derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Detroit mayor William G. Thompson was considerably pummeled in a sensational public fight with his brother-in-law, who accused him of talking about his wife in barrooms?
... that Holland Island, currently underwater at high tide, used to be one of the largest inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay?
... that the Adaptive Vehicle Make program plans to use crowdsourcing and an open source design to develop an infantry fighting vehicle within just 30 months?
... that Olga Ivinskaya, the mistress of Boris Pasternak, was the inspiration for the heroine of Dr. Zhivago?
... that a large fragment of the Northumbrian Easby Cross was over 1,000 years old when it was found built into a wall in a field?
... that the two earliest aboriginal title cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall were examples of collusive litigation?
... that the first church service in the village of Alliance, Alberta was held in a pool hall, with most of the congregation seated on pool tables?
... that clarinetist Margot Leverett started a band that fuses bluegrass music with the traditional Jewish musical style called klezmer?
... that before departing from Kraków for his victorious Battle of Vienna against the Ottoman Empire, king Jan III Sobieski said his final prayers at the Carmelite Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
... that the drawings of Violette Lecoq from her experiences in the Ravensbrück concentration camp were used as evidence at the trials in 1946?
... that the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta has variously been considered a thrush, a starling and a honeyeater?
... that Belgian soldiers continued to defend Fort de Tancrémont even after Belgium had already capitulated to Nazi Germany on 28 May 1940?
... that despite suffering from an injured fist, Indian boxer Shiva Thapa won a silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics?
... that by 2001, there were over 1,000 research studies regarding the children's television show Sesame Street's efficacy, impact, and effect on American culture?
... that R&B singer Tobi Lark's most successful recording was issued under a different name, became very popular in Wigan, and has recently been compared to a Shakespeare sonnet?
... that Washington State Route 220 was one of twelve highways removed from the Washington state highway system in 1991?
... that industrialist and inventor William Edenborn once tried to use monkeys to harvest cotton on his experimental farm in Louisiana?
... that one of the Fénix capsules was used for the rescue of 33 miners trapped underground, in the San José Mine of Copiapó, Chile?
... that graphic designer S. Neil Fujita created iconic covers for such books as Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Mario Puzo's The Godfather?
... that American boogie-woogie pianist Booker T. Laury appeared in two films, but did not record his debut album until he was almost eighty years of age?
... that over 110 people were killed when SS Vestris sank in 1928?
... that Wendall Woodbury was the first television anchor in the United States to report on the unfolding Three Mile Island accident in 1979?
... that the venue for the 1960 Summer Olympic marathon event included the Appian Way, finished at the Arch of Constantine, and was lit at night by Italian soldiers holding torches?
... that catcher Harry Bemis once beat Ty Cobb over the head with a baseball after a home plate collision?
... that Winslow Homer's painting Right and Left was named by a hunter who recognized the sportsman's achievement of killing two birds in succession with a double-barreled shotgun?
... that the children's book Don't Forget the Bacon! was used in an education case study teaching students about reliability of spoken language?
... that Marilyn Monroe's 1952 live rendition of the George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva song "Do It Again" before thousands of marines at Camp Pendleton caused a "near riot"?
... that Austroplatypus incompertus forms colonies in the heartwood of some Eucalyptus trees and was the first beetle recognized as eusocial?
... that Ogden H. Hammond, the father of New Jersey congresswoman Millicent Fenwick, survived the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, though his wife did not?
... that one of the earliest driving clubs in Britain, the Bensington Driving Club, was also called the Black and White Club, after the Black Dog and White Hart public houses where it met?
... that the succulent plant Frerea indica was once on a list of the twelve most endangered plants on earth?
... that Mary J. Rathbun described over 1000 new crustacean taxa, but never attended college, and received a Ph.D. only after she retired?
... that the Sanctuary of Atotonilco in Guanajuato, Mexico, has been called the Sistine Chapel of Mexico?
... that one of the 62 churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South West England is currently used as a circus skills school ?
... that the 1964 BSA A65 Rocket motorcycle had a top speed of 108 mph and was sold as the fastest motorcycle being produced by BSA?
... that the Antlia Dwarf galaxy may have distorted the shape of its neighbour NGC 3109 one billion years ago?
... that newly hatched Aylesbury ducks were traditionally fed on toast, boiled eggs, rice, beef liver, greaves and boiled horses or sheep?
... that between 1933 and 1935, American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer Walter Roland recorded around fifty songs for Banner Records?
... that Phallus calongei is a pink-tipped phallic mushroom covered with greenish slime?
... that Cape Don Light , at the tip of the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia, is Australia's northernmost traditional lighthouse?
... that Otto Schimming wrote the first letter to the United Nations protesting Namibia's incorporation to South Africa?
... that the first Principal of Federico Errázuriz Regional Institute was José Kuhl, a Pallottine priest from Limburg, Germany?
... that three of the venues used for the 1956 Winter Olympics went on to appear in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only?
... that, in the 1880s, stage actress Pauline Hall performed Erminie a record-breaking 800 times in the United States?
... that a Bristol Scout from the British aircraft carrier Vindex made the first interception of an airship by a carrier-based aircraft on 2 August 1916 when it attacked a Zeppelin with explosive Ranken darts?
... that Justus Smith Stearns built the first all electric sawmill in the United States?
... that the porch of St Swithun's Church, Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, contains a wall plate with a chronogram hiding the date of the execution of Charles I?
... that due of a lack of an official UK Singles Chart before 1969 the BBC averaged four different charts in the early 1960s, none of which are now regarded as the canonical source?
... that the Yale Bulldogs football team has won 27 national championships and ranks second in wins in college football history?
... that the organ case in St Michael and All Angels Church, Brownsover, Warwickshire, was originally made for St John's College, Cambridge?
... that despite numerous proposed changes to the Constitution of American Samoa, voters in today's constitutional referendum cannot vote on each of them individually?
... that conservative theologians believe the Confession of 1967 radically changed how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) interpreted the Bible?
... that American football player Bryant Moniz, who began the 2009 season as a walk-on for Hawaii delivering pizzas to pay his expenses, currently leads the NCAA in both passing yards and total offense?
... that the NSB Class 72 trains could at first not be used on the high-speed Gardermoen Line because their electronics interfered with the signaling system?
... that Annie Meinertzhagen spent part of her honeymoon studying birds at Walter Rothschild’s ornithological museum?
... that Bronx judge Burton B. Roberts, known for his no-nonsense manner and stentorian voice, was the model for the character Myron Kovitsky in Tom Wolfe's 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities?
... that the British Engineerium, created by a steam enthusiast who started with £300, was later bought for £3 million by another enthusiast?
... that in an 1883 gunfight, Billy Porter of the Dutch Mob shot and killed "Johnny the Mick" Walsh at Shang Draper's saloon?
... that during the Siege of Kandahar, Nader Shah told his Bakhtiari troops that they would each be given 1,000 rupees and a share of the spoils if their assault was successful?
... that eight players selected in the 1980 NBA Draft went on to became head coaches in the league?
... that the Cincinnati Riots of 1836 were triggered by U.S. Independence Day celebrations and were observed by Harriet Beecher Stowe and the mayor of Cincinnati?
... that in his pursuit of the Byzantine throne, Leo Phokas the Elder was outmaneuvered by Romanos Lekapenos, who had failed to support him in the lead-up to the disastrous Battle of Acheloos?
... that the Tucana Dwarf galaxy is located on the opposite side of the Milky Way to most of the rest of the Local Group?
... that Point Charles Light, established 1893, is the oldest lighthouse in the Northern Territory, Australia?
... that you can drink carbonated water from Soda Spring while hiking along the Silver Knapsack Trail in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains?
... that an ancient carving of a person exposing their genitals, at All Saints Church in Buncton, West Sussex, was destroyed by a chisel-wielding vandal in 2004?
... that in 1968, historian Betty Miller Unterberger became the first woman professor at the formerly all-male Texas A&M University?
... that nipple adenomas are rare benign growths in the nipple that can look like cancer?
... that poet John Dryden was baptised in the now-redundant Church of All Saints, Aldwincle in Northamptonshire?
... that theosophist John Varian was a leader of the utopian community of Halcyon, an influence to composer Henry Cowell, a friend of photographer Ansel Adams, and father of Russell and Sigurd who invented the klystron?
... that handheld video game Galaxian 2, released in 1981, is titled as such not because it is a sequel to Galaxian, but because it has a two-player mode?
... that Amex House , European headquarters of Brighton's largest employer, American Express, is nicknamed "The Wedding Cake"?
... that Jeffrey Grosset of Grosset Wines led a movement in the 1980s to stop Australian wines that do not contain Riesling grapes from using the word "Riesling" on their labels?
... that Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough played for Hall of Fame football coach John Gagliardi at Saint John's University?
... that politician Olav Steinnes, who dabbled in nuclear physics as a hobby, claimed to have made "the most important discoveries ever made in history by a single man"?
... that the removal of Omar Gjesteby as a deputy trade union leader in 1940 was partially investigated by his son, a Norwegian police investigator, some years later?
... that mural artist Henry Bird taught drawing to the modernist architect Will Alsop by insisting that he draw bricks for three months?
... that Napki Malka was an Hephthalite king of the 6th–7th century, who ruled in the area of Kabul, modern Afghanistan?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court reheard James v. Dravo Contracting Co. in 1937 after Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter's retirement altered the judicial balance of the court?
... that the first Open Era tennis tournament was held at The West Hants Club in Bournemouth?
... that until 1962, a salt-water crab lived in the Texas Panhandle, 500 miles from the sea?
... that the Yes song "Saving My Heart" was originally intended to be a collaboration with Supertramp vocalist Roger Hodgson, but Yes vocalist Jon Anderson wanted to sing it himself?
... that the Fall of Agadir took place in 1541 after a six-month siege of the Portuguese garrison by the future Moroccan sultan, Mohammed ash-Sheikh?
... that the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture is one of three separate U.S. ambassadors stationed in Rome, Italy?
... that actor and producer J. B. Fagan was the first manager of the Oxford Playhouse?
... that 29 employees were killed in the Thiokol-Woodbine Explosion when a fire spread down an assembly line and detonated 56,322 magnesium tripflares that had been manufactured for the U.S. Army?
... that the 1984 Halloween episode of The Fall Guy, "October the 31st", guest starred Elvira, Mistress of the Dark , veteran horror movie actor John Carradine, and Keith, Robert and David Carradine?
... that the ghosts of a bride who tripped and died and her groom who committed suicide in 1904 are said to haunt an upscale restaurant in Hoboken, New Jersey?
... that according to Zuni folklore, the giant cannibalistic demon Átahsaia tried to feed soup made from dead children to two maidens?
... that the manga Haunted House continues Mitsukazu Mihara's death-themed material?
... that by riddling your ashes on Halloween, you might determine who in your household will be the next to die?
... that the Ferry Plantation House in Virginia Beach is reportedly haunted by 11 spirits and offers special tours, including one on Halloween called "The Stroll of Lost Souls"?
... that according to the folklore of the Crow Nation, the Little People of the Pryor Mountains were dwarves so violent and fearsome they could tear the heart out of an enemy's horse?
... that the Lenape Native American tribe called one of their Ohio settlements Clear Town, but the Germans called it Hell?
... that Bach combined in both his cantata Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55, and his St Matthew Passion the words Erbarme Dich with the same chorale?
... that the powerful Voorleser would hold babies' heads under water, stuff children's brains, tie their parents together, dress up the dead, tell tales about them and prepare a place for them in the underworld?
... that Teresa de Francisci, the model for the depiction of Liberty on the Peace dollar , was born in a town south of Naples, Italy?
... that the administrative offices of the Caprivi Region were once located beneath a giant baobab in Katima Mulilo that today is known as the "Toilet Tree"?
... that the power plant workers union SITRANDE was the first public sector trade union founded in Paraguay after the fall of Stroessner?
... that Harry Neal Baum ghostwrote the 1917 novel Mary Louise Solves a Mystery when his ailing father, L. Frank Baum, could not fulfill his obligations to his publishers?
... that during World War I the United States Army recruited over 28,000 soldiers for the Spruce Production Division, which harvested Sitka spruce in the Pacific Northwest?
... that Byzantine silk designs include the tree of life, winged horses, and imaginary beasts, along with fashionable images of hunting and quadrigas ?
... that the Kentuckian LaVerne Butler was a leader in the "Conservative Resurgence" within the Southern Baptist denomination in the 1970s and 1980s?
... that Zakopane Style architecture became so popular that designs inspired by it were built in Warsaw, Łódź, and even a train station in Saldutiškis, Lithuania?
... that during its operational history, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade has ranged in size from 1,200 men to almost 10,000?
... that baseball pitcher Lefty Herring later became a position player and made it back to the major leagues five years after his first game?
... that Terry Bradshaw's daughter Rachel co-wrote Jerrod Niemann's "What Do You Want" and appeared in the song's music video?
... that the tower of St Martin's Church, Colchester, Essex, was damaged in 1648 during the Civil War, and has never been repaired?
... that John Constable called the Superintendent of the British Institution "a much greater man than the King—the Duke of Bedford—Lord Westminster—Lord Egremont, or the President of the Royal Academy"?
... that socialist politician Kiranmoy Nanda has been the Fisheries Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 1982?
... that an experience at an auction in the early 1960s led John Rice Irwin to start the Museum of Appalachia?
... that the High Virgo ballistic missile was launched from a B-58 bomber at a speed of Mach 2?
... that although American surf music group The Astronauts only spent one week on the Billboard Hot 100 in their entire career, they outsold The Beach Boys in Japan in the early 1960s?
... that the Lower Eissee , a lake which lies in a shallow cirque in the Dachstein Mountains, was left behind when the Hallstätter Glacier retreated?
... that after an unsuccessful debut album, Mexican singer-songwriter Mario Domm formed the band Camila?
... that Anubias afzelii, described in 1857, was the first species of the genus of popular aquarium plants, Anubias, known to science?
... that Frank Bancroft managed his now-defunct Major League Baseball team, the Providence Grays, to the 1884 World Series championship?
... that No. 201 Flight's role was considered so secret by the Royal Australian Air Force that few people outside the unit knew that it even existed?
... that Nelson Mandela proposed that Robben Island, where he was imprisoned for 18 years, be renamed after Xhosa warrior and prophet Makana?
... that Common Sense Media protested the ESRB's rating downgrade of a revised version of Manhunt 2 from "Adults Only" to "Mature", since that version was still banned in the UK?
... that according to a diocesan official of Richmond, Virginia, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart was the world's only cathedral financed by a single family?
... that the aviary Bird Kingdom was once a museum that at one time held the mummy of Ramesses I?
... that Michigan Wolverines football running back Michael Shaw was a teammate of Roy Roundtree at Trotwood-Madison High School, where he was coached by National Football League veteran Maurice Douglass?
... that the Nationalist Citizens' Party's platform during the 1957 Philippine elections was described as "businessman's nationalism"?
... that Bob Dylan recorded his song "Gates of Eden" in a single take on January 15, 1965?
... that the 1 kg (2.2 lb) $3,000 Platinum Koala coin is an official means of payment in Australia?
... that Gavin Trippe introduced European style motocross to the US, invented supermoto , helped start AMA Superbike, and is promoting a new single cylinder motorcycle racing class?
... that the Alzheimer's disease medication Galanthamine is synthesized using Saegusa-Ito oxidation?
... that the Lawrason Act, named for State Sen. Samuel Lawrason, allows Louisiana municipalities to create their own form of government without legislative approval?
... that Bill James described Mike Mitchell, who set a National League assists record as a rookie, as having the best outfield arm in baseball?
... that Tom Derrick received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of Sattelberg in November 1943?
... that future Star Wars make-up artist Rick Baker handled the effects for The Incredible Melting Man, a 1977 horror film about an astronaut whose body is literally melting?
... that the extinct crocodyliform Sebecus was named after Sebek, the ancient Egyptian crocodile god?
... that the Azerbaijan region has been producing wine since the 2nd millennium BC and was noted by Herodotus, Strabo, Abu'l-Fida and Al-Muqaddasi?
... that American anthropologist Frank Bessac was fleeing China when his group was attacked by Tibetan border guards, killing three of his party, including the first CIA agent to be killed in the line of duty?
... that the Ansbach Grizzlies, one of the oldest American football teams in Germany, played in every one of the first eight editions of the German Bowl?
... that in the lyrics of the 2010 song "Coming Home", Diddy makes references to the classic 1979 song "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead, as well as events in his own life?
... that the Umm al-Qura Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, has minarets in the shape of Scud missiles and Kalashnikov rifle barrels?
... that Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, often attended weekend society gatherings held at Easton Lodge, home of Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick ?
... that it was debated in 1896 whether the Louisiana planter Meredith Calhoun was the model for the character of Simon Legree in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?
... that the aquarium plant Anubias heterophylla has reportedly been used as a stomachic for children?
... that Hydro-Québec's project of four hydro-electric power stations on the Romaine River is called "the biggest construction project in Canada"?
... that the Batavia, New York post office is one of only three in the state to be a contributing property to its historic district despite being ineligible for an independent listing on the NRHP?
... that Colin Beyer was informed about the sex reassignment surgery planned by his stepdaughter, former New Zealand MP Georgina Beyer, before her mother received the news?
... that Sempringham Priory was built by Saint Gilbert, the only Englishman who ever founded a monastic order?
... that the Wilmington, North Carolina airport was named for Arthur Bluethenthal, a Princeton football All-American who was awarded the Croix de guerre twice, and died in combat for France in World War I?
... that after dropping out of the 1992 New York City Marathon due to breathing problems, Kim Jones suffered from bronchitis and was bedridden for a month?
... that Maxim model and reality television contestant Gia Allemand has been selected to play the role of Ava Gardner in an upcoming film about the life of Gianni Russo?
... that Mexico's Biutiful was named Best Foreign Language Film of 2010 at the 17th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards?
... that since March 2007 there have been controversial discussions about including of parts of the northern Steigerwald Nature Park in UNESCO's World Heritage Programme by turning them into a national park?
... that Ralph "Human Ripcord" Savidge invented a baseball pitch called the "finger nail curve"?
... that Jamaica Inn of Bodmin Moor is the setting for Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name?
... that the 1999 film The Sixth Sense received six Academy Award nominations, and grossed more than sixteen times its budget?
... that Sir Francis Wythens was illegally returned to Parliament after a book containing 700 votes for the opposition "was artificially mislaid and lost by the officers trusted"?
... that archaeologist David Ussishkin has described the Chalcolithic Temple of Ein Gedi as "a monumental edifice in terms of contemporary architecture"?
... that although the bat Myotis alcathoe was only described in 2001, it is now known to range widely across Europe?
... that Arthur Augustus Tilley resigned as a tutor of King's College, Cambridge, after being blamed for the throwing into the college fountain of the "long-haired bounder" Robbie Ross?
... that during the Great Depression, the construction of a country estate named for a candy bar was the largest source of jobs in Giles County, Tennessee?
... that Alvingham Priory, active until most of its inhabitants died from the Black Death, has a churchyard containing the only church in England dedicated to St. Adelwold?
... that though his early burlesques, including The Merry Zingara, featured actresses performing male roles, W. S. Gilbert later renounced this practice?
... that the Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire was built in response to the success of a tram at Cannon Mountain?
... that the Internet and Technology Law Desk Reference defines information technology law jargon using legal opinion from case law?
... that the name for the Mexican band Jotdog was inspired by the pop art work of Andy Warhol?
... that despite having reconstructive Tommy John surgery prior to the season, Zach Daeges was named to the first-team all-Missouri Valley Conference squad as a designated hitter in 2005?
... that a decomposing rhino carcass and lack of water led to the establishment of Henties Bay?
... that, when Thomas M. Carnegie tried to get his brother, Andrew Carnegie, to invest in the Edgar Thomson Steel Works (later a key element in the Carnegie steel empire), Andrew initially refused?
... that a signal mortar used to be fired to summon the lifeboat crew to Poole Lifeboat Station but this was stopped in 1914 as people could mistake the sound for an explosion at the nearby gas works?