derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Newt Heisley designed the POW/MIA flag in 1971 for the National League of Families, which Congress requires be flown at federal and military buildings on six days annually, including Memorial Day?
... that actor Sterling Hayden admitted his shame at having co-operated with the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1983 documentary film Leuchtturm des Chaos?
... that Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker, a military officer whose highest rank was Major General, presided over the Norwegian Order of Freemasons?
... that according to her groom, when the racehorse Chicado V stood in the starting gate, she looked like a rabbit because all you could see above the gate were her ears?
... that Edwin "Big Ed" Wilkes, a Lubbock, Texas, radio talk show host, and a colleague, Bud Andrews, produced the first albums of the country comedian Jerry Clower?
... that in 1955, the Glass Age Development Committee proposed to demolish the whole of London's Soho district and rebuild it entirely in glass?
... that the architect John Douglas built Walmoor Hill in Chester, Cheshire, as a house for himself, and since his death it has been used as a girls’ college and as the County Fire Headquarters?
... that All-American Beaton Squires wrote an editorial in 1905 against turning football into a "parlor game" after Harvard's president criticized its violent nature?
... that the red Pinot noir wines of the Côte Chalonnaise villages Givry and Mercurey were reportedly the favorite wines of King Henri IV of France and his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées?
... that jockey Bill Passmore, winner of 3,531 races, described fellow riders as "the worst touts at the track" and said that "the track makes a big mistake not installing a mutuel window in the jocks' room"?
... that the United States Lebanese cuisine restaurant chain Aladdin's Eatery has grown to more than 20 sites from an initial $10,000 in 1994?
... that Jørgine Boomer, born and raised in a remote valley in Norway, rose to prominence as an executive at the Waldorf-Astoria, befriending a generation of celebrities?
... that the giant pulses of PSR B1937+21, the first discovered millisecond pulsar, are the brightest radio emission ever observed?
... that former You're a Star winner David O'Connor participated in the 2004 Karaoke World Championships in Finland, placing sixth?
... that Skytterdalen near Sandvika, Norway, is so named because it was the site of a sport shooting field?
... that the earliest commentary on a part of Maimonides' transforming work of Jewish philosophy, The Guide for the Perplexed, was written by Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tabrizi, a Persian Muslim?
... that the pose of the goddess in Hans Holbein the Younger's Venus and Amor closely echoes that of Jesus in Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper?
... that Garrett's Miss Pawhuska, a Quarter Horse racehorse, lost a match race by running over a stake 50 yards from the finish line?
... that quarterback Mark Vlasic was injured when, after Iowa beat Michigan on a last second field goal, a mob tore down the goalpost in celebration?
... that an appeals court overturned one formulation of the toothpaste tube theory in administrative law?
... that Winfried Freudenberg was the last person to die in an attempt to escape across the Berlin Wall?
... that the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges is known as the repository of a venerated phial said to contain a cloth with blood of Jesus Christ, brought to the city by Thierry of Alsace after the Second Crusade?
... that North Carolina-based author Perry Deane Young's first Vietnam War article for UPI was about the Tet Offensive, which began the night he arrived in Saigon?
... that Evening Bell is a Russian song based on a translation from English, but the English source was claimed to be translated from Russian?
... that Grantland Rice wrote that All-American football fullback Shep Homans, who played in every minute of all 22 games for Princeton in 1890 and 1891, "represented the football that used to be"?
... that Jimi Hendrix described the lead guitarist of The Ace of Cups, an all-female rock band, as "really great"?
... that the onset and increased prominence and severity of the rare autosomal dominant skin disorder Oudtshoorn skin usually take place during winter?
... that in six seasons with the "Senior" Senators, Lude Check was among the top ten scorers for his ice hockey league four times?
... that Clifton's Cafeteria was once known as Clifton's Golden Rule because patrons were obliged to pay only what they felt was fair?
... that as CEO of its U.S. subsidiary, Robert J. Sinclair had Saab-Scania build cars with turbochargers and convertible tops for America, while the company sold no-frills cars in its home market?
... that after the second Mong Kok acid attack, the initial 100,000 HK$ reward for information was tripled?
... that Shirley E. Flynn, a local historian in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is considered an authority on the history of the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days, one of the largest outdoor western celebrations in the world?
... that the Mill Street-North Clover Street Historic District in Poughkeepsie, New York, was expanded 15 years after its designation to include two city blocks that had been originally scheduled for demolition?
... that Sid Laverents' 1970 film Multiple Sidosis, which features up to 11 different images of him simultaneously playing a song, is one of the few amateur films chosen for the National Film Registry?
... that Arkansas State Senator Kim Hendren authored a failed bill to require motorcyclists to wear helmets or offer proof of health insurance?
... that in 1998, during the two IFMAR World Championship events for 1:10th scale gas powered radio-controlled cars held at the same weekend, all Top 10 positions were dominated by users of Serpent cars?
... that USS Nicholson and USS Fanning, a pair of American destroyers built before World War I, are credited with the United States Navy's first U-boat kill for sinking U-58 on 17 November 1917?
... that "The Snowman" was likely the product of Hans Christian Andersen's homoerotic ardor for Harald Scharff, a ballet dancer at the Royal Danish Theatre?
... that in 1899 Isaac Seneca became the first Native American to be named as an All-American football player while playing halfback for the Carlisle Indian School?
... that Chichester Castle was built in the Rape of Chichester in the 11th century?
... that although Kevin Daft set two records in NFL Europe, he was released by the Tennessee Titans in August 2002?
... that the 1994 Nepalese legislative election saw the first democratically elected communist government in Asia come to power?
... that US TV series Parks and Recreation season finale "Rock Show" received positive reviews but the lowest ratings of the season, with only 4.25 million households tuning in?
... that information gathered by spy Peggy Taylor, who posed as a prostitute in France during the Second World War, was instrumental in planning D-Day?
... that Bundala National Park of Sri Lanka harbors 197 species of birds, the highlight being the Greater Flamingo , which migrate in large flocks?
... that according to Henry's Law and Dalton's Law, fizz keepers, which are claimed to pump air into bottles of fizzy drink and thereby stop them going flat, do not actually work that way?
... that from 1956 to 1986, radio station KYKN in Keizer, Oregon, was called "KGAY"?
... that Pontius of Carthage voluntarily accompanied Cyprian into exile and later wrote his biography?
... that Faith Ireland won two national championships as a powerlifter while serving on the Washington Supreme Court?
... that two-time All-American fullback "Blondy" Graydon performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights"?
... that the Dollis Brook Viaduct is the highest point on both the Northern Line and the London Underground above ground level, reaching 60 feet (18 m) in height?
... that Vice Admiral Henry Burrell initiated a Royal Australian Navy re-equipment program in the 1960s that included new helicopters, submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, and auxiliaries?
... that Jack Benny was so impressed with native Canadian singer Gisele MacKenzie that he was co-executive producer of her NBC variety show, The Gisele MacKenzie Show?
... that Wernher von Braun's father Magnus von Braun was dismissed out of civil service for supporting the Kapp Putsch in 1920?
... that the watershed of Sulphide Creek, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) stream, harbors at least three waterfalls taller than 2,000 feet (610 m)?
... that racehorse Clyde Van Dusen, winner of the 1929 Kentucky Derby, was named after his trainer?
... that dozens of sled dog races have been created since the first organized long-distance sled dog race was held in 1908?
... that Rai Purdy raised over C$250,000,000 for charity through his Telethon efforts?
... that the Bergh-Stoutenburgh House, one of only two remaining Dutch Colonial stone houses in Hyde Park, New York, has been converted into a Japanese restaurant?
... that tradition says that James Hoban, the architect of the White House, designed the William Seabrook House on Edisto Island, South Carolina?
... that the Byzantine corps of the Optimatoi originated as an elite Gothic cavalry regiment, but was downgraded to a corps of mule-drivers after participating in the failed revolt of Artabasdos?
... that the same month Willamette Falls Hospital in Oregon City, Oregon, announced a plan for the next 20 years, they announced they intended to merge with Providence Health & Services?
... that in 1991 the IRA attempted to assassinate John Major and his War Cabinet with a mortar attack on Downing Street?
... that the nominees for the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards were announced by founder John Wilson at a book signing for The Official Razzie Movie Guide?
... that HMS Centurion had to be sent back to Britain for repairs in 1804, partly because she was infested with termites?
... that Thelnetham Windmill was completely restored from dereliction to working order by amateur volunteers?
... that Ty Cobb would hide black Detroit Tigers mascot Li'l Rastus in his room or under his train berth to evade Jim Crow laws?
... that The George Inn in Norton St Philip, Somerset, was used as an army headquarters during the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, and then as a courtroom to try the rebels in the Bloody Assizes?
... that Sugar Babies, conceived by Ralph G. Allen, was based on his collection of more than 5,000 comedy sketches?
... that the suffix "-up" in Western Australian place names means "place of" in a dialect of the Noongar language?
... that playwright Larry Kramer called Rodger McFarlane, the first paid executive director of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, someone who "did more for the gay world than any person has ever done"?
... that The Last Nightingale was an album recorded to raise money for striking coal miners in the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike?
... that Jack Billingham gave up Hank Aaron's record tying 714th home run as the Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitcher in 1974?
... that American Slovenian-style polka musician Louis Bashell received Wisconsin's first National Heritage Fellowship grant from the National Endowment for the Arts?
... that Cyrus C. Miller believed the United States and Canada would one day become a single nation and that lacrosse could be its official sport?
... that Louie Caporusso led the U.S. in goals scored through most of the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, but when he only scored two in the last nine games, Michigan won eight of those nine?
... that Fireflight's song "Unbreakable" was inspired by a fan's question asked on MySpace?
... that the capture of Bologna on 21 April 1945 was the last battle of the Polish II Corps?
... that local legend suggests that Ai-Ais Hot Springs in southern Namibia were discovered in 1850 by a nomadic Nama shepherd rounding up stray sheep?
... that Reba McEntire starred in a television movie based on her 1992 hit single "Is There Life Out There"?
... that Spey casting is a two-handed fly fishing technique that was developed on the River Spey in Scotland?
... that although the 1998 film Restless takes place in Beijing, only about 20 percent of the dialogue is in Chinese?
... that the Maya archaeological site of Xlapak in Mexico features well-preserved examples of the ostentatious Puuc style of architecture?
... that the Niagara Engine House building is the only one of six engine company firehouses in Poughkeepsie, New York, still standing?
... that Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack once sent hunchbacked batboy Louis Van Zelst out to coach first base, but the umpires made Mack recall him to the dugout?
... that each of the Chinese languages has over 100 classifiers, or "measure words", which must be used any time a noun appears with a number or a demonstrative?
... that the Father Millet Cross on the grounds of Fort Niagara, at just 0.0074 acres (30 m2), was the smallest National Monument ever established in the United States?
... that the Interstate Bridge over the Menominee River was sculpted with wild rice motifs in the concrete?
... that the first of Thomas Eakins's William Rush and His Model paintings provoked controversy by its inclusion of the discarded clothes of William Rush's nude model?
... that although Mellor hill fort is Iron Age in origin, artefacts possibly as old as 10,000 years have been discovered on the site, including a 4,000-year-old amber necklace?
... that with a voyage of 59 days, the SS American set a 1901 record for the fastest New York – San Francisco ocean passage?
... that by pinpointing three counter-cultural traits of Western Norway — Landsmål, temperance and laity — Gabriel Øidne laid the grounds for Norwegian voter sociology?
... that "I Don't Know What It Is", the first single from Rufus Wainwright's album Want One, samples Maurice Ravel's Bolero?
... that Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld was an Austrian aristocratic night fighter flying ace who fought for the German Luftwaffe in World War II?
... that Egyptian actor C. K. Alexander composed under the pseudonyms Mario Quimber and Basheer Qadar?
... that, under the drug policy of Canada, of those convicted of drug offences under Canadian law in 1921, three-quarters were Chinese?
... that former President of Poland Lech Walesa only won 1% of the vote in the 2000 Polish presidential election?
... that the image of Hindu deity Hanuman reportedly came alive and moved when installed at the Hanuman temple in Sarangpur?
... that Price's Post Office in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, was a "publick house" and stagecoach stop in the early 19th century?
... that Elsie B. Washington was called the "mother of the African-American romance" for her 1980 novel, considered the first to feature African American characters by an African American author?
... that the specific epithet of bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) refers to the six dark bands on their sides that fade and disappear as the marine fish mature and age?
... that Don Zimmerman, once called the "best coach in college lacrosse", has traveled around the world promoting the sport, with the ultimate goal of having it once again become an Olympic event?
... that the Nebraska House in Virginia was so named because Colonel Samuel D. McDearmon's wife refused to move to Nebraska?
... that Bettino Ricasoli , developer of the first "modern" Chianti wine recipe based on the Sangiovese grape, later became Italian Prime Minister?
... that the Latting Observatory, described as "New York's first skyscraper", was the tallest building in the United States at 315 feet (96 m) during its brief life from 1853 until it burnt down in 1856?
... that the 350cc engine in the 1949 Douglas Mark III British motorcycle was based on a WW2 electricity generator engine?
... that while still in college, children's author Eloise Greenfield realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at the U.S. Patent Office?
... that the previous owners of KWVR in Enterprise, Oregon, actually lived at the radio station until they sold it in 2008?
... that Yohl Ik'nal, queen of the Classic Period Maya city of Palenque in Mexico, was the first known female Mayan ruler?
... that after a hurdle was misplaced on the running track, Angelo Taylor said he would never again compete at the Adidas Track Classic?
... that Nevada City, California’s Doris Foley Library for Historical Research includes a Cornish Studies Collection?
... that neurosurgeon Keith Black, featured in a Time special issue on "Heroes of Medicine", is known for his discovery that the peptide bradykinin can be effective in opening the blood-brain barrier?
... that The Torment of Saint Anthony has recently been identified as the earliest known painting by Michelangelo?
... that the Smith Tobacco Barn is one of the few remaining examples of intact flue-cured tobacco barns in Dillon County, South Carolina, built between 1895 and the 1950s?
... that the N100 brain response to auditory stimuli can help predict coma patients' probability of recovery?
... that in May 2009, the District of Columbia ruled that Third Church of Christ, Scientist could go forward with demolition of its brutalist-style building?
... that John G. Cullmann was nearly assassinated after establishing a settlement of German immigrants in northern Alabama?
... that a Zen temple's Main Hall looks like a two story building, but has in fact only one?
... that architect Richard Neutra used mirrors and reflecting pools to provide spaciousness for his home on a small lot, the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, on Silver Lake in Los Angeles?
... that Don Cardwell was the Chicago Cubs' Opening Day starting pitcher against the Houston Colt .45s (now known as the Astros) on April 10, 1962, the first official game in Colt .45 history?
... that despite strong support from England, all three Huguenot rebellions in southwestern France were suppressed by King Louis XIII?
... that in 1970, George M. Stafford became the first presidentially-appointed Interstate Commerce Commission chair, 83 years after it was formed?
... that novelist Michael Crichton and seven Nobel laureates, among others, wrote the 1972 textbook Biology Today?
... that songwriter Gordon Chambers credited his hometown of Teaneck, New Jersey, with fostering his dream of becoming a professional?
... that a student at Clatskanie Middle/High School organized a statewide food drive in Oregon that earned the student a national award?
... that Catherina Margaretha Linck is the last European known to have been executed for lesbianism?
... that despite the decisive action of the Trafalgar Campaign being the Battle of Trafalgar , the final action was fought a fortnight later, at the Battle of Cape Ortegal?
... that the Vassar Home for Aged Men, in Poughkeepsie, New York, could not operate at full capacity until Matthew Vassar's wife died and left it the money to do so?
... that Håkon Stenstadvold, rector of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, was a member of the Bærum municipal council?
... that Robert Lindahl, the recording engineer on The Kingsmen's famous version of "Louie Louie", lost his job as a disc jockey for KBKR because he refused to empty the Oregon station's chemical toilet?
... that the real name of Hagop Hagopian, the leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, was revealed only after his assassination in Athens in 1988?
... that rock band 21 Demands made chart history after finishing as runners-up in the fifth series of You're a Star, featuring 1992 Eurovision winner Linda Martin as a judge?
... that Ray H. Altman, as a Kentucky state representative from tobacco-growing Taylor County, opposed a bill in 1990 to ban smoking zones for students in public schools?
... that some grass-endophyte symbioses produce loline alkaloids that are insecticidal and deterrent to various insects?
... that after his death, the amateur manga collection of the manga critic Yoshihiro Yonezawa was made into a library by his alma mater, Meiji University?
... that the Vassar Institute in Poughkeepsie, New York, now used for a local arts center, is on the former site of a brewery?
... that in 1853, Ole Thomesen signed the contract to build the paddle steamer Skibladner, which is still in operation in Norway?
... that the 1960 indie film Weddings and Babies is considered to be the first fictional movie to be shot with a camera that recorded synchronized sound?
... that lacrosse coach "Father Bill" Schmeisser was known for carrying an umbrella on the sidelines regardless of the weather, reasoning that, "This way I know it won't rain"?
... that the Confederate Monument in Augusta, Kentucky, is a gravestone placed forty-one years after the soldiers it honors died?
... that Carl Bødtker was a popular radio presenter for children during the early days of Norwegian broadcasting?
... that the 12–6 curveball gets its name from the way the pitch breaks downward, looking like it moves from the number 12 to the number 6 on a clock?
... that 18-year-old Jay Weinberg is touring with Bruce Springsteen as the E Street Band's drummer while his father, Max Weinberg, prepares for the June premiere of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien?
... that California radio station KOWL's original radio studios were located inside the Harrah's Stateline Club, a casino in Stateline, Nevada?
... that John "Bam" Carney, a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, became well-known in his district through his work as a high school basketball coach?
... that the Second Baptist Church is the only Greek Revival church remaining in Poughkeepsie, New York?
... that Gustav Natvig-Pedersen, a President of the Storting in Norway, also wrote orthographic dictionaries?
... that Bronson Pinchot spent three months visiting psychics to prepare for his role in the 1989 comedy film Second Sight?
... that the officers' mess hall at Camp Abbot military training center was built by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1944, and is now the "Great Hall" at Sunriver Resort?
... that Bob Bruce of the Abilene Reporter-News in Texas was considered a "superb raconteur" and versatile journalist whose "institutional memory" empowered his newsroom colleagues?
... that during the 20th century, many football players at the United States Military Academy also played Army lacrosse to stay physically fit during the off-season?
... that Arlie Metheny, as public information officer in 1958 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, handled media inquiries relating to the induction of Elvis Presley into the Army?
... that René Olry, the commander of the French Army of the Alps during the Battle of France (1940), was a polytechnicien?
... that while most wines can benefit from being stored on their side, Champagne and other sparkling wines tend to age better if they are kept upright?
... that Captain Thomas Baker played a significant role in bringing about three battles during the Napoleonic Wars: Copenhagen, Trafalgar, and Cape Ortegal?
... that the objective of the Nazi board game Juden Raus! (Jews Out) was to move figurines representing Jews across a map to "collection points" outside the city walls for deportation?
... that diplomat Sabrina De Sousa in 2009 sued the United States government to get diplomatic immunity?
... that Rick Gibson intended his human earrings sculpture to raise questions about the appropriateness and usage of such materials for art and self adornment?
... that the U.S. Department of Agriculture South Building was the largest office building in the world until the construction of the Pentagon?
... that the song "Te Amo", performed by Panamanian singer-songwriter Makano, became his first number-one single in the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart?
... that former fur trader Michel Laframboise helped found Fort Astoria and later operated a ferry across the Willamette River?
... that the 2008 Lower Saxony state election saw the Social Democratic Party have their worst performance in Lower Saxony since World War II, while the The Left party won seats for the first time?
... that folk singer Travis Edmonson was an honorary member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and helped create a dictionary for their language?
... that planning for the demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II began in 1942?