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Type Non-image Image Overall
vph Article vph Article vph Article
Low 42.7 R3.0 (concert) 141.7 Solo (concert residency) 42.7 R3.0 (concert)
Median 240.6 Victories Greater Than Death
Nabataean Aramaic 		601.9 The Raising of Lazarus (Lievens)
Bapaume town hall explosion 		255.8 Mira Nadon
Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings
High 1,478.4 Millennial pause 1,599.1 Honey Nway Oo 1,599.1 Honey Nway Oo

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Article Date Image views vph DYK hook
Honey Nway Oo 2023-03-10 19,189 1,599.1 ... that former Burmese actress Honey Nway Oo (pictured) turned rebel and took up arms against the military junta following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état?
Millennial pause 2023-03-17 17,740 1,478.4 ... ... that millennials pause?
Marlborough House set 2023-03-21 16,664 1,388.6 ... that adultery was commonplace within Edward VII's Marlborough House set (pictured) but divorce was considered unacceptable?
Fujita Haruko 2023-03-31 16,686 695.2 ... that pianist Fujita Haruko, one of the first 19 female students enrolled at the University of Tokyo, was taught by Leo Sirota, who was once called the "god of piano" (both pictured)?
Leo Sirota 16,282 678.4
Total 32,968 1,373.7
Seongsu Bridge disaster 2023-03-15 16,084 1,340.3 ... that after the Seongsu Bridge collapsed (pictured) in Seoul, radiographic testing found that 110 of the 111 connections in the bridge were filled with defects?
2022 Joe Biden speech in Warsaw 2023-03-21 14,662 1,221.9 ... that in 2022 Joe Biden delivered a speech in Warsaw addressing the "task of this generation" that was overshadowed by an apparently ad-libbed nine-word comment?
Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge 2023-03-30 29,302 1,220.9 ... that Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge (pictured) is the oldest-known stone bridge in the Scottish Highlands?
Bondiola sandwich 2023-03-01 28,753 1,198.0 ... that the bondiola sandwich (example pictured) is a popular street food in Argentina?
Women of Britain Say 'Go!' 2023-03-13 14,058 1,171.5 ... that the propaganda poster "Women of Britain Say 'Go!'" (pictured) was part of an attempt to ignore pre-war advances by women and reinforce gender stereotypes?
Benjamin N. Duke House 2023-03-22 13,286 1,107.1 ... that the Benjamin N. Duke House (pictured), owned by the same family for more than a century, was later sold to a former taxi driver?
Alexandra Hunt 2023-03-25 13,080 1,090.0 ... that Alexandra Hunt, a former stripper, opened an OnlyFans account in response to an Internet troll during her campaign for a seat in the United States House of Representatives?
Death of Patrick Cronin 2023-03-14 12,837 1,069.8 ... that Pat Cronin, a 19-year-old man, died after he was struck just once on his head during a pub fight?
Murders of Annette Cooper and Todd Schultz 2023-03-29 22,408 1,047.5 ... that Dale Johnston was sentenced to death for murdering and dismembering his stepdaughter and her fiance in 1982, and 30 years after the murders declared innocent?
Grip (raven) 2023-03-14 12,512 1,042.7 ... that Charles Dickens's talking raven Grip (pictured) inspired the poem "The Raven"?
Manhattan House 2023-03-20 12,149 1,012.4 ... that a condominium conversion of Manhattan House (pictured) cost US$1.1 billion and took ten years?
Battle of Bronkhorstspruit 2023-03-23 11,566 963.8 ... that within 15 minutes of the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit, all the British officers in the battle were either killed or seriously wounded?
Palmwood shipwreck 2023-03-25 11,486 957.2 ... that two dresses (one pictured) recovered from a 17th-century shipwreck may be the only such items in existence?
Tolkien's sentience dilemma
 2023-03-22 11,314 942.8 ... that
Tolkien was not sure if Orcs were made of slime or were corrupted Elves
?
Johnny Weir 2023-03-23 11,054 921.2 ... that in 2006, U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir (pictured) became the first male skater to win the U.S. Nationals three times in a row since Brian Boitano in the late 1980s?
Mohamed El-Amin Ahmed El-Tom 2023-03-15 11,033 919.4 ... that Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam was at the centre of controversy in Sudan?
Générosité d'Alexandre
 2023-03-03 21,484 895.1 ... that
Generosity of Alexander (pictured) is a painting that shows Alexander the Great
giving his concubine to a painter as a gift?
Killing of Nathan Heidelberg 2023-03-19 10,420 868.3 ... that a Texas man who, on his front porch, fatally shot a police officer, was acquitted of murder?
Bonnie J. Dunbar 2023-03-18 10,394 866.1 ... that NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar (pictured) flew on five space missions and has spent more than 50 days in space?
Lisette Olivera 2023-03-08 20,536 855.6 ... that National Treasure: Edge of History lead Lisette Olivera (pictured) was dissuaded from an acting career as a child but studied dance, vocals and music?
Frances Cleveland 2023-03-26 10,018 834.9 ... that Frances Cleveland (pictured) was the first United States first lady to have dedicated journalists write about her activities?
Otto Hantke 2023-03-14 9,640 803.4 ... that Nazi concentration camp commandant Otto Hantke was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1974 at the age of 67 for his acts during the Holocaust?
Deaths of Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier 2023-03-10 9,430 785.8 ... that police doubt that Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier died shortly after a car accident, even though their bodies were found near the scene three months later?
Edward Dando 2023-03-16 9,294 774.5 ... that Edward Dando once ate 300 oysters with a loaf and a half of bread and butter in one sitting?
Stonewall Jackson's arm 2023-03-17 9,217 768.1 ... that attempts to locate Stonewall Jackson's arm with a metal detector failed?
Penrhyn Castle 2023-03-17 8,976 748.0 ... that the country house Penrhyn Castle (interior pictured) is a mock castle?
Australian meat substitution scandal 2023-03-15 8,958 746.5 ... that Nixon's "Slaughtergate" scandal involved selling kangaroo meat as beef?
Kong Dongmei 2023-03-29 15,796 738.4 ... that Kong Dongmei, the granddaughter of Mao Zedong, and her husband have an estimated net worth of 5 billion yuan (US$815 million)?
The Kinks' 1965 US tour 2023-03-19 8,808 734.0 ... that due to events during the Kinks' 1965 U.S. tour, the American Federation of Musicians blocked the band from performing in the U.S. for the next four years?
Feed a cold, starve a fever 2023-03-02 17,576 732.3 ... that the old adage "feed a cold, starve a fever" was first published in a 1574 dictionary?
Killing of Richard Ward 2023-03-30 17,310 721.2 ... that following the killing of Richard Ward by a Colorado sheriff's deputy, the deputy received an award for the injuries that he allegedly sustained during the incident?
Piri 2023-03-26 8,494 707.8 ... that the "updown" singer piri funded her music career by setting up an OnlyFans account?
Otto prints 2023-03-13 8,446 703.8 ... that three of the 16th-century Florentine Otto prints show young males tied to a tree and abused by women?
Ashley Leechin 2023-03-16 8,410 700.8 ... that Taylor Swift-lookalike Ashley Leechin went viral for doing laundry?
Saint John's Island 2023-03-16 8,365 697.1 ... that Saint John's Island was the site of one of the British Empire's largest quarantine centres (pictured) and held one of the first experimental drug rehabilitation centres?
Clement Ligoure 2023-03-16 8,260 688.4 ... that Clement Ligoure (pictured) treated hundreds of blast victims at his home clinic following the Halifax Explosion in 1917?
Beaver drop 2023-03-12 8,205 683.8 ... that 76 beavers parachuted into Central Idaho in 1948?
Nothing, Forever 2023-03-02 16,340[a] 680.8 ... that Nothing, Forever is completely procedurally generated?
Volin 2023-03-02 16,260 677.5 ... that the
Jewish anarchist Volin refused to flee Nazi-occupied France as he believed that a revolution would follow the liberation of France
?
1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 2023-03-26 8,108 675.7 ... that the 1st Armoured Division of the British Army chose a white rhinoceros on a black oval as their insignia (pictured)?
Bathing Ghat, Bulandshahr 2023-03-17 7,923 660.2 ... that 19th-century construction of the bathing ghat (pictured) at Bulandshahr was delayed because an executive engineer deemed it an "eye-sore"?
Mike Tyson's tattoos 2023-03-18 7,833 652.8 ... that in a lawsuit over Mike Tyson's face tattoo, a judge found it "just silly" to say that tattoos cannot be copyrighted, but refused to delay The Hangover Part II?
Stowe Gardens 2023-03-10 7,810 650.8 ... that the only woman to feature in the Temple of British Worthies (pictured) at Stowe Gardens is Elizabeth I?
Trams in Olsztyn 2023-03-09 15,304 637.6 ... that tram service in Olsztyn (pictured) restarted after no trams had operated in the city for more than fifty years?
Cherry Valentine 2023-03-10 7,598 633.1 ... that Cherry Valentine hid his Romani heritage because he feared he might receive "hate or backlash"?
Bapaume town hall explosion 2023-03-25 7,562 630.2 ... that two members of the French parliament were killed when a delayed-action German bomb exploded in the town hall at Bapaume on 25 March 1917 (aftermath pictured)?
Nagaoka Nobuko 2023-03-16 7,530 627.5 ... that Japanese pianist Nagaoka Nobuko, a child prodigy called an "absolute genius", was killed in the final American firebombing of Tokyo?
Kat (Gravity Rush) 2023-03-22 7,483 623.6 ... that writer Naoko Sato was initially worried that the character Kat would come off as "too Japanese" for overseas audiences?
Belat temple 2023-03-12 7,410 617.5 ... that an unidentified ancient temple may be the finest example of a "high place" in the Galilee?
Military rations 2023-03-31 14,660 610.8 ... that not all military rations are food?
Lynching of Allen Brooks 2023-03-30 14,586 607.7 ... that the site of the 1910 lynching of Allen Brooks was unmarked for 111 years?
Parkville, Colorado
 2023-03-23 7,170 597.5 ... that
Parkville lost out on becoming the Colorado Territory's capital by eleven votes and is now a ghost town
largely buried under mining waste?
Bronisław Malinowski 2023-03-13 7,168[b] 597.3 ... that the discovery of anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski's diary after his death sparked what was called "a moral crisis of the discipline"?
The Embrace 2023-03-16 6,983 581.9 ... that The Embrace, a monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was deemed phallic?
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer 2023-03-30 13,954[c] 581.4 ... that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are hardened against electromagnetic pulses?
The Raising of Lazarus (Lievens) 2023-03-06 13,767 573.6 ... that Rembrandt liked the Jan Lievens painting The Raising of Lazarus (pictured) so much that he acquired it for himself?
Lupe Serrano 2023-03-04 13,594 566.4 ... that during the first tour to the Soviet Union by any American ballet company, Lupe Serrano (pictured) danced the first encore in the American Ballet Theatre's history?
Stanhope Demonstrator 2023-03-26 6,789 565.8 ... that the Stanhope Demonstrator was the first machine to solve problems in logic?
The Backrooms 2023-03-04 13,275[d] 553.1 ... that the Backrooms is associated with an Internet aesthetic which includes images of eerie and uninhabited spaces?
Hard Rock (exercise) 2023-03-27 13,224 551.0 ... that in 1982 the British civil defence exercise Hard Rock was cancelled when twenty local authorities refused to participate?
Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life 2023-03-18 6,550 545.8 ... that Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life (pictured) includes a skull with missing teeth as a reminder of human mortality?
Khirbet Kurkush 2023-03-12 6,507 542.2 ... that archeologists disagree about whether the ancient necropolis discovered in Khirbet Kurkush (tomb pictured) was used by Jews, Samaritans or pagans?
Thomas Highgate 2023-03-24 6,453 537.8 ... that Thomas Highgate was the first British soldier on the Western Front to be executed for desertion during the First World War?
Sofie Dossi 2023-03-18 6,402 533.5 ... that people sometimes wonder whether the contortionist Sofie Dossi has a spine?
Rancho Obi-Wan 2023-03-20 6,371 530.9 ... that Rancho Obi-Wan contains more than 500,000 Star Wars collectibles?
Chauncey Yellow Robe 2023-03-02 12,714 529.8 ... that in 1927, Native American activist Chauncey Yellow Robe (pictured) and the Lakota Sioux tribe "adopted" President Calvin Coolidge to thank him for supporting the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act?
Formed Police Unit 2023-03-11 6,343 528.6 ... that Formed Police Units (example pictured) may be used by international organizations like the United Nations, European Union, and African Union when military intervention could be excessive?
David Rabkin 2023-03-13 6,316 526.3 ... that after anti-apartheid activist David Rabkin was sentenced to prison in South Africa, he gave the courtroom the clenched-fist black power salute?
Kloe (singer) 2023-03-01 12,213 508.9 ... that Kloe was a headliner at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in 2014, despite not being old enough to attend most shows there?
Kainé 2023-03-24 5,998 499.8 ... that Kainé from the video game series Nier was created in response to a female staff member's vague wish for a "male heroine"?
Battle of Winwick 2023-03-14 5,982 498.5 ... that after the Battle of Winwick in 1648 some Scottish prisoners were sold as slaves?
Educationally subnormal 2023-03-22 5,962 496.8 ... that girls at a school for children deemed "educationally subnormal" were given far less freedom than boys in order to prevent "sexual misbehaviour"?
Powis Castle 2023-03-24 5,952 496.0 ... that Elisabeth Whittle, a garden historian, considers the gardens at Powis Castle (pictured) to be the most important and magnificent in Wales?
Pete Sutherland 2023-03-23 5,939 494.9 ... that Vermont folk musician Pete Sutherland (pictured) hosted concerts at his house for $10—or $9 if you brought your own chair?
Williamsburg Bray School 2023-03-19 5,929 494.1 ... that the Williamsburg Bray School – the "oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children" – was moved a second time in February 2023 (pictured)?
Gangnam (Seoul)
 2023-03-19 5,925 493.8 ... that the rapid development of the region of
Park Chung-hee
?
Samuel Iling-Junior 2023-03-13 5,882 490.2 ... that footballer
Juventus within eight minutes of debuting in the UEFA Champions League
?
Battle of the Great Plains 2023-03-04 11,756 489.8 ... that at the battle of the Great Plains in 203 BC most of the Carthaginian army fled, except for 4,000 Iberians who fought to the death?
Micronation 2023-03-14 5,854 487.8 ... that micronations have claimed territory in Antarctica, in international waters, and in space?
Shooting of Jason Harley Kloepfer 2023-03-14 5,786 482.2 ... that according to media outlet WLOS, surveillance footage appears to contradict the initial police account of the shooting of Jason Harley Kloepfer at his home in Murphy, North Carolina?
Reclassification (education) 2023-03-20 5,762 480.2 ... that some families feel pressure to reclassify their child to compete with their peers who have repeated a grade?
Shirley Kurata 2023-03-10 5,688 474.0 ... that Shirley Kurata is said to have "subverted and reclaimed Asian-centric tropes" through her "outrageous" costume designs for movie villain Jobu Tupaki?
Baby! 1 2023-03-10 5,683 473.6 ... that the Baby! 1 microcomputer came shipped in an attaché briefcase?
Pinky & Pepper Forever 2023-03-23 5,675 472.9 ... that Pinky & Pepper Forever is a graphic novel that follows two anthropomorphic dog girlfriends through hell?
Barbizon 63 2023-03-16 5,604 467.0 ... that New York City's Barbizon Hotel hosted its first male guests on Valentine's Day in 1981 after operating as a women-only hotel for more than five decades?
Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study 2023-03-13 5,540 461.6 ... that alcohol manufacturers claimed the Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study violated their freedom of expression?
Duffield Memorial 2023-03-12 5,539 461.6 ... that the Duffield Memorial was termed "quite unique" in 1912, and "unusual" in 2022?
AMAN (naval exercise) 2023-03-28 11,065 460.9 ... that naval units from around 50 countries took part in the Pakistani naval exercise AMAN-23?
Hubert Conway Rees 2023-03-09 11,059 460.8 ... that shortly after his capture in 1918 British brigadier general
Wilhelm II
of Germany?
Charles Lappenbusch 2023-03-13 5,424 452.0 ... that lectures given by Charles Lappenbusch were described as "so complicated that those in attendance often didn't know whether to take notes or laugh"?
Daikoku Seamount 2023-03-06 10,765 448.5 ... that a pond of liquid sulfur was discovered at the summit crater of the Daikoku Seamount in 2006 in the Northern Mariana Islands?
Grafton Street 2023-03-24 5,360 446.7 ... that in 2008, Grafton Street had the fifth-highest property rental prices in the world for retailers?
Time viewer 2023-03-01 10,706 446.1 ... that science fiction authors who want to avoid the paradoxes associated with time travel may instead write about time viewers?
Walter White (Tennessee politician) 2023-03-24 5,316 443.0 ... that Walter White was a member of the prosecution for the Scopes trial in 1925 despite not passing the bar until 1944?
Polygonalization 2023-03-17 5,312 442.6 ... that a simple polygon through all the points of a three-by-three grid must pass straight through some of the points, rather than turning at each of them?
BowieNet 2023-03-15 5,248 437.4 ... that in 1998, David Bowie launched BowieNet, a pioneering internet service provider which offered exclusive access to audio recordings, music videos, an online chat, and a virtual world?
2023 Huwara rampage
 2023-03-19 5,190 432.5 ... that the
2023 Huwara rampage, a late-night spree of arson and vandalism by hundreds of Israeli settlers, was the worst flare-up of Israeli settler violence
in the northern West Bank in decades?
The Blacklist 2023-03-09 10,366[e] 431.9 ... that former CIA agent Bazzel Baz was hired to be a consultant for The Blacklist television series and instead became a cast member?
Group 5 element 2023-03-17 5,156 429.7 ... that all stable group 5 elements are silvery-blue refractory metals?
Basilica of Our Lady of Hungary 2023-03-23 5,140 428.3 ... that parts of the Basilica of Our Lady of Hungary were thought to be Gothic until wall probes showed otherwise?
Knowledge 2023-03-20 5,085[f] 423.8 ... that it is controversial whether knowledge is the same as justified true belief?
Buchanania cochinchinensis 2023-03-12 5,074 422.8 ... that the Buddha is said to have sat under a charoli tree (example pictured) at Bodh Gaya for seven days without eating, drinking, washing, excreting, or lying down?
Ben LaBolt 2023-03-11 5,074 422.8 ... that Ben LaBolt is the first openly gay White House communications director?
Henri Hekking 2023-03-26 5,070 422.5 ... that two American officers bribed Japanese troops with their watches to have Dutch medical officer Henri Hekking allocated to their prisoner of war camp?
Luna Park, Alexandria 2023-03-20 5,038 419.8 ... that when Luna Park opened in 1906, the first program included "comedy sheep"?
Cathedral of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, Suzhou 2023-03-02 9,995 416.5 ... that the Cathedral of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Suzhou is known for its "hybridity" of Chinese and Western architecture?
Paper House 2023-03-15 4,976 414.7 ... that the walls of the Paper House are made from newspaper?
Arun gas field 2023-03-14 4,962 413.5 ... that the human rights abuses committed by Indonesian soldiers at ExxonMobil's Arun gas field spawned a U.S. lawsuit against the company that has been stalled for 20 years?
Pinto Bean (squirrel) 2023-03-13 4,954 412.9 ... that the jumbotron at a 2022 Illinois football game displayed a tribute to the piebald squirrel Pinto Bean?
J. Nash McCrea 2023-03-18 4,879 406.6 ... that 17-year-old cyclist J. Nash McCrea, nicknamed "Crash", caused a major crash at the 1904 Olympics?
Cyrtodactylus santana 2023-03-22 4,742 395.2 ... that when unable to catch Cyrtodactylus santana (holotype pictured) during the day, surveyors returned to its caves under the cover of darkness?
The Care and Keeping of You 2023-03-21 4,735 394.6 ... that the doll company American Girl published The Care and Keeping of You, a book explaining puberty, after receiving thousands of letters from children asking about it?
Unitized Group Ration 2023-03-26 4,692 391.0 ... that the Unitized Group Ration – Express is designed to heat food itself without the need of a field kitchen?
Hugo Krabbe 2023-03-28 9,311 387.8 ... that Hugo Krabbe stirred up much controversy in the interwar period by arguing that the law, not the state, is the true sovereign?
Niwar (cotton tape) 2023-03-23 4,640 386.7 ... that niwar, a material used for weaving cots, was once produced in Indian jails?
It's So Amazing
 2023-03-22 4,600 383.3 ... that
It's So Amazing won an award from the American Library Association
before entering the organization's list of the most banned books of the decade?
Charles Norris-Newman 2023-03-01 9,144 381.0 ... that Charles Norris-Newman was a war correspondent, a corrupt British colonial official and a Russian intelligence officer?
Woman to Woman (campaign) 2023-03-21 4,564 380.4 ... that the 2015 campaign Woman to Woman included a "Pink Bus" that was mocked by critics as sexist and patronising?
Amos (guitar) 2023-03-13 4,518 376.5 ... that a rare 1958 Gibson Flying V guitar named Amos appeared in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap?
Rose Freistater 2023-03-04 9,034 376.4 ... that the New York City Board of Education said Rose Freistater weighed too much to be a teacher?
Spelling on the Stone 2023-03-22 4,424 368.7 ... that "Spelling on the Stone", released in 1988 by an uncredited vocalist purporting to be Elvis Presley, inspired a number of Elvis sightings eleven years after his death?
Empath 2023-03-07 8,810 367.1 ... that mirror neurons may explain the phenomenon of empaths?
Scaramouche (Milhaud) 2023-03-28 8,692 362.0 ... that a 1943 performance of Darius Milhaud's Scaramouche used anagrams to disguise the suite and its composer from Nazi censors?
Poison Ivy: Thorns 2023-03-08 8,670 361.2 ... that the writer of Poison Ivy: Thorns felt the titular DC Comics character was "tailor made for [her] interests as a nature-loving, gay makeup enthusiast"?
2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce 2023-03-16 4,306 358.8 ... that the government of El Salvador, the Catholic Church, and street gangs negotiated a truce to reduce homicides from 2012 to 2014?
Dear White Staffers 2023-03-14 4,258 354.9 ... that two years after Instagram's Dear White Staffers started out as a small meme account, it was credited with kickstarting the unionization of U.S. congressional staff?
Russell Court 2023-03-24 4,254 354.5 ... that Russell Court in Bloomsbury, London, has more than 500 "bachelor flats"?
Evans Bay Patent Slip 2023-03-06 8,464 352.6 ... that the Evans Bay Patent Slip was built in 1871 using hundreds of tons of machinery that had sat on a beach for five years?
Fabienne Kabou 2023-03-31 3,933 163.9 ... that in the 2022 film Saint Omer, Guslagie Malanda plays a character based on convicted murderer Fabienne Kabou, while Kayije Kagame plays a stand-in for director Alice Diop?
Guslagie Malanda 1,592 66.3
Alice Diop 1,590 66.3
Kayije Kagame 1,336 55.7
Total 8,451 352.1
Acorn System BASIC 2023-03-24 4,224 352.0 ... that the programming language Acorn System BASIC was so non-standard that one commenter suggested that using it on the BBC Micro would be a disaster?
Jane Severance 2023-03-28 8,425 350.9 ... that all three of Jane Severance's books for young readers include lesbian characters, including her first book, which was the first picture book to include such characters?
Foreign trade of medieval Novgorod 2023-03-15 4,142 345.2 ... that traders from Novgorod supplied medieval western Europe with fashionable furs?
Roman Catholic Diocese of Suzhou 2023-03-15 4,111 342.6 ... that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suzhou has both the tallest Catholic church building in China and the first ever Chinese bishop to meet the pope?
An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital 2023-03-26 4,043 336.9 ... that An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital was considered unusual for introducing the three volumes of Karl Marx's Capital?
Fortress of the Bear 2023-03-09 8,084 336.9 ... that Fortress of the Bear's founder raised pigs to prove he could take care of bears?
MAD-1 2023-03-10 4,001 333.4 ... that Mad Computers' MAD-1 ran Mad MS-DOS?
Woking 2023-03-18 3,998 333.1 ... that H. G. Wells wrote the majority of The War of the Worlds while living in Woking, and much of the novel is set in the local area?
Rudaki 2023-03-27 7,992 333.0 ... that Rudaki (portrait pictured) is acknowledged as the founder of New Persian poetry in Iran and the father of Tajik literature in Tajikistan?
John McClaughry 2023-03-06 7,954 331.4 ... that before John McClaughry was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, he traveled about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) in boxcars as a hobo?
Left Behind (The Last of Us) 2023-03-27 7,943 331.0 ... that a same-sex kiss scene in the seventh episode of The Last of Us was censored in some regions?
WYBU-CD 2023-03-01 7,877 328.2 ... that a media columnist in Columbus, Georgia, opined: "If TV-16 was a horse, it would have been shot long ago"?
No, Ma'am, That's Not History 2023-03-24 3,922 326.8 ... that No, Ma'am, That's Not History, Hugh Nibley's rebuttal to Fawn Brodie's divisive biography of Joseph Smith, started a trend of polemics in Mormon apologetics?
Mount Bibele 2023-03-31 7,818 325.8 ... that the site of Mount Bibele is home to a necropolis with 171 tombs?
Krejčíková–Siniaková doubles team 2023-03-15 3,904 325.3 ... that at the Grand Slams in tennis, Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková (pictured) are on a 24-match winning streak?
Private Peaceful 2023-03-18 3,834 319.5 ... that the name of the book Private Peaceful came from a misspelled gravestone?
Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line) 2023-03-27 7,658 319.1 ... that despite having been enlarged for the 1939 New York World's Fair, the Willets Point Boulevard station served practically no resident population by 1949?
Cora Slocomb di Brazza 2023-03-22 2,412 201.0 ... that Cora Slocomb di Brazza designed the peace flag adopted by the International Council of Women, and her mother Abby Day Slocomb designed the Connecticut state flag?
Abby Day Slocomb 1,334 111.2
Total 3,746 312.2
Polyptych of Saint Barbara
 2023-03-21 3,736 311.4 ... that Saint Barbara (pictured) in
Polyptych of Saint Barbara
has been said to express the noble serenity of a saint who is still a woman?
SailRail 2023-03-14 3,685 307.1 ... that a SailRail ticket allows travel from any station in Britain to any station in Ireland?
CompuSource 2023-03-15 3,676 306.4 ... that after their Apple II clone was seized by U.S. Customs, CompuSource released a portable Apple II clone that was also IBM PC compatible?
Jikandia: The Timeless Land 2023-03-23 3,662 305.2 ... that the developers of Jikandia: The Timeless Land wanted to make a game that could be finished in the time of a normal Japanese train commute?
Hôtel Albert Ciamberlani 2023-03-05 7,304 304.3 ... that the façade of Hôtel Albert Ciamberlani (pictured) has been described as one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau façades in Belgium?
Capture of Lemnos 2023-03-09 7,290 303.8 ... that during the First Balkan War, the capture of Lemnos by the Greek navy enabled it to blockade the Dardanelles?
Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah 2023-03-01 7,194 299.7 ... that the Fatimid boy caliph al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah was raised to the throne by the vizier, who had killed his father and uncles?
Glimmer (She-Ra) 2023-03-06 7,135 297.3 ... that the rebooted design of Glimmer from She-Ra was partly inspired by the showrunner's love of Dungeons & Dragons?
Admiral's Walk 2023-03-25 3,533 294.4 ... that an English country house was the location for the 1970s horror sexploitation films Virgin Witch, Satan's Slave and Terror?
Gimix 2023-03-19 3,522 293.5 ... that Gimix acknowledged in 1980 that its computer for home automation was like a "Hollywood-type toy"?
Pania Newton 2023-03-08 7,006 291.9 ... that New Zealand activist Pania Newton gave up a legal career to become an activist and spokesperson for the preservation of her ancestral lands at Ihumātao?
Lucy Adlington 2023-03-27 6,957 289.9 ... that after publishing a fictional account of women who survived a Nazi concentration camp by sewing dresses, Lucy Adlington was contacted by descendants of actual dressmakers?
The Pale Beyond 2023-03-15 3,478 289.8 ... that the developers of The Pale Beyond were inspired by stories from historical Antarctic and Arctic expeditions?
Revolutionary Girl Utena 2023-03-20 3,470 289.2 ... that director Kunihiko Ikuhara created the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena after becoming frustrated by his lack of creative control as a director of the anime series Sailor Moon?
GracePointe Church 2023-03-15 3,436 286.4 ... that in 2015, GracePointe Church, Nashville, Tennessee, became one of the first evangelical megachurches to openly support full equality for LGBTQ people?
Baltasar Calvo 2023-03-14 3,432 286.0 ... that the Spanish priest Baltasar Calvo was denounced as a "Valencian Robespierre" for leading an 1808 massacre of French residents in Valencia?
Joey Marciano 2023-03-20 3,408 284.0 ... that baseball player Joey Marciano is a cousin of world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano?
Clock Tower of Haridwar 2023-03-29 6,024 281.6 ... that the Clock Tower of Haridwar (pictured) in India provides a good location from which to watch the evening prayers at Har Ki Pauri?
Satoko Kishimoto 2023-03-20 3,377 281.4 ... that Satoko Kishimoto is the first elected female mayor of Suginami, Tokyo?
Alan and Naomi (novel) 2023-03-11 3,361 280.1 ... that the novel Alan and Naomi has been called "one of the starkest representations of trauma and traumatic loss"?
J. H. Hobart Ward 2023-03-04 6,690 278.8 ... that former Union brigadier general J. H. Hobart Ward was struck and killed by a train while on vacation?
Workers' Communist League of New Zealand[g] 2023-03-23 2,567 278.2 ... that in 1981, New Zealand prime minister Robert Muldoon controversially published a list of "subversives", including many members of the Workers' Communist League?
A Tribute for the Negro 2023-03-25 3,334 277.9 ... that in his review of A Tribute for the Negro by Wilson Armistead, Frederick Douglass criticised how it included an image of him that was edited to give him a smile?
Let's Dance (David Bowie song) 2023-03-06 6,668 277.8 ... that David Bowie's song "Let's Dance" began as a folk song?
Battle of Cirta 2023-03-28 6,640 276.6 ... that when the Numidian king Syphax attempted to rally his fleeing army at the Battle of Cirta he was thrown from his horse and captured?
Team Jorge 2023-03-24 3,308 275.6 ... that the investigation of Team Jorge, an Israeli disinformation outfit, led to the suspension of a prominent French news anchor?
East Timor 2023-03-03 6,528[h] 272.0 ... that East Timor uses the United States dollar, but produces its own coins to facilitate smaller transactions?
Bulandshahr: Or, Sketches of an Indian District 2023-03-28 6,454 268.8 ... that Frederic Growse's book Bulandshahr: Or, Sketches of an Indian District annoyed the British Indian government so much that they allowed only one edition?
Aly Tewfik Shousha 2023-03-17 3,220 268.3 ... that Aly Tewfik Shousha, a founding member of the World Health Organization, died while attending the WHO executive meeting in Geneva?
Hixxy 2023-03-25 3,212 267.7 ... that Hixxy and Sharkey created a schism in the UK rave music scene in 1995?
Clothing physiology 2023-03-18 3,204 267.0 ... that clothing physiology is the study of how clothing interacts with the human body and the environment?
Jailangkung 2023-03-09 6,384 266.0 ... that the folk ritual jailangkung originates from the Chinese practice of spirit basket divination and has been featured in Indonesian horror films?
Open Arms (SZA song) 2023-03-29 5,684 265.7 ... that a woman who died from Alzheimer's was memorialized by her granddaughter through posthumous vocals in a song?
St Mary's Church, Mablethorpe 2023-03-16 3,188 265.6 ... that the 14th-century St Mary's Church, Mablethorpe, in Lincolnshire, England, is constructed of material classified as random mixed rubble, red brick and slate?
Kader Nouni 2023-03-06 6,332 263.9 ... that the "Barry White of tennis" is a French chair umpire?
Mark Robinson (martial artist) 2023-03-03 6,260 260.8 ... that Mark Robinson was a world champion in submission wrestling, sumo and powerlifting?
Pronto Computers 2023-03-12 3,128 260.7 ... that Pronto Computers' System 16 was one of the first computers in the tower form factor?
Crimean Mountain karst 2023-03-04 6,206 258.6 ... that the Crimean Mountain karst nature reserve in Ukraine has more than 1,000 natural karst cavities?
Fishing in Turkey 2023-03-29 5,510 257.6 ... that there is ice fishing in Turkey?
Shiroi Heya no Futari 2023-03-08 6,160 256.7 ... that Shiroi Heya no Futari is regarded as the first work of yuri, a genre of manga and other media focused on female-female romance, despite not being the first manga to depict romance between women?
Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings 2023-03-13 3,070 255.8 ... that Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to people with disabilities by the Queen, but received her award from the King?
Mira Nadon 2023-03-18 3,068 255.7 ... that when the 18-year-old New York City Ballet dancer Mira Nadon performed her first major role, The New York Times called her performance a promise to the future?
Ilford Park Polish Home 2023-03-13 3,034 252.8 ... that the Ilford Park Polish Home in Stover, Devon, is the last surviving of 45 camps established from 1947 to cater for Polish veterans and their dependants in the UK?
Carlisle Turkish baths 2023-03-24 3,024 252.0 ... that in the 1960s one could have tea and toast served to your changing room at the Carlisle Turkish baths in England?
WDCW 2023-03-25 3,020 251.7 ... that Ron Brown, the United States secretary of commerce, leased equipment to a TV station in Washington, D.C., whose owner turned out to be his lover?
Gloria Cameron 2023-03-19 3,012 251.0 ... that Gloria Cameron was the first native Jamaican in the UK to appear on the British television programme This Is Your Life?
The Mercy Journals 2023-03-19 3,008 250.7 ... that the post-apocalyptic novel The Mercy Journals was inspired by the Gombe Chimpanzee War, the Rwandan genocide, and the Bible?
Ludwig's subathon 2023-03-05 6,007 250.3 ... that Ludwig Ahgren showered on camera during his 31-day continuous livestream?
The Last of Us (franchise) 2023-03-12 2,994[i] 249.5 ... that the second game in the series The Last of Us was developed by more than 2,100 people across 14 studios?
Al-Battani 2023-03-16 2,978 248.2 ... that al-Battani was one of the first astronomers to observe that the distance between the Earth and the Sun varies during the year?
Yamaha Reface 2023-03-16 2,969 247.4 ... that a robotic controller for the Yamaha Reface CS was described by Mixmag magazine as looking "like an army of robot toothbrushes cleaning a synth"?
E. A. Underwood 2023-03-26 2,963 246.9 ... that on his death, medical historian Edgar Underwood was described by The Times as one of the last of a dying race, the "canny Scot"?
Igor Stravinsky 2023-03-21 2,954[j] 246.2 ... that composer Igor Stravinsky fled Russia after the October Revolution, but returned once in 1962 to conduct in Moscow and Leningrad, meeting Nikita Khrushchev during the visit?
New York City Center 2023-03-21 2,950 245.9 ... that a temple once housed the New York City Opera and New York City Ballet?
The Scout Mindset 2023-03-18 2,948 245.7 ... that The Scout Mindset, a book about being able to change one's mind, took five years to be published partly because author Julia Galef changed her mind about what to write?
Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin 2023-03-24 2,926 243.8 ... that Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin tried to pass a decree in 1994 that would have prohibited wearing hijab in Egyptian schools?
Judith Marquet-Krause 2023-03-17 2,926 243.8 ... that excavations led by archaeologist Judith Marquet-Krause disproved that the Book of Joshua was a factual account of the city of Ai?
Protomelission 2023-03-24 2,913 242.8 ... that some fossils thought to be ancient marine animals have been reinterpreted as seaweeds?
Nabataean Aramaic 2023-03-25 2,894 241.2 ... that the earliest Nabataean Aramaic inscriptions contain Arabic names and loanwords?
Victories Greater Than Death 2023-03-12 2,880 240.0 ... that Charlie Jane Anders wrote preferred pronouns into her science fiction novel Victories Greater Than Death because she thought that alien gender would be unclear to humans?
Dave Peterson (ice hockey) 2023-03-12 2,869 239.1 ... that a retired high school teacher coached the United States men's national ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics?
Harbor of Eutropius 2023-03-11 2,866 238.8 ... that Byzantine emperor Maurice was executed at the Harbor of Eutropius?
Kae Miller 2023-03-11 2,864 238.7 ... that the support of conservationist Kae Miller (pictured) for people recovering from mental illnesses resulted in the establishment of Te Rae Kaihau Park in Wellington, New Zealand?
Al-Adid 2023-03-14 2,858 238.1 ... that the last Fatimid caliph, al-Adid, came to the throne as a child, was dominated by his viziers, and died a few days after Saladin abolished the Fatimid regime?
Muhammad al-Jawad 2023-03-25 2,851 237.6 ... that Muhammad al-Jawad was the ninth of the Twelve Imams and, with his unexplained death at about twenty-five, the shortest-lived?
Boykinia richardsonii 2023-03-07 5,670 236.2 ... that the popularity of Boykinia richardsonii (example pictured) with grizzly bears in Denali National Park and Preserve has earned it the common name "bearflower"?
Mobius I 2023-03-19 2,834 236.2 ... that naming every character "Bob" was common in the play-by-mail game Mobius I?
Royal Palm State Park 2023-03-28 5,670 236.1 ... that women including May Mann Jennings (pictured) were responsible for creating Florida's first state park?
New York Yankees 2023-03-13 2,828[k] 235.6 ... that the New York Yankees were first named after a Scottish regiment?
The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York 2023-03-03 5,566 231.9 ... that in the 2000s, New York City's Benjamin Hotel offered a pillow menu and hired a sleep concierge?
Kaharuddin Datuk Rangkayo Basa 2023-03-03 5,529 230.4 ... that Kaharuddin Datuk Rangkayo Basa refused to be buried at a heroes' cemetery, and so was buried at a regular public cemetery upon his death?
Kilometer 101 2023-03-20 2,756 229.6 ... that the 2022 essay and short story collection
Russian invasion of Ukraine
?
A Space for the Unbound 2023-03-17 2,719 226.6 ... that the game director for A Space for the Unbound wanted to preserve his memories as an Indonesian through the game?
Fountain Fire 2023-03-10 2,700 225.0 ... that at the time, the Fountain Fire was the third-most destructive wildfire in California's recorded history?
C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) 2023-03-21 2,695 224.6 ... that the comet C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) was discovered by 19-year-old amateur astronomer Kaoru Ikeya using a self-made telescope?
Esmond Venner Keogh 2023-03-18 2,652 221.0 ... that Esmond Venner Keogh was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in World War I and later protested against the Vietnam War?
Hacı Abdullah Restaurant 2023-03-09 5,250 218.7 ... that dishes at the 1888-established Hacı Abdullah Restaurant in Istanbul are cooked in handcrafted copper pots?
Canyon View High School (Arizona) 2023-03-07 5,230 217.9 ... that the solar panels of Canyon View High School provide shade from the Arizona heat and provide 20 percent of the school's energy?
WMBF-TV 2023-03-20 2,600 216.6 ... that a South Carolina TV station went on the air 12 years after its owner said the odds of it existing were "fairly long"?
Storrie Fire 2023-03-13 2,594 216.2 ... that the
Feather Canyon
?
Lia Lewis 2023-03-13 2,590 215.9 ... that Lia Lewis became a freestyle football world champion three years after switching over from dance?
Frances Helen Prideaux 2023-03-22 2,589 215.8 ... that Frances Helen Prideaux's skill convinced Sir William Gull that women were intellectually capable of being doctors?
2019 renaming of South African National Defence Force reserve units 2023-03-22 2,584 215.3 ... that in 2019 the South African army's Natal Carbineers were renamed the Ingobamakhosi Carbineers, after a Zulu regiment that had fought against them at the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana?
County Road 186 (Delta County, Michigan) 2023-03-19 2,560 213.4 ... that due to a dispute over who owned a road in Delta County, Michigan, eight school children missed two weeks of school?
Florida Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission 2023-03-07 5,075 211.5 ... that the Florida Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission reviewed a case in which a deputy sent a woman a photograph of a cake with the words "Sorry I Tased You" in blue frosting?
Electron backscatter diffraction 2023-03-20 2,536 211.3 ... that electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is used to characterise polycrystalline materials at the micro and nano-scale (example pictured)?
Hammersmith (Holst) 2023-03-10 2,528 210.6 ... that Hammersmith by Gustav Holst was acclaimed by Frederick Fennell for having "some of the most treacherous stretches of music making" in band literature?
Logical Machine Corporation 2023-03-14 2,508 209.0 ... that Logical Machine Corporation product range of computers included the ADAM, the Mike, and the Tina?
Newark Liberty International Airport 2023-03-25 2,508[l] 209.0 ... that Newark Liberty International Airport was the first commercial airport in the United States with a paved airstrip?
Order of the Two Niles 2023-03-30 5,013 208.9 ... that while Egypt has the Order of the Nile, Sudan has the Order of the Two Niles, White and Blue?
Bit House Saloon 2023-03-16 2,503 208.6 ... that Bit House Saloon's menu featured Rocky Mountain oysters?
WCPN 2023-03-07 5,002 208.4 ... that an Ohio radio station's satellite dish was vandalized twice in 1991, believed by the station manager to be due to the outspoken conservative stances of one of the station's hosts?
WDJT-TV 2023-03-12 2,492 207.6 ... that a Milwaukee TV station lost a newsgathering vehicle when it fell through ice and into a lake – while reporting on ice safety?
Existential Physics 2023-03-18 2,488 207.3 ... that physicist Sabine Hossenfelder's book Existential Physics discusses whether free will, the multiverse, the existence of God, and the meaning of life are topics that science can answer?
Christine Joblin 2023-03-15 2,470 205.8 ... that French astrochemist Christine Joblin co-created a webcomic to popularize her research on the origins of cosmic dust?
Swivel weave 2023-03-17 2,465 205.4 ... that a swivel weaving technique was used by cloud brocade weavers in Ming-dynasty China?
Doman (Khoikhoi) 2023-03-03 4,912 204.6 ... that after leading the Khoikhoi in war against the Dutch at the Cape of Good Hope, Doman returned to Dutch service as an interpreter?
Common prosperity 2023-03-23 2,455 204.6 ... that Chinese leader Xi Jinping called common prosperity an essential requirement of socialism but also said that it does not represent uniform egalitarianism?
St. Francis Hospice, Hawaii 2023-03-12 1,349 112.4 ... that Sister Maureen Keleher said that the first freestanding hospice in Hawaii was like an answer to prayer?
Maureen Keleher 1,094 91.2
Total 2,444 203.6
Frelinghuysen University 2023-03-01 4,845 201.9 ... that of more than 300 schools offering evening classes in the District of Columbia in 1907, only Frelinghuysen University admitted Black students?
Uche Eke 2023-03-07 4,842 201.8 ... that in 2021, Uche Eke became the first gymnast to represent Nigeria at the Olympics?
John Cecil Russell 2023-03-21 2,416 201.4 ... that despite being accused of cowardice at the 28 March 1879 Battle of Hlobane, John Cecil Russell rose to become a major-general?
Hurricane Henri 2023-03-12 2,406 200.5 ... that Hurricane Henri, a minimal category 1 hurricane, set a rainfall record in New York City's Central Park?
Gloria Orwoba 2023-03-04 4,788 199.5 ... that Gloria Orwoba raised awareness about period poverty by appearing in the Senate of Kenya in apparently blood-stained trousers?
Light the Beam 2023-03-11 2,392[m] 199.4 ... that after each win, the Sacramento Kings light the beam?
Dokdo Is Our Land 2023-03-19 2,360 196.6 ... that the melody of "Dokdo Is Our Land" is commonly used by South Korean students as a study tool?
Shenton Way MRT station 2023-03-04 4,686 195.2 ... that artwork at Shenton Way MRT station depicts everyday people running after an old banknote?
Newent Onion Fayre 2023-03-17 2,336 194.6 ... that the Newent Onion Fayre included a raw-onion-eating competition?
Frank Gadsby 2023-03-18 2,320 193.3 ... that Frank Gadsby, nicknamed "Peggy", was a one-legged British stunt diver during the early 20th century?
Jewish quarter (Barcelona) 2023-03-21 2,318 193.2 ... that the Ancient Synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Barcelona is one of the oldest synagogues in Europe?
Harry Bolick 2023-03-26 2,314 192.8 ... that American football fullback Harry Bolick was described as being a more effective blocker than an iron fence?
Teresa Mañé 2023-03-03 4,625 192.7 ... that the first secular school in Catalonia was founded by the anarcha-feminist Teresa Mañé?
Caffoy 2023-03-10 2,268 189.0 ... that caffoy was a fabric similar to cut silk velvet, made from wool and often used for decorations such as hangings and draperies?
First Telephone Exchange 2023-03-25 2,218 184.8 ... that New Haven, Connecticut, was home to the world's first commercial telephone exchange?
Muchlis Ibrahim 2023-03-05 2,831 118.0 ... that Muchlis Ibrahim opted to resign as Governor of West Sumatra when Zainal Bakar, instead of his choice, was appointed to be his deputy?
Zainal Bakar 1,604 66.8
Total 4,435 184.8
Balladen om killen 2023-03-12 2,212 184.4 ... that the song "Balladen om killen" was unusually released on two record labels, CBS Records International and Mercury Records, around the same time?
Lollipop Power 2023-03-23 2,204 183.6 ... that before getting their own office space, independent children's publisher Lollipop Power stored books "under beds, in attics, [and] under ping-pong tables"?
Roman Mejia 2023-03-20 2,194 182.9 ... that at 23, Roman Mejia reached the rank of principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, where his father had also danced?
Sabine Marcelis 2023-03-15 2,181 181.8 ... that Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis was a semi-professional snowboarder in New Zealand before she decided to pursue a career in the arts?
Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company 2023-03-01 4,348 181.2 ... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?
Kasman Singodimedjo 2023-03-29 3,858 180.4 ... that in 1945, Kasman Singodimedjo lobbied other Islamist leaders not to implement sharia law in Indonesia?
Jenin refugee camp 2023-03-03 4,318 179.9 ... that of thirty-five Palestinians killed in the West Bank in January 2023 by Israeli forces and settlers, twenty were from the Jenin refugee camp?
C. A. Clingenpeel 2023-03-12 2,146 178.8 ... that upon being named the head football coach at Central College, C. A. Clingenpeel declared that "we will win one game this year" – and was correct?
Queenie Pie 2023-03-17 2,134 177.8 ... that jazz composer Duke Ellington worked on his only opera, Queenie Pie, from the 1930s until his death in 1974 without finishing it?
West Auckland, New Zealand 2023-03-16 2,120 176.7 ... that West Auckland is home to the largest stratovolcano in the geologic history of New Zealand?
Infest the Rats' Nest 2023-03-14 2,120 176.7 ... that King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's "cli-fi" thrash metal album addresses a mix of current ecological threats and attempts to find another planet to live on?
Kenny Williams (basketball, born 1972) 2023-03-21 2,118 176.5 ... that Kenny Williams set a Polish Basketball League record with 14 three-point shots in a game?
Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin 2023-03-14 2,054 171.2 ... that the
a repeat election
?
Dan McCrum 2023-03-19 2,038 169.8 ... that when investigative journalist Dan McCrum published his findings of the Wirecard scandal, German authorities investigated him instead of the company?
Cancer Diagnostic Probe 2023-03-08 4,049 168.7 ... that a locally developed diagnostic probe is used for breast cancer surgeries in Iran?
Cara De Silva 2023-03-15 2,004 167.0 ... that Cara De Silva described a cookbook compiled by a woman in Terezin concentration camp as a record of "psychological resistance”?
WNTA (1150 AM) 2023-03-05 4,007 167.0 ... that even though an FCC examiner recommended denial of an application for a radio station in Illinois after approving it twice, the commission granted it anyway?
Ralph E. Brock 2023-03-25 2,000 166.7 ... that Ralph E. Brock was the first academically trained African-American forester in the United States?
Luci van Org 2023-03-06 3,998 166.6 ... that the singer Luci van Org followed up her mainstream success from the 1990s by starting a "Latin–disco–pop–country crossover" band?
Bayfront MRT station 2023-03-26 1,975 164.6 ... that Bayfront MRT station in Singapore has public art that features ships powered by whales and dragons, hand-drawn by children?
Yinka Ilori 2023-03-16 1,937 161.4 ... that the artist and designer Yinka Ilori once made a collection of chairs that were inspired by a Nigerian parable about a giraffe?
Panagiotis Kavvadias 2023-03-25 1,932 161.0 ... that Panagiotis Kavvadias boasted that he had excavated the Acropolis of Athens so thoroughly that "not the slightest quantity of soil ... [had] not been investigated"?
Helene Scheu-Riesz 2023-03-20 1,929 160.8 ... that Helene Scheu-Riesz created the first German translation of Alice Through the Looking-Glass but struggled with Lewis Carroll's made-up words?
Bertha McNeill 2023-03-26 1,925 160.4 ... that Bertha McNeill challenged policies of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom that excluded Black women from full membership in the organization?
Robin Greenwood 2023-03-10 1,914 159.5 ... that economist Robin Greenwood's work has been used to suggest the bubble nature of Bitcoin and Tesla, Inc. valuations?
WVUP-CD 2023-03-02 3,804 158.5 ... that Comcast removed a Florida TV station from its lineup for allegedly broadcasting home shopping in prime time instead of its normal UPN programming?
Panagiotis Stamatakis 2023-03-14 1,901 158.4 ... that Panagiotis Stamatakis and Heinrich Schliemann quarrelled so much during their excavations at Mycenae that they spoke only through intermediaries?
Liberian National Transitional Government
 2023-03-18 1,887 157.2 ... that through their participation in the
Liberian National Transitional Government
, warlords could gain access to state resources whilst continuing hostilities between each other?
Ron Labinski 2023-03-27 3,758 156.6 ... that Ron Labinski has been described as the world's first sports-venue architect?
Larry Kennedy (baseball) 2023-03-15 1,868 155.7 ... that Larry Kennedy played professional baseball while serving as his town's mayor?
Danielle Marcano 2023-03-21 1,811 150.9 ... that soccer player Danielle Marcano scored four goals in back-to-back games that helped to send the University of Tennessee to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals for the first time in history?
Dean Huijsen 2023-03-07 3,620 150.8 ... that
Juventus's under-17 squad to playing for their professional reserve team
in just half a year?
Capex Corporation 2023-03-31 3,596 149.9 ... that the Optimizer by Capex Corporation brought memory and runtime savings to COBOL programs running on IBM mainframes?
O Emmanuel (album) 2023-03-30 1,924 80.2 ... that J.J. Wright fused Gregorian chant with jazz in his advent album O Emmanuel?
J.J. Wright (composer) 1,658 69.1
Total 3,582 149.3
When We Are in Need 2023-03-22 1,764[n] 147.0 ... that Bella Ramsey struggled to hold a real rifle while filming the eighth episode of The Last of Us?
Hodges Figgis 2023-03-26 1,754 146.2 ... that Hodges Figgis, a bookseller in Dublin, celebrated its 250th year with the largest ever anthology of new Irish writing, with 250 contributors?
Yogie Suardi Memet 2023-03-26 1,748 145.7 ... that in 1993,
Indonesia's home affairs minister Yogie Suardi Memet used thugs to disrupt the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party
's national congress?
Mycobacterium 2023-03-17 1,737 144.8 ... that Mycobacterium bacterial species constantly remodel their cell wall layers to survive in stressful environments and avoid their host's immune defenses?
WTCE-TV 2023-03-21 1,728 144.0 ... that a Florida TV station claimed freeze damage to its transmitter as the reason it had to delay its first broadcast?
Division station (CTA Logan Square branch) 2023-03-13 1,722 143.5 ... that a bill poster for the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad ended up robbing the Railroad's own Division station?
Ruth Scott Miller 2023-03-31 3,432 143.0 ... that Ruth Scott Miller, the first female music critic for the Chicago Tribune, said she was hired to "write for the masses and not for 'four or five thousand freak music lovers'"?
WRIE 2023-03-23 1,702 141.8 ... that the owner of a Pennsylvania radio station compared his job to that of Lee Iacocca at Chrysler?
Solo (concert residency) 2023-03-24 1,700 141.7 ... that some song choices by Regine Velasquez (pictured) in her concert series Solo were viral hits from TikTok?
Look for the Light 2023-03-21 1,700[o] 141.6 ... that the season finale of The Last of Us used real giraffes?
Uthmaniyya 2023-03-10 1,684 140.3 ... that the Uthmaniyya, the partisans of Uthman, the third Muslim caliph, killed his assassin Kinana ibn Bishr in the First Muslim Civil War?
Philippine nationality law 2023-03-17 1,684 140.3 ... that foreign nationals wishing to gain Philippine citizenship need to demonstrate proficiency in English or Spanish as well as a Philippine language?
Lake Street station (Arlington, Massachusetts) 2023-03-11 1,680 140.0 ... that Lake Street station was originally on Pond Street?
Alex Mivedor 2023-03-20 1,666 138.8 ... that Alex Mivedor, who had been seen as the number two in the ruling RPT party in Togo, was purged from the party leadership in 1983?
Caulfield railway station 2023-03-10 1,656 138.0 ... that Caulfield railway station had a ticket office for the adjacent racecourse and a platform for delivering horses to it?
Bill Hansell 2023-03-17 1,646 137.2 ... that it has been a goal of Oregon state senator Bill Hansell to get the potato officially designated as the state vegetable?
David DeJulius 2023-03-23 1,636 136.3 ... that in 2022 David DeJulius pledged to donate his student athlete compensation from jersey proceeds to provide books to inner city youth?
Justin Schultz 2023-03-22 1,624 135.4 ... that Justin Schultz was personally recruited by Hockey Hall of Famers Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey to join the Edmonton Oilers in 2012?
United Ukrainian Ballet Company 2023-03-11 1,615 134.6 ... that the United Ukrainian Ballet Company, consisting of exiled dancers based in The Hague, has toured the UK, Singapore, Australia and the US?
Michael Stuart (physician) 2023-03-19 1,608 134.0 ... that Michael Stuart raised three sons to play in the National Hockey League, then established a sled hockey team?
Fraszki 2023-03-30 3,204 133.5 ... that Jan Kochanowski's Fraszki is a 16th-century collection of almost 300 poems, ranging from anecdotes and epitaphs to obscenities and erotica?
Claude Vivier 2023-03-24 1,599 133.2 ... that Claude Vivier was inspired to compose Shiraz after hearing two blind singers in a market?
Lee Chih-kai 2023-03-12 1,594 132.9 ... that at the 2020 Olympics, Lee Chih-kai became the first gymnast competing for Chinese Taipei to win an Olympic medal?
Native administration 2023-03-25 1,550 129.2 ... that the system of native administration, used in Sudan to govern rural areas, was adapted for use in camps for internally displaced people?
John Spencer (snooker player) 2023-03-02 3,092 128.8 ... that John Spencer won a World Snooker Championship on his first attempt in 1969?
Panzer Dragoon Orta 2023-03-22 1,530 127.5 ... that although previews called Panzer Dragoon Orta's story a sequel to Panzer Dragoon Saga's, developers have said that it might reflect an alternative timeline?
1978 Tabriz protests 2023-03-26 1,517 126.4 ... that at least 14 people were killed during the 1978 Tabriz protests in Iran, which were meant to commemorate the dead in the 1978 Qom protest?
Justin J. Pearson 2023-03-11 1,511 125.9 ... that in response to the death of Tyre Nichols, Justin J. Pearson has pushed for a law banning officers with criminal records from transferring between police departments?
Chickaboom! 2023-03-11 1,510 125.9 ... that Chickaboom!, by country musician Tami Neilson, was nominated for both Canadian and New Zealand music awards?
Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railroad 2023-03-29 2,692 125.8 ... that the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railroad, created as an alternative to the New Haven Railroad, was absorbed into the New Haven after just 11 years?
The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys 2023-03-21 1,509 125.8 ... that Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz described the 16th-century play The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys by Jan Kochanowski as the finest specimen of Polish humanist drama?
Wildlife of Sudan 2023-03-16 1,498 124.8 ... that the wildlife of Sudan includes leopards, giraffes, crocodiles, water hyacinth and the umbrella thorn acacia?
Ywet Nu Aung 2023-03-19 1,471 122.6 ... that while defending Zaw Myint Maung following his arrest by the Myanmar junta, lawyer Ywet Nu Aung was herself arrested and charged?
West Coast Get Down 2023-03-20 1,469 122.4 ... that the jazz collective West Coast Get Down once recorded around 190 songs over the course of a month?
Cut Meutia (train) 2023-03-05 2,932 122.1 ... that the Cut Meutia is the only active train service in Indonesia using standard-gauge track?
William A. Brooks 2023-03-16 1,464 122.0 ... that after being a college football player, William A. Brooks became a prominent surgeon, and had several hospitals named after him?
Bob Scrabis (basketball) 2023-03-25 1,460 121.7 ... that the 1989 Georgetown–Princeton basketball game made Bob Scrabis "the face of Cinderella"?
Shirley Franco 2023-03-22 1,455 121.2 ... that as a member of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies, Shirley Franco presented a bill that would penalize street harassment with up to eight hours in jail and a 500-boliviano fine?
Tobi Oluwayemi 2023-03-29 2,566 120.0 ... that Tobi Oluwayemi and his older brother Josh are both goalkeepers who played for Tottenham's youth academy?
Fionula Brennan 2023-03-14 1,432 119.3 ... that Fionula Brennan's experiments with cytokines led to new therapies to treat rheumatoid arthritis?
Just Like a Woman 2023-03-05 2,858 119.1 ... that covers of Bob Dylan's "Just Like a Woman" by Manfred Mann and Jonathan King were both coincidentally released on the same day Dylan was involved in a motorcycle accident?
2021 La Paz municipal election 2023-03-11 1,428 119.0 ... that Iván Arias's eccentric but successful 2021 La Paz mayoral campaign involved an action figure, comics, and chocolate kisses named and styled in his likeness?
Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia 2023-03-11 1,410 117.5 ... that Brian Stableford blamed the cancellation of the follow-up to his 2006 book Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia on the availability of information online?
Charles Redd 2023-03-02 2,800 116.7 ... that Utah state representative Charles Redd successfully proposed the legalization of horse racing and betting in 1925, only to successfully propose making it illegal again two years later?
Rubel Phillips 2023-03-12 1,386 115.5 ... that Rubel Phillips was the first Republican to run in the Mississippi gubernatorial election since 1947 when he ran in 1963?
Lexicon (card game) 2023-03-13 1,384 115.3 ... that for the 50th anniversary of the word game Lexicon, the publisher organised a Golden Jubilee weekend that included an alphabet soup dinner?
Will Ainsworth 2023-03-09 2,756 114.9 ... that Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Will Ainsworth started his career as a youth pastor before co-founding a hunting lodge?
Teleram 2023-03-11 1,368 114.0 ... that The New Yorker's purchase of stock in Teleram Communications, a maker of portable computers, was the magazine's first investment in an outside company?
Dylan Schmidt 2023-03-18 1,364 113.6 ... that trampolinist Dylan Schmidt is New Zealand's first Olympic medallist in any gymnastics discipline?
Al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi 2023-03-17 1,350 112.5 ... that according to some Shi'i Muslim authors who wrote under the name of al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi, unbelievers will be reincarnated into animal, vegetable, or mineral bodies?
WLTZ 2023-03-10 1,346 112.2 ... that executives of American Family Corporation learned they "could never be the city's news leader" running an underperforming TV station in Columbus, Georgia?
Malinau Kota 2023-03-27 2,647 110.3 ... that Malinau Kota, Indonesia, with 31 percent of the population of Malinau Regency, is home to more than 70 percent of its registered restaurants?
Braxton Cook 2023-03-23 1,320 110.0 ... that saxophonist Braxton Cook appeared in three Tiny Desk concerts for NPR as a sideman, before performing as a featured artist in 2020?
Del Riley (clerk) 2023-03-23 1,288 107.3 ... that Linn County clerk Del Riley established Oregon's vote-by-mail system, now used as the only voting method in the state?
S. H. M. Byers 2023-03-10 1,281 106.8 ... that S. H. M. Byers not only coined the phrase "Sherman's March to the Sea", but also wrote Iowa's state song?
Mother (Meghan Trainor song) 2023-03-18 1,275[p] 106.2 ... that Meghan Trainor announced her song "Mother" while 21 weeks pregnant?
Eugénie Hamer 2023-03-22 1,266 105.5 ... that to attend the 1915 Women at the Hague Congress, Eugénie Hamer and the Belgian delegates drove, were frisked, walked two hours, and took a train?
Joanna E. Schanz 2023-03-08 2,502 104.3 ... that Joanna E. Schanz, who received a lifetime achievement award, revived broom making and basket weaving in the Amana Colonies?
School for American Crafts 2023-03-05 2,493 103.9 ... that the School for American Crafts recruited faculty from Denmark to teach metalsmithing and woodworking?
Montagu Toller 2023-03-05 2,436 101.5 ... that Montagu Toller was a part of the British team that played cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics, the only time cricket was ever featured at the Olympics?
Mandera Prison 2023-03-26 1,207 100.6 ... that Colonel Mohamed Hashi Lihle's speech after freeing more than 700 prisoners from Mandera Prison first popularized the Somali National Movement in Somaliland?
Stan Robb 2023-03-24 1,205 100.4 ... that Stan Robb played professional football for the team coached by his brother?
Nilofer Khan 2023-03-08 2,409 100.4 ... that Nilofer Khan was appointed the first woman vice-chancellor of the University of Kashmir on 19 May 2022?
2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game 2023-03-22 1,200 100.0 ... that the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game between Baylor and Gonzaga was the first since 2005 to feature the top two overall seeds of the NCAA tournament?
Beverly Robertson (businesswoman) 2023-03-08 2,287 95.3 ... that one of Beverly Robertson's biggest accomplishments as CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber was attracting the Ford Motor Company's US$5.6 billion Blue Oval City complex to Memphis, Tennessee?
Abdul Ghani Azhari 2023-03-20 1,134 94.5 ... that Abdul Ghani Azhari wrote Qadim Tarikh-e-Gujjar in Urdu, detailing the ancient history of Gujjars in India?
Ida Ospelt-Amann 2023-03-11 1,108 92.4 ... that Ida Ospelt-Amann led the revival of dialect poetry in Liechtenstein and was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit?
Be Sweet 2023-03-15 1,100 91.7 ... that Japanese Breakfast released versions of their song "Be Sweet" in both Korean and Simlish?
Andrew Sorrell 2023-03-28 2,127 88.6 ... that Andrew Sorrell, State Auditor of Alabama, initially ran for election to the Alabama House of Representatives when his father declined to run for the seat?
Josiane Lima 2023-03-10 1,034 86.1 ... that Josiane Lima won Brazil's first Paralympic rowing medal?
Dwaram Durga Prasad Rao 2023-03-07 2,044 85.2 ... that Indian violin player Dwaram Durga Prasad Rao, a recipient of India's highest award for the performing arts, was once an apprentice to a painter?
Muhammad Kamil Tadjudin 2023-03-11 1,004 83.7 ... that the rector of the University of Indonesia, Muhammad Kamil Tadjudin, introduced a non-thesis degree policy that allowed students to graduate without publishing a thesis?
London's Brilliant Parade 2023-03-19 1,003 83.6 ... that on his 1994 song "London's Brilliant Parade", Elvis Costello used a Dobro guitar as an homage to the Kinks' "Lola"?
Osney Martínez 2023-03-23 962 80.1 ... that prior to serving in the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies, rancher Osney Martínez sought to be elected the mayor of San Borja, as his mother had been before him?
Benjamin Tompson 2023-03-11 933 77.8 ... that Benjamin Tompson's poem "Harvardine Quils" called for writers in New England to memorialize the loss of "whole towns and Churches" in King Philip's War?
Sanaullah Bhat 2023-03-19 902 75.2 ... that Sanaullah Bhat is considered the father of journalism in Kashmir?
Mirtha Arce 2023-03-30 1,760 73.3 ... that out of 84 people running for governor seats in Bolivia in 2021, Mirtha Arce was one of just seven women and was the first woman from the Tarija Department to run?
Farides Vaca 2023-03-31 1,742 72.6 ... that as part of its strategy of political renovation, National Convergence nominated a librarian to contest one of Bolivia's most competitive legislative districts?
Iconic (concert) 2023-03-27 1,684 70.1 ... that Sharon Cuneta and Regine Velasquez's concert Iconic has been referred to as a venture of two unrivaled names in the music scene of the Philippines?
Regine at the Theater 2023-03-26 779 64.9 ... that the concert series Regine at the Theater was conceived two years earlier but was delayed after singer Regine Velasquez suffered acid reflux?
Alia Bhatt filmography 2023-03-21 661[q] 55.1 ... that Alia Bhatt's first screen appearance was as the younger version of Preity Zinta's character in the 1999 horror film Sangharsh?
AFL Women's season seven
 2023-03-24 656 54.7 ... that the
AFL Women's season seven became the first AFLW
team to score more than 200 points across the first three rounds of a season?
Freedom (concert) 2023-03-31 1,306 54.4 ... that the title of the
livestreaming concert Freedom came from Regine Velasquez
's desire to have freedom of singing anything she wants?
R3.0 (concert) 2023-03-25 512 42.7 ... that on the opening night of her concert R3.0, singer Regine Velasquez also released a triple album of the same name?

Notes

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