derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that the slave-owner and MP William James received £4,713, equivalent to about £6 million today, as compensation following the British Slavery Abolition Act of 1833?
... that Foxwarren Park was the inspiration for Toad Hall, a location for Robin Hood and test site for the bouncing bomb?
... that during the reign of Muhammad II, Granada survived simultaneous attacks by Castile and the Marinids, its two larger neighbors?
... that the Rolling Stones' concert in Havana was the first foreign rock concert to take place in Cuba and was attended by an estimated 500,000 people?
... that economist Peter Schmidt's 1977 work on stochastic frontier models is considered one of the most influential Journal of Econometrics papers of all time?
... that a traditional town fair in Zagreb, Croatia, has its roots in a Mongol invasion?
... that the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is the only tunnel with stations shared between trains and buses in the United States?
... that Bencie Woll was the first person to hold a professorship in sign language in the United Kingdom?
... that pimento cheese is a type of cheese spread that has been referred to as "pâté of the south" and "Carolina caviar"?
... that after lobbying to regulate the licensing of nurses in Colorado, Louie Croft Boyd applied for and became the first licensed nurse in the state?
... that living glass anemones can be dissected in the laboratory and then put back in an aquarium, where they will heal?
... that the Islamic prophet Muhammad was reported to have said that whoever recited the Quranic chapter Al-Waqi'a every night would "never be afflicted by need"?
... that the book Insane Clown President by Matt Taibbi debuted on bestseller lists for both The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times?
... that Lioba Braun, who became known appearing as Brangäne in Bayreuth in 1994, was the first soloist to record Reger's Die Weihe der Nacht?
... that the Superliner was the last rail passenger car manufactured by Pullman-Standard?
... that Ivan and Nina Efimov, known as the Adam and Eve of Russian puppetry, lived for six years largely on earnings from their traveling puppet show ?
... that the first United States vessel to enter the Black Sea was owned by Ezra Weston II, a Massachusetts shipbuilder known as "King Caesar"?
... that MINURCA was established by the UN Security Council to replace another peacekeeping force called MISAB?
... that Kate Devlin is a computer scientist working in the field of sex robots and human-computer interaction?
... that Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel Starship Troopers is a critique of US society of the 1950s, and advocates for corporal and capital punishment?
... that award-winning film director Nujoom Al-Ghanem is also a poet?
... that the Irish Fright caused thousands of English people to arm themselves against non-existent Irish marauders believed to be burning and massacring English towns?
... that model Sofia Richie played soccer until she broke her hip in a Segway accident?
... that the Karimata Strait, today in Indonesia, was used by the British fleet in the 1811 invasion of Java?
... that Matthias von Stegmann made German voice-overs for The Simpsons, staged Wagner's Ring Cycle for children, and directed the first production of Wagner's Rienzi at the Bayreuth Festival?
... that the documentary Trump: The Kremlin Candidate? presented by John Sweeney was featured at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy?
... that Pietro Campori was promoted as a candidate for pope in both 1621 and 1623?
... that the first ice rink in South Africa was created for the 1936 Empire Exhibition?
... that after surviving a shooting incident, Boakye Agyarko immigrated to the US as a political refugee and rose to become a vice president of the Bank of New York?
... that colonies of the black coral Leiopathes glaberrima can live for over four thousand years?
... that white reformist Northern women founded the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery, Alabama, to educate black girls, who included Rosa Parks and Johnnie Carr?
... that Indian politician Akhtarul Iman withdrew his candidacy for the 2014 Indian general election ten days before the poll, stating that he did not want to split the Muslim vote?
... that Martin Luther wrote the song of praise "Die beste Zeit im Jahr ist mein" ("The best time of the year is mine") as part of a poem, not as a hymn?
... that Chris Young was deposed in 1924 by the Governor of American Samoa after he took the Samoan royal title Tui Manu'a, because the idea was incompatible with the US Constitution?
... that Tropical Depression Six of the 1975 Atlantic hurricane season caused the Florida Panhandle to have its rainiest July since 1923?
... that the 34th chapter of the Quran was named after Sheba, but does not talk about the Queen of Sheba?
... that Dutch politician Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello was the first person to introduce protection of lesbian rights and anti-discrimination measures at an official UN conference?
... that the first-round draw for the English 2017–18 EFL Cup was held in Thailand?
... that the Ludington family included a teenage girl whose night-long ride to alert the Continental Army of an imminent British attack has been compared to the ride of Paul Revere?
... that actress Siobhan Finneran said she wanted her Downton Abbey character "flung off the roof of the Abbey"?
... that red-headed pine sawfly larvae drag pine needles into the silken tubes in which they live?
... that theoretical physicist Deepak Dhar and Ramakrishna Ramaswamy solved the Abelian sandpile model of self-organized criticality with their "Dhar-Ramaswamy model"?
... that Seattle's passenger-only ferries, blamed for beach erosion, were forced to slow down because of a class-action lawsuit?
... that Juana Bordas says her parents were uncomfortable with the idea of her leaving home to go to college due to the "crab syndrome"?
... that the Soviet Army's 7th Guards Tank Division was part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany for 43 years during the Cold War?
... that the call letters of radio stations KFAS and KFAS-FM were adopted to honor minority owner Francis Albert Sinatra?
... that Compendium ferculorum ("A Collection of Dishes"), the oldest cookbook in Polish, inspired the description of a traditional banquet in the Polish national epic?
... that Oklahoma state legislator Emily Virgin tried to derail a religious freedom bill by proposing that businesses must publicly post a notice declaring whom they would refuse services to?
... that a classically conditioned stimulus can affect operant behavior and motivation through Pavlovian-instrumental transfer?
... that Hayao Miyazaki aspired to become a manga artist but found he could not draw people, instead drawing primarily planes, tanks, and battleships for several years?
... that Neal McDonough's appearance in the Marvel One-Shot short Agent Carter was supposed to be filmed in a pool, but could not because of the muscle suit he wore to portray Dum Dum Dugan?
... that Italian immigrant Mario Peruzzi was the co-founder and president of Planters Peanut company ?
... that during the Siege of Thessalonica in 1422–1430, the city changed hands from the Byzantine Empire to the Republic of Venice, and finally was captured by the Ottoman Empire?
... that Scissor Sisters and MNDR conceived the song "Swerlk" to commemorate the anniversary of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting?
... that Yuan dynasty plum-blossom painter Wang Mian lived in a house surrounded by a thousand plum trees?
... that the decline of book review sections in newspapers was the impetus for the founding of the New York Journal of Books?
... that Joan Birkland won both the Colorado state tennis and golf championships in the same summer ... twice?
... that the Government of Bihar started a bidding process to get an industry partner for the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur, but no bidder emerged?
... that the 59th Ariel Awards will be held despite a 77% cut to the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences' budget?
... that Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil once belonged to the House of Bourbon?
... that Marc Kasowitz has represented Donald Trump in bankruptcies, sexual misconduct allegations, and the Russian election interference investigation?
... that when his candidacy was vetoed in the 1669–70 papal conclave, Scipione Pannocchieschi d’Elci became so embarrassed that it was said to be the cause of his death shortly thereafter?
... that Virginia Apuzzo was a nun until shortly after the Stonewall riots, when she left her convent and became a gay rights and AIDS activist?
... that The Beast is the first book written by CPJ International Press Freedom Award-winning journalist Óscar Martínez?
... that Maria Friesenhausen sang soprano solo with the NDR Chor in the 1950s and trained students of the University of Dortmund for an opera performance in 2001?
... that there are many more female than male great spruce bark beetles, and incestuous matings are normal?
... that the book The Plot to Hack America by Malcolm Nance describes Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections?
... that despite his role as a medic to the Decepticons, the character of Knock Out in Transformers: Prime was created as a foil to Bumblebee?
... that Fest- und Gedenksprüche are three motets composed by Johannes Brahms for the ceremony in which he was named an honorary citizen of Hamburg?
... that Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro ordained the British monk who set up the first Theravada monastic community in Britain?
... that Edward H. Phelps was wounded at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, and while still leading his men forward was shot a second time and killed?
... that after its dissolution in 1973, some members of the Labour Party of Scotland left to work for a pirate radio station?
... that stockbroker Tony Rudd was recruited by the future British Home Secretary to be an extra in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral?
... that the Chiliques volcano is of cultural importance to the town of Socaire, Chile, where it was considered to be the source of water?
... that Ernest Addison, the fifteenth Governor of the Bank of Ghana, is a Mfantsipim alumnus?
... that the Taylor Force Act, proposed by US Senator Lindsey Graham, would prevent the Palestinian National Authority from using American economic aid to pay terrorists?
... that the season three premiere of Rick and Morty was first aired unannounced as a part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' joke?
... that Spanish footballer Nahikari García signed for Real Sociedad when she was 16 years old?
... that white-footed ants protect red scale insects, a major pest of citrus in South Africa?
... that Soviet Air Forces fighter pilot and commander Pyotr Pumpur began his military career as a chauffeur?
... that when comedian Peter Sellers visited his friend Spike Milligan at Monkenhurst naked as a practical joke, he was sent away still naked?
... that the Kölner Rundfunkchor, the radio choir of the WDR in Cologne, premiered Karlheinz Stockhausen's Momente in 1962?
... that Janina Goss has been described as the "power behind the throne" in modern Polish politics?
... that the Arkansas Air & Military Museum displays Walmart founder Sam Walton's first aircraft, an Ercoupe 415C?
... that Ajige beheaded Shen Shikui for his refusal to surrender Ka Island?
... that Truth Serum, Tove Lo's debut EP, is a concept record that describes her most intense love affair, from the happy beginning to trying to move on after the breakup?
... that the Palestinian Authority Martyr's Fund pays monthly stipends to the families of suicide bombers?
... that the novel The Princess of the Moon: A Confederate Fairy Story by Cora Semmes Ives depicts a lunar invasion by Yankee carpetbagger balloonists?
... that Puchuldiza in Chile was the site of the first electricity generated from geothermal energy in South America?
... that Governor-elect of the State of Mexico Alfredo del Mazo Maza's father, grandfather, and cousin all held the office before him?
... that the Vintage Grill & Car Museum in Weatherford, Texas, features President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Lincoln Continental and a 1975 Trabant?
... that during the civil war of the Ottoman Interregnum, at one time or another Junayd Bey, ruler of the Beylik of Aydın, supported four different Ottoman princes vying for the throne?
... that the upcoming film Velipadinte Pusthakam will be the first collaboration between director Lal Jose and actor Mohanlal?
... that Claudia Barainsky performed operatic title roles including Daphne, Lulu, Medea, and Melusine?
... that Qing dynasty poet Lin Yining was part of the "Banana Garden Five"?
... that Brideside was launched in Chicago because it was perceived to be the largest bridal market in the United States?
... that at the beginning of his reign, Muhammad III of Granada allied his kingdom with Castile and Aragon against the Marinids, while at the end those three powers were allied against him?
... that the Porco caldera in Bolivia, a major source of silver for the Inca, is now Bolivia's largest zinc mine?
... that chaudfroid sauce can be prepared using a reduction of boiled meat carcasses and other ingredients?
... that Sunil Babu Pant was the first openly gay federal-level legislator in Asia?
... that the Adelphi School is considered to be the last free-tuition charity school building still standing in Philadelphia?
... that Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee is the first mayor of any city of India to get Z-plus security cover?
... that while Maximilian II replaced Alard du Gaucquier as Kapellmeister, he thought highly enough of him to grant a patent of nobility?
... that the Nugent–RajanBabu reagent can be used to prepare a key intermediate in the synthesis of vinorelbine, a treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer?
... that former Attorney General Ayikoi Otoo is now Ghana's High Commissioner to Canada?
... that in 1972, Colorado engineering technician Janet Bonnema legally challenged the superstition that a woman who went underground into a tunnel or mine brought bad luck?
... that the leader of the US-trained Anti-Terror Units in the Syrian Civil War was suspected to have been assassinated by Turkish Intelligence operatives for conducting "terror operations"?
... that Moufdi Zakaria reportedly wrote the lyrics to the national anthem of Algeria with his own blood on the walls of his jail cell?
... that construction of the Macrolibramiento Palmillas-Apaseo el Grande highway was delayed by difficulties acquiring rights of way, rising material costs, and intermittent funding from the Mexican government?
... that after the death of pediatric neurologist Bronson Crothers, Harvard Medical School established a professorship in his name?
... that the video game Horizon Zero Dawn was considered the most risky out of 40 concepts pitched for development?
... that sailors under Magellan may have guessed that Samborombón Bay was the birthplace of the phantom island of Saint Brendan?
... that the upcoming film The Darkest Minds is the live-action directorial debut of animation director Jennifer Yuh Nelson?
... that physician Bodog F. Beck kept a beehive outside his office in New York for his "bee venom therapy"?
... that Benjamin Franklin suggested to George Washington that he adopt the Flag of the East India Company as the flag of the United States?
... that David Hermann staged a Mozart opera at the Salzburg Festival at age 29, and combined three Krenek operas in Frankfurt?
... that one of the final Quranic chapters revealed in Mecca, called "The Sundering", talks about the Day of Judgment?
... that NASCAR Hall of Famer Bud Moore was a machine gunner who participated in the Normandy landings?
... that a "food innovation district" and farmers' market are proposed for the immediate vicinity of Rainier Beach station?
... that the New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee was twice the man of the series in the Trans-Tasman Trophy?
... that Irish director Neasa Hardiman won both an IFTA and a BAFTA award for her work on Happy Valley?
... that despite years of investigation and a manhunt, the 1939 City of San Francisco derailment remains unsolved?
... that the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Modern Gothic cabinet is considered one of the finest American examples of the style?
... that in 1678, Anthonio Hurdt led the forces of the Dutch East India Company for the Kediri campaign in Java, despite his lack of experience in Java or in military command?
... that ecotourism resort Hotelito Desconocido was reportedly a money laundering front for a Mexican drug cartel?
... that Spanish footballer Álvaro Domínguez was forced to retire at the age of 27 due to persistent back injuries?
... that Gottfried von Einem's opera Der Prozeß, based on the novel by Franz Kafka, was premiered at the Salzburg Festival?
... that Typhoon Agnes was the last one to affect the Philippines during the 1984 Pacific typhoon season?
... that Henry W. Sawyer argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Establishment Clause cases of Abington School District v. Schempp and Lemon v. Kurtzman?
... that the "Prayer of Saint Francis" is a 20th-century peace prayer mistakenly attributed to the 13th-century saint?
... that in 2013, Poland became the world's largest producer of mead made according to traditional methods ?
... that Gonçalo Teixeira Corrêa crossed China in the 1620s to train the Ming army in modern artillery, but lost his life to a mutineer's arrow?
... that the hymn "Breathe on Me, Breath of God" was described as being so simple it belied the education and knowledge of its author, Professor Edwin Hatch?
... that Richard Painter, chief ethics lawyer to President George W. Bush, is suing President Trump for his alleged violation of the US Constitution?
... that the video game Remember Me was appraised by its developer as the digital view of human identity compared to its analog counterpart, Life Is Strange?
... that the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz celebrated 125 years of music education by moving to a new building?
... that Alabama was one of six U.S. states to not have a human trafficking law before state legislator Merika Coleman successfully cosponsored a bill criminalizing it?
... that basketball player Alex Owumi was trapped in a Benghazi apartment for weeks during the Libyan Civil War?
... that although New Brunswick was confederated into Canada 150 years ago today, the province's flag was not adopted until 1965?
... that Tui Manu'a Matelita, the Samoan queen of Manu'a, was described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a little slip" of a girl, "who sits all day in a pink gown, in a little white European house"?
... that Horace Hodes discovered the main function of vitamin D in his first year of medical school?
... that Jordyn Huitema scored her first goal for the Canadian women's national soccer team in an exhibition game against Costa Rica, and scored her second goal less than a minute later?
... that "Fatshe leno la rona", the national anthem of Botswana, was reportedly not the government's preferred choice because it was composed by the co-founder and leader of an opposition party?
... that Pu Songling wrote "Tian Qilang" with a Chinese killer in mind?
... that Douglas Putnam served in the Battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War, and later published an eyewitness account of the battle?
... that the total known population of the critically endangered shrub Persoonia pauciflora is within 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) of the type specimen?
... that N. V. Madhusudana demonstrated the electromechanical coupling effects of cholesteric liquid crystals for the first time?
... that human sacrifices were performed on Pichu Pichu, an extinct volcano near Arequipa?
... that a Lebanese postage stamp featuring Anissa Rawda Najjar was issued in 2014, soon after her 100th birthday?
... that Informatics General developed and marketed the first software product to have cumulative sales of $1 million, $10 million, and $100 million?
... that after gunmen murdered her father in a pub , Irish politician Emma Rogan campaigned with the Loughinisland Justice Group to uncover their identities?
... that producer Mara Brock Akil was hesitant to cast Tia Mowry as Melanie Barnett due to the actress's wholesome image from Sister, Sister?
... that the former Imperial Square of Strasbourg is decorated with ginkgos that were presented by Emperor Meiji of Japan to the German Emperor?
... that in 1975, Barbara May Cameron, a member of the Hunkpapa Lakota, co-founded the first gay Indian organization in San Francisco?
... that populations of the little green woodpecker in Africa are increasing due to logging and clearing of the forests?
... that in the 1920s, Dolly Rudeman was one of the most prolific designers of movie posters and programs for the Dutch cinema, and the only woman working in the field at the time?
... that early occupational epidemiology studies established health risk factors for gold and silver miners, chimney sweeps, and workers using asbestos?
... that Joseph and Amalie Joachim received two songs from Johannes Brahms, one to begin their marriage, the other decades later to repair it?
... that the rosy razor clam tries to evade capture by rapidly burrowing deeper into the sediment?
... that in 1978, airline captain Gordon Vette rescued a Cessna pilot who was lost over the Pacific Ocean and running out of fuel?
... that supporter liaison officers are claimed to be a major factor in the 20 percent reduction of crowd disorder in Swedish football?
... that Amabel Anderson Arnold, a St. Louis lawyer and law professor, received degrees from both Benton College of Law and City College of Law and Finance within a five-day period?
... that Christian William Miller, inventor of a water desalination device promoted by Franklin D. Roosevelt, was considered one of the most beautiful men in the 1940s New York gay society?
... that the Jugendkulturhaus Dynamo, a youth center in Zürich, was built from an old brewery after youth riots in the city were sparked by a grant of 61,000,000 Swiss francs to the Zürich Opera?
... that the sea slug Alderia modesta transfers sperm to a partner by hypodermic injection?
... that Cecilia Dapaah, Ghana's minister for aviation, has vowed to start a new national carrier and make the country the aviation hub of West Africa?
... that Maria Riccarda Wesseling appeared as Gluck's Orfeo in Paris and at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, and as Henze's Phaedra in Berlin?
... that Anne Curtis plans to perform her own stunts in the upcoming Philippine action film Buy Bust?
... that C. Louise Boehringer, the first female Superintendent of Schools in Yuma County, has often been called "the mother of the Arizona educational system"?
... that video game walkthroughs are typically designed to assist other players in accomplishing certain feats within video games?
... that pirate John Bear married "a strumpet ... daughter of a rum-punch-woman" and tried to convince people she was a runaway noblewoman?
... that when St Peter's Church in Henfield needed a bell in the 17th century, the churchwarden stole one from St Leonard's Church in Aldrington?
... that suspected anarchist Lazarus Averbuch was shot and killed in the home of Chicago's Chief of Police?
... that the History of Medicine Society, founded by Sir William Osler in 1912, is one of the oldest in the world?
... that juvenile angular brittle stars can re-enter a plankton phase, allowing them to relocate to a more suitable location?
... that Mervyn Brogan was the first Australian Chief of the General Staff to have a university degree?
... that the Stadttheater Minden, a municipal theatre without an ensemble, received international attention for its Wagner opera project?
... that Howard B. Meek was the founder and dean of the first college to train professional hotel managers?
... that the prize in a tournament of Urban Jungle, a driving game developed and set in Croatia, was free real-world driving lessons?
... that the Sydney Metro Blues are the 2017 Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League champions?
... that Marcus Bosch conducted a performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Staatstheater Nürnberg that was shown live in 50 cinemas in Germany and Austria?
... that following a failed attempt earlier in the year, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill establishing Barack Obama Day on May 19, 2017?