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Knowledge main page, non-article pages (such as redlinks), and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Please keep in mind that the explanations given for these articles' popularity are, fundamentally, educated guesses. Just because one can't find a
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309:. Politicians rotate among "ISIL" (the abbreviation of this article title), ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), and simply the "Islamic State." In Syria, ISIS's detractors use the term "Daʿesh", which sounds like "Dash", based on the Arabic letters for the Arabic ISIL name.
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propelled this into the Top 25. The hook that got it there: "TIL that a captive killer whale at MarineLand discovered it could regurgitate fish onto the surface of the water, attracting sea gulls, and then eat the birds. Four others then learned to copy the behavior."
237:'s decision in July to only suspend Rice for two games for assault caused much public outcry. It seems letting the world see the video of the encounter, which was sent to the NFL months ago but not released, made it too hard for them to keep downplaying this event.
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708:!) and is no longer a reference to some mythical time when a few hundred people knew about the internet, at least some are questioning whether they really want every mundane comment they made back then to be forever preserved.
185:, so it is not surprising it is bested only by a Google Doodle this year. Views are about 240,000 lower this year, but that could be due in part to competition from the current world conflict with the
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his fiancée unconscious on an elevator, leading to the issuance of an indefinite suspension the same day. The world has known about this event of domestic violence for months, and the
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reason for an article to be included doesn't mean there isn't one; conversely, just because a plausible reason is found for a view spike, that doesn't mean it wasn't due to a bot.
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September 7-11. Otherwise the TV series
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American actress who died in 2009 debuted on television this week. The movie was widely panned, and no one has even edited the article to try to mention it yet.
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claimed that it was the most successful new gaming franchise launch of all time, with more than $ 500 million USD in sales to retail stores and consumers worldwide.
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as "the unlawful negligent killing of a human being".
1154:. No explanation for its continued high popularity.
610:led to the mass publication of their private nude
181:Last year this article was #1 for the week on the
776:might be found guilty of this offense instead of
650:Down from #5 last week. The singer and onetime
402:(September 11); former Egyptian Prime Minister
446:best known for his role of the steel-toothed
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394:(September 9); 1960s Japanese track athlete
1142:: Hello? Spambot here. Just checking in.
225:On September 8, footage was released by
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406:(September 12); and Serbian footballer
937:Scottish independence referendum, 2014
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282:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
187:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
602:, pictured) unwittingly stored on
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143:(1869) and
110:Leo Tolstoy
47:Leo Tolstoy
1152:Rock music
1146:Amazon.com
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452:James Bond
404:Atef Ebeid
271:Activision
1134:Undefined
463:Moonraker
1189:Category
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980:288,132
948:290,441
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884:307,538
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760:332,275
728:333,014
694:Snapchat
680:356,762
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638:362,985
586:391,061
550:434,876
518:435,784
498:See #6.
486:441,407
430:444,110
362:446,753
329:481,805
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257:573,518
213:655,572
202:Ray Rice
191:twerking
169:745,804
121:755,226
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70:Milowent
55:Ray Rice
43:Summary:
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612:selfies
454:movies
59:Destiny
1128:Alive!
1051:thread
905:Google
861:thread
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778:murder
696:-like
608:iCloud
564:Reddit
101:Notes
98:Image
95:Views
92:Class
1124:Alive
1116:wish.
1066:MAGIC
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444:actor
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