derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Chloe Bailey dances next to a leopard in the music video for her song "Treat Me"?
... that Twyla Tharp's ballet Nine Sinatra Songs, to songs sung by Frank Sinatra, features ballroom dance-inspired choreography?
... that the illustrations in the 1992 video game Tetris Classic are based on scenes from Alexander Pushkin's poem Ruslan and Ludmila?
... that Riddick Parker increased his weight by 26 pounds (12 kg) because he was regarded as "small" for a defensive end, at 274 pounds (124 kg)?
... that artist Thomas Eakins remarked "I think you've got a heap of impudence" upon receiving the Temple Gold Medal for his portrait Archbishop William Henry Elder?
... that Louise McKinney was the first woman in the British Empire to be sworn in as an elected legislator?
... that a television station spent so little on programming that a media columnist called it the "IOUs of Cincinnati"?
... that Sheila Egoff, Canada's first professor of children's literature, returned to her library work immediately after retirement?
... that the Indie sleaze era, from approximately 2006 to 2012, was described by singer Gwenno as "very debauched, and probably the last moment where kids had been able to do whatever they want"?
... that Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church bishop Yuhanon Meletius said that Christian Sangh Parivar sympathizers are "moving on a suicidal path"?
... that Ding Roman defeated his cousin Tet Garcia in the 1993 Bataan gubernatorial recall election?
... that after depopulating the island of Samson, Augustus Smith established a deer park there, only for the deer to escape to the neighbouring island of Tresco?
... that E. Virgil Neal was a teacher, stage hypnotist, fraudster and finally a wealthy cosmetics manufacturer?
... that the first known publication of the phrase "any port in a storm" was in a 1749 erotic novel?
... that Benny Lefebvre had three sons who signed professional baseball contracts and four brothers who played football?
... that in Ireland, selling unauthorized Mass cards could lead to 10 years in jail or a €300,000 fine?
... that the City Hall station , intended to be the showpiece of New York City's subway system, has been closed since 1945?
... that endocrinologist Reginald Hall, who studied the thyroid gland and its diseases, received a heart transplant in 1984?
... that "Slapshot", a 1995 rock song commissioned by the New York Rangers, is widely considered to be the best goal song in the National Hockey League?
... that Eva Duldig, who was interned by Australia during the Second World War, later represented the country at the Wimbledon Championships?
... that in Arnett v. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court justice William Rehnquist said public employees must accept "the bitter with the sweet" in their due-process rights when contesting dismissal?
... that the Indian independence movement's underground Congress Radio once submerged their equipment in the Godavari River?
... that Larry Herndon hit a game-winning home run in the 1984 World Series and a playoff-clinching home run on the last day of the 1987 season?
... that the 1987 video game Oriental Hero was panned as "so incredibly bad it's almost worth a look"?
... that Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, was the father of two queens and a French regent, despite preferring his male lovers to his wives?
... that a 65-minute concert film starring Billie Eilish was filmed all in one week?
... that Seattle-based Tom Alberg, one of the earliest investors in Amazon, was convinced of the company's promise when he could not find a book by Peter Drucker in his local bookstore?
... that Manfred Mann's 1966 single "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James" was amongst the first songs to utilize the Mellotron?
... that a New York pop-up restaurant opened by Louisa Shafia served stews and rice dishes described in a review as a "Persian-tapas gateway into the ancient cuisine"?
... that the Iranian operation to liberate the town of Bostan during the Iran–Iraq War was described by Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, as "the victory of victories"?
... that Aaron S. Watkin is scheduled to become the artistic director of the English National Ballet three decades after he first danced there?
... that one DJ of a Texas radio station challenged another to a cow-milking contest on the streets of the city?
... that the Assumption of the Virgin by Palma Vecchio depicts the legend of the Girdle of Thomas as part of the Assumption of Mary?
... that Saudi Arabian broadcaster beoutQ pirated and resold beIN Sports programmes during the Qatar diplomatic crisis?
... that Corky Palmer coached the Southern Miss Golden Eagles to their only College World Series appearance in 2009?
... that more than 1000 tons of paper were used every year printing car literature for the British Motor Corporation by the in-house Nuffield Press?
... that, before there was a Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building, William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson built motorcycles in a shed?
... that Alexander Marble, an expert in diabetes, was described as one of "the giant trees among the diabetes sequoias"?
... that the developer of Citizen Sleeper was inspired by the feeling of people coming together and their own experiences as a non-binary person struggling to make ends meet through the gig economy?
... that Milt Wilcox, winning pitcher of Game 3 of the 1984 World Series, credited "throwing bowling balls" with rescuing his Major League Baseball career?
... that Pier Giorgio Morandi first played as the principal oboist at La Scala in Milan, and conducted a 2019 recorded production of Verdi's Il trovatore at the Verona Arena, directed by Franco Zeffirelli?
... that Alexis Sharkey's last Instagram post before her murder documented her travels to Tulum, Mexico?
... that politician William Madocks built a privy in the shape of "an old broken tower" on his Dolmelynllyn Estate in Wales?
... that the choral music of Artemy Vedel, who is regarded as one of the Golden Three composers of 18th-century Ukrainian classical music, was censored but performed from handwritten copies?
... that Prabhudas Gandhi invented an innovative foot-driven spinning wheel and named it "Magan Charkha" in memory of his uncle Maganlal Gandhi?
... that Donald Trump and his attorneys John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani spoke to some 300 Republican state legislators in an effort to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election?
... that "Surprise" by Chloe Bailey was hand-picked by Beyoncé?
... that Buford Dam is maintained in part by a "Chew Crew" of sixteen goats?
... that Joseph-Alexandre Baile argued against the separation of the parish of Notre-Dame in Montreal, declaring it to be against civil law?
... that by switching to the smaller typeface Retina in the stock listings of their newspaper, The Wall Street Journal was able to save $6 to 7 million annually?
... that Brizlincote in Burton upon Trent, England, was formerly known as "Little Switzerland" for its charm and recreational use by locals?
... that Captain Archie C. Kuntze, known as the "American Mayor of Saigon", was court-martialled for living "openly and notoriously in his official quarters" with his Taiwanese girlfriend?
... that Susan Silk developed ring theory when a colleague said that Silk's breast cancer wasn't just about her?
... that in 2016, Lukáš Vondráček became the first Czech pianist to win the Queen Elisabeth Competition?
... that according to Jimmy Carter, "more of [Georgia's] business was probably conducted in the Henry Grady than in the state capitol"?
... that Freddy Mamani was motivated to become a teacher in part to help his parents overcome their illiteracy?
... that a TV station in New York state signed on just to carry the 1953 World Series, then went off the air and did not start scheduled programming for several weeks?
... that journalist Isabel Fernández likened her experience as a correspondent during periods of intense civil unrest to "[being in] a lion's cage"?
... that the LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility is the second-largest concrete building in the U.S. – behind only the Pentagon?
... that educationalist Keith Sheen learned how to kill rats with a frying pan at his first job?
... that according to art historian Margaretta M. Lovell, Captain John Purves and His Wife reflects the late eighteenth century's turn toward companionate marriage?
... that "Spotlight", the best-selling digital single in Chinese music history, saw its Douban rating drop from 10.0 to 3.2 less than two days after its release?
... that the melting of the Platigliole Glacier in Italy has revealed artefacts of the White War, including clothing and hay more than 100 years old?
... that eleven years after serving as a Super Bowl usher, Rodney Parker came back to the game as a player?
... that Eli N. Evans authored three books about the culture and history of Jews in the American South?
... that the selection of Palu as capital of Palu Regency led to protests from the nearby town of Donggala, concerned they would lose out on economic development?
... that elderly showman Bronco Charlie Miller would light matches, held in the mouths of Boy Scouts, using a 20-ft bull whip?
... that Lài dogs were instrumental in the Vietnamese Lam Sơn uprising against Ming China in 1418–1428?
... that American racing driver Emory Collins won the International Motor Contest Association sprint car national championship in 1938, 1946, 1947, and 1948?
... that the Polish science fiction novel Extensa marked the growing recognition of its writer, Jacek Dukaj, in Poland?
... that Constance Fozzard was told during her surgical training that women with children could not become consultants?
... that the LARIAT platform simulates users on computer networks to be targeted for staged cyber attacks?
... that Melissa Clark-Reynolds, who was awarded the Insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, developed the now-defunct virtual world MiniMonos?
... that guests to the Delmonico's restaurant at 56 Beaver Street touched a pair of columns at the entrance for good luck?
... that Matti Lehtinen, a baritone of the Finnish National Opera and professor of singing at the Sibelius Academy, was the voice of God at age 93?
... that the Shady Rest Golf and Country Club was the home of John Shippen, the first African American to compete in the U.S. Open?
... that after Mehmet Şerif Fırat helped the Turkish military defeat the Sheikh Said rebellion, he was internally exiled with relatives of the leaders of the rebellion?
... that a report commissioned by the Jews of Color Initiative described "Jews of color" as "an imperfect, but useful umbrella term"?
... that the Iowa state auditor Rob Sand modeled in Milan and Paris while he was in college?
... that Washington College is investigating the possibility of turning the Chestertown Armory into a bed and breakfast?
... that papyrologist Walter Cockle produced a new edition of a tragedy by Euripides based on fragments found in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri?
... that Fannie Salter was personally appointed keeper of Turkey Point Light by U.S. president Calvin Coolidge?
... that fictional depictions of Jupiter have portrayed human habitation on the planet and its moons both by altering the environment to suit humans and altering humans to be suited to the environment?
... that a scene from the television adaptation of the manga It's All About the Looks was filmed at the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion show?
... that Peachtree Arcade, a shopping arcade in the U.S. state of Georgia, was conceived after a local businessman visited the Cleveland Arcade?
... that East Somerville station is planned to open more than 95 years after its predecessor closed?
... that Reina Scully has worked with Crunchyroll because of her skill in translating Japanese anime for English dubs?
... that the player of a 1990 video game can recreate the 14.5-hour-long Battle of Rorke's Drift in real time, controlling each of the 137 British defenders?
... that rhythmic gymnast Gemma Frizelle won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games performing to her mother's favourite song?
... that U.S. regulators determined that a South Carolina radio station broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years?
... that 11th-century French peasant Leutard of Vertus is said to have preached heresy against the Catholic Church after dreaming his body had been invaded by bees that entered through his genitals?
... that nine songs from Mary Lou Williams's Zodiac Suite were composed during a live radio improvisation?
... that Chief of the General Staff Zdravko Ponoš began military cooperation between Serbia and Ohio?
... that while experimenting for the music of Red Dead Redemption, Woody Jackson recorded the heartbeat of his unborn daughter on his iPhone?
... that Chicago Radio public address systems were used extensively by the pro-independence Indian National Congress during the British Raj?
... that the first woman mayor in Metropolitan Toronto, Beth Nealson, ran against True Davidson in a 1966 mayoral race called the "Battle of the Belles"?
... that the founder of a Massachusetts radio station credited Gayle King, then a local news anchor, for mentoring her to pursue a broadcast license?
... that rugby union flanker Gavin Thomas had his contract cancelled by the Scarlets after he missed more than 26 weeks of the 2008–09 season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon?
... that in the history of opera in Ukraine, Mykola Lysenko's historical Taras Bulba was the first grand opera, but not performed during his lifetime because he refused a performance in Russian?
... that before he made his Major League Baseball debut, Nate Fisher worked as a commercial lending analyst for the First National Bank of Omaha?
... that a two-year-old food bank contributed 150 semi-trucks of supplies to relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina?
... that Michelle O'Bonsawin is the first Indigenous person appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada?
... that Bob Dylan's "4th Time Around" has been interpreted as a parody of the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"?
... that the Romans would advertise their goods with a type of inscription known as Titulus pictus?
... that prolific Italian forger Tobia Nicotra once toured the United States impersonating conductor Riccardo Drigo, who had died two years earlier?
... that Puerto Rico's Willie Hernández became the highest paid player in Detroit Tigers history after winning Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards and a World Series?
... that The Story of Mr Sommer, a 1991 novella by Patrick Süskind with illustrations by Sempé, has been described as "a children's tale for adults"?
... that medical doctor Brian McMahon was named "ANZAC of the Year" in 2011?
... that Sofia the First was deemed "risky" but subsequently became the most-viewed program in its category?
... that Yesenia Yarhui, the youngest parliamentarian in Bolivian history, was sworn into the Chamber of Deputies at just 19 years old?
... that players of the fantasy play-by-mail game Quest once voted on the game's "most useless item"?
... that damage patterns on Alnus parvifolia fossil leaves were initially misidentified as flea beetle eggs?
... that David Dexter, who wrote the New Guinea volume in the series Australia in the War of 1939–1945, was a commando who served in East Timor and New Guinea?
... that a pending case at the United States Supreme Court, Haaland v. Brackeen, "could completely erase tribal sovereignty"?
... that Indian footballer Narender Thapa played for both of Calcutta's football clubs Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting at different times in his career?
... that during meetings at the United Nations headquarters, the United Nations Plaza Hotel was said to have more security than guests?
... that Antony Hodgkinson danced so vigorously onstage with Nirvana at the 1992 Reading Festival that he gave himself whiplash?
... that Turkish prime minister Bülent Ecevit's first order in office was to send the minister of transport to the crash site of Turkish Airlines Flight 301 ?
... that Emma Dean Powell received a pass from General Ulysses S. Grant to accompany her husband to battlefield camps during the American Civil War after he lost his arm?
... that the Eocene Okanagan Highlands span approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) through British Columbia and Washington?
... that Mihi Edwards did not use her own name as a young woman because of discrimination against Māori people in New Zealand?
... that in 1933, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Italian wing of Rockefeller Center's International Building was interrupted by a fascist chant led by an unemployed bricklayer?
... that Sacco Saito, who arranged and performed the theme song for Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation, was not told the content of the game until after the song had been recorded?
... that Bumper Pool legally changed his name to Bumper when he was 16 because of his father's childhood love for bumper pool?
... that 280 Broadway , once called the "cradle of the department store", later hosted The Sun newspaper and then the New York City Department of Buildings?
... that Aymara legislator Rafael Quispe's humorous style of political activism led one Bolivian parliamentarian to describe him as the "Chapulín Colorado" of the Legislative Assembly?
... that Russia launched an Iranian satellite into orbit just three weeks after Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei vowed to cooperate against the West?
... that medieval literature scholar Theodore Silverstein's unit in World War II took over the Eiffel Tower to intercept communications of German aircraft?
... that the Office for National Statistics defines a golden logistics triangle in the English Midlands that lies within four hours driving distance of 90% of the British population?
... that "King of Torts" Harry Lipsig persuaded a jury that a man had been scared to death by a car?
... that the tallest captive elephant in Asia has been commemorated in verse, sculpture and film?
... that the pediatrician Daniel C. Darrow "was tolerant of students, but they were rather terrified of him"?
... that an auction of the art collection of Welbore Ellis Agar was abandoned when all of it, including works by Velazquez, Poussin, Lorrain, Murillo, and Rubens was bought by Earl Grosvenor?
... that Naikilah Perusahaan Minang is the oldest operating autobus company in Indonesia?
... that an article by Dave Wasserman two months before the 2016 U.S. presidential election correctly predicted that Donald Trump would win despite losing the popular vote?
... that CLODO's initialism is also a French slang term for 'bum' or 'homeless'?
... that while Joseph Longworth thought that he would be remembered only as "the son of his father and the father of his son", there is today a wing of the Cincinnati Art Museum named for him?
... that Professor of History Lorenzo Kamel deems Umma–Lagash the first recorded war in human history?
... that before Godley & Creme were one half of 10cc, they were Frabjoy & the Runcible Spoon?
... that getting the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit consumed far less fuel than was planned, effectively doubling its expected operational life?
... that 2022 Commonwealth Games women's squash gold medallist Georgina Kennedy was once a promising runner, ranked number one in England at the 1500 metres, before focusing on squash?
... that a Chinatown in the logging community of Sugar Pine was intentionally burned down by the Madera Sugar Pine Company in 1922?
... that hedge fund manager Patrick Degorce was an early investor in Moderna, with the hope that they could find a cure for his wife's stage-IV lung cancer?
... that Ingrid Andress said that she wished she had included a parrot which startled her in the music video for her single "The Stranger"?
... that the writer of Elden Ring compared the game's mythology to using a dungeon master's handbook in a tabletop RPG?
... that the owner of a Montana TV station changed the name of his company because he was asked why his license plate read "SUNBELT"?
... that according to one account, planners put a dome above the United Nations General Assembly Building so the UN headquarters could be funded more quickly?
... that the German conductor Kai Bumann was the music director of the Warsaw Chamber Opera, and toured Japan with the company twice?
... that the genetic deletion of the protein Rubicon increases the lifespan of roundworms and female fruit flies?
... that Creekfinding was inspired by epidemiologist Michael Osterholm's efforts to restore a creek that had been diverted decades earlier?
... that when the British government discovered that John Jarvis-Smith was not dead, they gave him a medal?
... that the Alabama Crimson Tide's loss to the LSU Tigers in their 2019 football game broke a 31-game home winning streak?
... that the woodcarver Violet Pinwill of the Pinwill sisters was still working on a life-size figure of Saint Peter days before her death in 1957, aged 82?
... that some regular users of the Schiller Woods magic water pump near Chicago believe that it was covertly blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1979?
... that the founder of the magazine Shōjo Club hoped that the publication would instill in its readership the "inner modesty and fortitude of samurai women"?
... that Stanford's E. J. Smith, son of Emmitt Smith, the National Football League's all-time rushing leader, was named a 2022 breakout candidate at his father's position?
... that members of a 250,000-strong crowd sang the refrain of the Christian hymn "Ich lobe meinen Gott, der aus der Tiefe mich holt" during the 2015 Kirchentag?
... that Judith Schiff, as chief research archivist at the Yale University Library, helped determine that skeletons exposed by a tree uprooted by Hurricane Sandy dated to the 18th century?
... that neighboring British Sierra Leone and Liberia disputed their border, and the British Empire seized the disputed territory in 1885?
... that William Heath Byford performed the first ovariotomy in Chicago in 1860?
... that Barclays House in Poole, England, has been sinking since its construction in 1975?
... that getting bitten by an eel led Sean Barber to become an umpire?
... that Herb Roedel retired from professional football after only one season to become an engineer?
... that Oskar Kokoschka's painting The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac was confiscated by the Nazis after his work was labelled "degenerate"?
... that Canadian architect Barry Downs contributed to the redevelopment of the Expo 86 site in Vancouver, the largest private development in North America at the time?
... that Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a €100-billion investment in the German armed forces?
... that when the sale of its San Diego TV station failed, United States International University asked some of its employees to wait to pick up their paychecks?
... that Cursed to Golf has been referred to as the "Dark Souls of golf" due to its difficulty?
... that Windham William Sadler made the first crossing of the Irish Sea by balloon in 1817, five years after his father had failed to achieve the same feat?
... that the "awkward, cramped galleries" at 2 Columbus Circle later housed New York City government offices?
... that the perpetrator of the 2015 Heze bombing was described as normal just days before the attack?
... that after civil rights activist Andrew Goodman was murdered, Mary Doyle Curran found and published a poem that Goodman had written for her class?
... that at 6 by 22 metres (20 by 72 feet), Zeitlaich is Jonas Burgert's largest oil painting?
... that after journalist Adele Ferguson's criticism of the U.S. Navy's sex discrimination attracted nationwide attention, she was offered a personal tour of a nuclear submarine?
... that a travelling museum exhibition in Japan displays "life-size" renditions of Pokémon skeletons alongside the fossils of actual prehistoric animals?
... that Major-General Andriy Kovalchuk , commander of the 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive, met his wife, a fellow officer, when she chastised him for wearing an unpolished belt buckle?
... that extendable marshmallow toasting forks were cited as an example of how glamping has "ruined" camping?
... that Silvia Hauer, a singer of Rossini's Rosina and Bizet's Carmen at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, performed the mezzo-soprano solo of Verdi's Requiem in 2022?