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Megan Rosenbloom
2020-03-27
30,358
1,264.9
... that librarian Megan Rosenbloom (pictured) , an expert in anthropodermic bibliopegy , can determine if a book is bound in human skin?
Tayseer Sboul
2020-03-02
28,152
1,173.0
... that Tayseer Sboul , one of Jordan's most celebrated writers, wrote some erotic poems?
Brimham Rocks
2020-03-23
21,714
904.8
... that although the Brimham Rocks (example pictured) were shaped naturally by erosion, Hayman Rooke conjectured that the extraordinary shapes of some stones could have been carved in part by druids ?
Eva Lee Kuney
2020-03-18
18,073
753.0
... that Eva Lee Kuney (pictured) was one of the children used to fill out the background of Munchkin scenes in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz ?
Emerson Emory
2020-03-17
16,282
678.4
... that African-American physician Emerson Emory (pictured) hung both a Confederate flag and a photograph of Hillary Clinton in his office?
Dillegrout
2020-03-06
14,896
620.7
... that dillegrout was so delicious that it earned the cook a manor , but to keep it he and his descendants had to serve the dish at every future English coronation?
Seattle Center Monorail
2020-03-24
14,610
608.8
... that the Seattle Center Monorail began operating 58 years ago today and still uses its original trains (example pictured) ?
Mary Helen Johnston
2020-03-11
14,228
592.8
... that Mary Helen Johnston (pictured) was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal before being selected as an astronaut, but has never gone into space?
Action at Sihayo's Kraal
2020-03-04
13,261
552.5
... that the Zulu taunted the British during the action at Sihayo's Kraal , asking: "Why don't you come on up?"
Mary Taylor Brush
2020-03-28
13,022
542.6
... that Mary Taylor Brush filed a 1917 patent (drawing shown) for a design to make aircraft "practically invisible when in the air"?
Maria Josep Colomer i Luque
2020-03-31
11,612
483.7
... that Maria Josep Colomer i Luque (pictured) became Catalonia's first female pilot at 17 years old, and had flown thousands of Republicans out of Francoist Spain by the end of the Spanish Civil War ?
Kakwkylla
2020-03-10
11,016
459.0
... that Kakwkylla (depiction shown) , a female saint venerated in Sweden and Germany during the late Middle Ages , may have originated from a misunderstanding of an Irish abbot 's gender?
International Mercantile Marine Company Building
2020-03-09
10,894
453.9
... that the Washington Building (pictured) was described as "probably the first building to attract the foreigner" who arrived in Manhattan ?
Edna Deane
2020-03-25
5,375
224.0
... that the song "I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales " was inspired by Edna Deane being asked for a dance nine times by the future Edward VIII ?
I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales
4,766
198.6
Total
10,142
422.6
Milk Morizono
2020-03-20
9,754
406.4
... that an erotic manga series by Milk Morizono received complaints from the police, parent–teacher associations, housewife groups, and politicians?
Shōji
2020-03-02
9,749
406.2
... that shōji (examples pictured) , like other traditional Japanese partitions , serve as doors, windows, and walls, both interior and exterior?
Heinz Schnabel and Harry Wappler escape attempt
2020-03-01
9,314
388.1
... that in 1941, two German POWs escaped from their British prison camp and stole a plane from an RAF base to try to reach the continent?
Battle of Leuwiliang
2020-03-05
9,246
385.3
... that Australian brigadier Arthur Blackburn ordered his men to shoot less in the Battle of Leuwiliang , so that when they withdrew, their Japanese enemies would not realize it?
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Nepal
2020-03-18
9,128 [ a]
380.3
... that a man suspected of carrying coronavirus in Nepal ran away from the hospital?
Moff Gideon
2020-03-03
8,190
341.2
... that Moff Gideon of The Mandalorian has been compared to Darth Vader ?
Shakespeare and Star Trek
2020-03-31
7,766
323.5
... that Klingons are positively Shakespearean ?
Summa de arithmetica
2020-03-03
7,586
316.1
... that the Summa de arithmetica (title page shown) , thought to be the first printed work on algebra , contains the first published description of double-entry accounting ?
Riccarton House
2020-03-20
3,371
140.5
... that neither William nor John Deans , pioneers of Canterbury, New Zealand , lived to move from their 1843 cottage to the 1856 homestead (pictured) built on their estate?
Deans Cottage
1,844
76.8
William Deans
1,841
76.7
Total
7,056
294.0
Heidi Cruz
2020-03-08
6,830
284.6
... that Heidi Cruz , wife of U.S. senator Ted Cruz , is the primary breadwinner of the family?
2020 EFL Cup Final
2020-03-01
6,688
278.6
... that in today's 2020 EFL Cup Final at Wembley (pictured) , Manchester City retained the EFL Cup for the third consecutive year with a 2–1 victory against Aston Villa ?
Cardiff Ely bread riots
2020-03-16
6,648
277.0
... that the residents of Ely, Cardiff , rioted over the sale of bread in 1991?
First mass transport of Jews to Auschwitz concentration camp
2020-03-26
6,619
275.8
... that the systematic deportation of Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp began on 26 March 1942, with a transport of 997 women and girls from Poprad , Slovakia?
Garth tsunami
2020-03-21
6,583
274.3
... that mass graves in the Orkney and Shetland islands of Scotland might contain bodies from a tsunami 5,500 years ago ?
Burkhard Driest
2020-03-13
6,294
262.2
... that as a law student, Burkhard Driest robbed a savings bank shortly before an examination, and later wrote a book and a film script about his experiences?
Dorothy Thomas (entrepreneur)
2020-03-09
6,212
258.9
... that former slave Dorothy Thomas purchased her own manumission , but later employed slaves as hucksters ?
21 West Street
2020-03-23
6,126
255.2
... that 21 West Street in New York City is possibly the first commercial building in the U.S. to have windows wrapping around the corners?
Lisa von Pott
2020-03-06
6,061
252.5
... that the British security services described Lisa von Pott as the organiser of a pro-Nazi espionage group in wartime Vienna?
Gessner Harrison
2020-03-07
6,050
252.1
... that when Gessner Harrison (pictured) was a student at the University of Virginia, he declined Thomas Jefferson 's invitation to Sunday dinner, saying that it would be a violation of the Sabbath ?
Siege of Wardour Castle
2020-03-30
5,983
249.3
... that during the first siege of Wardour Castle in 1643, Lady Blanche Arundell held out for a week with just 25 Royalist soldiers against 1,300 Parliamentarian troops?
Arthur V. Sellwood
2020-03-13
5,956
248.2
... that Arthur and Mary Sellwood had the idea for a book (cover shown) on Victorian railway murders in the 1940s, but did not write it until after a "violent incident on a night train" in the 1970s?
Glass
2020-03-22
5,882 [ b]
245.1
... that glass (example pictured) can form naturally from supercooled volcanic magma ?
Jessye Norman
2020-03-29
5,691
237.1
... that soprano Jessye Norman (pictured) , whose voice was described as a "grand mansion of sound", performed at U.S. presidential inaugurations and sang La Marseillaise at the French Revolution 's bicentennial?
Edward Kamakau Lilikalani
2020-03-21
5,658
235.8
... that Edward Kamakau Lilikalani (pictured) filed a petition with President Theodore Roosevelt claiming to be "the sole heir to the Kamehameha rights to the Crown lands " of Hawaii?
Aleksander Jaakson
2020-03-12
5,654
235.6
... that Estonian general and former Minister of Education Aleksander Jaakson was arrested by NKVD while working on his farm?
Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes
2020-03-24
5,654
235.6
... that the Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes in Wales doubled for the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula during the filming of Lawrence of Arabia ?
Harpur Hill Quarry
2020-03-26
5,612
233.8
... that High Peak Borough Council dyed a lake black at Harpur Hill Quarry in Derbyshire , England, to deter swimmers from entering the caustic waters?
Daniel R. Lucey
2020-03-06
5,571
232.1
... that infectious disease specialist Daniel R. Lucey has hypothesised that the SARS-CoV-2 virus (pictured) responsible for the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak may have been quietly circulating among humans since at least November 2019?
Richard J. Daronco
2020-03-27
5,544
231.0
... that Richard J. Daronco was a United States federal judge for just over a year before he was assassinated by the father of a disgruntled plaintiff?
React (The Pussycat Dolls song)
2020-03-10
5,502
229.3
... that the British regulator Ofcom received more than 400 complaints over the Pussycat Dolls ' decision to wear sheer PVC outfits during their live performance of "React " on a family programme ?
Liberty County Jail
2020-03-15
5,498
229.1
... that Liberty County Jail (pictured) in Hinesville, Georgia , now listed on the National Register of Historic Places , was once described by the state governor as a "rotten, filthy rathole"?
Corona Rintawan
2020-03-29
5,470
227.9
... that Corona , named after Corona , is fighting corona ?
Milk War
2020-03-21
5,443
226.8
... that Russia and Belarus fought an eleven-day Milk War ?
Horse surfing
2020-03-10
5,361
223.4
... that horse surfing involves a person surfing while being towed by a horse?
Uganda Army (1971–1980)
2020-03-06
5,330
222.1
... that President Idi Amin ensured the Uganda Army 's loyalty with the so-called "whisky run"?
Eleno Salazar Flores
2020-03-13
5,290
220.4
... that police officers once arrested a Mexican Panther who was involved in drug trafficking?
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2020-03-24
5,276 [ c]
219.9
... that Edgar Wright , director of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , thinks that the film is different from other comedies because it has "a lot of funny women in it"?
26 Broadway
2020-03-16
5,238
218.2
... that 26 Broadway , the former New York City headquarters of Standard Oil , has a pyramidal tower that once contained a kerosene-burning cauldron ?
Líctor Hazael Marroquín García
2020-03-09
5,158
214.9
... that after vehicle thief Líctor Hazael Marroquín García died in 1985, a Mexican drug lord sent flowers to his grave twice a year?
Feels Good Man
2020-03-23
5,134
213.9
... that a 2020 documentary about Pepe the Frog raises the question of whether Pepe can be redeemed?
Jeffrey and Jill Erickson
2020-03-30
5,072
211.3
... that Jeffrey Erickson, who was accused of robbing banks in the Chicago metropolitan area with his wife Jill , was a former police officer in Hoffman Estates ?
Asmundtorp Church
2020-03-05
4,926
205.2
... that Asmundtorp Church (pictured) , built between 1895 and 1897, was financed with returns from Swedish farmsteads that were donated to the church during the Middle Ages ?
110 North Wacker
2020-03-06
4,912
204.7
... that 110 North Wacker in Chicago replaced a building that was eligible for the National Register of Historic Places ?
Ostrea equestris
2020-03-04
4,902
204.2
... that the crested oyster has been eaten by humans for at least 6,000 years?
Black ruff
2020-03-28
4,776
199.0
... that a deep-sea fish known as a black ruff was caught in a salmon net in the Firth of Forth and donated to the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art in 1901?
Neil Ferguson (epidemiologist)
2020-03-11
4,744
197.7
... that professor Neil Ferguson and his team believe that significantly more people in China have been infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus than has been reported?
Ocean Wind
2020-03-03
4,705
196.0
... that Ocean Wind , a planned offshore wind farm in the U.S., may use infrastructure at a closed nuclear power plant to access the electrical grid?
The Armorer (Star Wars)
2020-03-05
4,642
193.4
... that Emily Swallow did not know that she was auditioning for a Star Wars television series when she tried out for the part of the Armorer ?
Jan Yager
2020-03-19
4,602
191.8
... that Jan Yager 's artwork American Ruff (pictured) is made from discarded crack-cocaine vials and caps?
The Race Against Time
2020-03-10
4,527
188.6
... that copies of the video game The Race Against Time were recalled due to the unauthorized use of Jesse Owens 's likeness on its packaging and advertising?
Chiara Daraio
2020-03-26
4,515
188.1
... that Chiara Daraio has used a version of Newton's cradle to create "sound bullets", and walls filled with ball bearings to create one-way barriers for sound?
Sydney Gardens Tunnels
2020-03-21
4,482
186.8
... that contrary to popular belief, a hatch in the roof of the Cleveland Tunnel in Bath was probably not used to pass paperwork between office workers above and vessels below?
Actinopyga agassizii
2020-03-18
4,420
184.2
... that the sea cucumber Actinopyga agassizii has five teeth surrounding its anus?
Rain (Van Gogh)
2020-03-30
4,250
177.1
... that Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh used slanted lines to depict rainfall in his 1889 painting Rain (shown) , drawing inspiration from Japanese prints such as those by Hiroshige ?
Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel
2020-03-25
3,324
138.5
... that Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel (pictured) , a place of worship in the borough of Fareham in Hampshire , England, was built to replace a converted wooden boatshed that flooded during high tides?
List of places of worship in the Borough of Fareham
900
37.5
Total
4,225
176.0
American Stock Exchange Building
2020-03-12
4,096
170.7
... that the American Stock Exchange Building was built to get the New York Curb Exchange off the street?
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans
2020-03-09
3,959
165.0
... that Toyota won the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans , becoming the first Japanese car manufacturer to win the race since Mazda in the 1991 edition ?
Democracy Dies in Darkness
2020-03-21
3,926
163.6
... that "Democracy Dies in Darkness " is the first slogan ever to be adopted by The Washington Post ?
Cecylia and Maciej Brogowski
2020-03-25
3,886
161.9
... that Cecylia and Maciej Brogowski , a Polish Catholic couple, were posthumously recognised as Righteous Among the Nations for having sheltered a Jewish girl during the Holocaust?
Mount Hampton
2020-03-31
3,788
157.8
... that Mount Hampton in Antarctica was last active over 10 million years ago, but may still emit steam ?
Mayfeld
2020-03-14
3,743
156.0
... that comedian Bill Burr disliked Star Wars and regularly mocked the franchise until he portrayed a character in it ?
Melita bullion coins
2020-03-12
3,724
155.2
... that the design of the 2018 Melita bullion coins is based on a series of stamps issued almost a century earlier?
Apache Nitrogen Products
2020-03-17
3,640
151.7
... that the Apache Powder Company used a fleet of fireless locomotives to prevent accidental explosions?
Greyfriars, Winchelsea
2020-03-29
3,631
151.3
... that a 19th-century country house with a ruined monastery in Winchelsea , England, was put on the market for £4.5 million in 2015?
Lluest-wen Reservoir
2020-03-31
3,622
150.9
... that Lluest-wen Reservoir was once dubbed "the wettest place in Wales"?
Ted Kennedy 1980 presidential campaign
2020-03-26
3,618
150.8
... that Senator Ted Kennedy 's 1980 presidential campaign may have weakened support for incumbent U.S. president Jimmy Carter , who later lost the general election ?
North Transfer Station
2020-03-04
3,601
150.0
... that North Seattle's waste transfer station has a viewing room and a playground?
Marie Rennotte
2020-03-08
3,564
148.5
... that Belgian teacher and physician Marie Rennotte (pictured) became a women's rights activist in Brazil?
Monsters (James Blunt song)
2020-03-24
3,547
147.8
... that James Blunt wrote "Monsters " to express his feelings about his father and his father's illness?
Kid Krow
2020-03-12
3,544
147.7
... that the upcoming debut album Kid Krow by Conan Gray (pictured) grew out of his experiences as a mixed-race child in Texas?
Wincheap
2020-03-11
3,542
147.6
... that a pub on Wincheap in Canterbury is believed to be the oldest continuously trading in the city?
Classmates (manga)
2020-03-02
3,508
146.2
... that Asumiko Nakamura , the author of the manga series Classmates , sought to create a story about a "slow, serious love" that was "cliché" and "almost hackneyed"?
David Leleo Kinimaka
2020-03-16
3,507
146.1
... that David Leleo Kinimaka was the first member of the Royal Guards of Hawaii to voluntarily leave the ranks during an 1873 mutiny at ʻIolani Barracks ?
Hebrides Terrace Seamount
2020-03-09
3,492
145.5
... that the Hebrides Terrace Seamount , west-southwest of the Scottish Hebrides , hosts "coral gardens" where numerous other animals live?
2012 24 Hours of Le Mans
2020-03-05
3,489
145.4
... that the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans saw the first overall victory for a hybrid electric vehicle at the race?
The House of Yes (play)
2020-03-09
3,460
144.2
... that the title of the play The House of Yes came from a piece of bathroom graffiti seen by its author?
Gordon Falcon (Royal Navy officer)
2020-03-14
3,455
144.0
... that Gordon Falcon was one of the British officers who boarded the USS Chesapeake (depicted) to search for Royal Navy deserters during the Chesapeake –Leopard affair ?
Bactris jamaicana
2020-03-24
3,442
143.4
... that in 1725 Hans Sloane described a plant he called Prickly-Pole as the Jamaican tree species that was "the most fit to make Rods and Scowrers for Guns"?
Eugene C. Barker
2020-03-10
3,432
143.0
... that Eugene C. Barker was involved in the "biggest bear fight" in Texas history with Governor James E. Ferguson , but Barker kept his job and Ferguson was later impeached ?
Midori Katō
2020-03-12
3,420
142.5
... that in 2019, Japanese voice actress Midori Katō earned a Guinness World Record for having voiced the same character in the anime Sazae-san for 50 years and a day?
Holy Trinity Church, Ryde
2020-03-27
3,415
142.3
... that the "Cracked Bell of Trinity Church " in Ryde , England, died of a broken heart and wrote to a newspaper about it?
Samantha Lowe
2020-03-30
3,376
140.7
... that English judoka Samantha Lowe was selected, then deselected, then reselected for the 2002 Commonwealth Games , and went on to win a gold medal?
Parel Relief
2020-03-16
3,372
140.5
... that the 3-metre-high (9.8 ft), 6th-century Parel Relief , with seven figures of Shiva , was found in Mumbai during road building in 1931, and is now worshipped at a local temple?
Bikini Porn
2020-03-28
3,371
140.5
... that musician Finneas made a cameo appearance as an Uber driver in the music video for Tove Lo 's song "Bikini Porn "?
Étienne Carjat
2020-03-26
3,334
138.9
... that besides his portrait photography, Étienne Carjat edited journals and published caricatures (example shown) in the popular press?
Nikolai Moskvitelev
2020-03-15
3,238
134.9
... that Nikolai Moskvitelev , a former officer in the Soviet Air Defence Forces , was still flying in old age – including a Sukhoi Su-30 on his 80th birthday, and a Yakovlev Yak-52 just before his 90th?
Angélique Duchemin
2020-03-16
3,230
134.6
... that boxer Angélique Duchemin was an undefeated French, European, and world champion?
Sky Brown
2020-03-28
3,228
134.5
... that at the age of 10, Sky Brown became the youngest professional skateboarder in the world?
A Man and His Cat
2020-03-23
3,206
133.6
... that the manga series A Man and His Cat was initially self-published, with entries posted weekly on the author's Twitter account?
Julia Dufvenius
2020-03-04
3,194
133.1
... that Swedish actress Julia Dufvenius had a role specially written for her in director Ingmar Bergman 's last film, Saraband ?
Gerry Culliton
2020-03-23
3,103
129.3
... that Gerry Culliton was banned from hurling after being seen playing rugby, and later represented Ireland in rugby internationally?
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2020-03-11
3,056 [ d]
127.4
... that trailers for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End were shown before select screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ?
Winged wheel
2020-03-25
1,970
82.1
... that the winged wheel on the coat of arms of the Institution of Municipal Engineers represented traffic and machinery?
Institution of Municipal Engineers
1,074
44.7
Total
3,043
126.8
Cadamosto Seamount
2020-03-12
3,004
125.2
... that past eruptions of Cadamosto Seamount dispersed volcanic ash underwater over thousands of square kilometres?
New Hampshire midnight voting
2020-03-09
3,000
125.0
... that three communities in New Hampshire vote at midnight during the state's presidential primaries and elections ?
Şırnak Silopi power station
2020-03-11
2,976
124.0
... that asphaltite powers Şırnak Silopi ?
Protopulvinaria pyriformis
2020-03-19
2,952
123.0
... that unlike most soft scale insects, the adult female pyriform scale is able to move around?
Bowling Green Offices Building
2020-03-02
2,920
121.7
... that tenants of the Bowling Green Offices Building in New York City have included the owners of the RMS Titanic , and the Erie Railroad ?
Pier 40
2020-03-19
2,888
120.3
... that Pier 40 , a sports facility in New York City's Hudson River Park , was formerly a cargo terminal?
Reflective writing
2020-03-10
2,879
120.0
... that reflective writing is a good way to increase empathy in medical students?
St Johnston railway station
2020-03-29
2,865
119.4
... that before its closure, locals near St Johnston railway station relied heavily for income on Irish customs officers trying to catch smugglers heading for Londonderry station ?
Zina P. Young Card
2020-03-03
2,860
119.1
... that Zina P. Young Card fought on a national level for both women's suffrage and the right to practice plural marriage in the US?
Clarice Phelps
2020-03-22
2,832
118.0
... that nuclear scientist Clarice Phelps has been recognized as the first African-American woman to be involved with the discovery of a chemical element ?
Royal Irish Yacht Club
2020-03-30
2,806
116.9
... that the Royal Irish Yacht Club has retained its royal title despite the establishment of the Republic of Ireland?
Edith Anna Ellis
2020-03-25
2,806
116.9
... that in 1918, Edith A. Ellis advocated an all-female government with the slogan "Insist that no man shall occupy a position that a woman can fill"?
Gabrielle Reidy
2020-03-20
2,805
116.9
... that at the age of 11, Gabrielle Reidy made her first appearance at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin?
Twelve Bens
2020-03-27
2,791
116.3
... that academic Paul Tempan said of the Twelve Bens mountain range in Connemara , Ireland, that "nobody seems to know exactly which are the twelve peaks in question"?
Magdalena K. P. Smith Meyer
2020-03-02
2,787
116.1
... that Magdalena K. P. Smith Meyer was known as the "mother of red-spider mites of the world"?
Plastic Love
2020-03-22
2,784
116.0
... that Mariya Takeuchi 's 1984 song "Plastic Love " saw an international resurgence in 2017?
Piazza Scossacavalli
2020-03-07
2,765
115.2
... that Piazza Scossacavalli in Rome kept its cinquecento atmosphere for nearly 400 years?
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
2020-03-31
2,761
115.0
... that the CEO of CEPI , a key organisation in the race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 , has called the disease "the most frightening" that he has ever encountered in his career?
Washington Hall (hotel)
2020-03-20
2,754
114.7
... that the Washington Hall hotel was destroyed during the Battle of Atlanta as part of General Sherman 's scorched-earth policy?
Bellevue 600
2020-03-01
2,735
114.0
... that Amazon plans to build its tallest office tower in the Bellevue suburb of Seattle, Washington ?
Charles E. Mills
2020-03-12
2,734
113.9
... that Charles E. Mills had dual careers in banking and explosives?
Adrian Long
2020-03-05
2,630
109.6
... that Adrian Long 's FlexiArch precast-concrete bridge arch can be installed in a single day?
Anna Bērzkalne
2020-03-17
2,614
108.9
... that Latvian folklorist Anna Bērzkalne wrote her 1942 doctoral thesis in English instead of German as a form of non-violent resistance to the Nazi occupation of Latvia during World War II ?
Charles MacTavish
2020-03-17
2,562
106.8
... that Charles Carroll MacTavish , the great-grandson of a signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence , was briefly a member of the British House of Commons ?
National Archives at Seattle
2020-03-25
2,560
106.6
... that records from the National Archives at Seattle are planned to be moved to California and to Kansas City, Missouri ?
Henry Speller
2020-03-31
2,540
105.8
... that the visual style of African-American artist Henry Speller , who was also an accomplished blues musician, was described as "blues aesthetic"?
Chanin Building
2020-03-28
2,505
104.4
... that the offices of the Chanin Organization in New York City's Chanin Building contained "America's finest bathroom" and a set of ornate bronze gates?
1981 Benson & Hedges Cup Final
2020-03-27
2,498
104.1
... that during the 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup Final , a domestic cricket match in England, two West Indian players set new batting and bowling records?
Amitermes floridensis
2020-03-22
2,494
103.9
... that in Florida, winged termites are sometimes found stuck to wet foliage, buildings, or vehicles after rain?
SAE J2954
2020-03-15
2,474
103.1
... that a new wireless-charging standard for electric vehicles guides the driver over the charging spot by triangulating the charger's signal?
Romford Garden Suburb
2020-03-03
2,398
99.9
... that the designer of the best house in the new Romford Garden Suburb won £250 and a gold medal?
Primicimex
2020-03-01
2,374
98.9
... that the blood-sucking bug Primicimex cavernis survives in a cave in Texas while the bats on which it feeds overwinter elsewhere?
List of The Mandalorian characters
2020-03-22
2,371 [ e]
98.8
... that "Baby Yoda " is considered the breakout character of the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian ?
Frieda Rapoport Caplan
2020-03-15
2,361
98.4
... that Frieda Caplan , a pioneer of the specialty-produce industry in the U.S., introduced the kiwifruit to the American market?
Whitehall Building
2020-03-30
2,291
95.5
... that the Whitehall Building in New York City was developed by a company headed by the inventor of Vaseline ?
Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema
2020-03-27
2,278 [ f]
94.9
... that due to its similarity to the coronavirus pandemic , Warner Bros. ' second most successful film of 2020 so far is 2011's Contagion ?
Caroline Dubois (boxer)
2020-03-08
2,264
94.3
... that boxing World Youth champion Caroline Dubois pretended to be a boy named Colin when she started training?
Toni Shaw
2020-03-02
2,242
93.4
... that British Paralympic swimmer Toni Shaw has set a world record in the S9 200 m (660 ft) butterfly at the age of 15?
Raymond W. Bliss
2020-03-04
2,240
93.3
... that General Raymond W. Bliss opened the United States Army's first radioactive-isotope laboratory in 1949?
Raphael Warnock
2020-03-24
2,216
92.3
... that the Reverend Raphael Warnock has hosted Al Gore at his church , and been arrested at the Georgia State Capitol ?
Kristi Zea
2020-03-14
2,206
91.9
... that production designer Kristi Zea created the visual imagery for The Silence of the Lambs , including a scene that the script described only as "a snapshot from hell"?
Gentianella anglica
2020-03-29
2,162
90.1
... that the flowering plant Gentianella anglica is found only in Great Britain?
Pride in STEM
2020-03-14
2,158
89.9
... that Pride in STEM wants to "queer up science spaces and science up queer spaces"?
S.W. Randall Toyes and Giftes
2020-03-29
2,157
89.9
... that after 50 years in business, S.W. Randall Toyes and Giftes is both a landmark and a stop on "Haunted Pittsburgh" tours?
Seán Quigley
2020-03-24
2,144
89.3
... that Gaelic footballer Seán Quigley was banned for one game for turning off the lights in a stadium tunnel?
Ripon Parks
2020-03-16
2,125
88.5
... that Ripon Parks is noted for its colonies of the parasitic common toothwort (pictured) , as well as for the yellow star-of-Bethlehem ?
KTVE (Texas)
2020-03-20
2,082
86.8
... that television station KTVE in Longview, Texas , broadcast the 1954 World Series without permission, and was ordered to cease and desist by the NBC network?
Eliodoro Bianchi
2020-03-04
2,081
86.7
... that tenor and voice teacher Eliodoro Bianchi (depicted) performed in many world premieres of operas, with Rossini expressly writing two roles for him?
Frieda Nadig
2020-03-08
2,070
86.2
... that Frieda Nadig , one of the four "mothers" of the German constitution , proposed to include the sentence "men and women have equal rights", but was initially voted down?
Hiraizumi Kiyoshi
2020-03-29
2,012
83.8
... that history professor Hiraizumi Kiyoshi believed Emperor Jimmu to have been a real historical figure?
Berthella ocellata
2020-03-17
1,362
56.7
... that the sea slug Berthella ocellata hides during the day and feeds on sponges such as Corticium candelabrum at night?
Corticium candelabrum
642
26.8
Total
2,004
83.5
Nucleoid
2020-03-11
2,002
83.4
... that the nucleoid keeps the bulk of a bacterium 's DNA both compact and well organized?
Haraguchi Kensai
2020-03-15
1,984
82.7
... that Haraguchi Kensai led the Imperial Japanese Army 's 13th Division in the invasion of Sakhalin ?
IXI Limited
2020-03-19
1,964
81.8
... that IXI Limited was one of many computer companies to sprout from an acorn ?
JFK/UMass station
2020-03-19
1,946
81.1
... that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority twice built new lines bypassing JFK/UMass station , only to add platforms later?
1956 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
2020-03-13
1,943
81.0
... that future president John F. Kennedy came in second to Senator Estes Kefauver in the 1956 Democratic vice-presidential ballot ?
Robert Ludwig Kahn
2020-03-22
1,920
80.0
... that poet and scholar Robert L. Kahn , who escaped Nazi Germany with a Kindertransport , became a professor of German at Rice University in Houston, Texas?
Imogen Says Nothing
2020-03-18
1,920
80.0
... that Aditi Kapil 's Imogen Says Nothing is inspired by a ghost character in Much Ado About Nothing ?
Peter Force
2020-03-29
1,906
79.4
... that Peter Force 's library is considered to be the most important collection of military manuscripts and maps from the American Revolution ?
WSWO-TV
2020-03-15
1,904
79.3
... that Ohio television station WSWO-TV went off the air the same week that its owner was arrested for stealing equipment from other stations?
Subduction tectonics of the Philippines
2020-03-07
1,885
78.5
... that extensive disturbances in the crust beneath the Philippines produce many volcanoes and earthquakes?
Sakharam Ganesh Pandit
2020-03-07
1,870
77.9
... that after Indian-American lawyer Sakharam Ganesh Pandit represented Bhagat Singh Thind in a 1923 U.S. Supreme Court case , the U.S. government attempted to revoke his citizenship?
The Red Dragon (magazine)
2020-03-14
1,858
77.4
... that The Red Dragon magazine was intended to "make known to the greater English world the characteristics and aims of the Welsh people and the beauties of their language and literature"?
Phyllodoce lineata
2020-03-03
1,850
77.1
... that the worm Phyllodoce lineata is a predator and scavenger, feeding mostly on other polychaetes ?
Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978
2020-03-21
1,844
76.8
... that a 1978 Jammu and Kashmir law enacted by Sheikh Abdullah was eventually used to detain his son and his grandson ?
Dan Lam
2020-03-28
1,830
76.2
... that sculptor Dan Lam was born in a refugee camp in Morong , Philippines?
Union Station (Walpole, Massachusetts)
2020-03-18
1,824
76.0
... that Union Station in Walpole, Massachusetts , was the site of the last semaphore signals in New England?
The Country Without a Post Office
2020-03-07
1,814
75.6
... that "The Country Without a Post Office " describes Kashmir as "a land of doomed addresses", because postal services were stopped for seven months during an armed uprising ?
List of Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong
2020-03-06
1,800
75.0
... that three Roman Catholic bishops of Hong Kong have been elevated to the College of Cardinals , even though the diocese is nominally only a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou ?
Sefer ve Sefel
2020-03-01
1,790
74.6
... that Sefer ve Sefel , a second-hand bookshop in Jerusalem, stocks more than 26,000 titles?
Heronian tetrahedron
2020-03-22
1,775
74.0
... that any tetrahedron that has integer edge lengths, face areas, and volume can be given in integer vertex coordinates?
Judith Liberman
2020-03-08
1,773
73.9
... that Judith Liberman learned storytelling in a French commune at the age of 14, and has gone on to reintroduce the telling of Anatolian fairy tales in Turkey?
Dara Tawfiq
2020-03-25
1,760
73.4
... that Kurdish nationalist Dara Tawfiq was the editor of Iraq's only independent newspaper in the early 1970s?
Bad Idea (Ariana Grande song)
2020-03-05
1,760
73.3
... that in her song "Bad Idea ", Ariana Grande calls herself "Ari-chan " in reference to her admiration of Japanese culture?
Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
2020-03-27
1,759
73.3
... that political scientist Elizabeth Theiss-Morse has written a book on the flexibility of the American national identity ?
Steve Sims (boxer)
2020-03-19
1,758
73.3
... that Welsh boxer Steve Sims has trained for fights by running up and down the 290 steps of the Newport Transporter Bridge ten times a day?
J. Hunter Guthrie
2020-03-23
1,754
73.1
... that J. Hunter Guthrie , president of Georgetown University , disbanded the university's football program because he considered it unprofitable and inconsistent with a Catholic university 's mission?
Indonesia–Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
2020-03-19
1,748
72.9
... that negotiations for the Indonesia–Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement were hindered by spying and executions ?
Anyone (Demi Lovato song)
2020-03-02
1,670
69.6
... that "Anyone " by Demi Lovato became the most downloaded song of the day in the U.S. after she performed it at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ?
J. Havens Richards
2020-03-20
1,669
69.5
... that J. Havens Richards , the president of Georgetown University , successfully petitioned Harvard Law School to admit the graduates of some Catholic colleges?
Anca Giurchescu
2020-03-27
1,666
69.4
... that while studying dance, Anca Giurchescu joined the Romanian national shooting team and won individual and team medals at the 1955 European Shooting Championships ?
1985 British Open
2020-03-20
1,652
68.8
... that the 1985 British Open was the first ranking snooker tournament not to feature a British player in the final?
Paz Vizla
2020-03-07
1,639
68.3
... that Jon Favreau , creator of the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian , also voiced the character of Paz Vizla ?
Palazzo del Governatore di Borgo
2020-03-26
1,596
66.5
... that the Palazzo del Governatore di Borgo in Rome was one of the first buildings to display architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger 's artistic maturity?
Querida Amazonia
2020-03-13
1,584
66.0
... that Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia does not explicitly endorse married Catholic priests , despite being called for by the Amazon synod ?
Vasily Savvin
2020-03-14
1,566
65.2
... that Vasily Savvin was the last commander of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union, and the first commander of the Internal Troops of Russia ?
Amy Langville
2020-03-01
1,552
64.7
... that former college basketball star Amy Langville is an expert in ranking systems, and has applied her ranking expertise to basketball bracketology ?
Llerena Friend
2020-03-19
1,528
63.6
... that Llerena Friend , the first director of the Barker Center for Texas History, lived in 24 different homes during her youth?
Silas Papare
2020-03-23
1,524
63.5
... that Papuan-born Silas Papare , who originally held pro-Dutch views, became pro-republican after World War II and founded the Indonesian Irian Independence Party ?
Charles B. Norton
2020-03-26
1,519
63.3
... that during the American Civil War, Charles B. Norton offered to hide Peter Force 's large library for fear of a Confederate attack on Washington, D.C.?
Mayerlin Rivas
2020-03-18
1,504
62.7
... that Mayerlin Rivas held World Boxing Association world championship titles in both bantamweight and super bantamweight classes?
Walter M. Giffard
2020-03-14
1,496
62.4
... that Walter M. Giffard was a member of the Republic of Hawaii 's Committee to Destroy Postage Stamps, Postcards and Stamped Envelopes?
Joseph Stoddart
2020-03-10
1,450
60.4
... that Joseph Stoddart was acknowledged as "one of the founding fathers" of intensive care in the UK?
The New Abnormal
2020-03-06
1,432
59.7
... that the Strokes revealed the release date for their sixth album The New Abnormal while performing at a rally for U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ?
Simethis
2020-03-23
1,381
57.5
... that despite being known as the Kerry lily , the perennial plant has a much wider distribution outside Ireland?
Manu Vunipola (rugby union, born 2000)
2020-03-13
1,368
57.0
... that in a January 2020 Premiership Rugby match, referee Luke Pearce appointed Manu Vunipola as Saracens captain, after Pearce decided that he did not want to speak with Jackson Wray ?
Aberbargoed Grasslands
2020-03-28
1,368
57.0
... that the Aberbargoed Grasslands in Wales were designated a Special Area of Conservation primarily due to their population of marsh fritillary butterflies, which had been threatened by an arson attack?
Ravi Kumar Dahiya
2020-03-15
1,366
56.9
... that for more than a decade, wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya 's father travelled daily from his village to Delhi to deliver milk and fruits to him?
Susan Folkman
2020-03-21
1,362
56.7
... that psychologist Susan Folkman coined the terms "problem-focused coping" and "emotion-focused coping"?
Aya Kyogoku
2020-03-21
1,320
55.0
... that video game director Aya Kyogoku created Animal Crossing: New Leaf with a team that was half female, and credits the team's diversity for the game's critical and commercial success?
Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration
2020-03-30
1,314
54.7
... that Shueisha , the publisher of Weekly Shōnen Jump , has produced a manga series in collaboration with Marvel Comics ?
Bríd Mahon
2020-03-31
1,242
51.8
... that Irish folklorist Bríd Mahon wrote the first of her hundreds of radio scripts for Radio Éireann as a child, discussing the history and music of County Cork ?
Odile Pierre
2020-03-22
1,226
51.1
... that Odile Pierre , who became interested in the organ at a recital by Marcel Dupré at the age of seven, later served as the organist of La Madeleine in Paris and played around 2,000 recitals herself?
Possession (Joywave album)
2020-03-13
1,180
49.2
... that Joywave 's third album Possession incorporates samples of audio from the Voyager Golden Record into its songs?
Union Church, Hong Kong
2020-03-26
1,174
48.9
... that the Union Church in Hong Kong was temporarily moved to the officers' mess of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps from 1945 to 1949?
Operación Alacrán
2020-03-25
1,170
48.7
... that the U.S. has imposed sanctions on Luis Parra and six other Venezuelan politicians in relation to an alleged corruption plot ?
Grace Kodindo
2020-03-08
1,168
48.6
... that the 2005 BBC documentary Dead Mums Don't Cry follows Grace Kodindo 's efforts to stem the maternal mortality rate in Chad , where pregnant and childbearing women had a 9 per cent chance of dying?
Nettie Lee Benson
2020-03-11
1,129
47.0
... that a course in Spanish North American history that Nettie Lee Benson took at the University of Texas inspired her lifelong interest in teaching and building libraries for Latin American studies ?
Chun Lung
2020-03-01
1,121
46.7
... that Guangdong native Chun Lung attended Yale University in 1879 after being educated in Hawaii's Punahou School ?
Danish Trade Union Confederation
2020-03-03
1,104
46.0
... that the Danish Trade Union Confederation , the country's largest trade union centre , promotes a model in which pay and working conditions are negotiated without state involvement?
Cristina Alberini
2020-03-08
1,100
45.8
... that neuroscientist Cristina Alberini uses both mammals, and invertebrates such as sea slugs , to study memory?
Sentientist Politics
2020-03-04
1,100
45.8
... that Alasdair Cochrane 's Sentientist Politics was the first book dedicated to extending cosmopolitan political theory to include animal rights ?
William Griswold (museum director)
2020-03-17
1,082
45.1
... that Cleveland Museum of Art director William Griswold negotiated the restitution of a Hanuman sculpture and a portrait of Drusus Julius Caesar after their questionable provenances were discovered?
Hydroides ezoensis
2020-03-13
1,078
44.9
... that larvae of the tube worm Hydroides ezoensis prefer to settle on a substrate already inhabited by other worms of their own species?
Angelina Atyam
2020-03-08
1,066
44.4
... that Angelina Atyam was awarded the 1998 UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights for campaigning for the release of captive children, including her own daughter kidnapped by Ugandan guerrillas ?
Shugo Nakamura
2020-03-28
1,038
43.2
... that Japanese voice actor Shugo Nakamura , who has voiced characters in The Idolmaster SideM and other anime series, was recognized as one of the Best New Actors at the 2019 Seiyu Awards ?
KBCQ-FM
2020-03-02
1,018
42.4
... that KBCQ-FM in Roswell, New Mexico , was traded on two separate occasions, for television stations in Amarillo, Texas , and in Richmond, Virginia ?
Wiener Hofmusikkapelle
2020-03-05
1,008
42.0
... that the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle , founded by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1498, was a forerunner of the Vienna Boys' Choir ?
Milltown (stadium)
2020-03-20
972
40.5
... that the first football match held after the renovation of Milltown stadium in Northern Ireland was abandoned due to a floodlight failure?
John Huntington
2020-03-09
970
40.4
... that industrialists John Huntington , Hinman Hurlbut , and Horace Kelley each independently bequeathed funds that would be used to form the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1913?
Alan Swallow
2020-03-05
954
39.7
... that Alan Swallow started his own solo publishing imprint, Alan Swallow Press , and published novels by Janet Lewis and Anaïs Nin ?
O salutaris hostia (Miškinis)
2020-03-11
953
39.7
... that O salutaris hostia (O saving victim), a setting of a Eucharistic hymn for mixed choir by Vytautas Miškinis , was performed in Brussels when Lithuania held the EU Council presidency ?
Madwoman (book)
2020-03-12
943
39.3
... that in the collection Madwoman , Jamaican-American poet Shara McCallum uses both English and Patwa , a creole she heard while growing up but never saw in writing?
Zoltán Kovács (ice hockey)
2020-03-03
928
38.6
... that Zoltán Kovács is the first Hungarian to receive the Paul Loicq Award for contributions to international ice hockey?
Green Arrow (Arrow episode)
2020-03-16
890
37.1
... that the premiere of the television series Arrow 's fourth season is the first time that the title character is referred to by his comics moniker Green Arrow ?
KMJR
2020-03-04
487
20.3
... that Texas radio stations KMJR , KXAI , and KBPA are part of a three-station facility change that will give the Educational Media Foundation a city-grade signal in San Antonio ?
KXAI
392
16.3
Total
878
36.6
Money Jane
2020-03-07
856
35.7
... that the 2000 Canadian hip-hop song "Money Jane " is credited with launching Sean Paul 's international music career?
Tum Hi Aana
2020-03-17
854
35.6
... that composer Payal Dev used multiple instruments in the 2019 Hindi ballad "Tum Hi Aana " to "give it the right amount of emotions"?
Georg von Dadelsen
2020-03-10
842
35.1
... that the musicologist Georg von Dadelsen wrote his dissertation on the chronology of Bach's compositions , and influenced the Neue Bach-Ausgabe , the second complete edition of his works?
Winston Price
2020-03-07
842
35.1
... that in 1953, American scientist Winston Price isolated the first rhinovirus , the most prevalent cause of the common cold ?
2002 BDO World Darts Championship
2020-03-24
812
33.9
... that darts player Tony David won the 2002 BDO World Darts Championship despite having haemophilia , which prevents him from straightening his throwing arm?
Robert Steadward
2020-03-18
810
33.8
... that Canadian professor Robert Steadward became the founding president of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989?
Irish Central Committee for the Employment of Women
2020-03-17
792
33.0
... that the Irish Central Committee for the Employment of Women , which operated from 1914 to 1919, paid Irish women the same as their British counterparts?
Dubarry Park
2020-03-15
790
32.9
... that Dubarry Park hosted the Irish rugby union team 's home matches in the Six Nations Under 20s Championship between 2005 and 2015?
Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
2020-03-18
766 [ g]
31.9
... that Jay Electronica began recording his 2007 mixtape Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) on a built-in laptop microphone?
1977 Dry Blackthorn Cup
2020-03-14
758
31.6
... that the 1977 Dry Blackthorn Cup was the first snooker event to be held at Wembley Conference Centre ?
Günter Kehr
2020-03-16
732
30.5
... that violinist Günter Kehr , director of the Peter Cornelius Conservatory from 1953, founded the Kehr Trio, a string trio that toured South America, North Africa, and the Near East?
Gösta Neuwirth
2020-03-30
668
27.8
... that Gösta Neuwirth studied composition and musicology in Vienna, but wrote his dissertation on harmony in Schreker 's opera Der ferne Klang in Berlin?
Michael Volle
2020-03-06
592
24.7
... that baritone Michael Volle has appeared as Wagner's Hans Sachs at the Bayreuth Festival and was awarded Der Faust for portraying Wozzeck ?
Roberto Saccà
2020-03-01
544
22.7
... that tenor Roberto Saccà has portrayed opera characters such as Haydn's Orfeo , Pfitzner's Palestrina , and Herbert Willi 's Elias?