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Low 22.2 Jos Canale 71.7 Pour le piano 22.2 Jos Canale
Median 125.8 Miranda Esmonde-White 361.0 Aglantha digitale 143.2 Giovanni Fornasini
Leodia sexiesperforata
High 1,322.1 No Bra Day 1,409.6 Ronald J. Shurer 1,409.6 Ronald J. Shurer

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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?
Responsories (Reger) 2018-10-29 1,089 45.4 ... that Max Reger composed 20 Responsories in English for use in the American Lutheran church, although he did not speak English?
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?

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