wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
... that The Travelers were made to represent emigrants who have left a part of themselves behind?

page_title: The Travelers (sculptures)
short_description: Sculptures by Bruno Catalano
... that before being electrocuted for his crime, Julius Morgan said that the whisky made him do it?

page_title: Julius Morgan
short_description: First person to be executed by electric chair in Tennessee
... that Johanna Quaas (pictured), the world's oldest competitive gymnast, did a tandem skydive from about 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) in 2016, dedicating it to Queen Elizabeth II?

page_title: Johanna Quaas
short_description: German gymnast (born 1925)
page_title: Parachuting
short_description: Action sport of exiting an aircraft and returning to Earth using a parachute
page_title: Elizabeth II
short_description: Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
... that The Betty White Show  was the subject of significant controversy after Betty White refused to fire a black cast member?

page_title: The Betty White Show (1952 TV series)
short_description: American actress Betty White's 1952 television series
page_title: Betty White
short_description: American actress and comedian (1922–2021)
... that when Stefan Keil moved to Yekaterinburg, Russia, as the German consul general, one of his first appearances was at the European Christmas market, dressed as Saint Nicholas?<!-- s.o. christmas sheni, jan. 7 -->

page_title: Stefan Keil
short_description: German diplomat (1958–2021)
page_title: Yekaterinburg
short_description: City in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
page_title: Saint Nicholas
short_description: 4th-century Christian saint
... that When Harry Met Santa, an advert for Posten Norge featuring Santa kissing a man, commemorated 50 years since the repeal of Norway's anti-gay laws?<!-- s.o. christmas sheni, jan. 7 -->

page_title: When Harry Met Santa
short_description: 2021 advertisement
page_title: Posten Bring
short_description: Norwegian postal service
page_title: Santa Claus
short_description: Legendary Christmas figure
page_title: Section 213 of the Norwegian Penal Code
short_description: Sodomy law repealed in 1972
... that Edward M. Kirby proposed the first Pageant of Peace, to follow the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.?<!-- s.o. christmas sheni, jan. 7 -->

page_title: Edward M. Kirby
page_title: National Christmas Tree (United States)
short_description: Large Christmas tree near the White House in Washington, D.C.
... that rugby league's 2022 Challenge Cup final will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium instead of its traditional location of Wembley Stadium due to a scheduling conflict?

page_title: 2022 Challenge Cup
short_description: British rugby league knockout tournament
page_title: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
short_description: Stadium in London, England
page_title: Wembley Stadium
short_description: Stadium in London, England
... that  vaccine scientist Paul Duprex got his start in microbiology by experimenting with his high-school classmates' spit?

page_title: William Paul Duprex
short_description: Microbiologist
... that the origin of Christmas is uncertain?<!-- s.o. christmas sheni, jan. 7 -->

page_title: Christmas (surname)
short_description: Surname list
... that the Mark Hellinger Theatre (pictured) has been occupied by the Times Square Church since 1989, when its then-owner said the church's five-year lease will "pass before you know it"?

page_title: Mark Hellinger Theatre
short_description: Former theater in Manhattan, New York
page_title: Times Square Church
short_description: Church in Manhattan, New York
... that Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll shot down a pair of Macchi L.3 seaplanes to become a flying ace?

page_title: Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll
short_description: Hungarian World War I flying ace
page_title: Macchi M.3
short_description: Italian biplane flying boat
page_title: Flying ace
short_description: Distinction given to fighter pilots
... that the continuing influence of the Catholic Church in the politics of the Philippines means that the country lacks a divorce law?

page_title: Politics of the Philippines
... that Francis Bacon played in the first National Football League game and became the first NFL player to return a punt for a touchdown?

page_title: Francis Bacon (American football)
short_description: American football player (1894–1977)
page_title: National Football League
short_description: Professional American football league
... that the Democratic Society Party was the 25th political party to be banned in Turkey since 1962?

page_title: Democratic Society Party closure case
short_description: Kurdish political party in Turkey
... that when Antonia Urrejola was president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, her vice presidents were women as well?

page_title: Antonia Urrejola
short_description: Chilean lawyer
page_title: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
short_description: Human rights monitoring organization in the Americas
... that the pictogram of Zapotitlán metro station depicts an indented sapote tree as the word tlantli means 'tooth' in Nahuatl?

page_title: Zapotitlán metro station
short_description: Mexico City Metro station
page_title: Sapote
short_description: Index of plants with the same common name
page_title: Nahuatl
short_description: Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico
... that the completion of Interstate 205 in Oregon was delayed to mitigate air and noise pollution for a jail that closed a few months later?

page_title: Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington)
short_description: Interstate Highway in Oregon and Washington
... that Nothgottes (interior pictured), a pilgrimage destination in the Rheingau since the 14th century, is a monastery of Cistercians from Vietnam?

page_title: Nothgottes
short_description: Monastery in Hesse, Germany
page_title: Rheingau
short_description: Region of Hesse, Germany
page_title: Cistercians
short_description: Catholic religious order
... that American engineering manager Jack Lemley, credited with rescuing the Channel Tunnel project, flew over 7 million miles (11 million kilometres) or about 300 times around the globe?

page_title: Jack Lemley
short_description: American engineering project manager (1935–2021)
page_title: Channel Tunnel
short_description: Undersea rail tunnel linking France to the UK
... that certain bamboo species release large numbers of seeds in synchrony after numbers of years that have only 2, 3, and 5 as their prime factors?

page_title: Mast seeding
short_description: Fruit of forest trees like acorns and other nuts
page_title: Regular number
short_description: Numbers that evenly divide powers of 60
... that the Richard Rodgers Theatre has hosted 11 Tony Award-winning plays and musicals, more than any other Broadway theater?

page_title: Richard Rodgers Theatre
short_description: Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
... that Francis Bourgeois is pursuing full-time trainspotting?

page_title: Francis Bourgeois (trainspotter)
short_description: English trainspotter and TikToker (born 2000)
page_title: Railfan
short_description: Rail transport enthusiast
... that the 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election was the first recall held in the city since 1975?

page_title: 2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election
... that mayor Pero Pirker was largely forgotten despite leading recovery and rebuilding efforts after the devastating 1964 Zagreb flood?

page_title: Pero Pirker
short_description: Croatian and Yugoslav politician
page_title: 1964 Zagreb flood
short_description: Flood in Zagreb, Yugoslavia
... that WTVK in Knoxville, Tennessee, won a years-long battle to move from UHF to a VHF channel, only to be sent by new management to "that big TV station in the sky"?

page_title: WVLT-TV
short_description: Television station in Knoxville, Tennessee
page_title: Knoxville, Tennessee
short_description: City in Tennessee, United States
page_title: UHF television broadcasting
short_description: Ultra high frequency radio to transmit TV
... that a pro-EU explanation of how Baileys is made, given by British MP Mike Gapes (pictured), was described as being "infinitely memeable" and giving him a "bizarre online infamy"?

page_title: Baileys Irish Cream
short_description: Liqueur
page_title: Mike Gapes
short_description: British politician (born 1952)
page_title: Internet meme
short_description: Cultural item spread via the Internet
... that a bicycle shop in Maryland became a major BMX bike manufacturer in the 1980s?

page_title: Hutch BMX
short_description: American BMX bicycle manufacturer
... that the only stained glass exported to the United States by Barton, Kinder and Alderson had to pay import duty, unlike much artwork in places of worship, because of its low cost-to-size ratio?

page_title: Barton, Kinder and Alderson
short_description: English stained glass company
... that John J. Slocum tried in vain to return James Joyce's body to Ireland?

page_title: John J. Slocum
short_description: American diplomat (1914–1997)
page_title: James Joyce
short_description: Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
... that Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, a 1971 composition for three male solo voices and piano by Benjamin Britten, sets a T. S. Eliot poem to music?<!-- Special occasion hook, January 6 -->

page_title: Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi
short_description: 1971 composition by Benjamin Britten
page_title: Benjamin Britten
short_description: English composer and pianist (1913–1976)
page_title: Journey of the Magi
short_description: 1927 poem by T. S. Eliot
... that the recently restored Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Roebourne is the oldest church in North West Australia?

page_title: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Roebourne
short_description: Church in Western Australia, Australia
... that after offering to be an extra in The Walking Dead, Zoe Colletti was cast as a main character in its spin-off Fear the Walking Dead

page_title: The Walking Dead (TV series)
short_description: American post-apocalyptic drama television series (2010–2022)
page_title: Zoe Colletti
short_description: American actress (born 2001)
page_title: Fear the Walking Dead
short_description: American post-apocalyptic drama television series
... that during a match at the snooker 2021 UK Championship, player Mark Williams fell asleep?

page_title: Snooker
short_description: Cue sport
page_title: 2021 UK Championship
short_description: Snooker tournament
page_title: Mark Williams (snooker player)
short_description: Welsh snooker player (born 1975)
... that one of the largest and thickest loess plateaus in the world is the Loess Plateau (pictured) in China?

page_title: Loess
short_description: Sediment of accumulated wind-blown dust
page_title: Loess Plateau
short_description: Plateau in northern China
... that Bobbi Kristina Brown died less than four years after her mother Whitney Houston died in similar circumstances?

page_title: Bobbi Kristina Brown
short_description: American television personality and singer (1993–2015)
page_title: Whitney Houston
short_description: American singer and actress (1963–2012)
... that during the January 1998 North American ice storm, an employee at Cornwall Electric used a bow and arrow to provide power to a city? <!-- Special occasion hook Jan 5-->

page_title: January 1998 North American ice storm
short_description: Major ice storm that affected Eastern Canada and northeastern US in 1998
page_title: Cornwall Electric
short_description: Electricity utility in Ontario, Canada
... that colonial printer Peter Edes was arrested by British forces for openly expressing support and sympathy for the patriots when they lost the Battle of Bunker Hill?

page_title: Peter Edes
short_description: American printer (1756–1840)
page_title: Battle of Bunker Hill
short_description: 1775 battle of the American Revolutionary War
... that lesbians in Nazi Germany, unlike gay men, did not face systematic persecution?

page_title: Lesbians in Nazi Germany
... that former NFL halfback Art Pharmer pursued, tackled, and captured a shoplifter who ran from the sporting goods store where Pharmer worked?

page_title: National Football League
short_description: Professional American football league
page_title: Art Pharmer
short_description: American football player (1908–1970)
... that the Degenerate Art auction in 1939, which included paintings by Van Gogh and Picasso, raised only $115,000?

page_title: Degenerate Art auction
short_description: Auction of art plundered by the Nazis
page_title: Vincent van Gogh
short_description: Dutch painter (1853–1890)
page_title: Pablo Picasso
short_description: Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
... that actress Miya Cech was praised for "do[ing] what [she] can with nothing" in the ill-regarded The Darkest Minds

page_title: Miyako (actress)
short_description: American actress (born 2007)
page_title: The Darkest Minds
short_description: 2018 film by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
... that the 19-year-old Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (pictured) was the captain of the first all-Indian cricket team to tour England in 1911?

page_title: Bhupinder Singh of Patiala
short_description: Maharaja of Patiala (r. 1900–1938) and cricket player
page_title: Indian cricket team in England in 1911
... that the Bancroft region is the only place in Canada and one of very few places in the world where uranium has been mined from pegmatite rock?

page_title: Uranium mining in the Bancroft area
page_title: Pegmatite
short_description: Igneous rock with very large interlocked crystals
... that Mally Nydahl, "one of the greatest backs ever to come out of the Middle West", used his football earnings to pay for medical school and became a professor of orthopedic surgery?

page_title: Mally Nydahl
short_description: American athlete and surgeon (1906–1979)
... that Levantine Arabic is often written in Hebrew characters online by Bedouin, Arab Christians, and Druze in Israel?

page_title: Levantine Arabic
short_description: Arabic variety spoken in the Levant
page_title: Hebrew alphabet
short_description: Alphabet of the Hebrew language
page_title: Bedouin
short_description: Nomadic Arab tribes
page_title: Arab Christians
short_description: Arabs who follow Christianity
page_title: Druze in Israel
short_description: Ethnoreligious minority in Israel
... that Rebecca Odes played bass guitar for Love Child before going on to create Gurl.com?

page_title: Rebecca Odes
short_description: American musician and writer (born 1969)
page_title: Love Child (band)
page_title: Gurl.com
short_description: Former social networking website
... that in 2008, Macau transferred a woman to mainland China before her habeas corpus case was heard?

page_title: Case 3/2008 in Macau
short_description: Habeas corpus case
... that Twitch streamer Jerma985 hosted a stream in which viewers could control him in a real-life version of The Sims?

page_title: Twitch (service)
short_description: American live-streaming platform
page_title: Jerma985
short_description: American internet personality (born 1985)
page_title: The Sims
short_description: Series of video games
... that 88.1.2.1 is a broken toe, while 78.1.1.1 is a broken finger?

page_title: Broken toe
short_description: Medical condition
page_title: Broken finger
short_description: Medical condition
... that more than 20 of Ernst Plischke's designs for the Abel Tasman Monument (pictured) in New Zealand's Tarakohe were rejected before he designed a tall, tapering column referencing the Greek funerary stele?

page_title: Ernst Plischke
short_description: Austrian-New Zealand modernist architect (1903–1992)
page_title: Abel Tasman Monument
short_description: Monument in New Zealand
page_title: Tarakohe
short_description: Rural locality in Tasman District, New Zealand
page_title: Stele
short_description: Stone or wooden slab erected as a marker
... that Maw Htun Aung, a Shan Nationalities League for Democracy candidate in the 2020 Myanmar general election, is Kachin, not Shan?

page_title: Maw Htun Aung
short_description: Kachin politician, social activist and technologist
page_title: Shan Nationalities League for Democracy
short_description: Political party in Myanmar
page_title: 2020 Myanmar general election
page_title: Kachin people
short_description: Ethnic group in Myanmar and China
page_title: Shan people
short_description: Southeast Asian ethnic group
... that Greyhound Electronics enlisted the help of the Scarfo crime family to sell its video poker machines?

page_title: Greyhound Electronics
short_description: American electronics company (1982–2005)
page_title: Philadelphia crime family
short_description: Mafia family based in Philadelphia
... that the economy of Reineh, now in northern Israel, was so strong in the Mamluk era that they could afford imported pottery from Syria and Italy?

page_title: Reineh
short_description: Local council in Israel
page_title: Mamluk Sultanate
short_description: State in Egypt, Hejaz and Syria (1250–1517)
... that Junji Ito had no particular ending in mind while writing Sensor

page_title: Junji Ito
short_description: Japanese horror writer and manga artist (born 1963)
page_title: Sensor (manga)
short_description: Japanese manga series
... that Daniel Henchman was considered the "most eminent and enterprising" publisher and bookseller in all of British America prior to the American Revolution?

page_title: Daniel Henchman (publisher)
short_description: 18th century American publisher and bookseller
page_title: American Revolution
short_description: Founding of the United States
... that according to George Orwell, "serious sport has nothing to do with fair play ... it is war minus the shooting"?

page_title: George Orwell
short_description: English author and journalist (1903–1950)
page_title: The Sporting Spirit
short_description: 1945 essay by George Orwell
... that Claudia Watkins, the only "lady judge" in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1969, thought it was "no big deal"?

page_title: Claudia Belk
short_description: American judge, lawyer, and philanthropist (1937–2017)
page_title: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
short_description: County in the United States
... that Stephen Colbert initially balked at hosting The Late Show at the Ed Sullivan Theater (pictured), but called for the theater's restoration after learning about its neo-Gothic dome?

page_title: Stephen Colbert
short_description: American comedian, writer and television host (born 1964)
page_title: The Late Show (franchise)
short_description: American media franchise (1993–2026)
page_title: Ed Sullivan Theater
short_description: Television studio in Manhattan, New York
... that visual effects artist Roy Field worked on the first seven official James Bond films?

page_title: Roy Field
short_description: British special effects artist
page_title: List of James Bond films
... that the board game Viticulture has a Mafia-themed expansion set?

page_title: Viticulture (board game)
short_description: Board game published by Stonemaier Games
... that Sinan Selen worked at the travel agency TUI before he became the vice president of the German domestic intelligence service?

page_title: Sinan Selen
short_description: German lawyer
page_title: TUI Group
short_description: German multinational travel company
page_title: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
short_description: German domestic intelligence agency
... that a woman in Texas attempted to have Tiger Flowers removed from the library collection at her daughter's school?

page_title: Tiger Flowers (book)
short_description: 1994 picture book
... that communist propagandist Jian Xianfo gave birth to her son in an earthwork during the Long March?

page_title: Jian Xianfo
short_description: Chinese politician (1915–2022)
page_title: Long March
short_description: 1934–1936 Red Army retreat during the Chinese Civil War
... that Interstate 90 is the longest freeway in the United States, at 3,020 miles (4,860 km)?

page_title: Interstate 90
short_description: Interstate Highway across northern United States
page_title: Controlled-access highway
short_description: Highway designed for high-speed, regulated traffic flow
... that General Antonio Valero de Bernabé is said to have used his skills as a ventriloquist to fool his enemies into believing that their weapons were possessed?

page_title: Antonio Valero de Bernabé
short_description: Puerto Rican general
page_title: Ventriloquism
short_description: Performing voices through a puppet to seem independent of the speaker
... that South African anti-apartheid activist Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim (pictured) confused warders at the Robben Island maximum security prison by playing Bollywood music?

page_title: Internal resistance to apartheid
short_description: 1949–1994 social movement in South Africa
page_title: Ebrahim Ebrahim
short_description: South African anti-apartheid activist (1937–2021)
page_title: Robben Island (prison)
short_description: Former prison off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa
page_title: Hindi film music
short_description: Songs featuring in Hindi films
... that the 100-player board game Cartographers has a crowdfunded expansion set?

page_title: Cartographers (board game)
short_description: Roll and write board game
page_title: Crowdfunding
short_description: Collection of finance from backers to fund an initiative
... that bass-baritone Johann-Werner Prein took part in the 1994 premiere of Erwin Schulhoff's only opera, Flammen, which the Nazis had suppressed? <!--special occasion hook for Jan 3-->

page_title: Bass-baritone
short_description: Voice type between bass and baritone
page_title: Johann-Werner Prein
short_description: Austrian operatic bass-baritone
page_title: Erwin Schulhoff
short_description: Czech composer and pianist
page_title: Flammen (Schulhoff)
short_description: Opera by Erwin Schulhoff
... that the director of the 1936 film The Love Wanga was threatened by having a wanga placed in his car?

page_title: Ouanga (film)
short_description: 1936 American film
page_title: Obeah and wanga
short_description: Occult terminology used in Thelema
... that artist Heather Doram won Antigua and Barbuda's national competition to design a new national costume?

page_title: Heather Doram
short_description: Artist from Antigua and Barbuda
page_title: Antigua and Barbuda
short_description: Country in the Lesser Antilles
... that a 1999 legal case  guaranteed the right of transgender people in England and Wales to access gender reassignment surgery?

page_title: North West Lancashire Health Authority v A, D and G
short_description: Legal case on gender reassignment
page_title: Gender-affirming surgery
short_description: Surgical procedures to affirm gender identity
... that WAAF Corporal Elspeth Henderson remained at her post despite a direct hit by a Luftwaffe bomb?

page_title: Women's Auxiliary Air Force
short_description: British military service in World War II
page_title: Elspeth Green
short_description: British air force officer (1913–2006)
... that the Glen Rock is very gneiss?

page_title: Glen Rock (boulder)
short_description: Large boulder in New Jersey
page_title: Gneiss
short_description: Common high-grade metamorphic rock
... that the 40-foot radio telescope (pictured) at Green Bank Observatory was the first automated telescope?

page_title: 40-foot radio telescope
short_description: Radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, US
page_title: Green Bank Observatory
short_description: American astronomical observatory
... that Sandy Heribert was inspired to become a journalist after seeing coverage of the Gulf War when she was nine years old?

page_title: Sandy Heribert
short_description: French-British TV journalist
page_title: Gulf War
short_description: 1990–1991 conflict in the Middle East
... that "the crowning achievement" of Francis Hopkinson Smith, the novel Felix O'Day, was not published until after his death?

page_title: Francis Hopkinson Smith
short_description: American writer, artist, and engineer (1838–1915)
page_title: Felix O'Day (novel)
short_description: 1915 American novel