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Low 34.9 Women in Print Conference 147.7 Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen 34.9 Women in Print Conference
Median 218.9 Mesude Çağlayan 634.0 Hills Tower
Lupita Infante 		245.4 TU Delft Library
High 1,733.4 Rio de Flag 4,038.8 Chadwick Boseman 4,038.8 Chadwick Boseman

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Chadwick Boseman 2021-04-25 48,465 [a] 4,038.8 ... that Chadwick Boseman (pictured) was the seventh actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination?
Marcello Petacci 2021-04-27 33,022 2,751.8 ... that Marcello Petacci (pictured) was riddled with bullets after trying to escape execution by throwing himself into Lake Como?
Cthulhu for President 2021-04-01 24,954 2,079.5 ... that cosmic horror Cthulhu has run for President of the United States (2016 campaign pictured) in every election since 1996?
Viola Brand 2021-04-28 23,680 1,973.3 ... that German three-time artistic cycling World Championship runner-up Viola Brand (pictured) was invited to The Ellen DeGeneres Show, having previously watched the show to improve her English?
SS Birma 2021-04-15 22,516 1,876.4 ... that when SS Birma (pictured) responded to the sinking of the Titanic, RMS Carpathia told them to "shut up"?
Work No. 227: The lights going on and off 2021-04-07 22,337 1,861.4 ... that Martin Creed's installation Work No. 227: The lights going on and off (pictured) has been described as "the first truly great artwork of the twenty-first century"?
Flat-roofed pub 2021-04-05 20,905 1,742.1 ... that a saying in Britain states that one should "never drink in a flat-roofed pub" (example pictured)?
Rio de Flag 2021-04-01 20,800 1,733.4 ... that there has been a bottomless pit in East Flagstaff, Arizona, for more than 100 years?
XYYY syndrome 2021-04-12 18,632 1,552.7 ... that XYYY syndrome, a chromosome abnormality in which a man has two extra Y chromosomes, has only been recorded twelve times?
Armenian Genocide denial 2021-04-24 18,558 [b] 1,546.5 ... that Turkish schoolchildren are taught that the Armenian Genocide never happened and instead, Armenians committed genocide against Turks?
Hitler Nababan 2021-04-12 17,642 1,470.2 ... that Hitler Nababan was beaten by an angry mob after posting a meme to a WhatsApp group?
Zalgo text 2021-04-17 16,896 1,408.0 ... that the Lovecraftian Zalgo text (pictured) is a common aspect of "surreal memes"?
Ate my balls 2021-04-01 16,382 1,365.1 ... that Mr. Spock ate my balls?
State v. Linkhaw 2021-04-07 16,072 1,339.3 ... that in State v. Linkhaw, the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed the conviction of a man who sang so badly in church that a jury had found him guilty of "disturbing a religious congregation"?
Yellow Drawing Room 2021-04-01 16,058 1,338.2 ... that there are dragons in Buckingham Palace?
Eva Clarke 2021-04-08 15,472 1,289.4 ... that Anka Nathanová gave birth to Eva Clarke (both pictured) at the Mauthausen concentration camp shortly before its liberation in 1945?
Cake and Cunnilingus Day 2021-04-01 15,421 1,285.1 ... that 14 April is Cake and Cunnilingus Day?
Edward Mitchell Bannister 2021-04-29 15,096 1,258.0 ... that when Edward Mitchell Bannister won a first prize for painting at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, officials tried to rescind the award upon realizing he was African-American?
Negress head clock 2021-04-26 14,928 1,244.0 ... that the Negress head clock (pictured) can show the time in its eyes?
Assassination of Talat Pasha 2021-04-23 13,942 1,161.8 ... that the assassination of Talat Pasha to avenge the Armenian Genocide resulted in "one of the most spectacular trials of the twentieth century"?
Plunton Castle 2021-04-19 13,604 1,133.6 ... that Plunton Castle, although well defended by gun loops, a ditch and a 9-foot (2.7 m) wall, had a very rare security flaw in the arrangement of its ground-floor rooms?
Kominato Station 2021-04-16 13,307 1,108.9 ... that trees keep the trains (pictured) running at Kominato Station?
The Dream of Ossian 2021-04-28 13,238 1,103.2 ... that The Dream of Ossian (pictured) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was painted in 1813 for Napoleon's bedroom?
Harry Styles 2021-04-02 12,978 [c] 1,081.5 ... that Harry Styles (pictured), who is known for his flamboyant fashion, was voted the Most Stylish Man of the Year by GQ in 2020?
United States v. One Solid Gold Object in Form of a Rooster 2021-04-01 12,962 1,080.1 ... that the United States once sued a golden cock but cried fowl when the cock won?
330 West 42nd Street 2021-04-29 12,941 1,078.4 ... that James H. McGraw Jr., who selected the blue-green facade panels for 330 West 42nd Street (pictured), was said to be "appalled" at the color of the building?
Napoleon Bonaparte (police officer) 2021-04-01 12,815 1,067.9 ... that Napoleon Bonaparte once acted as the main character in a soap opera and once fell from a Harley Davidson motorbike?
Gordodon 2021-04-24 12,434 1,036.2 ... that the only known fossil of Gordodon (pictured) had its skull accidentally sawed in half while it was being excavated?
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in conversation with Kenneth Harris 2021-04-18 11,778 981.5 ... that when he was younger, the Duke of Windsor (pictured) wanted to be an "up-to-date" king?
Émilie Tillion 2021-04-07 11,753 979.4 ... that the Nazis at Ravensbrück killed French Resistance fighter Émilie Tillion by gas chamber for having white hair?
Tornado Over Kansas 2021-04-21 11,727 977.2 ... that the painting Tornado Over Kansas by John Steuart Curry was possibly inspired by photographs of a June 2, 1929, tornado (pictured) in Hardtner, Kansas?
Cookhouse 2021-04-06 11,559 963.2 ... that their cookhouse (example pictured) was as important to loggers as their bunkhouse or tool shed?
Blickling Park mausoleum 2021-04-27 11,492 957.7 ... that John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, is entombed in a pyramid in Norfolk, England (pictured)?
Romano Floriani Mussolini 2021-04-01 11,378 948.2 ... that Mussolini is not interested in politics?
Fred F. French Building 2021-04-14 11,218 934.8 ... that the Fred F. French Building has been described as the "only Mesopotamian skyscraper" in New York City?
FuncoLand 2021-04-20 10,728 894.0 ... that a suspicious neighbor of FuncoLand founder David Pomije called the police to investigate the large number of teenagers and young adults visiting his house?
Allochronic speciation 2021-04-01 10,650 887.5 ... that having sex at different times may produce new species?
Elizabeth Sander 2021-04-02 10,573 881.1 ... that Sister Elizabeth Sander, who was imprisoned for carrying "lewd books", escaped twice?
White House horseshoe pit 2021-04-01 10,491 874.2 ... that President George H. W. Bush was King of the Pit?
Statue of Laxmi-Narayan 2021-04-17 10,000 833.3 ... that the historic Statue of Laxmi-Narayan (pictured) was on display in the Dallas Museum of Art for 37 years despite having been stolen?
Gorbachev Pizza Hut commercial 2021-04-03 9,816 818.0 ... that former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut commercial in 1997?
Gabriel Turville-Petre 2021-04-16 9,712 809.3 ... that Myth and Religion of the North by Gabriel Turville-Petre (pictured) has been described as the best work on Norse mythology in English?
Söderala vane 2021-04-06 9,627 802.2 ... that although used as the weather vane of a church, the Söderala vane (pictured) was probably originally made for a Viking ship?
John William Bean 2021-04-01 9,565 797.1 ... that Mr Bean attempted to kill the Queen with a tobacco-loaded gun?
Noreen Riols 2021-04-04 9,455 787.9 ... that British novelist Noreen Riols (pictured) trained agents who supported the French Resistance during World War II?
Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza 2021-04-15 9,392 782.7 ... that the towers of Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza (pictured) are inspired by sails and bougainvilleas?
Saint-Bélec slab 2021-04-29 9,390 782.5 ... that the early Bronze Age Saint-Bélec slab (pictured) is the oldest map to be found in Europe?
Concrete bus shelters in Canberra 2021-04-16 9,201 766.8 ... that concrete bus shelters in Canberra, Australia, now considered an icon of the city, were initially labelled as "lunatic" by a reporter for The Canberra Times?
Jeroboam Sacrificing to Idols 2021-04-08 9,168 764.0 ... that Fragonard won the Prix de Rome for painting Jeroboam Sacrificing to Idols (detail pictured) in 1752, when he was 20 years old?
Rosa M. Morris 2021-04-27 9,045 753.8 ... that when Rosa M. Morris scored 130 percent in her mathematics exams, a special case had to be made at graduation to avoid handicapping other students?
Chronographer 2021-04-13 8,984 748.6 ... that in 1846, Emma Willard represented all of human history in a graphic resembling an Ancient Greek temple?
Great Michigan Pizza Funeral 2021-04-01 8,724 727.0 ... that Michigan governor William Milliken gave the homily at a funeral for frozen cheese and mushroom pizzas?
Murder of Jenjira Ployangunsri 2021-04-05 8,580 715.0 ... that the Thai Supreme Court opinion concerning the murder of Jenjira Ployangunsri is often quoted on Valentine's Day?
Plandemic 2021-04-08 8,464 [d] 705.3 ... that Plandemic was criticized for its professional-style production?
Active Seismic Experiment 2021-04-13 8,442 703.5 ... that a number of live grenades remain on the moon as part of the Active Seismic Experiment, flown on Apollo 14 and Apollo 16?
Where Are You, Dear General? 2021-04-10 8,380 698.3 ... that the North Korean song " Where Are You, Dear General?" plays every morning at 6 a.m. through Pyongyang's loudspeakers?
Shinan ship 2021-04-18 8,242 686.8 ... that the Shinan shipwreck, the first major discovery of Korean maritime archaeology, has been described as possibly "the richest ancient shipwreck yet discovered"?
Sinking of the Spanish trawler Sonia 2021-04-19 8,100 675.0 ... that in 1984, a Spanish fishing trawler sank after being fired upon by the Irish patrol vessel Aisling?
Marion Miley 2021-04-12 8,060 671.7 ... that Marion Miley, a 1930s amateur golfer ranked second in the United States, was murdered at the age of 27?
Archimedean Excogitation 2021-04-04 7,977 664.8 ... that the rolling ball sculpture Archimedean Excogitation (pictured) has almost 30 moving or sound-producing components?
Psalm 115 2021-04-26 7,944 662.0 ... that verse 16 from Psalm 115 was quoted by John McConnell (pictured) as an inspiration to create Earth Day?
Chava Shapiro 2021-04-19 7,943 661.9 ... that Chava Shapiro (pictured) published the first feminist manifesto in Hebrew, lamenting the absence of women's voices in the language's literature?
Nathalie Lieven 2021-04-26 7,886 657.1 ... that Mrs Justice Lieven made an order for a pregnant woman with learning difficulties to have an abortion against her wishes, but it was overturned in the Court of Appeal?
Lupita Infante 2021-04-03 7,800 650.0 ... that singer-songwriter Lupita Infante (pictured) advocates for women's empowerment through her traditional norteño and ranchera music?
Margate Jetty 2021-04-13 7,760 646.6 ... that a drifting shipwreck stranded several dozen people on Margate Jetty in 1877?
United Airlines Flight 328 2021-04-22 7,748 645.6 ... that following an engine failure, United Airlines Flight 328 rained debris over Broomfield, Colorado?
Rocking the Boat 2021-04-30 7,434 619.5 ... that Rocking the Boat believes that kids are built by boats?
Hills Tower 2021-04-23 7,416 618.0 ... that Hills Tower (pictured) was built in three stages, around 1527, 1598, and 1721, each time by a different Edward Maxwell?
Harry F. Sinclair House 2021-04-11 7,411 617.6 ... that the "fairy-tale palace" Harry F. Sinclair House (pictured), once home to magnates Isaac D. Fletcher and Harry F. Sinclair, later contained the Ukrainian American Institute?
Khraniteli 2021-04-30 7,381 615.1 ... that the character Tom Bombadil, omitted by Peter Jackson in his later version, appears in a Russian film of The Lord of the Rings?
Vyatka Land 2021-04-28 7,364 613.6 ... that the history of Vyatka Land was said to be more obscure than that of any other Russian region?
Mary Lou Godbold 2021-04-05 7,282 606.8 ... that after Mary Lou Godbold announced her candidacy for the Mississippi Senate, all of the other candidates withdrew from the race?
Death and state funeral of George VI 2021-04-16 7,208 600.6 ... that coverage of the 1952 funeral of George VI may have led to the mass purchase of television sets in the United Kingdom?
Vril-Ya Bazaar and Fete 2021-04-20 7,174 597.8 ... that the Royal Albert Hall has called the 1891 Vril-Ya Bazaar and Fete (programme cover pictured) the world's first science fiction convention?
Battle of Milliken's Bend 2021-04-04 7,169 [e] 597.4 ... that the Battle of Milliken's Bend brought acceptance of African Americans as soldiers?
Vazelon Monastery 2021-04-12 7,126 593.8 ... that the Turkish government forced the last monks of Vazelon Monastery to leave in 1923, more than one thousand years after the monastery first opened?
Harry Daley 2021-04-26 7,106 592.2 ... that Harry Daley, who joined the Metropolitan Police in 1925, was the first openly gay British police officer?
Genderless fashion in Japan 2021-04-11 7,092 591.0 ... that genderless fashion in Japan was inspired by K-pop groups, visual kei, and 1980s–1990s American fashion?
Lovie Gore 2021-04-15 7,036 586.3 ... that Lovie Gore made multiple unsuccessful attempts to delay the desegregation of schools in Mississippi?
Operation Pluto 2021-04-10 5,456 454.6 ... that Captain John Fenwick Hutchings was in charge of Operation Pluto, the project to construct submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel during World War II?
John Fenwick Hutchings 1,532 127.7
Total 6,988 582.3
The Coming War With Japan 2021-04-05 6,913 576.1 ... that neither of the US-based authors of the 1991 book The Coming War With Japan had ever visited Japan when they wrote it?
Benjamin Kapelushnik 2021-04-16 6,792 566.0 ... that Benjamin Kapelushnik, also known as "Benjamin Kickz", sold sneakers at age 16 to celebrity clients such as DJ Khaled, Drake, Travis Scott, Floyd Mayweather and Kevin Hart?
Zheltuga Republic 2021-04-22 6,784 565.4 ... that for three years, an illegal gold-mining settlement on the Amur river went on to host high-class hotels, have public healthcare, and even have a casino?
Mihajlo Petrović (pilot) 2021-04-21 6,749 562.4 ... that Mihajlo Petrović was the second combat casualty in the history of military aviation?
Martensdale, California 2021-04-13 6,726 560.5 ... that the settling of Martensdale, California, went so badly that the town's namesake spent the rest of his life as a fugitive?
Liquid Death 2021-04-25 6,642 553.5 ... that the canned-water company Liquid Death released two albums with lyrics consisting of hate comments the company received online?
Negative pricing 2021-04-22 6,508 542.3 ... that prices can be negative?
Sabina Matos 2021-04-27 6,507 542.2 ... that Sabina Matos, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, did not speak English when she immigrated to the United States at age 20?
Fen 2021-04-22 6,331 527.6 ... that fens are fed by mineral-rich groundwater, while bogs are fed by mineral-poor precipitation?
Salmon chaos 2021-04-04 6,327 527.2 ... that people in Taiwan changed their legal names to something involving salmon in order to get free sushi?
Coffee sniffers 2021-04-11 6,277 523.1 ... that sniffing for coffee was once a highly paid job?
Fred H. Brown 2021-04-01 6,258 521.5 ... that Fred H. Brown (pictured) went from a bean eater to a bean counter?
Johnny Dickshot 2021-04-01 6,220 518.4 ... that Johnny Dickshot was captain of the All-Ugly team?
Do Not Split 2021-04-04 6,112 509.3 ... that after Do Not Split received an Oscar nomination, the Chinese government reportedly told local media to downplay the awards?
Schlosspark, Brühl 2021-04-10 6,111 509.2 ... that in the 1930s, the Baroque parterre of the Schlosspark (aerial view pictured) in Brühl, part of a World Heritage Site, was restored according to the original 1728 plans?
Saugatuck Chain Ferry 2021-04-19 6,091 507.6 ... that the Saugatuck Chain Ferry is believed to be the last operating hand-cranked chain ferry in the United States?
Gianluigi Colalucci 2021-04-16 6,011 500.9 ... that Gianluigi Colalucci is credited with restoring the "dazzling splendour" of both the Sistine Chapel ceiling and Michelangelo's The Last Judgment?
Edith Warner 2021-04-28 5,980 498.3 ... that tea room owner Edith Warner was convinced by Robert Oppenheimer to keep her restaurant open to serve the scientists working on the Manhattan Project, including Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi?
Lilia Tarawa 2021-04-25 5,906 492.2 ... that Lilia Tarawa escaped from the Gloriavale Christian Community after believing for years that leaving Gloriavale meant she would go to hell?
Windermere (submarine) 2021-04-12 5,894 491.2 ... that the tourist submarine Windermere operated for only two seasons on her namesake lake in Cumbria, England?
Aramburu Island 2021-04-11 5,845 487.1 ... that Aramburu Island is named after its creator, a Marin County supervisor who ordered it cut off from the mainland because he "did not think any homes should be built" there?
Sarah Cooper 2021-04-07 5,822 485.2 ... that after making videos on TikTok where she lip-synced Donald Trump, Sarah Cooper got a comedy special on Netflix and a TV show on CBS?
La Bonne Cuisine: Four Recipes for Voice and Piano 2021-04-05 5,816 484.6 ... that a 1947 song tells you how to cook rabbit at top speed?
1972 Wings Tour Bus 2021-04-11 5,770 480.8 ... that Paul McCartney's psychedelic 1972 Wings Tour Bus ended up in a garden in Tenerife before returning to the UK for restoration?
(Almost) Straight Outta Compton 2021-04-04 5,762 480.2 ... that an article headlined " (Almost) Straight Outta Compton" led to Prince Harry's communications secretary issuing a public statement denouncing "racist" and "sexist" commentary about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex?
Japan National Route 101 2021-04-07 5,756 479.7 ... that most of the coastal highway Japan National Route 101 (pictured) follows the path of a road originally established by the Tokugawa shogunate?
Bob's Your Uncle (YouTuber) 2021-04-08 5,734 477.8 ... that Bob's Your Uncle, a Hong Kong YouTuber, began cooking while he was an international student after he found the food from Chinese restaurants in London unappetising?
Triumph Tiger 900 (2020) 2021-04-08 5,674 472.9 ... that while the 2020 Triumph Tiger 900 shares a name with a previous model (the 1998 Tiger 900) and looks similar to its predecessor (the 2010 Tiger 800), it shares its design with neither?
Cooper station (Connecticut) 2021-04-17 5,644 470.3 ... that writer Mark Twain frequently used Cooper station to meet with a friend?
Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite 2021-04-12 5,618 468.2 ... that Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite (advertisement pictured) took place at midnight in Hawaii to match the prime time of its target audience in Asia and Oceania?
Singapore-on-Thames 2021-04-09 5,604 467.0 ... that some Brexit supporters have called for the UK to transform itself into a deregulated, low-tax " Singapore-on-Thames" to prosper outside of the EU?
Carlisle & Finch 2021-04-25 5,517 459.8 ... that Carlisle & Finch used carbon-arc technology in both toy trains (example pictured) and military searchlights?
945 Madison Avenue 2021-04-24 5,498 458.2 ... that the overall design of 945 Madison Avenue (pictured) has been likened to an inverted ziggurat?
Boxers NYC Washington Heights 2021-04-03 5,475 456.2 ... that people thought Boxers would gentrify Washington Heights?
Bathypolypus sponsalis 2021-04-30 5,472 456.0 ... that because the globose octopus Bathypolypus sponsalis lives at great depths, it has large eggs, reduced gills, and no ink sac?
Tacks Latimer 2021-04-14 5,449 454.1 ... that former baseball player Tacks Latimer was sentenced to life imprisonment for second-degree murder, but was pardoned for his heroism in stopping a prison break?
Alligator Rainwear 2021-04-01 5,356 446.4 ... that an Alligator in PVC made Mary Quant look wet?
Hastings station (MBTA) 2021-04-08 5,354 446.2 ... that Hastings station had neither platforms nor shelter for waiting passengers?
Vladimir Cvijan 2021-04-08 5,270 439.2 ... that the death of Serbian politician Vladimir Cvijan, which occurred in January 2018, was not publicly known until March 2021?
Catherine Maxwell Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair 2021-04-26 5,262 438.5 ... that The Much Honoured Catherine Maxwell Stuart, who lives in Scotland's oldest continuously-inhabited stately home, is the first female laird of Traquair?
Arvol Looking Horse 2021-04-02 5,238 436.5 ... that at the age of 12, the Lakota spiritual leader Arvol Looking Horse became the youngest ever Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and Bundle?
2020 Zagreb flash flood 2021-04-19 5,226 435.5 ... that during the 2020 Zagreb flash flood, residents broke into a dam control building to drain floodwaters from the city?
Gold ground 2021-04-30 5,173 431.1 ... that the use of a gold background (example pictured) has been prevalent for some types of art from Europe to Japan?
Seagram Building 2021-04-18 5,171 430.9 ... that a head was displayed in the Seagram Building's plaza in 1968?
Sister (2021 film) 2021-04-29 5,170 430.8 ... that Sister has sparked discussion about gender roles in China?
Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police 2021-04-09 5,169 430.8 ... that the UK Supreme Court told the Chief Constable that the West Yorkshire Police are not allowed to knock over old ladies?
Gera Demands 2021-04-06 5,159 429.9 ... that Erich Honecker demanded that West Germany violate its own constitution by recognising East German citizenship?
Demographic engineering 2021-04-09 5,158 429.9 ... that the late Ottoman Empire has been described as "the laboratory of demographic engineering in Europe"?
Luigi Fugazy 2021-04-19 5,153 429.4 ... that Luigi Fugazy was described as "perhaps the most eminent padrone in the United States"?
Diane Damiano 2021-04-10 5,142 428.5 ... that Diane Damiano (pictured), a biomedical scientist and physical therapist, helped create a robotic exoskeleton designed to aid children with cerebral palsy to learn how to walk?
Eugénie Brazier 2021-04-05 5,138 428.1 ... that Eugénie Brazier was the first chef to be awarded six Michelin stars?
Benedict J. Fernandez 2021-04-05 5,137 428.1 ... that photographer Benedict J. Fernandez was invited several times to the home of Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured), where he was able to see him "as a man, a father, a husband"?
Inkeri Anttila 2021-04-30 5,080 423.3 ... that Inkeri Anttila (pictured), Finland's first female minister of justice, was also the first woman in Finland to complete a doctorate in law?
Elena Lobsanova 2021-04-13 4,983 415.2 ... that ballerina Elena Lobsanova broke the "curse of Marie" at the National Ballet of Canada?
Truus Smulders-Beliën 2021-04-29 4,958 413.2 ... that Truus Smulders-Beliën, the first female mayor in the Netherlands, succeeded her husband after he was executed by Nazi soldiers?
Prides Crossing station 2021-04-02 4,950 412.5 ... that Prides Crossing station had separate benches for Democrats and Republicans?
Adolf Hitler (Calypso) 2021-04-01 4,929 410.8 ... that in 1941, a Trinidadian king was crowned with the assistance of Adolf Hitler?
Rhoda Birley 2021-04-30 4,912 409.3 ... that after Rhoda, Lady Birley, made fish stew with cognac for her roses, her daughter said that they "almost cried out with pleasure"?
The Abysmal Brute (film) 2021-04-14 4,884 407.0 ... that the 1923 film The Abysmal Brute (advertisement pictured) included comedic episodes that were not in the 1911 story by Jack London on which it was based?
Port Way 2021-04-06 4,878 406.5 ... that historians do not agree on how Port Way entered the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum?
The Sleepers (poem) 2021-04-21 4,788 399.0 ... that Walt Whitman's poem " The Sleepers" contains "one of the most powerful and evocative passages about slavery in American literature"?
Iceberg A-74 2021-04-04 4,780 398.4 ... that the February 2021 calving of Iceberg A-74 has provided the opportunity to study seafloor organisms that can survive 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the nearest daylight?
Friedreich's ataxia 2021-04-20 4,752 396.0 ... that Kristen Stewart played a young woman with Friedreich's ataxia in the 2007 film, The Cake Eaters?
How to Blow Up a Pipeline 2021-04-26 4,682 390.2 ... that nonviolence advocate Tim DeChristopher described How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm as "a humble and nuanced case" for sabotaging fossil fuel infrastructure?
Jewish cemetery of Salonica 2021-04-29 4,676 389.6 ... that many tombstones from the Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki were used by the city and the Greek Orthodox Church for construction projects?
The Annunciation (Tanner) 2021-04-03 4,648 387.3 ... that in his 1898 painting The Annunciation (pictured), Henry Ossawa Tanner uses a column of light to depict the angel Gabriel?
Hunterdon Art Museum 2021-04-19 3,070 255.8 ... that the Hunterdon Art Museum (pictured), located in a historic stone mill, was described as the "most charming and picturesque" museum in New Jersey?
Dunham's Mill 1,535 127.9
Total 4,604 383.7
Pimbahal Pond 2021-04-12 4,585 382.1 ... that according to Nepalese folklore, Pimbahal Pond was built by a demon?
Diana (Pop Smoke song) 2021-04-05 4,550 379.2 ... that rapper Pop Smoke recorded " Diana" the night before he was murdered?
Robert Fancourt 2021-04-09 4,502 375.2 ... that Robert Fancourt lost his ship to mutineers in 1797, then ran it aground in 1801?
Darrell Blocker 2021-04-14 4,471 372.6 ... that Darrell Blocker, "The Spy Whisperer", began playing live music in Senegal as part of his espionage duties?
Tom Griffiths (cognitive scientist) 2021-04-11 4,452 371.0 ... that a math mistake while fencing with longswords gave cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths a broken right wrist?
Astor Place station 2021-04-09 4,437 369.8 ... that the Astor Place station was flooded by a subterranean river after firefighters extinguished a blaze at a building above it?
400 Madison Avenue 2021-04-30 4,436 369.6 ... that upon its completion, 400 Madison Avenue in New York City was described as one of several buildings that comprised the "Grand Canyon of midtown business"?
Sunshine Protection Act 2021-04-14 4,418 368.2 ... that the Sunshine Protection Act would make daylight saving time in the United States become permanent?
Katja Meier 2021-04-27 4,374 364.5 ... that Katja Meier, the Saxon state minister of justice, was criticised for the anti-police lyrics of the punk band in which she played as a teenager?
Amia? hesperia 2021-04-27 4,360 363.3 ... that the extinct bowfin Amia? hesperia was likely a fish-eating hunter?
GURPS Steampunk 2021-04-16 4,300 358.4 ... that role-playing-game supplement GURPS Steampunk was the most detailed definition of the steampunk genre when it was published?
Raoul de Gaucourt 2021-04-22 4,270 355.8 ... that Raoul de Gaucourt, who fought at the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 and the siege of Harfleur in 1415, was described as "a medieval chivalric hero whom the modern world has forgotten"?
Spare Time (film) 2021-04-15 4,199 349.9 ... that Humphrey Jennings's 1939 film Spare Time showed an American audience how the British working classes spent their free time?
My Androgynous Boyfriend 2021-04-15 4,175 347.9 ... that an art gallery exhibit featuring My Androgynous Boyfriend took place at the Animate Girls Festival in 2019?
Chi Chi DeVayne 2021-04-29 4,172 [f] 347.7 ... that the BBC described Chi Chi DeVayne's lip sync to " And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" as "iconic in Drag Race history"?
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) 2021-04-18 4,147 [g] 345.6 ... that The Wolf of Wall Street set a Guinness world record for the most instances of swearing in a film, with the word "fuck" said a total of 569 times?
Unity Phelan 2021-04-12 4,116 343.0 ... that ballerina Unity Phelan danced in the films John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and I'm Thinking of Ending Things?
Joachim Philip 2021-04-15 4,106 342.2 ... that when Joachim Philip delivered an ultimatum to the British in Grenada during Fédon's rebellion, the militia had to restrain his sister, Susannah, who otherwise would have "torn him to pieces"?
John T. Newton 2021-04-30 4,093 341.1 ... that Captain John T. Newton commanded USS Missouri on the first crossing of the Atlantic by an American steam-powered warship, and was later court-martialed after an accidental fire sank the ship?
Florence Kimball 2021-04-27 4,068 339.0 ... that Leontyne Price described her relationship with voice teacher Florence Kimball as "the most important relationship of my life. Like sex it was pure chemistry"?
Flying Fathers 2021-04-24 4,066 338.8 ... that the original Flying Fathers ice hockey team consisted of player priests with a horse as a backup goaltender?
Vladimir K. Arseniev Museum of Far East History 2021-04-09 4,064 338.6 ... that at one point, the Consulate-General of Japan in Vladivostok was housed in what is now the Vladimir K. Arseniev Museum of Far East History (pictured)?
The Top 100 Drugs: Clinical Pharmacology and Practical Prescribing 2021-04-12 4,058 338.2 ... that The Top 100 Drugs can fit in a pocket?
Betty Jane Long 2021-04-11 4,055 337.9 ... that Betty Jane Long was Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives for less than a day?
Craig Hamilton-Parker 2021-04-04 4,034 336.2 ... that "prophet of doom" Craig Hamilton-Parker claims to have predicted Brexit and Trump?
How Not to Be a Boy 2021-04-09 4,008 334.0 ... that Robert Webb planned his first book to be about Top Gear and other topics of lad culture before it became How Not to Be a Boy, a memoir about masculinity?
Lorna Feijóo 2021-04-20 2,006 167.2 ... that Cuban ballerinas and sisters Lorena and Lorna Feijóo both moved to the U.S., and once split the roles of Black and White Swans in Swan Lake, which are usually danced by the same person?
Lorena Feijóo 1,996 166.3
Total 4,002 333.5
W. R. Granger 2021-04-23 3,994 332.8 ... that W. R. Granger's funeral was reported to be one of the largest ever known in Montreal?
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote 2021-04-16 3,986 332.2 ... that former U.S. president Bill Clinton made a guest appearance on a television reunion episode of The West Wing to encourage voter turnout in the 2020 United States elections?
Charles Scott Napier 2021-04-12 3,982 331.9 ... that Charles Scott Napier graduated from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1916, but could not be sent overseas until he turned nineteen in 1918?
2021 TAF AS532 crash 2021-04-02 2,430 202.5 ... that Lieutenant General Osman Erbaş was one of 11 Turkish military personnel killed in a 4 March 2021 helicopter crash?
Osman Erbaş 1,550 129.2
Total 3,980 331.7
Kirkcudbright Tolbooth 2021-04-20 3,946 328.9 ... that in 1805, Jean Maxwell was sentenced to be imprisoned for a year at Kirkcudbright Tolbooth for pretending to be a witch?
Moana (Disney character) 2021-04-22 3,939 328.2 ... that Auliʻi Cravalho (pictured) was the last person to audition for the role of the eponymous character in Moana and was ultimately cast for the role?
Pikrolimni (lake) 2021-04-15 3,936 328.0 ... that Pikrolimni is the only salt lake in Greece, mentioned by Plato and Pliny, and nowadays known for its therapeutic mud baths?
Kameron Michaels 2021-04-22 3,918 326.5 ... that Kameron Michaels has been described as a " lip sync assassin"?
I Hate Music: A cycle of Five Kid Songs for Soprano and Piano 2021-04-01 3,902 325.2 ... that Leonard Bernstein wrote " I hate music"?
ON TV (TV network) 2021-04-07 3,887 323.9 ... that within three years, American subscription television service ON TV went from boasting 725,000 subscribers in eight cities to being out of business?
Heavy ion fusion 2021-04-21 3,869 322.4 ... that although John Foster long ago described heavy ion fusion as "the conservative approach" to a working fusion reactor, no large-scale system has ever been built?
Colin Powell (economic advisor) 2021-04-17 3,803 316.9 ... that Colin Powell was regarded as the "architect of Jersey's finance industry"?
Brandon Kintzler 2021-04-22 3,769 314.1 ... that Brandon Kintzler (pictured) married his wife at a drive-through chapel in Las Vegas?
Guadalupe College 2021-04-09 3,765 313.8 ... that Guadalupe College president David Abner Jr. (pictured) declined lucrative positions at northern U.S. colleges so that he could continue "conducting a school for the colored youths of the south"?
Viral vector vaccine 2021-04-26 3,746 [h] 312.1 ... that viral vector vaccines currently in use include four COVID-19 vaccines and two Ebola vaccines?
Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority 2021-04-02 3,728 310.6 ... that only about a quarter of New York City's 472 subway stations had elevators in 2018, among the lowest accessibility rates of the world's major transit systems?
Juliet Nightingale 2021-04-28 3,662 305.2 ... that when Hollyoaks changed Juliet Nightingale's appearance for a storyline involving drugs, actress Niamh Blackshaw was glad to get rid of her character's side ponytail?
Montero (Call Me by Your Name) 2021-04-14 3,650 [i] 304.2 ... that in the music video for " Montero (Call Me by Your Name)", Lil Nas X gives Satan a lap dance?
Eric Anthony Abrahams 2021-04-23 3,650 304.1 ... that Eric Anthony Abrahams was the first black TV reporter at the BBC?
Zach Eflin 2021-04-04 3,648 304.0 ... that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zach Eflin was once traded twice in the course of 24 hours?
Sitara (textile) 2021-04-29 3,626 302.2 ... that the basic design for the sitaras that decorate the Kaaba dates back to the 16th century?
Maha Bayrakdar 2021-04-24 3,610 300.8 ... that the Syrian-Lebanese poet Maha Bayrakdar won the Miss Syria beauty pageant in 1967?
Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee 2021-04-29 3,572 297.7 ... that the Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee, built in 1605, is the second-oldest lighthouse in the Netherlands?
Happy Ending (Schitt's Creek) 2021-04-03 3,550 295.8 ... that the series finale of Schitt's Creek was written in three hours by co-creator Daniel Levy?
Stephanie Davis (runner) 2021-04-25 3,538 294.9 ... that Stephanie Davis, who has qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, is a part-time marathon runner who works in finance?
2 Broadway 2021-04-10 3,537 294.8 ... that during a renovation of New York City's 2 Broadway, some funds were embezzled and sent to two crime families?
Adatepe, Ayvacık 2021-04-23 3,534 294.5 ... that the village of Adatepe in Turkey, formerly inhabited by Greeks, was revived in the 1980s when the traditional stone houses were restored by people seeking to escape city life?
Lucifer Dékou-Dékou Biological Reserve 2021-04-14 3,502 291.8 ... that the Lucifer Dékou-Dékou Biological Reserve, the largest wilderness area of France, is divided in two by land which includes the country's biggest mining project, the Montagne d'Or mine?
Quantum mechanics 2021-04-13 3,476 [j] 289.6 ... that the principles of quantum mechanics have been demonstrated to hold for complex molecules with thousands of atoms?
2018 Master Sommelier exam cheating scandal 2021-04-24 3,474 289.5 ... that the Court of Master Sommeliers expelled a board member and suspended the titles of 23 new members over a 2018 cheating scandal on the blind-tasting portion of its examination?
Deborah Schembri 2021-04-22 3,471 289.2 ... that the Catholic Church barred Deborah Schembri from practicing law in ecclesiastical court because she led a campaign to legalize divorce in Malta?
Articles by John Neal 2021-04-28 3,436 286.4 ... that John Neal's article "The Pound of Flesh" resulted in a substantial donation?
Whitehead's trogon 2021-04-20 3,426 285.5 ... that stones have been found in the stomachs of some Whitehead's trogons (pictured)?
Solena amplexicaulis 2021-04-14 3,410 284.2 ... that besides the fruits being edible, the roots and leaves of creeping cucumber have many uses in traditional medicine?
Coat of arms of Naples 2021-04-13 3,398 283.2 ... that one legend on the origin of the coat of arms of Naples (pictured) claims that it alludes to the colors of the sun and moon cult practiced by the city's pre-Christian inhabitants?
Boophis entingae 2021-04-13 3,386 282.1 ... that despite looking like the other frogs in its genus, Boophis entingae (pictured) has a very different call?
Hell Is a Very Small Place 2021-04-11 3,370 280.8 ... that a contributor to Hell Is a Very Small Place, a 2016 book about solitary confinement, was denied access to a copy of the book while in prison?
Angelica Generosa 2021-04-05 3,340 278.3 ... that as a fifteen-year-old student, ballerina Angelica Generosa replaced an injured schoolmate to perform a lead role in Balanchine's Stars and Stripes after two weeks of rehearsals?
Pass the Kouchie 2021-04-20 3,338 278.1 ... that after Musical Youth reworked the song " Pass the Kouchie" into " Pass the Dutchie" by replacing cannabis references with food references, the word "dutchie" later became a cannabis reference as well?
Final Offensive of 1981 2021-04-11 3,337 278.1 ... that the Final Offensive of 1981 was actually the first offensive of the 12-year-long Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992)?
Thousand Islands Parkway 2021-04-08 3,332 277.7 ... that the Thousand Islands Parkway was the final two-lane section of Highway 401?
Vickie Castro 2021-04-07 3,330 277.5 ... that on the first day of the East L.A. walkouts, Vickie Castro's car was used to take down a fence at Roosevelt High School?
Kylie Minogue (album) 2021-04-04 3,270 272.5 ... that Imago Records intended to release Kylie Minogue in the US before closing down in 1995?
Stratford General Strike of 1933 2021-04-23 3,232 269.3 ... that during the Stratford General Strike of 1933 the Canadian military was brought in, with machine guns, to which the strikers responded with a rally and a parade?
Masako Yashiro 2021-04-03 3,206 267.2 ... that Masako Yashiro was one of the earliest female artists to create Japanese boys' comics?
Sceliphron asiaticum 2021-04-04 3,203 266.9 ... that the wasp Sceliphron asiaticum provisions its nest with body parts of spiders?
Francis Hagai 2021-04-25 3,175 264.6 ... that Francis Hagai instituted communal sharing of sliced banana as a parallel to the sacramental bread of the Eucharist?
National preserve 2021-04-25 3,134 261.2 ... that the United States' 21 national preserves are in 11 states and protect vast areas of scenic public land similar to national parks, but where hunting is permitted?
Evermannichthys bicolor 2021-04-06 3,134 261.2 ... that the bicolored sponge goby spends most of its life living inside sponges?
Sursock Purchases 2021-04-08 3,121 260.1 ... that the Sursock Purchases represented almost a quarter of all land purchased by Jews in Palestine until 1948?
Rocky Mount Instruments 2021-04-21 3,104 258.7 ... that an RMI sounded best with a Hi-Scream Cone?
Timeline (picture book) 2021-04-29 3,100 258.3 ... that the 2015 children's picture book Timeline chronologically illustrates major world events, including the Big Bang and the Fukushima nuclear disaster?
Lonely Town (On the Town) 2021-04-10 3,099 258.2 ... that Frank Sinatra was "very, very angry" after being told that he would not be singing " Lonely Town" on film?
Carapus acus 2021-04-29 2,094 174.5 ... that the fish Carapus acus lives in association with a sea cucumber, such as Parastichopus regalis, spending the day inside its host and emerging at night to feed?
Parastichopus regalis 998 83.2
Total 3,092 257.7
Powell Clayton 2021-04-25 3,091 257.6 ... that Powell Clayton, the ninth governor of Arkansas, declared martial law in 1868 in response to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and violence against African Americans and Republicans?
Four Denominations District 2021-04-20 3,073 256.1 ... that four religious denominations meet in one district of Wrocław?
Dottie Ray 2021-04-14 2,590 215.8 ... that Dottie Ray interviewed 32,397 guests over 55 years on more than 14,000 broadcasts of her daily show on KXIC radio in Iowa City?
KXIC 482 40.1
Total 3,071 255.9
Julie Pomagalski 2021-04-22 3,056 254.6 ... that Julie Pomagalski rose 20 places to first place at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in three years?
Greeneye spurdog 2021-04-07 1,373 114.4 ... that the greeneye spurdog, Sydney skate, grey skate and whitefin swellshark are at risk of extinction by trawling, according to a 2021 report?
Sydney skate 939 78.2
Grey skate 736 61.4
Total 3,048 254.0
Len Fisher 2021-04-07 3,044 253.7 ... that Len Fisher won the 1999 Ig Nobel Prize for physics for his research on the optimal way to dunk a biscuit?
Fan Hongwei 2021-04-16 3,014 251.2 ... that Fan Hongwei and her husband turned a failing textile factory into the largest fiber producer in China?
Alice Saxby 2021-04-03 3,002 250.1 ... that Alice Saxby was nurse in charge of an officer's wing at Botleys during the Second World War and cared for many casualties from the Normandy landings?
Slow Clap (song) 2021-04-02 2,998 249.9 ... that Gwen Stefani's " Slow Clap" has a country-inspired cover artwork, despite the song itself having a ska sound?
Edmund G. Love 2021-04-03 2,974 247.9 ... that author Edmund G. Love spent several years homeless, sleeping on the subway and interacting with other homeless people, leading him to write the book Subways Are For Sleeping?
Uinta Basin Rail 2021-04-11 2,958 246.5 ... that some of the proposed routes for the current effort to build a Uinta Basin Rail line are based on routes surveyed more than 100 years ago?
Martin Rundkvist 2021-04-11 2,948 245.7 ... that last summer, Martin Rundkvist discovered 22 gold foil figures (example pictured) while excavating a " Beowulfian" mead hall in Sweden?
TU Delft Library 2021-04-27 2,944 245.4 ... that the roof of the TU Delft Library is used as a sledding hill during the winter?
Legend Entertainment 2021-04-08 2,866 238.9 ... that computer game studio Legend Entertainment was founded by veterans of the interactive fiction studio Infocom after it shut down in 1989?
Glodesind 2021-04-18 2,845 237.1 ... that the miracles that established Saint Glodesind's claim to sainthood did not begin until 25 years or more after her death, and many of them occurred over 200 years later?
Emma Baker (clinical pharmacologist) 2021-04-11 2,839 236.6 ... that professor Emma Baker trained her pharmacology students to perform mass COVID-19 testing on their fellows so that they could go home for Christmas?
Comptonia columbiana 2021-04-18 2,835 236.2 ... that the almost 50-million-year-old fossil leaves of Comptonia columbiana (example pictured) preserve evidence of moth feeding?
David Sanchez (activist) 2021-04-20 2,832 236.0 ... that in 1972, "Prime Minister" David Sanchez led an occupation of Catalina Island by the Brown Berets meant to draw attention on the continuing struggles of Mexican-Americans in the United States?
Tyler Skaggs 2021-04-16 2,826 235.5 ... that the combined no-hitter at the Los Angeles Angels' memorial game for Tyler Skaggs was the first combined no-hitter in California since the day Skaggs was born?
Maria Camilleri 2021-04-16 2,824 235.3 ... that after Maria Camilleri co-founded a school for Muslim children in Malta, she became the only Christian headmistress of a Muslim school in the world?
Green Bullfrog 2021-04-03 2,816 234.7 ... that Green Bullfrog featured members of Deep Purple, Procol Harum and Chas & Dave?
William Irvine (general) 2021-04-19 2,812 234.4 ... that after he died, American Revolutionary War general and physician William Irvine was buried three different times at three different locations?
Keller's conjecture 2021-04-25 2,812 234.3 ... that a mathematical conjecture about tiling space by cubes was transformed into a problem in graph theory that became a benchmark for clique-finding algorithms?
1990 Football League Third Division play-off Final 2021-04-29 2,794 232.8 ... that despite losing the 1990 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Tranmere Rovers were temporarily promoted to the Second Division?
Open university 2021-04-18 2,772 231.0 ... that in the 1950s, the Soviet Union introduced an open university system to enable working-class students to become useful functionaries of the Communist party?
KWSN 2021-04-05 2,772 231.0 ... that when the tower of Sioux Falls radio station KISD collapsed in 1968, it narrowly missed a train motel run by the station's former owner?
Ethel Becher 2021-04-28 2,766 230.5 ... that British nurse Ethel Becher was described as a "modern Florence Nightingale" in 1919 for her services during World War I?
CT scan 2021-04-27 2,764 [k] 230.3 ... that the first commercially viable CT scanner was invented by Godfrey Hounsfield in 1972?
Euphorbia abyssinica 2021-04-10 2,748 229.0 ... that the latex-like sap of the desert candle has uses in traditional medicine but can cause skin blisters and blindness?
Ivaritji 2021-04-22 2,722 226.9 ... that Indigenous Australian elder Ivaritji was the last speaker of the Kaurna language before its revival in the 1990s?
Paul Jackson (bassist) 2021-04-13 2,710 225.8 ... that following his career with the Headhunters, Paul Jackson moved to Japan and established a voluntary concert to familiarize students with African-American history?
The Vintner's Luck 2021-04-27 2,696 224.7 ... that the inspiration for the 1998 novel The Vintner's Luck came to author Elizabeth Knox in a fever dream caused by pneumonia?
Halyna Sevruk 2021-04-15 2,693 224.4 ... that Halyna Sevruk was expelled from the Union of Artists of Ukraine in 1968 due to a political letter she signed?
Silver Hill station 2021-04-12 2,676 223.0 ... that Silver Hill station may have been named for rumors of Captain Kidd's treasure – or just a stand of trees?
Dual circulation 2021-04-03 2,650 220.8 ... that the dual circulation policy calls for China to prioritize domestic consumption while remaining open to international trade?
Elwyn Meader 2021-04-19 2,642 220.2 ... that the cucumber seeds that botanist Elwyn Meader brought back from Korea in 1948 became the basis for all modern cucumber hybrids grown worldwide?
KCIX-TV 2021-04-12 2,642 220.1 ... that Idaho television station KCIX-TV went silent awaiting a merger deal that fell apart?
Mesude Çağlayan 2021-04-08 2,627 218.9 ... that the pioneering Turkish soprano Mesude Çağlayan was presented a tiny doll of "Madama Butterfly" by the government of Japan for performing the Japanese title role in Puccini's opera?
Fannie Mahood Heath 2021-04-21 2,622 218.5 ... that Fannie Mahood Heath was nicknamed the "flower lady of North Dakota" for her garden that included over 450 different species of flowers, bushes, and trees?
Kirkdale Bridge 2021-04-25 2,572 214.3 ... that Robert Adam's plans for Kirkdale Bridge were substantially more elaborate than the structure that Sir Samuel Hannay was eventually willing to pay for on his estate in Dumfries and Galloway?
18 East 50th Street 2021-04-25 2,532 211.0 ... that the Hampton Shops Building was advertised as a "Gothic temple of art" shortly after it opened?
Octogeddon 2021-04-16 2,532 211.0 ... that a prototype of Octogeddon was submitted to a Ludum Dare contest before being developed into an official video game?
Chestnut-capped piha 2021-04-16 2,521 210.1 ... that the critically endangered chestnut-capped piha is locally known as the "little herdsman of Antioquia" because its call sounds like the whistles made by horsemen herding cattle?
The Present (2021 film) 2021-04-05 2,516 209.7 ... that the 2021 Palestinian film The Present is about a present and the present?
James R. Mills Building 2021-04-16 2,508 209.0 ... that the San Diego Trolley passes through the James R. Mills Building?
Fighting Auschwitz 2021-04-30 2,502 208.5 ... that the 1975 book Fighting Auschwitz: The Resistance Movement in the Concentration Camp was the first work to discuss in detail the story of the resistance's founder, Witold Pilecki?
Claude Callegari 2021-04-24 2,495 207.9 ... that Claude Callegari gained cult-hero status among English football fans for his speeches about Arsenal?
Zahra Mohamed Ahmad 2021-04-12 2,495 207.9 ... that Zahra Mohamed Ahmad (pictured), who gives legal advice at the Somali Women Development Centre, is said to be a Woman of Courage?
Téné Birahima Ouattara 2021-04-05 2,472 206.0 ... that Ivorian politician Téné Birahima Ouattara, the brother of the country's president, is nicknamed "Photocopy" due to their similar appearance?
Joni L. Rutter 2021-04-21 2,450 204.1 ... that biologist Joni L. Rutter (pictured) led the development of the All of Us research program to include more than a million participants to advance precision medicine?
Pay Your Way in Pain 2021-04-04 2,446 203.9 ... that the music video for St. Vincent's song " Pay Your Way in Pain" recalls the 1970s downtown New York, taking inspiration from the works of Kate Bush, David Bowie, and Cindy Sherman?
Lenox Health Greenwich Village 2021-04-26 2,446 203.8 ... that the Lenox Health Greenwich Village building was approvingly called "the box in which the Guggenheim Museum came"?
He Who Gets Slapped 2021-04-23 2,138 178.2 ... that Russian writer Leonid Andreyev's 1915 play He Who Gets Slapped was his most successful work in the US, spawning a silent film (1924), a novel, and an opera (1956)?
He Who Gets Slapped (opera) 298 24.8
Total 2,436 203.0
ASİMKK 2021-04-20 2,418 201.5 ... that in 2001, Turkey set up an official government agency co-chaired by the foreign minister to combat "baseless genocide claims"?
Carter Hart 2021-04-06 2,418 201.5 ... that Carter Hart is the youngest goaltender in Philadelphia Flyers history to record a shutout, doing so at the age of 21 years and 57 days?
Julia Letlow 2021-04-16 2,403 [l] 200.2 ... that Julia Letlow won the special election for a seat in the United States House of Representatives after her husband died from COVID-19 before he could be sworn into office?
Francisco de la Torre (politician) 2021-04-06 2,398 199.9 ... that the mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre, was the first Spaniard to be awarded the Medal of Pushkin by Vladimir Putin?
Tina LeBlanc 2021-04-25 2,381 198.4 ... that Tina LeBlanc spent 17 years as a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet despite being rejected by the American Ballet Theatre as a teenager?
Shaheen Bagh protest 2021-04-30 2,368 197.3 ... that women in the Shaheen Bagh protest, who blocked a major road in Delhi for 101 days, included 82-year-old Bilkis?
WCNC-TV 2021-04-18 2,362 196.8 ... that after Ted Turner asked for viewers' money to keep WRET-TV afloat, he was able to repay thousands of lenders four years later—with interest?
Lorin Whitney 2021-04-06 2,342 195.1 ... that organist Lorin Whitney worked nights at a Lockheed Aircraft plant during World War II, while performing on a coast-to-coast radio program after his shift ended in the morning?
William Armstrong (Virginia politician) 2021-04-21 2,280 190.0 ... that William Armstrong, an Irish immigrant to the U.S., was a postmaster, a presidential elector, a Virginia House Delegate, and a U.S. House Representative?
Wolfgang Clement 2021-04-05 2,272 189.3 ... that German minister Wolfgang Clement said that the secret to drinking a glass of beer in 1.5 seconds was to fold back the uvula?
2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes 2021-04-06 2,266 188.9 ... that in September 2020, two labor unions both performed strike actions against the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago?
The Fate of Fausto 2021-04-22 2,240 186.6 ... that the 2019 children's picture book The Fate of Fausto was inspired by the German legend of Faust, who trades his soul in exchange for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures?
Chinatown MRT station 2021-04-06 2,223 185.2 ... that in one of Singapore's largest drainage diversions, a canal had to be redirected into steel pipes while constructing Chinatown MRT station?
Forest Glen Park, Maryland 2021-04-14 2,204 183.6 ... that Forest Glen Park was among the earliest residential subdivisions in Montgomery County, Maryland, and was described by its developer as " Washington's most desirable suburb?"
Marijn Heule 2021-04-06 2,199 183.2 ... that assisted by computers, Marijn Heule helped devise a proof of Keller's conjecture in dimension seven, a 90-year-old math problem?
Turkey and the Holocaust 2021-04-15 2,196 183.0 ... that on Holocaust Memorial Day in 2014, Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu claimed that "there is no trace of genocide in our history" – thus denying the Armenian Genocide?
Lefébre Rademan 2021-04-24 2,188 182.3 ... that in 2021, Lefébre Rademan was unable to play for the South Africa national netball team as she was playing club netball in England?
Nadodrze 2021-04-18 2,179 181.6 ... that Nadodrze in Poland was used by Steven Spielberg as a filming location for a spy drama set in Berlin?
Marion Macfarlane 2021-04-10 2,178 181.5 ... that Marion Macfarlane, the first deaconess in the Anglican Church of Australia, later converted to Catholicism and joined the Sisters of the Good Shepherd?
Commissions of sewers 2021-04-20 2,176 181.3 ... that some English mediaeval commissions of sewers had powers to imprison labourers who refused to work on flood defences?
Everything Is Fine (The Good Place) 2021-04-26 2,174 181.2 ... that when D'Arcy Carden was cast in the series premiere of The Good Place as Janet, a guide, news outlets were purposely lied to that her character was "a violin salesperson with a checkered past"?
Psalm 148 (Bernstein) 2021-04-05 2,171 180.9 ... that Leonard Bernstein rediscovered his setting of Psalm 148 for voice and piano, dated 1935, in the mid-1980s, and it was first performed in 1993?
Rey Jaime I Awards 2021-04-25 2,162 180.2 ... that Queen Letizia of Spain presented the 2020 Rey Jaime I Awards because her husband, the Spanish king, was in COVID-19 quarantine?
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 2021-04-14 2,156 179.7 ... that future Atomic Kitten member Jenny Frost (pictured) represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 as part of the group Precious?
Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City (1989) 2021-04-05 2,152 179.3 ... that a team including bricklayers, assistant bank managers and insurance clerks defeated Coventry City in the third round of the FA Cup in 1989?
José de la Cruz Mena 2021-04-07 2,150 179.2 ... that José de la Cruz Mena, who contracted leprosy at the age of 21 and was blind at 26, was described as "the pre-eminent Nicaraguan composer of his time"?
Painting of a Panic Attack 2021-04-08 2,134 177.8 ... that the Frightened Rabbit album Painting of a Panic Attack was written mostly over email?
Miranda Weese 2021-04-08 2,129 177.4 ... that ballerina Miranda Weese performed the lead role in a televised performance of Swan Lake under an hour's notice, with a partner she had never rehearsed with?
WRFT-TV 2021-04-10 2,122 176.9 ... that the chief engineer of Virginia television station WRFT-TV said that "a 15-watt Christmas bulb and baling wire" kept it on the air?
BAA USA 2021-04-03 2,120 176.7 ... that in 2000, the Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani threatened to sell JFK and LaGuardia airports to BAA USA owned by a British company?
KATI (Wyoming) 2021-04-13 2,098 174.8 ... that an owner of Wyoming radio station KATI donated the station to the University of Wyoming, only to be "disappointed" when the university opted not to use his gift?
Rannveig Þorsteinsdóttir 2021-04-21 2,088 174.0 ... that Rannveig Þorsteinsdóttir, a newspaper clerk and part-time teacher in the 1920s, became the first woman to practice law in the Supreme Court of Iceland thirty years later?
Hassenfeld Children's Hospital 2021-04-25 2,080 173.3 ... that a sculpture of a scale-model taxi balanced on a dog is located outside of Hassenfeld Children's Hospital?
Ayşe Gül Altınay 2021-04-17 2,070 172.5 ... that Turkish anthropologist Ayşe Gül Altınay was sentenced to 25 months in jail due to her support for a peaceful resolution of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict?
Hardly a Criminal 2021-04-21 2,061 171.8 ... that the 1949 film Hardly a Criminal was mostly filmed in Buenos Aires, and that city's critics called it Argentina's "outstanding film of the year"?
Helen D'Amato 2021-04-30 2,054 171.2 ... that Helen D'Amato was appointed to a three-year term as Malta's commissioner of children, but held the role for nearly twice as long after her term expired without a successor being designated?
Abdallah Oumbadougou 2021-04-13 2,048 170.7 ... that Abdallah Oumbadougou, the "godfather of all the present-day Tuareg musicians in Niger", distributed illegal cassette tapes of banned ishumar music while in exile from 1984 to 1995?
Kendal Green station 2021-04-15 2,042 170.2 ... that Kendal Green station was named both for dyed cloth and a nearby resident's grandfather?
Katita Waldo 2021-04-21 2,014 167.8 ... that former ballerina Katita Waldo briefly came out of retirement to perform as the stepmother in Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella?
Burt Township Schools 2021-04-11 2,012 167.6 ... that the remote Burt Township Schools, covering 258 square miles (670 km2) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, implemented a novel telephone teaching program that included electronic blackboards in 1984?
European Commission–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dispute 2021-04-09 1,998 166.5 ... that despite the European Commission organising COVID-19 vaccine supplies for the whole bloc, a shortage of vaccines caused several member states to obtain their own supplies from Russia and China?
Theresa M. Korn 2021-04-20 1,990 165.9 ... that Theresa M. Korn turned down a scholarship to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in order to become the institute's first female engineer?
Gardner Dow 2021-04-03 1,965 163.8 ... that Gardner Dow was the only American college football player to die of sports-related injuries in 1919?
Ruby Spark 2021-04-03 1,962 163.5 ... that due to her Casualty character Ruby Spark's near- photographic memory, actress Maddy Hill had to learn all the intricate details of the medical terminology used by the character?
William A. Radford 2021-04-27 1,956 163.0 ... that William A. Radford assisted in producing a 1700-page encyclopedia about cement?
Vertraut den neuen Wegen 2021-04-07 1,942 161.8 ... that a German theologian wrote " Vertraut den neuen Wegen" to be sung at a wedding in Eisenach shortly before the fall of the Wall?
Younousse Sèye 2021-04-17 1,938 161.5 ... that Senegalese artist and actress Younousse Sèye, who is best known for her mixed-media works incorporating cowrie shells, is considered to be Senegal's first woman painter?
Louis William Valentine DuBourg 2021-04-04 1,934 161.2 ... that Louis William Valentine DuBourg established his episcopal see in St. Louis because the Catholics of New Orleans would not accept his authority?
George Eden Kirk 2021-04-18 1,930 160.9 ... that historian of the Middle East George Eden Kirk's first book was praised for excelling in objectivity while his last was criticised for bias and bitterness?
Wilson Tucker (politician) 2021-04-28 1,922 160.2 ... that Wilson Tucker was elected to the Mining and Pastoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council with just 0.18 per cent of the primary vote?
Perry F. Rockwood 2021-04-05 1,916 159.7 ... that when Canadian preacher Perry F. Rockwood criticized the Presbyterian church in 1947, he was ordered to recant and burn his sermons?
Coral reefs of Tuvalu 2021-04-02 1,900 158.3 ... that the coral reefs of Tuvalu include the Funafuti Conservation Area, which encompasses 20 per cent of the reef area of Funafuti atoll?
Khá Bảnh 2021-04-23 1,895 157.9 ... that a dance move originally performed by Big Bang's G-Dragon became a trend in Vietnam due to efforts by Khá Bảnh?
Thelma Farr Baxter 2021-04-19 1,888 157.3 ... that Mississippi legislator Thelma Farr Baxter introduced a bill to keep livestock off the roads after her husband was fatally injured in a highway collision with a cow?
Tara Downs 2021-04-13 1,884 157.0 ... that Tara Downs co-founded the Tomorrow Gallery in a converted paintball studio in Toronto?
Ben Connor 2021-04-18 1,874 156.2 ... that Ben Connor, who competed in his first marathon in October 2020, has qualified for the marathon race at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics?
The Poe Clan 2021-04-17 1,864 155.4 ... that the 1972 manga series The Poe Clan was among the first works of vampire literature to depict vampires as romantic and tragic rather than predatory?
Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House 2021-04-24 1,850 154.2 ... that the 1780s clerk's office of the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is West Virginia's oldest extant public office building, and the c. 1750 kitchen is Romney's oldest building?
1991 Football League Third Division play-off Final 2021-04-12 1,849 154.1 ... that Tranmere Rovers players were each promised a £10,000 bonus for winning the 1991 Football League Third Division play-off Final?
James Edward Rogers 2021-04-23 1,846 153.8 ... that James Edward Rogers helped Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris search for a model for Guinevere for the Oxford Union murals (pictured)?
Scott Sandford 2021-04-17 1,840 153.3 ... that NASA scientist Scott Sandford wrote that apples and oranges can be compared?
Space industry of India 2021-04-17 1,832 152.7 ... that the space industry of India has supported the launch of more than 100 domestic satellites and more than 300 foreign satellites?
Barbara Yancy 2021-04-14 1,832 152.7 ... that Barbara Yancy, who succeeded her husband in the Mississippi Senate after his death, later became an advocate for other widowed homemakers?
Boophis haingana 2021-04-22 1,826 152.1 ... that the species name of the frog Boophis haingana is derived from the Malagasy word for 'fast'?
Daniel-Marie Chabert de Joncaire de Clausonne 2021-04-10 1,822 151.8 ... that in 1750, Daniel-Marie Chabert de Joncaire de Clausonne built a small canal above Niagara Falls to power a sawmill?
Werrington, Staffordshire 2021-04-26 1,800 150.0 ... that the windmill in Werrington was built to grind corn but later converted to grind coal to make briquettes?
Nellah Massey Bailey 2021-04-23 1,798 149.9 ... that Nellah Massey Bailey became the first woman to be elected statewide in Mississippi in 1947, less than a year after the death of her husband Governor Thomas L. Bailey?
Irene del Río 2021-04-28 1,792 149.3 ... that when Irene del Río was called up to the Spain women's national football team squad, she was the only player who did not compete in the country's top division?
Kevin Hayes (ice hockey) 2021-04-11 1,782 148.5 ... that hockey player Kevin Hayes came within two hours of needing his leg amputated due to compartment syndrome?
Mary L. Smith (educator) 2021-04-20 1,778 148.2 ... that Mary L. Smith became the first female president of Kentucky State University in 1991 despite having been passed over for the same job a year earlier?
Jacquie Sturm 2021-04-03 1,777 148.1 ... that Jacquie Sturm was the first Māori writer to have her work published in a New Zealand anthology?
Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen 2021-04-02 1,772 147.7 ... that Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen, a Passion cantata for solo bass by Telemann composed in Frankfurt, was performed there in Lent during the COVID-19 pandemic (pictured)?
Gretchen Schuette 2021-04-23 1,767 147.2 ... that Chemeketa Community College president emeritus Gretchen Schuette once rappelled from a roof at an annual State of the College address?
Holothuria poli 2021-04-17 1,766 147.1 ... that the sea cucumber Holothuria poli may have reached the Red Sea by travelling through the Suez Canal?
Henry E. Parker 2021-04-18 1,754 146.2 ... that since Henry E. Parker ran for office in 1974, the Democratic Party has always nominated an African American for Connecticut State Treasurer?
African-American scientists and technicians on the Manhattan Project 2021-04-07 1,750 145.8 ... that the most senior of the African-American scientists and technicians on the Manhattan Project, William Knox, supervised the otherwise-white staff of the Corrosion Section at Columbia University?
Marita Napier 2021-04-14 1,729 144.1 ... that Marita Napier is the first South African opera singer to have performed lead roles in each of the four "Grand Slam" opera houses?
Andorra at the 2010 Winter Olympics 2021-04-02 1,724 143.7 ... that, while representing Andorra at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Lluís Marin Tarroch served as the flag bearer and became the first Andorran to compete in snowboarding at the Games?
Catherine Hurlin 2021-04-17 1,684 140.3 ... that ballerina Catherine Hurlin performed in Radio City Christmas Spectacular between the age of eleven and thirteen?
Protected Forests (Japan) 2021-04-29 1,678 139.8 ... that Japan's 666 Protected Forests include four Forest Biosphere Reserves that are also Natural World Heritage Sites— Shiretoko, Shirakami-Sanchi, Ogasawara Islands, and Yakushima?
Joye Hummel 2021-04-24 1,640 136.6 ... that Joye Hummel had never read a comic book before becoming the first woman to write scripts for Wonder Woman?
Wyche Pavilion 2021-04-17 1,639 136.6 ... that Wyche Pavilion, a two-story historic building in Greenville, South Carolina, was originally intended to serve as a paint shop for the Greenville Coach Factory?
Miloš Trifunović (politician) 2021-04-28 1,636 136.4 ... that Yugoslav politician Miloš Trifunović was briefly professor of zoology and botany despite graduating from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Belgrade Higher School?
Grote Stadskerk 2021-04-07 1,618 134.9 ... that Grote Stadskerk, a church located in the historical centre of Paramaribo, is the first and the largest church of the Moravian congregation in Suriname?
Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy 2021-04-26 1,616 134.7 ... that United Nations diplomat Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy's anti-apartheid efforts were driven by a chance encounter with African National Congress activist A. B. Xuma?
Payal Ghanwani 2021-04-24 1,606 133.8 ... that Payal Ghanwani was the first Belizean senator of Indian descent?
Leonidas Zervas 2021-04-20 1,602 133.5 ... that Leonidas Zervas was a Greek organic chemist who discovered the carboxybenzyl protecting group, and also served as Minister of Industry of Greece and President of the Academy of Athens?
2021 Tour Championship 2021-04-19 1,598 133.1 ... that runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan almost withdrew from the 2021 Tour Championship after sending his cue stick for repair twice before the event?
Zameen (novel) 2021-04-28 1,591 132.6 ... that the Urdu novel Zameen provides a woman-centric account of Pakistan's independence?
Anna Wilson (basketball) 2021-04-30 1,582 131.9 ... that after coming back for a fifth season at Stanford, Anna Wilson won the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game with the Cardinal?
GPSO 92 Issy 2021-04-08 1,564 130.3 ... that the French football club GPSO 92 Issy was founded by three Peruvian sisters in 1997?
Carl Au 2021-04-17 1,540 128.3 ... that Carl Au received three musical theatre scholarships, which was deemed "an unprecedented event in show business"?
Donald Heirman 2021-04-22 1,529 127.4 ... that Donald Heirman was given the nickname "Mr. EMC Standards" for his work on developing technical standards for electromagnetic compatibility?
Paradigms of Human Memory 2021-04-22 1,526 127.1 ... that the Community catchphrase "six seasons and a movie" originated in " Paradigms of Human Memory" as a reference to The Cape?
Julie Mennell 2021-04-28 1,522 126.8 ... that Julie Mennell was a police officer and a forensics specialist before she became vice chancellor of the University of Cumbria?
Turnover discography 2021-04-24 1,516 126.4 ... that the music styles in the discography of Turnover range from pop-punk to dream pop?
Hey Lady! 2021-04-17 1,514 126.2 ... that Hey Lady! is Jayne Eastwood's first leading role in a 50-year career?
1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final 2021-04-15 1,498 124.8 ... that Burnley won the 1994 Football League Second Division play-off Final after two opposition players were sent off?
Shahied Wagid Hosain 2021-04-17 1,484 123.7 ... that Surinamese singer Shahied Wagid Hosain was famous for his Bollywood song covers, more than for his own songs?
Willa Cather 2021-04-08 1,482 123.5 ... that F. Scott Fitzgerald said that his book The Great Gatsby was a failure in comparison to Willa Cather's My Ántonia?
Music of Sudan 2021-04-27 1,480 123.3 ... that in hakamat, a genre of the traditional music of Sudan, women exert their influence to resolve conflicts by singing songs of praise or ridicule?
Alligator Pie 2021-04-15 1,472 122.6 ... that the success of the children's poetry book Alligator Pie led to the author, Dennis Lee, being named "Canada's Father Goose"?
Occupational toxicology 2021-04-06 1,459 121.6 ... that studies in occupational toxicology often focus on early effects that are more subtle than those in clinical medicine?
KLMS 2021-04-27 1,453 121.1 ... that a new-age music format called "The Breeze" was a ratings failure for Nebraska radio station KLMS, causing a precipitous decline in listenership?
Erna Schlüter 2021-04-09 1,450 120.9 ... that after Erna Schlüter had appeared as Elektra at the Royal Opera House, the composer, who was in the audience, told her that she was the fulfilment of the character?
Frances Theresa Peet Russell 2021-04-13 1,450 120.8 ... that Frances Theresa Peet Russell may have written the first book to examine satire in Victorian literature?
Virgil Conn 2021-04-27 1,437 119.8 ... that Virgil Conn was a member of the Oregon Legislature during the 1897 session that failed to organize due to the lack of a quorum?
KLOO (AM) 2021-04-16 1,435 119.6 ... that the owner of Oregon radio station KLOO offered $10,000 to anyone who could bring an extraterrestrial lifeform to the station's studios?
Paul M. English 2021-04-08 1,435 119.6 ... that Paul English, co-founder of Kayak, offered to pay for the vaccination of 100,000 people during the cholera outbreak following the 2010 Haiti earthquake if other funding could not be secured?
Herr, unser Herr, wie bist du zugegen 2021-04-06 1,435 119.6 ... that a song of God's presence, written in 1965 in Dutch by Huub Oosterhuis, became part of the first common German Catholic hymnal, and was retained in the second by popular demand?
Listen a Little Less 2021-04-10 1,432 119.4 ... that the music video for Oh Land's " Listen a Little Less" was filmed entirely on a Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphone?
Olena Tokar 2021-04-29 1,432 119.3 ... that Olena Tokar, a soprano of the Leipzig Opera from Ukraine, recorded Charmes, a collection of art songs by women including Clara Schumann and Vítězslava Kaprálová?
Rafael Marchan 2021-04-29 1,428 119.0 ... that Philadelphia Phillies catcher Rafael Marchan had never hit a home run through 850 minor league plate appearances before hitting one in just his second major league game?
Omnia Shawkat 2021-04-06 1,422 118.5 ... that irked by the immense gap in gender-focused digital storytelling from both Sudan and South Sudan, Omnia Shawkat co-founded Andariya magazine?
Violin Sonata No. 1 (Saint-Saëns) 2021-04-21 1,417 118.1 ... that Camille Saint-Saëns called his First Violin Sonata his " hippogriff sonata", suggesting that its technical demands could only be met by a legendary creature?
Iobitridol 2021-04-14 1,391 115.9 ... that the contrast agent iobitridol can be injected into blood vessels, joints, or body cavities such as the uterus?
Obsessed (Addison Rae song) 2021-04-15 1,380 115.0 ... that Addison Rae's debut single " Obsessed" is about self-love?
A Transfer 2021-04-07 1,364 113.7 ... that in the Neon Genesis Evangelion episode " A Transfer", Arthur Schopenhauer's hedgehog's dilemma is mentioned?
Joseph Taylor Goodsir 2021-04-09 1,358 113.1 ... that Joseph Taylor Goodsir accused Rudolph Virchow, "the father of modern pathology", of plagiarism?
Giacomo Sartori 2021-04-23 1,355 112.9 ... that author Giacomo Sartori has named his day job as a soil scientist as an influence on his work?
MLS Cup 2000 2021-04-13 1,338 111.5 ... that MLS Cup 2000 was the first championship game in league history not to feature D.C. United?
2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial 2021-04-13 1,313 109.4 ... that every competitor at the 2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial received a commemorative bonsai tree?
Howard Bellamy (Doctors) 2021-04-19 1,312 109.4 ... that the fictional character Howard Bellamy from the British soap opera Doctors was based on a real-life army captain who quit his job to run a doctor's surgery?
WFML 2021-04-26 1,304 108.7 ... that Indiana radio station WFML was bought so that the new owner could use the station's transmitter site to expand his hotel?
Tonia Shand 2021-04-02 1,296 108.0 ... that Tonia Shand became Australia's first woman high commissioner to Sri Lanka in 1988?
KGMZ (AM) 2021-04-24 1,288 107.3 ... that San Francisco's " KYOU Radio" was the first terrestrial radio station to broadcast a program format consisting of podcasts?
Farahnaz Forotan 2021-04-13 1,262 105.2 ... that after the start of Afghan peace talks in 2019, journalist Farahnaz Forotan travelled the country to collect testimonies from women and prevent the rollback of their freedoms?
Birdsong (picture book) 2021-04-30 1,260 105.0 ... that the 2019 children's picture book Birdsong portrays intergenerational relationship using seasonal cycles?
Two-Way Mirror (book) 2021-04-19 1,259 104.9 ... that Two-Way Mirror, the first full biography of English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in 30 years, portrays the poet as a daring Victorian sensation and dismisses her image as an invalid?
1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final 2021-04-21 1,258 104.8 ... that both of Scunthorpe United's substitutes failed to score their penalties in the shootout, which saw them lose the 1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final?
Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021-04-23 1,247 103.9 ... that Andorra is the only Eurovision Song Contest participating country to have never competed in the grand final in its competitive history?
Matt Jaskol 2021-04-26 1,222 101.8 ... that NASCAR competitor and film stunt performer Matt Jaskol is the first driver to win a race in North America with Red Bull sponsorship?
Duo Concertant (ballet) 2021-04-27 1,204 100.3 ... that choreographer George Balanchine did not tell the dancers in Duo Concertant there would be a blackout in the middle of the ballet until the morning of the premiere?
Debra Humphris 2021-04-25 1,191 99.2 ... that Debra Humphris, the vice chancellor of the University of Brighton, advocated converting 18th-century army barracks into student residences?
Aga Mikolaj 2021-04-18 1,187 98.9 ... that Aga Mikolaj, a soprano who studied with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, appeared as Mozart's Donna Elvira from San Francisco to Tokyo, and sang the Four Last Songs with "a degree of abandon and rapture"?
Arthur Schüller 2021-04-14 1,185 98.8 ... that Arthur Schüller founded the discipline of neuroradiology?
Herr, stärke mich, dein Leiden zu bedenken 2021-04-28 1,174 97.9 ... that in " Herr, stärke mich, dein Leiden zu bedenken", Christian Fürchtegott Gellert reflected the theological and emotional impact of the Passion of Jesus, using a familiar Passion hymn tune?
Isaac Hope 2021-04-21 1,174 97.9 ... that although he was born in the United Kingdom, Isaac Hope was elected to represent Tobago on the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago?
City of Lover 2021-04-02 1,174 97.9 ... that the TV broadcast of the Taylor Swift concert City of Lover only included half the set list of the original concert?
Gira Sarabhai 2021-04-30 1,171 97.6 ... that Gira Sarabhai and her brother Gautam were crucial in the formation of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad?
Women's London Championship 2021-04-20 1,146 95.5 ... that the Women's London Championship was viewed as a response to the introduction of women's franchise cricket in England?
Stars and Stripes (ballet) 2021-04-10 1,145 95.4 ... that Russian-born choreographer George Balanchine made the ballet Stars and Stripes as a tribute to the United States, his adopted country?
American Football discography 2021-04-19 1,144 95.3 ... that all three albums in the discography of the emo band American Football are eponymous, so the media and Polyvinyl Records refer to them as LP1, LP2, and LP3?
Pierre Nadeau 2021-04-02 1,142 95.2 ... that when journalist Pierre Nadeau reported on the 1973 famine in Ethiopia, his suggestion for viewers to donate to Oxfam led to an inundation of contributions the next day?
Notable Black American Women 2021-04-10 1,135 94.6 ... that Jessie Carney Smith spent more than twenty years researching the three volumes of Notable Black American Women, which profiled 1,100 figures?
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy 2021-04-04 1,128 94.0 ... that the 2003 spy thriller The Hero: Love Story of a Spy was Priyanka Chopra's first Bollywood film?
Xiaohong Rose Yang 2021-04-24 1,121 93.4 ... that Xiaohong Rose Yang conducted a genome-wide search for copy number variations to identify the first susceptibility gene for familial chordoma?
Gabriela Canavilhas 2021-04-26 1,117 93.1 ... that Gabriela Canavilhas was a pianist playing Portuguese compositions before she became Portugal's Minister of Culture?
Karlin Lillington 2021-04-29 1,116 93.0 ... that Karlin Lillington, long-time technology writer for Ireland's newspaper of record, The Irish Times, holds a PhD on the poetry of Seamus Heaney?
Games Research Inc 2021-04-10 1,104 92.0 ... that Games Research Inc licensed Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger's favorite game, in 1960 after the board game's creator unsuccessfully tried to get multiple publishers to accept it?
2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final 2021-04-27 1,090 90.8 ... that the year after going into administration, Huddersfield Town gained promotion to the Second Division by winning the 2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final?
Lionel Fleury 2021-04-10 1,054 87.8 ... that Lionel Fleury brought minor ice hockey and a recreational facility to Quebec City during the Great Depression?
Anja Petersen 2021-04-15 1,036 86.3 ... that Anja Petersen performed the role of the leading woman in the world premiere of Arnulf Herrmann's Der Mieter at the Oper Frankfurt?
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 2021-04-15 1,020 85.0 ... that Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy), a motet by Bach, has a complex symmetrical structure in which six hymn stanzas alternate with five Bible verses?
James R. Mills 2021-04-23 1,018 84.9 ... that James R. Mills, a California politician, was also a historian, teacher, published author, a champion for historic building preservation, and an advocate for public transportation?
Peter Milliman 2021-04-02 1,016 84.6 ... that Peter Milliman coached Team Russia at the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship despite not knowing until that year that they even had a team?
Antoinette Kinney 2021-04-09 1,004 83.7 ... that as the only woman in the 1923 Utah State Senate, Antoinette Kinney introduced bills to increase the number of state-sponsored scholarships and to establish public health regulations?
Rosemary Crumlin 2021-04-07 1,002 83.5 ... that Rosemary Crumlin, author of a 60-year history of the Blake Prize for religious art, first attended a Blake exhibition when she was a young novice with the Australian Sisters of Mercy?
Stinnes–Legien Agreement 2021-04-18 996 83.0 ... that the Stinnes–Legien Agreement was named after a trade union leader and an industrialist?
The Return of Wayne Douglas 2021-04-09 992 82.7 ... that Doug Sahm's posthumous album The Return of Wayne Douglas was his first to feature only country music songs?
C. Richard Robins 2021-04-30 980 81.6 ... that ichthyologist C. Richard Robins and his wife Catherine were honoured jointly in the name of the false moray Robinsia catherinae?
Shirley Congdon 2021-04-21 976 81.3 ... that Shirley Congdon, the vice chancellor of the University of Bradford, was the first in her family to attend university?
Das Leiden Jesu von seinen Freunden 2021-04-30 972 81.0 ... that Das Leiden Jesu von seinen Freunden, one of Christoph Graupner's church cantatas, reflects how Jesus suffered from his friends, and ends with a chorale fantasia "full of dissonances"?
Piano Quartet (Schumann) 2021-04-23 966 80.5 ... that the Piano Quartet, composed by Robert Schumann in 1842 for piano and strings, was described by his wife Clara as "a beautiful work, so youthful and fresh, as if it were his first"?
Neil Hanchard 2021-04-17 960 80.0 ... that geneticist Neil Hanchard was a senior author on a publication surveying human genomic diversity in Africa that was described by Nature as "a milestone in genomics research"?
Mothercraft Training Society 2021-04-02 958 79.8 ... that in 1930, the new infant-care centre of the Mothercraft Training Society was named after Princess Elizabeth of York, now Queen Elizabeth II?
Australian Flying Arts School 2021-04-28 934 77.9 ... that the founder of the Australian Flying Arts School took flying lessons so that he could travel throughout the Queensland Outback providing art lessons to its inhabitants?
Vivian Lee Bowden 2021-04-15 932 77.7 ... that as part of her influential research on the garden strawberry, Vivian Lee Bowden discovered the unpublished drawings of early French botanist Antoine Nicolas Duchesne?
1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final 2021-04-19 929 77.4 ... that despite his side winning the 1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Grimsby's Alan Buckley said "Anybody who says they enjoy play-offs aren't football managers"?
Kate Clark (writer) 2021-04-18 925 77.1 ... that Kate Clark wrote the children's book A Southern Cross Fairy Tale, which used Northern Hemisphere Christmas imagery but featured the natural features and animals of New Zealand?
Mark Cullen (footballer, born 1992) 2021-04-03 914 76.2 ... that Mark Cullen was named as League Two Player of the Month for October 2014 after scoring a perfect hat-trick?
Glen Cove Hospital 2021-04-24 890 74.1 ... that North Country Community Hospital sued North Shore Hospital because the names were too similar, and changed its own name to Glen Cove Hospital after it lost?
Tom Conlon 2021-04-09 888 74.0 ... that Port Vale F.C. captain Tom Conlon's great-great-grandfather played for the club more than a century ago?
Kathy Hudson 2021-04-11 870 72.5 ... that Kathy Hudson, an expert in science policy and genetic discrimination, helped assemble a team that led to the passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act?
Other Dances 2021-04-28 860 71.6 ... that Jerome Robbins's ballet Other Dances was described as "utterly Slavic" by dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, partly because it was made for him and fellow Russian Natalia Makarova?
Hello (Pop Smoke song) 2021-04-09 853 71.1 ... that Pop Smoke references Manu Ginóbili, a former basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs, in the lyrics for " Hello"?
Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil 2021-04-09 850 70.9 ... that 19th-century French economist Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil is considered to be the founder of classical economics and economic liberalism in Chile?
Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan 2021-04-04 834 69.5 ... that after IFPI Taiwan established the IFPI Taiwan Charts in August 1996, the charts were noted for having their own World Wide Web site?
Alexandrine Marie Agathe Gavaudan-Ducamel 2021-04-19 830 69.2 ... that Madame Gavaudan, a soprano of the Opéra-Comique in Paris, created the role of Benjamin in Étienne Méhul's Joseph?
Luis Abraham Delgadillo 2021-04-10 808 67.3 ... that Luis Abraham Delgadillo was Nicaragua's director-general of musical culture, a position which was created specifically for him?
Oper am Brühl 2021-04-25 792 66.0 ... that the Oper am Brühl was the venue for the world premiere of Telemann's Germanicus in 1704, when he was director of the opera house?
Vikram Phadnis 2021-04-12 786 65.5 ... that Vikram Phadnis designed around 800 costumes for the Bollywood film Salaam-e-Ishq?
WMLB (Cumming, Georgia) 2021-04-21 780 65.0 ... that radio station WMLB in Cumming, Georgia, earned national acclaim as an Americana music station in the 1990s?
WRTV (New Jersey) 2021-04-06 776 64.7 ... that students from four local high schools and Rutgers University each had their chance to run New Jersey television station WRTV for a day?
Wilfrid T. F. Castle 2021-04-07 762 63.5 ... that English clergyman Wilfrid T. F. Castle wrote the first book-length account of the postal history of Cyprus?
Lyubomir Pipkov 2021-04-06 728 60.7 ... that Lyubomir Pipkov is considered one of the founders of Bulgaria's modern professional musical establishment?
Jan Fullerton 2021-04-26 726 60.5 ... that in 1999 Jan Fullerton became the first woman to be appointed Director General of the National Library of Australia?
Christians, awake, salute the happy morn 2021-04-04 692 57.7 ... that " Christians, awake, salute the happy morn" is a hymn based on a poem that John Byrom first presented "For Dolly"?
Bach-Chor Bonn 2021-04-20 687 57.2 ... that the Bach-Chor Bonn, a choir founded to sing Bach's works, such as the St John Passion in 1950, grew to a concert choir with a broad repertoire and a long tradition of tours in Europe?
Dresdner Kapellsolisten 2021-04-22 671 55.9 ... that the Dresdner Kapellsolisten, formed in 1994 mostly by instrumentalists of the Staatskapelle Dresden, focus on composers from Dresden including Johann Georg Pisendel?
Vaccine ingredients 2021-04-23 669 55.8 ... that an immunologic adjuvant is a vaccine ingredient that makes the immune response stronger and longer-lasting?
Flock (Jane Weaver album) 2021-04-03 657 54.8 ... that English musician Jane Weaver's album Flock was inspired by Lebanese torch songs, 1980s Russian Aerobics records, and Australian punk music?
Michael Hampe 2021-04-11 618 51.5 ... that Michael Hampe, who directed the Cologne Opera for 20 years, was the stage director for the world premiere of Henze's adaptation of Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria at the Salzburg Festival?
2001 Football League Third Division play-off Final 2021-04-28 606 50.5 ... that Brett Ormerod scored five goals for Blackpool in the 2001 Football League play-offs including one in the 2001 Football League Third Division play-off Final?
2005 Football League Two play-off Final 2021-04-02 564 47.0 ... that Duncan Jupp scored his first league goal for more than a decade in the 2005 Football League Two play-off Final?
The Art of Losing (The Anchoress album) 2021-04-14 562 46.8 ... that the title of Welsh musician The Anchoress's album The Art of Losing was inspired by American poet Elizabeth Bishop's poem " One Art"?
Movements for Piano and Orchestra (ballet) 2021-04-24 528 44.0 ... that days before the premiere of Balanchine's ballet Movements for Piano and Orchestra, 17-year-old Suzanne Farrell learned a lead role in an apartment, from a colleague who was on bed rest?
Rogers Lehew 2021-04-18 507 42.2 ... that Rogers Lehew was influential in starting the Calgary Stampeders tradition of featuring a horse at the sidelines during games at McMahon Stadium?
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 2021-04-26 472 39.3 ... that in the Eurovision Song Contest the United Kingdom has finished in second place a record fifteen times, with Imaani the last artist to do so when she represented the country at the 1998 contest?
Women in Print Conference 2021-04-12 419 34.9 ... that attending the first Women in Print Conference inspired Carol Seajay to create Feminist Bookstore News?

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