derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that the Okinawa Prefectural Museum was originally established under the U.S. Occupation in 1946?
... that Italian composer Francesco Portinaro survived an outbreak of bubonic plague that killed 12,000 to become maestro di capella at Padua Cathedral?
... that the Neutra Office Building, once the office of Modernist architect Richard Neutra, is said to be the only commercial structure that is still intact with Neutra's original design?
... that Orphan Girl at the Cemetery , a painting by Eugène Delacroix, is believed to be a preparatory work for his portrayal of the 1822 Chios Massacre?
... that the first conversion of a New Caledonian to the Bahá'í Faith took place in 1961?
... that the British Columbia mountain search and rescue organization North Shore Rescue was originally formed for responding to an urban nuclear attack?
... that although £5 tickets were available for the Doctor Who Prom, tickets were touted on eBay for £250?
... that Burr Caswell built his farmhouse in 1849 out of old driftwood and it is now a museum centerpiece?
... that Tropical Storm Kiko, a tropical cyclone of the 2007 Pacific hurricane season, caused at least 15 deaths at sea?
... that 19 crewmen of the Russian oceanliner SS Czar received the Silver Sea Gallantry Medal from King George V of the United Kingdom for rescuing 102 survivors from a burning ship in October 1913?
... that the original viewports of the pioneering submarine Ictineo II ended up as bathroom windows?
... that Lloyd Seay, described by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. as the "best pure race driver I ever saw", was killed by his cousin during a dispute in the family's moonshine business?
... that there are 64 varieties of mammal in Tam Dao National Park in Vietnam and some are on the menu?
... that the Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor was the first floating battery to engage in hostilities during the American Civil War?
... that Felix Mendelssohn walked out in disgust in the middle of the 1827 premiere of his opera Die Hochzeit des Camacho, and cancelled the remaining performances?
... that Robert Berning first introduced Trader Joe's private wine label as a way to get around California's fair trade laws that made it illegal to sell wines at a cheaper price than branded competitors?
... that the Rockies Express Pipeline, currently under construction, will be one of the largest natural gas pipelines ever built in North America?
... that Argentine adventurer Emilio Scotto had only US$306 when he left Buenos Aires in 1985 on his record-breaking 10-year motorcycle journey?
... that the type of degree offered by a veterinary school can vary widely, ranging from the Bachelor of Science to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine?
... that organisations such as Unilever PLC, Tate Gallery, Penguin Books, and Prudential all have collections of Laura Ford's sculptures?
... that through Khitan, the Islamic rite of male circumcision, Muslims are the largest single religious group to circumcise males?
... that Achille-Louis Foville was made a professor at Charenton in 1840, filling the vacancy created by the death of his old teacher Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol?
... that the defection of Saddam and Hussein Kamel helped prompt the 1995 Iraqi presidential election?
... that "Pink Fairhead" is a common name for Calocybe carnea, a small pink mushroom of grassy areas in Europe and North America?
... that the Union Monument in Perryville is one of only seven monuments in Kentucky dedicated to Union soldiers, and it took an act of Congress to build it?
... that Henry Conway, nicknamed "Queen Sloane," once showed up to a London nightclub in a horse drawn carriage?
... that The Birches in Garrison, New York, was known as the Honeymoon House because both of William Osborn's sons lived there after their weddings?
... that Mount Bate, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is probably named after William Thornton Bate, a Royal Navy officer killed during the Second Opium War?
... that T-shirts which featured Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney, which were seen in a 30 Rock episode entitled "Jack Gets in the Game", were made commercially available by NBC?
... that Jane Meutas was drawn by Holbein and engraved by Bartolozzi?
... that during production of the film The Natural, Robert Redford was coached by Major League Baseball pitcher Spec Shea on how to pitch in an old-time style?
... that one of the chief motivations for anarcho-capitalist revolution is the impossibility of implementing anarchy through peaceful means?
... that Henrik I. Christensen, a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was the founder of the European Robotics Research Network (EURON)?
... that the site of the aboriginal village of Nocoroco, near Ormond Beach, Florida, is marked by a large fountain sculpture, called the "Tomokie Fountain"?
... that the Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders mistakenly wore the Royal Stewart tartan until they arrived in England during World War II and were told to stop?
... that the Giant Dead Leaf Mantis falls to the ground and lies motionless when threatened?
... that the Virginia Capital Trail connects three historic capitals of Virginia (Williamsburg, Jamestown and Richmond) with a 54-mile (87 km) long paved bicycle and pedestrian trail?
... that the Swansea and Welsh rugby duo Dick Jones and Dicky Owen were known affectionately as the Dancing Dicks?
... that the forthcoming Canadian film Smash Cut will feature a cameo appearance by filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis who invented the splatter film genre?
... that the highlight of Aliwan Fiesta is a four-kilometer dance parade of different cultural festivals of the Philippines?
... that the faculty of the College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara boast of two Nobel Prize winners and one Millennium Technology Prize winner?
... that Eliza Ridgely of Baltimore and Hampton is Thomas Sully's Lady with a Harp ?
... that the Cheonhado is a type of circular world map developed in Korea during the 17th century that displays both real and fictional places?
... that archedictyon is a hypothetical scheme of wing venation proposed for the common ancestor of all winged insects?
... that "Blooddrunk", a track by Finnish band Children of Bodom about self-destructive behaviour, debuted at number one in Finland?
... that after a gift of candles they sent was mentioned on the Rush Limbaugh Show, sales at Wicks n' More increased fivefold?
... that Donald Colman invented the football dugout in the 1930s while working as coach of Aberdeen?
... that the Smith Estate was the home of a writer on occultism, the head of a railroad, and a deputy mayor, and the shooting location for the cult film Spider Baby?
... that the old Lodge Room at the Highland Park Masonic Temple has been preserved with original anaglyphs and cherry wood paneling?
... that the Loire Valley estate Château de Goulaine is believed to be the oldest winery in existence and the third oldest commercial enterprise in the world?
... that the opposition Democratic Party refused to accept the results of the 2001 Albanian parliamentary election and boycotted Parliament for six months after?
... that New Year's Revolution (2005) was the first pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment to be held in Puerto Rico?
... that John Buckler created 13,000 drawings and paintings of historic British buildings, such as Ely Cathedral ?
...that the Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly, convening from 2007 to 2008, was the first since 1989 in which the Democratic party controlled both houses of the state's legislature?
... that Welsh sportsman Billy Bancroft not only played rugby for Swansea and cricket for Glamorgan at St Helens Ground but also lived there as a child and became its groundsman when he retired?
... that the "Madame Marie" mentioned in the 1973 song 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) by Bruce Springsteen was a real-life fortune teller on the Asbury Park boardwalk?
... that while setting a Guinness World Record for distance travelled by a solar vehicle, the University of Waterloo's Midnight Sun VII was twice mistaken for a UFO?
... that Sidney Weighell, General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, played professional football with Sunderland for two seasons as an inside left?
... that David Nichtern, who wrote "Midnight at the Oasis", is the son of the first female to win a Tony Award?
... that ice hockey goaltender Paddy Moran aggressively defended the area in front of his net by using his stick to slash opposing players near his net and exhaling at them while chewing tobacco?
... that military sociology, one of the branches of sociology, looks at issues such as gender, minorities and power in the military?
... that while serving aboard HMS Carcass as a midshipman on an Arctic expedition, a young Horatio Nelson is reported to have chased a polar bear?
... that the Laurel Valley Store in Laurel, Oregon, opened in 1893 and is still in use?
... that in August 2007, millionaire businessman Anwar Rashid and his family left Clifton Hall , their £3.6M home in Nottingham, because they thought it was haunted?
... that John Montague of the Seattle Mariners earned the first save in team history, pitching two scoreless innings to preserve a 5–1 win against the California Angels on April 9, 1977?
... that the 2006 film Strawberry Fields is a documentary about Palestinian farmers in Gaza facing hardships caused by the Israel–Hamas military conflict?
... that New York State Route 146B was decommissioned after as little as 17 years after its initial designation?
... that in 1715, Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov, the largest Russian landowner after the tsar, owned territories larger than modern Bulgaria or Iceland?
... that the 15th-century figure Sir John Juyn served simultaneously as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, only relinquishing the positions when he was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench?
... that, at 248.1 metres (814 ft), Midtown Tower is the tallest building in Tokyo, Japan?
... that William Fox was awarded a scholarship to drama school, but only on the condition that he passed the money on to another student?
... that the Portuguese village Cacela Velha was once the site of the Medina of Qast’alla Daraj, an Islamic town dating back to the 10th century?
... that Sir Francis Gawdy, his father and his two older half-brothers were all baptised Thomas Gawdy, although Francis had his name changed at his confirmation?
... that oysters deposit pseudofeces in such amounts that they can clean up an entire estuary?
... that vaporized hydrogen peroxide was used to disinfect buildings contaminated in the 2001 anthrax attacks in the U.S.?
... that the Angel Island Chuckwalla, an Iguanidae species, was considered such an important food item to the Seri people that they translocated the species to islands within the Sea of Cortés?
... that during testing, M247 Sergeant York locked onto an exhaust fan, shot into the ground instead of its target, and threatened to fire on the high-ranking review panel in nearby stands?
... that International Gothic art is so called because very similar styles existed in centres as far apart as France, Bohemia, Italy and Burgundy?
... that English footballer Fred Geary scored the first goal at the opening of Everton's new Goodison Park stadium in August 1892?
... that the Korean traditional winter hat nambawi can be luxuriously adorned with gold leaf decoration for women?
... that Mike Berniker produced Barbra Streisand's first three albums, which were described by The New York Times as "among the most expressively uninhibited" of her career?
... that despite its leaders being deported to remote parts of the country, the Gabonese opposition garnered 46% of the vote in a 1964 legislative election?
... that Greenbank Gardens near Glasgow, Scotland were built by Robert Allason, a slave trader?
... that after Chief Justice of the King's Bench Robert Tresilian was executed for treason in 1388 , his wife married a pirate?
... that Rage Software were forced to use fictitious footballer names on the PC game Microsoft International Soccer 2000 because they did not acquire a license from FIFA?
... that the Dome of the Prophet was built by the Ottomans on the spot where some believe Islamic prophet Muhammad prayed on the night of Isra and Mi'raj?
... that George Washington called Dismal Swamp a "glorious paradise" and now part of it is a North Carolina state park?
... that the Sołtan argument as outlined in 1982 suggests that the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy was once a quasar?
... that New York State Route 194 was the only state highway in Lewis County removed because of the 1980 state maintenance swaps?
... that the name of Cabonga Reservoir in central Quebec is derived from the Algonquin kakibonga, meaning "completely blocked by sand"?
... that the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Constanţa, Romania, which twice served as a parish church and twice as a cathedral, was made a monastery as well in 2001?
... that from 1996 to 2001, racers driving the Riley & Scott Mk III sports prototype won a total of eight Drivers Championships in four different sports car racing series?
... that the cause of the Svenskehuset Tragedy, where 17 men died on Svalbard in the winter of 1872–73, was until recently a mystery?
... that Richard Wesley first won critical acclaim for his 1971 play Black Terror and financial success for his screenplays for the Cosby/Poitier vehicles Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again?
... that a jobawi is a Korean traditional winter cap with ear-flaps which was worn by women during the late Joseon Dynasty?
... that George Odgers was the last living member of the 14 historians who wrote the official history of Australia's involvement in World War II, Australia in the War of 1939–1945?
... that the C. Burton Hotel may be the only Greek Revival building in Sullivan County, New York, with a recessed porch and columns?
... that during the Siege of Paris, French inventor and photographer René Dagron used carrier pigeons carrying microfilms to send messages across German lines?
... that "Where do you want to go today?", launched in November 1994, was the title of Microsoft's first global image advertising campaign?
... that Reverend Edmund Nelson's most famous son, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson , was born 250 years ago today?
... that the 17th-century gardeners of the Izmaylovo Estate managed to grow figs, coconuts and melons but failed to breed silk worms?
... that after filing to run for a seat on the Oregon Supreme Court, judge Jason Lee had two cases decided against his interests in the same court before withdrawing?
... that during the 2008–2009 television season, the actress Shenae Grimes has starring roles in both the eighth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation, and the first season of 90210?
... that Cameroonian politician Louis-Paul Aujoulat's thesis was named best in his faculty at the Catholic University?
... that in the Toronto Blue Jays seasons, they have had seven different pitchers start twice or more on Opening Day?
... that during the murder trial of Dr Thomas Lodwig, he claimed that he had used the poison potassium chloride to enhance the effect of painkillers rather than to kill his patient?
... that the Chicago Cubs have a tradition of raising a Cubs Win flag on the flagpole atop the scoreboard at Wrigley Field after every Cubs home victory?
... that British swimmer Heather Frederiksen won four medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympics after being told by doctors that she would never be able to swim again?
... that the Lord Peter Wimsey novel Thrones, Dominations was started by Dorothy L. Sayers in 1936 and completed by Jill Paton Walsh over 60 years later?
... that the Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton, a chartered middle school that requires students to learn three years of Latin and to study Literary classics, has been recognized as a Blue Ribbon School?
... that strong waves from Hurricane Bonnie in 1998 washed thousands of tires, part of an artificial reef, ashore in North Carolina?
... that the Texel Disaster of 1940 resulted in severe damage to HMS Express and the sinking of two other ships who went to her aid?
... that the 108.1-kilometre (67.2 mi) Canal de l'Ourcq provides over half of the 380,000 cubic metres (500,000 cu yd) of water used daily by the city of Paris for cleaning public works?
... that Latvian basketball player Ieva Tāre suffered a serious arm injury during the qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics, but recovered in time for the actual Olympics?
... that Label Fandango was created by Andy Macleod and Simon Williams, the man behind debut singles from Coldplay and Keane?
... that George Ashley Campbell decided to use loading coils for improving telephone line quality only after he realized that the manholes were the right distance apart to allow this cheaper solution?
... that the Schlesinger Doctrine of 1974 re-introduced the idea of flexible response to U.S. nuclear warfighting policy?
... that San Giorgio a Cremano is so named because the residents called on their patron saint Saint George for protection from the fiery eruptions of Mount Vesuvius?
... that unlike most other Jewish communities in the Catskills, the congregants of Ulster Heights Synagogue were farmers rather than resort operators?
... that The Mock Tempest was a 1674 parody of Dryden and Davenant's adaptation of Shakespeare's Tempest?
... that "Disneyland with the Death Penalty" became a famous description for Singapore following the 1993 publication of William Gibson's article of the same name?
... that James W. Cannon co-wrote a paper suggesting that the "negatively curved" nature of microscopic growth patterns of bio-organisms is responsible for the highly folded structure of the brain tissue?
... that the current National Palace of Mexico, despite having been destroyed and rebuilt several times, still contains building blocks from the original palace of Aztec emperor Moctezuma II?
... that Sydney Deane, who narrowly missed representing Australia in cricket, was the first Australian to appear in a Hollywood film?
... that SS Empire Simba, a British cargo ship, was severely damaged in port by a land mine dropped by a German bomber during the World War II?
... that the Menlo Avenue Historic District in Los Angeles reflects the transition to American Craftsman style architecture?
... that flatwater canoer Vladas Česiūnas was forcibly returned by the KGB to the Soviet Union out of fear that he would publish a book on doping in the Soviet Union prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics?
... that Schools Plus, an education policy proposed by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, was boycotted by 15 schools?
... that Elena Paparizou , the second choice to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, ended up winning the contest with "My Number One"?
... that Hall of Famers Don Drysdale and Don Sutton each made seven Opening Day starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958?
... that former Thai Minister of Education M.L. Pin Malakul created a slide rule for calculating the day of week of any given date despite being required to study Sanskrit rather than mathematics?
... that the Swaminarayan Temple in the London suburb of Willesden is in a converted church?
... that Hyman Golden was co-founder and chairman of Snapple, which got its name from one of its early products, a carbonated apple juice that had a "snapply apple taste"?
... that the 1991 Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy has been called a major political accomplishment of the post-Cold War era?
... that Sir Michael Sachs was the first English solicitor to become a High Court judge, appointed in 1993?
... that Bob Brenly led his team to the 2001 World Series and won in his first season as the Arizona Diamondbacks manager?
... that Bill Laxton was the winning pitcher in the first game ever won by the Seattle Mariners, a come-from-behind, 7–6 win over the California Angels?
... that six hours after it had been forecast to become a tropical storm, Hurricane Joyce unexpectedly dissipated?
... that Tang Dynasty general Zhu Ci, angry that he was removed from command due to his brother Zhu Tao's rebellion, later tried to become emperor of his own state of Qin?
... that the members of the Canadian alternative dance band Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker met while stocking the beer fridge at a golf course?
... that Baghdad was under siege for more than a year during a civil war in the 9th century between Al-Amin and his brother Al-Ma'mun for the Abbasid Caliphate?
... that architect Andrew Rebori once referred to modern buildings as "steel and glass upside-down cakes"?
... that Jabba The Hutt puppeteer Toby Philpott began his career as a homeless juggler in the streets of London?
... that Tropical Storm Gilma was, in terms of wind speed, the weakest named storm of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season?
... that two weeks before the 1964 bombings of the United States Embassy in Libreville, Gabon, the country had undergone an abortive coup d'etat which overthrew its president, Leon M'ba?
... that the papal election in 1159 that followed the death of Pope Adrian IV resulted in a papal schism, which lasted until 1178?
... that Michael P.C. Carns, who was the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1991–94, received numerous military awards and decorations such as the Silver Star?
... that J. Clarence Karcher invented the reflection seismograph and founded Geophysical Service Incorporated, which became Texas Instruments?
... that Philip Goldberg , former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, was the eighth chief of mission in U.S. diplomatic history declared persona non grata and expelled from a country where he was serving?
... that Mario Lemieux became the only rookie in National Hockey League all-star history to win game MVP honours at the 1985 All-Star Game?
... that the damaged and demasted brig Polly drifted over six months and more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) across the Atlantic with its surviving crew?
... that the Lombard duke Euin had to twice defend the Duchy of Trent from the Franks, in 584 by battle and in 591 by diplomacy?
... that socialite Hazel Crane's posthumous memoirs revealed her secret criminal career, including smuggling emeralds out of South Africa in her beehive hairdo and her baby's nappy?
... that reforms enacted by Eleftherios Venizelos, after the 1909 Goudi coup helped bring him to power, largely forestalled the development of strong socialist and agrarian movements then seen elsewhere in the Balkans?
... that T.S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land" parodies the lyrics of the Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder song "That Mysterious Rag" (song to the right)?
... that Britain's Heather Fell, the 2008 Olympic silver medallist in modern pentathlon, had to work three part-time jobs in order to fund her training?
... that Fateh Sagar Lake was re-created in 1888 by re-constructing an earlier earth dam which got washed away?
... that Helga Vlahović was picked, along with Oliver Mlakar, to host the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb following Yugoslavia's win at the 1989 contest?
... that The City Sun, a black-owned newspaper, told David Dinkins, New York City's first African American mayor, that he was "beginning to look like a wimp"?
... that according to recent research, the shadow trevally is one of the first fish to move in after a ship is scuttled?
... that Myna Potts, an historical preservationist from West Texas, converted her father's former general store into a museum dedicated to rural people of the recent past?
... that the young Lord Byron shared his mother's violent temper and, during one fit of anger, bit into a saucer?
... that the Cadillac Gage Peacekeeper II armoured vehicle has a 0.5-inch (13 mm) thick armour that can provide protection against 7.62mm armour piercing ammunition?
... that new Manchester City F.C. chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak was also the man who negotiated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix's inclusion in the 2009 Formula One season?
... that North University Park in Los Angeles contains many well-preserved Victorian houses and was the birthplace of U.S. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson?