derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that indoor plumbing was not installed in a former lock tender's cottage on the Delaware and Hudson Canal at High Falls, New York, until the 1960s, over a century after it was built?
... that Manuel Pinho was forced to resign as Portugal's Minister of Economy and Innovation after making a gesture towards an opposition member during a session of parliament?
... that University of Michigan freshman Devin Gardner compiled 3,287 yards of total offense as a high school junior and was ranked as the top quarterback prospect in the United States in 2009?
... that the American Piedmont blues guitarist Baby Tate worked with a Blind Boy and a Peg Leg during his five-decade-long career?
... that in TCU's first season in the Mountain West Conference, the 2005 TCU Horned Frogs football team won its first outright conference championship since 1958?
... that before becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Peter Sichrovsky edited a book featuring a collection of interviews with the children of Nazi families?
... that women who wish to participate in the Danza de los Voladores de Papantla must ritually ask forgiveness for being a woman?
... that the 1836 painting Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers by Delaroche was thought lost in the Blitz of London of 1941, but was found in 2009?
... that the American Detroit blues musician Washboard Willie, derived his backing group's name, the Super Suds of Rhythm, from his job as a car washer?
... that the Maya site of Altar de Sacrificios in Guatemala was one of the first places to be settled in the Maya lowlands?
... that most of the world's pure bred Holstein cattle descend from the herd of 20th century Canadian actuary Thomas Bassett Macaulay?
... that Irish-born artist Francis Bacon painted 28 known triptychs between 1944 and 1984?
... that former Governor of American Samoa Gatewood Lincoln was the first cousin once removed of Abraham Lincoln?
... that numerically-controlled oscillators offer several advantages over other types of oscillators in terms of agility, accuracy, stability, and reliability?
... that in 1749, London newspapers advertised that at the Haymarket Theatre, and in full view of the audience, the Bottle Conjuror would climb into a wine bottle?
... that illegal logging in Madagascar has been an ongoing problem, which escalated after the 2009 Malagasy political crisis, threatening endangered species such as rosewood trees and lemurs?
... that in 2004, MEP Hans Kronberger unsuccessfully contested his fellow Freedom Party of Austria candidate's election to the European Parliament in the Constitutional Court of Austria?
... that Captain Phil Harris, best known from the Discovery Channel's reality TV series Deadliest Catch, developed a line of coffees called "Captain's Reserve"?
... that Bulgarian graphic artist Stefan Kanchev, the author of 1,600 logos, has been called the "father of Bulgarian graphic design" and the "master of the trademark"?
... that Latvian Haralds Silovs is the first Olympic athlete to compete in both the short and long track speed skating events on the same day?
... that one oldfield mouse was observed gently pulling out her young with her forefeet while giving birth?
... that Stephen Crane based the 1898 short story "The Open Boat" upon his personal experience of having survived a shipwreck off the coast of Florida?
... that the recently discovered extrasolar planet HIP 79431 b is regarded as one of the most massive planets around M dwarf stars?
... that Arthur Stayner, an English horticulturist who was important in the founding of the sugar industry in Utah, died in 1899 of lead poisoning from a lead pellet embedded in his heel?
... that Galentine's Day, an episode of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, had a story so romantic, its characters said it made The Notebook look like Saw V?
... that the Arlington Club, a private club organized by business and banking leaders in Portland, Oregon, excluded women from membership for 123 years before admitting them in 1990?
... that despite being the oldest covered bridge in Lane County, Oregon, the Mosby Creek Bridge still remains open to traffic?
... that during the "Christmas coup" at radio station WBAI, Utrice Leid changed the locks on the doors?
... that Presidential Medal of Freedom winner J. Warren Madden was the first Chair of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board, and said of his service on the Board, "It was all very frustrating"?
... that in 2003, Member of the European Parliament Marialiese Flemming proposed more than 80 amendments to a European Commission human tissue safety standards proposal?
... that at the Osborne House, Lonicera nitida shrubs were clipped to form stags that rise from beds of Felicia amelloides, Festuca glauca, and scarlet pelargoniums?
... that Paul Harrington, inventor of the Harrington implant, once tried out for the United States Olympic team?
... that the Trent Waterworks Company introduced Britain's first high pressure constant supply of mains water in Nottingham in 1831?
... that the Lefschetz theorem on (1,1)-classes proves the only case of the Hodge conjecture, a Clay Mathematics Institute million-dollar Millennium Prize Problem, which is known to be true on all Kähler manifolds?
... that Louis Merrilat played football with Dwight Eisenhower at West Point, trained Iran's Persian Guard, and served as a soldier of fortune in China and with the French Foreign Legion?
... that of the twenty-three species of bustard found in the world, the Great Indian Bustard , found in Kutch Bustard Sanctuary in Gujurat, is the only one listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List?
... that Johnny Spillane's silver in the individual normal hill/10 km at the 2010 Winter Olympics is the first medal won by an American in Nordic combined?
... that the Beaverkill Valley Inn, near Lew Beach, New York, is the only remaining fishing lodge on the upper Beaver Kill from the early days of dry-fly trout fishing in the Catskills?
... that country music songwriter Chris Waters, who has written songs for Tim McGraw, Terri Clark and Rhett Akins, is the older brother of singer Holly Dunn?
... that the Beit Hanoun wedge was part of the Israeli strategy in Operation Yoav that sought to divide the Egyptian army into a number of pockets?
... that Stephen Crane's novella The Monster is thought to have been inspired in part by the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis in Port Jervis, New York?
... that according to the National Geographic Society, Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva found the richest unlooted pre-Columbian tomb in the Western Hemisphere?
... that silver nitride is a contact explosive which can detonate from even the slightest touch, such as a falling water droplet?
... that Cleopatra's Barge , built for the Crowninshield family in 1816, became the Royal Yacht of King Kamehameha II and the first American pleasure craft to sail across the Atlantic?
... that Austrian court painter Peter Fendi, known for his erotic paintings, was one of the leading artists of the Biedermeier period?
... that Đại Việt sử lược is considered the oldest remaining annals of the history of Vietnam?
... that Mo Tae-Bum, a South Korean long track speed skater, won a 2010 Olympic gold medal on his 21st birthday?
... that in 2003, Austrian Member of the European Parliament Daniela Raschhofer was conferred a Grand Decoration of Honour?
... that Horagolla National Park is the only urban park in the Western Province of Sri Lanka?
... that when police raided the Cambridge College of Learning, a London-based bogus college for overseas students, they discovered just three classrooms and eleven desks?
... that the grandson of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Boer general Ben Viljoen, and future Hollywood Western star Tom Mix fought for the rebel army in the Battle of Ciudad Juárez, part of the Mexican Revolution?
... that Kurao Hiroshima was a two-time Olympian, two-time Japanese marathon champion, and two-time winner of the Fukuoka Marathon?
... that Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men was the first number one of the Billboard's Independent Albums chart, and would later go on to be the biggest selling independent album of 2001?
... that director and writer Juanita Wilson spent time in "the most radioactive place on earth" while working on her debut Academy Award-nominated short film?
... that an electronic gear-shifting system for bicycles can shift faster than a traditional mechanical system and calibrate itself to minimize maintenance?
... that in 1968 American archaeologist A. Ledyard Smith received the Order of the Quetzal from the Guatemalan government for his services to the cultural heritage of the country?
... that Anthony R. Cucci, the 40th Mayor of Jersey City, threatened to foreclose on the Statue of Liberty and sell it at auction for an overdue water bill?
... that, despite being named for Antelope, Antelope Island State Park is noted for being the home of one of the largest herds of Bison in the United States?
... that Glen "Frosty" Little is one of only four people ever to be named "Master Clown" by the Ringling Brothers circus organization?
... that One City Center was the largest urban shopping mall in the United States when it opened in 1986?
... that the title Mai the Black Emperor (Mai Hắc Đế) of Mai Thúc Loan came from his distinctively dark complexion?
... that the Magellan Planet Search Program has discovered five eccentric Jupiter-mass extra-solar planets since the program started gathering data in December 2002?
... that Martie Maguire and Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks will be releasing an album as the Court Yard Hounds?
... that BDTH2, an industrial chelation agent that separates heavy metals from polluted soil, is also marketed as a dietary supplement for children with autism?
... that the British battlecruiser Princess Royal fired 271 13.5-inch shells during the Battle of Dogger Bank, but only scored three hits?
... that many of the Paterson, New Jersey, textile mill workers who struck in 1835 demanding shorter working hours were children?
... that the tragic romance of Tristan and Iseult is the subject matter of the Tristan Quilt, a rare survival of medieval trapunto quilting?
... that Facebook polls asking whether Barack Obama should be assassinated have been investigated by the government as possible felonious threats against the President of the United States?
... that Phelps Dodge bought the El Paso and Northeastern Railway and its associated properties to secure access to superior coke for their smelters?
... that several karaoke bars in the Philippines had banned the song "My Way" due to the deaths attributed to it?
... that future sugar beet processing executive Henry Arthur Benning was a "rotten stenographer", then failed at selling tobacco, since he didn't partake in tobacco?
... that "Motorway man" is reluctant to cook, rarely has children, and may decide the next United Kingdom general election?
... that the South Ball Court of El Tajín, Mexico, has a panel showing a ballplayer being beheaded?
... that Peter Clarke was head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command from 2002 to 2008?
... that the discovery of the shipwreck SS Ellengowan in 1991 off Channel Island, made it the oldest known shipwreck in Darwin harbour?
... that directing the film Holy Lola made Bertrand Tavernier fall in love with Cambodia?
... that after his arrest in 1940, Norwegian Army officer Odd Lindbäck-Larsen was referred to by the Germans as Reichskommissar Josef Terboven's personal prisoner?
... that the longest obscenity trial in English legal history partly concerned a cartoon of Rupert Bear ravaging a granny?
... that the Honda CB900F , known as the Hornet 900 in Europe and the 919 in North America, was out of production for 19 years before returning in 2002?
... that the frontman of the band Ignite, Zoltán Téglás, saves injured pelicans in his free time?
... that during the January 1961 nor'easter on the eve of John F. Kennedy's presidential inauguration, thousands of abandoned cars led to massive traffic jams, including on the inauguration parade route?
... that the 1998 Merlin Miller film A Place to Grow starred country singer Gary Morris and also featured appearances by Boxcar Willie, Wilford Brimley, and John Beck?
... that the Super-Earth orbiting HD 156668 has an orbital period of less than five days?
... that Patrick Hemingway, the son of Ernest Hemingway, owned a safari business in Tanzania during the 1950s?
... that one former Chair of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board described the position as "more like a bully pulpit than a position of authority"?
... that the first-ever paid youth soccer coach in the United States was an Englishman named Derek Armstrong?
... that Paul M. Herzog's grandfather-in-law, Oscar Straus, and his step-son, Alexander Trowbridge, were both United States Secretary of Commerce?
... that the capture of the French frigate Modeste by the British in the neutral port of Genoa in 1793 created a diplomatic incident?
... that Stewart Scullion played alongside Pelé and Bobby Moore in the 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup, scoring their team's only goal of the tournament?
... that fossils from the Paleocene-age Cerrejón Formation in Colombia are the earliest record of Neotropical rainforests?
... that despite writing multiple hits such as "Sticks and Stones," "Tell Me Why", and "Leave My Kitten Alone", the American R&B singer Titus Turner only recorded one album?
... that a Coade stone statue built at Brighton's Royal Crescent in 1802 to impress the Prince of Wales had to be removed after excessive weathering made its arm drop off?
... that antique bisque dolls are collectible, and dolls from French companies like Jumeau can be worth over US$20,000?
... that the Rhône producer Chapoutier was the first winery to feature Braille script on their wine labels?
... that Arthur Coningham was the first bowler to take a wicket with his first ball in a Test cricket match?
... that after the Swedish dominions Estonia and Livonia capitulated to Russia in 1710, their recovery remained a Swedish war aim for nearly a century?
... that Manchester Tram number 765 is the last remaining electric car from Manchester Corporation Tramways still in operation?
... that the title story from The Book of Sand by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges describes a book with an infinite number of pages?
... that marathon races only receive IAAF Gold Label Road Race status if organisers have taken steps to preserve the environment?
... that during his 25 years on the U.S. National Labor Relations Board John H. Fanning took part in more than 25,000 decisions?
... that the Beaverkill Bridge near Roscoe is one of only two extant Town lattice truss covered bridges in New York to have additional diagonals at the ends?
... that some of the tallest trees left in West Africa are found in Bia National Park?
... that Israeli politician and settlement activist Gershon Shafat spent ten months as a Jordanian prisoner of war?
... that We Are Scientists' fourth studio album, Barbara, is their first recorded with drummer Andy Burrows and the band's debut release with PIAS Recordings?
... that diplomat Ted Lipman, the current Canadian ambassador to North Korea and South Korea, is married to Chinese singer Dadawa?
... that the Myitsone Dam being built by the Burmese government and the China Power Investment Corporation is planned to provide 3,600 to 6,000 megawatts of electricity for Yunnan, China?
... that in 2001, Wolfgang Ilgenfritz, along with several other Members of the European Parliament, declared his personal financial interests online?
... that the evacuation of its base at Žatec, Czechoslovakia, in August 1948 allowed the Israeli Air Force to bring over 2,000 tons of supplies to the besieged Negev in Operation Avak?
... that before Sir Edward Moon, 2nd Baronet, was a baronet, he was a rower?
... that the first copyright act, the Statute of Anne or "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning" , became law almost 300 years ago?
... that Maryland politician Karen S. Montgomery has an adult son with autism whom she has referenced in her advocacy for better developmental disability services in the state?
... that Horatio Nelson described Captain George Elliot as one of the best officers in the navy?
... that in 1960, 33 years before Dick Van Dyke began Diagnosis Murder, CBS ran the similarly titled series, Diagnosis: Unknown, with Patrick O'Neal as a crime-solving pathologist?
... that Minuscule 614 is one of the very few witnesses of the Western text-type with complete text of the Acts of the Apostles?
... that architect H. Neill Wilson designed massive summer cottages in Massachusetts' Berkshire County, including Shadowbrook where Andrew Carnegie died?
... that the Gonâve Microplate originated as part of the Caribbean Plate, but is expected to end up accreted to the North American Plate?
... that, according to the hotel's owner, before Marshall's Hotel opened in 1880 in Yellowstone Park, a visiting U.S. Interior Secretary had to sleep outdoors, and it rained that night?
... that Pope John Paul II placed rosary devotions at the very center of Christian spirituality and called them "among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation"?
... that the sports arena Wesley Brown Field House at the United States Naval Academy is named after Wesley A. Brown, the first African American to graduate from the academy?
... that Pedro Matias typed a 264 character text message in 1:59, beating the existing Guinness Book of World Records record in the LG Mobile World Cup?
... that in 1939 it was ruled that a child born in the United States to alien parents retains U.S. citizenship, even if the parents take the child back to their home country?
... that the Norwegian long jump record for women, which Margrethe Renstrøm broke in 2009 with a 6.64 metres jump, was at the time the oldest Norwegian athletics record?
... that singer Janet Jackson appeared on the Will & Grace episode "Back Up, Dancer" nine months after the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy?
... that Jean Charpentier, press secretary for former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, was the first foreign journalist to interview General Augusto Pinochet following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état?
... that the bulbs of the plant Nerine bowdenii have been said to be shaped like old-fashioned Chianti bottles?
... that the Burmese–Siamese War of 1548–49 saw the legendary death of Ayutthaya's Queen Suriyothai during elephant-mounted combat ?
... that the Codex Carolinus is one of very few Gothic fragments of the New Testament on parchment that has survived to the present day?
... that in September 1924, Jack Fowler scored five goals in a football match for Swansea Town against Charlton Athletic, which remains the club record for most goals in a match?
... that a single cave in the Phou Hin Poun National Biodiversity Conservation Area in Laos is used by at least 22 species of bats?
... that the French fast minelaying cruiser Pluton exploded in Casablanca Harbor, French Morocco, on 13 September 1939 while disembarking fuzed mines?
... that Clara Hughes, who led the Canadian athletes in the parade of nations during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, is the only athlete to have won multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics?
... that in Francisco Goya's painting Carlos IV in his Hunting Clothes the artist showed his debt to Titian's 1533 Charles V by showing a dog sniffing at the royal crotch?
... that the Plains Garter Snake is one of the most cold-tolerant snakes and often emerges from hibernation to bask on sunny winter days?
... that the early Maya farming village of Cuello in Belize has a mass grave containing 26 sacrificed war captives?
... that the Norwegian high jumper Stine Kufaas set a national record in the standing high jump in 2009?
... that four months after a mass resignation, which caused a loss of 22 jobs, Major League Baseball umpires voted to form a new union?
... that S Ori 70 is a mid-T type astronomical object, discovered in 2002 in the direction of the Sigma Orinis cluster?
... that the American Piedmont and country blues singer and guitarist Alec Seward was one of at least five musicians billed as 'Guitar Slim'?
... that the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in Japan produced world record-breaking marathon runs in both 1963 and 1978?
... that Mazisi Kunene's Emperor Shaka the Great was originally written in Zulu and compiled from the Zulu oral tradition?
... that character actor I. Stanford Jolley performed some 500 times on film or television but reportedly never received more than $100 for each screen appearance?
... that Papantla, Mexico, is home to vanilla, the El Tajín World Heritage site and the Voladores ?
... that the architecture of Agudas Achim Synagogue in Livingston Manor, New York, reflects both the Eastern European origins of its founders and the older Protestant churches in the area?
... that former RTÉ Gaelic Games Correspondent Jonathan Mullin previously guided Mayo Ladies' Gaelic football team to two All-Ireland Senior Championships and a National League title?
... that experimental rock band Yeasayer joked that they wanted their second studio album Odd Blood to challenge the music of Rihanna in clubs?
... that thirteen-year-old David Sills has verbally committed to play college football for USC although he is not eligible to sign a letter of intent until 2015?
... that the sawmill of Mitford, Alberta, failed partly because most of the good quality lumber to be found in the area was used in the construction of the railway designed to haul said lumber to market?
... that Franz Anton Knittel deciphered the Gothic text of the palimpsest Codex Carolinus in 1762?
... that according to folklore, The Shoe Dog howled mournfully outside any dwelling that would soon suffer a bereavement?
... that the intended occupant of the empty throne may have been Alexander the Great, Buddha, Julius Caesar, or Jesus Christ?
... that prior to joining Motown, The Jackson 5 recorded songs such as "You've Changed", "We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (to Fall in Love)", and "Big Boy" at Steeltown Records?
... that prominent sociologist Nathan Glazer has, at different points in his career, been referred to as a Marxist, a neoconservative, and an espouser of "armchair intellectual liberalism"?
... that about a million birds were banded at the Rossitten Bird Observatory between its establishment in 1901 and the end of the Second World War?
... that Simon J. Hall was listed among New York Magazine's Best Doctors in 2007, 2008, and 2009?
... that a class action suit was filed in US Federal Court against R2C2, a company that sells term papers online, alleging copyright infringement for reselling papers written by other authors?
... that former Welsh international footballer Wayne Jones was forced to retire at the age of 24 when it was discovered that he had a previously undiagnosed arthritic condition?
... that in 1782, the rector of the University of Osuna reminded the students to "abstain from throwing rocks, both inside and outside the university?"
... that a crowd of 20,000 rioted in an attempt to secure the release of the mutinous crew of the battleship SMS Helgoland in November 1918?
... that actor and acting teacher Bryan O'Byrne is credited with launching the acting career of Nick Nolte, whom he discovered while coaching Nolte's college roommate?
... that social bookmarking service AddThis, combined with its parent company Clearspring, reach an online audience of more than 200 million monthly viewers?
... that in 1887, Marius Nygaard co-published a Latin-Norwegian dictionary which is still in use?
... that Richard Allen, a Dublin draper, raised £20,000 for Irish famine relief efforts by writing letters to America?
... that once established, Labrador's Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve will be the largest National Park in Atlantic Canada?
... that even though it is known primarily for Sauvignon blanc wines, Sancerre can also be a red wine made from Pinot noir ?
... that speed skater Tomomi Okazaki, currently competing in her fifth Olympic Games, is the oldest member of the Japanese team at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
... that Myglaren, a social satire, was the first made-for-television film produced in Sweden and aired in 1966?