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Type	Non-image		Image		Overall
	vph	Article	vph	Article	vph	Article
Low	85.4	List of songs recorded by Tate McRae	304.8	Anders Bure	85.4	List of songs recorded by Tate McRae
Median	254.6	Henk Zwartepoorte	838.4	Earnest Andersson	273.0	Larry Nagler History of Qing (People's Republic)
High	1,010.2	1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade	1,536.5	Thirsty Beaver	1,536.5	Thirsty Beaver

Table

Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Thirsty Beaver	2023-12-04		36,875	1,536.5	... that The Washington Post described a North Carolina dive bar (pictured) as "a middle finger to the development surrounding it"?
Statue of Industry	2023-12-02		24,301	1,012.5	... that 80 police officers were needed to disperse a crowd that tarred and feathered Statue of Industry (pictured)?
1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade	2023-12-03		24,245	1,010.2	... that NYPD officers stabbed and stomped on Barney the Dinosaur to cheers from a massive crowd?
Hamilton Grange National Memorial	2023-12-07		20,712	863.0	... that Alexander Hamilton lived in the only house he ever owned (pictured) for just two years?
Baldwin V of Jerusalem	2023-12-09		8,556	356.5	... that art historian Zehava Jacoby was able to suggest a reconstruction of the lost tomb of Baldwin V of Jerusalem, destroyed in an 1808 fire, using an 18th-century drawing (pictured) by Elzear Horn?
Tomb of Baldwin V			6,561	273.4
Zehava Jacoby			3,162	131.8
Elzear Horn			1,930	80.4
Total			20,209	842.0
Earnest Andersson	2023-12-06		20,122	838.4	... that despite little formal education, Earnest Andersson (pictured) was a successful inventor, businessman, amateur athlete, race car driver, pilot, photographer, radio operator, pro golfer, and composer?
Bofedales	2023-12-05		19,340	805.8	... that the green colour of bofedales (examples pictured) stands out in the yellow surrounding landscape?
History sniffing	2023-12-05		19,202	800.1	... that history sniffing has been used to track Papa John's customers?
Ashraf Dehghani	2023-12-08		15,944	664.4	... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader Ashraf Dehghani since she escaped prison in 1973?
The Math Myth	2023-12-09		15,270	636.2	... that The Math Myth advocates for American high schools to stop requiring advanced algebra?
Operation South	2023-12-05		13,556	564.8	... that Che Guevara was almost killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during Operation South?
Zavodovski Island	2023-12-09		13,070	544.6	... that Zavodovski Island stinks?
WXLV-TV	2023-12-08		11,966	498.6	... that a TV station in North Carolina changed its call letters in memory of its general sales manager, who was shot dead in an incident at its studios?
Schliemann's Trench	2023-12-06		11,421	475.9	... that by digging a trench through Hisarlik, Heinrich Schliemann destroyed parts of the ruins of Troy?
Lincoln Fitzgerald	2023-12-06		11,107	462.8	... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?
Coins of the New Zealand pound	2023-12-02		11,030	459.6	... that fridges filled with "frozen duck" sent to Britain actually contained illegal coins?
Fred J. Wiseman	2023-12-08		10,618	442.4	... that Fred J. Wiseman (pictured) delivered the world's first unofficial airmail flight by airplane?
Skytrain (Miami International Airport)	2023-12-05		10,560	440.0	... that a train runs along the roof at Miami International Airport?
Michael Goldstein	2023-12-04		10,270	427.9	... that Patti Smith posed for a racy photograph in Michael Goldstein's rooftop wading pool?
Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem	2023-12-07		9,944	414.3	... that the initial lyrics to "Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem" were "as painful as hitting someone with concrete"?
National Stupid Day	2023-12-02		9,910	412.9	... that "National Stupid Day" was not intended to be on Veterans Day?
In the Village of Guaraparim	2023-12-07		9,732	405.5	... that the 16th-century In the Village of Guaraparim, written by a Catholic saint in a now-dead American language, features a character speaking "in a way that resembles the characters of Aristophanes"?
Lepas testudinata	2023-12-04		9,627	401.1	... that Lepas testudinata can form colonies of more than 1000 members at a time?
Snowy plover	2023-12-03		9,327	388.6	... that female snowy plovers often abandon their families as soon as the chicks hatch?
Jet Lag: The Game	2023-12-08		9,280	386.7	... that the contestants on Jet Lag: The Game played a game of capture the flag that spanned the entirety of Japan?
Femke Bol	2023-12-07		9,064	377.7	... that Femke Bol broke the 41-year-old indoor world record for the 400 metres with a time of 49.26 seconds in 2023?
Palestinian hikaye	2023-12-04		7,972	332.1	... that Palestinian hikaye is a unique form of folk culture performed by older women in winter?
Desulfovibrio vulgaris	2023-12-07		7,614	317.2	... that Desulfovibrio vulgaris can remove toxic heavy metals from the environment?
Palestine Museum of Natural History	2023-12-01		7,579	315.8	... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
Weekends with Adele	2023-12-04		7,377	307.4	... that at the end of her Weekends with Adele shows, Adele vanishes?
Anders Bure	2023-12-01		7,314	304.8	... that Anders Bure created the "first real map" of Sweden (copy pictured)?
Al Diaz (artist)	2023-12-07		7,302	304.2	... that graffiti artist Al Diaz cuts up New York metro signs and reconfigures the letters into his own text?
Brother Jonathan (novel)	2023-12-01		7,253	302.2	... that Brother Jonathan by John Neal has been considered the longest work of early American fiction?
Anthony Bennett (gridiron football)	2023-12-05		7,245	301.9	... that Anthony Bennett is part of a football family, with his father, uncle, cousin, and older brother all playing professionally?
Mahasweta Chakraborty	2023-12-01		6,627	276.1	... that 24-year-old Mahasweta Chakraborty of Operation Ganga helped around 800 students return to India during the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
History of Qing (People's Republic)	2023-12-08		6,566	273.6	... that the Chinese government began compiling an official history of the Qing dynasty in 2002, but as of 2023 a protracted political review is forestalling its publication?
Larry Nagler	2023-12-04		6,540	272.5	... that tennis player Arthur Ashe only realized that his doubles partner Larry Nagler was Jewish when he was invited to Nagler's home for lox and bagels?
Leonard K. Carson	2023-12-03		6,298	262.4	... that during World War II, Leonard K. Carson led an air combat school within his fighter unit, called "Clobber College"?
Ron Monaco	2023-12-01		6,217	259.0	... that Ron Monaco, described as the "longest of long shots", became a starter in the NFL having been just a backup in college?
KIKU	2023-12-03		6,180	257.5	... that a Hawaii TV station's switch from Japanese-language programming to home shopping stirred viewer outcry?
Henk Zwartepoorte	2023-12-04		6,111	254.6	... that Henk Zwartepoorte quacked at caimans?
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number	2023-12-02		6,007	250.3	... that the developers of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number suggested that Australian customers pirate their game?
Brillante Jr. (wrestler, born 2001)	2023-12-08		5,959	248.3	... that the wrestler Brillante Jr. is the younger cousin of the wrestler Brillante Jr.?
Ding Xuesong	2023-12-05		5,944	247.7	... that Ding Xuesong was the first female ambassador of the People's Republic of China?
Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit	2023-12-05		5,940	247.5	... that Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit once advocated for a "right to vote from birth"?
Andrea Carla Michaels	2023-12-06		5,822	242.6	... that Andrea Carla Michaels, who has written more than 80 crosswords for The New York Times, is known as the "Pizza Lady" in San Francisco?
Colonial National Bank (Roanoke, Virginia)	2023-12-07		5,774	240.6	... that five peregrine falcon chicks were released from the roof of an office building in Virginia in an unsuccessful attempt to combat an overpopulation of pigeons?
Feather (song)	2023-12-09		5,396	224.9	... that the Bishop of Brooklyn was "appalled" that the music video for "Feather", in which Sabrina Carpenter kills several men, was filmed in a church?
Seasonal hyperacute panuveitis	2023-12-02		5,144	214.4	... that white moths are suspected to cause seasonal hyperacute panuveitis in Nepal?
Secret Empire (1974 comic)	2023-12-02		4,968	207.0	... that Steve Englehart wrote the Captain America comic book storyline "Secret Empire" as an allegory for the Watergate scandal?
OOB Organic	2023-12-09		4,907	204.5	... that a founder of a New Zealand ice cream company was previously an investment banker?
Dave Barney	2023-12-03		4,735	197.3	... that when Bob and Dave Barney won multiple intramural swimming races, their university recruiter reportedly did not realize they were twins?
Uganda Muslim Supreme Council	2023-12-02		4,726	196.9	... that the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council became the richest landlord in Uganda after inheriting land left behind by Asian Muslims expelled under Idi Amin?
WPBF	2023-12-01		4,712	196.3	... that a Florida TV station was late to its first broadcast because an engineer overslept?
Trần Lập	2023-12-06		4,598	191.6	... that Trần Lập was involved in Vietnam's first internet copyright lawsuit?
Louise Franklin	2023-12-05		4,036	168.1	... that actress Louise Franklin replaced the main dancing role in 1945's Pillow to Post after Dorothy Dandridge was injured in a car accident?
8th Session of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia	2023-12-03		3,910	162.9	... that the broadcast of the 8th Session of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia was manipulated to remove or delay speeches critical of Slobodan Milošević?
Tshering Tshomo	2023-12-03		3,856	160.7	... that in 2023, Tshering Tshomo was the only woman elected to serve in the National Council of Bhutan?
Bitter Legacy	2023-12-06		3,824	159.4	... that the 1982 book Bitter Legacy by historian Richard C. Lukas describes how in the early Cold War years America lost influence over Poland, which became a part of the Soviet empire?
Satomi Ito	2023-12-09		3,740	155.8	... that Japanese costume designer Satomi Ito has created costumes for figure skating, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, equestrian vaulting, ballet, and ballroom dance?
Dubliany, Rivne Oblast	2023-12-03		3,690	153.8	... that according to local legend, the St. Nicholas Church in Dubliany, Rivne Oblast, was built there by accident following a clerical error?
Herky and Timmy's Racing Coaster	2023-12-01		3,522	146.8	... that Herky and Timmy's Racing Coaster is the first roller coaster in South Korea to go backwards?
Daniel McCaffery	2023-12-08		3,374	140.6	... that Daniel McCaffery campaigned on protecting abortion rights in the 2023 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election, even though judicial candidates typically avoid commenting on specific issues?
List of New Orleans Saints seasons	2023-12-07		3,350	139.6	... that the New Orleans Saints went their first 20 seasons without a winning season?
Rojin Polat	2023-12-09		3,248	135.3	... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia?
KOLT (1320 AM)	2023-12-08		3,245	135.2	... that a Nebraska radio station chartered an aircraft to search for motorists stranded after a blizzard?
Teratoscincus roborowskii	2023-12-04		3,192	133.0	... that the gecko Teratoscincus roborowskii eats caper fruits and disperses the plant's seeds in its feces?
November 2013 North American storm complex	2023-12-02		3,136	130.7	... that a downed power line caused a fire spanning more than 100 acres (40 ha) during a November 2013 North American storm?
Julie Cliff	2023-12-01		2,796	116.5	... that Julie Cliff revealed that an outbreak of konzo in Mozambique was caused by cyanide in insufficiently processed cassava?
Bogor City Regional House of Representatives	2023-12-06		2,372	98.9	... that 32 former members of the city council of Bogor, Indonesia, were convicted of corruption in 2010, including 3 who were still serving?
International Fire Marshals Association	2023-12-06		2,251	93.8	... that the International Fire Marshals Association is partly responsible for the ban on fireworks in some U.S. states?
List of songs recorded by Tate McRae	2023-12-09		2,050	85.4	... that Canadian singer Tate McRae is a trained ballet dancer and started her musical career by accident?

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