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The Cock Destroyers 2024-11-13   40,261 1,677.5 ... that The Cock Destroyers (pictured) released a trans-inclusive sex education video for Netflix before hosting Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer?
Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer 12,336 514.0
Total 52,598 2,191.6
Chili Williams 2024-11-01   37,218 1,550.8 ... that a photograph of Chili Williams, known as the "Polka Dot Girl" (pictured), was one of the "two most famous pin-up pictures" of World War II?
He Fucked the Girl Out of Me 2024-11-20 29,262 1,219.2 ... that a review described He Fucked the Girl Out of Me as being about "all the ways in which American society fails its most vulnerable"?
Cannonball (Milwaukee Road train) 2024-11-14   28,204 1,175.2 ... that despite being an ordinary commuter train, the Cannonball (pictured) was known for its Friday-night parties?
Elogio del Horizonte 2024-11-19   26,167 1,090.3 ... that Elogio del Horizonte (pictured) has been nicknamed "King Kong's toilet"?
Fijian Labour Corps 2024-11-12   25,703 1,071.0 ... that members of the Fijian Labour Corps (pictured) attracted notice on the Western Front of World War I for their height and muscularity?
Teniky 2024-11-11   24,940 1,039.2 ... that an enigmatic ancient site deep in Madagascar (pictured) may have been built by Zoroastrians?
James Davis (escaped convict) 2024-11-03   24,630 1,026.2 ... that convict James Davis (pictured) escaped custody in Australia and lived with Aboriginal Australians for 13 years?
Sheetz–Wawa rivalry 2024-11-15 24,246 1,010.2 ... that at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, vice presidential nominee Tim Walz was booed for visiting the "wrong" Pennsylvanian gas station chain?
Methuselah (lungfish) 2024-11-05 20,790 873.8 ... that Methuselah likes belly rubs?
Anaïs Gallagher 2024-11-02 9,251 385.5 ... that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced "the most controversial band reunion since the Sex Pistols' 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour", Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism?
Oasis Live '25 Tour 7,666 319.4
Filthy Lucre Tour 3,742 155.9
Total 20,658 860.8
Zhuhai Fisher Girl 2024-11-04   15,262 635.7 ... that Chinese sculptor Pan He created the Zhuhai Fisher Girl (pictured), an icon of Zhuhai?
Pan He 5,276 219.7
Total 20,538 855.4
Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik 2024-11-10 20,266 844.4 ... that during the Second World War the British government transmitted German music to Nazi U-boats?
Sajou no Hana 2024-11-06   19,896 829.0 ... that the name of the Japanese band Sajou no Hana (vocalist pictured) has no official meaning?
Texas and Pacific 610 2024-11-20   19,028 792.8 ... that Texas and Pacific 610 (pictured) was once bought for $1?
Glomp 2024-11-09 18,975 790.6 ... that a "glomping circle" in 2008 reportedly lasted seven hours?
Gitmo playlist 2024-11-14 18,848 785.4 ... that the music producer of Barney & Friends considered it ludicrous that its theme song was used in torture at Guantanamo Bay?
Lesser sign of the cross 2024-11-06 18,566 773.6 ... that the practice of some Christians of making the lesser sign of the cross has been traced back to the 11th century?
Vivian Stranders 2024-11-07 17,788 741.2 ... that Vivian Stranders, a British-born Jew, served as an officer in the Nazi SS?
Jewish dairy restaurant 2024-11-17 17,586 732.8 ... that Leon Trotsky frequented a Jewish dairy restaurant in the Bronx but refused to tip, and the waiters retaliated by spilling hot soup on him?
The Gust of Wind (Renoir) 2024-11-19 17,399 725.0 ... that The Gust of Wind is Renoir's attempt to paint air?
Kent Brushes 2024-11-09   17,294 720.6 ... that Kent Brushes have supplied their products (examples pictured) to every British monarch since George IV?
Pleasure Garden (painting) 2024-11-12 17,055 710.6 ... that controversy ensued when the painting Pleasure Garden was offered to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery?
Sailor Song (song) 2024-11-07 11,106 462.8 ... that the lyrics of Gigi Perez's "Sailor Song" were criticized by far-right conservative Christian communities?
Gigi Perez 5,557[a] 231.5
Total 16,664 694.3
Western Air Lines Flight 636 2024-11-08 16,138 672.4 ... that two of the victims and much of the aircraft involved in the crash of Western Air Lines Flight 636 were never removed from San Francisco Bay?
It's OK I'm OK 2024-11-10 15,794 658.1 ... that the music video for "It's OK I'm OK" was edited to make its singer appear naked?
Jacques Lewis 2024-11-11 14,716 613.2 ... that Jacques Lewis, a 105-year-old French veteran of D-Day, insisted on participating in a ceremony commemorating the invasion's 80th anniversary?
Allison Reese 2024-11-07 14,702 612.6 ... that Allison Reese has received millions of views for her impressions of Kamala Harris?
Xifeng concentration camp 2024-11-13 14,632 609.7 ... that the barracks at the Xifeng concentration camp were named for Confucian tenets such as righteousness and filial piety?
Sammy Basso 2024-11-05 14,491 609.1 ... that Sammy Basso was the oldest known person with progeria?
Núria Llansà 2024-11-10   14,359 598.3 ... that despite being Barcelona's starting goalkeeper for 1972, Núria Llansà (pictured) played one match as right-back?
Middlesex Regiment alien labour units 2024-11-03 14,036 584.8 ... that the British Army deployed companies of aliens to France during the First World War?
Tyromancy 2024-11-18 13,870 577.9 ... that tyromancy is a form of fortune-telling using cheese?
Trilobite Wilderness 2024-11-20 12,907 537.8 ... that the Trilobite Wilderness is so rich in trilobite fossils that in places virtually every rock contains a fossil?
Luce (mascot) 2024-11-09 12,762[b] 531.8 ... that the Holy See has been represented by an anime-style mascot?
Rincón Chileno 2024-11-16   12,646 526.9 ... that Rincón Chileno (pictured) was nicknamed the "second Chilean consulate" by the Chilean immigrant community in Los Angeles?
Aniello Prisco 2024-11-09 12,611 525.5 ... that Aniello Prisco was shot to death while trying to extort a crime boss?
Church of the East in Sichuan 2024-11-18 12,592 524.7 ... that a Chinese poet wrote about a Syriac church in Sichuan without knowing what it was?
Edmonds (brand) 2024-11-18 12,525 521.9 ... that housewives were encouraged to keep Edmonds baking-powder tins to be used as bombs?
Cycling in China 2024-11-15 12,364 515.2 ... that China was once the "Kingdom of Bicycles"?
Mouthwashing (video game) 2024-11-05 12,220[c] 513.6 ... that the 2024 psychological horror game Mouthwashing utilises non-diegetic scene transitions that mimic glitches and crashes?
John W. Keogh 2024-11-05 11,954 502.4 ... that John W. Keogh killed an attorney to encourage redistricting?
Fengshan (general) 2024-11-13 11,896 495.7 ... that the assassination of Fengshan resulted in a pun combining fried eggs and bombs?
Genesis (Lebrun) 2024-11-08   11,355 473.1 ... that Rico Lebrun refused to submit sketches of Genesis (detail pictured), a mural commissioned by Pomona College, for approval by its board of trustees?
Dan Rossi 2024-11-10 11,190 466.3 ... that hot-dog vendor Dan Rossi has slept inside his cart overnight to preserve his spot in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Harvey Tuckett 2024-11-20 11,016 459.0 ... that cavalry officer Harvey Tuckett retired from the British Army to become an actor, but was shot in a duel by his former commanding officer?
HMNZS Manawanui (2019) 2024-11-04 10,848 451.8 ... that in October 2024 Manawanui became the first Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to be lost in peacetime?
Victoria Roshchyna 2024-11-08 10,300 429.2 ... that Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna's car was once fired on by Russian tanks?
Abraham Hamadeh 2024-11-10 10,220[d] 425.8 ... that Abraham Hamadeh lost one of the closest elections in Arizona history by 280 votes, and has filed multiple lawsuits challenging the results?
Disputes on Wikipedia 2024-11-11 10,211 425.5 ... that editors often line up in rival camps during contentious disputes on Wikipedia and the winning side typically cites encyclopedic policies to favor their viewpoint?
Eunus 2024-11-15 10,133 422.2 ... that Eunus, a Syrian slave and reputed prophet, led a slave revolt in Sicily against the Roman Republic?
Jabulani Mabuza 2024-11-15 10,130 422.1 ... that "Buy Cash" is the speaker of the House of Assembly of Eswatini?
Conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season 2024-11-07 10,115 421.5 ... that several major U.S. politicians have spread conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?
Ana Eva Hei 2024-11-03 10,114 421.4 ... that one of the last surviving women from Rapa Nui to receive traditional facial tattoos was queen consort Ana Eva Hei?
History Instructing Youth 2024-11-15   10,076 419.8 ... that Martha Washington's portrait on the 1896 US one-dollar silver certificate (pictured) is the most recent time that a woman has been featured on US paper money?
Francis W. Kelly 2024-11-04 9,890 412.0 ... that Marine chaplain Francis W. Kelly was known as "Father Foxhole" for his presence on the front lines of the Pacific Theater?
45 East 66th Street 2024-11-03 9,853 410.5 ... that the tenants of a New York City apartment building protested against its owner by going to a racetrack and betting on his horse?
1917 Łódź City Council election 2024-11-17   9,598 399.9 ... that socialists received 31 percent of the vote in the 1917 Łódź City Council election (campaign poster pictured), but the system implemented by the German occupying authorities only gave them 8 percent of the seats?
Funnyback 2024-11-03 9,462 394.2 ... that America's first small-size silver certificate was referred to as a Funnyback?
İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra 2024-11-13 9,328 388.7 ... that Northern Cypriot minister of health İzlem Gürçağ Altuğra warned that her country would be destroyed unless it started producing drugs?
Eternity in Flames 2024-11-17 9,298 387.4 ... that Eternity in Flames, now commonly shown in Chinese schools, was banned during the Cultural Revolution?
George Frederick Cumming Smillie 2024-11-06 9,230 384.6 ... that a portrait engraver made the controversial decision to change a Sioux chief's war bonnet so that it would fit on the 1899 United States five-dollar silver certificate?
Talk Talk (Charli XCX song) 2024-11-06 9,042 376.8 ... that Charli XCX once followed George Daniel into a toilet but stopped halfway, and later wrote the song "Talk Talk" about the experience?
Kere (famine) 2024-11-17 9,025 376.0 ... that a recurrent famine has haunted Madagascar's southern regions since the 1930s?
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (song) 2024-11-19 8,798 366.6 ... that "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" has been credited with bringing dubstep to the mainstream?
The True Record 2024-11-07   8,610 358.8 ... that The True Record (issue pictured) closed shortly after implicating Provisional President Yuan Shikai in the assassination of Song Jiaoren?
Brick by Brick: How Lego Rewrote the Rules of Innovation 2024-11-20 8,470 352.9 ... that the 2013 book Brick by Brick, about how The Lego Group reinvented itself, became a popular business text?
How You Get the Girl 2024-11-18   8,461 352.5 ... that the choreography of "How You Get the Girl" during the 1989 World Tour (pictured) resembled that of the musical Singin' in the Rain?
Muadianvita Kazadi 2024-11-01 8,416 350.6 ... that NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi viewed football as "war", according to a teammate?
Eddie Sheldrake 2024-11-16 8,356 348.1 ... that before selling chicken and pies, 5-foot-9-inch (1.75 m) Eddie Sheldrake broke UCLA's single-game scoring record in basketball?
Puck Building 2024-11-04 8,101 337.4 ... that the Puck Building has two gilded Pucks?
Edmonds Band Rotunda 2024-11-02   8,015 334.0 ... that the basement of the Edmonds Band Rotunda (pictured) was once used as a kitchen?
Ye Gongchuo 2024-11-12 7,990 332.9 ... that Ye Gongchuo worked for emperors, warlords and republicans before leaving politics to focus on art?
Yang Pao'an 2024-11-01 7,958 331.6 ... that Yang Pao'an refused to forsake the Chinese Communist Party, reportedly even after a telephone call with Chiang Kai-shek?
Delibird 2024-11-01 7,928 330.3 ... that, despite Delibird being directly inspired by Santa Claus, TheGamer refused to give it the title of Christmas Pokémon?
Alex Portal 2024-11-04 4,590 191.2 ... that swimmer Alex Portal and his brother Kylian Portal both won medals in the same event at the 2024 Paralympics?
Kylian Portal 3,326 138.5
Total 7,916 329.7
Meijer de Hond 2024-11-12 7,900 329.2 ... that Dutch rabbi Meijer de Hond, who grew up in poverty, was known as the Volksrebbe ('people's rabbi') for his popularity among the Jewish poor of Amsterdam?
Helmut Bauer (bishop) 2024-11-20 7,828 326.1 ... that Helmut Bauer confirmed around 150,000 young people, including 500 in Tanzania?
Rose O'Neill (Irish noblewoman) 2024-11-06 7,793 324.7 ... that Rose O'Neill's marriage to Hugh Roe O'Donnell united two powerful noble families that had been rivals for centuries?
Diaspora Revolt 2024-11-11 7,526 313.6 ... that the suppression of the Diaspora Revolt of 115–117 CE led to the near-total annihilation and displacement of Jewish communities in Cyrenaica, Cyprus, and much of Egypt?
Manifesto (2015 film) 2024-11-03 7,513 313.0 ... that Cate Blanchett played 13 different characters in the multi-screen film installation Manifesto?
Lichfield War Memorial 2024-11-10 7,474 311.4 ... that the Lichfield War Memorial includes a life-size depiction of Saint George and a slain dragon?
School lunch in Japan 2024-11-09 7,414 308.9 ... that crab is served in school meals in Toyama Prefecture?
Ivan Ivan (ice hockey) 2024-11-03 7,262 302.6 ... that Ivan Ivan played for the Eagles and the Eagles?
Ye Yanlan 2024-11-11 7,170 298.8 ... that, according to his family, Ye Yanlan was compelled to leave government service after speaking Cantonese in front of the emperor of China?
Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków 2024-11-19 7,132 297.2 ... that a modern Polish fairy tale, written during the period of martial law in Poland in the 1980s, mixes the themes of real-world environmental protection and fantasy-like gnomes?
Flag of Falcón 2024-11-10 5,422 225.9 ... that the current flag of Falcón, a state of Venezuela, was first hoisted at the Monument to the Venezuelan Federation in 2006 and is based on the design of the 1806 naval flag of Francisco de Miranda?
Monument to the Venezuelan Federation 1,672 69.7
Total 7,095 295.6
Ricot Joseph 2024-11-08 6,826 284.4 ... that college football player Ricot Joseph declined a full scholarship so that he could be a walk-on?
Dalibor Riccardi 2024-11-15 6,714 279.8 ... that Dalibor Riccardi, a head of state of San Marino, has played more than 70 matches in the country's football league?
Stadium ban decision 2024-11-01 6,678 278.3 ... that a German court's decision involving football stadiums may preclude Facebook from arbitrarily banning users?
Laws of London 2024-11-18 6,580 274.2 ... that according to the Laws of London, merchants from lands ruled by the German emperor enjoyed special trading privileges in 11th-century London?
Kaunas Carillon 2024-11-14 6,546 272.8 ... that with the exception of one day in 1941, the Kaunas Carillon stopped playing music for sixteen years due to the Soviet and German occupations of Lithuania?
E-Defense 2024-11-04 6,546 272.7 ... that when the E-Defense was commissioned in 2005, it was the world's largest 3D earthquake shake table?
Michael S. Harrison 2024-11-08 6,412 267.2 ... that a superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department posed as a corrupt officer during covert operations?
Carlton Colville Scouts Memorial 2024-11-11 6,330 263.7 ... that a memorial in Suffolk, England, marks the deaths of six members of a scout troop in a 1914 boating accident and that of the sole survivor two years later in the Battle of the Somme?
Don Bragg (basketball) 2024-11-05 6,234 262.0 ... that the Korean War allowed Don Bragg to set a UCLA basketball record for the most rebounds by a varsity freshman, which stood for almost 40 years?
Nocturna (band) 2024-11-18 6,262 260.9 ... that the members of Nocturna met for the first time while recording their debut album?
Alan Rosen (restaurant owner) 2024-11-15 6,238 259.9 ... that Alan Rosen once sold 2,400 cheesecakes in four minutes to television shoppers?
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures 2024-11-02 6,184 257.7 ... that Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures excludes mentions of Nazism that are present in the Indiana Jones films?
Kichuś majstra Lepigliny 2024-11-16 6,119 255.0 ... that a book known as the "Polish Pinocchio" was published a hundred years ago?
50 Lan 2024-11-11 6,105 254.4 ... that 50 Lan occupied the number-one spot in Taiwan's bubble tea market for most of 2023?
Maria Muntañola Cvetković 2024-11-19 6,028 251.1 ... that after fleeing to Argentina as a Spanish Civil War refugee, Maria Muntañola Cvetković became one of Yugoslavia's first experts on microfungi?
2024 Ohio Issue 1 2024-11-17 5,934 247.2 ... that the ballot summary for 2024 Ohio Issue 1 was a flashpoint for legal action?
Mitch Torres 2024-11-02 5,844 243.5 ... that Mitch Torres is a "self-proclaimed damper destroyer"?
Jeya Wilson 2024-11-14 5,836 243.2 ... that Jeya Wilson invited New Zealand prime minister David Lange to debate the moral indefensibility of nuclear weapons at the Oxford Union?
Patricia Taylor 2024-11-09 5,832 243.0 ... that Canadian microbiologist Patricia Taylor helped American diplomats hide in her house in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis?
Nathania Ong 2024-11-13 5,816 242.3 ... that Nathania Ong had not seen Les Misérables before successfully auditioning for the role of Éponine?
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences 2024-11-05   5,700 239.6 ... that a screen based on the circuitry of a rat brain (pictured) is displayed on the façade of the Jerusalem-based Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences?
WOGX 2024-11-14 5,725 238.5 ... that the FCC canceled a permit to build a Florida TV station, finding that "the most prominent facility completed within the studio building appears to be a toilet"?
Marie Marcks 2024-11-03 5,588 232.9 ... that Marie Marcks sarcastically caricatured gender roles like no one before, according to Jutta Limbach?
Checheyigen 2024-11-15 5,484 228.5 ... that Checheyigen's political acumen ensured that her family became one of the most powerful in the Mongol Empire?
American Viscose Plant Historic District 2024-11-16 5,422 225.9 ... that smokestacks at a former rayon mill were stabilized by dropping bricks into them?
240 Centre Street 2024-11-14 5,360 223.3 ... that a renovation of 240 Centre Street was delayed by several months because a street map was incorrect?
You Are Here (song) 2024-11-01 5,360 223.3 ... that the music video for John Lennon's "You Are Here", issued half a century after the song was released, shows previously unseen footage of Lennon?
Diplodus argenteus 2024-11-01 5,342 222.6 ... that despite being commonly found off the coast of Argentina, Diplodus argenteus is not named after the country?
Benjamin Franklin Shumard 2024-11-20 5,332 222.2 ... that Benjamin Franklin Shumard's assistant named an oak species after him, and then sabotaged his reinstatement after he was fired?
Neknampur Lake 2024-11-20 5,241 218.4 ... that the restoration of Neknampur Lake was recognised "as the best model of lake restoration in India"?
Black Lesbian and Gay Centre 2024-11-06 5,234 218.1 ... that a rainbow plaque marks the site of Peckham's Black Lesbian and Gay Centre?
Chinese Garden MRT station 2024-11-12 5,214 217.3 ... that Chinese Garden MRT station did not originally have access to the Chinese Garden?
Second Adrian Hasler cabinet 2024-11-02 5,200 216.7 ... that a member of the second Adrian Hasler cabinet was expelled in 2019 following an embezzlement scandal?
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone 2024-11-11 5,013 208.9 ... that although Hugh O'Neill publicly assisted the English Crown in thwarting Irish rebels during the Nine Years' War, he was secretly the leader of the Irish confederacy?
SELF-iSH 2024-11-12 4,964 206.9 ... that Will Wood performed nude for the music video of a song on SELF-iSH?
Irish Museum of Time 2024-11-11 4,928 205.4 ... that the world's oldest timepiece with an anchor escapement is in the collection of the Irish Museum of Time?
Malaysia Monument 2024-11-04 4,916 204.7 ... that the Chinese community of Kota Kinabalu sponsored the creation of the Malaysia Monument just 20 days before it needed to be completed to mark the formation of Malaysia?
Grizel Niven 2024-11-08 4,860 202.5 ... that Grizel Niven created "The Bessie", the Women's Prize for Fiction statuette, which a past winner called "ugly"?
Xinwen Bao 2024-11-14 4,844 201.8 ... that the Xinwen Bao was first published during the Lunar New Year to take advantage of its competitors being on hiatus?
Dundonald House 2024-11-08 4,786 199.4 ... that the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Prison Service were breached by protestors in 2003?
Come In (Weatherday album) 2024-11-02 4,736 197.3 ... that Come In was recorded on a hands-free microphone attached to a pair of headphones?
Beijing Hanhai 2024-11-06 4,680 195.0 ... that one of the paintings sold by Beijing Hanhai was stolen by an emperor, and another was hidden in a well?
Hasan Ali (activist) 2024-11-18 4,680 195.0 ... that language activist Hasan Ali spent more than 20 years compiling a dictionary of the Osing language?
Sonya Friedman 2024-11-14 4,671 194.6 ... that psychologist Sonya Friedman recommends that women create a totem, a collection of objects that represent important turning points in their lives?
The Lock-Up 2024-11-08 4,643 193.5 ... that The Lock-Up, an art gallery housed in a former police station, retains the graffiti drawn by prisoners in the holding cells and has incorporated it into a performative exhibition?
He Jianshi 2024-11-09 4,569 190.4 ... that He Jianshi used Chinese opera to advance a revolution against the Qing dynasty?
Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs 2024-11-07 4,519 188.3 ... that Manhood was Josh Hawley's second book to be published by Regnery, after he was dropped by Simon & Schuster for his support of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election?
Tore Skeie 2024-11-05 4,435 186.4 ... that Tore Skeie's first book, written while he faced severe financial hardship, won him a prize of NOK 100,000?
Georgina Sutton 2024-11-17 4,422 184.2 ... that Georgina Sutton was the first woman to be appointed the chief pilot of an Australian airline?
List of oral repositories 2024-11-02 4,409 183.7 ... that oral repositories are individuals trusted with memorising a society's oral traditions, and have been termed "walking libraries"?
Teleke Lauti 2024-11-01 4,391 183.0 ... that politician Teleke Lauti unseated a former prime minister, was himself unseated by a future prime minister, and later ran again to replace a former prime minister?
Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District 2024-11-12 4,385 182.7 ... that the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District has 102 properties within 12 blocks and contains "excellent examples of the predominant architecture styles of the 1920s and 1930s"?
Socialist Party of India (1955) 2024-11-16 4,200 175.0 ... that in its 1962 election campaign, the Socialist Party of India demanded that twice-yearly inter-caste dining be made a mandatory criterion for government employment?
Criminals (Meghan Trainor song) 2024-11-16 4,166 173.6 ... that the cast of The Perfect Couple created a WhatsApp group to avoid filming a dance sequence to the theme song?
Pulp and paper industry in Indonesia 2024-11-05 4,020 168.9 ... that the Indonesian pulp and paper industry collectively controls over 10 million hectares of land?
Margaret Pargeter 2024-11-09 4,027 167.8 ... that Margaret Pargeter published 49 books in eleven years, with another book following eleven years later?
Marina Kondratyeva 2024-11-17 3,996 166.5 ... that ballerina Marina Kondratyeva served the Bolshoi Ballet and its school for over 70 years?
Dolichostachys 2024-11-20 3,939 164.1 ... that although the plant species Dolichostachys elongata was first described in 1962, it was not considered validly published until 60 years later?
All Hell Breaks Loose (Charmed) 2024-11-13 3,917 163.2 ... that "All Hell Breaks Loose", the last episode of Charmed to feature Shannen Doherty as Prue, was also directed by her?
Roger Farmer (American football) 2024-11-17 3,850 160.4 ... that Roger Farmer, the first NFL player from Barbados, reached the league after playing for schools that a newspaper described as having "terrible records"?
Od Warszawy do Ojcowa 2024-11-06 3,795 158.1 ... that From Warsaw to Ojców, an 1897 Polish adventure and travel novel for young readers, was inspired by Jules Verne's works but reflects Polish patriotic and educational values?
Growing Form 2024-11-10 3,788 157.9 ... that sculptor Moelwyn Merchant described his 1982 piece Growing Form as resembling "a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"?
Wasswa Serwanga 2024-11-19 3,756 156.5 ... that Wasswa Serwanga and his twin brother were the first two NFL players from Uganda?
Embassy of the Philippines, Bucharest 2024-11-07 3,726 155.2 ... that the embassy of the Philippines in Bucharest is the country's first mission in the Eastern Bloc?
Walter Campbell Smith 2024-11-12 3,592 149.7 ... that Walter Campbell Smith's training in mineralogy led him to volunteer with the chemical warfare unit of British Army during World War I?
De Vinne Press Building 2024-11-08 3,541 147.5 ... that the owner of the De Vinne Press Building finalized his purchase of the building while in an elevator?
Abortion in Equatorial Guinea 2024-11-19 3,521 146.7 ... that Equatorial Guinea's national abortion law is, as of 2022, one of only eleven that requires a woman to get her spouse's approval to receive an abortion?
Blanche Badcock 2024-11-02 3,518 146.6 ... that a poultry farmer was the first woman to compete for the Sovereign's Prize, the highest honour in British rifle shooting?
Neath, New South Wales 2024-11-09 3,494 145.6 ... that the rural village of Neath, New South Wales, had a population of three Tok Pisin speakers in 2021?
Veylma Falaeo 2024-11-18 3,470 144.6 ... that the politician Veylma Falaeo is the first woman to be President of the Congress of New Caledonia?
El Eternauta: tercera parte 2024-11-13 3,206 133.6 ... that El Eternauta: tercera parte kept Héctor Germán Oesterheld, the creator of the original comic, as a narrator after he was disappeared?
Tenzin Doendrup 2024-11-07 3,197 133.2 ... that Tenzin Doendrup, the 68th Je Khenpo and chief abbot of Bhutan, issued a decree to stop the practice of animal sacrifices?
Beth Kempton 2024-11-04 3,194 133.1 ... that self-help author Beth Kempton held positions at both the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Tokyo and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
KTSF 2024-11-19 3,172 132.1 ... that the Japanese TV show Iron Chef gained a cult following on a San Francisco TV station before it was dubbed into English and aired on the Food Network?
Moses da Rieti 2024-11-13 3,108 129.5 ... that a poem by Moses da Rieti includes an encyclopedia of the sciences, a Jewish paradise fantasy, and a post-biblical history of Jewish literature?
Typhoon Thelma (1977) 2024-11-05 3,078 129.4 ... that 1977's Typhoon Thelma was the most destructive event in Taiwan since World War II?
Wilf Perreault 2024-11-12 2,830 117.9 ... that Wilf Perreault's artwork of landscapes and alleyways was influenced by artists such as Reta Cowley and Dorothy Knowles?
Sun Jianai 2024-11-16 2,718 113.3 ... that Sun Jianai co-founded one of China's first national universities in 1898?
Johann Friedrich Hartknoch 2024-11-18 2,640 110.0 ... that Johann Friedrich Hartknoch published the first edition of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason?
The Nualas 2024-11-03 2,421 100.9 ... that the Nualas' 2015 novelty song "Yes 2 Love" was created to promote a yes vote?
Eurovision Song Contest 2000 2024-11-16 2,310 96.2 ... that the 2000 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was the first to be broadcast live over the internet?
Frederick Prigg 2024-11-06 2,304 96.0 ... that Frederick Prigg and his predecessor as secretary of the Provisional Government of Oregon were both doctors who drowned in a river at Oregon City just three years apart?
Negussie Roba 2024-11-16 2,254 93.9 ... that Negussie Roba was an Olympic sprinter who later became a top marathon coach?
Samuel Lander 2024-11-17 2,231 93.0 ... that Samuel Lander founded the Williamston Female College in an abandoned hotel?
Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape 2024-11-04 2,211 92.1 ... that Toby Keith's last recording before his death was a cover of Joe Diffie's "Ships That Don't Come In" on the tribute album Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape?
Mind 2024-11-01 2,134[e] 88.9 ... that diverse fields study the mind, including psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy?
David de Pomis 2024-11-02 2,011 83.8 ... that David de Pomis published a trilingual HebrewAramaic, Latin and Italian dictionary in 1587?
Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies 2024-11-15 1,968 82.0 ... that the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies houses a John Steinbeck archive of more than 50,000 items?
Charles Biasiny-Rivera 2024-11-10 1,821 75.9 ... that photographer Charles Biasiny-Rivera and fellow members of the artistic collective En Foco drove around New York City in his Volkswagen Bus putting on art exhibitions in Latino neighborhoods?
2022 Bahrain Grand Prix 2024-11-07 1,506 62.8 ... that the first Chinese driver to race in Formula One debuted at the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix?

Notes

  1. ^ Excludes 2,780.0 background views
  2. ^ Excludes 12,781.5 background views
  3. ^ Excludes 13,117.5 background views
  4. ^ Excludes 2,781.5 background views
  5. ^ Excludes 1,742.5 background views