derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Moustache, a French poodle, is said to have been awarded a medal by Marshal Jean Lannes for saving a regimental flag at the Battle of Austerlitz?
... that Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden made their debut as the band MGMT playing the theme to the movie Ghostbusters over and over for hours?
... that Lusia Harris, who was drafted in the seventh round of the 1977 NBA Draft, was the first and only woman ever drafted in the NBA?
... that a riot ensued when a Catholic rang the bell of St. Martin's Church, Biberach during a Protestant wedding?
... that Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was the first woman to attempt, and to perish in, a transatlantic airplane flight?
... that the Woodlawn Preserve is one of the most biologically diverse habitats in Schenectady County, New York, due to the combination of swamp, wetlands, water bodies, and dune vegetation?
... that British Museum keeper John Thomas Smith wrote a life of the sculptor Joseph Nollekens that was noted for its "malicious candour"?
... that the winemaker of the eponymous Piemonte wine producer, Bruno Giacosa, is known as "the genius of Neive"?
... that in the early history of Baptists in Kentucky there were three church Associations and twelve churches recorded in Asplund's Register for 1785?
... that the American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Walter Vinson co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World"?
... that Giora Romm assumed command of Israeli Air Force 115 Squadron a day before the Yom Kippur War broke out, making his debut flight in the A-4 Skyhawk on a combat mission?
... that although Haile Fida was an important political advisor to Mengistu Haile Mariam, the military ruler of Ethiopia, in 1977 Mengistu had him arrested and later executed?
... that with an area of over 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2), etnies Skatepark is the largest free to use skatepark in California?
... that trade unionist Lt-col. David Watts Morgan CBE DSO JP was known by the miners he represented as "Dai Alphabet"?
... that death is directly mentioned in 19 of the 38 poems in Maya Angelou's first book of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie?
... that while Romanian politician Viorel Hrebenciuc was pushing to have President Traian Băsescu removed from office, his son was dating the President's daughter Elena?
... that the iron furnace at Old Furnace State Park in Connecticut produced horseshoes for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War?
... that in 1838, Henriette d'Angeville , the first woman to climb Mont Blanc on her own strength, received a calling card from a Polish nobleman on her way to the summit, at 10,000 feet?
... that even though the Dollarway Road, Arkansas' first road, is now covered by Arkansas Highway 356, a portion of the road has been preserved by the National Register of Historic Places?
... that, in 1888, Henry Porter pitched the only no-hitter in the two-season existence of the Kansas City Cowboys Major League Baseball franchise?
... that the only production of Don Quixote in a non-German speaking country was in Moscow in 1911?
... that Wilson Industrial Park in Edmonton, Alberta, is named in honour of Herbert Charles Wilson, who served as the city's mayor in the late 19th century?
... that Lacrosse Hall of Famer Kevin Lowe has scored overtime game-winning goals in both an NCAA Championship game and a Major League Lacrosse Steinfeld Cup Championship game?
... that the Albion River Bridge, the only wooden bridge on California State Route 1, has been proposed for replacement by the California Department of Transportation?
... that when Luis Figo was taking a corner in a football match against FC Barcelona, the Boixos Nois threw a pig's head after him?
... that Ben Cooper, Inc., the "Halston of Halloween", said it sold a scary 4 million Halloween costumes in the United States in 1990?
... that Margaret Jones was the first person in Boston to be executed for witchcraft in a New England witch hunt that lasted between 1648 and 1663?
... that ghosts at Preston Manor, reputedly one of Britain's most haunted houses, have included a grey lady, an excommunicated nun, a floating hand and one driving a toy tractor?
... that a disc jockey at WTCM-FM created a song about the Michigan Dogman, which has been sighted in northwestern Michigan, as an April Fools' Day joke?
... that the bone skipper came back from the dead after 160 years to feed on rotting bones?
... that critics praised a scene in the horror film Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp where a student is attacked by a motorbike outfitted with revolving blades?
... that the "Devils Brigade" was conceived to tell of 19 men who went halfway to hell?
... that the Paracas textiles found wrapped around 2,200 year old mummies show a winged shaman carrying a severed head by its hair?
... that the Beginning of the End could not begin until 200 grasshoppers had been sexed?
... that bonfire toffee is brittle, dark toffee associated with Halloween and Bonfire Night in the United Kingdom?
... that the Ipswich Witchcraft Trial has been called the "Second Salem Witch Trial", and was the last witch trial held in the United States?
... that, according to legend, a wooded area in Hellam Township, Pennsylvania, is home to seven gates that lead directly to hell?
... that a person can create more of a Devil's Backbone by cutting it off above a joint and burying it?
... that Podostroma cornu-damae can shrink your brain, make your skin fall off, cause you to speak and move abnormally and kill you?
... that Johnny Cash cast Watergate scandal prosecutor James F. Neal to play a lawyer in the 1983 made-for-television movie Murder in Coweta County?
... that in various regions in India, a haunting bhoot can be thwarted using water, steel or iron objects, or the scent of burnt turmeric?
... that Irish psychic Sandra Ramdhanie, who specialises in exorcisms, was born on Halloween night?
... that an 18th-century soldier, court-martialed for sleeping at his post, swore that he heard the clock of St Paul's Cathedral strike 13 times – and other witnesses corroborated it, saving his life?
... that Ann Hibbins was convicted and hanged for being a witch in Boston, Massachusetts in 1656, 36 years prior to the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials?
... that the plafond in the Bishops' Palace in Kielce depicts its founder's victory over the Polish Brethren Protestant church, which taught the equality and brotherhood of all people?
... that in the requiem mass for John F. Kennedy, Mac Morgan performed the bass solo of Mozart's Requiem?
... that Fohoren was one of the traditional kingdoms of Timor which were ruled by a Liurai?
... that Steven Girvin's group has successfully implemented quantum algorithms on a two-qubit quantum processor?
... that St Peter's Church, Northampton is considered by the Churches Conservation Trust to be "the most outstanding Norman church in the county" of Northamptonshire?
... that Lord William VI of Montpellier (1121–49) looked out for the interests of the merchants of his town, since his revenues depended on theirs?
... that in a best-dressed list published in 1958 by the New York Dress Institute, Consuelo Crespi was ranked third, behind the Duchess of Windsor but ahead of Queen Elizabeth II?
... that in 1847, a north transept was added to St Andrew's Church, Cranford, Northamptonshire to form a family pew for the Robinsons of nearby Cranford Hall?
... that Czech architect Ladislav Žák found design inspiration from ocean liners and airplanes?
... that on 4 April 1866, Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg and her brother Nicholas were accompanying their uncle, Emperor Alexander II of Russia, when someone tried to assassinate him?
... that American Piedmont blues singer Irene Scruggs worked alongside Clarence Williams, Joe "King" Oliver, Lonnie Johnson, and Little Brother Montgomery, but today remains largely forgotten?
... that in 2008, Indian boxer Nanao Singh Thokchom won a gold medal at the inaugural Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico?
... that scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute have created a bacterium with a synthesized genome?
... that the Acheron class torpedo boat and the Avernus were sold separately after they were joined together to become part of the Commonwealth Naval Forces?
... that John E. Bush was sent on a mission to form a Polynesian empire with only one ship manned by a boy's band?
... that five High Sheriffs of Kent lived at Oxon Hoath, a former manor house at West Peckham?
... that when Einar Johannessen was suspended from NRK television because of payments in his secondary job, the decision was overturned by the Ministry of Culture?
... that the Federalists of New England did not support the War of 1812, so Captain Oliver Filley of Connecticut, who built the Oliver Filley House, commanded 40 militiamen under state control?
... that Giovanni Francisco Vigani became the first professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge in 1703?
... that eleven-year National Football League veteran defensive back Maurice Douglass was once a professional stripper?
... that most of the memorials in St Cuthbert's Church, Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, are to the Scudamore family, which owned the church land until 1909–10?
... that Commissioner of Guam José Sisto was arrested for misappropriation of government funds and exiled to Manila in 1899?
... that in Lamparello v. Falwell, Jerry Falwell lost one of the earliest cases of trademark infringement based on cybersquatting?
... that Democratic Party leaders convinced Frank Herbert to run as a write-in against white supremacist John Kucek, saying "the first thing we had to do was convince people not to vote for the Nazi"?
... that the book Targeted Killing in International Law argues support in the Western world for targeted killing increased following the September 11 attacks?
... that Rodrigo Rivera Salazar, Colombia's new Minister of Defence started working in politics when he was only 20 years old as a Councilman in his native Pereira?
... that Magic Johnson, the first overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft, won the NBA championship and the Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his first season in the league?
... that Joseph Mitchell Parsons was the first prisoner to die in an execution chamber at Utah State Prison designed to accommodate both firing squads and lethal injections?
... that cheeses made from thermized milk are not considered raw-milk cheeses in Europe, but are still subject to FDA restrictions on raw-milk cheeses in the U.S.?
... that Louis F. Bantle saw U.S. Tobacco's income rise tenfold to US$1 billion led by sales of smokeless tobacco, telling managers, "We must sell the use of tobacco in the mouth and appeal to young people"?
... that i, a British newspaper launched on 26 October 2010, contains several "matrixes" – small paragraphs of news which are expanded upon in full articles inside the paper?
... that 1366 Technologies has created a technique to cast silicon wafers from the melt rather than sawing them from an ingot?
... that Wesley Bennett scored 21 points to lead Westminster College to a 37–33 victory over St. John's University in the opening game of the first college doubleheader played at Madison Square Garden?
... that Billy Squier's number-one mainstream rock hit "Everybody Wants You" has been performed by Damone, The Unband, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, and players of Guitar Hero 5?
... that the prevalence of diabetes is the prime drive in the development of biosensors such as fluorescent glucose biosensors?
... that the Tennis Palace venue which hosted some of the 1952 Summer Olympics basketball games was later converted into an art museum?
... that Nigerian boxer Franklin Egobi fought for the Latvian heavyweight title in October 2008?
... that in 1955, a United Airlines Douglas DC-6 crashed only days after a device that could have prevented it was installed on a sister aircraft?
... that Louis Keppel Hamilton took a 12-pounder gun from HMS Challenger 640 miles along the Niger and Benue rivers, then 60 miles overland, to assist the taking of Garoua from the Germans?
... that Barnum's Kaleidoscape was the first Ringling show to be held under a tent since 1956 and also its first one-ring presentation in more than a century?
... that in his short time with British McEvoy Motorcycles, racer George Patchett set nine world records?
... that in "one of the most spectacular homicide trials ever", a jury acquitted Melvin Lane Powers and his aunt – and lover – Candy Mossler for the murder of her husband?
... that Kutmichevitsa, a region of the First Bulgarian Empire now mostly in Albania, was home to one of the two most important cultural centres of 9th-century Bulgaria?
... that Yoram Ben-Zeev, the current Israeli ambassador to Germany, was born on 20 July 1944 – the day of the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler?
... that Anonymous hackers redirected GeneSimmons.com to ThePirateBay.org during Operation Payback?
... that Nicholas II of Russia reportedly gave Princess Anna of Montenegro one million rubles as a dowry?
... that Michelle Williams was the only actress whom the producers met during casting for the role of Marilyn Monroe in the upcoming film My Week with Marilyn?
... that "I Hear You, I See You", the second season premiere of the comedy-drama series Parenthood, marked the first of several appearances by William Baldwin?
... that the capitals of the Norman chancel arch of St John the Baptist's Church, Wakerley, Northamptonshire, are said to be "some of the finest in England"?
... that despite her French title and ancestry, Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg was born and raised in Russia, and was entitled to the rank Imperial Highness?
... that Adobe Systems, Inc. has successfully sued for the copyright infringement of a computer font, even though typefaces are not protected under U.S. copyright law?
... that Bo Shepard and Norman Shepard are the only siblings ever to have both coached North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball?
... that the only known location of Isoetes eludens, a recently discovered aquatic plant, is a single 2 m (6.6 ft) wide and 15 cm (5.9 in) deep seasonal rock pool?
... that the Jacob P. Perry House in Pearl River, New York, is one of the few post-Revolutionary Dutch Colonial houses in Rockland County built in a prewar style?
... that undefeated MMA fighter Dragan "Gagi" Tešanović makes his North American debut tonight at the Bellator 34 event?
... that Orgy's cover of "Blue Monday" was said to help guide a cyberpunk revival?
... that the current Brutalist synagogue building of Temple Israel of the City of New York was completed in 1967?
... that Count Rudolf of Geneva performed the act of homage to his overlord, Peter II, Count of Savoy, in an orchard outside of a castle in 1263?
... that American electric bluesman Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis remained a regular performer on Chicago's Maxwell Street for over 40 years?
... that the underground Elisenberg railway station at Elisenberg, Oslo, was only partially finished and never taken into use?
... that boxer Jacob Hyer has been called "The Father of the American Ring" although he broke his arm in his only match, in 1816?
... that Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe are among the people who have been suggested as the true author of the William Shakespeare plays?
... that Starr's corollary to the Shapley–Folkman lemma was proved by an undergraduate student of Kenneth Arrow?
... that the traditional form of government in Tibet from 1642 to 1951 was the Cho-sid-nyi?
... that Parry O'Brien won the gold medal in the men's shot put at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki as part of a four-year long streak in which he won 116 consecutive meets and set 17 world records?
... that Calgary's new mayor Naheed Nenshi used social media extensively in his surprise win in the 2010 municipal election, which made him the first Muslim mayor of a major Canadian city?
... that Sir Arthur Bignold, MP for Wick Burghs, was the proprietor of the Achanalt Inn?
... that historian Brison D. Gooch, who researched the Crimean War, concludes that Great Britain and France practically ignored their ally, the Ottoman Empire, in the two-year fight against Russia?
... that World War II search and rescue dog Crumstone Irma barked differently depending on whether those buried by rubble were dead or alive?
... that St Peter's Church in Deene, Northamptonshire contains a monument to the 7th Earl of Cardigan, who led the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854?
... that Scientology spokesperson Jessica Feshbach's father incorporated Dianetics philosophy into his firm's stock market investing?
... that a hydro dam was built by a state agency within the borders of the Munzur Valley National Park in Turkey, violating the existing laws for its protection?
... that Kim Williams was the longest-running guest commentator on National Public Radio, appearing on the show All Things Considered for over ten and a half years?
... that the Malta Test Station was the site of the first large test stand for static rocket engine tests in the United States?
... that Stanley Gordon Orr was the highest-scoring fighter ace of the Royal Navy during the Second World War?
... that the medieval Ca na Catanach, a drovers' road in Sutherland, begins at Dorrery Lodge and ends north of Achentoul?
... that under head coach Joe Lombardi, the IUP Crimson Hawks men's basketball team advanced to the 2010 basketball championship just two years after being placed on NCAA probation?
... that the name of Bjørnsletta Station of the Oslo Metro is ultimately derived from a bear sighting in 1852?
... that in 1967 the BSA A65 Star helped BSA win a Queens Award to Industry and by 1969 BSA were responsible for 80% of the British motorcycles exported?
... that the term "hatchet man" originated from the weapon of choice used in killings on Chinatown's Doyers Street, known as the "Bloody Angle" for its frequent gang murders in the early 20th century?
... that Paul Erdős challenged Jon Folkman to solve mathematical problems immediately after Folkman's surgery for brain cancer?
... that Chinese military texts have influenced strategists ranging from members of the Communist Party of China to former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld?
... that University of Kentucky running back Derrick Locke set the Oklahoma high-school record in the long jump?
... that Canadian artist Henry Sandham won an award at the 1878 Exposition Universelle for a composite photograph consisting of 300 separate pictures?
... that the Sikorsky S-97 scout helicopter is intended to be able to fly with one, two, or no pilots?
... that Ethiopian long-distance runner Getu Feleke set a new course record when he won the 2010 Amsterdam Marathon earlier this month?
... that the most northerly outpost of Harrods is located in a former tourist information office in the Scottish Highlands between Achany Forest and Shin Falls?
... that the interior of the 10th-century Round Church in the medieval Bulgarian capital of Preslav features medieval inscriptions in three alphabets and two languages?
... that the official proclamation of the abolition of slavery by the French government in 1794 was delivered to the Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) by the corvette Esperance?
... that the body of Cardinal Gonzalo García Gudiel, returning from Rome to his native Toledo, was reportedly greeted in the streets by a delighted crowd of Christians, Jews and Muslims?
... that in State of Alabama v. State of Georgia in 1860, the U.S. Supreme Court defined what a river bed was?
... that all five venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz were reused as venues when the Winter Olympics returned to the city twenty years later?
... that a local resident donated land for and paid part of the construction cost of the Le Roy, New York, post office?
... that during two years in the early 1950s American Jim Fuchs won 88 consecutive meets and set four world records in the shot put?
... that the extinct crab Metacarcinus starri from Washington state is related to the graceful rock crab?
... that physician Sir James Clark is said to have contributed to the agonising death of poet John Keats by putting him on a starvation diet consisting of a single anchovy and a piece of bread a day?
... that the Awaaz Foundation has successfully petitioned both local and state governments in India to impose stricter noise pollution laws?
... that American electric blues harmonicist Johnny Dyer, on his Rolling Fork Revisited album, did reworkings of songs by another Rolling Fork native, Muddy Waters?
... that the incumbent Mayor of Invercargill, Tim Shadbolt, is currently the longest serving mayor in New Zealand?
... that cars were brought into the Empire Stadium venue to illuminate the last two decathlon events at the 1948 Summer Olympics?
... that Mary Malcolm, one of the BBC’s first female announcers, was a granddaughter of Victorian actress Lily Langtry, mistress of King Edward VII of England?
... that sales at Sprinkles Cupcakes increased 50% after the store was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show?
... that New Hampshire-born Charles Coffin Harris, who served as cabinet minister and judge in the Kingdom of Hawaii, also had a business selling fern hair?
... that the idea that Lancaut, on the border between England and Wales, may be the site of a medieval leper colony is supported by the unusual number of medicinal herbs found in the churchyard ?
... that Walter Winchell described the 1942 British film Thunder Rock as "a glowing fantasy that lights up the dark corners of many current issues"?
... that the Innu and Naskapi of the Lac-John Reserve in northern Quebec, Canada, initially lived in poverty without sanitation, electricity, schools, or a medical facility?
... that the fairy shrimp Branchinecta gaini is the largest freshwater invertebrate in Antarctica?
... that many former Nazi rocket scientists were employed in Egypt's rocket program in the 1960s, and were targeted by Israel in Operation Damocles, a campaign of letter bombs, assassinations and abductions?
... that American guitarist Frankie Lee Sims is regarded as "one of the great names in post-war Texas country blues"?
... that William Coleman, the first editor of the New York Post, killed an adversary in a duel in 1804?
... that one academic commentator described Dr. Bonham's Case simply as an "abortion"?
... that a fall in bus passenger numbers in Hampshire between 1999 and 2001 was partly attributed to the collapse of the Tillingbourne Bus Company ?
... that the Virginia Street Bridge in Reno, Nevada, is also known as the "Bridge of Sighs", as legend has it that new divorcees would toss their wedding rings from the bridge into the Truckee River?
... that the Marivagia stellata, a new genus and species of jellyfish, was identified in the summer of 2010?
... that the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, England, is all that remains of the medieval Tarrant Abbey?
... that the Battle of Macau of 1622 was the only battle on Chinese soil to be fought between two European powers?
... that The New York Times provided plans for constructing the wet-folding origami sculpture of a rat created by Eric Joisel, but warned readers that "no lay person should even contemplate the hedgehog"?
... that, together with the Moisie River, the Natashquan River is one of the most renowned salmon rivers on the North Shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence?
... that 100,000 victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake were buried at the port town of Lafiteau?
... that the Regency of Algiers was founded around 1525 when Barbarossa recaptured the city?
... that English cricketer Herbie Hewett walked off the field before play began when captaining an England XI, after receiving insults from the crowd?
... that when the West German Senate of Berlin and the East Berlin Magistrat first met as a joint body during German reunification in 1990, it was dubbed the MagiSenat?
... that the specific name of the chaenopsid blenny Protemblemaria perla refers to both its place of discovery and to the white bands on its body?
... that in 1960 Odd Grythe hosted the first show after the official opening of Norwegian television, Startskuddet går?