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Mike Sadler
2024-02-20
53,205
2,216.9
... that Mike Sadler (pictured) guided nighttime raids on enemy targets as a celestial navigator during the Western Desert campaign ?
Hanging Stone
2024-02-02
25,980
2,165.0
... that groups of tourists have unsuccessfully tried to push the Hanging Stone (pictured) into the lake below?
Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
2024-02-15
44,344
1,847.7
... that six-tenths of a second is one reason that a photograph (pictured) won a Pulitzer Prize ?
Qalaherriaq
2024-02-06
13,677
1,626.6
... that teenage Inuk interpreter Qalaherriaq (pictured) drew an accurate map of northwest Greenland while using a pencil for the first time?
Okunoin
2024-02-29
38,708
1,612.8
... that the hall of worship of Okunoin holds more than 10,000 perpetually lit lanterns (pictured) , two of which are believed to have been lit for more than 900 years?
Flaco (owl)
2024-02-18
36,952
1,539.7
... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, Flaco (pictured) has been accused of being a peeping tom?
Donald H. Bochkay
2024-02-01
16,866
1,405.5
... that fighter pilot Donald H. Bochkay (pictured) shot down two jet-powered Messerschmitt Me 262s while flying a propeller-driven P-51 Mustang?
Maxine North
2024-02-29
13,203
550.1
... that Maxine North swore never to return to Thailand after the death of her undercover CIA husband , but ultimately settled there and introduced bottled water to the country ?
Robert G. North
11,080
461.6
Polaris drinking water
6,090
253.7
Total
30,372
1,265.5
Babe Ruth Bows Out
2024-02-01
14,264
1,188.6
... that Babe Ruth Bows Out marked the first time a sports-related image won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography ?
Max Stephan
2024-02-21
27,292
1,137.2
... that Max Stephan was sentenced to death for aiding a Nazi pilot who had escaped from a prisoner of war camp?
Johnny & Clyde
2024-02-02
13,236
1,103.0
... that heist-horror film Johnny & Clyde has been called "unwatchable"?
Dumb Woman's Lane
2024-02-17
25,218
1,050.8
... that Paul McCartney wrote a poem about Dumb Woman's Lane (pictured) ?
Pohang Space Walk
2024-02-08
12,600
1,050.0
... that the steps of Pohang Space Walk (pictured) represent an ascent to an unreachable utopia?
Frankee Connolly
2024-02-27
25,149
1,047.9
... that Frankee Connolly (pictured) signed to Xenomania and took her first singing lessons – in that order?
Tove Jansson
2024-02-08
12,500
1,041.7
... that artist Tove Jansson (pictured) based the children's book character Snufkin on a political philosopher whom she had dated?
Well he would, wouldn't he?
2024-02-02
12,408
1,034.0
... that "he would, wouldn't he "?
Ingush towers
2024-02-26
24,418
1,017.4
... that Ingushetia is often called the "land of towers" after the Ingush towers (examples pictured) , unique medieval monuments found throughout the region?
Town of Seattle Ordinance No. 5
2024-02-12
23,646
985.2
... that a law banning Native Americans from living in Seattle was voided when Seattle itself was abolished?
Cloaca (art installation)
2024-02-28
23,297
970.7
... that, according to the artist, the Cloaca art installations (example pictured) are "shit machines"?
Jenny Suo
2024-02-07
9,538
953.9
... that at the age of 14, Jenny Suo conducted a science experiment that ultimately led to GlaxoSmithKline pleading guilty to breaching consumer protection laws?
Cisco (wine)
2024-02-01
11,426
952.2
... that Cisco wine was nicknamed "liquid crack "?
Yi–Ta incident
2024-02-06
7,845
933.0
... that from March to May 1962, 60,000 Chinese citizens migrated to the Soviet Union through two ports of entry?
George Roper (ship)
2024-02-06
14,370
921.2
... that on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia, the George Roper ran aground (pictured) and was wrecked?
Amnya complex
2024-02-28
21,484
895.2
... that a Stone Age Siberian village is the oldest known fortification in the world?
1999 Tempe military base shooting
2024-02-28
20,764
865.2
... that after the 1999 Tempe military base shooting , the Pan African Congress demanded a military funeral for the perpetrator?
Robert H. Brooks (soldier)
2024-02-29
20,180
840.8
... that Robert H. Brooks passed as a white man to join an all-white unit?
Maruxa and Coralia Fandiño Ricart
2024-02-22
20,060
835.8
... that Maruxa and Coralia Fandiño Ricart (statues pictured) became famous in Galicia because their bright, colourful outfits contrasted with the social repression of Francoist Spain ?
Phomen Singh
2024-02-05
9,855
821.2
... that Phomen Singh (pictured) , an early Indian migrant to New Zealand, sold sweets and chutneys out of a suitcase?
Sun in an Empty Room
2024-02-01
9,806
817.2
... that Edward Hopper wondered what an empty room would look like with no one to see it?
António Corea
2024-02-29
19,444
810.1
... that the slave António Corea may have been the first Korean to visit Europe?
Pilgrims' Cross, Holcombe Moor
2024-02-07
7,764
776.4
... that the 6-ton (6.1-tonne) Pilgrims' Cross (pictured) , high on Holcombe Moor , England, was dragged up there with difficulty by 14 horses?
Jews in Madagascar
2024-02-03
9,251
770.9
... that millions of people from Madagascar claim ancestral ties to ancient Jews , according to a centuries-old origin myth called the "Malagasy secret "?
Gender and sexual minorities in the Ottoman Empire
2024-02-28
18,460
769.1
... that due to 19th-century French views of widespread homosexuality among Ottoman Turks , Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi was offered male prostitutes by officials on a visit to Paris?
Tilted Towers
2024-02-05
8,778
731.5
... that Fortnite 's Tilted Towers was described by critics as the equivalent of "psychological torture" and being "dropped into a meat grinder"?
Mariia Vetrova
2024-02-05
8,591
715.9
... that Mariia Vetrova 's self-immolation provoked student protests in Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Kyiv?
The Drunkard's Progress
2024-02-19
17,166
715.3
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
Clipperton Island case
2024-02-05
8,378
698.2
... that it took the King of Italy 22 years to decide whether France or Mexico owned Clipperton Island ?
Siege of Baghdad [a ]
2024-02-10
12,736 [b ]
687.5
... that before besieging Baghdad in 1258 , the Mongol prince Hulegu Khan ended a letter to the city's ruler with the words "I will show you the meaning of the will of God"?
John Schrank
2024-02-25
16,405
683.5
... that would-be assassin John Schrank was foiled by a 50-page speech and a spectacles case?
Jonos
2024-02-09
15,634
651.4
... that Jonos offered Gucci carrying cases with their Escort portable computers (example pictured) in 1982?
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2024-02-04
7,660 [c ]
638.4
... that a bus-chase sequence in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings took more than a year to plan and was revised more than twenty times?
Claire Rousay
2024-02-04
7,298
608.1
... that Claire Rousay (pictured) creates music using everyday sounds she records?
Beeper (company)
2024-02-02
7,096
591.3
... that a 16-year-old high-school student reverse-engineered iMessage to let Android users text iPhone users with blue chat bubbles using the Beeper Mini app?
Stenka Razin (film)
2024-02-25
14,148
589.5
... that the first Russian feature film, Stenka Razin (poster pictured) , depicts the historical Cossack leader throwing a princess into the Volga ?
Let's All Go to the Lobby
2024-02-01
7,070
589.2
... that Let's All Go to the Lobby , a one-minute filmed advertisement, has been preserved by the US National Film Registry ?
Imhotep (board game)
2024-02-29
14,117
588.2
... that a review of the board game Imhotep stated that it can be chaotic and "extremely mean"?
Statue of George Washington (Perth Amboy, New Jersey)
2024-02-11
11,172
465.5
... that the terracotta statue of George Washington (pictured) by the Danish-American sculptor Nels N. Alling was entirely funded by the local Scandinavian community?
Nels N. Alling
2,840
118.3
Total
14,012
583.8
Taubaté pregnancy hoax
2024-02-23
13,840
576.7
... that Taubaté became the "city of lies" after a 2012 pregnancy hoax ?
KOVR
2024-02-20
13,612
567.1
... that the founder of a California TV station opted not to name it for himself because the call sign would have sounded like "cough"?
Delulu
2024-02-21
13,583
566.0
... that "delulu is the solulu" is a catchphrase?
Xiang Xuan
2024-02-18
13,525
563.5
... that nine-year-old Xiang Xuan was the youngest soldier to take part in the Long March ?
Nadia Smyrnytska
2024-02-11
8,834
368.1
... that Ukrainians Nadia Smyrnytska , Maria Kalyuzhnaya and Maria Kovalevska joined other prisoners in committing suicide to protest against the abuse of imprisoned women in Kara katorga ?
Maria Kalyuzhnaya
4,458
185.8
Total
13,292
553.9
Prey (2022 film)
2024-02-20
13,274 [d ]
553.1
... that Prey is the first feature film to have a full Comanche language dub?
40 Bank Street
2024-02-03
6,581
548.4
... that 40 Bank Street (pictured) , a skyscraper in London, has been described as looking like two different buildings fused into one?
Kirk Raymond Jones
2024-02-03
6,480
540.0
... that Kirk Raymond Jones became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls without safety equipment, then died after going over it again in an inflatable ball?
Mount Hudson
2024-02-16
12,954
539.7
... that the volcano Mount Hudson repeatedly depopulated parts of South America?
Lancelot of Navarre
2024-02-02
6,432
536.0
... that King Charles III of Navarre wanted his illegitimate son Lancelot to become a bishop but the pope forbade it?
Anti-facial recognition mask
2024-02-10
12,698
529.1
... that the use of high-tech surveillance to monitor protests and identify participants has led protestors to use anti-facial recognition masks ?
Valentine Strudwick
2024-02-26
12,517
521.5
... that Valentine Strudwick enlisted to serve in the First World War at 14 years old?
Kalmia Club
2024-02-04
6,246
520.5
... that the Kalmia Club (clubhouse pictured) is named after the mountain laurel ?
Dione arcuata
2024-02-04
6,208
517.3
... that eyelash seaweed may have been made extinct by a single 2016 earthquake ?
Girl soldiers
2024-02-18
12,416
517.3
... that former girl soldiers may face higher rates of community rejection than former boy soldiers?
Hsinchu Kuang-Fu Senior High School
2024-02-25
12,340
514.2
... that the principal of a high school in Taiwan resigned after students held a Nazi -themed parade, complete with mock uniforms and a cardboard tank?
Paul Pavelka
2024-02-06
4,320
513.8
... that aviator Paul Pavelka was killed after being thrown and trampled by a horse?
Hackaball
2024-02-01
6,078
506.5
... that children have programmed Hackaball as a Magic 8 Ball , a whoopee cushion, and an alarm clock?
Anjali Lama
2024-02-16
12,006
500.2
... that Anjali Lama , Nepal's first transgender model, worked with Calvin Klein in 2019?
Megan Barton-Hanson
2024-02-04
4,886
407.2
... that Megan Barton-Hanson dated her costars from Love Island 4 , Celebs Go Dating , and Ex on the Beach , but not Hey Tracey! ?
Hey Tracey!
1,059
88.2
Total
5,945
495.4
Andy Dickerson
2024-02-17
6,356
264.8
... that offensive lineman Andy Dickerson is not to be confused with offensive lineman Andy Dickerson ?
Andy Dickerson (offensive lineman, born 1963)
5,521
230.0
Total
11,876
494.9
The Waste Land
2024-02-12
11,839 [e ]
493.3
... that The Waste Land , considered one of the most important poems of the 20th century, was described as "waste paper" when first published?
William Thomas Pike
2024-02-02
5,824
485.3
... that William Thomas Pike , a convicted felon, published a biographical series (volume pictured) , which includes traders, bishops, and a lord mayor of London , but almost no women?
Sarah McCreanor
2024-02-27
11,600
483.4
... that Sarah McCreanor imitates objects under hydraulic presses through dance?
Intramural burial
2024-02-20
11,578
482.4
... that for several millennia, some humans buried corpses in their houses ?
Philipp Tanzer
2024-02-24
11,540
480.8
... that Philipp Tanzer has been an army medic, artist, firefighter, hairdresser, massage therapist, festival organiser, political candidate and gay porn star?
Carol Mutch
2024-02-22
11,443
476.8
... that Dr. Disaster 's office collapsed in an earthquake on this day in 2011?
Black-billed magpie
2024-02-01
5,674
472.9
... that black-billed magpies are known to eat ticks off deer and other large mammals (example pictured) ?
The Overlook (Alexander McQueen collection)
2024-02-12
11,221
467.5
... that the Alexander McQueen collection The Overlook (Autumn/Winter 1999) featured a Shaun Leane –produced corset made from coiled aluminium (pictured) ?
Anthony W. Case
2024-02-21
11,182
465.9
... that the injuries Anthony W. Case suffered in a school shooting led him to give up baseball and turn to astrophysics as a career?
Gilpatrick Hotel
2024-02-27
11,118
463.2
... that former US president Theodore Roosevelt was shot in front of the Gilpatrick Hotel in 1912?
Death and funeral of Babe Ruth
2024-02-23
11,117
463.2
... that Life magazine said that Babe Ruth's funeral was the "kind of tribute normally reserved for kings and presidents"?
Dieux du Stade
2024-02-14
11,107
462.8
... that sales from Dieux du Stade , a nude calendar produced by the French professional rugby union club Stade Français featuring photos of its players, helped to finance the club for many years?
Joseph S. Bartley
2024-02-06
7,212
462.3
... that after Joseph S. Bartley was sentenced to twenty years in prison for embezzlement, he tried to have himself declared legally dead ?
Agora Hills
2024-02-07
5,468 [f ]
458.5
... that "Agora Hills " is named after the location of the ashram where Doja Cat lived growing up?
Nadezhda Bantle
2024-02-05
5,432
452.7
... that after Nadezhda Bantle was exiled to the Russian North , she oversaw the development of the hospital in Nikolskoye to become the most advanced in its region?
SkyDoesMinecraft
2024-02-03
5,397
449.8
... that Minecraft YouTuber SkyDoesMinecraft , once the eleventh-most subscribed creator on the platform, attempted to sell their YouTube channel for nearly a million dollars?
Mako Morino
2024-02-01
5,328
444.0
... that voice actress Mako Morino played volleyball for 14 years, but gave up the goal of playing professionally after being assigned to the non-serving libero position?
Zanana
2024-02-06
3,716
441.9
... that zanana can refer to a nagging wife in Egypt, or to Israeli drones flying overhead in Gaza?
Avengers assemble scene
2024-02-21
10,563
440.1
... that Spider-Man was chosen as the last character to return in Avengers: Endgame 's Avengers assemble scene because it was designed to be emotional for audiences?
Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo
2024-02-10
10,311
429.6
... that CBS Sports said the Milwaukee Brewers ball-in-glove logo "might just be the best in all of baseball"?
Tamer Balcı
2024-02-27
10,204
425.2
... that Olympic hammer thrower Tamer Balcı was later cast in a movie as Tarzan ?
Eenoolooapik
2024-02-15
10,202
425.1
... that Eenoolooapik fell ill while kayaking through Aberdeen in traditional Inuit clothing ?
Nevoid melanoma
2024-02-01
5,092
424.3
... that unlike most skin cancers, a nevoid melanoma may have an almost perfectly symmetrical shape?
History of Christianity
2024-02-22
10,171 [g ]
423.8
... that the growth of Christianity in 20th-century Africa has been termed the "fourth great age of Christian expansion "?
Carachipampa
2024-02-28
10,023
417.6
... that the volcano Carachipampa is surrounded by a lake and a salt flat, and has a Mars-like environment?
Treasury General Account
2024-02-26
10,000
416.7
... that the US federal government's "checking account " held more than $800 billion at the beginning of February 2024?
Yobidashi
2024-02-02
4,995
416.2
... that yobidashi often receive their trousers from sumo wrestlers who have been promoted to the rank of yokozuna or ōzeki ?
Laguna Honda Hospital
2024-02-06
3,496
415.8
... that Laguna Honda Hospital is a non-profit long-term care facility that has been described as America's "last big almshouse "?
1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal
2024-02-29
9,980
415.8
... that the 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal cost 1.8 million Swiss francs, the equivalent of two yearly state budgets?
James Light (director)
2024-02-19
9,942
414.2
... that James Light was threatened by the Ku Klux Klan when he staged a play with an interracial couple?
Sofia Vakman
2024-02-17
9,929
413.7
... that Sofia Vakman relinquished a career as a concert pianist because a skin disorder she contracted after swimming made it painful for her to play?
Ibedul succession dispute
2024-02-07
4,890
410.0
... that during the ibedul succession dispute , Gloria Salii held a ceremony for her son in which he washed his hands in turtle blood?
Geno (Super Mario RPG)
2024-02-22
9,803
408.5
... that despite knowing of Geno 's popularity, Super Mario RPG 's co-director wasn't sure why the character was popular?
Fionna Campbell (character)
2024-02-02
4,892
407.7
... that Fionna Campbell was created as gender-swapped Adventure Time fan art, but ended up getting her own show ?
Maria Trubnikova
2024-02-10
9,624
401.0
... that after dying in her daughter's arms in an asylum in 1897, Maria Trubnikova (pictured) was remembered as the "heart and soul" of feminist activism in Russia ?
I'm God
2024-02-06
6,240
400.0
... that it took eleven years for the instrumental track "I'm God " to receive an official release?
Newquay Lifeboat Station
2024-02-02
4,797
399.8
... that with an inclination of 1 in 2.5, the slipway at Newquay Lifeboat Station was one of the steepest in England?
Pamatan
2024-02-15
9,400
391.7
... that Pamatan is an undiscovered city on Lombok that was destroyed by the 1257 Samalas eruption ?
Campus of the College of William & Mary
2024-02-14
9,390
391.2
... that lovers on the campus of the College of William & Mary are encouraged to cross the Crim Dell bridge (pictured) together?
Stuart Memorial, Dunedin
2024-02-14
9,382
390.9
... that despite various proposals, a statue of a renowned Dunedin clergyman was not moved from its location adjacent to a brothel and two parking lots?
Max Glatt
2024-02-07
3,902
390.2
... that addicts imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs named the prison football team "Glatt Dynamos", after their psychotherapist Max Glatt , a former Nazi concentration-camp inmate?
Heat Flow Experiment
2024-02-09
9,359
390.0
... that the Apollo 16 Heat Flow Experiment was disabled when astronaut John Young tripped over a cable and tore it from its connector?
Mori Calliope
2024-02-25
9,352
389.7
... that for at least 90 minutes, Mori Calliope livestreamed herself begging video game developer Atlus to allow her to stream their game Persona 3 ?
Ludwig Grass
2024-02-07
4,646
389.6
... that in 1857 Ludwig Grass (pictured) donated 20,000 guilders to build the first state secondary school in Liechtenstein?
Chompi
2024-02-03
4,649
387.4
... that the Chompi Kickstarter campaign was one of the most successful of 2023?
The Anxious City
2024-02-17
9,289
387.0
... that The Anxious City introduced a recurring figure in Paul Delvaux 's paintings: a man who is ignorant of the pretty women and disasters around him?
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kaifeng
2024-02-21
9,286
386.9
... that communist forces set up their headquarters at the Sacred Heart Cathedral (pictured) during the 1948 battle for Kaifeng in the Chinese Civil War ?
Site isolation
2024-02-03
4,637
386.4
... that adding the site isolation security feature made Google Chrome use 10 percent more RAM ?
Takabb Anti-Cough Pill
2024-02-04
4,614
384.5
... that the packaging of one Thai throat lozenge features five centipedes ?
August Palmisano
2024-02-12
9,206
383.6
... that when tavern operator August Palmisano was killed in a 1978 car bombing, authorities suspected organized crime in Milwaukee?
Salmon Report
2024-02-07
4,556
382.0
... that the Salmon Report (1966) led to the loss of the job title "matron " from UK hospitals?
Elijah Hewson
2024-02-05
4,500
375.0
... that Elijah Hewson ' s band Inhaler 's UK No. 1 debut album charted 51 places higher than the debut album of his father 's band U2 ?
Training Season
2024-02-15
8,996 [h ]
374.8
... that Dua Lipa premiered "Training Season " at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards , 11 days before its official release?
Silang tanmu
2024-02-13
8,938
372.4
... that the Chinese play Silang tanmu , which depicts a general returning home to visit his mother, was banned in Tianjin in 1945 because it "distorted the normal ethics and morality"?
Ray E. Dillon Jr.
2024-02-04
4,424
368.6
... that Ray E. Dillon Jr. flew in 92 combat missions during World War II before becoming the president and CEO of Dillons ?
Yunè Pinku
2024-02-06
3,098
368.4
... that Yunè Pinku derived the first half of her stage name from a childhood nickname and the second half from the children's program Pingu ?
Advisory Neighborhood Commission district 7F08
2024-02-02
4,419
368.2
... that in one neighborhood commission district , the voters and officeholders are all inmates at the D.C. Jail?
Native American Educational Services College
2024-02-06
3,088
367.2
... that a college designed for and led by Native Americans was active in Chicago from 1974 to 2005?
Richard Twine (sociologist)
2024-02-01
4,397
366.4
... that sociologist Richard Twine has developed the concept of the "vegan killjoy" who challenges anthropocentrism by their mere presence?
Leilani Tominiko
2024-02-25
8,788
366.2
... that New Zealand wrestler Leilani Tominiko (aka. Candy Lee) has a signature move called the Candy Crush?
MyNoise
2024-02-12
8,738
364.1
... that during the COVID-19 pandemic , some former office workers used myNoise to remind them of their workplace?
Poecilia vivipara
2024-02-02
4,334
361.1
... that for the southern molly , sexual selection favors smaller males because they copulate by sneaking up to females?
Princess Zelda
2024-02-04
4,276
356.3
... that Princess Zelda 's name was inspired by American novelist and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald ?
Gates of Heaven Synagogue
2024-02-12
8,509
354.5
... that the oldest surviving synagogue building in Wisconsin was almost razed in the 1970s?
Tarcisio Martina
2024-02-10
8,428
351.2
... that Tarcisio Martina , the representative of the Holy See in China, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1951 over a plot to assassinate Mao Zedong ?
George Daniel
2024-02-05
4,207
350.6
... that George Daniel submitted his band 's demos as coursework while in college?
Sky Above Clouds
2024-02-11
8,400
350.0
... that Sky Above Clouds IV was inspired by a large, blank white wall?
Twink Twining
2024-02-04
4,200
350.0
... that Dr. Twink Twining was a Major League Baseball player?
Bob Bracken (settler)
2024-02-24
8,342
347.6
... that the "first settler of Asotin County " was the second?
Supie
2024-02-24
8,243
343.5
... that food was left to rot outside after the supermarket Supie went out of business?
Bdóte
2024-02-09
8,188
341.1
... that Bdóte , an area of sacred significance to the Dakota people , centered on the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, was also the site of their forced exile from Minnesota ?
Bambie Thug
2024-02-18
8,180 [i ]
340.9
... that Ireland's 2024 Eurovision entrant Bambie Thug describes their musical genre as "ouija pop"?
Hicklin Lake
2024-02-08
4,062
338.5
... that artificial islands were deployed in Hicklin Lake in an unsuccessful attempt to stop eutrophication ?
Wakan, Oman
2024-02-27
8,108
337.9
... that the mild climate in the remote mountain village of Wakan in Oman allows the growth of fruits such as pomegranates in an otherwise hot and dry country?
AtariWriter
2024-02-07
3,368
336.8
... that the AtariWriter word processor for the Atari 8-bit family sold over 800,000 copies, about one copy for every five machines sold?
To Zion
2024-02-24
8,010
333.7
... that Lauryn Hill 's song "To Zion " is about her decision not to terminate her pregnancy despite facing pressure to do so?
Poecilia orri
2024-02-13
7,852
327.1
... that male mangrove mollies mate sneakily?
Michael Artiaga
2024-02-13
4,797
199.9
... that 13-year-old Michael Artiaga won against his 15-year-old brother Andrew in the final round of the 2020 Classic Tetris World Championship ?
Andrew Artiaga
3,001
125.0
Total
7,798
324.9
John Boswell (clergyman)
2024-02-06
2,698
320.8
... that John Boswell believed that the executed King Charles I of England was a martyr?
Justin Yu
2024-02-08
3,849
320.8
... that Justin Yu , the current Classic Tetris World Champion , is also a cellist in MIT 's video game orchestra?
Jessica Mak
2024-02-09
7,668
319.5
... that for her presentation at the 2008 Game Developers Conference, Jessica Mak simply played music and released balloons in the audience?
María Esther Biscayart de Tello
2024-02-23
7,614
317.2
... that all three of María Esther Biscayart de Tello 's children were forcibly disappeared during the Dirty War in Argentina?
Joan Phillip
2024-02-07
3,777
316.7
... that Joan Phillip offered to give any MLAs who were rude to her a whack with her Saskatoon berry stick?
Misfat al Abriyeen
2024-02-02
3,784
315.4
... that Misfat al Abriyeen in Oman was named one of the best tourism villages by the World Tourism Organization in 2021?
Englewood Golf Club
2024-02-20
7,506
312.7
... that for a while in the 1950s, Englewood Golf Club was co-owned by four well-known comedians?
Hypericum foliosum
2024-02-17
7,413
308.9
... that the shining St John's wort owes its bright colors partly to carotenoid compounds?
Holly Ringland
2024-02-03
3,704
308.7
... that Holly Ringland wrote her second book while stuck in Australia for three years during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Hometown Village
2024-02-08
3,700
308.3
... that Hometown Village is a community of Sakhalin Koreans who were finally allowed to return to South Korea after the dissolution of the Soviet Union ?
Betty Lou Raskin
2024-02-19
7,389
307.9
... that chemist Betty Lou Raskin said in 1958 that society was wasting the "brainpower" of women, and blamed the media for making the mink coat the "symbol of female success" and not the lab coat ?
Cam McCormick
2024-02-12
7,376
307.4
... that Cam McCormick is thought to be the first college football player to be granted a ninth year of NCAA eligibility ?
Emais Roberts
2024-02-03
3,684
307.0
... that Emais Roberts (pictured) administered the COVID-19 vaccination program in Palau and was one of the first to receive the vaccine in the country?
Logan Thompson
2024-02-16
7,360
306.7
... that Logan Thompson (pictured) is the first former U Sports goaltender to start a National Hockey League game in over 30 years?
Effective accelerationism
2024-02-03
3,666
305.5
... that adherents of effective accelerationism believe that unrestricted technological progress would be a solution for poverty and war?
Maternity care deserts in the United States
2024-02-24
7,134
297.2
... that 35.6 percent of counties in the United States are classified as maternity care deserts ?
Dora Goldstein
2024-02-06
4,595
294.6
... that Dora Goldstein exposed mice to alcoholic vapor to investigate the biochemistry of alcohol addiction and alcohol withdrawal syndrome ?
Lake Fenwick
2024-02-10
7,005
291.9
... that Lake Fenwick suffers from an infestation of Brazilian elodea ?
Ioniță Tunsu
2024-02-04
3,499
291.6
... that a street in Bucharest was once named after Ioniță Tunsu , an outlaw who used to visit his girlfriend there?
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Palestine
2024-02-06
4,534
290.6
... that intangible heritage unique to Palestine includes women's story-telling, embroidery, dance, and soap-making?
Mike "Hitman" Wilson
2024-02-14
6,966
290.3
... that after Shawn Christopher 's "Another Sleepless Night " was rereleased with Mike "Hitman" Wilson 's name removed, it charted 24 places higher on the UK Singles Chart ?
Open Source Tripwire
2024-02-08
3,476
289.7
... that a computer system can contain tripwire files that alert administrators upon being accessed by intruders?
Baldwin–Reynolds House
2024-02-05
3,464
288.6
... that the design of the Baldwin–Reynolds House , a mansion built for U.S. Supreme Court justice Henry Baldwin , may have been inspired by Andrew Jackson 's home?
Conservation in Indonesia
2024-02-05
3,436
286.3
... that conservation in Indonesia had little local support after independence because it was associated with the Dutch colonial period ?
Marie Vuillemin
2024-02-25
6,813
283.9
... that Marie Vuillemin was acquitted in the trial of the Bonnot Gang , as the prosecution defined her according to her gender rather than her role in the gang?
Lewis Pragasam
2024-02-21
6,761
281.7
... that Malaysian percussionist Lewis Pragasam was drumming to "Joy to the World " at a Christmas concert when he suffered a fatal heart attack ?
Jørgensen's law
2024-02-18
4,214
175.6
... that Ove Jørgensen , after giving his name to a law of Homeric poetry , renounced classical studies to write about ballet ?
Ove Jørgensen
2,533
105.5
Total
6,748
281.1
Cora Agnes Benneson
2024-02-24
6,714
279.8
... that Cora Agnes Benneson (pictured) , one of the first female lawyers in New England, was rejected by Harvard Law School because "the equipments were too limited to make suitable provision for receiving women"?
Keshawn Banks
2024-02-15
6,704
279.3
... that Keshawn Banks 's only NFL appearance came in the playoffs ?
Matei Donici
2024-02-09
6,613
275.5
... that Matei Donici , a general in the Imperial Russian Army , secretly wrote poetry with Romanian-nationalist and anti-Russian messages?
Barley
2024-02-13
6,564 [j ]
273.5
... that barley was once used as a form of money?
Bridger Zadina
2024-02-13
6,548
272.9
... that actor Bridger Zadina became a national champion llama exhibitor when he was 11 years old?
Gurdev Singh Gill (physician)
2024-02-03
3,270
272.5
... that Gurdev Singh Gill was the first Canadian physician of Indian descent?
Horned sungem
2024-02-23
6,538
272.4
... that the horned sungem (example pictured) is sometimes a nectar robber ?
Indian rhinoceros
2024-02-29
6,532
272.2
... that an Indian rhinoceros , sent as a gift to Pope Leo X in 1515, was immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros after dying in a shipwreck?
Harley Poe
2024-02-03
3,214
267.9
... that Harley Poe 's folk punk lyrics have been described as "some of the most deranged in the genre"?
Music of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
2024-02-23
6,423
267.6
... that the music of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was designed to be reactive to the player' s actions?
No Rome
2024-02-03
3,202
266.9
... that the Filipino musician No Rome took his stage name from people doubting his career choice?
Ian Begg (architect)
2024-02-15
6,382
265.9
... that Ian Begg , known for his work on restoration of castles in Scotland , designed and built his own 20th-century tower house to live in?
Storm Poly
2024-02-01
3,183
265.2
... that Storm Poly caused hundreds to be stranded at Amsterdam's central station as it passed the Netherlands?
Tish (2023 documentary)
2024-02-01
3,168
264.0
... that the documentary Tish uses sets from Ricky Gervais 's sitcom After Life ?
Jenny Cavnar
2024-02-28
6,332
263.8
... that Jenny Cavnar is the first female primary play-by-play announcer in Major League Baseball history?
Nia Archives
2024-02-06
4,044
259.3
... that before becoming a jungle musician , Nia Archives wanted to be an archaeologist?
WNET (Rhode Island)
2024-02-23
6,171
257.1
... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
Black Souls (play)
2024-02-04
3,073
256.1
... that Annie Nathan Meyer 's Black Souls was one of the first "lynching dramas" created by a white woman?
Gainsboro Branch Library
2024-02-22
6,118
254.9
... that land for a library built for African Americans in Virginia was donated by Pope Pius XII ?
Peter d'Hamecourt
2024-02-15
6,100
254.1
... that Peter d'Hamecourt was asked to pay for taxi fares with 24 cans of Heineken ?
Robert Alexander Neil
2024-02-03
3,042
253.5
... that Sunday lunch with Robert Alexander Neil was called "the best intellectual thing in Cambridge "?
Native American genocide in the United States
2024-02-18
6,038
251.6
... that because the Cherokee people were deliberately routed through cholera-stricken areas, their dislocation has been given as an example of Native American genocide in the United States ?
Stephen Gould (tenor)
2024-02-07
2,515
251.5
... that Stephen Gould performed three roles at the 2022 Bayreuth Festival : Tannhäuser , Siegfried and Tristan , earning him nicknames such as "Iron Man"?
Tufted jay
2024-02-27
5,976
249.0
... that almost all members of a flock of tufted jays work together to build a nest?
Dane Hansen
2024-02-08
2,972
247.6
... that Dane Hansen started a road-construction business with about 100 mules that he was unable to sell to the US Army after World War I ended?
Yun Hai
2024-02-11
5,934
247.2
... that New York store Yun Hai raised nine times its fundraising target to support Taiwanese farmers after China banned the import of their pineapples?
Maria Leshern von Herzfeld
2024-02-26
5,894
245.6
... that Maria Leshern von Herzfeld helped to organise the prison escape of the Russian revolutionary Peter Kropotkin ?
Robert Beall
2024-02-05
1,653
137.8
... that St Mary's Church in Nun Monkton, England, restored by John Wilson Walton-Wilson , contains a pulpit (detail pictured) carved by Robert Beall ?
John Wilson Walton-Wilson
1,272
106.0
Total
2,926
243.8
The Seoul Press
2024-02-26
5,848
243.6
... that The Seoul Press was an English-language newspaper created to justify Japan's colonial rule of Korea ?
Shiv Palekar
2024-02-07
2,430
242.9
... that Shiv Palekar is trained in both the Suzuki method and Butoh form of acting?
Shovel Knight Showdown
2024-02-07
2,878
241.3
... that Shovel Knight Showdown started as a fundraising goal for the Kickstarter of the original game ?
Kips Bay Towers
2024-02-10
5,730
238.8
... that after the original developer of the Kips Bay Towers sold off the buildings in 1962, his son bought them back a decade later?
Al Sweet
2024-02-04
2,856
238.0
... that cornetist Al Sweet dressed his band, the White Hussars, in flashy white-and-gold military uniforms based on hussars ?
Black-capped chickadee
2024-02-28
5,624
234.3
... that the hippocampus of the black-capped chickadee grows in the fall and shrinks in the spring?
Campbell's Soup Cans
2024-02-18
5,551
231.3
... that Campbell Soup considered suing Andy Warhol for his Campbell's Soup Cans theme, but then promoted it?
Harrison School (Roanoke, Virginia)
2024-02-05
2,758
229.8
... that enrollment at a school for African-American students in Virginia grew from 14 pupils to 1,300 in its first ten years?
W. Seavey Joyce
2024-02-13
5,511
229.6
... that W. Seavey Joyce 's presidency of Boston College was dominated by frequent, large student protests ?
Threepence (New Zealand coin)
2024-02-08
2,712
226.0
... that the patu clubs on the New Zealand threepence were compared to bottles of ginger beer?
N. D. Popescu-Popnedea
2024-02-02
2,702
225.2
... that Romanian adventure novelist N. D. Popescu-Popnedea "generate[d ] laughter" with his deposition at a political assassin's trial?
Wooden Warrior
2024-02-08
2,690
224.1
... that elementary school students named the Wooden Warrior roller coaster?
Charles J. Turck
2024-02-12
5,256
219.0
... that Charles J. Turck was accused of being a communist spy during his time as president of Macalester College ?
2024 Masters (snooker)
2024-02-07
2,608
218.7
... that after winning the 2024 Masters , snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan is both the youngest and oldest winner of the tournament?
South Bellevue station
2024-02-09
5,246
218.6
... that completion of South Bellevue station was delayed by more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a workers' strike?
Waharoa (Aotea Square sculpture)
2024-02-19
5,190
216.2
... that Waharoa (pictured) , a sculpture by artist Selwyn Muru , was created to metaphorically turn Aotea Square in Auckland into the courtyard of a Māori meeting house ?
Carmen Valero
2024-02-02
2,576
214.7
... that in 1976, Carmen Valero became the first female track and field athlete to represent Spain at the Olympics ?
Monique Ryan
2024-02-16
5,002
208.4
... that Monique Ryan ran for election to the Parliament of Australia after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper calling for an independent candidate?
Sukhbir Singh Gill
2024-02-19
4,978
207.4
... that Indian field hockey player Sukhbir Singh Gill continued to play professionally after being diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2006?
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
2024-02-08
2,476
206.3
... that after Ursula K. Le Guin published her collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters , a reviewer called her the "ideal science fiction writer for readers who ordinarily dislike science fiction"?
Jin Hao (swimmer)
2024-02-09
4,948
206.2
... that swimmer Jin Hao competed in eight events, the most of any participant, during the 2001 National Games of China , causing him to lose 4 kilograms (8.8 lb)?
Calypso Cabaret
2024-02-19
4,916
204.8
... that the performers in the Thai drag show Calypso Cabaret impressed Lady Gaga with their ability to be open about their identities?
Pipe Lake–Lake Lucerne
2024-02-14
4,888
203.7
... that the naturally connected Pipe Lake and Lake Lucerne are the only hydrilla -infested lakes in the state of Washington ?
Maria Olovennikova
2024-02-14
4,874
203.1
... that Maria Olovennikova was the only woman present at the founding conference of Narodnaya Volya ?
Sewage discharge in the United Kingdom
2024-02-04
2,402
200.2
... that Southern Water was fined £90 million for deliberately dumping sewage into the sea?
Mwaksy Mudenda
2024-02-10
4,778
199.1
... that Mwaksy Mudenda presented her first Blue Peter episodes in her house?
Cliff Davis
2024-02-11
4,758
198.2
... that Cliff Davis spent $53 during his 1960 campaign for a seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives ?
Crassispira incrassata
2024-02-14
4,720
196.7
... it has been suggested that Crassispira incrassata may be a southern variation of Crassispira bottae and not its own species?
The Tortured Poets Department
2024-02-21
4,676 [k ]
194.8
... that Taylor Swift announced her upcoming eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department , while accepting a Grammy for her album Midnights ?
Balconcillo mutiny
2024-02-25
4,614
192.2
... that the Balconcillo mutiny is considered to be the first coup d'état in the history of Peru ?
Franz Jakob Späth
2024-02-29
4,609
192.0
... that Franz Jakob Späth 's fortepianos were favorites of Mozart, but Beethoven refused to play them?
Civ-Alert
2024-02-15
4,415
184.0
... that an editorial cartoon in The Honolulu Advertiser called Civ-Alert "Hawaii's Paul Revere"?
Tamara Milashkina
2024-02-20
4,330
180.4
... that the Soviet soprano Tamara Milashkina performed alongside her husband Vladimir Atlantov at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1975?
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815
2024-02-07
1,800
180.0
... that Empire of Liberty was published twenty-seven years after its preceding volume in the Oxford History of the United States series?
St James the Less, Pockthorpe
2024-02-08
2,156
179.7
... that the church of St James the Less, Pockthorpe , now the home of the Norwich Puppet Theatre , once contained a rood screen with portraits of saints painted in 1479?
Buddhism in Armenia
2024-02-16
4,182
174.3
... that Etchmiadzin Cathedral , Armenia's mother church, previously had a Tibetan Buddhist bell ?
Pupil Slicer
2024-02-16
4,173
173.9
... that Pupil Slicer 's 2023 album Blossom draws inspiration from narratives in the video games Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker and Outer Wilds ?
Ad fructus uberes
2024-02-08
2,084
173.7
... that the papal bull Ad fructus uberes gave friars the right to hear confessions and preach without the authorisation of secular clergy ?
Julia Dorsey (athlete)
2024-02-05
2,084
173.7
... that in 2022, Julia Dorsey helped North Carolina win a national lacrosse championship and reach the national soccer final ?
Arthur Lewis Hall
2024-02-23
4,162
173.4
... that from 1904 to 1911 Arthur Lewis Hall covered 17,479 miles (28,130 km), mostly on foot, to map the geology of the Transvaal ?
Adelaida K. Semesi
2024-02-01
2,056
171.3
... that scientist Adelaida K. Semesi was known as "mama mangroves" due to her specialist knowledge of their ecology?
William Aditya Sarana
2024-02-03
2,005
167.1
... that William Aditya Sarana was sworn in as a regional legislator four days before he graduated from university?
WUXP-TV
2024-02-27
2,460
102.5
... that TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee , both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990?
WLMT
1,549
64.5
Total
4,008
167.0
Hill Women
2024-02-13
3,980
165.9
... that Amrita Sher-Gil 's painting Hill Women appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp (pictured) ?
Margareth Rago
2024-02-16
3,909
162.9
... that Margareth Rago seeks to establish a methodology for what she calls "feminist science "?
Nagagamisis Provincial Park
2024-02-03
1,946
162.1
... that the Nagagamisis Provincial Park has been enlarged four times and once reduced in size?
Boundary Fire (2017)
2024-02-26
3,882
161.7
... that the Boundary Fire burned 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests in Arizona?
Vincent Marks
2024-02-05
1,915
159.6
... that pathologist Vincent Marks helped reverse the conviction of socialite Claus von Bülow in a case that was adapted for the film Reversal of Fortune ?
Free and Candid Disquisitions
2024-02-05
1,914
159.5
... that the only proposal from the 1749 book Free and Candid Disquisitions to be implemented by the Church of England was a prayer "for the ceasing of the distemper" of cattle?
Margaret Donahue
2024-02-20
3,806
158.6
... that Margaret Donahue was the first female executive in Major League Baseball ?
American Anthropometric Society
2024-02-01
1,898
158.2
... that Walt Whitman 's brain was donated to the American Anthropometric Society but was accidentally destroyed?
Brad Kragthorpe
2024-02-27
3,782
157.6
... that football player Brad Kragthorpe played in an exhibition game named after his grandfather?
Something Like This
2024-02-26
3,747
156.1
... that the album Something Like This by Ben Rector debuted at number one on iTunes' singer-songwriter album chart five minutes after its release?
Tatannuaq
2024-02-11
3,642
151.8
... that a species of butterfly was named in honor of an Inuit interpreter ?
Sun Haiyan
2024-02-06
2,367
151.7
... that Sun Haiyan is the first Chinese ambassador to Singapore who was not a member of the Foreign Ministry of China ?
Bosellia mimetica
2024-02-24
3,568
148.6
... that the sea slug Bosellia mimetica benefits from photosynthesis?
Sagyo Thu-Myat
2024-02-08
1,734
144.5
... that the Burmese Buddhist monk Sagyo Thu-Myat successfully lobbied for the recalibration of the Burmese calendar ?
Nick Whiteside
2024-02-07
1,708
143.3
... that Nick Whiteside overcame a torn Achilles tendon in 2021 and a broken foot in 2022 to play in the National Football League in 2023?
2023 AFL Women's Grand Final
2024-02-06
2,228
142.8
... that a Brisbane Lions player said the sight of a jerrycan motivated her team during the 2023 AFL Women's Grand Final ?
Frederick H. Bealefeld III
2024-02-28
3,418
142.4
... that a great-grandfather and a grandfather of a commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department also served in the department?
Lee Sung Jin
2024-02-08
1,677
139.8
... that a COVID-19 bout forced Beef creator Lee Sung Jin to direct the show's season finale remotely?
Summa confessorum
2024-02-09
3,350
139.6
... that Thomas of Chobham 's Summa confessorum was one of the most copied works on penance in the late medieval period ?
Augustus Belknap
2024-02-22
3,306
137.7
... that Augustus Belknap led the first mule-drawn car from Alamo Plaza to San Pedro Springs Park , which developed into the first streetcar line in San Antonio?
Jessica Mutch McKay
2024-02-17
3,250
135.4
... that Jessica Mutch McKay hosted debates between the leaders of New Zealand's two major political parties?
Dean Crawford
2024-02-08
1,624
135.3
... that Olympic gold medalist Dean Crawford was introduced to rowing when he found a rowing shell outside the students' union building at the University of Victoria ?
Episode 400 (Neighbours)
2024-02-04
1,583
131.9
... that the 400th episode of Neighbours features the serial's first ever Christmas story?
Richard Smith (public historian)
2024-02-17
3,068
127.9
... that public historian Richard Smith called Henry David Thoreau the "first punk rocker"?
William Winstanley Hull
2024-02-19
2,942
122.6
... that William Winstanley Hull 's search for the original manuscript of the 1662 prayer book led to its later discovery?
Platt Report 1964
2024-02-05
1,444
120.3
... that the Platt Report was commissioned to improve British nursing education, as at the time up to 50 per cent of trainee nurses failed to qualify?
Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment
2024-02-03
1,396
116.4
... that the Apollo 14 Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment is credited with the first direct observation of water on the Moon ?
William N. Salin
2024-02-20
2,788
116.2
... that William N. Salin was twice decorated with the Sagamore of the Wabash ?
Carmen Scheibenbogen
2024-02-14
2,783
116.0
... that Carmen Scheibenbogen was awarded the German Cross of Merit for her work on ME/CFS at the suggestion of patients and relatives?
D-Date
2024-02-22
2,721
113.4
... that the Japanese boy band D-Date promoted a song through a short film in which the audience had to guess who the traitor was?
Bryan Brinyark
2024-02-08
1,323
110.2
... that Bryan Brinyark finished second in an election to the Alabama House of Representatives just 15 votes behind his opponent, but later won a runoff election?
Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
2024-02-01
1,280 [l ]
106.6
... that Kevin Feige first envisioned a shared universe featuring the Avengers in the mid-2000s?
Siam Niramit
2024-02-07
1,064
106.4
... that during Siam Niramit , a Bangkok cultural show, the forestage was transformed into a 50-metre-long (160 ft) river?
Walkelin
2024-02-11
2,533
105.5
... that Walkelin , Bishop of Winchester , began the construction of the modern Winchester Cathedral in 1079?
Heinrich Nidecker
2024-02-11
2,513
104.7
... that Heinrich Nidecker accused Samuel Taylor Coleridge of having committed plagiarism in his philosophical tract Theory of Life ?
Mary Clutter
2024-02-23
2,506
104.4
... that Mary Clutter used her directorial position at the National Science Foundation to require scientific conferences to include women speakers when presenting research done by them?
Karl Frederik Kinch
2024-02-26
2,502
104.2
... that archaeologist Karl Frederik Kinch identified the location of Stagira , the hometown of Aristotle ?
Panos Katseris
2024-02-24
2,446
101.9
... that in December 2022 Panos Katseris scored his first goal for the Italian club Catanzaro less than a minute after kick-off ?
Seattle metropolitan area
2024-02-25
2,426
101.1
... that the Seattle metropolitan area includes two major volcanoes, Mount Rainier and Glacier Peak ?
Pagtatag!
2024-02-02
1,200
100.0
... that SB19 's second extended play (EP ), Pagtatag! , is part of a trilogy about their artistry?
List of WNBA seasons
2024-02-17
1,252
52.1
... that some WNBA seasons , including this year's , have a break for the Summer Olympic Games ?
2024 WNBA season
1,144
47.6
Total
2,395
99.8
John A. Roush
2024-02-18
1,964
81.8
... that Centre College hosted two vice-presidential debates during John A. Roush 's presidency?
Nurture (album)
2024-02-01
891
74.2
... that Porter Robinson chose the title Nurture for his second album due to its evocation of the word nature and as a reference to the nature versus nurture debate?
Innocence (opera)
2024-02-04
826
68.8
... that Kaija Saariaho 's 2021 opera Innocence includes traditional Finnish cow-herding calls?