kaengreg/wikifacts-bench huggingface dataset:
Did you know that Joseph S. Freedman , professor of education at Alabama State University , worked in over 200 libraries and archives to prepare his series Philosophy and the Liberal Arts in the Early Modern Period ?
Did you know that the world's fastest computer is the Japanese K ?
Did you know that the Marinoan glaciation was one of the three Neoproterozoic glaciations that caused the Snowball Earth ?
Did you know that the storyline of James Franco 's upcoming film The Broken Tower started out as his master's thesis at New York University Tisch School of the Arts ?
Did you know that while in parochial school, art forger Tony Tetro was hit by a nun after he painted her as a Vargas girl in a habit with a "pruney face"?
Did you know that L. B. Kubiak 's tenure in the Texas House of Representatives was both preceded and succeeded by that of his older brother ?
Did you know that the Brampton Walk of Fame , meant to honour "Brampton citizens—both past and present", includes a plaque for actress Bipasha Basu , who lives in India?
Did you know that Baconnaise is a kosher mayonnaise-based product that tastes like bacon, but has no bacon in it?
Did you know that the tracks of the Oregon and Northwestern Railroad are well preserved, even though they weren't well-built and they have been flooded by Malheur Lake ?
Did you know that the University of Arizona Museum of Art includes works ranging from a 15th-century medieval Spanish retablo by Fernando Gallego to the space art of Robert McCall ?
Did you know that if your vehicle registration plate includes the allegedly cursed number 39 , people in Afghanistan might think you're a pimp ?
Did you know that Māori warriors captured Russell, New Zealand , in the 1845 Battle of Kororareka from the British, who were then evacuated by an American ship?
Did you know that the 27th Street Historic District in Los Angeles includes a Gothic Revival church that since 1906 has housed white, Armenian, African-American and Hispanic congregations?
Did you know that the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cape Cod was founded when the original owner left his family's successful spring water company?
Did you know that the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance announced it would work with the Femto Forum on femtocells ?
Did you know that the most recent confirmed sighting of the vulnerable Invisible Rail was in 2003?
Did you know that Linda November was the voice of the singing cat in the Meow Mix commercials , and sang tens of thousands of other jingles, including "Coke and a Smile" on the famous Mean Joe Greene Super Bowl ad ?
Did you know that the featherduster worm Sabellastarte spectabilis sometimes grows in crevices in cauliflower coral from which a crown of branched tentacles form a plume?
Did you know that at its launch, Minnesota radio station KMGM broadcast 20 hours of farm and agricultural programs each week?
Did you know that both the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute and the Building and Road Research Institute of Ghana were formed out of the West African Building Research Institute?
Did you know that the John L. Nichols House was the home of the first architect to practice in Bloomington, Indiana ?
Did you know that in June 1981 South African authorities arrested eight members of the South African Youth Revolutionary Council , charged with preparing an armed uprising against the Apartheid regime?
Did you know that according to the Book of the Later Han, the Civil war of Wa was ended by an unmarried woman who bewitched the populace?
Did you know that Artie Schroeck , who arranged the 1967 Frankie Valli song " Can't Take My Eyes off You ", 30 years later wrote and produced a tribute to offbeat bandleader Spike Jones ?
Did you know that unlike at similar sites in the middle Ohio River valley, archeologists have found a cache of shaman's articles at the Bullskin Creek Site ?
Did you know that Indonesian blues band Gugun Blues Shelter is scheduled to perform alongside Bon Jovi , Rod Stewart and The Killers at Hyde Park today?
Did you know that ZenQuest Martial Arts Center was originally founded in 1972 as the Okinawan Karate School, and introduced Uechi-ryū karate to Berkshire County ?
Did you know that Sa Ngalan ng Diyos ( In the Name of God ) was a controversial novel that reveals its author 's inclination to anti-clericalism ?
Did you know that high school basketball phenom Aquille Carr was nicknamed "The Crime Stopper" for his reputed effect on Baltimore 's crime rate?
Did you know that Golden Pond, Kentucky , earned a national reputation for its moonshine whiskey distillers during Prohibition ?
Did you know that in 2006, in the UK, 14 Approved Premises (residential units for offenders) were banned from housing paedophiles due to their proximity to schools and nurseries?
Did you know that boro glycerine , an effective oral antiseptic used in the treatment of mouth ulcers , was once considered a potential cure for cancer of the uterus ?
Did you know that although Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca 's site in Oaxaca , Mexico , was donated to create a cultural center in 1904, efforts to establish a museum there did not begin until the 1990s?
Did you know that only ten men of the 181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance returned from the Battle of Arnhem ?
Did you know that the British tanker SS El Grillo , sunk in February 1944 after a German air raid in Seyðisfjörður , Iceland, gave its name to a local beer?
Did you know that Second Baptist Church , once the largest African American–owned meeting space in the western U.S., hosted speeches by W. E. B. Du Bois , Martin Luther King, Jr. , and Malcolm X ?
Did you know that the two chief engineers who worked on the Starved Rock Lock and Dam also worked together on the Panama Canal Locks ?
Did you know that Sophia Romero 's Always Hiding novel was just a "mild attempt" in revealing the Filipino American contributions to the American experience ?
Did you know that the Anasazi Heritage Center in the U.S. state of Colorado has two pueblos dating back to the 12th century?
Did you know that in 1568, John III of Sweden preferred fighting Denmark–Norway and Lübeck for another two years to ratifying the peace treaties of Roskilde ?
Did you know that Cock ale , described as a "provocative drink", was popular in 17th- and 18th-century England?
Did you know that the space industry is heavily dominated by the G7 countries, due to their extensive investment in the aerospace industry ?
Did you know that in the 1970s, Frank Serpico and David Durk both believed that Robert Leuci was the only honest detective in the New York City Police Department's narcotics bureau?
Did you know that the 2005 book Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing brought renewed national attention to the process of charcuterie and methods of curing meat?
Did you know that the album Kayah i Bregović by Goran Bregović and Kayah was the first to receive a Diamond award by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry in July 2000?
Did you know that Slim Dunlap has been called "one of the last old-school cool guitar players"?
Did you know that Madeline Mitchell overcame a 12-day coma, 21 days on a respirator, two months in a wheelchair and a femur broken in 12 places to become Miss Alabama USA and compete in Miss USA 2011 two years later?
Did you know that Mexico is the world's largest exporter of limes ?
Did you know that a kiss between Dan Hamilton and Antoine Malick in the UK medical drama Holby City was criticised for "following the trend" of depicting gay relationships?
Did you know that in 1152 Alfonso the Battler rewarded Diego López de Lobera for his services during the Reconquista by giving him the castle of Manchones ?
Did you know that Flo Allen was "San Francisco's best loved artists' model" and modeled for 30 years?
Did you know that the 8th-century penitential Excarpsus cummeani extends its scope to define penances for clerics also, possibly influenced by Saint Boniface ?
Did you know that Anthony Stewart believes he made it to the National Hockey League partly because a good Samaritan picked him up while he was walking in a blizzard?
Did you know that mathematician Kosmas Balanos claimed in his work Antipelargisis that he had solved the problem of doubling the cube ?
Did you know that despite conceding four goals in the second leg, English club Ipswich Town beat Dutch club AZ Alkmaar 5–4 on aggregate to win the 1981 UEFA Cup Final ?
Did you know that Christina Grimmie 's song "Liar Liar" from her first album Find Me shot to Number 63 on the US iTunes Singles Charts in less than 72 hours from its release?
Did you know that the International Labour Organization adopted a convention giving workers' rights to domestic workers at its 100th session this month?
Did you know that in the quartier of Mjikura in Mtsamboro on the north coast of Mayotte , there are the ruins of a royal palace and tombs from the time when it was an important town of the Sultans of Mayotte?
Did you know that Royal Navy surgeon Belgrave Ninnis attempted to revive a drowned sailor by, among other things, injecting brandy into his rectum?
Did you know that the soundtrack to the action thriller film Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) features mostly reggae music?
Did you know that the Presbyterian Church of Ghana was formed in 1828 by Basel missionaries from Germany?
Did you know that the ideas of Indonesian novel Pertemuan Jodoh are considered the opposite of Abdul Muis ' earlier work, Salah Asuhan , which deals with the incompatibilities in Western and Eastern cultures?
Did you know that the most prestigious award of the association of World War II's black US airmen, the Tuskegee Airmen , is named for Noel F. Parrish , their white commanding officer?
Did you know that PYKKA had sought the aid of FIFA in implementing its rural sports initiatives for football in India?
Did you know that the Vochol is a Volkswagen Beetle decorated with 2,277,000 beads?
Did you know that RMS Magdalena was the third ship lost on her maiden voyage that had been built by Harland & Wolff , Belfast ?
Did you know that the Abbasid general and governor Abd al-Malik ibn Salih was accused by his own son of plotting to overthrow Caliph Harun al-Rashid ?
Did you know that the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has ordered the demolition of the Clarendon Tower due to damage from the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake ?
Did you know that Tottenham Hotspur defeated Ipswich Town 5–1 in the 1962 FA Charity Shield played at Portman Road in Ipswich?
Did you know that medieval scholar and astrologer David ben Yom Tov refused to contemplate a divorce until his wife had all of his books and instruments taken away and hidden?
Did you know that the starting point for Bach 's cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist , Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167 , was the Canticle of Zechariah, the baptist's father?
Did you know that the season two finale of Community , " For a Few Paintballs More ", parodied Star Wars as well as action movies The Wild Bunch , Mr. & Mrs. Smith , and Wanted ?
Did you know that singer-pianist Rosie Vanier , whose musical style has been described as "Kate Bush on crack with Goldfrapp on synths", grew up in Bodmin Moor without electricity and TV?
Did you know that the only casualties during Operation Slapstick were from the 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion ?
Did you know that the Lincoln Theater in Los Angeles was known as the "West Coast Apollo " and featured performances by jazz legends before being converted into a church?
Did you know that the State of Pennsylvania and its twin sister, the State of Delaware , were both the first steamboats to make a live radio broadcast and to show movies?
Did you know that in Oregon's 1966 U.S. Senate election , each party's candidate had a position on the Vietnam War that was in direct opposition to the prevailing view of his own party?
Did you know that Derrida 's 1974 text Glas is printed in two columns, one commenting on Hegel and the other on Genet , woven around and separated by "marginalia, supplementary comments, [and] lengthy quotations"?
Did you know that the Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Mickey McConnell in the 31st round of the 2011 MLB Draft , despite his not playing baseball in four years?
Did you know that the Millennium Mills , a derelict icon of London's post-industrial docklands , is a favourite destination of thrill-seeking Urban Explorers ?
Did you know that Spongiforma squarepantsii is a sponge-like bolete that lives in Malaysia?
Did you know that some 19th-century newspapers in South Australia published articles in the Cornish dialect of English to meet the needs of miners who had migrated there?
Did you know that Khaled al-Johani , "the only brave man in Saudi Arabia", was thrown into Mabahith 's `Ulaysha Prison on the Saudi Arabian "Day of Rage"?
Did you know that Henry Mayes won the Queen's Club Championships three times in 1922, 1926, and 1927 while in his 40s, but died the year following his last win?
Did you know that Lust, Caution co-star Tang Wei was cut from the recent Chinese film The Founding of a Party following an objection by Mao Zedong 's grandson?
Did you know that Alabama author Wayne Greenhaw chronicled the African-American civil rights movement in the American South ?
Did you know that the New Zealand lobster was incorporated into the country's Quota Management System after a parliamentary corruption scandal?
Did you know that Uruguayan patriots made the Cry of Asencio and captured the villages of Mercedes and Santo Domingo de Soriano in a single day?
Did you know that 25-year old Eddie Reed , one of the youngest college football coaches in the United States, led the Loyola University of New Orleans to its only undefeated season in school history?
Did you know that the fossil mammal Ferugliotherium is known from only 20 teeth and maybe a tiny jaw fragment?
Did you know that on 11 June 2011, rebels seized a major district of Sabha , long considered to be a stronghold of support for Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 Libyan civil war ?
Did you know that in later life Margaret King , a favoured pupil of early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft , offered maternal care and advice to her governess's daughter Mary Shelley , author of Frankenstein ?
Did you know that the kremówka cake gained international recognition after Pope John Paul II noted he once ate 18 of them as part of a bet?
Did you know that when he was an educator, Texas State Representative Dan Kubiak published Ten Tall Texans , biographical sketches of, among others, Stephen F. Austin , Jim Bowie , and Sam Houston ?
Did you know that Kitty Carlisle , H. V. Kaltenborn , Boris Karloff , June Lockhart , and Robert Trout were among the participants in Who Said That? , the 1948–55 television game show based on quotations in the news?
Did you know that with support from the Iraqi government, magazines and audio cassettes produced by the exiled Libyan National Movement were smuggled into Libya during the 1980s?
Did you know that Oklahoma football coach Robert "Doc" Erskine traveled more than 15,000 miles as a scout during one season ?
Did you know that after an unexploded bomb burst through her bedroom wall, a resident of Hillingdon Court told staff it was time she went to the air-raid shelter?
Did you know that Iran is currently the only country in the world that legally allows a person to trade their kidney for monetary compensation?
Did you know that Meryl Fernandes , who plays Afia Khan in the BBC soap opera EastEnders , played a schoolgirl extra in 1993?
Did you know that the former Riede's City Bakery building is one of only two wood frame commercial buildings remaining in Aspen, Colorado , from its early boomtown years?
Did you know that when he established Genetic Studios in 1980, record producer Martin Rushent spent £35,000 on air conditioning alone?
Did you know that Dakota Territory judge Peter C. Shannon presided over the trial of Jack McCall and sentenced him to hang for killing Wild Bill Hickok ?
Did you know that the city-state of Purushanda in central Anatolia was surrendered by its king to the Hittite ruler Anitta in the 17th century BC?
Did you know that Celestial City, Imeko , was founded by the Prophet "Papa" Samuel Oshoffa, who left 34 wives and 150 children when he died?
Did you know that Charles M. Robinson was the College Architect for the College of William and Mary and designed more than 15 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places ?
Did you know that the Ukrainian American Veterans organization placed a memorial plaque at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1980?
Did you know that Abdulai Silá is the author of the first novel to be written and published in Guinea-Bissau ?
Did you know that the 2009 film Korkoro is a rare cinematic tribute to those who died in the Porajmos ?
Did you know that Jaime Areizaga-Soto , the Senior Advisor to the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus Chair, Senator Mary Margaret Whipple , is now running for the Senate?
Did you know that Auburn player Moon Ducote kicked a 40-yard field goal off a football helmet , which caused a rule to be adopted against the practice?
Did you know that William J. Toye pleaded guilty to forging folk artist Clementine Hunter 's work, but said he despised her style?
Did you know that Ipswich Town lost 5–0 to Nottingham Forest in the 1978 FA Charity Shield , the annual competition between the previous season's FA Cup winners and Football League champions?
Did you know that the Heryford Brothers Building in Lakeview , Oregon, cost $100,000 to construct in 1913, and is still one of the most important commercial buildings in the city?
Did you know that Mahmoud Shammam, the Head of Information of the Libyan National Transitional Council , was one of the leaders of the Marxist Libyan National Democratic Front in the 1980s?
Did you know that American philosopher John Arthur helped organize a lawsuit against the state of Tennessee to address racial segregation in the higher education system?
Did you know that the Disney bomb of the Second World War is thought to have been inspired by the Walt Disney cartoon Victory Through Air Power ?
Did you know that the site of the coach station in London used by the British Coachways consortium between 1980 and 1982 is now occupied by the British Library ?
Did you know that the Ghana Standards Board was established in 1973 and has a function of inspecting all goods that enter through the six entry points of Ghana ?
Did you know that in writing Busabos ng Palad (Pauper of Fate), Filipino author Faustino Aguilar was influenced by Alexander Dumas' novel about a prostitute with a golden heart ?
Did you know that after murdering a man in Missouri, Samuel Bogart fled to Texas, where he became a Texas Ranger and a member of the State Legislature?
Did you know that human sacrifices and perhaps cannibalism took place on the Ehrenbürg in Franconia during the Hallstatt and La Tène periods?
Did you know that the common bonnet produces hydrolytic enzymes that contribute to carbon cycling ?
Did you know that according to statistics from its National Road Safety Commission , Ghana loses US$230 million yearly due to road accidents?
Did you know that Faustino Aguilar 's Pinaglahuan ("Fading Point") is one of the first novels in the Philippines to tackle social realism ?
Did you know that Tammy Locke was called "an especially endearing little dumpling" for her role in 1960s western TV series The Monroes , but her antics on set included giving a live frog to the show's hairdresser?
Did you know that Aenigmastacus , a fossil crayfish from Canada, belongs to a family only otherwise known from the Southern Hemisphere?
Did you know that Ivan Wettengel , 25th Naval Governor of Guam , once formed a bull-mounted military unit known as the Guam Cavalry?
Did you know that India's national badminton team reached the quarterfinals at the 2011 Sudirman Cup despite winning just one match?
Did you know that Manchester Hydraulic Power supplied the energy to wind the Town Hall clock , pump the Cathedral organ and raise the safety curtain at the Manchester Opera House ?
Did you know that the Song of the Hoe , a Sumerian creation myth , describes the construction projects of the Sumerian gods at the beginning of the universe?
Did you know that blade-like teeth in the extinct mammalian family Ferugliotheriidae may have evolved into molar -like teeth in the Sudamericidae ?
Did you know that Perth Amboy City Hall , originally built 1714–1717, is the oldest city hall building in the United States?
Did you know that comedian Fred Allen was the MC of NBC variety and game show Judge for Yourself from 1953 to 1954 before joining the cast of CBS's What's My Line?
Did you know that the hosts of Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews recommend that cinemagoers avoid knitting , drug dealing , and model aeroplane assembly while watching a film?
Did you know that when James Stewart recited his poem " Beau " on The Tonight Show , he moved host Johnny Carson to tears?
Did you know that Cyril Perkins is the oldest living first-class cricketer ?
Did you know that at Villa de Etla 's weekly market in Oaxaca , Mexico , one can find traditional merchandise such as a local variety of white cheese, frames for donkeys and goat barbacoa prepared in an earthen oven?
Did you know that Nigeria is the world's largest producer of yams ?
Did you know that Victoria Roberts received an Australian Bicentennial grant for Australia Felix , a cartoon history of Australia?
Did you know that after John Law Hume , violinist on the RMS Titanic , was lost in the disaster, his family were sent an invoice for his uniform?
Did you know that the 1911 Sarez earthquake triggered a huge landslide, forming the tallest dam in the world ?
Did you know that Daysland , Alberta, is named after the Canadian politician Edgerton W. Day ?
Did you know that a significant part of the former Santo Domingo monastery in Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas , is taken up by a museum dedicated entirely to lacquerware ?
Did you know that Lincoln Park in Jersey City, New Jersey , boasts the world's largest concrete monument, a fountain?
Did you know that María de las Mercedes Barbudo is known as Puerto Rico 's first female freedom fighter for her strong advocacy for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain ?
Did you know that the Southwestern pygmy possum can give birth just two days after weaning a previous litter, even though this requires dramatic changes to her mammary glands ?
Did you know that the extinct crocodilian Arenysuchus was part of the first evolutionary radiation of crocodyloids ?
Did you know that Owen Land 's Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc. features looped footage of a woman blinking, as well as edge lettering, sprocket holes and dirt particles?
Did you know that association footballer Chris Clarke and his twin brother Matthew started their careers at the same club, Wolverhampton Wanderers ?
Did you know that the upcoming FX television series Wilfred is based on the Australian series of the same name and will star series co-creator Jason Gann in the titular role of Wilfred the dog?
Did you know that as president of St. Petersburg College , Carl M. Kuttler, Jr. used to phone and send a card to each of the college's 1,000 full-time employees on their birthdays?
Did you know that Jill Dawson , in her biographical novel The Great Lover , integrated quotes from letters of Rupert Brooke 's contemporaries into the fictional narrative?
Did you know that, to avoid a league rule that banned participation, American football coach Bill Sargent agreed to release (and later re-sign) his players before an all-star game organized by boxer Joe Louis ?
Did you know that actor Eddie Quillan 's first film appearance was in the 1922 silent comedy/drama Up and at 'Em , written by William A. Seiter and Lewis Milestone ?
Did you know that in San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment did not protect the use of the word "Olympics", over the objections of the U.S. Olympic Committee ?
Did you know that the cargo ship Empire Defender was seized by Britain twice – during World War I under a German flag and in World War II under an Italian flag?