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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	77.4	Jarrett Kingston	177.6	Peale's Philadelphia Museum	77.4	Jarrett Kingston
Median	216.9	Shushu/Tong	365.7	Game board Antimonumento 5J	224.4	Giant panda
High	782.7	Aujourd'hui	937.6	Yunxian Man	937.6	Yunxian Man

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Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Yunxian Man	2024-06-01		22,502	937.6	... that the skulls of Yunxian Man (example pictured) are "relatively complete" despite being heavily crushed?
Albert Tangora	2024-06-04		18,906	787.8	... that Albert Tangora (pictured), one of the most successful competitive typewriter speed typists, once had his hands insured for US$100,000?
Aujourd'hui	2024-06-04		18,785	782.7	... that the managing editor of Aujourd'hui was executed by firing squad in 1944?
Killing of David Ben Avraham	2024-06-01		16,772	698.8	... that David Ben Avraham was granted Israeli residency after being killed by an IDF soldier?
Aurora Rodrigues	2024-06-03		13,503	562.6	... that the Estado Novo deprived Aurora Rodrigues of sleep for more than two weeks to induce hallucinations?
Live into 85	2024-06-03		12,582	524.2	... that the Hogmanay special Live into 85 was so shambolic it ended a 32-year tradition?
55 Broad Street	2024-06-04		12,068	502.8	... that 55 Broad Street, a skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan, was called "an unlovable building in an unlivable neighborhood"?
Herschel the sea lion	2024-06-05		11,140	464.2	... that Herschel the sea lion was defended by Greenpeace?
Tad's Steaks	2024-06-06		10,887	453.6	... that Tad's Steaks offered "tasty food, low prices, service with a grunt"?
The Great Mecca Feast	2024-06-06		10,321	430.0	... that George Krugers was circumcised so he could pass as Muslim and film The Great Mecca Feast?
Shiva (British band)	2024-06-04		10,300	429.1	... that the success of the British band Shiva was cut short by the death of its lead vocalist?
Antimonumento 5J	2024-06-05		9,670	402.9	... that the Antimonumento 5J (pictured) was installed on 5 June 2023 to commemorate victims of police repression during the 2020 protests in response to the death of Giovanni López?
Capitolium of Constantinople	2024-06-02		9,004	375.2	... that the Capitolium of Constantinople, originally a pagan temple, was later topped by a cross?
Terror Train	2024-06-02		8,961	373.4	... that when producer Daniel Grodnik proposed the idea for Terror Train to his wife, she thought that it sounded terrible?
Albert Wesker	2024-06-01		8,494	353.9	... that Albert Wesker's character design evokes the aesthetic of the Nazi ideal of the Übermensch, reflecting Resident Evil's "core" theme of eugenics?
Game board	2024-06-03		7,883	328.5	... that scholars disagree on whether the earliest-known game boards (example pictured) date to the Neolithic or the Early Bronze Age?
DellaXOZ	2024-06-06		7,739	322.5	... that the TikTok success of DellaXOZ's "Ahh!!" prompted a lawyer to contact her?
Julius Welschof	2024-06-06		7,621	317.5	... that German factory worker Julius Welschof now plays in the National Football League?
Lampaansyöjät (film)	2024-06-04		7,392	308.0	... that the 1972 Finnish film The Sheep Eaters gathered more than a million viewers opposite the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships match between Finland and the Soviet Union?
Lie Kiat Teng	2024-06-02		7,335	305.6	... that Lie Kiat Teng (pictured) appealed to the "moral obligation" of doctors to address a healthcare crisis in South Sulawesi?
Eve (Stellar Blade)	2024-06-06		7,141	297.5	... that Stellar Blade's Eve was described as "a woman born from South Korea's culture and philosophy" by The Washington Post?
Camping in Alaska	2024-06-06		7,071	294.6	... that despite the success of their song "C U in da Ballpit", Camping in Alaska band members say they all hate it?
Travis Clayton	2024-06-01		6,300	262.5	... that Travis Clayton went from the eighth tier of English rugby union to being drafted into the National Football League, even though he had never played in an American football game?
Blind (SZA song)	2024-06-05		6,256	260.7	... that one of SZA's songs name-drops such figures as a boxer, a stand-up comedian, and Jesus?
New York State Pavilion	2024-06-06		5,866	244.4	... that the New York State Pavilion, one of the most popular attractions at the 1964 World's Fair, later stored hazardous waste?
6:16 in LA	2024-06-02		5,760	240.0	... that the diss track "6:16 in LA", directed at Drake, samples Al Green's "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is", a song that features Drake's guitarist uncle?
Giant panda	2024-06-03		5,385	224.4	... that the distinctive coloration of the giant panda appears to serve as camouflage in both winter and summer?
Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed	2024-06-03		5,240	218.3	... that the 18th-century hymn "Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed" has been criticised because its lyrics have singers call themselves a "worm"?
Shushu/Tong	2024-06-05		5,204	216.9	... that Shushu/Tong is a brand that creates fashion collections inspired by magical girl anime such as Puella Magi Madoka Magica?
Yuba County Library	2024-06-05		5,140	214.2	... that when Yuba County's library was built in 1906, it had a smoking room?
Michael Jurgens	2024-06-04		5,010	208.7	... that football player Michael Jurgens never lost in 42 high school varsity games?
Gingras (instrument)	2024-06-04		4,652	193.8	... that according to second-century AD Greek rhetorician Athenaeus, the Phoenicians played a flute-like instrument called the gingras in their mourning rituals?
Peter Demetz	2024-06-05		4,613	192.2	... that Peter Demetz, who taught German literature at Yale University from 1956 to 1991, was born in Prague where he was persecuted under the Nazis and escaped the Communist regime in 1949?
Alexander Helfgot	2024-06-02		4,318	179.9	... that an essay of jailed Socialist Revolutionary politician Alexander Helfgot was smuggled out of Russia and published in Berlin in 1922?
Peale's Philadelphia Museum	2024-06-06		4,262	177.6	... that exhibits at Peale's Philadelphia Museum included the first nearly complete skeleton of a mastodon (sketch pictured)?
Don Johnson (basketball)	2024-06-05		4,212	175.5	... that Cypress College basketball coach Don Johnson, who was an All-American at UCLA, developed two players with minimal experience who later played for his alma mater and set records in the NBA?
Mrs. Brisby	2024-06-01		3,990	166.2	... that the mouse protagonist Mrs. Brisby from The Secret of NIMH had her name changed because of a trademark issue from a toy named "Frisbee"?
Casey Washington	2024-06-03		3,933	163.9	... that Casey Washington made the game-winning score that ended a record nine-overtime college football game?
Tachikawa Sumito	2024-06-01		3,848	160.4	... that Tachikawa Sumito made a hit cover in 1976 of a song that he first discovered when a housewife called into his radio show requesting to hear a version of it?
Lyle Bauer	2024-06-02		3,809	158.7	... that Lyle Bauer continued to attend Canadian Football League executive meetings despite being unable to speak due to his treatment for stage four throat cancer?
Sithu Pauk Hla of Yamethin	2024-06-04		3,704	154.3	... that when Sithu Pauk Hla was appointed the governor of Yamethin, he was also given command of a 50-strong company of war elephants?
Apologia Pro Vita Sua	2024-06-01		3,609	150.4	... that after John Henry Newman wrote his Apologia Pro Vita Sua in response to an attack by Charles Kingsley, Kingsley compared Newman to a "treacherous ape" and implied that he was insane?
Lyceum Theatre (Boston)	2024-06-03		3,596	149.8	... that Boston's World's Museum was a theatre, an aquarium, a menagerie, and a freak show?
Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu	2024-06-05		3,494	145.6	... that a municipal purchase of 177 motorcycles by Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu, the mayor of Semarang, Indonesia, caused a social media controversy due to media misreporting?
Delta (emulator)	2024-06-01		3,416	142.3	... that Riley Testut developed AltStore because he wanted to publish his emulator Delta?
Democratic Yemeni Union of Peasants	2024-06-02		3,344	139.4	... that in 1978 the chairman of the Democratic Yemeni Union of Peasants was arrested after the South Yemeni government was taken over by Abdul Fattah Ismail?
Jacques Poitras	2024-06-06		3,268	136.2	... that journalist Jacques Poitras spent a month repeatedly crossing the "Imaginary Line" separating New Brunswick and Maine in order to publish a book about it?
Lin Yu-tang (long jumper)	2024-06-05		3,078	128.2	... that Taiwanese long jumper Lin Yu-tang qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by switching out his broken track shoes between attempts?
Saparinah Sadli	2024-06-03		2,989	124.5	... that Saparinah Sadli defended one of her former students when Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency challenged her gendered exploration of the New Order regime?
Elizabeth Yeampierre	2024-06-03		2,921	121.7	... that Elizabeth Yeampierre has called Puerto Rico the "poster child for climate injustice" due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria?
Eurovision Song Contest 1991	2024-06-02		2,756	114.8	... that the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was moved to Rome from Sanremo at a late stage due to increased security concerns resulting from the Gulf War?
Obonga–Ottertooth Provincial Park	2024-06-01		2,635	109.8	... that the Obonga–Ottertooth Provincial Park is a significant habitat for woodland moose?
Jarrett Kingston	2024-06-02		1,858	77.4	... that in college, American football player Jarrett Kingston started at the position of left guard, then moved to left tackle, and then played right tackle and right guard?

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