derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project led to Honolulu's 2008 mayoral elections being referred to as a "referendum on rail transit"?
... that millwrights from Canterbury, Kent, built Moses Montefiore Windmill in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1857?
... that James-Younger Gang member "Dick" Liddil surrendered to authorities after killing Jesse James' cousin, reportedly out of fear of that James would seek revenge?
... that despite being captured during the Battle of the Philippines, the Nurse Corps regiment known as the Angels of Bataan continued to serve as a nursing unit throughout their internment?
... that the term battery in baseball was first used by Henry Chadwick in reference to the firepower of a team's pitching staff, inspired by artillery batteries then in use in the American Civil War?
... that wine writer Malcolm Gluck has been involved in a row with Salman Rushdie over who is the quicker book-signer?
... that Bridgwater Bay is the location of the last mudhorse fisherman in England?
... that Paul Callaway was so short a hydraulically-operated pedalboard was custom-made for the Washington National Cathedral's organ, so he could reach the pedals comfortably?
... that Eduard August von Regel, a 19th-century German botanist, named and described over 3,000 new plant species?
... that the day after his birthday, General Archibald Gracie III was looking out at the Union lines through his telescope when an artillery shell exploded in front of him killing him instantly?
... that Sir Philip Cohen has written over 470 peer-reviewed papers, and was the third most cited academic in the UK during the 1990s?
... that anthropologist Richard Price was one of the first to show that Maroons, previously considered largely "without history," possessed rich and deep historical consciousness?
... that author Tom De Haven attended Catholic school in Bayonne, New Jersey with fellow writer George R. R. Martin?
... that Zeno Vendler's model of lexical aspect, first proposed in 1959, is still widely used in multiple areas of linguistic research today?
... that physician William Beierwaltes, a pioneer in nuclear medicine, was one of five attendees at the first course for doctors offered by the Atomic Energy Commission on the medical use of radioisotopes?
... that John Trudeau established the Britt Festival in Oregon in 1962, the first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S., and now a four-month long celebration of music and musical theater?
... that Rear Admiral Minoru Ōta , commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Okinawa, had earlier been earmarked to command Japanese landing forces at the Battle of Midway?
... that the walls of Peter the Great's first "palace" in the nascent St Petersburg, a 60 m2 (650 sq ft) log cabin, were painted to resemble brickwork?
... that Michael Higgins prepared himself for a career in the theater by working to rid himself of his Brooklyn accent as a teenager?
... that the fungus Albatrellus subrubescens was first collected from Florida and Czechoslovakia?
... that Caterpillar Inc. employs 4,000 Central Illinois workers at its Peoria headquarters?
... that English mathematician and geographer Robert Hues served his master Thomas Grey, the last Baron Grey de Wilton, while Grey was imprisoned in the Tower of London?
... that Columbia Park in Torrance, California served as the home field for U.S. Women's soccer players Joy Fawcett and Carin Jennings-Gabarra?
... that Gwilym Davies was the first person to broadcast in Welsh, on Saint David's Day in 1923?
... that the top of the 51-storey Central Park tower in Perth, Western Australia sways about 30 cm (12 in) in the wind?
... that French opera singer Gustave Huberdeau performed roles ranging from lead roles to character roles to mute roles?
... that the bacterium Propionibacterium freudenreichii is responsible for forming the holes in Swiss cheese by releasing carbon dioxide?
... that the intricate rococo decoration of the Grand Church of the Winter Palace was recreated in papier-mâché after a fire destroyed most of the original interiors of the Winter Palace in 1837?
... that the proposed Bigeye bomb was designed to spray VX nerve agent over a target area by gliding through the air over it?
... that Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico began in the 15th century and that Puerto Rico has the largest and richest Jewish community in the Caribbean?
... that the first journal articles written by the entomologist Robert Perkins were published when he was a classics student with no scientific education?
... that U.S. federal judge Malcolm Marsh's father and uncle both served as presidents of the Oregon State Bar?
... that Henry Pitkin and his brother produced the first American-designed pocket watches with machine-made parts?
... that when the SS Mahratta ran aground on the Goodwin Sands in 1939, it settled on top of a ship that had sunk thirty years earlier and was also named Mahratta?
... that a 30-metre (98 ft) tsunami was created when Broke Off Cliff fell into Western Brook Pond, which is a fjord in Canada?
... that the members of Montreal-based electronic music duo Beast first met while working for a video game company?
... that protests by Rev. Abraham Woods about the 1990 PGA Championship at the Shoal Creek country club led the club to admit its first black member?
... that "There's No One As Irish As Barack O'Bama" is a folk song first performed in the village where Barack Obama's great-great-great grandfather was born?
... that early childhood educator Barbara T. Bowman co-founded the Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development, with the support of philanthropist Irving Harris?
... that Richard Maack was a Russian naturalist who led some of the first major scientific expeditions to remote Siberia and the Russian Far East?
... that Taishō Baseball Girls is a light novel series about an all-girl baseball team set in Taishō era Japan?
... that Thirumangai Alvar, considered one of the most learned Alvar saint-poets in Hinduism, was a robber before becoming a saint?
... that Henry Cornelius Burnett is one of only five members in history to be expelled from the United States Congress?
... that Austro-Hungarian submarine SM U-16, which sank two ships and captured a third during World War I, was the only boat of the U-10-class to sink during the war?
... that the largest earthquake ever recorded in the U.S. state of Illinois took place at approximately 11:02 a.m. on November 9 1968?
... that the Jadad scale is the world's most widely used means of assessing the methodological quality of clinical trials?
... that when Veronica Mars was cancelled after its third season, fans sent more than 10,000 Mars Bars to the CW television network, hoping to persuade it to renew the series?
... that the final section of La Nouvelle branch , a canal in south-central France, was constructed in 1776 to link Narbonne to the Canal du Midi?
... that following In re Bilski, a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the legal validity of many business method patents is now uncertain?
... that Norwegian mathematician Bernt Michael Holmboe played an important role in the career of Niels Henrik Abel?
... that the Mucking excavation, one of the largest archaeological digs of its time in Europe, uncovered artifacts spanning a period of some 3,000 years?
... that overseas revenues rose tenfold during the decade that Richard Rompala helped to lead the paint and coatings manufacturer Valspar?
... that "Hindu Taliban" is a pejorative term used by some tolerant or "secular" Hindus to describe the supporters of the Hindutva movement?
... that Juniper Networks has updated its JUNOS software every 90 days since its creation in 1998?
... that after endangering himself to control the imperial horse, Qi Ying was made an imperial attendant by Emperor Dezong of Tang?
... that Psilocybe montana , the type species of the well-known genus of hallucinogenic mushrooms, does not contain any psychedelic compounds?
... that Japan and India signed a peace treaty and established diplomatic relations in April 1952, one of the first such treaties by Japan after World War II?
... that Vânia Fernandes, who represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, was Portugal's first entrant to qualify for the Contest's final from its semi-final round?
... that the President of Colombia's administrative department has an annual budget of over COL$16 billion?
... that after a federal jury in Portland, Oregon decided against the defendant in Byron v. Rajneesh Foundation International, an inner circle of Rajneesh followers plotted to murder the plaintiff?
... that Japanese admiral Ogasawara Naganari, close confidant and biographer of Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro, was tutor to Emperor Hirohito on naval matters?
... that, due to his support of Kentucky's efforts to secede from the Union, Henry Cornelius Burnett is one of only five members in history to be expelled from the United States Congress?
... that a large earthquake monitoring network was established in China's Yunnan Province 25 years after the 1970 Tonghai earthquake ?
... that SOE officer Joachim Rønneberg was a leader of the Norwegian team attempting to sabotage the German nuclear energy project during WWII?
... that legend has it that Nainital Lake in Uttarakhand, India, was created when three pilgrims dug a hole which filled from the sacred Tibetan Lake Manasarovar?
... that the growth of Astragalus brauntonii, a species of milkvetch, is spurred by fire?
... that Beninese political figure Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin remained under house arrest from 1972 to 1981 after being overthrown in a coup d'état?
... that St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Troy, New York, was originally built as a replica of a Church in New Haven, Connecticut?
... that Norwegian Constituent Assembly member Nicolai Wergeland was father of feminist writer Camilla Collett and poet Henrik Wergeland?
... that, when amateur club TSV Vestenbergsgreuth beat German champions FC Bayern Munich 1–0 in the 1994-95 DFB Cup, a memorial stone was later erected to commemorate the event?
... that the Royal Coachman , first made in 1878, may be the world's best-known fly?
... that Ranulf le Meschin ruled Cumberland before becoming Earl of Chester in 1120?
... that Rheinmetall's 120mm gun L/55 tank gun can attain muzzle velocities of up to 1,750 meters per second (5,700 ft/s) with new kinetic energy penetrators?
... that Izzat Darwaza, the Arab nationalist leader of al-Fatat, was a principal organizer of the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine?
... that the U.S. Marine Corps celebrates its birthday on the anniversary of the day that the 2nd Continental Congress authorized the creation of the Continental Marines?
... that Beast vocalist Béatrice Bonifassi sang on Champion's album Chill'em All, and also provided the singing voices for Les Triplettes de Belleville?
... that Mike Tompkins, the Natural Law Party vice-presidential candidate in the 1992 and 1996 U.S. elections, is a direct descendant of U.S. presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams?
... that the Montigny mitrailleuse , an 1860s mobile volley gun, was very heavy at 2,000 pounds (910 kg)?
... that Lucy of Bolingbroke paid King Henry I of England 500 marks after the death of her third husband, Ranulf le Meschin, for the right not to remarry?
... that the ataaba is a traditional Arabic music form in which oral folk poetry is melodically improvised by a solo vocalist?
... that the Sheffield Iris newspaper's first editor fled the UK when troops tried to arrest him, and its second was imprisoned for six months on charges of malicious libel?
... that Andreas Lauritz Thune, who took over the manufacturing company Thune at the age of 23, was among the founders of the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries in 1889?
... that Jack Bruce's 1969 LP Songs for a Tailor was titled in tribute to the wardrobe designer for Bruce's former band, Cream?
... that Joe Wendryhoski, an inaugural member of the New Orleans Saints, played every offensive snap as the starting center for the team's first two seasons?
... that the successful escape from the multi-ship mutiny at the Nore by Royal Navy Captain Charles Cunningham in 1797 led to that mutiny's failure?
... that in 1969, Toyota Motor Corporation imported McLaren M12s and installed their own V8 engines in a bid to better compete against Nissan in Japanese Group 7 races?
... that the sticky bomb was designed by Stuart Macrae at a laboratory known as "Winston Churchill's Toyshop"?
... that because Fred Perrett switched from rugby union to rugby league he was often left out of lists of Wales players who died in action during World War I?
... that the only significant Koreatown established by Koreans in Spain is in Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria?
... that on July 8, 1942, pitcher Doyle Lade threw a no-hitter and won the game 1–0, with his solo home run providing the only run support for his team?
... that the insectivorous plant Heliamphora nutans was re-discovered in British Guiana in 1881 and successfully introduced to England by David Burke?
... that Charles Taylor was the first of thirteen Welsh international rugby players to die in action during World War I?
... that Almoloya del Río, a Mexican small town with the population of 7,992, hosts an international biker rally every year?
... that Hurricane Lisa of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season attained forward motion of over 58 mph (93 km/h) on October 9?
... that The Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers has been in charge of publishing Finland's ethical guidelines on engineering for over 40 years?
... that the first submarine boat and self-propelled torpedo, and the engines for the ironclad warship USS Monitor were all built at the foundry operated by Cornelius DeLameter?
... that the Ropar Wetland, in addition to being home to several endangered and threatened species, was the site of the signing of an 1831 treaty between the English and the Sikhs?
... that Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere, Massachusetts features over 7 miles (11 km) of underground piping which heats the race track on cold and wet days?
... that despite having only 28 men to his opponent's 92, William Rogers not only defended his ship from a privateer, but boarded and captured her with just five men?
... that Grace Church is one of few remaining structures from the once-thriving town of Ca Ira, Virginia?
... that the Manifesto of the Sixteen was a controversial declaration of support for the Allied cause in World War I from a group of prominent anarchists?
... that in 2007 the Kenyon Athletic Center was surrounded by Knox County residents to "form a shield of protection" in preparation for a Billy Graham Evangelistic Association event?
... that the Commission on Social Welfare, from 1983 to 1986, reviewed social welfare in Ireland?
... that former American Medical Association president Ronald Davis played a major role in the AMA's 2008 apology to black doctors for the organization's history of racial discrimination?
... that at 440 meters (1,440 ft), Della Falls in British Columbia is the tallest waterfall in Canada and 16th-tallest in the world?
... that Rear Admiral John Adams of the Royal Navy was the author of The Adventure of Charlie the Cone, based on stories about a traffic cone, that he made up for his children on long trips?
... that eight Kaba class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy were based in Malta in World War I?
... that Tarab Abdul Hadi co-founded the first Palestinian women's organization in 1929?
... that arcing horns are projecting conductors used to protect insulators on high voltage transmission systems from damage during flashover?
... that the Stella Artois television advertisement Good Doctor won more awards than any other television campaign in 2002?
... that relief pitcher Doug Nickle was assigned to seven different clubs over the course of his six-year major league baseball career?
... that with his appointment to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966, Robert C. Weaver became the first African American to hold a U.S. Cabinet Secretaryship?
... that Finnish-born filmmaker Antero Alli shot his 1995 science fiction feature The Drivetime on a budget of U$5,000?
... that Canadian-born Jim Koleff spent three decades in Europe as an ice hockey player, coach and manager after telling coach Dave Chambers that he would play in Italy for one year?
... that the Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc, a gold ornament discovered at Cwmystwyth, is over 4,000 years old, making it the earliest gold artifact discovered in Wales?
... that quartic reciprocity was first conjectured by Swiss mathematician Euler in 1748–1750, but not proved until 1836–37 by Prussian mathematician Jacobi?
... that Hitachi Zosen Corporation built the first oil tanker in Japan in 1908 per an order by Standard Oil Company?
... that before becoming a full-time professional footballer at the age of 21, Mike Bickle worked as a milkman?
... that the Lebanese Navy SEALs undergo heavy military training, which spans three months and sometimes reaches 20 hours per day?
... that U.S. President Benjamin Harrison appointed James R. Tanner Commissioner of the Pension Bureau in 1889, but had to remove him six months later because he vastly exceeded his office's budget?
... that the force-feeding of suffragette, arsonist and hunger-striker Lilian Lenton caused food to enter her lungs and led to public outrage?
... that men from the 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment were the first explorers to climb down the 800-foot (240 m) caldera wall to reach the shore of Crater Lake?
... that athlete Al Hall won three Pan American Games gold medals in the hammer throw in three consecutive decades, with wins in 1959, 1963 and 1971?
... that the Australian band Spy vs Spy had to change its name to avoid legal action from the publishers of Mad magazine?
... that of the over 4,000 U.S. chemical munitions found to be leaking chemical agents in 2002, more than 2,000 were Sarin-containing M55 rockets?
... that lice from mummified guinea pigs and mites preserved in amber while feeding on spiders have provided evidence for researchers in the field of paleoparasitology?
... that the first same-sex kiss on an American soap opera was between fictional characters Lena Kundera and Bianca Montgomery in 2003, who were also American soap opera's first lesbian couple?
... that in 2005, Shannon Sohn became the first helicopter news reporter to win a national Emmy Award, which she won for her coverage of the crash of the helicopter of a rival TV station?
... that among other methods, archaeoparasitologists study historical human parasites by looking for references to them in art and literature?
... that the Ghost Town Trail in Western Pennsylvania utilizes 36 miles (58 km) of donated and abandoned railroad and features many abandoned mining ghost towns?
... that Tropical Depression One-C of the 2005 Pacific hurricane season caused minor flooding on the Island of Hawaii?
... that the Confederate Memorial in Fulton, Kentucky is the only one in the state with a statue atop an arch?
... that HMS Hinchinbrook was Horatio Nelson's second navy command, and his first as post-captain?
... that editor Kenneth P. Johnson, who ran a story that led to the article subject's suicide as threatened, stated that "if a story is newsworthy and supported by the facts, it is our policy to publish"?
... that the first platform scale was built in 1830 by Thaddeus Fairbanks to measure large loads accurately?
... that Norwegian researchers published Gay Kids in November 2008 to educate children about homosexual love?
... that Miguel Ramón Izquierdo was the last Francoist mayor of Valencia, Spain and secured the transfer of the Turia River gardens from the Spanish crown to local administration?
... that in November 1864, Camp Nelson′s Union soldiers forced 400 ex-slaves outside its shelter, resulting in 102 exposure deaths?
... that actor David Morrissey gained 2 stone (28 lb; 13 kg) for his role as Gordon Brown in the 2003 film The Deal?
... that Ernest Peixotto′s 1916 work Our Hispanic Southwest was the first appearance of the ethnic slur "spic" in writing?
... that American Joe Lutz became the first foreigner to manage a team in Japanese professional baseball when he was selected to manage the Hiroshima Carp in 1975?
... that when completed in 1988, the 52-storey BankWest Tower in Perth, Western Australia was the eighth tallest concrete skyscraper in the world?
... that Henry Fitz was the first American to make refractor telescopes and constructed the largest refracting telescopes in America on five different occasions?
... that BOHICA is an acronym that means "Bend Over, Here It Comes Again"?
... that Ann Nixon Cooper, the subject of Barack Obama's presidential acceptance speech, served for more than fifty years on the board of Gate City Nursery Association?
... that during the history of San Diego State University some students joined the armed forces during World War II and assisted in the Doolittle Raid over Japan?
... that Soviet defector Boris Bazhanov became the only assistant at Joseph Stalin's secretariat to ever turn against the Soviet regime?
... that Edi Gathegi fell into acting when he took up an undergraduate acting class as an "easy course" after sustaining a basketball injury?
... that U.S. president-elect Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech from behind 2 inches (51 mm) of bulletproof glass?
... that Ludvík Čelanský was the founder and the first principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra?
... that historian Richard C. Lukas estimated that upwards of one million Poles were involved in the rescue of Jews by Polish communities during the Holocaust?
... that ballerina Rosella Hightower received critical acclaim in 1947 after filling in for the sick Alicia Markova and learning the role of Giselle in five hours, having never danced the part before?
... that the curfew law associated with the curfew bell started by Alfred the Great was abolished by Henry I of England?
... that David G. Booth gave US$300 million—the largest ever gift to a business school—to his alma mater, now renamed the University of Chicago Booth School of Business?
... that Henri Joseph Fenet, a soldier in World War II, was awarded both the Croix de Guerre by France and the Knight's Cross by Germany?
... that Polish-Armenian Roman Catholic priest, Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski was ordered to be silent by the Krakow Curia because of his clergy lustration activities?
... that the Boy Scouts of America celebrated their fortieth anniversary in 1950 with the theme of Strengthen the Arm of Liberty ?
... that Captain Odd Isaachsen Willoch, an uncle of later Norwegian Prime Minister Kåre Willoch, was lost with his ship in 1940 during the Battles of Narvik?
... that in 2008, the biofuel company Mascoma received a US$26 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a cellulosic fuel production facility?
... that Eugene Vaulot of the Waffen SS destroyed eight tanks during the Battle of Berlin in 1945, earning himself a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross days before he was killed in action by a sniper?
... that one of the international polls on the 2008 U.S. presidential election found 22 percent of German women would have an affair with Barack Obama?
... that Nausicaä, the main character from the Hayao Miyazaki manga and film, is based on Nausicaa from the Odyssey and "The Princess Who Loved Insects", a Japanese folk hero?
... that when cellist George Sopkin auditioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 18, conductor Frederick Stock looked at him and remarked "so we're taking Boy Scouts now?"
... that Foggerty's Fairy by W. S. Gilbert included a plot device that anticipates modern fantasy and science fiction stories like the film Back to the Future?
...that B.P. Newman, a business entrepreneur from Laredo, began operations with a dairy distributorship but branched into restaurants, subdivisions, apartments, and ranches throughout much of Texas?
... that at age 14, Jack Dorsey developed software that is still used to dispatch taxicabs and inspired him to create Twitter?
... that, though there is no evidence for it, Louis Rocca is credited with having coined the name Manchester United?