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Lady Gouyi
2017-12-15
24,540
1,022.5
... that more than 2,100 years after Lady Gouyi (pictured) was ordered by the emperor to die, her mausoleum was robbed and more than 1,100 artifacts were stolen?
House of the Huangcheng Chancellor
2017-12-14
22,516
938.2
... that the Tower of Rivers and Mountains (pictured) proved its worth soon after construction by protecting the Chen family from roving bandits?
Hampi
2017-12-21
20,670 [a]
861.2
... that before its destruction, Hampi , whose central ruins (partly pictured) are now a UNESCO world heritage site, was the world's second-largest medieval city after Beijing?
Bacon Super T-6
2017-12-10
18,473
769.7
... that the Bacon Super T-6 (pictured) was described as looking like the result of "an illicit hangar affair between a T-33 and a T-6 "?
Pavement light
2017-12-03
17,658
735.7
... that the purple "jewels" (pictured) in old sidewalks are pavement lights , which bend daylight into the basement below?
Tom Cox (highwayman)
2017-12-31
17,438
726.6
... that the highwayman Tom Cox kicked the ordinary and hangman out of the cart taking him to be hanged at Tyburn (pictured) ?
This (fly)
2017-12-12
16,700
705.4
... that This is found in southern Australia, is attracted to decomposing seaweed, and has an unusual mating position?
Fluffy sculpin
2017-12-04
16,702
695.9
... that under adverse conditions, the fluffy sculpin (pictured) can leave its rock pool and breathe air?
Harry Bush (artist)
2017-12-19
14,839
618.3
... that Harry Bush obsessed that if anyone found out he was a gay erotic artist he would lose his American military pension?
Yang Shoujing
2017-12-12
14,048
593.4
... that Yang Shoujing (pictured) published the most complete and scholarly historical atlas of China of his time, and "revolutionized" Japanese calligraphy ?
List of most lethal American battles
2017-12-02
13,006
541.9
... that three of the most lethal battles involving the United States military saw more than 20,000 soldiers killed?
Black September
2017-12-20
12,816
534.0
... that Jordan (capital Amman pictured) fought against Palestinian fighters and Syria in 1970 during Black September ?
Immigrant paradox
2017-12-05
12,796
533.1
... that, despite being affected by poverty, language barriers, and prejudice, first-generation immigrants have better health outcomes than subsequent generations by way of the immigrant paradox ?
Deadliest single days of World War I
2017-12-28
12,472
519.6
... that 22 August 1914, the date of the Battle of the Frontiers , was the deadliest single day on the Western Front in World War I ?
Disappearance of Harold Holt
2017-12-11
12,204
508.5
... that Australian prime minister Harold Holt 's death by drowning has been commemorated by a warship , a naval installation , and multiple swimming pools?
Universal Paperclips
2017-12-06
12,029
501.2
... that Universal Paperclips is an incremental game where the goal is to convert the entire universe into paperclips ?
Steven Universe
2017-12-26
11,944 [b]
497.7
... that Steven Universe is the first Cartoon Network series created solely by a woman, Rebecca Sugar (pictured) ?
North China Craton
2017-12-12
11,030
465.9
... that the North China Craton was partially destroyed by thinning?
Macdonald hotspot
2017-12-22
5,814
242.2
... that the Macdonald hotspot may have formed numerous volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean as well as the Macdonald seamount , which may become an island in the future?
Macdonald seamount
5,302
220.9
Total
11,116
463.1
Kappa-dera Temple
2017-12-07
11,077
461.5
... that offerings of cucumber (pictured) are left at the Kappa-dera Temple to appease Kappas ?
Hilary Swarts
2017-12-22
10,247
427.0
... that a silverback gorilla sat on Hilary Swarts ' head?
The Last Day of Pompeii
2017-12-21
10,101
420.9
... that Russian painter Karl Bryullov inserted himself into his picture of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in The Last Day of Pompeii ?
Caspar Phillipson
2017-12-22
9,589
399.5
... that Danish actor Caspar Phillipson has played President John F. Kennedy in the film Jackie (2016), the short film The Speech JFK Never Gave (2017), and live performances of Kennedy's speeches?
Lake Cahuilla
2017-12-01
9,418
392.4
... that Lake Cahuilla , with a maximum surface area of 5,700 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi), covered parts of Southern California less than 500 years ago?
Diana Beck
2017-12-04
9,103
379.3
... that Diana Beck performed brain surgery on Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne ?
Nitze criteria
2017-12-12
8,829
372.9
... that the Nitze criteria for a successful ballistic missile defense gained "the status of holy writ" within the Reagan administration ?
Taiwan partridge
2017-12-11
8,723
363.5
... that Robert Swinhoe initially thought that the "ugly raw-looking red patch on the throat" of the Taiwan partridge was an injury?
Gideon Brooke
2017-12-07
8,695
362.3
... that Gideon Brooke 's grave was unmarked for 136 years?
Fiora Contino
2017-12-18
8,618
359.1
... that Peter G. Davis wrote after a performance of Risurrezione that Fiora Contino (pictured) "may be the last conductor on earth with the music of Alfano and his generation in her bloodstream"?
Belmont, Arizona
2017-12-10
8,316
346.5
... that Bill Gates plans to build a "smart city " near Phoenix, Arizona ?
Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi
2017-12-14
8,208
342.0
... that Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi was married by Pope Benedict XVI when he was a cardinal and had her childen baptized by him when he became Pope?
Westgate Tower
2017-12-01
7,990
332.9
... that A. R. "Babe" Schwartz fought to have the Westgate Tower condemned in the Texas Legislature , only to move into the building himself fifteen years later?
Olga FitzGeorge
2017-12-02
7,958
331.6
... that Olga FitzGeorge (pictured) , a granddaughter of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge , established a manicure and beauty salon on New Bond Street in London?
Rachel Skinner
2017-12-19
7,789
324.5
... that Rachel Skinner "fell into engineering completely by chance" before being named as one of the Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering ?
Roma Agrawal
2017-12-13
7,755
324.1
... that after playing with Lego bricks as a child, Roma Agrawal designed both the tip and bottom of The Shard (pictured) ?
The Problem with Apu
2017-12-01
7,769
323.7
... that Hari Kondabolu 's documentary The Problem with Apu started as a one-minute comedy segment?
Chaetodon nippon
2017-12-09
3,886
161.9
... that the Zanzibar butterflyfish (pictured) feeds exclusively on coral polyps, but the Japanese butterflyfish will eat anything ?
Chaetodon zanzibarensis
3,820
159.2
Total
7,706
321.1
Northeast Arm Iron Range
2017-12-08
7,673
319.7
... that the Temagami Iron Range takes jasper in iron past snakes and turtles ?
Mausoleum of Abu Huraira
2017-12-11
7,586
316.1
... that a tomb (pictured) in Yavne is claimed as the site of burial of Abu Hurairah by Muslims and Gamaliel II by Jews, despite both claims being highly unlikely?
The Rocking Carol
2017-12-25
7,578
315.8
... that a traditional Christmas carol has the chorus "We will rock you "?
Sixbar wrasse
2017-12-14
7,474
311.4
... that the sixbar wrasse can use a rock as an anvil to break up its food?
Naval Aircraft Modification Unit KDN Gorgon
2017-12-22
7,336
305.7
... that the first test flight of the TD2N Gorgon target drone ended in a crash due to a failure of the aircraft's radio control ?
Amanita subpallidorosea
2017-12-05
7,294
303.9
... that the lethal mushroom Amanita subpallidorosea was discovered when two people died in 2014 after eating it in China?
The Doctor (painting)
2017-12-30
7,246
301.9
... that Luke Fildes ' painting The Doctor (detail pictured) was used to promote state-run healthcare in Britain and to campaign against it in the United States?
Weichenwang
2017-12-11
7,100
295.8
... that according to legend, a spectral knight on a white horse is sometimes seen riding toward Weichenwang to visit his lover?
Calocybe indica
2017-12-20
6,964
290.2
... that the milky white mushroom is being grown commercially in its native India?
East Rennell
2017-12-15
6,898
287.4
... that UNESCO has added East Rennell to its List of World Heritage in Danger ?
Algorithmic bias
2017-12-09
6,814
283.9
... that algorithmic bias can sometimes lead computers to produce homophobic, racist, and sexist results?
St Stephen's Church, Ealing
2017-12-22
6,800
283.3
... that the bells of St Stephen's in Ealing (belfry and spire pictured) caused complaints, were later moved to the Docklands, and were finally installed in St Machar's Cathedral in Aberdeen?
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Blockhouse
2017-12-04
6,759
281.6
... that Parks Canada blocked the entrance of the Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse with rubble masonry after vandals destroyed the restored door?
Dual systems model
2017-12-31
6,748
281.2
... that the dual systems model seeks to explain why young people do stupid things?
British logistics in the Falklands War
2017-12-29
6,712
279.6
... that British logistics in the Falklands War depended on ships that were STUFT ?
Cliona californiana
2017-12-18
6,636
276.5
... that the yellow boring sponge inhabits the shells of living scallops and oysters?
Mitzi Johanknecht
2017-12-07
6,620
275.8
... that Mitzi Johanknecht , the new sheriff of King County, Washington , was the first female deputy to lead the county's SWAT team?
Horace P. Belknap
2017-12-13
6,540
273.4
... that on the day Horace P. Belknap was interred in 1936, National Guard inductions were suspended in Central Oregon because all the local medical examiners were attending his funeral?
Harold Strachan
2017-12-06
6,558
273.3
... that Harold Strachan has painted pictures, written books, made bombs, served two prison sentences, and completed an ultramarathon ?
Gen 75 Committee
2017-12-18
6,553
273.0
... that Ernest Bevin told the Gen 75 Committee that Britain should acquire atomic bombs "whatever it costs... We've got to have the bloody Union Jack flying on top of it"?
Divergent double subduction
2017-12-11
6,526
271.9
... that in divergent double subduction , an ocean shrinks and sinks?
Plagiolepis alluaudi
2017-12-13
6,440
269.2
... that little yellow ant colonies raise the larvae of agricultural pests, including aphids , in their own nest?
MLS Cup 2017
2017-12-09
6,415
267.3
... that today's MLS Cup 2017 soccer final between Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC is a rematch of the 2016 Cup , and will be played at the same venue?
Science Moms
2017-12-15
6,286
261.9
... that the goal of the Science Moms documentary is to challenge the anti-GMO , anti-vaccination, pro-alternative medicine culture affecting parents?
Zhili Army (Fengtian clique)
2017-12-08
6,218
259.1
... that the Fengtian clique 's Zhili Army included, besides professional soldiers, surrendered enemies, provincial militiamen, bandits, and martial artists?
Ai Kayano
2017-12-05
6,186
257.7
... that Japanese voice actress Ai Kayano worked in the beauty industry to pay for her voice acting school tuition?
1120 Denny Way
2017-12-12
6,060
256.0
... that a highrise building replacing part of The Seattle Times ' headquarters will have historic headlines etched into its facade?
Marcus Beck
2017-12-08
5,978
249.1
... that Marcus Beck (pictured) added Joseph Lister 's antiseptic techniques to surgical textbooks after seeing soldiers die of infection in the Franco-Prussian War ?
Ba (gastropod)
2017-12-25
5,970
248.8
... that you won't find any Ba humbugi on Christmas Island ?
Quebec Agreement
2017-12-26
5,924
246.9
... that under terms of the Quebec Agreement , the United States had to seek British agreement to use nuclear weapons against Japan?
Rudolf Peierls
2017-12-28
5,922
246.8
... that Rudolf Peierls was awarded the Medal of Freedom , but was later refused entry to the United States because he was suspected of being a spy?
Sir John Minsterworth
2017-12-10
5,857
244.0
... that Sir John Minsterworth , who joined the French army during the Hundred Years' War , was later returned to England and hanged, drawn and quartered in 1377 for "wilful support" of the enemy?
Anoplognathus aureus
2017-12-24
5,842
243.4
... that the gold Christmas beetle is prized by collectors?
The Luck of the Irish (song)
2017-12-15
5,696
237.4
... that "The Luck of the Irish " received an Apple Records catalogue number despite never being released as a single?
Qinling orogenic belt
2017-12-10
5,580
232.5
... that one of the greatest mountain ranges in China is made up of multiple individual tectonic blocks , dividing north and south China?
Bergen Tunnels
2017-12-06
5,456
227.3
... that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad built the Bergen Tunnels due to congestion in the competing Erie Railroad 's tunnels?
List of Red Bull Air Race World Championship winners
2017-12-06
5,454
227.3
... that the British aerobatics pilot Paul Bonhomme (pictured) has won the Red Bull Air Race World Championship a record three times?
Good Omens (TV series)
2017-12-27
5,435
226.5
... that it took a posthumously-sent letter from Terry Pratchett to convince Neil Gaiman to create a Good Omens TV series without him?
Arlinda Locklear
2017-12-14
5,307
221.1
... that Arlinda Locklear was the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court ?
Code Blue (bull)
2017-12-13
5,284
220.9
... that the owners of Code Blue , the Professional Bull Riders' 2009 World Champion bucking bull , fed him waffles?
May 1, 2015 Jalisco attacks
2017-12-07
5,274
219.8
... that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel shot down a helicopter, hijacked 39 vehicles, and burned multiple banks, gas stations, and businesses in a single day ?
Gravity of Mars
2017-12-21
5,157
214.9
... that Mars' gravity is affected by many negative free air gravity anomalies on its surface?
Nagtahan Interchange
2017-12-28
5,150
214.6
... that the Rotonda de Sampaloc, now the Nagtahan Interchange (pictured) , originally demarcated the boundary between Manila 's suburbs and its urban core?
Duvvuri Subbamma
2017-12-13
5,122
214.1
... that Indian independence activist Duvvuri Subbamma was married at the age of ten?
Joseph Anokye
2017-12-15
5,134
213.9
... that former NASA engineer Joseph Anokye was deported from Kenya because some people feared he could manipulate election results?
Victoria Yar Arol
2017-12-22
5,069
211.2
... that Victoria Yar Arol was one of 20–30 children of a Dinka tribal chief?
Orange-necked partridge
2017-12-21
4,970
207.1
... that the orange-necked partridge , native to southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia, was discovered in 1927 but was "lost" until its rediscovery in 1991?
Polity of the Lacedaemonians
2017-12-14
4,859
202.5
... that Xenophon 's Polity of the Lacedaemonians is the only surviving constitution of ancient Sparta ?
Texas Capitol View Corridors
2017-12-16
4,856
202.3
... that the Texas Capitol View Corridors protect views of the state capitol from a cemetery, an air traffic control tower, an interstate highway, and a University of Texas practice field?
Ge Jianxiong
2017-12-19
3,077
128.2
... that Ge Jianxiong , who did not go to college, and Zhou Zhenhe , a mining engineer, were awarded China's first two doctoral degrees in humanities?
Zhou Zhenhe
1,722
71.8
Total
4,800
200.0
Refuge (ecology)
2017-12-26
4,756
198.2
... that the largest animal migration by biomass is the daily movement upwards from their refuge in the deep sea undertaken by vast numbers of organisms?
Dinosaur dental histology
2017-12-20
4,754
198.1
... that you can count lines in dinosaur teeth to determine their age?
Suah Koko
2017-12-28
4,633
193.0
... that Chief Suah Koko fought several battles against the Liberian government before granting them her land?
Hadean zircon
2017-12-29
4,600
191.7
... that Australia has the earliest mineral grains of Earth's history in the form of Hadean zircons ?
My Journey into the Heart of Terror: Ten Days in the Islamic State
2017-12-28
4,580
190.8
... that My Journey into the Heart of Terror was authored by Jürgen Todenhöfer , the first western journalist to be invited to travel to the self-proclaimed caliphate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ?
Arlene Hiss
2017-12-09
4,505
187.7
... that A. J. Foyt praised Arlene Hiss for "what a fine job [she'd] done" after racing against her?
177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO
2017-12-30
4,470
186.2
... that the Soviet Air Defense Forces' 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment operated Lend-Lease Supermarine Spitfires as air defense for Moscow between 1944 and 1948?
Boiled leather
2017-12-13
4,413
184.5
... that the German Army used pickelhaube helmets made of boiled leather until halfway through World War I?
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
2017-12-07
4,397
183.2
... that Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah writes a blog on African women's sexuality entitled Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women ?
Sung Hyang-sim
2017-12-18
4,312
179.6
... that North Korean footballer Sung Hyang-sim was the top scorer at the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship and named Most Valuable Player?
High Capacity Metro Trains
2017-12-07
4,266
177.8
... that the High Capacity Metro Trains on order for the Melbourne rail network will have the ability to automatically estimate their passenger load?
Joo Koon rail accident
2017-12-21
4,263
177.6
... that one train rear-ended another at Singapore's Joo Koon station last month because its new signalling system determined the first train to be half its actual length?
Oliver B. Shallenberger
2017-12-27
4,249
177.0
... that Oliver B. Shallenberger invented the first successful electric meter (pictured) , predecessor to the modern meter used today?
Masked flowerpiercer
2017-12-16
2,792
116.4
... that the tropical tree Axinaea sclerophylla is pollinated by birds such as the masked flowerpiercer (pictured) ?
Axinaea sclerophylla
1,456
60.7
Total
4,248
177.0
St. Jakobus, Rüdesheim
2017-12-17
4,209
175.4
... that in 2017, St. Jakobus in Rüdesheim (pictured) held services, concerts, and an exhibition to celebrate 70 years since the church was rebuilt following damage in World War II?
Claire Wallace (broadcaster)
2017-12-06
4,184
174.4
... that early Canadian broadcaster Claire Wallace was known for her reporting stunts, including climbing a Mexican volcano and joining a deep-sea diving expedition?
Claire McLaughlin
2017-12-10
4,170
173.8
... that Ireland national rugby union team player Dr. Claire McLaughlin gained the nickname "McSwaplin" owing to her swapping medical shifts in order to play rugby?
Megachile chomskyi
2017-12-23
4,152
173.0
... that Megachile chomskyi (pictured) , a species of bee named after the linguist Noam Chomsky , has a tongue that is more than half the length of its body?
Geology of Hainan Island
2017-12-16
4,137
172.4
... that Hainan Island is dominated by rocks that crystallized from melts?
Itunu Hotonu
2017-12-31
4,078
169.9
... that Itunu Hotonu , the first female admiral in Africa, joined the Nigerian Navy only because she was rejected by the army?
Andrew David Urshan
2017-12-20
4,027
167.8
... that Andrew David Urshan , an ethnic Assyrian from Persia , conducted Pentecostal revivals in the Midwestern United States?
Cyclocephala nodanotherwon
2017-12-08
3,930
163.8
... that the rhinoceros beetle genus Cyclocephala already had over 200 species when C. nodanotherwon ("not another one") was described in 1992?
St. Michaelis, Lüneburg
2017-12-05
3,825
159.4
... that Johann Sebastian Bach sang as a choir member for two years at St. Michaelis in Lüneburg , a brick Gothic former abbey church?
Rosemary Biggs
2017-12-25
3,816
159.0
... that Rosemary Biggs and her colleagues discovered the Christmas factor?
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
2017-12-08
3,809
158.7
... that Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in New York City hosted two world's fairs ?
Smash Mouth discography
2017-12-26
3,802
158.4
... that two of Smash Mouth 's U.S. top-ten hits are associated with a big green ogre ?
Wildlife of Malawi
2017-12-19
1,894
78.9
... that the wildlife of Malawi includes so many species of cichlid that Lake Malawi National Park has been inscribed as a World Heritage Site ?
Lake Malawi National Park
1,883
78.5
Total
3,777
157.4
Ivone Soares
2017-12-27
3,762
156.7
... that Mozambican politician Ivone Soares escaped death in September 2016 when her would-be assassin's weapon jammed?
Comperiella bifasciata
2017-12-07
2,076
86.5
... that the parasitic wasp Comperiella bifasciata is used to help control red scale and yellow scale on citrus?
Aonidiella citrina
1,592
66.3
Total
3,668
152.8
Mindanao mountain rat
2017-12-27
3,665
152.7
... that the whole range of the Mindanao mountain rat is within a single protected area?
Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart
2017-12-16
3,659
152.5
... that Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart was the only serving Welsh member of parliament killed during the First World War?
Florometra serratissima
2017-12-12
3,566
150.6
... that feather stars such as Florometra serratissima use their arms to catch food and also to swim?
Egg allergy
2017-12-05
3,608
150.3
... that more than two-thirds of children with egg allergy will outgrow it by the time they are 16 years old?
The Fountainhead (play)
2017-12-27
3,506
146.1
... that Ivo van Hove wrote and directed the 2014 play The Fountainhead , turning Ayn Rand 's 1943 epic novel into a four-hour-plus production?
Xing Zi Ming Chu
2017-12-31
3,502
145.9
... that Human Nature is Brought Forth by Decree , an ancient Chinese philosophical text, was rediscovered about 2,300 years after it was buried?
Millet butterflyfish
2017-12-29
2,147
89.5
... that the millet butterflyfish (pictured) and the bluestripe butterflyfish are both endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and nearby atolls?
Bluestripe butterflyfish
1,272
53.0
Total
3,420
142.5
Mosaic (murder mystery)
2017-12-19
3,406
141.9
... that Steven Soderbergh 's Mosaic is both a mobile app and a television miniseries?
Pressure-temperature-time path
2017-12-28
3,394
141.4
... that the underground journey of a metamorphic rock can be shown with a pressure-temperature-time path ?
Aha (wasp)
2017-12-27
3,378
140.8
... that an entomologist cried "Aha !" when he discovered a new genus of Australian wasp, and that became its name?
Vi Lyles
2017-12-06
3,368
140.3
... that Vi Lyles is the first African-American woman to be Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina ?
Epiactis lisbethae
2017-12-31
2,102
87.6
... that Lisbeth's brooding anemone and Fernald's brooding anemone both care for their young, but they use different strategies?
Epiactis fernaldi
1,245
51.9
Total
3,346
139.4
Methylophaga muralis
2017-12-14
3,299
137.5
... that Methylophaga muralis , a species of bacteria, was first discovered on marble in the Moscow Kremlin ?
Perspective-taking
2017-12-29
3,284
136.9
... that scientific research demonstrates that perspective-taking may lead to reduced stereotyping?
Mildred Creak
2017-12-19
3,260
135.8
... that in the 1960s, child psychiatrist Mildred Creak proposed that autism was caused by genetics rather than poor parenting?
Manka Dhingra
2017-12-08
2,490
103.7
... that Manka Dhingra ' s election to the Washington State Senate gave Democrats complete control of the state's government?
Washington's 45th state senate district special election, 2017
736
30.7
Total
3,226
134.4
Lo! He comes with clouds descending
2017-12-24
3,160
131.7
... that Queen Victoria was displeased after an organist played an unfamiliar tune for the Advent hymn "Lo! He comes with clouds descending " at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle ("Helmsley" tune pictured) ?
Ellie Miles
2017-12-20
3,160
131.6
... that Ellie Miles captained Tunbridge Wells RFC 's under-18 girls team after her father had captained and coached the men's team?
Ana Teresa Diego
2017-12-23
3,158
131.6
... that the asteroid 11441 Anadiego was named after Ana Teresa Diego , an Argentine student activist who was forcibly disappeared ?
Fortifications of Bangkok
2017-12-09
3,140
130.9
... that Bangkok's city gates were enchanted in order to ward off evil spirits?
Elizabeth Marshall (pharmacist)
2017-12-05
3,135
130.6
... that Elizabeth Marshall was one of the first women to become a pharmacist in the United States?
Salma Ismail
2017-12-11
3,123
130.1
... that it took Salma Ismail , the first Malaysian Malay woman to qualify as a doctor, 11 years to complete her medical studies?
Li Shangfu
2017-12-18
3,090
128.8
... that General Li Shangfu spent 31 years at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center , where he supervised the launch of the Chang'e 2 lunar probe?
Low milk supply
2017-12-19
3,067
127.8
... that skin-to-skin contact (pictured) can help to augment low milk supply in breastfeeding women?
Mite
2017-12-30
2,998 [c]
124.9
... that relative to its length, one species of mite is the fastest animal on Earth?
Functional accounts of emotion
2017-12-16
2,998
124.9
... that functional accounts of emotion suggest that the function of anger is to correct injustice?
930 Poydras
2017-12-23
1,708
71.1
... that Poydras Street hosts many of New Orleans ' tallest and historic buildings, including 930 Poydras , the first residential high-rise constructed in the city after Hurricane Katrina ?
Poydras Street
1,284
53.5
Total
2,992
124.7
Nicole Grobert
2017-12-11
2,988
124.5
... that Nicole Grobert , professor of nanomaterials at the University of Oxford , was awarded a Royal Society Industry Fellowship in 2016, her third fellowship from the Royal Society?
Hou Zongbin
2017-12-21
2,970
123.7
... that as an outsider, Governor Hou Zongbin was targeted by rumours that blamed him for a riot in which hundreds of people burned buildings and cars?
San Francisco Bay Area
2017-12-13
2,920 [d]
122.0
... that if the San Francisco Bay Area were a country, it would be ranked sixteenth in the world in terms of GDP ?
Jenny Morton
2017-12-03
2,898
120.8
... that Jenny Morton discovered that sheep can recognise human faces?
Marie Darby
2017-12-04
2,846
118.6
... that marine biologist Marie Darby , the first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic mainland, sailed to the Ross Sea on a tourist boat that ran aground on its first trip?
Remote sensing (geology)
2017-12-05
2,808
117.0
... that remote sensing helps geologists study otherwise inaccessible areas such as Antarctic ice shelves?
Marjorie Hahn
2017-12-17
2,805
116.9
... that Marjorie Hahn , a retired mathematics professor and international senior-level tennis player, approaches tennis games with the same plan that she uses for mathematical proofs?
Kang In-soo
2017-12-28
2,792
116.3
... that South Korean singer Kang In-soo was accepted as a dance major in Sejong University despite not having learned how to dance?
Abadi Bano Begum
2017-12-12
2,690
113.6
... that Abadi Bano Begum , a prominent voice in the Indian independence movement , pawned her personal jewelry to educate her sons?
Nativity scenes attributed to Zanobi Strozzi
2017-12-25
2,617
109.0
... that two Nativity scenes attributed to Zanobi Strozzi (example pictured) probably belong to an altarpiece now spread between five museums, with some parts missing?
Merle Chambers
2017-12-01
2,606
108.6
... that Colorado businesswoman and philanthropist Merle Chambers is one of the top ten political contributors in her state?
Israel Isaac Kahanovitch
2017-12-03
2,530
105.4
... that approximately one-third of the adult Jewish population of Winnipeg , Canada, attended the funeral of Chief Rabbi Israel Isaac Kahanovitch in 1945?
Ana Lucía Armijos
2017-12-28
2,512
104.7
... that Ana Lucía Armijos , president of the Ecuadorian Monetary Board, went into hiding for a year after the Supreme Court of Ecuador called for her arrest in the case of a $200 million bank bailout?
Asian emerald cuckoo
2017-12-17
2,511
104.6
... that the female Asian emerald cuckoo lays her eggs in the nests of birds such as the crimson sunbird and the little spiderhunter ?
Osedax frankpressi
2017-12-02
2,490
103.7
... that it appears that larvae of Osedax frankpressi that settle on a whale carcase develop into female worms, while those that settle on the female worms become males?
'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana
2017-12-14
2,486
103.6
... that 'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana was the first female ombudsman of Lesotho ?
HolbyBlue
2017-12-03
2,486
103.6
... that show creator Tony Jordan wanted HolbyBlue to emulate the American police dramas Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue ?
2007 AT&T 250
2017-12-30
2,481
103.4
... that Aric Almirola received credit for winning the 2007 AT&T 250 despite not finishing the race?
Antoinette Montaigne
2017-12-30
2,457
102.4
... that Antoinette Montaigne left her position as city councillor in France to become a minister in the government of the Central African Republic ?
Ken Attafuah
2017-12-26
2,443
101.8
... that Canadian-trained criminologist Ken Attafuah spent part of his secondary school education sleeping in an old and leaky cocoa shed that had been converted into a dormitory?
Dusty Allen
2017-12-09
2,436
101.5
... that Dusty Allen hit a home run in his final Major League Baseball at-bat?
Zhang Shengmin
2017-12-16
2,420
100.9
... that Zhang Shengmin led a thousand troops to participate in the reconstruction work after the 2010 Yushu earthquake ?
Termitomyces eurhizus
2017-12-15
2,416
100.7
... that the edible mushroom Termitomyces eurhizus grows out of termite mounds?
Marissa Callaghan
2017-12-17
2,403
100.1
... that the Northern Ireland women's national football team captain Marissa Callaghan went to university in the United States on a football scholarship ?
FVB Mice
2017-12-29
2,402
100.1
... that FVB Mice are used for genetic research because they produce large litters and their eggs have enlarged nuclei ?
Hans Otto Jung
2017-12-29
2,393
99.7
... that Hans Otto Jung was a jazz musician during World War II, ran a winery from the Boosenburg , and was co-founder of the Rheingau Musik Festival ?
Nüwa Palace
2017-12-17
2,385
99.4
... that the carving of 130,000 characters of Buddhist scriptures into the mountains around Hebei's Nüwa Palace began under the Northern Qi dynasty?
Sir John Minsterworth
2017-12-11
2,324 [e]
96.8
... that Sir John Minsterworth , who joined the French army during the Hundred Years' War , was later returned to England and hanged, drawn and quartered in 1377 for "wilful support" of the enemy?
Xiong Huizhen
2017-12-30
2,300
95.9
... that Xiong Huizhen , who spent 22 years completing his teacher 's unfinished work, was admired by historian Gu Jiegang for his devotion?
Max Schmalzl
2017-12-17
2,238
93.3
... that Max Schmalzl was called "the Bavarian Fra Angelico "?
E. Ann Hoefly
2017-12-23
2,233
93.0
... that E. Ann Hoefly was responsible for 180 United States Air Force medical facilities?
Mozn Hassan
2017-12-24
2,214
92.3
... that women's rights campaigner Mozn Hassan is subject to a travel ban and has had her assets frozen by the Egyptian government?
Luis Muriel
2017-12-13
2,193
91.7
... that Colombian footballer Luis Muriel became Sevilla 's most expensive-ever signing when he joined the club for a reported fee of €20 million?
Lutetium-hafnium dating
2017-12-13
2,182
91.2
... that the exotic metal lutetium -176 decays to the heavy metal hafnium , so it can be used to date ancient rocks ?
Harimia Ahmed
2017-12-01
2,180
90.9
... that Harimia Ahmed was the first female lawyer in the Comoros ?
Boletus pyrrhosceles
2017-12-01
2,169
90.4
... that parts of the Colombian mushroom Boletus pyrrhosceles turn blue when damaged?
Robert Sickinger
2017-12-05
2,150
89.6
... that Robert Sickinger , the father of Chicago 's "off-Loop" theater scene, ended up running a telemarketing company?
Rhodes ferry wharf
2017-12-17
2,120
88.3
... that the first proposed site for a ferry wharf at Rhodes in Sydney , Australia, was scrapped after objections from the community, lobbyists, and the ferry operator?
Balotsav
2017-12-04
2,098
87.4
... that in the annual Balotsav of India, children compete in many categories including elocution ?
Marijke Nel
2017-12-15
2,094
87.3
... that Marijke Nel represented South Africa in rugby union and Canada in tennis?
Femi Claudius Cole
2017-12-11
2,093
87.2
... that Femi Claudius Cole offers free health checks as she campaigns to become President of Sierra Leone ?
Sukanasa
2017-12-01
2,074
86.4
... that in Hoysala architecture , the emblem of the empire – a warrior stabbing a lion – is often sculpted on the sukanasa of Hindu temples (example pictured) ?
Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve
2017-12-18
2,072
86.3
... that Prince Harry assisted with relocating 500 elephants to the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve in Malawi?
Sheila Hibben
2017-12-09
2,067
86.1
... that Sheila Hibben supplied author Rex Stout with menus for his fictional character Nero Wolfe ?
Long Ago, Prophets Knew
2017-12-25
2,036
84.9
... that "Long Ago, Prophets Knew, Christ would come born a Jew " was one of about 50 hymns written after 1950 that were included in The New English Hymnal ?
Border Personnel Meeting point
2017-12-23
1,988
82.8
... that in 2015, the Indian army motorcycle acrobatic team performed for the Chinese army at Daulat Beg Oldi , one of five Border Personnel Meeting points ?
2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute
2017-12-19
1,972
82.1
... that Saudi Arabia 's government has been accused of detaining Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri , following his abrupt resignation while in Saudi Arabia?
Mary Munson Runge
2017-12-04
1,953
81.4
... that Mary Munson Runge was the first female and first African-American president of the American Pharmacists Association ?
Benzimidazole fungicide
2017-12-22
1,951
81.3
... that fungi can become resistant to benzimidazole fungicides in two to four seasons?
Suzanne Jambo
2017-12-03
1,928
80.4
... that Suzanne Jambo helped draft the Constitution of South Sudan ?
Nicki McNelly
2017-12-24
1,917
79.9
... that Nicki McNelly , who spent most of her working life as an army wife, later became provost of an Episcopal cathedral?
Macht hoch die Tür
2017-12-03
1,888
78.7
... that the Advent song "Macht hoch die Tür " is number 1 in the German Protestant hymnal ?
Josephine Kulea
2017-12-02
1,882
78.4
... that Kenyan activist Josephine Kulea is said to have saved more than 1,000 girls from abuse and forced marriage?
Eunice Silva
2017-12-18
1,828
76.2
... that Eunice Silva organised a nationwide vote to determine the seven wonders of Cape Verde ?
Carol Metchette
2017-12-08
1,825
76.0
... that Irish hockey umpire Carol Metchette was forced to retire from umpiring for being too old, despite having the highest fitness test results of any international umpire?
Célia Posser
2017-12-12
1,778
75.1
... that Célia Posser issued the first private radio broadcast licenses in São Tomé and Príncipe ?
J. P. Crawford
2017-12-22
1,778
74.1
... that J. P. Crawford was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies major league baseball team with the expectation of eventually superseding Jimmy Rollins ?
Frank Price
2017-12-24
1,734
72.3
... that Hollywood studio head Frank Price 's decision to film Ghostbusters (1983) was initially considered a "terrible mistake" by industry insiders?
Up from the Cradle of Jazz
2017-12-04
1,710
71.2
... that Up from the Cradle of Jazz chronicles the evolution of rhythm and blues in New Orleans ?
Comhdháil na Múinteoirí le Rincí Gaelacha
2017-12-20
1,693
70.5
... that Comhdháil na Múinteoirí le Rincí Gaelacha broke away from the Irish Dancing Commission in 1969 after disputes about dance teachers' representation?
Mollie McGeown
2017-12-27
1,670
69.6
... that Mollie McGeown set up the first dialysis unit in Northern Ireland?
Regina Mañe Ela
2017-12-08
1,652
68.8
... that Regina Mañe Ela was the only female member of Severo Moto Nsá 's Equatorial Guinean government-in-exile?
Paddy Mahon
2017-12-31
1,644
68.5
... that despite winning his country's Professional Championship by ten strokes that year, golfer Paddy Mahon was excluded from the 1937 Ryder Cup for being Irish?
Sibongile Ndashe
2017-12-09
1,638
68.3
... that South African lawyer Sibongile Ndashe was arrested in Tanzania for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for HIV/AIDS ?
Sirra Wally Ndow-Njie
2017-12-20
1,606
66.9
... that Gambian politician Sirra Wally Ndow-Njie met with North Korean president of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam in 2010?
Alice Ouédraogo
2017-12-06
1,588
66.1
... that Alice Ouédraogo runs the International Labour Organization 's HIV/AIDS programme?
The Box of Delights (TV series)
2017-12-24
1,574
65.6
... that the final episode of the six-part BBC Television adaptation of John Masefield 's The Box of Delights was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1984?
Wombat Divine
2017-12-25
1,539
64.1
... that the children's book Wombat Divine was written in response to the publisher's request for "a typically Australian Christmas story"?
Austroboletus olivaceoglutinosus
2017-12-10
1,474
61.4
... that the mushrooms of Austroboletus olivaceoglutinosus have a fruity smell?
World Day of the Poor
2017-12-07
1,474
61.4
... that the first World Day of the Poor , observed on 19 November 2017, was established by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter celebrating the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy ?
Nelly Mbangu
2017-12-04
1,468
61.2
... that Nelly Mbangu co-founded an organisation for survivors of sexual and domestic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ?
Act Relative to Incorporations for Manufacturing Purposes of 1811
2017-12-20
1,466
61.1
... that after the Embargo Act of 1807 had throttled foreign imports, the state of New York passed a law to expedite the incorporation of new domestic manufacturers ?
Manfred Jung
2017-12-14
1,464
61.0
... that Manfred Jung is remembered as Siegfried in Bayreuth's Jahrhundertring , but also sang all other tenor roles in The Ring ?
Ruth O'Reilly
2017-12-26
1,443
60.1
... that former international Ruth O'Reilly wrote an article criticising the IRFU for a lack of support for women's rugby during the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Ireland?
Dandara Touré
2017-12-21
1,428
59.5
... that Dandara Touré served only 34 days in the Council of Ministers of Mali due to the 2012 coup ?
Cirque de la Symphonie
2017-12-02
1,384
57.7
... that contemporary circus troupe Cirque de la Symphonie deliberately maintains a minimalist aesthetic to give equal prominence to the symphony orchestras that accompany their performances?
TV-aksjonen
2017-12-03
1,380
57.5
... that during the annual TV-aksjonen ("TV campaign"), more than 100,000 volunteers go door-to-door to all 1.8 million Norwegian households to collect donations for a charity?
Chanju Samantha Mwale
2017-12-16
1,350
56.2
... that Chanju Samantha Mwale was the first female lawyer to join the Malawian Defence Force ?
Martha Farnsworth Riche
2017-12-15
1,317
54.9
... that before becoming director of the United States Census Bureau , Martha Farnsworth Riche earned a doctorate in French literature ?
Almasbek Akmatov
2017-12-03
1,286
53.6
... that before becoming a deputy for the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan , Almasbek Akmatov obtained three different degrees from three different universities?
Darnell Hunt
2017-12-29
1,221
50.9
... that Darnell Hunt , Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA , believes Hollywood should use the Rooney Rule to increase the share of African-American writers?
Mon Yazawin
2017-12-06
658
27.4
... that two similarly named Burmese chronicles, Mon Yazawin and Mon Yazawin by Shwe Naw , are about the Mon -speaking kingdom of Hanthawaddy ?
Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw)
546
22.7
Total
1,204
50.1
Wolfram Röhrig
2017-12-21
1,196
49.8
... that Wolfram Röhrig , who was responsible for "entertaining music" including jazz for the broadcaster Süddeutscher Rundfunk , recorded Max Reger's Der 100. Psalm ?
Christmas gift
2017-12-25
1,179
49.1
... that one-quarter of respondents to a 2016 survey of Europeans said they had re-gifted their Christmas presents to someone else?
Chad Finchum
2017-12-23
1,176
49.0
... that NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Chad Finchum began racing go-karts at age 7 and logged more than 200 wins by age 13?
Sokari Ekine
2017-12-01
1,175
49.0
... that in 1995, Nigerian activist Sokari Ekine set up the Black Sisters Network electronic mailing list ?
Geology of Sicily
2017-12-24
1,169
48.7
... that Calabria was once attached to Sardinia before it migrated to Sicily ?
Clotilde Niragira
2017-12-17
1,166
48.6
... that Clotilde Niragira is secretary-general of the truth and reconciliation commission investigating the Burundian genocides ?
Lui Tsun-Yuen
2017-12-16
1,148
47.8
... that Chinese classical musician Lui Tsun-Yuen adapted the English ballad "Greensleeves " for the pipa ?
Samba Yonga
2017-12-26
1,126
46.9
... that Zambian writer Samba Yonga chose a career in journalism after she won a short story prize as a child?
Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba
2017-12-26
1,112
46.3
... that the Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba incorporates a mural by Leopoldo Flores in the stands on the west side of the stadium?
Johannes Kalitzke
2017-12-27
1,080
45.0
... that Johannes Kalitzke adapted an Edgar Allan Poe novel into an opera whose score "could be a musical representation of the world of Hieronymus Bosch "?
Obras Son Amores
2017-12-18
1,040
43.4
... that Spanish singer-songwriter Antonio Carmona invited Juanes and Alejandro Sanz and several other performers he admired to record Obras Son Amores since he wanted to "create true reciprocal acts of love"?
Johann Balthasar König
2017-12-10
1,024
42.7
... that Johann Balthasar König , the church musician of the Katharinenkirche and director of music in Frankfurt , published a hymnal with 1,913 melodies?
Mount Mian
2017-12-23
1,022
42.6
... that temples on Mount Mian in Shanxi, China, observe an annual Cold Food Festival ?
Tarak Sinha
2017-12-02
987
41.1
... that Tarak Sinha coached 12 cricketers who went on to play at international level?
Elizabeth Chambers Morgan
2017-12-02
951
39.6
... that from 1888 to 1895, Elizabeth Chambers Morgan was the leading woman in the Chicago labor movement?
Wie soll ich dich empfangen
2017-12-24
932
38.8
... that the Advent hymn "Wie soll ich dich empfangen " with lyrics by Paul Gerhardt had a melody by Johann Crüger when he published it in 1653, but Bach used a different melody in his Christmas Oratorio ?
Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen
2017-12-23
906
37.7
... that Daniel Rump closely modeled the beginning of his Advent song "Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen " after a Tagelied , a wake-up call for lovers?
Azamat Arapbayev
2017-12-31
877
36.5
... that between 1993 and 2008, Kyrgyz politician Azamat Arapbayev was either the chairman, director or deputy director of seven different companies?
Lutetium–hafnium dating
2017-12-14
866
36.1
... that the exotic metal lutetium -176 decays to the heavy metal hafnium , so it can be used to date ancient rocks ?
Chiyuki Urano
2017-12-30
865
36.0
... that Chiyuki Urano , a soloist and choir member of the Bach Collegium Japan , recorded songs by Russian amateur composers including Diaghilev with pianist Lera Auerbach ?
Kwesi Yankah
2017-12-10
830
34.6
... that Ghanaian academic Kwesi Yankah wrote the title song for the Free SHS policy?
Perry Askam
2017-12-29
790
32.9
... that Perry Askam was the only professional singer in the Hollywood musical Sweet Kitty Bellairs ?
Salsa Big Band
2017-12-31
752
31.3
... that Salsa Big Band by Panamanian artists Rubén Blades and Roberto Delgado & Orquesta won the 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year ?
Willi Gundlach
2017-12-25
632
26.3
... that the musicologist Willi Gundlach , who founded the chamber choir of Dortmund University , trained volunteers to sing a Bach cantata in one day, including Part I of Bach's Christmas Oratorio ?
Laureus World Sports Awards
2017-12-02
611
25.5
... that in 2017, a team of refugees won the Sporting Inspiration Award at the Laureus World Sports Awards ?