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Darwin Awards

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Darwin Awards

Summary

Darwin Awards is an award[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (847 views/month, #24 of 6,643).[2]

Key Facts

  • Darwin Awards is in the country of United States[3].
  • Darwin Awards's instance of is recorded as award[4].
  • Darwin Awards's instance of is recorded as satire[5].
  • Darwin Awards's instance of is recorded as humour[6].
  • Charles Darwin is named after Darwin Awards[7].
  • Darwin Awards's logo image is recorded as Darwinaward.png[8].
  • Darwin Awards's subclass of is recorded as ironic award[9].
  • Darwin Awards's Commons category is recorded as Darwin Awards[10].
  • +1993-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Darwin Awards[11].
  • Darwin Awards's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dyy[12].
  • Darwin Awards's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph276439[13].
  • Darwin Awards's official website is recorded as http://www.darwinawards.com/[14].
  • Darwin Awards's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Darwin Awards[15].
  • Darwin Awards's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Darwin Awards'}[16].
  • Darwin Awards's different from is recorded as Darwin Prize[17].
  • Darwin Awards's X is recorded as DarwinAwards[18].
  • Darwin Awards's Facebook username is recorded as TheDarwinAwards[19].
  • Darwin Awards's subreddit is recorded as DarwinAwards[20].
  • Darwin Awards's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as ダーウィン賞[21].
  • Darwin Awards's KBpedia ID is recorded as DarwinAwards-Event-Organized[22].
  • Darwin Awards's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14016'}[23].
  • Darwin Awards's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+15928'}[24].
  • Darwin Awards's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16541'}[25].
  • Darwin Awards's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 다윈상[26].
  • Darwin Awards's FAQ URL is recorded as https://darwinawards.com/misc/faq.html[27].

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Geography

Darwin Awards is in the country of United States[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include award[4], satire[5], and humour[6].

History and Context

+1993-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Darwin Awards[11]. Charles Darwin is named after it[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Darwin Awards include The it[28], a film[29], directed by Finn Taylor[30].

Why It Matters

Darwin Awards ranks in the top 0.36% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (847 views/month, #24 of 6,643).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include The it[28], a film[29], directed by Finn Taylor[30].

Related Entities

award Charles Darwin Gouverneur Morris Louis III of France United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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