derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Gordon Ramsay orchestrated the theft of the reservations book from his restaurant Aubergine so that he could blame it on Marco Pierre White?
... that the Royal Palace of ancient Ugarit in Syria had fortification walls whose base sloped outward 45 degrees?
... that Norwegian footballer Jon Midttun Lie had Tom Nordlie as head coach in three different clubs?
... that Mehtab Bagh was the last of eleven Mughal-built gardens along the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort?
... that Angelo Masci grouped Illyrian, "Epirote", and Macedonian into one language family, which he considered to be the proto-language of Albanian?
... that the Witchcraft Suppression Act of 1957 makes it illegal to call another person a wizard in South Africa?
... that according to Swedish peasant folklore, the lichen Vulpicida , when consumed, kills foxes but not dogs or wolves?
... that the recent changes to the copyright law of Panama, introduced as part of the Panama–United States Trade Promotion Agreement, have been criticized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation?
... that the members of acid punk band Bo Ningen are all Japanese, but met in London?
... that the eggs of the horned marsupial frog are the largest to be laid by any known amphibian?
... that Meryl Streep made her film début in The Deadliest Season, a 1977 film about sports violence?
... that the edible bear's head fungus once grew to a mass of about 100 lb (45 kg)?
... that a lecture delivered in Baltimore by philosopher Jacques Derrida popularized French post-structuralism among American academics?
... that a Governor of Virginia is buried at St Mary's, Twickenham, encased in lead exactly fitted to the shape of his body?
... that although the Ramped Cargo Lighter was used extensively in World War II, afterwards many were surplus to requirements and sunk by their own side?
... that the BBC documentary programme Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters speculates that the Cyclopes, the one-eyed giants of Greek mythology, may have been inspired by elephant skulls?
... that Karl-Friedrich Beringer conducted the Windsbacher Knabenchor , winner of the 2007 Rheingau Musikpreis, in Bach's St John Passion in Eberbach Abbey?
... that the Battle of Trafalgar is commemorated today in Gibraltar's Trafalgar Cemetery, where some of the casualties are buried?
... that Robert John Sholl, the only Resident Magistrate in north-west Western Australia between 1865 and 1883, had so much power that he was described as "virtually a Lieutenant Governor"?
... that the pharmocological products derived from the Spanish foxglove are up to three times more potent than those obtained from the common foxglove?
... that the Irish horror film Stitches marks the movie debut of English stand-up comedian Ross Noble as a homicidal undead clown?
... that the 2013 Manila mayoral election includes police officer Dirty Harry, gang leader Asiong Salonga, a fortune teller, a driver, and an engineer?
... that at least one species of the extinct termites Parastylotermes was found in the Calico Mountains?
... that Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski gathered his historical collections for the National Museum in Kraków mainly through purchasing the entire collections of other noble families?
... that the Bab al-Nairab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, was originally a 13th-century gate planned by the Ayyubid ruler az-Zahir Ghazi, but built by his successor al-Aziz Muhammad?
... that American sociologist Melvin Tumin challenged the Davis–Moore hypothesis and went on to write a widely used text book on social stratification?
... that the Russian monitor Bronenosets was converted into a coal barge in 1903 by the removal of her gun turret, side armor, and the division of her hull into three holds?
... that for the 1975 Bollywood classic film Sholay, M. S. Shinde edited 300,000 feet (91,000 m) of reel down to 18,000 feet (5,500 m)?
... that Colorado State Highway 82 intersects only one other state highway along its 85-mile (137 km) length?
... that the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in Homs contains the mausoleum of Khalid ibn al-Walid, an ornate dome with interiors which depict over 50 victorious battles that he commanded?
... that the squat shrimp is normally found among the tentacles of a sea anemone?
... that within the painter's easel lie a relativistic jet 800,000 light years long and a galaxy cluster with 800 trillion stars?
... that the once rare mulch fieldcap mushroom has become more common due to the increasing use of woodchip mulch in ornamental flower beds?
... that the Bombay night frog has been found living in a cave piled high with fruit bat droppings?
... that the lapis lazuli inlays used in the 25th-century BC Statue of Ebih-Il , discovered in ancient Mari in Syria, were imported from as far east as Afghanistan?
... that the 1898 torpedo boat Storm was the only Norwegian warship to fire a torpedo at the invading Germans during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign?
... that LW5/7 classified skiers use two skis and no ski poles while competing in skiing disciplines like the downhill and Giant Slalom?
... that in Goya's Portrait of the Duchess of Alba, the duchess is wearing her mourning clothes, as her husband died the year before?
... that German historian Hellmut G. Haasis, who won the Schubart Literature Prize for his biography of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, also performs for school children as "Druiknui, the fairy-tale clown"?
... that the orange sun star can be found on the seabed in waters anywhere from 11 to 3,740 metres (36 to 12,270 ft) deep?
... that the graphic novel Building Stories by Chris Ware was published as a box that contained fourteen printed objects, including cloth-bound books, newspapers, broadsheets, and flip books?
... that although José Rivera Indarte wrote the Blood tables against Juan Manuel de Rosas, he had previously been his supporter?
... that William W. Cooper, a pioneer of management science, dropped out of high school and worked as a professional boxer before becoming an academic?
... that male Suillia flies pick a Hebeloma radicosum mushroom and actively defend their territory while waiting to mate with females?
... that the 1911 Tauzieher sculpture in Cologne depicts a worker tying a rope to a bollard as a "Herculean" nude?
... that Arbëresh scholar Giuseppe Crispi wrote the first monograph on the Albanian language?
... that on 22 August 1914, a British cavalryman in the Great War fired in anger during combat, the first time that had happened on mainland Europe since the Battle of Waterloo 99 years earlier?
... that Chief Justice Edward Kent, Jr. of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court determined relative water rights for roughly 5,000 land owners in the Salt River Valley?
... that the silky rosegill – once wrongly implicated in a case of fatal mushroom poisoning – was called the "ghost mushroom"?
... that Jedd Gyorko began his college baseball career with a 21-game hitting streak?
... that the 8 House designed by Bjarke Ingels won the best green roof in Scandinavia award?
... that, as Arkansas' first lady, Betty Bumpers started a program that took the state from one of the lowest to one of the highest in the U.S. in its rate of childhood immunization?
... that the Russian corvette Navarin was so badly damaged by a series of storms enroute to the Far East in 1853 that she was deemed too expensive to repair and was sold for scrap?
... that in para-alpine skiing , outrigger skis are an assistive device used by skiers with balance issues or amputations?
... that American aviator Robert William Prescott founded the Flying Tiger Line, the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States?
... that the Atlantic paper mussel has been found growing at densities of over 3000 per square metre (11 sq ft)?
... that a ghost ship is engraved on the Capt. John Jeffries Burial Marker?
... that Amby McConnell lined into the first unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball history on July 19, 1909?
... that the extinct fly Schwenckfeldina archoica has spines on its genitalia?
... that after he retired from professional baseball, Harry Wolverton became a police officer with the Oakland Police Department?
... that North Front Cemetery in Gibraltar is the burial site of Victoria Cross recipient Thomas Henry Kavanagh?
... that the producer, director, choreographer and writer of the upcoming Broadway musical Kinky Boots have all won Tony Awards, while its lyricist is a Grammy Award winner?
... that in the Naroda Patiya massacre, 97 Muslims were killed by a mob of approximately 5000 people?
... that Amanda Marshall was nominated in November 2010 to become the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, but did not take the position until October 2011?
... that Hyptia deansi is the only fossil ensign wasp described from Mexican amber?
... that poet William Wordsworth described Wythburn Church in Cumbria as a "modest house of prayer"?
... that in 1894, Ottoman agents burnt the house of Babë Dud Karbunara because he taught Albanian?
... that the red heart urchin feeds on the film of algae and bacteria that surrounds grains of sand?
... that Sylvia Day's Bared to You was initially self-published, but was picked up by Berkley Books due to the popularity of the similarly themed Fifty Shades of Grey?
... that the yellow tube sponge appears bright greenish yellow in deep water because it emits fluorescent light?
... that the National Museum in Wrocław holds one of the largest collections of contemporary art in Poland, extending even to the museum's remodelled attic?
... that the lyrical content of "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" was interpreted by the media as an "insult" to Sugababes member Amelle Berrabah?
... that the Hackensack Drawbridge, once part of the "costliest railroad" in the United States, was abandoned after being struck by the collier Jagger Seam?
... that in 2011, The Crown at Whitebrook was one of four restaurants in Wales to hold a Michelin star?
... that the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus sydowii causes aspergillosis in sea fans and may be carried between them by the flamingo tongue snail?
... that Georges Grisez died on stage after playing the opening glissando of Rhapsody in Blue?
... that the inaugural meeting of the North/South Inter-Parliamentary Association, first envisioned in 1998 as part of the Northern Ireland peace process, was held in Dublin on 12 October 2012?
... that Dhimitër Mborja donated his mansion in Korçë in order to house the Albanian National Lyceum?
... that "A Change Is Gonna Come" was the first episode of Grey's Anatomy in which Isaiah Washington did not appear?
... that Andrew Vázsonyi became past president of The Institute of Management Sciences without ever having been its president?
... that the British Library has records of what 46,000 people did on 17 October 2006?
... that chef Philippe Etchebest hosts the French language version of the television show Kitchen Nightmares?
... that Altes Stadthaus in Dortmund was rebuilt in a simplified form, after being damaged in World War II?
... that Millennium's "A Room With No View" features the Paul Mauriat rendition of "Love Is Blue"?
... that Flat Bastion Magazine in Gibraltar, built by the British in the 19th century to store gunpowder, is now used as a geological research facility and exhibition centre?
... that liquid nitrogen is added to cocktails to create a smoky, bubbling "cauldron effect"?
... that despite being a nine-time Australian WNBL Defensive Player of the Year, Emily McInerny was not selected to play for the national team at three Olympic Games?
... that in certain species of bees, ants, and wasps, workers sometimes cannibalize the colony's eggs if they aren't laid by the queen?
... that Millennium's "Anamnesis" features the song "Dancing Barefoot" by Patti Smith?
... that Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart's Chambersburg Raid was his second ride around McClellan?
... that the extinct pseudoscorpion Pseudogarypus synchrotron is named for the synchrotron imaging equipment?
... that St. Swithun's Way was opened by Hampshire County Council in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II?
... that the Saudi government did not lift their long-standing ban on some of Minister of Labor Ghazi Al Gosaibi's books until two weeks before his death on 15 August 2010?
... that the 2012 National League Wild Card Game was delayed for 19 minutes when fans threw debris on the field?
... that the historic Rosia Water Tanks, which provided water for Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet in Gibraltar, were demolished in 2006?
... that a fish and a bird sued two United States Federal agencies in Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation?
... that the Koutoubia Mosque, or "Bookseller's Mosque", was named after the bookselling trade practiced in the nearby souk ?
... that Shanghai Botanical Garden has a penjing garden that covers 4 hectares (9.9 acres)?
... that among the early problems within the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Caransebeş were defections to Greek Catholicism prompted by a simoniac bishop and a priest who disregarded the fast?
... that the Russian ironclad Petropavlovsk was the flagship of the Baltic Fleet during the 1860s and 1870s?
... that when Benny Goodman called to commission a clarinet concerto, Malcolm Arnold yelled "Sod off!" and hung up?
... that the sound made by the bigclaw snapping shrimp is made by the bursting of a cavitation bubble?
... that Port Vale goalkeeper Sam Johnson saved three penalties and then scored the winning penalty on his debut in professional football?
... that the Women's Image Network Awards are given annually to honor women in media and promote the creation of positive images of women in film, television, and advertising?
... that Rønne Theater in Rønne, Bornholm, is Denmark's oldest provincial theatre still in active use?
... that Victoria Tereshuk was named Ukrainian Sportswoman of the Year after winning the 2011 World Modern Pentathlon Championships?
... that the rediscovery of the long-lost Roman colony of Carteia in Spain led to Sir Isaac Newton's niece finding a husband?
... that the figurehead of the German wooden frigate SMS Niobe survives in the Naval Academy at Mürwik?
... that the 6th-millennium BC settlement of Tell Sabi Abyad in northern Syria featured multi-room rectangular buildings with round structures called tholoi that were probably used for storage?
... that Millennium's "19:19" has been seen as mixing the themes of its first and second seasons?
... that the Golden Door Film Festival Women in Film Award is named for Alice Guy-Blaché, a pioneer in the movie industry?
... that Natasha Baker rode her horse Cabral to two gold medals in the 2012 Paralympics even though she has no feeling in her legs?
... that the 1996 video game Soviet Strike featured a fictional mission to rescue then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin?
... that the HMS Victory, containing the remains of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, was towed into Rosia Bay, Gibraltar, after the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar?
... that successive Bishops of Râmnic played an important role in adopting Romanian as the liturgical language of the Romanian Orthodox Church, in place of Greek and Old Church Slavonic?
... that 1932 French Tennis Championships runner-up Giorgio de Stefani was ambidextrous but was banned from using two rackets, one in each hand?
... that Tara VanDerveer had to take a one-year leave of absence from her position at Stanford to coach the 1996 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball team?
... that Saul Steinberg's famous New Yorker cover, View of the World from 9th Avenue, was named the fourth greatest magazine cover in a 40-year survey?
... that Broad Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, went from vacant storefronts to a vibrant arts district in less than a decade?
... that the humming frog aestivates in an underground burrow during the hottest part of the summer?
... that after collaborating with actress Laura Dern on three films, David Lynch and a cow personally lobbied for her to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
... that from 1950 to 1960 the CIA ran a domestic astroturfing campaign called Crusade for Freedom ?
... that Realist painter Carlos de Haes (1829–1898) has been cited as the "first contemporary Spanish artist able to capture something of a particularly Spanish 'essence' in his work"?
... that when the population size of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium monilatum increases, it can cause a red tide that kills fish?
... that Cordell Schachter oversaw the development of a web-based application that reduces the duration of New York City street construction inspections to one day?
... that actors playing Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman on Broadway or in American cinema have earned acclaim such as three Golden Globe Awards and three Tony and Emmy nominations?
... that the British garrison of Gibraltar relied on water from the medieval Nun's Well for making their supply of beer?
... that the organ of the Baroque Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen , a papal basilica minor, has over seven thousand pipes?
... that Abd al-Karim al-Jundi presided over the state appropriation of Syrian farm land from its traditional owners after becoming the minister of agrarian reform?
... that "Bleeding Love", a song performed by Leona Lewis, is her first and only song to reach number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart?
... that some graves in the Sanhedria Cemetery of Jerusalem are five times closer to residential housing than the law allows?
... that "short bangs" was a very popular hairstyle in the 1950s, favored by women such as First Lady Mamie Eisenhower ?
... that Haseo, the protagonist of the .hack//G.U. games, is a reincarnation of Sora from the anime series .hack//Sign?
... that in Shadrake v. Attorney-General, where a British journalist was charged with scandalizing the Singapore courts, the Court of Appeal declined to apply the American "clear and present danger" test?
... that Peter Stuart began writing material for his album, Propeller, at a songwriters' workshop held in a French castle by Miles Copeland III?
... that the Communist Party daily Aththa was the only Sinhala-language newspaper to cover the burning of Jaffna library?
... that American football linebacker Carlos Jenkins reportedly survived a motorcycle accident at 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) despite not wearing a helmet?
... that Darío de Regoyos has been cited as contributing to "the renewal of modern Spanish painting"?
... that the most significant aspect of moral conversion is the withdrawal from the moral convictions of the past?
... that Champion Bridge Co. was charged with criminal antitrust violations in 1906 as part of the Ohio Attorney General's "war on the bridge trust"?
... that Friedrich Zehm composed four songs for men's choir that he called Grasshoffiade in honor of Fritz Grasshoff, the author of their lyrics?
... that the September 2012 Camp Bastion raid was described as the worst loss of U.S. air-power in a single incident since the Vietnam War?
... that after Norwegian footballer Jonatan Tollås posted a nude photo of a teammate on Twitter, he said that his goal was to upload one new photo every day?
... that the Flemish Synagogue , one of the synagogues of Gibraltar, was built in response to the informality that had evolved at the Great Synagogue?
... that a remix version of The Police song "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" reached the UK Top 40 two decades after the song's initial release?
... that the aquarium plant Anubias gigantea and the closely related species Anubias afzelii only differ by the shape of their leaf-blades?
... that First & Main in Portland, Oregon, was the first new office tower in Portland's downtown in ten years?
... that Pre-Tolstojan refers to the oldest period in the history of planet Mercury from its moment of formation?
... that Downtown College Prep in San Jose was the first charter school in Santa Clara County, California?
... that the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj is the first compact digital camera of its kind with a built-in projector?
... that evangelist W. E. Biederwolf played football despite objections from his family?
... that para-alpine skiing uses a mono-ski developed in Austria by an above-the-knee amputee?
... that the works of Joseph C. Wells, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include "Old First" in Greenwich Village?
... that Jacob the Liar was the first East German film to be entered into the Berlin International Film Festival and the only one to win a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?
... that on September 13, 2012, nearly 200,000 Argentines protested against the policies of the president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?
... that Leona Lewis recorded an acoustic cover version of the Counting Crows song "Colorblind" for the deluxe edition of her third studio album, Glassheart?
... that snow mold, a type of fungus, can severely damage grass if it snows?
... that, during preparations for Operation Barras, soldiers trained on a scale model of the village they were to assault?
... that the 2011 Bengali film Abosheshey, about a son exploring his dead mother's life, was shot in Roopa Ganguly's own house, where she plays the role of the mother?
... that the inaugural Eclipse Stakes, at the time the largest prize in British horseracing, was won by the stallion Bendigo in 1886?
... that the female Tornier's forest toad is viviparous and has been known to carry 35 young at one time?
... that Alan Phillips wasn't allowed to compete in badminton for South Africa in the 1992 Olympics because he was too old at 36, but he played baseball in the 2000 Olympics at 44?
... that the J. Edgar Hoover Building , the FBI's headquarters since the 1970s, is now "aging" and "deteriorating", and the FBI is considering renovating it or having a new headquarters built elsewhere?
... that the Eltanin Impact of a small asteroid in the Pacific Ocean resulted in the highest density of deposited meteoritic material on Earth?
... that former Major League Baseball player Mike Capel pitched to a 135.00 earned run average in 1990?
... that "Like You'll Never See Me Again", a song performed by Alicia Keys, ranked as the number one R&B single of 2008 in the United States?
... that Lemuel Moss's time as president of Indiana University saw the end of its schools of law and medicine?
... that Turnbull Thomson Park in Invercargill, New Zealand, was used for growing crops during World War II?
... that Louden Machinery Co. designed more than 25,000 barns as well as monorail devices used in manufacturing the first atomic bomb and at a B-29 bomber plant?
... that Team AND1's first international loss was against the debuting Puerto Rico Streetballers team after remaining undefeated for six years?
... that Venezuela's second satellite, VRSS-1, was launched at the end of September?
... that by the time of his death in 1764 BC, Yarim-Lim I, king of Yamhad (modern-day Aleppo, Syria) was said to be the "mightiest ruler in the Near East outside of Egypt"?
... that The Free Besieged, an unfinished epic by Dionysios Solomos and one of his greatest works, was inspired by events from the Greek War of Independence?
... that in 1369, Count Eberhard I of Eppstein built a hunting lodge in the Schloßborn area?
... that Onufry Zagłoba, a character in Henryk Sienkiewicz' The Trilogy, has been compared to William Shakespeare's Falstaff?
... that despite being a centre back, Norwegian footballer Edvard Skagestad has played most of his matches as a striker?
... that the Leiden Glossary, produced c. 800 in St. Gallen, possibly preserves glosses by Aldhelm from Eusebius's Historia Ecclesiastica?
... that the Duchess of Marlborough kept a revolver in her bedroom in Blenheim Palace to prevent her husband from entering?
... that Thompson-Starrett Co. built six National Historic Landmarks in the U.S., including the Rockefeller Estate and the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1913 to 1930 ?
... that a family in Whitehorse, Canada, was so afraid of animal aggression that the parents went fully armed to walk their children to school?
... that the Duchess of Norfolk asked Captain James Cook to name an island after her, but died before he discovered Norfolk Island?
... that future College Football Hall of Fame coaches Earle Bruce and Don James faced off in the 1972 Tangerine Bowl?