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Serpent labret with articulated tongue 2018-05-02 21,853 1,821.1 ... that the serpent labret with articulated tongue (pictured) can stick out its tongue?
Krom Klone 2018-05-14 18,682 1,556.8 ... that members of the Krom Klone (pictured), the all-female bodyguard of the King of Siam, had to take a vow of chastity, though an exception was made for marrying the king?
Membartsho 2018-05-15 23,530 980.4 ... that enlightened individuals can supposedly see a temple at the bottom of the Burning Lake (pictured) in Bhutan?
This Is America (Childish Gambino song) 2018-05-16 23,416[a] 975.6 ... that "This Is America" by Childish Gambino addresses the themes of being black in America and gun violence in the United States?
2018 FA Cup Final 2018-05-19 21,512[b] 952.2 ... that Manchester United are looking to match Arsenal's FA Cup winner's record in today's 2018 FA Cup Final against Chelsea?
Electric bath (electrotherapy) 2018-05-01 11,025 918.8 ... that a luminous discharge could be seen around a person taking an electric bath (pictured)?
Mary Greyeyes 2018-05-30 20,212 865.9 ... that World War II servicewoman Mary Greyeyes (pictured, left) was incorrectly labeled as an "unidentified Indian princess" in a famous Canadian Women's Army Corps publicity photo?
Lynching of Amos Miller 2018-05-29 18,756 812.2 ... that 23-year-old African-American Amos Miller was lynched in 1888 in Franklin, Tennessee, on the balcony of the Williamson County Courthouse (pictured)?
Anne Beaumanoir 2018-05-18 17,334 775.9 ... that Anne Beaumanoir (pictured) and her parents were recognised as Righteous Among the Nations for saving two Jewish children in France during the Second World War?
Trident (UK nuclear programme) 2018-05-23 16,774 731.7 ... that the UK's Trident nuclear missile submarines (HMS Victorious pictured) use a control system which the media have nicknamed "Windows for Submarines", because it is based on Windows XP?
Bisexual lighting 2018-05-06 8,750 729.2 ... that bisexual lighting (colours pictured) has been criticized for contributing to the perpetuation of bisexual stereotypes?
SS Otsego 2018-05-07 4,726 393.8 ... that prior to their naval service, USS Otsego (pictured in later army service) escaped destruction in an earthquake, and USS Philippines survived three weeks of storms at sea without a rudder?
SS Bulgaria (1898) 3,837 319.8
Total 8,562 713.5
Iveta Mukuchyan 2018-05-21 13,783 596.9 ... that Armenian singer-songwriter Iveta Mukuchyan (pictured) was named Best Female Singer of the Year at the 2018 Swallow Music Awards?
Swallow Music Awards 2,674 115.8
Total 16,458 712.7
Mollie Lentaigne 2018-05-01 7,860 655.0 ... that the duties of Mollie Lentaigne, a nurse during the Second World War, included drawing the experimental surgery (example pictured) being performed on members of the Guinea Pig Club?
The Emerald (building) 2018-05-10 7,526 627.2 ... that the upper floors of a new high-rise building in Seattle will cantilever over an adjacent building?
Jimmy 'Five Bellies' Gardner 2018-05-14 7,324 610.3 ... that Jimmy 'Five Bellies' Gardner has been described as "the only person in Britain famous for being a footballer's mate"?
Disappearance of Brandon Swanson 2018-05-14 7,282 606.9 ... that after police told Brandon Swanson's mother he had "a right to be missing" ten years ago today, she successfully lobbied for a state law requiring that such investigations start promptly?
Ruby Boye 2018-05-09 7,282 606.8 ... that Ruby Boye (pictured) was Australia's only female coastwatcher?
Murder of Simon Dale 2018-05-03 7,222 601.8 ... that Simon Dale lived mainly in the kitchen and one bedroom of his 50-room Hopton Heath mansion, where he was found bludgeoned to death?
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome 2018-05-18 13,389[c] 599.3 ... that compulsive showering in hot water is a common symptom of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in cannabis users?
Edward Frank Gillett 2018-05-02 7,158 596.5 ... that Edward Frank Gillett competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics the year after he died?
Hot water bottle blowing 2018-05-27 13,376 592.1 ... that it is possible – though potentially injurious – to blow up a hot-water bottle (pictured) with your nose?
Louise Antonini 2018-05-07 6,968 580.7 ... that Louise Antonini disguised herself as a man to serve in the French Navy and Napoleon's army for a total of 25 years?
Hugh Mackenzie (Royal Navy officer) 2018-05-13 6,758 574.8 ... that the British submariner Hugh Mackenzie (pictured) was credited with sinking over 40,000 gross register tons of enemy shipping, including Mussolini's yacht Diana?
Queen Mamea 2018-05-04 6,886 573.8 ... that in 1896, Queen Mamea offered her South Pacific island nation to the United States?
Gordana Garašić 2018-05-11 6,824 568.7 ... that Croatia's first female general joined the army by mistake?
Stephen J. Herben Jr. 2018-05-24 4,570 197.2 ... that after a future philologist's older brother reportedly shot their missionary mother, their reverend father said he would not let the facts be known?
George Foster Herben 3,742 161.4
Grace Foster Herben 2,998 129.4
Stephen J. Herben 1,706 73.6
Total 13,016 561.6
116th Infantry Regiment (United States) 2018-05-21 12,239 530.0 ... that the U.S. Army's 116th Infantry Regiment received battle honors for fighting against the United States?
State communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire 2018-05-10 6,302 525.2 ... that the state communication system developed in the Neo-Assyrian Empire enabled communication speed unsurpassed in the Middle East until the advent of telegraphy?
Frederick Gilbreath 2018-05-10 6,293 524.4 ... that Frederick Gilbreath (pictured) commanded the 7th Cavalry?
Erich Hoepner 2018-05-16 12,470 519.6 ... that German World War II general Erich Hoepner was a member of the military resistance to Adolf Hitler, but was also implicated in crimes of the Wehrmacht?
Fallet Kevin 2018-05-22 12,100 518.4 ... that 20 years after confessing to the murder of a four-year-old boy, two brothers had all suspicions against them dismissed?
White House social aide 2018-05-28 11,799 516.6 ... that White House social aides are not permitted to be married?
Aphid 2018-05-11 6,194[d] 516.2 ... that aphids (pictured) are sometimes farmed by ants?
Distributed element circuit 2018-05-14 5,992 499.4 ... that distributed element circuits include butterflies (pictured)?
SS Lakeland 2018-05-16 11,897 495.7 ... that while the freighter Lakeland was sinking on Lake Michigan, her captain allegedly refused a tow?
Cross in the Mountains 2018-05-04 5,886 490.5 ... that the German painter Caspar David Friedrich's Cross in the Mountains (pictured) constituted "a revolution in landscape painting"?
Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage 2018-05-31 11,353 481.4 ... that Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage (pictured) was an advocate of vaginal hysterectomy?
Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line) 2018-05-11 5,569 464.1 ... that the Smith–Ninth Streets station (pictured) in New York City is the world's highest subway station?
John C. H. Lee 2018-05-24 10,721 462.6 ... that during World War II, Lieutenant General John C. H. Lee had his own railroad train?
Danzig Street shooting 2018-05-25 10,768 459.7 ... that Toronto's worst mass shooting was committed by teenagers at a block party?
William Norcott (satirist) 2018-05-23 10,512 458.6 ... that the Irish lawyer and satirist William Norcott ended his life in poverty in Constantinople where he was reportedly decapitated and his body thrown into the sea?
West Ridge (ship) 2018-05-17 10,938 455.7 ... that the wreck of a merchant ship thought to be West Ridge was found while searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
We Don't Give a Damn 2018-05-09 5,460 455.0 ... that some people from Ohio don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan?
Lynching of Samuel Smith 2018-05-15 10,824 451.0 ... that no one was ever convicted of the 1924 lynching of 15-year-old African-American Samuel Smith in Nolensville, Tennessee?
Sumner station 2018-05-08 5,217 434.8 ... that Sumner station (pictured) was designed to resemble hop kilns, referencing the city's historical agriculture industry?
Bai Xiangguo 2018-05-09 5,159 429.9 ... that Bai Xiangguo, China's Minister of Foreign Trade, was dismissed because he "failed to withstand the poisonous snake that took the form of a beautiful woman"?
Riot shield 2018-05-05 5,086 423.8 ... that riot shields (example pictured) may actually encourage protesters to throw things at police?
Oakley Street, Chelsea 2018-05-10 5,069 422.4 ... that Oscar Wilde, Robert Falcon Scott, David Bowie, and Bob Marley all lived in the same street?
Nikki Sievwright 2018-05-10 5,062 421.8 ... that fashion model Nikki Sievwright captured a wanted man by searching a woman's knickers?
Ursine tree-kangaroo 2018-05-03 5,024 418.7 ... that the ursine tree-kangaroo (illustrated) is listed by the IUCN as "vulnerable" as it is hunted for food and its numbers are decreasing?
Persian column 2018-05-09 5,009 417.4 ... that the ancient Persian columns of the Achaemenid Empire (example at Persepolis pictured) were revived by 19th-century Parsis in India, and in Iran in the 20th century?
Wilhelm Holmqvist 2018-05-06 4,884 407.0 ... that Wilhelm Holmqvist discovered a 6th-century Buddha statuette (pictured) from North India on the Swedish island of Helgö?
Andaman masked owl 2018-05-07 4,808 400.6 ... that the only place in the world where the Andaman masked owl (pictured) is found is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean?
Alexander Curtis 2018-05-03 4,764 397.0 ... that on his election in 2017, Alexander Curtis was thought to be the youngest mayor in Europe at only 20 years old?
SpellForce 3 2018-05-08 4,680 390.0 ... that upon release, SpellForce 3 was so buggy that the developer had to release 21 patches in 14 days?
St. Catherine's Church, Frankfurt 2018-05-03 4,636 386.3 ... that the Katharinenkirche (pictured) at Frankfurt's Hauptwache, destroyed in World War II, was rebuilt with a Baroque exterior, and new stained-glass windows by Charles Crodel?
Arlington's Great Meadows 2018-05-05 4,623 385.2 ... that before Arlington's Great Meadows (pictured) was drained in 1902, it was a popular site for recreational boating?
The Black Book of Polish Jewry 2018-05-22 8,870 380.0 ... that The Black Book of Polish Jewry, published in the United States in 1943 during World War II, downplayed the true scale of the Holocaust?
Oxalaia 2018-05-24 8,758 377.9 ... that at 12–14 metres (39–46 ft) in length, Oxalaia (artist's impression pictured) is the largest-known theropod dinosaur from Brazil?
Graoully 2018-05-07 4,528 377.3 ... that according to legend, the dragon Graoully, which terrorized the citizens of Metz, was vanquished by Saint Clement?
Holocaust Wall Hangings 2018-05-10 4,392 366.0 ... that the Holocaust Wall Hangings (example pictured) are a series of fabric banners created between 1988 and 2002 illustrating the plight of the Jewish people and other minorities during the Holocaust?
Russian occupations of Beirut 2018-05-29 8,130 352.1 ... that the Russian occupations of Beirut in 1772 and 1773 marked the first period in over 250 years that Beirut was ruled by a power other than the Ottoman Empire?
China (insect) 2018-05-01 4,184 348.7 ... that China can also be found outside China?
Ocean City Life-Saving Station (New Jersey) 2018-05-02 4,040 336.7 ... that the Ocean City Life-Saving Station, opened in 1886, was owned by the United States Coast Guard and its predecessor until 1945, when it was sold to become a private residence?
Cacopsylla pyricola 2018-05-09 4,034 336.1 ... that the pear sucker arrived in the eastern United States from Europe in the early 1800s and took about 100 years to travel across the country?
Queens–Midtown Tunnel 2018-05-09 3,986 332.2 ... that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first person to officially pass through the Queens–Midtown Tunnel?
Patrick Mayrhofer 2018-05-01 3,925 327.1 ... that Paralympic silver-medal winning snowboarder Patrick Mayrhofer was the first person in the world to undergo elective amputation to get a bionic hand prosthesis?
Baron Kilkeel 2018-05-21 7,511[e] 325.3 ... that the title Baron Kilkeel was given to Prince Harry as a gift from Queen Elizabeth II on his wedding day?
Lago di Bientina 2018-05-22 7,312 313.2 ... that Lago di Bientina was the largest lake in Tuscany until the beginning of a 300-year effort to drain it?
Castroville Historic District 2018-05-02 3,716 309.6 ... that due to the well-preserved colonial Alsatian architecture (pictured) in the Castroville Historic District, the city is known as the "little Alsace" of Texas?
Corinne Foxx 2018-05-22 7,080[f] 303.3 ... that Corinne Foxx changed her surname from Bishop as her father, Jamie Foxx, had done?
The Elvis Dead 2018-05-09 3,609 300.8 ... that The Elvis Dead, a retelling of Evil Dead II in the style of Elvis Presley, features songs such as "Standing in a State of Shock", "I've Been Possessed", and "Wrapped Up in Vines"?
Sessions v. Dimaya 2018-05-08 3,584 298.7 ... that in Sessions v. Dimaya, Trump-appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch joined a 5–4 vote against the Trump Administration?
Automobile graveyard 2018-05-01 3,538 294.8 ... that an automobile graveyard in Georgia, United States, has become an open-air art gallery?
Duck Donuts 2018-05-31 6,941 294.3 ... that Duck Donuts was named after Duck?
Ralph Abernathy 2018-05-04 3,514 292.9 ... that Ralph Abernathy (pictured), mentor and friend of Martin Luther King Jr., led a demonstration protesting the use of federal funds for the Apollo 11 project when many Americans lived in poverty?
Henry Boynton Clitz 2018-05-11 3,514 292.8 ... that Henry Boynton Clitz, Commandant of Cadets at West Point from 1862 to 1864, disappeared in 1888?
Triple Qualification 2018-05-03 3,512 292.7 ... that the Scottish Triple Qualification allowed doctors fleeing Nazi oppression to practise medicine in Britain?
Simplified Acquisition Procedures 2018-05-02 3,498 291.5 ... that U.S. Vice President Al Gore smashed a glass ashtray on the Late Show with David Letterman to advocate for simplified government acquisition procedures?
Close Combat (video game) 2018-05-18 6,478 290.0 ... that Microsoft published Close Combat to kickstart its wider push into the strategy video game industry?
Death of Ms Dhu 2018-05-20 6,586 288.3 ... that a coroner's inquest into the death of Ms Dhu found that she suffered "unprofessional and inhumane" treatment by police and "deficient" treatment by hospital staff?
Oleta Crain 2018-05-03 3,445 287.1 ... that Oleta Crain, one of only three black women officers in training in the U.S. Army in 1943, was not allowed to sleep in the same barracks or take a shower at the same time as the white women?
Alfred White Franklin 2018-05-08 3,420 285.0 ... that English paediatrician Alfred White Franklin was one of the first to recognise that child abuse was much more common in the United Kingdom than the public realised?
Margaret Olwill 2018-05-09 3,412 284.4 ... that not having been observed by a potential rescue ship, three survivors from the Margaret Olwill coordinated their shouts to attract the attention of a second ship?
Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff 2018-05-03 3,398 283.2 ... that in Sean Penn's satirical novel Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, Honey advocates the assassination of the US President, "Mr. Landlord", who resembles Donald Trump?
Longqing Gorge 2018-05-14 3,324 277.0 ... that Longqing Gorge is a scenic area in Beijing created after the flooding of the canyon by the construction of a nearby dam?
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant 2018-05-01 3,316 276.3 ... that the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, was the first factory where more than 100 cars were assembled in one day?
Morrison–Grady Plan 2018-05-14 1,235 102.9 ... that both the Morrison–Grady Plan and the Bevin Plan presented at the 1946–47 London Conference on Palestine were rejected by all parties?
Bevin Plan 1,191 99.2
London Conference of 1946–47 868 72.4
Total 3,294 274.5
Both Lives Matter 2018-05-01 3,230 269.2 ... that Both Lives Matter ran an advertising campaign in 2017 with billboards featuring the headline "100,000 people are alive today because of our laws on abortion. Why change that?"
BMT Franklin Avenue Line 2018-05-30 6,281 269.1 ... that after attempts to close New York City's Franklin Avenue subway line failed for over 20 years, the MTA finally decided to renovate it in 1998?
Wang Bingzhang (general) 2018-05-11 3,184 265.3 ... that Lt. Gen. Wang Bingzhang, head of China's ballistic missile and satellite programs, was imprisoned for ten years without being convicted of a crime?
Gaboimilla 2018-05-07 3,178 264.8 ... that Gaboimilla, a mythical Chilean queen, is said to have allowed men into her kingdom only for procreation?
Chinese characters for transcribing Slavonic 2018-05-07 3,166 263.8 ... that the Russian Orthodox Church's mission in China created their own Chinese characters for translating liturgical texts?
1902 Ibrox disaster 2018-05-26 5,832 261.0 ... that the 1902 Ibrox disaster was partly blamed on the crowd surging forward in excitement at seeing Bobby Templeton dribble with the ball?
Triangular corner flags in English football 2018-05-19 5,880 260.3 ... that contrary to popular belief, the use of triangular corner flags in English football (pictured) is not a right reserved only for FA Cup winners?
Wu Shuqing 2018-05-17 6,164 256.8 ... that a 19-year-old female student, Wu Shuqing, formed, trained, and capably led her own women's militia in the Xinhai Revolution of 1911?
Zerzevan Castle 2018-05-13 2,988 254.1 ... that an underground temple of Mithraism was discovered inside Zerzevan Castle during archaeological excavations?
Three-gap theorem 2018-05-01 3,040 253.3 ... that the three-gap theorem explains both the spacing of leaves on plant stems and the intervals between adjacent tones in certain musical tuning systems?
Vidame de Chartres 2018-05-02 3,040 253.3 ... that the Vidames de Chartres included a song-writing crusader, a glamorous Renaissance courtier, a writer of famous memoirs, and a banker who was guillotined?
Teddy Perkins 2018-05-04 3,025[g] 252.1 ... that during the filming of Atlanta's "Teddy Perkins", Donald Glover was referred to by the crew as "Teddy" and "there was no Donald on set whatsoever"?
Joan Benesh 2018-05-03 2,990 249.2 ... that ballerina Joan Benesh married the man who suggested a better way of notating her dances?
Katherine Keating 2018-05-17 5,965 248.5 ... that in 1953, U.S. Navy pharmacist Katherine Keating was an official witness for a prisoner of war exchange aboard the hospital ship USS Haven?
Foss (cat) 2018-05-26 5,547 248.3 ... that the English poet and illustrator Edward Lear is said to have built his new house on the same floorplan as his old home to avoid confusing his cat Foss (pictured)?
René Küss 2018-05-25 5,810 248.0 ... that xenotransplant pioneer René Küss described removing organs from guillotined convicts on the prison floor?
Aluphone 2018-05-17 5,946 247.8 ... that metal cones, designed to protect the tops of wooden posts, inspired the creation of a new musical instrument called the Aluphone?
Charlotte Serber 2018-05-06 2,938 244.8 ... that Charlotte Serber worked at the secret Project Y during World War II, but after the war could not get a security clearance to work as a librarian at Berkeley?
Kelly Lai Chen 2018-05-05 2,932 244.3 ... that actor Kelly Lai Chen married and divorced the "female Bruce Lee"?
Holochilus chacarius 2018-05-03 2,918 243.1 ... that the diet of the semi-aquatic Chaco marsh rat includes sugar cane, rice and bananas?
Rescission bill 2018-05-06 2,881 240.1 ... that U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed to revoke government funding using the rescission process, which was successfully used 461 times prior to 2000 but has never been attempted since?
Pygmy eagle 2018-05-05 2,850 237.5 ... that the pygmy eagle of New Guinea is the world's smallest-known species of eagle?
Poulsbo Bread 2018-05-07 2,818 234.8 ... that Poulsbo Bread was inspired by a recipe described in the Book of Ezekiel?
Gregg Pilling 2018-05-03 2,815 234.6 ... that ice hockey coach Gregg Pilling attempted to serve a penalty himself, instead of putting a player in the penalty box?
Thor: Ragnarok 2018-05-01 2,754[h] 229.5 ... that the American superhero film Thor: Ragnarok features elements from the comic book storyline "Planet Hulk"?
Paniri 2018-05-02 2,704 225.4 ... that as of 2009, the highest location where crustaceans had been discovered was in the crater lake of Paniri?
Lynching of Ephraim Grizzard 2018-05-12 5,110 223.2 ... that Ephraim Grizzard was lynched in front of a mob of 10,000 in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 30, 1892?
Anatolie Popa 2018-05-02 2,664 222.0 ... that after being sentenced to death for resisting the Romanian military intervention, the Moldavian officer Anatolie Popa was pardoned and offered a position in the Romanian Army?
Little brown bustard 2018-05-24 5,116 220.7 ... that war in the Horn of Africa may have contributed to the decline of the little brown bustard?
Owen Harding Wangensteen 2018-05-05 2,628 219.0 ... that by the time of his death, Owen Harding Wangensteen's invention of Wangensteen suction was estimated to have saved a million lives?
Mabel St Clair Stobart 2018-05-08 2,624 218.7 ... that Mabel St Clair Stobart became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of major in any national army?
Afropolonia 2018-05-02 2,612 217.7 ... that the species description for the mite Afropolonia tgifi was likely only approved because the journal's editors were unfamiliar with the expression "TGIF" ("Thank God It's Friday")?
Trump (dog) 2018-05-11 2,586 215.5 ... that the US National Gallery of Art has a picture of Trump urinating on the work of a satirist?
Interstate 678 2018-05-08 2,581 215.1 ... that during the construction of New York City's Van Wyck Expressway, a four-story apartment building was placed on metal rollers and relocated away from the expressway's path?
Balluta Buildings 2018-05-17 3,562 148.4 ... that Balluta Buildings (detail pictured), one of the finest Art Nouveau buildings in Malta, was built on the grounds of Villa St Ignatius, one of the island's earliest Gothic Revival buildings?
Villa St Ignatius 1,550 64.6
Total 5,112 213.0
Dagetichthys lusitanica 2018-05-15 5,051 210.5 ... that though found from Portugal to Angola, the conservation status of the Portuguese sole is unknown?
RedditGifts 2018-05-02 2,510 209.2 ... that Bill Gates has participated in the RedditGifts gift exchange service for five years, with the username "thisisbillgates"?
Observer (video game) 2018-05-08 2,510 209.1 ... that the video game Observer stars Rutger Hauer, who also starred in Blade Runner, which influenced the game?
California Senate Bill 827 2018-05-07 2,494 207.8 ... that California's Senate Bill 827 would have affected 96 percent of land in San Francisco?
Jamiroquai 2018-05-07 2,450[i] 204.1 ... that the British jazz-funk band Jamiroquai gave a performance on an aircraft travelling at 1017 km/h (632 mph), setting the Guinness World Record for "fastest concert"?
Sister Jean 2018-05-24 4,728 204.0 ... that a bobblehead of Sister Jean, the chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, sold for more than $300 on eBay?
Unconscious bias training 2018-05-13 2,357 200.5 ... that an unconscious bias training program has been created to help people unlearn bias while sleeping?
Panguil Bay 2018-05-28 4,537 198.6 ... that Panguil Bay (Port of Ozamiz pictured) in the Philippines was once described as a "never ending source of Muslim pirates"?
Pilok 2018-05-24 4,598 198.4 ... that the Thai mining town of Pilok was so harshly inaccessible that its ore had to be transported by elephant?
Conquest of Murcia (1265–66) 2018-05-21 4,568 197.8 ... that James I of Aragon undertook the conquest of Murcia after a request for assistance from his daughter?
Venomverse 2018-05-10 2,350 195.9 ... that Marvel Comics published Venomverse to relaunch the original Venom character?
Let's Move Nashville 2018-05-07 2,350 195.8 ... that a citizens' group opposing Nashville's transit referendum submitted an op-ed to The Tennessean under a fake name?
Charles P. Mattocks 2018-05-04 2,338 194.9 ... that Medal of Honor recipient Charles Mattocks was born in Danville, Vermont, and imprisoned in Danville, Virginia, as a POW during the American Civil War?
Ian Feuer 2018-05-16 4,646 193.6 ... that footballer Ian Feuer played a Predator in the 2007 film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem?
Goat Canyon (Carrizo Gorge) 2018-05-11 2,282 190.1 ... that the world's largest curved all-wood trestle was built over Goat Canyon?
Trout Creek Hill 2018-05-30 4,433 189.9 ... that the Trout Creek Hill volcanic eruption approximately 340,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene, produced a lava flow that extended 20 km (12 mi), temporarily damming the Columbia River?
Robert Pitcairn (athlete) 2018-05-07 2,270 189.2 ... that at the age of 79 years and 9 months, Robert Pitcairn became the oldest athlete to debut in a Commonwealth Games event?
S-1 (satellite) 2018-05-12 4,314 188.4 ... that a power failure resulted in the destruction of the Juno II launch vehicle (pictured) carrying the Explorer S-1 satellite, five seconds after its launch?
Single African Air Transport Market 2018-05-16 4,516 188.2 ... that the Single African Air Transport Market, which was launched in 2018, was almost 30 years in the making?
Nagi Yanagi 2018-05-15 4,480 186.6 ... that as a child, Nagi Yanagi became interested in music after playing with an electronic keyboard her neighbor originally intended to throw away?
Radiologically isolated syndrome 2018-05-04 2,230 185.9 ... that radiologically isolated syndrome is a condition that may develop into multiple sclerosis, even in children?
Miguel de Buría 2018-05-30 4,330 185.5 ... that after leading the first slave insurrection in Venezuela's history, Miguel de Buría had himself crowned as king?
RFU Intermediate Cup 2018-05-06 2,194 182.8 ... that Tunbridge Wells RFC brought 9,000 fans to the RFU Intermediate Cup final at Twickenham Stadium in 2016, establishing a new attendance record for the competition?
Wendreda 2018-05-06 2,183 181.9 ... that in the only church dedicated to Saint Wendreda, the roof is decorated with 118 oaken angels?
Inori Minase 2018-05-23 4,130 180.2 ... that Japanese voice actress Inori Minase, who won the Best Lead Actress Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards in 2015, is releasing her second album today?
Night of the Strangler 2018-05-05 2,096 174.7 ... that there is no strangler in the 1972 film Night of the Strangler?
Henriette Feuerbach 2018-05-08 2,078 173.2 ... that Henriette Feuerbach (pictured) wrote a book for women and promoted the art of her stepson, the painter Anselm Feuerbach?
Sunday Observance Act 1695 2018-05-18 3,854 172.5 ... that the Sunday Observance Act 1695 banned the playing of sports on Sunday in Ireland, and parts of the act are still in force in Northern Ireland?
Tower of History 2018-05-05 2,058 171.5 ... that when completed in 1968, the Tower of History was the tallest observation tower in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan?
Erica Schwartz 2018-05-12 3,914 170.9 ... that Erica Schwartz (pictured) provided health protection guidance for the US military's response to Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the West Africa Ebola outbreak?
Old Music and the Slave Women 2018-05-25 3,908 166.8 ... that Ursula K. Le Guin wrote "Old Music and the Slave Women", set on a fictional planet, after visiting a plantation in South Carolina that had once used slave labor?
Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion 2018-05-13 1,960 166.7 ... that the Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion, formed by the Soviet Union in the Second World War, was named after a Polish woman who fought against Russia?
Re Bristol South-East Parliamentary Election 2018-05-23 3,811 166.2 ... that in Re Bristol South-East Parliamentary Election, it was held that votes for Tony Benn were effectively "thrown away" because, as a hereditary peer, he was disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons?
Justus McKinstry 2018-05-20 3,795 166.1 ... that Union Army general Justus McKinstry, who recommended the appointment of Ulysses S. Grant to his first important command, was soon thereafter cashiered?
Ventura Pier 2018-05-06 1,980 165.0 ... that the Ventura Pier was the longest wooden pier in California until a storm sheared off approximately 420 feet (130 m) in 1995?
Jessie Hickman 2018-05-12 3,776 164.9 ... that according to legend, The Lady Bushranger "escaped from custody while in a locked toilet aboard a moving train"?
U Don't Know Me (Basement Jaxx song) 2018-05-14 1,942 161.8 ... that the music video for Basement Jaxx's "U Don't Know Me" shows a Queen Elizabeth II look-alike groping a lapdancer?
Mrs. David Wright's Guard 2018-05-15 3,859 160.8 ... that Mrs. David Wright's Guard was formed by female patriots in the American Revolutionary War to guard a crossing on the Nashua River?
Home and Away: All or Nothing 2018-05-10 1,911 159.2 ... that the Home and Away spin-off All or Nothing was called "the bloodiest episode ever seen of the hit Aussie soapie"?
Resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire 2018-05-23 3,620 157.9 ... that the Assyrian captivity of the Israelites was one instance of forced resettlement carried out by the Neo-Assyrian Empire?
Oscar Almgren 2018-05-15 1,546 64.4 ... that when blindness forced Oscar Almgren to retire as professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Archaeology at Uppsala University, a role filled by Sune Lindqvist and Mårten Stenberger in turn, his young son Bertil Almgren read academic papers to him, and decades later took the post himself?
Bertil Almgren 1,184 49.3
Sune Lindqvist 564 23.5
Mårten Stenberger 486 20.2
Total 3,778 157.4
Sol Miranda 2018-05-24 3,629 156.6 ... that Puerto Rican actress Sol Miranda created a one-woman show about her immigrant experience in Peekskill, New York?
Evacuation of Ayvalik 2018-05-31 3,669 155.6 ... that in May 1917, German general Liman von Sanders organized the expulsion of the Greek population of Ayvalık, Turkey, to inner Anatolia?
Hans-Jürgen Häßler 2018-05-03 1,852 154.3 ... that before becoming a prehistorian, Hans-Jürgen Häßler lived in a refugee camp and trained as a plumber?
Piscicolidae 2018-05-21 2,098 90.8 ... that most fish leeches cling onto their hosts with suckers but Acanthobdella peledina uses hooked bristles for this purpose?
Acanthobdella peledina 1,460 63.2
Total 3,557 154.0
Peniscola Castle 2018-05-24 3,537 152.6 ... that Peniscola Castle, in the Valencian Community of Spain, was used as a papal residence by the Antipope Benedict XIII?
Ortiz Shift 2018-05-26 3,397 152.0 ... that the Ortiz Shift, designed to counter baseball player David Ortiz, was created on an exercise bike?
Fordyce Academy 2018-05-01 1,824 152.0 ... that George Smith left money to establish a school for poor children named Smith?
Don the Talking Dog 2018-05-06 1,822 151.9 ... that vaudeville star Don the Talking Dog once helped rescue a drowning man?
Saint Dominic in Soriano 2018-05-27 3,405 150.7 ... that Saint Dominic in Soriano was a 1530 painting believed to be of miraculous origin, with numerous miracles being attributed to it?
List of rulers of Liptako 2018-05-30 3,488 149.5 ... that the emirs of Liptako replaced the kings of Koala?
23rd Street (Manhattan) 2018-05-27 3,365 148.9 ... that New York City's 23rd Street once contained the city's largest residential complex and the world's largest hotel?
Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner 2018-05-13 1,744 148.4 ... that users of Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner can send "G-mail" through the Game Boy Color's infrared port?
Fiery minivet 2018-05-29 3,413 147.8 ... that forest fires are a threat to the fiery minivet?
New England White 2018-05-11 1,729 144.1 ... that in the novel New England White, Stephen L. Carter writes about the murders of a black professor and a schoolgirl set in a town described as "the heart of whiteness"?
Interrupted aortic arch 2018-05-06 1,729 144.1 ... that an interrupted aortic arch is rapidly lethal, but can be fixed by surgery?
Gary Gill 2018-05-14 1,712 142.7 ... that the footballer Gary Gill suffered a broken leg during a match in 1989 but carried on playing after being given the magic sponge?
Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break 2018-05-20 3,245 142.1 ... that an accidental release of farmed Atlantic salmon in Washington state was initially blamed on unusually strong tides during a solar eclipse?
Muehlenbeckia astonii 2018-05-07 1,684 140.3 ... that the endangered New Zealand shrub Muehlenbeckia astonii is also known as zig zag plant and wiggy-wig bush?
Bradenton Riverwalk 2018-05-10 1,683 140.2 ... that the Bradenton Riverwalk area was originally nicknamed "The Sand Pile"?
Unix System Laboratories 2018-05-13 1,648 140.2 ... that a goal of Unix System Laboratories was the creation of their namesake product "for the masses"?
Copella arnoldi 2018-05-13 1,644 139.9 ... that the splash tetra (pictured) lays its eggs on a leaf above the surface of the water?
Quiz (play) 2018-05-05 1,666 138.8 ... that the audience of the play Quiz act as the jury for a fictionalised version of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? "Coughing Major" scandal?
St. Georg, Aplerbeck 2018-05-04 1,636 136.3 ... that the Romanesque cross basilica St. Georg in Aplerbeck from the 12th century fell into such disrepair that its street was named Ruinenstraße?
Thimble jellyfish 2018-05-30 3,108 133.2 ... that larvae of the thimble jellyfish are the most common cause of seabather's eruption in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico?
Opémiska Community Hall fire 2018-05-14 1,596 133.0 ... that when the Opémiska Community Hall fire broke out, people inside did not immediately evacuate because they thought the fire was part of a performance?
Temora longicornis 2018-05-04 1,594 132.8 ... that the copepod Temora longicornis makes daily vertical migrations, spending the day near the seabed and the night near the surface?
Blanche McVeigh 2018-05-09 1,593 132.8 ... that Blanche McVeigh's home workshop had a Sturges printing press so heavy that the floor needed to be shored up to support it?
Father Serra statues 2018-05-09 1,580 131.7 ... that the Father Serra statues in Ventura, California, have been vandalized and called "a direct slap in the face" of Native American cultures?
Edge of the Knife 2018-05-25 3,068 130.9 ... that Edge of the Knife will be the first feature film in Haida, an endangered language?
Wu Nansheng 2018-05-10 1,570 130.8 ... that, appalled by the terrible living standards in his hometown, Wu Nansheng became a strong proponent of economic reform in China?
Ortwin Gamber 2018-05-29 3,018 130.7 ... that Ortwin Gamber, an expert on medieval weapons and armour, is a recipient of the Theodor Körner Prize?
Gustavus Hume 2018-05-22 2,995 128.3 ... that Irish surgeon Gustavus Hume was so fond of prescribing oatmeal porridge to his patients that he became known as "Stirabout Gusty"?
Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act 2018-05-22 2,982 127.8 ... that the proposed Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act seeks to protect Robert Mueller from being arbitrarily fired?
Green iora 2018-05-14 1,516 126.3 ... that the partial eye-ring of the male green iora looks like a pair of bright yellow eyelids?
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (film) 2018-05-06 1,508 125.7 ... that a reviewer of The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous saw the title character Lysander Hawkley as "the man who put the giggle in gigolo"?
Warren P. Mason 2018-05-08 1,508 125.7 ... that scientist Warren P. Mason said that polymer chemistry was not "civilized" because of the awful smells produced?
Rashid Vally 2018-05-29 2,901 125.6 ... that during apartheid, music producer Rashid Vally owned a record shop that was among the few places in Johannesburg where people of different racial backgrounds could socialize?
University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law 2018-05-19 2,838 125.6 ... that the least expensive law school in Texas bought the Dallas Municipal Building for $1?
Black-winged flycatcher-shrike 2018-05-04 1,504 125.3 ... that the black-winged flycatcher-shrike camouflages its nest with pieces of bark?
RCA Studio A 2018-05-02 772 64.3 ... that Low Country Sound operates out of historic RCA Studio A in Nashville, Tennessee?
Low Country Sound 704 58.7
Total 1,476 123.0
James Francis Dwyer 2018-05-31 2,887 122.4 ... that before becoming a successful writer, James Francis Dwyer was sentenced to seven years in prison for forgery and uttering?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan 2018-05-28 2,780 121.7 ... that early Japanese Mormons lost contact with their church for over 20 years after the first mission closed?
Li Keran 2018-05-05 1,444 120.4 ... that Li Keran's painting Landscape in Red, which sold for 80 yuan in the 1970s, fetched 184,000,000 yuan at auction four decades later?
Constantine VIII 2018-05-26 2,666 119.3 ... that Constantine VIII was crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire in 962 but had to wait 63 years before becoming sole ruler?
Dein Mani-Yut 2018-05-01 1,428 119.0 ... that Minister Dein, a loyalist of King Binnya U of Hanthawaddy, escaped execution by King Razadarit by telling the new king that his only "crime was being a servant of your father, the king"?
Leucospermum cuneiforme 2018-05-08 1,416 118.0 ... that Leucospermum cuneiforme is known as luisiesbos ("lice bush") in Afrikaans as its seed pods resemble lice?
Jefferson Street 2018-05-17 2,824 117.7 ... that Jefferson Street, the historic center of the African-American community in Nashville, Tennessee, declined after the construction of Interstate 40 in the aftermath of the Nashville sit-ins?
Anthocoris nemoralis 2018-05-09 1,408 117.4 ... that both adults and nymphs of the bug Anthocoris nemoralis suck the body fluids from the insects and mites on which they feed?
Boltonimecia 2018-05-27 2,638 116.7 ... that the possibly blind extinct ant Boltonimecia has a shield-like head?
Herbert Edward Holmes à Court 2018-05-11 1,398 116.5 ... that Herbert Holmes à Court's commands included the gunnery training ship HMS Revenge?
Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu 2018-05-09 1,380 115.0 ... that the Turkish international Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu started to play football in Germany at the age of five inspired by her father, a football coach?
Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour 2018-05-01 1,374 114.5 ... that the video game Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour does not feature the Washington Generals, even though they have been the Globetrotters' traditional rival for over 50 years?
Ozobranchus branchiatus 2018-05-26 2,557 114.4 ... that about 1,400 leeches were found to be attached to a green sea turtle in the Persian Gulf?
Loney Haskell 2018-05-09 1,360 113.3 ... that vaudevillian and theatre manager Loney Haskell eulogized Harry Houdini?
Marcel Wüst 2018-05-03 1,351 112.6 ... that professional cyclist Marcel Wüst had to end his road bicycle racing career after an accident left him blind in one eye?
James T. Sutherland 2018-05-10 1,340 111.7 ... that James T. Sutherland, known as the "Father of Hockey", founded the Memorial Cup after serving overseas in World War I?
Greta Arwidsson 2018-05-03 1,338 111.5 ... that Greta Arwidsson, Sweden's first female professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Archaeology, turned to the subject while excavating the Valsgärde boat graves in school?
Nicole Girard-Mangin 2018-05-01 1,336 111.3 ... that Nicole Girard-Mangin, the first woman doctor to serve in the French army, was initially paid at the same rate as a nurse?
Das Grab ist leer, der Held erwacht 2018-05-02 1,333 111.1 ... that the Easter hymn "Das Grab ist leer, der Held erwacht" (The tomb is empty, the hero awake) from 1777 has been called a hit among church songs?
Juanita Redmond Hipps 2018-05-05 1,330 110.9 ... that the US Air Force Association's highest award for nursing is named in honor of Juanita Redmond Hipps?
Charles Green (archaeologist) 2018-05-02 1,328 110.7 ... that Charles Green excavated burial mounds near Stonehenge?
Epidemiology in Country Practice 2018-05-29 2,552 110.5 ... that following his research for Epidemiology in Country Practice, William Pickles observed that "studies in epidemiology sometimes reveal romances"?
Yurika (musician) 2018-05-04 1,312 109.3 ... that Yurika was inspired to become a singer for anime after hearing the song "Genesis of Aquarion" by Akino in a television commercial?
Beats of Rage (film) 2018-05-18 2,440 109.2 ... that it took two campaigns to raise the funds for Beats of Rage, the sequel to The FP?
The Haunting of Amphipolis 2018-05-05 1,309 109.1 ... that the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "The Haunting of Amphipolis" was changed at the behest of the writers from focusing on a murdered man and his daughter to featuring the demon Mephistopheles?
Stilt (ceramics) 2018-05-06 1,292 107.6 ... that some stilts have been designed to be used within saggars?
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend 2018-05-17 2,573 107.2 ... that the title character of The Adventures of Beekle was named after the way the author Dan Santat's son would say "bicycle"?
Earl Valiquette 2018-05-04 1,277 106.4 ... that after Canadian football player Earl Valiquette signed with the Edmonton Eskimos, his former team threatened legal action to keep him from leaving?
Madeleine Moreau 2018-05-31 2,470 104.7 ... that Madeleine Moreau is the only French athlete to win an Olympic medal in diving?
Trivières 2018-05-05 1,250 104.1 ... that Trivières contains the most important Merovingian necropolis in Belgium?
Uspallata chinchilla rat 2018-05-05 1,249 104.1 ... that the Uspallata chinchilla rat feeds on the leaves of the creosote bush, despite the toxicity of its foliage?
Beatrice Nasmyth 2018-05-14 1,239 103.2 ... that while posted to London during the First World War, journalist Beatrice Nasmyth had her brother smuggle her articles back to Canada to avoid censorship?
Gavin Robinson (model agent) 2018-05-05 1,231 102.6 ... that Gavin Robinson's 1960s fashion shows were described as zippy, nippy, and hippy?
Nathan Wigg 2018-05-13 1,196 101.7 ... that the Welsh footballer Nathan Wigg retired from playing after a scan of his knee was described as looking like it could have "been in a car crash"?
Lin Haiyun 2018-05-13 1,185 100.9 ... that Lin Haiyun was attacked by Red Guards who called his ministry the "black headquarters" of revisionism?
George Speake 2018-05-08 1,208 100.6 ... that George Speake sees an "eyeless, open-jawed serpent" on the Staffordshire helmet?
Group testing 2018-05-21 2,316 100.3 ... that group testing can be used for DNA sequencing, cryptography, machine learning, and data forensics?
Irazú (satellite) 2018-05-29 2,313 100.2 ... that the launch of the Costa Rican satellite Irazú was partly funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign?
R. D. Lawrence 2018-05-19 2,238 99.1 ... that Canadian naturalist R. D. Lawrence followed a cougar in the wild for nine months, and spent six months observing a beaver colony?
Syracosphaera azureaplaneta 2018-05-07 1,166 97.2 ... that a newly discovered plankton species, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, has been named in honour of the BBC TV documentary series The Blue Planet, and its presenter, Sir David Attenborough?
Zheng Tuobin 2018-05-08 1,162 96.8 ... that before Zheng Tuobin became China's Minister of Foreign Trade, he spent five years performing manual labour?
Joe Mayo 2018-05-06 1,160 96.7 ... that footballer Joe Mayo "never really thought about" turning professional, and was training as an accountant when offered his first professional contract?
Katharina Magiera 2018-05-23 2,216 96.7 ... that Katharina Magiera, a member of the Frankfurt Opera, has appeared as Lisa, a former SS officer in Auschwitz, in Weinberg's opera The Passenger?
Over and Over and Over 2018-05-15 2,308 96.2 ... that Jack White left his song "Over and Over and Over" unrecorded for 13 years until his 2018 album Boarding House Reach?
Anvar Artykov 2018-05-02 1,128 94.0 ... that in 2005, Kyrgyz politician Anvar Artykov was elected as a "people's governor" of Osh Region, only to be detained a day later by the police?
River Jordan, Dorset 2018-05-13 1,076 91.6 ... that a pumping station on the River Jordan used a section of the damaged funnel from the SS Great Eastern as a water filter?
Aartswoud 2018-05-10 1,097 91.4 ... that around the Dutch village of Aartswoud, the former polder landscape and its seasonal water levels are being restored?
Kahk 2018-05-26 2,026 90.7 ... that the Fatimid Caliphate used messages stamped on kahk, a type of cookie, as propaganda?
Llamatron 2018-05-06 1,086 90.5 ... that for £5, Amiga users who registered Llamatron would receive a poster, a newsletter, and another game from the company?
2014 Macau Grand Prix 2018-05-21 2,070 89.6 ... that the 2014 Macau Grand Prix featured Tatiana Calderón, the first woman to compete at the race since Cathy Muller in 1983?
John Toshack 2018-05-18 2,002 89.6 ... that the Welsh footballer John Toshack authored a book of poems entitled Gosh, it's Tosh?
Rita Duffy 2018-05-25 2,082 88.9 ... that in 2005, the Northern Irish artist Rita Duffy made a proposal to tow an iceberg from Greenland to Belfast?
Teodora Krajewska 2018-05-26 1,942 86.9 ... that Teodora Krajewska, one of the first female physicians in Bosnia-Herzegovina, rode a pony to visit her patients in remote mountain villages?
Mason Morgan 2018-05-04 1,032 86.0 ... that a year after the character of Mason Morgan was introduced on Home and Away, his curly hair disappeared due to actor Orpheus Pledger's new hairstyle?
Philip Woodroffe 2018-05-28 1,932 84.6 ... that Philip Woodroffe redressed all chirurgic woes?
Workplace robotics safety 2018-05-23 1,934 84.4 ... that workplace robotics safety applies to both traditional industrial robots and emerging technologies such as robotic exoskeletons and drone aircraft?
Hans-Åke Nordström 2018-05-16 2,007 83.6 ... that archaeologist Hans-Åke Nordström excavated sites in Nubia before they were submerged by the creation of the Aswan Dam?
Uzbekistan at the 2014 Winter Paralympics 2018-05-09 475 39.6 ... that Brazil, Turkey, and Uzbekistan all made their Winter Paralympics debuts at the 2014 Sochi Games?
Brazil at the 2014 Winter Paralympics 287 23.9
Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics 237 19.8
Total 999 83.2
Julian D. Richards 2018-05-20 1,897 83.0 ... that Julian D. Richards is investigating the camp at Torksey of the Great Viking Army (Viking invaders pictured)?
Picway Power Plant 2018-05-14 994 82.9 ... that the last railroad in Ohio to be powered by third rail delivered coal to the Picway Power Plant?
Luisenkirche, Charlottenburg 2018-05-09 988 82.3 ... that the Protestant municipal Luisenkirche in Charlottenburg was named after Queen Luise of Prussia around 100 years after Frederick I of Prussia financed it?
Army Men: Operation Green 2018-05-12 1,804 78.8 ... that while one reviewer could not get past the second level of Army Men: Operation Green, another felt the game would only take a few hours to beat?
Knut Stjerna 2018-05-05 934 77.8 ... that Knut Stjerna used archaeology to analyse the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf?
Hemibdella soleae 2018-05-11 931 77.6 ... that 40 or more fish leeches of the species Hemibdella soleae may be found attached to one common sole?
Adrian Miller 2018-05-08 922 76.8 ... that before becoming a food historian, James Beard Award-winner Adrian Miller was a White House adviser in the Clinton administration?
Ralph Smith O’bré 2018-05-18 1,716 76.8 ... that Ralph Smith O’bré invented a double tracheostomy tube that was popular among surgeons in Georgian era Dublin?
Wayne Entwistle 2018-05-05 903 75.2 ... that footballer Wayne Entwistle played for more FA Cup-winning clubs than any other player?
Auburn station (Sound Transit) 2018-05-26 1,679 75.2 ... that the Auburn train station also serves as the venue for a seasonal farmers' market?
Jacob Riis Park 2018-05-12 1,708 74.6 ... that New York City's Jacob Riis Park contained the world's largest paved parking lot when it was constructed?
A. W. Ecclestone 2018-05-30 1,736 74.4 ... that architect Arthur Ecclestone designed the Never Turn Back pub as a memorial to the nine lifeboatmen who died in the Caister lifeboat disaster of 1901?
Ye Jizhuang 2018-05-13 874 74.4 ... that Ye Jizhuang, China's first Minister of Trade, was among the first four officers to be awarded a general's rank by the Communist Party?
Irvine Thornley 2018-05-15 1,766 73.6 ... that the footballer Irvine Thornley's benefit match raised £1036, a record at the time?
Kamsuan Samut 2018-05-30 1,714 73.5 ... that the "masterpiece" Kamsuan Samut describes a distraught lover's journey into exile to Southern Thailand?
Birgit Arrhenius 2018-05-22 1,712 73.4 ... that Birgit Arrhenius revealed that a Torslunda plate helmeted figure, thought to represent Odin, had its eye deliberately struck out, consistent with the associated legend?
Centre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux 2018-05-31 1,710 72.5 ... that Félicette, France's first cat to successfully travel into space, was launched from the Centre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux?
Jamil Smith (journalist) 2018-05-21 1,620 70.2 ... that journalist Jamil Smith wrote Time magazine's first cover story about a Marvel film, Black Panther?
Jason Reynolds 2018-05-01 841 70.1 ... that National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds was inspired by Queen Latifah to begin writing poetry when he was nine years old?
Wendy Watson Nelson 2018-05-11 837 69.8 ... that Wendy Watson Nelson taught nursing students that "the family's ability to change depends upon their ability to alter their perception of the problem"?
George Bentham (singer) 2018-05-04 836 69.7 ... that after a decade-long opera and concert career, George Bentham originated the leading role of Alexis in The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan, which proved to be his last performing engagement?
D. H. Turner 2018-05-22 1,618 69.3 ... that until D. H. Turner organised its loan, the Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander (detail pictured) had not been in Bulgaria for half a millennium?
Harrison Report 2018-05-14 826 68.8 ... that an American report on the refugee camps in post-World War II Europe led to an inquiry regarding Palestine?
Airports Act 1986 2018-05-02 816 68.0 ... that the Airports Act 1986 created the private company BAA from a public aviation authority?
Matilde Fidalgo 2018-05-10 812 67.6 ... that the Portuguese international footballers Matilde Fidalgo and Bernardo Silva are cousins?
Li Zhengyou 2018-05-07 804 67.0 ... that Li Zhengyou, vice-governor of Yunnan province, was also a pioneer in the research of high-altitude hybrid rice?
Oregon Emergency Board 2018-05-04 801 66.8 ... that in 2016, Oregon’s legislative Emergency Board provided $2 million to reimburse state and local agencies for costs resulting from the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?
Zehra Borazancı 2018-05-25 1,558 66.5 ... that the Turkish-Cypriot women's footballer Zehra Borazancı has played international football tennis for her country?
American Samoa at the 1994 Winter Olympics 2018-05-16 1,570 65.4 ... that despite being born in Indiana, Brad Kiltz represented American Samoa at the 1994 Winter Olympics?
Schlafes Bruder 2018-05-14 778 64.8 ... that the title of Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep), a 1992 novel set in a mountain village in Vorarlberg, refers to Bach's setting of "Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder"?
Ayşe Sinirlioğlu 2018-05-10 778 64.8 ... that the ambassador Ayşe Sinirlioğlu was Turkey's sherpa to the G20?
Ivor Allchurch 2018-05-27 1,460 64.6 ... that Ivor Allchurch was known as the "Golden Boy of Welsh football"?
Deraeocoris brevis 2018-05-06 762 63.5 ... that during its development, the predatory plant bug Deraeocoris brevis can consume up to 400 eggs and nymphs of the pear psylla?
Transcriptomics technologies 2018-05-04 758 63.1 ... that it is possible to simultaneously measure which genes are turned on in an organism using transcriptomics technologies?
2018–19 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team 2018-05-14 742 61.8 ... that the 2018–19 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team features an incoming class with two players who finished in the top three in voting for the 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan award?
Mount Carmel East 2018-05-28 1,396 61.1 ... that Mount Carmel East sits on land that was originally used as a farm which provided food for another hospital, Mount Carmel West?
Donald Seldin 2018-05-13 718 61.1 ... that Donald Seldin transformed the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from a dilapidated barracks into a world-class medical center with five Nobel laureates?
Maurine Whipple 2018-05-31 1,416 60.1 ... that Maurine Whipple's Mormon epic The Giant Joshua was the most-borrowed book in the Salt Lake City Public Library in 1989?
Global Buddhist Network 2018-05-11 719 59.9 ... that the Global Buddhist Network used to be a Thai television station featuring Buddhist content, but was shut down by the Thai military junta?
Group Animal 2018-05-11 715 59.6 ... that the Motor Neurone Disease Association criticised the two-part Holby City episode "Group Animal" for misleading viewers about a cure for motor neuron disease?
Bruiser (bull) 2018-05-27 1,335 59.1 ... that Bruiser and Bodacious are the only two bulls to win both the Professional Bull Riders World Champion Bull and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Bull of the Year titles?
Tobias Kratzer 2018-05-10 708 59.0 ... that German stage director Tobias Kratzer nominated two versions of Verdi's Rigoletto for an international competition, pretending to be an American woman in the first instance, and a Bulgarian in the second?
Félix-Marie Abel 2018-05-25 1,359 58.0 ... that Félix-Marie Abel, a Dominican priest and archaeologist, identified several battle sites from the Maccabean Revolt?
Ahmed Jahouh 2018-05-11 694 57.8 ... that Ahmed Jahouh is the first Moroccan footballer to play in India?
Bernardo De Pace 2018-05-14 688 57.3 ... that Bernardo De Pace, an Italian immigrant, started his own opera company and eventually performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York?
Mary A. Monroe 2018-05-01 682 56.8 ... that Mary A. Monroe was the first woman to serve as president of the Washington Education Association?
Hinners Organ Company 2018-05-19 1,280 56.6 ... that the Hinners Organ Company pioneered production and pricing methods for pipe organs similar to those applied by Henry Ford to the automobile?
Margarita Höhenrieder 2018-05-11 679 56.6 ... that the pianist Margarita Höhenrieder has premiered works dedicated to her by Harald Genzmer, including a concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings?
Robert Schneider (writer) 2018-05-28 1,273 55.7 ... that after being rejected by 24 publishers, Robert Schneider's first novel, Schlafes Bruder, became an international bestseller and spawned a film, a ballet, an opera, and several plays?
Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı 2018-05-17 1,331 55.5 ... that para-alpine skier H. E. Bayındırlı twice took part in the Winter Paralympic Games, representing the United States in 2006 and Turkey in 2014?
List of 1968 Winter Olympics medal winners 2018-05-03 664 55.4 ... that Romania won its only Winter Olympics medal at the 1968 Games in Grenoble, France?
Chris Sander (footballer) 2018-05-02 661 55.1 ... that footballer Chris Sander was the first Cardiff City player to save two penalties during the same match?
Antipsychotic switching 2018-05-12 1,252 54.7 ... that there are multiple ways to switch antipsychotics?
Deutsches Hochamt (Michael Haydn) 2018-05-31 1,265 53.6 ... that a Deutsches Hochamt (German High Mass) by Michael Haydn has been described as "musically the epitome of south-German/Austrian Catholicism"?
Sushil Siddharth 2018-05-13 624 53.1 ... that a fellow writer said that satire was the oxygen in Sushil Siddharth's life?
Zavier Simpson 2018-05-07 630 52.5 ... that Michigan Wolverines point guard Zavier Simpson had his two highest-scoring games as a sophomore against top-five ranked opponents?
Polystoma integerrimum 2018-05-20 1,172 51.3 ... that the flatworm Polystoma integerrimum, a frog parasite, has a life cycle which synchronises with that of its host?
Oleg Vinogradov 2018-05-18 1,146 51.3 ... that Oleg Vinogradov was the first Soviet ballet master to invite Western choreographers like Maurice Béjart to stage works for the Kirov Ballet?
Royal Turf Club of Thailand 2018-05-03 610 50.8 ... that horse racing became so popular in Thailand that in 1949 the government ordered the Royal Turf Club and the Royal Bangkok Sports Club to alternate months holding races?
Ann Hornaday 2018-05-06 573 47.8 ... that Pulitzer Prize-nominated film critic Ann Hornaday was once an assistant to Gloria Steinem?
Melinda Paulsen 2018-05-08 570 47.5 ... that mezzo-soprano Melinda Paulsen was the first to record songs by Nadia Boulanger and Ethel Smyth?
Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania 2018-05-03 570 47.5 ... that the first public meeting of the Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania was chaired by a bishop and drew a crowd of more than 500 people?
Frederick W. Winters House 2018-05-19 1,070 47.3 ... that the Frederick W. Winters House is the only nationally designated historic property in Bellevue, Washington?
Leslie Webster (art historian) 2018-05-12 1,056 46.1 ... that Leslie Webster spent her entire career at the British Museum?
Yang Gui 2018-05-06 552 46.0 ... that Yang Gui was the chief designer of the Red Flag Canal, considered by Premier Zhou Enlai as one of the two "miracles" of the People's Republic of China?
Ray Straw 2018-05-04 536 44.7 ... that in 1956–57, footballer Ray Straw equalled Derby County's club record for most league goals in a single season?
Netherlands at the 2014 Winter Paralympics 2018-05-11 530 44.2 ... that until the Netherlands competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, all of the country's Winter Paralympics medals had been won by one woman, Marjorie van de Bunt?
Birgit Remmert 2018-05-27 968 42.8 ... that an opera was composed for mezzo-soprano Birgit Remmert – Iokaste by Stefan Heucke – in which the mother and wife of Oedipus is the only role?
Julius Berger (cellist) 2018-05-29 974 42.2 ... that the German cellist Julius Berger recorded all twelve concertos by Luigi Boccherini on the composer's own Stradivari instrument?
Spring is Coming 2018-05-12 964 42.1 ... that Spring is Coming was the first South Korean musical performance in the North in over a decade, and was attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un?
Émile Küss 2018-05-27 898 39.7 ... that in 1847, Émile Küss and Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot performed the first recorded biopsies on tumours?
Kavinder Gupta 2018-05-08 472 39.3 ... that Kavinder Gupta was elected mayor of Jammu for a record three consecutive terms?
Buddhist devotion 2018-05-10 465 38.8 ... that one popular expression of Buddhist devotion is to go on pilgrimage to Bodh Gayā in India?
Christ fuhr gen Himmel 2018-05-19 864 38.3 ... that "Christ fuhr gen Himmel" (Christ rose to Heaven) is based on a medieval Leise and is sung by both Catholics and Protestants?
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat 2018-05-12 876 38.2 ... that Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat won the Caldecott Medal for its illustrations done in the style of Basquiat?
Cyprus at the 2010 Winter Olympics 2018-05-12 865 37.8 ... that the two competitors for Cyprus at the 2010 Winter Olympics are siblings?
Premiership Rugby Cup 2018-05-28 843 36.9 ... that the English Premiership Rugby Cup was created after the Welsh regions left the Anglo-Welsh Cup?
60th Ariel Awards 2018-05-13 432 36.7 ... that the 60th Ariel Awards includes three female filmmakers nominated for the Best Director award?
Albert Shepherd 2018-05-19 814 36.0 ... that the footballer Albert Shepherd was the first player to score a penalty in an FA Cup final?
List of Casualty specials 2018-05-09 428 35.7 ... that Casualty's list of special episodes includes the first webisode for a BBC continuing drama?
Zeke Upshaw 2018-05-20 811 35.5 ... that after playing sparingly for Illinois State, Zeke Upshaw used a graduate transfer exception to continue his college basketball career with Hofstra and lead the CAA in scoring?
Royal Bangkok Sports Club 2018-05-20 804 35.2 ... that in addition to being the oldest racecourse and second-oldest golf course in Thailand, the Royal Bangkok Sports Club also served as its first airfield?
Ken Hodgkisson 2018-05-13 396 33.7 ... that the footballer Ken Hodgkisson was the first player ever to be used as a substitute by Walsall?
Fredrik Önnevall 2018-05-12 716 31.2 ... that Fredrik Önnevall, who speaks fluent Chinese, was Sveriges Television's first correspondent in Beijing and provided commentary for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics?
Clarinet Sonata (Ries) 2018-05-01 310 25.8 ... that in his Clarinet Sonata in G minor, composer Ferdinand Ries provided the opportunity for improvised cadenzas?
Messe solennelle (Vierne) 2018-05-20 575 25.2 ... that a 2009 recording of Louis Vierne's Messe solennelle for choir and two organs at Saint-Sulpice, where it was first performed in 1901, was called "musical and spiritual time-travel"?
FotoFilm Tijuana 2018-05-23 570 24.9 ... that the Morelia and Guadalajara International Film Festivals were used as a reference for the creation of FotoFilm Tijuana?
Albania at the 2006 Winter Olympics 2018-05-07 287 23.9 ... that Erjon Tola was the only athlete sent by Albania to the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics?
New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Paralympics 2018-05-08 249 20.8 ... that the alpine skier Corey Peters won a silver medal for New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Paralympics?
Mafat Oza 2018-05-12 426 18.6 ... that Gujarati writer Mafat Oza published his own elegy in his poetry collection Ashubh?
Services in B-flat major 2018-05-25 434 18.5 ... that Jubilate and Te Deum from the Morning, Evening and Communion Service in B-flat by Charles Villiers Stanford (pictured) were first performed in Cambridge on 25 May 1879?
Märchenerzählungen (Schumann) 2018-05-12 416 18.1 ... that Clara Schumann noted in her diary in 1853 that her husband was very happy about completing his Märchenerzählungen, fairy-tale music for piano, clarinet, and viola?
Anil Sarkar 2018-05-12 346 15.1 ... that Indian politician Anil Sarkar led efforts to provide relief and shelter for hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Bangladesh Liberation War?
David Gerdes 2018-05-12 292 12.7 ... that, using data collected from the Dark Energy Survey, a team of researchers led by David Gerdes discovered a new dwarf planet nicknamed DeeDee?
Wang Danfeng‎ 2018-05-16 0[j] 0 ... that "legendary" Chinese actress Wang Danfeng‎ (pictured) was invited to attend the inauguration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan?

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