derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that a water tower and public water supply was built at Fourques to try to prevent future outbreaks of cholera?
... that the actor and director Ian McCurrach co-authored Special Talents, Special Needs: Drama for People with Learning Disabilities?
... that in 1951, a United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II vanished, and neither the occupants nor the plane were ever recovered?
... that in An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory, Alasdair Cochrane argues that animals are best offered justice through a theory combining utilitarianism and liberalism?
... that Gothic House , a "fanciful and irresponsibly Gothick" 1820s building in Brighton, has most recently housed a video rental shop and the Rock 'N' Roller American Pool bar?
... that although most carpet sharks eat small prey such as shellfish, one was observed swallowing a bamboo shark whole?
... that shenmo, the "gods and demons" genre of Chinese literature, includes fantasy novels such as Journey to the West and Investiture of the Gods?
... that the video game The X-Files: Unrestricted Access includes a comprehensive database based on the first four seasons of The X-Files?
... that Robert Waterton, as Constable of Pontefract Castle, had custody of Richard II of England after his deposition?
... that participants in the 1984 Summer Olympics torch relay had to pay $3,000 to run a kilometer?
... that Frank Vincent DuMond created the illustrations for Mark Twain's book on Joan of Arc?
... that Demetrius Newton defended Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, and was the first Black speaker pro tempore in the history of the Alabama House of Representatives?
... that retired ice hockey player Rob Blake became general manager of the Manchester Monarchs starting in their 2013–14 season?
... that the 2013 comic book series Superman/Wonder Woman, which explores the relationship between Superman and Wonder Woman, has been compared to Twilight?
... that HMCS Norsyd was assigned to the Western Local and Mid-Ocean Escort Forces during WWII, and later, as INS Haganah, to Operation Yoav in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War?
... that the popular comic strip The Phantom is in the fifth installment of reissues by Hermes Press?
... that the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena underwent $2.5 million in renovations before the start of the 2013–14 Binghamton Senators season?
... that Rogier van der Weyden's c. 1430–32 painting The Virgin and Child Enthroned may be the left hand wing of a dismantled diptych, with St George and the Dragon as the opposite panel?
... that the Triple Crown winner Nijinsky lost the 1970 Champion Stakes by three-quarters of a length to the 100/7 long-shot Lorenzaccio?
... that the William A. Berke-directed Fury of the Congo (1951) follows Jungle Jim in the Congo battling a giant desert spider and a few hunters?
... that Forus Airport, built as a military air base by the Luftwaffe at the site of a former lake, is currently the site of an industrial park?
... that Henry Koster's friend, the poet Robert Southey, encouraged him to write his Travels in Brazil?
... that after World War II, HMCS Woodstock was sold for conversion to a whale-catcher?
... that Daridra Narayana is an axiom enunciated by Swami Vivekananda that espouses service of the poor as equivalent in importance and piety to the service of God?
... that the Venezuelan president Rómulo Betancourt had been the director of the Costa Rican communist newspaper Trabajo in the 1930s?
... that the upcoming film Boss will mark actor Ronit Roy's first role as an antagonist and second consecutive one as a police officer after Shootout at Wadala?
... that Tyus Jones earned two gold medals in international basketball competitions before his 17th birthday?
... that Valerie's debut album included many reggaeton ballads with "clean lyrics" that "women can relate to"?
... that Barrow Court was originally a Benedictine nunnery until the Dissolution when King Henry VIII granted it to John Drew as a private residence?
... that the bottle for Jennifer Lopez's fragrance Love and Glamour, created by the entertainer with designer Jon DiNapoli, was shaped to resemble "a woman wearing an elegant gown"?
... that R. D. Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, considered Erema his "most unlucky novel", in part because the public could not pronounce the title character's name?
... that in an interview with Brian Deer, H. Hugh Fudenberg claimed to be able to cure autistic children using his own bone marrow?
... that the 22 cubic inch Suzuki FE automobile engine gained a double victory in the inaugural Japanese Grand Prix, with an average speed of nearly 56 mph?
... that Montana State University Library is home to the 7500-volume Trout and Salmonids Collection of books, periodicals, grey literature with ephemera, and research materials on trout and fly fishing?
... that the site for the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award-winning Khaplu Palace was based on where a large rock ended up after being rolled down a cliff?
... that rights to the film Cheap Thrills were the focus of a rare bidding war at the South by Southwest Festival?
... that the letters of the family of William Paston are "the richest source there is for every aspect of the lives of gentlemen and gentlewomen of the English middle ages"?
... that some candidates in the 2013 Argentine legislative election ended their political campaigns after a gas explosion in Rosario?
... that in a bullfighting tradition in Aimargues, an unarmed "raseteur" attempts to snatch a rosette from between the bull's horns?
... that when Fred D. Shepard died, someone is said to have remarked "I have not seen Jesus, but I have seen Dr. Shepard"?
... that the town of Enbetsu, Hokkaido, is the northernmost point of rice production in Japan?
... that John Heydon, believing the second child born to his wife Eleanor was not his, threatened to cut off her nose and kill the infant?
... that over 40 now-defunct railroads were part of transportation in Montana in the industrial period of the 19th and early 20th century?
... that former Cincinnati Cyclones head coach Jarrod Skalde became assistant coach with the Norfolk Admirals in their 2013–14 season in the American Hockey League?
... that despite poor reviews, the Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Halmi Sr. film White Dwarf received a 1995 ASC Awards nomination for "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography" for Phedon Papamichael?
... that the recent renovation of the Zeinodin Caravanserai in Iran took three years and included the use of 13,000 pumice stones to remove the grime on the interior walls?
... that between 1461 and 1465, John Paston, one of the writers of the Paston Letters, was outlawed, and imprisoned three times in the Fleet Prison?
... that the female whitecheek shark gives birth to a litter of up to four live young?
... that when the Swedish Workers Union was dissolved in 1919, its chairman burned all of its central archives?
... that after 35 years of coaching American football, John Strollo considers being tight ends coach at Penn State a "dream job"?
... that Lima is the first Peruvian restaurant in Europe to be awarded a Michelin star?
... that station master Franciszek Ząbecki collected incriminating evidence against Holocaust perpetrators by keeping records of railway deliveries to Treblinka extermination camp?
... that the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), is 45 percent female?
... that The X-Files: The Album contains a spoken word hidden track by the series' creator, Chris Carter?
... that in January 1943, HMCS Ville de Quebec sank the German submarine U-224 by a combination of ramming and depth charges?
... that the body temperature of the large-eared tenrec fluctuates with its surroundings and it may become torpid in the heat of the day?
... that Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy, who spent 151 days circumnavigating the globe, solo, began his daily routine with the Shambhavi Mahamudra meditation?
... that Mike Haviland replaced Mark French as the Hershey Bears' head coach in the 2013–14 season in the American Hockey League?
... that Sir Ralph Hastings was Keeper of the Lions and Leopards in the Tower of London?
... that the vinhática tree, Plathymenia reticulata , provides the preferred timber for making dugout canoes in Brazil, because it is resistant to rotting?
... that Earl Sweatshirt recorded his part for his song "Hive" in only one take?
... that the 1674 carving by Burchard Precht for Storkyrkan's Royal Pew was to a design by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger?
... that a Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Hall of Fame was created to celebrate the ice hockey team's 2013–14 season?
... that when Welsh magistrate Marmaduke Gwynne went to read the Riot Act to Howell Harris, he ended up being converted by the evangelist?
... that Jan Matejko's painting Rejtan caused a scandal, won a gold medal in Paris, and was purchased by Emperor Franz Joseph I and looted by Nazis?
... that Richard Hastings, Baron Welles attended the coronation of Richard III only three weeks after Richard had beheaded Hastings' brother, William?
... that Serbian rightist theologian and sociologist Nebojša M. Krstić died in a car accident in 2001, which his followers interpreted as a politically motivated assassination?
... that though Lilis Suryani performed multiple patriotic songs, she also made veiled criticisms of President Sukarno?
... that funds for the upcoming action-thriller Snap Shot, starring Danny Trejo, were raised through the website Kickstarter?
... that after the death of other judges, Justice Gresson remained as New Zealand's only judge?
... that a CIA plot to overthrow the Syrian government failed when some officials turned over their bribes to the Syrian intelligence service?
... that cancer and nausea are associated in about fifty percent of people affected by a malignant neoplasm?
... that American professional soccer player Camille Levin helped Swedish club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC win the 2013 Svenska Supercupen Women?
... that in 1460, the Ottoman sultan rewarded Ali Bey Mihaloğlu for his success in the battle near Baziaş by appointing him as sanjakbey of the Sanjak of Vidin?
... that the recall of Colorado Senate President John Morse was the first recall of a state official since recall was established in Colorado in 1912?
... that Joan Jara adopted her husband Víctor Jara's surname upon fleeing Chile in 1973, when he was killed by the Pinochet military government in the 1973 coup?
... that the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Q Who", which introduced the Borg, won two Emmy Awards?
... that archaeologists at Le Cailar in southern France have unearthed about thirty human skulls?
... that Rainham Hall is hailed as having such an "outstanding level of significance" that even its vases are Grade II* listed?
... that Mr Straw's House is "the nearest thing to a time capsule that the National Trust has ever received"?
... that Polish jurist and activist Józef Wybicki wrote the national anthem of Poland while serving in the Polish Legions in Italy?
... that a community garage in Vauvert helps customers receiving social support with the costs of repairing their vehicles?
... that when alarmed, Banded Quail may run into the undergrowth but sometimes fly off, scattering to confuse the predator?
... that many of the workers that joined the 1899 Christian Workers Union of Sweden did so in response to hikes in membership fees in other unions?
... that in the memorial window of the church at West Wickham, Sir Henry Heydon is depicted as a kneeling skeleton?
... that sculptor Douwe Blumberg was until 2000 a professional horse trainer for 18 years, and since then has received numerous awards and over 200 commissions, including America's Response Monument?
... that Tang Shaoyi, the first prime minister of the Republic of China, was assassinated at his home on Route Ferguson, now designated a National Historic and Cultural Street?
... that the Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Study of the 1960s and 1970s sought to end the separate yearly teachings of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, etc. in American high schools?
... that advertisements for the 1940 film Melati van Agam emphasised the writer's credentials as a journalist, in order to appear more modern?
... that the script for the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "The Pirates of Orion" originated from a story by an 11th grader from East Meadow High School?
... that at Harvard commencements, bagpipes herald breakfast, bachelors are welcomed, sheriffs on white steeds preserve order, and Harvard's president occupies a "bizarre" chair prone to tipping over?
... that the Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel in the Cayman Islands comprises two buildings set on either side of the boulevard that runs parallel to the Seven Mile Beach and linked by a catwalk?
... that the Worcester Sharks lost their all-time leading goaltender, Alex Stalock, to the San Jose Sharks just before their 2013–14 season?
... that the purpose of Verbrennungskommando Warschau was to dispose of the evidence of a systematic campaign of mass murder after an uprising?
... that from October 1967 (1967-10) onwards, Transportes Aéreos Nacionales and LANICA operated a BAC One-Eleven on a joint basis?
... that both Stefan Heggelund, a conservative, and his girlfriend Hadia Tajik, a social democrat, were elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 2013?
... that Yazd's Amir Chakhmaq Complex contains a bathhouse, caravanserai, confectioner, mosque, and tekyeh?
... that because American Christian missionary Hulda Stumpf protested against female genital mutilation in Kenya, she was killed and perhaps ritually cut in retribution?
... that Leopold Mozart vacated 9 Getreidegasse in Salzburg in 1773 but was in constant touch through letters with his landlord during the Mozart family grand tour between 1763 and 1766?
... that the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II involved in the Tachikawa air disaster crashed into a watermelon patch, with all hands lost?
... that Njai Dasima, the first talkie produced by Tan's Film, was based on the same novel as their first production three years earlier?
... that HMS Flamborough was the first Royal Navy vessel to be stationed off the British colony of South Carolina?
... that Sun King Brewing won eight awards, including four gold medals, at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival?
... that Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini described his third novel, And the Mountains Echoed, as "kind of like a fairytale turned on its head"?
... that Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara may have painted a pheasant in his The Feast of the Gods , adding to the work of Giovanni Bellini and Titian?
... that Józef Piłsudski's cult of personality succeeded in making him one of the most popular figures in Polish history?
... that the Mersey Match Factory was the first building in the United Kingdom to be constructed using the flat-slab concrete technique?
... that Franciscus Pahr supervised the rebuilding of Uppsala Castle and designed its garden plan?
... that Grave Circle B in Mycenae, Greece, was the burial place of the 17th–16th century BC Mycenaean ruling families?
... that Momčilo Gavrić was the youngest soldier-participant in World War I, and the youngest lance sergeant in the world?
... that Giuseppe Verdi combined in Quattro pezzi sacri four sacred vocal compositions, including an Ave Maria on an enigmatic scale for solo voices and a Te Deum?
... that in response to the worst fire on Upton Heath for 35 years, the Dorset Wildlife Trust formed Heathwatch to monitor this important reserve?
... that the Melody Inn has hosted an estimated 7,000 musical acts since 2001?
... that Dom José Alves Correia da Silva ordered Sister Lúcia to write down the Third Secret of Fatima?
... that when King Gustav III of Sweden visited Övedskloster Manor, he is said to have exclaimed "Too royal for an ordinary citizen!"?
... that the Colombo Arwi weekly Muslim Nesan interviewed exiled Egyptian nationalist leader Ahmed Orabi soon after his arrival in Ceylon?
... that according to Sam Lansky from the website Idolator, Christina Aguilera's 2013 song "We Remain" is similar to works of Ryan Tedder?
... that the death of Prince Imperial Pedro prompted his father, Pedro II of Brazil, to become indifferent to the empire's fate?
... that the yellow-necked mouse may enable seedling beech trees to grow in locations away from the parent tree?
... that the removal of magic was one of the ways in which the film Dasima was made more modern than the source material?
... that Norm Benning singlehandedly made the 2013 Mudsummer Classic a success by nearly getting wrecked three times?
... that the design of the Mission Valley Viaduct on Interstate 805 was inspired by the Mission San Diego de Alcalá and recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers?
... that the Irish nationalist Purcell O'Gorman was caricatured in Vanity Fair by "Ape" as "The Joker for Waterford"?
... that the Caliph al-Mu'tadid managed to halt the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate during his reign, but at the cost of a huge bureaucracy and some 80% of expenditure going to the army?
... that chef Gordon Ramsay has opened or operated restaurants in South Africa, Italy, Japan, Qatar, France and Australia in addition to the United Kingdom and United States?
... that the first costume that actress Jeri Ryan wore in the fourth season of Star Trek: Voyager was so tight it caused her to pass out?
... that on census day in 1861, the 29 occupied houses in Adelaide Crescent, Hove , had 182 servants between them?
... that Russian painter and art historian Fedor Solntsev is considered one of the founders of modern Russian icon painting canon?
... that the common starfish can detect the odour of the predatory common sunstar and take evasive action?
... that the Dutch band Rubberen Robbie is known for a parodic compilation of old Dutch hit songs, and for their pronunciation of the Leiden dialect?
... that Martín Berasategui holds more Michelin stars than any other Spanish chef?
... that the cinematographer for The House of Discord was nearly fired after he attempted to recreate the glow of a fireplace?
... that the Milwaukee Road's Beaver Tail parlor-observation cars were so-named because of their distinctive flat, sloped rear area?
... that the Colombo fortnightly Alamat Langkapuri was the world's first Malay language newspaper in Jawi script?
... that Maribel Domínguez is captain and all-time leading scorer of the Mexico women's national football team and plays for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League?
... that during Vivekananda's stay in California, he opined that Jesus was a Yogi?
... that Michael Kum is the thirty-first richest person in Singapore, with a net worth of $750 million?
... that a reviewer of the film Go Go Tales said that "all anyone wanted to talk about was the sequence in which Asia Argento's exotic dancer tongue-kissed a dog onstage"?
... that Nasib al-Bakri refused to serve his appointment as Syria's ambassador to Saudi Arabia because of ideological opposition to that country's rulers?
... that the authors of GI Brides drove nearly 13,000 miles around America in 2012 searching for surviving war brides?
... that the statue of Roman Dmowski, father of Polish nationalism, has proven to be one of the most controversial monuments in Warsaw?
... that when the 1967 Alabama Crimson Tide football team lost to Tennessee, it ended a 25-game unbeaten streak that stretched back to their 1965 season?
... that pre-release cover versions are common in the UK because songs by big acts get weeks of airplay before being released?
... that Nivatogastrium nubigenum is commonly known as the bubblegum fungus?
... that Jamie Fleeman , the last Scottish family jester, was better known than the laird who employed him?
... that a concrete mural by Pablo Picasso was damaged in the 2011 Norway attacks?
... that in the early 1900s, numerous sewers discharged into the stream that provided the main water supply for the community of Montgomery, Pennsylvania?
... that Kristoffer Olsson was offered a trial at Chelsea, but failed to attend, and later went through two trials before signing for Arsenal?
... that the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the most watched first episode of a drama series in the United States for nearly four years?
... that five Arabian oryx from the San Diego Zoo were released into Oman's Jiddat al-Harasis desert after the species had become extinct in the wild?
... that genetic studies revealed birds of the family Calcariidae, namely longspurs and snow buntings , are more closely related to tanagers, New World warblers and cardinals than they are to buntings?
... that although Guan Liang was one of China's first oil painters, he was known for his traditional ink paintings portraying Peking opera characters?
... that the success of the Ferko String Band would ultimately result in the launch of Bill Haley's career?
... that Cheng Wai Keung, the thirtieth richest person in Singapore, is the Chairman of Wing Tai Holdings, a garment company-turned-real estate firm?
... that the Bengali anthology Sangeet Kalpataru (1887), edited by Narendranath Datta and Vaishnab Charan Basak, was republished in 1963 as Sangeet Sadhanay Vivekananda O Sangeet Kalpataru?
... that Robby Mook became involved in politics when he tried out for a school play?
... that 16th-century world landscape paintings showed "an idealized composite of the world taken in at a single Olympian glance", according to Simon Schama?
... that Pullman-Standard's Super Dome was the first full-length dome car to enter service?
... that Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna wanted to have the documentary film The Punk Singer feature women as experts?
... that St Ambrose's Church, Speke, claims to be the first Roman Catholic church in England to be completed to a rectangular plan with a free-standing altar?
... that early in his career, film editor Gene Ruggiero often skipped work to play golf?
... that the busts of Miklós Zrínyi and Sultan Suleiman, rivals at the Siege of Szigetvár in 1566, stand in the Hungarian-Turkish Friendship Park side-by-side rather than confronting one another?
... that in the 2013 high school elections in Norway the Conservative Party became the largest for the first time since 1987?
... that it is owing to Sir John Paston that we have an account of a famous tournament in England between Paston's friend, Earl Rivers, and the Bastard of Burgundy?
... that Gloria Long Anderson, a chemist and school administrator, was appointed by President Richard Nixon to serve on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's board?
... that the 1947–48 Michigan Wolverines hockey team won the first "Frozen Four" NCAA hockey championship in March 1948?
... that in 2010, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition for Xie Zhiliu to commemorate the artist's 100th birthday?
... that supergroup 8in8, featuring Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, and Damian Kulash, tried to write and record eight songs in eight hours with the help of their Twitter followers?
... that the first issue of the Singapore Tamil weekly Singai Nesan commemorated the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria?
... that the horn stalkball fungus grows on decomposing horns and other animal remains?
... that Namath: From Beaver Falls to Broadway interviewed Suzy Kolber, who was asked by the film's subject to be allowed to kiss her?
... that the Sava River is the largest tributary of the Danube in terms of discharge and the second-largest in terms of catchment area?
... that HMY Alberta carried Queen Victoria back to the British mainland after her death on the Isle of Wight in 1901?
... that the Rigveda dictum Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha ("for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many") was advocated by Gautama Buddha and Swami Vivekananda?
... that Irish cricketer Kevin O'Brien holds the record for the fastest century scored in a World Cup?
... that writer Chris Sheridan, who has received three Emmy Award nominations for his work on Family Guy, initially feared that writing for it would end his career?
... that St. Louis Cathedral in Fort-de-France is the seventh church to be erected on the site since 1657, due to the natural disasters that have plagued the city over the years?