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Seventh East Press
2022-04-01
54,614
2,275.6
... that
shoe-mirrors were reportedly banned (example pictured) at
Brigham Young University ?
Lisa Winter
2022-04-14
27,047
2,253.9
... that
Lisa Winter (pictured) took part in robot battles at 10 years old?
Olena Stepaniv
2022-04-07
21,914
1,826.1
... that postcards were made of
Olena Stepaniv (pictured) during the First World War, and in 1991
Lviv named a street after her?
Logan Sapphire
2022-04-13
20,221
1,685.1
... that the egg-size
Logan Sapphire (pictured) glows reddish orange under
ultraviolet radiation?
Hitler teapot
2022-04-28
32,614
1,358.9
... that
a kettle that looked like Adolf Hitler was offered on
eBay for US$199?
Depths of Wikipedia
2022-04-10
15,656
1,304.7
... that chess on a really big board, Nuclear Gandhi, and a list of sexually active popes can all be found in the
Depths of Wikipedia ?
The Persistence of Chaos
2022-04-29
31,194
1,299.7
... that
a laptop was purchased for $1,345,000 in May 2019 despite being unable to connect to the internet?
Fermi 1
2022-04-14
14,194
1,182.8
... that the
sodium fast reactor
Fermi 1 suffered a
nuclear meltdown that led one operator to suggest "we almost lost Detroit"?
Chris Smalls
2022-04-11
13,872
[a]
1,156.0
... that
Amazon Labor Union founder
Chris Smalls (pictured) was one of the leaders in the first successful effort to
unionize Amazon warehouse workers in the United States?
Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin)
2022-04-01
24,730
1,030.4
... that
Nebraska once sued a gremlin ?
F. E. Thanos
2022-04-01
14,608
608.7
... that
Thanos served in the army, while
Thanos was a police officer?
Indradi Thanos
9,871
411.3
Total
24,480
1,020.0
Hockley Pendant
2022-04-15
11,482
998.4
... that the 16th-century
Hockley Pendant (pictured) was discovered by a four-year-old in 2009?
Kernosovskiy idol
2022-04-02
19,528
813.7
... that Ukrainian museum director
Horpyna Vatchenko forced the
Hermitage Museum to abide by its agreement and return the
Kernosovskiy idol (pictured) after a loan?
Horpyna Vatchenko
4,036
168.1
Total
23,564
981.8
Attack on Snake Island
2022-04-13
11,191
[b]
932.6
... that when a Russian warship
asked the Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island to surrender , their response was "
Russian warship, go fuck yourself "?
Lesia Vasylenko
2022-04-10
10,976
914.7
... that
Lesia Vasylenko (pictured) founded a human-rights
non-governmental organization to assist servicemen and veterans before becoming a
People's Deputy of Ukraine ?
Mariam Soulakiotis
2022-04-17
10,941
911.8
... that convicted serial killer
Mariam Soulakiotis , a Greek
Old Calendarist abbess, is known in Greece as "Mother
Rasputin " for
fasting nuns to death?
Rosamund's Bower
2022-04-14
10,802
900.2
... that in
Rosamund's Bower (setup pictured) , the aim is to reunite
Fair Rosamund with
King Henry ?
Ike for President (advertisement)
2022-04-11
10,775
897.9
... that Disney once created
a political advertisement for Dwight D. Eisenhower (featured) ?
Bridge Apartments
2022-04-08
9,893
824.4
... that the 32-story
Bridge Apartments in New York City were built directly above
a 12-lane freeway ?
Zoosphaerium darthvaderi
2022-04-01
19,698
820.8
... that
Darth Vader 's anal shield has a "pronounced bell shape"?
Oksana Shvets
2022-04-15
9,774
814.5
... that Ukrainian actress
Oksana Shvets , who was killed in the
2022 invasion of Ukraine , starred in the 2013 joint Ukrainian–Russian television family saga
House with Lilies alongside Russian actors?
Elendil
2022-04-07
9,633
802.8
... that
J. R. R. Tolkien invented
Elendil for a
time-travel story , but ultimately included the character in his main
Middle-earth mythology?
Angela Gallop
2022-04-14
9,532
794.3
... that forensic scientist
Angela Gallop has investigated the stomach contents of
Diana, Princess of Wales , alleged alien abductions, and the presence of boar sperm in a hospital patient's intestines?
Pastel QAnon
2022-04-08
9,526
793.8
... that
QAnon has
used feminine aesthetics to lure in mothers?
Boots theory
2022-04-03
18,538
772.4
... that according to the
"boots" theory , poverty is more expensive than being rich?
Royal necropolis of Byblos
2022-04-08
8,985
748.8
... that the
royal necropolis of Byblos was discovered in 1922 due to a heavy rain-triggered landslide, which uncovered an unspoiled royal tomb in the seaside cliff of
Byblos ?
Akari Akase
2022-04-08
8,922
743.5
... that prior to starting her music career,
Akari Akase was a popular
cosplayer and
TikToker , with more than 1.2 million subscribers?
Disney and Florida House Bill 1557
2022-04-21
17,768
740.3
... that in response to
Disney's stance on Florida's House Bill 1557 , also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill,
Pixar employees stated that Disney removes LGBT references from the studio's films?
Chinese dama
2022-04-14
8,788
732.4
... that "
big mamas " caused China to become the biggest
purchaser of gold ?
Bab el-Gasus
2022-04-29
17,524
730.1
... that the
largest intact Ancient Egyptian tomb ever found , with 254 richly decorated sarcophagi, was forgotten for almost a century?
Malyuk
2022-04-27
17,474
728.1
... that the
Malyuk rifle was originally developed as a private venture under a contract with the
Security Service of Ukraine ?
Statue of Alexander Wood
2022-04-24
17,022
709.3
... that the now-destroyed
statue of Alexander Wood was the first
LGBT monument in Canada?
Yulia Tolopa
2022-04-12
8,444
703.7
... that
Yulia Tolopa , a single mother from Russia, has fought for Ukraine in the
war in Donbas since she was 18 years old?
Nutty Narrows Bridge
2022-04-10
8,436
703.0
... that the
Nutty Narrows Bridge went unused on its first day, despite attempts to lure traffic with peanuts?
Beheading game
2022-04-21
16,766
698.6
... that
Laura Ashe believes the
Gawain Poet used the
beheading game to criticize the emptiness of
chivalry ?
Grace Ho
2022-04-12
8,380
698.4
... that Hong Kong native
Grace Ho gave birth to her fourth child,
Bruce Lee , while on a one-year tour through the United States with the Mandarin Theatre?
Trial of Neumann and Sass
2022-04-15
8,182
681.8
... that the
trial of Neumann and Sass , held in Lithuania in 1934–1935, is said to be the first mass trial of Nazis in Europe?
Moral equality of combatants
2022-04-11
8,124
677.0
... that
moral equality of combatants , regardless of whether they fight for a just cause, is said to be "one of the stickiest problems in the ethics of war"?
Lynching of George Ward
2022-04-22
15,788
657.9
... that the
spectacle lynching of
George Ward drew the attendance of more than 1,000 people, including women and children?
Male Fantasy
2022-04-12
7,824
652.0
... that
Billie Eilish 's "
Male Fantasy " reportedly "sneaks up and destroys you emotionally"?
Zebedee Nungak
2022-04-15
7,444
647.3
... that
Zebedee Nungak , taken as a child for an experiment by the Canadian government, went on to "cross antlers with prime ministers, premiers and Québec separatists"?
The Keyboard Company
2022-04-23
15,380
640.8
... that
The Keyboard Company 's numeric keypad (pictured) was praised for not voiding
Apple 's warranty because it did not require soldering to install?
Truck-kun
2022-04-01
15,352
639.7
... that a common way to
travel to another world is to be
hit by a truck ?
Needy Streamer Overload
2022-04-04
15,216
634.0
... that the 2022 game
Needy Streamer Overload allows the player to make a female
livestreamer engage in
psychoactive drug abuse?
Sharifi-ha House
2022-04-13
7,606
633.8
... that some rooms in the
Sharifi-ha House can rotate 90 degrees?
Wally the Walrus
2022-04-26
15,134
630.6
... that
a walrus was given his own
pontoon to stop him damaging other boats in
St Mary's Harbour ?
Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
2022-04-21
15,101
629.2
... that the dome atop the
Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower was once called "New York's most exuberant phallic symbol"?
Five per Cent for Nothing
2022-04-11
5,623
468.6
... that
Yes complained about former manager
Roy Flynn getting "
Five per Cent for Nothing "—but he said he got nothing?
Roy Flynn
1,925
160.4
Total
7,548
629.0
Curtis Island (New Zealand)
2022-04-28
15,000
625.0
... that
Curtis Island has risen by 18 metres (59 ft) during the last 200 years?
Kakiniit
2022-04-11
7,476
623.0
... that
Inuit traditional belief holds that women without
facial tattoos would be sent to the land of the crestfallen to spend eternity with smoke coming from their throats and their heads hanging down?
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny
2022-04-07
7,002
583.5
... that the satirical study of "Qallunology", the study of
white people , in the film
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny , is meant as a critique of the treatment of
Inuit culture by
anthropologists ?
GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory
2022-04-13
6,938
578.2
... that the
Carbon Neutral Laboratory (pictured) is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom?
Fun Lounge police raid
2022-04-13
6,918
576.5
... that following a
1964 police raid on a gay bar , Chicago newspapers published the names and personal information of several of those arrested?
Chow Leung
2022-04-17
2,814
234.5
... that
Chow Leung started a language school for children in Chicago before writing
Chinese Fables and Folk Stories (illustration pictured) with
Mary Hayes Davis ?
Chinese Fables and Folk Stories
2,786
232.2
Mary Hayes Davis
1,234
102.8
Total
6,834
569.5
Eden of Coronet (guitar)
2022-04-10
6,779
564.9
... that the
Eden of Coronet guitar is covered in 1.6 kilograms (3.5 lb) of gold and 11,441 diamonds?
Tully Lough Cross
2022-04-14
6,762
563.5
... that the divers who found the
c. 9th-century
Tully Lough Cross in 1986 were convicted for trying to sell it to American museums?
James Rumsey Monument
2022-04-12
6,738
561.5
... that the
James Rumsey Monument (pictured) was built on a spot known as "Crazy Rumsey's Walk"?
Cheshire Hall Plantation
2022-04-28
13,220
550.9
... that during the late 1700s,
Cheshire Hall Plantation (pictured) was the largest house and estate on
Providenciales ,
Turks and Caicos Islands ?
Jumbo Brown
2022-04-30
13,073
544.7
... that
Jumbo Brown gained 68 pounds (31 kg) after he had his
tonsils removed?
Cajus Julius Caesar
2022-04-01
13,000
541.7
... that
Caesar studied German forests before turning to politics?
Museum of Sexual Cultures
2022-04-11
6,381
531.8
... that visitors to the
Museum of Sexual Cultures can make offerings to a statue of
Priapus ?
Phillips O'Brien
2022-04-19
12,584
524.3
... that
Phillips O'Brien revised World War Two?
IBM Building (Honolulu)
2022-04-06
12,531
522.1
... that IBM has not been in the
IBM Building since 2019?
Unfriendly Countries List
2022-04-16
6,231
519.2
... that Russia's
Unfriendly Countries List includes the United States, the European Union, and San Marino?
Mary Renault
2022-04-17
5,888
490.7
... that
Mary Renault was encouraged by
J. R. R. Tolkien to write a novel set in medieval times, but she burned the manuscript because she felt it lacked authenticity?
Khwarazmian army between 1231 and 1246
2022-04-21
11,638
484.9
... that the
remnants of the Khwarazmian army massacred the Christian inhabitants of
Jerusalem in 1244?
Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building (175 Broadway)
2022-04-24
11,602
483.4
... that though one publication said in 2001 that going to the
Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building was like "an act of religious devotion", it was poorly suited for modern uses?
Corp Naomh
2022-04-26
11,388
474.5
... that the 15th-century figures on the Irish
reliquary known as the
Corp Naomh (pictured) are based in part on a design in the 9th-century
Book of Kells ?
McNally v R
2022-04-15
5,444
473.3
... that in 2013,
McNally v R upheld a conviction for sexual assault via gender deception?
Alabama Pitts
2022-04-09
5,648
470.7
... that
Alabama Pitts was noted by the
Los Angeles Times in 1934 as "the most prominent jail-bird athlete in America"?
SS Chester A. Congdon
2022-04-14
5,560
463.3
... that the freighter
Chester A. Congdon became the largest financial loss to date on the
Great Lakes when she wrecked in 1918?
Judith Resnik
2022-04-05
11,044
460.2
... that astronaut
Judith Resnik flew in space with "Tarzan" and "Cheetah"?
Devonshire Close
2022-04-07
5,452
454.3
... that access to London's
Devonshire Close was restricted in order to avoid the wealthier streets surrounding it?
Leonel Gómez Vides
2022-04-17
5,423
451.9
... that after
Leonel Gómez Vides died in 2009, one of his friends expressed surprise that he had not been murdered?
Cyril Croker
2022-04-01
10,776
449.0
... that
Cyril Croker was a member of the
Suicide Squad ?
Walls of Madrid
2022-04-21
10,762
448.4
... that the city of Madrid has had
five successive sets of walls , from the first built by the
Moors in 860 to the ones built by
Philip IV in 1625?
Arthur Dudley Dobson Memorial
2022-04-18
10,737
447.4
... that the
Arthur Dudley Dobson Memorial (pictured) was unveiled by New Zealand's prime minister
George Forbes on this day 85 years ago?
Froggyland
2022-04-09
5,312
442.7
... that you can watch
frogs playing poker in
Split, Croatia ?
Valeria Shashenok
2022-04-10
5,270
439.2
... that a young Ukrainian photographer,
Valeria Shashenok , posts satirical TikTok videos about the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ?
Baratal limestone
2022-04-23
10,522
438.4
... that the
Baratal limestone in Russia may be one of the oldest
atolls in the world?
Beaversprite
2022-04-18
10,415
434.0
... that at
Beaversprite ,
beavers lived indoors and were allowed to chew on the furniture?
House of Brag
2022-04-05
10,338
430.8
... that the
House of Brag organized a "Monstrous Pride" event to clash with London's
pride parade ?
The Cage (ballet)
2022-04-27
10,311
429.6
... that at the premiere of
The Cage , a ballet about female insects preying on their male counterparts, choreographer
Jerome Robbins 's mother walked out of the theater?
Sharp PC-4500
2022-04-15
4,887
425.0
... that one reviewer wrote that her "pinkies protested and went on strike" after half an hour of typing on a
Sharp PC-4500 ?
Anti-monuments in Mexico
2022-04-06
6,533
272.2
... that
antimonumentas in Mexico , like those
in Guadalajara (pictured) ,
in Morelia , or
in Mexico City , are installed by protesters to demand justice for
women who suffer from violence in the country ?
Antimonumenta (Mexico City)
1,334
55.6
Antimonumenta (Guadalajara)
1,316
54.9
Antimonumenta (Morelia)
717
29.9
Total
9,900
412.5
Dorking Cockerel
2022-04-03
9,763
406.8
... that
a 10-foot-tall (3 m) chicken (pictured) stands on a roundabout in
Dorking , Surrey?
Stray cow
2022-04-02
9,748
406.2
... that deadly attacks from
stray cows in India have become an electoral issue?
Daniel Davis Jr.
2022-04-27
9,699
404.1
... that
Daniel Davis was the first person in the United States to work with gold and silver
electroplating (illustrated) as a business?
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication
2022-04-01
9,686
403.6
... that
a NASA essay collection said ancient carvings "might have been made by aliens"?
Selective conscientious objection
2022-04-05
9,608
400.3
... that views on the
refusal to fight certain wars range from it being prohibited to morally obligatory?
Judy Ann Santos filmography
2022-04-08
4,752
396.0
... that
Ploning and
Mindanao ,
films starring Judy Ann Santos (pictured) , were the
Philippine submissions for Best International Feature Film at the
81st and
93rd Academy Awards , respectively?
Taco pizza
2022-04-24
9,498
395.8
... that a 2020 study concluded that
taco pizza is the favorite pizza of
Iowa ?
Trilby, or the Fairy of Argyll
2022-04-20
9,460
394.2
... that the first two English translations of
Trilby, or the Fairy of Argyll (title character pictured) were made to piggyback on the success of the mostly unrelated novel
Trilby ?
Ruyi Bridge
2022-04-09
4,686
390.5
... that
Ruyi Bridge was designed to resemble the Chinese symbol for good fortune?
Magnetoreception
2022-04-27
9,134
380.6
... that
magnetoreception in birds works by
quantum effects in their eyes?
Walk of Health
2022-04-09
4,547
378.9
... that dictator
Saparmurat Niyazov made his officials walk
a mountain path every year while he flew the route in a helicopter?
Guyim Vault House
2022-04-30
9,045
376.9
... that the
Guyim Vault House has been compared to a spaceship?
Death of Ihsan Gürz
2022-04-30
8,988
374.5
... that five years after
Ihsan Gürz died while in Dutch police custody, his father was convicted of swearing at a police officer who had been present at his arrest?
List of journalists killed during the Russo-Ukrainian War
2022-04-17
4,442
370.2
... that the Russian airstrike on
Kyiv TV Tower (video featured) killed Yevhenii Sakun, one of
at least 14 civilian journalists killed in the line of duty during the
Russo-Ukrainian War ?
Sophie de Ronde
2022-04-16
4,433
369.4
... that brewer
Sophie de Ronde is allergic to most beer?
Ciceruacchio
2022-04-16
4,428
369.0
... that
Ciceruacchio , a cart driver, was described as "Rome's first citizen"?
List of goalkeepers who have scored in the Premier League
2022-04-06
8,703
362.6
... that in May 2021,
Alisson became the
sixth goalkeeper to score in the Premier League ?
Tadao Takahashi
2022-04-28
8,666
361.1
... that Brazilian computer science researcher and internet pioneer
Tadao Takahashi negotiated with
drug lords to install internet equipment in his country?
Nigel Fossard
2022-04-13
4,286
357.2
... that
Nigel Fossard did not mention his wife's name in a
charter , but did mention the name of the king and queen of England?
Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins)
2022-04-12
4,266
355.5
... that
Jerome Robbins 's
Afternoon of a Faun (pictured) is set in a dance studio, with the dancers facing the audience as if they were the mirror?
Ethel Ogden
2022-04-25
8,406
350.2
... that Canadian painter
Ethel Ogden (pictured) was central to developing
china painting within the Fine Arts Department at the
Mount Allison Ladies' College ?
2022 open letter from Nobel laureates in support of Ukraine
2022-04-12
4,169
347.4
... that more than 200
Nobel Prize laureates have signed
a letter against the war in Ukraine ?
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
2022-04-16
4,128
[c]
344.0
... that none of the original core Ice Age cast returned for
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild ?
RKO Keith's Theater (Flushing, Queens)
2022-04-13
4,124
343.7
... that the
RKO Keith's Theater , once described as one of New York City's "great theaters", later stood in ruins and was covered with graffiti?
Brea Beal
2022-04-13
4,108
342.4
... that
Brea Beal received her first
college basketball
scholarship offer in
sixth grade ?
Amy Gardner
2022-04-23
8,176
340.7
... that The West Wing 's
Amy Gardner is said to be the only character on the show with "a genuinely militant attitude towards equality of the genders"?
Germaine Bailac
2022-04-30
8,172
340.5
... that the French
mezzo-soprano
Germaine Bailac (pictured) played the title role in Bizet's
Carmen at least 3,000 times?
Iowa Corn Song
2022-04-22
8,122
338.4
... that a tradition is for singers of the
Iowa Corn Song (audio featured) to raise their arms above their head when the words "tall corn" are sung during the chorus's last line?
Poems and Songs of Middle Earth
2022-04-01
8,073
336.4
... that an Elvin man sang
Poems and Songs of Middle Earth ?
Flat Top Mountain (West Virginia)
2022-04-19
8,008
333.7
... that
Flat Top Mountain 's agriculture is mainly devoted to livestock and
Christmas tree farming ?
Maison de Jeanne
2022-04-07
3,986
332.2
... that the 14th-century house
Maison de Jeanne was positively dated with the science of
dendrochronology ?
Abadi (newspaper)
2022-04-18
7,945
331.0
... that
Abadi was banned twice: by
Sukarno in 1960, then by
Suharto in 1974?
Journey for Life
2022-04-09
3,964
330.4
... that the
Journey for Life started with the
Zapatistas symbolically invading Spain?
Anti-War Committee of Russia
2022-04-17
3,950
329.2
... that following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a diverse group of exiled Russian public figures formed the
Anti-War Committee of Russia to unite different political movements to oppose the war?
Gigg Lane
2022-04-13
3,944
328.6
... that
floodlights were first used at
Gigg Lane in 1889?
SS Emperor
2022-04-16
3,894
324.5
... that the freighter
Emperor is the most visited shipwreck in
Isle Royale National Park ?
Ali Audah
2022-04-27
7,786
324.4
... that Indonesian translator
Ali Audah would often take hours to translate a single word or sentence?
Abhijatabhivamsa
2022-04-03
7,743
322.6
... that
Abhijātābhivaṃsa , 12th recipient of the title of
Tipiṭakadhara Dhammabhaṇḍāgārika , could memorize and recite all the pages of the
Tipiṭaka ?
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
2022-04-02
7,720
321.7
... that Davide Soliani, the creator of
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle , became an
Internet meme for crying on stage?
Apple Bank Building
2022-04-15
3,845
320.4
... that New York Times writer
David W. Dunlap said calling the
Apple Bank Building a neighborhood bank branch "is like calling Grand Central Terminal a commuter train station"?
Legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestine
2022-04-05
7,657
319.0
... that many international law experts and states doubt that extended occupations,
such as the Israeli occupation of Palestine , can ever be legal?
Neither Settler nor Native
2022-04-13
3,826
318.9
... that the 2020 book
Neither Settler nor Native was described as "a landmark in trying to figure out how to transform the way humans relate to each other"?
Stephen Bishop (cave explorer)
2022-04-14
3,774
314.5
... that
Stephen Bishop 's 1842 map of
Mammoth Cave , drawn from memory, was so accurate that it remained in use for more than forty years?
The Problems of Genocide
2022-04-18
7,532
313.8
... that historian Dirk Moses argues that
The Problems of Genocide include "blinding us to other types of humanly caused civilian death"?
Noefefan Bridge
2022-04-07
3,752
312.7
... that the
Noefefan Bridge (pictured) in
Oecusse , East Timor, was originally planned to be a
truss bridge , but was constructed as an
arch bridge ?
Verdi Square
2022-04-07
3,748
312.3
... that
Verdi Square was originally a triangle?
Environmental defender
2022-04-06
7,476
311.5
... that
environmental defenders on the front of the global environmental justice movement are being killed at a rate of about three per week?
Martin Fehérváry
2022-04-29
7,432
309.7
... that
Martin Fehérváry (pictured) became the youngest foreign player to play in the
Swedish Hockey League following his debut at the age of 16?
Euphemia Steele Innes
2022-04-15
3,688
307.3
... that Scottish nurse
Euphemia Steele Innes (pictured) was decorated with the
Royal Red Cross first class for services with the
Territorial Force Nursing Service in World War I?
Guy Alfred Wyon
2022-04-16
3,633
302.8
... that
Guy Alfred Wyon helped discover a remedy for
TNT poisoning in British
shell factories in World War I?
The Evolution of Atheism
2022-04-22
7,174
298.9
... that in his 2015 book
The Evolution of Atheism , atheist Stephen LeDrew criticises the
New Atheism movement?
KLEF
2022-04-13
3,570
297.5
... that, according to its owner,
KLEF in
Anchorage, Alaska , was one of just three remaining commercially operated
classical-music radio stations in the United States, as of 2013?
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
2022-04-07
3,566
297.2
... that the picture book
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners was written to celebrate and empower Asian identities?
Asahi Linux
2022-04-22
7,120
296.7
... that it is now possible to
run Linux on an
Apple-silicon
Mac ?
Maks Levin
2022-04-25
7,045
293.5
... that a photograph by
Maks Levin , showing destroyed buildings in Kyiv, was featured on the cover of a March 2022 edition of the German magazine
Der Spiegel ?
Henri Coutard
2022-04-12
3,520
293.3
... that
Henri Coutard , an early pioneer in
radiation therapy , spent the last decade of his life conducting fanciful experiments that were rejected by his peers?
Maria Berlinska
2022-04-15
3,333
289.8
... that
military volunteer
Maria Berlinska led the report that let women hold combat positions in the Ukrainian military?
The Incredible Hulk (Nintendo DS video game)
2022-04-09
3,441
286.8
... that the destructible environment effects in
The Incredible Hulk were so extensive that two additional artists were added during the game's development?
Bob Sredersas
2022-04-13
3,406
283.8
... that crane driver
Bob Sredersas 's donation of over 100 pieces of art led to the establishment of Wollongong Art Gallery?
Barbara Shermund
2022-04-05
6,748
281.2
... that
Barbara Shermund illustrated two early
New Yorker covers (second shown) and, 25 years later, was one of the first women to join the National Cartoonists Society?
Mimi Reinhardt
2022-04-24
6,690
278.7
... that
Mimi Reinhardt typed
Schindler 's list?
Karie Ross
2022-04-13
3,334
277.8
... that
Karie Ross was the first female reporter on
ESPN 's
College Football GameDay ?
Chinatown, Phoenix
2022-04-25
6,642
276.8
... that most of the Chinese in
the Chinatown of Phoenix, Arizona , had emigrated from the same village in China's
Hoiping County ?
Chestnut-backed buttonquail
2022-04-20
6,617
275.7
... that despite being described in 1840, the
chestnut-backed buttonquail was only confirmed in Queensland in 2020?
Royce Clayton
2022-04-04
6,596
274.8
... that
Royce Clayton (pictured) idolized
Ozzie Smith , the
shortstop for the
St. Louis Cardinals , as an amateur and took his job as a professional?
Earl K. Fernandes
2022-04-28
6,551
273.0
... that, upon ordination,
Earl K. Fernandes will be the first
Indian-American
Latin Catholic bishop in the United States?
Monthly Halloween
2022-04-19
6,548
272.8
... that
Monthly Halloween was the first
manga magazine to publish horror
for girls ?
Victoria Brownworth
2022-04-03
6,474
269.8
... that
Victoria Brownworth was the first open lesbian to write a column in a daily newspaper in the United States?
Marika Sila
2022-04-18
6,472
269.7
... that
Inuvialuk actress
Marika Sila views her acting career as a platform for outreach and education on the culture and rights of
Indigenous peoples in Canada ?
Minnesota State Capitol artwork
2022-04-08
3,231
269.2
... that the
golden rooftop charioteer (pictured) was removed during the restoration of the
Minnesota State Capitol and its artwork ?
Takla Chamoun
2022-04-07
3,226
268.8
... that Lebanese actress
Takla Chamoun refused to cancel a play's performance after being informed that her mother had died?
Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush
2022-04-07
3,210
267.5
... that the
chestnut-hooded laughingthrush feeds on insects that have been hit by vehicles?
Marina Nekrasova
2022-04-12
3,206
267.1
... that
Marina Nekrasova was the first woman
artistic gymnast to represent
Azerbaijan at the Olympics ?
USS Varuna (1861)
2022-04-24
6,304
262.7
... that eight sailors on
USS Varuna received the
Medal of Honor for actions during the
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip ?
Year of Luigi
2022-04-15
3,002
261.1
... that during the
Year of Luigi ,
Nintendo released a
mockumentary depicting
Luigi as a "legend of
parkour "?
Joseph Binder (graphic designer)
2022-04-07
3,122
260.1
... that
Joseph Binder influenced modern poster design, creating posters for the 1939 New York World's Fair, the U.S. Army Corps and the American Red Cross?
Hans Robertson
2022-04-21
6,183
257.6
... that
Hans Robertson ran a studio in 1920s Berlin where he photographed celebrities such as artist
Käthe Kollwitz , boxer
Max Schmeling and dancer
Gret Palucca (pictured) ?
Sulayman of Mali
2022-04-20
6,140
255.8
... that unlike his famously generous brother
Mansa Musa ,
Mansa
Sulayman of Mali was considered a miser?
Napoleonic looting of art
2022-04-08
3,068
255.7
... that during the
Napoleonic looting of art , French soldiers destroyed the Venetian state ship, the
Bucentaur , and melted down its gold decorations?
Richard Geiger
2022-04-19
6,065
252.7
... that in the 1920s, Austrian painter
Richard Geiger produced numerous portraits of the character
Pierrette (example pictured) ?
Richard Dawkins Award
2022-04-30
6,026
251.1
... that the
Richard Dawkins Award is awarded for publicly proclaiming "the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead"?
The Uses of Disorder
2022-04-17
3,013
251.1
... that
The Uses of Disorder , characterized by one reviewer as "the best available contemporary defense of anarchism", was intended to be a critique of orderly city life?
Puhi Kai Iti / Cook Landing Site
2022-04-11
2,989
249.1
... that the
Cook Landing Site also commemorates the Māori who landed in New Zealand four centuries or more before Cook did?
Ulf Merbold
2022-04-25
5,959
248.3
... that
Ulf Merbold , the first West German in space, grew up in East Germany?
Kateryna Antonovych
2022-04-21
5,942
247.6
... that Ukrainian artist
Kateryna Antonovych worked at
Prague 's Museum of Ukraine's Struggle for Independence before the
US Army Air Forces bombed it?
Gendo Ikari
2022-04-07
2,958
246.5
... that the
Neon Genesis Evangelion character
Gendo Ikari was diagnosed with
narcissistic personality disorder by a real-life Japanese psychiatrist?
Sanrūmu Nite
2022-04-18
5,916
246.5
... that manga artist
Keiko Takemiya intentionally submitted her manga
Sanrūmu Nite immediately before its publication deadline to avoid it being edited?
Bayraktar (song)
2022-04-09
2,939
244.9
... that a Ukrainian soldier has written
a song dedicated to the Turkish combat drone
Bayraktar TB2 ?
Dead cotton
2022-04-23
5,793
241.4
... that
dead cotton is
immature or underdeveloped
cotton that has poor
dye affinity and appears as white specks on a dyed
fabric ?
Walther von Klingen
2022-04-16
2,894
241.2
... that
Minnesang poet
Walther von Klingen is depicted
jousting (pictured) in the
Codex Manesse manuscript?
Nelson W. Aldrich Jr.
2022-04-11
2,865
238.8
... that
Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. dedicated his first book to his wife and credited her with having "always propped up my morale", even though they had been separated for seven years?
Xiang Guangda
2022-04-10
2,855
237.9
... that after a trip to Germany,
Xiang Guangda decided to shift from making car doors to making
stainless steel ?
3D Microcomputers
2022-04-26
5,664
236.0
... that
3D Microcomputers produced and marketed
Commodore -branded computers from 1991 until over a year after Commodore's bankruptcy?
Whitehead's broadbill
2022-04-09
2,822
235.2
... that the calls of
Whitehead's broadbill (example pictured) resemble those of
trogons ,
woodpeckers , and
jays ?
Kitty Shiva Rao
2022-04-07
2,815
234.6
... that
Kitty Shiva Rao was the head of a committee to find out what Indian women wanted from the new
Constitution of India ?
Godhavn inquiry
2022-04-08
2,772
231.0
... that the
Godhavn inquiry found that a psychiatrist gave children the
antipsychotic medication
chlorprothixene to stop
bedwetting – which was neither standard nor validated by contemporary evidence?
Bernard Harrison (zoologist)
2022-04-23
5,488
228.6
... that Singaporean zoologist
Bernard Harrison was disliked by an
orangutan ?
Saebyeolbe
2022-04-19
5,408
225.3
... that
Park "Saebyeolbe" Jong-ryeol was the first esports player to throw a
Major League Baseball opening pitch?
E. F. Barrett Power Station
2022-04-15
2,700
225.0
... that there wasn't enough water in
Oceanside to build more than half of the
E. F. Barrett Power Station ?
Price of the Modi Years
2022-04-14
2,698
224.9
... that according to the book
Price of the Modi Years , the popularity of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi does not depend on his performance?
German trawler V 1302 John Mahn
2022-04-17
2,688
224.0
... that the
Vorpostenboot
John Mahn was the only German ship sunk during the
Channel Dash ?
KSAZ-TV
2022-04-09
2,684
223.6
... that in 1982, a news anchor for
Phoenix television station
KOOL-TV was held hostage on set for five hours?
Fleetwood, Oregon
2022-04-04
5,326
221.9
... that Saint Rose Catholic Church was moved from the ghost town of
Fleetwood, Oregon , to the
Fort Rock Valley Historical Homestead Museum in 1988?
Martine Bedin
2022-04-10
2,656
221.3
... that French designer
Martine Bedin compared her Super Lamp design to "a small dog that I could carry with me"?
Hugh Gaine
2022-04-18
5,310
221.2
... that during the American Revolution,
Hugh Gaine 's printing shop was threatened by the
Sons of Liberty because of his wavering loyalty to the American cause?
Patricia MacLachlan
2022-04-26
5,262
219.2
... that children's writer
Patricia MacLachlan kept a small bag of dirt from the
prairies as a reminder of her Wyoming roots?
Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis
2022-04-30
5,219
217.5
... that Hollywood star
Gary Cooper was baptised at the
Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis ?
Raptor persecution
2022-04-03
5,204
216.9
... that
raptor persecution is a crime against birds of prey, and in Scotland,
ravens are afforded honorary raptor status?
Earlonne Woods
2022-04-11
1,642
136.8
... that
Earlonne Woods details the experience of co-hosting the first podcast created entirely while incarcerated in his book,
This Is Ear Hustle ?
This Is Ear Hustle
916
76.3
Total
2,558
213.1
My Aim Is True
2022-04-29
5,102
212.6
... that
Elvis Costello missed his day job while recording his debut album
My Aim Is True over six four-hour sessions?
Carol Van Strum
2022-04-11
2,544
212.0
... that
Carol Van Strum , an
environmental activist who wrote the book A Bitter Fog , accumulated 20,000 documents across 40 years that revealed corporate and government cover-ups?
KVIP
2022-04-01
3,018
125.8
... that on this day in 1966, California radio stations
KAHR and
KVIP switched frequencies, leading to "mass confusion"?
KRDG (AM)
2,018
84.1
Total
5,036
209.8
Arlington County Board v. Richards
2022-04-25
5,026
209.4
... that in
Arlington County Board v. Richards , the
U.S. Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of one of the first American
residential zoned parking programs?
Peter Schöffer the Younger
2022-04-11
2,494
207.8
... that the
first New Testament in English was printed by
Peter Schöffer the Younger in
Worms ?
Christian Herwartz
2022-04-13
2,460
205.0
... that
Christian Herwartz , a
Jesuit who lived in an open
community in Berlin from 1978 to 2016, held "
street exercises " and peace prayers?
Jacopo Tissi
2022-04-22
4,909
204.5
... that Italian
Jacopo Tissi became one of the few foreign
principal dancers in
Bolshoi Ballet 's history, only to leave two months later due to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine ?
Sex and Vanity
2022-04-09
2,410
200.9
... that
Crazy Rich Asians author
Kevin Kwan wrote
Sex and Vanity in four months?
Geko (rapper)
2022-04-29
4,782
199.3
... that
Mancunian rapper
Geko was signed to UK music collective
USG at the age of 13, becoming their youngest member?
Oon Chiew Seng
2022-04-20
4,750
197.9
... that
gynaecologist
Oon Chiew Seng , who was diagnosed with
dementia in 2013, was the founding chairperson of the first dementia home in Singapore?
Paddy Morgan
2022-04-16
2,367
197.2
... that
Paddy Morgan conceded the final of the
1976 Australian Professional Championship rather than play with
Eddie Charlton 's balls?
Da Turdy Point Buck
2022-04-08
2,334
194.5
... that the songs in the album
Da Turdy Point Buck contain belches and animal sounds that were recorded in a barn?
Nobody's Victim
2022-04-26
4,628
192.8
... that lawyer
Carrie Goldberg was inspired to share her experience of sexual violence in
Nobody's Victim by her clients, who had entrusted her with their own stories?
Hose's broadbill
2022-04-12
2,312
192.7
... that the nests of
Hose's broadbill have tails?
KNXV-TV
2022-04-08
2,306
192.2
... that the owner of
Phoenix 's
KNXV-TV "[held] a gun to
ABC 's head" – and it paid off?
WWJ-TV
2022-04-12
2,277
189.8
... that when
WGPR-TV in Detroit was converted from a station serving Black and ethnic audiences to a
CBS affiliate, it experienced ratings increases of 11,000 percent?
John Henry Bell
2022-04-12
2,264
188.6
... that due to the work of
John Henry Bell a set of guidelines was introduced to protect woolsorters from
anthrax ?
Cyrus Prudhomme David
2022-04-16
2,261
188.4
... that the
Colonial Office refused to appoint
Cyrus Prudhomme David to the magistracy, considering it wrong "as a matter of policy" to appoint a second Black man to a legal post in
Trinidad and Tobago ?
Rachel Dyer
2022-04-28
4,314
179.7
... that
Rachel Dyer , published in 1828, is the first American bound novel about the
Salem witch trials ?
Ambush (ER)
2022-04-10
2,156
179.6
... that "
Ambush ", the
fourth-season premiere episode of
ER , was filmed live twice, for the East and West Coasts?
1917 Baku City Duma election
2022-04-10
2,155
179.6
... that
Baku was the last major city to
hold municipal elections in 1917 Russia , with the delayed voting occurring after the beginning of the
October Revolution ?
Anaea (butterfly)
2022-04-16
2,137
178.1
... that butterflies of the genus
Anaea (example pictured) are said to have "commanded the admiration of even the most gold-mad
conquistadores "?
Charlie Moore (basketball)
2022-04-17
2,124
177.0
... that
Charlie Moore played basketball for four universities?
KTRX (TV)
2022-04-12
2,122
176.8
... that
Washington state TV station
KTRX went on the air in January 1958—and failed to make it to the end of the year?
WOPR (Michigan)
2022-04-11
2,111
175.9
... that at
WOPR , a high-school radio station in
Michigan , DJs were forced to change the music styles they played every two weeks?
Say You Don't Mind
2022-04-19
4,218
175.8
... that
Christopher Gunning apparently only got paid £15 to arrange the top-20 hit "
Say You Don't Mind "?
Ulmus chuchuanus
2022-04-25
4,172
173.9
... that
Ulmus chuchuanus had to be renamed due to another fossil already having its original name?
Comoro River
2022-04-26
4,156
173.2
... that the
Comoro River , which cuts through the East Timorese capital of
Dili , has seen large floods despite often running almost dry?
Monika Buczkowska
2022-04-20
4,153
173.0
... that
Monika Buczkowska , who, as a student in
Poznań , performed as
Mozart's Susanna , was a soloist in
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at a charity concert for Ukraine at the
Alte Oper ?
Holy Trinity Church (Philadelphia)
2022-04-22
4,132
172.2
... that
Holy Trinity Church in
Philadelphia , established in 1784, was the first
national parish in the United States?
LittleBigPlanet (2008 video game)
2022-04-10
2,053
171.1
... that
LittleBigPlanet , a video game that allows the player to create levels, coincided with the rise of
user-generated content ?
Juice (2017 film)
2022-04-08
2,036
169.7
... that the 2017 short film
Juice , starring
Shefali Shah as a middle-class Indian wife defying patriarchal norms, won two
Filmfare Short Film Awards ?
Al-Musta'li
2022-04-07
2,014
167.8
... that in the judgment of historians, the
Fatimid caliph
al-Musta'li "had no noteworthy life", as he was a puppet of his
vizier ,
al-Afdal ?
Wicked (Maguire novel)
2022-04-23
4,012
167.2
... that Elphaba, the main character in
Wicked , is named after
L. Frank Baum , who wrote the book that inspired Wicked ?
Book of Common Prayer (1962)
2022-04-15
1,988
165.7
... that the 1962
Book of Common Prayer has been translated into
Cree ,
French ,
Inuktitut , and
Mohawk ?
Main Title (The West Wing)
2022-04-15
1,902
165.3
... that
The West Wing 's theme music was only intended for use in one scene?
Vladyslav Buialskyi
2022-04-09
1,984
165.3
... that
Vladyslav Buialskyi , a 24-year-old bass-baritone from
Berdiansk , sang the
State Anthem of Ukraine on the night of his debut with the
Metropolitan Opera ?
International Habitation Module
2022-04-14
1,968
164.0
... that
ESA astronauts used
virtual reality to verify the design of the
International Habitation Module ?
Journalist in Space Project
2022-04-16
1,946
162.2
... that
Walter Cronkite was one of 40 finalists in NASA's
Journalist in Space Project ?
Ramona Bennett
2022-04-06
3,880
161.7
... that
Puyallup leader
Ramona Bennett helped organize a week-long occupation of the Cushman Hospital in 1976?
Mary Cornelius Winder
2022-04-10
1,918
159.8
... that the story of
Mary Cornelius Winder was described by
Arthur Halbritter as "the story of the Nation"?
Katharina Konradi
2022-04-18
3,787
157.8
... that
Katharina Konradi , a
soprano born in Kyrgyzstan, made a recording of
lieder with pianist
Gerold Huber including settings by
Lori Laitman of children's poems written in
Terezin ?
Chatterbox (restaurant)
2022-04-17
1,892
157.7
... that the
Hainanese chicken rice at the Singaporean restaurant
Chatterbox was developed by a German chef?
List of accolades received by Shiva Baby
2022-04-20
3,756
156.5
... that
Shiva Baby
was one of the most-awarded films not to receive an Oscar nomination in 2022?
Chanson à bouche fermée
2022-04-11
1,878
156.5
... that
Chanson à bouche fermée , a 1933 choral piece composed by
Jehan Alain , is sung without text and with a closed mouth?
Vivian Beaumont Theater
2022-04-09
1,848
154.0
... that many designers and directors avoided the
Vivian Beaumont Theater because of its unconventional mixture of stage designs?
Artem Datsyshyn
2022-04-16
1,847
153.9
... that
Artem Datsyshyn , the
National Opera of Ukraine 's principal dancer in ballets such as
Swan Lake and
La Bayadère , is said to have danced with "romantic sublimity" and "psychological depth"?
ZieZie
2022-04-14
1,846
153.8
... that
Croydon -based rapper
ZieZie started studying
carpentry in college before he decided to focus on music?
Andrew Barclay (bookbinder)
2022-04-15
1,816
151.3
... that
Andrew Barclay , a bookbinder in colonial Boston, was commanded by British general
Sir Guy Carleton to take Loyalist refugees to
Nova Scotia ?
WBIG (North Carolina)
2022-04-20
3,567
148.6
... that the owners of
North Carolina radio station
WBIG justified shutting it down by noting that
the metropolitan area had outgrown its signal?
Das eine Brot wächst auf vielen Halmen
2022-04-27
3,515
146.5
... that the 1972 hymn "
Das eine Brot wächst auf vielen Halmen ", with an Israeli melody, has been used for Catholic
Corpus Christi processions and Protestant
Kirchentag conventions?
Repatriation tax avoidance
2022-04-10
1,728
144.0
... that
Merck & Co.
avoided repatriation taxes totaling over $3 billion during its 2009 acquisition of
Schering-Plough ?
The Party (Andy Shauf album)
2022-04-17
1,726
143.8
... that each song on
Andy Shauf 's 2016 album
The Party is sung from the perspective of a different guest at a
house party ?
Herr, nimm auch uns zum Tabor mit
2022-04-14
1,724
143.7
... that the text of the hymn "
Herr, nimm auch uns zum Tabor mit " was written in 2001 because few German hymns dealt with the
transfiguration of Jesus , an annual reading during
Lent ?
Poilão
2022-04-16
1,039
86.6
... that the island of
Poilão , within the
João Vieira and Poilão Marine National Park , supports five percent of the world's
green sea turtle nests?
João Vieira and Poilão Marine National Park
678
56.5
Total
1,717
143.1
Khalid ibn Barmak
2022-04-24
3,425
142.7
... that
Khalid ibn Barmak was so close to the first
Abbasid caliph ,
al-Saffah , that his daughter was suckled by al-Saffah's wife?
Rosina Buckman
2022-04-14
1,696
141.3
... that when soprano
Rosina Buckman returned to New Zealand for a concert tour in 1922, the
prime minister and a former prime minister spoke at the reception?
Mordecai Strelisker
2022-04-22
3,382
140.9
... that
Mordecai Strelisker published a
Hebrew elegy on the death of Emperor
Francis I of Austria ?
Lichexanthone
2022-04-02
3,359
140.0
... that
lichexanthone , a chemical found in some
lichens , enhances human
sperm motility and kills mosquito larvae?
Agron House
2022-04-05
3,304
137.6
... that
Agron House was one of the first Israeli cinemas to show films on the Sabbath?
Charlie Cytron-Walker
2022-04-03
3,276
136.5
... that during the
Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis , rabbi
Charlie Cytron-Walker threw a chair at the perpetrator?
Adolf I von Nassau
2022-04-06
3,268
136.2
... that although
Adolf I von Nassau was chosen as
Archbishop of Mainz by the cathedral chapter in 1371 and 1373,
Pope Gregory XI appointed other candidates both times?
Giulia Cassini Rizzotto
2022-04-24
3,170
132.1
... that the final silent film directed by
Giulia Cassini Rizzotto was partly funded by the Vatican and featured Italian aristocrats?
Kuzych v White
2022-04-08
1,576
131.3
... that in the 1951 court case
Kuzych v White , on appeal from the
British Columbia Court of Appeal , five
law lords of the British
Judicial Committee ruled in favour of a Communist-led trade union?
Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area
2022-04-10
1,568
130.7
... that
Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area has one of the largest fields of
Virginia bluebell flowers (pictured) in northern Virginia?
Rashida Beal
2022-04-07
1,560
130.0
... that
Rashida Beal was named 2016
Big Ten Defender of the Year after the
Minnesota Golden Gophers won that year's
conference tournament ?
REI worker organization
2022-04-03
3,110
129.6
... that on March 2, 2022, 86 percent of workers in New York City's
REI store voted in favor of the outdoor recreation retailer's first ever trade union,
REI Union SoHo?
Vitamin A
2022-04-08
1,549
[d]
129.1
... that
vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness despite existing prevention programs?
1917 Odessa City Duma election
2022-04-29
3,084
128.5
... that
women were elected to the
Odessa City Duma for the first time in 1917?
Julian M. Wright
2022-04-25
3,060
127.5
... that judge advocate
Julian M. Wright was once a
fencer , and President
Theodore Roosevelt attended one of his matches in 1902?
Villa Taylor
2022-04-17
1,520
126.6
... that
Winston Churchill painted
Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque , his only painting during World War II, at the
Villa Taylor ?
Zeit (Rammstein album)
2022-04-09
1,516
[e]
126.4
... that a song from
Rammstein 's eighth album
Zeit premiered on the
International Space Station ?
A Cruel Angel's Thesis
2022-04-10
1,514
126.2
... that lyricist
Neko Oikawa wrote
Neon Genesis Evangelion opening theme "
A Cruel Angel's Thesis " in two hours?
Cy Block
2022-04-02
1,636
68.2
... that
Cy Block and
Ross Horning testified before the
United States Congress about how the
reserve clause limited their careers in
professional baseball ?
Ross Horning
1,385
57.7
Total
3,021
125.9
Palucca University of Dance Dresden
2022-04-27
3,019
125.8
... that
Gret Palucca had to close
her dance school in Dresden , Germany, in 1939 because of her Jewish descent, but reopened it in 1945?
Jaega Wise
2022-04-29
3,016
125.6
... that
Jaega Wise co-hosted the television series Beer Masters alongside musician
James Blunt ?
Barrie R. Cassileth
2022-04-13
1,478
123.2
... that
Barrie R. Cassileth helped create one of the first palliative cancer care programs in the United States?
List of justices of the Federal Constitutional Court
2022-04-26
2,926
121.9
... that Claus Leusser, a
justice of the German Federal Constitutional Court , served for only four months?
Government Palace, Dili
2022-04-06
2,913
121.4
... that in front of the
Government Palace in
Dili , East Timor, is a monument to the famous Portuguese explorer and imperialist,
Prince Henry the Navigator ?
Joining Forces
2022-04-12
1,454
121.1
... that
Joining Forces has sought to make the transfer of
occupational licenses easier for U.S. military spouses?
Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano)
2022-04-19
2,864
119.3
... that the
mezzo-soprano of
Beth Taylor was the only lower voice when she appeared as Dardano in Handel's
Amadigi , portraying her
male character with fine vocal lines and "remarkable
coloraturas "?
Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York
2022-04-11
1,430
119.2
... that the
Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York , founded in 1949 by immigrants, first toured Ukraine in 1990?
Eric Sbraccia
2022-04-16
1,406
117.2
... that
Eric Sbraccia made his
professional wrestling debut at the age of fourteen as a "
junior member " for
Tony Rumble in
International Championship Wrestling ?
Jeff Malott
2022-04-14
1,400
116.6
... that
Jeff Malott scored his first three goals
for Cornell University on the same day?
Samuel Marolois
2022-04-04
2,792
116.4
... that
Samuel Marolois wrote books about theory and practice of both
perspective and
fortification ?
Heather Phillips
2022-04-08
1,390
115.8
... that when
Heather Phillips made her European debut in Rossini's
Bianca e Falliero at the
Oper Frankfurt , reviewers agreed that her nuanced
coloraturas served to portray Bianca's development?
Gott liebt diese Welt
2022-04-02
2,768
115.3
... that all
stanzas of the song "
Gott liebt diese Welt " begin with this line, sending the message that God loves this world to young Christians in
Mecklenburg after the
Berlin Wall was built?
Judita Nagyová
2022-04-23
2,758
114.9
... that during a German charity concert for Ukraine, Slovakian singer
Judita Nagyová performed a solo in the finale of
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ?
Carlton Town F.C.
2022-04-23
2,716
113.1
... that
Carlton Town F.C. , now competing at the eighth tier of the
English football pyramid , was once denied promotion by a
hat-trick scored by future England international
Jamie Vardy ?
Nabucco
2022-04-15
1,286
111.8
... that the titular character of Verdi's
Nabucco , the opera that established his fame, is a combination of three historic rulers?
Dave Frederick
2022-04-29
2,666
111.1
... that
Dave Frederick has been referred to as the "
Sussex County humorist-teacher-writer-radio-host-philosopher dude"?
The Goldberg Variations (ballet)
2022-04-17
1,322
110.1
... that
The Goldberg Variations , performed to
Bach's music , was partly choreographed by
Jerome Robbins while he was in a wheelchair?
Barbara Maier Gustern
2022-04-14
1,302
108.5
... that over the course of her career, vocal coach
Barbara Maier Gustern taught
Debbie Harry ,
Taylor Mac ,
Justin Vivian Bond ,
Diamanda Galás , and
Kathleen Hanna ?
Henry Alcazar
2022-04-24
2,602
108.4
... that legislator
Henry Alcazar successfully defended everyone accused of inciting the 1903
Water Riots that burned down the
Trinidad and Tobago seat of government ?
Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
2022-04-03
2,587
107.8
... that the
Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust , which found the wreck of
Endurance in 2022, also discovered the wreck of
SMS Scharnhorst in 2019?
Mitchell Fisher
2022-04-02
2,568
107.0
... that decades after resigning from his pulpit, rabbi
Mitchell Fisher published a book titled Rebel, O Jews! And Other Prayers ?
Sociedad Cosmopolita de Resistencia y Colocación de Obreros Panaderos
2022-04-17
1,269
105.8
... that Italian anarchists founded
the first trade union for bakers in Argentina ?
Emily Pogorelc
2022-04-22
2,457
102.4
... that American soprano
Emily Pogorelc went from winning the 2018 "Most Promising Talent" prize at
Glyndebourne to appearing as
Mozart's Cherubino at the
Munich Opera Festival ?
Diane Burns
2022-04-11
1,190
99.2
... that
Diane Burns 's Alphabet Serenade provides an early critique of the gentrification of the
Lower East Side ?
Zofia Kilanowicz
2022-04-12
1,186
98.8
... that the Polish
soprano
Zofia Kilanowicz appeared as Roxana in Szymanowski's
King Roger in Paris, and recorded Górecki's
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs ?
Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve
2022-04-16
1,155
96.2
... that the
Selangor State Executive Council degazetted most of the
Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve , despite
the legislative assembly having unanimously voted to preserve it?
Alligator (Of Monsters and Men song)
2022-04-28
2,298
95.8
... that with "
Alligator ",
Of Monsters and Men had their second top-ten hit on the
Billboard
Hot Rock Songs chart and their first number-one on the magazine's
Rock Airplay chart?
WAQX-FM
2022-04-11
1,112
92.6
... that one of the original co-owners of New York state radio station
WAQX-FM did much of the construction himself?
2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships
2022-04-09
1,108
92.4
... that at the
2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships ,
Lorraine Ugen (pictured) equalled the championship
long jump record?
Tin Srbić
2022-04-20
2,170
90.4
... that
Tin Srbić was the first Croatian to win a gold medal at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships ?
Jørgen Læssøe
2022-04-17
1,072
89.3
... that when
Jørgen Læssøe became Professor Extraordinaire of
Assyriology at the
University of Copenhagen in 1957, he was the only active professional Assyriologist in Denmark?
Mann ministry
2022-04-30
2,130
88.8
... that eight of ten ministers in the
Bhagwant Mann ministry are first-term members of the
Punjab Legislative Assembly ?
Hans-Karl von Kupsch
2022-04-08
1,062
88.5
... that
Hans-Karl von Kupsch , who was instrumental in the unification of the
East and West German booksellers' associations , ran a gallery of contemporary art together with his wife?
WLNL
2022-04-07
1,038
86.5
... that radio station
WIQT near
Elmira, New York , was co-owned with a regional group of clothing, furniture, and shoe stores?
2022 Tour Championship
2022-04-12
1,028
85.6
... that
Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first player to make five
century breaks in consecutive matches at the
2022 Tour Championship ?
William Rees Jeffreys
2022-04-05
2,032
84.7
... that
William Rees Jeffreys was a cyclist who became the first secretary of the Road Board, the forerunner of the UK's
Department for Transport ?
Selwyn Ryan
2022-04-09
1,008
84.0
... that political scientist
Selwyn Ryan has been called "the author of record for the ... modern political history" of Trinidad and Tobago?
CJVB
2022-04-25
1,948
81.2
... that to convince Canadian regulators that
Vancouver could support a new ethnic radio station, the founder of
CJVB documented local restaurants and Sikh temples?
Border Report
2022-04-04
1,912
79.7
... that in 2019,
Border Report launched a ten-day project covering news stories along the
Mexico–US border ?
Roads Improvement Association
2022-04-09
945
78.8
... that the
Roads Improvement Association was founded in 1886 by two British cycling organisations?
Hum Log (film)
2022-04-10
934
77.9
... that
Rajendra Kumar was supposed to play his first major role in the 1951 social drama
Hum Log but was replaced a few days into filming?
Ihr Christen, singet hocherfreut
2022-04-17
926
77.2
... that in the twelve-
stanza Easter hymn "
Ihr Christen, singet hocherfreut ", based on
a 15th-century hymn in Latin , an angel tells women to not remain at the empty tomb?
Pseudoceratina
2022-04-21
1,846
76.9
... that a species in the genus of sponges
Pseudoceratina produces a chemical that can help prevent migration of
metastatic breast cancer cells?
Mily Treviño-Sauceda
2022-04-08
919
76.6
... that
Mily Treviño-Sauceda , the co-founder of the first national grassroots women's farmworker organization in the United States, the National Alliance of Farmworker Women, was a child farmworker in the 1960s?
Lucy Feagin
2022-04-05
1,834
76.4
... that
Lucy Feagin founded the
Feagin School of Dramatic Art in New York City, where talent scouts for radio, screen, and stage were always present to watch her senior students' plays?
Ashton Hawkins
2022-04-27
1,809
75.4
... that
Ashton Hawkins arranged for the construction of the West Wing of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, to house the
Temple of Dendur ?
Wolfram Menschick
2022-04-15
900
75.0
... that the Johannespassion by
Wolfram Menschick , a setting of the
Passion according to
St John for three soloists and choir, will be performed today at
Essen Cathedral ?
Travis Lupick
2022-04-04
1,714
71.4
... that journalist
Travis Lupick first wrote about the
opioid epidemic for
The Georgia Straight in 2014 and has since published two books, Light Up the Night and Fighting for Space , on the subject?
Francis Childs (printer)
2022-04-14
822
68.5
... that
Francis Childs was the publisher and printer of The New York Daily Advertiser , the third daily newspaper to appear in the United States, in 1785?
Dove sono
2022-04-28
1,572
65.5
... that the melody of Mozart's aria "
Dove sono " from
Le nozze di Figaro , asking "Where are those happy moments ...?", begins similarly to the Agnus Dei from his earlier
Coronation Mass ?
Le Tombeau de Couperin (ballet)
2022-04-16
780
65.0
... that in
Le Tombeau de Couperin ,
George Balanchine 's ballet to
Ravel's orchestral suite , the dancers are divided into two groups, dancing separately?
Suardi Tasrif
2022-04-13
740
61.6
... that
Suardi Tasrif helped author the code of ethics for Indonesian journalists and advocates?
Ormond Beatty
2022-04-06
1,424
59.3
... that
Ormond Beatty was the first
Centre College president who was not a minister?
Thomas Fleet (printer)
2022-04-02
1,412
58.9
... that
Thomas Fleet , the founder of the
Boston Evening-Post , began his printing career by publishing an American version of Mother Goose , from stories told by his mother-in-law to his children?
KTNW
2022-04-30
1,355
56.5
... that a mobile production unit served as the first studios of
Washington state public TV station
KTNW ?
WBAA
2022-04-04
1,338
55.8
... that
WBAA , the radio station of
Purdue University , received its
broadcast license 100 years ago today?
The Seasons' Canon
2022-04-26
1,153
48.0
... that the choreography of
Crystal Pite 's ballet
The Seasons' Canon is inspired by the movement of
tectonic plates ?
Peter Merseburger
2022-04-10
540
45.0
... that after a career as political journalist,
Peter Merseburger wrote biographies of
Der Spiegel founder
Rudolf Augstein and chancellor
Willy Brandt ?
European Theatre Convention
2022-04-19
1,062
44.2
... that in 2014 the
European Theatre Convention started a programme known as Dialogue of Cultures to support exchanges with theatres in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries?
Angel Locsin filmography
2022-04-04
1,014
42.2
... that in the television series sequel
Imortal (2010),
Angel Locsin
portrayed the lead role as the daughter of her
lycan character in the
Lobo TV series?