, had some 650 clients? | |
Philip Caves | 2017-11-20 | 2,714 | 113.1 | ... that Philip Caves' influence on attitudes at Glasgow's Children's Hospital in the 1970s was described as "whirlwind" as he operated on newborns previously considered unfit for surgery? | |
Es ist genug | 2017-11-26 | 2,708 | 112.9 | ... that Bach's setting (pictured) of the chorale "Es ist genug" ("It is enough"), with a melody beginning with an unusual whole-tone sequence, was quoted with variations in Alban Berg's Violin Concerto? | |
Call Me by Your Name (film) | 2017-11-12 | 2,680[e] | 111.7 | ... that Luca Guadagnino, who directed the romantic drama film Call Me by Your Name, was first hired as a location consultant for the film? | |
Geology of Myanmar | 2017-11-28 | 2,652 | 110.5 | ... that Myanmar produces some of the world's finest rubies? | |
Balanophyllia elegans | 2017-11-09 | 2,620 | 109.1 | ... that the orange cup coral (pictured) obtains part of its nutritional needs from carbon compounds dissolved in sea water? | |
Washington State Route 520 | 2017-11-17 | 2,568 | 107.0 | ... that Microsoft helped fund a new overpass on Washington State Route 520 near its corporate headquarters in Redmond? | |
Honor Smith | 2017-11-18 | 2,550 | 106.2 | ... that the English neurologist Honor Smith was sent to Morocco by the WHO to investigate an outbreak of paralysis caused by contaminated cooking oil? | |
Muhamad Ridhwan | 2017-11-11 | 2,532 | 105.5 | ... that "The Chosen Wan" is the first Singaporean to hold a world title in professional boxing? | |
Sushila Rani Patel | 2017-11-17 | 2,520 | 105.0 | ... that Sushila Rani Patel taught actress Madhubala to speak, read, and write English? | |
Staley T. McBrayer | 2017-11-17 | 2,489 | 103.7 | ... that Staley T. McBrayer is sometimes referred to as the "Orville Wright" or "Wilbur Wright" of offset newspaper publishing? | |
Karl Hoblitzelle | 2017-11-05 | 2,437 | 101.5 | ... that Karl Hoblitzelle was the first movie theater owner in the United States to install air conditioning? | |
Lindsay Peat | 2017-11-08 | 2,412 | 100.5 | ... that Lindsay Peat has represented Ireland internationally at association football, basketball, and rugby union? | |
Sonic Colors | 2017-11-18 | 2,366 | 98.6 | ... that the video game Sonic Colors was designed to appeal to a wide demographic, specifically children and fans of the Super Mario series? | |
North West Cambridge Development | 2017-11-03 | 2,364 | 98.5 | ... that Cambridge University's new North West Cambridge Development has a school building shaped like a Polo mint? | |
Konomi Suzuki | 2017-11-05 | 2,300 | 95.8 | ... that Konomi Suzuki was inspired by the character Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier to become a singer for anime? | |
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year | 2017-11-15 | 2,282 | 95.1 | ... that Serena Williams (pictured) has won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year three times, first in 2003 and most recently in 2016? | |
William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1908 | 2017-11-27 | 2,262 | 94.9 | ... that on one day of his 1908 U.S. presidential campaign, William Jennings Bryan gave 30 speeches? | |
Mustafa Tuna | 2017-11-28 | 2,269 | 94.5 | ... that Mustafa Tuna, the mayor of Ankara from November 2017 to April 2019, was previously an academic in environmental technology? | |
Olive Scott | 2017-11-22 | 2,228 | 92.8 | ... that Olive Scott was Britain's first dedicated paediatric cardiologist? | |
Chō Kōran | 2017-11-24 | 2,218 | 92.4 | ... that Japanese artist and poet Chō Kōran became a specialist in ink paintings in the "Four Gentlemen" genre? | |
K.M. Graham | 2017-11-18 | 2,215 | 92.3 | ... that Canadian abstract impressionist K.M. Graham began painting at the age of 50? | |
Laura O'Sullivan | 2017-11-05 | 2,200 | 91.7 | ... that footballer Laura O'Sullivan made her international debut for Wales as a goalkeeper less than 18 months after converting to the position? | |
Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke | 2017-11-13 | 2,155 | 89.8 | ... that in the pastoral poem "Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke", by Angelus Silesius, the Soul promises to love Jesus until her death? | |
Rodinná pouta | 2017-11-14 | 2,150 | 89.6 | ... that Rodinná pouta, the first original series broadcast by the Czech Prima televize, attracted over one million viewers per episode? | |
Theresa Robinson Buck | 2017-11-19 | 2,145 | 89.4 | ... that the hospital in Southern Rhodesia where Theresa Robinson Buck worked was renamed in her honour after her death? | |
Pemberton Memorial Operating Room | 2017-11-06 | 2,130 | 88.8 | ... that the Pemberton Memorial Operating Room, built in 1896, featured the first post-operative recovery rooms in Canada? | |
Robert "Big Mojo" Elem | 2017-11-11 | 2,128 | 88.6 | ... that though Robert "Big Mojo" Elem was a fixture on the Chicago blues scene for over forty years, he recorded only one album? | |
Jones S. Hamilton | 2017-11-21 | 2,048 | 85.3 | ... that Belhaven University is named after the mansion of Confederate veteran Jones S. Hamilton? | |
IRPA Try of the Year | 2017-11-10 | 2,022 | 84.2 | ... that Chris Ashton celebrated scoring the 2010 IRPA Try of the Year with an "Ash-Splash"? | |
Chris Sherwin | 2017-11-10 | 2,006 | 83.6 | ... that animal behavior scientist Chris Sherwin wrote that insects can experience "negative mental states"? | |
Barbara Everitt Bryant | 2017-11-03 | 1,979 | 82.5 | ... that Barbara Everitt Bryant was the first woman to direct the United States Census Bureau? | |
Frank P. Gates | 2017-11-27 | 1,962 | 82.3 | ... that Frank P. Gates designed 18 buildings on the campus of the University of Mississippi? | |
Judith Kingston | 2017-11-16 | 1,936 | 80.7 | ... that Judith Kingston pioneered the use of chemotherapy to treat retinoblastoma, an eye cancer found in children? | |
Tina Cooper | 2017-11-30 | 1,882 | 78.4 | ... that the British paediatrician Tina Cooper assisted the Sierra Leone government in establishing a national immunisation programme? | |
Justin Fairfax | 2017-11-29 | 1,880 | 78.4 | ... that Virginia Lieutenant Governor-elect Justin Fairfax once worked for Tipper Gore? | |
Orange-backed troupial | 2017-11-12 | 1,870 | 77.9 | ... that the orange-backed troupial often takes over the nest of a yellow-rumped cacique? | |
Madagascan sandgrouse | 2017-11-04 | 1,869 | 77.9 | ... that the adult Madagascan sandgrouse may soak its breast feathers in water to carry moisture to its young? | |
St. Leonhard, Frankfurt | 2017-11-24 | 1,853 | 77.2 | ... that St. Leonhard in Frankfurt was remodeled from a Romanesque basilica to a late Gothic hall church? | |
Keystone State Wrestling Alliance | 2017-11-06 | 1,846 | 76.9 | ... the Keystone State Wrestling Alliance is the only professional wrestling promotion based in Pittsburgh? | |
Ahlem Belhadj | 2017-11-16 | 1,827 | 76.1 | ... that Ahlem Belhadj led a march of thousands of women against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during the 2011 Tunisian Revolution? | |
Palau del Parlament de Catalunya | 2017-11-12 | 1,798 | 74.9 | ... that in its history, the Palau del Parlament de Catalunya has been an arsenal, a barracks, a royal palace, an art museum, and the seat of the Parliament of Catalonia? | |
Estelle Cascarino | 2017-11-25 | 1,764 | 73.5 | ... that Estelle Cascarino represented France at the under-19 and under-20 levels in international tournaments in the same year? | |
Reginald Appleby | 2017-11-26 | 1,750 | 72.9 | ... that Reginald Appleby founded the law firm Appleby which has been at the centre of the recent Paradise Papers leak? | |
Eleanor Nathan | 2017-11-02 | 1,744 | 72.7 | ... that Eleanor Nathan was a member of the London County Council representing two different parties and two different districts for a total of 16 years? | |
Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year | 2017-11-09 | 1,732 | 72.2 | ... that the Chicago Cubs were awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year after ending their 108-year World Series drought in 2016? | |
1973 Belmont Stakes | 2017-11-04 | 1,718 | 71.6 | ... that the 1973 Belmont Stakes was won by Secretariat, whose 31-length lead was the largest margin of victory in the history of the race? | |
Bassettia pallida | 2017-11-23 | 1,710 | 71.2 | ... that the gall wasp Bassettia pallida induces oak trees to form galls, but has its own behavior altered by a chalcid wasp? | |
Inez Whipple Wilder | 2017-11-20 | 1,705 | 71.0 | ... that biologist Inez Whipple Wilder made contributions to the study of fingerprints and salamanders? | |
Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools | 2017-11-07 | 1,696 | 70.7 | ... that the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools worked to end school segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas? | |
Nahu Senay Girma | 2017-11-21 | 1,662 | 69.2 | ... that Ethiopian women's rights activist Nahu Senay Girma's given name means "something good is happening now" and is traditionally a masculine name? | |
Homer Franklin Bassett | 2017-11-07 | 1,658 | 69.1 | ... that Homer Franklin Bassett, a librarian in Waterbury, Connecticut, described 125 new species of gall wasp? | |
Sheetal Pandey | 2017-11-25 | 1,596 | 66.5 | ... that Sheetal Pandey won her first election at the age of 63? | |
William Smellie (obstetrician) | 2017-11-15 | 1,576 | 65.7 | ... that the 18th-century Scottish obstetrician William Smellie was the first to document the natural birthing process? --> | |
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende | 2017-11-05 | 1,575 | 65.6 | ... that Countess Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt wrote 587 songs and hymns, including "Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende", used in her regular meditations towards a good death? | |
Gloria (Rutter) | 2017-11-20 | 1,553 | 64.7 | ... that on his first commission from the US, John Rutter composed Gloria as a concert piece for choir, brass, percussion, and organ? | |
Joy Neville | 2017-11-19 | 1,520 | 63.4 | ... that Irish rugby referee Joy Neville was the first woman to be an assistant referee in a men's European Challenge Cup match? | |
Colpocephalum | 2017-11-19 | 1,509 | 62.9 | ... that bird lice in the genus Colpocephalum are "rapid", allowing them to outrun the preening of their host? | |
Homi F. Daji | 2017-11-23 | 1,508 | 62.8 | ... that communist politician Homi F. Daji called the 1984 Bhopal gas leak "a callous man-made tragedy of unparalleled dimensions"? | |
Stephanie Amiel | 2017-11-12 | 1,502 | 62.6 | ... that the British physician Stephanie Amiel has specialised in type I diabetes since her time at Yale University in the 1980s? | |
Place D'Youville (Quebec) | 2017-11-11 | 1,498 | 62.4 | ... that following Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations in Quebec City in 1996, riots in Place D'Youville caused around CAD$1 million in damages to shops and to the National Assembly of Quebec? | |
Irene Ovonji-Odida | 2017-11-27 | 1,468 | 61.6 | ... that Irene Ovonji-Odida advocated for the East African Community to broaden its scope beyond that of a trade bloc? | |
Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year | 2017-11-02 | 1,468 | 61.1 | ... that Nico Rosberg was presented with the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year two months after he retired from Formula One? | |
1888–89 Eastville Rovers F.C. season | 2017-11-29 | 1,467 | 61.1 | ... that an administrative error when appointing W. G. Grace as referee for a Gloucestershire Cup tie during the Eastville Rovers' 1888–89 season voided the result and forced a rematch? | |
Cerebratulus marginatus | 2017-11-05 | 1,400 | 58.3 | ... that the ribbon worm Cerebratulus marginatus can swim well by undulating its body? | |
Rudyerd Boulton | 2017-11-02 | 1,384 | 57.6 | ... that Rudyerd Boulton and his wife, Laura, made the first-ever recordings of the calls of African tropical birds? | |
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award | 2017-11-20 | 1,379 | 57.5 | ... that the Norwegian mountaineer Arne Næss Jr. died in a climbing accident four months before he could accept his Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award? | |
2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round | 2017-11-21 | 1,354 | 56.4 | ... that racing driver Sam Bird beat Felipe Nasr by eight-hundredths of a second to win the 2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round sprint race, the closest margin of victory in GP2 Series history? | |
County courthouses in New Jersey | 2017-11-15 | 1,352 | 56.4 | ... that the county courthouses in New Jersey serve 21 counties in 15 vicinages? | |
Apterygon | 2017-11-21 | 793 | 33.0 | ... that kiwi birds are parasitized by lice in the genus Apterygon and in the subgenus Rallicola (Aptericola)? | |
Rallicola | 512 | 21.4 | |||
Total | 1,306 | 54.4 | |||
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht | 2017-11-02 | 1,288 | 53.7 | ... that the lyrics of "Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht" ("I do not let go of my Jesus") are based on memorial sermons for Elector Johann Georg of Saxony, who reflected the ideas on his deathbed? | |
Grupo Garza Ponce | 2017-11-04 | 1,283 | 53.5 | ... that Grupo Garza Ponce, now one of the largest construction firms in Mexico, had to change its business model every month during the 1982 debt crisis? | |
Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne | 2017-11-24 | 1,252 | 52.1 | ... that Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne is one of six Irish stepdance competitions claiming the title of World Championships? | |
Ourida Chouaki | 2017-11-26 | 1,234 | 51.4 | ... that Ourida Chouaki co-ordinated the 20 ans, barakat! ("20 years is enough!") campaign to reform the Algerian Family Code? | |
White plague (coral disease) | 2017-11-11 | 1,220 | 50.8 | ... that white plague, a disease affecting corals, may be two or more diseases with similar symptoms? | |
YMCA Press | 2017-11-24 | 1,207 | 50.3 | ... that in 1975, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn visited the Paris office of the YMCA Press and presented an inscribed book thanking the publisher for all his work for Russian culture with them? | |
2009 Sky Blue FC season | 2017-11-18 | 1,187 | 49.5 | ... that the 2009 Sky Blue FC team that won the Women's Professional Soccer title employed three different head coaches during the season? | |
St. Stefanus, Ghent | 2017-11-10 | 1,169 | 48.7 | ... that St. Stefanus, Ghent, was the venue of a concert dedicated to the Martin Luther Year, featuring Max Reger's setting of Psalm 100? | |
Mechthild Georg | 2017-11-27 | 1,158 | 48.6 | ... that mezzo-soprano Mechthild Georg, a voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Köln, performed music by C. P. E. Bach at the first Rheingau Musik Festival? | |
Rudolf Geigy | 2017-11-16 | 1,142 | 47.6 | ... that Rudolf Geigy established health institutes on two continents and started a foundation that awards scholars who combine field and laboratory work in novel ways? | |
Otto Riethmüller | 2017-11-04 | 1,138 | 47.4 | ... that Otto Riethmüller was director of the Confessing Church's youth organisations and created their logo, the Cross on the Globe, in 1935? | |
Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt | 2017-11-09 | 1,136 | 47.4 | ... that "Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt", a song of New Jerusalem, was written by Johann Matthäus Meyfart, rector of the Casimirianum, for an academic sermon? | |
Baloke | 2017-11-01 | 1,134 | 47.2 | ... that Baloke, a small village in Punjab, is the birthplace of Satnam Singh Bhamara, the first Indian to be drafted into the National Basketball Association? | |
Acropora aculeus | 2017-11-22 | 952 | 39.7 | ... that the coral Acropora aculeus is particularly susceptible to coral bleaching and coral diseases and is listed as a vulnerable species? | |
Christian Gottlob Barth | 2017-11-12 | 904 | 37.7 | ... that the minister, writer, and publisher Christian Gottlob Barth is remembered on 12 November in the Lutheran calendar of saints? | |
Georg Dohrn | 2017-11-30 | 902 | 37.6 | ... that Georg Dohrn conducted at the Konzerthaus Breslau the premiere of Reger's Der 100. Psalm, Mahler's Eighth Symphony, and Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Vladimir Horowitz? | |
2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships | 2017-11-11 | 846 | 35.2 | ... that the Rollers won the 2017 Asia-Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships, while the Gliders came in second? | |
Archibald Wager | 2017-11-26 | 804 | 33.5 | ... that Archibald Wager served as the Clerk of Court for three colonial Virginia counties? | |
Auguste Le Guennant | 2017-11-14 | 746 | 31.1 | ... that Auguste Le Guennant, the director of the Gregorian Institute of Paris, had Duruflé's Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens dedicated to him? | |
Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year | 2017-11-26 | 708 | 29.5 | ... that American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps won the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year after retiring twice? | |
Bat | 2017-11-25 | 676[f] | 28.2 | ... that the diets of different species of bat include frogs, fish, other bats, nectar, and blood? | |
Premio Lo Nuestro 2017 | 2017-11-23 | 482 | 20.1 | ... that Colombian performer J Balvin won Artist of the Year for the second year in a row at the Premio Lo Nuestro 2017? | |
Slovenian railway referendum, 2017 | 2017-11-08 | -306[g] | -12.8 | ... that only 20.5 percent of registered Slovenians turned out to vote in a 2017 railway referendum? | |
Monterey Bay Aquarium | 2017-11-08 | -2,520[h] | -105.0 | ... that Monterey Bay Aquarium was the first public aquarium to exhibit a living kelp forest, which is nearly three stories high? |