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Frank Sinatra 2015-12-12 164,766[a] 13,730.5 ... that American music critic Robert Christgau called Frank Sinatra (pictured) "the greatest singer of the 20th century"?
Frank Sinatra 2015-12-12 164,766[b] 13,730.5 ... that after gaining a job as a singing waiter in 1938, Frank Sinatra (pictured) boasted that he would "become so big that no one could ever touch him"?
Kathryn Parsons 2015-12-10 16,580 1,381.7 ... that Kathryn Parsons (pictured) co-founded a startup that teaches people how to "code in a day"?
Leonite 2015-12-09 15,364 1,280.3 ... that leonite (pictured) has been found on Mars?
Magazine Fort 2015-12-23 14,866 1,277.8 ... that Jonathan Swift satirized the building of the Magazine Fort (pictured) in Dublin, as he felt the conditions in the city too poor to warrant defence?
Una Ryan 2015-12-10 6,720 560.0 ... that Una Ryan and Una Ryan both emigrated from their countries, studied infectious disease, and were honored with the Order of the British Empire and Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, respectively?
Una M. Ryan 6,030 502.5
Total 12,750 1,062.5
Bicycle kick 2015-12-22 12,541 1,045.1 ... that the bicycle kick (pictured) is one of association football's most celebrated skills?
Disappearance of Jerry Michael Williams 2015-12-16 11,974 997.9 ... that searchers believed Michael Williams' body had been eaten by alligators in Lake Seminole after he disappeared 15 years ago today—until they learned alligators don't feed in winter?
Kaunakes 2015-12-28 11,734 977.8 ... that the shorter the kaunakes (pictured), the lower the status?
11B-X-1371 2015-12-02 11,682[c] 973.5 ... that a "creepy puzzle" mailed to a Swedish tech blogger was found to contain coded messages implying a threat against the President of the United States?
Siedlce Ghetto 2015-12-01 11,676 973.0 ... that Cypora Zonszajn could not live without her closest family and returned to the Siedlce Ghetto to perish along with them (deportation pictured)?
Battle of Fukuda Bay 2015-12-15 11,238 936.5 ... that the Battle of Fukuda Bay in 1565 was the first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese?
Hilda Nilsson 2015-12-31 11,100 925.0 ... that serial killer Hilda Nilsson committed suicide by hanging the same day the courts commuted her death sentence to life imprisonment?
Qiu Huizuo 2015-12-04 11,068 922.3 ... that although General Qiu Huizuo (pictured) was persecuted at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, he authorized the torture of 462 people after returning to power, causing eight deaths?
Shooting of Jeremy Mardis 2015-12-03 10,828 902.3 ... that body-camera footage led to the arrest of two police officers in the shooting of six-year-old Jeremy Mardis?
Nicola Mendelsohn 2015-12-10 10,046 837.1 ... that The Daily Telegraph has called Nicola Mendelsohn (pictured), Facebook's vice president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, "the most powerful woman in the British tech industry"?
Ni Zhifu 2015-12-17 9,666 805.5 ... that Chinese Politburo member Ni Zhifu (pictured) invented a drill that is named after him?
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew 2015-12-09 9,186 765.5 ... that more than 1.5 million beer bottles have been used in the construction of the Buddhist temple site at Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew in Thailand?
Coexist (image) 2015-12-02 9,124 760.3 ... that the Coexist symbol used on bumper stickers started life as a 3 m × 5 m (9.8 ft × 16.4 ft) outdoor poster in a juried art exhibition in Jerusalem?
Tutankhamun's mask 2015-12-18 9,060 755.0 ... that Tutankhamun's mask (pictured) contains many gemstone inlays, including lapis lazuli, carnelian, quartz, obsidian, turquoise, amazonite, and faience?
Jacob L. Devers 2015-12-22 8,857 738.1 ... that General Jacob L. Devers was the second-most senior American officer in Europe during World War II?
HTC RE Camera 2015-12-13 8,541 711.8 ... that the HTC RE Camera (pictured) has been described as "an upside down asthma inhaler", "more periscope than box", and "a tube that's bent on one end, slightly narrower than a roll of quarters"?
Louis Moe 2015-12-29 8,281 690.1 ... that Louis Moe's works include illustrations of literary classics (pictured), as well as paintings with decadent erotic motifs, such as naked women with monsters or animals?
Liang Cheng 2015-12-14 8,228 685.7 ... that Qing dynasty ambassador to the United States Liang Cheng (pictured) was a star baseball player for Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts?
Eileen Sharp 2015-12-06 8,194 682.9 ... that only a year after joining the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at age 21, Eileen Sharp (pictured) was promoted to be the company's principal mezzo-soprano?
Frank Sinatra and Jewish activism 2015-12-12 7,934 661.1 ... that Frank Sinatra was a secret courier for the Haganah?
Shooting of John T. Williams 2015-12-04 7,860 655.0 ... that the shooting of Native American woodcarver John T. Williams by a police officer was found to be unjustified?
Maxine Cheshire 2015-12-16 7,857 654.8 ... that one of Frank Sinatra's most widely known public insults was leveled against The Washington Post columnist Maxine Cheshire?
Charlize Theron filmography 2015-12-07 7,546[d] 651.5 ... that actress Charlize Theron made her debut in an uncredited role in the 1995 horror film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest?
Skaill House 2015-12-29 7,585 632.1 ... that Skaill House (pictured), the most complete 17th-century mansion in Orkney, is built on a Pictish burial ground and overlooks the neolithic site of Skara Brae?
Desert Inn 2015-12-30 7,347 612.2 ... that when Howard Hughes overstayed his 10-day reservation at Las Vegas' Desert Inn and was asked to leave, he responded by buying the hotel?
Daniel Everett (RAF officer) 2015-12-14 7,320 610.0 ... that Squadron Leader Daniel Everett was decorated three times for gallantry before being killed in action?
Floriana Lines 2015-12-08 7,106 606.0 ... that the Floriana Lines are considered to be among the most complicated and elaborate of the Hospitaller fortifications of Malta?
Beer jam 2015-12-31 7,265 605.4 ... that beer jam (pictured) may be sweet or savory, and some have a syrupy consistency?
Baolis of Mehrauli 2015-12-01 7,225 602.1 ... that of the three Baolis of Mehrauli, the Gandhak ki Baoli (step well pictured) was built during the 13th century by Iltutmish of the slave dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate who ruled in Delhi?
Birth of the Dragon 2015-12-18 7,100 591.7 ... that the upcoming film Birth of the Dragon is about Bruce Lee as a young martial artist and his famous fight with Shaolin Master Wong Jack Man in 1965?
363 Copa De Oro Road 2015-12-15 7,036[e] 586.3 ... that at a 1966 concert, Frank Sinatra joked about the evenings he and others spent carousing at Dean Martin's Bel Air mansion?
Tusheti National Park 2015-12-14 6,948 579.0 ... that the Tusheti National Park, called one of the "12 best places you’ve never heard of" by BudgetTravel, has rich biodiversity with aesthetic terrain, hamlets, old defense towers, and folk culture?
Sodder children disappearance 2015-12-24 6,902[f] 575.1 ... that a photo mailed to the Sodder family of Fayetteville, West Virginia, in 1968 is believed by them to be of one of their five children unaccounted for after a fire destroyed their home 70 years ago today?
Aiguille de Bionnassay 2015-12-08 6,842 568.6 ... that in 1865, the first alpine climbers to reach the summit of the Aiguille de Bionnassay (pictured) arrived in a thunderstorm, their ice axes humming with electrical activity?
Bean Boots 2015-12-03 6,786 565.5 ... that Bean Boots are still manufactured in Maine and are stitched by hand?
War of the Maidens 2015-12-18 6,770 564.2 ... that the War of the Maidens involved neither war nor maidens, only men dressed up as women?
Rachel Chalkowski 2015-12-20 6,680 556.7 ... that Bambi delivered over 35,000 babies?
Announcerless Game 2015-12-20 6,674 556.2 ... that 35 years ago today, NBC broadcast an entire NFL game without any announcers?
Carrot soup 2015-12-30 6,456 538.0 ... that it was once a tradition for the English to consume Crécy soup, a type of carrot soup (example pictured), on the anniversary of the Battle of Crécy?
The Kensingtons at Laventie 2015-12-03 6,372 531.0 ... that the artist Eric Kennington claimed to have walked 500 miles (800 km) while painting The Kensingtons at Laventie (pictured)?
1000 South Michigan 2015-12-11 6,272 522.6 ... that Chicago's 1000 South Michigan is a supertall skyscraper planned to rise to over 1,000 feet (300 m), even though it is in a historic district zoned for buildings up to 425 feet (130 m)?
Scare PewDiePie 2015-12-01 6,201 516.8 ... that Scare PewDiePie is a series on the upcoming YouTube Red service?
Beer cake 2015-12-23 6,338 512.5 ... that stout and chocolate stout beer may be used in the preparation of chocolate beer cake (example pictured)?
Monument of the Four Moors 2015-12-19 6,030 502.5 ... that the chained Moors of the Monument of the Four Moors (pictured) symbolise the four corners of the world?
Arabian wildcat 2015-12-20 2,410 200.8 ... that among the wildlife found in Oman are the Arabian wildcat, the Dhofar toad, and the Oman garra, a freshwater fish with a blind, cave-dwelling form?
Garra barreimiae 1,706 142.1
Dhofar toad 1,061 88.4
Wildlife of Oman 776 64.6
Total 5,952 496.0
6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron 2015-12-29 5,860 488.4 ... that the 6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron contained commandos, linguists, scholars, saboteurs, and spies, as well as intelligence specialists?
Tom Collins (producer) 2015-12-30 5,692 474.3 ... that after music producer Tom Collins' receptionist asked him to make a record of her singing, it won BMI's Song of the Year and she won the Academy of Country Music's Female Vocalist of the Year?
Maureen O'Hara 2015-12-20 5,638[g] 469.9 ... that Maureen O'Hara (pictured) was only the second actress to receive an honorary Oscar without having previously been nominated for an Oscar in a competitive category?
Anbarrhacus 2015-12-21 5,429 452.4 ... that the fossil millipede Anbarrhacus (pictured) was described from a single immature male preserved in amber?
Åmøy 2015-12-30 5,408 450.7 ... that nearly one thousand rock carvings from the Bronze Age have been found on the island of Åmøy?
Bat flip 2015-12-01 5,328 444.0 ... that bat flips are popular in Asian and Latin American baseball leagues?
Lemon Drop 2015-12-26 5,296 441.3 ... that the Lemon Drop cocktail (example pictured) was invented sometime in the 1970s at Henry Africa's, a fern bar in San Francisco, California?
Ahmet Burak Erdoğan 2015-12-27 5,200 433.3 ... that it cost the son of Turkey's president $20 million to get Pretty?
Estrella de Chile (ship) 2015-12-07 5,376 432.9 ... that when the Estrella de Chile (pictured) ran aground in 1888, the crew climbed into the rigging to escape the rising water?
Her Humble Ministry 2015-12-11 5,034 419.5 ... that Her Humble Ministry, featuring Florence Lawrence as a character rehabilitated by nuns, was called "one of the most wisely conducted films" with a religious motif?
22nd Crash Rescue Boat Squadron 2015-12-29 5,029 419.1 ... that the 22nd Crash Rescue Boat Squadron never lost a boat during its secret Korean War infiltrations into North Korea and China?
MV KPS7 - Karadeniz Powership Ayşegül Sultan 2015-12-02 3,465 288.8 ... that the powership MV KPS Ayşegül Sultan went to Ghana and the MV KPS Zeynep Sultan to Indonesia the same day, following a farewell ceremony at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul?
MV Karadeniz Powership Zeynep Sultan 1,560 130.0
Total 5,026 418.8
Hyoid bone fracture 2015-12-03 4,999 416.6 ... that fractures of the hyoid bone are often caused by strangulation?
Wildlife of the United Arab Emirates 2015-12-28 1,735 144.6 ... that the varied wildlife of the United Arab Emirates includes salt-tolerant plants, gerbils and toads (pictured)?
Arabian toad 1,192 99.3
Salsola imbricata 1,070 89.1
Cheesman's gerbil 951 79.2
Total 4,947 412.2
Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition 2015-12-01 4,928 410.6 ... that the Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition may have been devised during a visit by Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution's elite Quds Force, to Moscow in July 2015?
A New System of Domestic Cookery 2015-12-04 4,859 404.9 ... that A New System of Domestic Cookery (frontispiece pictured) has been called "a publishing sensation" and "the most famous cookery book of its time"?
Carl Cohen (businessman) 2015-12-12 4,848 404.0 ... that Las Vegas casino manager Carl Cohen became a local folk hero after he knocked the caps off Frank Sinatra's front teeth?
Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier 2015-12-15 4,840 403.3 ... that Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier was called the "Virgin of Italy" by his troops?
American bittern 2015-12-14 4,814 401.2 ... that the American bittern (pictured) was first described from a specimen found in Dorset, England?
Cadet Nurse Corps 2015-12-11 4,787 398.9 ... that the Cadet Nurse Corps (recruiting poster pictured), established during World War II, influenced the way in which nurses would be educated and trained in the United States?
Emily Estefan 2015-12-31 4,750 395.9 ... that drummer, singer, and songwriter Emily Estefan was born in 1994 after her mother, Gloria Estefan, had been told she would never give birth following a 1990 tour-bus crash?
Ryuya Matsumoto 2015-12-21 4,611 384.2 ... that Ryuya Matsumoto's (pictured) height earned him the nickname "Eimei's Randy Johnson"?
Fortifications of Xi'an 2015-12-09 4,596 384.0 ... that the ancient fortifications of Xi'an were used as air raid shelters in World War II?
Émile Rey 2015-12-18 4,581 381.8 ... that the 19th-century Italian mountaineer Émile Rey (pictured) was known as "the Prince of Guides" in his home town of Courmayeur?
Doris Calloway 2015-12-18 4,575 381.2 ... that Doris Calloway studied farts, space food, and broccoli?
Aplysia morio 2015-12-31 4,570 380.8 ... that the sooty sea hare can swim and is able to emit toxic clouds of ink?
Jeanne des Anges 2015-12-28 4,497 374.8 ... that the nun Jeanne des Anges was the main protagonist of the witch trials which led to the death by burning of a French priest?
Lena Waithe 2015-12-22 4,444 370.3 ... that a white, straight, female character in Master of None was rewritten as a black lesbian after Lena Waithe read for the role?
Poeciliopsis lucida 2015-12-23 3,217 260.1 ... that when a male clearfin livebearer mates with a female headwater livebearer, the offspring are all female?
Poeciliopsis monacha 1,334 107.9
Total 4,551 368.0
Burkhan Khaldun 2015-12-09 4,408 367.3 ... that the Burkhan Khaldun mountain or its locality is believed to be the birthplace of Genghis Khan, as well as the location of his tomb?
U.S. Army Herald Trumpets 2015-12-02 4,386 365.5 ... that the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets use drums (pictured) designed by the vaudeville musician Gus Moeller?
Anatolian diagonal 2015-12-11 3,760 313.3 ... that the Anatolian diagonal is a significant feature in the distribution of the flora of Turkey?
Wildlife of Turkey 594 49.5
Total 4,354 362.8
Monica Mary Gardner 2015-12-28 4,344 362.0 ... that Monica Gardner's life was shaped by finding that Bonnie Prince Charlie's mother was from Poland?
Korean textbook controversy 2015-12-29 4,322 360.2 ... that with the recent Korean textbook controversy, South Korea has been perceived as losing its moral high ground in regard to its criticism of the perceived problems with Japanese history textbooks?
Stray Dogs (2013 film) 2015-12-31 4,306 358.8 ... that The New York Times called the 2013 film Stray Dogs a "glum, humorless exercise in Asian miserablism"?
Leo Dee 2015-12-01 4,280 356.6 ... that New Jersey silverpoint artist Leo Dee was known for the "staggering technical perfection" of his work?
Garage rock 2015-12-14 4,220 351.7 ... that garage rock was the first form of music to be called "punk rock"?
Aucanquilcha 2015-12-11 4,218 351.5 ... that a sulfur mine at 5,950 metres (19,520 ft) altitude on the stratovolcano Aucanquilcha is notable for being the highest mine in the world?
Beverley Peck Johnson 2015-12-02 4,218 351.5 ... that voice teacher Beverley Peck Johnson told actor Kevin Kline that he had to choose between her and cigarettes if he wanted to be her pupil?
Nevado Tres Cruces 2015-12-27 4,194 349.5 ... that the sixth highest mountain (pictured) in South America is a volcano last active 28,000 years ago that might erupt again?
Etta Federn 2015-12-30 4,166 347.1 ... that Etta Federn received Nazi death threats because of her Walther Rathenau biography?
The Kudan 2015-12-16 4,146 345.5 ... that the address of the official residence of the Philippine ambassador to Japan can be translated literally as "a hill from which one can get a good perspective of Mt. Fuji"?
The Shallows (film) 2015-12-15 4,146 345.5 ... that Blake Lively will be surviving shark attacks in The Shallows?
Old Fortress, Livorno 2015-12-09 4,122 343.5 ... that on 2 April 1662, the Old Fortress of Livorno was the location of an experiment designed to test Galileo's principle of the independence of motions?
Elizabeth Gray (fossil collector) 2015-12-28 4,094 341.1 ... that, although Elizabeth Gray died, her family's tradition of collecting fossils at Girvan lasted for 86 years?
Poeciliopsis prolifica 2015-12-28 4,072 339.3 ... that the blackstripe livebearer can carry several clutches of young at different stages of development at the same time?
A. Arnim White 2015-12-01 4,032 336.0 ... that despite being ranked 158th out of 164 in his West Point class, A. Arnim White still managed to reach the rank of major general?
Class A Wild Trout Waters 2015-12-15 4,008 334.0 ... that Pennsylvania's 500 or so Class A Wild Trout Waters (example pictured) are the "best of the best" streams for angling in Pennsylvania?
Thomas Maddock 2015-12-26 3,998 333.2 ... that Thomas Maddock started the American indoor toilet industry through his invention?
Seoul Lantern Festival 2015-12-03 3,996 333.0 ... that over three million visitors attended the Seoul Lantern Festival (pictured) in 2014?
Zuriel Oduwole 2015-12-30 3,982 331.8 ... that at the age of 10, Zuriel Oduwole became the world's youngest person to appear in Forbes?
Ai Xia 2015-12-31 3,977 331.4 ... that the suicide of Chinese silent film actress Ai Xia inspired a film starring Ruan Lingyu, who also committed suicide soon after the film's release?
Broken Picture Telephone 2015-12-07 3,813 329.2 ... that the collaborative browser game Broken Picture Telephone was defunct for three years before its 2013 relaunch?
Hodgson's giant flying squirrel 2015-12-02 3,928 327.3 ... that Hodgson's giant flying squirrel can glide for 100 m (300 ft) from the tree canopy to the bushes below?
Tourism in Kazakhstan 2015-12-16 3,893 324.4 ... that people from 19 countries can visit Kazakhstan without a visa?
Battle of al-Kafr 2015-12-08 3,784 322.7 ... that the victory of Sultan al-Atrash over French forces in the Battle of al-Kafr commenced the Great Syrian Revolt?
Casey Conway 2015-12-17 3,843 320.2 ... that when former rugby league player Casey Conway came out, he expressed disappointment that Anthony Mundine had claimed homosexuality was not an acceptable part of Aboriginal culture?
Butter grading 2015-12-14 3,831 319.2 ... that butter for consumer use is graded "AA", "A", or "B" in the United States, but in Canada is graded "Canada 1", "Canada 2", or "Canada 3"?
Martin Selig 2015-12-30 3,824 318.7 ... that Martin Selig and his family fled the Nazis via Poland, Russia, Korea, and Japan, got off the boat in Seattle "on a whim", and later built the tallest building there?
Terraced houses in the United Kingdom 2015-12-13 3,802 316.8 ... that since 1858, all new streets containing terraced houses in the United Kingdom have been at least 36 feet (11 m) wide?
Ralph Vary Chamberlin 2015-12-30 3,722 310.2 ... that biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin (pictured) is said to have been banned from Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology by Ernst Mayr?
Mark Hovell 2015-12-21 3,700 308.3 ... that Mark Hovell, a historian of Chartism, died during the First World War when he fell down a mine shaft?
Simtokha Dzong 2015-12-02 3,694 307.9 ... that the Simtokha Dzong (pictured), built in 1629 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, functions as a monastic and administrative centre and is the oldest dzong to survive in its original form?
Hualianceratops 2015-12-30 3,672 306.0 ... that the horned dinosaur Hualianceratops was the size of a spaniel?
Operation Honorable Dragon 2015-12-31 3,658 304.9 ... that the Royalist guerrillas of Operation Honorable Dragon ran from "ghosts"?
Arabian woodpecker 2015-12-15 1,962 163.5 ... that the wildlife of Saudi Arabia includes species endemic to the region such as the Arabian woodpecker?
Wildlife of Saudi Arabia 1,672 139.4
Total 3,634 302.9
Corruption in Afghanistan 2015-12-22 3,549 295.8 ... that when a new digital system of payment was put in place to prevent the skimming of salaries for Afghan police, the policemen thought they had been given a raise?
Fishing industry in Laos 2015-12-17 3,524 293.6 ... that historically fishing activity in Laos (pictured) is noted from the writings on the gate and walls of the Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang, dated to 1560?
Explorer Hotel 2015-12-15 3,508 292.3 ... that Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Prince William have all stayed at the Explorer Hotel when visiting Yellowknife?
Naomi McClure-Griffiths 2015-12-14 3,496 291.3 ... that astrophysicist Naomi McClure-Griffiths discovered a new spiral arm in the Milky Way?
1946 Bihar riots 2015-12-22 3,468 289.0 ... that between 2,000 and 30,000 people were killed in the communal riots in Bihar in 1946?
Duncan Robinson (basketball) 2015-12-29 3,466 288.9 ... that Duncan Robinson's sixth-grade graduating class had only four students?
Sariraka Upanishad 2015-12-16 3,396 283.0 ... that the Sariraka Upanishad, a Hindu text on human physiology (pictured), states that the body is a composite of constituent elements, and that the soul, or jiva, is "the lord of the body"?
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca 2015-12-19 3,391 282.6 ... that the false chanterelle (pictured) is called guin'xacan ("delightful") or kia's gio' ("iguana lard") by the Tepehuán people of northwestern Mexico?
Konrad Bernheimer 2015-12-14 3,369 280.8 ... that art dealer Konrad Bernheimer was born in Venezuela after his grandfather made a deal with Hermann Göring to allow the family to flee Germany?
Busy Earnin' 2015-12-21 3,359 279.9 ... that "Busy Earnin'" details the circumstances of spending too much time making money?
Imran Khan (web developer) 2015-12-09 3,349 279.9 ... that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that "my India resides in people like Imran Khan"?
Tintin and the Picaros 2015-12-30 3,332 277.7 ... that Tintin and the Picaros was the only book completed by Hergé in the last 15 years of his life?
Thomas Gould (violinist) 2015-12-15 3,292 274.4 ... that Thomas Gould busked at Westminster Underground Station in an attempt to recreate the Washington Post's Joshua Bell experiment?
French brig Renard (1810) 2015-12-06 3,248 270.7 ... that Renard battled against the HMS Swallow?
Shwezigon Pagoda 2015-12-13 3,237 269.8 ... that the Shwezigon Pagoda (pictured) is like a bell-shaped stupa, in traditional Mon architectural style, which became the prototype architectural feature for many stupas built in Myanmar?
Chinatown, Kuching 2015-12-01 3,192 266.0 ... that Rajah Charles Brooke ordered the firing of cannons to remind the Chinese labourers at Kuching Chinatown to take a bath?
Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind 2015-12-17 3,162 263.5 ... that at 101 years old, Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind was still attending patients at Los Angeles Children's Hospital?
Khongoryn Els 2015-12-09 3,146 262.9 ... that the Khongoryn Els in the Mongolian desert is popularly known as the "Singing Sands"?
Mary Pat Christie 2015-12-23 3,054 262.5 ... that Chris Christie credits his wife, Mary Pat Christie, and her financial success on Wall Street as the reason he could give up his law career and run for political office?
Albert Wattenberg 2015-12-22 3,146 262.2 ... that physicist Albert Wattenberg kept an empty Chianti bottle (pictured) as a souvenir, the contents of which were consumed to celebrate the Chicago Pile-1 nuclear reactor going critical?
Lena Larsson 2015-12-22 3,137 261.4 ... that interior designer Lena Larsson became known as a pioneer for the unconventional, family-friendly environments she created?
Paper Boat 2015-12-17 3,118 259.9 ... that some of the fruits used to produce Paper Boat–brand beverages are sourced in the wild?
East Lake Abert Archeological District 2015-12-21 3,116 259.6 ... that Native Americans occupied sites throughout the East Lake Abert Archeological District for approximately 11,000 years?
Vic Fontaine 2015-12-12 3,102 258.5 ... that Frank Sinatra, Jr. was first offered the part which was later developed into the Rat Pack-style character Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?
Frances Gertrude McGill 2015-12-02 3,096 258.0 ... that Frances Gertrude McGill, a Canadian forensic pathologist, was referred to as the "Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan"?
Spring Creek, Brooklyn 2015-12-17 3,095 257.9 ... that the New York City neighborhood of Spring Creek was once known as the place where "the city came to an end"?
Mary Louisa Armitt 2015-12-03 3,087 257.2 ... that the Armitt Library is named for the polyglot Mary Louisa Armitt?
Sakura Hauge 2015-12-30 3,043 253.6 ... that goalkeeper Sakura Hauge joined the Japan women's national handball team in 2015, after years of trying to get a place on the Norwegian team?
Temerl Bergson 2015-12-29 3,038 253.2 ... that Temerl Bergson, a wealthy businesswoman and patroness of Hasidic Jews in 19th-century Poland, "distributed money like ashes"?
Robert Schmertz (artist) 2015-12-18 3,034 252.9 ... that in 1917, future folk musician and Carnegie Institute of Technology professor emeritus Robert Schmertz was arrested while dressed in "a girl's middy blouse and a small white hat"?
Eckwersheim derailment 2015-12-21 3,034 252.8 ... that the Eckwersheim derailment in November 2015 is the only fatal accident of the TGV since it entered commercial service in 1981?
Rangkiang 2015-12-11 3,032 252.7 ... that the distinctive roof shape of a Minangkabau rangkiang (rice granary) symbolizes the horn of a buffalo?
HTC Desire 200 2015-12-14 3,002 250.1 ... that the HTC Desire 200, a low-end smartphone released in 2013, came with HTC's "highest quality in-ear headset"?
Okawachi Pumped Storage Power Station 2015-12-07 2,874 248.1 ... that the Okawachi Power Station is one of the largest pumped-storage hydroelectric power plants in Japan?
Jack Entratter 2015-12-14 2,957 246.4 ... that Jack Entratter's "Copa Girls" wore US$12,000 worth of costumes for opening night in the Sands Hotel and Casino's Copa Room?
Odin Biron 2015-12-13 2,948 245.6 ... that Minnesotan actor Odin Biron moved to Moscow speaking almost no Russian but went on to become a popular character on the top-rated Russian sitcom Interns?
Dreams (video game) 2015-12-31 2,920 243.4 ... that Dreams, an upcoming sandbox video game, has an impressionist art-style?
Royal Regalia Building Museum 2015-12-23 2,830 243.2 ... that the Royal Regalia Building Museum exhibits include the golden hand and forearm that the Sultan of Brunei used to prop up his chin during his coronation?
May Owen 2015-12-14 2,914 242.8 ... that May Owen discovered that the talcum powder used on surgical gloves caused infection and peritoneal scarring?
Dairy salt 2015-12-14 2,873 239.4 ... that the use of dairy salt that is impure can have adverse effects upon butter, spoiling its flavor, grain and preservation?
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 2015-12-15 2,862 238.5 ... that William G. Whittaker called Bach's chorale cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (hymn pictured) "without a dull bar, technically, emotionally and spiritually of the highest order"?
Stiven Mendoza 2015-12-21 2,852[h] 237.7 ... that the Colombian footballer Stiven Mendoza signed in 2013 for América de Cali, the team which he supports?
Mai Pokhari 2015-12-08 2,782 237.2 ... that Mai Pokhari (pictured), a wetland in the Ilam District of Nepal, designated a Ramsar site in October 2008, is a pilgrimage center for both Hindus and Buddhists?
Beurre Maître d'Hôtel 2015-12-05 2,808 234.0 ... that the compound butter Beurre Maître d'Hôtel is named according to how it was commonly prepared by a restaurant's maître d'hôtel at diners' tables?
Cal Neva Lodge & Casino 2015-12-30 2,800 233.4 ... that the California/Nevada border passes through both the main dining room and the swimming pool of the Cal Neva Lodge & Casino?
Military of Mycenaean Greece 2015-12-04 2,786 232.2 ... that in the armies of Mycenaean Greece, chariots were initially used as fighting vehicles, but by the 13th century BC their role was probably limited to battlefield transport?
Kvitsøy Lighthouse 2015-12-31 2,764 230.3 ... that the Kvitsøy Lighthouse (pictured) is the oldest stone tower lighthouse still in operation in Norway?
113 East Roosevelt 2015-12-16 2,764 230.3 ... that the 113 East Roosevelt development will host the tallest building in the South Side of Chicago?
Caesars Palace 2015-12-12 2,730[i] 227.5 ... that Frank Sinatra was held at gunpoint at Caesars Palace in 1970?
Phosphorosaurus 2015-12-29 2,716 226.4 ... that at a length of 3 m (10 ft), Phosphorosaurus was small for a mosasaur?
Reed v. Town of Gilbert 2015-12-06 2,714 226.2 ... that in a recent United States Supreme Court decision, one Justice suggested the Court may soon become "a veritable Supreme Board of Sign Review"?
Operation Puttur 2015-12-02 2,706 225.5 ... that police searches during Operation Puttur yielded two bombs and a pistol used by the suspects?
Tourism in Iraq 2015-12-04 2,646 220.5 ... that tourism in Iraq is in danger because of the ongoing war against ISIS?
Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) 2015-12-20 2,645[j] 220.4 ... that Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg pledged to donate 99 percent of their Facebook shares, valued at $45 billion, to their charitable foundation?
Messelepone 2015-12-05 2,638 219.8 ... that the extinct ant Messelepone was described from two fossils, a male (pictured) and a queen?
Hamilton Canal 2015-12-02 2,633 219.4 ... that the main proponent of the Hamilton Canal, Gavin Hamilton, was found to have embezzled £19,675 from the Colonial Government, following his death in 1803?
Henderson's 2015-12-03 2,627 218.9 ... that Henderson's bookshop was used to shelter fugitive activists for women's suffrage?
Operation Left Jab 2015-12-28 2,584 215.3 ... that the Left Jab cleared the way for Diamond Arrow?
Oxford Street 2015-12-24 2,583 215.2 ... that the Christmas lights on Oxford Street (pictured) have previously been switched on by Kylie Minogue, Bob Geldof, Terry Wogan, and Lenny Henry?
Life Is Strange 2015-12-07 2,654[k] 213.7 ... that the video game Life Is Strange was originally going to be called What If but was retitled due to the film of the same name?
Bogd Khan Uul Biosphere Reserve 2015-12-06 2,548 212.3 ... that the Bogd Khan Uul Biosphere Reserve in Mongolia has been a protected area for more than two centuries?
The Foundery 2015-12-08 2,524 209.8 ... that the King's Foundery for casting cannon became a Methodist chapel after a steam explosion?
Myrmecia inquilina 2015-12-08 2,427 207.0 ... that the ant species Myrmecia inquilina does not have a worker caste, and is parasitic on M. nigriceps and M. vindex colonies?
Samantha Tross 2015-12-23 2,407 206.9 ... that the British orthopaedic surgeon Samantha Tross made long jumps during her education?
Li Hongzhong 2015-12-31 2,478 206.5 ... that 210 journalists and intellectuals called for Governor Li Hongzhong to step down after he grabbed the recorder from a reporter who sought to interview him?
Gndevank 2015-12-17 2,472 206.0 ... that the Gndevank, a well-preserved church dedicated to St. Stephen, is built in the form of a cross-dome of four apses, with a circular tambour over a cupola?
Bonifacio Monument 2015-12-28 2,468 205.7 ... that the Bonifacio Monument in the Philippines is 45 feet (14 m) in height, with symbolic images and features, and known as the "Cry of Pugadlawin"?
Cassazione (Sibelius) 2015-12-07 2,363 204.0 ... that the beginning of Cassazione, composed by Jean Sibelius (pictured) in 1904, is similar to the 1962 James Bond Theme?
Julius Green 2015-12-13 2,441 203.4 ... that, while working as a spy for MI9 at Colditz, Julius Green wrote coded messages to a fictional lover?
John Martin (judge) 2015-12-11 2,438 203.2 ... that John Martin, the first Chief Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court, had no formal legal training?
Olive baboon 2015-12-05 2,428 202.3 ... that olive baboons tend to mate promiscuously?
Clementine cake 2015-12-26 2,418 201.5 ... that the origin of clementine cake may be roughly based upon an orange cake developed by the Sephardi Jews?
Chinese zokor 2015-12-24 2,414 201.1 ... that the Chinese zokor, a small burrowing rodent, is considered to be an ecosystem engineer?
Princess Lucia 2015-12-08 2,398 199.3 ... that only the first three volumes of the manga series Princess Lucia have been licensed in English?
Vera Fedorovna Gaze 2015-12-08 2,332 198.8 ... that Vera Fedorovna Gaze, who discovered around 150 emission nebulae, had a minor planet and a crater on Venus named for her?
Persoonia terminalis 2015-12-16 2,383 198.6 ... that the type specimen of Persoonia terminalis (pictured) was collected 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south of the Torrington pub in New South Wales?
Omowunmi Sadik 2015-12-02 2,370 197.5 ... that Omowunmi Sadik has developed highly sensitive microelectrode biosensors that can detect explosives?
Capizucchi family 2015-12-19 2,342 195.1 ... that the noble Roman Capizucchi family declined financially because of the passion of some of its members for gambling?
Föra Church 2015-12-05 2,333 194.4 ... that the tower of Föra Church contains what may be one of Sweden's oldest toilets?
25th Arizona Territorial Legislature 2015-12-21 2,330 194.2 ... that the Democratic-controlled 25th Arizona Territorial Legislature overrode vetoes to bills creating a literacy test for voters and authorizing segregation of "African" students?
De Rohan Arch 2015-12-22 1,304 108.7 ... that the De Rohan Arch and the Hompesch Gate in Malta were built to commemorate Żebbuġ and Żabbar's elevation to city status?
Hompesch Gate 1,022 85.2
Total 2,327 193.9
Cokato Temperance Hall 2015-12-06 2,297 191.4 ... that the Cokato Temperance Hall (pictured) was the social hub of a Finnish American community even though its members had to pledge to abstain from alcohol?
Julie Budd 2015-12-12 2,283 190.2 ... that at age 16, singer Julie Budd was the youngest-ever opening act for Frank Sinatra?
Circuit des Champs de Bataille 2015-12-03 2,282 190.1 ... that the Circuit des Champs de Bataille, a stage race held across devastated northern France, Belgium and Luxembourg in spring 1919, has been described as the toughest cycle race in history?
Louis Hostlot 2015-12-14 2,262 188.5 ... that Johann Ludwig Hasslocher's French teachers in Manhattan couldn't pronounce his name, so they changed it to "Louis Hostlot"?
Brazil nut cake 2015-12-27 2,243 186.9 ... that Brazil nut cake is common and popular in the Amazon region of Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru?
Trafalgar Square 2015-12-25 2,164[l] 180.3 ... that the Christmas tree (pictured) at Trafalgar Square is transported annually from Oslo to London and can be up to 75 feet (23 m) tall?
Christopher Duggan (historian) 2015-12-18 2,153 179.4 ... that Christopher Duggan, a British historian of Italy, once had his home raided by the Italian antiterrorism unit?
Olga Fedchenko 2015-12-01 2,152 179.3 ... that after Olga Fedchenko's husband died on Mont Blanc in 1873, she was asked to continue their work by Moscow's Society of Natural Scientists?
Charlotte Sahl-Madsen 2015-12-10 2,150 179.2 ... that Charlotte Sahl-Madsen introduced multiple intelligences into the Universe?
Exercise Vigilant Eagle 2015-12-26 2,149 179.1 ... that Exercise Vigilant Eagle is a series of military exercises involving Canada, Russia, and the United States?
Chen Muhua 2015-12-20 2,142 178.5 ... that Vice Premier Chen Muhua, one of China's top women politicians, was forced to give away her daughter and did not reunite with her until three decades later?
Huang Jing 2015-12-27 2,141 178.4 ... that Chinese politician Huang Jing, the father of a top Communist leader and a top intelligence officer who defected to the United States, was married to Madame Mao?
Rose Gaffney 2015-12-18 2,138 178.1 ... that conservationist Rose Gaffney, known as "The Belle of Bodega Bay," helped halt the construction of a nuclear power plant in Bodega Bay, California?
Long-tailed dwarf hamster 2015-12-05 1,696 141.4 ... that the long-tailed dwarf hamster is present in the Ikh Nartiin Chuluu Nature Reserve in Mongolia?
Ikh Nartiin Chuluu Nature Reserve 423 35.2
Total 2,120 176.6
Magellan Shrine 2015-12-11 2,094 174.5 ... that the Magellan Shrine memorial tower was erected in 1866 in honor of the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the Battle of Mactan in 1521?
St. Nicholas Hotel (New York City) 2015-12-24 2,090 174.2 ... that the lobby of the $1 million St. Nicholas Hotel in New York City featured a painting of Sinterklaas placing presents into Christmas stockings?
James Dupree (artist) 2015-12-28 2,082 173.5 ... that African American artist James Dupree almost lost his Philadelphia studio under eminent domain?
Gerontissa Gavrielia 2015-12-24 2,076 173.0 ... that physiotherapist Avrilia Papayannis lived as a hermit in the Himalayas before becoming a Greek Orthodox nun later known as Mother Gavrielia?
South Branch Tunkhannock Creek 2015-12-04 2,063 171.9 ... that South Branch Tunkhannock Creek in Pennsylvania passes through a 100-foot (30 m) deep gorge?
Anoplognathus viridiaeneus 2015-12-25 2,040 170.0 ... that the once-common King Christmas beetle has all but vanished from the Sydney region?
Toshiko Yuasa 2015-12-11 2,039 169.9 ... that Japanese physicist Toshiko Yuasa studied in Paris under Frédéric Joliot-Curie and developed her own beta-ray spectrometer in Berlin?
Mozu kofungun 2015-12-28 2,028 169.0 ... that Mozu kofungun was originally a group of more than 100 Japanese kofun burial mounds of which now less than 50% remain of the key-hole, rectangular, round and unknown shapes?
Lilo Milchsack 2015-12-16 2,008 167.3 ... that Lilo Milchsack was one of "the architects of post-war Europe"?
Sinanitsa 2015-12-28 1,988 165.7 ... that the marble peak Sinanitsa in Pirin is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most beautiful summits?
A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975 2015-12-24 1,960 163.3 ... that Queen's Christmas Eve 1975 gig at the Hammersmith Odeon was one of the first shows where "Bohemian Rhapsody" was played live?
Herbert Grove Dorsey 2015-12-11 1,946 162.2 ... that Herbert Grove Dorsey invented the first practical fathometer for ships?
Keith White (yachtsman) 2015-12-13 1,930 160.8 ... that the yachtsman Keith White set out on 25 October 2015 to make a literally single-handed solo global circumnavigation?
Kini Kapahu 2015-12-23 1,987 160.7 ... that Kini Kapahu was recognized as Hawaii's "Honorary First Lady"?
Gloria Lim 2015-12-10 1,910 159.2 ... that Singaporean fungi expert Gloria Lim once assisted her country's Ministry of Defence when its storage bunkers developed mold?
Father Christmas (computer worm) 2015-12-25 1,901 158.4 ... that in 1988, a NASA network was infected with a computer worm which sought to send all users a message from Father Christmas?
Bao Zhao 2015-12-20 1,894 157.9 ... that fifth-century poet Bao Zhao was executed following the failed rebellion of a child prince?
Cortiço 2015-12-06 1,891 157.6 ... that cortiços, large houses divided into very small rooms for rent, originated in São Paulo, Brazil, and were developed by Italian immigrants?
Macroelongatoolithus 2015-12-24 1,856 156.4 ... that Macroelongatoolithus is a kind of giant fossil egg that can be over 60 centimetres (24 in) long, and probably was laid by a gigantic oviraptorid?
Plygain 2015-12-25 1,867 155.6 ... that in Wales, there is one Christmas carol that is traditionally sung only by men?
Christine Liang 2015-12-10 1,864 155.3 ... that ASI Corp., a wholesale distributor of computer components founded by Christine Liang, is one of the largest women-owned businesses in the United States?
Negev incense route 2015-12-19 1,850 154.2 ... that the east–west incense route, which operated from 300 BC to 200 AD in the northern Negev, brought economic progress to the Nabataeans?
Jazzar Pasha 2015-12-24 1,817 151.4 ... that Jazzar Pasha successfully resisted Napoleon Bonaparte's siege of Acre, forcing a French withdrawal from Palestine?
Snöfrid (Sibelius) 2015-12-07 1,751 151.2 ... that Snöfrid, an "improvisation for narrator, mixed choir and orchestra" by Jean Sibelius (pictured), opens with music depicting a storm?
Hygrophoropsis 2015-12-03 1,809 150.8 ... that the gills of mushrooms of the genus Hygrophoropsis are forked?
Ann Allebach 2015-12-27 1,808 150.7 ... that Ann Allebach (pictured), the first woman ordained a Mennonite minister in North America, was ordained 62 years before the next woman?
Voces intimae (Sibelius) 2015-12-09 1,786 149.2 ... that Jean Sibelius (pictured) described his string quartet Voces intimae as the "kind of thing that brings a smile to your lips at the hour of death"?
Oxbow Inlet 2015-12-20 1,782 148.5 ... that although only 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, Oxbow Inlet's silica, iron, magnesium, calcium, and sulfate concentrations were measured in 1966?
Ladislaus IV of Hungary 2015-12-27 1,764 147.0 ... that Ladislaus IV of Hungary abducted his sister, Elizabeth, from a monastery to give her in marriage to a Czech lord, Zavis of Falkenstein?
Zodiac P.I. 2015-12-04 1,764 147.0 ... that in the mystery manga series Zodiac P.I., teenage detective Lili Hoshizawa uses astrology to solve cases?
Lukut Fort and Museum 2015-12-11 1,764 147.0 ... that the Lukut Fort and Museum has a display of the traditional culture of the community, and the customs and practice of adat perpatih (rules of life) typical of the state?
Chamarel 2015-12-14 1,764 147.0 ... that the Seven Coloured Earths in Chamarel are the result of the cooling of molten rock from 3.5 to 7 million years ago?
Himalayan field rat 2015-12-04 1,746 145.5 ... that the Himalayan field rat is closely related to the brown rat?
Wu Chengzhen 2015-12-22 1,744 145.3 ... that Wu Chengzhen was the first woman to be ordained as a Taoist fangzhang?
Isabella Beeton 2015-12-29 1,700 141.7 ... that Mrs Beeton became used as a generic name for "an authority on cooking and domestic subjects"?
Louise Hay (mathematician) 2015-12-10 1,699 141.6 ... that Louise Hay was the only woman to direct a math department at a major research university in her era?
Karakhan Manifesto 2015-12-29 1,696 141.4 ... that Soviet Russia offered to return the Chinese Eastern Railway to the Chinese people as part of the 1919 Karakhan Manifesto?
Robert White (tenor) 2015-12-06 1,696 141.3 ... that tenor Robert White swallowed a bug while singing the best high note of his career?
Sheshi 2015-12-09 1,690 140.8 ... that Maaibre Sheshi is the best attested ruler of the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt in terms of the number of artefacts attributed to him?
James L. Buie 2015-12-05 1,683 140.2 ... that James L. Buie invented transistor-to-transistor logic circuitry (TTL), which led to the development of the integrated circuit industry?
Ruth Schmidt 2015-12-19 1,680 140.0 ... that Ruth Schmidt, an employee of the United States Geological Survey, was questioned in two McCarthyist hearings because of her association with a bookstore?
Lily Furedi 2015-12-08 1,684 140.0 ... that American artist Lily Furedi had an ekphrastic poem called "Eyes Alive" written about her often-reproduced painting The Subway?
National Museum of Vietnamese History 2015-12-05 1,678 139.9 ... that the National Museum of Vietnamese History (pictured), redesigned by architect Ernest Hébrard, is a blend of French colonial and Vietnamese architecture, called Indochina architecture?
Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family 2015-12-07 1,732 139.5 ... that the Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family replaced a church that was the first stone building in Nairobi?
Gateway Center (Brooklyn) 2015-12-16 1,672 139.3 ... that the Gateway Center shopping mall in Brooklyn, New York, is built on a former landfill?
Lidija Liepiņa 2015-12-13 1,668 139.0 ... that Lidija Liepiņa worked with a team of other scientists in a mobile laboratory in a train boxcar, testing filters to create Russia's first functional gas mask?
Zhang Qinqiu 2015-12-28 1,648 137.4 ... that as Director of the General Political Department of the Fourth Front Army, Zhang Qinqiu held the highest war-time position of a woman in the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army?
Zhang Tingfa 2015-12-11 1,642 136.8 ... that General Zhang Tingfa commanded the Chinese Air Force during the Sino-Vietnamese War?
Agnes Okoh 2015-12-31 926 77.1 ... that Agnes Okoh, an illiterate Nigerian, founded Christ Holy Church International?
Christ Holy Church International 701 58.4
Total 1,626 135.5
British Committee of the Indian National Congress 2015-12-09 1,624 135.3 ... that the British Committee of the Indian National Congress was formed in 1889 because the Government of India was constitutionally responsible to the British electorate?
Rachel Davis Harris 2015-12-29 1,614 134.5 ... that Rachel Davis Harris was an influential African American library director in the Jim Crow South?
Sarah Poulton Kalley 2015-12-07 1,554 134.2 ... that Sarah Kalley and her husband started the first Protestant church in Brazil?
Almond production in Afghanistan 2015-12-18 1,602 133.5 ... that the major export markets for Afghan almonds are India and Pakistan, with the former preferred because of better profitability?
Geitungen Lighthouse 2015-12-28 1,588 132.4 ... that Geitungen Lighthouse had the first diaphone installed in Norway?
Maria von Linden 2015-12-01 1,584 132.0 ... that bacteriologist Maria von Linden received a patent for her discovery that copper salts could be used as a disinfectant?
Court Square Fountain 2015-12-13 1,576 131.3 ... that the zinc-iron statues of Court Square Fountain in Montgomery, Alabama (1885) were replaced by aluminum statues in 1984, but these became corroded within twenty years?
Rain and Snow 2015-12-16 1,563 130.2 ... that the American ballad "Cold Rain and Snow" was performed by the Grateful Dead throughout their career?
Ananda Thuriya 2015-12-19 1,548 129.0 ... that a poem composed by Ananda Thuriya of Pagan minutes before his execution is considered the first known poem in Burmese?
Capul Church 2015-12-24 1,521 128.2 ... that the cross-shaped fortress church of Capul was built in a similar style to Intramuros in Manila?
Ao Li 2015-12-11 1,534 127.8 ... that Chinese opera singer Ao Li has won both the Operalia, The World Opera Competition and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions?
In the Workhouse – Christmas Day 2015-12-25 1,532 127.7 ... that "Christmas Day in the Workhouse" was a criticism of the harsh conditions in English and Welsh workhouses under the 1834 Poor Law?
Alice Agogino 2015-12-10 1,528 127.3 ... that American mechanical engineer Alice Agogino won the NSF's Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1985?
Else Halling 2015-12-26 1,521 126.8 ... that Else Halling contributed decorations to several public buildings in Oslo, including the Royal Palace, the Akershus Castle, Stortinget, and the City Hall (tapestry pictured)?
Marguerite Lehr 2015-12-10 1,518 126.5 ... that Marguerite Lehr conducted a televised lecture course on mathematics in the 1950s?
Elizabeth Alfred 2015-12-24 1,501 126.5 ... that Australian priest Elizabeth Alfred led Holy Communion on her 100th birthday?
SC Union 06 Berlin 2015-12-08 1,482 126.4 ... that SC Union 06 Berlin was formed in 1950 when players of the East Berlin club SG Oberschöneweide moved to the western half of the city?
Huawei Honor 4X 2015-12-11 1,513 126.1 ... that while the Huawei Honor 4X was in the same price range as the second generation Moto G and the Sony Xperia M2, the Honor 4X is a phablet?
Adoration of the Shepherds (Poussin) 2015-12-25 1,507 125.6 ... that Nicolas Poussin's Adoration of the Shepherds (detail pictured) has been owned by a cardinal, a politician, two painters, and a gardener?
Katherine Belov 2015-12-10 1,501 125.1 ... that Katherine Belov discovered that the contagious cancer decimating the Tasmanian devil spreads due to lack of genetic diversity?
Operation Eikonal 2015-12-06 1,498 124.8 ... that Operation Eikonal delivered data about European defense projects to the National Security Agency?
Andrea Ablasser 2015-12-10 1,491 124.2 ... that Andrea Ablasser discovered a molecule that warns nearby cells when it encounters a pathogen?
Al-Judeida 2015-12-04 1,482 123.5 ... that the Palestinian village of al-Judeida was a Crusader estate called "Gidideh"?
MV Norsel (1945) 2015-12-13 1,480 123.4 ... that the sealing ship Norsel was nicknamed "the Polar Bus" due to her many voyages to the Antarctic and Arctic?
Bjørn Borgen 2015-12-09 1,474 123.1 ... that following his death, Norwegian footballer Bjørn Borgen was described by former team-mate Per Kristoffersen as the greatest right winger the country had ever produced?
Jim Byron 2015-12-12 1,464 122.0 ... that publicist Jim Byron once got into a fist fight with Frank Sinatra on the Sunset Strip?
Bernard H. Paul 2015-12-24 1,446 121.9 ... that puppeteer Bernard H. Paul performed the first children's television program?
Zygophyllum qatarense 2015-12-18 831 69.2 ... that the dwarf shrub Zygophyllum qatarense has adaptations to help it survive the harsh environment of the wildlife of Bahrain?
Wildlife of Bahrain 631 52.6
Total 1,462 121.8
The Coldest City (film) 2015-12-27 1,450 120.9 ... that David Leitch left his partner Chad Stahelski's John Wick 2 in order to direct The Coldest City?
Jane Fraser (banking) 2015-12-27 1,442 120.2 ... that Jane Fraser has been promoted to four CEO posts at Citigroup since joining in 2004?
Euglossopteryx 2015-12-23 1,377 118.4 ... that the extinct bee Euglossopteryx has a pollen basket made of long setae?
Catherine A. Lozupone 2015-12-10 1,412 117.7 ... that Catherine A. Lozupone created the UniFrac algorithm, which has allowed researchers to plot the relationships between microbial communities in the human gut?
Fang Yi 2015-12-15 1,410 117.5 ... that Chinese Vice Premier Fang Yi lost his mother 26 days after he was born, and his father at the age of eight?
Ida Dixon 2015-12-16 1,409 117.4 ... that Ida Dixon, designer of the 18-hole golf course at the Springhaven Club, was the first female golf course architect in the United States?
Christopher John O'Neill 2015-12-14 1,403 116.9 ... that Christopher John O'Neill, now a Broadway actor, was discovered by a casting director for The Book of Mormon while performing comedy at Edinburgh Festival Fringe?
Nikos Foskolos 2015-12-09 1,398 116.5 ... that Greek screenwriter and director Nikos Foskolos has been called the "Goldfinger of commercial shows"?
Lake Milh 2015-12-27 1,388 115.7 ... that Lake Milh in Iraq, a wetland of international importance, is fed by water from Lake Habbaniyah which comes from the Euphrates?
Riobamba (nightclub) 2015-12-12 1,384 115.3 ... that at his solo nightclub debut at the Riobamba, Frank Sinatra sang two songs "with trembling lips" and brought the house down?
Persoonia laurina 2015-12-01 1,380 115.0 ... that the bark of the laurel geebung was used by aborigines to toughen fishing lines?
Hananu Revolt 2015-12-07 1,426 114.8 ... that during the Hananu Revolt against French rule in Syria, the first rebel band organized by Ibrahim Hananu consisted of seven men from his hometown?
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran 2015-12-24 1,361 114.7 ... that the Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran comprises three Armenian monasteries established between the 7th and 14th centuries C.E.?
Tebello Nyokong 2015-12-02 1,374 114.5 ... that Tebello Nyokong is helping to pioneer a safer method of cancer detection and therapy that does not have the harmful side effects of chemotherapy?
Camellia Johnson 2015-12-22 1,372 114.3 ... that opera singer Camellia Johnson performed at Donald Trump's wedding ceremonies to Marla Maples and Melania Knauss?
Project NOAH (Philippines) 2015-12-15 968 80.7 ... that Project NOAH Executive Director Mahar Lagmay of the Philippines won the Plinius Medal awarded by the European Geosciences Union in 2015?
Mahar Lagmay 396 33.0
Total 1,364 113.6
Lolium rigidum 2015-12-21 1,354 112.8 ... that Wimmera ryegrass is grown as a forage crop in Australia, despite sometimes being toxic to livestock?
Theodoor Verstraete 2015-12-07 1,278 110.3 ... that Belgian painter Theodoor Verstraete was lauded as the "poet of rural life" due to his empathy with country folk?
Wat Intharawihan 2015-12-13 1,314 109.5 ... that Wat Intharawihan was originally called Wat Rai Phrik, meaning "vegetable" in the Thai language, because its location was within a vegetable garden?
Alex Saxon (actor) 2015-12-22 1,314 109.5 ... that actor Alex Saxon was told that his character in Finding Carter was to be killed off, but a month later found out that plans had changed?
Sheraton Skyline Hotel at London Heathrow 2015-12-17 1,310 109.2 ... that in the 1970s, the Sheraton Skyline Hotel at London Heathrow had a Wild West-themed cabaret show?
1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic 2015-12-21 1,306 108.8 ... that former National Football League head coach Jerry Glanville was among the drivers in the inaugural NASCAR Truck Series race?
Saint Stephen's Church, Negombo 2015-12-04 1,304 108.7 ... that the site upon which Saint Stephen's Church, Negombo, was built in 1876 is located near the former Dutch Fort?
Marija Krucifiksa Kozulić 2015-12-26 1,296 108.0 ... that in 1895 Sister Krucifiksa founded a school dedicated to the Sacred Heart, which accepted children regardless of their religious affiliation or ethnic background?
Tourism in Yemen 2015-12-03 1,294 107.9 ... that UNESCO recently declared an emergency action plan to protect cultural sites in Yemen from destruction?
Harold Horton Sheldon 2015-12-20 1,288 107.3 ... that the scientist Harold Horton Sheldon wrote as early as 1929 about the serious possibility of man visiting other planets one day with the aid of rockets?
Alice Lucy 2015-12-25 1,280 106.6 ... that Lady Alice Lucy toured towns giving presents of bread and meat each Christmas?
Neor Lake 2015-12-27 1,266 105.5 ... that the Neor Lake, a shallow lake located in a hilly area south of the Ardabil Province of Iran, was formed due to two fault zones during the Eocene period?
Diana Marcela Bolaños Rodriguez 2015-12-10 1,263 105.2 ... that Diana Marcela Bolaños Rodriguez studies marine flatworms to learn about their regenerative abilities?
Cotton production in Pakistan 2015-12-08 1,260 104.7 ... that the earliest known historical find of cotton in Pakistan is from artifacts in a Neolithic-era burial site in Mehrgarh?
New Hurley Reformed Church 2015-12-20 1,235 102.9 ... that New York's New Hurley Reformed Church (pictured) was founded by members of another area church who were cut off from their building after a flood washed out a bridge?
Sydney Beck 2015-12-19 1,229 102.4 ... that Sydney Beck was invited by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to organize and conduct the musical entertainment for a state dinner at the White House?
Battle of Lahore (1752) 2015-12-05 1,228 102.4 ... that even after defeating the Mughals at the Battle of Lahore, Ahmed Shah Abdali retained the Mughal governor Mir Mannu?
2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic 2015-12-15 1,225 102.1 ... that each of the six laps of the 2015 Philadelphia Cycling Classic ended with a climb up the 800-metre-long (2,600 ft) Manayunk Wall?
Vera Faddeeva 2015-12-10 1,216 101.3 ... that Vera Faddeeva's 1950 book Computational methods of linear algebra was one of the first publications in that field of mathematics?
Stephanie Burns 2015-12-08 1,214 100.8 ... that Stephanie Burns, an organosilicon chemist, served as President and CEO of Dow Corning?
Zahir al-Umar 2015-12-07 1,244 100.2 ... that Zahir al-Umar was the autonomous Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the mid-18th century?
Strawberry cake 2015-12-19 1,202 100.2 ... that 6,000 slices of strawberry cake were served at the Strawberry Festival at La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines, in March 2015?
Angkor Wat Marathons 2015-12-03 1,200 100.0 ... that Cambodia's Angkor Wat International Half Marathon was introduced in 1996 by the Japanese Olympian Yuko Arimori?
A Christmas Carol (play) 2015-12-25 1,198 99.8 ... that the English actor Patrick Stewart plays more than 30 characters in his one-man stage performance of A Christmas Carol?
The Changingman 2015-12-09 1,196 99.7 ... that Paul Weller's first solo UK top ten hit, "The Changingman", sampled Electric Light Orchestra's "10538 Overture", which in turn sampled The Beatles' "Dear Prudence"?
List of L.A. Noire characters 2015-12-27 1,196 99.6 ... that writer Brendan McNamara wanted players to connect to the characters of L.A. Noire in a way not previously achieved in video games?
Ying Fang 2015-12-03 1,192 99.3 ... that soprano Ying Fang has won the Golden Bell Award, the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, and the Lincoln Center Segal Award?
Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha 2015-12-29 1,188 99.0 ... that Grand Vizier Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha commanded Ottoman ground forces against the French occupation of Egypt?
Lutte Internationale 2015-12-06 1,173 97.8 ... that Canada's first-ever match between André the Giant and Hulk Hogan took place in Lutte Internationale, preceding their more famous showdown at WrestleMania III by seven years?
Srimanthudu 2015-12-20 1,151[m] 95.9 ... that Srimanthudu became the second-biggest Telugu film opener of the year, with a first-day global gross of 310 million?
Prostanthera lasianthos 2015-12-25 1,150 95.8 ... that the Victorian Christmas bush is a member of the mint family?
Anoplognathus chloropyrus 2015-12-25 1,148 95.7 ... that the brown Christmas beetle can eat eucalyptus leaves to the point of defoliating the tree?
Sar Kheng 2015-12-05 1,143 95.2 ... that former Khmer Rouge official Sar Kheng is currently Minister of the Interior, Deputy Prime Minister, and a Member of the Cambodian Parliament?
Claudette Sorel 2015-12-16 1,123 93.6 ... that Claudette Sorel discovered and premiered two previously unknown Rachmaninoff nocturnes?
Hayden Epstein 2015-12-19 1,119 93.2 ... that Hayden Epstein set a record for the longest field goal by a Michigan Wolverines football player after setting a record for the longest field goal by a Michigan State Spartans opponent?
Dahla Dam 2015-12-19 1,114 92.8 ... that the Dahla Dam in Kandahar Province is the second-largest dam in Afghanistan?
The DeMarco Sisters 2015-12-26 1,112 92.6 ... that The DeMarco Sisters were featured singers in the 1952 film Skirts Ahoy! with actress Esther Williams?
Muhanna ibn Isa 2015-12-23 1,076 92.5 ... that the lord of Palmyra, Muhanna ibn Isa, twice defected to the Ilkhanate, but was forgiven by Sultan al-Nasir and returned to Mamluk authority?
Gärdslösa Church 2015-12-20 1,106 92.2 ... that in 1964, a Swedish princess married an English businessman in Gärdslösa Church?
Eurasian bittern 2015-12-05 1,105 92.1 ... that the Eurasian bittern may visit reedbeds, rice fields, watercress beds, fish farms, gravel pits, sewage works, ditches, flooded areas and marshes?
That's Life (song) 2015-12-12 1,104 92.0 ... that after Frank Sinatra was happy with his recording of the song "That's Life", producer Jimmy Bowen annoyed him by asking him to do it again?
Ranjit Roy Chaudhury 2015-12-01 1,102 91.9 ... that Ranjit Roy Chaudhury was the first Indian doctor to receive a Rhodes Scholarship?
Ida Shepard Oldroyd 2015-12-01 1,099 91.6 ... that Ida Shepard Oldroyd curated the world's second largest collection of mollusk shells?
Keenan Reynolds (American football) 2015-12-31 1,098 91.5 ... that Keenan Reynolds is the only Navy quarterback to win all four games against Army?
Thomas Bailey Marquis 2015-12-07 1,133 91.2 ... that writer Thomas B. Marquis once drove into the back of another car while conversing with Thomas H. Leforge in Plains Indian Sign Language?
Margaret Reed Lewis 2015-12-27 1,080 90.0 ... that cell biologist Margaret Reed Lewis may have been the first person to successfully grow mammalian tissue in vitro?
Brunei Museum 2015-12-20 1,078 89.9 ... that one of the Brunei Museum exhibits consists of replicas of the suits of armour and weapons used in Japan from the 8th to 14th centuries?
Sara Murray Jordan 2015-12-21 1,075 89.6 ... that gastroenterologist Sara Murray Jordan co-wrote a cookbook titled Good Food for Bad Stomachs?
Walter S. Graf 2015-12-18 1,072 89.3 ... that cardiologist Walter S. Graf was a pioneer in establishing the modern system of paramedic emergency care?
Kabuli Bagh Mosque 2015-12-28 1,070 89.2 ... that the mihrab in the Kabuli Bagh Mosque has an epigraph which includes the "Throne Verse from the Quran"?
Visibility Zero 2015-12-23 1,036 89.0 ... that the song "Vrehei Fotia Sti Strata Mou" ("It's Raining Fire In My Way"), heard in the 1970 film Visibility Zero, launched the career of Greek laïko singer Stratos Dionysiou?
Narayana Upanishad 2015-12-04 1,058 88.1 ... that the Narayana Upanishad states that one who worships with the mantra "Om Namo Narayanaya" goes to Vishnu's heaven, and becomes free from birth and saṃsāra?
Hrazdan River 2015-12-22 1,048 87.4 ... that a cascade development on the Hrazdan River is the largest hydro-power scheme in Armenia?
Ordubad 2015-12-13 1,043 86.9 ... that during the early years of 20th century, the silk of Ordubad received 13 gold medals in international exhibitions and fairs?
Patricia Numann 2015-12-04 1,040 86.7 ... that Patricia Numann founded the Association of Women Surgeons, chaired the American Board of Surgery, and was president of the American College of Surgeons?
Francis Fowler (architect) 2015-12-30 1,039 86.6 ... that Francis Fowler, architect of London's Metropole Hotel, was found guilty of corruption and was forced to resign from the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1888 after 20 years of service?
Hanna von Hoerner 2015-12-05 1,039 86.6 ... that German astrophysicist Hanna von Hoerner designed the cosmic dust analyser onboard Rosetta?
Nancy Cruickshank 2015-12-11 1,024 85.4 ... that the British entrepreneur Nancy Cruickshank's second start-up, Handbag.com, became the number-one fashion and beauty website in the UK, with 1.5 million visits monthly? -->
Ken Noda 2015-12-21 1,022 85.2 ... that pianist Ken Noda composed his first opera at the age of ten?
Francisco Sutil 2015-12-27 1,018 84.8 ... that the Spanish footballer Francisco Sutil offered to play for a reduced salary at a team nearer to his girlfriend?
Wildlife of Yemen 2015-12-09 1,012 84.6 ... that the critically endangered Arabian leopard is among the wildlife found in Yemen?
Cecilia Bouzat 2015-12-10 1,013 84.4 ... that after Cecilia Bouzat was given a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science she was received by the President of Argentina?
Zhao Wenhua 2015-12-06 1,007 83.9 ... that Ming dynasty official Zhao Wenhua is reviled as a "treacherous minister" in the History of Ming despite having been rewarded for his role against the Jiajing wokou raids?
Camden Crawl 2015-12-15 1,003 83.6 ... that 200 acts performed at the final Camden Crawl music festival in 2014?
Folake Solanke 2015-12-15 1,002 83.5 ... that Folake Solanke is the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria?
Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes 2015-12-12 994 82.8 ... that Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes, newly renamed the Hoboken Four, performed in blackface in a short film aired at Radio City Music Hall?
Mining industry of Laos 2015-12-16 990 82.5 ... that the foreign direct investment in the mining industry of Laos has made significant contributions to the economic condition of Laos since 2003–04?
Janet Carr 2015-12-21 987 82.2 ... that physiotherapist Janet Carr specialised in rehabilitation after stroke?
1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone 2015-12-08 960 81.9 ... that the 1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone resulted in more than 1,000 fatalities, and damaged more than 600,000 houses?
Liao Changyong 2015-12-08 985 81.9 ... that baritone Liao Changyong won first prize in three different international singing competitions in 1996 and 1997?
History of York City F.C. (1980–present) 2015-12-17 978 81.5 ... that the latest promotion in York City's recent history came in 2012, when they beat Luton Town at Wembley Stadium in the Conference Premier play-off final?
List of Padma Vibhushan award recipients 2015-12-17 978 81.5 ... that as of 2015, India's second highest civilian award has been conferred upon 18 non-citizen recipients including Edmund Hillary, one of the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
Mario Trafeli 2015-12-18 976 81.3 ... that at the age of 18, Mario Trafeli became the youngest winner of the North American Outdoor Speedskating Championship with a win in the final 5-mile (8.0 km) race?
Pranagnihotra Upanishad 2015-12-30 970 80.8 ... that the Hindu text Pranagnihotra Upanishad asserts that all the gods are enclosed in every human body?
Kathryn Ferguson Fink 2015-12-10 970 80.8 ... that biochemist Kathryn Ferguson Fink developed radiolabeling techniques that were used to study the success of chemotherapy?
Annie Armitt 2015-12-22 952 79.3 ... that there were three Cumbrian Armitt sisters in the 19th century who all became writers—Sophia, Mary Louisa, and the novelist Annie?
Jean Sibelius 2015-12-27 946 78.9 ... that by composing music such as Finlandia, Jean Sibelius boosted Finnish patriotism in the face of Russian oppression?
Patricia Ratto 2015-12-19 932 77.7 ... that Argentine author Patricia Ratto's novel Trasfondo depicts life on a submarine during the Falklands/Malvinas War?
Mahbub Alam (politician) 2015-12-13 931 77.6 ... that Mahbub Alam was arrested just after filing his nomination paper for the 2014 Indian general election?
Jorge Alonso 2015-12-01 931 77.6 ... that Spanish footballer Jorge Alonso studied civil engineering?
David Wecht 2015-12-21 926 77.2 ... that Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice-elect David Wecht was one of three victors in the "most expensive judicial election in U.S. history"?
Jaccoud arthropathy 2015-12-07 957 77.1 ... that Jaccoud arthropathy is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus?
Jessica Garretson Finch 2015-12-15 918 76.5 ... that Jessica Garretson Finch was a suffragette who founded Finch College and advocated for careers for women?
Daniel Montgomery Boyd 2015-12-29 917 76.4 ... that Daniel Montgomery Boyd was once described as a "liberal supporter financially of all worthy enterprises"?
Protoceratopsidovum 2015-12-18 913 76.1 ... that although the fossil egg genus Protoceratopsidovum means "Protoceratops egg", it does not represent the eggs of a protoceratopsid, but rather the eggs of maniraptoran theropods?
Emīlija Gudriniece 2015-12-20 896 74.7 ... that while working on her graduate degree in chemistry, Emīlija Gudriniece won the Latvian Women's Motorcycle Championship in 1949, and then won it again in 1953?
Steven J. Lopes 2015-12-23 864 74.3 ... that Steven J. Lopes has been named the first bishop of any of the Catholic Church's three Anglican Use ordinariates?
Yueh-Lin Loo 2015-12-06 890 74.1 ... that Yueh-Lin Loo invented nanotransfer printing, a technique that allows electrical circuits to be printed onto plastic surfaces?
Yokohama B-Corsairs 2015-12-04 889 74.1 ... that the Yokohama B-Corsairs won the bj league in just their second year of existence?
Karachi Kings 2015-12-29 888[n] 74.0 ... that the Karachi Kings is the most expensive franchise team of the Pakistan Super League?
Giovanni Mangone 2015-12-19 882 73.5 ... that the only building still extant that is definitely attributed to Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Mangone is Palazzo Massimo di Pirro in Rome?
Cotton production in China 2015-12-19 882 73.5 ... that cotton, which is called mian or mumian in Chinese, was first produced in China from an area now known as Yunnan, some time around 200 BC?
Lighthouse Reef 2015-12-22 878 73.2 ... that the most dominant fish species of the Lighthouse Reef in Belize are the creole wrasse and blue chromis?
Unser lieben Frauen Traum 2015-12-18 878 73.2 ... that Max Reger composed "in new simplicity" Unser lieben Frauen Traum, a motet suitable for Advent, about a dream of Mary of a tree growing in her?
Mónica Bettencourt-Dias 2015-12-19 874 72.8 ... that molecular cell biologist Mónica Bettencourt-Dias also studied scientific communication, the way scientists communicate with the public?
Midori Suzuki (soprano) 2015-12-13 866 72.2 ... that in 2000 Midori Suzuki was a soprano in Sigiswald Kuijken's recording of Bach's Mass in B minor which uses one voice per part?
Walk like a Panther 2015-12-19 862 71.8 ... that Jarvis Cocker personally contacted Tony Christie asking him to appear on the All Seeing I's "Walk like a Panther"?
Ray Bloch 2015-12-05 861 71.8 ... that Jackie Gleason called his orchestra leader Ray Bloch "the flower of the music world"?
Sharabha Upanishad 2015-12-31 850 70.9 ... that in the Sharabha Upanishad, Shiva, incarnating as Sharabha in a fierce anthropomorphic form of an eagle, lion, and man, slays Narasimha, an incarnation of Vishnu?
One Voice Children's Choir 2015-12-09 847 70.8 ... that America's Got Talent 2014 quarterfinalist One Voice Children's Choir had a waiting list of 250 children wanting to join as of January 2015?
Bank Tabungan Negara 2015-12-16 832 69.3 ... that Bank Tabungan Negara, established in 1897, was frozen during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia and then nationalized by the Indonesian government after the war?
Iris perrieri 2015-12-17 823 68.6 ... that Iris perrieri was named after Baron Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie, who ran a speciality plant nursery in Albertville?
André Voisin 2015-12-15 819 68.2 ... that French biochemist André Voisin is considered one of the founding thinkers of the permaculture movement?
Format:B 2015-12-11 817 68.1 ... that although Format:B have had their own vanity label for the past six years, their most recent single was released on Ministry of Sound?
Victoria Joyce Ely 2015-12-21 798 66.5 ... that of the more than 3,000 midwives working in the state of Florida in the early 1920s, Victoria Joyce Ely was the only one who was trained and licensed?
Piotr Domaradzki 2015-12-05 786 65.5 ... that Piotr Domaradzki was active in the Polish Solidarity movement before being granted political asylum in the United States?
Chronicler of the Winds 2015-12-05 780 65.0 ... that Henning Mankell preferred the African storytelling style used in his novel Chronicler of the Winds to European storytelling because of its ability to "jump between realities"?
Augustine Schulte 2015-12-24 771 65.0 ... that despite his role in saving its property from seizure by the Kingdom of Italy, Augustine Schulte was denied rectorship of the American College in Rome?
Aviation in Indonesia 2015-12-23 798 64.6 ... that between 2009 and 2014, the number of Indonesia's air passengers increased more than threefold, to over 94 million?
1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game 2015-12-26 773 64.4 ... that Villanova won the 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game despite taking the fewest shots of any team in a men's Final Four game?
Guanqun Yu 2015-12-04 758 63.2 ... that Chinese soprano Guanqun Yu won the Belvedere International Singing Competition and placed 2nd in Operalia, The World Opera Competition?
Lydia Emelie Gruchy 2015-12-30 754 62.9 ... that 13 years after Lydia Emelie Gruchy graduated her theological studies with honors, she was finally ordained in 1936 as the first female minister of the United Church of Canada?
Hollywood Plaza Hotel 2015-12-12 754 62.8 ... that Frank Sinatra often visited the barber shop in the basement of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel to play gin rummy with the barber?
Every Day Is a Holiday 2015-12-25 746 62.1 ... that "Every Day Is a Holiday" is Katy Perry's first Christmas song?
1996 Oman cyclone 2015-12-30 739 61.6 ... that a cyclone caused historic flooding in Yemen in 1996?
Portrait painting in Scotland 2015-12-01 735 61.2 ... that the Flemish-Spanish painter John Baptist Medina came to Scotland in 1693 and became the leading Scottish portrait painter of his generation?
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus 2015-12-25 734 61.2 ... that "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" is intended to make people remember the Nativity of Jesus?
Boletopsis grisea 2015-12-29 725 60.4 ... that the mushroom Boletopsis grisea is threatened by deforestation, air pollution, and the use of fertilizers and lime used to increase timber production?
Idelisa Bonnelly 2015-12-03 721 60.1 ... that Idelisa Bonnelly pushed for the first humpback whale sanctuary to be established and was inducted into the Global 500 Roll of Honour of UNEP for her defense of the environment?
Rodrigo Duterte presidential campaign, 2016 2015-12-24 702 58.5 ... that Rodrigo Duterte's presidential bid was unexpected because he had failed to submit his candidacy before the deadline?
Anne Beloff-Chain 2015-12-16 696 58.0 ... that Anne Beloff-Chain founded the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Buckingham?
Summer Wind 2015-12-12 688 57.4 ... that Frank Sinatra's 1966 cover of "Summer Wind" was the final top 40 hit for lyricist Johnny Mercer?
Catherine Feuillet 2015-12-13 686 57.2 ... that Catherine Feuillet led a team to successfully map the largest wheat chromosome, 3B?
Cereal Research Centre 2015-12-09 680 56.8 ... that the Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg produced over two hundred varieties of crop and ornamental plants resistant to pests and blights?
1964 Atlantic hurricane season 2015-12-22 678 56.5 ... that the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season featured the highest number of hurricanes to landfall in the United States since the 1933 season?
Casa Santa Maria 2015-12-26 668 55.6 ... that Pope Pius IX ensured that the American College would get the property of a former convent where he used to serve Mass as a boy?
Frederico Marques 2015-12-06 666 55.5 ... that Portuguese tennis coach Frederico Marques was recently reported to be the youngest coach with a player in the ATP top 100?
Hank Sanicola 2015-12-12 663 55.2 ... that Hank Sanicola, a boxer turned music manager, was Frank Sinatra's "song plugger"?
Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar 2015-12-02 656 54.7 ... that Padma Shri recipient Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar organized medical camps to provide free orthopedic surgery to over 1,500 children?
Hop Bottom Creek 2015-12-23 666 53.9 ... that the first gristmill in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, was constructed on Hop Bottom Creek?
Mary Frances Clarke 2015-12-26 638 53.2 ... that Mary Frances Clarke helped move the religious order Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which she had founded, from Philadelphia to Dubuque, Iowa, with their piano?
Sarla Bedi 2015-12-28 628 52.4 ... that Sarla Bedi established the Hindu reform movement Arya Samaj in Toronto, Canada, and promoted social causes?
Thawun Gyi 2015-12-17 628 52.4 ... that Thawun Gyi was the founder of the Principality of Toungoo of Myanmar?
Elinor Francis Vallentin 2015-12-17 628 52.4 ... that collaboration between botanists Elinor Francis Vallentin and A.D. Cotton resulted in the first comprehensive study of cryptogams from the Falkland Islands?
Beverly Thomas Galloway 2015-12-29 628 52.3 ... that Beverly Thomas Galloway was a pioneer in plant pathology and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture?
Parastemmiulus 2015-12-06 626 52.2 ... that the extinct millipede Parastemmiulus was the first definite genus in the family Stemmiulidae described from a fossil?
Ackerly Creek 2015-12-19 613 51.1 ... that the watershed of Ackerly Creek is the most developed part of the Tunkhannock Creek watershed?
Alejandro Zamora 2015-12-28 612 51.0 ... that Spanish footballer Alejandro Zamora's only La Liga match was also the last match of Héctor Cúper as the Real Betis manager?
Jordan Payton 2015-12-06 602 50.2 ... that Jordan Payton recently set the UCLA Bruins football record for career receptions one week after tying the school's single-game record?
2015 La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta 2015-12-18 599 49.9 ... that in 2015, for the first time, a women's cycling race took place just prior to the final stage of the Vuelta a España?
Maatidesmus 2015-12-26 597 49.8 ... that the fossil millipede Maatidesmus paachtun is named from the Mayan words for "amber", "back", and "stone"?
Watson Government 2015-12-27 596 49.7 ... that the world's first Labor Party national government was Australia's Watson Government of 1904?
List of Christmas operas 2015-12-25 592 49.3 ... that at least nine Christmas operas have been based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?
WSTRN 2015-12-08 594[o] 49.3 ... that WSTRN bandmember Akelle Charles is the brother of Angel?
Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection 2015-12-25 587 48.9 ... that the 2004 Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection features three previously unavailable tracks, including Sinatra's last recorded Christmas carol?
Übers Gebirg Maria geht 2015-12-24 580 48.9 ... that Johannes Eccard composed Übers Gebirg Maria geht (Over the mountains Mary goes)—a retelling of Mary's Visitation (pictured) to Elisabeth—as a motet for five voices?
Dorothea Leighton 2015-12-05 584 48.7 ... that Dorothea Leighton is one of the founders of the field of medical anthropology?
Platygyra contorta 2015-12-06 579 48.2 ... that when specimens of Platygyra contorta coral were studied in 1977, they were identified as examples of P. rustica?
Valletta Summit on Migration 2015-12-07 594 47.8 ... that during the Valletta Summit on Migration, President of the European Council Donald Tusk called the European migrant crisis a "race against time" to save the Schengen Agreement?
S. K. Sama 2015-12-07 553 47.7 ... that gastroenterologist S. K. Sama, known for his pioneering research on non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis and hepatitis B, received the Padma Shri award in 2004?
Neth Savoeun 2015-12-13 560 46.6 ... that the chief of Cambodia's National Police Force, Neth Savoeun, is a member of the ruling party's Central Committee and married to the Prime Minister's niece?
Oh! What it Seemed to Be 2015-12-12 558 46.5 ... that Frank Sinatra had a number 1 hit with "Oh! What it Seemed to Be" in 1946, and then recorded it again for 1963's Sinatra's Sinatra?
Heðin á Lakjuni 2015-12-26 543 45.2 ... that Heðin á Lakjuni scored his 100th goal in the Faroe Islands Premier League in May 2015, while playing for KÍ Klaksvík?
Owen Thomas Rouse 2015-12-03 542 45.2 ... that a post in the Arizona Territory was not the first or even second choice of future Arizona Territorial Supreme Court justice Owen Thomas Rouse?
O Smach 2015-12-06 539 44.9 ... that a Cambodian tour bus company takes "hospital tourists" 160 kilometres (100 mi) from Siem Reap to the border crossing at O Smach to see doctors in Thailand?
Oboe Concerto (Bellini) 2015-12-17 530 44.2 ... that Vincenzo Bellini's Oboe Concerto, written while he was a student, was possibly influenced by the wordless songs of his teacher Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli?
Cāmadevivaṃsa 2015-12-04 524 43.7 ... that the Northern Thai chronicle Cāmadevivaṃsa recounts the founding of Lamphun as the capital of the ancient Hariphunchai Kingdom by a Mon princess?
Malcolm Grant (basketball) 2015-12-23 534 43.1 ... that basketball player Malcolm Grant tied the Miami Hurricanes single-game record for three-pointers in 2011?
Jan McFarlane 2015-12-20 514 42.9 ... that Jan McFarlane, the Archdeacon of Norwich, worked with deaf children before being ordained?
Frank Sinatra Enterprises 2015-12-12 506 42.2 ... that Frank Sinatra Enterprises was founded in 2007 to manage the singer's recordings at Reprise Records?
Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110 2015-12-25 504 42.0 ... that in his Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, Bach embedded voices in the overture of his fourth orchestral suite and achieved a "marvellous rendition of laughter-in-music"?
Cento vergilianus de laudibus Christi 2015-12-26 492 41.0 ... that Cento vergilianus de laudibus Christi, a Latin poem by Faltonia Betitia Proba, takes lines from the works of the Roman poet Virgil and rearranges them to be about Jesus?
Texas State Federation of Labor 2015-12-22 484 40.3 ... that the Texas State Federation of Labor affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1903 only to avoid conflict with the railroad brotherhoods?
2015 Tour of Chongming Island World Cup 2015-12-26 478 39.9 ... that although not her team's designated sprinter, Giorgia Bronzini won the 2015 Tour of Chongming Island World Cup in a bunch sprint?
Frank H. Winter 2015-12-31 473 39.4 ... that Frank H. Winter presented the American Astronautical Society's first Goddard Memorial Lecture and received a medal for it?
Raimondo Capizucchi 2015-12-26 466 38.9 ... that as Master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace, Cardinal Raimondo Capizucchi condemned probabilism, but was initially fascinated by quietism?
Odyssey Opera 2015-12-02 465 38.8 ... that in the past three years, Odyssey Opera has performed the Boston premieres of Korngold's Die tote Stadt and Massenet's Le Cid?
J. S. Guleria 2015-12-08 446 38.1 ... that J. S. Guleria and his son Randeep Guleria are both doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi and were both awarded the Padma Shri?
Elisa Oricchio 2015-12-18 450 37.5 ... that Elisa Oricchio identified that the ephrin receptor EphA7 plays a role in tumor development of follicular lymphoma?
Tim Forster 2015-12-26 442 36.8 ... that in 1972 Captain Tim Forster became the first victorious racehorse owner and trainer since World War II by winning the Grand National with Well To Do?
Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Haiti 2015-12-17 434 36.2 ... that Hurricane Dennis in 2005 killed 56 people and wrought US$50 million in damage throughout Haiti?
Jakarta Marathon 2015-12-14 408 34.0 ... that in the 2014 edition of Indonesia's Jakarta Marathon, a limited number of African athletes were invited because of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa?
Archibald Main 2015-12-04 400 33.3 ... that Archibald Main, who was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1939, was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow?
List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Shakib Al Hasan 2015-12-03 400 33.3 ... that Shakib Al Hasan has the most five-wicket hauls for Bangladesh in international cricket?
Hasta la Raíz (song) 2015-12-05 388 32.3 ... that Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade won three Latin Grammy Awards for her song "Hasta la Raíz"?
Rakastava 2015-12-27 376 31.3 ... that Rakastava (The Lover) was first a song cycle for men's chorus by Jean Sibelius which he transformed to a suite for string orchestra, percussion and triangle?
Carl Llewellyn 2015-12-23 371 30.0 ... that Carl Llewellyn has won the Whitbread / Bet365 Gold Cup both as a jockey and as a trainer?
Welcome Wagon (Veronica Mars) 2015-12-01 346 28.8 ... that a remix of "We Used to Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols was used for the third season premiere of Veronica Mars, "Welcome Wagon"?
Edder Farías 2015-12-31 326 27.2 ... that the Venezuelan footballer Edder Farías scored against Honduras in February 2015, his country's first victory since September 2013?
Gus Levene 2015-12-25 326 27.2 ... that "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", as sung by Frank Sinatra and backed by Gus Levene and his orchestra, was originally recorded for the soundtrack of a 1963 war film?
Cello Concerto (Waterhouse) 2015-12-16 297 24.8 ... that Graham Waterhouse, who played the solo part in his Cello Concerto in Mexico in 1995, performed it at his university in Cambridge?
Hasta la Raíz 2015-12-31 276 23.0 ... that Natalia Lafourcade sought inspiration for her album Hasta la Raíz in Agustín Lara's repertoire and her native country, Mexico?
Constitution Day (India) 2015-12-20 242 20.2 ... that India is celebrating 26 November as Constitution Day as part of the 125th birth anniversary celebrations for Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
Texas Tommy (food) 2015-12-02 1 0.1 ... that the Texas Tommy is a common hot dog dish at diners and greasy spoons in Philadelphia, eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey?
Kennedy Creek (Pennsylvania) 2015-12-21 0[p] 0 ... that Kennedy Creek is only about 5 miles (8 km) long, but is popular for canoeing?
Fallout Shelter (video game) 2015-12-02 0[p] 0 ... that Fallout Shelter became the most popular free iOS application in the US and UK within a day of its release?
Matt Campbell (American football coach) 2015-12-24 -256[q] -21.5 ... that new Iowa State Cyclones head coach Matt Campbell was hired on his 36th birthday?

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  13. ^ Excludes 2,601.0 background views
  14. ^ Excludes 1,139.5 background views
  15. ^ Excludes 1,094.5 background views
  16. ^ a b error retrieving pageviews – funky that!
  17. ^ Excludes 1,283.5 background views