wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
... that New Zealand mountaineer Marmaduke Dixon came within  of the summit in his attempt to make the first ascent of the country's highest mountain, Aoraki / Mount Cook?

page_title: Marmaduke Dixon (mountaineer)
short_description: New Zealand mountaineer
page_title: Aoraki / Mount Cook
short_description: Highest mountain in New Zealand
... that the life cycle of the Neptune-grass bryozoan is synchronized with the growth cycle of the seagrass on which it lives and the availability of the phytoplankton on which it feeds?

page_title: Electra posidoniae
short_description: Species of bryozoan (marine moss animal)
page_title: Phytoplankton
short_description: Autotrophic members of the plankton ecosystem
... that academic and philanthropist Guido Goldman convinced West German chancellor Willy Brandt to set up and endow the German Marshall Fund on the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Plan?

page_title: Guido Goldman
short_description: American academic and philanthropist (1937–2020)
page_title: Willy Brandt
short_description: Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974
page_title: German Marshall Fund
short_description: American think tank
page_title: Marshall Plan
short_description: American initiative for foreign aid to Western Europe following World War II
... that the Cistercian monastic order created an early competitor to Hindu–Arabic numerals with which they wrote years as a single character?

page_title: Cistercians
short_description: Catholic religious order
page_title: Cistercian numerals
short_description: Numeral system developed by Cistercian monks
... that American football player Harry Field married a Hawaiian princess and is a 2021 finalist for induction into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame?

page_title: Harry Field (American football)
short_description: American football player and politician (1911–1964)
page_title: Polynesian Football Hall of Fame
short_description: Hall of fame on American football
... that the former member of parliament Robert Stanton took part in a mock election (depicted) while in prison?

page_title: Robert Stanton (merchant)
short_description: British businessman, looking-glass maker and banker
page_title: Mock election
short_description: Unofficial or advisory non-binding election
... that Psalm 148, calling heaven and earth to be glad, inspired the 17th-century Christmas carol "Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde", which Maria Luise Thurmair expanded with more details from the psalm in 1963?<!--Special occasion request for December 26-->

page_title: Psalm 148
short_description: Biblical psalm
page_title: Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde
short_description: 1963 song
page_title: Maria Luise Thurmair
short_description: German writer (1912–2005)
... that the irrigation intake for which New Zealand farmer Marmaduke Dixon long campaigned is now a historic structure registered by Heritage New Zealand?

page_title: Intake
short_description: Opening or structure through which a fluid is admitted into a space or machine
page_title: Marmaduke Dixon (settler)
short_description: New Zealand farmer
page_title: Heritage New Zealand
short_description: Crown entity of New Zealand
... that Hespress, the most popular news website in Morocco, initially relied on non-staff bloggers for its articles?

page_title: Hespress
short_description: Moroccan online news website
... that Sylvia Pengilly used an Amiga computer to integrate graphics with music and herself dancing?

page_title: Sylvia Pengilly
short_description: British-American musician and music professor (1935–2025)
page_title: Amiga
short_description: Family of personal computers sold by Commodore
... that although the Euclidean distance and the Pythagorean theorem are both ancient concepts, the Pythagorean formula for distance was not published until 1731?

page_title: Euclidean distance
short_description: Length of a line segment
page_title: Pythagorean theorem
short_description: Relation between sides of a right triangle
... that Udyavara Madhava Acharya is credited with the modernisation of the theatre form Yakshagana?

page_title: Udyavara Madhava Acharya
short_description: Kannada theatre artist and author (1941–2020)
page_title: Yakshagana
short_description: Theatre form in India
... that while Ebenezer Joshua joined the government after the 1974 Vincentian general election, his wife Ivy became the leader of the opposition?

page_title: Ebenezer Joshua
short_description: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines politician (1908-1991)
page_title: 1974 Vincentian general election
page_title: Ivy Joshua
short_description: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines politician and trade unionist
page_title: Leader of the Opposition
short_description: Leader of the largest faction of a legislature that is not in government
... that the Mostaert Amsterdam Adoration (detail pictured) includes three scenes from the Old Testament and one from Christian legend?

page_title: Adoration of the Magi (Mostaert)
short_description: Painting by Jan Mostaert
page_title: Old Testament
short_description: First division of the Christian Bible
... that One Voice at Christmas involves Aled Jones duetting Christmas carols with his younger self and the late Terry Wogan?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->

page_title: One Voice at Christmas
short_description: 2016 studio album by Aled Jones
page_title: Aled Jones
short_description: Welsh singer, TV presenter and actor (born 1970)
page_title: Terry Wogan
short_description: Irish-British radio and television broadcaster (1938–2016)
... that Giovanni Garbini studies helped scholars interpret the biblical narrative in the larger context of the history of the ancient Near East?

page_title: Giovanni Garbini
short_description: Italian academic
... that the classic children's Christmas story The Littlest Angel was written in just three days?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->

page_title: The Littlest Angel
short_description: 1946 children's book by Charles Tazewell
... that in 1975, Finland's Minister of Education Marjatta Väänänen sent a petition to the Archbishop of Turku with almost 1 million signatures, advocating for the introduction of female priests?

page_title: Marjatta Väänänen
short_description: Finnish politician (1923–2020)
page_title: Archdiocese of Turku
short_description: Part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
... that O magnum mysterium, a motet for double choir by Morten Lauridsen, is a setting of a medieval Latin text for Christmas to music described as "ethereal sounds in imperturbable calmness"?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->

page_title: O magnum mysterium (Lauridsen)
short_description: Motet for choir by Morten Lauridsen
page_title: Motet
short_description: Vocal composition in Western classical music
page_title: Morten Lauridsen
short_description: American composer (born 1943)
page_title: O magnum mysterium
short_description: Religious text for Christmas
... that when Donald Trump owned the Plaza Hotel, he requested a cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in exchange for allowing the film crew to shoot in the lobby?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->

page_title: Plaza Hotel
short_description: Hotel in Manhattan, New York
page_title: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
short_description: 1992 film by Chris Colombus
... that sending the real animals and personnel in The Twelve Days of Christmas resulted in a letter from G. Creep, solicitor?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->

page_title: The Twelve Days of Christmas (Correspondence)
short_description: 1998 book by John Julius Norwich
... that after a visit to a ragged school, Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, in which he uses the ghost of Jacob Marley (illustrated) as a mouthpiece for his own views on social responsibility?<!--Special occasion request for December 24-->

page_title: Ragged school
short_description: 19th-century charitable schools in Britain
page_title: A Christmas Carol
short_description: 1843 novella by Charles Dickens
page_title: Jacob Marley
short_description: Ghost in A Christmas Carol (1843)
... that James W. Nance tested the Douglas  Skywarrior aboard USS Forrestal, which he later commanded?

page_title: James W. Nance
short_description: United States Navy officer and government official (1921-1999)
page_title: Douglas A-3 Skywarrior
short_description: Carrier-based multirole aircraft family
page_title: USS Forrestal
short_description: Forrestal-class aircraft carrier (1955–1993)
... that St. Michael, a 17th-century chapel on a hill near Kaubenheim, Bavaria, which offers services in summer and for Christmas, received electricity around 1980?

page_title: St. Michael, Kaubenheim
short_description: Catholic pilgrimage church
page_title: Kaubenheim
short_description: Village of Ipsheim in Bavaria, Germany
... that after Houkje Gerrits Bouma won one of the earliest women's speed skating competitions in 1809, women's competitions were not held anymore because women skating with bare arms was considered obscene?

page_title: Houkje Gerrits Bouma
short_description: Dutch speed skater (1788–1857)
... that a football club in Finland called FC Santa Claus has competed as high as the third tier?

page_title: FC Santa Claus
short_description: Finnish association football club
page_title: Kakkonen
short_description: Fourth level of the Finnish association football league system
... that Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger wrote "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen", a popular 19th-century Christmas carol to the melody of an evening song, evoking the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy?<!--Special occasion request for December 24-->

page_title: Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (theologian)
page_title: Süßer die Glocken nie klingen
short_description: German Christmas carol
... that the staff of the Embassy of the Philippines in Tokyo at one point formed the entire Philippine foreign service?

page_title: Embassy of the Philippines, Tokyo
short_description: Diplomatic mission of the Philippines in Japan
... that Fishbait Miller, the doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives, greeted Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom in 1951 by saying, "Howdy, Ma'am"?

page_title: Fishbait Miller
short_description: Doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives
page_title: Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
short_description: Former parliamentary officer
page_title: Elizabeth II
short_description: Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
... that when the Osborne Apartments building (pictured) was slated to be torn down and replaced, its residents saved it by jointly raising $500,000?

page_title: The Osborne
short_description: Residential building in Manhattan, New York
... that Rudolf Steglich, a musicologist who wrote his habilitation thesis on rhythm in 1930, was a co-editor of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe, the critical edition of Handel's complete works, from 1955?

page_title: Rudolf Steglich
short_description: German musicologist and lecturer
page_title: Rhythm
short_description: Aspect of music
page_title: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe
short_description: Collection of works by George Frideric Handel
page_title: List of compositions by George Frideric Handel
... that the female Agelenopsis aperta spider enters a cataplectic state during mating, which means it loses control of its body and is unconscious?

page_title: Agelenopsis aperta
short_description: Species of spider
page_title: Cataplexy
short_description: Symptom of narcolepsy
... that cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen graphic novel The Magic Fish is inspired by his experience as a child of Vietnamese immigrants to the United States?

page_title: Trung Le Nguyen
short_description: Vietnamese-American cartoonist
... that scholars have speculated that failure to punish the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide contributed to the Holocaust?

page_title: Armenian genocide
short_description: Systematic campaign in the Ottoman Empire
page_title: Armenian genocide and the Holocaust
short_description: Comparison of genocides
... that Cynthia Fierro Harvey is the first Hispanic woman to serve as the president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops?

page_title: Cynthia Fierro Harvey
short_description: American Methodist bishop (born 1959)
page_title: United Methodist Council of Bishops
... that the 2021 Somali presidential election was originally scheduled for 2020, but was delayed by concerns of famine, war, pestilence, and civil disorder?

page_title: 2022 Somali presidential election
page_title: Desert locust
short_description: Species of grasshopper
page_title: Al-Shabaab (militant group)
short_description: Somalia-based Wahhabi militant group
page_title: COVID-19 pandemic
short_description: Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
page_title: Civil disorder
short_description: Forms of unrest caused by a group of people
... that despite being awarded the military Legion of Merit four times, as well as the civilian Medal of Freedom, Lewis Strauss is often viewed as a villain of American history?

page_title: Legion of Merit
short_description: Military award of the US Armed Forces
page_title: Medal of Freedom (1945)
short_description: American civil decoration awarded 1945–1961
page_title: Lewis Strauss
short_description: American governmental official (1896–1974)
... that picture books in the Anti-Princess Series by Argentine writer Nadia Fink (pictured) define words like "dictatorship", "surrealism", and "revolution"?

page_title: Picture book
short_description: Book with images at least as important as words
page_title: Anti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series
short_description: Biography series by Nadia Fink
page_title: Nadia Fink
short_description: Argentine author
... that the London Theatre Studio was the first English drama school to teach theatrical design as well as drama?

page_title: London Theatre Studio
short_description: Drama and design school
... that Thomas J. White estimated that he gave more than $75 million to charity after resolving "to die as close to penniless as possible"?

page_title: Thomas White
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
... that the Royal Pioneer Corps could build a Twynham hut in four minutes?

page_title: Royal Pioneer Corps
short_description: British Army combatant corps
page_title: Twynham hut
short_description: Military hut used by the British military until 1982
... that In Praise of Forgetting makes the case against collective memory: "whereas forgetting does an injustice to the past, remembering does an injustice to the present"?

page_title: In Praise of Forgetting
short_description: 2016 book
... that Charles Green was probably the youngest Australian Army infantry battalion commander during World War II?

page_title: Charles Green (Australian soldier)
short_description: Australian infantry battalion commander (1919–1950)
... that the Arlington Hotel, rebuilt after a devastating fire, was severely damaged in the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake?

page_title: Arlington Hotel (Santa Barbara, California)
short_description: Historic hotel in Santa Barbara, California
page_title: 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake
short_description: Earthquake in California, US
... that The European said of George Saxby Penfold sermons that "they are distinguished by a pleasing mediocrity"?

page_title: The European Magazine
short_description: Defunct monthly magazine in London
page_title: George Saxby Penfold
short_description: English cleric
page_title: Sermon
short_description: Oration by a member of the clergy
... that the Segugio Italiano (example pictured) was highly prized during the Italian Renaissance, being used in elaborate hunts with large numbers of servants and followers mounted on horseback?

page_title: Segugio Italiano
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
page_title: Italian Renaissance
short_description: Italian cultural movement from the 14th to 17th century
... that Jenna Ellis was a stern critic of Donald Trump before she became his legal adviser?

page_title: Jenna Ellis
short_description: American lawyer (born 1984)
page_title: Donald Trump
short_description: President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
... that Australian pop band Autumn was one of four artists co-credited with a number-one hit in the Australian charts on 31 October 1970, each with a version of the song "Yellow River"?

page_title: Autumn (Australian band)
short_description: Australian pop music band
page_title: Yellow River (song)
short_description: 1970 single by Christie
... that Bernie Sanders won the election to become Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, by ten votes in 1981?

page_title: Bernie Sanders
short_description: American politician and activist (born 1941)
page_title: 1981 Burlington, Vermont mayoral election
page_title: Burlington, Vermont
short_description: Most populous city in Vermont, U.S.
... that during the Nazi occupation of Poland, Halina Kwiatkowska acted in an underground theatre alongside a future pope?

page_title: Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)
page_title: Halina Kwiatkowska
short_description: Polish actress (1921–2020)
page_title: Pope John Paul II
short_description: Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
... that in his book Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein, Gerald Holton argues that philosophy from Either/Or influenced Niels Bohr's concept of complementarity?

page_title: Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought
short_description: Collection of essays by Gerald Holton
page_title: Gerald Holton
short_description: German-born American physicist and historian (born 1922)
page_title: Either/or
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
page_title: Niels Bohr
short_description: Danish physicist (1885–1962)
page_title: Complementarity (physics)
short_description: Quantum physics concept
... that Robert Hammerstiel wrapped Vienna's Ringturm tower in a painting showing stations of human life in simplified and brightly coloured figures?

page_title: Robert Hammerstiel
short_description: Austrian painter and engraver (1933–2020)
... that the marine worm Neanthes arenaceodentata is both an environmental monitor and a caring father?

page_title: Neanthes arenaceodentata
short_description: Marine worm
... that the only thing known about Johannete Ravenelle is that she owned a book of hours now carrying her name (detail pictured)

page_title: Ravenelle Hours
short_description: 15th-century book of hours
... that the nearly identical 130 and 140 West 57th Street are among the few remaining artists' studio buildings in New York City constructed with distinct living and working spaces for occupants?

page_title: 130 West 57th Street
short_description: Office building in Manhattan, New York
page_title: 140 West 57th Street
short_description: Office building in Manhattan, New York
... that Yusuf Sayfa, commander of Ottoman forces in Syria against the Kurdish rebel Janbulad, became the latter's subordinate?

page_title: Yusuf Sayfa
short_description: Ottoman Tripoli region governor (c. 1510–1625)
page_title: Ali Janbulad
short_description: Kurdish tribal chief in the Ottoman Empire
... that in Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, a cantata in eleven movements for Advent, Georg Böhm set all eight stanzas of Luther's hymn, and all differently?

page_title: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Böhm)
short_description: Cantata
page_title: Advent
short_description: Christian church season preceding Christmas
page_title: Georg Böhm
short_description: German composer and organist
page_title: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
short_description: Hymn by Martin Luther
... that shortly after winning a conference tournament championship with Vanderbilt's soccer team, Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play football in a Power Five conference game?

page_title: Vanderbilt Commodores
short_description: Intercollegiate sports teams of Vanderbilt University
page_title: Sarah Fuller (athlete)
short_description: American football placekicker and soccer goalkeeper
page_title: American football
short_description: Team field sport
page_title: Power conferences
short_description: Group of top-level American college football conferences
... that although nothing remains of Fort La Cloche in La Cloche Provincial Park, it was an economic hub for the area in the 19th century?

page_title: La Cloche Provincial Park
short_description: Provincial park in Ontario, Canada
... that Black Futures, a 544-page collection of Black art and writing, was originally going to be a zine?

page_title: Black Futures
short_description: 2020 anthology by Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew
page_title: Zine
short_description: Collection of self-published work reproduced by photocopying
... that Matthew Cobb, winner of the 2021 JBS Haldane Lecture, started his academic career by getting twins drunk?

page_title: Matthew Cobb
short_description: British Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester
page_title: The Genetics Society
short_description: UK learned society
... that Majestic Radios (model pictured) were so highly regarded in 1929 that the Graf Zeppelin navigator bought one when his airship landed in the U.S. to take back to Germany?

page_title: Majestic Radios
short_description: Former American radio brand
page_title: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
short_description: German rigid airship (1928–1940)
... that journalist Bill Fitsell was reportedly scared of driving since he covered accidents?

page_title: Bill Fitsell
short_description: Canadian journalist, writer, and historian (1923–2020)
... that the 1921 book The Meaning of Relativity represents Albert Einstein's only attempt to provide an overview of general relativity that was both comprehensive and accessible to non-specialists?

page_title: The Meaning of Relativity
short_description: Book by Albert Einstein
page_title: Albert Einstein
short_description: German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
page_title: General relativity
short_description: Theory of gravitation as curved spacetime
... that Claudia Chamorro Barrios married on the birthday of her assassinated father?

page_title: Claudia Chamorro Barrios
short_description: Nicaraguan diplomat
... that "Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder", a 1642 Advent hymn, includes a call to penitence that John the Baptist took from the prophet Isaiah?<!--Special occasion hook for advent-->

page_title: Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder
short_description: Advent hymn by Valentin Thilo
page_title: Advent song
short_description: Christmas-related song
page_title: John the Baptist
short_description: Prophet (6 BC – AD 30)
page_title: Isaiah 40
short_description: Book of Isaiah, chapter 40
... that future U.S. Navy rear admiral Oral Swigart competed as a wrestler at the 1920 Summer Olympics?

page_title: Oral Swigart
short_description: American wrestler and United States Navy admiral
page_title: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
short_description: Wrestling at the Olympics
... that the Dachau camp trial was one of 489 Dachau trials, the majority of which were held within the confines of the concentration camp itself?

page_title: Dachau camp trial
short_description: 1945 war crimes trial
page_title: Dachau trials
short_description: Series of WWII war crimes trials
... that on occasion, Stewart Friesen runs NASCAR and dirt on the same day?

page_title: Stewart Friesen
short_description: Canadian racing driver (born 1983)
page_title: NASCAR
short_description: American automobile racing company
page_title: Dirt track racing
short_description: Venue of auto racing performed on dirt surfaces
... that Nabil Ahmad (pictured) became a comedian after a friend signed him up for a reality show as a prank?

page_title: Nabil Ahmad
short_description: Malaysian comedian (born 1983)
... that the Indian wax scale was first described in 1798 by Fabricius, but was wrongly attributed to another author for nearly two hundred years?

page_title: Ceroplastes ceriferus
short_description: Species of scale insect
page_title: Species description
short_description: Formal description of a discovered species
page_title: Johan Christian Fabricius
short_description: Danish zoologist (1745–1808)
... that poet Lynda Schraufnagel, little known in her lifetime, was mourned after her death at 40 for her "funkiness" and "manic glee"?

page_title: Lynda Schraufnagel
short_description: American poet and activist