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2016 FA Cup Final |
2016-05-21 |
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42,234
[a] |
3,519.5 |
... that
Manchester United equalled
Arsenal's FA Cup winners record with a win in the
2016 FA Cup Final (venue pictured) against
Crystal Palace today?
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Halal snack pack |
2016-05-09 |
|
16,554 |
1,408.8 |
... that four months after its creation, a
Facebook group dedicated to the
halal snack pack (pictured) had almost 90,000 members?
|
Anoplogaster cornuta |
2016-05-27 |
|
16,078 |
1,339.8 |
... that juvenile and adult
common fangtooth (adult pictured) look so unlike each other that at one time they were thought to be different species?
|
Jessica Chastain |
2016-05-19 |
|
13,314
[b] |
1,133.1 |
... that
Jessica Chastain (pictured) received a scholarship funded by
Robin Williams to study acting at the
Juilliard School?
|
Hu Lanqi |
2016-05-07 |
|
14,089 |
1,105.0 |
... that before
Hu Lanqi (pictured) became China's first female major general, she was a magazine cover girl, a prisoner of Nazi Germany, and was invited to Moscow by
Maxim Gorky?
|
Macaroni pie |
2016-05-20 |
|
13,127 |
1,093.9 |
... that an American recipe from 1870 for
macaroni pie (pictured) includes meat from squirrels, birds or wild ducks?
|
Hypercycle (chemistry) |
2016-05-02 |
|
12,166 |
1,035.4 |
... that the
hypercycle model (pictured) could explain how life on
Earth might have
begun?
|
Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones |
2016-05-25 |
|
12,250 |
1,032.3 |
... that the
Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones (pictured) are a bit of a mystery?
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Haskell canoe
|
2016-05-27
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|
7,816
|
651.3
|
... that the one-piece
Haskell canoe (pictured) was made from plywood glued together with
slaughterhouse blood?
|
Haskelite
|
4,382
|
365.2
|
Total |
12,198 |
1,016.5
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Isaac Parker |
2016-05-24 |
|
11,814 |
1,005.4 |
... that
Isaac Parker (pictured) was known as the "
Hanging Judge" of the
American Old West?
|
Gold wreaths from Thrace |
2016-05-19 |
|
11,539 |
975.1 |
... that a
golden wreath (pictured) found in 2005 in the tomb of a
Thracian ruler in Southeastern Bulgaria was dated to the mid-4th century BC?
|
Harmy's Despecialized Edition |
2016-05-04 |
|
11,338 |
965.0 |
... that
Harmy's Despecialized Edition is a fan-made effort to recreate the theatrical releases of the original
Star Wars trilogy (logo pictured) in
high-definition?
|
HMS Pembroke (M107) |
2016-05-10 |
|
11,268 |
958.9 |
... that while travelling back to Scotland from the
Persian Gulf in 2012, the
minehunter
HMS Pembroke (pictured) protected a cargo ship adrift in the
Gulf of Aden from pirates?
|
Presidential Salute Battery |
2016-05-03 |
|
8,452 |
898.4 |
... that the
U.S. Army's
Presidential Salute Battery uses the World War II-era
M5 gun?
|
Federal Relocation Arc |
2016-05-04 |
|
10,452 |
889.5 |
... that despite preparing for a variety of situations, many U.S. government leaders remain
vulnerable to BOOBs?
|
Birthday effect |
2016-05-02 |
|
10,398 |
884.9 |
... that
you are more likely to die on or near your birthday than at other times?
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Muhammad Ali (British boxer) |
2016-05-16 |
|
9,114 |
881.3 |
... that
Muhammad Ali has qualified to
box for
Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
|
Dhar iron pillar |
2016-05-25 |
|
10,410 |
867.5 |
... that the original
Dhar iron pillar must have been almost twice as high and at least 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) heavier than the
iron pillar of Delhi?
|
Marlia Hardi |
2016-05-11 |
|
10,792 |
863.3 |
... that, at the age of 24,
Marlia Hardi (pictured) portrayed an old woman in one of her first film roles?
|
Coconut shrimp |
2016-05-18 |
|
8,682 |
765.5 |
... that
coconut shrimp (pictured) is a popular dish at
tiki bars in the Caribbean and the Florida Keys?
|
Pepito (sandwich) |
2016-05-31 |
|
9,010 |
750.9 |
... that the
pepito is one of the most popular
street foods in Venezuela?
|
Torre de Manila controversy |
2016-05-06 |
|
7,726 |
708.2 |
... that the
controversial Torre de Manila, a residential condominium under construction in the Philippines, has been nicknamed by its critics as the "national photobomber"?
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Battlefield 1 |
2016-05-18 |
|
7,904
[c] |
696.9 |
... that the next main entry in the
Battlefield series after
Battlefield 4 is
Battlefield 1?
|
List of most disliked YouTube videos |
2016-05-05 |
|
8,118
[d] |
690.9 |
... that
Guinness World Records recognizes
Justin Bieber's "
Baby" as the
most disliked YouTube video?
|
Narjis |
2016-05-11 |
|
7,646 |
674.2 |
... that according to Shia tradition,
Narjis converted to
Islam on the request of
Mary, the mother of Jesus, and
Fatimah, the daughter of
Muhammad, whom she saw in her dreams?
|
Shumen fortress |
2016-05-12 |
|
9,232 |
671.4 |
... that the
Shumen fortress (pictured) was destroyed in 1444 after the battle between
Władysław III of Poland and the
Ottomans?
|
Netty Herawaty |
2016-05-18 |
|
7,611 |
671.1 |
... that
Netty Herawaty began acting at age 13 and was married within a year?
|
Binary search algorithm |
2016-05-23 |
|
7,434
[e] |
668.3 |
... that when the
binary search algorithm was assigned in a course for professional programmers, 90 percent of the programmers failed to provide a correct solution?
|
Archie vs. Predator |
2016-05-30 |
|
7,970 |
664.2 |
... that when the
Archie vs. Predator comic was first announced, many media outlets noted in their headline that the news was not a joke?
|
Elsie Howey |
2016-05-09 |
|
7,416 |
650.0 |
... that the suffragette
Elsie Howey once had nearly all of her teeth broken during
force-feeding after undertaking a
hunger strike in prison?
|
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (2016) |
2016-05-12 |
|
5,990 |
608.7 |
... that the new
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge is the fourth floating bridge to connect
Seattle with its
Eastside suburbs, and the world's longest?
|
Organized horse fighting |
2016-05-05 |
|
6,187 |
594.4 |
... that
organized horse fighting has been a traditional
Miao
Chinese New Year observance for 500 years?
|
Psychopathic Personality Inventory |
2016-05-19 |
|
6,950 |
587.4 |
... that the
Psychopathic Personality Inventory examines eight
personality traits commonly found in
psychopaths?
|
5 to 7 |
2016-05-23 |
|
6,506
[f] |
584.8 |
... that the romantic comedy film
5 to 7, about a young man who falls in love with a married woman, was inspired by a couple who had a "terribly civilized"
open marriage?
|
Dearborn-Putnam controversy |
2016-05-30 |
|
6,987 |
582.2 |
... that the
Dearborn-Putnam controversy erupted when
Henry Dearborn accused
Israel Putnam (both pictured) of cowardice 43 years after the
Battle of Bunker Hill?
|
Cerro de los Santos |
2016-05-05 |
|
5,936 |
570.3 |
... that most of the 300 stone sculptures (examples pictured) found at
Cerro de los Santos depict women, many with tiara-like headdresses or cloaks?
|
Bhojeshwar Temple |
2016-05-16 |
|
5,875 |
568.1 |
... that the
architectural plans for the finished temple are etched on rocks near India's incomplete
Bhojeshwar Temple (pictured)?
|
Sacred Jackfruit Tree |
2016-05-13 |
|
5,810 |
561.8 |
... that one of the seven images of
Krishna carved from the
Sacred Jackfruit Tree is located in the
Shree Govindajee Temple (pictured) in the palace at
Imphal?
|
Barbara Robb |
2016-05-31 |
|
6,733 |
561.1 |
... that
Barbara Robb (pictured), a campaigner for the well-being of older people, was described by a cabinet minister in 1969 as a "terrible danger" to the British government?
|
Pigot Diamond |
2016-05-23 |
|
7,134 |
553.7 |
... that the
Pigot Diamond was the largest diamond in England at the turn of the 19th century but its location today is unknown, although a popular legend says it was crushed to powder?
|
Alita: Battle Angel |
2016-05-24 |
|
6,468 |
550.4 |
... that
Alita: Battle Angel has been repeatedly delayed by
James Cameron's work on
Avatar and its sequels?
|
Springbok colours |
2016-05-23 |
|
6,060 |
544.7 |
... that only South Africans are allowed to be issued
Springbok colours?
|
Hassan Shateri |
2016-05-13 |
|
6,354 |
540.8 |
... that
Hassan Shateri (pictured), a senior commander of Iran's
Revolutionary Guards who had been an assassination target for some time, was killed in
Syria in February 2013?
|
Bank of England £1 note |
2016-05-06 |
|
6,332 |
538.9 |
... that the
Bank of England £1 note (1805 issue pictured) ceased to be legal tender in 1988 and was replaced by the
one pound coin?
|
Guallatiri |
2016-05-02 |
|
5,290 |
533.8 |
... that glacier-covered
Guallatiri (pictured) was last active in 1960, and still features
fumaroles?
|
Cheetah |
2016-05-30 |
|
6,398
[g] |
533.2 |
... that every
cheetah (pictured) has a unique pattern of spots in its coat?
|
Mary, Queen of Hungary |
2016-05-10 |
|
6,298 |
529.2 |
... that
Mary, Queen of Hungary (pictured), regained the throne after her mother,
Elizabeth of Bosnia, had
Charles III of Naples assassinated in 1386?
|
Grace Banker |
2016-05-02 |
|
5,233 |
528.1 |
... that
Grace Banker and her team of telephone operators reported for work wearing helmets and gas masks?
|
Julia Meade |
2016-05-31 |
|
6,336 |
528.0 |
... that for her work presenting
Lincoln cars in live commercials on
The Ed Sullivan Show,
Julia Meade was described as "part auto dealer, part chic sexpot"?
|
Dorkovo Museum |
2016-05-12 |
|
4,974 |
505.5 |
... that the domed wooden
Dorkovo Museum displays fossils from the
Pliocene epoch, including a life-size model of a
gomphothere (pictured)?
|
Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles |
2016-05-16 |
|
5,207 |
503.5 |
... that the
Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles were occupied at various periods and a small hoard of
Roman coins was found in one?
|
Sonicblue Airways Flight 604 |
2016-05-18 |
|
5,914 |
503.4 |
... that the crash of
Sonicblue Airways Flight 604 bankrupted
Sonicblue Airways?
|
Ocasio v. United States |
2016-05-30 |
|
5,972 |
497.7 |
... that one commentator suggested that
a recent United States Supreme Court decision may "raise more questions than answers"?
|
Casuarina glauca |
2016-05-19 |
|
5,686 |
480.5 |
... that a prostrate
cultivar of the
swamp she-oak was named for its resemblance to
Cousin Itt?
|
À la zingara |
2016-05-09 |
|
5,476 |
480.0 |
... that gypsy sauce may have originated from
à la zingara?
|
Fast 8 |
2016-05-07 |
|
4,910
[h] |
471.7 |
... that in keeping with the
The Fast and the Furious franchise's penchant for filming in "exotic" locations, such as
Dubai and
Rio de Janeiro,
Fast 8 is filming in
Cuba?
|
Michelle Williams on screen and stage |
2016-05-13 |
|
4,840 |
468.1 |
... that
Michelle Williams is a
Best Actress nominee at the upcoming
2016 Tony Awards?
|
Wangkhei Phee |
2016-05-27 |
|
5,584 |
465.3 |
... that
Wangkhei Phee, a fabric woven by women of
Manipur, is made of fine white cotton yarn with a closely-woven texture and is "fully transparent"?
|
HMS Anne Galley |
2016-05-22 |
|
5,576 |
464.6 |
... that in 1744, the British
fire ship
HMS Anne Galley (pictured) exploded and sank after onboard cannon fire ignited loose gunpowder in the ship's hold, killing all aboard?
|
Charles Nalder Baeyertz
|
2016-05-09
|
|
3,448
|
293.4
|
... that
Emilia Baeyertz preached to crowds on Christianity but her son,
Charles Nalder Baeyertz, was concerned about the moral dangers of "a prevalence of bad English"?
|
Emilia Baeyertz
|
1,998
|
170.0
|
Total |
5,445 |
463.4
|
Rebel in the Rye |
2016-05-12 |
|
4,534 |
460.6 |
... that the upcoming film
Rebel in the Rye is based on a non-fiction book about the life of author
J. D. Salinger during World War II?
|
Solid nitrogen |
2016-05-13 |
|
4,727 |
457.1 |
... that
solid nitrogen is an important component of the surfaces of
Triton, a moon of
Neptune, and of the dwarf planet
Pluto?
|
Tarquin and Lucretia (Titian) |
2016-05-07 |
|
4,744 |
455.8 |
... that
Titian's painting of
Tarquin and Lucretia (illustrated) took over three years to complete?
|
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner |
2016-05-31 |
|
5,358 |
446.5 |
... that
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner was a plural wife to both
Joseph Smith and
Brigham Young?
|
Trefignath
|
2016-05-29
|
|
2,535
|
211.2
|
... that
Trefignath (pictured),
Presaddfed,
Lligwy,
Bodowyr,
Din Dryfol, and
Pant-y-Saer are all burial chambers on
Anglesey?
|
Presaddfed Burial Chamber
|
683
|
56.9
|
Pant-y-Saer Burial Chamber
|
574
|
47.8
|
Lligwy Burial Chamber
|
540
|
45.0
|
Bodowyr
|
506
|
42.2
|
Din Dryfol
|
481
|
40.1
|
Total |
5,318 |
443.2
|
Dudou |
2016-05-17 |
|
5,150 |
438.3 |
... that the silk
dudou was the
early-modern Chinese equivalent of the
corset, used to flatten women's breasts?
|
Dessert sauce |
2016-05-06 |
|
4,766 |
436.9 |
... that
dessert sauce can be prepared as a
hard sauce using alcoholic beverages?
|
Mayday! Deep Space |
2016-05-13 |
|
4,514 |
436.5 |
... that in the
science fiction video game
Mayday! Deep Space, the player uses
voice commands to instruct the only survivor on a ship full of dead crew members?
|
Moving Pictures (webcomic) |
2016-05-24 |
|
5,050 |
434.4 |
... that in the
Moving Pictures webcomic,
World War II is used solely as a backdrop to tell a "fucked up love story"?
|
Ethel Weed |
2016-05-05 |
|
4,466 |
429.1 |
... that U.S. Army Lieutenant
Ethel Weed was a pivotal figure in establishing
women's rights in
postwar Japan?
|
Iris atrofusca |
2016-05-06 |
|
4,638 |
425.2 |
... that the flowers of
Iris atrofusca are so dark that in
Jordan it is often called a "black iris"?
|
Mechanical doping |
2016-05-14 |
|
4,584 |
422.8 |
... that a cyclist was caught
mechanical doping after an electric motor was found in her bike, 6 years after the first allegations emerged?
|
Sturgeon v. Frost |
2016-05-24 |
|
4,950 |
421.2 |
... that the
United States Supreme Court's recent ruling in
Sturgeon v. Frost began as a dispute about a
hovercraft, but "the stakes in this case are potentially huge"?
|
Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne |
2016-05-10 |
|
4,983 |
418.7 |
... that
Maryland was forced to issue refunds, potentially up to $200 million, after part of the state's personal income tax scheme was
found unconstitutional by the
U.S. Supreme Court?
|
Chahan (food) |
2016-05-16 |
|
4,301 |
415.9 |
... that
chahan, a Japanese
fried rice dish, may have originated from Chinese immigrants who arrived at the port of
Kobe in the 1860s?
|
The Painted Skin |
2016-05-18 |
|
4,671 |
411.8 |
... that the
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio short story "
The Painted Skin" has been praised for its "powerful theme and the sheer gruesomeness of its detail"?
|
Jeremy Lin |
2016-05-14 |
|
4,408
[i] |
406.5 |
... that
Jeremy Lin (pictured) and
Jordan Clarkson were the first
Asian Americans in
NBA history to start together at
guard?
|
Mary Field Garner |
2016-05-27 |
|
4,842 |
403.5 |
... that
Mary Field Garner was the last living acquaintance of
Joseph Smith and the oldest
Utah resident when she died at age 107?
|
Stade Arsène Wenger |
2016-05-24 |
|
4,657 |
400.6 |
... that
Stade Arsène Wenger used to be a potato field?
|
James Walsh (convict) |
2016-05-01 |
|
3,760 |
399.7 |
... that intricate artworks on an Australian prison cell wall that were discovered by accident almost a century later are thought to be the handiwork of
convict
James Walsh?
|
Curve-shortening flow |
2016-05-19 |
|
4,678 |
398.1 |
... that
curve-shortening causes every smooth
simple closed curve to become
convex and then
near-circular before it shrinks to a
point?
|
Amanda Barnes Smith |
2016-05-25 |
|
4,753 |
396.1 |
... that
Amanda Barnes Smith allegedly healed her son's shattered hip by
divine inspiration after the
Haun's Mill massacre?
|
Kingsman: The Golden Circle |
2016-05-31 |
|
4,706
[j] |
392.2 |
... that writing the screenplay for the
Kingsman: The Golden Circle was the "hardest thing"
Matthew Vaughn has ever done?
|
Peter Martyr Vermigli |
2016-05-26 |
|
4,624 |
385.3 |
... that
Peter Martyr Vermigli was allegedly challenged to a duel with a double-edged axe by
Theodore Bibliander over the doctrine of
double predestination?
|
Emily Hollinshead |
2016-05-04 |
|
3,768 |
380.2 |
... that when she was 11,
Emily Hollinshead challenged an FA ban on girls and boys playing football together?
|
Yang Hongying |
2016-05-20 |
|
4,510 |
375.8 |
... that
Yang Hongying, whose books have sold more than 50 million copies, is known as "China's
J. K. Rowling"?
|
Crema (dairy product) |
2016-05-28 |
|
4,460 |
371.7 |
... that in Mexico,
crema is sold directly to consumers by ranches that produce it?
|
Olaf Guthfrithson |
2016-05-19 |
|
4,359 |
371.0 |
... that a skeleton found at
Auldhame in 2005 may belong to
Olaf Guthfrithson, king of
Dublin and
Northumbria?
|
Lowestoft Maritime Museum |
2016-05-25 |
|
4,391 |
365.9 |
... that
Lowestoft Maritime Museum (pictured) is Britain's most easterly museum?
|
The Torist |
2016-05-24 |
|
4,242 |
361.0 |
... that
The Torist, a
dark web site, is a literary review that can only be reached through
Tor?
|
Lucca (dog) |
2016-05-01 |
|
4,184 |
356.1 |
... that
Lucca (pictured) became the 67th recipient of the
Dickin Medal, having lost a leg in an
IED explosion?
|
Manjarabad fort |
2016-05-23 |
|
3,961 |
356.0 |
... that the star-shaped
Manjarabad fort, built in 1792 by
Tippu Sultan, was patterned on the military forts developed by the French architect
Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban?
|
Euonymeia |
2016-05-03 |
|
4,509 |
353.6 |
... that construction in
Euonymeia uncovered one of the largest known
Bronze Age industrial complexes of the
Mycenaean civilization?
|
Diplomatic correspondence |
2016-05-05 |
|
4,142 |
352.5 |
... that the customary
salutation used in
letters from one president to another is "My Great and Good Friend"?
|
The True Memoirs of an International Assassin |
2016-05-11 |
|
4,344 |
347.5 |
... that in
an upcoming film,
Kevin James plays a writer who is mistaken for a real
assassin when his fictional novel is published as non-fiction?
|
GSI Mariner |
2016-05-17 |
|
3,766 |
347.4 |
... that the
GSI Mariner, a Canadian
research/
survey ship, was built in
Edmonton and trucked to the
Hay River in sections to be reassembled for launch on
Great Slave Lake?
|
Crump Lake (Oregon) |
2016-05-16 |
|
4,072 |
346.6 |
... that in 2015, the
Oregon Department of State Lands closed
Crump Lake to the public because drought had reduced the lake’s water level exposing the lakebed to looting by
cultural artifact hunters?
|
Welsh Church of Central London |
2016-05-09 |
|
3,936 |
345.1 |
... that
David Lloyd George regularly attended the
Welsh Church of Central London (pictured) and his daughter was married there?
|
Robert Todd Carroll |
2016-05-23 |
|
3,828 |
344.0 |
... that
Robert Todd Carroll started his
skeptic's journey as a seven-year-old doubting
Santa Claus?
|
Will Rogers Memorial |
2016-05-24 |
|
3,996 |
343.7 |
... that a 2016 law making the
Will Rogers Memorial Museum (pictured) a part of the
Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) also requires the Governor to appoint a direct descendant of
Rogers to the OHS board?
|
Amara War Cemetery |
2016-05-18 |
|
3,865 |
340.8 |
... that the
Amara War Cemetery in
Iraq contains the graves of three
Victoria Cross recipients from the First World War?
|
Bank of England 10s note |
2016-05-10 |
|
4,048 |
340.2 |
... that the
Bank of England 10s note was replaced by the
fifty pence coin during
decimalisation?
|
Widgiemoolthalite |
2016-05-26 |
|
4,044 |
337.0 |
... that
widgiemoolthalite, which is composed in part of
nickel, was first described by a man named
Nickel?
|
Lemonade (Beyoncé album) |
2016-05-04 |
|
3,328
[k] |
335.9 |
... that
Lemonade was accompanied by the release of a 60-minute
short film of the same name, which premiered on
HBO?
|
Nachiarkoil lamp |
2016-05-04 |
|
3,868 |
329.2 |
... that Pathers use "vandal sand" to make moulds for
Nachiarkoil lamps?
|
Jungle cat |
2016-05-15 |
|
3,239 |
329.1 |
... that despite its name, the
jungle cat eschews
rainforests and woodlands, and prefers
swamps?
|
Victoria Hamilton |
2016-05-17 |
|
3,566 |
329.0 |
... that
Victoria Hamilton has appeared in three
Jane Austen adaptations, most recently as
Maria Bertram?
|
Robin McCall |
2016-05-20 |
|
3,916 |
326.3 |
... that at the age of 18,
Robin McCall became the youngest woman to qualify for a
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race?
|
Four-horned antelope |
2016-05-14 |
|
3,828 |
325.8 |
... that the unusual four-horned skull of the
four-horned antelope (illustrated) makes it a popular target for
trophy hunters?
|
Larson's Hunters Resort |
2016-05-11 |
|
3,578 |
315.5 |
... that the
Swedish immigrants who built
Larson's Hunters Resort on the western border of
Minnesota initially lived in a
dugout?
|
RV Cefas Endeavour |
2016-05-20 |
|
3,772 |
314.3 |
... that when
Cefas'
RV Cefas Endeavour (pictured) performed a marine biology survey of the east coast of England, it also found
Exmoor?
|
Hawaii and the American Civil War |
2016-05-21 |
|
3,764 |
313.6 |
... that despite the
Kingdom of Hawaiʻi's neutrality during the American Civil War, many Hawaiians enlisted in the military regiments of other states?
|
Claudius Hieronymianus |
2016-05-24 |
|
3,624 |
311.8 |
... that
Claudius Hieronymianus built a temple to the god
Serapis at
Eboracum (present-day
York) in the early 3rd century AD?
|
Elye Falkovitsh |
2016-05-10 |
|
3,654 |
311.0 |
... that Russian-Jewish
linguist
Elye Falkovitsh saved the lives of 88 wounded people during a single battle in
World War II?
|
Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists |
2016-05-07 |
|
3,230 |
310.3 |
... that
Iran has accused
Israel of being behind the
assassination of several Iranian nuclear scientists?
|
Officer of the United States |
2016-05-07 |
|
3,955 |
310.2 |
... that
officers of the United States have been delegated part of the "
sovereign power" of the
United States?
|
Eduardo Sasha |
2016-05-08 |
|
3,348 |
307.0 |
... that Brazilian footballer
Eduardo Sasha (pictured) is nicknamed after the model and actress
Sasha Meneghel?
|
Heba Amin |
2016-05-18 |
|
3,462 |
305.2 |
... that
graffiti by artist
Heba Amin which appeared in an episode of the television series
Homeland included phrases in Arabic such as "Homeland is racist"?
|
Ahdname of Milodraž
|
2016-05-28
|
|
2,159
|
179.9
|
... that friar
Anđeo Zvizdović, who negotiated the
promise of freedom of religion to the Bosnians (charter pictured), is credited with the survival of
Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
|
Anđeo Zvizdović
|
1,444
|
120.4
|
Total |
3,604 |
300.3
|
Rose Mackenberg |
2016-05-26 |
|
3,589 |
299.1 |
... that in May 1926 investigator
Rose Mackenberg testified before
Congress about fraudulent
mediums with her mentor,
Harry Houdini?
|
Etruscan architecture |
2016-05-05 |
|
3,098 |
297.6 |
... that the orientation of new
Etruscan temples may have been decided by
augurs observing the flight of birds?
|
Jozef Raskin |
2016-05-01 |
|
2,749 |
292.2 |
... that
Jozef Raskin, a Belgian
Scheutist missionary who was
guillotined for spying in World War II, has a statue erected in his honor in the city of
Aarschot?
|
Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824 (Philadelphia) |
2016-05-04 |
|
2,886 |
291.3 |
... that a dozen temporary
triumphal arches were constructed in
Philadelphia for the
entrance of the Marquis de Lafayette into the city in 1824?
|
Holy Trinity Church (Nashville) |
2016-05-31 |
|
3,487 |
290.6 |
... that despite the
cornerstone being laid in 1852, the
Church of the Holy Trinity in
Nashville, Tennessee, was not
consecrated until 36 years later, in 1888?
|
Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940 |
2016-05-31 |
|
3,460 |
288.3 |
... that the
1940 crash of a
New York Central luxury train, the
Lakeshore Limited, killed 31, including the
engineer who was one month from retirement?
|
Josephine Nesbit |
2016-05-18 |
|
3,382 |
287.8 |
... that
Josephine Nesbit, an American army nurse and second-in-command of the
Angels of Bataan, was credited with their survival through
internment at Santo Tomas?
|
Sinon (Sword Art Online) |
2016-05-20 |
|
3,450 |
287.5 |
... that
Sword Art Online character
Sinon's glasses were created as the authors felt there were not enough characters in the series with glasses?
|
Δ34S |
2016-05-26 |
|
3,440 |
286.7 |
... that
δ34S values in certain
Archean
pyrites suggest that
sulfate-reducing organisms were present
3,470 million years ago?
|
German Party (Slovakia)
|
2016-05-10
|
|
1,029
|
86.5
|
... that two deputies of the
German Party were elected in the
1938 Slovak parliamentary election, former
Carpathian German Party chief and member of the Czechoslovak parliament from the
10th district
Franz Karmasin, and the priest
Josef Steinhübl?
|
Josef Steinhübl
|
822
|
69.1
|
Carpathian German Party
|
785
|
66.0
|
Franz Karmasin
|
623
|
52.4
|
Jihlava 10th electoral district (Czechoslovakia)
|
150
|
12.6
|
Total |
3,409 |
286.5
|
Space Marshals |
2016-05-25 |
|
3,436 |
286.3 |
... that in the
stealth video game
Space Marshals, players can unlock gear and weapons such as shotguns, crossbows and axes, based on their performance in each level?
|
Sam Allardyce |
2016-05-04 |
|
2,810 |
283.7 |
... that the
Premier League manager
Sam Allardyce (pictured) learned many training methods from observing the
NFL's
Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
|
Cherry Blossom Ending |
2016-05-11 |
|
3,208 |
282.9 |
... that
Busker Busker's "
Cherry Blossom Ending" re-enters the South Korean music charts every spring and is nicknamed "Cherry Blossom Zombie"?
|
Emily Allen |
2016-05-09 |
|
3,319 |
282.5 |
... that the footballer
Emily Allen once scored 15 goals in one match?
|
Bank of England £20 note |
2016-05-03 |
|
2,649 |
281.6 |
... that from 2020, the
Bank of England £20 note will feature
J. M. W. Turner and his painting
The Fighting Temeraire?
|
Opisthoproctus soleatus |
2016-05-10 |
|
3,321 |
279.1 |
... that the fish
Opisthoproctus soleatus has tubular eyes which point upwards?
|
Refugee Olympic Athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
2016-05-01 |
|
2,608 |
277.3 |
... that
a team of refugees is expected to compete at the
2016 Summer Olympics?
|
Elisabeth von Heyking |
2016-05-02 |
|
2,745 |
277.0 |
... that
Elisabeth von Heyking's debut
novel sold out within three weeks of its release?
|
Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301) |
2016-05-22 |
|
3,321 |
276.8 |
... that many villages were named after a profession in the
medieval Kingdom of Hungary, indicating that the villagers were required to render a specific service to their lords?
|
Arundel Terrace |
2016-05-26 |
|
3,314 |
276.2 |
... that 1–13
Arundel Terrace in
Brighton consists entirely of
Grade I listed buildings?
|
Electro-Dynamic Light Company
|
2016-05-05
|
|
1,921
|
184.6
|
... that the
Electro-Dynamic Light Company, organized by
Albon Man and others, was formed three months before the Edison Electric-Light Company?
|
Albon Man
|
946
|
90.8
|
Total |
2,866 |
275.4
|
Twelfth Street Meeting House |
2016-05-04 |
|
2,696 |
272.0 |
... that the roof trusses from Philadelphia's
1755 Great Meeting House (demolished 1812) have been recycled twice?
|
I Get This Call Every Day |
2016-05-14 |
|
3,159 |
268.9 |
... that David S. Gallant was fired after the game he developed,
I Get This Call Every Day, was featured on the front page of the
Toronto Star?
|
Montreal Laboratory |
2016-05-27 |
|
3,207 |
267.2 |
... that the
Montreal Laboratory was initially located in a house where bathrooms were used for offices, with papers and books stacked in the bathtubs?
|
1979 Revolution: Black Friday |
2016-05-25 |
|
3,200 |
266.7 |
... that after the announcement of
1979 Revolution: Black Friday, a conservative Iranian newspaper accused game director
Navid Khonsari of espionage, and members of his development team took on aliases?
|
Patriots Day (film) |
2016-05-10 |
|
3,094
[l] |
263.3 |
... that the upcoming film
Patriots Day is based on the
2013 terrorist attack on the
Boston Marathon on
Patriots' Day?
|
Old Ship Hotel |
2016-05-24 |
|
3,067 |
261.0 |
... that the
Old Ship Hotel is the oldest hotel in
Brighton?
|
Trave |
2016-05-16 |
|
2,690 |
260.1 |
... that the
River Trave was declared Germany's 2016/17 "Riverscape of the Year" by the
Friends of Nature?
|
Rokh (video game) |
2016-05-08 |
|
2,830 |
259.4 |
... that in the upcoming
open world science fiction game
Rokh, players must
survive on Mars?
|
Stop!! Hibari-kun! |
2016-05-20 |
|
3,088 |
257.3 |
... that
Hisashi Eguchi abandoned the serialization of his manga
Stop!! Hibari-kun! after fleeing to a hotel room?
|
2016 Scottish Cup Final |
2016-05-21 |
|
3,082 |
256.8 |
... that
today's Scottish Cup Final between
Rangers and
Hibernian is the first contested by two teams not in the
top division?
|
Chilo infuscatellus
|
2016-05-31
|
|
1,050
|
87.5
|
... that the
sugarcane shoot borer, the
Gurdaspur borer and the
gold-fringed rice stemborer are all parasitised by the fly
Sturmiopsis inferens?
|
Sturmiopsis inferens
|
885
|
73.8
|
Bissetia steniellus
|
610
|
50.9
|
Chilo auricilius
|
524
|
43.7
|
Total |
3,070 |
255.9
|
Facebookcorewwwi.onion |
2016-05-25 |
|
2,993 |
252.2 |
... that
Facebook released a
Tor hidden service at
facebookcorewwwi.onion?
|
Cecil Abercrombie
|
2016-05-31
|
|
1,658
|
138.2
|
... that two
Scotland international
rugby union players,
Cecil Abercrombie and
John Skinner Wilson, died in the
Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916?
|
John Skinner Wilson (rugby union)
|
1,294
|
107.9
|
Total |
2,953 |
246.1
|
Bank of California Building (Portland) |
2016-05-19 |
|
2,886 |
245.6 |
... that the
Bank of California Building in downtown
Portland, Oregon, has been described as being in the style of an Italian Renaissance
palazzo?
|
Matt Damon filmography |
2016-05-16 |
|
2,879
[m] |
245.0 |
... that
films featuring Matt Damon have collectively earned over $2.9 billion in North America?
|
Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site |
2016-05-03 |
|
3,119 |
244.6 |
... that a memorial was not erected for the 674 bodies at the
Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site until the 75th anniversary of
the hurricane?
|
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare |
2016-05-21 |
|
2,923
[n] |
243.6 |
... that the announcement trailer for
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare received over two million dislikes and is the
second most disliked video on YouTube?
|
Max Reger works |
2016-05-11 |
|
2,755 |
242.9 |
... that among the late
works by Max Reger (pictured) are a
fragment of a Latin Requiem and the
Hebbel Requiem?
|
Trevor Story |
2016-05-03 |
|
3,089 |
242.3 |
... that
Trevor Story (pictured) is the first
rookie in Major League Baseball to hit
home runs in each of his first four games?
|
Spanish–Taíno War of San Juan–Borikén |
2016-05-28 |
|
2,898 |
241.5 |
... that the
Taíno burned the Spanish capital of
Caparra (pictured) during the
Spanish–Taíno War of San Juan–Borikén?
|
Bank Markazi v. Peterson |
2016-05-15 |
|
3,186 |
240.5 |
... that the
U.S. Supreme Court recently
decided that a law that applied only to one case, identified by
docket number, and that abrogated all of a party's defenses, did not violate the
U.S. Constitution?
|
Chet Trail |
2016-05-25 |
|
2,842 |
239.5 |
... that
Chet Trail is the only person to be on a
World Series roster despite never playing in a
Major League Baseball game?
|
Vladislav of Bosnia
|
2016-05-11
|
|
1,922
|
169.5
|
... that the Bosnian prince
Vladislav was passed over in succession for unknown reasons, but nevertheless ruled with his wife
Jelena in the name of their minor son
Tvrtko?
|
Jelena Šubić
|
789
|
69.6
|
Total |
2,711 |
239.0
|
Gelliodes wilsoni |
2016-05-18 |
|
2,786 |
237.1 |
... that human activity has
helped the
gray encrusting sponge to
disperse across the Pacific?
|
Katie Morrow |
2016-05-21 |
|
2,820 |
235.0 |
... that at 16,
Katie Morrow (pictured) was the youngest player selected for the British women's
wheelchair basketball team for the
2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio?
|
Gökgöl Cave |
2016-05-30 |
|
2,790 |
232.5 |
... that
Gökgöl Cave, a
show cave in
Zonguldak, Turkey, was flooded in 2014 and remained closed until May 2016?
|
Evliya Kasim Pasha Mosque |
2016-05-30 |
|
2,789 |
232.4 |
... that the late 15th-century
Evliya Kasim Pasha Mosque in
Edirne, Turkey, has not been used since 1950 due to its separation from the city by a
levee of the
Tunca River?
|
Geraldine Roman |
2016-05-27 |
|
2,772 |
231.0 |
... that
Geraldine Roman is the first openly
transgender woman elected to the
Congress of the Philippines?
|
Northern Command (RAAF) |
2016-05-22 |
|
2,772 |
231.0 |
... that
RAAF Northern Command was going to be an area, then became a command, then became an area, and then became nothing at all?
|
Chan Yuen-ting |
2016-05-09 |
|
2,632 |
230.7 |
... that
Chan Yuen-ting was the first female manager to lead a men's
association football team to a league championship in a nation's top league?
|
Gibbs surround |
2016-05-05 |
|
2,642 |
224.9 |
... that the
Gibbs surround (pictured) is named after the architect
James Gibbs, though he did not invent this style of framing a door or window?
|
Seri Rambai |
2016-05-06 |
|
2,618 |
222.8 |
... that the
Seri Rambai cannon in Penang, Malaysia, is considered a fertility symbol?
|
Digging for Fire |
2016-05-15 |
|
2,191 |
222.6 |
... that the 2015 American film
Digging for Fire was filmed from a two-and-a-half–page outline rather than a traditional screenplay?
|
Winschoten railway station |
2016-05-23 |
|
2,846 |
220.9 |
... that during World War II, approximately 500 Jews were transported from the
Winschoten railway station via the
Westerbork transit camp to
Nazi concentration camps, where most of them were killed?
|
Medu vada |
2016-05-05 |
|
2,295 |
220.5 |
... that
medu vada was popularized outside of South India by
Udupi restaurateurs of
Mumbai?
|
Abortion in Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2016-05-24 |
|
2,541 |
218.6 |
... that
women from Saint Kitts and Nevis seeking abortions often travel to other Caribbean countries to remain anonymous?
|
I Am Tour (Leona Lewis) |
2016-05-13 |
|
2,249 |
217.5 |
... that the stage backdrop for
Leona Lewis'
I Am Tour was described by one critic as resembling "five strips of giant toilet paper"?
|
Silver Creek (Susquehanna River) |
2016-05-30 |
|
2,610 |
217.5 |
... that
Silver Creek was referred to by two different names on the same
USGS map—and the locals had never heard of either name?
|
The Play of Wit and Science |
2016-05-17 |
|
2,336 |
215.4 |
... that in
The Play of Wit and Science, Wit wins Science's heart by slaying the monster Tediousness?
|
Phallusia mammillata |
2016-05-19 |
|
2,530 |
215.3 |
... that the
tunicate
Phallusia mammillata accumulates
vanadium in its blood cells?
|
56 Artillery Lane |
2016-05-17 |
|
2,524 |
214.9 |
... that the
Grade I listed building
56 Artillery Lane in
London is now used as a free art exhibition space?
|
Sian Williams (rugby player) |
2016-05-17 |
|
2,294 |
211.6 |
... that
Sian Williams became the first professional player in the
Wales women's national rugby union team, after the
Royal Air Force granted her elite athlete status in 2016?
|
Dan Jack Combs |
2016-05-10 |
|
2,478 |
210.9 |
... that after retiring from the
Kentucky Supreme Court,
Dan Jack Combs was twice arrested on
marijuana-related charges and became an advocate for the drug's
legalization in the United States?
|
Barbara Friedrich |
2016-05-08 |
|
2,290 |
210.0 |
... that following safety-related rule changes to limit throwing distances, the U.S. women's high school record for the
javelin throw set by
Barbara Friedrich in 1967 may never be broken?
|
Paul Walsh |
2016-05-02 |
|
2,454 |
208.8 |
... that
Liverpool F.C. striker
Paul Walsh received months of treatment from a broken
ultrasound machine?
|
Zahra Nemati |
2016-05-11 |
|
2,340 |
206.3 |
... that Iranian
para-archer
Zahra Nemati has qualified for both the
2016 Summer Paralympics and the
2016 Summer Olympics?
|
Seema Malaka |
2016-05-26 |
|
2,468 |
205.7 |
... that
Seema Malaka, a 19th-century
Buddhist temple in
Colombo constructed on platforms in a lake, slowly sank into the water but was reconstructed in 1979?
|
Xia Jiantong |
2016-05-27 |
|
2,458 |
204.8 |
... that businessman
Xia Jiantong went to university at the age of 14?
|
Guerra del Golfo (2016) |
2016-05-09 |
|
2,406 |
204.8 |
... that after losing a
steel cage match in the main event of the 2016
Guerra de Golfo, professional wrestler Astro was forced to take off his
mask?
|
Nat Caldwell
|
2016-05-07
|
|
1,256
|
120.6
|
... that
Nat Caldwell and
Gene Graham exposed the "sweetheart deal" that kept miners from being treated for
black lung disease?
|
Gene Graham
|
854
|
82.1
|
Total |
2,110 |
202.7
|
Empathy Quotient |
2016-05-21 |
|
2,414 |
201.1 |
... that the
Empathy Quotient can be used to screen for
autism spectrum disorder?
|
O'er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness |
2016-05-09 |
|
2,358 |
200.7 |
... that American slaveholders altered "
O'er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness" because they felt they could not sing a hymn that endorsed educating "the Negro"?
|
Ryan Patterson |
2016-05-25 |
|
2,388 |
199.0 |
... that
Ryan Patterson is the first male South African
gymnast to qualify for the
Summer Olympic Games in over 50 years?
|
George O'Mullane |
2016-05-26 |
|
2,374 |
197.9 |
... that during the early years of
Australian rules football, only
Tom Wills was said to be able to match the "pluck and skill" of
George O'Mullane (pictured) as a player?
|
Gesang der Verklärten |
2016-05-18 |
|
2,322 |
197.7 |
... that after attending the premiere, a critic wrote that
Gesang der Verklärten by
Max Reger (pictured) "may well reach the outermost limit of musical expression altogether"?
|
Raphidopalpa foveicollis |
2016-05-20 |
|
2,348 |
195.6 |
... that while adult
red pumpkin beetles consume the leaves and flowers of the plant, their larvae eat the roots, stems and parts of the fruit in contact with the soil?
|
Marianne Appel |
2016-05-19 |
|
2,302 |
194.5 |
... that
Marianne Appel, a
WPA post office muralist, was later a
Muppet designer for
The Jim Henson Company?
|
Jisr Jindas
|
2016-05-20
|
|
1,458
|
121.5
|
... that
Mamluk Sultan
Baibars built two bridges near the towns of
Jindas and
Yibna in the outskirts of
Ramla, which have survived more than seven centuries?
|
Yibna Bridge
|
860
|
71.7
|
Total |
2,318 |
193.2
|
Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1903 |
2016-05-22 |
|
2,315 |
192.9 |
... that when a train carrying newspapers derailed in the
Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1903, two people believed their lives were saved because they were cushioned by bundles of newspapers?
|
Shaphee Lanphee |
2016-05-17 |
|
2,266 |
192.8 |
... that
Shaphee Lanphee, a traditional fabric of
Manipur protected under the
GI registration, was in the past used by the King to honour soldiers for their bravery?
|
Chalciporus pseudorubinellus
|
2016-05-16
|
|
1,354
|
115.2
|
... that
bolete mushrooms of the genus
Chalciporus, such as
C. pseudorubinellus (pictured), are thought to be
parasitic?
|
Chalciporus
|
890
|
75.7
|
Total |
2,243 |
190.9
|
Der Mensch lebt und bestehet |
2016-05-11 |
|
2,344 |
187.5 |
... that
Max Reger had the
proofs of his eight-part motet
Der Mensch lebt und bestehet open next to his bed when he was found dead on 11 May 1916?
|
Menominee Tribe of Wis. v. United States |
2016-05-27 |
|
2,249 |
187.4 |
... that according to one commentator, a
recent United States Supreme Court ruling will "cast a shadow over
equitable tolling cases for years to come"?
|
Dwight L. Bush, Sr. |
2016-05-04 |
|
2,202 |
187.4 |
... that
Dwight L. Bush, Sr. was a
banker, a
bundler, and a
businessman before serving as an
ambassador?
|
No Stairway |
2016-05-02 |
|
2,194 |
186.7 |
... that
an album recorded at
Guitar Center was named after a line from the film
Wayne's World?
|
Nowy Sącz Ghetto |
2016-05-08 |
|
2,030 |
186.1 |
... that during World War II, the six-member Steinlauf family from the
Nowy Sącz Ghetto were rescued by the nine-member Król family, who were risking the death penalty?
|
Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center |
2016-05-13 |
|
2,182 |
185.7 |
... that the first train station in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a predecessor of the
Scelsi ITC, "was never so much admired as during the last half-hour of its existence"?
|
Hurricane Sandra (2015) |
2016-05-17 |
|
2,006 |
185.0 |
... that
Hurricane Sandra (pictured) in
2015 was the strongest November
tropical cyclone on record in the
Northeastern Pacific basin?
|
Udokan Plateau |
2016-05-01 |
|
1,740 |
184.9 |
... that the
Udokan Plateau experienced volcanic activity from the
Miocene until about 2200 years ago?
|
Haskell Manufacturing Company |
2016-05-25 |
|
2,180 |
183.7 |
... that the
Haskell Manufacturing Company produced the material for the first airplane made with moldable
plywood?
|
Dysdercus cingulatus
|
2016-05-23
|
|
1,422
|
110.4
|
... that
Dysdercus cingulatus (pictured),
Dysdercus koenigii, and
Dysdercus suturellus are all pests of
cotton crops, feeding on the ripening seeds?
|
Dysdercus koenigii
|
476
|
36.9
|
Dysdercus suturellus
|
427
|
33.1
|
Total |
2,324 |
180.4
|
Ross Greer (politician) |
2016-05-17 |
|
2,118 |
180.2 |
... that in 2016,
Ross Greer became the youngest ever
Member of the Scottish Parliament, elected at the age of 21?
|
Daily fantasy sports |
2016-05-02 |
|
1,782 |
179.8 |
... that
daily fantasy sports have faced legal scrutiny in the United States over whether they are a
game of chance?
|
Animal testing on Syrian hamsters |
2016-05-14 |
|
1,926 |
177.6 |
... that
Syrian hamsters are used in research to model various human medical conditions?
|
Chip Fairway |
2016-05-07 |
|
2,262 |
177.4 |
... that
Chip Fairway left the sporting world at age 31 so that he could spend more time with his family?
|
Jesse Alexander (Canadian football) |
2016-05-23 |
|
1,968 |
176.9 |
... that
Canadian football
linebacker
Jesse Alexander was nominated for the
Presidents' Trophy as the nation's best defensive player, but played only two games of professional football?
|
Karen Holford |
2016-05-09 |
|
1,992 |
174.6 |
... that the Welsh professor
Karen Holford entered the first rounds of the
2004 Formula Woman Championship behind the wheel of a
Caterham 7?
|
Ram Rath Yatra |
2016-05-03 |
|
2,212 |
173.5 |
... that the
Ram Rath Yatra was a political-religious march led by
BJP leader
L. K. Advani in an air-conditioned Toyota designed to resemble a chariot?
|
Sigismund Ernuszt |
2016-05-26 |
|
2,030 |
169.1 |
... that
Sigismund Ernuszt,
Bishop of Pécs, was accused of
embezzlement in 1496, and murdered for his wealth in 1505?
|
Climate of Buenos Aires |
2016-05-08 |
|
1,842 |
168.8 |
... that
snowfall in Buenos Aires is rare, being observed only three times since the start of meteorological observations in 1906?
|
191st Army Band |
2016-05-01 |
|
1,586 |
168.6 |
... that the United States'
191st Army Band has the
special unit designation "Band of the Wild West"?
|
Selamat Berdjuang, Masku! |
2016-05-09 |
|
1,920 |
168.3 |
... that the depiction of guerrillas in
Selamat Berdjuang, Masku! may have led to a decline in films based on the
Indonesian National Revolution?
|
Lips Are Movin |
2016-05-03 |
|
1,578 |
167.8 |
... that
Meghan Trainor's "
Lips Are Movin" music video received over 2.5 million YouTube views in less than two days?
|
Pink Ocean |
2016-05-16 |
|
1,914 |
162.9 |
... that South Korean girl group
Oh My Girl was denied entry to the United States when they flew to Los Angeles for
Pink Ocean's album cover photoshoot?
|
Anatolian crested newt |
2016-05-20 |
|
1,940 |
161.7 |
... that the
Anatolian crested newt is a
cryptic species, only shown to be distinct by
genetic analysis?
|
Space Station Silicon Valley |
2016-05-04 |
|
1,896 |
161.4 |
... that players take control of animals to solve puzzles and defeat enemies in
Space Station Silicon Valley?
|
George P. Hammond |
2016-05-02 |
|
1,596 |
161.1 |
... that
George P. Hammond discovered new details about the desertion of
Oñate's colony in
New Mexico?
|
Henry B. Payne |
2016-05-03 |
|
1,508 |
160.3 |
... that U.S. Senator
Henry B. Payne actually had no middle name, but added the initial to give his name "a more pleasing effect"?
|
Diane Teel |
2016-05-30 |
|
1,908 |
159.0 |
... that racing driver
Diane Teel was the first woman to win a NASCAR-sanctioned race at
Langley Speedway in 1978?
|
Ronald Poulton-Palmer |
2016-05-22 |
|
1,904 |
158.7 |
... that on volunteering for service in the
First World War,
England
rugby captain
Ronnie Poulton declared that he "would be a skunk to hold back"?
|
Natural Ice Cream |
2016-05-14 |
|
1,704 |
157.2 |
... that a
Natural Ice Cream store appeared in the
Limca Book of Records for the largest ice cream slab, which weighed 3,000 kilograms?
|
OPEC |
2016-05-12 |
|
1,539
[o] |
156.4 |
... that the 13 member countries of
OPEC account for 40 percent of
worldwide oil production and 73 percent of
proven oil reserves?
|
Heffernan v. City of Paterson |
2016-05-05 |
|
1,835 |
156.2 |
... that the
U.S. Supreme Court recently
held in
Heffernan v. City of Paterson that a public employer violates the
First Amendment even when it mistakenly disciplines an employee for political activity?
|
Oleg (dance) |
2016-05-17 |
|
1,825 |
155.3 |
... that despite being a fusion of Western and
Balinese styles,
oleg (pictured) was promoted as a traditional dance?
|
United States National Bank Building |
2016-05-15 |
|
2,034 |
153.5 |
... that the
U.S. National Bank Building (pictured) in
Portland, Oregon, features stained-glass windows by
Povey Brothers Studio in its board room and illustrations in bronze relief on its doors?
|
Darussalam (actor) |
2016-05-19 |
|
1,808 |
152.8 |
... that the Indonesian actor
Darussalam was a
nurse by training?
|
Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga |
2016-05-06 |
|
1,786 |
152.0 |
... that the literary historian
Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, once a member of the
Romanian Communist Party's central committee, became a nun late in life?
|
Bethan Dainton |
2016-05-13 |
|
1,568 |
151.7 |
... that prior to playing for the
Wales women's national rugby union team,
Bethan Dainton was awarded the
Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan?
|
Ismail al-Atrash
|
2016-05-15
|
|
1,001
|
101.7
|
... that
Druze chieftain
Ismail al-Atrash established his own
sheikhdom out of territory he captured from the
Hamdan clan?
|
Al Hamdan
|
484
|
49.1
|
Total |
1,484 |
150.8
|
Redwater (TV series) |
2016-05-07 |
|
1,566 |
150.4 |
... that the upcoming BBC TV series
Redwater is the first major network drama to derive from the soap opera
EastEnders?
|
Séance Time |
2016-05-31 |
|
1,796 |
149.7 |
... that one critic saw "
Séance Time", an episode of
Inside No. 9, as a critique of
reality television's callousness from the perspective of
television plays?
|
Octochaetus multiporus |
2016-05-16 |
|
1,741 |
148.2 |
... that when threatened, the
megascolecid worm
Octochaetus multiporus
squirts a luminescent fluid from its mouth?
|
Bpoplive |
2016-05-28 |
|
1,776 |
148.0 |
... that musicians
5ive,
Alesha Dixon,
DJ Luck and MC Neat,
East 17,
Electric Swing Circus,
Sigma, and
Sister Sledge all pulled out of the pro-
Brexit concert
Bpoplive after learning it was political?
|
Li Yuru |
2016-05-30 |
|
1,768 |
147.3 |
... that
Peking opera star
Li Yuru's family was so poor that she was sent to learn her trade in part because the school would provide her meals?
|
Snail Mail (video game) |
2016-05-09 |
|
1,727 |
147.0 |
... that in the
Microsoft Windows and
Wii video game
Snail Mail, players navigate the various levels by controlling the main character, a snail named Turbo with a jetpack?
|
Edward Stevens (diplomat) |
2016-05-17 |
|
1,702 |
144.9 |
... that physician and diplomat
Edward Stevens may have been
Alexander Hamilton's half-brother?
|
Zahida Zaidi
|
2016-05-03
|
|
988
|
77.5
|
... that the poets
Sajida and
Zahida Zaidi, professors at the
Aligarh Muslim University, were known as the "Zaidi Sisters" in the literary community?
|
Sajida Zaidi
|
812
|
63.6
|
Total |
1,800 |
141.1
|
Ely Hall |
2016-05-25 |
|
1,692 |
141.0 |
... that
Vassar College's
Ely Hall once housed the largest collegiate swimming pool in the United States?
|
Virginia Cutler |
2016-05-21 |
|
1,692 |
141.0 |
... that
Virginia Cutler completed her master's degree despite being widowed, raising two small children alone, and breaking her back?
|
Else Seifert |
2016-05-30 |
|
1,683 |
140.2 |
... that
Else Seifert worked as an onboard photographer for
Hamburg Süd on its shipping routes around Europe, Africa, and the Middle East in the 1930s?
|
John Polando |
2016-05-18 |
|
1,576 |
138.9 |
... that in 1931,
John Polando and
Russell Boardman set a
flying distance record of 5,011.8 miles (8,065.7 km)?
|
Rathika Ramasamy |
2016-05-26 |
|
1,660 |
138.3 |
... that
Rathika Ramasamy's wildlife photographs (example pictured) were exhibited at the Clean Ganga Campaign held at the
India International Centre in September 2005?
|
Aled Roberts |
2016-05-12 |
|
1,356 |
137.8 |
... that
Aled Roberts was disqualified from the
Welsh Assembly because of incorrect guidance given in a Welsh-language document?
|
Zahida Khatun Sherwani |
2016-05-03 |
|
1,284 |
136.4 |
... that
Zahida Khatun Sherwani wrote poetry in
Urdu under the pseudonyms "Zay Khay Sheen" and "Nuzhat", as the then-Muslim society did not permit women to write poetry or further women's causes?
|
Bank of England £10 note |
2016-05-01 |
|
1,592 |
135.5 |
... that the current
Bank of England £10 note features a portrait of
Charles Darwin and an illustration of
HMS Beagle on the reverse?
|
Euphemia Eleanor Baker |
2016-05-22 |
|
1,624 |
135.4 |
... that in 1930, at
Effendi's request,
Euphemia Eleanor Baker toured incognito, mostly dressed in a black
chador, to photograph locations associated with the origins of the
Babí and
Bahá'í Faith?
|
Ferruccio Busoni works |
2016-05-08 |
|
1,584 |
134.8 |
... that one of the
major works by Ferruccio Busoni (pianist-composer pictured) is his
Piano Concerto which is more than an hour long and ends with a
men's chorus singing a hymn to Allah?
|
Ethel V. Ashton |
2016-05-23 |
|
1,494 |
134.3 |
... that
Ethel V. Ashton's 1941
post office mural at Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania was featured in a 2009 documentary?
|
Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations |
2016-05-13 |
|
1,577 |
134.2 |
... that in his
Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations ("Essay on the Customs and Spirit of Nations"),
Voltaire attacked prejudices against the
Muslim world?
|
Dina Kawar |
2016-05-20 |
|
1,607 |
133.9 |
... that
Dina Kawar, a
Jordanian Christian, was the first Arab woman to preside over the
United Nations Security Council?
|
Robert F. Stephens |
2016-05-02 |
|
1,570 |
133.6 |
... that, in 1989,
Kentucky Supreme Court Justice
Robert F. Stephens issued an opinion that the state's entire public school system was unconstitutional?
|
Women's shelter |
2016-05-24 |
|
1,553 |
133.6 |
... that the first
women's shelters in the United States were established by grassroots volunteers in the 1970s?
|
Supreme Sultan |
2016-05-30 |
|
1,602 |
133.5 |
... that
Supreme Sultan was immortalized with a bronze statue at
Kentucky Horse Park?
|
Holy Trinity Church, Sarn
|
2016-05-26
|
|
658
|
54.8
|
... that members of the Welsh churches
Holy Trinity Church, Sarn,
St Nicholas' Church, Church Stoke, and
St Andrew's Church, Presteigne all voted against joining the
Church in Wales in order to stay with the
Church of England?
|
St Andrew's Church, Presteigne
|
489
|
40.8
|
St Nicholas' Church, Church Stoke
|
449
|
37.4
|
Total |
1,596 |
133.0
|
Douglass T. Greene |
2016-05-07 |
|
1,693 |
132.8 |
... that during an 8-week period in World War II, Major General
Douglass T. Greene was consecutively commander of the
16th Armored Division and the
12th Armored Division and then Deputy Commander of the
Second United States Army?
|
Ben Affleck filmography |
2016-05-26 |
|
1,574
[p] |
131.2 |
... that
Ben Affleck won the
Golden Globe and
BAFTA for Best Director for
Argo, but did not receive an
Academy Award nomination, though the film won the Oscar for
Best Picture?
|
Lower Merion Library System |
2016-05-15 |
|
1,270 |
129.1 |
... that even though
Lower Merion Library System accounts for only 7% of the county's population, it accounts for over 20% of its circulation?
|
Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa |
2016-05-08 |
|
1,508 |
128.3 |
... that while the national motto "
Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa" was supposed to build a unified Filipino national identity, it was later denounced as being "the slogan of a fascist regime"?
|
Sarah Charles Lewis |
2016-05-06 |
|
1,399 |
128.3 |
... that
Sarah Charles Lewis played Winnie Foster in the musical
Tuck Everlasting's 2015
world premiere and is reprising the role on
Broadway in 2016?
|
Ryan Boldt (baseball) |
2016-05-20 |
|
1,536 |
128.0 |
... that baseball player
Ryan Boldt, who is naturally left-handed, taught himself to throw with his right arm after having surgery on his left arm at age 10?
|
Susan Rice (banker) |
2016-05-05 |
|
1,502 |
127.8 |
... that
Susan Rice was the first woman to head a British
clearing bank?
|
David Hall (publisher) |
2016-05-06 |
|
1,485 |
126.4 |
... that
David Hall bought
Benjamin Franklin out of his printing business?
|
Marten Gasparini |
2016-05-02 |
|
1,482 |
126.1 |
... that
Marten Gasparini's US $1.3 million
signing bonus is a
Major League Baseball record for players from Europe?
|
Walter Arnold Baker |
2016-05-17 |
|
1,360 |
125.4 |
... that former
Kentucky Senator
Walter Arnold Baker once advised the parliaments of
Tomsk and
Nizhny Novgorod on writing constitutions?
|
History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophonograph |
2016-05-11 |
|
1,416 |
124.9 |
... that Antonia and
William Kennedy Dickson's
History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophonograph is considered the first book on the history of film?
|
Janie Thompson |
2016-05-22 |
|
1,483 |
123.6 |
... that while performing on tour in Europe during World War II,
Janie Thompson sang with
Tony Bennett?
|
Oita Ehime HeatDevils |
2016-05-07 |
|
1,276 |
122.5 |
... that when three American basketball players left the
Oita Ehime HeatDevils after the
March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, their coach was fired for failing to stop them?
|
Hygrophorus pudorinus |
2016-05-09 |
|
1,396 |
122.4 |
... that
Hygrophorus pudorinus mushrooms can taste of
turpentine?
|
Callum Burton |
2016-05-13 |
|
1,421 |
120.9 |
... that the idols of English goalkeeper
Callum Burton include his German counterparts
Manuel Neuer and
Marc-André ter Stegen?
|
Delila (Richards) Abbott |
2016-05-12 |
|
1,658 |
120.6 |
... that
Delila Richards Abbott worked for a top secret government committee which advocated for policy changes for U.S. servicewomen in the 1960s?
|
Chi l'ha vista morire? |
2016-05-22 |
|
1,447 |
120.6 |
... that the 1972 film
Chi l'ha vista morire? featured
George Lazenby in a performance complimented by critics?
|
Jieyang Prison |
2016-05-20 |
|
1,445 |
120.4 |
... that
Jieyang Prison in
Guangdong was the first prison in China to implement a
video conferencing system for inmates and their family members?
|
Mexico Airplay |
2016-05-12 |
|
1,642 |
119.5 |
... that the most
streamed song of all time also reached number-one on the
Mexico Airplay chart?
|
Befreit |
2016-05-01 |
|
1,122 |
119.2 |
... that
Richard Dehmel (pictured) said that "
Befreit" (1898), the
Lied setting of his poem by
Richard Strauss, was "a little bit too soft compared to the text, but it appeals to most people"?
|
Vladimir Bukovsky |
2016-05-21 |
|
1,430 |
119.2 |
... that for campaigning against indefinite
psychiatric imprisonment for opponents of the regime,
Vladimir Bukovsky was confined for years in Soviet
psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps, and prisons?
|
Cerys Hale |
2016-05-12 |
|
1,170 |
118.9 |
... that
Cerys Hale was selected for the
Wales women's national rugby union team squad for the
2014 World Cup, while still at university?
|
William Chambliss |
2016-05-16 |
|
1,394 |
118.6 |
... that sociologist
William Chambliss concluded that conflict between social classes is the fundamental force in capitalist societies?
|
Can't Stop the Feeling! |
2016-05-23 |
|
1,519
[q] |
117.9 |
... that
Justin Timberlake's "
Can't Stop the Feeling!" became the 26th song to debut at No. 1 on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100?
|
Ffion Bowen |
2016-05-11 |
|
1,474 |
117.9 |
... that
Ffion Bowen took up
rugby union due to the closure of her local
netball club, and 18 months later was called up to the
Wales women's national team?
|
Demetrian |
2016-05-23 |
|
1,507 |
117.0 |
... that rather than accept his appointment as a bishop in
Cyprus, the Christian saint
Demetrian is said to have fled his home and hidden in a cave?
|
Coimbatore |
2016-05-10 |
|
1,374
[r] |
116.9 |
... that
Coimbatore is known as "
Manchester of
South India" due to its cotton production and textile industries?
|
Stress (Justice song) |
2016-05-08 |
|
1,370 |
116.6 |
... that the music video for
Justice's song "
Stress", ranked by
Complex magazine as the second-best music video of the 2000s, was banned from French television?
|
Joe Choong |
2016-05-06 |
|
1,368 |
116.5 |
... that the British
modern pentathlete
Joe Choong is studying for a degree in maths at the
University of Bath?
|
Girls / Girls / Boys |
2016-05-08 |
|
1,268 |
116.3 |
... that the music video for "
Girls / Girls / Boys" was inspired by
D'Angelo's video for "
Untitled (How Does It Feel)"?
|
WWE Road to WrestleMania X8 |
2016-05-06 |
|
1,267 |
116.1 |
... that of all the wrestlers in the video game
WWE Road to WrestleMania X8, only
Kevin Nash did not actually compete at
WrestleMania X8?
|
National Strategic Computing Initiative |
2016-05-19 |
|
1,365 |
115.4 |
... that a goal of the
National Strategic Computing Initiative is to combine
big data methods with
supercomputing technology usually used for
physical simulations?
|
D. Elden Beck |
2016-05-11 |
|
1,432 |
114.6 |
... that while serving in the
United States Army Medical Department on
Guadalcanal,
D. Elden Beck collected over 16,000 insect specimens and sent them back to
Brigham Young University?
|
Give It Up! (video game) |
2016-05-24 |
|
1,330 |
114.4 |
... that in the
rhythm video game
Give It Up! the player must complete levels by jumping over obstacles to the beat of a song?
|
Elections in the First Czechoslovak Republic |
2016-05-01 |
|
1,074 |
114.2 |
... that the
Social Democrats were the only party to win more than 16% of the vote in any
national parliamentary election in the First Czechoslovak Republic?
|
Neisha Pratt |
2016-05-03 |
|
1,070 |
113.8 |
... that
Neisha Pratt captained the
Hong Kong women's national cricket team in their first official match in 2006?
|
St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Krebs, Oklahoma) |
2016-05-25 |
|
1,343 |
113.2 |
... that the bell in the tower of
St. Joseph's Catholic Church is the only item saved after the first church building burned down in 1902?
|
Bob Beckman |
2016-05-11 |
|
1,408 |
112.6 |
... that
Bob Beckman claimed that his
Old English Sheepdog, William, was a successful stock picker?
|
Ruth Taubert Seeger |
2016-05-31 |
|
1,350 |
112.5 |
... that
Ruth Taubert Seeger represented the United States in the 1957
Deaflympics and was still competing successfully in the 2002 Senior Games of San Antonio?
|
Sneaky Sneaky |
2016-05-29 |
|
1,350 |
112.5 |
... that in the
stealth video game
Sneaky Sneaky the player controls a hooded thief, Sneaky, whose task is to retrieve
rubies that were stolen from him?
|
Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc. |
2016-05-29 |
|
1,350 |
112.5 |
... that in a
recent United States Supreme Court decision,
Justice
Sonia Sotomayor declined to remove the "doctrinal wall between corporate and unincorporated entities"?
|
Laura Wolvaardt |
2016-05-19 |
|
1,318 |
112.1 |
... that
Laura Wolvaardt made her
Women's One Day International cricket debut for
South Africa at the age of 16?
|
Central Acropolis |
2016-05-22 |
|
1,341 |
111.8 |
... that the
Central Acropolis of the ancient
Maya city of
Tikal, built during the
Late Preclassic period, served as a residence for Tikal's royal families?
|
Lili Almog |
2016-05-29 |
|
1,337 |
111.4 |
... that
Lili Almog exhibited a photographic series titled "Perfect Intimacy" in 2006, specifically made by her in three Carmel monasteries in
Haifa,
Bethlehem, and
Port Tobacco?
|
Trupti Desai |
2016-05-16 |
|
1,292 |
110.0 |
... that Indian
gender equality activist
Trupti Desai has successfully campaigned for women to be allowed entry to various religious places?
|
Iran's frozen assets |
2016-05-07 |
|
1,386 |
108.7 |
... that $100–$120 billion worth of
Iranian assets are frozen around the world and the
nuclear agreement will lead to the release of only about $30 billion of it?
|
Garo Paylan |
2016-05-17 |
|
1,276 |
108.6 |
... that
Garo Paylan was one of the first ethnic
Armenians to serve as a member of the Turkish parliament in decades?
|
Poet Laureate of Washington |
2016-05-18 |
|
1,274 |
108.5 |
... that when the office of
Poet Laureate of Washington was established in 2007, it was proposed to pay the incumbent with a
firkin of beer?
|
Tsegai Tewelde |
2016-05-14 |
|
1,268 |
108.0 |
... that Eritrean-born
Tsegai Tewelde, who sought
political asylum in the United Kingdom, has been selected to compete at the
2016 Summer Olympics for
Team GB?
|
Frankie Ruiz |
2016-05-06 |
|
1,173 |
107.5 |
... that
Frankie Ruiz, popularly known as the "Father of
Salsa", never took singing classes?
|
Céline Gittens |
2016-05-15 |
|
1,424 |
107.5 |
... that in 2012 the Trinidadian
Céline Gittens became the first
black ballerina to dance the twin rôles of Odette and Odile in
Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake in the United Kingdom?
|
David S. Cohen (attorney) |
2016-05-21 |
|
1,274 |
106.1 |
... that
David Cohen, deputy director of the
Central Intelligence Agency, received a recommendation from
Alan Dershowitz for his first job out of law school?
|
Serge-Simon Held |
2016-05-18 |
|
1,242 |
105.7 |
... that
S.S. Held's 1931 novel The Death of Metal was an inspiration for works by
Ross Lockridge and perhaps
David H. Keller?
|
Vijaya Melnick |
2016-05-12 |
|
1,451 |
105.5 |
... that, speaking at the 2014 Conference on the Culture of Peace,
Vijaya Melnick said that
violence against women "continues to be our greatest shame and tragedy"?
|
Order of St John in the United States |
2016-05-13 |
|
1,234 |
105.1 |
... that actor
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. was one of the founding members of the
American Society of the
Order of St John?
|
Sitric II of Northumbria |
2016-05-20 |
|
1,256 |
104.7 |
... that
Sitric II may have co-ruled
Viking Northumbria with
Olaf Cuaran?
|
Mattie Edwards Hewitt |
2016-05-23 |
|
1,340 |
104.0 |
... that
Mattie Edwards Hewitt was described as "one of the best known and most lyrical garden photographers of her day"?
|
Pachycorioolithus |
2016-05-27 |
|
1,246 |
103.8 |
... that
Pachycorioolithus is a kind of
fossil egg native to
China that is notable for having a three-layered eggshell with an unusually thick external layer?
|
Paul Coker (EastEnders) |
2016-05-01 |
|
1,202 |
102.3 |
... that 76 people complained when the
EastEnders characters
Paul Coker and
Ben Mitchell were seen topless together in a funeral parlour with a corpse in the room?
|
Malinithan |
2016-05-14 |
|
1,198 |
102.0 |
... that the temple at
Malinithan was built with granite stones under
Aryan influence, unlike other
Northeast India temples built with bricks?
|
St Trygarn's Church, Llandrygarn |
2016-05-04 |
|
1,196 |
101.8 |
... that the vicar of
St Trygarn's Church did not live in the parish in the mid-19th century?
|
Francisco Aritmendi |
2016-05-13 |
|
1,048 |
101.4 |
... that Spain's first
International Cross Country Championships gold medallist
Francisco Aritmendi later sold his medal?
|
Richard Rushall |
2016-05-13 |
|
1,188 |
101.1 |
... that
Richard Rushall's election to mayor of
Rangoon was described by
The Straits Times as having given "universal satisfaction"?
|
L. Douglas Smoot |
2016-05-09 |
|
1,179 |
100.3 |
... that
L. Douglas Smoot made contributions both locally and nationally with his
chemical engineering work in
combustion research?
|
Tuineau Alipate |
2016-05-31 |
|
1,194 |
99.5 |
... that
linebacker
Tuineau Alipate is the nephew of
Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, former
queen consort of
Tonga?
|
Corina Abraham |
2016-05-24 |
|
1,158 |
98.6 |
... that
Whadjuk
Noongar woman
Corina Abraham claims the construction of
Roe 8 in
Perth, Western Australia, will impinge on
an area closely associated with Noongar
dreamtime?
|
Nikolaus Hillebrand |
2016-05-19 |
|
1,156 |
97.7 |
... that
Nikolaus Hillebrand, who as a boy was a member of the
Regensburger Domspatzen, recorded with them as a soloist on Bach's
St John Passion in 1979 and
Dittersdorf's Requiem in 2009?
|
ANZAC Peace Park |
2016-05-04 |
|
966 |
97.5 |
... that the
ANZAC Peace Park in
Albany,
Western Australia was built to honor soldiers who served in the
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during
WWI?
|
Cossva Anckarsvärd |
2016-05-01 |
|
1,142 |
97.2 |
... that Swedish diplomat
Cossva Anckarsvärd,
a witness to the
Armenian Genocide, called it an attempt to "exterminate the Armenian nation"?
|
Forcipomyia squamipennis |
2016-05-31 |
|
1,164 |
97.0 |
... that the midge
Forcipomyia squamipennis is an important pollinator of the
cacao tree in Ghana?
|
Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald |
2016-05-13 |
|
1,140 |
97.0 |
... that after serving as a temporary secretary to
George Bernard Shaw,
Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald tried to convert him to
Irish separatism?
|
Birch dieback |
2016-05-21 |
|
1,152 |
96.0 |
... that in 1951,
birch dieback disease was estimated to have killed two thirds of the
birch trees in
Maine?
|
John I Ernuszt |
2016-05-28 |
|
1,151 |
95.9 |
... that
John Ernuszt, who was born into a
Jewish family in Vienna, was buried in a chapel dedicated to the
Holy Virgin in
Buda?
|
Mike Agostini |
2016-05-24 |
|
1,114 |
95.8 |
... that
Mike Agostini was the first track and field athlete from
Trinidad and Tobago to win a
gold medal at the
Commonwealth Games?
|
Kim Sae-ron |
2016-05-29 |
|
1,142
[s] |
95.1 |
... that actress
Kim Sae-ron's first adult role is in the
Korean drama
Mirror of the Witch, where she plays a cursed princess in love with
Heo Jun?
|
Toxotes kimberleyensis |
2016-05-29 |
|
1,139 |
94.9 |
... that the
Kimberley archerfish has a range that extends 300 kilometres (190 mi) upstream in the
Fitzroy River system and has been observed as far inland as
Geikie Gorge National Park?
|
Irene Martínez |
2016-05-10 |
|
1,129 |
94.9 |
... that
long jumper
Irene Martínez was Cuba's first
Pan American Games champion in a jumping event?
|
Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas |
2016-05-01 |
|
892 |
94.8 |
... that the lead actress of the Mexican film
Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas created her character based on her father's death?
|
Yezi |
2016-05-21 |
|
1,130 |
94.2 |
... that
Yezi auditioned at
LOEN Entertainment after the agency noticed her singing and dancing videos, which were the most popular videos on
Cyworld?
|
Barbara Tsakirgis |
2016-05-25 |
|
1,106 |
93.2 |
... that
Barbara Tsakirgis worked at archaeological excavation sites in
Sicily for her doctoral thesis on the subject of Hellenistic houses at
Morgantina?
|
Mary Ellen Edmunds |
2016-05-29 |
|
1,116 |
93.0 |
... that
LDS missionary
Mary Ellen Edmunds writes inspiring and humorous books on living a happier life, such as Thoughts for a Bad Hair Day?
|
Recreation Ground (Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain) |
2016-05-12 |
|
1,276 |
92.8 |
... that the
Recreation Ground in
Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain formerly had to be cleared of
cow dung before each football match?
|
NASCAR Heat Evolution |
2016-05-26 |
|
1,114 |
92.8 |
... that
NASCAR drivers
Joey Logano,
Ryan Blaney, and
Brad Keselowski were hired to assist in developing the video game
NASCAR Heat Evolution?
|
Jacqui Kapinowski |
2016-05-10 |
|
1,096 |
92.1 |
... that
Jacqui Kapinowski competed in
wheelchair curling at the
2010 Winter Paralympics and has qualified to compete in
rowing at the
2016 Summer Paralympics?
|
Frederick Ballantyne |
2016-05-03 |
|
1,172 |
91.9 |
... that
Sir Frederick Ballantyne, a cardiologist and the
Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, was the first in his family to attend high school?
|
Devin Fuller |
2016-05-06 |
|
1,066 |
90.8 |
... that American football player
Devin Fuller toured as a youngster with singer
Luther Vandross?
|
Soğuksu National Park |
2016-05-10 |
|
1,060 |
90.3 |
... that "Atatürk's Pine Tree" is a place in the
Soğuksu National Park with historic value, where
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk once took a rest?
|
Catatonia (band) |
2016-05-02 |
|
1,060 |
90.2 |
... that
Catatonia had intended to include an anti-
Warner Bros. Records song on their triple-platinum selling album
International Velvet?
|
Isa ibn Muhanna |
2016-05-27 |
|
1,078 |
89.8 |
... that
Isa ibn Muhanna, the commander of the Bedouin of Syria, was praised for securing the
Mamluk victory over the
Mongols at the
Second Battle of Homs in 1281?
|
Rashid Hussein |
2016-05-14 |
|
1,054 |
89.7 |
... that
Palestinian poet
Rashid Hussein used
Jewish
gallows humor in poems he wrote about
Arab conditions in
Israel?
|
Trevor Ford |
2016-05-23 |
|
1,146 |
89.0 |
... that the
Welsh footballer
Trevor Ford once stepped in as a replacement fielder for
Glamorgan County Cricket Club during a match?
|
List of Valley Metro Rail stations |
2016-05-23 |
|
982 |
88.2 |
... that after the opening of the
Northwest Extension (new station pictured), the
Valley Metro light rail system in Arizona is 26 miles (42 km) long and has
35 stations?
|
Carole B. Balin |
2016-05-01 |
|
1,034 |
88.0 |
... that rabbi
Carole B. Balin rediscovered the existence of 67 Jewish women writers from the late 19th- and early 20th-century
Russian Empire?
|
Jacques Cavallier |
2016-05-30 |
|
1,048 |
87.3 |
... that perfumer
Jacques Cavallier used
a synthetic molecule to impart a sea-breeze scent to his most successful perfumes, including Giorgio
Armani Acqua di Gio and
Issey Miyake
L'Eau d'Issey?
|
The Age of Louis XIV |
2016-05-29 |
|
1,044 |
87.0 |
... that
Voltaire described his history
The Age of Louis XIV (Le Siècle de Louis XIV) as less of a history and more like a painting?
|
Sally Brampton |
2016-05-28 |
|
1,038 |
86.5 |
... that
Sally Brampton was
The Sunday Times's
agony aunt?
|
The Problem Solverz |
2016-05-22 |
|
1,036 |
86.4 |
... that the principal character Tux Dog in
The Problem Solverz was developed while its creator
Ben Jones was in grade school?
|
Closer (Oh My Girl EP) |
2016-05-18 |
|
1,000 |
85.1 |
... that when viewed from above, the choreography of
Oh My Girl's "
Closer" forms the shapes of the
astrological signs in order to highlight the song's cosmic imagery?
|
Full Impact Pro |
2016-05-24 |
|
992 |
84.4 |
... that the
Full Impact Pro
World Heavyweight Championship changed hands during their tour of China?
|
I Got a Boy (song) |
2016-05-29 |
|
1,011 |
84.2 |
... that
Girls' Generation's music video for "
I Got a Boy" won Video of the Year at the
2013 YouTube Music Awards, beating more well-known nominees such as
Psy,
Justin Bieber, and
Lady Gaga?
|
Love, Lies (2016 film) |
2016-05-14 |
|
912 |
84.1 |
... that actress
Han Hyo-joo accepted a lead role in
Love, Lies because it is female-dominated, unlike most recent successful
Korean films?
|
Helen Matusevich Oujesky |
2016-05-04 |
|
832 |
84.0 |
... that
Helen Matusevich Oujesky pursued environmental research on pollution of soil and water, particularly of
toxic wastes?
|
Paparazzi (Girls' Generation song) |
2016-05-30 |
|
1,008 |
84.0 |
... that the music video for
Girls' Generation's "
Paparazzi" begins with the members "whimsically prancing" to
Gene Kelly's "
Singin' in the Rain"?
|
Memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran |
2016-05-02 |
|
829 |
83.7 |
... that the
memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran for a joint investigation of the
AMIA bombing never came into force?
|
Elen Evans |
2016-05-10 |
|
980 |
83.4 |
... that the
Welsh women's rugby union international
Elen Evans rode a lifeboat across the
Menai Strait as part of the
2012 Summer Olympics torch relay?
|
Nizar Nayyouf |
2016-05-16 |
|
857 |
82.9 |
... that Syrian dissident and
human rights activist
Nizar Nayyouf won the
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize while in
Mezzeh prison?
|
T. J. Leaf |
2016-05-29 |
|
993 |
82.8 |
... that after
T. J. Leaf was cut from the
U.S. national under-19 basketball team, he represented Israel at the
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and was named the tournament
MVP?
|
On, Brave Old Army Team |
2016-05-22 |
|
986 |
82.2 |
... that "
On, Brave Old Army Team" was named one of the "top 25 college
fight songs" by
William Studwell?
|
Steve Alexandre |
2016-05-25 |
|
986 |
82.2 |
... that
Steve Alexandre taught French at Laval Liberty High School after retiring from the
Canadian Football League?
|
Chloe Pirrie |
2016-05-14 |
|
963 |
82.0 |
... that
Chloe Pirrie was named one of
BAFTA's "Breakthrough Brits" in 2013?
|
Presentation miniature |
2016-05-29 |
|
982 |
81.8 |
... that the earliest painted portrait of a reigning English king is a
presentation miniature showing
Æthelstan c. 934 (illustrated)?
|
British Relief Association |
2016-05-07 |
|
1,039 |
81.5 |
... that the
British Relief Association was the largest provider of private relief during the
Great Irish Famine?
|
Chicago Justice |
2016-05-25 |
|
962
[t] |
81.0 |
... that
Chicago Justice's
backdoor pilot from
Chicago P.D. was based on a true story?
|
1927 FA Cup Final |
2016-05-21 |
|
961 |
80.1 |
... that
Arsenal goalkeeper
Dan Lewis blamed a greasy shirt for letting in the only goal of the
1927 FA Cup Final, gifting victory to
Cardiff City?
|
Barbara Minishi |
2016-05-31 |
|
960 |
80.0 |
... that
Barbara Minishi's photo series was featured in the book 9 Photographers from Kenya, published in association with the
National Museums of Kenya?
|
Peter Martyr Vermigli bibliography |
2016-05-27 |
|
958 |
79.9 |
... that
Peter Martyr Vermigli's best known work, the Loci Communes, is a compilation of excerpts from his
biblical commentaries published after his death?
|
Lowri Gwilym |
2016-05-15 |
|
1,043 |
78.7 |
... that Welsh television producer
Lowri Williams changed her surname to the Welsh form,
Gwilym?
|
Toxotes lorentzi |
2016-05-05 |
|
914 |
77.8 |
... that
Gilbert Whitley thought
Toxotes lorentzi was more primitive than other
archerfish because it lacks the distinctive side markings characteristic of its genus?
|
Banton, Romblon |
2016-05-03 |
|
730 |
77.6 |
... that in 1936, Southeast Asia's oldest warp
ikat was found among skeletal remains in caves in
Banton, Romblon, Philippines?
|
Sedap Malam |
2016-05-19 |
|
910 |
77.5 |
... that
Sedap Malam was the first Indonesian film directed by a woman?
|
Sandra Khumalo |
2016-05-16 |
|
907 |
77.2 |
... that South African
rower
Sandra Khumalo competed at the
2012 Summer Paralympics just two years after taking up the sport?
|
Orseolia oryzae |
2016-05-22 |
|
926 |
77.2 |
... that the
Asian rice gall midge causes a disease known as silver shoot or onion shoot in rice?
|
Beekeeping in India |
2016-05-11 |
|
961 |
76.9 |
... that a Honey and Bee Museum has been established at
Ooty to promote
beekeeping in India?
|
Cavell Nurses' Trust |
2016-05-17 |
|
816 |
75.3 |
... that the
Cavell Nurses' Trust began with funds gathered through an appeal during the
First World War and became the UK's "largest benevolent fund for nurses"?
|
Elizabeth Caskey |
2016-05-06 |
|
878 |
74.7 |
... that the Canadian classical scholar
Elizabeth Caskey supervised and summarised annual archaeological trench excavations in Greece?
|
Attila Losonczy |
2016-05-10 |
|
888 |
74.7 |
... that
Attila Losonczy's lab uses
calcium and
two-photon imaging to observe the activity of hundreds of neurons in the
hippocampus of active mice?
|
Michael Laucke |
2016-05-07 |
|
951 |
74.6 |
... that
Michael Laucke's
snooker winnings allowed him to finance 110 trips from
Montreal to
New York City to study the classical guitar with
Franco-Spaniard Rolando Valdès–Blain?
|
2016 Uttarakhand forest fires |
2016-05-23 |
|
958
[u] |
74.4 |
... that the
2016 Uttarakhand forest fires affected about 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres) in the Himalayan state of
Uttarakhand, claiming seven fatalities?
|
Gott ist mein König, BWV 71 |
2016-05-12 |
|
1,004 |
73.0 |
... that
Gott ist mein König, BWV 71, is the only surviving
church cantata by
Bach to have been printed during his lifetime?
|
O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34 |
2016-05-15 |
|
718 |
73.0 |
... that
Bach's
O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (O eternal fire, o source of love) was a wedding
cantata before he adapted it for
Pentecost (pictured)?
|
S/2015 (136472) 1 |
2016-05-22 |
|
868 |
72.3 |
... that
S/2015 (136472) 1 is the only known moon of the
dwarf planet
Makemake?
|
Harry Abofs |
2016-05-11 |
|
898 |
71.8 |
... that Canadian football
return specialist
Harry Abofs accidentally gave away the
Toronto Argonauts' final possession of the
59th Grey Cup by kicking the ball out of bounds?
|
David Dalton (violist) |
2016-05-03 |
|
675 |
71.7 |
... that, "blown away" by
William Primrose's
viola playing,
David Dalton decided to become a violist?
|
Carl Murphy (snowboarder) |
2016-05-18 |
|
837 |
71.2 |
... that
Paralympic snowboarder
Carl Murphy competes using a specially designed carbon fibre
prosthetic leg?
|
Postdoctoral researcher unionization |
2016-05-28 |
|
854 |
71.2 |
... that
postdoctoral researcher unions have successfully negotiated for a minimum salary, paid maternity leave, and
just cause protections for discipline or dismissal?
|
British Institute in Amman |
2016-05-11 |
|
802 |
70.7 |
... that the
British Institute in Amman was founded by the archaeologist
Crystal Bennett in 1975 to provide a base for British archaeological expeditions to Jordan?
|
Paradictyoolithus |
2016-05-01 |
|
828 |
70.5 |
... that the rock formation containing
Paradictyoolithus, a type of
dinosaur egg, was determined to be 91 to 94 million years old using
uranium-lead dating?
|
The Boys (Girls' Generation song) |
2016-05-05 |
|
720 |
69.2 |
... that
Girls' Generation is the first
girl group to have three music videos, including "
The Boys", with more than 100 million views on
YouTube?
|
Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest, BWV 194 |
2016-05-22 |
|
823 |
68.6 |
... that
Bach used the cantata
Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest, BWV 194, written for the inauguration of the church and organ in
Störmthal (pictured), several times for
Trinity Sunday?
|
RPM (horse) |
2016-05-08 |
|
745 |
68.3 |
... that the
Tennessee Walking Horse
RPM was sold as a four-year-old for US$1.25 million?
|
Prosisyrina |
2016-05-06 |
|
802 |
68.2 |
... that the extinct lacewing
Prosisyrina is described from fossils found in Cretaceous amber?
|
Allan Domb |
2016-05-30 |
|
818 |
68.2 |
... that real estate developer and
Philadelphia City Councilman
Allan Domb is known as the "Philly Condo King"?
|
Upcoming LCD Soundsystem fourth studio album |
2016-05-13 |
|
799 |
68.0 |
... that
LCD Soundsystem is releasing a
new studio album in 2016, even though they had disbanded five years prior following a big farewell show?
|
Yoko Kawahara |
2016-05-14 |
|
737 |
68.0 |
... that
Yoko Kawahara was the voice of the forest bird in the
Jahrhundertring, and was the first to perform the soprano solo in Reger's
fragment of the Dies irae?
|
Yohan Hwang |
2016-05-22 |
|
804 |
67.0 |
... that
South Korean singer
Yohan Hwang won the first season of
I Love OPM in 2016?
|
String Sextet (Waterhouse) |
2016-05-05 |
|
695 |
66.8 |
... that
Graham Waterhouse began his
String Sextet,
Op. 1, in 1979, and completed it 34 years later?
|
2006 Dover 400 |
2016-05-17 |
|
723 |
66.7 |
... that racing driver
Jeff Burton broke a 175-race winless streak by winning the
2006 Dover 400?
|
Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Team BC1–2 |
2016-05-06 |
|
724 |
66.4 |
... that
Argentina,
Thailand and
Great Britain were the first three nations to qualify for the
Team BC1–2 event in
boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?
|
Al-Atrash |
2016-05-15 |
|
874 |
66.0 |
... that the
Bani al-Atrash were the most prominent
Druze clan in the social hierarchy of
Jabal Hauran, controlling 16 towns and villages?
|
Liometopum incognitum |
2016-05-07 |
|
678 |
65.1 |
... that the fossil ant
Liometopum incognitum was described from a single partial queen?
|
Emplastus |
2016-05-06 |
|
710 |
65.1 |
... that twelve fossil ant species are placed in the
morphogenus
Emplastus?
|
Der Einsiedler |
2016-05-12 |
|
636 |
64.6 |
... that
Max Reger regarded his composition
Der Einsiedler, a setting of a poem by
Eichendorff for baritone, choir and orchestra, as "among the most beautiful things I've ever written"?
|
Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Friends Concert |
2016-05-15 |
|
852 |
64.3 |
... that during her
Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Friends Concert,
Siti Nurhaliza was supported by eight guest Malaysian and Indonesian artists?
|
The Josh Carrick Foundation |
2016-05-13 |
|
664 |
64.2 |
... that
The Josh Carrick Foundation, which funds research into
testicular cancer, has raised over £300,000 since 2012?
|
Hans-Dieter Bader |
2016-05-03 |
|
816 |
64.0 |
... that
Hans-Dieter Bader performed the title role of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera
Sly, recorded live at the
Staatsoper Hannover, "as written", while
Plácido Domingo had to cut and change the part?
|
Henry Hobhouse (author) |
2016-05-27 |
|
763 |
63.6 |
... that in
Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind,
Henry Hobhouse "altered the way we understand modern history"?
|
Mourad Laachraoui |
2016-05-28 |
|
762 |
63.5 |
... that after
Mourad Laachraoui won a gold medal at the
2016 European Taekwondo Championships, the Flemish taekwondo federation dubbed him "Europe's king of the lightweights"?
|
58th Ariel Awards |
2016-05-28 |
|
747 |
62.2 |
... that the
58th Ariel Awards will be held at the
National Auditorium instead of the
Palacio de Bellas Artes to increase the number of guests?
|
We Don't Have To Dance |
2016-05-01 |
|
731 |
62.2 |
... that "
We Don't Have To Dance" by
Andy Black was written with
Fall Out Boy singer
Patrick Stump?
|
Dark Spirit's Rebel |
2016-05-14 |
|
674 |
62.2 |
... that for the
show horse
Dark Spirit's Rebel, 13 was a lucky number?
|
Wingfield W. Watson |
2016-05-28 |
|
737 |
61.4 |
... that
Wingfield W. Watson, an Irish immigrant to the United States, became a religious leader of the
Strangites and wrote several publications in support of their beliefs?
|
Ina Plug |
2016-05-08 |
|
722 |
61.4 |
... that
Ina Plug's research work on
fossils from a site of an Early
Iron Age settlement in the farm "Diamant" near Ellisr in South Africa was of
domestic dogs dated to 570 AD?
|
Cortinarius cucumeris |
2016-05-28 |
|
732 |
61.0 |
... that the New Zealand mushroom
Cortinarius cucumeris smells strongly of
cucumber?
|
Ständchen (Strauss) |
2016-05-26 |
|
729 |
60.8 |
... that the song "
Ständchen" (Serenade), by Richard Strauss, begins with an appeal to creep out quietly and ends with a climax of expecting a rose to glow from the rapture of the night?
|
David Pablos |
2016-05-16 |
|
616 |
59.6 |
... that Mexican director
David Pablos earned his academic degree from
film school with a short film that won an
Ariel Award?
|
Magdalena Fularczyk |
2016-05-15 |
|
764 |
57.7 |
... that
Magdalena Fularczyk was part of the first female Polish team to win a World Championship gold in an Olympic boat class?
|
Dave Albright |
2016-05-24 |
|
670 |
57.1 |
... that
Canadian football player
Dave Albright made no tackles as a rookie before setting the league record for most tackles the following season?
|
Moirang Phee |
2016-05-29 |
|
674 |
56.2 |
... that the
Moirang Phee of
Manipur has a specific design called the "MoirangPheejin" which is woven with cotton or silk threads sequentially on both longitudinal edges of the fabric?
|
Emiel van Heurck |
2016-05-09 |
|
654 |
55.7 |
... that the Belgian folklorist
Emiel van Heurck never graduated, but wrote books on religious popular culture and translated
Multatuli into French?
|
Título C'oyoi |
2016-05-14 |
|
599 |
55.2 |
... that the 16th-century
K'iche' language document
Título C'oyoi contains an account of the death of the
K'iche Maya hero
Tecun Uman during the
Spanish conquest of Guatemala?
|
Camilla Palmer |
2016-05-29 |
|
660 |
55.0 |
... that
Camilla Palmer
QC founded the
Women's Equality Network?
|
Der 100. Psalm |
2016-05-09 |
|
623 |
54.6 |
... that
Der 100. Psalm, an extended setting of Psalm 100 for choir, orchestra, and organ by
Max Reger, was premièred simultaneously in
Chemnitz and
Breslau?
|
My Big Fat Greek Rush Week |
2016-05-08 |
|
639 |
54.4 |
... that the
Veronica Mars episode "
My Big Fat Greek Rush Week" features guest appearances from
Dan Castellaneta,
Rider Strong, and
Samm Levine?
|
Troy Alexander |
2016-05-28 |
|
622 |
51.9 |
... that
Canadian football player
Troy Alexander was selected in a bonus round of the
1995 CFL Draft as the fourth overall pick?
|
Venance Payot |
2016-05-02 |
|
510 |
51.5 |
... that in 1892,
Venance Payot, a former mayor of
Chamonix,
France, argued against the building of the
Montenvers Railway on the grounds it would take business away from
mule drivers and porters?
|
Corey Lanerie |
2016-05-21 |
|
612 |
51.0 |
... that
jockey
Corey Lanerie said he knows the
Churchill Downs racetrack "better than anybody"?
|
Busker Busker 1st Album |
2016-05-20 |
|
603 |
50.2 |
... that all eleven tracks from
Busker Busker 1st Album charted on the
Korea K-Pop Hot 100 and
Gaon Digital Chart, including six in the top ten?
|
Think Tank (game show) |
2016-05-08 |
|
590 |
50.2 |
... that prior to fronting
Think Tank,
Bill Turnbull had wanted to host a quiz show for some time?
|
Poll (band) |
2016-05-27 |
|
602 |
50.1 |
... that in 1971, "Anthrope Agapa" (Humankind Love Each Other), an album by Greek pop group
Poll, sold 200,000 copies, a record unsurpassed by any Greek band since then?
|
Fritz Stein |
2016-05-04 |
|
486 |
49.0 |
... that
Fritz Stein found in an archive orchestral parts of the
Jena Symphony, which he published as possibly an early work by
Beethoven?
|
Wajida Tabassum |
2016-05-08 |
|
569 |
48.4 |
... that
Wajida Tabassum's story Hand Me Downs, published in 1994, was made into a movie under the title
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love?
|
Klaus Uwe Ludwig |
2016-05-05 |
|
556 |
47.3 |
... that
Klaus Uwe Ludwig played the complete organ works by
Bach and
Reger at the
Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden?
|
Welsh Church (Amendment) Act 1938 |
2016-05-03 |
|
598 |
46.9 |
... that the
Welsh Church (Amendment) Act 1938 was passed to give
Swansea University the same rights to the Church in Wales' endowments as the
University of Wales?
|
Ted Alford |
2016-05-29 |
|
514 |
42.8 |
... that
Canadian football
wide receiver
Ted Alford earned a place on the
BC Lions by practicing with the team for free after being cut in the preseason?
|
Jacky Morkel |
2016-05-15 |
|
418 |
42.5 |
... that
Jacky Morkel scored four
tries in five
test matches on the
Springboks
tour of 1912–13?
|
2016–17 RFU Championship |
2016-05-15 |
|
558 |
42.2 |
... that
Richmond F.C. returned to the professional
2016–17 RFU Championship after climbing eight tiers following
administration, but chose to remain semi-professional?
|
Llandudno Ladies F.C. |
2016-05-20 |
|
494 |
41.2 |
... that during the Welsh Premier Women's Football League 2015–16 season,
Llandudno Ladies were one of only two North Wales teams in the league?
|
Ioan Hora |
2016-05-08 |
|
483 |
41.1 |
... that Romanian footballer
Ioan Hora spent "two beautiful years" at
Gloria Bistrița?
|
Javier Tebas |
2016-05-26 |
|
490 |
40.8 |
... that current
Liga de Fútbol Profesional president
Javier Tebas is a
Real Madrid supporter?
|
Crime Cutz |
2016-05-28 |
|
482 |
40.2 |
... that
Holy Ghost!'s extended play
Crime Cutz was influenced by Russian disco records that member Alex Frankel found on
eBay?
|
Gran Alternativa 2016 |
2016-05-10 |
|
471 |
40.1 |
... that the 2016
Gran Alternativa
wrestling tournament marked the
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre debut of
Golden Magic?
|
A + No Poder |
2016-05-14 |
|
466 |
39.7 |
... that according to Mexican singer-songwriter
Alejandra Guzmán,
A + No Poder is a "more intelligent, mature and planned album" than her previous ones?
|
Page Two (EP) |
2016-05-21 |
|
461 |
38.4 |
... that South Korean girl group
Twice portray characters from famous films in their music video for "
Cheer Up", including
Roman Holiday,
Chungking Express, and
Scream?
|
Paul Browne (archer) |
2016-05-01 |
|
442 |
37.6 |
... that
Paul Browne, a British former European champion
Paralympic archer, was born with
arthrogryposis?
|
Three chorale fantasias, Op. 52 |
2016-05-04 |
|
436 |
37.1 |
... that in No. 2 of
three chorale fantasias, Op. 52,
Max Reger has the chorale tune enter like "the voice of an angel", according to the organist
Karl Straube?
|
2015 Latin Billboard Music Awards |
2016-05-02 |
|
352 |
35.6 |
... that American singer-songwriter
Romeo Santos broke the record for the most nominations in a single ceremony at the
2015 Latin Billboard Music Awards?
|
Edward Cronjager |
2016-05-02 |
|
398 |
33.8 |
... that for the 1954 film
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, seven-time Academy Award nominee
Edward Cronjager became the first cinematographer to use
CinemaScope underwater?
|
Farmers Cricket Club Ground |
2016-05-21 |
|
400 |
33.3 |
... that the
Farmers Cricket Club Ground in
Saint Martin, Jersey, is scheduled to host five matches in the
2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five between 21 and 28 May?
|
Oh My Girl (EP) |
2016-05-20 |
|
399 |
33.2 |
... that the song "Cupid", from
Oh My Girl's
self-titled debut album, features
drumline percussion and "
bubblegum cheerleader chants"?
|
Casey Wright |
2016-05-25 |
|
390 |
32.9 |
... that
horse trainer
Casey Wright got a
World Grand Championship for his birthday?
|
2006 Bank of America 500 |
2016-05-05 |
|
386 |
32.9 |
... that with his victory in the
2006 Bank of America 500,
Kasey Kahne became the eighth driver to win both annual
Sprint Cup Series points races at
Lowe's Motor Speedway?
|
Nachtlied (Reger) |
2016-05-16 |
|
330 |
31.9 |
... that
Max Reger's
Nachtlied (Night Song) appears on the recording The Best of
the King's Singers?
|
IRNSS-1G |
2016-05-07 |
|
330 |
31.7 |
... that
IRNSS-1G, successfully launched by
ISRO in April, was the seventh and last satellite of the
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System?
|
Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies F.C. |
2016-05-07 |
|
402 |
31.5 |
... that
Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies F.C. picked up a number of
Wrexham players following the latter club's dissolution?
|
Andrew-John Smith |
2016-05-15 |
|
304 |
30.8 |
... that
Andrew-John Smith, director of music at London's
St Peter's at Eaton Square, recorded the complete organ works by
Camille Saint-Saëns in three volumes?
|
George S. Ballif |
2016-05-14 |
|
335 |
28.5 |
... that
George S. Ballif was chairman of the World Peace Through Law Committee with the
Utah State Bar Association?
|
Trefelin BGC |
2016-05-21 |
|
335 |
27.9 |
... that
Trefelin BGC's women's football team broke away from the club after two years in the
Welsh women's top division?
|
CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles (2016) |
2016-05-12 |
|
374 |
27.2 |
... that less than two months after
Rush kicked
Marco Corleone out of
Los Ingobernables, the two wrestlers were teamed up for the 2016
Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles?
|
Philipp Wolfrum |
2016-05-08 |
|
278 |
25.4 |
... that
Max Reger dedicated
Der Einsiedler to conductor
Philipp Wolfrum and his choir, but they performed the premiere only after the composer's death, together with his
Requiem?
|
Premio Lo Nuestro 2016 |
2016-05-12 |
|
253 |
18.4 |
... that the Puerto-Rican singer
Ricky Martin won two
Lo Nuestro Awards for
an album that won
a Grammy and
a song nominated for two
Latin Grammys?
|
Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945 |
2016-05-15 |
|
0
[v] |
0 |
... that the
Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945 restored the legal right for the Church in Wales to look after burial grounds after they had been doing so unofficially?
|