derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that during the Holocaust, of the four Jews rescued by Stanisław Jasiński and his daughter from Kostopol in Eastern Poland, only Szmuel Liderman survived the massacres?
... that Layforce was a brigade-sized British commando force named after their commander Robert Laycock?
... that Filipino comedian Tado's screen name is derived from a Tagalog cuss word?
... that Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein , the only person in Egyptian history to voluntarily renounce his rights of succession to the throne, did so to pursue a life of discovery and travel?
... that Michael Jackson's "Gone Too Soon" was dedicated to the memory of Ryan White, a teenager who died following a battle with HIV/AIDS?
... that Englishman James McFarlane was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav for his eight-volume work Oxford Ibsen?
... that Sequalitchew Creek was the location of the original Fort Nisqually trading post established in 1833 by the Hudson's Bay Company?
... that the Byzantine general John Kourkouas, supreme commander of the Byzantine armies in the East for 22 years, was hailed by his contemporaries as "another Trajan or Belisarius"?
... that Theodore Roosevelt contracted Cuban fever during the Spanish–American War, and had recurring symptoms before, during, and after his time as President of the United States?
... that during his lifetime, geologist William Noel Benson published over 100 academic papers?
... that the island of Orosay overlooks Traigh Mhòr, reputedly the only beach in the world used as a runway for scheduled aircraft flights?
... that the Bayerischer Rundfunk caused a scandal in 1986 for refusing to relay the broadcast signal of the political cabaret show Scheibenwischer?
... that Indian communist politician K.P. Prabhakaran was in the forefront of a trade union of toddy tappers in Kerala for 55 years?
... that the Ninth Fort massacres November 1941 were the first organized mass murders of Reich Jews?
... that Sir Arthur Lee donated Chequers, a country house in Buckinghamshire, for use as the official country residence of the British Prime Minister?
... that, starting with the episode "The Ex-Girlfriend", filming of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld moved from Desilu Cahuenga in Hollywood, California, to CBS Studio Center in Studio City?
... that the Ness of Brodgar archaeological site in Orkney includes the remains of a large building described as a Neolithic "cathedral"?
... that Town Center Park was the first park in Wilsonville, Oregon, USA, with an interactive water feature when it was added in 2005?
... that John Earls, the chief writer and editor of Teletext's Planet Sound music section, used to write reader music reviews during his teenage years for Blue Suede Views on ORACLE, the predecessor to Teletext?
... that the first major battle to involve Australian soldiers in the Korean War was the Battle of the Apple Orchard in October 1950?
... that an eternal flame burns at Triyuginarayan Temple, believed to be the venue of the marriage of Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati?
... that Markus Brunnermeier won the Germán Bernácer Prize for his work in financial economics on bubbles and crashes?
... that the Spanish cruiser Baleares was commissioned into service without one of its four main turrets?
... that historian Jack T. Kirby decried popular media depictions of Southerners that used "clichés of racists, graceful landed gentry, poverty, homespun rural values, stock-car racers and moonshiners"?
... that Curious George made his literary debut in H.A. Rey's 1939 children's short story, Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys?
... that devotees believe that worshipping the Hindu god Ganesha at the Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple will result in a successful marriage?
... that the first Australian soldiers to die in the Korean War were killed in action during the Battle of the Broken Bridge in October 1950?
... that Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx is the only person to have won the general, points and king of the mountains classifications in the same tour?
... that Otomi grammar, the grammar of the indigenous Otomi language of Mexico has traits of active/stative alignment, but has no adjectives?
... that in 1992, the crews of USS Baton Rouge and K-276 Kostroma failed to detect each other until the two nuclear submarines collided in the shallow waters of the Barents Sea?
... that when large numbers of the sap-feeding redeye cicada gather on a tree their waste products may fall in a constant shower?
... that the first can opener was patented in 1855, more than 80 years after the introduction of canned food?
... that the 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 guns aboard the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) are believed to have fired the United States' first and last 16-inch shells of World War II?
... that the Baekryulsa temple located in Gyeongju, South Korea, which was once the capital of the Silla kingdom, is believed to be associated with Ichadon, the first martyr for Buddhism in Korea?
... that the British officer James Scurry was held captive for ten years by Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan at Seringapatam?
... that the offices at Stogumber railway station are on the east side of the line, but the platform is on the west?
... that despite entering the finals of 2009 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 unbeaten, Basnahira South collapsed from a strong position of 133 for 1, losing their last nine wickets for just eleven runs?
... that Air Vice Marshal Ellis Wackett, the RAAF's senior engineer from 1935 to 1959, was nicknamed "Punch" for his prominent chin and nose?
... that magnetic tapes afflicted with sticky-shed syndrome are unplayable, but they can be treated by baking?
... that Ken Jennings received 11 of the 13 Jeopardy! single-day winnings of $50,000 or more?
... that the Mir diamond mine is so large that its natural downward air flow can crash helicopters?
... that according to Jewish customs, a yahrzeit candle is lit in memory of the dead on the anniversary of the death on the Hebrew calendar?
... that The Murderer Lives at Number 21 was director Henri-Georges Clouzot's first feature film for the Nazi-owned company Continental Films?
... that the Coyote Gold Mine in the remote Tanami Desert of Australia was opened in 2006 by the then Governor-General of Australia, Michael Jeffery?
... that Hassard Short was born into the English landed gentry but moved to New York as an actor in 1901 and later became one of Broadway's greatest musical theatre directors and lighting designers?
... that the Large Mindoro Forest Mouse, first described as a distinct species in 1995, is known from only 16 individuals from a single mountain on the Island of Mindoro, Philippines?
... that Preston Henn, owner of the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, won the 1983 24 Hours of Daytona sports car race and after retiring refused to discuss his racing career?
... that Tokugawa coinage in Medieval Japan used a triple monetary standard, with gold, silver and bronze coins, each with their own denominations?
... that New Yorker Marcey Jacobson had planned to visit Chiapas for 10 days in 1956, but ended up staying there for most of the next 50 years, taking 14,000 photos of daily life in Southern Mexico?
... that the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Mesa Laboratory was I. M. Pei's first rural project?
... that Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh ran in the 1964 Democratic primary just to prevent segregationist George Wallace from winning the state?
... that the cicada Abricta curvicosta of eastern Australia is known as the floury baker from its appearance of being dusted with white powder?
... that in 1960, country music artist Claude Gray bought the song "Family Bible" from Willie Nelson for $100?
... that the modern Mexican state of Tlaxcala was born when the chief of the old Tlaxcala kingdom struck a deal with Hernán Cortés?
... that in the 51 Major League Baseball seasons for which the Rawlings Gold Glove Award has been presented, pitchers Greg Maddux and Jim Kaat have won the award 34 times?
... that Ninoy Aquino Day is held to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr., husband of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino ?
... that despite having severely paralyzed hands, William B. T. Trego painted some of the most iconic images of the American Revolution and Civil War in the 19th century?
... that the 2011 Pro Bowl and the 2012 Pro Bowl are contracted to return to Aloha Stadium due to a backlash from players and coaches?
... that recovery of the oil in Spraberry Trend, an oil field ranked third in the U.S. by total proven reserves, is so difficult that the area was dubbed "the world's largest unrecoverable oil reserve"?
... that a branch of Exeter City Supporters' Trust members helped finance James Norwood's contract at the football club, paying £19 per month?
... that neuroscientist Ira Black expressed frustration with U.S. federal restrictions on stem cell research, as it could lead to therapies that would "get patients out of bed and out of wheelchairs"?
... that the German 30.5 cm SK L/50 gun was featured in the main batteries of 16 of the 26 capital ships built by the Kaiserliche Marine before the First World War?
... that after English rugby international forward Denys Dobson was killed by a charging rhinoceros, he was reportedly said to always have had "a weak hand off"?
... that Kingston City Hall was built on the former boundary between Kingston and Rondout, New York, to unify the two villages when they merged into one city?
... that the second deepest spot in the world, the HMRG Deep, was discovered by a team of scientists from Hawaii even though it is located by Guam?
... that in 1693 Sheikh Yusuf of Makassar, Indonesia, was exiled by the Dutch East India Company to South Africa, where he established the first Muslim community in the Cape?
... that No. 3 Commando was the first British commando unit raised during the Second World War?
... that Japanese pop R&B singer-songwriter Mai Kuraki's 2009 album, Touch Me! became her first album in five years to top the Japanese album chart?
... that Schwartz Communications, the largest PR agency in Massachusetts, started by making campaigns for baby food before specializing on counseling pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies?
... that a riot broke out between English and Irish labourers who had consumed 1000 gallons of strong beer following the completion of the New Cut waterway in Bristol in May 1809?
... that the rainforest plant Wilkiea huegeliana is most likely pollinated by a species of thrips?
... that the Lake Linden Historic District was rebuilt largely of brick after property insurance companies with heavy losses in an 1887 fire threatened to pull out of the area?
... that The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On Ice!, a documentary about The Simpsons, will most likely not be filmed in 3-D or take place on ice?
... that Sir Patrick Hastings approved the prosecution of the Campbell Case which was instrumental in the fall of the first Labour government?
... that Summer Wars was the first Japanese animated film to be included for competition at the Locarno International Film Festival?
... that Sockington, a cat on the microblogging site Twitter, now has over a million followers since starting there in 2007?
... that according to Hindu mythology, the five Pandava brothers followed a route to heaven alongside the Panch Prayag – five confluences which finally result in the holy Ganges river?
... that James Brady and his gang, the Yakey Yakes, forced their rivals, the Eastman Gang and the Five Points Gang, to "do their fighting north of Catherine Street" in New York City?
... that at one point the Clerks of Assize in England and Wales were earning more than the Assize Judges themselves?
... that the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "A Shot in the Dark" erroneously refers to Detective Pembleton's kids, even though he does not have children until later in the series?
... that the only survivor of the 1944 killing of 10 civilians ordered by Josef Scheungraber testified against him at his war crimes trial, where Scheungraber received a life sentence in August 2009?
... that the American Florida-class battleships were the first U.S. battleships equipped with a steam turbine propulsion system?
... that the Australian bushfood plant and black pepper substitute Tasmannia lanceolata is poisonous to fish?
... that the creation of napkin holders has been a project featured in Popular Science and Popular Mechanics?
... that studies by Mark Rosenzweig showed that the brain develops anatomically into adulthood based on life experiences, overturning conventional wisdom that it reached full maturity in childhood?
... that baseball manager Bill Watkins managed the Detroit Wolverines to their only World Series championship?
... that the theme of pederasty in the 1977 German film Die Konsequenz was so controversial that one regional broadcaster refused to relay the transmission signal?
... that St. Mary's, the first village planned in the Township of Bexley, was never built because the site lay above a bed of limestone?
... that fallow deer bones found in the Qesem Cave, Israel, show evidence that humans 400,000 to 200,000 years ago butchered animals to share and cook?
... that New York Governor Thomas Dewey appointed Alger Chapman as his 1946 campaign manager, though Chapman had no political experience?
... that the leopard shark feeds on anchovies by swimming into their schools with its mouth open and waiting for them to accidentally enter?
... that Canada and Panama signed the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement on August 11, 2009?
... that Eddy Arnold was inspired to record The Casinos' "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" after hearing its writer, John D. Loudermilk, sing it?
... that Banksia 'Roller Coaster', the prostrate cultivar of Banksia integrifolia, is less than 50 centimetres high, while the normal form can be a 25 metre tree?
... that professional wrestler Ángel Azteca died from a heart attack shortly after losing a wrestling match?
... that Detective John Munch's pro-drug liberalization rants in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "And the Rockets' Dead Glare" were based on actor Richard Belzer's real-life past of drug abuse?
... that Stanley Palace in Chester, Cheshire, built as a town house in 1597, has since been apartments, a boys' school, and a museum, and is now used as an office and meeting rooms?
... that before the 2008 Sugar Bowl game Georgia defensive tackle Geno Atkins asked Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan for his autograph?
... that a windmill has stood on the site in Aalden, Netherlands, now occupied by the Jantina Hellingmolen , since 1652?
... that outlaw motorcycle club the Gypsy Jokers has rallied the support of rival clubs to protest proposed Australian anti-"bikie" laws?
... that Alan Taylor was chosen to direct the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "A Dog and Pony Show" after the show's producers were impressed by a short film Taylor made in a seminar taught by Martin Scorsese?
... that the sole developer and creator of Bob's Game tried to publicly protest by locking himself in his room for 100 days or until Nintendo granted him the software development kit for the game?
... that in both 2006 and 2007, Louisiana Tech defensive tackle D'Anthony Smith had five tackles against Fresno State?
... that while running for the presidential nomination in 2008, Hillary Clinton credited political advisor and lobbyist Anne Wexler with providing her first job in politics?
... that the USS Archer-Fish (SS-311), under the command of Joseph F. Enright, sank the largest ship ever destroyed by a submarine?
... that master distiller Jimmy Bedford "held what he considered one of the most enviable jobs imaginable — making sure Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey tasted just the way it had since 1866"?
... that the ceremonial Dunvegan Cup was created in 1493 at the request of the wife of an Irish lord, and is today an heirloom of the chiefs of the Scottish Clan Macleod?
... that after Rokuzan Ogiwara viewed Auguste Rodin's just-completed masterpiece, The Thinker, he abandoned his career as a painter and became a sculptor instead?
... that Possibility Playground, a $450,000 playground for special needs children, was built through donations and volunteer work from thousands of people?
... that dramatic actor Alexander Ostuzhev, who completely lost his hearing in 1910, played leading roles at Maly Theatre for four more decades?
... that Shawnee Community College is one of only a few community colleges to offer on-campus housing?
... that Indu Mitha is one of only two Bharatanatyam experts in Pakistan?
... that the Oregon Bach Festival is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary under the direction of its founder, German conductor Helmuth Rilling?
... that the sport of ferret legging is open only to sober male contestants, who must first remove their underwear?
... that in May 1945, Marian Bernaciak helped defeat a force of 680 soldiers supported by armored cars in the largest battle between the communist government of Poland and the anti-communist resistance?
... that Hungry: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia was written by a James Beard Award winner and her bulimic daughter?
... that ice hockey left winger Brent Peterson scored nine goals in his three seasons with the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning?
... that 120 earthquakes and tremors in total were felt in Edo, Japan during the Ansei Great Earthquakes of 1854–55?
... that the largest derrick in New York State at the time was used to build the Broadway Theatre in Kingston?
... that SS-Oberscharführer Ludwig Plagge, executed for his crimes at Auschwitz, was one of the first SS men to be deployed there?
... that Rend Lake College broke ground for its present campus on the very same day it received accreditation on March 27, 1969?
... that this month celebrates the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the main Burgess Shale locality?
... that during its construction, Voltaire complained that the massive Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons in Paris had only two faucets?
... that make-up artist Howard Smit led efforts to establish the Academy Award for Best Makeup and require film studios to credit make-up artists in a film's screen credits?
... that the pterosaur genus Carniadactylus was originally classified under the species name Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi?
... that six years after leaving the governor's cabinet, Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Charles D. Baker, Jr. was elected to his small town's board of selectmen?
... that Angelo Mathews scored 152 runs in the finals of the 2009 Inter-Provincial tournament to help the Basnahira North cricket team to win the title?
... that Arthur Adams, the singer of "You've Got the Floor", was a bandleader at B. B. King's blues club in Los Angeles?
... that when the Water Tower in Chester, Cheshire, England, was built in 1322–25 it stood in the River Dee, but it is now about 200 yards (183 m) inland due to silting of the river?
... that in 1941 the United States Naval Academy refused to play a lacrosse game against Harvard University because Harvard's team included a black player?
... that Lunsford Lane was a slave from North Carolina who bought his freedom, but was tarred and feathered when he returned to his hometown of Raleigh?
... that the Prayer of Joseph is a fragmentary Old Testament pseudepigraph composed in the first century AD?
... that Larvik Fotball was founded as a cooperation club in Larvik, Norway, but repeatedly failed to include the club Larvik Turn in the merger?
... that AT&T once released designs for 83,539 equivalent transforms of a circuit into the public domain just to deny their competitors the ability to patent them?
... that preserving food in tin cans was first patented in 1810 by Peter Durand although he did not invent the process?
... that Sixteen, the 16th-floor restaurant at Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, features an eye-level view of the Wrigley Building clock tower?
... that Ragnar Ulstein has written several documentary books on military intelligence in Norway during World War II?
... that a contestant on reality boxing show Charity Lords of the Ring left after being warned by neurosurgeons that he might die?
... that the common spangle gall on the leaves of pedunculate oak trees is produced by the gall wasp Neurotus quercus-baccarum?
... that the 1st Australian Task Force was deployed northeast of Saigon during the 1968 communist Tet offensive and was heavily engaged during the Battle of Bien Hoa between January and March?
... that in 2008, defensive tackle Arthur Jones was one of only 10 players for Syracuse to start every game?
... that during the 11th century, Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain gained considerable wealth by collecting parias from the taifas of al-Andalus?
... that Hugh Murray was both the youngest Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, having been appointed at ages 25 and 27, respectively?
... that DJ George Taylor Morris created a 1997 media frenzy with the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" phenomenon, in which the Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon is said to synch up with The Wizard of Oz?
... that due to the John Wood Community College's "Common Market" approach, its first class of graduates in 1976 never set foot in a classroom of the college?
... that spiderhunters have tubular tongues able to form a pressure difference which is used to suck up nectar?
... that the 1977 Pat Travers album Live! Go for What You Know, featuring Travers and Pat Thrall on guitar, is said to bridge the gap between 1970s and 1980s styles of metal guitar playing?
... that Babette March, the first cover model of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, became a farmer in Canada and is now an artist, entrepreneur and chef in Halfway, Oregon?
... that the premiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri of India lasted only 19 months due to his sudden death in 1966?
... that country music singer Easton Corbin's debut single "A Little More Country Than That" was co-written by Rory Lee Feek of Joey + Rory?
... that the Gull River system of reservoirs in Ontario controls the water levels of the Trent-Severn Canal, although they were not originally created for this purpose?
... that Martina Navratilova is credited as a corpse in Single-Handed, a drama series in which the main character has sexual intercourse with his own sister?
... that female yellow mites are produced from unfertilized eggs, a process called thelytoky?
... that the 1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain organised by Albert Baskiville helped establish rugby league in Australia and New Zealand?
... that the Bank of New England went bankrupt in 1991, but its liquidation is still in progress?
... that despite the amputation of his left leg and injury to his left hand, Russian World War I fighter ace Juri Gilsher continued to fly and scored five kills in 1917?
... that the Kenny Chesney – Dave Matthews duet "I'm Alive" was previously recorded by Willie Nelson on an album that Chesney co-produced?
... that Al-Majdal, Tiberias, a village depopulated in 1948, preserved the name of the ancient village reputed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene?
... that the first rotating-wheel can opener was invented by William Lyman in 1870?
... that the uncinate fasciculus connecting the temporal and frontal lobes is the last white matter tract in the human brain (diagrammed) to mature, with this continuing after age 30?
... that Royal Navy Admiral Lawrence Halsted was the son of a naval captain, married the daughter of an admiral, and was the father of a vice-admiral?
... that the Rugrats episode "Reptar on Ice" was a satirical parody of over-commercialization of children's media in the form of merchandise tie-ins?
... that the 1695 Siege of Namur has been called the most important event in the Nine Years' War?
... that Carvins Cove, Virginia, was abandoned and subsequently inundated to create Carvins Cove Reservoir in the 1940s?
... that Viennese-born architect Konstantin Jovanović provided the original designs for the National Assembly buildings of both Bulgaria and Serbia?
... that the whitetip reef shark may have contributed to the Hawaiian myth of ʻaumākua, family guardian spirits, due to the "loyalty" of sharks that stay in the same area for years?