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This DYK STATS/Archive 2023 page is an archive of the monthly DYKSTATS leaders for each month in 2023, recognizing the DYK entries that have received the most page views while being featured on DYK.

Top hooks of 2023

This list presents the top hooks of 2023 based on the number of views generated per hour on the Main Page (minimum 1,500 views per hour)

Article	Date	Image	views	vph	DYK hook
Westminster Abbey	2023-05-06		130,926	10,910.5	... that before today, 39 English and British monarchs have been crowned at Westminster Abbey (pictured) since 1066?
Thai typewriter	2023-08-27		117,476	9,789.6	... that the first Thai typewriter left out two letters, which eventually became obsolete?
Medjed	2023-05-04		42,018	3,501.5	... that an ancient depiction of Medjed (pictured) became an Internet meme on Japanese social media?
Coronation glove	2023-05-06		9,745	812.1	... that a British monarch arrives at their coronation wearing the Robe of State, is crowned (example depicted) while wearing the Supertunica, Stole Royal, Robe Royal and a single white glove, and leaves Westminster Abbey wearing the Imperial Robe?
Supertunica			6,912	576.0
Robe of State			6,230	519.2
Robe Royal			5,943	495.2
Stole Royal			4,866	405.5
Imperial Robe			4,684	390.3
Total			38,380	3,198.3
Liminal space (aesthetic)	2023-01-17		32,024	2,668.7	... that research suggests liminal spaces (example pictured) appear unsettling by falling in the uncanny valley of physical places?
Impossible Whopper	2023-06-21		62,407	2,600.3	... that Burger King was taken to court over the Impossible Whopper (example pictured)?
Dalí Atomicus	2023-12-30		62,203	2,591.8	... that before photographer Philippe Halsman decided to photograph three cats flying through the air (pictured), surrealist artist Salvador Dalí had wanted to blow up a duck with dynamite?
Sheryl Cooper	2023-10-14		40,112	1,671.3	... that Sheryl Cooper (pictured) and her daughter Calico "beheaded" Sheryl's husband in front of a live audience?
Calico Cooper			20,238	843.3
Total			60,350	2,514.6
668 St. Cloud Road	2023-08-23		28,704	2,392.0	... that Nancy Reagan was hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic?
Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?	2023-04-17		56,008	2,333.6	... that some British soldiers hung the First World War propaganda poster "Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?" in the trenches and left sarcastic answers to the daughter's question?
Matty Healy	2023-05-08		26,891	2,240.9	... that Matty Healy is banned from Dubai?
Yokcushlu	2023-08-23		25,897	2,158.1	... that Yokcushlu (pictured) was taken hostage on HMS Beagle and named after a basket?
Luttra Woman	2023-02-09		49,099	2,045.8	... that the last meal the Luttra Woman (skull pictured) had was raspberries?
Pin-ups of Yank, the Army Weekly	2023-10-10		47,426	1,976.1	... that Yank pin-ups (example pictured) were distributed to American military personnel during World War II to promote morale?
Tara Devi of Kapurthala	2023-12-28		45,864	1,911.0	... that an Indian maharajah asked Eugenie Grosup (pictured) to marry him after she received a deportation notice to leave India and return to Nazi-occupied Europe?
Lone gunner of Flesquières	2023-01-16		21,912	1,826.0	... that the story of a lone German artillery officer disabling up to 16 British tanks (examples pictured) on the first day of the 1917 Battle of Cambrai was encouraged by the German Nazi Party?
Soviet submarine K-222	2023-05-03		21,786	1,815.5	... that the Soviet submarine K-222 (pictured) was the fastest submarine ever built?
Maya and Yehuda Devir	2023-04-26		21,118	1,759.8	... that after being featured on a Lithuanian website, Maya and Yehuda Devir (both pictured) got so many followers that they thought Instagram had broken?
Robert Todd Lincoln	2023-07-20		20,588	1,715.7	... that Robert Todd Lincoln (pictured) was saved from possible death by Edwin Booth, whose brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated Robert's father, Abraham Lincoln?
Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz	2023-01-31		41,170	1,715.4	... that after a stabbing attack on Paweł Adamowicz (pictured), the mayor of Gdańsk, at least 41 units of blood were used in an unsuccessful attempt to save him?
Julia Masli	2023-09-20		20,244	1,687.0	... that clown Julia Masli (pictured) found success by shaking hands with audience members using her feet?
Night of the Living Dead	2023-10-31		40,364	1,681.8	... that Night of the Living Dead (film featured) was mistakenly released into the public domain?
Melissa Ong	2023-02-10		40,289	1,678.7	... that "Step Chickens" on TikTok replaced their profile pictures with an image (shown) of Melissa Ong, whom they call "Mother Hen"?
Grant's Tomb	2023-08-31		39,746	1,656.1	... that by the late 20th century, many tourists did not know who was entombed in Grant's Tomb (pictured)?
Martha Holliday	2023-08-27		19,852	1,654.3	... that a 1940s pin-up photograph (shown) of dancer and actress Martha Holliday reportedly "created a near-panic in the United States Senate"?
Mckenna Grace	2023-08-15		34,616	1,442.3	... that Mckenna Grace (pictured) has portrayed younger versions of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Tonya Harding, and Captain Marvel?
List of Mckenna Grace performances			5,024	209.3
Total			39,640	1,651.6
Ruby Tandoh	2023-01-11		19,750	1,645.9	... that when baker Ruby Tandoh (pictured) publicly came out, she mocked critics who suggested that she had romanced a male contest judge?
Kabwe mine	2023-08-27		19,495	1,624.6	... that the Kabwe mine produced crystals and a fossilised pre-human skull (replica pictured), and has poisoned hundreds of thousands of people?
John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls-Royce	2023-10-26		38,584	1,607.7	... that John Lennon liked to tell how an older woman lost her temper when she saw his psychedelic Rolls-Royce (pictured)?
Honey Nway Oo	2023-03-10		19,189	1,599.1	... that former Burmese actress Honey Nway Oo (pictured) turned rebel and took up arms against the military junta following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état?
Mabel Freer	2023-01-21		18,988	1,582.3	... that Mabel Freer (pictured) was deported from Australia because she could not speak Italian?
Yekaterina Stravinsky	2023-08-07		37,390	1,557.9	... that Igor Stravinsky said of his cousin and first wife, Yekaterina Nosenko (pictured), that they were "closer than lovers sometimes are"?
1967 Lake Erie skydiving disaster	2023-07-19		18,620	1,551.7	... that an air traffic controller's confusion of two planes' locations caused sixteen skydivers to drown after they unknowingly jumped over Lake Erie?
Frances Vorne	2023-09-12		28,608	2,539.1	... 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?
Olivia Benson (cat)	2023-08-24		18,446	1,537.2	... that John Cleese once called Olivia Benson "the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life"?
Thirsty Beaver	2023-12-04		36,875	1,536.5	... that The Washington Post described a North Carolina dive bar (pictured) as "a middle finger to the development surrounding it"?

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