derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
...that William Garwood, an American silent film actor, starred in 149 films in under 10 years—between 1909 and 1919?
...that during the Ulm Campaign in 1805, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte eliminated an entire Austrian army by capturing 60,000 troops?
...that the first American ship sunk in World War II hit a German mine off Cape Otway in the Southern Ocean?
...that Hugh Talbot was roundly panned for his performance as Frederic in the premiere of The Pirates of Penzance?
...that the Xiao'erjing is a system of writing Sinitic languages such as Mandarin in the Arabic script?
...that a co-founder of the Slavophile movement, Ivan Kireevsky, turned for wisdom to the elders of the Optina Monastery, rather than to Western philosophers?
...that a recent fire in the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine was set to cover up the theft of 18th-century cassones?
...that British Admiral of the Fleet Michael Pollock, was gunnery officer on the HMS Norfolk when she fought the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst during the Battle of North Cape?
...that a statue stands where Matangini Hazra was shot in 1942 during the Quit India Movement?
...that the English nursery rhyme Bobby Shafto was an electioneering song by the 18th Century British MP, Robert Shafto?
...that when Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, Confederate Brig Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, Lincoln's White House went into mourning?
...that Boletus calopus, a European mushroom, derives its scientific name from the Ancient Greek for "pretty foot," referring to its attractive stalk?
... that 17th-century Mughal subahdar Shaista Khan conquered Chittagong and ousted the British East India Company from Bengal over a trade dispute?
...that a subtlety was an elaborate medieval dish that was supposed to entertain and surprise diners with extravagant decorations or by imitating other types of food?
...that the Paramarines was a short-lived parachute-trained unit of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, but its members were never dropped by parachute into combat?
... that the website Machinima.com got its name when the founder misspelled his original portmanteau of machine and cinema and liked the new version better?
...that Harriett Everard was hit by a piece of falling scenery during rehearsals for The Pirates of Penzance, and likely never fully recovered from her injuries?
...that the immortal DNA strand hypothesis was proposed in 1975 by John Cairns as a mechanism for adult stem cells to minimize mutations in their genomes?
...that Bolko II of Świdnica was the last independent duke of the Piast dynasty in Silesia?
...that Bearcat Stadium of Northwest Missouri State University, originally opened in 1917, is the oldest stadium of any NCAA Division II school?
...that Bellot Strait is a 2 km passage of water separating Somerset Island from the northernmost point on mainland North America?
...that Kanken Toyama, who developed the Shudokan school of karate, was originally an elementary school teacher?
...that "My Star" was the first song that Latvia entered into the Eurovision Song Contest, making them the last of the Baltic states to debut at Eurovision?
...that Russian playwright Pavel Katenin was deported from St. Petersburg in 1822 for booing a favourite actress of the city's governor, Count Miloradovich?
...that psychedelic rock group Circus Maximus was the launching point for the career of country musician Jerry Jeff Walker?
...that French Olympic shooter Léon Moreaux won his first of seven Olympic medals at the age of 38?
...that, in opposition to the orthodox architectural canon, a giant undulating apse occupies the entire east façade of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Svishtov?
...that Marcelo Piñeyro's second film, Wild Horses, was the second-highest-attended film in Argentina during 1995, and was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York?
...that the King/Drew Medical Centre, a major public hospital in South Central Los Angeles, was founded in response to the 1965 Watts Riots?
...that furry convention attendees often wear ears, tails, badges, or fursuits as identification?
...that "La Coco-Dance" was the first Eurovision entry to feature Tahitian lyrics, representing Monaco in 2006?
...that Kaundinya, the first arahant and bhikkhu of Gautama Buddha, was the only royal scholar to predict Siddhartha's Buddhahood?
...that Heinie Reitz was the first Major League baseballer to die in a car accident?
...that the city of Thasos held out against an Athenian siege for over two years in the Thasian rebellion?
...that Canadian microbiologist John Dick was the first to isolate and identify a cancer stem cell?
...that Frances Slocum State Park in Pennsylvania is named for a woman captured by the Lenape at age 5, who permanently lived with Native Americans despite reuniting with her family 59 years later?
...that the 43,000 Sakhalin Koreans were abandoned by Japan after World War II and kept stateless by the Soviet Union for 30 years?
...that due to a "defect of birth", Thomas Livingston was forced to receive a papal dispensation to continue working in the church?
...that David Brody is credited with co-founding the field of "new labor history"?
...that Romanian actor Ion Caramitru figures prominently in theories that the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was not truly a popular uprising but a cover-up for a coup d'état?
...that Texas oil tycoon Glenn McCarthy gained the nickname "King of the wildcatters" after striking oil thirty-eight times in ten years?
...that the Mount Kirkpatrick Formation is the only major dinosaur-bearing rock formation in Antarctica?
...that the French admiral Dupetit Thouars took possession of the Tahiti archipelago against his government's will?
...that after an accident in his teens, Bulgarian poet Pencho Slaveykov could write and speak only with difficulty?
...that the Ristorante Cooperativo in Zürich may be the only restaurant to have been patronised by Benito Mussolini, Vladimir Lenin and Gerhard Schröder?
...that the British politician Alfred Lane Beit was made an honorary Irish citizen after he donated 17 masterpieces to the National Gallery of Ireland?
...that the Political Instability Task Force might have predicted over 85% of major state crises occurring in 1990–1997?
...that the Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 led to wind gusts in excess of 100 mph across New York, New Jersey, and New England?
...that Annadel State Park is considered by some biologists to have some of the best preserved northern oak woodlands in western North America?
...that social anthropologist Sir Raymond Firth's research career spanned 76 years after it began in Polynesia?
...that Pepe Marchena was a popular singer who created a new palo or flamenco musical form, called colombiana?
...that after World War II, the Czech urban legend of Pérák changed from a shadowy surprise attacker to a heroic figure of resistance against the Nazi occupation of Prague?
...that Maratha Emperor Shivaji's mentor Dadoji Konddeo also built the "Lal Mahal" in Pune, the royal palace before the capital moved to Raigad?
...that the commissioner of El Greco's The Disrobing of Christ tried to use the artist's inclusion of the three Marys to avoid paying the full fee?
...that parts of Karnataka gained independence after its Unification, a year later than most of India?
... that Bill Orban developed the 5BX plan to help Canadian Air Force pilots keep fit?
...that the Japanese Sōshi-kaimei policy forced Koreans previously banned from using Japanese surnames to do so?
...that the village of Sharpham in Somerset, is the birthplace of Elizabethan poet Sir Edward Dyer, writer Henry Fielding and cleric William Gould?
...that during construction of the Fort Canning Tunnel, special care was taken to minimize environmental impact on the surrounding Fort Canning Park?
...that Russian actor Yevgeny Samoylov , known for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold and Alexander Dovzhenko in the 1930s, celebrated his 90th birthday in 2002 acting on the stage of the Maly Theatre?
...that the trees alongside the Falls of Bruar were planted in response to an entreaty from Robert Burns, the Scottish poet?
...that construction of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Adelaide did not finish until 1996, 130 years after it began?
...that American World War II Army Captain Bobbie E. Brown was awarded the Medal of Honor for running 100 yards up a hill through machine-gun fire to place a bomb in a German pillbox in the Battle of Crucifix Hill?
...that one of only two natural populations of the critically endangered Kanab ambersnail is threatened by discharges from the Glen Canyon Dam?
...that the church of Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli in Rome, along with the adjacent tower, is all that remains today of a Dominican convent dedicated to Catherine of Siena?
...that Australian Cricket Academy leg spin coach Terry Jenner was previously jailed for embezzlement?
...that the Samara flag, presented as a gift from Russia to the Bulgarian volunteers in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, is the only flag awarded a Bulgarian Medal for Bravery?
...that the Korpela movement was a short-lived cult during the 1930s in Northern Sweden and Finland whose controversial sexual rituals eventually led to the arrest of 60 followers?
... that American World War II soldier David M. Gonzales was awarded the Medal of Honor for digging out three comrades buried alive whilst under enemy fire?
...that American Thoroughbred Kingston won eighty-nine races, the most by any horse?
...that in 1819, Hussein Shah, the seventeenth Sultan of Johor, allowed a British settlement in Singapore in order to wrest the throne from his brother with the help of the British, leading to the Malay Peninsula's colonisation?
...that in 2005, Ghatam player Ghatam Udupa became the first Indian to perform at the Krakow International Percussion Festival?
... that the relics of Moscow's founder, Yuri Dolgoruki, were buried beneath the baptistery of the Church of the Saviour at Berestove ?
...that studies on whether nice guys finish last have been hindered by the social desirability bias?
...that Rajendrasinhji Jadeja was the first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army?
...that Irving Crane pocketed 150 balls in a row in the final round of the 1966 World Crown straight pool championship; a feat that has never been equalled or eclipsed?
...that in 1850, the Harvard Musical Association, a charitable organization in Boston, raised over $100,000 for the construction of the Boston Music Hall in under 60 days?
...that the appearance of a dog named Cheeka in a Hutch ad campaign doubled sales of pugs in India in 2003?
...that the prolific spawning of the Pacific herring can lead to egg densities of six million eggs/m2 on submerged vegetation?
...that American novelist Tracy Quan once served as spokeswoman to the sex worker advocacy group Prostitutes of New York?
...that although scholars have studied revolutions for over a century, there are still many competing theories explaining those key events in human history?
...that Satveer Chaudhary was the first Asian American to hold elected office in Minnesota?
...that in the United Kingdom alone, over £60 million is spent annually on dealing with the effects of leaves on railroad tracks?
... that in 1057, Saint Anthony of Pechersk singled-handedly dug out the Near Caves in Kiev, Ukraine which is part of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra?
...that Thoroughbred racehorse Gallant Man lost the 1957 Kentucky Derby by a nose after his jockey stood up to celebrate?
...that together with the Treaty of Mendota, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ceded nearly 24 million acres of Sioux land to the United States in exchange for cash and annuities?
...that Clontarf Aboriginal College in Australia has at various points in its history served as an orphanage, a convent, an RAAF training facility, a boarding school and a day school?
...that Taras Fedorovych, a 17th century Cossack leader, led a Cossack and peasant uprising over the issue of the Cossack register?
... that human sacrifices were once offered in Chitpur, now home to Kolkata’s latest railway passenger terminal?
...that numerous specimens of dinosaurs have been excavated from the Dashanpu Formation, first discovered by a natural gas company that found the formation's first dinosaur, Gasosaurus?
...that Standard Oil of Kentucky (or Kyso) was formed from the breakup of Standard Oil in 1911 and was awarded oil rights over the Southeastern U.S.?
... that the Agung , a Philippine set of gongs, was repeatedly hit during earthquakes for it was believed its supernatural powers would halt the earth's reverberations?
...that the Late November 2006 Nor'easter caused winds up to 80 mph in the Outer Banks, the only occurrence of thundersnow on record in Charleston, and the earliest recorded snowfall in Charleston and Savannah?
...that under the terms of the Bunbury Agreement, the English county of Cheshire would have remained neutral during the English Civil War?
...that Chicago politician Giuseppe Esposito was shot and killed in front of his family during the 1928 Republican Pineapple Primary?
... that the New Guinean Quoll is a carnivorous marsupial that is reported to eat prey bigger than itself?
... that Rudolf Duala Manga Bell was organising a colony-wide revolt against the German Empire in Cameroon when he was executed for high treason in 1914?
...that Count Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov ended his love affair with the 60-year-old Empress Catherine II in order to marry her 16-year-old lady-in-waiting?
...that in 1992, a single marbled eel was sold in mainland China for $1,000?
... that Isaac Newton Van Nuys of New York founded Van Nuys, California, United States in 1911?
...that Theo Osterkamp was the first German reconnaissance pilot to fly a land-based aircraft to England during World War I?
...that Shelley's poem On the Medusa by Leonardo da Vinci in the Florentine Gallery is based on the painting which was not in fact authored by Leonardo?
...that for organizing a revolt on an Ottoman slave galley and freeing Christian slaves, Hetman Ivan Sulyma received a medal from Pope Paul V?
...that Richard Ferguson joined a gang of highwaymen after recognising the man robbing his stagecoach near London as a former acquaintance?
...that the first print portrait produced in Europe of a living, identifiable person was of artist Israhel van Meckenem and his wife Ida?
...that Maria Fyodorovna was the tallest Russian tsarina ever, and experienced difficulties while dancing with her husband, Emperor Paul, as a result?
...that Cirsium fontinale is a species of California thistle that actually represents three taxa, two of which are endangered species with narrow endemic ranges?
...that the breeding rights for the Thoroughbred racehorse Graustark sold for a record $2,400,000?
...that with over 3,000 participants, the 1884 Chichibu Incident was one of the largest peasant revolts of Japan's Meiji period?
...that Agustin Ramos Calero was the second-most-decorated soldier in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II?
...that the University of British Columbia Library holds the largest collection of Asian-language materials in North America?
...that the San Mateo woolly sunflower is an endangered species that makes its home on serpentine outcrops that are chemically inhospitable for most plant species?
...that in addition to practising as a lawyer in Cairo, Albanian nationalist Andon Zako Çajupi wrote a comedy attacking the tradition of arranged marriages?
...that Jimmy Fratianno was the highest-ranking member of the Mafia to become an informant for the U.S. government until Sammy Gravano in 1991?
...that the Scouting song Ging Gang Goolie was deliberately written in gibberish so that Scouts from different countries could easily learn it without struggling with a language barrier?
...that the habitat of the endangered Whiteray pygmy daisy has been reduced to a narrow strip only six miles long, due to urban development, off-road vehicles and destruction by road maintenance crew?
...that the first identifiable European print portrait was one of the artist Israhel van Meckenem and his wife Ida?
...that American soldier Lucian Adams was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly destroying several enemy machine gun emplacements in World War II?
...that Wee Siew Kim, a Singaporean MP, had to apologise after scandal broke out involving an elitist blog entry made by his daughter?
...that the Russian victory in the Battle of Rakovor in 1268 put an end to the attacks of the Teutonic Knights on Russia for thirty years?
...that the Claregalway Friary , one of the first Franciscan monasteries in Ireland, housed only two friars when it was finally forced to close in 1847?
...that during the Ottoman occupation of Hungary no fewer than 75 Turkish baths were built in the Hungarian eyalets?
...that Polish painter Jan Matejko smuggled arms to Polish insurgents during the January Uprising in 1863?
...that in 2003, German authorities foiled a plot by a neo-Nazi group to set off a bomb at the Ohel Jakob synagogue cornerstone ceremony?
...that after resigning from the Australian Liberal Party, politician Steven Pringle used his parliamentary privilege to launch a scathing attack on the far right faction of the party for their alleged branch stacking tactics?
...that even though John Clough Holmes helped found Michigan State University in 1855, it was not until 1965 that a building was named in his honor?
...that Ching-Thang Khomba was the first king of a unified Manipur?
... that Cupressus pigmaea is a vulnerable cypress tree that occurs in a dwarfed form to populate pygmy forests, as well as a full size tree?
...that Giulio Campagnola was the first engraver to use stippling in his works?
...that the Battle of Schöngrabern features in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace?
...that Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park was formerly home to one of the few colonies of the endangered Mediterranean Monk Seal in the Western Mediterranean?
...that Scamozzi's Villa Molin near Padua served as military command headquarters during the Great War?
...that after a successful theatrical career spanning three decades, U.S. actress Tittell Brune joined the Order of St Francis, remaining a sister until her death, aged 99?
... that the load bearing efficiency of the Roman-developed groin vault has been validated by 20th century structural engineering modeling?
...that the sound of the revving motorcycle in the Meat Loaf rock anthem "Bat out of Hell" is actually a recording of an electric guitar solo by producer Todd Rundgren?
...that former Queensland Health Minister Leisha Harvey served five months in prison for misappropriation of public funds during her tenure?
...that Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 was the deadliest air disaster of 1997, claiming the lives of over 230 people?
...that Red Road is the first of three films in the Advance Party trilogy, each of which are to be set in Scotland using the same characters and cast, and directed by a different first-time director each time?
...that a squircle is a variety of superellipse that has properties between those of a square and a circle?
...that Nicolas Grollier de Serviere invented a type of bookwheel that allowed many heavy books to be read at the same time?
...that Acanthomintha duttonii is an endangered wildflower that is found only in a six mile long strip on the San Francisco Peninsula?
...that the Mark II radio telescope built in 1964 at Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK was the first telescope to be controlled by a digital computer?
...that Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, who was affected with cerebral palsy and was unable to talk or use her limbs, became an author and prominent disability rights advocate?
...that the pinax, an ancient Greek votive tablet, has given several modern European languages their word for "art museum", as exemplified by Munich's Alte Pinakothek?
...that French lighthouse Phare de la Vieille was operated manually as late as 1995?
...that modern Romania's most notorious serial killer, Ion Râmaru, was himself the son of a serial killer?
...that William King Gregory, a leading authority on vertebrate evolution and the preeminent expert on human dentition, was initially taken in by the Piltdown Man, a hoax which was purported to be an early human?
... that despite projections of producing four times as much power as it used in heating, the Riggatron fusion reactor was never built due to a lack of funding?
... that Charles J. Bates was instrumental in developing high-fructose corn syrup for use by Coca-Cola in their soft drinks while he was with American Maize Products in the 1970s?
...that Nordic Classicism was formerly regarded as a mere interlude between two far wider-known architectural movements, Art Nouveau and Functionalism?
...that while the engineering treatises of Italian Renaissance artist Taccola were widely copied and studied during his lifetime, printed copies were not made until the 1960s?
...that even though American lawman Harry Love cut off and preserved the head of notorious bandit Joaquin Murrieta, many people still didn't believe the man was dead?
... that the UK Government Decontamination Service was set up in 2005 after increased threats of terrorism to help the United Kingdom resist and recover from biological, chemical and nuclear incidents?
...that the striking of a French consul with a fly-whisk by Ottoman ruler Hussein Dey was used as a pretext for the invasion of Algiers?
...that the only piece of the Palais Strousberg to survive World War II, a set of gates bearing the British Coat of Arms, was incorporated into the modern British Embassy in Berlin?
...that instead of simply heating particles, the Migma fusion reactor uses small particle accelerators to initiate a fusion reaction?
...that the free trade union SLOMR, established in opposition to the communist Romanian government, was suppressed one year before the creation of Solidarity, its more successful Polish counterpart ?
...that former executive director of the Institute of Food Technologists Howard W. Mattson became active in promoting organ donation after receiving a heart transplant?
...that charcoal merchant Thomas Britton ran a series of concerts in his loft at which the most famous musicians in London performed?
...that the blood of the skink Prasinohaema virens is bright green, due to an accumulation of the bile pigment biliverdin?
...that the City of Amsterdam spent €160,000 on an unsuccessful soil sanitation program to save the Anne Frank Tree, one of the oldest chestnut trees in the area?
...that the Onkochishinsho was the first Japanese language dictionary to collate words in the now-standard gojūon order?
...that Hashim Suboh controversially called for the use of force in enforcing the Malaysian social contract?
...that the Thanksgiving 1984 Nor'easter deposited a 197-foot Venezuelan freighter in the backyard of a Palm Beach, Florida socialite, where it remained for several months?
...that, as part of the Hornsleth Village Project, Danish artist Kristian von Hornsleth paid 340 Ugandan villagers in livestock to legally change their names to include "Hornsleth"?
...that the Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars of the 16th century saw significant territorial gains for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and forced the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to ally itself closer with the Kingdom of Poland, forming the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
...that journalist Simon Regan established the magazine Scallywag, which did much to propagate baseless rumours that British Prime Minister John Major was having an affair with a Downing Street cook?
...that the soldier in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy reunited with his family after six years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp?
...that Tsar Alexander II of Russia signed the Ems Ukaz, a decree banning official use of the "non-existent" Ukrainian language, whilst enjoying a spa at Bad Ems, Germany?
...that excavations at the village of Timerevo near Yaroslavl-on-the-Volga revealed a huge number of African dirhams and a chess piece, all inscribed with Runic graffiti?
...that the Thoroughbred racehorse Sarazen won the United States Horse of the Year Award for two consecutive years in the 1920s?