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Beef Bones Regulations 1997
2020-10-30
26,966
2,247.2
... that it was illegal to sell a T-bone steak (example pictured) in Great Britain between 1997 and 1999?
Coney Island
2020-10-26
36,504
1,521.0
... that New York City's Coney Island (pictured) has not been an island since the 1930s?
Lisa Nowak
2020-10-23
35,286 [ a]
1,470.2
... that the 2019 film Lucy in the Sky is loosely based on the life of astronaut Lisa Nowak (pictured) ?
Charles R. Ellet
2020-10-16
32,981
1,374.2
... that 19-year-old Union Army colonel Charles R. Ellet (pictured) ran two separate steam-powered ram ships past the batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi , during the American Civil War?
Makaiko Kheti
2020-10-31
9,627
802.2
... that Nepali author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn ?
Krishna Lal Adhikari
6,198
516.5
Total
15,824
1,318.7
Nottingham cheese riot
2020-10-18
28,824
1,201.0
... that on this date in 1766, the mayor of Nottingham was knocked over by a cheese wheel (example pictured) whilst trying to stop the Nottingham cheese riot ?
United Airlines Flight 976
2020-10-20
28,364
1,181.8
... that an investment banker was arrested after getting drunk and defecating on a food cart in the first-class section of an international flight 25 years ago today?
Aeroflot Flight 6709
2020-10-29
22,233
926.4
... that all three engines on Aeroflot Flight 6709 stopped at the same time, resulting in a deadly crash?
Russian Bank
2020-10-13
21,544
897.7
... that Russian Bank , also known as Crapette or Tunj, has been called "probably the best game for two players ever invented"?
Gloria Swanson
2020-10-20
20,885 [ b]
870.2
... that actress Gloria Swanson created an inventions and patents company to employ refugee scientists whom she and her former husband Marquis Henry de La Falaise (both pictured) helped escape Nazi Germany ?
Mount Melbourne
2020-10-14
20,764
865.2
... that mosses grow on Mount Melbourne (pictured) in the cold Antarctic, thanks to volcanic heat?
Airborne Cigar
2020-10-28
20,522
855.1
... that Airborne Cigar confused German night fighters by broadcasting sound over the voices of their ground controllers?
City of Ragusa
2020-10-28
18,960
790.0
... that the 20-foot (6 m) 19th-century yawl City of Ragusa (pictured) crossed the Atlantic twice, and President Grant came to see her?
2020 London Marathon
2020-10-04
18,824 [ c]
784.3
... that today's London Marathon is not being run on its usual course, but instead as 19.6 laps around St James's Park , to prevent spectators from attending?
My Lonesome Cowboy
2020-10-12
12,735
530.6
... that My Lonesome Cowboy , a sculpture created by artist Takashi Murakami as a companion to his earlier Hiropon , sold at auction for US$15.1 million – nearly four times the amount at which it had been valued?
Hiropon (sculpture)
5,518
229.9
Total
18,253
760.5
ChilledCow
2020-10-31
9,098
758.1
... that ChilledCow has one of the longest videos on YouTube , totaling over 13,000 hours?
Spendius
2020-10-26
17,328
722.0
... that when the army of Spendius was surrounded, his men ate their horses, their prisoners, and then their slaves before forcing him to negotiate?
Hooks Island
2020-10-02
17,235
718.1
... that unauthorized persons are not allowed to go to Hooks Island ?
TWA Flight Center
2020-10-04
17,094
712.3
... that contractors spent 5,500 man-hours on drawings for the design of the TWA Flight Center (pictured) ?
Nan Wood Graham
2020-10-13
17,022
709.3
... that Nan Wood Graham , the sister of painter Grant Wood , posed for her brother's 1930 painting American Gothic (pictured) ?
Killing of Alton Manning
2020-10-06
16,990
707.9
... that a 1998 inquest found that the killing of Alton Manning was unlawful , and a judicial review found that the decision to not bring charges was flawed, but no charges have yet been filed?
New York Tribune Building
2020-10-12
16,982
707.6
... that the New York Tribune Building , once New York City's second tallest building, "vanished almost without a trace, and barely a whimper"?
Huey Long
2020-10-02
16,972 [ d]
707.2
... that President Franklin D. Roosevelt regarded Senator Huey Long of Louisiana as "one of the two most dangerous men in America"?
Gion A. Caminada
2020-10-17
16,474
686.4
... that Swiss architect Gion A. Caminada designed a "death room" (pictured) for Vrin , his native village?
Red, White and Blue (ship)
2020-10-09
16,108
671.2
... that Red, White and Blue (pictured) , a 26-foot (7.9 m) lifeboat , was believed in 1866 to be the smallest ship yet to cross the Atlantic?
Morrison Heady
2020-10-06
16,018
667.4
... that deafblind author Morrison Heady (pictured) invented assistive devices throughout his life, including a self-opening gate, a steam-powered embossing press, and a "talking glove"?
Saracen's Head, London
2020-10-19
14,534
605.6
... that Charles Dickens used the Saracen's Head (plaque pictured) as the place for Nicholas Nickleby 's first encounter with the one-eyed schoolmaster Wackford Squeers?
Honey Badger (men's rights)
2020-10-04
14,284
595.2
... that women called Honey Badgers are among the most prominent men's rights activists ?
"Welcome to the LBJ Ranch!"
2020-10-30
6,859
571.6
... that on the 1965 comedy album "Welcome to the LBJ Ranch!" , Nelson Rockefeller (pictured) is heard saying that he gave his wife the states of New York , New Jersey , and Connecticut as an anniversary gift?
New York World Building
2020-10-09
13,328
555.3
... that the New York World Building , once New York City's tallest building, was demolished to make room for a ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge ?
Watching paint dry
2020-10-05
13,280
553.4
... that the British Board of Film Classification was forced to watch paint dry ?
Cleveland School fire
2020-10-30
6,586
548.9
... that the Cleveland School fire , the deadliest in South Carolina history, took place on the day the school was to close for good?
Sacco-Vanzetti Story
2020-10-01
13,142
547.6
... that the 1960 television play Sacco-Vanzetti Story was called "one of the most controversial ever seen on television"?
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
2020-10-26
13,002
541.7
... that one critic wrote that he had banned his children from watching Doctor Who due to the ending of the first episode of The Dalek Invasion of Earth ?
The Plot to Kill Stalin
2020-10-05
12,938
539.1
... that the Soviet Union called The Plot to Kill Stalin "filthy slander" and retaliated by closing the CBS news bureau in Moscow?
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
2020-10-27
12,594
524.8
... that nervous drivers can purchase a shuttle ride to get across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge ?
All Gas No Brakes
2020-10-12
12,500
520.8
... that the YouTube channel All Gas No Brakes contains interviews with flat earthers , QAnon adherents, and other groups that its host says represent "true Americana"?
Cross of Camargue
2020-10-02
11,525
480.2
... that both the Cross of Camargue (example pictured) and the anchored cross use a cross and anchor to represent a relationship to the sea?
Anchored cross
878
36.6
Total
12,403
516.8
German Girl Shrine
2020-10-17
12,076
503.2
... that visitors leave offerings of makeup and Barbie dolls at a shrine to a German girl who died in Singapore in 1914?
Sipiniq
2020-10-19
11,790
491.2
... that the Inuit identity of sipiniq referred to individuals who were believed to have changed their physical sex at the moment of birth, but were socialized as members of their original gender?
Heji Shin
2020-10-14
11,467
477.8
... that photographer Heji Shin created Big Cocks , a series of portraits of roosters that she admired for their "angry cock energy"?
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
2020-10-17
11,232
468.0
... that a 1953 television special broadcast simultaneously on NBC and CBS attracted 60 million viewers and was called "a milestone in the cultural life of the '50s"?
Thomas Payne (soldier)
2020-10-22
10,724
446.8
... that Thomas Patrick Payne received the US Medal of Honor for the heroism he displayed five years ago today while liberating hostages during the offensive against ISIL in northern Iraq?
Error has no rights
2020-10-02
10,479
436.6
... that according to the superseded Catholic doctrine that "error has no rights ", non-Catholics did not deserve civil or political rights?
Castillo de Santa Catalina (La Palma)
2020-10-27
10,456
435.6
... that the Castillo de Santa Catalina (pictured) in Santa Cruz de La Palma is the only preserved Habsburg-period castle in the Canary Islands?
Fish for finance
2020-10-15
10,173
423.9
... that the fish-for-finance trade-off in EU–UK trade negotiations pits an industry that accounts for nearly seven per cent of the UK's GDP against one with revenues less than those of Harrods ?
A Town Has Turned to Dust (Playhouse 90)
2020-10-09
9,908
412.8
... that sponsors refused to back the lynching story A Town Has Turned to Dust until writer Rod Serling moved the setting out of the South and changed the victim from black to Mexican?
Titanic International Society
2020-10-11
9,831
409.6
... that the Titanic International Society helped identify some of the unknown victims of the Titanic disaster buried in Halifax , Canada (wreath-laying pictured) ?
Armoured warfare of ISIL
2020-10-31
4,872
406.0
... that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fielded more than a hundred tanks in Syria and Iraq?
Gnomes (book)
2020-10-17
9,434
393.1
... that a book about the life of gnomes remained on U.S. non-fiction best-seller lists for more than a year?
A Night to Remember (Kraft Television Theatre)
2020-10-15
9,384
391.0
... that A Night to Remember , a live broadcast about Titanic 's final night, featured 107 actors and 31 sets, and proved that "TV occasionally can rise to great heights"?
Khalili Collection of Spanish Metalwork
2020-10-15
9,355
389.8
... that the Khalili Collection of Spanish Metalwork includes a Moroccan-style dagger (pictured) previously owned by King Alfonso XII of Spain ?
Greek Volunteer Legion
2020-10-03
9,168
382.0
... that the Greek Volunteer Legion (pictured) fought on the side of Russia during the Crimean War ?
Oaths to Hitler
2020-10-23
9,118
379.9
... that the oath to Hitler sworn by members of the SS may have inspired the Hitler oath sworn by members of the Wehrmacht after 1934?
Ontopoetics
2020-10-20
8,876
369.8
... that ontopoetics holds that the world is psychoactive and can respond to us if engaged?
Bang the Drum Slowly (United States Steel Hour)
2020-10-23
8,863
369.3
... that Bang the Drum Slowly , in which Paul Newman stepped in and out of character to double as a Greek chorus , was called "daring television of rare quality"?
Seething Lane
2020-10-01
8,606
358.6
... that after an erotic encounter with a young wife in London's Seething Lane , diarist Samuel Pepys bought the lady eight pairs of gloves?
Giovanni Bianchi (physician)
2020-10-30
4,270
355.8
... that a monumental plaque to Italian physician Giovanni Bianchi states: Nascitur infelix, vixit infelicior, obiit infelicissime (He was born unhappy, he lived more unhappy, he died maximally unhappy)?
The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam
2020-10-22
8,492
353.8
... that the lounging odalisques in The Interior of the Palm House (detail pictured) were added as exotic objects, a common Orientalist trope?
Death of Jeffrey Epstein
2020-10-10
8,378 [ e]
349.1
... that in public opinion polls, a majority of Americans believe that Jeffrey Epstein's death was a homicide?
Drinking fountains in Philadelphia
2020-10-14
5,300
220.9
... that Wilson Cary Swann organized the construction of several drinking fountains in Philadelphia , in part to stop people from drinking alcohol?
Wilson Cary Swann
2,932
122.2
Total
8,233
343.0
Pie in American cuisine
2020-10-30
4,106
342.1
... that banana cream pie was ranked the favorite pie of the United States Armed Forces in the 1950s?
Tusha Hiti
2020-10-28
8,118
338.2
... that the queen and others apparently used to watch Malla kings taking baths in the Tusha Hiti ?
Xenoracism
2020-10-08
8,114
338.1
... that xenoracism is a term that describes prejudice within one racial group, such as discrimination against Eastern European migrant workers in Western Europe?
Bill Nation
2020-10-01
8,074
336.4
... that Bill Nation rejected an attempt by the American Nazi Party to establish a headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyoming ?
List of U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals
2020-10-17
4,541
189.2
... that when the Bureau of Medical Services was ordered to shut down all U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals , the director of the Seattle hospital simply refused to stop admitting patients?
Bureau of Medical Services
3,230
134.6
Total
7,772
323.8
Punic Wars
2020-10-16
7,702 [ f]
320.9
... that the first of the Punic Wars began in 264 BC, and the third and last ended 118 years later?
(523764) 2014 WC510
2020-10-14
7,701
320.9
... that (523764) 2014 WC510 is a binary , trans-Neptunian object that orbits the Sun only once every 245.8 years?
Kathleen Byerly
2020-10-07
7,682
320.1
... that Kathleen Byerly was one of six sailors who sued the U.S. Navy for the right to serve on ships?
California Border Protection Stations
2020-10-23
7,600
316.7
... that California maintains 16 checkpoints along its borders with Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona to help protect against an invasion by exotic lifeforms ?
Robert Evans (journalist)
2020-10-24
7,557
314.9
... that journalist Robert Evans had his hand broken by a member of the Proud Boys while covering the George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon ?
Emma Teeling
2020-10-03
7,556
314.9
... that scientist Emma Teeling of the BatLab in Dublin studies a genus of bats which do not appear to die of old age?
P.O.W. (United States Steel Hour)
2020-10-25
7,503
312.6
... that P.O.W. was based on interviews with repatriated prisoners about communist "brainwashing treatment" during the Korean War ?
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90)
2020-10-29
7,328
305.4
... that Ernest Hemingway watched the television adaptation of For Whom the Bell Tolls from a flea-bitten motel as the screenwriter held the "rabbit ears " for him?
Pell's equation
2020-10-19
7,258
302.4
... that the solution to Pell's equation was mistakenly attributed to mathematician John Pell ?
Excelsior Power Company Building
2020-10-03
6,970
290.4
... that the Excelsior Power Company Building , the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan , now contains apartments?
BloodSisters (1995 film)
2020-10-31
3,468
289.0
... that footage from the 1995 documentary film BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes and Sadomasochism was played for a U.S. congressional committee during its hearings on the National Endowment for the Arts ?
White House COVID-19 outbreak
2020-10-08
6,837 [ g]
284.9
... that a COVID-19 outbreak at the White House involved at least 35 people, including the President , First Lady , three senators, and a governor ?
Issy Wong
2020-10-15
6,834
284.8
... that cricketer Issy Wong can solve a Rubik's Cube in seconds?
Hearts in Bondage
2020-10-05
6,700
279.2
... that the 1936 film Hearts in Bondage is a rare example of a Hollywood film depicting naval battles of the Civil War ?
Jürg Conzett
2020-10-14
6,682
278.4
... that Swiss civil engineer Jürg Conzett designed a footbridge that collapsed in a rockslide after three years of use?
Cups (song)
2020-10-31
3,237
269.8
... that the song "Cups (When I'm Gone) " features Anna Kendrick playing percussion with a cup , a skill she learned by watching viral videos?
Marygate
2020-10-24
6,387
266.1
... that the first large bathhouse in York was built at the bottom of Marygate (pictured) in 1836?
John H. Hill
2020-10-08
6,026
251.1
... that John H. Hill , born into slavery, was the first African-American lawyer in West Virginia and the second president of West Virginia State University ?
In Praise of Polytheism
2020-10-24
5,984
249.3
... that the essay "In Praise of Polytheism " dismisses all similarities between Enlightenment philosophy and striptease ?
Nabela Qoser
2020-10-21
5,956
248.2
... that Nabela Qoser , a Hong Kong news reporter of Pakistani descent, learnt Cantonese as a child by watching television?
Charles Butters
2020-10-21
5,946
247.8
... that American mine owner Charles Butters risked execution by firing squad to protect his mines during the 1926–27 Nicaraguan Civil War ?
Cefnllys Castle
2020-10-13
5,932
247.2
... that a dispute between Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Roger Mortimer over the rebuilding of Cefnllys Castle was one of the factors that led to Edward I's conquest of Wales ?
The Ghost and the Guest
2020-10-03
5,865
244.4
... that The Ghost and the Guest is one in a long line of Hollywood films that validate skepticism about paranormal activity by depicting "a haunted house that is not truly haunted"?
Japan National Route 37
2020-10-21
5,860
244.2
... that Japan National Route 37 (pictured) was the only evacuation route for the town of Abuta during the March 2000 eruption of Mount Usu ?
Constance Weldon
2020-10-12
5,860
244.2
... that the American tubist Constance Weldon "fell in love with the tuba" after her father brought one home from a pawn shop?
Ideal polyhedron
2020-10-05
5,850
243.8
... that unlike their Euclidean equivalents, the ideal regular tetrahedron, octahedron, and dodecahedron can all tile hyperbolic space (pictured) ?
Okama Report
2020-10-11
5,834
243.1
... that reprinted editions of the 1989 manga series Okama Report contain a postscript from an LGBT-rights group noting that the series contains exaggerated and inaccurate depictions of LGBT people?
Jacki Sorensen
2020-10-05
5,808
242.0
... that aerobics pioneer Jacki Sorensen was voted the best dancer in the 1962 Miss California pageant?
Profaning a monument
2020-10-31
2,891
240.9
... that in Poland, hanging a rainbow flag on a statue may be a crime ?
Andy Spahn
2020-10-06
5,750
239.6
... that political consultant Andy Spahn said that Cuba is "nothing like" how it has been portrayed by U.S. politicians?
Judgment at Nuremberg (Playhouse 90)
2020-10-19
5,586
232.7
... that Claude Rains 's reference to the Nazis' "gas ovens" was cut from the audio during the broadcast of Judgment at Nuremberg due to an objection by a gas-company sponsor?
Albert Johnson (New Mexico politician)
2020-10-15
5,570
232.1
... that Albert Johnson was the first black mayor in New Mexico ?
Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha
2020-10-07
5,558
231.6
... that Schopenhauer was expelled from the Ernestinum (pictured) at Gotha ?
Robert De Niro
2020-10-07
5,531 [ h]
230.5
... that actor Robert De Niro gained 60 pounds (27 kg) and trained as a boxer for a year to portray Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull ?
Christian views on lying
2020-10-27
5,476
228.2
... that Saint Augustine believed that lying is un-Christian even when done to save a life?
Warner Bros. Movie World
2020-10-30
2,718
226.5
... that Batman and the Joker parade down the street daily at Warner Bros. Movie World ?
Doppler radio direction finding
2020-10-25
5,432
226.3
... that Doppler radio direction finding is capable of measuring the direction of a stationary radio transmitter despite the Doppler effect being a phenomenon of movement?
The Caribbean Mystery
2020-10-21
5,402
225.1
... that the swamp scenes in The Caribbean Mystery feature a 350 lb (160 kg) alligator named Ben, who was appearing in his 435th film?
Extinction: The Facts
2020-10-30
2,695
224.6
... that a conservation professor who appeared in Extinction: The Facts described it as "surprisingly radical" for a David Attenborough documentary?
Anton Ausserer
2020-10-20
5,316
221.5
... that before he died aged 46, Anton Ausserer had described 38 new species of tarantula ?
Berivan İçen
2020-10-14
5,299
220.8
... that Turkey women's national footballer Berivan İçen scored 11 goals in a girls' under-13 league match that ended 15–0 for her team?
B. Altman and Company Building
2020-10-02
5,197
216.5
... that a former department store building in New York City was converted into a graduate school, publisher's offices, and research library?
Kolkata Suburban Railway
2020-10-12
5,164
215.2
... that Kolkata , the smallest by area of India's six A-1 cities , has the country's largest suburban rail system by track length and number of stations (one pictured) ?
Fratelli tutti
2020-10-30
2,570
214.1
... that Pope Francis 's encyclical Fratelli tutti is the first to be signed outside Rome ?
Büşra Kuru
2020-10-11
5,078
211.6
... that Büşra Kuru , who began playing football every day at age six encouraged by her footballer brother, is a member of a German club and of the Turkey national team ?
India–Tibet relations
2020-10-08
4,930
205.4
... that the number of Tibetan refugees in India decreased by 44 per cent between 2011 and 2018?
Dan Bellomy
2020-10-08
4,917
204.9
... that an impromptu sound-check by Dan Bellomy turned into the first track on an album?
Jenny Bui
2020-10-29
4,908
204.5
... that designs by nail artist Jenny Bui have become part of Cardi B 's signature look?
Myra Kathleen Hughes
2020-10-15
4,865
202.7
... that Myra Kathleen Hughes 's Vanishing London series captured several landmarks before they were demolished?
Slavic creation myth
2020-10-24
4,864
202.7
... that according to Slavic mythology , the creation of the world required the cooperation of a "good god" and an "evil god"?
Food at the 1964 New York World's Fair
2020-10-13
4,858
202.4
... that Belgian waffles were introduced to the United States at the 1964 New York World's Fair ?
Treaty of Ripon
2020-10-28
4,852
202.2
... that following the Treaty of Ripon , signed on this day in 1640, a Scottish army had their expenses paid by England, while occupying northern England?
Anoplolepis custodiens
2020-10-04
4,805
200.2
... that despite being very aggressive towards other ants, the common pugnacious ant is tolerant towards ants of its own species from other colonies?
Santa Fe Freight Building
2020-10-06
4,796
199.8
... that the Santa Fe Freight Building in Fort Worth, Texas , was redeveloped as a market space with restaurants in 2002 and then as a university satellite campus in 2007?
Ivy Hooks
2020-10-31
2,386
198.9
... that Ivy Hooks was one of only two women assigned to the original design team for the Space Shuttle orbiter ?
Bernard Fils-Aimé
2020-10-08
4,676
194.8
... that Bernard Fils-Aimé , CEO of the cell carrier Comcel Haiti , was mistaken for Reggie Fils-Aimé by the Miami Herald ?
Thyone roscovita
2020-10-05
4,665
194.4
... that all that can be seen of Thyone roscovita is often a plume of branching tentacles?
David Gardner-Medwin
2020-10-31
2,329
194.1
... that when pediatric neurologist David Gardner-Medwin retired, it took four doctors to replace him?
Julián Is a Mermaid
2020-10-26
4,654
193.9
... that the children's picture book Julián Is a Mermaid was initially going to be about drag balls , until the author learned about the meaning of mermaids to transgender people?
Guy Gibson Campbell
2020-10-30
2,306
192.2
... that American doctor Guy Gibson Campbell served as personal physician to Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie ?
KCIT-TV (Kansas City)
2020-10-07
4,514
188.1
... that two weeks after the owner of a Kansas City television station declared that "KCIT-TV is here to stay", it ceased broadcasting?
Native American tribes in Maryland
2020-10-21
4,466
186.1
... that Paleo-Indians began inhabiting Maryland around 10,000 BC?
Samuel Corson
2020-10-24
4,464
186.0
... that being introduced to Whiskey enabled one of Samuel Corson 's patients to regain his speech after 26 years?
National Covenant
2020-10-12
4,464
186.0
... that the National Covenant was signed after protests possibly started by Jenny Geddes throwing a stool at the dean of St Giles' ?
Adam Puławski
2020-10-17
4,441
185.0
... that 130 historians protested the Institute of National Remembrance 's removal of Adam Puławski from his position researching Polish–Jewish relations during World War II?
Verfassungsblog
2020-10-25
4,432
184.6
... that a law blog has been cited by the supreme courts of Poland and of Germany ?
Anna Langfus
2020-10-01
4,407
183.6
... that Polish-French author Anna Langfus , a Holocaust survivor, wrote novels that had her own life experiences interwoven into the fiction?
Tahtakale Hamam
2020-10-27
4,397
183.2
... that the Tahtakale Hamam , one of the oldest public bathhouses in Istanbul , now serves as a shopping center?
William Cuming (Royal Navy officer)
2020-10-23
4,369
182.0
... that William Cuming missed the Battle of Trafalgar because he had to take Robert Calder back to England for a court-martial?
Victoria Regina (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
2020-10-16
4,356
181.5
... that a makeup artist used a rubber mask and fake nose to age Julie Harris by 60 years in the Emmy-winning "program of the year" Victoria Regina ?
Metropolitan (bar)
2020-10-31
2,132
177.6
... that the New York City gay bar Metropolitan is situated at a site formerly occupied by a colonial-era cemetery?
Pop Maynard
2020-10-02
4,246
176.9
... that traditional English singer Pop Maynard was also captain of a world-champion marbles team?
Wahan Ke Log
2020-10-09
4,241
176.7
... that Wahan Ke Log is one of the earliest science-fiction films made in India?
Nene Hieda
2020-10-23
4,159
173.3
... that Japanese voice actress Nene Hieda was a member of a 3x3 basketball team?
Yaen
2020-10-22
4,138
172.4
... that the Japanese pop group Yaen , originally formed to perform a parody song on a television variety series, went on to produce three top-ten albums?
Alice Kahn
2020-10-18
4,102
170.9
... that Berkeley humorist Alice Kahn described the Grateful Dead 's Jerry Garcia as a "hippie abominable snowman"—and he liked it?
L'eggs
2020-10-31
2,050
170.9
... that actress Jamie Lee Curtis insured her legs for $1 million after signing an endorsement with L'eggs pantyhose?
Aran Bell
2020-10-04
4,096
170.6
... that Aran Bell , who was profiled at age 11 in the dance documentary First Position , became a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre at age 21?
Hurricane Dolores (2015)
2020-10-19
4,090
170.4
... that thunderstorms from Hurricane Dolores flooded the Moreno Valley , destroyed a bridge on Interstate 10 , and killed a man by lightning strike?
Hounslow West tube station
2020-10-25
4,034
168.1
... that Hounslow West is the only station on the London Underground to be step-free for manual-wheelchair users only?
Continental Iron Works
2020-10-03
3,144
131.0
... that New York's Continental Iron Works , founded in 1861 by Thomas F. Rowland , built the Union Navy warship that engaged in the first battle between ironclads ?
Thomas F. Rowland
862
35.9
Total
4,006
166.9
English Law (Application) Act 1962
2020-10-22
3,998
166.6
... that the English Law (Application) Act 1962 ended legal recognition of seduction as a civil offence in Gibraltar?
Traditions of Pomona College
2020-10-01
3,973
165.5
... that as one of its campus traditions , Pomona College reveres the number 47 , having the bell in its clock tower chime on the 47th minute of the hour?
Hermine Finck
2020-10-25
3,938
164.1
... that soprano Hermine Finck became the third wife of Eugen d'Albert (couple pictured) , who composed songs and a cantata based on The Little Mermaid for her?
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
2020-10-29
3,928
163.7
... that the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine can legally detain a person entering the U.S. who may have one of nine quarantinable contagious diseases?
Nogiwa Park
2020-10-20
3,926
163.6
... that Nogiwa Park was built around a 17th-century reservoir?
Anna Tifu
2020-10-11
3,867
161.1
... that Anna Tifu , a violinist from Cagliari , Sardinia, who won the 2007 George Enescu International Competition , plays a 1716 Stradivarius ?
Loretta Preska
2020-10-28
3,834
159.8
... that U.S. district judge Loretta Preska has presided over criminal cases against a basketball coach, a computer hacker, a Somali pirate, and a Rikers Island guard?
Siege of Trichinopoly (1743)
2020-10-01
3,830
159.6
... that the Maratha Empire 's direct rule came to an end in the Carnatic region when Murari Rao surrendered to Nizam I after the 1743 siege of Trichinopoly ?
Dina Pomeranz
2020-10-26
3,789
157.9
... that Dina Pomeranz was ranked highest in social-media influence by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in its 2019 ranking of economists?
Brown Meggs
2020-10-10
3,752
156.3
... that Paul McCartney named a puppy after Brown Meggs , who signed the Beatles to Capitol Records ?
Socorro Sánchez del Rosario
2020-10-10
3,721
155.0
... that a prominent obituary of Socorro Sánchez , the first feminist journalist in the Dominican Republic, criticized her as "manly" and too political?
No Time for Sergeants (United States Steel Hour)
2020-10-20
3,700
154.2
... that The New York Times review of the 1955 television play No Time for Sergeants questioned whether Andy Griffith was "versatile enough to qualify for other important roles"?
Dilan Yeşim Taşkın
2020-10-07
3,680
153.4
... that Austrian-born Turkish footballer Dilan Yeşim Taşkın became a member of the Turkey women's national team although she initially wanted to play for the Austrian national team ?
Anthony J. Costello
2020-10-28
3,679
153.3
... that Anthony J. Costello and associates proposed in 2005 that the nerves within the "veil of Aphrodite" mainly supplied the prostate rather than the corpora cavernosa ?
Timothy S. Matthews
2020-10-30
1,828
152.3
... that Rear Admiral Timothy S. Matthews received an award from the Association of Old Crows ?
L. Roy Houck
2020-10-11
3,644
151.8
... that Dances with Wolves was filmed on a 60,000-acre (24,000 ha) ranch owned by L. Roy Houck , a former lieutenant governor of South Dakota ?
List of Arjuna Award recipients (2000–2009)
2020-10-21
3,612
150.5
... that sprinter Milkha Singh refused to accept the Arjuna Award , one of India's top sporting honours, citing undeserving awardees?
Majestic, Leeds
2020-10-08
3,560
148.3
... that the former site of the Majestic Cinema , Leeds , which was gutted by fire in 2014, will become the national headquarters of Channel 4 ?
The Lodger (novel)
2020-10-02
3,538
147.4
... that The Lodger , released in 1913, was the first fictional work based on the story of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper ?
Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Kempf)
2020-10-26
3,516
146.5
... that the hymn "Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied " (Sing to the Lord a new song) was written in both French and German in Nazi-controlled Alsace in 1941?
Terpios hoshinota
2020-10-30
1,736
144.6
... that Terpios hoshinota , a sponge that overgrows and kills corals, has spread extensively since being detected in Guam in 1973?
Limpa bread
2020-10-10
3,428
142.8
... that limpa , a sweet Scandinavian rye bread, was historically leavened with fermented brewer's wort ?
Angela Haseltine Pozzi
2020-10-09
3,356
139.8
... that Angela Haseltine Pozzi creates large sculptures of marine life out of plastic waste?
August 2020 LGBT protests in Poland
2020-10-30
1,664
138.7
... that 47 people, including bystanders and an amateur reporter, were arrested in Warsaw at a protest against the detention of LGBT activist Margot in August 2020?
Bridges Auditorium
2020-10-06
3,322
138.4
... that when the 2,500-seat Bridges Auditorium was completed in Claremont, California , in 1931, its capacity was equal to the population of the entire city?
Etazhi
2020-10-07
3,319
138.3
... that the title and cover art for Molchat Doma 's 2018 album Etazhi reference the Stalinist and socialist-realist architecture that inspired its lyrical themes?
Hans Ustrud
2020-10-05
3,294
137.2
... that Hans Ustrud was the first native-born South Dakotan to be elected to statewide office?
Aplysina aerophoba
2020-10-07
3,280
136.7
... that the yellow sponge Aplysina aerophoba turns blue when exposed to air?
Taneko Suzuki
2020-10-31
1,617
134.8
... that Taneko Suzuki , an expert in protein chemistry, led the development of a fish-based product that had the texture of hamburger and could be seasoned to taste like beef?
2020 European Masters (2)
2020-10-16
3,217
134.0
... that Mark Davis withdrew from the second 2020 European Masters after his snooker cue was stolen?
Niu Yingzhen
2020-10-19
3,126
130.2
... that the 8th-century Chinese poet Niu Yingzhen was reportedly able to learn texts by dreaming that she ate the actual copies, then discussed them with deceased male scholars?
Step aerobics
2020-10-03
3,080
128.3
... that step aerobics attracted 11.4 million people in 1995?
Scatterlings of Africa
2020-10-06
3,056
127.4
... that the commercial success of Juluka 's "Scatterlings of Africa " enabled band co-founder Johnny Clegg to leave his academic position as an anthropologist and become a full-time musician?
Angela Russell (politician)
2020-10-13
3,056
127.3
... that state representative Angela Russell introduced legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Montana ?
Hargovinddas Kantawala
2020-10-25
2,960
123.3
... that Hargovinddas Kantawala defeated Mahatma Gandhi to become the president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad in 1919?
Helen Kotas Hirsch
2020-10-28
2,912
121.4
... that horn player Helen Kotas Hirsch began performing with the Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago at the age of 14?
King of Beasts
2020-10-27
2,902
120.9
... that King of Beasts , a documentary about lion trophy hunting , was filmed during the same month as the killing of Cecil the lion ?
List of stupas in Nepal
2020-10-10
2,891
120.5
... that according to legend, Swayambhunath (pictured) , one of the oldest stupas in Nepal , came out of a sacred lotus at the centre of Kathmandu when the city was a lake ?
1870 Londonderry City by-election
2020-10-29
2,858
119.1
... that the results of the 1870 Londonderry City by-election were cited as evidence of co-operation between Episcopalian and Presbyterian voters in Ulster?
Bradford Island
2020-10-04
2,848
118.6
... that the decommissioned minesweeper USS Lucid was used as a floating warehouse by a scrap-metal dealer on Bradford Island for 18 years?
Katrin Lea Tag
2020-10-29
2,833
118.0
... that Katrin Lea Tag , named the 2020 Scenic Designer of the Year , created sets and costumes for Die Schutzbefohlenen (production pictured) at the Burgtheater , and for Barrie Kosky 's Salome at Oper Frankfurt ?
Dawa Dem
2020-10-09
2,806
116.9
... that Dawa Dem was the first woman to join the Bhutanese civil service and to become a member of the Royal Advisory Council ?
The Northern Messenger
2020-10-18
2,800
116.6
... that the weekly radio show The Northern Messenger read out personal messages from around the world to friends and family in the Arctic who could not be reached in any other way during the winter?
St. Gallus, Flörsheim
2020-10-14
2,744
114.4
... that the organ of St. Gallus in Flörsheim was built before the church?
One Piece Bounty Rush
2020-10-18
2,734
113.9
... that the pre-launch test of the mobile game One Piece Bounty Rush had one million players?
Louis-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire
2020-10-29
2,676
111.5
... that Louis-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire convinced several Iroquois tribes to ally with the French against the English in 1711 through song?
2001 Malta Grand Prix
2020-10-23
2,666
111.1
... that a group-stage match at the 2001 Malta Grand Prix snooker tournament was disrupted when electrical cables attached to the television lighting rig snapped and swung across the table ?
Vaccine Confidence Project
2020-10-22
2,664
111.0
... that the Vaccine Confidence Project was developed in response to a boycott of polio eradication efforts in Nigeria?
Clavigralla gibbosa
2020-10-17
2,659
110.8
... that the tur pod bug is the most damaging sap-sucking pest of the pigeon pea in India?
Bureau of State Services
2020-10-11
2,593
108.0
... that the Bureau of State Services was broken up to become the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , and parts of two other agencies?
New Romantics (song)
2020-10-31
1,296
108.0
... that despite being excluded from the standard edition of 1989 , "New Romantics " by Taylor Swift was named one of the best songs of the 2010s decade by Rolling Stone ?
Ganni
2020-10-28
2,578
107.4
... that Ganni was founded in 2000 as a cashmere brand, but resurfaced and gained popularity as a contemporary designer label almost 20 years later?
BanG Dream!
2020-10-29
2,524
105.2
... that the concept of the multimedia franchise BanG Dream! involves bands composed of voice actresses who can play their own instruments?
Keiji Nishioka
2020-10-17
2,472
103.0
... that Keiji Nishioka , a Japanese botanist, was the first foreigner to receive the Bhutanese honorific Dasho ?
Dominic Gates
2020-10-18
2,396
99.8
... that former math teacher Dominic Gates won a Pulitzer Prize for his aerospace reporting?
Josette Elayi
2020-10-12
2,364
98.5
... that French historian Josette Elayi was made a knight of the Legion of Honour by the French government for her works on Phoenician history?
St. Jacobi, Werther
2020-10-12
2,325
96.9
... that it took until 2009 to determine which of two apostles was the patron of the 14th-century church of St. Jacobi in Werther ?
What the Future Holds
2020-10-13
2,300
95.8
... that the name, sound and concept of the album What the Future Holds by Steps derives purely from the lyrics of the title track?
The Sociology of Housework
2020-10-22
2,297
95.7
... that Ann Oakley published the first sociological research that shows housework as being actual work?
Crash Twinsanity
2020-10-21
2,257
94.0
... that the character Nina Cortex was intended by Traveller's Tales to debut in the video game Crash Twinsanity , but appeared in an earlier game without the development team's knowledge?
Joseph Clark (painter)
2020-10-30
1,124
93.6
... that Joseph Clark gave some of his paintings titles in the Dorset dialect , in which his schoolmaster William Barnes wrote poetry?
Clathria aceratoobtusa
2020-10-11
2,191
91.3
... that the encrusting sponge Clathria aceratoobtusa kills corals?
Denys Page
2020-10-30
1,050
87.5
... that the English classicist Denys Page was both master of Jesus College, Cambridge , and president of the university's cricket club ?
Carnival of the Animals (ballet)
2020-10-18
2,092
87.2
... that in the 2003 ballet Carnival of the Animals , actor John Lithgow appeared as a school nurse and a female elephant?
Myint Myint Khin (writer)
2020-10-04
2,090
87.1
... that Myint Myint Khin , a professor at the Institute of Medicine, Mandalay , and a WHO consultant, published her first English-language poetry collection at age 89?
2020 British Athletics Championships
2020-10-01
2,049
85.4
... that pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw (pictured) won her eighth national title at the 2020 British Athletics Championships ?
Wiebke Lehmkuhl
2020-10-19
2,041
85.0
... that Wiebke Lehmkuhl was the alto soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the 2017 opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg?
Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and Arts Festival
2020-10-18
2,030
84.6
... that the Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and Arts Festival celebrates LGBTQ culture with Wigstock events for drag queens , a bear fest, athletic events, and an art festival?
Tarantella (ballet)
2020-10-11
2,018
84.1
... that former ballet dancer Edward Villella said that when he performed Tarantella , he "would be flying", and then "in the wings, on the ground, gasping for air"?
If You Could Be Mine
2020-10-24
1,944
81.0
... that If You Could Be Mine was the first novel to win first prize in two different categories in the same year from the Publishing Triangle ?
Kathy Karpan
2020-10-20
1,916
79.9
... that Kathy Karpan was the first female director of the Office of Surface Mining ?
Halisarca caerulea
2020-10-22
1,907
79.5
... that the sponge Halisarca caerulea forms part of a "sponge loop", absorbing large quantities of dissolved organic carbon , and returning the carbon to the sea as detritus ?
Annette Jahns
2020-10-02
1,899
79.1
... that when Annette Jahns portrayed Bettina von Arnim in an opera by Friedrich Schenker , the role required her to scream as well as sing?
Gerhard Weber (designer)
2020-10-05
1,874
78.1
... that Gerhard Weber signed tennis player Steffi Graf , at age 17 and before her international success, as an ambassador for the fashion brand Gerry Weber that he co-founded?
1860 Londonderry City by-election
2020-10-09
1,835
76.5
... that Irish Conservative candidate William McCormick won the 1860 Londonderry City by-election partly because of the support of his Catholic workers, who had previously voted for the Liberal Party?
Al Khadra Mabrook
2020-10-27
1,818
75.8
... that the Sahrawi refugee poet Al Khadra has written poems intended to inspire military revolution, including criticism of the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall ?
Albert Heschong
2020-10-16
1,800
75.0
... that Albert Heschong parlayed his childhood interest in model boats and Erector Sets into building huge stage sets, including a $15,000 Victorian house for ABC's Pulitzer Prize Playhouse ?
Organ Symphony No. 3 (Vierne)
2020-10-08
1,792
74.7
... that Louis Vierne (pictured) completed his Third Organ Symphony during a summer vacation with the family of Marcel Dupré , who played the world premiere in Paris in 1912?
Norma Wendelburg
2020-10-30
877
73.1
... that American composer Norma Wendelburg studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Vienna Academy of Music on two Fulbright scholarships ?
Gustav Mayr
2020-10-19
1,712
71.4
... that the Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr named more than 500 new species of ant ?
Porites lutea
2020-10-15
1,653
68.9
... that "microatolls" of the coral Porites lutea have been used to study past changes in sea level?
Eugen Szenkar
2020-10-16
1,625
67.7
... that conductor Eugen Szenkar , who promoted works by Béla Bartók and Gustav Mahler in Germany, Russia, and Brazil, caused a "near riot" with the world premiere of The Miraculous Mandarin ?
Wesley O. Smith
2020-10-25
1,588
66.2
... that lumberman-turned-newspaper-publisher Wesley O. Smith served two terms in the state legislature, representing what are now six large counties in central Oregon ?
Margueritte Harmon Bro
2020-10-31
792
66.0
... that Coronet magazine was deluged with letters and phone calls when Margueritte Harmon Bro wrote about the "Miracle Man of Virginia Beach "?
Bruder Martin
2020-10-31
780
65.0
... that Bruder Martin is an oratorio of seven scenes from the life of Martin Luther , written for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by a Protestant librettist and a Catholic composer ?
Einer ist unser Leben
2020-10-06
1,508
62.9
... that "Einer ist unser Leben " ("One is our Life"), a hymn with text written by Lothar Zenetti in 1973, was recommended for a regional ecumenical service in 2020?
Gabriel Scally (physician)
2020-10-27
1,500
62.5
... that Gabriel Scally of the Independent SAGE committee has described the British government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as "too little, too late, too flawed"?
Ilse Helling-Rosenthal
2020-10-13
1,480
61.7
... that soprano Ilse Helling-Rosenthal , her husband , and two others formed a vocal ensemble that appeared as the soloists in Bruckner's Te Deum at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1920?
Rhus garwellii
2020-10-10
1,476
61.5
... that the fossil Rhus garwellii likely hybridized with other sumac species in the Klondike Mountain Formation ?
Peter T. Gallagher
2020-10-26
1,474
61.4
... that astrophysicist and space-weather specialist Professor Peter T. Gallagher led the building of Ireland's first serious radio telescope, the 3,000-antenna I-LOFAR , at Birr Castle ?
Jesus Is Lord
2020-10-04
1,471
61.3
... that Kanye West used an extended version of his track "Jesus Is Lord " under the title of "Every Knee Shall Bow" for his film Jesus Is King ?
Giuseppe Saverio Poli
2020-10-18
1,426
59.4
... that the private collections of Giuseppe Saverio Poli formed the foundation of the Zoological Museum of Naples ?
Global Certification Commission
2020-10-06
1,408
58.6
... that the Global Certification Commission has certified the eradication of wild poliovirus in five of the six WHO regions , with the exception of the Eastern Mediterranean Region?
Marina de Gabaráin
2020-10-03
1,346
56.1
... that mezzo-soprano Marina de Gabaráin appeared as Bizet's Carmen in Scotland, and as Rossini's La Cenerentola in Glyndebourne in 1952, recorded the following year?
Glass Pieces
2020-10-07
1,340
55.8
... that in preparation for the ballet Glass Pieces , choreographer Jerome Robbins marked down the structure of Philip Glass 's music on graph paper?
Robert Burg
2020-10-01
1,331
55.5
... that Robert Burg , a leading baritone at the Semperoper in Dresden between the First and Second World Wars, performed the title roles of Busoni's Doktor Faust and Hindemith's Cardillac there?
Fauré Quartet
2020-10-30
656
54.7
... that the Fauré Quartet , a piano quartet founded in 1995, participated in the world premiere and recording of Sven Helbig 's twelve Pocket Symphonies ?
List of Arjuna Award recipients (1961–1969)
2020-10-31
640
53.3
... that the twenty members of the successful 1965 Indian Everest expedition (stamp pictured) are to date the only team recipients of the Arjuna Award ?
Walther Killy
2020-10-09
1,226
51.1
... that Walther Killy , who wrote his dissertation about Hölderlin 's poems, published a literary lexicon which came to be known as "Der Killy"?
Find the Sun
2020-10-15
1,190
49.6
... that a ten-day silent retreat led Deradoorian to invite Dave Harrington to collaborate on her 2020 album Find the Sun ?
A Suite of Dances
2020-10-20
1,138
47.4
... that it took Jerome Robbins two years to choreograph the 16-minute-long ballet A Suite of Dances for dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov ?
Brit Asia TV Music Awards
2020-10-10
1,130
47.1
... that most editions of the annual Brit Asia TV Music Awards were held in Birmingham , which has been called the "Bhangra capital of the world"?
Bettina (opera)
2020-10-31
563
46.9
... that in Bettina , the chamber opera 's only solo singer portrays both Bettina von Arnim and Karoline von Günderrode , reflecting their friendship and Günderrode's suicide?
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
2020-10-16
1,110
46.2
... that the six members of Navika Sagar Parikrama , an all-female crew who circumnavigated the globe, received India's highest adventure award in 2017?
Joseph Benwell Clark
2020-10-27
1,106
46.1
... that J. B. Clark , together with Aubrey Beardsley and William Strang , illustrated an edition of Lucian 's True History ?
Philharmonia Quartet Berlin
2020-10-23
1,088
45.3
... that the Philharmonia Quartet Berlin , formed by principal players of the Berlin Philharmonic , celebrated its 30th anniversary with a recording of all of Beethoven 's string quartets ?
Sinfonietta (Poulenc)
2020-10-21
1,087
45.3
... that Francis Poulenc composed his Sinfonietta on a commission from the BBC ?
Worth Waiting For
2020-10-25
1,084
45.2
... that the smooth jazz –jazz fusion album Worth Waiting For was keyboardist Jeff Lorber 's only solo album to reach number one on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart?
Eli (opera)
2020-10-24
1,034
43.1
... that Eli is an opera by Walter Steffens , who based the libretto on a mystery play by Nelly Sachs which dealt with the suffering of Israel?
Pellegrino Strobel
2020-10-24
1,028
42.8
... that Pellegrino Strobel worked with Luigi Pigorini to study the Bronze Age Terramare culture in northern Italy?
New York State Agricultural Society
2020-10-16
1,014
42.2
... that the New York State Agricultural Society annually recognizes farms that have been owned and operated by one family for a hundred years ?
Dances at a Gathering
2020-10-14
990
41.2
... that choreographer Jerome Robbins planned Dances at a Gathering as a pas de deux for two New York City Ballet dancers, but expanded it to five couples?
Baptist Hoffmann
2020-10-22
964
40.2
... that Baptist Hoffmann , a leading baritone at the Berlin Court Opera , appeared as Jochanaan in the first production of Salome there in 1906?
Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
2020-10-26
963
40.1
... that choreographer Justin Peck cast himself in his ballet Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes when a dancer was injured the night before the premiere?
Parish Church of the Assumption, Mġarr
2020-10-03
950
39.6
... that in the early 20th century, residents of Mġarr , Malta, were encouraged to contribute eggs to raise funds for the construction of their parish church ?
E. A. Gilroy
2020-10-10
787
32.8
... that Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president E. A. Gilroy allowed Canadians to play for Great Britain in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics as a gesture of sportsmanship?
List of Arjuna Award recipients (1980–1989)
2020-10-13
342
14.2
... that five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and India's first woman Everest climber Bachendri Pal received the Arjuna Award in the 1980s , then India's highest sporting honour?