derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
...that the first act of Paul John Hallinan as Archbishop of Atlanta, an office he assumed in 1962, was to order the desegregation of all Catholic schools and institutions in the Archdiocese of Atlanta?
...that the L class destroyer HMS Legion rescued 1,560 crew members of the torpedoed aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal?
...that cricketer Ian Meckiff was chaired off the ground by angry spectators as a hero after he was sanctioned for illegal bowling?
...that two of the four judges depicted in The Bench, a 1758 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Hogarth, were half asleep in court?
...that the Army Cyclist Corps, which operated the bicycle infantry of the British Army, only existed for four years?
...that after placing fifth in the original Judgment of Paris wine tasting, the 1971 Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon made by Paul Draper of Ridge Vineyards won the 2006 rematch?
...that Kurt Vonnegut's short story 2BR02B is mentioned in his later book God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, where it is attributed to Vonnegut's fictional alter ego Kilgore Trout?
...that Enriqueta Favez , a Swiss woman, studied medicine and served as an army surgeon in the Napoleonic Wars disguised as a man, went to Cuba in the 1820s and married a local woman?
...that the 1957 accident on the Saint-Paul ramps claimed twenty-seven lives, making it among Réunion's deadliest road accidents?
...that No. 112 Squadron RAF was the first unit from any air force to use the "Shark Mouth" logo on P-40 fighter planes?
...that pole splitting is a frequency compensation technique that can be used to improve the step response of an electronic amplifier?
...that "Majulah Singapura", the national anthem of Singapore, was originally a theme song for events held by Singapore's City Council during colonial times?
...that the Invasion of Minorca, 1781, by Spanish and French forces succeeded, after more than five months, because the British defenders had no fresh vegetables?
...that the community of West Union, Oregon, has the oldest Baptist church west of the Rocky Mountains?
...that actor Ben Kingsley has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming film reportedly inspired by the life of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Guru of Sex?
...that the Joshua Hendy Iron Works - a struggling business with only 60 employees by the late 1930s - ended World War II having supplied the engines to almost 30% of America's 2,700 Liberty ships ?
...that French winemakers in Jurançon once promoted their white Manseng wines with the slogan "Manseng means Jurançon means Sex"?
...that the phrase dental hygiene is credited to Alfred Fones who founded the first dental hygiene school and whose cousin was the first qualified dental hygienist?
...that Peter Baume, Chancellor of the Australian National University from 1994 to 2006, was elected to the Australian Senate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the 1974 federal election?
...that the permanent headquarters of the United States Department of Justice was built 65 years after the creation of the department—and 146 years after the creation of the post of Attorney General?
...that German-born anarcho-syndicalist Rudolf Rocker's book Pioneers of American Freedom traces the origins of American anarchism back to Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln?
...that George Orwell spent a month in September 1931 living rough in a Hopper hut?
...that apart from extensive action in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the observation squadron VMO-6 also represented the U.S. Marine Corps in National Air Races?
...that the Champagne house Cattier resurrected its dormant de Brignac brand and it is now known for its distinctive, golden pewter bottles?
...that the first time that racing promoter Bob Barkhimer went to a midget car race, he wondered what racing had to do with "circus midgets" (little people)?
...that Polish General Jerzy Wołkowicki was not murdered by the Soviets in the Katyn Massacre probably due to his heroic past in the Russian Imperial Navy?
...that Richard A. La Vay was a Republican in the Maryland House of Delegates for Montgomery County, Maryland and once shared his district with Mark K. Shriver, son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver?
...that over 200 towns and cities in Brazil are served with a sewer system known as condominial sewerage?
...that James B. Craig, an All-American football halfback and quarterback, was the brother of Ralph Craig, a sprinter and gold medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics?
...that the Hungarian politician and Nazi collaborator Andor Jaross was also president of the football (soccer) club Ferencvárosi TC?
...that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Foucha v. Louisiana that a person found not guilty by reason of insanity cannot be committed to a mental institution if he has no mental illness?
...that Victorian winemakers sought to capitalize on the French phylloxera epidemic by making enough wine to satisfy the entire British market, but were thwarted when the insect infected their own vineyards?
...that Jeanette Lee managed both The Cranberries and Pulp while signing The Strokes and The Libertines to her Rough Trade label?
...that some Tibetans once thought Britain’s Queen Victoria was a reincarnation of Palden Lhamo, the wrathful deity considered to be the principal Protectress of Tibet?
...that Robert Adley became on December 10, 2007, the newest Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate, just fifty-six days after he was easily reelected as a Democrat in the October 20 jungle primary?
...that William Ohnesorge, Party member of the Third Reich, heavily participated in research toward a German atomic bomb while acting as President of the Reichspost, the German postal service?
...that St Mary's Church in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, a Grade I listed building, was built in the 16th century and houses a stone cross dating to the 11th century?
...that Hallie Ford made the largest donation in the history of Willamette University in 2006, and the largest donation ever to a cultural group in Oregon in 2007?
...that glacial periods, commonly referred to as ice ages, are actually cold intervals within an ice age?
...that Ann C. Noble, inventor of the "Aroma Wheel", was the first woman hired as a faculty member of the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology?
...that in 1289, when the Mamluks led by Qalawun captured Tripoli in present-day Lebanon from the Franks, they ended 180 years of uninterrupted Christian rule, the longest of any of the major Frankish conquests in the Levant?
...that Rudyard Kipling wrote a short story about a group of World War I soldiers who were committed Janeites, that is, fans of Jane Austen novels?
...that three of the four batters faced by Mike Palagyi in his one Major League game were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
...that Keeley Hawes voices the character of Lara Croft in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Underworld, the eighth video game in the Tomb Raider series, as she did in Anniversary and Legend?
...that the town of Rogersville, Tennessee was founded in 1789 by Irish-born pioneer Joseph Rogers and his father-in-law Thomas Amis?
...that the highest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. state of Georgia is 112 °F (44 °C), while the lowest ever recorded is -17 °F (-27 °C)?
...that one of the birth places of punk in the 1970s was a clothing store in Chelsea, London called Acme Attractions?
...that German rock band Grobschnitt have incorporated pyrotechnics and sketch comedy into their extended performances since the mid-1970s?
...that Paul Feyerabend's theory of epistemological anarchism in the philosophy of science led him to be labeled the "worst enemy of science" by his detractors?
...that the very first news article on what became known as AIDS appeared in the New York Native, a now defunct gay newspaper in New York City?
...that Luigi Sturzo, a Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Italian People's Party (1919–1926), collaborated with the OSS while in exile in the United States?
...that the Stelo (plural: Steloj ) was a monetary unit in the Esperanto movement from 1945 to 1993?
...that the semantron, intended for summoning Eastern Orthodox Christians to worship, has been used as a deadly weapon in church brawls?
...that American Civil War leader William Tecumseh Sherman said, "No single body of men can claim more honor for the grand result than the officers and men of the Louisville Legion"?
...that Paul Casanova drove in the winning run in what is considered the longest night game in Major League Baseball history at 6 hours, 38 minutes?
...that korovai is a traditional Ukrainian wedding bread, baked from wheat flour and decorated with braids?
...that the Polish side tried to keep the Suwałki Agreement limited in scope so that it would not interfere with the planned Żeligowski's Mutiny?
...that in 2002, hundreds of former mobsters incarcerated in eight jails across Italy, supposedly having no way to contact one another, joined a hunger strike to protest against article 41-bis of the Italian Penitentiary Act?
...that naturalist Jonathan Couch wrote the four-volume A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, with his own coloured illustrations depicting the vivid natural colours of the different species?
...that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , founder of the Republic of Turkey, established the first commercial Turkish winery in 1925?
...that John Turner was the first person to be ordered deported from the United States for violation of the 1903 Anarchist Exclusion Act?
...that the first mill for splitting iron into rods and nails, and the first paper mill in the UK, were situated on the River Darent in Kent?
...that Dallas Cowboy running back Tony Boles once stole Emmit Smith's Nissan Pathfinder for two days when assigned rookie initiation car washing duties?
...that Dove's Evolution is the first entry to win two Grand Prix awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival?
...that County Route 91 in Onondaga County, New York is signed as County Route 57 for New York State Route 57, the route it replaced?
...that the Brown mussel Perna perna aggregates in such large amounts that it is able to sink navigational buoys?
...that at the age of 102, former Labour party secretary Haakon Lie is still an active participant in Norwegian public life?
...that Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields is the first woman and first African American to be the director of the Office of NOAA Corps Operations and the NOAA Commissioned Corps?
...that Ken Schrader became the first driver to win in all of NASCAR's three largest series when he won a Craftsman Truck Series race at Saugus Speedway?
...that Armenian composer and musician Ara Gevorgyan composed the music for Russian prima ballerina Anastasia Volochkova's "Golden cage" ballet dedicated to the Bolshoi Theater?
...the Amarna Princess, an ancient Egyptian statuette, bought by Bolton Museum for £440,000 and displayed at the Hayward Gallery in an exhibition opened by the Queen, was actually a fake by British forger Shaun Greenhalgh?
...that the International Association for Plant Taxonomy organizes international symposia on problems of plant systematics?
...that 12 of the 23 medals awarded to Egypt at the Olympics so far were given to competitors in combat sports such as wrestling, boxing, judo and taekwondo?
...that artist John LeKay exhibited crystal skulls made from paradichlorobenzene, which is usually employed as a toilet deodoriser?
...that Jeanne Labuda, a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives elected in 2006, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia?
...that, though records from the era are sketchy, press accounts reported that All-American football player Frank Steketee once kicked a 100-yard punt?
...that after selecting the wine to make their Grand vin many Bordeaux estates like Château Margaux will use the remaining cuvee to make a second wine?
...that the historian and geographer Robin Donkin served in Egypt and Jordan as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery?
...that the liwan, a long narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal often open to the outside, has been a feature of Levantine homes for more than 2,000 years?
...that a Belgian, Robert Goffin, was the first person to write a serious book on the indigenous American art-form, jazz?
...that seeds of redtop are long-lived and display a high germination rate even after years of storage in an uncontrolled environment?
...that All-American footballer Merv Pregulman, the Green Bay Packers' first pick in the 1944 NFL Draft, nearly died in a kamikaze attack on his ship before ever playing a pro football game?
...that artifacts discovered at Mound Bottom, Tennessee show that the site was part of a vast Native American trading network extending to the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Appalachian Mountains during the Mississippian era?
...that Joseph Finegan, an attorney, politician, and railroad builder, was the commander of Confederate forces at the Battle of Olustee, fought in 1864 during the American Civil War?
...that meetings of the Committee of Public Safety, the de facto executive government during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, were convened at the Pavillon de Flore in Paris' Palais du Louvre?
...that during her first year in the Colorado General Assembly, Democratic legislator Claire Levy sponsored three successful bills regarding energy efficiency standards?
...that the Gomez Mill House , near Marlboro, New York, is the oldest surviving Jewish American residence?
...that the Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths, a Greek Resistance organization, set a bomb that destroyed the headquarters of the pro-Nazi ESPO organization in the very centre of occupied Athens?
...that the Tribal class destroyer HMS Tartar received the nickname 'Lucky Tartar' due to her numerous escapes from dangerous situations in World War II?
...that the titles of the thirteen episodes of the Japanese animated television series Gunslinger Girl were given in Italian as well as Japanese?
...that drag racer Bob Glidden was the top qualifier in 23 straight National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) events, including every event in the 1987 season?
...that during the mid-20th century, wine from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia accounted for nearly two-thirds of all internationally traded wine?
...that the Daguin machine was a cancelling machine first used in post offices in Paris in 1884?
...that Bill Klem , a major league baseball umpire who retired in 1941, holds umpiring records for most games officiated, most World Series officiated and most appearances as the home plate umpire?
...that in Hindu mythology, after Lakshmindara, son of Chand Sadagar, died of snakebite on his wedding night, his bride Behula accompanied his corpse on a raft floating in a river?
...that the title of psychiatrist Hervey M. Cleckley's book The Mask of Sanity refers to the mask of sincerity, generosity, and trustworthiness the psychopath wears to disguise his inability to feel emotion for others?
...that the fleet of the Royal Naval Patrol Service, also known as "Harry Tate's Navy" or "Churchill's Pirates", consisted of hundreds of requisitioned trawler‎s, whalers, drifters, paddle steamers, yachts, tugs and the like?
...that in return for reinforcements against the Lombards, Cunimund offered Emperor Justin II the city of Sirmium on two separate occasions?
...that The Love of Siam director Chukiat Sakweerakul intentionally sought to downplay the 2007 Thai film's gay love story in marketing materials, in hopes of the film reaching a broader audience?
...that the New Orleans Saints first-round draft picks have included Reggie Bush and Archie Manning?
...that Romanian princess Catherine Caradja was nicknamed the "Angel of Ploieşti" for her humanitarian deeds by American and British airmen who were taken prisoner during the bombing of Romania in World War II?
...that Ernst Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué, a Prussian general and confidant of Frederick the Great, was wounded thrice in the Battle of Landeshut, fought in 1760 during the Seven Years' War?
...that "bunchers" are criminals involved in kidnapping pets from residences, trapping stray animals illegally, and selling them to laboratories for animal testing purposes?
...that John Rogers, who helped to prepare a version of the Hebrew Bible, also helped to introduce the man engine, an important reform in Cornish mining?
...that there was once an estuarine valley with a rich abundance of New Zealand flounders near Waipatiki, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, but it became a stream system after an earthquake in 1931?
...that according to Hindu mythology, the Tandava, a vigorous dance by Hindu god Shiva , is the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution of the universe?
...that The Australian Golf Club, arguably the oldest in Australia, held its 17th Australian Open between the 13th–16th December 2007, after holding the inaugural edition in 1904?
...that department store chain Sakowitz was purchased by shopping mall developing firm L. J. Hooker in 1988, so that a location could be opened at Cincinnati's Forest Fair Mall?
...that Judeopolonia was a proposed buffer state between the Russian and German Empires with a projected population of 30 million Jews, Poles, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Lithuanians, Latvians, and Baltic Germans?
...that Generalissimo Francisco Franco lifted the exile of Francisco Vidal y Barraquer, a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, only after reaching a concordat with the Vatican?
...that The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco, a 1959 album by jazz band The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, reached the bestseller charts with 50,000 copies sold by May 1960?
...that following his capture after the Battle of Badajoz in 1812, Major General Armand Philippon was paroled to stay in the Shropshire town of Oswestry?
...that the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben across Ontario from Montreal to Lake Nipissing, a depression formed by ancient faults, is a failed arm of the ancestor of the Atlantic Ocean?
...that Snyder Middleswarth Natural Area lost its status as a Pennsylvania state park in the 1990s despite being a National Natural Landmark and Snyder County's only state park?
...that discards are the portion of a catch of fish which is not retained on board during commercial fishing operations and is returned, often dead or dying, to the sea?
...that though only one melody for every ten songs has been preserved among the work of the troubadours, a remarkable three-quarters of Berenguier de Palazol's surviving poems have melodies?
...that the U.S. Defense Department issued archaeology awareness playing cards to educate soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan on the importance of respecting ancient monuments?
...that the twelve episodes of the Tsukihime, Lunar Legend anime were developed by the Tsukihime Production Committee, which included companies such as Geneon Entertainment, Movic, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and J.C. Staff?
...that the New Norcia Cricket Team was a team of mainly indigenous cricketers who played in Western Australia between about 1879 and 1906?
...that the highly prolific Carignan wine grape is one of the leading culprits of France's wine lake and that the European Union has resorted to paying farmers to uproot their Carignan vines to help alleviate the problem?
...that the molecular weight of a polymer can be determined from data on its intrinsic viscosity using the Mark-Houwink equation?
...that Elizabeth Woodville was the first English royal mistress to become the English queen consort?
...that social activists opine that the extension of the Kolkata Metro on pillars on the bed of Adi Ganga will destroy the waterway?
...that once economic advisor to Margaret Thatcher, Christopher Story went on to publish independent intelligence magazines that are considered important reading by many international top agencies?
...that Venus figurines are Palaeolithic figures of women , made in Eurasia between 20,000 and 30,000 years ago?
...that Ralph Millet, who brought the first Saab cars to the United States, discussed production of Saabs in the U.S. in the 1950s, but that the idea was only resurrected with the U.S. production of a Saab in the 2006 model year?
...that the preface of a book written by Saint Goeznovius is an important document in establishing a historical basis for the mythical British king, King Arthur?
...that the tropical spiderwort (Commelina benghalensis) is a noxious weed in the United States, but used as a remedy against leprosy in Pakistan?
...that Terry Pitt died after choking on nicotine-replacement chewing gum in the back of a taxi in Birmingham, England?
...that unmatched dye lots can frustrate weeks of labor for a knitter or crocheter?
...that Qaqun, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, had been continuously inhabited by Arabs since as early as the Mamluk period?
...that at the time, the 1947 Sydney hailstorm, which hospitalised at least 350 people, was the most severe storm to strike the city since records began in 1792?
...that retired Major General Charles D. Metcalf is the current Director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the world’s oldest and largest military aviation museum?
...that Luo Binwang wrote a sharply worded accusation against Empress Wu Zetian, China's only female emperor, that impressed her so much that after his death she collected his writings and published them?
...that after the fall of Napoleon in France, some 200 Bonapartists fled to the United States and attempted to establish an agricultural settlement to grow wine grapes and olive trees in the Alabama wilderness?
...that the only elements of the Nativity of Jesus in art to span the whole history of its depiction are the baby, the ox and the ass?
...that George K. Gay's house was the first brick house in Oregon and served as the boundary marker between Yamhill and Polk counties?
...that until recently many Chilean wines labeled Merlot and Sauvignon blanc were really made from Carménère and Sauvignon vert?
...that Madeline L'Engle ran writers' workshops and retreats every January at Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York?
...that Marsha Looper, a Republican state legislator elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2006 by a 2-to-1 margin, is also a systems engineer, real estate broker, and rancher?
...that Georgiana Harcourt, a 19th century English correspondent and translator, was the daughter of Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, the Archbishop of York?
...that Dumas House , a government office building in Perth, Western Australia, is named in honour of engineer and public servant Sir Russell John Dumas?
...that Richard Nolte was appointed as U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Republic for three weeks in 1967 but never served due to the outbreak of the Six-Day War?
...that Liberian park Sapo National Park contains the second-largest tropical rainforest in West Africa after Taï National Park in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire?
...that British comedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie made one of their earliest television appearances in their 1983 television pilot The Crystal Cube, a show the BBC hated?
...that the Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations might be returned $2.33 billion in compensation if the Libyans convicted of the Pan AM and UTA plane bombings are cleared?
...that the Madaba Map is a large Byzantine mosaic from circa 550 CE that depicts the topography of Jerusalem and surrounding areas in great detail?
...that Wales had one of the highest literacy rates in eighteenth century Europe thanks to the wealthy Bridget Bevan , who sponsored a system of "circulating schools"?
...that a symbolic April 1995 boat trip—celebrating the foundation of the Mekong River Commission—was unable to cross the Mekong River because China was filling the reservoir of its Manwan Dam?
...that future four-star admiral John H. Sides, father of the United States Navy's guided-missile program, risked his career by participating in the Revolt of the Admirals?
...that the Smith Point Light at the mouth of the Potomac River was preceded by four other lighthouses and three lightships at the same site?
...that during the Samanid dynasty, commentary on Persian poetry took the form of either slander or excessive praise, usually through sophistry or exaggeration of trivial errors in a rival's poetry?