derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Massachusetts gave the United States its first openly LGBT state legislator to be elected, as well as the first out congressperson and state attorney general?
... that the Royal Mint reportedly shipped rare silver coins to New Zealand in unsecured bags, claiming they had not been advised to take extra precaution?
... that Toshiki Seto was cast in the television adaptation of Senpai, This Can't Be Love! because, according to the creator, he could express emotion through his stare?
... that the judge in the 1938 King v Bourne trial stated that performing an abortion might prevent a "physical or mental wreck"?
... that the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs feature 62 percent of the league's teams?
... that Draken is the tallest, fastest, and joint-steepest roller coaster in South Korea?
... that the ancient Roman poem In Eutropium criticized the politician Eutropius for holding a "feminine" triumph?
... that The Fader praised "Montgomery Brawl" as "a hilarious recap" of the brawl and a "song a piece of history deserves"?
... that Lillian V. Holdeman Moore identified a spike in hydrogen-gas-producing bacteria in Skylab astronauts?
... that Eric Sams remarked "what bride ever had a finer wedding gift?" of the song collection Myrthen (Myrtles), which Robert Schumann dedicated to Clara?
... that the music video for Olivia Rodrigo's song "Get Him Back!" was shot on a smartphone?
... that smokestacks at a former rayon mill were stabilized by dropping bricks into them?
... that Sivapardus was larger than a leopard, smaller than a lion, and had a face like a cheetah?
... that Benton Harbor BASIC was written by Gordon Letwin, who Heathkit management said once showed up with long hair, high-top sneakers and a velvet coat?
... that the Battle of Daybathwe ended shortly after the Myaungmya commander Saw E Binnya was assassinated by the Hanthawaddy commander Dein Mani-Yut, whom he thought was defecting to his side?
... that in the 1932 baseball game in which pitcher Eddie Rommel won his last game, he pitched 17 innings in relief, an American League record?
... that life exists in every part of the biosphere, from the deepest parts of the ocean to altitudes of up to 64 km (40 miles) in the atmosphere?
... that Spyridon Marinatos discovered the battlefield of Thermopylae in 1939?
... that in 1944, the Tuvan-language journal Lenin–Stalinnьꞑ tugunuꞑ adaa-pile switched from the Latin script to the Cyrillic script?
... that railroad engineer Jules Hanscotte developed a system for the safe braking of heavy trains on steep gradients, but its only significant use was on tourist tramways?
... that William Sharpington and his workshop created what was described as "some of the most distinguished" public lettering in post-war England?
... that before a separate party was created for Pakistan, the All India Scheduled Castes Federation simultaneously held the posts of Minister of Law in both Pakistan and India?
... that the owner of the Washington Wolfpack said that he initially only wanted to try out some players from his semi-professional team, but they gave him ownership instead?
... that one legend claimed that Hö'elün conceived the boy who would become Genghis Khan when she was impregnated by a ray of light?
... that although the 1950 Mexican film Un día de vida bombed with domestic audiences, it became a classic in Yugoslavia?
... that They Might Be Giants sang in Simlish on the soundtrack for The Sims 2: FreeTime?
... that when she was elected to the New Zealand parliament, Catherine Wedd defeated her former coworker at a marketing company?
... that the Seabury Tredwell House, now a museum, is Manhattan's only remaining 19th-century house with its original furnishings?
... that scholars have argued over whether the Aineta aryballos depicts a goddess, a dancer, or a prostitute?
... that Hanthawaddy commander Smin Ye-Thin-Yan captured Donwun by deceiving his blood brother?
... that Tournament of Kings made its host the United States' biggest buyer of Cornish game hens in 2018?
... that if James Stuart-Wortley had not falsified his age for the 1853 general election, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke would now be New Zealand's youngest-ever member of parliament?
... that the statue of Trần Hưng Đạo in Mê Linh Square was erected by the South Vietnamese Navy, who regarded him as a patron saint?
... that although Quentin Tarantino thought "Wiseman" was "fantastic", he could not find a scene for it in his film Django Unchained?
... that in 1974, Oliver C. Dawson was the first black person to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame?
... that during the late 20th century, residents of the Hotel Chelsea could give the owner paintings instead of paying rent?
... that insects not only destroyed the personal plant collection of John Hunter Thomas, but also bear his name?
... that with only three of the six guns in his P-51 Mustang working during a dogfight, Claude J. Crenshaw managed to shoot down four enemy aircraft?
... that after signing the Camp David Accords in 1978, Prime Minister Menachem Begin ended a speech with a desire to sing the peace song "Hevenu shalom aleichem" with the people of Israel?
... that scientists traveled thousands of miles to observe the solar eclipse of September 10, 1923, from Santa Catalina Island, but saw only clouds?
... that until 1985, CBS programs on a TV station in Sitka, Alaska, were videotaped in Seattle and aired on a two-week delay?
... that Chen Xiaocui helped to translate Sherlock Holmes into Chinese when she was still a child?
... that a US$6 plastic crown worn by the Notorious B.I.G. in a photograph featured on the cover of Rap Pages sold for US$594,790 at an auction?
... that Randy Huntington coached three athletes to break world records in the long jump, the triple jump, and the 60-metres split?
... that despite a mathematical model deeming the ice cream bar flavour Goody Goody Gum Drops impossible, it was still created?
... that a song from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was performed by four-year-old Mai Fujisawa, daughter of the film's composer Joe Hisaishi?
... that the Harlem Park Three were awarded US$48 million, the largest sum in Baltimore history, after being falsely imprisoned for murder?
... that Warren C. Dickerson helped transform the Bronx into an urban extension of Manhattan?
... that Night of the Living Dead (film featured) was mistakenly released into the public domain?
... that a variety of the Connecticut field pumpkin is known as "the original commercial jack-o'-lantern pumpkin"?
... that The Faculty Club at UC Berkeley, built in 1902, has been reported to be a hotspot for paranormal activity?
... that British designer Alexander McQueen pressed live worms into a translucent corset to evoke vampirism and undeath for his collection The Hunger?
... that film critics accused the MPAA ratings board of having yielded to studio pressure to rate The Exorcist R rather than X?
... that the Circleville Pumpkin Show, the oldest pumpkin show in the United States, has been selecting a Miss Pumpkin since 1933?
... that The Wiccan Web recommends drawing pentagrams on your computer screen with tinctures?
... that before photographer Philippe Halsman decided to photograph three cats flying through the air , surrealist artist Salvador Dalí had wanted to blow up a duck with dynamite?
... that Jack Washburn was called "Cinderella Boy" for winning a starring role in his first Broadway show?
... that the India national team were victorious in football at the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games?
... that Bob Albright won his first primary election for the Alabama House of Representatives against a neighbor who lived on the same street as him?
... that the allegedly haunted Capitol Hill mystery soda machine "went for a walk" one day and never returned?
... that teacher Mary Creighton Bailey was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her services in the improvement of education in Germany shortly after World War II?
... that a winter storm in December 2017 cancelled an attempt at the world's largest snowball fight at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey?
... that the congressional office lottery has involved a "Jedi mind trick", head rubs, and push-ups ?
... that Snoop Dogg's original lyrics about cannabis for the song "Sunday" were sung over by Ben Rector to keep the song clean?
... that Sophie von Maltzan led the making of a submarine that was walked through the streets of Dublin?
... that rubber barons like Carlos Scharff enslaved indigenous populations in the Upper Amazon region during the rubber boom as a workforce for latex collection?
... that the Greco-Australian dialect, a variety of Modern Greek, blends words with English roots into the Greek language?
... that Dublin property developer Harry Crosbie received an OBE from the British ambassador to Ireland, partly for entertaining Elizabeth II with his showbiz contacts?
... that an Indian maharajah asked Eugenie Grosup to marry him after she received a deportation notice to leave India and return to Nazi-occupied Europe?
... that football player and coach Clarence McGeary wrestled with Bronko Nagurski, owned bowling alleys with Rocky Marciano, founded the Federation of Christian Athletes, and was awarded a Purple Heart?
... that the Al Qarara Cultural Museum, housed in a former grain silo, contained 6000 years of history?
... that Dimitrie Ralet, a pioneer Romanian orientalist, commended Ottoman reformers for not "blindly adopting what we in Europe take to mean civilization"?
... that PragerU's hashtag #DETRANS, originally meant to promote their short film, was hijacked by Twitter users?
... that the son of an engine fitter from England became Director of Education in part of modern-day South Africa for almost twenty years?
... that the No. 1–ranked 2023 Colorado Mines Orediggers, "college football's nerdiest contender", featured players with pigtails and a drawn-on blue mustache, a friar's haircut, and Harry Potter cosplay?
... that Kamala , Percy Pringle and the Fabulous Freebirds got their first "big break" in International Championship Wrestling?
... that the socialite Lucy Drexel Dahlgren's New York City house was designed by a neighbor whom Dahlgren met in Paris?
... that the Lake Patzcuaro salamander's native habitat is limited to a single lake in Mexico?
... that in the early 20th century, the town council of Worthing purchased Cote Bottom and pledged that it would be kept in perpetuity as a public amenity?
... that the party leader of the new Dutch youth political party LEF – For the New Generation tattooed his party's program points on his forearm?
... that the Latin princess Ioveta was about four years old when her mother, Queen Morphia, surrendered her to the Turks as debt payment security?
... that William Brault was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame 28 years after he founded it?
... that a 1905 steam-powered pump was assembled on-site in Virginia with its housing constructed around it?
... that when the financially failing Walker Interactive Products could not find a buyer, it staged a large-scale layoff in order to stay alive?
... that to encourage upscale development of the neighborhood, J. Harper Smith had the street leading to his Victorian mansion renamed to have a "higher tone"?
... that in 2001, around 64 percent of all films produced in Malayalam were of the soft-porn variety?
... that although Jules Meysmans invented an entire language, he is best known for his invention of one word?
... that the pulpit in the Pisa Baptistery (1260) by Nicola Pisano has a relief combining the Annunciation with the Nativity , with two Virgin Marys beside each other?
... that in 1977, Appalachian folk singer Phyllis Boyens performed at a Christmas benefit concert to support Kentucky coal miners who had been on strike for 17 months?
... that Grandpa Indian, created in the 1930s to replace Santa Claus in Brazil, was portrayed as adorned in colorful bird feathers, bringing gifts to Brazilian children?
... that an early example of the genre of Christmas horror is A Christmas Carol, published in 1843?
... that Jewish refugee Kurt S. Adler, who started one of the largest importers of Christmas decorations to the United States, was called "America’s Father Christmas" by the magazine German Life in 2002?
... that "Verbum caro factum est", a Christmas motet for six voices by Hans Leo Hassler in the Venetian polychoral style, has been arranged for brass ensembles?
... that in Icelandic folklore, the Yule cat eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas?
... that Maryam Eslamdoust was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
... that on Christmas Eve in 1818, the Christmas carol "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") was first performed in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria?
... that the tripartite structure of the National War Labor Board helped the United States keep work stoppages to a minimum during World War II?
... that on every Christmas Eve since 1994, Willem Lange's story about the fruitcake-delivering farmer Favor Johnson is broadcast on public radio stations in Vermont?
... that the anti-colonialist Ligue de défense de la race nègre, which at one point had around 1,000 members, was suppressed by the French government in 1937, ten years after its founding?
... that Mel Bartholomew, who developed the time-saving square foot gardening method, said that he gardened "with a salad bowl in mind, not a wheelbarrow"?
... that the closest modern fern relatives to Dennstaedtia christophelii of the Pacific Northwest are tropical species from South America?
... that 25 Water Street was designed to blend in with historic brick buildings that no longer exist?
... that having worked as a secretary for 67 years, secret millionaire Sylvia Bloom retired at the age of 96 and willed US$8.2 million to sponsor underprivileged students?
... that a Hot Dog Bean screenprint from Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans II sold for $258,046 in 2013?
... that Anna Burke was the second woman to give birth while a member of the Australian House of Representatives?
... that Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, contains part of the Experimental Lakes Area, a controlled area for conducting scientific experiments in lakes?
... that Härnösand Residence is one of the earliest examples of Neoclassical architecture in Sweden?
... that as CEO of Walmart US, Greg Foran would go undercover as a shopper?
... that Fred Provo was told he would have to have his arm amputated due to a wound sustained in World War II, but refused, recovered, and went on to play in the National Football League?
... that the Key & Peele sketch "Substitute Teacher" was analyzed for its racial commentary and educational insight?
... that the musician Bou went from being fired from an IT apprenticeship for producing beats during company time to having songs rank on the UK Singles Chart?
... that Ged Kearney represented Batman in the Parliament of Australia from 2018 to 2019?
... that a video of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performing "Hoochie Coochie Man" at the September 2023 launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative went viral?
... that the pastor John Littlejohn went from selling pornographic literature to sailors as a youth to protecting the Declaration of Independence?
... that Nivelon de Quierzy claimed to have brought the staff of Moses to France?
... that Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng's environmental activism inspired Barack Obama?
... that The Story Teller by Amrita Sher-Gil, depicting a group of Indian village women performing ordinary tasks, fetched US$7.45 million at auction in 2023?
... that Dustin Wolf has been named his league's goaltender of the year the last four years in a row?
... that the British Tychon missile was developed from a Barnes Wallis concept to keep strike aircraft safe while dropping nuclear bombs?
... that in the documentary Transition, Jordan Bryon says he finds Taliban fighters "lovely"?
... that Emelia Quinn argues that "monstrous vegans" have recurred in literature since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
... that as a result of the Witch Fire almost 1 million people had to evacuate Southern California?
... that in Liber ad amicum, Bonizo of Sutri endorses violence against heretics?
... that even though espresso is Italian, espresso and tonic originated in Scandinavia?
... that the banker Charles Merlin played a major role in the trafficking of antiquities between Greece and London in the 19th century?
... that The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey made historian Alec Ryrie suspect "there is such a thing as 'Anglicanism' after all"?
... that Civana Kuhlmann overcame four surgeries during her college soccer career to make her professional debut in 2023?
... that the Apollo Lunar Surface Magnetometer experiments confirmed the existence of permanent magnetic fields on the surface of the Moon?
... that writer Ed Brubaker earned more from the residuals for his cameo appearance in the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier than he did for his comic from which the film was adapted?
... that Tjarda Struik is the Netherlands' first female mayor to be nearly blind, and a TikTok influencer?
... that the sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II , the Phoenician king of Sidon, is one of only three ancient Egyptian sarcophagi unearthed outside Egypt?
... that Nizza in central Frankfurt is one of the largest gardens of Mediterranean plants north of the Alps, thanks to its very warm microclimate?
... that T. K. Jones thought that a nuclear war was survivable if "there are enough shovels to go around"?
... that 19.99 was intended to be a serious Jewish hip hop album, but reviewers largely treated it as parody?
... that Vera Chok asked producers to place a rice cooker in the set of the home of her character, Honour Chen-Williams?
... that in his memoir This Boy's Life, Tobias Wolff writes about his childhood misdeeds including stealing and forging checks?
... that a journalist created a game about the Syrian civil war after observing that Miley Cyrus got more clicks than the war?
... that during World War II, a Polish priest and a German officer could not prevent the massacre of 257 inhabitants of a Polish village ?
... that despite not owning a road bike the year before, Nickolas Zukowsky placed third in the 2016 Canadian National Junior Road Race Championships?
... that Walter A. Groves received a job offer from Centre College by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a missionary in Iran due to the country being invaded?
... that despite being rivals since 1977, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers have only played each other twice in the playoffs, with each team winning once?
... that Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor wrote their song "Wrap Me Up" over FaceTime, during which she described being "so nervous [her] heart was in [her] ass"?
... that at least one million civilians died as a result of the blockade of Biafra ?
... that in a village in Wales, hares were traditionally nicknamed "St Monacella's lambs"?
... that Yurie Funato, a voice actress and former singer, was bullied in high school for her high-pitched voice?
... that the Fitzgerald Hoard included sealed treasury bags of silver dollars, casino chips, and other casino related merchandise?
... that former International Brigades doctor Walter Fischer managed the Austrian broadcasts of Radio Moscow during World War II?
... that in 1964, Illinoisans cast more than 500 million votes in one election?
... that near the end of her life, feminist and educator Nadezhda Stasova wrote that Russian women "still have not learned to stop being men's slaves"?
... that Geoffrey Holt, an unassuming New Hampshire man who worked as a groundskeeper in a mobile home park where he resided, left $3.8 million to his small town after his death?
... that the San Gregorio Fault comes ashore in only two places in northern California, one of which is between Pillar Point Bluff and Moss Beach?
... that before embarking on a music career, Matilda Cole appeared in three of her father's films?
... that one of the founders of a public TV station in California gave 92 speeches in 90 days during a fundraising drive?
... that Isabella Correa was one of the few Jewish women poets active in the Netherlands before the 19th century?
... that in his Liber Gratissimus, Peter Damian argues that simony is a sin worse than adultery or murder?
... that Michael Collins has been called "one of the best clarinettists walking the planet" by The Times?
... that in Hyprov, off-Broadway audience members perform improv after undergoing stage hypnosis?
... that Swiss-born peace activist Henriette Ith chose to marry an anarchist to regain Swiss citizenship?
... that The Lit. Bar was funded to "Bring a Goddamn Bookstore to the Bronx"?
... that Molly Burman resumed releasing music three years later after finding that "Happy Things" had accrued a million streams on Spotify?
... that a year after becoming the first woman president of the Canadian Political Science Association, Caroline Andrew moderated the first Canadian leaders' debate on women's issues?
... that War Against Smallpox describes how Edward Jenner's vaccination technique spread across Europe during the Napoleonic Wars?
... that the only populated place on Kaipokok Bay in Labrador, Canada, is Postville ?
... that unlike other armories in New York City, the 69th Regiment Armory was designed in the Beaux-Arts style because its architect did not want it to look like a "mediaeval castle"?
... that Tsvetana Jermanova survived imprisonment in two forced labour camps in communist Bulgaria?
... that in the 2009 documentary concert special Roots to Riches, Regine Velasquez reunited and performed with her former talent show rival Eva Castillo?
... that police were stationed on the new Kansas Avenue Bridge to prevent streetcar rails from being laid down?
... that Jerónimo Saavedra was the first openly gay politician to serve in several high public offices in Spain?
... that New Zealand's Lemon & Te Aroha was created 19 years before the similarly named and more famous Lemon & Paeroa?
... that after starting the first game of the 2023 NFL season, Jordan Love became only the third quarterback since 1993 to start Week 1 for the Green Bay Packers, following Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers?
... that British child artist Noah created the backgrounds for paintings by worldwide celebrities including Ed Sheeran?
... that there have been ongoing conflicts for decades about whether Sugarbush Hill is the highest point in Wisconsin?
... that country musician Kristian Bush celebrated his 52nd birthday by releasing 52 songs in the span of one year?
... that Annie Rauwerda's stew cooked for more than 60 days and had around 300 contributors?
... that Varroa destructor , the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees and is one of the most harmful honey-bee pests in the world?
... that Father Marceli Godlewski, known for his pre-war anti-Semitic activities, helped save the lives of hundreds of Jews held in the Warsaw Ghetto during the German occupation of Poland?
... that a reception was held for civic leaders of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, to promote a forthcoming TV station that never launched?
... that the scholar Mathias Nordvig argues that Norse mythology contains many implicit references to Icelandic volcanoes?
... that when a state highway between Beegum and Peanut was vetoed, a newspaper accused their residents of lacking imagination?
... that Raymond Bushland and Edward F. Knipling won the 1992 World Food Prize for developing the sterile insect technique which eliminated parasitic screw-worms from the United States?
... that HMS Trent helped keep the Dutch in port by sending bogus signals to a non-existent fleet?
... that a design for the New Zealand florin was criticized as looking like a violently defecating kiwi?
... that Japanese costume designer Satomi Ito has created costumes for figure skating, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, equestrian vaulting, ballet, and ballroom dance?
... that Canadian singer Tate McRae is a trained ballet dancer and started her musical career by accident?
... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia?