derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that New Zealand's indigenous Māori people used the cabbage tree Cordyline australis for food, medicine, and to make strong ropes like those used for morere swings ?
... that Matt Holliday broke a potential record-breaking streak of RBI titles by Ryan Howard thanks to his performance in the 2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game?
... that although as a eunuch the powerful Byzantine official Staurakios was barred from the imperial throne, he nevertheless plotted to become Byzantine Emperor?
... that the school opened at Gjønnes in 2004 was moved from Nadderud, where it had been established in 1958 with the intention of existing only five years?
... that Wood Siding railway station was fitted with a ladder to allow the station porter to see approaching trains?
... that in April 2010 South Korean mountaineer Oh Eun-Sun became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders, the world's tallest mountain peaks?
... that the German settlement of Hochheim, Texas, which means "high home", is named for founder Volentine Hoch who appropriately built his house on a nearby hill?
... that it may not be possible to determine what ?Oryzomys pliocaenicus is?
... that the extinct fir species Abies milleri, known from Early Eocene fossils found in Ferry County, Washington, is considered the oldest confirmed record for the fir genus?
... that Eça de Queirós, one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language, was born in Praça do Almada, the civic center of Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal?
... that Jay Riemersma, tight end for the Michigan Wolverines, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers, is currently a Republican candidate for Congress from West Michigan?
... that according to the colophon, Minuscule 686 was copied and corrected from a manuscript from Jerusalem?
... that the Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children was built in 1864 to provide educational opportunities for African American children in New Haven, Connecticut?
... that William Morris's wife Jane was the model for the figure of the dying Beatrice Portinari in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's painting Dante's Dream?
... that Jerry Vandergriff led the Angelo State Rams to 18 consecutive winning seasons and the winningest record of all Texas universities in the 1980s?
... that Clonakilla, like most wineries in the Canberra wine region, is not actually based in the same territory as Canberra?
... that the longest recorded sniper kill is from 2,475 m (8,120 ft) using a L115A3 Long Range Rifle ?
... that Galaxy 15, a communications satellite, was originally designed to last 15 years but is currently out of control?
... that the 1972 Neil Diamond song "Play Me" is an audience favorite among women, including Nancy Sinatra, who likes it "because it is sexy"?
... that Lupe Joe Arenas, one of the first Mexican-American football stars, once held the NFL career record with 4,572 kick and punt return yards?
... that the training ship USS Recruit (TDE-1) at the Naval Training Center San Diego was also known as "Building 430"?
... that Texas State Highway 112 was renumbered from Texas State Highway 69 because people kept stealing the road signs?
... that goose pulling was a popular blood sport practiced in Belgium, England, the Netherlands and the United States that involved a man on horseback galloping past a live goose and pulling its head off?
... that Callistus Valentine Onaga oversees a microbank as part of his position as a Roman Catholic bishop in Nigeria?
... that the Russian battleship Oslyabya was the first armored battleship ever sunk by gunfire alone, without any torpedo hits?
... that in 1896, Stephen Wootton Bushell became the first person to decipher some of the characters of the extinct Tangut script?
... that the Kyrgyzstan White House was at the center of the 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots?
... that Parker Watkins Hardin became the first Democrat to be defeated in a Kentucky gubernatorial election against a Republican candidate, losing to William O'Connell Bradley in 1895?
... that Mike Brumbelow was captain and MVP of the TCU Horned Frogs' first Southwest Conference championship team in 1929 and coached UTEP to two wins in three appearances in the Sun Bowl in the 1950s?
... that the IBM 608, released in December 1957, was the first commercial completely transistorized computer?
... that the U-boat SM UB-50 sank nearly 100,000 gross register tons of shipping?
... that upon seeing a religious service in Wailuku in 1832, Queen Ka'ahumanu asked a congregation to name a church after her?
... that the Happy List of UK volunteers, philanthropists and much-loved entertainers was printed by the Independent on Sunday in 2008 as an antidote to the Sunday Times Rich List, and quickly became an annual fixture?
... that one of the reasons the U.S. Navy cancelled the Curtiss XSB3C dive-bomber project was the aircraft's requirement for the use of 115/145-octane avgas?
... that, although first active in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, poet Alexandru Robot identified more with his adoptive Bessarabia and was called a "semi-Bessarabian"?
... that professional wrestler Cueball Carmichael's championship belt was stolen during one of his matches?
... that the Russian armored cruiser Rossia became the first warship to use an aerial device on the high seas during a time of war when she flew an observation balloon in May 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War?
... that over the course of his career at Michigan State Normal College, Elton Rynearson coached at least one year in every varsity sport, including football, basketball, baseball, and track?
... that although known for their erotic protests, the Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN is against legalizing prostitution?
... that Arizona passed the toughest illegal immigrant law in the U.S. following the murder of rancher Robert Krentz?
... that although related species usually infect several hosts, the parasitic nematode worm Aonchotheca forresteri is known only from the marsh rice rat?
... that Romanian poet Luca Caragiale, the son of celebrated dramatist Ion Luca Caragiale, is said to have been brought to tears by his father's rejection of Symbolism?
... that a 2006 survey found that the sleeping position preferred by 50% of British couples is back-to-back?
... that Jack Mann, a pioneer of winemaking in Western Australia, took over two thousand cricket wickets bowling underarm?
... that the Tango Monastery in Thimpu was founded by Lama Gyalwa Lhanampa in the 13th century and built in its present form by Tenzin Rabgye, the fourth King of Bhutan, in 1688?
... that a colleague once described Ed Scogin of Slidell, Louisiana, as "the conservative conscience" of the Louisiana House of Representatives?
... that the award-winning 2006 Serbian black comedy The Optimists was inspired by Voltaire's satire Candide?
... that bass singer Jakob Stämpfli appears on the recording of the reconstructed secular Bach cantata Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a, also called Shepherd cantata?
... that the logotype of the manuscript Bible passage Oriental MS 424 quoted names of the scribes and dates of two of its ancestor manuscripts?
... that two of Mitty Collier's biggest hit records were versions of gospel songs originally penned by James Cleveland, but rewritten with secular lyrics?
... that in September 2009, Buckinghamshire-based coach company Woottens Luxury Travel teamed up with local radio station Mix 96 in a promotion to name their tiger mascot?
... that John Tidwell broke the University of Michigan's single game and season basketball scoring records in 1960 despite "the handicap of a short and twisted left arm"?
... that the fungus Mycena californiensis was "resurrected" in 1999?
... that the NCAA record for double plays in a single game was tied by Old Dominion University during a 1985 game at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex?
... that the endangered Borneo shark was rediscovered in 2007, after not having been seen for many decades?
... that the French battleship Masséna was sunk as a breakwater during the Gallipoli Campaign?
... that a forty year old disagreement over the maritime Russia–Norway border, where the disputed area covered 175,000 km2 (68,000 sq mi), was settled in April 2010?
... that record producer Rick Hall established the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, on the basis of the commercial success of Arthur Alexander's 1962 hit "You Better Move On"?
... that when Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid was found plagiarising the work of Welsh author Glyn Jones, he claimed he had a photographic memory and had copied his work unconsciously?
... that cleaning of the painting Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match revealed the arousal of the central figure?
... that Mike Stock's only job as a head coach came near the middle of his 44-year American football coaching career?
... that the Lund 1 Runestone depicts two wolves that have a sword and shield strapped to their bodies?
... that the Cursa de Bombers 10 km road race in Barcelona was created by firefighters protesting about their working conditions?
... that The Turtles wrote their 1968 single "Elenore" as a parody of one of their previous hits?
... that the French battleship Jauréguiberry had a torpedo air chamber accidentally explode between her propellers when she fired her stern torpedo tube in 1905, flooding her steering compartment?
... that when railroad tracks to Passaic, New Jersey, were severed by the Erie Lackawanna Railway, they left the bridge swung open and kept short service to the Carlton Hill station in Rutherford, New Jersey?
... that when the Byzantine usurper John Komnenos the Fat tried to sit on the imperial throne, it broke under his weight?
... that Raw Head , in Cheshire, England, was a Marilyn, but was demoted in 2009 after a re-survey?
... that the powerful Byzantine eunuch official Aetios plotted to have his brother placed as emperor, but was thwarted when Nikephoros I seized the throne?
... that an 1100 cow dairy farm in Rice Lake, Wisconsin expects to save over $70,000 per year from its installation of an 848 kW CHP system operating on anaerobic digester gas from cow manure?
... that McMillan Hall at Washington & Jefferson College is the eighth oldest academic building in the United States that is still used for its original educational purpose?
... that the most influential person in Mike Hanopol's career as a pioneer Pinoy rocker was his guitar-playing maternal grandmother?
... that Allen Iverson is the only player who led the NBA in steals for three consecutive seasons?
... that American political scientist Charles Merriam pushed for the use of quantitative analysis in the practice of political science even though he had almost no mathematical training?
... that Bathsheba at Her Bath has been called "Rembrandt's greatest painting of the nude"?
... that Virginia Johnson, wife of a former Arkansas Supreme Court justice, became in 1968 the first woman ever to seek the office of Governor of Arkansas?
... that the Warsaw Lyceum, where Nicolas Chopin was a teacher and his son Frédéric Chopin a pupil, was founded by the Prussian government as a German language school?
... that the American soul blues and electric blues singer Earl Gaines received no credit on his biggest-selling single?
... that over 100 people stated that they wanted a netbook based on Mayuri Shirasagi, the heroine of the visual novel Kimi no Nagori wa Shizuka ni Yurete?
... that four-time block leader Mark Eaton averaged 5.56 blocks per game in the 1984–85 NBA season?
... that although the 20 mm Breda is an anti-aircraft gun, during the Kurtës Ambush it was used against German trucks?
... that Scottish bookseller Alexander Donaldson sold cheap copies of books after their copyright had expired, in disregard to London booksellers' opinions on literary property?
... that the frilled shark may have the longest gestation period of any vertebrate, at three and a half years?
... that English drummer Chris Townson replaced The Who's Keith Moon on a 1967 UK tour?
... that José Rodríguez was once the manager of a Cuban League championship baseball team that included five future members of the US Baseball Hall of Fame?
... that the asphalt volcano is a rare underwater volcano composed of asphalt and erupting petroleum and methane instead of lava?
... that Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be run on the MT Framework engine, the same engine that is used by Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2?
... that "The Mighty Midget", Rodney Wilkes, won the first ever Olympic medal for Trinidad and Tobago at the 1948 Games?
... that the blood of Serpula tubeworms appears green when deoxygenated, though it is light red when oxygenated?
... that before beginning his revolt in 803, Bardanes Tourkos, with his three principal associates, Thomas, Leo the Armenian and Michael the Amorian, allegedly visited a monk who foretold their fates?
... that a finished study for The Death of Nelson by Daniel Maclise in Westminster Palace is in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool?
... that the tianguis market is a Mexican tradition which comes mostly unchanged from the pre-Hispanic era?
... that Matthew Elderfield took a €193,000 paycut from his previous position in the Bermuda Monetary Authority to go work as Ireland's Financial Regulator?
... that the district Nadderud in Norway, now known for the multi-purpose stadium Nadderud stadion, once delivered limestone to Akershus Fortress in 1629 and the Royal Palace, Oslo, in 1827?
... that William J. Winter, while serving as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, confirmed an estimated 45,000 Catholics?
... that the legend of Krishna killing the horse demon Keshi may have its origins in the tale of Greek hero Heracles slaying the horses of Diomedes?
... that the New Zealand Member of Parliament Frederic Jones was described as the foremost local government expert of his time?
... that during the opening sequence of "The Squirt and the Whale", The Simpsons addressed the controversy surrounding censorship of the South Park episode "201"?
... that since 1969 more than 600 works of contemporary chamber music have been premiered at the festival Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik in the Ruhrgebiet, the European Capital of Culture for 2010?
... that footballer Barry Hutchinson scored in each of the seven games that Weymouth played in January 1965?
... that German politician Willy Brandt was the first recipient of the International Rescue Committee's Freedom Award in 1957?
... that Louisiana State Senator Sydney B. Nelson's bid for Senate President was halted in 1988 by the tradition in his state that the governor choose the legislative leaders?
... that the Tibetan saint Drukpa Kunley, according to mythology, created the Takin, found in Motithang Takin Preserve, with the head of a goat and the body of a cow?
... that Benjamin West's painting The Death of Nelson proved so popular that, within about a month, it was seen by 30,000 people in his studio?
... that Kevin Harvick broke a 115-race winless streak by winning the 2010 Aaron's 499?
... that Christian Jouanin, a French ornithologist, has described three species of birds, including Jouanin's Petrel and the critically endangered Djibouti Francolin?
... that the Bessarabian-centered agenda with which Viaţa Basarabiei magazine confronted Romanian authorities in the 1930s has been called "ferocious nativism" and an "aberrant form of defense"?
... that because their range is the southernmost of all rainbowfishes, Australian rainbowfish can tolerate low winter temperatures of 10 to 15 °C (50 to 59 °F)?
... that on average, Kenyan water utilities provide 14 hours of service each day, supplying water for 16 hours in Nairobi and for 6 hours in Mombasa?
... that Mike Gary played American football at Minnesota with Bronko Nagurski and coached Western Michigan for 13 years, including undefeated seasons in 1932 and 1941?
... that while the 126.8-metre (416 ft) Raghadan Flagpole in Amman is both earthquake- and weather-resistant, excessive noise means the flag must be lowered during high winds?
... that the island of Schwanenwerder in Berlin, Germany, houses a column from the former Tuileries Palace?
... that John Ashley, American outlaw and occasional pirate, robbed banks and hijacked whiskey shipments from the Bahamas?
... that the genomes of Babesia bovis and Theileria parva, two protozoans that cause diseases in cattle, are remarkably similar?
... that the Hermoniakos' Iliad is a 14th-century paraphrase of the Iliad, written in vernacular Greek?
... that the George Munger Award, given since 1989 to the college football coach of the year, is named for long-time Penn coach and decathlon champion George Munger?
... that construction of Interstate 140 outside Wilmington, North Carolina, was delayed in part to redesign an off-ramp to avoid a 450-year-old oak?
... that the two modern breeds of Cocker Spaniel, American and English, are thought to have been descended from only two dogs?
... that in coverage of a charity event for Darfur, the blog Gawker referred to attendee Micah Jesse, internet gossip blogger, as a "publicistgay"?
... that Jess Cameron scored more than half of her team's runs when the Australian Under-21 cricket team played the senior team?
... that Simonsbath House was the only house in the Royal Forest of Exmoor for 150 years?
... that the French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste was based at Oran from September 1937 to February 1938 to protect neutral shipping from commerce raiders during the Spanish Civil War?
... the specific name of the Gabonese fungus Pulveroboletus bembae is derived from the name used by the Baka people for the tree it associates with?
... that Indian Mound Cemetery, originally created by the Hopewell culture, was defended in battle by Confederate soldiers and is the last resting place of an owner of the Washington Redskins?
... that Ambrose Burke went on to become president of Saint Ambrose University after being expelled from its seminary as a student?
... that the origins of the Carnival in Bern can be traced back to the 15th century?
... that Olympic marathon runner Lisa Weightman won the Award for Business Excellence from Australian broadsheet The Age?
... that Cleo O'Donnell coached the 1914 Everett team that outscored opponents 600 to 0 and was rated by Sports Illustrated as the greatest high school football team of all time?
... that the capture of the strategic Klisura Pass by the Greek army, in January 1941, was considered a major success by the Allied forces?
... that the 2010 Canadian film GravyTrain is the first feature film appearance of Glass Tiger lead singer Alan Frew?
... that the Becher Point Wetlands form one of the youngest wetland systems on the Swan Coastal Plain?
... that Cars is the last artwork by Andy Warhol and remained unfinished on his death?
... that during "Boobquake", thousands of women tested a hypothesis that they could start earthquakes by dressing immodestly?
... that Ati Konanayakar was constructed as a successor to the Temple of Thousand Pillars that was destroyed by the Portuguese colonials in 1622?
... that Eddie Dodson was convicted of robbing 71 banks, more than any other bank robber?
... that Havergate Island is the only island in the county of Suffolk, England, and has the largest breeding population of pied avocets in the UK?
... that when Minnesota Duluth coach Jim Malosky retired in 1998 he was the winningest football coach in Division II history and ranked 11th in wins among all college football coaches?
... that Jewish pirates from Joppa raided traders between Rome and Alexandria, interrupting Rome's grain supply during the First Jewish–Roman War?
... that 40,000 people were estimated to make a living from seaweed farming in the Philippines in 1997?
... that the painting David Garrick as Richard III by William Hogarth shows the actor David Garrick as Richard III on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field?
... that Doris Parkes competed in ice hockey and speed skating at the 1931 Banff Winter carnival?
... that Animal's drumming on The Muppet Show was performed by English drummer Ronnie Verrell?
... that the Palestinian village of Al-Qabu was depopulated on 1 May 1949, almost a month after the 1949 Armistice Agreement had been signed?
... that Donovan Warren was initially projected to be selected in the first or second round of the 2010 NFL Draft, but was not drafted at all?
... that the "Song of Çelo Mezani", an Albanian folk song, was censored in 1973?
... that Ronald Skirth wrote The Reluctant Tommy, a memoir of World War I, about his deliberate acts of sabotage to avoid killing enemies?
... that the Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra of Hillsboro, Oregon, once used an owl from the Oregon Zoo in a concert?
... that St. Nicholas Kirche in New York City , founded in 1833 by the Austrian priest Johann Stephen Raffeiner, was the first German-speaking church in the city?
... that the Edinburgh publisher, James Donaldson, bequeathed the funds for Donaldson's Hospital?
... that Dayton Flyers coach Mike Kelly has the fourth best winning percentage (81.9%) of all time among college football coaches with at least 25 years of experience?
... that former Bolivian presidential candidate Fernando Untoja has called for a political return to the system of ayllus?
... that Swedish athlete Lena Berntsson has competed at World Championship-level in both the 60-meter dash and weightlifting?
... that Brill railway station was owned and operated by Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos?
... that Oregon State University's first standalone library was not opened until 1918 even though the school was established in 1868?
... that Günther Weidlinger broke the 23-year-old Austrian record in the marathon in his second-ever race over the distance?
... that Toolibin Lake supports 25 species of breeding waterbirds, which is the greatest number for any wetland in southwestern Australia?
... that the New Eritrea Party initially favoured Italian trusteeship of Eritrea prior to independence?
... that after the death of Florence of Worcester on June 5 or July 7, 1118, his work was continued by John of Worcester until 1141?
... that Revocation's guitarist David Davidson was an alumnus of Berklee College of Music?
... that German nobleman Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach, was elected King of Lithuania, but never visited that country?
... that Edward Steichen asked Ansel Adams to be in charge of the darkroom of the U.S. Naval Aviation Photographic Unit during World War II?
... that in 1935, the Hardanger Line became the first new line of the Norwegian State Railways to open with electrification?
... that Rev. Griffith Hughes was the first to describe grapefruit, which he referred to as "The Forbidden Fruit"?
... that as a college student, Philadelphia Phillies president David Montgomery attended Phillies games at Connie Mack Stadium with future governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell?
... that Dan Boisture said of his move from the two-time defending national champion Michigan State Spartans football to the Eastern Michigan Hurons, "There weren't many jobs open ... It was a cute campus"?
... that the role of Mademoiselle Amy Jolly, played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1930 film Morocco, was inspired by the life of chanteuse réaliste Eugénie Buffet ?
... that Bill Beaney led Middlebury College to an unprecedented five straight national men's ice hockey championships and ranks 11th on the all-time NCAA hockey win list?
... that about 6 million people are infected with Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand?
... that author Ted McKeever cited Planet of the Apes as inspiration for his futuristic comic book series Meta 4, saying that it changed his life?
... that the tower of the older Church of St Saviour, Ringley, Greater Manchester, was left in an isolated position when the present church was built on a different site?
... that Green Lake in Texas, is the largest natural freshwater lake entirely within the state, despite its proximity to the brackish waters of San Antonio Bay?
... that mice were used to detect any concentrations of carbon monoxide inside the hull of the British petrol-engined B-class submarines?
... that the church bells of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wapakoneta, Ohio were moved from a previous church building?
... that Birgitta Jónsdóttir, a member of the Althing and spokesperson for Wikileaks, sponsored the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative?