derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Te Rewa Rewa Bridge in New Plymouth, New Zealand, is located on the site of one of the Musket Wars battles?
... that the origins of the team sport bando are closely connected to hockey, shinty and bandy?
... that on the chancel arch of St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire, is a painting of Moses and Aaron?
... that 2010 Summer Youth Olympics diving bronze medalist Michael Hixon's parents are both coaches in American collegiate sports?
... that the Fenton Hill Observatory is home to the RAPTOR telescopes, which can swivel to any point in the sky in less than three seconds?
... that Tony Blair was pelted with shoes and eggs the day after promoting his book on The Late Late Show in Dublin?
... that the Legg House was built outside of Bloomington, Indiana, but now lies near the heart of the Indiana University campus?
... that Bob Dylan did not release his 1963 song "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" until 1985, but it was covered by The Byrds and other artists in the interim?
... that Triggs was once described as the "the fittest dog in Cheshire"?
... that the box pews in St John the Evangelist's Church, Lancaster, were modified to form a double pew for the use of the Corporation?
... that Percy Reeve, known for composing operettas and writing music criticism, also produced a book of poetry, Love & Music?
... that the Japanese escort ships Okinawa, CD-63 and CD-207 sunk the American submarine Bonefish?
... that The Causeway in Washington, D.C., is an estate named for a bridge rather than an occupant?
... that the fictional parish of Stoneground, setting for E. G. Swain's Stoneground Ghost Tales, is based on Stanground, Peterborough, where Swain himself was Vicar?
... that Moto Racer DS was the first Moto Racer video game to be released since 2002?
... that British Army General Sir Charles Grene Ellicombe was created one of the first Companions of the Order of the Bath?
... that the New Ireland stingaree is the only stingaree with dermal denticles, and may represent a new genus?
... that Eberhard von Brauchitsch called his company's donation of about 26 million Deutsche Mark to all the major German parties between 1969 and 1981 "cultivating the political scene"?
... that the Homagial Crown was probably the coronation crown of king Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland?
... that some of the Sugar Grove Petroglyphs have been interpreted as showing Ojibwe themes, although the Ojibwe never lived near the petroglyph site?
... that the hidden camera conversations between Patrick van der Eem and Joran van der Sloot set a television broadcast record in the Netherlands?
... that although the Paulo Afonso Complex in Brazil dammed a waterfall, its spillways can recreate it?
... that professional baseball player Eddie Phillips never batted or fielded a ball in the major leagues, but scored four runs for the St. Louis Cardinals during their 1953 season?
... that the broken top of the Aviation Martyrs' Monument in Istanbul is to symbolize the incomplete status of the flight missions?
... that Louisiana Republican figure Bob Reese in his later years was a gymnastics coach and a portrait painter?
... that after capturing the Prussian capital of Berlin in 1757, cavalrymen of the Holy Roman Empire demanded a dozen pairs of gloves for the Empress as part of the city's ransom?
... that the Flanginian School in Campo dei Greci , Venice, produced several teachers who contributed to the modern Greek Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries?
... that Medal of Honor recipient Richard Etchberger's original nomination for the medal was rejected because the mission he was on was classified?
... that Old Sarum Cathedral, the Norman church built at Old Sarum, Wiltshire, was replaced by a new cathedral at Salisbury in the 13th century?
... that the 1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team set the current Big Ten Conference single-game field goals made record of 55?
... that Bulat Okudzhava wrote song lyrics for The Adventures of Buratino but some of his work was considered too philosophical and was left out?
... that the flushwork decorating parts of St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling, Lancashire, is in two colours of sandstone rather than the more usual materials of flint and stone?
... that Silver Creek flows through a canyon near Riley, Oregon, with over 200-foot (60 m) tall walls?
... that Indian leader Jairamdas Daulatram represented East Punjab in the Constituent Assembly of India before becoming the Governor of Assam?
... that Albin Eines started working on the right-wing newspaper Tidens Tegn in 1928, less than a year after he edited the Communist Party newspaper Norges Kommunistblad?
... that Janusz Radziwiłł, considered by some as the traitor of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, died in the besieged Tykocin Castle ?
... that Morton Cohen's 1995 biography of Lewis Carroll is generally considered the definitive scholarly work on Carroll's life?
... that for the film Reign of Assassins, John Woo spent over a week directing an action scene featuring his daughter Angeles?
... that Mozambique's Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago is the focus of WWF and CARE projects aimed at preserving its spectacular reef system?
... that former Louisiana Attorney General Bolivar Kemp, Jr. was a brother-in-law of Cajun humorist and chef Justin Wilson?
... that despite extreme physical similarities to the Kingdom Hearts character Roxas, Ventus is a completely different character from the same series?
... that in April 2010, New Jersey cat sanctuary Tabby's Place received three cats from a U.S. Marine in Okinawa, Japan, marking the organization's first international rescue?
... that Cody McKenzie, who appeared on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck, has the second-most guillotine choke victories in the world according to Sherdog.com?
... that the newly described monkey, Rondon's Marmoset, was named in honor of Amazonian explorer Cândido Rondon?
... that Hinder's lead singer, Austin Winkler, considers the band's upcoming album, The All-American Nightmare, to be the record he is proudest of?
... that the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender plan to make a spinoff called Avatar: Legend of Korra, which is set at least 70 years after the defeat of Fire Lord Ozai?
... that Eva Maria Mauter wrote that the 1994 children's book The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan gets neglected in treatment about McEwan's works because it is a children's novel?
... that the Kai stingaree has only been collected by the HMS Challenger, in 1874?
... that Sako Chivitchian holds 11 U.S. national judo titles and won his debut mixed martial arts fight in 98 seconds at age 15?
... that the George D. Oakley House on the National Register of Historic Places on Oahu has a window through its lava rock chimney?
... that Canadian artist Will Munro became known for fashioning artistic works out of men's underwear?
... that the recently described dwarf black stingray looks like, but is less than a third as wide as, the black stingray?
... that in 1848, James Mathews Leigh founded a popular art school in London, providing training for many leading British artists?
... that Gubazes II, the king of Lazica, was assassinated by two Byzantine generals whom he had accused of incompetence?
... that the extinct fern Wessiea is known from Miocene fossils found at the "Ho ho" locality in Yakima County, Washington?
... that Brian Birdwell, the newest member of the Texas State Senate, was a burn victim of the terrorist attack on The Pentagon on September 11, 2001?
... that Deltaterrasserne, containing features of both Independence I and Independence II cultures, is one of the largest archaeological sites in Peary Land?
... that John Rudometkin's NBA career was cut short due to his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma?
... that Seymour Pine, who led the NYPD raid that triggered the Stonewall riots, later admitted that such raids were seen as an easy way to improve arrest numbers as the gays "never gave you any trouble"?
... that the Norcon pillbox has been described as "possibly the most dangerous, cheap and nasty of all pillbox designs"?
... that author and wine educator Karen MacNeil‎'s book The Wine Bible was ten years in the making?
... that Canpotex manages the entire Saskatchewan potash-exporting industry, representing one-third of global capacity?
... that all of mixed martial artist Mairbek Taisumov's documented victories have come by knockout or submission?
... that the detection of supernova SN 2008D on January 9, 2008, by Alicia M. Soderberg using data from NASA's Swift X-ray space telescope marked the first time a supernova was observed as it occurred?
... that the cathedra at Beirut's Saint George Maronite Cathedral is the armchair used by Pope John Paul II during his 1997 visit to Lebanon?
... that after keeping a clean sheet in an FA Cup match against defending champions Manchester United, Bournemouth goalkeeper Ian Leigh was rewarded with a lifetime supply of pizzas from a local Italian restaurant?
... that the 5,000 year-old Ötzi the Iceman was carrying four pieces of Hoof Fungus when he was found?
... that two players named John Schultz, one a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and one a catcher for the St. Louis Browns, each enjoyed cups of coffee during the 1891 Major League Baseball season?
... that when St Mary's Church, Tarleton, Lancashire, was closed and replaced by a new church nearer the centre of the village, it was used as a mortuary chapel?
... that the quilting show Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel has been on the air for more than 30 years?
... that the 7.5 Mw 1985 Pichilemu earthquake lasted about three minutes?
... that a potential candidate for a presidential election in Singapore must apply for a certificate of eligibility to show he has the necessary qualifications to be nominated?
... that the blackedge whipray is known in Tamil as the "salt-like ray"?
... that the Deaf Smith County Historical Museum contains artifacts from a World War II Italian POW camp located near Hereford, Texas?
... that beginning in the 18th century, Tanners' Bridge was used to cross Lanë in Tirana until the stream was redirected in the 1930s?
... that Malcolm, Lord Douglas of Mains was hung, drawn and quartered in 1584 for kidnapping King James VI of Scotland in the Raid of Ruthven?
... that there is some confusion about whether Shigeki Osawa's MMA fight against Katsuya Toida was a no contest or a disqualification win for Osawa due to accidental kicks to the groin?
... that the McBarge, a futuristic floating McDonald's built for Expo '86, has been anchored derelict next to an oil refinery since 1991?
... that the 4th century Roman glass Lycurgus Cup is dichroic; lit from in front it is green, but thanks to surface plasmon resonance it is red when lit from behind?
... that the Rrashbull Tunnel of the Durrës–Tiranë railway in Albania was dug by Bulgarian volunteers, members of the Youth section of their Communist Party?
... that French royal troops attacked the Spanish Netherlands when portions of that province were not ceded to Louis XIV as part of his wife's dowry?
... that American musicologist and critic Joseph Kerman described Puccini's opera Tosca as "a shabby little shocker"?
... that Robert Clotworthy (voice sample right) is the voice of Jim Raynor in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty?
... that author and wine educator Mary Ewing-Mulligan was the first female American Master of Wine?
... that Route Trident in Afghanistan was the first road to be built by the Royal Engineers during combat since the Dhofar Rebellion in the early 1970s?
... that when Gordon MacInnes won a State Senate seat in 1993 in the 25th Legislative District, he became the first Democrat from Morris County in 18 years to be elected to the New Jersey Legislature?
... that Parque México in Mexico City exists because environmental laws in the 1920s did not allow housing to be built on a former racetrack?
... that in retaliation for Nepal recognising Bangladesh in 1971, Pakistan broke off its ties with Nepal?
... that historian David J. Weber of Southern Methodist University was called "at least a generation ahead of his time in recognizing how entwined Mexico and the United States were and are"?
... that playwright A.R. Gurney promised his parents that his play The Cocktail Hour would not be produced in their hometown of Buffalo, New York, during their lifetimes?
... that the keels of both British Renown class battlecruisers were laid six weeks before the contracts were finalized in 1915?
... that James L. Swauger continued his archaeological work with petroglyphs for fifteen years after his nominal retirement?
... that Dick Button performed the first triple jump in competition at the men's figure skating event at the 1952 Winter Olympics?
... that Krohn Air was started by a local businessman to continue servicing the route from Molde to Trondheim, Norway, after Scandinavian Airlines terminated its service?
... that Frank Perls, who found a copy of the Nuremberg Laws signed by Hitler, also uncovered a series of forgeries attributed to Degas and Picasso?
... that catcher Rocky Gale made his professional baseball debut with the Eugene Emeralds, a team he watched while growing up in the area?
... that Iraqi television presenter Riad al-Saray was assassinated the same day that Reporters Without Borders announced the Iraq War had killed more journalists than any since the Second World War?
... that Jerusalem's Beit Hadfus Street was named "Street of the Printing Press" for the printing houses that were established there?
... that Larry Ashmead wrote the book Bertha Venation: And Hundreds of Other Funny Names of Real People, with such people as Stan Dupp, a dentist named Dr. Fang and Jaime Cardinal Sin of the Philippines?
... that Don Graham developed the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, the largest outdoor shopping mall in the United States?
... that Colonia Guerrero in Mexico City was part of an old colonial-era indigenous neighborhood?
... that Chicago native Scotty Moylan, who became one of Guam's most prominent businessmen, introduced the first Volkswagen automobiles to the island in the 1960s?
... that, in a storyline, several referees attacked Jim Korderas at the World Wrestling Federation's Unforgiven 1999 event for not joining them in their strike?
... that Deborah and John Coleman Darnell of the Theban Desert Road Survey followed ancient caravan trails to discover a 3,500-year-old site at the Kharga Oasis in the middle of Egypt's Western Desert?
... that the $30 million renovation of Proctor's Theatre in 2007 has been seen as the catalyst for the revival of downtown Schenectady?
... that Alex Caceres' nickname "Bruce Leeroy" is inspired by the character of the same nickname in The Last Dragon?
... that in the 1970s the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding was one of the few organisations that could arrange visits from the United Kingdom to China?
... that 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in The Bronx has been recognized as the "birthplace of hip hop"?
... that as civil defense director at the height of the Cold War in 1961, Frank B. Ellis pushed for the adoption of fallout shelters to protect civilians from nuclear attack?
... that Antardwand, an Indian film that was based on the practice of groom kidnapping, won a National Award for Best Film on Social Issues?
... that 141 people died when Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed into a mountain in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, making it the deadliest aviation accident ever in Norway?
... that while still the sitting Governor of Alaska Territory, Mike Stepovich appeared on the game show What's My Line?
... that Tanymastix stagnalis is the only species of fairy shrimp to occur in Ireland?
... that the Wetumpka State Penitentiary was the first state prison established in Alabama?
... that due to his pale complexion and resemblance to a character from the Blade films, Aaron Wilkinson's coaches nicknamed him "The Daywalker"?
... that the woodlouse Hemilepistus reaumuri can only survive in the desert because it looks after its young?
... that M. C. Burton, Jr. of the 1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team became the first player to lead the Big Ten Conference in scoring and rebounding for a season?
... that in 1133, the English economy received a major boost when huge silver deposits were discovered near Carlisle?
... that the Inland Customs Line stretched across more than 2,500 miles (4,000 km) of British India and was compared to the Great Wall of China?
... that upon completion, the Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station was called "a pearl of Soviet water-power engineering" and 349 of its workers were awarded the Hero of Socialist Labour medal?
... that the film Who's That Girl? features a live cougar, which one day escaped from the set before shooting started?
... that the meat of the slipper lobster Ibacus peronii is considered inferior to that of the Moreton Bay bug because it sometimes tastes of garlic?
... that former world snooker champion Shaun Murphy reached the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time at the 2004 British Open?
... that the electricity sector in Canada is the world's second-largest producer of hydroelectricity, which accounted for 58% of all electric generation in 2007?
... that during his 60-year career, character actor Leon Belasco appeared in films with the Marx Brothers, Bob Hope, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire?
... that The World of Strawberry Shortcake, the first television special to feature American Greetings' popular character, was rejected by the major U.S. networks and premiered in syndication instead?
... that Satch Davidson was plate umpire when Hank Aaron hit his record 715th home run, and also when Carlton Fisk hit his 12th-inning home run to win Game 6 for the Boston Red Sox in the 1975 World Series?
... that Arthur Eaglefield Hull invented the term "mystic chord" to describe the music of Russian composer Scriabin?
... that due to a copy-editing error, The Washington Post inadvertently suggested that Public Enemy's 1990 song "911 Is a Joke" referred to the September 11, 2001 attacks?
... that Operation Power Flite, in which three U.S. Air Force B-52s flew non-stop around the world , was made to show that "the United States had the ability to drop a hydrogen bomb anywhere in the world"?
... that fans threw silver coins onto the field to celebrate Bobby Lowe hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball game, the first player to accomplish that feat?
... that in 1927, at the same time as the Norwegian Labour and the Social Democratic Labour parties reunited, a competing Unified Party of the Working Class was founded?
... that Scottish artist Christine Berrie is known for her industrial-themed illustrations, including gas meters, dials, buttons, switches, machinery, and appliances?
... that Princess Margaret stayed at Fort Belan for the investiture of Prince Charles in 1969?
... that for his book Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass, Theodore Dalrymple interviewed over 10,000 people who had attempted suicide?
... that Theodore Roosevelt called Medicine Rocks in Montana "as fantastically beautiful a place as I have ever seen"?
... that Tony Clunn, a British Army Major looking for Roman coins with a metal detector, discovered the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest?
... that the front porch on the John Shelp Cobblestone House in West Shelby, New York, was probably built as a result of a heating stove fire in the dining room?
... that within hours of its publication, A Journey, the memoir of Tony Blair, became the fastest-selling autobiography of all time?
... that The Bravo is James Fenimore Cooper's first novel set in Europe and was largely disliked by contemporary American critics?
... that Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London from 2000 to 2008, is running to regain the office in the 2012 London mayoral election?
... that the Action of 9 November 1822, fought between the USS Alligator and a squadron of pirate schooners, saw the death of Lieutenant William Howard Allen after he stood up to rally his men?
... that Sauternes wine producer Château Raymond-Lafon remains unclassified since its five-year-old vines were too young for the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855?
... that Michael Johnson has signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck?
... that art historian Andrew Ladis has described Domenico di Bartolo's Madonna of humility, painted in 1433, as one of the most innovative devotional images from the early Renaissance?
... that Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Kitwana Jones was nicknamed "Batman" after chasing down and apprehending a purse snatcher?
... that according to legend, Tomorr Mountain in Berat County was personified by a giant who fought his brother for the love of a young woman, who weeped over their deaths to create the Osum River?
... that the Amantaka hotel in Luang Prabang, Laos, used to be a hospital until 2005?
... that John Phillips returned victoriously to mixed martial arts at Cage Rage 28 after being the first Cage Rage fighter to test positive for a banned substance?
... that Earl K. Long in 1956 used humor to derail the candidacy of gubernatorial opponent Fred Preaus, a scrupulously honest, small-town automobile dealer from Farmerville, Louisiana?
... that former World Champion and record holder in weightlifting, Ymer Pampuri, was an acrobat of the Tirana Circus before and after his athletic career?
... that the title of "Darling It Hurts", a top 20 Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart single by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, was based on a piece of infamous Sydney graffiti?
... that the Banglabandha inland port is aimed at increasing trade between Bangladesh and Nepal, India, and Bhutan?
... that of his internment in Sachsenhausen, Rabbi Leo Trepp said "I know God was there. In the concentration camp with me. And it was the worst place for it. That's why it was the best"?
... that the so-called Hungarian Crown , part of the Polish Crown Jewels, was modeled after the Holy Crown of Hungary?
... that constable William Piers received a reward for bringing the head of Shane Ó Neill, "pickled in a pipkin", to Sir Henry Sidney?
... that the 1974–75 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team finished the season ranked in the AP Poll, but unranked in the Coaches' Poll?
... that Henri Gascar painted portraits of many leading ladies at the court of King Charles II of England, including several of the king's mistresses?
... that Jerry Lawler and Ultimate Warrior's match at the World Wrestling Federation's 1996 King of the Ring resulted from an argument over artistic abilities?
... that for many decades, the schoolhouse in Mississippi known as the birthplace of the Order of the Eastern Star housed a segregated school for African Americans?
... that the porcelain Kakiemon elephant was made when elephants would not have been seen in Japan?
... that Colorado cowboy artist Arthur Roy Mitchell created more than 160 cover paintings for western pulp magazines?
... that in 1942, seven commandos captured during Operation Musketoon were executed at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp?
... that after seeing a map of the U.S. showing higher cancer rates in Northern states, Frank C. Garland did a study which found that increased Vitamin D from sun exposure can reduce colon cancer risk?
... that the executive chef of the Colony in Central London is Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar?
... that the 1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team set the current Michigan Wolverines men's basketball single-game rebound record?
... that illustrator of children's literature Mark Burgess has been noted for his ability to reproduce the style of dead artists such as Allan Curless and E. H. Shepard?
... that the first Klingon language opera, ’u’, premiered at The Hague on 9 September 2010?
... that the LucyPhone service was inspired by the frustration of waiting lengthy periods of time when placed on hold by call center operators?
... that the former factory and headquarters of the Hamilton Watch Company, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was converted into an apartment and condominium complex?