derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that the 1803 Treaty of Fort Wayne dictated that the Native Americans were given up to 150 bushels of salt?
... that despite being an object of ridicule in popular culture, over 8 million British Rail sandwiches were sold in 1993?
... that the tunnel on the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link, under construction in South Korea, is slated to become the deepest immersed roadway tunnel?
... that Peter of Canterbury, who drowned near Boulogne, was the first abbot of what became St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury?
... that during the filming of The Linguists in the Andes, the cast coped with altitude sickness by drinking coca leaf tea?
... that the Western Australian carnivorous plant Drosera erythrorhiza was split into four related subspecies in 1992?
... that Christ Church in Greenville, South Carolina, has a window depicting the Last Supper dedicated to Confederate general and bishop Ellison Capers?
... that the 1909 silent short film Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine is considered to be the first-ever use of aerial movie photography?
... that the highly-regarded edible mushroom Cortinarius caperatus is known as the granny's nightcap in Finland?
... that over 400,000 people consulted over 4 million documents during the Central Case Examination Group's investigation of President Liu Shaoqi of the People's Republic of China in 1968?
... that during the Brazilian Tenente revolts the Prestes Column of guerrillas marched more than 25,000 kilometers (16,000 mi)?
... that the Palm Court, called "the most beautiful room in Los Angeles," has been the site of speeches by Presidents Taft and Wilson and balls where Rudolph Valentino danced with starlets?
... that according to Ernst Lohmeyer, "the Christian faith is only Christian as long as it retains in its heart the Jewish faith"?
... that Kentucky Jones featured Dennis Weaver, in his first TV series since Gunsmoke, as a widowed veterinarian and guardian of a 10-year-old Chinese orphan?
... that the U.S. Treasury Department was opposed to Georgina Klitgaard's mural of the nearby Historic Track in the Goshen, New York post office because it considered harness racing an inappropriate subject for public art?
... that the planned International Finance Complex in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, will be the tallest man-made structure in the country?
... that the Buckner homestead and farm is used by the National Park Service as an interpretive center to show visitors what pioneer life was like in Washington?
... that novelist Charles Dickens received news of the death in India of his son Walter Landor Dickens on his own birthday on February 7, 1864?
... that in the 1898 case Smyth v. Ames, the United States Supreme Court unanimously declared a Nebraska railroad tariff law unconstitutional?
... that the Dexter episode "Our Father", aired September 2008, was Showtime's highest-rated drama season premiere since 2004?
... that Polkagris is a Swedish candy stick invented in 1859 by a widow in Gränna?
... that during the Battle of Yevenes, Polish lancers of the Legion of the Vistula lost all their banners, which caused the dissolution of the regiment?
... that the cross in the coat of arms of Colchester represents the True Cross, as discovered by Saint Helena, the patron saint?
... that the musical style of Ayiesha Woods' album Love Like This has been said to "rival the likes of Corinne Bailey Rae for her pop-soul throne"?
... that track cyclist Aksel Gresvig started a bicycle shop in 1901, which later developed into the largest chain of sports shops in Scandinavia?
... that the Southern Baptist Convention was formed at the First Baptist Church of Augusta in May 1845?
... that comedic actor Ed Helms performs an a cappella version of Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" in the fifth season The Office episode, "Heavy Competition"?
... that a former ingredient in 3M's Scotchgard, perfluorooctanesulfonamide, can uncouple oxidative phosphorylation and has been detected in slimy sculpin, dolphin, and people?
... that the Sterling Hill Mining Museum and the nearby Franklin Mine together have over 345 minerals, including 90 that fluoresce and 35 that are found nowhere else?
... that Christian Schibsted established the publishing house Schibsted and the newspaper Aftenposten?
... that the Liberator that crashed in 1943 in New Zealand during World War II was transferring Japanese men, women and children from the consular corps to exchange for Allied POWs?
... that Daniel Gault worked as a teacher, newspaper editor, and postmaster, and served in the Oregon House of Representatives?
... that the War of Laws was a major reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991?
... that the 2008 Bandar Abbas earthquake leveled walls in the village of Zeynabi, Iran?
... that the Stone Creek Jamboree holds the world record for the largest potluck, with 882 dishes?
... that the fault block that forms the main ridgeline of the Pueblo Mountains in southeastern Oregon is tilted at a 45 degree angle?
... that Czech writer and sports reporter Ota Pavel was diagnosed with bipolar disorder following the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck?
... that the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner is the farthest north daily newspaper in North America?
... that Kampong Tralach District was home to Cambodia’s ancient capital of Lovek?
... that American historian Marcus Lee Hansen was posthumously awarded the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Atlantic Migration, 1607-1860?
... that The Georgian Chronicles are a series of medieval texts outlining the history of the Kingdom of Georgia dating from the 9th to the 14th century?
... that Torstein Eckhoff, an authority on European Community law in Norway, opposed Norwegian membership in that institution?
... that in April 1920, Texas Rangers expelled some 125 prostitutes from the oil boomtown of Desdemona in Eastland County east of Abilene, Texas?
... that a huge Khmer Rouge airfield still lies in Rolea B'ier District, Cambodia?
... that architect Henrik Bull designed several churches, but his most widespread works were coins designed for Norges Bank?
... that the film Defendor was under its financial requirements after director Peter Stebbings donated his savings?
... that Mark Simpson tore his lateral meniscus thirteen games into the 1996–1997 indoor soccer season while playing for the Buffalo Blizzard?
... that the giant leucopax mushroom has bioactive compounds with antioxidative, antibiotic, and anti-cancer properties?
... that under the authority granted by the Reorganization Act of 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Reorganization Plan No. 1, which created the Executive Office of the President?
... that despite being a valuable table fish and gamefish, the brassy trevally is almost never targeted by anglers because larger relatives occur within its range?
... that the quarterback for the first College Football All-America Team in 1889 was Edgar Allan Poe?
... that William Rich Hutton accompanied Edward Ord on an expedition to the Pueblo of Los Angeles in 1849 before returning east to work as a civil engineer on projects including the Washington Bridge?
... that the new Shia Family Law of Afghanistan has attracted criticism for including clauses that some analysts believe encourage spousal rape?
... that the first high-altitude balloon flight from Stratobowl attracted 30,000 spectators?
... that British journalist and Liberal politician Colin Coote was an editor of the The Daily Telegraph for 14 years?
... that Medway Plantation in South Carolina was owned by a former Office of Strategic Services spy Gertrude Sanford Legendre?
... that the world's only museum dedicated to Lawn Bowls is in Brooklands, Taranaki?
... that some music scholars have claimed that Chopin's Nocturnes Op. 37 and related pieces act as an "aphrodisiac" and were used by women to "comfort their repressed libido[s]"?
... that the sculpture Nature Unveiling Herself Before Science depicts what historians have described as "the modern fantasy of (female) nature willingly revealing herself to the (male) scientist"?
... that Donald Richberg helped co-author the Railway Labor Act, Norris-LaGuardia Act, National Industrial Recovery Act, and Taft-Hartley Act?
... that Jamaican ambassador Anthony Johnson appealed at a Reggae Fest in Washington D.C. to gain support for Jamaica's National Disaster Recovery Fund following Hurricane Gustav?
... that the Spring Creek Dam collects acid mine drainage from one of the most acidic streams in the world?
... that the name recognition for international varieties of grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay is so high that many consumers believe they are either wine regions or brand names themselves?
... that reporter Leo Katcher became a newspaper's office boy at age 10 when he promised not to bounce balls against the building, and later got an exclusive with Lindbergh kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann?
... that Alexa Thatcher decided to become a professional wrestler after meeting her boyfriend, wrestler Corvis Fear, when she was sixteen?
... that the 1915 Avezzano earthquake killed over 30,000 people and flattened the town of Avezzano, Italy?
... that although Jim Brandstatter is best known as a color commentator for the Michigan Wolverines, his father and brother both played for the rival Michigan State Spartans?
... that some Nazi German anti-partisan operations later became the basis for counterinsurgency policies developed by countries such as France and the United States?
... that Carl Oscar Munthe, a Commander of Fredrikstad Fortress and Bergenhus Fortress, wrote several books on military history?
... that during the Cold War, Canada permitted the United States to practice photo reconnaissance over Grey Goose Island with the RB-52C Stratofortress?
... that the first successful artificial insemination of a shark was performed in the cloudy catshark ?
... that professional wrestler Eddie Edwards won the NECW Iron 8 Championship Tournament final in a match where another competitor suffered a broken ankle?
... that wake lows and their associated heat bursts can cause high winds as well as large temperature spikes, even overnight?
... that after graduating from high school, baseball pitcher Ed Blake pitched batting practice for the St. Louis Cardinals during their 1943 World Series appearance?
... that Poundisford Park was set up as a medieval deer park by the Bishop of Winchester?
... that Fredrik Georg Gade was behind the moving and reconstruction of Fantoft stave church?
... that at the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix the Ferrari and Toro Rosso cars displayed messages of support for the victims of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake?
... that mahi-mahi fishing in Hawaii has been done from kites flown from cliff tops?
... that Melissa Rosenberg finished the script for the Dexter episode "Love American Style" quickly due to her experience writing for broadcast TV?
... that by the end of the 18th century, Native American women were decorating cloth with intricate ribbon work appliqué using French silk ribbon?
... that Øvre Richter Frich, creator of the action hero Jonas Fjeld, sold more than two million copies of his books?
... that Love Patrol is a ni-Vanuatu edutainment soap opera designed to educate viewers about HIV AIDS?
... that a boycott of Molson beer led to the successful merger of the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association in 1979?
... that the 163-foot (50 m) tower of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton was described by Simon Jenkins as being "the noblest parish tower in England"?
... that Vietnam War veteran Christine Griffin was the first female member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with a physical disability?
... that DNA analysis techniques are used to prevent fraudulent marketing of the false scad fish as a horse mackerel?
... that John Fetterman, the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, lives in a warehouse he purchased for US$2,000?
... that the new 100-meter (330 ft) observation tower with a 66-meter (217 ft) slide planned to be built on the Pyramidenkogel, a mountain in Austria, will be the tallest wooden tower in the world?
... that the Battle of Big Dry Wash was the last battle fought between the Apache and the US Army and four Medals of Honor resulted from the battle?
... that Gustav A. L. Heiberg was a defender in the last impeachment case in Norway?
... that "Flip Decision", a 1952 Donald Duck comic book story, introduced the term flipism?
... that the longfin crevalle jack is similar enough to the crevalle jack (C. hippos) that it was described only in 2007?
... that the latte is claimed to have been invented at Caffe Mediterraneum in Berkeley, California?
... that Miguel Durán is the head of the Libertas Spain list for the 2009 Euroelections in Spain?
... that the Economy Act of 1933 repealed all federal laws in the U.S. regarding veterans' benefits but permitted the President to re-establish them via executive order?
... that baseball pitcher Antonio Bastardo had an average of 21.6 strikeouts per game after one start in 2007?
... that the existence of Aitvaras, now a squadron of the Lithuanian Special Operations Force, was revealed after the capture of Lithuanian sailors in Guinea in 2000?
... that the Texas saddlemaker Tooter Cannon's work is so prized by ranchers and rodeo performers that it is held mostly in private collections and unavailable on the open market?
... that William Preble Hall was a Medal of Honor winner from the American Indian Wars and champion marksman from 1879 to 1892?
... that 1978's Hurricane Cora played a part in the historic Double Eagle II hot air balloon transatlantic voyage?
... that the bear kept in Camperdown Country Park, the largest park in Dundee, bit the arm off a 10-year-old boy?
... that Andreas Claussen, best known as State Conciliator of Norway, survived a 1948 seaplane crash that also involved Bertrand Russell?
... that Archidermapteron martynovi is an extinct species of earwig named for Andrey Vasilyevich Martynov, who conducted extensive studies of fossil insects in the Soviet Union?
... that Jacob Aaron Westervelt , the former Mayor of New York City, attempted to uniform the Police of New York, a move seen by some as "un-American"?
... that Barakhamba is the name prefixed to the fourteenth century Lodi period “Barakhamba Monument” in Nizamuddin complex and to “Barakhamba road" in Connaught Place in New Delhi?
... that Whitelaw Reid served as editor, president and chairman of the New York Herald Tribune, later winning a national singles tennis title in his age group at age 85 and a national doubles title at 90?
... that the underworld kingpin Keyser Söze from the 1995 film The Usual Suspects was an inspiration for the Doctor Who campfire trailer?
... that professional wrestler Christie Ricci first became a fan of professional wrestling after attending a Sunday school class with Ted DiBiase, Jr.?
... that deforestation rates of primary forest in Sri Lanka have decreased by 35% since the end of the 1990s?
... that Oregon politician Edward Schulmerich's former home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
... that the presence of the rare bigeye sand tiger in the Pacific Ocean was first suspected based on teeth recovered from the ocean floor?
... that in the 1930s Lady Olive Baillie held house parties at Leeds Castle, Kent, England, and her guests included the film stars Charlie Chaplin, Errol Flynn, and Gertrude Lawrence?
... that the Azure-hooded Jay, though not threatened with extinction, is uncommon in some parts of its Central American range?
... that Carl Platou was dismissed from the Ministry of Justice and the Police for listening to a Norwegian resistance radio broadcast in his office?
... that the word "terminator" had not been used in the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles until the second season finale, "Born to Run"?
... that Filipino Major General Jovito Palparan is credited with reducing communist insurgencies on the island of Samar by 80 percent?
... that lateralized readiness potentials (LRPs) from the brain can show how quickly you prepare to make a motor response?
... that Congressman Greg Walden, former owner of radio station KIHR in Hood River, Oregon, began his career in broadcasting as the station's janitor?
... that Sir Robert Kingsmill was commander of the Royal Navy's Irish station during two French attempts to invade Ireland, in 1796 and in 1798?
... that Polar 3, the first German airplane to reach the South Pole in December 1984, was shot down by Polisario Front rebels over Western Sahara on its way home in February 1985?
... that most of the land area of Tuek Phos District, Cambodia, is currently listed for lease on the internet as a potential bio-diesel plantation?
... that Isaac Zamora's family attempted to commit him to an asylum before he killed five people in September 2008?
... that thanks to its well-preserved medieval fortifications, the town of Paczków is called the Polish Carcassone?
... that Jermaine Mays was named All-State in high school as a senior despite breaking his collarbone?
... that Alexander, Lord of the Isles stripped down to his underwear for his surrender in the royal church to King James I of Scotland after the Battle of Lochaber?
... that Spirit of the Marathon, a documentary film about marathon runners, won Best Picture at the Mammoth Film Festival?
... that the linguist Amund B. Larsen made the first dialect map in the Nordic countries?
... that Bookpeople was an employee-owned book distributor that helped revolutionize independent publishing and bookselling?
... that on 19 April 2009, cricketers from Afghanistan played Scotland in their first ever one-day international match?
... that 80-year-old actor Bernard Cribbins will be the companion in David Tennant's final Doctor Who story?
... that biologist Thomas Henry Manning, known as Lone Wolf of the Arctic, honeymooned with his wife for a year and a half while mapping Baffin Island?
... that during their long, discreet affair, Arthur Sullivan recorded the number of his intimate acts with socialite Fanny Ronalds in his diary?
... that the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Women's Royal Air Force was created after a request for a judicial inquiry was turned down?
... that Douglas Clark, known as one of the "Sunset Strip Killers", was sentenced to death in 1983 yet still sits on California's Death Row?
... that the 1957 Triumph Twenty One was the first of the Triumph unit construction twin cylinder motorcycles?
... that Chuck Cannon, husband of singer Lari White, co-wrote several hits for Toby Keith, including "How Do You Like Me Now?!"
... that the most successful of Nazi Germany's anti-partisan operations of the Second World War was Operation Hannover?
... that Private Eye said the reason Margaret Thatcher dropped Patrick Cosgrave as her advisor was that he had vomited on her?
... that Stephen Elliott, a South Carolina politician and bank president, was considered by the journal Science to be "the father of Southern botany"?
... that Kazumasa Oda is the oldest artist to have a number-one album in Japan?
... that the Zhonghua Zihai is the largest Chinese character dictionary available for print, consisting of over 85,568 different characters?
... that nearly half of the castles in Cheshire are along the Wales–England border and were built to defend England against its neighbour?
... that Peggy Stuart Coolidge was the first American composer to have a concert devoted entirely to her works presented in the Soviet Union?
... that the Honduran romance novel Blanca Olmedo is a rare early female criticism of the establishment and corruption in Honduras?
... that Eric Wilbur is the only punter in Florida Gators football history to be named a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award?
... that Jonas Lie, Nazi Minister of the Police in Norway, died while entrenched at Skallum a few days after the Nazi capitulation of 8 May?
... that Mexican writer Juan José Arreola's short story The Switchman can be interpreted as a satire of the Mexican train system?
... that Fredrik Meltzer Wallem was among the founders of the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries?
... that Ritter Pásmán was the only opera composed by Johann Strauss II?
... that the converted destroyer escort USS Diachenko served in three wars as a high speed transport?
... that Czech scientist Antonín Holý cooperated on the development of important antiretroviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV and hepatitis B?
... that to create an authentic fantasy setting in the Kröd Mändoon pilot episode "Wench Trouble", costumes were built without zippers or velcro and weapons were built by an ancient weapon replica specialist?
... that George Heriot was a Scottish goldsmith who represented the City of Edinburgh in Parliament eight times?
... that the ROH World Tag Team Championship was first represented by a trophy, instead of a normal professional wrestling tag team championship belt(s)?
... that Gregers Winther Wulfsberg´s proposition at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, that Government Ministers should be appointed by the Parliament, received only a single vote (his own)?
... that the Santa Rosa Island endemic lichen Caloplaca obamae is the first species to be named in honor of United States President Barack Obama?
... that the Qapqal News , the world's only newspaper in the Xibe language, is also read by enthusiasts of the nearly-extinct Manchu language?
... that light-cavalrymen of the Polish 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard saved Napoleon's life at least three times?
... that Carol Jean Vigil was the first Native American woman to be elected as a state district judge in the United States?
... that a diarrhea epidemic in 2008 sickened 113 people in Kampong Leaeng District in central Cambodia?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court held Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional on May 27, 1935, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States?
... that the Kronos Quartet's recording of Terry Riley's Requiem for Adam contains a Riley improvisation inspired by Pandit Pran Nath's soft hand?
... that Harald Beyer's textbook on literary history was the most used textbook in its field at Norwegian universities from the 1950s to the mid 1990s?
... that in the 1700s and 1800s, Tocowa, Mississippi, was home to a natural spring that Native Americans visited for its reputed healing powers?
... that a textile factory located in the mill village of Mumbai has now been converted to a "luxury mall" ?
... that American journalist William Tobin was the first correspondent for the Associated Press to be based in Juneau, Alaska?
... that Ordbogen.com, the most popular online dictionary in Denmark, was relaunched after a predecessor was taken offline for over a year due to a lack of funding?
... that the Hebrew Congregation of Mountaindale Synagogue is the only one in Sullivan County, New York, with its own mikvah?
... that Violet Douglas-Pennant claimed she had been dismissed from the Women's Royal Air Force to cover up "rife immorality"?
... that the comic-book mini-series '76 draws heavily on 1970s "street" culture?
... that Belgian avant-garde singer Catherine Jauniaux has been described as a "one-woman orchestra" and a "human sampler"?
... that so many world leaders were hosted at the Annenberg Estate Sunnylands that it earned restricted airspace status?
... that Uncle Tom was a virile Christian martyr in his original depiction in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
... that the football club Drammen FK makes its debut in the 2009 season, aiming to become the best club in Drammen after Strømsgodset IF?
... that the Greenbird holds the record for the fastest speed attained in a wind-powered land vehicle?
... that the Charles H. Bigelow House, in Findlay, Ohio, appeared on David Copperfield's The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces as the Barclay House?
... that German writer Bernhard Fisch, while a student in 1970s Moscow, flew to Kaliningrad in an attempt to visit his former East Prussian home, and got arrested there?
... that the damage inflicted to a bus bought for the Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Dead" was written into the storyline at the last minute?
... that U.S. singer-songwriter Phil Ochs described nearly every way to evade the draft in "Draft Dodger Rag"?