derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Jane Leeves, who starred as Daphne Moon in the sitcom Frasier, appeared as a therapist in the Desperate Housewives episode "How About a Friendly Shrink?"
... that the renovation of the The Devonshire Dome in 1881 by Robert Rippon Duke created the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft), and is still the largest in the UK today?
... that Diskit Monastery is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh, northern India?
... that Garry Foulds is one of only five footballers to play 300 VFL/AFL matches for the Essendon Football Club?
... that Ron Feller, a PIAT operator in the Israel Defense Forces, received the Hero of Israel citation for his actions in Operation Death to the Invader on July 18, 1948?
... that Alexander Wetmore assessed the extinct Eonessa anaticula as being an ancient type of duck, possibly due to its fossil's resemblance to the modern Oxyura jamaicensis?
... that 2006's Cyclone Vaianu destroyed an estimated 70% of Tonga's banana crop, and caused power outages that took up to a week to fully restore?
... that jazz pianist and vocalist Dena DeRose only considered singing professionally after carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis forced her to give up playing the piano?
... that, until it was destroyed during Wilson's Raid, the Brierfield Furnace was used to produce iron for the Confederacy's Brooke cannon?
... that the crew of the Russian battleship Gangut staged a minor mutiny in 1915 when the executive officer refused to feed the crew the traditional meal of meat and macaroni?
... that when the Russet Sparrow and the House Sparrow breed in the same hill station, the House Sparrow prefers bazaars and the Russet Sparrow "more up market" houses?
... that in 1994, while baseball pitcher Kevin King was a member of the Seattle Mariners, he registered a loss on Opening Day against the Cleveland Indians?
... that Chitinamit in Guatemala was the first capital of the highland K'iche' Maya?
... that Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon transported their zenith telescope on a featherbed 31 miles from Philadelphia to Star Gazers' Stone to begin surveying the Mason-Dixon line?
... that although 1989's Typhoon Dan was relatively weak, the storm left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in the Philippines?
... that the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 1 Wing was often referred to as the 'Churchill Wing' because of Winston Churchill's key role in its formation?
... that The Simpsons episode "Boy Meets Curl" will see Homer and Marge Simpson compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in mixed-doubles curling, an event that is not part of the Olympic programme?
... that some coral reef fish, like the lionfish , have venomous spines in their fins?
... that 18th-century painter Szymon Czechowicz established a school of painting and thereby greatly influenced Polish art?
... that the name of the koala derives from the word gula in Dharuk and other Yuin-Kuric languages?
... that Lorenz Schwietz, who as Royal Prussian executioner beheaded at least 120 people, shot himself dead?
... that Rashida Jones, the actress who plays Ann Perkins in the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, was cast before the producers had determined what the show would be about?
... that Carrie Jones is a multi-award-winning American author of young-adult fiction?
... that Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago contains a columbarium specifically intended to hold the ashes of Chicago Cubs fans?
... that the 1904 painting by Pablo Picasso, The Actor, estimated to be worth over $100 million, was torn when a woman stumbled and fell into it?
... that the American blues singer and pianist Maggie Jones, who recorded 38 songs between 1923 and 1926, was billed as "The Texan Nightingale"?
... that the crux gemmata or "jeweled cross" was used to represent the New Jerusalem and the Tree of Life in Early Christian and Medieval art?
... that Nick Offerman, who plays Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, has received significant praise and been called the show's "secret weapon"?
... that on August 24, 2009, an algae bloom hit Wickiup Reservoir, dubbed as Oregon's best fishing for brown trout?
... that George Levendis has held marketing and management positions at record labels on three different continents?
... that at one time the OVW Heavyweight Championship was vacated due to the then-champion having a malignant brain tumor?
... that Eiríkr Magnússon fell out with scholar Guðbrandur Vigfússon over the need for famine relief in their native Iceland and how to translate the Bible?
... that a large concentration of Hagerman Horses, Idaho's state fossil, can be found at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument?
... that Elsa Barker was an American novelist and poet who published three volumes of messages from a dead man?
... that the Soviets scuttled the battleship Svobodnaya Rossiia on 19 June 1918 in Novorossiysk harbor rather than turn her over to the Germans as required by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
... that the pioneer wagon route known as the Applegate Trail, opened in 1846 by Jesse Applegate, crossed the southern end of the Goose Lake Valley on the way to southern Oregon?
... that actor Paul Schneider initially felt insecure about playing Mark Brendanawicz on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation because he was unsure about the motivations of the character?
... that although the Hollytrees Museum was sold to the corporation of Colchester, England in 1922, the cost was met entirely by the private funds of Viscount Cowdray and his wife?
... that Chloe Frazer of the Uncharted franchise has been cited as an example of a video game character who accurately portrays the desires and frustrations of human sexuality?
... that prior to the construction of the first Florida Governor's Mansion, governors of the state generally lived in boarding houses or hotels?
... that Joan Tompkins in The Christine Jorgensen Story played the Danish aunt who gave the world's first transsexual, George Jorgensen, his new name, Christine?
... that at the 1815 Kandyan Convention which handed over Ceylon to Britain, Wariyapola Sri Sumangala took down the Union Jack and raised the flag of the Sinhalese kings?
... that the BBC drama The Last Days of Lehman Brothers was filmed in an office vacated by Lehman Brothers and that some of their furniture was used to dress the set?
... that One Main Place in Portland, Oregon, was reportedly sold in 2010 for US$12 million less than it was purchased for in 2006?
... that the famous anime director Hayao Miyazaki produced a television commercial inspired by the work of gag manga artist Shigeru Sugiura?
... that the Buddhist monk S. Mahinda was born in Sikkim, identified himself as a Tibetan, and took part in the independence movement of Sri Lanka?
... that Aziz Ansari's performance as Tom Haverford was considered one of the strongest elements of the first season of the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation?
... that although Vietnamese chancellor Lê Văn Thịnh was charged with high treason by Emperor Lý Nhân Tông, today he is still worshipped by the people in his homeland of Bắc Ninh?
... that Michael Jackson's hit song "Thriller", co-produced by him and Quincy Jones, was originally titled "Starlight"?
... that all the images in Gal Vihara of Polonnaruwa have been carved on a single, large granite rock face?
... that the moray eel Gymnothorax pictus is able to hunt on land?
... that the libretto for Rameau's first opera, Hippolyte et Aricie (1733), was provided by the seasoned playwright and librettist abbé Pellegrin?
... that Warne-Muralidaran Trophy is named after the two leading wicket takers of Test cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne?
... that the Lyme Caxton Missal, on display in Lyme Park, Cheshire, is the only near-complete existing copy of the earliest known edition of a missal according to the Sarum Rite?
... that Arthur V. Dias, a Sri Lankan independence activist, pioneered a jackfruit propagation campaign by freely distributing seedlings and plants?
... that despite criticism of the strange scale of his 1859 Ovid among the Scythians, even among his admirers Baudelaire and Gautier, Delacroix painted a second version in 1862?
... that the Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak was the last time that Egypt attacked an Israeli village in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and one of the war's last Egyptian offensive initiatives?
... that mole snakes can inflict serious bite wounds, but nonetheless are said to make good pets?
... that images of the infant Jesus in Mexico can be dressed as Aztecs, football players, and even drug traffickers?
... that the Hello Girls, female switchboard operators in World War I, were part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps?
... that the estuary stingray is persecuted due to its supposedly voracious appetite for farmed shellfish, which has contributed to its decline?
... that four days after its building was moved to a new site and rededicated, St. Peter's Church in Spencertown, New York, changed its denomination from Congregationalism to Presbyterianism?
... that the Waikato River Trails was the project where Prime Minister John Key officially opened the construction of the New Zealand Cycle Trail?
... that a poster based on the picture book Let My Babies Go! A Passover Story was put on display at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2007?
... that the Montreal Stars, a professional women's hockey team in Canada, will be represented by three members at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
... that the toy company Mattel lent the Will & Grace producers a $60,000 Cher doll prototype for the episode "Gypsies, Tramps and Weed"?
... that ancient Roman brides sat in the lap of Mutunus Tutunus before marriage?
... that the Palace of the Marqués del Apartado has an underground system pumping water to keep it from sinking?
... that the phrase "doing a Leeds" has become synonymous in English football with the pitfalls of financial mismanagement of football clubs, after the demise of Premier League team Leeds United?
... that during the Susa weddings in 324 BCE, Alexander the Great married both Parysatis II and her second cousin's daughter, Stateira II?
... that an American judge was appointed to the Permanent Court of International Justice when it was formed, despite the United States not being a signatory to the Court protocol?
... that the John Singer Sargent painting The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit will in 2010 for the first time be exhibited alongside the painting that inspired it, Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez?
... that Edna St. Vincent Millay's kitchen at Steepletop, her home in Austerlitz, New York, was the subject of a Ladies' Home Journal article in 1948?
... that Lemony Snicket, author of the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events, is releasing a new series in 2012 that will involve elements of his previous series, including the Great Unknown?
... that the song "Fake Empire" by The National was used at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and in a video for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, which the band actively supported?
... that the lower-ground floor of the Museum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla in Spain, was originally an aeration chamber?
... that Tom Smith was one of five Preston North End players to play for Scotland when they won 1–0 against England at Wembley in the 1938 British Home Championship?
... that the iPhone social platform OpenFeint had over ten million users in less than a year since it first launched?
... that after William Dubh MacLeod was killed in 1480 at the Battle of Bloody Bay, he was the last MacLeod chief to be buried on the isle of Iona?
... that Ringsjön is the second largest lake in Skåne County, Sweden, with an area of 41 square kilometres (10,000 acres)?
... that human sacrifices to the K'iche' Maya patron deity Tohil had their severed heads placed on a rack in front of the temple?
... that actress Aubrey Plaza conceived the idea of April Ludgate, her character on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, having a "gay boyfriend" who also simultaneously dates another boy?
... that the extensive mangrove destruction in Malaysia and Indonesia is a major threat to the endangered roughnose stingray?
... that Tony Nader, a neurologist from Lebanon, was awarded his weight in gold and crowned First Sovereign Ruler of the Global Country of World Peace by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?
... that the rare bowmouth guitarfish has been called "the panda of the aquatic world"?
... that James R. Graham was a member of the team which discovered Fomalhaut b, the first exoplanet directly imaged in visible light?
... that the Essex Street Station in New Jersey, was once the terminus and headquarters of the Hackensack and New York Railroad?
... that Peter Stevens, the only known German-Jewish RAF bomber pilot in WWII, enlisted using a stolen identity and later won a Military Cross for his attempts to escape from POW camps?
... that the indie role-playing video game The Spirit Engine 2 not only has a linear narrative, but also takes place entirely in two dimensions?
... that Bob Welch, a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was a part of the Dodgers' 1981 World Series win and later, the Oakland Athletics who lost to the Dodgers in the 1988 series?
... that the U.S. military base Camp Kearny, predecessor of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, once housed a mooring mast for the Navy's helium dirigibles?
... that former U.S. judge Samuel Zoll once ordered a family to eat dinners together for 30 days, sending a parole officer for verification?
... that Temple V of the Classic Period Maya archaeological site of Tikal, in Guatemala, was the first pyramid discovered at the site?
... that the American Security and Trust Company Building used to appear on the U.S. $10 bill?
... that the Royal Navy sloop HMS Beagle captured three French privateers during her ten years of service?
... that Glen P. Robinson, founder of Scientific Atlanta, now a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, was a ham radio enthusiast at age 14?
... that Pluma porgies are the most common member of the genus Calamus in the Antilles, where they are often used for food?
... that David M. Malone, a Canadian diplomat and specialist on international affairs, has worked extensively on relations with Haiti and used to stay at the Hotel Montana, destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake?
... that the Barbours Cut Terminal, part of the Port of Houston, was the first seaport in the United States to implement the international ISO 14001 environmental standards?
... that English mycologist and plant pathologist R.W.G. Dennis has 40 fungal species named after him?
... that Andy Dwyer, a character in the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, was only to appear in the first season, but was made a regular cast member because the producers liked actor Chris Pratt?
... that Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches, an admiral in the French Navy during the American Revolutionary War, was briefly imprisoned during the War in the Vendée?
... that George Mans, captain of the 1961 Michigan football team, later served in the Michigan House of Representatives and as an assistant coach under Bo Schembechler?
... that Norwegian journalist and anti-fascist Gerda Grepp was the first female reporter from Scandinavia to cover the Spanish Civil War as a war correspondent?
... that Seattle Sounders FC won the 2009 U.S. Open Cup Final, becoming only the second Major League Soccer expansion team to do so in their inaugural season?
... that oarsman and 1932 Olympic Champion Rowland George was awarded the Order of the British Empire and the Distinguished Service Order for his service during World War II?
... that the Frank Chacksfield recording "Après Ski" was featured in the 2006 video game Saint's Row for the Xbox 360?
... that the genre of Hispanic creative arts known as costumbrismo was influenced by Englishmen Joseph Addison and Richard Steele and Frenchmen Jouy and Louis-Sébastien Mercier?
... that premature oxidation is a flaw that occurs when usually ageworthy wines, such as white Burgundy, are found to be prematurely oxidised and undrinkable for reasons not yet fully understood?
... that the builder of the Rispenserpoldermolen, Easterein, the Netherlands, was described as a better millwright than a poet?
... that both the Comte de Paris and the Prince of Wales enjoyed the services of the Digital Billiard Wonder?
... that the ant Pseudomyrmex ferruginea kills insects such as crickets and stings the heads of animals such as goats, attacking any approaching creatures attracted to the leaves of the Bullhorn Acacia?
... that at the age of 13, English cricketer Joe Root is the youngest person to have been awarded a scholarship to the Yorkshire County Cricket Club academy?
... that the 2010 Newbery Winner Rebecca Stead only started writing children's books after her young son broke her laptop, destroying all of her 'serious writing'?
... that Buddhism in Himachal Pradesh, where the Dalai Lama established his capital in exile in 1960, was cultivated by Guru Rinpoche in the 8th century?
... that Edward J. Miers was paid 60 guineas for his monograph on the crabs of the Challenger expedition?
... that the Government of Moscow owns 25% of the Moscow Monorail Transit System, for a monetary value of about $3,379,000?
... that Charles Gray Round served as Recorder for the town of Colchester for nearly 30 years?
... that the city of Hobart in Australia had the first fully electrified tram network in the Southern Hemisphere, and the entire fleet was double-decker?
... that Indian singer Master Saleem released his first album when he was 10 years old?
... that the National Animal Welfare Trust runs a centre at Trindledown Farm, which is the UK's only sanctuary for elderly pets?
... that after being given the honor of performing the royal burial of Kamehameha I according to the Hawaiian religion in 1819, Hoapili became a patron of Christian missionaries?
... that in 1920, Prince Joachim of Prussia was ordered under arrest by German Minister of Defence Gustav Noske for fighting with French military officers?
... that one burrow of the eastern chipmunk was found to contain 390 acorns?
... that baseball player Ben Paschal hit .360 as Babe Ruth's replacement while Ruth missed the first 40 games of the 1925 season with a stomach ailment?
... that most wine regions can be categorized by climate as Mediterranean (such as Tuscany), maritime (Bordeaux) or continental (Columbia Valley)?
... that the donkey that inspired the novel and film Brighty of the Grand Canyon is memorialized at Grand Canyon National Park by a statue and an historic landmark?
... that between 1917 and 1928, Boston's Park Drive had to be redesigned to accommodate an increase in ownership of automobiles in the neighborhood?
... that American country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Son Bonds was accidentally shot to death in August 1947 by his short-sighted neighbor?
... that Felipe Neri, a deaf Zapatista general, constructed explosives out of salmon cans and earned the nickname mochaorejas (clipper of ears) by cutting off ears of his prisoners and deserters?
... that all of early 14th-century Europe was consecrated under the protection of Our Lady of Europe in Gibraltar where devotion has continued for over 700 years?
... that Connie Mack leads all managers in Major League Baseball with 3,731 wins and 3,948 losses?
... that within two years of her launching, HMS Wolverine was involved in two friendly fire incidents, one with a frigate and one with a slaver?
... that architect Solomon Andrew Layton designed 22 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma, a state record?
... that the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio's first commission in the city of Venice was an improved design for the façade of San Pietro di Castello?
... that the FX network aired a preview of the Archer episode "Mole Hunt" on September 17, 2009, without any prior promotion or announcement?
... that bluegrass player and mandolin virtuoso David Harvey is Gibson's master luthier, responsible for all their mandolins, banjos, and dobros?
... that there are counties in Florida named for leaders of both sides of the Second Seminole War?
... that in 1920–21, Burnley were crowned champions of English football for the first time?
... that the tower of the Manistique Pumping Station is octagonal on the exterior but has 16 sides inside?
... that Bernardo the Japanese, a disciple of Saint Francis Xavier, is the first Japanese person known to have set foot in Europe?
... that the church of Monkton Deverill was dedicated to King and Saint Alfred the Great?
... that in the 1930s the Indian girl Shanti Devi related details of an alleged former life, and a commission set up by Gandhi deemed her claims to be accurate?
... that the colourful past of Australian former student police officer Kim Hollingsworth will be featured in the 2010 miniseries Underbelly: The Golden Mile?
... that the fungus Hypomyces tremellicola is a parasite that deforms the cap of the mushroom Crepidotus mollis?
... that there are large stone markers and cairns at the summit of each of the Tektek Mountains in southeastern Turkey?
... that in Harriton v Stephens, the High Court of Australia rejected a claim for damages brought by a disabled woman for her "wrongful life"?
... that during the Lý Dynasty, Tô Hiến Thành was the only person outside the royal family who was titled Prince (Vương)?
... that a male ghost reputedly haunts the ladies' toilet at the Brewery Shades in Crawley, West Sussex?
... that Ngo Dinh Nhu , a Hitler admirer, younger brother and chief adviser to President Diem of South Vietnam, tried to assassinate Sihanouk of Cambodia and publicly vowed to kill his father-in-law?
... that although only a 11⁄2 mile (2.41 km) long section of the Cranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway was ever built, it is still in use today as part of the Kent and East Sussex Railway?
... that the Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Mariya capsized and sank while at anchor in Sevastopol in 1916 after one of her powder magazines caught fire and exploded?
... that the first sub-four-minute mile in athletics was achieved at the Roger Bannister running track, then known as the Iffley Road Track?
... that in 1130 the Emperor Lý Thần Tông ordered that all daughters of court mandarins of the Lý Dynasty must not wed so that he could select them as concubines?
... that the World Heritage Site Gusuku and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu represents more than 500 years of Ryukyu history?
... that according to a stele found in the late 1930s, Đỗ Anh Vũ was a devoted Lý Dynasty official of noble character, in contrast to the traditional account in the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư?
... that Amador Salazar, a signatory of the Plan of Ayala and cousin of Zapata, was killed by a stray bullet and was buried in a pyramid shaped mausoleum in Tlaltizapán, dressed as a charro?
... that Porfirio Diaz believed he could defend northern Mexico against Pancho Villa and Pascual Orozco, but Zapata's rebellion in Morelos convinced him to agree to the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez and resign?
... that The Candle Problem, a cognitive test, was given to students of Stanford University and M.B.A. students at the Kellogg School of Management?
... that despite threatening the western coast of Florida, USA, 1950's Hurricane Love weakened prior to landfall and moved ashore with little fanfare?
... that the short film Second Effort, starring former American football coach Vince Lombardi, has been called the best-selling training film of all time?
... that the only Rod Serling short story in the 2009 Twilight Zone anthology was called the least Twilight Zone-like story in the collection?
... that department store mogul Roddy Burdine built Miami's first skyscraper?
... that the Winthrop, the last ship of the Massachusetts State Navy, was sold in 1783, not long before the American Revolutionary War ended?
... that photographs of test prototype cars, pioneered by Hans G. Lehmann, have led car manufacturers to take lengths to disguise their cars during a test session?
... that Ruth Humbel, member of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, has won three bronze medals at the World Orienteering Championships?