derenrich/enwiki-did-you-know huggingface dataset:
... that Major League Baseball pitcher Charlie Gray was billed as his team's pitcher "of six fingers and six toed fame" and called "a freak" by the Sporting Life?
... that "the first rule of the Dunning–Kruger club is you don't know you're a member of the Dunning–Kruger club"?
... that Patricia Mancilla pushed to have restrictions on abortion in Bolivia expunged from the legal code – even after leaders in her own party came out against it?
... that an unfinished cut of Revolution+1, a film about the life of the suspected assassin of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, was released in theaters the day before Abe's state funeral?
... that the murderer of Yadira Arroyo was reportedly found mentally unfit to stand trial three times?
... that Nāmākēhā was sacrificed in 1797 after he led an unsuccessful rebellion against Hawaiian king Kamehameha I?
... that the Roman historian Marcus Junius Gracchanus adopted his last name to show his support for Gaius Gracchus?
... that the debut season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver beat seasoned HBO counterpart Real Time with Bill Maher in the ratings?
... that Regina Purtell took such great care of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders that the press called her the Florence Nightingale of the Spanish–American War?
... that in Yugoslavia, Rudi Čajavec, the electronics company that produced various components of the M-84 tank, also made guitar amplifiers?
... that charges of murder and grand larceny followed the theft of the Binion Hoard , which was valued at US$4 million in 1998?
... that Slovenian-born singer Ben Dolic was set to represent Germany at Eurovision in 2020?
... that the deity of the Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb remains unidentified due to the absence of names of specific gods in unearthed inscriptions?
... that Scholastic requested Maggie Tokuda-Hall remove the phrase "virulent racism" from the Author's Note in Love in the Library, a children's book about Japanese-American internment camps?
...that in 1819, members of the Catholic Tübingen school first published the Theologische Quartalschrift, which remains in print as the oldest journal of Catholic theology in the world?
... that American football player Tanner Brown went from being a walk-on to a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award as the best college placekicker in the United States?
... that the unus testis, nullus testis rule has been criticised because it makes convictions in rape cases very difficult?
... that with all known Palae­orehniidae fossils being incomplete, the relationships of the family are uncertain?
... that when Kentuckians discover unwanted bourbon, there is something they can do with it?
... that William J. Murphy's presidency of Boston College began 16 days before the start of World War II and concluded five days after hostilities ended?
... that Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son Lee Hsien Loong donated the "unsolicited discounts" from their controversial purchase of condominium units to charity?
... that Sienna Shaw of the slasher film Terrifier 2 was envisioned by Damien Leone as symbolizing an Old Testament angel?
... that Le Vin herbé is a 1942 musical setting of the story of Tristan and Iseult by Frank Martin for twelve vocalists, seven strings and piano?
... that Casey Johnston's writing about weightlifting is intended for people who feel their bodies are "never hot enough"?
... that by the late 20th century, many tourists did not know who was entombed in Grant's Tomb ?
... that King Seonjo considered necromancy for Crown Princess Gonghoe's funeral because her remains were lost during the 1592 Japanese invasion of Korea?
... that in 2019, Chinese electronics company Xiaomi posted a video of their third-quarterly financial report featuring a parody of the anime song "Renai Circulation"?
... that Xochitl Gomez was aged 13 when she first auditioned for the 18-year-old America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?
... that future Loud LDN member Parthenope left her 200-year-old violin on a train?
... that MrBeast's Squid Game re-enactment was described as "perverse" and a misunderstanding of the original?
... that Project Carryall proposed the detonation of 23 nuclear devices in California to build a road?
... that the box cover of the board game John Company shows Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and George, Prince of Wales, gambling at hazard ?
... that Premana Premadi is the first Indonesian female astronomer to have an asteroid named in her honor?
... that the album No Highs is a response to the "corporate" ambient music of streaming services?
... that telephone operator Myriel Davies began her long career as a peace activist during the Suez Crisis?
... that New Zealand's Native Island hosted a colony of Samoyeds and huskies used in both the Southern Cross and Nimrod expeditions to the South Pole?
... that the suspect in a deadly shooting at the University of North Carolina was a graduate student of the victim?
... that the sound for the film A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution was recorded using a Walkman?
... that a man from Milwaukee who goes on walks shirtless is known as the "Milverine"?
... that Romanian author Ion Biberi rejected Marxism at the risk of unemployment, consoling himself that "man eats 20 times more than what he needs"?
... that since being founded in December 2021, the German initiative Freiheitsfonds has paid for the release of around 850 people imprisoned for fare evasion?
... that in 2023, NFL player Tristin McCollum's team played against a team featuring his twin brother?
... that the Benin Moat was built by the Edo people over several centuries, starting from around AD 800 and continuing until 1460?
... that Lavinia Valbonesi, the first lady–designate of Ecuador, is a nutritionist who owns a fitness center in Tampa, Florida, and a healthy-dining location in Guayaquil?
... that in Fancies Versus Fads, G. K. Chesterton "knocks all our preconceived notions in the scrap heap, and then tells us that there is no scrap heap"?
... that New Zealand's Big Lemon & Paeroa bottle was originally a replica space rocket?
... that the Jewish-German Georg Karo was accused of being a Nazi spy after fleeing Nazi persecution?
... that Gracie Graves and the Kids from Room 402 was criticized for conveying "a sort of smug superiority of adults"?
... that Isabelle Cals, who turned to singing after a degree in Chinese, appeared as Wagner's Kundry in a production of Parsifal at the Stadttheater Minden?
... that the Counter-Strike map "Inferno" encourages the player to massacre chickens?
... that the Red Hill Band was commended by the United States Senate in 1965 for its "excellence and its state and community contributions"?
... that AreYouKiddingTV once gave out $5,000 to a student at East Carolina University who was the first to retrieve a clear key from a pool on campus?
... that the founder of Annales des Maladies de la Peau et de la Syphilis claimed to have inoculated himself with syphilis?
... that until the opening of Altay railway station in June 2017, no railway services were provided to Altay City, a tourist attraction with rich mineral resources?
... that Adele's song "My Little Love" features voice notes of her nine-year-old son?
... that Dennis Law broke an "unwritten commandment" while returning a punt, causing him to get tackled in the end zone?
... that during a call that led to the creation of the Congressional Workers Union, one of the participants attended from a bathroom stall?
... that in the 1950s, 70 percent of senior officers in the People's Liberation Army came from the Eyuwan Soviet area?
... that according to legend, the Sacambaya River houses treasure hidden in a cavern by Jesuits?
... that a statue of Ernest Rutherford was snapped off by a thief and later found in an attic?
... that John Lennon liked to tell how an older woman lost her temper when she saw his psychedelic Rolls-Royce ?
... that Bill Dunn, an Indigenous Australian pastoralist approaching retirement, sold his station at half-price to the Jigalong community despite receiving full-price offers from non-Indigenous people?
... that before the House of Commons of Canada considers a taxation or spending bill, a royal recommendation has to be given by the governor general?
... that ancient permafrost can preserve viable microorganisms, some of which contain antibiotic-resistance genes that may be transferred to modern bacteria?
... that during the "coffin brig" HMS Rinaldo's first three years of service, she captured five ships and sank another?
... that according to Christian tradition, the cloth used to shroud the body of Christ was made of sindon?
... that NPR favorably compared a story in Jonathan Escoffery's debut book If I Survive You to Moby-Dick?
... that Ellie Dixon's "Big Lizard Energy" imagines herself as a 320-foot (98 m) dinosaur?
... that according to one traveller, the rapid transit system Lingang DRT took an hour to travel what a car could do in 20 minutes and a bus in 40?
... that Shukriyya Akhundzada learned of her husband's death 15 years after it occurred?
... that the early drafts of Appalachian Spring contained a Native American girl to act as an invisible theatrical device, but it was cut in the final production?
... that Steem peanut butter contained as much caffeine per serving as two cups of coffee?
... that in a copyright infringement case over a coffee-table history of the Grateful Dead, the Second Circuit held that a reuser can still claim fair use despite negotiating with the rights holder?
... that an Alabama radio station was described by its program director as a "no-format mess"?
... that officials said this year's Louisiana wildfire season includes the largest wildfire in the state's history?
... that Mary Jo Shelly used her background in modern dance and physical education to train women in the military during two wars?
... that Gavriil Popov's Fourth Symphony was not publicly performed until 2023, 74 years after it was composed?
... that German forester Carl A. Schenck founded the first forestry school in North America at George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate?
... that Russell Shorto's mobster grandfather was described as the "holy trinity of a reprobate—a drunk, a philanderer, and a cheat" in a review of the 2021 family memoir Smalltime?
... that in one of NFL player Earl Witte's only games, he hit a player so hard that the player "stopped, curled up and dropped to the ground as if he had hit a stone wall"?
... that the Cure's Shows of a Lost World has grossed $37.5 million and become their highest-grossing tour to date, despite the band's refusal to use Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing?
... that Ganjar Pranowo's 2024 presidential campaign is headquartered in the same building that hosted the incumbent president's 2019 campaign?
... that a 15-year-old student was brought to court over throwing an egg during a vegetable fight?
... that local tribal nations will be involved in the management of Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument , which includes hundreds of cultural sites?
... that James B. Tapp was the first United States Army Air Forces pilot to be recognized as a flying ace for flying very-long-range missions over Japan in P-51s during World War II?
... that the book series The Serrano Legacy by Elizabeth Moon features protagonists who are daughters or aunts?
... that Minuscule 1582, a Greek manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, has an ancient note before Mark 16:9–20 which casts doubt on the authenticity of these verses?
... that despite being a keyboard player himself, Ray Charles hired Bobby Floyd to play organ and piano in his band?
... that according to Cory Doctorow, enshittification is how platforms die?
... that Jennifer Mills has written Jennifer Mills News, a weekly newspaper about herself, for 21 years?
... that before Michael Shanks became Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, he ran along all of Glasgow's 6,143 streets?
... that when asked how many rooms his Trump Tower penthouse had, Donald Trump replied: "However many they will print"?
... that Blessed Seraphina Sforza was implicated in a murder plot at the age of twelve?
... that Julie Mehretu's Mural, installed at 200 West Street in New York City, was painted using 215 different colors?
... that for all of his years in college, future NFL running back Chet Winters had little chance to rush the ball due to a different player taking priority every year?
... that during the 1916–1917 northern Minnesota lumber strike, multiple cities in Minnesota banned members of the Industrial Workers of the World from their municipalities?
... that in June 2022, a neurosurgeon found a roundworm in someone's brain?
... that premiers of Victoria get a bronze statue if they hold office for more than 3,000 days?
... that Julia Marden was the first known person to create a Wampanoag twined turkey-feather mantle since European contact 400 years earlier?
... that Aristotle classified living things based on whether they had a "sensitive soul" or, like plants, only a "vegetative soul"?
... that Liu Weining, grandson of the second president of the People's Republic of China, became involved with Russian military secrecy due to his job and was denied the ability to travel to China?
... that there are at least 13,000 sites containing toxic materials that are frozen in permafrost, many of which are expected to start thawing and releasing their pollutants in the near future?
... that Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch represented a shift in Mormon history toward a "socially-accepted American cultural and religious heritage", according to historian Jennifer Reeder?
... that it is debated whether the 1919 kino-drama Righteous Revenge can be considered the first Korean film?
... that the market hall of Niort opened in 1871 and has been listed as a historic monument since 1987?
... that the Amazonas de Yaxunah, a Mayan softball team from Yucatán, play barefoot while wearing the huipil, a traditional indigenous dress?
... that in 2023, a sculpture garden in Praunheim displayed abstract works by Hans Steinbrenner from different periods of his life, and corresponding works by his friends and students?
... that people in the Victorian era commonly placed black borders on letters and envelopes to signify that they were in mourning?
... that in aquariums, the humpbacked limia is known to cannibalise the young?
... that Hypericum perforatum was a common component of classical cure-all concoctions called theriacs?
... that to promote The Simpsons Movie in 2007, 20th Century Fox gifted a sculpture of a doughnut to the town of Springfield, New Zealand?
... that James Edward Moore was the chief of staff of the Ninth United States Army, which Omar Bradley described as "uncommonly normal"?
... that to include the popular Marian hymn "Maria zu lieben, ist allzeit mein Sinn" in the first common Catholic hymnal in German, Friedrich Dörr retained only its first line?
... that Keith Hartwig overcame an injury that he was told would end his career in high school, and went on to play in the National Football League?
... that Jerome Robbins choreographed In G Major for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival, in celebration of the composer's centenary?
... that despite claims to the contrary, novelist Walter Tevis insisted that the characters of "Minnesota Fats" and "Fast Eddie" in The Hustler were fictitious?
... that the Harvester Vase , a Minoan carved stone rhyton of circa 1550 to 1500 BC, includes a figure who may have fallen over drunk?
... that at the age of 27, Aleksander Barkov became the Florida Panthers' all-time leading scorer?
... that the Medway Branch was made redundant just nine years after its opening by the construction of the Charles River Railroad?
... that RinRin Doll first modeled for the brand Angelic Pretty at Pacific Media Expo after her friend, the organizer for the event, submitted an application for her without her knowledge?
... that although fossils of the extinct mammal Asiavorator were first found in 1922, the genus was not named until 73 years later, in 1995?
... that the first United States court case to recognize moral rights in authorship involved the use of music by four Soviet composers in the 1948 Cold War film The Iron Curtain?
... that the music video for Olivia Rodrigo's "Bad Idea Right?" features appearances by her "favorite girlz"?
... that in the early 1990s, several TV stations in Northern California experimented with moving prime time up an hour?
... that in 1936, a dairy farmer unsuccessfully attempted to cut a signal wire to prevent a train from derailing as it approached a landslide in New Zealand?
... that footballer Sara Mérida played for Espanyol Femení, was a physiotherapist for the club, and ultimately helped coach her former team to promotion in 2022?
... that a 1937 proposal to name a small church in Bremen after Horst Wessel provoked a fierce dispute with the local Nazi Party leadership?
... that a landscape demo created by Attention to Detail for the Konix Multisystem became the basis for Cybermorph on Atari Jaguar?
... that firefighters had to wade through deep pools of viscous, slippery butter and cheese spawned by the great butter fire?
... that the three-toed species of Diplobune were mammals of the order of "even-toed ungulates"?
... that as president of Loyola College in Maryland, John F. Quirk became close friends with the cardinal who ordained him a priest ten years earlier?
... that contrary to NFL rules, the Green Bay Packers do not have a franchise owner and are instead led by an elected team president?
... that Czesław Lewicki, Polish composer and conductor, was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for aiding the Polish-Jewish composer Władysław Szpilman?
... that PlantSims, human–plant hybrids in The Sims 2: Seasons, have been studied as examples of ecofeminism and deep ecology?
... that Richard Worley played in minor baseball leagues and is now the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department?
... that during a temporary public holiday to mourn the death of Elizabeth II, New Zealand had another public holiday on the same day?
... that despite having no professional training or experience, DeLancey W. Gill was appointed to take thousands of photographs for the Smithsonian Institution?
... that John Wooden's UCLA Bruins won the NCAA Division I basketball championship in his last game as head coach?
... that Sarah Cox brought the first breach of promise suit in Australia, during which she was represented by her future husband William Wentworth?
... that a Brontosaurus stamp led to the United States Postal Service being accused of "fostering scientific illiteracy"?
... that the Caleb Grimshaw sank after catching on fire, leaving at least 90 of the 457 people on board dead?
... that when Robert Hale performed as Wagner's Wotan in Washington, a reviewer noted that he commanded "the spirit, from tragic grandeur to ironic detachment, from flooding tenderness to grim rage"?
... that a woman who bought The Sims 2: Bon Voyage sued its publisher?
... that the first newspaper in Korea, the Chōsen shinpō, was written in Japanese and Classical Chinese?
... that a radio station in Alberta fell afoul of Canadian content guidelines because new songs by Anne Murray were not Canadian enough?
... that opening a Falnama on a painting of the queen of the fairies meant a prediction of good fortune?
... that future Georgia representative Edna Jackson was part of a wade-in to protest segregation at Tybee Island Beach?
... that student-aid startup Frank claimed to have 4.25 million users, but is alleged to have had fewer than 300,000?
... that Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour caused the horror film The Exorcist: Believer to move its release date one week earlier from Friday, October 13, 2023?
... that in his book The Creative Gene, Hideo Kojima revealed that he would sacrifice his position as a game designer to go to outer space?
... that of newly hired coach Fred Vehmeier, one newspaper said: "Any candidate for the university football team who gets a bit sassy can count on a beating, if this new coach is the man he looks to be"?
... that a 19th-century horse stable in New York City later housed a luxury pet sitter for cats and dogs?
... that in September 2023, The New York Times publicly confirmed the detention of Johan Floderus in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
... that a reviewer for the PS2 version of The Sims 2: Pets was disappointed that it didn't let him drown the animals?
... that the Yunus Emre coal-fired power station is licensed to operate after Turkey's goal for net zero?
... that the FBI set up temporary offices in a museum on an aircraft carrier while investigating the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
... that Bill Duplissea has been said to have the "best eyes in baseball"?
... that Episode 2351 of the Australian soap opera Home and Away was filmed in England, marking the first time the serial was filmed overseas?
... that Irish writer Dave Rudden has written a juvenile fantasy trilogy as well as several stories in the Doctor Who universe?
... that to portray a child abductor in A Friend of the Family, Jake Lacy took inspiration from the fearlessness and charisma of Danny Ocean and Steve McQueen?
... that Thomas Mancuso showed how deaths among factory workers could be understood by looking at social security data?
... that the royal chronicles report that the Kingdom of Ava mobilized nearly 300,000 troops for one invasion, but they probably only mobilized around a tenth of that?
... that the katydid-like fossil Republicopteron douseae possibly could not sing?
... that Yank pin-ups were distributed to American military personnel during World War II to promote morale?
... that ancient Greek philosopher Xenophon thought the alopekis was part dog, part fox?
... that at least 73,000 attendees were stranded at Burning Man because of the September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods?
... that Hamas militant Tito Masoud, who manufactured the first Qassam rocket, became wanted by Israel after a colleague revealed his name under interrogation?
... that the mixtape Froge.mp3 took its title from a nickname that Piri & Tommy gave each other?
... that an 1893-S Morgan dollar sold for US$2,086,875.00 in 2021?
... that the BOW counties in Wisconsin were one of the regions of the U.S. that helped Joe Biden win the presidency in 2020?
... that after 233 years of being united, Samson lost his mate Hercules?
... that ash fall from the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera was reported on ships nearly 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) out to sea?
... that in 1903, Georg Forchhammer invented a system to help his deaf students see the sounds of spoken Danish?
... that after their 2020 tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Spiritbox received $10,000 from Shinedown's Brent Smith, a stranger, to cover losses?
... that the developers of BattleSphere pledged to donate all profits from sales to diabetes research?
... that during World War I, Roy W. Ritner was elected unopposed to the Oregon State Senate while serving with the American Red Cross in France?
... that climate change protesters vandalized and glued themselves to a version of Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup I?
... that Paul Roach became so popular for coaching the Wyoming Cowboys football team that people voted for him to be the state's governor even though he was not a candidate?
... that Angeline Quinto became the first Filipino singer to release a soundtrack album for a television series that featured a single artist?
... that the early big cat Pachypanthera may have weighed as much as 142 kilograms (313 lb) and had teeth similar to a hyena's?
... that in 2014, one could pay half a million US dollars to live in a former residence for people with tuberculosis?
... that when Jessica Berman was named the deputy commissioner of the National Lacrosse League, she became the first woman to hold that position in a men's professional sports league?
... that Venetian Blinds uses Venetian blinds to simulate Venetian blinds?
... that artist Percy Delf Smith's work included lettering using Roman capitals and depictions of the First World War inspired by his experiences in the trenches?
... that the perpetrator of the 2006 San Miguel shooting greeted some former co-workers and shot at others?