derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
...that the bagarius, a carnivorous catfish that lives on eating other fish, breeds in rivers prior to the beginning of the annual flood season in southeast Asia?
...that 1900 was the only year in the history of Baltimore City College that no public commencement was held because the students made fun of the professors in the school's yearbook?
...that Somerset County Cricket Club player Peter Denning was known for an unorthodox shot called the Chewton carve?
...that architects Eggers & Higgins took over construction of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial after the death of John Russell Pope, despite protests that their appointment was "un-Jeffersonian"?
...that the Singapore Stone , a sandstone slab bearing an undeciphered 13th century inscription, was blown up by the British in 1843 to make way for a fort?
...that Pyongyang's Central Zoo was accused of staging death matches between caged animals for the filming of a so-called nature documentary?
...that Loai al-Saqa was denied entry to his own trial for wearing a copy of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner's uniform?
...that Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda considered himself the President of Mexico for two decades, despite losing in each of the ten elections he entered?
...that Rico J. Puno, a popular Filipino pop singer, launched his career by incorporating Tagalog lyrics into the American song The Way We Were, among others?
...that the Olson Hotel in Ainsworth, British Columbia had a two-story outhouse?
...that the Karrinyup Shopping Centre was the first mall in Western Australia to implement a complete ban on smoking?
...that Short's goldenrod , one of the world's rarest plants, grows only in parts of Kentucky and Indiana?
...that Boden Fortress not only served to protect northern Sweden from enemy attacks, but was also used to store some 280 tonnes of the Swedish gold reserve?
...that Bhudev Mukhopadhyay taught at Hindu, Muslim and Christian schools?
...that Maes Titianus penetrated farther along the Silk Road than any other Westerner in Antiquity, reaching the Stone Tower of Tashkurgan in the Pamirs?
...that catfish of the genus Dekeyseria can rapidly change their colouration to fit their mood or their surroundings?
...that Singapore's Middle Road is home to over 21 Hainanese clan and sub-clan associations?
...that, prior to the introduction of regulation seamen's uniforms in the Royal Navy, the commanding officer of HMS Harlequin once paid for his entire crew to dress as harlequins?
...that madame Anna Wilson, the "Queen of the Underworld" in early Omaha, Nebraska, bequeathed her 25-room brothel mansion to the city to use as an emergency hospital upon her death?
...that Olimpia Maidalchini, the sister-in-law of Pope Innocent X , spent three days after his death looting the papal palace before his body was found?
...that Jewish mandarin Zhao Yingcheng helped rebuild Kaifeng's synagogue after its destruction in 1646?
...that the government of Korkai, an important industrial center of ancient Tamil country, employed convicts as pearl divers?
...that, believing himself to be George Washington, the 19th-century phrenologist Frederick Coombs petitioned Congress to give him the Washington Monument?
...that the Trumpeter Swans introduced into the Wye Marsh in the 1980s were the first seen in Ontario since 1884?
...that U.S. President Ronald Reagan lived in an apartment on the second floor of the H.C. Pitney Variety Store from 1919 to 1920?
...that in mid-1939 almost 5000 Poles volunteered as living torpedoes?
...that the William H. Roberts House is the only property in Pecatonica, Illinois listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places?
...that while Angelina di Marsciano was preaching in Naples, she was arrested under charges of sorcery and Manichaeism, because of how readily young women accepted her call to virginity?
...that for special effects in the 2001 Cambodian film, The Snake King's Child, live snakes were glued to a cap worn by the lead actress?
...that on the same day Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36-0 in the Scottish Cup that 18 miles away in Dundee, Dundee Harp had beaten Aberdeen Rovers 35-0?
...that the known writings of Caius, Presbyter of Rome exist only in fragments, many of which were preserved in the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea?
...that Pakistani artist Anwar Shemza changed his name so it would match that of his studio in Lahore?
...that the auto racing division of Sigma Automotive (later known as SARD) became the first Japanese team to compete in the 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans?
...that family lawyer Harry Fain played a significant role in the introduction of no-fault divorce law in California in 1970?
...that the former Schiller Piano Factory in Oregon, Illinois has been a shopping center since 1975?
...that the fruit of the apple dumpling was one of the first bushfoods to be commonly eaten by Europeans in Australia?
...that the Timucua Indians of the St. Johns culture left many large shell middens, including one estimated to be 75 feet high, even though shellfish were a minor part of their diet?
...that Sabarna Roy Choudhury sold to the British, for Rs. 1,300, the land rights of Sutanuti, Kalikata and Gobindapur, that ultimately merged to become Calcutta?
...that the construction of the Édifice Price was originally so criticized that it caused an ordinance prohibiting buildings exceeding 65 feet in Old Québec?
...that the former imperial vineyard at Abrau-Durso is known for a brand of Russian wine marketed as the Soviet Champagne?
...that Arundinaria appalachiana is one of only three bamboos native to temperate North America?
...that John Henry Dearle was an apprentice tapestry weaver to Pre-Raphaelite artist and craftsman William Morris who rose to become Morris & Co.'s chief designer and Art Director after Morris's death?
...that due to safety concerns, a number of U.S. states require air ambulance services to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems?
...that the Chinese philosopher Wang Chong (27-97 AD) accurately described the water cycle in meteorology?
...that Alexander Pope was expelled from Twyford School for writing a poem that poked fun at one of his school masters?
...that the Klaus Advanced Computing Building is named for Chris Klaus, who donated $15 million to his alma mater, Georgia Tech, when he was just 26?
...that Shardha Ram Phillauri, a Punjabi, wrote the first Hindi novel?
...that William W. Powers State Recreation Area's Wolf Lake co-hosted a BioBlitz by over 150 scientists who unofficially counted 1,815 species in a day?
...that infanticide is committed by animals as diverse as gray langurs, pigs, jacanas and water bugs?
...that Union Army color bearer Thomas J. Higgins received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Vicksburg during the US Civil War at the request of his Confederate captors?
...that the 1975 U.S. Supreme Court case NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. allowed all workers in unionized workplaces to have a union representative present during management inquiries that might result in discipline?
...that there is a 14 foot (4.3 m) tall miniature Stick style house on the grounds of the Ellwood House in DeKalb, Illinois?
...that John Hill, former Texas Attorney General, was prominent in shutting down the Chicken Ranch known as the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas?
...that the Christian Specht Building is the only existing building with a cast iron facade known in Nebraska today, and one of the few ever built there?
...that in 1920, KDKA in Pittsburgh was the first radio station to broadcast Major League Baseball on the radio?
...that Sozodont was an extremely popular oral hygiene product whose name came from the Greek meaning "to save the teeth"?
...that 18th century brothel-keeper Jane Douglas sold condoms in silken bags to her customers?
...that the critically endangered totoaba, a member of the drum family which weighs up to 100 kg, is found only in the northern end of the Sea of Cortez?
...that nineteenth-century ventriloquist Alexandre Vattemare originally studied to be a physician, but was refused a diploma after making cadavers seem to speak during surgical exercises?
...that the first chancellor of the University of Houston, Andrew Davis Bruce, was a former lieutenant general in the US Army and the founder of Fort Hood?
...that the first railway in Germany, the Bayerische Ludwigsbahn, was originally mostly horse-hauled because of the high cost of importing coal from Saxony?
...that in 1894 officials in Whiteside County, Illinois paid a man $1.50 per day to watch the construction of Lyndon Bridge ?
...that Vanvoorstia bennettiana is the only protist on the IUCN's Red List?
...that though musicologist Knud Jeppesen wrote that without voice crossing "no real polyphony is possible," many counterpoint exercises prohibit it?
...that all of the publications of 17th century Milanese historian Gregorio Leti were listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum?
...that during engineering work in 1979, the collapse of the Penmanshiel Tunnel severed the main railway line between London and Edinburgh for five months?
...that the American neurophysiologist Ralph W. Gerard developed an intracellular recording microelectrode, that revolutionized research in neurobiology?
...that the architect Hans Price was responsible for the distinctive look of buildings in Weston-super-Mare, England, during the Victorian era?
...that the Malvern Roller Mill was closed in 1942 due to shortages caused by World War II?
...that the modern-day role of women in the Philippines is similar to their social status during pre-colonial times?
...that despite over a hundred years of scientific study, fierce debate still rages about how arthropods' heads are constructed?
...that the Australian native Dagger Hakea is an effective plant for sheltering small birds such as the Superb Fairy-wren, especially in the natural landscaping style of gardening?
...that the Union Station in Omaha, Nebraska was the first Art Deco style train station in the United States?
...that besides taking the athletes' oath, Paul Aste also competed on the bobsleigh track that he designed for the 1964 Winter Olympics?
...that Charles Sargeant Jagger sculpted three World War I memorials, all in London?
...that General Ulysses S. Grant's Civil War dispatch boat Monohansett was a chartered Martha's Vineyard ferry?
...that 40th U.S. President Ronald Reagan was born in an apartment above a 19th century commercial building in downtown Tampico, Illinois?
...that Pelton's Rose Gentian was recently discovered by a retired mechanic and is only found in a single county in Arkansas?
...that an unnamed hurricane in 1975 attained hurricane status further north than any other Pacific hurricane before dissipating near Alaska?
...that the Poker Players Alliance hired former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato to help overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that makes it illegal for financial institutes to deal with online gambling sites?
...that Father Joseph Le Caron, the first European to see Lake Huron, also assisted at the first Catholic mass in Quebec and performed the first Christian marriage in Canada?
...that the naval history of China goes back as far as the Spring and Autumn Period (722 BC-481 BC)?
...that English missionary Andrew White, the "Apostle of Maryland", celebrated the first Catholic mass in the original Thirteen Colonies on March 25, 1634 on St. Clement's Island?
...that the Tarxien Temples in Malta were discovered when the owner of a field figured that the large stones his workers kept hitting while ploughing may have some archaeological significance?
...that those opposed to the construction of the Stroudwater Navigation used poetry to support their cause?
...that fear of retaliatory terminations is a leading obstacle to union organizers in their efforts to unionize a workplace?
...that the demolition of the Jobbers Canyon Historic District in Omaha, Nebraska represents the largest loss of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places to date?
...that in three days of nearly non-stop negotiations, Nathan Feinsinger mediated an end to a 1947 pineapple workers' strike which threatened the entire Hawaiian economy?
...that girls received the right to inherit the Danish throne as the result of a referendum in 1953?
...that Marcin Dunin, primate of Poland, was once interned and arrested by the Prussian authorities?
...that a "witch's egg" , the immature form of the carrion-odoured common stinkhorn, is eaten in parts of France and Germany?
...that the first Baptist baptism in Ukraine took place in 1864 on the river Inhul of today's Kirovohrad Oblast?
...that the First cabinet Gerhardsen in 1945 featured the first female Norwegian Government minister, Kirsten Hansteen?
...that at the 25th CMA Music Festival in 1996, country music artist Garth Brooks signed autographs for 23 hours and 10 minutes without taking a single break?
...that the Danish land laws referendum of 1963 is the only referendum in the history of Denmark to have been held by a minority of parliament?
...that the Israeli four-door Jeep Wrangler-based AIL Storm was produced before Jeep's own model?
...that the Mayfair Club, the real life underground gambling hall loosely depicted in the movie Rounders, was in the mid-80's the training grounds for five poker players who have since won 20 World Series of Poker titles?
...that French Jesuit Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville introduced the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) and Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) to Europe?
...that the Narasinganavar family residing in the Indian state of Karnataka is one of the largest undivided families in the world?
...that the snow events of the 2014 Winter Olympics will be hosted in the ski resort of Krasnaya Polyana , which had its origin in the Tsar's hunting lodge?
...that the United States superhero film John Hancock went through four directors before succeeding in being made with director Peter Berg?
...that The New 7th Storey Hotel, a budget hotel catering to backpackers in Singapore, is actually nine storeys high and was the tallest building in the Beach Road area in the 1950s?
...that George W. Taylor assisted unions by mediating more than 2,000 strikes, but also helped draft New York's Taylor Law—which banned strikes by public employees?
...that Ossubtus xinguense is an endangered species of fish that has an unusual downturned mouth which gives the appearance of a beak?
...that Australian bishop Sydney James Kirkby, who presided at the synod to elect the successor of Archbishop John Charles Wright, actively worked to not be given the job himself?
...that after his defeat in the American Civil War, Union Army General William Sooy Smith returned to engineering and helped build the Glasgow Railroad Bridge, winning the Centennial Exposition prize in 1876?
...that the Pali Lookout in Hawaii was originally the site of the bloody Battle of Nu'uanu, where 400 warriors were driven over a cliff by Kamehameha I?
...that the Hungarian-born Jew Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln was successively a Presbyterian missionary in Canada, a British Member of Parliament, an international double agent, a German right-wing politician, and a Buddhist abbot in China?
...that in a Danish referendum in 1916 64.2% of the voters were in favour of selling the Danish West Indian Islands to the United States?
...that despite only being eight inches tall, the Tiny Hawk, a raptor found throughout much of the central neotropics, successfully hunts hummingbirds?
...that Istanbul's Vefa Kilise Mosque is an example of a Byzantine church since converted into an Ottoman mosque?
...that Emma Crawford was described as "the principal benefactress" of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane for her work in establishing several religious schools?
...that the Augustinian monk Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro was instrumental in persuading King Robert of Naples to make Petrarch the first poet laureate since antiquity?
...that Polish I Corps in Russia, originally intended to fight for the Triple Entente against the Central Powers, was forced to ally itself with the German Ober Ost forces?
...that Lapland's Sjisjka railway stop was built in part because it was the only place in the country where the letters SJ occurred in the name twice?
...that Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founder Myra Hemmings starred, co-produced and co-directed the 1941 film Go Down, Death! The Story Of Jesus and the Devil?
...that, at one time, Eliza Marsden Hassall's school produced roughly three-quarters of Australia's foreign missionaries?
...that the Illinois Central Stone Arch Railroad Bridges in Dixon, Illinois were constructed without the use of bonding materials?
...that the German historian Albert Brackmann argued that the Poles should be pushed farther eastwards, into Ukraine?
...that advertising executive Lois Wyse came up with the slogan "With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good!"?
...that Michael Dadap, the popular Filipino guitarist, is married to the eldest sister of American cellist Yo-Yo Ma?
...that after the Battle of Deir ez-Zor in World War II, most Syrian troops avoided capture by changing into civilian clothes?
...that the Kallanai dam, built by Karikala Chola to support agriculture in ancient Tamil country, is considered the oldest water-regulation structure still in use?
...that the papal election of 1061, the first carried out solely by cardinal bishops, resulted in a war between Pope Alexander II and Antipope Honorius II?
...that the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile's French neoclassical building was built to commemorate the centenary of the independence of Chile?
...that 19th century Polish noble and farmer Stanisław Chełchowski published academic works ranging from ethnography through agriculture to mycology?
...that musician Ian Craig Marsh, once of pop groups The Human League and Heaven 17, began his career in a band called "Musical Vomit"?
...that global mining magnate Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. was the inspiration behind the character Auric Goldfinger in author Ian Fleming's novel Goldfinger?
...that Danny Barcelona was a Filipino American self-taught drummer for Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars jazz band?
...that Indian youth Meraj Khalid Noor was used for political campaigning in Muslim-dominated areas of Bihar as he resembled Osama Bin Laden?
...that the prosperous Caspian Sea port of Abaskun disappeared from records in the 13th century?
...that the Code of Ur-Nammu is the world's oldest extant example of a legal code?
...that the administrative capital of Samarai in Papua New Guinea was demolished in World War II to avoid its falling into Japanese hands?
...that Rabanus Maurus's attribution of the Liber Pontificalis to Saint Jerome was the prevailing view throughout the Middle Ages?
...that the racially charged Escambia High School riots, which reached a climax in 1976, continued in various forms for five years?
...that despite being dissolved as a kibbutz in the 1980s, Ir Ovot continues to host Christian volunteers working on its Solomonic/First Temple period archaeologic site?
...that the musical piece composed by Will Schaefer for the United States Bicentennial earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination?
...that Observatory Hill, Darjeeling, the site of Darjeeling's oldest Buddhist monastery is now home to a Hindu temple?
...that as the Northern Division headquarters for the Illinois Central Railroad the Amboy Depot had authority over 53 train stations?
...that Lee Choon Seng, a Singaporean philanthropist built a Buddhist temple with the intention of liberating the spirits of those killed during the 1942 Battle of Pasir Panjang?
...that the 1922 Swatow Typhoon killed 50,000 people in Swatow (now Shantou, China), out of a total population of 65,000?
...that in three years during World War II, the U.S. Army prisoner of war camp called Camp Atlanta had more occupants than the nearby town of Atlanta, Nebraska has had in its entire existence?
...that auto racing icon Dan Gurney tricked competitors into installing his Gurney flap upside down?
...that voice exchange, the preeminent compositional technique of the medieval Notre Dame school, died out in art music but remains a characteristic feature of rounds?
...that more than 13.5 tonnes of gold were extracted in 13 months at Poverty Reef, near the Australian town of Tarnagulla, Victoria from an area only 3 metres wide and 120 metres deep?
...that as many ballots were cast in four days electing Chris Young and Hideki Okajima in the All-Star Final Vote as in ten weeks electing the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game starting lineup?
...that although no fossils of the extinct Malagasy Hippopotamus have been dated within the last 1,000 years, villagers in Madagascar described a similar creature still alive as recently as 1976?
...that the SS Suevic of the White Star Line ran into rocks off the coast of England while steaming at full speed in dense fog at night in 1907 but everyone on board survived?
...that before he became Pope Urban IV, Jacques Pantaléon mediated the Treaty of Christburg between the pagan Prussians and the Teutonic Knights?
...that Dungeons & Dragons, an album by Midnight Syndicate, is the only official soundtrack to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game?
...that although Paul MacGillivray's main interest was natural history, he was also the president of the Medical Society of Victoria and a member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria?
...that Fumio Kyuma resigned as Japanese Minister for Defense over statements that the atomic bombing of Nagasaki "could not be helped" while also representing Nagasaki in the Diet of Japan?
...that the town of Santikhiri in northern Thailand has been home to a "lost division" of the Republic of China Army since 1961?
...that the church of St John the Divine, Kennington suffered severe bomb damage in 1941 during World War II but was restored and re-opened in 1959?
...that although Lloyd Hunter played trumpet and led a big band for 38 years, he only recorded once, for the race record label Vocalion?
...that airman Timothy Tovell smuggled a French orphan adopted by his squadron as a mascot back to Australia in an empty sack of oats?
...that the fifteenth and sixteenth-century Hochstetter family were for a time on a par with the Fugger and the Welser controlling metal ores in Bohemia, Slovakia, Hungary and Tyrol?
...that the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic is the largest African American parade in the United States?
...that Estonia joined World War II in 1940, after the Soviet Union blockaded the country, a Finnish airliner was shot down and three diplomatic couriers were killed?
...that though students and educators agree on the importance of student engagement in learning, there is little consensus on a working definition?
...that the short film 5 Men and a Limo showcases the world's five most prolific English language film trailer voiceover artists narrating a shared limousine ride?
...that a portion of Connecticut Route 108 was part of an early highway system in the town of Stratford, Connecticut?
...that Halsey Ives was involved in six world's fairs, directed the art departments of two of them, and was the first director of the Saint Louis Art Museum?
...that couching embroidery technique, in which yarn laid on top of fabric is held in place with small stitches, featured in the creation of the Bayeux tapestry and Central Asian suzani rugs?
...that Claude Pompidou was responsible for choosing much of the art for the Centre Georges Pompidou, named after her husband?
...that Vibhuti Narayan Singh was the last king of the ancient city Benares?
...that the first family-run Hawaiian language preschool, or Pūnana leo (Hawaiian: "nest of voices"), was opened illegally?
...that the Luxtorpeda, looking more like a cross between a rail bus and a limousine than a train, was the fastest and most luxurious train in interbellum Poland?
...that Salazar's associate Fernando Santos Costa was appointed Deputy Minister of War while holding only the junior rank of captain?
...that Laurence Mancuso was the founding abbot of the Eastern Orthodox monastic community of New Skete , which is known for its dog training?
...that Fernando Amorsolo was the first Filipino to be distinguished as a National Artist of the Philippines in painting?