derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that a song about Bulgarian rebel leader Delyo was sent into space in 1977 as part of the Voyager Golden Record?
... that in 1971, half the houses in Noel Park, London, were still lacking basic facilities such as baths, internal toilets and hot water?
... that Italian architect Ercole Manfredi took up Thai citizenship to overcome nationalist policies pursued by the Thai government?
... that The French Democracy is an ironically titled political film about the 2005 civil unrest in France?
... that during the Korean Joseon period, royal physicians squeezed milk from cows to make tarakjuk, a milk porridge, which was served only for the king and royalty?
... that 18th-century bookseller Thomas Cadell refused to publish Charlotte Turner Smith's novel Desmond because it was too radical?
... that the 1862 opening of the second Causeway in Perth, Western Australia, was disrupted by a young man on horseback who raced across after announcing that he would be first to do so?
... that suffragette Norah Elam campaigned in 1918 for the internment of enemy aliens but in 1940 was interned herself as an 18B detainee due to her membership in the British Union of Fascists?
... that Beverly Eckert died in the crash of Flight 3407 while on her way to award a scholarship in honor of her husband, who was killed in the events of 9/11?
... that India's government launched a programme in 2001 to provide employment for poor people living in rural areas?
... that John Windet published composer Tobias Hume's First Part of Ayres, which contains what may be the earliest examples of pizzicato and col legno?
... that the Emu Brewery in Perth, Western Australia, traced its history to the town's first standalone brewery, which was founded less than a decade after settlement?
... that, although she was born in South Africa, Kate Dennison now holds the indoor British record for the pole vault?
... that Babe Ruth reportedly signed one of his most lucrative New York Yankees' contracts at Jacob Ruppert's Eagles' Rest estate in Garrison, New York, now Saint Basil Academy?
... that taxidermist Walter Potter's diorama, "The Death and Burial of Cock Robin", created when he was 19, features 98 stuffed British birds?
... that the Tekkiye Mosque , built by the architect Sinan, has been described as "the finest example in Damascus of Ottoman architecture"?
... that when the Tang Dynasty general Tian Hongzheng was young, his brother Tian Rong battered him after he won an archery contest, believing that he was drawing unnecessary attention to himself?
... that the Versailles Cuban restaurant is part of actress Helen Mirren's ideal weekend in Los Angeles?
... that despite claims that Pakistan made the Anza locally, it is believed the MANPAD was created with Chinese assistance via technology transfers?
... that University of Michigan Hall of Honor inductee Dave Debol, known in the 1970s as "the Guy LaFleur of college hockey", set an NCAA record by scoring three goals in less than one minute?
... that the fine rolls record offers of money to the Kings of England for concessions and favours?
... that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is the second video game based on the Olympics to star Nintendo's and Sega's once-rival mascots, Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog?
... that with the Minas Gerais , Brazil became the third country to have a dreadnought under construction, ahead of traditional powers like France and Russia?
... that although Robert of Melun disagreed with some of Peter Abelard's teachings, he still defended Abelard against heresy charges?
... that the woodlouse Trichoniscus pusillus has some populations that reproduce sexually and others that reproduce clonally?
... that internet hunting is the practice of hunting via remotely controlled firearms that can be aimed and shot using online webcams?
... that Cambodia's "Romeo and Juliet" story, Tum Teav, is set in Tbong Khmom District?
... that Martin Kolberg will retire as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party to run in the 2009 parliamentary elections?
... that Josh Gibson Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is named for Negro League star Josh Gibson, who has been called the "black Babe Ruth?"
... that Clothes-Line, aired in 1937, was the first television programme on fashion history and also probably the first to feature a heavily pregnant female presenter?
... that chocolate covered bacon is sold as "Pig Lickers" at the Minnesota State Fair, "Pig Candy" in New York City and "Mo's Bacon Bar" in Chicago?
... that the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway linking Plymouth and Princetown was almost twice as long as the distance between the two cities?
... that the Democratic Movement for National Liberation was the sole communist faction in Egypt that supported the 1952 Revolution?
... that the pill bug Armadillidium vulgare can reach population densities of 10,000 per square metre?
... that Ed Schock earned an annual salary of just $7,000 as mayor of Elgin, Illinois?
... that the Church of the Assumption in Uzundzhovo, Bulgaria, was initially built as a mosque and was probably commissioned to famous architect Sinan?
... that Anders Buen was removed as editor of the Norwegian Labour Party organ Social-Demokraten in 1903, but continued as a prominent party member until 1921?
... that the Family Guy episode "Ocean's Three and a Half" includes the actual audio of Christian Bale's outburst on the set of Terminator Salvation, making it appear to be directed at Peter Griffin?
... that tornadoes have passed through Washington, D.C., on at least seven occasions, and have damaged such landmarks as the United States Botanic Garden, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Arboretum?
... that the Luxembourg Palace, the meeting place of the French Senate, used to be the residence of Princess Élisabeth Marguerite of Orléans, who gave it to the King of France in 1694?
... that after ceasing operations in New Jersey, the West Jersey Railroad operated in Michigan for several months before being renamed West Michigan Railroad?
... that Tang Dynasty general Liu Pi, who rebelled against the authority of Emperor Xianzong, was described by the chancellor Du Huangshang as an "insane civilian" as Du urged military action?
... that some of the 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 naval guns, which were first deployed on the 1906 pre-dreadnought USS Connecticut, may still be in service in Brazil today?
... that Hugh de Mapenor was elected Bishop of Hereford in 1216 even though he was not on King John of England's list of candidates?
... that the Holiday Bowl in Los Angeles was a popular gathering place for the Nikkei community and African Americans, with the coffee shop serving grits, udon, chow mein, and hamburgers?
... that after long-standing racketeering allegations, the FBI raided Chicago's Pui Tak Center, then known as the On Leong Merchants Association Building, in 1988?
... that Sir Charles Knowles successfully sued Tobias Smollett for libelling him in Smollett's magazine The Critical Review?
... that the Carnegie Library of Homestead in Munhall, Pennsylvania, trained four Olympic swimmers and sponsored both one of the 1890s' best football clubs and a baseball team with Hall of Famer Rube Waddell?
... that French Roman Catholic archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's father René Lefebvre died in a Nazi concentration camp?
... that Armet & Davis was an architectural firm in California that designed buildings in the so-called Googie architecture style popular during the 1950s?
... that Tang Dynasty eunuch Tutu Chengcui was killed after Emperor Xianzong's death over his refusal to support the crown prince Li Heng as the emperor's successor?
... that Prairie Bluff, Alabama, is a ghost town whose only remaining physical feature is a cemetery with marked graves dating from the 1830s to the 1860s?
... that when Henry McCardie was a barrister, he often worked so late that his chambers were nicknamed "the lighthouse", as there was light coming from the windows?
... that the population of Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates declined by 20% in 2008?
... that the largest Hindu temple in South East England is being built in Crawley, where 3.4% of residents are Hindu compared to 1.1% in England as a whole?
... that the 1881 Michigan Wolverines football team is credited with playing the first intersectional football games against Harvard, Yale and Princeton?
... that Salvia pentstemonoides ("Big red sage") was thought to be extinct until a botanist rediscovered it while taking photos for a book on Texas wildflowers?
... that Jaime Fonalledas is the President and CEO of Empresas Fonalledas, which owns the largest shopping mall in the Caribbean?
... that heavy metal band Lamb of God was banned from performing in Los Angeles, for The Subliminal Verses World Tour because their former name was Burn the Priest?
... that the Morse U.S. Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon, was the first new federal courthouse to earn a LEED Gold certification and the first U.S. courthouse featured at the Venice Biennale of Architecture?
... that the World Netball Series is a new international netball competition, with modified rules inspired from Twenty20 cricket designed to make matches faster and more television-friendly?
... that Humphrey Toy financed the publication of the first Welsh translation of the Book of Common Prayer?
... that in 1863, the U.S. gave Russia plans to build ten Passaic class monitors, partly because of the fear that the American Civil War would escalate into war between Britain and Russia?
... that Australian Stanley Frederick Gibbs was awarded the Albert Medal in 1927 for his rescue of a boy during a shark attack, during which he punched and kicked the shark until it released the youth?
... that Kansas City Barbeque is a restaurant and bar in San Diego, California, made famous after scenes in Top Gun were filmed there?
... that Wendy Henry, one of the first female newspaper editors on Fleet Street, later became a full-time dog re-socialiser for the Battersea Dogs' Home?
... that a study of lichen growth in the Canadian Rockies showed that Xanthoria elegans expands at a rate of 0.5 mm per year for the first century before slowing down?
... that Henry Weinhard, a brewer in Portland, Oregon, offered to pump free beer into the Skidmore Fountain when it was dedicated?
... that the dedication of St Cosmas and St Damian Church, Keymer, England—commemorating twin Christian martyrs from Syria—occurs on only two other extant churches in England?
... that Sam the koala rose to fame when a video of her rescue from the 2009 Victorian bushfires was distributed across the internet?
... that members of metal band Slipknot found the masks that they wear on stage to be particularly uncomfortable during their Tattoo the Earth concert tour?
... that the Super Mario Bros. theme has been listed as one of the top ten most downloaded ringtones in the United States for 226 consecutive weeks?
... that Anderson Ruffin Abbott , the first licenced Black Canadian physician, attended Abraham Lincoln's death bed?
... that the Sideling Hill Tunnel is one of the two tunnels that make up the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike?
... that Norwegian long jumper Nils Uhlin Hansen was killed as a saboteur in World War II?
... that the Morison equation, an equation in fluid dynamics introduced in 1950, is used in the design of oil platforms and other offshore structures?
... that children's novel Nordy Bank by Sheena Porter, set in Nordy Bank on Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire, was awarded the 1964 Carnegie Medal in Literature?
... that in 1114, a combined fleet spearheaded by the Republic of Pisa launched a crusade against the Muslim Balearic Islands?
... that Mark Shepherd, who served as CEO of Texas Instruments where he spearheaded development of the firms' integrated circuits, constructed a vacuum tube at the age of six and a radio a year later?
... that prior to the mid 19th century, the tannic Italian wine Barolo was made as a sweet wine?
... that when Elton Wieman moved east to play football for the University of Michigan in 1915, the Los Angeles Times called it "a calamity of almost national importance"?
... that Lactarius pallidus is typically found half-buried in leaf litter at the base of beech or birch trees?
... that the National Review called David Mendell's biography Obama: From Promise to Power "the single best source of background information on our new president"?
... that the original mission of the Cini Foundation included the rehabilitation of its homebase, the island of San Giorgio Maggiore of Venice?
... that José Francisco de Peralta was elected to represent Costa Rica to the Constituent Congress of the Mexican Empire, but it was dissolved before he was able to participate?
... that the architecture firm of Sauerbruch Hutton designed the Museum Brandhorst in Munich?
... that matador Diego Mazquiarán once used his overcoat as a cape to fight a bull that was running wild on the Gran Via of Madrid?
... that a London Clubs International casino hosted the World Series of Poker Europe event in which Annette Obrestad became the youngest person to win a WSOP bracelet ?
... that Welcome to Macintosh, a documentary focusing on Apple Inc. and its Macintosh line of computers, was praised by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak for being the most accurate film about the company?
... that in 1993, an officer in New Zealand's Diplomatic Protection Squad accidentally discharged a pistol on a VIP aircraft while in flight?
... that William McAloney was awarded the Albert Medal for his attempted rescue of a pilot trapped in a burning aircraft?
... that Craig Stevens's CBS series, Mr. Broadway, featured Liza Minnelli in her first television dramatic role in the episode "Nightingale for Sale"?
... that Sir Alan Muir Wood worked on the 80 km (50 mi) Orange–Fish River Tunnel, the second-longest water supply tunnel in the world?
... that in 1945, footballer Doug McGibbon scored six goals in one match, one of which was timed at under five seconds from the second half kick-off?
... that His Majesty's Theatre in Perth, Western Australia, is thought to be Australia's only remaining working Edwardian theatre?
... that actor and broadcaster Dean Miller, who played the son-in-law on CBS's December Bride, later bought what became WMVR-FM radio in his native Ohio?
... that communities of the Dagaaba people of Ghana in the 1990s still used cowrie shells as an alternate currency, long after they had been replaced elsewhere by the Ghanaian cedi?
... that on January 22 Barack Obama issued an executive order requiring interrogations by any U.S. agency to comply with the Army's Human Intelligence Collector Operations field manual?
... that Alexandru Callimachi was Dragoman of the Sublime Porte before becoming Prince of Moldavia in 1795?
... that Rascal Flatts' 2009 single "Here Comes Goodbye" was co-written by American Idol season 6 finalist Chris Sligh?
... that unlike the queens of other eusocial species, a queen of the paper wasp Ropalidia marginata is docile and maintains her reproductive monopoly in her colony without physical aggression?
... that former fashion model Gail O'Neill refused to appear in advertisements for cigarettes or for sponsors with substantial investments in South Africa?
... that Levantine architect of French descent Raymond Charles Père, who designed the landmark Izmir Clock Tower in Turkey, was a native of Izmir?
... that the Dayton Triangles, a traveling team, folded after their 1929 season, losing their final seventeen games as a National Football League franchise by a combined score of 301–22?
... that Australian Frederick Hamilton March was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal for his conduct during the assassination of the Governor-General of Sudan, Sir Lee Stack?
... that detection of fungal infection by the wood-decay fungus Fuscoporia torulosa can be performed in six hours using the polymerase chain reaction?
... that Joe Dini, the owner of Dini's Lucky Club, a casino in Yerington, Nevada, was the longest serving member of the Nevada State Assembly?
... that Apartment Building 63 located in Bucharest is the largest single residential building in Romania with a total of 950 apartments and over 1,600 residents?
... that Luke Smith left video game journalism to work for game developer Bungie, after he had called their game Halo 2 "broken"?
... that, unusually for an eighteenth-century novel, the heroine of Charlotte Turner Smith's Emmeline does not meet the man she marries until half-way through the story?
... that the recipe for chicken fried bacon was developed in the small town of Snook, Texas, at Sodolak's Original Country Inn?
... that English barrister Joseph Keble went to the Court of King's Bench every day from 1661 to 1710, but was never known to have a brief for a client?
... that Jack Kramer was the St. Louis Browns' Opening Day starting pitcher in 1944, the only season the Browns played in the World Series?
... that the new Prime Minister of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, has Canadian citizenship and his family is based in Virginia, USA?
... that the top of the Chapel of Saint-Michel at Parc naturel régional d'Armorique is the highest point in Brittany, France?
... that musician and Presbyterian minister Isaiah Jones, Jr. was named "best songwriter of the year" in 1973 by the Gospel Music Academy?
... that the Permanent University Fund's US$8.8 billion and 2.1 million-acre (840,000 ha) land assets help fund public higher education in Texas?
... that rolling meth labs used for the illegal production of methamphetamine have been known to explode, endangering motorists and police officers?
... that at Fort Glanville Conservation Park in Semaphore South, South Australia, there are regular firings of 19th-century RML 64 pounder 64 cwt guns ?
... that the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Oregon, is the biggest of its kind in the Pacific Northwest?
... that Tang Dynasty general Li Qi paid his best archers and soldiers of Xiongnu and Xi ancestry ten times as much as other soldiers, to garner their loyalty?
... that William Close, the physician father of actress Glenn Close, played a pivotal role in stemming the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire in 1976?
... that Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen was born in a small village on the banks of the Mekong in Stueng Trang District?
... that after scoring six touchdowns for Michigan against Ohio State in 1902, Albert Herrnstein became the winningest coach in Ohio State football history up to the time he retired?
... that acqua pazza, an Italian herbed broth used to cook seafood, is literally translated as "crazy water"?
... that Alan Scott was a blacksmith who designed and built brick ovens and promoted artisanal bread-making techniques and stone flour milling at the Callington Mill?
... that upon entering the Stadio Olympica at the opening ceremonies of the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the torch bearer tripped over a cable and fell, nearly extinguishing the Olympic flame?
... that Phoebe Omlie, the first licensed female transport pilot, was considered by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to be one of "eleven women whose achievements make it safe to say the world is progressing"?
... that while most beers are vegetarian, some—like British cask ales which use fish parts to clear the finished product—are not?
... that Monroe Sweetland was the first Democrat elected to represent Clackamas County, Oregon, in the Oregon House of Representatives in 20 years?
... that in 114 years of existence the Constanţa Shipyard in Romania constructed 432 ships with a total of over four million metric tons deadweight (DWT)?
... that in January 2009, Mark Pollock became the first blind person to reach the South Pole?
... that applying potassium hydroxide to the blue and yellow Australian mushroom Cortinarius rotundisporus will turn it pinkish-purple?
... that Sir Charles Knowles claimed that the theories on naval tactics expressed in his 1777 book were reflected in Lord Howe's victory in 1794 ?
... that most buildings damaged in the 1848 Marlborough earthquake in Wellington, New Zealand were rebuilt with wood, reducing the damage and loss of life in the more powerful Wairarapa earthquake of 1855?
... that in 1920, Henrik Ameln became the first Conservative Party politician to serve as mayor of Bergen since Christian Michelsen in 1893?
... that despite the fact that self-described alligator farms have existed since the 1890s, true commercial farming of crocodilians did not begin until the mid-20th century?
... that the Tang Dynasty's Princess Taihe, who became the Kedun (empress) of its ally Huigu, suffered through Huigu's collapse before she was able to return to the Tang?
... that the German newspaper Illinois Staats-Zeitung, published in Chicago, played an important role in building the Republican Party in Illinois in the 1850s?
... that Bobby Atherton was the last Hibernian captain to win the Scottish Cup, in 1902?
... that Timetoget bought diesel trains to operate on the Bratsberg Line, despite it being electrified?
... that the Comet , which sank in 1875, was described by the Evening News in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, in 1980 as the "only known treasure ship on the bottom of" Lake Superior?
... that Polish historian, army officer, and independence activist Wacław Lipiński joined the anti-communist resistance, was arrested by communist secret police in 1947 and died in prison two years later?
... that an outburst by Christian Bale on the set of Terminator Salvation inspired the band The Mae Shi to write the song "R U Professional"?
... that 800 metres runner Andrew Hart was the fastest non-African in his event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games?
... that Sanggung was an official title of the senior fifth rank, the highest attainable for gungnyeo, a lady-in-waiting during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea?
... that following his rescue of a swimmer during a shark attack in 1922, Jack Chalmers was awarded the Albert Medal and gifted £3000?
... that the discography of Lisa Hannigan includes collaborations with Mic Christopher, Mick Flannery, Cathy Davey and members of Snow Patrol and Bell X1, plus her well-known work with Damien Rice?
... that Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel became the first Indians to sign Major League Baseball contracts after throwing a baseball for the first time a year earlier?
... that the seafaring adventures of Anne Jane Thornton inspired the ballad The Female Sailor Bold?
... that Allama Prabhu, the mystic-saint of 12th century Karnataka, India, was also an accomplished Vachana poet?
... that in 2008 a Vincent Black Lightning sold for £221,500 becoming the most expensive motorcycle sold at auction in the UK?
... that former newspaper editor John W. Grace became the first Privacy Commissioner of Canada in 1983?
... that Grassroots, an organization formed by block club leaders, has had members elected to the Buffalo Common Council, New York State Senate and New York State Assembly?
... that while long jumper László Szalma won six medals in total at the European Indoor Championships, his best result at both the Summer Olympics and the World Championships was fourth place?
... that Mule Bone, a play by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, had its world premiere in 1991, more than 60 years after it was written?
... that on Stac an Armin, the highest stack in Scotland, the last great auk in the British Isles was clubbed to death in 1840 because it was thought to be a witch?
... that Eslanda Goode Robeson, wife of Paul Robeson, was the first black to head the Surgical Pathology Department at New York-Presbyterian Hospital?
... that Surtshellir, named for the fire giant Surtr, is the longest lava cave in Iceland?
... that Isaac D. Barnard fought at the Battle of Plattsburg in the War of 1812, and later became Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
... that Prey Chhor District, Cambodia, is home to an ancient temple built more than a thousand years ago?
... that Wictor Esbensen, a manager of the Compañía Argentina de Pesca, is the namesake of Esbensen Bay off South Georgia island?
... that the Philippine Overseas Labor Office estimates that 80% of Filipinos in Palau are undocumented immigrants?
... that Mira Rostova, Montgomery Clift's acting coach, was sent off the set of the 1960 film Wild River by director Elia Kazan after a single day of filming?