derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
...that as part of a successful flattery campaign to persuade Ngo Dinh Diem's loyalist general Ton That Dinh to defect, his colleagues bribed his soothsayer to predict his elevation to political authority?
...that American Chabad Rabbi Moshe Rubashkin has been convicted of fraud twice?
...that British barrister Sir Tony Hetherington was the first head of the Crown Prosecution Service after it was founded in 1986?
...that it is estimated that 40% of the Tamil and Malayalam Nadar caste are Christians?
...that the priest Leopold Moczygemba was responsible for the founding of Panna Maria, Texas, the first Polish community in the United States?
...that the SS in Nazi Germany were above civilian law, answering only to the SS-run Hauptamt SS Gericht?
...that after his 1967 film Branded to Kill, contract director Seijun Suzuki was fired by the Nikkatsu Company for making films "that make no sense"?
...that retired LAPD homicide detective "Jigsaw John" St. John was posthumously reinstated to active duty in 1995 so that he could be buried as a detective?
...that the Chronicle of Huru, a 19th century forgery advancing Moldavia's independence, claimed that a Moldavian federal republic emerged from the Roman province of Dacia in 274?
...that Patacara, who became a Buddhist while disconsolately wandering naked through the Indian city of Savatthi, rose to become the foremost bhikkhuni of Gautama Buddha in her mastery of the Vinaya?
...that the 16th-century Castillo de la Real Fuerza in Havana is the oldest stone fortress in the Americas?
...that Kupa Synagogue in Kraków features paintings of people standing by the rivers of Babylon, a rare depiction of human figures in Jewish religious art?
...that German textile artist Gunta Stölzl was the only female "master" of the Bauhaus?
...that Liu Heita was a Xia general during China's transition between the Sui and Tan dynasties in the 7th century?
...that Ngo Dinh Can, brother and confidant of South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem, was believed to have organised black market smuggling into North Vietnam?
...that the 800,000-member Global Pastors Network continues the legacy of Bill Bright by attempting to, in their own words, "win 1 billion people to Christ"?
...that French pirate Jacques de Sores, who captured Havana in 1555, went by the nickname of "The Exterminating Angel"?
...that the taekwondo form Ko-Dang was named after Korean nationalist Cho Man-sik, imprisoned and executed for his opposition to Kim Il-sung's communists?
...that giant diffuse galaxies, located in the centre of galaxy clusters , often possess a halo of devoured star matter extending as far out as 3 million light years?
...that the fruits of Matico (Piper aduncum) are used as a condiment, for flavoring cocoa, and its leaves are used as an antiseptic, to stop hemorrhage, and to treat infections?
...that Greek composer Phivos has written songs for artists including Keti Garbi, Angela Dimitriou, Manto, Thanos Kalliris, and, most successfully, Despina Vandi?
...that the graphic novel The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers combines Kolkata's Babu culture and the legend of The Wandering Jew?
...that the television series ER aired an episode based on the 2003 Chicago balcony collapse?
...that Clarenceux King of Arms Stephen Leake appointed his thirteen year old son Chester Herald in 1752?
...that Clare Winger Harris was the first woman to publish short stories under her own name in science fiction magazines?
...that Dyrehaven, a forest park outside Copenhagen, Denmark, has 15 entrances, all with characteristic red gates ?
...that Phoebe Hessel, who masqueraded as a man for 17 years to fight in the British Army alongside her husband, is buried in the churchyard at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, England?
...that when Indrajit Gupta, a Communist, became India's Union Minister for Home Affairs in 1996, he became head of a ministry "which once policed the Commies"?
...that Russian architect Lev Kekushev built Art Nouveau buildings in Moscow, Russia, in the 1890s and early 1900s, "signed" with a lion (Lev) ornament or sculpture?
...that the synagogue at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, Austria was devastated during Kristallnacht in 1938 and converted into a transformer station after the war?
...that John Aloysius Ward, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff from 1983, took early retirement in 2001, after the later years of his ministry were overshadowed by cases of sexual misconduct by priests in his archdiocese?
...that Jack Iverson developed his unique "bent finger" bowling action while experimenting during recreational cricket while serving in Papua New Guinea during World War II?
...that Conservatory Water in Central Park, New York City, shelters a seasonal population of the unusual freshwater medusa Craspedacusta sowerbyi?
...that Monisha, a South Indian cinema actress, was only 15 years old when she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her debut performance in Nakhashathangal?
...that the U.S. Navy tank landing ship USS Orange County was decommissioned in August 1946, less than 18 months after entering service, but recommissioned four years later for the Korean War?
...that Immediate Past President of the American Bar Association Michael S. Greco taught English at Phillips Exeter Academy before attending law school?
...that the daisy-like Sydney flannel flower is actually a member of the carrot family?
...that Ranji Hordern took 34 out of 51 wickets (66 percent) in three matches for the Philadelphians in their 1909 tour of Jamaica?
...that Anastasio Aquino led a rebellion of El Salvador's indigenous Nonualco tribe in the early 19th century, sacking the city of San Vicente in the then-Federal Republic of Central America?
...that Stoic philosophy contrasts kathekonta, actions in accordance with nature, with "perfect actions" (katorthomata) derived from pure reason?
...that Alpamysh, an ancient Turkic epic or dastan, is one of the foremost examples of the Turkic oral literature of Central Asia?
...that Battery Chamberlin contains one of the last disappearing guns on the West Coast of the United States?
...that the Red Forest, near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, gets its name from the ginger brown colour of its dead pine trees after the Chernobyl accident?
...that the site of Spains Hall, an Elizabethan house near Finchingfield in Essex, has been owned by only three families since the Domesday Book was compiled in 1086?
...that the relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana, Gautama Buddha's two chief disciples, were the subject of more than two million Sri Lankan pilgrimage visits after their discovery by Sir Alexander Cunningham?
...that the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, the first criminal court in Australia under British rule, operated more like a court-martial than a court of law?
...that Jan du Plessis, Chairman of British American Tobacco's board of directors, was named the tenth most powerful person in British business by The Times in 2006?
...that the BBC recorded live performances of Hancock's Half Hour, The Goon Show and Steptoe and Son at the Playhouse Theatre in London?
...that the 1860 Republican and 1864 Democratic national conventions were held at the Wigwam, a building built in just over a month?
...that Lor Tok, a Thai comedian and actor, had roles in more than 1,000 films from the 1930s to the 1980s?
...that Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona was set at Rancho Camulos in Piru, California?
...that German physicist Max von Laue wrote an article for Acta Crystallographica, which dealt with the absorption of x-rays under interference conditions, while in French military incarceration in 1945?
...that William Ansah Sessarakoo, the "Prince of Annamaboe", became a celebrity in mid-18th century London after he was released from slavery, and was compared to Aphra Behn's fictional Oroonoko?
...that the complex flavor of hoja santa has been variously compared to eucalyptus, licorice, sassafras, anise, nutmeg, mint, tarragon and black pepper?
...that Burning Bright by John Steinbeck was an attempt at a new form of literature, the "play-novelette"— but both the play and novel were savaged by the critics and Steinbeck never wrote for the theatre again?
...that while the center of gravity for a set of points is located at the spot from which the sum of the squares of distances to all the points is minimized, the geometric median is the spot from which the sum of distances is minimized?
...that although a response to the 1885 Endicott Board recommendations for the coastal defense of San Francisco, the batteries at Fort Miley were not completed until 1902?
...that Flocabulary is an educational New York City-based project that uses hip hop music to teach SAT-level vocabulary?
...that the Althing of Iceland confirmed Thorlac Thornalli as a saint over 700 years before the Catholic Church did?
...that the Tyska kyrkan in Stockholm, is situated in the oldest German ecclesiastical parish outside Germany?
...that Koreans in Vietnam form that country's second-largest group of expatriates after the Taiwanese?
...that South African mining magnate Sir Lionel Phillips survived being shot five times in an assassination attempt?
...that when Archie Goodall scored the lone goal for Ireland in a 9–1 loss to Scotland in 1899, he became the oldest footballer to score in international football in the 19th century?
...that Kosambi, a city in ancient India which was a frequent site of sermons by the Buddha, was one of the places considered suitable for his Parinibbāna?
...that the cappuccio , a type of headgear worn by men and women in 15th century Florence, was typically made by tailors instead of hatmakers?
...that Richard de Southchurch, Sheriff of Essex, planned to attack London with burning cocks?
...that the Tempest Prognosticator employs a jury of twelve leeches that use small hammers to ring a bell to indicate the approach of a storm?
...that Serge Voronoff's surgical technique of grafting monkey testicle tissue onto human males has some modern supporters?
...that the Villa Medicea di Pratolino , visited by Michel de Montaigne in 1581, was later owned by the Demidov princely family of Russia and by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia?
...that Lucy Brewer claimed to have served in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812, but was probably invented by an American writer?
...that Suyab, the 7th-century capital of the Western Turkic Khaganate, had Buddhist temples, Nestorian monasteries, Zoroastrian ossuaries, and Turkic bal-bals?
...that little is known about the career of American architect John S. Van Bergen because a fire in 1964 destroyed most of his architectural drawings and records?
...that Supraśl Lavra is one of six Eastern Orthodox monasteries for men in Poland?
...that Alse Young is believed to have been the first person to be executed as a witch in the American colonies?
...that the Arthur Heurtley House in Oak Park, Illinois is considered the first fully mature example of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style?
...that British music publisher Boosey & Hawkes owns copyrights to much major 20th century music, including works by Bartók, Bernstein, Britten, Elliott Carter, Rachmaninoff, Steve Reich and Stravinsky?
...that Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, resigned after confessing to torture and forgery?
...that the Commonwealth of Kentucky had a Confederate shadow government during the U.S. Civil War, although it never officially seceded from the Union?
...that British politician David Renton, Baron Renton served for over 60 years in Parliament, representing two parties and then as a life peer, and was the oldest member of the House of Lords when he died?
...that Australian cricketer Bill Johnston, the fastest bowler to reach 100 Test wickets, took career-best figures shortly after a near-fatal car crash?
...that the cabriole leg is a furniture style occurring in ancient China and Greece that re-emerged in Europe around 1700?
...that Thoroughbred horse trainer Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. is a United States' Racing Hall of Fame inductee?
...that Yuri Izrael, Russian vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, believes the Kyoto Protocol is scientifically unsupported?
...that after capture by English adventurer Sir David Kirke and combat with the Iroquois, surgeon Robert Giffard de Moncel helped start the first hospital in North America?
...that William Penn Patrick, founder of companies Holiday Magic and Leadership Dynamics, ran against Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination for Governor of California?
...that the beach volleyball events at the 2007 Games of the Small States of Europe will take place on the Larvotto, Monaco's most famous beach?
...that Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from the Red Mountain AVA were used to create the first US wine outside of California to receive consecutive perfect scores from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate?
...that the words said by the Virgin Mary in Jan van Eyck's Washington Annunciation are painted upside down so God can read them?
...that, aged 38 in November 1984, Bob Holland was the oldest Australian cricketer to make his Test debut in more than half a century?
...that the fictional Tyranids Hive Fleets of the Warhammer 40,000 game contain special ships for an alien invasion?
...that the sack of Constantinople by Latin crusaders in 1204 destroyed the Byzantine economy, with the Latin emperors melting down statues for coin, and the Venetians exporting architecture spoils to decorate their churches?
...that Alfred Winslow Jones, father of the hedge fund industry, was a sociologist?
...that the medieval Greek mystic Gregory Palamas successfully defended his doctrine of Tabor Light through three synods of the Orthodox Church?
...that the shooting of followers of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Tri Quang by the Catholic government of Ngo Dinh Diem led to months of protests which culminated in a coup in November 1963?
...that the government of Kenya named the 1963-67 secessionist Shifta War after "shiftas", the local word for "bandit", as part of a propaganda initiative?
...that the United States Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky is considered the best remaining antebellum hospital in the US?
...that Vagish Shastri, Sanskrit grammarian, linguist and yogi taught the pop singer Madonna Sanskrit pronunciation?
...that Aluminaut, the world's first aluminum submarine, helped recover a lost atomic bomb?
...that not only have Isobel Joyce and her twin sister Cecelia played for the Ireland women's cricket team, three of their brothers have played for the men's team?
...that Judge Learned Hand showed his disrespect for U.S. District Judge Robert A. Inch by frequently referring to him in internal documents as "the Inchworm" or "Judge Millimeter"?
...that the first experimental reforestation station established in California was Henninger Flats in 1903?
...that Gour Govinda Ray, Brahmo Samaj missionary and scholar specialising in Hinduism, attempted to compare Krishna with Christ?
...that the OSA Group was the first association of architects to bridge Constructivism from art to architecture?
...that Slovak Paradise National Park is home to more than 2,100 species of butterfly, resulting in the highest concentration in Slovakia?
...that the Indian mobster turned Congress politician Pappu Kalani won two elections while in jail?
...that the company Leadership Dynamics was cited by psychologists as the first form of Large Group Awareness Training?
...that the catfish genus Steindachneridion was named after its discoverer, the Austrian zoologist Franz Steindachner?
...that William R. Ellis served as mayor of two Iowa cities before being elected to represent Oregon in the United States Congress?
...that the Society for the Reformation of Manners, founded in England in 1691, included a network of "moral guardians" in London to gather information about moral infractions?
...that L.J. Cooke, the first coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team, created the tradition of the Little Brown Jug?
...that the 240 mm M1 howitzer , popularly nicknamed the "Black Dragon", was the most powerful weapon deployed by US field artillery units during World War II?
...that an Anglo-Australian trade boycott was threatened in 1932-33 after Australian cricket captain Bill Woodfull was struck over the heart by a ball bowled by Harold Larwood according to England's Bodyline tactics?
...that the Unami Lodge was the founding chapter of the Boy Scouts of America's Order of the Arrow?
...that during the 1990 New York Giants season, the NFL American football team set a league record for fewest turnovers in a season?
...that the 16th-place of "Vjerujem u ljubav" in the semi-final of Eurovision 2007 marked the first time that Croatia had not reached the final since its independence?
...that vinkenzetting (Dutch) is a 400-year-old sport in which the male Chaffinch that makes the most bird calls wins?
...that the Great Western Railway operated road motor (bus) services in England and Wales from 1903 until 1933 as it was cheaper than building new railways?
...that some species of waterfowl lose all their flight feathers at once while moulting, rendering them incapable of flight?
...that tajchy, a network of 60 water reservoirs and more than 100 km of channels, was built in the 1700s to drain flooded silver mines in Banská Štiavnica?
...that in 1992 about 10-15% of the Nicaraguan population emigrated to the U.S.?
...that Major League Baseball player Cass Michaels was given the last rites after being hit in the head by a career-ending pitch?
...that during the Napoleonic Wars, a Prussian Regiment, formed from prisoners-of-war, served in the French Army?
...that Wollongong Head Lighthouse is the only place in eastern Australia to have two lighthouses within close proximity?
...that Lt. General Charles Roadman II , the son of U.S. Air Force flight surgeon and command pilot Major General Charles Roadman, was the Air Force's 16th Surgeon General?
...that Anthony of Kiev left his Monastery of the Caves when it gained 12 members because he felt it was crowded?
...that Saudi Arabian Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdul Aziz was Governor of the provinces of Tabuk, Medina and then Mecca, between 1980 and his death in 2007?
...that Anthelm of Belley left his post as bishop of Belley in protest at the lifting of the excommunication of a count who had held one priest captive and murdered a second?
...that Sir Anthony Eden was considered the least effective British Prime Minister of the 20th century in three separate polls?
...that the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster involved 30 tons of liquid steel at 1,500°C, engulfing a room full of workers?
...that James Madison's Report of 1800 was used to support the doctrine of nullification, despite his objection to that doctrine?
...that Friar Camilo Henríquez , a founding father of Chile and editor of Chile's first newspaper, was interrogated by the Spanish Inquisition for possessing banned Enlightenment philosophy, including books by Rousseau and Mercier?
...that Gay Talese's seminal 1965 magazine feature "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" was written without Talese ever being allowed to interview Frank Sinatra?
...that Dr. Benjamin Bates gave up his practice to accompany Sir Francis Dashwood around Europe, but Dashwood died and Bates never received the huge payment he had been promised?
...that the German 502nd heavy tank battalion was the first unit to be issued the famous Tiger I heavy tank?
...that Pham Ngoc Thao, one of the key figures in South Vietnam's Strategic Hamlet Program, was a communist agent who deliberately mismanaged it to stimulate popular dissent?
...that the distinct resemblance of a certain silver mixture, known as Diana's Tree, to a forest of trees led alchemists to theorize the existence of life in the realm of minerals?
...that World War II naval aviator William O. Gallery was one of three brothers who became US Navy rear admirals?
...that Ernie Toshack debuted for the Australian cricket team a year after World War II ended, during which he had been rejected by the army on health grounds?
...that Saalumarada Thimmakka was awarded the National Citizen's award for planting and nurturing 284 banyan trees along an Indian highway?
...that beneath Vienna's Judenplatz is an excavation that displays the remains of a medieval synagogue?
...that the Roman general Barbatio was beheaded for treason after his wife's indiscreet letter was intercepted by Emperor Constantius II?
...that the Crusade of Varna required simultaneous attacks on the Muslim Ottoman Empire by Christian Hungary and the Muslim Karamanids, which did not occur?
...that the earliest European term for "cannon" was the Medieval Latin word "bombardum", and that "cannon" itself came from the Latin word canna, meaning a tube?
...that in 1925 Saskatchewan produced over half of the wheat in the Dominion of Canada?
...that the Polish air force combated in the victory of Lublin-Brest Offensive, which cleared the path for the Red Army to recapture Warsaw?
...that despite wild differences in subject matter, 1970s Japanese science fiction television series Akumaizer 3 features frequent allusions to Alexander Dumas' famous novel The Three Musketeers?
...that the St. Philomena's Church in the city of Mysore in India was built in Neo-Gothic style drawing inspiration from the Cologne Cathedral in Germany?
...that during his research into women's olfactory selection of potential mates, Swiss biologist Claus Wedekind conducted what has become known as the "Sweaty T-shirt Study"?
...that emigration of physicians and nurses poses a major problem for Nigeria's health care system, as there were 21,000 Nigerian doctors practising in the U.S. alone?
...that the events in the novel The Dig take place during the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, England?
...that Kona lows bring severe weather to Hawaii two to three times each year between October and April?
...that while leader of the short-lived secessionist state of South Kasai, Albert Kalonji gave himself the title of Supreme Chief of the Muluba People and Protector of the Associated Tribes?
...that when noted American poet Lucretia Maria Davidson died at age 16, she had written over 278 poems of varying lengths?
...that a slogan of the Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire is "Prolétaires de tous les pays, caressez-vous" (Workers of the world, caress yourselves!)?
...that the DC comic book Batman: The Last Arkham drew on the influences of psychology and biology books such as "Superstition in the Common Pigeon"?
...that over 100 million people in Indonesia lack access to safe water and more than 70 percent of the country’s 220 million population relies on water obtained from potentially contaminated sources?
...that Sungai Tujoh is the westernmost point of Brunei and is one of the four land crossing points into the Malaysian state of Sarawak from Brunei?
...that in Ancient Roman entertainment, a desultor was a performer who led several horses in full gallop—as many as six or eight at once—and leaped from one to another?
...that the mosque of Kalenderhane in Istanbul contained the most ancient cycle of frescoes portraying Saint Francis of Assisi still extant?
...that Maharaja Suraj Mal took over Bharatpur, India, and established it as the capital of Mewat state?
...that New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart uses an obsolete camera and a type of photographic paper that is no longer manufactured?
...that Batasio sharavatiensis, a species of bagrid catfish discovered near Jog Falls in India, is named after the Sharavathi river in which it was found?
...that Joseph-François Lambert was a French adventurer who tried to overthrow the "Mad Queen" Ranavalona I of Madagascar?
...that Kirk o' Field in Edinburgh was the location of one of the world's great unsolved historical mysteries, the murder of Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, in 1567?
...that Western Ganga literature included Kannada poetry and prose written by royalty, on topics ranging from religion to elephant management?
...that the time traveling premise featured in the Chrono series of video games was inspired by such television programs as The Time Tunnel?
...that Marshal Soult's last offensive against the Duke of Wellington's forces in the Peninsular War was lost before a single red coat could join the battle?