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Battle of the Frogs |
2024-07-01 |
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41,490 |
1,728.8 |
... that the 1754 Battle of the Frogs was commemorated on banknotes (detail pictured)?
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List of individual body parts |
2024-07-12 |
|
35,010 |
1,458.8 |
... that a human toe used for cocktails (pictured) is one of many body parts that are tourist attractions?
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Ernest J. King |
2024-07-02 |
|
32,632 |
1,359.7 |
... that according to a popular myth, Admiral Ernest J. King (pictured) shaved with a blowtorch?
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Giado concentration camp |
2024-07-15 |
|
31,762 |
1,323.4 |
... that Libyan Jews and Arabs traded and bartered with each other at the fence of the Giado concentration camp (pictured)?
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Dreamtime (climb) |
2024-07-09 |
|
30,172 |
1,257.2 |
... that Dreamtime (pictured) is one of the world's most famous bouldering routes?
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Tobie Goedewaagen |
2024-07-20 |
|
25,793 |
1,074.7 |
... that Tobie Goedewaagen (pictured), a minister under the Nazi occupation government, fled the Netherlands with his belongings in a bedspread?
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Isle of Dogs Pumping Station |
2024-07-08 |
|
23,899 |
995.8 |
... that the Isle of Dogs Pumping Station (pictured) was nicknamed the Temple of Storms?
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Yevhen Klopotenko |
2024-07-10 |
|
23,476 |
978.2 |
... that Yevhen Klopotenko (pictured) fought a "war for borscht"?
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Big Duck
|
2024-07-19
|
|
16,624
|
692.7
|
... that a big duck (pictured) helped promote duck farming on Long Island?
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Domestic duck
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4,425
|
184.4
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Total |
21,050 |
877.1
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Talbot H. Green |
2024-07-10 |
|
18,416 |
767.3 |
... that a street in San Francisco was named after a man who used a false identity?
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ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign |
2024-07-01 |
|
17,328 |
722.0 |
... that the United States Department of Defense ran a propaganda campaign against Chinese vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic?
|
Guardian Cap |
2024-07-03 |
|
16,764 |
698.5 |
... that the NFL has required players in most positions to wear Guardian Caps (pictured) during training even though third-party research has questioned their effectiveness?
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Banana (2024 video game) |
2024-07-11 |
|
16,471 |
686.3 |
... that a video game consisting solely of a clickable image of a banana was briefly the second-most played game on Steam?
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2022 Brink's theft |
2024-07-11 |
|
16,244 |
676.9 |
... that on July 11, 2022, millions of dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from the back of a truck while one driver was getting food at a California truck stop and the other one was asleep in the cab?
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Bad Dürrenberg burial |
2024-07-06 |
|
15,517 |
646.5 |
... that the Bad Dürrenberg shaman may have been able to block blood vessels to her brain by holding her head at certain angles?
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East House mass shooting |
2024-07-15 |
|
15,242 |
635.1 |
... that a gunman who, in 1960, shot three people dead in Sheffield, England, was deported to Somalia, where he was killed in a shoot-out while "running amok"?
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Bill Wurtz |
2024-07-18 |
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14,628 |
614.6 |
... that Bill Wurtz once accepted an award with a two-word acceptance speech?
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Esther Tailfeathers
|
2024-07-07
|
|
7,314
|
304.8
|
... that the "mythical love story" of Sami politician Bjarne Store-Jakobsen and Blackfoot physician Esther Tailfeathers is a focus of the 2014 film Bihttoš?
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Bjarne Store-Jakobsen
|
7,091
|
295.5
|
Total |
14,405 |
600.2
|
Nathan Steuer |
2024-07-17 |
|
14,113 |
588.0 |
... that Magic: The Gathering world champion Nathan Steuer (pictured) started tournament-level play as a pre-teen, saying that the "13 and up" label on Magic packaging was "just recommended"?
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Benjamin Jackson (sailor) |
2024-07-15 |
|
13,938 |
580.8 |
... that Benjamin Jackson was likely paid at least $300 to fight in the American Civil War as Lewis Saunders?
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Command information newspaper |
2024-07-06 |
|
13,542 |
564.2 |
... that according to a former military journalist, 80,000 copies of a command information newspaper were dumped into the South China Sea during the Vietnam War?
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Music Sounds Better with You |
2024-07-18 |
|
13,320 |
559.6 |
... that Stardust's only song earned them a $3 million offer from a record label, but they refused?
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Flyover (book) |
2024-07-09 |
|
13,184 |
549.3 |
... that Flyover, a 2023 science fiction novel by an American author, portraying a dystopian future where part of the US becomes a theocracy, was published in French but not in English?
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Valence populism |
2024-07-20 |
|
13,167 |
548.6 |
... that valence populism cannot be positioned on the left–right political spectrum?
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Brunel University lecture centre |
2024-07-15 |
|
13,149 |
547.9 |
... that Brunel University's lecture centre has been described as "imposing" and "frightening", but also as "an expressive centrepiece" and "a brutalist classic"?
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Party of Revolutionary Communism
|
2024-07-17
|
|
4,330
|
180.4
|
... that in 1919 Vladimir Zitta, Evgenia Semenovskaya, Vladimir Bezel and G. N. Maksimov were expelled from the Party of Revolutionary Communism for having advocated unity with other populist sectors?
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Evgenia Semenovskaya
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2,612
|
108.8
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Vladimir Zitta
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2,553
|
106.4
|
Vladimir Bezel
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1,700
|
70.9
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Grigorii Nikolaevich Maksimov
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1,638
|
68.3
|
Total |
12,834 |
534.8
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Sebastiaan Matheus Sigismund de Ranitz (1901–1987) |
2024-07-10 |
|
12,606 |
525.3 |
... that the Nazi collaborator Sebastiaan de Ranitz abandoned his office following Mad Tuesday, leaving his department in turmoil?
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A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories |
2024-07-18 |
|
12,426 |
522.1 |
... that Terry Pratchett's earliest Discworld stories were posthumously found and published by two of his fans?
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Barbara's Rhubarb Bar |
2024-07-09 |
|
12,369 |
515.4 |
... that barbarians would have bought cake, not pie, at Barbara's Rhubarb Bar?
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American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis |
2024-07-03 |
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12,124 |
505.2 |
... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"?
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Lunch (song) |
2024-07-02 |
|
12,089 |
503.7 |
... that Billie Eilish first served "Lunch" during a party at Coachella?
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Zhang Ziyu |
2024-07-20 |
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11,741 |
489.2 |
... that 17-year-old women's basketball player Zhang Ziyu is at least 220 centimetres (7 ft 3 in) tall?
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Zhou Wennan |
2024-07-08 |
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11,596 |
483.2 |
... that in order to re-marry, Zhou Wennan had to request Mao Zedong's permission?
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Oost Castle
|
2024-07-09
|
|
5,442
|
226.8
|
... that Jopie and Teun Roosenburg led an art colony at Oost Castle that helped Jewish refugees escape the Nazi-occupied Netherlands to Belgium?
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Teun Roosenburg
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3,499
|
145.8
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Jopie Roosenburg-Goudriaan
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2,602
|
108.4
|
Total |
11,544 |
481.0
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Microhodotermes viator |
2024-07-19 |
|
11,504 |
479.4 |
... that scientists tested the age of an African termite's inhabited mound—and found it to be 34,000 years old?
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Fume hood |
2024-07-07 |
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11,500 |
479.1 |
... that the annual energy cost of a single fume hood in Singapore can be up to US$9,300?
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Medieval garden |
2024-07-05 |
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11,296 |
470.6 |
... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts (example pictured)?
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L'Aube rouge (novel) |
2024-07-12 |
|
11,132 |
463.8 |
... that a novel about Madagascar's colonization, which the author was aware was impossible to publish under colonial rule, was finally published decades after his suicide?
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Paul Parkman |
2024-07-06 |
|
11,108 |
462.8 |
... that Paul Parkman (pictured), one of the developers of the rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so that the vaccine could be freely available?
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George Kunkel (theatre manager) |
2024-07-04 |
|
10,682 |
445.1 |
... that actor George Kunkel (pictured) portrayed in blackface the character of Uncle Tom, using it at first to promote slavery during the American Civil War but later to attack it, after his views had changed?
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Wellesbourne, Brighton |
2024-07-01 |
|
10,607 |
442.0 |
... that the Wellesbourne, Brighton's lost river, stopped flowing in 1889?
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Meat diaper |
2024-07-06 |
|
10,416 |
434.0 |
... that putting pre-moistened meat diapers in pre-packaged meat is a form of weight fraud?
|
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs |
2024-07-11 |
|
10,296 |
429.0 |
... that while reviewers generally praised The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, one reviewer complained that the author was "so nice about his colleagues that it makes you long for a juicy academic vendetta"?
|
Silence Is Loud |
2024-07-03 |
|
10,234 |
426.4 |
... that Silence Is Loud uses a style that was previously considered "absolutely verboten" for its genre?
|
Pure Japanese |
2024-07-17 |
|
10,099 |
420.8 |
... that Pure Japanese was released under this English title in its native Japan?
|
Pinxton Castle |
2024-07-16 |
|
9,978 |
415.8 |
... that the moat around Pinxton Castle was inside the perimeter walls, rather than outside?
|
Album covers of Blue Note Records |
2024-07-11 |
|
9,754 |
406.4 |
... that the album covers of Blue Note Records have been considered to be the "look" of jazz?
|
The Blue Angels (film) |
2024-07-04 |
|
9,738 |
405.8 |
... that The Blue Angels was shot using IMAX cameras rigged to a helicopter, plus an ultra-high-speed camera shooting at 1,000 frames per second?
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Jean-Pierre Lévy (resistance leader) |
2024-07-02 |
|
9,600 |
400.0 |
... that youthful Second World War resistance leader Jean-Pierre Lévy was advised by the Free French intelligence service to dye his hair grey to appear older?
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Judy Kellogg Markowsky |
2024-07-21 |
|
9,595 |
399.8 |
... that American ornithologist Judy Kellogg Markowsky died after disappearing in the river that she worked to protect during her life?
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Joseph Petzoldt |
2024-07-19 |
|
9,510 |
396.2 |
... that Albert Einstein wrote to Joseph Petzoldt in 1914 that he had "long shared his convictions", after reading one of his philosophical books?
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KEYE-TV |
2024-07-16 |
|
9,453 |
393.9 |
... that a Texas TV station hoped that being named after an eye would ease viewer confusion?
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Ludwig Krug |
2024-07-14 |
|
9,315 |
388.1 |
... that in Ludwig Krug's rendition of Adam and Eve (pictured), an ape mimics Adam eating the apple?
|
Sud 777 |
2024-07-02 |
|
9,189 |
382.9 |
... that a critic said that the hors d'oeuvres served at Sud 777 could function as desserts and vice versa?
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Molokans in Armenia |
2024-07-04 |
|
9,127 |
380.3 |
... that sauerkraut made by members of a Russian spiritual sect in Armenia was popular in many other parts of the Soviet Union?
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Wu shu (historical text) |
2024-07-07 |
|
9,118 |
379.9 |
... that the compilation of the Wu shu was hampered by the execution of two members of the committee compiling the text?
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Pigeon statues in Wellington |
2024-07-10 |
|
8,816 |
367.3 |
... that after a pigeon sculpture in Wellington went missing, members of the public created a memorial for it?
|
Snow Bowl (1985) |
2024-07-09 |
|
8,720 |
363.3 |
... that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers players wore white uniforms during a snowy NFL game, which made them extremely difficult for their quarterback to see?
|
Hypochrysops piceatus |
2024-07-14 |
|
8,696 |
362.3 |
... that Australia's most threatened butterfly is confined to a native range of less than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi)?
|
Akinada Tobishima Kaido |
2024-07-07 |
|
8,638 |
359.9 |
... that the Akinada Tobishima Kaido (bridge pictured), an island-hopping road, was named after its resemblance to stepping stones in a garden?
|
Kirkby Ski Slope |
2024-07-08 |
|
8,579 |
357.5 |
... that schoolchildren in the town of Kirkby were paid 25 pence an hour to help build Kirkby Ski Slope, even though the slope never opened?
|
Charlemagne |
2024-07-17 |
|
8,468[a] |
352.8 |
... that Charlemagne owned an elephant that he received as a gift from the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid?
|
Third Josef Hoop cabinet |
2024-07-21 |
|
8,242 |
343.4 |
... that the third Josef Hoop cabinet survived an attempted coup from a domestic Nazi party?
|
H. J. Lovink Pumping Station |
2024-07-16 |
|
8,199 |
341.6 |
... that the H. J. Lovink Pumping Station (pictured), a national monument of the Netherlands, was used to reclaim the Flevopolder?
|
Pharos (crater) |
2024-07-16 |
|
8,198 |
341.6 |
... that Pharos, the largest impact crater on Neptune's moon Proteus, is more than half the diameter of Proteus itself?
|
Nederlandsche Kultuurkamer |
2024-07-15 |
|
8,009 |
333.7 |
... that, of the three presidents of the Chamber of Dutch Culture, two were arrested and one was assassinated?
|
DarkZero Esports |
2024-07-01 |
|
7,978 |
332.4 |
... that when DarkZero contracted Xynew, his teammates highlighted his "communication skills and game brain", which they deemed unusual for a controller player?
|
Rosemary Miller |
2024-07-10 |
|
7,956 |
331.5 |
... that Rosemary Miller won her state's skeet shooting championship one year after learning the sport, and then won a state shooting championship in all but two years for the rest of her life?
|
Han Bong-zin |
2024-07-02 |
|
7,928 |
330.3 |
... that footballer Han Bong-zin trained in the military every day for four years in preparation for the FIFA World Cup?
|
Crown Building (Manhattan) |
2024-07-13 |
|
7,768 |
323.6 |
... that Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos bought New York City's Crown Building because of a tearful plea?
|
Helianthus devernii |
2024-07-18 |
|
7,626 |
320.4 |
... that the newly discovered and critically imperiled Red Rock sunflower (Helianthus devernii) has only been found around two desert springs located in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area?
|
1899–1900 peasant unrest in Bulgaria |
2024-07-16 |
|
7,529 |
313.7 |
... that during the 1899–1900 peasant unrest in Bulgaria, some troops refused orders to fire on the protesters?
|
Chenqiao mutiny |
2024-07-11 |
|
7,479 |
311.6 |
... that according to the official history of the Song dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers stormed his bedroom and proclaimed him emperor, to his surprise?
|
Golden Girls (play) |
2024-07-04 |
|
7,346 |
306.1 |
... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?
|
Adnan al-Bursh |
2024-07-03 |
|
7,311 |
304.6 |
... that orthopedic surgeon Adnan al-Bursh had also served as an advisor to the Palestine national football team before dying in an Israeli prison?
|
Na O-mi |
2024-07-11 |
|
7,226 |
301.1 |
... that South Korean actress Na O-mi's stage name was inspired by the song "I Dream of Naomi"?
|
ML Buch |
2024-07-16 |
|
7,092 |
295.5 |
... that a video accompanying ML Buch's debut album showed viewers her inner self – literally?
|
Supernovae in fiction |
2024-07-19 |
|
7,066 |
294.4 |
... that in fiction, supernovae are induced to serve as weapons, power sources for time travel, and advertisements?
|
Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography |
2024-07-08 |
|
7,024 |
292.7 |
... that Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography described its subject as a "liar", and yet, one reviewer felt that the author's "studiously neutral position ends up sounding like an apologia for Kosinski"?
|
Coon Rapids Dam |
2024-07-20 |
|
7,013 |
292.2 |
... that the Coon Rapids Dam on the Mississippi River is the northern terminus of the river's navigable portion?
|
Joan (Alexander McQueen collection) |
2024-07-18 |
|
6,945 |
291.8 |
... that the flaming finale of Joan by Alexander McQueen has been read as an image of violence, resilience, transcendence, and resurrection?
|
Lucario |
2024-07-20 |
|
6,959 |
290.0 |
... that the Pokémon species Lucario is used to promote fitness programs in Japan?
|
María Pacheco |
2024-07-08 |
|
6,911 |
288.0 |
... that 16th-century chroniclers thought María Pacheco, a leader of the Revolt of the Comuneros, was a witch?
|
William Beck (Wisconsin politician) |
2024-07-16 |
|
6,862 |
285.9 |
... that William Beck emigrated to the US from Germany, became a policeman at 19, was wounded by a Native American tribe, and was shipwrecked before becoming Milwaukee's first police chief?
|
List of historic places in Kaikōura District |
2024-07-18 |
|
6,590 |
276.9 |
... that carpenter Cumming Haswell erected a historic villa, later described as "modestly-scaled but ornamental"?
|
Oen Boen Ing |
2024-07-14 |
|
6,570 |
273.7 |
... that Oen Boen Ing, a doctor who often worked for free, was so popular that the Indonesian government was petitioned not to evacuate him during a period of violence against Chinese Indonesians?
|
Tatto Suwarto Pamuji |
2024-07-02 |
|
6,560 |
273.4 |
... that after completing his tenure as regent, Tatto Suwarto Pamuji walked 96 kilometres (60 mi) to fulfill a vow he made?
|
1940 NFL All-Star Game (January) |
2024-07-12 |
|
6,474 |
269.7 |
... that the Green Bay Packers once defeated a team of all-stars chosen from the rest of the league?
|
Infested |
2024-07-14 |
|
6,473[b] |
269.7 |
... that 200 spiders were on the set of Infested?
|
Shirt (song) |
2024-07-13 |
|
6,432 |
268.0 |
... that fans on TikTok were behind the choice of name for one of SZA's singles?
|
Dot and Bubble |
2024-07-09 |
|
6,373 |
265.5 |
... that the 2024 Doctor Who episode "Dot and Bubble" was first conceptualized in 2009?
|
Anna Smith Spark |
2024-07-21 |
|
6,356 |
264.8 |
... that author Anna Smith Spark is also known as the "Queen of Grimdark"?
|
We want the ball and we're going to score! |
2024-07-07 |
|
6,348 |
264.5 |
... that after Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck promised victory, he threw an interception that lost the game?
|
Eurovision Song Contest 1989 |
2024-07-15 |
|
6,034 |
251.4 |
... that the inclusion of two preteen competing performers at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 led to the introduction of an age rule for participants at future contests?
|
Kho Ping Hoo |
2024-07-17 |
|
6,032 |
251.4 |
... that Kho Ping Hoo, despite writing numerous stories based on wuxia, could not read Chinese?
|
Nihilism (Alexander McQueen collection) |
2024-07-13 |
|
5,976 |
249.0 |
... that models in the runway show for Nihilism by Alexander McQueen were dressed in plastic, locusts, rust, and clay?
|
Score: A Hockey Musical |
2024-07-01 |
|
5,818 |
242.4 |
... that Score: A Hockey Musical has been described as "so Canadian it hurts"?
|
Peewee Jarrett |
2024-07-01 |
|
5,800 |
241.6 |
... that Peewee Jarrett went from having a two-year span with no playing time and being "set on quitting football" to signing into the National Football League?
|
Ryan Warsofsky |
2024-07-17 |
|
5,766 |
240.3 |
... that ice hockey coach Ryan Warsofsky was the youngest active head coach in the ECHL, then was the youngest in the AHL, and now is the youngest in the NHL?
|
Republica (plant)
|
2024-07-11
|
|
3,350
|
139.6
|
... that fossil plants (leaf pictured) and damselflies from the Ypresian age are named after the city of Republic?
|
Republica weatbrooki
|
2,370
|
98.8
|
Total |
5,721 |
238.4
|
How to Be Perfect |
2024-07-16 |
|
5,504 |
229.3 |
... that in his book How to Be Perfect, Michael Schur sought to "wade into some deeply confusing and painful applications of moral philosophy ... but in a fun way"?
|
Henry Donch |
2024-07-20 |
|
5,488 |
228.6 |
... that musician Henry Donch witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and served on the grand jury that indicted the assassin of President Garfield?
|
Ghost in the Machine (song) |
2024-07-17 |
|
5,478 |
228.3 |
... that one critic interpreted a SZA song as being about her fears about the growing influence of AI in the music industry?
|
List of roles and awards of Liza Soberano |
2024-07-05 |
|
5,324 |
221.9 |
... that Liza Soberano's early acting roles include playing the third wheel in romance films?
|
Beijing Watermelon |
2024-07-12 |
|
5,299 |
220.8 |
... that plans to shoot the Beijing-set portions of the 1989 Japanese film Beijing Watermelon on location were cancelled after the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre occurred mid-production?
|
Mindustry |
2024-07-14 |
|
5,268 |
219.5 |
... that the real-time strategy, tower defense and factory management game Mindustry is freely licensed under the GPLv3?
|
Radcliffe Telescope |
2024-07-12 |
|
5,234 |
218.1 |
... that the Radcliffe Telescope was the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere when it was completed in 1948?
|
Houdini (Eminem song) |
2024-07-05 |
|
5,210[c] |
217.1 |
... that Eminem promoted "Houdini" with a video in which David Blaine eats a wine glass?
|
Gmac Cash |
2024-07-09 |
|
5,119 |
213.3 |
... that rapper Gmac Cash attempted to gift a pair of Cartier glasses to Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan?
|
The Griffins' Nest |
2024-07-13 |
|
5,108 |
212.8 |
... that the Vancouver School Board's alleged attempt to censor a student newspaper led to the drafting of a press-freedom act?
|
The Servile State |
2024-07-09 |
|
5,084 |
211.8 |
... that in The Servile State, Hilaire Belloc criticized socialism for being too similar to capitalism?
|
Banner in the Sky |
2024-07-15 |
|
5,046 |
210.3 |
... that Banner in the Sky inspired a Canadian dentist to climb the Matterhorn?
|
Hermanus Johannes Lovink |
2024-07-13 |
|
4,974 |
207.2 |
... that Dutch agriculturist Hermanus Johannes Lovink (pictured) used a suitcase gramophone during his lectures?
|
At the Name of Jesus |
2024-07-05 |
|
4,965 |
206.9 |
... that "At the Name of Jesus" has been described as "the only completely objective theological hymn to come from the hand of a 19th-century woman writer"?
|
Gladys Stone Wright |
2024-07-05 |
|
4,952 |
206.4 |
... that Gladys Stone Wright got started with a year of free piano lessons and a $5 clarinet?
|
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. |
2024-07-12 |
|
4,883 |
203.5 |
... that author Ron Chernow was reluctant to write a biography of John D. Rockefeller until being shown a 1,700-page transcript of three years' worth of private interviews with him?
|
1964 New York World's Fair pavilions |
2024-07-06 |
|
4,876 |
203.2 |
... that a New York man built a house with materials from several 1964 New York World's Fair pavilions?
|
Braver Angels |
2024-07-21 |
|
4,842 |
201.8 |
... that a co-founder of Braver Angels designed their Red/Blue political depolarization workshops based on couples therapy?
|
Chris Patrick (ice hockey) |
2024-07-20 |
|
4,837 |
201.5 |
... that Chris Patrick is one of seven Stanley Cup champions in his family?
|
Antonio Dini |
2024-07-10 |
|
4,796 |
199.8 |
... that Antonio Dini was the only survivor of a three-man crew after he crashed a plane into the sea, but had no recollection of the crash due to concussion?
|
Maryland Child Victims Act |
2024-07-05 |
|
4,788 |
199.5 |
... that Maryland state delegate C. T. Wilson compared negotiating with the Catholic Church on the Maryland Child Victims Act to making "a deal with the devil"?
|
Sydnie Christmas |
2024-07-16 |
|
4,752 |
198.0 |
... that the winner of the seventeenth series of Britain's Got Talent was the first individual woman to win the show without a dog?
|
Texas Centennial half dollar |
2024-07-13 |
|
4,649 |
193.7 |
... that when sales slowed on the Texas Centennial half dollar, Senator Tom Connally suggested minting five separate versions?
|
Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial and Helio Studies |
2024-07-17 |
|
4,638 |
193.2 |
... that the satellite TRUTHS is planned to enable the precise calibration of Earth observation data from other satellites?
|
Steve Elcock |
2024-07-21 |
|
4,568 |
190.3 |
... that Steve Elcock's Symphony No. 6 is dedicated to "the everlasting execration of self-serving politicians, the obscenely rich and the system that allows them to remain so"?
|
Lois E. Trott |
2024-07-08 |
|
4,438 |
184.9 |
... that Lois E. Trott ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment?
|
Mercantile Library Company (Philadelphia) |
2024-07-07 |
|
4,427 |
184.5 |
... that after operating for 168 years and moving to three buildings, the Mercantile Library in Philadelphia was closed due to concerns about asbestos?
|
Stoppa sabbet |
2024-07-03 |
|
4,387 |
182.8 |
... that between 1985 and 1988, Televerket spent 2 million kronor paying youth sports teams to monitor payphones for vandalism?
|
Melanie L. Campbell |
2024-07-04 |
|
4,346 |
181.1 |
... that Melanie L. Campbell was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting proposed restrictions on voting rights?
|
Chihiro (song) |
2024-07-08 |
|
4,330 |
180.4 |
... that "Chihiro" by Billie Eilish was titled in reference to the main character of Spirited Away?
|
Dan Erlewine |
2024-07-13 |
|
4,295 |
179.0 |
... that the magazine Acoustic Guitar said that Dan Erlewine "might be the most famous guitar repairperson on earth"?
|
Band of Angels (novel) |
2024-07-13 |
|
4,250 |
177.1 |
... that literary critic Leslie Fiedler called the novel Band of Angels "operatic in the worst sense of the word"?
|
Setsuyaku Rock |
2024-07-14 |
|
4,234 |
176.4 |
... that the live-action drama adaptation of the Japanese manga Setsuyaku Rock was reimagined as a buddy comedy?
|
Florida Hospital Oceanside |
2024-07-02 |
|
4,194 |
174.8 |
... that Florida Hospital Oceanside was demolished after being damaged by Hurricane Irma?
|
MT Petar Hektorović |
2024-07-06 |
|
4,174 |
173.9 |
... that when MT Petar Hektorović was temporarily reassigned, one resident of Vis wrote an online memorial to the ship, writing "the bay of Vis grieve for you"?
|
Joel Ross (vibraphonist) |
2024-07-07 |
|
4,036 |
168.1 |
... that professional vibraphonist Joel Ross has called the vibraphone his "least favorite instrument"?
|
Margaret Carroux |
2024-07-04 |
|
3,947 |
164.5 |
... that Margaret Carroux's German translation of The Lord of the Rings contains errors introduced by her editor?
|
YMCA Building (San Diego) |
2024-07-14 |
|
3,936 |
164.0 |
... that the San Diego YMCA estimates that it has served more than 125 million military personnel?
|
Mark Hutton |
2024-07-05 |
|
3,925 |
163.5 |
... that Mark Hutton was the first Australian to be a starting pitcher in a Major League Baseball game?
|
Ștefan Tita |
2024-07-05 |
|
3,922 |
163.4 |
... that educational writer Ștefan Tita gave Romanian students impractical advice on mending damaged bark with bandages of dirt?
|
Drew Thomas |
2024-07-06 |
|
3,903 |
162.6 |
... that Drew Thomas, a former car salesman, reached the finals of the NBC show Last Comic Standing?
|
Emily Spreeman |
2024-07-14 |
|
3,884 |
161.8 |
... that Emily Spreeman, the all-time top scorer for the United States women's national deaf soccer team, debuted for the team at the age of 15?
|
73 Yards |
2024-07-12 |
|
3,870 |
161.3 |
... that working broadcast journalists were used as extras for the portions of the Doctor Who episode "73 Yards" that were filmed at the BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House?
|
Laura Veale |
2024-07-07 |
|
3,832 |
159.7 |
... that Laura Veale was the first woman to practise as a doctor in the town of Harrogate?
|
Growing Up (The Linda Lindas album) |
2024-07-02 |
|
3,831 |
159.6 |
... that on American band the Linda Lindas' first album, Growing Up, a cat named Lil' Dude is featured playing the piano?
|
Joseph Tetley |
2024-07-11 |
|
3,781 |
157.5 |
... that Joseph Tetley, a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, defrauded several investors to the 2017 equivalent value of around NZ$7 million?
|
Adama Touré (PAI general secretary) |
2024-07-12 |
|
3,778 |
157.4 |
... that on February 3, 1986, African Independence Party leaders Adama Touré and Adama Touré were released from detention?
|
Youn Sung-ho |
2024-07-08 |
|
3,769 |
157.0 |
... that the DJ NewJeansNim has been credited with reviving interest in Buddhism among South Korean youths?
|
Parengyodontium album |
2024-07-12 |
|
3,756 |
156.5 |
... that the marine fungal species Parengyodontium album only breaks down polyethylene plastics that have been exposed to ultraviolet light?
|
Melani Budianta |
2024-07-18 |
|
3,698 |
155.4 |
... that Melani Budianta used street gangs and Moonies in Los Angeles to reflect on the state of democracy in Indonesia?
|
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail |
2024-07-03 |
|
3,714[d] |
154.7 |
... that Tural, the setting of the expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, is inspired by Latin America and Southeast Asia?
|
Revolutionary Military Organization
|
2024-07-03
|
|
2,034
|
84.8
|
... that the Upper Voltan National Radio chief editor Watamou Lamien was the liaison between the ROC group of young radical military officers and the clandestine Voltan Revolutionary Communist Party?
|
Watamou Lamien
|
1,674
|
69.7
|
Total |
3,708 |
154.5
|
Stefan Żeromski Park (Szczecin) |
2024-07-02 |
|
3,616 |
150.6 |
... that Żeromski Park, the second-largest park in Szczecin, Poland, used to be a cemetery?
|
Breaking Through (2022 film) |
2024-07-21 |
|
3,559 |
148.3 |
... that to embody her role as a short-track speed skater in the movie Breaking Through, actress Meng Meiqi inserted a rock into one of her ice skates to feel real pain?
|
LACE (satellite) |
2024-07-04 |
|
3,438 |
143.2 |
... that the LACE satellite tracked rocket plumes from space for the United States's Star Wars program?
|
Narragansett Pier Railroad |
2024-07-20 |
|
3,426 |
142.8 |
... that the owners of the Narragansett Pier Railroad included a family of industrialists, a dentist, a systems analyst, a lumberyard, and the founder of Textron?
|
WUEC |
2024-07-19 |
|
3,422 |
142.6 |
... that the radio station at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire would go off the air in the middle of the day?
|
Catherine G. Williams |
2024-07-15 |
|
3,418 |
142.4 |
... that Iowa government social worker Catherine G. Williams started out as a tap dancer?
|
Cinema of Guinea-Bissau |
2024-07-07 |
|
3,384 |
141.0 |
... that to encourage the development of Bissau-Guinean cinema, one foreign filmmaker provided the country's film institute with cameras, lights, and a Steinbeck guitar?
|
Anna Russell Cole |
2024-07-09 |
|
3,302 |
137.6 |
... that Anna Russell Cole, a significant benefactor of Vanderbilt University, donated $10,000 in 1926 to endow the office of dean of women?
|
Harriette Cooke |
2024-07-19 |
|
3,233 |
134.7 |
... that Cornell College professor Harriette Cooke was also a deaconess?
|
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 4 |
2024-07-08 |
|
3,212 |
133.9 |
... that some critics described the fourth season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as comic relief from the activities of the Trump administration?
|
Gloria Dickie |
2024-07-15 |
|
3,156 |
131.5 |
... that environmental journalist Gloria Dickie wrote her thesis on how cities in Colorado changed garbage laws to prevent bear incursions?
|
Oey Kim Tiang |
2024-07-19 |
|
3,136 |
130.6 |
... that Oey Kim Tiang was one of two "men with no name" to translate Jin Yong's Condor Trilogy into vernacular Malay?
|
Marie Kunkel Zimmerman
|
2024-07-03
|
|
1,713
|
71.4
|
... that husband and wife Edward M. and Marie Zimmerman co-wrote the suffragist anthem "Votes for Women: Suffrage Rallying Song"?
|
Edward M. Zimmerman
|
1,422
|
59.2
|
Total |
3,134 |
130.6
|
Zhang Zhenglang |
2024-07-06 |
|
3,039 |
126.6 |
... that despite specializing in literature and serving as a senior editor of the Zhonghua Book Company, historian Zhang Zhenglang never published a single book of his own?
|
List of Green Bay Packers Associated Press All-Pro selections |
2024-07-13 |
|
3,023 |
126.0 |
... that the Green Bay Packers once had fourteen players selected to a national All-Pro team?
|
International Register of Electors |
2024-07-01 |
|
2,956 |
123.2 |
... that as of 2019, inclusion in the International Register of Electors no longer requires residency in Canada in the preceding five years?
|
Gedling Town F.C. |
2024-07-10 |
|
2,924 |
121.8 |
... that Gedling Town F.C.'s nickname "The Ferrymen" was inspired by the name of a pub located next to the team's stadium?
|
2024 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles |
2024-07-21 |
|
2,920 |
121.6 |
... that Femke Bol won the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships (medallists pictured) in a championship record of 52.49 seconds?
|
Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg) |
2024-07-01 |
|
2,906 |
121.1 |
... that the first public performance of the two songs of Arnold Schoenberg's Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 was met with hostile audience reactions?
|
Umbilicaria torrefacta |
2024-07-04 |
|
2,736 |
114.0 |
... that historically, lichens like Umbilicaria torrefacta have been used to naturally dye traditional Scottish tartans and textiles?
|
Nexz |
2024-07-10 |
|
2,706 |
112.7 |
... that the Japanese boy band Nexz was created through the program Nizi Project season 2?
|
South by South Lawn |
2024-07-18 |
|
2,666 |
112.0 |
... that the 2016 festival South by South Lawn included a panel discussion on climate change led by President Obama?
|
James Alison Glover |
2024-07-21 |
|
2,644 |
110.2 |
... that British physician James A. Glover found that "spacing-out" beds prevented epidemics of meningitis in the military during World War I?
|
2018 Malang mayoral election |
2024-07-05 |
|
2,624 |
109.4 |
... that two of three candidates in the 2018 mayoral race in Malang, Indonesia, were arrested for bribery before the election?
|
Jacob Green Jackson |
2024-07-03 |
|
2,590 |
107.9 |
... that Jackson Demonstration State Forest was named in honor of American lumberman Jacob Green Jackson?
|
Luna (Feid and ATL Jacob song) |
2024-07-19 |
|
2,548 |
106.2 |
... that there were technical issues with the performance of "Luna" by the Colombian singer Feid at the 2024 Copa América opening ceremony?
|
Peter Talbot (bishop) |
2024-07-20 |
|
2,544 |
106.0 |
... that Peter Talbot, the Catholic archbishop of Dublin, was imprisoned in 1678 due to an anti-Catholic conspiracy?
|
Cleo Hill Jr. |
2024-07-11 |
|
2,402 |
100.1 |
... that Cleo Hill Jr. coached the college basketball team for which his father played more than 60 years earlier?
|
Edwin Ford Piper |
2024-07-04 |
|
2,345 |
97.7 |
... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper preserved 828 folk songs, most of which were from Iowa and Nebraska?
|
1969 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election |
2024-07-21 |
|
2,212 |
92.2 |
... that the 1969 leadership election for the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick was blacklisted by the American Federation of Musicians because one of the candidates was indebted to them?
|
J. D. Arteaga |
2024-07-19 |
|
2,192 |
91.4 |
... that thirty years after playing his first season for the Miami Hurricanes, J. D. Arteaga became the team's head coach in 2024?
|
Max Weil |
2024-07-01 |
|
2,080 |
86.7 |
... that Max Weil, founder of the Halifax Symphony Orchestra, spent his later years in real estate?
|
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 |
2024-07-20 |
|
1,916 |
79.9 |
... that sixteen-year-old Lisa Andreas, who represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was that year's youngest contest entrant?
|
Way Less Sad |
2024-07-06 |
|
1,764 |
73.5 |
... that AJR's "Way Less Sad" samples the final trumpet riff of Simon & Garfunkel's "My Little Town" as its primary hook?
|
Radiosoul |
2024-07-10 |
|
1,684 |
70.1 |
... that Alfie Templeman described the style of his studio album Radiosoul as "incohesively cohesive"?
|