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| Pizza in North Korea |
2024-09-09 |
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54,304 |
2,262.7 |
... that Kim Jong Il had Italian chefs flown into Pyongyang to introduce pizza to North Korea (example pictured)?
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| Ivan the Terrible (1945 film) |
2024-09-06 |
 |
46,270 |
1,927.9 |
... that Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (scene pictured) has been named as both one of the worst films and one of the greatest films of all time?
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| Israel Del Toro |
2024-09-07 |
 |
42,790 |
1,782.9 |
... that despite suffering burns to 80 percent of his body, Israel Del Toro (pictured) became the first member of the U.S. Air Force to re-enlist after being deemed 100-percent disabled?
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| The Hooded Man |
2024-09-03 |
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32,662 |
1,387.9 |
... that The Hooded Man (pictured) is an iconic photograph of the Iraq War, known as a symbol of torture at Abu Ghraib prison?
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| White bear of Henry III |
2024-09-08 |
 |
28,576 |
1,302.8 |
... that in 1253 Henry III of England ordered that his white bear (sculpture pictured) be permitted to swim and hunt in the River Thames?
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| Catch of the Day
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2024-09-03
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21,710
|
922.5
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... that in Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., Judge Lewis A. Kaplan cited Thomas Mangelsen's Catch of the Day as a photograph so original in its timing that it could be copyrightable for that alone?
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| Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co.
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8,564
|
363.9
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| Total |
30,274 |
1,286.5
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| Three Girls Revitalizing Asia |
2024-09-17 |
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24,178 |
1,023.1 |
... that the Empire of Japan created a girl group as propaganda?
|
| Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses |
2024-09-10 |
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23,589 |
982.9 |
... that shortly after it was completed, the Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses burned a hole through itself in a plasma disruption?
|
| Electriquette |
2024-09-10 |
 |
22,712 |
946.4 |
... that the Electriquette (example pictured) was an electric wicker vehicle that could be rented at the 1915 Panama–California Exposition?
|
| Patrick J. Hessian |
2024-09-20 |
 |
22,107 |
921.1 |
... that Patrick J. Hessian (pictured), the 16th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army, earned the Soldier's Medal for disarming a suicidal soldier who was holding a live grenade with the pin pulled?
|
| Café Adria |
2024-09-12 |
 |
21,324 |
888.5 |
... that the nightclub Café Adria survived a hit by a Karl-Gerät siege mortar (pictured)?
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| Yuan Shikai coinage |
2024-09-19 |
 |
17,548 |
731.2 |
... that the Republic of China produced coins featuring emperor Yuan Shikai (pictured) for decades after his demise?
|
| Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill |
2024-09-18 |
|
17,370 |
723.7 |
... that one of the last photographs ever taken of Sitting Bull shows him side by side with Buffalo Bill?
|
| Burnt toast theory |
2024-09-08 |
|
15,008 |
684.2 |
... that according to a TikTok theory, burnt toast could save you from a car accident?
|
| Austin J. Tobin Plaza |
2024-09-11 |
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16,268 |
677.8 |
... that the Austin J. Tobin Plaza (pictured) was destroyed in the September 11 attacks, but one of the sculptures on it survived?
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| The Life Eaters |
2024-09-23 |
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16,150 |
672.9 |
... that the 2003 graphic novel The Life Eaters, presenting an occult-driven, hypothetical Axis victory in World War II, has been discussed in the context of its portrayal of The Holocaust?
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| Car Thing |
2024-09-24 |
|
16,084 |
670.2 |
... that a class-action lawsuit was filed against Spotify following the discontinuation of the Car Thing?
|
| Fantasy (Las Vegas show) |
2024-09-13 |
|
16,057 |
669.0 |
... that Fantasy, performed at the Luxor Las Vegas hotel, is the longest-duration topless production in Las Vegas at a single venue?
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| You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? |
2024-09-17 |
|
15,773[a] |
667.4 |
... that a coconut tree meme drove sales of piña coladas in the Washington, D.C., area?
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| Rico Krieger |
2024-09-23 |
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15,657 |
652.4 |
... that German national Rico Krieger was likely forced by the Belarusian KGB to lie in a state-televised plea titled "Confession of a German Terrorist"?
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| La Nube |
2024-09-23 |
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15,534 |
647.3 |
... that the children's museum La Nube (pictured) includes a bus-washing exhibit?
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| Apache Christ |
2024-09-07 |
|
15,469 |
644.5 |
... that an icon of Jesus was removed from a Catholic church for allegedly being pagan imagery?
|
| Killing of Mohammad Bhar |
2024-09-11 |
|
14,810 |
617.1 |
... that Mohammad Bhar, a Palestinian man with Down syndrome and autism, died following a dog attack in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war?
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| Dublin Castle scandal |
2024-09-03 |
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14,490 |
615.7 |
... that the Dublin Castle scandal in 1884 led to the resignations, loss of positions, and criminal convictions of a number of British administrators in Dublin, and celebrations amongst Irish nationalists?
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| Anti-antisemitism in Germany |
2024-09-22 |
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14,457 |
602.4 |
... that one researcher found that nearly a third of the people cancelled over antisemitism allegations in Germany have been Jews?
|
| Oghul Qaimish |
2024-09-16 |
|
14,154 |
589.8 |
... that the regent of the Mongol Empire between 1248 and 1251 was named "We Were Searching for a Boy"?
|
| 50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000 |
2024-09-14 |
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13,738 |
572.4 |
... that "50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000" gained more than 70 million views in 24 hours?
|
| Black Eagle Silver Certificate |
2024-09-22 |
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13,207 |
550.3 |
... that between 1899 and 1923 the United States government issued 3,604,239,600 one-dollar Black Eagle Silver Certificates (example pictured)?
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| Bergdorf Goodman Building |
2024-09-19 |
|
12,858 |
535.8 |
... that "New York's wealthiest janitor" lived atop the Bergdorf Goodman Building?
|
| Flag of Madagascar |
2024-09-03 |
|
12,256 |
520.8 |
... that the colours of the flag of Madagascar originally had no meaning?
|
| Queer advocacy in the Israel–Hamas war |
2024-09-21 |
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12,313 |
513.0 |
... that queer pro-Palestinian protesters faced off against the 2024 Philadelphia Pride drumline?
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| Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza |
2024-09-03 |
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11,720 |
498.0 |
... that Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is based on Egyptian Ratscrew?
|
| Babydog |
2024-09-06 |
|
11,942 |
497.6 |
... that Babydog is "a fixture in West Virginia politics"?
|
| Vadym Sukharevsky |
2024-09-12 |
|
11,799 |
491.6 |
... that Badger is the first commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces?
|
| Walter Kirchhoff |
2024-09-13 |
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11,620 |
484.2 |
... that operatic tenor Walter Kirchhoff (pictured) was also an officer in the cavalry division of the Imperial German Army?
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| Love Is Embarrassing |
2024-09-07 |
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11,605 |
483.5 |
... that while performing "Love Is Embarrassing", Olivia Rodrigo suffered an "embarrassing" wardrobe malfunction?
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| Storm Ulysses |
2024-09-24 |
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11,562 |
481.8 |
... that Storm Ulysses (damage pictured) in 1903 was so named because its effects were described in James Joyce's novel Ulysses?
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| Nicholas Carlini |
2024-09-25 |
|
11,366 |
473.6 |
... that Nicholas Carlini showed that ChatGPT could leak personal information?
|
| Military-First Girls |
2024-09-18 |
|
11,210 |
467.1 |
... that the Military-First Girls, a Japanese all-women fan club of the Moranbong Band, have compared their interest in North Korean music to other women's interests in K-pop and Taylor Swift?
|
| Queen Anne Pool |
2024-09-18 |
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11,082 |
461.8 |
... that Queen Anne Pool opened to the public one day late, after a thermostat glitch accidentally heated the pool to 100 °F (38 °C)?
|
| 1917 Franco-Russian agreement |
2024-09-16 |
|
10,970 |
457.1 |
... that a 1917 agreement between France and Russia was rendered void within days because of the February Revolution?
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| The Snow Queen (Kernaghan novel) |
2024-09-12 |
|
10,827 |
451.1 |
... that a contemporary adaptation of "The Snow Queen" contains feminist elements and, according to one scholar, violates gender expectations?
|
| Tamurbek Dawletschin |
2024-09-24 |
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10,784 |
449.4 |
... that Tamurbek Dawletschin wrote one of the few memoirs by a Soviet prisoner of war, 3 million of whom died in German captivity?
|
| Abdul Ali Deobandi |
2024-09-04 |
|
10,552 |
439.7 |
... that Abdul Ali Deobandi stipulated that women were prohibited from learning to read and write, even at home?
|
| Abduction of Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano |
2024-09-13 |
|
10,480 |
436.6 |
... that two kidnapped activists were released after claiming at a press conference that they were abducted by government forces?
|
| Adam Berdichevsky |
2024-09-26 |
 |
10,338 |
430.8 |
... that Adam Berdichevsky (pictured) represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, eleven months after he and his family survived the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel?
|
| Church of St John of the Collachium |
2024-09-09 |
|
10,326 |
430.2 |
... that the Church of St John of the Collachium was said to contain the hand of John the Baptist, a bowl used by Jesus, and a piece of the True Cross?
|
| Neary's |
2024-09-16 |
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10,195 |
424.8 |
... that the New York City Police Department shut down highway and bridge traffic for the funeral of the owner of Neary's, an Irish pub?
|
| Auckland (meteorite) |
2024-09-02 |
|
10,098 |
420.7 |
... that the Auckland meteorite crashed through the roof of a house in New Zealand?
|
| Nicole Chang-Leng |
2024-09-17 |
|
9,920 |
419.7 |
... that Nicole Chang-Leng has been described as a "daughter" of the Seychelles?
|
| Iman Mahdavi |
2024-09-01 |
|
9,931 |
413.8 |
... that when refugee Iman Mahdavi boarded a plane in Turkey, he did not know its destination?
|
| Bikers for Trump |
2024-09-12 |
|
9,826 |
409.4 |
... that Chris Cox, the founder of Bikers for Trump, estimated that 70 percent of its members are former military personnel?
|
| Teodoro Asedillo |
2024-09-17 |
|
9,594 |
406.0 |
... that a former teacher in the Philippines became a Robin Hood–like outlaw?
|
| Villa of Augustus |
2024-09-20 |
|
9,679 |
403.3 |
... that the Villa of Augustus was found buried beneath another villa?
|
| Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe |
2024-09-05 |
 |
9,640 |
401.6 |
... that upon independence from Portugal, the flags of São Tomé and Príncipe (pictured), Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau all featured the colours green, yellow and red, as well as black stars?
|
| 1500 Broadway |
2024-09-07 |
|
9,594 |
399.8 |
... that an office building on New York City's Times Square was almost entirely vacant upon its completion?
|
| Battle of Tinzaouaten (2024) |
2024-09-23 |
|
9,548 |
397.9 |
... that Mali and Niger broke off diplomatic relations with Ukraine over the country's alleged support for rebel groups in the Battle of Tinzaouaten?
|
| Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ |
2024-09-04 |
 |
9,521 |
396.7 |
... that the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ, a medieval Andalusian cookbook, contains an early version of Jewish challah bread (pictured), which traveled with Jews expelled from Spain and likely influenced Ashkenazi cuisine?
|
| Senior assassin |
2024-09-14 |
|
9,396 |
391.5 |
... that a school was once evacuated after the water gun of a student playing senior assassin was mistaken for a firearm?
|
| Owha |
2024-09-15 |
|
9,386 |
391.1 |
... that to avoid COVID-19 rule breaches, officials had to discourage people from posting a leopard seal's location online?
|
| Zbrojovka Z 4 |
2024-09-05 |
|
9,230 |
384.6 |
... that the Zbrojovka Z 4 was the first Czechoslovak mass-produced car with front-wheel drive?
|
| Lorena Peril |
2024-09-11 |
|
9,187 |
382.8 |
... that Lorena Peril, who once cleaned toilets at a nursing home, beat out over 3,000 people to sing the national anthem for the San Francisco 49ers?
|
| Cry Baby (Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie and David Guetta song) |
2024-09-15 |
|
9,131 |
380.5 |
... that €40,000 of equipment and cash was stolen during the filming of the music video for "Cry Baby"?
|
| Earl de Grey, Kingston upon Hull |
2024-09-20 |
|
9,127 |
380.3 |
... that according to legend, after one of the Earl de Grey's parrots was killed, the other never spoke again?
|
| Maximiliane Brentano |
2024-09-16 |
|
9,126 |
380.2 |
... that Goethe used his unrequited love to Maximiliane Brentano as inspiration for his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther?
|
| Germany–Samoa relations |
2024-09-05 |
|
9,118 |
379.9 |
... that German officials exiled the Samoan king from his own kingdom in 1887?
|
| Ri Jong Sik
|
2024-09-04
|
|
4,865
|
202.7
|
... that at the 2024 Olympics, unranked North Korean table tennis pair Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong defeated the defending champions and went on to win the silver medal?
|
| Kim Kum Yong
|
4,236
|
176.5
|
| Total |
9,101 |
379.2
|
| Blair Colony |
2024-09-12 |
|
9,020 |
375.8 |
... that while recruiting for the Blair Colony, Betty Blair reportedly convinced potential settlers that there were no flies in South Dakota?
|
| National Hotel (Chișinău) |
2024-09-26 |
|
8,988 |
374.5 |
... that Chișinău's National Hotel was once a flagship property but is now effectively abandoned?
|
| Homer House |
2024-09-16 |
|
8,944 |
372.7 |
... that the cupola of Homer House is part of a 19th-century cooling system?
|
| Kitab-ı Bahriye |
2024-09-06 |
|
8,890 |
370.4 |
... that the surviving copies of the Kitab-ı Bahriye contain a total of more than 5,700 maps?
|
| Maxim Berezovsky |
2024-09-04 |
|
8,848 |
368.7 |
... that according to a myth, after composer Maxim Berezovsky died, Catherine the Great allegedly ordered that the papers in his rooms be burned?
|
| Henry Charles Swan |
2024-09-19 |
|
8,793 |
366.4 |
... that Henry Charles Swan, a law graduate from Oxford, spent more than 25 years living on a yacht in a stream in New Zealand?
|
| Fedora (short story) |
2024-09-26 |
|
8,688 |
362.0 |
... that one commentator interpreted a kiss between two women in "Fedora" as possibly following the "heteronormative script"?
|
| Iloilo Central Market |
2024-09-05 |
|
8,618 |
359.1 |
... that the demolition of the Iloilo Central Market was criticized as being unlawful?
|
| Axis Rule in Occupied Europe |
2024-09-25 |
|
8,542 |
355.9 |
... that the concept of genocide was introduced in the 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe?
|
| September 11 Digital Archive |
2024-09-26 |
|
8,508 |
354.5 |
... that the September 11 Digital Archive argues that even its misinformation is useful to the historical record?
|
| We did it, Joe! |
2024-09-01 |
|
8,471 |
353.0 |
... that Keke Palmer did an impression of "We did it, Joe!" onstage with Kamala Harris?
|
| David Yong |
2024-09-24 |
|
8,356 |
348.2 |
... that Singaporean former lawyer David Yong learned Korean and moved to South Korea to become a K-pop singer?
|
| East Timorese civil war |
2024-09-18 |
|
8,314 |
346.4 |
... that upon winning a civil war in Portuguese Timor, the political party Fretilin repeatedly requested that Portuguese authorities return?
|
| List of people who use their middle names as their first names |
2024-09-04 |
|
8,308 |
346.2 |
... that brothers Mike McCartney and Paul McCartney, and sisters Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, use their middle names as their first names?
|
| M503 |
2024-09-26 |
|
8,225 |
342.7 |
... that to protest changes to the flight route M503, Taiwan cancelled 176 flights between China and Taiwan?
|
| 325 East 38th Street |
2024-09-13 |
|
8,010 |
333.8 |
... that the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations is housed in a former public bath?
|
| The Invincible Dragon |
2024-09-15 |
|
7,958 |
331.6 |
... that The Invincible Dragon was filmed at the Macau police headquarters without permission, leading to the detention of the director and the lead actor?
|
| Hyakuman-kai no "I Love You" |
2024-09-18 |
|
7,933 |
330.5 |
... that Hyakuman-kai no "I Love You" is a popular confession song in Japan?
|
| 2024 Houthi drone attack on Israel |
2024-09-16 |
|
7,888 |
328.7 |
... that a drone attack by the Houthi military hit a target in Tel Aviv, but no sirens were activated?
|
| Takara's Treasure |
2024-09-25 |
|
7,868 |
327.8 |
... that Takara's Treasure was created because its artist wanted to draw a story about a boy who speaks a local dialect?
|
| Poetry for Neanderthals |
2024-09-02 |
|
7,688 |
320.4 |
... that the creators of Poetry for Neanderthals faced difficulties during its release because they needed a way to manufacture inflatable clubs?
|
| Khalji Revolution |
2024-09-24 |
|
7,683 |
320.1 |
... that during the Khalji Revolution, Sultan Qaiqabad was wrapped in a carpet and thrown into the Yamuna river?
|
| Sydney Francisco |
2024-09-06 |
|
7,654 |
318.9 |
... that Olympian Sydney Francisco was named after the city where her mother competed at the Olympics?
|
| J1407b |
2024-09-22 |
|
7,647 |
318.6 |
... that although J1407b eclipsed V1400 Centauri in 2007, nobody noticed for over three years?
|
| Huang Shaoqiang |
2024-09-23 |
|
7,596 |
316.5 |
... that Huang Shaoqiang produced numerous paintings condemning the Japanese invasion of China?
|
| Siege of Perth (1339) |
2024-09-01 |
|
7,470 |
311.3 |
... that a warrant was issued to pay a force to relieve the siege of Perth in October 1339, after the garrison had already surrendered?
|
| Parker Short |
2024-09-21 |
|
7,453 |
310.5 |
... that Parker Short became popular on social media for singing and dancing to "Not Like Us" at a rally for Kamala Harris?
|
| One Million Monkeys Typing |
2024-09-07 |
|
7,408 |
308.7 |
... that a researcher called the community on the short-lived collaborative writing website One Million Monkeys Typing "astonishingly harmonious"?
|
| Mary Jane Patterson |
2024-09-13 |
|
7,404 |
308.5 |
... that Mary Jane Patterson, whose mother was an African-American slave, gained a BA degree in 1862 having taken a "gentleman's course"?
|
| Midland Main Line upgrade |
2024-09-23 |
|
7,391 |
308.0 |
... that although the electrification of the Midland Main Line was designated as a high priority in 1981, work to electrify the northern part of the line did not begin until more than 30 years later?
|
| Terrace on the Park |
2024-09-25 |
|
7,284 |
303.5 |
... that Madonna once operated an elevator at Terrace on the Park?
|
| The Anacrusis |
2024-09-26 |
|
7,270 |
302.9 |
... that the science-fiction video game The Anacrusis is named after a musical term?
|
| Meteorological history of Cyclone Freddy |
2024-09-07 |
|
7,240 |
301.7 |
... that Cyclone Freddy was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone recorded?
|
| Statue of Dirk Nowitzki |
2024-09-22 |
|
7,204 |
300.2 |
... that plans for a statue of Dirk Nowitzki to have three basketballs were scrapped?
|
| Rachel Scott (journalist) |
2024-09-02 |
|
7,172 |
298.9 |
... that Rachel Scott reported live during the January 6 United States Capitol attack in her first week as ABC News' White House correspondent?
|
| Jacob von Eggers |
2024-09-18 |
|
7,155 |
298.1 |
... that around the age of four, Jacob von Eggers was deported to Arkhangelsk in Russia together with the entire German-speaking population of Tartu?
|
| Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) |
2024-09-08 |
|
6,502 |
296.4 |
... that the lyrics of "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" were inspired by beheadings in medieval Europe?
|
| AMES Type 6 |
2024-09-24 |
|
7,061 |
294.2 |
... that during the Tunisian campaign in World War II, crews carried an AMES Type 6 radar set across a swamp to allow them to spy on Luftwaffe aircraft running supplies into Tunis?
|
| I'll See You in C-U-B-A |
2024-09-06 |
|
6,927 |
288.6 |
... that the 1919 foxtrot song "I'll See You in C-U-B-A" was an example of Cuba being perceived as "America's playground"?
|
| Flag of Rwanda |
2024-09-21 |
 |
6,918 |
288.3 |
... that the flag of Rwanda (pictured) depicts the sun illuminating the country's vegetation?
|
| Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche |
2024-09-05 |
|
6,882 |
286.8 |
... that "Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche", a 1983 song by Mike Ejeagha, went viral in 2024?
|
| Steam tug Brent |
2024-09-11 |
|
6,817 |
284.0 |
... that in the late 1940s the steam tug Brent removed war-related debris, including naval mines, from the River Thames?
|
| Shrine of Taharqa |
2024-09-21 |
|
6,794 |
283.1 |
... that the Shrine of Taharqa was coated in nitrocellulose?
|
| Juan de Casas |
2024-09-17 |
|
6,604 |
279.4 |
... that Juan de Casas, the Spanish military governor of Venezuela, cried after the French demanded that he accept a Frenchman as king?
|
| Metropolitan Club (New York City) |
2024-09-02 |
|
6,633 |
276.4 |
... that when New York City's Metropolitan Club was established, there was another Metropolitan Club two city blocks away?
|
| Mary Jo West |
2024-09-10 |
|
6,609 |
275.4 |
... that Mary Jo West compared working in network TV news to learning that Santa Claus is just an ordinary man?
|
| Voss (Alexander McQueen collection) |
2024-09-14 |
 |
6,598 |
274.9 |
... that the runway show for the Alexander McQueen collection Voss included dresses made from razor clams (pictured), microscope slides, and an antique Japanese folding screen?
|
| Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu |
2024-09-15 |
|
6,518 |
271.6 |
... that the creator of Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu ensured a happy ending by not making the main characters blood relatives?
|
| Nuwhaha |
2024-09-09 |
|
6,506 |
271.1 |
... that the Nuwhaha people, despite sometimes being erroneously known as the "Upper Samish", do not speak the Samish language?
|
| Ibsen Nelsen |
2024-09-26 |
|
6,458 |
269.1 |
... that the Dust Bowl refugee Ibsen Nelsen received the Purple Heart and became a fellow of the American Institute of Architects?
|
| Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve
|
2024-09-12
|
|
3,582
|
149.3
|
... that the borders of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve were drawn to minimize impact on the Shengli Oil Field?
|
| Shengli Oil Field
|
2,862
|
119.2
|
| Total |
6,444 |
268.5
|
| The Book of Virtues |
2024-09-22 |
|
6,427 |
267.8 |
... that The Book of Virtues inspired PBS's first animated primetime series?
|
| Schlag den Henssler |
2024-09-01 |
|
6,410 |
267.1 |
... that a clip of a soft pretzel being cut perfectly in half made the short-lived German game show Schlag den Henssler briefly popular to an international audience?
|
| Slim Pickins |
2024-09-19 |
|
6,335 |
264.0 |
... that in her song "Slim Pickins", Sabrina Carpenter supposedly settles for someone who does not know the difference between "their", "there", and "they are"?
|
| Daiki Kobayashi |
2024-09-07 |
|
6,310 |
262.9 |
... that Daiki Kobayashi was already known for his androgynous voice when he was cast as a cross-dressing idol in The Idolmaster SideM?
|
| Leanne Mohamad |
2024-09-05 |
|
6,307 |
262.8 |
... that despite being an independent candidate, Leanne Mohamad came within 528 votes of defeating shadow health secretary Wes Streeting in the 2024 UK general election?
|
| Ban Hyo-jin |
2024-09-07 |
|
6,289 |
262.0 |
... that although sport shooter Ban Hyo-jin attended Olympic trials just to gain some competition experience, she qualified for the Olympics and went on to win a gold medal?
|
| Morgan Library & Museum |
2024-09-15 |
 |
6,275 |
261.5 |
... that during the Panic of 1907, the presidents of New York City's banks and trust companies were locked in the Pierpont Morgan Library (pictured)?
|
| Asiatyrannus |
2024-09-03 |
|
6,060 |
257.5 |
... that Asiatyrannus is thought to have grown to less than half the size of other tyrannosaurs?
|
| Nathaniel Coe |
2024-09-10 |
|
6,122 |
255.1 |
... that Nathaniel Coe declined nomination to the United States Senate, instead choosing to serve as an inspector for the United States Postal Service?
|
| Qupanuk Olsen |
2024-09-09 |
|
6,090 |
253.8 |
... that Greenlandic content creator Qupanuk Olsen petitioned the Inatsisartut to move Greenland's time zone to UTC−03:00?
|
| Apple (song) |
2024-09-23 |
|
6,066 |
252.8 |
... that a viral dance in which performers mimic driving a car was performed by #Amishtiktok content creators, who substituted operating a horse and buggy?
|
| Josef Hoop |
2024-09-01 |
 |
6,041 |
251.7 |
... that under the premiership of Josef Hoop (pictured), the Progressive Citizens' Party was the first party to hold an absolute majority in the Landtag of Liechtenstein?
|
| Plurality (film) |
2024-09-08 |
|
5,512 |
251.3 |
... that the prison scenes in the film Plurality were shot in an archaeology museum?
|
| Nan Oo Pagoda, Myinsaing |
2024-09-02 |
|
6,000 |
250.0 |
... that the Nan Oo Pagoda is classified as a double encased stupa as it envelops a smaller stupa?
|
| National Hospital Service Reserve |
2024-09-16 |
 |
5,977 |
249.0 |
... that the British National Hospital Service Reserve (poster pictured) trained volunteers to carry out first aid in the aftermath of a nuclear or chemical attack?
|
| State Publishing House of Ukraine |
2024-09-17 |
 |
5,885 |
249.0 |
... that 1920s belles-lettres books published by the State Publishing House of Ukraine (symbol pictured) sold out more rapidly than similar books published elsewhere in the Soviet Union, despite the higher average price?
|
| United States Pavilion |
2024-09-09 |
|
5,966 |
248.6 |
... that during the 1964 New York World's Fair, police officers used computers at the United States Pavilion to help arrest people?
|
| Articulation (painting) |
2024-09-04 |
|
5,876 |
244.9 |
... that actress Lisa Coleman attended artist Euan Uglow's studio one to three times a week from 1993 to 1996 to model for Articulation?
|
| Henrik Johan Nauckhoff |
2024-09-05 |
|
5,834 |
243.1 |
... that Swedish naval officer Henrik Johan Nauckhoff fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War?
|
| Dorothy Stanley |
2024-09-13 |
|
5,829 |
242.9 |
... that Dorothy Stanley was once said to be one of the last speakers of the Miwok languages?
|
| Amir Zakirov |
2024-09-22 |
|
5,768 |
240.4 |
... that in order to attend breakdancing classes as a child, future Olympian Amir Zakirov had to give up eating lunch?
|
| Betty Hanley |
2024-09-09 |
|
5,716 |
238.2 |
... that Betty Hanley, originally a Michigander, was appointed lampshade designer to the British royal family?
|
| Kuomintang Building (Vancouver) |
2024-09-25 |
|
5,638 |
234.9 |
... that in addition to having been a centre for local involvement in Chinese politics, the Kuomintang Building in Vancouver has hosted social events including a wedding reception?
|
| 1954 Busan Yongdusan fire |
2024-09-06 |
|
5,568 |
232.0 |
... that 30 royal portraits of Korean kings were completely destroyed in a 1954 fire in Busan, South Korea?
|
| Fan wiki |
2024-09-13 |
|
5,536 |
230.6 |
... that some fan wikis document fan fiction?
|
| Yahya Al-Ghotany |
2024-09-15 |
|
5,493 |
228.9 |
... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Yahya Al-Ghotany picked up the sport "by chance" at a refugee camp?
|
| Chand Sifarish |
2024-09-01 |
|
5,470 |
227.9 |
... that an AI-generated cover of Shaan and Kailash Kher's "Chand Sifarish" received nearly five million views on Instagram in two days?
|
| David Gillespie (surveyor) |
2024-09-15 |
|
5,458 |
227.4 |
... that David Gillespie became the chief surveyor of the United States boundary commission after the first surveyor was considered to be "insufferably arrogant"?
|
| Dollar Mountain Fire |
2024-09-08 |
|
4,947 |
225.5 |
... that during the 1929 Dollar Mountain Fire, 65 firefighters survived being surrounded by fire overnight by sheltering near a creek?
|
| WNWO-TV |
2024-09-06 |
|
5,400 |
225.0 |
... that a judge compared the bankruptcy fraud of an Ohio TV station to a 1601 English court case?
|
| Wolfman's Got Nards |
2024-09-11 |
|
5,386 |
224.4 |
... that the title of the documentary Wolfman's Got Nards is derived from a memorable line in the 1987 film The Monster Squad?
|
| Poecilia vandepolli |
2024-09-24 |
|
5,312 |
221.4 |
... that the small fish species Poecilia vandepolli solves food shortage problems by eating its own offspring?
|
| S1/S2 (Amsterdam Metro) |
2024-09-01 |
|
5,308 |
221.2 |
... that the S1/S2 rolling stock of the Amsterdam Metro was also a tram?
|
| Jubilee Bridge (Tay) |
2024-09-19 |
|
5,296 |
220.7 |
... that the construction of the Jubilee Bridge was featured in the 1982 documentary about the A9 road reconstruction?
|
| Grant Nel |
2024-09-16 |
|
5,271 |
219.6 |
... that Grant Nel, at the age of nine, switched from gymnastics to diving after breaking both of his hands?
|
| List of emperors of the Yuan dynasty |
2024-09-03 |
|
5,162 |
219.3 |
... that the rulers of the Yuan dynasty styled themselves as both Mongol khans and Chinese emperors?
|
| Ácido Argentino |
2024-09-20 |
|
5,246 |
218.6 |
... that Rolling Stone listed Ácido Argentino as the most essential album of Argentine heavy metal?
|
| Motibai Kapadia |
2024-09-11 |
|
5,172 |
215.5 |
... that in 1884 Motibai Kapadia's father allowed her to study alongside men in India?
|
| Bernlef |
2024-09-25 |
 |
5,167 |
215.3 |
... that according to tradition Saint Ludger healed the Frisian bard Bernlef of his blindness (pictured) and taught him to play psalms on his harp?
|
| Feastogether |
2024-09-12 |
|
5,098 |
212.4 |
... that Feastogether launched a restaurant that was Taiwan's highest-priced buffet when it opened in 2023?
|
| Sammy Virji |
2024-09-12 |
|
5,093 |
212.2 |
... that the DJ Sammy Virji went viral on TikTok after cueing in a track with a rubber fish?
|
| Abortion in the Gambia |
2024-09-04 |
|
5,082 |
211.8 |
... that in The Gambia, there is a belief that people can summon evil spirits to cause abortions?
|
| Malacchi Esdale |
2024-09-13 |
|
5,080 |
211.7 |
... that rugby sevens player Malacchi Esdale said that the conditioning he went through to play in the Olympics was "borderline crazy"?
|
| Tunghsing Building |
2024-09-21 |
|
5,054 |
210.6 |
... that the Tunghsing Building was the only building in Taipei that collapsed after the September 21 earthquake in 1999?
|
| One Room Angel |
2024-09-13 |
|
5,012 |
208.8 |
... that the angel's wings in the live-action television-drama adaptation of One Room Angel took about a month to construct?
|
| Republic Drug Store |
2024-09-17 |
|
4,926 |
208.4 |
... that the Republic Drug Store was formed from the consolidation of an estate and its competition?
|
| Sugar Dog Life |
2024-09-17 |
|
4,779 |
202.2 |
... that the author of Sugar Dog Life ended up buying and raising a cactus after drawing one in the manga?
|
| Christopher Columbus (Zador) |
2024-09-15 |
|
4,810 |
200.4 |
... that the opera Christopher Columbus was written by its Jewish composer while fleeing persecution from Nazi Germany by sailing across the Atlantic?
|
| December 2010 Christchurch earthquake |
2024-09-06 |
|
4,794 |
199.8 |
... that the December 2010 Christchurch earthquake caused Boxing Day sales events six weeks later?
|
| Kevin Mejía |
2024-09-12 |
|
4,784 |
199.4 |
... that as a child, future Olympian Kevin Mejía sold spinning tops?
|
| Premna microphylla |
2024-09-18 |
 |
4,742 |
197.6 |
... that the leaves of Premna microphylla (pictured) are used to make a green jelly called Guanyin tofu?
|
| River |
2024-09-04 |
|
4,709 |
196.2 |
... that rivers form 23% of international borders?
|
| Abortion in Benin |
2024-09-10 |
|
4,694 |
195.6 |
... that the legalization of abortion in Benin was supported by two members of the cabinet who had both worked as gynecologists?
|
| Robert Aiello |
2024-09-01 |
|
4,636 |
193.2 |
... that Robert Aiello's first novel was published after literary agents turned it down roughly 60 times?
|
| Galena Schoolhouse |
2024-09-14 |
|
4,586 |
191.1 |
... that Galena Schoolhouse in South Dakota was once leased to a historical society for $1 annually?
|
| Toy unboxing |
2024-09-04 |
|
4,522 |
188.4 |
... that a Los Angeles summer camp teaches children how to become YouTubers by making toy unboxing videos?
|
| Infant school |
2024-09-05 |
|
4,518 |
188.2 |
... that nine-year-old children were sometimes employed to help teach younger children in infant schools in the 1840s?
|
| Canadian Premier League inaugural match |
2024-09-14 |
|
4,482 |
186.8 |
... that the inaugural Canadian Premier League match led to the suspension of both team captains?
|
| Rabbinic period |
2024-09-21 |
|
4,464 |
186.0 |
... that the Rabbinic period was consequential in the ongoing development of Judaism and its traditions?
|
| KIXE-TV |
2024-09-16 |
|
4,428 |
184.5 |
... that the general manager of a California TV station canceled the interview show he hosted because of its lack of quality?
|
| Cosmetic Playlover |
2024-09-10 |
|
4,415 |
184.0 |
... that Sachi Narashima came up with the idea for the manga Cosmetic Playlover after her friend, who worked as a beauty consultant, mentioned that there were male beauty consultants?
|
| Submarine Mining Service |
2024-09-14 |
|
4,409 |
183.7 |
... that the British Army's Submarine Mining Service defended ports and harbours with naval mines and torpedoes?
|
| Jajaira Gonzalez |
2024-09-11 |
|
4,328 |
180.3 |
... that USA Boxing's head coach said that Olympian Jajaira Gonzalez's return to boxing was "like Lazarus coming back from the dead"?
|
| Tropical Storm Chris (2024) |
2024-09-02 |
 |
4,306 |
179.4 |
... that Tropical Storm Chris (pictured) in July 2024 caused bodies of water to overflow in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, resulting in a crocodile sighting at a beach?
|
| William Aitken (architect)
|
2024-09-08
|
|
1,228
|
56.0
|
... that William Aitken, William J. Bain, J. Lister Holmes, John T. Jacobsen, and George W. Stoddard collaborated in the early 1940s to design America's first racially integrated public housing development?
|
| George W. Stoddard
|
852
|
38.8
|
| J. Lister Holmes
|
844
|
38.5
|
| John T. Jacobsen
|
837
|
38.2
|
| Total |
3,761 |
171.5
|
| Motokare Retry |
2024-09-09 |
|
4,054 |
168.9 |
... that the spin-off episode of the live-action adaptation of Motokare Retry was written to portray "conversations between men" and "male friendship"?
|
| Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) |
2024-09-02 |
|
4,016 |
167.3 |
... that a bootleg album of Jai Paul's unreleased music was named as one of the best of 2013 by several music publications?
|
| Palestinian right of armed resistance |
2024-09-22 |
|
4,001 |
166.7 |
... that arguments in favor of a Palestinian right of armed resistance are often based on Article 1(4) of Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions?
|
| Edmilson Pedro |
2024-09-19 |
|
3,978 |
165.7 |
... that Olympic judoka Edmilson Pedro is nicknamed Bicho Papão, which means "the bogeyman"?
|
| Armond Seidler |
2024-09-19 |
|
3,936 |
164.0 |
... that although Armond Seidler invented the pugil stick for military training purposes, it later found use in the television show American Gladiators?
|
| 1990 Serbian constitutional referendum |
2024-09-08 |
|
3,572 |
162.9 |
... that the 1990 Serbian constitutional referendum also took place at six voting stations in Montenegro for voters who were on holiday?
|
| Józef Ignacy Kraszewski |
2024-09-10 |
|
3,907 |
162.8 |
... that 19th-century Polish writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski authored hundreds of works, including more than 200 novels?
|
| Joanna Ferrone |
2024-09-21 |
|
3,894 |
162.3 |
... that Joanna Ferrone served as the business manager for the fictional character Fido Dido?
|
| Alexina Kublu |
2024-09-21 |
|
3,868 |
161.1 |
... that Alexina Kublu, a linguist, translator, Languages Commissioner, and the first justice of the peace in Nunavut, is her grandmother's father and her daughter's son, as per the Inuit namesake tradition?
|
| Railways in Canberra |
2024-09-09 |
|
3,856 |
160.6 |
... that many an Xplorer has traversed the rails in Canberra?
|
| Albert Schädler |
2024-09-18 |
|
3,840 |
160.0 |
... that the ideas of Albert Schädler became the founding ideas of the Progressive Citizens' Party, though he himself was opposed to the formation of political parties?
|
| Kaylee Bryson |
2024-09-20 |
|
3,836 |
159.8 |
... that Kaylee Bryson was the first female driver to advance to the A-Main feature race at the Chili Bowl Nationals?
|
| Ivan Palmaw |
2024-09-07 |
|
3,818 |
159.1 |
... that architect Ivan Palmaw designed houses in Shanghai and Seattle after fleeing the Russian Revolution?
|
| William Pope (priest) |
2024-09-02 |
|
3,690 |
153.8 |
... that William Pope, an Anglican deacon, was a follower of John Henry Newman and like him became a Roman Catholic priest?
|
| Zhong Jingwen |
2024-09-14 |
|
3,688 |
153.7 |
... that Zhong Jingwen was known as the "father of Chinese folklore studies"?
|
| Suiattle River |
2024-09-20 |
|
3,629 |
151.2 |
... that every summer, the Suiattle River dirties the Sauk with glacial debris?
|
| Alfredo Gandolfi |
2024-09-05 |
|
3,480 |
145.0 |
... that cinematographer Alfredo Gandolfi also had a career as a singer that included more than 300 performances at the Metropolitan Opera?
|
| Thomas Broun |
2024-09-14 |
|
3,460 |
144.1 |
... that Thomas Broun has been blamed for inflating the number of beetle species in New Zealand?
|
| The Eternaut |
2024-09-11 |
|
3,416 |
142.3 |
... that Héctor Germán Oesterheld repurposed his initial plans for a sequel of the comic The Eternaut as a novel?
|
| Ron Tiavaasue |
2024-09-25 |
|
3,361 |
140.0 |
... that Ron Tiavaasue was born in Samoa, grew up in New Zealand, played college football in the United States, and now plays professional football in Canada?
|
| Marmelada de Santa Luzia |
2024-09-10 |
|
3,268 |
136.2 |
... that many producers of Marmelada de Santa Luzia, a variety of quince cheese, are descendants of quilombolas?
|
| Kimi wa Bara yori Utsukushī |
2024-09-19 |
|
3,261 |
135.9 |
... that two cosmetic companies engaged in a "rose war" with advertising campaigns based around the song "You're More Beautiful Than a Rose" and the film The Rose of Versailles?
|
| Fede Vigevani |
2024-09-19 |
|
3,244 |
135.2 |
... that Fede Vigevani once presented an awards ceremony in which he won an award?
|
| Alex Chilowicz |
2024-09-10 |
|
3,176 |
132.3 |
... that in December 2023, former Major League Soccer referee Alex Chilowicz began officiating in the English Football League after relocating to England?
|
| Bothell, Washington |
2024-09-08 |
|
2,876 |
131.1 |
... that up to 16,000 crows regularly commute from around the Seattle metropolitan area to a wetland in Bothell, Washington?
|
| A. Sreekar Prasad filmography |
2024-09-03 |
|
3,046 |
129.5 |
... that Indian film editor A. Sreekar Prasad holds a record for editing films in 17 different languages?
|
| Helen Hornbeck Tanner |
2024-09-11 |
|
3,094 |
128.9 |
... that Helen Hornbeck Tanner was part of a major case supporting the Ojibwe before the Supreme Court of the United States while in her 80s?
|
| LA LOM |
2024-09-09 |
|
3,085 |
128.5 |
... that LA LOM named many of their songs after various locations in Los Angeles?
|
| A. I. Namm & Son Department Store |
2024-09-18 |
|
3,028 |
126.2 |
... that an annex to the A. I. Namm & Son Department Store included artifacts from a church?
|
| La Mojana |
2024-09-20 |
|
2,972 |
123.9 |
... that people of the Zenú culture built canals in the La Mojana wetland area of Colombia long before Spanish arrival?
|
| Gwent Broadcasting |
2024-09-24 |
|
2,969 |
123.7 |
... that Gwent Broadcasting, at the time the smallest Independent Local Radio station in Britain, lasted less than two years?
|
| ComicBook.com |
2024-09-26 |
|
2,968 |
123.7 |
... that ComicBook.com originally began as a website with sales links and press releases before becoming an entertainment news site?
|
| Jordan Sepho |
2024-09-23 |
|
2,946 |
122.8 |
... that Olympic gold-medal-winning rugby player Jordan Sepho vomited from stress the first time he played for his national team?
|
| List of accolades received by Joe Hisaishi |
2024-09-26 |
|
2,932 |
122.2 |
... that the composer Joe Hisaishi has been awarded eight Japan Academy Film Prizes and nominated for eight more?
|
| Justiniano Borgoño |
2024-09-17 |
|
2,872 |
121.5 |
... that a bust of former Peruvian president Justiniano Borgoño was stolen from its pedestal by thieves?
|
| Nam Su-hyeon
|
2024-09-01
|
|
1,550
|
64.6
|
... that Nam Su-hyeon, Jeon Hun-young, and Lim Si-hyeon's gold medal in the women's team archery event at the 2024 Olympics marked South Korea's tenth victory in a row?
|
| Jeon Hun-young
|
1,330
|
55.4
|
| Total |
2,879 |
120.0
|
| Ana Sigüenza |
2024-09-08 |
|
2,593 |
118.2 |
... that Ana Sigüenza was the first woman to be the general secretary of a national trade union center in Spain?
|
| Mark Robert Harrison |
2024-09-15 |
|
2,831 |
118.0 |
... that painter Mark Robert Harrison's brother died in a fire that broke out at one of Harrison's own exhibitions in 1846?
|
| Trust Issues |
2024-09-23 |
|
2,738 |
114.1 |
... that the 2019 single "Trust Issues" by Drake was originally released in 2011 as a free download?
|
| Michael Kettle |
2024-09-25 |
|
2,684 |
111.8 |
... that Michael Kettle received an award at the age of 80 for his work as a cricket groundskeeper?
|
| Donald MacKay (architect) |
2024-09-20 |
|
2,684 |
111.8 |
... that architect Donald MacKay designed a fire station which later burnt down in the Great Seattle Fire?
|
| Valentin Bontus
|
2024-09-24
|
|
1,600
|
66.6
|
... that Valentin Bontus won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in Formula Kite, while Toni Vodišek won the first silver medal?
|
| Toni Vodišek
|
931
|
38.8
|
| Total |
2,530 |
105.4
|
| Aracy Amaral |
2024-09-02 |
|
2,474 |
103.1 |
... that a historian lamented the lack of English-language translations for the work of Aracy Amaral despite it being "a vital reference for the study of art history in Brazil"?
|
| Josh Katz |
2024-09-21 |
|
2,472 |
103.0 |
... that Australian judoka Josh Katz competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics six months after completely rupturing an ACL?
|
| El Eternauta: segunda parte |
2024-09-22 |
|
2,426 |
101.1 |
... that during the writing of El Eternauta: segunda parte, Héctor Germán Oesterheld became victim of an enforced disappearance?
|
| Alfred Biliotti |
2024-09-03 |
|
2,198 |
93.4 |
... that Alfred Biliotti excavated the first known examples of Mycenaean painted pottery in 1868?
|
| Tilman Michael |
2024-09-14 |
|
1,343 |
56.0 |
... that Tilman Michael, who is set to be the Metropolitan Opera's chorus master from the 2024/25 season, helped the Oper Frankfurt win multiple awards for operatic choir of the year?
|
| SDSS J0849+1114 |
2024-09-25 |
|
0[b] |
0 |
... that as of 1.06 billion years ago, three supermassive black holes from a trio of galaxies in the constellation of Cancer were colliding?
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