derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that the Krasiczyn Palace in southeastern Poland was built on the site of a 14th-century wooden complex called Sliwnica?
... that film director Quentin Tarantino encouraged Omar Doom to become an actor, and cast Doom in Inglourious Basterds two weeks before filming began?
... that after the Battle of Frankfurt an der Oder in 1631, it took six days to bury the dead in mass graves?
... that because of his patriotic songs, Czech songwriter Karel Hašler died in Mauthausen concentration camp?
... that Magnolia × soulangeana is the most commonly used magnolia in horticulture in the British Isles?
... that ex-professional tennis player Claire Curran competed for both Ireland and Great Britain in the Fed Cup and accumulated a win–loss record of 20–7 in Fed Cup matches over the course of her career?
... that since being dedicated for "park and parkway" purposes in 1909, Dickerman Park in Saint Paul, Minnesota, has been primarily used for parking lots and front yards of businesses?
... that when the narrow Rock Creek Canyon Bridge in British Columbia was widened and strengthened in 1992, the works were carried out while keeping one lane open to traffic?
... that Polish actor Roman Kłosowski portrayed Nostradamus in the 2009 film Before Twilight?
... that the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is one of only four health centers in the United States with seven professional colleges?
... that the Wrinkle-faced Bat is able to bite 20% harder than other bats of a similar size allowing it to eat a wider range of fruits?
... that, though ostensibly built to defend the city, the citizens of Cork pulled down Elizabeth Fort within two years of its first construction for fear that it would be used against them by James I?
... that an ancient pagoda on the Toe River in Ma-ubin, Burma, fell in 2002 due to river erosion and had to be rebuilt?
... that in addition to leading a committee which investigated alleged communists, California State Senator Jack Tenney composed the popular song "Mexicali Rose"?
... that the firearms of Japan go back to the 13th century, but were almost totally abandoned for 200 years during Japan's Seclusion period?
... that Polish historian and socialist activist Adam Próchnik was alleged to have been an illegitimate son of the Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Daszyński?
... that The Play of the Weather by the Catholic playwright John Heywood is a plea for religious tolerance after the Reformation in the form of an allegory?
... that Taschereau Bridge and Galipeault Bridge were both widened in a bid to appease Île Perrot merchants who were worried that the newly-built Île aux Tourtes Bridge would drive away their customers?
... that Brigadier Ronnie Tod was awarded the freedom of Athens by Archbishop Damaskinos in 1944?
... that within 15 years of its construction, the J. Vivian, Jr. and Company Building was enlarged twice, firstly to add a third story, and secondly to increase its width?
... that the Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, is one of the biggest historic Jewish cemeteries preserved in Central and Eastern Europe?
... that basketball center Jānis Krūmiņš won 1956 Olympic silver only three years after he started playing basketball?
... that Hitchcon, a convention celebrating the 30th anniversary of the publication of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, will feature a live commentary on Twitter given by Marvin the Paranoid Android?
... that Samuel Wilbert Tucker organized an African-American civil rights sit-in at the Alexandria, Virginia, public library as early as 1939?
... that the music video for Pirates of the Mississippi's 1991 single "Feed Jake" was believed by some members of the gay community to have a homosexual theme?
... that Polish architect Chrystian Piotr Aigner used a range of styles including Classicist, Neoclassicist, Palladian, Neogothic, Empire and Romantic?
... that the Byzantine regiment of the Vigla, which served as an imperial bodyguard unit in the 8th–11th centuries, had its origin in late Roman cavalry units of the 5th century?
... that American cab driver Ihab Ali Nawawi crashed a Sabre jet belonging to Osama bin Laden into a sand dune in Sudan?
... that Kricogonia lyside can grow from egg to adult in as little as 13 days?
... that in 1896, Christian IX of Denmark awarded Ramon Santamarina the Order of the Dannebrog, for supporting the settlement of Danish emigrants in Argentina?
... that the Jenisch house, a 19th-century country house, is located in the oldest landscaped park in Hamburg, Germany?
... that koalas eat the leaves of the eucalyptus tree known as the Red Mahogany?
... that Ola Lindholm hosted the 2004 version of Melodifestivalen, an annual music competition and the most watched television program in Sweden?
... that reflections of signals on conducting lines cause high frequency electrical ringing on domestic power cables which continues long after the original disturbance?
... that William Weston may have been the first Englishman to have led an expedition to North America?
... that Rafiq al-Tamimi helped establish al-Fatat, an anti-Ottoman Arab nationalist movement, despite working for the country's government?
... that Japanese theoretical physicist Kazuhiko Nishijima is well-known for developing the concept of strangeness in particle physics?
... that with 665 Members taking part, the August 1892 vote of no confidence against the Marquess of Salisbury's government saw the most votes ever cast in Parliament ?
... that the Dagenham Roundhouse in East London featured acts including Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy and Pink Floyd during the early 1970s?
... that the National Gallery of Victoria only purchased Australian artist Frederick McCubbin's triptych The pioneer after he reworked the painting to add a view of the city of Melbourne in the background?
... that Glensanda was an ancient deserted settlement in the Highlands of Scotland, but is now a super-quarry which exports 6,000,000 tons of granite every year?
... that the Australian Military Court was declared constitutionally invalid after a sailor accused of "teabagging" a superior officer challenged its validity in the High Court of Australia?
... that the cause of white pox disease killing Elkhorn coral tissue in the Caribbean is a common fecal intestinal bacterium found in humans and other animals?
... that fairy tale collector Nicolae Constantin Batzaria was an Aromanian representative among the Young Turks, an Ottoman government minister, and one of Romania's best-known creators of comic strips?
... that Georgia Cottage, an 1840s house in Mobile, Alabama, was the home of Augusta Jane Evans, the first female author in the United States to earn more than $100,000 for her literary work?
... that Gus Hurdle rejected a chance to play international football for Barbados to help Crawley Town in their relegation match against Dorchester Town, saying it was the "bigger game"?
... that Elvis recorded his last number one hit, "Suspicious Minds", at American Sound Studio?
... that in 2004, Jørn Holme became the first active politician to be appointed as director of the Norwegian Police Security Service?
... that Iron Duke, the lead ship of the Iron Duke-class battleships was the flagship of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916?
... that the death of John Lewis (better known as "Spanish Louie") was the first recorded use of a drive by shooting as a means of gangland execution in New York City?
... that during his 1988 presidential campaign, Congressman Ron Paul received the Libertarian Party's nomination over another candidate who wanted to "put handcuffs on all IRS agents"?
... that Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones were commissioned to take photographs of Monticello, California as it was being prepared for destruction?
... that Gray's Inn only began employing a librarian after barristers began stealing the books?
... that the agaric mushroom species Agaricus benesii is found under the pines of Monterey Cypress trees and bruises pinkish-red when injured?
... that the English herald Ralph Brooke tricked Sir William Segar into granting a coat of arms to a London hangman?
... that Louisiana state Judge Henry L. Yelverton, facing mandatory retirement at 75, went on to work five years as a clerk for the appeals court in Lake Charles?
... that SS General Karl Wolff claimed to have foiled a plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII?
... that critics were so harsh on Hans Christian Andersen's early installments of Fairy Tales Told for Children that he delayed publishing The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes by a full year?
... that the United Kingdom relied on the Imperial Japanese Navy and its North American Task Force to defend Canada's west coast during the First World War?
... that Albert Bates, partner of Machine Gun Kelly, participated in the kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles Urschel in 1933?
... that Taking Woodstock, Elliot Tiber's memoir about the famed 1969 music festival, was the basis for the Ang Lee film of the same title?
... that a savior sibling has undergone preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in order to serve as a stem cell donor to a diseased sibling?
... that Richard Petty's victory at the 1966 Daytona 500 was the first and only time that he captured the pole position, despite winning the event a record seven times?
... that American artist Duke Riley was arrested for driving his wooden submarine too close to the Queen Mary 2?
... that it was four years before the British government revealed that a Gazelle helicopter was shot down by friendly fire during the Falklands War?
... that a portion of the Rhode Island Route 37 expressway was inadvertently constructed over a historic cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island?
... that Johannes Kvittingen, an exiled Norwegian bacteriologist in London in 1940, was asked to be head recruiter of Norwegian agents for the Special Operations Executive?
... that the construction of Stalingrad-class battlecruisers was cancelled soon after their major supporter, Joseph Stalin, died in March 1953?
... that in 1975 Phil Slocombe was Somerset County Cricket Club's first batsman to score 1,000 runs in his first full season?
... that Karhu Sports sold the three stripe trademark to Adidas for the equivalent of 1600 euros and two bottles of whiskey?
... that the French orientalist painter Étienne Dinet was so fascinated by Arab culture that he converted to Islam?
... that Alfred Proksch won two gold medals at the 2009 World's Masters Championships because he was the only competitor in the 100+ age bracket for discus and shot put?
... that Major League Baseball presents a variety of awards each season for individual performance, excellence in batting, pitching performance, and fielding prowess?
... that despite being born in Harlow, England, Alex Stavrinou qualified to play for the Cyprus youth football team through his father's Cypriot heritage?
... that, during World War II, Greek Air Force pilot Marinos Mitralexis rammed the rudder of an enemy bomber with the propeller of his PZL P.24, causing the enemy aircraft to crash to the ground?
... that David Orme-Johnson wanted the United States Department of Defense to hire 10,000 people to perform Transcendental Meditation continuously in order to improve society?
... that injuring Lactarius indigo will make it bleed a blue milk that slowly turns green?
... that the Rock Harbor Light , built in 1855, was used for only eight years before being permanently decommissioned?
... that the Rijksmonument designation has been applied to about 55,000 sites in the Netherlands?
... that Eileen McKenney, who was the inspiration for the title character in My Sister Eileen, was killed in an automobile accident four days before the play opened on Broadway?
... that new evidence has revealed that Australian artist Tom Roberts painted much of his masterpiece Shearing the Rams on location en plein air, not in his Melbourne studio?
... that the Paleozoic monoplacophoran Pilina unguis was twice as large as any known living monoplacophoran?
... that the mass-luminosity relation, first derived by Arthur Eddington in 1924, helps astronomers find the distances to binary star systems?
... that the Boga is also known as the Snit in Jamaica and as the Bonnetmouth in the Bahamas?
... that during her 16 years of active service, Kaganovich was renamed twice to avoid being associated with disgraced members of the Communist Party?
... that the Oslo Sporveier tram company became the first company to be found guilty of homicide in Norway as a result of a 2001 fatal accident involving an SM91 tram?
... that audiobook publisher Michael Viner produced the Incredible Bongo Band's often-sampled recording of "Apache", as well as a joke album called The Best of Marcel Marceau?
... that a young Idi Amin was a reserve player for the East Africa rugby union team during the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa?
... that Thomas E. Corcoran received the Medal of Honor for rescuing his crewmates from their sinking ship during the American Civil War?
... that rock group The Beau Brummels sang "Laugh, Laugh" on a 1965 episode of The Flintstones as The Beau Brummelstones?
... that in his lifetime, Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times, but died from a gunshot?
... that asteroids with two moons, like 1994 CC , comprise only 1% of the near-Earth objects?
... that HMS Fifi, a German warship captured and added to the Royal Navy during the First World War, was named to mean 'tweet-tweet' in French?
... that Ernest Poole's book His Family received the first Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918?
... that a British rower attempting to break the record for the quickest solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean abandoned his boat due to the approach of Hurricane Bill?
... that Kari Gjesteby is the first female State Conciliator of Norway?
... that 99 Fables, a posthumously published collection by William March, "emphasizes the platitudes of life by the platitudinous nature of his fables?"
... that as part of the cortisol awakening response, the stress hormone cortisol normally increases by about half in the half hour after we awake?
... that Viking warlord Sigurd Eysteinsson was killed by the severed head of his enemy?
... that the toxic mushroom Amanita abrupta damages the liver in a manner similar to the destroying angel and the deathcap?
... that kuisis are Native American flutes crafted in distinct male and female pairs, but meant to be played together?
... that oats have been ground at a watermill on the site of Barry Mill, in Scotland, since 1539?
... that a 1999 excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority inside a sewer pipe in the depopulated Arab village of Bashshit revealed ceramic remains dating back to the Early Islamic period?
... that inventor Brutus de Villeroi tested the first French submarine in the commune of Noirmoutier-en-l'Île on 12 August 1832?
... that the Hamsa-Sandesha is a Sanskrit love poem that tells the story of Rama and Sita in the style of Kalidasa's Meghaduta?
... that although John Fortescue listed ten Inns of Chancery, only nine are known?
... that De Heidebloem , a smock mill in Erica, Drenthe, is used now as an instructional mill to train new millers?
... that William Anderson, a surgeon and naturalist aboard Captain James Cook's HMS Resolution, wrote in 1777 that the Tasmanian Inchman had an "almost intolerable" bite?
... that Asaga's Vardhaman Charitra (Life of Vardhaman), written in 853 CE, was the first Sanskrit language biography of Jain Tirthankara, Mahavir?
... that the coincidence of the global financial crisis with the release of Margaret Atwood's Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth led The Walrus to auction predictions by Atwood at a fundraiser?
... that Empty Dwelling Management Orders, designed to help put empty housing back into use in the United Kingdom, have only been used twenty-four times in three years?
... that scholars identify the mound upon which the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Tulayl was built, with the Roman town of "Thella"?
... that Rita Inos, a Doctor of Education, was the first female candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands?
... that because the Foulées du Gois road running race is held on a tidal causeway, participants are sometimes forced to swim to the finish line?
... that Terry O'Neill , new president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), campaigned for grassroots feminists across the United States?
... that Bristol's classical chamber orchestra, the Emerald Ensemble, play standing up and have performed at a local nightclub?
... that in the eight months after the Battle of Narva in 1700, Andrew Vinius melted one quarter of Russia's church bells to make cannon?
... that the pilot episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man features Robert Englund -- best known for playing Freddy Krueger -- as the voice of supervillain Vulture?
... that linebacker Quincy Monk nearly had a football helmet drop kicked into his head during the 2003 NFL playoffs?
... that the manager of Oasis has described Republic of Loose as the most exciting band since Oasis?
... that on 13 August 2009, Egyptian fishermen taken hostage by Somali pirates overpowered their captors and escaped, taking along four prisoners?
... that Dr Malik Dohan al-Hassan was an octogenarian when he was appointed Justice Minister of Iraq in 2004?
... that blue cake, a flaky pastry from the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, is not blue?
... that the 1997 video game Ballblazer Champions is a remake of the 1985 Ballblazer that was released for the Commodore 64 and Atari consoles?
... that the first violin concerto by Philip Glass was composed in honor of his father Ben, who died some sixteen years before the work's conception?
... that 2009 National Indigenous Art Award winner Danie Mellor once created a sculpture using ceramics, kangaroo skin, synthetic eyeballs, and stuffed birds?
... that in 1904, gymnast George Eyser won six Olympic medals, including gold in the vault, even though he had a wooden prosthesis for a leg?
... that the Battle for Lake Tanganyika involved an expedition dragging two motor boats through Africa, led by a man who was "court-martialled for wrecking his own ships, an inveterate liar and a wearer of skirts"?
... that it took two weeks and 23 vessels to free the battleship Missouri after she ran aground on 17 January 1950?
... that the largest concentration of the parasitic plant species Buckleya distichophylla can be found in the Poor Mountain Natural Area Preserve of Roanoke County, Virginia, USA?
... that British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Education for Leisure" was removed from study at GCSE level due to concerns about teenage knife crime?
... that the Blue Bell in Chester, Cheshire, England, contains a chamber separated from the rest of the building which has been a ticket office for stage coach operators, a soda fountain bar and a barber's shop?
... that Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill is a chain of 120 restaurants serving Jamaican patties, jerk chicken and curried goat?
... that Australian troops fought their last battle of the Korean War just hours before the ceasefire, fighting off numerous Chinese attacks during the Battle of the Samichon River?
... that when Sir Edward Atkinson was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions he refused to believe it was true and walked out of the Home Office?
... that as the SS struggled to keep up sorting the valuables plundered from prisoners at Auschwitz, Karl Möckel stated that fifteen to twenty suitcases of them were sent to the WVHA quarterly?
... that HMAS Sydney was the first aircraft carrier owned by a British Commonwealth nation to serve in combat?
... that Simon & Garfunkel did not know that Bobby Gregg was the drummer on their #1 single "The Sounds of Silence"?
... that the former library of Kingston, New York, has been used as the offices for the janitors at the neighboring high school?
... that the BBC radio producer R.D. Smith, husband of Olivia Manning and model for a character in her Fortunes of War novels, was identified as a Soviet spy by MI5?
... that the Keller Ferry, which operates as part of Washington State Route 21 was taken over by the Washington Department of Highways on September 1, 1930, although a cable ferry was operated during the early 1890s?
... that Franciszek Przysiężniak led partisan units into the largest battles of the anti-Nazi and anti-communist resistance?
... that the Will & Grace episode "Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More" was the first time that a prime-time sitcom showed a Jewish protagonist marrying inside the faith?
... that in Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb , the tomb chamber has two graves, one of Jamali the poet, and another of an unknown Kamali, who might have been chosen because his name rhymes with Jamali?
... that infestation by Halofolliculina corallasia leads to Skeletal Eroding Band, the first coral disease known to be caused by a protozoon or by any eukaryote?
... that female professional wrestler Ann Casey won the USA Women's Wrestling Championship in 1974 from The Fabulous Moolah and was never defeated for the title?
... that the founders of the Socialist Party of Indonesia (Parsi) included a group of Indonesians who had participated in the anti-fascist resistance in the Netherlands during World War II?
... that Jadwiga of Żagań bore no sons to her husband, Casimir III the Great, which spelled the end of the Piast Dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland?
... that the Interim Government of India, which was formed on 2 September 1946, established diplomatic relations with the United States?
... that the Fairy Flag is traditionally thought to have been a gift from the fairies to the chiefs of Clan Macleod?
... that the interlace decorations in the Book of Kells combine ribbon-like knotwork and animal style motifs?
... that John Heriot, a late-eighteenth-century British journalist, was secretly funded to publish two pro-government newspapers?
... that in the first 15 years of its logging in New Caledonia, 8,000 tonnes of sandalwood, especially Santalum austrocaledonicum, was harvested?
... that Kenneth Bacon, a former spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense, served as president of Refugees International until his death in 2009?
... that the former Palestinian Arab village of Khiyam al-Walid is believed to be a reference to the tents of Khaled ibn al-Walid's army which conquered the Levant in the 7th century?
... that after his death William Johnson Sollas was implicated in the Piltdown Man hoax by his assistant, J.A. Douglas?
... that the script for the 1943 Hepburn–Tracy motion picture Keeper of the Flame includes information from the U.S. Office of War Information, a propaganda agency of the U.S. government?
... that Rix Robinson's bill for women's suffrage was defeated during the drafting of the Michigan Constitution of 1850?
... that scholars believe that Secacah was the ancient name of Khirbet Qumran, the archaeological site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered?
... that George "Snatchem" Leese was a member of the Slaughter House Gang who was known for being the official "bloodsucker" at prize fights in New York?
... that Romanian artist Eugen Taru contributed to the Soviet–Yugoslav propaganda war with large posters depicting Josip Broz Tito as a butcher?
... that the Australian Supermarine Aircraft company make the only aluminum reproduction Supermarine Spitfire currently in production?
... that Norwegian actress Beate Eriksen is the granddaughter of Olympic gymnast Marius Eriksen, and daughter of World War II flying ace Marius Eriksen, Jr.?
... that Yale University Press expunged all of the cartoons from The Cartoons that Shook the World?
... that in the Sakuradamon incident in 1860 , Japan's pro-foreign Chief Minister Ii Naosuke was assassinated by xenophobic samurai?
... that the Phineas and Ferb episode "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Animated Programs"?
... that Clive Ponting was found not guilty of violating the Official Secrets Act by a jury even after the judge, Sir Anthony McCowan, summed up strongly in favour of the prosecution?
... that during the Roman Empire in Palestine, the road that connected Lydda to Jerusalem passed through Barfiliya?