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Low 21.1 Jack Gatecliff 60.0 Astilbe chinensis 21.1 Jack Gatecliff
Median 112.2 Mária Kráľovičová
Chowkidar Chor Hai 		433.0 Tomb of Menecrates
Frank Borman 		131.8 Fatwa of Ali Khamenei against insulting revered Sunni figures
Silver Wedding (novel)
High 738.9 Golden State Killer 946.4 Air Lock Diving-Bell Plant 946.4 Air Lock Diving-Bell Plant

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Air Lock Diving-Bell Plant 2019-06-14 22,712 946.4 ... that the Air Lock Diving-Bell Plant (pictured), made in Wivenhoe, worked in the Gibraltar harbour for more than 60 years?
Herbert Maryon 2019-06-20 22,458 935.8 ... that when Elizabeth II asked Herbert Maryon (pictured) what he did as she appointed him to the Order of the British Empire, he replied, "Well, Ma'am, I am a sort of back room boy at the British Museum"?
That's All, Brother 2019-06-06 20,437 851.5 ... that the pilot of That's All, Brother (pictured), the lead C-47 carrying American paratroopers to Normandy 75 years ago today, named the airplane as a message to Adolf Hitler that his rule would soon end?
Patella ferruginea 2019-06-18 11,684 486.9 ... that Al Hoceima National Park is one of the few locations where the ribbed Mediterranean limpet (pictured) survives?
Al Hoceima National Park 7,492 312.1
Total 19,176 799.0
Golden State Killer 2019-06-13 17,734[a] 738.9 ... that the suspected "Golden State Killer" was actually born in New York?
Oei Hui-lan 2019-06-05 16,546 689.4 ... that Madame Wellington Koo (pictured), the Chinese-Indonesian First Lady of pre-communist China, was featured as a "woman of style" in a 2015 fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Marvel Swimsuit Special 2019-06-19 16,213 675.5 ... that Marvel Comics published a parody of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue featuring artwork of superheroes in bathing suits?
Halocynthia igaboja 2019-06-28 15,857 660.7 ... that the sea hedgehog is a cannibal?
Daniella van Graas 2019-06-18 15,627 651.1 ... that spokesmodel Daniella van Graas thinks she has been largely typecast as a model, but wishes to gain 20 kilograms (44 lb) and play a Monster?
Salar del Hombre Muerto 2019-06-11 15,514 646.4 ... that the Salt Pan of the Dead Man is one of the most important sources of lithium in the world?
Mikhailovsky Palace 2019-06-21 15,366 640.3 ... that the Mikhailovsky Palace (pictured) cost more to decorate than to build?
2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution 2019-06-26 15,060 627.5 ... that the 37 civilians beheaded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in April 2019 included at least three who were minors at the time of their arrest?
Sylvia Geszty 2019-06-28 14,358 598.3 ... that the Hungarian coloratura soprano Sylvia Geszty (pictured) was a member of the Berlin State Opera in East Germany before joining the Stuttgart State Opera in the West?
Göreme National Park 2019-06-12 14,245 593.5 ... that the landscape of Göreme National Park (pictured) has been formed by volcanic activity followed by erosion?
Trinity plantation 2019-06-27 13,792 574.6 ... that an aqueduct (pictured) of over 1 mi (1.6 km) in length was built to supply Trinity plantation in Jamaica with water?
Hevsel Gardens 2019-06-13 12,575 524.0 ... that the Hevsel Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been compared to the Garden of Eden?
Adriaan de Bruin 2019-06-13 12,323 513.5 ... that Adriaan de Bruin was enslaved in Africa but ended up in Hoorn in the Dutch Republic, where he married a local woman and ran a tobacco shop?
NASA Astronaut Group 4 2019-06-28 12,037 501.5 ... that NASA Astronaut Group 4, selected in 1965 for the Apollo program, was the first recruited primarily on the basis of scientific experience?
Nina Salaman 2019-06-13 11,880 495.0 ... that the poet Nina Salaman (pictured) was the first woman to deliver a sermon in a British Orthodox synagogue?
Mai Yinghao 2019-06-19 6,131 255.5 ... that archaeologists Mai Yinghao and Huang Zhanyue led the excavation of the 2,000-year-old mausoleum of King Zhao Mo (jade burial suit pictured)?
Huang Zhanyue 5,648 235.3
Total 11,778 490.8
Naomi Koshi 2019-06-19 11,632 484.7 ... that Naomi Koshi is the youngest woman ever elected mayor of a Japanese city?
Melissa Ede 2019-06-14 11,342 472.6 ... that LGBT rights activist Melissa Ede wanted to become the first transgender woman on Mars?
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey 2019-06-28 11,072 461.3 ... that in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, players control a lineage of apes until it reaches a stage that resembles Lucy?
Edith Campbell 2019-06-24 10,861 452.5 ... that Canadian nurse Edith Campbell (pictured) was awarded the Military Medal for her bravery during air raids on a First World War hospital in France?
Nikolai Yegipko 2019-06-22 10,734 447.2 ... that Soviet Vice-Admiral Nikolai Yegipko (pictured) had once been rejected for membership in the Komsomol after it was reported that he used "perfumed" soap?
Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke 2019-06-17 10,658 444.1 ... that during World War II, Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke safeguarded the paintings of her first husband, August Macke, who portrayed her more than 200 times (example pictured)?
Frank Borman 2019-06-30 10,440 435.0 ... that after retirement from NASA, astronaut Frank Borman (pictured) became a special advisor to Eastern Air Lines, and helped rescue survivors of the Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crash near Florida's Everglades?
Kaj Linna 2019-06-27 10,414 433.9 ... that a podcast helped overturn the murder conviction of Kaj Linna after he had been imprisoned for thirteen years?
Tomb of Menecrates 2019-06-25 10,346 431.1 ... that the Lion of Menecrates (pictured) is thought to have been part of the Tomb of Menecrates in Corfu, Greece, built for an ancient Korkyrean ambassador who was lost at sea?
Kitty O'Brien Joyner 2019-06-10 10,343 431.0 ... that Kitty O'Brien Joyner (pictured) was the first woman engineer at NACA, the predecessor to NASA?
Karin Takahashi (voice actress) 2019-06-28 9,594 399.8 ... that voice actress Karin Takahashi originally aspired to become a lawyer?
Mickey au Camp de Gurs 2019-06-10 9,533 397.2 ... that Horst Rosenthal's 1942 comic Mickey au Camp de Gurs is "perhaps the earliest sequential art narrative dealing with the Holocaust"?
Dolo hospital airstrike 2019-06-19 9,150 381.2 ... that Italy bombed a Swedish hospital in Dolo during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War?
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final 2019-06-28 9,102 379.2 ... that ten years ago today, the United States played in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final after ending Spain's 35-match unbeaten streak?
Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century 2019-06-29 9,062 377.6 ... that in Andy Warhol's Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, the "faces of the dead appear as if behind a veneer of modernity" according to the National Portrait Gallery?
Brachystegia eurycoma 2019-06-27 8,950 372.9 ... that the ripe seed pods of Brachystegia eurycoma burst explosively and throw out the large disc-shaped seeds?
Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir 2019-06-26 8,937 372.4 ... that Jammu and Kashmir has a unique penal code established by Maharaja Ranbir Singh (pictured)?
North Woods and North Meadow 2019-06-04 8,742 364.3 ... that North Woods in New York City's Central Park contains a bridge (pictured) made of boulders, some weighing nearly 100 short tons (89 long tons), which are held together by gravity?
United Airlines Flight 297 2019-06-04 8,628 359.5 ... that after the crash of United Airlines Flight 297 in 1962, the Federal Aviation Administration created new regulations that required airplanes to better withstand bird strikes?
Foulden Maar 2019-06-13 8,301 345.9 ... that a mining company wants to quarry the New Zealand Miocene fossil site Foulden Maar for use in pig food?
Calma glaucoides 2019-06-05 8,268 344.5 ... that Calma glaucoides has such a rich diet of eggs that it does not need an anus?
Edelio López Falcón 2019-06-19 8,210 342.1 ... that suspected drug lord Edelio López Falcón was known as "The Lord of the Horses"?
Rolando López Salinas 2019-06-27 8,194 341.4 ... that a Mexican mayor warned that the murder of suspected drug lord Rolando López Salinas would increase drug violence in his city?
Nancy Pelosi 2019-06-02 8,194[b] 341.4 ... that Nancy Pelosi (pictured) is the only woman to have served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the first former Speaker to return to the post since 1955?
Geoffrey Gillam 2019-06-06 3,082 128.4 ... that Wilfrid and Arthur married Geoffrey at All Souls, and a master mariner gave away the bride?
Wilfrid Oldaker 2,057 85.7
William Davies (master mariner) 1,650 68.8
Arthur Buxton 1,312 54.7
Total 8,102 337.6
Trout Creek Hill 2019-06-14 7,630 317.9 ... that the Trout Creek Hill volcanic eruption approximately 340,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene, produced a lava flow that extended 20 km (12 mi), temporarily damming the Columbia River?
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia 2019-06-14 7,586 316.1 ... that the symptoms of CPVT, a cause of sudden death in children, are often mistaken for simple faints?
A Short English Chronicle 2019-06-27 7,438 309.9 ... that the 15th-century Short English Chronicle described King Edward IV as receiving instantaneous notification of treason from God?
The Twin Miracle 2019-06-21 7,416 309.0 ... that according to Buddhist texts, the Buddha performed The Twin Miracle in a miracle contest against six rival religious leaders?
Milkshaking 2019-06-26 7,355 306.5 ... that right-wing political figures in the United Kingdom have recently been milkshaked?
Kyle Garlick 2019-06-28 7,330 305.4 ... that Kyle Garlick set the single-season home run record for the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos?
Sher Mandal 2019-06-23 7,304 304.3 ... that Mughal emperor Humayun died after falling down the stairs of his library, Sher Mandal (pictured)?
Carl H. Lindroth 2019-06-28 7,302 304.2 ... that Swedish entomologist Carl H. Lindroth suggested that more than 40 species of North American ground beetle were inadvertently transported from Europe in ship ballast?
All the Ways 2019-06-27 7,273 303.0 ... that Meghan Trainor's song "All the Ways" was inspired by a conversation she had with her husband Daryl Sabara?
Barbie the Welder 2019-06-03 7,207 300.3 ... that Barbie likes welding?
Moseley Park 2019-06-17 7,077 294.9 ... that you need a key to get into Moseley Park?
Florence Fang 2019-06-18 6,870 286.2 ... that when Florence Fang sees a dinosaur, she buys it for her Flintstones-themed house?
Nancy Fish 2019-06-11 6,737 280.7 ... that Nancy Fish, widow of P. T. Barnum, is said to have met her second husband when she fell from the Great Pyramid of Giza into his arms?
James Acaster's Classic Scrapes 2019-06-13 6,717 279.9 ... that the autobiography James Acaster's Classic Scrapes ends with a story about a cabbage-based prank war between the comedian and a nine-year-old child?
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra 2019-06-13 6,687 278.6 ... that at oral argument in NIFLA v. Becerra, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan questioned whether a California law was "gerrymandered" in order to discriminate against crisis pregnancy centers?
Rodney Robinson 2019-06-14 6,661 277.5 ... that Rodney Robinson, 2019 National Teacher of the Year, makes sure his former students at the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center register to vote?
Grande roue de Montréal 2019-06-13 6,515 271.5 ... that the 60-metre-high (200 ft) Grande roue de Montréal, built in Montreal for the 375th anniversary of the city, is the tallest Ferris wheel in Canada?
Themiste pyroides 2019-06-19 6,488 270.3 ... that the marine worm Themiste pyroides is unusual in that it forms swarms when breeding?
Liang Shoupan 2019-06-14 6,458 269.1 ... that Liang Shoupan is known as the "father of China's cruise missile program"?
Francis Rose (Jamaica) 2019-06-14 6,422 267.6 ... that Francis Rose's plantations in Jamaica included Old Works, New Works, and The Decoy?
Genrikh Novozhilov 2019-06-13 6,395 266.5 ... that Genrikh Novozhilov led the development of Ilyushin Il-76, the most popular passenger and military transport aircraft of the Soviet Union?
1923–24 Cardiff City F.C. season 2019-06-14 6,323 263.5 ... that during the 1923–24 season, Cardiff City F.C. finished as runners-up in the closest title race in First Division history?
Ria Thiele 2019-06-13 6,248 260.4 ... that Max Brod reviewed a performance of Ria Thiele, an actress and dancer who played in theatres of Vienna, Berlin and Prague?
Richard Haine 2019-06-21 6,243 260.1 ... that Dickie Haine flew in the RAF's first night fighter patrol of the Second World War?
Silvia Bellot 2019-06-27 6,106 254.4 ... that motorsport official Silvia Bellot was part of the first all-woman panel of stewards in the history of the World Rally Championship at the 2016 Rally Catalunya?
The Expanding Circle 2019-06-14 6,061 252.5 ... that the book The Expanding Circle bridged sociobiology and ethics, discussing how humans have used reason to expand their moral considerations from family and tribe to the entire of society?
Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others 2019-06-25 5,985 249.4 ... that after Christian bakers refused to decorate a cake in support of gay marriage, the UK Supreme Court ruled that no one could be forced to promote a message with which they disagree?
Garden of Eden (cellular automaton) 2019-06-23 5,964 248.5 ... that every Garden of Eden contains an orphan?
Palmer Street 2019-06-11 5,914 246.4 ... that Palmer Street was the location of a secret British spy base that intercepted the communications of London's embassies?
Nujeen Mustafa 2019-06-20 5,874 244.8 ... that Nujeen Mustafa, a teenage Syrian refugee with cerebral palsy, travelled 5,600 kilometres (3,500 mi) in a wheelchair to seek asylum in Germany?
James Bruce Lockhart 2019-06-03 5,862 244.2 ... that James Bruce Lockhart's career in the Foreign Office was a cover for his real work with the Secret Intelligence Service?
Anne Croy 2019-06-26 5,839 243.3 ... that reproductive immunologist Anne Croy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her work with uterine natural killer cells during pregnancy?
Lees of Scotland 2019-06-04 5,702 237.6 ... that the Lees Macaroon bar was an experiment?
Wildlife of Liberia 2019-06-14 5,691 237.1 ... that among the wildlife of Liberia, the rarest mammal may be the Liberian mongoose?
Hu Jinqing 2019-06-27 5,650 235.4 ... that Hu Jinqing's animated film The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam, based on a Chinese proverb, won a Silver Bear in Berlin?
Ellen Schwiers 2019-06-19 5,636 234.9 ... that Ellen Schwiers, who starred as Buhlschaft at the Salzburg Festival and in a film in 1961, founded a touring theatre company with her husband and daughter?
Jakub Wędrowycz 2019-06-12 5,552 231.3 ... that the fictional character Jakub Wędrowycz—an exorcist, drunkard, moonshine producer, and poacher—is one of the icons of Polish pop culture?
All About That Bass 2019-06-05 5,504 229.4 ... that Meghan Trainor's song "All About That Bass" was written in 40 minutes?
Kamchatka meteor 2019-06-22 5,400 225.0 ... that in 2018, an asteroid measuring 12 meters (39 feet) across exploded in an air burst over the Bering Sea near the Kamchatka Peninsula with the force of 173 kilotons of TNT?
Sangita Magar 2019-06-12 5,283 220.1 ... that Nepalese student Sangita Magar became a human rights activist after she survived an acid attack at the age of 16?
Don't I Know You? 2019-06-04 5,102 212.6 ... that the Killing Eve episode "Don't I Know You?" was generally praised for including diverse LGBT+ characters, but also criticised for how one was killed?
List of quadrangles on Mars 2019-06-21 5,095 212.3 ... that the first detailed maps of the quadrangles of Mars were assembled not by NASA but by geologists, mostly at the United States Geological Survey?
Temple of Hera, Mon Repos 2019-06-03 5,022 209.2 ... that the roof of the Temple of Hera in Corfu was decorated with large terracotta figures painted in vivid colour, making it one of the most intricately adorned buildings of Archaic Greece?
Hells Bells (cave formations) 2019-06-29 4,944 206.0 ... that Hells Bells grow underwater in a cave in Mexico?
Milton Keynes 2019-06-12 4,922[c] 205.1 ... that "one of the biggest concentrations of Bronze Age gold known from Britain" was found in archaeological investigations during the development of Milton Keynes?
Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra 2019-06-11 3,789 157.9 ... that among those buried in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra (pictured) are Peter the Great's sister, niece, son, and mistress?
List of burials and memorials in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra 964 40.2
Total 4,754 198.1
Lorraine 12D 2019-06-16 4,630 192.9 ... that a variant of the Lorraine 12D was the most powerful French airplane engine during World War I?
Erythrina berteroana 2019-06-25 4,600 191.6 ... that cut branches of the small tree Erythrina berteroana are used to make living fence posts?
Matt Farley (musician) 2019-06-15 4,452 185.5 ... that prolific songwriter Matt Farley says he makes US$500 a month from a song containing only the word "poop"?
Molniya orbit 2019-06-09 4,420 184.2 ... that Molniya orbits are used by Russian and American military satellites?
Military geology 2019-06-03 4,392 183.0 ... that military geologists were employed to find the best landing sites during the planning of the invasions of the United Kingdom, Sicily, and France in World War II?
Dadia Forest 2019-06-06 4,322 180.1 ... that Dadia is the only European forest in which all four native European species of vulture can be found?
Nikolskoe Cemetery 2019-06-03 3,521 146.7 ... that among those buried in the Nikolskoe Cemetery (pictured) is Fyodor Uglov, who was the world's oldest practising surgeon when he retired at age 102?
List of burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery 782 32.6
Total 4,303 179.3
Olivia Jade 2019-06-22 4,212[d] 175.5 ... that while American social media celebrity Olivia Jade said, "I don't really care about school", she applied and was accepted to the University of Southern California?
Louis B. Anderson 2019-06-12 4,150 172.9 ... that Louis B. Anderson, Chicago's second black alderman, mortally wounded a mugger?
Chevauchée of Edward III 2019-06-09 4,143 172.6 ... that when the English army invaded France in 1346 they burnt a 40-mile-wide (64 km) swath of destruction to within 2 miles (3 km) of Paris?
Line marker (sports) 2019-06-24 4,098 170.8 ... that lines on sports fields were once marked by young children but can now be marked by robots equipped with GPS?
Irvine Gray 2019-06-05 4,092 170.5 ... that five sacks of documents dating back to 1154 were recovered from a damp potting-shed while Irvine Gray was an archivist at the Gloucester Record Office?
Revolution of 1719 2019-06-07 4,076 169.9 ... that the Revolution of 1719 ended the rule of the lords proprietors in South Carolina?
Herbert Schachtschneider 2019-06-20 3,996 166.5 ... that after German tenor Herbert Schachtschneider was a prisoner of war in England during the 1940s, he remained in the country to study voice with a cousin of Arnold Schoenberg?
Sommen 2019-06-03 3,993 166.4 ... that one theory holds that aquatic cold-water species entered Sweden's Lake Sommen by a natural lock system at the end of the last ice age?
Miracles of Gautama Buddha 2019-06-26 3,900 162.5 ... that the Buddha, to whom many miracles were attributed, considered the "miracle of instruction" to be the greatest because it would not be taken for a mere magic trick?
János Gerendi 2019-06-03 3,876 161.5 ... that although the Transylvanian nobleman János Gerendi refrained from eating blood and animals that had been strangled, he did not keep all the Old Testament laws?
High Orchard 2019-06-16 3,865 161.0 ... that High Orchard in Gloucester, England, was part of a medieval priory, then an industrial area (buildings pictured), and is now the site of a shopping centre?
Megumi Nakajima 2019-06-05 3,826 159.4 ... that Megumi Nakajima became so associated with her role as Ranka Lee in the anime series Macross Frontier that she feared she would be unable to establish her own identity as a voice actress?
Canada–Philippines waste dispute 2019-06-22 3,818 159.1 ... that during the Canada–Philippines waste dispute, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte threatened to declare war on Canada over 103 mislabeled shipping containers of household trash?
Me! 2019-06-08 3,760[e] 156.6 ... that spelling is fun, according to Taylor Swift?
International Day Against DRM 2019-06-10 3,743 156.0 ... that the International Day Against DRM, organized by the Defective by Design initiative, has been observed since 2006?
Historical significance 2019-06-20 3,699 154.1 ... that historical significance is often subjective and open to challenge?
Libro de los Epítomes 2019-06-24 3,628 151.1 ... that in 2013 Libro de los Epítomes, a library catalogue by Ferdinand Columbus, was rediscovered after nearly 500 years?
Shigetada Nishijima 2019-06-08 3,601 150.0 ... that Dutch authorities interned a Japanese spy, but thought he was a businessman and released him in a 1942 prisoner exchange?
Al-Nadirah 2019-06-18 3,548 147.8 ... that the theme of the medieval Perso-Arabic legend of al-Nadirah was used in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea"?
The Inch, Edinburgh 2019-06-02 3,528 147.0 ... that from Edinburgh city centre, it is two miles to the Inch?
Thurrock services 2019-06-22 3,332 138.8 ... that Thurrock services was built on top of a rubbish dump?
Pizza di Pasqua 2019-06-08 3,304 137.7 ... that the pizza di Pasqua used to be blessed at the local church before being eaten at breakfast on Easter morning?
Calyptraeotheres garthi 2019-06-10 3,296 137.4 ... that the pea crab Calyptraeotheres garthi effectively castrates its slipper limpet host, but breeding resumes if the crab is removed?
Aletta Jacobs 2019-06-11 3,250 135.4 ... that Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs's legal challenge to be added to the Amsterdam electoral rolls backfired, leading to a constitutional amendment granting voting rights to men only?
Scanning Kelvin Probe 2019-06-20 3,209 133.7 ... that Scanning Kelvin Probe, a technique based on Lord Kelvin's work, has been used to investigate fingerprints and meteorites?
Silver Wedding (novel) 2019-06-06 3,176 132.4 ... that the Irish novelist Maeve Binchy was inspired to write Silver Wedding after hearing a girl on a bus talk about her parents' horrible marriage?
Fatwa of Ali Khamenei against insulting revered Sunni figures 2019-06-22 3,150 131.2 ... that the fatwa against insulting revered Sunni figures issued by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was described as winning "widespread praise"?
Captain America: White 2019-06-09 3,126 130.2 ... that there was a seven-year delay between the release of the first and second issues of the comic book Captain America: White?
Lydia Lavelle 2019-06-09 3,049 127.0 ... that Lydia Lavelle is the first openly lesbian mayor in the US state of North Carolina?
Motivation crowding theory 2019-06-30 2,959 123.3 ... that according to motivation crowding theory, adding incentives for some behavior can sometimes backfire and actually result in less of that behavior?
Siege of Calais (1346–1347) 2019-06-15 2,954 123.1 ... that the largest English army to serve overseas prior to 1600 was gathered at the Siege of Calais in 1347?
Diane Holl 2019-06-24 2,920 121.7 ... that Diane Holl was the first female race engineer to win a Championship Auto Racing Teams motor race?
Joe Kryczka 2019-06-04 2,840 118.3 ... that Joe Kryczka used his legal background and knowledge of the Russian language to Canada's advantage in negotiating the 1972 Summit Series agreement?
Fu Xinqi 2019-06-20 2,823 117.6 ... that after Fu Xinqi retired as an architect in his eighties, he took up painting and held a personal exhibition to celebrate his one-hundredth birthday?
Chowkidar Chor Hai 2019-06-21 2,738 114.1 ... that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers prefixed the name 'chowkidar' (watchman) to their Twitter profiles in response to the election slogan Chowkidar Chor Hai?
Mária Kráľovičová 2019-06-07 2,646 110.2 ... that Mária Kráľovičová was the first Slovak television actress?
No Place to Go (2000 film) 2019-06-08 2,642 110.1 ... that in the 2000 film No Place to Go, the central character jumps out of a window to her death, as the director's mother had done some years before?
The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables 2019-06-09 2,616 109.0 ... that The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables (pictured) is also called The Immaculate Conception of Soult after Jean-de-Dieu Soult, who looted it from the Hospital de los Venerables in 1813?
RISE project 2019-06-26 2,582 107.6 ... that in 1979, the RISE project first discovered hydrothermal vents known as 'black smokers', on a mid-ocean ridge in the Pacific Ocean?
Mueller Tower 2019-06-23 1,328 55.3 ... that both Mueller and Barr can be found in Lincoln, Nebraska?
Barr Terrace 1,252 52.2
Total 2,580 107.5
Lloyd M. Trefethen 2019-06-01 2,544 106.0 ... that Lloyd Trefethen and Lloyd Trefethen showed that, when shuffling playing cards, five riffles are enough?
Samra (rapper) 2019-06-01 2,530 105.4 ... that Samra, a male German rapper, performs under a feminine Arabic pseudonym?
Pollack (card game) 2019-06-25 2,529 105.4 ... that the card game of Pollack is named after a bonus for holding the three top cards – the ten, nine, and ace – of one suit?
Raffaele Contigiani 2019-06-08 2,503 104.3 ... that Raffaele Contigiani's brutalist Hôtel du Lac (pictured) has been seen as symbolic of the modernisation of Tunisia in the 1970s?
Parish of Jesús María and Our Lady of Mercy 2019-06-17 2,495 104.0 ... that Philip II of Spain approved funds for a convent because his illegitimate daughter was living there?
InvisiblePeople.tv 2019-06-05 2,486 103.6 ... that InvisiblePeople.tv, which has produced interviews with hundreds of homeless people in over 100 cities, was founded by formerly-homeless television executive Mark Horvath?
Roza Papo 2019-06-16 2,465 102.7 ... that Roza Papo, who nearly lost an eye in an air raid in 1942 after refusing to take shelter, later became the first woman general in the Balkans?
Tadashi Maeda (admiral) 2019-06-17 2,452 102.2 ... that the Indonesian Declaration of Independence was drafted in the home of Japanese rear admiral Tadashi Maeda?
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 2019-06-19 2,443[f] 101.8 ... that the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, which began 20 years ago today, was moved to large American football stadiums after the success of the 1996 Olympics soccer tournament?
McCollom Institute 2019-06-17 2,404 100.2 ... that the McCollom Institute, a high school in New Hampshire, closed in 1906 when the number of students had fallen to eleven?
List of United States women's national soccer team hat-tricks 2019-06-07 2,404 100.2 ... that three players for the U.S. women's national soccer team have scored hat-tricks in the FIFA Women's World Cup, including Carli Lloyd (pictured) in the 2015 final?
Tyla Hanks 2019-06-03 2,384 99.3 ... that Australian rules footballer Tyla Hanks set a record in the agility component at the 2018 AFL Women's draft combine?
Isabella Forshall 2019-06-08 2,364 98.5 ... that although Isabella Forshall did not go to school, she gained two university degrees and four postgraduate diplomas in medicine and surgery?
Demolition of the Babri Masjid 2019-06-08 2,336 97.3 ... that the Babri Masjid, a mosque built in 1528, was demolished in 1992 after a political rally turned violent?
Violet Oon 2019-06-04 2,320 96.6 ... that although her mother never cooked, Violet Oon learned to cook Peranakan food at the age of sixteen before eventually being appointed the food ambassador of Singapore?
Lady Ponce 2019-06-09 2,296 95.7 ... that Cameroonian singer Lady Ponce advertised that her wedding would take place at 3:30 p.m., then held it at 9:00 a.m. to avoid paparazzi?
Kosakeln 2019-06-10 2,268 94.5 ... that if two Austrians say they are "playing Cossack", they are likely to be enjoying the Tarot game of Kosakeln?
Charles Walker Cathcart 2019-06-07 2,268 94.5 ... that during the First World War, Charles Cathcart and Isaac Balfour proposed adopting the German idea of using moss to treat wounded British soldiers?
Billionaire Ted 2019-06-30 2,252 93.8 ... that despite being parodied on World Wrestling Federation TV as "Billionaire Ted", World Championship Wrestling owner Ted Turner reportedly found the sketches funny?
Hu Peizhao 2019-06-17 2,208 92.0 ... that when Hu Peizhao argued that capital investors receiving economic returns was a reasonable allocation of production gains, he was criticized by Marxists for justifying exploitation of labour?
Albion plantation 2019-06-15 2,192 91.4 ... that Albion plantation in Jamaica had at least 450 slaves in 1833, producing 400 hogsheads of sugar and 240 puncheons of rum annually?
Sulayman ibn Sa'd al-Khushani 2019-06-24 2,186 91.1 ... that Caliph Abd al-Malik's scribe Sulayman ibn Sa'd al-Khushani changed the language of Syria's bureaucracy from Greek to Arabic?
Halca 2019-06-06 2,180 90.8 ... that the first three singles released by Japanese musician Halca were used as closing themes for three different anime series?
Effects of Hurricane Floyd in Florida 2019-06-05 2,154 89.8 ... that due to the threat of Hurricane Floyd in 1999, Walt Disney World closed for a full day for the first time in its history?
Elizabeth Bartlet (musicologist) 2019-06-15 2,146 89.4 ... that Elizabeth Bartlet's PhD thesis on Étienne Méhul was described as earning "the iconic status reserved for the few doctoral theses that are destined to change their chosen field"?
Raet National Park 2019-06-16 2,114 88.1 ... that Raet is a moraine?
Bandola (horse) 2019-06-16 2,067 86.1 ... that the Arabian broodmare Bandola was called "The Queen of Poland?"
Norman Bullock 2019-06-21 2,052 85.5 ... that Leicester City F.C. manager Norman Bullock banned his players from riding motorbikes?
Rong Baisheng 2019-06-29 2,049 85.4 ... that Rong Baisheng designed the Guangdong International Building (pictured), which became China's tallest building when completed in 1990?
Lydia Manley Henry 2019-06-06 2,048 85.4 ... that Lydia Manley Henry, the first woman to graduate from the University of Sheffield medical school, was awarded the Croix de Guerre?
Heartland (nonfiction book) 2019-06-29 2,034 84.8 ... that Sarah Smarsh's 2018 memoir Heartland argues that belief in the American Dream leads to the continued oppression of those in poverty?
Tunicotheres 2019-06-03 1,954 81.4 ... that the pea crab Tunicotheres moseri lives inside the water-filled chamber of a sea squirt?
Eduardo A. Roca 2019-06-18 1,948 81.2 ... that Eduardo A. Roca, Argentina's permanent representative to the United Nations during the Falklands War, accused the UK of aggression and condemned the US for supporting it?
Jennifer Holloway 2019-06-07 1,928 80.3 ... that American opera singer Jennifer Holloway portrayed Grete in Der ferne Klang as a young girl whose lover leaves her, as a courtesan, and as an old woman who holds the returned lover while he dies?
Yang Jiachi 2019-06-04 1,878 78.3 ... that Yang Jiachi developed control systems for satellites, rockets, and nuclear tests?
Huang Weilu 2019-06-10 1,872 78.0 ... that Huang Weilu was the chief designer of China's first submarine-launched ballistic missile?
Senegal one-striped grass mouse 2019-06-30 1,223 51.0 ... that the wildlife of Senegal includes a critically endangered subspecies of the giant eland and the common Senegal one-striped grass mouse?
Wildlife of Senegal 644 26.8
Total 1,866 77.8
Baishiya Karst Cave 2019-06-07 1,054 43.9 ... that Zhang Dongju, Chen Fahu, and J.-J. Hublin discovered that a fossil jaw from Baishiya Cave belonged to the first known Denisovan outside Siberia and the first known human on the Tibetan Plateau?
Zhang Dongju 476 19.9
Chen Fahu 326 13.6
Total 1,856 77.4
Monique Scheier-Schneider 2019-06-25 1,852 77.2 ... that Monique Scheier-Schneider, general secretary of the Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation since 1992, has managed her country's men's under-18, men's junior, and men's national ice hockey teams?
1826 Canary Islands storm 2019-06-23 1,833 76.4 ... that the 1826 Canary Islands storm claimed 298 victims on Tenerife and may have been a tropical cyclone?
Katherine Hughes (activist) 2019-06-24 1,797 74.9 ... that Canadian journalist Katherine Hughes became Alberta's first provincial archivist, but later became a political activist, fighting for Irish self-determination?
Joel Moskowitz 2019-06-07 1,769 73.7 ... that a lawsuit brought by Joel Moskowitz forced public release of mobile phone radiation safety guidelines prepared by the state of California, earning him the James Madison Freedom of Information Award?
Niayes 2019-06-02 1,768 73.7 ... that Niayes, a region of Senegal important for fishing, market gardening, cattle-grazing, and birds, is at risk of desertification?
Cabilao Island 2019-06-07 1,763 73.5 ... that Cabilao Island is the location of the only natural lake in the Philippine province of Bohol?
Carin Clauss 2019-06-21 1,762 73.4 ... that Carin Clauss, the first female solicitor of the United States Department of Labor, was also nominated by President Carter to be a judge?
Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra 2019-06-29 1,754 73.1 ... that al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra is credited with introducing iron stirrups to the warhorses of early Muslim armies?
Matthias Goethe 2019-06-16 1,722 71.8 ... that Matthias Goethe, who was born in Prussia and trained to become a Catholic priest, became a Lutheran pastor and established congregations in Australia, the United States, and Mexico?
Aron Anderson 2019-06-15 1,711 71.3 ... that Aron Anderson (pictured) is the first wheelchair user to complete a Swedish classic, competing in and finishing Vasaloppet, Vätternrundan, Vansbrosimmet, and the Lidingöloppet?
Meaning of Life (album) 2019-06-18 1,696 70.6 ... that Meaning of Life is Kelly Clarkson's first album after successfully finishing her American Idol recording contract?
Marion Underwood 2019-06-17 1,678 69.9 ... that developmental researcher Marion Underwood found that a group of ninth-grade students sent an average of 1,321 text messages a month?
Ping Hsin-tao 2019-06-25 1,662 69.3 ... that publisher Ping Hsin-tao launched the careers of two of Taiwan's most popular writers, one of whom became his wife?
La Soupe 2019-06-23 1,642 68.4 ... that every week Cincinnati's La Soupe turns 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) of rescued food into 3,000 meals for people in need with the help of sixty local chef volunteers?
Harue Kitamura 2019-06-15 1,631 68.0 ... that in 1991, Harue Kitamura became the first woman to be elected mayor of a Japanese city?
Theater Saarbrücken 2019-06-24 1,619 67.5 ... that theatre in Saarbrücken began as court theatre directed by Iffland, while plans for today's State Theatre were commissioned by Goebbels?
Bester Bube 2019-06-12 1,602 66.8 ... that Bester Bube is a card game characterised by the promotion of two jacks to topmost position, a feature paralleled in Euchre and other historical games such as Reunion and Kontraspiel?
WPWA 2019-06-01 1,599 66.6 ... that convenience store chain Wawa successfully forced Philadelphia-area radio station WAWA to stop using its new call letters?
George Hazlett 2019-06-16 1,596 66.5 ... that in 1948, footballer George Hazlett was punched in the face after fans invaded the pitch?
Faith of Our Fathers (album) 2019-06-29 1,585 66.0 ... that Faith of Our Fathers, a collection of Catholic hymns which became one of Ireland's best-selling albums, was the brainchild of an insurance broker with no experience in the music industry?
Fannie Bourke 2019-06-22 1,576 65.7 ... that silent film actress Fannie Bourke ran a 500-seat "votes for women" movie theatre in New Rochelle, New York?
Wildlife of Greece 2019-06-24 1,532 63.9 ... that among the varied wildlife of Greece are more than 5,000 species of vascular plant and about 450 species of bird?
Crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir 2019-06-17 1,526 63.6 ... that in 2016 the Indian Army advised replacing pellet guns with non-lethal pepper guns, sonic cannons, and chili grenades to manage violent riots in Jammu and Kashmir?
Potato production in Cambodia 2019-06-20 1,514 63.1 ... that the first research center for potatoes in Cambodia was opened in the country in 2016?
Alfred Brownell 2019-06-11 1,509 62.9 ... that Liberian lawyer Alfred Brownell won the "Green Nobel" prize for his efforts to protect more than 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) of tropical forest land?
Wei Shoukun 2019-06-30 1,494 62.2 ... that Wei Shoukun, the longest-lived academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, taught at 10 universities over his 80-year career?
John Rigby (mathematician) 2019-06-15 1,494 62.2 ... that the mathematician John Rigby was a leading authority on the relationship between maths and ornamental art?
Airport malaria 2019-06-09 1,487 62.0 ... that in 1983, a stowaway mosquito transmitted malaria to the landlord of a British pub, and to a passing motorcyclist 10 km (6 mi) away from Gatwick Airport?
Primulaceae 2019-06-04 1,480 61.6 ... that the primrose family and the evening primrose family are not related?
Xiuxiong Chen 2019-06-02 798 33.2 ... that Xiuxiong Chen, his former student Song Sun, and Simon Donaldson were awarded the 2019 Veblen Prize for proving Yau's conjecture for Fano manifolds?
Song Sun 656 27.3
Total 1,454 60.6
The Vision of Dorotheus 2019-06-15 1,450 60.4 ... that The Vision of Dorotheus is one of the earliest examples of Christian hexametric poetry?
Astilbe chinensis 2019-06-01 1,440 60.0 ... that despite a genus name referring to its dull leaves, Astilbe chinensis (pictured) was celebrated as the most important new hardy perennial by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902?
Gord Kirke 2019-06-11 1,414 58.9 ... that Canadian sports lawyer Gord Kirke agreed to represent Bret Hart due to the wrestler's poetry?
Barlow Trecothick 2019-06-02 1,407 58.6 ... that Barlow Trecothick, who later became Lord Mayor of London, served an apprenticeship in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay?
Walter Augustus Feurtado 2019-06-12 1,390 57.9 ... that Walter Feurtado compiled 58 volumes of notes while researching his guide to the Official and Other Personages of Jamaica, from 1655 to 1790?
Ajatappareng 2019-06-18 1,364 56.8 ... that trade in the Ajatappareng region increased when the Portuguese conquest of Malacca caused the exodus of Malacca's traders to other ports?
St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown 2019-06-02 1,360 56.7 ... that St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was designed by William Thornton, who also designed the United States Capitol?
Claude Cadart 2019-06-23 1,316 54.8 ... that French sinologist Claude Cadart and his wife Cheng Yingxiang published the memoirs of her father Peng Shuzhi, a Trotskyist leader expelled from the Communist Party of China?
Ruth Hanna McCormick 2019-06-01 1,312 54.7 ... that no woman was chosen as a major political party's nominee for the United States Senate until Ruth Hanna McCormick won her state's primary in 1930?
Mario Pouliot 2019-06-26 1,284 53.5 ... that Mario Pouliot is the only ice hockey coach to win consecutive Memorial Cups with different teams?
Evangelical Lutheran Church (Enkhuizen) 2019-06-12 1,252 52.1 ... that Danish oxen traders brought Lutheranism to the Dutch city of Enkhuizen, including through the establishment of an Evangelical Lutheran Church there in 1605?
Leptopentacta elongata 2019-06-16 1,235 51.5 ... that the sea cucumber Leptopentacta elongata has a U-shaped or S-shaped body and occupies a burrow in the seabed?
Smin Bayan 2019-06-06 1,201 50.0 ... that the Hanthawaddy commander Smin Bayan is celebrated in Burmese history for driving back a Chinese invasion on behalf of his former enemy, Ava?
KWJB (Arizona) 2019-06-12 1,180 49.2 ... that a disc jockey resigned from his post at KWJB in Globe, Arizona, to work with Les Paul and Mary Ford?
Kazachye Cemetery 2019-06-01 1,171 48.8 ... that the Kazachye Cemetery takes its name from the interment of Cossacks killed during the July Days in the Russian Revolution?
Edward McGeachy 2019-06-30 1,168 48.7 ... that Edward McGeachy took a butler with him when he surveyed Fort Stewart Estate in colonial Jamaica?
2018 European Pool Championship 2019-06-02 1,130 47.1 ... that the 2018 European Pool Championship was the largest pool event ever held in Europe?
Ruth-Margret Pütz 2019-06-11 1,122 46.8 ... that Ruth-Margret Pütz was considered one of the leading coloratura sopranos of the 1960s?
Cycloseris cyclolites 2019-06-15 1,115 46.5 ... that if the disc coral Cycloseris cyclolites gets buried in sediment, it can "float" itself free?
Sandy Schreier 2019-06-23 1,107 46.1 ... that Sandy Schreier's clothing collection includes three Valentino outfits owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis?
Chen Tiemei 2019-06-18 1,095 45.6 ... that archaeologist Chen Tiemei proposed the first chronology for Palaeolithic China?
John Wrightson 2019-06-09 1,080 45.0 ... that John Wrightson, a pioneer in agricultural education, was in 1890 reputedly the first British surfer?
Li Xintian 2019-06-16 1,073 44.7 ... that Li Xintian, a founder of neuropsychology in China, was the son of Li Da, a founder of the Communist Party of China?
Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun 2019-06-05 1,054 43.9 ... that Moroccan businesswoman Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun helped kickstart the World Bank's Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative at the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit?
Abdulatif Tiyua 2019-06-01 1,042 43.4 ... that Abdulatif Tiyua was first imprisoned for fighting for the Ugandan government, and later imprisoned for fighting against it?
Kristianstads IK 2019-06-06 934 38.9 ... that Kristianstads IK's 1981–82 team included current Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella?
Captain (2019 film) 2019-06-01 933 38.9 ... that Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli praised the 2019 sports drama Captain for "delivering patriotism"?
Oliver Ortmann 2019-06-21 886 36.9 ... that German pool player Oliver Ortmann was the first European to win the U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship?
Harvey H. DeArmond 2019-06-25 848 35.4 ... that when the state of Oregon created Deschutes County in 1916, Harvey H. DeArmond was appointed as the county's first district attorney?
Orvar Swenson 2019-06-22 814 33.9 ... that Orvar Swenson performed the first successful surgery to treat Hirschsprung's disease, a birth defect which causes megacolon?
Flumezapine 2019-06-24 812 33.8 ... that flumezapine was at the center of a lawsuit filed by Eli Lilly and Company against generic manufacturers who sought to void its patent on the antipsychotic Zyprexa?
Alfred Vökt 2019-06-26 797 33.2 ... that the tenor Alfred Vökt, who performed in the premiere of Henze's Il re cervo, had a Doctor of Law degree?
Birjis Qadr 2019-06-29 792 33.0 ... that Birjis Qadr, the Nawab (leader) of Awadh state in northern India, became a poet while in exile in Nepal?
Nick van den Berg 2019-06-30 790 32.9 ... that Dutch pool player Nick van den Berg has competed in the Mosconi Cup eight times and lost only once, in the 2003 event?
Ernst Gutstein 2019-06-10 786 32.8 ... that in 1959 the baritone Ernst Gutstein appeared as Ernesto in Haydn's Il mondo della luna, a role originally written for a castrato?
Ruth Hesse 2019-06-02 752 31.4 ... that a critic at The Musical Times described Ruth Hesse's performance as the Nurse in Die Frau ohne Schatten as "tirelessly ingenious"?
Werner Schneyder 2019-06-08 724 30.2 ... that Werner Schneyder performed political kabarett programs with Dieter Hildebrandt and provided television commentary on boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics?
Ernst Christoph Dressler 2019-06-23 704 29.3 ... that Ernst Christoph Dressler, an 18th-century operatic tenor, violinist, composer, and music theorist, composed a march on which Beethoven based his earliest published work?
Stephen Climax 2019-06-30 670 27.9 ... that for his opera Stephen Climax, composer Hans Zender wrote a libretto which juxtaposes the life of Simeon Stylites with scenes from Ulysses by James Joyce?
Noël Poynter 2019-06-10 669 27.9 ... that the medical historian Noël Poynter catalogued the Wellcome Library's incunabula?
Peter Hirsch (conductor) 2019-06-25 644 26.8 ... that Peter Hirsch conducted the premiere of the revised and complete version of Luigi Nono's Prometeo at La Scala in 1985?
Jack Gatecliff 2019-06-29 506 21.1 ... that sports journalist Jack Gatecliff was inducted into both the Canadian Lacrosse and Buffalo Sabres Halls of Fame?

Notes

  1. ^ Excludes 9,225.5 background views
  2. ^ Excludes 7,877.0 background views
  3. ^ Excludes 1,022.5 background views
  4. ^ Excludes 1,417.0 background views
  5. ^ Excludes 2,415.5 background views
  6. ^ Excludes 4,815.0 background views
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