derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Tahitian Queen Pōmare IV named her youngest daughter Victoria after the British Queen Victoria in hopes that Victoria would name some future daughter Pōmare?
... that Toftes Gave served as an institution for maladapted children for more than a hundred years?
... that after completing his prison sentence in the U.S., drug lord Javier Torres Félix was deported to Mexico and arrested as he crossed the international border?
... that Sister Gargi, an American, wrote a highly regarded six-volume book on Swami Vivekananda?
... that according to oral tradition, the Chachi people originated from the mountains near Ibarra, Ecuador?
... that No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit staff were responsible for translating training material from French into English prior to delivery of the Dassault Mirage III to the RAAF?
... that during his stay at the Kolobeng Mission, David Livingstone wrote in his memoir that the soil temperature in the sun at noon reached 134 °F (57 °C)?
... that one of the player objectives in the minimalist real-time strategy video game Rymdkapsel is to have the workers research four TMA-1-style monoliths?
... that Monty Oum, the creator of Rooster Teeth Productions' upcoming series RWBY, was concerned that the show focused on female characters but was being developed by a mostly male crew?
... that the first open heart surgery in Nigeria was performed by Fabian Udekwu, Sir Magdi Yacoub and others in 1974?
... that Chamossaire contested all three legs of the Triple Crown in 1945, winning the St. Leger Stakes in front of a crowd of 150,000?
... that Philadelphia Distilling has created a bitters using a recipe from the family of 18th-century botanist John Bartram and bark from a tree in his garden?
... that the Dog and Duck lost its licence after becoming "a house in which gangs of both whores and rogues were constantly associated"?
... that as of 2007, New Zealand had nearly 10 times as many sheep as people?
... that Gustava Aigner made the first discovery of graptolites in the northern greywacke zone of the Alps, with her former fellow student, Ida Peltzmann, who named two species for her?
... that leaving Mount Tzouhalem in search of a 15th wife led to the killing of the mountain's namesake?
... that one of the luxurious model 8 mandolins of Italian luthier Luigi Embergher was purchased by Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia?
... that Joan Wilkinson was a silkwoman to Anne Boleyn and supplied bonnets and frontlets to Lady Lisle?
... that Vlambeer's iOS indie video game Ridiculous Fishing was beaten to market by a clone deemed an "overnight sensation" only to release their own version to "near-universal perfect scores"?
... that Formiscurra indicus , a caliscelid planthopper with ant-mimicking males, was described only in 2011?
... that General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the tunnels of Gibraltar, his base for the November 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa, "the most dismal setting we occupied during the war"?
... that Oscar S. Heizer reported that many Armenian children were put into boats, taken out to sea and thrown overboard during the Armenian Genocide?
... that Matar Matar, who represented Bahrain's largest electoral constituency in the parliament, was imprisoned and allegedly tortured due to his role in the Bahraini uprising?
... that in the UK, actors were employed to speak the words of certain people whose voices were banned from the airwaves because of broadcasting restrictions introduced in 1988?
... that several of Amy Tan's family members had roles in the film adaptation of her novel The Joy Luck Club, but she did not take part in choosing the cast?
... that multiple reviewers cited TowerFall as the preeminent game for the Ouya video game microconsole at the time of its launch?
... that the 2013 film Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan, based on the stories Sitaharan Rahasya and Khunkharapi by Samaresh Majumdar, is the first of a series of films to feature Arjun, a young fictional sleuth?
... that the soundtrack from a beer commercial, featuring the Abbey Tavern Singers, became the best-selling Irish record in Canada?
... that in March 1871, Sensuntepeque was raided by Salvadorian Liberals with Honduran army backing after Honduras declared war on El Salvador?
... that Gabriela Rivadeneira, a 29-year old former local beauty queen, has been mentioned as a possible successor for President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa?
... that "the world's most famous baby" is expected to be born in July 2013 and generate £260 million worldwide?
... that in one of his 75 poems, Chairil Anwar predicted his place of burial?
... that Dean H. Kenyon's Biochemical Predestination has been cited as "one of the most widely used graduate textbooks" which expounds that life arose through "natural forces within the constituents of matter itself"?
... that upcoming indie video game Below uses tilt–shift photography to emphasize the tiny player-character's scale?
... that "what Mahadev Desai and Pyarelal did to immortalise Gandhi through their memoirs and biographical writings," Kanu Gandhi is said to have done through his photos?
... that Maribo open-air museum is the third-oldest open-air museum in Denmark?
... that the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles suffered such heavy casualties in World War I that at one point the battalion was reduced to one officer and 60 other ranks?
... that the slapstick joke of slipping on a banana peel might have originated from the perception of those peels as dangerous garbage in 19th-century America?
... that the Tang Dynasty conquest of Kucha, a kingdom in the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang and a Turkic vassal, was led by Ashina She'er, a Turkic Tang general?
... that Winrich Kolbe pushed for a female captain in Star Trek: Voyager, and later dated the actress for about three years?
... that after helping organize the armed struggle against Dutch forces, National Hero of Indonesia Izaak Huru Doko worked mainly as an educator?
... that the letters written by John Husee while he was servant to Lord Lisle in 1533–40 have been described as "a joy and a revelation to read"?
... that in the upcoming Xbox One "game maker" video game Project Spark, the player creates a world with programmed behaviors for specific objects, such as a rock that bounces when a player is nearby?
... that Hinckley Priory in Leicestershire, England, was an alien monastery, dependent on Lyre Abbey in Normandy, France?
... that termite nests can be nearly 7 m (23 ft) tall, that bald eagle nests can weigh 2 tonnes (4,400 lb), and that the extinct Sylviornis likely made a nesting mound 50 m (160 ft) in diameter?
... that Dylan Covey turned down $1.6 million to play professional baseball when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes?
... that Profeti della Quinta, a male vocal ensemble from Israel based in Basel, performed Italian madrigals and Hebrew psalms by Salomone Rossi in a documentary of the composer's life?
... that the board game Discworld: Ankh-Morpork lets players take on the roles of different Discworld characters?
... that Xu Ming, formerly China's eighth-richest person, testified at Bo Xilai's trial that he gave Bo's wife more than $3 million to buy a villa in France?
... that freethinker Harriet Law was the only woman on the general council of the First International, and was praised by Eleanor Marx and Karl Marx?
... that because taiko group Ondekoza could not replicate the rhythms in the original version of Yatai-bayashi, they actually played it faster?
... that Cristóbal Oudrid , founding father of Spanish musical nationalism, was known for his "many contributions to the zarzuela genre"?
... that Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów, a major firearms producer in interwar Poland, also designed its own weaponry, including an anti-tank rifle?
... that Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty played first string quarterback ahead of NFL hall-of-famer Terry Bradshaw in college at Louisiana Tech University?
... that in 1992, Mexican singer-songwriter Ana Gabriel set a record for the most Lo Nuestro Award wins at a single ceremony?
... that almost all kings of Hungary after 1046 descended from Michael, the second son of Grand Prince Taksony?
... that in the 19th century, the residents of four hamlets in Apinac voted to become part of Estivareilles because of a spiritual connection?
... that Ann Arbor's County Farm Park occupies the land that was once home to Washtenaw County's poor house?
... that Henry III of England competed in piety with his brother-in-law Saint Louis IX of France, washing the feet of lepers and touching sick people, but was never sainted because his son was sceptical?
... that Johnny Greene, a converted lineman, was nicknamed the "Cinderella Kid" when he became one of the leading pass receivers in the NFL in the late 1940s?
... that Swahili is the official language in more countries than Mandarin Chinese, the language with the most native speakers?
... that the Jar~with~a~Twist is a peanut butter jar that has a twisting bottom like a deodorant stick to push peanut butter up from the sides and bottom of the jar?
... that Thado Dhamma Yaza I of Prome is identified in Thai history as the Burmese commander who slew Queen Suriyothai on her war elephant in the first Burmese invasion of Siam?
... that Rugosodon eurasiaticus is the oldest known species of multituberculata, the most successful lineage of mammals in history?
... that the 1983 Luzon earthquake collapsed the church in Sarrat that hosted the wedding of President Ferdinand Marcos' daughter Irene, crushing its altar?
... that one of the world's hardest crack climbing routes is along Century Crack in Canyonlands National Park?
... that the Alpine shrew can live at altitudes of up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) and above the tree line?
... that the Mesoamerican sculptures known as chacmools held receptacles to receive sacrificed human hearts?
... that Destroyer Squadron 60 is one of three U.S. Navy destroyer squadrons permanently based outside the continental United States?
... that in 1994 Partha Pratim Majumder wrote, choreographed and staged The Nightmare which was the first mimodrama focused on child abuse to be staged in South Asia?
... that Cape Mountain on Cape Prince of Wales is the northern terminus of the Continental Divide of the Americas?
... that Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, aka Major Mite , was billed as the world's smallest man?
... that the mint plant Florida betony was the Florida Department of Agriculture's "Weed of the Month" for February 2010?
... that architectural historians regard the Church of Holy Trinity and St George in Kendal to be the best of the three churches in the town designed by George Webster?
... that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played the greatest number of matches as a captain in the Indian Premier League?
... that Sue Falsone of the Los Angeles Dodgers is the first and only female head athletic trainer in the major American professional sports leagues?
... that the "fastest speedway in the world" was destroyed by the 1926 Miami hurricane?
... that HMCS Morden of the Royal Canadian Navy sank the Nazi submarine U-756?
... that Roderick Cox, the 1933 NCAA Champion in the hammer throw, played college football with Gerald Ford at the University of Michigan?
... that the two colossal statues of Imyremeshaw were usurped by Aqenenre Apepi and Ramses II?
... that the book The Age of Miracles chronicles the fictional phenomenon of "slowing", in which one earth day takes longer to complete?
... that the floorplan is marked on the pavement where St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle once stood near a larger church of the same name?
... that Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner's biography of her father, Charles Bradlaugh, the first atheist member of the British House of Commons, was considered "preposterously long" at over 800 closely printed pages?
... that William Grefé was paid trading stamps for directing The Psychedelic Priest?
... that 75 years ago, Major League Baseball player Monte Pearson pitched the first no-hitter at the original Yankee Stadium ?
... that in 2007, three people died in an arson attack on the office of Indian newspaper Dinakaran?
... that the Christchurch area now known as Victoria Square was formerly part of Puari, a Waitaha settlement, an early Māori iwi?
... that Tan Tjoei Hock's "in every way successful" film Matula centres on a disfigured man, a shaman, and a life debt?
... that NGC 6752, containing 100,000 stars, is the third brightest globular cluster in the sky?
... that Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory is a Bristol-based theatre company that aims to produce Shakespeare's plays in an intimate manner, but with large casts?
... that the dry, hooked fruits of the Louisiana unicorn-plant are particularly suited for catching on "the fetlocks of ungulates"?
... that physicist M. Brian Maple presided over the "Woodstock of physics" in 1987?
... that Banshee at the Kings Island amusement park will become the longest inverted roller coaster in the world when it opens in 2014?
... that The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947) was the last film to have Gerald Mohr play the title character?
... that one of the unofficial mottos of Poland, God, Honor and Fatherland, likely originated from the Napoleonic motto of the Legion of Honour order?
... that David Beckham and the Spice Girls were in the Titanic when it launched?
... that critics complained that a bronze statue of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal standing in San Francisco's Civic Center more closely resembled the Sumerian king Gilgamesh?
... that Russian victory at the Battle of Warsaw in 1831 ended the Polish November Uprising?
... that writer Anuradha Ramanan is the granddaughter of Tamil actor R. Balasubramaniam?
... that in what has been described as a "surrealistic twist", Neil Young's "Pocahontas" brings Marlon Brando and Pocahontas together in the Astrodome following an Indian massacre?
... that in 1927, the once proposed Watford Central tube station was planned to be built on tea rooms?
... that Paul Acquah was with the International Monetary Fund prior to his appointment as governor of the Bank of Ghana?
... that Rufus the Hawk was named "the world's most notable bird" after being stolen in 2012?
... that the 11th century Thầy Temple is one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam?
... that Oprah Winfrey has stated that the gospel hymn "I Surrender All" played a pivotal role in her life?
... that Cowan Creek Circular Enclosure in Ohio was once part of a group of archaeological sites that has since been submerged by a reservoir?
... that Arundhati Roy argues in Kashmir: The Case for Freedom that Kashmir was never an integral part of India?
... that the Argentine mini-series El puntero received the Golden Martín Fierro Award?
... that the Lautten Compagney played Monteverdi's Vespers for the Rheingau Musik Festival's annual Marienvesper, which was sung by ensemble amarcord and guests?
... that Prince Charles had to close his fruit and vegetable shop this year because it was no longer profitable?
... that places of worship in the Surrey district of Reigate and Banstead include a mosque in an old Methodist chapel, a church decorated with ancient artefacts from Constantinople, and a windmill ?
... that the Kawahiva, an uncontacted tribe of people in Brazil, were recently caught on video for the first time?
... that Toshi Seeger executive produced a PBS documentary on her husband, Pete Seeger, when she was 85 years old?
... that the Bangui Agreement was signed in 1997 after a crisis the previous year, which included three mutinies within the Central African Armed Forces?
... that Yugoslav communist Karlo Štajner survived 17 years in the Gulag camps, and later wrote a book titled Seven Thousand Days in Siberia?
... that after nearly dying, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in July 1874 at his father's home, the Bell Homestead?
... that the Georgian queen Khorashan of Kartli avoided being captured by enemy soldiers thanks to a nightmare that frightened her into hiding?
... that architect Joseph Nunan wrote about escaping from a moving train for his convict ship's weekly newspaper ?
... that Union Army Captain David P. Muzzey was denied the promised Medal of Honor because the target of his forlorn hope mission surrendered first?
... that the ending of the film The Flesh and Blood Show was originally filmed in 3-D?
... that Tottenham Hotspur L.F.C. were originally called Broxbourne Ladies?
... that Angel Unchained (1970), featuring bikers and hippies against village folk, marked the film debut of T. Max Graham?
... that Barking Abbey's former abbesses include three saints, three queens, two king's daughters, and the sister of Thomas Becket?
... that the innovative Edna S. Purcell House, built in 1913, has a rare example of an original kitchen and bathroom, nearly untouched since the house was built?
... that the film There's Nothing Out There, about a frog-like alien who tries to mate with female campers, was compared to Scream?
... that amongst the twenty-six players who have taken more than 300 Test wickets, Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets?
... that the likely-lost film Wanita dan Satria (The Woman and the Hero) was said to "give a clear picture of the precarious position of Indonesian women"?
... that Prague's Franz Joseph Bridge became the first bridge built using the Ordish–Lefeuvre system because the construction of its London counterpart was delayed, but no longer survives?
... that former Alabama golfer Brooke Pancake was the first female golfer to be recognized as Academic All-America Team Member of the Year?
... that the Swedish country music group Cookies 'N' Beans appeared on the tribute album of Leonard Cohen, Cohen – the Scandinavian Report with the song "First We Take Manhattan"?
... that Sir John Crosby's former mansion in Bishopsgate, Crosby Hall, is the "only extant example of domestic architecture built for a London merchant in the Middle Ages"?
... that Ibitekerezo explains the history of Rwandan dynasties in poetic form?
... that in 2007, Frederic Hauge appeared on Time magazine's list of "Heroes of the Environment"?
... that according to Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Armenia would not have lost some of its territories if the country had been Sovietized sooner?
... that Pricasso , an Australian artist who paints with his genitals and buttocks, studied furniture design after failing to get an art degree?
... that the IFEM was referred as the "most active organization" dealing with international emergency medicine development?
... that Kumaravel Premkumar is the Indian national record holder in long jump?
... that in 2006, Puerto Rican singer Zion embarked on his solo career, which includes "The Way She Moves" with R&B singer Akon?
... that kosynierzy, the war scythe-wielding peasantry militia, became one of the symbols of the struggle for Polish independence?
... that Geoffrey Davis compared the mass rapes during the Bangladesh Liberation War to the Nazi Lebensborn program?
... that French children learn the mnemonic Mais où est donc Ornicar ? to help them remember their language's coordinating conjunctions?
... that in 1326, pagan Lithuanians were allowed by Pope John XXII to raid Brandenburg, part of the Holy Roman Empire?
... that Ohio State Route 607 was upgraded to a state highway after Morgan Township was asked to give the road up?
... that Michael Anaba won silver and bronze with the Ghana-U20 team in 2013?
... that The White Mandingos' first album, The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me, is a concept album influenced by The Who's Tommy?
... that if his longevity claim is proven true, Carmelo Flores Laura will have the longest verified lifespan in human history?
... that the Sesame Street segment "Elmo's World" was replaced by "Elmo the Musical" in 2012?
... that in June 1942, HMCS Edmundston rescued 31 crew of SS Fort Camosun, which had been torpedoed off Cape Flattery, Washington by a Japanese sub?
... that Russian television personality Anton Krasovsky caused a controversy in Russia by publicly declaring he is gay?
... that Wasim Akram was the first bowler to reach 300, 400 and 500 ODI wickets?
... that director Shana Feste was a nanny for the daughter of Tobey Maguire and that he later produced her second film Country Strong?
... that while on its way to India from the Soviet Union, the nuclear submarine INS Chakra was tracked by Australian and American P-3 Orion aircraft?
... that Howard Hoffman, the 1922 NCAA Champion in the javelin throw, was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2012?
... that the remains of Sweden's best-preserved early stave church were found under the floor of Hemse Church in 1896?
... that xkcd creator Randall Munroe recently finished a self-updating webcomic strip that spanned 3,099 frames over 123 days?
... that at the age of 18, Joseph Backler was sentenced to death for forgery, but lived as a convict and then painter to age 82?
... that when Mahatma Gandhi visited Sirsi in 1933 during his campaign to abolish untouchability, he refused to visit Marikamba Temple , as animal sacrifice was a prevalent practice there?
... that the musicians of the chamber orchestra Kammerorchester Basel accompanied Andreas Scholl in Bach cantatas and also sang the closing chorale?
... that the fort at Upper Zohar, once thought to be a part of Roman frontier defenses, may have been constructed for economic reasons?
... that Indiana State Auditor appointee Dwayne Sawyer is the first African-American Republican to hold statewide office?
... that Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra was a triple nominee for Tropical/Salsa Song of the Year at the 1991 Lo Nuestro Awards?
... that Valerie Robertson won gold medals in swimming and athletics before having a highly successful wheelchair lawn bowling career?
... that while medieval popes ordered Europeans to kill them, cats are so revered in Islam for their neatness and Muhammad's love for them that an Egyptian sultan set up a charitable trust for them?
... that the Meems Bottom Covered Bridge is the longest covered bridge in the U.S. state of Virginia?
... that, in 1747, German educator Johann Julius Hecker started a high school that prepared students for careers in practical fields and emphasized hands-on instruction instead of rote learning?
... that the species name for rattlesnake root honors the Seneca people, who used the plant to treat snakebite?
... that the first British victim of World War I, Henry Hadley, was shot by a Prussian officer before the United Kingdom entered the war?
... that after suddenly losing his vision at age 17, Gustavo Nieves Campello left football to compete in athletics?
... that the title of Nabiha's song "Mind the Gap" can refer to the gap between her front teeth, and was inspired by warning signs in the London Underground stations?
... that Borley Church in Essex is known for its ghosts, its topiary walk , and its grave monuments?
... that the film Killer Nerd was filmed in Ravenna, Ohio, with a prosumer grade camcorder?
... that before he was ordered to be executed, jailed communist leader Juan Pablo Wainwright is said to have spat in the face of Guatemalan dictator Jorge Ubico?
... that Proteus has been described as an anti-game, due to its lack of clear objectives?
... that Governor Jiang Minkuan's proposal to link Sichuan's economy more closely to that of the Soviet Union was rejected by premier Zhao Ziyang as "unrealistic"?
... that Richard Doty, an olfactory researcher, argues in The Great Pheromone Myth that human pheromones do not exist?
... that the 1972 film An American Hippie in Israel has been screened monthly in Tel Aviv since its rediscovery in 2007?
... that the Humane Society of the United States recommends avoiding pet travel by air if possible?
... that Diego García de Moguer was a 16th-century pioneer in exploring the Paraná River, as well as the Sierra de la Plata of the Río de la Plata?
... that the track was torn up before the final spike of the Northern Pacific Railway was driven in September 1883 near Independence Creek, Montana, by former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and others?
... that between 1955 and 1960, Hassan Mamoun issued 11,992 fatwas ("edicts"), more than any other Egyptian grand mufti?
... that women in Venezuela are being targeted by hair thieves known as the Piranhas who steal their hair in broad daylight?