wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
... that Ānanda (sculpture pictured) became the Buddha's attendant, on condition that he would never receive any material benefit from the position?

page_title: Ānanda
short_description: Attendant of the Buddha and main figure in First Buddhist Council
... that the style of contemporary art known colloquially as bara belongs to a history of homosexuality in Japanese visual art dating back to shunga of the Edo period?

page_title: Bara (genre)
short_description: Gay manga
page_title: Homosexuality in Japan
page_title: Shunga
short_description: Japanese erotic art
page_title: Edo period
short_description: Japanese history from 1600 to 1868
... that Kathleen Hite, scriptwriter for Gunsmoke, accepted a job as a secretary at CBS so she could badger company officials into letting her write?

page_title: Kathleen Hite
short_description: American screenwriter
page_title: Gunsmoke
short_description: American radio and television Western drama series (1952–1975)
page_title: CBS
short_description: American broadcast television and radio network
... that XHCDMX-FM, operated by a consortium of women's organizations and activists, is the first community radio station in Mexico City?

page_title: XHCDMX-FM
short_description: Feminist community radio station in Mexico City
page_title: Community radio
short_description: Community-owned and operated radio service
page_title: Mexico City
short_description: Capital and most populous city of Mexico
... that former astrophysicist Alejandra Melfo now works on preserving microbial life from Venezuela's rapidly receding last glacier?

page_title: Alejandra Melfo
short_description: Uruguayan/Venezuelan physicist
... that the Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front is officially opposed to ethnic federalism and sectarianism, although almost all of its popular support stems from just one tribal group?

page_title: Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front
short_description: Political party and militant rebel organization in Ethiopia
page_title: Ethnic federalism
short_description: Form of federalism
page_title: Sectarianism
short_description: Conflict between groups related to the form of government they live under
... that Chinese linguist Yang Naisi was noted for his research on the ʼPhags-pa script?

page_title: Yang Naisi
short_description: Chinese linguist and research professor (1927–2019)
page_title: ʼPhags-pa script
short_description: Mongolian writing system
... that bald eagles are removing pieces of garbage from the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dropping them in surrounding neighborhoods?

page_title: Bald eagle
short_description: Bird of prey species of North America
page_title: Cedar Hills Regional Landfill
short_description: Landfill in King County, Washington
... that most major Venetian Renaissance architects (villa by Palladio pictured) were not natives of the city, or even of the Republic of Venice?

page_title: Venetian Renaissance architecture
short_description: Architecture in Venice
page_title: Andrea Palladio
short_description: Venetian architect (1508–1580)
page_title: Republic of Venice
short_description: Sovereign state in Italy (697–1797)
... that Ann Wroe has written The Economist obituaries since 2003, with subjects including Prince, Arthur Miller, and Osama bin Laden?

page_title: Ann Wroe
short_description: English author and columnist
page_title: The Economist
short_description: British news and current affairs journal
page_title: Prince (musician)
short_description: American musician, songwriter and actor (1958–2016)
page_title: Arthur Miller
short_description: American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
page_title: Osama bin Laden
short_description: Founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)
... that the yucca plum pine, the bastard briziletto, and the West Indian sumac grow in the cloud forest on the summits of the Sierra de Luquillo?

page_title: Podocarpus coriaceus
short_description: Species of conifer
page_title: Weinmannia pinnata
short_description: Species of tree
page_title: Brunellia comocladifolia
short_description: Species of flowering plant
page_title: Cloud forest
short_description: Type of rainforest
page_title: Sierra de Luquillo
short_description: Mountain subrange in Puerto Rico
... that as Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Kishen Pershad passed the Mulki regulations giving preference to local citizens over British citizens for state administrative appointments?

page_title: List of prime ministers of Hyderabad State
short_description: Hyderabad State
page_title: Kishen Pershad
short_description: Prime Minister of Hyderabad (1864–1940)
... that the Bonin white-eye can evidently learn about new food sources by watching warbling white-eyes feed?

page_title: Bonin white-eye
short_description: Small songbird endemic to the Bonin Islands of Japan
page_title: Warbling white-eye
short_description: Species of bird
... that Emma Ghent Curtis 1889 novel The Administratrix features a cowboy in favor of women's suffrage?

page_title: Emma Ghent Curtis
short_description: American writer, publisher, populist, and suffragist (1860–1918)
page_title: Women's suffrage
short_description: Legal right of women to vote
... that Episode 8052 of the Australian soap opera Neighbours concerns the death of series regular Sonya Rebecchi, whose portrayer's contract was not renewed to reduce production costs?

page_title: Episode 8052 (Neighbours)
short_description: Episode of Neighbours
page_title: Neighbours
short_description: Australian television soap opera (1985–2025)
page_title: Sonya Rebecchi
short_description: Fictional character from Neighbours
page_title: Eve Morey
short_description: Australian actress (born 1983)
... that art historian Andrew Tallon used lasers to collect one billion data points of the interior and exterior of Notre-Dame de Paris, which could be used for its reconstruction?

page_title: Andrew Tallon
short_description: Belgian art historian
page_title: Notre-Dame de Paris
short_description: Cathedral in Paris, France, built 1163–1345
page_title: Notre-Dame fire
short_description: 2019 church fire in Paris, France
... that Harry B. Neilson illustrations for The Fox's Frolic (example shown) depict fox hunting in which the foxes do the hunting?

page_title: Harry B. Neilson
short_description: British illustrator
page_title: Fox hunting
short_description: Traditional equestrian hunting activity
... that Friedrich Achleitner, a concrete poet and architecture critic, wrote over decades about Austrian architecture in the 20th century, visiting each building he described?

page_title: Friedrich Achleitner
short_description: Austrian poet and architecture critic (1930–2019)
page_title: Concrete poetry
short_description: Genre of poetry with lines arranged as a shape
... that Venezuela's economy still has not recovered from Black Friday in 1983?<!--Special occasion hook for Friday, April 26-->

page_title: Viernes Negro
short_description: 1983 Venezuelan currency devaluation
... that Georgina Pazcoguin of the New York City Ballet co-founded an initiative to combat Asian stereotypes in ballet productions such as The Nutcracker?

page_title: Georgina Pazcoguin
short_description: American ballet dancer
page_title: New York City Ballet
short_description: American ballet company
page_title: The Nutcracker
short_description: 1892 ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
... that the collapse of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company led to the murder of a district collector of the British Raj?

page_title: Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company
short_description: One of India's first indigenous shipping companies
page_title: British Raj
short_description: 1858–1947 Crown colonial rule in India
... that an original work by artist Virginia Overton was used as a prize at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival?

page_title: Virginia Overton
short_description: American sculptor
page_title: Tribeca Festival
short_description: Annual film festival held in New York, US
... that the young of the striking sea star are nourished in a manner described as "cannibalistic ectoparasitism"?

page_title: Euretaster insignis
short_description: Species of starfish
... that Ukrainian helicopter pilot Mykola Melnyk made 46 sorties over the highly radioactive Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and then continued firefighting flights into his 50s?

page_title: Mykola Melnyk
short_description: Hero of the Soviet Union
page_title: Sortie
short_description: Brief excursion of one military unit from a strongpoint
page_title: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
short_description: Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Ukraine
page_title: Aerial firefighting
short_description: Use of aircraft to combat wildfires
... that John Virgo won the 1979 UK Snooker Championship despite being docked two frames for arriving late?

page_title: John Virgo
short_description: English snooker player (1946–2026)
page_title: 1979 UK Championship
short_description: Non-ranking snooker tournament, November–December 1979
page_title: Glossary of cue sports terms
... that the largest in-flight transmission of SARS (virus pictured) took place on an Air China flight in March 2003?

page_title: SARS
short_description: Severe acute respiratory syndrome
page_title: Air China Flight 112
short_description: Flight that carried a man infected with SARS
... that Canadian investigative journalist Bruce Dowbiggin won a Gemini Award for his reporting on National Hockey League pension fraud?

page_title: Bruce Dowbiggin
short_description: Canadian sports broadcaster, journalist and writer
page_title: Gemini Awards
short_description: Canadian television award
page_title: National Hockey League
short_description: North American professional ice hockey league
... that while investigating the case of Brittanee Drexel, who disappeared 10 years ago today, the FBI brought federal charges against someone who had already served state probation for the same crime?<!--Special occasion hook for April 25-->

page_title: Murder of Brittanee Drexel
short_description: 2009 murder of American teen
page_title: Double Jeopardy Clause
short_description: U.S. constitutional law preventing repeated punishment for the same crime
page_title: Probation
short_description: Period of supervision over an offender
... that Mark M. Ravitch and Félicien M. Steichen introduced surgical staples, a time-saving replacement for suturing by hand, to American operating rooms?

page_title: Mark M. Ravitch
short_description: American surgeon (1910–1989)
page_title: Félicien M. Steichen
short_description: American surgeon (1926–2011)
page_title: Surgical staple
short_description: Staples used in surgery in place of sutures
page_title: Surgical suture
short_description: Medical device used to hold body tissues together
... that the Eklakhi Mausoleum was the first square-shaped building with a single dome built in India?

page_title: Eklakhi Mausoleum
short_description: Mausoleum in West Bengal, India
... that Venezuelan politician Miguel Pizarro was expelled from high school for starting protests against military education?

page_title: Miguel Pizarro
short_description: Venezuelan congressman
... that an "alarming" decline in arthropod populations in Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico has been linked to the warming climate?

page_title: Arthropod
short_description: Phylum of invertebrates with jointed exoskeletons
page_title: Luquillo Experimental Forest
short_description: Protected area of tropical rainforest in northeastern Puerto Rico
... that Ronald Read, whose last job was working 17 years as a J. C. Penney janitor, left US$1.2 million to his local library and $4.8 million to the hospital where he died?

page_title: Ronald Read (philanthropist)
short_description: American philanthropist
page_title: JCPenney
short_description: American department store chain
page_title: Brooks Memorial Library
short_description: Public library in Brattleboro Vermont
page_title: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
short_description: Hospital in Vermont, United States
... that the 14th-century Alai Darwaza (pictured) was the first Indian monument built using Islamic methods of construction and ornamentation?

page_title: Alai Darwaza
short_description: Mosque gateway in Delhi, India
... that while a federal deputy, Virgilio Caballero Pedraza lost his apartment in the 2017 Mexico City earthquake?

page_title: Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
short_description: Lower house of the legislature of Mexico
page_title: Virgilio Caballero Pedraza
short_description: Mexican journalist and federal deputy
page_title: 2017 Puebla earthquake
short_description: Magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Mexico
... that Indra Devi helped publicise yoga for women by enrolling film stars and other celebrities as her pupils?

page_title: Indra Devi
short_description: Yoga teacher (1899–2002)
page_title: Yoga for women
short_description: Yoga as exercise for and marketed to women
... that Noelle Sandwith produced the first portrait of a Queen of Tonga?

page_title: Noelle Sandwith
page_title: List of monarchs of Tonga
... that Avi Nissenkorn, former chairman of Histadrut, Israel's largest trade union, competed in his youth in the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics?

page_title: Avi Nissenkorn
short_description: Israeli politician
page_title: Histadrut
short_description: National trade union of Israel
page_title: 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
... that the yeast Candida blankii, first described from mink organs, is now known to infect humans?

page_title: Candida blankii
short_description: Species of fungus
page_title: Mink
short_description: Mammal in the family Mustelidae
... that Jens Harzer, a German actor with Hamburg's Thalia Theatre as well as in film and television, was chosen by Bruno Ganz to be the latest bearer of the Iffland-Ring?

page_title: Jens Harzer
short_description: German actor (born 1972)
page_title: Thalia Theater (Hamburg)
short_description: Theatre in Hamburg, Germany
page_title: Bruno Ganz
short_description: Swiss actor (1941–2019)
page_title: Iffland-Ring
short_description: German theatre award
... that before St Wilfrid's Church opened, Catholics in Hailsham, East Sussex, had to worship in the hayloft of a brewery's stables?<!--Special occasion hook for April 24-->

page_title: St Wilfrid's Church, Hailsham
short_description: Church in East Sussex, England
page_title: Hailsham
short_description: Town in East Sussex, England
... that Walter Stanley Haines (pictured) testified about the Haymarket bombing of 1886, the disappearance of Louisa Luetgert in 1897, and the suspicious deaths in multimillionaire Thomas H. Swope's family in 1909?

page_title: Walter Stanley Haines
short_description: American forensic scientist and teacher
page_title: Haymarket affair
short_description: 1886 bombing aftermath in Chicago, US
page_title: Adolph Luetgert
short_description: German-American murderer (1845–1899)
page_title: Thomas H. Swope
short_description: American real estate magnate (1827–1909)
... that "der kleine Tag" ("the Little Day") is 23 April in the musical of the same name?<!--Special occasion hook for April 23-->

page_title: Der kleine Tag
short_description: Musical
... that Katharine Timpson Cook established training programmes for midwives in Namirembe, Uganda, but distrusted her students and censored their mail?

page_title: Katharine Cook
short_description: British medical missionary (1863–1938)
page_title: Namirembe Hill
short_description: Place in Central Region, Uganda
... that since St George's Church opened in Polegate in 1938, the composition of its parish has changed five times?<!--Special occasion hook for April 23-->

page_title: St George's Church, Polegate
short_description: Church in East Sussex , England
page_title: Polegate
short_description: Town in East Sussex, England
... that the Italian cardiologist Attilio Maseri has been the physician to both Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II?

page_title: Attilio Maseri
short_description: Italian cardiologist (1935–2021)
page_title: Elizabeth II
short_description: Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
page_title: Pope John Paul II
short_description: Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
... that digger's speedwell is so named because it was thought to indicate the presence of gold?

page_title: Veronica perfoliata
short_description: Species of flowering plant in the plantain family
... that Antonia Franceschi starred in the 1980 film Fame, set at the same High School of Performing Arts that she attended in real life?

page_title: Antonia Franceschi
short_description: American dancer, actress, choreographer
page_title: Fame (1980 film)
short_description: 1980 film by Alan Parker
page_title: High School of Performing Arts
short_description: Public alternative high school in New York City
... that an engineer inadvertently took off in an English Electric Lightning fighter jet after engaging the afterburner by mistake?

page_title: Holden's Lightning flight
short_description: Unintended aircraft takeoff
page_title: English Electric Lightning
short_description: Interceptor aircraft, British, 1960s–1980s
page_title: Afterburner
short_description: Turbojet engine component
... that Venezuelan journalist Fabiana Rosales (pictured) has assumed the role of international ambassador, soliciting support for her husband's opposition party, towards resolving the crisis in Venezuela?<!--Special occasion hook for April 22-->

page_title: Fabiana Rosales
short_description: Venezuelan journalist (born 1992)
page_title: Juan Guaidó
short_description: Venezuelan politician (born 1983)
page_title: Crisis in Venezuela
short_description: Socioeconomic and political conjuncture in 21st century Venezuela
... that the 1996 video game Polanie is considered a cult classic in Poland?

page_title: Polanie (video game)
short_description: 1996 video game
page_title: Cult following
short_description: Group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of culture
... that footballer Chris Summers set a Welsh Premier League record during the 2003–04 season by scoring in 11 consecutive matches?

page_title: Association football
short_description: Team sport played with a ball
page_title: Chris Summers (footballer)
short_description: Welsh footballer (born 1972)
page_title: Cymru Premier
short_description: Association football league in Wales
... that among the threats facing the "critically endangered" freshwater crayfish Euastacus dalagarbe are domestic livestock and cane toads?

page_title: Critically endangered
short_description: IUCN conservation category
page_title: Euastacus dalagarbe
short_description: Species of crustacean
page_title: Cane toad
short_description: World's largest true toad
... that the tenor Ferry Gruber performed at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich for 50 years, including in Prokofiev's Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen alongside Ingeborg Hallstein in 1960?

page_title: Ferry Gruber
short_description: Austrian-German opera singer (1926–2004)
page_title: Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
short_description: Opera house in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
page_title: The Love for Three Oranges
short_description: 1921 opera by Sergei Prokofiev
page_title: Ingeborg Hallstein
short_description: German coloratura soprano (born 1936)
... that height functions allow mathematicians to count and distinguish objects such as rational points of algebraic varieties?

page_title: Height function
short_description: Mathematical functions that quantify complexity
page_title: Rational point
short_description: In algebraic geometry, a point with rational coordinates
page_title: Algebraic variety
short_description: Mathematical object studied in the field of algebraic geometry
... that Rachel Koopmans was part of a research team which discovered that two stained glass windows of Canterbury Cathedral dated to the 1180s?

page_title: Rachel Koopmans
short_description: American-Canadian historian
page_title: Stained glass
short_description: Colored glass and works that are made from it
page_title: Canterbury Cathedral
short_description: Church in Kent, England
... that the Butler matrix squints?

page_title: Butler matrix
short_description: Type of beamforming network
... that the 1862 Easter hymn "Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen!" (visual depiction shown) by Gurney was virtually unknown until two revised versions were sent to the United States?

page_title: Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen!
short_description: English Christian hymn
page_title: Archer Thompson Gurney
short_description: British clergyman
... that Indian folklorist Joravarsinh Jadav has written and edited more than 90 works?

page_title: Joravarsinh Jadav
short_description: Indian folklorist (1940–2025)
... that HMS Splendid attacked a heavy German merchant ship, but instead sank an Italian destroyer?<!--Special occasion hook for April 21-->

page_title: HMS Splendid (P228)
short_description: Submarine
... that prospector John Beaton triggered an Alaskan gold rush by a discovery his team made on Christmas Day 1908?

page_title: John Beaton (miner)
short_description: American miner
page_title: Gold rush
short_description: Gold discovery triggering an onrush of miners seeking fortune
... that some insect populations have declined dramatically?

page_title: Decline in insect populations
short_description: Ecological trend recorded since the late 20th century
... that Margit Schramm appeared as Hanna Glawari, the "merry widow" in Lehár's operetta, more than 500 times?

page_title: Margit Schramm
short_description: German soprano singer (1935–1996)
page_title: The Merry Widow
short_description: Operetta by Franz Lehár
... that Church Fathers such as Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, and Lactantius accepted the association of the angelic descent myth with the "sons of God" passage in Genesis 6?

page_title: Church Fathers
short_description: Early influential Christian theologians
page_title: Fallen angel
short_description: Angel expelled from heaven in Abrahamic religions
... that Barry Sage has earned US$22,000 for clapping his hands in 1981?

page_title: Barry Sage
short_description: British sound engineer
... that in the 1970s, spoon worms (example pictured) helped promote biodiversity around the effluent outlets from the Los Angeles sewage system?

page_title: Echiura
short_description: Group of marine animals ("spoon worms")
page_title: Biodiversity
short_description: Variety and variability of life forms
page_title: Sewage
short_description: Wastewater that is produced by a community of people
... that despite being demoted three times, Nikolai Kulakov rose to the rank of vice admiral and became a Hero of the Soviet Union?

page_title: Nikolai Kulakov
short_description: Soviet naval officer (1908-1976)
page_title: Vice admiral
short_description: Senior naval officer
page_title: Hero of the Soviet Union
short_description: Highest award of the Soviet Union
... that the motet Sicut cervus by Palestrina, suitable for Holy Saturday, has been described as the expression of "serene but fervent spiritual yearning"?<!--Special occasion hook for April 20-->

page_title: Sicut cervus (Palestrina)
short_description: 1604 motet by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
page_title: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
short_description: Italian Renaissance composer (c. 1525 – 1594)
page_title: Holy Saturday
short_description: Saturday before Easter Sunday
... that cinematographer Mike Gioulakis was inspired by the photography of Gregory Crewdson when shooting the 2014 horror film It Follows?

page_title: Mike Gioulakis
short_description: American cinematographer (born 1982)
page_title: Gregory Crewdson
short_description: American photographer
page_title: It Follows
short_description: 2014 film by David Robert Mitchell
... that during Cardiff City F.C.'s 1921–22 season, trainer George Latham became the oldest player in club history when called into action after members of the first team fell ill?

page_title: Cardiff City F.C.
short_description: Association football club in Cardiff, Wales
page_title: 1921–22 Cardiff City F.C. season
short_description: Welsh football club season
page_title: George Latham (footballer)
short_description: Welsh footballer and coach (1881–1939)