derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that singer Barbara Mandrell thought that when she saw Maureen McCormick play her in her biographical film, "all [she was] going to be able to think about is Marcia Brady"?
... that Soeparno moved the official year of establishment of Surabaya, Indonesia, from 1906 to 1293?
... that the acorn worm Balanoglossus gigas gives a strong iodoform-like smell when handled, possibly to ward off predators?
... that the New York Savings Bank Building later became "The Grand Palais of Rugs" and the "Temple of Food"?
... that before assassinating Umberto I of Italy, Gaetano Bresci spent most of the day eating ice cream?
... that if you went to an anime convention in the 2000s, you might have been hit by a yaoi paddle ?
... that Liberian minister of information Joe Mulbah was suspended by President Charles Taylor after a fist fight with the deputy minister of information?
... that zaï planting pits are an indigenous form of rainwater harvesting in the Sahel?
... that despite being marketed as Tages' international breakthrough, Studio was only issued in Sweden and Denmark upon original release?
... that Constantin Bivol, who championed land reform in Bessarabia, could only locate half of his ten dessiatins of ancestral farmland, noting that "God only knows where the rest of them are"?
... that Fred Rogers created and hosted a television documentary series titled Old Friends ... New Friends due to his concern that older generations were getting more isolated from younger generations?
... that a court ordered Jonathan Jacob Meijer to stop donating sperm or pay a €100,000 fine per donation?
... that the Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution is surmounted by a statue of Liberty inscribing the days of 23, 24, 25 and 26 September 1830 in a book?
... that Edemariam Tsega published a book about his father while Aida Edemariam, Tsega's daughter, published a book about Tsega's mother in the same year?
... that a TV station in Washington, D.C., held on-air monkey races as part of its children's programming?
... that Bessarabian legislator Anton Novakov, who was absent when his colleagues voted on union with Romania, sued the Romanian state for land benefits they had received for voting in favor?
... that after seeing a broken car, A.B. Quintanilla proclaimed his desire to make the song "La Carcacha" about it?
... that during his career in Surabaya, Radjamin Nasution worked as a customs official, an alderman, a doctor, a football club's president, and the city's mayor?
... that the Australian government tried to censor a film of Quail Island's starving koalas?
... that author John Green fundraises for Partners In Health by selling shirts with an image of his mustachioed face called "Pizza John"?
... that Marie Meyer's aerobatic stunts included standing on the upper wing of a biplane while it looped-the-loop ?
... that Japanese voice actors provided voice-overs to El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron for a domestic audience, although they were chosen for their "foreign"-sounding voices?
... that the owners of the Doll's Hospital building were the penultimate victims of the Acid Bath Murderer?
... that the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission listed former Council of State vice chair Isaac Musa among dead supposed perpetrators of human rights abuses and war crimes?
... that the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the first to feature two teams from the Pac-12 Conference?
... that Ali Mufiz was named advisor, without his consent, to a candidate's campaign in the 2013 gubernatorial election for Central Java?
... that an attempted British-Norwegian attack on the German battleship Tirpitz was abandoned after two Chariot manned torpedoes were lost due to bad weather?
... that today, to mark the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, Abingdon Town Council throws thousands of currant buns from the roof of the County Hall ?
... that an Iowa TV station's prior decision to disaffiliate from the Fox network meant that The Simpsons were originally unseen in the Quad Cities?
... that across his thirty-six collections, fashion designer Alexander McQueen contemplated religion, told fairy tales, and criticized the fashion industry?
... that Martine Froger was elected to the National Assembly of France without the support of the national leadership of her party?
... that while studies have shown anti-trespass panels do reduce intrusions into rail track areas, there is concern that they could also trap trespassers on the tracks?
... that under Soekotjo Sastrodinoto, the municipal government of Surabaya signed up the city's homeless population for the transmigration program?
... that the 1961 film Barabbas portrayed a solar eclipse by shooting during a real one?
... that Beibeilong was one of the largest oviraptorosaurs, with an estimated adult length of about 7.5 m (25 ft) and body mass of around 1.2 t (2,600 lb) or 2 t (4,400 lb)?
... that one of the longest civil trials in Utah history, with 1,000 exhibits, concerned the purchase of a Salt Lake City TV station?
... that Vice Admiral Ernst Scheurlen was killed in action a month before the end of the Second World War in Europe while leading a hastily raised division of naval troops in defence of Germany?
... that before winning The X Factor: The Band as part of RLY, Luena Martinez had released two singles as part of an anti-bullying campaign?
... that in a rapid decline, Computer Applications, Inc. went from the second-largest independent software firm in the United States to being bankrupt and subject to liquidation?
... that Elaine Marshall became the first woman elected to the North Carolina Council of State in its 246-year existence?
... that the Instrument 1 can be a guitar, piano, violin, or drum kit?
... that the Cross of Wales, leading the procession at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, features two relics of the True Cross gifted to the King by Pope Francis?
... that the 2018 Te Deum for choir by Peter Reulein uses the same instruments including a bandoneon as Palmeri's Misatango, and is inspired by tango, habanera and huapango?
... that Helene Lecher's presentation at the Women at the Hague conference, which Mary Heaton Vorse described as the "most moving speech of all the Congress", urged for peace?
... that today the Bishop of Edinburgh plays a ceremonial role at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla as a representative of the Walker Trustees?
... that the tower of a defunct TV station turned into a Christmastime landmark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina?
... that the Greyster is a type of sled dog favored especially for dryland racing like canicross and bikejoring?
... that during her coronation, Caroline of Ansbach's dress was reportedly so covered in jewels that she required a pulley to lift her skirt for her to kneel?
... that before today, 39 English and British monarchs have been crowned at Westminster Abbey since 1066?
... that as a college football player, Frank LeMaster changed from being a fullback to the starting halfback, to reserve halfback, to tight end, to linebacker, back to halfback and then linebacker again?
... that the documentary Lynch/Oz incorporates hundreds of film clips to illustrate the influence of The Wizard of Oz on the work of filmmaker David Lynch?
... that 19th-century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody was converted to Christianity in the stock room of a shoe store by his Sunday School teacher Edward Kimball?
... that Bachtiar Djafar was the first mayor of Medan, Indonesia, to be of Malay descent?
... that the destroyed plinth of Gürdal Duyar's nude sculpture Güzel İstanbul contained reliefs of a fig, a pomegranate, a honeysuckle and a bee to represent different aspects of Istanbul?
... that Caity Baser followed up her 2022 singles "Friendly Sex", "X & Y", and "Kiss You" with "Friendly Sex (Angrier)", "X & Y (What I Didn't Say)", and "Kiss You, Pt. 2", respectively?
... that Victor Wembanyama has been described as the most anticipated NBA prospect since LeBron James in 2003?
... that Percy Kelly hoarded his drawings and paintings until the end of his life, saying that his cottage would someday "upstage Beatrix Potter's home"?
... that Lixia traditions include weighing people, brewing seven-family tea, and making rice dogs ?
... that Jay Versace went from poking fun at SZA's music to producing songs for her?
... that the 1965 song "Wie als een God wil leven", written by Huub Oosterhuis, was listed in 2013 as a hymn in German successful with young people?
... that table tennis commentator Adam Bobrow's nickname "Snakeman" comes from a trick shot called "the snake"?
... that dying Unit 731 war criminal Shirō Ishii was baptized by Jesuit priest and playwright Hermann Heuvers?
... that although Alexander the Great founded two cities named Boukephala and Nikaia during his invasion of the Indian subcontinent, we do not know which was which?
... that an ancient depiction of Medjed became an Internet meme on Japanese social media?
... that an earlier title going viral on TikTok prompted Meghan Trainor to take it back to doo-wop, which made them look again?
... that in 2020 Robert Tvorogal became Lithuania's first European champion in gymnastics?
... that during the 2023 Fort Lauderdale floods, 25.91 inches (65.8 cm) of rain fell in Fort Lauderdale, equivalent to a third of the city's annual rainfall total?
... that the existence of Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues was accidentally leaked when it was displayed on an animator's résumé?
... that Zenith Data Systems's $242 million contract with the United States Department of Defense in 1986 was the largest federal computer contract until then?
... that respected travelling bandleader Otto Schwarz and his Bavarian String Band were interned in Douglas, Isle of Man, during World War I?
... that when part of New York City's Hotel Riverview became a theater, some people thought that the hotel's overflowing toilets and leaky ceilings were part of the show there?
... that Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility is listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
... that Filipina actress Angel Aquino has been described as a "perennial villainess" for portraying several antagonistic roles on television?
... that before joining the girl group XG, Japanese singer Amy Harvey won the most awards when she participated in a modeling contest?
... that the court in BP Refinery v Tracey upheld a decision to reinstate an employee fired by BP for posting a meme video from the 2004 film Downfall?
... that Fletcher Loyer made a game-winning three-point shot in Columbus, Ohio, in January 2023 and missed a game-tying one in Columbus in March?
... that after the 2023 New York City parking garage collapse, a robotic dog named Digidog was deployed by the New York City Fire Department?
... that in 1935 Paramount wanted to reissue the film Island of Lost Souls but was denied by the Hays Code, due to the film's excessive horror?
... that for several decades, Soviet actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband?
... that a monument to honor the Jewish artist Jozef Israëls was destroyed during World War II, but the pieces were saved and it was restored and unveiled in 1946?
... that nearly two years after getting into a serious car accident that sidelined him for a full season, football player Juice Scruggs returned to the field, and was named All-Big Ten one year later?
... that New York City's Mansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors from Vermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor?
... that Mary Taft said in 1799 that stopping women from "bring[ing] souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable?
... that a "hacker" with blog posts written by ChatGPT was at the center of an online scavenger hunt promoting Avenged Sevenfold's album Life Is but a Dream...?
... that tyrant Thrasybulus of Miletus ended the 12-year Lydian–Milesian War with a fake party?
... that linguist Aníbal Otero was imprisoned for espionage while working on fieldwork for the Linguistic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula?
... that Nebraska TV station Big 8 was a big bust, losing nearly $5 million between 1983 and 1986?
... that a fantasy novel by Irish poet and author Sarah Maria Griffin was sent to around 200,000 ticket-holders of the music festival Tomorrowland?
... that a gameplay demonstration of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six boosted its popularity when it accidentally showed AI teammates rescuing hostages by themselves?
... that Wanda Wesołowska has named 40 genera and 572 species of animals?
... that despite plans to restore the Sam H. Harris Theatre in the 1990s, it became an entrance to a wax museum?
... that Patrick O'Brian's Testimonies received reviews that variously described it from "clumsy in construction to the point of amateurishness" to "rare and beautiful"?
... that during World War II, Oscar Holmes became the first black US naval aviator only because the still-segregated Navy initially thought that the light-skinned Holmes was white?
... that Green Day wrote a tribute song for singer Amy Winehouse following her death, despite never having met her?
... that N. Porsenna, who translated The Ballad of Reading Gaol into Romanian, spent seven years in communist prisons?
... that the contrabass trombone has experienced a revival in film music and video game soundtracks?
... that a wall tomb in Verona has a ten-figure Resurrection scene in marble by Nanni di Bartolo and paintings by Pisanello?
... that to film the series Quarterback, the NFL allowed quarterbacks to wear microphones for every game of the 2022 season?
... that at the trial of the Rumrich spy case, US Army deserter Guenther Rumrich stated he was instructed to determine how many US soldiers were based on the country's east coast?
... that Radomir Lazović and other activists protested against the redevelopment of the Belgrade Waterfront by bringing a giant rubber duck to the House of the National Assembly?
... that the main village set of the 2019 horror film Impetigore was so remote that the crew had to build toilets and a path for vehicles?
... that Uncle Waffles learned how to DJ during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and then retired from being an Eswatini TV presenter once her music career took off?
... that American teenagers of the 1960s and 1970s used to chat and arrange dates over the sound of the busy signal?
... that Vladimir Cavarnali, who edited a communist children's magazine , had previously been a member of the fascist Crusade of Romanianism?
... that the Koryo-saram newspaper Koryo Ilbo was once known as Lenin's Banner and is the oldest active Korean newspaper outside of Korea?
... that Rufina Bazlova has used traditional embroidery to depict protests in Belarus?
... that an episode of Sesame Street featuring the Wicked Witch of the West only aired once because it terrified children?
... that after bailing out of his aircraft over France, Stanley Browne was able to evade any German soldiers searching for him with the help of local villagers?
... that in 2020, COVID-19–related articles across all Wikipedias received more than 579 million pageviews?
... that defenceman Roman Josi is the Nashville Predators single-season points leader?
... that the construction of the Masurian Canal was paused for the World Wars and hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic before being abandoned?
... that after becoming one of the Mongolian Armed Forces' first female recruits, Bolor Ganbold is now its first female brigadier general?
... that a 2023 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit invalidates a law preventing people from owning firearms while under restraining orders for domestic abuse?
... that in the remake of Resident Evil 2, Mr. X walks at four times his normal speed when the player cannot see him?
... that no contemporary source identifies the praefectus vigilum who commanded the night watch during the Great Fire of Rome under Nero?
... that quantum materials researcher Tina Brower-Thomas's attempts at chemistry as a youth led to her concoctions eating holes into her coat?
... that Džuvljarke written by Vera Kurtić includes interviews with members of the LGBT community in Serbia and concludes that Romani lesbian women are often "invisible"?
... that a New Mexico TV station went on the air "a day late but ... not a single program short"?
... that 1924 Gold Medal Olympian Henri Deglane co-founded a professional wrestling promotion in France which featured catch wrestling?
... that the Alexander McQueen collection Neptune drew negative reviews comparing the clothing to 1980s science fiction, Xena, and Wonder Woman?
... that three years prior to this month's massive plastics fire in Indiana, a court determined that the site was a fire hazard "unsafe to people and property"?
... that former East Java provincial secretary Trimarjono was known for his habit of standing in front of the governor's office lobby every morning?
... that the 12th-century Lundie Kirk was left as "a charred roofless shell" after a fire in November 2022?
... that goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse, who has lived in England, Africa and the US, has been chosen to play soccer for the Republic of Ireland?
... that during the Battle of Nicopolis in 1798, Revolutionary French troops placed their artillery on top of an ancient burial mound?
... that while feathers are light, and light opposes darkness, feathers do not oppose darkness?
... that international opera singer Soňa Červená won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress when she was 83 years old?
... that the dispute between France and Mexico over Clipperton Island was settled by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy?
... that the Genoese admiral Simone Vignoso conquered the island of Chios and founded a joint-stock company to rule it?
... that due to climate change there are not only more heatwaves over land, but also more heatwaves in the ocean?
... that football player Johnny Buchanan said that, while running for touchdowns without being touched was fun, "something about running through somebody's face is unmatched"?
... that the Mark Curry song "American Dream" samples the David Bowie song "This Is Not America"?
... that Julian Gough wrote in Minecraft's End Poem that "you are love" , and then released the poem into the public domain after a psilocybin trip prompted him to heed that message?
... that future Loud LDN member Willow Kayne went into music after temporarily losing her sight?
... that the White Otter Castle is the most popular attraction in the Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park, even though it is not accessible by road?
... that in R v ACR Roofing Pty Ltd the Victorian Court of Appeal held that workers do not need to be employed by a company to hold it liable for safety violations?
... that Raymond Vohasek led his college's football team in sacks even though he played the entire season with a torn labrum?
... that the Game Boy Advance version of Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars was largely developed by just two people?
... that at the 1965 World Pentathlon Championships, Herbert Polzhuber was said to have drunk ten beers and a bottle of cognac before firing his pistol at the ground and passing out?
... that Jäñgir-Kerei Khan was responsible for establishing the first school, settlement, hospital, and museum in the Bukey Horde?
... that the British 1st Division repulsed numerous French assaults at the Battle of Waterloo including the final main assault?
... that New Jersey politics expert Nick Acocella hosted Pasta & Politics, a television show where he would make pasta with various politicians including Thomas Kean, Cory Booker, and Chris Christie?
... that the Kerr-Addison Mine was the largest producer of gold in North America in 1960?
... that as a young adult, lesbian novelist Lee Winter disliked the poor quality of lesbian fiction, preferring autobiographies by lesbian people?
... that the 2004 Nosratabad fuel tanker explosion highlighted the high rate of road accidents in Iran, one of the worst globally?
... that Walt Nauta would bring a Diet Coke to the Oval Office whenever President Donald Trump requested one via his call button?
... that one critic called Little Witch Nobeta a "Baby's First Dark Souls"?
... that Premier Dalton Tagelagi appointed the first cabinet of Niue with equal gender representation in the 18th Niue Assembly?
... that PBS Appalachia Virginia is the first all-non-terrestrial public TV station in the United States?
... that the conference-champion 1934 Central Eagles football team had a reserve squad known as the Rinkeydinks?
... that the martial booty seized by the Romans after the Battle of New Carthage included 63 merchant ships, numerous catapults, large amounts of weapons and more?
... that Valentina Bodrug-Lungu has declared that Moldova's political climate does not encourage female participation, despite having a woman president?
... that the song supposedly sung by Cheyenne chief White Antelope as he died at the Sand Creek massacre has been used at remembrances commemorating the event?
... that Charli XCX retitled "Unlock It" after it went viral on TikTok?
... that Sid Justin almost became a Miracle, but he turned it down to play professional football?
... that volunteers at a Florida public TV station forced its chief fundraiser to resign by accosting him in the hallway?
... that during his tenure as Governor of Central Java, Muhammad Ismail banned rock music concerts and car rallies?
... that no one knows how honeybee drones from hundreds of different colonies all converge on the same drone congregation areas to mate?
... that James Tissot is thought to have transgressed many Victorian sexual boundaries in his work, even setting a painting aboard the HMS Calcutta as a pun on a female subject's behind?
... that in March 1991, hundreds of inmates rioted at the Eden Detention Center over a lack of vegetables on the cafeteria menu, causing an estimated US$250,000 in damages?
... that Shigi Qutuqu, a high-ranking official during the early Mongol Empire, survived the first four Mongol khans when he died over the age of eighty?
... that on June 14, 2023, Michael Jordan's Flu Game shoes sold for US$1.38 million?
... that the William Penn Memorial Fire Tower overlooking Reading, Pennsylvania, was built during the Great Depression with funding from the Works Progress Administration?
... that Hong Kong YouTuber Martin co-created a video showing himself using a washing machine to make soup?
... that Japanese game developer Square was told to "never come back" by Nintendo after shifting production to the PlayStation?
... that Rick Suder was bumped from the NCAA record book by JJ Redick and Gerry McNamara?
... that in February 2023, Ecuadorian entrepreneur Omar Menéndez was elected the mayor of his canton the day after his assassination?
... that in the 1980s, "Sherman Bonner, The Human Thermometer" presented the weather on an Arkansas TV station?
... that the 1849 painting The Stone Breakers , by French artist Gustave Courbet, was destroyed in 1945 during a bombing raid by the Allies of World War II?
... that in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico?
... that the studios of Basin PBS had once been a movie theater, a church meeting space, and a nightclub?
... that while being considered for the post of ambassador to Paraguay, Lidia Patty brushed off her lack of diplomatic training because she had "indigenous, native, peasant diplomacy"?
... that all species of the genus Odontorrhina are covered with dense bristly hairs?
... that Arnie Roth debuted as a gay Marvel Comics character at a time when the publisher maintained a "No Gays in the Marvel Universe" policy?
... that after being arrested for organizing a general strike in 1920, S. Girinis was sent to the Soviet Union following a Soviet-Lithuanian exchange of political prisoners?
... that on 1 March 2023, Lorenzo Carfora became the first player born in 2006 to feature in a Serie B match?
... that after significant modifications of the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou 6 is the world's largest active cargo spacecraft by capacity?
... that while Dmitri Shostakovich composed his opera Katyusha Maslova, Sergei Prokofiev was also contemplating an opera based on the same subject?