derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Kissa Kursi Ka, a satirical film on the politics of Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi, was banned by the Indian Government during The Emergency period and all prints confiscated?
... that Alasdair Cochrane was one of the first writers to consider the relationship between animal ethics and political theory?
... that the Agiorgitiko wine of Nemea is nicknamed the "Blood of Hercules" after the legend of the Greek hero slaying the Nemean lion?
... that former U.S. Marine Armando Torres III was recently kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico?
... that Minneapolis politician Mark Andrew owns stands that sell french fries and s'mores at the Minnesota State Fair?
... that publication of one of Adam Mickiewicz's first poems, "Ode to Youth" , was delayed due to censorship?
... that the team developing the USHUS sonar was awarded the Agni Award for self-reliance by the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in May 2007?
... that the printing presses of the daily newspaper El Pueblo were confiscated by the Sandinista People's Army in January 1980?
... that despite not charting in Billboard magazine, the music video for "Chika Ideal" reached the Top 10 on Terra Networks' Top Music Video countdown?
... that all the nominees for Pop Song of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1998 reached number-one on the Billboard Latin Songs chart?
... that at the time of his death in 1960, Kentucky judge Robert Alexander Early was 111 years old?
... that despite a crackdown on illegal narcotics, as of 2012, some 300,000 households are still involved in opium production in Burma?
... that the 2005 Dickies 500 was run after the Ferko lawsuit created the race?
... that Barbadian singer Rihanna admitted that "Cold Case Love" was inspired by her hard relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown?
... that current Nashville actress Kourtney Hansen has appeared in music videos for Keith Urban, Luke Bryan as well as her new husband Jeremy McComb?
... that Reuben T. Durrett was a founder of the Louisville Free Public Library?
... that Mahatma Gandhi Road, previously known as Harrison Road, was the first street in Kolkata to be lit by electricity?
... that Phoa Keng Hek promoted the use of English to help Chinese Indonesians "move freely"?
... that the N.C.O. Building in Alturas, California, has a single metal bell in its belfry and several wooden ones?
... that in the 1919 English cricket season, two-day County Championship matches were played, but they were not popular?
... that Karen Finney, host of MSNBC's Disrupt with Karen Finney, started her career in politics by volunteering at the 1992 Democratic National Convention?
... that Titanfall is the first game created by Respawn Entertainment, the studio founded by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's creators and Infinity Ward's co-founders?
... that Jugatram Dave, along with Jayaprakash Narayan and Vinoba Bhave, set up the Shanti Sena, which worked in war-affected NEFA and among Bengali refugees from East Pakistan?
... that German-born Israeli Holocaust historian Leni Yahil, member of the editorial board of the Yad Vashem Studies journal, advocated an approach to Holocaust research relying on both Jewish and non-Jewish sources?
... that Flight Lieutenant Bill Hely crash landed a Dragon Rapide in the Northern Territory in 1936, and later used the same aircraft to locate missing flying doctor Clyde Fenton?
... that Jeanne Galzy's novel Burnt Offering, winner of the 1930 Prix Brentano, explores a love between a teacher and a 12-year-old female student?
... that christianization of Bohemia in late 9th century was one of the factors leading to the christianization of Poland a century later?
... that the Spanish town of La Línea de la Concepción was built on top of the ruins of an 18th century fortification built to stop Britain invading Spain?
... that Falcon's Fury at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay will be the tallest freestanding drop tower in North America and the first to tilt riders face down when it opens in spring 2014?
... that U.S. Army neurologist Dr. Geoffrey Ling described the problem of developing quality artificial arms, which include a proper sense of touch, as "doggone hard"?
... that the central event of the Game of Thrones episode "The Rains of Castamere" was the initial inspiration for the producers to adapt A Song of Ice and Fire for television?
... that Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe was declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan?
... that paleobotanist Shya Chitaley named an extinct plant species for Cleveland's bicentennial and also had an extinct plant species named for her?
... that the Iris hut, used by the British in the Second World War alongside the better-known Nissen hut, had a major design flaw that caused it to collapse after snowfalls?
... that Singaporean theatre director Natalie Hennedige's production company produced Nothing in 2007?
... that approaching the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Chinese internet censors blocked the term "big yellow duck"?
... that No. 36 Squadron became the first RAAF flying unit to be led by a woman when Wing Commander Linda Corbould was appointed commanding officer in 2006?
... that Cary Grant cited Grace Kelly as his all-time favorite film actress co-star?
... that Norway under-21 international footballer Anders Konradsen is the most expensive player ever sold by Strømsgodset IF?
... that director Balu Mahendra claimed that he made Neengal Kettavai to prove that he could direct commercially successful films?
... that Kristin Beck served as a Navy SEAL for 20 years before revealing her gender identity as a woman?
... that Cygne blanc, a white-berried seedling of Cabernet Sauvignon, has been touted as the "first truly Australian grape variety"?
... that the Pindad Komodo was named after the Indonesian Komodo dragon so that the vehicle can "bring glory" to Indonesia?
... that the spire of Fresno, California's Tower Theatre was inspired by the "Star Pylon" at the 1939 New York World's Fair?
... that María Gómez Carbonell, a Cuban stateswoman, was one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Havana?
... that Tan Tjoei Hock finished his commercial failure Sorga Palsoe in a month?
... that Rear Admiral William R. Purnell, Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell and Captain Deak Parsons were the "Tinian Joint Chiefs" who coordinated the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
... that spines of the long-spined sea urchin can break off in the skin and cause a painful sting?
... that after retiring from government service, Canadian diplomat Morley Byron Bursey was "heavily involved" in developing the automotive portion of NAFTA?
... that after dying in the indie shooter video game Super Time Force, the player fights alongside ghost replicas of their previous runs through the level?
... that Eva Perón established the Salon Rosado in the Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature as an exclusive space for women politicians, where they could discuss issues without men being present?
... that Singaporean entertainer and singer Anna Belle Francis produced Dick Lee's Euranasia?
... that Transdev Melbourne will take over operation of 30% of Melbourne, Australia's bus network in August 2013?
... that Julia Sand, a pen pal of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, might have had significant impact on his presidency?
... that Burma ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world in the 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ?
... that although miler Gene Venzke ran three world records during the 1932 indoor season, he failed to qualify for the Olympics that year and only made the team four years later?
... that three Royal Australian Air Force aircraft flew 25 tonnes of pig bristles from Chongqing in China to Hong Kong in May 1946?
... that Italian priest-poet Gian Carlo Passeroni lived in a cellar with threadbare clothing, minimal furniture and only a rooster as a companion?
... that Montana television hall of fame inductee Norma Ashby was kissed by Robert Goulet during an interview, and once featured a rancher on her local KRTV show who gutted a rattlesnake on live television?
... that Beatriz Ferrer-Salat is the "most successful dressage rider" in Spanish history?
... that Lieutenant Henry Curling of the Royal Artillery was one of only five British officers to survive the massacre of the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War?
... that the 2013 dengue outbreak is one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in Singapore to date?
... that at its peak in the mid-1950s, Ecuador was the largest banana-producing nation in the world?
... that at age 19, Ron Franklin rode Spectacular Bid to wins in the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes?
... that in his late twenties, Phani Bora was appointed secretary of the Communist Party of India in Assam?
... that Tejano singer Pete Astudillo won a Lo Nuestro Award with a song written as a tribute to late performer Selena?
... that Nelson Wong's Si Tjonat sparked a wave of bandit films in the Dutch East Indies?
... that Shia cleric Abdul Amir al-Jamri succeeded in uniting Shia, secular and liberal forces during the 1990s uprising in Bahrain?
... that Dutch "TV economist" Mathijs Bouman is known for such one-liners as "if women pay fewer taxes, men will vacuum more often"?
... that Sue Sarafian Jehl , who served as Dwight Eisenhower's personal assistant, said the famous general believed women made efficient officers?
... that the region of Kastrati was awarded to Montenegro in 1878 under the Treaty of San Stefano, but the subsequent Treaty of Berlin restored it to the Ottoman Empire?
... that Czech manager Leoš Kalvoda led Slovak football club MŠK Žilina to their first ever league title in 2002?
... that in 1912 Taraknath Palit donated money and property worth ₹15 lakh (US$19,000) to Calcutta University for the establishment of University College of Science and Technology?
... that Japanese tennis player Fumiteru Nakano reached the fourth round of the men's singles at the 1938 French Championships, a result that was not achieved again by a Japanese man until 2013?
... that author Colum McCann described the subject of his 2003 novel Dancer, Rudolf Nureyev, as "a monster"?
... that seismologist Harry O. Wood was employed by the Carnegie Institution for Science to establish a small seismic network that eventually grew into the Caltech Seismological Laboratory?
... that the Swiss National Bank engaged in gold laundering during World War II, transferring Nazi gold through a network of central banks?
... that midwife Ruby Dediya, the first woman elected to the Parliament of Nauru, was its only female member in history of the country until 2013?
... that Edward John Thompson's critical biography of Rabindranath Tagore earned him a PhD from the University of London and displeasure from his subject?
... that the pilot episode of the TV series Grimm earned higher ratings than any American TV show on a Friday since New Year's Eve of 2010?
... that Eugene Chelyshev was the first Russian to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship by the Government of India in 2004?
... that after shooting a few scenes in Meendum Kokila, Rekha pulled out of the film citing no reason?
... that Sir Robert Broughton was made a Knight of the Bath in 1478 at the marriage of the four-year-old Richard, Duke of York, one of the two princes later said to have been murdered in the Tower of London?
... that Singaporean businesswoman Margaret Heng is the CEO of Shatec, a hospitality-training school where she was initially an administrator?
... that Penelope, Viscountess Cobham, is known as the "Quango Queen" due to her involvement in many quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations?
... that Plaza Rajah Sulayman in Manila, which was once a bathing area, is now considered the city's lovers' lane?
... that the old school building in Albany, New York where Joseph Henry co-discovered electrical inductance is now named after him?
... that Lina Ron was very aggressive and volatile in her radical political life when Chávez called her "uncontrollable", and she even called herself an "ugly part" of the revolution?
... that the chorus of Rihanna's song "What Now" contains background sounds that resemble "sonic bombs"?
... that black coral has been depleted in the shallower waters of the Gulf of Cazones as its use for ornamental jewellery has increased since the 1960s?
... that the McAfrika burger was sold by McDonald's in Norway for a limited time, just as a major famine was happening in Africa, creating a public relations disaster?
... that Colorado mining magnate Horace Tabor's wife, Baby Doe Tabor , went from being one of the best dressed women in the West to freezing to death in a mining shack?
... that the Palacio Haedo in Buenos Aires was once occupied by the Banco Popular Argentino?
... that the talk show Ra'is el-Tahrir ("Editor in Chief") hosted by Hamdi Qandil was one of the most popular and respected television programs in Egypt before it was discontinued in 2003?
... that with the development of Tropical Storm Andrea on June 5, the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season became the fourth consecutive season with a named storm in the month of June?
... that in October 1518 Richard Jerningham was one of the "sad and ancient knights" appointed to King Henry VIII's reorganized Privy Chamber?
... that the Mathura rape case, an incident of custodial rape in India on March 26, 1972, eventually led to amendments in Indian law?
... that the official coat of arms of Pichilemu, Chile, was created by a graphic design student?
... that the two stars on the Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis represent the two islands that make up the federation?
... that Haoui Montaug celebrated killing himself with twenty guests and Madonna on the phone from Los Angeles?
... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings?
... that during the famine of 1943, the Women's Self-Defense Association organised hunger marches across Bengal?
... that Jennifer Lopez teamed up with Verizon Wireless to launch her retail service Viva Móvil?
... that whilst in his 70s, entrepreneur Eugene Tonkonogy fulfilled a lifelong ambition of marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a clown, and continued to do so every year for twenty years?
... that fish heads are eaten in Singapore with a range of ingredients including milk, brandy, and fried noodles?
... that the acting Governor of Curaçao, Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede, signed the Act of Abdication of Queen Beatrix?
... that Devereux Emmet, a pioneering golf course architect, won the Bahama Open when he was 66 years old?
... that Aridhaman is the second nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile submarine being built by India?
... that St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Wales, contains a reading desk made out of 15th-century bench ends, one of which is decorated with a carving of a mermaid?
... that small, low-cost microconsoles like Ouya, GameStick, and GamePop comprise a new field of video game console alternatives?
... that the meter maids in Surfers Paradise top up the parking meter rather than issuing fines?
... that in the 2010 film The Tourist, Johnny Depp walked across the roof of Hotel Danieli in Venice in his pajamas?
... that footballer John Mitchell not only played in Doncaster Rovers' first match in 1879, but also played for Bolton Wanderers on the first day of the inaugural Football League season in 1888?
... that American cotton exports to China grew from a value of $46 million in 2000 to more than $2 billion in 2010?
... that the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" scene from Fantasia, which fused wizardry with conducting, is the central concept of Disney Interactive and Harmonix's 2014 video game, Fantasia: Music Evolved?
... that Orlando Cornejo Bustamante was the first Mayor of Pichilemu, Chile to be elected in democracy after Augusto Pinochet's regime ended?
... that the symbolism behind the red in the Flag of the Republic of the Congo was left unexplained?
... that the Eagle MkIII was so dominant in IMSA Camel GT racing that it has been blamed for causing the demise of the series?
... that Little Nescopeck Creek's width has more than tripled since 1894, partially due to the construction of the Jeddo Tunnel?
... that Johan Ankerstjerne, a Danish cinematographer, founded a firm which became the leading film laboratory in Denmark for 16 mm and 35 mm films?
... that the Nagato-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts to be launched with guns larger than 15 inches (381 mm) even though they were not the first to be laid down?
... that the 2012 film Knuckleball! followed the 2011 Major League Baseball season of Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey, the only Major League Baseball knuckleball pitchers that season?
... that an increase in the blackbuck population at the Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the reasons for the fall in numbers of the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican there?
... that Oia in Greece is pronounced "EE-ah" and not "OY-ah"?
... that having paid a large fine, Repton Priory was reestablished after the first Dissolution of the Monasteries, only to be dissolved again the following year?
... that Herbert Schmertz, former vice president of public affairs for Mobil Corporation, was appointed to the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy by Ronald Reagan in 1983?
... that the endangered Hygrocybe lanecovensis is only known from Lane Cove Bushland Park in suburban Sydney?
... that Rob McClure earned a Tony Award nomination for the 2013 Tony Awards ceremony for a role he premiered in 2010?
... that in 1989 the Singapore Parliament reversed the effect of a 1988 Court of Appeal case holding that the Internal Security Act did not exclude judicial review of decisions to detain without trial?
... that Vano Siradeghyan, one of Armenia's most influential politicians, is wanted by Interpol?
... that two 1963 bombings in Birmingham, Alabama , caused a crisis that eventually involved 18,000 federal troops?
... that Husn Camp was established in Jordan in 1968 as an emergency camp to house 12,500 refugees who were displaced from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War?
... that award-winning set designer Rob Howell is also a nominee for Best Costume Design at the 67th Tony Awards?
... that Saint Illtyd Church on Caldey Island, established in the 6th century, is reputedly the oldest Celtic church in Wales?
... that the Sugababes won their first Brit Award in 2003 for Best British Dance Act?
... that sequences in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Bound" were choreographed by Travis Payne, who had previously worked with Madonna, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears?
... that in the Roman Empire, the Rosalia was a floral commemoration of the dead observed by pagans, Jews, and Christians?
... that the Koehler Depressing Carriage , which allowed cannon to be fired downwards, included a forerunner of the recoil systems that are standard features of modern artillery pieces?
... that Steffen Peters is the first person to be awarded the United States Equestrian Federation's Equestrian of the Year Award three times?
... that of the five early grounds of Manchester City F.C., four were originally unused wasteland, most had no stands or facilities, and none served for more than two seasons?
... that storm chaser Tim Samaras recorded the lowest pressure ever observed on Earth's surface when adjusted for altitude?
... that Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, which premiered on television in 1957, never played on Broadway until its 2013 production?
... that Song Hoot Kiam is credited as the "first local Christian pioneer in Singapore"?
... that Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, a giant, hot pink slug, is specific to a single mountaintop in southeast Australia?
... that the nuns of Medingen Abbey produced a wealth of illuminated manuscripts in which they expanded Latin liturgy with vernacular prayers, lay-songs and meditations?
... that the iron bridge to Normanskill Farm in Albany, New York, built in 1867, is one of only a few in the United States to use both cast and wrought iron?
... that Roy Lichtenstein's Woman with Flowered Hat established a new auction record for the artist when it sold for over $56 million in May 2013?
... that adventurer Theodore Morde claimed to find the legendary "Lost City of the Monkey God" in 1940 and presented thousands of artifacts to support his claim?
... that No. 41 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force operated the "slowest military aircraft in South-east Asia" during the early 1960s?
... that 18-year-old Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan, son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, has served as regent several times since reaching the age of majority?
... that the flag of American Samoa features a Bald Eagle, even though the bird does not live in the territory?
... that Gustavo Parraguez Galarce has been the interim mayor of Pichilemu three times?
... that the hamburgers at Umami Burger earned the restaurant chain Burger of the Year honors from Alan Richman of GQ?
... that Operation Peppermint was the World War II codename for preparations to counter the danger that the Germans might disrupt D-Day with radioactive poisons?
... that non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the Grand Mosque of Dubai, except the minaret from where photography is permitted?
... that Singaporean make-up artist Clarence Lee has done make-up for Zhang Ziyi, Stefanie Sun, The Spice Girls, and Chris Isaak?
... that Kothandaramaswamy Temple, believed to be the place where Vibhishana asked Rama for refuge, was the only structure in Dhanushkodi to survive the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone?
... that according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Eddie Dee is "your rapper's favorite rapper"?
... that only two small fragments remain from 1,333 square feet (123.8 m2) of Giotto's Navicella mosaic in Old St. Peter's Basilica?
... that British poet Tony Harrison created the film-poem The Blasphemers' Banquet partially in response to the Salman Rushdie controversy surrounding his publication of The Satanic Verses?
... that Nick Ciuffo received a scholarship to play college baseball before appearing in a single high school baseball game?
... that critics claimed Tarmina only won its Citra Awards because of influence from Djamaluddin Malik?
... that Tommy Kendall suffered critical injuries at Watkins Glen in 1991 when the left rear wheel of his Intrepid RM-1 flew off, pitching him into the guardrail at 140 mph (230 km/h)?
... that Jeffrey Dampier won US$20 million in the Illinois Lottery and was subsequently murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend?
... that after Worcester Priory lost Coenwulf's gift of Salwarpe , St Wulfstan failed to recover it?
... that the Jeddo Tunnel contributes 90,000 pounds (41,000 kg) of acid per day to the Susquehanna River via the Little Nescopeck and Nescopeck Creeks?
... that Hardy Town, an encampment established by the civilians of Gibraltar to escape the Spanish bombardment of the Great Siege of 1779–83, was called the "Cowards' Retreat" by the British garrison?
... that Kentuckian journalist Ewing Galloway owned what was once the biggest stock photography company in the United States?
... that in the UK, social workers do not have the power to remove children without a court order, yet police do?
... that R. Nataraja Mudaliar, acknowledged as the father of Tamil cinema, was the first Indian to sell automobiles?
... that in the UK a total ouster clause in a statute generally does not prevent a person from applying for judicial review of a public authority's decision, but a partial ouster clause does?
... that the Gardens of Stone National Park is so named for the natural stone pagodas within its boundaries?
... that Indian classical singer Shanno Khurana was awarded Padma Shri in 1991, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2006?
... that in the United States, landowners control subsurface oil and gas resources, while in most of the rest of the world, the petroleum fiscal regime is government-managed?
... that Muthu Alagappan's big data-driven basketball statistical analysis identifies 13 distinct player positions as opposed to the traditional five?
... that the black and white bands on the Flag of Botswana represent the stripes of the zebra, the country's national animal?