derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
...that the Autobianchi Primula was Fiat's first automobile with the front-wheel drive, transverse engine setup and rack and pinion steering?
...that much of what is known about the life of blues legend Blind Willie McTell comes from interviews with his wife, Kate McTell, after his death?
...that stadiums such as Sydney's Telstra Stadium and Paris' Stade de France use movable seating to change the layout of the playing area to allow for a wider variety of sports?
...that Max McGee is a former American Football wide receiver who assisted the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championship wins and scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history?
...that St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kiev may have been the first Russian and Ukrainian church to have a golden dome?
...that, during the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill was so impressed with the brandy produced by the Yerevan Brandy Company that he asked Joseph Stalin to send him several cases annually?
...that the band Crow originally recorded "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me)", which was famously covered by Black Sabbath?
... that in August 2006, Brigadier General Angela Salinas became the first Hispanic female general officer in United States Marine Corps history?
...that the song "Guildo Hat Euch Lieb!" was performed by a band whose name literally translates as "Guildo Horn and the Orthopedic Stockings"?
...that the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C. received ten tons of broccoli from Barbara Bush after it was banned from the White House and Air Force One by George H. W. Bush?
...that between 1977 and 1998, Madame Leprieur from Agon-Coutainville in France sent 80,000 questions to the daily RTL radio show Les Grosses Têtes, making herself famous nationwide?
...that Alberta Vaughn was an American film actress who starred in 112 motion pictures before her death in 1992?
...that Angelica Agurbash, who sang the Belarussian entry at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, went through two major strip acts during her three-minute performance?
...that when the Château de Choisy was built for the Grande Mademoiselle, Louis XIV's first cousin, the garden designer André Le Nôtre's first advice was to "lay low all the woods that are there"?
...that the largest body parts do not all belong to the largest animal, and that there are numerous Guinness World Records for the largest human body parts?
...that Albert Bigelow Paine was the literary executor for Mark Twain, a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee, and a recipient of the title of Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur for his books about Joan of Arc?
...that the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the first world skiing championships of the International Ski Federation held outside Europe, took place in Lake Placid in the United States ?
...that the Régence style, precursor of the Rococo, had its origins in the interiors designed by Jean Bérain the Elder for Louis, Grand Dauphin at the Château de Meudon?
...that Bénilde Romançon's superiors at the Christian Brothers' novitiate were reluctant to take him in because he was short of stature?
...that Shangwen Fang received a fine for cruelty to animals after he was tracked down as the source of graphic images that had been posted on the Internet which showed cats being abused?
... that Archduchess Isabella Maria of Bourbon-Parma was in love with her sister-in-law, Archduchess Maria Christina?
...that there are many examples of unfinished work in the arts, some of which remain incomplete but others have been finished by other people?
...that the song "Wir Geben 'Ne Party" is the first Eurovision entry to mention hip-hop music, despite not being in that style?
...that during the time of Scandinavism, Hans Christian Andersen wrote a poem called Jeg er en Skandinav which together with the later added melody could have become the National Anthem of a unified Scandinavian nation?
...that the Autobianchi Stellina was the first Italian car with a fiberglass body?
...that the Château de Bellevue, a small château built near Paris in 1750 as an intimate meeting place for Louis XV and his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, was named for its spectacular views over the Seine?
...that the invention of the electronic digital computer was put into the public domain in 1973 by the decision of one of the longest federal court cases in the history of the United States?
...that Maulana Mehmud Hasan organised an armed rebellion against the British Raj with Turkish support but was arrested just before his return to India?
...that the Romans completely forgot what the ancient Lapis Niger shrine was dedicated to, and had at least three different stories telling why it was built?
...that the sting of the rainforest shrub Dendrocnide moroides can cause severe and prolonged pain and has been reported to kill dogs, horses and humans?
...that The Daily Talk, the most widely read news medium in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, is published daily on a blackboard in the center of town?
...that Brazilian-born Alberto Cavalcanti directed the 1942 British propaganda war film Went the Day Well?
...that the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute was the only place in the besieged city that evaluated the Ph.D. and Doctor of Science dissertations?
...that the expressions "take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves" and "ways and means" are both attributed to William Lowndes?
...that most buildings of the True Cross Monastery on Kiy Island in the White Sea were designed by Patriarch Nikon?
...that the planned M4 Toll motorway will be the second toll section of the United Kingdom's M4 motorway, despite being under 10 miles from the first?
...that Applecrest Farm Orchards is the oldest continuously operating apple orchard in the United States of America?
... that the opening theory of backgammon underwent profound changes after self-teaching robots were analyzed playing the game?
...that the Mahé River in India was nicknamed the "English Channel" because it separated British-ruled Thalassery from French-ruled Mahé?
...that Samuel M. Rubin popularized the practice of selling popcorn in movie theaters, earning him the nickname "Sam the Popcorn Man"?
...that the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme included the world's then-longest fresh-water pipeline when it opened in Western Australia in 1903?
...that Frederick Lorz was greeted as the winner of the 1904 Summer Olympics marathon but later admitted to having travelled by car for ten miles of the race?
...that Muslim scholar Maulvi Abdul Haq is decorated as the Father of Urdu in Pakistan?
...that the Château de Madrid, built near the Bois de Boulogne in Paris in the mid-1500s, was known as the "Château de Faïence" due to its richly ornamented façades, covered in majolica and high relief, but was almost completely destroyed in the 1790s?
...that Charles Angibaud was the royal apothecary to Louis XIV of France, but left France in 1681 to avoid persecution as a Protestant Huguenot and moved to London, where he was later Master of the Society of Apothecaries?
...that the song "Dschinghis Khan" is a disco-inspired tribute to the Mongol leader Genghis Khan?
...that civilians took refuge in St. La Salle Hall in Manila during World War II, believing that its walls would protect them from anything but a direct hit?
...that the Potemkin Stairs located in Odessa, Ukraine create an optical illusion, where either the landings or the stairs are invisible depending on an observer's vantage point?
...that Claudia Alexander was the last project manager of NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter?
...that murdered British schoolgirl Amanda "Milly" Dowler has a charity, an award-winning garden and a sweetpea named after her?
...that the English footballer David Layne scored 58 goals in 81 games for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. before he was jailed for his involvement in the British betting scandal of 1964?
...that, before becoming famous, both Martha Stewart and Lyle Waggoner appeared in ads for Tareyton cigarettes, telling the audience that "Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!"?
...that a group of rock stars formed a supergroup in 1989 called Rock Aid Armenia and re-recorded Deep Purple's hit song Smoke on the Water to benefit the victims of the 1988 Leninakan Earthquake?
...that the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris was the home of King James II for 13 years after his exile from Great Britain following the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
...that the Fair Play Men, a group of squatters in colonial Pennsylvania, made their own Declaration of Independence from Britain on July 4, 1776 on the banks of Pine Creek?
...that Central Asian Gypsies, often seen around Russian markets and railway stations in the 1990s were previously mistaken as Tajikistani refugees?
...that Flying University was the secret educational conspiratorial enterprise that existed in Warsaw, Poland, in various forms in the 19th and 20th century to provide education outside of the dominating ideology?
...that Monica Coghlan, at the center of the scandal surrounding Lord Jeffrey Archer, was killed in an unrelated car crash a month before the start of the trial that would convict him of perjury and vindicate her?
...that the era of the oil gusher came to an end with the development of the first blowout preventer in 1924?
...that the Canaanites are a movement in Hebrew culture that seeks to recover its rootedness in ancient Canaanite civilization?
...that early photographer Alexander Gardner was the last person to photograph American President Abraham Lincoln before his assassination—and also photographed the conspirators and their public execution?
...that during the filming of the 2002 film The Importance of Being Earnest, the scenes in which Rupert Everett slaps Colin Firth on his rear end and then kisses his cheek were ad libbed, and director Oliver Parker thought Firth's stunned reaction was so humorous that he kept them in the film?
...that the song "Zwei Kleine Italiener" references the homesickness experienced by guest workers in Germany during the Wirtschaftswunder?
...that nearly 350,000 metric tons of Pacific ocean perch were caught in the Gulf of Alaska by Soviet and Japanese trawling fleets in 1965?
...that Archibald Hall was the oldest prisoner on the original list of British murderers who were issued with whole life tariffs by the Government?
...that Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was one of the first painters to work in an abstract style for his entire career?
...that, according to the Lanercost Chronicle, Richard de Inverkeithing, bishop of Dunkeld, was poisoned by King Alexander III of Scotland so that the king could take the bishop's movable possessions?
...that The Varsitarian of the University of Santo Tomas was one of the first student newspapers in the Philippines?
...that in the otaku culture, it is common to see trains, computer operating systems, warplanes, and even home appliances anthropomorphized as girls ?
...that animals have delivered mail throughout history, with different postal services using pigeons, reindeer and even cats?
...that within a tomb in the town of Bergamo, Italy there is a statue dedicated to the life of Enrico Rastelli, the world's greatest juggler?
...that Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin is a mixed language based on Malay, Japanese, English and Australian Aboriginal languages?
...that the Organ Pipe Cactus takes 150 years to reach maturity and can reach a height of eight meters?
...that Enrique Angelelli was an Argentine Catholic bishop killed during that country's military junta?
...that the Famous Artists School has perhaps been best known for its Draw me! advertisements on the covers of matchbooks?
...that the parastatal Kenya Railways Corporation will be managed by a private consortium come November 1, 2006?
...that Wojciech Bobowski was one of the most important musicians of the Ottoman Empire, and the author of the Bible translation into the Ottoman Turkish language?
...that the division viol is a type of viol used for highly virtuosic music, much like its Italian equivalent, the viola bastarda?
...that the treatment of Crohn's disease can include a mouse-human chimeric antibody called infliximab?
...that Suleiman the elephant, named after the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, became the first elephant to visit Vienna in March 1552?
...that Binaca Geetmala was a Radio Ceylon countdown program of hit Indian film songs that was the most listened to radio program in India for portions of its 42-year run?
...that the Liaoshen Campaign was a decisive 52-day engagement in the creation of Communist China?
...that General Valerian Madatov was called the Russian Joachim Murat by Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch during the Russian occupation of Paris in 1814?
...that the borders of the states and territories of the United States have changed over 90 times since the United States Constitution was adopted by the Philadelphia Convention on 13 July 1787?
...that Harvey Littleton, a former professor at the University of Wisconsin, pioneered the American studio glass movement in the 1960s and is responsible for training many prominent glass artists?
...that the song "Diwanit Bugale" was a French Eurovision entry performed in Breton and the only French entry not performed at least partly in French?
...that the first Russian parliament of 1906 and the Russian Constituent Assembly of 1918 convened in the Tauride Palace of Catherine the Great?
...that British Air Marshal Joubert de la Ferté served as commander-in-chief of RAF Coastal Command on two separate occasions, before and during the Second World War?
...that the French clothing brand Cacharel is named after a small bird that inhabits the Camargue?
...that Joseph Nanven Garba was part of the coup that displaced Yakubu Gowon as the leader of Nigeria, and yet went on to be President of the United Nations General Assembly?
...that the 2006 Kapa O Pango controversy is due to a throat-slitting gesture at the end of the All Blacks traditional haka performance?
...that conger cuddling was once described as the "most fun a person could have with a dead fish"?
...that after the Siege of Boonesborough in the American Revolutionary War, Daniel Boone was court-martialed?
...that the song "Mama Corsica" is the only song in the Corsican language to have been performed at the Eurovision Song Contest, placing 4th in the 1993 edition?
...that overacting can be intentional for some roles, particularly when exaggerating the evil characteristics of a villain, but is often the subject of parody and satire?
...that two-time International Motor Sports Association champion Steve Millen was only able to compete in three of four IROC races in 1995 before he suffered a career ending injury at Road Atlanta?
...that U.S. Army surgeon Ben L. Salomon was recommended for the Medal of Honor four times before it was posthumously awarded by George W. Bush in 2002?
...that Mexican scientist José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez published work showing that the hallucinogenic effects of the pipiltzintzintli plant are due to natural causes, not the work of the devil?
...that British graphic designer Alan Fletcher designed the logo of 84 dots used by Reuters from 1965 to 1992, the "V&A" logo for the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1989, and the "IoD" logo of the Institute of Directors?
...that the sole surviving portion of the work of 4th-century musical writer Alypius is the chief source of modern knowledge of Greek musical notation?
...that, as a schoolboy, former Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King attended what is now Suddaby Public School?
...that "Comme È Ddoce 'O Mare" was performed in the Neapolitan language, the only time the host country of the Eurovision Song Contest performed in a minority language?
...that Astro Flight, Incorporated of Marina del Rey, California created the world's first practical electric-powered radio controlled model airplane and the world's first full-scale solar-powered airplane?
...that the Deutschhaus building in Mainz served as the seat of the first democratic elected parliament in Germany during the Mainz Republic and is the seat of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag today?
...that Harry Brinkley Bass was awarded two U.S. Navy Crosses within a period of two months for combat actions in World War II and was killed in action two years later?
...that the Silver Fish, the highest award in the Girl Guides and scouting movement, can be traced back to November 1909?
...that Mikołaj Trąba, first primate of Poland, took part in the Battle of Grunwald and might have been a papal candidate during the Council of Constance?
...that the rules of Swedish football played in the late 19th century were a mix of association football rules and the rugby football rules because of a misunderstanding?
...that the famous ending to the M*A*S*H episode "Abyssinia, Henry" was kept a secret from the entire cast, with the exception of Alan Alda, until the moment of filming?
...that the large number of Baroque buildings on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route are the result of immigration to depopulated areas of Upper Swabia, Germany and the following building boom at the end of the Thirty Years' War?
...that the assassins of former Bangladeshi prime minister Mansur Ali were protected by the Indemnity Act and not arrested or tried for more than 20 years?
...that Sheffield Wednesday Ladies F.C. were formed at the Star Inn public house in Rotherham during 1971 following a charity match between men and women at the pub?
...that PWS-10 designed in late 1920s was the first Polish fighter to enter serial production?
...that the Indian Opinion was founded by Mahatma Gandhi and served as the main vehicle for the Indian civil rights struggle in early-20th century South Africa?
...that the water crisis is the ongoing worldwide shortfall of drinking water, sanitation and ecological support that finds 1.1 billion people without safe water?
...that the small Toyota Publica was available in a range of 2-door body styles, including a pickup truck?
...that Arthur Brooke's narrative poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet was the chief source for William Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet?
...that only two prototypes of PWS-33 Wyżeł, a Polish trainer aircraft, were built before the production was interrupted by German invasion of Poland?
...that after France expelled the Vaudois Protestant group living in Piedmont in 1686, the latter fought their way back home during the War of the Grand Alliance?
...that the rhinoceros botfly Gyrostigma rhinocerontis is the largest fly known in Africa?
...that the legend of the Gold of Polubotok says that Cossack Pavlo Polubotok deposited 200,000 gold coins at the Bank of England in 1723 and that the money owed to Ukraine is supposedly valued at twenty times the world's gold reserve?
...that "Miss Lucy Long" was possibly the most popular American song of the antebellum period?
...that the village of Naluvedapathy in Tamil Nadu, India remained unscathed by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami because of a record 80,244 casuarina saplings planted on the coast two years earlier?
...that Suriname's worst air disaster was Surinam Airways Flight 764, which crashed after the pilots ignored repeated warnings that they were flying too low?
...that the Social Democrats under leader Hjalmar Branting won the Swedish general election in 1921, the first fully democratic parliamentary election in Sweden?
...that the Kandariya Mahadeva is one of the best examples of Hindu temples preserved from the medieval period in India?
...that Henry of Masovia, 14th century bishop of Płock, might have been poisoned by his wife, sister of Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas the Great?
...that the African-American dancer Lavinia Williams gave up ballet stardom in the United States to spend decades developing national schools of Caribbean traditional dance in Haiti, Guyana, and the Bahamas?
...that during World War II, more than 10,000 Soviet soldiers and civilians, cut off from the mainland, resisted for 170 days in the Adzhimushkay quarries in Crimea?
...that the first Prime Minister of Italy, Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour was also one of the first landowners in Italy to use chemical fertilizers?
...that between 1938 and 1943, C$13 million worth of gold bricks were shipped out of the small Vancouver Island community Zeballos?
... that the little-known fortieth signer of the United States Constitution was the Convention's secretary, William Jackson ?
...that the first Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland was the longest single span cast iron bridge in the world when it opened in 1796?
...that Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories, the world's largest manufacturer of Unani medicines, reinvests all its profits into charitable activities?
...that the “Deluxe” version of Outrage! is the most expensive board game in the world?
...that a series of scandals in the 1970s involving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police resulted in the permanent loss of their right to oversee Canadian intelligence operations?
...that Dream Theater held a song contest to see who could write a song as similar as possible to "Stream of Consciousness", based solely on its arrangement charts posted from the studio prior to its release?
...that Mancs the Hungarian rescue dog is commemorated by a statue in his hometown Miskolc?
...that the Periyar National Park, Thekkady is located around the Periyar reservoir formed by the backwaters of the Mullaperiyar dam?
...that Charles Dadant emigrated from France to Hamilton, Illinois, where he became a founding father of modern beekeeping?
...that Justice G.T. Nanavati headed a one-man commission to investigate the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots?
...that the Swedish schlager singer Towa Carson competed in Melodifestivalen 2004 at the age of 68?
...that William Makepeace Thackeray may have based the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon on exploits of the notorious soldier and duelist Tiger Roche?
...that the Western Australian whaling industry operated for more than 140 years, until the last whaling station closed in 1978?
...that the Bruce Tunnel is the only tunnel on the Kennet and Avon Canal and the second longest navigable tunnel on Britain's canals?
...that the Tree of Hippocrates is a plane tree in Kos under which, according to legend, Hippocrates taught his pupils medicine?
...that the comic series Bahadur focused on rehabilitation of dacoits at a time when dacoity was prevalent in many parts of rural India?
...that excavations of the Roman castrum at Charax, Crimea revealed drains made of clay pipes and a reservoir with a mosaic portrayal of an octopus?
...that "Giovanni Henrico Albicastro", the Baroque composer of music in a Corellian manner, was actually Johann Heinrich von Weissenburg, a cavalry officer born in Bavaria?
...that after three weeks of siege Kaunas Castle was taken by the Teutonic Order in 1362?
...that the Athenian coup of 411 BC temporarily replaced the democratic government of Athens with a narrow oligarchy?
...that at various times and in various cultures the first dance was the minuet, quadrille, waltz, or polonaise?
...that although the Pandora's Box album Original Sin was a commercial failure, some of the tracks have gone platinum with other artists?
... that Kashmiriyat defines the way of life and identity of the Kashmiri people since medieval times, helping them preserve harmony amidst invasions of Kashmir?
...that Catherine the Great and other leaders of the Russian Enlightenment promoted further Europeanization of all aspects of Russian life?
...that jewellery in the Pacific changed drastically when missionaries began converting many Pacific nations to Christianity?
...that St. Nilus reportedly foretold to princess Aloara of Capua, for her part in the murder of her husband's nephew, that none of her offspring should reign in Capua—a prophecy that came true in 999?
...that between 1955 and 1998, under Article 19 of the Greek Citizenship Code which entitled the Greek government to strip non-ethnic Greeks who left the country of their citizenship, 46,638 members of the officially recognized Muslim minority of Greece lost their citizenship?
... that George J. Adler, one of the greatest linguists of the 19th century, went insane from the effort of publishing his Dictionary of German and English Languages?