derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that the historic Clutts House in Wellston, Ohio, retains many of its original decorative details and structural elements despite being converted to law offices?
... that the Biham-Middleton-Levine model may be the simplest model of traffic flow that has both phase transitions and self-organization?
... that Frank Baldino, Jr. is founder and CEO of a company seeking to market its narcolepsy medication to treat jet lag?
... that the song "When We Die As Martyrs" is performed by the Arab children's choir Birds of Paradise?
... that The Double Sunrise was a non-stop, approximately 30-hour airline flight, crossing over 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) above the Indian Ocean during World War II?
... that Mr. Kay of Manhattan's Upper West Side donated his barbershop interior to the Museum of the City of New York?
... that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is assisting 5pb. with the development of Robotics;Notes, their upcoming visual novel and latest entry in their science adventure series?
... that the first recorded case of dognapping in Britain was that of a racing Greyhound named Hi Joe in 1965?
... that Louis Kahn's design of the Richards Medical Research Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania influenced other architects despite criticisms by scientists who work there?
... that Humphrey Dacre fought for Lancaster at the Battle of Towton and was attainted afterwards?
... that after the crash of a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy near Saigon, Robert Macauley mortgaged his house so he could charter a Boeing 747 from Pan Am to evacuate orphans from South Vietnam?
... that a candidate in the 1981 Philippine presidential election who advocated that the country become the 51st U.S. state received almost 4% of the vote?
... that Greek Idol winner Valanto Trifonos failed the audition for the rival Greek talent competition The X Factor?
... that the mushroom Gymnopilus maritimus is known only from collections in a very localised area of Sardinia, Italy?
... that erythropoietin became a billion dollar business for Amgen, though its discoverer Eugene Goldwasser at the University of Chicago never profited from its development?
... that the first production at the Prince's Theatre in Manchester was Shakespeare's The Tempest, on 15 October 1864?
... that the Louisiana educator John Keeny was a promoter of the New York-based Chautauqua movement?
... that the United States Supreme Court ruled in Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez that the First Amendment protects against free speech viewpoint discrimination?
... that a General Dynamics F-111C bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force sank the North Korean freighter Pong Su in 2006?
... that, by the age of fourteen, each of the three orphaned daughters of Thomas Dacre married one of the three sons of their stepfather?
... that Lee Emmett Thomas, as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, pushed for construction of his city's Municipal Auditorium, which hosted the Louisiana Hayride between 1948 and 1960?
... that Bach began the fifth cantata of his first Christmas season in Leipzig, Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind, BWV 153, first performed on 2 January 1724, with a chorale?
... that a match at the World Wrestling Federations' 1999 Fully Loaded event was fought in a parking garage?
... that, for the 80th birthday of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga, Adrienne Kaeppler, curator of Oceanic Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution, set up a special exhibition at the Tongan National Museum?
... that the Montepulciano grape is not grown anywhere in Montepulciano nor is it an ingredient in the Tuscan wine Vino Nobile di Montepulciano?
... that Moses Bloom was the first Jewish settler and mayor of Iowa City (1873–1875), and the first Jewish member of the Iowa Senate?
... that Australian writer Kaaron Warren won two national awards for her debut novel, Slights, a horror story about near death experiences?
... that the membership of the Japanese trade union centre Sanbetsu dropped from 1.5 million in 1946 to 13,000 in 1953?
... that Steven W. Fisher presided over the trial in the Wendy's massacre and became the last judge in New York to impose the death penalty?
... that members of the Philippine political party Lapiang Malaya, armed with amulets and bolo knives, tried to overthrow President Ferdinand Marcos in 1967?
... that the Mezcala Bridge in Mexico suffered a fire and damages to one of its stayed cables in March 2007 due to a traffic accident involving a coconut truck?
... that Evgenia Obraztsova, who appeared as a ballerina in the film The Russian Dolls, really is a First Soloist at the prestigious Russian Mariinsky Theatre?
... that the United States Supreme Court ruled in Illinois v. McArthur that police do not need a warrant when they have probable cause to complete a search?
... that the Austrian mycologist Meinhard Moser interrupted his degree after only three terms of study, resuming it several years later upon his release from a prisoner-of-war camp?
... that the Louisiana State Rep. Allen C. Gremillion pushed for passage of a bill creating the community college known as Louisiana State University at Eunice?
... that between 1799 and 1804, warships of the Royal Navy captured one French frigate and five different French privateers all with the name Egyptienne?
... that the 13th-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Warminghurst, West Sussex, was restored for the first time in 1959, only to be made redundant in 1979?
... that Georg Carl Amdrup's 1900 expedition included traveling 730 km by open boat along the Greenland coast, returning to Copenhagen with a live muskox and lemmings?
... that physical education teacher Mary Pratt pitched a no-hitter in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League?
... that Tsa Yig refers to the legal code enacted by the founder of Bhutan, Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, around 1629?
... that John S. Kyser pioneered the first graduate programs at a state college in Louisiana, beyond those already available at LSU?
... that the Gospel of Luke states that the Circumcision of Jesus took place eight days after his birth?
... that David Shirk, owner of the historic David L. Shirk Ranch in southeastern Oregon, killed an employee of cattle baron Peter French over a land claim?
... that the opening chorus of Bach's cantata for New Year's Day, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190, combines verses of two psalms and Luther's Te Deum?
... that in the past, Arubans used the caves of Aruba for performing sacrificial services and holding assemblies, and sometimes also to hide in during enemy attacks?
... that territory now included in the Quetzaltenango Department of Guatemala was the scene of a decisive battle between Spanish conquistadors and the army of the K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj?
... that baseball manager Roarin' Nick Allen "baited" and argued with umpires on the field because he wanted to increase attendance?
... that the first Russian platinum coin was sent to the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt and then redeemed by the Russian emperor Alexander II?
... that the Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was first used on January 1, 1941 and represents the values, standards and history of the FBI and its agents?
... that the premiere of W. S. Gilbert's pantomime, Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, was marred by "the want of sufficient preparation"?
... that Lewis "Snake" Wiltse once pitched a shutout and collected four extra base hits in the same Major League Baseball game?
... that a divided wartime control system forced the leader of RAAF Command, Air Vice Marshal Bill Bostock, to serve two masters, one for operational tasking and another for supplies and equipment?
... that before his death, John Warhola's father told him to take care of John's younger brother, Andy Warhol, and "make sure he goes to school, because he's going to be successful someday"?
... that brands such as Coke and M&M's have been advertised through commercial graffiti ?
... that in the late 1950s and 1960s, E. W. Gravolet, a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature, joined his political ally Leander Perez in opposing school desegregation?
... that the German dreadnought battleship SMS König Albert was the only German dreadnought active at the time to miss the Battle of Jutland, due to engine problems?
... that although Sulphurdale was established due to nearby sulfur deposits, it was abandoned and the area is now exploited for its geothermal power?
... that the Lemnia wine described by Aristotle was likely made from the Greek wine grape Limnio, which is still being grown today?
... that the Balsas River valley is regarded as one of the earliest maize growing sites in Mexico, dating from around 9,200 years ago?
... that Morris L. Cohen, described by The New York Times as "one of the nation's most influential legal librarians", wrote a six-volume summary of all law sources published in the U.S. before 1860?
... that the Waveney was the first class of lifeboats built for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution capable of speeds in excess of 10 knots (19 km/h)?
... that Welsh novelist Ron Berry once wrote a book about his observations of Peregrine Falcons?
... that Vikings may have navigated using a light-polarizing mineral they called a sunstone to locate the sun in cloudy skies?
... that the mutualism between hermit crabs and the sea anemone Calliactis parasitica may require the presence of an octopus?
... that Kararname was the name of the book of decisions of the first assembly of the Prizren League held on June 10, 1878?
... that British Lieutenant General James Bucknall is currently deputy commander of 130,000 troops from 48 countries in his role with ISAF in Afghanistan?
... that Letran Knights captain Fernando Libed scored the title-clinching shot in the 1987 Philippine NCAA basketball championship despite being on medication for hepatitis days before Game 3?
... that, according to Bede, Dryhthelm the monk died, was given a tour of hell and heaven, and came back to tell the tale?
... that French cellist Jules Delsart was a soloist in the premiere of David Popper's Requiem for three cellos and orchestra, along with the composer?
... that when the Puerto Rican mint tree Cornutia obovata was listed as endangered in 1988, there were only seven growing in the wild?
... that N. D. Cocea's republican activism in the Kingdom of Romania involved fabricating rumors about a peasant revolt, supporting Soviet Russia, and being tried for lèse majesté?
... that Jeff Krogh was credited with winning a NASCAR Winston West Series race even though he finished 35th in the event?
... that Japanese wrestler Maunakea Mossman made his wrestling debut in the United States at the Gary Albright Memorial Show?
... that John F. Kennedy's foreign policy experts were dubbed "the best and the brightest"?
... that the Spooks episode "On the Brink" is based on the financial crisis of the bank Northern Rock?
... that, while commanding the Desert Rats in Iraq, Patrick Marriott kept a large silver rat on his desk?
... that the Limon Railroad Depot is one of three remaining Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad stations in Colorado?
... that although the composer Arnold Elston studied with Anton Webern in Vienna, he did not employ the twelve-tone technique?
... that in 1914, the Greeks living in southern Albania declared independence for Northern Epirus?
... that Pulney Andy was the first Indian to receive a British medical degree when he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of St. Andrews in 1860?
... that Swiss-born U.S. soldier Rudolph Stauffer was one of 22 Medal of Honor winners from Lieutenant Colonel George Crook's 1872–73 "winter campaign" against renegade Apaches in the Arizona Territory?
... that Bach used a four-note trumpet signal throughout the first movement of his chorale cantata, Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126, for Sexagesima?
... that Cincinnati's Scarlet Oaks was once the only known extant house designed by James Keys Wilson?
... that Eduardo Iturrizaga became Venezuela's first and only chess grandmaster, at the age of 19?
... that comedians Matt Besser and Nick Kroll appeared in the Parks and Recreation episode "Media Blitz" as morning zoo-style radio hosts named Crazy Ira and The Douche?
... that George Samuel Sewell was the first civilian to be awarded a bar to the George Medal, for fighting fires at a petrol refinery during the Hull Blitz?
... that Ralph LaPointe, namesake of the field house at the University of Vermont's Centennial Field, committed a league-record six errors in a baseball game for the International League's Baltimore Orioles?
... that the Black Thunder chocolate bar is named after the Shinto god of thunder, Raijin?
... that the tribute act Zappa Plays Zappa, led by Frank Zappa's son Dweezil, won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for their performance of Frank's song "Peaches en Regalia"?
... that Lieutenant George C. Kimble, commander of the Gonzales Ranging Company, led 32 men from Gonzales, Texas, to reinforce the surrounded Alamo garrison?
... that the guidance system of the AA.20 air-to-air missile was based on that of missiles intended for use against tanks?
... that three of the five Moreton Island lighthouses, on Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia, had to be relocated because of coastal erosion?
... that the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art, established in 1952, is deemed to be the world's first museum of naïve art?
... that The Monument of Matrones , the first anthology of English women writers, included devotional works by Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth I of England?
... that in his works, Czech photographer Viktor Kolář focuses on documenting his native region, Ostrava?
... that after winning both halves of the elimination round, the San Sebastian Stags were named outright champions of the 1988 Philippine NCAA basketball tournament?
... that Jordan's new justice minister, Hussein Mjali, called for the early release of Ahmed Daqamseh, the attacker responsible for killing seven Israeli schoolgirls in the 1997 Island of Peace massacre?
... that although the graceful fern is native to the tropics, it can survive temperatures as low as −7 °C (19 °F)?
... that the Louisiana State Rep. Simone B. Champagne of Iberia Parish lost a state Senate race in January 2011 despite having the support of U.S. Senator David Vitter?
... that bass opera singer Richard Watson was given so many roles in the operas by Gilbert and Sullivan that his colleague Richard Walker left D'Oyly Carte Opera Company?
... that St Mary's Church, East Ruston, Norfolk, is notable for its 15th-century painted and carved chancel screen ?
... that Luftwaffe group commander Alois Lindmayr led a formation of Dornier Do 17 bombers on a bombing raid into the heart of London on 15 September 1940, the climax of the Battle of Britain?
... that the Cass County Courthouse served as a pattern for at least two other Iowa county courthouses?
... that former England cricketer David Gower scored nine centuries in Ashes series, the fourth most by any batsman?
... that the Black Society for Salvation was a secret Albanian nationalistic society that staged uprisings in 1911–1912?
... that both the Adena and the Hopewell left artifacts at southwestern Ohio's Beam Farm?
... that the election on February 19, 2011, of Jonathan W. Perry to the Louisiana State Senate gives that body its first Republican majority, 20–19, since Reconstruction?
... that the John Kendrick House is the only remaining house of its era on the Green in Waterbury, Connecticut?
... that future Australian conductor and record producer James Walker was lauded as a "child wonder" after his performance on piano, organ and violin at age seven?
... that Swan's Landing on the Ohio River in southern Indiana is one of the most important Late Archaic archaeological sites in North America?
... that Khor Virap monastery, where Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned for 13 years by King Tiridates III, is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Armenia?
... that, in 2010, Major General Colin Boag served as Chief of Staff to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan?
... that the video for Queen's song "Bicycle Race" featured several dozen nude women racing at Wimbledon Stadium?
... that the Samedi division of the Royal Court, one of the Courts of Jersey, sits on a Friday, rather than a Saturday as the name suggests?
... that Stan Brakhage's 1988 film I... Dreaming features Stephen Foster song lyrics scratched directly onto the film emulsion?
... that the Madras Forest Department was established in 1855 by Dr. Hugh Cleghorn , "the father of scientific forestry in India"?
... that the fruits of Ficus yoponensis are one of the preferred foods of the Mantled Howler Monkey and contain more vitamin C than any other possible foods?
... that Time magazine described the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, as "an old rock 'n' roll hotel", due to its association with rock stars?
... that Benjamin Burns played in the first-ever international rugby union match, between England and Scotland in 1871?
... that in 1960, the founders of a Cafe church wondered, "Would Jesus want to hang out with folks at a traditional institutional church? Or would he want to hang out over a beer in a bar, or coffee in a restaurant?"
... that the Pueblo Lands Act (1924) was passed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of its position on whether the Nonintercourse Act applies to New Mexico?
... that Zoni Weisz, a Dutch Sinto survivor of the Porajmos, has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the world's largest flower arrangement?
... that Bhadra Dam in Karnataka inundates a reservoir which has a gross irrigation potential of 162,818 hectares (402,330 acres)?
... that, between 1970 and 2006, 306 fatalities occurred in the Western Australian mining industry?
... that Al-Wasat Party, officially established in the wake of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, is the first legal party in Egypt with an Islamic background?
... that Stan Brakhage's 1981 film The Garden of Earthly Delights was created by pasting montane zone vegetation directly onto strips of clear film leader?
... that the ruins of St Andrew's Church, Covehithe in Suffolk are threatened by coastal erosion?
... that racing driver Glen Kidston was the only survivor of the crash of a Luft Hansa Junkers G 31 in 1929?
... that before Amanda Staveley reportedly turned down a marriage proposal from Prince Andrew, she was a model and Cambridge student, and later became a self-made multi-millionaire?
... that during the Siege of Güns, Captain Nikola Jurišić and his garrison of 800 Croats held out against 19 full-scale assaults and incessant bombardment by the Ottomans?
... that a jury awarded an alleged robber $20,000 in 1935 for a botched 1931 burglary of the Harriman Erie Railroad station after the cops shot his leg?
... that the British destroyer HMS Hostile had to be scuttled on 23 August 1940 by her sister ship, HMS Hero, after striking a mine off Cap Bon which broke her back?
... that in the roof of the chapel of St Michael's Church, Berechurch, Essex, are carvings of the emblems of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon?
... that German-born U.S. soldier John Schnitzer received the Medal of Honor along with First Lieutenant Wilber Wilder for rescuing a wounded comrade during battle with the Apache Indians in 1882?
... that the eucalyptus El Grande, Australia's largest tree, was accidentally killed by forest officials?
... that a 200-year-old costume worn by "the king" on Castleton Garland Day in Derbyshire is now in the local museum?
... that German conductor Fritz Lehmann left a recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio unfinished when he died during a concert of the St Matthew Passion?
... that actor Richard Armitage was subjected to waterboarding while filming Spooks episode "The Tip-Off"?
... that the Schoenau ultimatum contributed to the ability of the Egyptian and Syrian alliance to successfully launch a surprise attack against Israel during the Yom Kippur War?
... that there is no direct discussion in the New Testament of the dual nature of the Person of Christ as being both divine and human?
... that the Argentine "San Lorenzo march" was played when the Germans entered Paris during World War II, then again by U.S. forces when they liberated the city?
... that Cholesbury Camp, an Iron Age hill fort in Buckinghamshire, England, was once thought to have been built by Danes?
... that during his United States Army service, Graciela replaced her foster brother Machito as the lead singer of his band, the Afro-Cubans?
... that physical chemist Sir Eric Keightly Rideal was depicted in the novels The Search and Strangers and Brothers written by his former student, C. P. Snow?
... that the PERISCOP made it possible to retrieve live fish from over 2,000 m (6,600 ft) deep, despite the extreme pressure at that depth?
... that 19-year-old Medal of Honor recipient Albert Sale received the award for killing an Apache warrior in hand-to-hand combat and taking his war pony?
... that St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo, Wales, was used as a temporary mortuary following the 1859 wreck of the Royal Charter, which claimed over 400 lives?
... that Ethiopian long-distance runner Sentayehu Ejigu won medals at World, African and Continental-level competitions in 2010?
... that the British destroyer HMS Grenade tied up to the French destroyer Bison on 3 May 1940 to rescue 36 survivors after the latter's forward magazine was bombed by a Junkers Ju 87 dive bomber and exploded?
... that the name Bucephalus, meaning "ox head", was given to a genus of trematodes because their cercaria larva seemed to have horns?
... that the busiest route of the Weston-super-Mare Tramways ran from an Old Pier to a Sanatorium?
... that among the WWI dead commemorated at the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge was one enemy soldier, the Hungarian poet, Ferenc Békássy?
... that the adventure based holiday centre at Caythorpe Court, Lincolnshire, was originally a hunting lodge, and has also been a military hospital and agricultural college?
... that Nepal Transport Service, founded in 1959, was the first Nepalese public bus line?
... that French actor Sebastian Roché replaced German actor Thomas Kretschmann in the Fringe episode "Momentum Deferred", as Kretschmann was unable to be a recurring character?
... that Medal of Honor recipient Cornelius C. Smith later led U.S. troops during the Philippine Insurrection?
... that the British destroyer HMS Gallant struck a mine on 10 January 1941 that blew the bow off the ship, and had to be towed stern-first to Malta by the destroyer HMS Mohawk?
... that Sir Richard Herbert was the illegitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and Maud, daughter of Adam ap Howell Graunt?
... that the 1641 edition Selva morale e spirituale by Claudio Monteverdi is considered his "most significant anthology of liturgical works since the Vespers in 1610"?
... that Charles Lapworth worked closely with both Eugene V. Debs and Charlie Chaplin?
... that the 1980 Ispaster attack was the Basque separatist group ETA's deadliest of 1980, the year in which they killed more people than any other?
... that Reed Hadley starred in two 1950s CBS drama television series, including The Public Defender in the role of an attorney for the indigent?
... that the Love Tester, created in 1969, was the first product by Nintendo to use real electronic components?
... that Royal Marine Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton was sent to The Pentagon as a liaison in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001?
... that pottery boat models found at Tell Mashnaqa, northeastern Syria, suggest that people of the Khabur region had already made use of boats for transport and fishing by c. 5000 BC, if not before?
... that Philadelphia organist Leonard MacClain debuted an instrument called the “Photona" on CBS Radio in 1935?
... that automotive manufacturing is a significant industry in Russia, directly employing around 600,000 people and supporting 2–3 million people in related industries?
... that it was reported that Australian cricketer Michael Swart was called up to represent the Netherlands at the 2011 Cricket World Cup, but he didn't make the final team?