derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Ako Adjei Interchange, the first flyover to be built in Ghana, was at one time named after Captain Thomas Sankara – a military ruler of Burkina Faso?
... that anti-communist activist Gheorghe Briceag pledged to shave his well-known Solzhenitsyn beard if Moldova united with Romania?
... that Iñigo Ed. Regalado wrote the novel May Pagsinta'y Walang Puso in 1921 when adultery was a sensitive topic in Philippine literature?
... that while captaining Somerset County Cricket Club, Jake Seamer carried an old train sign saying "To Tonbridge" in his bag?
... that blues legend B.B. King made his broadcast debut playing live gospel music on WGRM in Greenwood, Mississippi?
... that the 1562 Danish-Russian Treaty of Mozhaysk has been called a milestone in European history?
... that the European sedge Carex hirta is widespread in North America where it is known as "hammer sedge"?
... that Javier González Fraga was appointed as vice president candidate for the Ricardo Alfonsín ticket for the 2011 Argentine general election?
... that Emily and Anne Brontë's Gondal was an early form of science fiction?
... that the nests of White-winged Widowbirds are built exclusively by males ?
... that Sultan Sharafuddin of Selangor circumnavigated the world in his yacht in 22 months?
... that "Who Says" is said to be inspired by the hate Selena Gomez received online due to her relationship with Justin Bieber?
... that Ales Bialatski earned a PhD in Belarusian literature before becoming the vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights?
... that Blue Mud Bay has given its name to both an Important Bird Area and a court ruling affirming that Aboriginal lands in the Northern Territory carry exclusive fishing rights to their tidal waters?
... that after Lord George Gordon incited a riot that killed 300 people and damaged more buildings than the French Revolution, he was found not guilty?
... that British post-punk band The Wolfgang Press were claimed to be named after a device that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tried (unsuccessfully) to invent to type out his music?
... that the ancient Mundeshwari Temple , dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva and Shakti, is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Bihar, India?
... that shortly after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, politician Anselmo Sule, along with several supporters of the Unidad Popular, were detained and taken to Dawson Island?
... that glamour model Sofia Hellqvist, the current girlfriend of Swedish Prince Carl Philip, appeared in a photoshoot for the men's magazine Slitz in which she posed wearing only bikini bottoms and a live python?
... that the Good Shepherd is the theme of Bach's cantata for Pentecost Tuesday, Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175, illustrated in pastoral music of three recorders?
... that Patricia Preece persuaded artist Stanley Spencer to divorce his wife, marry her, and sign his house over to her, but never left her lesbian lover?
... that the idea for the 2009 experimental comedy-horror film Lo came after the director watched Jan Švankmajer's 1994 film Faust?
... that Dedi was an ancient Egyptian magician who was said to be capable of resurrecting decapitated beings?
... that The Independent named the black dress worn by Rita Hayworth in the 1946 film Gilda as one of the Ten Best Fashion Moments in Film?
... that Stephen Fry was an engineer and aspiring jazz pianist before he captained South Africa's rugby team against the British Lions?
... that Parks and Recreation character Chris Traeger has been described as "one of the great comedic creations of the past couple years" and one of Rob Lowe's funniest performances?
... that the pink dress which Marilyn Monroe wore in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) was emulated by Madonna in her video to Material Girl?
... that Turakhan Beg was commander of one of the Ottoman armies during the Battle of Niš in November 1443?
... that Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines is a 1917 novel written by American writer John Stuart Thomson?
... that the American neuroscientist Jacqueline Crawley has been President of both the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society and the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society?
... that Asafo Interchange was the first flyover to be built in Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana?
... that Giammaria Biemmi's work on Skanderbeg raised controversy among historians over his sources' authenticity?
... that in Bach's cantata for Pentecost Monday, Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173, a verse from the meeting of Jesus and Nicodemus is paraphrased in a unique duet, illustrating the theme exaltation?
... that television writer Dennis Marks not only provided episodes of Batfink and The Beatles, but he was also the voice of the Green Goblin?
... that Alexios Palaiologos was heir apparent of the Byzantine Empire from 1199 to his death in 1203, and was directly involved in the suppression of no less than four revolts during this time?
... that the Californian commune Black Bear Ranch was founded using money from both entertainment industry executives and from an LSD deal?
... that Bill Foley's photograph "The Last Smile" shows Anwar Sadat only moments before his assassination?
... that Siberian-born Noldi Schreck, set decorator for the 1965 drama Love Has Many Faces, was nicknamed "the architect of Zona Rosa"?
... that the London Necropolis Railway was used to relocate the exhumed contents of at least 21 London graveyards to Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey?
... that the racing track Charles River Speedway was designed by a firm co-founded by Frederick Law Olmsted?
... that Beatrice Mtetwa, "Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyer", has secured the release of reporters from The New York Times and The Sunday Telegraph?
... that despite the nation being banned from the 1972 Olympics because of the policy of apartheid, 25 athletes competed for South Africa at the 1972 Summer Paralympics?
... that Brigadier General Francis C. Marshall had just visited Camp Hearn prior to dying in a plane crash?
... that Mexican-American singer-songwriter Selena was murdered by an employee who (falsely) claimed she was raped and needed the singer's help?
... that one of the first European books to contain Chinese characters was written by an officer of the Spanish Inquisition, and translated into English by an escaped former prisoner of the Inquisition?
... that in 2006, San Diego Padres outfielder Luis Durango was timed running the 90 feet (27 m) from home plate to first base in only 3.4 seconds?
... that Fox 2000 Pictures postponed its upcoming film adaptation of Yann Martel's 2001 novel Life of Pi a week to avoid direct competition with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?
... that Edmund Ser, owner of Malaysian fashion labels Edmund Ser, Spade, and SER, was a guest judge on Project Runway Malaysia?
... that the Norwegian steamer Vigrid was sunk by a German U-boat while carrying Welsh coal to France in 1917?
... that Tom Kahn organized American unions' $300,000 aid to the Polish labor union Solidarity in 1980–1981, despite Secretary of State Muskie's warnings that this aid might provoke a new Soviet invasion?
... that Indonesian journalist Bambang Harymurti originally wanted to be an astronaut and qualified as a potential candidate?
... that a biologist discovered a population of the rare and endangered Michigan monkeyflower after he found a specimen used as a garnish on his plate at a restaurant?
... that the White-headed Buffalo Weaver builds nests with multiple rooms and a downward-facing entrance?
... that planet WASP-13b, despite a radius 25% larger than Jupiter's, has less than half the mass?
... that the 2005 Gwangju Prize winner Wardah Hafidz was told to vacate her office after disclosing that numerous groups had used social security funds for "money politics"?
... that the retired association football player Zlatko Zahovič is the all-time top scorer for the Slovenia team?
... that Judith Trim, the first wife of Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, cried the first time she heard The Dark Side of the Moon?
... that "Donde quiera que estés", a collaboration with Mexican-American singer-songwriter Selena, became the first number-one hit for the Barrio Boyzz?
... that cyclist Gerhard Schönbacher stopped and kissed the road before he finished last in the 1979 Tour de France?
... that the town of Cassel in France is located on a hill that is said to have been created when two giants tripped and dropped a heap of earth that they were carrying?
... that a major achievement of the Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs of Ghana is the abolishing of child trafficking in the country?
... that after the Nyon Conference, The Times likened the happy delegates to cricketers, "reviewing their innings, over by over"?
... that the Regional Museum of Anthropology and History of Chiapas in Tuxtla Gutiérrez sponsors an annual event for children from low income areas of the city?
... that the loy is an early Irish spade used for manual ploughing prior to and during the Irish Potato Famine?
... that the world's first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine, the De Rivaz engine , was made in 1807?
... that on 20 November 1943, a wounded surgeon from the 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance carried out over 150 operations?
... that Mitch McDeere, Tom Cruise's character in Sydney Pollack's 1993 US$270 million-grossing film adaptation of John Grisham's The Firm that sold seven million copies, will reappear in a television series?
... that "father of Indonesian anthropology" Koentjaraningrat joined the student militia as an English and history teacher during the Indonesian National Revolution?
... that journalist Ricardo Uceda helped locate the mass grave of the La Cantuta massacre victims?
... that although Dizzy Nutter's professional baseball career lasted eight years, Nutter only played in eighteen Major League games?
... that the 7th-century Law of Wihtred, a law code from Kent, provides that any slave forced to work on Sabbath be given freedom?
... that part of the High Fens reserve in Belgium is closed in spring because of the breeding of the endangered black grouse ?
... that Samuel Noah Kramer noted the Debate between Winter and Summer "is the closest extant Sumerian parallel to the Biblical Cain and Abel story"?
... that despite tests showing "virtually zero" risk, utility companies still cite islanding concerns to refuse connection of new distributed generation systems?
... that Jamaican sprinter Nickel Ashmeade beat a former Olympic and World champion in the 100 m and set a meet record at the Ponce Grand Prix in May 2011?
... that Papyrus 49 is one of three early manuscripts with the text of the Epistle to the Ephesians?
... that Milton J. Durham , a former official in the U.S. Treasury Department, once bloodied a Lexington Leader newswriter's face in a dispute over information that appeared in the newspaper?
... that Aodh Méith refused to meet with the King of England, because the King was unwilling to give hostages as surety?
... that in 2000 American newspaper executive and conservationist Edward H. Harte established the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at the Texas A&M University with a US$46M endowment?
... that the Djibouti Francolin is endemic to the Mabla Mountains and the Day Forest National Park?
... that the opera Die Stadt hinter dem Strom, composed by Hans Vogt and based on Hermann Kasack's novel of the same name, was first staged at the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden in 1955?
... that comedian and former Parks and Recreation producer Dana Gould made a cameo appearance in "The Bubble", a third season episode?
... that in May 2011 members of Lulz Security took responsibility for an attack on the website of PBS that resulted in the posting of a fake news story that claimed Tupac Shakur was still alive and living in New Zealand?
... that millionaire banker Baron Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger was also a noted composer who wrote an opera based on Thomas Hardy's novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
... that the novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh about the Armenian Genocide played a role in organizing the Jewish resistance under Nazi rule?
... that electric circuit theorist Vitold Belevitch discovered a mathematical basis for Zipf's law from linguistics?
... that one reason for establishing the National Sports College of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ghana was that Ghanaian sportsmen were under-performing in international competitions?
... that Thomas Jefferson grew Lacinato kale, an heirloom kale also known as Dinosaur kale, in his Monticello garden?
... that the last standard gauge steam locomotive in use in Israel was a Palestine Railways H class 4-6-0 originally built for the British Army's Palestine Military Railway?
... that Nike, Alfa Romeo, Red Bull and Ginsters are all advertised in the first person football video game I Am Playr?
... that the National Youth Employment Program was created to address youth unemployment in Ghana which increases by 250,000 per year?
... that although baseball player Chuck Ricci never played for the Cleveland Indians, he appeared in the 1994 film Major League II as a member of the team and later worked for the club as a scout?
... that although the continued attack by the German auxiliary cruiser Michel on Empire Dawn after she had surrendered was considered to be a war crime, Michel's captain was acquitted of the charge?
... that King Saud University assistant professor of women's history Hatoon al-Fassi has not been allowed to teach since 2001?
... that Ernest Hemingway wrote The Fifth Column during the siege of the Spanish Civil War at the Hotel Florida in Madrid and on a daily basis he "expected a bomb to land on his typewriter"?
... that New Waddell Dam in Maricopa County, Arizona, submerged the Old Waddell Dam and both receives and provides water to the Central Arizona Project?
... that the Paperbark Flycatcher never uses the "scissors-grinding" call of the closely related Restless Flycatcher?
... that David Lucas, who produced and sang backup on Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" also wrote AT&T's "Reach out and touch someone" jingle?
... that the popularity of Tagalog pocketbooks helps establish the national language in the Philippines, a country with over 100 languages?
... that Capt. John Jackson Dickison led the Confederate forces that captured the USS Columbine in the only known incident in US history where a cavalry unit sank an enemy gunboat?
... that Norwegian botanist Finn Wischmann wrote more than 45,000 herbarium sheets and 21,000 checklists, recording more than half a million plant discoveries?
... that the setting of Nippur in the Sumerian creation myth of Enlil and Ninlil has been noted as "civitas dei", existing before the "axis mundi" and the creation of man?
... that when Warqenah Eshate returned to Ethiopia 32 years after being carried away by British soldiers, his grandmother recognized him by examining scars on his arms and legs?
... that the offspring of the stallion Saxon were the subject of teasing from his owner's brother, resulting in a challenge race that Saxon's daughter won by four lengths?
... that the Finland-Swedish admiral Arvid Stålarm was sentenced to death three times, but never actually executed?
... that the Chester city walls form the most complete circuit of Roman and medieval defensive town walls in Britain?
... that Peter Dawson served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for 26 years, the longest in the history of the province?
... that after the science fiction anthology Machine of Death reached No. 1 on the Amazon.com bestseller list instead of his own book, Fox News commentator Glenn Beck denounced it as part of a liberal "culture of death"?
... that the Argentine city of Villa Gesell was built after the afforestation of a dune field?
... that Hungarian handballer Bojana Radulović has been selected IHF World Player of the Year twice, in 2000 and 2003?
... that William Wordsworth wrote his Guide to the Lakes because he needed money, and first published it anonymously?
... that archaeological excavations at the Banteay Kdei in Cambodia revealed relics of 274 Buddhist statues made in sandstone?
... that gifted primary school students attend Rose Bay Secondary College for a day a week for the length of a school term to undertake advanced studies?
... that Peter Aucoin, a professor emeritus at Dalhousie University, has served as an advisor to all three levels of the government of Canada?
... that Franc Fernandez, designer of Lady Gaga's meat dress and "Bad Romance" "diamond crown" costume, was mostly self-trained?
... that newspaper editor Col. William Thompson won his 1871 shootout with a rival newspaper editor despite sustaining severe gunshot wounds, including a bullet lodged behind his eye, and a beating from a cane?
... that the bankrupt dandy "Champagne Charlie" sold his inheritance including the painting Earthstopper on the banks of the Derwent ?
... that in 1993, the car of Algerian journalist Omar Belhouchet was machine-gunned while he was driving his children to school?
... that Ballylough is home to a ruined castle that was once a stronghold of the MacQuillans and the MacDonnells?
... that Polish-German "cotton king" Juliusz Karol Kunitzer survived a 1893 assassination attempt, but died during that of 1905?
... that jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal's first live album At the Pershing: But Not for Me, recorded in 1958, has sold over one million copies?
... that Royal Ulster Constabulary officer John Weir, who was convicted of a sectarian killing, had once considered joining the Irish Garda Síochána?
... that Burmese journalist Aung Pwint was imprisoned on charges of "sending news" and "illegal ownership of a fax machine"?
... that Puerto Banús is visited by 5 million people annually and contains a three-ton statue of a rhinoceros by Salvador Dalí?
... that Russian journalist Nadira Isayeva called her 2010 trial "a test for the institution of press freedom" in Dagestan?
... that Indiana's Epsilon II is a rare example of a well-preserved upland archaeological site from the Archaic period?
... that Paul Kromer and Tom Harmon formed a backfield duo for the 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team that became known as the "Touchdown Twins"?
... that Thomas Erskine's speech in the case of R v Baillie earned him a standing ovation?
... that earthquake sensitives such as geologist Jim Berkland claim they have the ability to predict earthquakes?
... that when the male Yellow-crowned Bishop is ready to mate, his head and back turn a brilliant yellow color?
... that the duet aspect of Sonny & Cher's first recorded hit single, "Baby Don't Go", was not originally planned but established the pair's unusual harmonic style?
... that Angel Delgadillo helped inspire the film Cars and has been called the "guardian angel of Route 66"?
... that Berwick Rangers 1-0 defeat of Rangers in 1967 has been described as "the most astonishing result ever returned in Scottish football"?
... that in 2001, James Hedges of Thompson Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, became the first Prohibition Party member elected in a partisan election since 1959?
... that the Tema Motorway, which was commissioned in 1964, is Ghana's only motorway?
... that Troy Yocum, who is currently hiking 7,000 miles (11,000 km) across the United States, once tried to set a Guinness world record for marathon drumming?
... that the Basters under Hermanus van Wyk were ready to pay £2,750 for their land around Rehoboth, but got it for free after they signed a protection treaty with Imperial Germany?
... that both candidates in the 2011 special congressional election in Ilocos Sur's 1st district claimed they had the endorsement of the Liberal Party of the Philippines?
... that the skeleton of the last Bosnian king, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, currently lies in the Franciscan monastery of Saint Luke, Jajce?
... that the Leipzig University Library houses 43 leaves of the Codex Sinaiticus?
... that Muhammad Al-Saqr won an International Press Freedom Award for his work as a journalist before becoming chairman of the Arab Parliament?
... that Hamill, an upcoming biographical film about deaf mixed martial artist Matt Hamill, will use sporadic sound and incomplete subtitles?
... that during his tenure as mayor of Minden, Louisiana, Connell Fort worked to rid his city of mosquitoes, laid natural gas lines, and built the municipal sewerage system?
... that the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 1 Long Range Flight was formed to compete in the 1953 London to Christchurch air race?
... that a live performance of the French translation of Kafka's Soup included a sung recipe for onion tart?
... that Colonel Ambrosio José Gonzales , a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War, once fought for the US annexation of Cuba?
... that two condemned Swedish prisoners spared in the 1599 Åbo Bloodbath also survived the 1600 Linköping Bloodbath?
... that the American Thoroughbred racehorse Algerine won the 1876 Belmont Stakes without winning another race beforehand?
... that Tema Harbour in Ghana was named after the Torman fishing village and is Africa's largest man-made harbour?
... that the ninth-century Codex Vindobonensis 751 contains a selection of the correspondence of Saint Boniface, as well as a mysterious palindrome and the oldest English poetic proverb?
... that the 1939–40 NYU Violets men's basketball team, led by Ben Auerbach, finished the regular season with an 18–1 record yet did not play in a postseason tournament?
... that inspired by a trip to the highly active Mount Yasur volcano in 1999, French video game creator Eric Chahi designed the video game From Dust?
... that khat , which induces a state of euphoria and is endemic to Djibouti, is chewed by 90% of the local men?
... that Civil Courage Prize laureate Ali Salem was ostracized by the Egyptian intellectual community following a 1994 book in which he promoted peace with Israel?
... that US Ambassador to Russia nominee Michael McFaul was denounced by a member of the Russian Parliament days before someone shot a bullet through his Stanford University office window?
... that Modeste Mutinga won an international prize for his journalism before being elected to the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
... that when workers staged a 1978 wildcat strike for higher wages at Volkswagen's new Westmoreland Assembly Plant that built the Rabbit model, the picketers shouted "No Money, No Bunny"?
... that the oldest parts of St Giles' Church in Ickenham were built in 1335?
... that at least seventeen elections have occurred in the Chilean city of Pichilemu since the country's transition to democracy in 1989?
... that Albie Grant is the only Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball player to average 20+ points and 10+ rebounds for his career?
... that a live album released by the band Los Tigres del Norte was named "historic" for the Mexican culture?
... that the 1945 Augustów roundup which resulted in the disappearance and likely murder of about 600 Polish citizens by the Soviet Union is considered the largest crime committed in Poland after World War II?
... that Philip Craven, current President of the International Paralympic Committee, competed in athletics, swimming and wheelchair basketball for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Paralympics?
... that Forrest McClendon earned a 2011 Tony Award nomination for his début performance on Broadway?
... that the powerful teeth and jaws of Heliopithecus may have played a key role in the spread of Hominoids from Africa into Eurasia, 17 million years ago?
... that the 2011 book Among the Truthers argues there is growing popularity in the US for far-fetched, paranoid conspiracy theories?
... that Vivienne Osborne was offered a role in Douglas Fairbanks's last silent film, the Musketeer film sequel The Iron Mask, following her earlier role in the Flo Ziegfeld musical The Three Musketeers?
... that the libretto for Phyllis Tate's opera The Lodger was written by singer and broadcaster David Franklin?
... that award-winning journalist Paul Kamara has also been a priest, a cabinet minister, and the manager of Sierra Leone's national football team?
... that the Armored Rat has spines which grow up to 33 millimetres (1.3 in) in length?