derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that a first edition of Darwin's On the Origin of Species is in the collection of the University of California, Santa Barbara Library?
... that in "Judy's Turn to Cry", singer Leslie Gore gloats about the return of the boy she cried over in her previous hit song "It's My Party"?
... that SeaLifeBase is an online database, modelled on FishBase, that attempts to provide key information on all marine species apart from finfish?
... that Praunus flexuosus, the first mysid shrimp ever to be described, may have been transported to North America during World War II?
... that Handel's Gloria, a setting of the Gloria for soprano and strings, was attributed to the composer in 2001?
... that former Michigan linebacker Mike Keller has played in the NFL and held executive positions in the USFL, XFL and World League of American Football?
... that the Faroe Islands national football team won its first ever competitive match against Austria in 1990?
... that Haneji Dam in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, includes an airlift system which enables fish from downstream to go up into the reservoir formed by the dam?
... that the 1872 main building at the Brandreth Pill Factory in Ossining, New York, was one of the first to have an Otis elevator installed?
... that NFL halfback Bruce McLenna was killed in 1968 while riding in the rear of a military truck that crashed?
... that Okukubi Dam in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, will be the world's first trapezoidal cemented, sand and gravel dam?
... that Judge Jerold Krieger was a co-founder of the first lesbian and gay synagogue?
... that "She's a Fool", the third single recorded by Lesley Gore, charted in the top 5 in the US?
... that the actor Yoshio Harada, noted for playing antihero roles in his youth, won a Medal of Honor from the Japanese government?
... that the highest point in the Tatoosh Range is Unicorn Peak at 6,917 ft (2,108 m) of elevation?
... that the extinct Hydriomena? protrita was the first geometer moth to be described from the American fossil record?
... that director Malcolm Venville planned to make a feature film entirely in sign language starring Orlando Bloom?
... that the Forth Valley Royal Hospital was the first in the UK to use robotic porters?
... that the steam-powered cargo liner Empire Dynasty carried a Supermarine Spitfire from Liverpool to Bombay in 1945?
... that the Simon and Garfunkel song "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" has been interpreted both as a tribute to the eponymous architect and as a farewell from writer Paul Simon to partner Art Garfunkel?
... that the northeastern bulrush has died out of Quebec, but is still found in some sinkholes in the Eastern United States?
... that the Nantgarw tradition of Morris dancing is based on what one woman remembered of the dances she had seen when she was young?
... that several members of the Hyatt 10 were reappointed by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III because he thought it would be "liberating" for them?
... that tenor Ulrich Cordes was the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion in St. Martin, Idstein, the Berliner Philharmonie and the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels?
... that the northern tamandua eats up to nine thousand ants and termites per day?
... that the Utzon Center in Aalborg, the last work of Danish architect Jørn Utzon, also celebrates the boatbuilding designs of his father?
... that there were concerns that the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square looked too much like Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini?
... that this year's World Series of Poker Europe will be the first one not to be held in London?
... that Virginia's policy of "massive resistance" led to enactment, in September 1956, of the Stanley plan, laws requiring immediate closure of any public school that integrated racially?
... that during a feud with the singer and composer Francesca Caccini, Andrea Salvadori wrote a poem entitled "Women musicians speak from Hell"?
... that the myrtle geebung is a food item for native bees, currawongs and possibly kangaroos and possums?
... that the Coles 4038 microphone, used on records by The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, has the appearance of a waffle iron?
... that the extinct species Agulla mineralensis is the first North American snakefly to be described from Neogene fossils?
... that in some archaic Greek alphabets , an Ε could look like a Β, a Β like a C, a Γ like an Ι, an Ι like a Σ, or a Σ like an Μ?
... that Hiallt was a Viking warrior who settled in Normandy and whose descendants, the Hauteville family, became rulers of Sicily and were leaders in the First Crusade?
... that the Tamil film Avana Ivan is an adaptation of the 1951 American film A Place in the Sun?
... that interior designer Kelly Wearstler has been called "the presiding grande dame of West Coast interior design"?
... that the horticultural varieties of Ptilotus nobilis include 'Passion', 'Poise' and 'Purity'?
... that Norman Kamaru went from being a police officer to "billionaire" singer in less than six months?
... that after being shot in 1881, U.S. President Garfield was treated by Doctor Doctor Bliss ?
... that the extinct snakefly Agulla protomaculata is the only snakefly described from the Green River Formation?
... that Ewan McGregor was inspired to buy his own pet dog after working with canine actor Cosmo?
... that a club started by two undergraduates in 1839 was central to the spread of Victorian restoration which determined the character of most English churches and cathedrals today?
... that Indian businessman and builder T. Namberumal Chetty is said to have owned 99 residences in the Chennai neighborhood of Chetpet, but would not purchase a 100th for astrological reasons?
... that the documentary To Whom It May Concern tells the story of Nancy Kwan, one of the first Asian leads in a Hollywood film?
... that the nearest living relatives of Eosacantha, a fossil tortoise beetle from Colorado, are found in Africa, tropical Asia, and Australia?
... that at a total cost of US$264 million, the Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles is the most expensive golf course ever constructed?
... that film producer Masaichi Nagata was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame?
... that White House Honey Ale is the only beer known to have been brewed in the White House?
... that although Archibald Clark served only one year as Mayor of Auckland Borough, it took 20 years for the next mayor to be chosen?
... that Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie were nominated for a Grammy award for a song in the key of X?
... that bigfin reef squids have one of the fastest recorded growth rates of any large marine invertebrate?
... that only 14 cricketers have represented Japan in Women's One Day Internationals?
... that the Fredensborg Houses were specifically designed by Jørn Utzon for Danes returning from abroad?
... that Lindsay Pearce had to be sneaked in to film the Glee third season premiere because The Glee Project finale awarding her the role had not yet aired?
... that the James Elliott Farm in Indiana was the home of the brewer for the New Harmony commune of Owenites?
... that while some prolific authors used pen and paper or typewriters, Philip M. Parker has used a computer to write more than 200,000 books?
... that the inspiration for the Paustian House in Copenhagen came to architect Jørn Utzon while he was walking through a forest of beech trees?
... that wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc became the first disabled recipient of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's female athlete of the year after she won five Paralympic gold medals in 2008?
... that in 1945 a Japanese battalion was rearmed to serve alongside the British 5th Parachute Brigade in the Far East?
... that the cut flowers of the crinkle bush can attract and kill flies when kept indoors?
... that The Shirelles, described as having a "naive schoolgirl sound", are credited with starting the girl band genre?
... that John Randolph Neal, chief defense counsel in the Scopes Trial, had once lost a job as part of a "Slaughter of the Ph.D.s"?
... that the A. Mendelson and Son Company Building on the Albany, New York, waterfront is one of the few intact examples of early 20th-century industrial buildings in that city?
... that when he was a child, African-American songwriter Ted Jarrett was told that "only white boys write songs"?
... that "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty", the hymn that inspired Bach's cantata BWV 137, has been published in more than ten English translations?
... that Annæus Schjødt was prosecutor in the trial against Vidkun Quisling?
... that the European route E751 , located in Croatia and Slovenia, has three endpoints: in Koper, Pula, and Rijeka?
... that Mexican-born merchant Estevan Ochoa undertook a dangerous 250-mile (400 km) journey through Apache territory to avoid swearing loyalty to the Confederate States of America?
... that the type specimen of the extinct tortoise beetle Denaeaspis is only 6.04 millimetres (0.238 in) long?
... that bookseller Johan Dahl is immortalized through a farce by Henrik Wergeland from 1835?
... that a divine silkworm moth is one of those participating in the Extermination of Evil?
... that the Military Officers Association of America reports that the "I'm a lighthouse. Your call" urban legend is forwarded to the organization an average of three times a day?
... that Saltford Brass Mill contains a complete annealing furnace claimed to be one of the best remaining examples of this technology in Britain?
... that Gardiner regards the unusual use of independent trombones in Bach's cantata Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25, as an "anticipation of the finale to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony"?
... that National Football League offensive tackle Levi Horn is a member of the Cheyenne tribe?
... that the Eternal Diet, "a bladeless knife without a handle", followed the Youngest Recess of the Holy Roman Empire?
... that the common name of the 1533 Parmigianino painting Turkish Slave is due to confusion of the typical headgear of noblewomen of the time with a turban?
... that less than a decade after he fought Seminoles in Florida to keep them from aiding the Spanish, U.S. Senator John Williams voted against the treaty in which Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.?
... that Hurricane Norbert fluctuated from a Category 3 to Category 4 three times in two days?
... that the Indian astronomer Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary discovered the variable star R Reticuli in 1867?
... that Blessing in Disguise condemns conservative traditionalism in a two-page discussion of Indonesian witch-doctors?
... that during the Siege of Chester, King Charles I watched the Battle of Rowton Heath from the Phoenix Tower on the city's walls?
... that the plant Hakea macraeana was first described in The Australian Journal of Pharmacy?
... that Belinda Clark of Australia is the first person of either sex to score a double century in international limited overs cricket?
... that award-winning Indonesian film director Teguh Karya directed numerous romances, but never married?
... that the Chennakesava Perumal Temple in Chennai, India, is dedicated to Chennakesava Perumal, the patron deity of the city?
... that New Zealand trade union leader Tom Skinner was manager of the 1960 New Zealand national rugby league team's tour to Britain?
... that David Lynch experimented with backwards speech for Eraserhead before deciding to use it in "Episode 2" of Twin Peaks?
... that a reviewer wrote that Katia Plaschka, "quite accurately described as a high soprano, sings music of stratospheric difficulty" when performing Luigi Nono's music?
... that the portrait of Italian nobleman Gian Galeazzo Sanvitale by late Renaissance artist Parmigianino in 1524 was once thought to be a portrait of Christopher Columbus?
... that after the English Civil War, a statue of King Charles I was hidden by a metalsmith whilst he sold cutlery that he claimed was made from its melted-down metal?
... that the venom of the lesser Asian scorpion contains proteins that are toxic to Plasmodium falciparum, a pathogenic parasite that causes malaria in humans?
... that Brian Epstein was so angered that The Beatles were paid in loose change for a gig at the Aintree Institute, he never booked with the venue's promoter again?
... that Markus Flaig brought Handel's darkness and great light to St. Martin, Idstein?
... that Ali Jawad al-Sheikh was killed when he was allegedly hit by a tear gas canister during protests after an initial government crackdown in Bahrain?
... that the P. R. Chinese government has published a list of sixty-four important cultural relics that are forbidden to be exhibited outside of China?
... that Bach structures his cantata movement Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77, on the Great Commandment by a canon of trumpet and continuo on a chorale on the Ten Commandments?
... that Yrkingar by Janus Djurhuus was the first collection of a Faroese poet's works to be published?
... that the type specimen of the extinct bulldog ant Macabeemyrma ovata is the fossilized remains of an adult queen preserved in shale?
... that the Bright Copper, Fiery Copper and Clouded Footman can be found on the prickly box in Australia?
... that the extinct lobe-finned fish Laccognathus embryi had fangs up to 3.8 cm (1.5 in) long?
... that the owners of Potato Valley Cafe, located in Annapolis, Maryland, are not worried about competition because no other restaurant serves only potatoes?
... that while preparing for the air assault over the River Rhine, the commanders of the 3rd Parachute Brigade were told to expect almost a third of their strength to become casualties?
... that members of the Queensland Shearers Union and British Seamen's Union blockaded wool bales produced by non-union shearers in Brisbane in 1890?
... that Amnesty International has described Fiji's Essential National Industries (Employment) Decree 2011 as "a breathtaking abuse of fundamental rights"?
... that The Shirelles singer Shirley Owens made her voice sound almost off-tune to sound innocent in the sexually charged single "Tonight's the Night"?
... that Marco da Gagliano's opera La Flora was first performed on 14 October 1628 to celebrate the marriage of Margherita de' Medici and Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma?
... that if Go Vacation players get bored of scuba diving they can throw pies at each other?
... that the Rędziński Bridge, a recently constructed cable-stayed bridge spanning the Oder river in Wrocław, is the tallest and longest bridge in Poland?
... that although Daniel is portrayed as a young man by Rubens in his depiction of Daniel in the lions' den, Daniel would have been over eighty according to biblical chronology?
... that the taboo offering of a cloth stained with menstrual blood to the Hindu goddess Matangi is thought to grant the ability to attract a mate?
... that actor Holter Graham lived in Baltimore, Maryland, while growing up, but spent summers on a Montana cattle ranch?
... that Indian cricketer Anil Kumble took 37 five-wicket hauls and is only the second player to take 10 wickets in an innings after Jim Laker?
... that the architect of the Houses of Parliament initially objected to a statue of Richard the Lionheart being placed nearby?
... that the Great Famine in Greece during the Axis occupation is claimed to be the worst famine that Greeks have experienced since ancient times?
... that a former Speaker of the House of Commons raised money for the Monument to the Women of World War II by appearing on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
... that Miró named a painting Man and Woman in Front of a Pile of Excrement because of something Rembrandt said?
... that Jim Hunter is the first Canadian male skier to win a medal in the World Championships for alpine skiing?
... that during the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel's 147 Squadron flew the lightly armed Fouga Magister trainer in combat, losing six aircraft and pilots?
... that Marie Antoinette's favorite hairdresser, Leonard, designed a hairstyle called the loge d'opera that towered five feet upon the wearer's head?
... that the 15th-century church of the Dragalevtsi Monastery on the outskirts of the Bulgarian capital Sofia features frescoes of military saints in full knights' armour ?
... that the breakaway North America Vishwa Kannada Association was formed in March 2009 by 7 founder members of the Association of Kannada Kootas of America and 25 others?
... that in 1737 cooper Charles Milsom discovered a spring in Lyncombe, Bath, while fixing a fishpond, and styled himself as a doctor to market the spring water for its health-giving properties?
... that Argentina stayed neutral during most of World War II, and declared war on the Axis powers on March 27, 1945?
... that the controversial novel Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen gave its name to a literary movement in Norway in the 1880s?
... that the 13th-century Mårup Church was partially dismantled in 2008 to prevent it from falling into the North Sea?
... that Lady Gaga embarked early on her 2009–11 Monster Ball Tour due to the cancellation of her Fame Kills tour with Kanye West?
... that, though it owes much in design to the Royal Crescent in Bath, Buxton Crescent is said to be "more richly decorated and altogether more complex"?
... that Junior Hemingway was expected to be the biggest beneficiary of the 2011 Michigan Wolverines football team's decision to switch to a pro-style offense from a spread offense?
... that the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album was earned in 2009 by Draco Rosa for his album Teatro?
... that Wojciech Pietranik was told to replace the Sydney Opera House with the Roman Colosseum in his design for the Sydney 2000 Olympic medals?
... that Peruvian women may marry at age 16, but the age of consent is 18?
... that Bagsværd Church, designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, has a vault made from concrete shells spanning 17 metres (56 ft)?
... that most of the habitat of the vulnerable tree Eucalyptus benthamii has disappeared under Warragamba Dam or been cleared?
... that 1995 College Football All-America Team selection Heath Irwin is the nephew of World Golf Hall of Fame member Hale Irwin?
... that despite reports that they played so badly their set was cut short, The Beatles' first performance at Lathom Hall led to a number of future bookings there, earning them the 2005 equivalent of £120 per concert?
... that Steve Crosby was named the National Football League's top special teams coach in 2007 and developed the league's most accurate kicker of all-time?
... that the giant stele with which the Yongle Emperor meant to honor his father, never left the quarry?
... that the report National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope, by US Senator Tom Coburn, has generated controversy for portraying much scientific research as "silly"?
... that A Day in the Life is an internet television documentary web series produced by Morgan Spurlock that represents Hulu's first original long-form programming venture?
... that Eduar Villanueva set a Venezuelan national record while competing in the men's 1500m event during the World Championships in Athletics held earlier this month in Daegu, South Korea?
... that Mircea Florian, seen as one of the four leading protest singers in Communist Romania in his folk rock years, pioneered minimal music in his career as a computer scientist?
... that New York's Tarrytown Light was ultimately located offshore in the Hudson River as sites on land were too expensive?
... that Sericothrips staphylinus were released as part of biological control of gorse in New Zealand, but have not spread far because too few of them have wings?
... that there were over a dozen Zaporozhian Cossacks uprisings against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire?
... that Iowa politician James B. Weaver wrote in 1912 that the current Jasper County Courthouse in Newton, Iowa, will last "long after the pages of the county's history are worn and turned yellow"?
... that the Burrunan dolphin is only the third new dolphin species to be recognized since the late 19th century?
... that some fans of the National Football League's San Diego Chargers have played the team's fight song at their weddings?
... that Marcel Janco , the founder of Dada stagecraft, decided to emigrate from Romania when his brother-in-law was tortured to death by the Iron Guard?
... that only weeks after Hurricane Celia devastated southern Texas in 1970, residents had to evacuate again when Hurricane Ella threatened?
... that of the three described species in the Eocene bulldog ant genus Avitomyrmex, one species is known only from worker caste individuals?
... that Amos P. Catlin authored the law that made Sacramento the permanent capital of California?
... that Norsemen made vows at Yule on the bristles of a sacrificial boar?
... that Haines Shoe House is right by a shoe-shaped doghouse on Shoe House Road?
... that water-filled holes in the trunk of Platypodium elegans are an important habitat for the larvae of giant damselflies?
... that William Butler Yeats loathed Robin de la Condamine's performance in his The Shadowy Waters, but could not fire him because all the actors were working for free?
... that Prince Mahidol used to teach medicine at Windsor Palace before it was demolished to make way for the National Stadium?
... that John Danowski coached the Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse team to its first NCAA national championship in 2010?
... that Newfoundland dogs with similar markings to those seen in Sir Edwin Henry Landseer's 1831 work A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society are known as Landseers?
... that during Operation Hasty in Italy, a German division was kept in reserve because of the presence of 60 British parachutists?
... that Henry P. Moulton appointed William H. Lewis to serve as the first African-American Assistant United States Attorney?
... that about 12,000 local people died during clearance of the oil concession Block 5A in Unity State, South Sudan?
... that the editor of the Tribune, Richard Clements, was accused of being a Soviet agent?
... that in 2008, Thuraya Alzaabi became the first female athlete to represent the United Arab Emirates at the Paralympics?
... that the extinct Itilochelys is one of only three known fossil cheloniid sea turtle taxa found in the Volgograd Region?
... that for the production of the upcoming U2 documentary, From the Sky Down, director Davis Guggenheim was given full access to the band's archives?
... that The Straits Times criticized the Singapore Port Authority for refusing its reporter access to the tanker Norse Commander when it caught fire?
... that the Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter Album was awarded in 2008 to Rodolfo?
... that the 1773 French satirical drawing of the First Partition of Poland, The Troelfth Cake, was banned in several European countries?
... that a judge's error on the first episode of a television game show hosted by Swedish television director Nils Erik Bæhrendtz introduced a new term into the Swedish language?
... that Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel in Robertsbridge was founded by a "mystical Micawber"?
... that the Dorrigo waratah and its relatives have had red terminal flowers for over sixty million years?
... that Ottoman officer Ahmed Niyazi Bey never lived to see his estate, the Saraj, completed?
... that Darlenys Obregón helped set a national record in the 4 × 100 metres relay in 2005?
... that a former owner of Ascog House on the Isle of Bute kept a litter of pigs in his bedroom?
... that the Treaty of Kępno (1282) between Mestwin II and Przemysł II transferred control over Gdańsk Pomerania and facilitated the reunification of Poland?
... that some of the proceeds from the 2009 album Connie Talbot's Holiday Magic went to Toys for Tots?
... that Indonesian singer Ari Lasso quit smoking after his son hid his cigarettes?
... that Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton owned the world's largest collection of boxing fight films?
... that DreamWorks plans to produce at least three films in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise?
... that the 400,000-ton Valemax ships are the largest bulk carriers ever built?
... that the organ in All Saints Church, Thorpe Bassett, North Yorkshire, was originally built for Claydon House, and was later discovered in a poor state of repair in York Minster?