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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	-12.2	Hassan Rouhani plagiarism allegations	0	Kraków Fire of 1850	-12.2	Hassan Rouhani plagiarism allegations
Median	124.5	Dontnod Entertainment Murder of Vicente Bermúdez Zacarías	352.6	John Doubleday (restorer) 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery	138.7	Social thriller Rupert Bruce-Mitford
High	1,212.6	The Madness of King Scar	839.4	Lyndsey Scott	1,212.6	The Madness of King Scar

Table

Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
The Madness of King Scar	2017-09-18		14,551	1,212.6	... that "The Madness of King Scar" was recorded and storyboarded for The Lion King, but Disney removed it, probably due to its explicit content?
Shirley Pitts	2017-09-26		9,155	851.0	... that Shirley Pitts was trained by the Forty Elephants and became the "queen of shoplifters"?
Lyndsey Scott	2017-09-15		20,146	839.4	... that between modelling for Victoria's Secret, Calvin Klein, and Prada, Lyndsey Scott (pictured) develops mobile apps for iOS?
USS Omaha (CL-4)	2017-09-22		9,741	823.2	... that USS Omaha (CL-4) was the last United States Navy ship to be awarded prize money?
Forest ring	2017-09-01		19,436	809.9	... that forest rings had gone unnoticed by geologists until aerial photography became a common surveying tool in the 1950s?
Donald Trump and handshakes	2017-09-08		19,214	800.6	... that Donald Trump's handshake (pictured) with Emmanuel Macron at the Bastille Day celebrations was 29 seconds long?
Disappearance of Tammy Kingery	2017-09-20		8,611	717.6	... that although Tammy Kingery left her keys inside her South Carolina house when she disappeared from it three years ago today, the door was found locked from the outside?
Ömer Halisdemir	2017-09-26		7,294	678.0	... that Sergeant Ömer Halisdemir was killed on the spot after he shot dead a general who had tried to take over the Special Forces Command HQ during the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt?
Zerai Deres	2017-09-19		7,958	663.1	... that both Eritrea and Ethiopia consider Zerai Deres (pictured) a folk hero of anti-fascism and anticolonialism?
Kőbánya cellar system	2017-09-22		7,788	658.2	... that the cellar system (pictured) under the Kőbánya district of Budapest, Hungary, has served as a limestone quarry, a beer cellar, an aircraft engine factory, and a bicycle race venue?
Birds' Head Haggadah	2017-09-20		7,814	651.2	... that the oldest surviving illuminated Passover Haggadah depicts Jews as humans with the faces and beaks of birds (detail pictured)?
Brazilian coastal defense ship Deodoro	2017-09-06		15,477	644.9	... that the Brazilian coastal defense ship Deodoro (pictured) was once mistaken for a war-bound privateer?
Arctonoe vittata	2017-09-22		3,838	326.6	... that the scale worm Arctonoe vittata protects the keyhole limpet (shell pictured) with which it lives by attacking predatory starfish?
Diodora aspera			3,491	297.1
Total			7,329	623.7
Battle of the Basque Roads	2017-09-20		6,279	523.2	... that although the British commander was accused of incompetence following the Battle of the Basque Roads, he was controversially acquitted at his court-martial?
Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier			921	76.8
Total			7,200	600.0
Jørgen Jensen (soldier)	2017-09-12		14,342	597.6	... that Danish-born Jørgen Jensen was awarded the Victoria Cross for an action during which he pulled the pin from a hand grenade with his teeth?
Palythoa toxica	2017-09-07		14,230	592.9	... that an animal called the "Seaweed of Death from Hana" has caused poisonings of aquarium hobbyists?
Spirit of the Confederacy	2017-09-21		7,400	584.2	... that the purpose of the statue Spirit of the Confederacy (illustration pictured) in Houston, Texas, unveiled on Robert E. Lee's birthday in 1908, has been questioned since the 2015 Charleston church shooting and the 2017 Unite the Right rally?
The Tribute Money (Titian)	2017-09-25		6,982	581.8	... that Titian's 1516 work The Tribute Money (pictured) was painted to be a cupboard door?
Manon Antoniazzi	2017-09-03		13,792	574.6	... that Manon Antoniazzi (pictured) gave Welsh lessons to Prince William, the son of the Prince of Wales?
Jingu Bashi (Tokyo)	2017-09-05		13,744	572.6	... that Jingu Bashi bridge in Tokyo is a tourist attraction frequented daily by cosplay, visual kei (pictured), and gothic Lolita fashion fans?
Dril	2017-09-21		7,061	557.4	... that the absurdist Twitter writer known as dril continues to insist that he is not owned, even as he slowly shrinks and transforms into a corncob?
Anita Halpin	2017-09-18		6,674	556.1	... that in 2006, the English communist Anita Halpin recovered Berlin Street Scene (pictured) by Ernst Kirchner, which was looted from her grandfather by the Nazis, and sold it for £20.5 million?
Little Joe Monahan	2017-09-23		6,470	539.1	... that cowboy Little Joe Monahan's gender became a national news story in 1904?
Nigel Williams (conservator)	2017-09-18		6,431	535.9	... that when only 23 years old, Nigel Williams was tasked with restoring "the most iconic object" (pictured) from a spectacular archaeological discovery?
The Jewish Confederates	2017-09-04		12,139	505.8	... that thousands of Jews fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War?
Ally Law	2017-09-19		5,740	478.4	... that the British climber and YouTuber Ally Law was globally banned from all sites owned by Merlin Entertainments after trespassing in Thorpe Park and climbing the Stealth roller coaster?
Judy Smith homicide	2017-09-07		11,206	466.9	... that a Buncombe County, North Carolina, deputy sheriff interrupted his convalescence from back surgery to investigate a body discovered 20 years ago today and crushed his sciatic nerve as a result?
Tanis (podcast)	2017-09-20		5,516	459.7	... that the producers of the horror podcast Tanis have never confirmed whether the show is fictitious?
Kate Brew Vaughn	2017-09-14		10,560	440.0	... that someone told Kate Brew Vaughn that her eggless, sugarless, and butterless World War I Victory Cake was "joyless", but then ate three pieces?
Black cowboys	2017-09-21		5,501	434.3	... that in the American West from the 1860s to the 1880s, nearly 25% of cowboys were black?
Wilfrid Oulton	2017-09-08		10,370	432.1	... that Wilfrid Oulton was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for sinking three U-boats in one month?
2011 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts theft	2017-09-03		10,298	429.1	... that an Edmonton man who unknowingly bought a $1.2 million artwork stolen six years ago today, kept it in his bedroom next to Star Wars figures and stuffed animals?
Goliath imperial pigeon	2017-09-29		8,079	425.2	... that the goliath imperial pigeon (pictured) is also known as the notou?
Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence	2017-09-22		4,937	420.2	... that television showings and online streaming of the documentary Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence were stopped after a blogger discredited its key photograph?
Japanese bamboo weaving	2017-09-19		4,990	415.9	... that learning Japanese bamboo weaving (pictured) involves a lengthy apprenticeship and the skills require at least a decade to fully master?
Hyperboreae Undae	2017-09-19		4,840	403.4	... that the two distinct forms of the Martian dunes of Hyperboreae Undae apparently cannot coexist?
S 9 (Abydos)	2017-09-14		9,662	402.6	... that Egyptian tomb S9 suffered deliberate, extensive, and state-sanctioned stone- and grave-robbing?
Helen Huntington Hull	2017-09-01		9,642	401.8	... that when Helen Huntington Hull inherited Among the Sierra Nevada, California (pictured) by Albert Bierstadt, she had it glued directly to a wall of her mansion?
List of U.S. counties with longest life expectancy	2017-09-14		9,110	379.6	... that residents of three adjacent counties in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado have the longest life expectancy in the U.S.?
Biko (song)	2017-09-12		9,034	376.4	... that Peter Gabriel (pictured) wrote "Biko" after learning of the death of Steve Biko in police custody on 12 September 1977?
2017 Montana wildfires	2017-09-26		3,994	371.2	... that as of 12 September, 48 wildfires in Montana (example pictured) were actively burning?
Ōrora Satoshi	2017-09-22		4,304	366.3	... that Ōrora Satoshi is the heaviest ever wrestler in professional sumo?
Project Emily	2017-09-16		8,608	358.7	... that British crews launched Thor intermediate-range ballistic missiles (example pictured) from Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of Project Emily?
1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery	2017-09-04		8,522	355.1	... that the largest theft in Canadian history occurred 45 years ago today, when jewellery and 18 paintings (example pictured) were stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts?
John Doubleday (restorer)	2017-09-24		4,202	350.2	... that after a drunkard smashed the Portland Vase into hundreds of pieces, John Doubleday (pictured) was dubbed "the prince of restorers"?
Slither.io	2017-09-05		8,394	349.8	... that the online game slither.io was the most Googled game in the United States in 2016?
Battle of Bileća	2017-09-08		7,968	332.0	... that the Kingdom of Bosnia allowed the Ottoman Turks to penetrate deep into their territory before inflicting a heavy defeat on them at the 1388 Battle of Bileća?
Phyllodoce mucosa	2017-09-12		7,963	331.8	... that Phyllodoce mucosa can form "roads" as they crawl across the beach towards carcasses?
Pietà (Titian)	2017-09-27		7,632	331.7	... that Titian intended his painting of the Pietà to hang over his grave, but it never did?
Pass A L'Outre Light	2017-09-24		3,948	329.0	... that when the Pass A L'Outre Light began to sink into the ground, its floor was raised and a new door cut in its side to compensate?
Opossum Brook	2017-09-05		7,853	327.2	... that evidence of beavers in Opossum Brook was first detected in 1929, by a man on his way to Hell's Kitchen?
Yarkand hare	2017-09-28		7,488	321.9	... that the Yarkand hare is hunted as game and, between 1958 and 1981, about 10,000 furs annually were produced from the species?
Ronald Reagan in music	2017-09-21		3,602	317.6	... that during his presidency, Ronald Reagan appeared on the covers of records by the Ramones, Fela Kuti, Bootsy Collins, and The Clash?
Protoblepharon rosenblatti	2017-09-20		3,744	312.0	... that the Cook Islands flashlightfish produces light with the help of bioluminescent bacteria?
Lai Ning	2017-09-22		3,652	310.8	... that 14-year-old Lai Ning died fighting a forest fire in China in 1988 and was subsequently declared a revolutionary martyr?
Frederick Langenheim	2017-09-20		3,682	306.8	... that Frederick Langenheim made the first set of panoramic images (example pictured) of Niagara Falls and a sequential set of images of the first American total solar eclipse ever photographed?
Oregon black exclusion laws	2017-09-11		7,282	303.4	... that an 1844 Oregon law required all slaves to be freed—and all freed slaves to leave Oregon?
Serious Hazards of Transfusion	2017-09-13		7,272	303.0	... that the UK organization Serious Hazards of Transfusion discourages hospitals from using some blood products donated by women?
Fort Bragg Game	2017-09-18		3,608	300.7	... that the Fort Bragg Game was the first regular-season professional sporting event held at an active military base?
Ida Waugh	2017-09-28		6,873	295.5	... that illustrator Ida Waugh met her life partner Amy Ella Blanchard when the latter was hired as a tutor for her younger brother, future painter Frederick Judd Waugh?
Rupes Tenuis	2017-09-23		3,532	294.3	... that Rupes Tenuis (pictured), the Martian north polar scarp, may have been in retreat since the Late Amazonian period?
Rwandan Civil War	2017-09-14		7,046	293.6	... that following the Rwandan Civil War, two million Hutu refugees fled to neighboring countries (Rwandan refugee camp pictured), fearing reprisals?
Synapta maculata	2017-09-23		3,407	283.9	... that the snake sea cucumber will break itself into bits to escape from a predator?
Alex Virot	2017-09-26		3,307	281.4	... that Alex Virot is the only journalist to have died whilst covering the Tour de France?
The Man Who Studied Yoga	2017-09-19		3,376	281.4	... that Norman Mailer wrote "The Man Who Studied Yoga" in 1952 in order to free himself from the past success of his first novel?
Ida Hinman	2017-09-14		6,720	280.0	... that Ida Hinman, author of a popular Washington, D.C. guidebook, died in poverty and her body was identified through a membership pin of the Daughters of the American Revolution?
Most Wanted (TV pilot)	2017-09-07		6,663	277.6	... that after ABC passed on the television pilot Marvel's Most Wanted in May 2015, it was reworked, only to be passed on again the following May?
Abalos Mensa	2017-09-22		3,175	270.2	... that the Martian wedge-shaped mound Abalos Mensa has been described as "an enigmatic wedge of material"?
Ali-A	2017-09-21		2,986	263.3	... that the creator of the popular YouTube channel Ali-A has been called a "YouTube megastar" by the BBC?
Faith Hedgepeth homicide	2017-09-23		3,155	262.9	... that one year ago today Chapel Hill, North Carolina, police released an image of a suspect in the Faith Hedgepeth homicide based purely on DNA left at the crime scene?
Manicina	2017-09-17		2,640	220.0	... that rose coral (skeleton pictured), a member of the family Mussidae, can right itself if it gets turned over?
Mussidae			458	38.2
Total			3,098	258.2
Glover's pika	2017-09-25		3,061	255.1	... that the Glover's pika was at different times treated as a subspecies of the Turkestan red pika and the Chinese red pika, but is now accepted as an independent species?
Stadt Zürich (ship, 1855)	2017-09-24		3,050	254.2	... that after the Stadt Zürich collided with another ship in Lindau Harbour, a Bavarian correspondent sarcastically commented that it had sunk more German ships than the entire Royal Danish Navy?
Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object	2017-09-13		6,039	251.6	... that Europol was able to identify a hotel used in child porn using Twitter and a crowdsourced website?
Daniel H. Coakley	2017-09-13		5,978	249.1	... that Daniel H. Coakley was impeached after he secured a pardon for mobster Raymond L. S. Patriarca?
Christian Guzman	2017-09-09		5,897	245.7	... that 300,000 people watch every time Christian Guzman trains?
Bohemia Interactive	2017-09-02		5,798	241.6	... that Bohemia Interactive bought a T-72 tank, stating: "A massive tanks goes out to everyone who has supported the studio and its games throughout the past 16 years"?
Rhine Campaign of 1796	2017-09-27		5,518	239.8	... that during the Rhine Campaign of 1796, the French troops were hampered by having to steal their supplies, which turned the local populations against them?
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines	2017-09-28		5,572	239.6	... that John Ford (pictured) portrayed an Office of Strategic Services officer in an OSS training film that he directed in 1943?
Ultimate End (comics)	2017-09-26		2,560	238.0	... that the comic book Ultimate End was made by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, who had created the Ultimate Marvel imprint 15 years before?
Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics	2017-09-23		2,832	236.0	... that during the tug of war at the 1900 Olympics, a journalist was drafted into the gold medal winning team?
Lenalee Lee	2017-09-13		5,632	234.7	... that Katsura Hoshino acceded to her editor's demand to draw her D.Gray-man manga character Lenalee Lee with long hair, but then had her lose part of her hair in a fight?
Evin Demirhan	2017-09-20		2,764	230.4	... that as a high school student, Evin Demirhan supported her family of 13 by wrestling, and later became a bronze medalist in the 2017 World Wrestling Championships?
Auesee	2017-09-02		5,510	229.6	... that the artificial lake Auesee (pictured) has become a popular recreation spot known as the "jewel" of Wesel?
Nancy Coonsman	2017-09-21		2,586	228.0	... that Nancy Coonsman sculpted Victory, the war memorial erected in Cheppy, France, to honor the men from Missouri in the 35th Infantry Division killed during World War I?
Quest (Canadian TV series)	2017-09-19		2,692	224.4	... that in 1964, Bob Dylan recorded songs for Quest in Toronto that CBS had rejected for broadcast in the US?
Camino Island	2017-09-09		5,340	222.5	... that John Grisham (pictured) said his novel Camino Island was conceived on a road trip to Florida while talking about stolen books with his wife?
Natal red rock hare	2017-09-23		2,644	220.4	... that although it drinks when it gets the chance, the Natal red rock hare (illustration pictured) can obtain all the moisture it needs from its food and the dew?
The Stone Sky	2017-09-19		2,584	215.4	... that N. K. Jemisin's The Stone Sky has been favorably compared to works by famed science fiction authors Ursula K. Le Guin and William Gibson?
Smith's red rock hare	2017-09-29		4,075	214.5	... that although the Smith's red rock hare is a nocturnal species, it occasionally comes out during early mornings or late afternoons in places where it is not hunted?
2015 San Sebastián del Oeste ambush	2017-09-29		4,060	213.7	... that 15 policemen were killed in a 2015 ambush in Jalisco, Mexico?
Two Ton Baker	2017-09-18		2,545	212.1	... that Two Ton Baker played piano in place of Duke Ellington?
The Index Card	2017-09-08		5,090	212.1	... that Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack wrote a book based on an index card?
Ramisyllis multicaudata	2017-09-16		5,062	210.9	... that the branching worm living inside a sponge is unlikely to be able to sustain itself solely through what it eats?
Krake ZK 14	2017-09-18		2,522	210.2	... that Krake ZK 14 was a floating poet's workshop?
Cara Mund	2017-09-16		5,002	208.4	... that Cara Mund is the first contestant from North Dakota to win the Miss America pageant?
Radio Erena	2017-09-11		4,986	207.8	... that the only independent radio station in Eritrea is not in Eritrea?
Ephraim C. Dawes	2017-09-20		2,493	207.8	... that during the American Civil War, Ephraim C. Dawes almost lost his lower jaw to a bullet wound, but went on to become a noted public speaker?
Tubulanus superbus	2017-09-24		1,442	120.2	... that Tubulanus superbus and Tubulanus annulatus are both known as "football jersey worms"?
Tubulanus annulatus			1,036	86.3
Total			2,478	206.5
Alan Duffy (astronomer)	2017-09-26		2,413	205.4	... that astronomer Alan Duffy is constructing a dark matter detector 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) underground in a gold mine?
Oshkosh Alpha	2017-09-06		4,865	202.7	... that Oshkosh Alpha's ShieldAll armor incorporates research conducted for NASCAR after the death of Dale Earnhardt?
Representation theory of the Lorentz group	2017-09-25		2,418	201.5	... that while working on the representations of the Lorentz group, an encounter with Dirac convinced Harish-Chandra that he did not have "the mysterious sixth sense which one needs in order to succeed in physics"?
Elisabeth Munksgaard	2017-09-05		4,836	201.5	... that Danish historian Elisabeth Munksgaard was given a "fine finale" to her career with a costumed eleventh-century king?
Plated (meal kits)	2017-09-19		2,412	201.0	... that after a deal with Shark Tank member Mark Cuban fell through, meal kit delivery service Plated earned a deal with another shark?
Oligotoma saundersii	2017-09-27		4,614	200.5	... that Saunders' embiids live in silken tubes and camouflage their eggs, perhaps to prevent cannibalism?
Ostreopsis	2017-09-05		4,808	200.3	... that a marine species of dinoflagellate was implicated when 200 Italian beachgoers became ill in 2005?
American Jewish cuisine	2017-09-01		4,756	198.1	... that American Jewish cuisine has been influenced by a geographical gefilte fish line?
Pachycondyla succinea	2017-09-04		4,744	197.7	... that Pachycondyla succinea queens were first described in 1868, but males were not described until 2009?
Geneve L. A. Shaffer	2017-09-04		4,737	197.4	... that Geneve L. A. Shaffer, known as the "Skyscraper Girl", was the United States' first woman glider pilot?
Somari	2017-09-23		2,364	197.0	... that software pirates created an unofficial port of Sega's 1991 video game Sonic the Hedgehog for the Nintendo Entertainment System that features Mario instead of Sonic?
19-2 (2014 TV series)	2017-09-22		2,328	196.7	... that the season two premiere of the Canadian television series 19-2 featured an uninterrupted, 13-minute single-camera sequence of a school shooting, based on the 2006 Dawson College shooting in Montreal?
Theater Chemnitz	2017-09-11		4,722	196.7	... that the Theater Chemnitz has staged "rediscovered" operas, such as Meyerbeer's Vasco da Gama, in the opera house (pictured)?
Ogygis Undae	2017-09-26		2,112	196.3	... that the Martian dunes of Ogygis Undae consist of two different sand types, and look similar to the dunes in Grand Falls, Arizona?
James Amster	2017-09-08		4,698	195.8	... that the mirror suggested by Elsie de Wolfe and added by James Amster to make his Amster Yard look bigger is still in place today?
Shandon Street	2017-09-19		2,320	193.3	... that five churches have stood at the top of Shandon Street since 1624?
Xafecopy Trojan	2017-09-26		2,230	189.8	... that Xafecopy Trojan attacked at least 4,800 Android users in just a month?
Finafloxacin	2017-09-10		4,550	189.6	... that finafloxacin (chemical structure shown) is a new treatment for swimmer's ear?
Dodecatemoria	2017-09-17		2,275	189.6	... that each sign of the zodiac can be further subdivided into twelve parts?
Oxenfree	2017-09-26		2,221	189.0	... that the dark, organic setting of the graphic adventure video game Oxenfree was designed to contrast with its bright, geometric, supernatural elements?
Raymond Leane	2017-09-21		2,388	188.5	... that Raymond Leane was described as the "foremost fighting leader" in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I?
Voices (Le Guin novel)	2017-09-27		4,180	181.7	... that Ursula K. Le Guin's 2006 novel Voices has been compared to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, which also prominently features the destruction of books?
Common loon	2017-09-20		2,175	181.2	... that the common loon used to be known as call-up-a-storm in New England, because its noisy cries supposedly foretold stormy weather?
Alan Akaka	2017-09-20		2,133	177.8	... that Alan Akaka led a campaign to deny the ukulele a place as the official state instrument of Hawaii?
Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act	2017-09-29		3,376	177.7	... that the proposed Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act has been criticized for weakening Section 230 safe harbors?
Isabel Pell	2017-09-02		4,227	176.1	... that American socialite Isabel Pell joined the Maquis and rescued a contingent of American soldiers in France during World War II?
Basilica of St. James, Levoča	2017-09-17		2,108	175.6	... that the Basilica of St. James in Levoča contains the world's tallest carved wooden altar (pictured)?
Thea Tewi	2017-09-10		4,202	175.1	... that sculptor Thea Tewi, known for her work in stone, was also one of the United States' top lingerie designers?
Coronation of the Thai monarch	2017-09-30		3,308	174.1	... that until the coronation of the Thai monarch is completed, the ruler is considered only a regent and may not sit under the Royal Nine-Tiered Umbrella (pictured)?
The Potters (artists group)	2017-09-01		3,008	125.4	... that Lillie Rose Ernst, the first woman assistant superintendent of instruction in the St. Louis public school system, was the mentor of The Potters?
Lillie Rose Ernst			1,146	47.8
Total			4,154	173.1
Church of St. Michael, Črna Vas	2017-09-24		2,064	172.0	... that Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik used concrete sewer pipes for construction of the Church of St. Michael?
Ivy Wedgwood	2017-09-20		2,024	168.7	... that Ivy Wedgwood's retirement after 21 years in the Australian Senate was reported with the headline "Ivy is a housewife again"?
São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2016 Summer Olympics	2017-09-25		2,020	168.3	... that a canoeist bore the São Tomé and Príncipe flag at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, but at the closing ceremony it was carried by an unnamed volunteer?
Hiram Scott	2017-09-25		2,018	168.2	... that the bluffs near where Hiram Scott died in 1828 bear his name?
Sneha Deepthi	2017-09-20		1,752	146.0	... that at age 16 years 204 days, Sneha Deepthi became the youngest cricketer ever to represent the India women's Twenty20 International team?
List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers			262	21.8
Total			2,014	167.8
Caroline Augusta Huling	2017-09-25		2,007	167.2	... that the 1896 novel The Courage of Her Convictions by Caroline Augusta Huling is the story of a woman who is artificially inseminated?
Farrakhan v Home Secretary	2017-09-28		3,864	166.2	... that Farrakhan v Home Secretary was the first court case to successfully overturn a client's ban on entry to the United Kingdom—only to be overturned itself on appeal?
Elizabeth Wade White	2017-09-18		1,989	165.8	... that Elizabeth Wade White was accepted into the B.Litt. program at Oxford, despite not having an undergraduate degree?
Kaluga Queen	2017-09-30		3,124	164.4	... that 21 of the 26 Michelin 3-star restaurants in Paris serve Kaluga Queen caviar?
Tara Rani Srivastava	2017-09-07		3,873	161.4	... that when her husband was shot by police during a Quit India protest march, Tara Rani Srivastava bandaged his wounds with her sari and continued leading the march?
Bartley-Fox Law	2017-09-06		3,860	160.9	... that the Bartley-Fox Law mandated a one-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of illegally carrying a firearm in Massachusetts?
Iva Honyestewa	2017-09-13		3,850	160.4	... that in 2014, Iva Honyestewa created the pootsaya, a combination of coil and sifter basket, "a rare innovation in Hopi basketry"?
Delaware Railroad	2017-09-28		3,680	158.2	... that the Delaware Railroad was sued in 1863 because it did not have enough freight cars to transport a bumper crop of peaches?
Clinafloxacin	2017-09-29		2,998	157.8	... that the future of clinafloxacin as a new drug is less bright due to its risk of drug-induced light sensitivity?
Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald	2017-09-11		3,776	157.3	... that Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald helped found the first secret society in a women's college?
Irish Donation of 1676	2017-09-17		1,886	157.2	... that an 1847 shipment of Massachusetts foreign aid to Ireland was called repayment for an Irish donation to Massachusetts in 1676?
First Presbyterian Church (Portland, Oregon)	2017-09-07		3,766	156.9	... that the bell of the First Presbyterian Church (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, was cast from Civil War cannons?
Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby	2017-09-26		1,830	155.8	... that two years after Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby, fought alongside King Richard II in the 1385 invasion of Scotland, the king and queen stayed the night in Ferrers' castle?
William Tassie (teacher)	2017-09-29		2,957	155.6	... that William Tassie thought parents would send their children to private schools if other schools did not provide the opportunity to learn Latin at an early age?
Kalasipalyam	2017-09-17		1,830	152.5	... that Kalasipalyam in central Bangalore, India, known for its traffic congestion and unhygienic conditions, is also a transportation hub for 800,000 bus passengers a day?
Luckia	2017-09-18		1,800	150.0	... that the amphipod Luckia striki was named after the location of its discovery, the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent?
Cup of Solid Gold	2017-09-24		1,781	148.4	... that the Cup of Solid Gold, China's first national anthem, was never performed publicly?
Capitol Hill station	2017-09-03		3,554	148.1	... that scrap metal from demolition work during construction of the Capitol Hill station was sold to fund meals for the homeless?
Bipin Ganatra	2017-09-06		3,535	147.3	... that Bipin Ganatra, an electrician by trade, has voluntarily helped Kolkata firefighters battle more than 100 fires over the past 40 years?
Organic mineral	2017-09-25		1,766	147.2	... that carbon-carrying minerals are known as organic minerals, except for some that were considered inorganic before 1828?
Godmersham Park	2017-09-15		3,428	142.9	... that Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park was based on her brother's residence Godmersham Park, Kent, which she frequently visited?
Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded	2017-09-06		3,402	141.8	... that one reviewer thought that voice samples from Lindsay Lohan would have "pepp[ed] things up" for the video game Herbie: Fully Loaded?
Hashemite custodianship of Jerusalem holy sites	2017-09-23		1,680	140.0	... that the Hashemite dynasty, Jordan's royal family, claims custodianship over Jerusalem's holy sites?
1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement	2017-09-26		1,640	139.5	... that British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan described the 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement as the "great prize"?
Rupert Bruce-Mitford	2017-09-23		1,672	139.4	... that scholar Rupert Bruce-Mitford funded his education by burning a book?
Social thriller	2017-09-04		3,311	138.0	... that the social thriller film genre has been popularized in the United States by Get Out director Jordan Peele and in India by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan?
Navayana	2017-09-09		3,305	137.7	... that Navayana is a modern Buddhist movement that abandons precepts such as meditation and enlightenment?
Mikhail Eisenstein	2017-09-24		1,644	137.0	... that architect Mikhail Eisenstein and his film-director son Sergei fought on opposite sides of the Russian Civil War?
Tom Doerr	2017-09-25		1,620	135.0	... that the lambda (pictured) designed by Tom Doerr as a symbol for the Gay Activists Alliance was chrome yellow, a reference to Aldous Huxley's novel Crome Yellow?
Tubulanus polymorphus	2017-09-14		3,224	134.3	... that the red colour of the ribbon worm Tubulanus polymorphus may warn predators that it is toxic or unpalatable?
Harold Joe Waldrum	2017-09-13		3,180	132.5	... that Harold Joe Waldrum took thousands of Polaroid photos of the adobe churches and Penitente moradas of Northern New Mexico?
Lars Alexandersson	2017-09-17		1,580	131.7	... that the name of Tekken character Lars Alexandersson was proposed to the development staff by an unknown woman from the Swedish embassy in Japan?
Massachusetts Convention of Towns	2017-09-24		1,578	131.5	... that the Massachusetts Convention of Towns in 1768 created a war scare, causing prices to drop on the London Stock Exchange?
Sleeping with the One I Love	2017-09-08		3,142	130.9	... that Fantasia's single "Sleeping with the One I Love" was described as "five minutes of slow-burning flame"?
Eleonore von Grothaus	2017-09-17		1,542	128.5	... that Eleonore von Grothaus, a writer and poet, raised thirteen children, including seven from her husband's first marriage, and educated a future queen?
Sayaka Harada	2017-09-30		2,421	127.4	... that Sayaka Harada decided to become a voice actress in anime despite not having watched many Japanese cartoons?
Umadhar Singh	2017-09-19		1,529	127.4	... that as a member of the communist student movement, Bihar legislator Umadhar Singh was jailed for eight years with his legs in chains?
Modena Park 2017	2017-09-15		3,051	127.1	... that at Modena Park 2017, rock singer Vasco Rossi broke the world record for the largest ticketed concert?
Oreste Pucciani	2017-09-26		1,478	125.8	... that in 1948, Oreste Pucciani, champion of the "direct method" of language teaching, banned English from his classroom at UCLA?
Murder of Vicente Bermúdez Zacarías	2017-09-10		2,993	124.7	... that the murder of Vicente Bermúdez Zacarías, a federal judge, was a rare incident in the ongoing Mexican Drug War?
Dontnod Entertainment	2017-09-18		1,492	124.4	... that the video game developer Dontnod Entertainment found success in narrative-driven games after their debut action game had poor sales?
Ludwig Levy	2017-09-22		1,470	124.2	... that German Jewish architect Ludwig Levy designed many synagogues across Germany in the late 19th century?
Tropical Storm Lidia (2017)	2017-09-21		1,407	124.1	... that heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Lidia left a sinkhole engulfing a street in central Mexico City?
Anette Hosoi	2017-09-22		1,458	124.0	... that Anette Hosoi designed a robot snail that moved by rippling over artificial snail slime?
Mary Alice Young	2017-09-18		1,480	123.3	... that Sheryl Lee was originally given the role of Mary Alice Young on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, but the producers decided to replace her with Brenda Strong?
Thubten Kunphela	2017-09-11		2,957	123.2	... that Kunphela, a favorite personal attendant of the 13th Dalai Lama, was a co-founder of a political party that aimed to restructure Tibetan society through revolution?
Zoothamnium niveum	2017-09-03		2,945	122.7	... that the ciliate Zoothamnium niveum is so densely covered by symbiotic microbes that it appears white to the naked eye?
Layal Abboud	2017-09-23		1,436	119.6	... that Lebanese singer Layal Abboud worked as a police officer before becoming a pop star?
Siton Undae	2017-09-10		2,866	119.4	... that the Martian dunes of Siton Undae are mostly composed of volcanic glass?
Norma Tanega	2017-09-27		2,740	119.1	... that before working with Bob Crewe and Dusty Springfield, folk singer Norma Tanega performed at summer camps and a mental hospital?
Moupin pika	2017-09-30		2,262	119.0	... that Tibet's Moupin pika is a burrowing mammal that makes haypiles to store food?
Five Childhood Lyrics	2017-09-13		2,842	118.4	... that the second of Five Childhood Lyrics, compositions for an unaccompanied choir by John Rutter, is Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" (illustration shown)?
Yunnan hare	2017-09-23		1,420	118.4	... that the Yunnan hare was formerly considered a subspecies of the woolly hare but is now treated as a separate species?
Ginza Six	2017-09-15		2,832	118.0	... that Ginza Six, a new shopping complex in Tokyo, contains artwork by Yayoi Kusama?
Cardiff City F.C.	2017-09-07		2,802	116.8	... that Cardiff City F.C. is the only non-English team to have won the FA Cup?
Sappho	2017-09-19		822	68.5	... that the song cycles by Wilhelm Killmayer, written across five decades, set poems by authors from Sappho to Peter Härtling, with a focus on the late poems by Hölderlin?
Song cycles (Killmayer)			576	48.0
Total			1,398	116.5
White-crowned forktail	2017-09-26		1,338	113.9	... that white-crowned forktails (example pictured) breed between mountaintops in Borneo, but not with individuals of the same species in adjacent lowlands?
Abalos Colles	2017-09-22		1,298	109.7	... that some of the mounds of the Martian formation of Abalos Colles are similar to volcanoes in Iceland?
Alexander S. Wolcott (inventor)	2017-09-04		1,567	65.3	... that Alexander S. Wolcott and John Johnson opened the first commercial photography portrait studio in the world?
John Johnson (inventor)			1,002	41.8
Total			2,569	107.0
Kangri Garpo	2017-09-18		1,282	106.8	... that the Kangri Garpo mountain range contains the lowest-altitude glacier in Tibet?
Kim Cobb	2017-09-17		1,280	106.7	... that Kim Cobb used coral to profile El Niño over seven thousand years?
Elijah Corlet	2017-09-22		1,261	106.6	... that schoolmaster Elijah Corlet helped Cotton Mather correct his stammer?
Two Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water	2017-09-23		1,264	105.3	... that Two Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water by Frederick Delius are wordless songs for an a cappella choir, described as being amongst the composer's "most transcendently ecstatic moments"?
Kirti Kumari	2017-09-22		1,238	104.6	... that last month, Kirti Kumari, a sitting member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, died of an H1N1 infection?
Institute of Party History of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia	2017-09-28		2,422	104.1	... that in 1989, the Institute of Party History of the Communist Party of Estonia denounced the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact?
Trapped (Jimmy Cliff song)	2017-09-25		1,248	104.0	... that while many people think "Trapped" is a Bruce Springsteen song from the 1980s, it was written and recorded by Jimmy Cliff in 1972?
Orelia Key Bell	2017-09-24		1,218	101.5	... that, in 1895, Orelia Key Bell dedicated a collection of poems to her "Heavenly Muse" Ida Jane Ash, next to whom she is now buried in Atlanta?
Pavona maldivensis	2017-09-18		1,210	100.8	... that the coral Pavona maldivensis can emit a bright orange fluorescence?
Merit (Buddhism)	2017-09-14		2,418	100.8	... that in Buddhism, the doing of good deeds, known as merit-making, is seen as a form of saving for the future?
2017 Washington wildfires	2017-09-22		1,170	99.6	... that the 2017 Washington wildfires caused ash to fall "like snow" on Seattle?
Ada Bell Maescher	2017-09-27		2,210	96.1	... that Ada Bell Maescher produced Night Life in Hollywood as a propaganda film to depict Hollywood as a model city populated by home-loving people?
Mobile Mail-Screening Station	2017-09-12		2,284	95.2	... that during the 2010 Winter Olympics, the United States Postal Service deployed a Mobile Mail-Screening Station to Vancouver, Canada, to detect mail-borne nuclear threats?
Euston railway station	2017-09-02		2,281	95.0	... that the navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders is thought to be buried under Platform 15 at Euston railway station?
Hippopotamus (album)	2017-09-24		1,134	94.5	... that Hippopotamus is Sparks' first UK top-ten album in over 40 years?
Players Weekend	2017-09-10		2,266	94.4	... that Players Weekend was the first time the New York Yankees had a name on their uniforms?
St. Collins Lane	2017-09-25		1,118	93.2	... that the St. Collins Lane luxury shopping centre replaced a building considered one of Melbourne's worst?
Kelly Crull	2017-09-25		1,117	93.1	... that as part of her journalism degree, sportscaster Kelly Crull worked at KOMU-TV?
1989 Jordanian protests	2017-09-21		1,052	92.7	... that King Hussein responded to the 1989 Jordanian protests by lifting martial law and reintroducing parliamentary elections?
Saccoglossus bromophenolosus	2017-09-25		1,092	91.0	... that the acorn worm Saccoglossus bromophenolosus is named after a chemical found in its tissues?
Pamela Coburn	2017-09-28		2,110	90.7	... that American soprano Pamela Coburn appeared as Mozart's Countess in Vienna and New York, and as Ellen, the friend of Peter Grimes, in Munich and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino?
Judith Ellen Foster	2017-09-21		1,144	90.3	... that the house of Judith Ellen Foster, the "Iowa lawyer" of the temperance movement, was burnt down, presumably by her opponents?
Jane Kitchel	2017-09-19		1,078	89.8	... that state senator Jane Kitchel and her sister chair both of the Vermont Legislature's appropriations committees?
Cynthia Propper Seton	2017-09-10		2,146	89.4	... that American novelist Cynthia Propper Seton, who wrote about affluent, middle-aged wives and mothers dissatisfied with their lives, was often compared to Jane Austen?
Bumblebee (film)	2017-09-02		2,130	88.8	... that Transformers character Bumblebee will feature in his own film, which is currently in production in California?
Una B. Herrick	2017-09-12		2,092	87.1	... that Una B. Herrick was called a "trailblazer" as she "made a place for women" at Montana State College?
Quantico (TV series)	2017-09-04		2,086	86.9	... that after appearing in more than 50 films, Priyanka Chopra's first-ever audition was for the American television series Quantico?
Chris Rowley	2017-09-09		2,084	86.9	... that Chris Rowley is the first West Point graduate to pitch in Major League Baseball?
Roland Poska	2017-09-16		2,084	86.8	... that Roland Poska's painting From Blue to Blue, which appears in Milwaukee's Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza Building, is 270 feet (82 m) long?
Edith Kawelohea McKinzie	2017-09-17		1,036	86.3	... that Edith Kawelohea McKinzie was named a Living Treasure of Hawai'i after indexing early 19th-century Hawaiian-language newspapers and documenting the genealogy of the chiefs of Kahoolawe?
1679 Sanhe-Pinggu earthquake	2017-09-17		1,030	85.8	... that although the 8.0Mw 1679 Sanhe-Pinggu earthquake devastated towns near Beijing, China, during the Qing dynasty, another large earthquake along this fault is not expected for 6,500 years?
George H. Merryman	2017-09-19		983	81.9	... that before becoming a state representative and state senator, George Merryman served as a ship's doctor on a commercial steamship traveling between Portland, Oregon and the Far East?
Theresa Meikle	2017-09-19		980	81.6	... that Theresa Meikle became the presiding judge of San Francisco County Superior Court in 1955, the first woman elected to such a position in any major American city?
Arche (oratorio)	2017-09-27		1,874	81.4	... that Kent Nagano commissioned Jörg Widmann's oratorio Arche for the opening celebrations of the Elbphilharmonie (pictured), and conducted 300 performers in the premiere?
Thomas Abernethy (explorer)	2017-09-11		1,930	80.4	... that in 1831 Thomas Abernethy was in James Clark Ross's party—the first to reach the North Magnetic Pole?
Aspledon Undae	2017-09-21		997	78.7	... that the Martian dunes of Aspledon Undae may have formed due to erosion of part of the Planum Boreum?
Enver Baig	2017-09-18		940	78.3	... that Enver Baig accused the Pakistan national cricket team's players of being involved in match fixing?
Alex Parrish	2017-09-17		930	77.5	... that by portraying Alex Parrish in Quantico, Priyanka Chopra became the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series?
Jacqueline Noel	2017-09-17		910	75.8	... that librarian Jacqueline Noel gave Almond Roca candy its name?
Flabellum curvatum	2017-09-11		1,809	75.4	... that larvae of the coral Flabellum curvatum are expelled from its mouth at an advanced stage of development, and settle nearby?
Georgia House Bill 87	2017-09-26		798	74.2	... that the anti-illegal immigration bill Georgia House Bill 87, which was signed into law in 2011, was partly based on Arizona's SB 1070 immigration bill?
Caroline Stein	2017-09-15		1,768	73.7	... that Caroline Stein appeared as Mozart's Queen of the Night at the Berlin State Opera, and sang his Mass in C minor and Alban Berg's Altenberg Lieder at The Proms?
Kirsty Clements	2017-09-24		883	73.6	... that in order to accurately portray her character Kirsty Clements' domestic violence storyline, actress Lucy Gaskell spoke to women affected by domestic abuse?
George Gyan-Baffour	2017-09-07		1,754	73.1	... that former Howard University professor George Gyan-Baffour opposed Ghana's decision to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund?
Nannie C. Dunsmoor	2017-09-24		876	73.0	... that Nannie C. Dunsmoor, a Los Angeles pioneer woman physician practicing into her 80s, was the oldest United States active member of the Soroptimist Club?
Gilbert Mendonca	2017-09-25		858	71.5	... that residents of Uttan aided Gilbert Mendonca's candidacy in the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election by refusing to allow other candidates to campaign in their town?
Electromyrmex	2017-09-20		857	71.4	... that the extinct ant genus Electromyrmex includes an undescribed species from Bitterfeld amber?
Styriarte	2017-09-21		807	71.2	... that the Styriarte music festival publicly screened Mozart's Coronation Mass, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, from the church of Stainz (organ loft pictured)?
Adeline Palmier Wagoner	2017-09-05		1,689	70.4	... that Adeline Palmier Wagoner wrote Madame Beaulieu: A Colonial Dame, a biography of her ancestor, a social leader in Cahokia?
Frédéric Boniface	2017-09-20		832	69.3	... that the French Football Federation issued a reversal of a league win after Amiens SC disputed Olympique Noisy-le-Sec player Frédéric Boniface's eligibility to play in the match?
Una R. Winter	2017-09-19		816	68.0	... that Una R. Winter reported in 1935 that there was very little interest in women's suffrage in Mexico?
Slaty-backed forktail	2017-09-24		815	67.9	... that the call of the slaty-backed forktail can easily be mistaken for that of the Blyth's kingfisher?
Ida Hall Roby	2017-09-15		1,616	67.3	... that Ida Hall Roby was the first woman to graduate from the Illinois College of Pharmacy at Northwestern University?
Reah Whitehead	2017-09-16		1,605	66.9	... that Reah Whitehead, the first female justice of the peace in Washington state, started her legal career as a stenographer?
Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)	2017-09-13		1,598	66.6	... that a single armed squad of the Central Organising Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) carried out nearly 30 robberies in 1974?
Hear my prayer, O Lord (Purcell)	2017-09-20		798	66.5	... that Henry Purcell's eight-voice anthem Hear my prayer, O Lord features "pungent" harmonies in a long, "inexorable" build-up to a "towering dissonant tone cluster" right before it ends?
New Delhi by-election, 1992	2017-09-27		1,526	66.3	... that the 1992 New Delhi by-election included the candidacies of two Bollywood stars and a "Bandit Queen"?
Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line)	2017-09-09		1,563	65.1	... that the 3.5 miles (5.6 km) separating the New York City Subway's JFK Airport and Broad Channel stations is the longest distance between two consecutive stations in the system?
Don Checco	2017-09-17		434	36.1	... that Don Checco, composed by Nicola De Giosa, was one of the greatest successes in the history of Neapolitan opera buffa and a favourite of King Ferdinand II?
Nicola De Giosa			343	28.6
Total			776	64.7
Walk on Water (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)	2017-09-15		1,542	64.2	... that a lyric video for the song "Walk on Water" by Thirty Seconds to Mars features user-submitted footage depicting Independence Day in the United States?
Neponsit Beach Hospital	2017-09-24		770	64.2	... that the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor raised money for New York's Neponsit Beach Hospital by distributing pictures of "Smiling Joe", a boy with spinal tuberculosis?
Elisabeth Glauser	2017-09-20		767	63.9	... that the Swiss mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Glauser performed in the Jahrhundertring in Bayreuth, and created the role of Babette in Henze's The English Cat?
We're Not Makin' Love Anymore	2017-09-09		1,526	63.6	... that Michael Bolton and Diane Warren felt Barbra Streisand would be the perfect artist to sing "We're Not Makin' Love Anymore"?
Reid Moore, Jr.	2017-09-12		1,521	63.4	... that Reid Moore, Jr. ran for a Florida House of Representatives seat in 1976 with the campaign slogan "We need More in Tallahassee"?
List of international cricket centuries by Steve Smith	2017-09-01		1,520	63.3	... that Steve Smith has scored seven of his twenty Test centuries against India?
Simone Schneider	2017-09-06		1,494	62.2	... that according to reviewers, soprano Simone Schneider of the Staatsoper Stuttgart "expresses Alcestis' agitation, nobility and joy with a moving simplicity" and "was a headstrong, vibrant Empress"?
Beena Paul	2017-09-06		1,470	61.2	... that the Indian film editor Beena Paul made her feature film debut with Amma Ariyan (1986)?
Michael M. York	2017-09-03		1,468	61.1	... that Michael M. York and Jeffrey A. Marx received death threats for their 1986 Pulitzer Prize-winning series exposing improper cash payoffs to Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players?
Carlos Cuevas	2017-09-15		1,434	59.7	... that starting at age nine, Carlos Cuevas acted for six years in the Catalan television series Ventdelplà?
Bonnemaisonia hamifera	2017-09-10		1,430	59.6	... that the two forms of the red seaweed Bonnemaisonia hamifera are so unlike each other that they were at first thought to be different species?
Adele Schulenburg Gleeson	2017-09-08		1,409	58.7	... that Adele Schulenburg Gleeson, an American sculptor active in Missouri and Connecticut, studied sculpture under George Julian Zolnay and Charles Grafly?
Jiva Pandu Gavit	2017-09-21		646	57.0	... that Jiva Pandu Gavit is the only Communist Party of India member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly?
Johannes Martin Kränzle	2017-09-29		1,062	55.9	... that after baritone Johannes Martin Kränzle recovered from MDS, he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2017 as Beckmesser, staged by the festival's first Jewish director?
Exile (Casualty)	2017-09-03		1,340	55.8	... that the Casualty episode "Exile" was filmed entirely in Bucharest?
List of songs recorded by Steps	2017-09-21		684	54.0	... that Steps achieved thirteen consecutive top-five singles in the United Kingdom?
Sarah Mundell Crane	2017-09-17		640	53.3	... that 19th-century concert singer Sarah Mundell Crane was the mother of silent movie actor Harry Ogden Crane?
Rafael Irizarry (scientist)	2017-09-11		1,250	52.1	... that biostatistician Rafael Irizarry is a founder of Bioconductor, an open-source software project for the analysis of genomic data?
Lorenzo Gordinho	2017-09-23		624	52.0	... that South African footballer Lorenzo Gordinho joined the Kaizer Chiefs academy at the age of 15?
Gene Rambo	2017-09-30		980	51.6	... that Gene Rambo won the International Rodeo Association all-around championship four times?
Ubu Rex	2017-09-05		1,223	51.0	... that the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki co-wrote the German libretto of Ubu Rex, his only opera buffa, based on the French play Ubu Roi?
Mohsin Raza	2017-09-05		1,222	50.9	... that though Mohsin Raza was made the Minority Affairs Minister of an Indian state, he was a member of neither the state legislative assembly nor the legislative council?
California End of Life Option Act	2017-09-30		967	50.9	... that Californians have a right to access medical aid in dying under the California End of Life Option Act?
St. Cecilia High School (New Jersey)	2017-09-22		590	50.2	... that Vince Lombardi began his football coaching career at New Jersey's St. Cecilia High School, where he taught algebra, chemistry, physics and Latin, in addition to his coaching duties?
Single cell epigenomics	2017-09-09		1,168	48.7	... that single cell epigenomics includes ways to map the three-dimensional conformation of chromosomes in individual cells?
Elisabeth Kulman	2017-09-01		1,166	48.6	... that Elisabeth Kulman, Gora in the premiere of Reimann's Medea at the Vienna State Opera, changed from soprano to mezzo, and from opera singer to concert singer?
Babylon (opera)	2017-09-19		562	46.8	... that the clarinetist Jörg Widmann composed Babylon, an opera in seven scenes, on a commission from the Bavarian State Opera to a libretto by Peter Sloterdijk?
Ibrahim Mohammed Awal	2017-09-01		1,112	46.4	... that Ghanaian entrepreneur and journalist Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, who heads the newly created Ministry of Business Development, has pledged to triple the country's GDP?
Frederick Brundrett	2017-09-24		552	46.0	... that Frederick Brundrett, the UK's Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence, was one of Britain's oldest first-class field hockey players?
Wareru Dhammathat	2017-09-17		548	45.7	... that the First Toungoo Empire adopted the Wareru Dhammathat, the customary law code of the defeated Hanthawaddy Kingdom, as its basic law?
2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team	2017-09-02		1,092	45.5	... that prior to the season, the 2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team lost two players to graduation, three others who transferred, and two assistant coaches who took head coaching jobs?
Daniel Webster Debate Society	2017-09-01		1,084	45.1	... that the Daniel Webster Debate Society of Phillips Exeter Academy, founded in 1818, is the oldest secondary school literary society in the United States?
Das Schloß (opera)	2017-09-18		527	43.9	... that the opera Das Schloß by Aribert Reimann, on his own libretto after Kafka's novel, premiered in 1992 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin?
Telemaco (Scarlatti)	2017-09-22		513	43.4	... that in Telemaco, one of Alessandro Scarlatti's last operas, Minerva enters in a chariot which holds a string orchestra with trumpets?
Samuel Atta Akyea	2017-09-18		513	42.8	... that Ghanaian legislator Samuel Atta Akyea suggested that the fight against galamseyers required military support?
Grant Liddle	2017-09-17		506	42.2	... that Grant Liddle discovered Liddle's syndrome, a genetic cause of high blood pressure?
Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics	2017-09-25		503	41.9	... that Maryam Mirzakhani won the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize for women in mathematics a year before she won the Fields Medal for the same work?
Hanno Müller-Brachmann	2017-09-18		499	41.6	... that Hanno Müller-Brachmann appeared as Papageno in Claudio Abbado's award-winning recording of Die Zauberflöte, and recorded Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Michael Gielen?
Amos Gray	2017-09-04		992	41.3	... that Liberian labor leader Amos Gray became involved in labor activism while being a part-time port worker during his college years?
Bakyt Torobayev	2017-09-23		477	39.8	... that when Kyrgyz politician Bakyt Torobayev stood as candidate for speaker of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan in 2016 along with Kanat Isayev, the result was a tie?
Carol Smith (contralto)	2017-09-02		952	39.7	... that Carol Smith appeared as Verdi's Eboli, Amneris and Azucena at the Opernhaus Zürich, and recorded his Mrs. Quickly in German?
Cátulo Castillo	2017-09-02		942	39.2	... that tango music composer Cátulo Castillo was once featherweight champion of Argentina, and went to the 1924 Summer Olympics?
Gerhild Romberger	2017-09-09		935	39.0	... that Gerhild Romberger, an award-winning contralto and professor of voice, was a soloist in Mahler's Second Symphony at the Rheingau Musik Festival?
C. K. Mann	2017-09-10		932	38.8	... that Ghanaian highlife musician C. K. Mann added western instruments to Osode, a traditional form of fishermen's music?
Tre Canti di Leopardi	2017-09-26		417	38.8	... that Tre Canti di Leopardi, three orchestral songs by Wilhelm Killmayer, are based on poems from Canti, addressing the infinite, the self, and the moon?
Kofi Dzamesi	2017-09-03		919	38.3	... that Kofi Dzamesi, the Minister for Chieftancy and Religious Affairs in Ghana, survived an assassination attempt in 2008?
Georg Nigl	2017-09-14		916	38.2	... that baritone Georg Nigl, who names as his favourite roles Monteverdi's Orfeo, Mozart's Papageno, and Alban Berg's Wozzeck, created the title role of Dusapin's Faustus, the Last Night?
Wintermärchen (opera)	2017-09-07		900	37.5	... that the premiere of the opera Wintermärchen by Philippe Boesmans, based on Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, featured jazz-rock music by the Belgian group Aka Moon?
2013 Monaco GP2 Series round	2017-09-30		710	37.3	... that by winning the 2013 Monaco GP2 Series sprint race, Stefano Coletti became the first Monegasque racing driver to win a motor race in Monaco since Louis Chiron in 1931?
Cultural governance	2017-09-16		891	37.1	... that cultural governance could refer to anything from cultural policy regarding concerts to broad governance of language and meaning?
Joan Carroll (soprano)	2017-09-30		668	35.1	... that coloratura soprano Joan Carroll appeared as Alban Berg's Lulu more than 100 times, including the U.S. premiere at the Santa Fe Opera?
Labor Congress of Liberia	2017-09-16		842	35.1	... that the Labor Congress of Liberia was closely tied to the Liberian government and membership fees were paid directly to the governing True Whig Party?
In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa	2017-09-08		835	34.8	... that Wolfgang Fortner composed the chamber opera In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa after Lorca for the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, where it opened the Festival in 1962?
List of Penn Quakers men's basketball head coaches	2017-09-12		808	33.7	... that Fran Dunphy has more wins than any other Penn Quakers basketball coach with 310 overall including 191 conference wins?
Michael Wollny	2017-09-23		392	32.7	... that when the jazz pianist Michael Wollny was artist in residence of the Rheingau Musik Festival, he played a concert with Andreas Schaerer, Émile Parisien and Vincent Peirani?
Berenice Wyer	2017-09-21		392	31.0	... that Paolo and Francesca, the second work "for Reader with Piano accompaniment" by pianist and composer Berenice Wyer, was performed in New York and Chicago?
She & Him discography	2017-09-06		688	28.7	... that with Classics in 2014, the musical duo She & Him charted their fourth consecutive number-one album on the Billboard charts for Folk Albums?
Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano	2017-09-03		677	28.2	... that Brahms composed the first of Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano more than 20 years after the second?
Marco Arturo Marelli	2017-09-16		668	27.8	... that from 1981, Swiss set designer Marco Arturo Marelli also directed operas, and in 2010 staged the premiere of Reimann's Medea at the Vienna State Opera?
Reinhard Peters	2017-09-12		644	26.8	... that Reinhard Peters conducted several new operas and Wilhelm Killmayer's Tre Canti di Leopardi, and a number of his recordings were chosen for the CD compilation Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000?
India women's national cricket team record by opponent	2017-09-25		314	26.1	... that in Women's One Day International cricket, India has the fourth highest number of victories?
List of Pakistan Test cricket records	2017-09-23		312	26.0	... that Younis Khan holds the records for most runs and centuries for Pakistan in Test cricket?
Kraków Fire of 1850	2017-09-24		0	0	... that the Kraków Fire of 1850 (pictured) destroyed approximately 10% of the city?
Irene Clennell case	2017-09-21		0	0	... that Irene Clennell was deported from the UK, despite having a British husband, because she had spent too long abroad?
New Rules	2017-09-25		-5	-0.4	... that Dua Lipa said that her song "New Rules" talks about setting rules to keep "your distance from someone who's bad for you"?
Hassan Rouhani plagiarism allegations	2017-09-28		-284	-12.2	... that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been accused of plagiarizing his PhD thesis?

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