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Type Non-image Image Overall
vph Article vph Article vph Article
Low 100.2 Jonas Vaidutis 590.5 Amalberga of Temse 100.2 Jonas Vaidutis
Median 287.4 Marie-Thérèse Eyquem
Shō Sen'i
1,274.1 Ethel Preston memorial
White chocolate
300.3 Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Papa (2024 film)
High 571.4 Áʼa꞉líya Warbus 1,844.2 Paora 1,844.2 Paora

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Article Date Image views vph DYK hook
Paora 2025-01-01 22,130 1,844.2 ... that following public backlash over the mistreatment of Paora (pictured), Zoo Miami stated: "We have offended the nation of New Zealand"?
Fictional planets of the Solar System 2025-01-02 21,742 1,811.8 ... that fictional planets of the Solar System (diagram pictured) include planets between Venus and Earth, planets on the inside of a hollow Earth, and a planet "behind the Earth"?
White chocolate 2025-01-03 18,334[a] 1,527.9 ... that white chocolate (pictured) has been used as a coating for vitamin products?
Ethel Preston memorial 2025-01-02 12,244 1,020.4 ... that the grave of Ethel Preston in Leeds, England, has a life-sized statue of her (pictured) stood in front of black marble doors, left ajar?
1991 Andover tornado 2025-01-01 10,848 904.0 ... that the 1991 Andover tornado (pictured) narrowly avoided hitting two warplanes equipped with nuclear warheads?
Amalberga of Temse 2025-01-03 7,086 590.5 ... that Saint Amalberga of Temse (pictured) is the patron saint of upper-limb injuries, because of the legend that Charlemagne broke her arm while trying to force her to marry him?
Áʼa꞉líya Warbus 2025-01-02 6,857 571.4 ... that Canadian rapper Apt Exact, who has been described as "not gangster", was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2024?
Brian Higgins (trade unionist) 2025-01-01 6,827 568.9 ... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction-industry blacklist?
Mountain Landscape 2025-01-03 6,619 551.6 ... that a Mountain Landscape is difficult to capture with photography?
Pula Nikolao Pula 2025-01-01 3,476 289.6 ... that the 2024 American Samoan gubernatorial election was won by Pula and Pulu?
Pulu Ae Ae Jr. 2,626 218.9
Total 6,102 508.5
Siege of Ak-Mechet 2025-01-01 6,093 507.8 ... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
Canaanite ivory comb 2025-01-02 5,986 498.9 ... that the Canaanite ivory comb contains the earliest known sentence in a Canaanite language?
Jing Tsu 2025-01-01 5,956 496.4 ... that Jing Tsu remembers being called "female tiger" because her schoolteachers' punishments had little effect on her?
Murad Al-Katib 2025-01-01 5,914 492.8 ... that Murad Al-Katib provided 700 million meals of Saskatchewan-grown chickpeas, lentils and wheat to a United Nations program for Syrian refugees?
Beechcraft BQM-126 2025-01-02 5,211 434.2 ... that the 1980s Beechcraft BQM-126 target drone could be launched from aircraft based on aircraft carriers?
Ettore Verna 2025-01-03 5,194 432.8 ... that baritone Ettore Verna twice "sang himself out of his pants" during a performance at the Boston Opera House, according to Billboard?
Edward W. Gantt 2025-01-01 5,178 431.5 ... that Edward W. Gantt was a Confederate soldier who defected to the Union during the American Civil War?
Death of Milton King 2025-01-03 5,014 417.8 ... that five percent of Barbados's population turned out to protest the death of Milton King in Cape Town police custody?
Civilized drama 2025-01-03 4,948 412.4 ... that critics argued that involving actresses in civilized drama would promote obscenity?
LaTasha Barnes 2025-01-01 4,532 377.7 ... that jazz dancer LaTasha Barnes used to be a sergeant in the U.S. Army?
The Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness 2025-01-03 4,406 367.1 ... that a Talmudic passage, "The Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness", has been used in Jewish medical ethics to justify patient autonomy?
Moses sees Rabbi Akiva (Menachot 29b) 2025-01-02 4,306 358.9 ... that meetings between Biblical and post-Biblical characters, such as when Moses sees Rabbi Akiva teach and be martyred, are rare in Talmudic stories?
Abu Sulayman Da'ud 2025-01-01 4,128 344.0 ... that Arab Christian physician Abu Sulayman Da'ud served both Latin Christian and Arab Muslim rulers?
Pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin 2025-01-03 3,821 318.4 ... that the members of an abortive conspiracy to restore the Fatimid Caliphate were said to have asked the Order of Assassins for assistance in eliminating Saladin?
St Bride's Church, Mauku 2025-01-03 3,802 316.8 ... that St Bride's Church still has loopholes from use as a military outpost in the 19th century?
The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai 2025-01-03 3,746 312.2 ... that The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai depicted Charlie Chaplin in China fourteen years before it happened?
Papa (2024 film) 2025-01-02 3,617 301.4 ... that multiple scenes in Papa feature cotton-tree flowers, even though it was not scripted and the falling cotton simply kept drifting into the shot?
Eurovision Song Contest 1984 2025-01-01 3,590 299.2 ... that booing heard after the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was reportedly either a response to past football hooliganism, claims of lip syncing, or alleged plagiarism of the Supremes?
Gohobi 2025-01-03 3,562 296.9 ... that the Japanese band Gohobi describes themselves as having a "tofu mentality"?
Shō Sen'i 2025-01-01 3,495 291.2 ... that Shō Sen'i was overthrown in favor of his thirteen-year-old nephew?
Marie-Thérèse Eyquem 2025-01-02 3,403 283.6 ... that Marie-Thérèse Eyquem served in the government of Vichy France, and was later appointed a national secretary of the French Socialist Party?
2019 Timaru hailstorm 2025-01-01 3,370 280.8 ... that insurers paid out about NZ$171 million in damages caused by a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand?
The Manhasset 2025-01-02 3,347 278.9 ... that the apartment building the Manhasset caught fire in 1999, just as its renovation was being completed?
Jews in the Polish Army 2025-01-03 3,281 273.4 ... that about 200,000 Jews served in the Polish Army and related formations during World War II?
Flora Hommel 2025-01-02 3,178 264.8 ... that Flora Hommel, after being afraid of giving birth to her own child, went on to teach the Lamaze technique to more than 17,000 couples?
Ovalipes catharus 2025-01-01 2,738 228.1 ... that one of the major prey groups of the paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus, is other paddle crabs?
Mary Chalmers 2025-01-02 2,735 227.9 ... that children's author Mary Chalmers owned ten cats and a Pomeranian dog, whose poses helped her draw illustrations for her books?
Austin Staats 2025-01-01 2,688 224.0 ... that lacrosse player Austin Staats was undefeated in his college career?
Sonya Friedman (translator) 2025-01-02 2,554 212.8 ... that Sonya Friedman developed the idea of supertitles, which translate words being sung on stage in opera?
1917 Moscow District Duma elections 2025-01-02 2,321 193.4 ... that in the 1917 Moscow District Duma elections, the Bolshevik Party won 97 percent of the votes of the soldiers at the heavy artillery workshops?
Antiquiala 2025-01-01 2,193 182.8 ... that the dragonfly Antiquiala was described from a single wing found in the state of Washington?
History of education in Wales (1939–present) 2025-01-02 2,106 175.5 ... that schools in Wales during the Second World War were held in village halls?
Kathryn Maple 2025-01-02 2,006 167.2 ... that Kathryn Maple won the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition twice in three years?
Sing-Song Girl Red Peony 2025-01-01 1,988 165.7 ... that the titular songstress in Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, a contender for China's first sound film, was overdubbed by a man?
Kurt Burris 2025-01-03 1,857 154.8 ... that Kurt Burris was the first American football lineman to finish among the top two in Heisman Trophy voting?
Pete Vann 2025-01-03 1,840 153.4 ... that Pete Vann recovered from spinal meningitis to set an NCAA single-season passing record?
Chen Dingshan 2025-01-02 1,831 152.6 ... that Chen Dingshan has been called the last heir of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school?
I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All 2025-01-03 1,711 142.6 ... that Glaive recorded the first track for I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All at the age of 17?
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen: Shanghai Cinema, 1896–1937 2025-01-02 1,709 142.4 ... that An Amorous History of the Silver Screen, an exploration of more than four decades of film in China, argues that cinema is a "modern folk tale"?
Tema "Sacher" 2025-01-02 1,690 140.9 ... that a critic called Benjamin Britten's Tema "Sacher" a "truncated and barely coherent page [of music]" and "a pathetic fragment"?
As Long as You're Mine 2025-01-01 1,554 129.5 ... that the basic tune for "As Long as You're Mine" from 2003's Wicked was written by Stephen Schwartz in the 1970s?
George K. Teulon 2025-01-03 1,402 116.8 ... that according to George K. Teulon all of the presidents and vice-presidents of the Republic of Texas, and four-fifths of its government officials, were freemasons?
Frederick Warren Freer 2025-01-03 1,362 113.5 ... that Frederick Warren Freer switched from studying medicine to art after becoming partially deaf?
Jonas Vaidutis 2025-01-03 1,202 100.2 ... that the Lithuanian duke Jonas Vaidutis was elected as the second rector of the oldest Polish university after its restoration in 1400?

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  1. ^ Excludes 1,207.5 background views