derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
...that after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, the Loop Retail Historic District was Chicago's premier retailing district until it was replaced by commuter suburbs and the Magnificent Mile?
...that Eastern Christians believe that the tomb on the Mount of Olives is the Tomb of Mary?
...that the ten cannons of Fort Guijarros, built in 1797 as the first defensive fortifications for San Diego Bay, California, have been fired in action only twice since?
...that Florence J. Harriman, an American socialite, suffragist, diplomat and author, was credited with arranging for the safe evacuation of members of the Norwegian royal family when Germany invaded Norway in 1940?
...that if all the video games traded at Goozex in 2007 were stacked on top of each other, the resulting pile would reach 2,132 feet (650 m), more than 450 feet (137 m) taller than Taipei 101?
...that Socialist Paulina Veloso, exiled during Pinochet's rule in Chile, has served in the governments of all four post-Pinochet presidents, including holding the cabinet-level presidential Chief of Staff position from 2006 to 2007?
...that Chardin's painting Le Bénédicité ("The Grace") was given as a gift to King Louis XV?
...that during World War II, the Roosevelt Community Library in Minneapolis held storytimes for children, partly to help reduce juvenile delinquency in the Standish neighborhood?
...that as he lay dying, the American Presbyterian theologian J. Gresham Machen declared that there is no hope without the active obedience of Christ?
...that Israeli agricultural output is now 16 times what it was at independence in 1948, which means that it has risen three times more than the population growth rate?
...that while in charge of the MESAN political party, President for Life Jean-Bédel Bokassa appointed Elisabeth Domitien to serve as the prime minister of the Central African Republic, making her Africa's first female head of government?
...that Japanese American journalist Bill Hosokawa and his family were released from the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center in 1943 in order to take a job as a copy editor with The Des Moines Register?
...that Tanaz Eshaghian's film Be Like Others explores the experiences of transsexuals in Iran, a country that outlaws homosexuality but sanctions sex-reassignment surgery?
...that many of the viaducts on the Chemin de Fer de Côtes du Nord were two-tiered structures, and that the Viaduc de Souzain had a railway junction on the viaduct itself?
...that Robert Oxnam, who wrote a memoir describing his dissociative identity disorder, was president of the Asia Society for over a decade?
...that the original Roanoke Street Railway Company streetcar tracks were removed from the Memorial Bridge during its 2002–03 restoration?
...that British industrialist Sir Maurice Laing was the first president of the Confederation of British Industry?
...that despite much preparation by Prussia, Toruń Fortress, one of the largest defence complexes in Central and Eastern Europe, did not play a significant role in World War I?
...that the 1940 Czortków Uprising was a failed attempt by anti-Soviet teenagers to free Polish soldiers?
...that Air Marshal John McCauley's university degree was an unusual qualification for a pilot in the pre-war RAAF, whose officers generally "valued little beyond flying ability"?
...that the author of the best-selling book Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, who claimed to be a Holocaust survivor, admitted her memoir was a hoax?
...that with over 370 officers and ratings, HMS President is one of the largest "stone frigates" of the Royal Naval Reserve?
...that the conservative Thai Social Action Party was founded in 1974 by politician and former Prime Minister of Thailand Kukrit Pramoj?
...that the Chelembra Bank Robbery, one of the biggest bank robberies in Kerala, was quickly solved by the Kerala Police and the stolen goods recovered?
...that Heinz Guderian and Adolf Hitler had heated arguments while planning for Operation Solstice, one of the major German offensive operations on the Eastern Front during WWII?
...that writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse were careful not to create a paradox in the plot of "The Constant", a fourth season episode of Lost that features time travel?
...that free MMS were sent out to all 5.5 million mobile phone subscribers in Singapore to alert them of the prison break of ISA detainee Mas Selamat bin Kastari?
...that Evagrius Scholasticus, John of Ephesus, Gregory of Tours and Paul the Deacon all accused Byzantine Emperor Justin II and his empress consort Aelia Sophia of greed?
...that treated wastewater from Kern River Oil Field, the fifth-largest U.S. oil field, is used to irrigate crops in the San Joaquin Valley in California?
...that the hazaj meter was the most popular meter for Iranian romantic epics in the 11th century?
...that artist Chryssa constructed The Gates to Times Square, a 10 ft (3 m) cube of neon, acrylic glass and stainless steel through which museum visitors may walk?
...that the Folk Art Center located in Asheville, North Carolina is the most popular attraction on the Blue Ridge Parkway with 250,000 visitors per year?
...that Sir Ralph Howell, farmer and Conservative MP for North Norfolk for 27 years, argued for the adoption of a "workfare" system of unemployment benefits in the UK?
...that the 2004 Montana gubernatorial election saw the first bipartisan ticket since the constitution required Governors and their Lieutenants to run as a team?
...that former Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday footballer Brian Hornsby trekked to Machu Picchu with musician Tony Hadley in aid of Action Medical Research?
...that Frank Winder, one of the leading Irish rock-climbers of the 1950s and 60s, started climbing to search for rare plants and insects?
...that in two decades Australian record producer, audio engineer and mixer Tim Whitten has worked with artists including Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, and Hoodoo Gurus?
...that Admiral John Forbes refused to sign the death warrant imposed on fellow Admiral John Byng, convinced of his innocence?
...that Stockport County physio Rodger Wylde formed a rock group with player Tom Bennett whilst treating his broken leg?
...that Nihon Go Gakko, a Japanese language school in Tacoma, Washington, later became a gathering point for Japanese residents during World War II, being sent to internment camps?
...that Adam Franz Lennig organized the first Katholikentag in Mainz in 1848?
...that the Tang Dynasty chancellor Cui Shi was believed to have risen to power through affairs with Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping?
...that the final streetcar to service Roanoke, Virginia went from Grandin Road Commercial Historic District to downtown on July 31, 1948?
...that Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer made their sitcom debut with their 1992 Channel 4 pilot The Weekenders?
...that American rockabilly musician Bobby Lee Trammell nearly fell off a radio broadcast tower during a botched practical joke?
...that a Venetian foundation seeking to rebuild the Bucentaur has written to Nicolas Sarkozy for a financial contribution as compensation for Napoleon's 1798 destruction of the original ship?
...that Joyce Carlson, designer of the Disney theme park attraction "It's a Small World", was the first female employee to achieve a fifty-year service record with Disney?
...that the 1917 Pinar del Río hurricane is the third most intense cyclone to make landfall in Cuba, with a low atmospheric pressure reading of 928 mbar (27.40 inHg)?
...that Sherefudin's White Mosque, where the mihrab, minbar and minarets have a folk art character subtly enhanced by the avant-garde geometries of their setting, won the 1983 Aga Khan Award for Architecture?
...that the 13th-century troubadour Guilhem de Montanhagol encouraged the conversion of the Cathars to Catholic orthodoxy by persuasion and opposed their violent suppression by the Albigensian Crusade?
...that Tews Fall, located within the Spencer Gorge / Webster's Falls Conservation Area, is the tallest of 96 waterfalls found in Hamilton, Ontario?
...that the Rolls-Royce Conway, a turbofan engine, was the first commercial aero engine to be awarded clearance to operate for periods up to 10,000 hours between major overhauls?
...that St James's Hall, London's principal concert hall and home of the Philharmonic Society in the 19th century, had annual seasons of blackface minstrelsy?
...that when Chester Cathedral was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century, its exterior was almost completely recased in Runcorn sandstone?
...that Heba Kotb, Egypt's first licensed sexologist, hosts a call-in show named The Big Talk where she gives Qur'anic advice?
...that Interstate 37 is one of the few limited-access hurricane evacuation routes away from the Texas coast?
...that wig wearing and addressing judges as "My Lord" or "Your Lordship" in Singapore courts was abolished by Chief Justice Yong Pung How in 1990?
...that Africans from the last known illegal shipment of slaves to the U.S. formed their own community of Africatown near Mobile, Alabama after the Civil War?
...that upon his death, Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov told his son to destroy his final novel, The Original of Laura, but the manuscript remains in a Swiss Bank vault, its fate uncertain?
...that the 11th century Duke Yaropolk Izyaslavich is an Eastern Orthodox saint?
...that as a non-military form of conscription, a Finnish rescue authority official is entitled to order anyone in the municipality to assist in a rescue operation?
...that a poem by William Newton led to an end to gibbeting corpses in Derbyshire?
...that the Cray House is a rare surviving example of post-and-plank style, once common across the Eastern Shore of Maryland?
...that Italy's Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico shipyard built two ocean liners named MS Stockholm for the Swedish American Line between 1936 and 1941, neither of which operated commercially?
...that during the Chicago Federation of Labor's 1903 convention, seven major brawls broke out, hospitalizing one man?
...that Kjesäter, a Swedish manor, was later the main assembly point for up to 50,000 refugees from German-occupied Norway during World War II?
...that Interstate 80 in Nevada crosses the Forty Mile Desert, the most dangerous part of the California Trail?
...that the butterfly Heliconius heurippa may be a separate species from—but a hybrid of—the species Heliconius cydno and Heliconius melpomene, a possible example of hybrid speciation?
...that Times Square Stores, which went bankrupt in 1989, was once considered Long Island's most prominent discount department store chain?
...that John Roby ignored some Lancashire oral traditions in writing about the boggart of Clegg Hall?
...that despite being a National Historic Landmark and the site of Washington's oldest known human remains, the Marmes Rockshelter was submerged after the Lower Monumental Dam construction?
...that after Dr. William Penny Brookes began organising Olympian Games in Much Wenlock, England, in 1850, he was credited with inspiring the modern games?
...that HMS Bonaventure became the first ship to re-enter service with the Clan Line after the end of the Second World War, having spent five years as a submarine depot ship?
...that Abby and Julia Smith fought for women's suffrage by refusing to pay taxes to the Town of Glastonbury, Connecticut and almost lost their property Kimberly Mansion?
...that the Maltese European Union membership referendum saw the lowest support for joining, and highest turnout, of any of the states that held referendums on joining in 2003?
...that the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek were Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth who offered their lives during the Holocaust in exchange for the release of citizens of Nowogródek?
...that much of Glencoe, Oregon, was relocated to the new town of North Plains after the railroad bypassed the old town?
...that the Dix of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, a steamboat which sank and drowned over 45 people after a collision off Duwamish Head, Washington in 1906, was twice refused a seaworthiness certificate?
...that NASCAR champion David Pearson won three auto races in a season in a Ray Fox-prepared Pontiac ?
...that the first medical missions in China began in part because the missionary Robert Morrison wanted to discover whether the Chinese pharmacopoeia could cure disease in the West?
...that French geometer Émile Lemoine proposed a system of five operations to measure the "complexity" of compass and straightedge constructions?
...that the Brindavan Gardens in Karnataka is a Mughal style garden having a design similar to that of Shalimar Gardens in Kashmir?
...that in the post-WWII era, the Zidell family business based in Portland, Oregon became the largest shipbreaking operation in the U.S.?
...that the broadhead catfish, a carnivore, can be fed with rice bran?
...that French cardinals in the Papal conclave of 1758 vetoed the candidature of cardinal Cavalchini when he was only one vote short of being elected to the papacy?
...that Royal Navy captain Kenneth Dewar was controversially court-martialled in 1928 for criticising his flag officer, an event the press described as a mutiny?
...that in 1956 the Pidhirtsi Castle in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine burned for three weeks costing US$12 million in damages?
...that Rear Admiral Patrick H. Brady , commander of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, is one of four active Hispanic Admirals in the U.S. Navy?
...that Adolf Hitler never thought much of the Columbus Globe for State and Industry Leaders despite its iconic status in the U.S.?
...that the Chinese government had no objections when the Eastern Orthodox Church canonized Metrophanes, Chi Sung and other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion, but did object to canonizations by the Roman Catholic Church?
...that the K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj in Central America were conquered when the Kaqchikel people allied with a Spanish force?
...that the 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake was the largest earthquake to hit the UK for over twenty years?
...that the Maratha Ditch was excavated around Calcutta, India, as a protection against attacks by Marathas, who, however, never attacked?
...that seeds of the water lily Euryale ferox may be toasted and eaten like popcorn?
...that the Augustaion, named after the Augusta Helena, was the main public square in medieval Constantinople?
...that the monk responsible for the current state of Thuyen Ton Temple in Vietnam lived to 102 years?
...that Romanian clergyman Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni was the first head of the church in Bessarabia after the Russian annexation?
...that the "Sound of Insanity" in Powderfinger's 2008 single "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" is simply a sitar with synthesised effects overlaid?
...that pig fat, cannabis oil, fish, scorpions and hot sand were used in various offensive weapons in ancient and medieval warfare?
...that restaurant Beyti in Istanbul, famous for its Beyti kebab, once catered U.S. president Richard Nixon's Air Force One?
...that Truc Lam Temple is named after the Zen sect founded by Emperor of Vietnam Tran Nhan Tong, who abdicated the throne to become a monk?
...that the Sheffield Improvement Act 1818 required all owners of steam engines in the Yorkshire town to "consume" the engine's smoke?
...that Filipino poet José García Villa was known for his extensive use of commas, which made him known as the "Comma Poet"?
...that Frances Siedliska founded 29 communities of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth between 1875 and 1902?
...that the Telugu film Anasuya was said to be inspired by the Hollywood film The Silence of the Lambs?
...that Randi Weingarten, the openly gay president of the United Federation of Teachers, has been called one of the 25 most powerful women in New York City business?
...that Denmark's debut in the Eurovision Song Contest took place in 1957, when the country finished third and would be the most successful debutant until 1994?
...that General Anthony Bacon, hero of Waterloo, resigned his commission in protest when the colonelcy of the 17th Lancers was purchased by Lord Lucan?
...that Konrad Bartelski is the only British alpine ski racer to finish on the podium in a World Cup downhill race?
...that a large number of Rwandans converted to Islam after the 1994 Genocide?
...that New York Assemblyman Gregory R. Ball proposed a measure offering free education for United States military veterans?
...that eight well preserved Maronite mummies dating back to the 13th century were uncovered by speleologists in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon?
...that author Ken Kesey taught a course at the University of Oregon where he and thirteen students collaboratively wrote Caverns?
...that Ngo Duc Ke advocated the adoption of the Romanised quoc ngu to replace the chu nom script used in Vietnam for writing?
...that the young leaves and flowering stems of Senecio congestus can be made into a "sauerkraut"?
...that the Midway-Sunset Oil Field contains an estimated 584 million barrels of oil, which amounts to 18% of California's total estimated reserve?
...that Inteco, a Russian company owned by Yelena Baturina, controlled 20% of the construction in Moscow?
...that the law professor Boudewijn Sirks has written on papyrology, food distribution in ancient Rome, and Sailing in the Off-Season with Reduced Financial Risk?
...that the current configuration of Sun Pass State Forest in Oregon was the result of a land swap between the state government and the federal forest service?
...that J.R.R. Tolkien was so incensed by the adaptation of proper names in the Dutch translation of The Lord of the Rings that he wrote a guide to advise future translators?
...that the abbot of Linh Son Pagoda, one of the tourist attractions in Da Lat, Vietnam, has held the post for more than forty years?
... that Runcorn Town Hall was originally built as Halton Grange, a mansion for Thomas Johnson, a local soap and alkali manufacturer?
... that Palestinian nationalist poet Ibrahim Touqan wrote the poem Mawtini, which has been the national anthem of Iraq since 2003?
... that the Shell Quiz is the longest-running television programme in Thailand, being broadcast since 1965?
... that a Balzac comedy was inspired by an academic squabble over the claim that Spaniard Blasco de Garay built the first steam powered ship in 1543?
... that Kiev Governorate was one of the first eight other governorates of the Russian Empire?
... that a scandal arose when African-American actor Lorenzo Tucker, known as the "Black Valentino", playing a pimp in a play, kissed Mae West, playing a prostitute?
... that American theater critic and historian T. Allston Brown earned the title "Colonel" by riding on the back of a tightrope walker in a circus performance?
... that the endowment by Edmund Meyrick, a Welsh cleric and philanthropist who died in 1713, is still awarding scholarships to students at Jesus College, Oxford in England after nearly three centuries?
... that British author Bernard Newman, an authority on spies, gave more than 2,000 lectures throughout Europe during the Interbellum?
... that the February 4, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, in which nearly 4,000 people were killed and 15,000 homes destroyed, was also felt at Tashkent and Dushanbe?
...that after his climbing partner was killed in a fall, Jean-Christophe Lafaille survived a descent of the South Face of Annapurna alone and with a broken arm?
...that the Thich Ca Phat Dai Buddhist temple in Vung Tau has a prominent lookout over the city?
...that George W. Woodbey was the sole African American delegate to the Socialist Party of America conventions in 1904 and 1908?
...that during hot greenhouse periods in Earth's history, the tropics appeared to be cooler than they are today?
...that Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Johnston was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Swindon in 2004?
...that the Capitol Center has been the tallest commercial building in Salem, Oregon, since its completion in 1926?
...that instead of voting to determine the site of a proposed hydroelectricity dam, tens of thousands of Tasmanians protested by writing "No Dams" on their ballot papers in the 1981 power referendum?
...that after unsuccessfully standing for the National Socialist German Workers Party in the 1925 German presidential election, Erich Ludendorff left the party to found the Tannenbergbund?
...that Wilshire Boulevard Temple, with its landmark Byzantine dome , is the oldest Jewish synagogue in Los Angeles?
...that the government of Malaysia has been alleged to be behind Project IC, which involves the systematic granting of citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants to alter the demographic and voting pattern in their favour?
...that priest Benjamin Pâquet was such a controversial figure in 19th-century Quebec that his possible nomination to bishopry was rejected for three different dioceses?
...that Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny Bautista is the second cousin of New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martínez?
...that veterinarian Martha Kostuch linked reproductive and immunological problems among cattle to sulphur dioxide emitted in the oil and gas industry in Alberta?
...that the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize, for achievements in medical research and services to combat diseases in Africa, is named after a Japanese scientist whose portrait can be found on recent ¥1000 banknotes?
...that Ronald J. Rábago became the first Hispanic American to be promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Coast Guard?
...that Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park's Hillsman House still has bloodstains on its floor dating to its use as a hospital after the Battle of Sayler's Creek in April 1865?
...that the seeds of Trillium grandiflorum are dispersed by ants, who interpret the seeds as corpses?
...that Ringle Crouch Green, Sandhurst was the only five-sailed corn mill in Kent?
...that the first wife of Arizona Territorial Governor A.P.K. Safford printed notices accusing him of having venereal disease?
...that the Sembawang, discovered in 1909, is the only natural hot spring on the main island of Singapore?
...that the Camp Dump Strike in Omaha was Nebraska's first organized labor strike and the first to receive national attention?
...that the former Indian Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani famously promoted a Indo-Pakistani confederation, asserting that the partition was mutually harmful?
...that Johann Myburgh, a South African cricketer playing in New Zealand, broke Graeme Pollock's mark for the fastest first-class double century?
... that the Rhode Island state legislature met regularly at the Old Colony House in Newport until 1900?
... that after attempting to bribe a teammate to lose a game during the 1876 season, George Bechtel of the Louisville Grays became one of the first players banned for life from Major League Baseball?
... that Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Nancy Oliver considered leaving show business shortly before being offered her first full-time position writing for Six Feet Under?
... that merkhets were Ancient Egyptian timekeeping devices that tracked the movement of certain stars over the meridian in order to ascertain the time during the night, when sundials could not function?
... that after competing for many years on a world-class level in the 400 metres hurdles, German athlete Heike Meißner tried competing in the 800 metres?
... that Hollywood's Blessed Sacrament Church was the site of Bing Crosby's wedding and funerals for John Ford and Mack Sennett?
... that the Royal Air Force designed the rotabuggy as a combination autogyro/jeep?
... that the Gazette Building in Little Rock, Arkansas served as headquarters for the 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign?
... that the Norwegian lake Lutvann leaked 1,000 liters of water per minute into the railway tunnel Romeriksporten during its construction in 1997?
... that Isfield railway station, now the terminus of a preserved railway line, was used during the First World War to take German prisoners of war to work in nearby woodland?
... that the Martinican Communist Party became the largest political party in the French département d'outre-mer of Martinique in the 1960s?
... that Poole Stadium, a former football ground now used for greyhound racing and speedway, was the venue for the 2004 Speedway World Cup final?