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Low 27.5 Censorship by copyright 210.5 Hibiscus Rising 27.5 Censorship by copyright
Median 226.7 Ethics 628.1 Max Whitlock
G299.2-2.9 		247.9 Swift Orange Line
High 1,770.8 When a man argues against two beautiful ladies like this, they are going to have the last word 1,812.6 Teleseme 1,812.6 Teleseme

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Article Date Image views vph DYK hook
Tragedy by the Sea 2024-01-13 41,992 1,749.6 ... that Tragedy by the Sea (pictured) shows a man and a woman standing beside the ocean a few minutes after the couple's young son went missing?
Carlos Cheung 2024-01-11 3,135 130.6 ... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich?
Tanya Unkovich 2,461 102.5
Cushla Tangaere-Manuel 2,362 98.4
Takutai Moana Kemp 2,334 97.2
Nancy Lu 2,204 91.8
Darleen Tana 1,798 74.9
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi 1,718 71.6
Katie Nimon 1,653 68.9
Tākuta Ferris 1,519 63.3
Rima Nakhle 1,459 60.8
Suze Redmayne 1,403 58.5
Vanessa Weenink 1,364 56.8
Kahurangi Carter 1,330 55.4
Dana Kirkpatrick 1,270 52.9
Casey Costello 1,137 47.4
Grant McCallum 1,118 46.6
Laura Trask 1,030 42.9
Jamie Arbuckle 970 40.4
Reuben Davidson 962 40.1
Greg Fleming (politician) 877 36.5
Mike Butterick 854 35.6
Cameron Luxton 826 34.4
Ryan Hamilton (New Zealand politician) 824 34.3
Miles Anderson (politician) 800 33.3
Scott Willis (politician) 793 33.0
Todd Stephenson 786 32.7
James Meager 785 32.7
David MacLeod 770 32.1
Carl Bates 736 30.7
Total 39,277 1,636.5
Catherine, Princess of Wales 2024-01-09 37,650[a] 1,568.7 ... that Catherine, Princess of Wales (pictured), is a keen amateur photographer and the patron of the Royal Photographic Society, and has taken many official photographs of her children?
Eustace Tilley 2024-01-03 36,066 1,502.8 ... that in 2017, Eustace Tilley (pictured) missed his annual turn on the cover of The New Yorker because of Donald Trump?
Geordie Greep 2024-01-02 35,761 1,490.0 ... that Geordie Greep (pictured) has an accent that has been described as "geographically unclassifiable"?
Harry Dunn (police officer) 2024-01-06 32,887[b] 1,370.3 ... that Harry Dunn guarded a stairwell and Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6 United States Capitol attack?
Faith and Confidence 2024-01-31 14,230 1,185.8 ... that even though Faith and Confidence (pictured) by William C. Beall won the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for photography, the jurors who selected it were unimpressed by all of the entries?
William C. Beall 1,993 166.1
Total 16,223 1,351.9
Homecoming (photograph) 2024-01-29 14,946 1,350.5 ... that after he waited twenty-four hours to capture his Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph (pictured), the flash bulb on Earle Bunker's camera failed on his first attempt?
Anitta's anal tattoo 2024-01-29 14,644 1,290.3 ... that a tattoo on the anus of Brazilian singer Anitta ultimately led to inquiries to investigate the use of public funds in artists' concerts?
Heart of Frédéric Chopin 2024-01-08 29,554 1,231.4 ... that Chopin's heart (composer pictured) was smuggled into Poland by his sister?
Andrew J. Evans Jr. 2024-01-22 29,392 1,224.7 ... that Andrew J. Evans Jr. (pictured) was the highest-ranking United States Air Force prisoner during the Korean War?
Matooskie 2024-01-26 14,092 1,174.3 ... that the 1830 abandonment of Chipewyan woman Matooskie (pictured) by her Scottish husband was eventually settled with a dowry payment of £200?
S. F. Light 2024-01-19 28,094 1,170.6 ... that S. F. Light (pictured) disliked using his full name?
Updown Girl 2024-01-04 26,925 1,121.9 ... that archaeologists found that Updown Girl, who was buried in England in the 7th century, had a mixture of West African and European DNA?
Self-Portrait as a Tahitian 2024-01-25 13,322 1,110.1 ... that Self-Portrait as a Tahitian (pictured) depicts Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil standing in the shadow of an unknown man?
The Many Faces of Jesus 2024-01-24 16,341 680.9 ... that a pornographic screenplay about Jesus led to papal and royal condemnations, a firebombing, the writer's ban from the UK, and thousands of letters per week demanding the ban of a non-existent gay Jesus film?
Gay Jesus film hoax 9,261 385.9
Total 25,602 1,066.8
Skibidi Toilet 2024-01-30 12,594[c] 1,049.5 ... that Skibidi Toilet inspired the Generation Alpha slang "skibidi"?
Murder of Jiang Ge 2024-01-02 25,094 1,045.6 ... that the murder of Jiang Ge led to public debate in China over the actions of Jiang's roommate during her murder?
Sleep (painting) 2024-01-23 21,818 909.1 ... that the Indian politician Diwan Chaman Lall failed to get rid of the painting Nude of Indira?
The Rape of Lucretia (Ficherelli) 2024-01-02 21,385 891.0 ... that the painter of The Rape of Lucretia updated the ancient legend by setting the scene in the bedroom of a contemporary Italian home?
1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck 2024-01-27 7,798 865.7 ... that locals responding to the 1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck used snowballs to extinguish the fires in the wrecked cars (illustration pictured)?
Willis Gibson 2024-01-16 20,618[d] 859.1 ... that it took 34 years for the first person to beat the game Tetris?
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 2024-01-10 20,456 852.4 ... that the leader of the German Red Cross under the Nazi regime had lived in the UK until he was fifteen years old and was a grandson of Queen Victoria?
King Manor 2024-01-12 19,210 800.4 ... that a former radio host got a free apartment in New York City's King Manor (pictured) and lived there for more than three decades?
Hippolyte Triat 2024-01-30 9,482 790.2 ... that pioneering bodybuilder Hippolyte Triat was kidnapped by vagabonds at the age of six and sold to a troupe of Italian acrobats?
Lunar Surface Gravimeter 2024-01-30 9,454 787.9 ... that the Lunar Surface Gravimeter (pictured) failed to turn the Moon into a gravitational wave antenna?
The Rape of the Sabine Women (Poussin) 2024-01-10 18,659 777.5 ... that Poussin painted the abduction of the Sabine women twice (one pictured), once for a prince and once for a cardinal?
Existence 2024-01-08 18,310 762.9 ... that it is controversial whether there are things that do not exist?
Peanut, California 2024-01-11 18,154 756.4 ... that Peanut is inhospitable to peanuts?
Cascade Saddle Track 2024-01-05 18,103 754.3 ... that ten people have died trying to cross the Cascade Saddle?
Nancy Nash (actress) 2024-01-07 18,058 752.4 ... that Nancy Nash (pictured) had to convince her parents to let her not attend the University of Texas to instead become an actress in 1926?
A City on Mars 2024-01-25 9,015 751.2 ... that the book A City on Mars covers sex in space, raising children in low gravity, space law, and space cannibalism?
Hyperbolic spiral 2024-01-14 17,828 742.8 ... that the spirals in photographs of spiral staircases (example pictured) are hyperbolic?
2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash 2024-01-18 17,814 742.3 ... that a Lockheed EC-130Q aircraft crashed after performing a waterbombing just 190 feet (58 m) in the air?
Peckham Rock 2024-01-26 8,831 735.9 ... that Peckham Rock, a fake cave painting surreptitiously installed in the British Museum by Banksy, is actually concrete from Hackney?
Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest 2024-01-23 17,541 730.9 ... that Monet decorated his house at Giverny with Kuniyoshi's In the Snow at Tsukahara, Sado Island (pictured), one of about 231 Japanese prints in Monet's personal collection?
Letter to the American People 2024-01-07 17,217 717.4 ... that a letter to the American people allegedly written by Osama bin Laden has been cited as an example of online youth radicalization?
Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors 2024-01-29 8,054 709.6 ... that Desert Bus requires eight hours of continuous play to gain one point?
Robert Ballagh 2024-01-05 17,006 708.6 ... that having painted a domestic scene depicting his nude wife, Robert Ballagh felt that he had to produce a nude painting of himself as a follow-up?
The Little Girl in Blue 2024-01-20 16,950 706.2 ... that the mother of The Little Girl in Blue (pictured) did not think that the painting was a good likeness of her daughter?
Half-crown (New Zealand coin) 2024-01-17 16,881 703.4 ... that a New Zealand coin was declared evidence of an atheistic government by detractors?
Forest Van Hook 2024-01-14 16,796 699.8 ... that Forest Van Hook was so large that he always bought two tickets when attending sports events?
Ken Moore (American football) 2024-01-29 7,732 698.6 ... that "Cave Man Kenny" was a "fast-charging, hard-hitting" "ubiquitous" "obstreperous iron man" with "dependable shoulders"?
RoboCop statue 2024-01-21 16,685 695.2 ... that Detroit has been waiting for its statue of RoboCop for more than 12 years?
Abbey of Saint Winnoc 2024-01-26 8,228 685.7 ... that two towers remain (pictured) of the otherwise almost completely demolished Abbey of Saint Winnoc, because they were used as daymarks by sailors?
Femboy 2024-01-25 7,952[e] 662.6 ... that one academic described the introduction of femboys to Myanmar as a tactic to achieve an "ideological revolution"?
Cora Victoria Diehl 2024-01-17 15,336 639.0 ... that after Cora Victoria Diehl (pictured) was elected as the first woman to hold office in Oklahoma Territory, county records had to be recovered with dynamite when the incumbent refused to concede?
Georgia Twinn 2024-01-25 7,590 632.5 ... that before going viral on TikTok for "Hit or Miss" at age fifteen, Georgia Twinn wanted to become a forensic scientist?
Belmont Historic District (Roanoke, Virginia) 2024-01-05 15,112 629.6 ... that a neighborhood in Virginia lost its public park because its city government did not build a fence?
William Bronston 2024-01-03 14,934 622.3 ... that the great-nephew of Leon Trotsky was a physician for the Black Panther Party and helped deinstitutionalize Willowbrook State School?
Roosevelt Island Tramway 2024-01-27 9,256 617.0 ... that New York City's Roosevelt Island Tramway (pictured) was placed next to a bridge to prevent collisions with planes?
Bill Madden (soldier) 2024-01-12 14,394 599.8 ... that George Cross recipient Bill Madden died as result of malnutrition and ill-treatment by his Chinese captors while a prisoner of war?
Epipterygium opararense 2024-01-28 6,794 598.6 ... that all known populations of Epipterygium opararense (example pictured) live within a 5-metre (16 ft) radius in New Zealand?
Women in prehistory 2024-01-31 7,114 592.8 ... that prehistoric women may have had unique advantages over men in endurance hunting due to the positive effects of estrogen on muscle development?
Jod Gumbaz 2024-01-03 13,900 579.2 ... that during the British period, the tomb of Khan Muhammad was used as an office and residence for the executive engineer?
Carla Ronci 2024-01-11 13,774 573.9 ... that Carla Ronci, an Italian declared venerable by the Catholic Church, is remembered as the "Vespa saint"?
Languages of Lebanon 2024-01-11 13,746 572.7 ... that code-switching in Lebanon is so common that "hi, كيفك؟ Ça va ?", which combines English, Levantine Arabic and French, is a typical greeting?
Judaism and sneezing 2024-01-10 13,655 569.0 ... that life always ended with a sneeze until the time of Jacob, according to one Midrash?
Haewoojae 2024-01-09 13,562 565.1 ... that sculptures of defecating people are displayed in the park surrounding Haewoojae?
Battle of Irtysh River (13th century) 2024-01-24 6,843 285.1 ... that during the Mongol campaigns in Siberia, the Mongols defeated rival tribes at the Battle of Irtysh River?
Mongol campaigns in Siberia 6,696 279.0
Total 13,538 564.1
Saskatchewan Conservation House 2024-01-28 5,327 562.2 ... that the Saskatchewan Conservation House, built in 1977 to withstand Canadian winter temperatures, did not use a furnace?
Jetson One 2024-01-01 13,322 555.1 ... that Forbes said of the Jetson One aircraft, "Flying Cars Are Here"?
Nelson Santana 2024-01-27 4,887 542.5 ... that Nelson Santana supposedly predicted the date of his death?
Critical Zone 2024-01-22 12,990 541.3 ... that the film Critical Zone was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
San Antonio–Austin metroplex 2024-01-28 5,090 537.2 ... that despite being 80 miles (130 km) apart, Austin and San Antonio are merging into one metropolis?
Poison: Iitai Koto mo Ienai Konna Yo no Naka wa 2024-01-04 12,847 535.3 ... that the song "Poison" can soothe babies?
M'liss McClure 2024-01-21 12,792 533.0 ... that actress M'liss McClure's publicity agency promoted her "almost telescopic vision" as a selling point?
Koh Masaki 2024-01-20 12,406 516.9 ... that Koh Masaki was one of the first gay pornographic film actors in Japan to openly appear in adult films without obscuring his identity?
Aptostichus barackobamai 2024-01-26 6,122 510.2 ... that a species of spider is named after Barack Obama?
WTHT (Connecticut) 2024-01-09 11,938 497.4 ... that a Connecticut radio station left the FM band for good after it was out of service for a week and only one person wrote a letter to complain?
Garbage Goat 2024-01-17 11,907 496.1 ... that a "welding nun" angered farmers with her garbage-eating goat?
Jords 2024-01-27 4,451 494.1 ... that the rapper Jords did not know his father was a musician until a chance encounter in a British supermarket?
Voice of Freedom (radio station) 2024-01-30 5,910 492.5 ... that the Voice of Freedom had to counter venomous snakes, leeches, and other wildlife?
Olipop 2024-01-15 11,818 492.4 ... that Olipop, with more than $100 million in revenue, has an all-remote workforce?
Square pyramid 2024-01-20 11,700 487.5 ... that square pyramids can have different shapes, and pyramidologists have put forward multiple theories on which of these shapes was used for the Egyptian pyramids?
Oasis of Bukhara 2024-01-17 11,527 480.3 ... that the Oasis of Bukhara used to be a swamp?
Sixpence (New Zealand coin) 2024-01-30 5,760 480.0 ... that a hammer and sickle motif was proposed for the New Zealand sixpence?
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl 2024-01-13 11,390 474.6 ... that Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl took 15 years to write?
Great Divine Temple 2024-01-06 11,220 467.5 ... that the Great Divine Temple of Caodaism holds the cosmos ball (pictured), which represents the Jade Emperor's universe?
Morphia of Melitene 2024-01-07 11,154 464.8 ... that when her husband was captured by the Turks, Queen Morphia hired a band of secretly armed fake monks and merchants to infiltrate the prison and rescue him – only for him to be captured again?
Wood-pasture hypothesis 2024-01-04 11,031 459.6 ... that the wood-pasture hypothesis posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe?
Roar-o-Saurus 2024-01-14 10,969 457.0 ... that despite being only 40 feet (12 m) tall, Roar-o-Saurus was described by CNN as one of the "most insane" new roller coasters of 2014?
Five Nights at Freddy's (song) 2024-01-14 10,890 453.7 ... that a My Little Pony fan band wrote a song about a horror game, creating what has been considered to be a sub-genre of music?
Gareth Knight 2024-01-28 5,146 453.4 ... that Gareth Knight, a devout Christian, was an occultist who ran an esoteric society of magicians?
VMA-611 2024-01-25 5,330 444.2 ... that VMB-611 was the only United States Marine Corps bombing squadron to operate in the Philippines during World War II?
Ryokuoushoku Shakai 2024-01-31 5,312 442.6 ... that the band Ryokuoushoku Shakai was named after its members misheard "vegetables" (野菜, yasai) as "society" (社会, shakai)?
Rizz (slang)
 2024-01-01 10,610[f] 442.1 ... that after popularizing the term
rizz, Kai Cenat stopped using the term himself, saying that TikTok
had butchered the word?
Westworld (game) 2024-01-27 6,580 438.6 ... that the play-by-mail game Westworld was run from prison?
Empire of the Sultans 2024-01-18 10,459 435.8 ... that most objects in the travelling exhibition Empire of the Sultans bore calligraphy (example pictured)?
California mission project 2024-01-21 10,411 433.8 ... that some California schoolchildren build dioramas when learning about their state's Spanish missions?
Nakba denial 2024-01-12 10,396 433.2 ... that Nakba denial is a form of historical negationism pertaining to the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight?
Global Engagement Center 2024-01-08 10,347 431.1 ... that the Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik compared the Global Engagement Center to the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Counterweight (novel) 2024-01-27 3,831 425.3 ... that anti-Korean sentiment, due to South Korea's economic growth, motivated Djuna to write the sci-fi novel Counterweight?
Ethiopic Apocalypse of Ezra 2024-01-28 4,819 424.6 ... that the reign of Ye will be one of perjury, slavery, pestilence and death, according to the Ethiopic Apocalypse of Ezra?
Van Cortlandt House 2024-01-25 5,020 418.3 ... that a future U.S. president and a future British king both visited the Van Cortlandt House during the American Revolution?
Fred G. Sullivan 2024-01-29 4,570 413.0 ... that Fred G. Sullivan's film The Beer-Drinker's Guide to Fitness and Filmmaking depicts Sullivan being humiliated with mud and whips for the failings of his previous film?
Junko Ikeuchi 2024-01-25 4,929 410.8 ... that Japanese actress Junko Ikeuchi was known as the "Queen of TV Dramas" from the 1960s to the 1980s?
Coriolanus Snow 2024-01-31 4,845[g] 403.8 ... that Donald Sutherland asked to play Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games films as he hoped the series would inspire a revolutionary movement among young people?
The Bus Collective 2024-01-22 9,671 403.0 ... that some people have asked whether they can pay for their Singapore hotel stay using a travel card?
Dragonesque brooch 2024-01-01 9,606 400.2 ... that if the double-headed Romano-British dragonesque brooch type (example pictured) represents any real animal, it may be hares rather than dragons?
Queen Victoria Monument, Wellington 2024-01-06 9,602 400.1 ... that British intervention reversed the lacquering of a statue in New Zealand?
Gloria Meneses 2024-01-18 9,549 397.9 ... that the life of Gloria Meneses is celebrated with an exhibition in the Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual in Montevideo?
Benin Altar Tusk 2024-01-30 4,766 397.1 ... that Nigeria seeks the return of the Benin Altar Tusks, ivory artefacts taken by the British in 1897 and dispersed in Europe?
Carl Segerståhl 2024-01-15 9,523 396.8 ... that instead of paying homage to a visiting King Gustaf VI Adolf, Swedish headmaster Carl Segerståhl took his students swimming in a nearby lake?
Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (1882) 2024-01-04 9,461 394.2 ... that the Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (pictured) was on a voyage to circumnavigate Earth with Prince August Leopold on board when the republic was proclaimed in Brazil?
555 Edgecombe Avenue 2024-01-18 9,430 392.9 ... that 555 Edgecombe Avenue, once named for a British soldier and occupied entirely by white Americans, later attracted notable African Americans like Paul Robeson and Count Basie?
Stephanie of Courtenay 2024-01-04 9,428 392.9 ... that when Abbess Stephanie of Courtenay's niece's marriage to the king of Jerusalem was annulled, the court's reasoning was so flimsy that a noted jurist had to ask Stephanie to explain it to him?
Fifth Chinese Daughter 2024-01-23 9,362 390.1 ... that the success of the book Fifth Chinese Daughter led to the U.S. State Department translating the book into various Asian languages and sending its author on a speaking tour across Asia?
Kathanar – The Wild Sorcerer 2024-01-09 9,358 389.9 ... that Kathanar – The Wild Sorcerer is being shot on a custom-built studio spanning 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2), utilizing the virtual production technology?
Gale–Shapley algorithm 2024-01-30 4,668 389.0 ... that the Gale–Shapley algorithm was used to assign medical students to residencies long before its publication by Gale and Shapley?
KSEE 2024-01-31 4,665 388.8 ... that a California TV station had a cartoon bee as its mascot?
Mar Galcerán 2024-01-28 4,390 386.8 ... that Mar Galcerán is believed to be the first politician with Down syndrome to serve in a European regional parliament?
130 West 30th Street 2024-01-02 9,269 386.2 ... that the owner of 130 West 30th Street would have renamed the structure the "Beaver Pelt Building" if it could not be named after its architect?
Isaac Saul 2024-01-18 9,145 381.0 ... that journalist Isaac Saul was named as one of the 16 people who had the greatest influence in the 2016 U.S. election?
Humboldt Wagon Road 2024-01-26 4,552 379.4 ... that stagecoaches on the Humboldt Wagon Road could make a 400-mile trip in under four days?
Clair Cline 2024-01-17 9,075 378.1 ... that while being held in Stalag Luft I, an American prisoner of war built a violin out of scrap material?
CaptainSparklez 2024-01-22 9,044 376.9 ... that the YouTuber CaptainSparklez set three Guinness World Records with a Minecraft song parody?
Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl 2024-01-07 4,830 201.3 ... that Olivia Rodrigo can write ballads about homeschooled girls as well as about songbirds and snakes?
Can't Catch Me Now 4,136 172.3
Total 8,966 373.6
Roanoke, Virginia 2024-01-31 4,461 371.8 ... that a city in Virginia's 88.5-foot-tall (27.0 m) Christmas decoration (pictured) was so popular with residents that it was decided to light it nightly year-round?
Genghis Khan 2024-01-06 8,899[h] 370.8 ... that Genghis Khan was extremely charismatic and renowned for his generosity towards his followers?
Andrew Still (actor) 2024-01-31 4,429 369.1 ... that the actor Andrew Still worked as a receptionist and janitor after leaving Hollyoaks?
Blanch v. Koons 2024-01-29 4,158 366.4 ... that Andrea Blanch said that she came to appreciate Jeff Koons's artwork more after suing him for copyright infringement?
Concha Liaño 2024-01-29 4,035 364.6 ... that after fleeing the Spanish Civil War to Venezuela, Spanish anarchist Concha Liaño became a supporter of Hugo Chávez?
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street 2024-01-27 5,464 364.3 ... that Stanislav Aseyev, the author of The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, was placed in the Izolyatsia torture camp for writing "Donetsk People's Republic" in quotation marks in a social media post?
Asifa Lahore 2024-01-24 8,734 363.9 ... that in 2014, BBC Three cancelled a debate on being gay and Muslim featuring Asifa Lahore, a Muslim drag queen, citing security concerns at the mosque where it was filmed?
Gracie Mansion 2024-01-16 8,726 363.6 ... that Gracie Mansion became New York City's mayoral residence after serving as a public toilet and a museum?
Social buffering 2024-01-19 8,690 362.1 ... that sheep can get less stressed when looking at pictures of other sheep?
Chain-melted state 2024-01-12 8,654 360.6 ... that being in the chain-melted state makes some metals behave as a liquid and solid at the same time?
Dolly de Leon 2024-01-05 8,580[i] 357.5 ... that Dolly de Leon (pictured) was the first Filipino to be nominated for a Golden Globe or a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress?
Cold Cathode Gauge Experiment 2024-01-30 4,246 353.8 ... that the Cold Cathode Gauge Experiment could detect gases leaking from an astronaut's life support systems on the Moon's surface?
Frederick Murray Trotter 2024-01-27 3,165 351.3 ... that Frederick Murray Trotter had a distinguished career as a field geologist despite losing a part of his skull and an eye to shrapnel during World War I?
Femke 2024-01-26 4,204 350.3 ... that Femke is the most common feminine given name of West Frisian origin in the Netherlands?
Dacrytherium 2024-01-02 8,358 348.2 ... that Dacrytherium, literally meaning 'tear beast', was named after its "tear-pit"?
Muskan Ahirwar 2024-01-22 8,120 338.3 ... that nine-year-old Muskan Ahirwar started a library for the children in her slum that now contains more than 3,000 books?
Genoa Conservatory 2024-01-21 8,094 337.2 ... that after Nazi Germany placed anti-aircraft batteries on the property of the Genoa Conservatory, the school moved into the Villa Saluzzo Serra (pictured) art museum to maintain the safety of its students?
Young Girls (painting) 2024-01-28 3,147 332.1 ... that Amrita Sher-Gil's Young Girls (pictured) earned her the Paris Salon's gold medal in 1933, making her the first Asian to be awarded the prize?
Lloyd George envelope 2024-01-22 7,947 331.1 ... that the bad handwriting of British doctors has been blamed on the small size of their medical-record envelopes?
A Field Guide to Otherkin 2024-01-12 7,890 328.8 ... that the publication of A Field Guide to Otherkin sparked scholarly interest in people who consider themselves animals or mythological creatures?
McKinney Roughs Nature Park 2024-01-30 3,934 327.9 ... that McKinney Roughs Nature Park has an unusual convergence of four distinct ecosystems?
Shovel Knight: King of Cards 2024-01-31 3,930 327.5 ... that the protagonist of Shovel Knight: King of Cards was compared to "a bad Renaissance fair actor who's gotten too far into his role"?
Impact of Yuna Kim 2024-01-29 3,586 324.0 ... that Yuna Kim had a major impact on figure skating and was instrumental in bringing the Olympics to Pyeongchang in 2018?
How the Red Sun Rose 2024-01-26 3,872 322.7 ... that at least three historians asserted How the Red Sun Rose to have rendered outdated the scholarly understanding of the Yan'an Rectification Movement?
Harald Hasselbach 2024-01-10 7,718 321.6 ... that Harald Hasselbach, the only Dutch Super Bowl champion, lived in four continents in his youth?
Michael Owens (politician) 2024-01-26 3,838 319.8 ... that Michael Owens became the first mayor of Mableton, Georgia, in more than 100 years after winning the 2023 mayoral election?
Cross Temple, Fangshan 2024-01-01 7,636 318.1 ... that the Cross Temple in Fangshan, Beijing, is the only surviving Nestorian Christian site in China?
1949 New Zealand crown 2024-01-25 3,770 314.1 ... that a commemorative coin was made for a cancelled royal visit to New Zealand?
Luisa Lallana 2024-01-16 7,528 313.7 ... that the murder of Luisa Lallana sparked a general strike in Rosario, Argentina?
Coupdekat 2024-01-25 3,744 312.0 ... that the British musician Coupdekat recorded the vocals for "It's Not You" while trampolining on her bed?
Hank Aaron State Trail 2024-01-08 7,424 309.3 ... that the Hank Aaron State Trail was regularly visited by Hank Aaron until his death in 2021?
2022 New Zealand fuel tax subsidy 2024-01-10 7,368 307.0 ... that New Zealand petrol stations were filled with queues before a change in government policy?
Shilling (New Zealand coin) 2024-01-24 7,200 300.0 ... that the Māori warrior on the New Zealand shilling (pictured) was actually depicted wearing a dance uniform?
Coco & Clair Clair 2024-01-29 3,402 299.7 ... that Coco of Coco & Clair Clair developed her alias for school announcements during her senior year of high school?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2024-01-16 7,165[j] 298.5 ... that the stylized animation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was inspired by rough sketches in school notebooks?
East Turkestan Revolutionary Party 2024-01-30 3,542 295.1 ... that the seven leaders of the East Turkestan Revolutionary Party had Uyghur-language code names, the initials of which spelled out the word Lëninchi, meaning "Leninist"?
Atatürk residential area 2024-01-29 3,335 293.8 ... that Turkish migrant workers living in a residential complex in Amsterdam refused to eat the Dutch food for two weeks after the kitchen's only Turkish chef was fired?
The Mongol Khan 2024-01-26 3,483 290.2 ... that although only one member was fluent in English, the cast of The Mongol Khan learned the entire script before the play's West End run?
A Stormy Night 2024-01-30 3,440 286.6 ... that the first theatrical run of A Stormy Night by Ion Luca Caragiale (pictured), featuring a journalist nearly beaten up by the Civic Guard, saw Caragiale nearly beaten up by the Civic Guard?
Patricia Schultz 2024-01-17 6,865 286.0 ... that Patricia Schultz, the author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, would choose Florence for her final trip before dying?
Statue of Queen Victoria, Auckland 2024-01-08 6,854 285.6 ... that The New Zealand Herald opposed a children's hospital in favour of a statue of Queen Victoria?
Boquila 2024-01-27 4,267 284.5 ... that Boquila trifoliolata is the only known plant capable of simultaneously mimicking multiple species?
On Abstinence from Eating Animals 2024-01-29 3,114 281.4 ... that Porphyry describes a moral obligation to extend justice to animals in his 3rd-century treatise on vegetarianism?
Titina Silá 2024-01-30 3,376 281.3 ... that the national women's day of Guinea-Bissau commemorates the death of Titina Silá, who was killed on this day during the nation's war of independence?
Wali Mohammad Itoo 2024-01-25 3,372 281.0 ... that in his first month in the job, Wali Mohammad Itoo suspended all 23 opposition representatives when they questioned his integrity as the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly?
Tony Tribe 2024-01-14 6,744 281.0 ... that the reggae singer Tony Tribe used to have blouses thrown at him while performing?
Tadeusz Gebethner 2024-01-19 6,741 280.9 ... that Tadeusz Gebethner, a soccer player, bookseller, soldier and resistance fighter, was recognized as a Polish Righteous Among the Nations?
LGBT and Wikipedia 2024-01-15 6,706 279.4 ... that Wikipedia editors have organized various campaigns to improve LGBT coverage on the site?
Susan Berget 2024-01-26 3,350 279.2 ... that biochemist Susan Berget was heavily involved in the discovery of split genes, but was excluded from credit and later the Nobel Prize for the research?
Guang yi ji 2024-01-31 3,335 277.9 ... that the Great Book of Marvels has been called "one of the most valuable sources for the study of Chinese folklore"?
LaVonne Griffin-Valade 2024-01-23 6,659 277.5 ... that LaVonne Griffin-Valade, the Oregon Secretary of State, has published four crime fiction novels?
Poecilia picta 2024-01-29 3,100 273.1 ... that female swamp guppies (pictured) show no preference for orange or red coloration during courtship?
Line 51 (Amsterdam Metro) 2024-01-15 6,506 271.1 ... that Line 51 of the Amsterdam Metro was called an express tram because the term "metro" was too controversial in the city?
Huequi 2024-01-21 6,446 268.6 ... that 2.5-metre-tall (8.2 ft) white rock spires grow at the volcano Huequi?
Laverstock ware 2024-01-23 6,352 264.7 ... that Laverstock ware pottery was produced to supply the royal palace at Clarendon, but was also used all over the south of England?
W. C. Renouf 2024-01-31 3,172 264.4 ... that Winter Renouf, a British member of the Indian Civil Service, thought that farmers in the Punjab should grow Canadian wheat varieties?
Video Games Chronicle 2024-01-31 3,164 263.7 ... that a story about Call of Duty: Warzone led to Video Games Chronicle's Twitter account being temporarily locked?
Bob Gregor 2024-01-20 6,299 262.5 ... that a coach said that Bob Gregor "hits so hard, he maims himself"?
Wee Toon Boon 2024-01-28 2,470 260.7 ... that Wee Toon Boon remained a member of the Parliament of Singapore even after he began serving a prison sentence for corruption?
Nietzsche, se créer liberté 2024-01-30 3,122 260.2 ... that the comic book Nietzsche, se créer liberté tries to express Friedrich Nietzsche's personality visually?
Centennial half-crown 2024-01-29 2,868 259.2 ... that two rival designers independently submitted a map for the design of a 1940 New Zealand coin?
Hare Hare Yukai 2024-01-07 6,214 258.9 ... that "Hare Hare Yukai" is credited with originating the genre of cover dance videos, in which individuals attempt to replicate dance choreography on video-sharing websites?
Alex (novel series) 2024-01-31 3,097 258.1 ... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like the protagonist?
The Connor Brothers 2024-01-27 3,866 257.7 ... that The Connor Brothers were believed to be two 20-something artists from Brooklyn, but are actually two British art dealers from London?
Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment 2024-01-27 2,294 254.7 ... that the Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment continuously overheated and had to be switched off during lunar noon?
George C. Brownell 2024-01-16 6,070 252.9 ... that while George C. Brownell played no part in the Oregon land fraud scandal, a published cartoon (pictured) showed him as the "Pretty Moth" that flew too close to the land fraud limelight?
Adly Mansour Transportation Hub 2024-01-30 2,988 249.0 ... that the Adly Mansour Transportation Hub was selected as the best rail project of 2022 by Engineering News-Record?
Tap Pryor 2024-01-26 2,982 248.5 ... that Tap Pryor saw a coral reef in Zanzibar that inspired him to spend his life "under water"?
Central Archives of Gaza City 2024-01-26 2,974 247.8 ... that more than 150 years of documentary sources at the Central Archives of Gaza City were destroyed during the Israel–Hamas war?
Hermann Alfred Tanner 2024-01-09 5,891 245.5 ... that the Swiss mountaineer Hermann Alfred Tanner invented a compass to navigate colour harmony?
Adeeb Youssef 2024-01-01 5,878 244.9 ... that human rights activist Adeeb Youssef was imprisoned and tortured but later became the governor of Central Darfur?
The Origins of Early Christian Literature 2024-01-09 5,870 244.6 ... that in her 2021 book The Origins of Early Christian Literature, Robyn Faith Walsh found that German Romanticists were in part responsible for modern scholarly assumptions about the gospels?
Sandra Elkin 2024-01-22 5,856 244.0 ... that Sandra Elkin, discussing basic information on women's topics on Woman, "radicalized" women into supporting women's rights?
Louise Julien 2024-01-12 5,728 238.6 ... that Louise Julien may have been an inspiration for the character of Cosette in Les Misérables?
Edo literature 2024-01-10 5,714 238.1 ... that Edo literature was influenced by British colonialism in the late 19th century, which introduced the Roman script and Christianity to the Edo people?
Cui Chenxi 2024-01-31 2,848 237.3 ... that skateboarder Cui Chenxi is the youngest Chinese gold medalist in the Asian Games?
Cymbalaria muralis 2024-01-16 5,684 236.8 ... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed?
Whitley Furniture Galleries 2024-01-30 2,838 236.5 ... that Whitley Furniture Galleries would increase the population of Zebulon more than eightfold when hosting an automobile giveaway in 1936?
Convent of Saint Lazarus 2024-01-03 5,658 235.8 ... that the thought of her sister Ioveta being a common nun was so abhorrent to the queen of Jerusalem that she ordered the construction of the Convent of Saint Lazarus for Ioveta to rule as an abbess?
Salute (musician) 2024-01-23 5,428 226.1 ... that the musician Salute has an inclusion rider on their contracts for live performances?
Protector Shoal 2024-01-19 5,393 224.7 ... that pumices erupted by the Protector Shoal volcano in 1962 floated to Australia and South America?
Rajiv Lochan Temple 2024-01-02 5,375 224.0 ... that the construction of the Rajiv Lochan Temple has been variously attributed to two mythical kings and a god?
Star Raiders 2024-01-28 2,488 219.2 ... that in 1983 readers of the magazine Softline voted Star Raiders the best program for Atari computers?
Gig economy 2024-01-26 2,562 213.5 ... that "gig" in "gig economy" comes from the slang term for individual appearances by performing artists?
Rex Parker 2024-01-23 5,086 211.9 ... that a teacher of medieval literature and comic books writes the blog Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle?
WKNO (TV) 2024-01-13 5,059 210.8 ... that Mister Rogers said that Mr. Chuck, the host of a children's show on the public TV station in Memphis, Tennessee, was "truly remarkable" and "achieving things I still struggle to achieve"?
Lewis OfMan 2024-01-28 2,380 209.6 ... that before discovering a rudimentary audio workstation on his mother's phone, the French musician Lewis OfMan wanted to be a perfumer?
Going Infinite 2024-01-16 5,030 209.6 ... that Michael Lewis, author of Going Infinite, compared a rival author to the subject of both their books, convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried?
WoodmenLife Tower 2024-01-06 5,002 208.4 ... that the WoodmenLife Tower hosts a livestream of a peregrine falcon nest on its 28th floor?
January 1982 California floods 2024-01-09 4,998 208.2 ... that during the January 1982 California floods, more than 18,000 landslides swept through the San Francisco Bay Area with little warning?
Bartow–Pell Mansion 2024-01-19 4,996 208.2 ... that New York City's Bartow–Pell Mansion became a museum after its operator was restricted from importing and exporting plants?
Artificial planet 2024-01-01 4,979 207.5 ... that examples of artificial planets in science fiction include Riverworld, the Well World, and the Death Star?
Thomas J. Wright (American scholar) 2024-01-21 4,930 205.4 ... that Thomas J. Wright's PhD dissertation focused on US–Soviet relations in the late 1940s?
Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst 2024-01-15 4,910 204.6 ... that Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst (How Deserted Lies the City), a motet composed by Rudolf Mauersberger after the bombing of Dresden, was first performed in the destroyed Kreuzkirche (pictured)?
Sasuke vs. Commander 2024-01-13 4,908 204.5 ... that Sasuke vs. Commander, one of SNK's earlier arcade games, was among the earliest to feature multiple boss fights?
Louis Zhang Jiashu 2024-01-28 1,896 200.1 ... that Louis Zhang Jiashu, a Catholic bishop of Shanghai who studied at Canterbury in 1911, received the archbishop of Canterbury in Shanghai in 1983?
Lou Daukas 2024-01-03 4,771 198.8 ... that after his professional American football career, Lou Daukas became a lawyer?
Logan Eggleston 2024-01-06 1,692 70.5 ... that three first-team All-Americans – Logan Eggleston, Zoe Fleck, and Asjia O'Neal – played on the University of Texas's NCAA volleyball championship team in 2022?
Zoe Fleck 1,590 66.3
Asjia O'Neal 1,470 61.2
Total 4,752 198.0
Olga Hartman 2024-01-05 4,736 197.3 ... that although Olga Hartman believed that her basic research on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters?
Curator aedium sacrarum et operum locorumque publicorum 2024-01-06 4,724 196.8 ... that the curator aedium sacrarum et operum locorumque publicorum was responsible for the upkeep of public works and buildings in ancient Rome?
Vivi Vassileva 2024-01-21 4,623 192.6 ... that Vivi Vassileva, a percussionist who was the youngest member of the German national youth orchestra, has played Gregor Mayrhofer's Recycling Concerto on instruments derived from garbage?
Thy Strong Word did Cleave the Darkness 2024-01-24 4,614 192.3 ... that "Thy Strong Word" replaced an anti–Mexican–American War hymn in the Episcopal Church?
1976 Big Thompson River flood 2024-01-28 2,176 191.7 ... that the 1976 Big Thompson River flood took place several hours before Colorado's 100th anniversary of statehood?
Anton Charles Pegis 2024-01-14 4,574 190.6 ... that by popular demand, philosopher Anton Charles Pegis continued to teach graduate classes for three years after becoming an emeritus professor?
Al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa 2024-01-14 4,569 190.4 ... that Akram Nadwi addressed the lack of Islamic women scholars highlighted in a Time article by composing al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa, a 43-volume work with more than 10,000 entries?
Winsted Citizen 2024-01-29 2,097 189.5 ... that in 2023, Ralph Nader founded the newspaper Winsted Citizen in his hometown of Winsted, Connecticut, where he delivered papers as a boy?
Bereavement group 2024-01-18 4,532 188.9 ... that bereavement support groups are one of the most common services offered for grief but have little evidence of improving psychological outcomes?
Summer Streets 2024-01-25 2,230 185.8 ... that because of New York City's Summer Streets program, Park Avenue in Manhattan has no motor traffic in three mornings in August?
Grigor Yeghiazaryan 2024-01-10 4,459 185.8 ... that although five of Armenian composer Grigor Yeghiazaryan's siblings died of starvation from the Armenian genocide, his life was saved because he played in a brass band?
Stephen Badlam 2024-01-03 4,444 185.1 ... that cabinet-maker Stephen Badlam simultaneously served as a justice of the peace and a brigadier-general?
The Chinese Association of Gauteng 2024-01-29 2,086 183.7 ... that the Transvaal Chinese Association opposed discriminatory legislation in the British Transvaal Colony alongside Mahatma Gandhi?
Chris Byars 2024-01-27 1,643 182.4 ... that jazz saxophonist Chris Byars ended his childhood operatic career when his voice croaked during a performance?
Patrice Gueniffey 2024-01-17 4,342 180.9 ... that French historian Patrice Gueniffey called the 2023 film Napoleon a "very anti-French and very pro-British" rewrite of history?
Keith Marshall (musician) 2024-01-31 2,167 180.6 ... that after no record label would sign Keith Marshall, his manager set one up himself and released his 1981 UK Top 20 single "Only Crying"?
1855 Kansas Territory elections 2024-01-19 4,330 180.4 ... that the fraud that marred Kansas's 1855 territorial legislature elections led many to dub the elected body the "Bogus Legislature"?
Gogoliad 2024-01-24 4,323 180.1 ... that with Gogoliad, Dmitri Shostakovich ended his film career with Grigori Kozintsev, the same director with whom he started?
Nonô (musician) 2024-01-12 2,498 104.1 ... that Nonô's discography includes songs from Majestic and Punctual?
Majestic (musician) 920 38.4
Punctual 842 35.1
Total 4,260 177.5
Maciej Grabowski (economist) 2024-01-05 4,247 177.0 ... that Maciej Grabowski became the Polish minister of environment in 2013 despite having no environmental experience?
Anna Nekhames 2024-01-26 2,105 175.4 ... that before the age of thirty, Anna Nekhames performed the dual role of Venus and Chief of the Gepopo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, one of opera's most demanding coloratura soprano parts?
Guillermo Torrez 2024-01-07 4,086 170.3 ... that small-business leaders such as Guillermo Torrez sympathized with the Movement for Socialism despite its anti-capitalist rhetoric?
Solar Wind Spectrometer 2024-01-19 4,068 169.5 ... that the Apollo 12 Solar Wind Spectrometer detected a gas-ion shockwave produced by the impact of the Apollo 13 S-IVB stage on the lunar surface?
Penny (New Zealand pre-decimal coin) 2024-01-05 4,066 169.4 ... that a design for the 1930s New Zealand penny depicted a rugby player?
Crested cuckoo-dove 2024-01-03 4,036 168.2 ... that misidentifications of the crested cuckoo-dove have led to claims that the extinct Choiseul pigeon is still around?
Agri-Expo 2024-01-18 4,027 167.8 ... that Agri-Expo is the oldest agricultural society in Africa?
Allerton 39th Street House 2024-01-07 3,988 166.2 ... that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the short stories "The Jelly-Bean" and "May Day" at the Allerton 39th Street House?
Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital 2024-01-21 3,921 163.4 ... that Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital was designed with balconies to treat patients with tuberculosis?
Triassosculda 2024-01-04 3,914 163.1 ... that until April 2023, when the genus Triassosculda was discovered, the mantis shrimp fossil record contained a gap of more than a hundred million years?
Adila Laïdi-Hanieh 2024-01-28 1,520 160.4 ... that Adila Laïdi-Hanieh and her team used digitisation to preserve endangered Palestinian material culture?
Moles (nightclub) 2024-01-31 1,921 160.1 ... that Van Morrison performed and recorded a collection of ancient Irish poems for Moles nightclub in Bath, Somerset?
King Lear (Shostakovich film score) 2024-01-04 3,842 160.1 ... that fewer than half of the seventy cues composed by Dmitri Shostakovich for the 1971 film King Lear made it into the final cut?
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf 2024-01-27 2,359 157.3 ... that David Bowie narrated a version of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in 1978 as a gift for his seven-year-old son Duncan?
Kihwan Sim 2024-01-12 3,762 156.8 ... that Kihwan Sim, a bass-baritone performer at the Oper Frankfurt, learned to play the tuba during his two years of military service?
Children's book illustration 2024-01-17 3,761 156.7 ... that children's book illustration techniques include photography?
Shalom chaverim 2024-01-25 1,870 155.8 ... that "Shalom chaverim" ('Peace, friends'), a Hebrew traditional folk song, has been sung at events commemorating the Holocaust and victims of anti-Semitic violence?
St. Martin, Oestrich 2024-01-25 1,808 150.7 ... that the Late Gothic appearance of the church of St. Martin (interior pictured) in Oestrich was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and restored only in 1894?
List of Green Bay Packers to win a most valuable player award 2024-01-11 3,606 150.2 ... that since 1995, the AP NFL MVP award has been given to a player for the Green Bay Packers seven times?
Messy in Heaven 2024-01-20 3,579 149.1 ... that several reviewers noted the opening line of Venbee's 2022 song "Messy in Heaven", "Jesus did cocaine on a night out"?
WSKG-TV 2024-01-10 3,558 148.2 ... that
St. Bernard could serve as a mascot—until she proved incapable of following direction and had to be sent to obedience school
?
Tucker Hall 2024-01-30 1,016 84.7 ... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus?
Ewell Hall 746 62.1
Total 1,762 146.8
George Willis Pack 2024-01-02 3,506 146.1 ... that George Willis Pack, a Northerner and Lincoln supporter, financed a monument to Confederate governor Zebulon Vance in Asheville, North Carolina?
Şenay Duzcu 2024-01-28 1,383 146.0 ... that comedian Şenay Duzcu was awarded the German–Turkish Friendship Prize?
Letterpress (video game) 2024-01-15 3,470 144.6 ... that while developing the sound effects for Letterpress, Loren Brichter spit in his microphone?
Julia Figueredo 2024-01-04 3,463 144.3 ... that Julia Figueredo was the first indigenous woman to be elected president of La Paz's parliamentary delegation?
St. Joseph, Wedding 2024-01-20 3,403 141.8 ... that St. Joseph, a 1909 Catholic church in the Romanesque Revival style in Berlin-Wedding, has served as an interim cathedral since 2018?
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment 2024-01-25 1,701 141.8 ... that Jake Kaufman composed most of the soundtrack for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment while streaming on Twitch?
KGTV (Iowa) 2024-01-27 1,264 140.4 ... that years after it closed, the studios of an Iowa TV station became the headquarters for the state police radio network?
Triste (film) 2024-01-02 3,318 138.2 ... that the projector at the Walter Reade Theater had to be modified to screen Nathaniel Dorsky's short film Triste?
E. S. Brusky 2024-01-01 3,304 137.7 ... that after accepting the job of team physician for the Green Bay Packers in 1962, E. S. Brusky was not paid a salary for at least the first nine years of his tenure?
Richard Urquhart Goode 2024-01-23 3,301 137.5 ... that geographer Richard Urquhart Goode is the namesake of three mountains and a glacier?
Michael Kremer 2024-01-18 3,256 135.7 ... that Michael Kremer's O-ring theory of economic development was inspired by his forgetting to purchase toilet paper for a training session?
Fair Work Ombudsman v Quest South Perth 2024-01-29 1,540 135.6 ... that an Australian High Court case found a hotel chain to have used third-party contractors to avoid paying employees their required benefits?
Frank Duncan (American football) 2024-01-25 1,611 134.2 ... that after being waived by the San Diego Chargers, Frank Duncan began packing before being re-signed the next day and eventually becoming a starter?
Giovanni Bonfanti 2024-01-08 3,221 134.2 ... that Giovanni Bonfanti scored a goal on his debut in a European competition?
Dom DiSandro 2024-01-13 3,213 133.9 ... that Dom DiSandro, the Philadelphia Eagles' chief security officer, was ejected from a game for getting into a scuffle with an opposing player?
Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391) 2024-01-20 3,164 131.9 ... that the Ava–Hanthawaddy War of 1385–1391 began when King Swa Saw Ke of Ava tried to place his nominee on the Hanthawaddy throne?
Leonia Alternative High School 2024-01-28 1,244 131.3 ... that the Leonia Alternative High School's employment of volunteer instructors led to opposition from the local teachers' union?
Acherontemys 2024-01-26 1,572 131.0 ... that the fossil turtle Acherontemys was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"?
KATU (TV) 2024-01-26 1,553 129.4 ... that for 25 years after an attempt to explode a whale went awry, the Oregon TV station that filmed it regularly fielded requests for its footage?
Quinque compilationes antiquae 2024-01-19 3,078 128.3 ... that the second collection of decretals in the Quinque compilationes antiquae was actually compiled after the third collection?
Harpegnathos alperti 2024-01-28 1,451 127.8 ... that Harpegnathos alperti worker ants have black heads and chocolate-colored mandibles?
Musical Instrument Bank 2024-01-03 3,054 127.3 ... that the entire inventory of historic string instruments in Canada's Musical Instrument Bank are loaned to musicians in a competition held every three years?
Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 2024-01-24 3,018 125.7 ... that despite Daniel Lopatin's electronic album Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 having a limited 2010 release on cassette tapes, it became a foundational album for the vaporwave genre?
Al Treml 2024-01-08 3,009 125.4 ... that before filming National Football League games, former Green Bay Packers video director Al Treml was trained in photography while serving in the United States Army?
Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva 2024-01-31 1,474 122.9 ... that in the Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva, Dmitri Shostakovich wanted to convey how he imagined the poet's voice, "husky, hefty, occluded in the smoke of homegrown tobacco"?
All Saints Church, Shanghai 2024-01-08 2,902 120.9 ... that Shen Zigao, the first Anglican bishop of Chinese descent, was consecrated at All Saints Church, Shanghai, in 1934?
Gamze Durmuş 2024-01-13 2,892 120.5 ... that Gamze Durmuş and her husband were the first referees to officiate a TFF First League match together?
Harmony of the Gospels 2024-01-27 1,739 115.9 ... that Augustine of Hippo's Harmony of the Gospels is technically not a Gospel harmony?
Jorge Barón (politician) 2024-01-27 1,610 107.4 ... that Jorge Barón, a member of King County Council, was an assistant director on The Mask of Zorro?
Vocalises (Ivanovs) 2024-01-13 2,513 104.7 ... that the Vocalises by Jānis Ivanovs were said to express "a longing for humanity"?
Going Places (Yellow Swans album) 2024-01-11 2,458 102.4 ... that Yellow Swans recorded their final album, Going Places, after their breakup?
Shanthi Kalathil 2024-01-24 2,451 102.1 ... that Shanthi Kalathil believes Radio Free Asia "filled a critical role in combating Chinese disinformation"?
Melvin Ramsay 2024-01-13 2,414 100.6 ... that physician
myalgic encephalomyelitis
is a form of mass hysteria?
2024 Seattle Sounders FC season 2024-01-15 2,406 100.3 ... that the 2024 season for Seattle Sounders FC will be their first with a new logo?
William Carter (composer) 2024-01-14 2,392 99.7 ... that composer and conductor William Carter began a career as a professional organist at the age of nine?
MLS Cup 2023 2024-01-22 2,318 96.6 ... that Wilfried Nancy became the first Black coach to win the MLS Cup in 2023?
Switch Disco 2024-01-01 2,258 94.1 ... that Switch Disco's song "Everything" saw a 185-percent increase in its Spotify streams after it was used in the seventh series of Love Island?
Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel 2024-01-05 2,256 94.0 ... that the new Catalogue of Works of Carl Friedrich Abel, listing 420 compositions, was introduced at a festival celebrating Abel's tercentenary in Köthen?
Thomas Ragle 2024-01-25 1,088 90.7 ... that Thomas Ragle, the president of Marlboro College from 1958 to 1981, described his position as like a "19th-century college president"?
UNICEF club 2024-01-15 1,625 67.7 ... that Illinois senator Mark Kirk returned to his former high school as an adult to create a UNICEF club?
Thomas Fritzsch 2024-01-16 1,619 67.5 ... that Thomas Fritzsch, a viol player who rediscovered compositions by Carl Friedrich Abel, established a festival dedicated to him in Köthen?
Kansas Business Hall of Fame 2024-01-06 1,536 64.0 ... that the Kansas Business Hall of Fame includes the founders of Pizza Hut and Russell Stover Candies?
91.1 Hot FM 2024-01-07 1,486 61.9 ... that Lachlan Murdoch was forced to resign as a director of Prime Media Group because the company owned a radio station on Queensland's Sunshine Coast?
Ryland Davies 2024-01-09 1,160 48.3 ... that a 1974 recording of Mozart's Così fan tutte with Ryland Davies as Ferrando was used in a 1995 film by the Salzburg Marionette Theatre?

Notes

  1. ^ Excludes 18,373.5 background views
  2. ^ Excludes 4,681.0 background views
  3. ^ Excludes 11,139.5 background views
  4. ^ Excludes 1,057.5 background views
  5. ^ Excludes 1,867.5 background views
  6. ^ Excludes 1,577.5 background views
  7. ^ Excludes 1,191.0 background views
  8. ^ Excludes 10,044.0 background views
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