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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	23.3	Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8 (Cornelius)	46.6	Carsten Koch (musician)	23.3	Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8 (Cornelius)
Median	110.1	Melani Leimena Suharli Franco-Irish Ambulance Brigade	425.5	Edward Gyfford	121.0	Esther Farbstein
High	783.5	Mars cycler	2,227.3	Murder of Jane Britton	2,227.3	Murder of Jane Britton

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Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Murder of Jane Britton	2019-01-07		53,454	2,227.3	... that the red ochre sprinkled on the body of Jane Britton (pictured) 50 years ago today ultimately turned out to be a red herring in solving her murder?
Soviet destroyer Sposobny (1970)	2019-01-14		38,112	1,588.0	... that the Soviet destroyer Sposobny (pictured) was designed to survive a nuclear explosion?
United States Zouave Cadets	2019-01-11		32,238	1,343.2	... that The New York Times stated that, with one exception, the United States Zouave Cadets (pictured) were "all young men of extraordinary muscular power"?
Duke and Duchess of Windsor's tour of Germany, 1937	2019-01-29		31,618	1,317.4	... that during the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's 1937 tour of Germany (pictured), their alcoholic chaperone Robert Ley crashed them at speed through a factory gate?
Greta Thunberg	2019-01-03		21,972	915.5	... that 16-year-old Greta Thunberg (pictured) of Sweden has inspired 20,000 students around the world to strike for climate change activism?
Puertasaurus	2019-01-31		20,924	871.8	... that Puertasaurus (illustration shown), one of the largest dinosaurs, is known from only four vertebrae?
Death and funeral of Winston Churchill	2019-01-30		20,720	863.3	... that Operation Hope Not was the codename for planning Winston Churchill's funeral (procession pictured), the largest state funeral in British history?
Mars cycler	2019-01-30		18,805	783.5	... that astronaut Buzz Aldrin discovered the Aldrin cycler, a means of repeatedly traveling between Earth and Mars?
Battle of Caen (1346)	2019-01-22		18,146	756.1	... that after capturing the French town of Caen in 1346, an English army massacred the population and engaged in an orgy of rape?
James Lawton Collins Jr.	2019-01-22		17,886	745.3	... that Lieutenant Colonel James Lawton Collins Jr. (pictured) was wounded when his battalion was accidentally hit by American bombers during Operation Cobra?
Baker City Tower	2019-01-16		17,519	730.0	... that even though the Baker Hotel (pictured) was nearly fully booked during the filming of the 1969 musical film Paint Your Wagon, it closed shortly thereafter?
Theresienstadt Ghetto	2019-01-17		16,768	698.7	... that the Nazi authorities promoted Theresienstadt Ghetto (caricature shown) as a "spa town" and "retirement settlement" for Jews?
Marc Bloch	2019-01-18		16,759	698.3	... that Marc Bloch (pictured), one of the most influential historians of the 20th century, was also a French Resistance fighter and was executed by the Gestapo in 1944?
Hermes 3000	2019-01-07		16,298	679.1	... that actor Tom Hanks has claimed that the Hermes 3000 would be the luxury item he would take to a desert island?
Simeon Monument	2019-01-04		16,187	674.5	... that, upon completion of the Simeon Monument (pictured), a local resident complained that "among the generality of the inhabitants it is called a p****** post"?
Joselyn Alejandra Niño	2019-01-08		14,184	591.0	... that suspected hitwoman Joselyn Alejandra Niño had a nickname which referred to Our Lady of Holy Death?
Macrozamia riedlei	2019-01-08		14,170	590.4	... that Macrozamia riedlei (pictured), a favoured food plant of southwest Australians, was responsible for the accidental poisoning of some early European explorers?
Michelle Leslie	2019-01-29		14,090	587.1	... that catwalk model Michelle Leslie claimed police in Bali, Indonesia, planted two ecstasy tablets in her handbag and then asked for a US$25,000 bribe to avoid conviction?
Sully (dog)	2019-01-13		14,074	586.4	... that U.S. President George H. W. Bush's service dog Sully (pictured) slept next to Bush's coffin before his state funeral?
Victor Bonney	2019-01-16		13,426	559.4	... that Victor Bonney stained vaginas blue?
Russell Crowe's jockstrap	2019-01-03		12,079	503.3	... that the money from the sale of Russell Crowe's jockstrap allowed the Australia Zoo to establish a koala chlamydia ward?
Sunset Parade	2019-01-10		11,716	488.1	... that in 2018 the United States Marine Corps' Sunset Parade (pictured) was moved from the Marine Corps War Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial?
Percy Glading	2019-01-22		11,252	468.8	... that Percy Glading, British communist and Soviet spy, was described by the head of MI5 as looking "like an overgrown schoolboy" but also "quick-witted and likeable"?
Carmen Mory	2019-01-13		11,166	465.2	... that the Swiss-German spy Carmen Mory, later a Nazi concentration camp kapo, was described as a "third-rate Mata Hari"?
Alexander Macmillan (engineer)	2019-01-23		11,066	461.1	... that Alex Macmillan did not know his 1954 mathematical correction had become a widely used formula known as the "Macmillan Correction" until he read about it while surfing the web in 2004?
Edward Gyfford	2019-01-09		10,212	425.5	... that Edward Gyfford's buildings (1807 design pictured) were "calculated for the comfort and convenience of persons of moderate and of ample fortune"?
Whitespot ghost shark	2019-01-08		10,100	420.9	... that the whitespot ghost shark is known from only four specimens in the Galápagos Islands?
F. W. Bernstein	2019-01-25		9,958	414.9	... that the poet, cartoonist, and satirist F. W. Bernstein (pictured) was appointed professor of caricature and comics in Berlin in 1984, the only such chair in the world at the time?
Convention of Alessandria	2019-01-28		9,882	411.8	... that the historian Thomas Henry Dyer described the Convention of Alessandria as "one of the most disgraceful capitulations in history"?
Lady Shani	2019-01-31		9,565	398.5	... that one wrestler was injured and another stripped of her championship after a professional wrestling bout involving Lady Shani went off script?
Guêpe-class submarine	2019-01-02		9,046	376.9	... that Guêpe-class submarines were solely intended for use in harbor defense?
Rondebosch Fountain	2019-01-24		8,684	361.8	... that Rondebosch Fountain (pictured), a cast-iron water trough and one of the first electric street lights in South Africa, is being rebuilt in aluminium after a speeding car demolished the original?
151 North Franklin	2019-01-23		8,174	340.6	... that in 2018, 151 North Franklin (pictured) became the new corporate headquarters for CNA Insurance, which continues to be based in the Chicago Loop as it has been since 1900?
HMS Sportsman	2019-01-26		8,068	336.2	... that HMS Sportsman sank twelve Axis ships during World War II?
Emily Lloyd	2019-01-27		7,971	332.1	... that at age 17, the English actress Emily Lloyd reportedly beat over 5,000 others, including Jodie Foster, for the lead role in the 1989 film Cookie?
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues	2019-01-22		7,933	330.5	... that Bob Dylan refused to perform on The Ed Sullivan Show after the CBS network tried to censor the lyrics to "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues"?
Herbert Lee (activist)	2019-01-15		7,832	326.3	... that black voting rights activist Herbert Lee was killed in 1961 by Mississippi state representative E. H. Hurst?
Battle of Tororo	2019-01-16		7,818	325.8	... that the Ugandan military indiscriminately bombarded rebel fighters, civilians, and even their own forces during the Battle of Tororo?
Esther before Ahasuerus	2019-01-15		7,667	319.5	... that after various changes to Tintoretto's Esther before Ahasuerus (shown) from the 1540s onwards, the painting now has two figures of Haman?
Minchington Hall	2019-01-21		7,566	315.2	... that Minchington Hall (pictured) in Middlesex, England, was said to have one window for every week of the year?
1999 Matamoros standoff	2019-01-24		7,503	312.6	... that two U.S. agents were nearly killed by a drug cartel in Mexico in 1999?
Ambassis macleayi	2019-01-28		7,499	312.5	... that Macleay's glassfish (pictured) is partly transparent?
Man Mohan Singh (pilot)	2019-01-27		7,406	308.6	... that in 1930, Man Mohan Singh (pictured) flew his Gipsy Moth Miss India solo from Croydon Airport, South London, to PAF Base Faisal, Karachi?
Monrovia Church massacre	2019-01-11		7,288	303.6	... that the Monrovia Church massacre was the worst single atrocity of the Liberian civil war?
Scharwenzel	2019-01-02		7,060	294.1	... that Scharwenzel is a card game, at least three centuries old, that is played today only on the German island of Fehmarn?
Battle of Blanchetaque	2019-01-20		7,041	293.4	... that at the Battle of Blanchetaque, English longbowmen stood in a tidal river to engage French mercenary crossbowmen?
Dermophis donaldtrumpi	2019-01-17		6,918	288.2	... that the man who named a nearly blind amphibian Dermophis donaldtrumpi did so to raise awareness of Donald Trump's policies on climate change?
French submarine Argonaute (1905)	2019-01-10		6,858	285.8	... that the French submarine Argonaute was designed with a diesel engine but was built with steam and electric motors instead?
Orange-breasted bunting	2019-01-02		6,579	274.1	... that an attempt to introduce the orange-breasted bunting (pictured) to Oahu in 1941 was unsuccessful?
Sonia Orbuch	2019-01-07		6,274	261.4	... that Second World War Jewish resistance fighter Sonia Orbuch was originally named Sarah, but was renamed to sound more Russian?
Jozef Tiso's speech in Holič	2019-01-09		6,115	254.8	... that President Jozef Tiso argued in a 1942 speech that Slovakia's complicity in the Holocaust was consistent with Christian morality?
Accident triangle	2019-01-04		6,070	252.9	... that the 1931 accident triangle theory proposed a link between the number of minor accidents and those that led to serious injury?
Crooked Billet	2019-01-31		5,978	249.1	... that Crooked Billet was the site of the first house in London that had a telephone, as well as electricity for illumination, boiling a kettle, and ironing?
Cullands Grove	2019-01-25		5,940	247.5	... that an 1832 auction of the contents of Cullands Grove included three hundred and seventy cases of wine, two Shetland ponies, a fire engine, and two "humane" man traps?
HMS Safari	2019-01-19		5,932	247.2	... that when HMS Safari attacked barges at Ras Ali, Libya, the torpedo passed underneath, damaging a mole and killing five men?
London-class battleship	2019-01-12		5,902	245.9	... that HMS London, a London-class battleship, was fitted with a makeshift ramp for experiments with naval aircraft?
The Holocaust in Slovakia	2019-01-24		5,822	242.6	... that Slovakia was the only country that paid for the deportation of its Jewish citizens during the Holocaust?
Epicurus	2019-01-26		5,781	240.9	... that the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (bust pictured) taught that the only reliable way to learn about the world is through empirical observation?
The Hanging Tree (The Hunger Games song)	2019-01-24		5,734	238.9	... that Jennifer Lawrence was so anxious about performing "The Hanging Tree" in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 that she wanted to lip sync to a professional singer?
Shangri-La (house)	2019-01-26		4,087	170.3	... that Denver community activist Arlene Hirschfeld lives in Shangri-La?
Arlene Hirschfeld			1,609	67.0
Total			5,696	237.3
Lion Versus	2019-01-25		5,584	232.7	... that the Russian youth movement Lion Versus opposes public smoking by spraying smokers' hands with water to douse their cigarettes?
Selfish genetic element	2019-01-18		5,503	229.3	... that selfish genetic elements are genes that can invade a population even though they are harmful to the individuals carrying them?
Andrew L. Lewis (admiral)	2019-01-03		5,320	221.7	... that Andrew L. Lewis flew more than 100 combat missions as a naval aviator before becoming commander of the United States Second Fleet?
Eight precepts	2019-01-09		5,188	216.2	... that the Buddhist eight precepts allow lay people to lead a life similar to a monk for a day?
Philo Power Plant	2019-01-28		5,136	214.0	... that after the Philo Power Plant was demolished, the rotors from turbine six were utilized in a sculpture created by George Greenamyer?
Valjala Stronghold	2019-01-18		5,068	211.1	... that the surrender of Valjala Stronghold in 1227 finalized the Crusader conquest of Estonia?
Monster in the Mirror	2019-01-28		5,030	209.6	... that the 1991 music video for the Sesame Street song "Monster in the Mirror" featured 25 celebrities, including Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and The Simpsons characters?
AMES Type 85	2019-01-27		5,005	208.5	... that the Royal Air Force's AMES Type 85 radar was considered obsolete by the time it became operational?
Rose v Royal College of Physicians	2019-01-24		4,965	206.9	... that in 1701, the apothecary William Rose was charged with illegally practising medicine on a butcher?
Peter McAdams	2019-01-21		4,942	205.9	... that Peter McAdams received a promotion to sergeant for carrying his wounded comrade 250 yards (230 m) while under fire during the Battle of Salem Church?
Red-bellied black snake	2019-01-20		4,896	204.0	... that the bite of the red-bellied black snake can result in necrosis, and has been known to require amputation of an affected finger?
Regolith-hosted rare earth element deposits	2019-01-07		4,764	198.5	... that regolith-hosted rare earth element deposits are mostly low grade, but economic to mine?
Jim Derrington	2019-01-03		4,694	195.6	... that Jim Derrington is the youngest player to record a base hit in American League history?
Geolycosa pikei	2019-01-16		4,674	194.8	... that wounds on the abdomen of the wolf spider Geolycosa pikei begin to heal immediately?
Battle of the Hatpins	2019-01-01		4,664	194.3	... that in the Battle of the Hatpins, women protestors repelled police officers with rolling pins and skillets?
Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoning	2019-01-04		4,663	194.3	... that the Loch Maree Hotel poisoning of 1922 was the first recorded outbreak of botulism in the United Kingdom?
Annie Nowlin Savery	2019-01-17		4,544	189.3	... that American suffragist Annie Nowlin Savery came into conflict with some woman suffragists because she supported free love?
Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346	2019-01-13		4,501	187.5	... that in 1346, an English army plundered its way across south-west France for 350 miles (560 km) without meeting effective resistance?
Raymond Arritt	2019-01-12		4,457	185.7	... that after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize, contributing author Raymond Arritt (pictured) said, "It's kind of neat: I have, like, .002 percent of a Nobel prize now"?
Organic nuclear reactor	2019-01-06		4,398	183.2	... that organic nuclear reactors, widely researched in the 1950s and 1960s, replaced the water normally used to cool the reactor core with various organic fluids?
John R. Seale	2019-01-02		4,376	182.3	... that, in the 1980s, the British physician John R. Seale advocated the now-discredited theory that HIV might have been created in a germ warfare laboratory?
There She Goes (TV series)	2019-01-02		4,332	180.5	... that during the filming of There She Goes, a programme based on series creator Shaun Pye's learning-disabled daughter, he became so emotional that he had to leave the set?
Soultaker (film)	2019-01-10		4,262	177.6	... that screenwriter and actress Vivian Schilling was inspired to write Soultaker by a car accident in which she had been involved?
Prison Special	2019-01-20		4,140	172.5	... that American suffragists arrested for protesting at the White House later toured the country on the Prison Special while dressed in their prison uniforms (Lucy Branham pictured)?
Why We Have a Body	2019-01-11		4,076	169.9	... that the writer of the play Why We Have a Body was inspired by Harriet the Spy, whom she viewed as the first lesbian she had ever encountered?
Melissa Clark	2019-01-05		4,074	169.8	... that food writer Melissa Clark elicited disapproving tweets from President Barack Obama and former governor Jeb Bush for her recipe for guacamole with green peas?
Leukoma staminea	2019-01-23		4,056	169.0	... that the littleneck clam is harvested for food despite being associated with paralytic shellfish poisoning?
Falcon 9 booster B1050	2019-01-04		4,022	167.6	... that Falcon 9 booster B1050 malfunctioned during re-entry and missed its landing target at LZ-1, but still managed a soft landing just offshore?
Jiggs II	2019-01-14		4,020	167.5	... that before becoming a United States Marine Corps mascot, Jiggs II won a blue ribbon at the 1926 Westminster Dog Show?
Vastupala	2019-01-23		3,980	165.8	... that Vastupala secretly hired pirates to rob the mother of the Sultan of Delhi?
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne	2019-01-30		3,943	164.3	... that video game magazine GameStar called Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne the best add-on in PC gaming history?
Commissioner of Taxation v La Rosa	2019-01-23		3,924	163.5	... that the Federal Court of Australia ruled in 2003 that a heroin dealer was entitled to a tax deduction of $220,000 for money stolen during a drug deal?
Shepherd with a Flute	2019-01-12		3,868	161.2	... that the Shepherd with a Flute has had his shirt changed, and is now attributed to Titian rather than Giorgione?
Monica Ross	2019-01-12		3,790	157.9	... that the final work of artist Monica Ross was completed on the day of her death?
Sirimavo Bandaranaike	2019-01-14		3,778	157.4	... that in 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first woman elected as a non-hereditary head of government in modern history?
Mikhail Borodin	2019-01-28		3,758	156.6	... that Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen referred to Comintern agent Mikhail Borodin as his "Lafayette"?
Grand Central Palace	2019-01-31		3,742	155.9	... that Grand Central Palace, a former exhibition center in New York City, was used at different times as a hospital and a U.S. Army induction center?
The Bird Language	2019-01-21		3,657	152.4	... that "The Bird Language", a short story by Pu Songling, may have been written to antagonise corrupt officials?
Earl Heikka	2019-01-15		3,640	151.6	... that the Old West figurine sculptor Earl Heikka's first studio was on Gary Cooper's ranch?
Yukari Anzai	2019-01-11		3,628	151.2	... that voice actress Yukari Anzai was appointed as a Japanese ambassador for the hot springs of Hsinchu County in Taiwan?
Ferry Svan	2019-01-21		3,626	151.1	... that Swedish logging sportsman Ferry Svan accidentally severed a tendon in his leg with an axe only weeks before the 2018 Timbersports Champions Trophy, but still competed and set a national record?
Inbal Dror	2019-01-22		3,562	148.4	... that Beyoncé wore an Inbal Dror wedding gown to the 2016 Grammy Awards?
Peter Morris (baseball)	2019-01-06		3,555	148.1	... that in 2007, Peter Morris was "discovered" by Peter Morris?
Ogilvie Graham	2019-01-19		3,552	148.0	... that British Army officer Ogilvie Graham met his wife during the Battle of the Somme?
Marinette Dupain-Cheng	2019-01-26		3,464	144.4	... that the superhero form of the fictional character Marinette Dupain-Cheng was based on a woman wearing a ladybug-themed T-shirt who once worked with the creator of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir?
Little brown bat	2019-01-15		3,441	143.4	... that the pup of a little brown bat can weigh nearly a third as much as its mother at birth?
Jim Siwy	2019-01-08		3,373	140.5	... that Jim Siwy was a police officer before and after his career in Major League Baseball?
Giovanni Cosimo Bonomo	2019-01-19		3,354	139.8	... that after discovering that the itch mite was the cause of scabies, Giovanni Cosimo Bonomo had a hard time finding a job?
Earth Has Many a Noble City	2019-01-06		3,304	137.6	... that the Epiphany hymn "Earth Has Many a Noble City" about the biblical Magi (pictured) was originally written by a Roman governor?
Lacuna vincta	2019-01-21		3,262	135.9	... that the northern chink shell has two types of teeth, changing slowly from one to the other as its diet varies?
Diademed amazon	2019-01-19		3,234	134.8	... that the diademed amazon (pictured) is considered an endangered species because the forests in Brazil in which it lives are being felled for soybean production and cattle ranching?
Dave Pickerell	2019-01-30		3,230	134.6	... that Dave Pickerell was known as the "Johnny Appleseed" of craft distilling?
Gwen Grant Mellon	2019-01-20		3,210	133.8	... that Gwen Grant Mellon, who co-founded a hospital for the poor in Haiti, was buried in a cardboard box?
Melissa Antunes	2019-01-14		3,192	133.0	... that Portugal international footballer Melissa Antunes teaches at a university and started a sports agency?
Brigadier General Thomas F. Barr Award	2019-01-02		3,190	132.9	... that the namesake of the Brigadier General Thomas F. Barr Award served for just one day as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army?
David Hechstetter	2019-01-28		3,160	131.6	... that in 1720, wealthy merchant-adventurer Sir David Hechstetter directed that his body be buried without any "pompous ostentation"?
Leptoconops kerteszi	2019-01-22		3,107	129.5	... that the Bodega black gnat was first discovered in Egypt but named for a bay in California?
Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite	2019-01-03		3,042	126.7	... that the continental arc tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite rocks can be plutonic?
Rivalry	2019-01-29		2,967	123.6	... that rivalries encourage people to take more risks and behave less ethically?
Darwin Guyot	2019-01-01		2,960	123.4	... that the underwater mountain and former atoll Darwin Guyot is named after Charles Darwin?
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams	2019-01-10		2,938	122.4	... that a documentary about the British band Coldplay sold more than 300,000 tickets for a single-night cinematic release, but was not viewed by the band's lead singer?
Tibor Kováč	2019-01-12		2,922	121.7	... that Jewish community leader Tibor Kováč negotiated with and bribed a former classmate who was organizing the deportation of Jews from Slovakia during the Holocaust?
Esther Farbstein	2019-01-16		2,904	121.0	... that Israeli scholar Esther Farbstein and a colleague discovered more than 100 personal Holocaust accounts in rabbinical works, a resource previously overlooked by Holocaust researchers?
El Caracazo (film)	2019-01-17		2,875	119.8	... that the production of the film El Caracazo required a military security presence for the filming of scenes of riot and massacre in the centre of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas?
Sakina Aliyeva	2019-01-20		2,874	119.8	... that on 20 January 1990, Sakina Aliyeva signed the first declaration of independence by a part of the Soviet Union, and announced it on Nakhichevan television?
Fulke Rose	2019-01-30		2,861	119.2	... that physician Fulke Rose treated the privateer Henry Morgan with millipede powder and oil of scorpion?
Simon Kaloa Kaʻai	2019-01-25		2,775	115.6	... that Simon Kaloa Kaʻai, a former jailer, became a noble and cabinet minister to a king?
White wagtail	2019-01-18		2,764	115.1	... that the white wagtail is the national bird of Latvia?
Michael McComie	2019-01-05		2,752	114.7	... that Trinidadian football player and coach Michael McComie died from a brain tumour 24 hours after being diagnosed?
Lola Álvarez Bravo	2019-01-09		2,743	114.3	... that photographer Lola Álvarez Bravo was described by Alfonso Michel as Mexico's most important painter?
Bernard A. Maguire	2019-01-04		2,721	113.4	... that while Bernard A. Maguire was a prefect at Georgetown University, a student uprising resulted in the dismissal of 70 students?
Transsion Holdings	2019-01-28		2,704	112.6	... that in the fourth quarter of 2017, Transsion Holdings had the largest market share for sales of smartphones in Africa, overtaking Samsung?
Slater family (EastEnders)	2019-01-29		2,679	111.6	... that the BBC head of drama stated that the Slater family in EastEnders was created to address a deficit of "solid families" in the soap?
El Pez que Fuma	2019-01-20		2,676	111.5	... that Román Chalbaud's 1977 film El Pez que Fuma was inspired by stories from prostitutes at a brothel he used to frequent?
Arrest of Matthew Hedges	2019-01-06		2,672	111.3	... that in November 2018, Matthew Hedges received a pardon from his life sentence for spying in the United Arab Emirates?
Franco-Irish Ambulance Brigade	2019-01-15		2,648	110.4	... that a volunteer medical unit was raised in Ireland for service with the French Army in the Franco-Prussian War?
Melani Leimena Suharli	2019-01-09		2,638	109.9	... that Melani Leimena Suharli, the daughter of the founder of the Indonesian Christian Party, is Muslim?
This Is Football 2002	2019-01-27		2,634	109.8	... that the video game This Is Football 2002 had the controversial feature of allowing players to deliberately dive?
Varsity (fight song)	2019-01-17		2,545	106.0	... that "Varsity", the University of Michigan fight song, was written in 1911 by two Michigan students while they were riding a street car in Detroit?
Turkish Military Cemetery	2019-01-19		1,550	64.6	... that Sir Harry Luke called the Turkish Military Cemetery and the adjacent Jewish Cemetery in Marsa, Malta, "the only place in the world where Arabs and Jews lie peacefully together"?
Jewish Cemetery, Marsa			986	41.1
Total			2,535	105.6
Works of Herbert Maryon	2019-01-23		2,526	105.2	... that students of sculptor Herbert Maryon tarred and feathered one of his works?
Tomegorō Yoshizumi	2019-01-28		2,525	105.2	... that a Japanese spy helped compose the Indonesian declaration of independence?
Al-Barakah (ISIL administrative district)	2019-01-01		2,510	104.6	... that al-Barakah, a self-declared administrative district of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, was moved about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south during its existence?
Jack Gannon	2019-01-10		2,498	104.1	... that the first-class cricketer Jack Gannon was mentioned in dispatches twice in both the Anglo-Afghan War of 1919 and the Second World War?
Alexis Hartmann	2019-01-18		2,490	103.8	... that Alexis Hartmann developed a new technique for testing blood sugar levels while he was still a medical student?
Rami Barracks	2019-01-15		2,484	103.5	... that the 18th-century Rami Barracks was temporarily used by food wholesalers before its current planned redevelopment to create Turkey's biggest library?
Social connection	2019-01-12		2,474	103.1	... that social connectedness may be as important to our well-being as food or water?
2001 Harrah's 500	2019-01-14		2,474	103.1	... that after 250 laps, second place at the 2001 Harrah's 500, a CART race, was determined by a photo finish in which Dario Franchitti beat Michel Jourdain Jr. by 2 inches (51 mm)?
Andrew Traynor	2019-01-20		2,469	102.9	... that Andrew Traynor received a Medal of Honor after escaping from Confederate guerrillas?
The Common Wind	2019-01-16		2,468	102.9	... that historian Julius S. Scott did not agree with his publisher's suggested revisions to The Common Wind, so the book remained unpublished for over thirty years?
Walter LaFeber	2019-01-09		2,428	101.2	... that Cornell University professor Walter LaFeber gave his farewell lecture on American diplomatic history before nearly 3,000 people at New York's Beacon Theatre?
Denis G. Lillie	2019-01-14		2,416	100.7	... that the biologist Denis G. Lillie drew cartoons of his colleagues on the 1910–1913 Terra Nova Expedition?
Allyl glycidyl ether	2019-01-22		2,398	99.9	... that allyl glycidyl ether can be converted to three different types of polymers by changing the polymerization conditions?
Richard Ellis (Maltese photographer)	2019-01-15		2,364	98.5	... that before Richard Ellis became a photographer, he was a tightrope walker in a travelling circus?
Three Lives (short story)	2019-01-29		2,343	97.6	... that the 18th-century Chinese short story "Three Lives" was adapted into a 2016 play featuring hip hop and a live band?
Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush	2019-01-09		2,300	95.8	... that the U.S. Supreme Court delayed hearing oral arguments in Gamble v. United States due to a national day of mourning proclaimed following the death of George H. W. Bush?
Thomas F. Mulledy	2019-01-11		2,224	92.6	... that Thomas F. Mulledy sold the slaves owned by the Maryland province of the Jesuits in 1838 in order to pay off its debt?
Binnya Kyan of Martaban	2019-01-24		2,190	91.2	... that in his first battle, Prince Binnya Kyan and his brothers drove back the forces of Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava after being called "useless" by their father, King Razadarit of Pegu?
1971 Women's World Cup	2019-01-08		2,152	89.7	... that Denmark won the 1971 Women's World Cup, an unofficial association football tournament, after 15-year-old Susanne Augustesen scored all three goals in the final?
Christian Cabrol	2019-01-31		2,150	89.6	... that French surgeon Christian Cabrol performed Europe's first heart transplant in 1968?
John Steele (quack)	2019-01-21		2,143	89.3	... that small-town Utah doctor John Steele used herbal medicines to treat patients, and also cast their horoscopes?
Victor Mallet visa controversy	2019-01-15		2,140	89.1	... that after journalist Victor Mallet chaired a talk by Chan Ho-tin, leader of the now-banned Hong Kong National Party, he was denied renewal of his Hong Kong work permit?
Ginbuna	2019-01-14		2,116	88.2	... that some forms of ginbuna carp asexually reproduce via gynogenesis, in which the male sperm contributes no genetic material but is still required for egg development?
Hazel Smith	2019-01-04		2,056	85.6	... that Hazel Smith helped to popularize the term "outlaw country" by using it to describe the music of performers such as Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings?
Henry Bond (cricketer)	2019-01-16		2,042	85.1	... that the first-class cricketer and British Army racquets champion Henry Bond received honours from the British and Romanian governments for his service during the First World War?
Colby Thorne	2019-01-16		2,028	84.5	... that actor Tim Franklin had his first on-screen kiss while portraying Home and Away character Colby Thorne?
The Raksha Country and the Sea Market	2019-01-05		2,010	83.7	... that Chinese writer Pu Songling may have written an anti-Manchu short story?
Don't Miss It	2019-01-27		1,995	83.1	... that when a reviewer labelled his song "Don't Miss It" as "sad boy" music, James Blake called the term "unhealthy and problematic"?
Sanderia malayensis	2019-01-29		1,976	82.3	... that the jellyfish Sanderia malayensis has a life cycle that includes a number of different types of asexual reproduction?
Butterfly (TV series)	2019-01-01		1,962	81.7	... that when creating the television drama Butterfly, the playwright Tony Marchant aimed to dispel the myth that transgender children transition in order to be "trendy"?
Dendrobium falcorostrum	2019-01-09		1,912	79.7	... that the beech orchid was first scientifically described in The Sydney Morning Herald?
PSLV-C42	2019-01-07		1,909	79.5	... that with the launch of PSLV-C42 the Indian Space Research Organisation has launched a total of 239 foreign satellites for 28 different countries?
David Gwynne-James	2019-01-25		1,896	79.0	... that David Gwynne-James represented the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in cricket, rugby, hockey, squash, skiing, and athletics?
Ospedale degli Incurabili, Venice	2019-01-03		1,893	78.9	... that the Ospedale degli Incurabili in Venice, where Johann Adolph Hasse was maestro di cappella, was founded as a hospice for sufferers from syphilis and other incurable diseases of the time?
James A. Doonan	2019-01-26		1,888	78.7	... that James A. Doonan purchased the cannons in front of Healy Hall, which date to 1634?
Joseph Jenckes Jr.	2019-01-06		1,852	77.2	... that Joseph Jenckes Jr., the founder of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was arrested and jailed for making threatening remarks about the king of England?
Cyclonic Niño	2019-01-25		1,835	76.5	... that tropical cyclones may have induced past climate changes and could still be causing El Niño type events today?
Doryteuthis gahi	2019-01-05		1,808	75.4	... that the Patagonian squid spawns among the stems of partially defoliated kelp Lessonia trabeculata?
Zhuo-Hua Pan	2019-01-25		1,805	75.2	... that Zhuo-Hua Pan, credited by some as the inventor of optogenetics, had his paper describing the technique rejected by multiple journals?
Lawrence Cowan	2019-01-22		1,786	74.4	... that American Lawrence Cowan regained possession of a copper mine in Sonora, Mexico from local claim jumpers through the Supreme Court of Mexico?
Lee Joannes	2019-01-07		1,776	74.0	... that in 1933 Green Bay Packers president Lee Joannes personally loaned the organization $6,000 to keep it in operation?
Glantraeth F.C.	2019-01-29		1,742	72.6	... that actress Naomi Watts is honorary president of the Welsh football club Glantraeth F.C.?
Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld	2019-01-21		1,742	72.6	... that Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld introduced Breslov Hasidism to the United States?
Clive Garthwaite	2019-01-31		1,738	72.4	... that when Clive Garthwaite played on the same school cricket team as his identical twin brother Peter, they caused confusion due to their similar looks?
Sincerity Is Scary	2019-01-31		1,734	72.2	... that the lead singer of the English rock band The 1975 wrote the song "Sincerity Is Scary" in order to "denounce all of that postmodern fear of ... being real"?
Dean Thompson	2019-01-21		1,732	72.1	... that Home and Away character Dean Thompson was described in 2018 as the serial's "new favourite bad boy"?
Growing Pears	2019-01-12		1,726	71.9	... that a popular account of the Indian rope trick by Chicago Tribune journalist John Wilkie may have been inspired by the Chinese short story "Growing Pears"?
Indian cassava mosaic virus	2019-01-11		1,726	71.9	... that although Indian cassava mosaic virus does indeed infect cassava crops in India, the actual origin of the virus is unknown?
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot	2019-01-13		1,708	71.2	... that Marvel Comics' chief creative officer Joe Quesada made his directorial debut with the first episode of the digital series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot?
Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems	2019-01-17		1,678	69.9	... that 79 pages of Robin Coste Lewis's anthology Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems are devoted to the titular poem, which consists of "titles, catalog entries, or exhibit descriptions" depicting the black female form in Western art?
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers	2019-01-26		1,622	67.6	... that the International Encyclopedia of Women Composers was written partially in response to a comment by Thomas Beecham who said, "There are no women composers, never have been and possibly never will be"?
Rhythm Inside (Loïc Nottet song)	2019-01-30		1,614	67.2	... that in a music video for Belgian singer Loïc Nottet's "Rhythm Inside", several people are portrayed as being taken to a warehouse, for what some viewers believed was human experimentation?
Dimyati Natakusumah	2019-01-03		1,590	66.2	... that Dimyati Natakusumah is set to compete against two of his children in the 2019 Indonesian general election?
Gert Westphal	2019-01-05		1,586	66.1	... that Thomas Mann's widow, Katia, (couple pictured) called Gert Westphal "des Dichters oberster Mund" (the poet's principal voice) after his reading of her husband's works?
David Long Jr.	2019-01-02		1,561	65.0	... that David Long Jr. set the West Virginia Mountaineers football record for single-game tackles for a loss?
Rose M. Poole	2019-01-18		1,547	64.5	... that in 1947, state representative Rose M. Poole was part of a Republican majority in the Oregon House of Representatives that outnumbered Democrats 58 to 2?
Huadong Hospital	2019-01-05		1,542	64.2	... that the Country Hospital in Shanghai provided free treatment to Jewish refugees during World War II?
Judicial independence in Australia	2019-01-17		1,532	63.8	... that Chief Justice Murray Gleeson suggested that public confidence in the independence of Australian judges largely consists of taking things for granted?
Werner Bardenhewer	2019-01-30		1,516	63.2	... that a clinic in Mopti, Mali, is named after Werner Bardenhewer, born 90 years ago today, who was for decades priest of St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, and then founded a charity group?
Harry E. Huffman	2019-01-27		1,492	62.2	... that 13 was a lucky number for American movie theater magnate Harry E. Huffman?
Giorgio Mitrovich	2019-01-27		1,480	61.7	... that although Giorgio Mitrovich respected and admired the British, he criticised the British colonial administration of Malta for its lack of freedom of the press?
Johann Georg Reißmüller	2019-01-17		1,442	60.1	... that the journalist Johann Georg Reißmüller, a co-publisher of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, is credited with playing an important part in Germany's recognition of Croatia and Slovenia?
Bieling Architekten	2019-01-14		1,438	59.9	... that the founder of Bieling Architekten mainly designed churches, while his two sons now focus on commercial projects?
Nagammai	2019-01-10		1,405	58.5	... that Nagammai organised women to picket the toddy shops in Erode during the temperance movement in India?
Marie-Louise Gagneur	2019-01-24		1,378	57.4	... that in 1901, French feminist writer Marie-Louise Gagneur was awarded the Legion of Honour?
Die Göttin der Vernunft	2019-01-24		1,377	57.4	... that Johannes Brahms attended the premiere of the operetta Die Göttin der Vernunft by Johann Strauss, but the composer himself did not, and heard about its reception only by telephone?
Thomas Wilkinson King	2019-01-11		1,348	56.2	... that a scientific paper by Thomas Wilkinson King about the thyroid gland fell into obscurity for nearly a century before being discussed by Sir Humphry Rolleston in a lecture in 1933?
Roberto Tobar	2019-01-04		1,292	53.9	... that Roberto Tobar officiated the 2017 Segunda División final, in which only one team took part in the penalty shootout?
Emil Paleček	2019-01-07		1,278	53.2	... that in 1960 Emil Paleček discovered that nucleic acids could be studied electrochemically, contradicting previous assumptions that DNA molecules were too large to have electrochemical properties?
Rollercoaster (Jim Verraros album)	2019-01-25		1,240	51.7	... that the 2005 pop-rock/dance album Rollercoaster, by former American Idol finalist Jim Verraros, was inspired by the music of George Michael and Green Day?
How to Be Drawn	2019-01-08		1,225	51.0	... that one of the poems in How to Be Drawn by Terrance Hayes was described as having "echoes of the cultural critique of race relations in America" in Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man?
William Gould Young	2019-01-08		1,204	50.1	... that William Gould Young was the first faculty member at UCLA to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, and the university's chemistry building was renamed in his honor?
Björn Ambrosiani	2019-01-06		1,197	49.9	... that Björn Ambrosiani spent six years excavating at the Viking Age settlement Birka?
Will Schofield	2019-01-18		1,192	49.7	... that Australian rules footballer Will Schofield played on in a match despite a compound dislocation of his finger?
Space climate	2019-01-27		1,176	49.0	... that the space climate discipline researches how solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field fluctuations can affect Earth over timescales ranging from a few weeks to more than 1,000 years?
Yum Balam	2019-01-08		1,169	48.7	... that Yum Balam Flora and Fauna Protection Area, which provides a habitat for jaguars, is named for a Maya jaguar god of nature?
Hamdan Qarmat	2019-01-30		1,154	48.1	... that the Qarmatian movement began when Hamdan Qarmat denounced the claims of Abdallah, the future founder of the Fatimid Caliphate, to be the Islamic Messiah?
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty	2019-01-26		1,132	47.2	... that inflating balloons into lung arteries may be considered for people with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who are not suitable for surgery?
Carsten Koch (musician)	2019-01-01		1,118	46.6	... that Carsten Koch conducted all Beethoven symphonies at the historic Unionskirche, and shared Bach's Christmas Oratorio there in an ecumenical project (performance pictured)?
Carbon price (Canada)	2019-01-31		1,110	46.3	... that Canada has enacted a cap and trade program to tax carbon emissions?
Echoes (Binchy novel)	2019-01-18		1,107	46.1	... that in her second novel, Echoes, Maeve Binchy underscores the paucity of educational opportunities in small Irish towns before the introduction of free secondary education in 1967?
James Stratford (publisher)	2019-01-10		1,065	44.4	... that among the books produced by Georgian publisher James Stratford was one of 149 parts?
Zeik-Bye	2019-01-02		1,050	43.8	... that Chief Minister Zeik-Bye of Hanthawaddy persuaded Prince Binnya Nwe to revolt by saying that his mother Princess Maha Dewi was planning to put her lover on the throne?
Social emotional development	2019-01-19		1,010	42.1	... that as part of social emotional development, there is a sevenfold increase in most children's emotional vocabularies between ages 4 and 11?
John Leamy (merchant)	2019-01-13		1,008	42.0	... that merchant John Leamy owned the first U.S. ship to enter the Río de la Plata?
Bester Bube	2019-01-19		1,002	41.7	... that Bester Bube is a card game characterised by the promotion of two jacks to topmost position, a feature paralleled in Euchre and other historical games such as Reunion and Kontraspiel?
Wilfrid Butt	2019-01-13		996	41.5	... that the biochemist Wilfrid Butt was among the first to extract follicle-stimulating hormone from cadavers rather than from urine?
Capnobotes fuliginosus	2019-01-13		994	41.4	... that the katydid Capnobotes fuliginosus shows its dark hindwings when startled?
James A. Ryder	2019-01-10		952	39.7	... that Georgetown University School of Medicine was founded during the presidency of James A. Ryder?
2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final	2019-01-12		945	39.4	... that Al-Ain Football Club was the first Emirati team to qualify for the final of the FIFA Club World Cup?
Dui Bigha Jomi	2019-01-03		934	38.9	... that "Dui Bigha Jomi", a Bengali poem written by Rabindranath Tagore, inspired a story which was the basis for the 1953 Hindi film Do Bigha Zamin?
Howard J. Green	2019-01-04		922	38.4	... that Howard J. Green's screenplay for I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang led to the elimination of the chain gang system in the U.S. state of Georgia in 1937?
Jean-Pierre Bernès	2019-01-23		918	38.2	... that Jean-Pierre Bernès, former general manager of Olympique de Marseille, started out selling membership cards for the club?
Cuthbert Hilton Golding-Bird	2019-01-20		888	37.0	... that the surgeon Cuthbert Hilton Golding-Bird invented a dilator for use in tracheotomies?
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben, BWV 248 IV	2019-01-23		843	35.1	... that Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben (Fall with thanks, fall with praise), Part IV of Bach's Christmas Oratorio for New Year's Day 1735, commemorates the naming of Jesus?
Wilmer Clemont Fields	2019-01-01		840	35.0	... that Wilmer Clemont Fields of the Southern Baptist Convention was a defender of freedom of the press?
Shekhar: Ek Jivani	2019-01-06		828	34.5	... that Shekhar: Ek Jivani by Agyeya is considered the first psychoanalytical novel in Hindi literature?
Alphonsus J. Donlon	2019-01-01		826	34.4	... that Alphonsus J. Donlon became known as the "father of Georgetown athletics" for overseeing multiple victorious teams?
Geeta Parikh	2019-01-01		810	33.8	... that Gujarati writer Geeta Parikh has written more than 900 poems?
MTrain Tour	2019-01-29		774	32.2	... that Meghan Trainor canceled several dates on the MTrain Tour after suffering a vocal cord hemorrhage?
Marianne Schech	2019-01-26		774	32.2	... that Marianne Schech appeared as the Dyer's Wife in the U.S. premiere of Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss at the San Francisco Opera?
Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue	2019-01-11		710	29.6	... that Max Reger composed Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue, Op. 127, for Karl Straube, to be played as the first organ piece at the new Centennial Hall in Breslau in 1913?
Henri Hinrichsen	2019-01-19		690	28.7	... that music publisher Henri Hinrichsen, owner of C. F. Peters in Leipzig, promoted composers such as Gustav Mahler, Max Reger, and Arnold Schoenberg?
Robert Seyfarth (scientist)	2019-01-13		689	28.7	... that according to primatologists Robert Seyfarth and Dorothy Cheney, successful baboons use rules like those in Jane Austen novels: "be nice to your relatives and get in with the high-ranking relatives"?
Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8 (Cornelius)	2019-01-06		560	23.3	... that Peter Cornelius wrote poems and music for his song cycle Weihnachtslieder, which included a popular melody in the piano accompaniment for a song about the Three Kings?

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