derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that the National Union of Freedom Fighters in Trinidad and Tobago was the only group to sustain a guerrilla insurgency in the modern English-speaking Caribbean over an extended period of time?
... that aspects of Star Wars character Fennec Shand's personality, costume, and hairstyle were inspired by the fennec fox?
... that Cheung Chung-kiu has agreed to buy 2–8a Rutland Gate in London for more than £200 million, making it easily the most expensive house sold in the UK?
... that Allie X gained inspiration for her album Cape God after watching a documentary about the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts?
... that during the 1952 U.S. presidential election, the Constitution Party gave its presidential and vice-presidential nominations to Douglas MacArthur and Harry F. Byrd, respectively, without their permission?
... that the Houston Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Pacific Railroad invited Japanese farmers to advise them about rice production in Texas?
... that professional Smash Bros. player Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey was considered the best Bowser Jr. player in the world, but started winning tournaments only after switching to other characters?
... that Laura Knight's painting Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring was painted at ROF Newport in Wales and features one of the factory's workers?
... that after residents near Sunswick Creek broke down its tide gates in 1916, the New York City health commissioner claimed that they "prefer to live like hogs"?
... that Teikō Shiotani photographed View with Weather Forecast from his upstairs window, exaggerating the curvature of the horizon by bending the photographic paper under the enlarger?
... that experts on the World Health Organization's emergency committee believe that COVID-19 could be the first Disease X?
... that although Constance Kies was a nutrition scientist, she majored in English, and minored in history, geography, library science, and home economics?
... that Kissena Creek originates from a New York City swamp that remained undeveloped through 2000?
... that Three Latin Motets, Charles Villiers Stanford's only church music not in English, was dedicated to Alan Gray, who succeeded him as organist at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the college's choir?
... that Japanese voice actress Rei Matsuzaki wrote a newspaper sports column on the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team?
... that Monster Island won an Origins Award for the best new play-by-mail game of 1990?
... that British windsurfer Emma Wilson won the under-15 Techno 293 World Championships at the age of 12?
... that the layout and workings of the "human laundry" at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp can be found in a London medical student's diary?
... that in eight years, the Somerset Coal Canal used three different ways of climbing a 130-foot (40 m) valley—first with caisson locks, then an inclined plane, and finally a flight of 22 locks?
... that during the American Civil War, Zachariah A. Rice wrote more than 63 letters to his wife, offering insight into the military life of a Confederate cavalry officer?
... that in the 1657 hymn "Morgenstern der finstern Nacht" with text by Angelus Silesius, the glory of Jesus is likened to a thousand suns?
... that a shootout broke out at Pompton Junction station in New Jersey in 1874 over $600 worth of stolen metal and clothing?
... that most species in the palm genus Desmoncus climb using grappling hook–like structures called acanthopylls?
... that ice hockey goaltender Cale Morris won Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Goaltender of the Year after going undrafted into the United States Hockey League?
... that Gregory Peck's screen roles included Captain Ahab , Abraham Lincoln, and Josef Mengele?
... that Alice Birch's play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. was inspired by Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto?
... that after ceasing operations, the owner of television station KETX in Tyler, Texas, was sued for nearly $6,000 in unreturned film rentals?
... that Diether de la Motte, who taught composition and music theory in Berlin and Vienna, wrote an opera that premiered at the Staatsoper Hannover in 1970?
... that at its peak, the Canadian softcore pornography series The Baby Blue Movie was seen by nearly two-thirds of the Toronto viewing audience in its time slot?
... that when the shopping parade and accompanying flats in Northgate, West Sussex, were first built, every flat was mistakenly given the same door lock and key?
... that "Catch It, Bin It, Kill It" , a slogan first used in 2007, has been revived to fight the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom?
... that Canadian rancher William Roper Hull is credited with the first use of fences in cattle ranching in Calgary?
... that about eight months of story were scrapped during the development of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End after new directors came on board?
... that a Presbyterian–Catholic New Testament in Taiwanese Hokkien was confiscated by the government in 1975 for using the Latin alphabet instead of Chinese characters?
... that Charles Montier raced a modified version of the mass-produced Ford Model T in the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1923?
... that flatter mires in montane regions of Europe are often dominated by deergrass and cottongrass?
... that Holy Trinity Church in Crockham Hill, Kent, regained ecclesiastical independence after a vicar was translated there from St Mark's Church in Royal Tunbridge Wells?
... that Nigerian-American Christian hip hop artist Wande became interested in rapping after her biology teacher allowed her to compose a rap about cellular transport?
... that white-throated round-eared bats roost in cavities in active termite mounds excavated by the males?
... that station staff had to throw snowballs to knock the ice off the aging transmitter of radio station KWCR-FM at Weber State University in Utah?
... that the 1996 racing video game Monster Truck Madness was designed to accurately simulate monster-truck events such as drag tracks and enclosed circuit races?
... that Indian writer Malayanil was a pioneer of modern short-story writing in the Gujarati language?
... that U.S. Representative John Conyers proposed legislation to create a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. during every session of Congress from 1968 to 1983, when the bill finally passed?
... that Abel Azcona is known as the "enfant terrible" of Spanish contemporary art?
... that four men sued the city of West Bend, Wisconsin, for the right to burn Baby Be-Bop publicly in 2009?
... that the human-like behaviour of Jenny , a resident of London Zoo, reinforced Charles Darwin's view that humans were "created from animals"?
... that publishers have had their pre-approved books confiscated, or their stalls dismantled overnight, during the Riyadh International Book Fair?
... that Canadian ice hockey player Aggie Kukulowicz was followed by a KGB agent for six years and never spoke with him, but reportedly once bought him an ice cream cone?
... that Charles Villiers Stanford's Violin Sonata No. 2 was first performed in 1898, but had not yet been published when it was first recorded in the 1990s?
... that unlike many slasher film antagonists, the true identity and motivations of the character Billy in Black Christmas are never revealed?
... that Chelsea chairman Ken Bates attempted to hang a joke medal around the neck of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson as a peace offering after the 2000 FA Charity Shield?
... that as head of the War Assets Administration, retired major general Robert McGowan Littlejohn had to dispose of $34 billion worth of surplus government property?
... that former President Clinton said his day would be ruined if he didn't get a bacon butty and a cup of tea?
... that you can have sex with two cans of Pepsi, though one might need to be twisted?
... that Volkswagen part number 199 398 500 A is typically lubricated with ketchup?
... that Maria Josep Colomer i Luque became Catalonia's first female pilot at 17 years old, and had flown thousands of Republicans out of Francoist Spain by the end of the Spanish Civil War?
... that Mount Hampton in Antarctica was last active over 10 million years ago, but may still emit steam?
... that the visual style of African-American artist Henry Speller, who was also an accomplished blues musician, was described as "blues aesthetic"?
... that the CEO of CEPI, a key organisation in the race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, has called the disease "the most frightening" that he has ever encountered in his career?
... that Lluest-wen Reservoir was once dubbed "the wettest place in Wales"?
... that rivals Furman and Wofford played the first college football game in South Carolina on December 14, 1889?
... that Irish folklorist Bríd Mahon wrote the first of her hundreds of radio scripts for Radio Éireann as a child, discussing the history and music of County Cork?
... that Robin Denselow of The Guardian called Orlando Julius "one of the heroes of Nigerian music"?
... that after a 20-year search, a gun barrel from the HMAS Sydney and a gun shield from the HMAS Adelaide, discovered on a rubbish tip, were fitted together and put on display at Leighton Battery?
... that damage to the Verizon Building during the September 11 attacks, though substantial, was limited by its heavy masonry construction?
... that with his victory at The Big House 9, Zackray became the first Japanese player to win a premier-tier Super Smash Bros. tournament held outside Japan?
... that the former operator of the Q38 bus route was not compensated for the route's takeover, as their equipment was considered obsolete?
... that the spiral galaxy NGC 3393 hosts the nearest known pair of supermassive black holes?
... that the birthplace of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr in the Welsh Streets, Liverpool, was nearly demolished in the 2000s?
... that William Henry Harrison III and William Henry Harrison served simultaneously in the Wyoming House of Representatives, and both had sons named William Henry Harrison?
... that actress Natalie Portman was nominated for an Oscar for playing the First Lady of the United States?
... that in the Carceri Nuove jail in Rome, seventeen dungeons were named after saints?
... that the Jersey scrum-half Will Homer led criticism of plans by the Rugby Football Union to cut funding to RFU Championship clubs by 40 per cent?
... that on MTV's The Unplugged Collection, Volume One, Neil Young rescored "Like a Hurricane" using harmonica and pump organ?
... that William Birchall may have impressed one of the local militia, but the rest were most unimpressed?
... that members of the fly family Apystomyiidae (example depicted) have been found in Late Jurassic sediments in Kazakhstan?
... that Tove Lo's song "Cool Girl" was inspired by the monologue of the same name by a character in the 2014 film Gone Girl?
... that the men of Wade's Battery attempted to tunnel beneath enemy lines during the Siege of Vicksburg?
... that Henrietta Garnett travelled England in a convoy of horse-drawn caravans in support of peace and love, later calling the group "chequebook hippies"?
... that the needle telegraph built by Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber had a needle weighing at least 25 lb (11 kg)?
... that months into the Philippines' coronavirus quarantine, the Bureau of Immigration Bicutan Detention Center remained grossly overcrowded, with only two pregnant women having been bailed?
... that in 2015, Eva Asderaki became the first woman to umpire a men's US Open tennis final?
... that the unlit tunnel at Salem station was "happily known as the 'Kissing-Bridge'" of the rail line?
... that U.S. presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Obama vowed "never again" , but genocide took place during each of their presidencies?
... that prior to the event, bookmakers' odds against Joe Johnson winning the 1986 World Snooker Championship were 150 to 1?
... that a redundant jail, saved from demolition when an author bought it for $25 for use as his writing studio, later became the Old Jail Art Center?
... that residents of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, blocked access to a local goldmine over fears of COVID-19, even though Nunavut had no confirmed cases?
... that Lady Bathurst, once described as "the most powerful woman in England, without exception other than royalty", lived in relative obscurity for the last four decades of her life?
... that the hymn "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier", a prayer for illumination because the human mind is "shrouded in darkness", became popular in English as "Blessed Jesus, at your word"?
... that a 2013 study by the National Park Service determined that the First Battle of Newtonia Historic District was not suitable for inclusion in its list of official units?
... that the frog Boophis fayi can be identified by its unusual green-and-turquoise eyes?
... that a DV4 electric dustcart continued to run after being hit by a bomb during the Second World War?
... that American-colonial minister William Tennent III was known as the "Firebrand Parson" due to his strong support of religious and civil liberty?
... that up to 75 percent of the surface of Pluto is both tropical and arctic?
... that music academy director Hermann Reutter composed "Hymne an Deutschland", which President Theodor Heuss suggested as a new German national anthem after World War II?
... that a normally closed entrance to Hynes Convention Center station is opened for Boston Marathon spectators and anime fans?
... that Möngke Khan was the only khagan to die in an attack on the Sichuan anti-Mongol fortresses?
... that the audiobook Talking to Strangers has its own theme song, "Hell You Talmbout"?
... that in her self-made music video for "Mooo!", Doja Cat raps in front of a green screen that alternates between cartoon GIFs of food, farms, and bouncing anime breasts?
... that the Midweek Herald edition for Cranbrook, Devon, accidentally published a news report about Cranbrook Rugby Football Club in Kent, 200 miles (320 km) away?
... that Takapūneke, which is sacred to the Māori and may become a national reserve of New Zealand, is the site of Akaroa's sewage-treatment plant?
... that Thomas Brodie may have been in command of HMS Arrow at the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen, not William Bolton as often recorded?
... that Sid Meier prototyped the interleaved turns system in XCOM: Chimera Squad using a game engine that he had developed over a period of around twenty years?
... that workplace hazard controls for COVID-19 include measures for psychosocial hazards such as stress and anxiety, for which social distancing may prevent typical coping mechanisms?
... that interior designer Valerian Rybar's dining room was lined with 400 fake books with titles about episodes in his life, including International Boredom, allegedly about his ex-wife?
... that Nasser Khalili's 1,400-piece collection of Meiji-era Japanese art is equalled only by the Japanese imperial collection in size and quality?
... that citizen journalist Chen Qiushi went missing while reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan?
... that after Congress limited presidential power granted by the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, President Theodore Roosevelt quickly protected 16 million acres of forest while the bill sat on his desk?
... that Quentin Edwards was asked not to return to Bradfield College after a schoolmaster found passionate letters sent to him by John Mortimer?
... that Venezuela won its first Olympic medal in 1952 with triple jumper Asnoldo Devonish, who competed while injured?
... that after the 7th Infantry Regiment captured Hitler's Berghof on 4 May 1945, its commander, Colonel John A. Heintges, took Hermann Göring's 1941 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet B for his personal use?
... that James Blake spontaneously wrote the song "You're Too Precious" in his home studio after waking up at 4 a.m.?
... that the Roman army repelled an elephant charge at the Battle of Panormus by throwing javelins?
... that producer Paul F. Heard believed that techniques used in government propaganda films could also be applied to religious films to bring about "spiritual realizations"?
... that Lund Cathedral has been called the "most powerful representative" of Romanesque architecture in the Nordic countries?
... that Lassington Wood, owned by the Guise family since the 13th century, was given to Gloucester County Borough Council in 1921?
... that after a disgruntled worker dumped parts of 140 Broadway's air-conditioning system into a tank, 10,000 workers were "uncomfortably warm" for weeks until scuba divers retrieved the components?
... that meerkats use alarm calls that can identify the type of predator posing the risk, the level of danger, and the caller itself?
... that United States district judge Douglas P. Woodlock ordered Guatemalan general Héctor Gramajo to pay $47.5 million in damages for human rights abuses?
... that a series of bollards mark the route taken by the 2nd Armoured Division during the liberation of France?
... that after New York City's Q79 bus was discontinued due to low ridership, a private car service was provided, which was later also discontinued for the same reason?
... that the facade of the Collegio Ghislieri in Rome was preserved from the building's 1936 demolition and incorporated into the Liceo Classico Virgilio?
... that on 22 April 2020, the UK House of Commons met virtually for the first time in its 700-year history due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that art patron and collector São Schlumberger had her portrait painted by Warhol and Dalí, but did not like the one by Dalí?
... that Dmitri Smirnov composed the Triple Concerto No. 2 for the centenary concert of the London Symphony Orchestra, with the principal violinist, harpist, and double bassist as soloists?
... that Otis Barrett introduced Artocarpus integer, claimed to be superior to jackfruit, to Puerto Rico?
... that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation left a studio building in British Columbia unfinished in 1978, only to move in 34 years later?
... that the Hoby treasure found in Denmark contains two Roman silver cups with scenes from the Iliad?
... that when Pavel Schilling invited Tsar Nicholas I to touch two wires together, the tsar was greatly surprised by the resulting distant explosion?
... that by the time New York City's Richmond Hill station was closed, it averaged a single passenger per day?
... that two separate contests were held to determine the words and the music of the national anthem of Guyana?
... that TrueAnon bills itself as "the only non-pedophile podcast"?
... that Hawaiian princess Likelike died under mysterious circumstances in 1887 amid rumors that she had been malevolently "prayed" to death?
... that readings of The Crime and the Silence, a book about the Jedwabne massacre, have been picketed by the book's opponents?
... that CIA officer Howard Bane proposed that the Special Operations Group storm the Chinese embassy in Ghana and kill all its occupants during the 1966 coup?
... that the facade of the then 1,200-year-old Basilica of Sant'Alessandro was replaced with a Neoclassical one in the 19th century?
... that Dalma Iványi has won ten Hungarian women's basketball championships and played for three teams in the WNBA?
... that during the Battle of McDowell, Confederate soldiers attempted to use the dead bodies of their comrades to build breastworks?
... that when the Act of Parliament renaming the Royal Ulster Constabulary was passed, the force was not named the "Northern Ireland Police Service" because the acronym would have been NIPS?
... that it took more than eight hours to apply makeup for the first time to the actor playing the character Bib Fortuna in Return of the Jedi?
... that only nine pieces produced by the earliest French porcelain factory, which operated in Rouen around 1673 to 1696, are thought to survive?
... that Major Jim Gant of the U.S. Army Special Forces has been compared to both T. E. Lawrence and Colonel Kurtz?
... that Telegraph Plateau was so named because it seemed to be an ideal route for a transatlantic telegraph cable?
... that the Kearney County Gazette reportedly displayed the skull of 19th-century serial killer Stephen Dee Richards in their window?
... that a royal deer park in Sweden was made into a nature reserve in 2001 to protect a species of beetle?
... that the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame honors Na Lani ʻEhā as progenitors of the music and arts culture for which the islands have come to be known?
... that after England won the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, women's cricket received unprecedented coverage in the English press?
... that a 1967 study on voice confrontation found that only 38 percent of people could identify recordings of their own voice within five seconds?
... that at a cost of $25 billion, Hudson Yards in Manhattan is one of the most expensive real-estate developments ever built in the United States?
... that effigies of Soedjono Hoemardani, a personal assistant to Indonesian president Suharto, were burnt by students protesting foreign investment?
... that the American-built clipper ship Gravina was named after a Spanish admiral who fought with the French at the Battle of Trafalgar?
... that Svan mountain climber Mikhail Khergiani was nicknamed the "Tiger of the Rocks" for his ability in attacking difficult routes?
... that the VI Corps of the North Korean People's Army was disbanded in the 1990s, allegedly after being involved in a coup attempt?
... that after his side defeated Leeds United in the FA Cup, Cardiff City chairman Sam Hammam had two BBC reporters forcibly removed and had an altercation with the opposing manager?
... that U.S. general George Mathews attempted a failed annexation of Spanish Florida just months before the outbreak of the War of 1812?
... that despite being known as the Mexican hydrangea, Clerodendrum bungei is neither from Mexico nor a species of hydrangea?
... that populations of the Canada lynx undergo cyclic rises and falls in line with those of the snowshoe hare?
... that Robert De Niro won the first of his two Academy Awards for his portrayal of the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II?
... that Jerry Bradley is the third member of his family to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
... that Droitwich Water Tower has been described as "one of the first things you see when you enter the town"?
... that Rómulo Escobar Bethancourt led the Panamanian delegation when the Panama Canal treaties were negotiated with the United States in 1977?
... that the developers of Elsinore, a video game based on Hamlet, drew inspiration for the game's time-loop mechanic from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, anime, and visual novels?
... that a golden statue was erected in Taiwan in honor of bank robber and murderer Lee Shih-ke?
... that Mustafa Wahbi Tal , Jordan's most prominent poet, was arrested in 1926 for displaying the Bolshevik emblem, getting drunk in a bar, and publicly reciting a poem that insulted the Emir?
... that the developer of Hardcoded wanted to create a game that would appeal to cisgender people with a futanari fetish?
... that with the growth of the Werl pilgrimage to a statue of Mary, a large Romanesque Revival basilica was built adjacent to the former Baroque style church?
... that during the rule of the Greek military junta, archaeologist and museum curator Semni Karouzou was banned from conducting research in the National Archaeological Museum because of her political views?
... that actress Ruth Warrick was said to have "stolen the show" as a sweet young bride who grows into a disillusioned, middle-aged woman in the 1950 Christian film Second Chance?
... that Nico Rosberg announced his retirement from Formula One motor racing five days after winning the 2016 World Championship?
... that author Clinton Heylin flew from England to California to hear Bob Dylan perform "Idiot Wind" live?
... that during the Battle of Boulogne on 23 May 1940, a shell from the British ship HMS Venomous made a German tank turn "over and over, like a child doing a cart-wheel"?
... that Jon Godfread is the world's tallest politician, according to Guinness World Records?
... that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hymn "O Licht der wunderbaren Nacht" by Georg Thurmair was recommended for a celebration of Easter Vigil at home?