derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Bronisław Malinowski's ethnography Coral Gardens and their Magic describes magic spells used in Trobriand agriculture as a pragmatic component of human behaviour?
... that the Annales laureshamenses justify the imperial coronation of Charlemagne because at the time the title Emperor was unused?
... that William F. Hyland, while serving as Attorney General of New Jersey, performed as a clarinetist with Benny Goodman and later became executor of his estate?
... that Debo Hacerlo was the last album released by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel until 1994, due to a dispute with BMG over copyrights of his songs?
... that Yale All-American Paul Veeder has been credited with throwing the "first forward pass in a major game"?
... that the 1988 Polish strikes shook the country's Communist regime to such an extent that it was forced to begin considering recognition of Solidarity?
... that Norwegian philologist Konrad Nielsen, known for work on the Sami languages, was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences?
... that the Capitulations of Santa Fe granted Christopher Columbus the titles of Admiral of the Ocean Sea, the Viceroy, the Governor-General and honorific Don?
... that Washington State Route 106 has been renumbered four times over a 49-year period from 1915 until 1964?
... that both of the Kaiserliche Marine's Odin-class coast defense ships were rebuilt as freighters after the end of World War I?
... that in 1947, University of Michigan basketball player Mack "Soup" Supronowicz was hailed as "the greatest cage prospect in college history"?
... that Japanese pop rock singer Yui's "Again" has the highest opening week sales for a female act in 2009?
... that the Heinz Award, named in honor of the late United States Senator John Heinz, is worth $250,000?
... that The Meaning of Life series featured filmmaker Neil Jordan's account of having met his dead father on an aeroplane?
... that, like the related cookiecutter shark, the kitefin shark sometimes feeds by taking bites out of animals larger than itself?
... that Plácido Polanco became the first Gold Glove winner at second base to post an errorless season in 2007?
... that Thomas Bertie was one of three future admirals who served together on HMS Seahorse in 1773, the others being Horatio Nelson and Thomas Troubridge?
... that Cyclone Nancy of the 2004–05 South Pacific cyclone season was one of four severe tropical cyclones to impact the Cook Islands during the span of a month?
... that journalist and novelist Gerd Grønvold Saue is also a former board member of the International Peace Bureau?
... that a critical bug in the PSP game Class of Heroes was found only days before manufacturing began?
... that a shrine in Shiraz over the tomb of the famed Persian poet Hafez was pulled down in 1899 by protesters, because it was being built by a Zoroastrian?
... that 77-year-old U.S. Representative Claude Pepper used his chairing of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Aging to highlight the falsehoods of age stereotyping?
... that Ho Chi Minh's marriage to Tang Tuyet Minh has never been acknowledged by the government of Vietnam?
... that although the Siegfried-class coast defense ships were rendered obsolete by the 2nd Naval Law in 1908, they continued to serve in their intended roles until 1915?
... that theoretical biologist Mary Jane West-Eberhard says that she learnt more about science at high school from her English course on critical reading and writing than from her biology class?
... that Fun Little Movies is the first United States company to produce comedy films to play on mobile phones worldwide?
... that the 6th-century Church of St. Polyeuctus in Constantinople was deliberately planned to imitate the Temple of Solomon?
... that John W. Wescott initially opposed Woodrow Wilson's candidacy for Governor of New Jersey but later gave the nominating speech for Wilson at both the 1912 and 1916 Democratic National Conventions?
... that Constance Demby's 1986 album Novus Magnificat helped build the reputation of Stephen Hill's Hearts of Space Records?
... that when Indigenous Australian artist Makinti Napanangka won the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2008, her age and family circumstances prevented her from attending the ceremony?
... that a reconstruction of Verrazzano's flagship La Dauphine is planned to arrive in New York Harbor for the 500th anniversary of Verrazzano's arrival in 2024?
... that the Elmendorph Inn is the oldest building in the village of Red Hook, New York?
... that former Prime Minister of Tonga Baron Vaea piloted PBY Catalina flying boats for the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II?
... that Fluxus 1, an artists' book produced by the Lithuanian-American artist George Maciunas, was assembled over a period of 13 years?
... that Rachael English, presenter of the Irish radio news programme Five Seven Live, was joined on the show by her father, who provided Cheltenham horse racing tips for her listeners?
... that through extensive studying of the pathophysiology of hypertension, it was discovered that hypertension can be caused by genetic inheritance?
... that the Baroque church of Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi , which houses the hearts of 25 popes, was presented to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by Pope John Paul II?
... that Honewort, growing in the Avon Gorge near Bristol, was one of the first rare plants to be documented in Britain, by William Turner in 1562?
... that the custom of collecting a feudal aid from a vassal originated in the 11th-century France, in the County of Anjou?
... that Liz Swaine was a locally well-known television news anchor who quit to become a mayoral executive assistant and later ran for mayor of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana?
... that a Franco-Persian alliance was concluded by Napoleon in 1807 as a step to help him accomplish his objective of attacking British India?
... that the Californian plant Eryngium racemosum has become extirpated due to the non-occurrence of natural flooding?
... that after a 1981 robbery, lawyers for Dr. Alan Berkman claimed that he was the first U.S. doctor charged for treating a fugitive since Dr. Samuel Mudd treated John Wilkes Booth in 1865?
... that the Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario supports a population of the nationally endangered Butternut?
... that Bob Haymes played a song publisher in the sitcom It's a Business and actually co-wrote the song "That's All"?
... that DemiDec, a company that sells study material for the United States Academic Decathlon, also annually hosts the World Scholar's Cup?
... that during Shakespeare's time, it was commonly believed that there were five "outward" wits as well as five "inward" wits?
... that Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf was at the time publisher Electronic Arts' highest-selling video game ever?
... that paleontologist Gerta Keller theorizes that dinosaurs did not become extinct until 300,000 years after the Chicxulub meteor, though she agrees that "I'm sure the day after, they had a headache"?
... that the rare Ironcap Banksia from Western Australia has the longest pistils of any banksia?
... that during the 1950s, Louisiana State Senator Herman "Wimpy" Jones advocated voting by 18-year-olds long before ratification of the 26th Amendment?
... that actress Mary Lawson married F. W. L. C. Beaumont, son of the Dame of Sark, and they died together in 1941 during the Liverpool Blitz?
... that camber thrust contributes to the ability of bicycles and motorcycles to negotiate a turn with the same radius as automobiles but with a smaller steering angle?
... that the Mill Colonnade was originally reviled by critics before eventually becoming a symbol for Karlovy Vary?
... that Indigenous Australian artist Rosella Namok gave birth to her second son on the way to submit a painting for the Wynne Prize?
... that four-time All-American football end and millionaire lumberman Tom Shevlin died of pneumonia after contracting a cold while training the Yale football team?
... that despite the success of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the main theme only became a hit single in the cover version by Hugo Montenegro?
... that Sir John Strange trained at the same set of chambers as Lord Hardwicke, who later made him Master of the Rolls?
... that the Global Forum for Health Research identified the 10/90 gap: just 10% of medical research spending is on 90% of existing health problems?
... that during World War II, the Czech comics illustrator Kája Saudek was imprisoned in a German concentration camp?
... that Undulus asperatus is the first new proposed cloud type in over 50 years?
... that E.D. Gleason, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives during the 1950s, proposed a one-cent state sales tax earmarked for public school teacher salaries?
... that Singaporean sculptor Han Sai Por created her 2006 work Seeds , situated at the National Museum of Singapore, from sandstone excavated during the Museum's redevelopment?
... that the Emmy Award-winning show The Freddy Awards, a ceremony honoring high school theater in the Lehigh Valley region in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, is to be the subject of a documentary film?
... that on May 31, 2009, the ROV Nereus reached an underwater depth of 10,902 metres (6.8 mi), becoming the world's deepest-diving vehicle?
... that of the three precious statues of the goddess Kannon enshrined in the Sugimoto-dera temple in Kamakura, Japan, likely none were made by the artists they are traditionally attributed to?
... that the Black Procession of Polish burghers in 1789 resulted in the passage of the belated major urban reform in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... that before its removal, Pennsylvania Route 963 was the easternmost state traffic route in Pennsylvania?
... that Hurricane Irene–Olivia was the first actively tracked tropical cyclone that moved into the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic basin?
... that Jesse Wharton, a colonial governor of Maryland, died just over a month after taking office in 1676?
... that Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality, the doctrine of the Russian Empire in the 1830s–1850s, was also a family motto of its creator Sergey Uvarov?
... that while in college, New England Patriots cornerback Jonathan Wilhite was described as "a jokester" who "could be a stand-up comedian"?
... that post-hardcore band Enter Shikari's song "Juggernauts" contains a "Mockney spoken words" section that has drawn comparisons with The Streets?
... that in 1979, L.D. Knox of Winnsboro, Louisiana, had his name legally changed to "None of the Above" Knox to dramatize the lack of choices for voters on his state's ballot?
... that Jayco, the largest privately held manufacturer of recreational vehicles in North America, has mostly Amish and Mennonite employees?
... that mental health patients released after long stays in psychiatric hospitals may experience institutionalization, or difficulty in managing the demands of independent living?
... that in 2005, Appalachian State, led by quarterback Richie Williams, became the first college or university in North Carolina to win an NCAA national championship in football?
... that the reference book The History of British Political Parties contains information on over 250 political parties in the United Kingdom?
... that due to certain environmental conditions, Maschaug Pond in Rhode Island is considered particularly vulnerable to storm surge?
... that actress Charlene McKenna was pleased that her full-frontal nude scene in the television series Raw attracted few complaints?
... that a car cooler is an early type of automobile "air conditioner" that has been around since 1930?
... that Major League Baseball outfielder Pete Milne's only career home run was a game-winning inside-the-park grand slam?
... that Waldmann disease, a disease that is characterized by dilated lymphatic vessels, is usually diagnosed before the patient is three years old?
... that Belgian senator Baron Jacques Brotchi survived World War II as a child when his Jewish family was hidden from the Nazis by a Belgian family in Comblain-au-Pont?
... that Grammy award-winning singer Duffy made her TV debut on the Welsh language talent show Wawffactor?
... that the whitish powder found on the spore sac of the beaked earthstar is made of crystalline calcium oxalate?
... that Pope Innocent II demolished Santa Maria in Trastevere and was buried in the rebuilt basilica, in the space formerly occupied by the tomb of his rival, Anacletus II?
... that George Strait's 2009 single "Living for the Night" is the first single of his solo career that he co-wrote?
... that almost 29 years after she went missing in Darwin Harbour during Cyclone Tracy, the Booya was discovered by accident in only 20 metres (66 ft) of water?
... that from July 1, 2009, content-control software called Green Dam Youth Escort must be included with all personal computers sold in the mainland of the People's Republic of China?
... that the perpetrator of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting had self-published a book praising Adolf Hitler in 1999?
... that the Stannard Rock Light , known as the "Loneliest Place in the World", is the furthest lighthouse from land and described as one of the top ten engineering feats in the United States?
... that Irish journalist Richard Downes secretly entered Zimbabwe disguised as a tourist to film an undercover report for the BBC's Newsnight during the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election?
... that human rights in Estonia are generally well respected, but controversies still surround the Bronze Night incident of April 2007?
... that Thomas S. Rodgers was one of five members of his family to reach the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy during the first 25 years of the 20th century?
... that the Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines advocates the 18 minutes of advertising per hour rule for Philippine TV stations?
... that in the U.S. state of Michigan, no one is more than 6 miles (10 km) from a lake?
... that the Polish Righteous Krystyna Dańko rescued her Jewish friend's sister by "smuggling" her to Warsaw before most Jews from Otwock were deported to Treblinka ?
... that Diane Dietz set the Big Ten single-game basketball scoring record with 45 points in 1982 and the University of Michigan career record with 2,076 points?
... that prior to the 1929 Royal Mail Case, British accountants were not expected to use their moral and ethical judgment in making decisions?
... that when the Louisiana State Representative C.W. Thompson died in office in 1951, then Governor Earl K. Long appointed Lizzie P. Thompson to finish her husband's term?
... that after receiving more than 10,000 protest letters, the editors of the United Methodist Hymnal decided not to eliminate "Onward, Christian Soldiers" from it?
... that in 1984, Fort Worth billionaire Ed Bass committed $30 million to (and eventually spent over $150 million on) Biosphere 2, to experiment with "recreating the Earth" and potentially settling Mars?
... that Rafael Carrión, Sr. was one of the founders of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, the largest bank in Puerto Rico and the largest Hispanic bank in the United States?
... that New Super Mario Bros. Wii will have a feature that allows the game to play on its own while paused?
... that when the Washington Huskies softball team won the 2009 Women's College World Series, it marked the 22nd time in the 28 World Series that a Pac-10 team was crowned champion?
... that it took 16 years for the pilot episode of Phineas and Ferb to be picked up?
... that the "wrinkled peach" mushroom requires light from the red end of the visible spectrum to induce fruiting?
... that gridiron football player Malik Jackson has played at every defensive position in his professional career?
... that although Telltale Games was formed after LucasArts abandoned adventure game development in 2004, the two companies are now collaborating to create a new series of adventure games?
... that the song "Aquí Estoy Yo" by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi became his sixth number-one single in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart?
... that the Louisiana politician J. Frank Colbert was active during the 1920s and 1930s in Henry George's "Single Tax" Utopian movement?
... that Fremantle Football Club defender Clancee Pearce is only the fourth player of Indian heritage to play in the Australian Football League?
... that The Virgin of the Navigators is the earliest known painting about the discovery of the Americas?
... that after performing the theme to the 1963 film Hud, country music singer Darrell McCall decided to take up acting, appearing in three films during the 1960s?
... that upcoming MMORPG video game Final Fantasy XIV has been in development by Square Enix under the codename Rapture?
... that the People's Action Party has dominated the Government of Singapore by winning a majority of seats in every general election since 1959?
... that John Verney became a Member of Parliament to gain contacts to help him in his career as a barrister?
... that after Winston Churchill handed Joseph Stalin the Sword of Stalingrad at the Tehran Conference, a clumsy Soviet general let it slip out of its scabbard?
... that in 1956, Christian A. R. Christensen was behind the first revision of the Ethical Code of Practice for the Norwegian Press?
... that Garth Brooks released both live and studio recordings of his 1998 single "It's Your Song" to radio?
... that Tracy Kidder, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his second book, was so unhappy with his first book that he bought back the rights from the publisher so that it would not "see the light of day again"?
... that the 2006 MPC Computers Bowl featured the Miami Hurricanes, whose season had been marred by an on-field brawl, the termination of their head coach, and underachievement on the field?
... that Emirati marriage counselor Wedad Lootah claimed that many men in Saudi Arabia have their first sexual experiences with other men, due to its gender segregation?
... that the 36-year-old Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund changed its name to LatinoJustice PRLDEF last year, partly due to fewer Puerto Ricans being in New York City's Latino population?
... that as the world's third largest democracy, Indonesia's 2004 legislative election was the most complicated in the world?
... that Barry Wood, Frank Sinatra's predecessor on the radio program Your Hit Parade, was promoted as America's "sweater boy"?
... that at its establishment in 1760, the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters was the northernmost learned society in the world?
... that the CZW World Tag Team Championship has been won by an individual wrestler once, when it is only supposed to be intended for tag teams?
... that a spherical wedge is a portion of a ball bounded by two plane semidisks and a spherical lune?
... that historian Czesław Madajczyk, best known for his works on the occupation of Poland and Polish culture during World War II, has been criticized for being too malleable to the demands of the Polish communist regime?
... that a full-scale riot at Luton Town's Kenilworth Road ground on 13 March 1985 led to a four-season ban on visiting supporters?
... that Gazette de Leyde was likely the most important newspaper of the late 18th-century Europe, and the only one read by Louis XVI?
... that Patrick Swayze was the star of the first and only season of the 1982 television show The Renegades?
... that Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel ranked third at the OTI Festival held in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1987 with the song "Ay Amor"?
... that Albert Bridge in London is seriously structurally unsound in part because of rotting caused by dog's urine?
... that XU leader Lauritz Sand was turned in to the Gestapo by a female Norwegian Abwehr agent?
... that the motor theory of speech perception proposes that people understand speech not only through sound, but also by seeing the movements of the mouth?
... that the 2009 Loyal Arrow NATO exercises in Sweden are the biggest aerial military exercises ever held in Sweden, involving around 2000 soldiers and 50 jets?
... that Hurricane Gustav of the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season was the only major hurricane to develop during the season?
... that the Australian Pale-headed Rosella is partial to seeds of the introduced Scotch Thistle and Rough Cockleburr, as well as the native River Red-gum and tea tree?
... that in blackjack, regardless of the casino's rules for betting and how the cards are played, it is always optimal to split aces and eights?
... that the New Lipchis Way passes an hundredal church and an Iron Age hill fort used by clubmen before crossing the Devil's Ditch?
... that the 1992 French film The Lover, the first Western film produced in Vietnam, is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras?
... that the KDN forest complex is the last large remaining rainforest in Sri Lanka other than Sinharaja?
... that the Life without Death cellular automaton, a mathematical model of pattern formation, is a variant of Conway's Game of Life in which cells, once brought to life, never die?
... that Thrill the World is an international event in which participants simultaneously emulate the zombie dance from the music video of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"?
... that American journalist Andrea Elliott received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for a series of articles on an Egyptian-born imam living in Brooklyn?
... that the Anna Kournikova computer virus was created by Jan de Wit using a generic Visual Basic Worm Generator program?
... that Sir William Fortescue was prompted to become a barrister by the death of his wife?
... that Rafael Palmeiro won the Gold Glove Award at first base in 1999 despite appearing in only 28 games at the position?
... that Vegard Sletten, editor of Verdens Gang in his later life, saw his liberation from Berg concentration camp on his birthday?
... that Ken Foster worked at Devonport Dockyard for 35 years before becoming the Lord Mayor of Plymouth?
... that Mike Reid was a linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals before becoming a country music singer and releasing the single "Walk on Faith"?
... that Otto Nielsen played an important role behind the Norwegian cultural scene, as a program editor of the radio magazine Søndagsposten for more than twenty years?
... that Tautiška giesmė, a poem by Vincas Kudirka written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Varpas newspaper, became the Lithuanian national anthem?
... that the Manning–Kamna Farm near Hillsboro, Oregon, has ten buildings that were included in the National Register of Historic Places, including a privy?
... that during the offseason, Canadian football linebacker, Raymond Fontaine, works as a roughneck in the Alberta oil fields?
... that Upper Pine Bottom Run in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, was home to an iron furnace and sawmills in the 19th century, but today is home to state forest land and the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Upper Pine Bottom State Park?
... that the Neher-Elseffer House is one of the few remaining pre-Revolutionary frame houses near Rhinebeck, New York?
... that Chelsea Bridge was little used at night when it first opened, because of its owners' policy of only turning the lighting on if Queen Victoria was spending the night in London?
... that the tiny rare green Mystery Orchid, Cooktownia robertsii, was named after Cooktown and its discoverer, Lewis Roberts, and is the only member of the genus Cooktownia?
... that George Chesworth was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for sorties against the Chinese in the Korean War?
... that the Holt-Bragg Bridge will be named after the family who perished when the previous bridge collapsed during the June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms?
... that Gumarcaj, in Guatemala, is archaeologically and ethnohistorically the best known of the Late Postclassic highland Maya capitals?
... that carrier pigeons, known as the Bavarian Pigeon Corps, were fitted with chest-mounted cameras and sent behind enemy lines for aerial reconnaissance by the Bavarian Army in the early 1900s?
... that Verne Meisner and his son Steve were the first polka music artists to win the Wisconsin Area Music Industry award?