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Date
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Image
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| Jex Blackmore |
2024-05-02 |
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51,646 |
2,151.9 |
... that Jex Blackmore, an American pro-choice activist and Satanist, performed art with 100 pounds (45 kg) of rotten fruit (pictured) before their second abortion?
|
| New California Republic |
2024-05-06 |
 |
42,556[a] |
1,773.1 |
... that a man cosplaying as a character from the New California Republic (flag pictured) was arrested due to reports that he was carrying a bomb?
|
| Susanna Hoffs |
2024-05-05 |
 |
31,378[b] |
1,307.4 |
... that Susanna Hoffs (pictured) sang on the studio recording of "Eternal Flame" naked after producer Davitt Sigerson pranked her by saying that Olivia Newton-John had done the same thing?
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| Tomás Treviño de Sobremonte |
2024-05-01 |
|
20,416 |
850.7 |
... that when offered a chance to repent before being burnt at the stake, one crypto-Jew allegedly told his tormentors to "throw more wood on the fire"?
|
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
2024-05-09 |
 |
19,932[c] |
830.5 |
... that Prince Philip (pictured) was the first member of the British royal family to fly in a helicopter?
|
| Bonn–Oberkassel dog |
2024-05-13 |
|
19,082 |
795.1 |
... that ancient humans cared for a 14,000-year-old puppy?
|
| Michael Figures
|
2024-05-13
|
|
9,867
|
411.1
|
... that Thomas Figures prosecuted two members of the Ku Klux Klan for murder, and Michael Figures bankrupted their organization in a civil lawsuit?
|
| Thomas Figures
|
8,167
|
340.3
|
| Total |
18,034 |
751.4
|
| Bäckadräkten |
2024-05-03 |
 |
17,961 |
748.4 |
... that Bäckadräkten (pictured) is Sweden's first unisex folk costume?
|
| 2017 Aztec High School shooting |
2024-05-08 |
|
17,913 |
746.4 |
... that the perpetrator of the 2017 Aztec High School shooting had previously been investigated by the FBI, but the investigation was closed after he convinced them that he was simply "trolling"?
|
| Akihiko Kondo |
2024-05-02 |
|
14,488 |
603.7 |
... that Akihiko Kondo "married" Hatsune Miku, a fictional character?
|
| YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind |
2024-05-12 |
|
13,951 |
581.3 |
... that within a week of its upload, YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind became YouTube's most-disliked video of all time?
|
| Kiro Gligorov |
2024-05-10 |
 |
13,584 |
566.0 |
... that under the rule of the first Macedonian president, Kiro Gligorov (pictured), the Republic of Macedonia was the only state that seceded from Yugoslavia peacefully?
|
| Exdeath |
2024-05-13 |
|
13,358 |
556.6 |
... that Final Fantasy's "first great villain" has been compared to characters like the Green Goblin and the Joker?
|
| World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack |
2024-05-10 |
|
13,226 |
551.1 |
... that the Israel Defense Forces have accepted responsibility for killing seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in targeted drone strikes that destroyed the aid workers' cars one by one?
|
| Manor Lords |
2024-05-07 |
|
13,186[d] |
549.4 |
... that the video game Manor Lords was wishlisted more than three million times on Steam after its developer had estimated it would receive around 14,000?
|
| A Spy on Mother Midnight |
2024-05-03 |
|
12,755 |
531.5 |
... that the 1748 chapbook A Spy on Mother Midnight is studied for its sex scenes with cross-dressing and a dildo?
|
| Darwin Rocksitters Club |
2024-05-03 |
|
12,702 |
529.2 |
... that the Darwin Rocksitters Club had "no funny business" as their first, third, and fifth rules?
|
| Mount Aniakchak |
2024-05-01 |
|
12,578 |
524.1 |
... that the crater lake produced by the 1628–1627 BCE eruption of Mount Aniakchak generated one of the largest floods of the last 10,000 years?
|
| Isaac Franklin |
2024-05-07 |
|
12,489 |
520.4 |
... that a bust of the notorious slave trader Isaac Franklin was placed on the prow of his slave ship, the Isaac Franklin?
|
| Joseph Redding |
2024-05-07 |
 |
11,423 |
476.0 |
... that opera composer and librettist Joseph Redding (pictured) was also a chess expert and lawyer who argued a landmark decision before the United States Supreme Court?
|
| Lore Harp McGovern |
2024-05-06 |
|
11,372 |
473.8 |
... that Lore Harp McGovern went from being a housewife to the CEO of a US$36 million computer company in six years?
|
| COSMOS field |
2024-05-12 |
 |
10,703 |
446.0 |
... that the COSMOS field (pictured) is the largest contiguous survey of the universe ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope?
|
| Ukrainian Sheriffs |
2024-05-01 |
|
10,538 |
439.1 |
... that Ukrainian Sheriffs went to summer school after being shot?
|
| Transgender archaeology |
2024-05-03 |
|
9,978 |
415.8 |
... that several ambiguously gendered figurines from pre-Columbian Ecuador can be analyzed through the lens of transgender archaeology?
|
| Ground Round |
2024-05-13 |
|
9,938 |
414.1 |
... that Ground Round attempted to diversify its meat-heavy menu with such dishes as swordfish and Mexican pizza?
|
| Li Zhaoxing |
2024-05-13 |
 |
9,844 |
410.2 |
... that Li Zhaoxing (pictured), a former Chinese minister of foreign affairs, has published more than 200 poems and was known as a "poet minister"?
|
| Ron's Place |
2024-05-09 |
|
9,814 |
408.9 |
... that Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker helped fundraise to save a Merseyside flat that has been called "the first example of outsider art to be nationally listed"?
|
| Kiso 5639 |
2024-05-10 |
|
9,336 |
389.0 |
... that the Skyrocket Galaxy has been described by NASA as looking like a "July 4th skyrocket"?
|
| Taylor Made Freestyle |
2024-05-09 |
|
9,248[e] |
385.3 |
... that a year after objecting to the unauthorised use of his own AI-generated vocals, Drake used vocals of other rappers generated that way to respond to a diss against him?
|
| Shinhanchon |
2024-05-01 |
|
9,220 |
384.1 |
... that in Vladivostok, the Korean enclave Shinhanchon served as a hub of the Korean independence movement?
|
| Edna May Sperl |
2024-05-12 |
|
8,978 |
374.1 |
... that actress Edna May Sperl's fiancé was arrested on the day of her wedding by a federal marshal because her fiancé's father opposed the marriage?
|
| Kāneiolouma Complex |
2024-05-01 |
 |
8,684 |
361.8 |
... that the ancient Hawaiian village known as the Kāneiolouma Complex (pictured) is across the street from a popular beach on the island of Kauaʻi?
|
| Editors Building |
2024-05-08 |
 |
8,534 |
355.6 |
... that new employees of a business headquartered in the Editors Building (pictured) chose their office decorations from a 7,000-piece collection of historic memorabilia of Washington, D.C.?
|
| On the German Republic |
2024-05-05 |
|
8,473 |
353.0 |
... that Thomas Mann insisted on omitting a passage on homoeroticism in the English translation of his work "On the German Republic"?
|
| Fly Me to the Moon (2023 film) |
2024-05-08 |
|
8,288 |
345.3 |
... that the 2023 drama film Fly Me to the Moon was Sasha Chuk's debut as a director, screenwriter and lead actress, making it her first feature film in all three categories?
|
| Jerrawangala National Park |
2024-05-06 |
|
8,230 |
342.9 |
... that police officers had to be flown in by helicopter to seize hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of cannabis plants found growing illegally in Jerrawangala National Park?
|
| Non-combatant casualty value |
2024-05-05 |
|
8,200 |
341.7 |
... that NCVs can assign different values to the lives of civilians of different nationalities?
|
| One Chun |
2024-05-04 |
|
8,063 |
336.0 |
... that One Chun, a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand restaurant, has black-and-white televisions, transistor radios, and aged clocks on a wall?
|
| Cruise of the Kings |
2024-05-05 |
|
8,060 |
335.8 |
... that more than 100 European royals boarded the Cruise of the Kings, a 1954 cruise organised by the Greek queen consort Frederica of Hanover to promote tourism in Greece?
|
| C1 Espresso |
2024-05-10 |
|
7,864 |
327.7 |
... that the café C1 Espresso delivers food to customers using pneumatic tubes?
|
| Cat Bird |
2024-05-03 |
|
7,796 |
324.8 |
... that despite the titular character of the game Cat Bird being a hybrid of a cat and a bird, critics thought the character looked more like a bat?
|
| Andrew Tate |
2024-05-12 |
|
7,776[f] |
324.0 |
... that social media influencer Andrew Tate described himself as "absolutely a misogynist"?
|
| March on Rome (88 BC) |
2024-05-11 |
|
7,752 |
323.0 |
... that in 88 BC, Lucius Cornelius Sulla carried out the first coup d'état in Roman history?
|
| Dick Harris (center) |
2024-05-09 |
|
7,280 |
303.3 |
... that football player Dick Harris was selected in professional drafts four times, including twice as a first-round pick, but never played professionally?
|
| Elvio Porcel de Peralta |
2024-05-10 |
|
6,970 |
290.4 |
... that after being sent off for the record 97th time, footballer Elvio Porcel de Peralta went to the referee and punched him?
|
| Gerboise Verte |
2024-05-01 |
|
6,789 |
282.9 |
... that according to witnesses, the plutonium charge in the bomb used in the nuclear weapons test Gerboise Verte was transported in an economy car?
|
| Forever Young (horse) |
2024-05-11 |
 |
6,731 |
280.5 |
... that fans speculate that Forever Young (pictured), the winner of the Saudi Derby, might become a "horse girl" in the game Uma Musume Pretty Derby?
|
| WEDU |
2024-05-09 |
|
6,574 |
273.9 |
... that employees of a Florida TV station joked that their studio building would survive "as long as the termites don't stop holding hands"?
|
| Harrogate War Memorial
|
2024-05-12
|
|
5,220
|
217.5
|
... that Harrogate War Memorial, by Ernest Prestwich, names 1163 casualties of the First and Second World Wars, of whom more than 300 have unknown graves, and the youngest was 15 years old?
|
| Ernest Prestwich
|
1,248
|
52.0
|
| Total |
6,468 |
269.5
|
| Apocalypse Clown |
2024-05-04 |
|
6,360 |
265.0 |
... that an Irish comedy group wrote the film Apocalypse Clown?
|
| Weston Turville Castle |
2024-05-01 |
|
6,278 |
261.6 |
... that Weston Turville Castle was slighted on Henry II's orders after the Revolt of 1173–1174?
|
| American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865–1900 |
2024-05-04 |
|
5,906 |
246.1 |
... that American Colossus, a history book that describes how a banker bailed out the U.S. government in 1895, was published around a time when the U.S. government bailed out banks?
|
| Shep (sculpture) |
2024-05-06 |
|
5,727 |
238.6 |
... that the replacement of a semipalmated sandpiper sculpture named Shep in New Brunswick led to a $19,000 investigation over code-of-conduct violations?
|
| Al-Asma'i (magazine) |
2024-05-04 |
 |
5,700 |
237.5 |
... that the magazine Al-Asma'i (pictured), one of the first publications to emerge in Ottoman Palestine in 1908, was opposed to Zionism and frequently criticized Jewish immigration?
|
| List of Green Bay Packers NFL All-Decade Team selections |
2024-05-13 |
|
5,640 |
235.0 |
... that at least one person on every NFL All-Decade Team has played for the Green Bay Packers, although one of those players was only with the Packers for one season?
|
| Shilshole people |
2024-05-03 |
|
5,562 |
231.8 |
... that the last twenty residents of the only Shilshole village on Salmon Bay in Seattle were evicted in 1914 to allow the creation of the Ballard Locks?
|
| Bayron Matos |
2024-05-03 |
|
5,500 |
229.1 |
... that the first words in English that National Football League player Bayron Matos knew were "I'm hungry"?
|
| The Ugly Black Bird |
2024-05-11 |
|
5,409 |
225.4 |
... that The Ugly Black Bird, a Polish book that discredited the autobiographical value of Kosiński's The Painted Bird, initially received reviews that were "more negative than favourable"?
|
| Qision |
2024-05-02 |
|
5,376 |
224.0 |
... that the Jewish villagers of Qision dedicated an inscription for the salvation of Roman emperor Septimius Severus and his family?
|
| Walid Daqqa |
2024-05-07 |
|
5,300 |
220.8 |
... that Walid Daqqa wrote several works of prison literature, including a children's novel about a boy who uses magical olive oil to visit his imprisoned father?
|
| Frank Croxton |
2024-05-13 |
|
5,238 |
218.3 |
... that singer Frank Croxton performed a duet with his father for the unveiling of a monument to a Confederate States Army general?
|
| Sonja van den Ende |
2024-05-05 |
|
5,174 |
215.6 |
... that in March 2022 Sonja van den Ende was the only Dutch journalist to report from the Russian-occupied Donbas on the war in Ukraine?
|
| Greens (English restaurant) |
2024-05-08 |
|
5,164 |
215.2 |
... that in 1990, Simon Rimmer bought an existing vegetarian restaurant with his business partner and taught himself to cook – in that order?
|
| In a World... |
2024-05-02 |
|
5,066 |
211.1 |
... that Lake Bell made her directorial debut, In a World..., after no one else would direct it?
|
| 2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina |
2024-05-13 |
|
5,045 |
210.2 |
... that the 2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina took place at 21:00 instead of 12:00?
|
| Joseph Déjacque |
2024-05-11 |
|
4,952 |
206.4 |
... that in 1850s New Orleans, the French revolutionary Joseph Déjacque called for black slaves and the white working class to overthrow the United States in a social revolution?
|
| Bangkok Marriott Hotel The Surawongse |
2024-05-05 |
|
4,942 |
205.9 |
... that a restaurant in a Thai hotel serves "Chicken Volcano", a dish containing whiskey?
|
| March of Return (Israel) |
2024-05-06 |
|
4,876 |
203.2 |
... that Palestinian citizens of Israel hold an annual march to one of the towns and villages from which their community had been displaced in the Nakba?
|
| Charlize Mörz |
2024-05-08 |
|
4,855 |
202.3 |
... that Charlize Mörz became the first Austrian female gymnast to win a gold medal in the FIG World Cup series in 2024?
|
| Crosby–Schøyen Codex MS 193 |
2024-05-12 |
|
4,852 |
202.2 |
... that the oldest complete versions of the Book of Jonah and 1 Peter are from a 3rd-century codex discovered in Egypt in 1952?
|
| Carabus japonicus |
2024-05-04 |
|
4,758 |
198.2 |
... that larvae of the species Carabus japonicus prey on earthworms up to 400 times larger than themselves?
|
| My Beautiful Man |
2024-05-05 |
|
4,714 |
196.4 |
... that Yuu Nagira, the author of My Beautiful Man, did not expect readers to love one of the main characters because she had written him to be creepy?
|
| Butterfly Theater |
2024-05-09 |
|
4,652 |
193.8 |
... that in 1911 the Butterfly Theater featured a pipe organ worth US$10,000 (equivalent to US$327,000 in 2023)?
|
| Addie Viola Smith |
2024-05-11 |
|
4,637 |
193.2 |
... that Addie Viola Smith was the first female Foreign Service officer to serve under the United States Department of Commerce?
|
| Cam Booser |
2024-05-11 |
|
4,614 |
192.2 |
... that Cam Booser retired from baseball to work as a carpenter in 2017 and made it to Major League Baseball in 2024?
|
| Mike Watts (sportscaster) |
2024-05-11 |
|
4,487 |
187.0 |
... that during a soccer game, Mike Watts and his co-commentator wove more than 200 Taylor Swift song titles into the broadcast?
|
| Richard Louhenapessy |
2024-05-10 |
|
4,478 |
186.6 |
... that due to Richard Louhenapessy's arrest, the Indonesian city of Ambon had four mayors in May 2022?
|
| I Feel It Coming |
2024-05-02 |
|
4,462 |
185.9 |
... that the music video for the Weeknd's "I Feel It Coming" takes inspiration from people entombed in volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
|
| Bedok Reservoir MRT station |
2024-05-11 |
|
4,316 |
179.8 |
... that Bedok Reservoir MRT station features a public artwork including a message that "dribbles down" the lift shaft in motifs of droplets?
|
| Heike Heubach |
2024-05-04 |
|
4,224 |
176.0 |
... that Heike Heubach became the first deaf member of the German Bundestag?
|
| Emerald Archer (Arrow episode) |
2024-05-06 |
|
4,174 |
173.9 |
... that many former cast members returned for Arrow's 150th episode?
|
| The Star-Spangled Man |
2024-05-07 |
|
4,065 |
169.4 |
... that the production team of the TV series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier created a digital highway more than five miles (8 km) long to capture visual effects for a truck action sequence for the episode "The Star-Spangled Man"?
|
| Clean (2022 film) |
2024-05-03 |
|
3,931 |
163.8 |
... that the posthumously released documentary Clean centered on the life of Sandra Pankhurst, a former sex worker, drag queen, and crime scene cleaner?
|
| Jonathan Elliot (publisher) |
2024-05-04 |
|
3,908 |
162.8 |
... that John Quincy Adams described Jonathan Elliot, his former printer, as "penurious and venal"?
|
| Work for Curaçao |
2024-05-01 |
|
3,861 |
160.9 |
... that a Work for Curaçao candidate in the 2021 Curaçao general election received 427 votes despite being dead?
|
| Lester Allen |
2024-05-10 |
|
3,752 |
156.3 |
... that Broadway and film star Lester Allen began his career as a child acrobat in the Barnum and Bailey Circus?
|
| V. Kerry Smith |
2024-05-09 |
|
3,654 |
152.2 |
... that environmental economist V. Kerry Smith has been described as a "Renaissance Man of Economics"?
|
| Eric Sievers |
2024-05-08 |
|
3,620 |
150.9 |
... that Eric Sievers helped the San Diego Chargers set an NFL record for receptions by tight ends on a team?
|
| Allenbya holmesae |
2024-05-08 |
|
3,585 |
149.4 |
... that the fossil insect Allenbya holmesae was named after its finder's mother's maiden name?
|
| Hilda Hope McMaugh |
2024-05-09 |
|
3,566 |
148.6 |
... that in 1919 nurse Hilda Hope McMaugh became the first Australian woman to qualify as a pilot?
|
| Neil Sean |
2024-05-07 |
|
3,542 |
147.6 |
... that prior to becoming a royal reporter for Fox News, English journalist Neil Sean released a cover of Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Anymore" with his mother?
|
| Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
|
2024-05-02
|
|
1,933
|
80.5
|
... that Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, who both edited and contributed to The Oxford History of Christian Worship, also served as a dog show judge?
|
| The Oxford History of Christian Worship
|
1,591
|
66.3
|
| Total |
3,524 |
146.8
|
| Anactoria |
2024-05-04 |
|
3,508 |
146.1 |
... that scholars debate whether Anactoria, mentioned in Sappho's poems, was a real person, a pseudonym, or an invention of Sappho?
|
| Phillip Eng |
2024-05-12 |
|
3,480 |
145.0 |
... that Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager Phillip Eng brews his own beer?
|
| Rost (Tashkent newspaper) |
2024-05-07 |
|
3,446 |
143.6 |
... that the 1920–1922 Tashkent wall newspaper Rost was the first Bukharian-Jewish Soviet newspaper?
|
| Le Moniteur Acadien |
2024-05-05 |
|
3,428 |
142.9 |
... that the first Acadian newspaper, Le Moniteur Acadien, was acquired in 2023 for just CA$1?
|
| Enoch Edgar Hume |
2024-05-02 |
|
3,368 |
140.3 |
... that Enoch Edgar Hume was presented as a candidate for election to the Kentucky House of Representatives without his knowledge?
|
| 1916 Warsaw City Council election |
2024-05-12 |
|
3,276 |
136.5 |
... that no voting was held in four out of six curiae in the 1916 Warsaw City Council election, as the Polish and Jewish parties had agreed on a single joint candidate slate?
|
| Raḥamim (newspaper) |
2024-05-09 |
|
3,214 |
133.9 |
... that the 1910–1916 publication Raḥamim was the first newspaper in the Judeo-Tajik language?
|
| Kooraban National Park |
2024-05-07 |
|
3,213 |
133.9 |
... that Kooraban National Park has provided a habitat for more than twenty vulnerable animal species, including koalas?
|
| Here I Go Again (Legends of Tomorrow) |
2024-05-01 |
|
3,086 |
128.6 |
... that the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Here I Go Again" contains multiple ABBA references?
|
| Napier Technical College (New Zealand) |
2024-05-06 |
|
3,057 |
127.4 |
... that after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake destroyed Napier Technical College, it was disestablished and amalgamated into its rivals?
|
| Ңajoti Miⱨnati |
2024-05-08 |
|
2,778 |
115.7 |
... that the literary magazine Adabijoti Soveti was the sole remaining publication in the Jewish-Bukharian language by the time of the switch to the Cyrillic script in 1939–1940?
|
| Magdalena Hinterdobler |
2024-05-10 |
|
2,765 |
115.2 |
... that a reviewer described the approach of soprano Magdalena Hinterdobler to her role as Grete in Zemlinsky's Der Traumgörge as "bold" and "sassy"?
|
| In the Darkest of Nights, Let the Birds Sing |
2024-05-02 |
|
2,678 |
111.6 |
... that a song from the EP In the Darkest of Nights, Let the Birds Sing, written in response to the cancer diagnosis of singer Mark Foster's uncle, was played for him before his death?
|
| Bajroqi Miⱨnat |
2024-05-12 |
|
2,655 |
110.6 |
... that when the Bukharian-Jewish Soviet newspaper Bajroqi Miⱨnat switched to the Latin script, it initially did not use capital letters, following Jewish writing rules?
|
| Agnes Mapes |
2024-05-05 |
|
2,570 |
107.1 |
... that actress Agnes Mapes had to improvise a complex choreographed dance from basic poses for the 1907 play The Holy City?
|
| UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros football |
2024-05-06 |
|
2,438 |
101.6 |
... that the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros football team were members of the United Athletic Conference but left before ever having played a game there?
|
| Andrei Muntean |
2024-05-02 |
|
2,420 |
100.9 |
... that gymnast Andrei Muntean was Romania's first Youth Olympic Games champion?
|
| Asha Sobhana |
2024-05-03 |
|
2,206 |
91.9 |
... that Asha Sobhana is the first Indian player to take a five-wicket haul in the Women's Premier League?
|
| Michael T. Martin |
2024-05-08 |
|
2,154 |
89.8 |
... that with the appointment of Michael Martin as Bishop of Charlotte, the Conventual Franciscans are now the most represented religious order among American Catholic bishops?
|
| List of Green Bay Packers NFL All-Rookie Team selections |
2024-05-10 |
|
2,100 |
87.5 |
... that of the 33 Green Bay Packers players named to an NFL All-Rookie Team since 1975, only one—James Lofton—went on to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
|
| Regine Rocks |
2024-05-06 |
|
2,076 |
86.5 |
... that music director Raul Mitra wanted Regine Velasquez to do an all-rock concert?
|
| Attica (1974 film) |
2024-05-11 |
|
1,870 |
77.9 |
... that Cinda Firestone, the heiress to the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, directed a documentary about the 1971 Attica Prison riot?
|
| Joanne McCarthy (basketball) |
2024-05-09 |
|
1,303 |
54.3 |
... that basketball player Joanne McCarthy and her actress sister Jenny did gymnastics and bowling in their youth?
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