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Disappearance of Joan Risch
2016-10-24
36,982
1,578.7
... that after Joan Risch 's apparent abduction from her home 55 years ago today, it was discovered she had borrowed books on missing-person cases from the local library?
Lena Sundström
2016-10-03
32,276
1,574.4
... that Swedish journalist Lena Sundström (pictured) was a foundling ?
Ciampate del Diavolo
2016-10-04
33,514
1,396.4
... that the oldest known human footprints in continental Europe (pictured) are called "devil 's trails" by locals?
David Suhor
2016-10-11
23,678
986.6
... that David Suhor (pictured) opened proceedings for a meeting of the Pensacola City Council by delivering a Satanic prayer?
Marshall Heights, Washington, D.C.
2016-10-31
20,118
838.3
... that the "Gates of Hell " could be found in Washington, D.C. ?
Dan III of Wallachia
2016-10-31
20,038
834.9
... that Vlad Dracula forced Dan III of Wallachia to dig his own grave?
Mammon (painting)
2016-10-17
19,542
814.2
... that George Frederic Watts 's Mammon (pictured) depicts the Biblical embodiment of greed, which crushes "whatever is weak and gentle and timid and lovely"?
Get Out and Push Railroad
2016-10-03
15,831
772.2
... that the Get Out and Push Railroad required passengers to help its trains over the steeper sections of the route?
Rico Harris
2016-10-10
18,406
766.9
... that after the 6-foot-9-inch (206 cm), 300-pound (140 kg) former Harlem Globetrotter Rico Harris disappeared two years ago today, searchers wondered why they could find no trace of such a large man?
Flag of Trenton, Georgia
2016-10-28
17,470
731.2
... that Trenton, Georgia , adopted a version of the previous state flag (pictured) to protest against the state changing its flag?
Cheese slaw
2016-10-06
16,652
693.8
... that cheese slaw is sometimes used as a topping for hot dogs?
Edmund Kalau
2016-10-13
16,141
672.5
... that after Edmund Kalau (pictured) spent his childhood in the Hitler Youth , he converted to Christianity and served in Palau and Yap in the Liebenzell Mission ?
Indium
2016-10-13
13,508 [a]
562.9
... that if you bend indium it might cry ?
Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia
2016-10-19
13,504
562.7
... that in Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia (pictured) by Claude Lorrain , the figures are "impossibly elongated—Ascanius, in particular, is absurdly top-heavy"?
Timeline of pterosaur research
2016-10-31
13,394
558.1
... that early in the history of pterosaur research , these flying Mesozoic reptiles were variously mistaken for aquatic animals , bats , birds , and even the spawn of Satan (pictured) ?
Wash's Restaurant
2016-10-05
13,212
550.5
... that Wash's Restaurant (pictured) served up soul food dishes to Atlantic City beach-goers by day and its nightclub-hoppers by night?
Flag of Taunton, Massachusetts
2016-10-21
12,802
533.4
... that the Taunton Flag (pictured) was one of the first flags used in British North America prior to the American Revolution to express dissent against the British authorities?
The Wrecking Crew (music)
2016-10-04
12,389
516.2
... that the Wrecking Crew supplied the instrumental tracks on dozens of hits recorded in Los Angeles during the 1960s, including "California Dreamin' " , "Mr. Tambourine Man ", "He's a Rebel ", and "Good Vibrations "?
New London Union Station
2016-10-26
12,240
511.6
... that New London Union Station (pictured) was the largest, last, and—according to biographer Henry-Russell Hitchcock —"best" railroad station designed by Henry Hobson Richardson ?
Craigievar Express
2016-10-27
11,557
506.0
... that the Craigievar Express (pictured) is driven by a steam engine previously used in a sawmill ?
Ex Unitate Vires
2016-10-27
11,506
503.8
... that while visiting segregated South Africa in 1947, George VI noticed the national motto Ex Unitate Vires on a tablecloth and said, "Not much bloody Unitate about this place!"?
Alan Hale (astronomer)
2016-10-18
12,018
500.7
... that Alan Hale , who discovered Comet Hale–Bopp (pictured) , said that he "predicted" its appearance would trigger suicides—and it turned out he was right ?
Clematis glycinoides
2016-10-23
11,470
494.9
... that the intense fumes emitted by the crushed leaves of the so-called headache vine (pictured) cause one to feel like one's head is "exploding" ... making the inhaler forget all about the headache?
Royal Stables (Sweden)
2016-10-12
11,604
483.5
... that the Royal Stables of Sweden (pictured) were established in 1535 and still serve the Swedish Royal Family ?
Mark Tatulli
2016-10-04
11,528
480.4
... that syndicated cartoonist Mark Tatulli received a note from a former teacher saying "I can't believe you're still doing the same crap you were doing in junior high, and now getting paid for it"?
Uruguayan dyke swarms
2016-10-08
11,414
475.6
... that swarms of dykes have intruded into Uruguay?
Sara Skyttedal
2016-10-17
11,266
469.4
... that politician Sara Skyttedal participated in Miss Sweden in 2006?
Binao
2016-10-31
11,146
464.4
... that the French punished a queen by sending her to Hellville ?
Foyles Building
2016-10-19
10,053
418.9
... that during the Blitz , staff of the Foyles Building stacked copies of Hitler's Mein Kampf on the roof in lieu of sandbags?
SMS Erzherzog Albrecht
2016-10-12
10,006
416.9
... that SMS Erzherzog Albrecht was one of the first two iron-hulled ships built for the Austro-Hungarian navy?
Rosa Namises
2016-10-28
9,914
415.0
... that in 1985, Rosa Namises lost her job in a Namibian hospital after she was seen holding hands in public with a white doctor?
BR-319
2016-10-22
9,894
412.3
... that Brazilian Minister of the Environment Carlos Minc supported the creation of what he called a "green sheath" around BR-319 (pictured) ?
Seattle Times Building
2016-10-16
9,557
398.2
... that the Seattle Times Building was called a "death trap"?
Reads Landing School
2016-10-24
9,270
395.7
... that Reads Landing School (pictured) features a brick water table ?
Cortana (software)
2016-10-26
9,418 [b]
393.6
... that Cortana correctly predicted the winners of the first 14 matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage ?
James M. Turner
2016-10-24
7,250
309.5
... that James M. Turner was removed from the New Jersey Senate after being convicted of trying to frame his political rival Kenneth A. Gewertz by having 6,500 amphetamine -like tablets planted in his home?
Kenneth A. Gewertz
1,962
83.8
Total
9,212
393.3
Helen Richardson-Walsh
2016-10-17
9,148
381.2
... that Helen Richardson-Walsh and her wife Kate were both members of the team that won Great Britain's first Olympic gold in women's hockey?
Ru ware
2016-10-27
8,653
378.8
... that in 2012, a small Ru ware bowl from the Song dynasty was sold for HK$ 207.86 million (US$26.7 million)?
Chantry House, Bunbury
2016-10-11
9,072
378.0
... that in 1595, the Chantry House in Bunbury , Cheshire , was leased for 2,000 years for the rent of a red rose?
Lazarus (comics)
2016-10-12
9,000
375.0
... that artist Michael Lark spends ten or more hours a day working on the comic Lazarus ?
Talking Gravestones of Amrum
2016-10-30
6,688
278.6
... that the Talking Gravestones of Amrum and their counterparts on Föhr (example pictured) display detailed biographies of the deceased?
Talking Gravestones of Föhr
2,290
95.4
Total
8,977
374.0
Flag of Guernsey
2016-10-14
8,767
365.3
... that the Flag of Guernsey (pictured) is based on a banner used by Duke William the Bastard of Normandy during the Battle of Hastings?
William Mostyn-Owen
2016-10-19
8,523
355.1
... that as William Mostyn-Owen 's three older brothers all died in the Second World War, he inherited Aberuchill Castle , where he and his wife lived in a wing of "23 rooms or so"?
Humphrey Stafford (died 1442)
2016-10-11
8,042
335.1
... that a 15th-century English gentleman was called "Humphrey Stafford with the Silver Hand" because of a prosthesis he wore, perhaps having lost his limb in a "bellicose engagement"?
Cliff Clinkscales
2016-10-20
7,882
328.4
... that basketball player Cliff Clinkscales (pictured) demonstrated his dribbling skills on national TV before he was a teenager?
Larry Donovan (bridge jumper)
2016-10-22
7,863
327.6
... that after he died, daredevil Larry Donovan 's mother said, "I told him that jumping off bridges was a poor way of earning a living"?
Racket-tailed roller
2016-10-31
7,738
322.4
... that the racket-tailed roller makes a racket as it rockets?
Carpet court
2016-10-03
6,592
321.6
... that to reduce injuries, professional tennis tournaments are no longer played on carpet courts ?
Henry Trigg (testator)
2016-10-31
7,692
320.5
... that the ghost of Henry Trigg is said to roam his house searching for his remains, which were stolen from his coffin?
Liam Norberg
2016-10-28
7,652
320.3
... that Swedish actor Liam Norberg became a devout Christian while serving time in prison for a bank robbery?
Tharsis (video game)
2016-10-13
7,543
314.3
... that the science fiction video game Tharsis , inspired by the sinking of the whaling ship Essex , allows the crew of the player's spacecraft to use cannibalism to survive?
HMS Aigle (1801)
2016-10-07
7,422
309.2
... that members of a press gang from HMS Aigle stood trial for murder when four people were killed during a raid on the Isle of Portland in 1803?
Jersey Red Ensign
2016-10-10
7,416
309.0
... that the States of Jersey were obliged to ask permission from Queen Elizabeth II in order to adopt the Jersey Red Ensign , because it contained the Jersey Arms with the Plantagenet crown?
Ellen Zitek
2016-10-07
7,290
303.8
... that actress Georgina Bouzova feared that people would spit at her because of the behaviour of her character Ellen Zitek ?
Tetragnatha montana
2016-10-27
6,918
302.8
... that in a Polish study, the silver stretch spider ate an average of 3.7 mosquitoes per day in early June?
Pringles Unsung
2016-10-21
7,244
301.9
... that the music competition Pringles Unsung was described as being "liable to kill the most credible career"?
Euthyrhynchus floridanus
2016-10-10
7,108
296.2
... that the Florida predatory stink bug (nymph pictured) is considered beneficial because it feeds on various pest insects?
Proton radius puzzle
2016-10-06
7,046
293.6
... that different measurements of the size of the hydrogen atom nucleus when a muon replaces an electron is an unsolved problem in physics known as the proton radius puzzle ?
Big Sur Folk Festival
2016-10-25
6,930
292.7
... that groups including the Beach Boys and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young playing at the Big Sur Folk Festival were never paid more than US$50 per performer?
Teucrium canadense
2016-10-07
6,856
285.7
... that American germander (pictured) is visited by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, but avoided by grazing animals?
After the Deluge (painting)
2016-10-09
6,848
285.3
... that After the Deluge (pictured) was described by Walter Bayes as "a kind of sublimation of all the most poetic elements in nature"?
Newell Boathouse
2016-10-16
6,756
281.5
... that Newell Boathouse stands on land for which Harvard pays $1 per year under a lease running one thousand years—after which the university can renew for another thousand years?
Osiris: New Dawn
2016-10-19
6,657
277.4
... that the developers of the video game Osiris: New Dawn wanted players to have to "Matt Damon yourself out" of situations?
Wonut
2016-10-30
6,490
270.4
... that the wonut is a combination of a waffle and doughnut that went viral in April 2014 following media exposure?
Eric Taylor (artist)
2016-10-26
6,446
269.4
... that in April 1945, the artist Eric Taylor was among the first British troops to enter the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp when it was liberated?
Space Battle Lunchtime
2016-10-14
6,399
266.6
... that Space Battle Lunchtime is a comic about food preparation, a subject largely ignored in American comics?
Quantum Break
2016-10-25
6,273 [c]
265.0
... that Quantum Break was described as a "transmedia action -shooter video game and television hybrid"?
Passport to Pimlico
2016-10-25
6,192
261.5
... that the 1949 film Passport to Pimlico is dedicated to the memory of Second World War British food and clothing ration coupons ?
Robert Rutman
2016-10-12
6,198
258.2
... that Robert Rutman invented the steel cello, a giant sheet metal instrument?
Anyuyskiy Volcano
2016-10-05
6,158
256.6
... that eruptions of Anyuyskiy Volcano in Siberia may have inspired legends of places where hunting is banned and smoke and fire rise from the ground?
Akigin Stadium
2016-10-20
6,088
253.7
... that Akigin Stadium sits next to a field of dreams?
Queen Creek Tunnel
2016-10-27
5,768
252.5
... that Arizona's Queen Creek Tunnel is the first in the state to be equipped with LED lighting?
Sambor Ghetto
2016-10-15
5,997
249.9
... that two-year-old Ruth Schwarz was rescued from the Sambor Ghetto by Polish Righteous Alojzy Plewa (both pictured) ?
Sundveda Hoard
2016-10-09
5,927
247.0
... that of the 482 coins found in the Viking Age Sundveda Hoard outside Stockholm , only one came from Western Europe?
St Leonard's Court
2016-10-01
4,614
240.0
... that St Leonard's Court in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames has a Grade II listed underground air-raid shelter (entrance pictured) built in the 1930s?
The Word for World Is Forest
2016-10-20
5,624
234.4
... that the 1976 novel The Word for World Is Forest shares narrative themes with the 2009 film Avatar ?
Ding ware
2016-10-04
5,622
234.3
... that Chinese Ding ware of the 11th century has been described both as porcelain and as stoneware ?
Dysphania pusilla
2016-10-02
3,891
233.9
... that the pygmy goosefoot (pictured) , a plant endemic to New Zealand that was thought to be extinct , was rediscovered in 2015?
Numayrid dynasty
2016-10-14
5,482
228.4
... that most Numayrid princes, apprehensive of urban life, ruled their cities from their Bedouin camps in the pastures?
Citywide Ferry Service
2016-10-05
5,247
218.6
... that New York City's Citywide Ferry Service is expected to carry 4.6 million passengers each year, roughly as many as the New York City Subway carries each weekday?
Traffic Electronic Control System (Turkey)
2016-10-11
5,206
216.9
... that the number of traffic collisions at the TEDES -monitored intersections and fast lanes in Gaziantep , Turkey, declined by about 40% within two months of its installation?
Kalanemi (Ramayana)
2016-10-05
5,143
214.3
... that Ravana had promised Kalanemi half his kingdom if he killed Hanuman ?
South Africa Red Ensign
2016-10-08
5,132
213.8
... that the South Africa Red Ensign (pictured) was raised over Windhoek following the British conquest of German South West Africa in 1915?
Lily Chitty
2016-10-21
5,124
213.5
... that the archaeologist Lily Chitty was a Land Girl during the First World War?
Severn Railway Bridge
2016-10-08
5,114
213.1
... that in 1960, two barges collided with the 4,162-foot (1,270 m) Severn Railway Bridge , causing two bridge spans to fall into the river?
Capital Combat
2016-10-28
5,005
209.5
... that during World Championship Wrestling's Capital Combat show, RoboCop saved Sting from the Four Horsemen ?
Gesomyrmex magnus
2016-10-06
4,996
208.2
... that the fossil ant Gesomyrmex magnus is notably larger than any other living or extinct Gesomyrmex species?
Richard D. Trentlage
2016-10-18
4,955
206.5
... that Richard D. Trentlage was known for his wiener jingle?
Breakaway (2010 video game)
2016-10-18
4,890
203.7
... that soccer video game Breakaway has encouraged children in the West Bank not to discriminate by gender, thereby challenging social norms ?
Warmingham
2016-10-29
4,848
202.0
... that the dairy-farming area of Warmingham , Cheshire , is the source of around half the pure salt (brine pump pictured) manufactured in the UK?
370 Jay Street
2016-10-30
3,548
147.8
... that the New York City Board of Transportation built a new headquarters that it used for only two years?
New York City Board of Transportation
1,196
49.8
Total
4,744
197.6
Consairway
2016-10-26
4,704
196.6
... that in 1992, civilian employees of Consairway were granted veteran status by the Veterans Benefits Administration for their World War II service transporting munitions and military personnel?
XHLUV-FM
2016-10-17
4,628
192.8
... that a 2014 attack on the radio station Calentana Mexiquense resulted in the death of the owner's 12-year-old son?
Bratton Downs
2016-10-26
4,537
189.6
... that a Duke of Burgundy has been spotted on Bratton Downs ?
Sara Ahmed (weightlifter)
2016-10-16
4,490
187.1
... that after winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics , Sara Ahmed became the first Egyptian woman to stand on an Olympic podium?
Lupe Fiasco versus Daigo Umehara
2016-10-11
4,484
186.8
... that professional Street Fighter player Daigo Umehara lost an exhibition match of Street Fighter V to rapper Lupe Fiasco ?
Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet
2016-10-27
4,240
185.6
... that the newspaper publisher Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth gave money to a charity fund after his chauffeur killed a boy while driving Harmsworth's car?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Iceland
2016-10-14
4,449
185.4
... that missionary Thorarinn Thorason's wife threatened to drown herself due to his missionary efforts in Iceland , but instead he drowned later that year?
Effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida
2016-10-06
4,386
182.8
... that the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane caused at least 2,500 deaths in Florida, making it the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the US, behind the 1900 Galveston hurricane ?
Brownsville, Brooklyn
2016-10-23
4,228
182.5
... that the New York City neighborhood of Brownsville has the highest concentration of public housing in the United States?
Argonium
2016-10-28
4,356
182.3
... that argonium , an ion composed of an argon atom and a proton, was the first noble gas molecular ion to be found in interstellar space?
Peter Coade
2016-10-11
4,370
182.1
... that retired Canadian meteorologist Peter Coade was certified by The Guinness Book of World Records as having had the longest career of any weather forecaster?
Guapi-Guapiaçú Environmental Protection Area
2016-10-26
4,296
179.5
... that 71% of permanently protected land in the Guapi-Guapiaçú Environmental Protection Area in Brazil has no natural vegetation?
Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727
2016-10-06
4,278
178.2
... that the naturalisation of Handel (pictured) as a British citizen came via an Act of Parliament which required him to enter into communion with the Church of England?
Joseph A. Maressa
2016-10-08
4,274
178.1
... that after admitting he took $10,000 to help a fictitious Arab sheikh , Joseph A. Maressa argued that "it would be patriotic to take some of this OPEC oil money and get it back to the United States"?
Thomas Aldersey
2016-10-25
4,148
175.2
... that Thomas Aldersey (pictured) gave the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers , now an educational charity, their first school?
Thinkhaya III of Toungoo
2016-10-27
3,968
173.7
... that after declaring independence from the Ava Kingdom , Thinkhaya III of Toungoo built his own palace, but left out the royal white umbrella ?
Aluchin (volcano)
2016-10-10
4,120
171.7
... that Russia's Aluchin volcano is thought to have formed around 1000 CE?
Pachycondyla aberrans
2016-10-31
4,116
171.5
... that the ant Pachycondyla aberrans was described from a headless adult of unknown sex?
Gösta Peterson
2016-10-11
4,027
167.8
... that Swedish photographer Gösta Peterson met his wife at a cocktail party, where he was watering the flowers?
Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King
2016-10-02
497
29.9
... that in the 1990s Disney created animated storybook video games for The Lion King , Pocahontas , Toy Story , The Hunchback of Notre Dame , 101 Dalmatians , Hercules , The Little Mermaid , and Mulan , as well as 1966 and 1974 shorts based on Winnie the Pooh ?
Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
316
19.0
Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
280
16.8
Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan
262
15.8
Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story
262
15.7
Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians
248
14.9
Disney's Animated Storybook: Pocahontas
244
14.7
Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
230
13.8
Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules
220
13.3
Disney's Animated Storybook: The Little Mermaid
216
13.0
Total
2,776
166.9
Ağın Bridge
2016-10-18
3,960
165.0
... that the Ağın Bridge reestablished a direct road connection between Ağın and Elazığ 40 years after the creation of the Keban reservoir ?
The Life and Death of John Gotti
2016-10-22
3,944
164.4
... that John Travolta will play New York mob boss John Gotti in an upcoming film ?
Frederick Sherwood Dunn
2016-10-24
3,822
163.2
... that scholar Frederick Sherwood Dunn led a move that was described by a university president as "Yale fumbled and Princeton recovered the ball"?
Cash Trapped
2016-10-08
3,868
161.2
... that the opening episode of Cash Trapped contained a continuity error which revealed the outcome at the start of the game show?
Captain Atom (Atlas Publications)
2016-10-15
3,732
155.5
... that the first appearance of superhero Captain Atom was in an Australian comic?
Clio (Hendrik Goltzius)
2016-10-05
3,714
154.7
... that John Harvard may have been inspired by Clio ?
Akıncı Air Base
2016-10-17
3,710
154.6
... that plans are underway to convert the Akıncı Air Base , bombed during the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt , into a "democracy park"?
Athletic Bilbao signing policy
2016-10-14
3,692
153.9
... that since 1912, Spanish association football club Athletic Bilbao only fields players with ancestry from the Basque Country ?
Mary Isabella Hales Horne
2016-10-30
3,664
152.7
... that Mary Isabella Hales Horne was the mother of 15 children, including three sets of twins?
List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550)
2016-10-22
3,638
151.6
... that medieval works praising cities often follow rules laid down in Ancient Greece ?
Mahane Yehuda (neighborhood)
2016-10-02
2,521
151.6
... that planners of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mahane Yehuda offered free land to the first 50 families, but there were no takers?
Hale v. Henkel
2016-10-26
3,568
149.1
... that in Hale v. Henkel , the United States Supreme Court ruled that the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment did not apply to corporations?
Akiyama Tokuzō
2016-10-02
2,460
147.9
... that Akiyama Tokuzō , once referred to as the "Japanese Escoffier ", became Master Chef of the Imperial Court of Japan at only 25 years of age?
Jeff Givens
2016-10-10
3,504
146.0
... that horse trainer Jeff Givens was killed when his horse trailer overturned?
The American Girls Premiere
2016-10-05
3,439
143.3
... that in 1998, The Boston Globe said the girls' video game market was "exploding" with titles such as The American Girls Premiere ?
Laticauda colubrina
2016-10-29
3,348
139.5
... that the tail of Laticauda colubrina resembles and moves like its head in order to deter predators?
Bound (video game)
2016-10-23
3,223
139.1
... that in the video game Bound , the protagonist moves mainly by dancing?
John Hazelwood
2016-10-16
3,338
139.1
... that in 1777, after George Washington 's war council recommended that John Hazelwood lead the American fleet up the Delaware River to safety, he did so without the British firing a single shot?
The Mutants (musical collaboration)
2016-10-13
3,320
138.3
... that the band The Mutants developed from the idea of an album set out to retrace the roots of punk , new wave , and ska , featuring an all-star cast of punk musicians?
Otto Bock
2016-10-25
3,242
136.9
... that Otto Bock technicians at the 2016 Paralympic Games carried out 3,361 repairs for 1,162 athletes, including 2,745 repairs to wheelchairs?
David Carritt
2016-10-15
3,200
133.3
... that David Carritt discovered a Fragonard misattributed at auction, a van der Weyden in a cottage, a Tiepolo on an Egyptian embassy ceiling, and five Guardis rolled up in a Dublin shed?
Bayit Lepletot
2016-10-03
2,726
133.0
... that the Bayit Lepletot orphanage in Jerusalem houses and educates girls from as young as three years of age until they are ready to marry and start homes of their own?
Hiroshima Lightning
2016-10-10
3,165
131.9
... that the Hiroshima Lightning was the only active team refused entry into Japanese basketball's B.League ?
James Kaliokalani
2016-10-15
3,122
130.1
... that James Kaliokalani and his brother, the future King Kalākaua , reportedly witnessed the execution of their grandfather Kamanawa II when they were children?
Finlay Wild
2016-10-18
3,098
129.1
... that Finlay Wild has won the Ben Nevis Race seven times in a row?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ireland
2016-10-09
3,088
128.7
... that on one occasion, protesters used a foghorn to discourage Mormons in Ireland from meeting?
Argon compounds
2016-10-24
3,006
128.3
... that argon oxide, an argon compound , interferes with the detection of iron-56 in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry ?
The Top Notes
2016-10-06
3,024
126.0
... that although the Beatles had a more successful version, the first recording of "Twist and Shout " was by The Top Notes , and was produced by Phil Spector —who later went on to produce the Beatles?
Dafo Temple, Zhangye
2016-10-21
2,999
125.0
... that the reclining Buddha at the Dafo Temple, Zhangye , is 35 metres (115 ft) long?
Ypresiosirex
2016-10-14
2,984
124.3
... that the extinct sawfly Ypresiosirex orthosemos was named for the unique corrugation of its wings?
Ferdinand Lee Barnett (Chicago)
2016-10-21
2,944
122.6
... that at an 1892 rally attended by anti-lynching activist Ferdinand Lee Barnett , participants refused to sing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee " until the United States was more truly a "sweet land of liberty"?
Jizhou ware
2016-10-15
2,892
120.5
... that decoration of Jizhou ware included using leaves that were burnt away, leaving their shapes in the glaze?
Pop Warner
2016-10-15
2,878
119.9
... that American football coach Pop Warner 's only experience with the game in his youth was using an inflated cow's bladder ?
Max Esposito
2016-10-06
2,794
116.4
... that Max Esposito and his sister Chloe were the first Australian athletes to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics ?
Worms Armageddon
2016-10-22
2,790
116.2
... that GamesRadar ranked Worms Armageddon number 13 in their list of the top 50 PlayStation games of all time?
Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale
2016-10-12
2,784
116.0
... that the rice root aphid can complete its whole life cycle on plum trees?
Don Brothwell
2016-10-16
2,782
115.9
... that the archaeologist Don Brothwell served two months in prison as a conscientious objector ?
Gesomyrmex macrops
2016-10-18
2,779
115.8
... that Gesomyrmex macrops was named in reference to the ant species' large eyes?
St Silin's Church
2016-10-24
2,694
115.0
... that the parish of St Silin's contains a part of England under the jurisdiction of the Church in Wales?
Acyrthosiphon kondoi
2016-10-16
2,730
113.8
... that the blue alfalfa aphid , native to Asia, had reached California by 1974 and Maryland by 1992?
Grand Theatre, Perth
2016-10-17
2,719
113.3
... that the Grand Theatre was reportedly the first in Australia to be lit entirely by neon lights ?
Fehmi Agani
2016-10-18
2,696
112.4
... that although Fehmi Agani worked for reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians, his murder during the Kosovo War has been attributed to Serbian security forces?
Anastasie Fătu
2016-10-01
2,143
111.5
... that Moldavian pediatrician Anastasie Fătu proposed a ban on open-casket church funerals?
Dorothy Gill
2016-10-17
2,608
108.6
... that the contralto Dorothy Gill was so popular during the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 's visit to New York in 1934 that American fans petitioned for her return?
Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2016-10-30
2,592
108.0
... that no men competed for Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics ?
Talbieh Camp
2016-10-04
2,567
107.0
... that when Talbieh Refugee Camp first opened, most of its inhabitants were displaced persons , as opposed to refugees ?
Mansur ibn Lu'lu'
2016-10-23
2,466
106.4
... that after being ousted from his emirate in Aleppo , Mansur ibn Lu'lu' commanded a Byzantine army unit ?
Jeff Chandler (footballer)
2016-10-25
2,516
106.3
... that the Irish footballer Jeff Chandler was "never the same player" after suffering a knee injury in Bolton Wanderers ' fourth game of their 1987–88 season ?
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie
2016-10-01
2,042
106.2
... that Restaurant Andrew Fairlie is known for a signature dish of lobster cold smoked over whisky casks?
The Best Intentions
2016-10-04
2,544
106.0
... that Ingmar Bergman based his script for the Palme d'Or -winning film The Best Intentions on the life of his father Erik Bergman , salvaged from scattered notes, stories, and conversations?
Florida gubernatorial election, 1970
2016-10-03
2,147
104.7
... that in the 1970 Florida gubernatorial election , Claude Kirk called Reubin Askew a "momma’s boy who wouldn't have the courage to stand up under the fire of the legislators"?
My Kind of Girl
2016-10-20
2,504
104.3
... that prior to Matt Monro 's "My Kind of Girl ", it had been three years since a British artist had cracked the US Top 20?
Malayan whistling thrush
2016-10-19
2,474
103.1
... that recorded sightings of the Malayan whistling thrush in the Cameron Highlands after the 1960s may have actually been a subspecies of the blue whistling thrush ?
Danny Jones (politician)
2016-10-31
2,452
102.1
... that before he became mayor of Charleston, West Virginia , Danny Jones worked as a gravedigger?
Johanna Umurungi
2016-10-23
2,354
101.6
... that Johanna Umurungi was the only female Rwandan swimmer at the 2016 Summer Olympics ?
Joseph S. Clark's and Robert F. Kennedy's tour of the Mississippi Delta
2016-10-30
2,410
100.4
... that U.S. senators Joseph S. Clark Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy toured the Mississippi Delta in 1967 and made hunger a public issue in the United States as a result?
Imagen Televisión
2016-10-18
2,397
99.9
... that Imagen Televisión , which launches today, is the first new commercial television network in Mexico since 1993?
Edward A. Geary
2016-10-25
2,357
99.6
... that Edward A. Geary was unanimously elected Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives by his Republican and Democrat peers?
Yokneam Moshava
2016-10-07
2,386
99.4
... that in 2013 the mayor of Yokneam Illit called for the rural village of Yokneam Moshava to be annexed to his city because it was blocking the city's ability to expand?
Lee B. Laskin
2016-10-17
2,345
97.7
... that in a case in which an ex-husband wanted to keep seven frozen embryos created while he was married, Judge Lee B. Laskin decided in favor of the ex-wife and ordered them destroyed?
Kai-Tai Fang
2016-10-02
1,615
97.1
... that the statistician Kai-Tai Fang 's dissertation was written in two weeks but not published for 19 years because of the Cultural Revolution ?
Rubino Romeo Salmonì
2016-10-01
1,817
94.5
... that the stories of Italian author and Holocaust survivor Rubino Romeo Salmonì were an inspiration for Roberto Benigni 's 1997 film Life Is Beautiful ?
Daud Junbish
2016-10-07
2,256
94.0
... that the BBC 's Daud Junbish is one of the few journalists in the world to have met former Taliban chief Mullah Omar ?
Josh Hall (One Life to Live)
2016-10-04
2,241
93.4
... that Laurence Fishburne played Josh Hall , a member of "daytime television's first African American family," on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live ?
Anna L. Peterson
2016-10-20
2,227
92.8
... that Anna L. Peterson argues that the usual separation of animal and environmental ethics is based on mistaken conceptions of nature, humans, animals, and the relationships among them?
Élizabeth Teissier
2016-10-22
2,156
89.9
... that the French Association for Scientific Information criticised Paris Descartes University 's decision to award Élizabeth Teissier a doctorate for a sociology thesis of "pro-astrological advocacy"?
Poole Methodist Church
2016-10-22
2,122
88.4
... that the extension to Poole Methodist Church was nominated for the 2016 Carbuncle Cup ?
Anne Ramberg
2016-10-13
2,116
88.2
... that Anne Ramberg was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal of 12th size to wear on a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system?
Formica paleosibirica
2016-10-03
1,806
88.1
... that the fossil ant species Formica paleosibirica has been described from only three partial males and two lone wings?
Sālote Lupepauʻu
2016-10-12
2,068
86.2
... that Queen Salote College was named after the Tongan Queen Sālote Lupepauʻu , who was named after the British Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ?
IWRG Máscara vs. Máscara (September 2016)
2016-10-21
2,060
85.8
... that the main event of last month's Máscara vs. Máscara professional wrestling show has been called IWRG 's biggest Lucha de Apuestas ("bet match") in years?
2-satisfiability
2016-10-29
2,055
85.6
... that 2-satisfiability can be used to schedule round-robin tournaments so that teams alternate between home and away games as much or as little as possible?
Gustaf Nyström
2016-10-07
2,042
85.1
... that Finnish architect Gustaf Nyström has been described as a "legendary teacher of architecture"?
Carnethy 5
2016-10-06
2,006
83.6
... that Carnethy 5 , an annual hill race held in the Pentland Hills , commemorates the Battle of Roslin ?
Aldana Sandoval
2016-10-21
1,928
80.3
... that Aldana Sandoval helped plot the 1944 Guatemalan coup , but did not actually participate in it?
De laude Cestrie
2016-10-16
1,928
80.3
... that the 12th-century manuscript De laude Cestrie is one of the earliest prose works about an English town?
Claudine Picardet
2016-10-27
1,824
79.9
... that 18th-century chemist Claudine Picardet translated scientific articles from Swedish, English, German, and Italian into French?
Love Among the Walnuts
2016-10-11
1,914
79.8
... that Kirkus Reviews wrote that the plot and tone of the 1998 young adult novel Love Among the Walnuts were akin to those of a Preston Sturges or Frank Capra film?
Gesomyrmex incertus
2016-10-30
1,914
79.8
... that the fossil ant Gesomyrmex incertus was described from a single queen's head?
Shriya Saran filmography
2016-10-29
1,913
79.7
... that Shriya Saran played the female lead in the 2007 film Sivaji , India's most expensive film to that point?
Charles Matthews (basketball)
2016-10-03
1,620
79.0
... that Michigan Wolverines shooting guard Charles Matthews preferred the trombone and skateboard to basketball in his youth?
Ouki
2016-10-29
1,896
79.0
... that parts of the Altiplano may have been covered by the lake Ouki in the past?
Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe
2016-10-03
1,600
78.1
... that at age 78, Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe was awarded the Padma Shri for his lifetime work in photography?
Howard Hawks
2016-10-01
1,487
77.3
... that RKO Pictures fired director Howard Hawks after Bringing Up Baby flopped, but the 1938 screwball comedy is now regarded as one of Hawks' masterpieces?
5-8 Club
2016-10-13
1,788
74.5
... that both the 5-8 Club and Matt's Bar , two Minneapolis eateries on the same street , claim to have invented the Juicy Lucy cheeseburger?
Moise Poida
2016-10-05
1,765
73.5
... that Moise Poida , the Vanuatuan national football team manager, has played against World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane ?
Billy White (basketball)
2016-10-26
1,676
70.1
... that basketball player Billy White started in the most games in San Diego State history?
Divisional Railway Hospital, Golden Rock
2016-10-25
1,638
69.2
... that the Divisional Railway Hospital in Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli , India, is the oldest in its zone ?
List of songs recorded by Alyssa Milano
2016-10-09
1,600
66.7
... that Alyssa Milano released four studio albums in Japan after appearing in ads there for pasta and chocolate milk?
Henri Laborit
2016-10-14
1,577
65.7
... that Henri Laborit recognized the psychiatric uses of chlorpromazine , which helped reduce asylum populations and "change the face of serious mental illness"?
Charles Fernandez (pentathlete)
2016-10-20
1,552
64.7
... that in 2015, nineteen-year-old Charles Fernandez became the youngest modern pentathlon champion in Pan American Games history?
University of Dundee School of Medicine
2016-10-07
1,543
64.3
... that the University of Dundee School of Medicine has one of the biggest research complexes in the UK?
Between the Species
2016-10-13
1,526
63.6
... that the philosophy journal Between the Species took its name from a fictional periodical mentioned in a George Abbe novel?
David Kustoff
2016-10-19
1,525
63.5
... that as a United States Attorney, David Kustoff prosecuted John Ford following his arrest in Operation Tennessee Waltz ?
History of East Texas State University
2016-10-19
1,516
63.1
... that East Texas State University was, in part, saved from closure in 1986 by 450 supporters making a bus trip to the Texas State Capitol in Austin?
Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi
2016-10-01
1,160
60.4
... that Zufar al-Kilabi was given a high position in the Umayyad court and army in return for abandoning his support for the rebellion of Ibn al-Zubayr ?
Winmark
2016-10-28
1,440
60.3
... that a report around 2013 on American used goods outlets put Goodwill first with a 21% market share, Winmark second with nearly 6%, and The Salvation Army third with nearly 4%?
Revival (comics)
2016-10-29
1,446
60.2
... that Revival stars a character that writer Tim Seeley had spent nearly 20 years developing?
Mary Kitson Clark
2016-10-30
1,437
59.9
... that Mary Kitson Clark 's 1935 book A Gazetteer of Roman Remains in East Yorkshire is still a basic guide to the study of the Roman presence in northern England?
Zack Loveday
2016-10-05
1,386
57.8
... that Duayne Boachie was nominated for a "Best Newcomer" award at the 2016 British Soap Awards for his portrayal of Zack Loveday ?
Cutervo National Park
2016-10-20
1,385
57.7
... that 88 morphospecies of orchid have been identified in the Cutervo National Park in Peru?
Clay Blaker
2016-10-10
1,376
57.3
... that George Strait recorded several songs written by Clay Blaker ?
Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election, 2015
2016-10-10
1,370
57.1
... that in the 2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election , Janata Dal (United) 's candidate was supported by five other parties?
Johannes Bilberg
2016-10-21
1,369
57.0
... that Swedish theologian Johannes Bilberg published a work on the midnight sun ?
Edward Iacobucci
2016-10-04
1,356
56.5
... that Edward Iacobucci has followed in his father Frank Iacobucci 's footsteps as dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law ?
Order of Playa Girón
2016-10-09
1,330
55.4
... that the Cuban national Order of Playa Girón , named after the location of the Bay of Pigs Invasion , was first presented to the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin ?
BioRxiv
2016-10-07
1,330
55.4
... that in the second year after its launch, biological preprints hosted on bioRxiv repository were tweeted about on over 20,000 occasions?
Sadie Gray
2016-10-13
1,326
55.3
... that Tony Award -winning Broadway actress and singer Lillian Hayman played Sadie Gray on the American soap opera One Life to Live for 17 years?
Katharine Fuge
2016-10-12
1,290
53.7
... that the soprano Katharine Fuge took part in John Eliot Gardiner 's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage , both as a member of the Monteverdi Choir and as a soloist?
Ernest F. Schuck
2016-10-20
1,273
53.0
... that Ernest F. Schuck ran for re-election in 1977 on a platform supporting New Jersey 's new state income tax, as many residents of his district would see a net gain from the plan?
Doctor Savithri
2016-10-24
1,242
53.0
... that the 1955 Tamil language film Doctor Savithri is a contemporary adaptation of the story of Savitri and Satyavan ?
Erwin Wickert
2016-10-29
1,272
53.0
... that former German ambassador to China Erwin Wickert was an alumnus of Dickinson College of Carlisle, Pennsylvania ?
Jordan
2016-10-01
1,008 [d]
52.5
... that Jordan has remained one of the safest countries in the Middle East , despite regional turmoil?
Lisbeth Hockey
2016-10-23
1,206
52.0
... that Lisbeth Hockey was the first nurse to be awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of General Practitioners ?
Il Postino (opera)
2016-10-28
1,226
51.3
... that Daniel Catán 's opera Il Postino is set in Italy but sung in Spanish?
Martine van Hamel
2016-10-22
1,220
50.8
... that Martine van Hamel won a gold medal at the 1966 Varna International Ballet Competition , one of the most prestigious dance competitions in the world?
Emma Wiggs
2016-10-02
804
48.3
... that Emma Wiggs , a gold medallist in paracanoe at the 2016 Paralympics, competed at the 2012 Paralympics as a sitting volleyball player?
We're the Superhumans
2016-10-01
910
47.3
... that Channel 4 's 2016 Paralympics trailer "We're the Superhumans " featured a big band comprised of musicians with disabilities?
Anthony Stover
2016-10-29
1,118
46.6
... that basketball player Anthony Stover sacrificed a higher salary in hopes of winning an NBL Canada championship?
Cape Wickham Links
2016-10-15
1,094
45.6
... that golfers share the 18-hole Cape Wickham Links on King Island with short-tailed shearwaters ?
L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library
2016-10-12
1,040
43.4
... that the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library at Brigham Young University houses Max Steiner 's scores for King Kong and Gone with the Wind ?
Jeffrey Fagan
2016-10-08
1,035
43.1
... that research by Columbia Law School professor Jeffrey Fagan into stop-and-frisk in New York City was a major factor in Judge Shira Scheindlin 's decision to rule the practice unconstitutional in 2013?
Barbara Thoman Curtis
2016-10-14
998
41.6
... that in 1974, Barbara Thoman Curtis led the establishment of the American Nurses Association 's first political action committee?
Yale Institute of International Studies
2016-10-15
970
40.4
... that the Yale Institute of International Studies was a bastion of international relations realism ?
Gadis Arivia
2016-10-09
926
38.6
... that Gadis Arivia established Indonesia’s first journal of feminist theory?
Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh
2016-10-24
886
37.8
... that the Nursing Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh was the first such department in a British university?
List of songs recorded by Siti Nurhaliza
2016-10-16
840
35.0
... that Siti Nurhaliza (pictured) has recorded songs in Bahasa Malaysia , Bahasa Indonesia , English, Mandarin Chinese , and Arabic ?
Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Op. 27
2016-10-23
811
35.0
... that Max Reger composed the chorale fantasia Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott , Op. 27 , for Karl Straube , who premiered it before it was published?
Ralph Jean-Louis
2016-10-19
810
33.8
... that Ralph Jean-Louis managed the Seychelles national football team to a gold medal at the 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games ?
Zwölf Stücke, Op. 65
2016-10-08
763
31.8
... that a reviewer of Zwölf Stücke , Op. 65 , twelve organ pieces by Max Reger , wrote that the composer was "still in his storm and stress period"?
2016 Baku GP2 Series round
2016-10-23
562
24.2
... that Antonio Giovinazzi achieved his first GP2 series pole position at the 2016 Baku round and went on to win both the weekend's races?
Charles Brantley
2016-10-09
528
22.0
... that Charles Brantley was the first person in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry to be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame ?