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Low -9,696.0 Shahid Kapoor 0.0 Saint Lucius, Brugherio, Villa Sormani -9,696.0 Shahid Kapoor
Median 160.8 Enno Hallek 343.8 San Giacomo Scossacavalli 175.3 Eastern Area Command (RAAF)
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High 1,276.2 Dismaland 6,352.0 Birmingham Quran manuscript 6,352.0 Birmingham Quran manuscript

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Birmingham Quran manuscript 2015-09-01   1,588 6,352.0 ... that the newly discovered Birmingham Quran manuscript (pictured) comprises fragments of an ancient Quran that may date to near Muhammad's lifetime?
Russian criminal tattoos 2015-08-17   28,996 2,244.9 ... that wearing an "unearned" criminal tattoo (pictured) in a Russian prison could lead to beatings or murder by other inmates?
William Etty 2015-08-08   23,651 2,012.9 ... that the art of William Etty (pictured) was considered so obscene, the press were concerned that it discouraged women from entering rooms where it was on display?
Claudia Cardinale 2015-08-14   619 1,857.0 ... that the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Claudia Cardinale (pictured) among the 50 most beautiful women in film history in February 2011?
Dismaland 2015-08-28 15,634[a] 1,276.2 ... that Banksy described his Dismaland as a "family theme park unsuitable for children"?
Tombaugh Regio 2015-08-26   14,482 1,182.2 ... that Pluto's heart (pictured) has been provisionally named after Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh?
Schloss Bothmer 2015-08-15   13,612 1,126.5 ... that Schloss Bothmer (pictured) in Germany was built by a man who occupied 10 Downing Street for more than ten years?
Target House, London 2015-08-22   7,723 1,036.6 ... that The Times of London praised the Target House (pictured) for its boldness but said its towers made observers say "ouch"?
Eugénie hat 2015-08-19   5,859 1,021.9 ... that the Eugénie hat (pictured), designed for the last French empress, became a sensation in the early 1930s?
Enough Said (film) 2015-08-29   2,095 1,005.6 ... that Enough Said is dedicated to James Gandolfini (pictured), who starred in the film but died before it was released?
Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret 2015-08-27   12,277 1,002.2 ... that Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret (pictured) illustrates the virtues of honour and chastity through the depiction of occultism, partial nudity, violent death and implied sexual torture?
Henry Hoolulu Pitman 2015-08-28   12,037 982.6 ... that Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman (pictured), the son of a Hawaiian high chiefess, fought in the American Civil War and was imprisoned in the Confederate Libby Prison?
Günter Stempel 2015-08-18   10,166 962.1 ... that Günter Stempel (pictured) was a victim of political repression in the German Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union?
Glyptothorax kurdistanicus 2015-08-20 11,536 941.7 ... that the Iran cat can adhere to rocks in streams?
Harmonica Incident 2015-08-21 14,612 904.8 ... that former New York Yankees utility infielder Phil Linz says people remember him for the Harmonica Incident that happened 51 years ago today, instead of anything he did on the field?
Hopkins County Courthouse 2015-08-19   10,811 882.5 ... that Hopkins County Courthouse (pictured) features an unusual double-helix staircase, a clock-less tower, and entrances that are located on its corners?
Trans Am Totem 2015-08-14   13,691 860.2 ... that the Trans Am Totem (pictured), a sculpture in Vancouver, Canada, incorporates both a Pontiac Trans Am and a cedar tree?
Wasp 2015-08-26   4,366[b] 831.6 ... that while some species of wasp are social (nest pictured), the vast majority are solitary insects, many of them parasitoids?
Killing of Palmira Silva 2015-08-13 10,142 827.9 ... that the perpetrator of the beheading of Palmira Silva was found not guilty by reason of insanity?
Rapid Run (Buffalo Creek) 2015-08-25 10,074 825.7 ... that Rapid Run was involved in a "blatant act of 'stream piracy'" about one million years ago?
Alexei Vinogradov 2015-08-22 5,985 803.4 ... that Alexei Vinogradov was executed in front of his command, the Soviet 44th Rifle Division, after it was decimated at the Battle of Raate Road?
Noah's wine 2015-08-22 5,809 779.7 ... that it has been said that man prefers Noah's wine to Adam's ale?
Disappearance of Ben McDaniel 2015-08-19 9,303 759.4 ... that decompression tanks belonging to Ben McDaniel found following his disappearance five years ago today at Florida's Vortex Spring contained only air, not the gas mix used by cave divers?
Distinguishing coloring 2015-08-20 9,102 743.0 ... that six or more keys on a keyring can be distinguished from each other by coloring the keys using only two colors, but rings of three, four, or five keys require more colors?
Nancy Sumner 2015-08-27 8,727 712.4 ... that British nobleman Lord Charles Beresford proposed marriage to the part-Hawaiian chiefess Nancy Sumner but she refused, likely due to their social and racial differences?
Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi 2015-08-02   4,527 705.5 ... that Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi (pictured), the estranged spouse of the Prime Minister of India, lives a simple life of prayer?
French corvette Alecton 2015-08-03 2,148 696.6 ... that the French corvette Alecton attacked a giant squid in 1861, inspiring the fictionalized squid attack in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?
JoAnn Dean Killingsworth 2015-08-26 3,593 684.4 ... that JoAnn Dean Killingsworth became the first person to play Snow White at Disneyland on July 17, 1955, the theme park's opening day?
Hermann II, Count of Celje 2015-09-01   8,340 680.8 ... that Hermann II of Celje (pictured), viceroy of Croatia and heir to Bosnia, accused his daughter-in-law Veronika of witchcraft and had her drowned?
Blanche of Artois 2015-08-21 10,353 677.4 ... that the queenship of Blanche of Artois seemed perfect until her only son was dropped from the castle walls by his nurse?
I-sala 2015-08-13   2,978 661.8 ... that although the i-sala (pictured) headdresses have been described as turbans, the bulk of the shape came from the bushy hair underneath the cloth?
Halfway Run 2015-08-21   10,614 657.2 ... that before pingo scars were discovered near Halfway Run (pictured), the only known pingo scars in the United States were located on a plain in Illinois?
Huzoor Palace, Porbandar 2015-08-07   4,320 648.0 ... that the ornamental porticos in the façade of the Huzoor Palace, Porbandar (pictured) are semi-circular in shape, built with neoclassical columns?
Allington Castle 2015-08-05   54[c] 648.0 ... that one of the first long galleries in England was built at Allington Castle (pictured) near Maidstone, Kent?
Dutch letter 2015-08-17 8,060 624.0 ... that the Dutch letter is traditionally eaten in the Netherlands on Christmas Eve?
Warnowiaceae 2015-08-13 1,880 417.8 ... that single-celled organisms called Warnowiaceae have an "eye" so complex it was once assumed to belong to a multicellular organism?
Ocelloid 890 197.8
Total 2,770 615.6
Krissia Beatty 2015-08-04 7,396 603.8 ... that Miss Utah 2015 Krissia Beatty is the fifth person in her family, after her grandmother, mother, and two aunts, to be crowned Miss Washington County?
Calais jungle 2015-08-02 3,827[d] 596.4 ... that thousands of people are living in a jungle in Calais, France?
Timothy R. Coffin 2015-08-12   4,528 590.6 ... that Timothy R. Coffin (pictured) is the 33rd Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range?
Flatiron Flyer 2015-09-01 7,193 587.2 ... that the Flatiron Flyer bus rapid transit line is expected to carry 11,000 riders a day and be 10 to 15 minutes faster than the bus it replaces?
Collared tuco-tuco 2015-08-28 7,029 573.8 ... that the collared tuco-tuco is rather secretive, emerging only briefly from the entrance to its burrow to forage?
William H. Behle 2015-08-06   1,199 105.8 ... that William H. Behle, who spent his career studying birds, had a species of tarantula (pictured) named after him?
Aphonopelma behlei 5,033 444.1
Total 6,232 549.9
Grain Wing Battery 2015-08-19 2,329 190.1 ... that Grain Wing Battery and Dummy Battery were constructed to support Grain Fort in defending the River Medway?
Dummy Battery 2,104 171.8
Grain Fort 2,290 186.9
Total 6,723 548.8
Willy Mitchell 2015-08-25 6,638 544.1 ... that Willy Mitchell bought an electric guitar with money awarded to him after being shot in the head by a police officer?
Leonard Redshaw 2015-08-13 6,600 538.8 ... that Sir Leonard Redshaw was part of a "Suicide Squad" of scientists and engineers who would be first responders in disasters involving nuclear reactors?
2015 Swedish submarine wreck discovery 2015-08-11 3,797 529.8 ... that the submarine wreck found off the Swedish east coast in July 2015 was most likely the Russian Som that sank in 1916?
Hanneke Ippisch 2015-08-20 2,324 528.2 ... that the Dutch resistance fighter Hanneke Ippisch brought Jewish children to safety in World War II and later started a bed and breakfast in Montana?
CNN Checkout Channel 2015-08-08 3,292 519.8 ... that supermarket cashiers complained that the CNN Checkout Channel was too distracting?
Costus curvibracteatus 2015-08-13 2,276 505.8 ... that the orange tulip ginger is not a citrus fruit, nor a tulip, nor a spice?
Savannah Lane 2015-08-26 6,087 496.9 ... that Miss Virginia 2015 Savannah Lane says she is "distantly related" to Elvis Presley?
Acropora abrolhosensis 2015-08-14 19 57.0 ... that acroporid coral species Acropora abrolhosensis, A. anthocercis, A. awi, A. batunai, A. caroliniana, A. dendrum, A. derawanensis, A. desalwii, A. donei, A. echinata, A. elegans, A. hemprichii, A. hoeksemai, A. horrida, A. indonesia, A. kimbeensis, A. kirstyae, A. kosurini, A. loisetteae, A. lokani, A. microclados, A. multiacuta, A. paniculata, A. papillare, A. pharaonis, A. plumosa, and A. polystoma are all classed as vulnerable?
Acropora anthocercis 6 18.0
Acropora awi -1 -3.0
Acropora batunai 2 6.0
Acropora caroliniana 7 21.0
Acropora dendrum 7 21.0
Acropora derawanensis 6 18.0
Acropora desalwii 4 12.0
Acropora donei 3 9.0
Acropora echinata 8 24.0
Acropora elegans 6 18.0
Acropora hemprichii 6 18.0
Acropora hoeksemai 3 9.0
Acropora horrida 5 15.0
Acropora indonesia 2 6.0
Acropora kimbeensis 2 6.0
Acropora kirstyae 6 18.0
Acropora kosurini 5 15.0
Acropora loisetteae 8 24.0
Acropora lokani 8 24.0
Acropora microclados 5 15.0
Acropora multiacuta 9 27.0
Acropora paniculata 8 24.0
Acropora papillare 9 27.0
Acropora pharaonis 13 39.0
Acropora plumosa 4 12.0
Acropora polystoma 4 12.0
Total 164 492.0
Siege of Lyme Regis 2015-08-03 6,668 484.9 ... that during the Siege of Lyme Regis, women disguised themselves as men to fool the enemy?
USS New Mexico (BB-40) 2015-08-02 5,569 474.0 ... that USS New Mexico (BB-40) accidentally rammed and sank the freighter Oregon off the Nantucket Lightship?
Challenger Columbia Stadium 2015-08-14 7,527 472.9 ... that Challenger Columbia Stadium, currently under construction, is named in honor of the 14 astronauts who lost their lives in the Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Columbia disaster in 2003?
Slide Hollow 2015-08-19 2,690 469.2 ... that the waters of Slide Hollow contain 35 dissolved elements, including uranium?
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage 2015-08-08 5,506 468.6 ... that a World War II-era seaplane broke apart in a salvage operation during the filming of USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage?
Iwoye-Ketu 2015-08-14 155 465.0 ... that the use of umbrellas is forbidden in Iwoye-Ketu?
The Kiss (Munch) 2015-08-09 5,462 464.9 ... that Edvard Munch's 1897 painting The Kiss features lovers who are "virtually impossible" to separate?
Kenneth Tempest 2015-08-26 5,644 460.7 ... that Kenneth Tempest took part in the RAF Bomber Command's last operation of the Second World War and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross not long after?
The Triumph of Cleopatra 2015-08-09 3,145 460.2 ... that The Triumph of Cleopatra depicts Cleopatra's golden poop?
Derek White (racing driver) 2015-08-05   5,608 457.8 ... that Derek White (pictured) is the first driver of First Nations descent to compete in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race?
First interracial kiss on television 2015-08-14 152 456.0 ... that the first interracial kiss on television occurred in an episode of Emergency Ward 10, not Star Trek as popularly claimed?
Manfred Memorial Moon Mission 2015-08-10 5,657 455.6 ... that the Manfred Memorial Moon Mission was the first commercial mission to the Moon?
Lucy Townsend 2015-08-10 5,611 451.9 ... that there are no known portraits of "The Chief Lady" of the Anti-Slavery Campaign?
Emily Kieliszewski 2015-08-19 5,414 442.0 ... that Emily Kieliszewski won the 2015 Miss Michigan pageant by tap dancing to "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer?
Mobula munkiana 2015-09-01 5,397 440.6 ... that Munk's devil ray sometimes performs vertical leaps, somersaults and other acrobatic manoeuvres?
Destiny Vélez 2015-08-06 4,966 438.2 ... that Miss Puerto Rico 2015 Destiny Vélez is a championship bowler who rolled her first perfect 300 game at age 15?
African golden wolf 2015-08-13 5,366 438.0 ... that until this year, the African golden wolf was classified as the Eurasian golden jackal?
Slough Fort 2015-08-13 5,351 436.8 ... that Slough Fort in Kent was one of around 70 forts constructed on the English coast in the 1860s in response to fears of a possible French invasion?
Moorish Baths, Gibraltar 2015-08-25 5,267 431.7 ... that 14th-century Moorish Baths are located in the basement of the Gibraltar Museum?
Kelsey Earley 2015-08-14 6,810 427.9 ... that Miss Maine 2015 Kelsey Earley hand-sews superhero capes for patients at a children's hospital?
Amy Hughes 2015-08-07 2,850 427.5 ... that exactly one year ago, Amy Hughes ran the first of 53 marathons in 53 days?
Breakthrough Listen 2015-08-15 5,165 427.4 ... that Breakthrough Listen is supported by Stephen Hawking and has been described as the most comprehensive search for alien communications to date?
13q deletion syndrome 2015-08-05 5,215 425.7 ... that 13q deletion syndrome can cause imperforate anus?
Sarpa Satra 2015-08-04   5,202 424.7 ... that according to legend, emperor Janamejaya organised the Sarpa Satra yagna (pictured) to exterminate all snakes after his father Parikshit died of a snake bite?
De systemate orbis cometici, deque admirandis coeli characteribus 2015-08-13 5,155 420.8 ... that a 1654 catalog of celestial objects was forgotten until 1985?
Lise (Renoir) 2015-08-25   5,088 417.0 ... that Lise (pictured) was accepted by the Salon of 1868, but the jury considered Renoir a rebel and moved his painting to a remote gallery known as the "rubbish dump"?
Reina Almon 2015-08-20 1,828 415.5 ... that Miss Washington 2013 Reina Almon began competing in pageants because "having a crown looked fun"?
McKensie Garber 2015-08-19 2,371 413.5 ... that McKensie Garber was crowned Miss Missouri 2015 at a military academy in Mexico?
Cannabis in Egypt 2015-08-12 3,130 408.3 ... that Napoleon's troops smoked hashish in Egypt because alcohol was not available in the country?
Brad Pitt filmography 2015-08-07 2,679[e] 401.8 ... that to star in a film, Brad Pitt had to learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling?
Opoczno S.A. 2015-08-06 4,548 401.3 ... that the Smithsonian Channel documentary Treblinka: Hitler's Killing Machine was inspired by the bathroom tiles made by Opoczno S.A.?
Shot grouping 2015-08-14 6,294 395.4 ... that a grouping of shots on a target has a mean point of impact?
Jenny Skavlan 2015-08-15 4,774 395.1 ... that actress Jenny Skavlan was married in 2014 in a dress she designed and made herself?
M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage 2015-08-30 4,830 394.3 ... that the M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage turrets were remounted on M41 light tanks to make the M42 Duster?
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood 2015-08-14 6,273 394.1 ... that within five months of its release, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood had been played 5.7 billion minutes, or over 10,000 years?
Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith 2015-08-12 3,002 391.6 ... that in 1914 Aubrey Smith, commanding HMS Drake, moved Russian gold worth £8,000,000 from Archangel to Britain?
Pancake machine 2015-08-21 6,308 390.6 ... that a completely automated pancake machine was invented in Portland, Oregon, in 1928?
Oleogustus 2015-08-12 2,976 388.2 ... that oleogustus is a proposed sixth basic taste, most easily identified in rancid fatty foods?
Gribshunden 2015-08-21 5,922 387.5 ... that a sea monster figurehead has been recovered from the wreckage of Gribshunden, a 15th-century Danish warship?
The Allman Brothers Band 2015-08-28 4,722 385.5 ... that The Allman Brothers Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995?
A4061 road 2015-08-22 2,863 384.3 ... that there are often an ice cream van and roaming sheep at the summit of the A4061 in South Wales?
Surf Snowdonia 2015-08-17 4,897 379.1 ... that Surf Snowdonia is the world's first commercial artificial surfing lake?
Tembo the Badass Elephant 2015-08-05 4,591 374.8 ... that the protagonist of Tembo the Badass Elephant was regarded by its developer as "Rambo in elephant form"?
2015 attack on Dallas police 2015-08-11 2,679 373.8 ... that an armored van was used in an attack on the headquarters of the Dallas Police Department?
Pamela Meyer 2015-08-24 4,574 373.4 ... that American entrepreneur Pamela Meyer has been described by Reader's Digest as "the nation's best known expert on lying"?
Jordanna Bartlett 2015-08-29   718 58.6 ... that Jordanna Bartlett, Sophie Carrigill, Amy Conroy, Joy Haizelden, Charlotte Moore, and Laurie Williams were part of Team Great Britain (pictured), which won the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing?
Sophie Carrigill 612 50.0
Amy Conroy 563 46.0
Joy Haizelden 467 38.1
Charlotte Moore (wheelchair basketball) 566 46.2
Laurie Williams (wheelchair basketball) 503 41.1
2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship 1,118 91.3
Total 4,547 371.2
Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. 2015-08-07 2,461 369.2 ... that some commentators have said Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion in Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. was the "shortest opinion of the year"?
North-Western Area Command (RAAF) 2015-08-24 164 364.4 ... that according to historian Chris Coulthard-Clark, North-Western Area was "one of the few areas where the RAAF was free to run its own show" in World War II?
Panulirus penicillatus 2015-08-20 1,591 361.6 ... that although the spiny lobster Panulirus penicillatus is heavily exploited for food throughout its range, its total population seems relatively unaffected?
El Camino (The Black Keys album) 2015-08-19 2,018 352.0 ... that the Black Keys chose to put a picture of a Plymouth Grand Voyager on the cover of their album El Camino instead of an actual Chevrolet El Camino?
Mariam Ghani 2015-08-10 4,358 351.0 ... that Brooklyn-based digital artist Mariam Ghani is also the daughter of the president of Afghanistan?
Peter, son of Töre 2015-08-10 2,557 348.7 ... that Hungarian lord Peter, son of Töre, was impaled for the assassination of Queen Gertrude in 1213?
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 2015-08-13 4,267 348.3 ... that the side missions featured in Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 are known as "war crimes"?
Loom (band) 2015-09-01 4,258 347.6 ... that Tarik Badwan, the vocalist of LOOM, has been called "the angriest man to stalk a stage in ages"?
Ioan Alexandru Brătescu-Voinești 2015-08-27 4,254 347.3 ... that Romania's Ioan Alexandru Brătescu-Voinești, after largely steering clear of controversy during his career, became a public and vociferous anti-Semite when he was nearly seventy?
Kalie Wright 2015-08-02 2,225 346.8 ... that Miss Idaho 2015, Kalie Wright, is the first Idaho woman to become America's National Sweetheart?
Highfields (Amwell and Hopewell, New Jersey) 2015-08-17   3,884 345.8 ... that after Charles and Anne Lindbergh's son was kidnapped from their home, Highfields (pictured), in the so-called "crime of the century", it became a juvenile rehabilitation center?
San Giacomo Scossacavalli 2015-08-13   4,211 343.8 ... that the church of San Giacomo Scossacavalli (pictured) in Rome, demolished in 1937, probably derived its name from a horse thigh?
Lucia Mantu 2015-08-25 4,178 342.5 ... that Romanian writer Lucia Mantu kept her real identity a close secret, with even her editor Mihail Sadoveanu only finding out by accident?
Joseph Goldsborough Bruff 2015-08-24   4,103 334.9 ... that in 1849, adventurer J. Goldsborough Bruff (pictured) led an expedition of 66 men to California for the purpose of mining gold and conducting trade?
Johannes Wiese 2015-08-23 4,726 331.6 ... that Johannes Wiese was the 45th Luftwaffe pilot to claim 100 aerial victories?
David Zowie 2015-08-20 2,772 226.3 ... that David Zowie's "House Every Weekend" was the UK Singles Chart's first Friday number one?
House Every Weekend 1,290 105.3
Total 4,062 331.6
Allison Cook (Miss Oregon) 2015-08-29 690 331.2 ... that Miss Oregon 2013 Allison Cook wore cow print boots and a dress covered in Tillamook Cheese wrappers at the Miss America 2014 "Show Us Your Shoes" parade?
Come and Get It (John Newman song) 2015-08-07 4,862 325.9 ... that "Come and Get It" by John Newman was created with the intent that it be listened to while in the car?
Fushigi na Somera-chan 2015-08-28 3,982 325.1 ... that the anime adaptation of the Fushigi na Somera-chan manga was originally announced as an April Fools' Day joke?
Hocabá Municipality 2015-08-11 307 26.1 ... that Hocabá, Huhí, Sanahcat, Sotuta, Dzemul, Dzilam González, Mocochá, Muxupip, Sinanché, Dzidzantún, Suma, Telchac Puerto, Temax, and Yaxkukul are municipalities which replaced encomiendas of Yucatán?
Huhí Municipality 270 23.0
Sanahcat Municipality 262 22.3
Sotuta Municipality 277 23.6
Dzemul Municipality 273 23.2
Dzilam González Municipality 334 28.4
Mocochá Municipality 236 20.1
Muxupip Municipality 240 20.4
Sinanché Municipality 234 19.9
Dzidzantún Municipality 255 21.7
Suma Municipality 241 20.5
Telchac Puerto Municipality 295 25.1
Temax Municipality 262 22.3
Yaxkukul Municipality 330 28.1
Total 3,816 324.8
Interior with Young Woman Seen from the Back 2015-08-07   4,823 323.3 ... that the woman in Vilhelm Hammershøi's Interior with Young Woman Seen from the Back (pictured) is the painter's wife, whom he often painted facing away from the viewer?
Stratton: First Into Action 2015-08-07 4,805 322.1 ... that Henry Cavill was previously set to portray John Stratton in Stratton: First Into Action but left due to creative differences and was replaced by Dominic Cooper?
Battle of Strangford Lough 2015-08-06 3,643 321.4 ... that Halfdan Ragnarsson, "king of the dark heathens", was killed at the Battle of Strangford Lough?
The Batten Twins 2015-08-11 2,299 320.8 ... that The Batten Twins played college football against each other while attending different universities?
Anne Cobden-Sanderson 2015-08-11 2,289 319.4 ... that while her husband told Americans about the Arts and Crafts movement, Anne Cobden-Sanderson told others about why she went to prison?
Coal Run (North Branch Buffalo Creek) 2015-08-17 4,014 310.8 ... that there is no fencing on Coal Run?
Franklin's electrostatic machine 2015-08-09   3,638 309.6 ... that Franklin's electrostatic machine (pictured) led to the invention of the lightning rod?
Southside with You 2015-08-05 3,783 308.8 ... that the upcoming film Southside with You focuses on the first date of Barack and Michelle Robinson Obama in 1989?
Aqil Agha 2015-08-09   2,092 306.1 ... that Aqil Agha (pictured), the leader of Bedouin irregulars in Galilee, was rewarded by Napoleon III and Edward, Prince of Wales for protecting the Christians of Nazareth in 1860?
V380 Orionis 2015-08-22 2,272 305.0 ... that a jet from the star V380 Orionis is thought to have blown a hole in the surrounding nebula NGC 1999?
Geography of Pluto 2015-08-03 4,187 304.5 ... that surface features of Pluto have been informally named for underworld deities from the peoples of southern Iraq, eastern Nigeria, Guatemala, and China, as well as creatures from Western fiction?
Miao Hua 2015-09-01 76 304.0 ... that at age 59, Miao Hua is the youngest full general in the Chinese military?
Greater guinea pig 2015-08-23 4,323 303.4 ... that the greater guinea pig is semi-aquatic and has webs between its toes?
Triple crime 2015-08-23 4,307 302.2 ... that the house of Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata was stoned and apparently shot at after he aired interviews about the 2008 triple crime?
J. R. Kealoha 2015-08-28 779 301.5 ... that during the American Civil War, Union general Samuel C. Armstrong, a native of Maui, met fellow Hawaiians J. R. Kealoha and Kaiwi, who served in the U.S. colored regiments?
Manny Ramirez 2015-08-26 1,580 301.0 ... that the phrase "Manny being Manny" is named after professional baseball player Manny Ramirez because of his frequent quirky behavior?
Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi 2015-08-29 3,672 299.8 ... that the Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi, built in the 17th century over the ruins of a Hindu temple, has been described as "like a fist thrust in the face of Hinduism"?
Özdere 2015-08-26 3,616 295.2 ... that the population of the small Turkish town of Özdere can reach nearly 100,000 in the summer due to its popularity with tourists?
Harry Williams (priest) 2015-08-18 3,118 295.1 ... that Harry Williams was one of the first Anglican priests to come out as gay?
Danijela Krstić 2015-08-28 760 294.2 ... that Danijela Krstić is the first Miss Oregon who was born outside of the United States?
Zella Jackson Price 2015-08-20 3,579 292.2 ... that gospel singer Zella Jackson Price had not seen her daughter for almost 50 years until they were reunited in 2015?
51 Eridani 2015-08-27 900 291.9 ... that the star 51 Eridani hosts a Jupiter-like planet, the smallest extrasolar planet ever directly imaged?
Mayfly 2015-08-07 4,241 284.3 ... that the mayfly has come to symbolise the transitiveness and brevity of life?
Eritha 2015-09-01 3,464 282.8 ... that Eritha, one of the most significant priestesses in Mycenaean Pylos in c. 1200 BC, was involved in a dispute over the legal status of her religious holdings?
Pierre Guillemin 2015-08-19 1,607 280.3 ... that the French rugby union player Pierre Guillemin was criticised by the press for his "remarkable brutality"?
Ptilocnemus lemur 2015-08-09 3,256 277.1 ... that the nymph of the feather-legged assassin bug is able to ambush and kill ants that are larger than itself?
John Goldicutt 2015-08-11   1,984 276.8 ... that the architecture of John Goldicutt was influenced by his travels in Italy, where he produced architectural drawings such as View in Rome (pictured)?
Litsa Diamanti 2015-08-21 4,355 269.7 ... that Greek singer Litsa Diamanti has been described as the "child-wonder of the Sixties decade and the absolute diva of metapolitefsi"?
Banksia burdettii 2015-08-28   695 269.0 ... that the flower spikes of Banksia burdettii (pictured) can contain over 900 individual flowers each?
Leptophlebia marginata 2015-08-21   2,552 167.0 ... that the sepia dun mayfly (pictured) can be an alternate host for the nematode Cystidicoloides tenuissima, a parasite of trout and salmon?
Cystidicoloides tenuissima 1,510 98.8
Total 4,062 265.8
Charles Winick 2015-08-19 3,191 260.5 ... that in 1971, Charles Winick found that American prostitutes earned little more than clerical workers?
Nokuse Plantation 2015-08-06 2,945 259.9 ... that the Nokuse Plantation is the largest privately owned nature preserve in the Southeastern United States?
Ipswich Road, Colchester 2015-08-18 2,729 258.3 ... that locals were unhappy about a new housing estate on Ipswich Road, Colchester being named after the hazelnut?
Krun 2015-08-10 3,206 258.2 ... that the Krun region of Pluto is named for Krun, the lord of the underworld in the Mandaean religion of southern Iraq, who takes the form of a giant louse?
Ross Island Penal Colony 2015-08-07 1,710 256.5 ... that the Ross Island Penal Colony was established by the British Raj in the Andamans to imprison political prisoners of the First War of Independence of India in 1857?
Amir al-hajj 2015-08-28 3,112 254.0 ... that the amir al-hajj supervised the funding and supply of the annual Hajj pilgrim caravan to Mecca and Medina, and its protection from Bedouin raiders?
Chaturbhuj Temple (Orchha) 2015-08-17 3,276 253.6 ... that the Chaturbhuj Temple has a complex multi-storied structural view which is a blend of architectural features of a temple, fort and palace?
Religion in Varanasi 2015-08-21 3,857 252.4 ... that the sacred geography of Varanasi is known as the "microcosm of India"?
Open Hand Monument 2015-08-08   1,598 252.3 ... that the Open Hand Monument (pictured) designed by Le Corbusier symbolizes "the hand to give and the hand to take; peace and prosperity, and the unity of mankind"?
Cool for the Summer 2015-08-04 3,070[f] 250.6 ... that the music video for Demi Lovato's single "Cool for the Summer" is her "most sexually liberated video" and marks "a new chapter of her career"?
Dorothy McKibbin 2015-08-16 2,935 249.8 ... that Dorothy McKibbin was known as the "first lady of Los Alamos"?
Christ the Lord (film) 2015-08-04 3,025 246.9 ... that the upcoming film Christ the Lord, based on Anne Rice's novel Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, revolves around the fictional life of Jesus at age seven?
Cyprien Liausu 2015-08-03 753 244.2 ... that when the casket thought to contain Father Cyprien Liausu, founder of the Rouru Convent, was exhumed, the remains of an old woman were found inside instead?
Bhimtal Lake 2015-08-13 1,098 244.0 ... that the "C" shaped Bhimtal Lake which is the largest in the Kumaon region was impounded by a masonry dam?
Greater Egyptian jerboa 2015-08-24   108 240.0 ... that at birth, the hind legs of the Greater Egyptian jerboa (pictured) are no longer than the forelegs?
Nigerian mole-rat 2015-08-07 1,587 238.1 ... that too little is known about the Nigerian mole-rat for the IUCN to assess its conservation status?
Very Fast Train Joint Venture 2015-08-31 178 237.3 ... that Paul Wild, who spearheaded the Very Fast Train Joint Venture in the 1980s, traced a preliminary route using dinner plates and numerous topographic maps spread out on his living room floor?
Yarımburgaz Cave 2015-08-09 2,757 234.6 ... that Yarımburgaz Cave in Istanbul has been damaged during its use as a setting for films and TV productions, despite its importance in terms of archaeology and paleontology?
Benjamin Loxley house 2015-08-21 3,561 233.0 ... that the Benjamin Loxley house is noted in history as the place where a Quakeress overheard secret British plans and passed them on to George Washington, saving the Continental Army?
María Teresa Ferrari 2015-08-26 2,854 233.0 ... that Argentine doctor María Teresa Ferrari, the first female university professor in Latin America, invented a prize-winning vaginoscope?
Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack 2015-08-24 2,851 232.7 ... that at an Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, a perpetrator beheaded the manager and then crashed the victim's van into gas cylinders, causing an explosion that injured two people?
Orchha Fort complex 2015-08-27   710 230.3 ... that Rama, worshiped as a King in a temple (pictured) in the Orchha Fort complex, is honoured with a daily gun salute?
United States v. Washington 2015-08-03 696 225.7 ... that after United States v. Washington, a Congressman said that "the fishing issue was to Washington state what busing was to the East"?
A Hill to Die Upon 2015-08-02 2,638 224.5 ... that in 2004, two Cooks created A Hill to Die Upon?
Courtney Garrett 2015-08-27 692 224.4 ... that Miss Virginia 2014 Courtney Garrett won her title by singing "Parla Più Piano", an Italian-language version of the love theme from The Godfather?
Brucebo 2015-08-11 1,328 113.0 ... that the estate of Canadian painter William Blair Bruce became a Swedish nature reserve?
William Blair Bruce 1,299 110.6
Total 2,627 223.6
Province of Lodi 2015-08-31 167 222.7 ... that the Province of Lodi was first inhabited during the fifth century BCE?
Wendhausen Windmill 2015-08-23   3,132 219.8 ... that weddings were first performed in Wendhausen Windmill (pictured) in 2001?
James J. Stanford 2015-08-27 677 219.6 ... that James J. Stanford found Lima strips "unbelievable"?
Minye Kyawswa II of Ava 2015-08-24 98 217.8 ... that Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa defected from his father King Nanda's moribund Toungoo Empire in 1599, only to be executed by the enemy a few days later?
Tonedale Mills 2015-08-05 2,630 214.7 ... that the Tonedale Mills complex in Somerset is notable for having remains of water, steam, and electrical power generation?
Ludovic Savatier 2015-08-05 2,621 214.0 ... that French botanist Ludovic Savatier conducted a systematic study of venereal disease among sailors and prostitutes at the port in Yokosuka?
Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary 2015-08-11 2,503 213.0 ... that according to local legend, there was a tunnel in the lake of the Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary that was used by the Pandavas during the Mahabharata period to escape to Haridwar?
Eadwine Psalter 2015-08-02   2,503 213.0 ... that the 12th-century Eadwine Psalter has a famous portrait of Eadwine, "prince of scribes" (pictured), and illustrations to the psalms copied from a book then over 300 years old?
Chester H. Pond 2015-08-27 2,606 212.7 ... that Chester H. Pond invented the first electrical self-winding clock?
Marmyan 2015-08-19 1,219 212.6 ... that the fossil scale insect Marmyan was described from a male missing its head?
Al-Ma'arri 2015-08-09 2,487 211.7 ... that the medieval Arab philosopher and skeptic al-Ma'arri wrote that religion consisted of ancient fables used to exploit the popular masses?
Howard Wiest 2015-08-21 3,228 211.2 ... that Howard Wiest, who never finished high school or attended law school, became Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court?
Titiek Suharto 2015-08-03 2,895 210.5 ... that in 1998 Titiek Suharto and her Indonesian siblings were said to have billions of dollars and shares in over 500 companies?
Hammond Electric Bridge Table 2015-08-29 438 210.2 ... that the Hammond Electric Bridge Table was the first bridge table to automatically shuffle and deal cards using electricity?
Gurudongmar Lake 2015-08-28 541 209.4 ... that Gurudongmar Lake, one of the highest in the world, is named after Guru Padmasambhava, founder of Tibetan Buddhism, who visited the lake in the 8th century?
Palazzo Brera 2015-08-07 3,078 206.3 ... that the history of Palazzo Brera includes three suppressions – of the Humiliati by Pius V, of the Jesuits by Clement XIV, and of the convents by Napoleon?
Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath 2015-08-02 2,422 206.1 ... that the Arab nobleman Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath led a major rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate in 700–703?
Bee 2015-08-10   1,510[g] 205.9 ... that as flowers developed longer tubes, bees (pictured) coevolved by developing longer tongues to extract the nectar?
R. J. G. Savage 2015-08-25 2,501 205.0 ... that the British palaeontologist R. J. G. Savage was described by a colleague as "a raffish gentleman explorer"?
Scalebound 2015-08-19 1,159 202.2 ... that the protagonist of Scalebound has a dragon arm?
Treaty of Orléans 2015-08-06 2,277 200.9 ... that the 1275 Treaty of Orléans led to a union of France and Navarre although that was not its original intent?
Helmeted woodpecker 2015-08-20 883 200.7 ... that the helmeted woodpecker has possibly evolved to mimic the co-occurring lineated woodpecker?
Mary Kom (film) 2015-08-29 2,453 200.2 ... that Priyanka Chopra attained a muscular physique through three months of extensive training to play the eponymous boxing world champion in the 2014 biopic Mary Kom?
Rachel Latuff 2015-08-16 2,342 199.3 ... that a restaurant named a cheeseburger after Miss Minnesota 2015 Rachel Latuff and served it with an onion ring topped by "sweet sparkles" as an imitation of her crown?
1944 Michigan Wolverines football team 2015-08-02 954 81.2 ... that at least 12 players from the 1944 Michigan Wolverines football team, 15 from the 1945 team, and 21 from the 1946 team were either drafted to play or actually played professional football in the NFL or AAFC?
1945 Michigan Wolverines football team 676 57.5
1946 Michigan Wolverines football team 707 60.2
Total 2,337 198.9
Caroline Bishop (kindergarten) 2015-08-26 1,043 198.7 ... that when the Berlin college for kindergarten teachers needed holiday cover in 1883, they sent for Caroline Bishop from England?
Burmacoccus 2015-08-25 2,412 197.7 ... that the fossil male Burmacoccus scale insect has a transparent abdomen showing its testes?
Bookends (album) 2015-08-02 1,242 193.6 ... that in 2010, a song lyric from the album Bookends began appearing spray-painted on vacant buildings and abandoned factories in Saginaw?
Jeanne Lampl-de Groot 2015-08-17 2,172 193.4 ... that Jeanne Lampl-de Groot, a Dutch psychiatrist and protégée of Sigmund Freud, fled the Nazis twice?
Elephantomyia brevipalpa 2015-08-23   183 192.6 ... that the extinct crane fly Elephantomyia brevipalpa (pictured) is noted for its short mouth palps?
Sorby Research Institute 2015-08-17 2,157 192.0 ... that volunteers at the Sorby Research Institute were made to wear the dirty underpants of scabies sufferers?
Jessica Chastain on screen and stage 2015-08-09 2,254 191.8 ... that Jessica Chastain had guest roles in the television shows ER and Law & Order: Trial by Jury after graduating from Juilliard?
Murine polyomavirus 2015-08-03   589 191.0 ... that murine polyomavirus (pictured) is an oncovirus that causes tumors in newborn mice?
Increa Park 2015-08-27 2,322 189.6 ... that the longest recycled plastic bench in Italy is said to be at Increa Park in Brugherio?
Prodeinotherium 2015-08-10 1,384 188.7 ... that Prodeinotherium is an early genus of proboscidean that had two tusks projecting downwards from its chin?
Natalia Negru 2015-08-16 3,150 132.1 ... that Romanian poet Natalia Negru's first two marriages ended disastrously, but the third, to Ioan Gheorghe Savin, was apparently peaceful?
Ioan Gheorghe Savin 1,328 55.7
Total 4,478 187.8
Jonathan Miller (abolitionist) 2015-08-29 2,299 187.7 ... that Colonel Miller argued that women were "primeval abolitionists" who should be admitted to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840?
Tanaka Yoshio 2015-08-05 2,277 185.9 ... that Tanaka Yoshio exhibited insects at the Paris Expo?
Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart 2015-08-29 385 184.8 ... that Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart is now home to a cross believed to have been used in the first Catholic mass said by an Englishman in North America?
Gnisvärd 2015-08-26 2,259 184.4 ... that one of the stone ships in Gnisvärd is the largest on Gotland?
Łuck Ghetto 2015-08-08 1,165 183.9 ... that at the age of thirteen, Shmuel Shilo survived three roundups of Jews from the Łuck Ghetto during the Holocaust in occupied Poland, and lived to tell the story?
Arturia MiniBrute 2015-08-26 963 183.4 ... that the Arturia MiniBrute synthesizer includes an overdrive effect based on a hacking technique used on the Minimoog?
Garbha Upanishad 2015-08-13 822 182.7 ... that according to the Garbha Upanishad, the human foetus has knowledge of its past lives?
Operation Shrouded Horizon 2015-08-28 470 181.9 ... that Operation Shrouded Horizon was an 18-month international law enforcement investigation into an online forum described as "a cyber hornet's nest of criminal hackers"?
A.C. Leonard 2015-08-18 1,922 181.9 ... that A.C. Leonard ran the fastest 40-yard dash among tight ends at the 2014 NFL scouting combine?
Lutherkirche, Wiesbaden 2015-08-03   2,477 180.1 ... that the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden has two great organs, one behind the altar (pictured) built by Walcker in 1911, the other opposite built by Klais in the 1970s?
Lady's Magazine 2015-09-01 45 180.0 ... that in one Lady's Magazine article printed in June 1775, a male doctor writes that women with red hair have "generally become the best breeders of the nation"?
Elena Cattaneo 2015-08-29 374 179.5 ... that Elena Cattaneo "show[ed] the influence that individual scientists can have in fighting anti-science forces"?
Cross of Sorrow 2015-08-16 4,246 178.0 ... that the Cross of Sorrow by sculptor Leo Lankinen was the first monument in Russia to thousands of soldiers who perished in the Winter War?
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia 2015-08-23 2,502 175.6 ... that the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia is considered "the most important single source of historical material on the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia"?
Eastern Area Command (RAAF) 2015-08-30 2,144 175.0 ... that as well as commanding a view of the countryside, RAAF Eastern Area's Blue Mountains headquarters incorporated a disused railway tunnel that offered "complete protection from Atom Bomb attack"?
James T. Brady 2015-08-29 2,143 174.9 ... that James T. Brady defended Lew Baker, who fatally shot "Bill the Butcher" Poole at a Manhattan bar in 1855?
McKee Run 2015-08-16   4,164 174.6 ... that parts of McKee Run (pictured) could benefit from additional riparian buffering?
Ferdinand Budicki 2015-08-23 163 171.6 ... that Ferdinand Budicki, an early automobile pioneer from Zagreb, Croatia, had to teach his driving examiners how to drive?
Heliofungia actiniformis 2015-08-11   2,015 171.5 ... that the coral Heliofungia actiniformis (pictured) is only attached to the seabed as a juvenile?
Aage Bohr 2015-08-23 2,439 171.2 ... that Aage Bohr and Niels Bohr are one of four pairs of fathers and sons who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics?
Steve Moxon (whistleblower) 2015-08-29 2,083 170.0 ... that the Home Office whistleblower Steve Moxon was deselected as a UK Independence Party candidate in 2012 local elections because of comments he made about Anders Behring Breivik?
Louis H. Fead 2015-08-27 2,079 169.7 ... that Louis H. Fead, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, was recognized for common sense opinions devoid of erudition?
Kırklareli Museum 2015-08-12 1,292 168.5 ... that the Kırklareli Museum in Turkey exhibits 76 taxidermied species including extinct and endangered species?
Royal Castle (restaurant chain) 2015-08-16 4,012 168.2 ... that Royal Castle was a Miami, Florida-based hamburger restaurant chain known for its miniature hamburgers, which were similar to White Castle hamburgers?
Muddy Run (Spruce Run) 2015-08-14 56 168.0 ... that Muddy Run is impacted by sediment, E. coli, nutrient pollution, and thermal radiation?
Portuguese settlement in Chittagong 2015-08-05 14[h] 168.0 ... that the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong flourished for more than 130 years between the 16th and 17th centuries?
Caves of Meghalaya 2015-08-10 1,225 167.0 ... that the caves of Meghalaya, among the longest and deepest caves in India, are threatened by limestone mining?
Karachi, You're Killing Me! 2015-08-28 302 116.9 ... that Karachi, You're Killing Me!, a debut novel by Saba Imtiaz, is described as "Bridget Jones's Diary meets The Diary of a Social Butterfly"?
Saba Imtiaz 128 49.5
Total 430 166.5
Brown quail 2015-08-17 2,120 164.1 ... that the introduction of the brown quail into New Zealand may have contributed to the extinction of that country's native quail?
Margaret J. Anderson 2015-08-12 1,251 163.2 ... that Margaret J. Anderson opened The Beverly Hills Hotel with guests and staff lured away from the Hollywood Hotel?
Albicoccus 2015-08-21 2,607 161.4 ... that the type specimen of Albicoccus, a scale insect, is entombed with two types of flies in amber?
Alissa St Laurent 2015-08-24 1,970 160.8 ... that in 2015, Alissa St Laurent became the first woman to win the Canadian Death Race?
Enno Hallek 2015-08-29 335 160.8 ... that artist Enno Hallek and his family fled the Soviet occupation of Estonia to Sweden on his father's fishing trawler?
Chieko Asakawa 2015-08-27 494 160.2 ... that the Anita Borg Institute gave blind computer scientist Chieko Asakawa their Women of Vision Award?
Malcolm Guite 2015-08-28 412 159.5 ... that the poet Malcolm Guite, who grew up in Nigeria, Canada, and England, decided he belonged in England partly after discovering real ale – something "they don't have properly in Canada at all"?
Thea Austin 2015-08-19 1,947 158.9 ... that five songs sung by Thea Austin charted in the Top 40 of singles charts around the world?
Hive Minds 2015-08-18 1,671 158.1 ... that Hive Minds host Fiona Bruce also fronts the BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, Crimewatch, Call My Bluff and Antiques Roadshow?
Yusuf Shihab 2015-08-11 1,133 158.1 ... that Yusuf Shihab, emir of Mount Lebanon, bailed himself out of prison by promising Ottoman governor Jezzar Pasha a bribe of 1,000,000 qirsh, which he later failed to deliver?
Southern Area Command (RAAF) 2015-08-05 714 58.3 ... that Southern Area and Central Area were the first two area commands formed by the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II?
Central Area Command (RAAF) 525 42.9
RAAF area commands 691 56.4
Total 1,930 157.6
Takeshi Murata 2015-08-21 2,541 157.3 ... that Takeshi Murata's digitally animated kinetic sculpture Melter 3-D uses the principles of a 3D-zoetrope to create the appearance that its surface is fluid and rippling?
Blackrock (play) 2015-08-11 1,115 155.6 ... that the play Blackrock was developed into a film of the same name, and was inspired by the murder of Leigh Leigh?
The Show Must Go On (2010 film) 2015-08-24 70 155.6 ... that Nevio Marasović's 2010 debut The Show Must Go On is only the third science fiction film in the history of Croatian cinema?
Joseph O'Dwyer 2015-08-11 1,807 153.8 ... that physician Joseph O'Dwyer invented a method for intubation that greatly reduced deaths caused by diphtheria, especially in children?
Cantata misericordium 2015-08-16 1,803 153.4 ... that although Cantata misericordium recounts the parable of the good Samaritan, the Red Cross refused to allow it to use the Biblical text?
Showcase Mall 2015-08-09 1,791 152.4 ... that the Showcase Mall on the Las Vegas Strip features a giant Coca-Cola bottle and a miniature Grand Canyon?
Lastarria 2015-08-11 1,787 152.1 ... that solidified flows of sulfur have been found on Lastarria, a volcano in Chile?
Miller Run 2015-08-20 1,853 151.3 ... that a stream restoration project on Miller Run "could change the way stream monitoring and restoration is carried out statewide"?
Tutupaka 2015-08-20 1,846 150.7 ... that the youngest volcanic debris avalanche in the Andes is probably that of Tutupaka which occurred about 200 years ago?
Croatian Natural History Museum 2015-08-31   45 60.0 ... that the Croatian Natural History Museum exhibited the remains of a cave lion (skull pictured) from Vrtare Male pit cave in Croatia, claimed to be one of the biggest ever found?
Vrtare Male 68 90.7
Total 113 150.7
Tricholoma columbetta 2015-08-04 1,824 148.9 ... that the edible mushroom Tricholoma columbetta can have pink, violet, or green spots?
Heath McNease 2015-08-11 1,727 147.0 ... that Heath McNease created two albums, one folk rock and the other hip hop, inspired by the works of C. S. Lewis?
Hermann Eggert 2015-08-20   1,786 145.8 ... that Hermann Eggert designed the Frankfurt Main Station and the New Town Hall (pictured) in Hanover?
Michael I Komnenos Doukas 2015-08-04 1,781 145.4 ... that Michael I Komnenos Doukas, ruler of Epirus, fought with the Bulgarians against the Latins, and with the Latins against the Bulgarians?
Bob and the Trees 2015-08-02 1,690 143.8 ... that logger and farmer Bob Tarasuk plays himself in Bob and the Trees?
Kerry v. Din 2015-08-08 1,677 142.7 ... that analysts predicted the justices' opinions in Kerry v. Din would foreshadow the outcome in Obergefell v. Hodges?
Brain on Fire (film) 2015-08-09 973 142.4 ... that Chloë Grace Moretz is playing real-life journalist Susannah Cahalan in the upcoming film Brain on Fire, based on Cahalan's memoir?
Molly Shoichet 2015-08-17 1,580 140.7 ... that Molly Shoichet is a fellow of all three Canadian National Academies, the only person to hold this distinction?
Beaver Run (Buffalo Creek) 2015-09-01 1,722 140.6 ... that only six percent of the watershed of Beaver Run is on forested land?
Shehzad Sheikh 2015-08-31 104 138.7 ... that Shehzad Sheikh, son of Javed Sheikh, has played a lead role in the upcoming film Karachi Se Lahore after debuting in Main Hoon Shahid Afridi?
Macro Manuscript 2015-08-08 1,620 137.9 ... that the Macro Manuscript contains the earliest complete English morality play?
Mining industry of Liberia 2015-08-26 718 136.8 ... that although 155,000 carats of diamonds were officially mined in Liberia in 2001, far more were smuggled to neighboring countries illegally?
Rotherwas Room 2015-08-09 930 136.1 ... that the Rotherwas Room, once used as a private dining parlor for nobles in 17th-century England and for public poetry readings by Robert Frost, is now open to visitors in the Mead Art Museum?
Guo Pei 2015-08-17 1,528 136.0 ... that Guo Pei designed the yellow gown Rihanna wore to the 2015 Met Gala?
Perovskia atriplicifolia 2015-08-30   1,666 136.0 ... that Perovskia atriplicifolia (pictured), commonly known as Russian sage, is neither Russian nor sage?
Coffee production in Sri Lanka 2015-08-02 870 135.6 ... that coffee production in Sri Lanka was devastated by a disease called Emily?
Albert Downing 2015-08-10 993 135.4 ... that Albert Downing was the first New Zealand international rugby player to be killed in action in World War One, fighting for the British Empire in Gallipoli?
Ray Black, Jr. 2015-08-08 832 131.4 ... that NASCAR driver Ray Black, Jr. became interested in racing professionally after playing racing video games on his PlayStation?
Smart Sheriff 2015-08-09 1,539 131.0 ... that South Korea has introduced Smart Sheriff, the world's first government-mandated parental monitoring app, which has raised concerns over spyware and Internet privacy?
List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Riverside Ground 2015-08-17 1,466 130.5 ... that every Test match in which a five-wicket haul has been taken at the Riverside Ground has resulted in an England victory?
Charlie Don't Surf (Veronica Mars) 2015-08-30 1,580 129.0 ... that when asked, Veronica Mars actor Enrico Colantoni immediately suggested former Just Shoot Me! co-star and friend Laura San Giacomo for the role of his love interest in "Charlie Don't Surf"?
Cuisine of Jharkhand 2015-08-29 1,578 128.8 ... that the cuisine of Jharkhand and Bihari cuisine are often similar, in part because these separate states were at one time the single state of Bihar?
Akshi Upanishad 2015-08-12 967 126.1 ... that in the Akshi Upanishad, the Sun states that Brahmavidya, knowledge of the absolute, is difficult to learn but will result in self-realization once acquired?
Lord of Scoundrels 2015-08-19 1,543 126.0 ... that the Regency romance novel Lord of Scoundrels is a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast?
Garry Williams (gridiron football) 2015-08-20 1,542 125.9 ... that gridiron football player Garry Williams has missed playing time due to a torn ACL and MCL, a broken ankle, and injuries to his knee, back, and elbow?
Embargo against Northern Cyprus 2015-08-09 835 122.2 ... that due to an international embargo, flights to Northern Cyprus must take place through Turkey?
Shahid Kapoor filmography 2015-08-03 371 120.3 ... that Shahid Kapoor worked as a background dancer in the films Dil To Pagal Hai and Taal?
I Can't Lose 2015-08-05 10 120.0 ... that Mark Ronson and Jeff Bhaskar dropped in on churches, nightclubs, bars, and community centres in an attempt to find an appropriate vocalist for their song "I Can't Lose"?
Neil Druckmann 2015-08-02 763 118.9 ... that Neil Druckmann was moved to the creative department of Naughty Dog due to the work that he completed after working hours?
Dark Souls III 2015-08-23 112[i] 117.9 ... that Dark Souls III would serve as a turning point for its developer FromSoftware?
Bruce Straley 2015-08-12 886 115.6 ... that game director Bruce Straley completed work during the development of The Last of Us that one of the developers called "an intern task"?
Henry Dewar (rugby) 2015-08-13 518 115.1 ... that Henry Dewar joined the expedition to occupy German Samoa the day after playing in Wellington's Ranfurly Shield defence against Wairarapa?
Trees Party 2015-08-26 1,408 114.9 ... that the Trees Party of Taiwan is committed to "defending trees and Mother Earth from human greed and ignorance"?
Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome 2015-08-09 1,350 114.9 ... that Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome is an X-linked genetic disease that causes intellectual disability, obesity, and growth problems?
List of tallest buildings in Brooklyn 2015-08-08 726 114.6 ... that the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower was the tallest high-rise building in Brooklyn for 80 years, until The Brooklyner was topped out in 2009?
Marie Poussepin 2015-08-10 1,420 114.4 ... that the Dominican order founded by Marie Poussepin, who died in 1744, was not formally recognised until 1897?
Manisha Koirala filmography 2015-08-16   1,327 112.9 ... that the film roles of Nepalese actress Manisha Koirala (pictured) have included a Muslim married to a Hindu during the Bombay Riots, the daughter of a mute and deaf couple, and a terrorist?
Chris McKay 2015-08-14 1,791 112.5 ... that Chris McKay was sent to Australia by The Lego Movie's directors as an animation co-director while they were working on 22 Jump Street?
Adelaide Manning 2015-08-22 837 112.3 ... that Adelaide Manning helped Florence Nightingale to fund Cornelia Sorabji when she arrived from India in 1889 to obtain a degree?
Egleston (MBTA station) 2015-08-02 718 111.9 ... that Egleston was, until 1987, an elevated rapid transit station on the MBTA's Orange Line?
Spruce Run (Buffalo Creek) 2015-08-20 491 111.6 ... that Spruce Run is impacted by nutrient pollution and sediment, but is not an impaired waterbody?
Rosa Lamoreaux 2015-08-19 632 110.2 ... that soprano Rosa Lamoreaux, who recorded Bach's Mass in B minor with The Bach Choir of Bethlehem and at the Carmel Bach Festival, won the 2009 Wammie as classical vocal soloist?
Leptopharsa tacanae 2015-08-15 1,328 109.9 ... that Leptopharsa tacanae was the first lace bug to be described from Mexican amber?
Donut Run 2015-08-29 1,341 109.5 ... that "Donut Run", an episode of Veronica Mars, was the first professional directing job for series creator Rob Thomas, who was even unsure when to call "action" during filming?
Mining industry of South Sudan 2015-08-24 49 108.9 ... that a moratorium on licenses for mining in South Sudan was imposed in 2010?
Christianisation of Scotland 2015-08-09 744 108.9 ... that Iona was the main centre for the Christianisation of Scotland until 806, when 68 monks were killed in a Viking raid?
Geometry of Fear 2015-08-05 9 108.0 ... that Herbert Read described the work of the Geometry of Fear sculptors at the 1952 Venice Biennale as "scuttling across the floors of silent seas"?
William Oliver Brown 2015-08-05 9 108.0 ... that Oliver Brown, a founding member of the Scottish National Party, once stood for election in Scotland as an Irish Anti-Partitionist?
Philippa Roe 2015-08-08 1,266 107.7 ... that the Leader of Westminster City Council Philippa Roe entered politics shortly after leaving her job with Citigroup and giving birth to twins?
Bugyals 2015-08-15 1,296 107.3 ... that the Meadows of the Bedni Bugyal in the Chamoli district have camps for pilgrims to visit the Rup Kund lake which is covered with snow for 10 months in a year?
Scotch Run (Catawissa Creek) 2015-08-07 1,594 106.9 ... that brook trout are seven times as common in the lower reaches of Scotch Run as in its upper reaches?
Trouble (Keith Richards song) 2015-08-14 1,688 106.1 ... that, according to a Rolling Stone writer, in his 2015 single "Trouble" Keith Richards "seems to be channeling his inner Lou Reed"?
Zhu Changfang 2015-08-16 1,232 104.9 ... that Zhu Changfang, Prince of Lu, developed a new type of guqin incorporating Western design elements?
Richard McNemar 2015-08-07 698 104.7 ... that Richard McNemar, the "father of Shaker music", was the most prolific composer of Shaker hymns and anthems?
South Slavic Bible Institute 2015-08-21 1,688 104.5 ... that the South Slavic Bible Institute was established to print Protestant religious books for all South Slavs?
Minicoy Island Lighthouse 2015-08-30 1,266 103.3 ... that the Minicoy Island Lighthouse is the only lighthouse in India that has a postage stamp and a first day cover issued in its name?
Western Area Command (RAAF) 2015-08-10 1,282 103.2 ... that one of the duties of the commander of the RAAF Western Area in October 1952 was coordinating air support for Operation Hurricane, the British atomic test in the Montebello Islands?
Tuba Azmudeh 2015-08-11 739 103.1 ... that Tuba Azmudeh established the first Iranian school for girls in Iran?
Uthman Pasha al-Kurji 2015-08-02 658 102.5 ... that Uthman Pasha al-Kurji, the Georgian mamluk of As'ad Pasha al-Azm, was appointed governor of Damascus in reward for giving the Ottoman government the location of Azm's hidden wealth?
Thayer Melvin 2015-08-10 748 102.0 ... that West Virginia Attorney General Thayer Melvin became a lawyer by age 18 and was captured by McNeill's Rangers during the American Civil War?
Corbin Sharun 2015-08-13 1,239 101.1 ... that Canadian football player Corbin Sharun caught a 35-yard pass from holder Matt Nichols following a failed field goal snap, earning each player his first career touchdown?
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in UK service 2015-08-04 59 101.1 ... that the F-4J(UK) Phantoms used by the Royal Air Force were so different from other British Phantoms, they even required crews to wear American flying helmets?
Michel Ferrari 2015-08-17 738 57.1 ... that the 2009 Spinoza Prize winners, physicist Albert van den Berg, neurologist Michel Ferrari, and mathematical biologist Marten Scheffer, wrote a joint paper on migraine after winning?
Marten Scheffer 563 43.6
Total 1,301 100.7
Barnum (Metro-North station) 2015-08-17 1,125 100.1 ... that a railroad station named after showman P.T. Barnum is planned to be built in Bridgeport, Connecticut?
Commemorative Cantata for the Centenary of the Birth of Pushkin 2015-08-10   1,238 99.7 ... that Alexander Glazunov's Commemorative Cantata for the Centenary of the Birth of Pushkin is filled with "warmly lyrical ideas" despite being set to Konstantin Romanov's "doggerel"?
Ángela Acuña Braun 2015-08-15 1,204 99.6 ... that Ángela Acuña Braun, first female Costa Rican attorney, served on both the Inter-American Commission of Women and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights?
Adam Morgan (baseball) 2015-08-16 2,370 99.4 ... that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Adam Morgan uses one pitching technique his manager described as a "Bugs Bunny changeup"?
Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament 2015-08-02 1,164 99.1 ... that John Wesley began writing Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament because he was too ill to preach?
Jean Bacon 2015-08-23 94 98.9 ... that the computer scientist Jean Bacon became the first woman on the faculty of the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in 1985?
Otilia Cazimir 2015-08-04 1,200 98.0 ... that Romanian poet Otilia Cazimir had her pen name chosen by two celebrated mentors, with Mihail Sadoveanu suggesting the "Otilia", while Garabet Ibrăileanu came up with "Cazimir"?
First Biennium 2015-08-27 302 97.9 ... that the First Biennium roughly encompasses the first two years of the Second Spanish Republic?
Nasif al-Nassar 2015-08-08 620 97.9 ... that the defeat and death of Sheikh Nasif al-Nassar at the hands of Jezzar Pasha marked the end of virtual Shia Muslim autonomy in South Lebanon during the Ottoman era?
Snaresbrook Crown Court 2015-08-16 1,150 97.9 ... that the foundation stone of the Snaresbrook Crown Court building was laid by Albert, Prince Consort?
Routhian mechanics 2015-08-31 73 97.3 ... that the Routhian of analytical mechanics is a hybrid of the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian?
Palazzo dei Convertendi 2015-08-08 1,138 96.9 ... that Raphael painted the Transfiguration in a room of the Palazzo dei Convertendi in Rome?
Rosalynn Bliss 2015-08-14 1,538 96.6 ... that Rosalynn Bliss was the first woman ever elected mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan?
Electromagnetic articulography 2015-08-06 1,094 96.5 ... that electromagnetic articulography tracks movements of the tongue using electromagnetic induction?
Bathsheba's spring and bower 2015-08-17 1,059 94.3 ... that a 1700s Philadelphia property named Bathsheba's spring and bower was said to be the first spa in the Society Hill area?
Estonian Free Party 2015-08-26 493 93.9 ... that Artur Talvik, who was the Estonian Free Party's prime ministerial candidate in the 2015 elections and received the most votes of all the party's candidates, was not a member of the party himself?
Mining industry of Madagascar 2015-08-23 89 93.7 ... that the mining industry of Madagascar was struggling in 2013 due to "low metals prices and distrustful companies", attributed to a 2009 coup?
North Branch Buffalo Creek 2015-08-23 88 92.6 ... that mills on North Branch Buffalo Creek used to produce wool, lumber, cider, and grist?
Thomson Plaza 2015-09-01 23 92.0 ... that Thomson Plaza is one of the first public buildings in Singapore to be designed with barrier-free features?
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 2015-08-26 1,116 91.1 ... that in the first edition of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Michael I. Sovern assured readers the journal would not be "recycled" like another "long-gone New York newspaper"?
Snow (visual novel) 2015-08-16 1,064 90.6 ... that the producers of the visual novel Snow were influenced by Key?
Muncy Creek 2015-08-08 572 90.3 ... that the discharge of Muncy Creek at Muncy can be a thousand times higher than the average discharge of the creek at Sonestown?
The Other Woman (2014 film) 2015-08-30 1,105[j] 90.2 ... that the original script outline for the romantic comedy The Other Woman (2014) was characterised as The First Wives Club (1996) but with a younger cast?
Dexter Janke 2015-08-22 661 88.7 ... that Canadian football player Dexter Janke ran the fastest shuttle time among defensive backs at the national CFL Combine despite having torn his ACL three times?
Anaphes nitens 2015-08-10 1,093 88.0 ... that the chalcid wasp Anaphes nitens is used to control the gum tree snout beetle?
One (Ed Sheeran song) 2015-09-01 22 88.0 ... that Ed Sheeran composed "One" on a guitar made of a whiskey barrel?
Evelyn Herlitzius 2015-08-09 601 88.0 ... that dramatic soprano Evelyn Herlitzius appeared as Elektra, staged by Patrice Chéreau at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2013, reviewed as "a creature of mesmerising intensity"?
Li Guangdi 2015-08-24 1,076 87.8 ... that Qing dynasty philosopher Li Guangdi's machinations resulted in the exile of his friend Chen Minglei?
Underwater Love (Smoke City song) 2015-08-13 391 86.9 ... that after "Underwater Love" by Smoke City became a hit, lead singer Nina Miranda returned to the UK from Brazil to discuss a record deal?
Mining industry of Mali 2015-08-24 1,058 86.4 ... that apart from gold and diamonds, the mining in Mali also includes rock salt, semi-precious stones and phosphates?
George Livesey 2015-08-23 1,200 84.2 ... that a blue plaque dedicated to George Livesey describes him as "one of Southwark's greatest industrialists"?
Gerard Shelley 2015-09-01 21 84.0 ... that Gerard Shelley defended Rasputin in December 1916 when most people were against him?
Takeshi Hirayama 2015-08-23 79 83.2 ... that Japanese epidemiologist Takeshi Hirayama has been credited with publishing the first study linking passive smoking to lung cancer in nonsmokers?
Technology Education and Literacy in Schools 2015-08-08 977 83.1 ... that Technology Education and Literacy in Schools founder Kevin Wang sold his Porsche 911 and considered quitting his job at Microsoft to manage the program full-time?
Re Shankar Alan s/o Anant Kulkarni 2015-08-28 169 65.4 ... that a 2006 Singapore case says the test for apparent bias, a type of procedural impropriety, involves asking if a fair-minded person would have a reasonable suspicion that a fair trial is impossible?
Procedural impropriety in Singapore administrative law 45 17.4
Total 214 82.8
List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Lance Gibbs 2015-08-25 1,003 82.2 ... that West Indies cricketer Lance Gibbs took a pair of five-wicket hauls on two different occasions at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground?
Ivan Toney 2015-08-19 998 81.5 ... that at age 16, Ivan Toney became the youngest player to represent Northampton Town Football Club?
Seventh Victim 2015-08-09 948 80.7 ... that Robert Sheckley's short story "Seventh Victim" may have inspired the live-action game Assassin?
Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem) 2015-08-23 76 80.0 ... that Mariah Carey's song "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)" is a house music version of the original poem?
Bede Jarrett 2015-08-16 1,855 77.8 ... that the author Graham Greene chose Father Bede Jarrett to be his daughter's godfather?
Gwyneth Herbert 2015-08-03 238 77.2 ... that the jazz singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert co-wrote a musical about the woman who created the London A to Z street atlas?
Irene Purcell 2015-08-30 945 77.1 ... that American actress Irene Purcell acted in the play Dancing Partner (1930) and the 1931 film based on it?
Ryan King 2015-08-02 899 76.5 ... that Canadian football player Ryan King became long snapper for the Edmonton Eskimos after being recommended by the retiring Taylor Inglis?
Death and state funeral of Raúl Alfonsín 2015-08-28 936 76.4 ... that after the death of Argentine president Raúl Alfonsín, hundreds of people held a candlelight vigil outside of his house?
Heino Falcke 2015-08-20 336 76.4 ... that Heino Falcke proposed that blitzars occur when neutron stars turn into black holes?
Literary Hall 2015-08-09   894 76.1 ... that Literary Hall (pictured) was built by the Romney Literary Society in 1870 and has served as a Masonic lodge and community library in Romney, West Virginia?
Eugene Wigner 2015-08-24 34[k] 75.6 ... that on hearing of being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, Eugene Wigner confessed that he had "never expected to get my name in the newspapers without doing something wicked"?
Jerry Norman (basketball) 2015-09-01 914 74.6 ... that a reluctant John Wooden was convinced by assistant coach Jerry Norman to use a zone press, which became instrumental in the first two national titles won by the UCLA basketball program?
Polykrikaceae 2015-08-18 785 74.3 ... that some members of the dinoflagellate family Polykrikaceae prey on other dinoflagellates in algal blooms?
Georges Gillet 2015-08-07 495 74.3 ... that Georges Gillet was the first person to use and teach vibrato on the oboe at the Paris Conservatory?
Richie Leone 2015-08-08 467 73.7 ... that Canadian football player Richie Leone broke a BC Lions team record in his rookie season when he kicked a 56-yard field goal?
John Ecker (basketball) 2015-08-23 1,046 73.4 ... that after winning three national championships with the UCLA Bruins, John Ecker played basketball overseas and married German Olympic gold medalist Heide Rosendahl?
Weyco Group 2015-08-08 861 73.3 ... that Thomas Florsheim, Sr., left Florsheim Shoes to invest in Weyco Group, the company that salvaged the brand from bankruptcy decades later?
XEDK-TV 2015-08-03 1,002 72.9 ... that in 1967 XEHL-TV mounted the first color transmissions by a regional Mexican television station?
Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35 2015-08-24 892 72.8 ... that Bach composed the cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35, 15 years after its text by Georg Christian Lehms first appeared in print?
Drag Me Down 2015-08-17 937[l] 72.5 ... that "Drag Me Down" marks the first single released by One Direction without Zayn Malik?
Tre Klaverstykker 2015-08-21 1,150 71.2 ... that Carl Nielsen's late piano pieces Tre Klaverstykker have been ascribed a "dual sense of childlike innocence and devilish improvisation"?
Calvin McCarty 2015-08-28 872 71.2 ... that Calvin McCarty played for Team Canada in the 2001 Big League World Series before playing over eight seasons in the Canadian Football League?
Madhavi Sarkar 2015-08-18 745 70.5 ... that after the murder of Bihar communist legislator Ajit Sarkar in 1998, his widow Madhavi Sarkar was elected for his seat in a by-election?
Uchechi Sunday 2015-08-24 856 69.9 ... that Nigerian footballer Uchechi Sunday scored five goals for FC Minsk in her debut at the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2015?
Kyle Balda 2015-08-13 313 69.6 ... that after joining Illumination Entertainment in 2010, Kyle Balda has directed two films for the studio, including The Lorax and Minions?
Adam Konar 2015-08-03 941 68.4 ... that Canadian football player Adam Konar scored three touchdowns as a running back and caught two interceptions as a linebacker in the 2010 Subway Bowl?
Jonah Bolden 2015-08-03 211 68.4 ... that Jonah Bolden played for the Australia national under-19 basketball team before moving to the United States and joining the UCLA Bruins?
Jotnian 2015-08-29 139 66.7 ... that Jotnian sedimentary rocks are the oldest known sediments in the Baltic area that have not been subject to the geological process of metamorphism?
Chillisquaque Creek 2015-08-09 447 65.4 ... that the possible etymologies of Chillisquaque Creek include "place of the snowbirds", "frozen duck", or "man made perfect"?
Carl Nielsen works 2015-08-20   287 65.2 ... that Carl Nielsen (pictured) selectively assigned an Opus number to only 44 of his compositions, running from Op. 1 to Op. 59?
Alexander Cameron (tramways administrator) 2015-08-10 472 64.4 ... that Alexander Cameron has been described as "the father of the electric tramways in Melbourne"?
Pio Matos 2015-08-20 283 64.3 ... that brothers Amarildo, Augusto, and Pio Matos are teammates on both their club and national basketball teams?
Wilke te Brummelstroete 2015-08-22 471 63.2 ... that Wilke te Brummelstroete performed the alto parts in Volume I of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage which received the 2005 Gramophone Award Record of the Year?
David Beard (Canadian football) 2015-08-07 936 62.7 ... that professional Canadian football player David Beard played four positions in only three years at Bev Facey Community High School?
Francis Kirby 2015-08-03 838 60.9 ... that Francis Kirby, the fourth chairman of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, wanted to under-ground some of Melbourne's tram lines?
Thado Dhamma Yaza III of Prome 2015-08-29 126 60.5 ... that Viceroy of Prome Thado Dhamma Yaza III revolted against his father King Nanda of Toungoo Burma during the Siamese siege of Pegu (Bago) in 1595?
Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46 2015-08-10 439 59.9 ... that for the Qui tollis of his Mass in B minor, Bach reworked music on Jeremiah's lament about the destruction of Jerusalem from his cantata Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46?
Susanne Rydén 2015-08-09 692 58.9 ... that soprano Susanne Rydén combined music by various Baroque composers in the musical show Christina's Journey, in which she sang, recited, and danced?
Intenso Project 2015-08-27 181 58.7 ... that Intenso Project included members from Phats & Small and Double Trouble?
Chrysostome Liausu 2015-08-15 701 58.0 ... that French priest Chrysostome Liausu remained in Valparaíso while his colleagues François Caret, Honoré Laval and Columba Murphy became the first Catholic missionaries in the Gambier Islands?
Michael Rayner 2015-08-09 671 57.1 ... that Michael Rayner worked in his family's motor car business before starring in Gilbert and Sullivan roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company?
Unirea (newspaper) 2015-08-26 296 56.4 ... that although the Unirea newspaper was published by the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church, its coverage focused on political rather than religious matters?
Clean Power Plan 2015-08-16 1,336 56.0 ... that the Clean Power Plan is aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the United States by 32 percent by 2030, relative to 2005 levels?
Percussion Concerto No. 2 (MacMillan) 2015-08-18 574 54.3 ... that after Colin Currie was the soloist in the premiere of James MacMillan's Percussion Concerto No. 2, The Guardian wrote that it "confirm[ed] Currie's status as an athlete and a star"?
Shine (Years & Years song) 2015-08-07 787 52.8 ... that Years & Years released an interactive music video for their song "Shine"?
Sequenza VII 2015-08-09 591 50.3 ... that Luciano Berio wrote Sequenza VII for a performer with a "virtuosity of the intellect", utilizing a variety of extended techniques?
Joseph Gregorio II 2015-08-04   18 30.9 ... that Joseph Gregorio II succeeded as King of Mangareva, with Queen Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou as regent, but the true power behind the throne was the French priest Father Honoré Laval (pictured)?
Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou 10 17.1
Total 28 48.0
National Indian Association 2015-08-11 527 44.9 ... that Mary Carpenter founded the National Indian Association to improve the education of girls in India?
Daniel McBreen 2015-08-04 542 44.2 ... that Daniel McBreen won the A-League Golden Boot in the 2012–13 season after scoring 17 goals for the Central Coast Mariners?
County Cricket Ground, Hove 2015-08-03 127 41.2 ... that the County Cricket Ground in Hove has hosted football, lawn tennis and rugby?
Steven Clarke (Canadian football) 2015-08-09 461 39.2 ... that Canadian gridiron football player Steven Clarke was a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit that sought compensation for the alleged improper use of college athletes' images?
Feeder judge 2015-08-04 21 36.0 ... that Judge Learned Hand was one of the earliest feeder judges in the United States?
One Child (Mariah Carey song) 2015-08-16 413 35.1 ... that Mariah Carey wrote "One Child" with Broadway composer Marc Shaiman?
Palokë Nika 2015-08-21 510 33.4 ... that Palokë Nika, who founded the oldest Albanian football club, KF Vllaznia Shkodër, was the first coach of KF Tirana?
Markus Brutscher 2015-08-16 762 31.9 ... that the German tenor Markus Brutscher performed the part of Saul in Reinhard Keiser's oratorio Der siegende David at the Ruhrtriennale 2006?
Sunnyboys (album) 2015-08-14 9 27.0 ... that the Sunnyboys' self-titled 1981 debut album was rated as one of the 100 Best Australian Albums?
Bernard Stone 2015-08-31 18 24.0 ... that the 38-year tenure of Bernard "Berny" Stone as Alderman from the 50th Ward in the Chicago City Council spanned seven Chicago Mayors, including two Mayors Daley?
Beta Cephei variable 2015-08-14 8 24.0 ... that some of the brightest stars in the sky are Beta Cephei variables?
Oru Indhiya Kanavu 2015-08-30 290 23.7 ... that the 1983 Tamil film Oru Indhiya Kanavu was based on a play by the director Komal Swaminathan himself?
Michael Schopper 2015-08-24 10 22.2 ... that Michael Schopper performed as a bass soloist in the first recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion with period instruments conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt?
Parapercis alboguttata 2015-08-04 9 15.4 ... that the bluenose grubfish mainly feeds on crabs, fish, and gastropod molluscs?
Lucie Randoin 2015-08-04 5 8.6 ... that Lucie Randoin was made a member of the Legion of Honour in 1958?
Beatrice Edgell 2015-08-24 1 2.2 ... that Beatrice Edgell was the first British woman to earn a PhD in Psychology and the first woman president of the British Psychological Society?
Harvesters (Ancher) 2015-09-24   908 1.5 ... that Anna Ancher thought that a little bit of symbolism such as in her painting Harvesters "did no harm"?
George William Symes 2015-09-24 592 1.0 ... that George William Symes was awarded the Military Cross for single-handedly capturing twenty enemy soldiers?
Mihail Dragomirescu 2015-09-24 166 0.3 ... that a fellow Romanian critic challenged Mihail Dragomirescu to a duel over his defense of a controversial Jewish-themed play by Ronetti Roman?
Ronetti Roman 149 0.2
Total 315 0.5
Arthur Wagner 2015-09-24 304 0.5 ... that the clergyman Arthur Wagner had such a large collection of valuable books and manuscripts that it took three days to sell them after his death?
The Exonerated (play) 2015-09-24 218 0.4 ... that The Exonerated is a play about death row inmates who have been exonerated?
DOCK8 deficiency 2015-09-24 195 0.3 ... that DOCK8 deficiency is a rare disease that causes the production of too much immunoglobulin E?
30th Legislative District (New Jersey) 2015-09-24 65 0.1 ... that the 30th Legislative District of New Jersey shifted to Burlington, Monmouth, and Ocean counties in 1991 because of declining population in Essex County in the previous decade?
Daja Dial 2015-08-31 -13 0.0 ... that 2015 titleholder Daja Dial is the third African American to be crowned Miss South Carolina?
Jake Olson (gridiron football) 2015-08-31 -4 0.0 ... that Jake Olson plays professional Canadian football despite a congenital disorder that caused him to dislocate his left knee once and his right knee twice?
Elvira Hancock 2015-08-31 -1 0.0 ... that the fictional character Elvira Hancock, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, has been described as an "embittered drug addict with the self-esteem of an empty bullet casing"?
Julia Lloyd (kindergarten) 2015-08-31 0 0.0 ... that Julia Lloyd opened the Greet Free Kindergarten in 1904?
Province of Bologna 2015-08-31 0 0.0 ... that the organisation and curriculum of the university in the Province of Bologna, founded in 1088, were emulated in other universities across Italy?
Meteorite (Mariah Carey song) 2015-08-06 0 0.0 ... that Mariah Carey's song "Meteorite" starts with "an observation by Andy Warhol that everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"?
Arthur James Dingle 2015-08-05 0 0.0 ... that Arthur Dingle was selected to play rugby for England in 1913, even though Oxford had dropped him?
Saint Lucius, Brugherio 2015-08-31   4 0.0 ... that over 17 years the Saint Lucius church (pictured) was moved by water and wagon from Switzerland and reassembled at the Italian Villa Sormani in Brugherio?
Villa Sormani 0 0.0
Total 4 0.0
Dwarf sawfish 2015-08-31 8 0.0 ... that the dwarf sawfish is estimated to live for up to 48 years?
Michigan v. EPA 2015-08-31 19 0.0 ... that commentators believe a recent United States Supreme Court decision "may well leave the Obama climate agenda in tatters"?
Varanasi 2015-09-24 -233[m] -0.4 ... that the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi has been destroyed and rebuilt several times and is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas Shiva temples in India?
Lake Neepaulin 2015-08-04 -12 -20.6 ... that Lake Neepaulin in Wantage Township, New Jersey was named after a combination of the names of the original developer's children?
Paul Bujor 2015-09-01 -8 -32.0 ... that Paul Bujor rose from modest beginnings to become a zoology professor, a published fiction author, a member of the Romanian Academy, and president of his country's Senate?
Brad Carter 2015-08-05 -3[n] -36.0 ... that Brad Carter became known as the "guy playing guitar during brain surgery" after he posted a video of his brain operation on YouTube?
Unicoloured blackbird 2015-09-01 -34 -136.0 ... that the unicoloured, pale-eyed, and chestnut-capped blackbirds are all found in marshy areas of South America?
Pale-eyed blackbird 2 8.0
Chestnut-capped blackbird 6 24.0
Total -26 -104.0
Cthulhu Regio 2015-08-04 -79[o] -135.4 ... that in his house on Pluto, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming?
Derel Walker 2015-08-31 -119 -158.7 ... that gridiron football player Derel Walker was the last wide receiver to catch a college pass from Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel?
S/O Satyamurthy 2015-08-04 -617[p] -1,057.7 ... that with S/O Satyamurthy, Allu Arjun became the first Telugu actor with two consecutive films earning more than ₹500 million worldwide?
Shahid Kapoor 2015-08-05 -808[q] -9,696.0 ... that the Indian actor Shahid Kapoor turned vegetarian after reading a book on the subject?

Notes

  1. ^ Excludes 8,740.5 background views
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  6. ^ Excludes 3,891.5 background views
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  11. ^ Excludes 262.5 background views
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