derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that unlike the 1990 film version starring Johnny Depp, the 2005 theatrical adaptation of Edward Scissorhands was set in the 1950s and performed to musical accompaniment?
... that the Gudea cylinders are the longest literary composition ever found in the Sumerian language?
... that U.S. Army pilot Mayhew Foster in 1945 transported Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring from Austria to Germany, where Göring stood trial for war crimes at Nuremberg?
... that the 1995 novel Angel Angel is being adapted into the film Long Time Gone starring Meg Ryan?
... that John Philip Sousa considered David Wallis Reeves "The Father of Band Music in America"?
... that Slobodan Branković ran in the men's 400 metres (1,300 feet) race in the 1992 Barcelona Games as an Independent Olympic Participant?
... that University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp at age 17 won a regional contest for the fastest time solving a Rubik's Cube puzzle?
... that according to an account by a British officer, the marksmanship of Kentucky rifleman Ephraim McLean Brank contributed more than anything else to the US victory at the Battle of New Orleans?
... that the Shankar Mahadevan Academy is an online music academy founded by award-winning composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan?
... that O moj Shqypni has been described as one of the most influential and most important poems written in Albanian?
... that the benefactor of Soldiers Chapel, near Big Sky Resort, wrote that hillbilly Bible thumpers, conscientious objectors, and those refusing to salute the US flag should be excluded from the chapel?
... that Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, performed in 1723 in the Nikolaikirche , was the first cantata of Bach's annual cycles, each containing works for the Sundays and church holidays through a year?
... that the memoir I Married Wyatt Earp, supposedly by Wyatt Earp's wife Josephine, was regarded as factual and cited by scholars, but was discovered to be a "fraud" and a "hoax" after 23 years?
... that the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, first formed in 1920, has since been renamed three times, most recently as the Udmurt Republic in 1991?
... that Odessa, Texas oil industialist and banker Bill Noël also raised pecans for commercial food production on a ranch in Sutton County?
... that the Philippine play Walang Sugat ("Not Wounded") was a statement against imperialism by its author, the father of the Tagalog zarzuela?
... that Ang Singsing ng Dalagang Marmol (c. 1905) is one of the Philippines' first historical novels written in the twentieth century?
... that Louisiana Tech University English professor Robert C. Snyder worked on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during World War II?
... that Tonogayato Garden in Kokubunji, Tokyo is built on the terraced cliffs of Musashino, with a lawn on the hilltop overlooking a bamboo forest and pond at the bottom?
... that in the 2002 Jammu & Kashmir Assembly election, communist candidate Mohammad Khalil Naik won the Wachi seat by only 80 votes?
... that "Déjame Entrar" by Colombian singer-songwriter Carlos Vives was awarded the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song?
... that despite Spider-Man 2 being the most critically praised entry in the franchise, it is also the lowest grossing in the trilogy?
... that the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, reputedly gained its tilt after it bowed to the prophet Muhammad?
... that Owen Crowe has made four World Series of Poker final tables in the past four years and two top-100 main event finishes in the last three years?
... that in 1943, Horsa gliders were towed 3,200 miles (5,100 km) from England to Tunisia during Operation Turkey Buzzard without knowing whether this would be possible?
... that Theodore W. Brevard, a military officer who served with the Confederate States Army, was captured by General George Custer's cavalry?
... that in 1981 an Israeli 69 Squadron F-4 Phantom II numbered 222 collided in mid-air with an F-16 Fighting Falcon bearing the exact same number?
... that Madmen in the Yard, a drawing by the Croatian painter Ignjat Job , was influenced by his two-year stay in a mental hospital?
... that Little Marton Mill was built in England in 1838 and restored in 1937 to become a memorial?
... that the United States mediated the 1962 New York Agreement as part of a plan "to prevent Indonesia from falling under communist control and to win it over to the west"?
... that during World War II, the Germans built a bomb- and gas-proof bunker on Jerbourg Point, the southeastern point of Guernsey in the English Channel?
... that Shigeo Satomura pioneered non-invasive monitoring of blood flow in the human body using ultrasonic Doppler techniques in the 1950s?
... that the Philippine play Paglipas ng Dilim ("After the Darkness") tackles the conflicts of mixing cultures from the Philippines, Spain, and the United States?
... that although Norma Lyon studied animal science at Iowa State University, she ended up sculpting butter at state fairs?
... that the Ritz-Carlton in Atlantic City was home to Nucky Johnson, the political boss portrayed in the American television series Boardwalk Empire?
... that USMC Lieutenant General Henry Louis Larsen was Governor of American Samoa and Governor of Guam after his father-in-law and brother-in-law were each Governor of Colorado?
... that the Grade II* listed Lower Huxley Hall in the English town of Huxley, Cheshire, is approached by a Grade II* listed bridge and archway, and stands on a moated site that is a scheduled monument?
... that in 2011 Jonathan Audy-Marchessault became the first player to lead the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in playoff scoring despite not playing in the final playoff round?
... that the Nehru Setu, built in 1900, was the longest railway bridge in India until a longer one was opened in February 2011?
... that after the Ottoman general Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey wiped out one of Dracula's armies in 1462, he deposited 2,000 severed heads at the feet of Sultan Mehmed II?
... that Bach's chorale cantata Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10, is based not on a chorale, but on the Magnificat sung by Mary when she visited Elizabeth ?
... that The Last Ringbearer, an English translation of a Russian alternative retelling of Lord of the Rings, has been published as a non-commercial ebook after a 10-year delay due to fears of litigation?
... that the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont includes a complete set of the Description de l'Égypte, a book series based on the French campaign in Egypt under Napoleon?
... that the Cape dune mole rat can excavate up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of soil in a month?
... that Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words is a theatrical work that involved readings of celebrity memoirs by performers including a few Saturday Night Live cast members?
... that the 2002 Costa Rican presidential election was the first in the country's history to go to a second round?
... that during World War II, an officer from a British airborne forces unit recommended a German NCO for the Iron Cross?
... that the Lake Cachí dam project , opened in 1966, is one of Costa Rica's earliest hydroelectric projects?
... that basaloid squamous cell lung carcinoma was first described in 1992 and declared a lung cancer variant by the World Health Organization in 1999?
... that Russian forces killed Abdulla Kurd, al-Qaeda's top operative in Chechnya, one day after U.S. forces killed al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden?
... that initial student admission in 2010 for the Dominica State College planned for 900 applicants, was less than 400, and resulted in an extension of enrollment and waiver of the admission fee?
... that the Austin Powers films won 20 awards, including one for Beautiful Stranger sung by Madonna?
... that the 87th season of the Philippines' NCAA kicks off today at the Araneta Coliseum?
... that the Stave Falls Dam , completed in 1912 and formerly the largest source of hydroelectric power in British Columbia, is a Canadian National Historic Site?
... that the Duke of Cambridge's Personal Canadian Flag was first used during the 2011 Royal tour of Canada?
... that Mount Ida Plantation in Talladega County, Alabama, burned to the ground after being struck by lightning?
... that Riella is the only liverwort to grow as a submerged aquatic?
... that Doris Lessing's book The Sweetest Dream was originally intended to be volume three of her autobiography, but she made it a novel to avoid offending people?
... that although the first six of Ben Lamb's World Series of Poker in the money finishes were in Texas hold 'em, all three of his final tables have been in pot limit Omaha hold 'em?
... that the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve contains a "stone tree" ?
... that during World War II, Wyoming State Senator Robert H. Johnson flew bombing missions in support of the French Resistance against the Nazis?
... that although wine production is important to the economy of Tequisquiapan in Mexico, the locals do not generally consume it?
... that journalist Sony Esteus had his arm broken by the Port-au-Prince police while covering a story?
... that Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game, published in 1899, was the first book on ice hockey, and only four copies are now known to exist?
... that Frederick Settle Barff invented a device, similar to a catalytic converter, to remove SO2 and CO2 from the exhaust fumes of locomotives in the 1860s?
... that reportedly haunted locations in Scotland include a tenement where bubonic plague victims were quarantined and starved to death by local councilmen?
... that the coach house, dovecote and the Eastcote House Gardens are all that remain of the 16th-century Eastcote House?
... that as part of the DC Universe reboot, Justice League Dark has been launched featuring some of DC Comics' more bizarre and supernatural characters?
... that The Dominica Museum in Roseau contains an example of the pwi pwi, a miniature raft native to Dominica?
... that Union, a German-Hungarian trade union council, had substantial following amongst agricultural labourers in southwestern Slovakia after the First World War?
... that 94 pieces of Spanish colonial silver and 22 New Mexican santos are part of the University of New Mexico Art Museum's collection?
... that during the Second World War, 10 countries formed Convoy HX 300, which consisted of 166 ships covering an area 9 miles (14 km) wide and 4 miles (6.4 km) long?
... that the American wildflower clay phacelia is one of Utah's most endangered species and one of the nation's rarest plants?
... that the Slovak Social Democrats founded their own party in 1905, but merged back into the Hungarian Social Democratic Party after a few months due to economic problems?
... that several fires and the construction of the Croton Aqueduct shaped the Downtown Ossining Historic District of New York?
... that in 1584 Antonio Ricardo became the first printer in South America with the publication of the Doctrina Christiana, a book in Spanish, Quechua and Aymara?
... that the illegal loyalist paramilitary group the UVF Mid-Ulster Brigade was founded in 1972 by Billy Hanna, a decorated war hero?
... that Ismaila Gwarzo, a former Nigerian National Security Advisor was accused of theft of US$2.45 billion and repaid a few hundred million?
... that though located on the Eastern Michigan University campus, the Bruce T. Halle Library houses one of the largest collections of children's literature in the US?
... that the stone pulpit in the Roseau Cathedral in Dominica was carved by prisoners who were kept on Devil's Island?
... that the SS Silesia was a German ship, a British ship, and then an Italian ship before being wrecked in Uruguay?
... that the disused Såner Station was purchased by a family for 1.3 million Norwegian kroner in 2003?
... that the religion editor Helen Derr was the first female deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Alexandria, Louisiana?
... that The Clash adopted the song "I Fought the Law" after Joe Strummer and Mick Jones heard it on a vintage jukebox at The Automatt?
... that the first report of the D–Day landings received in the British mainland was delivered by Gustav, a messenger pigeon?
... that causes of the deaths at the Berlin Wall included shooting, drowning, suffocation, suicide, and falling from a balloon?
... that Edward Fitzgerald's clients have included public hate-figures such as Myra Hindley, Mary Bell, Maxine Carr, Jon Venables, various IRA prisoners and Abu Hamza?
... that the Kotezi Viaduct was renamed twice before its official opening, following a naming dispute between two villages?
... that sculptor Louise Nevelson had an affair with Diego Rivera, much to the dismay of Frida Kahlo?
... that the houseboat Vallejo, made an icon of Bay Area culture by artist Jean Varda and philosopher Alan Watts in the 1960s, originally served as a passenger ferry in Portland, Oregon in the 1870s?
... that during the Prohibition era, the National League's leading pitcher Heinie Meine operated a speakeasy known for "moose milk that would peel the paint off a battleship"?
... that the Port of Rijeka, the largest Croatian port, was once the only Hungarian seaport?
... that with a 150-millimetre (5.9 in) wingspan, Sinomeganeura is small for the Griffenfly family Meganeuridae, known for species with spans over 700 millimetres (28 in)?
... that Kid Ory's composition "Ory's Creole Trombone" was the first jazz record made by a black jazz band from New Orleans?
... that pink pores and a very bitter taste help identify Tylopilus species from other boletes?
... that the album Ballad of Salah, released as an act of charity during Ramadan, includes songs based on the Quran and the life of Muhammad?
... that during B. B. Davis' basketball career at Lamar University, his team won the conference championship every year?
... that the men of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project took two weeks to assemble their first atomic bomb in December 1946?
... that the discovery of the extinct golden silk orb-weaver species Nephila jurassica extended the fossil record of the genus by 130 million years?
... that American singer Soraya earned the first Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter Album in 2004?
... that a fossil of the extinct monitor lizard Saniwa preserves cartilage, scales, and even a wind pipe?
... that British actor Michael Socha was injured at least seven times during filming of his scenes on the supernatural drama Being Human?
... that despite being captured on D-Day, 6 June 1944 by British paratroops, the Merville Gun Battery remained in German hands until 17 August?
... that Emerentia was reputed in the late 15th century to be the great-grandmother of Jesus?
... that the film career of Bruno Kastner began in 1914 with the silent film Engelein (Little Angel), opposite Asta Nielsen, and ended with the advent of sound, because he stammered?
... that in 1953, Paul Arizin won a belated most valuable player award for his performance in the previous year's NBA All-Star Game?
... that the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada will be Leviathan when it opens at Canada's Wonderland in 2012?
... that Sam Greene, who covered Detroit sports from 1922 to 1963, was called "one of America's best known sports chroniclers," "a gentlemanly patriarch" and one of sport's "most beloved figures"?
... that the Patriotic Party of the late 18th century Great Sejm succeeded in passing one of the first constitutions in Europe influenced by the Enlightenment ideals?
... that despite the fact that the majority of submitted films are set in contemporary times, the Academy Award for Best Costume Design has only been awarded to films with such a setting twice since 1967?
... that for most of its history, Ixtonton was the most important Maya city in the upper Mopan Valley of Guatemala?
... that the cotton manufacturer John Horrocks is commemorated twice by St Mary's Church, Penwortham, Lancashire?
... that Kristian House did not finish first in the London – Surrey Cycle Classic but did win its King of the Mountains award?
... that the Niagara Whirlpool formed when the Niagara River intersected an ancient pre-glacial river gorge?
... that the first Bayfield group quarry opened in 1868 on Basswood Island?
... that Prahalada was remade 20 times in numerous languages, with most of the remakes box-office successes?
... that Mark Knopfler's publisher made a country-style tape of Knopfler's song "Water of Love" without his knowledge, which led to a cover of the song by The Judds?
... that in the central movement of Bach's cantata Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, a "furious ritornello" of three oboes is followed unexpectedly by a line of the chorale?
... that although the 1992 Flores earthquake was to its north, Babi Island may have been hit by tsunamis from both the north and south?
... that the reformers of Kołłątaj's Forge popularized the ideals of the French Revolution in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... that the first film directed by actor Leon Herbert was the British comedy/drama Emotional Backgammon?
... that the recently deceased, long-time human rights figure Jerome J. Shestack may have survived a kamikaze attack during World War II by being Jewish?
... that the fake report Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage hoaxed many global news organizations into reporting that Internet Explorer 6 users had remarkably low IQs?
... that Heinie Peitz was on the receiving end of the famed "Pretzel Battery" in the 1890s?
... that supplejack, blackbutt and soapy box can be found along the Hacking River ?
... that J.L. Forster's school band played in Expo '67, Expo '70, and for Queen Elizabeth II?
... that wood of the Mexican logwood is used to make traditional medicines and bows for stringed instruments?
... that after being developed for the National Aerospace Plane, HyperSizer software was used to improve the design of wind turbines and a one-of-a-kind airplane?
... that in 1730, rebels under the command of a silversmith named Alejo Calatayud seized control of Cochabamba, Bolivia?
... that the extinct monitor lizard Ovoo gurvel has "mystery bones" in its skull?
... that Irish country singer Larry Cunningham and his band got their first break when Jim Reeves walked off the stage during a concert?
... that Mammoth at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari will be the world's longest water coaster when it opens in 2012, taking the title from the park's Wildebeest water coaster?
... that the actress who plays Amy Wyatt in the British soap opera Emmerdale has been nominated for two "Best Newcomer" awards?
... that in 1622 a civil war broke out in present-day Bolivia between Basques and Vicuñas?
... that the Swiss cargo ship Nyon was 5.40 metres (17 ft 9 in) longer when she sank than when she was launched?
... that a kichō is a portable multi-paneled silk partition used in aristocratic households during and following the Heian period in Japan?
... that Italian artist Sara Pichelli was the first to illustrate the half-black, half-Hispanic Spider-Man?
... that Urocyon progressus, a species of extinct fox, was formally described after two bones and a tooth were found?
... that the Royal Burmese Army employed a conscription system that required local chiefs to supply men from their jurisdiction on the basis of population?
... that "Little Luke"'s Ponzi scheme may lead to the "death penalty" for Miami?
... that Lisa Stublić's debut marathon was the fastest marathon run by any Croatian athlete in 2010, including men?
... that the modern Warlander, a new Baroque horse breed derived from the Andalusian and Friesian breeds, was inspired by a historic war horse cross that has been bred since at least the 16th century?
... that Nano Riantiarno's works include the Cockroach, White Snake, and Constipation "operas"?
... that, though cancer pain can usually be eliminated or controlled, nearly half of all patients receive inadequate treatment and suffer pain needlessly?
... that despite saving hundreds of wounded soldiers during World War II, Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina had to wait until 1990 to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union?
... that the male Cook Strait giant weta attracts mates using the aroma of its feces?
... that Hugo Steinhaus "discovered" Stefan Banach and helped re-establish Polish mathematics at the University of Wrocław after World War II?
... that after 26 nuns signed A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion, the Vatican stated that all but two had recanted, leading 11 others to issue a statement of solidarity denying that they had done so?
... that Linton Park in Kent, England, has an avenue of Giant Sequoia trees planted in 1864?
... that Singapore paid uneducated women to get sterilised as part of its Stop at Two campaign?
... that Rod Stewart forgot the name of the mandolin player for his song "Mandolin Wind"?
... that little Neptune grass forms meadows on the seabed and can be used to measure the movement of underwater dunes?
... that although fair dealing in United Kingdom law is interpreted liberally, it is still narrower than the United States equivalent?
... that Philadelphia Phillies rookie Michael Schwimer was featured on ESPN while walking across a baseball field wearing a pink feather boa, and matching pink purse and pink backpack?
... that the bottle for Katy Perry's Purr perfume was inspired by her Catwoman stage costume?
... that hundreds of people daily practice Yogic flying in the Golden Domes in Fairfield, Iowa?
... that the Hetman Party of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth called upon Russia to help defend their Golden Liberties?
... that Rex Putnam had a longer tenure as Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction than did any other superintendent in history?
... that even when LED street lighting produces less light than conventional forms of lighting, it can still cause more ecological light pollution?
... that Leo Suryadinata has written more than 50 books, with a focus on Chinese Indonesians?
... that Thomas Rigby of Liverpool, England, added medieval-style grotesques to Rigby's Buildings?
... that the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado, was one of the first buildings west of the Mississippi to have full electric lighting?
... that a survey found women in free-to-play massively multiplayer online games spent, on average, 50% more money than men?
... that Mi Gao Huang Chen was beaten to death in 2005 by a large group of youths outside the Chinese takeaway he owned in Scholes, Greater Manchester?
... that the report Public Finance Balance of Smoking in the Czech Republic found that the "effect of smoking on the public finance balance in the Czech Republic in 1999 was positive"?
... that the effigy of Jan Suchorzewski, who once threatened to kill his son to prevent the signing of the Constitution of 3 May, was hanged during the Kościuszko Insurrection?
... that the complete works of Brunette Coleman were not published until seventeen years after the death of Philip Larkin?
... that the Cuban Friendship Urn monument originally stood in Havana, was moved to Washington, DC, in 1928, disappeared around 1959, and was found and re-erected in the 1990s?
... that in 1992, Black British civil rights activist Frank Crichlow was awarded record damages of £50,000 for false imprisonment, battery and malicious prosecution?
... that after going undrafted in the 2009 NFL Draft, current Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Todd Carter took a job at Tropical Smoothie Cafe?
... that the motor vehicle fleet in use around the world surpassed the one billion mark in 2010 and is expected to reach two billion motor vehicles by 2020?
... that Detroit sportswriter E.A. Batchelor popularized a nickname for the Notre Dame football team by opening a 1909 game account, "Eleven fighting Irishmen wrecked the Yost machine this afternoon"?
... that Detroit sportswriter Paul Bruske drove a Flanders "20" roadster from Quebec to Mexico City in 1910 and later managed Eddie Rickenbacker's racing team?
... that Michael Herrmann is founder-director of the Rheingau Musik Festival, which holds about 150 concerts every season in vineyards and historical buildings?
... that future Chairman of the Federal Reserve William McChesney Martin and future Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford were tennis doubles partners in 1922 at Soldan High School in St. Louis, Missouri?