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Tammie Jo Shults
2018-07-06
25,998
1,083.2
... that Tammie Jo Shults (pictured) , captain of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 , was one of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy?
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380
12,888
537.0
Total
38,886
1,620.2
Rene Strange
2018-07-20
32,930
1,372.1
... that the puppets of Rene Strange (pictured) included Annie Pride of the Rockies, Mr Bertram, and Samoa the Hula Hula Girl?
Tina Strobos
2018-07-12
30,894
1,353.0
... that Dutch psychiatrist Tina Strobos (pictured) , who rescued over 100 Jewish refugees during World War II , said that her grandmother was the only person she knew who scared the Gestapo ?
Donald Trump baby balloon
2018-07-30
19,730
822.1
... that the Donald Trump baby balloon was flown over London's Parliament Square and Edinburgh's the Meadows (pictured ) ?
John W. Brady
2018-07-22
19,708
821.2
... that when Texas judge John W. Brady (pictured) heard his sentence for murdering his mistress, he cried out: "I didn't do it; I didn't do it. I do not deserve that sentence"?
Alchon Huns
2018-07-23
19,676
819.8
... that the kings of the Alchon Huns practiced artificial cranial deformation (pictured) to elongate their skulls?
Zoë Porphyrogenita
2018-07-24
19,333
805.5
... that the same day her husband was murdered, 55-year-old Byzantine Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita (pictured) married her young lover and had him crowned emperor the next day?
Death of Mustafa Tamimi
2018-07-11
18,820
784.2
... that the Israel Defense Forces exonerated the soldier who killed Mustafa Tamimi with a tear-gas canister (incident pictured) , saying the soldier had not seen "any people in the line of fire"?
Castle Lake (Washington)
2018-07-13
15,632
774.8
... that Castle Lake (pictured) was created by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens ?
Operation Black Buck
2018-07-03
18,562
773.4
... that during Operation Black Buck , Avro Vulcan bomber XM607 (pictured) flew for nearly 15 hours to drop 21 bombs on the Falkland Islands ?
Jack Sumner
2018-07-27
18,333
763.9
... that Grand Canyon explorer Jack Sumner intentionally castrated himself?
Fanjingshan
2018-07-26
17,829
742.9
... that Fanjingshan (pictured) , a sacred Buddhist mountain, was recently designated a UNESCO World Heritage site ?
Novara-class cruiser
2018-07-27
14,284
595.2
... that the Novara -class cruisers (SMS Novara pictured) were the largest warships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy to be used by the victors of World War I ?
Gowanus Canal
2018-07-24
13,096
545.7
... that New York City's Gowanus Canal is so heavily polluted that Enterococcus , which is found in human fecal matter, has been detected at more than 100 times above safe levels?
Brett Cantor
2018-07-30
12,456
519.0
... that since Brett Cantor 's fatal stab wounds 25 years ago today were similar to those of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman , O. J. Simpson's defense team was allowed to review the police case file?
Hailey Dawson
2018-07-25
12,330
513.7
... that 8-year-old Hailey Dawson (pictured) wants to throw out the first pitch in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums using her 3D-printed robotic hand ?
Female Red Guards of the Finnish Civil War
2018-07-01
12,097
504.0
... that more than 400 female Red Guards were shot after being captured during the 1918 Finnish Civil War , with some being raped before execution?
Feras Antoon
2018-07-19
11,649
485.4
... that Feras Antoon described one of his companies as "masters of the big-tit-MILF niche"?
Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century)
2018-07-13
9,709
481.2
... that Theodora was dragged from a monastery and forced to become Empress of the Byzantine Empire against her will?
Hi, Bob
2018-07-17
10,436
457.1
... that the drinking game Hi, Bob may have been the first to use prompts from a television show to initiate player action?
Chief (horse)
2018-07-18
10,544
439.3
... that Chief was the United States Army 's last cavalry horse ?
Zhu Yunming
2018-07-19
10,410
433.8
... that Zhu Yunming , an iconoclast known for his "wild-cursive" calligraphy (example pictured) , was born with eleven fingers?
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United Kingdom
2018-07-09
10,043
430.3
... that a German plan for the invasion of the United Kingdom became part of the plot for a best-selling novel ?
Dee Booher
2018-07-31
10,184
424.3
... that before she became a star in Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling , Dee Booher 's first professional match was against a 700-pound (320 kg) bear?
Youssef Obama
2018-07-07
9,916
413.1
... that footballer Youssef "Obama" Ibrahim was given his nickname due to his likeness to Barack Obama ?
Li Lin (physicist)
2018-07-16
9,862
410.9
... that Li Lin , her husband, and her father (pictured together with her mother) were all academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ?
Shadwell forgeries
2018-07-23
9,617
400.7
... that the Shadwell forgeries , crude 19th-century fake medieval artefacts, are now sought-after collectibles in their own right?
Petticoat Revolution
2018-07-18
9,540
397.5
... that during the Petticoat Revolution , Laura Starcher became mayor of Umatilla, Oregon , while keeping her candidacy a secret from her husband—the current mayor—until the afternoon of election day?
List of Icelandic writers
2018-07-02
9,530
397.1
... that in 2013 Iceland had the highest number of writers , books published, and books read per capita?
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
2018-07-31
9,492
395.5
... that when Marcus Bibulus opposed a law proposed by Julius Caesar , he was publicly soaked with excrement?
Vjekoslav Luburić
2018-07-18
9,434
393.1
... that Croatian concentration camp commander Vjekoslav Luburić 's wife divorced him in 1957 after she was sent an anonymous letter detailing his crimes?
Alma Mahler
2018-07-09
9,004
385.7
... that of thrice-married composer Alma Mahler (pictured) , Tom Lehrer crooned, "Alma, tell us! / All modern women are jealous / Which of your magical wands / got you Gustav and Walter and Franz "?
Gothic War (535–554)
2018-07-16
9,198
383.2
... that during the 6th-century Gothic War , Rome was besieged three times and sacked twice by the Goths ?
Witch of Agnesi
2018-07-25
9,078
378.2
... that the witch of Agnesi comes from a circle and kisses it ?
Qabaniso Malewezi
2018-07-02
9,018
375.8
... that Q wrote "Wikipedia"?
Michael IV the Paphlagonian
2018-07-17
8,578
375.7
... that before becoming Emperor of Byzantium, the young Michael IV was the previous emperor 's body servant and his wife 's lover?
Banat Republic
2018-07-26
8,560
356.7
... that an army commander in the Banat Republic of 1918 claimed it could raise 40,000 troops against the French Danube Army , but in reality it had less than 4,000?
Biggs jasper
2018-07-25
8,214
342.2
... that Biggs jasper is one of the most sought-after extremely siliceous gemstones?
Saturn Cafe
2018-07-16
8,122
338.4
... that the Saturn Cafe serves classic American diner food without the meat and grease?
List of Green Bay Packers retired numbers
2018-07-10
7,153
333.9
... that since their founding in 1919, the Green Bay Packers have retired the uniform numbers of only six players ?
Chequers Ring
2018-07-08
7,912
329.7
... that a secret compartment of Queen Elizabeth I 's Chequers Ring contains miniature portraits of the Queen and an unknown woman?
Asgardians of the Galaxy
2018-07-09
7,618
326.4
... that comic book writer Cullen Bunn included "touchstones" like Star Trek and Firefly in his pitch for Asgardians of the Galaxy ?
Serra Cross
2018-07-18
7,814
325.6
... that the Serra Cross (pictured) in Ventura, California , was sold in response to a threatened lawsuit challenging the use of public funds to maintain a religious symbol on public land?
Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews
2018-07-17
6,634
290.5
... that the 1944 Report on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews accused U.S. State Department officials of willfully obstructing attempts to rescue Holocaust refugees?
Endsleigh Gardens
2018-07-23
6,887
287.0
... that one side of Euston Square may have "tried to bury the murderous memories attached thereto" by changing its name to Endsleigh Gardens ?
Stormy Lake (Alaska)
2018-07-01
6,842
285.1
... that Alaska's Stormy Lake had to be poisoned to remove invasive species not once but twice?
Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor)
2018-07-09
6,614
283.4
... that the head of Constantine III was presented to his co-emperor Honorius on the end of a pole?
Timișoara Fortress
2018-07-28
6,693
278.9
... that after his first visit to Timișoara in 1307, Charles I of Hungary rebuilt Timișoara Fortress (pictured) in stone, using Italian craftsmen?
Macuahuitl
2018-07-22
6,646
276.9
... that there are accounts of a macuahuitl , a Mesoamerican weapon made from wood and stone, decapitating a horse?
Anastasius I Dicorus
2018-07-26
6,576
274.0
... that when Byzantine emperor Anastasius I died, he left a treasury with over 23 million gold solidi , equivalent to 420 long tons of gold?
Ofir Ben Shitrit
2018-07-02
5,924
246.8
... that Ofir Ben Shitrit was suspended from her religious girls' high school after singing on The Voice Israel ?
The Lucifer Effect
2018-07-12
5,524
241.9
... that in the book The Lucifer Effect , author Philip Zimbardo examines parallels between his 1971 Stanford prison experiment and the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case in 2003?
Henricia oculata
2018-07-20
5,712
238.0
... that the majority of Bloody Henry starfish are host to a parasitic copepod ?
Troop B, Washington Cavalry
2018-07-23
5,710
237.9
... that in 1917, a soldier of Troop B, Washington Cavalry wrote home that France was a "strange but wonderful land"?
63rd Street Lines
2018-07-20
5,684
236.8
... that the 63rd Street Line , a three-station subway line in New York City , was initially described as a "tunnel to nowhere" because it had no connections to other subway lines in the borough of Queens ?
Innocenzo Leonelli
2018-07-10
5,068
236.5
... that Innocenzo Leonelli gave his wealth to the poor and renounced his name to become a hermit ?
Six-String Soldiers
2018-07-19
5,648
235.3
... that the United States Army's Six-String Soldiers once opened for Creedence Clearwater Revival 's John Fogerty ?
HMS Sultan (1775)
2018-07-05
5,566
231.9
... that at the Battle of Negapatam , when most of the fleet turned away from the action, HMS Sultan was one of four British ships that turned into it?
Magnolia Way
2018-07-10
4,935
230.3
... that Magnolia Way , officially designated as Mississippi Highway 780, is unsigned at both ends?
Poralia
2018-07-16
3,062
127.6
... that Poralia rufescens , a deepwater discomedusan jellyfish , is so fragile that most specimens brought to the surface are damaged?
Discomedusae
2,450
102.1
Total
5,512
229.7
A Movie
2018-07-16
5,087
212.0
... that Bruce Conner found the soundtrack for A Movie while listening to the radio?
Packers sweep
2018-07-28
5,083
211.8
... that Vince Lombardi 's Packers sweep has been called one of the most famous American football plays in history?
Seattle head tax
2018-07-02
5,080
211.6
... that Amazon responded to the proposed Seattle head tax by threatening to halt development of a downtown office tower?
Pelham Bay Park
2018-07-02
5,070
211.2
... that with an area of 2,772 acres (1,122 ha), Pelham Bay Park is the largest public park in New York City ?
Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours
2018-07-17
4,778
209.3
... that the five versions of Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours ' painting The Earthquake (one version pictured) show his growing disillusion with politics after the French Revolution ?
Tacora
2018-07-02
4,996
208.2
... that Tacora (pictured) , Chile's northernmost volcano , was the site of substantial sulfur mining operations that were explicitly given to Chile in a 1929 treaty with Peru?
H & H Railroad
2018-07-29
3,302
137.6
... that Stanwood station was once served by the "Dinky ", claimed by local residents to be the world's shortest steam railway?
Stanwood station
1,630
67.9
Total
4,932
205.5
Lena Erdil
2018-07-03
4,916
204.9
... that international windsurfing champion Lena Erdil is the daughter of a Turkish father and a German mother, who met each other while windsurfing?
Nephasoma minutum
2018-07-30
4,804
200.2
... that the peanut worm Nephasoma minutum has been referred to as a "taxonomic wastebasket"?
Advanced Cell Therapeutics
2018-07-19
4,514
188.1
... that the CEO of Advanced Cell Therapeutics is on the Food and Drug Administration 's Most Wanted List after selling stem-cell therapy to people fraudulently?
Tremp Formation
2018-07-04
4,482
188.0
... that more than 1,000 dinosaur fossils, eggs, and tracks have been found in the Tremp Formation (pictured) of the Spanish Pre-Pyrenees , prompting its designation as a Global Geopark ?
Hu Wei (general)
2018-07-18
4,510
187.9
... that Hu Wei became a division commander at the age of only 29, but soon suffered a setback at the Battle of Dengbu Island ?
Women Disobey
2018-07-20
4,357
181.5
... that more than 500 people were arrested at the Women Disobey protest in Washington, D.C. in June, including U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal and actress Susan Sarandon ?
Arothron reticularis
2018-07-25
4,346
181.1
... that the reticulated pufferfish can produce and build up toxins in its skin, gonads, and liver, including tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin ?
Peter Wilmot-Sitwell
2018-07-27
4,300
179.2
... that according to Peter Wilmot-Sitwell , young well-connected stockbrokers in his firm were known as "orchids" because they were "beautiful but utterly useless"?
Oscar Parkes
2018-07-10
3,820
178.3
... that naval historian and artist Oscar Parkes became interested in ships after seeing a picture of the USS Baltimore (pictured) on a biscuit tin ?
Courthouse station (San Diego Trolley)
2018-07-26
4,250
177.1
... that the siting of a trolley station in front of the new courthouse in San Diego , California, was opposed by court officials and the county sheriff?
Chicago Express Loop
2018-07-03
4,144
172.6
... that the Chicago Express Loop is a proposed underground high-speed rail rapid transit system that will connect Chicago's Loop with O'Hare International Airport ?
Zhang Xiaoqian
2018-07-03
4,093
170.5
... that Zhang Xiaoqian , one of China's top doctors, was spared from persecution during the Anti-Rightist Campaign by Mao Zedong , who called him a "simpleminded person"?
Leonard Guthrie
2018-07-22
4,027
167.8
... that Leonard Guthrie thought that Napoleon Bonaparte 's genital atrophy, sexual alopecia, and feminine appearance indicated hypopituitarism ?
Pompeian–Parthian invasion of 40 BC
2018-07-11
4,016
167.3
... that an allied force of Republican soldiers and Parthians swiftly overran much of the eastern Roman lands that were under Mark Antony in 40 BC?
Andrea L. Thompson
2018-07-03
4,004
166.8
... that Andrea L. Thompson served in the United States Army for 28 years before becoming National Security Advisor to the Vice President ?
Puna Geothermal Venture
2018-07-24
3,902
162.6
... that a unique geological formation, including dacitic magma at approximately 1050°C (1920°F), was encountered at Puna Geothermal Venture in 2005 when drilling a new geothermal energy well?
Chen-Lu Tsou
2018-07-24
3,885
161.9
... that biochemist Chen-Lu Tsou was praised for criticizing his boss?
Königrufen
2018-07-30
3,872
161.3
... that Sigmund Freud regularly played the popular Austrian tarot card game , Königrufen ?
Wang Yinglai
2018-07-11
3,852
160.5
... that Wang Yinglai , considered a potential candidate for a Nobel Prize after he successfully synthesized insulin , became a virtual prisoner during the Cultural Revolution ?
Enoch zu Guttenberg
2018-07-29
File:121px
3,845
160.2
... that Enoch zu Guttenberg (pictured) conducted Verdi's Requiem in a concert in Rome for Pope Benedict XVI ?
Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan
2018-07-31
3,841
160.0
... that at the time of its release in 2002, economic simulations like Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan were uncommon on handheld systems like the Game Boy Advance ?
Alysa Liu
2018-07-24
3,762
156.8
... that despite earning the second-highest score in the 2018 U.S. Championships at junior level, Alysa Liu was too young to compete at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships ?
Euthymia (medicine)
2018-07-17
3,576
156.6
... that euthymia , a state of internal calm and contentment, is a goal of psychiatric intervention?
British Rail Class 700
2018-07-22
3,746
156.1
... that a Thameslink passenger likened the seats on the Class 700 trains to ironing boards ?
Leech
2018-07-31
3,646 [ a]
151.9
... that some leeches feed only twice a year?
Val Gagné, Ontario
2018-07-28
3,622
150.9
... that nearly every person in Val Gagné, Ontario , died in the 1916 Matheson Fire , and the settlement was renamed to honour the heroic efforts of the parish priest?
Acrocnida brachiata
2018-07-24
3,606
150.3
... that the sand burrowing brittlestar is often found in association with the sea potato ?
William Lyde Wiggett Chute
2018-07-05
3,504
146.0
... that before William Wiggett Chute improved The Vyne estate (pictured) , access was so bad that it had to be "approached upon stilts"?
In Memoriam: President Garfield's Funeral March
2018-07-13
2,916
144.6
... that John Philip Sousa composed the dirge performed at his own funeral?
Gevninge
2018-07-30
3,448
143.7
... that Gevninge , a Danish village dating to the Viking Age or earlier, may have been the port for the seat of the Scylding kings?
Qairat Rysqulbekov
2018-07-19
3,434
143.1
... that Soviet Jeltoqsan protester Qairat Rysqulbekov died in mysterious circumstances in his prison cell less than a year after his death sentence was revoked?
Lonsdale Belt
2018-07-13
2,884
143.0
... that the Lonsdale Belt is the oldest championship belt in British boxing ?
James Willing
2018-07-17
3,252
142.4
... that James Willing raided British forts, plantations, and other properties belonging to loyalists during the American Revolutionary War ?
Kent station (Sound Transit)
2018-07-12
3,232
141.5
... that days after the Kent train station opened, a robbery was foiled there by the station agent armed with an iron poker?
Las Vegas Lights FC
2018-07-15
2,924
141.5
... that the jerseys of American soccer team Las Vegas Lights FC feature a smiley face on the underside for use in goal celebrations ?
Conesville Power Plant
2018-07-14
2,840
139.0
... that two protestors from Greenpeace climbed up one of Conesville Power Plant 's smokestacks (pictured) to protest against acid rain ?
Time-displaced X-Men
2018-07-29
3,330
138.8
... that Marvel Comics published a solo comic book about the teenager Jean Grey from the time-displaced X-Men ?
The Photo Ark
2018-07-23
3,276
136.5
... that in May 2018, the 8,000th animal was photographed for The Photo Ark project, which aims to document all 12,000 species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries worldwide?
Ninurta
2018-07-31
3,220
134.2
... that Ninurta , the Mesopotamian god of hunting, is believed by many scholars to be the source of the biblical figure Nimrod ?
Scarlxrd
2018-07-06
3,219
134.1
... that hip hop /metal recording artist Scarlxrd was once a "smiley" YouTube personality?
Sara Sheffield
2018-07-16
3,208
133.6
... that mezzo-soprano Sara Sheffield is the first female feature vocalist in the history of the "the President's Own" United States Marine Band ?
Gustaf Gabriel Hällström
2018-07-31
3,158
131.6
... that scientist Gustaf Gabriel Hällström (pictured) initiated the first regular meteorological observations in Finland?
Constantine Dalassenos (duke of Antioch)
2018-07-10
2,818
131.5
... that Constantine Dalassenos twice came close to marrying Zoë Porphyrogenita and becoming emperor of Byzantium – and twice failed?
Liu Boli
2018-07-27
3,150
131.3
... that Liu Boli was tasked with cleaning up China's nuclear waste?
Samuel Croker-King
2018-07-21
3,122
130.1
... that Irish surgeon Samuel Croker-King designed a new trepanning device (pictured) for cutting into the human skull?
Puss in Boots (Shrek)
2018-07-27
3,074
128.1
... that Antonio Banderas , who voices the character Puss in Boots in the Shrek films, stated that Puss is his alter ego?
Keith M. Davidson
2018-07-09
2,972
127.3
... that Keith M. Davidson , the former attorney of Stormy Daniels , slept in a closet during his years at Boston College ?
Sacca-kiriya
2018-07-22
2,988
124.5
... that in ancient Indian stories, a person "can bend the cosmic forces to his will" through an "act of truth "?
Vilama (caldera)
2018-07-09
2,898
124.1
... that the Vilama caldera volcano on the border between Bolivia and Argentina produced over 1,200 cubic kilometres (290 cu mi) of rock in a single eruption?
Solomon Richards (surgeon)
2018-07-17
2,802
122.7
... that the Irish surgeon Solomon Richards achieved fame by performing a tracheotomy in public?
Wonder Gadot
2018-07-20
2,916
121.5
... that 2018 Queen's Plate winner Wonder Gadot was named for Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot ?
Papirosn
2018-07-16
2,899
120.8
... that the Yiddish song "Papirosn ", written after World War I, was later amended to mirror the tribulations of the Holocaust ?
Indian Peace Commission
2018-07-06
2,888
120.3
... that the Indian Peace Commission , established by the United States Congress in 1867 to negotiate with and "civilize" Native American tribes, ultimately ushered in a decade of war?
Mohamed El-Shenawy
2018-07-15
2,482
120.1
... that footballer Mohamed El-Shenawy declined his man of the match award after Egypt's opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup ?
William Chong Wong
2018-07-30
2,860
119.2
... that William Chong Wong , the son of Chinese immigrant parents, twice served as Minister of Finance in Honduras ?
Charles Bassey
2018-07-08
2,858
119.1
... that basketball player Charles Bassey was discovered at the age of 12 selling fried chicken by a coach in Nigeria?
Tony Ridley
2018-07-08
2,856
119.0
... that Tony Ridley was described as "a very brainy backroom boy" with "no management experience whatever" when appointed director-general of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive ?
Lucy McBath
2018-07-29
2,844
118.5
... that the fatal shooting of her son inspired Lucy McBath to advocate for gun control and ultimately run for the United States Congress ?
Tuzex
2018-07-07
2,759
115.0
... that Tuzex shopping vouchers were used as unofficial parallel currency in communist Czechoslovakia ?
Mary Walker (rodeo)
2018-07-04
2,732
114.7
... that Mary Walker overcame a tragedy and a serious injury to win the 2012 World Barrel Racing Championship?
Interstate 84 in Oregon
2018-07-07
2,749
114.5
... that Interstate 84 is the longest freeway in Oregon and the only one to traverse the state from west to east?
Carmen y Laura
2018-07-05
2,740
114.2
... that Carmen y Laura , sisters who formed a duo for mostly Tejano music , learned to harmonize by singing together while doing chores in separate rooms?
Interstate 86 (Idaho)
2018-07-27
2,736
114.0
... that Interstate 86 follows a section of the historic Oregon Trail ?
The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who)
2018-07-14
2,320
113.6
... that John Gorrie has no memory of directing the third episode of the Doctor Who serial The Reign of Terror , despite official documentation stating he did?
Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo
2018-07-16
2,652
110.5
... that Martha Erika Alonso stopped using her husband 's last name in public during her campaign for Governor of Puebla ?
Posted oil price
2018-07-11
2,594
108.1
... that between 1957 and 1972, the market price of oil was less than the posted price of oil ?
Piposh
2018-07-12
2,464
107.9
... that a NIS 20,000 offer by Burger Ranch to distribute the Israeli video game series Piposh was turned down by the developers because they were vegetarians?
Joseph Hermann Mohr
2018-07-31
2,584
107.7
... that Joseph Mohr left Germany when Jesuit institutions were dissolved, and wrote his popular hymn abroad?
Louise Mitchell
2018-07-18
2,558
106.6
... that when she successfully auditioned for the EastEnders role of Louise Mitchell , actress Tilly Keeper thought she was auditioning for another character?
Marienbad (video game)
2018-07-01
2,554
106.4
... that the 1962 mainframe game Marienbad , based on the logic puzzle Nim , is often considered the first Polish video game?
Little Campus
2018-07-11
2,498
104.1
... that the University of Texas at Austin 's Little Campus was previously used as an asylum for the blind, a residence for General Custer , and a hospital for the senile?
070 Shake
2018-07-04
2,452 [ b]
102.9
... that New Jersey musician 070 Shake was featured in a Vogue essay on rising queer stars in rap music?
Xu Yingkui
2018-07-05
2,470
102.9
... that during the Boxer Rebellion , Xu Yingkui collaborated with other high-ranking Chinese officials to defy the declaration of war made by the Qing imperial court on Western countries?
Tetrapygus
2018-07-21
1,187
49.5
... that in the kelp forests off the coast of Chile, sea urchins graze on the kelp , and starfish prey on the sea urchins?
Luidia magellanica
652
27.1
Lessonia trabeculata
630
26.2
Total
2,468
102.9
Lion's Choice
2018-07-10
2,155
100.6
... that Lion's Choice , based in St. Louis , was founded by a chemical engineer?
Metridia longa
2018-07-29
2,374
98.9
... that the copepod Metridia longa cannibalizes up to 85% of its eggs?
DPP v Santana-Bermudez
2018-07-04
2,332
97.9
... that a 2003 English court case ruled that someone who lies about having sharp items in their pocket while being searched can be charged with assault if the searcher is injured as a result?
Plato (spider)
2018-07-28
2,344
97.7
... that spiders in the genus Plato have cubical egg sacs ?
Darcy Blake
2018-07-13
1,946
96.4
... that Welsh international footballer Darcy Blake left the professional game at the age of 25 and later played amateur rugby?
War in Ningxia (1934)
2018-07-04
2,258
94.7
... that although he fought a war in Ningxia against the Chinese government and was defeated, Sun Dianying was appointed to a high-ranking military position just a month later?
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
2018-07-05
2,268
94.5
... that Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas , was built of bricks salvaged from the recently burned Texas State Capitol ?
Piano Quartets (Beethoven)
2018-07-01
2,258
94.1
... that Beethoven (pictured) composed three Piano Quartets at age 15, which were published only after his death?
Echinaster callosus
2018-07-08
2,228
92.8
... that among its red, pink, violet or white warts, the warty sea star (pictured) has green pedicellaria ?
Ali Ghazal
2018-07-11
2,224
92.6
... that footballer Ali Ghazal was the first Egyptian player to be appointed permanent captain of a top-division European club ?
Ninjala
2018-07-06
2,201
91.7
... that Ninjala is an upcoming video game centered on bubblegum -blowing ninjas ?
Zhao Nanqi
2018-07-08
2,186
91.1
... that Chinese general Zhao Nanqi , who fought alongside the son of Mao Zedong in the Korean War , was born in what is now South Korea?
Tripneustes depressus
2018-07-26
2,152
89.7
... that despite being unaffected by rabies or pseudorabies , the sea urchin Tripneustes depressus contains antivirals to these diseases?
Dafydd Gibbon
2018-07-30
2,144
89.4
... that Dafydd Gibbon is particularly concerned with endangered languages and has received awards from the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Poland?
2017–18 Thai temple fraud investigations
2018-07-08
2,076
86.5
... that the 2017–18 Thai temple fraud investigations , which led to the imprisonment of high-ranking Buddhist monks, were seen by critics as being politically motivated?
Kartik Aaryan
2018-07-22
2,062 [ c]
85.9
... that Kartik Aaryan made his acting debut in the 2011 film Pyaar Ka Punchnama after answering a casting call on Facebook?
Zatania electra
2018-07-05
2,024
84.4
... that the ant species Zatania electra is named for the amber in which it was found entombed?
Claire Ptak
2018-07-07
2,014
83.9
... that Claire Ptak baked the lemon and elderflower wedding cake for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ?
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
2018-07-21
2,006 [ d]
83.6
... that player choices from The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit will have consequences in the upcoming video game Life Is Strange 2 ?
Lynnwood, Washington
2018-07-11
1,953
81.4
... that the city of Lynnwood , Washington, was named after the wife of a local realtor?
Edith A. Roberts
2018-07-05
1,020
42.5
... that 98 years ago, biologist Edith Roberts founded the first ecological laboratory in the U.S., inspiring landscape architect Elsa Rehmann to use native plant communities in garden design ?
Elsa Rehmann
910
37.9
Total
1,930
80.4
Four Out of Five
2018-07-01
1,909
79.5
... that the Arctic Monkeys song "Four Out of Five " jokes about critics who rarely give perfect scores in their reviews?
Mormon folklore
2018-07-07
1,905
79.4
... that creating human hair wreaths is a part of Mormon folklore , and a wreath containing hair from prominent church leaders was on display in the Salt Lake Temple until 1967?
Ardeshir Tarapore
2018-07-14
1,616
79.1
... that under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Tarapore , the Poona Horse regiment, 17th Battalion, destroyed sixty Pakistani tanks during the Battle of Chawinda ?
Wang Jian (businessman)
2018-07-25
1,891
78.8
... that Wang Jian co-founded Hainan Airlines and transformed it into the world's 170th largest company with US$53 billion in revenue?
Captain Cook State Recreation Area
2018-07-26
1,890
78.7
... that Alaska's Captain Cook State Recreation Area was a traditional salmon fishing spot for the Dena'ina people, before being used for commercial fishing ?
An Wasserflüssen Babylon
2018-07-03
1,851
77.1
... that the hymn tune of the 16th-century "An Wasserflüssen Babylon " ("By the rivers of Babylon ") was largely popularized with the text of a 17th-century Passion hymn ?
Safavid Georgia
2018-07-24
1,826
76.1
... that according to a 17th-century missionary in Safavid Georgia , the literate Georgians in the province preferred to read Georgian versions of Persian works rather than religious texts ?
Technological University Dublin
2018-07-25
1,803
75.1
... that Technological University Dublin , or TU Dublin, is the first university of its type in Ireland ?
South Tacoma station
2018-07-14
1,532
75.0
... that public art at South Tacoma station includes a granite railroad spike and a pair of 18-foot (5.5 m) arches shaped like train wheels ?
Characterization of nanoparticles
2018-07-06
1,774
73.9
... that characterization of nanoparticles ' size, shape, and agglomeration state is necessary to understand their health and safety hazards ?
Colin Hudson
2018-07-25
1,772
73.9
... that footballer Colin Hudson scored in a 6–1 victory for Cardiff City on the same day he was married?
Minna Lammert
2018-07-25
1,744
72.7
... that when Minna Lammert , Lilli Lehmann and her sister Marie rehearsed as the Rhinemaidens for the first performance of Das Rheingold in Bayreuth , Wagner thanked them "with tears of joy"?
Carmen Casco de Lara Castro
2018-07-02
1,732
72.1
... that Carmen Casco de Lara Castro , founder of one of the first human rights organizations in Latin America, was arrested, denied a passport, and monitored by the Stroessner regime?
Joseph Samuel Clark
2018-07-13
1,446
71.7
... that Joseph Samuel Clark turned down Herbert Hoover 's offer to serve as the United States Ambassador to Liberia in 1931 to remain the president of Southern University ?
Alicia Cuarón
2018-07-09
1,660
71.1
... that Mexican-American human rights activist Alicia Cuarón became a Franciscan nun in her fifties?
Loren Klein
2018-07-22
1,672
69.7
... that Loren Klein is the third player to win World Series of Poker bracelets in three consecutive years since the poker boom began?
Hilmar Hoffmann
2018-07-23
1,666
69.4
... that Hilmar Hoffmann , who wanted "culture for all", initiated a 15-museum complex in Frankfurt, including the first independent Jewish museum in postwar Germany ?
Al-Mahani
2018-07-04
1,636
68.6
... that the ninth-century astronomer Al-Mahani claimed his estimates of the start times of three consecutive lunar eclipses were accurate to within half an hour?
We Say Mabuhay
2018-07-22
1,628
67.9
... that "We Say Mabuhay " is performed following the inauguration of a president of the Philippines ?
DNS Certification Authority Authorization
2018-07-19
1,618
67.4
... that DNS Certification Authority Authorization was developed after a series of incorrectly issued digital certificates damaged public trust in issuing authorities?
Winchell's kingfisher
2018-07-04
1,552
65.1
... that a British ornithologist named Winchell's kingfisher , found in the Philippines, after an American geologist ?
Pransukh Nayak
2018-07-26
1,556
64.8
... that Gujarati theatre actor Pransukh Nayak was entered in the 1989 Guinness Book of Records with 22,455 performances in his career?
Flint Public Library (Flint, Michigan)
2018-07-31
1,555
64.8
... that the Flint Public Library created the Julia A. Moore Poetry Contest to celebrate bad poetry ?
Isabelle Druet
2018-07-10
1,384
64.6
... that French mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet is a fan of reggae ?
Erlöserkirche, Munich
2018-07-07
1,538
64.1
... that the Erlöserkirche (pictured) at today's Münchner Freiheit is the oldest Protestant church in Schwabing , and was consecrated in 1901?
Adrian Alston
2018-07-15
1,314
63.6
... that footballer Adrian Alston performed the Cruyff Turn at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, before Johan Cruyff made the move famous?
Sun Fuling
2018-07-21
1,474
61.4
... that before the cremation of former business executive Sun Fuling , Chinese President Xi Jinping paid his final respects at the cemetery?
USL New Mexico
2018-07-15
1,238
59.9
... that a new soccer team in Albuquerque, New Mexico , will schedule its home games around the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team, with whom it will share a stadium?
List of UK Singles Sales Chart number ones
2018-07-06
1,424
59.3
... that the decision by the Official Charts Company to include streaming in the UK Singles Chart in 2014 led to fewer chart toppers ?
Jean-François Bony
2018-07-29
1,422
59.3
... that Jean-François Bony designed fabrics for the rulers of France before, during, and after the French Revolution ?
Liu Xinyuan
2018-07-12
1,332
58.3
... that Chinese scientist Liu Xinyuan is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ?
Go England
2018-07-14
1,176
57.6
... that "Go England " was written as an adaptation of The Jam 's "Going Underground " to support England at the 2002 FIFA World Cup?
Britta Stallmeister
2018-07-06
1,377
57.4
... that Britta Stallmeister , the Forest Bird in Bayreuth in 2001, appeared as Germa in a new chamber opera at the Schlachthof Wiesbaden in 2018?
Theromyzon tessulatum
2018-07-14
1,138
55.7
... that the leech Theromyzon tessulatum is a parasite of waterfowl, invading their mouths, noses, and respiratory passages?
Der goldene Drache
2018-07-18
1,336
55.7
... that in Der goldene Drache , the ninth opera by Péter Eötvös , five singers perform 18 characters, switching age and gender?
Adel Mahmoud
2018-07-13
1,107
54.9
... that Egyptian-American physician Adel Mahmoud oversaw the development of the Gardasil HPV vaccine ?
Masayoshi Ōishi
2018-07-17
1,226
53.7
... that the 2016 song "Yōkoso Japari Park e", written by Masayoshi Ōishi , topped Amazon Japan 's soundtrack ranking and placed third on the country's iTunes song chart?
Amblyomma sphenodonti
2018-07-21
1,284
53.5
... that the adult tuatara tick Amblyomma sphenodonti can survive for over one year without feeding on tuatara blood?
Beautiful in White
2018-07-29
1,277
53.2
... that after Shane Filan 's demo for "Beautiful in White " was leaked in 2010, it became a popular wedding song in Asia?
Nucleus, the Nuclear and Caithness Archives
2018-07-01
1,216
50.7
... that the archives of the British civil nuclear industry are housed alongside historical documents dating to the 16th century?
Petra Schmidt
2018-07-24
1,196
49.8
... that Petra Schmidt has performed operatic title roles such as Dvořák's Rusalka and Ponchielli's La Gioconda at the Musiktheater im Revier ?
Lake Logan State Park
2018-07-08
1,189
49.5
... that Hocking Lake was renamed Lake Logan after Chief Logan of the Mingo Native American tribe?
Kateryna Kasper
2018-07-30
1,177
49.0
... that Kateryna Kasper appeared at the Los Angeles Opera as Belinda in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas , staged by Barrie Kosky , and in Frankfurt as Antonida in Glinka's Iwan Sussanin , staged by Harry Kupfer ?
Piscicola geometra
2018-07-13
986
48.9
... that the gut of Piscicola geometra harbours symbiotic bacteria which help the leech to digest fish blood?
Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
2018-07-21
1,168
48.6
... that in his book Fault Lines , Raghuram Rajan considered income inequality in the US to have been one of the underlying causes of the 2008 financial crisis ?
Liu Yichang
2018-07-06
1,155
48.1
... that Liu Yichang , considered the founder of Hong Kong's modern literature, wrote novels that inspired two award-winning films by Wong Kar-wai ?
Protestant Church Wilnsdorf
2018-07-12
1,098
48.1
... that the centenary of the Protestant Church Wilnsdorf in 2013 was celebrated by the same hymn, and a sermon from the same biblical text, employed at its consecration?
Cass A. Cline
2018-07-19
1,143
47.6
... that Cline Falls and Cline Buttes in Central Oregon are named after pioneer dentist Cass A. Cline ?
Saving Light
2018-07-28
1,138
47.4
... that the song "Saving Light " was released as part of "Make Trance #1 Again", an initiative that encouraged fans to purchase the song on Beatport to support an anti-bullying charity ?
Indian National Theatre
2018-07-18
1,134
47.2
... that in its early years, the Indian National Theatre troupe travelled in two lorries and used them as a stage?
Felton Grandison Clark
2018-07-26
1,131
47.1
... that by 1969, president Felton Grandison Clark had expanded Southern University into America's largest historically black university by enrollment?
Tuluhan Tekelioğlu
2018-07-20
1,128
47.0
... that Tuluhan Tekelioğlu made a documentary film on organ transplantation while her father was undergoing and recovering from bypass surgery in a hospital in Antalya ?
Walid Azaro
2018-07-01
1,110
46.2
... that during the 2017–18 season, Moroccan-born footballer Walid Azaro broke the Egyptian Premier League record for the most goals scored by a foreign player?
Daniil Trifonov discography
2018-07-05
1,084
45.2
... that the discography of pianist Daniil Trifonov includes one Grammy Award -winning album and two others that were nominated?
Regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
2018-07-23
1,081
45.0
... that Socialist Marie-Guite Dufay was not elected president of the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in the first round of voting, although the left held an absolute majority of seats?
Alex Adams (Holby City)
2018-07-12
1,010
44.3
... that the Holby City production team worked with Parkinson's UK to create a Parkinson's disease storyline for the character Alex Adams ?
List of international goals scored by Javier Hernández
2018-07-15
890
43.0
... that Javier "Chicharito" Hernández (pictured) is the first Mexican footballer to score 50 international goals ?
Raymond Crawfurd
2018-07-07
1,020
42.5
... that the British physician Raymond Crawfurd described the custom of touching to cure the King's evil ?
Yan Jizhou
2018-07-14
842
41.2
... that Yan Jizhou 's 1957 film Early Morning Chill was repeatedly criticized in China for portraying traitors to the Communist revolution in a sympathetic light?
Finniston Report
2018-07-09
956
41.0
... that the 1980 Finniston Report found that only 56% of British people considered engineering a good career for a woman?
Stuart W. Jamieson
2018-07-28
972
40.5
... that Stuart W. Jamieson pioneered pulmonary thromboendarterectomy ?
Sarah Louvion
2018-07-19
942
39.2
... that Sarah Louvion , playing principal flute with the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester , recorded 20th-century French music with solo flute by André Jolivet , Jacques Ibert , and others?
Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß
2018-07-14
788
38.6
... that the title of "Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß ", a long Passion hymn by Nikolaus Herman published in 1560, alludes to the Last Supper ?
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
2018-07-07
914
38.1
... that Erik Adolf von Willebrand originally used the term "hereditary pseudohemophilia" to describe what came to be known as von Willebrand disease ?
Harendra Singh
2018-07-23
894
37.2
... that coached by Harendra Singh , India's field hockey teams won gold at the 2016 Men's Junior World Cup , gold at the 2017 Women's Asia Cup , and silver at the 2018 Men's Champions Trophy ?
Sankt-Bach-Passion
2018-07-28
880
36.7
... that the oratorio Sankt-Bach-Passion by Mauricio Kagel , which premiered in 1985 for the tricentenary of Bach's birth, "changed the game by making Bach himself the suffering protagonist"?
Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano)
2018-07-21
868
36.2
... that mezzo-soprano Patricia Payne made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Ponchielli's La Gioconda , and took part in the first performance of Britten's Peter Grimes in New Zealand?
Cuitláhuac García Jiménez
2018-07-28
866
36.1
... that Cuitláhuac García Jiménez lost the 2016 Veracruz gubernatorial election to Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares , but defeated Linares' son in 2018?
Cornelia Wulkopf
2018-07-08
850
35.4
... that Cornelia Wulkopf made her operatic debut in the centenary production of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Bayreuth Festival and recorded the alto part in Bach's Mass in B minor with Sergiu Celibidache ?
Joannes de Cordua
2018-07-01
850
35.4
... that Joachim von Sandrart praised the Flemish painter Joannes de Cordua 's vanitas still lifes?
Liebe und Eifersucht
2018-07-27
830
34.6
... that Liebe und Eifersucht (Love and Jealousy ), an 1807 opera with libretto and music by E. T. A. Hoffmann , premiered in 2008?
Conflicts of interest in academic publishing
2018-07-03
810
33.8
... that supplements and "symposia" published by academic journals may be paid publications , neither independently peer-reviewed nor edited by journal staff?
Such Is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins
2018-07-27
782
32.6
... that Australian rules football player Ben Cousins co-produced a documentary film depicting his struggle with drug addiction?
Carl Rasch (physician)
2018-07-02
774
32.3
... that Danish dermatologist Carl Rasch coined the term "polymorphic light eruption "?
Dear Worthy Editor
2018-07-04
762
32.0
... that Alan Menken collaborated on one of his first musicals, Dear Worthy Editor , with his mother?
Michael Hofstetter
2018-07-20
755
31.5
... that the conductor Michael Hofstetter has performed and recorded rarely played operas at the Ludwigsburg Festival , including Salieri 's Les Danaïdes ?
Trent Alexander-Arnold
2018-07-15
633 [ e]
30.6
... that in 2018 Trent Alexander-Arnold became only the fourth teenager to start a match for England at the FIFA World Cup?
Andreas Großmann
2018-07-11
712
29.6
... that Andreas Großmann commissioned the oratorio Laudato si' for the 50th anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Limburg 's church music department, which he heads?
Bicycle Tree (Trossachs)
2018-07-03
348
14.5
... that a veteran tree near Brig o' Turk in the Trossachs has "eaten" a bicycle?