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Lucie Ingemann
2017-03-30
7,764
2,911.5
... that Danish artist
Lucie Ingemann (pictured) , known for her large
altarpieces depicting biblical figures, also created flower paintings with religious and mystical themes?
Corn chowder
2017-03-30
7,626
2,859.6
... that myriad recipes for
corn chowder began circulating in U.S. cookbooks after a recipe for the dish was published in the Boston Cook Book in 1884?
Lucius Caesennius Sospes
2017-03-30
5,056
1,895.8
... that
Lucius Caesennius Sospes probably received the
cognomen Sospes ("safe and sound") from an event in his childhood?
Murder of Joey Fischer
2017-03-03
19,452
1,621.0
... that
Joey Fischer was murdered after he refused to take US$500 to date his ex-girlfriend?
Aulacophora
2017-03-30
4,022
1,508.2
... that adult
pumpkin beetles feed on the foliage of
cucurbits , sometimes cutting and removing circular discs?
Rossa Matilda Richter
2017-03-01
15,416
1,284.6
... that the first recorded
human cannonball act was an 1877 London performance by 14-year-old
Rossa Matilda Richter (pictured) ?
Home Kidston
2017-03-15
14,199
1,183.2
... that
Home Kidston owned a
Bugatti Type 37A (example pictured) while still a schoolboy at
Eton ?
Hanover Lodge
2017-03-16
13,347
1,112.2
... that London's
Hanover Lodge (pictured) sold for £120 million in 2012, but the underground swimming pool, which converts into a ballroom, is considered "too small"?
Murder of Dora Bloch
2017-03-13
13,224
1,102.0
... that after the
disappearance of Dora Bloch , Britain cut all diplomatic ties with Uganda?
Tsukemen
2017-03-09
12,584
1,048.7
... that
tsukemen (pictured) became a popular dish at Taishoken restaurant in
Tokyo soon after its 1961 invention there, and has since become popular throughout Japan?
East Base
2017-03-02
12,021
1,001.8
... that
East Base (pictured) in
Antarctica housed
Jackie Ronne and
Jennie Darlington , the first women to spend a winter on the continent?
Trying to trash Betsy DeVos
2017-03-02
11,772
981.0
... that readers requested that
Glenn McCoy be terminated from the
Belleville News-Democrat after the newspaper published his editorial cartoon,
Trying to trash Betsy DeVos ?
Simon Kidston
2017-03-09
11,358
946.5
... that
Simon Kidston 's car collection includes the last
Lamborghini Miura SV (example pictured) ever produced?
Operation London Bridge
2017-03-29
22,546
939.4
... that use of the code phrase "
London Bridge is down " will signal the death of
Queen Elizabeth II ?
Cão de Gado Transmontano
2017-03-07
11,018
918.2
... that the
Cão de Gado Transmontano is a
giant
livestock guardian dog that is used to defend flocks of sheep from the
Iberian wolf ?
Karolina Styczyńska
2017-03-01
10,736
894.6
... that
Karolina Styczyńska (pictured) is the first non-Japanese person to be awarded professional status by the
Japan Shogi Association ?
Orange One
2017-03-15
10,564
880.3
... that a mountain fortress called
Orange One was built for use by the President of the United States in emergency situations?
Lightning rod fashion
2017-03-10
10,485
873.8
... that the
lightning rod fashion (lightning rod umbrella shown) was a fad in 18th-century Europe?
Banana pasta
2017-03-23
20,278
844.9
... that
banana pasta is lower in calories and fat, higher in protein, and less expensive to produce than whole wheat pasta?
Bricard octahedron
2017-03-15
9,742
811.9
... that a
Bricard octahedron (pictured) can change its shape without changing the shapes of its faces?
Pangolin trade
2017-03-11
9,719
809.9
... that
pangolins (example pictured) are believed to be the world's most
trafficked mammal?
Operation Hurricane
2017-03-14
9,528
794.0
... that in
Operation Hurricane , an atomic bomb was exploded in the hull of
HMS Plym ?
Trump Tower
2017-03-27
18,918
[a]
788.2
... that when it was revalued at $600 million in 2015, New York City's
Trump Tower (pictured) became the most expensive property owned by
Donald Trump ?
The Age of Longing
2017-03-30
1,120
419.8
... that
Richard B. Wright was nominated for the
Governor General's Awards and the
Scotiabank Giller Prize for
The Age of Longing (1995), but eventually won both for
Clara Callan (2001)?
Clara Callan
964
361.5
Total
2,084
781.3
Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery
2017-03-13
9,158
763.2
... that the
Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (pictured) is not a
monastery and actually contains close to 13,000
Buddha statues ?
Marquesan Dog
2017-03-31
18,014
750.6
... that
Thor Heyerdahl claimed that stone reliefs (pictured) on the
Marquesas Islands — now accepted to represent the extinct
Marquesan Dog — depicted
llamas , so as to bolster his theory that Polynesia was settled from South America?
Caroline Ransom Williams
2017-03-30
1,969
738.4
... that Egyptologist
Caroline Ransom Williams supervised the reception and installation of the
Tomb of Perneb at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art ?
Crispus, Crispinianus, and Benedicta
2017-03-17
8,671
722.6
... that according to their
martyrdom account ,
Crispus, Crispinianus, and Benedicta (fresco pictured) went to comfort
John and Paul , only to become buried next to them?
Sam Adonis
2017-03-10
8,386
698.8
... that
professional wrestler
Sam Adonis has been described as the "most hated man" in Mexico for his pro-
Donald Trump character?
1000 Second Avenue
2017-03-06
8,342
695.2
... that construction of
1000 Second Avenue (pictured) in downtown Seattle, Washington, required demolition of a building that had been donated for
fire testing ?
Ashbridge Estate
2017-03-07
8,256
688.0
... that descendants of the family who settled
Toronto 's
Ashbridge Estate (pictured) were still living on the same property over 200 years later?
Polynesian Dog
2017-03-24
16,027
667.8
... that the extinct
Polynesian Dog never became
feral because of the scarcity of food in the forests of Polynesia?
Abraham Lincoln's hearse
2017-03-22
15,753
656.4
... that
Abraham Lincoln's "immense" hearse was escorted by 160,000 people as it was drawn through New York City?
Ashkelon dog cemetery
2017-03-06
7,875
656.2
... that the
Ashkelon dog cemetery , which contains possibly thousands of dog burials, may have been created by an ancient cult that treated dogs as healers?
Detachment Hotel
2017-03-07
7,702
641.8
... that the
Detachment Hotel nuclear bunker on
Peanut Island , Florida, was constructed in less than two weeks?
Mary Hardy (diarist)
2017-03-08
7,396
616.3
... that the diary of
Mary Hardy (pictured) provides a detailed record of an 18th-century English farming and brewing business?
James B. Thayer
2017-03-13
7,206
600.5
... that in 1945, Lieutenant
James B. Thayer and his platoon liberated the Gunskirchen Lager
concentration camp , saving thousands of Jewish and political prisoners from starvation?
Ron Hackenberger
2017-03-29
14,121
588.4
... that
Ron Hackenberger is selling his collection of 700 vehicles, including over 250
Studebakers ?
Operation Jupiter (Norway)
2017-03-07
6,932
577.6
... that a senior British general described
Winston Churchill 's proposal to invade Arctic Norway,
Operation Jupiter , as "not merely dangerous but useless"?
David Martin Long
2017-03-21
13,834
576.4
... that convicted murderer
David Martin Long was on life support two days before he was executed?
William Plankinton
2017-03-03
2,545
212.1
... that
William Plankinton , for whom the
William Plankinton Mansion is named, commissioned the
John Plankinton statue (pictured) from the sculptor who was
his sister 's ex-fiancé?
William Plankinton Mansion
2,467
205.6
John Plankinton statue
1,770
147.5
Total
6,782
565.1
Clam Lake Canal
2017-03-02
6,748
562.4
... that when
Clam Lake Canal freezes over early in the
Michigan winter, the lakes on each side remain unfrozen, but when the lakes later freeze over, the canal thaws and flows once more?
Ace of Clubs House
2017-03-12
6,430
535.8
... that according to local lore,
Texarkana 's
Ace of Clubs House (pictured) was built with US$10,000 won in a game of
poker with an
ace of clubs ?
LAbyrinth (2017 film)
2017-03-16
6,429
[b]
535.8
... that in the upcoming film
LAbyrinth ,
Johnny Depp portrays a detective investigating the murders of
Tupac Shakur and
The Notorious B.I.G. ?
Fay E. Davis
2017-03-15
6,231
519.2
... that 50 years after a mural by
Fay E. Davis depicting Native Americans in battle was installed in the post office in
Oglesby, Illinois , a janitor claimed it was pornographic?
What's Your Raashee?
2017-03-29
12,324
513.5
... that
Priyanka Chopra (pictured) played twelve different characters, one from each
zodiac sign , in the film
What's Your Raashee?
Sarah Hayes (crossword compiler)
2017-03-08
6,092
507.7
... that
Arachne used a crossword puzzle to protest
police corruption in the investigation of the
murder of Daniel Morgan ?
Lake Meke
2017-03-02
6,086
507.2
... that
Lake Meke (pictured) , a
crater lake beside a
volcanic cone , is a natural monument and a
Ramsar site in Turkey?
Bryant McIntosh
2017-03-18
6,067
[c]
505.6
... that
Bryant McIntosh (pictured) holds the single-season and career
assist records for
Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball ?
Planar transmission line
2017-03-09
5,976
498.0
... that
planar transmission lines were developed for the US military, but can be found today in household mass-produced items such as
mobile phones and
satellite television receivers?
Project E
2017-03-16
5,760
480.0
... that the United States gave
nuclear weapons to Britain as part of
Project E ?
Bouncing ball
2017-03-10
5,678
473.2
... that the physics of a
bouncing ball (motion shown) can be used to understand
supernovae and
gravitational slingshot manoeuvres ?
Han Zhuo
2017-03-06
5,549
462.4
... that Chinese legend holds that
Han Zhuo tried to feed the archer
Houyi 's body to his sons and killed them when they refused to eat it?
Xylosandrus compactus
2017-03-23
11,025
459.4
... that male
black twig borers normally mate with their sisters?
Tofu Curtain
2017-03-11
5,440
453.4
... that a
Tofu Curtain divides two neighborhoods in
Melbourne and two counties in
Massachusetts ?
Manolo Sanchez (Nixon staff member)
2017-03-13
5,202
433.5
... that
Richard Nixon and his longtime valet,
Manuel "Manolo" Sanchez , sometimes communicated using "words that only the two of them understood"?
Mr. Trash Wheel
2017-03-26
10,327
430.3
... that
Mr. Trash Wheel removed 19 tons of garbage from Baltimore's
Inner Harbor in one day?
Attack on Richard Nixon's motorcade
2017-03-31
10,310
429.6
... that
The New Republic suspected the
1958 attack on Richard Nixon's motorcade was a hoax set up to help his chances in the
1960 United States presidential election ?
Kokichi Sugihara
2017-03-09
5,024
418.7
... that
Kokichi Sugihara 's illusions make marbles appear to roll uphill and circular pipes look rectangular?
Penny graph
2017-03-02
5,015
417.9
... that, no matter how n non-overlapping pennies are arranged on a table, there is a subset containing at least 0.258n of them that will not
touch other pennies in the subset ?
Mary Hogarth
2017-03-08
4,926
410.5
... that
Mary Hogarth (pictured) is believed to be the inspiration for
Charles Dickens ' characters Rose in
Oliver Twist and Little Nell in
The Old Curiosity Shop ?
Renault Trezor
2017-03-09
4,788
399.0
... that the
Renault Trezor features a single-piece canopy roof that opens by hinging forward?
Tahitian Dog
2017-03-26
9,347
389.5
... that Captain
James Cook thought the now-extinct
Tahitian Dog of the
Society Islands tasted like English lamb?
M2M (band)
2017-03-08
4,666
388.9
... that
M2M were going to call themselves M&M until they realised the name was already being used by a
type of candy ?
Can You Hear Me? (telephone scam)
2017-03-04
4,502
375.2
... that the
Can You Hear Me? telephone scam reported by
CBS News was subsequently classified as "unproven" by
Snopes ?
Nessa Carey
2017-03-12
4,418
368.2
... that the
molecular biologist
Nessa Carey cites the slight figure of actress
Audrey Hepburn (pictured) to illustrate the possible impacts of
epigenetics ?
Congressional Cannabis Caucus
2017-03-06
4,396
366.3
... that last month, four members of the U.S. House of Representatives formed the
Congressional Cannabis Caucus ?
Rosemary Vrablic
2017-03-08
4,358
363.2
... that
Rosemary Vrablic has been called "
Trump 's personal banker"?
Street vacation
2017-03-10
4,350
362.5
... that the
Seattle City Council approved a
street vacation for an
Amazon.com office building in 2016, provided that a public "
free speech zone " be designated at the site?
Wipeout Pulse
2017-03-01
4,340
361.6
... that
Wipeout Pulse was developed around the feedback received about its predecessor,
Wipeout Pure ?
Wipeout 2048
2017-03-26
8,642
360.1
... that the developers of the video game
Wipeout 2048 speculated that they influenced design elements of the
PlayStation Vita console (pictured) , such as the inclusion of two analogue sticks?
Helen Bonfils
2017-03-16
4,288
357.4
... that
Denver , Colorado, philanthropist
Helen Bonfils inherited US$14 million from
her father and US$10 million from her mother?
Hans Larwin
2017-03-16
4,264
355.3
... that
Hans Larwin painted Soldat und Tod in 1917 when he was the official war painter for the
Austria-Hungary dual monarchy ?
Project Offices
2017-03-15
4,241
353.4
... that an
AT&T Corporation
Project Office in
North Carolina was built with rubber plumbing?
Souper Salad
2017-03-04
4,238
353.2
... that one location of the all-you-can-eat
Souper Salad buffet restaurant is in a former bank branch (pictured) that has been called one of the "10 Coolest Buildings" in
Phoenix, Arizona ?
West Executive Avenue
2017-03-07
4,208
350.7
... that in 1910, the British aviator
Claude Grahame-White landed his biplane on
West Executive Avenue (pictured) and then lunched with United States Secretary of War
Jacob Dickinson ?
Almone
2017-03-27
8,411
350.5
... that the ancient Romans used to bathe a sacred stone in the waters of the
Almone on March 27?
Robert Egan
2017-03-06
4,158
346.5
... that
Bobby Egan , the owner of a New Jersey roadside barbecue restaurant, has been criticized for participating in diplomatic negotiations between
North Korea and the United States?
George W. Hooker
2017-03-18
4,152
346.0
... that
George W. Hooker captured a
Confederate troop detachment, consisting of 116 men and their colonel, all by himself?
Avraam Zak
2017-03-09
4,150
345.8
... that Russian-Jewish banker
Avraam Zak received an offer to become deputy finance minister of Russia on condition that he convert to Christianity?
Day of Potsdam
2017-03-15
4,143
345.2
... that the
Day of Potsdam was used by the Nazis to symbolize continuity with German history?
São Vicente Suspension Bridge
2017-03-17
4,016
334.6
... that the
São Vicente Suspension Bridge (pictured) , constructed 1911–1914, was one of the first suspension bridges in Brazil, and was originally conceived to carry a sewage pipeline?
Blob sculpin
2017-03-22
7,914
329.8
... that the
blob sculpin is the first egg-laying, deep sea fish known to provide parental care?
Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game
2017-03-01
3,940
328.4
... that concerns over whether video game
Call of Cthulhu had been cancelled proved unfounded, when it was revived by a different developer more than two years after its original announcement?
Two Hearts (Jackie Evancho album)
2017-03-30
876
328.3
... that
Jackie Evancho is set to become the youngest performer ever at
Café Carlyle when she performs songs from her new album
Two Hearts in April?
Exercise TROPEX
2017-03-03
3,858
321.5
... that
TROPEX 2017 witnessed the participation of forty-five major
surface ships , five submarines, and fifty aircraft from the
Indian Navy 's
Western and
Eastern Naval Command ?
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
2017-03-20
7,701
320.9
... that the
Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a popular subject in Christian art, but the earliest known example (pictured) only dates to about 1379?
Snugburys
2017-03-11
3,830
319.2
... that
Snugburys , a British
ice cream manufacturer, has constructed a series of large sculptures made of steel-reinforced straw, including one of the
Lovell Telescope (pictured) ?
Solomon Souza
2017-03-14
3,802
316.8
... that when the stalls of
a Jerusalem shuk close,
Solomon Souza 's spray-painted portraits (example pictured) become visible?
South African Defence Force Ensign
2017-03-21
7,549
314.5
... that the
South African National Defence Force initially used the
South African Defence Force Ensign (pictured) , which contained the former flag of South Africa, despite the adoption of a new national flag?
INSV Tarini
2017-03-24
7,522
313.4
... that this August, an all-woman crew plans to circumnavigate the globe on the
Indian Navy 's second ocean-going sailboat,
INSV Tarini (pictured) ?
Greifenstein Castle
2017-03-09
3,753
312.8
... that the first recorded owner of
Greifenstein Castle joined a crusade as penance for assassinating a bishop?
Sasak language
2017-03-10
3,706
308.8
... that in the
Sasak language , the verb "to eat"
differs depending on the social status of the speaker and the addressee?
Nakatsu Castle
2017-03-14
3,686
307.2
... that the original
Nakatsu Castle was destroyed in a fire in 1877, and the current structure was built in 1964?
Xbox Game Pass
2017-03-10
3,646
303.8
... that the
Xbox Game Pass has been described as "Netflix for video games"?
Furra
2017-03-09
3,616
301.3
... that men and women from the
Sidama people sing radically different songs about
Queen Furra ?
Plesiohedron
2017-03-13
3,606
300.5
... that Euclidean space can be completely filled without overlaps by copies of any
plesiohedron , a type of convex shape whose known examples have up to 38 sides?
Nothing Was Delivered
2017-03-15
3,570
297.5
... that
Bob Dylan 's "
Nothing Was Delivered " has inspired interpretations ranging from a failed drug deal to
Judas Iscariot 's betrayal of
Jesus ?
Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain
2017-03-27
7,116
296.5
... that, in 1525,
Charles V
ordered the conversion of his Muslim subjects in the
lands of Aragon , despite having sworn an oath not to do so?
Miami Railway Station
2017-03-05
3,532
294.4
... that in 1889, a US company built the
Miami Railway Station (pictured) in Canada, now a
National Historic Site and museum?
Tibbetts Brook
2017-03-01
3,498
291.5
... that
the Bronx neighborhood of
Kingsbridge was built on what was once an island in
Tibbetts Brook ?
Pärnu (river)
2017-03-04
3,474
289.5
... that the river
Pärnu (pictured) has been called "the Mississippi of Estonia"?
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
2017-03-20
6,876
286.5
... that the 17th-century German hymn "
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan " has been described as "one of the most exquisite strains of pious resignation ever written"?
Mexican Federal Highway 95D
2017-03-06
3,424
285.3
... that
Mexican Federal Highway 95D passes under
an archeological site (pictured) uncovered during its construction?
Clapton Court
2017-03-14
3,407
283.9
... that the porch of
Clapton Court in
Somerset is two centuries older than the rest of the house?
James Sullivan (Medal of Honor)
2017-03-18
3,391
282.6
... that
Peter Van Hoesen , an
American Civil War deserter, was paid $300 to enlist by a drafted man, and performed a
Medal of Honor -worthy deed at
Fort Fisher in 1864 for which he got no credit?
Jim Ambrose
2017-03-13
3,384
282.0
... that
Canadian football player
Jim Ambrose collapsed during a game and later died due to
inflammation of the brain ?
Ramen Street
2017-03-04
3,376
281.3
... that
Ramen Street is located in a basement?
Star Wars: Droid Works
2017-03-03
3,323
276.9
... that software company
Lucas Learning did not know whether to market
Star Wars: Droid Works on retailers' "game" or "education" shelves?
Fulham Refuge
2017-03-17
3,310
275.8
... that
Fulham Refuge was the "most distinctively feminine of the early convict prisons"?
Yue Yi-chin
2017-03-13
3,190
265.9
... that the family of
Yue Yi-chin , a Chinese flying ace of the
Second Sino-Japanese War , claim to be descended from the
Song dynasty general and folk hero
Yue Fei ?
Uris Buildings Corporation
2017-03-03
3,174
264.5
... that
Yale University architecture professor
Louis Kahn said he would have given a failing grade to
Uris Buildings Corporation 's Three Penn Center?
Salumeria
2017-03-11
3,158
263.2
... that the
salumeria originated in Italy and dates to the
Middle Ages ?
Crocidolomia pavonana
2017-03-10
3,145
262.1
... that a whole cabbage plant can be devoured by the
cabbage cluster caterpillars that hatch from a single egg cluster?
Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower
2017-03-07
3,144
262.0
... that when completed in June 2017,
Küçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower will replace most of the steel communications masts in the area, which cause
visual pollution ?
Warren Gulley
2017-03-05
3,118
259.8
... that
Bill Gulley , who for years was responsible for the
nuclear football , was officially on the
U.S. Post Office payroll, to make the president's staff look smaller than it was?
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
2017-03-06
2,988
249.0
... that
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball was developed in just 61 days?
Qandala campaign
2017-03-06
2,976
248.0
... that when the
Islamic State
captured Qandala in 2016, the group hoisted its flag on the building in which Somali folk hero Ali Fahiye Gedi had been imprisoned for burning the Italian flag in 1914?
Miyu Tomita
2017-03-15
2,964
247.0
... that Japanese voice actress
Miyu Tomita was a member of her school's
manga research club?
Paludititan
2017-03-05
2,958
246.5
... that
Paludititan is a Romanian
island dwarf ?
Maymie de Mena
2017-03-16
2,950
245.9
... that the American Leonie Turpeau, the Nicaraguan
Maymie de Mena , and the Jamaican Madame Aiken were the same person?
Bear
2017-03-22
5,858
[d]
244.1
... that
bears are classified as carnivores, but most are
omnivorous and the
panda (pictured) is almost entirely vegetarian?
Abu Omar al-Turkistani
2017-03-06
2,926
243.9
... that
Abu Omar al-Turkistani , an al-Qaeda militant from China who fought in the
Battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, eventually died during the
Syrian Civil War ?
Birdy (film)
2017-03-12
2,926
243.8
... that
Birdy , the first feature film partially shot with the
Skycam camera system, was described by a reviewer as "a heavy adult drama about best friends and the after-effects of war"?
Old Bob
2017-03-14
2,895
241.2
... that
Abraham Lincoln probably named his horse
Old Bob to differentiate it from his son, "
Young Bob "?
Jessica Curry
2017-03-08
2,895
241.2
... that composer
Jessica Curry has won a
BAFTA award for her
video game scores , and has also worked with a
Poet Laureate ?
Kuni-yuzuri
2017-03-26
5,716
238.1
... that the mythological events of the
kuni-yuzuri may be rooted in real historic events?
Guillotière Cemetery
2017-03-21
5,716
238.1
... that
Guillotière Cemetery in
Lyon , France, was mistakenly bombed by the American military during the Second World War?
Hazard elimination
2017-03-17
2,850
237.5
... that the most effective way to
control a hazard is to
eliminate it ?
Wipeout Fusion
2017-03-07
2,838
236.5
... that the racing game
Wipeout Fusion contains 45 race tracks and 32 ship models?
Wraxall Court
2017-03-13
2,814
234.5
... that the
Somerset building
Wraxall Court was a house for hundreds of years before becoming a convalescent home, then student residences and then a private house again?
Licancabur
2017-03-19
5,343
230.6
... that
Licancabur volcano (pictured) was venerated by the
Atacamenos ?
Wipeout HD
2017-03-19
5,336
230.3
... that the release of
Wipeout HD was delayed for a few months because it had failed
epilepsy
tests ?
Chris Redfield
2017-03-12
2,750
[e]
229.2
... that video game character
Chris Redfield was suspected of
abusing steroids ?
Loch Ewe Distillery
2017-03-05
2,722
226.8
... that
Loch Ewe Distillery in Drumchork was allowed to open in 2006 with
stills over 90% smaller than the legal minimum, due to a loophole in the 1786 Wash Act?
Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea
2017-03-05
1,685
140.4
... that the aged, hernia-afflicted
Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea reportedly ran in the
Wallachian princely election only to hamper other candidates?
Wallachian princely election, 1842
990
82.5
Total
2,676
223.0
Alice Bowman
2017-03-08
2,652
221.0
... that
Alice Bowman , Mission Operations Manager of the
New Horizons
Pluto exploration mission, is also a
bassist and
clarinetist ?
Thrips tabaci
2017-03-17
2,652
221.0
... that though the
onion thrips is tiny, it is the most serious insect pest attacking onion crops in the tropics?
Izydor Borowski
2017-03-23
5,281
220.0
... that
Izydor Borowski was born in the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth but later rose to the rank of general in
Qajar Iran ?
Russian military deception
2017-03-18
2,617
218.1
... that the 2014
annexation of Crimea by "
little green men " was typical of a long history of
Russian military deception dating back to the
Battle of Kulikovo in 1380?
Zeynab Begum
2017-03-24
5,228
217.8
... that
Zeynab Begum was one of the most influential princesses of Iran's
Safavid dynasty ?
Self-portraits by Rembrandt
2017-03-09
2,612
217.7
... that there are approaching one hundred
self-portraits by Rembrandt in paintings, etchings, and drawings?
Angolan African dormouse
2017-03-15
2,567
213.9
... that the
Angolan African dormouse usually dwells in trees, but has been found in the roof of a hut and in an old beehive?
Adiyogi Shiva statue
2017-03-12
2,532
211.0
... that the
Adiyogi Shiva statue is the world's tallest bust of the Hindu god
Shiva ?
Tax status of Scientology in the United States
2017-03-13
2,530
210.9
... that the
Church of Scientology used espionage, front groups, private detectives, and over 2,500 lawsuits to gain
tax exemption in the United States ?
Urchinwood Manor
2017-03-10
2,523
210.2
... that the original 1620 "L" shape of
Urchinwood Manor was made into a "U" by a mid-17th century extension?
Final Destination 3
2017-03-27
5,024
209.3
... that the DVD release of
Final Destination 3 has a feature called "Choose Their Fate" that acts as an
interactive movie , allowing viewers to alter the course of the film's story and the fate of the characters?
William Lutwiniak
2017-03-12
2,502
208.5
... that crossword compiler
William Lutwiniak was promoted to sergeant the same day he joined the army?
Reich Ministry of Transport
2017-03-12
2,498
208.1
... that despite the
Reich Ministry of Transport running trains to extermination camps during the
Holocaust , the US later ruled some of their personnel only had "lukewarm" connections to the Nazi Party?
Francis Funk
2017-03-07
1,644
137.0
... that
J. W. E. Maikai succeeded a
Major Funk as Adjutant General to the Forces?
John William Elliott Maikai
814
67.9
Total
2,458
204.9
Akatombo
2017-03-02
1,834
152.9
... that
Akatombo , or "Red Dragonfly", written by poet
Rofū Miki and composed by
Kosaku Yamada , is one of the
most-loved Japanese songs according to a 1989 survey?
Rofū Miki
600
50.0
Total
2,434
202.9
Sack of Shamakhi (1721)
2017-03-15
2,428
202.3
... that the
Sack of Shamakhi was used as the
casus belli by the
Russian Empire in order to launch the
Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723 ?
A Man with a Quilted Sleeve
2017-03-16
2,414
201.2
... that the sitter in
Titian 's
A Man with a Quilted Sleeve (pictured) has been thought to be the poet
Ludovico Ariosto , a Venetian patrician, or Titian himself?
Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016
2017-03-02
2,374
197.8
... that the Northern Ireland Assembly will lose 18
MLAs because of the
Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 , effective at the snap election today?
Rheidol (locomotive)
2017-03-08
2,372
197.7
... that
Rheidol , a former locomotive on the
Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales, was originally called
Treze de Maio , after the date that
slavery was abolished in Brazil ?
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein
2017-03-03
2,360
196.6
... that "
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein ", a paraphrase by Martin Luther of
Psalm 67 in German, appeared in the
Erfurt Enchiridion in 1524?
MV Havila Harmony
2017-03-25
4,546
196.5
... that an
autonomous underwater vehicle deployed by the
MV Havila Harmony during the
search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 discovered a shipwreck?
Micronesian imperial pigeon
2017-03-14
2,354
196.2
... that the
Micronesian imperial pigeon barks, moans, and coos?
Flag of Kyrgyzstan
2017-03-31
4,670
194.6
... that the 40 rays on the
flag of Kyrgyzstan represent the number of tribes united by national folk hero
Manas to fight against the
Mongols ?
Stratford City Hall
2017-03-01
2,312
192.7
... that
Stratford City Hall , a
National Historic Site of Canada , was built on a triangular square?
HMS Pearl (1762)
2017-03-03
2,306
192.1
... that
HMS Pearl escorted troops to
Kip's Bay during the
American Revolutionary War in September 1776?
Church of the Ascension, Lower Broughton
2017-03-03
2,302
191.9
... that the
Church of the Ascension, Lower Broughton , was built in 1869 and was recently restored, only for its roof and interior to be destroyed by fire in February 2017?
Erythranthe peregrina
2017-03-14
2,295
191.2
... that
Erythranthe peregrina (pictured) is a rare example of a species developing in multiple locations from parents that normally produce sterile hybrids?
Sidney Howe Short
2017-03-17
2,282
190.1
... that
Sidney Howe Short produced the first electric motor without gears that operated a streetcar directly from its built-in armature?
Edison Bell
2017-03-14
2,268
189.0
... that the phonograph and gramophone company
Edison Bell was required to use
Edison 's name?
Sh2-297
2017-03-20
4,502
187.6
... that a
protostar in the
Sh2-297 nebula is driving an
outflow of gas more massive than the Sun?
Earl Mazo
2017-03-29
4,480
186.6
... that the publication of
Earl Mazo 's series of exposés on
election fraud in the
1960 United States Presidential Election was stopped following the intervention of
Richard Nixon ?
Battle of Surabaya (1677)
2017-03-20
3,124
130.2
... that despite the loss of
Trunajaya 's rebel court at the
Battle of Surabaya , his forces
captured and sacked the
Mataram royal court one month later?
Fall of Plered
1,283
53.5
Total
4,408
183.6
Léon Davent
2017-03-01
2,202
183.5
... that the
etchings of
Léon Davent include Michelangelo at the Age of Twenty-Three made some forty years after
Michelangelo was that age?
Stephanie Hansen
2017-03-11
1,464
122.0
... that
Joe Biden went door-to-door with
Stephanie Hansen to help her win
a recent special election to the
Delaware Senate ?
Delaware's 10th state senate district special election, 2017
736
61.3
Total
2,200
183.3
Administrative controls
2017-03-28
4,346
181.1
... that
warning signs and rotating
shift work are forms of
administrative hazard controls ?
Field goal (rugby)
2017-03-22
4,300
179.2
... that
field goals in
rugby union , which were worth the same number of points as
tries , were abolished in 1905?
Fitzsimons station
2017-03-09
2,140
178.3
... that
Fitzsimons station in
Aurora, Colorado , was moved away from the
Anschutz Medical Campus after concerns that vibrations and
electromagnetic interference from trains would affect research equipment?
Antonín Cyril Stojan
2017-03-01
2,132
177.7
... that
Antonín Cyril Stojan , who led a life of
heroic virtue , was given the title of
Venerable by
Pope Francis ?
Charmian Gooch
2017-03-12
2,124
177.0
... that
Charmian Gooch 's investigation into the Cambodian timber trade deprived
Pol Pot and the
Khmer Rouge regime of US$90 million a year?
Chanctonbury Ring
2017-03-19
4,098
176.9
... that the Romans built a temple possibly dedicated to a
boar cult within the prehistoric
Chanctonbury Ring
hillfort ?
Magdalena Heymair
2017-03-16
2,112
176.0
... that Lutheran children's educator
Magdalena Heymair was the first woman to have her works listed as heretical in the
Index Librorum Prohibitorum ?
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
2017-03-12
2,098
174.9
... that gunmen of Mexican drug lord
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes shot down a Mexican Army
helicopter using a
rocket-propelled grenade ?
William V. Rinehart
2017-03-03
2,069
172.4
... that during the
American Civil War ,
William V. Rinehart served as an officer in both the
1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and
1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment ?
Printer's Devilry
2017-03-03
2,048
170.7
... that
Printer's Devilry crossword puzzles were among
Ximenes ' most popular, even though they break
Ximenes' rules of
cryptic crossword setting?
Chris Bertish
2017-03-25
3,943
170.4
... that
Chris Bertish is the first person to complete a
stand-up paddle board crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, a 7,400 km (4,600 mi), 93-day journey that put him into
The Guiness Book of World Records ?
Samuel Noble Monument
2017-03-28
4,088
170.3
... that the
Samuel Noble Monument (pictured) honors the founder of
Anniston, Alabama ?
Viaduto do Chá
2017-03-08
2,028
169.0
... that
Viaduto do Chá ,
São Paulo 's first viaduct, was originally constructed from German iron before being replaced by a concrete span?
Eastern Hills, Bogotá
2017-03-06
1,260
105.0
... that seen from
Bolívar Square ,
Bogotá , the Sun on the
solstices rises directly over
Monserrate and
Guadalupe , the two best known
Eastern Hills ?
Guadalupe Hill
765
63.8
Total
2,024
168.7
Periclimenes rathbunae
2017-03-04
2,024
168.6
... that if the
sun anemone shrimp is separated from its host for more than 24 hours, it loses its immunity to the sea anemone's stinging cells?
Sacra conversazione
2017-03-18
2,020
168.3
... that in earlier paintings of a
sacra conversazione ("holy conversation"), the figures are rarely shown speaking (example pictured) ?
Dries Mertens
2017-03-19
3,892
[f]
168.0
... that in 2016,
footballer
Dries Mertens became the first player to score seven goals in two matches in
Serie A since
Antonio Valentín Angelillo (1958)?
Packhorse Inn
2017-03-06
2,008
167.3
... that the
Packhorse Inn , a
Somerset pub, has been designated as an
asset of community value ?
Wayzata Bay Center
2017-03-01
2,006
167.2
... that the
Wayzata Bay Center shopping mall was built over
wetlands ?
Parmenian
2017-03-14
2,000
166.7
... that although
Parmenian is considered by some historians to be the most important
Donatist writer of his day, none of his works survive?
Independent Democratic Conference
2017-03-01
1,996
166.4
... that some
Democrats in the
New York State Senate formed the
Independent Democratic Conference to caucus with
Republicans ?
2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
2017-03-21
3,904
162.7
... that
Sébastien Bourdais won the
2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg after starting in last place?
Hail, America
2017-03-09
1,936
161.3
... that 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the composition of "
Hail, America " by the German-born
George Drumm ?
John Blair, Sr.
2017-03-23
3,868
161.1
... that
John Blair , who served four times as acting governor of the
Colony of Virginia , resigned his life appointment in 1770 so he would not be acting governor a fifth time?
Denny Substation
2017-03-12
1,930
160.9
... that a
new electrical substation in
Seattle will feature a dog park, a theater, a walking path, and public art?
Henri Beau
2017-03-01
1,903
158.6
... that while studying art in Paris, impoverished Canadian painter
Henri Beau copied eleven paintings hanging in the
Louvre and sold them to support himself?
Islamophobia in Canada
2017-03-10
1,899
158.2
... that in 2016, the
Parliament of Canada passed a motion condemning
Islamophobia in the country ?
Montgomery Guards
2017-03-09
1,886
157.2
... that in 1837,
nativist rioters in Boston attacked the
Montgomery Guards , an Irish-American militia company?
Jesse Root Grant
2017-03-02
1,884
157.0
... that through his political associations,
Jesse Root Grant secured an appointment for enrollment at
West Point for his son,
Ulysses S. Grant ?
Statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin
2017-03-31
1,982
82.6
... that two major landmarks of
Gwanghwamun Plaza in central
Seoul are the
statues of King Sejong and of
Admiral Yi Sun-sin ?
Statue of King Sejong (Gwanghwamun)
1,685
70.2
Total
3,668
152.8
Resorts International
2017-03-01
1,820
151.7
... that
Donald Trump and
Merv Griffin fought for control of casino operator
Resorts International in 1988?
United and Cecil Club
2017-03-07
1,808
150.7
... that the
United and Cecil Club , a British dining club, was the single largest donor to Conservative Party candidates in
marginal seats in the run-up to the
last general election ?
Matthew Lyon
2017-03-07
1,806
150.5
... that while jailed on charges of violating the
Sedition Act ,
Matthew Lyon was re-elected to
Congress ?
Jamaica–179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
2017-03-05
1,174
97.8
... that construction on the
179th Street terminal station on the New York City Subway's
Queens Boulevard Line was delayed for almost 20 years?
IND Queens Boulevard Line
611
50.9
Total
1,784
148.7
Paul D'Ortona
2017-03-10
1,772
147.6
... that although he left school at the age of 14,
Paul D'Ortona later served for two decades on the
Philadelphia City Council ?
Joaquín Vargas Gómez
2017-03-29
3,542
147.6
... that
Joaquín Vargas Gómez opened a restaurant in a retired
North Star DC-4 parked near the
Mexico City International Airport ?
Don Celender
2017-03-13
1,766
147.2
... that while exploring whether
a person's name affects the job they choose ,
Don Celender wrote to a dentist named Toothman and a rectal surgeon named Butts?
Wipeout (series)
2017-03-31
3,506
146.1
... that the name of the
Wipeout series of video games was inspired by the instrumental song
"Wipe Out" by
The Surfaris ?
Binsted
2017-03-24
3,473
144.7
... that
Field Marshal
Bernard Montgomery is buried in the graveyard of the Church of the Holy Cross in
Binsted ?
Nancy Run
2017-03-15
1,708
142.3
... that
Nancy Run in
Northampton County, Pennsylvania , is named after an old fortune teller?
Émilie Ambre
2017-03-13
1,686
140.5
... that the soprano
Émilie Ambre was portrayed by artist
Édouard Manet in the title role of Bizet's
Carmen (pictured) ?
King John's Hill
2017-03-26
3,298
137.4
... that
King John's Hill , near
Alton, Hampshire , is topped by an unusually small Iron Age
hillfort , and is thought to have been the site of a hunting lodge of
King John ?
Beacon Hill, West Sussex
2017-03-12
1,625
135.4
... that
Beacon Hill , on the
South Downs in
West Sussex , supports the remains of a Bronze Age hillfort, an Anglo-Saxon burial mound, and a late 18th-century telegraph station?
Continuoolithus
2017-03-06
1,620
135.0
... that a tiny embryonic skeleton found inside the fossil
dinosaur egg
Continuoolithus died approximately 8 to 10 days into development, making it the youngest fossil vertebrate ever discovered?
Luther D. Bradley
2017-03-11
1,618
134.9
... that
Luther Bradley was considered the most prominent
political cartoonist opposing America's involvement in World War I?
Archibald Spencer
2017-03-11
1,618
134.8
... that
Archibald Spencer introduced
Benjamin Franklin to the study of electricity, and was his mentor?
The U.D.I. Song
2017-03-11
1,610
134.1
... that the
Rhodesian folk song "
The U.D.I. Song " was written by a Northern Rhodesian and first performed by a South African?
Ceriops australis
2017-03-28
3,216
134.0
... that the
yellow mangrove is very similar to the
Indian mangrove , but the two can be distinguished when in fruit?
J. Mason Brewer
2017-03-22
3,207
133.6
... that American
folklorist
J. Mason Brewer broke the
color barrier at the
Driskill Hotel when he was inducted into the
Texas Institute of Letters ?
Neri Oxman
2017-03-25
3,085
133.4
... that in 2015,
Neri Oxman 's architecture group and MIT's Glass Lab built the first
3D printer for optically transparent glass (pictured) ?
Jane Maria Strachey
2017-03-20
3,184
132.6
... that suffragist
Jane Maria Strachey was born on a ship off the
Cape of Good Hope in 1840?
Mary Ivy Burks
2017-03-16
1,571
130.9
... that
Mary Ivy Burks has been called the "mother of Alabama wilderness"?
Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton
2017-03-28
3,134
130.6
... that
Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton used liquid
methane experimentally to power a bus?
Weixinism
2017-03-16
1,562
130.1
... that a
Taiwanese religious movement teaching
feng shui and
I Ching since 1984 now has around 300,000 members?
Subramanian Kalyanaraman
2017-03-10
1,559
129.9
... that
Subramanian Kalyanaraman was the first Indian to receive a PhD in neurosurgery?
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
2017-03-18
1,528
127.3
... that
Roz Chast 's graphic memoir
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? , about her parents in their final years, was No. 1 New York Times Bestseller in 2014?
Henlee Hulix Barnette
2017-03-19
2,948
127.3
... that Christian ethicist
Henlee Hulix Barnette was investigated by the FBI after meeting
Nikita Khrushchev and marching with
Martin Luther King ?
Diplasterias brucei
2017-03-08
1,524
127.0
... that the starfish
Diplasterias brucei broods its young until they have developed into juveniles?
Lance Ryan
2017-03-02
1,521
126.8
... that during the last decade,
Lance Ryan appeared as
Siegfried at three
Bayreuth Festivals ?
Reader Rabbit
2017-03-02
1,518
126.5
... that
The Learning Company 's educational video game franchise
Reader Rabbit sold over 25 million copies between 1984 and 2002?
Padma Bhushan
2017-03-08
1,112
92.7
... that India's
third highest civilian award was bestowed upon
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand
in 2017 ?
List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–19)
384
32.0
Total
1,496
124.6
Balkhash perch
2017-03-17
1,494
124.5
... that
Karl Kessler 's 1874 description of the
Balkhash perch as a new species was based on specimens collected on
Alexander von Schrenk 's expedition to Turkestan in 1842?
Nani Alapai
2017-03-16
1,490
124.2
... that the voice of Hawaiian soprano
Nani Alapai was compared to the music of the
singing snails ?
Butch Allison
2017-03-02
1,474
122.8
... that professional American football player
Butch Allison was the brother of another professional athlete?
Rock dormouse
2017-03-04
1,472
122.7
... that the
rock dormouse sometimes lives in
association with
rock hyraxes ?
Zygogramma suturalis
2017-03-09
1,421
118.4
... that the
leaf beetle
Zygogramma suturalis was introduced into Russia in 1978 in an attempt to control the invasive plant
common ragweed ?
Better Place (Rachel Platten song)
2017-03-10
1,420
118.4
... that "
Better Place " was inspired by the engagement of
Rachel Platten 's sister?
Revolutionary Communist Party of India
2017-03-28
2,824
117.7
... that the
Revolutionary Communist Party of India attacked the
Dum Dum Airfield in 1949?
Susannah Fox
2017-03-17
1,412
117.7
... that
Susannah Fox , the U.S. government's former
chief health technology executive , cited the
maker movement as a promising source of future healthcare innovation?
Paul Rapsey Hodge
2017-03-27
2,801
116.7
... that the English inventor
Paul Rapsey Hodge built the first steam
fire engine in the United States?
2010 Pepsi Max 400
2017-03-13
1,398
116.5
... that the top-three finishers in the
2010 Pepsi Max 400 all drove
Chevrolets ?
Shmuel Schecter
2017-03-04
1,381
115.1
... that Canadian-American student
Shmuel Schecter finished his four-year high school requirements in three years so that he could go to Poland to study at the
Mir Yeshiva at the age of seventeen?
Scared of the Dark
2017-03-17
1,364
113.7
... that
Free Radio presenter Andy Goulding thought that "
Scared of the Dark " by
Steps should have been the United Kingdom's entry for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 ?
Kick Your Game
2017-03-14
1,358
113.2
... that
TLC rapper
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes wrote two verses for the song "
Kick Your Game ", recapping a dialogue between herself and someone who was trying to flirt but did not "pass the cleverness test"?
Marysville, Washington
2017-03-26
2,710
112.9
... that the population of
Marysville, Washington , grew five-fold from 1980 to 2000?
Professional Rapid Online Chess League
2017-03-01
1,346
112.1
... that the
Professional Rapid Online Chess League (PRO Chess League) is a worldwide online
rapid chess league with 48 teams, whose members include more than 100
grandmasters ?
A Good House
2017-03-14
704
58.7
... that
Bonnie Burnard 's 1999 debut novel,
A Good House , won the
Scotiabank Giller Prize ?
Bonnie Burnard
632
52.7
Total
1,336
111.4
Peñol de Cerquín
2017-03-18
1,326
110.5
... that the
Peñol de Cerquín , a
Lenca fortress in southern Honduras, successfully resisted the Spanish conquistadores for months?
Dehn invariant
2017-03-11
1,326
110.5
... that it is unknown if the
Dehn invariant of a
flexible polyhedron stays invariant as it flexes?
1891 State Normal School at Cheney fire
2017-03-02
1,323
110.2
... that in 1891, a fire at the
State Normal School at Cheney destroyed the school's only building?
Rufous piculet
2017-03-03
713
59.4
... that most members of the
woodpecker family have four toes on each foot, but the
rufous piculet and the
white-browed piculet have just three?
White-browed piculet
607
50.6
Total
1,320
110.0
Mayiladuthurai–Coimbatore Jan Shatabdi Express
2017-03-17
1,298
108.1
... that the
Mayiladuthurai–Coimbatore Jan Shatabdi Express is the first train in South India to use solar-powered coaches?
Burnley 0–1 Lincoln City (2017)
2017-03-11
1,287
107.2
... that
Lincoln City's win over Burnley meant that they became the first non-league football club to reach the
FA Cup quarter-finals in 103 years?
Thomas North Whitehead
2017-03-31
2,524
105.2
... that
Thomas North Whitehead suggested that the United Kingdom give America one of the four surviving copies of the
Magna Carta to win support for
Lend-Lease ?
Félix Archimède Pouchet
2017-03-15
1,262
105.2
... that in the mid-1800s, French scientist
Félix Archimède Pouchet believed air itself was able to generate life?
Petra Hřebíčková
2017-03-14
1,262
105.2
... that
Petra Hřebíčková was named Best Actress in a Play at the 2008
Thalia Awards ?
James D. Wright
2017-03-27
2,483
103.5
... that sociologist
James D. Wright co-authored a 1983 study which showed that approximately 1% of privately-owned guns in the United States were used in crime?
Blewburton Hill
2017-03-18
1,240
103.3
... that
Blewburton Hill in Oxfordshire features unusual
lynchets of unknown age and function?
Sticky mat
2017-03-18
1,238
103.2
... that proper use of
engineering controls should
prevent contaminants from being excessively deposited on
sticky mats at a laboratory's exits?
Manchester Gorton by-election, 2017
2017-03-12
1,229
102.4
... that the
2017 Manchester Gorton by-election was called after the death of the
Father of the House ?
Herbert Reiner Jr.
2017-03-25
2,364
102.2
... that American diplomat
Herbert Reiner Jr. played a key role in capturing
Mahatma Gandhi 's assassin
Nathuram Godse in 1948?
Sierra de las Quijadas National Park
2017-03-29
2,452
102.2
... that the
Sierra de las Quijadas National Park contains a
Lagerstätte -type
fossil site, particularly famous for its
pterosaurs ?
Armistead Burwell (judge)
2017-03-26
2,450
102.1
... that despite being severely wounded in the
American Civil War in 1864,
Armistead Burwell became licensed to practice law five years later?
Monument to Women Memorial Garden
2017-03-08
1,221
101.8
... that
Barbara B. Smith created the
Monument to Women Memorial Garden to defend traditional women's values from the perceived threat of the
Equal Rights Amendment ?
George E. Bria
2017-03-31
2,440
101.6
... that
Associated Press war correspondent
George E. Bria , known for his brevity as an editor, insisted that "the
D-Day landings could be reported in 400 words"?
Chris Cate
2017-03-20
2,426
101.1
... that
Chris Cate is the first Asian American to serve as a
San Diego City Council member in decades?
History of medicine in France
2017-03-13
1,208
100.6
... that in
17th-century French medicine , hospitals were not staffed by doctors, but mostly by sisters from the
Daughters of Charity ?
Naruto
2017-03-07
1,203
[g]
100.2
... that
Masashi Kishimoto has a five-step process for drawing the characters for the manga
Naruto ?
Joseph Nāwahī
2017-03-04
1,181
98.4
... that a painting of Hilo Bay by
Joseph Nāwahī , the first
Native Hawaiian to paint in the
Western style, was featured on the
Antiques Roadshow ?
Andrew Schneider (journalist)
2017-03-06
1,180
98.3
... that investigative journalist
Andrew Schneider 's work earned back-to-back
Pulitzer Prizes in 1986 and 1987?
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
2017-03-22
2,358
98.3
... that mezzo-soprano
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner has portrayed such characters as Schoeck's
Penthesilea , and
Cassandre in
Les Troyens ?
Missionary Day
2017-03-05
1,173
97.8
... that
Missionary Day , celebrated on 5 March in
French Polynesia , commemorates the 1797 arrival of the Protestant missionaries in
Tahiti aboard the
Duff (pictured) ?
Gerald Alphin
2017-03-05
1,170
97.5
... that every single ballot cast for the
Canadian Football League all-star team in 1989 included a vote for
Gerald Alphin , but he did not make the squad?
Litanies à la Vierge Noire
2017-03-03
1,168
97.3
... that
Francis Poulenc composed
Litanies à la Vierge Noire , a French litany to the Black Virgin at
Rocamadour (statue pictured) , after a pilgrimage to the shrine?
Donald L. Cunningham
2017-03-07
1,162
96.8
... that
Donald L. Cunningham , an original Justice of the
Arizona Supreme Court , once lost everything in a fire except for a single office chair?
Annora Brown
2017-03-18
1,156
96.3
... that
Annora Brown was commissioned to paint 200
Albertan wildflowers, some of which are now extinct?
RapidRide G Line
2017-03-06
1,147
95.6
... that
bus rapid transit was chosen for Seattle's
RapidRide G Line , because
Madison Street was considered too steep for
streetcar service?
Mary Boggs
2017-03-09
1,129
94.1
... that
Mary Boggs and her first husband won the competition to create the
United States post office mural in
Newton, Mississippi ?
Cyclone Althea
2017-03-13
1,110
92.5
... that the unroofing of hundreds of homes by
Cyclone Althea in December 1971 prompted
Queensland to overhaul its state-wide building codes?
Peter Adamson (academic)
2017-03-03
1,106
92.2
... that the use of
puns by
Peter Adamson in his History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps series, has been both praised and criticized?
Rafael Brache
2017-03-11
1,094
91.2
... that
Rafael Brache was declared a traitor to the
Dominican Republic for denouncing the "
parsley massacre "?
William Henry Daniels
2017-03-05
1,091
90.9
... that judge
William Henry Daniels committed suicide in 1897, three years after being dismissed for not taking an oath of allegiance to the
Provisional Government of Hawaii ?
Nyssa spatulata
2017-03-01
1,086
90.5
... that the fossil
tupelo
Nyssa spatulata was described from seeds found in Oregon?
Spencer Weisz
2017-03-28
2,155
89.8
... that
Spencer Weisz was the Most Valuable Player of the 18-under
basketball competition of the
2013 Maccabiah Games ?
Bonfils Memorial Theatre
2017-03-29
2,130
88.8
... that President
Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a congratulatory telegram upon the opening of the
Bonfils Memorial Theatre in
Denver ?
Saunders Creek, Alberta
2017-03-16
1,064
88.7
... that fossils from the Paleocene period have been found near
Saunders Creek, Alberta , including an upper molar from a possible
pantodont ?
Shyam Swarup Agarwal
2017-03-15
1,064
88.7
... that
Shyam Swarup Agarwal studied the genetic effects of the
Bhopal gas tragedy ?
Miriam T. Griffin
2017-03-22
2,090
87.1
... that classical scholar
Miriam T. Griffin believes that the Roman emperor
Nero was hounded by fear, panic, and
persecutory delusions at the end of his reign?
Mendip Hospital
2017-03-15
1,038
86.5
... that
Mendip Hospital in
Somerset was built in 1848 for 350 patients, but became crowded within a few years of opening?
The Little Red Chairs
2017-03-21
2,072
86.3
... that the title of
Edna O'Brien 's book,
The Little Red Chairs , refers to performance art commemorating the 11,541 victims of
Radovan Karadžić ?
Grey-hooded parakeet
2017-03-04
1,022
85.2
... that
grey-hooded parakeets make twittering and warbling sounds similar to those made by
barn swallows ?
Spotted imperial pigeon
2017-03-24
1,990
82.9
... that the
spotted imperial pigeon 's
specific name carola is derived from the name of a daughter of the ornithologist
Charles Lucien Bonaparte ?
Jumpin' at the Woodside
2017-03-04
993
82.8
... that
Count Basie 's "
Jumpin' at the Woodside " is about a
Harlem hotel where
African American jazz musicians and baseball players stayed during
racial segregation ?
Billy Douglas (One Life to Live)
2017-03-03
990
82.5
... that actor
Ryan Phillippe played
Billy Douglas in his first professional acting role on the American soap opera
One Life to Live , one of the first gay teenage characters in television?
M. J. Thirumalachar
2017-03-02
988
82.3
... that
M. J. Thirumalachar named two genera of fungi he discovered, Narasimhania and Narasimhella , after his father, M. J. Narasimhan?
Dorothy Tarrant
2017-03-19
1,892
81.6
... that the first female British professor of Greek,
Dorothy Tarrant , analysed
Plato 's style to conclude that he did not write the
Socratic dialogue on beauty ?
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott
2017-03-10
978
81.5
... that the hymn "
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott " ("Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God") by the Lutheran
Paul Eber appeared in Catholic hymnals from 1567?
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård
2017-03-17
967
80.6
... that although
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård was born and raised in Norway, he competes internationally in
cross-country skiing for Ireland?
Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail
2017-03-18
955
79.6
... that the planned
Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail suffered four construction accidents in a three-month period in 2016?
Therese Benedek
2017-03-13
955
79.6
... that
Therese Benedek submitted to a five-month
training analysis under
an associate of Freud before embarking on her own career in
psychoanalysis ?
Eileen Riley Siegel
2017-03-05
948
79.0
... that
Alice Hirson played
Eileen Riley Siegel , an Irish Catholic
married to a Jew, on the soap opera
One Life to Live ?
Marjorie G. Horning
2017-03-08
942
78.5
... that
Marjorie G. Horning demonstrated that drugs and their
metabolites can be transferred from a pregnant woman to her developing child?
Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
2017-03-03
932
[h]
77.7
... that
Alexander the Great , King of
Macedon , besieged the
Illyrians at
Pelion (in modern
Albania ) in 335 BC, a year before waging war against the
Achaemenid Empire ?
Perdur Radhakantha Adiga
2017-03-07
924
77.0
... that
Perdur Radhakantha Adiga identified
N-oxalyldiaminopropionic acid in
grass pea as the cause of
neurolathyrism ?
The Kingdom of Kevin Malone
2017-03-17
921
76.8
... that in 1994, the fantasy novel
The Kingdom of Kevin Malone by
Suzy McKee Charnas won the
Mythopoeic Society Award in the Children's Literature category?
Narinder Kumar Mehra
2017-03-20
1,824
76.0
... that
Narinder Kumar Mehra identified that a subtype of the serotype
HLA-DR2 made humans susceptible to diseases such as
leprosy and
tuberculosis ?
Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen
2017-03-23
1,820
75.8
... that the opera
Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen (Murderer, Hope of Women ) was based on a play by
an expressionist artist and was performed with stage set and choreography by
a Bauhaus artist ?
Wallachian legislative election, 1857
2017-03-02
897
74.8
... that two former
Princes of Wallachia
ran for deputy seats in 1857 , both of them losing at
Buzău and recovering to win at
Dolj ?
Théophile Schuler
2017-03-12
895
74.6
... that
Théophile Schuler illustrated
Verne ,
Hugo , and an alphabet for children?
West Palm Beach mayoral election, 1991
2017-03-17
885
73.8
... that the
1991 mayoral election in West Palm Beach was the city's first direct election for mayor since 1919?
Belle S. Spafford
2017-03-08
871
72.6
... that
LDS
Relief Society president
Belle S. Spafford directed the Singing Mothers at the
1964 World's Fair ?
Iris Vermillion
2017-03-15
866
72.2
... that the mezzo-soprano
Iris Vermillion , who became known for Mozart roles with
Harnoncourt in 1988, received a prize for her portrayal of Schoeck's
Penthesilea at the
Semperoper 20 years later?
Helen Marie Black
2017-03-08
866
72.2
... that besides reporting on
Aimee Semple McPherson 's visit to
Denver in 1921,
Helen Marie Black arranged publicity stunts to show off the evangelist's preaching and
faith healing skills?
Julian Radcliffe
2017-03-05
862
71.9
... that
Julian Radcliffe is the founder of the
world's largest private database of lost and stolen art ?
Two Worlds (song)
2017-03-05
860
71.7
... that AllMusic thought
Phil Collins ' "
Two Worlds ", featured in Disney's 1999 animated movie
Tarzan , "eerily echo[ed]" the worldbeats of former
Genesis bandmate
Peter Gabriel ?
Jeff Almon
2017-03-14
856
71.3
... that
Canadian football player
Jeff Almon was drafted by the
Calgary Stampeders after leaving a favourable impression on coach
Mike Benevides , whom he happened to be seated near on a flight?
Susan Dynarski
2017-03-03
854
71.2
... that economist
Susan Dynarski , who advocates for simplifying the US Federal Student Aid application process, was the first member of her family to attend college?
Roger P. Minert
2017-03-06
853
71.1
... that according to research by
Roger P. Minert , local church records in the United States are more likely than naturalization records to have information about the birthplaces of German immigrants?
Sacramento Valley Development Association
2017-03-21
1,644
68.5
... that the
Sacramento Valley Development Association built a life-sized bear out of prunes for the 1904
St. Louis World’s Fair ?
Rosel H. Hyde
2017-03-27
1,636
68.2
... that
Rosel H. Hyde was the first chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission to be reappointed, and the first chairman to be appointed by a president of a different political party?
Yu Zigao
2017-03-19
1,575
68.0
... that
Yu Zigao 's expedition against the Dutch on
Penghu Island was responsible for their
colonization of Taiwan ?
Liza Ferschtman
2017-03-18
811
67.6
... that
Liza Ferschtman used seven different violins for her "tour de force" performance of the
Rosary Sonatas ?
Edward C. Cardon
2017-03-11
802
66.8
... that
Edward C. Cardon was given command of the
Second United States Army upon its reactivation in 2014 because he was already commander of the
United States Army Cyber Command ?
The Trumpeteers
2017-03-04
778
64.9
... that
The Trumpeteers ' cover of "
Milky White Way " reached number eight on the
Billboard
"Race Records" chart ?
Susanna Elm
2017-03-18
761
63.4
... that
Susanna Elm ' s book Virgins of God draws on little-known sources such as the Letter to the Virgins Who Went to Jerusalem ?
Leonore Kirschstein
2017-03-29
1,516
63.2
... that the soprano
Leonore Kirschstein appeared as Alice Ford, with
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as
Falstaff ?
Dave Amer
2017-03-21
1,491
62.1
... that
Canadian football player
Dave Amer played as a quarterback, running back, slotback, and tight end at various points in his career?
Erna Ellmenreich
2017-03-08
744
62.0
... that the soprano
Erna Ellmenreich appeared in the premieres of
Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss and of Hindemith's
Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen , the latter causing a scandal?
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version)
2017-03-25
1,425
61.6
... that the
Detroit version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was one of at least 22
NWA World Tag Team Championships that existed between 1949 and 1991?
Edward Hutchinson Synge
2017-03-24
1,466
61.1
... that
Edward Hutchinson Synge described a theory for a
near-field scanning optical microscope in a letter to Albert Einstein fifty years before various corporations sought patents on the technology?
Theodora Lacey
2017-03-18
730
60.9
... that civil rights activist
Theodora Lacey helped lead the campaign which, in 1964, resulted in
Teaneck, New Jersey , becoming the first town in the United States to vote for
school integration ?
Ronnie Amadi
2017-03-16
730
60.9
... that
gridiron football player
Ronnie Amadi played alongside his brother, Donnie Amadi, in high school and college?
Cyclone Tessi
2017-03-09
728
60.7
... that tree debris from
Cyclone Tessi in
Townsville, Queensland , was processed into 25,000 m3 (880,000 cu ft) of
mulch and used in local botanical gardens?
Romanian Senate election, 1868
2017-03-04
728
60.7
... that the
Romanian Senate election of 1868 , which consolidated the "reddish" liberal legislature, was held in July, when many conservative voters had left on vacation?
Buddy Alliston
2017-03-04
728
60.7
... that
Buddy Alliston won the 1958 Shrimp Bowl with the
Eglin Air Force Base football team after pausing his professional career to join the military?
Villa-Lobos State Park
2017-03-11
724
60.4
... that
Villa-Lobos State Park in
São Paulo , named after composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos , was created on the site of a landfill in 1989 and now has around 37,000 trees?
Piano Concerto No. 6 (Mozart)
2017-03-28
1,441
60.0
... that in Mozart's early
Piano Concerto in B-flat major , two oboes play in the outer movements, and two flutes instead in the Andante?
Pharyngeal aspiration
2017-03-11
718
59.9
... that
pharyngeal aspiration is a widely used method for studying the respiratory toxicity of
carbon nanotubes ?
List of Australia Test cricket records
2017-03-23
1,430
59.6
... that
Arthur Mailey 's best
Test bowling figures of 9
wickets for 121
runs has been the
Australian cricket record for 96 years ?
Ringan (film)
2017-03-19
1,363
58.8
... that the 2015 film
Ringan , set against the backdrop of
farmers' suicides in India , won the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi ?
K. B. Sainis
2017-03-23
1,380
57.5
... that
K. B. Sainis is the Indian representative to the
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ?
Undurti Narasimha Das
2017-03-16
690
57.5
... that
Undurti Narasimha Das provided evidence that
gamma-linolenic acid inhibited the progress of human
gliomas ?
Charu Mihir Sarkar
2017-03-06
368
30.7
... that three
Bangla Congress ministers,
Charu Mihir Sarkar ,
Bhabatosh Soren , and
S.K. Dhara , resigned on the same day in 1970 from the
West Bengal government ?
Bhabatosh Soren
304
25.4
Total
672
56.0
Intratracheal instillation
2017-03-02
666
55.5
... that
intratracheal instillation , the introduction of a substance directly into the
trachea , is a widely used alternative to inhalation for
respiratory toxicity testing?
Ken Vining
2017-03-28
1,311
54.6
... that
Ken Vining was acquired by the
Chicago White Sox as part of the
White Flag Trade ?
John Blair (pastor)
2017-03-25
732
31.6
... that pastor brothers
John Blair and
Samuel Blair both received their theological education at the
Log College ?
Samuel Blair (pastor)
500
21.6
Total
1,232
53.2
Dronacharya Award
2017-03-01
624
52.0
... that the
Dronacharya Award is an Indian sports coaching honour, named after
Drona , the royal preceptor from the Sanskrit epic
Mahabharata ?
Ulmus okanaganensis
2017-03-10
624
52.0
... that the fossil elm
Ulmus okanaganensis had been tentatively identified as two other plants before it was formally described in 2005?
Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal
2017-03-10
610
50.9
... that
Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal established a Primate Research Laboratory at the
Indian Institute of Science in 1965, the then largest primate house in India?
An allem ist Hütchen schuld!
2017-03-18
601
50.1
... that when
Siegfried Wagner wrote the libretto for his opera
An allem ist Hütchen schuld! , he used themes from many fairy tales?
Randy Ambrosie
2017-03-20
1,198
49.9
... that
Canadian Football League player
Randy Ambrosie helped oversee the league's
expansion into the United States ?
Georg Thurmair
2017-03-14
580
48.3
... that in 1938,
Georg Thurmair co-published the hymnal Kirchenlied , which had an ecumenical approach and became the germ cell for a common German Catholic hymnal?
Jeanne Deroubaix
2017-03-31
1,157
48.2
... that Belgian mezzo-soprano
Jeanne Deroubaix was a soloist in the premiere of
Stravinsky 's
Threni , and performed with
Boulez in his
Le marteau sans maître at
The Proms ?
Margarethe Bence
2017-03-24
1,152
48.0
... that the American
contralto
Margarethe Bence appeared as
Marcellina at the
Salzburg Festival , as
Erda in
Bayreuth , and in a premiere at the
Schwetzingen Festival ?
2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment
2017-03-05
574
47.8
... that the only player strike in
Japanese professional baseball history occurred during the
2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment and lasted for two days?
Il Sogno del Marinaio
2017-03-18
566
47.2
... that
Mike Watt chose the Italian band name
Il Sogno del Marinaio in honor of his mother's Italian heritage and father's maritime service?
Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising
2017-03-05
560
46.7
... that the 1887 book
Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising presents 177 biographies of African American men, many of whom were born as slaves?
Waymon Alridge
2017-03-04
560
46.7
... that
The Globe and Mail called
Canadian football player
Waymon Alridge "the newest
Rider star" after he caught passes for 75 and 90 yards in a single game?
Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone
2017-03-05
554
46.2
... that the early
Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone by
Francis Poulenc was described as offering a "variety of tone colors, striking rhythms, delicious dissonances, and elegant wit"?
Music in the movement against apartheid
2017-03-01
552
46.0
... that the jazz piece "
Mannenberg ", considered a notable example of
music in the movement against apartheid , has no words?
Robert Lyster Thornton
2017-03-24
989
41.2
... that
Robert Lyster Thornton returned to
Berkeley in 1942 to assist with the development of the
calutron ?
Hasyim Muzadi
2017-03-22
960
[i]
40.0
... that Indonesian Muslim cleric
Hasyim Muzadi said that the
September 11 attacks were a "tragedy of humanity" and must not be turned into a religious conflict?
Super flumina Babylonis (Nuffel)
2017-03-07
480
40.0
... that
Super flumina Babylonis is the first of
Jules Van Nuffel 's psalm settings for choir and organ written for
Mechelen Cathedral ?
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
2017-03-12
477
39.8
... that fans of the composer and conductor
Robert Farnon attended tapings of the television series
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town to hear his instrumentals?
The Lord is my Shepherd (Rutter)
2017-03-11
477
39.8
... that
John Rutter set Psalm 23 in
The Lord is my Shepherd for choir and organ, and later included it in his
Requiem ?
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
2017-03-11
462
38.5
... that the founders of the
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund are husband and wife?
Y. D. Sharma
2017-03-21
884
36.8
... that
Y. D. Sharma established a
genomic library of
Plasmodium vivax , a
protozoan parasite, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi?
Phillip Gillespie
2017-03-12
432
36.0
... that a
hat-trick was taken during
Phillip Gillespie 's
first-class debut as a cricket umpire?
Albert Horne
2017-03-15
420
35.0
... that
Albert Horne conducted Gershwin's
Porgy and Bess for the
Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden , with the chorus of the
Cape Town Opera and the
Wiesbaden orchestra ?
Françoise de Rimini
2017-03-27
806
33.6
... that the historic characters in
Françoise de Rimini , the last opera by
Ambroise Thomas , include not only
Francesca da Rimini , but also
Dante and
Virgil ?
John William Kalua
2017-03-02
392
32.7
... that King
Kalākaua electioneered during the 1886 Hawaiian elections by visiting the districts of politicians
J. W. Kalua ,
G. W. Pilipō and
J. Nāwahī , and campaigning against them?
Robert Lockhart Hobson
2017-03-17
388
32.3
... that
Robert Lockhart Hobson compiled catalogues of the
British Museum 's English pottery and porcelain?
Plered
2017-03-25
740
32.0
... that during the
Trunajaya rebellion , rebels overran
Mataram 's royal court at
Plered and took at least 300,000
reals from the treasury?
Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?
2017-03-05
381
31.8
... that the first three video game titles in the popular
edutainment franchise
Carmen Sandiego saw players chase Carmen and her henchmen across
the world (1985),
the United States (1986), and
Europe (1988)?
Sécheresses (Poulenc)
2017-03-07
379
31.6
... that in his cantata
Sécheresses , French composer
Francis Poulenc set four poems by the English surrealist
Edward James ?
Mel Olson
2017-03-26
710
29.6
... that
Mel Olson commissioned music from
John Rutter for his choirs in
Omaha, Nebraska , and traveled to England to discuss his specific wishes with the composer?
Robert E. Finnigan
2017-03-12
351
29.2
... that
gas chromatography–mass spectrometry equipment, first developed by
Robert E. Finnigan , was fundamental to the
EPA 's ability to carry out environmental testing in the 1970s?
Beethoven Orchester Bonn
2017-03-25
633
27.4
... that when the
Beethoven Orchester Bonn was founded as a professional orchestra in
Beethoven 's hometown in 1907,
Richard Strauss conducted his own works?
1950 Montreal Alouettes season
2017-03-09
298
24.9
... that the
Montreal Alouettes won the
37th Grey Cup in 1949 but did not make the playoffs
the following season ?
Sieben Stücke, Op. 145
2017-03-04
291
24.2
... that in seven last pieces for organ,
Sieben Stücke , Op. 145 ,
Max Reger quotes Lutheran chorales and a patriotic anthem?
The Light That Failed
2017-03-07
275
22.9
... that
Rudyard Kipling 's first novel,
The Light That Failed , was published in at least four different versions over a two-year period?
52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67
2017-03-16
271
22.6
... that
Max Reger recorded some of his
52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67 , on the
Welte Philharmonic organ ?
Amarte Es un Placer (album)
2017-03-23
0
[j]
0
... that
Luis Miguel hinted that the title for his 1999 album
Amarte Es un Placer (Loving You Is a Pleasure ) was based on his relationship at the time with
Mariah Carey (pictured) ?
Cyclone Althea
2017-03-14
-34
[k]
-2.8
... that the unroofing of hundreds of homes by
Cyclone Althea in December 1971 prompted
Queensland to overhaul its state-wide building codes?
LaMelo Ball
2017-03-17
-706
[l]
-58.8
... that basketball player
LaMelo Ball once scored 92 points in a single game, prompting
Charles Barkley to criticize the way he did it?
Ace of Clubs House
2017-03-13
-1,568
[m]
-130.7
... that according to local lore,
Texarkana 's
Ace of Clubs House was built with US$10,000 won in a game of
poker with an
ace of clubs ?