wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
... that Lieutenant Colonel Richard John Andrews survived the Second Boer War, the First World War, the Russian Civil War and the Irish War of Independence only to be killed by a defective tool in his garage?

page_title: Richard John Andrews
short_description: British Army officer
page_title: Second Boer War
short_description: 1899–1902 war in South Africa
page_title: World War I
short_description: 1914–1918 global conflict
page_title: Russian Civil War
short_description: Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire (1917–1922)
page_title: Irish War of Independence
short_description: 1919–1921 war between Irish and British forces
... that Lisa Federle mobile surgery service (pictured) for refugees was adapted to be a mobile test station during the  pandemic?

page_title: Lisa Federle
short_description: German physician (born 1961)
page_title: COVID-19 pandemic
short_description: Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
... that at one point in its political history, the Philippines was represented in the Spanish Cortes Generales?

page_title: Political history of the Philippines
page_title: Cortes Generales
short_description: Bicameral legislature of Spain
... that Johannes Schröder composed an oratorio honouring Katharina Kaspar, who became a new saint in 2018?

page_title: Johannes Schröder
short_description: German organist, composer and Catholic church musician
page_title: Oratorio
short_description: Large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists
page_title: Maria Katharina Kasper
short_description: German foundress and saint (1820–1898)
page_title: Saint
short_description: Person recognized by a religion as being holy
... that HMS Cicala was commanded at the 1941 Battle of Hong Kong by a one-armed veteran of the 1916 Battle of Jutland?

page_title: HMS Cicala
short_description: Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat
page_title: Battle of Hong Kong
short_description: One of the first battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II
page_title: Battle of Jutland
short_description: 1916 major naval battle during World War I
... that Robert Weiner taught AP English Literature while coaching football at Henry B. Plant High School?

page_title: Robert Weiner (American football)
short_description: American college football coach
page_title: AP English Literature and Composition
short_description: Advanced Placement course and exam
page_title: Henry B. Plant High School
short_description: Public high school in Tampa, Florida, United States
... that it took five years of observations to find the planet orbiting the star HD 175167?

page_title: HD 175167
short_description: Star in the constellation Pavo
... that manuscript illuminator Gioacchino de' Gigantibus worked for six different popes during his lifetime?

page_title: Illuminated manuscript
short_description: Manuscript in which the text is supplemented by decoration
page_title: Gioacchino de' Gigantibus
short_description: 15th-century Italian illuminator and copyist
... that Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles rewrote Harry Potter to replace magic with prayer and supernatural phenomena?

page_title: Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles
short_description: Harry Potter fan fiction by Grace Anne Parsons
page_title: Harry Potter
short_description: Series of fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling
... that parsnips serve as sawed-off tibiae in feetloaf (pictured)? <!-- Special occasion hook, October 31st -->

page_title: Parsnip
short_description: Root vegetable in the flowering plant family Apiaceae
page_title: Tibia
short_description: Leg bone in vertebrates
page_title: Feetloaf
short_description: Dish intended to be served on Halloween
... that the account of the Haliurunas in the 6th century history of the Goths, the Getica, is a precursor to later Christian traditions that wise women had sex and orgies with demons and the Devil?

page_title: Haliurunas
short_description: Type of witch in Germanic paganism
page_title: Getica
short_description: Literary work by Jordanes on the origin and history of the Gothic people
... that the New Amsterdam Theatre, once described as "a vision of gorgeousness", later had dead cats in the basement and mushrooms growing through the floor?

page_title: New Amsterdam Theatre
short_description: Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
... that from 1960 to 1981, executions in East Germany took place in Leipzig Prison in the middle of a residential area?

page_title: East Germany
short_description: Country in Central Europe (1949–1990)
page_title: Leipzig Prison
short_description: Former German prison
... that the Battle of Saint Charles featured what is known as the deadliest shot of the American Civil War?

page_title: Battle of Saint Charles
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
page_title: American Civil War
short_description: 1861–1865 conflict in the United States
... that the Germanic seeress Waluburg is only known from a pot shard found on the island Elephantine in southern Egypt?

page_title: Seeress (Germanic)
short_description: Woman said to foretell future events and perform sorcery
page_title: Waluburg
short_description: 2nd century Germanic sorceress
page_title: Ostracon
short_description: Broken piece of pottery with inscription
page_title: Elephantine
short_description: Island in the Nile
... that the opera The Devil and Daniel Webster features a jury of ghosts made up of famous historical American figures who are now residents of Hell; including the pirate Blackbeard?

page_title: The Devil and Daniel Webster (opera)
short_description: 1939 folk opera by Douglas Moore
page_title: Blackbeard
short_description: English pirate (c. 1680–1718)
... that Florissantia flowers were possibly pollinated by bats?

page_title: Florissantia (plant)
short_description: Genus of plant in the mallow family (fossil)
... that Dante used the third circle of hell (illustrated) to discuss contemporary Florentine politics rather than the sin of gluttony?

page_title: Dante Alighieri
short_description: Italian writer and philosopher (1265–1321)
page_title: Third circle of hell
short_description: Part of the Divine Comedy
page_title: Gluttony
short_description: Over-indulgence and over-consumption, such as of food
... that Re'quan Boyette was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team in 2008, making him the second Duke player to receive the honor?

page_title: Re'quan Boyette
short_description: American college football coach (born 1986)
page_title: American Football Coaches Association
short_description: Organization of football coaches at various levels
page_title: Duke Blue Devils football
short_description: Football team of Duke University
... that a group of self-employed women on the island of Cikobia-i-Ra donate 10 percent of their earnings to combat climate change?

page_title: Cikobia-i-Ra
short_description: Fijian island
... that George Mackaness showed that by infecting mice with intracellular bacteria, macrophages could be activated to attack other bacteria?

page_title: George Mackaness
short_description: Australian professor of microbiology, immunologist (1922–2007)
page_title: Macrophage
short_description: Type of white blood cell
... that the specific and common names of the Argentine seabass refer to different countries?

page_title: Binomial nomenclature
short_description: Species naming system
page_title: Common name
short_description: Name generally used for a taxon, group of taxa or organism(s)
page_title: Argentine seabass
short_description: Species of fish
... that Ingeborg Beugel left Greece following death threats and reported attacks after she questioned the prime minister about pushbacks?

page_title: Ingeborg Beugel
short_description: Dutch journalist
page_title: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
short_description: Prime Minister of Greece (2019–2023; since 2023)
page_title: Pushbacks by Greece
short_description: Pushback of migrants and refugees
... that Chninkel, a Franco-Belgian comic mixing Tolkien-like fantasy with Biblical themes, has been translated into several languages?

page_title: Chninkel
short_description: Franco-Belgian comic book
... that trade negotiator Michael Smith negotiating style was summarized by a sign at his office door that read "This is not Burger King"?

page_title: Michael Smith (diplomat)
short_description: Diplomat and trade negotiator (1936–2021)
page_title: Burger King
short_description: Global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in Florida
... that Kristallnacht prompted Elisabeth Schmitz (pictured) to leave her teaching job, unwilling to work for "a government that permitted the synagogues to be set afire"?

page_title: Kristallnacht
short_description: 1938 anti-Jewish pogroms in Nazi Germany
page_title: Elisabeth Schmitz
short_description: German theologian
... that among the traditions of the University of Texas at Arlington are bed racing and oozeball?

page_title: History of the University of Texas at Arlington (1965–present)
page_title: Oozeball
... that Brazilian student Bruno Borges disappeared, leaving fourteen handwritten encrypted books and a statue over two metres (6.6 ft) tall in his bedroom?

page_title: Disappearance of Bruno Borges
short_description: 2017 disappearance case in Brazil
... that the Austro-Hungarian yacht Dalmat carried Archduke Franz Ferdinand on his journey to Sarajevo in 1914 and returned with his body?

page_title: Dalmat (yacht)
short_description: Yacht of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
page_title: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
short_description: Heir to the Austrian throne (1863–1914)
... that in the 1880s Joseph T. Wilson wrote the "most comprehensive study of African American military service" of the era?

page_title: Joseph T. Wilson
short_description: American journalist, politician, and author
... that consuming the vitamin riboflavin in large amounts will cause urine to have a bright yellow color?

page_title: Riboflavin
short_description: Vitamin, dietary supplement, and yellow food dye
page_title: Urine
short_description: Liquid by-product of animal metabolism
... that the leaders of Nazi Germany believed that Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin were puppets of an international Jewish conspiracy?

page_title: International Jewish conspiracy
short_description: Antisemitic conspiracy theory
... that Indonesian politician Iskandar Ramis had to be hospitalized after attempting to make juice?

page_title: Iskandar Ramis
short_description: Indonesian military officer and politician
... that a pair of sealskin-covered high heels (example pictured) by Inuk designer Nicole Camphaug are held in the Bata Shoe Museum of Toronto?

page_title: Sealskin
short_description: Skin of a seal
page_title: High-heeled shoe
short_description: Footwear that raises the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes
page_title: Inuit
short_description: Ethnic group
page_title: Nicole Camphaug
short_description: Canadian Inuk fashion designer
page_title: Bata Shoe Museum
short_description: Footwear museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
... that an incident at Bridle Trails State Park resulted in a horse being euthanized?

page_title: Bridle Trails State Park
short_description: State park in the U.S. state of Washington
... that cricketer Kekhashru Mistry, an all-rounder in the first all-Indian cricket team that toured England in 1911, had to return after three games because he was also the aide-de-camp to the maharaja of Patiala?

page_title: Kekhashru Mistry
short_description: Indian cricketer
page_title: All-rounder
short_description: Cricket role
page_title: Indian cricket team in England in 1911
page_title: Aide-de-camp
short_description: Personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank
page_title: Maharaja of Patiala
short_description: Title of the ruler of Patiala State
... that contestants in the Financial Modeling World Cup solve problems in Microsoft Excel?

page_title: Financial Modeling World Cup
short_description: Financial modeling esports competition, using Microsoft Excel
page_title: Microsoft Excel
short_description: Spreadsheet editor by Microsoft
... that Nicholas Horsfall published five commentaries on Vergil's Aeneid after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis?

page_title: Nicholas Horsfall
short_description: Vergil scholar
page_title: Virgil
short_description: 1st-century-BC Roman poet
page_title: Aeneid
short_description: Latin epic poem by Virgil
page_title: Multiple sclerosis
short_description: Disease that damages the myelin sheaths around nerves
... that a strike by uranium miners in 1974 in Ontario led to the creation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act?

page_title: 1974 Elliot Lake miners strike
short_description: Uranium miners strike
... that impressionist Paul Boland has imitated over 100 voices during his performances including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles?

page_title: Paul Boland
short_description: American impressionist, singer and announcer (born 1960/61)
page_title: Frank Sinatra
short_description: American singer and actor (1915–1998)
page_title: Elvis Presley
short_description: American singer and actor (1935–1977)
page_title: The Beatles
short_description: English rock band (1960–1970)
... that a ghostly figure can be seen at the legendary home of King Arthur?

page_title: Gallos (sculpture)
short_description: Sculpture in Tintagel, Cornwall
page_title: King Arthur
short_description: Legendary king of the Britons
... that William Rounseville Alger (pictured) 1857 Fourth of July speech was so controversial that the city of Boston refused to print it for seven years?

page_title: William Rounseville Alger
short_description: American clergyman and author
page_title: Independence Day (United States)
short_description: U.S. federal holiday on July 4
... that Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen, a Bach cantata for the Third Day of Christmas, contains the only aria that he newly composed for the oratorio? <!-- s.o. hook, Dec. 27 or 25 (or 24) -->

page_title: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen, BWV 248 III
short_description: Third cantata of Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio
page_title: List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion
page_title: Christmas Oratorio
short_description: 1734 oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach
... that the bridge from which James Bond leapt in No Time to Die is actually an aqueduct?

page_title: Ponte Madonna della Stella
short_description: Bridge in Gravina in Puglia
page_title: James Bond (literary character)
short_description: Fictional spy
page_title: No Time to Die
short_description: 2021 James Bond film by Cary Joji Fukunaga
page_title: Aqueduct (bridge)
short_description: Structure constructed to convey water
... that despite the support of the British authorities, the multi-racial United Tanganyika Party  was unsuccessful, with the African-nationalist TANU winning a majority in the 1958–59 election?

page_title: United Tanganyika Party
short_description: 1956–1962 political party in Tanganyika
page_title: Tanganyika African National Union
short_description: 1961–1977 ruling party of Tanganyika then Tanzania
page_title: 1958–59 Tanganyikan general election
short_description: Election of the Tanganyika African National Union to the Legislative Council
... that Maine state legislator Tracy Quint introduced a bill that would have banned all  vaccination mandates in Maine until 2024?

page_title: Tracy Quint
short_description: American politician
page_title: COVID-19 vaccine
short_description: Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2
... that in 1874, thousands of Russian students "

page_title: Narodniks
short_description: 1860s–1870s Russian political movement
... that a 1939 thesis by Nathaniel Fadipe, The Sociology of the Yoruba, was the first sociological study by a black African?

page_title: Nathaniel Fadipe
short_description: Nigerian writer and pan-African activist (1893–1944)
...  that the original author of Half-Life: Full Life Consequences wanted it to be so bad that "it stands the test of time as one of the worst things ever written"?

page_title: Half-Life: Full Life Consequences
short_description: 4-episode Machinima series
... that the peak period in England for formal closed canals in gardens  (example pictured) was from about the 1690s to 1720s?

page_title: Canal (garden history)
short_description: Formal water feature in gardens
... that theatre critic Günther Rühle books cover the history of theatre in Germany, its events and its people, from 1887 to 1966?

page_title: Günther Rühle
short_description: German journalist, writer, and theatre manager (1924–2021)
... that Hypericum aegypticum exhibits a rare form of heterostyly?

page_title: Hypericum aegypticum
short_description: Species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family
page_title: Heterostyly
short_description: Two different types of flowers (style) on same plant
... that the home of civil rights activist Lottie B. Scott is a stop on Norwich's Freedom Trail?

page_title: Lottie B. Scott
short_description: American civic leader and civil rights advocate (1936–2025)
page_title: Norwich, Connecticut
short_description: City in Connecticut, United States
... that the software vulnerability Log4Shell affects hundreds of millions of devices worldwide?

page_title: Log4Shell
short_description: 2021 software security vulnerability
... that despite the governor-general being advised not to employ him, Darmawan Mangunkusumo kept his colonial government job?

page_title: Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff
short_description: Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
page_title: Darmawan Mangunkusumo
short_description: Indonesian economist, engineer, and politician
... that three unsuccessful attempts were made to destroy the offices of The Union Flag?

page_title: The Union Flag
short_description: Tennessee newspaper
... that mountaineer Edmund Hillary asked Canadian doctor Joan Ford to take her "Adidas runners, a stethoscope and an umbrella" and get to the Himalayas?

page_title: Edmund Hillary
short_description: New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)
page_title: Joan Ford
short_description: Canadian doctor and mountaineer (1925–2021)
page_title: Himalayas
short_description: Mountain range in Asia
... that there is some uncertainty as to which figures in Bramantino's Adoration of the Kings represent the Three Kings?

page_title: Bramantino
short_description: Italian painter
page_title: Adoration of the Kings (Bramantino)
short_description: Painting by Bramantino
page_title: Biblical Magi
short_description: Group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth
... that the Christmas Special Honda minibike, which struggled to sell upon release in 1986, is now worth nearly $10,000 as a collector's item?

page_title: Honda Z50RD
short_description: 1986 Honda Z series minibike
... that the song "Meri Kuri" by BoA has been dubbed Japan's "All I Want for Christmas Is You"?

page_title: Meri Kuri
short_description: 2004 single by BoA
page_title: BoA
short_description: South Korean singer (born 1986)
page_title: All I Want for Christmas Is You
short_description: 1994 single by Mariah Carey
... that in 1897, Francis Pharcellus Church wrote "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"?

page_title: Francis Pharcellus Church
short_description: American publisher and editor (1839–1906)
page_title: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
short_description: Phrase from 1897 editorial about Santa Claus
... that "Brich an, du schönes Morgenlicht" (Break, you beautiful morning light) tells the shepherds in Bach's Christmas Oratorio not to be afraid?

page_title: Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist
short_description: 1641 German Christmas carol
page_title: Annunciation to the shepherds
short_description: Scene from the Nativity
page_title: Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend, BWV 248 II
short_description: Second cantata of Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio
... that a Christmas gift on The West Wing "Bartlet for America", a napkin bearing the episode's slogan, was replicated for Jacky Rosen's U.S. Senate campaign?

page_title: Bartlet for America
short_description: 9th episode of the 3rd season of The West Wing
page_title: Jacky Rosen
short_description: American politician (born 1957)
... that the creation of the traditional Valtellina Christmas sweet bread bisciola is credited to Napoleon, even though he was never in the region?

page_title: Valtellina
short_description: Valley in Northern Italy
page_title: Bisciola
short_description: Italian sweet bread
... that New Yorkers could at one time rely on thrice-weekly visits from Santa Claus—though not over Christmas?

page_title: Santa Claus (steamboat)
short_description: Hudson River steamboat built 1845
... that artist Bernard Walter Evans Bolton Abbey in the Snow (pictured) was painted outdoors in "something like Arctic conditions"?

page_title: Bernard Walter Evans
short_description: British painter (1843–1922)
page_title: Arctic
short_description: Polar region of the Earth's northern hemisphere
... that the 2018 soundtrack album It's Christmas, Eve by LeAnn Rimes originated from a film in which Rimes played the main character?<!-- s.o., christmas eve -->

page_title: It's Christmas, Eve
short_description: 2018 soundtrack album by LeAnn Rimes
page_title: LeAnn Rimes
short_description: American singer (born 1982)
... that the Florida beach festival Surfing Santas, held regularly on Christmas Eve, was inspired by a Honda commercial?<!-- this one can also go in the Dec. 24 set if needed -->

page_title: Surfing Santas
short_description: Annual festival in Cocoa Beach, Florida
... that when Josef Rheinberger conducted the first performance of his Mass in A major for three women's voices on Christmas Eve 1881, he added a flute and a string quintet to the organ accompaniment?<!-- s.o., christmas eve -->

page_title: Josef Rheinberger
short_description: German composer and organist (1839–1901)
page_title: Mass in A major, Op. 126 (Rheinberger)
page_title: String quintet
short_description: Musical piece for five string players
... that The Jew's Christmas was the first American film to have a rabbi as one of its characters?

page_title: The Jew's Christmas
short_description: 1913 American silent film by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
page_title: Rabbi
short_description: Teacher of Torah and spiritual leader in Judaism
... that besides their usual pop fare, the Glee cast sang hymns in traditional arrangements on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album?

page_title: Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album
short_description: Soundtrack album by the cast of the American television series Glee
... that throughout the Cold War, "subversive" persons at the BBC had their files marked with a "Christmas tree"?

page_title: Cold War
short_description: 1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
page_title: BBC
short_description: British public service broadcaster
page_title: "Christmas tree" files
short_description: 20th-century files kept by the BBC
... that the album series Jingle Cats spawned Jingle Dogs, Jingle Babies, and a Japanese video game in which "the object is to breed and care for cats, which begin to sing when they're done copulating"?

page_title: Jingle Cats
short_description: Christmas novelty songs
... that the aerobatic demonstration aircraft (pictured) used by SoloTürk is also used in military operations of the Turkish Air Force?

page_title: Aerobatics
short_description: Flying maneuvers involving attitudes not attained during normal flight
page_title: SoloTürk
short_description: Turkish aerobatic demonstration team
page_title: Turkish Air Force
short_description: Air forces of the Turkish military
... that when a batch of the peppermint liqueur Minttu turned yellow because of iron contamination, Americans just marketed it as an "older vintage"?

page_title: Minttu
short_description: Finnish peppermint distilled beverage
... that Elisabeth Dmitrieff, daughter of a Russian noble, was sent by Karl Marx to the Paris Commune and fought in its defense before falling into obscurity?

page_title: Elisabeth Dmitrieff
short_description: Russian revolutionary and feminist activist
page_title: Karl Marx
short_description: German philosopher and socialist (1818–1883)
page_title: Paris Commune
short_description: 1871 revolutionary city council