derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that critics objected to Dangers of the Mail in the 1930s for government support of lewdness and in the 2000s for creating a hostile work environment?
... that Robert Home was sent by the British Army to Canada in 1864 to report on the defence of the frontier against the eventuality of an American invasion?
... that the bridge in the song "Leave the Door Open" almost split the band Silk Sonic apart?
... that Smin Awa Naing's regiment mortally wounded Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava, effectively ending Ava's most serious invasion of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom?
... that Billie Eilish had to take a break from writing a song alluding to her childhood trauma and sexual abuse?
... that the 1994 Mascara earthquake destroyed every house in the Algerian villages of Shadlia, Hacine and Sidi Ali Cherif?
... that the Twin Falls "saucer" was later proven to be a hoax created by four teenagers?
... that strawberry pie is one of the "red foods" traditionally served at Juneteenth celebrations?
... that T. E. Lawrence travelled 1,000 miles (1,600 km) on foot alone during a three-month tour of crusader castles while writing his thesis about the Crusades and European military architecture?
... that although the provincial park surrounding the Kopka River had not been thoroughly investigated, the potential for archaeological sites was considered to be high?
... that despite his distinguished family history, musicologist Yuri Shcherbinin told friends that "what matters most is what you are, not who your ancestors were"?
... that the serial arsonist who started the fatal Nihon Shōgakkō fire confessed to starting at least 25 other California fires in the early 1920s?
... that in 1981, TriGem introduced the first microcomputer built in South Korea?
... that in Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Benjamin Britten assigned the tenor of Peter Pears to Abraham and the alto of Kathleen Ferrier to Isaac, with both singing in homophony as the voice of God?
... that María Elva Pinckert , motivated by the murder of her brother, started her political career in local politics in 1999?
... that the operator of the Commodore Hotel once hosted a circus, featuring an elephant in the ballroom, to impress visiting hoteliers?
... that Frances Campbell-Preston, who served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother for nearly 40 years, was reportedly not hesitant to ask her difficult questions when others were reluctant?
... that Tom Harkin ended his 1992 presidential campaign just one month after he won a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, where he received over three-quarters of the total vote?
... that while hemmed in at Ekowe during the Anglo-Zulu War, W. R. C. Wynne attempted to respond to heliograph signals by means of a signalling screen and a balloon?
... that in the 1980s, floor stands were offered to computer users to turn their horizontal desktops into towers?
... that after building Turkey's first airplane, its builder was sentenced to jail for flying it without a permit?
... that New York City would not allow a forest in the Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Center?
... that aerospace engineer Sabrina Thompson founded a streetwear brand after she felt the "artist inside of me was internally starving", despite being satisfied with her career?
... that scholars disagree about whether the closure of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations in 1953 had anything to do with McCarthyism?
... that Howard Mayers is credited with the destruction of at least eleven enemy aircraft during World War II?
... that musician John Mayer dismissed Taylor Swift's "Dear John" as "cheap songwriting"?
... that Chinese physician Yu Yan described theories like yinyang and the five phases as "simply all lies, absolutely not factual, and completely groundless"?
... that when Seattle sandwich restaurant Paseo abruptly closed, fans left flowers and lit candles?
... that Olive MacLeod journeyed 6,000 km (3,700 mi) through Africa in 1910–1911 to visit her murdered fiancé's grave, and wrote a book based on her observations?
... that Church Clothes 4 deals with Christian hip hop artist Lecrae's faith deconstruction and reconstruction?
... that construction workers at UC Berkeley paused their work in solidarity with the 2022 University of California academic workers' strike?
... that Taingda Mingyi U Pho engineered the massacre of around 40 members of the Burmese royal family in order to eliminate nearly all possible heirs to the throne?
... that Tennessee State Route 396 was constructed to provide access to the Spring Hill Manufacturing plant of Saturn Corporation?
... that when Arthur Forrest suggested that the squadron of French ships were looking for a battle, Captain Maurice Suckling replied "I think it would be a pity to disappoint them"?
... that an apparently jobless man wearing a cardboard box who taped himself to a lamppost was actually a new DJ for a Vermont radio station?
... that St. Bernward in Döhren was consecrated in 1893, when part of Christoph Hehl's design of a basilica in the Romanesque Revival style was built, but the building was only completed after World War II?
... that because of a mistake in a proposed state constitutional amendment, the New Jersey Legislature defined biannually to mean biennially?
... that Robert de Ogle captured five Scottish knights near Newcastle in 1341 and received royal licence to crenellate his property?
... that the National Wrestling Conference's controversial KKK storyline was the inspiration for an episode of the Netflix series GLOW?
... that Gary Wilson threw his snooker cue to the floor in anger at the 2022 UK Championship?
... that in 1908, American otorhinolaryngologist Margaret F. Butler became the first woman to preside over an international congress of physicians?
... that it was J. R. R. Tolkien's intention for Black Speech to be "full of harsh and hideous sounds and vile words"?
... that Ella Stewart Udall relayed her husband's letters to his semi-secret second wife?
... that Nettie Metcalf was the first woman recognized by the American Poultry Association for creating a breed of chicken, the Buckeye chicken , in the 1890s?
... that Gary Kemp put subtle references to Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita in his lyrics for Spandau Ballet's "True" so Clare Grogan would know the song was about her?
... that the home of American revolutionary leader John Cooper was used by General Lord Cornwallis as his headquarters during the British occupation of Woodbury, New Jersey, in 1777?
... that the Morane-Borel military monoplane participated in the Reims Military Aviation Competition, where it lost?
... that in 1858, when Congress delayed its decision on Oregon statehood, Nathaniel H. Gates became the last Speaker of Oregon’s Territorial House of Representatives?
... that Orion Anderson, who was murdered by a lynch mob in Virginia in 1889, was recently found to have been only 14 years old at the time of his death?
... that Symphyotrichum kentuckiense , the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee?
... that the external models of the Popcom modem have no status lights, instead providing feedback to the user through touch tones?
... that Burmese scholar Shaw Loo was Bucknell University's first international student?
... that The Sims 4 by Maxis started as an online multiplayer game, but was transitioned to a single-player experience following the negative launch reception of SimCity in 2013?
... that the Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra was described by its composer, Alfred Schnittke, as sounding like a "blues nightmare" at one point?
... that background research for Dujanah included interviews with Muslim apostates and a Scottish veteran of Afghanistan?
... that a 4 December 1915 agreement by French prime minister Aristide Briand with a British proposal to evacuate the Salonika front almost led to the collapse of his government?
... that a reviewer wrote of Julian Moynahan that, although "disguised as an English professor at Rutgers", he was in fact "a nonstop Irish-American storyteller"?
... that the calling patterns of the Japanese tree frog have been used in wireless network design, furthering an area of science known as swarm intelligence?
... that Katharina Cibulka has created monumental feminist messages in cross-stitch that cover scaffolding at construction sites?
... that "Gegrüßet seist du, Königin", a German version of the Latin hymn "Salve Regina", was taken to the U.S. by emigrants and became popular in the U.S. in the film Sister Act?
... that while DreamBooth can be used by anyone to fine-tune image generation AI models, the cost barrier to entry is quite high for hobbyist users?
... that Chinese writer Ye Dehui was executed after he called members of the Chinese Communist Party "beasts" and "half-breeds"?
... that Raorchestes chalazodes lays its eggs inside bamboo, and is the only species in its genus to exhibit parental care?
... that Josephine Gates Kelly of the Standing Rock Reservation once hitchhiked to Washington, D.C., to protest portions of the Indian Reorganization Act?
... that George Vernon's loss against the Parsis cricket team was seen as "a blow to the prestige of the Empire"?
... that Enoch Marvin Banks resigned from the University of Florida because of public outrage over his belief that the American Civil War was caused by slavery?
... that the Durham police mast was designed to be slender to minimise the impact on views of Durham Cathedral?
... that bookseller John Harrison Stonehouse commissioned the "cursed" edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam that was lost when the Titanic sank in 1912?
... that when Maha Thamun, the head of the Hanthawaddy delegation, presented his king's demands, King Thado of Ava reflexively ordered his execution?
... that Zenith Data Systems unveiled their SupersPort laptop at a Chicago show that featured helmeted performers and motorcyclists?
... that Australian official Jack Emanuel was awarded the George Cross in 1971 after being stabbed to death whilst trying to resolve a land dispute with the Tolai people of New Guinea?
... that the 1999 television film Down Will Come Baby aired two weeks after the Columbine High School massacre and was criticized for exploiting parental fears with its depiction of child violence?
... that according to one Turkish artist, a nude sculpture by Gürdal Duyar almost dissolved the 37th government of Turkey?
... that An Appeal for Human Rights was published by college students in 1960 in response to racial inequality in Atlanta?
... that plutonium produced in the nuclear reactors at the Hanford Engineer Works was used in the Fat Man bomb used in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in August 1945?
... that according to Qing-dynasty physician Xu Dachun, "stupid people believe that expensive drugs must be good drugs"?
... that a study of Anglo-Saxon literature begun by Bernard Pitt in 1914 was completed by a colleague after Pitt was killed in the First World War?
... that Neha Pendse, the lead actress of the Marathi film June, contributed some of her own money towards its production?
... that American lumber businessman and politician John Barber White funded a scholarship at Williams College in memory of his son?
... that squatters were one of the groups that started the Mau Mau rebellion?
... that Caroline Harrison would mail ceramic milk sets to parents who named their children after U.S. president Benjamin Harrison?
... that the Streichmelodion was once described as being "more like a frying pan than a musical instrument"?
... that Stanley J. Korsmeyer published over 250 scientific papers, 23 of which were cited over 500 times?
... that a 1902 plan called for a town to be built in Dukes Meadows that would have been known as Burlingwick?
... that Bernardo Adam Ferrero wrote compositions such as Danzas alicantinas for Spanish civil and military bands that he conducted?
... that the Chicago Bears media guide had an asterisk next to the result of the Instant Replay Game for 10 years, noting the team's belief that the game was decided incorrectly?
... that Cheng Dan'an is "widely considered the father of modern acupuncture"?
... that in one experiment in which moor frogs were frozen solid to −16 °C (3 °F) and then thawed, a small percentage survived?
... that several murals from New York City's Hotel McAlpin were reinstalled in the subway after being found in a dumpster?
... that a 1975 "open tube" event at Waterlooplein station gave the citizens of Amsterdam their first look at the city's metro system?
... that the Central American government voted for annexation to the First Mexican Empire after a request from Regent Agustín de Iturbide?
... that Craig Greenberg was shot at while running in the 2022 Louisville mayoral election?
... that Through the Darkest of Times was the first video game published in Germany to use swastikas?
... that Elisabeth Griffith's sweeping 100-year history of the American equal-rights movement has been compared to listening to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"?
... that although Baeoentedon bouceki was collected from China in 1983, it was not formally described as a new species until 2014?
... that the Vatican selected Mary Milligan in 1987 to be one of only three U.S. experts to assist the International Synod of Bishops on the Laity in Rome?
... that a British filmmaker forced the British Board of Film Classification to watch paint drying for ten hours?
... that Latter-day Saint diarist Ida Hunt Udall turned down a marriage offer from her longtime boyfriend because he was a monogamist, and she wanted a polygamous marriage?
... that the Xinxiu bencao was the first state-sponsored pharmacopoeia in China?
... that the Japanese fire-bellied newt tends to show its belly to birds but wag its tail at snakes?
... that Edward Glemham destroyed two Spanish vessels, repulsed four galleys, and captured a rich Venetian merchant ship in his first voyage as a privateer in 1590?
... that anthropologist Theodora Kroeber wrote a biography of her husband that was described as a "welcome and refreshing exception" to the "often embarrassing" biographies of men written by their wives?
... that the Cornish poet D. M. Thomas blamed himself for the death of William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies?
... that male Dendro­psophus branneri frogs have a special "fighting call" reserved for combat with other males?
... that while serving as his party's regional leader in Oruro, Franz Choque simultaneously worked as an importer to make ends meet?
... that Mardi Gras Hangover was marketed as a "loop coaster", but was criticized for lacking the characteristics of a roller coaster?
... that Hanthawaddy royal Bya Kun fought for Ava against his enemy King Razadarit in the Forty Years' War?
... that The Inland Whale, by Theodora Kroeber, sought to demonstrate the literary merit of Indigenous American oral traditions?
... that the Liverpool Echo described British rock and roll star Tommy Steele as "quite unable to sing and play the guitar at the same time" when reviewing his first album?
... that linebacker Carlton Martial, who recently broke a college football record for the most tackles, began his career as a walk-on?
... that the Golden Mirror, a Qing-dynasty medical text, contains a "one-page array of 24 anuses"?
... that William Miller Beardshear was known as the "father of Iowa State College", now known as Iowa State University?
... that the oldest Chinese medical text on surgery was, according to tradition, written by a doctor who had met a ghost?
... that listeners to ESPN's sports podcasts are "13 years younger than" ESPN Radio listeners, according to a company executive?
... that Sir Srinivas Varadachariar was the first Indian chief justice of the Federal Court of India?
... that Fort Curtis's 24-pounder guns were taken away for use in the Vicksburg campaign?
... that in the Book of Mormon's allusion to the raising of Lazarus of Bethany in John 11, Abish plays a role parallel to that of Jesus?
... that the setting of the game Ghost of Tsushima takes place during the Mongol invasion of Tsushima?