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| Mario Salcedo |
2022-08-06 |
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40,056 |
1,669.0 |
... that Super Mario has spent more than a million dollars on cruises?
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| Blåhaj |
2022-08-21 |
|
39,652 |
1,652.1 |
... that since 2018, IKEA's stuffed toy shark Blåhaj has become a popular Internet meme and an icon of the online transgender community?
|
| Seven Natural Wonders of the UK |
2022-08-02 |
 |
19,578 |
1,631.5 |
... that a survey found that only 10 per cent of Britons had heard of all Seven Natural Wonders of the UK (one pictured)?
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| Royce Williams |
2022-08-22 |
|
35,690 |
1,487.1 |
... that after U.S. Navy pilot Royce Williams engaged in a solo dogfight with seven Soviet MiG-15s during the Korean War, he was ordered never to tell anyone about it?
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| Shireen Abu Akleh |
2022-08-03 |
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17,807 |
1,483.9 |
... that according to investigations by independent press agencies, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh (pictured) was killed by an Israel Defense Forces bullet while wearing a blue "press" vest?
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| Tailhook scandal |
2022-08-29 |
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16,162 |
1,346.9 |
... that an incident in the Tailhook scandal involved party goers who accidentally dislodged an eighth-floor window pane while "mooning" the crowd below?
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| Toshiko Ueda
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2022-08-03
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10,391
|
865.9
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... that Toshiko Ueda (pictured), the author of the manga series Fuichin-san, was still actively publishing new manga at the age of 90?
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| Fuichin-san
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5,588
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465.6
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| Total |
15,978 |
1,331.5
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| Tenta, Cyprus |
2022-08-25 |
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31,530 |
1,313.8 |
... that Tenta's architectural remains, artefacts, human burials, flora and fauna (pictured) have been "virtually unchanged for two millennia"?
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| Tony Hudgell |
2022-08-28 |
|
13,808 |
1,150.7 |
... that after suffering life-changing injuries as a baby, five-year-old Tony Hudgell raised £1.7 million for a London children's hospital, and inspired English law changes on child abuse?
|
| Indira Devi of Kapurthala |
2022-08-20 |
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25,847 |
1,077.0 |
... that in 1935, Indian princess Indira Devi (pictured) secretly travelled to London to become an actress, telling only her two sisters?
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| Hazelwood massacre |
2022-08-14 |
|
25,732 |
1,072.2 |
... that the 1971 Hazelwood massacre was the largest mass murder in the history of "Murder City"?
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| 55 Water Street |
2022-08-19 |
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24,156 |
1,006.5 |
... that New York City's largest office building (pictured) is owned by an Alabama pension fund?
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| Mining in ancient Rome |
2022-08-01 |
|
12,030 |
1,002.5 |
... that Roman slave miners would rather die than work in the horrible working conditions of the mines?
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| Lee Wachtstetter |
2022-08-31 |
|
11,205 |
933.8 |
... that Mama Lee lived for more than a decade on a cruise ship?
|
| United Nations Secretariat Building |
2022-08-12 |
 |
21,898 |
912.4 |
... that when the United Nations Secretariat Building (pictured) was finished, its staff were described as "neither united nor very peaceful"?
|
| William George Carlile Kent |
2022-08-26 |
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21,153 |
881.4 |
... that William George Carlile Kent (pictured) was court-martialled for disobeying deposed Governor William Bligh's order to destroy Sydney?
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| Winifred Brown |
2022-08-30 |
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10,482 |
873.5 |
... that when Winifred Brown (pictured) arrived for the King's Cup air race in 1930, she was not allowed to stay at the aero club but still won the race?
|
| Lost Boy Larry |
2022-08-07 |
|
20,873 |
869.7 |
... that a boy's voice over CB radio claiming to be within an overturned truck in New Mexico sparked a search-and-rescue mission 49 years ago today?
|
| M8 Armored Gun System |
2022-08-02 |
|
10,412 |
867.7 |
... that eight years after the U.S. Army canceled the M8 Armored Gun System, the 82nd Airborne Division requested that prototypes from the program be sent to Iraq?
|
| Akron Baptist Temple |
2022-08-10 |
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20,421 |
850.9 |
... that Akron Baptist Temple (pictured) once featured 6-foot-tall (1.8 m) red lettering that flashed?
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| Guns don't kill people, people kill people |
2022-08-16 |
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20,148 |
839.5 |
... that according to researchers including Stephen Hargarten, the slogan "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is "scientifically inaccurate"?
|
| Rock Road massacre |
2022-08-21 |
|
18,932 |
788.8 |
... that a livestock auctioneer and former Army sharpshooter shot and killed seven family members in the Rock Road massacre?
|
| The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac |
2022-08-31 |
|
9,388 |
782.3 |
... that Oskar Kokoschka's painting The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac was confiscated by the Nazis after his work was labelled "degenerate"?
|
| Flag of Gdańsk |
2022-08-07 |
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18,722 |
780.1 |
... that the use of the flag of Gdańsk (pictured) was discontinued during World War II and was not restored until 1991?
|
| Anyone Here Been Raped and Speaks English? |
2022-08-19 |
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18,242 |
760.1 |
... that sales declined after Anyone Here Been Raped and Speaks English? was renamed by its American publisher, so the original title was restored in subsequent editions?
|
| Charing Cross Trunk Murder |
2022-08-23 |
|
17,922 |
746.8 |
... that a dead woman's knickers helped to solve the Charing Cross Trunk Murder?
|
| Man from Del Monte (advertising campaign) |
2022-08-25 |
|
17,071 |
711.3 |
... that the man from Del Monte never spoke on screen?
|
| Knowles Mill |
2022-08-11 |
|
16,565 |
690.2 |
... that in 2010, a blue poison bottle inscribed "not to be taken" was excavated from the wheel pit of Knowles Mill?
|
| Siege of Petra (550–551) |
2022-08-18 |
|
16,504 |
687.6 |
... that at the end of the siege of Petra in 551 AD, the Romans discovered that there was yet another pipe beneath the ones they destroyed that was supplying water to the besieged garrison all along?
|
| Jieba |
2022-08-30 |
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8,070 |
672.5 |
... that a practice known as jieba, in which a Buddhist monk has scars ritually burned into his head, was banned by the Chinese government for 300 years?
|
| Freya (walrus) |
2022-08-24 |
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16,040 |
668.4 |
... that a walrus named Freya was spotted riding a Walrus-class submarine, and later sank several boats in the Oslofjord?
|
| Seminole burning |
2022-08-20 |
|
15,970 |
665.4 |
... that dozens of men were indicted for the lynching-by-fire deaths of two Seminole boys in 1898?
|
| Lauren Mitchell |
2022-08-29 |
 |
7,902 |
658.5 |
... that in 2010, Lauren Mitchell (pictured) became the first Australian female artistic gymnast to win a world title?
|
| Daisy Belmore |
2022-08-03 |
|
7,678 |
639.9 |
... that actress Daisy Belmore disfigured her appearance for a character in a play so significantly that she was barely recognised in the street by audience members?
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| Patsy Pulitzer |
2022-08-19 |
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15,264 |
636.0 |
... that model Patsy Pulitzer was called one of the "World's Loveliest Sportswomen" after catching a 1,230-pound (560 kg) black marlin, a then world-record fish for a woman?
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| Thomas Jeremiah |
2022-08-18 |
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14,620 |
609.1 |
... that Thomas Jeremiah, a slaveowner, was executed for inciting a slave insurrection?
|
| Alexander Armstrong (Royal Navy officer) |
2022-08-13 |
|
14,437 |
601.5 |
... that upon his rescue, Alexander Armstrong retrieved his journal against his captain's orders, and its publication contradicted the captain's claims about their chances of survival?
|
| Bernard Toone |
2022-08-01 |
|
7,142 |
595.1 |
... that Bernard Toone received a standing ovation after being berated by coach Al McGuire to the point of tears?
|
| Sarah Pike Conger |
2022-08-01 |
 |
7,136 |
594.6 |
... that Sarah Pike Conger (pictured) helped defend the international legations during the Boxer Rebellion by making sandbags and carrying supplies?
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| Chaz Stevens |
2022-08-22 |
|
14,260 |
594.2 |
... that after Florida schools banned 54 mathematics books, Chaz Stevens petitioned that they also ban the Bible?
|
| Cursed to Golf |
2022-08-31 |
|
7,048 |
587.3 |
... that Cursed to Golf has been referred to as the "Dark Souls of golf" due to its difficulty?
|
| Tipping points in the climate system |
2022-08-03 |
|
6,986 |
582.2 |
... that the Amazon rainforest may change into a savanna once it passes a tipping point?
|
| Eyes of Buddha |
2022-08-31 |
|
6,948 |
579.0 |
... that the Eyes of Buddha is a Buddhist symbol commonly painted on stupas in Nepal?
|
| Armored mud ball |
2022-08-30 |
|
6,858 |
571.5 |
... that armored mud balls are formed underwater when fragments of clay or mud are rolled by moving currents, picking up a coating of gravel or pebbles that helps to stop them breaking down further?
|
| Milk's gotta lotta bottle |
2022-08-08 |
|
13,648 |
568.7 |
... that milk's gotta lotta bottle?
|
| The Strike (Westinghouse Studio One) |
2022-08-07 |
|
13,509 |
562.9 |
... that "The Strike" (1954), about an American officer's turmoil in ordering an air strike on his own men, was rated as Rod Serling's best script he had written to date?
|
| Arnold's Christmas |
2022-08-29 |
|
6,570 |
547.5 |
... that "Arnold's Christmas", now considered one of the most memorable episodes from the animated series Hey Arnold!, was almost rejected by network executives because it depicted the Vietnam War?
|
| From Where They Stood |
2022-08-03 |
|
6,499 |
541.6 |
... that the 2021 French documentary From Where They Stood examines photographs secretly taken by inmates of Nazi concentration camps?
|
| 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate) |
2022-08-04 |
|
12,934 |
538.9 |
... that the 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment began with 916 men and ended with 52?
|
| AMTD Digital |
2022-08-17 |
|
12,920 |
538.3 |
... that AMTD Digital had a market value greater than the Coca-Cola Company, Costco or McDonald's after its stock price rose 21,000 percent in a matter of days?
|
| List of carillons of the British Isles |
2022-08-05 |
|
12,915 |
538.1 |
... that the carillons of the British Isles were primarily constructed in the interwar period?
|
| Donald Stockford |
2022-08-28 |
|
6,410 |
534.2 |
... that the leader of the Quebec Hells Angels was acquitted of 13 murder charges because the star witness was unwilling to testify at trial and instead complained about how the Crown had cheated him?
|
| Phoenician arrowheads |
2022-08-13 |
 |
12,621 |
525.9 |
... that the earliest-known Phoenician inscriptions (examples pictured) were found near Bethlehem?
|
| Coyote en Ayuno |
2022-08-04 |
 |
12,573 |
523.9 |
... that the first ray of sunlight on 23 April passes through the eye of the Coyote en Ayuno (pictured), which was built to commemorate the founding of Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico?
|
| Ruslana Pysanka |
2022-08-10 |
|
12,534 |
522.2 |
... that Ruslana Pysanka, who hosted a Ukrainian television program with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, died as a refugee in Germany?
|
| Ardwall House |
2022-08-23 |
 |
12,449 |
518.7 |
... that Ardwall House (pictured) has a garden ornament in the form of an early mediaeval Pictish slab inscribed with a Celtic cross?
|
| Hank Goldberg |
2022-08-16 |
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12,176 |
507.4 |
... that after Hank Goldberg (pictured) was dismissed from WIOD for publicly disregarding his program director's instructions, he joined its struggling rival, which ultimately surpassed WIOD in the ratings?
|
| Rockwood & Company shipping department fire |
2022-08-30 |
 |
6,050 |
504.2 |
... that the 1919 Rockwood & Company shipping department fire (location pictured) in New York City led to a flood of chocolate and butter sufficient to "float a rowboat for two blocks along Flushing Avenue"?
|
| Theatre Royal, Southampton |
2022-08-24 |
 |
12,012 |
500.5 |
... that the Theatre Royal, Southampton (pictured), which Jane Austen visited in 1807, was described in 2013 as having "morphed into a hideous high-rise"?
|
| Vladimirka (painting) |
2022-08-29 |
 |
5,960 |
496.6 |
... that the subject of the painting Vladimirka (pictured) is a road that was used to transport prisoners to Siberia on foot?
|
| Jack Ferver |
2022-08-10 |
|
11,796 |
491.5 |
... that although some casting directors found Jack Ferver difficult to believe as an 18-year-old, Ferver would later portray Little Lad in a Starburst advertisement?
|
| TV (song) |
2022-08-11 |
|
11,772 |
490.5 |
... that a Billie Eilish song references the Depp v. Heard defamation trial and the overturning of Roe v. Wade?
|
| Stanley Stair |
2022-08-03 |
|
5,781 |
481.8 |
... that at 107 years old, Stanley Stair of Jamaica was at the time of his death the last surviving Caribbean veteran of World War I?
|
| The Eight Great Events in the Life of Buddha |
2022-08-02 |
|
5,770 |
480.8 |
... that about 1,000 years after it was made, a stele of The Eight Great Events in the Life of Buddha is worshiped as an image of a female Hindu goddess?
|
| Don't Pay UK |
2022-08-18 |
|
11,492 |
478.8 |
... that Don't Pay UK plan to encourage UK households to cancel their energy bill payments on 1 October 2022 if their pledge reaches 1 million signatures?
|
| Lake Brunner |
2022-08-04 |
|
11,486 |
478.6 |
... that 100-year-old logs, perfectly preserved and good enough to mill, have been retrieved from the bottom of Lake Brunner?
|
| Poverty in ancient Rome |
2022-08-27 |
|
5,729 |
477.4 |
... that the poor of ancient Rome were compared to dogs by the Roman writer Martial?
|
| WBKO |
2022-08-03 |
|
5,722 |
476.8 |
... that in 1969, unknown persons dynamited the tower of a Kentucky TV station, leaving it leaning at a 15-degree angle?
|
| David J. Brewer |
2022-08-02 |
|
5,652 |
471.0 |
... that according to Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Supreme Court justice David J. Brewer had "a sweetbread for a brain" and was a "menace to the welfare of the Nation"?
|
| Daniel Arnoldi |
2022-08-26 |
|
11,214 |
467.2 |
... that in 1836, a jury ignored the judge's advice and found Daniel Arnoldi guilty of assaulting a black man?
|
| Lipstick Building |
2022-08-05 |
|
11,165 |
465.2 |
... that a New York City office building was nicknamed for its resemblance to a lipstick tube?
|
| Gyarah Murti |
2022-08-01 |
 |
5,566 |
463.9 |
... that the Gyarah Murti statue was featured on the Indian 500-rupee note (pictured)?
|
| Taxation in ancient Rome |
2022-08-14 |
|
11,001 |
458.4 |
... that taxation may have played a part in the fall of the Roman Empire?
|
| Michael Phillips (historian) |
2022-08-08 |
|
10,813 |
450.5 |
... that in 2022, Michael Phillips became the third professor in a year to sue Collin College for retaliating against protected speech?
|
| Alena Analeigh Wicker |
2022-08-09 |
|
10,672 |
444.6 |
... that Alena Analeigh Wicker is the youngest Black person to be accepted into medical school in the United States and the youngest person to work as an intern at NASA?
|
| Juan José Cabezudo |
2022-08-23 |
|
10,658 |
444.1 |
... that Juan José Cabezudo was an openly gay chef and street-food seller in 19th-century Lima?
|
| Elizabeth Thorn |
2022-08-24 |
|
10,628 |
442.8 |
... that Elizabeth Thorn was six months pregnant when she buried approximately one hundred fallen soldiers after the Battle of Gettysburg?
|
| William Pinckney |
2022-08-15 |
|
10,537 |
439.0 |
... that William Pinckney was the second Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the second-highest decoration for valor in combat, after the Medal of Honor?
|
| Venus in fiction |
2022-08-28 |
|
5,264 |
438.7 |
... that as the reality of Venus's harsh surface conditions became known from the mid-20th century, the early tropes of adventures in Venusian tropics gave way to more realistic stories?
|
| Trevor Hill (producer) |
2022-08-17 |
|
10,470 |
436.2 |
... that in 1944, at the age of 18, Trevor Hill was responsible for broadcasting Eisenhower's D-Day announcement of the Normandy landings?
|
| Loli (district) |
2022-08-18 |
|
10,306 |
429.4 |
... that people in Loli traditionally derive their social identity from the village in which they were born?
|
| 6th Military Police Group (United States) |
2022-08-23 |
|
10,210 |
425.4 |
... that the area of responsibility of the 6th Military Police Group includes all of the United States west of the Mississippi River?
|
| Donald Trump and American football |
2022-08-18 |
|
10,164 |
423.5 |
... that in 2018, Donald Trump disinvited the Philadelphia Eagles from a Super Bowl LII victory ceremony at the White House after several players said they were not going to attend?
|
| Tayaw kinpun |
2022-08-17 |
 |
10,039 |
418.3 |
... that the traditional shampoo tayaw kinpun (pictured) has been used by successive Burmese kings to wash their hair ritually to cast away evil, and augment their powers?
|
| Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. |
2022-08-24 |
|
9,931 |
413.8 |
... that Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. was the first time a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices agreed that a challenged statute failed the rational basis test?
|
| Wood type |
2022-08-15 |
 |
9,891 |
412.1 |
... that wood type for printing (example pictured) was invented in China, first mass-produced in the United States, and later exported back to China for use by missionaries?
|
| Franco-Greek defence agreement |
2022-08-15 |
|
9,794 |
408.1 |
... that the Franco-Greek defence agreement is the first intra-NATO defensive alliance?
|
| A Book of Ryhmes |
2022-08-20 |
|
9,776 |
407.4 |
... that a miniature book written by a 13-year-old sold for over $1 million?
|
| Zionism as settler colonialism |
2022-08-08 |
|
9,523 |
396.8 |
... that according to historian Rashid Khalidi, "Israel has been extremely successful in forcibly establishing itself as a colonial reality in a post-colonial age"?
|
| Not My Responsibility |
2022-08-01 |
|
4,760 |
396.7 |
... that singer Billie Eilish wrote and produced a film that critiques body shaming?
|
| Zeitenwende speech |
2022-08-31 |
|
4,684 |
390.3 |
... that Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a €100-billion investment in the German armed forces?
|
| The Sofia |
2022-08-02 |
|
4,683 |
390.2 |
... that the Sofia, a condominium building in New York City, was originally a parking garage?
|
| Clifford G. Grulee |
2022-08-30 |
|
4,618 |
384.8 |
... that Clifford G. Grulee died while attending a dinner hosted by the American Academy of Pediatrics in his honor?
|
| Kyaymyin Mibaya |
2022-08-16 |
|
9,132 |
380.5 |
... that Kyaymyin Mibaya was King Mindon's youngest, last and richest queen?
|
| Emma Hunter (telegrapher) |
2022-08-23 |
|
9,130 |
380.4 |
... that telegraph operator Emma Hunter may have been the world's first electronic commuter?
|
| Flag of Barbados |
2022-08-01 |
|
4,514 |
376.1 |
... that the man who designed the flag of Barbados also made the first few flags himself out of fabric from a department store?
|
| Adrian Becher |
2022-08-12 |
|
8,876 |
369.8 |
... that during the First World War, Adrian Becher received his second Military Cross for leading the defence of a position for five days, despite having been buried by a shell explosion on the first day?
|
| Corner chair |
2022-08-03 |
|
4,430 |
369.1 |
... that seats of some roundabout chairs have corners?
|
| Lechmere station |
2022-08-28 |
|
4,410 |
367.5 |
... that Lechmere station was proposed for replacement in 1924 – yet was in use until 2020?
|
| Stray (video game) |
2022-08-11 |
|
8,814[a] |
367.2 |
... that a reviewer said that playing as a cat "is at least 50% of the appeal" of Stray?
|
| Mario Fiorentini |
2022-08-28 |
|
4,328 |
360.7 |
... that Mario Fiorentini was Italy's most decorated World War II resistance fighter?
|
| Prosantosaurus |
2022-08-02 |
|
4,328 |
360.7 |
... that skeletons of a Triassic marine reptile were discovered at an altitude of about 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above sea level?
|
| The Corner That Held Them |
2022-08-29 |
|
4,292 |
357.7 |
... that the 1948 novel The Corner That Held Them uses subversion of history that includes a nun who enjoyed the Black Death?
|
| Munida gregaria |
2022-08-05 |
|
8,532 |
355.5 |
... that shoals of Munida gregaria, the gregarious squat lobster, can be up to 5 km (3.1 mi) long?
|
| Moto Hagio |
2022-08-25 |
|
8,478 |
353.2 |
... that while Moto Hagio's parents discouraged her interest in manga as "an impediment to studying", she would go on to receive a Medal of Honor for her contributions to the medium?
|
| David Belchem |
2022-08-08 |
|
8,411 |
350.5 |
... that David Belchem was awarded the DSO for leading a tank regiment in Tunisia that took 749 prisoners?
|
| Desert Reconnaissance Battalion |
2022-08-06 |
|
8,303 |
346.0 |
... that the majority of the members of the Israeli Desert Reconnaissance Battalion are Bedouin Arabs?
|
| Alice Kuperjanov |
2022-08-28 |
 |
4,114 |
342.9 |
... that Alice Kuperjanov (pictured) was one of the founders of the Estonian women's movement and assisted military efforts during the Estonian War of Independence?
|
| Mike Goodman |
2022-08-29 |
|
4,058 |
338.1 |
... that casino pit boss Mike Goodman was the author of a book that sold over a million copies?
|
| Suzie Zuzek |
2022-08-05 |
 |
8,115 |
338.1 |
... that Suzie Zuzek's impactful 1960s and 1970s textile designs for Lilly Pulitzer dresses (examples pictured) were recovered from under floorboards?
|
| William H. Davis (educator) |
2022-08-14 |
 |
8,014 |
333.9 |
... that William H. Davis (pictured) was the first teacher of Booker T. Washington and the first African American to be nominated as a candidate for West Virginia governor in 1888?
|
| PJ and Thomas |
2022-08-18 |
|
7,926 |
330.2 |
... that PJ and Thomas were the first gay couple to host an HGTV show?
|
| Irene Desmet |
2022-08-31 |
|
3,952 |
329.3 |
... that Irene Desmet, a Liverpudlian paediatric surgeon, was described by one of her trainees as "an iron fist in a velvet glove"?
|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1956 |
2022-08-30 |
|
3,917 |
326.4 |
... that voting in the first Eurovision Song Contest was conducted in secret, with countries able to vote for their own entries, and only the winner of the contest being announced?
|
| Edward N. Hall |
2022-08-18 |
|
7,786 |
324.4 |
... that Edward N. Hall is known as the "father of the Minuteman ICBM" but his brother Ted was a Soviet spy?
|
| List of roles and awards of Oscar Isaac |
2022-08-03 |
|
3,886 |
323.8 |
... that actor Oscar Isaac contributed to the creation of his character's background history in the film A Most Violent Year (2014)?
|
| 2003 La Paz riots |
2022-08-23 |
|
7,748 |
322.8 |
... that when the US government offered Bolivian president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada US$15 million to help quell riots in La Paz, he said that with that amount he couldn't even afford to pay for the cigars he smoked?
|
| Chicago Rising from the Lake |
2022-08-21 |
|
7,648 |
318.7 |
... that the sculpture Chicago Rising from the Lake was meant to show the city's rebirth after the Great Chicago Fire but it went missing twice and was eventually found by a Chicago firefighter?
|
| Tashfiniya Madrasa |
2022-08-03 |
|
3,804 |
317.0 |
... that the 14th-century Tashfiniya Madrasa in Tlemcen was demolished by French colonial authorities in 1876?
|
| Battle of Dunsinane |
2022-08-28 |
|
3,770 |
314.2 |
... that contrary to Shakespeare's play, Macbeth was not killed during the Battle of Dunsinane?
|
| Kit Malone |
2022-08-15 |
|
7,511 |
313.0 |
... that LGBT rights activist Kit Malone helped create the first transgender organized marching group in the Indianapolis Pride Parade's history?
|
| 2000 Pasay mayoral recall election |
2022-08-02 |
|
3,754 |
312.9 |
... that the "candidate of God" badly lost the 2000 Pasay mayoral recall election?
|
| John Caffey |
2022-08-18 |
 |
7,505 |
312.7 |
... that John Caffey (pictured) was the first to describe the condition now known as shaken baby syndrome?
|
| Scilly Boys |
2022-08-26 |
|
7,487 |
312.0 |
... that the Scilly Boys' idea to try and beat the transatlantic rowing record was started while they were at the pub?
|
| Alice King (novelist) |
2022-08-02 |
|
3,720 |
310.0 |
... that Alice King overcame her disability to lead Bible classes and write eleven novels?
|
| Robert Armour |
2022-08-02 |
|
3,690 |
307.5 |
... that Robert Armour was entrusted with his children's inheritance from his dead wife, but used it to buy the Montreal Gazette instead?
|
| 17 State Street |
2022-08-29 |
|
3,656 |
304.6 |
... that 17 State Street, near the southern end of New York City's Manhattan Island, was described as "quite literally a beacon for Lower Manhattan"?
|
| Ann Kiemel Anderson |
2022-08-02 |
|
3,622 |
301.8 |
... that American religious speaker Ann Kiemel Anderson ran in two Boston Marathons and two Israel marathons near the Sea of Galilee to promote Christianity?
|
| Seckinger High School |
2022-08-06 |
|
7,123 |
296.8 |
... that Seckinger High School was created in 2022 with an artificial intelligence–themed curriculum?
|
| Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Parliament of India |
2022-08-17 |
|
7,076 |
294.9 |
... that Gandhi's statue in the Indian parliament is frequently used as a protest site by members of parliament?
|
| Vanitas (The Case Study of Vanitas) |
2022-08-07 |
|
7,011 |
292.1 |
... that Natsuki Hanae was chosen to voice Vanitas to give the character more sexual appeal?
|
| Mexican Pizza |
2022-08-09 |
|
6,978 |
290.8 |
... that Taco Bell initially commissioned a TikTok musical for their Mexican Pizza?
|
| Aquis Querquennis |
2022-08-29 |
|
3,478[b] |
289.8 |
... that the Roman fort Aquis Querquennis periodically emerges from a reservoir?
|
| Herb Roedel |
2022-08-31 |
|
3,442 |
286.9 |
... that Herb Roedel retired from professional football after only one season to become an engineer?
|
| Abdülhamid Han (drillship) |
2022-08-16 |
|
6,858 |
285.7 |
... that Turkey's newly acquired fourth drillship, Abdülhamid Han, is able to drill up to 12,200 m (40,000 ft) and in a maximum water depth of 3,665 m (12,024 ft)?
|
| Ken Russell (politician) |
2022-08-25 |
|
6,854 |
285.6 |
... that Ken Russell went on international yo-yo tours before turning to politics?
|
| The Exposé |
2022-08-30 |
|
3,416 |
284.7 |
... that The Exposé's false claims that COVID-19 was created by Moderna were republished by Chinese state media outlets?
|
| Baer's pochard |
2022-08-28 |
 |
3,407 |
283.9 |
... that Baer's pochard (example pictured), found in eastern Asia, has seen a population decline of more than 99 percent in past decades, and is no longer migratory in central and eastern China?
|
| Tomoi (manga) |
2022-08-22 |
|
6,750 |
281.2 |
... that the 1985 manga series Tomoi contains the first depiction of HIV/AIDS in any literary medium in Japan?
|
| Avelina Carrera |
2022-08-08 |
 |
6,740 |
280.9 |
... that Avelina Carrera (pictured) made her debut at the Liceu in Barcelona in 1889, stepping in as Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin, and created the role of Maddalena in Giordano's Andrea Chénier at La Scala?
|
| Joseph-Alfred Archambeault |
2022-08-01 |
|
3,352 |
279.3 |
... that Joseph-Alfred Archambeault threatened to excommunicate a writer who criticised the Catholic Church's opposition to the theory of evolution?
|
| Brad White (defensive lineman) |
2022-08-29 |
|
3,339 |
278.2 |
... that Brad White was a potato farmer who went on to play six years in the National Football League?
|
| Henry Jackson (surveyor) |
2022-08-30 |
|
3,302 |
275.2 |
... that Henry Jackson served for 44 days, the shortest tenure of any New Zealand member of parliament?
|
| Bill Hatfield |
2022-08-11 |
|
6,519 |
271.6 |
... that Bill Hatfield, the oldest person to have sailed solo around the world, had previously narrowly survived a shipwreck with his young family?
|
| Iron diplomacy |
2022-08-06 |
|
6,510 |
271.2 |
... that Oleksandr Kamyshin, the head of Ukrainian Railways, who runs the iron diplomacy program that brings world leaders to Kyiv by rail, carries his gun and his son's stuffed owl with him?
|
| Northup Avenue Yard |
2022-08-08 |
|
6,484 |
270.1 |
... that Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?
|
| Crossmichael Parish Church |
2022-08-09 |
 |
6,390 |
266.2 |
... that within the graveyard of the Category A–listed Crossmichael Parish Church, there is a memorial (pictured) to William Gordon of Greenlaw that is itself designated Category A in its own right?
|
| Art collection in ancient Rome |
2022-08-31 |
|
3,183 |
265.2 |
... that Pliny used the term insania to describe a Roman art collector's love of citron tables?
|
| Larry Kelley |
2022-08-28 |
|
3,154 |
262.9 |
... that Heisman Trophy winner Larry Kelley turned down multiple offers to play professional football to become a school teacher?
|
| Sand Springs Railway |
2022-08-29 |
|
3,135 |
261.2 |
... that for decades, the Sand Springs Railway gave all of its profits to a children's home?
|
| Ashley Ellis |
2022-08-28 |
|
3,116 |
259.6 |
... that ballerina Ashley Ellis started her own dancewear brand after her colleagues at Boston Ballet asked her to make leg warmers for them?
|
| Johannesburg (song) |
2022-08-31 |
|
3,024 |
252.0 |
... that Gil Scott-Heron's 1975 song "Johannesburg" was banned in South Africa during apartheid?
|
| Flinders Reef (Coral Sea) |
2022-08-24 |
|
6,036 |
251.5 |
... that coral cores from Flinders Reef capture environmental changes caused by the use of nuclear weapons?
|
| Currambine railway station |
2022-08-12 |
|
6,030 |
251.2 |
... that 11 years after it opened in 1993, Currambine railway station was rebuilt 60 metres (200 ft) to the east?
|
| Alice M. Hayes |
2022-08-27 |
|
3,006 |
250.5 |
... that British horse trainer Alice Hayes rode a zebra sidesaddle in the late 19th century?
|
| Aerodynamic Forms in Space |
2022-08-11 |
|
5,964 |
248.5 |
... that when creating Aerodynamic Forms in Space in 2010, Rodney Graham was inspired by photographs of misassembled toy model gliders he took in 1977?
|
| Sejm of Central Lithuania |
2022-08-19 |
|
5,951 |
248.0 |
... that the main activity of the short-lived parliament of Central Lithuania of 1922 was to request annexation by Poland?
|
| Elizabeth Wagner Reed
|
2,444
|
101.8
|
| Total |
5,907 |
246.1
|
| Education for Economic Security Act |
2022-08-01 |
|
2,942 |
245.2 |
... that the Education for Economic Security Act prohibited secular humanism in magnet schools?
|
| Tigor Silaban |
2022-08-29 |
|
2,926 |
243.8 |
... that Tigor Silaban vowed to work far from Jakarta and not to open a private practice?
|
| Rina Amiri |
2022-08-19 |
|
5,826 |
242.7 |
... that the US Special Envoy for Afghan women and girls, Rina Amiri, is a former refugee who told US Senator John Kerry that "the Afghan population is not the Taliban"?
|
| Crippled
|
2022-08-26
|
|
3,994
|
166.4
|
... that in Crippled, author Frances Ryan describes a disabled British woman who was unable to afford heating or her specialist meals due to an austerity programme that began in 2010?
|
| Frances Ryan
|
1,828
|
76.2
|
| Total |
5,822 |
242.6
|
| Little Rock campaign |
2022-08-09 |
|
5,818 |
242.4 |
... that after the Little Rock campaign, Union forces held three-quarters of Arkansas?
|
| Roman Bunka |
2022-08-11 |
 |
5,802 |
241.7 |
... that the German guitarist Roman Bunka (pictured) studied the Arabic oud in Egypt and played in Mohamed Mounir's band at the Pyramids of Giza to celebrate entering the year 2000?
|
| Tigris (roller coaster) |
2022-08-28 |
|
2,872 |
239.3 |
... that the design of the train for the roller coaster Tigris was revealed in the form of a cake?
|
| Leafpad |
2022-08-30 |
|
2,850 |
237.5 |
... that Leafpad is a text editor for Linux that is comparable to Notepad for Windows?
|
| Harris Computer Systems |
2022-08-15 |
|
5,676 |
236.5 |
... that Harris Computer Systems specialized in making computers for real-time simulation?
|
| Windsor Street Gasworks |
2022-08-03 |
|
2,822 |
235.2 |
... that three gasholders at the Windsor Street Gasworks were painted in the claret and blue colours of local football team Aston Villa?
|
| International Institute of Modern Letters |
2022-08-30 |
|
2,816 |
234.6 |
... that the name of the International Institute of Modern Letters has been criticised by its founder Bill Manhire for being "almost at odds with the fine use of language"?
|
| East Louisiana Railroad |
2022-08-28 |
|
2,799 |
233.2 |
... that the East Louisiana Railroad, which removed Homer Plessy from a train, actually did so to help him start Plessy v. Ferguson, an attempt to overturn segregation in the United States?
|
| Blue Ridge Sanatorium |
2022-08-30 |
|
2,704 |
225.4 |
... that Blue Ridge Sanatorium was once a prizewinning pig farm?
|
| Sweet Vengeance Mine |
2022-08-27 |
|
2,688 |
224.0 |
... that the Sweet Vengeance Mine was owned and operated by Black miners during the California Gold Rush?
|
| Nintendo Entertainment System models |
2022-08-19 |
|
5,274 |
219.8 |
... that Sharp Corporation produced three official variants of Nintendo's Famicom in Japan, one of which was a television set that was subsequently released in the United States?
|
| Esther Cuesta |
2022-08-29 |
|
2,632 |
219.3 |
... that Esther Cuesta was an undocumented migrant in the United States long before she was elected to represent about 800,000 Ecuadorian migrants?
|
| Suay Sew Shop |
2022-08-28 |
|
2,600 |
216.6 |
... that Suay Sew Shop plans to be owned by its sewers?
|
| Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist) Red Line |
2022-08-12 |
|
5,144 |
214.3 |
... that after a 1968 split in the Communist Party of Italy (Marxist–Leninist), the Black Line and Red Line groups would engage in reciprocal acts of violence and vandalism?
|
| A. O. Granger |
2022-08-26 |
|
5,134 |
213.9 |
... that amateur astronomer A. O. Granger expanded his home to include the largest observatory and telescope in the southeastern United States?
|
| Federico Gatti |
2022-08-27 |
|
2,552 |
212.7 |
... that Federico Gatti went from playing in the Italian sixth division and doing menial jobs to joining Juventus and playing for the Italy national team?
|
| I Pity the Poor Immigrant |
2022-08-05 |
|
5,078 |
211.6 |
... that Bob Dylan's song "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" uses phrases from the Book of Leviticus?
|
| Kaze wo Matsu |
2022-08-24 |
|
4,964 |
206.8 |
... that the lineups for two songs in the single "Kaze wo Matsu" were determined by the century in which the singers were born?
|
| Julian MacKay |
2022-08-08 |
|
4,934 |
205.6 |
... that Julian MacKay moved to Moscow at the age of 11 to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, and later became the first American to complete both the lower and upper schools there?
|
| Bkub Okawa |
2022-08-09 |
|
4,858 |
202.4 |
... that Pop Team Epic creator Bkub Okawa is also a virtual YouTuber?
|
| Walter Nolen |
2022-08-27 |
|
2,426 |
202.1 |
... that Walter Nolen was ranked by ESPN and USA Today as the number-one player in the 2022 college football recruiting class?
|
| Fabio Miretti |
2022-08-24 |
|
4,761 |
198.4 |
... that Fabio Miretti received a standing ovation from Juventus fans after his Serie A debut as a starter?
|
| Danket, danket dem Herrn |
2022-08-27 |
|
2,336 |
194.7 |
... that the 18th-century "Danket, danket dem Herrn", a thanksgiving round based on Psalm 106:1, has been described as one of the most widespread rounds in German?
|
| Peter Corby |
2022-08-31 |
|
2,308 |
192.3 |
... that Peter Corby's electric trouser press used technology designed for Concorde?
|
| Baya Gamani of Singu |
2022-08-14 |
|
4,612 |
192.1 |
... that Baya Gamani was freed from prison by his captor, King Mohnyin Thado, to defend the capital region of Ava?
|
| Jack Deloplaine |
2022-08-21 |
|
4,560 |
190.0 |
... that Jack Deloplaine was nicknamed "Hydroplane" because of his running ability in wet conditions?
|
| New Galloway Town Hall |
2022-08-01 |
|
2,278 |
189.8 |
... that New Galloway Town Hall's clock mechanism was replaced in 1872 because the original was "utterly worthless as a time keeper"?
|
| 2022 National Arena League season |
2022-08-16 |
|
4,534 |
188.9 |
... that during the 2022 National Arena League season, a player hit a referee?
|
| This Tender Land |
2022-08-16 |
|
4,482 |
186.8 |
... that This Tender Land is a retelling of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn set in the 1930s and incorporating elements of Homer's Odyssey?
|
| Youlgrave Waterworks |
2022-08-29 |
|
2,224 |
185.3 |
... that Youlgreave in Derbyshire is one of only a few villages in the United Kingdom to be supplied by its own private waterworks?
|
| José Ramón Balaguer |
2022-08-04 |
|
4,400 |
183.4 |
... that José Ramón Balaguer fought as a soldier-medic for Fidel Castro's rebel army before becoming Cuba's minister of public health?
|
| Suleman Raza |
2022-08-07 |
|
4,386 |
182.8 |
... that Suleman Raza was coincidently awarded an MBE while his organisation Uplyft received the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in the 2022 Birthday Honours?
|
| For the Girls (song) |
2022-08-27 |
|
2,191 |
182.6 |
... that Hayley Kiyoko aimed for a fully LGBT cast while casting the video for her song "For the Girls"?
|
| Collingham Gardens |
2022-08-13 |
|
4,373 |
182.2 |
... that when reggae musician Bob Marley was arrested in London for cannabis possession, he falsely told the police he lived in Collingham Gardens?
|
| Colonia Federal |
2022-08-02 |
|
2,161 |
180.1 |
... that the neighborhood of Colonia Federal was built by employees of the Mexican Secretariat of the Interior to create exclusive housing for civil servants?
|
| William Savage (ornithologist) |
2022-08-02 |
 |
2,154 |
179.5 |
... that American ornithologist William Savage painted pictures of birds (example pictured) that he hunted or received?
|
| Angelina (Bob Dylan song) |
2022-08-30 |
|
2,114 |
176.2 |
... that Bob Dylan rhymes "Angelina" with "concertina", "hyena", "subpoena", "Argentina" and "arena"?
|
| WPMT (Maine) |
2022-08-03 |
|
2,085 |
173.8 |
... that among the special events broadcast by the Maine Television Network during its brief existence were a fashion show, a basketball tournament, and an ordination ceremony?
|
| 6.0 system |
2022-08-11 |
|
4,170 |
173.7 |
... that the 6.0 system of judging figure skating was replaced in 2004, as a response to the scandal during the pair skating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics?
|
| Jacob Saunders
|
2022-08-21
|
|
1,416
|
59.0
|
... that Canadian brothers Graeme and Jacob Saunders learned to sail at the Chester Yacht Club, and campaigned a two-person dinghy in the 2016 Summer Olympics?
|
| Chester Yacht Club
|
1,408
|
58.6
|
| Graeme Saunders (sailor)
|
1,295
|
54.0
|
| Total |
4,118 |
171.6
|
| Rufina Peter
|
2022-08-28
|
|
1,088
|
90.7
|
... that until Rufina Peter and Kessy Sawang's election in August 2022, Papua New Guinea was one of only three countries without a woman in parliament?
|
| Kessy Sawang
|
953
|
79.4
|
| Total |
2,041 |
170.1
|
| Humanitarian impacts of U.S. sanctions against Iran |
2022-08-13 |
|
4,069 |
169.5 |
... that U.S. sanctions against Iran have adversely impacted Iranian children with epidermolysis bullosa, among other patients?
|
| Thomas Peel Dunhill |
2022-08-04 |
|
4,006 |
166.9 |
... that Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill used to milk the goats at St Vincent's Hospital?
|
| Carl-Gustav Groth |
2022-08-03 |
|
1,997 |
166.4 |
... that Carl-Gustav Groth was the first surgeon in Sweden to perform pancreas, liver, and islet cell transplants?
|
| Edward Duplex |
2022-08-11 |
|
3,988 |
166.1 |
... that in 1888, Edward P. Duplex became the first African American to be elected a mayor in California?
|
| Herb Wong |
2022-08-15 |
|
3,968 |
165.3 |
... that zoologist Herb Wong wrote the liner notes for more than 600 jazz albums, by his own count?
|
| Sensory friendly |
2022-08-22 |
|
3,950 |
164.6 |
... that people with sensory processing disorders often require sensory friendly environments which are designed to accommodate their condition?
|
| Claudia Winterstein |
2022-08-20 |
|
3,896 |
162.4 |
... that after Claudia Winterstein dropped plans to become an architect because of the Berlin Wall, she led her party as a member of the Bundestag?
|
| Kommt her, ihr Kreaturen all |
2022-08-04 |
|
3,848 |
160.4 |
... that "Kommt her, ihr Kreaturen all", a Catholic hymn first published in 1687, is still commonly used for Corpus Christi processions?
|
| Highway 51 Blues |
2022-08-10 |
|
3,838 |
159.9 |
... that "Highway 51", the closing track on Bob Dylan's debut album, incorporated elements from earlier songs by Curtis Jones, Tommy McClennan, and the Everly Brothers?
|
| Fateh Muhammad Panipati |
2022-08-15 |
|
3,831 |
159.6 |
... that Fateh Muhammad Panipati has been called the al-Jazari of contemporary times?
|
| Roland Jefferson |
2022-08-17 |
|
3,797 |
158.2 |
... that Roland Jefferson, the first African-American botanist to work at the U.S. National Arboretum, helped preserve the famous flowering cherry trees in Washington, D.C.?
|
| St. Martinus, Hattersheim |
2022-08-27 |
 |
1,878 |
156.5 |
... that when the new church of St. Martinus (pictured) in Hattersheim was built in 1915 with Jugendstil elements, the architect incorporated parts from the earlier church?
|
| Kamome Shirahama |
2022-08-01 |
|
1,874 |
156.2 |
... that Kamome Shirahama, in addition to writing and illustrating her best-selling Witch Hat Atelier manga series, has created variant covers for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and the Star Wars franchise?
|
| Victória Pitts |
2022-08-19 |
|
3,738 |
155.8 |
... that Victória Pitts from Brazil portrayed characters in all three parts of Puccini's Il trittico at the Oper Frankfurt in 2022, including Zita in Gianni Schicchi?
|
| Katja Husen |
2022-08-01 |
|
1,847 |
153.9 |
... that Katja Husen was the speaker of the Green Youth, a member of the Hamburg Parliament, and the CEO of the Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg?
|
| Hani al-Rahib |
2022-08-04 |
|
3,648 |
152.0 |
... that Syrian novelist Hani al-Rahib had a deaf-mute father and an illiterate mother?
|
| Thomas Dickson Archibald |
2022-08-02 |
|
1,820 |
151.6 |
... that Thomas Dickson Archibald, when speaking against increasing fines for violating liquor licenses, said "we need only go a step further and make the violation a hanging matter"?
|
| Dawn Gan |
2022-08-06 |
|
3,620 |
150.9 |
... that Singaporean singer Dawn Gan played herself in a television drama about aspiring singers?
|
| WTVE (New York) |
2022-08-17 |
|
3,612 |
150.5 |
... that after the tower of a New York state TV station was toppled by Hurricane Hazel, it did not return to the air for more than 18 months?
|
| WXIX-TV |
2022-08-23 |
|
3,574 |
148.9 |
... that the main studio of a Cincinnati TV station occupies the one-time gymnasium of a former Black junior high school?
|
| Maewa Kaihau |
2022-08-30 |
|
1,781 |
148.4 |
... that New Zealand composer Maewa Kaihau sold her rights to the song "Now is the Hour" for £10, a decade before it became a hit in the United Kingdom and United States?
|
| Hussars of Junín |
2022-08-27 |
|
1,768 |
147.3 |
... that the decisive participation of a Peruvian cavalry unit in the Battle of Junín led Simón Bolívar to rename them the Hussars of Junín?
|
| Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 |
2022-08-03 |
|
1,750[c] |
145.8 |
... that Calvin Harris's 2022 album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 features nearly 20 collaborators, including Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg, and Busta Rhymes?
|
| Martha Wolfenstein |
2022-08-05 |
|
3,487 |
145.3 |
... that Martha Wolfenstein wrote stories based on her father's experiences in a Moravian Judengasse?
|
| Emma Reaney |
2022-08-19 |
|
3,430 |
142.9 |
... that Emma Reaney is the only Notre Dame Fighting Irish swimmer to win an NCAA championship?
|
| Balanda Atis |
2022-08-30 |
|
1,700 |
141.6 |
... that cosmetic chemist Balanda Atis created the foundation worn by Lupita Nyong'o in advertisements for Lancôme?
|
| Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold |
2022-08-01 |
|
1,688 |
140.6 |
... that as women's ski jumping was not then an Olympic event, Yoshiko Kasai participated as the only female test jumper at the 1998 Winter Olympics, as dramatized in Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold?
|
| A. K. M. Miraj Uddin |
2022-08-05 |
|
3,304 |
137.7 |
... that A. K. M. Miraj Uddin set a Pakistani national record in the pole vault by clearing 12 feet 2 inches (3.71 m) with a bamboo pole instead of a carbon-fiber pole?
|
| Akbar Bhawan |
2022-08-09 |
|
3,232 |
134.6 |
... that Akbar Bhawan, which houses the South Asian University and offices of India's Ministry of External Affairs, was originally a hotel?
|
| You're No Good (Jesse Fuller song) |
2022-08-13 |
|
3,220 |
134.2 |
... that Jesse Fuller's first release of his song "You're No Good" was more than a year after Bob Dylan had included it on his debut album?
|
| Spy Princess |
2022-08-08 |
|
3,208 |
133.6 |
... that Spy Princess by Shrabani Basu tells the story of Noor Inayat Khan, a British secret agent in France who was executed by the Nazis?
|
| The Scent of Joseph's Shirt |
2022-08-10 |
|
3,180 |
132.5 |
... that The Scent of Joseph's Shirt was said by Iranian director and screenwriter Ebrahim Hatamikia to reflect his perception of waiting for Imam Mahdi?
|
| Eliane Capobianco |
2022-08-30 |
|
1,572 |
131.0 |
... that Eliane Capobianco's election to the Bolivian Constituent Assembly reflected the propensity of the country's agribusiness elites to occupy positions that granted them influence over land reform policy?
|
| Lillian Chase |
2022-08-13 |
|
3,099 |
129.1 |
... that Lillian Chase became interested in diabetes after meeting the first patient to receive insulin, and went on to become an expert in the disease?
|
| Adolphe Smith Headingley |
2022-08-12 |
|
3,072 |
128.0 |
... that British writer Adolphe Smith Headingley popularised the singing of the socialist anthem "The Red Flag" to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" against the wishes of its lyricist?
|
| Colin Stubs |
2022-08-07 |
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3,070 |
127.9 |
... that Colin Stubs spent the prize money from his first international tennis title on an old Volkswagen to travel around Europe?
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| Rana X. Adhikari |
2022-08-25 |
|
3,016 |
125.6 |
... that it was Caltech experimental physicist Rana X. Adhikari's idea to build a gravitational-wave observatory in India?
|
| Going Down Home with Daddy |
2022-08-27 |
|
1,484 |
123.6 |
... that the Caldecott Honor–winning illustrations for Going Down Home with Daddy contain Adinkra symbols that represent various concepts in Ghanaian culture?
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| Laura J. Crossey |
2022-08-06 |
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2,967 |
123.6 |
... that Laura J. Crossey has shown that travertines (example pictured) are more likely to form when meteoric groundwater mixes with deeper groundwater from the Earth's mantle?
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| KUSI-TV |
2022-08-31 |
|
1,464 |
122.0 |
... that when the sale of its San Diego TV station failed, United States International University asked some of its employees to wait to pick up their paychecks?
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| Roslyn Lindheim |
2022-08-24 |
|
2,915 |
121.5 |
... that Roslyn Lindheim, who designed hospitals, was the first architect to be elected to the National Academy of Medicine?
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| Larry Jeffrey |
2022-08-03 |
|
1,438 |
119.8 |
... that Canadian professional ice hockey player Larry Jeffrey had eleven knee surgeries in a span of nine years?
|
| Divertimento (Bernstein) |
2022-08-31 |
 |
1,412 |
117.7 |
... that at its premiere at Symphony Hall, Leonard Bernstein (pictured) described his suite Divertimento as a "fun piece" that "reflects my youthful experiences here where I heard my first orchestral music"?
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| Juanita Lascarro |
2022-08-09 |
|
2,819 |
117.5 |
... that Colombian singer Juanita Lascarro became a soprano at the Oper Frankfurt, where she appeared as both Calypso and Penelope in a new production of Dallapiccola's Ulisse?
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| Antar Lintas Sumatera |
2022-08-31 |
|
1,408 |
117.3 |
... that at over 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi), Antar Lintas Sumatera's Medan-to-Jember service is the longest bus route in Indonesia?
|
| Two for the Knight |
2022-08-14 |
|
2,788 |
116.2 |
... that the Manila Standard described the concert Two for the Knight as the "biggest team-up of a foreign and local artist" in the Philippines?
|
| Cello Sonata (Debussy) |
2022-08-22 |
 |
2,778 |
115.8 |
... that Claude Debussy (pictured) described his Cello Sonata, composed within a few weeks in July 1915 at a Normandy seaside town, in a letter to his publisher Durand as of "almost classical form"?
|
| Maya Pindyck |
2022-08-12 |
|
2,775 |
115.6 |
... that creating visual art led Maya Pindyck to write poetry?
|
| Touch the Sky Tour |
2022-08-27 |
|
1,368 |
114.0 |
... that Kanye West performed an additional Touch the Sky Tour date at the University of North Carolina Wilmington after coming third in a student survey?
|
| Gleaners Food Bank |
2022-08-17 |
|
2,719 |
113.3 |
... that Gleaners Food Bank has served more than 700 million pounds (320 million kg) of food in Indiana?
|
| Margono Djojohadikusumo |
2022-08-20 |
|
2,714 |
113.1 |
... that when the deputy finance minister rejected his proposal to create a national bank, Margono Djojohadikusumo tried again with the Vice President?
|
| Gian Franco Bottazzo |
2022-08-21 |
 |
2,706 |
112.8 |
... that Gian Franco Bottazzo (pictured) and Deborah Doniach proved that type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease?
|
| Khalil Farah |
2022-08-14 |
|
2,622 |
109.3 |
... that hostile references towards Anglo-Egyptian rule in Sudan by Khalil Farah were hidden in colloquial Sudanese Arabic?
|
| Werner J. Dannhauser |
2022-08-01 |
|
1,308 |
109.0 |
... that political philosophy professor Werner J. Dannhauser was the basis for a character in a Saul Bellow novel?
|
| WDDO (1240 AM) |
2022-08-29 |
|
1,288 |
107.3 |
... that radio station WBML made its first broadcast just one hour after the funeral of its manager-to-be?
|
| Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen |
2022-08-28 |
|
1,278 |
106.5 |
... that "Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen" is a 1697 Lutheran hymn, translated into English by Catherine Winkworth in 1863 as "Jehovah, let me now adore Thee"?
|
| Jinx (Crumb album) |
2022-08-07 |
|
2,552 |
106.3 |
... that the indie band Crumb wrote Jinx after a near-fatal car accident?
|
| Thomas Yarborough |
2022-08-13 |
|
2,524 |
105.1 |
... that in 1948, Thomas Yarborough became the first African American to be elected as a city council member in California?
|
| Shanti Devi (social worker) |
2022-08-04 |
|
2,480 |
103.3 |
... that Shanti Devi was awarded the Padma Shri Award for her social work, including eradicating the yaws disease in a village in Odisha?
|
| The Captain (miniseries) |
2022-08-20 |
|
2,474 |
103.1 |
... that Derek Jeter discusses his biracial upbringing and experiencing racism in Michigan in the 1980s and 1990s in The Captain?
|
| T. Mohandas Pai |
2022-08-31 |
|
1,226 |
102.1 |
... that Indian philanthropist and business executive T. Mohandas Pai has been called the "architect of modern Manipal"?
|
| Zahia Mentouri |
2022-08-06 |
|
2,442 |
101.8 |
... that Zahia Mentouri was credited with training all pediatric anesthetists in western Algeria?
|
| John Dique |
2022-08-29 |
|
1,214 |
101.1 |
... that John Dique constructed the machine used by the first Australian patient to receive dialysis?
|
| Bill Harkin |
2022-08-29 |
|
1,204 |
100.3 |
... that Bill Harkin designed the original Glastonbury Festival Pyramid Stage, which was built from scaffolding and plastic sheeting?
|
| WNLR |
2022-08-31 |
|
1,184 |
98.7 |
... that a Virginia radio station built a house to raise money for operations?
|
| Fuente de la República |
2022-08-10 |
|
2,354 |
98.1 |
... that the idea for the Fuente de la República arose after Manuel Felguérez suggested a fountain to accompany his newly inaugurated Puerta 1808 to the mayor of Mexico City?
|
| Appraisal rights |
2022-08-01 |
|
1,174 |
97.8 |
... that shareholders who object to some transactions can use appraisal rights to make the company buy their shares?
|
| Curtis Imrie |
2022-08-09 |
|
2,340 |
97.5 |
... that Curtis Imrie won three world championships as a pack burro racer?
|
| Sean Hurson |
2022-08-16 |
|
2,277 |
94.9 |
... that the coin used by Gaelic football referee Sean Hurson bears his initials and was presented to him by one of his umpires shortly before the latter died?
|
| Dance in Suriname |
2022-08-31 |
 |
1,120 |
93.3 |
... that there is an annual holiday for dancing pallbearers in Suriname (examples pictured)?
|
| Dwight Smith (baseball) |
2022-08-07 |
|
2,232 |
93.0 |
... that baseball player Dwight Smith recorded a demo rhythm and blues album during the 1993–94 offseason?
|
| Everything We Need |
2022-08-01 |
|
1,100 |
91.7 |
... that Kanye West recorded "Everything We Need" as a new version of his leaked track "The Storm"?
|
| Mary Getui |
2022-08-10 |
|
2,189 |
91.2 |
... that Kenyan theologian Mary Getui was named a Moran of the Burning Spear?
|
| Russell Strong |
2022-08-16 |
|
2,150 |
89.6 |
... that Russell Strong pioneered multiple techniques for liver transplantation, including splitting a donor liver between multiple recipients?
|
| Acoustic Atlas |
2022-08-26 |
|
2,120 |
88.3 |
... that the Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?
|
| Barry Downs (architect) |
2022-08-31 |
|
1,032 |
86.0 |
... that Canadian architect Barry Downs contributed to the redevelopment of the Expo 86 site in Vancouver, the largest private development in North America at the time?
|
| Jack Michaels |
2022-08-27 |
|
1,028 |
85.7 |
... that ice hockey commentator Jack Michaels began his career announcing an ostrich race?
|
| Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari |
2022-08-27 |
|
1,006 |
83.9 |
... that The Twins, a 1930 story by Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari, was called the first Saudi Arabian novel?
|
| Rogers Covey-Crump |
2022-08-17 |
|
2,006 |
83.6 |
... that Rogers Covey-Crump, once the high tenor of the Hilliard Ensemble, is known as a leading Evangelist in Bach's Passions?
|
| Pramod Kapoor |
2022-08-05 |
|
2,000 |
83.3 |
... that Indian author and publisher Pramod Kapoor was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur for his contribution to promoting India's heritage?
|
| Richard Peck (RAF officer) |
2022-08-20 |
|
1,933 |
80.5 |
... that the de Havilland Mosquito was almost cancelled in 1940, but Air Vice-Marshal Richard Peck persuaded Air Marshal Wilfrid Freeman to continue the programme?
|
| Jerold F. Lucey |
2022-08-03 |
|
946 |
78.8 |
... that Jerold F. Lucey introduced phototherapy to the United States as a treatment for jaundice in newborns?
|
| Wheelie (song) |
2022-08-20 |
|
1,836 |
76.5 |
... that in the music video for her song "Wheelie", Latto shows off a diamond cryptocurrency wallet made by celebrity jeweler Greg Yuna?
|
| Concerto for Two Trumpets (Vivaldi) |
2022-08-02 |
|
914 |
76.1 |
... that the only trumpet concerto by Antonio Vivaldi is for two trumpets?
|
| Academy of Music (Sioux City, Iowa) |
2022-08-13 |
|
1,814 |
75.6 |
... that women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony spoke twice at the now defunct Academy of Music in Sioux City, Iowa, during the 1870s?
|
| Gilbert Eastman |
2022-08-22 |
|
1,809 |
75.4 |
... that American educator Gilbert Eastman, who acted in and wrote American Sign Language plays, won an Emmy Award in 1993?
|
| Henry Janzen |
2022-08-23 |
|
1,782 |
74.2 |
... that Henry Janzen was the first coach to lead his team to back-to-back Vanier Cup championships?
|
| Daniel Camargo |
2022-08-10 |
|
1,748 |
72.9 |
... that in his early career, Daniel Camargo was cast to dance a lead role at the opening night of Don Quixote at Stuttgart Ballet, over the principal dancers?
|
| Freies Deutsches Hochstift |
2022-08-06 |
|
1,648 |
68.7 |
... that the Freies Deutsches Hochstift association acquired Goethe's birthplace in Frankfurt am Main in 1863, but did not fully restore it until 1926?
|
| BlossomWatch |
2022-08-21 |
|
1,644 |
68.5 |
... that as part of its #BlossomWatch campaign, the National Trust plans to plant trees along a circular bus route in Birmingham?
|
| Hold On Baby |
2022-08-12 |
|
1,605 |
66.9 |
... that the late Foo Fighters member Taylor Hawkins plays the drums on the closing track of King Princess's album Hold On Baby?
|
| Regina coeli (Mozart) |
2022-08-25 |
|
1,568 |
65.3 |
... that the last of three Regina coeli settings written by Mozart for Salzburg Cathedral is scored for four soloists, choir and orchestra?
|
| Missa brevis in C (Brixi) |
2022-08-12 |
|
1,552 |
64.7 |
... that the Missa brevis in C by František Brixi, an 18th-century kapellmeister at Prague Cathedral, was not published until 2004?
|
| Arizona Public Media |
2022-08-02 |
|
772 |
64.3 |
... that in 1951, the University of Arizona radio bureau produced four different programs that aired on four different Tucson stations?
|
| Ananta Prem Tumi Dao Aamake |
2022-08-25 |
|
1,532 |
63.9 |
... that many fans of Ayub Bachchu's Bangladeshi rock watched the film Loot Toraj in theaters just to hear the love song "Ananta Prem Tumi Dao Aamake"?
|
| Songbird Sings Legrand |
2022-08-01 |
|
726 |
60.5 |
... that Regine Velasquez had to audition for composer Michel Legrand before collaborating in the concert Songbird Sings Legrand?
|
| KUSD (AM) |
2022-08-14 |
|
1,452 |
60.5 |
... that when the University of South Dakota started a radio station, the transmitter was built by student and future Nobel Prize winner Ernest Lawrence?
|
| El Financiero |
2022-08-02 |
|
687 |
57.2 |
... that the administration of Carlos Salinas de Gortari barred El Financiero from the Mexican presidential press plane for its reporting on foreign debt negotiations?
|
| Songbird Sings the Classics |
2022-08-26 |
|
1,311 |
54.6 |
... that in the concert Songbird Sings the Classics, Regine Velasquez paid homage to the music of Burt Bacharach, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, and Barry Manilow?
|
| Iain MacNeal |
2022-08-21 |
|
1,286 |
53.6 |
... that when the Canadian baritone Iain MacNeal appeared as Odysseus in Dallapiccola's Ulisse at the Oper Frankfurt, a reviewer noted that he portrayed the "character's self-exegeses"?
|
| Twenty (concert) |
2022-08-27 |
|
510 |
42.5 |
... that at the request of Regine Velasquez, her former manager Ronnie Henares directed the concert Twenty?
|
| George Verdak |
2022-08-26 |
|
994 |
41.4 |
... that Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo dancer George Verdak was awarded an honorary doctorate by Butler University?
|
| Huliya (poem) |
2022-08-22 |
|
896 |
37.4 |
... that Nirmalendu Goon shared his doubts about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's political decisions during the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising in his poem Huliya?
|
| Scotch Symphony |
2022-08-28 |
|
424 |
35.3 |
... that George Balanchine's ballet Scotch Symphony, set to Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, evokes the style of La Sylphide, a romantic ballet set in Scotland?
|
| Salmo 150 |
2022-08-15 |
|
700 |
29.2 |
... that in a choral tour program titled Salmo!, Bach's 18th successor first conducted Salmo 150, an a cappella setting of Psalm 150 by the Brazilian composer Ernani Aguiar?
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