derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, was almost scrapped?
... that Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani translated the Islamic law book Fatawa 'Alamgiri from Arabic into Urdu?
... that the development of Thomas Jefferson Park was intended to help Italian Harlem, described as "for many years the black spot of Harlem"?
... that the 9th-century Abbasid caliph al-Wathiq, whose five-year reign is considered by historians to be unremarkable, was heavily fictionalized in the 18th-century Gothic fantasy novel Vathek?
... that Millicent Taplin left school at 13 and never studied art full time, yet became one of Wedgwood's main ceramics designers?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a frustrated high-school student who Snapchatted "fuck school fuck softball fuck cheer fuck everything" can be suspended from cheerleading for a year?
... that although New Zealand lawyer George Harper had been declared bankrupt in 1893, he was knighted in 1937?
... that the writing and publication of Justice and Jurisprudence in 1889 has been described as "the Magna Carta of black people"?
... that Manek Premchand estimated that 4,334 Hindi films made between 1930 and 1970 depicted around 36,000 songs?
... that Stonecrop Gardens in the Hudson Highlands features alpine vegetation and a sunken English garden?
... that the A.P. No. 3 landmine could be neutralised with a "safety spider"?
... that the addition of the Ally 400 to the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule was considered a surprise as the host venue, the Nashville Superspeedway, had been up for sale since 2012?
... that BTS's song "Blue & Grey" was originally intended to be included on band member V's solo mixtape?
... that Ethiopian-Italian refugee environmentalist Agitu Ideo Gudeta was nicknamed the "Queen of Happy Goats"?
... that the Pallas's cat has up to 9,000 hairs per cm2 (58,000/in2) of fur?
... that after quarterback Joe Montana invested in Crowd Cow, PETA sent him a letter filled with football puns imploring him not to invest in a company that facilitates the slaughtering of animals?
... that "I Did Something Bad" is the first song in which Taylor Swift uses profanity?
... that the treatise Zabân-e Pâk, written by Ahmad Kasravi, was one of the first works that sought to suggest refinements to the Persian language?
... that Anna Martina Gottschick wrote the hymn "Herr, mach uns stark" because a composer wanted to make Ralph Vaughan Williams's 1906 melody of "For All the Saints" available for German church singing?
... that Tomoki Suzuki won the men's wheelchair race at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon by over eight minutes?
... that Coventry City's winning goal in the 1987 FA Cup Final was an own goal scored in extra time off Gary Mabbutt's knee?
... that the jibba , a Sudanese coat, symbolised a dedication to a religious way of life and denoted the military rank of the wearer?
... that during the filming of 6 Day Bike Rider, sixteen bicyclists hit the cameraman's motorcycle, which resulted in nine of them being injured?
... that Pierre Daumesnil refused to surrender the Château de Vincennes after the French Empire had been defeated at the Battle of Paris in 1814?
... that in advance of the 2021 general election, Morocco outlawed the making of certain types of online posts?
... that the true identity of the British crime writer Francis Duncan was unknown until after a reprint of his 1949 novel Murder for Christmas?
... that when a proposed sale of Orlando-area radio station WVCF fell through, the attempted buyer started his own station?
... that Joe Jackson's 1984 album Body and Soul emulated the artwork of the 1957 jazz album Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2?
... that a Latin translation of Winnie-the-Pooh spent 20 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list?
... that American Brigadier General Harold Francis Loomis was in charge of the rearmament of French forces during World War II?
... that Overdrawn at the Memory Bank was recorded on videotape instead of photographic film so as not to be as expensive as Blade Runner?
... that Kathleen Heddle was one of two Canadians to win three gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games?
... that eleven people, nine of them minors, died in a sugar plantation fire in Cagua, Venezuela, while trying to hunt rabbits?
... that Sampson's snakeroot is traditionally used to help knit broken bones and as a salve on wounds, ulcers and boils?
... that Zéna M'Déré led a protest movement in Mayotte in which women tickled their political opponents, forcing them to comply with their demands?
... that larvae of the mangrove jewel bug feed only on the seeds of the river poison tree?
... that Lisa Nishimura started out in the music industry before producing Netflix documentaries including Chef's Table and Making a Murderer?
... that Nima Yooshij was threatened with death for presenting his school of poetry, She'r-e Nimaa'i?
... that the 1839 city plan for Austin, Texas, is thought to have been inspired by the original 1682 city plan for Philadelphia?
... that Michael Cretu of Enigma has been accused of putting satanic content into the band's debut album MCMXC a.D.?
... that Leszek Sibilski was supported by Turkmenistan in establishing World Bicycle Day?
... that in the 1948 Illinois gubernatorial election, Adlai Stevenson II won with a 572,067-vote margin of victory, a record at the time for Illinois gubernatorial elections?
... that Sylvie Fortier retired from competitive synchronized swimming at only 18, saying she was happy with what she had achieved?
... that the memoir Just Mercy tells the story of an innocent black man who was convicted and condemned to die for the 1986 murder of a young white woman in the town in which To Kill a Mockingbird was written?
... that 6,800 Columbia University students and faculty signed a petition to remove an entrance to the 116th Street–Columbia University station?
... that Bangladesh is the only Test-playing nation that has not been involved in any tied international cricket matches?
... that Jerome Kohl, a music theorist of the University of Washington, was recognized internationally as an authority on the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, publishing a book on his Zeitmaße in 2017?
... that the Umberslade Obelisk has been described as a "monument of nothing in particular"?
... that pioneering Chicago abolitionist Mary Richardson Jones helped hundreds of people escape slavery via the Underground Railroad?
... that the soft crafting materials used in Judith Weinshall Liberman's artworks were described as providing "an important contrast to the Holocaust tragedy"?
... that an artificial turf soccer field in New York City's Red Hook Park, donated by the Norwegian government, was destroyed by arson ten days after its dedication?
... that Radio Quarantine was founded in India by a group of professors, directors and PhD students in response to social isolation protocols following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic?
... that Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman has been credited with having "saved American Democracy" on January 6, 2021?
... that the black swan leech attaches itself to the skin or eye of a fish before working its way to the gill chamber?
... that Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo, a founder of the Cuban National Revolutionary Militia, ignored instructions from the Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel to make a Twitter account?
... that one of the most recognizable video-game glitches, a bug that forced Mahatma Gandhi in Civilization to use nuclear weapons heavily, never actually existed?
... that the Ringturm, a 65-year-old skyscraper in Vienna, has been wrapped by artists in summer, such as Mihael Milunović's Vision in 2017?
... that the formation of the Central Irian Jaya province in Indonesia, which was headed by Herman Monim, caused a civil war between the supporters and opponents of the province?
... that the 1951 film The Basketball Fix is based on a real-life scandal involving college basketball betting?
... that architect Piers Taylor had to carry the materials for building his award-winning home "Moonshine" over a 600-metre (2,000 ft) woodland incline?
... that the book In Praise of Blood was described as "an immediate, destabilizing influence on the world of orthodox Rwandan scholarship"?
... that Susan Estes is the first woman to have her own company in the historically male bond-trading business in the U.S.?
... that "New Year's Day" by Taylor Swift was recorded in "scratch takes" that did not filter out unwanted sounds from the outside environment?
... that in Islamic art, the shamsa is found in places as diverse as on carpets, inside domes , and forming the frontispiece of books?
... that American local car dealer Sigmund Strochlitz was a confidant of Elie Wiesel and a leader in the Holocaust remembrance movement?
... that the yawara is a Japanese weapon that is used for martial arts and was used by American police?
... that Walt Whitman called one of his lectures on Abraham Lincoln "the culminating hour" of his life?
... that former New York City Ballet principal dancer Janie Taylor appeared in the film Center Stage as a background dancer, and served as a motion caption dancer for Barbie of Swan Lake?
... that Ipswich Town won the Football League First Division in their 1961–62 season having been promoted from the Second Division the previous season?
... that Manjappada , a supporters' group of Kerala Blasters FC, coordinated and brought forty-one busloads of their fans across Kerala to the venue for the opening match of the 2019–20 season?
... that despite James Snyder having taught at a women's college for over 20 years, his Northern Renaissance Art of 1985 was criticized for using gender stereotypes?
... that horse-mounted elements of the French 1st Cavalry Brigade helped hold up the advance of tanks from the 1st Panzer Division for a day in May 1940?
... that the root of the slimflower scurfpea can be eaten raw or cooked, or ground up and used as an ingredient in bread-making?
... that Eleanor Keaton, who at age 21 became the third wife of silent-film comedian Buster Keaton, was widely credited with rehabilitating his life and career?
... that after Saint Eustadiola, a 7th century abbess in Bourges, France, prayed with her nuns for rain during a drought, they got drenched before they were able to return to the convent?
... that Gotthilf Fischer founded the Fischer-Chöre, who appeared with 1,500 singers at the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup?
... that the peppermint stick insect possesses an aposematic coloration and a robust chemical defense mechanism?
... that after a 15-year campaign, activist Cécile Nobrega completed fundraising for the first public monument to black women to be on permanent display in England?
... that Theodore Roosevelt conducted one of his last bison hunting excursions at Yule Ranch?
... that the Four Ds include demilitarisation, denazification, decentralisation, and democratisation?
... that by paying attention to mundane decision-making among activists, the critical theorist Eva Haifa Giraud troubles the notion of staying with the trouble?
... that contractors digging New York City's Joralemon Street Tunnel found the remains of a ship?
... that Napoleon's penis, which was cut off after his death, has been described as comparable to a "piece of leather or a shriveled eel"?
... that clergyman David Williamson's time as an outlaw is commemorated in the traditional Scottish song "Dainty Davie"?
... that a political feud in the Eastside of Los Angeles began when Gloria Molina was told by Art Torres that she was not the chosen candidate to run for an office?
... that Setiadi Reksoprodjo, who was appointed Minister of Information at the age of 25, had a junior minister twice as old as him?
... that after the Morning Star sank on Lake Erie, the death toll was unknown because many of the passengers were not on the ship's manifest?
... that the Japanese television drama Ossan's Love is credited with popularizing the boys' love genre for a general audience outside of anime and manga fans?
... that Mat and Savanna Shaw's cover of "The Prayer" went viral at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, after which they released their debut album that was ranked 54th on the Billboard 200?
... that American conservation officer Terry Grosz busted an illegal snagging boat on the Eel River by waiting in the water and getting reeled in?
... that Antoinette Dinga Dzondo , Minister of Social Affairs and Humanitarian Action of the Republic of the Congo, set up a fund to help refugees in the country return home?
... that before the creation of Good Job!, Paladin Studios had wanted to collaborate with Nintendo for about a decade?
... that the American writer Mark C. Yerger was honored by the veterans' organization of the Waffen-SS for his works that embellished its history?
... that the Christuskirche in Idstein-Walsdorf received this name in 1993, 600 years after a first chapel in the village was mentioned?
... that a body-shaming comment from a New York Times critic led to ballerina Jenifer Ringer's appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Today Show?
... that Kyren Wilson set fire to his cue stick at the 2021 Masters?
... that at the 1783 Siege of Bednore a British force of 1,600 faced a Mysore army of more than 100,000?
... that the pig bank at the Freedom Farm Cooperative loaned out pigs to families who paid interest in the form of piglets?
... that northern masked owl chicks hiss to ask for food, while adults hiss to defend nests?
... that Joseph McLain held 30 patents, including for smoke grenades, underwater torches, and flares?
... that Artémis, cœur d'artichaut is a female buddy film inspired by Greek mythology, Carl Jung and Éric Rohmer?
... that the specific name of Laudakia nupta comes from the Latin word for a bride who veils herself?
... that Zintkala Nuni, who survived the Wounded Knee Massacre, gave birth to a stillborn boy in Nebraska's Milford Industrial Home, at one time the only state-funded institution in the US for unmarried pregnant women?
... that due to Brian Crabtree's closeness with his brothers in professional wrestling, Kendo Nagasaki once refused to wrestle "Big Daddy" Crabtree with Brian refereeing?
... that the 1978 science-fiction novel Dreamsnake includes a named character for whom gender pronouns are never used, thereby subverting gender expectations?
... that Svetlana Lloyd accidentally became a model for Christian Dior, after wandering into his Paris boutique looking for a receptionist job?
... that the McDonnell Douglas DC-X experimental SSTO rocket was launched twelve times but never flew higher than 3.14 kilometres (1.95 mi)?
... that Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, who succeeded C. P. E. Bach as the music director of Hamburg, edited an early publication of the The Well-Tempered Clavier in which the first prelude had an extra measure?
... that U.S. senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan proposed an expansion of New York Penn Station as a homage to the original station, where he had once shined shoes?
... that the two participants in a yaoi relationship are referred to as seme ('top') and uke ('bottom'), terms derived from martial arts that were later appropriated as Japanese LGBT slang?
... that the defeat of the consul Gaius Porcius Cato by a Celtic tribe in 114 BC led to the last human sacrifices in ancient Rome?
... that during the trial of Francis Gary Powers, Kansas radio station KBTO presented summaries of Radio Moscow broadcasts alongside other international reports?
... that members of the Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve fought in the first naval action of the First World War?
... that Doug Grimston insisted on a smoking ban at Queen's Park Arena and took financial responsibility for lost attendance?
... that the discrimination Vilma Núñez experienced as a child born out of wedlock motivated her career as a Nicaraguan lawyer and human-rights activist?
... that Eli Wallach agreed to play the role of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly immediately after watching the main title sequence of For a Few Dollars More?
... that Anna Feldhusen was for a long time the only female German artist to acquire a business license?
... that the First World War Zanzibar Volunteer Defence Force included practically every able-bodied British man residing in the protectorate?
... that a memorandum written by Douglass Cater convinced Lyndon B. Johnson to focus on education policy during his administration?
... that when Joe Brown and George Band made the first successful ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955, they deliberately turned back a few feet below the summit?
... that the freighter John V. Moran and her sister ship were both sunk by ice on Lake Michigan, ten years apart?
... that the manga anthology Nanohana was inspired by efforts in Chernobyl and Fukushima to use plants to absorb radioactive material?
... that a U.S. secretary of commerce wrote of the Richards Building , "were there such a function as a public incendiary, these buildings are among the first that should receive his official attention"?
... that Professor Shabir Madhi, who led trials of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa, did not originally want to study medicine?
... that a fake family tree was created for Jeyran, the beloved wife of Naser al-Din Shah of Persia, linking her to the Sassanids and the Ilkhans?
... that both Jochen Klepper and Hildegard Schaeder sought solace amidst the horror of the Nazi regime in Paul Gerhardt's 17th-century New Year's song "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten"?
... that Edmilsa Governo won Mozambique's first medal at a Paralympic Games in 2016?
... that to record his narration for A Perfect Planet at home, David Attenborough hung duvets from his dining room walls to make a sound stage, and bought a hut for the sound recorder?
... that Kehinde Wiley wanted to express "absolute joy – break dancing in the sky" when he created Go?
... that figurative artist Hilda Annetta Walker objected to Modernist works because she found it difficult to tell what they represented?
... that Spider-Man 2 is considered to be one of the best and most influential superhero films of all time?
... that progressive house music producer and DJ Guy J prefers analog equipment over software, describing its sound as "a bit dirty and warm"?
... that about 27 men and newsboys were killed in the Chicago circulation wars in the early 1900s?
... that according to Amnesty International, pre-trial detentions, bans on gatherings, and censorship have occurred in Chad in the lead-up to the 2021 presidential election?
... that ballerina Jennie Somogyi was offered an apprenticeship at the New York City Ballet when she was 15, becoming one of the youngest dancers to join the company?
... that Texas Motor Speedway's president once "just laughed" at the idea of NASCAR at COTA?
... that the lake freighter Edward L. Ryerson is not only the last steam-powered freighter built on the Great Lakes, but also the last built without a self-unloading boom?
... that associate justice William Johnson was the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court who was not a member of the Federalist Party?
... that Dominic Thiem, winner of the 2020 US Open, is the first player since the 2004 French Open to come back from two sets down in a Grand Slam final to win the title?
... that Veronica Maggio's 2011 song "Jag kommer" was accused of plagiarizing the Strokes' "Reptilia", but the singer denied any connection?
... that Charles G. Hopkins accompanied Queen Emma of Hawaii to Europe and the United States, where she visited Queen Victoria, Emperor Napoleon III, and President Andrew Johnson?
... that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese cheer screenings, which encourage audience participation, have been replaced by viewers' text messages being superimposed on the screen?
... that Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman did not think she would be believable as Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, but her performance added a Primetime Emmy to her awards shelf?
... that the Royal Victoria Arcade, Ryde, had an underground market that is now used as a local history museum?
... that ballerina Kyra Nichols danced with the New York City Ballet for 33 years, retiring shortly before she turned 49?
... that "I Love You" by 2NE1 integrates traditional Korean trot music with electronic to create a different sound and "new genre" of music?
... that Emil Aaltonen went from being a 13-year-old shoemaker's apprentice to owning and running the largest shoe manufacturing business in the Nordics?
... that the Trinidad euphonia lacks the muscular gizzard that most birds have as part of their digestive tract?
... that the Ur-Quan from the 1992 science-fiction game Star Control II are ranked among the best game antagonists of all time, and have influenced character design in modern games?
... that the Theodore Roosevelt desk was the first desk used by a US president in the Oval Office?
... that the Scottish distiller Sandy Grant Gordon pioneered the creation of single malt Scotch as a whisky category?
... that KEVT, the first Spanish-language radio station in Tucson, offered English lessons from a University of Arizona professor?
... that Jincheon Gilsangsa is a shrine dedicated to the portrait of General Gim Yu-sin?
... that Hannah J. Patterson and other suffragists hauled a replica of the Liberty Bell across Pennsylvania to gain the right to vote?
... that Dua Lipa's livestream concert Studio 2054 had a record-breaking attendance of five million paid viewers?
... that the Bharatanatyam dancer Sangeeta Isvaran works with deprived communities and uses dance and theatre in an effort to bring about social reform?
... that the 2017 book Priest of Nature analyses theological writings of Isaac Newton that were never published due to his heretical views?
... that virtuoso organist Frederick Swann was seen weekly on television by an estimated audience of 20 million viewers in 165 countries?
... that the exact date of establishment of the Philippine embassy in Cairo is unclear, despite the Philippines having first named an ambassador to Egypt in 1960?
... that the philosopher Andy Lamey challenges "new omnivorism", according to which it is permissible to eat animals even if they have moral status?
... that the IRT Powerhouse was intended to be the largest power generating station on earth when it was built in the 1900s?
... that Travancore Radio's first English-language broadcaster, Indira Joseph Venniyoor, was paid 69 rupees (then equivalent to US$14.50) for her broadcasts in 1949?
... that the Japanese-pop song "Snow Halation" by μ's has a music video animated by Sunrise?
... that more than 41 million hours of online chess have been watched on Twitch during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that after the Dreikönigs­kirche escaped destruction in World War II, it became Frankfurt's leading venue of church music performances ?
... that the 2009 Nova episode "Darwin's Darkest Hour" was filmed for the bicentennial anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his work On the Origin of Species?
... that New Zealand–born musician Millie Lovelock wrote her English literature master's thesis on One Direction?
... that Japanese business executive Minoru Makihara credited his association with activist shareholder Robert Monks, his roommate at Harvard, for some of the reforms at Mitsubishi Corporation?
... that Columbia University's small press Columbia Global Reports has been described as "somewhere between a magazine and book publisher"?
... that Fraser's Hill in Malaysia was previously a tin mining area that was converted into a hill station after the tin ore depleted in 1913?
... that when sports journalist Leo Monahan traveled overnight with the Boston Bruins by train, he feared moving while sleeping and keeping one of the team's players awake?
... that the kusarigama , a traditional Japanese weapon, was more useful against a sword than against a spear, a naginata, or a bō?
... that Bianca Smith, the first Black female coach in professional baseball history, has a JD degree and an MBA in sports management?
... that confectionery in the English Renaissance marks the transition of sugar from a medicine to a sweetener?
... that when Riot Games approached investors to fund the development of League of Legends, publishers were baffled by the game's free-to-play business model?