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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	68.1	2024 Men's T20 World Cup	21.4	Leucocrinum	21.4	Leucocrinum
Median	265.0	Battle of Gawok 1967 Belvidere tornado	687.9	Emil Bach House Manhattan Project feed materials program	284.9	FUFN (Fuck You for Now) Xavier Molyneux
High	1,267.9	Sophie Rain	1,872.1	Carl James Joseph	1,872.1	Carl James Joseph

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Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Carl James Joseph	2025-04-20		44,930	1,872.1	... that the Jesus Guy (pictured) does not portray Jesus, nor does he claim to be Jesus?
Sal Maida	2025-04-01		42,900	1,787.5	... that Sal Maida (pictured) may not have a Wikipedia page?
Spaceship House	2025-04-28		39,446	1,643.6	... that Spaceship House (pictured) was originally built as a 1970s-era bachelor pad?
USS Gyatt	2025-04-11		39,444	1,643.5	... that USS Gyatt (pictured), after being fitted with a Terrier anti-air missile launcher, became the world's first guided-missile destroyer?
Sophie Rain	2025-04-28		30,430	1,267.9	... that Sophie Rain went from living on food stamps to making US$43 million in a year on OnlyFans?
Alessi Rose	2025-04-10		28,762	1,198.4	... that, as far as Alessi Rose (pictured) is concerned, "if people don't want me to write songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things"?
Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy	2025-04-08		26,887	1,195.0	... that Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (pictured) helped his country go "right from a feudal system to a society of democratic norms"?
Barack Obama (horse)	2025-04-01		16,607	692.0	... that Barack Obama was a horse and Kamala was an elephant?
Kamala (elephant)			11,906	496.1
Total			28,512	1,188.0
Saint Hripsime Church	2025-04-25		28,288	1,178.7	... that St. Hripsime Church (pictured), standing for 1,400 years, has many earthquake-resistant features?
Seth Peterson Cottage	2025-04-16		27,836	1,159.9	... that the Seth Peterson Cottage (pictured) was said to have "more architecture per square foot" than any of Frank Lloyd Wright's other designs?
Demi Sims	2025-04-05		25,902	1,158.1	... that Demi Sims (pictured) was described in December 2020 as one of the "very few openly bisexual women on mainstream reality television"?
Alejandro Finisterre	2025-04-19		26,928	1,122.0	... that Alejandro Finisterre (pictured), one of the inventors of table football, threatened to blow up a plane with a bar of soap?
Anne Woods (gurner)	2025-04-03		21,130	1,076.7	... that "the world's ugliest woman" won the women's world gurning title 28 times?
Beaver-engineered dam in the Czech Republic	2025-04-04		21,268	1,044.2	... that beavers (examples pictured) in the Czech Republic built dams that saved the government US$1.2 million?
Consistometer	2025-04-22		24,410	1,017.1	... that ketchup in the US must be measured with a consistometer (example pictured) to be graded?
Oval Office Swedish ivy	2025-04-24		23,736	989.0	... that no one knows where the Oval Office Swedish ivy came from?
The United States of America (album)	2025-04-01		23,360	973.3	... that the United States of America met a mixed reception?
Los Justicieros	2025-04-01		22,500	937.5	... that The Avengers attempted to assassinate Alfonso XIII, King of Spain?
Prince Louis of Wales	2025-04-23		21,442	893.4	... that Prince Louis of Wales is the first British prince to be ranked behind an elder sister in the line of succession?
Mitsubishi G6M	2025-04-22		21,216	884.0	... that the Mitsubishi G6M was intended to be an escort gunship, but is best known as one of the transport aircraft that carried the Japanese surrender delegation to Iejima?
Morgpie	2025-04-14		21,049	877.0	... that Twitch streamer Morgpie went viral for using her buttocks as a green screen?
Alan MacMasters hoax	2025-04-18		21,036	876.5	... that the fictitious subject of a hoax Wikipedia article was a nominee to be on an English £50 note?
Bliss (photograph)	2025-04-01		20,724	863.5	... that bliss could be found in California?
Louis Penfield House	2025-04-07		20,456	852.4	... that people traveled from as far away as Australia and the Netherlands to stay at a house in Ohio?
Luis Corvalán	2025-04-26		19,968	832.0	... that anti-Pinochet dissident Luis Corvalán (pictured) had his appearance surgically altered by Soviet doctors before returning to Chile?
George Frazier Miller	2025-04-23		19,926	830.2	... that George Frazier Miller (pictured) raised and spent $10 during his election campaign for a seat in the United States Congress in 1918?
Robert Van Damme	2025-04-16		19,622	817.6	... that Robert Van Damme played ice hockey professionally before pursuing a career in gay pornography?
Lace tells	2025-04-03		15,436	786.6	... that workers in European lace workshops and schools chanted catchy, often gruesome rhymes?
Hundreds of Beavers	2025-04-01		18,448	768.6	... that Jackie Chan and the Mario games inspired hundreds of beavers?
Rita (chimpanzee)	2025-04-25		17,958	748.2	... that Japan's celebrity chimpanzee Rita, who dressed as a geisha and smoked cigarettes, became a wartime "propaganda icon"?
Kirisuto no Haka	2025-04-24		17,646	735.2	... that a village in Japan claims that it was Jesus's resting place?
Manhattan Project feed materials program	2025-04-21		17,192	716.4	... that the Manhattan Project feed materials program used uranium ore (pictured) from a mine in Canada near the Arctic Circle?
2018 Batman by-election	2025-04-01		17,048	710.3	... that Batman had a hipster-proof fence in 2018?
GOAT (sports culture)	2025-04-15		16,758	698.2	... that before it was good to be the GOAT, it was actually bad to be a goat?
Hive city	2025-04-07		15,830	659.6	... that urbanists have used hive cities from the science-fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 as an example of how vertical cities could become dystopian?
Emil Bach House	2025-04-12		15,828	659.5	... that all of the walnut decorations in Chicago's Emil Bach House (pictured) were sourced from a single tree?
Ten Arches Bridge (Amman)	2025-04-08		7,370	654.6	... that the Ten Arches Bridge in Amman, built as part of the Ottoman Hejaz railway, was one of the main targets for destruction during a 1918 Allied attack during World War I?
Philadelphia (Amman)	2025-04-15		15,648	652.0	... that Amman was renamed Philadelphia around 255 BC by a Greek ruler who was nicknamed Philadelphus for marrying his sister?
Big Three (World War II)	2025-04-22		15,462	644.2	... that there could have been as many as five individual leaders of the Big Three in World War II?
Edmonds' Clock Tower	2025-04-13		7,671	637.1	... that the Edmonds' Clock Tower was split in two after the June 2011 Christchurch earthquakes?
Haniwa horse from Kamichūjō	2025-04-14		14,841	618.4	... that a haniwa horse (pictured) in Tokyo National Museum is of particular significance due to its horse trappings?
Neptune All Night	2025-04-01		14,707	612.8	... that a 1989 science show featured an unusually long signal delay?
Zug massacre	2025-04-13		14,672	611.3	... that the 2001 Zug massacre resulted in changes to security measures for public buildings, but not to Swiss gun laws?
Ongiou Timeon	2025-04-17		10,176	424.0	... that the sole athlete representing Kiribati at the 2024 Summer Paralympics impressed the International Paralympic Committee through his eye mask?
Kiribati at the 2024 Summer Paralympics			4,244	176.9
Total			14,421	600.9
Squid King	2025-04-12		14,344	597.7	... that a Japanese town used its COVID-19 relief funds to build a statue of a squid?
Detention of Mahmoud Khalil	2025-04-14		7,396	308.1	... that the detention of Mahmoud Khalil raises constitutional questions similar to a 1945 court case?
Bridges v. Wixon			6,804	283.5
Total			14,199	591.6
Sakura Miko	2025-04-11		14,114	588.1	... that VTuber Sakura Miko was featured in a paper on structural stability and thermodynamics?
Manchurian hare	2025-04-24		14,036	584.9	... that the Manchurian hare (pictured), unusually among hare species, is a forest dweller?
Andrew Hughes (political staffer)	2025-04-09		13,997	583.2	... that a former Uber driver is the nominee to be the deputy secretary of a U.S. government department?
SpongeBob SquarePants Theme	2025-04-22		13,788	574.5	... that the theme song to SpongeBob SquarePants was written by Stephen Hillenburg with the idea "to try to make the most annoying song you can"?
IDARB	2025-04-20		13,580	565.8	... that during a Game Developers Conference showcase of #IDARB, people were "blown away by how stupid it was"?
Joana da Paz	2025-04-30		13,550	564.6	... that an elderly Brazilian woman helped to arrest dozens of drug traffickers and corrupt police officers?
Roblox	2025-04-14		13,387	557.8	... that more than half of all children in the United States under the age of 16 played Roblox in July 2020?
Eaea	2025-04-21		13,284	553.5	... that "Eaea" is "aggressively Spanish"?
Nora Helmer	2025-04-04		11,204	550.1	... that although Nora Helmer was subject to extensive controversy upon her 1879 debut, she is now considered a focal point in analysis of gender roles?
Solfrid Koanda	2025-04-29		13,202	550.1	... that Solfrid Koanda (pictured) qualified for her first weightlifting competition a few days after starting the sport?
Article 5 contingency (2001)	2025-04-04		11,130	546.5	... that US general Tommy Franks reportedly did not have time to become an expert on the Danish Air Force?
Wampanoag-class frigate	2025-04-20		13,080	545.0	... that the Union Navy, despite being embroiled in the American Civil War, built the Wampanoag-class frigates for a planned war against Great Britain?
Na drugą planetę	2025-04-09		12,818	534.1	... that Na drugą planetę (cover pictured), published in 1895 as one of the earliest Polish science-fiction novels, was later criticized by communist-era censors for its perceived "adoration for America"?
2025 Sino-Metals Leach Zambia dam disaster	2025-04-14		12,518	521.6	... that a dam failure at a Chinese-owned copper mine released 50 million litres of highly toxic waste into the Kafue River in Zambia, devastating ecosystems at least 100 kilometres (62 mi) downstream?
Frank Elbridge Webb	2025-04-17		12,378	515.8	... that Senator James A. Reed asked "Who the hell is Webb?" when he was nominated to be Webb's running mate?
Garbage Offensive	2025-04-29		11,794	491.4	... that protesters launched a Garbage Offensive on New York City?
St. George Utah Temple	2025-04-15		11,626	484.4	... that a lightning strike on the St. George Utah Temple (pictured) was interpreted by Latter-day Saint officials as a beyond-the-grave request from a former church leader to change the design?
Jeremy Allen White	2025-04-30		11,380	474.2	... that before becoming an actor, Jeremy Allen White trained in ballet, jazz, and tap dancing?
Mirella Freni	2025-04-13		11,276	469.8	... that Mirella Freni (pictured) and Luciano Pavarotti, who co-starred as the lovers Mimì and Rodolfo in La bohème at La Scala in 1968, shared the same wet nurse?
Murphy (bald eagle)	2025-04-09		11,275	469.8	... that a bald eagle went viral for incubating a rock?
Edwin Rist	2025-04-23		11,078	461.6	... that Edwin Rist stole hundreds of rare birds to make into fishing lures?
Raj Salwan	2025-04-11		5,836	243.2	... that the first Indian-American mayor of Fremont, California, succeeded its first female and first Asian-American mayor?
Lily Mei			5,206	216.9
Total			11,042	460.1
Found manuscript	2025-04-08		10,304	457.9	... that the trope of the found manuscript, in which a fictional work refers to another fictional work of literature, dates as far back as ancient Egypt?
Roman baths (Amman)	2025-04-03		8,972	457.2	... that two headless white marble statues found in Amman's Roman baths (pictured) in 2020 were carved from stone quarried in Greece?
The Bard (The Twilight Zone)	2025-04-27		10,940	455.8	... that ratings for "The Bard" range from A− by The A.V. Club to being the second-worst episode of The Twilight Zone by /Film and Paste?
Yugoslav corn scandal	2025-04-05		9,952	444.9	... that Greek government officials tried to cover up the Yugoslav corn scandal by forging documents and delaying investigations, only to later defend the scheme as being in the "national interest"?
Margaret (song)	2025-04-09		10,538	439.1	... that actress Margaret Qualley said she cried when she first heard the song "Margaret"?
Computer Mah-jong Yakuman	2025-04-22		10,184	424.3	... that Computer Mah-jong Yakuman was Nintendo's first handheld device providing multiplayer gaming via a link cable, an innovation that would later be integral to the success of the Game Boy?
Façade (video game)	2025-04-23		10,184	424.3	... that, near the ending of the 2005 interactive storytelling video game Façade, two characters portrayed through AI chatbots ask the player for relationship advice?
Festungshaft	2025-04-19		10,153	423.0	... that Adolf Hitler received more than 300 visitors during his Festungshaft (fortress confinement) in Landsberg Prison?
Alice Lord (diver)	2025-04-24		5,760	240.0	... that Olympians Alice Lord and Richmond Landon later married after meeting each other on the ship ride to the 1920 Summer Olympics?
Richmond Landon			4,388	182.8
Total			10,148	422.9
Flag of Angola	2025-04-27		10,114	421.4	... that the machete in the flag of Angola (pictured) symbolizes peasants, agriculture, and the country's war of independence?
Nawala Al-Mutawalli	2025-04-15		9,931	413.8	... that museum director Nawala Al-Mutawalli guarded the Iraq Museum with an AK-47 prior to the Battle of Baghdad?
Vin Burnham	2025-04-27		9,702	404.2	... that Lady Gaga's Living Dress was designed by the creator of the Batsuit?
F. B. J. Kuiper	2025-04-19		9,595	399.8	... that F. B. J. Kuiper, after no longer being able to drive due to his failing vision, underwent eye surgery and then immediately bought a BMW?
Cynthya Karam	2025-04-23		9,486	395.2	... that Lebanese actress Cynthya Karam volunteers as a clown doctor in children's hospitals?
Grupo Frontera political controversy	2025-04-06		9,470	394.6	... that the Mexican-American band Grupo Frontera has been affected by a massive backlash because of an alleged endorsement of Donald Trump after a viral video of the vocalist's grandmother?
A Polish Book of Monsters	2025-04-16		9,248	385.3	... that A Polish Book of Monsters features stories in which the line between monster and human is blurred, reflecting what the editor saw as a quintessentially Polish view of monstrosity?
Novvot	2025-04-14		9,204	383.5	... that novvot, a popular traditional candy in the Middle East and Central Asia, is often served with tea and has roots in Persian cuisine?
Greater bamboo bat	2025-04-20		9,128	380.3	... that up to forty greater bamboo bats will roost in a single bamboo shoot?
Chtonobdella limbata	2025-04-06		9,106	379.4	... that the leech Chtonobdella limbata (example pictured) can survive months without any water by entering an inanimate state?
David Griffin (athlete)	2025-04-25		9,095	379.0	... that despite being known as "lucky" by colleagues, journalist David Griffin died in an airplane crash?
After London	2025-04-12		9,060	377.5	... that After London has been described as a defining work in genres such as Ruined Earth and climate fiction?
Betsy Arakawa	2025-04-14		9,048	377.0	... that Betsy Arakawa's house was once featured in Architectural Digest?
2025 North Sea ship collision	2025-04-08		8,287	368.3	... that when MV Solong struck MV Stena Immaculate in March 2025, the former ship was falsely reported to be carrying highly toxic sodium cyanide?
Abba Cohen	2025-04-09		8,837	368.2	... that Abba Cohen, who advocates for the Orthodox Jewish community, has worked with seven presidential administrations and nineteen Congresses?
Battle of Nanggulon	2025-04-07		8,824	367.7	... that the grave of a Dutch officer and his dog who were killed in the Battle of Nanggulon is a designated cultural object in Indonesia?
Sequoites dakotensis	2025-04-30		8,607	358.6	... that Sequoites dakotensis was first described from clay-filled casts (examples pictured) and not the original tree cones?
Pop (Gas album)	2025-04-17		8,462	352.6	... that the creator of Pop was part of the German techno scene?
Joe Biden presidential campaigns	2025-04-02		8,734	351.7	... that Joe Biden ran for president twice before being elected in 2020?
Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis	2025-04-26		8,389	349.5	... that last year, Pope Francis simplified the book for papal funerals?
Ich komme	2025-04-18		8,278	344.9	... that the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is to present several tracks "laden thick with double entendre", including "Ich komme"?
Shlomo Levinger	2025-04-25		8,261	344.2	... that a yeshiva student turned magician went from practicing card tricks in his free time to performing for major league baseball teams?
John Boyer (software engineer)	2025-04-22		8,257	344.0	... that John Boyer was forced to train his own guide dog because the training program could not support people who were both blind and deaf?
Sekijin sekiba	2025-04-07		8,174	340.6	... that the stone men, horses, &c. (example pictured) of Japan's kofun may have been inspired by the spirit paths of China?
Battle of Siluk	2025-04-26		8,167	340.3	... that the body of a rebel commander was identified after the Battle of Siluk by his diamond-adorned kris?
Truce of Malestroit	2025-04-09		8,142	339.2	... that in 1343 the French and English armies marched to within 18 miles (29 km) of each other, then agreed a three-and-a-half year truce?
Hail Larry	2025-04-17		8,112	338.0	... that during the Hail Larry game, Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jeff Janis recorded 145 of his career total of 345 receiving yards and two of his three career touchdowns?
Terraria	2025-04-04		6,881	337.9	... that Terraria was released earlier than planned because a beta version of the game was leaked to the public?
Alamo: The Price of Freedom	2025-04-12		8,094	337.2	... that Alamo: The Price of Freedom has been shown continuously at the Rivercenter IMAX in San Antonio, Texas, since March 5, 1988?
The Ethereal Rock	2025-04-18		8,070	336.2	... that a Chinese short story about a man's friendship with a rock may have been inspired by the painter Mi Fu, who was reportedly obsessed with rocks?
A Political Romance	2025-04-02		8,004	333.4	... that Laurence Sterne was told to burn all copies of his pamphlet that depicts his patron's rival with a toilet on his head?
Somuk	2025-04-02		7,981	332.4	... that the themes of Somuk's artwork range from the bombing of his island during World War II to the origin of trees and plants?
Indian Packing Company	2025-04-25		7,948	331.1	... that because the Green Bay Packers were named after a canned meat company, PETA called on the team to change their name?
Juno (Overwatch)	2025-04-13		7,939	330.8	... that the Overwatch character Juno has been praised for her ability to reward players for having sound game sense?
Robert J. O'Brien	2025-04-24		7,814	325.6	... that Robert J. O'Brien said that he did not drink alcohol, despite owning a saloon and being elected as alderman by a district containing more than 250 bars?
Thomas J. Humes	2025-04-22		7,650	318.8	... that Seattle mayor Thomas J. Humes went missing for more than 30 hours in 1902?
Cowboy Wheeler	2025-04-07		7,634	318.1	... that Cowboy Wheeler was a Reimer Wiener?
Migration background	2025-04-02		7,636	318.0	... that more than a quarter of the population of Germany is of migration background?
Kabua Kabua	2025-04-10		7,611	317.1	... that Marshallese chief Kabua Kabua was described as "probably the only person ever to serve as a judge under both the Japanese and U.S. judicial systems"?
Sanitary bin	2025-04-28		7,610	317.1	... that in 2019 sanitary bins were removed from railway stations in Japan to prevent terrorism?
Barbeque Nation	2025-04-16		7,542	314.2	... that an Indian restaurant chain has more than 800 combinations of kulfi flavours, toppings, and sauces?
Donald Trump's letter to Ali Khamenei	2025-04-18		7,495	312.3	... that Trump wrote a letter to Ali Khamenei in an effort to initiate new nuclear negotiations with Iran?
Richmond Tunnel	2025-04-21		7,439	310.0	... that before the Richmond Tunnel was completed, Staten Island residents had to use water from siphons?
Desert musk shrew	2025-04-26		7,428	309.5	... that the two known populations of the desert musk shrew are found on opposite ends of Africa?
Margot Dias	2025-04-06		7,366	306.9	... that two books of photos and drawings by Margot Dias were called "among the best-illustrated anthropological volumes ever produced"?
Church of Saint John of Kronstadt (Hamburg)	2025-04-21		7,340	305.8	... that the Church of Grace became the Church of Saint John of Kronstadt after it was sold for €1 to a Russian Orthodox congregation to maintain its ecclesiastical status?
Cort Theatre (San Francisco)	2025-04-24		7,310	304.6	... that multiple dancers were arrested at the Capitol Theatre in San Francisco for allegedly not wearing bras during striptease numbers?
Cinema Toast	2025-04-10		7,228	301.2	... that Jeff Baena, while unable to film in Italy in 2020, created Cinema Toast from an idea during an online poker game to re-cut and dub old movies into new stories?
Donato Ogliari	2025-04-28		7,182	299.3	... that Abbot Donato Ogliari is expected to deliver a meditation to the cardinals of the Catholic Church before the beginning of the 2025 papal conclave?
Soséfo Makapé Papilio	2025-04-03		5,813	296.2	... that the tenure of Wallis and Futuna's longest-serving senator, Soséfo Makapé Papilio, ended when he was found dead in a car submerged in the sea?
Old Frisian	2025-04-06		7,084	295.2	... that some legal documents in Old Frisian refer to the womb as a "fortress of the bones"?
Bill Chisholm (businessman)	2025-04-13		7,084	295.1	... that Bill Chisholm's announced $6.1 billion purchase of the Boston Celtics is the largest amount ever paid for a North American sports team?
Carlos y José	2025-04-22		7,029	292.9	... that, nearly 50 years after the formation of Carlos y José, their grandsons, also named Carlos and José, formed Carlos y José Jr.?
KKCB	2025-04-18		7,020	292.5	... that a Minnesota radio station forbade its announcers from saying what songs they had just played?
Shabbos Kestenbaum	2025-04-05		6,490	290.1	... that Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Harvard Divinity School graduate, sued Harvard University for failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitism?
1990 United States Senate election in Delaware	2025-04-10		6,931	288.8	... that United States senator Joe Biden felt that his decision to run for a fourth term in 1990 was less difficult than deciding to run for his previous terms?
Xavier Molyneux	2025-04-17		6,870	286.2	... that actor Xavier Molyneux worked as an event paramedic between his acting roles?
FUFN (Fuck You for Now)	2025-04-06		6,807	283.6	... that a buttock painted with "FUFN" was used to promote a recent song by Jade Thirlwall?
Aquilegia vulgaris	2025-04-23		6,776	282.4	... that Aquilegia vulgaris was associated with a fertility goddess in ancient Greece, symbolized sacredness for Flemish painters, and was an omen of death in Hamlet?
Norwich Historic District	2025-04-16		6,751	281.3	... that some mill workers in a historic district in Virginia gave their ages as fourteen despite appearing much younger?
Izawa Takushi	2025-04-08		6,290	279.6	... that Izawa Takushi is called the "Quiz King from Tokyo University"?
The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism	2025-04-13		6,638	276.6	... that a former management consultant who coined the framework of "The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism" was described by The New York Times as "a kind of Malcolm Gladwell of conservative Christianity"?
To Kill a Mongolian Horse	2025-04-19		6,591	274.6	... that Jiang Xiaoxuan set her debut film, To Kill a Mongolian Horse, in her homeland of Inner Mongolia?
Grim Reaper of Love	2025-04-11		6,570	273.8	... that "Grim Reaper of Love" by the Turtles features an unusual quintuple-meter (5 4) beat?
Reincarnated into Demon King Evelogia's World	2025-04-10		6,502	270.9	... that Io Kaziwara developed tendonitis while drawing the first volume of the manga series Reincarnated into Demon King Evelogia's World?
269 Justitia	2025-04-11		6,497	270.7	... that 269 Justitia is one of the reddest known asteroids in the asteroid belt?
John J. Beckley	2025-04-21		6,426	267.8	... that John J. Beckley, the first librarian of Congress, came to America in childhood as an indentured servant?
Siphonochilus aethiopicus	2025-04-15		6,412	267.1	... that African ginger is used by the Zulu people to protect against lightning and snake bites?
1967 Belvidere tornado	2025-04-06		6,370	265.4	... that a survivor of the 1967 Belvidere tornado recalled being inside a school bus when "the tornado picked up the bus and the bus ended up in someone's living room"?
Battle of Gawok	2025-04-04		5,388	264.6	... that Javanese rebel leader Diponegoro partly blamed his sexual infidelity for his defeat at the Battle of Gawok?
Raid on Tybee Island	2025-04-26		6,310	262.9	... that Patriots in Georgia conducted a raid on Tybee Island to capture runaway slaves during the American Revolutionary War?
Hiroto Ogiwara	2025-04-10		6,289	262.0	... that the snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara landed the first ever 2340, rotating six and a half times, with a fractured forearm?
Girls' Day (China)	2025-04-26		6,264	261.0	... that the origin of Girls' Day in China is uncertain?
Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper	2025-04-30		6,250	260.4	... that Laurence Sterne's journal of love letters reverses the found-manuscript literary device by claiming that his real diary is fictional?
NBACentel	2025-04-05		5,610	250.8	... that after an NBA Twitter parody page posted a fake report of Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers promising to take coaching "seriously", their performance improved during the 2024–25 season?
Donald Pearlman	2025-04-18		5,989	249.5	... that the efforts of oil industry lobbyist Donald Pearlman to prevent the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol were dramatized in the 2024 play Kyoto?
Xiao Yedan	2025-04-16		5,948	247.9	... that Yi chieftain Xiao Yedan and a Chinese Red Army military leader established an alliance by drinking chicken blood?
Klingenheben's law	2025-04-23		5,932	247.2	... that Klingenheben's law is usually referred to in the singular, but in fact comprises four independent sound changes?
Miroslav Kvočka	2025-04-13		5,908	246.2	... that Miroslav Kvočka was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity against non-Serb detainees in the Omarska concentration camp during the Bosnian War?
In Memory of Elizabeth Howe, Salem, 1692	2025-04-15		5,894	245.6	... that models walked the outline of a pentagram for the occult-inspired runway show of Alexander McQueen's In Memory of Elizabeth Howe, Salem, 1692 (Fall/Winter 2007)?
Katsumaro Akamatsu	2025-04-30		5,880	245.0	... that Katsumaro Akamatsu, a founding member of the Japanese Communist Party, supported the expulsion of communists from the Japanese Federation of Labour?
Thin mouse shrew	2025-04-22		5,813	242.2	... that the African thin mouse shrew may have diverged from its nearest relative due to glacial cycles?
Wall Street Plaza	2025-04-24		5,808	242.0	... that Wall Street Plaza is not on Wall Street?
Tolarian Community College	2025-04-21		5,784	241.0	... that the Magic: The Gathering YouTube channel Tolarian Community College has raised more than US$1.5 million for the suicide-prevention hotline Trans Lifeline?
Burlesque (play)	2025-04-02		5,768	240.2	... that Burlesque (sheet music pictured) was a hit play of the 1927–28 Broadway season that was marked by its "depiction of seedy glamour and jazzy lingo"?
Peg O' My Heart (film)	2025-04-30		5,764	240.2	... that a fictional character from Peg O' My Heart complained about his insomnia with netizens on Threads?
Siege of Khujand	2025-04-23		5,754	239.8	... that Khujand gained independence just a year before it was conquered by the Russian Empire?
Ruben A. Valdez	2025-04-28		5,752	239.6	... that Ruben A. Valdez, a high-school dropout, became the speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives?
Montalto Reliquary	2025-04-20		5,700	237.5	... that Pope Sixtus IV gave the Montalto Reliquary to his home town in 1586?
Kiribati at the 2024 Summer Olympics	2025-04-02		5,612	233.7	... that a sprinter and a judoka representing Kiribati at the 2024 Summer Olympics were the youngest participants in their respective sports at the games?
Godfrey Hattenbach	2025-04-21		5,590	232.9	... that Godfrey Hattenbach is said to be the father of Sioux City's Jewish community?
Holy Cross Church (Marion County, Kentucky)	2025-04-03		4,538	231.2	... that Holy Cross Church in Kentucky was built on land donated by the namesake of a brand of whiskey?
Blackened (song)	2025-04-12		5,540	230.9	... that Metallica's "Blackened" became the namesake for a record label and a whiskey brand?
Barry Leibowitz	2025-04-04		4,692	230.4	... that basketball player Barry Leibowitz, despite being drafted by the New York Knicks and playing in the ABA, chose to play in Israel instead because of its sea, hummus, and tahini?
Washington Monument (Philadelphia)	2025-04-27		5,526	230.2	... that Philadelphia's Washington Monument was unveiled at its dedication in 1897 by the president of the United States?
The Alchemist Code	2025-04-26		5,455	227.3	... that The Alchemist Code, a game themed around the seven deadly sins, collaborated with The Seven Deadly Sins?
Juan Soto trade	2025-04-13		5,452	227.1	... that Juan Soto, before his blockbuster trade, rejected a 15-year, $440 million contract extension, which would have been the largest deal in Major League Baseball history at the time?
100 Litres of Gold	2025-04-04		4,594	225.6	... that the filmmakers of 100 Litres of Gold brewed 20 litres of sahti at the Finnish embassy in Rome for its premiere?
Varsen Aghabekian	2025-04-06		5,382	224.2	... that Varsen Aghabekian is the first Armenian to serve as a minister in the government of the State of Palestine?
Joint Operations Command (Japan)	2025-04-29		5,350	222.9	... that the Joint Operations Command was created based on lessons learned from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami?
Southern Transitional Council takeover of Socotra	2025-04-04		4,534	222.6	... that after being ousted by the Southern Transitional Council, the governor of the Socotra Archipelago fled to Oman and continued to govern through WhatsApp?
Statistics House	2025-04-27		5,332	222.1	... that Statistics House partially collapsed in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake even though the building was once assessed as not being earthquake-prone?
Jon Haukeland	2025-04-27		5,270	219.6	... that Jon Haukeland established a "Polar Bear model" for Norwegian children?
Seraglio of Baabda	2025-04-02		5,252	218.8	... that Baabda residents collectively purchased the Seraglio of Baabda for 1,000 gold Ottoman liras in the late 19th century to gift to the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate government?
Collection for the Holy Places	2025-04-28		5,108	212.9	... that the Catholic Church takes up a collection for Christians in the Holy Land annually on Good Friday?
Heartburn	2025-04-13		4,996	208.1	... that about 25 percent of people experience heartburn at least once a month?
WFRV-TV	2025-04-23		4,994	208.1	... that a Wisconsin TV station claimed the first-ever broadcast of a lunar eclipse, which it captured by moving a studio camera into its parking lot?
Ano (singer)	2025-04-18		4,970	207.1	... that singer Ano joined You'll Melt More! without an interview at the invitation of the group's producer?
Re-Logic	2025-04-28		4,904	204.3	... that the independent video-game developer Re-Logic cancelled the Google Stadia release of its game Terraria after its Google Account was suspended?
Hong Wang (mathematician)	2025-04-09		4,886	203.6	... that Hong Wang's latest paper claims to have resolved the Kakeya conjecture, described as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory", in three dimensions?
Cris Tinley	2025-04-10		4,856	202.4	... that Cris Tinley was the youngest-ever cricketer in Nottinghamshire's history for 177 years?
Wyatt Hendrickson	2025-04-26		4,847	202.0	... that commentators described American wrestler Wyatt Hendrickson defeating an Olympic gold medalist as the "biggest upset in NCAA history"?
Jules Rabin	2025-04-07		4,831	201.3	... that artisan baker Jules Rabin was inspired to bake bread after a 1971 visit to a commune in France where "they didn't speak of bread as holy, but they treated it as a holy object"?
Vladimir Herța	2025-04-20		4,828	201.2	... that a former street musician's villa was used for high-society gatherings in Chișinău before the Russian Revolution?
Waeta Ben Tabusasi	2025-04-12		4,818	200.8	... that Waeta Ben Tabusasi went from being a conservation officer to the speaker of his country's parliament?
Amman railway station	2025-04-05		4,457	199.3	... that the opening of a Hejaz railway station in Amman in 1904 helped to transform the city from a small village into a major commercial hub in the region?
WOI-DT	2025-04-09		4,756	198.2	... that an Iowa TV station was paid for by surplus Manhattan Project funds?
Eleanor Island (Canada)	2025-04-30		4,724	196.9	... that Eleanor Island was first designated as a Migratory Bird Sanctuary and later as a National Wildlife Area to give it a stronger protection status?
Šediváčkův long	2025-04-17		4,509	187.9	... that Šediváčkův long is considered one of Europe's most challenging dog sled races, with teams climbing more than 7,500 metres (24,600 feet) during the event?
1968 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware	2025-04-30		4,492	187.2	... that a candidate in the 1968 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took his dog on the campaign trail?
Sasradilaga rebellion	2025-04-20		4,482	186.7	... that the Sasradilaga rebellion in 1827–1828 devastated the Javanese town of Rajekwesi, causing it to be rebuilt under the new name of Bojonegoro?
Fred Verity	2025-04-15		4,474	186.4	... that Fred Verity and colleagues invented an automatic pivot or bearing for looking glasses?
Keanu Taylor	2025-04-08		4,039	179.5	... that the codename "Neo" was used when writing the return of EastEnders character Keanu Taylor, in reference to the protagonist of The Matrix?
Herman Brown	2025-04-02		4,308	179.4	... that Herman Brown's estate and most of the proceeds from the sale of Brown & Root were donated after his death to his charitable foundation, which has given more than $2 billion in grants in Texas?
Table for Six 2	2025-04-05		3,963	177.2	... that Dayo Wong, the lead actor of the first film, did not return for Table for Six 2 and said that he would not reveal the reason for ten years?
Sophiane Méthot	2025-04-15		4,242	176.8	... that 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Sophiane Méthot began gymnastics after watching Stick It?
Paper Chained	2025-04-06		4,211	175.5	... that the arts magazine Paper Chained was banned in some Australian prisons due to its pen-pal program?
Beringia (sled dog race)	2025-04-11		4,190	174.6	... that the 1992 edition of Beringia, with a distance of 2,044 kilometres (1,270 mi), holds the Guinness World Record for the longest sled dog race?
Tommy Cronin	2025-04-07		4,190	174.6	... that Tommy Cronin played both basketball and football in high school, in college, and professionally?
Rika Hayashi	2025-04-19		4,150	172.9	... that voice actress Rika Hayashi brought a golf club to the recording studio for Tonbo!, a golf-themed anime series?
Pinsir	2025-04-28		4,144	172.7	... that American Entomologist credited rivalry displays involving the Pokémon Pinsir with re-emphasizing Japanese cultural interest in insects?
Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender	2025-04-25		4,116	171.5	... that the Japanese live-action television drama adaptation of Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender was first broadcast in Taiwan before being broadcast in its home country?
Electoral history of Joe Biden	2025-04-17		4,048	168.6	... that United States president Joe Biden began his political career by unseating an incumbent county councilman?
American Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics	2025-04-03		3,293	167.8	... that both athletes for American Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics represented the territory because their relatives were born there?
WPGH-TV	2025-04-29		4,021	167.5	... that construction of a Pittsburgh TV station was delayed when it was discovered that abandoned mine shafts ran beneath the planned tower site?
Kampung Jawa, Minahasa	2025-04-29		4,014	167.3	... that a village in North Sulawesi traces its founding to exiles from the Java War?
Carole Gibbons	2025-04-25		4,010	167.1	... that the Scottish painter Carole Gibbons had her first US exhibition in her eighties?
Hume MRT station	2025-04-29		3,969	165.4	... that Continuity by Andre Wee at Hume MRT station presents a stylised cross-sectional view of the historical Former Ford Factory?
Antennacanthopodia	2025-04-03		3,225	164.3	... that velvet worms had an ancient relative with two pairs of antennae?
Joseph Pearman	2025-04-16		3,932	163.8	... that Joseph Pearman played American football with F. Scott Fitzgerald at a preparatory school?
Johann Friedrich Riedel	2025-04-29		3,922	163.4	... that the birth of Christianity in Minahasa, Indonesia, is celebrated annually on June 12, the day that Johann Friedrich Riedel set foot in Manado?
Luka Dončić–Anthony Davis trade	2025-04-11		3,816	159.0	... that Dallas Mavericks fans held a mock funeral with a coffin for Luka Dončić in response to him being traded?
Blood on the Silver Screen	2025-04-25		3,746	156.1	... that Sasami changed her sound for a third time for her third album Blood on the Silver Screen?
Paul Shorten	2025-04-14		3,730	155.4	... that Canadian football player Paul Shorten played university football after his pro career?
Clare Lennart	2025-04-08		3,412	151.7	... that the Dutch author of books for children and adults Clare Lennart finally turned to full-time writing after her husband retired and took care of the household?
Embassy of the Philippines, Pretoria	2025-04-07		3,639	151.6	... that the Philippine embassy in Pretoria responded to a South African newspaper's denunciation of horse fighting in the Philippines by saying that the practice was already illegal?
The Source	2025-04-10		3,638	151.6	... that The Source was the highest-selling music magazine on the newsstands in the United States?
Grace Beyer	2025-04-12		3,620	150.9	... that four-time NAIA scoring champion Grace Beyer has scored more career points than any female basketball player at a four-year college or university?
Leucocrinum	2025-04-18		3,606	150.2	... that the spring blooming wildflower common starlily (pictured) develops its seeds underground?
Margaret Lambert	2025-04-05		3,248	145.2	... that Margaret Lambert was the British historian responsible for examining the Marburg Files and deciding when they should be published?
Tribuna da Imprensa	2025-04-04		2,937	144.2	... that Tribuna da Imprensa was shut down in 2001 after losing a lawsuit over an article that referred to a judge as "PC Salomão"?
Matt Flynn Game	2025-04-08		3,212	142.8	... that while starting in place of Aaron Rodgers, backup quarterback Matt Flynn set the Green Bay Packers team record for passing yards (480) and touchdowns (6) in a victory against the Detroit Lions?
Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around	2025-04-25		3,386	141.1	... that an Olympic gymnast lost her gold medal after the women's artistic individual all-around because she used Nurofen, which contains pseudoephedrine, to treat her common cold?
Fruto Proibido	2025-04-05		3,087	138.0	... that Rita Lee tracked down two boa constrictors from a concert by Alice Cooper in São Paulo, and later brought them to her recording sessions for Fruto Proibido?
Francisco Mascarenhas (Governor of Macau)	2025-04-29		3,278	136.6	... that the first governor of Macau Francisco Mascarenhas took the Fortaleza do Monte as the governor's residence from the Jesuits through a ruse?
Saint Gregory Seminary	2025-04-24		3,267	136.1	... that scientists from the Institutum Divi Thomae raised silkworms at Saint Gregory Seminary during World War II as a form of economic warfare against Japan?
2023 Selma tornado	2025-04-16		3,246	135.2	... that a 2023 tornado damaged Selma, Alabama, known for civil-rights marches attended by Martin Luther King Jr., just eight days before MLK Day?
Prunus cathybrownae	2025-04-19		3,232	134.6	... that Prunus cathybrownae, an extinct relative of plums, was named after three different Catherines?
Giselle Mather	2025-04-18		3,208	133.6	... that in 2004 the Wasps Women's coach Giselle Mather waited until the end of a match to go to hospital despite going into labour before half-time?
Maendeleo horseshoe bat	2025-04-27		3,126	130.2	... that the name of the Maendeleo horseshoe bat refers to its discovery representing progress in understanding Tanzanian bats?
Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. nevadensis	2025-04-14		3,082	128.4	... that Aquilegia vulgaris subsp. nevadensis has remained genetically distinct from other columbines despite frequent hybridization within the genus?
Kai Hietarinta	2025-04-27		3,076	128.2	... that Finland won its first Olympic ice hockey medal under the leadership of Kai Hietarinta?
St. Thomas Church and Howard–Flaget House	2025-04-19		3,069	127.9	... that St. Thomas Church and Howard–Flaget House was the site of the first Catholic seminary on the American frontier?
Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre	2025-04-12		3,037	126.5	... that the design of the Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre's hydroslides was inspired by eels?
Perfect Celebrity	2025-04-15		2,984	124.3	... that Lady Gaga considered changing Mayhem into a grunge record after completing "Perfect Celebrity"?
WYCS	2025-04-10		2,943	122.6	... that a government surplus audio console used by a Virginia radio station was believed to have been used to broadcast Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats?
Pieter Vanden Bos	2025-04-03		2,381	121.3	... that Canadian football player Pieter Vanden Bos was traded from the Roughriders to the Rough Riders?
Carroll E. Stansbury	2025-04-19		2,879	120.0	... that Baltimore County Police Department leader Carroll E. Stansbury assigned officers to combat chicken theft?
Markus Graf	2025-04-09		2,776	115.7	... that Markus Graf's "swissmadehockey" formed the approach to training the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team?
Walter Hackett	2025-04-21		2,745	114.4	... that American playwright Walter "Long Run" Hackett earned that nickname for his many long-running plays staged in London's West End?
KQTV	2025-04-06		2,612	108.8	... that a Missouri TV station was twice denied in its efforts to move its transmitter tower to Kansas to increase its coverage area?
Robert Maxfield	2025-04-20		2,576	107.4	... that ROLM's first product was a military computer, even though Robert Maxfield was the only one of its four co-founders with computer experience?
Sharon Wylie	2025-04-05		2,346	104.9	... that Sharon Wylie has served in the state legislatures of both Oregon and Washington?
Sentot Prawirodirdjo	2025-04-20		2,484	103.5	... that eight horses ridden by rebel commander Sentot Prawirodirdjo were killed during the Java War?
Oris Aigbokhaevbolo	2025-04-11		2,454	102.2	... that Oris Aigbokhaevbolo was included on YNaija's 2024 list of influential people in the Nigerian film industry?
William Baxter (American politician)	2025-04-30		2,433	101.4	... that Vermont politician William Baxter personally funded the construction of an Orleans County school, provided that the second floor was used for religious purposes?
Jorge Munoz (American football)	2025-04-29		2,416	100.6	... that American football coach Jorge Munoz served as an assistant to a former player he coached?
Sammy Powers	2025-04-02		2,376	98.9	... that Sammy Powers was the only member of the original 1919 Green Bay Packers team who was not a local player?
Couldn't Wait to Tell You	2025-04-19		2,348	97.9	... that Liv.e wrote her debut album Couldn't Wait to Tell You while working in Urban Outfitters?
Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell	2025-04-08		2,136	94.9	... that Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell wrote A Short Church History, which was used as a textbook for pupil teachers?
EastEnders 40th Anniversary Week	2025-04-27		2,252	93.8	... that to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the BBC soap opera EastEnders, viewers were given the opportunity to vote on the outcome of a love triangle storyline?
Multo (song)	2025-04-26		2,246	93.6	... that "Multo" was the first song by a Filipino act to enter the Billboard Global 200 chart?
Kanailal Sarkar (West Bengal politician)	2025-04-03		1,805	92.0	... that Kanailal Sarkar, the opposition candidate for mayor of Calcutta in 1963, had been jailed during the 1930 protest movement against British rule in India?
WKOZ	2025-04-17		2,094	87.2	... that the founder of a Mississippi radio station compared selling advertising time to campaigning for political office?
Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)	2025-04-24		2,038	84.9	... that Sofia Gubaidulina combined the Passion narrative according to John with texts from the Book of Revelation when she composed her 2000 Johannes-Passion?
Symphony No. 2 (Brian)	2025-04-28		2,012	83.9	... that Havergal Brian described his second Symphony as dealing with "man in his cosmic loneliness: ambition, loves, battles, death"?
Admirável Chip Novo	2025-04-16		1,972	82.2	... that Pitty recorded Admirável Chip Novo with a band hastily assembled from Salvador musicians after rejecting Rio de Janeiro's session musicians because it felt "strange"?
Caccothryptus	2025-04-12		1,940	80.8	... that the reclassification of the species in the beetle genus Caccothryptus was based primarily on their genitals?
Tout est lumière	2025-04-07		1,732	72.1	... that Tout est lumière, a setting by Maurice Ravel for soprano, choir and orchestra of a poem by Victor Hugo, earned Ravel a place in the second round of the 1901 Prix de Rome?
2024 Men's T20 World Cup	2025-04-21		1,634	68.1	... that in the 2024 tournament, India became the first team to win the T20 World Cup without losing a game?
Leucocrinum	2025-04-17		514	21.4	... that the spring blooming wildflower common starlily (pictured) develops its seeds underground?

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