derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Khurshid, the last ispahbadh of Tabaristan, poisoned himself when he learned that his family had been captured by the Abbasids?
... that the hierarchical generalized linear model is a useful statistical model in fields ranging from semiconductor fabrication to marketing research?
... that dishes served at Fäviken include marrowbone extracted from a shin bone cut open with a two-man saw in the middle of the restaurant?
... that at the Battle of Lindley's Mill, militia general John Butler attempted in vain to rescue North Carolina Governor Thomas Burke, who had been captured by Loyalist militia leader David Fanning?
... that Nauru has the highest obesity rate in the world: 71.7% of its residents are obese and 94.5% are overweight?
... that Kentucky native Morton M. McCarver helped found Burlington, Iowa, and Linnton, Oregon, before helping draft the California Constitution and founding Tacoma, Washington?
... that the 1999 constitution of Venezuela enabled the expansion of local government via the Local Public Planning Councils?
... that the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Wanderer sank five U-boats during World War II, more than any other ship of her class?
... that while still a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, Martha B. Alexander stood as a candidate for president of the Episcopal House of Deputies?
... that in Bach's chorale cantata Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV 92, for Septuagesima, he created five different settings for five stanzas of the hymn by Paul Gerhardt?
... that the Israeli political party Eretz Hadasha ran in the January 2013 elections in Israel but did not receive enough votes to enter the Knesset?
... that Lord Amberley allowed his wife's sexual partner, Douglas Spalding, to keep chickens in their drawing room and library, which terrified their guests?
... that the Barcelona Metro 9000 Series runs on rapid transit systems in three Spanish-speaking countries?
... that a release by the Japanese girl group Momoiro Clover Z was partly in Furbish, the native language of Furbies?
... that Canada's Miracle Child "captured the world with her smile," according to Stompin' Tom?
... that South Dakota socialist Z. D. Scott moved to Biloxi in the late 1890s to establish what a newspaper column described as a "co-operative colony" and to "live on fish and oysters and dream dreams"?
... that "Do the Bartman", written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren, was never released as a single in the US yet it peaked at number 11 on Billboard's airplay chart?
... that Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates Alexander W. Monroe successfully protected a 27-mile (43 km)-long wagon train of General Robert E. Lee's forces retreating from the Battle of Gettysburg?
... that during the Byzantine civil war of 1341–47, Theodore Synadenos wanted to surrender Thessalonica to John Kantakouzenos, but was ousted by the radical Zealots faction?
... that House actor Hugh Laurie had his first feature film lead role in The Oranges, released in October 2012?
... that Christina Aguilera's song "Lotus Intro" was inspired by her passion for "chill-out" electronica music?
... that in the 1780s Livesey, Hargreaves and Company was the largest calico printer in Lancashire?
... that Central Powers offensive codenamed Operation Faustschlag forced the Soviet government to transfer its capital from Petrograd to Moscow?
... that in 1866 a Neogothic style school building was erected for the Kreuzschule in Dresden, which has educated members of the choir of the Kreuzkirche since 1300?
... that for the film Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray did not use any of Tagore's poems as he believed that people who heard the English translations would not consider Tagore "a very great poet"?
... that Mexican journalist Misael Tamayo Hernández was abducted and assassinated, probably by lethal injection?
... that the vast majority of the 22 film producers active in the Dutch East Indies were ethnic Chinese men?
... that Colin Trevorrow was falsely rumored to be the director of the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII?
... that in 1979 only two students registered to join Ai Tong School, now one of the most popular schools in Singapore?
... that the Gorce Mountains are home to the brown bear, black stork and fire salamander?
... that Escape from Tomorrow was covertly filmed on location at Disneyland and Walt Disney World without Disney's permission or knowledge, using iPhones to store scripts and schedules and record sound?
... that Norwegian football player Henning Hauger saw less activity after moving to Germany and was ultimately left out of his national team?
... that in 1914, a Gabardini monoplane set an Italian altitude record of 4,950 metres (16,240 ft)?
... that William Yarrell's History of British Birds was "outstanding for ... its author's unassuming charm"?
... that although Burnt Bridge Creek does not meet Washington Dept. of Ecology standards for fecal bacteria, temperature, pH, and oxygen levels, the lowermost part of the creek supports coho salmon?
... that during Takembeng protests in Cameroon, post-menopausal women strip naked in order to prevent police and military from breaking up the protests?
... that Michael Winner wanted to greet future visitors to Woodland House as a talking waxwork statue?
... that the listed buildings in Northwich, Cheshire, include three structures designed so that they could be lifted in the event of further subsidence in the town due to salt extraction?
... that the New York-based Russian Symphony Orchestra Society gave the first American performance of Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird?
... that basketball player Cookie Belcher set Big 12 Conference records for steals in a season and a career?
... the Roman temple from the second century at al-Masmiyah, Syria, has rare niches for statues in its cella?
... that the Fifth Siege of Gibraltar came to a sudden end in March 1350 when King Alfonso XI of Castile became the only monarch to die in the Black Death?
... that despite normally being grey, brown and white, one Texas antelope squirrel found in 1905 was tinted purple?
... that German art designer Erich Kettelhut was tasked with creating a life-size mechanical dragon for Fritz Lang's 1924 movie Die Nibelungen?
... that professional footballer Michael Ngoo was booked for revealing a T-shirt bearing the message "96 reasons 4 Justice"?
... that Jasuben Shilpi, the Indian sculpture artist, was known as "The Bronze woman of India"?
... that the modern-day Syrian village of Qarqur on the east bank of the Orontes was founded just west of Tell Qarqur, believed to be the site of the Battle of Qarqar?
... that the Botik of Peter the Great was considered to be the reason Peter the Great built the Russian Navy?
... that James Ferguson was so ugly that his own mother warned him against being mistaken for a rapist?
... that "Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa" was used not only as a theme for the anime series Maison Ikkoku, but also as an image song for Shiseido shampoo?
... that the fourth-century Roman temple at Tasil in southern Syria was dedicated either to emperor Constantine the Great or to Constantius II?
... that the Nauru Reed Warbler is found exclusively on the remote Pacific island of Nauru?
... that the 4th-century Brescia Casket has been called "among the most formidable and enduring enigmas in the study of early Christian art"?
... that Karl Hugo Strunz was the creator of the Nickel-Strunz classification?
... that when a French television channel approached Satyajit Ray for Pikoo (1980), he was told "you can place your camera at your window and shoot the house next door—we will accept that"?
... that Usmar Ismail's film Enam Djam di Jogja was censored because of its depiction of Dutch soldiers?
... that the video for The Cure's 1987 single "Why Can't I Be You?" featured Robert Smith dancing in a bear suit?
... that Sam Ficken once missed four field goals and an extra point in a game that Penn State lost by one point?
... that stings from Tamoya ohboya, named for the exclamation "oh boy", cause severe pain and skin damage?
... that the Romanesque church St. Peter in Syburg, now a suburb of Dortmund, is surrounded by a graveyard with stones dating back to the ninth century?
... that Sheldon Kurland, who contributed to the "Nashville sound" as a session musician and arranger, trained as a classical musician at the Juilliard School?
... that Star Trek: Enterprise actor Anthony Montgomery thought it would be a good idea to feature his character's family, something which occurred in the following season episode "Horizon"?
... that Greece was stripped of the 2013 Mediterranean Games hosting rights due to its financial crisis?
... that Cherokee Indian Mayes McLain held college football's single-season scoring record for more than 60 years and engaged in professional wrestling as the "Masked Manager"?
... that Yuki Saito's 1985 debut single, Sotsugyō, was used as an image song for a line of instant ramen?
... that Moroccan military and religious leader Ali Amhaouch is said to have bequeathed his son a magical rifle cartridge in 1918?
... that Blaufränkisch is known as Lemberger in Washington but winemakers there are having a difficult time marketing the wine because of consumers associating it with a smelly cheese?
... that Knut Schoch appeared as the tenor soloist on many volumes of Pieter Jan Leusink's complete recording of the Bach cantatas with the Holland Boys Choir, including cantatas BWV 1, 2, 3, ... 198?
... that the rare Grevillea shiressii is only found along two tributaries of the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney?
... that Wendell Gilliard had the Ku Klux Klan labeled a terrorist group while serving on the city council of Charleston, South Carolina?
... that the first etymological dictionary of the Turkish language was written by Bedros Keresteciyan, an ethnic Armenian?
... that on the country album Jan Howard Sings Evil on Your Mind, artist Jan Howard sings "Evil on Your Mind"?
... that Frank McCormick won the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 1940?
... that Burning Lights by Chris Tomlin debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200?
... that the listed buildings in Great Budworth, Cheshire, include a sundial, stocks, a lychgate, a guidepost, two wellhouses, and a telephone kiosk?
... that film director Lee Toland Krieger became "hooked" on filmmaking as a teenager when his neighbor, a film producer, brought him to a set?
... that signature dishes at the Australian restaurant Quay include the "Snow egg" and an eight-texture chocolate cake?
... that in January 2013 the cybercrime Virut botnet was partially taken down through the actions of the Polish domain registrar, NASK?
... that the Penthouse Club of the Streamline Hotel, where NASCAR was founded, is now a gay bar?
... that since being closed in 1973 for desegregation, Washington School in Ossining, New York, has been used as offices and a church?
... that Ervin Marton, an internationally known Hungarian photographer based in Paris, was part of the French Resistance during World War II?
... that Huawei unveiled a 6.1-inch phablet smartphone at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show?
... that many of Stefan Batory's captains in the Livonian War had served in Obrona Potoczna ("Current Defense"), which defended Polish-Lithuanian borders from Tatar raids in the sixteenth century?
... that recently deceased Frank Esposito was the longest serving mayor in the history of Norwalk, Connecticut?
... that Adam Markovitz for Entertainment Weekly thought that the Maroon 5 song "Lucky Strike" was one of the best on their album Overexposed?
... that the Tokatlıyan Hotels are considered one of the first European-style hotels to be built in Turkey?
... that future Hockey Hall of Famer Steamer Maxwell's disdain for professional sport caused him to quit playing in 1915 after learning fellow players were getting paid?
... that after the Nazis forced him to sweep the streets of Vienna during the Anschluss, the third Sadigura Rebbe fled to Tel Aviv and swept the streets there instead?
... that the keys of Grand Casemates Gates are a symbol of office of the Governor of Gibraltar?
... that when David Milch created the HBO television series, Deadwood, the first book he bought for research was by Black Hills historian Watson Parker?
... that although some hooch maids were known to service servicemen during the Vietnam War, they were also described as being "good Catholics who ... would never date an American soldier"?
... that Noël Paymal Lerebours's Excursions Daguerriennes consisted of aquatints made by hand from daguerreotype photographs?
... that the Taku people fish for sockeye salmon at Port Snettisham?
... that the medieval royal administrator Henry de Cornhill was responsible for assembling part of the fleet for King Richard I of England's efforts in the Third Crusade?
... that a cove in Alaska was named Murder Cove after two gold prospectors were murdered there in 1869 as revenge for killing the brother of a Kake resident?
... that the Lungi Lol confrontation was the only direct engagement between British forces and the Revolutionary United Front during British operations in Sierra Leone in 2000?
... that an ice spike is a rare phenomenon in nature but they can be grown in an ice cube tray in a domestic refrigerator using distilled water?
... that Wiohstan sold five hides at Up Marden to Bishop Wulfhun to take his family on a journey to Rome?
... that basketball player Tim Winn set a St. Bonaventure record for steals in a season?
... that the ritual of lighting Makaravilakku atop the Indian summit of Ponnambalamedu is witnessed from Sabarimala by nearly half a million people annually?
... that the first television role for actor Tommy Lee Jones was as fictional adulterous murderer Dr. Mark Toland on the American soap opera One Life to Live?
... that Christian hip hop artist Sho Baraka attracted controversy when he used the word "nigga" on the album Talented 10th?
... that the 660-megawatt Tracy Thermal Generating Station , a heavy fuel oil-fired power station in Quebec, will be dismantled by the end of 2013?
... that in 1898, Frank Hudson, a five-foot, three-inch quarterback from the Laguna Pueblo tribe, became the first Native American to be selected as an All-American football player?
... that the Assassins' medieval fortress of al-Qadmus was the seat of the Ismaili sect in Syria well into the 19th century during Ottoman rule?
... that vocalist Mike Patton described the tour schedule to promote Tomahawk's Mit Gas as "a lot of time to be sitting in some stinking-ass club with some guy puking in your purse"?
... that Sir Hercules Read of the British Museum advised the Ashmolean to decline the loan of the Anglo-Saxon Fuller Brooch, which he wrongly believed to be a modern fake?
... that the trumpet tree, a fast-growing tree native to the American tropics, is considered one of the hundred worst invasive alien species in the world?
... that in the 2012 Race of Champions, driver Romain Grosjean won the Champions of Champions title, while Germany won their sixth consecutive Nations Cup?
... that the Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green song "Make the World Move" features a "bonkers arrangement"?
... that despite covering the works of a Christian theologian, the Thomas Aquinas Dictionary does not contain entries for "Redemption", "Incarnation" or "Trinity"?
... that the "Dima Yakovlev Law" forbidding American parents from adopting Russian children was named after a Russian toddler who died after his adoptive American father left him in a car for nine hours?
... that mountaineer Ian McKeever climbed the 26 peaks of the island of Ireland in 98 hours?
... that Detroit's population increased over 1,000 times between 1820 and 1930?
... that the Rama VIII Bridge in Bangkok has tower bases designed to resemble an elephant's feet?
... that North Korea claims to have found the cave of a mythological beast said to have been ridden by King Dongmyeong of Goguryeo 2000 years ago?
... that Macumba Station had an average temperature of 111 °F (44 °C) recorded for 50 days in the summer of 1932?
... that Sioux K. Grigsby maintained a law practice for nearly 70 years in addition to serving in the South Dakota state house, senate and as lieutenant governor?
... that Max Tera had a forty-one-year career in cinematography with only a junior high school education?
... that Michael Piller likened the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lessons" to the film Brief Encounter?
... that when Pope Alexander VI issued his bull Dudum siquidem, the mention in it of India caused consternation in Portugal?
... that during the Anlu protests of 1958–61 in Cameroon, women took over power in the Kom region and named their leader a queen?
... that the Juneau Raptor Center, run by an all-volunteer staff, treats any species of bird brought to it for treatment?
... that screenwriter Will Reiser wrote the film 50/50 about his diagnosis of spinal cancer at the age of 25?
... that two years after her departure from the Sugababes, Siobhán Donaghy released her debut single "Overrated", which according to one critic is directed at the group's members?
... that Jeff Gordon won the 2004 Pepsi 400 after teammate Jimmie Johnson pushed him past Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Tony Stewart?
... that Handkäse mit Musik, popular in Hessian cuisine, gets its name from the flatulence it causes?
... that the Soldier Artificer Company (members pictured in working dress) was the British Army's first unit of military artificers and labourers?
... that in 1933, Lady Simon received a damehood for her efforts to combat slavery and racial discrimination?
... that the Cray XK7 platform is used in the most powerful supercomputer in the world?
... that the Kootznahoo Formation, consisting of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, shale and coal, is located in Alaska's Kootznahoo Inlet?
... that opposing players in a game of khong kangjei may challenge each other to a wrestling match?
... that Elaine Didier , director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Michigan, sewed her own wedding dress?
... that in the early 1600s, the Cabal of Naples led Neapolitan painters to harass, expel, or poison non-native painters so that commissions would be won by local artists?
... that NeocoreGames uses their own game engine called Coretech to develop video games?
... that actress Jenni Blong portrayed her character as "a fragile simp with a dirty secret" in her 1998 performance in the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
... that while spending on welfare in South Korea has been growing, it is still among the lowest of the OECD countries?
... that IBM physicist Leroy L. Chang, honoured for his work on superlattice heterostructures, moved to HKUST university in 1993 owing to Hong Kong's impending 1997 transfer to Chinese control?
... that at live performances of "Ikuze! Kaitō Shōjo", the audience can see a shrimp jump?
... that in St Edith's Church, Eaton-under-Heywood , Shropshire, there are bosses carved with grotesques?
... that historian Ron Chernow based his biography Washington: A Life on recently unearthed documentation and materials from the Papers of George Washington?
... that archeologist Anna Curtenius Roosevelt, the great-granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt, described a pre-Columbian civilization in Brazil as having "outstanding indigenous cultural achievements"?
... that the Buddha's Discourse on Removing Distracting Thoughts says that just as a carpenter replaces a "coarse peg with a fine one", one can replace unskilled thoughts with skilled thoughts?
... that Ohio State linebacker Zach Boren has played both offense and defense during his career at Ohio State?
... that the India-sponsored Pan-African e-Network project aims to link all member states of the African Union with each other and India through a satellite and submarine cable network?
... that while poverty in South Korea, particularly absolute poverty, has significantly declined since mid-20th century, relative poverty has recently risen?
... that French General Jean Théveney was mentioned in dispatches seven times during the First World War and the occupation of Morocco?
... that The Bay Lights art installation uses 25,000 white LED lights, programmed to create a series of abstract patterns that ascend and descend the cables on the San Francisco Bay Bridge?
... that the town of Plogonnec in Brittany is twinned with Llandysul in West Wales?
... that after his map was stolen, Harry Yates navigated by the Leaning Tower and landed his plane in a volcano crater?
... that Usmar Ismail's Darah dan Doa has been considered both his directorial debut and the first Indonesian film, although he had already directed two films?
... that in 1961, Zarzaitine was considered to be the largest oil field of the eastern Sahara, with primary reserves of 80 million tons?
... that before the Ba'ath Party took power in Syria, Tell Touqan was a feudal village where most residents worked as laborers for land owned by seven families?
... that Toby Love called his song "Tengo Un Amor" the "door-opener" for all of his future success?
... that the Singaporean film Taxi! Taxi! marks local YouTube star Dr Jia Jia's film debut?
... that the French racehorse Caracalla was rated the best horse in the world in 1946?
... that Dave Gunness designed concert loudspeakers used by Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Iron Maiden, Pearl Jam, Usher, and Snoop Dogg?
... that the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party proposed that a main road in Gibraltar should be Devlin's instead of the Devil's?
... that Kareem Joseph scored a pair of goals in the 2011 First Citizens Cup final to give Caledonia AIA their first league cup in club history with a 2–1 victory over T&TEC?
... that the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is the largest Orthodox Christian church in the Western Hemisphere?
... that the northern Syrian village of Zarzur has been identified as the Bronze Age town of Zuzzura of the Alalakh kingdom?
... that in his memoir, The Tower of Babble, Richard Stursberg reveals the details of his negotiations with Gary Bettman to extend Hockey Night in Canada's NHL broadcasting rights?
... that the Austrian tenor Karl Beck became a master baker after his singing career, which included creating the title role in Wagner's opera Lohengrin, was cut short by a deterioration in his voice?
... that unlike the living golden-club Orontium aquaticum , the extinct species Orontium mackii may not have needed wetlands to grow?
... that Miran Pastourma has been serving Pastourma in Athens for over 90 years?
... that the characters of Che'r Cycle, a 2009 Bengali drama, included Che Guevara, Aleida March, Fidel Castro, and Raul Castro?
... that James Hogun, a general in the Continental Army, asked to be held as a POW after the Siege of Charleston in order to prevent the British from recruiting soldiers among the enlisted Patriot POWs?
... that a Roman-era temple in al-Sanamayn, originally dedicated to the Greek goddess Tyche in the 2nd century CE and later converted into a mosque, is one of the best preserved edifices in Syria?
... that the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Affliction" explains why Klingons look different in the original series compared to the movies and later series?
... that the Viscount Vane's offer of a reward in the newspapers for information about his eloped wife was compared to a search for "some favourite spaniel bitch"?
... that Bobbi Sue Luther claimed that her costume in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Borderland" was skimpier than her normal outfits as a lingerie and bikini model?
... that volcanologist Harry Glicken was saved from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens due to a scheduling conflict, only to die in the eruption of Mount Unzen in 1991?
... that Mosconi was the first Italian restaurant in the Benelux nations to receive a Michelin star?
... that though Balasaraswati was called "a revolutionary Bharata Natyam dancer", she was only filmed at the age of 58 in Bala, a documentary made by Satyajit Ray?
... that Harry Redford, the cattle duffer and drover upon whom the character Captain Starlight was based, drove the first mob of cattle to and later managed Brunette Downs Station?
... that the Russian ship of the line Gangut was credited with sinking two Ottoman frigates, a fire ship, and destroying a shore battery during the Battle of Navarino in 1827?