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Sharad Panday
2017-10-10
24,973
1,147.7
... that Sharad Panday was a pioneer of bloodless open heart surgery in India?
Optima Signature
2017-10-12
20,266
910.5
... that residents of the top 15 floors of the Optima Signature (pictured) have access to a private club in the building?
Benty Grange helmet
2017-10-09
18,688
868.8
... that warriors in the epic poem Beowulf wear helmets like the boar-crested Benty Grange helmet (pictured) ?
SS Clifton
2017-10-31
19,465
811.0
... that the whaleback SS Clifton disappeared for over 90 years?
The Black Swan, Oldstead
2017-10-26
16,989
707.9
... that The Black Swan at Oldstead is rated the best restaurant in the world by TripAdvisor ?
Birka female Viking warrior
2017-10-09
15,194
706.4
... that the Birka female Viking warrior has been described as a shield-maiden similar to Brienne of Tarth from Game of Thrones ?
Nude for Satan
2017-10-16
15,978
687.0
... that one critic described the plot of Nude for Satan as "the Devil is bored and wants to have an orgy. Oh, and Calderoni gets molested by a giant spider"?
Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong
2017-10-16
15,232
654.9
... that captured women and girls were sold for 10 to 20 Mexican dollars during the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong ?
Loggerhead Key
2017-10-18
15,332
645.4
... that Loggerhead Key (pictured) was home to the Tortugas Laboratory, which performed some of the first research on Western Hemisphere mangroves and coral reefs ?
Antonov An-70
2017-10-28
15,452
643.9
... that the Antonov An-70 (pictured) was the first aircraft to take flight powered only by propfans ?
Muntz Jet
2017-10-07
12,590
599.3
... that the Muntz Jet (pictured) was a car that came with the option of a liquor cabinet and ice chest under the rear seat armrests?
Chains of Love (TV series)
2017-10-17
13,400
570.0
... that Chains of Love was described as "televised prostitution"?
AirTrain JFK
2017-10-27
12,874
536.4
... that AirTrain JFK (vehicle pictured) , an airport rail link in New York City, took almost 30 years to plan?
Chinese wedding door games
2017-10-02
10,533
533.1
... that as part of Chinese weddings, the groom may be made to swallow pungent wasabi , chilli padi , and bitter tea before receiving the bride at her family home?
Linguamyrmex
2017-10-03
10,174
508.5
... that Linguamyrmex vladi is named for Vlad the Impaler , who was the inspiration for Count Dracula ?
Battle of Emmendingen
2017-10-13
11,320
502.9
... that both sides in the Battle of Emmendingen lost their commanding general, one to a musket ball, the other to a cannonball?
The Ex (target)
2017-10-17
11,620
494.3
... that the Ex is a target practice mannequin that spouts blood when shot?
Boston Irish Famine Memorial
2017-10-28
11,434
476.4
... that in 2013, the Irish Famine Memorial was described as "the most mocked and reviled public sculpture in Boston "?
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
2017-10-02
9,020
456.5
... that before his death at the Battle of Barnet in 1471, John Neville was reported to be in the thick of the fighting and "cutting off arms and heads like a hero of romance"?
Thai royal funeral
2017-10-26
File:TNN24 - Royal crematorium of King Bhumibol (1) cropped.jpg
10,481
436.7
... that the cremation pyres (example pictured) built for Thai royal funerals symbolize Mount Meru , the Hindu centre of the universe?
Matt Page (artist)
2017-10-20
10,062
419.2
... that Matt Page humorously edited historical images to include Axl Rose eating snacks?
Death of Victoria Martens
2017-10-30
10,042
418.4
... that officers from the Albuquerque Police Department lied to the Albuquerque Journal when providing details regarding the death of Victoria Martens ?
The Rolling Stones
2017-10-09
8,962 [a]
416.7
... that The Rolling Stones are a British rock band? Okay, you probably did...
Mark Romanek videography
2017-10-10
8,986
413.0
... that in 1995, American filmmaker Mark Romanek directed two of the most expensive music videos ever made?
Gastropteridae
2017-10-04
8,306
410.0
... that while mating, some species of bat-winged slugs (pictured) stab each other with a two-pronged penis?
Jeremy (snail)
2017-10-27
9,806
408.6
... that a global search yielded two mating partners for Jeremy , a rare left-coiled snail , but they began to mate with each other instead?
Halloween card
2017-10-31
9,782
407.6
... that the United States experienced a Halloween "postcard craze" in the early 1900s?
German People's Radio
2017-10-12
8,816
396.1
... that German People's Radio pretended to broadcast from within Germany, but was actually located in Moscow ?
William Lunn (educator)
2017-10-04
7,944
392.2
... that after William Lunn 's wedding, people destroyed the door of a police watch house in Montreal ?
Fawad Khan
2017-10-16
8,874 [b]
381.5
... that Fawad Khan appeared in Eastern Eye 's listing of the "50 Sexiest Asian Men" in 2014, 2015, and 2016?
Pacheco Pass Tunnel
2017-10-18
9,046
380.8
... that California High-Speed Rail 's proposed Pacheco Pass Tunnel is expected to become the longest rail tunnel in North America?
Abbie Hutty
2017-10-25
8,797
366.5
... that Abbie Hutty hopes there really is life on Mars ?
GRIM test
2017-10-30
8,494
353.9
... that a GRIM test on a sample of published psychology articles revealed that over half contained at least one mathematically impossible result?
Canan Bayram
2017-10-16
8,114
348.9
... that Canan Bayram (pictured) was the only member of Alliance 90/The Greens directly elected to the German parliament in the 2017 election ?
Vector General
2017-10-27
8,308
346.1
... that a Vector General 3D terminal was used to create the 3D animation near the end of the original Star Wars ?
Schizomyia viticola
2017-10-25
8,153
339.7
... that although the gall midge Schizomyia viticola can produce up to 135 galls (pictured) on a single grape vine leaf, the plant is not harmed?
William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1900
2017-10-07
7,048
335.5
... that despite being urged to do so, William Jennings Bryan refused to drop his free silver plank when he ran for U.S. President in 1900 ?
Soviet Census (1979)
2017-10-06
6,488
312.6
... that 18 cities in the Soviet Union had a population of at least one million in 1979?
First Battle of Dernancourt
2017-10-29
7,480
311.6
... that Sergeant Stanley McDougall (pictured) was awarded the Victoria Cross for single-handedly killing many Germans with a Lewis gun during the First Battle of Dernancourt ?
Lady Macbeth (sculpture)
2017-10-20
7,205
300.2
... that Elisabet Ney 's Lady Macbeth (detail pictured) , whose face resembles the artist's own, has been interpreted as a self-portrait and expression of personal grief?
John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford
2017-10-05
6,096
297.2
... that Lancastrian lord John Clifford was killed, possibly by an arrow in the throat, while the main Lancastrian army was only a few miles away?
Cinder Butte Fire
2017-10-13
6,668
296.3
... that in August 2017, the Cinder Butte Fire (pictured) threatened important archaeological sites in Central Oregon ?
Calgary White Hat
2017-10-30
6,898
287.4
... that instead of giving the keys to the city to visiting dignitaries, the mayor of Calgary "white hats " them?
Drew Live II
2017-10-02
5,637
285.3
... that the producers of "Drew Live II " kept many elements of the episode a secret from the cast?
Altan Xire
2017-10-26
6,820
284.2
... that Altan Xire , the main township of a rural county in Inner Mongolia, has an extensive urban skyline?
State Reception Room
2017-10-15
6,510
282.9
... that the State Reception Room (pictured) in Olympia, Washington , has what was once the world's largest single-loom carpet?
Lydia Zvereva
2017-10-01
5,476
280.7
... that Lydia Zvereva (pictured) was the first Russian woman to earn a pilot's license?
BC Liquor Stores
2017-10-13
6,302
280.0
... that until 1968, some 5,000 people on the "Indian List", so-called due to the automatic inclusion of indigenous people , were prohibited from buying liquor from BC Liquor Stores ?
Reinforcement (speciation)
2017-10-20
6,692
278.8
... that reinforcement is one of the few cases in which natural selection can directly influence the origin of new species ?
Lorna Arnold
2017-10-05
5,680
277.0
... that as UK secretary in the Economic Directorate of the Allied Control Council in post-war Berlin, Lorna Arnold slept with a revolver under her pillow?
Rupes Tenuis
2017-10-23
6,548
272.9
... that Rupes Tenuis (pictured) , the Martian north polar scarp, may have been in retreat since the Late Amazonian period ?
Toronto (cocktail)
2017-10-15
6,246
271.4
... that the earliest record of the Toronto cocktail is from 1922, when the city of Toronto was under prohibition ?
Vine Colby
2017-10-06
5,592
269.4
... that a 1912 party hosted by Vine Colby made the news for its originality?
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for St Paul's Cathedral
2017-10-17
6,332
269.3
... that in his Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for St Paul's Cathedral (interior pictured) , Herbert Howells uses slow and spacious changes in harmony and tonality to suit the building's long echo?
Turán's brick factory problem
2017-10-07
5,616
267.3
... that when Pál Turán was forced to work in a brick factory during World War II, the bumpy crossings of the cart tracks inspired him to ask how to draw graphs with few crossings ?
The Gypsy Madonna
2017-10-06
5,526
266.2
... that the landscape in Titian 's Gypsy Madonna (pictured) virtually repeats part of that in the Dresden Venus ?
Arago hotspot
2017-10-26
6,360
265.0
... that the Arago hotspot may have been creating volcanoes, islands, atolls , and seamounts such as Îles Maria , Tuvalu , and the Marshall Islands for the past 120 million years?
Tajama Abraham
2017-10-03
5,284
264.1
... that Tajama Abraham survived Hurricane Hugo by hiding in a commercial refrigerator with her family?
Onesimus Ustonson
2017-10-30
6,314
263.1
... that Onesimus Ustonson (invoice pictured) supplied fishing tackle to the naturalist Joseph Banks for the second voyage of James Cook ?
2017 Vegas eRace
2017-10-23
6,300
262.5
... that the 2017 Vegas eRace carried a total prize fund of $1 million, the largest in eSports racing history?
CD Rev
2017-10-23
6,232
259.7
... that the Chinese government sponsors a gangsta rap group called CD Rev ?
Caves of Kesh
2017-10-19
6,061
252.5
... that the discovery of a fossilized frog in the Caves of Kesh in 1901 disproved a common belief that the species was only introduced into Ireland in 1699?
Niagara Apothecary
2017-10-14
5,662
248.8
... that the restoration of the Niagara Apothecary has been described as "the most authentic restoration of its kind in Canada and perhaps in North America"?
Serene Velocity
2017-10-15
5,671
246.5
... that after viewing footage from his 1970 film Serene Velocity , director Ernie Gehr felt nauseated?
1982 Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 crash
2017-10-27
5,914
246.4
... that the 1982 Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 crash was one of three fatal helicopter accidents Bristow Helicopters suffered in little more than a year in the North Sea ?
Grover Cleveland presidential campaign, 1884
2017-10-01
4,706
241.2
... that the phrase "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion" helped Grover Cleveland win the 1884 U.S. Presidential election ?
Trou au Natron
2017-10-12
5,308
238.5
... that the so-called "Tibesti Soda Lake" at the bottom of the Trou au Natron volcanic caldera is actually a mineral crust composed of sodium carbonate ?
Deep Purple (album)
2017-10-11
5,205
236.5
... that the song "Why Didn't Rosemary?" from the 1969 album Deep Purple was inspired by the film Rosemary's Baby ?
Deborah Hutton (English editor)
2017-10-17
5,556
236.3
... that following her diagnosis of terminal lung cancer, the British Vogue health editor Deborah Hutton campaigned to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking for teenage girls?
Yttralox
2017-10-02
4,572
231.4
... that Yttralox , a transparent ceramic , was accidentally discovered in the course of fuel cell research in the mid-1960s?
Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
2017-10-05
4,742
231.2
... that Lewis Carroll may have based Alice (pictured) on Alice ?
William Carpentier
2017-10-31
5,546
231.1
... that Dr. William Carpentier , the flight surgeon for Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 , was registered on the Air Force One manifest as WFP – "World Famous Physician"?
Cerebratulus lacteus
2017-10-13
5,188
230.5
... that the milky ribbon worm feeds on soft-shell clams , inserting its proboscis through the siphon and devouring the soft tissues?
Siegfried Fietz
2017-10-24
5,515
229.8
... that Siegfried Fietz (pictured) wrote a popular melody for "Von guten Mächten ", one of more than 3,000 song melodies he composed?
Winged Victory (statue)
2017-10-05
4,710
229.7
... that the Olympia, Washington war memorial Winged Victory features a Red Cross nurse?
Electrick Children
2017-10-24
5,460
227.5
... that Rebecca Thomas wrote and directed Electrick Children , a film with a budget of US$1 million, while she was still a university student?
Lazar Bach
2017-10-25
5,446
226.9
... that Latvian-born Lazar Bach became chair of the Communist Party of South Africa, but died in a Gulag ?
Mab Copland Lineman
2017-10-03
4,540
226.9
... that the lack of breakfast pushed Mab Copland Lineman to fight against a labor union ?
Xiangshawan
2017-10-17
5,192
220.8
... that the name of the desert area Xiangshawan (literally, "resonant sand gorge") in Inner Mongolia derives from the loud boom and whistling sound created when sliding down its sand dune?
Annie Nicolette Zadoks Josephus Jitta
2017-10-06
4,537
218.6
... that Annie Nicolette Zadoks Josephus Jitta 's unusual name inspired a book?
Musca sorbens
2017-10-30
5,147
214.5
... that the bazaar fly is a vector for trachoma , the leading global cause of preventable blindness ?
John Potter (chemist)
2017-10-22
5,141
214.2
... that John Potter 's story of his role as a secret agent in occupied France was exposed as false only after his death?
John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
2017-10-26
5,138
214.1
... that John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk 's preparations for the 1415 Agincourt campaign cost him £2,000 and included a seat for his own toilet?
Jason Chee (para-athlete)
2017-10-07
4,484
213.4
... that Jason Chee won a gold medal in table tennis despite losing both his legs, his left arm, one right finger, and his right eye?
Von guten Mächten
2017-10-10
4,642
213.3
... that "Von guten Mächten ", a poem written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in prison in 1944 where he faced execution, became a hymn with several melodies?
Erich Mühe
2017-10-13
4,766
211.8
... that Erich Mühe , the first surgeon to remove a gallbladder by laparoscopy , was initially mocked by his colleagues for performing "Mickey Mouse surgery"?
Second Silesian War
2017-10-11
4,604
209.2
... that in 1745, King Frederick II of Prussia came to be known as "Frederick the Great " after defeating Austria and Saxony in the Second Silesian War ?
New Britain bronzewing
2017-10-12
4,642
208.6
... that the New Britain bronzewing is rated as a "vulnerable species " because the population is in decline and there are fewer than 5,000 birds in total?
Oxypora lacera
2017-10-17
2,430
103.4
... that chalice coral and porous lettuce coral can be confused underwater?
Echinophyllia aspera
2,372
100.9
Total
4,802
204.2
Nakhl Gardani
2017-10-11
4,494
204.2
... that Nakhl Gardani (pictured) is a ritual in which a woody structure symbolizing Husayn ibn Ali 's coffin is carried on the day of Ashura ?
Thomas's pika
2017-10-06
4,220
203.3
... that the Thomas's pika is sympatric with the Gansu pika ?
Anthrenus scrophulariae
2017-10-16
4,726
203.2
... that besides feeding on carpets, the larvae of the common carpet beetle can destroy dried insects in collections?
Canales investigation
2017-10-22
4,733
197.2
... that the Canales investigation heard 80 witnesses describing murders, kidnappings, and other crimes committed by the Texas Rangers in the early 20th century?
Qit'at Jaradah
2017-10-14
4,409
193.7
... that Qit'at Jaradah , an island in the Persian Gulf , rises only 0.4 metres (1 ft 4 in) above water at high tide?
S.G. Murugaiyan
2017-10-19
2,548
106.2
... that after Nagapattinam Member of Parliament S.G. Murugaiyan was killed in broad daylight, his party retained the seat in the subsequent 1979 by-election ?
Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency)
1,468
61.1
Nagapattinam by-election, 1979
589
24.5
Total
4,604
191.9
Ethiopian hare
2017-10-30
4,604
191.8
... that the Ethiopian hare is endemic to Africa, and is found in the Afromontane Biozone of Ethiopia and the borders of the Sudanian Savanna Biozone ?
Burebista
2017-10-22
4,498
187.4
... that looming war between the Dacian king Burebista and Julius Caesar was preempted by the assassination of both leaders?
Coriocella nigra
2017-10-18
4,408
185.6
... that the sea gastropod Coriocella nigra has an internal shell and four or five bosses on its body?
Northern rosella
2017-10-19
4,434
184.8
... that the northern rosella (pictured) was previously known as the smutty rosella?
Comoros blue pigeon
2017-10-09
3,952
183.7
... that the Comoros blue pigeon has a habit of perching in full sun and raising one wing to expose it to the sun?
United States–China security cooperation
2017-10-19
4,390
182.9
... that the United States Coast Guard and China Coast Guard regularly deploy officers aboard each other's vessels as a part of United States–China security cooperation ?
Plotius Pegasus
2017-10-12
4,050
182.0
... that the Roman consul , urban prefect , and jurisconsult Plotius Pegasus was named by his father, a naval commander, after a ship he commanded?
Sea anemone
2017-10-14
4,124
181.2
... that although most sea anemones (example pictured) are harmless to humans, a few are venomous and some can be lethal?
Scarlet-breasted fruit dove
2017-10-10
3,884
178.5
... that the scarlet-breasted fruit dove is normally a quiet bird, but sometimes emits deep, soft, oohoo calls?
Kreuzkirche, Hanover
2017-10-31
4,218
175.8
... that when the citizens of Hanover accepted the Reformation in 1533, the 200-year-old Kreuzkirche became Lutheran ?
Robert Traill (clergyman)
2017-10-26
4,200
175.0
... that Robert Traill was featured in an episode of Victoria , written by his great-great-great-granddaughter Daisy Goodwin ?
Coprinus sterquilinus
2017-10-21
4,176
174.0
... that the midden inkcap can be used as ink?
Ethiopian highland hare
2017-10-04
3,509
173.2
... that the Ethiopian highland hare was originally described as a subspecies of the Cape hare , but it was later raised to full species status?
The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour
2017-10-25
4,150
172.9
... that the new tour by "Weird Al" Yankovic focuses on Yankovic's original songs, as opposed to his staple parody songs ?
Rovno amber
2017-10-10
2,076
95.4
... that the planthopper Alicodoxa is one of a number of insects found in both Rovno amber and Baltic amber ?
Alicodoxa
1,657
76.2
Total
3,733
171.6
Radu Paisie
2017-10-13
3,836
170.4
... that Prince of Wallachia Radu Paisie was deposed by his Ottoman overlords in 1545, with measures taken to prevent his "abscond[ing] with the treasury"?
Lineus sanguineus
2017-10-18
4,016
169.0
... that the banded nemertean ribbon worm readily breaks into pieces, each of which can regenerate into a new individual within four weeks?
First Silesian War
2017-10-01
3,266
167.4
... that Prussia entered a secret armistice with Austria in October 1741, but Frederick the Great pretended to continue fighting the First Silesian War for another two months?
Cynthia Clarey
2017-10-04
3,380
166.8
... that when operatic soprano Cynthia Clarey 's voice lowered with age, she took up cabaret singing instead?
Cross County Mall (Illinois)
2017-10-05
3,347
163.2
... that in 1974, Mattoon, Illinois 's Cross County Mall became the first shopping center in the US to have J. C. Penney , Sears , and Kmart , then the nation's three largest retailers?
Helen Sexton
2017-10-19
3,896
162.4
... that Australian surgeon Helen Sexton came out of retirement to open a field hospital in France during World War I?
Horace Greeley presidential campaign, 1872
2017-10-06
3,264
157.2
... that Horace Greeley died shortly after he lost the U.S. Presidency to Ulysses S. Grant ?
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
2017-10-14
3,569
156.8
... that in 1471, John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk , considered himself unable to attend parliament in London with a sufficiently large retinue for a duke, and so refused to do so?
Orfa Jean Shontz
2017-10-04
3,137
154.8
... that Judge Orfa Jean Shontz created an all-female juvenile court with a homelike setting?
Sprague Fire
2017-10-03
3,090
154.4
... that during the Sprague Fire in Glacier National Park , the interior of the historic Sperry Chalet completely burned, leaving only the exterior stone walls standing?
Samuel Tilden presidential campaign, 1876
2017-10-08
3,258
153.3
... that even though he won the popular vote by a 51–48% margin , Samuel J. Tilden failed to win the U.S. presidency in 1876?
Grangemoor Park
2017-10-16
3,534
151.9
... that Grangemoor Park in Cardiff , Wales, was created on top of a former landfill site of household and commercial rubbish?
Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests
2017-10-20
3,640
151.6
... that Guizhou Plateau forests are prone to drought stress despite high rainfall in the region?
John D. Hoffman
2017-10-15
3,480
151.2
... that John D. Hoffman was the only member of the Manhattan District to be awarded the Soldier's Medal , the United States Army's highest award for heroism in a non-combat situation?
Karam Singh
2017-10-27
3,620
150.8
... that Karam Singh was the first living recipient of the Param Vir Chakra , India's highest military decoration?
Plain-breasted piculet
2017-10-03
2,976
148.7
... that the plain-breasted piculet is usually inconspicuous but may be detected by the pecking sounds it makes while foraging?
Serie A Coach of the Year
2017-10-10
3,228
148.4
... that Antonio Conte (pictured) is the only person to win the Serie A Coach of the Year award three times in a row?
Cynthia B. Lee
2017-10-28
3,508
146.2
... that computer science lecturer Cynthia B. Lee promoted the use of gender-neutral language across her department at Stanford University ?
War of Qi's succession
2017-10-20
3,478
144.9
... that Duke Huan of Qi 's corpse was left to rot in his bedchamber while his sons fought for the throne of Qi ?
Sarah Barrow
2017-10-11
3,182
144.6
... that in 2014, Sarah Barrow won the first individual European gold medal for a female British diver in 87 years?
Odontomachus spinifer
2017-10-20
3,438
143.2
... that the Dominican amber ant Odontomachus spinifer was named for its very large spine?
Eleri Rees
2017-10-27
3,422
142.6
... that Eleri Rees became a judge without ever practising as a barrister?
Cross Valley Corridor
2017-10-04
2,887
142.5
... that the California Central Valley city of Porterville purchased an abandoned rail right-of-way to preserve it for the proposed Cross Valley Corridor passenger rail service?
José Tomás Canales
2017-10-21
3,416
142.3
... that the family of Tejano lawmaker José Tomás Canales feared he would be assassinated during his 1919 investigation into the Texas Rangers ?
Bernice C. Downing
2017-10-05
2,914
142.1
... that twin sisters Bertha and Bernice C. Downing became owners and publishers of the Santa Clara Journal when they were 17 years old?
Black-backed forktail
2017-10-05
2,898
141.3
... that the black-backed forktail has a call reminiscent of a squeaky hinge?
ABC (Cuba)
2017-10-02
2,750
139.2
... that a middle-class terrorist organization known as el ABC successfully lobbied for two cabinet positions in the 1933 provisional government of Cuba ?
Philippine cuckoo-dove
2017-10-06
2,118
102.0
... that the Philippine cuckoo-dove was formerly listed as a subspecies of the ruddy cuckoo-dove and the brown cuckoo-dove ?
Ruddy cuckoo-dove
756
36.4
Total
2,874
138.5
Blyth's kingfisher
2017-10-08
2,938
138.2
... that the scientific name of the Blyth's kingfisher (pictured) , which grows up to 23 centimetres (9 inches) long, derives from the Greek demigod Hercules ?
Theresa Goell
2017-10-24
3,310
137.9
... that Theresa Goell spent much of her life working on excavations at Nemrud Dagh in Turkey, but never discovered the tomb of Antiochus I of Commagene that she hoped to find there?
Black-necked grebe
2017-10-14
3,128
137.4
... that the black-necked grebe is flightless for two months of the year?
Animal husbandry
2017-10-05
2,768 [c]
134.9
... that songs and books for children often depict happy farm animals in attractive countryside, glossing over the realities of impersonal, mechanized activities involved in modern intensive farming?
Teté Puebla
2017-10-29
3,210
133.7
... that Cuban parliamentarian Teté Puebla is the first female general in the nation's history?
Alpine pika
2017-10-01
2,565
131.5
... that the alpine pika can produce three different vocalizations: a long call during the mating season, a short call, and an alarm call when threatened?
Christine Murrell
2017-10-04
2,654
131.0
... that Christine Murrell was the first woman elected to the British General Medical Council , but died before she could take her seat?
Sam Bosworth
2017-10-23
3,095
129.0
... that Sam Bosworth is the first male coxswain to win an international elite rowing event with a female crew?
Iothia emarginuloides
2017-10-02
1,627
82.3
... that the limpet Iothia emarginuloides is commonly found on the red alga Phyllophora antarctica growing under the Antarctic sea ice ?
Phyllophora antarctica
854
43.2
Total
2,480
125.5
Sergeants' Revolt
2017-10-14
2,162
95.0
... that student activists joined forces with the military to overthrow the Cuban government during the 1933 Sergeants' Revolt ?
Directorio Estudiantil Universitario
693
30.5
Total
2,854
125.4
Alton Parker presidential campaign, 1904
2017-10-09
2,664
123.9
... that during his Presidential campaign , Alton B. Parker refused to criticize the lynchings and denial of Black suffrage in the Southern United States ?
Rhipicephalus pulchellus
2017-10-22
2,952
123.0
... that Rhipicephalus pulchellus (pictured) is sometimes known by its common name "the zebra tick ", both because zebras are one of its main hosts and because of the males' black and white ornamentation?
Myktybek Abdyldayev
2017-10-31
2,918
121.6
... that in 2011, Myktybek Abdyldayev was part of a group of Kyrgyzstan deputies who sacrificed rams in front of government headquarters?
Further research is needed
2017-10-24
2,787
116.1
... that in a sample of medical reviews , useless treatments were just as likely to be recommended for further research as were useful treatments?
Catie Munnings
2017-10-30
2,762
115.1
... that Catie Munnings , winner of the 2016 FIA European Rally Championship Ladies' Trophy , was the first British driver to win a European rally title in 49 years?
Titanium dioxide nanoparticle
2017-10-09
2,472
114.9
... that titanium dioxide nanoparticles prevent cancer when used in sunscreens , but may cause it if inhaled by production workers?
Melahat Okuyan
2017-10-21
2,754
114.8
... that Melahat Okuyan , a Turkish female microbiologist and AIDS activist, once proposed the establishment of male brothels for homosexuals and cross-dressers in order to improve public health?
Don Amador
2017-10-01
2,198
112.6
... that Don Amador is portrayed in the film Milk by his friend Cleve Jones , while Jones is portrayed by Emile Hirsch ?
Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş
2017-10-09
2,413
112.2
... that "Mehmetçik ", the common name for Ottoman and Turkish soldiers, is thought to commemorate Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş , who fought during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915?
Arthur Schopenhauer (sculpture)
2017-10-23
2,642
110.1
... that although Arthur Schopenhauer had not invited her and initially refused to cooperate, Elisabet Ney nevertheless sculpted his portrait bust ?
The Inquiry
2017-10-03
2,190
109.4
... that The Inquiry , a study group established by US President Woodrow Wilson to make recommendations for the 1919 Paris Peace Conference , suggested that Crimea should be given to Ukraine?
Horastrea
2017-10-19
2,590
107.9
... that blister coral was not recognised as a new species until 1971?
Western bronze-naped pigeon
2017-10-11
2,330
105.8
... that the western bronze-naped pigeon is found in many countries across Africa?
Barred cuckoo-dove
2017-10-16
1,527
65.7
... that the barred cuckoo-dove is similar to the little cuckoo-dove , but is larger and darker, and is black-barred at the mantle, breast, covert, and tail?
Little cuckoo-dove
926
39.8
Total
2,452
105.4
Border Police of Georgia
2017-10-08
2,231
104.9
... that the Border Police of Georgia have continued to help enforce Georgian sovereignty over Abkhazia and South Ossetia since the end of the Russo-Georgian War ?
Nicholas McCarthy (director)
2017-10-13
2,361
104.9
... that filmmaker Nicholas McCarthy and humorist John Hodgman co-edited a controversial high school magazine?
George Poland
2017-10-10
2,278
104.7
... that the footballer George Poland was rejected by Cardiff City F.C. as an outfield player before making his debut two years later as a goalkeeper ?
Calycopis pisis
2017-10-13
2,356
104.7
... that the butterfly Calycopis pisis has a junior synonym named after American cartoonist Gary Larson ?
Michele Strazzabosco
2017-10-12
2,301
103.4
... that Michele Strazzabosco played in a preseason game with the Buffalo Sabres prior to the 2006–07 NHL season , becoming the first Italian-trained player to do so in National Hockey League history?
Ampulloclitocybe clavipes
2017-10-22
2,448
102.0
... that people have suffered an Antabuse -type reaction from eating the club foot mushroom and drinking alcohol?
Ashley Hatch
2017-10-25
2,428
101.2
... that Ashley Hatch was named 2017 NWSL Rookie of the Year and helped the North Carolina Courage win the 2017 NWSL Shield , scoring seven goals in 24 games?
Selna Kaplan
2017-10-18
2,387
100.5
... that Selna Kaplan led the first clinical trials of artificial growth hormone in the United States?
Birthday card
2017-10-25
2,405
100.2
... that researchers found that sending birthday cards to 21-year-olds did not help reduce harmful birthday drinking ?
Corella eumyota
2017-10-08
2,078
97.7
... that larvae of the orange-tipped sea squirt are brooded, and settle on the seabed close to the parent within minutes of being released?
Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove
2017-10-25
1,415
59.0
... that the Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove can be distinguished from the bar-tailed cuckoo-dove by the dark spotting on the breast of the former caused by bifurcating feathers?
Bar-tailed cuckoo-dove
854
35.6
Total
2,270
94.6
Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet
2017-10-31
2,253
93.9
... that the communion song "Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet " ("God be praised and blessed"), which Martin Luther (pictured) derived from an older model, entered Catholic hymnals in the 20th century?
Topolnița Cave
2017-10-28
2,168
90.3
... that Topolnița Cave is home to the largest colony of greater horseshoe bats in Europe?
State censuses in the United States
2017-10-22
2,116
88.1
... that Governor David B. Hill prevented New York from carrying out a state census in 1885 ?
Averil Mansfield
2017-10-20
2,101
87.5
... that Averil Mansfield , a former president of the British Medical Association , was Britain's first female professor of surgery?
A. M. Aikin Jr.
2017-10-17
2,044
86.9
... that upon his retirement in January 1979, A. M. Aikin Jr. was the longest-tenured legislator in the history of Texas ?
Fannie Eleanor Williams
2017-10-12
1,926
86.6
... that Fannie Eleanor Williams created blood storage techniques used in the first Australian blood bank?
Sheila Callender
2017-10-19
2,050
85.4
... that Sheila Callender helped to establish the medical discipline of haematology ?
Den Herren will ich loben
2017-10-25
2,036
84.8
... that the hymn "Den Herren will ich loben ", which Maria Luise Thurmair based on the Magnificat to a popular 1613 melody , was arranged with trumpets and timpani for a papal visit in Munich's Frauenkirche?
Jacqueline Shumiatcher
2017-10-15
1,948
84.7
... that after nearly six decades of collecting Inuit sculptures and other art, Jacqui Shumiatcher gifted 1,310 pieces valued at CAD$3 million to the University of Regina?
Western oriole
2017-10-15
1,946
84.6
... that based on genetic data, the western oriole and the green-headed oriole are sister species?
KMT (song)
2017-10-27
2,030
84.6
... that Drake 's song "KMT " sampled the theme "His World" from the 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog ?
Fragmentarium
2017-10-07
1,776
84.5
... that Fragmentarium digital research laboratory hopes to reunite lost fragments of medieval manuscripts?
M.L. Tahaliyani
2017-10-11
1,852
84.1
... that M.L. Tahaliyani sentenced Ajmal Kasab to death for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks ?
Patricia Johnson (mezzo-soprano)
2017-10-18
1,988
83.7
... that mezzo-soprano Patricia Johnson appeared as Eboli at the Deutsche Oper Berlin , and created the roles of a Nabokov Princess and a Henze Baroness ?
Jinping Mountains
2017-10-01
1,628
83.4
... that a hydroelectric diversion project and a dark matter research lab have been developed deep under the Jinping Mountains in Sichuan, China?
Agnes Robertson
2017-10-21
1,986
82.8
... that Agnes Robertson served in the Australian Senate until she was 79, and switched political parties at the age of 73?
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year
2017-10-29
1,950
81.2
... that Usain Bolt and Roger Federer have each won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year a record four times since its inception in 2000?
Jorden van Foreest
2017-10-11
1,776
80.7
... that former Dutch Chess Champion Jorden van Foreest is the great-great grandson of Arnold van Foreest , a three-time Dutch Chess Champion?
Charles Macdonald (professor)
2017-10-10
1,755
80.7
... that Charles Macdonald called for the creation of a single university for Nova Scotia in his inaugural address at Dalhousie College ?
Y NOT Studios
2017-10-08
975
45.9
... that S. Sashikanth was an award-winning architect before launching his own film production company, Y NOT Studios ?
S. Sashikanth
720
33.9
Total
1,695
79.7
H. Rex Lee
2017-10-14
1,795
78.9
... that H. Rex Lee was the last non-elected Governor of American Samoa ?
Pocillopora elegans
2017-10-24
1,888
78.7
... that the coral Pocillopora elegans is considered "vulnerable " after being severely depleted in the eastern Pacific during the 1982–1983 El Niño event ?
Love's Labour's Lost (opera)
2017-10-04
1,594
78.7
... that Nicholas Nabokov composed an opera Love's Labour's Lost , setting the same play by Shakespeare as the fictional hero of Mann's Doctor Faustus , "in a spirit of the most artificial mockery"?
Sunkam Achalu
2017-10-22
1,884
78.5
... that in the 1951–52 Indian general election , the 27-year old Sunkam Achalu was elected by the largest margin?
Eternal Sun
2017-10-08
1,656
77.9
... that hall of fame horse Eternal Sun 's owner purchased him with an IOU written on a corner torn from the page of the seller's catalog?
Niaz A. Naik
2017-10-24
1,849
77.0
... that Niaz A. Naik played a pivotal role in back-channel talks during the Kargil War between India and Pakistan?
William Olander
2017-10-03
1,536
76.8
... that after Silence=Death posters (pictured) appeared around Manhattan , William Olander created a New Museum exhibit highlighting public indifference to AIDS victims?
Jane Frances Winn
2017-10-02
1,490
75.4
... that Jane Frances Winn was one of the first female journalists to cover women's golf events?
Krishna
2017-10-21
1,794 [d]
74.7
... that Krishna is the Hindu god of compassion, tenderness, and love?
Andy Boarman
2017-10-15
1,654
71.9
... that Andy Boarman ran a popular music store and instrument workshop out of his Hedgesville barber shop?
Spintharus of Corinth
2017-10-16
1,668
71.7
... that although Pausanias described Spintharus of Corinth as the architect of the Temple at Delphi , subsequent historians have disagreed as to which temple he built?
Milli Fire
2017-10-26
1,631
68.0
... that during the summer of 2017, the Milli Fire burned over 24,000 acres (97 km2 ) of forest land in Oregon, much of it in the Three Sisters Wilderness area?
Ludwig Daser
2017-10-17
1,568
66.7
... that in the Credo section of his Missa Ave Marie , composer Ludwig Daser clearly stated his Protestant beliefs to the Catholic court of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria ?
Leaena Tambyah
2017-10-09
1,416
65.9
... that Leaena Tambyah founded Singapore's first school for children with multiple disabilities in 1979?
Alison Van Eenennaam
2017-10-07
1,380
65.7
... that Alison Van Eenennaam is working on a collaborative research project focused on the production of hornless dairy cattle through gene editing ?
Caroline B. Winslow
2017-10-01
1,274
65.3
... that Caroline B. Winslow opened the Homeopathic Free Dispensary, the first facility in Washington, D.C. where women doctors could practice side-by-side with their male colleagues?
Beatrix Borchard
2017-10-27
1,448
60.4
... that the musicologist Beatrix Borchard researched female musicians such as Clara Schumann , Amalie Joachim , and Pauline Viardot , and worked for the Goethe-Institut in Portugal, Romania, and China?
Dionysos (opera)
2017-10-02
1,189
60.2
... that Wolfgang Rihm's opera Dionysos , with a libretto by Rihm using only words by Nietzsche , was first performed at the Salzburg Festival and called premiere of the year ?
Leo Nocentelli
2017-10-23
1,428
59.5
... that Leo Nocentelli was one of the primary songwriters of the New Orleans funk band The Meters ?
Winfield Hancock presidential campaign, 1880
2017-10-23
1,376
57.3
... that the forged Morey letter may have helped 1880 U.S. Presidential candidate Winfield S. Hancock win California and Nevada ?
August Volz
2017-10-18
1,362
57.3
... that the workshop of August Volz supplied decorations for the Latvian National Opera , Latvian National Theatre , Latvian National Museum of Art , and Art Academy of Latvia ?
Old Love / New Love
2017-10-24
1,364
56.8
... that "Old Love / New Love " was written by Twin Shadow for a fictional radio station ?
Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens
2017-10-11
1,238
56.3
... that in his 1960 Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens , Maurice Duruflé "shows his particular genius for invoking the spiritual element of plainsong in a polyphonic context"?
Syllis prolifera
2017-10-29
1,304
54.4
... that when breeding, the polychaete worm Syllis prolifera produces a detachable "stolon " which joins other stolons to swarm in the water column ?
List of highest-grossing films in India
2017-10-21
1,292
53.8
... that Baahubali 2: The Conclusion is the highest grossing film in India , with a domestic collection of over ₹ 12.53 billion?
Karim Morani
2017-10-23
1,262
52.6
... that Karim Morani teamed up with Shah Rukh Khan in 2013 to co-produce the commercially successful film Chennai Express ?
Symphoniae sacrae I
2017-10-18
1,232
51.8
... that Heinrich Schütz published his Symphoniae sacrae I , a collection of 20 "eloquent, sensitive, and often sensuous" settings of biblical texts, in 1629 in Venice, where he studied with Monteverdi ?
Oblation (album)
2017-10-28
1,208
50.3
... that Floor 's use of the "bomb string" on their album Oblation was described as "a guitar string tuned so low it flaps like a pensioner's bingo wing "?
Scott Rozelle
2017-10-06
1,034
49.8
... that in the American scholar Scott Rozelle 's 30-year career as a development economist, he has been mostly concerned with children's health conditions in rural China?
Jean Ginsburg
2017-10-29
1,124
46.8
... that Jean Ginsburg established one of the first clinics in Britain for menopausal women?
Myron Prinzmetal
2017-10-14
1,054
46.3
... that Myron Prinzmetal gave his name to Prinzmetal's angina , a type of chest pain that occurs at rest?
Get to Heaven
2017-10-24
1,074
44.8
... that Everything Everything 's third album, Get to Heaven , was at one point bookmakers' favourite for the 2015 Mercury Prize , but was ultimately not even nominated?
Robert P. Armstrong
2017-10-30
1,057
44.0
... that during the Dubin Inquiry , lead counsel Robert P. Armstrong questioned Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson about his anabolic steroid use?
Atanasio Monserrate
2017-10-08
919
43.2
... that in 2005 Atanasio Monserrate and two other ministers resigned from the Manohar Parrikar -led government, leaving it in a minority and thus prematurely bringing down the Government of Goa ?
Miroslav Komárek
2017-10-28
1,002
41.8
... that Czech linguist Miroslav Komárek spent his entire six-decade academic career at Palacký University in Olomouc ?
Pest control
2017-10-15
958
41.6
... that pesticides may have detrimental effects on beneficial insects such as bees?
Eugene Reimer
2017-10-08
796
37.5
... that Eugene Reimer , who played wheelchair basketball with Terry Fox and Rick Hansen , was the first disabled athlete to receive the Order of Canada ?
Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl
2017-10-31
890
37.1
... that "Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl " ("The mouth of fools doth God confess") by Martin Luther was one of eight hymns in the first Lutheran hymnal ?
Just the Beginning (Grace VanderWaal album)
2017-10-07
772
36.8
... that a 13-city tour for Just the Beginning , a November 2017 album release by 13-year-old America's Got Talent winner Grace VanderWaal , sold out in September?
Interleague play (NPB)
2017-10-19
874
36.4
... that out of the thirteen Nippon Professional Baseball seasons that have included interleague play , the Pacific League has beaten the Central League in all but one?
N. Somana
2017-10-20
840
35.0
... that N. Somana is one of only two Kodagu district politicians to be elected to the Lok Sabha ?
Fünf Lieder, Op. 105 (Brahms)
2017-10-01
676
34.7
... that Johannes Brahms used the same melody for a song of his Fünf Lieder , Op. 105 , as for the theme of the slow movement of his second piano concerto ?
Cranston Public Library
2017-10-28
830
34.6
... that Cranston Public Library delivered 4,657 items to homebound residents of Cranston, Rhode Island , in 2016 alone?
Christof Loy
2017-10-12
740
33.2
... that Christof Loy received the Der Faust award for staging Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Frankfurt Opera?
Vincent Peirani
2017-10-03
645
32.2
... that accordionist Vincent Peirani and pianist Michael Wollny , both multiple ECHO Jazz winners, recorded the "symbiotic" album Tandem ?
Anonimo Gaddiano
2017-10-28
764
31.9
... that the brief biographies of Italian artists by the Anonimo Gaddiano were written before Vasari's Lives of 1550, but not published until 1892?
International Harp Archive
2017-10-29
764
31.8
... that Brigham Young Unversity's International Harp Archive has more than 11,000 scores and sound recordings that feature the harp?
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
2017-10-26
712
29.6
... that the first opera by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini premiered at the Theater Erfurt , the second at the Theater Basel , and the third at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2017?
Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium
2017-10-21
673
28.0
... that a host venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup will be built in Kamaishi , which suffered major damage during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ?
Ach lieben Christen seid getrost
2017-10-31
531
22.1
... that three stanzas of the penitential hymn "Ach lieben Christen seid getrost " ("Ah dear Christians, be comforted") by Johannes Gigas were retained unchanged for Bach's chorale cantata ?
Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise
2017-10-29
144
6.0
... that Francis Poulenc composed the motets for male voices Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise on the request of a relative who was a Franciscan friar ?
Winfield Hancock presidential campaign, 1880
2017-10-24
99
4.1
... that the forged Morey letter may have helped 1880 U.S. Presidential candidate Winfield S. Hancock win California and Nevada ?
Nude (2017 American film)
2017-10-29
0 [e]
0
... that the film NUDE is about a talent search that was inspired by the Pirelli Calendars of the 1970s?