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Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick 2019-04-30 44,361 1,848.4 ... that the fashion designer Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (pictured) is the closest relative of Queen Elizabeth II who cannot succeed to the British throne because of conversion to Catholicism?
Electrical disruptions caused by squirrels 2019-04-01 14,574 1,214.5 ... that squirrels may be a major cybersecurity threat (suspect pictured)?
Fabiana Rosales 2019-04-22 26,622 1,109.2 ... that Venezuelan journalist Fabiana Rosales (pictured) has assumed the role of international ambassador, soliciting support for her husband's opposition party, towards resolving the crisis in Venezuela?
Holden's Lightning flight 2019-04-23 24,686 1,028.6 ... that an engineer inadvertently took off in an English Electric Lightning fighter jet after engaging the afterburner by mistake?
Ebbo Bastard 2019-04-01 8,802 733.5 ... that Australians refused to call this bastard a bastard?
Flag of Blackbeard 2019-04-01 8,636 719.7 ... that the bloody flag of Blackbeard probably wasn't?
United States v. 422 Casks of Wine 2019-04-01 8,418 701.5 ... that the United States once sued 422 casks of wine, and the wine won?
Wolfgang Baldus 2019-04-11 13,740 700.5 ... that the German philatelic writer Wolfgang Baldus is a specialist in the forged and propaganda stamps of the Second World War, such as the American Adolf Hitler skull stamp (pictured)?
Fiona Peever 2019-04-01 8,336 694.7 ... that a bronze statue co-created by Fiona Peever apparently stepped off its pedestal (pictured) and sat down on some nearby steps?
Shepard elephant 2019-04-19 File:Elephant legs illusion, variant of Roger Shepard's L'egsistential paradox.png 16,248 677.0 ... that Roger Shepard created an elephant named "L'egs-istential Quandary" (variant pictured)?
Ronald Read (philanthropist) 2019-04-25 16,022 667.6 ... that Ronald Read, whose last job was working 17 years as a J. C. Penney janitor, left US$1.2 million to his local library and $4.8 million to the hospital where he died?
Young People Fucking 2019-04-01 6,636 553.0 ... that a Genie and three Beavers recognized Young People Fucking?
10th Canadian Comedy Awards 690 57.5
29th Genie Awards 652 54.3
Total 7,978 664.8
Chinese alligator 2019-04-10 15,643 651.6 ... that the critically endangered Chinese alligator (pictured) may have helped inspire the mythology of the Chinese dragon?
Superbloom 2019-04-18 14,751 614.6 ... that California deserts are experiencing the second wildflower superbloom (pictured) in three years?
Dortan massacre 2019-04-03 8,317 346.5 ... that the Wehrmacht killed at least 35 French civilians in the village of Dortan (memorial pictured), and then burned the entire village to the ground?
Dortan 6,422 267.6
Total 14,738 614.1
Patsy Dan Rodgers 2019-04-01 7,296 608.0 ... that Patsy, the recently deceased Irish king, personally welcomed visitors who landed in his realm?
South Lake Union Streetcar 2019-04-01 7,062 588.5 ... that 1,900 people in Seattle rode the city's slut on a daily basis?
Chafin v. Chafin 2019-04-01 7,006 583.8 ... that the United States Supreme Court had a divorce and the daughter was sent to Scotland?
Stomp the Bus 2019-04-01 6,422 535.2 ... that a giant has been seen stomping buses underfoot in Arizona?
Echiura 2019-04-20 12,349 514.5 ... that in the 1970s, spoon worms (example pictured) helped promote biodiversity around the effluent outlets from the Los Angeles sewage system?
Judah Samet 2019-04-05 11,733 506.5 ... that attendees at U.S. President Donald Trump's 2019 State of the Union Address sang "Happy Birthday" to Judah Samet (pictured), a Holocaust survivor who narrowly escaped the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting?
Sex and Candy 2019-04-11 9,672 493.1 ... that John Wozniak took less than an hour to write Marcy Playground's only hit, "Sex and Candy", in his bedroom at 4 a.m.?
Worthing Tramocars 2019-04-01 5,525 460.4 ... that Bill Gates' converted dustbin lorry helped old people get around Worthing?
Eiseman-Renyard and others v. the United Kingdom 2019-04-01 5,325 443.8 ... that zombies can be arrested before they've even committed a crime?
Pacu jawi 2019-04-08 10,400 433.3 ... that in pacu jawi (pictured), the traditional cattle race of Tanah Datar, Indonesia, the jockey holds the tails of two cattle while they sprint across a muddy rice field?
Crinkley Bottom 2019-04-01 5,032 419.4 ... that not enough people entered Crinkley Bottom to keep it open?
Gloeocantharellus purpurascens 2019-04-11 8,099 412.9 ... that the Indian Creek mushroom can be distinguished from chanterelles by its staining dark purple when cut or bruised?
Jesse James (treasurer) 2019-04-01 2,608 217.4 ... that Jesse James eliminated Warren G. Harding?
Warren G. Harding (Texas politician) 2,268 189.0
Total 4,876 406.3
Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel 2019-04-25 9,638 401.6 ... that while investigating the case of Brittanee Drexel, who disappeared 10 years ago today, the FBI brought federal charges against someone who had already served state probation for the same crime?
International Banana Museum 2019-04-01 4,784 398.6 ... that people sometimes send lewd objects to IBM?
Walter Stanley Haines 2019-04-23 9,534 397.3 ... that Walter Stanley Haines (pictured) testified about the Haymarket bombing of 1886, the disappearance of Louisa Luetgert in 1897, and the suspicious deaths in multimillionaire Thomas H. Swope's family in 1909?
Florida shuffle 2019-04-09 9,501 395.9 ... that the Florida shuffle refers to recovering drug addicts caught between multiple rehab centers and "patient brokers" for their insurance money?
Ansel Adams 2019-04-07 9,395[a] 391.5 ... that Ansel Adams (pictured), known for his black-and-white landscape photographs, documented a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II?
Athelstan Rendall (pilot) 2019-04-29 9,356 389.8 ... that Flaps Rendall flew ball bearings across occupied Denmark at night in Mosquitos?
Air China Flight 112 2019-04-25 8,926 371.9 ... that the largest in-flight transmission of SARS (virus pictured) took place on an Air China flight in March 2003?
Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival 2019-04-11 7,030 358.4 ... that Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival, the first queer film festival in North Africa, does not disclose its location due to security concerns?
Polanie (video game) 2019-04-22 8,262 344.2 ... that the 1996 video game Polanie is considered a cult classic in Poland?
Hart Island (Bronx) 2019-04-16 8,094 337.3 ... that more than one million people are buried on Hart Island, the potter's field for New York City?
Nelson Barclift 2019-04-05 7,645 330.0 ... that Cole Porter's nickname for his romantic partner Nelson Barclift was "cute little nose"?
Mykola Melnyk 2019-04-26 7,886 328.6 ... that Ukrainian helicopter pilot Mykola Melnyk made 46 sorties over the highly radioactive Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and then continued firefighting flights into his 50s?
HMS Splendid (P228) 2019-04-21 7,790 324.6 ... that HMS Splendid attacked a heavy German merchant ship, but instead sank an Italian destroyer?
Mud pie 2019-04-01 3,838 319.8 ... that a mud pie is not meant to be eaten and may contain pebbles as an ingredient?
Alan Stewart Orr 2019-04-11 6,246 318.4 ... that Mr Justice Orr granted the wife of British spy George Blake a decree nisi for divorce on the grounds that a conviction for treason can amount to cruelty?
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 2019-04-11 6,172 314.7 ... that the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act protected more than 1.3 million acres (5,300 km2) of wilderness and created four U.S. national monuments?
Viernes Negro 2019-04-26 7,330 305.4 ... that Venezuela's economy still has not recovered from Black Friday in 1983?
Pearl Doles Bell 2019-04-09 7,304 304.3 ... that American novelist Pearl Doles Bell (pictured) traveled with the Ringling Brothers Circus for six weeks to research her 1919 novel Her Elephant Man: A Story of the Sawdust Ring?
Oscar van Hemel 2019-04-11 5,909 301.2 ... that the Dutch-Belgian composer Oscar van Hemel created two operas, one of them about a prostitute?
Roman Sushchenko 2019-04-11 5,909 301.2 ... that journalist Roman Sushchenko was named by the European Parliament as one of 30 Ukrainian citizens illegally detained or imprisoned in Russia?
Hans Bredow 2019-04-07 6,790 282.9 ... that in a telegram to Hitler, Hans Bredow, the former head of the Reich Broadcasting Corporation, requested to be treated like his colleagues who were interned in the Oranienburg concentration camp?
Marianne Williamson 2020 presidential campaign 2019-04-10 6,688 278.6 ... that Marianne Williamson, a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, has called for $100 billion in reparations for slavery?
Alai Darwaza 2019-04-24 6,684 278.5 ... that the 14th-century Alai Darwaza (pictured) was the first Indian monument built using Islamic methods of construction and ornamentation?
Librotraficante 2019-04-08 6,625 276.0 ... that Librotraficante smuggled books into Arizona?
Chen Zhaodi 2019-04-15 6,533 274.2 ... that volleyball player Chen Zhaodi, who was nicknamed "One-armed General" despite having two arms, became an actual general after retiring from her volleyball career?
Tugnet Ice House 2019-04-10 6,504 270.9 ... that the Tugnet Ice House, the largest surviving ice house in the UK, is now a dolphin watching centre?
Barry Sage 2019-04-21 6,340 264.2 ... that Barry Sage has earned US$22,000 for clapping his hands in 1981?
Mayan Train 2019-04-18 6,264 261.0 ... that the Mayan Train was approved in a public referendum that garnered only a one percent voter turnout?
Troy Museum 2019-04-17 5,964 248.5 ... that the Troy Museum, located close to the ancient city of Troy, is clad in rust-colored weathering steel to resemble an excavated artifact?
Aina Mahal 2019-04-16 4,496 187.3 ... that Ram Singh Malam designed and decorated the Palace of Mirrors and its pleasure hall?
Ram Singh Malam 1,309 54.5
Total 5,804 241.9
Aporometra wilsoni 2019-04-29 5,736 239.0 ... that the crinoid Aporometra wilsoni broods its young in cavities in the feathery pinnules on its arms?
Lirabuccinum dirum 2019-04-18 5,722 238.4 ... that the dire whelk sometimes shares the prey of the ochre sea star while it is being eaten?
Butler matrix 2019-04-22 5,666 236.1 ... that the Butler matrix squints?
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Building 2019-04-04 5,643 235.1 ... that the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Building (pictured) in Flint, Michigan, made its film debut in the 2008 sports comedy Semi-Pro?
Nazir Ahmad Wani 2019-04-06 5,628 234.5 ... that Nazir Ahmad Wani, the first Ashoka Chakra recipient from Kashmir (posthumous award ceremony pictured), was a militant before he surrendered and joined the Indian Army?
Provisional Cavalry 2019-04-04 5,606 233.6 ... that the means of raising the late 18th-century British Provisional Cavalry was likened to the medieval-era feudal system?
Chatham shag 2019-04-16 5,488 228.6 ... that the scientific name of the Chatham shag (pictured) commemorates a former Governor of New Zealand?
French ship Courageux (1753) 2019-04-14 5,334 224.0 ... that when HMS Courageux was wrecked, more than 100 men escaped to the shore by clambering along a fallen mast?
Veronica perfoliata 2019-04-23 5,372 223.9 ... that digger's speedwell is so named because it was thought to indicate the presence of gold?
Harry B. Neilson 2019-04-26 5,136 214.0 ... that Harry B. Neilson's illustrations for The Fox's Frolic (example shown) depict fox hunting in which the foxes do the hunting?
Bunny Ahearne 2019-04-29 5,094 212.2 ... that Bunny Ahearne was inducted into three different ice hockey halls of fame, but never played the game?
Queen Charlotte's Ball 2019-04-17 5,070 211.2 ... that at the Queen Charlotte's Ball, debutantes curtsey to a giant birthday cake?
Defense of the Cutter Eagle 2019-04-13 5,020 210.8 ... that a calf grazing near the scene of an 1814 battle between the Royal Navy and United States Revenue Marine became the fight's only fatality?
Antonia Franceschi 2019-04-23 5,012 208.8 ... that Antonia Franceschi starred in the 1980 film Fame, set at the same High School of Performing Arts that she attended in real life?
Nikolai Kulakov 2019-04-20 4,886 203.6 ... that despite being demoted three times, Nikolai Kulakov rose to the rank of vice admiral and became a Hero of the Soviet Union?
Ida O'Keeffe 2019-04-10 4,842 201.7 ... that American landscape and still life painter Ida O'Keeffe omitted her last name in her first exhibition to avoid comparison with her sister?
Dennis Lennon 2019-04-02 4,835 201.5 ... that Dennis Lennon hoped his design for the interior of the Queen Elizabeth 2 (pictured) would be the "setting for the world's best party"?
Gennaro Bizzarro 2019-04-01 2,407 200.6 ... that Bizzarro serves in the Connecticut Senate?
British Air Transport (painting) 2019-04-05 4,615 199.2 ... that William Kempster's 8.44-metre-long (27.7 ft) mural British Air Transport – The Pioneering Days depicts people and aircraft from British aviation between 1919 and 1934?
Moston Brook 2019-04-04 4,776 199.0 ... that Moston Brook was one of the most polluted waterways in Greater Manchester but, following improvements, it is now a recreational resource for local residents?
Euretaster insignis 2019-04-26 4,774 198.9 ... that the young of the striking sea star are nourished in a manner described as "cannibalistic ectoparasitism"?
Hillary and Clinton 2019-04-18 4,685 195.2 ... that Hillary and Clinton is the first Broadway play to feature Hillary Clinton as a lead character?
Me Too (Meghan Trainor song) 2019-04-12 4,613 194.2 ... that Meghan Trainor requested the removal of her song "Me Too" from Vevo, due to unapproved digital manipulation of her body in the video?
Spider-Man (Insomniac Games) 2019-04-15 4,584 192.4 ... that the Spider-Man created for the 2018 video game by Insomniac Games has been used by Marvel Comics as an alternate version of Spider-Man?
Presidential portraits of George W. and Laura Bush 2019-04-14 4,560 191.5 ... that Michelle Obama promised George W. Bush that she would rescue his presidential portrait from a fire?
Titania McGrath 2019-04-19 4,580 190.8 ... that a columnist for the British Internet magazine Spiked created the fictional Twitter user Titania McGrath in order to mock contemporary "woke culture"?
Tom Ballard (climber) 2019-04-05 4,386 189.3 ... that both Tom Ballard and his mother Alison Hargreaves died climbing in the Himalayas, more than 23 years apart?
James Henry Marriott 2019-04-14 4,360 183.0 ... that James Henry Marriott (pictured) was the first optics professional in New Zealand to make a telescope?
Time Traveler (roller coaster) 2019-04-29 4,379 182.5 ... that upon its completion at Silver Dollar City in 2018, Time Traveler became the world's first spinning roller coaster to feature three inversions?
Zorotypus hubbardi 2019-04-05 4,219 182.1 ... that Hubbard's angel insects groom themselves and each other, perhaps in order to avoid the fungal diseases that kill many zorapterans?
Electrical telegraphy in the United Kingdom 2019-04-03 4,195 174.8 ... that telegraphy in the United Kingdom included a system that strung wires from rooftop to rooftop of domestic premises?
Bara (genre) 2019-04-28 4,157 173.2 ... that the style of contemporary art known colloquially as bara belongs to a history of homosexuality in Japanese visual art dating back to shunga of the Edo period?
Pokémon Go live events 2019-04-30 4,142 172.6 ... that so many people attended a 2017 Pokémon Go live event in Yokohama, Japan, that the city declined to host it the following year?
Zinc oxide nanoparticle 2019-04-04 4,136 172.3 ... that zinc oxide nanoparticles, thought to be one of the most-produced nanomaterials, are commonly used in sunscreens?
Dai Fudong 2019-04-05 3,936 169.9 ... that Dai Fudong designed Mao Zedong's villa and asked Ronald Reagan to have his father's Legion of Merit medal reissued?
Natal Border Guard 2019-04-17 4,006 166.9 ... that the Natal Border Guard, established in 1878, was expected to defend the Colony of Natal armed only with spears and shields?
Inner core super-rotation 2019-04-07 3,974 165.6 ... that the inner core may rotate slightly faster than the rest of the Earth due to torque caused by Earth's geodynamo and the solidification of the core?
Princeton Shopping Center 2019-04-06 3,958 164.9 ... that a New Jersey shopping mall has a California-style design?
Pacific baza 2019-04-30 3,902 162.6 ... that the Pacific baza has been rumoured to imitate the calls of tree frogs when hunting, inducing them to return the call?
Raphaëlle Boitel 2019-04-08 3,845 160.2 ... that Raphaëlle Boitel worked as a contortionist street performer at age eight to earn tuition for circus school?
Gilberto García Mena 2019-04-29 3,828 159.5 ... that the arrest of Gilberto García Mena marked when the Mexican government stopped treating drug cartels passively and instead hunted them down?
Lydia Purdy Hess 2019-04-17 3,764 156.9 ... that American artist Lydia Purdy Hess, best known for her Portrait of Miss E. H., sketched and painted while floating on the Ohio River during her two-month honeymoon?
Royal vole 2019-04-15 3,731 156.6 ... that the royal vole has larder chambers in its burrow but not latrines?
Decline in insect populations 2019-04-21 3,640 151.6 ... that some insect populations have declined dramatically?
La Région Centrale 2019-04-05 3,486 150.5 ... that La Région Centrale was filmed by a robot?
Fallen angel 2019-04-21 3,610[b] 150.4 ... that Church Fathers such as Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, and Lactantius accepted the association of the angelic descent myth with the "sons of God" passage in Genesis 6?
Nydia Blas 2019-04-09 3,600 150.0 ... that photographer Nydia Blas has said she is intrigued by the use of photography to influence public opinion, for example the use of photographs by anti-lynching activists?
Jeff Berry (mixologist) 2019-04-19 3,556 148.1 ... that Jeff "Beachbum" Berry has been described as "the Indiana Jones of tiki drinks"?
ABC Rail Guide 2019-04-13 3,434 144.2 ... that the ABC Rail Guide features in Agatha Christie's novel The A.B.C. Murders and on the cover of two editions of the book (first edition cover pictured)?
Alex Romero (choreographer) 2019-04-12 3,338 140.5 ... that choreographer Alex Romero hired a shoeshiner, Leroy Daniels (pictured), to dance with Fred Astaire in the 1953 film The Band Wagon?
Ānanda 2019-04-28 3,357 139.9 ... that Ānanda (sculpture pictured) became the Buddha's attendant, on condition that he would never receive any material benefit from the position?
Rachel Koopmans 2019-04-22 3,276 136.5 ... that Rachel Koopmans was part of a research team which discovered that two stained glass windows of Canterbury Cathedral dated to the 1180s?
David Bowles (chief executive) 2019-04-30 3,238 134.9 ... that evidence given by Lincolnshire County Council chief executive David Bowles led to one council leader being jailed and his successor banned from being a county councillor, for seeking revenge against Bowles?
History of Tobago 2019-04-12 3,170 133.5 ... that indigenous resistance by mainland Caribs and Island Caribs played a major role in the failure of Dutch, British, French, and Courlander attempts to colonise Tobago in the 17th century?
Podocarpus coriaceus 2019-04-27 946 39.4 ... that the yucca plum pine, the bastard briziletto, and the West Indian sumac grow in the cloud forest on the summits of the Sierra de Luquillo?
Sierra de Luquillo 942 39.2
Weinmannia pinnata 660 27.5
Brunellia comocladifolia 638 26.6
Total 3,186 132.7
Kingdom of Banggai 2019-04-02 3,148 131.1 ... that in local folklore, the ancestor of the kings of Banggai hatched from a serpent egg?
Lloyd Chalker 2019-04-08 3,072 128.0 ... that U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Lloyd Toulmin Chalker has been credited as the "father of Coast Guard aviation"?
Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen! 2019-04-21 3,042 126.7 ... that the 1862 Easter hymn "Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen!" (visual depiction shown) by Gurney was virtually unknown until two revised versions were sent to the United States?
Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company 2019-04-26 2,996 124.8 ... that the collapse of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company led to the murder of a district collector of the British Raj?
Euastacus dalagarbe 2019-04-22 2,984 124.4 ... that among the threats facing the "critically endangered" freshwater crayfish Euastacus dalagarbe are domestic livestock and cane toads?
Nay Salvatori 2019-04-13 2,927 122.9 ... that Mexican federal deputy Nay Salvatori invited the public to "smoke marijuana at my house and listen to The Doors" if the drug was legalized in Mexico, despite never having smoked it herself?
Jaggln 2019-04-01 1,466 122.2 ... that you are onto a winner if you can catch four sows with the Jaggl, Zanggl and Buggl?
Promachocrinus 2019-04-08 2,906 121.1 ... that Promachocrinus is unusual among crinoids in having ten pairs of arms?
Attilio Maseri 2019-04-23 2,890 120.4 ... that the Italian cardiologist Attilio Maseri has been the physician to both Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II?
Candida blankii 2019-04-24 2,846 118.6 ... that the yeast Candida blankii, first described from mink organs, is now known to infect humans?
Cedar Hills Regional Landfill 2019-04-28 2,846 118.6 ... that bald eagles are removing pieces of garbage from the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dropping them in surrounding neighborhoods?
Katharine Cook 2019-04-23 2,800 116.7 ... that Katharine Timpson Cook established training programmes for midwives in Namirembe, Uganda, but distrusted her students and censored their mail?
Coccothrinax jimenezii 2019-04-04 2,764 115.2 ... that Coccothrinax jimenezii, a palm tree native to the island of Hispaniola, was listed as a critically endangered species within two years of its formal description?
Tang Aoqing 2019-04-03 2,742 114.3 ... that Tang Aoqing is known as the "Father of Quantum Chemistry" in China?
Sabine Hyland 2019-04-02 2,716 113.2 ... that Sabine Hyland discovered that the Incas may have written phonetic information in knotted cords called khipus?
Mariä Heimsuchung, Wiesbaden 2019-04-02 2,695 112.3 ... that the interior of the church Mariä Heimsuchung, a tall concrete landmark of Wiesbaden, features two large, abstract triptychs?
Sicoderus bautistai 2019-04-17 2,608 108.7 ... that the weevil species Sicoderus bautistai, described as resembling "black, shiny ants", is named after professional baseball player José Bautista?
Moscow State Jewish Theatre 2019-04-03 2,591 108.0 ... that the Moscow State Jewish Theatre's internationally acclaimed production of King Lear in 1935 contained veiled critiques of Stalin's regime?
Spectral G-index 2019-04-08 2,575 107.3 ... that the European Commission's Joint Research Centre recommends using the spectral G-index rather than correlated color temperature to select streetlights that have low blue light content?
Sternaspis scutata 2019-04-10 2,536 105.6 ... that Sternaspis scutata swallows mud?
Venetian Renaissance architecture 2019-04-27 2,492 103.9 ... that most major Venetian Renaissance architects (villa by Palladio pictured) were not natives of the city, or even of the Republic of Venice?
French National-Collectivist Party 2019-04-20 2,488 103.7 ... that in 1941, the far-right French National-Collectivist Party proposed sending its women paramilitaries to fight for Vichy France in Syria?
Ye Qingyao 2019-04-08 2,438 101.6 ... that instead of attending Columbia University, Taiwanese engineer Ye Qingyao joined the February 28 rebellion, was jailed, and then escaped to China on a sampan?
Shadow the Hedgehog 2019-04-14 2,418 101.5 ... that Shadow the Hedgehog was originally going to appear only in Sonic Adventure 2, but proved so popular that he became a recurring Sonic the Hedgehog character?
Boston Manor tube station 2019-04-06 2,410 100.4 ... that Boston Manor tube station once featured a Tiffany lampshade?
1979 UK Championship 2019-04-26 2,400 100.0 ... that John Virgo won the 1979 UK Snooker Championship despite being docked two frames for arriving late?
Andrew Tallon 2019-04-27 2,382 99.2 ... that art historian Andrew Tallon used lasers to collect one billion data points of the interior and exterior of Notre-Dame de Paris, which could be used for its reconstruction?
Carrie Langston Hughes 2019-04-04 2,381 99.2 ... that, at age 60, Carrie Langston Hughes made her Broadway debut as Sister Susie May Hunt in Hall Johnson's Run Little Chillun?
Tom Cade 2019-04-03 2,364 98.5 ... that conservationist Tom Cade was so successful in his efforts to save the peregrine falcon that it was removed from the US Endangered Species List in 1999?
Mottled piculet 2019-04-12 2,290 96.4 ... that the mottled piculet likes to drum on bamboo?
Muntaser Ibrahim 2019-04-18 2,310 96.2 ... that geneticist Muntaser Ibrahim, described by Science as "one of Sudan's most distinguished living scholars", was imprisoned in February 2019 after participating in peaceful protests?
Eklakhi Mausoleum 2019-04-25 2,305 96.0 ... that the Eklakhi Mausoleum was the first square-shaped building with a single dome built in India?
Satish Namdeo Ghormade 2019-04-16 2,302 95.9 ... that Satish Namdeo Ghormade has served as commanding officer of a guided missile frigate, a submarine rescue vessel, and a minesweeper?
Height function 2019-04-22 2,290 95.4 ... that height functions allow mathematicians to count and distinguish objects such as rational points of algebraic varieties?
Army Printing and Stationery Service 2019-04-01 1,118 93.1 ... that mobile mechanics were needed for the stationery service?
Noelle Sandwith 2019-04-24 2,217 92.4 ... that Noelle Sandwith produced the first portrait of a Queen of Tonga?
Alfons Zgrzebniok 2019-04-10 2,113 88.0 ... that Alfons Zgrzebniok commanded the first two of the three Silesian Uprisings?
Bruce Dowbiggin 2019-04-25 2,102 87.6 ... that Canadian investigative journalist Bruce Dowbiggin won a Gemini Award for his reporting on National Hockey League pension fraud?
St Wilfrid's Church, Hailsham 2019-04-24 2,099 87.5 ... that before St Wilfrid's Church opened, Catholics in Hailsham, East Sussex, had to worship in the hayloft of a brewery's stables?
Criminal-justice financial obligations in the United States 2019-04-07 2,078 86.6 ... that fees and penalties charged as part of criminal-justice financial obligations in the United States may lead to the justice system becoming both a result and a cause of poverty?
Neil Ross McKinnon 2019-04-07 2,078 86.6 ... that a British Guiana one-cent postage stamp that Neil Ross McKinnon bought from a schoolboy later sold for US$9.5 million?
Dilan Ağgül 2019-04-16 2,072 86.4 ... that, inspired at the age of five by her football-playing brother, Dilan Ağgül became a footballer in Germany and later played for the Turkey women's national team?
Cape Fugui 2019-04-05 1,988 85.8 ... that Cape Fugui, the northernmost point on Taiwan, includes a beach with ventifacts?
Submarine Memorial Chapel 2019-04-15 1,986 83.4 ... that during World War II, the crew of the USS Argonaut donated their ship's bell to the Submarine Memorial Chapel before the submarine was lost in combat?
Karel Wiesner 2019-04-17 1,995 83.1 ... that Czech chemist Karel Wiesner, unable to study at university under the German occupation, set up a laboratory in the basement of his parents' house to teach himself polarography?
Thomas Fulljames 2019-04-15 1,974 82.8 ... that Thomas Fulljames designed the Gloucester Court of Probate (pictured) in a "picturesque Gothic" style?
John Beaton (miner) 2019-04-21 1,985 82.7 ... that prospector John Beaton triggered an Alaskan gold rush by a discovery his team made on Christmas Day 1908?
Apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament 2019-04-29 1,977 82.4 ... that, on average, Greece has changed its electoral law regarding apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament once every 1.5 elections?
Tore Johannessen 2019-04-02 1,968 82.0 ... that Tore Johannessen was the youngest person to become president of any Norwegian sports association?
Stella Abidh 2019-04-30 1,958 81.6 ... that Stella Abidh is believed to be the first Indo-Trinidadian woman to become a medical doctor?
All India Azad Muslim Conference 2019-04-09 1,954 81.4 ... that the All India Azad Muslim Conference represented several Islamic organisations that opposed the partition of India?
Jens Harzer 2019-04-24 1,948 81.1 ... that Jens Harzer, a German actor with Hamburg's Thalia Theatre as well as in film and television, was chosen by Bruno Ganz to be the latest bearer of the Iffland-Ring?
Yoga for women 2019-04-24 1,939 80.8 ... that Indra Devi helped publicise yoga for women by enrolling film stars and other celebrities as her pupils?
Kathleen Hite 2019-04-28 1,918 79.9 ... that Kathleen Hite, scriptwriter for Gunsmoke, accepted a job as a secretary at CBS so she could badger company officials into letting her write?
Sophie Alexander (footballer) 2019-04-19 1,887 78.6 ... that Sophie Alexander was concussed in her first AFL Women's match?
Georgina Pazcoguin 2019-04-26 1,862 77.6 ... that Georgina Pazcoguin of the New York City Ballet co-founded an initiative to combat Asian stereotypes in ballet productions such as The Nutcracker?
Maria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol 2019-04-07 1,838 76.6 ... that medieval historian Maria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol believed that the 14th-century Mudéjar Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities in Catalonia and Valencia co-existed due to religious segregation?
Ann Wroe 2019-04-27 1,820 75.8 ... that Ann Wroe has written The Economist's obituaries since 2003, with subjects including Prince, Arthur Miller, and Osama bin Laden?
Rozmowy ze Stanisławem Lemem 2019-04-29 1,747 72.8 ... that a book-length interview with Stanisław Lem was subject to cuts due to censorship in Communist Poland?
Wildlife of Spain 2019-04-02 1,732 72.1 ... that the wildlife of Spain includes 8000–9000 species of vascular plants, more than any other country in Europe?
Christus, der uns selig macht 2019-04-18 1,720 71.6 ... that "Christus, der uns selig macht", a translation by Michael Weiße of a Latin Passion hymn, begins with Jesus arrested like a thief?
St George's Church, Polegate 2019-04-23 1,704 71.0 ... that since St George's Church opened in Polegate in 1938, the composition of its parish has changed five times?
Alex Lely 2019-04-04 1,662 69.2 ... that Dutch pool player Alex Lely won the 1999 World Pool Masters Tournament and collected autographs from his opponents?
Luquillo Experimental Forest 2019-04-25 1,656 69.0 ... that an "alarming" decline in arthropod populations in Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico has been linked to the warming climate?
Bulgarian cosmonaut program 2019-04-12 1,625 68.4 ... that Bulgaria's first cosmonaut, Georgi Ivanov, safely returned to Earth despite a failing main engine and a damaged backup engine on his Soyuz 33 spacecraft?
International Air Navigation Conference 2019-04-06 1,630 67.9 ... that the Paris International Air Navigation Conference of 1910 was held after France became concerned about the number of foreign balloons carrying German officers that were entering their airspace?
Coccothrinax jamaicensis 2019-04-09 1,626 67.8 ... that while the fan palm Coccothrinax jamaicensis is the only Coccothrinax species native to Jamaica, the neighbouring island of Cuba has 39 native species?
Der kleine Tag 2019-04-23 1,616 67.3 ... that "der kleine Tag" ("the Little Day") is 23 April in the musical of the same name?
Kiritsugu Emiya 2019-04-16 1,606 66.9 ... that the tragic early life of the visual-novel character Kiritsugu Emiya was written by Gen Urobuchi as a prequel to Fate/stay night, which has a happy ending?
Hansgünther Heyme 2019-04-15 1,578 66.2 ... that when Hansgünther Heyme staged classic plays, Antigone was set in Calcutta, William Tell in Nazi Germany, and Hamlet ended with the prince on a metal trolley?
Marwan I 2019-04-14 1,530 64.3 ... that in 684–85, Caliph Marwan I reestablished Umayyad authority in Syria and Egypt after its collapse across the caliphate?
Virginia Overton 2019-04-26 1,529 63.7 ... that an original work by artist Virginia Overton was used as a prize at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival?
Marjorie Paxson 2019-04-05 1,473 63.6 ... that Marjorie Paxson was twice demoted and replaced by a male editor when two different newspapers replaced their women’s sections with features sections?
1909 Florida Keys hurricane 2019-04-07 1,525 63.5 ... that some newspapers reported as many as 3,000 deaths in Key West, Florida, during an October 1909 hurricane, but just two fatalities occurred in the city in actuality?
Bonin white-eye 2019-04-27 1,522 63.4 ... that the Bonin white-eye can evidently learn about new food sources by watching warbling white-eyes feed?
Alejandra Melfo 2019-04-28 1,516 63.2 ... that former astrophysicist Alejandra Melfo now works on preserving microbial life from Venezuela's rapidly receding last glacier?
Virgilio Caballero Pedraza 2019-04-24 1,509 62.9 ... that while a federal deputy, Virgilio Caballero Pedraza lost his apartment in the 2017 Mexico City earthquake?
Sumedhanand Saraswati 2019-04-10 1,493 62.2 ... that Indian MP Sumedhanand Saraswati is also a Hindu monk?
Miguel Pizarro 2019-04-25 1,486 61.9 ... that Venezuelan politician Miguel Pizarro was expelled from high school for starting protests against military education?
Marysville Cotton Mill 2019-04-12 1,444 60.8 ... that the former Marysville Cotton Mill now houses a data centre for departments and agencies of the Government of New Brunswick?
Episode 8052 2019-04-27 1,457 60.7 ... that Episode 8052 of the Australian soap opera Neighbours concerns the death of series regular Sonya Rebecchi, whose portrayer's contract was not renewed to reduce production costs?
Rosl Schwaiger 2019-04-30 1,446 60.2 ... that Rosl Schwaiger appeared as Mozart's Blonde at the Salzburg Festival in 1945 and the Glyndebourne Festival in 1957?
Armed Forces March Competition 2019-04-30 1,434 59.8 ... that among the judges of the 1954 Armed Forces March Competition were the last two living cornet soloists to have performed under John Philip Sousa?
Gene Ritchie Monahan 2019-04-14 1,422 59.7 ... that Minnesotan portrait and landscape artist Gene Ritchie Monahan is known for work that Sigurd Olson said "caught the details of the changing seasons"?
My Song Is Love Unknown 2019-04-19 1,424 59.3 ... that the Good Friday hymn "My Song Is Love Unknown" asks what Jesus had done to deserve crucifixion?
Tsutomu Kawabuchi 2019-04-12 1,394 58.7 ... that Tsutomu Kawabuchi was referred to as the "father of Japanese women's ice hockey"?
Mark M. Ravitch 2019-04-25 1,375 57.3 ... that Mark M. Ravitch and Félicien M. Steichen introduced surgical staples, a time-saving replacement for suturing by hand, to American operating rooms?
John W. Beschter 2019-04-02 1,368 57.0 ... that John W. Beschter, a Luxembourgish Jesuit who ministered throughout rural Pennsylvania, became the President of Georgetown University in 1829?
Kishen Pershad 2019-04-27 1,332 55.5 ... that as Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Kishen Pershad passed the Mulki regulations giving preference to local citizens over British citizens for state administrative appointments?
Ario Pardee 2019-04-19 1,318 54.9 ... that Ario Pardee's gift of $20,000 to Lafayette College in 1864 was the largest sum ever given to an educational institution in Pennsylvania at the time?
Ruth H. Alexander 2019-04-15 1,273 53.4 ... that Ruth H. Alexander was the first woman selected to serve on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition?
Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front 2019-04-28 1,256 52.3 ... that the Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front is officially opposed to ethnic federalism and sectarianism, although almost all of its popular support stems from just one tribal group?
Lamellaria perspicua 2019-04-14 1,215 51.0 ... that the colour and texture of the transparent lamellaria may vary according to the species of sea squirt on which it is living?
2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships 2019-04-30 1,192 49.6 ... that Western Australia was held scoreless in the pool A final at the 2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships?
Typhoon Ofelia 2019-04-29 1,182 49.2 ... that Typhoon Ofelia was the worst typhoon to hit eastern Taiwan in 30 years?
A Simple Lie 2019-04-08 1,162 48.4 ... that the storyline of Holby City's two-part episode "A Simple Lie" was compared to the Charlie Gard case?
Sharda Mehta 2019-04-12 1,132 47.7 ... that Indian social worker Sharda Mehta organised a protest against indentured servitude in 1917?
Euphrasie Kouassi Yao 2019-04-18 1,138 47.4 ... that Ivorian special advisor Euphrasie Kouassi Yao has worked as a UNESCO chair for Water, Women and Decision-making, and has been honoured by the Global Platform for Enterprising Women?
2019 Tour Championship 2019-04-16 1,136 47.4 ... that at the 2019 Tour Championship snooker tournament the first-round match between Neil Robertson and Mark Selby, played over 17 frames, was decided by the final black?
Trois Chansons (Ravel) 2019-04-03 1,131 47.1 ... that Maurice Ravel wrote texts and music for Trois Chansons, his only composition for choir a cappella, in response to the outbreak of World War I?
Eleanor Barrow Chase 2019-04-03 1,126 46.9 ... that Eleanor Barrow Chase was instrumental in getting Eastern Washington University admitted to the Big Sky Conference in 1987?
Dana Lepofsky 2019-04-09 1,116 46.5 ... that according to research led by Dana Lepofsky, some clam gardens on the Pacific Northwest Coast are up to 3,500 years old?
Bambang Dwi Hartono 2019-04-18 1,092 45.5 ... that Bambang Dwi Hartono championed bus rapid transit in Surabaya as mayor, but his plans were overridden by the next mayor?
Rob Morrison (scientist) 2019-04-13 1,066 44.8 ... that Rob Morrison from Australia's The Curiosity Show was an expert witness at a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the death of a girl by a dingo?
Patrick Lange (conductor) 2019-04-12 1,048 44.1 ... that Patrick Lange, who conducted a Stephen Sondheim musical in a youth club production at age 16, became chief music director of the Wiesbaden State Opera at age 36?
Chris Summers (footballer) 2019-04-22 1,058 44.1 ... that footballer Chris Summers set a Welsh Premier League record during the 2003–04 season by scoring in 11 consecutive matches?
Zeige uns, Herr, deine Allmacht und Güte 2019-04-13 1,037 43.5 ... that Raymund Weber wrote "Zeige uns, Herr, deine Allmacht und Güte" to be sung with a modern melody, but it appears in the German Catholic hymnal with a Baroque melody?
Shah Faesal 2019-04-20 1,042 43.4 ... that Shah Faesal, the first Kashmiri to top the Indian civil services exam, has become a politician?
Siegfried Vogel 2019-04-10 1,042 43.4 ... that Siegfried Vogel, a bass at the Berlin State Opera from 1965, appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow?
Emma Ghent Curtis 2019-04-27 1,018 42.4 ... that Emma Ghent Curtis's 1889 novel The Administratrix features a cowboy in favor of women's suffrage?
D. S. Kapoor 2019-04-13 996 41.8 ... that D. S. Kapoor designed a replica of the Eiffel Tower to serve as an entrance to the annual Chandigarh Carnival?
Margit Schramm 2019-04-21 994 41.4 ... that Margit Schramm appeared as Hanna Glawari, the "merry widow" in Lehár's operetta, more than 500 times?
Necdet Turhan 2019-04-20 994 41.4 ... that Necdet Turhan, a visually impaired mountaineer and long-distance runner, ran five marathons and climbed five summits on five continents?
Watts Park, Southampton 2019-04-15 960 40.3 ... that three times a day, the clock tower across from Southampton's Watts Park tolls out Isaac Watts's hymn "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past"?
Friedrich Achleitner 2019-04-26 958 39.9 ... that Friedrich Achleitner, a concrete poet and architecture critic, wrote over decades about Austrian architecture in the 20th century, visiting each building he described?
Competitive service 2019-04-13 948 39.8 ... that the U.S. Homeland Security Act of 2002 has been used to expedite government-wide hiring for medical, scientific, and cybersecurity positions into the competitive federal civil service?
Uma Saren 2019-04-17 944 39.3 ... that All India Trinamool Congress MP Uma Saren was the first person to speak in the tribal Santali language at the Inter-Parliamentary Union?
Heinz Hoppe 2019-04-16 917 38.2 ... that Heinz Hoppe performed as a lyric tenor at the Hamburg State Opera, including world premieres, but became popular for operetta recordings and television shows?
Alex Adams (Holby City) 2019-04-12 902 38.0 ... that the Holby City production team worked with Parkinson's UK to create a Parkinson's disease storyline for the character Alex Adams?
Avi Nissenkorn 2019-04-24 910 37.9 ... that Avi Nissenkorn, former chairman of Histadrut, Israel's largest trade union, competed in his youth in the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics?
XHCDMX-FM 2019-04-28 900 37.5 ... that XHCDMX-FM, operated by a consortium of women's organizations and activists, is the first community radio station in Mexico City?
Sicut cervus (Palestrina) 2019-04-20 898 37.4 ... that the motet Sicut cervus by Palestrina, suitable for Holy Saturday, has been described as the expression of "serene but fervent spiritual yearning"?
Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano 2019-04-02 896 37.3 ... that the album Liaisons features works by dozens of composers "re-imagining" Stephen Sondheim's music?
Hans Dobida 2019-04-03 877 36.5 ... that Austrian ice hockey administrator Hans Dobida was inducted into the German and Slovenian hockey halls of fame?
Joravarsinh Jadav 2019-04-21 856 35.7 ... that Indian folklorist Joravarsinh Jadav has written and edited more than 90 works?
Ferry Gruber 2019-04-22 848 35.3 ... that the tenor Ferry Gruber performed at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich for 50 years, including in Prokofiev's Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen alongside Ingeborg Hallstein in 1960?
Horst Laubenthal 2019-04-04 830 34.6 ... that Horst Laubenthal appeared in Mozart operas at the Glyndebourne Festival as Belmonte, in Paris as Tamino, and in Turin as Ottavio?
Bent Norup 2019-04-29 820 34.2 ... that Bent Norup, a Danish heldenbaritone, recorded the role of Orest live in France, alongside Ute Vinzing as Elektra and Leonie Rysanek as Chrysothemis?
Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig 2019-04-14 806 33.8 ... that "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig", a hymn about vanity by Michael Franck, is the basis of a chorale cantata by Bach, and quoted in Mauricio Kagel's Passion?
Cynthia García Coll 2019-04-06 807 33.6 ... that Cynthia García Coll from Puerto Rico has researched the psychological resilience of children born to teen mothers and of immigrant children?
Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz 2019-04-19 802 33.4 ... that Heinrich Schütz composed Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz, setting the seven Sayings of Jesus on the cross for the Evangelist, who sings in up to four voices, and Jesus, who is accompanied by obbligato instruments?
Poecilochaetus serpens 2019-04-07 794 33.1 ... that the polychaete worm Poecilochaetus serpens digs a burrow with its head and lines it with particles of clay or mud cemented with mucus?
Yang Naisi 2019-04-28 793 33.0 ... that Chinese linguist Yang Naisi was noted for his research on the ʼPhags-pa script?
Harry Lindblad 2019-04-09 773 32.2 ... that Finnish Ice Hockey Association president Harry Lindblad was a founding member of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame, and served as its first chairman?
James F. Short 2019-04-06 772 32.2 ... that James F. Short served as director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture under four governors?
Helen Brownlee 2019-04-06 768 32.0 ... that Order of Australia recipient Helen Brownlee was the first woman to be elected as one of the vice presidents of the Australian Olympic Committee?
Romulea tortuosa 2019-04-14 699 29.3 ... that some leaves of the South African plant Romulea tortuosa are shaped like corkscrews?
Tom Oppé 2019-04-13 690 29.0 ... that Tom Oppé chaired the working party which produced a report for the British government in 1974 recommending that babies be fed with breast milk rather than formula?
1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season 2019-04-09 691 28.8 ... that by winning promotion during the 1920–21 season, Cardiff City F.C. became the first Welsh club to reach the top tier of English football?
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen 2019-04-06 622 25.9 ... that Felix Mendelssohn first composed the motet Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (For He shall give His angels charge) for an eight-part choir, then included it with orchestra in Elijah?
Mike Gioulakis 2019-04-20 598 24.9 ... that cinematographer Mike Gioulakis was inspired by the photography of Gregory Crewdson when shooting the 2014 horror film It Follows?
Popule meus (Victoria) 2019-04-19 575 24.0 ... that in the motet Popule meus by Tomás Luis de Victoria, which sets the Good Friday Reproaches, two choirs alternate Greek and Latin versions of the Trisagion?
List of black NFL quarterbacks 2019-04-17 541 22.5 ... that Fritz Pollard (pictured) became the NFL's first black quarterback in 1923, but it was not until 2017 that all 32 modern NFL teams had started at least one black quarterback?
Bandaru Dattatreya 2019-04-14 502 21.1 ... that Bandaru Dattatreya is the only minister from the Telangana state in the current Union Cabinet of India?
1921–22 Cardiff City F.C. season 2019-04-20 352 14.7 ... that during Cardiff City F.C.'s 1921–22 season, trainer George Latham became the oldest player in club history when called into action after members of the first team fell ill?

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