derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that An Anglo-American Alliance: A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future, published in 1906, has been described as the first lesbian science fiction novel?
... that King Nicholas I of Montenegro supported the insurgents in the Albanian Revolt of 1911?
... that Fred Donovan was manager of the first professional baseball team that included future Hall of Famer Ray Schalk?
... that Karet Bivak, Jakarta's second-largest cemetery, holds more than 48,000 graves in a space of 16.2 hectares (40 acres)?
... that after assuming his post on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, Judge DeForest Porter was surprised to learn that area temperatures reached 114 °F (46 °C)?
... that the trials of three people accused of involvement in assassination attempts on U.S. presidents were held at the District of Columbia City Hall ?
... that the effort put forth by the subject of Miró's 1937 Naked woman climbing a staircase and her heavy limbs are thought to reflect the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War?
... that baseball player Andy Cusick was described by his teammates as a "good batsman", even though he batted .193 with no home runs in his major league career?
... that the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Hamma had a station on the Jezreel Valley railway, linking the Hejaz Railway to Haifa?
... that John T. Alsap, operator of the first saloon in the Arizona Territory town of Prescott, was appointed the territory's first treasurer?
... that "gill rot" in the Lost River sucker may be associated with ammonia contamination?
... that during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Israel's Galilee Squadron was menaced by Syrian trainer aircraft?
... that Jacques Borlée, the father and coach of Olympic medalist Olivia and twin athletes Jonathan and Kevin Borlée, won a silver medal at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships?
... that completion of the Zrinski Bridge marked the end of 40-year long construction of Budapest–Zagreb–Rijeka motorway?
... that, as a U.S. Justice Department lawyer, James A. Fowler argued before the Supreme Court in cases about water and vinegar?
... that baseball pitcher Ralph Bell led both the Western Association and Northern League in wins but appeared in only three major league games?
... that the 2009 film Tenshi no Koi was based on a Japanese cell phone novel?
... that Hanna Bergas was one of three teachers who, at Dovercourt, England, met thousands of children fleeing Nazi Germany without their parents on the Kindertransports?
... that the African Confederation of Free Trade Unions was founded in 1958 on the basis of the French Charter of Amiens?
... that V. V. S. Laxman's 281 is the highest individual score by a batsman in an India–Australia Test match?
... that the entire population of Angel Island mice on the island of Estanque in the Gulf of California may have been killed by a single domestic cat in a period of just two years?
... that the most recently described member of the fungal genus Spongiforma is named after the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants?
... that Heamasi Sekona of Tonga won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight class of boxing in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games without winning a single bout?
... that Ahmad Dhani once found Once to be the lead singer of Dewa 19?
... that the geosocial networking app Blendr expands on its gay-oriented predecessor Grindr to allow all people to connect with others nearby with common interests?
... that Lord Carnarvon named the 1993 European filly champion after one of his wife's favourite recipes?
... that Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and Amy Winehouse have all had posthumous number-one albums in the UK?
... that, in 1980, U.S. presidential candidate John Anderson wrote in the San Francisco Sentinel that, if elected, he would end federal government discrimination based on sexual orientation?
... that Daniel Abibi, Congolese permanent representative to the U.N. during the 1990s, was amongst the first Central Africans to obtain a doctorate in mathematics?
... that two-time US Open women's wheelchair tennis champion Daniela Di Toro became paraplegic when a wall fell on her while she was competing at a school swimming carnival?
... that Pino Orioli helped D. H. Lawrence circumvent the censorship of Lady Chatterley's Lover by having it printed in Italy by workers who did not know any English?
... that the Edward Harden Mansion in Sleepy Hollow, New York, was the site of the first Montessori school in the United States?
... that the upcoming video game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will not be based on a movie, unlike the 2010 title, Transformers: Dark of the Moon?
... that the extinct Cretaceous wasp family Plumalexiidae is known from only the two Plumalexius type specimens found in New Jersey amber?
... that painter Velino Herrera was ostracized by Pueblo elders for depicting sacred Native American ceremonies?
... that immunologist and AIDS advocate Robert Frascino considered himself privileged after being infected with HIV?
... that one of the oldest camellia trees in Europe was planted in the garden of Pillnitz Castle in 1801?
... that after securing its first-ever bowl victory in the 1955 Gator Bowl, Vanderbilt did not win its second until the 2008 Music City Bowl?
... that Miró's The Caress of a Bird uses a turtle shell to show that the sculpture represents a woman?
... that American engineer Edward J. Wasp received the Elmer A. Sperry Award in 1981 for his work developing long distance slurry pipelines?
... that on his first day filming "Pot of Gold", Glee newcomer and The Glee Project winner Damian McGinty was shoved into a locker 25 times?
... that the Soviet Tupolev Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft was developed in response to the American UGM-27 Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile?
... that political novice Julie Hardaker beat the experienced incumbent Bob Simcock in 2010's contest for the mayoralty of Hamilton, New Zealand?
... that publisher Meridian4 compared the video game Wasteland Angel to honey badgers and even used a video of badgers to promote the game?
... that poorly treated wastewater from raceways used in aquaculture can result in outbreaks of red tide?
... that a white audience gave the black power sign and Little Richard is said to have "openly embraced androgyny" in Let the Good Times Roll?
... that the 893 Ardabil earthquake is a 'fake earthquake', created due to a misreading of the original Armenian reports for the 893 Dvin earthquake?
... that MercyMe's song "Finally Home" was written after lead singer Bart Millard heard the group's guitarists improvising on an acoustic guitar riff?
... that studio executive Mo Rothman persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States in 1972, which restored Chaplin's public reputation and popularity?
... that a new Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle could be used for relaying targeting information for ballistic and cruise missiles to destroy enemy ships?
... that the Goethe–Schiller Monument in Syracuse, dedicated 100 years ago today, was the last of 13 US monuments honoring Friedrich von Schiller, the German "poet of freedom"?
... that bees and wasps can be trained to detect explosives, illegal drugs, cancer, and pregnancy?
... that Cyclone Hollanda of 1994 caused the worst cyclone impacts on Mauritius since 1975, destroying half of the island's sugar plantations?
... that Max Bell went from making $35 per week at a Calgary newspaper during the Great Depression to owning Canada's largest newspaper syndicate in 1965?
... that the Turnhalle building in Windhoek lent its name to a conference, an alliance, and two political parties?
... that "king of the paparazzi" Felice Quinto was shot with an arrow in the course of his duty?
... that a Danish vagabond named Eiler Larsen became famous as "The Greeter" of Laguna Beach, California?
... that Lojze Slak , a diatonic button accordion player, performed at rock festivals?
... that the city of Coimbatore in India was constructed by a 9th century Irula chieftain named Covan?
... that when J J Cahill Memorial High School was built, the first students carried their books and furniture there by themselves?
... that poet Teofil Lenartowicz described heaven as looking like a Polish village?
... that upon his retirement in 1998, Peter Joslin was among Britain's longest-serving police officers, having served for 44 years?
... that the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, a Singaporean body that ensures laws do not discriminate against racial or religious minorities, has not issued an adverse report since its creation?
... that Russian poet Stepan Shevyryov was a founder of the "poetry of thought" movement?
... that coral aquaculture may be becoming an effective tool for restoring coral reefs, which have been declining around the world?
... that Carl Rettenmeyer found hundreds of mite species that live on army ants, including one that acts as an extension to the foot whilst sucking blood?
... that Puerto Rican American policeman Nicholas Estavillo was the first Hispanic to become a three-star Chief in the NYPD?
... that on 24 September, pro-Gaddafi forces launched a raid on the oasis town of Ghadames, held by the National Transitional Council and home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
... that Il sogno di Scipione, an opera by Luca Antonio Predieri, was first performed in 1735 to celebrate the birthday of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor?
... that the Aidanfield subdivision in Christchurch was developed over the last decade to raise funds for a Catholic order?
... that Titiek Puspa's stage name was given to her by President Sukarno?
... that Marrus orthocanna is a colonial animal composed of smaller animals arranged on a stem?
... that baritone Konrad Jarnot recorded lieder by Richard Strauss, including Four Last Songs?
... that the video game Iron Grip: Marauders changed from an isometric to a perspective camera during open beta?
... that the reaction of the public to a 26-foot-tall statue of Marilyn Monroe has been criticized as "juvenile"?
... that the Benjamin Walworth Arnold House and Carriage House was Stanford White's only design in Albany, New York, and the city's first fully electrified house?
... that A Letter to Momo is the first Japanese anime film to be showcased at the Warsaw International Film Festival?
... that Prussian statesman Georg von Vincke, known as one of the great orators of contemporary German politics, fought a duel with Otto von Bismarck?
... that the only fossil of the extinct moth Baltimartyria sat on a paleoentomologist's desk for a number of years before being described in 2011?
... that despite being with five different teams during the 2004 NFL season, cornerback Mike Echols did not appear in any games?
... that Kasper Twardowski's 1617 erotica, banned by the Bishop of Kraków, was rejected by the poet himself as immoral?
... that Brown Honeyeater nestlings can fall victim to green tree ants and Pied Currawongs?
... that former BBC Newsround reporter Lucy Mathen is now an ophthalmologist, and has launched a volunteer group aimed at eradicating cataract blindness in India?
... that the German war film Der Stern von Afrika portrayed the combat career of Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille?
... that an ongoing outbreak of listeriosis associated with cantaloupes is now one of the three worst U.S. outbreaks of foodborne illness in the past 40 years, as measured in number of deaths?
... that Ifeany Otounye of the Turks and Caicos Islands set a new national record for long jump in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games?
... that award-winning director Garin Nugroho liked to bathe in volcanic runoff as a child?
... that following their win in the 1980 Garden State Bowl, the Houston Cougars did not win another bowl game until their victory in the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl?
... that the sans-serif typeface Neutraface is the subject of a YouTube parody video of Lady Gaga's song "Poker Face"?
... that Faroese folk hero Nólsoyar Páll had to illegally sell 2,600 knitted sweaters to try to open direct trade with his country?
... that the newspaper vending machine was invented by George Thiemeyer Hemmeter in 1947?
... that Bert V. Royal, who wrote the high school comedy film Easy A, did not attend high school?
... that the Australian heathland shrub Epacris obtusifolia was first cultivated in the United Kingdom in 1804?
... that Dick Cogan, a former Major League Baseball player, organized the Hudson River League and was a player-manager for one of its teams?
... that the world's highest webcam is capable of streaming live HD video of the summit of Mount Everest?
... that the vaccine MVA-B has been found to create a resistance to HIV in 90% of the Phase I testers?
... that the SS Robert E. Peary was built and launched in only 4 days, 15 hours and 29 minutes, faster than any other Liberty ship?
... that the brown-tinted and shaky camerawork of Under the Tree was considered "sometimes near-nauseating"?
... that the aquaculture of cobia, a large warm water fish , has high potential because of its rapid growth and good flesh quality?
... that professional wrestler Frank Stalletto once claimed to be a lookalike for country music star Billy Ray Cyrus?
... that in 1933, a mostly Jewish boarding school escaped Nazi Germany and re-opened as Bunce Court School in Kent, England, ultimately saving the lives of hundreds of children and several teachers?
... that Bernice Lake, the chief architect of Anguilla's constitution, was the first Eastern Caribbean woman to be appointed Queen's Counsel?
... that the Cleveland Rosenblums, owned by department store owner Max Rosenblum, won the first championship of the newly formed American Basketball League in 1926?
... that Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville's 1805 novel Le Dernier Homme (The Last Man) was the first work of modern speculative fiction to describe the end of the world?
... that even though stab wounds occur four times more often than gunshot wounds, there is a lower mortality rate?
... that the 1981 Garden State Bowl was the first bowl game Wisconsin participated in that was not the Rose Bowl Game?
... that the majority of blue spiny starfish reproduce sexually in winter, but asexually in the summer?
... that in China, the aquaculture of sea cucumbers takes place together with the aquaculture of prawns, so the sea cucumbers can feed on the waste from the prawns?
... that Brian Eisner led the University of Michigan men's tennis team to 18 Big Ten Conference championships in 30 years as the head coach?
... that mules were used to help transport the 7,200 tiles in the Miró Wall from Spain to Germany?
... that Arizona Territorial Chief Justice Edmund Francis Dunne was made a count by Pope Leo XIII?
... that the mintbush Prostanthera stenophylla grows in sandstone pagodas?
... that Finland's Lasse Virén won the gold medal and set a world record in the 10,000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics, despite falling onto the track about halfway through the race?
... that Philip A. Payton, Jr. , called the "Father of Harlem", would evict white tenants and replace them with black ones?
... that the North geomagnetic pole is not the same as the magnetic North Pole, and that a compass points at neither?
... that Bill Lange led the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1941?
... that Bach included stanzas from four funeral hymns in his cantata Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 (Christ, he is my life)?
... that Somerset all-rounder Craig Meschede's first wicket in first-class cricket was that of Sachin Tendulkar?
... that David M. Friedman's book A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis was described as "embarrassingly europhallocentric"?
... that the bombed-out St Mary's Church in Hampden Park, East Sussex, was replaced by "one of Edward Maufe's most charming designs" ?
... that in August 1990 FC Bayern Munich lost in the first round of the cup at amateur side FV 09 Weinheim?
... that French Napoleonic General François-Xavier Donzelot showed his appreciation for the return of his library by the British by reserving a seat at his table for any captured British officer?
... that Tropical Storm Greta was described as a "bomb that did not explode"?
... that most of the provisions of Alabama HB 56, considered the toughest anti-illegal immigration law in the United States, recently went into effect after surviving a legal challenge?
... that fairyflies include the smallest known insects, smaller than a single-celled Paramecium?
... that transit of cargo between the Croatian Port of Ploče and Bosnia and Herzegovina is exempt of duties and taxes?
... that Victor Pascall of Trinidad was considered the best left-arm spinner in West Indies cricket during his career?
... that it has been said that the opening chorus of Bach's cantata Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99, "would still work perfectly well if the vocal parts were entirely removed"?
... that due to the sexually explicit content of Saman, Ayu Utami's debut novel, her mother refused to read it to her father?
... that Nnamdi Azikiwe was concerned about a possible "Pakistan" emerging in Nigeria?
... that Thomas Edison hoped to make furniture, refrigerators, and pianos using the concrete he developed but it was instead used to make the Yankee Stadium?
... that the Tamil film Dakshayagnam was the first talkie based on the story of Daksha?
... that Leonard Reiffel helped Enrico Fermi build a cyclotron, studied launching a missile at the Moon, and won a Peabody Award for his radio show?
... that the Alaska Veterans Memorial honors all the main branches of the United States Armed Forces, as well as the Merchant Marine and the Alaska Territorial Guard?
... that Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl was known as the "court painter" to United States President Andrew Jackson?
... that the star IRAS 17163-3907, the closest yellow hypergiant ever found, is said to resemble a fried egg?
... that Thomas Edison lost a fortune in his ore-milling company but "had a hell of a good time spending it"?
... that the Polish poem "Murzynek Bambo" has been criticised for its portrayal of black people?
... that Cecil Newton, Sr. attended two NFL training camps without making the team, but both of his sons have played in the NFL?
... that the Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy in 1944 included ten Royal Australian Air Force squadrons and hundreds of personnel posted to Royal Air Force units and Royal Navy warships?
... that the first letter in its name stands for "open," but the openness of the ODB++ CAD-to-CAM data exchange format is disputed?
... that educator Anna Essinger, ordered to fly the swastika on Hitler's birthday, planned a day-long outing for her school, leaving the flag to fly over an empty building?
... that on her first English album, All Your Love, Siti Nurhaliza was managed by her stepson, who is 11 years younger than she is?
... that the design of the Dronningegården residential complex in Copenhagen was shaped by the shortage of materials during World War II?
... that Bhaskaracharya Tripathi, a Sanskrit poet, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 2003 for his poetry work Nirjharini?
... that the Martin Ryerson Tomb is one of three mausoleums designed by famous architect Louis H. Sullivan?
... that the Striped Honeyeater's primary food source is insects, not honey or nectar?
... that Pink Floyd, Rod Stewart, and Maria Callas have all performed in Verona's Bra?
... that the Albian 100-million-year-old fossil wasp Myanmymar is only half a millimetre long?
... that although he is of European descent, Richard Nunns is regarded as the foremost authority on Māori musical instruments?
... that the Bergmann Hotel, an historic building in Juneau, Alaska, was built in 1913 by Marie E. Bergmann as a home for local miners?
... that twice-married Indonesian singer Dewi Persik announced earlier this year that she had officially become a virgin again following a pilgrimage to Mecca?
... that J. Wesley Gephart gave up his law practice with a governor to run a railroad and two blast furnaces?
... that the entire global population of the Owens pupfish was once contained in two buckets?
... that MercyMe's song "So Long Self" broke the record for most first-week adds on the Christian AC radio format?
... that despite witnessing the event from the bench, Arizona Territorial Chief Justice John Titus declined to bring charges against a prosecutor who tried to kill a criminal defendant in open court?
... that the plant Spigelia genuflexa bends down to bury its own seeds?
... that the deep water barreleye fish is so named because of its unusual visual system which uses barrel-shaped, telescopic eyes that are generally directed upwards?
... that Jake Stenzel has the 21st-highest batting average in Major League Baseball history?
... that the Sint Servaasbrug in Maastricht has been called the oldest bridge in the Netherlands, and was built in the 13th century to replace a Roman bridge that gave its name to the city?
... that HealthGrades proprietary ratings of U.S. healthcare providers are free to view, but providers pay licensing fees to publicize their own favorable ratings?
... that finds unearthed at the Israelite Tower in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter attest to the Babylonian sack of the city in 586 BCE?
... that for the last 186 years the rulers of Russia succeeded each other in the bald – hairy sequence?
... that political cartoonist Ahmad Nady took part in the 2011 Egyptian revolution, drawing cartoons while he demonstrated?
... that the Jipe tilapia is endemic to Lake Jipe, whose main water sources descend from Mount Kilimanjaro?
... that E. W. Middlemast wrote a letter recommending Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan for a job?
... that the Armed Boats Squadron Dubrovnik provided a resupply route to the city of Dubrovnik during its 1991–1992 siege?
... that Democrat Harry D. Boivin was elected Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives at the age of 33, becoming the youngest person ever to hold that office?
... that the function of the Gorgon and panther reliefs on the pediment of the Temple of Artemis in Corfu is believed to be apotropaic?
... that, after going bankrupt as Receiver General of Finances for Paris, Pierre Perrault developed the theory of the hydrologic cycle?
... that Haydn's oratorio The Creation is structured in three parts, the first two about the creation as narrated in Genesis, the third about Adam and Eve in Paradise?
... that the blushing tricholoma fungus formed a fairy ring in Germany which was 80 m (260 ft) across and contained an estimated 10,000 mushrooms?
... that in his early life, David Hoberman couldn't walk on cracks, and had to touch poles?
... that at least 257 species of butterfly have been recorded in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in the Indian state of Goa?
... that Cox & Barnard of Hove, England, made stained glass windows for a Canadian church from shards of glass collected by an army chaplain from war-damaged churches across Europe?
... that the Pōmare Dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tahiti from 1788 to 1880?
... that the extinct sweat bee Halictus? savenyei was the first fossil bee from Canada to be described?
... that in 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt became honorary president of the American School Hygiene Association, a Progressive Era organization dedicated to school children's health?
... that the spotted Linckia frequently reproduces by self amputating an arm, which then grows into a new individual?
... that Qatar's Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser was elected to preside over the 66th UN General Assembly?
... that in 2009 Entertainment Weekly listed X as one of 20 "black sci-fi icons"?
... that the Portland Youth Philharmonic, the oldest youth orchestra in the United States, has had only five conductors since its establishment in 1924?
... that Historic Masters is a vinyl record label which continues to issue rare 78 rpm opera discs on a regular basis?
... that the highly regarded edible mushroom Tricholoma portentosum can be mistaken for poisonous mushrooms?
... that as many as 80,000 benthic animals were found living on a single stem in a bed of the kelp species Laminaria hyperborea?
... that Mei-Ann Chen was the first woman to win the Malko Competition, the "world's most prestigious prize for young conductors"?
... that Russell Howarth of the Minstermen had a trial with the Toffeemen in 2002?