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There are unknown unknowns

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There are unknown unknowns

Summary

There are unknown unknowns is a redewendung[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of redewendung entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,175 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • There are unknown unknowns authored Donald Rumsfeld[3].
  • There are unknown unknowns's instance of is recorded as redewendung[4].
  • There are unknown unknowns's instance of is recorded as phrase[5].
  • There are unknown unknowns's part of is recorded as DoD press briefing - February 12, 2002[6].
  • There are unknown unknowns's publication date is recorded as +2002-02-12T00:00:00Z[7].
  • There are unknown unknowns's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04g9p6[8].
  • There are unknown unknowns's facet of is recorded as uncertainty[9].
  • There are unknown unknowns's BBC Things ID is recorded as e096ab24-e2c0-4e37-9fb7-108cc6de40ea[10].

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Works and Contributions

There are unknown unknowns authored Donald Rumsfeld[3].

Why It Matters

There are unknown unknowns ranks in the top 5% of redewendung entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,175 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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