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Miscellaneous topics

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Henri Salmide (3/19/10)		21,112	3,519	... that Heinz Stahlschmidt was credited with saving 3,500 French lives when he refused to blow up the port of Bordeaux and instead blew up the munitions bunker, killing approximately 50 Germans?
2. Frances Vorne (9/12/23)		28,618	3,110 (9.2 hrs)	... that a photograph of Frances "The Shape" Vorne wearing a swimsuit made from remnants of a captured Nazi parachute (pictured) was one of the most sought-after pin-ups of World War II?
3. John T. Elson (9/27/09)		na	na	... that John T. Elson, who famously asked, "Is God Dead?" in 1966, is dead at age 78?
4. Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly (10/10/23)		47,461	1,832	... that Yank pin-ups (example pictured) were distributed to American military personnel during World War II to promote morale?
5. Death by coconut (7/28/13)		4,258	532	... that according to an urban legend, coconuts kill more people than sharks each year?
6. Hillcrest Country Club (4/2/08)		5,400	621	...that Groucho Marx joined Hillcrest Country Club even though it was willing to have him as a member?
7. Selene Mahri (10/1/23)		35,567	1,482	... that Finnish-American model Selene Mahri (pictured) married three millionaires and is credited with inventing the saying "Marriage is a question of give and take. You give. I take"?
8. The Miracle of the Bells (book) (9/16/23)		9,025	752	... that the best-selling novel of 1947 was described by Time magazine as "one of the worst ever published"?
9. Chili Williams (11/1/24)		37,333	1,556	... that a photograph of Chili Williams, known as the "Polka Dot Girl" (pictured), was one of the "two most famous pin-up pictures" of World War II?
10. Clarence Chesterfield Howerton (8/28/13)		23,019	1,918	... that Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, aka Major Mite (pictured), was billed as the world's smallest man?
11. Joanne Siegel (3/4/11)		13,600	1,700	... that Joanne Siegel was the original model for Lois Lane and later married Superman's co-creator?
12. Martha Holliday (8/27/23)		19,858	1,655	... that a 1940s pin-up photograph (shown) of dancer and actress Martha Holliday reportedly "created a near-panic in the United States Senate"?
13. Dale Haney (11/1/22)		9,802	817	... that Dale Haney has walked presidential pooches from Richard Nixon's King Timahoe to Joe Biden's Commander and safeguarded George W. Bush's pets during the September 11 attacks?
14. USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame inductees (2/6/21)		25,897 (11,140 Atlantis)	2,158	... that the first women inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame included a WASP pilot, a World War II Marine, a "Chickie", a Hall of Fame lacrosse player, a world-champion softball player, an All-College basketball player, the founder of the first collegiate squash program in the United States, a professor and a valedictorian of Ursinus College, and a resident of Atlantis (pictured)?
15. Rommy Hunt Revson (10/24/22)		8,787	732	... that nightclub singer Rommy Revson earned millions of dollars from her 1986 invention of the scrunchie (examples pictured), which she originally named after her pet poodle?
16. Lester Shubin (12/3/09)		6,807	756	... that chemist Lester Shubin has been credited with saving the lives of thousands of police officers?
17. Gauthier Mvumbi (2/17/21)		8,195	341	... that Gauthier Mvumbi has been called the "Shaq of handball", the "Congo Colossus", and "the most popular handball player on the Earth"?
18. Arnall Patz (3/31/10)		5,267	850	... that ophthalmologist Arnall Patz received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for solving one of "the great medical mysteries of the postwar era"?
19. Beryl Benacerraf (11/18/22)		5,538	231	... that Beryl Benacerraf, pioneer of the nuchal scan, wrote that dyslexia caused her to live in a world of images where "anomalies jump out at me like a neon sign"?
20. Lincoln Broyhill (12/10/08)		10,108	1,685	... that B-17 Flying Fortress tailgunner "Babe" Broyhill set a record by destroying two Messerschmitt ME-262 jet fighters in a mission over Berlin in March 1945?
21. Michael van der Veen (3/3/21)		5,263	439	... that Michael van der Veen, who represented Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial, also represented a man claiming to have been served a fried rat at a KFC?
22. Berthold Beitz (8/5/13)		4,063	508	... that businessman Berthold Beitz saved hundreds of Jews, including tailors, hairdressers and Talmudic scholars, by designating them as essential to Nazi Germany's war effort?
23. Dotty Fothergill (2/20/21)		4,094		... that when women's champion Dotty Fothergill sued in 1970 for being denied the right to compete in men's tournaments, the Professional Bowlers Association countersued for "disastrous ridicule"?
24. Dickshooter, Idaho (4/23/11)		4,312	719	... that Dickshooter was named for Dick Shooter?
25. ʻIolani Luahine (1/1-1/2/09)		2,694	449	... that Iolani Luahine, considered the high priestess of the ancient hula, was said to be able to "call up the wind and the rain" and to "make animals do her bidding"?
26. Murray Sayle (10/2/10)		2,630	438	... that Australian Murray Sayle, known for his "rat-like cunning", was a war correspondent in Vietnam, tracked Che Guevara through the Bolivian jungle, climbed Mt. Everest and sailed solo across the Atlantic?
27. Lillian Brown (11/1/20)		5,149	429	... that Lillian Brown, makeup artist to nine U.S. presidents, stopped Richard Nixon's sobbing before he went on television to resign the presidency?
28. Robert Searcy (9/24/09)		1,800	225	... that Robert Searcy, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, was employed after the war by United Airlines cleaning aircraft?
29. Donald Goerke (1/29/10)		1,301	217	... that Donald Goerke invented SpaghettiOs, choosing the "O" over pasta shaped like baseballs, cowboys, and spacemen, and later ran the company's dog food division?
30. Willie Louis (8/4/13)		1,600	200	... that Willie Louis has been called a hero of the Civil Rights Movement for testifying in 1955 against two white men accused of murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till?
31. William Revelli (2/2/08)				...that William Revelli, director of the University of Michigan Marching Band for 36 years, was the first to synchronize music and movement, in place of traditional rigid military-style formations?
32. Stuart Macrae (inventor) (11/13/08)		2,600	433	... that the sticky bomb was designed by Stuart Macrae at a laboratory known as "Winston Churchill's Toyshop"? (12,600 DYK views for sticky bomb)
33. Dick Liddil (12/9/08)		1,700	317	... that James-Younger Gang member "Dick" Liddil surrendered to authorities after killing Jesse James' cousin, reportedly out of fear that James would seek revenge?
34. World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights (11/18/08)		4,200	700	... that the World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights, adopted in 1985, calls for the right to unemployment insurance and decriminalization of adult prostitution?
35. David Avadon (9/14/09)		4,200	700	... that David Avadon earned his livelihood for 30 years as "a daring pickpocket with dashing finesse"?
36. Gloria Nord (1/13-1/14/10)		8,319	693	... that pin-up girl Gloria Nord attracted more than a million people to her rolling skating exhibitions in 1942 and 1943 and later gave a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II?
37. List of Australian inventions (12/17/08)		3,800	623	... that Australian inventions include the boomerang, didgeridoo, black box flight data recorder, Vegemite, spray-on skin, and bionic ear (pictured)?
38. Ernie Lopez (10/8-10/9/09)		6,141	1,024	... that the selection of Ernie "Indian Red" Lopez for the California Boxing Hall of Fame led to his discovery in a Texas homeless shelter after being missing for 12 years?
39. Van Nuys Boulevard (3/21/08)		3,400	507	...that Van Nuys Boulevard, running through the heart of LA's San Fernando Valley, was a center of teenage cruising from the 1950s through the 1970s?
40. Anton Zamloch (1/11/08)		2,883	506	...that 19th century magician and vaudeville star Anton Zamloch was accused, and then exonerated, of having "bewitched" a woman's wedding ring from her gloved hand?
41. Waldo Hunt (12/3/09)		3,000	492	... that Waldo Hunt, "King of the Pop-Ups," could "make dinosaurs rear up, ships set sail and bats quiver in belfries"?
42. Verna Grahek Mize (3/4/21)		2,644	220.3	... that Verna Grahek Mize was given the title "First Lady of Lake Superior" for her campaign to stop a mining company from dumping 67,000 tons of "gray gunk" into the lake each day?
43. Montecito Tea Fire (11/19-11/20/08)		2,930	488	... that the Montecito Tea Fire, which destroyed more than 200 homes in California, was caused by smoldering embers from a bonfire party at an abandoned tea house?
44. Nicolae Pleşiţă (10/5/09)		4,900	480	... that former Romanian secret police chief Nicolae Pleşiţă, notorious for his dealings with Carlos the Jackal, admitted dragging dissident writer Paul Goma around his cell by his beard?
45. Victory Boulevard (3/11/08)		3,600	480	...that Victory Boulevard, running the 25-mile length of the San Fernando Valley, is mentioned in Randy Newman's I Love LA: "Victory Boulevard (We Love It!)"?
46. Charles Bond (9/17/09)		2,868	478	... that Maj. Gen. Charles Bond was credited with shooting down nine-and-a-half Japanese planes and was himself shot down twice while serving with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China?
37. Sayre Fire (11/19/08)		2,796	466	... that the Sayre Fire resulted in the worst loss of homes due to fire in the history of Los Angeles, surpassing the loss of 484 residences in the 1961 Bel Air fire?
47. Ysrael Seinuk (10/10/10)		2,560	427	... that Ysrael Seinuk came to the United States with little more than "my slide rule and my diploma from the University of Havana" and became known as "Mr. New York"?
48. Tony Dauksza (2/15/12)		3,200	400	... that former American football player Tony Dauksza in 1971 became the first person to traverse the Northwest Passage in anything other than a ship, completing the journey by himself in a canoe?
49. Dodge Morgan (10/1/10)		2,402	400	... that radar detector millionaire Dodge Morgan at age 54 sailed solo around the globe without stops in 150 days, shattering the prior record of 292 days?
50. Tiny Gooch (7/16/10)		2,120	353	... that Tiny Gooch, placed third in the discus at the NCAA track championships, won the Southwest Conference heavyweight wrestling championship and was acknowledged as "the tallest attorney in Texas" until 1950?
51. Donna Mae Mims (10/22/09)		2,786	350	.. that Donna Mae Mims, known as the "Pink Lady" of racing, became the first woman to win a Sports Car Club of America national championship in 1963?
52. Maria Gulovich Liu (10/11/09)		1,728	288	... that Maria Gulovich sheltered Jews, worked for the anti-fascist underground, and was awarded the Bronze Star for saving the lives of OSS agents during World War II?
53. Charles Muscatine (3/28/10)		1,676	279	... that Chaucer scholar Charles Muscatine participated in the D-day landing on Omaha Beach and was fired by UC Berkeley for refusing to sign a McCarthyite oath?
54. Walter Boal (7/3/09)		1,671	279	... that American hammer thrower Walter Boal astonished passengers on a ship traveling to England in 1899 by skipping rope around the deck with another athlete on his back?
55. Zoia Horn (12/9/08)		2,200	275	... that the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award is named for a librarian who was jailed for refusing to testify in the 1972 trial of the Harrisburg Seven anti-war activists?
56. Florence Casler (6/30/08)		2,755	276	... that after moving to Los Angeles, California in 1912 as a widow with two daughters, Florence Casler became a pioneering woman real estate developer, constructing more than 60 buildings?
57. Leonard Paulu (12/14/09)		2,050	257	... that Leonard Paulu won consecutive NCAA championships in the 100 yard dash despite war injuries that included the loss of an eye and a right-leg stride four inches shorter than his left?
58. Hugo Bettauer] (11/18/08)		1,400	233	... that Hugo Bettauer, author of a satire depicting Vienna after expulsion of its Jews, was shot and killed in 1925 after Nazis branded him a "Red poet" and "corruptor of youth"?

Ventura County

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Battle of San Buenaventura (5/24/22)		9,525	794	... that the Battle of San Buenaventura was described by the Los Angeles Times as a "quirky skirmish ... that emptied the mission of wine and left its adobe walls pockmarked by cannon fire"?
2. Serra Cross (7/18/18)		7,823	326	... that the Serra Cross (pictured) in Ventura, California, was sold in response to a threatened lawsuit challenging the use of public funds to maintain a religious symbol on public land?
3. Father Serra statues (5/9/18)		2,527		... that the Father Serra statues in Ventura, California, have been vandalized and called "a direct slap in the face" of Native American cultures? [Statutes subsequently removed in 2020]
4. Ventura Pier				... that the Ventura Pier was the longest wooden pier in California until a storm sheared off approximately 420 feet (130 m) in 1995?
5. Cephas L. Bard (10/6/22)		5,272	220	... that Cephas L. Bard, the first American physician in Ventura, California, was also the first person to die in the hospital he built there?
6. Alice McGrath (12/4/09)		1,300	217	... that Luis Valdez called American activist Alice McGrath, who inspired his play Zoot Suit, "one of the heroines of the 20th century"?
7. San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct (9/16/08)		6,512	868	... that the seven-mile-long Ventura Mission Aqueduct, built between 1780 and 1815, has been called "an engineering marvel"?
8. Carnegie Art Museum (9/13/08)				... that the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, California originally opened in 1907 as a Carnegie library?
9. Camarillo Ranch House (9/17/08)		4,100		... that Camarillo Ranch House (pictured), headquarters for "the largest bean ranch in the world", was renowned for its Arabian stallions that led the Rose Parade? (2,900 DYK photo views)

Film/TV

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. The Italian (1915 film), George Beban (10/5/09)		14,100 + 6,002 = 20,102	3,350	... that the 1915 film The Italian tells the story of an immigrant played by George Beban (pictured) who goes to America in search of fortune but finds a "Darwininan jungle" on New York's Lower East Side?
2. Forbidden Area (11/5/20)		18,272	1,523	... that Rod Serling's Forbidden Area (actor pictured), a nuclear-war thriller, launched the four-year run of a series voted in 1970 as "the greatest television series of all time"?
3. In the Presence of Mine Enemies (9/30/20)		20,907	871	... that Leon Uris called Rod Serling's In the Presence of Mine Enemies "the most disgusting presentation in the history of American television" and demanded that the negative be burned?
4. Judgment at Nuremberg (10/19/20)		5,608	234	... that Claude Rains's reference to the Nazis' "gas ovens" was cut from the audio during the broadcast of Judgment at Nuremberg due to an objection by a gas-company sponsor?
5. Luke Matheny (3/4/11)		10,590	1,324	... that Luke Matheny, whose hair was described as "a vast black bouffant that makes him look like an untidy microphone", began his Academy Award acceptance speech by joking, "I should've gotten a haircut"?
6. Civilization (film) (10/5/09)		7,000	1,167	... that the epic anti-war film Civilization (poster pictured), depicting Jesus walking through the carnage of war, was credited with helping re-elect U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916?
7. The Plot to Kill Stalin (10/5/20)		12,951	540	... that the Soviet Union called The Plot to Kill Stalin "filthy slander" and retaliated by closing the CBS news bureau in Moscow?
8. A Town Has Turned to Dust (10/9/20)		9,915	413	... that sponsors refused to back the lynching story A Town Has Turned to Dust until writer Rod Serling moved the setting out of the South and changed the victim from black to Mexican?
9. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90) (10/29/20)		7,333	306	... that Ernest Hemingway watched the television adaptation of For Whom the Bell Tolls from a flea-bitten motel as the screenwriter held the "rabbit ears" for him? (also 4,218 views for "rabbit ears")
10. Clara Williams (10/6/09)		11,247	1,867	... that silent film star Clara Williams (pictured), known for her "forty famous frocks", appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1918?
11. Sex (film) (9/28/09)		9,300	1,163	... that the 1920 film Sex, opening with its star performing a seductive "spider dance" clad in "a translucent cloak of webs", had its title censored in Pennsylvania?
12. Junior Coghlan (9/22/09)		6,547	818	... that Frank Coghlan said "damn" in Gone with the Wind, but is best known known for saying "Shazam" in Captain Marvel, the first big screen depiction of a comic book superhero?
13. The Green Pastures (Hallmark Hall of Fame) (12/14/20)		9,491	791	... that The Green Pastures (1957) (advertisement pictured) was critiqued in the white Southern press for having "bowed to the inverted prejudice which insists that Negroes shall never be portrayed as Negroes"?
14. Bang the Drum Slowly (10/23/20)		8,867	369	... that Bang the Drum Slowly, in which Paul Newman stepped in and out of character to double as a Greek chorus, was called "daring television of rare quality"?
15. The Mystery of Thirteen (3/29/21)		8,499	708	... that Jack Lemmon starred in The Mystery of Thirteen as a real-life physician who Charles Dickens called "the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey"?
16. Around the World in 90 Minutes (3/30/21)		8,256	688	... that Around the World in 90 Minutes featured Elizabeth Taylor cutting a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) cake, Walter Cronkite reporting, and Hubert Humphrey delivering a speech?
17. The Wolf Woman (9/27/09)		5,100	638	... that reviewers called The Wolf Woman the "greatest vampire picture of all" and its star, Louise Glaum, "the greatest vampire woman of all time"?
18. Shorty Hamilton (10/6/09)		3,800	633	... that silent film comedian Shorty Hamilton died in 1925 when his automobile crashed into a steam shovel in Hollywood?
19. The Defender (11/3/20)		6,763	564	... that Steve McQueen and William Shatner starred in The Defender, the first live television drama divided for broadcast on separate nights, "leaving audiences dangling on the cliff"?
20. The Strike (8/7/22)		13,512	563	... that "The Strike" (1954), about an American officer's turmoil in ordering an air strike on his own men, was rated as Rod Serling's best script he had written to date?
21. Sacco-Vanzetti Story (10/2/20)		13,149	548	... that the 1960 television play Sacco-Vanzetti Story was called "one of the most controversial ever seen on television"?
22. The Jet Propelled Couch		6,167	514	... that the producers of The Jet Propelled Couch hired "Miss Color TV", Vampira (pictured in black and white), and several Miss Americas to portray attractive creatures inhabiting an imaginary planet?
23. The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (10/17/20)		11,238	468	... that a 1953 television special broadcast simultaneously on NBC and CBS attracted 60 million viewers and was called "a milestone in the cultural life of the '50s"?
24. Lorenzo Tucker (4/30/08)		4,191	432	... that a scandal arose when African-American actor Lorenzo Tucker, known as the "Black Valentino", playing a pimp in a play, kissed Mae West, playing a prostitute?
25. A Night to Remember		9,391	391	... that A Night to Remember, a live broadcast about Titanic's final night, featured 107 actors and 31 sets, and proved that "TV occasionally can rise to great heights"?
26. P.O.W. (10/25/20)		7,505	313	... that P.O.W. was based on interviews with repatriated prisoners about communist "brainwashing treatment" during the Korean War?
27. Bill Littlejohn (10/1/10)		1,676	279	... that the work of "animation God" Bill Littlejohn includes Tom and Jerry, A Charlie Brown Christmas and an Oscar-winning short with Dizzy Gillespie debating the possibility of nuclear war?
28. Paul Weiland (10/2/09)		1,831	305	... that director Paul Weiland, whose credits include Mr. Bean, 66 and more than 500 television commercials, owns an 18th-century country estate in Wiltshire, England?
29. Wagon Tracks (10/7/09)		1,872	271	... that The Atlanta Constitution wrote that William S. Hart's face (pictured) was "the synonym for power and manliness" in its review of the film Wagon Tracks?
30. The Turn of the Screw (Ford Startime) (11/9/20)		2,862	239	... that Ingrid Bergman won Emmy and Sylvania Awards for her world television debut in John Frankenheimer's horror movie The Turn of the Screw? (14,397 for all linked terms)
31. Wilfred Buckland (10/1/09)		1,900	238	... that an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1980 argued that "everything we know as Hollywood traces to Wilfred Buckland", film innovator and Hollywood's first art director?
32. Victoria Regina (10/16/20)		4,368		... that a makeup artist used a rubber mask and fake nose to age Julie Harris by 60 years in the Emmy-winning "program of the year" Victoria Regina? (8,997 for all linked terms)
33. No Time for Sergeants (10/20/20)		3,710		... that The New York Times review of the 1955 television play No Time for Sergeants questioned whether Andy Griffith was "versatile enough to qualify for other important roles"? (12,094 for all linked terms)
34. The Moon and Sixpence (11/10/20)		2,185		... that Laurence Olivier won an Emmy for his role as a London stockbroker, Parisian artist, and Tahitian leper in The Moon and Sixpence? (7,641 for all linked terms
35. Albert Heschong (10/16/20)		1,801		... that Albert Heschong parlayed his childhood interest in model boats and Erector Sets into building huge stage sets, including a $15,000 Victorian house for ABC's Pulitzer Prize Playhouse? (4,837 for all linked terms)

Music

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Double entendre songs (1/1/21)		13,757 + 6,108 + 6,308 + 6,080 + 5,306 = 37,559	1,565	... that a ranking of the greatest double-entendre songs of all time included "Big Long Slidin' Thing" by Dinah Washington (pictured), "Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl" by Bessie Smith, "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" by the Swallows, "Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)" by Wynonie Harris, and "Big Ten Inch Record" by Aerosmith?
2. Leonard Skinner (9/29/10)		8,823	1,471	... that The New York Times called Leonard Skinner, the namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd, "arguably the most influential high school gym teacher in American popular culture"? (approximately 45,000 views that week and 34,910 on 2/21/14)
3. McCabe's Guitar Shop (4/2/08)		7,100	1,183	...that more than a dozen artists have recorded live albums in the back room of McCabe's Guitar Shop, including Townes Van Zandt, Ralph Stanley, and R.E.M.?
4. Macorina (song)		7,728	644	... that "Macorina", the first erotic song dedicated to one woman by another, became a "lesbian hymn"?
5. Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (11/11/20, 3 hrs), (12/3/20, 12 hrs)		2,035 + 6,071 = 8,106	540	... that a satirical website reported that Joe Biden was energizing donors with "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang"? .. that music critic Greg Kot described "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" as "despicable misogyny", but listed it among his guilty pleasures because the "rawwwk doesn't get much rawer"?
6. Chaino (1/27-1/28/11)		3,109	518	.. that bongo player Chaino, whose albums included Jungle Mating Rhythms, claimed to be an orphan from a lost tribe in central Africa but was actually born in Philadelphia and raised in Chicago?
7. Fujiyama Mama (1/13/21)		4,959	413	... that "Fujiyama Mama", an American rockabilly song that compared a woman's energy to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a number-one hit in Japan in 1958?
8. Filipino Baby (12/28/20)		5,223	218	... that "Filipino Baby", a song about a sailor's love for a Filipino girl, described as "my treasure and my pet", was a top-five hit for three different artists in 1946?
9. BLKBOK (1/13/25)		8,168		... that pianist BLKBOK (pronounced "Black Bach") has composed works based on the murder of George Floyd, the Little Rock Nine, and The Negro Motorist Green Book? (6,825 views for The Negro Motorist Green Book, 4,779 for Murder of George Floyd, 3,695 for Little Rock Nine)
10. It Makes No Difference Now (5/25/26)		5,107		... that the writer of "It Makes No Difference Now" sold the song for $300 before it became a hit that was covered by Ray Charles, the Supremes, and Merle Haggard? (971 views for Floyd Tillman, 2,542 for Haggard, 4,964 for Charles, 2,032 for the Supremes, 351 for Jimmie Davis, 181 for Cliff Bruner)
11. Rock Me All Night Long (5/23/26)		6,715		... that the title phrase of the 1952 R&B song "Rock Me All Night Long" is a euphemism for sexual intercourse?
12. Latin-esque (12/23/24)		5,522		... that the 1962 space-age pop album Latin-esque was recorded with halves of the orchestra separated by almost a city block to heighten its stereo effects?
13. Little Sir Echo (5/15/26)		4,570		... that the camp song "Little Sir Echo" has been recorded in big-band, punk, country, and French versions, and from performances by Jerry Lewis and the Wiggles? (4,793 views for The Wiggles, 112 for The Bonzo Dog Band, 88 for Adele Girard, 68 for Joe Marsala)
14. America, Why I Love Her (1/11/21)		2,376		... that an album of poetry read by John Wayne reached the number-13 spot on Billboard's Hot Country Albums chart?
15. Celso Duarte (6/1/10)				... that Paraguayan and jarocho harpist Celso Duarte began touring at age 10 and has performed with his band at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center and the Getty Center?
16. Tak Shindo (1/16/11)				... that Manzanar internee Tak Shindo went on to become a "Giant of Jazz" for exotica albums like Mganga! and Brass and Bamboo?
17. Orienta (2/9/11				... that the exotica album Orienta by "Star Trek" composer Gerald Fried was said to resemble the dreams of a person who has fallen asleep during a Fu Manchu movie on television?
18. "If It Wasn't True]]", Shamir (9/1/14)				... that "If It Wasn't True" from countertenor Shamir's 2014 Northtown EP was called "Your Favorite Breakup Song" by Vogue and "semidissonant pulses tickled by antsy snares and hi-hats" by Dazed?
19. Jesse Fortune (9/15/09)		1,300		... that blues singer Jesse Fortune, better known as the "Fortune Tellin' Man," passed on performing in Europe because he did not want to disappoint customers at his Chicago barbershop?
19. Skip Miller (9/14/09)		800		... that former Motown Records president Skip Miller began his career as a stock clerk and has been credited with helping to develop the rap genre?

Baseball

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Charlie Bennett (7/15-7/16/14)		20,537	2,567	... that the baseball career of Charlie Bennett (pictured), who reportedly invented the chest protector, ended when both legs were run over by a train?
2. Dummy Taylor (9/2/11)		13,403	1,675	... that Dummy Taylor, once the highest salaried deaf person in the United States, was ejected from a baseball game for cursing out the umpire in sign language?
3. Deacon McGuire (7/24/14)		17,330	1,444	... that an x-ray of catcher Deacon McGuire's gnarled left hand (pictured) showed "36 breaks, twists or bumps all due to baseball accidents"?
4. Lil Stoner		10,047	837	... that pitcher and "smokeball artist" Lil Stoner (pictured) also enjoyed baking and growing flowers?
5. Weldy Walker (6/7/12)		10,348		... that an 1888 letter written by Weldy Walker, the second African American in Major League Baseball, was called "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete"?
6. Duncan Curry (6/14/12)		2,450	306	... that Duncan Curry, sometimes called the "Father of Baseball", was the president of the first organized baseball team and helped draft the first written rules of the game in 1845?
7. Charles Dryden (8/17/11)				... that baseball humorist Charles Dryden dubbed the 1906 White Sox the "Hitless Wonders" and said of the 1909 Senators: "Washington – first in war, first in peace and last in the American League"?
8. John Hiller Sept 2, 2019		5,743	479	... that after suffering a heart attack at the age of 27, relief pitcher John Hiller (pictured) made a comeback and broke Major League Baseball's record for saves in a season?
9. Fred Dunlap (9/2/11)		4,758	595	... that Fred Dunlap, who was once the highest paid player in professional baseball, died penniless at the age of 43?
10. Charlie Gray (9/4/23)		9,447		... that Major League Baseball pitcher Charlie Gray was billed as his team's pitcher "of six fingers and six toed fame" and called "a freak" by the Sporting Life?'
11. Dick Burns (9/20/14)		3,781	323	... that the baseball player Dick Burns's "up-shoot" was called "a beauty"?
12. Emil Gross (7/23-7/24/14)		25,861	2,155	... that Emil Gross set a Major League Baseball record by appearing in 87 games as catcher?
13. Frank Ringo (7/9-7/10/14)		7,125	509	... that baseball player Frank Ringo, who was "inordinately fond" of whiskey, married in January 1889 and killed himself in April of that same year?
14. Ned Hanlon (7/28/14)		6,628	562	... that "Foxy Ned" Hanlon (pictured), inventor of the "Baltimore chop", was "The Father of Modern Baseball"?
15. Willie Hernández (9/4/22)		6,069	506	... that Puerto Rico's Willie Hernández (pictured) became the highest paid player in Detroit Tigers history after winning Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards and a World Series?
16. Salty Parker (11/29/23)		6,020		... that Salty Parker, who spent 60 years in organized baseball, described his lifelong love of the game as "a beautiful disease"?
17. Sadie Houck (6/9/14)		5,703	475	... that Sadie Houck was blacklisted by the National League for being "addicted to drink" despite being acknowledged as "one of the best short stops in the country and a thorough ball player"?
18. Count Campau (6/25-6/26/14)		3,485	436	... that 19th-century baseball player Count Campau could reportedly run the bases in 14 seconds, and once converted an infield popup into a home run?
19. Charlie Getzein (3/14/13)		5,493	713	... that Charlie Getzein (pictured), known for his "pretzel curve" pitch, won 59 games in 1886 and 1887, including four games in the 1887 World Series?
20. Tip O'Neill (8/7/14)		5,200	444	... that Tip O'Neill won the triple crown and set at least eight Major League Baseball batting records?
21. Carl Lundgren (4/6/11)		7,514	939	... that Cubs pitcher Carl Lundgren (pictured) had "speed to burn green hickory and an assortment of curves that would keep a cryptograph specialist figuring all night but he was wild as a March hare in a cyclone"?
22. Bobby Lowe (4/4/11)		5,837	730	... that Boston Beaneater Bobby "Link" Lowe (pictured) was the first Major League player to hit four home runs in a game and was selected in 1911 as the best utility player in baseball history?
23. Mysterious Walker (5/27/10)		3,778	630	... that Mysterious Walker, who played for or coached more than 30 baseball, basketball and football teams, earned his nickname pitching for the San Francisco Seals under a pseudonym and wearing a mask?
24. Mayo Smith (11/213)		2,387	298	... that ESPN.com ranked the decision by Mayo Smith (pictured) to move Mickey Stanley to shortstop for the 1968 World Series as the third "gutsiest call" in sports history?
25. Frank G. Menke (8/21/11)		2,200	275	... that after debunking Abner Doubleday as the inventor of baseball, Frank Menke was placed in "the class that would belittle Washington, Lincoln and other men who have played their part in American history"?
26. Icehouse Wilson		3,908	651	... that Icehouse Wilson, a member of "Oakland's first World Champion Baseball team," had a career batting average of .000 in Major League Baseball?
27. Dan Casey (8/21/14)		3,500	246	... that in later life, baseball player Dan Casey claimed he was "Casey at the Bat"?
28. Red Snapp (11/3/11)		2,800	233	... that Red Snapp was considered the "king of the minor leagues?
29. Prince Oana (6/13/14)		1,726	216	... that professional baseball player "Prince" Oana was falsely advertised by his promoters as a full-blooded Hawaiian royal?
30. Jerry Dorgan (7/10/14)		4,800	592	... that professional baseball player Jerry Dorgan suffered from an "unconquerable appetite for liquor" and died after being discovered inebriated in a barn with an empty liquor bottle by his side?
31. Heinie Meine (8/30/11)		4,500	555	... that during the Prohibition era, the National League's leading pitcher Heinie Meine (pictured) operated a speakeasy known for "moose milk that would peel the paint off a battleship"?
32. Bill Armour (1/29/14)		3,488	436	... that Bill Armour (pictured) was manager of the Cleveland Bronchos when they signed Nap Lajoie to the most lucrative contract in baseball up to that time, and of the Detroit Tigers when they signed Ty Cobb?
33. Dupee Shaw		4,520	383	... that Dupee Shaw's delivery may have been the first pitching wind-up, created "a genuine sensation" and led baseball writers of his day to call him "a monkey, a mountebank and other harsh names"?
34. Pete Conway (3/27/11)		2,730	341	... that Pete Conway won 30 games as a pitcher for the Detroit Wolverines in 1888, "snapped a cord in his arm" in 1889, later worked as a mule skinner, and was dead by age 36?
35. Jumping Jack Jones (8/23/14)		3,900	333	... that baseball pitcher, dentist, and voice trainer Jumping Jack Jones (pictured) leapt into the air before throwing, making him "the twirling marvel of his time"?
36. Baby Doll Jacobson (3/1/14)		2,372	289	... that Baby Doll Jacobson (pictured) received his nickname after hitting a home run while a band played "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" on opening day of the 1912 season?
37. Bun Troy (6/16/14)		2,302	281	... that baseball pitcher Bun Troy, who won a doubleheader while pitching all nine innings of both games, was killed in action during World War I?
. Larry Herndon (9/11/22)		1,400 (overnight)		... that Larry Herndon, baseball rookie of the year in 1977, hit a game-winning home run in the 1984 World Series and a playoff-clinching home run on the last day of the 1987 season?
. Milt Wilcox (9/10/22)		1,512 (overnight)		... that Milt Wilcox, winning pitcher of Game 3 of the 1984 World Series, credited "throwing bowling balls" with rescuing his Major League Baseball career?

Michigan football

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Vincent Mroz (12/3/12)		23,000	2,875	... that United States Secret Service agent Vincent Mroz shot an attempted presidential assassin in the "biggest gunfight in Secret Service history"?
2. William Wilson Talcott (12/4/10)		13,247	2,208	... that ice cream manufacturer William Wilson Talcott (pictured) killed himself by jumping from an excursion steamer into Lake Michigan with rocks in his pockets after he was unable to extricate his wife from a "love cult" in 1922?
3. Thomas S. Hammond (3/30/10)		12,500	2,083	... that American football player Tom Hammond (pictured) always played without protective padding, saying "I want them to feel my bones"?
11. Ernest Allmendinger (2/10/09)		14,326	2,388	... that American football player "Aqua" Allmendinger (pictured), once described as "a young giant in perfect physical condition," acquired his nickname after working as a waterboy for railroad building crews?
12. 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team (11/5/10)		12,200	2,033	... that 10 players from the 1902 "Point-a-Minute" Michigan football team (pictured), which outscored opponents 644–12, became head coaches?
4. William Ward (5/20/11)		9,300	1,163	... that Michigan football coach William Ward later became a physician who experimented with the surgical creation of artificial vaginas?
8. William Dennison Clark (11/17-11/18/10)		6,192	1,032	... that William Dennison Clark, whose "wretched blunder" in 1905 ended Michigan's 56-game unbeaten streak in football, killed himself 27 years later, reportedly expressing the hope to atone for his error?
5. Biff, the Michigan Wolverine (4/2/08)		7,908	1,014	...that the Michigan Wolverines' practice of parading their live mascot Biff before matches was stopped as the animal grew larger and more ferocious?
7. Irving Kane Pond (3/16/10)		6,054	1,009	... that Irving Pond (pictured) designed three National Historic Landmarks, performed a backflip on his 80th birthday, and scored the first ever touchdown for the Michigan Wolverines?
6. M Club banner (10/11/22)		6,893	574	... that the Michigan banner survived an attack by uniformed men from Ohio during the Ten Year War?
9. 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/18/12)				... that the 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team played a game on roller skates against the Princess football team?
13. 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/22/10)		8,730	1,455	... that Michigan's 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team (pictured), rated one of the greatest college football teams of all time, outscored its opponents 550–0 and beat Stanford 49–0 in the first Rose Bowl game?
10. Len Ford (10/3/14)		10,233	852	... that in his NFL debut season, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Len Ford (pictured) was injured so severely in a game he required plastic surgery to "virtually rebuild" his face?
14. Michigan quarterbacks (12/5/10)		14,000	2,333	... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included a Brigadier General decorated for valor in World War I, the brother of a famous novelist, one of the founders of General Motors, the physician at a Kimberly-Clark mill, the son of the Governor of Wyoming, a steamboat builder, a Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias (pictured) and a sheep rancher from Walla Walla?
15. Walter D. Graham (12/17/10)		11,800	1,967	... that Michigan football player "Octy" Graham (pictured) at age 16 was called a "young Hercules" after "gripping machines did not register high enough to show his strength"?
16. Curtis Redden (8/8/09)				... that Michigan end Curtis Redden (pictured) died in World War I after he had described the night sky over the battlefield as "weird, hideous, fascinating, sublime"?
17. Horace Greely Prettyman (2/27/09)		8,713	1,340	... that Horace Prettyman (pictured) played eight years of "college" football for the University of Michigan from 1882 to 1890, some when he was in his 30s and no longer a student?
18. Neil Snow (2/10/09)		6,688	1,134	... that Neil Snow (pictured), ranked by Grantland Rice as one of the three greatest all-around athletes ever turned out in college sports, died of heart failure at age 34 after a game of squash?
19. Denard Robinson (9/15/10)		6,547	1,091	... that in his first two games as a starter, Denard "Shoelace" Robinson achieved the two highest single-game total offense totals in Michigan Wolverines history—and did so with his shoes untied?
20. Hercules Renda (7/28/10)		6,581	1,097	... that Hercules Renda was described as a "midget from the hills of West Virginia" who "ran, squirmed and tackled" his way into the hearts of Michigan football fans in the 1930s?
21. Archie Weston (4/17/09)		5,587	822	... that Michigan's All-American quarterback Archie Weston (pictured) was once tackled during a game by an irate female fan?
22. Bob Chappuis (1/3-1/4/08)		4,912	819	... that, after eluding capture for three months when his B-25 bomber was shot down behind enemy lines in World War II, Bob Chappuis was the MVP of the Rose Bowl 60 years ago?
23. Henry M. Senter (11/29/10)		6,300	1,050	... that Mort Senter (pictured), Michigan's 1896 football captain, became involved in a diplomatic incident after Colombian soldiers seized property from his home in 1902?
24. Willie Heston (7/11/10)		3,346	558	... that Willie Heston (pictured), rated by Knute Rockne as the greatest back of all time, helped Michigan outscore its opponents 2,326 to 40 in his four years with the team?
25. George Jewett (1/27/08)				...that George Jewett was the first African-American to earn a varsity letter in football at both the University of Michigan and at Northwestern University?
26. Willis Ward (1/28/08)				...that Gerald Ford threatened to quit the Michigan football team when African-American player Willis Ward was kept out of a 1932 game in response to Georgia Tech's refusal to play an integrated team?
28. James Baird (4/16/10)		3,300	550	... that Michigan quarterback James Baird supervised the construction of the Flatiron Building (video right), the Lincoln Memorial, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
28. Mike Murphy (1/27/09)		2,313	399	... that Mike Murphy (pictured) trained heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan, was the first Michigan Wolverines football coach, and has been called the "the father of American track athletics"?
29. John Chase (7/10/11)				... that ophthalmologist John Chase (pictured) commanded the Colorado National Guard in the Colorado Labor Wars, the arrest of Mother Jones, and the Ludlow Massacre?
30. Bernard Kirk (4/10/09)		2,413	377	... that Michigan end Bernard Kirk, who Knute Rockne called the "apple of my eye," died of complications from a fractured skull days after being named an All-American in December 1922?
31. 1886 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/28/09)		2,398	369	... that the 1886 Michigan football team had a "goalkeeper" and played games measured in "innings"?
32. 1896 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/2/10)		1,923	310	... that the 1896 Michigan football team (pictured) appeared in the first college football game played indoors and under electric lights?
33. Craig Roh (9/25/10)		5,329	888	... that Craig "Death" Roh adopted a diet of six meals and more than 4,000 calories a day because he considered himself "tiny" at 230 pounds (104 kg)?
34. 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team (11/24/10)		2,143	268	... that the 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team taught the members of the newly formed Notre Dame team how to play the game of football?
35. John Wangler (8/26/10)		1,561	260	... that after watching "the greatest single play" in team history, Bob Ufer exclaimed "Johnny Wangler to Anthony Carter will be heard until another 100 years of Michigan football is played!"?
36. 1888 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/26/12)				... that during an 1888 visit to Ann Arbor, Michigan, Theodore Roosevelt quipped that it was "not healthy to get in the way of the U. of M. rugby team"?
37. 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/22/12)				... that the 1925 Michigan football team allowed only thee points all year and featured one of the sport's greatest passing combinations in "The Benny-to-Bennie Show"?"?
38. Greg Morton (12/17/12)				... that Greg Morton, college football's defensive player of the year for 1976, collected exotic flora, including a purple passion plant he named Claudine?
39. Chuck Bernard (12/6/07)				...that Gerald Ford's two greatest regrets in life were losing the starting center job in college to All-American Chuck Bernard and losing a presidential election?
40. Chuck Ortmann (2/15/08)				...that halfback Chuck Ortmann punted 24 times in the famed 1950 Snow Bowl, having decided the best strategy was to keep the slick ball on the other side of the field in the opponents' hands?
41. Joe Magidsohn (11/15/09)				... that Russian-born Joe Magidsohn was the first Jew to win a varsity "M" at the University of Michigan and the first athlete known to have refused to compete on the High Holy Days?
42. John Regeczi, William Renner (4/10/10)				... that team MVP Gerald Ford (pictured) recalled that Michigan's 1934 "Punt, Pass and Prayer" offense lost punter John Regeczi and passer "Hard Luck Bill" Renner and "all we had left was the prayer"?
43. Charles S. Mitchell (7/8/11)				... that Charles S. Mitchell (pictured), "goal-keeper" on the first Michigan football team, became the editor-in-chief of the Washington Herald?
44. 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/21/12)				... that the 1879 Michigan football team defeated Racine College, 1–0, in the first intercollegiate football game in the school's history?
45. Jim Betts (12/18/12)				... that Michigan quarterback Jim Betts persuaded Bo Schembechler in 1969 to relax his clean-shave policy by claiming that facial hair was part of the African-American players' "heritage"?
46. Pete Newell (12/21/12)				... that Bo Schembechler praised Pete Newell for traveling to Iowa with the 1969 Michigan football team rather than to a large antiwar rally "with the damn hippies where he really wanted to be"?

Crime and punishment

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Garden Gnome Liberationists (12/17/08)		14,200	2,367	... that the leader of the French Garden Gnome Liberation Front was given a suspended sentence after the group "liberated" over 150 garden gnomes in 1997?
2. Max Stephan (2/21/24)		27,435	1,143	... that Max Stephan was sentenced to death for aiding a Nazi pilot who had escaped from a prisoner of war camp?
3. Troy axe murders (9/14/22)		14,138	1,178	... that in the Troy axe murders a former fireman killed his wife, five-year-old daughter, and five stepchildren and left love notes on their bodies? (overnight)
4. Hazelwood massacre (8/14/22)		25,760	1,073	... that the 1971 Hazelwood massacre was the largest mass murder in the history of "Murder City"?
5. Murder of the DeLisle children (10/20/22)		11,625	969	... that a 28-year-old tire store manager drowned his four children in the same station wagon in which his father fatally shot himself in the head?
6. Eugene Goodman (1/27/21)		10,003	834	.. that Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman has been credited with having "saved American Democracy" on January 6, 2021? (also received 105,788 views, 1/20-1/23)
7. Rock Road massacre (8/21/22)		18,943	789	... that a livestock auctioneer and former Army sharpshooter shot and killed seven family members in the Rock Road massacre?
8. Richard Frederick Dixon (10/30/22)		8,663	722	... that after his release from a hospital for the criminally insane, Richard Dixon burgled $16 from a credit union and hijacked a jet to Cuba?
9. Court-martial of William T. Colman (9/25/22)		17,025	710	... that the court-martial of William T. Colman, the commander of a U.S. air base, created a storm of protest when he was merely reduced in rank after shooting a black soldier?
10. Procopio (12/26-12/27/08)		2,645	551	... that 19th-century California bandit Procopio, also known as Red-Handed Dick, was said to "love the feel and the color of warm blood," and his name was used by mothers to frighten their children?

Historic sites

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Millard House (8/28/08)		21,783	2,793	... that Frank Lloyd Wright said of the Millard House (pictured) that he "would rather have built this little house than St. Peter's in Rome"?
2. LAHCM in SFV (9/30/08)		13,664 + 770 = 14,567	2,428	... that a tower of 2,000 wooden Schlitz beer pallets described as "a rotting vestige of one man's egotism" that festers "like a sore on the community's body" is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument?
3. SS Catalina (7/15/08)		12,887	2,148	... that SS Catalina, after reportedly carrying more passengers than any other ship anywhere, has been stuck half-submerged in Ensenada, Mexico for more than ten years?
4. Encino Oak Tree (10/6/08)		11,367	1,903	... that Los Angeles police were sent to guard the remains of the 1000-year-old Encino Oak Tree, a victim of "slime flux", after it was felled by an El Niño storm in 1998?
5. San Dimas Hotel (9/4/08)		9,549	1,611	... that the 33-room San Dimas Hotel (pictured) built in 1887 never had a paying guest due to a land boom that never occurred?
6. Ralphs Grocery Store (Westwood) (8/8/08)		9,000	1,500	... that Ralphs Grocery Store (location pictured), part of a plan to build the "model college town" in 1929, was photographed by Ansel Adams?
7. Breakers Hotel (Long Beach) (9/29/09)		11,500	1,438	... that the Sky Room atop the Breakers Hotel (pictured) was the local Airwatch headquarters in World War II?
8. Phillips Mansion, Louis Phillips (9/5/08)		6,256 + 1,408 = 7,740	1,290	... that the Phillips Mansion, described as having been built in the "Classic Haunted Mansion" style, was the home of the richest man in Los Angeles County from 1875 to 1900?
9. Ramsay-Durfee Estate (8/12/08)		7,898	1,215	... that the widow-owner of the Durfee Mansion died in 1976 at age 99, leaving an untouched wine cellar stocked with vintage wines and whisky dating to the 1890s?
10. Hollywood Studio Club (5/31-6/1/08)		8,630	1,151	... that Marilyn Monroe posed naked in 1948 to raise US$50 to pay the rent for her room at the Hollywood Studio Club (pictured)?
11. Storer House (6/12/08)		7,353	1,050	... that Frank Lloyd Wright's textile block work, Storer House, was restored in the 1980s by Joel Silver, producer of the films Die Hard and The Matrix?
12. Hacienda Arms Apartments (11/24/08)		6,104	1,017	... that Hacienda Arms on the Sunset Strip was the "most famous brothel in California" in the 1930s and now houses a celebrity-owned restaurant described by Newsweek as "so hip it hurts"?
13. Highland Park Masonic Temple (8/1/08)		5,905	984	... that the old Lodge Room at the Highland Park Masonic Temple (pictured) has been preserved with original anaglyphs and cherry wood paneling?
14. El Greco Apartments (6/18/08)		6,785	969	... that the El Greco Apartments (pictured), once home to Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, were saved from demolition with fund-raising help from Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy?
15. John Sowden House (6/08)		5,700	950	... that the Lloyd Wright-designed John Sowden House (pictured) is known as the "Jaws House" because its facade resembles the open mouth of a shark? (9,800 photo views)
16. Walter L. Dodge House (1/8/09)		6,607	943	... that the 1916 Early Modern Dodge House in West Hollywood, California, called one of the fifteen most significant houses in the United States, was demolished in 1970 to make way for apartments?
17. Garbutt House (7/7/08)		5,624	937	... that the 20-room Garbutt House in Los Angeles, California was built with concrete walls and ceilings, steel-reinforced doors and no fireplaces due to the owner's intense fear of fire?
18. Frederick Mitchell Mooers House (7/30/08)		5,170	861	... that Mooers House (pictured), an example of West Coast Victorian architecture, is named for its owner who struck gold after years of prospecting in the Mojave Desert?
19. Adamson House (9/7/08)		5,153	859	... that Adamson House, called the "Taj Mahal of Tile", has an elaborately tiled dog bath (pictured)?
20. Kappe Residence (1/9/09)		5,039	840	... that the Kappe Residence, described as "a virtual tree house poised over a steep hillside", was named one of the top ten houses in Los Angeles by an expert panel selected by the Los Angeles Times?
21. Hollywood Masonic Temple (5/29/08)		5,037	840	... that the Neoclassical Hollywood Masonic Temple (pictured) has been used as a Masonic Lodge, opera house, and nightclub, and is now the home of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! television show?
22. Hale House		5,007	835	... that the 1880s Victorian Hale House (pictured), with its exuberant ornamentation and color scheme, has been called "the most photographed house" in Los Angeles? (7,800 DYK photo views)
23. Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles) (7/7/08)		4,638	773	... that the Broadway Theater District, with 12 movie palaces (example pictured) in six blocks, is the first and largest historic theater district listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places? (5,000 photo views)
24. Golden Gate Theater (5/14/08)		5,511	765	... that the historic Golden Gate Theater was saved by a stop-work order after demolition crews had begun to dismantle the walls?
25. Drum Barracks (8/31/08)		4,100	759	... that Drum Barracks were built in 1862 and 1863 at a cost of US$1 million to quell pro-Confederacy sentiments in Los Angeles?
26. The Manor (5/19/09)		4,200	724	... that Aaron Spelling's 56,500-square-foot mansion, known as The Manor, is the largest house in Los Angeles County?
27. Sunset Tower (9/1/08)		3,600	706	... that the Sunset Tower (pictured) in West Hollywood, California was home to Howard Hughes, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, and gangster Bugsy Siegel, who was asked to leave after being charged with running a bookmaking operation there?
28. Louden Machinery Company (10/11/12)		5,600	700	... that Louden Machinery Co. designed more than 25,000 barns (catalog pictured) as well as monorail devices used in manufacturing the first atomic bomb and at a B-29 bomber plant?
29. Harold Lloyd Estate (9/1/08)		4,200	677	... that Harold Lloyd's Estate, called "the most impressive movie star's estate ever created," included a golf course and a 900-foot canoe stream?
30. Stimson House (5/10/08)		4,624	661	... that after surviving a dynamite attack in 1896, fraternity parties in the 1940s, and an earthquake in 1994, Stimson House (pictured) is now a convent for Catholic nuns?
31. Ebell of Los Angeles (6/18/08)		4,988	648	... that young Judy Garland was discovered, and Amelia Earhart made her last public appearance, at Ebell of Los Angeles (pictured)?
32. Santa Fe Freight Depot (7/23/08)		3,885	648	... that Sci-Arc architecture school built its Los Angeles campus from the 1907 Santa Fe Freight Depot (pictured), a concrete structure with 120 bays stretching as long as the Empire State Building is tall?
33. Watts Station (7/15/08)		4,525	646	... that Watts Station was the only structure to remain intact along "Charcoal Alley" during the Watts Riots?
34. Burro Flats Painted Cave (9/23/08)		3,800	633	... that some believe the pictographs in Burro Flats Painted Cave were drawn by Native American maidens who slept in the cave as part of a puberty ritual?
35. Jardinette Apartments (5/28/08)		4,010	617	... that Richard Neutra's Jardinette Apartments in Hollywood is considered one of the first Modernist buildings in America?
36. South Park Lofts (7/10/08)		3,700	617	... that South Park Lofts in Los Angeles, originally an eight-story parking garage, was converted to lofts, whereupon residents complained about a lack of parking?
37. Wilshire Boulevard Temple (4/29/08)		4,497	562	... that Wilshire Boulevard Temple, with its landmark Byzantine dome (pictured), is the oldest Jewish synagogue in Los Angeles?
38. Centinela Adobe (6/9/08)		3,200	533	... that the builder of Centinela Adobe traded his 2,200-acre (880 ha) ranch encompassing the modern city of Inglewood for a keg of whisky and a small home in Los Angeles?
39. Montecito Apartments		3,156	526	... that the Art Deco Montecito Apartments (pictured) had been the home of Ronald Reagan, James Cagney, Montgomery Clift, and George C. Scott before becoming a senior citizens' housing project?
41. Minnie Hill Palmer House (8/27/08)		3,100	517	... that the namesake of the Minnie Hill Palmer House was born there in 1886 and remained in the 1970s, still tending her garden, then located adjacent to a golf course, with an antique hand plow?
42. Avenel Cooperative Housing Project (7/3/08)		2,800	467	... that units in LA's Avenel Cooperative Housing Project, reportedly built as "a cooperative living experiment for a group of communists", were selling for US$300,000 in 2002?
43. Neutra VDL Studio and Residences (5/21/05/22/09)		2,705	451	... that architect Richard Neutra used mirrors and reflecting pools to provide spaciousness for his home on a small lot, the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, on Silver Lake in Los Angeles?
44. Olson House (8/8/11)		3,400	425	... that Olson House, made famous by its depiction in Christina's World, was designated a National Historic Landmark in June 2011?
45. Pico Canyon Oilfield (8/4/08)		3,800	422	... that Well No. 4 in the Pico Canyon Oilfield was the first commercially successful oil well in the Western United States and the longest producing oil well in the world at 114 years?
46. Breed Street Shul (5/3/08)		2,500	417	... that Breed Street Shul, now vacant in a Hispanic part of Los Angeles, was the largest Orthodox synagogue in the western United States from 1915 to 1951?
47. Highland Park Police Station (8/4/08)		2,300	369	... that the Highland Park Police Station, where the radical Symbionese Liberation Army once planted a bomb that proved to be a dud, is now the Los Angeles Police Museum?
48. El Cabrillo (7/6/08)		2,300	365	... that El Cabrillo courtyard apartments, built in 1928 by Cecil B. DeMille and later home to transvestite actor Divine, are said to be "steeped in old Hollywood lore"?
49. Old Warner Brothers Studio(8/28/08)		2,756]	349	... that the Old Warner Brothers Studio, where the first "talkie" was filmed in 1927, has recently been the location for Judge Judy and Hannah Montana?
50. Villa Riviera (9/20/09)		1,964	327	... that the luxurious Villa Riviera was the second tallest building in Southern California from the time of its completion in 1929 through the mid-1950s?
51. Palm Court (Alexandria Hotel) (3/1/09)		1,919	320	... that the Palm Court, called "the most beautiful room in Los Angeles," has been the site of speeches by Presidents Taft and Wilson and balls where Rudolph Valentino danced with starlets?

Other football

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. James Bond (4/1/13)		7,600	950	... that James Bond played briefly in the National Football League after completing his military service?
2. William Shakespeare (4/1/10)		3,200	533	... that William Shakespeare was nicknamed "The Merchant of Menace"?
3. Marshall Newell (6/1/09)		14,200	2,367	... that "Ma" Newell (pictured), one of the few four-year All-Americans in college football history, was run over by a railroad engine on Christmas Eve 1897?
4. Everett Strupper (9/8/09)				... that Georgia Tech halfback and College Football Hall of Fame inductee "Stroop" Strupper used lip-reading to overcome deafness?
5. 1889 College Football All-America Team (4/29/09)		3,874	635	... that the quarterback for the first College Football All-America Team in 1889 was Edgar Allan Poe?
6. 2023 Colorado Mines Orediggers football team (12/28/23)		9,659		... that the No. 1–ranked 2023 Colorado Mines Orediggers, "college football's nerdiest contender", featured players with pigtails and a drawn-on blue mustache, a friar's haircut, and Harry Potter cosplay?
7. Paul Bunker (7/15/09)		3,977	663	... that Paul Bunker died in a Japanese POW camp in 1943 but kept hidden a remnant of the U.S. flag from Corregidor now displayed at the West Point Museum?
8. William H. Lewis (5/4/09)				... that William H. Lewis (pictured) became the first African-American college football player in 1888 and the first African-American to serve as U.S. Assistant Attorney General in 1911?
9. Laurens Shull (6/22/09)		9,460	1,577	... that University of Chicago football star Laurens "Spike" Shull died of wounds suffered rushing a machine gun nest at the Battle of Château-Thierry (pictured)?
10. Arthur Matsu (8/19/11)		4,671	584	... that Arthur Matsu was the first Asian American student at The College of William & Mary, the first Asian American quarterback in the NFL and the first Japanese coach in American football?
11. 1912 Army Cadets football team (1/11/22)		6,944	579	... that a future president of the United States played halfback for the 1912 Army Cadets football team?
12. 1955 Hillsdale Dales football team, Nate Clark		10,041 (7,189 + 2,858)	418.4	... that the undefeated 1955 Hillsdale Dales football team declined a Tangerine Bowl bid because the bowl insisted that four black players—including national scoring leader Nate Clark—stay home?
13. 1970 Wichita State Shockers football team (9/12/20)		3,517	293	... that 14 players and the coach of the 1970 Wichita State Shockers football team died when its "Gold" plane crashed in the Colorado mountains?
14. Edward A. Batchelor (8/25/11)				... that Detroit sportswriter E.A. Batchelor popularized a nickname for the Notre Dame football team by opening a 1909 game account, "Eleven fighting Irishmen wrecked the Yost machine this afternoon"?
15. Franklin Morse (7/10-7/11/09		6,188	1,031	... that American football halfback Franklin Morse (pictured) was the model for a drawing, prints of which reportedly "hung in most college rooms throughout the country" during the 1890s?
16. Yale Bulldogs football (11/2-11/3/10)		5,335	889	... that the Yale Bulldogs football team (mascot pictured) has won 27 national championships and ranks second in wins in college football history?
17. Hal Hanson (5/28/25)		21,077		... that Hal Hanson (pictured) "made brave men wince"
18. Eugene Neely (8/31/14)				... that the one-armed football player Eugene Neeley became a consensus first-team All-American?
19. Carson Steele (11/17/22)		6,764	282	... that Carson Steele, known as the "Man of Steele", has a pet alligator named Crocky-J and has been called "the most interesting man" in college football?
20. Herb Treat (4/7/09)		4,007]	691	... that Herb Treat, unanimously selected as a 1922 College Football All-American, was hit by a car in 1943 and plunged nine stories from a hotel window in 1947?
21. Jimmy Lawrence (4/7/26)		12,899		... that Jimmy Lawrence, the fifth player selected in the first NFL draft, was reported to have been killed in action no less than three times?
22. John Koniszewski (9/13/23)		3,318		... that John Koniszewski was wounded by machine-gun fire at the Battle of Saipan, returned to the battle after "a brief rest", and later played three years in the National Football League? (3,103 for Battle of Saipan)
23. Rat Watson (3/13/26)		8,561		... that Rat Watson, a 141-pound (64 kg) quarterback, led "the greatest football team ever assembled in Texas", outscoring opponents 432 to 6?
24. Larry Kelley (8/28/22)		3,177	265	... that Heisman Trophy winner Larry Kelley turned down multiple offers to play professional football to become a school teacher?
25. Peter Mazzaferro (7/3/10)		1,465	244	... that Peter "Papa Bear" Mazzaferro was removed as head football coach at Bridgewater after 19 years, sued for age discrimination, and coached another 17 years there after being reinstated?
26. Arnold Oehlrich (1/20/22)		2,618	218	... that Nebraska's "Itch" Oehlrich was lured by the "scratch" of $100 per game to play in the National Football League?
27. Frank Hudson (1/25/13)		2,592	324	... that in 1898, Frank Hudson, a five-foot, three-inch quarterback from the Laguna Pueblo tribe, became the first Native American to be selected as an All-American football player?
28. Harvard Crimson football (11/6/10)		4,037	673	... that the Harvard Crimson football team (home stadium pictured) has won 12 national championships and is the eighth winningest team in NCAA Division I football history?
29. George Crowther		3,366	673	... that Brown's All-American 135-pound quarterback "Kid" Crowther played with an elastic band around his head in lieu of a helmet?
30. Mel Groomes (9/4/13)		5,266	658	... that in April 1947, halfback Mel Groomes (pictured) became the first African-American player signed by the Detroit Lions?
31. Ted Coy (6/21/09)		3,020	503	... that Yale All-American Ted Coy (pictured), who played football with "his long blonde hair held back by a white sweatband," was the basis for a character in a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
32. Don Doll (10/9/10)		2,885	481	... that Don Doll, the only player in NFL history to register 10 or more interceptions in 3 separate seasons, changed his surname to "Doll" after being discharged from the Marines?
33. Irby Curry (11/24-11/25/09)		2,756	459	... that Vanderbilt's 130-pound quarterback Irby "Rabbit" Curry, an elusive runner who "only needed the suspicion of an opening to wriggle through," was killed in aerial combat in 1918?
34. Eddie Mahan (9/3/09)		2,689	448	... that three-time All-American Eddie Mahan was named by Jim Thorpe as the greatest football player of all time?
35. Dudley Dean (5/25/09)		2,315	386	... that Harvard's All-American football quarterback Dudley Dean was cited by Theodore Roosevelt for bravery after the Rough Riders' charge of San Juan Hill (pictured)?
36. Truman Spain (7/23/09)		2,306	384	... that SMU All-American Truman "Big Dog" Spain, known for his "rumba king" good looks, was described as "hard as ship's steel and as torrid as a foundry furnace"?
37. Ernie Caddel (12/21/10)		2,300	383	... that Stanford and Detroit Lions running back Ernie Caddel, known as the "Blond Antelope," led the NFL in average yards gained per rushing carry for three consecutive years?
38. Mike Koken (3/18/22)		4,220	352	... that after surviving D-Day, former quarterback Mike Koken wrote that playing American football for Notre Dame left one "prepared for the toughest stuff the Jerries can throw at you"?
39. Mally Nydahl (1/5/22)		4,189	349	... that Mally Nydahl, "one of the greatest backs ever to come out of the Middle West", used his football earnings to pay for medical school and became a professor of orthopedic surgery?
40. Art Murakowski (4/20/10)		1,994	332	... that East Chicago native Art Murakowski survived a kamikaze attack during the Battle of Okinawa and was named the most valuable football player in the Big Ten Conference in 1948?
41. Johnny Gilroy (6/23/09)		1,920	320	... that "The Great Gilroy", the leading scorer in college football in 1916, was charged in 1940 with stealing 35 shoe stitching machines from a Massachusetts factory?
42. Francis Bacon (1/7/22)		3,796	316	... that Francis Bacon played in the first National Football League game and became the first NFL player to return a punt for a touchdown?
43. Peter Hauser (8/27/14)		3,700	308	... that Native American football player Peter Hauser has been credited with throwing the first spiral pass?
44. Pudge Wyman (11/22/09)		1,672	278	... that Minnesota's Pudge Wyman scored the first kickoff return for a touchdown, the first blocked punt returned for a touchdown, and the first passing touchdown in the history of the NFL?
45. Ivy Williamson (7/31/10)		1,658	276	... that less than six weeks after being fired from his 20-year career as the University of Wisconsin's football coach and athletic director, Ivy Williamson died from falling down a staircase?
46. Ockie Anderson (9/9/09)		1,434	239	... that Buffalo's "Ockie" Anderson scored more points in the 1920 NFL season (the league's first) than four entire teams?
47. Tony Furst (9/17/20)		2,800	233	... that the Detroit Lions' tackle Tony Furst saw combat action in the Guadalcanal campaign and later became a florist? (7,308 for all linked terms)
48. Willis Glassgow (4/24/10)		1,786	223	... that Big Ten MVP Willis Glassgow was called the "Dancing Master" for his shiftiness on the gridiron and because he managed the most popular ballroom in Iowa City?
49. 1965 Michigan State Spartans football team, Steve Juday (6/22/26)		2,660		... that eight players from the national-champion 1965 Michigan State Spartans football team, including MVP Steve Juday, received first-team All-America honors?
50. 1935 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team (6/16/26)		1,782		... that the 1935 Kentucky State Thorobreds won a black college football national championship with "Tarzan" playing quarterback?
51. Babe LeVoir (3/30/26)		6,539		... that Minnesota's national-championship quarterback Babe LeVoir became the commander of US aircraft-carrier athletics in the Pacific during World War II?
52. Mike Brunson (2/21/06)		7,935		... that physical education teacher and former NFL player Mike Brunson (pictured) was so beloved for his kindness, jokes, and banana ice cream that the district named a school after him?
53. Kurt Burris (1/3/25)		1,865		... that Kurt Burris was the first American football lineman to finish among the top two in Heisman Trophy voting?
54. Pete Vann (1/2/25)		1,845		... that Pete Vann recovered from spinal meningitis to set an NCAA single-season passing record?
55. 1961 Pittsburg State Gorillas football team (10/14/24)		8,044		... that the undefeated 1961 Pittsburg State Gorillas shut out seven opponents, featured four All-Americans, and won three national championships?
56. Lorenzo White (8/25/23)		2,531		... that Lorenzo White was the first player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season without winning the Heisman Trophy?
57. George Munday (8/24/23)		1,595		... that George Munday became known as "Sunday" Munday while playing in the National Football League?
58. Dick Wildung (7/18/23)		1,821		... that Minnesota's Dick Wildung played for back-to-back national championship teams and was twice selected as a consensus All-American?
59. Pug Lund (7/7/23)		3,199		... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Pug Lund received his college degree 62 years after enrolling at the University of Minnesota?
60. Benton Bangs (12/22/22)		5,080		... that pigeon racer "Biff" Bangs previously played for two different teams in Rose Bowl football games?
61. 1943 North Texas Aggies football team (5/19/23)		6,556		... that the 1943 North Texas Aggies went from "kitchen maid" to "queen of the ball" when the Marine Corps sent players from major universities "tumbling onto" the campus?
62. Carlton Martial (12/1/22)		3,968		... that linebacker Carlton Martial, who broke the college-football record for the most tackles in November 2022, began his career as a walk-on?
63. Steve Hamas (1/8/22)		2,024		... that Steve Hamas played in the National Football League and later beat two former boxing champions in the ring?
64. Thomas Graydon (5/24/09)				... that two-time All-American fullback "Blondy" Graydon performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights"?
65. Louis A. Merrilat				... that Louis Merrilat played football with Dwight Eisenhower at West Point, trained Iran's Persian Guard, and served as a soldier of fortune in China and with the French Foreign Legion?
66. Mayes McLain (1/28/13)				.. that Cherokee Indian Mayes McLain held college football's single-season scoring record for more than 60 years and engaged in professional wrestling as the "Masked Manager"?
67. Pat Studstill (12/15/21)	1,522			... that Pat Studstill led the National Football League in punt return yards in 1962, receiving yards in 1966, and punting yards in 1969?
68. Charlie Green, 1964 Wittenberg Tigers football team (12/3/21)		4,712 (2,308 + 2,404)		... that College Football Hall of Fame quarterback Charlie Green led Wittenberg to three consecutive undefeated seasons, including a national championship for the 1964 Wittenberg Tigers football team?
69. Jug Girard (7/19/15)		1,207		... that Wisconsin's Jug Girard, dubbed "Mr. Versatility", was a quarterback, end, halfback, punter, and kickoff returner in 10 years in the NFL?

Churches

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook?
1. St. Andrew's Church (4/19/08)		1,600	250	...that when St. Andrew's Church in Pasadena was built in the 1920s, it was compared to "a jeweled crown on the head of a Byzantine queen"?
2. Blessed Sacrament Church (4/28/08)		1,700	243	... that Hollywood's Blessed Sacrament Church was the site of Bing Crosby's wedding and funerals for John Ford and Mack Sennett?
3. St. Brendan (Los Angeles) (4/24/08)		5,270	811	...that St. Brendan's Church (pictured) has been a location for two apocalypse movies: the Martian attack in 1953's War of the Worlds and the wedding at the end of Armageddon?
4. St. Monica Catholic Church, Santa Monica (4/22/08)		2,200	289	... that Academy Award winner Going My Way was filmed at St. Monica's , and the irascible old Irish priest character was based on its pastor?
5. St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church and School (4/20/08)		3,400	377	... that St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church was the site of the baptism of Clark Gable's son, the wedding of Annette Funicello, and the funeral of Mercury Seven astronaut "Gordo" Cooper?
6. Mary Star of the Sea (4/28/08)		3,900	629	... that the bronze of Mary atop Mary Star of the Sea, known as the "Fishermen's Church," is lit at night so she can be seen from the Port of Los Angeles harbor?
7. McCarty Memorial Christian Church (5/7-5/8/08)		4,357	622	... that McCarty Church (pictured) in Los Angeles gained attention for its pastor's decision to racially integrate his white Protestant church in the mid-1950s? (4,200 photo views)
8. Precious Blood Church (12/2/09)		3,600	580	... that the Los Angeles Times wrote that a motorist passing the playground at Precious Blood Church (pictured) might think "he'd been transported to a Catholic school in circa-1950s Chicago or Pittsburgh"?
9. St. Augustine Catholic Church, Culver City (4/22/08)		4,000	519	...that a Muslim fundamentalist beheaded a statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Augustine's and carted a statue of Father Serra to a nearby mosque in October 2001?
10. Scottish Rite Cathedral (9/22/09)		5,800	725	... that the Scottish Rite Cathedral (pictured), covered in some 250 tons of ornamental terra cotta, was among the first eight structures designated as a Long Beach Historic Landmark?
11. St. Basil Catholic Church (12/3/09)		2,500	431	... that the 1969 dedication of St. Basil Church in Los Angeles prompted a "club-swinging mob" of Chicanos to break into the church during Christmas Midnight Mass?
12. St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church (12/6/09)		1,700	283	... that the day after a UCLA art student set the St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church afire, the pastor of the church prayed for forgiveness for the arsonist? Proposed hook: ... that St. Martin of Tours Church (pictured) was the site of Dan Akroyd's eulogy to John Candy and a media frenzy when O. J. Simpson appeared at his slain wife's funeral
13. Incarnation Church (4/20/08)		2,100	233	...that police patrolled Incarnation Church during the 2000 funeral of a Hispanic youth killed with a tire iron by Armenian-Americans after a retaliatory shooting at a donut shop?
14. St. Charles Borromeo Church (4/13/08)		1,700	213	... that Paul Salamunovich, choir director since 1949 at St. Charles Borromeo Church (pictured) in North Hollywood, has also conducted choirs for dozens of feature films, including The Devil's Advocate?
15. Alvarado Terrace Historic District (6/20/08)			657	... that the Alvarado Terrace Historic District includes a church built in 1912 that was the LA home of Jim Jones' Peoples Temple before the group's 1977 mass suicide in Jonestown?
16. Wadsworth Chapel (6/6/08)				... that the 1900 Carpenter Gothic Wadsworth Chapel has separate Catholic and Protestant chapels under one roof?
17. Padre Serra Parish (4/27/08)			366	...that Cardinal Mahony petitioned Rome to name Padre Serra Church after Junipero Serra despite controversy over his treatment of California Indians?
18. St. Robert Bellarmine (Burbank) (4/17/08)			464	...that the pastor of Burbank's St. Bellarmine Church was a World War I chaplain who modeled the campus on Monticello and Independence Hall?
19. St. Timothy Catholic Church (Los Angeles) (12/5/09)			740	... that St. Timothy Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California, has an antique gold leaf altarpiece believed to have been made in Spain in the 1600s?
20. St. Cecilia Catholic Church (Los Angeles) (12/1/09)			1,000	... that LA's St. Cecilia Church, built in 1927, adapted to its multiethnic community by installing shrines to a beatified Nigerian priest, a Oaxacan Virgin, and a Guatemalan "Black Christ"?

Michigan athletics (non-football)

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Charles F. Watkins (3/25/11)		10,800	1,350	... that Michigan Wolverines baseball player and coach Charles F. Watkins sustained severe burns from an X-ray machine, which ultimately resulted in his death?
2. Weldy Walker (6/7/12)		10,348	1,294	... that an 1888 letter written by Weldy Walker, the second African American in Major League Baseball, was called "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete"?
3. Charles Dvorak (2/28-3/1/11)		6,883	1,147	... that Charles Dvorak (pictured) missed the pole vault finals at the 1900 Olympics after being told the event was postponed, but returned to win the gold medal at the 1904 Olympics?
4. Thomas Trueblood (1/29-1/30/08)		6,678	1,113	...that University of Michigan elocution professor Thomas Trueblood received nationwide attention when the Chicago Tribune reported in 1903 that he was offering a new "course in love making"?
5. Steve Farrell (1/26/09)		5,400	931	... that Steve Farrell, called "the greatest professional foot-racer" in America, raced against horses for several years in the 1890s and reportedly only lost a half dozen times?
6. William Watson (1/3/09				... that Time magazine predicted "Big Bill" Watson, the first African-American to win the U.S. decathlon championship, would be America's No. 1 hero at the 1940 Olympics, later cancelled due to World War II?
7. Mel Wakabayashi (2/25/09)		3,100	500	... that Mel Wakabayashi, born in a wartime Japanese-Canadian internment camp, was called "perhaps the most unlikely star in the long history of Michigan sports, and surely one of the most inspirational"?
8. Robert and Hume Ross (1/15/09)		3,700	698	... that twin brothers Robert and Ross Hume became known as the "Dead Heat Kids" after finishing nine straight mile races, including the Big Ten and NCAA championships, holding hands in dead heat victories? (5.3 hour queue)
9. Edward Moulton (7/20/11)		3,462	433	... that "Dad" Moulton, a participant in Sherman's March to the Sea, was the U.S. sprint champion in the 1870s, and trained the "world's fastest human" in the 1880s?
10. Sam Stoller (1/27/09)		2,495	423	... that the U.S. Olympic Committee awarded medals to Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman 62 years after the only two Jews on the U.S. track team were pulled from the 400-meter relay team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
11. Connie Hill (9/13/13)		3,400	425	... that Connie Hill (pictured), captain of the first hockey team to win the Frozen Four, received a Ph.D. for his dissertation, "Mood, self-derogation and anomia as factors in response unreliability"?
12. Charlie Fonville (2/8-2/9/08)		2,523	355	...that Charlie Fonville broke a 14-year-old shot put world record by almost 12 inches (30 cm) at the 1948 Kansas Relays but was not allowed to stay with the other athletes because he was African-American?
13. Eddie Tolan (2/1/09)		1,361	239	... that Eddie Tolan, the first African-American to be the "world's fastest human" after winning double gold at the 1932 Olympics, returned home jobless and appeared in vaudeville with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
14. Albert Pattengill (1/7/10)				... that Greek professor Albert Pattengill played on Michigan's 1867 baseball team, nominated "azure-blue and maize" as the university's colors, and was one of the founders of the Big Ten Conference?
15. Nikki Nemitz (6/7/09)		1,819	303	... that after facing 2009 All-American softball pitcher Nikki Nemitz's fastball, a sports writer for the Detroit Free Press wrote that he "actually felt a breeze" and his "knees buckled"?
16. Fred Bonine (6/8/12)				... that Fred Bonine set the world's record in the 110-yard dash in 1886, and later saw over a million patients in his medical office?
17. 1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (9/22/13)				... that 1951–52 Michigan Wolverines basketball team was integrated months after the Inter-Racial Association alleged "a deliberate and conscious policy of discrimination against Negro athletes"?
18. 1947–48 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season (10/7/13)				... that the 1947–48 Michigan Wolverines hockey team (pictured) won the first "Frozen Four" NCAA hockey championship in March 1948?
19. Francie Kraker Goodridge (2/21/08)		1,700	283	...that Francie Kraker Goodridge, who set a world indoor record in the 600-yard run, did not receive a varsity letter or sports scholarship and had to work as a waitress to put herself through college?
20. John Giordano (3/29/11)		2,200	275	... that John Giordano, named 1981 collegiate Coach of the Year by The Hockey News, was fired three years later when all 22 of his players signed a petition listing their grievances against him?
21. Bob Webster (2/7/08)		1,800	240	...that two-time Olympic diving gold medalist Bob Webster won his first collegiate diving title for a junior college with no pool, training off a board in his coach's back-yard sand pit?
22. Gordon Wilkie (2/25/09)		2,185	238	... that when Gordon Wilkie and his Michigan Wolverines teammates scored 21 points in a single ice hockey game against Ohio State University, their coach threatened to bench anyone else who scored?
23. Frank Bliss (6/7/12)		1,600	200	... that Frank Bliss, the first Michigan Wolverine to play Major League baseball, tucked his trousers into long boots for shin protection as a catcher in the early 1870s?
24. 1943–44 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (9/26/13)				... that the 1943–44 Michigan basketball team included three athletes, "Crazy Legs" Hirsh, Don Lund, and Bob Wiese, who later played in the National Football League or Major League Baseball?
25. Leonard Brumm (9/12/13)				... that Leonard Brumm organized an inmate hockey team at a maximum security prison, coached the first professional female hockey player, and co-founded the Kuwait National Hockey League?

Hooks and noms only

Article (date)	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Lilian Lenton (11/12/08)		13,185	2,217	... that the force-feeding (pictured) of suffragette, arsonist and hunger-striker Lilian Lenton caused food to enter her lungs and led to public outrage? (nom)
2. The Sea of Ice (11/25/08)		11,700	1,950	... that Caspar David Friedrich's 1824 painting The Sea of Ice (pictured) was seen as too radical in composition, and went unsold until after his death in 1840? (nom) (23,000 DYK image views)
3. Holy Land USA		11,506	1,513	... that Holy Land USA (pictured), a Connecticut theme park intended to replicate Bethlehem and Jerusalem of the biblical era, once attracted more than 40,000 visitors annually? (nom)
4. George R. Christmas (1/12/09)		11,100	1,480	... that George R. Christmas (pictured), then known as Captain Christmas, received the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War? (nom)
5. M33 cluster bomb (11/19/08)		8,692	1,449	... that after testing the biological Brucella cluster bomb on 11,000 guinea pigs, a U.S. general remarked "Now we know what to do if we ever go to war against guinea pigs"? (hook)
6. The Swimming Hole (12/19/08)		8,600	1,433	... that artist Thomas Eakins was fired shortly after the exhibition of The Swimming Hole pictured), cited as a prime example of homoeroticism in American art? (nom) (51,354 views on 10/16/09 [MainPage FA])
7. Hunter's Hot Springs (12/9/08)		11,300	1,413	... that the "Old Perpetual" geyser (pictured) at Hunter's Hot Springs in Lake County, Oregon, releases a plume of near-boiling water 50 to 60 feet (15–18 m) into the air every 90 seconds? (hook only)
8. Gay Kids (11/11/08)		6,600	1,082	... that Norwegian researchers published Gay Kids in November 2008 to educate children about homosexual love? (nom)
9. Jim McColl (1/14/09)		7,200	1,074	... that Jim McColl, the son of a butcher, reportedly became Scotland's richest man in 2008? (nom)
10. Taylor Mitchell (11/5/09)		6,433	1,072	... that in October 2009 Canadian folk singer Taylor Mitchell became the first adult in North America known to have been killed by coyotes? (nom)
11. Afghan Muscles		9,343	1,062	... that the director of Afghan Muscles ignored the role of Afghan women in bodybuilding, noting "It's men looking at men," and "60% [of men] have their first sexual experience with another man"? (hook)
12. Suicide bag (12/28/08)		6,100	1,017	... that an exit bag, consisting of a large, clear plastic bag with a drawstring, is a commercially available device for committing suicide? (nom)
13. Sue K. Hicks (12/11/08)		5,914	986	... that Sue K. Hicks, a prosecutor in the Scopes Monkey Trial who later became a judge in Tennessee, may have been the inspiration for the song, "A Boy Named Sue," popularized by singer Johnny Cash in 1969? (nom)
14. SS Princess Sophia (12/14/08)		5,800	967	... that at least 343 persons on the SS Princess Sophia (pictured) died in 1918 when the ship was grounded near Juneau, Alaska, the captain decided not to evacuate, and the ship sank? (hook)
15. Florizel von Reuter (12/1/08)		5,743	957	... that Florizel von Reuter (pictured), a child prodigy on the violin, later developed psychic interests and wrote books describing communications with dead composers, including Paganini and Rimsky-Korsakov? (nom)
16. Quackers (11/27/08)		5,400	900	... that Soviet submarines patrolling in the North Atlantic in the 1970s reported mysterious frog-like sounds, dubbed "quackers", which have been classified as Unidentified Submerged Objects? (4,400 views for "unidentified submerged objects") (nom)
17. Mike Penner (12/4/09)		5,300	883	... that Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penner told readers he was a transsexual in a 2007 essay entitled "Old Mike, new Christine"? (nom)
18. Talheim Death Pit (11/29/08)		5,206	868	... that most of the skeletons found at Talheim Death Pit, a mass grave in Germany dating to 5000 BC, show signs of skull trauma, and scientists have concluded that those buried there were victims of genocide? (nom)
19. Leo the Mathematician (11/20/08)		4,700	783	... that Leo the Mathematician, called by some the cleverest man in 9th-century Byzantium, invented a system of beacons to warn of Arab raids and a fabled levitating throne for the emperor? (nom)
20. Miyuki Hatoyama (9/6/09)		4,700	783	... that Japan's incoming First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama claims to have been abducted by aliens in a triangular-shaped UFO and to have known Tom Cruise when he was Japanese in a prior incarnation? (nom)
21. Lucy Vodden (10/4/09)		8,600	717	... that Lucy Vodden was John Lennon's inspiration for the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? (nom)

Baseball

Best of baseball

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Charlie Bennett	2007, 2014	49,578	35,504	MLB catcher 1878-1893, career ended in 1894 when train crushed his legs
2	Marty Bergen (baseball)	2007-08-24	24,583	231,660	Baseball murder/suicide
3	Steve Boros	2012	57,665	33,325	Player for UM (1956-57) and MLB (1957-65), manager (1983-86)
4	Donie Bush	2007, 2013-2014	65,962	28,823	Tigers shortstop 1908-1921 1919-1935
5	Count Campau	2014	25,543	11,219	MLB outfielder for Detroit (1888), star for Detroit MiLB teams 1889-1890, 1894-1895
6	Joe Coleman	2014	27,618	56,120	Pitcher 1971-1976
7	Sam Crawford	2007	22,986	283,926	Detroit Tigers outfielder 1903-1917, Baseball HOF
8	Duncan Curry	2012	24,843	9,806	Baseball pioneer, president of Knickerbockers
9	Sam Dungan	2017-2018, 2020	22,268	4,740	Detroit OF 1890s
10	Fred Dunlap	2011	34,013	23,316	MLB 2B 1880-1891
11	Darrell Evans	2019-2020	43,474	197,737	MLB 1969-1989, AL HR leader 1985
12	Johnny Gee	2012	46,278	18,651	Pitcher for UM (1935-1937), MLB (1939-1946); tallest person to play MLB until Randy Johnson
13	Charlie Gehringer	2007	49,276	200,882	Baseball HOF
14	Pretzels Getzien	2013-2014	29,696	14,395	MLB pitcher 1884-1892, compiled records of 30–11 and 29–13 in 1886 and 1887, known for his "pretzel curve"
15	Ned Hanlon (baseball)	2014	59,064	66,017	MLB outfielder 1880-1892, Baseball HOF
16	Harry Heilmann	2007, 2016	72,224	99,492	Detroit Tigers outfielder, 1914-1929, 4x AL batting champion, BHOF
17	Willie Hernández	2022	29,638	136,075	MLB relief pitcher, Cy Young, MVP and World Series in 1984
18	John Hiller	2019	46,303	69,696	Detroit Tigers pitcher 1965-1980
19	Max Kase	2011	36,626	38,414	New York Journal-American 1938-1966, Pulitzer Prize
20	Chet Lemon	2018	24,883	154,353	MLB center fielder 1975-1990, 3x All-Star
21	Mickey Lolich	2007, 2011, 2019	33,312	354,674	MLB pitcher 1963-1979
22	Bobby Lowe	2011	30,209	34,919	2B 1904-1907
23	Heinie Manush	2016	41,307	88,340	MLB outfielder 1923-1939, AL batting champion 1926, BHOF
24	Win Mercer		9,505	36,261	MLB pitcher 1894-1902
25	Deacon McGuire	2014	59,621	29,594	Catcher 1884-1912, set MLB records for games caught
26	Prince Oana	2007, 2014	26,775	22,894	Tigers OF, 1943, 1945
27	Tip O'Neill (baseball)	2014	28,124	91,367	MLB outfielder 1883-1892, AA triple crown 1887, BHOF
28	Dave Orr	2014	25,870	38,876	MLB 1883-1890, .342 career batting average, stroke ended career 1890
29	Marv Owen	2016	20,172	15,187	3B 1931-1937
30	Lance Parrish	2022	37,421	220,169	MLB catcher 1977-1997, 8x All-Star, 3x Golden Glove
31	Hardy Richardson	2014	32,004	21,617	MLB OF 1879-1892; part of the "Big Four" acquired by Detroit in 1886
32	Aurelio Rodríguez	2019	37,009	107,158	MLB third baseman 1967-83
33	Boss Schmidt	2007, 2019	26,458	31,780	Detroit Tigers catcher 1906-1911
34	Mayo Smith	2013	71,981	72,919	Detroit Tigers manager 1967-1970
35	Mickey Stanley	2007, 2020	21,111	110,376	Detroit Tigers outfielder 1964-1978, 4x Gold Glove
36	Turkey Stearnes	2023	11,726	81,493	Detroit Stars 1923-1931, BHOF in 200; fifth highest slugging percentage in MLB history
37	Dummy Taylor	2011	33,327	43,558	MLB pitcher 1900-1908; highest paid deaf person in US during MLB career
38	Sam Thompson	2014	32,227	100,869	MLB outfielder 1885-1898, 3x NL RBI leader, BHOF
39	Bobby Veach	2007	19,462	34,026	Left fielder 1912-1925
40	Weldy Walker	2012	63,961	57.478	UM and MLB baseball player in 1880s; wrote 1888 plea for racial justice; later active in the Negro Protective Party
41	Bill Watkins	2014	51,744	12,000	MLB manager 1884-1899, Detroit 1885-1888
42	Lou Whitaker	2022	29,247	351,342	Detroit Tigers second baseman 1977-1995
43	Deacon White	2007	21,598	95,656	Baseball HOF
44	Will White	2014	35,476	46,949	MLB pitcher 1877-1886, first MLB player to wear glasses
45	John Wockenfuss	2007, 2019	25,632	80,570	Multiple 1974-1983
46	Rudy York	2019	30,101	81,500	MLB catcher 1934-1948, 7x All-Star, AL HR and RBI leader, 1943
47	Chief Zimmer	2014	35,341	25,008	MLB catcher 1884-1903, first president of Players' Protective Association
48	1887 Detroit Wolverines season	2007	26,770	14,863	Won NL pennant and defeated St. Louis Browns in 1887 World Series
49	1919 Detroit Stars season*	2020	62,286	2,190	44–18 (.710) record, starring three BHOF inductees: OF Pete Hill (.396), OF Oscar Charleston, and SS José Méndez
50	1984 Detroit Tigers season	2007-09-12	98,781	303,312	Word Series champion

Football

Michigan

Main page: User:Cbl62/Michigan football

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Charles A. Baird	2009-01-11	56,649	18,943	UM athletic director (1898-1909)
2	Gordon Bell*	2007-11-24	39,276	32,243	UM TB (1973-75), NFL (1976-78)
3	Bob Chappuis	2007-12-27	41,434	22,344	HB (1946-47), shot down over Italy in World War II; All-American and 2nd in Heisman Trophy voting (1947); Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) (1948) and Chicago Hornets (1949)
4	Dan Dierdorf	2016-10-08	33,665	563,700	UM OT (1968-70), Cardinals (1971-83), 5x All-Pro, NFL 1970s All-Decade team; CFHOF, PFHOF
5	Dan Dworsky*		33,104	22,113	Fullback, Center, Quarterback (1945-48), Los Angeles Dons (1949); later became an architect and designed Crisler Arena and Drake Stadium (UCLA)
6	Bump Elliott	2007	43,342	137,249	UM halfback 1946-1947, Big Ten MVP in 1947, UM head coach 1959-1968, CFHOF
7	Len Ford	2014-08-02 2020-02-11	54,609	58,819	UM DE (1945-47), AAFC/NFL (1948-58), 4x All-Pro, NFL 1950s All-Decade Team, PFHOF
8	Benny Friedman	2016-10-05	58,263	144,761	UM quarterback 1924-1926, NFL 1927-1934, CFHOF/PFHOF
0	Tom Harmon	2015-02-17	60,468	2,112,480	UM back 1938-1940, 1940 Heisman Trophy
11	Chuck Heater*	2010-08-08	24,414	44,051	UM RB (1971-74), asst coach multiple programs (1976-2021)
12	Ralph Heikkinen*	2007-11-25	45,417	10,720w	UM guard (1936-38), AA (1939); UM MVP (1937, 1938), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939)
13	Willie Heston	2010-07-02	29,455	37,086	UM HB 1901-04; CFHOF
	Elroy Hirsch		53,201	410,681
14	Bernard Kirk*	2009-03-29	24,364	6,942	End at Notre Dame (1918-19), UM (1920-22), AA (1922), died in car crash after 1922 season
15	Bob Mann	2010-09-25 2020-02-06	55,732	68,699	UM end (1944-47); All-Big Ten, 1947; Broke the Big Ten record for receiving yards in 1946 and again in 1947; NFL (1948-540; First African-American for both Lions and Packers
16	John Maulbetsch	2007-12-21	51,722	13,014	UM HB and 3x AA (1914-16), HC Phillips (1917-20), Oklahoma A&M (1921-28), Marshall (1929-30), CFHOF
17	Mike Murphy		36,264	29,190	UM football coach (1891), "the father of American track athletics", trained heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan
18	Irving Kane Pond	2010-03-06	40,921	13,852	Noted architect, scored first UM TD 1879
19	Merv Pregulman	2007-12-12	25,105	16,513	UM C/T (1941-43), narrowly survived kamikaze attack, NFL (1946-48), CFHOF
20	Germany Schulz	2007-12-18	53,200	63,210	UM center 1904-1908; CFHOF
21	Chuck Stobart	2022-12-01	25,565	43,383	Ohio QB (1956-59), asst coach at Miami (1967-68), Michigan (1969-76), HC Toledo (1977-81), Utah (1982-84), Memphis (1989-94)
22	William Wilson Talcott*	2010-11-29	32,796	11,419	UM football 1897-1900, later killed himself after wife joined a "love cult"
23	Bob Timberlake*	2007-11-21	24,548	47,920	UM QB (1962-64), AA and Chicago Tribune Silver Football (1964); New York Giants (1965)
24	John Wangler*	2010-08-14	35,451	42,564	UM QB (1977-80), All-Big Ten (1980)
25	Willis Ward*	2008-01-23	39,495	99,790	3x All-American in track and field; NCAA high jump champion; second African-American to earn varsity letter in football at Michigan; Georgia Tech refused to play Michigan in 1934 if Ward played
26	Bob Westfall	2009-07-27	24,294	12,116	UM FB (1939-41), AA (1941), Lions (1944-47), All-Pro (1945), CFHOF
27	History of Michigan Wolverines football in the early years		133,109	34,818	History of UM football pre-1901
28	History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Yost era		112,453	21,766	UM football under Fielding H. Yost

Season articles

Main page: User:Cbl62/Season articles

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	2023 Michigan Wolverines football team*	2022-12-07	166,124	312,592	15-0, national champion
2	1997 Michigan Wolverines football team	2009-2010	143,642	790,014	AP poll national champion (12–0), Charles Woodson Heisman
3	1980 Michigan Wolverines football team	2008, 2020	78,043	62,829	Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion, AP/UPI No. 4
4	1980 Big Ten Conference football season*	2016-11-02	68,679	8,693
5	1969 Michigan Wolverines football team	2012, 2019	76,078	66,188	Big Ten co-champion, Schembechler's first year, upset OSU
6	1964 Michigan Wolverines football team	2012	52,179	33,633	9–1, Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion, AP No. 4
7	1955 Hillsdale Dales football team*	2021-11-12	10,655	8,093	MIAA champion (9-0)
8	1953 Detroit Lions season	2016	35,547	26,692	10–2, NFL champion, defeated Browns in championship game, 7 PFHOF inductees: Bobby Layne, Doak Walker, Joe Schmidt, Jack Christiansen, Lou Creekmur, Yale Lary, Dick Stanfel
9	1952 Detroit Lions season	2016	42,135	29,898	9–3, NFL champion, defeated Browns in championship game, 6 PFHOF inductees: Bobby Layne, Doak Walker, Jack Christiansen, Lou Creekmur, Yale Lary, Dick Stanfel
10	1948 Michigan Wolverines football team*	2007-11-20	51,954	46,165	Consensus national champion 9–0
11	1947 Michigan Wolverines football team	2007, 2012	46,386	45,565	10–0 national champion
12	1935 Detroit Lions season	2010	28,846	28,674	In their second season in Detroit, the Lions placed first in the NFL's Western Division and went on to defeat the New York Giants in the 1935 NFL Championship Game.
13	1932 Michigan Wolverines football team*	2007-11-20	36,381	24,877	National champion (8–0)
14	1923 Michigan Wolverines football team*	2007-11-20	63,653	21,436	National champion (8–0)
15	1918 Michigan Wolverines football team*	2007-11-20	44,782	20,463	National champion (5–0)
16	1912 Army Cadets football team	2021	22,232	29,541	5–3, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Vernon Prichard, Robert Neyland, Leland Devore, Leland Hobbs, Louis A. Merrilat
17	1903 Michigan Wolverines football team*	2007-11-20	67,593	30,698	11–0–1, co-national champion (NCF)
18	1902 Michigan Wolverines football team*	2007-11-20	67,287	54,955	National champion (11–0)
19	1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team*	2009-06-20	16,862	4,708	10–0, first professional football champion
20	1901 Michigan Wolverines football team*	2007-11-20	70,504	88,602	National champion (11–0), first Point-a-Minute team, won first Rose Bowl
21	1892 Yale Bulldogs football team	2020	20,146	10,239	13–0, national champion, Walter Camp head coach

Other football

Main page: User:Cbl62/American football

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Bernie Bierman	6/1-3	32,384	62,851	Minnesota HC (1932-41, 1945-50) CFHOF
2	Joseph Carr	2016	33,075	64,718	Founder and president of NFL 1921-39, PFHOF
3	Dutch Clark	2017	57,369	146,516	Detroit Lions back 1931-1938, 6x All-Star, CFHOF/PFHOF
4	Jimmy Conzelman	2016	41,861	65,731	HB in NFL (1920-29), 1920s All-Decade team, head coach in NFL (1921-48), PFHOF
5	Paddy Driscoll	2017	55,063	92,329	QB/HB for Northwestern (1915-16) and in NFL (1919-29)
6	Mel Hein		27,745	105,033	C/LB for Washington State (1928-30) and NY Giants (1931-45), NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team, CFHOF/PFHOF
7	Larry Kelley	2022	20,300	112,922	Yale end, 1936 Heisman Trophy winner
8	Night Train Lane	2016	42,602	1,095,020	Defensive back in NFL 1952-1965, Pro Football HOF
9	William H. Lewis	2009	34,954	55,813	First African-American All-American; later Assistant US AG
10	Ernie Nevers	2017	63,685	220,466	Fullback for Stanford (1923-25) and in NFL (1926-31), consensus AA (1925), 1920s All-Decade team
11	Pete Pihos	2017	41,062	74,863	End for Indiana (1942-46), Philadelphia Eagles (1947-55), 3x AA, 1940s All-Decade team CFHOF/PFHOF
12	Joe Schmidt	2016	47,478	141,356	Detroit Lions linebacker 1953-1965, head coach 1967-1972, CFHOF/PFHOF
13	Ken Strong	2017	34,015	53,351	HB/FB for NYU (1928 AA) and NFL (1929-47),1930s All-Decadde team, CFHOF/PFHOF
14	Everett Strupper			13,791
15	Emlen Tunnell	2017	35,009	202,227	Safety for NY Giants (1948-58), set NFL record for INT, first AA in PFHOF, NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
16	Bulldog Turner	2017	41,086	77,932	C/LB for Hardin-Simmons (1937-39) and Chicago Bears (1940-52), 1940s All-DecadetTeam, CFHOF/PFHOF
17	Doak Walker	2017	26,865	444,567	PFHOF
18	Bob Waterfield	2017	34,195	421,106	QB for UCLA (1941-44) and Cleveland/LA Rams (1945-52), NFL MVP (1945), 2x NFL champion, 1940s All-Decade team
19	Lorenzo White	8/11-8/12	24,695	121,956	MSU RB (1984-87), Big Ten MVP (1987), CFHOF

Other sports

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Fred Bonine	2012	11,610	4,813	UM athlete and sprint champion in 1880s; later a doctor who claimed to see 1.5 million patients in 40 years of practice
2	Franklin Cappon	2009	39,703	13,265	Basketball coach at Michigan (1931-1938), Princeton (1938-1961)
3	Osborne Cowles	2011	39,930	16,741	Basketball coach at Darmouth (1936-1946), Michigan, (1946-1958), Minnesota (1958-1959)
4	Keene Fitzpatrick	2009	48,899	5,655	Track coach and athletic trainer at Yale (1890–1891, 1896–1898), Michigan (1894–1895, 1898–1910), Princeton (1910-1932)
5	Vic Heyliger	2010	20,338	24,338	UM hockey player (1934-1937) and coach (1944-1957), 3 nat'l championships
6	Carol Hutchins			142,243	UM softball coach (1985-2022)
7	Cliff Keen	2008	17,943	55,369	UM wrestling coach, 1925-1970, coached 68 All-Americans
8	Micki King	2008	21,259	30,727	UM diver won 10 national championships 1965-1972, gold medalist at 1972 Olympics
9	Newt Loken	2008	12,623	6,069	UM gymnastics coach 1948-1983
10	Mayes McLain	2013	30,757	11,578	All-American football player and later a professional wrestler
11	Sam Mikulak	2012	34,107	664,782	Gymnast at Michigan, USA all-around champion (2013–2016, 2018–2019)
12	Mike Murphy	2009	36,259	29,151	Track coach, athletic trainer 1884-1913; trained John L. Sullivan; UM football coach 1891; "father of American track athletics"
13	Sierra Romero	2013	26,054	134,306	UM softball player 2013-2016
14	Sam Stoller	2009	22,109	144,807	UM sprinter excluded from 4x100 at 1936 Olympics to avoid embarrassing Hitler
15	Eddie Tolan	2009	29,471	86,722	UM track star won gold medals in 100 and 200 at 1932 Olympics
16	Thomas Trueblood	2008	24,692	15,337	UM elocution professor and golf coach, affiliated with UM for 67 years 1884-1951
17	Mel Wakabayashi	2009	17,157	25,596	UM hockey player (1964-1966)
18	William Watson (decathlete)	2008	13,848	5,038	UM athlete, first black captain of any team at UM; first black US decathlon champion; favorite for gold medal at 1940 Olympics cancelled due to WWII
19	1947–48 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season	2013	43,309	4,658	National champion
20	1963–64 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season	2013	42,970	3,166	National champion

Film/TV

Best of film/TV

Rank	Title	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Wilfred Buckland	2009	20,130	8,415	Art director 1914-1927 pioneered architectural sets, miniature sets, and lighting techniques
2	Civilization	2009	18,634	64,935	1916 antiwar film, C. Gardner Sullivan
3	Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90)	2020	10,642	23,533	1956 TV play about Russian submarine attack on US, Charlton Heston stars, Rod Serling screenplay, John Frankenheimer director
4	In the Presence of Mine Enemies (Playhouse 90)	2020	10,325	25,561	1960 TV play about Warsaw Ghetto, written by Rod Serling, starring Robert Redford
5	Judgment at Nuremberg (Playhouse 90)	2020	14,622	33,685	1959 TV play about the Judges' Trial
6	The Plot to Kill Stalin	2020	13,435	19,990	1958 TV play about plot to kill Stalin; Melvyn Douglas as Stalin; Soviet Union closed CBS Moscow news bureau in retaliation
7	A Town Has Turned to Dust (Playhouse 90)	2020	13,147	23,748	1958 TV play about lynching of young Mexican man; written by Rod Serling; starring Rod Steiger and William Shatner; John Frankenheimer director
8	The Ford 50th Anniversary Show	2020	14,942	21,571	1953 TV special live on both NBC and CBS; Jerome Robbins choreography; Mary Martin/Ethel Merman duet; Edward R. Murrow/Oscar Hammerstein II closing comments on nuclear war
9	For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90)	2020	12,401	11,802	1959 TV play based on Hemingway novel, John Frankenheimer, Jason Robards; Hemingway watched from "flea-bitten motel" and thought it was "terrific"
10	A Night to Remember (Kraft Television Theatre)	2020	16,550	20,353	1956 live TV drama about final night on the Titanic; directed by George Roy Hill; large cast; awards for technical production

Music

Best of msic

Historic sites

Best of historic sites

Rank	Title	Image	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Adamson House		2008	19,380	132,478	House in Malibu, "Taj Mahal of Tile"
2	Dunbar Hotel		2008	26,998	95,509
3	El Cortez		2008	23,690	182,457	Mission/Spanish Revival highrise hotel built 1927
4	El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument		2008	16,905	230,899	District surrounding plaza that was center of old Los Angeles starting in 1781; includes Olvera Street and Avila Adobe
5	Fire Station No. 23		2008	17,803	102,789	Fire station built 1910; used in filming Ghostbusters and other movies
6	Harold Lloyd Estate		2008	25,428	379,028	Large mansion and landscaped estate in Benedict Canyon built in late 1920s for Harold Lloyd
7	Hollywood Studio Club		2008	27,227	43,522
8	Judson Studios		2008	21,728	27,702	Fine art studio in Highland Park specializing in stained glass
9	Leonis Adobe		2008	24,204	123,516
10	Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles)		2011	36,655	14,443	Historic church in South LA, hosted NCAA national conventions in 1928, 1942, 1949, and site of speeches by MLK and Malcolm X
11	SS Catalina		2008	21,434	46,255	Steamship built 1924, carried more passengers than any other vessel, transport to Catalina; partially sunk in Ensenada 1997
12	Stimson House		2008	25,983	53,230	Richardson Romanesque mansion built 1891, target of 1896 dynamite attack
13	Sunset Tower		2008	17,045	187,358	Art Deco tower on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, opened in 1931
14	Wilshire Boulevard Temple		2008	29,048	158,299	Jewish synagogue with large Byzantine revival dome and Hugo Ballin murals
15	National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles		127,842	221,882	Historic places in Los Angeles
16	List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Downtown Los Angeles		2008	53,763	103,602	Historic sites in downtown Los Angeles
17	List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood		2009	61,037	139,081	Historic sites
18	List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley		2008	49,822	40,608	Historic sites in San Fernando Valley
19	List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks		2009	25,763	46,126	Historic sites in Long Beach
20	List of San Diego Historic Landmarks		2009	37,273	90,260	Historic sites in San Diego
21	List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks		2009	63,628	225,550	Historic sites in San Francisco
22	City of San Luis Obispo Historic Resources		2019	54,045	5,063	Historic sites in San Luis Obispo

Churches

Best of churches

Rank	Title	Image	Creation	Size	Views	Description
1	Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood		2008	38,518	48,047	Hollywood church, weddings of Bing Crosby and John Wayne's daughters, funeral of John Ford
2	Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, San Pedro, California		2008	18,655	21,693
3	St. Andrew's Catholic Church (Pasadena, California)		2008	19,306	33,611	Pasadena church with Romanesque Revival campanile bell tower
4	St. Basil Catholic Church		2009	23,487	43,576	Church in Wilshire district, site of Chicano protests in 1960s
5	St. Charles Borromeo Church (North Hollywood)		2008	22,270	58,238	North Hollywood church noted for choir
6	St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church and School		2008	17,731	9,928
7	St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church		2009	15,210	76,726	Church in Brentwood, funerals of Nicole Brown Simpson and John Candy
8	St. Monica Catholic Church (Santa Monica, California)		2008	11,000	99,558
9	St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church (Burbank, California)		2008	15,728	15,764
10	List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago		2020	44,816	17,561	Church list
11	List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit		2020	72,620	11,164	Church list
12	List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia		2020	70,195	12,224	Church list