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Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries
2022-10-17
26,764
2,230.4
... that The New York Times claimed that if Johnson beat Jeffries (fight pictured) , black people would "misinterpret his victory as justifying claims to much more than mere physical equality with their white neighbors"?
Shieling
2022-10-13
25,696
2,141.3
... that the isolation of shielings (examples pictured) might have given opportunity for "sexual experiment[ation]"?
Mutilated chessboard problem
2022-10-21
21,646
1,803.9
... that if you remove two opposite corners of a chessboard, you cannot cover all squares with dominos ?
Rape during the Vietnam War
2022-10-25
21,285
1,773.8
... that a U.S. soldier who killed a Vietnamese woman after raping her was dubbed a "double veteran"?
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
2022-10-21
18,178
1,514.8
... that Sir John Anderson (pictured) was described as the "world's most-shot-at-man" in 1935, after surviving three assassination attempts?
Jacobus Capitein
2022-10-29
17,006
1,417.2
... that Jacobus Capitein (pictured) , who was sold into slavery at either age 7 or 8, promoted proslavery arguments based on Christianity?
United States Army Replacement and School Command
2022-10-05
33,320
1,388.3
... that the United States Army Replacement and School Command (insignia pictured) reached its peak in May 1945 with 481,000 personnel?
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
2022-10-22
15,756
1,313.0
... that since 1976 there have been no additions to, but two removals from, the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (pictured) ?
Seated Woman with Bent Knees
2022-10-24
15,166
1,263.8
... that Egon Schiele disrupted the dichotomy between beauty and ugliness in his Seated Woman with Bent Knees (pictured) ?
Andriy Kovalchuk
2022-10-30
13,658
1,138.2
... that Major-General Andriy Kovalchuk (pictured) , commander of the 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive , met his wife, a fellow officer, when she chastised him for wearing an unpolished belt buckle?
Shannon Lucid
2022-10-26
12,506
1,042.2
... that when astronaut Shannon Lucid (pictured) returned to Earth after six months in orbit, she was presented with a box of M&M's ?
Severo Aguilar
2022-10-20
11,790
982.5
... that following his election to the Constituent Assembly , Severo Aguilar (pictured) had to trek four hours and hitch a ride on a truck in order to get to the assembly's headquarters in Sucre ?
Murder of the DeLisle children
2022-10-20
11,594
966.2
... that a 28-year-old tire store manager drowned his four children in the same station wagon in which his father fatally shot himself in the head?
Charles de Tricornot de Rose
2022-10-28
11,296
941.3
... that the "father of French fighter aircraft " (pictured) became interested in flying whilst suspended from the French Army following a court-martial?
Siege of Djibo
2022-10-21
10,730
894.2
... that the Jihadist Burkinabè rebels' ongoing siege of Djibo has been described as a "Ukrainian death"?
De Boom Die Alles Zag
2022-10-24
10,512
876.0
... that a grey poplar in Amsterdam is "the tree that saw it all"?
NAFO (group)
2022-10-27
10,412 [a]
867.6
... that the Shiba Inu memes of NAFO have been called "an actual tactical event against a nation state "?
Ice XVII
2022-10-16
10,406
867.2
... that ice XVII (structure shown) potentially has a use in green technology as a medium for storing hydrogen ?
Hurricane Shark
2022-10-20
10,344
862.0
... that "the Hurricane Shark is real"?
Spanish patrol boat Serviola
2022-10-28
9,690
807.5
... that in 2019, the Spanish patrol boat Serviola (pictured) thwarted two attempts at piracy in as many months?
Tank cascade system
2022-10-20
9,653
804.4
... that Sri Lanka's ancient tank cascade system of irrigation reservoirs creates habitats for the island's elephants (examples pictured) ?
Gilbert Bundy
2022-10-10
18,556
773.2
... that Gilbert Bundy killed himself on the 12th anniversary of a traumatic experience as a war artist at the Battle of Tarawa ?
Carlsen–Niemann controversy
2022-10-13
9,130 [b]
760.9
... that Magnus Carlsen , the current World Chess Champion , resigned a recent tournament game after only one move ?
Roller Soaker
2022-10-18
8,949
745.8
... that riding on the Roller Soaker was described as going through a "car wash with the top down"?
The Four Seasons Restaurant
2022-10-15
8,912
742.6
... that Julian Niccolini of the Four Seasons Restaurant (pictured) deliberately sat ex-partners next to each other?
Margie Masters
2022-10-31
8,886
740.5
... that Margie Masters made the cut at a golf tournament despite being shot at by a sniper on the course?
Yarkand Massacre
2022-10-06
17,771
740.5
... that independent media and scholars estimate that thousands might have perished in the Yarkand Massacre in 2014?
Rommy Hunt Revson
2022-10-24
8,786
732.2
... that nightclub singer Rommy Revson earned millions of dollars from her 1986 invention of the scrunchie (examples pictured) , which she originally named after her pet poodle?
Beatrice Muller
2022-10-27
8,736
728.0
... that Beatrice Muller lived on Queen Elizabeth 2 for nine years?
East African Mounted Rifles
2022-10-11
17,350
722.9
... that during the First World War the East African Mounted Rifles (pictured) sometimes painted stripes on their horses to camouflage them as zebras?
Richard Frederick Dixon
2022-10-30
8,662
721.9
... that after his release from a hospital for the criminally insane, Richard Dixon burgled $16 from a credit union and hijacked a jet to Cuba?
Amy Santiago
2022-10-20
8,656
721.4
... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine character Amy Santiago has straight hair because the show's two Latina regular cast members feared that one of them would be fired?
Zunda Towers
2022-10-19
8,644
720.3
... that the Zunda Towers (pictured) in Riga , Latvia, changed their name from "Z-Towers" to avoid being associated with Russia's invasion of Ukraine ?
2022 London Marathon
2022-10-02
17,144 [c]
714.3
... that the elite men's race at today's London Marathon is expected to feature three of the five fastest men in history?
David Cortés (politician)
2022-10-17
8,570
714.1
... that David Cortés (pictured) , a member of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies , was dubbed the "Santa Claus of Potosí "?
Make Me Prime Minister
2022-10-18
8,431
702.6
... that one reviewer of the British reality TV series Make Me Prime Minister said "Technically it's worth five stars. In every other way, I wish I was dead"?
Doyle spiral
2022-10-19
8,396
699.7
... that circle packings in the form of a Doyle spiral (pictured) were used to model plant growth long before their mathematical investigation by Doyle?
Jamie Keeton
2022-10-06
16,574
690.6
... that Jamie "Canhead" Keeton is also known as the "human suction cup"?
Master of the Brussels Initials
2022-10-25
8,122
676.8
... that the level of detail in medieval depictions of firebugs (example pictured) has been cited as evidence that the Master of the Brussels Initials "knew the bug in nature"?
Russian torture chambers in Ukraine
2022-10-21
7,910
659.2
... that after the liberation of towns in Ukraine during the Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive , authorities found evidence of numerous Russian torture chambers ?
Arab Coffeehouse
2022-10-14
7,810
650.8
... that Arab Coffeehouse (pictured) depicts Henri Matisse 's visit to Tangier , where he saw its locals gaze for hours into fishbowls?
Resplendent quetzal
2022-10-22
7,740
645.0
... that killing a resplendent quetzal (pictured) was a crime in Aztec and Maya law?
Natalie Portman
2022-10-12
7,736 [d]
644.6
... that Natalie Portman was a co-author on a scientific paper about frontal lobe activation?
White-lipped peccary
2022-10-16
7,731
644.2
... that groups of white-lipped peccaries (pictured) can drive away jaguars with their screaming and clacking of teeth?
Regent Cinema, Deal
2022-10-31
7,714
642.8
... that a Halloween-themed protest was held at the former Regent Cinema (pictured) , urging the owners to "raise [it] from the dead"?
William Anders
2022-10-01
15,032
642.4
... that William Anders took the iconic photograph Earthrise (pictured) ?
Tova Friedman
2022-10-10
15,258
635.8
... that Tova Friedman is a Holocaust survivor who now posts videos of her life and survival on TikTok ?
Isildur
2022-10-08
15,186 [e]
632.8
... that Rings of Power showrunner Patrick McKay likened Isildur to Michael Corleone from The Godfather ?
Untitled Grand Theft Auto game
2022-10-15
7,550 [f]
629.1
... that the leak of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto game was described as one of the biggest leaks in video game history ?
Mary Ridge
2022-10-13
7,490
624.1
... that Mary Ridge blew up the Liberator on her first encounter with Blake's 7 , and killed off the crew on her last?
The Queue
2022-10-15
7,432
619.3
... that people queued in a queue to queue in The Queue ?
Wish You Were Gay
2022-10-21
7,409
617.4
... that after Billie Eilish wrote the song "Wish You Were Gay ", its subject came out to her as gay?
Maria Bakalova
2022-10-18
7,408 [g]
617.4
... that Maria Bakalova thought that her Borat Subsequent Moviefilm audition might have been part of a human trafficking scheme?
Willmer House
2022-10-29
7,288
607.3
... that "one of the finest cut brick façades" in the United Kingdom has been partially obscured by scaffolding for four years, as funds are raised for its repair?
Kebab pizza
2022-10-11
14,475
603.1
... that in 2021, two Swedish prison inmates took correctional officers as hostages, demanding twenty kebab pizzas ?
James S. Rains
2022-10-25
7,120
593.3
... that according to one historian, James S. Rains made a "significant contribution to the Confederate war effort" by getting drunk?
Consumption of Tide Pods
2022-10-12
7,118 [h]
593.1
... that there was an internet challenge to eat Tide Pods ?
Skeeter Reece
2022-10-04
14,174
590.6
... that when Rain Pryor drew a picture of her friend Skeeter the unicycling clown in school, her teacher said that there were no Black clowns?
Surinder Singh Bakhshi
2022-10-04
14,164
590.2
... that Surinder Singh Bakhshi (pictured) led the successful containment of smallpox in the community during Birmingham's smallpox outbreak in 1978 ?
Kraftwerk Heimbach
2022-10-13
7,020
585.0
... that the eight original Francis turbines of Kraftwerk Heimbach (pictured) , a hydro-electric power station that opened in 1905 as then the largest in Europe, served until 1974?
Lucy de László
2022-10-23
7,007
583.9
... that portraits of Lucy de László with a violin (one portrait pictured) , painted by her husband , are recognised as some of the first examples of portraiture to include womens' talents in them?
Ganfeng Lithium
2022-10-27
6,968
580.6
... that the heads of the world's largest producer of pure lithium grew up in poverty?
Ranjit Vilas Palace (Wankaner)
2022-10-10
13,898
579.1
... that Wankaner 's Ranjit Vilas Palace (pictured) in Gujarat , India, features Venetian Gothic , Italianate , Mughal and Rajput styles?
9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion
2022-10-31
6,839
569.9
... that the steamboat carrying the 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion back from its military service sank in the Red River of the South ?
Martini Maccomo
2022-10-27
6,744
562.0
... that Martini Maccomo accidentally shot someone in the eye while performing?
2015 Heze bombing
2022-10-31
6,742
561.9
... that the perpetrator of the 2015 Heze bombing was described as normal just days before the attack?
Studio 54
2022-10-17
6,565 [i]
547.1
... that in 1979, the Studio 54 nightclub started serving fruit punch because its owners were arrested?
Sundering of the Elves
2022-10-02
13,090
545.4
... that Tolkien may have devised the sundering of the Elves to justify the existence of two distinct Elvish languages in his legendarium ?
Howie Shanks
2022-10-10
12,897
537.4
... that a doctor told Howie Shanks that he only had a few weeks to live, but he lived another 31 years?
Empire Theatre (42nd Street)
2022-10-23
6,434
536.2
... that Abbott and Costello dragged the Empire Theatre 168 feet (51 m) in 1998?
Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales
2022-10-19
6,422
535.2
... that the day before the 1969 investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales , two protestors were killed when their homemade bomb exploded prematurely?
Felix M. Warburg House
2022-10-12
6,414
534.5
... that the Felix M. Warburg House (pictured) was converted into the Jewish Museum after nearly being replaced by apartments?
St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo Episcopal Church
2022-10-20
6,382
531.8
... that "perhaps the most notable wedding gown in existence" within the United States was once worn in St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo ?
Iqbi-damiq
2022-10-26
6,342
528.5
... that the Mesopotamian goddess Iqbi-damiq had an illness named after her?
Leiv Eirikson Discovering America
2022-10-09
12,593
524.7
... that Christian Krohg 's painting Leiv Eirikson Discovering America (pictured) was shown at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition together with a replica of a Viking ship ?
Rosalie Edge
2022-10-07
12,404
516.9
... that American environmentalist Rosalie Edge (pictured) was called "the only honest, unselfish, indomitable hellcat in the history of conservation"?
Windows 3.1x
2022-10-17
6,154 [j]
512.8
... that Windows 3.1 had a special version, known as Modular Windows, that was controlled via television ?
Cavalcade of the American Negro
2022-10-26
6,043
503.6
... that the 1940 poster for Cavalcade of the American Negro (pictured) anticipated 1960s Black Power iconography?
Sylvia Wu
2022-10-20
5,888
490.7
... that Cary Grant taught Sylvia Wu how to make shredded chicken salad?
Antimonumento +43
2022-10-08
11,724
488.5
... that the anti-monument to the 43 students kidnapped in 2014 (pictured) was also dedicated to the thousands of people reported missing in Mexico?
Freetown, Alabama
2022-10-12
5,772
481.0
... that Freetown, Alabama , was founded by free and formerly enslaved African Americans in Alabama, whose church, built in 1929, burned down in 2022?
King George VI Memorial Chapel
2022-10-12
5,768 [k]
480.7
... that Queen Elizabeth II wanted the King George VI Memorial Chapel to hold the remains of three British monarchs and their consorts?
National Māori flag
2022-10-14
5,672
472.6
... that the white design on the national Māori flag (pictured) is a traditional Māori koru , or fern frond, representing renewal and hope for the future?
Windows 2.0x
2022-10-13
5,581
465.1
... that Windows 2.0 is the last version of Windows that ran solely on floppy disks ?
Miller Arnold case
2022-10-30
5,541
461.8
... that Frederick the Great personally convicted six judges for their involvement in the Miller Arnold case and sentenced them to a custodial penalty?
Battle of Brentford (1016)
2022-10-13
5,536
461.3
... that although he won the battle of Brentford , Edmund Ironside lost so many men that he needed a new army?
Joe Kraker
2022-10-18
5,529
460.8
... that Joe Kraker was said to be the only lineman in football history to play without shoulder pads ?
Guide to the Free World
2022-10-27
5,521
460.1
... that the founder of the Guide to the Free World , helping people leave Russia after its invasion of Ukraine , said she was told: "It's good that you get out of Russia, but a pity that you won't be shot"?
Kiriko (Overwatch)
2022-10-11
10,981 [l]
457.5
... that Kiriko , a "fox girl" character for Overwatch 2 , was teased through a coded message that translates to "What Does the Fox Say?"
Edward Rand
2022-10-07
10,968
457.0
... that medievalist Edward Rand rang the doorbell of Harvard president Charles William Eliot and asked him: "I would like to go to Harvard; do you have any money?"
Daily Star lettuce
2022-10-27
5,444 [m]
453.7
... that you could place bets on a lettuce becoming the British prime minister?
Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor
2022-10-19
5,434
452.8
... that Herbert James Gunn used a paper cut-out of Princess Elizabeth's corgi dog to help him paint his Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor ?
Piedmont Hotel
2022-10-23
5,314
442.8
... that the Piedmont Hotel hosted a former, a current, and a future U.S. president in one week?
Toasting fork
2022-10-30
5,250
437.5
... that extendable marshmallow toasting forks were cited as an example of how glamping has "ruined" camping?
John Hemsley
2022-10-18
5,213
434.4
... that British Army brigadier John Hemsley and his wife set a record time for travel by car from Cape Town to London in 1983?
Cleo Damianakes
2022-10-10
10,406
433.6
... that Cleo Damianakes 's 1920s book dust jacket designs "made sex respectable", but Hemingway did not like the "large misplaced breasts" on A Farewell to Arms ?
John Giffard (police officer)
2022-10-14
5,194
432.9
... that John Giffard , of Chillington Hall , was described as "arguably Britain's most aristocratic policeman" in 2004?
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
2022-10-19
5,026
418.8
... that Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , India's second Muslim president, was also the second Indian president to die in office?
Jutta Fleck
2022-10-20
4,988
415.7
... that Jutta Fleck protested for six months in front of border guards at Checkpoint Charlie for her daughters' release from East Germany ?
NIMBY Rails
2022-10-12
4,925
410.4
... that there are no NIMBYs in NIMBY Rails ?
Accountability partner
2022-10-30
4,876
406.3
... that some evangelical Christians confess their sexual temptations to an accountability partner to maintain their sexual purity ?
KBRH
2022-10-16
4,873
406.1
... that the owner of a Louisiana radio station was killed while in the process of putting it back on the air?
Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom
2022-10-29
4,849
404.1
... that the wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom had the president walking his own bride down the aisle?
State visit by Elizabeth II to Russia
2022-10-18
4,824
402.0
... that Elizabeth II's 1994 state visit to Russia was overshadowed in the UK by a Prince Charles biographical book?
Novak v. City of Parma
2022-10-16
4,798
399.9
... that The Onion said in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that "the federal judiciary is staffed entirely by total Latin dorks"?
The Laines
2022-10-23
4,792
399.3
... that Queen Camilla has said that her childhood at The Laines was "perfect in every way"?
Royal Oak post office shootings
2022-10-01
9,271
396.2
... that an investigation into the Royal Oak post office shootings led one congressman to accuse the Postal Service of having been "asleep at the switch"?
Cloghan Castle (County Cork)
2022-10-22
4,744
395.3
... that the collapse of Cloghan Castle in County Cork, Ireland, was said to have been caused by the barking of a ghostly black dog?
Titanokorys
2022-10-27
4,726
393.9
... that the relative rarity of the radiodont Titanokorys (video featured) in Marble Canyon suggests that the deposits in which it was found may represent the outermost edge of its distribution in life?
Pietro Badoer
2022-10-04
9,403
391.8
... that Pietro Badoer was banished twice, poisoned one of his three wives, but declined an offer for a coup to make him doge ?
TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp.
2022-10-30
4,699
391.6
... that in 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld West Virginia's largest punitive damages award in history , awarding $10 million – 526 times larger than the compensatory damages?
Vilna Soviet of Workers Deputies
2022-10-23
4,666
388.9
... that following a gun battle with Polish legionnaires, five leaders of the Vilna Soviet of Workers Deputies committed suicide rather than surrendering?
2022 U.S. Open Cup Final
2022-10-04
9,304
387.7
... that the 2022 U.S. Open Cup Final was the first in 14 years to feature a non-Major League Soccer team?
Tiger Fire
2022-10-15
4,613
384.4
... that two days after it had ignited, the Tiger Fire (pictured) had already burned 5,567 acres (2,253 ha) of land near Black Canyon City, Arizona ?
Sydney Domville Rowland
2022-10-25
4,588
382.3
... that pioneer radiologist Sydney Domville Rowland coined the term "skiagraphy " (example pictured) ?
Yoga nidra
2022-10-17
4,585
382.1
... that yoga nidra , a state of consciousness "in which Buddhas may access secret knowledge", is being studied for potential treatment of sleep problems ?
The Summer Hikaru Died
2022-10-10
9,120
380.0
... that The Summer Hikaru Died went from drawings on a Twitter account to receiving three times more orders than copies available in its first print run ?
1964–1965 Scripto strike
2022-10-19
4,556
379.6
... that the day after returning to Atlanta following his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance in 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. joined picketers who were on strike against Scripto ?
Alfred Skrenda
2022-10-24
4,551
379.2
... that American illustrator Alfred Skrenda "was particularly adept at billowing skirts and heroic gazes"?
Adele Ferguson (American journalist)
2022-10-31
4,531
377.6
... that after journalist Adele Ferguson 's criticism of the U.S. Navy's sex discrimination attracted nationwide attention, she was offered a personal tour of a nuclear submarine ?
Watts and Betchart murder case
2022-10-11
9,055
377.3
... that the lenient sentencing of two Europeans convicted in 1918 after the death of a black man in the East Africa Protectorate led to inquiries from the British Colonial Office ?
Battle of Pitgaveny
2022-10-26
4,524
377.0
... that despite his defeat at the battle of Pitgaveny , both of Duncan 's sons would later rule Scotland ?
Yazathingyan (15th-century minister)
2022-10-18
4,518
376.5
... that crown prince of Ava Minye Kyawswa (pictured) discarded advice from Yazathingyan , and subsequently got slain in battle?
Edgar Williams
2022-10-12
4,502
375.1
... that Edgar Williams , Bernard Montgomery 's intelligence officer, was an Oxford don who hated soldiering as a profession?
Windham William Sadler
2022-10-31
4,500
375.0
... that Windham William Sadler (pictured) made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817, five years after his father had failed to achieve the same feat?
Kline's Mill, Virginia
2022-10-26
4,500
375.0
... that Kline's Mill is a rare surviving example of an Oliver Evans milling system from 1794?
Hanānā
2022-10-22
2,978
248.2
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings?
Mystery of Crowning
1,496
124.6
Total
4,474
372.8
Richard Thomas Glyn
2022-10-26
4,428
369.0
... that the hoof of Richard Thomas Glyn 's horse is used as an ashtray by officers of the Royal Regiment of Wales ?
Don't Forget (Sky Ferreira song)
2022-10-27
4,425
368.8
... that a negative review of Sky Ferreira 's "Don't Forget " on Pitchfork caused a large amount of controversy?
Malabo Mosque
2022-10-20
4,396
366.4
... that Malabo Mosque cost about two billion Central African CFA francs to build?
Ardress House
2022-10-07
8,745
364.4
... that the dining room at Ardress House has no internal doors and can only be reached using an external entrance?
Hickson Inc.
2022-10-25
4,292
357.7
... that in the 1920s, Hickson Inc. had the "most elegant and expensive specialty shop" on New York's Fifth Avenue ?
Robert J. Fulton
2022-10-21
4,276
356.3
... that in 1875, Robert J. Fulton moved Boston College by 60 feet (18 m)?
Annie Dove Denmark
2022-10-19
4,268
355.7
... that Annie Dove Denmark was offered residency on campus for the rest of her life after resigning as the president of Anderson College ?
Nakhichevan uezd
2022-10-26
4,232
352.7
... that the Nakhichevan uezd was home to more than 54,000 Armenians until they perished through the events of 1918–1920 as a result of the Russian Revolution ?
Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)
2022-10-30
4,214
351.1
... that there is a Loch Ness Monster in Williamsburg, Virginia ?
St. Martin, Sindelfingen
2022-10-06
8,407
350.3
... that the flat wooden ceiling of St. Martin (pictured) , the Lutheran main church of Sindelfingen built in the 11th century, is still preserved?
Cathie Dunsford
2022-10-12
4,188
349.0
... that Cathie Dunsford (pictured) was unable to find many books about lesbianism in the 1970s, but by the 1980s had herself become a writer and anthologist of lesbian literature ?
Solace Provincial Park
2022-10-19
4,173
347.8
... that the roadless Solace Provincial Park in the Temagami area of Ontario , Canada, is considered as one of the most isolated, wild places in the province?
Questioning Collapse
2022-10-12
4,171
347.6
... that the book Questioning Collapse was created as a critique of the claims made by Jared Diamond in his book Collapse ?
Pokémon Fossil Museum
2022-10-31
4,144
345.4
... that a travelling museum exhibition in Japan displays "life-size" renditions of Pokémon skeletons alongside the fossils of actual prehistoric animals?
Institutes (Gaius)
2022-10-12
4,102
341.9
... that in 1816, a copy of the long-lost Institutes by the Roman jurist Gaius was discovered, hidden underneath writings by Saint Jerome ?
Bertha Acarapi
2022-10-03
8,169
340.4
... that in being hired as a newscaster for ATB , Bertha Acarapi (pictured) became one of Bolivia's first high-profile chola indigenous presenters?
Laflin station
2022-10-31
4,080
340.0
... that the Chicago "L" 's Laflin station had an elevator for caskets?
Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty
2022-10-18
4,054
337.8
... that Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty has been called the fight that "put women's boxing on the map"?
Clinton D. Burdick
2022-10-15
4,048
337.3
... that Clinton D. Burdick and his father Howard are the only father–son pair to receive the title of flying ace ?
Ossian D'Ambrosio
2022-10-29
4,034
336.2
... that heavy metal led Ossian D'Ambrosio to druidism ?
EduQuest
2022-10-24
4,006
333.8
... that IBM EduQuest equipped the floppy drives in their computer systems with a dust shield to prevent the intrusion of dirt and chalk dust?
Windows 2.1x
2022-10-16
3,976
331.4
... that Windows 2.1 was the first version of Microsoft Windows to require a hard disk drive ?
108 Leonard
2022-10-03
7,798
324.9
... that the "Temple of Humanity " hosted underwear companies?
Zeitlaich
2022-10-31
3,898
324.8
... that at 6 by 22 metres (20 by 72 feet), Zeitlaich is Jonas Burgert 's largest oil painting?
Airport Central railway station
2022-10-09
7,776
324.0
... that Perth 's Airport Central railway station , which opens today, has the longest operating escalators in the southern hemisphere?
Madison station (CTA)
2022-10-26
3,883
323.6
... that decades after its closure, the station house of the Chicago "L" 's Madison station would house a hot dog stand?
Church of St Benedict, Ardwick
2022-10-17
3,881
323.4
... that the Grade II*–listed Church of St Benedict , in Ardwick , Manchester , is now a climbing centre ?
First National Bank Tower
2022-10-11
7,702
320.9
... that the First National Bank Tower , standing at 634 feet (193 meters), is the tallest building in the state of Nebraska ?
PL/C
2022-10-14
3,842
320.2
... that Cornell University 's student-oriented programming language dialect was made available to other universities but required a "research grant" payment in exchange?
Librex Computer Systems
2022-10-28
3,772
314.3
... that Nippon Steel , one of Japan's largest steelmakers, sold notebook computers in the U.S. in the early 1990s?
Weesperplein metro station
2022-10-27
3,760
313.3
... that the platform below the Weesperplein metro station was used as a fallout shelter after the line that was supposed to run through it got cancelled?
Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller
2022-10-16
3,750
312.5
... that the only purpose of the Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller was to promote a political candidate?
Grimethorpe Hall
2022-10-26
3,746
312.2
... that the abandoned 17th-century Grimethorpe Hall in South Yorkshire, England, has been proposed as a potential new headquarters for the Grimethorpe Colliery Band ?
Gian Piero Ventrone
2022-10-26
3,720
310.0
... that athletic trainer Gian Piero Ventrone , nicknamed "marine " for his very hard and tiring training sessions, made his players ring a "bell of shame" when they were too exhausted to continue?
Seven Days (magazine)
2022-10-17
3,674
306.2
... that in 1979 the magazine Seven Days advised, to avoid ingesting plutonium orally, "never make an A-bomb on an empty stomach"?
Nintendo Switch emulation
2022-10-17
3,654
304.5
... that Kotaku revised an article about Nintendo Switch emulation after Nintendo complained that the previous version encouraged piracy?
Elmer Smith (baseball)
2022-10-29
3,652
304.4
... that in 1920, Elmer Smith (pictured) hit the first grand slam in World Series history?
Patterson's Spade Mill
2022-10-28
3,617
301.4
... that couples can marry 'over the anvil' at Patterson's Spade Mill ?
William Penney, Baron Penney
2022-10-16
3,606
300.5
... that William Penney, Baron Penney , was credited as the "father of the British bomb"?
Incas (Carolina parakeet)
2022-10-08
7,208
300.4
... that Incas , the last known Carolina parakeet , died in the same aviary cage as the last passenger pigeon?
Ann Beaglehole
2022-10-18
3,558
296.5
... that former child refugee Ann Beaglehole has become a historian specialising in refugee history?
Sir Frank Price
2022-10-24
3,550
295.8
... that Sir Frank Price , a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham , grew up in the city's slums and left school at the age of 14?
Water Under the Bridge (song)
2022-10-05
7,096
295.7
... that Adele 's song "Water Under the Bridge " is about her relationship with Simon Konecki, which she is usually reluctant to discuss in her music?
Legends (play-by-mail game)
2022-10-22
3,546
295.5
... that an early version of the turn-based game Legends could take three to ten years to complete?
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
2022-10-24
3,540
295.0
... that the Church of the Immaculate Conception was rededicated as a shrine in 1954, 100 years after the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined?
Bill Plante
2022-10-25
3,538
294.8
... that before bungee jumping with White House aides in New Zealand, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante said he was "proving that you're never too old to do something really stupid"?
Competitive debate in the United States
2022-10-04
7,037
293.2
... that college debates in the United States were originally conducted entirely in Latin ?
Yama Wayama
2022-10-16
3,510
292.5
... that as a senior in high school, manga artist Yama Wayama began drawing male–male romance manga as a hobby?
Robert Bauer (artist)
2022-10-17
3,508
292.3
... that during the 1960s and 1970s, American artist Robert Bauer painted figures that were a mixture of 20th-century avant-garde funk and 17th-century Dutch realism ?
Lifemark
2022-10-02
7,009
292.0
... that despite the commercial success of previous Kendrick Brothers films, star Kirk Cameron said that Lifemark was unable to secure a distributor due to its pro-life stance?
Sari-inspired dress
2022-10-22
3,488
290.7
... that Jacqueline Kennedy bought several saris during her 1962 tour of India and Pakistan to be turned into sari-inspired dresses ?
Karl R. Free
2022-10-25
3,474
289.5
... that both of Karl R. Free 's New Deal-era U.S. post office murals with Native American subjects have been challenged as offensive?
Jennie Scott Griffiths
2022-10-23
3,470
289.2
... that the memorabilia of Jennie Scott Griffiths , a Texan who died in California, are housed in the National Library of Australia ?
Pedestals of Biahmu
2022-10-24
3,467
288.9
... that the Pedestals of Biahmu are known locally as Al-Ṣanam , Arabic for "the idol"?
2 Columbus Circle
2022-10-31
3,464
288.6
... that the "awkward, cramped galleries" at 2 Columbus Circle later housed New York City government offices?
WJZR
2022-10-14
3,448
287.4
... that North Coast Radio went silent after playing the song "In a Silent Way "?
M Club banner
2022-10-11
6,888
287.0
... that the Michigan banner survived an attack by uniformed men from Ohio during the Ten Year War ?
Claudia Fleming
2022-10-29
3,410
284.2
... that after Claudia Fleming 's dessert cookbook went out of print due to poor sales, used copies began circulating on eBay for hundreds of dollars?
Venu Chitale
2022-10-28
3,401
283.4
... that BBC radio broadcaster Venu Chitale taught listeners how to cook without meat when it was rationed during the Second World War?
Cryptodidymosphaerites
2022-10-15
3,396
283.0
... that Cryptodidymosphaerites is a parasite of a parasite?
Should've Said No
2022-10-03
6,773
282.2
... that Taylor Swift said she wrote "Should've Said No " to address her "dramatic and crazy" experience?
Andrea Rinaldi
2022-10-01
6,478
276.9
... that former Atalanta player Andrea Rinaldi died of an aneurysm aged 19 in 2020?
Goldfish (Matisse)
2022-10-15
2,604
217.0
... that after a trip to Morocco in 1912, Henri Matisse painted Goldfish and the animal would become a frequent motif in his art over the next decade?
Henri Matisse and goldfish
676
56.4
Total
3,281
273.4
Geliyoo
2022-10-06
6,548
272.8
... that the search engine of Geliyoo was found to be retrieving its results from Google, in contrast to the company's claims of spending 10 million Turkish liras on development?
John Gamble (baseball)
2022-10-02
6,522
271.8
... that the only run scored by John Gamble was a game-winner?
Darb El Arba'īn
2022-10-22
3,250
270.8
... that camel caravans using the Darb El Arba'īn trade route transported salt and slaves?
Mercy (Overwatch)
2022-10-07
6,443
268.5
... that a pink skin for Mercy in the video game Overwatch helped raise more than $12 million for breast cancer research?
Ocoee salamander
2022-10-27
3,220
268.3
... that the Ocoee salamander (example pictured) from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)?
Richard W. Conway
2022-10-28
3,207
267.2
... that Richard W. Conway earned a varsity letter , a Ph.D. , and an endowed chair , all from the same university?
Boost!
2022-10-03
6,412
267.2
... that Boost! won a temporary restraining order against Mead Johnson , after claiming it had infringed on their trademarks?
Capital in the Anthropocene
2022-10-07
6,390
266.2
... that academic Kohei Saito describes the Sustainable Development Goals as the "new opium of the masses " in his 2020 Marxist book, Capital in the Anthropocene ?
Pharah
2022-10-20
3,174
264.5
... that the combat suit Pharah wears in Overwatch bears a strong resemblance to those featured in mecha anime?
A Costume for Nicholas
2022-10-14
3,150
262.5
... that the young protagonist of A Costume for Nicholas has Down syndrome , as does his portrayer?
British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany
2022-10-04
6,276
261.5
... that British logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany involved buffaloes, duck bills and weasels?
When We Were Young (Adele song)
2022-10-20
3,132
261.0
... that Adele 's artwork for "When We Were Young " features a picture of her as a child?
KLUX
2022-10-09
6,238
259.9
... that a Catholic radio station in Texas wields the "velvet hammer" to promote Christianity?
Gill and Coote v El Vino Co Ltd
2022-10-03
6,116
254.9
... that until a 1982 legal decision , women were not permitted to stand at the bar at El Vino in London?
Parallax Graphics
2022-10-30
3,051
254.2
... that Mike Judge 's three-month tenure at the video-card manufacturer Parallax Graphics was an inspiration for Office Space ?
Robert Nimmo
2022-10-21
3,044
253.7
... that Robert Nimmo 's command of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan remains the longest ever command of a United Nations operation?
Thomas Herbert Elliot Jackson
2022-10-23
3,044
253.6
... that Kenyan coffee farmer "Pinkie" Jackson amassed Africa's largest collection of native butterflies?
Hermann Marx
2022-10-16
3,038
253.1
... that banker Hermann Marx and his firm underwrote the share issue that led to the "pepper scandal" of 1934?
Transgender asylum seekers
2022-10-22
3,010
250.9
... that, among migrants, transgender asylum seekers are more likely to be subjected to physical and mental abuse?
Dimension 68000
2022-10-16
3,010
250.9
... that the Dimension 68000 microcomputer had expansion cards to emulate the Apple II , the IBM PC , and various CP/M machines?
The Faulkland Quiz
2022-10-31
3,006
250.5
... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old?
District tartans of Australia
2022-10-25
2,992
249.4
... that the Scottish Register of Tartans has registered district tartans for Australia as a whole, and also a state district tartan for each of Australia's six states ?
Mini mum
2022-10-30
2,983
248.6
... that Mini mum is miniscule, but it is not Mini scule ?
Martin Pipe
2022-10-31
2,971
247.6
... that Martin Pipe 's training methods for steeplechasers were so effective, he was investigated twice for cheating?
Sai Ying Pun (novel)
2022-10-26
2,956
246.4
... that the inspiration for the Hong Kong novel Sai Ying Pun came from the author oversleeping on a train?
Adam Kingsmill
2022-10-20
2,916
243.0
... that Adam Kingsmill , who is missing most of his right leg, played stand-up ice hockey until 2016?
New Victory Theater
2022-10-21
2,906
242.1
... that the Victory Theatre , the first theater on 42nd Street to show adult movies, later became a children's theater?
Rockstar Leeds
2022-10-23
2,902
241.8
... that Rockstar Leeds was once based at a decommissioned church?
Rockstar Vienna
2022-10-15
2,888
240.7
... that Rockstar Vienna was the largest video game developer in Austria when it closed in 2006?
Birding in New York City
2022-10-23
2,879
239.9
... that birders in New York City have recorded over 400 species?
C. Jouco Bleeker
2022-10-21
2,876
239.6
... that religious studies scholar C. Jouco Bleeker believed that religions are like acorns?
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Atlanta)
2022-10-21
2,868
239.0
... that in 2010, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Atlanta became the first church in the state to be elevated to the rank of a minor basilica ?
Hans Redl
2022-10-22
2,858
238.2
... that despite losing his left arm in World War II, Austrian tennis player Hans Redl reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1947?
Jihad Rehab
2022-10-20
2,855
237.9
... that the documentary film Jihad Rehab features interviews with former inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp who are now in the Care Rehabilitation Center , a "jihad rehab" in Saudi Arabia?
Tornado Cash
2022-10-22
2,836
236.3
... that Tornado Cash , a cryptocurrency tumbler , was blacklisted by the United States Department of the Treasury ?
Aox Inc.
2022-10-29
2,834
236.2
... that Aox Inc. , a maker of computer expansion cards, was named after the founders' dog?
The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli
2022-10-24
2,806
233.8
... that Carlo Carrà attributed The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli to the 1904 Italian general strike , while the actual funeral and riot occured in 1906?
Ruth Matilda Anderson
2022-10-12
2,790
232.5
... that Ruth M. Anderson recorded a "timeless" Spain in her photographs of the 1920s?
Superstition in Britain
2022-10-28
2,781
231.8
... that according to two surveys, knocking on wood and 'crossing fingers for good luck' are the most popular superstitions in Britain ?
Ampullae of Lorenzini
2022-10-10
5,530
230.4
... that the ampullae of Lorenzini enable sharks to sense electric fields ?
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
2022-10-19
2,760
230.0
... that the depiction of conservative Catholic intellectuals in the play Heroes of the Fourth Turning was praised both by its subjects and by liberal New York theater critics?
Board game café
2022-10-29
2,754
229.5
... that board game cafés can be found across the world?
Israel Sack
2022-10-13
2,752
229.3
... that the firm of Israel Sack supplied American antiques to leading private collectors and museums, including the Winterthur Museum , The Henry Ford , and the Metropolitan Museum of Art ?
Matthias Hanke
2022-10-31
2,748
229.0
... that Matthias Hanke , an organist and choral leader by age 14, in due course became responsible for all Protestant church music in Württemberg ?
Garrett Smith (writer)
2022-10-21
2,747
228.9
... that the best novel of American science fiction author Garrett Smith did not appear as a stand-alone book until over 60 years after his death?
Story of a Secret State
2022-10-16
2,740
228.4
... that the 1944 Story of a Secret State was one of the first book accounts of the German occupation of Poland , including the Holocaust in Poland ?
How We Do (Party)
2022-10-28
2,740
228.3
... that a copyright infringement suit was filed against the song "How We Do (Party) " for its use of the phrase "party and bullshit"?
Rebecca Blake
2022-10-29
2,724
227.0
... that Rebecca Blake , Anglo-Romanian captain of the Romania women's national cricket team , also led the French team to victory in a six-team tournament?
Rabab Al-Kadhimi
2022-10-31
2,716
226.4
... that Rabab Al-Kadhimi was threatened with deportation from Egypt due to the political nature of her poetry?
Betty Hall
2022-10-25
2,706
225.5
... that Betty Hall introduced a New Hampshire bill that would have petitioned the United States Congress to impeach George W. Bush ?
Shaun Aguano
2022-10-19
2,686
223.8
... that Shaun Aguano 's interview to join the Arizona State football coaching staff consisted only of being asked, "you want the job?"
Bombing of Mokha
2022-10-05
5,345
222.7
... that the bombing of Mokha was described as one of the deadliest attacks by the Saudi Arabian–led coalition against Yemen , leaving between 65 and 120 dead, including 10 children?
Isa Hasan al-Yasiri
2022-10-27
2,664
222.0
... that Iraqi poet Isa Hasan al-Yasiri ran away from school at 10 years old, before travelling with a camel caravan overnight to another village?
Ridgefield Branch
2022-10-14
2,656
221.4
... that passenger service on the Ridgefield Branch was eliminated after the electrification of neighboring lines?
Club Penguin Rewritten
2022-10-05
5,312
221.3
... that Soccer Mommy hosted a virtual concert through Club Penguin Rewritten ?
Panza Kick Boxing
2022-10-13
2,616
218.0
... that fighting video game Panza Kick Boxing was endorsed by a French kickboxing champion who also supplied technical advice?
Hours of Charles the Noble
2022-10-10
5,226
217.8
... that the margins of the Hours of Charles the Noble contain 180 depictions of musical instruments, providing a representative overview of medieval instruments ?
Barney McMahon
2022-10-02
5,222
217.6
... that during his first air-sea rescue mission with the Irish Air Corps , Barney McMahon landed to refuel with a mixture of petrol and paraffin, filtered through a pair of tights?
Animals in ancient Greece and Rome
2022-10-19
2,578
214.8
... that Plutarch believed that animals were more virtuous than humans?
Haematomma ochroleucum
2022-10-14
2,574
214.5
... that the yellow bloodstain lichen is not always yellow?
Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia
2022-10-07
5,131
213.8
... that the dominant species in the Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia are often not grasses at all?
KVNO
2022-10-12
2,560
213.3
... that a Nebraska radio station 's plans to broadcast college sports were met with "audible gasps"?
Cephas L. Bard
2022-10-06
5,116
213.2
... that Cephas L. Bard , the first American physician in Ventura, California , was also the first person to die in the hospital he built there?
Lanfranco Cirillo
2022-10-28
2,548
212.3
... that Lanfranco Cirillo is the architect of Putin's Palace , a palace complex on the Black Sea coast allegedly built for Vladimir Putin which is estimated to have cost over one billion US dollars?
The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
2022-10-08
5,038
209.9
... that heavy metal band Judas Priest took their name from Bob Dylan 's song "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest "?
Amritasiddhi
2022-10-18
2,502
208.5
... that the Amṛtasiddhi (folio pictured) , translated as 'the attainment of immortality', is an early text about what later became haṭha yoga ?
Beautiful Country (book)
2022-10-23
2,470
205.9
... that civil rights lawyer Qian Julie Wang wrote the draft of her memoir Beautiful Country on her phone during her commute?
Narco (Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet song)
2022-10-01
4,814
205.7
... that Golf Digest has described "Narco " as having "a fire beat"?
Rebeca Delgado
2022-10-20
2,464
205.4
... that Rebeca Delgado created Freedom of Thought for Bolivia after being told by her previous party that she should leave if she wanted to be a "freethinker"?
Embassy of the Philippines, Paris
2022-10-07
4,907
204.5
... that in 2005, the Philippine embassy in Paris regularly had a flooded basement due to a lack of funds?
Gimli (Middle-earth)
2022-10-13
2,450 [n]
204.2
... that Galadriel 's gift of some of her hair to Gimli in The Lord of the Rings has echoes in both English literature and Norse legend?
Betty Tejada
2022-10-04
4,854
202.2
... that despite entering politics as part of a right-wing party , Betty Tejada was later elected president of the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Movement for Socialism ?
Leonard Kriegel
2022-10-29
2,399
199.9
... that Leonard Kriegel , who had polio, insisted on using the term "cripple" in his works to describe his illness?
Mahurangi Harbour
2022-10-28
2,397
199.8
... that after being extensively hunted in the 19th century, southern right whales can again sometimes be seen in Mahurangi Harbour ?
Bear Witness
2022-10-29
2,396
199.7
... that Bear Witness reviewers said, "The songs were richer than the first wave of Madonna 's hits"?
Darrell Mudra
2022-10-15
2,394
199.5
... that Darrell Mudra was known as "Dr. Victory"?
Canton Coolie Corps
2022-10-30
2,383
198.6
... that recruitment to the British Canton Coolie Corps suffered due to false rumours that men would be used as human shields in the Second Opium War ?
Walter McCredie
2022-10-15
2,361
196.8
... that in 1915, Walter McCredie unsuccessfully challenged the baseball color line that prohibited non-white players?
2022 Hong Kong Masters
2022-10-24
2,355
196.2
... that Mark Williams travelled for more than 13 hours to be a last-minute replacement at the 2022 Hong Kong Masters ?
Mellivory
2022-10-08
4,701
195.9
... that some microorganisms consume honey despite it having antimicrobial qualities?
Cheekface
2022-10-31
2,345
195.4
... that Cheekface announced their third album via postcards sent to fans?
Cardigan Donuts
2022-10-29
2,340
195.0
... that Cardigan Donuts has sold a Super Mario Kart –inspired rainbow doughnut with white chocolate frosting, gold walnuts, and cereal marshmallows?
Paramount Theatre (Atlanta)
2022-10-05
4,658
194.1
... that at the time of its construction in 1920, the Howard Theatre in Atlanta was the second-largest movie theater in the world, with a seating capacity of 2,700?
On Guard for Peace
2022-10-28
2,313
192.8
... that Sergei Prokofiev 's oratorio On Guard for Peace has been called "Kremlin music" and "Stalinist era kitsch at its most egregious"?
Regensburg Botanical Society
2022-10-26
2,284
190.3
... that the Regensburg Botanical Society , founded on 14 May 1790, is the world's oldest extant botanical society?
Oak Industries
2022-10-08
4,538
189.1
... that Oak Industries was the largest American maker of TV tuning dials in 1980?
Eppa Hunton Jr.
2022-10-25
1,144
95.3
... that Eppa Hunton Jr. and his son, Eppa Hunton IV , the namesakes of the Hunton Student Center at Virginia Commonwealth University , served a combined 50 years on the Medical College of Virginia 's board of visitors ?
Eppa Hunton IV
1,110
92.5
Total
2,253
187.8
Kazim al-Samawi
2022-10-23
2,248
187.4
... that Iraqi poet Kazim al-Samawi spent more than half his life in political exile and was called "The Sheikh of the Exiles"?
Harry Langford
2022-10-15
2,216
184.7
... that Harry Langford still turned up for football practice the day after he received a concussion, passed out, and was hospitalized?
Open Syllabus Project
2022-10-24
2,189
182.4
... that according to the Open Syllabus Project , the most widely taught novel in college courses is Frankenstein ?
Sonny with a Chance
2022-10-16
2,185
182.1
... that the proposed third season of teen sitcom Sonny with a Chance was reworked into the sketch comedy series So Random! after the departure of its lead actor Demi Lovato ?
1995 Aigio earthquake
2022-10-05
4,342
180.9
... that the 1995 Aigio earthquake caused the strongest ground acceleration ever recorded in Greece?
César Mascetti
2022-10-24
2,164
180.4
... that César Mascetti was reportedly the first Argentine journalist to interview a member of the Beatles when he met a naked George Harrison on a Rio de Janeiro beach?
2022 British Open
2022-10-21
2,144
178.7
... that Shaun Murphy lost a match at the 2022 British Open despite potting the winning ball?
Need for Speed Unbound
2022-10-29
2,113 [o]
176.1
... that the title for Need for Speed Unbound was accidentally revealed early on Electronic Arts ' website?
To Ramona
2022-10-02
4,222
175.9
... that Bob Dylan recorded "To Ramona " in a single take, for an album recorded in a single three-hour session?
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi
2022-10-21
2,100
175.0
... that Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi is the first woman to referee a Serie A football match?
Romina Pérez
2022-10-26
2,092
174.4
... that before entering politics, Romina Pérez worked at the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research, which "became a 'nursery' for intellectual and political cadres of the Movement for Socialism "?
Shura Council (Yemen)
2022-10-22
2,090
174.1
... that Yemen currently has two parliamentary upper houses ?
Chunyu Yi
2022-10-21
2,076
173.0
... that Chunyu Yi may have been the "ancient founder of the case history tradition"?
Víctor Hugo Zamora
2022-10-18
2,070
172.5
... that some analysts considered Víctor Hugo Zamora 's appointment as hydrocarbons minister to be a gesture to oil companies , guaranteeing "covert continuity" between the Áñez and Morales governments?
Borys Lyatoshynsky
2022-10-12
2,070
172.5
... that Borys Lyatoshynsky wrote Mourning Prelude , described as among his most tragic works, the day his father died of typhus ?
Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta)
2022-10-18
2,060
171.7
... that Ponce de Leon Springs in Atlanta was named in reference to the legend of Juan Ponce de León 's search for the Fountain of Youth due to the spring water's supposed health benefits?
Marcela Revollo
2022-10-26
2,040
170.0
... that Marcela Revollo 's pragmatic approach to legislating led her to cooperate with both neoliberal and socialist governments on women's rights legislation?
Dove Bridge
2022-10-01
3,939
168.3
... that 17th-century freemason and alchemist Elias Ashmole attempted to invoke the spirits at the mediaeval Dove Bridge ?
Casals Forum
2022-10-30
2,016
168.0
... that the walls of the Kronberg Academy 's Casals Forum (pictured) are curved and covered with wood in a manner reminiscent of a string instrument?
Abdel Moneim Mokhtar
2022-10-21
2,010
167.5
... that Abdel Moneim Mokhtar travelled to the 1928 Summer Olympics to compete in gymnastics, but took part in diving instead?
Supplementary Japanese Schools in Australia
2022-10-22
1,988
165.6
... that Australia has three major Japanese language schools ?
Who shall separate us?
2022-10-22
1,988
165.6
... that in "Who shall separate us? ", composed by James MacMillan for the state funeral of Elizabeth II , verses from Romans 8 are followed by Alleluias described as "burning bright sonic trails"?
R.I.P. (Rita Ora song)
2022-10-30
1,974
164.5
... that it was rumoured that "R.I.P. " was initially intended for Rihanna , but it became a song for Rita Ora instead?
Vincent Ialenti
2022-10-14
1,960
163.4
... that in 2017, Vincent Ialenti became the first anthropologist with a feature article in Physics Today ?
Slow River
2022-10-09
3,916
163.2
... that Nicola Griffith 's Slow River , described as a lesbian romance , features a "sophisticated depiction of environmental management"?
Fritz Pleitgen
2022-10-14
1,950
162.5
... that Fritz Pleitgen , who interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan , directed the broadcaster WDR from 1995 to 2007?
Tony DeLuca (politician)
2022-10-25
1,948
162.4
... that Tony DeLuca was the longest-serving member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the time of his death?
Herb Lusk
2022-10-09
3,886
161.9
... that Herb Lusk retired from the National Football League at the age of 26 to become a minister ?
Halyna Kuzmenko
2022-10-30
1,943
161.9
... that Halyna Kuzmenko promoted the Ukrainization of the Makhnovist movement , successfully increasing the use of the Ukrainian language by Russian speakers?
KHOY
2022-10-17
1,926
160.5
... that a Catholic radio station in Texas airs religious talk shows, the Mass—and weekly broadcasts of high school football?
Mary Doyle Curran
2022-10-31
1,915
159.6
... that after civil rights activist Andrew Goodman was murdered, Mary Doyle Curran found and published a poem that Goodman had written for her class?
WPNR-FM
2022-10-23
1,907
158.9
... that despite a "No Rock & Roll" sign in the studios of the Utica College radio station , students played it anyway?
Sahlen Field
2022-10-02
3,786
157.8
... that the six highest Minor League Baseball season attendance counts were all at Sahlen Field ?
WBZY (Connecticut)
2022-10-21
1,886
157.2
... that a Connecticut radio station was "the loser in a survival-of-the-fittest battle"?
Icy Chain
2022-10-17
1,884
157.0
... that in her song "Icy Chain ", Saweetie disses PETA , telling them she wears fur?
Scottnema lindsayae
2022-10-13
1,882
156.8
... that the southernmost worm species, Scottnema lindsayae , reproduces best at temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F)?
Like as the hart (Weir)
2022-10-20
1,860
155.0
... that "Like as the hart ", a setting of Psalm 42 for a cappella choir, was composed by Judith Weir , Master of the King's Music, for the state funeral of Elizabeth II ?
WSCV
2022-10-28
1,858
154.9
... that a Florida TV station operated from an abandoned amusement park ?
North Carolina State Auditor
2022-10-27
1,817
151.4
... that the North Carolina state auditor is fifth in the line of succession to the governorship of North Carolina ?
WNER
2022-10-12
1,800
150.0
... that a New York state radio station became entangled in an estate dispute in which a man was jailed four times in six months for contempt of court ?
Fir teg
2022-10-14
1,798
149.8
... that the final scene in the 1931 Soviet Yiddish theatrical play Fir teg is said to evoke the mass suicide at the siege of Masada ?
Jonathan Beaulieu-Richard
2022-10-17
1,790
149.2
... that Jonathan Beaulieu-Richard retired from the Canadian Football League to become a pharmacist ?
Jindřiška Flajšhansová
2022-10-18
1,787
148.9
... that from 1912, Jindřiška Flajšhansová was the principal editor of Ženské listy , a Czech journal that became a women's "survival manual" during World War I?
Fred Franzia
2022-10-09
3,549
147.9
... that when Fred Franzia created Two-Buck Chuck , he was said to have "turned the wine industry on its head"?
Gil Kim
2022-10-01
3,448
147.4
... that Gil Kim played professional baseball in the Netherlands, China, Australia, Spain, and Venezuela, scouted in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, and coaches in Canada?
Josette Simon
2022-10-05
3,512
146.3
... that when Josette Simon appeared as Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost , she was the first black woman in a lead role at the Royal Shakespeare Company ?
Wong Phui Nam
2022-10-19
1,746
145.5
... that Malaysian poet Wong Phui Nam wrote in English, despite feeling no connection to the English literary tradition?
Tom Urbani
2022-10-19
1,736
144.6
... that Tom Urbani was an original Dirtbag ?
Rick Buffington
2022-10-14
1,724
143.7
... that Rick Buffington played for at least 17 minor league and semi-professional football teams, including three at once?
Ruth Huenemann
2022-10-13
1,721
143.4
... that Ruth Huenemann was one of the first researchers to make a connection between socioeconomic status and childhood obesity ?
Wesley Tann
2022-10-08
3,386
141.1
... that Wesley Tann designed dresses for Jackie Kennedy , Carmen de Lavallade , Leontyne Price and Michelle Obama ?
Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan
2022-10-29
1,690
140.8
... that Bochart 's 1646 Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan was the first full-length book devoted to the Phoenicians ?
OPTi Inc.
2022-10-03
3,352
139.7
... that OPTi Inc. won a patent suit against Apple for unauthorized use of "predictive snooping" technology?
Doctor Who (season 2)
2022-10-11
3,330
138.8
... that William Hartnell was the only original Doctor Who cast member who remained by the end of the second season ?
William of Littlington
2022-10-29
1,664
138.6
... that William of Littlington opposed the division of England and Scotland into two Carmelite provinces in 1303, was excommunicated, and did four years' penance in Paris?
Oil and natural gas refining in Turkmenistan
2022-10-09
3,314
138.1
... that while oil and gas production is a large part of Turkmenistan's economy , there are only two oil refineries in Turkmenistan ?
WBUF-TV
2022-10-13
1,642
136.8
... that a TV station in Buffalo, New York , owned a 1921-vintage fire engine?
Clinton Keeling
2022-10-24
1,633
136.1
... that the Sugar Puffs bear once escaped from Clinton Keeling 's home zoo?
Kaunas Soviet of Workers Deputies
2022-10-25
1,626
135.5
... that the Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Republic exchanged 13 detained German diplomats for 24 jailed leaders of the Kaunas Soviet of Workers Deputies ?
Denis Mann
2022-10-15
1,616
134.7
... that Scottish glass artist Denis Mann has made the winner's trophy for every series of the British game show Mastermind , which started in 1972?
Konzerthalle Bad Salzuflen
2022-10-25
1,604
133.6
... that the Konzerthalle in Bad Salzuflen , an example of spa architecture in the 1960s, is one of the regular venues of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie ?
Sarah Clarke (doctor)
2022-10-16
1,593
132.8
... that Sarah Clarke was the first female president of the British Cardiovascular Society ?
Ball Ground, Georgia
2022-10-28
1,578
131.5
... that Ball Ground, Georgia , received its name because the land was originally used by Native Americans to play stickball ?
Consulate General of the Philippines, Honolulu
2022-10-14
1,578
131.5
... that the chancery of the Philippine consulate general in Honolulu was bought with donations?
Sarah Aristidou
2022-10-17
1,576
131.3
... that in 2021 Sarah Aristidou recorded Jörg Widmann 's Labyrinth V , a wordless piece for her soprano voice with "ululations , sobs, jazz inflections and wild laughter"?
WXTV-DT
2022-10-16
1,572
131.0
... that a radio astronomy facility in Illinois objected to the establishment of a TV station in New Jersey ?
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nasafi
2022-10-12
1,562
130.1
... that Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nasafi was the first theologian to introduce concepts from Neoplatonism into Isma'ili doctrine?
Roger Robinson (academic)
2022-10-11
3,121
130.0
... that New Zealand academic and runner Roger Robinson has continued competing in races into his 80s despite knee replacement surgery in both knees?
All Saints' Episcopal Church (Austin, Texas)
2022-10-26
1,554
129.5
... that All Saints' Episcopal Church contains the crypt of its founder, Episcopal Bishop of Texas George Herbert Kinsolving ?
Albert Henry Smyth
2022-10-13
1,552
129.3
... that Albert Henry Smyth discovered 385 letters written by Benjamin Franklin and became the first editor to publish them, beginning in 1905?
Haw Par Villa MRT station
2022-10-22
1,546
128.9
... that the public artwork Eroclamation at Haw Par Villa MRT station reflects Haw Par Villa 's themes of mortality and reincarnation?
Catholic Church in Sichuan
2022-10-01
2,992
127.8
... that the first Catholic synod in China was held in 1803 near Chungkingchow in Sichuan Province ?
Zhubing yuanhou lun
2022-10-24
1,532
127.7
... that an ancient Chinese medical encyclopaedia recommends qigong as a cure for most diseases?
Fairmont Beijing
2022-10-17
1,525
127.1
... that University of Exeter lecturer Fu Jia and his coauthors said in 2017 that "uniquely for any hotel in China", Fairmont Beijing has three workers who have learning disabilities ?
Hands On (song)
2022-10-18
1,524
127.0
... that Kanye West 's "Hands On " marked Fred Hammond 's first appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100 ?
Vecihi Hürkuş
2022-10-16
1,500
125.0
... that Turkish aviation pioneer Vecihi Hürkuş had to transport his second plane to Prague just to get it certified?
Bruce Timm
2022-10-30
1,496
124.7
... that Bruce Timm created most of the character designs for Batman: The Animated Series ?
Allegro Brillante
2022-10-23
1,478
123.2
... that George Balanchine said Allegro Brillante (dancers pictured) "contains everything I knew about classical ballet – in thirteen minutes"?
George Douglas Gray
2022-10-23
1,470
122.5
... that Scottish physician George Gray received the thanks of the Chinese government for his work during the Manchurian plague of 1910–11 ?
In Win Development
2022-10-22
1,468
122.3
... that In Win Development designed a computer case that can be opened with a smartphone app?
I Lived on Parker Avenue
2022-10-14
1,462
121.9
... that the pro-adoption documentary I Lived on Parker Avenue premiered at the Louisiana Governor's Mansion in 2018 at the invitation of Governor John Bel Edwards ?
Eurovision Song Contest 1957
2022-10-06
2,876
119.9
... that despite a song duration limit of three minutes and thirty seconds at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 , the entry from Italy lasted over five minutes?
Nick Kerbawy
2022-10-07
2,830
117.9
... that Nick Kerbawy did not receive his college tennis championship trophy until 14 years after winning it?
Holy Ground (song)
2022-10-24
1,396
116.3
... that the beat in Taylor Swift 's song "Holy Ground " was described by Brad Nelson of The Atlantic as "insistent enough to act as punctuation for the lyrics"?
Royston Brooks
2022-10-23
1,370
114.1
... that Royston Brooks was the last European to serve as the Commanding Officer of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force from 1988 to 1990?
Ranjit Vilas Palace (Rajkot)
2022-10-14
790
65.8
... that there are palaces named the Ranjit Vilas in Rajkot , in Ratlam and in Wankaner ?
Ranjit Vilas Palace (Ratlam)
576
48.0
Total
1,366
113.8
Felipes
2022-10-08
2,721
113.4
... that the lichen genus Felipes is named for its fruiting structures , which resemble a cat's paw?
Mariano Santos Mateo
2022-10-03
2,687
112.0
... that the Peruvian Civil Guard officer Mariano Santos Mateo was nicknamed the Brave Man of Tarapacá because he captured a banner of a Chilean military unit during the Battle of Tarapacá ?
Leon Burton
2022-10-28
1,342
111.8
... that Leon Burton set the NCAA record of 9.6 yards per carry in 1957?
Robert Micklewright
2022-10-17
1,340
111.7
... that Robert Micklewright created the cover art for Nobel Prize winner V. S. Naipaul 's first two novels?
Tropical Storm Hermine (2022)
2022-10-25
1,324
110.3
... that Tropical Storm Hermine in September 2022 produced record-breaking rainfall in the Canary Islands amounting to more than 20 times the monthly average?
Luis Gallego
2022-10-22
1,309
109.1
... that Luis Gallego had only completed middle-school education when he was elected to the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies ?
Miguel Rivera (jockey)
2022-10-13
1,280
106.7
... that Miguel Rivera sold cosmetics and appliances while working as a jockey ?
CNN Tonight
2022-10-18
1,262
105.1
... that Don Lemon "didn't mean to set the internet on fire" when teasing the rebranding of CNN Tonight to Don Lemon Tonight ?
Conceited (song)
2022-10-27
1,241
103.4
... that on the song "Conceited ", Flo Milli raps that she's been important since she was a fetus?
Ella van Poucke
2022-10-28
1,210
100.8
... that Ella van Poucke , a cellist who studied at the Kronberg Academy , returned there as a soloist, playing Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in the new Casals Forum ?
East English River Provincial Park
2022-10-13
1,190
99.2
... that the English River within the East English River Provincial Park has no regulated flow and no pollution, unique in northwestern Ontario ?
Oglethorpe County High School
2022-10-03
2,336
97.4
... that Oglethorpe County High School worked with the University of Georgia to bring their dropout rate from 65 dropouts in 1985–86 to just 4 in 1987–88?
Working from Within: The Nature and Development of Quine's Naturalism
2022-10-16
1,162
96.9
... that the book Working from Within details how W. V. Quine only began to use the term "naturalism " years after he had already developed the key tenets of the philosophy?
R. H. Rodgers
2022-10-05
2,296
95.7
... that Latin philologist Robert Rodgers produced the first detailed commentary on Frontinus 's work on Roman aqueducts in almost 300 years?
Vlado Milunić
2022-10-15
1,148
95.6
... that Vlado Milunić admitted that the Dancing House , which he co-designed, was compared to a "gold tooth that spoils a smile"?
2022 Berlin Marathon
2022-10-15
1,144
95.3
... that in the 2022 Berlin Marathon , Tigist Assefa won by running the third-fastest marathon ever by a woman, in just her second marathon, breaking her personal best by nearly 20 minutes?
Badminton in Singapore
2022-10-01
2,228
95.2
... that badminton in Singapore began in the early 19th century?
Reconstructing Womanhood
2022-10-06
2,218
92.4
... that Reconstructing Womanhood by Hazel Carby , about the history of American black women writers, was said to be a "landmark study" and "groundbreaking"?
Use This Gospel
2022-10-28
1,078
89.8
... that the remix of Kanye West 's "Use This Gospel " was added to DJ Khaled 's God Did at the last minute?
Nederlander Theatre
2022-10-15
1,076
89.7
... that fans of the musical Rent would sleep outside the Nederlander Theatre to get cheap front-row tickets?
WHYY-TV
2022-10-29
1,076
89.7
... that episodes of such game shows as Double Dare , Finders Keepers , and You Bet Your Life were filmed at the Philadelphia studios of a public TV station ?
Lafayette Cartee
2022-10-27
1,070
89.2
... that after serving as the speaker of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives , Lafayette Cartee moved to the Idaho Territory where he became a well-known horticulturalist ?
The Last Time (Taylor Swift song)
2022-10-25
1,060
88.3
... that Taylor Swift got in touch with Gary Lightbody , with whom she collaborated on the song "The Last Time ", through Ed Sheeran ?
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Schein)
2022-10-19
1,039
86.6
... that Andreas Reize ranked Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen , a choral setting of the first verses of Psalm 84 by Johann Hermann Schein , as one of three pinnacles of motets before Bach ?
Silvia Hauer
2022-10-30
1,011
84.2
... that Silvia Hauer , a singer of Rossini's Rosina and Bizet's Carmen at Staatstheater Wiesbaden , performed the mezzo-soprano solo of Verdi's Requiem in 2022?
Five Flower Songs
2022-10-04
1,950
81.2
... that Britten's Five Flower Songs , part songs composed for a couple's 25th wedding anniversary, premiered at their estate Dartington Hall ?
Taylor Scott Davis
2022-10-19
960
80.0
... that Stardust , the title of a composition by Taylor Scott Davis for eight voices a cappella commissioned by Voces8 , became also the name of the vocal ensemble's 2022 tour?
Malcolm Neesam
2022-10-20
956
79.7
... that writer Malcolm Neesam was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Harrogate , England, by the town council for services to local history?
Plecia avus
2022-10-09
1,904
79.3
... that upon the redescription of the fossil marchfly Plecia avus , an additional seven specimens were identified?
Die Deutsche Liturgie
2022-10-02
1,857
77.4
... that when pieces from Mendelssohn 's German Liturgy were sung by the Thomanerchor (pictured) in 2022, a reviewer noted "a captivating purity in the tone of devotional Reformation romanticism"?
Markus Becker (pianist)
2022-10-24
888
74.0
... that Markus Becker , who earned awards for his recording of the complete piano works by Max Reger , also recorded jazz?
Action Deaf Youth
2022-10-15
876
73.0
... that after visiting Hungary in 2015, members of Action Deaf Youth headed to Stormont to demand better sign language support in Northern Ireland?
Dave Barrow
2022-10-12
844
70.4
... that Dave Barrow quit municipal politics to work at his family's insurance brokerage before becoming mayor of Richmond Hill ?
National Firefighter Registry
2022-10-23
824
68.7
... that the U.S. National Firefighter Registry will match state cancer data with voluntarily collected work history data from firefighters?
Henry Stock
2022-10-06
1,614
67.3
... that Henry Stock designed the Peek Freans factory where, in 1929, Twiglets were invented?
Piccolia
2022-10-19
778
64.8
... that while some lichen species in the genus Piccolia have ranges which span multiple continents, others are restricted to single islands?
Harry Booth (coach)
2022-10-14
768
64.0
... that Harry Booth played for, captained , and coached the Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball and men's basketball teams?
William F. Hanson
2022-10-27
752
62.7
... that William F. Hanson collaborated with Zitkala-Sa on a Sioux-inspired work called The Sun Dance Opera ?
John Allen Lewis
2022-10-30
742
61.9
... that John Allen Lewis printed the Los Angeles Star , the first newspaper to appear in Los Angeles in 1851, with two pages written in English and two in Spanish?
Anton Tohill
2022-10-17
726
60.5
... that Collingwood coach Robert Harvey gave Anton Tohill his AFL debut in 2021, having played International Rules Series against Tohill's father in the 1990s?
Missa primi toni octo vocum
2022-10-25
662
55.2
... that the Missa primi toni octo vocum was written for double choir by the Italian composer Stefano Bernardi in 1630 for Salzburg Cathedral when he was the music director there?
Violin Concerto (Weinberg)
2022-10-18
591
49.2
... that the Violin Concerto by Mieczysław Weinberg , premiered in Moscow in 1961 by Leonid Kogan , was first performed in Germany by Linus Roth in 2014, and in the U.S. by Gidon Kremer in 2015?
Songbird Sings
2022-10-13
448
37.3
... that Songbird Sings was a series of concerts that focused on Regine Velasquez 's music career?