derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that when introduced in 1974, the British Rail Passenger Timetable cost 50p (the equivalent of £10 today) and its 1,350 pages provided times for the entire year?
... that Dagmar Burešová hid a classmate after he escaped a communist prison, and enabled him to flee from Czechoslovakia to West Germany?
... that besides eating ants and termites, the waved woodpecker feeds on fruits, berries, and seeds?
... that although the 2018 release Hamari Paltan was promoted as the last film of veteran Indian actor Tom Alter, another one featuring him premiered later that same year?
... that Charles Kelman, the inventor of phacoemulsification for cataract surgery, was also a Broadway producer and a jazz musician with a musical comedy routine?
... that Michael Boddenberg , the minister of finance of the German state of Hesse, once directed a school for butchers and bakers?
... that the pencil sketch for Little Girl Observing Lovers on a Train is in the private collection of George Lucas?
... that Alexander H. Flax, the future chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, was part of a small team of engineers who developed the Piasecki HRP Rescuer, the first true twin-rotor helicopter?
... that many post-World War II anti-Jewish attacks in Slovakia were committed by former anti-Nazi partisans?
... that Carol Brightman first gained inspiration for her book Sweet Chaos from her younger sister, who worked as the Grateful Dead's lighting director and literary agent?
... that an incident in which a player clipped another's heel at the 2002 PDC World Darts Championship was the catalyst for the creation of the exclusion zone in darts?
... that 14 Wall Street in Manhattan was among the first skyscrapers to use a pyramidal roof?
... that Albert Camus's novel The Plague is based on an epidemic in Oran, Algeria, and examines how a government could turn tyrannical?
... that Pamela Chelgren-Koterba became the first female officer in the history of the United States' NOAA Corps in 1972?
... that Megaceroides algericus is one of only two deer species known to have been native to Africa, alongside the Barbary stag?
... that on Good Friday 2020, Benedikt Kristjánsson sang all roles in a chamber arrangement of Bach's St John Passion, broadcast live from the composer's burial place?
... that radio station WSID, located in a suburb of Baltimore, claimed that a city court had no jurisdiction over it?
... that a draft condition of the Treaty of Lutatius to end the First Punic War, stipulating that Carthage pay Rome 57,000 kg (126,000 lb) of silver, was rejected as insufficient?
... that a large statue of a cottontail rabbit in Minneapolis was outfitted with a cloth face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota?
... that volcanoes in Honolulu were active within the last 80,000 years, and future eruptions are possible?
... that although the Alvvays song "Archie, Marry Me" did not chart, it is still considered to be the band's breakout hit?
... that Helmut Machemer joined the army of Nazi Germany in the hope of winning a bravery award to save his part-Jewish family?
... that a new platform was built at the Bowling Green station in Manhattan after it became overcrowded just four years after opening?
... that public reaction to Agatha Christie's eleven-day disappearance in 1926 included speculation the incident was an attempt to frame Archie Christie, her then husband, for murder?
... that the Buruciye Medrese is considered one of the best examples of Seljuk architecture in Anatolia?
... that Clint Hocking was the level designer, game designer, and scriptwriter for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell?
... that the communications satellite LES-1, launched in 1965, spontaneously began transmitting again in 2012 after more than 40 years of silence, making it one of the oldest zombie satellites?
... that in the Danish card game of Brus, if a seven is led, the player risks it being beaten by the beggar king?
... that the bookseller George Robinson paid Ann Radcliffe £500 in 1794 to publish The Mysteries of Udolpho – equivalent to £58,735 today?
... that the physician and science writer Ben Goldacre announced that Noosha Fox was his mother after watching her on a Top of the Pops rerun?
... that after the demolition of much of the elevated Myrtle Avenue Line, service on New York City's B54 bus route was increased by 700 percent?
... that Exolaunch managed the launch rideshare of a satellite only 2.5 cm (0.98 in) tall?
... that FTI Consulting has concluded with "medium to high confidence" that Jeff Bezos's phone was hacked by a file sent from the Saudi Arabian crown prince's WhatsApp account?
... that Leeds Civic Trust has created a trail of rainbow plaques to commemorate individuals, significant places, and events which have contributed to the LGBT+ history of Leeds?
... that Francis Augustus Silva was promoted to captain in the American Civil War and later dishonorably discharged by mistake?
... that the fictional village of Kattegat in the television series Vikings is located at the base of Luggala in County Wicklow, Ireland?
... that the Slovak periodical Svedectvo (Testimony) receives a government subsidy, despite having published apologist articles defending convicted war criminals?
... that the founder of the media watchdog organization Ad Fontes Media has compared low-quality news sources to junk food?
... that James Strachan-Davidson, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, believed that the college should be as "wife and children" to its fellows?
... that in 1917, the crew of HMS Terror had to abandon ship after the captain refused to sail the damaged ship stern first?
... that although Eric Thorne was never a big star in London's West End, he was "a great favourite in the provinces", including as Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow?
... that the in-development fangame Bionicle: Quest for Mata Nui was praised for having better animation than the direct-to-video Bionicle films?
... that Turkish female international sailing competitor Ecem Güzel has finished in the top three of a competition five times in the last seven years?
... that the Indian film Chand Bujh Gaya (The Moon Is Eclipsed) was denied a censor certificate for fear of "inciting communal violence" and "communal disharmony"?
... that pediatrician Samuel Z. Levine was summoned by the White House in 1963 to treat President John F. Kennedy's premature baby son?
... that three of the 34 stanzas of "Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod", a Passion hymn by Paul Stockmann, were included in Bach's St John Passion?
... that the Northern Ireland subsidy is greater than the United Kingdom's annual net expenditure on the European Union before Brexit?
... that Christian television station KBFI-TV permanently ceased operations at 2 a.m. on Christmas Eve?
... that Hege Lanes Steinlund is believed to have officiated more international football matches than any other Norwegian referee?
... that the 2010 Young Report cited a story about a clown being banned from wearing oversized shoes as an example of "health and safety hysteria in the media"?
... that there was once a 35 km-long (22 mi) glacier in Gusinje Municipality, Montenegro?
... that J. F. S. Stuart found the republican opinions of American colonists "obnoxious to a loyalist, and their barbarous manners repellent to a gentleman"?
... that in the Australian Journal of Herpetology, a first-year student and a high school teacher reassessed the taxonomy of Australia's entire reptile class, naming 33 novel genera and 214 new species?
... that one of the most common stereotypes of a Karen is asking to "speak to the manager"?
... that violinist Hellmut Stern , whose family escaped Nazi Germany to Harbin, China, worked for 23 years to achieve his dream of a Berlin Philharmonic tour of Israel?
... that due to Pakistani actress Saeeda Imtiaz's role in Redrum, one of the film's producers said, "I am worried if my film will see the light of day"?
... that Barbara H. Bowman was one of the scientists who discovered the genetic difference responsible for variations in haptoglobin, a human blood protein?
... that Boston and Skegness is estimated to have the highest percentage of "Leave" votes in the 2016 EU referendum of any parliamentary constituency in the UK?
... that the 145th Street station in Manhattan was slated to be replaced with another subway station in the 1960s, but remained open following protests?
... that Oregon state representative J. Patrick Metke flew two-engine Navy bombers on anti-submarine patrols during World War II?
... that Coleraine Cricket Club once became champions of the North West Cricket Union Premiership by default after their nearest competitors went on holiday?
... that Pyrocephalus, the genus name of the vermilion flycatcher , literally means 'fire head'?
... that unlike most U.S. custom houses, which face the waterfront, the Alexander Hamilton Custom House in Manhattan faces inland?
... that New Mexico radio station KARA was sued by a competitor who claimed that the station was impeding delivery of its mail?
... that according to numerous Sanskrit, Chinese, and Southeast Asian texts, Mahākāśyapa left his body in suspended animation to see the future Buddha?
... that shortly after the Battle of Cape Hermaeum, most of the victorious Roman fleet was destroyed in a storm, with the loss of over 100,000 lives?
... that Charity Anderson and her contemporary-dance partner Andres Peñate earned the first perfect score on a routine in the history of World of Dance?
... that the most straightforward way to ascend Carrauntoohil , Ireland's highest mountain, is via the Devil's Ladder?
... that the book The Pink Swastika has been described as a product of American culture wars?
... that three nights of riots at Marsh Farm in Luton in 1995 came to an end when the Exodus Collective organised a nearby rave?
... that PewDiePie's first YouTube video, "Minecraft Multiplayer Fun", has been viewed more than 14 million times?
... that Yan, a fourth kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period of China, was conquered only one year after its establishment in 237?
... that when NASA Astronaut Group 6 were told that they were not required after reporting for duty, they started calling themselves the "Excess Eleven"?
... that Riverside Park, designed by Central Park's architects, suffered from outdoor sewerage, squatters' shacks, and coal emissions in the late 19th century?
... that Noureddine Diwa was one of the first Tunisian footballers to play abroad?
... that interest in network synthesis research is now greater than at any time since the 1950s due to its new applications in mechanics, particularly in Formula One?
... that while researching for the role of Arthur Morgan for Red Dead Redemption 2, actor Roger Clark was inspired by the stoic but humorous demeanor of Toshiro Mifune's characters?
... that the prison in Pretoria where Pedi king Mampuru II was executed was renamed in his honour in 2013?
... that Austrian engineer Ernst Lauda, who worked on preventing the Danube from flooding, was granted his own coat of arms ?
... that an annual church service is said to have been held at the Gospel Oak in Polstead, Suffolk, for more than 1,000 years?
... that mesophyletid weevils have only been found in Burmese amber?
... that the producers of the 1990 American comedy film Home Alone were threatened with legal action by the French director of 3615 code Père Noël, who alleged that it was a remake of his film?
... that the role of Antonio Crutta, the interpreter for Polish king Stanisław August in the 1787–1792 Russo-Turkish War, was to "melt the suspicions of the Turks without arousing those of the Russians"?
... that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the musical Oklahoma! in a suite at the Berkshire Hotel in New York City?
... that a foul was given at the 2009 World Cup of Pool due to an arm-hair touching the cue ball?
... that the hunting lodge that gave its name to Jaktstuguskogen Nature Reserve in Sweden was built to resemble a Viking house?
... that despite overcrowding at the Nostrand Avenue station in Brooklyn, two of its entrances remained closed for several decades?
... that Ole Børud is featured on a song by a choir project that involved recordings from around the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that according to Oliver Heaviside, the law of squares does not mean that an electric current knows where it is going?
... that the book The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939–1944 resulted in a series of reviews and letters that were described as "particularly vicious"?
... that Tatiana Calderón increased her neck measurement through strength training by 9 cm (3.5 in) to cope with the g-forces generated by driving a Formula One car?
... that artwork at the Jackson Avenue station in the Bronx depicts images from six Latin American stories?
... that the fallacy of using ad hominem arguments was first discussed by Aristotle in his Sophistical Refutations?
... that King Kalākaua's committee to revive the Hale Nauā secret society consisted of nine women, and only one man other than himself?
... that flying ace Brian van Mentz survived the Battle of Britain, but was killed by a bomb that fell on a pub?
... that Martin Scorsese created his first film, What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, as part of a summer program?
... that Kosala by Bhalchandra Nemade is regarded as the first existentialist novel in the Marathi language?
... that most of the known Gigantopithecus fossils are of teeth because the other bones are likely to have been eaten by porcupines?
... that an officer continued to send wigwag flag signals with a bedsheet after the flagman retreated during Pickett's Charge in 1863?
... that Richard Grenfell Thomas and Isabel Bear scientifically described the smell of rain, for which Thomas coined the term "petrichor"?
... that Taunton bus station, built in the 1950s, was described as "a rare survivor" just five years before it was closed?
... that German war criminal Hans Walter Zech-Nenntwich gave a television interview after escaping from prison?
... that Travis Scott's guest appearance in Jay Electronica's song "The Blinding" has been described as "a cynical attempt to attract younger listeners"?
... that Miller's langur, one of the rarest primates in Borneo, was feared to be extinct until a 2012 study rediscovered it in an area where it was previously unknown?
... that feminist Mary Stuart Smith publicly admonished the aristocracy of Virginia in 1893 for their failure to recognize the talent of native artists?
... that the State Emblem of India was embossed on the wheels of the Chandrayaan-2 mission's lunar rover to leave behind patterned tracks on the lunar surface?
... that a pūloʻuloʻu presented to King Kalākaua during his coronation was made from a narwhal tusk?
... that in the early 20th century Plaza Cervantes, then the financial district of Manila, was likened to a scene out of Othello or The Merchant of Venice?
... that American bishop Lawrence Sabatini travelled to Mexico to learn the language and culture because the Italian parishioners at his church in Chicago had been replaced by Hispanics?
... that the small Ma On Shan Village in Hong Kong saw a large number of new arrivals after changes in methods of mining iron ore were implemented at a nearby mine in 1953?
... that Franz Klarwein, a tenor at the Bavarian State Opera from 1942 to 1977, appeared in world premieres such as those of Capriccio by Richard Strauss and Die Harmonie der Welt by Paul Hindemith?
... that a shortened route for the proposed Brooklyn–Queens Connector streetcar, announced in 2018, would be more expensive than the original plan?
... that the wet nurse of Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, was named Madame Poitrine, which can be translated as 'Madame Bosom'?
... that an original illustration from the manga series Ai to Makoto, believed lost in 1974, was discovered after being listed in an online auction by the Japanese retailer Mandarake in 2018?
... that the granting of a franchise to the Ogden Gas Company was referred to as "the most disgraceful act" in the history of the Chicago City Council?
... that Hans Herbert Jöris conducted the world premiere of Giselher Klebe's one-act opera Das Rendezvous, composed for the 125th anniversary of the Staatsoper Hannover?
... that Jean Arp designed the wavy form of the Berger des Nuages sculpture to simulate nature and express opposition to the machines that caused wars?
... that investigative journalist Jessica Lussenhop has written articles on corruption in the standardized-testing industry, and the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women?
... that the first earth-return telegraph was set up along the Nuremberg–Fürth railway line in 1838?
... that MLS Cup 1997 finalists Colorado Rapids had finished the regular season with a losing record?
... that musical theatre actress Kitty Loftus was praised as "a tricky sprite and a fantastic elf"?
... that the churchyard of the Church of St Thomas à Becket in Box, Wiltshire, includes a pyramidical tombstone said to have been contrived to prevent the deceased's wife from dancing on his grave?
... that in the song "12.38", Childish Gambino sings about a psilocybin trip while 21 Savage raps about police harassment?
... that Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma was nicknamed the "Red Princess" because of her socialist activism?
... that despite winning the First Battle of Newtonia, the Confederate army retreated from Missouri?
... that in a 2014 case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a group of police officers acted reasonably when they fired fifteen shots to end a high-speed car chase?
... that Britons are being urged to clap for their carers every Thursday evening during the country's COVID-19 pandemic?
... that the largest maars on Earth, found at the Alaskan volcanic field of Espenberg, formed when magma explosively interacted with ice in the ground?
... that Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev was nicknamed the "Rasna girl"?
... that most of the tallest buildings in Myanmar are located in Yangon, where skyscrapers are not allowed?
... that when the New York City Board of Aldermen voted to end Tammany Hall's 38 years of control over the board, politician Augustus Pierce collapsed and died from shock in the chamber?
... that The Walt Disney Company once planned to build a large retail development on the site of what is now Burbank Town Center in California?
... that the peaks of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland's highest mountain range, are all on private property?
... that a Malaysian sultan gave "The Singing Bishop" a marble statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a token of their friendship?
... that during the 17th-century heyday of French Nevers faience, its painted decoration drew from Italy, Turkey , Persia, and China, as well as the Court style of Louis XIV?
... that the banning of Sargon of Akkad from Patreon led to the creation of a new social networking service called Thinkspot?
... that Ross Perot met his wife on a blind date while a midshipman in Baltimore?
... that Horizon, once called "the most automated self-service store in Canada", went defunct less than seven years after it opened?
... that the Albanian tribe Gruemiri (literally 'good woman') was possibly named after a distinguished female leader?
... that video game developer Be-Rad Entertainment created Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! using code repurposed from Lame Castle, its previous release?
... that in the final movement of Die Sintflut (The Flood), a cantata for eight-part unaccompanied choir by Willy Burkhard, the voices paint Noah's rainbow?
... that the first observed underwater explosive volcanic eruption occurred in 2004 at NW Rota-1?
... that Steve Wozniak designed Integer BASIC based solely on a copy of 101 BASIC Games and an HP manual?
... that Selin Şahin is the first Turkish women's wheelchair basketball player to be transferred to a foreign club?
... that Good Faith Collaboration has been described as a pioneering ethnographic study of the culture of Wikipedia?
... that the Carthaginian general Gisco was taken prisoner by mutinous soldiers while issuing their pay?
... that Miami Spanish-language radio station WLTO was sold in 1972 to a new owner who did not speak Spanish?
... that Canberra MRT station was designed with a nautical theme to reflect Singapore's historical role as a British naval base?
... that in Minneapolis, a 1,199-pound (544 kg) cherry sits atop a 5,800-pound (2,630 kg) spoon?
... that the flag of Manitoba was adopted in 1965 to counteract the replacement of the Canadian Red Ensign with the Maple Leaf flag?
... that British-Hawaiian chieftess Maria Beckley Kahea served as lady-in-waiting to two queens, and was appointed keeper of the Royal Mausoleum?
... that according to one theory, Xia Ruifang was killed for his Chinese translations of the Bible?
... that a collective of more than 200 migrants has squatted a chain of buildings in Amsterdam since 2012?
... that the Twenty One Pilots song "Level of Concern" frequently references the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that National Hockey League defenceman Sam Girard was able to continue playing ice hockey only after his older brother gave up the sport?
... that in the 1993 textbook Quantum Theory, "uncertainty principle" appears only once in the index, and its entry points back to itself?
... that Rip Rapson , CEO of The Kresge Foundation, helped organize the "grand bargain" to rescue Detroit from bankruptcy and save the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts from liquidation?
... that the leech Limnatis nilotica can affect humans and livestock, entering hosts through the mouth, nose, or other orifices?
... that the Ming dynasty poet Chen Zilong edited a book on agriculture that was the "first compilation of statecraft writing" in China?
... that the American-led coalition has partially withdrawn troops from Iraq because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country?
... that the 2017 romantic thriller You Go to My Head does not use any artificial lighting?
... that with her victory at the 2001 Women's World Snooker Championship, Lisa Quick became the first person to win world titles in both pool and snooker?
... that "Spam" played a key part in the design of the urinals on the Royal Navy's Swiftsure-class submarines?
... that the northern plains gray langur monkey is killed in India for food and to prevent crop raiding, despite being considered sacred by Hindus?
... that Jeff Butler was sacked as head coach of the South Africa national football team after it was discovered that he had passed off the playing career of another Geoff Butler as his own?
... that jue were small bronze vessels used for serving wine in ancestor-worship ceremonies in Bronze Age China?
... that Lewis Grant-Ogilvy had the entire village of Cullen demolished and rebuilt so that he could improve his garden at Cullen House?
... that Jerry Givens served as Virginia's chief executioner for 17 years before becoming a campaigner against the death penalty?
... that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common liver disorder worldwide, is present in approximately 25 percent of the world's population?
... that entomologist Frederick Vincent Theobald wrote a five-volume monograph and sixty scientific papers on mosquitoes?
... that the 1977 Golden Dragon massacre in San Francisco was the result of a gang feud originating in a dispute over fireworks sales?
... that Kalavati Devi has built 4,000 toilets so that people in Kanpur would not be subjected to a "living hell"?
... that the 1957–1958 influenza pandemic killed at least one million people worldwide?
... that the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox was inspired by Deborah Feldman's memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots?
... that Sampson Mathews was nicknamed the "master driver of cattle" for transporting more than 100 cattle 160 miles (260 km) through the Allegheny Mountains in 19 days for the Battle of Point Pleasant?
... that 48 Wall Street's cornerstone was laid on Alexander Hamilton's 171st birthday, and the building opened exactly one year later?
... that, although in ruins, the Forty Saints Monastery in Sarandë, Albania, still retains some religious importance for the local Greek Orthodox population?
... that some Taiwanese train tickets are collected because the combination of station names is considered to be auspicious?