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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	100.2	Jonas Vaidutis	365.3	First Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota)	100.2	Jonas Vaidutis
Median	302.5	Papa (2024 film) Bea Hines	783.4	Mother Solomon Jorts	338.2	Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Abu Sulayman Da'ud
High	992.6	Corinne Rey-Bellet	1,844.2	Paora	1,844.2	Paora

Table

Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Paora	2025-01-01		22,130	1,844.2	... that following public backlash over the mistreatment of Paora (pictured), Zoo Miami stated: "We have offended the nation of New Zealand"?
Fictional planets of the Solar System	2025-01-02		21,742	1,811.8	... that fictional planets of the Solar System (diagram pictured) include planets between Venus and Earth, planets on the inside of a hollow Earth, and a planet "behind the Earth"?
White chocolate	2025-01-03		18,343	1,528.6	... that white chocolate (pictured) has been used as a coating for vitamin products?
Ethel Preston memorial	2025-01-02		12,244	1,020.4	... that the grave of Ethel Preston in Leeds, England, has a life-sized statue of her (pictured) stood in front of black marble doors, left ajar?
Corinne Rey-Bellet	2025-01-06		11,911	992.6	... that the murder of skier Corinne Rey-Bellet led to a change in Swiss gun-control regulations?
1991 Andover tornado	2025-01-01		10,848	904.0	... that the 1991 Andover tornado (pictured) narrowly avoided hitting two warplanes equipped with nuclear warheads?
Jorts	2025-01-06		10,586	882.2	... that jorts (example pictured), despite being worn by frumpy dads, are also associated with 1960s counterculture, punks, rappers, skaters, and "Brat summer"?
Peanut (squirrel)	2025-01-04		10,253	854.4	... that a squirrel helped to steer viewers to its owner's OnlyFans account?
Oasis (Minecraft clone)	2025-01-04		9,640	803.3	... that an AI-generated Minecraft clone has been described as an early glimpse of the future of video games?
Tyler Oliveira	2025-01-04		8,875	739.6	... that YouTuber Tyler Oliveira apologized after trying to drain a pool with paper towels?
AdNauseam	2025-01-06		8,671	722.6	... that the browser extension AdNauseam blocks and clicks on advertisements at the same time?
Mother Solomon	2025-01-04		8,215	684.6	... that Mother Solomon (pictured) returned to Ohio 22 years after the Indian Removal Act forced her people, the Wyandots, into Kansas?
Valencia Theatre	2025-01-06		7,681	640.1	... that New York City's Valencia Theatre (pictured) was sold to a church in 1977 for $1?
Nicolaas van Wijk	2025-01-05		7,524	627.0	... that Nicolaas van Wijk (pictured), after helping to provide humanitarian aid during World War I, called the Partitions of Poland "an offense against God"?
Tsybin Ts-25	2025-01-05		7,400	616.7	... that the military glider Tsybin Ts-25 was considered for use as a civilian airliner?
Bitcoin buried in Newport landfill	2025-01-04		7,279	606.6	... that a Welsh man lost more than £500 million of bitcoin in a landfill?
Ketchup chip	2025-01-05		7,176	598.0	... that ketchup chips were introduced in the 1970s along with other flavours such as grape and orange?
Amalberga of Temse	2025-01-03		7,086	590.5	... that Saint Amalberga of Temse (pictured) is the patron saint of upper-limb injuries, because of the legend that Charlemagne broke her arm while trying to force her to marry him?
Shō Taikyū	2025-01-06		6,969	580.8	... that the Okinawan king Shō Taikyū was reportedly protected by an all-female bodyguard?
Argos (dog)	2025-01-05		6,954	579.5	... that the death of Odysseus's dog in the Odyssey uses language typically reserved for the noble deaths of warriors?
Áʼa꞉líya Warbus	2025-01-02		6,857	571.4	... that Canadian rapper Apt Exact, who has been described as "not gangster", was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2024?
Brian Higgins (trade unionist)	2025-01-01		6,827	568.9	... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction-industry blacklist?
Carol and Eric Hafner	2025-01-05		6,800	566.7	... that Carol and Eric Hafner ran for five United States House of Representatives seats for states in which they did not live, and mostly had not visited?
Mountain Landscape	2025-01-03		6,616	551.4	... that a Mountain Landscape is difficult to capture with photography?
1st Separate Airborne Brigade	2025-01-04		6,502	541.8	... that a brigade of Russian paratroopers took part in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission during the 1990s?
Pula Nikolao Pula	2025-01-01		3,476	289.6	... that the 2024 American Samoan gubernatorial election was won by Pula and Pulu?
Pulu Ae Ae Jr.			2,626	218.9
Total			6,102	508.5
Siege of Ak-Mechet	2025-01-01		6,093	507.8	... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
Canaanite ivory comb	2025-01-02		5,986	498.9	... that the Canaanite ivory comb contains the earliest known sentence in a Canaanite language?
Jing Tsu	2025-01-01		5,956	496.4	... that Jing Tsu remembers being called "female tiger" because her schoolteachers' punishments had little effect on her?
Murad Al-Katib	2025-01-01		5,914	492.8	... that Murad Al-Katib provided 700 million meals of Saskatchewan-grown chickpeas, lentils and wheat to a United Nations program for Syrian refugees?
Monica Smit	2025-01-06		5,760	480.0	... that Monica Smit was ordered to pay Victoria Police's legal bill of about A$250,000, despite winning a lawsuit against them?
Grid energy storage	2025-01-04		5,746	478.8	... that energy on the grid can be stored in sand or salt?
Home and Beauty	2025-01-06		5,308	442.4	... that Home and Beauty has been described as both a "little masterpiece of polite merriment" and a "misogynist comedy dipped in vitriol"?
Beechcraft BQM-126	2025-01-02		5,211	434.2	... that the 1980s Beechcraft BQM-126 target drone could be launched from aircraft based on aircraft carriers?
Ettore Verna	2025-01-03		5,194	432.8	... that baritone Ettore Verna twice "sang himself out of his pants" during a performance at the Boston Opera House, according to Billboard?
Edward W. Gantt	2025-01-01		5,178	431.5	... that Edward W. Gantt was a Confederate soldier who defected to the Union during the American Civil War?
Death of Milton King	2025-01-03		5,014	417.8	... that five percent of Barbados's population turned out to protest the death of Milton King in Cape Town police custody?
Civilized drama	2025-01-03		4,948	412.4	... that critics argued that involving actresses in civilized drama would promote obscenity?
Babak Ganjei	2025-01-05		4,902	408.5	... that Babak Ganjei tried to sell a painting of his credit card to Barclays?
Shikairo Days	2025-01-06		4,811	400.9	... that Yuki Waga created the "earworm" for "Shikairo Days" by walking around his house repeating "shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan"?
Melichrus procumbens	2025-01-04		4,750	395.8	... that ants are the main pollinators of jam tarts (example pictured)?
Ly Singko	2025-01-04		4,730	394.1	... that newspaper columnist Ly Singko was imprisoned for "glamourising the communist system"?
Rescatemos a David y Miguel	2025-01-05		4,585	382.1	... that the Rescatemos a David y Miguel memorial was installed seven years ago today in response to a kidnapping that occurred thirteen years ago today?
LaTasha Barnes	2025-01-01		4,532	377.7	... that jazz dancer LaTasha Barnes used to be a sergeant in the U.S. Army?
Alexis Harding	2025-01-06		4,532	377.6	... that a key part of Alexis Harding's abstract art is the chemical incompatibility of the different paints he uses?
Frankfurt silver inscription	2025-01-04		4,526	377.1	... that archaeologists read an ancient inscription by "unrolling" it virtually?
Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics	2025-01-06		4,519	376.6	... that neither of the two athletes who represented Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics grew up or trained in the country?
Man of Smoke	2025-01-05		4,517	376.4	... that the futurist novel Man of Smoke, according to a scholar, contains a hidden legal code for readers to piece together?
Revelation of the Magi	2025-01-06		4,472	372.7	... that the Biblical Magi dispense mysterious vision-inducing foods in the Revelation of the Magi, which a scholar proposed to be an account of ritual hallucinogen intake?
The Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness	2025-01-03		4,406	367.1	... that a Talmudic passage, "The Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness", has been used in Jewish medical ethics to justify patient autonomy?
First Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota)	2025-01-05		4,384	365.3	... that the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was named after a log chapel (pictured)?
Moses sees Rabbi Akiva (Menachot 29b)	2025-01-02		4,306	358.9	... that meetings between Biblical and post-Biblical characters, such as when Moses sees Rabbi Akiva teach and be martyred, are rare in Talmudic stories?
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen	2025-01-05		4,180	348.3	... that An Amorous History of the Silver Screen has been read as a biographic metafilm, paralleling its lead's rise from prostitution into film stardom?
Abu Sulayman Da'ud	2025-01-01		4,128	344.0	... that Arab Christian physician Abu Sulayman Da'ud served both Latin Christian and Arab Muslim rulers?
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet	2025-01-05		3,990	332.5	... that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet became the lowest-rated mainline entries in the franchise's history due to performance issues at launch?
Pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin	2025-01-03		3,821	318.4	... that the members of an abortive conspiracy to restore the Fatimid Caliphate were said to have asked the Order of Assassins for assistance in eliminating Saladin?
St Bride's Church, Mauku	2025-01-03		3,802	316.8	... that St Bride's Church still has loopholes from use as a military outpost in the 19th century?
Al-Moghraqa	2025-01-06		3,769	314.1	... that terracotta cones found at al-Moghraqa in Palestine are unique in the region, but resemble artefacts from ancient Egypt?
The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai	2025-01-03		3,742	311.8	... that The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai depicted Charlie Chaplin in China fourteen years before it happened?
Bea Hines	2025-01-06		3,644	303.6	... that Bea Hines, the first African-American woman to become a reporter at the Miami Herald, was sent to report on a riot on her first day at work?
Papa (2024 film)	2025-01-02		3,617	301.4	... that multiple scenes in Papa feature cotton-tree flowers, even though it was not scripted and the falling cotton simply kept drifting into the shot?
Eurovision Song Contest 1984	2025-01-01		3,590	299.2	... that booing heard after the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was reportedly either a response to past football hooliganism, claims of lip syncing, or alleged plagiarism of the Supremes?
Gohobi	2025-01-03		3,562	296.9	... that the Japanese band Gohobi describes themselves as having a "tofu mentality"?
Shō Sen'i	2025-01-01		3,495	291.2	... that Shō Sen'i was overthrown in favor of his thirteen-year-old nephew?
Marie-Thérèse Eyquem	2025-01-02		3,403	283.6	... that Marie-Thérèse Eyquem served in the government of Vichy France, and was later appointed a national secretary of the French Socialist Party?
2019 Timaru hailstorm	2025-01-01		3,370	280.8	... that insurers paid out about NZ$171 million in damages caused by a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand?
The Manhasset	2025-01-02		3,347	278.9	... that the apartment building the Manhasset caught fire in 1999, just as its renovation was being completed?
Jews in the Polish Army	2025-01-03		3,281	273.4	... that about 200,000 Jews served in the Polish Army and related formations during World War II?
Brandon Smith (wide receiver)	2025-01-05		3,267	272.2	... that after being signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, and signed again, Brandon Smith made his NFL debut?
Chang Wei-chia	2025-01-05		3,224	268.7	... that when future Olympian Chang Wei-chia entered high school, her elementary-school swimming coach was hired full-time and continued to coach her?
Flora Hommel	2025-01-02		3,178	264.8	... that Flora Hommel, after being afraid of giving birth to her own child, went on to teach the Lamaze technique to more than 17,000 couples?
Black Slave's Cry to Heaven	2025-01-05		3,174	264.5	... that the first modern Chinese play was based on an American novel and staged in Tokyo?
Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi	2025-01-05		3,082	256.8	... that Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi opened the first commercial movie theater in Iran, only for it to be banned within a month?
American Wedding (song)	2025-01-05		2,867	238.9	... that Frank Ocean's song "American Wedding" was pulled from streaming platforms because of its unauthorized use of "Hotel California"?
Organization of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	2025-01-06		2,762	230.2	... that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was just one center until 1980?
Ovalipes catharus	2025-01-01		2,738	228.1	... that one of the major prey groups of the paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus, is other paddle crabs?
Mary Chalmers	2025-01-02		2,735	227.9	... that children's author Mary Chalmers owned ten cats and a Pomeranian dog, whose poses helped her draw illustrations for her books?
Austin Staats	2025-01-01		2,688	224.0	... that lacrosse player Austin Staats was undefeated in his college career?
Sonya Friedman (translator)	2025-01-02		2,554	212.8	... that Sonya Friedman developed the idea of supertitles, which translate words being sung on stage in opera?
Saint Peter's Church (Mendota, Minnesota)	2025-01-06		2,534	211.2	... that St. Peter's Catholic Church is the oldest church in continuous use in the state of Minnesota?
Mary Mellor	2025-01-04		2,499	208.2	... that Mary Mellor argued that the COVID-19 pandemic increased the impact of the patriarchy on women, both at home and in the wider economy?
Kings Theatre (Brooklyn)	2025-01-04		2,460	205.0	... that there were at least seven unsuccessful attempts to redevelop New York City's Kings Theatre before it reopened in 2015?
1917 Moscow District Duma elections	2025-01-02		2,321	193.4	... that in the 1917 Moscow District Duma elections, the Bolshevik Party won 97 percent of the votes of the soldiers at the heavy artillery workshops?
Bronx General Post Office	2025-01-04		2,266	188.9	... that the Bronx General Post Office's roof once had a shooting range?
Thomas Fenner (sea captain)	2025-01-04		2,266	188.8	... that Thomas Fenner captained an English warship against the Spanish Armada?
Aquilegia moorcroftiana	2025-01-06		2,198	183.2	... that Aquilegia moorcroftiana is named after a mountaineer and is found at the highest elevation of any species of columbine?
Antiquiala	2025-01-01		2,193	182.8	... that the dragonfly Antiquiala was described from a single wing found in the state of Washington?
Anthony E. Wills	2025-01-04		2,148	179.0	... that films were made of plays written by Anthony E. Wills after his death at a relatively young age?
History of education in Wales (1939–present)	2025-01-02		2,106	175.5	... that schools in Wales during the Second World War were held in village halls?
MLS Cup 2024	2025-01-04		2,018	168.1	... that the final seconds of MLS Cup 2024 were disrupted by players and staff who mistakenly entered the field to celebrate?
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys	2025-01-04		2,007	167.2	... that Taylor Swift released a demo containing lyrics that were trimmed from the final version of her song "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"?
Kathryn Maple	2025-01-02		2,006	167.2	... that Kathryn Maple won the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition twice in three years?
Sing-Song Girl Red Peony	2025-01-01		1,988	165.7	... that the titular songstress in Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, a contender for China's first sound film, was overdubbed by a man?
Sarah Pickstone	2025-01-05		1,882	156.9	... that Sarah Pickstone based her John Moores Prize–winning painting on an illustration that accompanied the poem "Not Waving but Drowning"?
Kurt Burris	2025-01-03		1,857	154.8	... that Kurt Burris was the first American football lineman to finish among the top two in Heisman Trophy voting?
Aquilegia gegica	2025-01-04		1,082	90.2	... that Aquilegia gegica and Aquilegia colchica, two species of columbine native to the Caucasus, can produce fertile hybrid offspring?
Aquilegia colchica			774	64.5
Total			1,856	154.7
Pete Vann	2025-01-03		1,840	153.4	... that Pete Vann recovered from spinal meningitis to set an NCAA single-season passing record?
Chen Dingshan	2025-01-02		1,831	152.6	... that Chen Dingshan has been called the last heir of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school?
I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All	2025-01-03		1,711	142.6	... that Glaive recorded the first track for I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All at the age of 17?
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896–1937	2025-01-02		1,709	142.4	... that An Amorous History of the Silver Screen, an exploration of more than four decades of film in China, argues that cinema is a "modern folk tale"?
Tema "Sacher"	2025-01-02		1,690	140.9	... that a critic called Benjamin Britten's Tema "Sacher" a "truncated and barely coherent page [of music]" and "a pathetic fragment"?
Israel Ta-Shma	2025-01-05		1,638	136.5	... that the first publication of the prolific author and Talmudic scholar Israel Ta-Shma was a Jewish songbook for the Israel Defense Forces?
Yvonne Francis-Gibson	2025-01-06		1,614	134.5	... that Yvonne Francis-Gibson, before improving women's rights as a legislator in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, led a Women's Desk that was "unable to take a firm stand on behalf of women's issues"?
As Long as You're Mine	2025-01-01		1,554	129.5	... that the basic tune for "As Long as You're Mine" from 2003's Wicked was written by Stephen Schwartz in the 1970s?
I Forgot That You Existed	2025-01-06		1,480	123.3	... that the music of Camila Cabello inspired Taylor Swift to work on the song "I Forgot That You Existed" with the producers Louis Bell and Frank Dukes?
George K. Teulon	2025-01-03		1,398	116.5	... that according to George K. Teulon all of the presidents and vice-presidents of the Republic of Texas, and four-fifths of its government officials, were freemasons?
Frederick Warren Freer	2025-01-03		1,362	113.5	... that Frederick Warren Freer switched from studying medicine to art after becoming partially deaf?
Jonas Vaidutis	2025-01-03		1,202	100.2	... that the Lithuanian duke Jonas Vaidutis was elected as the second rector of the oldest Polish university after its restoration in 1400?

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