CashlessConsumer/wikipedia-dyk-dataset huggingface dataset:
Did you know that oldstyle numerals — a style of typesetting numerals with descenders — are the original style of Arabic numerals in the occident and still often used?
Did you know that British Airways unveiled a new corporate identity in 1997 which involved repainting its fleet with around 20 daring tailfin designs by world artists?
Did you know that Dickey Chapelle was the first war correspondent killed during the Vietnam war?
Did you know that Nigeria, which contains what was once the Kingdom of Benin, has repeatedly called for the U.K.'s return of the Benin Bronzes, in a situation similar to Greece's petition for the return of the Elgin Marbles?
Did you know that Samuel Lawrence was a Canadian politician and trade unionist?
Did you know that text figures—a style of typesetting numerals with descenders—are the original style of Arabic numerals in the occident and still often used?
Did you know that the Battle of Cape St. George, November 26, 1943,  was the last time the Tokyo Express ran to the Solomon Islands?
Did you know that the Marginated Tortoise is the largest European tortoise?
Did you know that Bobby Sherman became a very popular teen idol after his first single rose to number 3 on the Billboard charts?
Did you know that a muscle contraction occurs when a muscle fiber shortens?
Did you know that both species of Corroboree frog are critically endangered?
Did you know that during David Vetter's short life he only had contact with another human being twice, on the time of his birth and on the time of his death, at the age of 12?
Did you know that enfleurage was once the only method for extracting essential oils from fragile flowers like jasmine and tuberose?
Did you know that modern bicycle frame construction is usually founded on a diamond-frame design?
Did you know that the Battle of Bazentin Ridge marked the start of the second phase of the Battle of the Somme?
Did you know that the Georgian Uprising of Texel is sometimes described as the last European battlefield of World War II?
Did you know that the first railroad steam locomotive built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was also the first locomotive to operate in the U.S. state of Ohio?
Did you know that the most common causes for an ingrown toenail are improperly fitted shoes and nails that are improperly trimmed?
Did you know that Luis Francisco Ojeda is a Puerto Rican television host?
Did you know that The Subservient Chicken is a viral marketing promotion by Burger King?
Did you know that Operation Ten-Go was the last major Japanese naval operation in World War II?
Did you know that construction of Kelso Abbey took 15 years and was completed in 1243?
Did you know that fourteen people died in the Cave Creek disaster when a scenic viewing platform collapsed in New Zealand in 1995?
Did you know that the British plan for the battle of Bazentin Ridge in 1916, was dismissed beforehand by one French commander as "an attack organized for amateurs by amateurs"?
Did you know that the Subservient Chicken is a viral marketing promotion by Burger King?
Did you know that Clint Benedict was the first Ice hockey goalie to wear a protective facemask?
Did you know that at its height, the Polish World War II resistance movement Bataliony Chłopskie had 175,000 members?
Did you know that the California Republican Assembly supported Tom McClintock in the 2003 California recall election?
Did you know that the Dutch naval Lieutenant Jan van Speijk detonated his own ship in the harbour of Antwerp during the Belgian Revolution?
Did you know that the Munich Soviet declared war on Switzerland, for their refusal to lend sixty locomotives?
Did you know that the Ritz Hotel in London was the first hotel to offer a private bathroom for every guest room?
Did you know that the fictional character Axel Brass is able to go without sleep or sustenance for years?
Did you know that British broadcaster Simon Bates received critical acclaim for his feature item Our Tune, in which he read out tragic true stories?
Did you know that Lear's Macaw is a Brazilian parrot that nests in sandstone cliffs?
Did you know that Prince Mikhail Vorontsov fought Napoléon, founded Odessa, and commanded the Russian invasion of the Caucasus in 1844?
Did you know that Kotetsu, a Japanese ironclad battleship, was originally intended to be Stonewall of the Confederate States Navy but was not delivered until after the end of the American Civil War?
Did you know that in the Battle of the Rice Boats in the American Revolutionary War, the militia of the Province of Georgia drove a squadron of the Royal Navy out of the Savannah River?
Did you know that the 1961 vintage of Château Latour is consistently listed among the greatest red wines of all time?
Did you know that the European Robotic Arm will be able to travel around the exterior of the International Space Station under its own control?
Did you know that Fort Caspar in present-day Casper, Wyoming was founded in 1859 at a prominent crossing of the Emigrant Trail across the North Platte River?
Did you know that Kaiyō Maru, a Japanese steam warship, was the flagship of Admiral Enomoto Takeaki of the rebel Republic of Ezo in the Boshin War?
Did you know that Navajo codetalkers directed naval gunfire onto Japanese positions in the battle of Saipan?
Did you know that the Arctic Winter Games are held biennially for athletes from the "circumpolar North"?
Did you know that the Japanese manga character Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo can command his own body hair to perform various martial arts?
Did you know that the villain Scar of Disney's The Lion King, was based on a Barbary lion?
Did you know that British First World War officer James Edward Edmonds wrote nearly half of the 29-volume History of the Great War?
Did you know that Recess (or playtime) in schools teaches children the importance of social skills and physical education?
Did you know that collecting Toyon branches for Christmas became so popular in Los Angeles, California in the 1920s, that the state passed a law forbidding collecting?
Did you know that the Australian singer Jade MacRae started learning the piano at age 8?
Did you know that the Norse mythological figure Helgi Hundingsbane earned his nickname by killing a king called Hunding?
Did you know that the Pokémon character Sableye eats rocks and lives in a cavern?
Did you know that Cameron Bright and Nicole Kidman wore flesh-colored swimsuits during the filming of the controversial bathtub scene in "Birth"?
Did you know that a large titanosaur nesting ground was recently discovered in Auca Mahuevot, in Patagonia in Argentina, and another colony has reportedly been discovered in Spain?
Did you know that a shortage of amphibious vehicles made supply very difficult for the Americans in the battle of Guam?
Did you know that goanna oil was sold amongst early European settlers of Australia as a panacea much like snake oil was in the Old West?
Did you know that the British Seafarers' Union was formed in Southampton in England in October 1911?
Did you know that the airfields captured in the battle of Tinian were used for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Did you know that the film of the book Nochnoy Dozor by Sergey Lukianenko was such a success that ticket sales in Russia were only exceeded by The Lord of the Rings?
Did you know that "POP" is a nickname for Pacific Ocean Park, a 28 acre amusement park built on a pier at Santa Monica, California?
Did you know that 25 passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared from MV Joyita in 1955?
Did you know that Canadian painter Sophie Pemberton, who painted her award-winning "Little Boy Blue" in 1897, taught painting to local female artists?
Did you know that Graftgold is an independent computer games developer formed in 1983 when Steve Turner decided to quit his day job as a commercial programmer?
Did you know that Long-billed Pipits breed on dry open slopes with rocks and low vegetation?
Did you know that in aerial firefighting, fire retardants are colored red to mark where they've been dropped?
Did you know that the Adelaide O-Bahn is a guided busway in Australia that runs from Adelaide CBD to the Tea Tree Plaza shopping centre in Tea Tree Gully?
Did you know that the cathedral of the Armenian town of Zvartnots was depicted on the first emission of 100 AMD banknotes?
Did you know that Europe's most powerful supercomputer, MareNostrum, will be used in human genome research, protein research, weather forecasting and the design of new drugs?
Did you know that Jan Kulczyk is currently the richest Pole? His fortune is estimated at PLN 12.5 bn (around USD 4 bn).
Did you know that Joy Page is the only actress from the fourteen credited performers in Casablanca to still be alive?
Did you know that Muixeranga is a name given to ancient acrobatic street dances and human castles?
Did you know that New Place is the name given to Shakespeare's final place of residence in Stratford?
Did you know that a waterbuck is a diurnal antelope from Western and Central Africa?
Did you know that the Yazidis think of their god, Melek Taus, as a golden peacock, although some Christians and Muslims think of him as Lucifer?
Did you know that Seinfeld co-creator Larry David modeled the character Cosmo Kramer after his neighbor Kenny Kramer?
Did you know that the Egyptian numeral for 100,000 was the hieroglyph of a tadpole or a frog?
Did you know that the Indian Cuckoo is a brood parasite? it lays its single egg mostly in Drongo nests.
Did you know that the first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the World Matchplay championship in 1984 by John Lowe?
Did you know that the names of the Greek letters Alpha and Beta, which start with the sounds they represent, are examples of acrophony?
Did you know that Hakuin Ekaku's systematization of koan practice brought about a major revolution in Zen teaching?
Did you know that Polar dinosaurs could have walked to Australia, because during the early Cretaceous the continent of Australia was still linked to Antarctica?
Did you know that in the history of transportation in Los Angeles, the first California freeway "traffic jam" occurred on January 1, 1940?
Did you know that the Scheutzian calculation engine was invented in 1837 and finalized in 1843 by Per Georg Scheutz?
Did you know that Emperor Qinzong of Song China was the last emperor of the Northern Song?
Did you know that U.S. Marine Corps General Ray Davis rescued hundreds of American troops during the Battle of Inchon in 1950?
Did you know that the Beaumont Children disappeared without a trace from a beach near Adelaide, Australia in 1966?
Did you know that the Emerald ash borer currently threatens over 7 billion ash trees in the United States?
Did you know that Kashima Antlers is the name of a professional football club in the Japanese J. League?
Did you know that Keflavík International Airport is the largest airport in Iceland?
Did you know that Where Did Our Love Go? became The Supremes' first number one hit after being rejected by The Marvelettes?
Did you know that comedian Nipsey Russell got his start as a car hop at the Atlanta drive-in restaurant The Varsity?
Did you know that geologically, Massacre Rocks State Park was created during repeated volcanic activity on the Snake River Plain?
Did you know that nearly all prominent American party switchers in the modern era have switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party?
Did you know that the 91st Grey Cup was a Canadian football game in Regina, Saskatchewan that featured the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes?
Did you know that the USS Cobbler (SS-344) was a Balao-class submarine,  in the United States Navy named after a cobbler, the killifish of New South Wales?
Did you know that Barbary Sheep can jump over 2 metres from a stand-still?
Did you know that French tennis player Henri Leconte won 9 ATP titles in an 11 year period?
Did you know that actor David Manners lived for 67 years after starring in the 1931 film Dracula, but never watched it?
Did you know that the peak of Mount Hikurangi (1620 metres) is the highest non-volcanic peak on the North Island of New Zealand?
Did you know that baseball player Jim Creighton's death at age 21 may have been caused by the force with which he swung his bat?
Did you know that during the 1939 Battle of Wizna in Poland, German planes dropped leaflets asking the Poles to surrender?
Did you know that the Black Caiman is both the world's largest alligator and the Amazon Basin's largest predator?
Did you know that the well-known Tourist guy is a Hungarian?
Did you know that titanium is the most common material for body piercing jewelries?
Did you know that John Randolph Tucker served as an officer in the navies of the United States, the Confederate States, and Peru?
Did you know that The Doll Family played munchkins in The Wizard of Oz and were popular circus performers?
Did you know that the tallest of the Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert rises 200 metres above the surrounding terrain?
Did you know that World No Tobacco day is on May 31?
Did you know that the Smithsonian American Art Museum is currently closed due to a major building renovation but is scheduled to reopen on July 4, 2006?
Did you know that Pepsi offered a Harrier fighter jet in their Pepsi Billion Dollar Sweepstakes game and the Pepsi Stuff game?
Did you know that communication bubbles (or communication balloons) are used in comic books and strips to allow the characters' words and thoughts to be viewed by the reader?
Did you know that on December 17, 1973 Pan Am Flight 110 was attacked by six gunmen of the Abu Nidal Organization at Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in Rome?
Did you know that the world's first four-engined bomber aircraft was the Russian Sikorsky Ilya Muromets and that it flew as early as 1913?
Did you know that with a total internal reflection fluorescence microscope (TIRFM) specimen regions of less than 200 nm can be observed?
Did you know that Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were simultaneously hanged in 1923 for the murder of Thompson's husband, even though Bywaters committed the crime on his own?
Did you know that development on Star Wars Quake lasted for six years, and is probably the most famous Quake mod to never be completed?
Did you know that the Irazú volcano in Costa Rica erupted violently in 1963, on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy arrived in the country for a state visit?
Did you know that there have been six submarines and ships named Nautilus in the U.S. Navy, some as early as 1803, 67 years before Captain Nemo's Nautilus appeared in Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues under the Sea?
Did you know that Carpenter is a lunar impact crater located in the northern part of the Moon, causing it to appear oval in shape when in fact it's nearly circular?
Did you know that Evan Taubenfeld was Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist from Spring 2002 to September 2004?
Did you know that Faye Glenn Abdellah's pioneering work in nursing research has been recognized with 77 professional and academic honors?
Did you know that the Opinel knife has been manufactured since the 1890s in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in the Savoie region of France?
Did you know that Australian painter Jeffrey Smart initially wanted to become an architect instead of an artist?
Did you know that Egg plc is now the world's largest "pure" internet bank, meaning it's only accessible from the internet?
Did you know that Luis Sotelo was a Spanish friar who died as a martyr in Japan in 1624?
Did you know that cabinets of curiosities were early centers for artifacts of natural history?
Did you know that reed valves are made of thin flexible metal or fiberglass strips?
Did you know that the Aerocar Coot was a two-seat amphibious aircraft designed for home-building by Moulton Taylor?
Did you know that the Mi'kmaq people used a pictorial writing scheme?
Did you know that the Vatu is the unit of currency in Vanuatu?
Did you know that 24-hour comics have become so popular that there's now a holiday for them on April 24?
Did you know that Cloudland Canyon State Park in the U.S. state of Georgia straddles a gorge cut into the mountain by Sitton Gulch Creek, where the elevation differs from 1,980 to 800 feet (604 to 244 m)?
Did you know that motorcyclist Jo Siffert was killed in an end-of-season non-championship F1 race on October 24, 1971 at Brands Hatch?
Did you know that the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga led the first Japanese Embassy to the Americas and Europe in 1615?
Did you know that Braeriach is the third highest mountain in Scotland, surpassed only by Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui?
Did you know that France was the first to issue official postage due stamps in 1859?
Did you know that Kaa's Hunting is an 1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling featuring Mowgli?
Did you know that the real name of drummer Mel Lewis was Melvin Sokoloff?
Did you know that Ardre image stones were used as paving under the wooden floors of a local church in the Ardre parish of Gotland?
Did you know that Harlequin Valentine opens with a literal heart being nailed to a door in a modern retelling of the classic Commedia dell'arte?
Did you know that Hit Parade was Spirit of the West's final release for Warner Music Canada?
Did you know that a gravity hill is a location where an out-of-gear car can appear to roll up a hill?
Did you know that a security token can also store cryptographic keys and biometric data?
Did you know that many of the glassware produced by Wheaton Industries are on display at the Museum of American Glassware at Wheaton Village?
Did you know that some people in the BDSM community are sexually aroused by being gagged?
Did you know that Hubie Brown resigned as coach from the Memphis Grizzlies on Thanksgiving Day 2004?
Did you know that Luigi Fagioli had one of auto racing's most famous rivalries with Louis Chiron in the 1930s?
Did you know that Sutton Foster was pulled from the chorus to replace the leading lady during the pre-Broadway tryout of Thoroughly Modern Millie?
Did you know that Welsh Nationalist terrorists planted bombs to protest against the 1969 investiture of the Prince of Wales?
Did you know that the 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery to get the 2002 Winter Olympic Games to Salt Lake City, Utah?
Did you know that the Long-tailed Broadbill is the only bird in the genus Psarisomus?
Did you know that the large positive void coefficient of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl was a major factor in causing the Chernobyl accident?
Did you know that works of fiction sometimes feature the All persons fictitious disclaimer?
Did you know that Lyndon Johnson announced his hiring of Gerri Whittington, the first African-American White House secretary, by arranging for her to appear on the TV game show What's My Line?
Did you know that Miliaria is a skin disease marked by small and itchy rashes and is commonly found in infants?
Did you know that for over a thousand years Trajan's bridge was the longest bridge ever built?
Did you know that the Cryolophosaurus is informally  known as the Elvisaurus because the bizarre crest running across its head resembles Elvis Presley's 1950s pompadour haircut?
Did you know that Ambloplites species are native to a region extending from the Hudson Bay basin in Canada to the lower Mississippi River basin in the United States?
Did you know that Esteban Huertas, a general who led Panama to independence, appears in a Scrooge McDuck comic?
Did you know that the London Warehouse Theatre was threatened with closure after an Arts Council grant was withdrawn in 1984, but that closure was averted when Croydon Council and the GLC agreed to replace the grant?
Did you know that the Ryan X-13 Vertijet aircraft landed by using a hook on its nose to hang itself on a wire?
Did you know that Maximón, a saint venerated in the highlands of Guatemala, drinks whiskey, smokes cigarettes and grants prayers for revenge?
Did you know that Nicci French is the pseudonym for a couple of London journalists, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together?
Did you know that female Wrinkled Hornbills build nests in treeholes, then plaster over the holes, trapping themselves inside for months?
Did you know that in 1975 a freak Typhoon caused the Banqiao Dam in China's Henan Province to fail, killing over 200,000 people?
Did you know that scaly leg is a bird disease caused by mites, and can be treated with petroleum jelly?
Did you know that several species of Cordgrass have become invasive, especially on the West Coast of the United States?
Did you know that the Curse of Billy Penn is an alleged curse that may explain the failures of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania professional sports teams?
Did you know that the Konopiště château (castle), the last residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, houses a large collection of antlers?
Did you know that the Weaubleau-Osceola structure is the largest exposed untectonized impact crater in the United States?
Did you know that American lions were probably cave lions who crossed the Bering land bridge into Alaska?
Did you know that in 1975 a freak typhoon caused the Banqiao Dam in China's Henan Province to fail, killing over 200,000 people?
Did you know that songwriter Billy Steinberg spent more than a year trying to find someone to record his song Like a Virgin before it was accepted by Madonna?
Did you know that the Smyth Report was the first official administrative history written on the development of the first atomic weapons?
Did you know that Edgeworth's Limit theorem examines the range of possible outcomes resulting from barter or free market exchange between groups of traders of various sizes?
Did you know that King Christian IV of Denmark was probably the most notable person in history to be afflicted with the hair disease known as Polish plait?
Did you know that actress Michele Lee appeared in four episodes of Knots Landing without pay when the show suffered a budgeting problem?
Did you know that the United States' National Governors Association serves as a key interface betweeen state governments and the federal government?
Did you know that Steve Kipner originally wrote Olivia Newton-John's biggest hit "Physical" for a "Mr Universe" pageant?
Did you know that at over 310,000 words, the Alabama Constitution is the longest constitution in the world?
Did you know that comedian Bill Saluga is the man behind the character Ray Jay Johnson, who is known for the catch phrase "You can call me Ray, you can call me Jay"?
Did you know that in ancient Greece, small bowls, such as pateras, were used for libations?
Did you know that Jemmy Button was an American Indian from Tierra del Fuego who was bought for a mother of pearl button in 1830 and taken on HMS Beagle to meet the King and Queen of England?
Did you know that although he was a German national, Ken Adam fought in the Royal Air Force during World War II?
Did you know that the first all-steel passenger car in the world was built by American Car and Foundry in 1904 for Interborough Rapid Transit in New York City?
Did you know that the store that would eventually become Waldenbooks was started during the height of the Great Depression?
Did you know that Johnny Temple became a sportscaster after he retired from Major League baseball?
Did you know that Luis Rafael Sanchez is considered to be the greatest playwright to hail from Puerto Rico?
Did you know that Léonce Verny was a French Naval engineer who directed the construction of the Yokosuka arsenal in Japan from 1865 to 1876, thus helping jump-start Japan's modernization?
Did you know that the television movie Born Innocent is credited with airing the first all-female rape scene on American television?
Did you know that Damask, a fabric with a rich pattern formed by weaving got its name from ornamental silk fabrics from Damascus?
Did you know that Eastern Mountain Sports employees are required to take a training course covering not only store policies, product information, and sales techniques, but also the science behind all the products they sell?
Did you know that J. Harlan Bretz's  theories on the origins of the Channeled Scablands started a forty year debate between neocatastrophist and uniformitarianist geologists?
Did you know that Lin Wang was an elephant that served with distinction with the Chinese army during World War II?