derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that What Did You Eat Yesterday? was one of the first pieces of mainstream Japanese media to substantially depict a cohabiting gay male couple?
... that Sir Donald Douglas was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and his son Sir Neil Douglas was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh?
... that the death penalty in Missouri was restored in large part due to the lynching of Jay Lynch?
... that Polish resistance member Alicja Iwańska became an academic and compared political, religious, and racial persecution in Europe to U.S. segregation restrictions?
... that in 1975, a field mouse knocked Michigan radio station WKJR off the air for 45 minutes?
... that when Osama bin Laden issued his 1998 fatwa proclaiming jihad against the U.S. and its allies, many Islamic jurists stressed that he was not qualified either to proclaim jihad or to issue a fatwa?
... that the phloem sap of Phyllanthus balgooyi contains up to 16.9 per cent nickel by weight, giving it a bright green color?
... that according to Johannes Latuharhary, the education system of the Dutch East Indies in Ambon, Maluku, was designed to create "scribes and clerks, soldiers and sailors"?
... that the Shore Theater, originally designed to satiate "the great need in Coney Island for an all-year amusement", is being redeveloped into Coney Island's first new hotel in 50 years?
... that an implicature might tell you that the nephew of Mrs Jenkins, an old windbag, is standing right behind you?
... that Serbian poisoner Baba Anujka , aged over 90 at the time of her trial, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor?
... that Carlton le Willows Academy alumni include cricketer Mark Footitt, Air Supply singer/guitarist Graham Russell, and balloonist Janet Folkes?
... that although honeynut squash originated about forty years ago, it has only been in markets for four years?
... that when rag sorter Mary Fitzpatrick was tried for murder, the jury included six aristocrats and the judge was Sir Henry Hawkins of the High Court, known as "Hanging Hawkins"?
... that the Elevador de Aguas de Gordejuela housed the first steam engine on Tenerife?
... that according to Jennifer Foster, Iron Age metalsmiths of high-quality goods in Britain might have been itinerant rather than having a fixed abode?
... that Leo Frobenius announced the discovery of the lost city of Atlantis during his Fourth German Inner Africa Research Expedition?
... that the Roman temple of Bziza , dedicated to the Semitic god Azizos, was converted to a church by the Byzantines?
... that Better Together's "The woman who made up her mind" advert opposing Scottish independence so upset politician Sandra Grieve that she changed her mind and began supporting independence?
... that Ralph Henry Gabriel founded the American Studies Department at Yale University but later resigned in protest during the Cold War?
... that the Carroll Street Bridge is one of four remaining retractable bridges in the United States, and one of two in New York City?
... that obstetrician James Scott showed that certain diseases in newborns were caused by their mothers' antibodies crossing the placenta?
... that after Mary Ma orchestrated Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's PC division, she was named by Forbes as the 57th most powerful woman in the world?
... that the dogū with palms pressed together is one of the five dogū that have been designated National Treasures of Japan?
... that Sahraa Karimi is the first and only woman in Afghanistan who has a PhD in filmmaking?
... that The New York Times's The 1619 Project, which aims to re-examine slavery in the United States, was developed in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center for use in schools?
... that footballer Josh Yorwerth received what is believed to be the longest doping-related ban in English football history?
... that Thomas's rope squirrel can communicate with other squirrels vocally or by stamping?
... that South African Member of Parliament Wynand Boshoff is the grandson of assassinated apartheid-era Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd?
... that backlash over Dodge City, Kansas, radio station KTTL's racist programming and its refusal to pay property taxes left the station with just one advertiser by 1983?
... that during the First World War, the Women's Reserve Ambulance Corps was criticised in the contemporary press for "encroaching too closely on male territory"?
... that writer Brigitte Kronauer , who won the Georg Büchner Prize, the Jean Paul Prize, and the Thomas Mann Prize, was described as both "a master of spite" and having "great kindness"?
... that the Narsaq stick was the first Viking Age runic artifact discovered in Greenland?
... that though she lacked her brothers' opportunities for formal schooling, the Irish suffragist Mary Ward was the first woman to pass the Cambridge moral sciences tripos with first class honours?
... that Monowai volcano is growing so quickly that it frequently collapses, generating landslides?
... that footballer Megan Wynne played for Tottenham Hotspur while also working full-time in the club's human resources department?
... that there is a myth that the pieces of the broken tail of the slender glass lizard can grow into new lizards?
... that an unauthorized student pilot was in control of Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 up until five seconds before it crashed?
... that Lady Burton's rope squirrel was named in honour of Isabel Burton, wife of British explorer Sir Richard Burton?
... that Major League Baseball player Cole Sulser has two degrees in engineering from Dartmouth College?
... that Ulrike Sonntag, a soprano at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and an academic voice teacher in Stuttgart, recorded an oratorio by Fanny Hensel and psalm settings by Lili Boulanger?
... that the submarine volcano Vailulu'u was named after a sacred rain and might become an island in the future?
... that Bush Terminal, an intermodal shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex in New York City, was once so large that it had its own judicial system?
... that Yang Hongxun designed the National Museum of Chinese Writing in the form of an ancient pictographic character from oracle bones?
... that the final of the 2017 World Women's Snooker Championship was the longest ever recorded best-of-11-frames match, lasting over eight hours of playing time?
... that former Oregon state representative Ole W. Grubb and his wife had nine children of their own and cared for about 160 foster children?
... that a sherd of pottery found by Ye Zhemin led to the identification of the kiln site for the rare Ru ware of the Song dynasty?
... that the 1805 Treaty of Potsdam committed Prussia to joining the War of the Third Coalition, but was effectively ended by the Battle of Austerlitz less than a month later?
... that Dorothy Christian Hare was the first woman general physician to be elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians?
... that despite the Zulu serotine bat having a widespread distribution in Africa, it is not known where it roosts during the day?
... that lieder singer and voice teacher Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann's textbook for singers was recommended for general readers interested in "the human instrument"?
... that while the American company Roper was the largest stove producer in the world, they also produced artillery shells during World War II?
... that José Naranjo delivered the head of his own brother to Diego de Vargas, the Spanish governor of New Mexico?
... that Taylor Swift uses Leonardo DiCaprio as an example to explain sexism in her song "The Man"?
... that Art Deco architecture of New York City was typified by the use of new metals, such as the stainless steel and aluminum of the Chrysler Building ?
... that Kazuo Wada spent decades building his parents' grocery store into the multinational retailer Yaohan, but became almost penniless after it went bankrupt during the 1997 Asian financial crisis?
... that in 1991, the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples became Canada's first national parish for indigenous people?
... that John Howland established the United States' first full-time pediatric department at the Johns Hopkins Hospital?
... that after the Siege of Ghent, the victorious commander, the Duke of Marlborough, claimed the garrison was so numerous that it took their army "from ten in the morning till seven at night" to evacuate the town?
... that 2016 Paralympics para-rowing gold medalist Roman Polianskyi started experiencing symptoms of Strumpell disease at the age of ten?
... that clover grass used to grow in the Pacific Ocean, but has not been seen there since a severe storm in 1996?
... that Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan , the first governor of a unified Iraqi province, restarted the Muslim conquests in Khurasan?
... that Yella Beezy's father was murdered when the rapper was 12 years old?
... that a dark form of the Angolan slender mongoose is found to the south of the Cunene River and a pale form to the north?
... that Thuy Trang became so ill on her voyage out of Saigon to seek political asylum in the US that other passengers wanted to throw her overboard, thinking she was dead?
... that the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge's stiffening trusses accounted for a quarter of the weight held up by its suspension cables, contributing to the bridge's deterioration and necessitating their removal?
... that after studying excavated legal documents from the ancient Qin dynasty, Gao Heng concluded that Qin's sentence of penal servitude was a lifelong punishment?
... that Ariana Grande's song "In My Head" includes a voicemail recorded by her best friend, Doug Middlebrook, because it suited the lyrics?
... that in 1862, the pilot of the steamboat Spread Eagle rammed into the Emilie in a desperate attempt to reach Fort Benton first?
... that the mushroom Pholiota squarrosoides has decayed logs of the trees Acer saccharum and Tilia glabra in the Great Lakes region of the US?
... that while Greenpeace activist Steve Sawyer was celebrating his birthday ashore with his crew, French agents bombed and sank their boat, the Rainbow Warrior?
... that Bharatiya Janata Party politicians Maneka Gandhi and Santosh Gangwar, current members of the 17th Lok Sabha, have been elected to the Indian lower house for the eighth time?
... that during the English Civil War, Katherine Stuart smuggled messages from Charles I to royalist sympathisers in London?
... that in 1949, the students of Northwestern Schools underwrote the US$40,000 cost to build KTIS in Minneapolis, the first radio station of Northwestern Media?
... that Australian astrophysicist Kirsten Banks was inspired to learn about her Wiradjuri heritage while training at the Sydney Observatory?
... that Alexander's bush squirrel is named after Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, a British Army officer, explorer, and ornithologist?
... that 19-year-old mxmtoon, who records lo-fi songs in her parents' guest bedroom, reached 100 million streams and nearly sold out an international tour before releasing her first album?
... that the cause of the 1957 crash of Pan Am Flight 7 was never determined?
... that research by Chinese professor Wang Buxuan resulted in the doubling of ammonia production at a major chemical plant in Sichuan province?
... that the Samsung Galaxy A70's triple-lens camera can create a bokeh effect through a 3D depth sensor?
... that the myth of the clean Wehrmacht persisted in Germany until the 1990s, when it was eroded by the Wehrmacht Exhibition?
... that Canadian dressage rider Tina Irwin was forced to restart after a power outage at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, and achieved a 2017 world record small tour score on her next attempt?
... that in 1865, Confederate losses during the American Civil War were characterized as "blessings in disguise"?
... that the Empress Elisabeth Bridge , a chain bridge over the Elbe that opened in 1855, was named in honor of the newly married Elisabeth of Austria?
... that Donald Balfour, who began working at the Mayo Clinic as a pathology assistant, later became the director of the Mayo Foundation?
... that cricket coach Gurcharan Singh survived the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi with the help of his trainees?
... that Ernst Dammann, an early member of the Nazi Party, was a founding figure of African studies in East Germany – together with Walter Markov, a communist who spent much of the Nazi era in prison?
... that twelve years after his death, Mou Zuoyun became the first Chinese person to be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame?
... that the Asian garden dormouse can enter torpor, a state in which it may remain for several days?
... that the novel Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann uses stream of consciousness narrative and mostly consists of a single sentence running over more than 1,000 pages?
... that American potter Hugh C. Robertson was left "nearly penniless" in 1889 by his years of attempts to recreate the Chinese porcelain sang de boeuf glaze ?
... that in his book ABC of Alcohol, Alex Paton explained why women are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol?
... that the No. 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid won the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans after its sister No. 7 car had a tyre pressure sensor system wiring fault that incorrectly indicated a front-right puncture?
... that South African theoretical physicist Adriana Marais was one of 100 candidates chosen for Mars One?
... that the nymphs of the mayfly Ephemera simulans are able to burrow?
... that according to Bert Cumby, China used thought reform on American prisoners of war during the Korean War as part of a plan to create support for China-friendly policies in the United States?
... that the Field Music album Commontime received media attention after Prince tweeted about one of its songs?
... that Mexican lawyer María José Cristerna, known as "The Vampire Woman" for her extensive body modifications, is recognized as the most tattooed woman in the world?
... that Robert Michael Forde made the first definitive observation of the cause of sleeping sickness in human beings?
... that in 1949, the Kurtis Sport Car was driven by National Hot Rod Association founder Wally Parks to over 142.5 mph (229.3 km/h) on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah?
... that the Hong Kong Way was a peaceful political campaign held in Hong Kong on the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way?
... that American actor Matt William Knowles was a "rotating mayor" of Danzhai Wanda Village in Guizhou, China?
... that Facebook has to vet fake news in India for 23 official languages, but has been able to cover only 10 of them?
... that footballer Carrie Jones made her international debut for Wales despite being too young to play for her club side?
... that WBBY-FM lost its license because the man who claimed to be its manager worked full-time at a car dealership 120 miles (190 km) away?
... that ice almost half a million years old has been found on a mountain named after a sled dog driver?
... that a 2018 documentary depicts Nadia Murad , who escaped sexual enslavement by the Islamic State, alerting politicians and journalists to the atrocities being committed in her native Iraq?
... that Mexican drug lord Alfonso Lam Liu spoke over radio using a coded language, to prevent law enforcement from understanding his drug operations?
... that Spoon frontman Britt Daniel was inspired by Franz Ferdinand's 2004 song "Take Me Out" while writing "I Turn My Camera On", and was influenced by Prince to sing it with falsetto vocals?
... that some Buddhists believe that all beings could have been their parents in a previous life, so liberating people from suffering is a form of filial piety?
... that an hour and a half before fur trader Captain Joseph LaBarge died, he received a telegram from historian Hiram M. Chittenden assuring LaBarge of the completion of his biography?
... that the parasite Enteromyxum scophthalmi causes a severe illness in farmed turbot for which no cure is known?
... that Xu Xiaodong defeated a self-styled kung fu master, who claimed to possess supernatural powers, in 20 seconds?
... that after making a breakthrough in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, Jean-François Champollion cried "I've done it!" and collapsed in a faint that lasted days?
... that in 2008, Vice-Admiral Nikolai Maksimov was in charge of the largest Russian military manoeuvres in the Atlantic since 1991?
... that Pumpkin Spice Spam is a legitimate product that started out as a joke on Facebook?
... that C. P. E. Bach's Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute, composed around 1747 for flauto traverso without bass and printed during his lifetime, is one of the few significant pieces for solo flute?
... that Leila Ernst barged into a dance audition to show theatre producer George Abbott that she could sing and dance?
... that one of the weapons in the video game Venetica was named as a result of a contest?
... that a mute coal miner is said to have spoken for the first time in several years after riding the Coney Island Cyclone in 1948?
... that an earthquake on 11 September 1275 caused the destruction of the church on Glastonbury Tor and was felt across England and Wales, but its epicentre is unknown?
... that Pandrosion may have been an earlier female contributor to mathematics than Hypatia?
... that in 1808, Joseph LaBarge traveled from Quebec over a series of rivers and lakes and down the Mississippi River to St. Louis in a birch-bark canoe?
... that National Treasures at Hōryū-ji include the Tamamushi Shrine and images inside the Tachibana Shrine?
... that in 1945, Arnold Peter Meiklejohn supervised the medical students at the newly liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
... that at around 127 acres (51 hectares) in size, Crotona Park is known as the "Central Park of the South Bronx"?
... that when learning to play pool, Veronika Ivanovskaia stood on a crate of Coca-Cola?
... that as of August 2019, around thirty LGBT-free zones have been declared in Poland, including four south-eastern voivodeships ?
... that hematologist Samuel Charache discovered the first effective treatment for sickle cell disease?
... that St Andrew's Cross in Glasgow is also known as Eglinton Toll, as it was the entry point to an inland dock for a canal established by Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, in the early 19th century?
... that Chinese-American mathematician Stephen Shing-Toung Yau established the "Yau algebra" and the "Yau number"?
... that billionaire Max Auschnitt bribed Romanian authorities, and worked with "an anti-Semite, but a civilized one", to help Jews escape the Holocaust?
... that in 1874, the New York Herald wrote a hoax story to draw attention to inadequate safety precautions at the Central Park Zoo?
... that according to Guinness World Records, the Carolina Reaper is currently the leader in the race to grow the hottest pepper?
... that Julius Tahija was the only Indonesian to receive an Allied nation's highest military decoration during World War II?
... that the String Quartet in A major, composed by Arthur Bliss around 1913 as a student, was later withdrawn from performance and not revived until his widow gave permission in the 1990s?
... that Mathea Olin's gold and bronze medals at the 2017 Pan American Surf Games were Canada's first international medals in surfing?
... that Winnie Quagliotti protested against the Australian Bicentenary by dressing in a possum-skin cloak and throwing a wattle wreath into the sea at Princes Pier?
... that there are believed to be fewer than 100 mature specimens of Dacrydium guillauminii, which is considered critically endangered?
... that during the political campaign for the 1953 Italian general election, the Italian Nettist Party promised voters a free daily supply of steak?
... that English violinist Eva Mudocci was a muse to Edvard Munch and Henri Matisse?
... that the Namib day gecko can sprint at 2.5 m/s (8 ft/s) in bright light?
... that the video for Marilyn Manson's soft-rock ballad "Running to the Edge of the World" was widely condemned for its depiction of violence against women?
... that Noelle Campbell-Sharp has led the Cill Rialaig project, hosting over 5,000 artists on residencies in County Kerry, Ireland, since 1991?
... that at the Battle of Sourton Down, a Parliamentarian ambush by 108 soldiers successfully routed a Royalist army of 3,600?
... that Russian breakdancer Sergei Chernyshev, the 2018 Youth Olympics B-Boys champion, competes under the nickname Bumblebee, after a robot superhero in the Transformers franchise?
... that the extinct birch Betula leopoldae is named after conservationist Estella Leopold?
... that playwright Eugene O'Neill stipulated that actress Mary Welch had to gain at least 50 pounds (23 kg) for a role in his play A Moon for the Misbegotten?
... that red yeast rice is used both in traditional Chinese medicine and as a modern-day dietary supplement?
... that footballer Jordon Garrick nearly gave up the game as a teenager to pursue a career in rugby league before being persuaded to change his mind by his mother and his coach?
... that until the 1930s, sheep grazed in a meadow in New York City's Prospect Park?
... that Brad Leone, a chef and YouTube personality at Bon Appétit, started at the magazine as a self-described "glorified dishwasher"?
... that comic books by Magdalene Visaggio have been nominated for two Eisner Awards and three GLAAD Media Awards?
... that Andi Herzog is the most capped footballer in Austrian history and the only player to win more than 100 caps?
... that Petro Kilekwa from Zambia was enslaved because his mother could not pay the ransom – eight yards (7.3 m) of calico cloth?
... that after the September 11 attacks, a seldom-staffed temporary border patrol checkpoint was installed on Interstate 91 near White River Junction, Vermont, about 100 miles (160 km) from the Canadian border?
... that as general manager of the municipal theatres in Frankfurt, Harry Buckwitz staged plays by Brecht including Mutter Courage, and recruited Georg Solti for the opera?
... that military historian Dominick Graham was a prisoner of war in Italy during World War II, and later returned as a member of the British Olympic skiing team?
... that the prisoner of war massacre in Ciepielów is the most infamous instance of the war crimes of the Wehrmacht committed during the invasion of Poland?
... that Prince Tarabya Minye Kyawhtin ceded the throne of Ava to his cousin Prince Min Nyo after marrying his deceased brother's favorite queen, Shin Saw Pu, in return?
... that Wang Guodong painted some of the world's most recognizable portraits, which inspired Andy Warhol?
... that before opening West Point High School, the Tolleson Union High School District in Arizona was so overcrowded that it had to turn students away and use teachers' lounges as classrooms?
... that in June 2019, Northern Irish pilot Norman Surplus became the first person to circumnavigate the globe using an autogyro?
... that The O.C. is the "official, original, and only club that matters"?
... that West Point cadets fill their hats with notes and other items for small children to collect after the hat toss during their graduation ceremony?
... that former Mexican police chief Gilberto Lerma Plata was ordered to forfeit US$10 billion in drug profits?
... that Chinese Muslim scholar Yu Zhengui worked as a laogai labourer during the Cultural Revolution?
... that the Jewish Democratic Committee and the Romanian Communist Party together sent Romanian Jews to Israel, hoping to make it a communist ally?
... that the African-American conductor Henry Lewis conducted the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra in support of America's cultural diplomacy initiatives after World War II?
... that the Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester ('So-called Left Radical Wind Band') played at demonstrations against nuclear power and far-right politics, and at the Berliner Philharmonie?
... that Claude Ruggieri described pyrotechny as "a dark chaos which one cannot penetrate without the torch of chemistry"?
... that an anti-suffragist threw rocks at Nora Houston as she was giving a speech advocating for women's voting rights, and Houston kept one of the rocks for the rest of her life?
... that several entrants in the 2019 Riga Masters professional snooker event—including the defending champion—missed the tournament because their flights were cancelled?