derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that German and Scottish mercenaries, sent by Sweden to retaliate the roasting of a Swedish commander by Russian forces, killed each other instead in the Siege of Wesenberg (1574)?
... that the unnamed woman with seven sons portrayed in 2 Maccabees is known variously in other sources as Hannah, Miriam and Solomonia?
... that minister Edward Woolsey Bacon served in the American Civil War and in 1865 led the black 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry into Richmond, Virginia?
... that bus company London Country North East lost over £5 million in less than two years of existence before it was split up in 1989?
... that a description of the Battle of Aspern-Essling written by Patrick Rambaud as The Battle was originally a project of Honoré de Balzac?
... that The Kinks' "Sitting in the Midday Sun" is thought to be the first track recorded at their newly-built Konk Studios?
... that after Egypt was defeated by Israel during the Six-Day War the Egyptian government issued copies of the Hope paintings to its troops?
... that the German pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Wörth represented the Kaiserliche Marine at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Fleet Review in 1897?
... that in 1697, Reverend Ichabod Wiswall delivered the first known funeral sermon in British America?
... that the 7th century Maligawila Buddha statue, which was found broken into pieces in 1951, was repaired and re-erected in 1980?
... that singers Anne Sofie von Otter and Christian Gerhaher recorded music written in the concentration camp of Terezín by artists such as Ilse Weber, Hans Krása, Pavel Haas and Viktor Ullmann?
... that the silver stavraton replaced the gold hyperpyron as the Byzantine Empire's chief coinage during the last century of its history?
... that one political faction in Isabelline Spain was known as the polacos because of its leader's Polish ancestry?
... that the Honorary Fellows of Keble College, Oxford, have included Ronald Reagan and John Betjeman, even though neither had academic links to the college?
... that the Birmingham Charity Cup, a Victorian football trophy, featured engravings of a football match and of "the poor and sick succoured by the heavenly spirit"?
... that Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy was the first girl to play among boys in the private schools' cricket competition in New South Wales?
... that the Convention 169 of the International Labour Organization in 1989 sought to end the assimilationist approach of the governments in dealing with indigenous peoples?
... that Heinz Stahlschmidt was credited with saving 3,500 French lives when he refused to blow up the port of Bordeaux and instead blew up the munitions bunker, killing approximately 50 Germans?
... that the Palestinian village of Balata was a Frankish settlement during the Crusades?
... that it has been suggested the extinct palm genus Palaeoraphe was restricted to the Greater Antilles?
... that the bootlegged song "Revolution 1 (Take 20)" by the British rock band The Beatles acts as a missing link between the seemingly unrelated "Revolution 1" and the avant-garde "Revolution 9"?
... that despite its name, the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) had only 35% workers among its members?
... that Indonesia's first flag flown was fashioned by its first first lady Fatmawati?
... that Harvard-educated William Little Lee became the first Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1848 at the age of only 27?
... that Saturday Night Live comedian Ana Gasteyer appeared in a serious role as a judge in "Fleas", an episode of the CBS drama, The Good Wife?
... that Major League Baseball player Billy Sunday and musician Wayne King lived in the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Davenport, Iowa, even though neither were actual orphans?
... that migralepsy is a rare condition where a migraine is followed by an epileptic seizure?
... that Joseph Goebbels called Hitler Youth Quex a successful "first large-scale attempt" to transmit Nazi ideology via movies?
... that according to one contemporary source, Barbara Strozzi showed off a bejeweled necklace she received from Anna de' Medici by placing it between her "two darling, beautiful breasts"?
... that John Wright , one of the Gunpowder Plotters, was considered the finest swordsman in Britain?
... that the name for the Texas stream Cibolo Creek comes from the Native American and Spanish word for Buffalo, who were hunted along its steep banks?
... that Thomas Herbst, the current manager of Tennis Borussia Berlin, won the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship before making his professional footballing debut for FC Bayern Munich?
... that Bristol Diamonds were popular souvenirs for visitors to the spa at Hotwells, Bristol, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
... that James Long, an Anglican missionary in India, was jailed for publishing the play Nil Darpan?
... that a fossil flower of the extinct palm Roystonea palaea shows damage possibly made by a bat or bird?
... that Laura Spurr enjoyed a long career in nursing before becoming chairwoman of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi of Michigan?
... that the 1980s German television series The Black Forest Clinic was so popular that it was once dubbed "the epitome of German television bliss"?
... that while veils in the 1400s were usually worn to preserve modesty, the garment worn by the sitter in Rogier van der Weyden's c. 1460 painting Portrait of a Woman is used to draw attention to her unusual beauty and sensuality?
... that Henry Blogg's first rescue as coxwain of the Cromer Lifeboat Louisa Heartwell was that of the crew of the barque Alf?
... that Whitney Avenue Historic District in New Haven, Connecticut, includes "locally outstanding" collections of Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival architecture?
... that Alan Cumming guest-starred in "Bang", an episode of the CBS drama series The Good Wife, as a political consultant commentators said mirrored Rahm Emanuel?
... that Haqqi al-Azm, a former prime minister of Syria, was also the first governor of the State of Damascus under the French mandate?
... that the art student scam is a confidence trick in which scammers sell cheap paintings as original art by up-and-coming talents?
... that the Temple of Bel , dedicated in 32 AD, formed the center of religious life in Palmyra, Syria and is considered its "best preserved" ruin?
... that 6.9 Mw Chile earthquake of March 2010 took place shortly before president Sebastián Piñera was sworn in?
... that the Parks and Recreation episode "Woman of the Year" mocked the meaninglessness of awards, which some critics saw as a jab about the show's failure to win major industry awards?
... that despite his international success, Tunisian-Swiss 1500 metres runner Ali Hakimi only became Tunisian champion three times?
... that the wreck of the British battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary has been designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986?
... that film composer Nathan Scott, who arranged the music for Dragnet, scored almost all episodes of Lassie between 1963 and 1974?
... that what is thought to have been the first ever properly floodlit association football match in the United Kingdom took place between two non-league teams, Ashton National and Hyde United, in December 1932?
... that according to legend, New York Assemblywoman Ida Sammis' first act in the legislature was to polish the brass spittoon assigned to her, and to place it on her desk as a flower vase?
... that the personnel of the aircraft carrier HMAS Vengeance were complimented by Queen Elizabeth II on their forgery of her signature?
... that Lena Horne won six awards for her 1981 one-woman show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music?
... that an Alaska Aces fan suffered a heart attack at Game 2 of the 2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup Finals?
... that upon completion, the Port of Hambantota will be the largest port constructed on land in the 21st century?
... that the Codex Arundel, which contains notes and sketches by Leonardo da Vinci, was reunited online with the similar Codex Leicester?
... that actor Samuel Page of the AMC drama series Mad Men started a string of ongoing guest appearances in the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives, starting with the episode "The Chase"?
... that the 2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team set school records for best season start, longest conference winning streak, and most conference wins?
... that an excerpt of Nick Bertozzi's The Salon containing a nude depiction of Picasso caused a comic book store owner to be charged with distributing obscene material to a minor?
... that drag racer Dale Armstrong is credited with being the first crew chief to test a Funny Car in a wind tunnel?
... that more than 25,000 people have applied to take part in the Dublin Bikes scheme?
... that West Jewellers of Grafton Street, Dublin, had Queen Victoria's royal warrant to make her watches and she once bought two replicas of the Tara Brooch from the company?
... that a species of specklebelly lichen is only found in old growth forests and is being threatened in Scandinavia by increased predation from snails?
... that veteran Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne recognised Brian Jennings' ability to pronounce words well?
... that the Bayonne Statute, intended to be the basis for Joseph Bonaparte's rule of Spain, was never truly in effect because of a continual state of war?
... that after purchasing three shares for $180 in 1935 and living a frugal lifestyle, Grace Groner donated seven million dollars to her alma mater Lake Forest College upon her death?
... that the Friends of Cathedral Music was formed in 1956 after the Provost of Southwell Minster abolished Saturday choral services to allow the choir men to watch local Association football matches?
... that the National Leprechaun Museum, the first museum dedicated to leprechauns , is designed in a way that makes humans seem very small?
... that General Vernon Prichard, commander of the "Old Ironsides" armored division during the Italian Campaign in World War II, was Dwight Eisenhower's quarterback at West Point?
... that Adrian Crowley's album Long Distance Swimmer was recorded in his sister's home in Foxrock, County Dublin, and features contributions from James Yorkston?
... that despite being a magnitude 8.7 event, the 1730 Valparaiso earthquake led to only a few deaths, because people had left their homes after a strong foreshock?
... that Pat Fanning, who died last weekend, was President of the Gaelic Athletic Association when the organisation repealed its ban on "foreign games"?
... that the Act of Parliament establishing the post of Postmasters General of Ireland was not repealed until 31 years after the Act of Union had united the countries in 1800?
... that Nick Joaquin's May Day Eve is a short story about a couple who got married because of an incantation recited in front of a mirror?
... that Ryan Adams cited Irish singer-songwriter Adrian Crowley in a 2005 Rolling Stone interview when asked "Who's the best songwriter that no one's heard of"?
... that archaeologist Senarath Paranavitana described the ancient statue of Parakramabahu I as "the very embodiment of strength, majesty and dignity"?
... that the Communist-led Frente Popular polled just 1.82% votes in the 1963 Goa elections, largely due to the Catholic Church's backing of the rival United Goans Party?
... that Ireland Triple Crown-winning rugby player Paddy Reid was born on Saint Patrick's Day?
... that the Ghab valley swamp in northwest Syria was drained between 1953 and 1968, providing an extra 41,000 hectares (160 sq mi) of irrigated lands?
... that Overseas Scandinavian Airlines System was created in 1946 by six national airlines to coordinate their transatlantic flights?
... that the Les Inrockuptibles journalist who reviewed the album Season of the Sparks sent a letter of thanks to its creator?
... that the Gemini Planet Imager is an adaptive optics instrument being developed to directly image extrasolar planets that will see first light in early 2011?
... that in the Orkneyinga saga, after Olvir Rosta failed to gain a portion of the Earldom of Orkney, his grandmother was burned to death?
... that Frank Dekum, a 19th-century banker in Portland, Oregon, and president of the German Songbird Society, imported thrushes, starlings, nightingales, and other German songbirds to Oregon?
... that the 1938 Art Deco styled and heritage listed Piccadilly Cinema is the only cinema still operating in the Perth CBD?
... that in the 1960s, Yōji Kuri was regarded as the creator of Japanese animation most known to the West?
... that the symbol of the Paralympic Games is composed of three "agitos", colored red, blue and green?
... that Perchance to Dream by Robert B. Parker, the 1991 sequel to 1939 crime novel The Big Sleep, takes its title from Hamlet's soliloquy?
... that Irving Pond designed three National Historic Landmarks, performed a backflip on his 80th birthday, and scored the first ever touchdown for the Michigan Wolverines?
... that English independent children's television producer Kindle Entertainment's first film, Dustbin Baby, won both an International Emmy and a Children's BAFTA?
... that Ferdinand Poulton, a Jesuit missionary in the Province of Maryland, had his life and mysterious death fictionalized in the 1995 book Mary's Land?
... that Leptofoenus pittfieldae is the only species of Leptofoenus documented from the West Indies and the only member of Leptofoenus in the fossil record?
... that Duchess Sophie of Alençon died in a fire at a French charity bazaar, but some hotel visitors escaped through the kitchen window of the adjoining hotel with the help of the cook?
... that a housebarn, a combined house and barn, is more costly to insure than a house because of a higher fire risk?
... that following his retirement from professional football, Bobby Bell managed car manufacturer Rolls-Royce's football team?
... that while training in 1944, the German U-804 shot down a Norwegian Mosquito?
... that crossing sweepers helped nineteenth-century women avoid having their dresses soiled with horse dung?
... that Sylvester C. Simpson was the first Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oregon and worked to get a book authored in part by his brother selected as the state's reader?
... that Chilean cartoonist and plastic artist Fernando Krahn had to leave his country in order to escape from the 1973 coup d'état?
... that the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball program was abolished by the University Senate immediately following a perfect season?
... that Abū Muḥammad al-Rāmahurmuzī was one of the first authors to write a comprehensive book of hadith terminology?
... that the Outer Trial Bank, a nature reserve in East Anglia, UK, was originally built as part of a failed government scheme to barrage the Wash and create a reservoir?
... that Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus did not want to receive Captain Nikolay Dyatlenko at the Battle of Stalingrad, yet ended up being received by him?
... that there may be as few as 250 of the Zapata Rail in its only habitat, the Zapata Swamp?
... that Andrew Birch was sent by the king of Denmark, Christian VII, to examine books all over Europe?
... that the 1 Ilica Street skyscraper in Zagreb was the first building in Yugoslavia to feature an aluminum facade?
... that during the 1824–1842 term of Richard Charlton as the first British consul to the Kingdom of Hawaii, he was involved in a military occupation and controversial land claim?
... that the development of the Marker degradation chemical synthetic route between 1938 and 1940 established Mexico as a world center for steroid production?
... that Moroccan Elarbi Khattabi won five medals in team competitions at the World Cross Country Championships, including Morocco's first such medal, the silver in 1994?
... that the ancient Bible text, British Library Manuscript, Add. 14448, is lacunose?
... that Tuanaitau F. Tuia, the longest serving legislator in the American Samoa Fono, served a combined 49 years in both the House of Representatives and the Senate?
... that Academic All-America teams, which are now presented by ESPN The Magazine, have been selected by College Sports Information Directors of America since 1952?
... that painter and sculptor Roberto Aizenberg has been called the "best-known" orthodox surrealist in Argentina?
... that the Chicago Sun-Times purchased the Mirage Tavern in 1977 to document city officials seeking bribes?
... that the Danish Tegnestuen Vandkunsten were the first team of architects to be awarded the Alvar Aalto Medal?
... that Mary Elliott Flanery was the first female state legislator south of the Mason–Dixon Line when she took her seat in the Kentucky General Assembly in January 1922?
... that Canadian coxswain Lesley Thompson has competed at six different Olympics, and won medals in four of them?
... that although randomness had long been viewed as an obstacle, it is now used as a tool for designing better algorithms?
... that Edmund Chipp performed all six of Felix Mendelssohn's Organ Sonatas, op. 65 from memory in 1848?
... that St. Remy's Catholic Church in Russia, Ohio, has been designated a historic site despite extensive modifications?
... that footballer Edward King was honored for heroism in the Philippines and tactical skill in France and later became Commandant of the Army Command and General Staff College?
... that at least twelve different nomenclatures have been proposed for features of the molar in muroid rodents?
... that in Greene v Associated Newspapers Ltd, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales held that the test for granting interim injunctions in defamation cases was inflexible but applied it anyway?
... that according to oral history, the Kingdom of Rwanda was founded in the 14th or 15th century on the shores of Lake Muhazi?
... that from 1965 to present, Finnish lyricist Vexi Salmi has written over 4000 song lyrics, more than 2400 of which have been recorded?
... that one of the earliest mentions of driving on the left in the UK was in an 1827 Act of Parliament for the rebuilding of Shillingford Bridge ?
... that the Vizsoly Bible, the first complete Hungarian translation of the Bible, was published in 1590?
... that brothers Hayes Jenkins and David Jenkins won gold and bronze in the men's figure skating competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics?
... that all of the buildings on Pomander Walk in Manhattan are replicas of a Broadway stage set?
... that children's physician Alex Brinchmann chaired the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1941 to 1945, during the German occupation, but was eventually imprisoned from January 1945?
... that the Admiral Apartments, built in 1909, had "sporting girls" (prostitutes) operating out of it by 1913?
... that Harvey Pekar described his collaboration with Heather Roberson on the comic book Macedonia as one of the best working relationships he has ever had?
... that the scope of the English case of Pepper v Hart, at first accepted by the judiciary, has "been reduced to such an extent that the ruling has almost become meaningless"?
... that the trophic level of the world fisheries catch has steadily declined because many high trophic level species, such as tuna , have been overfished?
... that the family of William Harris changed churches during the American Revolution because the church they had been attending continued to say prayers for the king?
... that Norwegian MP Tønnes Andenæs died in the Tretten train disaster?
... that Nick Joaquin's short story The Summer Solstice is about the fertility ritual known as the Tatarin?
... that the original Atikamekw village of Obedjiwan and its archaeological sites in Quebec, Canada, were flooded during the construction of the Gouin Reservoir?
... that no one is sure why, despite his victory at the Battle of Monte de las Cruces in 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla retreated from Mexico City?
... that British painter Alessandro Raho, commissioned to portray Judi Dench for the National Portrait Gallery in London, imagined her as a wealthy housewife?
... that mating in the marsh rice rat results in relatively few ejaculations, partly because of female resistance?
... that Jesuit Donald Merrifield, the first president of Loyola Marymount University after its creation, worked as a consultant for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory?
... that Dashiell Hammett helped Lillian Hellman write the 1951 Broadway play The Autumn Garden?
... that Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue in Fleischmanns, New York, is unique among Catskill synagogues in having an exposed truss ceiling in its sanctuary?
... that Hall of Fame tackle Harold Ballin was "the hardest-hitting player" ever faced by fellow Hall of Famer Charles Brickley and the last Princeton player to play without a helmet?
... that the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever has patented several antifreeze proteins produced by a species of kidney lichen, due to their ability to modify ice formation in frozen foods?
... that when a teenager tore up a photograph of Canadian Prime Minister St. Laurent as the PM spoke, the ensuing fracas was seen as a turning point in the 1957 Canadian election?
... that Hanging Rocks at Wappocomo, West Virginia, on the South Branch Potomac River was the site of both a battle between Delaware and Catawba Native American tribes and an American Civil War skirmish?
... that Football Hall of Famer Huntington "Tack" Hardwick was called "a big, fine-looking aristocrat from blue-blood stock" who "loved combat – body contact at crushing force – a fight to the finish"?
... that the spring inside the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth served as the local water supply for some 3,000 years?
... that Dr. Ronald Levy became the first Jew to be awarded with the King Faisal International Prize, which is popularly called the "Arab Nobel Prize"?
... that Portland, Oregon's Tanner Springs Park was described as "a sort of cross between an Italian piazza and a weedy urban wetland with lots of benches"?
... that Frederic de Hoffmann helped develop the hydrogen bomb and later organized a project to propel a spaceship with nuclear bombs?
... that the final resting place of John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel , who died in 1435, was not definitely established until the discovery of a one-legged skeleton in 1857?
... that resentment of the sales tax called the alcabala triggered several revolts in Spain's colonies, even though rates there were lower than in Spain itself?
... that Frederick Josiah Bradlee was a Boston Brahmin, an All-American halfback and the father of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee?
... that the building in Mexico City currently housing the Museo de Charrería, a museum for Mexican rodeo, was originally a 16th-century monastery dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat?
... that Wyandanch, the sachem of the Montaukett, in 1659, sued Jeremy Daily in the colonial court in one of the first trials in North America with an English defendant and a Native American plaintiff?
... that Kennaquhair was an Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Sydney Cup and the AJC Metropolitan Handicap?
... that George Peek was the first Administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the first President of the two banks that would become the Export-Import Bank of the United States?
... that rapid construction of an earlier building of Holy Family Catholic Church in Frenchtown, Ohio, won its builders two gallons of whisky?
... that U2's experience in Shinjuku, Tokyo at the conclusion of the Zoo TV Tour was the inspiration for the Passengers' song "Slug"?
... that Boeing is submitting an updated OV-10 Bronco for the US Air Force Request for a slower support plane, or Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance aircraft?
... that He Zhuoyan is the youngest person to win an award in the Forbes China Celebrity 100 in 2007 at the age of 18?
... that the South Park Blocks have been called the "extended family room" of Portland, as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as the city's "living room"?
... that Margaret Greville bequeathed Polesden Lacey in Surrey to the National Trust in 1942 in memory of her father, Scottish brewer William McEwan?
... that Nebraska's first All-American Vic Halligan was called "The premier punter of the West, A master of the forward pass, A tackler equal to the best"?