derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Bill Guckeyson, the first Maryland football player selected in the National Football League's Draft, attended West Point and was later shot down as a fighter pilot in World War II?
... that Christmas Island National Park hosts the world's largest population of the world's largest land invertebrate, the Coconut crab?
... that celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean was featured in a number of Sunday newspapers when he bought a jet for his wife?
... that Guri Hjeltnes, though a professor of journalism, has mainly concentrated on Norwegian World War II history during her academic career?
... that the annual Christmas on the River festival in Demopolis, Alabama, features a parade with floats on boats?
... that Jack Armstrong pitched a no-hitter for the Nashville Sounds against the Indianapolis Indians a day after Randy Johnson and Pat Pacillo of the Indians combined for a no-hitter against the Sounds?
... that Shakin' Stevens recently launched Christmas FM, Ireland's first radio station dedicated to the festival?
... that Trina Belamide, who has written songs for most of the Philippines' top recording artists, also writes custom theme songs for weddings?
... that dopamine dysregulation syndrome is characterized by self-control problems such as addiction to medication, gambling, or hypersexuality?
... that lexicographer Henry Cockeram wrote the first known English language dictionary to contain "dictionary" in the title?
... that despite being described as "one of the strongest fortifications in the Atlantic Wall", the fortress of Le Havre fell after only three days of attacks by British and Canadian forces in Operation Astonia?
... that as President of the Professional Golfers' Association of America, Max Elbin oversaw the departure of tournament professionals led by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer to form the PGA Tour?
... that Peloroplites was one of the largest nodosaurid dinosaurs, and came from a time when armored dinosaurs in general were attaining large sizes?
... that composer William Furst died of a blood clot in his brain after injuring his foot while gardening?
... that after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Polish II Corps in Russia refused to surrender to the Germans?
... that it took the publisher's lawyers 14 months to approve the publication of You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, Julia Phillips' scandalous autobiography?
... that the population of Grasshopper Junction in Arizona, USA, received the same estimated radiation dose pre-Plumbbob as they did afterward?
... that tree moss, lichen species Pseudevernia furfuracea, was used in ancient Egyptian embalming?
... that the land that became Quail Hollow State Park was owned by only two families between 1820 and its sale to Ohio as a park in 1975?
... that although the Ironton Railroad was built to haul iron ore, it was used to deliver deer and buffalo to the Trexler Game Preserve in 1911?
... that Walter Sisulu considered Moses Kotane to be a "giant of the struggle" because of his logical and non-dogmatic approach against apartheid?
... that the first draft of the script for Remember Last Night? was rejected by the Production Code Administration for its depiction of excessive drinking?
... that in the Latin poem De vetula, its supposed author Ovid renounces adultery?
... that the Korean women's dance Ganggangsullae was used by Admiral Yi Sun-sin to intimidate the Japanese army during their invasion of Korea?
... that the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration is scheduled for four days of celebration, with Washington, D.C. bars authorized to stay open until 5:00 a.m.?
... that Norwegian historian Tore Pryser has criticised the perceived importance of Norwegian resistance members during World War II?
... that a murder conviction without a body was considered impossible in English law for nearly 300 years?
... that Julius Fast's first novel, Watchful at Night, won the first award presented at the inaugural Edgar Allan Poe Award ceremonies in 1946 as Best First Novel by an American author?
... that the captain of the Italian submarine who misidentified patrol boat USS PC-496 for a destroyer and torpedoed her was court-martialed for "wasting" a torpedo on such a small ship?
... that for the filming of Max Manus , the flag of Nazi Germany was flown atop the Norwegian parliament building for the first time in over 60 years?
... that John Tortorella is the only American to be the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, a professional ice hockey team based in the USA?
... that although Melchior Broederlam is regarded as being key in the emergence of Early Netherlandish painting, only two of his paintings survive today?
... that the Reformed Church of Beacon has the only manual-tracker pipe organ in the Hudson Valley?
... that in 1908, Maypole Colliery in Abram, Greater Manchester, England, was the site of an underground explosion that killed 75 miners?
... that the USS PGM-18 was blown five feet (1.5 m) out of the water after striking a Japanese mine off the coast during the Battle of Okinawa?
... that Irish writer Edna O'Brien made her screen debut as an extra in an adaptation of her novel, Wild Decembers?
... that Charles S. Moore served as county judge for Klamath, Oregon, USA, after his father had served as the first judge there?
... that the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team is coached by Craig Robinson, brother-in-law of US President-elect Barack Obama?
... that the privately-held phone call switch company TouchWave was purchased for US$46 million two years after its 1997 founding?
... that the Irish quiz show series Brendan O'Carroll's Hot Milk and Pepper was named after a constipation cure?
... that linguist Carol Chomsky developed the technique of repeated reading, in which children gain fluency by reading along with a recording of a text until they can do so on their own?
... that the Scotch Professors, a group of 19th-century Scottish footballers, are credited with inventing the passing style of the modern game and spreading the sport globally?
... that English once had a four-form yes and no system, employed by Shakespeare and others, instead of the two-form system that it has today?
... that Major-General Richard Hutton Davies, the first New Zealand officer to command a division in World War I, committed suicide in 1918?
... that the 1981 Rose Bowl was the first bowl victory for Michigan Wolverines football Coach Bo Schembechler – after seven prior bowl game losses?
... that "Albino Ballerina", the final single by indie rock band Sweet Jesus, gained extensive critical acclaim before the band's commercial success dwindled and they soon disbanded?
... that the history of netball is linked to that of basketball, and that netball was primarily developed as a women's sport?
... that Silesian socialist politician Józef Biniszkiewicz died at Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II?
... that the Everett Railroad is named after its former location near Everett, Pennsylvania, USA?
... that Handling Ships, the first animated British Technicolor feature film, was never meant to be released to theatres but was an "Official Selection" at Cannes in 1946?
... that the first road in Alaska was built on Woody Island for horses, brought in by the Russian-American Company to cut ice blocks, to exercise?
... that at a fantasy basketball camp, John W. Rogers, Jr. defeated Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, witnessed by John Thompson, Jr., Mike Krzyzewski and Damon Wayans?
... that the gardens of St George's Square, Pimlico, London, contain a statue of William Huskisson MP, the first person ever to be run over and killed by a railway engine?
... that country music songwriter Tim Nichols once worked in a factory, manufacturing buckets for KFC?
... that one of the specimens used to describe the extinct turtle Cearachelys was actually procured eight years prior to it being formally described in 2001?
... that Irish ballerina Monica Loughman, aged 14, was the first Westerner to dance for the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Perm, Russia?
... that the 1987 hospital massacre in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, took place on Diwali, a major Hindu holiday?
... that Mildred Constantine organized the 1968 exhibition Word and Image of 300 posters at the Museum of Modern Art called "so handsome that for a minute you wonder why billboards are disfigurements"?
... that Rangzieb Ahmed was the first Al-Qaeda operative to be convicted of directing terrorism in the United Kingdom?
... that Detroit's Rosedale Park, containing 1,533 properties, is the largest district in Michigan to be listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places?
... that two carved wood altarpieces of 1399 by Jacques de Baerze have no comparable Netherlandish survivals for another 80 years?
... that in 1973, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in the United States?
... that American Basketball Association player Al Smith was a standout in three different sports during his high school days?
... that the "lung lichen", species Lobaria pulmonaria, has been used for dyeing, tanning, perfume manufacturing, and brewing?
... that Gale Benson was not a spy according to her brother, even though the 2008 film The Bank Job depicted her as one?
... that Danebury , an Iron Age hillfort in Hampshire, England, was occupied from about 550 BC until 100 BC when the gates were burnt down, probably in an attack?
... that 14th-century Turkish polymath Al-Taftazani completed one of his best-known works at the age of 16?
... that the recent ice storm in the Northeastern United States was the worst in over a decade, resulting in at least four deaths and more than a million utility customers left without power?
... that 18th–19th century British fur trader John Johnston was a leader in the Ojibwa tribe near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA?
... that tropical ulcers are lesions occurring on the ankles of those who often go barefoot?
... that Francis A. Chenoweth served as speaker of both the Oregon House of Representatives and the Washington House of Representatives?
... that a species of the 80-million year-old sea turtle Terlinguachelys fischbecki was actually named after a school teacher?
... that Tang Dynasty general Tian Ji'an, in anger, buried his staff member Qiu Jiang alive?
... that Australian cricketer Arthur Morris was the batsman at the other end when Don Bradman was bowled for a duck in his last Test innings?
... that the first themed Lego Modular Houses set, released in April 2007, was designed for people aged 16 and older and meant to be "toys for adults"?
... that Hanan Porat, who was evacuated as an infant from the Jewish village of Kfar Etzion in the Judean Mountains, later founded the first Israeli settlement in the West Bank?
... that Holy Deadlock, a 1934 novel by A. P. Herbert, was credited with helping create a more favourable attitude toward reform of English divorce law?
... that teenage aviatrix Elinor Smith, the "Flying Flapper of Freeport", had her pilot's license suspended for 15 days for flying under New York City's four East River bridges in 1928?
... that the Bayeux War Cemetery, the largest for World War II Commonwealth soldiers, includes the Bayeux Memorial, honoring more than 1,800 soldiers killed in the Normandy Landings with no known grave?
... that the Palestinian Arab village of Abil al-Qamh near Safad was established on a site that had been inhabited since 2900 BCE?
... that screenwriter Dana Fox works with Diablo Cody and Lorene Scafaria in a writing group they call "The Fempire"?
... that Moscow Gay Pride has been described as "satanic" and likely to increase the spread of HIV/AIDS by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov ?
... that 1949 Michigan football MVP Dick Kempthorn later flew more than 100 missions as a jet fighter pilot in the Korean War and received the Distinguished Flying Cross?
... that the Griffdu was the 37th and final ship built by J. F. Duthie & Company?
... that Johanna Wokalek portrayed Red Army Faction terrorist Gudrun Ensslin in the Golden Globe-nominated film The Baader Meinhof Complex?
... that the Matchless G12 CSR motorcycle designation officially stood for Competition, Sport, Road, but was dubbed the Coffee Shop Racer by its rivals?
... that Ron Carey was the first Teamsters General President elected by a direct vote of the membership?
... that during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, 105 Israelis were taken prisoner by Egypt in the Battle of Nitzanim, which was viewed as humiliating in Israel?
... that the New York Giants' hype of Andy Cohen was called "the most efficient job of ballyhoo that has been performed in the sport industry", with "ice cream Cohens" sold to fans at the Polo Grounds?
... that masters of Singapore-registered ships are subject to a fine of S$1,000 if they do not hoist the Red Ensign before entering or leaving port?
... that the designation of Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff will necessitate at least one 2009 United States House of Representatives special election in Illinois?
... that in 1976, Japanese pink film actor Mitsuyasu Maeno carried out a kamikaze attack on multi-millionaire and ultra-nationalist leader Yoshio Kodama?
... that during the 1975 earthquake in Morris, Minnesota, USA, one man thought the loud bangs he heard came from a nearby gas plant that he thought exploded?
... that Dutch baroque painter Jan Wyck spent most of his career in England, where he influenced the development of British military art?
... that the 1980 Michigan Wolverines football team did not give up a touchdown in the final 22 quarters of the season?
... that Denzil Onslow was Member of Parliament for Guildford after his nephew Foot Onslow, and was then succeeded by another nephew, Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow?
... that Norman Mailer claimed his 1968 experimental film Wild 90 "has the most repetitive, pervasive obscenity of any film ever made"?
... that 14th-century shogun Ashikaga Takauji sent his son Motouji to Kamakura to consolidate his rule there, but ended up creating a rival shogunate because Motouji started calling himself Kubō?
... that Bruce Hilkene was captain of the 1947 Wolverines who were selected as the greatest Michigan football team of all time?
... that a screening of the documentary film Rebellion: the Litvinenko Case may have led to the St Petersburg branch of the human rights charity Memorial being raided by the Russian authorities?
... that the Audubon Society of Portland, Oregon, USA, rehabilitates 3,500 animals and has over 20,000 hours volunteered each year?
... that the only surviving Brough Superior Golden Dream, on display at the British National Motorcycle Museum has never run, as there are no internals in the engine or gearbox?
... that the USS PGM-17 received no enemy damage while stranded on a coral reef for over a month during intense kamikaze attacks in the region during the Battle of Okinawa?
... that Matthias Dolderer finished second at the 2008 World Aerobatics Cup's "Unlimited" Category in the Czech Republic and in doing so he qualified for the 2009 Red Bull Air Race?
... that BodyLove is an Alabama-based radio soap opera that uses drama to reach African American listeners with messages that promote diabetes awareness and healthy lifestyles?
... that between 1778 and 1801, Manor House, 21 Soho Square, London, was a high-class magic brothel called The White House, described by Henry Mayhew as a "notorious place of ill-fame"?
... that Russian ski jumper Valery Kobelev's 1999 crash in Planica, Slovenia, has been called one of the worst ski jumping crashes ever?
... that Washington, D.C.'s location as the U.S. capital on the Potomac River was decided by Congress, with passage of the Residence Act of 1790?
... that Beninese physician Basile Adjou Moumouni won his country's 1968 presidential election with 80 percent of the vote only to have the results annulled by incumbent Alphonse Amadou Alley?
... that the recently-discovered dinosaur Austroraptor is the largest dromaeosaur to have been found in the Southern Hemisphere?
... that the Chicago Tribune's John McCormick received the 2002 Distinguished Writing Award for Editorial Writing for his work on 9/11, Afghanistan, and the sale of naming rights for Soldier Field?
... that 410 Squadron RCAF was the top-scoring night-fighter unit in 2nd Tactical Air Force in the period between D-Day and VE Day?
... that the phrase "It's your Wally" refers to Queensland's test cricketer Wally Grout and typically means that it is the listener's turn to buy a round of drinks?
... that silversmith Caleb Bentley made the brass cornerstone for the White House in 1792 and provided refuge to U.S. President James Madison when the British burned the building in 1814?
... that not a single woman in the village of Kunan Poshpora in Kashmir received a marriage proposal within three years after the Indian Army launched a search and interrogation operation there in 1991?
... that member of the Order of Canada Carlo Cattarello received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, after he turned 80?
... that the origins of the Church of Caucasian Albania date to Saint Eliseus' efforts in the first century AD to spread Christianity to the area?
... that the unincorporated community of Oatmeal, Texas, was inhabited by a colony of former slaves after the American Civil War?
... that the style of Irish investigative journalist Philip Boucher-Hayes has been compared to that of fictional detective Hercule Poirot?
... that Julia's House is the first and only hospice in Dorset, England, for children with life-limiting conditions?
... that William Stevens wrote a law review article, The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule, which treated the development of one of baseball's most-misunderstood rules as if it were a legal matter?
... that Łucja Frey is considered to be one of the first female academic neurologists in Europe?
... that millipedes in the genus Desmoxytes give off an almond-like smell as they produce hydrogen cyanide to ward off predators?
... that in an incident he described as the highlight of his career, Phil Ochs sang "I Ain't Marching Anymore" and inspired hundreds of young men to burn their draft cards?
... that the Nazi German Reich Office for Economic Expansion got the nickname Office for the Expansion of IG Farben, because its head Carl Krauch was also the chairman of that company?
... that in 1996, over a dozen university professors documented the oral history of the Quindaro Townsite by interviewing Kansas City residents?
... that Pakistan's newly created Ministry of Human Rights has announced a law which will assist in uncovering the fate of thousands who have disappeared since the War on Terror began?
... that in the first day of sales, the tickets sold by the Cincinnati Bearcats for the 2009 Orange Bowl netted an estimated US$500,000 for the University of Cincinnati?
... that Filipino actor of Igorot descent, Marky Cielo, is one of four recent Philippine young celebrities who died unexpectedly, after Julie Vega, Rico Yan, and Miko Sotto?
... that Van Buren State Park in Ohio has family, large group, and equestrian camping areas, the latter with manure bins and picket lines?
... that Edward Payson Chapin was wounded twice in the American Civil War and promoted to brigadier general four months after being killed in action?
... that the Black-faced Antbird follows columns of army ants in order to catch insects flushed by the swarms?
... that according to Fortune, Chanda Kochhar, soon to be CEO of India's largest private bank, is the 25th most powerful woman in business?
... that pioneering African American aviator Hubert Julian was an associate producer for the 1940 race film The Notorious Elinor Lee?
... that Newark Park, a Tudor hunting lodge in Gloucestershire, was built in 1544 for a Groom of the Bedchamber to King Henry VIII?
... that women outnumber men 69% to 31% among students at Ozarka College in Melbourne, Arkansas?
... that Table to Table is an Israeli charity that collects leftover and surplus food, gathering enough each week to provide 12,000 to 14,000 meals and 40 to 50 tons of produce?
... that James Whitfield Williamson, a politician from Vivian, Louisiana, won a silver medal in 1987 at his state's seniors tennis tournament?
... that artist Thomas Eakins was fired shortly after the exhibition of The Swimming Hole , cited as a prime example of homoeroticism in American art?
... that cricketer Johnny Lawrence refused to allow Sunday matches or raffles to be used to raise money for his benefit season because he was a staunch Methodist?
... that the tendency of the Weteye bomb's aluminum casing and liquid nerve agent to interact and explode made disposal of the weapon difficult?
... that Robin Toner was the first woman to be national political correspondent for The New York Times?
... that the 1999 hit song "Tomber la chemise" ("Take Off Your Shirt") was part of a sudden popularity trend by rappers of North African immigrant origins in France?
... that of the four Marines charged in the 2008 execution-style murders of California-based U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Jan Pawel Pietrzak and his wife, two were under Pietrzak's command?
... that Tiv Ta'am is the largest supermarket chain in Israel to sell non-kosher food?
... that Brett Leonhardt, Washington Capitals web site producer, was called upon to be a backup goaltender for nine minutes?
... that United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald indicted thirteen individuals as part of the Operation Board Games federal investigation before the Rod Blagojevich federal fraud cases?
... that when Royal Navy Captain Robert Corbet was killed in action in September 1810, rumours were spread that he had been murdered by his own crew?
... that it is proposed to assist the conservation of the Canarian Egyptian Vulture by the establishment of "vulture restaurants"?
... that Shanty Hogan, a catcher with the New York Giants, joined with teammate Andy Cohen to form a vaudeville duo billed as "Cohen and Hogan", except in Boston, where they performed as "Hogan and Cohen"?
... that the 1883 utopian novel The Diothas has been called "the second most important American nineteenth-century ideal society"?
... that Harriet Holter, an economist by education, has been described as a pioneer of women's studies in the Nordic countries?
... that when The Mighty Diamonds' album Right Time was released in 1976, music charts were banned in Jamaica because of violence within the music industry?
... that with a leg-span of 30 centimetres (12 inches), the giant huntsman is one of the world's largest spiders?
... that University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor inductee Henry Hatch lived with his wife and daughter on the grounds of Michigan Stadium for more than a decade?
... that the Lebanese Commando Regiment, established in 1966, was the first special forces regiment to be established in the Lebanese Armed Forces?
... that on the debut episode of Man v. Food, host Adam Richman completed the 72-ounce (2 kg) Big Texan challenge at The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas?
... that Paul-Émile de Souza was installed head of Benin because the military did not recognise Maurice Kouandété as the official leader?
... that the British pub rock music genre was started by American band Eggs over Easy, who were in England for less than a year?
... that the early pre-Columbian site of Xochitecatl in Mexico was abandoned for centuries after the Popocatepetl volcano erupted around 150 AD?
... that former Calgary Flames trainer Bearcat Murray was famously on the ice tending to fallen goaltender Mike Vernon as the Flames scored a goal in the 1989 Stanley Cup Playoffs?
... that Berner Honiglebkuchen , specialty lebkuchen from Berne, Switzerland, are recommended to be taken with coffee?
... that the 2008 NYPD subway sodomy incident has been compared to the 1997 assault of Abner Louima in New York City?
... that Yuzuru Hiraga was a Japanese naval architect, noted for work on innovative warships such as the cruiser Yubari and Yamato for the Imperial Japanese Navy?
... that the WJBE call letters now used by a radio station in Five Points, Alabama, were used by singer James Brown for his James Brown Enterprises radio station?
... that parts of the 2008 Dutch film White Light were shot in Ugandese refugee camps?