derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that The Amber Witch, an opera by William Vincent Wallace , was based on a popular Gothic novel of the same name, first published in Britain in 1844?
... that the longest and shortest state highways in Washington are located in Pend Oreille County?
... that Donald Duck talk, the voice used by Clarence Nash for Donald Duck, is one of three forms of alaryngeal speech?
... that PokerTracker 3, the leading poker tool for online poker, uses a HUD analogous to the head-up display that Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator character used?
... that the audio series The Dongle of Donald Trefusis by Stephen Fry went to No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart when it was released for download in 2009?
... that Newington Green Unitarian Church has strong ties to political radicalism stretching over 300 years, with Richard Price in the pulpit and Mary Wollstonecraft in the pews?
... that the 1960 Velocette Viper British motorcycle was one of the first to have glass fibre enclosure panels?
... that despite winning 37.3% of the vote the opposition coalition won no seats in the 2003 Djiboutian parliamentary election?
... that former RNC chairman Guy Gabrielson was one of the few Republican politicians not to support Richard Nixon after the Checkers speech?
... that the tollbooths of the 19th-century turnpike that followed Pennsylvania Route 171 were torn down by citizens?
... that the flower chafer species Eupoecila australasiae gains its common name of 'fiddler beetle' from its violin-shaped markings?
... that the Lurgi-Ruhrgas process for oil shale extraction was originally developed for the liquefaction of lignite?
... that Shakespeare Cliff Halt, a private railway station on a cliff ledge near Dover, England, has been used by miners, the British Army, and railway employees, but never by the public?
... that from 1936 to 1939, Alexander Monkman led a volunteer effort to build a road through the Monkman Pass into British Columbia?
... that the Hindu temple Swaminaryan Mandir in Colonia, New Jersey, USA, was originally a synagogue?
... that Poland's Antoni Gawryłkiewicz, a recipient of the Righteous among the Nations medal, signed his Yad Vashem deposition in Hebrew, a language he did not understand?
... that a Mitch Morgan , bourbon with a slice of bacon as a garnish, served as the inspiration for Bacon Salt?
... that the Byzantine court title of protospatharios had such high prestige that an aged cleric once purchased it for over 19 kilograms (42 lb) of gold?
... that modern radars use frequency agility to reduce the effects of intentional interference, or jamming?
... that German-Italian Marxist political scientist Johannes Agnoli was, in his youth, an enthusiastic fascist and Wehrmacht volunteer?
... that angels on horseback was featured in the New York Times in 1896 as a "dish for sultry weather"?
... that in the 2003 Cypriot presidential election, Costas Kyriacou called for free love and claimed that he won 73 percent of the vote?
... that the current head of the House of Lorraine has been for the last 87 years heir to one imperial and six royal titles?
... that a new government was not formed in Cambodia for almost a year after the 2003 Cambodian parliamentary election?
... that Stegt Flæsk, a popular bacon dish in Danish cuisine, has been described as "a dish of pork fat, and only pork fat, in parsley sauce"?
... that Mar Abba I, the Nestorian Catholicos of Seleucia-Ctesiphon from 540 to 552, was a convert from Zoroastrianism?
... that after ruling Japan for 135 years, the Hōjō clan set its family temple on fire before committing mass suicide within, and were enshrined en masse in the temple of Hōkai-ji?
... that Jackson Browne and Pat MacDonald headlined a 2005 benefit concert to restore Wisconsin's historic Sturgeon Bay Bridge ?
... that the debut single of Romanian singer Corina entitled Noi Doi reached fourth place in the Romanian Top 100?
... that soprano Deborah Voigt lost over 100 pounds (45 kg) by means of gastric bypass surgery after she was fired in the "Covent Garden incident"?
... that the Olympic ice hockey tournament was nearly canceled when two hockey teams from the United States arrived in St. Moritz, Switzerland, to compete in the 1948 Winter Olympic Games?
... that Peter Symonds, an English mercer, founded an almshouse in Winchester that was to become Peter Symonds College?
... that National Pig Day is included in a handbook for first-year teachers as a day for activities including cooking bacon, making BLTs, and discussing where pork chops come from?
... that Captain James Lind was knighted after the Battle of Vizagapatam , despite losing both merchants he was escorting?
... that Torvald Tu's musical comedy Kjærleik på Lykteland from 1923 was one of the greatest stage successes at Det Norske Teatret?
... that some of the elements of the adventure pack Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate were released so that they could be used for free by the Neverwinter Nights 2 community?
... that Bruce Springsteen's song "For You" is about a woman who has attempted suicide?
... that in only his second mixed martial arts fight, the 2006 World Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, Joe Warren, defeated former champion Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto?
... that when Farleigh Hungerford Castle was fortified from an existing manor house between 1370 and 1380, it was done without the appropriate "licence to crenellate" from the king?
... that Jan Piekałkiewicz, a leading Polish statistician, became the Polish Underground State's Government Delegate, and died at the hands of Nazi Germany?
... that the Oscar Award-nominated film The Final Inch, a documentary about efforts to eradicate the poliovirus, is the first film project from Google's philanthropic division Google.org?
... that surform tools can shape materials as diverse as automobile repair plastic body filler and elephants' hooves?
... that the beard of Greek cardinal Basilios Bessarion was partly responsible for the defeat of his candidacy in the papal conclave, 1455?
... that the peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich would be New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's choice for his last meal and is sometimes referred to as an "Elvis sandwich"?
... that Katie Jarvis was cast in the film Fish Tank, after a casting agent spotted her having an argument with her boyfriend at Tilbury Town railway station?
... that the original radio studio building of KOBB (then called KBMN) in northern Bozeman, Montana, now serves as a small casino?
... that when classicist Bernard Knox was selected for the 1992 Jefferson Lecture (the U.S.'s highest humanities honor), he gave his speech the "provocative" title "The Oldest Dead White European Males"?
... that a critic reviewing country music artist Ronnie Milsap's 2006 album My Life observed that Milsap's voice remained "virtually unchanged" since his debut in the early 1970s?
... that the Sopwith Bulldog, a prototype British World War I fighter plane, was so unreliable that one test pilot said "I never remember being able to get all cylinders to fire at the same time"?
... that the railroad station in Dilley, Oregon, was built 23 years after the railroad reached the community?
... that in 1895, the husband of English actress Amy Roselle shot her dead and then killed himself, leaving behind a suicide note censuring the acting profession?
... that in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Ashcroft v. Iqbal, a prisoner sued Federal prison guards and their superiors alleging physical abuse?
... that As'ad Pasha al-Azm, governor of Damascus under the Ottoman Empire for 14 years, ordered the construction of the Azm Palace and Khan As'ad Pasha?
... that John Wick, who passed on information that led to an ongoing scandal about expenses of Members of the United Kingdom Parliament, once commanded the Royal Army Ordnance Corps's Mobile Bath Unit?
... that the Fossil Cabin in Wyoming was built of dinosaur bones and was billed by its builder as "the building that used to walk"?
... that gopchang jeongol , a spicy Korean casserole made by boiling beef tripe, vegetables, and seasonings in beef broth, is a popular dish when drinking alcoholic beverages in South Korea?
... that music producer Bill Szymczyk got started in music engineering while working on SONAR for the United States Navy?
... that Mushet steel was the first tool steel and later led to the discovery of high speed steel?
... that driving for Polestar Racing Group, Katherine Legge became the first woman to win an open-wheel race in North America?
... that Henri Pinault, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Chengdu, was imprisoned and expelled from China by the Communist Party of China in 1952, but retained his title until 1983?
... that Hannah Tracy Cutler wrote an advice column for farm girls before she became president of the American Woman Suffrage Association in 1870?
... that Donald G. Fink, later to become a prominent electrical engineer, was selected as the best orator in his county at a high school competition?
... that the 1927 British AJW Summit v-twin motorcycle was capable of 161 kilometres per hour (100 mph)?
... that New York's Hyde Park Reformed Dutch Church secured its original building, a union church, by growing the fastest out of the several denominations that shared it?
... that in a defined contribution plan, a type of retirement plan, the contributions to the account are guaranteed but the future benefits are not?
... that Arsenal won the 1988–89 English Football League Championship title thanks to a goal scored in the last minute of the very last game?
... that the Helmerich Award, an annual literary award that pays US$40,000 to an "internationally acclaimed" author, is named after the actress who played "Nurse Kelly" in the 1950 film Harvey?
... that the Indian Star Tortoise, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Sri Lankan Elephant, Sri Lanka Leopard and Rusty-spotted Cat are among the endangered species of the Hurulu Forest Reserve?
... that the last train to run on the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway was a special passenger service to Toronto to visit the Royal Tour of 1939?
... that the Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse team has won the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship five consecutive times since 2005?
... that approximately 37,500 Local and Personal Acts have been passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1539?
... that Wing Commander John Lerew , ordered to defend Rabaul against Japanese invasion in 1942, signalled headquarters the legendary gladiatorial phrase "We who are about to die salute you"?
... that the many optical effects apparent in Johannes Vermeer's The Lacemaker indicate that he made use of the camera obscura; an early photographical device?
... that Ralph Alswang designed the Westport, Connecticut, home of actor Paul Newman?
... that the Benner House is the sole surviving German-style vernacular home built to a one-room plan in Rhinebeck, New York?
... that the country music quartet The Oak Ridge Boys reached their highest ranking in 26 years on the Billboard 200 with the release of their 2009 album The Boys Are Back?
... that in 1987, the Elk Creek Dam's construction on Elk Creek was halted due to a court injunction issued over a lawsuit designed to protect salmon and other migratory fish from the effects of the dam on the river?
... that the 74,500 capacity Millennium Stadium , Cardiff, "an icon of the modern Wales", is wholly owned by the Welsh Rugby Union, one of the governing bodies of sports in Wales?
... that Jared C. Monti is only the second person to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the War in Afghanistan?
... that in 2008 one of Jamaica's most wanted fugitives evaded police capture when a motorist flashed his headlights to warn of police activity ahead?
... that Wyoming newspaper publisher Charles E. Richardson won a Sharpshooter Medal for his skill with a .38 caliber pistol while serving in the Army in the late 1950s?
... that during the Japanese conquest of Burma in 1942, the heavily defended Taukkyan Roadblock was unexpectedly abandoned overnight, allowing the Allied forces to escape safely from Rangoon?
... that Snorri Thorfinnsson, son of explorers Thorfinn Karlsefni and Guðríðr Þorbjarnardóttir, is said to be the first European born in North America?
... that Agaricus albolutescens, unlike other species of Agaricus, turns tawny-brown rather than yellow when bruised?
... that Canadian professional wrestler Billy Two Rivers decided to move to the United Kingdom because of a coin toss?
... that between 1909 and 1912, soprano Margarethe Siems sang leading roles in the world premieres of three operas by Richard Strauss—Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier and Ariadne auf Naxos?
... that after a massive expansion program in the 1980s, Lavalin's corporate bankers forced it to merge with the rival SNC Group, forming one of the largest civil engineering firms in the world?
... that T.H.E. Fox, drawn on a C64 KoalaPad and published on CompuServe, Q-Link and GEnie, is among the earliest online comics?
... that "Calexico Kid" Primo Villanueva led UCLA to the NCAA football championship in 1954 and was inducted into the British Columbia Restaurant Hall of Fame in 2009?
... that during June 1976 protests in Poland, the biggest demonstrations took place in Radom, where workers burned the local office of the Polish Communist party?
... that the clubhouse of the Royal Findhorn Yacht Club was originally the home of its first Commodore, James Chadwick?
... that Sir William Cheyne has been described as one of the most obscure Chief Justices of the King's Bench in the late medieval period?
... that in 1941, the tower at St Michael and All Angels Church, Southwick, West Sussex was wrecked by an unexploded bomb which was found embedded in the churchyard two years later?
... that the French won a victory over the Royal Navy in a naval battle off Cape Breton during the American Revolutionary War?
... that in the mid-1880s, Nelson's Greenbrier Distillery dwarfed Jack Daniel's in its output of Tennessee whiskey?
... that Elizabeth Fox, Baroness Holland was a political hostess who introduced the dahlia to the United Kingdom in 1804?
... that the New Jersey version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship is one of at least five championships that share the same name?
... that the Habeas Corpus Act 1862 was passed to prevent Britain's courts from issuing writs of habeas corpus in British colonies and dominions?
... that psychologist Sidney W. Bijou would not punish his 15-year old son for a joyriding arrest as he "had punishment enough", his son recalling that "it can pay off to have a psychologist for a father"?
... that the State Capitol of Pennsylvania is the third capitol building to be in Harrisburg, after the first one burned down in 1897 and the second was deemed "ugly" by its designer?
... that the German battleship SMS König sank the Russian battleship Slava during Operation Albion in 1917?
... that Samuel Taylor Coleridge was accused of plagiarism over his poem "Hymn Before Sunrise"?
... that the 1973 parliamentary election was the last to be held under imperial rule in Ethiopia?
... that the distinctive foliage of Hydrangea radiata, a shrub of the southern Appalachians, is dark green on one side but silvery white on the other?
... that Irish-born journalist and poet Daniel O'Connell worked for a number of newspapers in San Francisco and was one of the co-founders of the Bohemian Club?
... that three conclavists—personal aides to cardinals during a papal conclave—have gone on to be elected Pope?
... that the Southern sennet, a member of the Barracuda family, has been linked to ciguatera poisoning?
... that Ziegfield Girl Susan Fleming found Harpo Marx, despite his non-speaking film persona, to be "a warm, fun, darling man to talk to", and they married in 1936 after she had proposed to him three times?
... that the Hunt-class destroyer HMS Badsworth was named after a fox-hunt in Yorkshire and adopted by the town of Batley, following a Warship Week campaign in March 1942?
... that Immigration Equality has been the main advocate for the Uniting American Families Act to give same-sex couples the same status as heterosexuals under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act?
... that the cam follower, which is a specialized type of roller bearing designed to follow cams, was invented in 1937 by the McGill corporation?
... that one mixed martial arts fight at the Insomnia Summer Show in Satu Mare, Romania, lasted only seven seconds?
... that when Captain Robert Corbet suggested that captains be allowed to flog lieutenants, Rear-Admiral Edward Buller declared that admirals should therefore flog captains?
... that the St. Johns River was Florida's first tourist attraction and the primary travel route to the more remote parts of the territory before it was developed?
... that when the Four Mile uranium mine commences operations in 2010, it will be the first new uranium mine in Australia for nearly ten years?
... that mayors elected in the 1900 Cuban local elections had to swear an oath of allegiance to the U.S. Military Government before taking office?
... that pocket neighborhood developments have included smaller homes around a landscaped common area to promote neighborly contact while keeping parking out of view?
... that of the 13 named storms in the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, 6 were major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale)?
... that Felix Hathaway helped construct the first American-built ship in what is now the state of Oregon?
... that bottlenose dolphin Moko rescued two pygmy sperm whales from possible death?
... that molded parts with an undercut can still be molded with the use of a side action (animated)?
... that Congregation B'nai Israel is the oldest synagogue in Bridgeport, and the third oldest in the U.S. state of Connecticut?
... that Czech children's writer Ondřej Sekora was also one of the first propagators of rugby in Czechoslovakia?
... that the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park in Mexico includes one of the largest cave systems in the world, with some openings wide enough to be used as concert halls?
... that Walter O. Bigby, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives during the 1970s, was called the "Dean of the House" because of his reputation for integrity, fairness, and hard work?
... that the Chichester to Silchester Way was discovered when the boundary banks of a mansio were seen by Ordnance Survey archaeologists on an aerial photograph?
... that the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel lost an estimated $2.4 to $7 million because the owner donated $125,000 to help California Proposition 8?
... that Tekno Team 2000, a "futuristic" professional wrestling tag team, was said to have the goal of bringing the World Wrestling Federation "into the 21st century"?
... that when the Applegate River was dammed in 1980, the resulting lake completely submerged the town of Copper?
... that Saint Ninian, the subject of Ailred of Rievaulx's Life of Saint Ninian, is an "unhistorical doppelgänger" of the real-life British churchman Finnian?
... that in partnership with McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co., the Adelaide Steamship Company developed the world's first purpose built container ship, MV Kooringa?
... that the Renfrew County Courthouse was described as "one of the finest in Canada" by the County Atlas of 1881?
... that after helping Werner von Braun publish a book in post-war Germany, Heinz-Hermann Koelle joined von Braun's team at the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency, where he worked on Saturn rockets?
... that the papal conclave, October 1503 was the shortest papal conclave in history due to the lack of a conclave capitulation?
... that only one aircraft, a Bombardier Dash 8 of Amakusa Airlines, uses Amakusa Airfield?
... that Gordon Brown's independent advisor on ministerial conduct, Sir Philip Mawer who was given a knighthood in 2002, has also been a dame?
... that Australian musician Monique Brumby , who has won two ARIA Awards, was selected for the national under-19 women's soccer team?
... that the Shanta Creek fire has burned over 13,000 acres (53 km2; 20 sq mi) on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula since it was started by lightning on June 29, 2009?
... that in 1904, the whitewash was removed from the west wall of St. George's church, Trotton, leading to the discovery of an unprecedented 600-year-old wall painting?
... that the first newspaper in Hawaii was printed by students of Lorrin Andrews in 1834, on a printing press brought to the islands in 1820?
... that the marbleized appearance of the granite siding on the Gerard Crane House in Somers, New York, is a naturally occurring feature of the locally quarried stone?
... that in each Summer Olympic Games since 1992, the women's singles gold medalist in table tennis has also won gold in either the doubles or team competition?
... that Pink Dot is a Los Angeles–based chain of grocery stores that offers delivery service of groceries, deli food, cigarettes, and alcohol?
... that the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles have eight properties of cultural and natural heritage listed on UNESCO's World Heritage List?
... that Kenneth W. Winters, a member of the Kentucky State Senate from Murray, did not begin his legislative service until he was 70 years old?
... that no footballer has scored a hat-trick against England since Marco van Basten in 1988?
... that during the 1700s, businesswoman Anna Krefting operated the largest ironworks in Norway?
... that the westernmost and easternmost points in the United States by travel, in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, are both named "Point Udall," after brothers Mo and Stewart Udall?"
... that Weston Dressler of the Saskatchewan Roughriders set 19 school records in football at the University of North Dakota?
... that Bob Dylan sang his 1964 song "Chimes of Freedom" at Bill Clinton's 1993 presidential inauguration?
... that professional poker player Ilari Sahamies lost over US$3 million playing online poker while drunk, including more than $700,000 in a single day?
... that the invariant set postulate may help to resolve some of paradoxes of quantum mechanics aired in the Bohr–Einstein debates, using fractal geometry such as the Mandelbrot set ?
... that Barbara Margolis, creator of a Rikers Island restaurant training program, was held in such regard by inmates that her car was returned after prisoners learned it was stolen from a prison lot?
... that astronomer William Herschel was the first organist at the Octagon Chapel in Bath?
... that the first Hof's Hut was opened in Belmont Shore by Harold Hofman on September 16, 1951, the same day that his son was born?
... that due to a violent intimidation campaign of the Federal Republican Party, no other political groups dared to contest the 1900 municipal elections in Las Villas, Cuba?
... that Morgan Henry Chrysler was one of only four men who rose from private to major general during the American Civil War?
... that John Ruskin's "wretched rant" influenced architects, artists and ecclesiologists?
... that a papyrus containing the Loyalist Teaching scripture , dated to the second half of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, survives to this day?
... that Rocketdyne's E-1 rocket engine never saw production, but gave NASA confidence to develop the F-1 that powered the Saturn V to the Moon?
... that in Bishop Lloyd's House, Chester, Cheshire, is a fireplace with an overmantle containing a carving of Cupid riding on a lion?
... that 21-year-old professional poker player Sami Kelopuro experiences daily swings of up to one million dollars when playing online poker?
... that many of the world's pelagic fish species are threatened with extinction, including the devil fish?
... that the Cuban People's Party was barred from contesting the 1901 elections, as the government demanded the party produce a register of thousands of members in just two hours?
... that National Football League All-Pro linebacker and Super Bowl champion Cato June was co-class president, salutatorian and a member of the National Honor Society in high school?
... that when the public house The Falcon was a town house owned by Sir Richard Grosvenor in 1643, it was the first building to enclose its portion of the Chester Rows?
... that Homer Paine was one of several college football players that Oklahoma Sooners head coach Jim Tatum lured away from the school's rivals after World War II?