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Ronald J. Shurer
2018-10-01
33,830
1,409.6
... that US Army combat medic Ronald J. Shurer 's (pictured) Silver Star commendation for service in Afghanistan is being upgraded to a Medal of Honor today?
No Bra Day
2018-10-13
31,730 [ a]
1,322.1
... that today is No Bra Day , on which women are encouraged to go braless to promote breast cancer awareness and gender equality ?
Hungry Tree
2018-10-03
30,102
1,254.2
... that the Hungry Tree in Dublin is "eating" a park bench (pictured) ?
Waw an Namus
2018-10-29
28,268
1,177.8
... that the volcanic Oasis of Mosquitoes in the Sahara has multicoloured lakes (example pictured) and can be seen from space?
Sturm Cigarette Company
2018-10-09
15,808
658.6
... that despite the party's anti-smoking faction , the Sturmabteilung was funded by a Nazi cigarette company (advertisement pictured) ?
Frogmore Paper Mill
2018-10-11
15,455
644.0
... that Frogmore Paper Mill (pictured) is the oldest surviving mechanical paper mill in the world?
HMS Duke of Kent
2018-10-02
13,816
575.6
... that the designs for the 170-gun HMS Duke of Kent may have been fabricated in an attempt to claim credit for several ship-building innovations?
Salton Buttes
2018-10-24
13,813
575.5
... that as the Salton Sea dries up, the gryphons are multiplying ?
May'n
2018-10-21
13,736
572.4
... that Japanese musician May'n (pictured) adopted her stage name because she wanted her fans to consider her their "main" singer?
Transport of Białystok children
2018-10-07
13,052
543.8
... that children from the Białystok Ghetto (pictured) panicked when their hair was cut and they were told to undress and shower upon arriving at the Theresienstadt concentration camp , because they knew about gas chambers ?
Ana María Campos
2018-10-17
12,920
538.4
... that Ana María Campos , who died 190 years ago today, is celebrated (monument pictured) as a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence ?
Moose cavalry
2018-10-30
12,815
534.0
... that Charles XI of Sweden tried mounting his cavalry on moose ?
Spyridon Louis
2018-10-15
12,576
524.0
... that Greek water-carrier Spyridon Louis (pictured) became a national hero as a result of winning the inaugural modern Olympic men's marathon ?
Raúl Meza Torres
2018-10-22
12,493
520.5
... that pictures of suspected 18-year-old assassin Raúl Meza Torres inspired other teenagers in Mexico to join organized crime?
Roderick Stephen Hall
2018-10-23
12,383
516.0
... that OSS agent Roderick Stephen Hall was betrayed and captured during a one-man mission in northern Italy in January 1945, and murdered by the SS ?
Hunter Island (Bronx)
2018-10-30
12,210
508.7
... that an island in New York City used to be a summer campsite, with up to half a million visitors by 1917?
Renee Rabinowitz
2018-10-18
12,053
502.2
... that in 2017, Renee Rabinowitz successfully sued El Al after the airline forced her to move at the request of a Haredi Jewish man who refused to sit beside her?
Beerbohm (cat)
2018-10-11
11,858
494.1
... that Beerbohm , a cat owned by the Gielgud Theatre , became famous for entering actors' dressing rooms, attacking props, and wandering across the stage during performances?
Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song)
2018-10-17
11,774
490.6
... that John Lennon was inspired to write the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday " by his anger over the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre ?
Satyr
2018-10-31
11,496 [ b]
479.0
... that satyrs (example pictured) are male nature spirits in Greek mythology known for their mischievous and bawdy behavior?
Jill Janus
2018-10-01
10,937
455.7
... that heavy metal vocalist Jill Janus performed at the World Trade Center the night before the September 11 attacks ?
The Hexer
2018-10-31
10,800
450.0
... that The Hexer , the first attempt to portray The Witcher universe in film, was "crushed by the reviewers and laughed out by fans", and has since been described as "the film we all want to forget"?
Luitpoldpark
2018-10-18
10,619
442.5
... that passersby in Munich's Luitpoldpark may get soaked when a figure on the Pumuckl fountain (pictured) spits intermittently?
George G. Eitel
2018-10-26
10,464
436.0
... that Minneapolis surgeon George G. Eitel (pictured) was falsely rumored to have been shot at sunrise at Fort Snelling ?
Madeleine Thompson
2018-10-12
10,036
418.2
... that at the age of 13, Madeleine Thompson (pictured) was the youngest wheelchair basketball player ever to represent Great Britain?
Galán
2018-10-12
9,816
409.0
... that Galán , one of the largest exposed calderas in the world, contains the Laguna Diamante lake, where life has to tolerate extreme environmental conditions?
Padule di Fucecchio massacre
2018-10-25
9,809
408.7
... that the Padule di Fucecchio massacre , in which at least 174 Italian civilians were murdered, has been described as "one of the worst Nazi atrocities in Italy"?
Justin I
2018-10-02
9,634
401.4
... that Justin I arrived at Constantinople as an illiterate teenage peasant and died as Emperor of Byzantium ?
Doom Island
2018-10-26
9,554
398.1
... that Doom was Dutch?
Raid of the Ghetto of Rome
2018-10-16
9,392
391.3
... that Pope Pius XII did not condemn the roundup and deportation of more than a thousand Jews "under his very windows " 75 years ago today?
Chen family homicides
2018-10-08
9,308
387.8
... that the unsolved killing of a Chinese immigrant family in Guilderland, New York , four years ago today was the first quadruple homicide in the state's Capital District ?
Selangor silvered langur
2018-10-19
9,212
383.8
... that wild Selangor silvered langur monkeys (pictured) at Bukit Melawati in Malaysia sometimes touch or even climb onto human visitors?
Schloss Weilburg
2018-10-16
9,172
382.1
... that Schloss Weilburg , a Baroque garden palace, contains a Renaissance palace (engraving pictured) ?
SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
2018-10-29
8,838
368.2
... that the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Kaiser Franz Joseph I sank during a gale in October 1919?
Aglantha digitale
2018-10-02
8,664
361.0
... that Aglantha digitale (pictured) has a slow swimming action but a rapid escape response?
Max Troll
2018-10-31
8,491
353.8
... that between 1933 and 1936, Max Troll betrayed hundreds of fellow communists to the Bavarian Political Police , a forerunner of the Gestapo ?
Battle of Bergerac
2018-10-30
8,376
349.0
... that the French town of Bergerac was captured after a portcullis jammed on a wounded horse?
Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)
2018-10-10
8,366
348.6
... that pieces of the original New York Penn Station have been found at a recycling center in the Bronx , underneath the New Jersey Meadowlands , and in other U.S. states?
Caiazzo massacre
2018-10-13
8,360
348.3
... that the leader of the Caiazzo massacre on 13 October 1943 eluded arrest for nearly 50 years because authorities were searching for him under the wrong name?
Chaophraya Phrasadet Surentharathibodi
2018-10-08
8,207
342.0
... that Chaophraya Phrasadet Surentharathibodi (pictured) wrote a manual on etiquette in order to teach proper manners to Siam 's newly educated class?
Led Zeppelin III
2018-10-06
7,976 [ c]
332.3
... that the release of Led Zeppelin III was held up for two months because of its volvelle -based sleeve design?
Regina Kapeller-Adler
2018-10-30
File:Regina Kapeller-Adler, 1930.jpg
7,906
329.4
... that in 1934, the Austrian biochemist Regina Kapeller-Adler (pictured) developed an innovative test for early pregnancy based on the presence of histidine in urine?
East Sutherland Gaelic
2018-10-12
7,810
325.4
... that East Sutherland Gaelic has just one remaining native speaker?
Opener (baseball)
2018-10-26
7,595
316.5
... that several Major League Baseball teams adopted the "opener " strategy during the 2018 season ?
Red porgy
2018-10-23
7,430
309.6
... that most red porgies change sex from female to male at some point during their lives?
George FitzGeorge Hamilton
2018-10-10
7,376
307.3
... that according to family lore, George FitzGeorge Hamilton , a godson of George V , was killed in a World War I bombing raid while retrieving his leave pass?
Pets of Imran Khan
2018-10-04
7,152
298.0
... that one of the dogs belonging to Imran Khan , the Pakistani prime minister, accompanies him on his daily helicopter ride to the office and in official meetings at his home?
Woman-Ochre
2018-10-26
7,032
293.0
... that in 2017, Willem de Kooning 's Woman-Ochre was found for sale in a New Mexico antique store, 32 years after it was stolen from the University of Arizona Museum of Art ?
Érick Valencia Salazar
2018-10-01
6,941
289.2
... that after the arrest of suspected drug lord El 85 , shootouts, burning vehicles, and roadblocks were staged in Guadalajara , Mexico, possibly to allow his allies to escape undetected?
Wally Schirra
2018-10-03
6,883
286.8
... that Wally Schirra , one of the original seven astronauts in NASA's first manned spaceflight program , was Walter Cronkite 's co-anchor during the seven Moon landing missions?
Victoria Lederberg
2018-10-30
6,836
284.9
... that Victoria Lederberg was a SimCity mayor of Providence, Rhode Island , before becoming a state supreme court justice?
Élodie Tessier
2018-10-25
6,739
280.8
... that Canadian national basketball player Élodie Tessier is 3 feet 11 inches (1.19 m) tall?
Bongcheon-Dong Ghost
2018-10-19
6,722
280.1
... that the 2011 horror webtoon "Bongcheon-Dong Ghost " was released with a warning for "pregnant women, the elderly, and those suffering from serious medical conditions"?
Vesteris Seamount
2018-10-21
6,686
278.6
... that an underwater mountain between Greenland and Norway has been compared to a coral reef ?
Mary Jane Reoch
2018-10-16
6,631
276.3
... that Mary Jane Reoch rode 12 miles (19 km) to the hospital on her racing bike to give birth to her daughter?
Evgenia Arbugaeva
2018-10-11
6,588
274.5
... that photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva won the trust of a Siberian mammoth-tusk hunter by stitching up his injured hand?
Oregon Military Museum
2018-10-29
6,558
273.2
... that the Oregon Military Museum has more than 14,000 artifacts in its collection, including 50 vehicles, 750 weapons, and 5 military aircraft?
Langer's Deli
2018-10-06
6,466
269.4
... that the No. 19 pastrami on rye at Langer's Deli (pictured) in Los Angeles has been called "the Marilyn Monroe of pastrami sandwiches"?
Marco Polo (Doctor Who)
2018-10-21
6,430
267.9
... that the entire fourth serial of Doctor Who is missing after being erased by the BBC in 1967?
Floyd Bennett Field
2018-10-17
6,371
265.5
... that Floyd Bennett Field , New York City's first municipal airport, was not commercially successful due to its remoteness from Manhattan ?
Chelsea porcelain factory
2018-10-14
5,438
265.2
... that in the mid-18th century, small "Toys" inscribed with "amorous suggestions" (example pictured) were made in Chelsea ?
Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruiser
2018-10-25
6,352
264.7
... that the Kaiser Franz Joseph I -class cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth (pictured) accompanied Archduke Franz Ferdinand on his circumnavigation of the world between 1892 and 1893?
Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)
2018-10-11
6,255
260.6
... that despite John Fogerty 's agreement with hippie generation political concerns, his lyrics for Creedence Clearwater Revival 's "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me) " were critical of hippie attitudes?
Theresienstadt family camp
2018-10-30
6,244
260.2
... that Heinrich Himmler may have given permission for the Red Cross to visit the family camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau , just a few hundred meters from the gas chambers?
Pensionado Act
2018-10-01
6,103
254.3
... that upon their return to the Philippines after attending college in the United States, pensionados were referred to as "American boys" and faced discrimination?
Henry Weston Farnsworth
2018-10-12
6,062
252.6
... that Henry Weston Farnsworth served in the French Foreign Legion and was one of the first American soldiers killed in World War I?
Wilma Mankiller
2018-10-03
5,998
249.9
... that Wilma Mankiller faced sexism during her campaign for Deputy Chief of the Cherokee Nation , despite Cherokee society being traditionally matrilineal ?
Bol Bol
2018-10-18
5,992
249.6
... that basketball player Bol Bol received his first NCAA Division I offer at the age of 15?
Mary Pitman Ailau
2018-10-23
5,974
248.9
... that Mary Pitman Ailau and her brother Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman (pictured) were educated at a Hilo school with other biracial students of Hawaiian descent?
Imaqtpie
2018-10-18
5,920
246.6
... that professional League of Legends player Imaqtpie was married in a T-shirt and shorts?
J. R. Cadot
2018-10-05
5,658
235.8
... that during his time in Slovakia to play professional basketball, J. R. Cadot was assaulted and followed to the hospital by a racist mob?
Mako (roller coaster)
2018-10-04
5,632
234.7
... that upon its completion in 2016 at SeaWorld Orlando, Mako became the tallest, longest, and fastest roller coaster in the Orlando area of Florida ?
Schlosstheater Schönbrunn
2018-10-04
5,622
234.3
... that the palace theatre Schlosstheater Schönbrunn (hall pictured) , commissioned by Maria Theresa , opened on 4 October 1747, her husband's name day ?
Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition
2018-10-27
5,564
231.9
... that the Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition of 1928 sought to explain the endemic syphilis among the "primitive" Buryat people?
Cima volcanic field
2018-10-13
5,496
229.0
... that humans carved petroglyphs into the cooled lava flows of the Cima volcanic field (pictured) ?
Jasmine Delaney
2018-10-05
5,492
228.9
... that Sam Frost received death threats after her Home and Away character Jasmine Delaney 's first scenes were aired?
Unavowed
2018-10-16
5,446
226.9
... that the adventure video game Unavowed uses pixel art because the development studio lacked the resources to create a 3D video game?
European pilchard
2018-10-05
5,434
226.4
... that overfishing of European pilchard (pictured) and anchovy in the Adriatic Sea can cause dramatic changes in the ecosystem?
The Sensorites
2018-10-27
5,055
210.6
... that the designs for the Doctor Who serial The Sensorites were inspired by Antoni Gaudí 's design of the Sagrada Família (pictured) in Barcelona , which has no right angles?
Karl Friedrich Titho
2018-10-27
5,012
208.8
... that SS-Untersturmführer Karl Friedrich Titho was dubbed the "Executioner of Fossoli" by the Italian media for his role in the execution of 67 prisoners at Fossoli di Carpi ?
Donald Liebenberg
2018-10-31
4,954
206.4
... that Donald Liebenberg experienced 74 minutes of totality aboard a Concorde during the solar eclipse of June 30, 1973 ?
XTC
2018-10-31
4,903
204.3
... that the rock band XTC were a key influence on Britpop and later power pop acts?
Masters of the Sun Vol. 1
2018-10-25
4,806
200.2
... that Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 is the first album by the Black Eyed Peas in eight years?
Calais Conference
2018-10-17
4,800
200.0
... that the full implementation of the Calais Conference proposals was thwarted by the threatened resignations of Field Marshal Douglas Haig and General Sir William Robertson ?
Colonial Plaza
2018-10-03
4,783
199.3
... that when the Colonial Plaza shopping center opened in 1956 in Orlando, Florida , its sidewalks were tinted green to reduce glare?
Simulation Theory (album)
2018-10-05
4,702 [ d]
195.9
... that the 1980s-themed cover for Muse's album Simulation Theory was made by Stranger Things artist Kyle Lambert ?
Borgo San Dalmazzo concentration camp
2018-10-15
4,632
193.0
... that Don Raimondo Viale was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations for assisting Jews who had escaped from the Borgo San Dalmazzo concentration camp ?
Sofía Gómez
2018-10-22
4,626
192.7
... that in 2017, Sofía Gómez broke the CMAS Constant Weight Bi-Fins freediving world record, and then broke her own record two days later?
Bockenheimer Depot
2018-10-24
4,560
190.0
... that the Bockenheimer Depot (pictured) in Frankfurt , built to house trams, is now a theatre which staged the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's Lost Highway ?
Stephanus serrator
2018-10-28
4,411
183.8
... that having located a beetle larva in dead timber, the female parasitic wasp Stephanus serrator (pictured) may take several hours to drill a hole towards it in which to lay its egg?
Bishan tunnel flooding
2018-10-10
4,362
181.8
... that the flooding of a tunnel on the Singapore MRT , causing more than S$ 2 million in damages, was blamed on falsified maintenance records?
La Flor
2018-10-22
4,348
181.2
... that at over fourteen hours in duration, La Flor is the longest film in Argentine cinema ?
Kolya Vasin
2018-10-09
4,338
180.7
... that "Beatles-ologist" Kolya Vasin proposed a 210-foot (64 m) tall "temple" be constructed in Saint Petersburg in honour of John Lennon ?
Ioah Guyot
2018-10-18
4,336
180.6
... that there is in excess of 150 million tons of phosphorite ore on Ioah Guyot , a seamount in the Pacific Ocean?
Project Harvest Moon
2018-10-08
4,300
179.2
... that Project Harvest Moon intended to commercialize space by selling moon rocks to pay for further lunar experiments?
Velters Cornewall Berkeley
2018-10-06
4,284
178.5
... that Velters Cornewall Berkeley infuriated some of his fellow British officers by failing to engage the 130-gun Santisima Trinidad ?
William G. Blakely
2018-10-24
4,276
178.2
... that the procession after the 1920 funeral of William G. Blakely reportedly included the longest line of automobiles ever seen at a funeral in Kingman, Arizona ?
The Hate U Give
2018-10-19
4,198 [ e]
174.9
... that the shooting of Oscar Grant motivated Angie Thomas to write a short story that became the basis for her debut novel, The Hate U Give ?
Notebook scandal
2018-10-23
4,142
172.6
... that in 2018, police raided the house of former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner , and confiscated a letter written by the 19th-century national hero José de San Martín ?
Quodlibet (card game)
2018-10-03
4,099
170.8
... that Quodlibet is a card game played by student fraternities with William Tell cards , where the dealer is known as the "beer king"?
Cellica Nurrachadiana
2018-10-17
4,064
169.3
... that the regent of Karawang , Indonesia, claims to have been named after a car ?
Michael Bambang Hartono
2018-10-06
3,972
165.5
... that a Chinese Indonesian billionaire became the oldest medal winner for that country at the 2018 Asian Games ?
James Abercrombie (Episcopal priest)
2018-10-23
3,884
161.9
... that Reverend James Abercrombie once admonished President George Washington during his sermon for not setting an example in church by receiving communion ?
Denise Mueller-Korenek
2018-10-24
3,862
160.9
... that Denise Mueller-Korenek is the only woman to hold the world record for paced bicycle land speed since its establishment in 1899?
Medusozoa
2018-10-09
3,821
159.2
... that the mitochondrial DNA molecules of Medusozoa are linear rather than circular as in almost all other animals?
Washington State Route 24
2018-10-07
3,816
159.0
... that a section of Washington State Route 24 through Hanford was closed to traffic during World War II , and never reopened?
Black Orchid (comic book)
2018-10-21
3,812
158.8
... that when Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean pitched DC Comics on reintroducing Black Orchid in 1988, editor Karen Berger had never heard of the main character ?
Lytechinus pictus
2018-10-22
3,776
157.3
... that aggregations of painted urchin have been recorded with a density of 80 individuals per square metre?
Ita Mai Tai
2018-10-20
3,766
156.9
... that the name of the undersea volcano Ita Mai Tai (No Damn Good) was given by a scientist presumably upset by unsuccessful attempts to drill into it?
Domee Shi
2018-10-30
3,756
156.5
... that in 2018, storyboard artist Domee Shi became the first woman to direct a Pixar short film?
Episode 1094
2018-10-04
3,735
155.6
... that to create the fireball effect in episode 1094 of Casualty , the show's production team packed ten different explosions into one blast?
Herron Gymnasium
2018-10-12
3,709
154.5
... that Miami University 's Herron Gymnasium , listed on the National Register of Historic Places , was demolished and replaced with a parking lot?
Großtarock
2018-10-12
3,664
152.6
... that Großtarock , a card game played with a 78-card Tarot pack that originated in Germany and spread to the Netherlands and Scandinavia, has survived only in the Danish variant known as Tarok ?
Reg Anderson (footballer)
2018-10-25
3,660
152.5
... that the English amateur footballer Reg Anderson was killed during World War II when his aircraft was shot down?
Nanchang Xiangtang Airport
2018-10-19
3,644
151.8
... that Nanchang Xiangtang Airport served 102 passengers in its first full year of operation, and more than 800,000 four decades later?
Albugo candida
2018-10-22
3,626
151.1
... that white rust (pictured) , a plant pathogen affecting the cabbage family , predisposes its host to develop downy mildew ?
USS Callister
2018-10-07
3,598 [ f]
149.9
... that Cristin Milioti describes her character Nanette Cole from the Black Mirror episode "USS Callister " as "a woman in charge [fighting] against a small-minded, misogynist bully"?
Adam Holland (runner)
2018-10-30
3,548
147.8
... that at the age of 23, Adam Holland became the youngest person to run 100 marathons?
Raúl Meza Ontiveros
2018-10-29
3,502
145.9
... that when suspected Mexican drug lord Raúl Meza Ontiveros was arrested, police found he was storing 348 kilograms (767 lb) of cocaine ?
Sanel Ibrahimović
2018-10-09
3,496
145.6
... that to receive a work permit to play in Luxembourg , Bosnian footballer Sanel Ibrahimović had to pretend to be a specialist in his country's cuisine ?
Lucius Neratius Marcellus
2018-10-05
3,487
145.3
... that Lucius Neratius Marcellus was involved in the establishment of the defensive line that later became Hadrian's Wall ?
Visakha
2018-10-02
3,484
145.2
... that one of the two temples visited most often by the Buddha was built by Visakha , a wealthy aristocratic woman who was considered his chief female lay disciple?
Leodia sexiesperforata
2018-10-18
3,466
144.4
... that the slots in the test of the six-holed keyhole urchin may help prevent it from being washed away by the current?
Giovanni Fornasini
2018-10-13
3,406
141.9
... that Giovanni Fornasini , an Italian priest murdered by the Nazis in 1944, was posthumously awarded Italy's Gold Medal of Military Valour and is a candidate for sainthood?
Willie Anderson (footballer)
2018-10-11
3,380
140.8
... that footballer Willie Anderson agreed to join the Portland Timbers despite not knowing where the team was based?
United States Lake Survey
2018-10-05
3,356
139.8
... that during World War II, the United States Lake Survey published 370 tons of maps including 8,109 different charts and maps, distributing over 9 million items to the armed forces?
Thomas King (slave trader)
2018-10-08
3,346
139.4
... that ships of Thomas King 's firm Camden, Calvert and King carried more than 20,000 slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean?
Fossil Grove
2018-10-01
3,270
136.3
... that in 1887, eleven Lepidodendron stump fossils were discovered in the Fossil Grove in Glasgow , Scotland, during excavation work?
Astreopora myriophthalma
2018-10-24
1,742
72.6
... that despite being structurally weakened, it may be beneficial to the porous star coral when the bivalve Lithophaga simplex bores into it?
Lithophaga simplex
1,504
62.6
Total
3,245
135.2
Sumpul River massacre
2018-10-20
3,211
133.8
... that on May 14, 1980, Salvadoran forces massacred more than 300 civilians while Honduran soldiers prevented them from escaping across the border?
Loltyler1
2018-10-13
3,210
133.8
... that after his ban on playing League of Legends was lifted, Loltyler1 's return set a new record for viewership on Twitch.tv ?
Furgate
2018-10-04
3,141
130.9
... that the Furgate scandal in the late 1990s, described as one of the largest in South Korea, involved influence peddling through the giving of luxury items?
Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica
2018-10-14
2,638
128.7
... that the contents of the Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica in Rome, with volumes dating back to the 16th century, were looted by Nazi Germany 75 years ago today, and never recovered?
Francisco Javier Arana
2018-10-29
3,076
128.1
... that military officer Francisco Javier Arana , who briefly ruled Guatemala as part of a three-person junta , was subsequently killed in a shootout after threatening a coup?
Reggie Upshaw
2018-10-16
3,070
127.9
... that Reggie Upshaw was considered one of Tennessee 's best high school athletes in American football, basketball, and the high jump?
Miranda Esmonde-White
2018-10-16
3,020
125.8
... that former ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White claims that people can practice "aging backwards" through eccentric exercise ?
Abhilasha Kumari
2018-10-19
3,008
125.3
... that Abhilasha Kumari , the first female Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court in India, served for only 13 days?
William Camden (merchant)
2018-10-19
3,007
125.3
... that sugar refiner William Camden was also a partner in a business shipping slaves to the Caribbean?
Our Lady of Pompeii Church (Manhattan)
2018-10-05
2,998
124.9
... that Our Lady of Pompeii in New York City was founded in 1892 as a church for Italian immigrants ?
Rafaela Requesens
2018-10-15
2,994
124.8
... that Venezuelan political activist Rafaela Requesens was a flamenco dancer for fifteen years from the age of six?
Soulard Farmers Market
2018-10-09
2,962
123.4
... that Soulard Farmers Market is reputed to be the oldest public market in the US west of the Mississippi River ?
Jake (video game player)
2018-10-02
2,958
123.2
... that Jake was one of two Overwatch League players invited to a summit between the International Olympic Committee and the eSports community?
Isaac I Komnenos
2018-10-06
2,939
122.5
... that two years after winning the throne of the Byzantine Empire in battle, Isaac I voluntarily abdicated and retired to a monastery?
Jean Yancey
2018-10-25
2,911
121.3
... that Jean Yancey was known in Denver as "the mother of all businesswomen", having helped more than 1,000 women launch their own startups ?
Sekou Doumbouya
2018-10-23
2,910
121.2
... that top NBA draft prospect Sekou Doumbouya signed his first professional basketball contract at age 15?
Lamaria
2018-10-28
2,909
121.2
... that the Georgian hearth goddess Lamaria was venerated exclusively by women, either in private rituals within the home or in private shrines outside the boundaries of villages?
Richard Worsam Meade I
2018-10-17
2,890
120.4
... that while in prison, Richard W. Meade wrote a political pamphlet about rotten cheese?
John "Jabo" Starks
2018-10-26
2,840
118.4
... that John "Jabo" Starks was one of the originators of funk drumming?
Emanoil Băleanu
2018-10-31
2,828
117.8
... that the citizens of Târgoviște , Romania, put a jinx on boyar Emanoil Băleanu , which was seen as being fulfilled when his wife died in childbirth?
Trilby Yates
2018-10-23
2,813
117.2
... that Julia Yates, head of the New Zealand fashion label Trilby Yates , was once spat at in the street for wearing trousers?
Robert of Nantes
2018-10-28
2,796
116.5
... that Robert of Nantes was "an old and venerable man aged eighty years" when he was imprisoned along with Louis IX of France during the Seventh Crusade ?
Daniel Dixon (basketball)
2018-10-02
2,790
116.2
... that professional basketball player Daniel Dixon enrolled in military school after drawing interest from only one college during high school?
Neatsville, Kentucky
2018-10-27
2,742
114.3
... that Neatsville, Kentucky , has been relocated twice?
Nealiolus curculionis
2018-10-10
1,470
61.2
... that the wasp Nealiolus curculionis is a parasitoid of the sunflower stem weevil ?
Cylindrocopturus adspersus
1,256
52.3
Total
2,725
113.5
Maya Krishna Rao
2018-10-09
2,698
112.4
... that in 2015, Maya Krishna Rao became the first artist to return the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award ?
Dallas B. Phemister
2018-10-06
1,490
62.1
... that American surgeon Dallas B. Phemister created a bone grafting technique which now bears his name ?
Phemister graft
1,170
48.8
Total
2,660
110.8
Der Nordstern
2018-10-16
2,593
108.0
... that the German-language weekly Der Nordstern (The North Star ) was founded in 1874 to serve the Minnesota area's large German immigrant community?
Huang Qingyun
2018-10-22
2,541
105.9
... that during World War II , Huang Qingyun published the only Chinese children's magazine in Hong Kong and China, and corresponded with her readers to help them cope with life in wartime?
Shmuel Rodensky
2018-10-19
2,528
105.3
... that the Israeli team at the 1972 Summer Olympics attended the German production of Fiddler on the Roof as guests of its star, Israeli actor Shmuel Rodensky , the night before the Munich massacre ?
Selina Siggins
2018-10-14
2,158
105.3
... that in 1903, the 25-year-old daughter of an illiterate Irish immigrant became the first woman to stand for the Australian House of Representatives ?
Working with Lemons
2018-10-08
2,509
104.5
... that Working with Lemons participated in an event in Provo, Utah , that broke the world record for most people participating in a live nativity scene re-enactment?
Dave Roller
2018-10-28
2,458
102.4
... that Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Dave Roller , who weighed 270 pounds (120 kg) at the time, was carried off Lambeau Field by fans after a victory against the Detroit Lions ?
Barbantus curvifrons
2018-10-20
2,444
101.8
... that the palebelly searsid undertakes daily vertical migrations in the deep sea?
Renee Powell
2018-10-29
2,410
100.4
... that Renee Powell was the first female golfer to compete in a British men's tournament?
Adam Marshall (priest)
2018-10-21
2,400
100.0
... that Adam Marshall was the first Catholic chaplain in the United States Navy , albeit unofficially?
Granby, South Carolina
2018-10-17
2,359
98.3
... that during the American Revolution, the British stronghold of Fort Granby in the South Carolina colony was attacked with a Quaker gun ?
Henry Garber Hanks
2018-10-15
2,332
97.2
... that Henry G. Hanks left Cleveland to join the California Gold Rush , only to end up selling paint and studying mineralogy ?
Ian Whimster
2018-10-20
2,255
94.0
... that British pathologist Ian Whimster was part of the medical team that entered the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after the Germans had left?
Sandrine Bérubé
2018-10-19
2,241
93.4
... that Canadian wheelchair basketball player Sandrine Bérubé is a brown belt in karate?
Zena Edosomwan
2018-10-08
2,224
92.6
... that Zena Edosomwan was the first top-100 high school basketball recruit to commit to Harvard ?
E. C. Stoner
2018-10-20
2,214
92.2
... that E. C. Stoner was one of the first black American comic book artists?
Michael Frenzel
2018-10-25
2,169
90.4
... that Michael Frenzel , the former CEO of European tourism group TUI , escaped from East Germany with his father when he was nine years old?
Almeda Eliza Hitchcock
2018-10-04
2,147
89.5
... that Almeda Eliza Hitchcock became the first female lawyer in the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1888?
Chronicle (UK TV programme)
2018-10-24
2,141
89.2
... that more than 20 million people watched Chronicle during its three-day live coverage of the raising of the Mary Rose in 1982?
Luc Van Slooten
2018-10-10
2,086
86.9
... that at age 14, Luc Van Slooten was the youngest player at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship ?
Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel
2018-10-23
2,046
85.2
... that in 2004, the Israel Antitrust Authority declared that a copyright collective for authors and musicians was essentially a monopoly ?
Trey Lewis (basketball)
2018-10-15
2,038
84.9
... that basketball player Trey Lewis transferred to Louisville with hopes of reaching the NCAA Tournament , but the team declared itself ineligible for the tournament after he joined?
Laurence Abrams
2018-10-07
2,034
84.8
... that most of footballer Laurence Abrams 's transfer fee for his move from Hearts was never paid, after Chelsea claimed it would force them to fold?
Microplana terrestris
2018-10-26
2,032
84.7
... that the flatworm Microplana terrestris can use a trail of mucus as a "suspension bridge" to pass from one leaf to another?
Tan Tjoen Tiat
2018-10-16
2,030
84.6
... that Tan Tjoen Tiat , the second Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia , advised the colonial government in 1870 that women should not act as guardians for minors?
Baby Rani Maurya
2018-10-10
2,015
84.0
... that Baby Rani Maurya , who in August 2018 was sworn in as the seventh governor of Uttarakhand , India, is the second woman to hold that post?
Türkan Rado
2018-10-11
1,886
78.6
... that Türkan Rado was the first female professor of law in Turkey?
René Ghil
2018-10-04
1,867
77.8
... that French poet René Ghil worked towards developing an ideal poetic language that would "subsume and supersede all the other arts" by establishing his own system of verbal instrumentation?
William Wright Abbot
2018-10-18
1,862
77.6
... that during a 15-year period researching George Washington 's correspondence, William Wright Abbot read or edited more than 135,000 documents?
Uchchhishta
2018-10-07
1,824
76.0
... that the Hindu goddess Matangi is worshipped with the taboo offering of leftovers ?
Saturday Zoo
2018-10-28
1,805
75.2
... that Saturday Zoo host Jonathan Ross was described as "humour-resistant Teflon "?
Johnny Dee (basketball)
2018-10-22
1,802
75.1
... that college basketball player Johnny Dee played through a knee injury for most of a season while leading the NCAA Division I in free throw shooting percentage?
The Witch's Promise
2018-10-27
1,799
75.0
... that "The Witch's Promise " is the only Jethro Tull single to feature a Mellotron ?
Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt
2018-10-08
1,772
73.8
... that in "Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt ", a 1936 hymn by Georg Thurmair , every stanza declares three times, "How beautiful is Your world"?
Wandersong
2018-10-15
1,746
72.8
... that Wandersong was one of the first GameMaker Studio titles to be released on the Nintendo Switch , along with Hyper Light Drifter and Undertale ?
Palazzo Pesaro Orfei
2018-10-01
1,726
71.9
... that when the designer Mariano Fortuny established his studio in the Palazzo Pesaro Orfei in Venice, he was one of about 350 people using the building?
Pour le piano
2018-10-10
1,721
71.7
... that Claude Debussy dedicated a piano piece to Yvonne Lerolle (pictured) in 1894, and included it in his suite Pour le piano in 1901?
2002 Delphi Indy 300
2018-10-11
1,707
71.1
... that Sam Hornish Jr. of Panther Racing won the 2002 Delphi Indy 300 by 0.0024 seconds, the closest margin of victory in Indy Racing League history?
Valentin Peter Feuerstein
2018-10-20
1,674
69.8
... that Valentin Peter Feuerstein created a cycle of seven stained-glass windows (three pictured) for the Überwasserkirche in Münster ?
Rose Connor
2018-10-09
1,629
67.9
... that architect Rose Connor found in 1958 that only one percent of registered architects in the U.S. were female, and seven states had no female architects at all?
Anne Patzwald
2018-10-29
1,614
67.2
... that Anne Patzwald works as an occupational therapist at a clinic that employs three other current or former members of the German women's wheelchair basketball national team?
Bontecou Lake
2018-10-14
1,348
65.7
... that Bontecou Lake , near Millbrook, New York , is divided between two drainage basins , making it a bifurcation lake ?
Pietro Bandini
2018-10-10
1,536
64.0
... that Pietro Bandini , a Catholic priest, established Tontitown, Arkansas , as a colony of Italian immigrants in 1898?
Oscarella lobularis
2018-10-31
1,534
63.9
... that the sponge Oscarella lobularis can multiply by forming drips and bubbles?
Luka Šamanić
2018-10-26
1,530
63.8
... that despite being the son of a professional basketball player, Luka Šamanić did not begin playing the game until the age of 11?
Jose Yao Campos
2018-10-14
1,279
62.4
... that businessman Jose Yao Campos admitted in 1986 to having organized 40 different shell companies through which Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos could hide his wealth?
Harvard Graduate Students Union
2018-10-15
1,472
61.3
... that the Harvard Graduate Students Union , a labor union representing 5,000 student workers at Harvard University , is affiliated with the United Automobile Workers ?
Pantala hymenaea
2018-10-13
1,446
60.2
... that the spot-winged glider is a migratory dragonfly?
Sandy Allan
2018-10-13
1,434
59.8
... that footballer Sandy Allan was the first player to score a headed hat-trick in a European club competition ?
Dàin do Eimhir
2018-10-02
1,427
59.5
... that the Scottish Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean asked Douglas Young to destroy some of the poems in Dàin do Eimhir , now regarded as MacLean's masterpiece?
Eleonore Trefftz
2018-10-08
1,420
59.2
... that Eleonore Trefftz was the second woman to become a scientific member of the Max Planck Society ?
List of international goals scored by Alexis Sánchez
2018-10-03
1,416
59.0
... that despite Alexis Sánchez's seven goals in qualification , Chile failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup ?
Hurricane response
2018-10-25
1,386
57.8
... that hurricane responders face hazards from floodwater such as chemical and biological contaminants, and electrocution?
Barbara Gross
2018-10-21
1,382
57.6
... that German wheelchair basketball player Barbara Gross plays for the University of Alabama team, which includes two other Germans?
History of the Jews in Alaska
2018-10-20
1,378
57.4
... that in 1906, Russian-Jewish immigrant Abe Spring first proposed Alaska as a refuge for Jews , but the suggestion was rejected by the US Congress?
Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland
2018-10-31
1,373
57.2
... that following the July Revolution in France, Heinrich Heine wrote a history of emancipation in Germany , beginning with Luther's Reformation ?
Daniel Behle
2018-10-05
1,368
57.0
... that tenor Daniel Behle had a single day to learn rarely performed romantic duets when he stepped in at short notice for a 2018 Rheingau Musik Festival concert with Annette Dasch ?
Karolin Margret Natasa
2018-10-20
1,353
56.4
... that Karolin Margret Natasa is the first Dayak woman to serve as a regional head in Indonesia?
Rachel Shapira
2018-10-27
1,294
53.9
... that Israeli songwriter Rachel Shapira 's first hit song was set to music without her knowledge?
U.S. Route 97 Alternate
2018-10-27
1,294
53.9
... that a section of U.S. Route 97 Alternate in central Washington state was rebuilt on higher ground in the 1950s to prevent inundation from a new hydroelectric dam ?
Clarissa Chapman Armstrong
2018-10-12
1,277
53.2
... that American missionary Clarissa Chapman Armstrong led Bible study meetings for Queen Kalama in Hawaii while her husband served as Minister of Public Instruction under King Kamehameha III ?
Neeru Chadha
2018-10-01
1,262
52.6
... that Neeru Chadha is the first Indian woman to be elected as a judge to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ?
Pelargonium peltatum
2018-10-07
1,251
52.1
... that Willem Adriaan van der Stel introduced the ivy-leaved pelargonium to the Netherlands from South Africa in 1700?
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
2018-10-06
1,243
51.8
... that the sandalled anemone reproduces by longitudinal fission ?
Theodosia Burr Shepherd
2018-10-21
1,192
49.7
... that the company set up by horticulturist Theodosia Burr Shepherd is considered the foundation of the California seed industry?
Emil Mattiesen
2018-10-12
1,184
49.4
... that Emil Mattiesen , a composer of lieder , chamber and organ music, also wrote books on parapsychology ?
Lioma
2018-10-02
1,148
47.8
... that a scandal at the administrative post of Lioma led to a landmark decision that provided better legal protection for all students in Mozambique?
Elnora M. Gilfoyle
2018-10-17
1,134
47.3
... that in 1981, Elnora M. Gilfoyle became the first occupational therapist to receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree?
Mein ganzes Herz erhebet dich
2018-10-14
966
47.1
... that the hymn "Mein ganzes Herz erhebet dich ", a paraphrase of Psalm 138 based on the Protestant Genevan Psalter , is also sung by German-speaking Catholics?
Max Jessner
2018-10-14
963
47.0
... that Max Jessner travelled to Buriat-Mongolia as part of the Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition ?
Julio Rodríguez (photographer)
2018-10-24
1,120
46.6
... that photographs of the Valle de Guadalupe and Bahía de los Ángeles by Julio Rodríguez appeared in National Geographic magazine?
Landing of the first Filipinos in America
2018-10-18
1,116
46.5
... that Filipinos became the first Asians to have a documented presence in the Americas when they landed in what is now California on 18 October 1587 ?
Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women
2018-10-03
1,096
45.7
... that in 1889, the Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women was established in direct competition with Sophia Jex-Blake 's School of Medicine for Women ?
Wiesbadener Knabenchor
2018-10-01
1,091
45.5
... that the boys choir Wiesbadener Knabenchor has performed as an "ambassador" of Wiesbaden , Germany, including in Bulgaria and Australia?
La Belle et la Bête (opera)
2018-10-09
1,088
45.3
... that in his 1994 opera La Belle et la Bête , Philip Glass wrote dialogue and music for soloists and ensemble to match the 1946 film by Jean Cocteau ?
Donte Ingram
2018-10-28
1,048
43.7
... that basketball player Donte Ingram owns at least 50 pairs of sneakers ?
Fergie Aitken
2018-10-15
1,032
43.0
... that the fee in excess of £2,000 paid by Blackburn Rovers in 1921 for the footballer Fergie Aitken was the record that Bury had received for a player?
Psalm 134
2018-10-22
1,030
42.9
... that Orlande de Lassus set Psalm 134 , one of the Songs of Ascents , in Latin for seven voices a cappella , using a wide range from low bass to very high soprano?
Ursula Newell Emerson
2018-10-07
978
40.7
... that in 1833, Ursula Newell Emerson drew some of the earliest surviving manuscript maps of Hawaii for instructional use?
Professor John Perkins' Review of Engineering Skills
2018-10-28
950
39.6
... that the 2013 Perkins Review found that only 24% of British parents considered engineering a suitable career for their daughters?
Bob Lowes
2018-10-04
880
36.7
... that Bob Lowes is a two-time winner of the Coach of the Year Award in the Canadian Hockey League ?
Berceuse (Chopin)
2018-10-13
834
34.7
... that in his Berceuse , Chopin created a lullaby for piano in 16 continuous variations on an ostinato ground bass?
Emilio Álvarez Icaza
2018-10-07
826
34.4
... that Emilio Álvarez Icaza will enter the Mexican Senate as an independent, refusing to affiliate with any of the three parties that supported his candidacy?
Benedicite (Carter)
2018-10-26
826
34.4
... that Benedicite , composed by Andrew Carter for choir, children's choir, and orchestra, was inspired by restored ceiling bosses in York Minster ?
Matt Mobley
2018-10-14
690
33.6
... that Matt Mobley set an Atlantic 10 basketball tournament record with nine 3-pointers in a victory over Richmond ?
Cruz Pérez Cuéllar
2018-10-06
609
25.4
... that Cruz Pérez Cuéllar ran for Governor of Chihuahua , Mexico, in 2016 on a platform that called for voters to decide if the governor should be removed midway through his term?
Theater Bremen
2018-10-21
576
24.0
... that Theater Bremen , the state theatre in Bremen for operas, plays, dance, and student programs, was selected as opera house of the year by Opernwelt in 2007?
Harry Kupfer
2018-10-03
564
23.5
... that Harry Kupfer , the stage director at the Komische Oper Berlin for decades, presented Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer at the 1978 Bayreuth Festival as a psychological drama?
Tri sestry (opera)
2018-10-28
544
22.7
... that in his opera Tri sestry (Three Sisters ), composer Péter Eötvös wants the three sisters from Chekhov's play to be sung by countertenors ?
Jos Canale
2018-10-27
532
22.2
... that Jos Canale won the CHL Coach of the Year Award and led Team Canada to a gold medal at the World Juniors ?