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Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage |
2022-09-19 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/Funeral_of_Edward_VII_-1910_-cropped.JPG/100px-Funeral_of_Edward_VII_-1910_-cropped.JPG) |
61,966
[a] |
2,581.9 |
... that
a coffin carriage used in British state funerals (pictured) has been pulled by sailors since an incident at
Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901?
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Elver Eating World Championships |
2022-09-06 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Etxebarri_angulas_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Etxebarri_angulas_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
26,036 |
2,169.6 |
... that no elvers (examples pictured) are eaten during the
Elver Eating World Championships?
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Ring theory (psychology) |
2022-09-08 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Ring_theory_DYK.svg/92px-Ring_theory_DYK.svg.png) |
22,166 |
1,847.1 |
... that Susan Silk developed
ring theory (pictured) when a colleague said that Silk's breast cancer wasn't just about her?
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The San Remo |
2022-09-22 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/San_Remo_apartments_from_Central_Park%2C_NYC.jpg/52px-San_Remo_apartments_from_Central_Park%2C_NYC.jpg) |
33,867 |
1,411.1 |
... that
the San Remo (pictured) was once described as an "ATM for Democratic presidential campaigns" in the United States?
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Lài dog |
2022-09-07 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/L%C3%A0i_Dog_6.jpg/100px-L%C3%A0i_Dog_6.jpg) |
16,466 |
1,372.2 |
... that
Lài dogs (pictured) were instrumental in the Vietnamese
Lam Sơn uprising against Ming China in 1418–1428?
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NJGov
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2022-09-13
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9,813
|
817.8
|
... that when asked who let
New Jersey have a Twitter account,
its manager simply replied, "your mom"?
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Megan Coyne
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5,503
|
458.6
|
Total |
15,316 |
1,276.3
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City Hall station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) |
2022-09-11 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/City_Hall_Station_%2832200%29.jpg/100px-City_Hall_Station_%2832200%29.jpg) |
14,814 |
1,234.5 |
... that the
City Hall station (pictured), intended to be the showpiece of New York City's subway system, has been closed since 1945?
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Troy axe murders |
2022-09-14 |
|
14,100 |
1,175.0 |
... that in the
Troy axe murders a former fireman killed his wife, five-year-old daughter, and five stepchildren and left love notes on their bodies?
|
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans |
2022-09-10 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Portrait_painting_of_Philippe_of_France%2C_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans_holding_a_crown_of_a_child_of_France_%28Pierre_Mignard%2C_Mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts_de_Bordeaux%29.jpg/75px-Portrait_painting_of_Philippe_of_France%2C_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans_holding_a_crown_of_a_child_of_France_%28Pierre_Mignard%2C_Mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts_de_Bordeaux%29.jpg) |
14,064
[b] |
1,172.0 |
... that
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, (pictured) was the father of two queens and
a French regent, despite preferring his male lovers to his wives?
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Adriana Salvatierra |
2022-09-23 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Adriana_Salvatierra_Arriaza_%28Official_Photo%2C_2019%29_Chamber_of_Senators_of_Bolivia.jpg/78px-Adriana_Salvatierra_Arriaza_%28Official_Photo%2C_2019%29_Chamber_of_Senators_of_Bolivia.jpg) |
26,287 |
1,095.3 |
... that
Adriana Salvatierra (pictured), the youngest legislator to preside over the Bolivian Senate, accompanied her father to trade-union meetings while still a child?
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Murder of Alexis Sharkey |
2022-09-09 |
|
13,138 |
1,094.8 |
... that Alexis Sharkey's last
Instagram post before
her murder documented her travels to
Tulum, Mexico?
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Turkish Airlines Flight 301 |
2022-09-03 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/TC-JAO.jpg/100px-TC-JAO.jpg) |
12,858 |
1,071.5 |
... that Turkish prime minister
Bülent Ecevit's first order in office was to send
the minister of transport to the crash site of
Turkish Airlines Flight 301 (aircraft pictured)?
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Kauai Plantation Railway |
2022-09-12 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kauai_Plantation_Train.JPG/95px-Kauai_Plantation_Train.JPG) |
12,454 |
1,037.8 |
... that when construction began on the
Kauai Plantation Railway (pictured), "nobody in the crew knew how to build a train track"?
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State hearse |
2022-09-19 |
|
24,636 |
1,026.5 |
... that Elizabeth II approved the design of the
state hearse used in her funeral?
|
Karen's Diner |
2022-09-06 |
|
10,980 |
915.0 |
... that customers at
Karen's Diner pay to be insulted?
|
Indie sleaze |
2022-09-12 |
|
10,502 |
875.2 |
... that the
Indie sleaze era, from approximately 2006 to 2012, was described by singer
Gwenno as "very debauched, and probably the last moment where kids had been able to do whatever they want"?
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Langley Hawkins murder case |
2022-09-27 |
|
20,527 |
855.3 |
... that
a European settler in Kenya who tortured a black employee to death in 1920 was sentenced to just two years' imprisonment?
|
Buford Dam |
2022-09-09 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/USACE_Buford_Dam_Georgia.jpg/100px-USACE_Buford_Dam_Georgia.jpg) |
10,206 |
850.5 |
... that
Buford Dam (pictured) is maintained in part by a "Chew Crew" of sixteen goats?
|
Fannie Salter |
2022-09-06 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Fannie_Salter_at_Bell.png/66px-Fannie_Salter_at_Bell.png) |
9,827 |
818.9 |
... that
Fannie Salter (pictured) was personally appointed keeper of Turkey Point Light by U.S. president Calvin Coolidge?
|
Danny Kaleikini
|
2022-09-29
|
|
11,428
|
589.1
|
... that
Danny Kaleikini (pictured) once worked as a singing hotel busboy in
Waikiki before becoming the headline entertainer at the
Kahala Hilton for 28 years?
|
The Kahala Hotel & Resort
|
4,210
|
217.0
|
Total |
15,638 |
806.1
|
Battle of Omagh |
2022-09-05 |
|
9,572 |
797.7 |
... that one witness claimed that not even God could have prevented the
Battle of Omagh?
|
Tulainyo Lake |
2022-09-28 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Tulainyo_Lake_from_Mount_Russell.jpg/100px-Tulainyo_Lake_from_Mount_Russell.jpg) |
19,037 |
793.2 |
... that in 1937, water from
Tulainyo Lake (pictured) was carried by runner, horseback, donkey, covered wagon, twenty-mule team, stagecoach, train, car, and plane to
Death Valley to mark a highway opening?
|
Marysia Nikitiuk |
2022-09-26 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Marysia_Nikitiuk_Toronto.jpg/81px-Marysia_Nikitiuk_Toronto.jpg) |
18,874 |
786.4 |
... that the first film written and directed by
Marysia Nikitiuk (pictured) has been called one of the "most iconic" works of modern Ukrainian cinema?
|
Viking Saga censorship incident |
2022-09-21 |
|
18,672 |
778.0 |
... that Northwest High School required transgender staff members of the student newspaper to
use deadnames in bylines?
|
Captain John Purves and His Wife |
2022-09-08 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Captain_John_Purves_and_His_Wife%2C_Eliza_Anne_Pritchard_%281775%29.jpg/100px-Captain_John_Purves_and_His_Wife%2C_Eliza_Anne_Pritchard_%281775%29.jpg) |
9,335 |
777.9 |
... that according to art historian
Margaretta M. Lovell,
Captain John Purves and His Wife (pictured) reflects the late eighteenth century's turn toward companionate marriage?
|
Arrest of Randal Worcester |
2022-09-14 |
|
9,321 |
776.8 |
... that a bystander's video of the
arrest of Randal Worcester in
Mulberry, Arkansas, showed one law enforcement officer holding Worcester on the ground while two other officers beat him?
|
Rorke's Drift (video game) |
2022-09-06 |
|
9,224 |
768.7 |
... that the player of
a 1990 video game can recreate the 14.5-hour-long
Battle of Rorke's Drift in real time, controlling each of the 137 British defenders?
|
Cheetah Hunt |
2022-09-05 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Cheetah_Hunt_hill.jpg/100px-Cheetah_Hunt_hill.jpg) |
9,170 |
764.2 |
... that the design of
Cheetah Hunt (pictured) was inspired by a
Star Wars film?
|
Mass card |
2022-09-11 |
|
8,754 |
729.5 |
... that in Ireland, selling unauthorized
Mass cards could lead to 10 years in jail or a €300,000 fine?
|
Maybole Castle |
2022-09-13 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Maybole_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1455411.jpg/76px-Maybole_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1455411.jpg) |
8,697 |
724.8 |
... that in the legend of
John Faa, styled
King of the Gypsies, the Countess of Cassilis was imprisoned for life in
Maybole Castle (pictured) by her husband after he killed Faa for attempting to elope with her?
|
Archie C. Kuntze |
2022-09-09 |
|
8,640 |
720.0 |
... that Captain
Archie C. Kuntze, known as the "American Mayor of Saigon", was court-martialled for living "openly and notoriously in his official quarters" with his Taiwanese girlfriend?
|
John Jarvis-Smith |
2022-09-01 |
|
8,560 |
713.3 |
... that when the British government discovered that
John Jarvis-Smith was not dead, they gave him a medal?
|
Court-martial of William T. Colman |
2022-09-25 |
|
17,020 |
709.1 |
... that the
court-martial of William T. Colman, the commander of a U.S. air base, created a storm of protest when he was merely reduced in rank after shooting a black soldier?
|
LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility |
2022-09-08 |
|
8,450 |
704.1 |
... that the
LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility is the second-largest concrete building in the U.S. – behind only the Pentagon?
|
383 Madison Avenue |
2022-09-27 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/383_Madison_Ave_Bear_Stearns_C_R_Flickr_1.jpg/75px-383_Madison_Ave_Bear_Stearns_C_R_Flickr_1.jpg) |
16,431 |
684.6 |
... that at one point in 2008, the
Bear Stearns Building (pictured) was worth approximately five times the price offered for the acquisition of
Bear Stearns?
|
Launch and commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope |
2022-09-02 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Launch_%28NHQ202112250010%29.jpg/100px-James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Launch_%28NHQ202112250010%29.jpg) |
7,938 |
661.5 |
... that
getting the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit (launch pictured) consumed far less fuel than was planned, effectively doubling its expected operational life?
|
Shōjo Club |
2022-09-01 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Sh%C5%8Djo_club_vol2_num11.jpg/66px-Sh%C5%8Djo_club_vol2_num11.jpg) |
7,674 |
639.5 |
... that the founder of the magazine
Shōjo Club (issue pictured) hoped that the publication would instill in its readership the "inner modesty and fortitude of samurai women"?
|
Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin |
2022-09-14 |
|
7,662 |
638.5 |
... that
Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin was born a
Jew, became a
Muslim, moved to Pakistan and died in poverty?
|
Any port in a storm |
2022-09-11 |
|
7,600 |
633.4 |
... that the first known publication of the phrase "
any port in a storm" was in
a 1749 erotic novel?
|
Haiti at the 1936 Summer Olympics |
2022-09-15 |
|
15,045 |
626.9 |
... that though Haiti did not compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics,
its presence there made Liechtenstein change its flag?
|
Haaland v. Brackeen |
2022-09-04 |
|
7,508 |
625.6 |
... that a pending case at the
United States Supreme Court,
Haaland v. Brackeen, "could completely erase
tribal sovereignty"?
|
General Electric Showcase House |
2022-09-30 |
|
13,345 |
623.6 |
... that
Nancy Reagan jumped
out of her bath when she heard that her husband had been elected President of the United States?
|
Umma–Lagash war |
2022-09-02 |
|
7,466 |
622.2 |
... that Professor of History
Lorenzo Kamel deems
Umma–Lagash the first recorded war in human history?
|
West Farms Soldiers Cemetery |
2022-09-04 |
|
7,358 |
613.2 |
... that the soldier guarding the
West Farms Soldiers Cemetery went missing for six years?
|
Comet Kohoutek |
2022-09-21 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Comet_Kohoutek_%28S74-17688%29.jpg/100px-Comet_Kohoutek_%28S74-17688%29.jpg) |
14,660 |
610.8 |
... that
Kohoutek (pictured) was the first comet to be proven a
dirty snowball?
|
Bhicoo Batlivala |
2022-09-15 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Bhicoo_%28Bee%29_Batlivala_%281935%29.png/69px-Bhicoo_%28Bee%29_Batlivala_%281935%29.png) |
14,388 |
599.5 |
... that in 1943,
Bhicoo Batlivala (pictured) led a group of Indian women to the
House of Commons to request the release of
Gandhi from prison?
|
Eddie Keenan |
2022-09-25 |
|
14,340 |
597.5 |
... that
Eddie Keenan was once the largest American football player?
|
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo |
2022-09-29 |
|
11,569
[c] |
596.3 |
... that
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, covering the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, said that Ukrainians care less about her being
transgender than Americans do?
|
Henry Grady Hotel |
2022-09-08 |
|
7,150 |
595.9 |
... that according to
Jimmy Carter, "more of [Georgia's] business was probably conducted in
the Henry Grady than in the
state capitol"?
|
Vecihi K-VI |
2022-09-18 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Vecihi_K-VI.png/100px-Vecihi_K-VI.png) |
14,180 |
590.8 |
... that after building
Turkey's first airplane (pictured),
its builder was sentenced to jail for flying it without a permit?
|
Schiller Woods magic water pump |
2022-09-01 |
|
7,059 |
588.2 |
... that some regular users of the
Schiller Woods magic water pump near Chicago believe that it was covertly blessed by
Pope John Paul II in 1979?
|
Jewish Indian theory |
2022-09-16 |
|
13,978 |
582.4 |
... that
Jewish Indian theory, the erroneous idea that some
lost tribes of Israel became ancestors to
Native Americans, influenced the
Book of Mormon?
|
Osmond J. Ritland |
2022-09-13 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Maj_Gen_Osmond_J._Ritland.jpg/78px-Maj_Gen_Osmond_J._Ritland.jpg) |
6,952 |
579.4 |
... that
Osmond J. Ritland (pictured) was one of four men who selected
Area 51 as the site for their
Lockheed U-2 spy plane project?
|
Sofia the First |
2022-09-04 |
|
6,756
[d] |
563.0 |
... that
Sofia the First was deemed "risky" but subsequently became the most-viewed program in its category?
|
Jupiter in fiction |
2022-09-06 |
|
6,646 |
553.8 |
... that
fictional depictions of Jupiter have portrayed human habitation on the planet and its moons both by
altering the environment to suit humans and
altering humans to be suited to the environment?
|
Wind power in Turkey |
2022-09-11 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/G%C3%BCnbat%C4%B1m%C4%B1nda_Polente_Feneri%CC%87_ve_R%C3%BCzgarg%C3%BCl%C3%BC_2008_-_panoramio.jpg/67px-G%C3%BCnbat%C4%B1m%C4%B1nda_Polente_Feneri%CC%87_ve_R%C3%BCzgarg%C3%BCl%C3%BC_2008_-_panoramio.jpg) |
6,588 |
549.0 |
... that
wind power in Turkey (turbine pictured) is so profitable that companies pay the government for licences?
|
Raid on Kronstadt |
2022-09-20 |
|
13,004 |
541.8 |
... that 48 of the 55 British participants in the August 1919
raid on Kronstadt received gallantry medals or were
mentioned in despatches?
|
Die Brennessel |
2022-09-23 |
|
13,000 |
541.6 |
... that
Die Brennessel was a satirical magazine devised by the
Nazi Party as a propaganda tool?
|
Vegeta (software) |
2022-09-11 |
|
6,250 |
520.9 |
... that
Vegeta is used to attack HTTP-based applications?
|
United Nations General Assembly Building |
2022-09-01 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Hall_%283%29.jpg/100px-United_Nations_General_Assembly_Hall_%283%29.jpg) |
6,248 |
520.6 |
... that according to one account, planners put a dome above the
United Nations General Assembly Building (interior pictured) so the UN headquarters could be funded more quickly?
|
Bailundo (kingdom) |
2022-09-22 |
|
12,323 |
513.5 |
... that Ekuikui V was deposed as the king of
Bailundo in 2021 and sentenced to six years in prison?
|
Warg |
2022-09-14 |
|
6,143 |
511.9 |
... that in Norse mythology, the sun and moon are each chased by a
warg?
|
Willie Hernández |
2022-09-04 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Willie_Hernandez_Oklahoma_City.jpg/77px-Willie_Hernandez_Oklahoma_City.jpg) |
6,068 |
505.7 |
... that
Puerto Rico's
Willie Hernández (pictured) became the highest paid player in
Detroit Tigers history after winning
Cy Young and
Most Valuable Player awards and a
World Series?
|
Abbas II of Persia |
2022-09-20 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Shah_Abbas_II%2C_1663%2C_Aga_Khan_trust_of_culture.PNG/44px-Shah_Abbas_II%2C_1663%2C_Aga_Khan_trust_of_culture.PNG) |
12,028 |
501.2 |
... that the reign of
Abbas II of Persia (pictured) was marked by peace with neighbouring nations, except for
a war with the
Mughal Empire in 1649 to recover the city of
Kandahar?
|
Battle of Benfleet |
2022-09-18 |
|
11,913 |
496.4 |
... that evidence of the
battle of Benfleet was found in the 19th century in the form of charred timbers and human bones?
|
MacEnhancer |
2022-09-26 |
|
11,900 |
495.9 |
... that Microsoft made a
Mac enhancer?
|
IBM PS/2 Model 25 |
2022-09-23 |
|
11,669 |
486.2 |
... that when a computer journalist saw the
IBM PS/2 Model 25 for the first time, he thought that he "was looking at a deformed
Macintosh"?
|
Oriental Hero |
2022-09-11 |
|
5,758 |
479.9 |
... that the 1987 video game
Oriental Hero was panned as "so incredibly bad it's almost worth a look"?
|
Rakhel Feygenberg |
2022-09-26 |
|
11,418 |
475.8 |
... that
Rakhel Feygenberg wrote her first novel at age 13, but was forced by her relatives to burn it?
|
Louise McKinney |
2022-09-12 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Louise_McKinney_1917.jpeg/75px-Louise_McKinney_1917.jpeg) |
5,692 |
474.3 |
... that
Louise McKinney (pictured) was the first woman in the British Empire to be sworn in as an elected legislator?
|
Sailor Moon (North American live-action adaptation) |
2022-09-09 |
|
5,592 |
466.0 |
... that there were two failed attempts to
adapt Sailor Moon into a Western live-action series?
|
Barclays House |
2022-09-01 |
|
5,552 |
462.7 |
... that
Barclays House in Poole, England, has been sinking since its construction in 1975?
|
KRCL |
2022-09-14 |
|
5,550 |
462.5 |
... that
Robert Redford helped the
Lion of Zion receive a federal grant?
|
Can I Get It |
2022-09-13 |
|
5,494 |
457.8 |
... that
Adele moans in "
Can I Get It", a song about desire for a real relationship instead of casual sex?
|
Alien (film) |
2022-09-14 |
|
5,452
[e] |
454.4 |
... that the working title of
Alien was Star Beast?
|
Leutard of Vertus |
2022-09-06 |
|
5,368 |
447.3 |
... that 11th-century French peasant
Leutard of Vertus is said to have preached heresy against the Catholic Church after dreaming his body had been invaded by bees that entered through his genitals?
|
Duesenberg |
2022-09-20 |
|
10,720 |
446.7 |
... that a
Duesenberg car was the first American car to win a
French Grand Prix, doing so in 1921?
|
Banking in ancient Rome |
2022-09-12 |
|
5,330 |
444.2 |
... that
temples served as
banks in ancient Rome?
|
Titulus pictus |
2022-09-05 |
|
5,305 |
442.1 |
... that the Romans would advertise their goods with a type of inscription known as
Titulus pictus?
|
56 Beaver Street |
2022-09-07 |
|
5,264 |
438.6 |
... that guests to the Delmonico's restaurant at
56 Beaver Street touched a pair of columns at the entrance for good luck?
|
Antony Hodgkinson |
2022-09-04 |
|
5,256 |
438.0 |
... that
Antony Hodgkinson danced so vigorously onstage with
Nirvana at the 1992
Reading Festival that he gave himself whiplash?
|
Epistola consolatoria ad pergentes in bellum |
2022-09-24 |
|
10,436 |
434.8 |
... that
a Carolingian military sermon promises soldiers victory, provided they do not engage in
sexual activity or
looting?
|
Vikki Blanche |
2022-09-29 |
|
8,410 |
433.5 |
... that
Vikki Blanche did not take her
Neighbours audition seriously, thinking that she would not be cast so soon after graduating from school?
|
Henry Baylis |
2022-09-06 |
|
5,048 |
420.6 |
... that
Henry Baylis kept the bullet that wounded him, as a good-luck charm?
|
Jolly Rancher Remix |
2022-09-27 |
|
10,075 |
419.8 |
... that riders on the
Jolly Rancher Remix can smell one of five randomly chosen
Jolly Rancher flavors?
|
Jew of color |
2022-09-07 |
|
5,003 |
416.9 |
... that a report commissioned by the Jews of Color Initiative described "
Jews of color" as "an imperfect, but useful umbrella term"?
|
Fernbrook Farms |
2022-09-09 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/John_Newbold_House%2C_Chesterfield_Township%2C_NJ.jpg/100px-John_Newbold_House%2C_Chesterfield_Township%2C_NJ.jpg) |
4,950 |
412.5 |
... that
Fernbrook Farms (pictured) was once a model breeding farm named New Warlaby?
|
Retina (typeface) |
2022-09-09 |
|
4,922 |
410.2 |
... that by switching to the smaller typeface
Retina in the stock listings of their newspaper, The Wall Street Journal was able to save $6 to 7 million annually?
|
Univel |
2022-09-28 |
|
9,842 |
410.1 |
... that
Univel was an early-1990s attempt to compete with
Microsoft on the desktop, but one industry consultant said of the company's goal, "they're dreaming"?
|
Dorli Rainey |
2022-09-13 |
|
4,920 |
410.0 |
... that
Dorli Rainey, at the age of 84, was pepper-sprayed by police at a 2011
Occupy Seattle protest, making her a symbol of the
Occupy Wall Street movement?
|
Supply-side progressivism |
2022-09-29 |
|
7,654 |
394.5 |
... that
supply-side progressivism is a response to rising costs of housing, healthcare, and other essential goods in the United States?
|
Trump fake electors plot |
2022-09-09 |
|
4,720 |
393.4 |
... that Donald Trump and his attorneys John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani spoke to some 300 Republican state legislators
in an effort to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election?
|
Embassy of the Philippines, Lisbon |
2022-09-23 |
|
9,396 |
391.5 |
... that protesters demanded the closure of the
embassy of the Philippines in Lisbon?
|
Reina Scully |
2022-09-06 |
|
4,664 |
388.6 |
... that
Reina Scully has worked with
Crunchyroll because of her skill in translating Japanese anime for English dubs?
|
Mick Moloney |
2022-09-14 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mick_Moloney.jpg/100px-Mick_Moloney.jpg) |
4,650 |
387.5 |
... that
Mick Moloney (pictured) was a social worker in London before establishing the Green Fields of America, an Irish traditional music ensemble?
|
Dania Beach Hurricane |
2022-09-11 |
|
4,610 |
384.2 |
... that someone once paid $750 to enjoy a
hurricane?
|
Streets of New Capenna |
2022-09-23 |
|
9,099 |
379.1 |
... that the design of the
Magic: The Gathering expansion set
Streets of New Capenna is inspired by the
Five Families of organized crime?
|
Lake Erie watersnake |
2022-09-21 |
|
8,974 |
373.9 |
... that following the introduction of the
round goby to Lake Erie, the
Lake Erie watersnake's population recovered enough to be removed from the U.S.
threatened species list?
|
Michael H. v. Gerald D. |
2022-09-15 |
|
8,932 |
372.1 |
... that according to
Ruth Marcus, the facts of
Michael H. v. Gerald D. "more closely resembled a soap opera synopsis than a typical Supreme Court case"?
|
Operation Tariq al-Qods |
2022-09-10 |
|
4,456 |
371.3 |
... that the
Iranian operation to liberate the town of Bostan during the
Iran–Iraq War was described by
Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, as "the victory of victories"?
|
Marine Air Terminal |
2022-09-05 |
|
4,452 |
371.0 |
... that overcrowding at the
Marine Air Terminal prompted one airline owner to buy a boat?
|
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (1872) |
2022-09-17 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Thomas_Moran_-_Grand_Canyon_of_the_Yellowstone.jpg/100px-Thomas_Moran_-_Grand_Canyon_of_the_Yellowstone.jpg) |
8,849 |
368.7 |
... that Thomas Moran's 1872 painting
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (pictured) influenced the decision to preserve
Yellowstone National Park for future generations?
|
Madeleine Swann |
2022-09-15 |
|
8,808 |
367.0 |
... that
Madeleine Swann's name is a tribute to
Marcel Proust?
|
Armstead Otey Grubb |
2022-09-21 |
|
8,768 |
365.3 |
... that former
Lincoln University president
Armstead Otey Grubb was robbed and murdered outside his home on campus in 1968?
|
Hartington Road Halt railway station |
2022-09-13 |
|
4,374 |
364.5 |
... that
Hartington Road Halt in Brighton, which closed after five years, was accidentally opened illegally?
|
WSTR-TV |
2022-09-12 |
|
4,370 |
364.2 |
... that a television station spent so little on programming that a media columnist called it the "
IOUs of Cincinnati"?
|
1996 Biak earthquake |
2022-09-13 |
|
4,368 |
364.0 |
... that the 8.2 Mw
Biak earthquake of 1996 triggered disproportionately large tsunamis relative to its magnitude?
|
Golden logistics triangle |
2022-09-03 |
|
4,248 |
354.0 |
... that the
Office for National Statistics defines a
golden logistics triangle in the English Midlands that lies within four hours driving distance of 90% of the British population?
|
Siege of Wark (1138) |
2022-09-09 |
|
4,122 |
343.5 |
... that despite a truce, the
siege of Wark continued?
|
Chengalloor Ranganathan |
2022-09-03 |
|
4,120 |
343.4 |
... that the
tallest captive elephant in Asia has been commemorated in
verse,
sculpture and
film?
|
CLODO |
2022-09-02 |
|
4,116 |
343.0 |
... that
CLODO's initialism is also a French slang term for 'bum' or 'homeless'?
|
Bronco Charlie Miller |
2022-09-08 |
|
4,074 |
339.5 |
... that elderly showman
Bronco Charlie Miller would light matches, held in the mouths of Boy Scouts, using a 20-ft bull whip?
|
Tetris Classic |
2022-09-12 |
|
4,073 |
339.4 |
... that the illustrations in the 1992 video game
Tetris Classic are based on scenes from
Alexander Pushkin's poem
Ruslan and Ludmila?
|
Spotlight (Xiao Zhan song) |
2022-09-08 |
|
4,020 |
335.0 |
... that "
Spotlight", the best-selling digital single in Chinese music history, saw its
Douban rating drop from 10.0 to 3.2 less than two days after its release?
|
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin |
2022-09-17 |
|
7,996 |
333.2 |
... that when
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is completed, it is expected to contain approximately 30,000 writings in 47 volumes?
|
Liberia–United Kingdom relations |
2022-09-01 |
|
3,980 |
331.7 |
... that neighboring British Sierra Leone and Liberia disputed their border, and the
British Empire seized the disputed territory in 1885?
|
Shaw Farm, Windsor |
2022-09-19 |
|
7,944 |
331.0 |
... that today's funeral procession of Elizabeth II to
Windsor Castle started at the gate to
Shaw Farm?
|
The Century (apartment building) |
2022-09-09 |
|
3,958 |
329.9 |
... that a conversion plan led to the "Battle of
the Century"?
|
Tobia Nicotra |
2022-09-05 |
|
3,934 |
327.9 |
... that prolific Italian forger
Tobia Nicotra once toured the United States impersonating conductor
Riccardo Drigo, who had died two years earlier?
|
Sean Barber |
2022-09-01 |
|
3,923 |
326.9 |
... that getting bitten by an eel led
Sean Barber to become an
umpire?
|
Harry Lipsig |
2022-09-03 |
|
3,908 |
325.6 |
... that "King of Torts"
Harry Lipsig persuaded a jury that a man had been scared to death by a car?
|
Sa'd ibn Junaydil |
2022-09-12 |
|
3,898 |
324.8 |
... that Saudi Arabian historian
Sa'd ibn Junaydil took high school graduation exams with his students, as he had yet to obtain a high school diploma?
|
Me and the Spitter |
2022-09-16 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/GaylordPerryFlickr.jpg/100px-GaylordPerryFlickr.jpg) |
7,756 |
323.1 |
... that
Gaylord Perry (pictured) admitted that he had
cheated in baseball in his autobiography
Me and the Spitter?
|
Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats |
2022-09-25 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/%EA%B3%A0%EC%B0%BD%EA%B0%AF%EB%B2%8C.jpg/100px-%EA%B3%A0%EC%B0%BD%EA%B0%AF%EB%B2%8C.jpg) |
7,750 |
322.9 |
... that
Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (pictured), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an important migration stopover for the critically endangered
spoon-billed sandpiper?
|
John Davies Bryan
|
2022-09-22
|
|
4,484
|
186.9
|
... that the shop in Cairo designed by
Robert Williams for the
Davies Bryan Company became a site of "pilgrimage for all Welsh travellers" to Egypt?
|
Robert Williams (architect)
|
3,235
|
134.8
|
Total |
7,720 |
321.6
|
Mildred Newman |
2022-09-13 |
|
3,828 |
319.0 |
... that American psychologist
Mildred Newman and her husband treated so many celebrities that the two were known as "therapists of the stars"?
|
Dave Wasserman |
2022-09-02 |
|
3,822 |
318.5 |
... that an article by
Dave Wasserman two months before the
2016 U.S. presidential election correctly predicted that
Donald Trump would win despite losing the popular vote?
|
280 Broadway |
2022-09-03 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/A.T._Stewart_Dry_Goods_Sun_Building_280_Broadway.jpg/100px-A.T._Stewart_Dry_Goods_Sun_Building_280_Broadway.jpg) |
3,793 |
316.1 |
... that
280 Broadway (pictured), once called the "cradle of the department store", later hosted
The Sun newspaper and then the
New York City Department of Buildings?
|
2009 Maine Question 1 |
2022-09-22 |
|
7,532 |
313.8 |
... that in 2009, residents of Maine
voted to repeal a law that would have legalized same-sex marriage?
|
James O'Donnell (organist) |
2022-09-19 |
|
7,520 |
313.3 |
... that
Westminster Abbey's director of music
James O'Donnell, who is responsible for the singing at the
state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, is scheduled to become a professor at Yale University in 2023?
|
Keith Sheen |
2022-09-08 |
|
3,760 |
313.3 |
... that educationalist
Keith Sheen learned how to kill rats with a frying pan at his first job?
|
Zack Kelly |
2022-09-14 |
|
3,748 |
312.3 |
... that
Zack Kelly received a $500
signing bonus, lost money in his first professional seasons, and was released by two organizations before he made his
Major League Baseball debut?
|
State visit by Elizabeth II to Spain |
2022-09-19 |
|
7,434 |
309.7 |
... that in 1988, Elizabeth II became the
first British monarch to make an official visit to Spain?
|
Mihi Edwards |
2022-09-03 |
|
3,710 |
309.2 |
... that
Mihi Edwards did not use her own name as a young woman because of discrimination against
Māori people in New Zealand?
|
Quest (game) |
2022-09-04 |
|
3,678 |
306.5 |
... that players of the fantasy
play-by-mail game
Quest once voted on the game's "most useless item"?
|
Citizen Sleeper |
2022-09-10 |
|
3,598 |
299.8 |
... that the developer of
Citizen Sleeper was inspired by the feeling of people coming together and their own experiences as a
non-binary person struggling to make ends meet through the
gig economy?
|
Emma Dean Powell |
2022-09-03 |
|
3,582 |
298.5 |
... that
Emma Dean Powell received a pass from General
Ulysses S. Grant to accompany
her husband to battlefield camps during the
American Civil War after he lost his arm?
|
1972 Turkish Airlines Adana crash |
2022-09-30 |
|
6,377 |
298.0 |
... that a
Turkish Airlines aircraft that
crashed in 1972 had been due to carry Turkish prime minister
Nihat Erim later that day?
|
Eva Duldig |
2022-09-11 |
|
3,574 |
297.8 |
... that
Eva Duldig, who was interned by Australia during the Second World War, later represented the country at the
Wimbledon Championships?
|
The 30th
|
2022-09-16
|
|
4,914
|
204.8
|
... that
Billie Eilish released
two songs in July 2022,
one of which was about a loved one's car accident?
|
Guitar Songs
|
2,218
|
92.4
|
Total |
7,132 |
297.1
|
Tom Dorrien-Smith |
2022-09-14 |
|
3,556 |
296.3 |
... that whilst serving in the
Royal Navy during World War II,
Tom Dorrien-Smith, a former leaseholder of
Tresco, was involved in the
sinking of the Bismarck?
|
Riddick Parker |
2022-09-12 |
|
3,552 |
296.0 |
... that
Riddick Parker increased his weight by 26 pounds (12 kg) because he was regarded as "small" for a
defensive end, at 274 pounds (124 kg)?
|
Lim Kok Wing |
2022-09-20 |
|
7,080 |
295.0 |
... that Malaysian businessman
Lim Kok Wing was depicted as "King of Africa"?
|
Yesenia Yarhui |
2022-09-04 |
|
3,524 |
293.7 |
... that
Yesenia Yarhui, the youngest parliamentarian in Bolivian history, was sworn into the
Chamber of Deputies at just 19 years old?
|
East Somerville station |
2022-09-06 |
|
3,519 |
293.2 |
... that
East Somerville station is planned to open more than 95 years after its predecessor closed?
|
Abraham Lincoln Davis |
2022-09-18 |
|
7,024 |
292.6 |
... that
Abraham Lincoln Davis cofounded the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference with
Martin Luther King Jr., serving as his vice president?
|
Subgroup distortion |
2022-09-26 |
|
6,972 |
290.5 |
... that
subgroup distortion theory, introduced by
Misha Gromov in 1993, can help encode text?
|
E. Virgil Neal |
2022-09-11 |
|
3,446 |
287.2 |
... that
E. Virgil Neal was a teacher, stage hypnotist, fraudster and finally a wealthy cosmetics manufacturer?
|
Leverton & Sons |
2022-09-19 |
|
6,839 |
285.0 |
... that
Leverton & Sons were given the coffin of Elizabeth II when they were appointed
funeral directors to the Royal Household in 1991?
|
Zita Moulton |
2022-09-20 |
|
6,764 |
281.8 |
... that actress
Zita Moulton first starred in theatre performances after a bet with her fiancé that she would be able to get a stage job within 24 hours?
|
Fitchburg Cutoff |
2022-09-22 |
|
6,763 |
281.8 |
... that
Pedro II of Brazil examined the signal system on the
Fitchburg Cutoff?
|
Khayyam satellite |
2022-09-03 |
|
3,375 |
281.2 |
... that Russia launched an
Iranian satellite into orbit just three weeks after Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei vowed to cooperate against the West?
|
4th Time Around |
2022-09-05 |
|
3,352 |
279.3 |
... that
Bob Dylan's "
4th Time Around" has been interpreted as a parody of
the Beatles' song "
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"?
|
The Story of Mr Sommer |
2022-09-04 |
|
3,340 |
278.4 |
... that
The Story of Mr Sommer, a 1991 novella by
Patrick Süskind with illustrations by
Sempé, has been described as "a children's tale for adults"?
|
Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation |
2022-09-03 |
|
3,324 |
277.0 |
... that Sacco Saito, who arranged and performed the theme song for
Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation, was not told the content of the game until after the song had been recorded?
|
Franklin Flores |
2022-09-21 |
|
6,642 |
276.8 |
... that according to one sociologist,
Franklin Flores's landslide victory demonstrated
his party's ability to win the rural vote "regardless of the candidates nominated"?
|
The Last of Us Part I |
2022-09-28 |
|
6,642
[f] |
276.7 |
... that
The Last of Us Part I features three accessibility presets for those requiring hearing, motor, or visual aids?
|
Euclidean minimum spanning tree |
2022-09-25 |
|
6,504 |
271.0 |
... that physical applications of
Euclidean minimum spanning trees range in scale from the particles in
bubble chambers to the
dark matter halos of galaxies?
|
Madera Sugar Pine Company |
2022-09-02 |
|
3,240 |
270.0 |
... that a
Chinatown in the logging community of
Sugar Pine was intentionally burned down by the
Madera Sugar Pine Company in 1922?
|
Joseph Longworth |
2022-09-02 |
|
3,226 |
268.8 |
... that while
Joseph Longworth thought that he would be remembered only as "the son of
his father and the father of
his son", there is today a wing of the
Cincinnati Art Museum named for him?
|
Rubicon (protein) |
2022-09-01 |
|
3,216 |
268.0 |
... that the genetic deletion of the protein
Rubicon increases the lifespan of roundworms and female fruit flies?
|
Theodore Silverstein |
2022-09-03 |
|
3,212 |
267.7 |
... that medieval literature scholar
Theodore Silverstein's unit in World War II took over the
Eiffel Tower to intercept communications of German aircraft?
|
Sesame allergy |
2022-09-18 |
|
6,314 |
263.1 |
... that because of the increasing prevalence of
sesame allergy, the U.S. will join the EU and Canada in 2023 in instituting mandatory food labeling?
|
Pinwill sisters |
2022-09-01 |
|
3,152 |
262.6 |
... that the woodcarver Violet Pinwill of the
Pinwill sisters was still working on a life-size figure of Saint Peter days before her death in 1957, aged 82?
|
Hamad al-Hajji |
2022-09-27 |
|
6,258 |
260.7 |
... that Saudi Arabian poet
Hamad al-Hajji lost three members of his family during his childhood and later suffered from
schizophrenia until he died at the age of 49 after a lung disease?
|
Zdravko Ponoš |
2022-09-06 |
|
3,120 |
260.0 |
... that
Chief of the General Staff
Zdravko Ponoš began military cooperation between Serbia and
Ohio?
|
Bill Renwick |
2022-09-17 |
|
6,158 |
256.6 |
... that when
Bill Renwick was asked to review a neo-Nazi case at the
University of Waikato it was meant to take three weeks, but instead took nearly two years?
|
Peachtree Arcade |
2022-09-06 |
|
3,076 |
256.3 |
... that
Peachtree Arcade, a
shopping arcade in the U.S. state of Georgia, was conceived after a local businessman visited the
Cleveland Arcade?
|
Hong Taechawanit |
2022-09-16 |
|
6,146 |
256.1 |
... that "gambling lord"
Hong Taechawanit's mansion in Thailand became a police station?
|
Serious Sam: Tormental |
2022-09-14 |
|
3,064 |
255.3 |
... that the video game
Serious Sam: Tormental was originally inspired by
Geometry Wars?
|
Michelle O'Bonsawin |
2022-09-05 |
|
3,048 |
254.0 |
... that
Michelle O'Bonsawin is the first
Indigenous person appointed to the
Supreme Court of Canada?
|
Imperial Bedroom |
2022-09-15 |
|
6,022 |
250.9 |
... that
Robert Downey Jr. declared
Elvis Costello's
Imperial Bedroom his favorite album in a 2005 article for
Uncut magazine?
|
Shady Rest Golf and Country Club |
2022-09-07 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Shady_Rest_Clubhouse%2C_Scotch_Plains%2C_NJ.jpg/100px-Shady_Rest_Clubhouse%2C_Scotch_Plains%2C_NJ.jpg) |
2,997 |
249.8 |
... that the
Shady Rest Golf and Country Club (pictured) was the home of
John Shippen, the first
African American to compete in the
U.S. Open?
|
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption (Lancaster, Ohio) |
2022-09-24 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Saint_Mary_of_the_Assumption_Church_%28Lancaster%2C_Ohio%29_-_exterior.jpg/71px-Saint_Mary_of_the_Assumption_Church_%28Lancaster%2C_Ohio%29_-_exterior.jpg) |
5,922 |
246.8 |
... that after the
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption (pictured) was named a minor basilica by
Pope Francis in 2022, this was announced on the vigil of the
Assumption of Mary?
|
Gemma Frizelle |
2022-09-06 |
|
2,944 |
245.3 |
... that
rhythmic gymnast
Gemma Frizelle won a gold medal at the
2022 Commonwealth Games performing to her mother's favourite song?
|
Chip Fletcher |
2022-09-26 |
|
5,886 |
245.2 |
... that according to climate scientist
Chip Fletcher, "our communities are scaled and built for a climate that no longer exists"?
|
Platigliole Glacier |
2022-09-08 |
|
2,942 |
245.1 |
... that the melting of the
Platigliole Glacier in Italy has revealed artefacts of the
White War, including clothing and hay more than 100 years old?
|
Creekfinding |
2022-09-01 |
|
2,937 |
244.8 |
... that
Creekfinding was inspired by epidemiologist
Michael Osterholm's efforts to restore a creek that had been diverted decades earlier?
|
Ned Dobbs |
2022-09-27 |
|
5,827 |
242.8 |
... that
a civil servant sued
his own minister for libel?
|
WLMA (South Carolina) |
2022-09-06 |
|
2,896 |
241.4 |
... that U.S. regulators determined that
a South Carolina radio station broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years?
|
Archbishop William Henry Elder |
2022-09-12 |
|
2,856 |
238.0 |
... that artist
Thomas Eakins remarked "I think you've got a heap of impudence" upon receiving the
Temple Gold Medal for his portrait
Archbishop William Henry Elder?
|
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles |
2022-09-10 |
|
2,841 |
236.8 |
... that
a 65-minute concert film starring
Billie Eilish was filmed all in one week?
|
Rob Sand |
2022-09-07 |
|
2,820 |
235.0 |
... that the
Iowa state auditor
Rob Sand modeled in Milan and Paris while he was in college?
|
Jim Nettles |
2022-09-26 |
|
5,606 |
233.6 |
... that
Jim Nettles followed
his older brother to
San Diego State University and the
Minnesota Twins, but preceded him in being diagnosed with prostate cancer?
|
Eileen Ramsay (photographer) |
2022-09-22 |
|
5,593 |
233.0 |
... that yachting photographer
Eileen Ramsay damaged many
Rolleiflex cameras by attempting to take photos at water level?
|
Mark Littell |
2022-09-18 |
|
5,575 |
232.3 |
... that baseball player
Mark Littell developed an anatomically correct
athletic cup called the "Nutty Buddy"?
|
Dirge
|
2022-09-07
|
|
1,812
|
151.0
|
... that the word "
dirge" for funeral hymns can be traced to
primer prayer books?
|
Primer (prayer book)
|
971
|
80.9
|
Total |
2,783 |
231.9
|
Woody Jackson |
2022-09-05 |
|
2,781 |
231.8 |
... that while experimenting for the
music of Red Dead Redemption,
Woody Jackson recorded the heartbeat of his unborn daughter on his
iPhone?
|
Mehmet Şerif Fırat |
2022-09-07 |
|
2,778 |
231.5 |
... that after
Mehmet Şerif Fırat helped the Turkish military defeat the
Sheikh Said rebellion, he was internally exiled with relatives of the leaders of the rebellion?
|
270 Park Avenue (1960–2021) |
2022-09-25 |
|
5,502 |
229.2 |
... that
Union Carbide bought
270 Park Avenue in 1976 while moving out of the building?
|
The Random Years |
2022-09-24 |
|
5,477 |
228.2 |
... that
The Random Years includes a version of
strip poker played to
Antiques Roadshow?
|
Patrick Degorce |
2022-09-02 |
|
2,730 |
227.5 |
... that hedge fund manager
Patrick Degorce was an early investor in
Moderna, with the hope that they could find a cure for his wife's stage-IV lung cancer?
|
Absolutely Sweet Marie |
2022-09-27 |
|
5,450 |
227.1 |
... that
Bob Dylan's "
Absolutely Sweet Marie" was misspelled on several international releases of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2?
|
KPXG-TV |
2022-09-04 |
|
2,702 |
225.2 |
... that
KECH 22 was associated with two simultaneous bankruptcy proceedings?
|
Gilman Square station |
2022-09-13 |
|
2,684 |
223.7 |
... that a lion's head was preserved during construction of
Gilman Square station?
|
Dolmelynllyn Estate |
2022-09-09 |
|
2,678 |
223.2 |
... that politician
William Madocks built a privy in the shape of "an old broken tower" on his
Dolmelynllyn Estate in Wales?
|
Welbore Ellis Agar |
2022-09-02 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Workshop_of_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_David_Meeting_Abigail_-_73.PA.68_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg/100px-Workshop_of_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_David_Meeting_Abigail_-_73.PA.68_-_J._Paul_Getty_Museum.jpg) |
2,664 |
222.0 |
... that an auction of the art collection of
Welbore Ellis Agar was abandoned when all of it, including works by
Velazquez,
Poussin,
Lorrain,
Murillo, and
Rubens (example pictured) was bought by
Earl Grosvenor?
|
Parker Goins
|
2022-09-06
|
|
1,396
|
116.3
|
... that
Parker Goins and
Taylor Malham have played high school, club, college, and professional soccer together?
|
Taylor Malham
|
1,261
|
105.1
|
Total |
2,657 |
221.4
|
Brizlincote |
2022-09-09 |
|
2,647 |
220.6 |
... that
Brizlincote in
Burton upon Trent, England, was formerly known as "Little Switzerland" for its charm and recreational use by locals?
|
Illegal operation |
2022-09-22 |
|
5,236 |
218.2 |
... that "
illegal operation" was a common euphemism for
abortion in early-20th-century North American newspapers?
|
Public services in Brighton and Hove |
2022-09-13 |
|
2,617 |
218.1 |
... that
local regulation and law enforcement in Brighton's early history was carried out by the Society of Twelve, a beadle "in cocked hat and full regalia", and two "Old Charlies"?
|
Liu Yunbin |
2022-09-17 |
|
5,223 |
217.6 |
... that
Liu Yunbin, the son of
the second president of the People's Republic of China, was a graduate in radiochemistry and contributed to the development of
China's first atomic bomb?
|
Shoshin |
2022-09-29 |
|
4,212 |
217.1 |
... that
shoshin is a
Zen Buddhist term that means having a "beginner's mind"?
|
Matti Lehtinen |
2022-09-07 |
|
2,582 |
215.2 |
... that
Matti Lehtinen, a
baritone of the
Finnish National Opera and professor of singing at the
Sibelius Academy, was the voice of God at age 93?
|
Helen Potrebenko |
2022-09-20 |
|
5,154 |
214.8 |
... that according to Modern Times, a San Francisco–based bookstore collective, if there was only one book that you read in 1975 it had to be Canadian author and activist
Helen Potrebenko's Taxi!?
|
Port of Tanjung Kalian |
2022-09-26 |
|
5,136 |
214.0 |
... that the current lighthouse at the
Port of Tanjung Kalian was built by a Dutch company in 1862 based on a British design?
|
Alpha (Shenseea album) |
2022-09-08 |
|
2,563 |
213.6 |
... that
Shenseea almost named
Alpha after her dead mother?
|
Extensa |
2022-09-07 |
|
2,554 |
212.8 |
... that the Polish science fiction novel
Extensa marked the growing recognition of its writer,
Jacek Dukaj, in Poland?
|
Reptilia (manga) |
2022-09-30 |
|
4,523 |
211.4 |
... that the manga series
Reptilia was inspired in part by a story from
Japanese folklore about a woman who is transformed into a snake, told to author
Kazuo Umezu as a child?
|
Tom Alberg |
2022-09-10 |
|
2,534 |
211.1 |
... that Seattle-based
Tom Alberg, one of the earliest investors in
Amazon, was convinced of the company's promise when he could not find a book by
Peter Drucker in his local bookstore?
|
George F. Kosco |
2022-09-18 |
|
5,063 |
211.0 |
... that
George F. Kosco filmed the signing of the
Japanese surrender in
color?
|
Slapshot (song) |
2022-09-11 |
|
2,525 |
210.4 |
... that "
Slapshot", a 1995 rock song commissioned by the
New York Rangers, is widely considered to be the best
goal song in the
National Hockey League?
|
Bakmi GM |
2022-09-17 |
|
5,026 |
209.4 |
... that during the 1970s, future Indonesian president
Habibie would go to a
specific noodle shop every lunchtime?
|
Augustus Smith (politician) |
2022-09-12 |
|
2,512 |
209.4 |
... that after depopulating the island of
Samson,
Augustus Smith established a deer park there, only for the deer to escape to the neighbouring island of
Tresco?
|
Constance Fozzard |
2022-09-07 |
|
2,494 |
207.8 |
... that
Constance Fozzard was told during her surgical training that women with children could not become
consultants?
|
Joseph Henry Gest |
2022-09-14 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Joseph_Henry_Gest.jpg/83px-Joseph_Henry_Gest.jpg) |
2,480 |
206.6 |
... that for fifteen years
Joseph Henry Gest (pictured) was both the director of the
Cincinnati Art Museum and the president of the
Rookwood Pottery Company, spending mornings at one and afternoons at the other?
|
LARIAT (platform) |
2022-09-07 |
|
2,476 |
206.3 |
... that the
LARIAT platform simulates users on computer networks to be targeted for staged cyber attacks?
|
Ich lobe meinen Gott, der aus der Tiefe mich holt |
2022-09-01 |
|
2,468 |
205.7 |
... that members of a 250,000-strong crowd sang the refrain of the Christian hymn "
Ich lobe meinen Gott, der aus der Tiefe mich holt" during the 2015
Kirchentag?
|
Elden Ring |
2022-09-02 |
|
2,459
[g] |
204.9 |
... that the writer of
Elden Ring compared the game's mythology to using a
dungeon master's handbook in a
tabletop RPG?
|
Edwardine Ordinals
|
2022-09-13
|
|
1,536
|
128.0
|
... that despite two 16th-century books often being referred to as the
Edwardine Ordinals, the word "
ordinal" was not applied to them until the 17th century?
|
Ordinal (liturgy)
|
923
|
76.9
|
Total |
2,458 |
204.9
|
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building |
2022-09-10 |
|
2,455 |
204.6 |
... that, before there was a
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building,
William S. Harley and
Arthur Davidson built motorcycles in a shed?
|
Cauley Square |
2022-09-12 |
|
2,446 |
203.8 |
... that the man who built
Cauley Square originally used the village to ship his tomatoes?
|
Nate Fisher |
2022-09-05 |
|
2,380 |
198.3 |
... that before he made his
Major League Baseball debut,
Nate Fisher worked as a commercial lending analyst for the
First National Bank of Omaha?
|
Palu |
2022-09-08 |
|
2,368 |
197.3 |
... that the selection of
Palu as capital of Palu Regency led to protests from the nearby town of
Donggala, concerned they would lose out on economic development?
|
WGBO-DT |
2022-09-05 |
|
2,365 |
197.1 |
... that
Univision bought
a Chicago TV station that wasn't for sale?
|
WECT (New York) |
2022-09-08 |
|
2,364 |
197.0 |
... that
a TV station in New York state signed on just to carry the
1953 World Series, then went off the air and did not start scheduled programming for several weeks?
|
Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza |
2022-09-04 |
|
2,360 |
196.7 |
... that during meetings at the United Nations headquarters, the
United Nations Plaza Hotel was said to have more security than guests?
|
Daniel C. Darrow |
2022-09-03 |
|
2,346 |
195.5 |
... that the pediatrician
Daniel C. Darrow "was tolerant of students, but they were rather terrified of him"?
|
Eocene Okanagan Highlands |
2022-09-03 |
|
2,324 |
193.7 |
... that the
Eocene Okanagan Highlands span approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) through British Columbia and Washington?
|
Rodney Parker |
2022-09-08 |
|
2,316 |
193.0 |
... that eleven years after serving as a
Super Bowl
usher,
Rodney Parker came back to the game as a player?
|
Port of Tanjung Api-Api
|
2022-09-28
|
|
3,150
|
131.2
|
... that the development of the
Port of Tanjung Api-Api resulted in a bribery scandal implicating
the incumbent governor?
|
Syahrial Oesman
|
1,474
|
61.4
|
Total |
4,624 |
192.6
|
Chicago Radio |
2022-09-05 |
|
2,300 |
191.7 |
... that
Chicago Radio public address systems were used extensively by the pro-independence
Indian National Congress during the British Raj?
|
Prabhudas Gandhi |
2022-09-09 |
|
2,290 |
190.9 |
... that
Prabhudas Gandhi invented an innovative foot-driven
spinning wheel and named it "Magan Charkha" in memory of his uncle
Maganlal Gandhi?
|
Assumption of the Virgin (Palma Vecchio) |
2022-09-10 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/315_Palma_il_Vecchio_Assunzione_della_Vergine.jpg/71px-315_Palma_il_Vecchio_Assunzione_della_Vergine.jpg) |
2,260 |
188.3 |
... that the
Assumption of the Virgin (pictured) by
Palma Vecchio depicts the legend of the
Girdle of Thomas as part of the
Assumption of Mary?
|
Charley Frazier |
2022-09-13 |
|
2,259 |
188.2 |
... that
Charley Frazier played in the
American Football League even though he did not play
college football?
|
Arnett v. Kennedy |
2022-09-11 |
|
2,251 |
187.6 |
... that in
Arnett v. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court justice
William Rehnquist said public employees must accept "the bitter with the sweet" in their
due-process rights when contesting dismissal?
|
Brian McMahon (New Zealand Army officer) |
2022-09-04 |
|
2,242 |
186.8 |
... that medical doctor
Brian McMahon was named "
ANZAC of the Year" in 2011?
|
KTVH-DT |
2022-09-02 |
|
2,240 |
186.6 |
... that
the owner of
a Montana TV station changed the name of his company because he was asked why his license plate read "
SUNBELT"?
|
Curriculum for Wales (2022–present) |
2022-09-29 |
|
3,618 |
186.5 |
... that the
new curriculum in Wales allows schools to set their own
curricula?
|
Ted Decker |
2022-09-11 |
|
2,232 |
186.0 |
... that
Home Depot CEO
Ted Decker ran his own landscaping business in high school?
|
Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center |
2022-09-16 |
|
4,432 |
184.7 |
... that upon its completion, the
Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center had the largest sloped
green roof in the United States?
|
David Dexter |
2022-09-04 |
|
2,193 |
182.8 |
... that
David Dexter, who wrote the New Guinea volume in the series
Australia in the War of 1939–1945, was a
commando who served in East Timor and New Guinea?
|
Georgina Kennedy |
2022-09-02 |
|
2,193 |
182.8 |
... that
2022 Commonwealth Games women's
squash gold medallist
Georgina Kennedy was once a promising runner, ranked number one in England at the
1500 metres, before focusing on squash?
|
Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia |
2022-09-18 |
|
4,332 |
180.5 |
... that the
Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia organized
partisan units behind the front lines during the
Polish–Soviet War?
|
WAZS (AM) |
2022-09-29 |
|
3,496 |
180.2 |
... that an attempt to
jazz up
a South Carolina radio station did not get much response from listeners?
|
Jamie Proctor |
2022-09-30 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Proctor_Scissor_Goal_against_Sutton.jpg/100px-Proctor_Scissor_Goal_against_Sutton.jpg) |
3,816 |
178.3 |
... that
Jamie Proctor won
Port Vale's Goal of the Season award after scoring a scissor-kick volley (pictured) against
Sutton United?
|
Chestertown Armory |
2022-09-07 |
|
2,136 |
178.0 |
... that
Washington College is investigating the possibility of turning the
Chestertown Armory into a
bed and breakfast?
|
Frank Goadby |
2022-09-29 |
|
3,433 |
177.0 |
... that
Frank Goadby said that he served on 44
committees after his retirement from the British Army?
|
Douglas Chandor |
2022-09-19 |
|
4,220 |
175.8 |
... that in 1952,
Douglas Chandor painted the first portrait of Elizabeth II that she posed for following her accession?
|
BeoutQ |
2022-09-10 |
|
2,108 |
175.6 |
... that Saudi Arabian broadcaster
beoutQ
pirated and resold
beIN Sports programmes during the
Qatar diplomatic crisis?
|
Green Valley State Park |
2022-09-20 |
|
4,204 |
175.2 |
... that
Green Valley State Park in Iowa, which was dedicated exactly 69 years ago, had multiple species of fish added to its
artificial lake in 1974?
|
Speedy Mashilo |
2022-09-24 |
|
4,198 |
174.9 |
... that South African politician
Speedy Mashilo was kidnapped for seven hours?
|
Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit |
2022-09-14 |
|
2,098 |
174.9 |
... that construction of
Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit uncovered tracks from the
California Street Cable Railroad?
|
International Building (Rockefeller Center) |
2022-09-03 |
|
2,094 |
174.5 |
... that in 1933, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Italian wing of Rockefeller Center's
International Building was interrupted by a fascist chant led by an unemployed bricklayer?
|
This Census-Taker |
2022-09-28 |
|
4,170 |
173.8 |
... that
China Miéville's novella
This Census-Taker fluctuates between the first and third person to convey the trauma felt by the protagonist?
|
Cluedo (Australian game show) |
2022-09-13 |
|
2,078 |
173.2 |
... that audience members interrogated suspects in an
Australian Cluedo game show based on
the board game?
|
KCTY (Kansas City) |
2022-09-04 |
|
2,054 |
171.1 |
... that
a Kansas City TV station sold for $1 in 1953?
|
Assembly Rooms, Belfast
|
2022-09-03
|
|
1,268
|
105.6
|
... that the
Assembly Rooms in Belfast, which housed a branch of the
Belfast Banking Company for more than 100 years, were the venue for the court-martial of leaders of the
Irish Rebellion of 1798?
|
Belfast Banking Company
|
762
|
63.5
|
Total |
2,030 |
169.2
|
The Maiden in the Tower |
2022-09-23 |
|
4,045 |
168.5 |
... that
The Maiden in the Tower, the only opera by
Jean Sibelius, was withdrawn after only three performances with the intention to revise it, which never happened?
|
Benny Lefebvre |
2022-09-11 |
|
2,017 |
168.1 |
... that
Benny Lefebvre had three sons who signed professional
baseball contracts and four brothers who played
football?
|
Isabel Fernández |
2022-09-08 |
|
2,016 |
168.0 |
... that journalist
Isabel Fernández likened her experience as a correspondent during periods of intense civil unrest to "[being in] a lion's cage"?
|
Beth Nealson |
2022-09-05 |
|
1,998 |
166.5 |
... that the first woman mayor in
Metropolitan Toronto,
Beth Nealson, ran against
True Davidson in a 1966 mayoral race called the "Battle of the Belles"?
|
Linus Roth |
2022-09-14 |
|
1,984 |
165.4 |
... that
Linus Roth, who plays the 1703
Dancla Stradivarius violin, recorded all compositions by
Mieczysław Weinberg which feature a solo violin?
|
Judith Schiff |
2022-09-01 |
|
1,974 |
164.5 |
... that
Judith Schiff, as chief research archivist at the
Yale University Library, helped determine that skeletons exposed by a tree uprooted by
Hurricane Sandy dated to the 18th century?
|
Treat Me |
2022-09-12 |
|
1,970 |
164.2 |
... that
Chloe Bailey dances next to a leopard in the music video for her song "
Treat Me"?
|
Freddy Mamani |
2022-09-08 |
|
1,961 |
163.4 |
... that
Freddy Mamani was motivated to become a teacher in part to help his parents overcome their illiteracy?
|
WSNS-TV |
2022-09-07 |
|
1,946 |
162.2 |
... that
a Chicago TV station was expelled from the
National Association of Broadcasters by mistake?
|
Alnus parvifolia |
2022-09-04 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Alnus_parvifolia_03.jpg/58px-Alnus_parvifolia_03.jpg) |
1,946 |
162.2 |
... that damage patterns on
Alnus parvifolia fossil leaves (example pictured) were initially misidentified as flea beetle eggs?
|
Midwest Food Bank |
2022-09-05 |
|
1,940 |
161.7 |
... that a
two-year-old food bank contributed 150 semi-trucks of supplies to relief efforts for
Hurricane Katrina?
|
Cowbridge Girls School |
2022-09-26 |
|
3,873 |
161.4 |
... that
Cowbridge Girls School, built in 1896, was unusual for its time in providing a science laboratory for the students?
|
Melissa Clark-Reynolds |
2022-09-07 |
|
1,920 |
160.0 |
... that
Melissa Clark-Reynolds, who was awarded the Insignia of an Officer of the
New Zealand Order of Merit, developed the now-defunct virtual world
MiniMonos?
|
Frabjous Days: The Secret World of Godley & Creme 1967–1969 |
2022-09-02 |
|
1,910 |
159.1 |
... that before
Godley & Creme were one half of
10cc, they were
Frabjoy & the Runcible Spoon?
|
It's All About the Looks |
2022-09-06 |
|
1,892 |
157.7 |
... that a scene from the television adaptation of the manga
It's All About the Looks was filmed at the
Tokyo Girls Collection fashion show?
|
Furlong Flynn |
2022-09-02 |
|
1,880 |
156.7 |
... that after playing professional football,
Furlong Flynn became an aviation pioneer?
|
Frequent Express |
2022-09-17 |
|
3,734 |
155.6 |
... that women- and minority-owned businesses built the
Frequent Express high-capacity bus line in
Portland, Oregon?
|
Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James |
2022-09-10 |
|
1,788 |
149.0 |
... that
Manfred Mann's 1966 single "
Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James" was amongst the first songs to utilize the
Mellotron?
|
Geothermal energy in Turkey |
2022-09-13 |
|
1,785 |
148.8 |
... that the Romans enjoyed
balneotherapy from
geothermal energy in Turkey?
|
Complimentary election
|
2022-09-04
|
|
1,032
|
86.0
|
... that after the Swiss federal councilor
Josef Martin Knüsel lost a
complimentary election to the National Council in 1875, he resigned?
|
Josef Martin Knüsel
|
716
|
59.7
|
Total |
1,749 |
145.8
|
Reginald Hall (endocrinologist) |
2022-09-11 |
|
1,716 |
143.0 |
... that endocrinologist
Reginald Hall, who studied the
thyroid gland and its diseases, received a heart transplant in 1984?
|
Midnights |
2022-09-17 |
|
3,388
[h] |
141.2 |
... that
Taylor Swift announced her upcoming album,
Midnights, while accepting the 2022
Video of the Year award?
|
Nuri Ja'far |
2022-09-24 |
|
3,338 |
139.1 |
... that Iraqi psychologist
Nuri Ja'far, in his youth, was denied admission to the
College of Medicine University of Baghdad by
Harry Sinderson?
|
Alexander Marble |
2022-09-10 |
|
1,628 |
135.7 |
... that
Alexander Marble, an expert in diabetes, was described as one of "the giant trees among the diabetes
sequoias"?
|
Tala Bashmi |
2022-09-17 |
|
3,248 |
135.4 |
... that
Tala Bashmi played on the
Bahrain women's national football team for seven years before opening a restaurant in a
Manama hotel?
|
House of Awakened Culture |
2022-09-23 |
|
3,212 |
133.8 |
... that the
Suquamish tribe opened their community house, the
House of Awakened Culture, in 2009?
|
Rockstar Vancouver |
2022-09-24 |
|
3,139 |
130.8 |
... that
Rockstar Vancouver developed most of the "Beta 5" update for
Counter-Strike?
|
Naikilah Perusahaan Minang |
2022-09-02 |
|
1,557 |
129.8 |
... that
Naikilah Perusahaan Minang is the oldest operating
autobus company in Indonesia?
|
Wes Freed |
2022-09-23 |
|
3,042 |
126.7 |
... that
Wes Freed was the secretary of
Future Farmers of America before becoming the album cover artist for the
Drive-By Truckers?
|
Milt Wilcox |
2022-09-10 |
|
1,498 |
124.8 |
... that
Milt Wilcox, winning
pitcher of Game 3 of the
1984 World Series, credited "throwing
bowling balls" with rescuing his
Major League Baseball career?
|
Rafael Quispe |
2022-09-03 |
|
1,497 |
124.8 |
... that
Aymara legislator
Rafael Quispe's humorous style of political
activism led one Bolivian parliamentarian to describe him as the "
Chapulín Colorado" of the
Legislative Assembly?
|
Emory Collins |
2022-09-07 |
|
1,495 |
124.6 |
... that American racing driver
Emory Collins won the
International Motor Contest Association sprint car national championship in 1938, 1946, 1947, and 1948?
|
Rashtrapati Ashiana |
2022-09-20 |
|
2,966 |
123.6 |
... that besides
official retreats in Hyderabad and
in Shimla, the
president of India also has
one in Dehradun?
|
TreasuryDirect |
2022-09-30 |
|
2,634 |
123.1 |
... that
TreasuryDirect, a website for purchasing
US Treasury securities, originated in 1986 as a computerized service conducted over postal mail?
|
Moses Judah Hays |
2022-09-15 |
|
2,926 |
121.9 |
... that
Moses Judah Hays leased a block of buildings to the
Canadian Parliament after its seat was
burned down in 1849?
|
KUGS |
2022-09-25 |
|
2,918 |
121.6 |
... that the
radio station at Western Washington University interfered with telephone and television services in a campus dormitory?
|
7/11 (song) |
2022-09-30 |
|
2,576 |
120.4 |
... that the video for "
7/11" by
Beyoncé contains a cameo from her daughter
Blue Ivy?
|
Drummie Zeb |
2022-09-21 |
|
2,871 |
119.6 |
... that
Drummie Zeb was one of the last two original members of
Aswad still playing with the reggae group by 2006?
|
Louisa Shafia |
2022-09-10 |
|
1,426 |
118.9 |
... that a New York
pop-up restaurant opened by
Louisa Shafia served stews and rice dishes described in a review as a "Persian-tapas gateway into the ancient cuisine"?
|
Joseph-Alexandre Baile |
2022-09-09 |
|
1,424 |
118.6 |
... that
Joseph-Alexandre Baile argued against the separation of the parish of Notre-Dame in Montreal, declaring it to be against civil law?
|
Columbia Lectures in International Studies |
2022-09-15 |
|
2,826 |
117.8 |
... that
WNEW-TV Channel 5 used its early-morning
Columbia Lectures in International Studies to offset criticism of its prime-time schedule of crime show reruns?
|
Bangabandhu Memorial Museum |
2022-09-13 |
|
1,411 |
117.6 |
... that
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proclaimed the
independence of Bangladesh from
his residence in Dhaka before his arrest by the
Pakistan Army?
|
Gavin Thomas |
2022-09-05 |
|
1,407 |
117.2 |
... that rugby union
flanker
Gavin Thomas had his contract cancelled by the
Scarlets after he missed more than 26 weeks of the 2008–09 season due to a
ruptured Achilles tendon?
|
Empire Cinema, Blackpool |
2022-09-16 |
|
2,803 |
116.8 |
... that a job offer from the
Empire Cinema saved science fiction writer
John Russell Fearn from factory-based war work that "damned near killed [him]"?
|
Larry Herndon |
2022-09-11 |
|
1,372 |
114.3 |
... that
Larry Herndon hit a game-winning home run in the
1984 World Series and a playoff-clinching home run on the last day of the
1987 season?
|
KOLE |
2022-09-10 |
|
1,372 |
114.3 |
... that one DJ of
a Texas radio station challenged another to a cow-milking contest on the streets of the city?
|
1993 Bataan gubernatorial recall election |
2022-09-12 |
|
1,363 |
113.6 |
... that
Ding Roman defeated his cousin
Tet Garcia in the
1993 Bataan gubernatorial recall election?
|
Sheila Egoff |
2022-09-12 |
|
1,360 |
113.3 |
... that
Sheila Egoff, Canada's first professor of
children's literature, returned to her library work immediately after retirement?
|
1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game |
2022-09-27 |
|
2,698 |
112.4 |
... that the
California Golden Bears men's basketball team won the
1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game by a single point over West Virginia?
|
Surprise (song) |
2022-09-09 |
|
1,344 |
112.0 |
... that "
Surprise" by
Chloe Bailey was hand-picked by
Beyoncé?
|
Queen's Road East (song) |
2022-09-19 |
|
2,628 |
109.5 |
... that the 1991 song "
Queen's Road East" by
Lo Ta-yu describes Elizabeth II as "beautiful even when saying goodbye"?
|
Hamim Tohari |
2022-09-30 |
|
2,308 |
107.9 |
... that
Hamim Tohari, the current spokesperson of the Indonesian Army, was once removed from his post after being caught using a phone during a meeting with the commander-in-chief?
|
Bass Lake (Watauga County, North Carolina) |
2022-09-24 |
|
2,569 |
107.0 |
... that the slopes near
Bass Lake at
Flat Top Manor in North Carolina were covered with hundreds of apple trees?
|
Walter E. H. Cockle |
2022-09-07 |
|
1,263 |
105.2 |
... that papyrologist
Walter Cockle produced a new edition of a tragedy by Euripides based on fragments found in the
Oxyrhynchus Papyri?
|
Corky Palmer |
2022-09-10 |
|
1,238 |
103.2 |
... that
Corky Palmer coached the
Southern Miss Golden Eagles to their only
College World Series appearance in 2009?
|
Opera in Ukraine |
2022-09-05 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Illustration_from_Taras_Bulba.png/75px-Illustration_from_Taras_Bulba.png) |
1,238 |
103.2 |
... that in the history of
opera in Ukraine,
Mykola Lysenko's historical
Taras Bulba (title character pictured) was the first
grand opera, but not performed during his lifetime because he refused a performance in Russian?
|
1919 Copa del Rey Final |
2022-09-21 |
|
2,472 |
103.0 |
... that in the lead-up to the
1919 Copa del Rey Final between
FC Barcelona and
Arenas Club de Getxo, fans broke the fencing twice to watch the sold-out match?
|
Elise Reiman |
2022-09-30 |
|
2,172 |
101.5 |
... that
Elise Reiman, who taught children's classes at
George Balanchine's
School of American Ballet for four decades, was called "the bridge between generations"?
|
Kai Bumann |
2022-09-01 |
|
1,213 |
101.1 |
... that the German conductor
Kai Bumann was the music director of the
Warsaw Chamber Opera, and toured Japan with the company twice?
|
Eli N. Evans |
2022-09-08 |
|
1,212 |
101.0 |
... that
Eli N. Evans authored three books about the culture and history of Jews in the
American South?
|
Lukáš Vondráček |
2022-09-08 |
|
1,211 |
100.9 |
... that in 2016,
Lukáš Vondráček became the first Czech pianist to win the
Queen Elisabeth Competition?
|
Bhadun |
2022-09-27 |
|
2,348 |
97.9 |
... that television production companies working in
Bhadun, Bangladesh, can hire a local woman as an
extra for ৳500 (US$5.30) per day?
|
Happier Than Ever (song) |
2022-09-24 |
|
2,315 |
96.5 |
... that
Billie Eilish and
Finneas O'Connell wrote the melody for their four-time Grammy-nominated song "
Happier Than Ever" on an $80 guitar?
|
Nuffield Press |
2022-09-10 |
|
1,153 |
96.1 |
... that more than 1000 tons of paper were used every year printing car literature for the
British Motor Corporation by the in-house
Nuffield Press?
|
Danylo Matviienko |
2022-09-28 |
|
2,282 |
95.1 |
... that Ukrainian baritone
Danylo Matviienko, who holds a master's degree in mathematics, appeared as Demetrius in
Britten's opera
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the
Oper Frankfurt?
|
Congress Radio |
2022-09-11 |
|
1,135 |
94.6 |
... that the
Indian independence movement's underground
Congress Radio once submerged their equipment in the
Godavari River?
|
WEIB |
2022-09-05 |
|
1,127 |
93.9 |
... that the founder of
a Massachusetts radio station credited
Gayle King, then a local news anchor, for mentoring her to pursue a
broadcast license?
|
Earle M. Chiles |
2022-09-28 |
|
2,181 |
90.9 |
... that
Earle M. Chiles, a businessman and philanthropist from
Portland, Oregon, was also a senator of the board of
Ludwig Maximilian University in
Munich, Germany?
|
Spannungen |
2022-09-21 |
|
2,172 |
90.5 |
... that concerts of the
Spannungen festival of chamber music, founded by pianist
Lars Vogt in 1998, are played in a power plant?
|
The Stranger (Ingrid Andress song) |
2022-09-02 |
|
1,080 |
90.0 |
... that
Ingrid Andress said that she wished she had included a parrot which startled her in the music video for her single "
The Stranger"?
|
WMYD |
2022-09-15 |
|
2,150 |
89.6 |
... that
datacasting tests by
a Detroit TV station included a ceremonial broadcast of an early automobile patent from 1886?
|
Zodiac Suite |
2022-09-06 |
|
1,014 |
84.5 |
... that nine songs from
Mary Lou Williams's
Zodiac Suite were composed during a live radio improvisation?
|
Rockstar Dundee |
2022-09-16 |
|
2,014 |
83.9 |
... that
Ruffian Games co-developed
Kinect games to stay in business after the release of
Crackdown 2?
|
George Eisenbarth |
2022-09-13 |
|
954 |
79.5 |
... that
George Eisenbarth conducted
twin studies showing that if one twin had
type 1 diabetes, the other was also at risk of the disease?
|
William Heath Byford |
2022-09-01 |
|
900 |
75.0 |
... that
William Heath Byford performed the first
ovariotomy in
Chicago in 1860?
|
Artemy Vedel |
2022-09-09 |
|
891 |
74.2 |
... that the choral music of
Artemy Vedel, who is regarded as one of the Golden Three composers of 18th-century Ukrainian classical music, was censored but performed from handwritten copies?
|
Open Philanthropy (organization) |
2022-09-28 |
|
1,777 |
74.0 |
... that
Open Philanthropy has made grants to causes ranging from recession prevention to cancer vaccines for dogs?
|
Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt, SWV 36 |
2022-09-14 |
|
860 |
71.7 |
... that
Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt by
Heinrich Schütz, a 1619 setting of
Psalm 100 for
double choir, was performed at the
Proms at the
Royal Albert Hall in 1972?
|
Nine Sinatra Songs |
2022-09-12 |
|
855 |
71.2 |
... that
Twyla Tharp's ballet
Nine Sinatra Songs, to songs sung by
Frank Sinatra, features
ballroom dance-inspired choreography?
|
Pier Giorgio Morandi |
2022-09-09 |
|
824 |
68.6 |
... that
Pier Giorgio Morandi first played as the principal
oboist at
La Scala in Milan, and conducted a 2019 recorded production of Verdi's
Il trovatore at the
Verona Arena, directed by
Franco Zeffirelli?
|
Climate change in Madagascar |
2022-09-25 |
|
1,614 |
67.2 |
... that
lemur health is threatened by
climate change in Madagascar due to the spread of parasites with warmer temperatures?
|
James W. Lugenbeel |
2022-09-18 |
|
1,593 |
66.4 |
... that
James W. Lugenbeel's journal became the only known record of the proceedings of the
1847 Liberian Constitutional Convention?
|
Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra |
2022-09-14 |
|
788 |
65.7 |
... that the
Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1969 for members from all four
Swiss language regions, and meets twice a year for rehearsals and a tour program?
|
Narender Thapa |
2022-09-04 |
|
746 |
62.2 |
... that Indian footballer
Narender Thapa played for both of Calcutta's football clubs
Mohun Bagan and
Mohammedan Sporting at different times in his career?
|
M. V. Seetharamiah |
2022-09-25 |
|
1,488 |
62.0 |
... that Kannada-language author
M. V. Seetharamiah established that the
Rashtrakuta emperor
Nrupatunga did not write the classic
Kavirajamarga?
|
Aaron S. Watkin |
2022-09-10 |
|
686 |
57.2 |
... that
Aaron S. Watkin is scheduled to become the artistic director of the
English National Ballet three decades after he first danced there?
|
Francesco Lanzillotta |
2022-09-22 |
|
1,318 |
54.9 |
... that when
Francesco Lanzillotta conducted Dallapiccola's
Ulisse at
Oper Frankfurt in 2022, a reviewer noted that he "does not shy away from agglomerations of sound"?
|
Yuhanon Meletius |
2022-09-12 |
|
657 |
54.8 |
... that
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church bishop
Yuhanon Meletius said that Christian
Sangh Parivar sympathizers are "moving on a suicidal path"?
|
Iulia Maria Dan |
2022-09-02 |
|
415 |
34.6 |
... that the Romanian soprano
Iulia Maria Dan was Hamlet's Ophelia in the
Bregenz Festival's revival of Franco Faccio's revived opera
Amleto?
|