derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
...that the Queen Elizabeth Walk in Singapore was built on reclaimed land in 1922 and that it was renamed in 1953 to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom?
...that NASA engineer Harvey Allen's "Blunt Body Theory" made possible the design of heat shields that protected the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts?
...that young celebrity chef Sam Stern joined fellow chefs including Jamie Oliver and Anthony Worrall Thompson at the "BBC Good Food Show" in London when he was just 15?
...that Louis Kaufman, an accomplished American classical violinist, played more than 400 solo performances in movie soundtracks, making him one of the world's most frequently heard violinists?
...that on 2 January 1990, 26-year old Nivedita Bhasin of Indian Airlines became the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft?
...that even though Michigan State football coach Muddy Waters got fired for his losing 10-23 record, his fans still carried him off the field after his final 24-18 loss to Iowa?
...that prominent Soviet Armenian finswimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saved 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen from a dam into the Erevan reservoir?
...that Jeûne genevois, a public holiday in Geneva, Switzerland, has its origins in the persecution of Protestants that took place in Lyon, France, over 400 years ago?
...that the Konevsky Monastery at Lake Ladoga takes its name from a huge boulder which was revered by pagan Finns?
...that the Maya archaeological site of La Corona is the enigmatic and long-sought "Site Q"?
... that the Portuguese film Ala-Arriba! features real-life fishermen from Póvoa de Varzim in starring roles?
...that an attack on the USS Firebolt (PC-10) killed the first member of the United States Coast Guard to die in action since the Vietnam War?
...that Interstate 10 in Texas is the longest continuous untolled freeway under a single authority in North America?
...that in the medieval Greek monastery of Hosios Loukas infirm pilgrims were encouraged to sleep by the side of the local saint's tomb in order to be healed by incubation?
...that Giles Pellerin, known as the Super Fan, attended 797 consecutive USC football games over a period of 73 years?
...that the first album of Taiwanese band 2moro includes a song which consists of excerpts from 23 songs by other singers?
...that Henry Shelton Sanford, the founder of Sanford, Florida, was hired as an envoy to the United States by King Leopold II of Belgium?
...that the Battle of Kelbajar was the first time Armenian military forces crossed and captured a region of Azerbaijan during the Nagorno-Karabakh War?
...that the Boston Transportation Planning Review was declared by the U.S. Department of Transportation as the prototype urban transportation evaluation?
...that the Caspian Gull is regarded by some authorities as a subspecies of the Herring Gull or Yellow-legged Gull, and by others as a separate species?
...that the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 made broad and sweeping changes to women's rights in the United Kingdom, allowing women to enter the professions or serve on juries?
...that stereotypes of animals are common in television and film and usually emphasise particular traits of the species?
...that Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, had a peerage conferred upon him at the 3rd World Scout Jamboree?
...that Scottish National Party politician Douglas Henderson was instrumental in passing the censure motion that led to the downfall of James Callaghan's Labour government in 1979, but narrowly lost his own seat in the ensuing general election?
...that as a consequence of poverty in Pakistan 51% of tenants are bonded to their landlords in a feudal fashion?
...that Great Cockup is a fell in the English Lake District that has a stout named after it?
...that over 58,000 Paleo-Indian artifacts were unearthed at Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota when lake waters were lowered on the lake in 1989 to reconstruct a dam?
...that Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid, a 9th-century "king of all Ireland", came to power after killing his brother?
...that Justice Rana Bhagwandas was the first Hindu to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan?
...that Tom Campbell was a popular radio personality on KYA San Francisco who used to loan his personal phonograph, record collection and even his personal automobile to his listeners?
... that cricket was introduced to Slovenia in 1974 by a 13-year-old boy who had visited his pen pal in England and brought back a single bat and a copy of the Laws?
...that Elizabeth Gould completed much of the preliminary illustration of her husband's seminal work The Birds of Australia, but died during its production and was not credited for most of her contributions?
...that racehorse Lil E. Tee, who was deemed so worthless that even an auction company rejected him as unsaleable, won the 1992 Kentucky Derby?
...that Eketorp is an Iron Age ringfort on the island of Öland, Sweden that was mysteriously abandoned for three centuries and rebuilt as a Medieval castle?
...that the Koichi Nakamura-designed computer puzzle game Door Door was the first game to be published by Enix?
...that the Haryana Tourism Corporation names its tourist complexes after local birds in the Indian state of Haryana?
...that the development of the Chrysler Sunbeam was funded by a British government grant?
... that the French Military Mission to Japan of 1867 was the first Western military mission to that country, and that members of the mission participated on the rebel side to the ensuing conflict against the Meiji Restoration?
...that in their 1956 book Union Democracy, social scientist Seymour Martin Lipset and his colleagues describe how the International Typographical Union once defied Michels' iron law of oligarchy?
...that the cast for the Academy Award-nominated movie Little Terrorist had never acted in a movie before and that the crew worked for the movie free of charge, and even travelled to India at their own expense?
...that Garston Lock is the last remaining turf sided lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal and one of only two remaining in Britain?
...that Russian painter Nikolay Karazin produced many works inspired by the Moscow Metro project that was rejected by the government in 1902?
...that the most common food in Medieval cuisine for all social classes was bread and that almond milk and verjuice were among the most common ingredients?
...that every proposal made by the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853 was defeated when placed before the voters?
...that Narayan Debnath made the comic-strip character Batul The Great a superhero when the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 flared up?
...that Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker, a junior Foreign Office minister during the Suez Crisis in 1956, was sacked by new Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1957 for his private opposition to the invasion of Egypt?
...that Italy's 1957 Eurovision entry, "Corde Della Mia Chitarra", was so long that it resulted in the introduction of length restrictions for competing songs?
...that the Swallow's Nest , constructed in 1911-1912 and located on top of a 40 meter cliff in Crimea, Ukraine, is a medieval-type castle which has survived an earthquake measuring 6-7 on the Richter scale?
...that a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is a tool largely developed in the USA for analysis of real estate toxic liability, but its use has spread to much of the developed world?
...that Wavefront Technologies developed some of the very first off-the-shelf computer animation software, for which it received Academy Awards?
...that hemosuccus pancreaticus, a rare cause of bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, can cause silver-coloured stools if the bleeding source obstructs the common bile duct?
...that the Russian émigré writer Gaito Gazdanov earned a living by working as a tax collector and hosting a show at the Radio Liberty?
...that, before his departure from Saint Petersburg, Giacomo Casanova gave a party for thirty guests at the imperial estate Catherinehof ?
...that Ansett Airlines Flight 232 from Adelaide to Alice Springs in 1972 was the first aircraft hijacking to take place in Australia?
...that Dutch polymath Theodoor Jansson compiled a list of authors who plagiarized expressions from other writers?
...that Nathaniel Currier, of Currier and Ives, first achieved prominence creating newspaper illustrations of current events and political cartoons?
...that Joseph Maca played on the United States men's national soccer team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup even though he wasn't a U.S. citizen?
...that Mehrauli, a neighbourhood of Delhi housing the famous Qutb complex, was the capital of the Slave dynasty from 1206 to 1290?
...that an explosion in 1854 sparked off a great fire killing 53 and levelling significant parts of Gateshead and Newcastle?
...that Mordvin sculptor Stepan Erzya developed a project of transforming entire mountains in the Andes into monuments to the heroes of the war for independence?
...that Proverb, a piece by Steve Reich, was influenced both by minimalist techniques and medieval polyphony?
...that Joint Forest Management between villagers and the government of India was started to prevent theft of forest resources at Arabari, but now accounts for the management of at least 14 million hectares in 27 states?
...that Walerian Łukasiński, a 19th century Polish Army officer, was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment by the Russian Empire, and died in prison after 44 years, becoming one of the martyrs of the Polish struggle for independence under the partitions?
...that in 1961, retired bus driver Kempton Bunton stole Francisco Goya's painting Portrait of the Duke of Wellington as a protest, and demanded £140,000 to be donated to charity to allow the poor to pay for television licenses?
... that chef Austin Leslie , known as the Godfather of Fried Chicken, died in Atlanta after being evacuated from New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?
...that the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan is a rebel organization that gained de facto recognition from the Government of Pakistan on September 5, 2006 as a result of negotiations between Islamabad and local tribesmen to end the Waziristan War?
...that in addition to 8,000 Scouts, the 1st World Scout Jamboree of 1920 also hosted, amongst other animals, an alligator, a crocodile, an elephant, and a lioness cub?
...that the Blood In The Water match was one of the most famous matches in water polo history, and was won by Hungary after the match was stopped in the final minutes following crowd trouble?
...that Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov referred to his opera Kashchey the Immortal as a "short autumnal fairy tale", as opposed to Snegurochka, a "spring fairy tale"?
... that the Explorer 32 satellite was able to determine the density of the upper atmosphere through ground-based observations of the effect of drag on the satellite?
...that only two months after abolitionist William W. Patton wrote new lyrics to the battle song "John Brown's Body" to glorify the attack by the "nineteen men so few", Julia Ward Howe wrote another set of lyrics—the iconic "Battle Hymn of the Republic"?
...that the Battle of Shusha in May 1992 was the first significant Armenian military victory during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, and marked a turning point during the conflict?
...that many plants avoid seed predation through a process called mass seeding, whereby so many seeds are produced at once that it is impossible for predators to eat all of them?
...that in 1935, David Townsend was the last England Test cricketer not to have played for one of the English first-class cricket counties?
...that the Venus de' Medici's elegant arms are by Ercole Ferrata?
...that due to the rarity of the recently-discovered Old World babbler Bugun Liocichla, no type specimen was collected; instead, feathers from the mist net and notes were used as the holotype?
...that Ivan the Terrible commemorated his conquest of Kazan with the construction of St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square?
... that the Bara Katra palace in Dhaka, now dilapidated and half-destroyed, was built originally to be the residence of Mughal prince Shah Shuja?
...that Coop NKL opened Norway's first self serve food store on October 1 1947?
...that according to legend, any immigrant to the city of Agroha, established by Emperor Agrasen in ancient India, would receive a hundred thousand bricks to build a home, and a hundred thousand rupees to start a business of his own?
...that although the name of Pennsylvania's western Conewago Creek means at the rapids in the Lenape language, there are no rapids in the creek itself?
...that the popular Lithuanian fairy tale hero Eglė the Queen of Serpents transformed herself and her children into trees as a punishment?
...that archeological excavations proved that the Visoko valley was the center of the medieval Bosnian state and later kingdom?
...that while The Goons may have joked about exploding trousers, farmers in New Zealand in the 1930s actually experienced the phenomenon when herbicide that they were using caught fire?
...that the Obscure Berrypecker of New Guinea is a small forest bird known from two specimens and a handful of sightings?
...that nutcracker esophagus, a cause of difficult swallowing, takes its name from high amplitude contractions of the esophagus being likened to a mechanical nutcracker?
...that Charlie Williams, one of the first black football players in Britain after the Second World War and later Britain's first well-known black comedian, responded to heckling by saying: "If you don't shut up, I'll come and move in next door to you"?
...that the Cabinet des Médailles is the oldest museum of Paris, and houses the largest gold coin of Antiquity, a 20-stater of Eucratides I ?
...that the 2003 aggressive skating video game Rolling featured a roster of professional skaters including Fabiola da Silva and Brian Shima?
...that the USS Robert H. McCard, a United States Navy destroyer, was named after U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Robert H. McCard, a recipient of the Medal of Honor?
...that fried spiders are a popular food in the Cambodian village of Skuon?
...that Anne Gregg, best known as former presenter of the BBC's travel programme Holiday through the 1980s, was one of the first people from Northern Ireland to become a national British television personality?
...that in order to get him to agree to write and perform the "Theme from Shaft", Isaac Hayes was promised an audition for the film's title role?
...that the Saqqara Bird, an Egyptian artifact dating to at least 200 B.C.E., has led some scholars to speculate whether the Ptolemaic Egyptians possessed rudimentary airplane technology?
...that the Dundas Aqueduct was named after the British politician Charles Dundas, 1st Baron Amesbury?
...that at 7'3" (2.21 m), Swede Halbrook became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he joined the Oregon State Beavers in 1954?
...that the fort at Arki, India was captured by Gurkhas in 1806 and used as their stronghold till 1815, when they ceded it during the Gurkha War?
...that French Communist Party politician Jeannette Vermeersch was elected to to every sitting of the National Assembly from 1946 to 1958?
...that "Stormtrooper in Drag", the debut single by Paul Gardiner, was co-composed by friend and former Tubeway Army bandmate Gary Numan, and marked the first time in four years of working together that they had collaborated on the writing of a published song?
...that Karan Bilimoria invented Cobra Beer and was the first Parsi in the House of Lords?
...that in 1967 Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 crashed after a fire was sparked by a non-return valve being installed backwards?
...that the original stained glass windows of the Saint George's Church in Singapore were packed away for safekeeping before the Japanese Occupation of Singapore but have never been found since?
...that the Blood Parrot, a cross-bred fish, has neither a binomial nomenclature nor a distinctly known parentage?
...that Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation can be used instead of chlorine in wastewater treatment, eliminating toxic by-products of chlorine?
...that three years after being arrested for dealing in cocaine, former quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners Charles Thompson managed to win a national championship with Central State University?
...that Major-General F.F. Worthington, father of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, was buried with his wife in his own memorial park at Canadian Forces Base Borden, which also serves as home to the tank collection of the Base Borden Military Museum?
...that the defunct Portsmouth Naval Prison , considered the "Alcatraz of the East", housed German U-boat crews after WWII?
...the Shuka Saptati, written originally in Sanskrit, is a collection of seventy erotic tales narrated by a parrot to prevent its mistress from committing adultery while her husband is away from home?
...that a Chicago urban legend states that 90,000 people died in Chicago of typhoid fever and cholera in 1885?
...that Polmos Łańcut, one of the oldest vodka distilleries in Poland, was established by Duchess Lubomirska and existed already in 1784?
...that Wyndham Robertson, a Virginia politician who was a member of the Committee of Nine that helped Virginia be re-admitted to the Union after the American Civil War, was a descendant of Pocahontas?
...that Brian Cappelletto won the World Scrabble Championship in 2001 but has not played in the event since?
...that hundreds of love padlocks have been attached to a fence in Pécs, Hungary by couples professing their commitment to one another?
...that the librettoes for Tchaikovsky's operas Vakula the Smith and Cherevichki were adapted from Gogol's stories by the poet Yakov Polonsky?
...that the Castilian Civil War resulted in the removal of many Jewish people from high offices of state?
...that Indian entrepreneur Jamsetji Tata conceptualized Tata Steel, Tata Power and the Indian Institute of Science, but that they were only established after his death in 1904?
...that twirling is a key component of many artforms, hobbies, and sports where an object, such as a pen, baton or stick is spun or rotated to achieve the desired effect?
...that since the genome sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was published in 1996, the complete genome sequences of over 50 other eukaryotes have been completed?
...that casually shaking either one of the minarets at the Sidi Bashir mosque in Ahmedabad causes the other minaret to vibrate a few seconds later?
...that the Civilian War Memorial in Singapore was built in 1967 in memory of the civilians massacred during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore from 1942 to 1945?
...that Dmitry Chernov's discovery of the polymorphous transformations in steel has been thought to mark the transition of metallurgy from an art to a science?
...that Chillingham Cattle have lived as an isolated herd for 700 years, and are believed to be closely related to the aurochs, an extinct species domesticated in the Stone Age?
...that the English explorer and geologist Sir Vivian Fuchs led the first successful overland expedition across Antarctica in 1958—a journey of 2,158 miles (3,453 km)?
...that the fictional goat Koziołek Matołek has been a popular Polish children's literature character since first appearing in 1933?
...that the Northern Barred Frog of Australia has a tadpole which reaches 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) in length?
...that virtuoso double bassist and composer Frantisek Kotzwara asked a prostitute to cut off his testicles and died from erotic asphyxiation?
...that Rocco Petrone was the first non-German administrator of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center?
...that in addition to their use on early sailing ships, early trains had "crow's nests" as well?
...that Ichikawa Danjūrō V, one of the most famous and successful Kabuki actors, was briefly forced out of the theater after being accused of misappropriating funds?
... that Islam Khan was the founder of the modern city of Dhaka and the first Mughal general to subjugate Bengal?
...that scholars of Japanese theatre have been able to identify the subjects of many yakusha-e down to not only the kabuki actors, roles, and the play depicted, but even the theater and month in which it was performed?
...that the first British fighter pilot to die in World War II was killed in a friendly fire incident known as the Battle of Barking Creek?
...that American engineer Elmer William Engstrom was involved in the development of television by RCA in the 1930s?
...that line source is a mathematical construct used to analyze roadway air and noise pollution, but was not developed as a meaningful tool until 1970 when major U.S. laws spurred extensive environmental modelling?
...that arson was suspected when the last original boô , a building where a farmer rested when grazing cattle far from a village, burned down in the Netherlands?
...that 6Q0B44E, a recently discovered satellite of Earth, is thought to be a large piece of space debris?
...that Iranshah Âtash Bahrâm in Udvada, a town in Gujarat, India, is the holiest fire temple for the Parsi community?
...that the stump speech of the blackface minstrel show was a precursor to modern stand-up comedy?
...that a feature story is an article in a newspaper, a magazine, or a news website that is not meant to report breaking news, but rather to take an in-depth look at the background events, persons or circumstances behind a news story?
...that the fictional Document 12-571-3570 was a hoax that purported to describe sex experiments done in space?
...that several years prior to the downfall and execution of the Romanov dynasty, the image of God's Mother disappeared from their patron Fyodorovskaya icon ?
...that Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy is the longest single-volume novel ever published in English?
...that, as a consequence of the Russo-Polish War from 1654 to 1667, the cities of Kiev, Chernigov, and Smolensk were ceded to Russia?
...that anti-gay protests following the selection of the song Samo Ljubezen by drag-group Sestre in the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest led to criticism of Slovenia in the European Parliament?
...that Merv Wood, a single sculls gold medallist and the only person to twice be Australian flagbearer at the Summer Olympics, later became the Police Commissioner of New South Wales?
...that the Svinsky Monastery later changed its name to Svensky, in order to avoid connotation to the word "swine"?
... that the ruins of the Carmo Convent are some of the most impressive remains of the 1755 earthquake in Lisbon?
... that the Israeli band Ping pong were disendorsed by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority as the representative in the 2000 Eurovision after waving the Flag of Syria in their song "Sameyakh"?
... that Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will become the first Malaysian in space when he launches on board Soyuz TMA-11 towards the International Space Station in September 2007?
...that Chiques Creek in Pennsylvania, named for the Lenape word Chiquesalunga (meaning place of crayfish), has 13 variant names according to the USGS?
...that the 1672 treatise Loimologia is a rare first-hand account of the Great Plague of London, written by one of the few physicians to remain in the city during the plague?
...that Willi Ninja's distinctive dance style was an inspiration for Madonna's 1990 song "Vogue"?
...that Sanborn Park provided one of the first segments of the San Francisco Bay Area Ridge Trail, which is planned to encircle the Bay Area with a 500 mile long hiking trail?
...that the Allied Bombing of Bucharest in World War II damaged the University of Bucharest and uprooted trees at the Botanical Garden of Bucharest?
...that nearly 20,000 people visited a shrine in Bangalore in 2002 to see the Miracle Chapati, a flat unleaved piece of bread with the likeness of Jesus on it?
...that Bobby Pearce won the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics despite stopping mid-race for a passing flock of ducks?
...that the Peace of Rueil, signed 11 March 1649 between the court party and the party of the Parlement of Paris, brought to an end the first phase of France's first revolution, the Fronde?
...that Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was riding in a Gräf & Stift automobile at the time of his assasination?