derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Microsoft made its largest acquisition ever when it purchased digital marketing company aQuantive for over US$6 billion?
... that the head of the passerine bird, the Noisy Friarbird , is mostly bare of feathers?
... that two white supremacists allegedly plotted to assassinate Senator Barack Obama as part of a supposed plan to murder more than 100 African Americans in Tennessee?
... that Nike Flywire uses Vectran fibers to reduce the weight of shoes used in athletics, basketball, badminton, and tennis by as much as 50%?
... that Yunus-bek Yevkurov, the current president of Ingushetia, is a recipient of the Hero of Russia award, the country's highest honourary title?
... that the double balcony of Proctor's Theater in Troy, New York, made it ideal for showing motion pictures when that medium became popular in the 1920s?
... that India's Mafia Raj, or "mafia regime," first emerged around the state-owned coal mines of Jharkhand?
... that David W. Mullins Jr. abruptly resigned in 1994 as vice-chairman of the United States Federal Reserve to join a "dream team" of financial engineers at the hedge fund Long Term Capital Management?
... that in the 1965 film The Greatest Story Ever Told, California's Death Valley was used as the setting of Jesus' 40-day journey into the wilderness?
... that Spectacle Reef Light , a lighthouse on Lake Huron, Michigan, has been described as "one of the greatest engineering feats on the Great Lakes"?
... that the Guatemalan Black Howler and Mantled Howler monkeys are sympatric over parts of Mexico and Guatemala?
... that when Adobe Systems acquired the company Scene7 in May 2007, its CEO, Doug Mack, became vice president of the Creative Solutions Services division at Adobe?
... that Nazi Germany used thousands of Polish laborers to build infrastructure for their invasion of the Soviet Union?
... that Kirk DeMicco, writer-director of the 2008 animated film Space Chimps, conceived of the film after hearing a line from Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff?
... that the French navigation authority Voies navigables de France manages 3,800-kilometre (2,400 mi) of canals and 2,900-kilometre (1,800 mi) rivers on the largest network of waterways in Europe?
... that soprano Meagan Miller, accustomed to wearing US$10,000 gowns on stage in her opera performances, chose to wear her mother's simple gown for her summer 2008 wedding?
... that the Lazarus syndrome is named after Lazarus of Bethany , who the Bible says was raised from the dead by Jesus?
... that E. Roger Muir, creator and producer of The Howdy Doody Show, suggested that the title puppet run for "President of the Boys and Girls" in the 1948 U.S. presidential election?
... that the Chengziya Archaeological Site in China is thought to be the largest prehistoric settlement found to date?
... that out of the ten players that attended Morehead State University who eventually played in Major League Baseball, Ron Klimkowski was the only one who attended the college for only one year?
... that two members of the French band Zebda ran for political office in Toulouse during the 2001 municipal elections, and won 12.38 percent of the vote?
... that magazine publishing company Condé Nast Publications made its largest acquisition ever when it purchased Fairchild Publications for US$650 million?
... that the Buffalo pebble snail is adapted to survive both on rocks in a fast stream and also on sandy bottoms in stagnant water?
... that computer software company Red Hat made its largest acquisition ever when it acquired free software support company Cygnus Solutions for US$674 million?
... that the African and Malagasy Union was a former intergovernmental organization created to promote cooperation among African states, but went defunct in 1985?
... that M-68 was a discontinuous state trunkline highway in Northern Michigan between 1940 and 1946?
... that Jean Robic, winner of the 1947 Tour de France, was so light that at mountain summits he was handed lead and mercury-ballasted drinking bottles for gravity-assisted descents?
... that the connective tissue disorder gerodermia osteodysplastica is also known as "Walt Disney dwarfism" because the first known patients were described as resembling "dwarves from a Walt Disney film"?
... that Milton Hebald's 1960 sculpture depicted the 12 signs of the zodiac on the Pan Am Worldport at John F. Kennedy International Airport?
... that Market Square in Lviv, Ukraine, together with the historic city center, was recognized in 1998 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
... that David Wagner was the number-one ranked quadriplegic wheelchair tennis player in both singles and doubles in 2007?
... that technology company Dell made its largest acquisition ever when it purchased EqualLogic, a storage device manufacturer, for US$1.4 billion in January 2008?
... that Bob McDonald, a Canadian Football League player who survived polio, was elected to the 25th Canadian Parliament at age 25?
... that the small mountain-top Aztec temple of El Tepozteco in Mexico, dedicated to the god of pulque, an alcoholic beverage, attracted pilgrims from as far away as Guatemala?
... that a friction hoist can require up to 30 percent less motor power than a drum hoist for a given application?
... that The Outsiders, a novel written by S.E. Hinton, has sold over 14 million copies since it was published in 1967?
... that when Tang Dynasty general Zhang Yi signed a peace treaty with Tufan, he made an offering of goats instead of the customary cattle and horses because he was embarrassed to be dealing with "barbarians"?
... that the northernmost extreme point of Sweden is Treriksröset , where the borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet?
... that basketball player Jojo Duncil was prevented from playing for the UST Growling Tigers in his final year of eligibility when a birth certificate stated that he was overage?
... that the Japanese novel Kanikōsen is one of the best-selling books of 2008, despite being published in 1929?
... that Thomas Gold Appleton, the brother-in-law of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow known as "the Boston wit", is reported to have said as he was dying, "It will be a new experience"?
... that the Export Control Act of 1940 ceased the exportation of military equipment to pre-WWII Japan which pushed the United States and Japan closer to war?
... that On the Green Carpet was the first North Korean film to be invited to the Berlin International Film Festival, where it was screened in 2004?
... that The Edgewater, an over-water hotel on Seattle's Central Waterfront, used to advertise that you could "fish from your room"?
... that actress Dina Cocea was known in Romania as the "Queen of the Theater" and received the country's highest civil award, the Order of the Star of Romania?
... that the elongated tails possessed by the males of some species of paradise-flycatchers are thought to be the products of sexual selection?
... that Bernard Sainz, known as "Dr Mabuse" because of his success in horse racing and cycling, was jailed for three years for administering doping products?
... that the U.S. Navy's SC-21 program to rethink warship design led to the "tumblehome" hull of the Zumwalt class destroyer?
... that Wales rugby international and Welsh Rugby Union Secretary Bill Clement was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in World War II?
... that "Milk and Alcohol" ranked on Britain's top-10 hit singles chart in 1979 and was the biggest hit for the band Dr. Feelgood?
... that Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher Phil Niekro had no wins and six losses in eight Opening Day starts for the Atlanta Braves?
... that the guns at Fort Nepean in Victoria, Australia fired the first Allied shots of both World War I and World War II?
... that at the time he was appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, C. Meyer Zulick was a prisoner in Mexico?
... that the Welsh village name Ynysddu means "black island", although the village is not located on an island?
... that the first Chinese migrant to Madagascar arrived in 1862, starting a community that would become Africa's third-largest Chinese population?
... that while enrollment at U.S. tribal colleges and universities has increased significantly since 1982, California's only tribal college, D-Q University, had just six students in 2006?
... that HMS Braak was seized and brought into the Royal Navy when the former Dutch ship anchored in Falmouth, unaware that the Dutch had gone to war with Britain?
... that the 2006 novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery was a "publishing phenomenon" in Europe?
... that Hall of Famer Mel Ott made his final appearance as a Major League Baseball player pinch hitting for Ken Trinkle?
... that the adolescent subject of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres's Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière died within a year of her portrayal by the French master?
... that five historic districts in downtown Troy, New York were merged in 1986 to create the Central Troy Historic District?
... that Wales rugby international Harry Payne finished his playing career after breaking his ankle in a match, at the age of 84?
... that the musical Conversation Piece by Noel Coward starred a French actress, Yvonne Printemps, who spoke no English?
... that former child actor Roger Mobley served as a Green Beret in the Vietnam War and is now a Christian pastor in Texas?
... that Tiger's Whip, a piece of installation art by Singaporean artist Tang Da Wu, highlights how the tiger is being hunted for its penis?
... that Norwegian industrial company Denofa used whale oil as a basis for refinement before the use of soy became common?
... that the citadel and city at Sigiriya in Matale, Sri Lanka were constructed by Kashyapa I in the 5th century?
... that IMS Associates, Inc. became one of the earliest successful personal computing companies, before going bankrupt in 1979 after just six years?
... that the recent persecution of albinos in Tanzania and Burundi is based on the belief that their body parts have magical power and impart prosperity?
... that for a short time in the late 1940s, it was planned that USS Hawaii (CB-3) would be the U.S. Navy's first guided missile cruiser?
... that Polish composer Rafał Augustyn′s Symphony of Hymns took twenty years to complete, typically lasts for 100 minutes and requires an orchestra of over 170 players?
... that the Gotham Book Mart in Manhattan's diamond district, with its iconic Wise Men Fish Here sign, was frequented by distinguished authors such as Henry Miller and Allen Ginsberg?
... that Italian tennis player Federico Luzzi was prohibited from wearing a shirt with a Playboy bunny logo while competing at the 2007 U.S. Open tournament?
... that Tsomoriri , with an altitude of 4,595 metres (15,075 ft) in Ladakh, is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region entirely within India?
... that the first military aerodrome in Britain was at Larkhill, and the first squadron to use aeroplanes was formed there?
... that the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics is the Colombian government agency in charge of managing the airspace, civil aviation, and the aviation industry in Colombia?
... that the Victorian Wader Study Group catches and releases, on average, more than 7000 birds a year?
... that Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt, the Auditor General of Norway from 1898 to 1923, was also a judge and a member of the Norwegian Parliament?
... that operatic soprano Gail Robinson won the Metropolitan Opera auditions at the young age of 19?
... that Tang Chinese General Guo Ziyi would not let the women in his household meet government official Lu Qi when he visited the Guos' mansion because he considered Lu too ugly and treacherous?
... that Expedia, Inc. made its largest acquisition ever when it purchased Travelscape for over US$89 million?
... that the mossy leaf-tail gecko of Madagascar possesses dermal flaps which disguise its outline?
... that Jens Jensen initiated the establishment in 1901 of the International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres?
... that there are 30 million smokers in Japan, making the country one of the largest tobacco markets in the world?
... that the liberal film company Brave New Films has produced full-length videos and paper advertisements in addition to the viral videos for which it is known?
... that Waardenburg syndrome is named after Dutch ophthalmologist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg?
... that the Workers Committee for National Liberation, a communist labour group, was broken up by the Egyptian government in January 1946?
... that after retiring from the entertainment industry, actress/singer Francine Everett took a clerical job at Harlem Hospital in New York City?
... that Henri Pépin extended the notion of riding the Tour de France to stopping in good restaurants and sometimes finishing 12 hours behind the leaders?
... that John Philip Sousa's "Transit of Venus March" (listen) was rediscovered by a staffer at the Library of Congress in 2003 after it had been believed lost for over 100 years?
... that Grigory Orlov is credited with subduing the Russian plague of 1770-1772?
... that the Gashash HaHiver trio, which included Shaike Levi, was awarded the Israel Prize in 2000 for lifetime achievement and contribution to Israeli entertainment and society?
... that the Troy, New York post office has been in ten different places since it was first established in 1796?
... that Dr. T. M. Nair founded India's Justice Party along with Theagaroya Chetty?
... that Actionable Offenses is a CD compilation of profane and sexually explicit phonograph recordings from the 1890s, which Anthony Comstock’s Society for the Suppression of Vice managed to get banned?
... that The Mass Psychology of Fascism, a book written by Wilhelm Reich in 1933, blamed sexual repression for the rise of fascism?
... that the oceanic dolphin Costero is officially the same species as the river dolphin Tucuxi, even though they have been unambiguously demonstrated to be genetically different?
... that the 2007 Bengali film Kaal, based on the lives of four women trapped in the world of human trafficking, is in trouble with the Bengali regional censor board over some scenes considered too graphic?
... that after failed attempts for 1964, 1968 and 1972, the Calgary Olympic Development Association successfully brought the Winter Olympics to Calgary, Canada in 1988?
... that Japanese admiral Misu Sotarō lost his left eye while commanding the Nisshin at Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War?
... that during Mexico City's colonial period, so many grand mansions were built that the city gained the nickname of the "City of Palaces"?
... that the inshore marine fish bumpnose trevally and longfin trevally are similarly shaped and thus often misidentified, reportedly even in some museum collections?
... that Lake Pichola , an artificial fresh water lake created in 1362, is named after the nearby Picholi village in Udaipur city?
... that despite pioneer Japanese journalist Kuga Katsunan's advocacy of Japanese nationalism, government censors shut his newspaper down 30 times between 1889 and 1896?
... that the acceptance of a Cannes Gold Lion by the art director for Nike's Pretty television ad marked the first time the award was given to a Lebanese person?
... that King Dhatusena, who ruled Sri Lanka from 455 to 473, constructed 18 irrigation tanks, an irrigation canal, and the Avukana Buddha Statue?
... that the gate piers of Ferne Park, a country house built in 2001 in Wiltshire, England, are Grade II listed structures?
... that an opponent of Australian politician Ian West suggested he was better known by "seagulls" than by the constituents of Manly?
... that Major League Baseball player Nolan Ryan had three wins and no losses as the California Angels' Opening Day starting pitcher?
... that angry St Ives, New South Wales residents threatened to disrupt upcoming film Accidents Happen by playing the bagpipes during filming?
... that Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel won a medal as a fine artist in Paris before becoming a children's book illustrator ?
... that the Ediacaran organism Eoandromeda may represent the earliest animal fossil unless it turns out to be an alga?
... that Naganandini is the 30th Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music?
... that during the mid-20th century, cemesto panels were used in both prefabricated housing and houses designed by prominent architects?
... that New York noise-rock band Flux Information Sciences's 2001 album Private/Public was recorded before an invited audience of 50 friends who stood around the studio naked and blindfolded?
... that Australian politician Christine Robertson once addressed a "Dorothy Dixer" question to the wrong Minister in Parliament?
... that St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam in County Galway, Ireland, contains a 12th-century arch which has been called "the finest example of Hiberno-Romanesque architecture"?
... that during World War I, the German Army produced shale oil from Yarmouk oil shale deposits in Jordan to operate the Hijazi Railway ?
... that Daryl Veltman was the first overall selection in the 2008 Entry Draft by the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League?
... that in order to get her first and only film role, actress Phyllis Welch MacDonald had to sign a contract pledging not to marry or become engaged for six months?
... that in 1929, Western Australia celebrated its Centenary of foundation, which included dances, race meetings, an air race and other sporting events?
... that the Wingspread Conference on the Precautionary Principle established the internationally accepted definition of the precautionary principle?
... that the blue trevally, a popular gamefish in South Africa, was first described in 1775 based on a specimen taken from the Red Sea?
... that pitcher Jackson Todd threw 13 complete games during the 1973 college baseball season, a University of Oklahoma record which still stands?
... that in Hopi mythology, the Kachina Nataska enforces good behavior among children?
... that Australian politician Lynda Voltz's step-father and grand step-father were also politicians?
... that the deep water offshore fish whitefin trevally has excellent eyesight in the dark due to the presence of tapetum in its eyes?
... that the 1996 Opening Day game for the Oakland A's at Cashman Field in Las Vegas marked the first time in 39 years that a regular season major league game was played in a minor league stadium?
... that four questions about how to assess the patentability of software-related inventions have been referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office?
... that the Henry DeLand House has served as a private house, an inn, a speakeasy, a bar, a restaurant and most recently, a catering hall?
... that gemstones and heroin are traded from Burma to China for motorcycles and household goods across the Shweli River, which forms part of the boundary between the two countries?
... that an enterolith is a calculus found in the intestine of an animal, usually a horse or human?
... that Abram S. Piatt was an American Zouave colonel and Civil War general who later built a castle in Logan County, Ohio?
... that the Apega of Nabis was an ancient torture device similar to the iron maiden, invented by King Nabis of Sparta ?
... that the call made by Limnodynastes dorsalis, a frog species in Western Australia, is similar to the sound of a plucked banjo string?
... that William Headline, who spent 12 years as the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for CNN, was described by Wolf Blitzer as having "the best name in news"?
... that purity of the Sasthamkotta Lake water for drinking use is attributed to presence of a large number of larvae called cavaborus, which consume much of the lake's bacteria?
... that former Norwegian government minister Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe was subject to an impeachment case in 1926–27, but found not guilty?
... that actor Spencer Williams played a female fortune teller in his 1946 film Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.?
... that the Yellowspotted trevally is a species of inshore marine fish of the family Carangidae found in the Indo-Pacific region?
... that writers associated with the modernist literary magazine Profil included Køltzov, Lunden, Obrestad, Haavardsholm and Vold?
... that Naksansa is a Korean Buddhist temple founded in 671 CE near the place where the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is believed to live?
... that cargo ship USS West Ekonk was laid down, launched, and completed in 73 working days in 1918, becoming the ninth-fastest-constructed ocean-going ship in the world?
... that P. T. Rajan, the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from April 1936 to August 1936, was a graduate of Jesus College, Oxford?
... that Major League Baseball pitchers Jesse and Virgil Barnes, who each made two Opening Day starts for the New York Giants, were brothers?
... that Australian-born lumber executive John A. Campbell was said to have introduced surfing on the Cornwall coast of England?
... that the teenage couple in Nicholas Sparks' 1999 novel A Walk to Remember refrain from sex, due partly to the author's concern that such a plot twist might offend his readership?
... that children have trouble attributing implicit meaning to aspect verbs implicating non-completion such as start, but find implicit meaning in degree modifiers such as half, as in half-finished?
... that African-American actor Gaius Charles is named as an homage to Gaius Julius Caesar?
... that in 1889, Frank Wyatt created the role of the Duke of Plaza Toro in The Gondoliers before becoming owner of the Duke of York's Theatre?
... that guest stars on The Greatest Show on Earth, an ABC circus drama in 1963–1964, included Lucille Ball, James Coburn and Edgar Bergen?
... that after suffering from serious design problems, the Norwegian Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.9 fighter aircraft was retired in 1932 on the orders of defence minister Vidkun Quisling?
... that Manchester United gave Stockport County a freezer full of ice cream in exchange for the transfer of footballer Hugh McLenahan in May 1927?
... that Three Emperors' Corner is a former tripoint between the Austrian Empire, German Empire and the Russian Empire, created in the late 19th century in the aftermath of the partitions of Poland?
... that Manor Community College, a Cambridge school, has a headteacher who used to present a BBC childen's programme?
... that Dushanbe riots in 1990 were sparked by the rumour that a couple of thousand Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan had been resettled to Dushanbe?
... that the roof of the 12th-century St Nicolas Church, Portslade had to be jacked back into place over several months in 1959, having moved a foot (30 cm) out of alignment over the centuries?
... that Wycoller Hall is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a murdered wife, who foretold the hall's ruin?
... that in the aftermath of the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, the Kościuszko Uprising occurred in 1794?
... that a tour guide at Fond du Lac's Octagon House claims that visitors hear the ghosts of an earlier owner's small children laughing and playing?
... that lawyer Hal Kant spent 35 years as principal lawyer and general counsel for the Grateful Dead, exercising so much influence with the band that his business cards identified his role as "Czar"?
... that sightings of a ghostly figure in the Culbertson Mansion is one of Indiana's many ghost legends?
... that Western Local Escort Force was organized by the Royal Canadian Navy in February 1942 as a response to German U-boat raids known as the Second Happy Time?
... that when New Paltz's Elting Memorial Library caught a possible ghost on its security camera, the YouTube video received more views than the village has residents?
... that the DR 6 nebula was nicknamed "The Galactic Ghoul" by scientists at NASA because of its resemblance to a human face?
... that the future King George V was among 13 people aboard HMS Bacchante who saw the infamous ghost ship Flying Dutchman off South Africa in 1881?
... that the theme of poison dress can be found in Greek mythology, Mughal Indian folklore, and American urban legends?
... that when Cornelius Holmboe was appointed Norwegian Minister of Justice in 1928, the cabinet lasted only for 18 days?