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Bill Brown (rancher) |
2018-06-19 |
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121,872 |
5,078.0 |
... that
Oregon rancher
Bill Brown, known as the "Horse King of the West", often wrote
checks on newspaper margins and soup can labels—which bankers would cash without question?
|
Moritz Wagner (basketball) |
2018-06-22 |
|
42,750 |
1,781.3 |
... that
Moritz Wagner was the first player to post 20
points and 15
rebounds in a
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament semifinal in over 30 years?
|
Gilgamesh |
2018-06-13 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/O.1054_color.jpg/82px-O.1054_color.jpg) |
18,736
[a] |
780.7 |
... that historians generally agree that
Gilgamesh (pictured) was a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of
Uruk?
|
Cockroach farming |
2018-06-11 |
|
12,518 |
695.5 |
... that over a million cockroaches escaped when an unregulated
cockroach farm building was bulldozed while the owner was out to lunch?
|
Robert Proust |
2018-06-14 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Dr_Robert_Proust_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Dr_Robert_Proust_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
16,282 |
678.4 |
... the colleagues of surgeon
Robert Proust (caricature pictured) nicknamed his
prostate procedure the "proustatectomie"?
|
Alma M. Grocki |
2018-06-19 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/USNRearAdmiralAlmaGrocki.jpg/80px-USNRearAdmiralAlmaGrocki.jpg) |
16,096 |
670.7 |
... that U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
Alma M. Grocki (pictured) played a key role in the creation of
breast insignia for the
engineering duty officer role?
|
Alfred Zech |
2018-06-08 |
|
11,799 |
649.5 |
... that
Alfred Zech received the
Iron Cross when he was 12 years old?
|
Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye |
2018-06-12 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_La_d%C3%A9couverte_de_la_pourpre_-_detail.jpg/100px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_La_d%C3%A9couverte_de_la_pourpre_-_detail.jpg) |
15,424 |
642.7 |
... that
Rubens' painting
Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye (detail pictured) depicts the wrong kind of snail?
|
2010–2017 Toronto serial homicides
|
2018-06-19
|
|
7,331
|
305.5
|
... that the
deaths of Alloura Wells and
Tess Richey, reported one day apart, renewed fears of
a serial killer in Toronto's gay village?
|
Death of Alloura Wells
|
4,132
|
172.1
|
Murder of Tess Richey
|
3,812
|
158.8
|
Total |
15,274 |
636.4
|
Maria Bengtsson (soprano) |
2018-06-28 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Maria_Bengtsson.jpg/75px-Maria_Bengtsson.jpg) |
14,440 |
601.7 |
... that
soprano
Maria Bengtsson (pictured) was described as the quintessential
Strauss interpreter following her recent debut in the title role of
Arabella?
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Tony Appleton
|
2018-06-07
|
|
15,002
|
503.0
|
... that despite having no official role, the British
town crier
Tony Appleton (pictured) is internationally famous for his announcements of royal events such as the birth of
Prince Louis of Cambridge?
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Prince Louis of Cambridge
|
2,712
[b]
|
90.9
|
Total |
17,714 |
593.9
|
Harry Buckwalter |
2018-06-15 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Buckwalter_X-Ray_Hand.jpg/100px-Buckwalter_X-Ray_Hand.jpg) |
14,134 |
588.9 |
... that an experiment (pictured) by
Harry Buckwalter led to a landmark decision allowing the first admission of X‑ray evidence into a court of law?
|
Low-key photography |
2018-06-21 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Low-key_photograph_combined_mixed_with_red.jpg/100px-Low-key_photograph_combined_mixed_with_red.jpg) |
14,066 |
586.1 |
... that
low-key photography (example pictured) consists of shooting dark-colored scenes while emphasizing light only on specific areas in the frame?
|
Ojos Locos |
2018-06-08 |
|
9,828 |
541.0 |
... that
Ojos Locos has waitresses called "chicas" and has been described as a "Mexican
Hooters"?
|
Buick XP-300 |
2018-06-10 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/XP_300_%286334945849%29.jpg/100px-XP_300_%286334945849%29.jpg) |
6,867 |
535.4 |
... that the engine of the
Buick XP-300
concept car (pictured) could run on either
gasoline or
methanol?
|
Vickers Valiant |
2018-06-16 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Vickers_Valiant_%2827363801724%29.jpg/100px-Vickers_Valiant_%2827363801724%29.jpg) |
12,696 |
529.0 |
... that
Vickers Valiant XD818 (pictured) dropped the first British hydrogen bomb as part of
Operation Grapple?
|
Vera Gedroits |
2018-06-30 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Vera_Gedroitz_7.jpg/71px-Vera_Gedroitz_7.jpg) |
11,574 |
482.2 |
... that Princess
Vera Gedroits (pictured)—good author but indifferent poet, lesbian but married a man—was a Russian military surgeon who pioneered battlefield
laparotomy?
|
Reading Railroad Massacre |
2018-06-04 |
|
9,431 |
477.3 |
... that at the
Reading Railroad Massacre in July 1877, rioters burnt two
cabooses, seven
freight cars, a watch house, and a bridge?
|
Lakewood station |
2018-06-26 |
|
11,038 |
459.9 |
... that a
phallic sculpture at
Lakewood station attracted controversy because the area around the station had once been home to sex businesses?
|
Drift whale |
2018-06-26 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Indian_Whalers_Stripping_Their_Prey_at_Neah_Bay_-_1910.jpg/100px-Indian_Whalers_Stripping_Their_Prey_at_Neah_Bay_-_1910.jpg) |
10,408 |
433.7 |
... that the Icelandic word for "
drift whale" translates as "windfall", since the washed-up carcass provides meat, blubber, fat, and other benefits to the finders (pictured)?
|
Atlanticopristis |
2018-06-25 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Atlanticopristis_by_PaleoGeek.png/100px-Atlanticopristis_by_PaleoGeek.png) |
10,307 |
429.5 |
... that the extinct
sawfish
Atlanticopristis (artist's impression pictured) had multiple barbs on both sides of its teeth?
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Endangered river |
2018-06-20 |
File:Image:Big Bend National Park - Rio Grande riverbed with cracked mud.jpg |
10,289 |
428.7 |
... that the
Rio Grande sometimes runs dry (pictured) and has been labelled an
endangered river?
|
Sfenj |
2018-06-21 |
|
9,822 |
409.2 |
... that bakers of
sfenj, a
Maghrebi doughnut, are often nicknamed "Hitler"?
|
9:05 |
2018-06-18 |
|
9,502 |
395.9 |
... that
9:05 takes only five minutes to finish?
|
Thuy Bo massacre |
2018-06-28 |
|
9,262 |
385.9 |
... that Thuy Bo village memorializes 145 Vietnamese civilians who were killed during the 1967
Thuy Bo massacre?
|
Yurika Endō |
2018-06-01 |
|
6,853 |
370.6 |
... that 23-year-old Japanese
voice actress and singer
Yurika Endō is retiring for health reasons after her solo concert today?
|
City of New York (1885 ship) |
2018-06-27 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-09158%2C_Expeditionsschiff_Byrds.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-09158%2C_Expeditionsschiff_Byrds.jpg) |
8,678 |
361.6 |
... that the barque
City of New York (pictured) was
Richard E. Byrd's flagship on his
first Antarctic expedition?
|
Milena Mrazović |
2018-06-04 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Milena_Mrazovi%C4%87.png/65px-Milena_Mrazovi%C4%87.png) |
6,976 |
353.1 |
... that
Milena Mrazović (pictured), Bosnia-Herzegovina's first journalist, was branded an "unbearable, quarrelsome, scheming woman" for refusing to do the government's bidding in her newspaper?
|
Marye (horse) |
2018-06-26 |
|
8,362 |
348.4 |
... that
Marye fought for both the
United States Army and the
Confederate States during the
American Civil War?
|
Kynance Mews |
2018-06-05 |
|
6,952 |
347.5 |
... that
Kynance Mews has been the home to
anonymous crooks,
scandalous characters, a
hostage taking, and
Julie Andrews?
|
Will P. Brady |
2018-06-26 |
|
8,050 |
335.4 |
... that 19 years after
Will P. Brady prosecuted the "legal lynching" of a 15-year-old murder suspect,
Brady's brother, a judge, himself became the defendant in a
death penalty trial?
|
Brimmon Oak |
2018-06-25 |
|
7,970 |
332.1 |
... that the
A483 Newtown bypass was diverted after a campaign to save the
Brimmon Oak, which is thought to be more than 500 years old?
|
Raufarhólshellir |
2018-06-19 |
|
7,740 |
322.5 |
... that the Icelandic
lava tube
Raufarhólshellir was temporarily closed in 2016 to remove several
tonnes of garbage left by visitors?
|
Elza Polak |
2018-06-21 |
|
7,716 |
321.5 |
... that after she was fired by fascists for being a Jew, agronomist
Elza Polak ran a network of gardens to feed the
Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement during World War II?
|
Deborah Bial |
2018-06-13 |
|
7,618 |
317.4 |
... that
Deborah Bial uses
Lego to test whether students are ready for college?
|
Gilmore the lion
|
2018-06-14
|
|
5,444
|
226.9
|
... that
Gilmore, the flying lion, was named after the
Gilmore Oil Company?
|
Gilmore Oil Company
|
2,120
|
88.3
|
Total |
7,564 |
315.2
|
Petronius Maximus |
2018-06-27 |
|
7,413 |
308.9 |
... that after
Petronius Maximus angered
their king, the Vandals
sacked Rome so thoroughly that their name is still a synonym for
wanton destruction?
|
Potato production in Zimbabwe |
2018-06-13 |
|
7,391 |
308.0 |
... that
Robert Mugabe said that hunger in Zimbabwe might occur because Zimbabweans are "
not potato eaters"?
|
Sollipulli |
2018-06-23 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Nevados_de_Sollipulli.jpg/100px-Nevados_de_Sollipulli.jpg) |
7,135 |
297.3 |
... that the
caldera of the volcano
Sollipulli is filled with
ice (pictured)?
|
Signaling of the New York City Subway |
2018-06-05 |
|
5,922 |
296.0 |
... that some parts of the
New York City Subway's signaling system have not been replaced in 80 years, causing over 11,000 train delays in the span of two months?
|
Three Dancing Maidens |
2018-06-27 |
|
7,080 |
295.0 |
... that
Three Dancing Maidens can be found in Germany, Belgium, and the United States?
|
Clypeaster rosaceus |
2018-06-08 |
|
5,275 |
290.4 |
... that the
fat sea biscuit covers its
test during the day with pieces of plant and fragments of shell, holding them in place with its tube feet?
|
Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1986) Ltd and others |
2018-06-20 |
|
6,945 |
289.4 |
... that the
winner in
Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers was awarded "Mickey Mouse money" by the jury, which was reduced on appeal for being disproportionate?
|
Flag of the British South Africa Company |
2018-06-05 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_BSAC_edit.svg/100px-Flag_of_BSAC_edit.svg.png) |
5,762 |
288.0 |
... that several different versions of the
flag of the British South Africa Company (example pictured) were used in
Rhodesia under Company rule?
|
Edna Loftus |
2018-06-21 |
|
6,866 |
286.1 |
... that actress
Edna Loftus freed her fiancé from an
asylum after his mother had him committed?
|
Li Qiang (minister) |
2018-06-29 |
|
6,696 |
279.0 |
... that
Li Qiang, the communications head of the Chinese Communist Party's intelligence agency, was forced to take refuge in the Soviet Union after the defection of his friend, the head of the assassination team?
|
Yellow Sand Society |
2018-06-07 |
|
8,218 |
275.5 |
... that members of the
Yellow Sand Society believed that "magic and incantations" would make them immune to bullets?
|
Potato production in China |
2018-06-19 |
|
6,572 |
273.9 |
... that
China is the
world's largest producer of potatoes?
|
Tetragonoporus |
2018-06-04 |
|
5,399 |
273.3 |
... that
Tetragonoporus calyptocephalus, a tapeworm that parasitizes whales, can grow to almost 40 m (130 ft) in length and produce billions of eggs during its lifetime?
|
Celia Brackenridge |
2018-06-28 |
|
6,452 |
268.8 |
... that funding for
Celia Brackenridge's research into child protection in football was ended because the sport "was not ready for a gay former lacrosse international rummaging through its dirty linen"?
|
Royal Game of Ur |
2018-06-17 |
|
6,256 |
260.7 |
... that the
Royal Game of Ur is a board game that was first played in ancient
Mesopotamia over 4,500 years ago?
|
Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981 |
2018-06-22 |
|
6,172 |
257.1 |
... that a candidate in
a 1981 congressional special election in Mississippi was kicked out of his leadership position with the
Ku Klux Klan after going to a house party attended by
neo-Nazis?
|
Leptinella filiformis |
2018-06-01 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Leptinella_filiformis_flower_1.1000x800.jpg/93px-Leptinella_filiformis_flower_1.1000x800.jpg) |
4,724 |
255.5 |
... that the slender button daisy
Leptinella filiformis (pictured), thought by botanists to be extinct, was rediscovered in 1998 growing on a hotel lawn?
|
Action Comics 1000 |
2018-06-14 |
|
6,124 |
255.1 |
... that two weeks before its release, retailers had already reportedly bought more than half a million copies of
Action Comics #1000?
|
Heliaster helianthus
|
2018-06-28
|
|
3,496
|
145.6
|
... that the multi-armed
Heliaster helianthus sheds several of its arms when attacked by the six-armed predatory starfish
Meyenaster gelatinosus?
|
Meyenaster
|
2,458
|
102.4
|
Total |
5,953 |
248.0
|
Stichaster striatus |
2018-06-26 |
|
5,934 |
247.2 |
... that "starfish soup" made from
Stichaster striatus is said to have been fed to workers in South America to discourage alcohol consumption?
|
Bar-bellied cuckooshrike |
2018-06-18 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Coracina_striata_1.jpg/90px-Coracina_striata_1.jpg) |
5,934 |
247.2 |
... that the
bar-bellied cuckooshrike (pictured) was initially thought to be a
crow?
|
Pierre Boulez |
2018-06-22 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Pierre_Boulez_%281968%29.jpg/75px-Pierre_Boulez_%281968%29.jpg) |
5,900 |
245.8 |
... that a decade after suggesting that opera houses should all be "blown up", the French composer
Pierre Boulez (pictured) conducted the
centenary production of Wagner's Ring cycle at the
Bayreuth Festival?
|
United States Semiquincentennial |
2018-06-01 |
|
4,539 |
245.5 |
... that the
United States Semiquincentennial will be celebrated in
2026?
|
2018–19 EFL Cup |
2018-06-14 |
|
5,826 |
242.8 |
... that the
2018–19 EFL Cup will not feature
ABBA and will have no extra time to ensure the winner takes it all?
|
Sir Gustavus Hume |
2018-06-11 |
|
4,318 |
239.9 |
... that
Captain Hume was present at the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Inkerman, and the Siege of Sebastopol during the
Crimean War, before serving during the
Indian Rebellion of 1857?
|
Elias Polk |
2018-06-14 |
|
5,706 |
237.7 |
... that
Elias Polk, one of U.S. President
James K. Polk's slaves, became a conservative political activist after the Civil War?
|
Leyla Express and Johnny Express incidents |
2018-06-18 |
|
5,646 |
235.3 |
... that after Cuba
seized the freighter Johnny Express,
Manuel Noriega helped negotiate the release of the captain?
|
Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı |
2018-06-18 |
|
5,600 |
233.3 |
... that junior Turkish
aerobic gymnast
Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı is nicknamed "Medal Monster" due to the many medals she has won?
|
Eunice Lam |
2018-06-22 |
|
5,520 |
230.0 |
... that
Eunice Lam, called the "prodigal daughter" of Hong Kong, was the sister-in-law of
Bruce Lee?
|
Gil Cisneros |
2018-06-24 |
|
5,352 |
223.0 |
... that after winning a
USD$266 million
Mega Millions jackpot,
Gil Cisneros became a philanthropist?
|
Mount Hope, Jaffa |
2018-06-26 |
|
5,322 |
221.7 |
... that in 1966,
John Steinbeck visited the remnants of
Mount Hope, a farm near
Jaffa that had been founded by his grandparents?
|
Jay Sommers (racing driver) |
2018-06-01 |
|
4,082 |
220.7 |
... that after winning the lottery,
Jay Sommers used the money to fund a career in
NASCAR?
|
Passing on the Right |
2018-06-07 |
|
6,470 |
216.9 |
... that according to the book
Passing on the Right,
conservative professors in the U.S. often have to employ "coping strategies that gays and lesbians have used in the military and other inhospitable work environments"?
|
Potato race |
2018-06-03 |
|
4,222 |
216.4 |
... that the early 20th-century American rodeo event of
mounted potato racing could become violent, with biting being almost the only tactic that was prohibited?
|
Rogue & Gambit |
2018-06-05 |
|
4,321 |
216.0 |
... that though in a romantic relationship since the 1990s, the titular characters of the 2018
X-Men miniseries
Rogue & Gambit had never previously headlined a comic book together?
|
Operation Vanguard |
2018-06-01 |
|
3,954 |
213.8 |
... that within a year of its inception, members of
Operation Vanguard arrested more than 1,000
illegal miners?
|
2018 Osaka earthquake |
2018-06-28 |
|
5,088 |
212.0 |
... that the
2018 Osaka earthquake disrupted train services during the morning
rush hour, forcing passengers to walk between the tracks?
|
Hawaiian cleaner wrasse |
2018-06-03 |
|
4,124 |
211.4 |
... that the
Hawaiian cleaner wrasse could be eaten by its clients, but is not?
|
Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time) |
2018-06-22 |
|
5,054 |
210.6 |
... that it was claimed that "
Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)" was originally about a trip to
Rhyl?
|
Sally Rooney |
2018-06-22 |
|
5,054 |
210.6 |
... that Irish author
Sally Rooney has been described as "
Salinger for the
Snapchat generation"?
|
Klinger (horse) |
2018-06-23 |
|
5,029 |
209.5 |
... that
Klinger, a
United States Army horse serving with the
3rd Infantry Regiment, has participated in more than 5,000 full-honor military funerals?
|
Arkady Babchenko |
2018-06-11 |
|
3,730 |
207.2 |
... that Russian journalist
Arkady Babchenko and the
Security Service of Ukraine faked Babchenko's murder in order to arrest assassins who were actually planning to kill him?
|
Domino Park |
2018-06-29 |
|
4,731 |
197.1 |
... that one of
New York City's newest parks was partially built using industrial materials from an
abandoned sugar factory?
|
Betty Knox |
2018-06-10 |
|
2,518 |
196.3 |
... that
eccentric dancer
Betty Knox, of
Wilson, Keppel and Betty, later became a war correspondent and reported on the
Nuremberg trials?
|
Falcon Records (Texas) |
2018-06-29 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Falcon_78rpm_label.jpg/99px-Falcon_78rpm_label.jpg) |
4,632 |
193.0 |
... that the founder of
Falcon Records (label pictured) chose the name in part because it sounded the same in English and Spanish?
|
Haruka Tomatsu
|
2018-06-09
|
|
1,462
|
116.2
|
... that Japanese
voice actress
Haruka Tomatsu appeared as herself in the television series
Koe Girl!?
|
Koe Girl!
|
957
|
76.1
|
Total |
2,418 |
192.3
|
FC Cincinnati stadium |
2018-06-14 |
|
4,612 |
192.2 |
... that the design of
Cincinnati's
new soccer stadium features homages to
Allianz Arena in
Munich?
|
Adso of Montier-en-Der |
2018-06-12 |
|
4,568 |
190.3 |
... that 10th-century monk
Adso of Montier-en-Der wrote a biography of the
Antichrist?
|
Transfer of merit |
2018-06-25 |
|
4,442 |
185.1 |
... that in Buddhism,
transfer of merit to deceased loved ones is seen as a better alternative than mourning?
|
Star Goose |
2018-06-15 |
|
4,418 |
184.1 |
... that the
shoot 'em up video game
Star Goose was originally envisioned as a
first-person
racing game?
|
Phipps Bridge |
2018-06-16 |
|
4,347 |
181.1 |
... that the
Phipps Bridge housing estate has been described as "one of south London's most notorious crime vortexes"?
|
Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark |
2018-06-24 |
|
4,327 |
180.3 |
... that a theory that English nursery rhymes such as "
Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark" could be understood by translating sound-alike
Dutch words back into English was called "ingenious if somewhat addlepated"?
|
Quincy Smelter |
2018-06-27 |
|
4,284 |
178.5 |
... that the
Quincy Smelter was part of a
Superfund site when it was incorporated into a
National Historic Landmark District?
|
Deb Haaland |
2018-06-28 |
|
4,277 |
178.2 |
... that if elected, Democratic candidate
Deb Haaland would be the first Native American woman to become a member of the
United States House of Representatives?
|
Hikaru Akao |
2018-06-16 |
|
4,104 |
171.0 |
... that Japanese
voice actress
Hikaru Akao initially did not wish to pursue that career as she "hated her voice"?
|
Rood Building |
2018-06-13 |
|
4,074 |
169.8 |
... that the
Rood Building is the only remaining
High Victorian Gothic commercial building in
Grand Rapids, Michigan?
|
WSFN (programming language) |
2018-06-16 |
|
4,040 |
168.3 |
... that
WSFN, "Which Stands for Nothing", was created to control robots?
|
Al-Mumtahanah |
2018-06-03 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Al-mumtahanah_start_large.jpg/77px-Al-mumtahanah_start_large.jpg) |
3,270 |
167.6 |
... that the Quranic chapter
Al-Mumtahanah (manuscript pictured) declares that marriages between Muslims and
polytheists are invalid according to
Islamic law?
|
Puyallup station |
2018-06-12 |
|
3,994 |
166.4 |
... that the platform shelters at the modern
Puyallup train station were built to resemble the city's former train depot?
|
Hinulugang Taktak |
2018-06-08 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/51/Hinulugang_Taktak_WPenCopy.jpg/100px-Hinulugang_Taktak_WPenCopy.jpg) |
2,990 |
164.6 |
... that according to
legend,
Hinulugang Taktak (pictured), a national park and protected landscape in
Rizal, Philippines, gets its name from a bell thrown in the waterfall?
|
Orgelbau Mebold |
2018-06-11 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Katholische_Kirche_Idstein_006.JPG/75px-Katholische_Kirche_Idstein_006.JPG) |
2,884 |
160.2 |
... that
Orgelbau Mebold built a new organ (pictured) in the
church of St. Martin in
Idstein in 2006, which has attracted organists such as
Kalevi Kiviniemi and
Matthias Eisenberg to perform there?
|
Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10) |
2018-06-25 |
|
3,771 |
157.1 |
... that Roman general
Publius Cornelius Dolabella was denied a
triumph for defeating
Tacfarinas' 10-year insurgency partly because Emperor
Tiberius had already declared victory?
|
Washington State Convention Center |
2018-06-18 |
|
3,742 |
155.9 |
... that the
Washington State Convention Center, which opened 30 years ago today, was built over a section of
Interstate 5 in
Seattle?
|
Sun of Unclouded Righteousness |
2018-06-13 |
|
3,729 |
155.4 |
... that the little-known 1758
Methodist hymn "
Sun of Unclouded Righteousness" asks God to send the doctrine of the "Unitarian fiend ... back to hell", referring to both
Islam and
Unitarianism?
|
Conference of Dresden (1812) |
2018-06-07 |
|
4,610 |
154.6 |
... that despite gathering an emperor, six kings, and numerous princes at the
Conference of Dresden, Napoleon was largely preoccupied with planning his
invasion of Russia?
|
Castillo de Coca |
2018-06-02 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Castillo_de_Coca_Frente.JPG/100px-Castillo_de_Coca_Frente.JPG) |
2,845 |
151.9 |
... that
Gaspar Alfonso, Duke of Medina Sidonia, was imprisoned in
Castillo de Coca (pictured) for leading the
Andalusian independentist conspiracy of 1641?
|
Sơn Tùng M-TP |
2018-06-05 |
|
2,968 |
148.3 |
... that
Sơn Tùng M-TP's misspelling of the word "tattoo" inspired a hit song?
|
1995 Williamsburg Bridge collision |
2018-06-23 |
|
3,546 |
147.8 |
... that after a
1995 subway collision, speed limits were lowered across the
New York City Subway system, contributing to widespread train delays?
|
Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović |
2018-06-11 |
|
2,584 |
143.6 |
... that despite being a Serb,
Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović stayed in
Serb-besieged Sarajevo and became the only woman member of the wartime
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
|
Mary Burger |
2018-06-04 |
|
2,834 |
143.4 |
... that having won a world title in 2016 at the age of 68, professional
barrel racer
Mary Burger became the oldest rodeo world champion?
|
Ryan Bollinger |
2018-06-04 |
|
2,828 |
143.2 |
... that
Ryan Bollinger played professionally in Germany and Australia before his first promotion to
Major League Baseball?
|
John Onesimus Foster |
2018-06-03 |
|
2,768 |
141.9 |
... that at the time of his death,
John Onesimus Foster was believed to be the oldest active professor in the United States?
|
Aldus Manutius |
2018-06-05 |
|
2,820 |
140.9 |
... that
Aldus Manutius commissioned typefaces resembling the handwriting of famous
humanists of his day, one of which became the first known model of italic type?
|
Type of Constans |
2018-06-24 |
|
3,374 |
140.6 |
... that
Pope Martin I was abducted and tried for high treason because of his opposition to the
Type of Constans?
|
Secret City (book) |
2018-06-27 |
|
3,338 |
139.1 |
... that in his 2002 book
Secret City: The Hidden Jews of Warsaw 1940–1945,
Gunnar S. Paulsson estimated that nearly a tenth of
Warsaw's population were
helping Jews during the
Holocaust?
|
Roza Papo |
2018-06-16 |
|
3,323 |
138.5 |
... that
Roza Papo, who nearly lost an eye in an air raid in 1942 after refusing to take shelter, later became the
first woman general in the Balkans?
|
Sea urchin |
2018-06-19 |
|
3,320
[c] |
138.3 |
... that
sea urchins can
go bald?
|
Tennis ball theorem |
2018-06-17 |
|
3,319 |
138.3 |
... that the
tennis ball theorem concerns curves that, like the seam of a
tennis ball, cut the surface of a sphere into two equal areas?
|
Microchirus azevia |
2018-06-02 |
|
2,576 |
137.5 |
... that the
bastard sole is a worm-eating bottom dweller?
|
Nun, Brüder, sind wir frohgemut |
2018-06-15 |
|
3,244 |
135.2 |
... that the song "
Nun, Brüder, sind wir frohgemut" was written by
Georg Thurmair in 1935 for processions to Mary in the
Altenberger Dom, in subtle opposition to the Nazi regime?
|
Lucy Heartfilia |
2018-06-04 |
|
2,652 |
134.2 |
... that the first name of
Lucy Heartfilia, the
Fairy Tail manga and anime series' main female protagonist, was inspired by the
Beatles' song "
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"?
|
Megachile centuncularis |
2018-06-27 |
|
3,220 |
134.2 |
... that the
patchwork leafcutter bee makes use of the leaves of roses, lilac, and honeysuckle?
|
Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone |
2018-06-09 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Canal_Zone_CZ4%2C_Issue_of_1904.jpg/90px-Canal_Zone_CZ4%2C_Issue_of_1904.jpg) |
1,652 |
131.4 |
... that
Benjamin Franklin was one of the first five historical figures to appear on a
Panama Canal Zone postage stamp (pictured)?
|
Ryan Watts (politician) |
2018-06-15 |
|
3,150 |
131.3 |
... that
Ryan Watts, whose parents were split on political ideology, does not state his party affiliation in a campaign video for the
US House of Representatives?
|
Organ Grinder Restaurant |
2018-06-17 |
|
3,146 |
131.1 |
... that the
Organ Grinder Restaurant's Wurlitzer pipe organ included such effects as a submarine dive alarm?
|
VDM-1 |
2018-06-03 |
|
2,544 |
130.4 |
... that
Lee Felsenstein originally developed the
VDM-1
graphics card as a low-cost video terminal for the Community Memory
bulletin board system?
|
Penn South |
2018-06-19 |
|
3,108 |
129.5 |
... that construction of the
Penn South housing cooperative in
New York City was initially met with resistance because 7,500 residents would have been displaced?
|
Si Prat |
2018-06-01 |
|
2,320 |
125.5 |
... that according to legend, the governor who ordered the execution of 17th-century Thai poet
Si Prat was later executed with the same sword, fulfilling the poet's curse?
|
H. J. Heinz Company complex |
2018-06-30 |
|
3,001 |
125.0 |
... that the
H. J. Heinz Company complex includes buildings named Meat, Bean, and Cereal?
|
Mette Ivie Harrison |
2018-06-21 |
|
2,930 |
122.1 |
... that
Mormon novelist
Mette Ivie Harrison attributes part of her success in writing to her
autism, which forces her to closely analyze human behavior?
|
Flame Con |
2018-06-20 |
|
2,924 |
121.8 |
... that
Flame Con, the first LGBTQ
comic convention in New York City, kicks off its annual event with a dance party and
drag performances?
|
Cao Tianqin |
2018-06-26 |
|
2,846 |
118.6 |
... that
Cao Tianqin, the discoverer of the
myosin light chain, was persecuted during the
Cultural Revolution because of his association with
Joseph Needham, who was accused of being a spy?
|
Cochlospermum fraseri |
2018-06-22 |
|
2,806 |
116.9 |
... that the indigenous people of northern Australia ate the flowers of the
kapok bush?
|
Charlie Lee (computer scientist) |
2018-06-05 |
|
2,318 |
115.8 |
... that
Charlie Lee created
Litecoin in his spare time while working at
Google?
|
Halfway (EastEnders) |
2018-06-29 |
|
2,714 |
113.1 |
... that actor Tony Clay was asked "Dude, what have you done?" on Twitter when his
EastEnders character,
Halfway, shot a popular character?
|
John Spencer Login |
2018-06-15 |
|
2,681 |
111.7 |
... that the Scottish surgeon
John Spencer Login was entrusted with the protection of the
Koh-i-Noor diamond?
|
Archery, Georgia |
2018-06-13 |
|
2,662 |
110.9 |
... that US President
Jimmy Carter spent the majority of his childhood on a farm in
Archery, Georgia?
|
There There (novel) |
2018-06-25 |
|
2,578 |
107.4 |
... that the title of
There There, a 2018 novel about
urban Indians in
Oakland, California, mirrors
Gertrude Stein's quip about the city that "There is no there there"?
|
Arothron multilineatus |
2018-06-16 |
|
2,542 |
105.9 |
... that despite having a wide distribution in shallow seas, the pufferfish
Arothron multilineatus was not described until 2016?
|
Fiji at the 2002 Winter Olympics |
2018-06-28 |
|
2,522 |
105.1 |
... that a group of
Fijians placed a newspaper advertisement to recruit skiers for the
Fijian team at the 2002 Olympic Games after discussing it at a New Year's Eve party?
|
Iva Despić-Simonović |
2018-06-12 |
|
2,516 |
104.8 |
... that
Iva Despić-Simonović, court sculptor to
King Alexander and
Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, had to buy a cow to support her family during the Second World War and hid it in her
atelier?
|
The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente |
2018-06-17 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Jeronima_Velazquez.jpg/65px-Jeronima_Velazquez.jpg) |
2,503 |
104.3 |
... that
The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente (pictured), one of
Diego Velázquez's earliest portraits, was mistakenly attributed to
Luis Tristán?
|
Parkala Massacre |
2018-06-24 |
|
2,470 |
102.9 |
... that former Indian Prime Minister
P. V. Narasimha Rao called the
Parkala Massacre the "
Jallianwala Bagh of the south", referring to the 1919 British slaughter of hundreds of people at a peaceful protest?
|
Pauline Short Robinson |
2018-06-08 |
|
1,848 |
101.7 |
... that African-American civil rights activist
Pauline Short Robinson broke the color barrier at the
Denver Public Library?
|
Saša Broz |
2018-06-25 |
|
2,392 |
99.6 |
... that Croatian theater director
Saša Broz trademarked the name and signatures of her grandfather, Yugoslav president
Josip Broz Tito?
|
Sven (Frozen) |
2018-06-15 |
|
2,384 |
99.3 |
... that the animation team of the film
Frozen tried to model the movements of character
Sven on a real-life reindeer, but due to its relative immobility, used the behavior of a dog instead?
|
1KUNS-PF |
2018-06-02 |
|
1,784 |
95.2 |
... that
1KUNS-PF, the first Kenyan-built satellite, is to be used to monitor the country's coastline, and to help combat illegal logging?
|
Mira Zore-Armanda |
2018-06-02 |
|
1,776 |
94.8 |
... that Croatian
oceanographer
Mira Zore-Armanda had difficulty gaining passage on research vessels because she was a woman?
|
Jill S. Tietjen |
2018-06-20 |
|
2,221 |
92.5 |
... that
Jill S. Tietjen tries to supply more role models for
women in engineering and
technology by regularly nominating candidates for awards and halls of fame?
|
Jesse Gabriel |
2018-06-29 |
|
2,216 |
92.3 |
... that
Jesse Gabriel has sued the
Trump Administration on behalf of young immigrants previously protected by the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy?
|
Mary Hayley |
2018-06-23 |
|
2,144 |
89.4 |
... that the London firm of
Mary Hayley arranged the shipment of tea involved in the
Boston Tea Party?
|
Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt |
2018-06-29 |
|
2,133 |
88.9 |
... that "
Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt", a 1646 paraphrase of
Psalm 100 by
David Denicke, appears in current Protestant and Catholic hymnals?
|
If Ye Love Me |
2018-06-12 |
|
2,110 |
87.9 |
... that the 1565
motet "
If Ye Love Me" by
Thomas Tallis was performed at the
wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
|
Lyperobius huttoni |
2018-06-22 |
|
2,102 |
87.6 |
... that the flightless weevil
Lyperobius huttoni may have rafted between the North and South Islands of
New Zealand?
|
Comités Jeanne |
2018-06-04 |
|
1,730 |
87.5 |
... that after being excluded from the
National Front by his daughter
Marine Le Pen in 2015,
Jean-Marie Le Pen created the
Comités Jeanne, named after
Joan of Arc?
|
Arthur Menachem Hantke |
2018-06-14 |
|
2,100 |
87.5 |
... that
Arthur Menachem Hantke sought support from
Austria-Hungary during the First World War for the
Zionist cause?
|
Al-Jathiya |
2018-06-09 |
|
1,095 |
87.1 |
... that the term
sharia is mentioned only once in the
Quran, in a verse in
its 45th chapter?
|
Maribel Parra de Mestre |
2018-06-03 |
|
1,698 |
87.0 |
... that
Maribel Parra de Mestre is the first female vice admiral of Venezuela?
|
Maram Sudarmodjo
|
2018-06-12
|
|
1,199
|
50.0
|
... that the
first ever Indonesian Olympic team included a
high jump athlete who later became a lieutenant colonel?
|
Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics
|
876
|
36.5
|
Total |
2,074 |
86.4
|
Hedwig Fassbender |
2018-06-14 |
|
2,068 |
86.2 |
... that mezzo-soprano
Hedwig Fassbender, who also appeared in soprano roles such as Wagner's
Isolde, has been an influential voice teacher in
Frankfurt?
|
Al-Ahqaf |
2018-06-21 |
|
2,036 |
84.8 |
... that a passage in
Al-Ahqaf is used by some
Islamic jurists to argue that the lower limit of
fetal viability in
Islamic law is 25 weeks?
|
P. K. Sen (surgeon) |
2018-06-11 |
|
1,513 |
84.1 |
... that
P. K. Sen led the first human
heart transplant in India?
|
Ian Meadows (archaeologist) |
2018-06-01 |
|
1,552 |
84.0 |
... that
Ian Meadows discovered both the Anglo-Saxon
Pioneer helmet and the first conclusive evidence for
viticulture in Roman Britain?
|
Tom Hom |
2018-06-07 |
|
2,501 |
83.9 |
... that
Tom Hom was the first non-Caucasian elected to the
San Diego City Council?
|
Velvl Greene |
2018-06-28 |
|
1,998 |
83.2 |
... that
Velvl Greene, a
University of Minnesota professor of
public health, taught more than 30,000 students?
|
House of Laity
|
2018-06-02
|
|
580
|
31.0
|
... that the
House of Bishops, the
House of Clergy, and the
House of Laity each hold veto power over proposed
Measures of the
General Synod of the Church of England?
|
House of Bishops (Church of England)
|
560
|
29.9
|
House of Clergy
|
398
|
21.2
|
Total |
1,538 |
82.1
|
Thomas Puccio |
2018-06-03 |
|
1,596 |
81.8 |
... that U.S. Justice Department attorney
Thomas Puccio was the inspiration for characters in the films
Prince of the City and
American Hustle?
|
Potato production in Cambodia |
2018-06-20 |
|
1,953 |
81.4 |
... that the first research center for
potatoes in Cambodia was opened in the country in 2016?
|
Zhang Youshang |
2018-06-30 |
|
1,859 |
77.5 |
... that
Zhang Youshang was the only student from mainland China at the
University of Cambridge in the mid-1960s?
|
Vladimir Kokolia |
2018-06-10 |
|
982 |
76.5 |
... that contemporary artist
Vladimir Kokolia has his own
wiki, called Kokopedia?
|
Nous Citoyens |
2018-06-12 |
|
1,832 |
76.4 |
... that the French political party
Nous Citoyens seeks to present an "alternative offer" to the
National Front by creating a program through "participatory democracy"?
|
Erpobdella punctata |
2018-06-15 |
|
1,830 |
76.3 |
... that the leech
Erpobdella punctata sometimes hitches a ride on a
salamander?
|
Shmerke Kaczerginski |
2018-06-23 |
|
1,826 |
76.1 |
... that
Shmerke Kaczerginski saved over 250 Jewish songs about the
Holocaust from destruction?
|
Australamphilina elongata |
2018-06-13 |
|
1,806 |
75.2 |
... that the adult tapeworm
Australamphilina elongata is found in freshwater turtles, but how its eggs emerge from the host's body cavity is unknown?
|
Novell BrainShare |
2018-06-08 |
|
1,352 |
74.4 |
... that
Novell BrainShare moved from the
University of Utah to the
Salt Palace?
|
Anito |
2018-06-07 |
|
2,216 |
74.3 |
... that in
Philippine mythology,
anito spirits can harm human beings by "greeting" them?
|
Alonzo Ward Hotel |
2018-06-21 |
|
1,712 |
71.3 |
... that the
first radio station in
Aberdeen, South Dakota, operated from the sixth floor of the
Alonzo Ward Hotel?
|
Leiden Law School |
2018-06-24 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Kamerlingh_Onnes_Gebouw_Leiden.jpg/100px-Kamerlingh_Onnes_Gebouw_Leiden.jpg) |
1,692 |
70.5 |
... that
Leiden Law School (pictured) is housed in the former laboratory of
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, a
physicist and
Nobel laureate?
|
Highland Branch |
2018-06-30 |
|
1,674 |
69.8 |
... that locomotives completed a circuit on the
Boston and Albany Railroad's
Highland Branch?
|
UBAKUSAT |
2018-06-09 |
|
860 |
68.4 |
... that the
UBAKUSAT satellite was built by Turkish students and will orbit the earth for six to twelve months?
|
Hypericaceae |
2018-06-30 |
|
1,638 |
68.2 |
... that chemicals found in members of the
St. John's wort family can cause
photosensitivity in grazing animals?
|
Stanley Woodward (editor) |
2018-06-02 |
|
1,248 |
66.6 |
... that
Stanley Woodward was the first known writer to use the phrase "ivy" in relation to future
Ivy League universities?
|
Nun danket all und bringet Ehr |
2018-06-04 |
|
1,314 |
66.5 |
... that
Paul Gerhardt's song of thanks and praise "
Nun danket all und bringet Ehr" was first published along with 17 of his other hymns in 1647, during the
Thirty Years' War?
|
Sabhyata Dwar |
2018-06-10 |
|
846 |
66.0 |
... that
Sabhyata Dwar, an arch monument, bears inscriptions of
Megasthenes,
Ashoka,
Buddha, and
Mahavira?
|
Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa |
2018-06-17 |
|
1,562 |
65.1 |
... that
Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa's feminist group New Wave Feminists was removed as a partner of the
2017 Women's March after organizers discovered the group was
pro-life?
|
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra |
2018-06-10 |
|
833 |
65.0 |
... that at
oral argument in
NIFLA v. Becerra,
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Elena Kagan questioned whether a California law was "gerrymandered" in order to discriminate against
crisis pregnancy centers?
|
Bhadrambhadra |
2018-06-29 |
|
1,468 |
61.2 |
... that the first humorous novel in Gujarati literature was
Bhadrambhadra by
Ramanbhai Neelkanth?
|
Regional council of Grand Est |
2018-06-10 |
|
782 |
61.0 |
... that the
French Socialist Party unsuccessfully called on its own candidate to step down in order to stop the
National Front from winning the
regional council of Grand Est?
|
Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner |
2018-06-19 |
|
1,462 |
60.9 |
... that
Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner, a civil servant at the
Bavarian court, published a hymnal that contained the
mass ordinary in German?
|
Cidaris blakei |
2018-06-24 |
|
1,436 |
59.8 |
... that the deepwater sea urchin
Cidaris blakei is named after a ship?
|
Flumezapine |
2018-06-24 |
|
1,425 |
59.4 |
... that
flumezapine was at the center of a lawsuit filed by
Eli Lilly and Company against generic manufacturers who sought to void its patent on the antipsychotic
Zyprexa?
|
Henry Goodeve |
2018-06-12 |
|
1,422 |
59.2 |
... that on retiring to England in 1845, surgeon
Henry Goodeve brought four
Brahmins with him to complete their medical training?
|
Bapulal Nayak |
2018-06-26 |
|
1,404 |
58.5 |
... that
Gujarati theatre actor
Bapulal Nayak started his stage career at the age of eleven for a salary of three rupees per month?
|
David Garvey |
2018-06-21 |
|
1,364 |
56.8 |
... that pianist
David Garvey accompanied
Leontyne Price in the White House, on tours abroad, and in her "exceptional" first recital in
Carnegie Hall in "a true musical partnership"?
|
Kath Fox |
2018-06-18 |
|
1,340 |
55.8 |
... that actress
Jan Pearson's favourite storyline as
Holby City character
Kath Fox was a love affair with a priest?
|
Jagoda Truhelka |
2018-06-08 |
|
1,010 |
55.6 |
... that despite writing extensively about
women's rights and being the first Croatian author to feature a
feminist character,
Jagoda Truhelka remains best known for her
children's literature?
|
Long Reef (New South Wales) |
2018-06-11 |
|
1,000 |
55.6 |
... that
Bulgosuchus gargantua, a giant early
temnospondyl from the
Triassic, is known only from
Long Reef,
New South Wales?
|
(Is This the Way to) The World Cup |
2018-06-18 |
|
1,284 |
53.5 |
... that
Tony Christie
asked whether this was the way to The World Cup and then declared it "crap"?
|
Ronny Rodríguez |
2018-06-09 |
|
642 |
51.1 |
... that professional baseball player
Ronny Rodríguez is also a
rapper?
|
Number 12 exposé |
2018-06-30 |
|
1,223 |
51.0 |
... that
Number 12, an investigative documentary by award-winning journalist
Anas Anas, shed light on football corruption in
Ghana?
|
John G. Hawthorne |
2018-06-16 |
|
1,219 |
50.8 |
... that hailing its "pioneering" approach, Professor
John G. Hawthorne lauded the
University of Chicago for ending a student
sit-in "without bloodshed, beatings, or other violent acts"?
|
Giulia Bongiorno |
2018-06-23 |
|
1,210 |
50.4 |
... that
Giulia Bongiorno, a defense lawyer in both the
Giulio Andreotti trials and the
Amanda Knox trial, is now the
Italian Minister of Public Administration?
|
Juliet Appiah |
2018-06-07 |
|
1,494 |
50.1 |
... that
Juliet Appiah is the first Ghanaian police officer to be awarded a
FIFA refereeing badge?
|
Yato Dharma Tato Jaya |
2018-06-15 |
|
1,193 |
49.7 |
... that the motto of the
Supreme Court of India is
Yato Dharma Tato Jaya – "There is no victory without justice"?
|
Walter Kenrick Fisher |
2018-06-20 |
|
1,184 |
49.4 |
... that the marine biologist
Walter Kenrick Fisher illustrated the book The Salinas: Upside Down River written by his wife
Anne B. Fisher?
|
List of England Test cricket records |
2018-06-10 |
|
630 |
49.1 |
... that at the age of 52, Englishman
Wilfred Rhodes is
the oldest cricketer ever to play in a Test match?
|
Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet |
2018-06-23 |
|
1,146 |
47.8 |
... that the 1876 hymn "
Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet" is used for festive occasions such as the millennium of the
Bamberg Cathedral, but with drastically changed text?
|
Zubin Khan |
2018-06-03 |
|
920 |
47.2 |
... that actor
Art Malik wanted viewers of
Holby City to perceive his character
Zubin Khan as an "educated Muslim man"?
|
Hedgewar Smruti Mandir |
2018-06-20 |
|
1,112 |
46.3 |
... that
Hedgewar Smruti Mandir is a memorial to
K. B. Hedgewar, the founder of the
Hindutva organization
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh?
|
Petra Stienen |
2018-06-17 |
|
1,062 |
44.2 |
... that Dutch
Arabist
Petra Stienen was awarded the
Aletta Jacobs Prize by the
University of Groningen for "using her work to represent and transmit the voices of women who would otherwise not be heard"?
|
William and Anita Newman Library |
2018-06-16 |
|
1,056 |
44.0 |
... that a former streetcar powerhouse in New York City is now a
library building for
Baruch College?
|
W. Barklie Henry |
2018-06-27 |
|
1,047 |
43.6 |
... that
W. Barklie Henry,
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt's stepfather, won many yachting races held off the coast of
Long Island?
|
Diwaliben Bhil |
2018-06-18 |
|
1,028 |
42.8 |
... that
Gujarati folk singer
Diwaliben Bhil was awarded the
Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India?
|
Volker David Kirchner |
2018-06-25 |
|
1,012 |
42.2 |
... that
Volker David Kirchner, who composed operas for the
Wiesbaden State Theatre and a mass for the
Mainz Cathedral, was the first recipient of the
Rheingau Musikpreis?
|
Gordon Juckes |
2018-06-30 |
|
958 |
39.9 |
... that
Gordon Juckes received the
Order of the British Empire prior to being inducted into the
Hockey Hall of Fame?
|
Luang Por Dattajivo |
2018-06-24 |
|
956 |
39.8 |
... that the Thai monk
Luang Por Dattajivo writes about
economics from a Buddhist perspective?
|
Issuf Sanon |
2018-06-20 |
|
952 |
39.6 |
... that injuries and documentation issues delayed
Issuf Sanon from joining the Ukrainian junior national basketball team?
|
List of Mexican–American War monuments and memorials |
2018-06-02 |
|
740 |
39.5 |
... that
monuments and memorials to the fallen in the
Mexican–American War include a
US national cemetery in Mexico City?
|
Li Zaiping |
2018-06-27 |
|
924 |
38.5 |
... that
Li Zaiping and his research group were the first to sequence a
viral genome in China?
|
Bob Nicholson (ice hockey) |
2018-06-08 |
|
692 |
38.1 |
... that during
Bob Nicholson's tenure as president of
Hockey Canada, national teams won 44 gold medals in international ice hockey competition?
|
Hanns-Martin Schneidt |
2018-06-10 |
|
485 |
37.8 |
... that
Hanns-Martin Schneidt became head of
an academy of church music in 1955 at age 25, of the
Münchener Bach-Chor in 1984, and of a
symphony orchestra in Japan in 2007?
|
Christina Gerstberger |
2018-06-13 |
|
904 |
37.6 |
... that soprano
Christina Gerstberger recorded the role of Lisida in
E. T. A. Hoffmann's Liebe und Eifersucht in a performance at the
Ludwigsburg Festival?
|
Hossam Ashour |
2018-06-29 |
|
891 |
37.1 |
... that
footballer
Hossam Ashour is the most decorated
Al Ahly player in the club's history?
|
Ideal Records |
2018-06-25 |
|
841 |
35.0 |
... that
Ideal Records was the predominant
Tejano music label of the 1940s and 1950s?
|
Changpeng Zhao |
2018-06-09 |
|
433 |
34.4 |
... that in less than eight months,
Changpeng Zhao grew
Binance into the world's largest
cryptocurrency exchange by traded volume?
|
Virginia Fraser |
2018-06-17 |
|
778 |
32.4 |
... that
Virginia Fraser, the
Long-Term Care Ombudsman for the state of
Colorado, created a
bingo game that teaches nursing home residents about their rights?
|
Jadwiga Szamotulska |
2018-06-02 |
|
602 |
32.1 |
... that in 1957, violinist
Wanda Wiłkomirska and pianist
Jadwiga Szamotulska recorded classical music for children, including concertos by
Viotti and
Accolay?
|
Music of Rocket League |
2018-06-23 |
|
764 |
31.9 |
... that the composer of
Rocket League used his old music to create the game's
original soundtrack?
|
Titus Awotwi Pratt |
2018-06-05 |
|
630 |
31.5 |
... that
Titus Awotwi Pratt, Presiding Bishop of the
Methodist Church Ghana, was commissioned as a minister by
his father, who at that time headed the church in Ghana?
|
Alfred Eteson |
2018-06-17 |
|
754 |
31.4 |
... that in 1869,
Alfred Eteson of the
Bengal Medical Service attributed an epidemic of
ague to the effect of winds laden with a "pestiferous miasma"?
|
Dirom Grey Crawford |
2018-06-09 |
|
390 |
31.1 |
... that
Dirom Grey Crawford's roll of the
Indian Medical Service includes the biographies of 6,156 officers?
|
Saudi anti male-guardianship campaign |
2018-06-01 |
|
539 |
29.1 |
... that
Saudi women are organising an
anti male-guardianship campaign?
|
Claus Wisser |
2018-06-30 |
|
654 |
27.2 |
... that
Claus Wisser founded the services company Wisag, and co-founded the
Rheingau Musik Festival which staged a concert of Orff's
Carmina Burana for his 60th birthday?
|
Ranbir Kapoor filmography |
2018-06-07 |
|
578
[d] |
19.4 |
... that Indian actor
Ranbir Kapoor played a character based on
Arjuna and
Michael Corleone in the 2010 political thriller
Raajneeti?
|
The Now Now |
2018-06-09 |
|
74
[e] |
5.9 |
... that the upcoming
Gorillaz album
The Now Now was produced quickly so the band would have new material to play at upcoming festivals?
|
Fleurs de Marécage |
2018-06-07 |
|
-214
[f] |
-7.2 |
... that
Fleurs de Marécage by the Dutch poet
J. Slauerhoff, containing French poems and a translation of a poem by the Irish poet
W. B. Yeats, was published in Belgium?
|
Güzide Alçu |
2018-06-07 |
|
-624
[g] |
-20.9 |
... that
Güzide Alçu and her two teammates were referred to the disciplinary board for displaying
V signs that were interpreted by the
Turkish Football Federation as insulting?
|
Northwest Cannabis Solutions Satsop facility |
2018-06-07 |
|
-948
[h] |
-31.8 |
... that the
Northwest Cannabis Solutions Satsop facility is operated by the largest grower of
legal cannabis in the U.S. state of Washington at the site of a
canceled nuclear power plant?
|
Brad Smith (American lawyer) |
2018-06-07 |
|
-1,242
[i] |
-41.6 |
... that
Microsoft's
Brad Smith has filed multiple data privacy lawsuits against the Federal government of the United States?
|
Goat Canyon (Tijuana River Valley) |
2018-06-07 |
|
-1,764
[j] |
-59.1 |
... that sewage from
Canon de los Laureles flows into the United States?
|
Knee dislocation |
2018-06-07 |
|
-2,228
[k] |
-74.7 |
... that about half of
knee dislocations (example pictured) spontaneously relocate before the person arrives at hospital?
|
Body horror |
2018-06-07 |
|
-3,132
[l] |
-105.0 |
... that
body horror, originally a subgenre of horror films and literature, now appears in video games, comics,
anime, and
manga?
|
Wolfgang Straßmann |
2018-06-07 |
|
-3,648
[m] |
-122.3 |
... that
Wolfgang Straßmann hid in the bed of a servant girl in
Meno Burg's house in Berlin while his comrades were executed by Prussian troops?
|